The document outlines various events happening in West Cork, Ireland, from November 18th to December 4th, 2011, including exhibitions, theater festivals, and community meetings focused on sustainable enterprises. It discusses concerns about internet censorship and the importance of maintaining democratic values amid changing political landscapes, featuring a grassroots push against potential legislation in the U.S. that could limit free speech online. Additionally, it highlights various local initiatives aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and community engagement.

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Now until Jan 6th - Philip Watkin’s Painting
GUBBEEN Exhibition - Le Voyage Restaurant, Bridge
Street, Skibbereen.
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Mizen’s Got Talent
Semi-final take place November 18th in Schull
Town Hall. For further info contact Kevin
Toorm
Kelleher on: 086 177 5498.
Cork Fashion Awards
Friday Nov 18th at the Blue Haven, Kinsale.
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Nov 18th - 20th - St. Mary’s Theatre, Rossmore,
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www.westcorkdramafestival.com
County Cork could be the Green Capital S u s t a i n a b l e E n t e r p r i s e S e a rc h – PROPERTY FOR SALE
of Ireland ! Last week I drafted some encourage sustainable companies from Cooranuller, Ballydehob
Irish National Flood Forum
ideas for an interview for with a Cork abroad to set up in County Cork, and aim
based organisation. Anyway I didn’t get to create 50 jobs per year. Nov 19th. 9.30am University of Limerick. See Pg
the job! but rather than commit the ideas 8 below.
to computer memory here they are …. Home and Business Energy Savings
booklet online. Cape Clear Walking Trails
Ambitious 5 year ‘Cork Energy & Food’ Nov 20th. Meeting at 2pm at Club Cléire. See
security plan 2012-2016: Communications – North, East, West Pg 8 below
Cork, and Cork City Regional
EcoParks – beside all major towns for newsletters. Discussions with transition
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and Combined year students, Community Councils,
Woodland Walk & Talk, Kinsale
Heat and Power (CHP) plants, allotments, Development Associations. Nov 20th 1.30pm - Shipool Woods, Kinsale.
sustainable enterprises. www.transitiontownkinsale.org
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2. Continued From Page 1 Regular email communication, Continued from page 1
competitions, and film distribution.
New Energy Week – renewable energy Music From The Movies Concert
technologies presentations, from all ‘Cork Eco Farm’ online shop with
Nov 20th - Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery. Doors
over the world, discussions, filmed, and gardening products, biodegradable
open 7pm - Tickets are available from ‘A Cut
placed on website. packaging, organic products, recycled
Above’ Hair Salon on Rossa Street, Clonakilty or
goods (much like www.dirtworks.net in
from committee members Sarah 087 2752110 and
Sustainable Forestry – a plan to get the US).
Marie 087 207 0194
every farm to plant 20,000 trees (2
Hectares), mostly deciduous for shelter
belts, and coppicing. Promote managed
Demonstration farms and gardens
around the County to showcase good
Save The Internet! Selling At The Farmer’s Market
Right now, the US Congress is debating
forestry, and not clear felling. food production. Nov 22nd. West Cork Hotel, Skibbereen at 7.30pm.
a law that would give them the power to
West Cork Development Partnership Meeting.
censor the world's Internet -- creating
Sustainable Agriculture and Horticulture What other ideas would you add to
a blacklist that could target YouTube,
– centralised AD plants, reduce slurry implement real change in County
WikiLeaks and even groups like Avaaz! Maria Immaculata Community
spreading, reduce artificial sprays and C o r k ? ? Wo u l d t h e D e v e l o p m e n t
fertilisers. Short courses, films and Agencies in City and County join forces College, Dunmanway
Under the new law, the US could force
articles on same. and drive such a plan? It would cost Nov 24th 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Information evening
Inter net providers to block any
approximately €50,000 per year. Please for prospective students and their families are
website on suspicion of violating
‘Cork Equity Fund’ - Enterprise Finance send your ideas to: invited
copyright or trademark legislation, or
– raise finance for sustainable
even failing to sufficiently police their
businesses. walter@localcampus.com
users' activities. And, because so much A Victorian Tea Party...
of the Internet's hosts and hardware are Nov 24th, Fri 25th, Sat 26th - Cox’s Hall,
Renewable Energy Development –
located in the US, their blacklist would Dunmanway. Time - 1pm to 4pm. Advanced
Special negotiated deals for micro-wind
clamp down on the free web for all of us. Booking: Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm - 023 8845102
turbines, AD plants, hydro turbines, and
biomass plants. Regional power supply
Acapellabella
The vote could happen any day now, Amour, Schull
companies.
