GLANMIRE COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS

GLANMIRE COMMUNTIY FIRST RESPONDERS

WE NEED YOU! WHEN A HEART STOPS – SECONDS COUNT Glanmire Community First Responders is a voluntary group, established in 2018. We assist the National Ambulance Service with cardiac emergencies locally. WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS TO TRAIN AS  CARDIAC FIRST RESPONDERS INFORMATION NIGHT – THURSDAY 13TH OCTOBER WHERE: Unit 5D, Glanmire Industrial Estate, Sallybrook, […]

The September Garden 2022

The September Garden 2022

Gardening with Charlie Wilkins AUTUMN BLUES? Autumn rolls on in its dog-day laziness, a huge interruption to the playfulness and leisure of the  gardening fraternity who loved the warmth and light of  summer days. As I age, I wish more and more for summer to continue. I can accept falling leaves, the cooling of the […]

Siúns “21” swim for Down Syndrome Cork

Siúns "21" swim for Down Syndrome Cork

Siún is 15 and from Sarsfields court, and loves swimming, agreed to the challenge to swim 21 lengths of the 25 m pool at district health and leisure Cork, on 21 days between the 21st July and 21st of August! She nailed it.Great achievement and she’s super proud of herself. Thanks to everyone who supported […]

The August Garden 2022

Gardening with Charlie Wilkins SUMMER STARS In all areas of Cork, pretentiousness is increasing to the point of vulgarity, and it’s leading to arrogance and bile-like snobbery. Discrimination follows at a slower pace. I have experienced it and lived with it for over seventy years. To give you a few multifarious examples of how it […]

Glanmire Community Games

Community Games Swimming Gala The Cork Heat of the Community Games Swimming Gala was held in Mayfield swimming complex on Sunday 19th June and it welcomed a record 20 entries from Glanmire. By far the biggest region in the Cork heat, Glanmire built on its success in previous years with 14 swimmers bringing home a […]

Glanmire Business & Community Awards 2022

Please take a moment to vote for your favourite local businesses and fill in the nominees names in the form below. The winners will be announced at the gala awards dinner on SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER 2022 AT THE VIENNA WOODS HOTEL Tickets and further details will be available soon. Closing date for nominations 10th September […]

The July Garden 2022

Welsh poppies Meconopsis cambrica

Gardening with Charlie Wilkins A SNEAKY WEED I know a weed that lurks in the half-light under shrubs and near to choice perennials, and after it’s deceptively pretty lemon saucers are over, it does something very sneaky! It uses camouflage, slimming itself expertly in appearance so that you find it hard to spot as you […]