the people’s choice...

mail home

ISSUE: July-03-2008

Mitchelstown Office:

18 Lower Cork Street,
Mitchelstown,
Co. Cork, Ireland.

Fermoy Office:

24 MacCurtain St,
Fermoy,
Co. Cork, Ireland.

Telephone:

+353(0)25-24451 / 24858

Fax:

+353(0)25-84463

E-mail:

info@avondhupress.ie

Welcome to The Avondhu Newspaper Official Website

News

The Avondhu Press Newspaper was established in 1978 and covers the areas of North East Cork, West Waterford, South Limerick and South Tipperary. This successful weekly - published Thursday - boasts a readership in excess of 39,000. The first edition was a modest 4 page edition which has since grown to an average of 80 pages.

MITCHELSTOWN FOOD FESTIVAL TO GO AHEAD

A member of the Mitchelstown Good Food Festival Committee has moved to calm local speculation over the future of the event, the details of which have yet to be announced.

See full story

LAUNCH PARTY FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Mitchelstown Music Festival (Indie-Pendence) organisers, stunned earlier this year by the news that their budget was to be cut in half as a result of major sponsors Budweiser/Guinness pulling out, have, in the face of adversity, again come up trumps with a very strong programme.

See full story

FERMOY TRAFFIC PLAN PROPOSALS DOWN FOR DISCUSSION

The proposed draft traffic management plan for Fermoy is to be discussed at a joint meeting of the Enterprise Board and Fermoy Business Association on Tuesday night next, July 8 in the Grand Hotel.

See full story

FURTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR FERMOY

The new Mayor of Fermoy, Tadhg O’Donovan has confirmed to The Avondhu that Fermoy Town Council have received yet another major planning application for the town this past Tuesday, July 1st, for the old Barry’s Yard site at Courthouse Road.

See full story

NARROW ESCAPE FOR PREGNANT WOMAN AND CHILDREN

A heavily pregnant woman and her two young children miraculously escaped serious injury last Monday as the car they travelled in overturned and skidded a number of metres along a busy road before hitting a tree.

See full story

AMBITIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTARY HOUSING IN KILLAVULLEN

Killavullen Voluntary Housing Association has submitted a planning application to Cork County Council for the development of sheltered houses, a day care centre, dispensary and storage building.

See full story

Katy, Kathryn and Liam Lingane enjoying a family outing at Sunday’s Watergrasshill-Glenville Community Sports Day. (Pic: Tom Doherty)