Issue 68: June 2011 - Youth Work Ireland
Issue 68: June 2011 - Youth Work Ireland
Issue 68: June 2011 - Youth Work Ireland
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The three local young men Bradley Mills, MichaelMcSweeney and Barry Coughlan, built and paintedtwo 16 foot wooden canoes from scratch with boatbuilders Meitheal Mara. Eleven weeks of hard workaccumulated in a launch of the boats on the 15th ofDecember.Speaking at the launch, Community Drugs <strong>Work</strong>erMartina Munnelly said“A huge amount of work, time andcommitment went into building these boatsand it was great to see the support theseyoung people received at the launch.”Martina went on to thank James O’Sullivan from therowing club for helping out with safety, artist PaulaRoche for helping out with the paint design andCiaran Barry from the <strong>Youth</strong> Centre for providing thespace to build the boat.Michael McSweeney testing out his new canoeThey hope to continue to use the canoes anddevelop their skills on the water over the comingyears, so look out London Olympics 2012.If you would like to learn more about thework of CDYS <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong>please contact:Richard DorganMarketing & PR OfficerCDYS ‐ <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong> ‐ Co CorkMallow Community <strong>Youth</strong> CentreNew RoadMallowCo. CorkTel: 022‐53526Website: www.cdys.ieLeft to Right ‐ Aaron Lynch, Michael McSweeney, BradleyMills, Barry Coughlan, Pádraig Ó Duinnín (Meitheal Mara),Martina Munnelly (Community Drugs <strong>Work</strong>er CDYS), JessicaLane (Student <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong>er CDYS) at the Canoe launch.There was a great turn out for the launch where theyoung people were presented with Certificates fromlocal counsellor Noel McCarthy who congratulatedthe young men on a fantastic achievement beforehitting the water to show off their newly constructedmachinesThe moment of truth came and went without a hitchas the canoes hit the water and the young buildersspent about an hour out on the water testing themout.Irish <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Work</strong> Scene 6 <strong>Issue</strong> <strong>68</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>2011</strong>