by Peg Prendeville

We are living in very challenging and dangerous times but I am going to put my head in the sand and carry on as if everything was fine and hope that our daughter and her boyfriend, who is due home from Dubai next Monday, will arrive safely at some stage.

I took advantage of the fine weather last week to take a trip to Kilkee. I only know Kilkee as a town we used to drive through to go to the Cliffs of Moher with my father as a child, but we never really stopped there. What I did not know was how beautiful the whole place is, including the huge beach which is wrapped by two cliff walks on either side. This time I went to the west end to the Diamond rocks Cafe where there is parking, public toilets, cafe and a lovely long cliff walk all of which are wheelchair friendly. It was such a pleasant day out. Crossing on the ferry with the sun shining from a blue sky gave the feeling of being on a continental holiday without the need of a passport. We are surely blessed with all the amenities around us. Now if the Ballybunion Cliff walk was made wheelchair friendly it would be an added bonus!

On Friday 18th July at 7.30 pm Tricia, one of the Abha Bhán Players,  is holding Quiz Night in Geoghegans, Glin to raise money for THE HOPE FOUNDATION in Kolkata. The trip will cost €3,500 in total. €1,500 is for her expenses which she will fund herself. The other €2,000 she aims to raise (partly from this quiz) which will go directly to HOPE who run various projects directly helping the most impoverished in Kolkata. Your support would be very much appreciated.

The L/B Going Strong annual day out will be on July 15 to Kells Bay Gardens in Co. Kerry. Fare is €70 which includes Tea and scones and Dinner and Bus. Contact Lizzie at 087/7435267 or Gerry at 087/2282626 if interested.

What a disaster the Limerick v Dublin match was at the weekend. But sure we had a few very good years. It was nice to see our own Betty Kilkenny on the screen even though she was presenting the Man of the Match award to a Dublin man, Conor Burke. Betty, as most people know, works in the Knockdown Arms and is also a Divisional Sales manager for EIR. But while the hurling match was a disappointment the Limerick footballers made up for it. So all is not lost.

Everybody was shocked and saddened to see and hear of the fire which severely damaged Mike and Helen Cregan’s house in Ballyhahill very recently. It is the most awful disturbing thing to see. Thankfully there was no life in danger.

I think this week will see all the school children off for the summer. We wish them happy day free from worry or fear.