Southern Star Article on LEADER funding cuts

Ballinagree Community Development member Pat O'Leary recently met with The Southern Star journalist, Kieran O'Mahony, to highlight the cuts to LEADER funding for the Mid-Cork region. The following is a link to a copy of the article published 30 Jan 2016.
Southern Star Article 30 Jan 2016

In March 2016, The Southern Star highlighted cuts to LEADER funding in the another article:
Southern Star Article on LEADER Funding cuts.

Community Needs Analysis Report

In November 2015, a Survey was distributed to all households in the

Ballinagree area, requesting feedback on Facilities and Services in the

Community. This report is based on the Feedback received in December 2015.


Click on the link to view the report.

BALLINAGREE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – NEEDS ANALYSIS  REPORT

The Management Committee

Due to company law, the name of the group needed to be changed to Ballinagree Community Development Company.

This is a recent photo of the newly appointed management committee.

Pictured from left to right are Pat O'Leary (Secretary), Dan Joe Spillane, Martin O'Brien, Laura O'Riordan, Aongus McSuibhne (Chairman), Jennifer O'Leary (Treasurer), John O'Sullivan, David King & Shane Lehane.

C103 Interview

On Friday, 11th Dec our group secretary, Pat O'Leary had an interview with Patricia Messenger on C103. 

Click on the link here to listen to the full interview where Pat outlined why we formed Ballinagree Community Development Group and the difficulties we anticipate in securing funding following the recent cuts to the Leader programme for the Mid-Cork region.

Community Needs Analysis Deadline

We would like to appeal to all who received a Community Needs Analysis Questionnaire recently to make every effort to return their completed questionnaires to any member of the group or to drop them into the Post Office or Noreen's shop by Friday next 4th December.

The feedback from the community needs analysis will be an important part of informing the group on the actual needs of the community. 

The results will be published on this site once they have been analysed.

Public Meeting

Ballinagree Community Development Group had its first public meeting on Thursday 26 Nov in Ballinagree National School. There was a full house for the meeting with over 50 in attendance. Following a presentation on the aims and objectives of the group, the following people were formally elected to the management committee:

Chairman: Aongus MacSuibhne
Secretary: Pat O'Leary
Treasurer: Jennifer O'Leary
Public Relations Officer: Shane Lehane
Laura MacSullivan, Johnny O'Sullivan, Martin O'Brien & Dan Joe Spillane

A great crowd filled the 'new room'.

A section of the crowd in attendance.
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Pat addresses the publi

Ballinagree Community Development Group will hold their first public information meeting Thursday November 26th 2015 @ 8PM in Ballinagree National School.

All are welcome to attend. We will provide information on the group to the community, including the progress to date and conversations that have taken place with relevant development and funding bodies.

We are hoping that local people can participate and provide feedback at that meeting. We will also ask the community to elect people to positions on the Management Committee.

Ballinagree village as viewed from across the Láine Valley. Google Maps.