Community notes
ENNISCRONE
ENNISCRONE TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE: Would you or your family, community group, school, etc. wish to highlight your activities/ achievements, if so, please send your news and pictures to the West Sligo Family Resource Centre before midday on Wednesday or call 096 37444 E-Mail enniscronetourism3@ gmail.com.
WEST SLIGO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE: West Sligo FRC are working remotely during the current level five restrictions. We are continuing to provide support services, information and advice to individuals and families over the phone or online. If you would like further please contact 096 37444 or Róisín at 087 3659049.
FAMILY SUPPORT: A family support service that is open to all parents, guardians or any family member. We provide a safe and confidential space to seek support, advice and guidance on any parenting concerns arising in your everyday life from anxiety, educational concerns, setting rules and boundaries etc. Free and friendly for parents and children of all ages.
You can contact or Email Heather our Family Support Worker at
West Sligo Family Resource Centre. Telephone 096 37444. Mobile: 087 2506773. Email hreddington@ westsligofrc.ie.
MPACT: Moving Parents and Children Together have adapted their programme to an online format. Families are still guided by trained facilitators ensuring that they have a worthwhile learning experience. It can be accessed by single or multiple families. If addiction is affecting your family life, please do not suffer alone. Contact Philip in confidence at 085 8759313.
SLIGO SPORT AND RECREATION PARTNERSHIP: Due to high demand for the 5-8 years dance classes (Hip Hop, Street etc) SSRP with West
Sligo Family Resource Centre are going to put on an extra session of classes, times and dates to be confirmed, for more information please call Gregory at 087 6347707 or email Gregory on g.obrien@ westsligofrc.ie.
MEN’S SHED: The Enniscrone Men’s Shed is unfortunately closed to the public due to Covid-19 restrictions. The Men’s Shed rowing zoom classes from SSRP through Diane are now full.
COOKING: Sligo County Council
Age Friendly Programme is hosting an online cookery programme for older people as part of the Sligo Covid Community Resilience Plan. If you are interested in trying something new and sociable, the classes will be delivered by Zoom with a focus on practical cook along demonstrations which promise to have a social, fun and chat element built in.
If you are 60 or over and interested in taking part please register your interest by emailing Marcella at healthyireland@Sligococo.ie. Please include a contact number and email address.
ENNISCRONE-KILGLASS PARISH: Due to Covid-19 restrictions all public Masses are suspended but are accessible online only on churchtv. ie, click on Sligo and then on Enniscrone or Kilglass.
Parish priest Fr Gerry O’Hora can be contacted at 096 36191 or 087 7614971 or priest in residence Canon George McHale at 096 36191 or 087 2945770. Parish Email kilglassenniscrone@killaladiocese.org. Garda mobile: 086 8578263.
Funeral Masses are limited to 10 people and there are only six people permitted to attend a wedding.
While all Masses are online the churches of Enniscrone and Kilglass are open to visit, light a candle, say a prayer or spend some time with the Lord. Visiting hours are Enniscrone 10am to 8pm; Kilglass 10.30am to 7pm.
Covid-19 Support for older people.: Alone manage a national support line and additional supports for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties regarding Covid-19. Professional staff are available to answer queries and give advice and reassurance where necessary. The support line is open seven days a week, 8am – 8pm, by calling 081 8222024.
CONGRATULATIONS:
Congratulations to Barry Killoran and Nicole Scott, Enniscrone, on the birth of their first baby, a bouncing baby boy called Ross.
CONDOLENCES: Sympathy to the family on the death of Michael Downey, the Meadows, Enniscrone, and formerly of Whitehall, Dublin. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Phyllis, sister-in-law Marion, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends. May he rest in peace. Sympathy to the Feeney family on the death of Mary Feeney née Fergus of Dromore West, Sligo and late of Ballymoganny, Enniscrone. May she rest in peace.
ENNISCRONE-KILGLASS UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB: Great support from all in our community both near and far for this worthy fundraiser for Pieta House by the Fox family in memory of Aaron. If you can contribute in any way towards this charity it be so much appreciated or even participate by putting on those runners getting out for even a small walk and minding your mental health.