West Cork Community Choir but we can help stop this -- champions in
Nov 25th at 8.30pm & 26th at 8.45pm Parish Hall,
Congress want to preserve free speech
Research - energy usage, fuel usage, Schull.
and tell us that an international outcry
water usage, food imports – in
would strengthen their hand. Let’s
conjunction with 3rd level college. BBC Good Food Show, Birmingham
urgently raise our voices from every
Energy and Food Replacement Plan.
corner of the world and build an Nov 25th - Please ring Eleanor on 027-62000 to
A Clean Water Forum.
unprecedented global petition calling on represent you.
Implementation Plan.
US decision makers to reject the bill and
stop Internet censorship. Click below A Different Dimension, Skibbereen
Other – Meet Cork County and City
to sign and then forward as widely as
Environmental Heads of Department, Nov 26th to Jan 14th 2012 - West Cork Arts Centre
possible -- our message will be delivered
County and City Managers, SW www.westcorkartscentre.com
directly to key members of the US
Fisheries Board, Enterprise Boards,
Congress ahead of the crucial vote:
Enterprise Ireland, SECAD, WCDP, to ‘Stand And Be Counted’ in Support
discuss the roll-out of future sustainable
plans.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/ of ‘Occupy Dame Street’
save_the_internet/?vl
Nov 26 th . Noon, Skibbereen Market for a
•82 post primary schools in Co. Cork. photograph which Rob Heyland will deliver to
For years, the US government has
•119 primary schools in Co. Cork. Dame Street.
For more info CLICK HERE condemned countries like China and
•106 parishes in Co. Cork (not including
Iran for their clampdown on Internet
Cork City). Continued on page 3
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3. there, mostly standing, watching this Continued from page 3
Hobby Horse #2 by Rob Heyland saintly little fellow being crowned. They
politely applauded the speeches and WestCorkSOS Protest March
sang the anthems and were visibly Sat November 26th in Skibbereen starting
I don’t know what they stand for . . . moved by Michael D. The audience was
Roy Heyland - A BAFTA TV Society, at 12.30pm
but I agree with them.” full of hope, almost desperate hope and
Writer’s Guild & Critics Award Winner
when it was over the mood dropped A protest march takes place to support this crucial
Silence has a range of effects. In music quite fast. One man said that, even fight for the retention of the current levels of
the silences between the notes, the though Higgins is a good man, he has no emergency ambulance ser vices and the
moments when the listeners fill in their power, and can’t really offer leadership maintaining of the threatened Minor Injuries
own hopes and expectations for what is or push for change. For all his brimming Assessment Unit at Bantry Hospital. For more
to follow, can be as potent as the notes socialism and passion for the oppressed info see: www.westcorksos.com.
themselves. So in conversation, if a he will be imprisoned in his tower in Áras
question is followed by silence, and the an Uachtaráin, watching the technocrat
expected compliment or endorsement Head Prefect Kenny, sucking up to Celebrate Advent with the West
doesn’t come, how loaded that silence headmistress Merkel and with more of Cork Choral Singers
can be. the same on the menu. Or should that be Nov 27th., 8pm. St. Matthias Church, Ballydehob.
less of the same?
So with the occupations of Dame Street, Amour, Clonakilty
Wall Street and St. Paul’s. On Friday I And then it was time to dash off to my
went to Dublin, for a meeting. But I went meeting. Into a taxi. And there was my Nov 29th at 8pm at the Parish Hall Clonakilty.
early to have time to witness the biggest surprise of the day. If Attila The
elevation of Michael D. Higgins and to Hun had a job before he discovered his Total Waste Prevention
visit the occupiers on Dame Street. mass-murdering skills I suspect he was a Dec 1st, Moran Silver Springs Hotel, Cork. How to
taxi driver. Taxi drivers tend to the right - reduce costs and optimise resources for your
Right there, in front of the Central Bank, I looked like the enemy, with briefcase but not this boy. We chatted about business. www.preventandsave.ie
so culpably neglectful of its duty of care and awash with middle class, middle- Michael D. and he said what a great day
during the run up to the present crash, is a g e d , c o r d u r o y n e s s . Ye t I w a s it was for the country and that he hoped
a cramped grouping 20 or so tents, all he might buck the tradition and actually
Amour, Sherkin Island
welcomed and found it easy to engage
quite neatly fenced in by a barricade of people in conversation. I wanted to challenge the Irish Government from Dec 2nd. at 8pm. Ferry from Baltimore at 7pm and
wooden pallets, and visible but causing know what they were doing there, what time to time. Then I mentioned I had return ferry after the show.
no obstruction to city life. There are two they hoped to achieve, how long they been visiting the Dame Street Occupiers
larger tents, one for meetings and one intended to stay . . . all that. and he uttered the immortal line - “I don’t Goleen Christmas Craft Fair
used as a kitchen and larder for the really know what they stand for . . . but I Dec 4th. Community Hall Goleen. See Pg 9 below
shelves heaving with grocery gifts. The They said that they are there because agree with them.”
