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<h3>Wednesday: a day of drama and stress in London. By Fr Liam Kelleher</h3>
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<p>I was due to fly from London to Cork at 11.20 am on Wednesday but never got on the flight. I was at Gatwick airport at 9 am and at the departures lounge at 10 ready for the flight to Cork at 11.20. There was utter chaos. I got a PCR test Tuesday and it was negative, but I had no cert and they would not allow me to fly, so much for the compassionate consideration which I was told I would be entitled to in the circumstance; I was led to believe there would be after flying for my sister's funeral which was on Monday.</p>
<p>It was 12.30 before the flight took off, without me. I went to the test centre at the airport and after well over an hour trying to book it online, I gave up, later I was able to find out there was some glitch, but nobody told me. I went to the help centre and they arranged for one at a different place at the airport. I was given the kit and went to the nearest toilet to be instructed by phone on what to do.</p>
<p>I actually knew what to do from doing it the day before. The result should be known after 15 minutes but I got it more than an hour later, thankfully it was negative. No other flights to Cork on the day, because of the inordinate delays I missed 2 flights to Dublin. I gave up at 4 pm after spending 7 hours being shunted around and it was then I got the result of the test. It was not in my emails and I was told it could be in spam mail, which I did not know existed on an iPhone.</p>
<p>It was a relief to find it. I retraced my steps back to a friends apartment I had left before 8 am near  Canary Wharf and arrived in a total state of anxiety after encountering the evening rush hour traffic on the trains. I had to start all over again Thursday. To add to the stress I had to buy a new ticket to add to the cost of the test, which was done by myself in less than a minute costing 50 sterling about €65.</p>
<p>The whole thing seems to be a con job, to extract money. I was able to go to the Olympic stadium on Saturday with absolutely no restrictions to watch the Chelsea West Ham game. This makes no sense to me after today's experience  The one positive outcome of the day was I clocked over 10,000 steps over 8km with all the running around.</p>
<p>No drama on Thursday in getting back to Cork from London. The flight was due to leave at 11 am but the departure gate was not announced until 10.45 after a long walk to the gate the flight was starting to board. Got through the check-in in less than 5 minutes. The number of passengers was very small, no hold up whatever to the process of the day before when it took more than an hour. My boarding pass was checked, there was no mention of the Covid cert, but I showed it anyway, if that happened the day before I would have been spared 7 hours of torture. I did an interview with 96FM to remind people to have everything in order.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for all the comments, there were some who had a greater ordeal than I had. Thanks too for the concerns expressed for my welfare. On Arrival, it was sad to see Cork airport deserted.</p>
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<h3><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><strong>Animation Team</strong></span></h3>
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<p>It's been two years since we have been able to take our annual Christmas trip to Douglas for the turn-on of the lights and it was great to be back there again today.  As usual, Marie Piper Gregan had put in trojan work in organising the event and there were many marvellous stalls, Merry Go Rounds Choirs (including our good friends the High Hopes Choir) and of course Santa and Mrs Claus to entertain the large crowd that had gathered all day. Here we have a lovely short video by team videographer Liam Smith which captures the Christmas atmosphere.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><strong>Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project Update</strong></span></h3>
<p>We are delighted to announce the successful completion of the Cobh Networks contract, the final step in the Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project and a key milestone and success story in Irish Water’s elimination of raw sewage discharge in Ireland.</p>
<p>It means that over 20,000 homes and businesses are now connected to the Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project and the equivalent of 40,000 wheelie bins of raw sewage no longer discharges daily to Cork Harbour. The project has also greatly improved the amenity value of the Cork Lower Harbour for the surrounding communities of Ringaskiddy, Carrigaline, Crosshaven, Passage West, Monkstown and Cobh Town.</p>
<p>On behalf of the entire Project team, I would like to sincerely thank all the communities surrounding Cork Harbour for your patience and cooperation as we worked together to clean up our harbour. Thank you all for your patience and cooperation as we worked together to clean up our harbour. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a safe and peaceful New Year.</p>
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<h3><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><strong>Déaglán Healy Project Manager Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project</strong></span></h3>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><strong>GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK Carrignafoy Community School</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">WHAT DID WE DO? All school Daily competition- this included the creation of bar charts and questions challenging our students to think geographically.  Congratulations to winners Dylan Corcoran (5th year), Karma Hegarty Cronin (3rd year), Peter Keogh (2nd year) and Steven Lalor (2nd year)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Junior Cycle Rocks demonstration to engage our junior cycle visual learners. A competition to create a geological map of Ireland, showing the position of Ireland's main rock types. Congratulations to the winners Kyle Callanan and Chiara Anderson.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Senior Cycle Kahoot quizzes- challenging our senior students to consider the effectiveness of urban planning strategies for Cork city.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Cobh Branch O.N.E. will commemorate the Cork Harbour Tragedy where 5 men lost their lives on 12th December 1942. 4 from the Maritime Inscription, the forerunner of the Naval Service and 1 from Cork Harbour Commissioners. The event will take place at 1000hrs on next Saturday 11th December, with a short prayer service and laying of wreaths at Lynch's Quay.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">The event will take place at 1000hrs on this Saturday 11th December, with a short prayer service and laying of wreaths at Lynch's Quay.</span></p>
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