CASTLECONNOR
CASTLECONNOR GAA: Underage coaches and helpers. We are currently working on putting coaches and helpers in place for all our underage teams. We start at under-six and go up to under-21. If there is anyone in the parish that would like to get involved, whether as a coach or just a helper, then please contact a member of the committee (email pro.castleconnor. Sligo@gaa.ie). The club will provide all the training needed and no prior experience is required. So, if you are new to the parish or have been previously involved, we would love to hear from you and we encourage you to come along and get involved. Skills Challenges. Our underseven, under-nine, under-11 and under-13 teams continue with their skills challenges weekly, we’ve got some great videos snippets on our Facebook and Twitter accounts of some of the kids in action.
Our under-11s and under-13s top their tables where a prize to train in the new Dome at the Connacht Centre of Excellence is up for grabs. Bereavement. All in Castleconnor GAA were saddened to learn of the death of Mary Feeney, mother of Trevor Feeney, this week.
Our thoughts are with Marys family and friends at this difficult time.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam. Lotto. Last weekend’s results are as follows. Jackpot €11,300. Numbers drawn were 17, 24, 26 and 35. No winner of jackpot.
Consolation winners Eddie Gallagher, Michael Cullin, Barry Judge. Next Week jackpot is €11,400.
COOLANEY
SYMPATHY: Sympathy is extended to Fr Jim Finan Collooney and extended Finan family on the death of his brother Fr Joe Finan Dublin and formerly of Mullinabreena. SYMPATHY: Sympathy is extended to Pat O’Boyle Cabragh Coolaney on the death of his brother-in-law Dan Maven North Finchley London. MASS: Mass from the Church of the Sacred Heart and St Joseph Rockfield Coolaney can be viewed online every morning at 10pm and Sturdays 7pm, Sunday 10.30.
FALLS PREVENTION SERVICE: Do you have a fear of falling, Have you had a fall. The HSE has commenced a New Falls Prevention Service in Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal. For further information contact 071 9820479.
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: MPACT supports families to work together, helping to build coping strategeies. A free and confidential nine-week programme starts on Saturday, October 17, in the Northside Community Centre Sligo. For further information contact Philip: 085 8759319 or email Sligoleitrim@ alcoholforum.com.
BONUS BALL DRAW: The draw continues every Wednesday and Saturday night, the balls can be purchased in O’Grady’s shop and PK Meats Main Street Coolaney.
LOCAL TRANSPORT: The Tubbercurry Access Bus travels to and from Sligo every Wednesday morning picking up people at their place of residence travelling via Mullinabreena, Ballinacarrow, Coolaney etc. It arrives at Tesco car park approximately 11am and departs from the car park again at 1pm. This is a great service that allows people to avail of their travel pass. To book a seat call Eileen at 071 9185614.
NOTES: Anyone who has notes and would like to include them in the Sligo Weekender please call 086 1637834 or email christinaclarke265@ gmail.com.
BALLINACARROW
SYMPATHY: Sympathy is extended to Fr Jim Finan,Collooney and the extended Finan family on the death of his brother Fr Joe Finan, Dublin and formerly of Mullinabreena, Collooney, who died recently. BIRTHDAY: Congratulations to well known publican Gerry Durkin, ‘Durkins Pub’, Ballinacarrow, who celebrated his 80th birthday on Monday, February 8, from his customers, neighbours, family and many friends.
ONLINE DONATIONS: Online
Donation System has been set up on the diocesan website Website/ achonrydiocese.org for the offertory collection envelopes, special ollections and the priests collection. Anyone, who whises to donate using this method can do so, also people to use the weekly offertory collection envelopes if its suitable.
ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET BACK TO WORK: ‘Free Restart Programme in Sligo’ could be for you. Programme takes place in the CMD Training Institute Collooney. It is a Back-toWork Programme for women over 35 who have been out of the workforce for over three years or more.
Build your confidence, re-discover your strenghts and abilities, practice interview skills, prepare CV and learn how to job search effectively.
Contact Breda at 087
6858550 for dates etc or see ruralenterpriseskillnet.ie/re-start a programme-for-women
AL HOME CARE: Affordable LiveIn Home Care provides live in carers for the elderly in the area. Anyone looking for a live in care for relatives, call Eileen or Tom today at 087 9916791 or 087 7440729 or see allhomecare.ie.
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: m-PACT Ssupports families to work together, helping to build coping strategies. A free and confidential nine-week programme starts on Saturday, October 17, in the Northside Community Centre Sligo. For further information contact Philipon: 085 8759319 or email Sligoleitrim@alcoholforum.com.