weather was foul, wild winds and they have to be, and they are going to
lashing rain tearing at the plastic and stay as long as it takes. Which is all very Well! There’s hope for us all. The silent West Cork Chamber Music Festival,
string constructions. In the kitchen tent well, but don’t we need some answers witness of those bedraggled few is Bantry
a kettle was on the gas and welcome at this time? Don’t we need leadership resonating even unto taxi drivers. And June 29th. to July 7th. 2012. www.westcorkmusic.ie
coffee and tea was being distributed to not shapeless aimless groups of suddenly what I had experienced in the
the handful of busy occupants. One man grumblers? plastic kitchen tent made sense to me. West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry
was washing up, another planning a They don’t have a soundbite definition of
later march, another on a mobile phone. I enjoyed their company but reluctantly their views because they accept that July 8th to 14th 2012. www.westcorkmusic.ie
There was nobody in charge but was left them to go to Dublin Castle. Rather their views are all different. hey have
there was still a sense of concerted than join the crowds in the rain I took made a conscious decision to have no Masters Of Tradition, Bantry
purpose. the handy option of watching the spokespeople and no leaders. August 15th to 19th 2012.
ceremony live in a pub. All the DT-ridden
I looked like the enemy, with briefcase purple-cheeked noontime drinkers were Continued Page 4
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4. Continued From Page 3 The silent rumble is growing to such a The other way the end of democracy might week - as a modest acknowledgment of
pitch that even the Church of England has swing is that men and women who are not our support and respect. PPS: Banking
Perhaps because the name of Marxism or decided to flirt with Christianity again. dependent on a fickle electorate or vested establishments are more dangerous
socialism or whichever way they lean has When the London occupation chanced interests in the business community, men than standing armies; and the principle
tended to be diminished by the leadership upon the steps of St Paul’s there was a like Rowan Williams, may rise in of spending money to be paid by
- Stalin, Mao, Ceauşescu - the roll of brief honeymoon. Then followed closure importance. Men like Michael D. Higgins. posterity, under the name of funding, is
dishonour is long. of the cathedral on somewhat spurious Men and women like Steve and Linda but swindling futurity on a large scale.
“health grounds”. A nasty sense that occupying Dame Street. Thomas Jefferson 1816.
And they have no soundbite answers to maybe the board of the cathedral was
our present woes - because, and when populated by City People and was taking These are new, frightening but also
will the powers-that-be figure this out? - sides, that maybe the Church of England exciting times. I personally don’t fancy
there are no soundbite answers. really is the Tory party at prayer. And then sleeping out, and don’t think Michael D.
Your Comments
the wonderful moment of the Canon has a hope of making his feelings heard
The occupiers, and their supporters, just resigning, citing the fact that, in his view, and I don’t believe in God. But I believe in Please send your letters, comments
know it’s all wrong. It is wrong that Jesus would have been in the tents not in Rowan Williams. or ideas for publication to:
ordinary people are suffering from a crisis the cathedral. And later the Dean followed I don’t entirely know what any of these
not of their making, while those who made suit. And finally Rowan Williams fleetingly people stand for . . . but I agree with them.
the crisis - the bankers, financiers, broke his silence. And he spoke for the walter@localcampus.com
technocrats - are earning ever more and oppressed. And he gently placed the PS: Those of us who do support the
gaining ever more control over political church on the side of the occupiers, and Dame Street occupation are assembling West Cork Local Archive
affairs. then he returned to silence. informally at the market in Skibbereen
at noon on Saturday November 26th. All
[As an aside it is worth noting Cowen and We are entering a phase of the end-game we are going to do is stand in a group, For previous issues CLICK HERE
Brown, the two men at the financial helm where democracy is crumbling. Partly take a photo and I will deliver it to Steve
when Ireland and Britain hit the iceberg, because democracy is so clearly in the and Linda in Dame Street the following
were not jailed or thrown overboard but hands of the men of money - so clearly
were promoted to captain. Hmm!?] seen by the people of Greece being
denied a referendum and having a new Economist Richard Douthwaite (1942-2011)
The occupiers are silently drawing government imposed upon them. Partly
attention to a world being consumed by a because democracy is clearly not suited Economist Richard Douthwaite (1942-2011) has sadly passed away
system addicted to GROWTH. A world to the present challenge - we know there at his home near Cloona, Westport.
that is obese with consumption, yet is is hardship ahead and there is something
being told that more consumption is the too hollow in just voting for whoever offers Richard was for many years our only 'voice in the wilderness'.
