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both heard growing up in Scotland. John Doherty - Marine Objects Art
Exhibition
The Skibbereen Children’s Festival Family Now - Aug 8th at the Warren Gallery in
Day last Sunday moved to the rugby Mary Ann’s, Castletownshend.
Liss Ard
ground and what a great success that
turned out to be on a brilliantly sunny day
with just enough breeze to wrap everyone
West Cork Fit Up Theatre Festival
in a rainbow of bubbles. A bubble machine Now - Aug 19th. For further information see:
gun with two refills of bubbles at €6 was www.westcorkfit-upfestival.com.
simple but compelling fun for the little
Sky Garden,
ones. Who needs Fireman Sam and DVDs Castletownshend Maritime Week
when you have a bubble machine gun? Now - 5th
Then there was the balloon magician who
transformed balloons into a belt with a
holster for a sword for one aspiring pirate, Castletownshend Festival Of
and into all sorts of animal shapes. There Classical Music
was face painting, bouncing castles, one Aug 2nd. For more info CLICK HERE.
ARD with an obstacle course and there was
SKY GARDEN, LISS sumo wrestling too. Then there was the Clonakilty Waterfront Festival
opportunity to hold a gecko or lizard, have
the creature scramble up your arm or on to Aug 2nd-5th. For more info CLICK HERE.
your head although I understand the offer
to hold a tarantula was declined by most. Kilmacabea GAA Community
F e s t i va l F u n B y C a r o l Gi lbert Best of all for we older children was Festival
I’ve an exciting four days ahead of me If you missed Iarla O Lionaird and Steve catching up with friends you hadn’t seen
Aug 2nd-6th.
with the opening of the Five Cooney in concert in Abbeystrewry for a while, mutually admiring
Photographers exhibition in Apple Betty’s Church of Ireland last Friday, you missed grandchildren and promising to catch up
Cafe, Skibbereen, on Friday night by 90 minutes of bliss. Even though I barely soon, hopefully before next year’s festival! Kinsale Regatta
Steve Redmond. Then it’s the Liss Ard understand a word of the Gaelic it didn’t Aug 2nd-11th. For further info see wwwkyss.ie.
Festival weekend and to crown what is matter as the emotions and stories so I’ve missed most of the Skibbereen Arts
probably the most thrilling weekend for beautifully interpreted in voice and guitar Festival because I am in the final week of a Skibbereen Arts Festival - Yeats In
me is the news that the Baltimore Singers made language unnecessary. I am though Start Your Own Business Course through
are opening for the Hothouse Flowers at very grateful to the Gaelic speaker sitting the West Cork Enterprise Board. It’s great
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Glebe Gardens on Bank Holiday Monday. to my right who generously translated value at eight sessions of three hours for Aug 3rd, 7pm. Aug 4th, 1pm, Baby Hannahs.
Katy Salvidge our musical director has after each piece. Strangely or perhaps €75 and I have learned so much in the last
organised this and we will be singing not so strangely many of the pieces of two months. The tutor, Veronica, is brilliant, Courtmacsherry Festival
Mary, Viva La Vida, Shadowlands and Fix music were familiar from my native and so patient with our group as we tend Aug 3rd - 6th
You for anyone else in the choir who, like Scotland. My fellow Scot sitting on my to talk a lot and interrupt with contributions
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2. Continued From Previous Page Sounds Amazing, Ballydehob
Aug 3rd-6th. For more info CLICK HERE.
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read this, but each of us will take the shared Ballabuidhe Races & Horse Fair,
experiences of the last eight weeks with us,
the fun and laughter, because there has been
Family & Kids Fri 3rd– 7.00-9.00pm (all ages & Dunmanway
standards)
lots of that, and face into our journeys with Aug 5th - 8th
much more confidence and business skills Activities Goleen Table Tennis Club - €3 entry fee
- 12 Tables, all equipment provided.
than we embarked on this course with. Goleen Festival
Veronica generously will be our lifeline into
the future wherever it takes us. But we’ll all
At Goleen Sat 4th– 12 noon Aug 5th - 12th
F a m i l y F e s t i v a l Ta b l e Te n n i s
be looking out for each other whatever
direction we take.
