Butts Kids Climb Every Mountain in the South East

March 29, 2009 | By
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Three children from Connolly Street in Kilkenny were presented with awards from Ossory Youth for their incredible feat of climbing nine mountains in the south east over nine weeks. Twelve year olds Michael Phelan and Calem Donovan and thirteen year old Thomas Donovan took on the gruelling tasks in some of the wettest weather imaginable to complete the challenge set by them in the programme run by Ossory Youth in conjunction with the Fr. McGrath Centre. Paul Bolger, Youth worker…

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Adams Invites Butts Community To West Belfast and Stormont

March 16, 2009 | By
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Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams, thanked the Butts community and the Fr. McGrath Centre for the warm welcome he received and his tour last week of the community education programme for children run by Kilkenny volunteers. The meeting was organised by Sinn Fein candidates in the local elections, Kathleen Function, daughter of the well known and retired SIPTU officer, Phil. Gerry said that the innovation, social enterprise and community commitment to not stand by quietly when their children and neighbours…

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