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Google switched on the street view facility in Ireland today. The Google car had been seen around Dublin and Cork, snapping away. We hadn’t heard that it also visited Mallow, and it’s done a pretty comprehensive job reaching outlying areas and estates. If you’re curious and fancy a virtual tour, download Google Earth and make sure you’ve enabled street view.

Mallow GAA Complex yesterday hosted a presentation to reveal the fruit of the labours of the Mallow Development Partnership, which will see the town become a center of excellence for the teaching of Maths, and a research proving ground for new technologies.

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Many Mallow residents leave the town on a regular basis to go shopping in Blackpool, or the city center. Many more shop from the comfort of their homes via the internet. The belief is that Mallow is expensive and doesn’t have the variety, but those who take the time to challenge this belief are rewarded with a great shopping experience.

There have recently been big changes to the Mallow retail and services infrastructure. The Chamber of Commerce has been completely revamped into a progressive, responsive entity. Local traders have an active organisation which meets regularly. All in all, Mallow businesses are very focused on providing a quality shopping experience. Any local trader has a story or two about regular customers from far away who are regularly drawn back to Mallow because they love to shop here.

photo credit: lejoe

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Mallow is being considered as the location for the new Ikea store. With it’s strategic location on the crossroads of Munster, Mallow would be an ideal location to serve the southern part of the country. If Mallow is chosen, it would mean hundreds of job for a town that has suffered from many closures and redundancies in recent years.

photo credit: Magnus D

More and more companies are looking to North Cork as a prime location. Lidl has a distribution center in Ballyhea, and Aldi is constructing another in Mitchelstown.  Furthermore, with the proposed M20 Cork Limerick motorway in prospect, combined with accessible rail, air and sea transport, the infrastructure looks very attractive.

Locals were thrilled at the prospect, with one resident enthusing “It would be fabulous for the town!”

Sunday, June 20th saw large crowds descend on Buttevant. It wasn’t for The Cahirmee horse fair – the crowds were here to see riders on two wheels rather than four legs. The Red Bull Steeple Cross took place against the scenic backdrop of Buttevant castle, and the weather was glorious. It is estimated that about 3000 visited the spectacle.

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The site of the world’s first ever steeplechase will see a new take on the sport on June 20th.  This time the riders will be on motorbikes instead of horses, as Buttevant plays host to the 2010 Red Bull Steeple-Cross.

More information on the Steeple-Cross can be found here

The story of the world’s first ever steeplechase is here

photo credit: GOGO Visual

See PDF below for details

Cork Racecourse July 9th

NEXT OPEN COFFEE – TUE June  1st, 2010 from 10am

Summary of last open coffee as published on http://opencoffeemallow.wordpress.com/
photo credit: philcampbell

Another day down, another Bank Holiday closer to summer. Some would ask “What summer?” but we know it’s on the way (once the ash clears!). There is a lot of scary stuff going on at the minute in Ireland. The country is mourning the loss of a favourite radio broadcaster, Gerry Ryan, while they are quickly approaching election day in the UK. Meanwhile an Irish rower has just traversed 2500 nautical miles across the Atlantic ocean, spending 118 days away from his family, and the Gulf of Mexico is slicked with crude oil. Some may be celebrating sporting wins over the weekend, and others drowning their sorrows, Irish style! Read the rest of this entry »

On 24 April last Mallow Camera Club member Morgan O’Neill was awarded his Fellowship of the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF).  Only a handful of photographers achieve this award each year, often after many attempts.  Morgan not only achieved his Fellowship on his first attempt, but over the past few years the quality of his work has ensured his rapid rise through the ranks of Irish photography.

To achieve his Fellowship Morgan had to present a panel of twenty prints displaying originality, cohesion, artistic input, and technical ability.  Morgan’s panel consisted of photographs of interiors of old unoccupied Irish houses, and gave an intriguing insight into a time now gone, and how people lived.  The superb composition, and use of colour, varying from subtle to vivid, achieved in difficult lighting conditions, all helped to convince the judges that Morgan was worthy of the IPF’s highest award.

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The monthly Mallow Clean Up Day continues on Saturday April 24^th 2010. Mallow Tidy Towns invites anyone who can spare an hour or two to come out and join us at 10am on Saturday morning at one of our 5 starting points:

• Roundabout Tavern for Cork Road/Killarney Road/Limerick Road
• Dogs Heads for Muddy Hill and Spa Road
• Garda Station for car park, and adjoining areas
• Bus Stop for the park and Park Road
• Aldi for old Cork Road to Carrokeal and adjoining areas

photo credit: Dru Bloomfield – At Home in Scottsdale

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