way out. A world obese with debt being the most jam tomorrow. His 'Ecology of Money' outlined the destructive mathematics of
told that more borrowing is the only modern banking in simple terms. He outlined the 'inevitable'
solution. The snake oil men suggesting That fading of democracy can go two collapse of Anglo in Construct Ireland magazine eight months before
they have finally discovered the diet where ways. In Italy it means that the new the event. Richard's economics was human-centered, like 'The
you can lose weight by eating more. technocrat Prime Minister has appointed a Growth Illusion: How Economic Growth Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many and
cabinet made entirely (at time of going to Endangered the Planet.' and 'Short Circuit: Strengthening Local Economics for
There is a rumbling silence out there, that press) of unelected establishment figures Security in an Unstable World'. He spoke publicly in Cork on many occasions, once at
our leaders seem deaf to, that is saying and . . . technocrats. A government hand- the invitation of Cork Lets when we held a public market.
that the economy cannot be patched up, picked by Goldman Sachs. This has an air
that the emperor really is naked, that of desperation about it, a fear of listening Richard founded FEASTA, the Irish Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
Rome really is burning and that the to the people, a fear of restless masses. (Economics as if people & the planet mattered). He never spoke in economic
system, having lost the run of itself Such arrogance has nasty echoes of the abstractions: all his assertions were rooted and illustrated in the real world.
through greed, gambling, usury and debt, hardening of the line in Libya and Syria,
is absolutely unequivocally and utterly and we know how well that worked out for A great humanist has left us. May his legacy bear fruit.
UNFIT FOR PURPOSE. the rulers.
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6. Local Photo Competition
Prize: Samuel Beckett Photograph
Le Petit Boulevard St. Jacque,
Paris 1985
Closing date 15th February, 2012.
To Enter Competition CLICK HERE
Judged by John Minihan
www.johnminihan.com
A performance by PlayActing Theatre Productions
Written and Directed by Karen Minihan
West Cork Arts Centre on Friday 18, Saturday 19, and Sunday 20 November at 8.00 pm
Schull Parish Hall on Friday November 25 at 8.30 pm and Saturday November 26 at 8.45 pm
Clonakilty Parish Centre on Tuesday November 29 at 8 pm
Sherkin Island on Friday December 2 at 8 pm
(ferry from Baltimore at 7 pm and returns after the show).
Amour is a short play written and directed by Karen Minihan based on the Guy de Maupassant story of the
same title. The play involves two actors - Con (played by Isaac Slaleia ) and Karl (Peter FitzGerald), and
two dancers - a Man (Ben Townsend) and a Woman (Terri Leiber). In their vision for this performance, the
production team presents a sensory experience that combines acting, dance, and a haunting sound score
including the music of Kíla.
Admission €7.50. Concessions available. Advance booking is recommended as seating is limited.
Bookings: 028 – 22090 for West Cork Arts Centre performances 086 8785304 for other performances.
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7. Brown Envelope Seeds West Cork Rural Transport
Cancer Connect is a free and flexible
transport service to Cork hospitals from West
Cork for people receiving cancer treatments
(radiotherapy, chemotherapy etc.). The service
has been running along the N71 (Goleen/
Skibbereen/Clonakilty) since April, and
currently carries 45 passengers approximately
to Cork on a regular basis. Cancer Connect is
now travelling from Castletownbere through
Bantry and Dunmanway to Cork every day.
This service means a great deal to community
members and their families, and we are
looking for support to ensure that the service
An exhibition of Sonia Caldwell's paintings, in the Bantry area is as successful as in
from the gardens at Brown Envelope Seeds, neighbouring towns.
and the Brown Envelope Seeds calendar,
and 2012 catalogue is on display at the We are currently seeking volunteers who
Riverside Cafe in Skibbereen. Both the would give one day per month, and drive
calendar and catalogue are illustrated with passengers to Cork University Hospital.
Sonia's watercolours of vegetables and Drivers do not need a bus licence and a
their flowers. The theme of the Brown vehicle is provided. If you are interested in
Envelope Seeds catalogue is 'Our Seeds, supporting the project, call Helen on 027
Our Heritage', and highlights the global 52727 / 087 1224404 — at West Cork Rural
sources of our food plants. This is reflected Transport.
in carefully crafted and vibrantly coloured
pictures of such vegetables as the Crimson
Flowered Broad Bean and the Winterkefe PROPERTY FOR SALE
Pea. The Riverside Café has a reputation for
serving creative dishes using local foods. Fairy Glen, Glannaphucca, Skibbereen
The calendar is available directly from Sonia
soniacaldwell@eircom.net, Hosfords Garden
Centre, and whole food shops in West Cork.
The seed catalogue is available from
seeds@brownenvelopeseeds.com and the
seeds are available from the website
www.brownenvelopeseeds.com and various
shops nationwide.
http://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com/
http://brownenvelopeseeds.blogspot.com/
http://homepages.iol.ie/~spm/riverside/ For more info CLICK HERE
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8. Irish National Flood Forum LTD.