LOCAL TRANSPORT: The Tubbercurry Access Bus travels to and from Sligo every Wednesday morning picking up people at their place of residence, travelling via Mullinabreena, Ballinacarrow, Coolaney etc.
It arrives at Tesco car in Sligo at approximately 11am and departs from the car park again at 1pm.
This is a great service that allows people to avail of their travel pass. To book a seat call Eileen at 071 9185614.
NOTES: Anyone who has notes and would like to have them included in the Sligo Weekender contact 086 1637834 or email christinaclarke265@gmail.com.
GURTEEN
NATIONAL FLEADHFEST: On a National level Sligo has been chosen to host the National Fleadhfest this year. This replaces the annual Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann and it will be a virtual online event and is scheduled to take place between August 1 to August 9 – full details later.
SLIGO COUNTY BOARD CCE: Due to the Covid-19 epidemic and the ongoing restrictions the annual County Fleadh won’t be able to go ahead this year but Sligo Co. Board are currently organising a virtual Fleadhfest programme for June. Full details of which will be announced at a later date. As part of the programme a competition is being organised to compose one song and one tune. Closing date for entries is Friday, April 16, 2021. It is open to all Sligo people of any age at home or abroad. The song with Sligo theme of traditional nature and the tune of Irish traditional dance tune. Please send your entry using voice recording via Whatsapp to 086 3916761 and include your name, age, address and contact number. Parents/Guardian name and number if under-18 – email address also title of tune and/ or song. It can be performed by
composer or other – generous prizemoney of €250 for each of the two competitions.
COMMUNITY CARE: Gurteen Community Care committee members would like to inform people who need any assistance of any kind during this severe Covid-19 pandemic to feel free to call any of the following members: Carmel Lennon 086 0621913: Paddy Coleman 087 7870013: Mary O’Hara 087 9082352: Madeline O’Donoghue 086 3315713: or Veronica Regan 086 8679173.
CHURCH ONLINE: Gurteen Church Masses can now be viewed live via webcam on churchtv/gurteen or another way connect through achonrydiocese.org. Mass can also be heard on Radio on 106.5 FM.
ALONE: Alone manage a national support line and additional supports for older people who have concerns or are facing difficulties relating to Covid-19. Professional staff are available to answer queries and give advice and reassurance as necessary. The support line is open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm by calling 0818-222 024
EASTERN HARPS: Eastern Harps 50/50 draw held every Monday night – €564 was the prize on Monday night, February 8. Winner was Ryan Duffy. Tickets are €2 each or three for €5 available at Centra or online on Facebook and Twitter. All support is greatly appreciated.
GURTEEN CELTIC: The Gurteen Celtic lotto €50 winner was Laura McGovern and the numbers were 7, 8, 17, and 22. The jackpot is now at €2,600. Tickets can be bought in the local shops or online. Support is greatly appreciated.
CLOONACOOL
PARK LOTTO: The community park lotto draw for February took place at the weekend for a jackpot of €5,100. The numbers drawn were 1, 6, 20 and 23. There was no jackpot winner but there was two matchthree winners; Will Armstrong and Brid and Tom Calvey. The winner of the SuperValu shopping voucher was Aiden Kilcoyne. The committee issued renewed thanks to Surlis’ Supervale for their generous support and thanked everyone for their continued support.
LAMBING SEASON: Preparations are currently in full swing throughout the parish in anticipation of the lambing season due to commence in the coming weeks. These are the weeks of relocating sheep, dirtying up yards and providing extra feeding. It is always a great sign of spring the bounty that each new farming year provides. Sheep are particularly vulnerable at this time and are easily worried by dogs. If you are a dog owner, pay particular attention at this time. Any dog, no matter how tame, can seem like a wolf to a pregnant ewe.
MENTAL HEALTH: The current lockdown has the potential to negatively affect mental health. Do not feel alone and do not suffer in silence; help is always available. Chat a friend or call one of the many help numbers available for direction and advice. Free-text the word TALK to 50808. Freephone Aware, Monday to Sunday from 10am to 10pm on 1800 80 48 48. The Samaritans, call free, day or night, 365 days a year on 116 123.
