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Transition Year Students from Pobail Scoil Youghal who recently completed a Radio Production Course on Community Radio Youghal.

Pictured from L-R are Darragh Parker CRY Conor Farrell, Bobbi Donoghue, Ryan O Sullivan, Declan Long, Michael O'Neill, Michaela Dalton, Mark Coady, Nikki Foley, Bryan Swayne, Emma Flavin, Anthony Keniry, Sylvia Pearson TY Assistant Co-Ordinator and Assistant Principal Linda Donoghue.

The winning students of The Pobail Scoil Sports Team. (PSSST.) L-R Sylvia Pearson Transition Year Assistant Coordinator, Conor Farrell, Michael O'Neill, Mark Coady, Bryan Swayne, Darragh Parker CRY Community Development Officer, Linda O Donoghue Assistant Principal, Anthony Keniry, Ryan O Sullivan and Bobbi Donoghue.

Congratulations to 'The Pobail Scoil Sports Show Team' who were victorious in the recent Battle of the TY Students on Community Radio Youghal narrowly beating 'A Bitta Banter' for the title.
 
The two groups completed an eight week radio production course with CRY104fm before Christmas which culminated in them competing for a regular spot on CRY104fm by producing their own hour long radio shows which aired on the 22nd of December to a large audience. The winners were decided by public vote by text, a facebook poll and a CRY judging panel with The sports team emerging victorious.
 
CRY104fm Community Development Officer Darragh Parker was full of praise for each team of students who both chose the more difficult option of producing mostly talk based programmes, 'The rivalry and competition between the groups was fantastic during the 8 week period and  both groups ended hosting very different but equally impressive shows on December 22nd . Both sets of students put the skills they learnt to great use in the making of their programmes recording both studio based and on-location interviews and also using vox pops to great effect in producing the shows.' said Darragh before adding 'We at CRY are always on the lookout for young talent and these students certainly fit that description and we are delighted to offer The Sports Team a regular slot on CRY where they will continue to gain very valuable production and broadcasting skills'


The Runners up from L-R Darragh Parker CRY Community Development Officer, Declan Long, Sylvia Pearson TY Assistant Coordinator, Linda  Donoghue Assistant Principal, Emma Flavin, Nikki Foley and Michaela Dalton.

Gardaí arrested a man in Cobh, Co Cork earlier today (14/1/11) in connection with the murder of Michael O'Shea, whose body was found following a fire at his flat at 85 North Main Street, Youghal. Initial inquiries and a preliminary post-mortem examination revealed that Mr O'Shea had been the victim of a knife attack.

The arrested man, in his late 20s, is being held at Midleton garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and can be questioned for up to 24 hours.

Gardaí are treating as murder the death of a man whose body was found following a fire at his flat in North Main Street, Youghal.

Declan Daly talked to Sergeant John Sharkey about the incident.

If you have any information that could help the Gardaí with their enquiries, you can ring Youghal Garda Station on 024 92200 or Garda Confidential on 1800 666 111.

The Just Shuffle team were the eventual winners of the battle of the Broadcasters held recently on CRY 104fm ,The team consisting of Dawn Donovan, Laura Hennessy, Patrick Flanagan, James Howes, Aoife Walsh and Ricky Roche hosted an amazing show on CRY104fm on Thursday the 13^th of May last, with a show that was fresh, relevant, listener friendly and got a huge response from the general public. “The team from the very start showed huge dedication and commitment and worked very well as a group, they had fantastic on air chemistry and from the beginning they “just got it”; said Darragh Parker ,Community Development Officer with the Station adding that “I could definitely see one or two of the group having hugely successful careers in broadcasting or in the media if that was a path they chose to go down.”

The group have now been offered a slot on CRY for the summer months and if that is successful maybe a permanent gig could be on the agenda. “This is a real opportunity for the group now to get fantastic experience under their belt during the summer months and they will get huge exposure to interviewing technique, editing skills and of course hosting their own live show” said Darragh “and I'm really looking forward to continuing to work with the gang”

The Just Shuffle Team

"The runners up, The Fo Sho Show, can count themselves very unlucky though" said Darragh. "Their show on Wednesday the 12^th of May was absolutely brilliant and again it was edgy, funny, relevant and intertwined with some great music. The Fo Sho Show team has as a result also been offered a slot on CRY104fm for the summer months."

"The Fo Sho group got off to a bad start" explains Darragh and "they were hit with withdrawals along the way with the group going from seven to just three who hosted the live show on the Wednesday. It eventually fell to just Darren Foley, Chris Cooney and Carol Keniry to pull it off and that is exactly what they did with the show proving to be extremely popular with both the judges and the general public. I hope the Fo Sho Show team keep the momentum going now because as they showed in the run up to the show they have got real ability and are well capable of producing excellent shows on a consistent basis if they have the dedication and commitment to it. They were unlucky to lose but Just Shuffle's dedication and hard work over the course of the project won through in the end."