MASSAGE Working For Flooded Communities in Ireland
Irish National Flood Forum LTD. is a voluntary group, who aim to help communities that
flood or are at risk of flooding to develop a better understanding of the complex issues
associated with flooding. Working together to insure the other stakeholders (OPW,
Councils, etc.) understand our fears, working to get communities insurance, and get
Relax over-worked muscles, reduce stress levels, concrete flood prevention measures completed to prevent future flooding
improve circulation, stimulate immune system, This Saturday the 19th of November Irish National Flood Forum LTD. will be holding their
second National Flood Forum, in the Jean Monnet Theatre in University of Limerick
lower blood pressure......
The event starts at 9.30am, and should be finished by about 4.00pm. The speakers on the
day include members of the OPW, IFA, Insurance Industry, MEP, UL, with Minister with
Special discount for 1st time visit responsibility for the OPW, Minister Brian Hayes TD is the keynote speaker. The Chairman
for the day will be Seán McCarthy.
Save €10!!
The event is free and everybody will be more than welcome.
Launch of Field Ecology Certificate & Diploma
Normal Price €60 UCC are now inviting applications for the Field Ecology Certificate and Diploma Distance
1st visit Price €50 Learning Course.
The course will run over 2 years, and there is an option to complete year one and
graduate with a Certificate in Field Ecology. Completion of Year 2 will result in a Diploma
At John Garvey's holistic centre, Killinga Leap in Field Ecology. There will be 3 weekend classes during each year and a 2-week summer
field course. The method of assessment is a mixture of continuous assessment and
exams.
Also at Fionnuisce, (an Tobairín) The course fee is €1,150 per year. Application forms can be downloaded at www.ucc.ie/
en/study/ace/how/ Closing date for applications is December 2nd 2011. For further
Heron court, Market Quay, Bandon queries please contact Caroline Hurley, Course Co-ordinator on c.hurley@ucc.ie
Cape Clear Walking Trails
Triona O’Sullivan Cosáin Siúlóide Oileán Chléire
James O’Mahoney, Rural Recreation Office will visit Cape Clear Island next Sunday 20th
November to meet/brief landowners and land occupiers interested in the development of
087 986 0069 walking trails on the Island. The meeting will take place in Club Cléire at 2pm to be
completed in time for the Quiz at 3.30 pm.
Beidh James O’Mahoney, Oifigeach Caitheamh Aimsire Tuaithe i gCléire Dé Domhnaigh
Triona O’Sullivan completed 1500 hours of supervised training at San Francisco School
of Massage, The Kinesiology Institute, Berkeley CA and the Heartwood Institute, seo chugainn 20 Samhain chun bualadh le húineirí agus áitreoirí talún go bhfuil spéis acu i
Mendecino. She has been practising massage for over 14 years and has worked in both bhforbairt na cosáin siúlóide san Oileán. Beidh an chruinniú sa Chlub at 2 pm le bheith
the USA and Ireland. críochnaithe in am don Tráth na gCeist ag 3.30 pm.
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9. Construction & Engineering Jobs in Australia
If you are interested or know of anybody that is interested here are the details of Construction
Jobs at the Gorgon plant in Western Australia. JobContax in association with our Australian
partners are currently recruiting for a number of large civils projects in Australia. Our
Australian partner on the Gorgon Project will be holding face to face interviews in London
from November 10th to 17th and in Dublin from November 18th to 25th . The interviews will
be for the following roles:
Construction Foremen €140k - €170k + Relocation + Family Visa
Site Managers €140k - €170k + Relocation + Family Visa
Site Managers - Civils €140k - €170k + Relocation + Family Visa
Project Engineers - Civils €120k - €140k + Relocation + Family Visa
All roles come with excellent packages including relocation costs and employer sponsored
family Australian 457 visas. These positions represent a fantastic opportunity to progress your
career and gain large project experience. To be considered for interview, apply through our
website for the job/jobs which you feel you are qualified for and one of our consultants will
contact you and explain the interview process in detail.
http://www.jobcontax.com/
Goleen Craft Fair
Date for your diary Dec 04. Goleen Annual Christmas Craft Fair is not to be missed. This year
we will have 50 traders varying from jewellery, antiques, baking, ceramics, pottery and crafts
of every description. Santa of course will be in attendance. Also on the day we will have
steaming hot mulled wine as well as delicious homemade soup with bread roll. Come and get
all your Christmas presents in Goleen. Free Parking. Free Entry.
Bantry’s Three Festivals
With preparations now well under way for next summer's festivals in Bantry, West Cork Music
has revealed that the total economic impact of the three festivals in 2011, as calculated by
the Department of Economics UCC, was €1.6 million.
More than 3000 people attended the trio of festivals - the West Cork Chamber Music Festival,
West Cork Literary Festival and Masters of Tradition - and the audience grew by 11%.