COOKERY ONLINE: Eileen Kirrane realises that there are a lot of children and people with additional needs who are unable, due to Covid, to attend workshops or cookery classes. Eileen is currently using her prior experience in working with such clients to make some highly professional pre-recorded online courses which can be followed with assistance from family or carers in their own home. The lessons vary in length and difficulty with a short easy one at the beginning, to allow the participants start the course gently. Each course can be purchased for €35 per person or both courses for €60 and a link to one lesson will be provided each week for six weeks. Simply go to Eileen’s website to enrol, eileenskitchentable. ie/shop-with-courses.
OLD PHOTOGRAPHS: A Tubbercurry group are collecting old photographs of Tubbercurry and surrounding areas as part of a historical collection for posterity. If you have old photographs (aprox 40 years or older), of buildings, social activities and such, contact John Gillespie in the town – shopgillespie@gmail.com.
CLOONACOOL 5K: In previous years, Cloonacool GAA Club brought notoriety and colour to the parish with the organisation each February of the 5K road race. This year, the event has been missed due to the Covid crisis. This has been a big loss to the club in terms of fundraising and indeed a big loss to our parish in terms of its spectacle. Hopefully the race will be restored to its rightful place as soon as regulations will allow.
NOTES: Ensure that your notes are sent to cloonacoolnotes@gmail.com before midday on Mondays.
CARRAROE
FUTURE NEWS/EVENTS CONTACT: To have events/news items included in Carraroe section contact 087 2222835 or email carraroesligonews@gmail. com not later than Thursday each week.
TOWN BUS SERVICE TO CARRAROE: Cadra is continuing to campaign to have this service restored to Carraroe. We are aware all that is required to allow this proposal is a 10-minute extension to the existing service routes. The
National Transport Authority recently met a delegation of Sligo County councillors to discuss bus services and are meeting again in a number of weeks with progress report. As you may be aware the current service comes and turns at Greenfort Estate. If it proceeded over Cairns Hill to Carraroe via Lakeview back to town via Carraroe Retail Park it would be around as fast and could provide a much better service to the area. All residents are requested to contact their local representatives before the next meeting requesting the service be returned to Carraroe.
ST JOHN’S GAA CLUB: The lotto jackpot €15,550. Numbers drawn on Saturday, February 13, were 12, 20, 21 and 29. No jackpot winner.
€25 winners were Pauline Flynn Rosehill Sligo, Grace Kenny St Bridget’s Sligo, Joseph Conlon Ard Cairn Sligo, Orla Clancy Knocknaganny Sligo. Next Draw is on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Tickets are available in the following outlets – Molly Fulton’s, Canning’s, Pearse
Road, McMorrow’s, Cairns Road,
Applegreen, Pearse Road, Cliffords Electrical, Londis, Cleveragh Road. The lotto is also available online.
MASS FROM CARRAROE CHURCH: Mass is on 107FM.and webcam at churchtvie/carraroe please let the housebound know.
TAX RECLAIM FORMS: The church is allowed claim a rebate of tax on contribution to €250 annually. Anyone that requires a tax reclaim form can contact the parish office at 087 8198466, 071 9162136 or email carraroe@holywellsligo.com.
RIVERSTOWN
SHAMROCK GAELS: The club is currently upgrading our website and it will be off-line for a while. Well done to all who are participating in the Healthy Club committee’s walk/run challenge for the month of February. There are 156 people participating and after week one the Gals and Pals are marginally ahead. The club is currently putting together the management teams for underage football for the coming season for both girls and boys. Shamrock
Gaels are particularly interested in getting new people involved and full training will be given through online coaching courses coming up over the next few weeks. Anyone interested in getting involved should contact Michelle McMorrow at 087 6157455. Tickets for the National Club Draw are now in circulation and with fundraising activities severely curtailed in 2020, this draw is critically important to finance the year ahead. Tickets cost €10 each and 100% of all tickets sold go to the club with the GAA financing all
of the prizes including a first prize of a Renault Clio. Tickets will be circulating to all members, players and parents in the coming days and any support for this important fundraiser would be greatly appreciated.
STAY SAFE: All are welcome have their news items included in the Riverstown community notes so please email carrowcashel@eircom.net or alternatively text or call Iris at 086 8258525.
TUBBERRCURY
SAD DEATHS: The death has occurred of Vincent (Vinny) Healy, Cloonarara, Lavagh. Sympathy to his wife Roisín, sons Michael, Tony and Danny and to his extended family, relatives and friends.