Community Tournament Kilbrittain Festival
Aug 5th - 12th
Centre Mon 6th – 3.30-4.30pm (all ages)
Multi Sports Session - €3 entry fee
Baltimore Regatta
Your Comments Tea, Coffee & Snacks also available at Aug 6th. For more info CLICK HERE.
August the Community Centre on these days!
Calves Week, Schull
Please send your letters, comments Wed 1st – West Cork Table Tennis Camp
4.30-5.30pm Aug 7th - 10th
or ideas for publication to: August 13th - 16th. €45
(over 10) Contact Owen Kelly 028-35371 or 083
Indoor Cricket - 1372013 Durrus Fete
walter@localcampus.com
€3 entry fee Aug 8th from 12 noon at Durrus Rectory. For
Check us out on www.goleen.info more info see: www.durrusfete.com.
West Cork Local Archive Thurs 2nd – 5.30-7.30pm (U16)
Traditional Games - €5 entry fee - www.facebook.com/pages/Goleen- Charity Auction
Board Games including Cards, Chess, Village
For previous issues CLICK HERE Draughts, Jenga, Monopoly ……etc. Au g 8th, 9pm, Ma r y A n n’s ,
Castletownshend. For further info contact
Fergus O’Mahony on 028 36146 or 086 851 8531.
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3. Roy Heyland - A BAFTA TV Society, Castletownshend Festival Of
Hobby Horse by Rob Heyland Writer’s Guild & Critics Award Winner Classical Music
Aug 9th. For more info CLICK HERE.
Jerusalem Paul Ringrose Exhibition - New Work
A test of a film is whether you would want to watch it again, or how it chimes with you, - Small Paintings
or how it stays with you - on that level Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire gets, in my Au g 1 0 t h - 2 6 t h , D o s w e l l G a l l e r y,
scorebook, a big fat round nought. Rosscarbery. For further info call 023 884 8137 or
see www.doswellgallery.com.
So imagine my expectations for the Olympics Opening Ceremony. I was expecting
boredom, a sense of irrelevance and above all a huge cold wet tsunami of Schull Regatta
embarrassment.
Aug 12th, 1pm.
But I got glory. And I wept and cheered and hollered with joy.
Masters Of Tradition, Bantry
A funny little man was given 20 million or so, an empty canvas, an infinite palette of Aug 15th to 19th. For further details go to:
colours, a cast of thousands and an audience of billions. Billions! And, under the noses www.westcorkmusic.ie.
of a Tory government, with a Tory London mayor and a Tory Lord running the games,
little Danny Boyle exploded an anti-capitalist polemic. Bless him. Heir Island Regatta
Aug 16th. For more info CLICK HERE.
It started with a rather cloyingly sentimental scene of sheep and shepherdesses and fields and cottages with smoke swirling from
chimneys and a water wheel and cricket played on the village green and honey still for tea. And the odd puffy white cloud carried Timoleague Harvest Festival
around on a string. Charming, but naff and meaningless, in the way that charming things and charming people are. But there was Aug 17th - 26th. For tickets call 086 169 7628
a hint of more. The whole scene was overlooked by Glastonbury Tor - with its resonance of ancient spirits and modern rock
festival gatherings speaking of youth and alternative life styles. But alternative to what? Amnesty Flag Day
Amnesty Flag Day in Clonakilty and Bandon
And there it was. A moment of genius, a coup de theatre which, unlike Slumdog, will stay with me forever. Danny Boyle, into this
on Aug 17th, and Skibbereen on Aug 18th.
scene of beauty, injected Ken Brannagh, as Isambard Kingdom Brunel in stove pipe hat, chewing a cigar, and spouting Caliban’s
lines from The Tempest - “The clouds methought would open and show riches ready to drop upon me that, when I waked, I cried
to dream again.” - yes, it really was that strange - and Brunel surveyed the scene and with one chomp on his cigar, and flick of his Silent Art Auction
head, had the elysian idyll swept away in a beat and replaced with a dystopia of steel and smoke and chimneys. Aug 18th, Sailing Centre, Schull.
One minute we had beaming busty bonkworthy bucolic bumpkins, next we had menacing malevolent manufacturing malcontents. Baltimore Deep Sea Angling Festival
All played, it must be said, with utter conviction, by the thousands of volunteers. Au g 2 3 rd - 2 6 t h . Fo r m o r e i n f o s e e
www.baltimoreseaangling.com.
