*David Hillery speaking at Tuesday’s public meeting. Photograph: Tom Micks. ORGANISERS of Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy were almost hit with a bill of €100,000 to acquire an event licence and pay a management company to run the festival.
*Deirdre Comber addresses the public meeting in Miltown Malbay. Photograph: Tom Micks. WILLIE CLANCY’s week was “becoming too successful” which has resulted in the planned introduction of new measures for this year’s festival.
*Cllr Gabriel Keating (FG) and Dr Tom Nolan (FG). ‘POLE POLE’ pronounced poley poley is Swahili for slowly, it’s a phrase etched in the minds of those who climb Kilimanjaro, Dr Tom Nolan (FG) is one of them and he’s reminded of the expression on the canvass.