FEARS GROW OVER 4HOME JOBS

Twenty staff at the Reox controlled 4Home stores in Fermoy and Mitchelstown are this week living with the fear that their jobs are on the line after the closure of six stores nationwide..

MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘DOWN A FEW QUID’ BUT NOT OUT

Indiependence chief organiser Shane Dunne has revealed that last weekend’s festival ran at a slight loss – but not enough to deter the festival from happening again next year.

CLOGHEEN RESTAURANT DAMAGED BY FIRE

Units of Cahir Fire Brigade were called to tackle a blaze at the Hermitage House in Clogheen on Tuesday last. It is reported that the fire, which started at lunchtime in an office area of the restaurant, caused substantial damage to the building.

NEW LIBRARY ONE STEP CLOSER

A new library for Mitchelstown is now one step closer following the signing of the contract last week. The badly needed library will be situated on the ground floor in the Sutton’s Court complex.

MITCHELSTOWN ‘BRINGS HOME THE BACON’ FOR AUGUST FOOD FESTIVAL

Celebrating the good food that is produced locally the Mitchelstown Food Festival slogan this year is ‘Bring Home the Bacon’. Festival chairman, Sean Hyland, congratulated all the community groups involved in putting the spotlight on Mitchelstown and the local food producers.

FARMING ‘IN CRISIS’ AS FODDER SHORTAGE HITS HARD

Countless local farmers will be forced out of the industry or may have to rely on ‘Farm Assist’ if the current bad weather continues and the Government doesn’t move to arrest the decline in agriculture.

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