Sinead Hogan

Stories by Sinead Hogan

Below are recent stories by Sinead Hogan

• Published: 1 Feb 2012 09:30

  Chilled out Tommy is all set for his 100th birthday

  Mindful and zenned out as they may be, Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama would be given a good run for their money by Tommy Sherritt. This remarkable man who turns 100 on February 19 is calm as the Mediterranean Sea on a summer's day and has a reputation for never losing his cool.

• Published: 19 Jan 2012 12:30

  Plans for weekend event in Cavan for St Patrick's Day

  The committee that formed last year to take over the organisation of the St Patrick's Day Parade are planning a major festival on the long weekend of March 16-19. Members of the committee made a presentation to Cavan Town Council at their January meeting in a bid to secure €7,500 for the festival, which will cost over €15,000 by the time a family fun day on the Sunday is factored in.

• Published: 12 Jan 2012 12:00

  Casey's dancing dream is coming true!

  In June 2011, Tracey Fitzgerald, mum of a Cerebral Palsy patient, launched Casey's Dream Appeal, in the hope of raising funds for her daughter to have life-changing surgery by a specialist in Bristol.

• Published: 12 Jan 2012 09:30

  Clever Town Council budgeting avoids imposing rates hike

  The Celt's SINEAD HOGAN reports on how this year's budget for Cavan Town Council has been divided with public housing a surprising source of income.

• Published: 4 Jan 2012 17:30

  Property reports bring bad tidings for minus-figure homeowners

  In a bid to bring positive tidings for the new year, local auctioneer Padraig Smith has moved to reassure increasingly sickened homeowners who were greeted this week with grim national reports that show property prices are continuing to fall as much as ever.

• Published: 4 Jan 2012 17:30

  Prestigious coup for local musician

  Paul Flynn's music in line for World Music Days Festival.

• Published: 29 Dec 2011 09:30

  450 runners make a dash around Cavan

  The Cavan Christmas Dash was an outstanding success with roughly 450 people - more than twice the number expected - undertaking the 5K challenge and raising an estimated €7,000-plus for the Cavan Alzheimer's Day Centre.

• Published: 29 Dec 2011 09:30

  New year, new slimmer you?

  Two Slimming World fans say it's a great place to start.

• Published: 21 Dec 2011 17:30

  Toilets to be provided in Con Smith Pk

  Toilets will be provided at Con Smith Park due to demand, Cavan Town Council has decided, and members have called on local donors or organisations to come forward if they can help with the capital cost, which will be in the region of €155,000.

• Published: 21 Dec 2011 17:30

  The best Christmas ever for Meadhbh!

  When I speak to the McGiverns it's three months and a day since Meadhbh had her life-saving liver transplant on September 15.

• Published: 15 Dec 2011 12:30

  Chamber hopes to sell €20,000 worth of vouchers again this year

  Cavan Chamber's Christmas vouchers kept an impressive €20,000 circulating in the local economy last year, and the chamber hopes to match or exceed that sales figure this Christmas.

• Published: 8 Dec 2011 12:30

  Brenda behind the tweetest Christmas

  How do you make a Christmas single with 140 characters or less?

• Published: 8 Dec 2011 12:30

  The family stress levels rising

  Purse strings are set to snap following latest Budget

• Published: 23 Nov 2011 17:30

  Crannóg is crowned Bookshop of the Year

  Consider it read, Crannóg Bookshop is the best in the country! The Church Street bookshop owned by John McEvoy, was crowned 'Bookshop of the Year' at the glittering Bord Gais Energy Book of the Year Awards ceremony in the RDS last Thursday evening where President Michael D Higgins was guest of honour and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney was among the award recipients.

• Published: 23 Nov 2011 17:30

  Burlesque show brings top comedy, music and dance to the Gonzo

  This Friday, November 25, a burlesque show, 'The League of Decadent Bastards - Once a Bastard Always a Bastard', comes to the Gonzo Theatre.

• Published: 16 Nov 2011 17:30

  'We're gone' - Dún Uí Néill lost the battle

  Feeling they were strung along to the last, troops at the army barracks in Cavan and their families were "disgusted" and "devastated" when, early yesterday afternoon (Tuesday), they received what they finally considered to be definite confirmation that Dún Uí Néill is to close.

• Published: 16 Nov 2011 17:30

  Formerly self-employed not qualifying for benefits

  Nowhere to turn except charities like SVP.

• Published: 16 Nov 2011 17:30

  Sexton exits Town Council after 17 years

  Surprise as former poll-topper announces retirement to pursue studies.

• Published: 9 Nov 2011 17:30

  Rural Rambles: A welcome from the bread-man - and others

  It's a Thursday morning and I'm engrossed in conversation with me oul' pal Brian Mulligan in Sean's Diner in his native Cootehill. We're dissecting and analysing life's ups and downs and nearly forgetting that we have a job to do, so much ground are we covering.

• Published: 9 Nov 2011 09:30

  One Act Drama Festivals bring the cream of the crop to your local hall

  One Act Drama Festival season is underway with those in Cavan and Maudabawn just finished, and Mullagh and Carrigallen still to come. For those with an occasional interest in a night at a play as well as committed theatre-lovers, the prospect of a few nights of top drama in your local hall is an annual delight.

• Published: 2 Nov 2011 17:30

  First-timer feels the agony and ecstasy of the Dublin Marathon

  "They say if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger," first-timer James Brady says of the Dublin City Marathon he completed in four hours and 30 minutes on the bank holiday Monday.

• Published: 2 Nov 2011 17:30

  Bruce Manor homes to be sold on by investor who got Receiver bargain

  If you were one of the individuals who expressed an interest in the properties in Bruce Manor in Arvagh when they were put up for sale under instructions by the Receiver in May, you may be interested in this update.

• Published: 2 Nov 2011 17:30

  Book-lovers put Crannóg tops in Ulster

  Cavan bookshop in the running for best in Ireland award...

• Published: 2 Nov 2011 17:30

  Walk on by?

  Mum of 11-year-old wheelchair-user Dillon, Amanda O'Keefe invited local councillors to borrow a wheelchair and have a taste of navigating Cavan this way for themselves...

• Published: 26 Oct 2011 17:30

  The meaning of life on a rainy Friday afternoon

  Our Rural Rambles series hits Ballyconnell this week...

• Published: 26 Oct 2011 17:30

  System fails Kevin as hopes shattered

  Aspiring secondary school teacher, Kevin Donohoe, fears that he will have to drop out of his dream studies just weeks after starting because of what he describes as an anomaly in the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) scheme whereby he has disqualified himself by working before starting college. Having completed a FETAC Level 5 course in 2009, Kevin (27) intended to continue his education.

• Published: 19 Oct 2011 17:30

  Builder denies 'bad workmanship' in Cootehill

  All Lodge View houses were inspected by Clerk of Works, says TP Smith.

• Published: 19 Oct 2011 17:30

  Stopcock cosy man looks forward to cold winter

  You might have gotten a leaflet in your letter box about the Stopcock Cosy - and it's snow joke!

• Published: 19 Oct 2011 17:30

  45 events that should include you!

  Forty-five events are taking place across the county this week for Social Inclusion Week, which was formally launched by County Manager Jack Keyes in The Anglo-Celt building on Monday.

• Published: 12 Oct 2011 17:30

  Proud day as Josh (10) starts national school

  Nanny Eileen didn't live to see her 'bright star' set off.