The death has also occurred of Edward (Eddie) Haran, Kincullew, Aclare. Sympathy to his sisters, Mary, Bridget and Eileen, brothers, Frank, Mike and Martin and to his extended family, relatives and friends.
CONGRATULATION: Congratulations to John and Verity Marren, Banada, on the birth of their baby girl, Neala.
CURRY
NOTES: Send your notes to Cyril Feehily at cyrilfeehily@gmail.com or 087 2566657.
CONDOLENCES: To John Duffy, Rathmagurry, on the death of his mother Molly Duffy, Parke, Castlebar. May she rest in peace.
BIRTHDAY WITH ROSES: James Cafferty, Sargura, celebrated his birthday on a special day,
‘St Valintine’s Day’, a date all his friends don’t forget He is wished many more with good heath and happiness.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: To Aoife Gilmartin, Cashel, who celebrated her ninth birthday this week, spoiled by her family and she relished all the fuss.
WALKED FOR COLM: Well done to all who took on the roads of Curry, Moylough and beyond over the past weekend to participate in the hugely successful event to honour the memory of a great man Colm Horkan. It was tremendous to see the numbers of people young and mature on the roads from early till late in challenging weather, snow, storm rain honouring the memory of Colm. Congratulations to East Mayo AC, Charlestown Sarsfields GAA and to everybody else involved in organising the day. An outstanding success.
There were no prizes for distance or pace but it was a walk done for a very worthy cause and in memory of a very special person.
WOMAN’S RUGBY STAR: Rugby wonder girl Beibhinn Parsons, recently crowned Guinness Rugby Writers Women’s Player of the
Year for the 2019/2020 season, has
Charlestown connections. She is the daughter of Vincent Parsons, a native of Gowel, Charlestown, and past pupil of the Marist Secondary School, who is now a consultant doctor in the Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.
HOME EXCERCISE: If you want to exercise in the comfort of your home. Drumcliffe-Rathcormac Health and Wellbeing have teamed up with their partners in Bunninadden Community
Centre, who are running another programme of their popular Living Room Fitness. Starting next Monday evening 7pm to 7.45pm. Suitable for men and women and tailored to all fitness levels. Contact Pauline for more details at 087 2304815.
YOU DID IT: Irish Life Health has teamed up with the GAA and RTÉ’s Operation Transformation for the Every Step Counts Challenge.
A huge thank you and well done to everyone in the community that took part in the Irish Life step challenge. We have reached the target of 4000km in just 12 days. 72 people signed up to help the club qualify for the draw, a tremendous community/club effort.
The challenge stays active until March 3 so why not keep up the new habits you’ve creating.
THE ABILITY PROGRAMME: This is a free job coaching service for
18- to 29-year-olds with a physical disability. The services helps young adults improve their job-seeking and employability skills through developing an individual career progression plan. The programme will help you identify pathways into further education, training or employment while working with you to become confident, independent, job-seeker or employee.To find out more contact the western region job coach Sarah Chalke at 087 3310255 or sarah.chalke@iwa.ie or visit iwa.ie.
OVER 50 FITNESS: Are you over 50 and would like to engage in some online fitness.
The Sligo Stronger for Longer 2021 programme is targeting men and women aged 50 years plus in County Sligo, who would like to engage in a supervised online fitness based physical activity programme. The programme will support and guide older people in Sligo to engage in a quality physical activity opportunity over an eight-week period, which can help enhance their overall health, fitness and well being.
The programme will run twice weekly for eight weeks ; Mondays and Wednesdays and Mondays and Fridays. The cost is €15 per person and anyone interested can sign up via our online Eventbrite link. For all enquiries please contact Shane Hayes at T: 086 6070086 or E: shane@Sligosportandrecreation.ie eventbrite.ie/../stronger-for-longertickets...
ROSARY ON LINE: The rosary is currently being delivered online in St James’s Church, Charlestown, Monday to Friday at 8pm. The church is closed for the duration of the rosary with people invited to attend online via the webcam.
CHURCH CEREMONIES ONLINE: Parish church ceremonies will remain online on YouTube at Curry Parish Church from Monday to Friday at 10am and Sunday at 11.30am. Curry Church will remain open for private prayer from 9am to 6pm each day. Moylough Church will be open on Sundays from 10am to 3pm. Let us continue to pray for each other and those who are in a special need of our prayers at this time.
