What it says in The Bridge, May 2019
Those involved with the River of Tulips also make the front page of an issue that is choc full of local activities as we head closer to what hopefully will be a summer similar to last year's.
News coverage includes the donation to the Bridge Community of money from the sales of the Photography Club 2019 Calendar. There's also a note for the upcoming production of 12 Angry Jurors, the recent success of Albert Keenan in the Great Ireland Run series, and the expectation of an increase in Garda numbers in the Kilcullen District.
Of course, this is also the month of the local elections, so there is editorial and advertising coverage of candidates in the two local areas which are connected with Kilcullen. For the town itself, the emphasis is on two women, Antoinette Buckley and Tracey O'Dwyer, who are competing for seats. The Talking Point of the magazine suggests that an effort be made to have both elected. Independently, Neil Markey takes his own look at the pending election and issues which have been raised for Kilcullen.
In KCA news this month, chairperson Ray Kelly responds to a story in the Diary recently related to the concerns of local business people at the prospect of losing the parking spaces in Market Square. There's also pictorial coverage of a range of recent KCA activities, and a report from the very successful KCA Table Quiz fundraiser held in The Hideout.
The usual features are here, with Billy Redmond musing on the Gormanstown Choir and the recent Good Friday. Julie Felsbergs is thinking about her late father, Pastor Dunlop, and a story about butterflies. Sean Landers investigates the need for repair of Kilcullen's bridge after flooding in the 18th century. Our new Sports Editor Mark Phelan meanwhile takes a broad look at the range of sports organisations in the town.
Special items this month include the colour highlight profile by Nuala Collins of CarveOn, the personalised leather goods company which has established in Kilcullen. Mary Orford reveals the treasure trove of the stage legacy of the late Johnny O'Neill, in the form of his collection of programmes of Kilcullen Drama Group productions. Dec Lavin's piece on the Bulging Problem of obesity suggests that the fight against it should begin in secondary school.
An interview with transplant surgeon Dilly Little is timely for the national organ donor campaign and local fundraising with the Punchestown Charity Race.
The news from schools, sports, and the KWWSPCA are all included as usual, and colour pictures related to the recent presentation of The Old Bridge of Kilcullen in Scoil Bhride are a highlight.
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