The programme will soon be available for the 2012 West Cork Chamber Music Festival which
takes place from Friday 29 June to Saturday 7 July. The line-up will include cellist Natalie
Clein, Apollon Musagete Quartet which are currently touring with Tori Amos, violinist Alina
Ibragimova, soprano Ruby Hughes, pianist Julius Drake, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and
many more. The West Cork Literary Festival runs on immediately from Sunday 8 to Saturday
14 July. There will be five and three day workshops, afternoon events, main evening readings,
book fair, book launches and children's events. The line-up will be revealed in the new year.
Masters of Tradition runs from Wednesday 15th to Sunday 19th August and will be headlined
as usual by Artistic Director Martin Hayes. More details from www.westcorkmusic.ie and on
West Cork Music's Facebook Page.
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10. West Cork One Act Drama Festival Fluoridation of Water
St Mary’s Theatre, Rossmore, Clonakilty Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink................Almost appears that Mr
Coleridge anticipated the level of fluoridation in Ireland - currently about 70%. One
18th – 20th Nov wonders why the Irish people, noted for their independent attitude and rebelliousness
against imposed authority have done nothing about their illegal mass medication.
Adjudicator: Mr Flor Dullea Historically for years Fluoride was used as an insecticide, great for poisoning…….
Fri 18 Nov 8pm Full article in the Local Campus library. To view CLICK HERE.
Blue Hat Drama Group – Melody by Deirdre Kinahan (Confined)
Insight Theatre Group – The Collection by Harold Pinter (Open) A Different Dimension, Skibbereen
Insight Theatre Group – Life Sentence by Mark Seaman (Open) Martha Cashman, Miranda Daly & Angie Shanahan
Sat 19 Nov 8pm 26 November 2011 – 14 January 2012
Take 5 Drama Group – Faded Footsteps by Maura Williamson (Confined) Martha Cashman, ceramic artist; Angie Shanahan, painter and Miranda Daly, film-maker
Kilmeen Drama Group – Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh (Open) present an exhibition exploring the narrative of the former Wolfe's Bakery in Skibbereen,
Schull Drama Group – Alternative Accommodation by Pam Valentine (Confined) West Cork.
Sun 20 Nov Afternoon 2pm The artists are interested in the transition from one state of being to another and in
conveying a sense of past human activity and industrial output associated with this
Amphitheatre Drama Group – Two For A Girl by Mary Kelly & Nonie Stapleton (Confined) building.
Schull Drama Group – A Family Affair (Confined)
Rasper Players – Sucking Dublin by Enda Walsh (Open) ADULT Wolfe's Bakery is the site for the planned new building for West Cork Arts Centre.
Sun 20 Nov 8pm West Cork Arts Centre, North Street, Skibbereen, Co. Cork.
Castlewood Players – The Shewing Up Of Blanco Posnet by George Bernard Shaw Mon - Sat, 10.00am - 5.00pm.
(Confined)
Brideview Drama Group – The Poppy and The Shamrock by George Peet (Confined) Telephone: 028 - 22090
Email: info@westcorkartscentre.com
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12. Your Views...
Letter From Dave McInerney, Independent Candidate in the 2011 General Election The next important step is to secure the leisure complex for the long term and enhance
the facilities that we offer. We are at an advanced stage in securing the Leisure complex
I am trying to spur people into action, I am trying to turn the blog I used for the election for the long term use for the community, but in order to do this we will need the
in to a focal point for change, change to our society, to help create a better all inclusive assistance of the wider community once again. I urge all with interest in the long term
society, one that is planned rather than one (which is what is happening now) evolves plan of securing the pool to attend an extraordinary general meeting on November 24th
as a result of blind panic. It will be similar to the cooperative idea you are trying to in the community hall in Baltimore at 8pm. We have exciting plans including new and
spearhead in Skibbereen. It will be a cooperative of ideas and suggestions, of thought extended facilities and cost saving systems to make the complex more viable.
and of community spirit a place where people can share ideas on how to make our lives
more fulfilling and as a result more meaningful and happier. The Baltimore Community Leisure Centre is there for all from children learning to swim
to a tourist facility in bad weather. We need as many people to attend on the night to
Can you read my latest blog at www.aBetterIreland.com and if you share my vision show there is an interest in securing these much needed facilities long term.
maybe you would send out an email to your subscribers making them aware of the
concept. I believe that we as a people are at a crossroads and the decisions that we Thanks for your support
take over the next few weeks and months will have vital and far reaching consequences
for us all. This being the case it is important that those decisions are all inclusive, and John Kearney
that those decisions make everyone’s lives better and not just of the few. We can see Chairperson
already from around the world that the people are being excluded from any say in how Baltimore Community Leisure Centre
their countries and societies are run, as of now we still have a say in how we are to live
our lives, lets exercise that right while we still can lets share our ideas and let’s together John Kearney was also an independent candidate in the 2011 General Election
build a better society.