CALVARY CHURCH SERVICES: Calvary Church is based in the Enterprise Centre, Airport Road, Charlestown Further information contact James McMaster at 087 6348209 or email jmcmaster@eircom.net.
BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS: If you need help with Adult Computer skills, E-Mails, Social Media, Zoom etc. Contact John at 086 1529429. Age Action: Are offering free internet classes for older people. Age Action’s Getting Started KIT Programme provides tutoring to older people on using the internet on their devices. Follow the link ageaction.ie/howwe-can-help/getting-started-kit. Or contact Oisin at 091 527831 any time.
MONEY WORRIES: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) is a free, independent and confidential service for people who are in debt or at risk of getting into debt. If you’re behind in your mortgage repayments, you may be worried about losing your home. Talk to your lender. If you can’t – talk to MABS. MABS now has a dedicated confidential, free and independent mortgage arrears service. MABS is a one-stop shop for mortgage debt advice and referral. No matter what your situation is, MABS will help you work out the next steps. Take control of what happens next. Call MABS today at 076 1072000 for independent information, advice and referral.
STAY SAFE: In these unprecedented times when an invisible deadly enemy stalks us, when masks and isolation divides us, it’s more important than ever to remember who we are fighting for. We may have to lose our old ways, but we must never lose our humanity. Stay safe everyone, remember you are someone else’s whole world.
HERITAGE SOCIETY: For information contact Séamus Birmingham at 087 2489246 or email ctown@gmail.com.
TUBBERCURRY HERITAGE: The aim of the Facebook page which is titled Tubbercurry History and Heritage is to recover and revive local history through storytelling, memories photos/image recovery. People who wish to share and find out local history and heritage of Tubbercurry, please join if you are interested, it will be appreciated if you share your past photos etc.
MEALS ON WHEELS: Banada Housing Association, supply meals-onwheels to the eldery, the sick and others unable to prepare meals for themselves. To avail of this service call 071 9181562.
DOING A 5K: Have you ever thought about completing a 5km, make it a reality by signing up to the Feel Good 5k. SSRP have launched their Feel Good 5k podcast and training plans. This free podcast is designed for all age groups to get you moving,
build fitness and stamina from couch to 5km in six weeks.
Find out more at Sligosportandrecreation.ie/2020/feel-good-5k/
SHEEP WORRYING: Horrific dog attacks on sheep are a regular occurrence at this time of year.
With sheep now about to lamb, dog attacks can have particularly serious consequences, as lambs can suffer serious injuries or in some cases lose their lives. With many out walking and taking their dogs with them make sure they are on a lead as no one wants to cause harm to any farm animal.
TUBBERCURRY FRC: Taking care of our Mental Health is more important now than ever. Take a step towards better Mental Health This Year.
Innovation Recovery run many courses throughout the year and to help you start January on a positive note there are a number of courses available.
These include top tips for anxiety, practising self-care, mindullness, managing setbacks and more.
If you are struggling with your mental health and would like help finding further courses and supports like these please contact Mary our Social Prescribing Coordinator at
086 4092724.
FLIGHTS MAY RESUME: Ireland
West Airport expects to be on a flight schedule released this Friday by Ryanair, that would see flights resume from the airport from
March 28.
The airport experienced losses of close to €4 million last year due to the impact of the pandemic.
JOBS INCREASE: EirTrade Aviation has expanded aircraft disassembly capacity at Ireland West Airport, which is good news for the area with more good news expected in the near future for the airport facility.
SENIOR ALERT SCHEME: Anyone eligible who wishes to apply for a grant from Pobal to install a Monitoring System should contact Winnie Maloney at 086 3894265 Last year, €5.4 million euro was spent on the scheme with almost 20,000 new participants from around the country being approved for the personal security device.
TEXT ALERT: Please remember, your local text alert system is available to all of us to send a message which we feel may be of importance to members of our local Parish Community.
At this time of concern it is important that we keep a lookout for each other and in particular for our senior citizens. Should you notice any suspicious activity it is important to contact the Gardaí or any of the people listed below to have a text issued. DrumcliffeRathcormac Text Alert is offering, Community Support, assistance, information, provisions, as maybe required at any given time you can contact Gerald Coleman, 087 6391331, Martin Connolly, 087 2054930, Marie Costigan, 087 7883868, Séamus Durcan, 086 3617445, James Giblin 087 9061833, Tom Howley, 087 2200058, and Paul Walsh, 087 8171548.