It was a startling and horrific picture of what we have done with our rural birthright. Our green and pleasant land.
And on he went for three more hours with suffragettes, a huge human CND badge, the NHS, the World Wide Web, the contribution Ballydehob Dog & Pony Show
made to society by the many and varied racial groups absorbed into that great glorious soup we know as London. I’ll have to stop Aug 19th, 2pm. For further info contact Barry
before I soil myself. O’Brien on 028 37191 or 086 387 2821.
The show was exactly like London itself. Messy, noisy, energetic, disorganised, shambolic, magnificent. Cape Clear International Story
Telling Festival
The opening scene alone justified the many longeurs, the Mary Poppinses and dancing nurses, and all the other bits that didn’t Aug 31st to Sept 2nd. For further details go to:
really work or make sense. It even justified the final horror of Paul McCartney having a senior moment by forgetting he had a live www.capeclearstorytelling.com.
mike and singing along to the canned music, out of time and out of tune.
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4. Continued From Previous Page Harvest Moon Music Festival, Schull
It was a celebration of our strengths. Strengths we will Sept 7th - 9th, Schull. For further details go to:
need to draw on in the near future as our financial www.harvestmoonmusicfestival.com.
system implodes, our environment and climate collapse
under the strain, harvests fail, droughts come, social A Taste Of West Cork Food Festival
disorder spreads from the Arab spring and Greece to all Sept 10th - 16th, Skibbereen. For further
our cities and streets. It was a reminder of how great we details go to: www.atasteofwestcork.com.
can be and how stupid we have been. It was a shout of
warning and of hope. Baltimore Walking Weekend
Sept 29th - 30th. For more info CLICK HERE.
Big up Danny Boyle, as they say, apparently.
Tel +353 (0)28 27606
AIB Bank Closures - Schull
Email: info@whytebooks.com & Ballydehob - Public
Web: www.whytebooks.com
Meeting
Your Comments Schull & District Community Council is holding a
public meeting this Friday August 3rd at Schull
Please send your letters, comments Community Hall at 8.30pm on the impending
or ideas for publication to: AIB bank closures in Schull and Ballydehob. All
local public representatives have been invited.
Everybody is encouraged to come along to this
walter@localcampus.com
very important meeting. Please spread the word.
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5. Gabriel Rangers L.F.C
Summertime Discos
Every Wednesday evening
in the Parish Hall, Schull.
(alongside Church)
AUGUST 8th – OVER 12s - 8.30 till 11
AUGUST 15th – UNDER 12s - 8 till 10
AUGUST 22nd – OVER 12s - 8.30 till 11
All Discos supervised
Everyone welcome.
See posters displayed for more info.
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6. Mermaids Restaurant Schull
Another Gem!
A great tradition returns to main street Schull with the re-opening of a
fantastic fish and chip restaurant, Mermaids, now under the fabulous
new management of Paddy O’Sullivan from Bantry. Paddy comes from
Nottages in Crookhaven and previously worked at the West Lodge
Hotel. Everything is cooked from fresh, nothing frozen. He uses the very RESPONSIBLE
freshest fish, has delicious hand cut chips, and scrumptious mushy ENERGY FOR A
Video 5 peas! The burgers are all homemade and again only fresh chicken is
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8. bantryponytrekking@gmail.com Kinsale Tennis July 30th- Aug 3rd 021 477 7777/086
Summer Camps in Bantry Beauty Camp for girls July 31st /Aug 1st Every Tues
and Wed in Aug 087 9446773 Age 12 to 16
2573289 & club house www.kinsaletennisclub.com
Kinsale Equestrian 086-8530894 info@kinsale-