Dear Walter,
Baltimore Community Leisure Centre EGM
Eleanor O’Regan from Cashelfean Holiday Houses here. I have been asked to represent
An extraordinary meeting to secure Baltimore Community Leisure Complex for the long the Irish Self Catering Federation and Tourism Ireland at the forthcoming BBC Good
term will be held in the community hall, Baltimore, at 8 pm on November 24th. Food show on 25th November in Birmingham (88,000 thousand attended last year) to
promote Self Catering Holidays etc. Could you please put a note on the newsletter if
All members and interested parties are urged to attend this extraordinary meeting as anyone would like me to promote their product or services I would be happy to do so or
plans are at an advanced stage to not only secure the future of Baltimore Community perhaps we could make out a leaflet with list of amenities in West Cork?
Leisure Centre for the long term but to enhance the facilities whilst making them more
cost effective. Best regards,
Baltimore Community Leisure centre has now been up and running for almost 30 Eleanor
months. We, as a community, got together to save the closure of our leisure centre due
to the economic downturn in 2009. We put a call out to the general community to assist Tel: 027 62000
us in getting 200 members signed up for two years. With the assistance of The
Southern Star and C103FM enough members joined to keep the leisure centre open. P.S. I would like to book an ad for Cashelfean Holiday Houses (3 weeks) in January
issue.
This year saw the two years initial programme end in March and the numbers again
dropped off, so another call was made to get the numbers back up so we could
continue in the short term to continue the services we had been offering.
With great support from the wider community we are once again getting closer to the
required numbers. We had great support from all the members, staff and the committee
in getting the message out there and the great news is that we are nearly there.
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13. Your Views...
We are past ‘Peak Oil’ and Colin Campbell is proven correct. The price of oil will expanded scale the agri-industrial based industries of the future. But halting the DCC
become prohibitive. concept of incineration is hugely important because it will waste a great resource that is
needed for the economies that will soon emerge. I see it, if it goes ahead, as a tragic
We are also past ‘Peak Readily Available Phosphate’ and that can be more serious. ‘white elephant’ that should be obsolete from the beginning.
However, oil is not recyclable but phosphate is. The extensive reserves of high quality
phosphate that were available in NW Africa and in Florida are rapidly depleting, and the You have the scientific background to bring about the awareness that is needed. I hope
major such reserves are now in China. Understandably, China is not willing to supply that you will take up the challenge, and in so doing lay the foundations for a future that
the world needs in Phosphorous. will bring prosperity to Ireland, as the wealth of nations that is based on oil will wane.
There are large reserves of Phosphorous in the soil. Some of that is indigenous in soil Yours sincerely
minerals, and much has become immobilized from ‘available P’ that has been applied Your Comments
as fertilizer. We are now able to develop microbial systems that will mobilise that Dr. Michael H.B.Hayes MRIA Please send your letters, comments
Phosphorous and make it available for plants. Research Professor Carbolea Group or ideas for publication to:
CES Department
walter@localcampus.com
But there must be huge emphasis on recycling phosphate. That is why it is disastrous University of Limerick
to know that the Dublin City Council (DCC) is going ahead with incineration. Incineration
has long been outdated, and we now have technologies to recycle effectively the so- What makes Holland Tick?
called organic wastes. I have recently returned from a horticultural trip to Holland. This is a country the size of
Munster with a population 16.5 million. Following the US and France,the Dutch come
I have repeatedly asked DCC to have an open debate on the matter, but they have third in the world in Agricultural exports ,earning 60 Billion euros annually. A big chunk of
always refused. I note that the Sunday Business Post has formulated a programme for this is derived from the sale of bulbs and the flower business but there is also 22,000
discussion later this month that promotes only the wasteful and outdated technologies dairy farmers in Holland.More than 60% of global exports, and up to 40% of
and approaches. international trade in plants pass through the broker desks in the Netherlands. One
apple in six sold in the world comes from Holland. I had a period of total immersion in
Colin Campbell has eloquently presented the case that globalisation, and the vast Horticulture during my recent visit and have come home unable to answer the question.
proliferation of wealth that was based on oil, is coming to an end. But that does not What makes Holland Tick? True, all National school children between the ages 7 to 10
mean that civilisation will end. It does mean, however, that we will base our future are allocated a small plot 1 metre by 2 to grow a garden, while nationally there are up to
wealth on a localized economy. We must return to energy from the sun that is 250,000 allotments but this connectivity with the land does not explain the stellar
transformed through photosynthesis into biomass that will provide everything that we performance of horticulture on the world stage.There must be some secret that makes
now get from oil. This will not require using essential foodstuffs. We can use Holland tick.
lignocellulosic biomass, and so-called carbohydrate wastes to provide us with the
platform chemicals sourced in petrochemicals at this time. My colleague, Professor During my visit I attended Hortifair, the biggest international trade fair on technology,
Austin Darragh and our members of the Carbolea group (www.Carbolea.ul.ie) innovation and inspiration in Horticulture. The trade fair had 600 stands and apart from
repeatedly stress. Bord na Mona and two other small companies the Irish were very thin on the ground.
