RTÉ Footage of Farranfore Airport Opening on August 30th-1969

RTÉ Footage of Farranfore Airport Opening on August 30th-1969

An RTÉ News film was broadcast on 30 August 1969. The film shows the official opening ceremony at Farranfore on that day.  Hundreds of onlookers turned out and were joined by a group of dignitaries and Minister for Transport and Power, Brian Lenihan, TD. To mark the 40th anniversary of ‘Farranfore Airport’ in 2009 a…

Good News for Build4Life CF Campaigners

Good News for Build4Life CF Campaigners

News at the weekend that work is due to begin this week on a 20 bed inpatient respiratory ward at Cork University Hospital was music to the ears of Cystic Fibrosis campaigners throughout the area. A report by Catherine Shanahan in Saturday’s issue of the Irish Examiner divulged that work is due to get underway on…