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Walking and running 1,000 kilometres in Kilkenny for cancer awareness
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Raising awareness about breast cancer is the key motivation behind a trojan fundraiser to walk/run a combined distance of 1,000 kilometres during the month of May.
The campaign has been set up by Sinead Bourke who is living in Kilkenny to raise much needed funds for the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI).
Sinead, along with her friends Louise and Georgia, who are on a work placement in Glanbia, have decided to walk/run a combined distance of 1,000km over the month of May. Ireland Way
Their goal equals the distance of the Ireland Way, a hiking trail which runs the length of the country from Castletownbere in Cork to the Giants Causeway in Antrim. Owing to Covid-19 restrictions, the 1,000km will be taking place on the streets of Kilkenny.
Leitrim Way Walks Scheme takes a step in the right direction
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The first phase of Leitrim’s new Walks Scheme has been approved by the Department of Rural and Community Development, beginning payments for a number of landowners along The Leitrim Way.
This opening phase sees 24 landowners brought onto the scheme by Leitrim Development Company along Leitrim’s National Waymarked Trail. The scheme, funded by the Department and implemented by Local Development Companies, involves landholders as key participants in the provision of high-quality walking trails in Ireland. It achieves this by contracting them to undertake maintenance work on sections of National Way Marked Ways that traverse their property. Participants of the scheme receive yearly payments for their time in undertaking maintenance work on approved trail. The scheme currently covers 40 trails nationwide, with annual payments averaging €1100 made to approximately 1,900 landholders. For landowner
Excerpts from the call logs of the Del Norte County Sheriffâs Department:
Wednesday, Jan. 6
⢠At 2:43 a.m., police responded to the 400 block of Highway 101 after a caller reported a person pulled a knife on him and hit his windshield.
⢠At 9:03 a.m., sheriffâs deputies responded to the 2400 block of Roy Avenue after a caller said his mother threw a phone at his face.
⢠At 11:24 a.m., Yurok Tribal Police reported to the 100 block of Klamath Beach Road in Klamath after a caller said a window at his home was broken.
⢠At 11:31 a.m., the Del Norte Ambulance responded to milepost 17 on Highway 101 after a vehicle left the roadway and hit a tree.