Perhaps the Irish government did sent a representative and if not what a missed
“Farewell Petroleum (oil from rocks), Hail Carboleum (oil from carbohydrates)”. opportunity. The other half of the RAI trade fair building had an International gathering
focused on the Theme of WATER.It is ironic that both events were held under sea level.
I consider that our liaison with Sammy Mayfield Pierce of Energenetics Energies (USA), Hortifair was home to International companies exhibiting new developments in
being arranged by Professor Darragh, will allow us to get high value nutraceuticals from cultivation technology, improvement in strains,and greenhouse technology spread over 9
grains, even straws, and far more efficiently to obtain added value from all products thematic pavilions. Greenport Holland is an international organisation that ensures that
that have their origins in photosynthesis. The Pierce ‘Minibiorefinery’ concept could Dutch Horticulture and knowledge maintains an international orientation.
mean a revitalisation of a Co-Op system on a national scale, and re-ruralisation. He has
the technologies to utilise efficiently all parts of growing crops. Why have the Dutch horti-culturalists not come to Ireland in numbers? Have they not
discovered our Irish climate? There must be some well kept secret.I would like to know
We are lucky in Ireland to have the soil and climate that we need to support in an WHAT MAKES HOLLAND TICK.Perhaps some of your readers can help me!
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14. Belling West Cork Artisan Food Awards
Inaugural Belling West Cork producers make a living making Short list of Nominees in The
Artisan Food Awards celebrates something that matters”. Originals category:
pioneering Irish food
artisans. Short list of 8 nominees The judging panel consists Norman & Veronica Steele, Milleens
announced for Ireland's most of Darina Allen of the Ballymaloe Cheese, Eyeries.
lucrative food awards. Cookery School; Rose O'Driscoll of
Belling Ireland; Ella McSweeney of Giana Ferguson, Gubbeen
The short list of 8 nominees for the RTÉ; John Field of Field's Farmhouse Cheese, Schull.
first Belling West Cork Artisan Food Supervalu; Carmel Somers of Good
Awards has just been announced. Things Café; and John McKenna of Sally Barnes, Woodcock Smokery,
the Bridgestone Guides. Castletownshend.
F o u r f o o d p ro d u c e r s i n t h e
Originals category, and four food The judges will now decide which Alan & Valerie Kingston, Glenilen
producers in the Newcomers of the nominees in each category – Dairy, Drimoleague.
category, are in the race to win the The Originals and The Newcomers
Belling Artisan Award, and a prize – will win the Belling Award, and a
of €5,000. cash prize of €5,000.00. The two Short list of Nominees in the
winners, and the person chosen for Newcomers category:
John McKenna, one of the six the first Belling Artisan Bursary, a
judges who selected the nominees, €5,000 prize which will allow a Toby Simmonds & Johnny Lynch,
said: “ West Cork is the Big Bang student to pursue a Diploma Toonsbridge Dairy, Toonsbridge.
of Irish speciality food. If it wasn't course at the school of Speciality
for West Cork, and the way in Food Production in UCC, will be Fingal Ferguson, Gubbeen
which people work with food and announced at a ceremony in West Smokehouse, Schull.
think about food in West Cork, I Cork Hotel, Skibbereen on Sunday,
don't believe that we would have December 4th, 2011. M a d e l e i n e M c K e e v e r, B ro w n
seen the speciality food revolution Envelope Seeds, Turk Head.
which we have enjoyed in Ireland The Belling Awards are sponsored
over the last thirty years. West Cork by Belling Ireland. Belling Ireland is Avril & Willie Allshire, Rosscarbery
set the template for small-scale, part of the Glen Dimplex Group, Recipes, Rosscarbery.
high-quality production, and every Ireland's largest privately-owned
corner of Ireland has tried to imitate business, with a turnover of €2
the West Cork model over the last billion annually and a workforce of For further information see:
fifteen to twenty years.” 10,000.
www.westcorkartisanawards.com
“What the judges were looking for, Sean O'Driscoll, the chief executive
in both The Originals and the and chairman of the Glen Dimplex
Newcomer category, were food Group, is a West Cork man, born in
producers who combine originality, Drimoleague. “We are delighted
skill, tenacity and individuality”, that Belling, our leading cooking
said McKenna. “We have chosen brand, is associated with and
eight extraordinary food sponsors of the West Cork Artisan
businesses, people who define not Awards”, said Mr O'Driscoll. “The
just world-class food, but who also artisan food producers of West
work in the most sustainable and Cork espouse what the Belling
authentic way. All of these food Brand aspires to be”. 14