The Fo Show Team

The Transition year students from Youghal's Pobail Scoil na Trionoide do battle this week as two groups host their own shows on CRY104fm. The two groups have been working hard in recent weeks putting their shows together. There will be a spot up for grabs for the winning group on CRY104fm's new live schedule so the groups will be pitting their wits against each other in an effort to come out on top in the battle.

Following on from the success of the Jane & Holly show, the CRY104fm team are delighted to be working with some more talented young students. CRY104fm's Community Development Officer, Darragh Parker, is very impressed with the confidence, enthusiasm and natural on-air chemistry of the students.

" They make it look very easy" said Darragh "and I would encourage any student thinking of a career in the media or journalism to give us a shout down in Cumann na Daoine, Catherine Street, Youghal. There are many ways in which students can add to their CVs by volunteering with the station. Whether it is being part of the news team, working on research projects, broadcasting on a live programme or learning editing or reporting skills you can really enhance your CV in what is a very competitive employment market at the moment"

So if a career in radio or the media interests you contact CRY104fm on 024 91199/92288 to see if we can be help you make the first steps on this exciting career path.

The Just Shuffle Team

"Just Shuffle" will be debuting on Wednesday the 12^th of May at 9.00pm and the hour long show will be presented by Dawn Donovan, Laura Hennessy, Ricky Roche, Aoife Walsh, James Howes, Patrick Flanagan and technical expert Mr Aaron Kenneally. There will be an interview with an iconic Pobal Scoil teacher and also a few surprises

The show will also feature the latest news and gossip discussions on the internet and TV shows . Music will play an integral role in the show with songs from Glee, Jason Derule, Johnny Cash, Justin Beiber and The Jackson 5 so do tune in...!!

The Fo Show Team

In the other corner, The "Fo Sho" Show will be on air  the following night on Thursday the 13^th of May at 9.00pm. The show, hosted by Chris Cooney, Darren Foley, Stephen Sheehan and Carol Keniry will feature an interview with upcoming band Pot of Jam and there will be all the latest Movie and DVD releases, gig reviews, local sport report with Stephen Sheehan and of course all the latest chart music will frame this exciting mix of chat and interviews and music.

 

Declan Gibbons, station manager, with some of the CRY104fm team at the launch of the schedule.

Every weekday programmes will begin with 'Yawl Ready for This?' from midday 'til 2pm. It's a light chat based programme with interviews, features, guests and music. The programme will have three presenters throughout the week; Kieran Kidney, Rhona Coughlan and Shane Supple who'll retain his regular Local Music Scene as part of Friday's show. The show will also feature an update on News, Weather and Bereavement announcements at 1pm.

CRY104fm Chairman, Tommy Collins is confident that the new schedule will be a big hit locally. "Listeners will continue to enjoy all of their favourites here on CRY and, in addition they will now have a whole range of new presenters and new live programmes every day", said the Chairman.

The station's new evening magazine show 'Youghal @ 5' will begin each weekday at 5pm and run until 6.30 with News, live interviews, vox pops, bereavement notices, traffic news and more.

There will also be a new weekly Arts programme called 'Spotlight', every Wednesday from 6.30 - 7.30pm. CRY104fm's new inclusiveness programme 'Perspectives' will be on every Thursday evening from 6.30 - 7.30pm.

New young faces on the exciting CRY104fm schedule - Holly Rose Twomey and Jane Crowley

The new schedule will also feature a new Youth show on Tuesdays, as well as new programmes on Pipe Band music, American Country music and a new weekly documentary slot.

At weekends, Noel Cronin's popular 'Rural Report' programme gets an extra half hour and will now run from 10am to midday on Saturday, while listeners can enjoy an extra half hour of Pat Reilly's unique mix of News and current affairs from 3-5pm on Saturdays.

Station Manager, Declan Gibbons is excited, not just by the programmes, but by all of the volunteer involvement. "We put out the call for new volunteers a few months ago", he told the Evening Echo "and since Christmas especially, we've had a huge response from volunteers of all sorts. Some people have offered to answer the phone, others want to present programmes, while many more have offered to do research and work behind the scenes. We'll also have a huge number of people contributing  to programmes across the schedule."

All of the stations regular favourites will also continue to bring the best in local broadcasting to the communities of Youghal, East Cork and West Waterford.

So tune in to Community Radio Youghal, where from next Monday there will be even more on the station's 104fm wavelength.

You can get full details of CRY104fm's new schedule and listen live to all your favourite broadcasters by logging on to www.youghalradio.com.

Community Radio Youghal broadcast a new documentary series called "Last of the Yarns" It was a six part series on the rise and fall of the textile industry in Youghal.

The series, which was supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound & Vision fund, looked at Youghal from before the arrival of the textile industry and examines its impact on the town. The boom years of the industry were also covered in "Last of the Yarns", as well as its lengthy decline and the impact of the closure of the industry on Youghal.