West Cork 2012 Bantry Driving Academy Aug 7th – 10th 027 56464
info@bantrydrivingacademy.ie Age 10-16
equestrian.com www.kinsale-equestrian.com Age 6+
Kinsale Touch For Health, Kinesiology Aug 25th and 26th
087-9626000 yokapauelsen@hotmail.com
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Rosscarbery Carbery Rangers Cúl Camp August 7th to
Barryroe Cúl Camp Aug to 6th 10th
085 713 9951 10th 087 2036871
Ardfield Irish Water Safety 7th - 12th August Hilary
Bennett - 023 8857337 Cahermore Garnish Cúl Camp Aug 13th to 17th 086 Schull Sailing July 30th to August 3rd , Aug 6th -10th, 13th
8524803 -17th, 20th -24th www.schullsailing.ie
Ballincollig Rugby Camp Aug 6th to 10th 021 4323563 Age Schull ‘International Summer Camp’ Each week in Aug
6 to 13 Carrigaline Soccer Camps Aug 13th to 17th 1800 653 653 info@atlantic-english.com Age 3-8
Schull/Mizen Fitbones Aug 7th - 10th and Aug 13th - 17th
Ballineen (Manch) Junior Forest Ranger Aug 13th – 17th Castlehaven Cúl Camp Aug 7th to 10th 086 2521099 086 2404709 Deirdre@fitbones.ie Age 6- 13
023 8822823 enquiries@inff.ie www.inff.ie Schull Irish Water Safety 7th - 12th August Fiona Malone
Castletownbere Cúl Camp Aug 7th to 10th 086 8882397 086 1691717
Ballinhassig Cúl Camp August 20th to 24th 087 6738745 Schull Kayaking Every week July and August 028-28554
Clonakilty Computer Camp August 7th to 14th 086 Schull Equestrian Centre Aug 7th-9th, 14th-16th 028 28346
Ballyanly Muskerry Rugby July 30th to August 3rd 021 8512358 or 023 8833756 or angela@wcbct.ie 087 4163563 schullec@gmail.com
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Ballydehob / Schull Gabriel Rangers Cúl Camp Aug 13th Holland - 028 20224
to 17th 086 1018020 Goleen Multi Sports July 26th, 27th, 30th & Aug 1st, 2nd,
Ballydehob Kids' camp An Sanctóir August 7th to 11th 3rd, 4th, 6th. 083 1372013 www.goleen.info Skibbereen Rugby Summer Skills Development Aug 21st
susy1961@live.com or 028-37792 Goleen Arts and crafts workshop Aug 6 th to 9 th to 24th 021 4323563 Age 14 – 15
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Baltimore - Splash Mania, July & Aug Weekly Tues, Wed & Goleen Mizen Rovers Cúl Camp July 30th to Aug 3rd 086 Age 6 to 13
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Bantry ‘The Mighty Ducks’ July 30th/August 6th/ August www.oysterhaven.com info@atlanticseakayaking.com 028 21058
13th/ August 20th 027 50557 Kinsale Art Camp Aug 13th to 18th 021 4777758
reservations@westlodgehotel.ie Ages 2 to 12.
Kinsale 1 day Kids arts and crafts classes Aug. 13th 14th Groups everywhere Drumbash/Samba workshop
Bantry Pony Tr e k k i n g 0 2 7 5 1 4 1 2
15th 16th 17th 021 4777758 available to all pete@beatz.ie
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Kinsale Cúl Camp Aug 13th to 17th 086 124 1822
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Kinsale Morning Madness & Arty Afternoon July 30th-Aug
Bantry ‘Own a Pony Day’ July 31st Aug 15th 027 51412
3rd, Aug 7th-10th Age 4-12
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9. July 26th, Aug 2nd, 9th, 23rd, 30th
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12. West Cork Music
Maire Ní Chéileachair [singer], Carmen Ibánez-Berbel [singer], Séamus Connolly
[fiddle], Geraldine Cotter [piano], The Teetotallers left [Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford &
John Doyle]
10.30pm Níos Deanaí
Masters of Tradition 2012 Bantry House
Tulla Céilí Band & Stephanie Keane [resident dancer]
Wednesday 15 August
7.30pm Ceolchoirm Saturday 18 August
St Brendan's Church 10am Masterclass
Mizen Beara Room, Maritime Hotel - tutored
Martin Hayes [fiddle], Dennis Cahill [guitar], Len by Séamus Connolly [fiddle]
Graham [singer], Toner Quinn [fiddle] & Malachy 11.30am Coffee Concert
Bourke [fiddle] St Brendan's Church
Kevin Crawford [flute]
7.30pm Ceolchoirm
