Tea Plus Politics (Doing My Thing For Everything Green).

At the Kenya Ball Hello Colette, lovely to have you back again. Congratulations on your new role as Deputy lord mayor the Cork City Council.  That has put an extra layer to your already busy schedule, Id say. So could you tell about some of the things you've been busy with? Well thanks for having me back on your blog. yea I do have a very busy schedule at the moment, as Deputy Lord Mayor, to which I got elected in June of this year. I et invited to a lot more events than I used to. So previously I would have been involved with the cycling  campaign, the community garden here in Togher, Bishopstown tidy towns,  and these are groups are in my own area. Whereas now, I get a much broader reach. Now I'm going to things like the Men's Shed and speaking to groups that I wouldn't have encountered previously. It's the sort of community development I really like and it's a privilege to see all the fantastic work that is happening in the community. That's sounds brilli

  Clodagh with Tidy Towns Volunteers in Midleton Great to have you here Clodagh for a chat about your candidacy and your expectations for the coming year till election s in June 2024. To begin, what do you prefer to drink...tea or coffee? Coffee. Always! Why is that your choice and what does it remind you of? The smell of coffee makes me genuinely happy and reminds me of good books and great conversations. Online coffees with friends during the Covid lockdowns were a source of much joy. T hat was certainly a good way to connect during Covid times. Congratulations on your nomination for the Green Party in Midleton.  What drew you to politics and the Green Party? It’s tricky to sum this up in a sentence but politics has engaged me since childhood, no doubt due to growing up in Ireland at a time when it was all anyone talked about! In recent years, I have gravitated towards the Green Party as my logical political home, in relation to climate of course but other policy priori

  Dereliction on Albert Road C. Thanks Honore for coming back to give an update on your activities.  Have things been working out for you? H. Things have been going well. I've been out and about canvassing among the different places…Boreenmana Road, Ballintemple, Ballinlough Road, for example. Currently I'm covering Victoria Road and then onto Blackrock Road. My team and I are really looking forward to covering the wide area, stretching over to Rochestown and Passagewest. I really welcome the opportunity. I want to thank my campaign team for all the hard work. I plan to call to all the houses at least twice before the elections, so I can get to know the concerns of people. That will be thousands of houses. So far I’ve covered hundreds, day after day, week after week. If God gives me strength, I hope to reach my goal of all the houses in the Cork Southeast area.  That means covering about 40,000 residents. People have been very positive to me at the door. They said they welcome