BRUREE NOTES 6/12/2009

MUSICAL EVENING

A musical evening will be held in St. Michaels Church Ballyagran on this Friday December 11th, at 8.00 pm as a tribute to the late Breda O’Donnell. Tickets are just €10 each and proceeds go to Bru Columbanus in Cork. Tickets are available at Ballyagran national School.

GAA

Membership: The annual membership subscription is now due and should be paid to Kit O’Halloran immediately. The membership fee for 2010 is €20 for adults. Any player will not be allowed participate in training or play in games until such time as they have paid their membership fee.
Juvenile AGM: The Annual General Meeting of Bruree Juvenile GAA will be held on this Friday night, December 11th, at 8.00 pm at Bruree National School. The club caters for a large number of children from the parish so it is hoped that parents would make the effort to attend this meeting. It would also be nice if adult players showed their support for the next generation of Bruree stars by attending.
Players Draw Winners: Winners in the Bruree GAA Players Development Fund first draw were €1000 Breda and Jennifer c/o Kerry Agribusiness Seller John O’Gorman, €200 Richard Verling, Bruree Seller William Horgan, €100 Helen O’Shea, Garryfine Seller Anthony O’Shea €100 Helen O’Shea, Garryfine Seller Anthony O’Shea €100 Paul Prunty, Bruree Seller Karen Rea.

HIP-HOP DANCING

Hip-hop dancing classes continue in Bruree on Friday nights. The sessions will run in Bruree Community Centre every Friday starting this Friday, November 6th as follows: 5.00pm to 6.00pm for 4 to 8 years old and 6.00pm to 7.00pm for 9 to 16 years old. Contact Shelley on 086-1703053 for further details.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

A limited number of Bruree themed Christmas cards are available at the De Valera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre. The cards have a selection of views of Bruree and cost €1 each. Profit from the cards goes to the museum.

ST. PATRICK’S NATIONAL SCHOOL

Silver circle draw results Week 5: - 1st Michael Frawley 2nd Mrs. Philomena Hynes 3rd Kevin Hayden 4th Tommy Cronnolly 5th Eileen Quealey Seller’s Prize: - Kate and Elaine Frawley, Michael Sheedy, William and Katie Sexton, Rachel McCarthy, Jonathan, Fionnbarr and Sebastian Fitzpatrick, Brian Sexton, David O’Connell. The Parents Association and the Board of Management of the school wish to thank everyone for generously supporting the Silver Circle Draw.

45 DRIVE

Winners of the 45 Drive last week with nine games were Mary Margaret Noonan and Sadie Moloney. Runners up with eight games were Fintan Stone and Mike O’Brien. The table prize was won by Eugene Grant and Joe Carey. Raffle prizes went to Katherine O’Regan (x2), Patsy Healy and Sadie Moloney. The 45 Drive continues in the Community Centre every Tuesday night, starting at 8.30 pm sharp.

AWARD FINALIST

The 2009 Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards, organised in association with the Irish Independent, Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland, aim to celebrate business success, irrespective of business offering, size, sector or location. Companies are judged on a variety of merits including sales performance, market share growth, company milestones, innovative new products or services and successful achievements by key personnel. Bruree based company, Mobile IT, has been short listed as one of three companies in Munster for an award - under the Social Entrepreneurship Award. Mobile IT manager, Carol Ahern, said “This is a fantastic reward for Mobile I.T. and is due to hard work of all our staff and all the support of our course participants past and present.”
Mobile IT is a community based project which was set up in 2002. It is a not for profit company funded by the government under the Pobal Community Services Programme. Mobile IT also has links with Ballyhoura Development. The company offers computer based training either in the home, school or business and to community groups or at their training facilities in Bruree.
Short listed Munster businesses will be rewarded at provincial level before finalists go on to compete for the national title at an all-island awards ceremony in February 2010. We congratulate all involved in Mobile IT and wish them further success in their business and in the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards 2009.