The first episode was broadcast on Sunday 6th December, at 11.30 and the series continued each Sunday up to and including 3rd January, 2010. Each episode is available to download or listen to here.

CRY104fm announced a new historical series of programmes which started on Sunday 13th September, The series of six programmes entitled 'Youghal a future from its Past' was been researched by local author and historian Maurice Aherne.

Each programme was divided into two parts, the first part narrated by Frank Keane while the second part featured a discussion chaired by Pat Reilly with contributions from Maurice Ahern.  Editor of the series was Noel Cronin and director is Tommy Collins. The series was funded by The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) under the Sound & Vision Scheme and is available to download or listen to here.

The culmination of months of hard work by Mags Carey and Maura & Theresa Joyce, the inaugural CRY104fm Country Music Awards night was a massive success with a huge crowd attending. Held in the Walter Raleigh Hotel on Monday 9th November 2009, the many fans were able to meet and greet many a Country & Irish music star.

The list of award winners is :

Hall of fame Award: Art Supple
Best International Irish Artist: Paddy O'Brien
Best Male Irish Singer: Shaun Loughery
Best Female Irish Singer: Trudi Lalor
Best Irish entertainer: Damien Bowe
Best Female Duo on the Irish scene: The Benn Sisters
Best Group on the Country Scene: Michael Collins
Best local album 2009: Pat Daly
Best overall performance: Paddy O'Brien
Beginners to Country Music: Padraig & Conor O'Sullivan
Most Popular duo: The Dreamers
Most Popular Local Singer: Pat Tobin
Most requested Local Artist: Patrick O'Sullivan
Country Songwriter: Peter Burke
Solo award: Sam O'Doherty

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The Board of Community Radio Youghal are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Declan Gibbons as Station Manager with CRY104fm. Declan who has previously worked with KCR (Kilkenny/Carlow Radio) took up his appointment on Monday August 17th.
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Over 25 vehicles took part in the 2008 Youghal Vintage Club charity fundraising run last Sunday. The event started in The grounds of the rugby club and the run went via Killeagh, Castlemartyr , Ladysbridge and back to Youghal, Noel and Tommy provided musical entertainment at the start of the run and were treated to a lovely cup of tea and sandwiches by the ladies committee. All the proceeds of the run are going to the Meals on wheels and Youghal Hospice. The clubs next major fundraiser is the annual Harvest Day on Sunday 17th August in Youghal Rugby Grounds.
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Over 300 competitors took part in the 8th Annual Youghal Triathlon held on Claycastle Beach. The event comprised of a 750m swim, 20km cycle and 6.5km run. Mark Dempsey from Limerick Triathlon was the winner in a time of 1hour 3minutes. Leading Lady was Elizabeth Lee, a Cork woman, running for the Piranha Club in Dublin. In a time of 1:14. Youghal athletes also featured. Leading Youghal man was Brian Sanders 1:15 in 39th place, Vincent Lucey was 112th in a time of 1:23, Ian Matthews was 132nd in a time of 1:26:18, Hugh Dorian was 134th in a time of 1:26 :33. Leading Youghal Lady was Clare McAuliffe 170th in a time of 1:32, Helena Coleman was 193 rd in a time of 1:38 :23 and Nicola Morey was 196th in a time of 1:38 :54. Youghal Man Brian Whyte headed the leading team in a winning time of I: 15 while others to compete in the team event were Seamus Kelly and Jonathan Tobin in the cycling and Don O Reilly, Derry O Reilly and Eoin Budds. A great job done by Tommy Roche and his hardworking committee. Everyone was full of praise for the smooth running and organizing of the event.
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At the invitation of the Friends of St. Raphael, we were delighted to attend the annual open day held in the beautiful grounds of the hospital. Noel, Maura, Theresa and Tommy were joined by our own John Cunningham who entertained the huge crowd with some lovely music on the ?Squeezebox.?. We helped out with continuity on the day, playing requests and dedications and announcing winners of various competitions. The weather was fairly good with the odd heavy shower which did not deter the huge crowd from enjoying themselves. We also featured members of the Youghal Comhaltas and and a very talented singing group featuring Maeve Beecher, Tommy Collins and Bronagh Shule who sang some very nice acoustic numbers. Of course at the end of the day we enjoyed a very welcome cup of tea and cake in the refreshment hall.
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Youghal Vintage Club held their annual Vintage Day and Car Boot sale on August 12th 2007 at Kilmagner, just outside Youghal, on the lands of Tom and Ann McCarthy. The day was a great success with large crowds attending the car boot sale in the morning and waiting on to enjoy the various side shows and exhibits in the afternoon which included old time threshing, display of vintage cars, tractors and stand alone engines. Music on the day was provided by Pat Daly, John Cunningham and Connie Prendergast. Young people had great fun with face painting , bouncy castle and some beautiful donkeys and chickens brought along especially for them. A big thank you to the members and friends of the Youghal Vintage club who organised the whole day and are giving the profits to ourselves in CRY 104 fm.