ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AFTER TEENAGE DISCO

Residents of Thomas Street in Mitchelstown were, it is claimed, subjected to antisocial behaviour, broken bottles and fighting after a local disco on Saturday night last. It is reported that a fight broke out between groups of teenagers who were attending a disco in the Town Hall.

‘SAD DAY’ AS SPREADS PLANT DISMANTLED

A ‘sad day for Mitchelstown’ was how local Fianna Fail TD; Ned O’Keeffe described the commencement this week of work to dismantle part of the former Dairygold spreads plant at Castle Farm in Mitchelstown. A spokesperson for the Kerry Group confirmed that work to ‘reorganise’ the operations at the plant is taking place.

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CHANNEL SWIM HERO COMES HOME TO FERMOY

A young Fermoy man has set a record to become the youngest Irish person to swim the English Channel and he did it in record time. Owen O’Keefe, who turned 16 earlier this year, arrived home on Tuesday evening after setting two world records with his 10 hour and 19 minute swim, the third fastest time for an Irish swimmer.

VANDALS WREAK HAVOC IN FERMOY ESTATE

Mindless vandals decided to create ‘havoc’ in the Uplands Housing Estate in Fermoy last Saturday night when they pulled from the ground an ESB concrete block and smashed it against a rock.

103-YEAR-OLD NANA MAC’S RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE

1906 was a year of many firsts. It was the year Rolls Royce was first registered, the world’s largest ship at the time, the Lusitiana, was launched in Glasgow, Finland became the first nation on earth to allow women to vote and, on September 27 that year, Elizabeth McNamara of Clogheen was born.

BALLYDUFF RESIDENTS UP IN ARMS OVER BROADBAND MAST

Ballyduff residents are threatening to hold a mobile phone company legally responsible if their farming enterprises become unviable. A small group of concerned residents will this week meet with Hutchinson 3G, who are currently seeking planning permission to erect a mast at Knockananna, Ballyduff, Co Waterford

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