Archive for March, 2010

Mallow Tidy Towns Committee want to greatly thank everyone for coming out last Saturday to clean up Mallow. A really brilliant joint effort took place between sporting clubs, community groups, residents associations, businesses, politicians, clergy, retired people, volunteers and individuals. Many people came out at the start at 10am and more joined in when they saw what was happening and how easy it is to make a huge difference to Mallows litter problem. Over 60 people took to the streets, lanes, open spaces and approach roads of our town and hand picked over 300 bags of litter, a massive mount of about 5 tonnes of litter for the Town Council to dispose of today Monday. It was an awe inspiring really really brilliant effort from all who turned out and made a town cleaner on a good day.

photo credit: trindade.joao

The people of Mallow really took up the battle against litter last Saturday and proved that when Mallow wants – Mallow can.

Mallow went from being a littered town to a town clean to European norms.

To stay on top of the problem, as a lot of the volunteers on the day suggested, we will be doing this on the last Saturday of every month and hope people can join in whenever they can. We will all work to get Mallow right up there in the best of the litter free towns of Ireland.

Thanks a million to all for the great effort and see you again soon.

From Mallow Tidy Towns.

The Clean Up Mallow Day takes place on Saturday March 27^th. Mallow Tidy Towns asks everyone who can to come along to one of 5 meeting points on Saturday morning at 10am. Bags, bibs and disposable gloves will be ready at these locations to make a good spring clean of Mallow.

A litter survey of Mallow recently completed by An Taisce listed the town as being moderately littered. Looking around our approach roads, kerbs and open spaces we can see how true this is. Neighbouring towns like Fermoy are deemed to be litter free. With a bit of care and attention from everyone, Mallow can be just as good and become Litter Free and be a cleaner better place to live, work and enjoy.

So come out on this Saturday morning, join the effort and make Mallow a cleaner better place. Meeting points, areas to be cleaned and contact details are:

MALLOW CLEAN UP DAY

27^TH MARCH, 2010

Mallow Chamber of Commerce

As part of preparations for this year’s Festival and in co-operation with Mallow Tidy Towns the 27^th March is Clean Up Day.

We are encouraging all businesses to take part.  Local organisations such as Mallow Chamber, Mallow G.A.A. and The Rotary Club will be doing a street clean.

We would ask all Shops and Businesses to make an extra effort to help with the clean up.  Recent I.B.A.L. figures show Mallow at the bottom of the list.  We know we are not a dirty town so lets make an effort to move up the table!

Pat O’Sullivan,

Mallow Chamber President.

A Brand New Festival for Mallow!

Racing Home for Easter Festival – Mallow 2010

3rd,  4th,  and 5th April 2010

Horse Racing – Guided Walks – Heritage Trail – Live Entertainment

Biking – Food and Craft Fair – Parks – Easter Parade

Fun for the Whole Family!

photo credit: osedgman

A message from the Festival Committee:

“Welcome to Mallow’s brand new Festival which is anchored around three days of great racing in the heart of the beautiful Blackwater Valley, where National Hunt racing has a long and proud tradition. As a hub town we wish to promote Mallow as an important tourist destination, for more information on Mallow visit www.mallow.ie. The town itself will be in festive mood for theweekend with a range of activities and events which will cater for all interests and age groups.

A very special welcome to Mallow people home from abroad, to people from other parts of Ireland and to all the tourists visiting us for the first time,we really hope your stay in the Mallow area is a very enjoyable one. To the locals we say – come out and support the festival, enjoy yourselves and help to establish Racing Home for Easter as a permanent feature in the national calendar of events and festivals. We hope you will marvel at the first class racing, sample the craic, meet people and come back to an even bigger and better festival next year.”

Printed programs can be found around town – drop into Sprialli Web Design and Development in the Shopping Arcade for a copy if you’re walking by. You can also find more information at www.corkracecourse.ie or www.mallow.ie

Have you noticed the number of food establishments we have in Mallow at the moment? The restaurant trade seems to be one of the few that is blooming recently. We have a clutter of cafes, a ton of takeaways, a batallion of bistros and a rabble of restaurants. Food quality varies from adequate to exquisite, but there really doesn’t seem to be a bad apple in the basket.

photo credit: Paris by Mouth

My most recent experience in one of the Italian restaurants was an eye-opener. We had to wait for a table, and there was a queue in reception for the duration of our visit. Having said that the service was friendly and relaxed, and at no time did we feel pressured to eat up and get out. It was, in essence, a great dining experience.

So what’s Kinsale got that Mallow doesn’t have? Higher prices for starters…