21st October, 1999
As most of our readers will know, this
is Credit Union week. All this week all kinds of entertainment
are being organised by your local Credit Union. One of the big
nights of the week is always the quiz. This was held on Monday
night at Silversprings Hotel. Thirty five Credit Union teams from
all parts of Cork City and County took part. I went along with
Dominic and Ann McGrath and Tom Deasy to represent Douglas Credit
Union. The good news is that the cup is back in Douglas. After an
absence of eight years, its now on display at Douglas Credit
Union.
Continued success to Pat Wheelan of Field Fresh Fruit & Veg.
shop at Morris House who celebrates one year supplying us with
the best of fruit and veg. Pat has a huge selection of goodies
for Halloween. Give him a call, and remember, do support local.
Speaking of supporting local, or lack of it. A reader, and
advertiser, was in a local bank last week, standing in line
waiting to conduct business. A senior member of the bank call out
to the public area and proceeded to remove all copies of the
Douglas Weekly from the shelf. The reader made contact with us
and was angry because the readers advertisement was in that weeks
copy. We have never put Douglas Weekly into any outlet without
first asking the owner/manager if they would like to stock them -
and we have never had a refusal. Surely common courtesy would
dictate that if one did not wish us to supply them with
Weeklys a simple phone call to our office (cost
11.5p) would have been appreciated. A lot of our advertisers are
local and are customers of the same bank, and for a senior
official of that bank to remove not just our Douglas Weekly, but
their customers advertisements seems to me to lack what we would
all like to see in Douglas, a sense of community. As from this
week Douglas Weekly will no longer be available at this bank. The
good news for our readers in Turners Cross is that the Douglas
Weekly will now be available at the A.I.B. in Turners
Cross/Ballyphehane with the compliments of manager Michael
ODriscoll, who Im told is a very good golfer!
Does anybody watch telly-bingo on RTE on Tuesday night? I thought
so !! About as exciting a watching traffic lights change colour.
Happy Birthday to the Touchdown, Kinsale Road. Another success
story unfolds on the centre pages. On a related matter I spoke to
Bill Driscoll, manager of Esso, Dunmahon, Douglas Road, who told
me he took his family out to Sunday lunch last week, but found it
impossible to find a restaurant that served portions for his
children. Well Bill, I took a photo of the Murray family from
Grange having lunch (page 9) and baby Jason was in a baby chair
supplied by the Touchdown. They also show Premier Soccer matches,
so the next time Man. Utd. are on live, Bill, treat yourself and
your family to a family friendly meal at the Touchdown. Tell
Andrew or Pat, Michael sent you!
As I write this the nurses strike has started. Can we blame them?
When we see Senators, not T.D.s, claiming more in expenses
than these nurses earn, can we blame them? When we see Senior
Counsels earning more in a day than they earn in a month, can we
blame them? Its said that we lead by example, and what an example
our leaders have shown. Corruption, Cronyism, and still it goes
on and on and on. Nurses deal in sickness, death, heartache and
we need them more than the politicians. God knows, civil servants
could run the country with their hands tied behind their backs.
By getting rid of politicians the Country would save £16.5
million, give it to the nurses and we would probably all live
longer.
The long weekend is coming up and once again some of the best
entertainment around is advertised in the Douglas Weekly. All
musical tastes are catered for as the Jazz Weekend
goes from strength to strength. Enjoy the weekend, drive
carefully, and if you drink, use shanks mane on
Taxi/Hackney and to the Council, please dont leave Douglas
unswept until Tuesday, and to the householders, put your rubbish
out on Saturday for council collection (no collection Monday).
Bye for now,
Michael OHanlon.