14-01-2006
Recycling at St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph’s GNS will be recycling Christmas cards, stamps and batteries.
Please send these items into school now. The school is also starting a new initiative where they will collect and organise the recycling of printer and toner cartridges.
Some of them will help the Jack and Jill Foundation and some will be recycled locally at Cartridge World in Portlaoise; for this the school will receive €1 per cartridge.
The school will also recycle mobile phones in aid of the Jack and Jil Foundation as St. Joseph’s GNS is now entering its sixth year on the Green Schools programme and are in the process of applying for the fourth green flag.
Community Care
The annual Christmas party will be held on Sunday, January 22; more details later.
Charity Shop
The charity shop at Parnell Street will be open each week on Thursdays from 10am to 3pm.
Grow Group
Meet each week in Mountmellick. If you are someone who experiences depression or anxiety attacks or who is simply in need of company, you are welcome to attend. You will have an opportunity to meet others, share your problems in confidence, receive support and make new friends. All are welcome.
Meetings take place at the MDA, Irishtown, at 3pm on Monday. For further information please contact Harriet website: www.grow.ie.
Jazz Ballet Classes
Every Wednesday in Mountmellick Macra hall – under- 10s from 5 to 6pm and ten years and over from 6 to 7pm. Contact Michelle for details.
Citizen's Info
Is in attendance every Wednesday at MDA, Irishtown, from 10am to noon or may be contacted at the Portlaoise office. Anyone who would like help with tax problems, social welfare entitlements, health, housing or any related problem is welcome to attend.
Old School Whist
December 29 – top score, R. Cole; ladies – 1, B. O’Brien, M. Gorman; gents – 1, J. Clooney; 2, J. Culleton; halves – 1, W. Allen; 2, T. Jacob; best of three games, B. Cooley; hatching, B. Srahan, S. Wilkinson; lowest score, F. Conroy, S. Duff. The committee appreciates your continued support each week and sends best wishes to all players for 2006.
Community Care Whist
December 14 – top score, Nellie Thompson; ladies – 1, Rita Fitzpatrick and Mary Gowing; gents – 1, B. O’Brien; 2, Jim Delaney; halves – 1, Sr. Madeline; 2, Lily Pierce; lowest score, Jane Brennan and Sheila Duff; hatcher, Tom Delaney.
December 7 – top score, Veronica Kearns; ladies – 1, Jane Brennan; 2, Sr. Madeline; gents – 1, Cecil Thompson; 2, Tom Kearns; halves – 1, Mary Gowing; 2, Nellie Thompson and Dinny Kelly; juvenile, Dermot Conroy.
Late Sheila Grennan
The death took place on Tuesday, December 27, of Sheila Grennan, a native of Kilcavan, Geashill. A quiet, unassuming lady who was devoted to her home, Sheila had been under the loving care of the staff of St. Anne’s Ward at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick, for a number of years and her death represents the end of an era, as she was the last member of the Grennan family of Kilcavan.
She was pre-deceased eight siblings: Bridie (Kilcavan), Mary (do), Kathleen (Dublin), Tony (do), Jimmy (Walsh Island, Geashill), Tom (Garrymore) and Johnny (Coolagh, Kilcavan). Removal, officiated by Fr. Dunphy, CC, and Fr. Jim O’Connell, took place from St. Vincent’s Hospital to St. Mary’s Church, Clonaghadoo, on Wednesday, December 28. Fr. Francis McNamara, PP, officiated at the funeral Mass on Thursday, assisted by Fr. Tony McEvoy, followed by burial in St. Mary’s Cemeter, Clonaghadoo. She is survived by her only remaining sister-in-law Rosie (Coolagh, Kilcavan) and by nieces, nephews, many friends and neighbours.
