BALLYDUFF UPPER
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RAISE THE ROOF!
By now you will have heard of the raffle to raise funds towards the development of the Storehouse in the village with the first prize being a trip to Disneyland Florida for a family of 4. You can purchase tickets from Agnes in St Michael’s Hall 058-60390, by scanning the QR code on the posters that are up in the surrounding areas or through the following link on our the Ballyduff Upper What’s On social media pages. The draw will take place on Sunday 29th June during the Gala Festival!
SCRAP METAL COLLECTION
The collection continues for the month of April and is going well. Thank you to all who have contributed so far. All metal and car batteries appreciated. For more details to drop your scrap metal or if you need to arrange pick up, please contact Agnes in St Michael’s Hall on 058-60390.
BIG BREAKFAST
The Big Breakfast took place on Sunday last in St Michael’s Hall from 9 am. A massive thank you to all who attended and supported in anyway. Thank you to our sponsors, without your generosity, our fundraiser would not have been possible. Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets, the proceeds of which will help the Ukrainian refugee response. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who gave up their Sunday morning to cook, serve, wash up and all else not to mention setting up the hall, sourcing food and ensuring dietary needs were catered for. We are so lucky to have such willingness in our community and certainly it’s a case of many hands make light work. Congratulations to the raffle winners: Printed painting by Katie Nolan: Manus Geary. Wine hamper: Norma Stone. Duck hamper: Joan O’Mahony. Baileys chocolate hamper: Donagh Berry. Flahavans hamper: Martin Feeney. Bottle of wine: Mona Mullane. Sweets and chocolate hampers: Kay McCarthy. Velvet Cap Irish Whiskey: Ann Geary. Toss Bryans Voucher: Barry Brady.
DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
Join us at sunrise, and give hope to people that are impacted by suicide and self-harm. Ballyduff Darkness into Light Saturday, 7th May, St. Michael’s Hall Ballyduff 3.30am. To register or donate log on to www.darknessintolight.ie . You can also donate on the morning.
OFFICE HUB
Office spaces to rent in the Carnegie Centre with high speed broadband, own desk and locker, key fob access, meeting room and canteen space all in a secure building with free on street parking. Please contact Agnes on 058 60390 or email stmichaelshall@hotmail.com
BUS SERVICE
The bus service is still available in the village. Please call Austin O’Brien on 0872256666 to book your space. On Friday, it goes to Dungarvan, departs River Action at 9.30am and leaves Dungarvan circa 2pm. Every second Tuesday alternates to Youghal or Midleton departing River Action at 9.30am and leaves the destination at 1pm. This service is run by Local Link, free for those with a travel pass and €5 for anyone else.
LOTTO
The numbers drawn on 19th April were 15, 16, 22 and 28. There was no winner. The lucky €30 draw winners were
David and Eilish Flynn, Ann M. Bennett, Aoife Geary and Mary Fennessy. The results from the draw on 26th April with a jackpot of €2,850 next week.
Tickets are available from An Siopa Beag, Bridget’s Hair Salon, An Síbín, The Log Cabin, Eugene Flynn, Shane Hannon and online. To purchase online, search for Clubforce, register and search for Ballyduff Upper GAA or download the Clubforce App, create an account and search for Ballyduff GAA. Further details on Ballyduff Upper GAA notes elsewhere in the newspaper.
NEWS FOR INCLUSION
Thank you to all who contributed this week. To keep this notice page topical everyone’s help is needed. If you have any photos, announcements, congratulations or condolences and stories you would like to be included, please contact Denise at ballyduffuppernews@gmail. com, or 087-2273737 by 9pm Sunday night each week.