THE untimely death of her sister Noreen was to the fore in the mind of Bríd Ó Riordan as she launched the first single from her new album at an event in the Mills Inn in Baile Mhúirne at the weekend.
Cork County Council officials have defended the authority’s attempts to publish an Irish version of the County’s Draft Development Plan at the same time as the English version because the time spent on translating the 756,000 word document would have led to a shorter public consultation period or a shorter timeframe for councillors to consider the document.
It’s not the Mountain Dew Festival but it could be called the Bypass Extravaganza. Macroom’s first open air music festival since the halctyon days of the Mountain Dew , as you will have read on Page 13, takes place on Saturday, June 24.
The Gaeltacht Mhúscraí composer and choir director Peadar Ó Riada has been conferred with an honorary Masters degree in music from UCC to honour his contribution to the Irish cultural landscape.
Since the beginning of this week, the buzz of learning has been very noticeable around Macroom as we’re in the middle of the Lifelong Learning Festival which is being organised through the Sulán/Sullane Further Education Centre on New Street.