Thursday 16 August Bantry House
10am Masterclass Moya Brennan [singer], Carmen Ibánez-
Berbel [singer], Cormac DeBarra [harp], Väsen [nyckelharpa, viola & guitar]
Mizen Beara Room, Maritime Hotel- tutored by
Toner Quinn [fiddle] 10.30pm Níos Deanaí
Bantry House
11.30am Coffee Concert Cormac Debarra [harp], Tríona Marshall [harp] & Michael Rooney [harp]
St Brendan's Church June McCormack & Michael Rooney,left
Maire Ní Chéileachair, Carmen Ibánez-Berbel,
John Flanagan & Len Graham [singers] Sunday 19 August
7.30pm Ceolchoirm 10am Masterclass
St Brendan's Church Mizen Beara Room, Maritime Hotel - tutored
John Flanagan [singer], Michael Rooney [harp], by Moya Brennan [singer]
June McCormack [flute], Liam O'Flynn [uilleann 7.30pm Ceolchoirm
pipes, left] & Steve Cooney [guitar] Bantry House
Martin Hayes [fiddle], Dennis Cahill [guitar] &
Friday 17 August friends
10am Masterclass
Mizen Beara Room, Maritime Hotel - tutored by
Kevin Crawford [flute]
11.30am Coffee Concert To book tickets, go online at www.westcorkmusic.ie or ring the West Cork Music
St Brendan's Church office on 027 52788.
John Doyle [guitar & singer]
The Masters of Tradition is generously supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and
7.30pm Ceolchoirm Failte Ireland.
Bantry House
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13. Summer Camp Listing Bere Island Golf Classic
Bere Island GAA Club and Bere Island
Schull, Mizen Peninsula Heritage Centre are once again holding
our annual fundraising Golf Classic in
Adventure and outdoor activities Berehaven Golf Club.
Ages 6-13
It will run over 3 days; Friday 17th,
Explore the nooks and crannies of West Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th August 2012.
Cork – Schull, Ballydehob and environs.
Are you a muck monster? Climb a Teams of 3 mixed or otherwise, €60 per
mountain and explore old tunnels – bring team.
a torch; take a ferry to an island and have
a bbq; orienteering; slacklining; bike/hike/ If you are interested in entering a team
kite; go on a sweet hunt! please contact Una Kingston on 087
2660668.
August 7-10 (4 day); August 13-17; Single
days also possible Email: biheritage@gmail.com
Web Site: CLICK HERE
Schull & Fitbones
+353 (0)86 2404709 Splash Mania
deirdre@fitbones.ie
www.fitbones.ie Summer Camps
FACEBOOK Baltimore Community
SUMMER SAILING Leisure Centre
COURSES Phone (028) 20622 info@baltimorepool.ie
Fastnet Marine Outdoor ♣ Swimming lessons for all levels
Education Centre ♣ Snorkeling
Information and Booking Forms for ♣ Fun & Games
2012 now available from FMOEC office, ♣ Water Inflatables
Schull Community College and on
www.schullsailing.ie
Time Of Camps Age Cost
11.30am - 1.00pm 5 - 12 Mem: €20
SAILING COURSE DATES – 2012
Non Mem: €30
Course Number 7 - 6 Aug – 10 Aug
Course Number 8 - 13 Aug – 17 Aug Dates Of Camps
Course Number 9 - 20 Aug – 24 Aug 7th August - 9th August
14th August - 16th August
€295 PER WEEK (5 full days) 21st August - 23rd August
Prices Frozen since 2009! For More Information Please Contact the
Leisure Centre on (028) 20622
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15. The Willis Clan... for Bantry: Sunday 12th August
This family of 12 children with their parents Toby and Brenda Willis of Nashville,
Tennessee, have been making waves in the USA where they are greatly appreciated for
their Irish music and dancing talent. With real family charm, they blend Irish, Bluegrass
and much more to produce a fresh, exciting 21st century music experience.
On their way to the Fleadh Ceoil in Cavan, they have kindly volunteered to do three
concerts in aid of Focus on the Family Ireland, in Bray, Bantry and Limerick. The
concerts are unusual in that they are FREE of charge. If you enjoy it there will be an
opportunity at the end to contribute to Focus on the Family Ireland.
