The Anglo-Celt Review of the year – November
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Dr Emma Connolly, a Research Fellow at Trinity with her partner Dr Chris Greene. Both received recognition at the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland awards.Image 2 of 5
Dylan Byrd and Cait McGovern danced strictly to number 1 with flair and great dexterity of movement.Photo: Sean McMahon.Image 3 of 5
Public Health Nurse at Virginia Health Centre, Fidelma McCabe was unhappy with the HSE’s “nonsensical” new system for travel expenses.Image 4 of 5
Rían and Donagh Fay checking to see if if the Elf is at home in Ericas fairy forest on Sunday.Image 5 of 5
The energetic Darragh Smith reaching new heigfhts during the CaVan Halen performance in Pat Factor. He was joined by fellow bandmates Garry McGovern, Jerome Brady and Peter Flynn. 8Photo: Sean McMahon.Our funds are gone
Kitten Cottage owner Máire Egan was appealing for funds as the cat sanctuary faced pressure on its resources. All 25 of its cages were occupied when the Celt spoke to her and more abandoned cats were being brought to her.
“There's nowhere else that we can find that's doing this,” Máire said.
“Is it sustainable? It has to be, because where else are they going to go? Who else is going to look after them?”
Cavan scientist wins research award
Dr EMMA Connolly, a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, has just scooped a prestigious Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (RAMI) award for her work on age-related macular degeneration (AMD)- a disease that clouds the central vision of millions worldwide. Emma’s partner, Chris Greene from Dublin, was also on the podium, winning his own RAMI award for work on long COVID.
Campaign to have orphanage fire victims remembered continues
THE CAMPAIGN to memorialise the 35 girls and one woman who died in the St Joseph’s Orphanage on February 24, 1943 remains ongoing.
While no plans have been finalised, a plaque on the former Poor Clare’s Convent building or a sculpture-type monument somewhere in the town are among the options in discussion by the ‘Remember the Cavan Orphanage Victims’ group. They are currently embarking upon a project with PEACEPLUS, which should see funding come their way.
“We’re up lanes no cars should have to go on’
PUBLIC Health Nurses in Cavan who refuse to engage with a new HSE system for claiming travel expenses are not being paid their allowance until they comply, the Celt has learned. For five months, a number of community nurses refused to use the new system for filing travel expenses because they felt it was “unnecessarily burdensome” and took them "away from patient care”. The nurses were paid in full, however, when they filed their expenses in the way the HSE required
Mealiffs sign off from Hotel Kilmore
It WAS the end of an era at Hotel Kilmore as the Mealiff family - Kate, James and Hannah - announced the sale of the landmark Cavan Town hotel to a hotel group. The Celt received official confirmation of the sale from Hotel Kilmore’s new owners, the O’Callaghan family, who already own The Gateway and Fairways Hotels in Dundalk and the Keadeen Hotel in Kildare.
Minister’s visit seen as ‘missed opportunity’
WHEN Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan arrived in Cavan in November 7, expectations were high his visit might bring renewed attention to the county’s stretched policing resources. But among the elected ranks of Cavan County Council, the Minister’s trip was soon being described as a “missed opportunity”. At the November meeting of Cavan County Council, several voiced disappointment that the visit failed to address what they see as a growing crisis in local policing - rising crime rates, declining garda numbers, and dwindling morale across the force.
Sad farewell to a true community man
IT IS fair to say that when the sudden death of Danny Brady, Bruskey, Ballinagh on Thursday, November 12, became known it was as if the entire parish of Ballintemple had been hit by a tornado. As a community activist Danny had a hand in literally all parish organisations and wrote the weekly Ballintemple column in The Anglo-Celt, which was a mirror of the everyday life in the parish. When Danny took the pen in his hand, if it happened locally, it was put to paper - like it or not. This was compulsive reading as he brought the reader on a journey with all the latest events in his own chatty way.