Weekly News 8th April 2013

08 April 2013

KELLS HANDBAL CLUB: In the Adult County 40 x 20 Championships in the Intermediate Singles C.J. Delaney (Kells) defeated John O'Neill (Goresbridge) and Diarmuid Burke (Kells) defeated Kirk Green (O’Loughlin’s); in the Masters B Singles Pat Funchion (Kells) was defeated by Tom O Keeffe (Kilfane); in the Junior Singles Dan Breen (Kells) lost to James Bourke (O’Loughlin’s) and Stephen O’Dwyer (Kells) lost to James Hennessy (O’Loughlin’s); in the Minor Singles Brendan Hyland (Kells) lost to J.J. English (Goresbridge); in the  Junior B Doubles Dan Breen/John Fitzgerald (Kells) were defeated by Shane Walsh/Cian Ryan (Windgap); in the Masters B Singles Paddy Fennelly (Kells) was defeated by John Duggan (O’Loughlin’s); in the Senior Doubles Diarmuid Burke/Brendan Burke (Kells) were defeated by William Love/Daniel Love (Clogh); in the Masters C Doubles Tom Condon/Jimmy Murphy (Kells) were beaten by Michael Dalton /Jimmy Shanahan (Kilfane); in the Senior B Singles Brendan Burke (Kells) defeated Ger McGrath (Kells); in the Senior Doubles Patrick Funchion and Peter Funchion (Kells) got a walkover from Timmy/Michael Clifford (St. Canice’s); in the Masters B Doubles Paddy Fennelly/Pat Funchion (Kells) defeated Seamus Reade/Paddy Reilly (Talbot’s Inch).


In the Leinster Finals of the 40 x 20 Juvenile Team of 6 Kilkenny’s U 12/13 Team with Kells representatives Eoin Brennan, Dylan Crehan and Mickey Prendergast lost out to Wexford on a narrow margin of 84 - 79 aces. The U 14/15 Kilkenny Team of 6 with Kells representatives Roy Cullen and Conor Condon lost out to Kildare 71 - 56 aces.


In the 40 x 20 County Juvenile U 14 B Singles, Kells Handball Club was represented by David Bourke, Rory Lodge, Nick O’Shea and Cillian Lafford.  Cillian beat off stiff competition and defeated Rory Lodge in the final.  In the U 15 B Singles Brian Farrell Kells had a great game but unfortunately did not make the final.


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 SEMINAR ON SUBSTINANCE MISUSE: The South East Regional Drugs task Force (SERDTF), Kilkenny Community & Voluntary Forum and Kilkenny Leader Partnership are jointly organising a Community Consultation Seminar on the subject of substance misuse. The seminar will be on the morning of Friday 19th April 2013. The venue will be the Pembrooke Hotel, 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny from 9.30 a.mm to 1.30 p.m. A light lunch will be served. All community voluntary interests and groups are invited to attend. Places can be booked at 051 841144.


 


WINDGAP CAMOGIE CLUB whose membership caters for both Windgap and Dunamaggan parishes is now offering social membership for an annual rate of €10. Social membership will entitle members to be given regular updates on all activities associated with the Club including fixtures and other club activities.


 


KILMOGANNY FIANNA FAIL CUMMAN  held its AGM in St. Eoghan’s Centre Kilmoganny recently. The A.G.M was very well attended. It was addressed by Deputy John Mc Guinness and Cllr. Matt Doran. Ned Kirwan, the Chairman, welcomed all to the meeting especially guest speaker John Mc Guinness, T.D.. He thanked him for the tremendous work he is carrying out on behalf of constituents and especially in the National Interest as Chairperson of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee. He thanked Cllr. Matt Doran for the tremendous work he does in the local electoral area. Ned also said that the Kilmoganny Cumman would welcome new member who through membership of the cumman have the opportunity to help shape the party policy and thus influence developments Nationally.


Deputy McGuinness spoke on National Issues including Ireland’s Banks and the 3.1 billion euro which has to be paid in the coming year. He said families and society was crumbling under the weight of deposit guarantee and austerity in the country.  He said that in the recent changes to legislation there was nothing there for families in crises but it was made much easier for banks to repossess houses. He added that the Government is accepting this as the norm and Deputy McGuinness said as a party Fianna Fáil should not accept this as it was a devastating situation, he said something had to be done to address this issue and he felt very strongly about it.


Cllr. Matt Doran spoke on various local issues including the upcoming changes in the electoral areas, he said presently Kilmoganny is included in the Callan Electoral Area which is a 4 seater electoral area. The new proposed changes, which the Minister for the Environment is introducing there will be a minimum of 6 seats in each electoral area, a reduction in the number of Councillors and the present situation in Co. Kilkenny of 5 electoral areas will be reduced to either 3 or 4 areas. This will be a radical change as each local electoral are will be much greater than at present.


Matt said, as he is the only Fianna Fáil Councillor in the Callan Electoral Area, his own work load has increased significantly but he intends to serve the people of the area with the same and greater commitment for the next 12 – 15 months, when the next Local Elections will take place. He stated that the new Local Electoral Area Boundaries were to be announced last March but will now not be announced before the end of May. He also spoke on local funding and said there will be severe cuts as for example there was a 7 million euro cut in the roads funding in Kilkenny. Kilkenny like every other Local Authority, he concluded, will have a very tough year ahead.


The election of officers was as followed, Colm Ryan, John Doyle, Joan Geraghty and Moira Hickey - Honorary Presidents; Ned Kirwan – Chairman; Caroline Doran-Secretary; Jacqueline Kenneally – Treasurer; Richard Kenneally- Youth Officer.


 


A CLEAN UP OF KILMOGANNY VILLAGE will take place on this Saturday from 10.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.. Volunteers are invited to assemble in the Church Car-park at 10.30 a.m. and to bring along suitable implements to assist in the clean-up of the village and its environs. The message from the organisers is many hands make light work so the more hands available the less work for all.