Local News 7th May 2009

BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS
FIRST prize: Mossie Stack and Kay Cullen.
Second prize: Mary Donovan and Eileen
Kennedy. Third prize: Pat Neville and Pam
McNamara, and Fourth prize: Mary
Coleman and Kathleen O’Dwyer.

RIVERSIDE CENTRE
Staff and learners at Riverside Senior
Traveller Training Centre, Rathkeale wish
to invite Sean Nos storytellers to attend
their centre for a day for two to three
hours during the month of June. Contact
Brid Meehan on 069-63077 if you would
be able to help out or for further information.

CARDS RESULTS
First prize: Catherine Hickey and Norman
Alfred. Second prize: Mary Barrett and
Nora Dore, Peter Donovan and Jim
Langan, John Wall and Mike Kerins, Eileen
Griffin and Irene Donovan.
Table prizes: John Wall, and Mike Kerins,
Mai Wall and Nancy Danaher.
Raffle: Mary O’Grady, 40; Pauline Kerins
20. 10 each to Peggie Lynch, Eileen
Griffin and Peter Donovan.

ALZHEIMERS TEA DAY
Lily says do not forget to bake, bake ,
bake and bake homemade bread, scones,
buns, apple tarts for the Alzheimers Tea
Day on this Thursday, May 7. The aim is to
make enough money to help the work of
caring for people with Alzheimers. This is
a great cause and the monies raised will
go to help the people in the Limerick
area.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Best wishes to Michael Hunt who celebrated
the big 50 with family, friends and
work colleagues recently.

COMMUNITY MEETING
Open Community meeting in the
Community Centre, the Square, Rathkeale
on May 11 at 8pm, subject: The future of
Rathkeale.
What kind of future can you imagine for
Rathkeale?
How can we work together to build a new
future for our community?
In what ways can you contribute to that
future?
How does the Community Council need to
restructure itself to be an effective
“change-agent” for the town?
You are invited to the above meeting
which will be the first step in creating a
locally driven, grass roots process to
improve the local economy, the local government
and the cultural and social fabric
of the town. The process is a joint effort
between the Rathkeale Community
Council and the Rathkeale inter-agency
task force and it will be facilitated by
West Limerick Resources.
Through this initiative the future direction
for the development of Rathkeale is
being put into the hands of the principal
stakeholders, the people who live and/or
work or are otherwise connected to the
town. We look forward to seeing you on
May 11. Encourage others to come too.

PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUDORJE
Pilgrimage to Medjugorje, September 12
to19, 2009. Contact John O’Brien 061-
380614.

MAIGUE FLOWER AND GARDEN CLUB
May Flower and Garden Club are holding
their meeting on Wednesday, May 6 at
8.30pm in Rathkeale House Hotel. A work
night with displays from Tim Mulchinock,
a Bring and Buy stall and slide show.
On May 9, Jeff Hunt will give a Dawn chorus
introduction and talk. Details will be
announced at the club

ATHLETICS
U.L. is the venue for this Sunday, May 10
for the Country Track and Field championships
and all registered members of St.
Mary’s athletic club have been entered. It
is for all ages from under nine upwards
and everyone hopefully will have at least
one relay 4 x 100 with some athletes
being involved in two and everyone will
have at least one relay 4 x 100 with some
athletes being involved in two and everyone
will have a spring and middle distance
race with the usual ball throw, long
jump, etc. If the weather is kind to us
then hopefully we will all have a good
time.
Athletes to be at the venue at 9.15am for
a 10 o’clock start, be sure to bring shorts
and a drink (water). Help will be required
from the club on the day, finish judge,
long jump and ball throw. As we have a
very large programme to get through,
both long jump pits will be used if the
help is available.
We had a very large attendance at training
on Thursday evening last which is
great to see, hopefully this will continue
into the long evenings as we have the
Munster T and F championships only four
weeks away and then the Limerick
Community games track finals only three
weeks later.

FATIMA PILGRIMAGE
A SPECIAL West Limerick pilgrimage to
Fatima will be held on September 10 with
full board for five nights, accompanied by
a Spiritual Director. Itineraries, booking
forms and further information available
on request by contacting Pat Dalton 069-
62306.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS
The Granny semi final for fund-raising for
the Special Olympics will be held on
Saturday, May 9 in the Bridge House
Hotel, Tullamore, Co. Offaly: Mary
O’Keeffe from Croagh is our granny, representing
Limerick City and County. For
information, contact Mary 087-6990816.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Catriona McMahon of
St. Mary’s Athletic club who won the 5k
walk at the Munster Senior Track and
Field championships which were held in
Cork on Monday last.