Patrickswell news for w/e September 25th

CHURCH NOTICES

Listed readers for masses this coming weekend, September 26-27, The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time are as follows; Saturday at 7pm Eileen O’Brien, Sunday at 10am Joanne Tierney, Sunday at 12noon Angela O’Donnell .Eucharistic Ministers, Saturday at 7pm M.Collins, M.Bennis, B.Carroll. Sunday at 10am, M.O’Mara, M.Punch, S.Milburn. Sunday at 12noon S.Enright, N.O’Grady, R.Bennis. Please arrange a replacement if you are unable to fulfill any duty allocated to you. Weekday masses are at 9-30 am Monday to Friday. The weekly prayer meeting takes place on Monday evening from 8 to 9pm and all are welcome. Listed readers for the month of October are as follows; Saturday at 7pm Rosemary Kelleher, Sunday at 10am Sam Milburn, Sunday at 12noon Simon Hayes.



COLÁISTE CHIARÁIN

The Parents Council meets once a month. If you have any items you would like to add to the agenda, please contact: Marie at 086 8235625.



WORK ACCESS

Do you have a disability? Would you like help and support in gaining and maintaining employment? Then please contact us: Work Access Ltd, 1st Floor Pillar House, Little Ellen Street, Limerick. Tel: 061 493095 email: info@workaccess.org website www.workaccess.org This service is operated throughout Limerick city and county.





FINE GAEL
A meeting of the Willie O' Brien Fine Gael Branch will take place in the GAA Hall, Ballybrown on Monday September 28 @ 8.30pm. This branch includes the Clarina, Patrickswell and Crecora areas. Public representatives will be in attendance, and anyone interested in joining the Branch or Young Fine Gael are also invited to attend.





FAMILY FUN DAY

Patrickswell Community Council would like to thank the many people who supported the recent fundraising for Coisceim Eile. A special word of thanks to the Active Retirement, Friday Club and the Tidy Towns . Just over €10,000 has been raised, and this would not have been possible without your help. Our thanks also to the GAA for allowing us use of the hall and field for the day. It was a great community effort and almost forty people assisted with the organization. The barbecue and cake sale were two of the big hits of the day. The wheel of fortune was also very successful and many thanks to all our sponsors. Michael Jackson won the adult fancy dress while the children's section was won by a great imitation of our local Tidy Town's Committee! Thanks to all who assisted with that.
To our politicians and local businesses who sponsored us, many thanks. The raffle took place on Saturday 19th in the Dark Horse and the results are as follows:1st prize:Dinner for Two, Adare Manor-Amy O' Carroll, 2nd prize: Dinner for Two, Dunraven Arms -Michael Tuohy,3rd prize:Brunch for Two, Woodlands -Mary Kennelly,4th prize:Voucher for Centra-Brian McNamara,5th prize:Breakfast for Four, Dark Horse -Jackie Thornton,6th prize:voucher for Art Classes, Blueberry Art Studio-Shal Murray,7th prize:Knitted Garment of your choice- Angela O' Gorman. Many thanks to all our ticket sellers and to the sponsors of our prizes. A special word of thanks to Maurice Clarke and staff of the Blueberry Art Studio who sponsored all signage for us and to Tom Howard for sponsorship of the marquees. Thanks also to MPCC Credit Union for their sizeable contribution to the day. Finally to all who gave us their euro to support this worthwhile cause , Go raibh mile maith agaibh go leir. The cheque will be handed over to Coisceim Eile in the next fortnight.



BLUEBERRY ART STUDIO
Blueberry Art Studio are now enrolling for classes. Anyone interested in any type of art, photography, jewellery making or flower arranging should call into the studio to have a chat.



JOBSEEKERS INFORMATION

Those affected by unemployment or redundancy are invited to drop into one of the West Limerick Resources Supports and Services for Jobseekers information evenings this September and discover what services are available to help you. Call in anytime between 4 and 8pm this Thursday September 24 to the Community Hall, Adare or the Community Centre, Foynes on Tuesday next September 29. For more info contact Suzanne on 069 79114 or email srowley@wlr.ie



PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP

The recently launched group meets each Thursday from 10.30am-12noon in the Patrickswell Resource Centre. Supported by West Limerick Resources and the Parent Support Project of the Limerick Social Service Centre, it is open to parents with children under school going age. Places still available, just turn up on the day. All are welcome. For more information contact Irene on 069 66298



RADIO PROJECT

West Limerick Resources in association with West Limerick 102 community radio are currently running a six week radio project with a number of older people from Patrickswell. Participants are currently preparing a radio programme which will be broadcast at the end of the course. Further details to be announced shortly.



GO FOR LIFE GRANT SCHEME

Go for Life is an Age & Opportunity initiative, funded by the Irish Sports Council and run in partnership with the HSE Health Promotion Units and the Local Sports Partnerships. Grants are available to local clubs, groups and organisations that promote increased participation in recreational sport or physical activity for older people. Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from: http://ageandopportunity.ie/national-grant-scheme. Closing Date: 5pm, September 30.





GOLF SOCIETY

Our penultimate outing was held last Saturday in Charleville in lovely September sunshine. The course played very long with very tricky greens the order of the day, and local knowledge came to the fore with Gary Kirby , a member at Charleville, taking the honours with a great score of 36, which for his handicap is 6 over par.

1st Gary Kirby 36, Category A, 1st Derek O’ Curry 34, 2nd Pat Barry 33.

Category B, 1st John Murphy 34, 2nd Eddie Kiely 33.

Front 9 Liam Quinlan 21, Back 9 Frankie Nolan 17. The final outing is our captain’s prize in Killarney on October 17, and a great finish to the year is in store with Gary Kirby on 176 and Timmie Sheehan on 175, vying for the accolade of “golfer of the year”.