The Willis Clan come to Bantry at the invitation of the Bantry Christian Fellowship,
and will be welcomed in the Square by Mayor Kathleen Tessyman and members of
Bantry Town Council. Weather permitting, they will do a warm-up open-air gig on the
Square at 3.30pm on Sunday 12th August. Glenilen Farm will be there to support the
gig, providing complimentary Glenilen refreshments for everybody who comes out to
hear the Willis Clan in the afternoon.
Later at 7.30pm the Maritime Hotel will be the venue for the two hour concert which
promises to be a wonderful evening for all the family. It’s not to be missed!
Reservations can be made on the website http://www.family.ie/thewillisclan and further
information can be had by contacting David Ross 086 1735134.
Loughbeg Farm B&B and Self Catering
Now For Sale At Loughbeg Farm
Goat's Milk | Soft Cream Cheese | Yoghurt
Schull, West Cork, Ireland. Open farm, large vegetable garden, and hill farm
walk. Own fresh produce. Enquiries +353 (0)28 27783 or +353 (0)86
1597744. see facebook Loughbeg Farm, www.localcampus.com, and
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16. Green Drinks Wed. 8th August from 7pm @ Tom
Barry’s Pub, Barrack Street
If you have an interest in the environment or are
just curious, this is an informal opportunity to
discuss issues with like-minded people and
socialise with friends old and new. All welcome.
Irish Wildlife Trust
The Cork Branch of IWT would like to highlight Fish Month, 20th July – 27th August, with a
beach clean-up and some information. Do you know of any beach in need of cleaning
which might benefit from such an event, if so, let us know and we will pass it on to IWT or
contact Jill Weyman directly at corkbranch@gmail.com.
Aarhus Convention
The long awaited ratification by Ireland of the Aarhus Convention finally took place in
June this year. The Aarhus Convention recognises every person’s right to a healthy
environment – as well as the duty to protect it. It is a legally binding instrument which
promotes access to information, puboic participation in decision-making and access to
justice in environmental matters. More details are available through this link.
Ireland’s Environment, An Assessment 2012
This important publication by the EPA is well worth a read as it gives an up to date
assessment of the critical challenges and priorities in respect of our environment. It is
available to download from their website at the following link.
New UCC Masters Degree in Organic Horticulture
The aim of this programme is to provide students with both the scientific principles and
the practical applications of organic horticulture, the growing of vegetable, fruit, herb and
flower crops in a sustainable environmentally protective manner. More details here.
National Journey Planner
The National Transport Authority’s new National Journey Planner has gone live. The
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18. Your Views
AIB Bank Closures
Walter. Just in case I don't make it to the meeting here is my suggestion.
The AIB are closing these branches for economic reasons, I can't imagine any moral/
emotional argument will get very far.
So my suggestion is we make a deal. If we can get x number of new clients to move from
other banks to AIB (that's move to AIB not just open new accounts). Then they will keep
the branches open
If they don't go for this then we orchestrate a mass campaign to get people to open up
(or start using existing) other bank accounts. If we can demonstrate a flow of resources
away from AIB and therefore demonstrate our ability to reverse the trend they might think
twice and take us up on our original offer to actually increase their customer base.
For example I'm still with BOI because i didn't want to re register all of my online payment
contacts. But to save the branch I would move.
Best i can come up with anyway. Hopefully see you Friday
Mike
Summer Agricultural Shows
Inniscarra Agricultural Show & Vintage Rally
Sun 26th August 2012 Contact: Eileen Collins Rea Bearings Co. Cork Phone
021-7332076 inniscarraagricuturalshow@yahoo.co.uk
Ballingeary Show
Sun 26th August 2012 Contact: Ann Lucey Cahir Ballingeary Co. Cork Phone
026-47182
Bantry Agricultural Show
Sunday 2nd September 2012 Contact: Martina Hamilton Dromacussane Bantry Co.
Cork Tel: 027-52117 Mobile 087-9371572 Email: bantryagrishow@eircom.net http://
www.bantryshow.com
West Cork Horse Breeders
Sun 9th September 2012 Contact: Rosemarie Deasy Kilbeg Bandon Co. Cork Mobile
086-1689536 E-Mail: rojvdeasy@gmail.com www.irishqualityhorses.com
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