Saturday 14th April 2012
Hosted by PEAKS MOUNTAINEERING CLUB, CLONMEL, CO. TIPPERARY
REGISTRATION: GRID REF: 087 138
THE GLENVIEW LOUNGE, GOATENBRIDGE, ARDFINNAN, CLONMEL, CO. TIPPERARY
GPS Co-ord: 52.276571,-7.872589
TIME (OPEN: CLOSE)
‘A’ Walk 7:00 am 7:30 am
‘B’ Walk 8:00 am 9:00 am
‘C’ Walk 10:00 am 11:00 am
ENTRY FEE: Reduced to €20.00 Includes a healthy and hearty two course meal
WALK A
(Self Navigating)
Distance: 29.5 km
Ascent: 1,606 m
Approx. Time: 7-9 hours
Description:
This walk starts out on the Avondue Way. It is an excellent walk requiring a very high level of fitness and experience. Walkers must be able to self-navigate.
*Control Card can be obtained on www.peaksmcclonmel.ie
OS laminated map of Knockmealdowns will be provided.
Start:
Bus leaving Glenview Lounge at 7.30 am
GPS Coord: 52.276571,-7.872589
All walkers must check in at Glenview Lounge at finish of walk to avoid Mountain Rescue call out.
WALK B
(Lead Walk)
Distance: 17 km
Ascent: 1,050 m
Approx. Time: 7 hours
Description:
A good walk over the high peaks of the Knockmealdowns, suitable for experienced walkers. Though this is a lead walk, it will require walkers to have a good level of fitness.
Start:
Bus leaving Glenview Lounge at 9.00 am GPS Coord: 52.276571,-7.872589 All walkers must check in at Glenview Lounge at finish of walk to avoid
Mountain Rescue call out.
WALK C
(Lead Walk)
Distance: 13 km
Ascent: 550 m
Approx. Time: 5 hours
Description:
Starts at Loughnans Bridge taking in Bay Lough and spectacular views of the Vee valley. It is suitable for walkers with a good level of fitness.
*Walking Boots essential
Start:
Bus leaving Glenview Lounge at 11 am
GPS Coord: 52.276571,-7.872589
All walkers must check in at Glenview Lounge at finish of walk to avoid Mountain Rescue call out.
The United Left Alliance has announced that it will hold a two-day counter-conference to coincide with the Labour Party National Conference, which will take place in NUI Galway on the 13th and 14th of April.
The Counter-conference will take place adjacent to the Labour Party event on the NUI Galway campus and will hear how the Labour Party’s year in Government has opened political space for a new political alternative.
Speakers, including opposition TDs, trade union leaders, campaigners, academics and former Labour members will challenge the Labour Party on its coalition with Fine Gael and its failure to deliver even the barest concessions for its working class constituency.
The United Left Alliance was established in 2010 in order to fight the 2011 General Election. It won five Dáil seats, and is opposed to the bank bailout and the austerity measure begun by Fianna Fáil and carried on by Fine Gael and Labour.
Conference organiser Conor McGuinness explained the rationale behind the counter-conference; “this year marks the 100thanniversary of the Labour Party. The organisation that Larkin and Connolly established in 1912 has been corrupted beyond recognition. The leadership of the Labour party has turned its back on working people, on women, on the elderly and on the unemployed.
“This conference will provide a space for political activists, former Labour members and supporters, trade unionists, working people, campaigners and all those affected by unemployment and austerity to gather together to build a new movement for ordinary people.”
The Counter-conference will be open to the public, and will be hosted by NUI Galway’s ULA student society.
Some of the main events at the Counter-conference will include:
- · Securing our futures, Defending Education
- · IMF, ECB & International Financial System: demystifying the crisis
- · 100 Years of Labour: Time for a new party of the working class?
- · Healthcare: Fighting for Survival
- · Creating Jobs and Defending Workers
- · Closing Rally: Defeating Austerity, Destroying the Treaty.
A number of fringe events will also occur, including:
- · Presentation: Ireland’s Debt Audit
- · Discussion: Red Policies for a Green Future
- · Briefing: The X Case and the Medical Treatment Bill 2012
- · Discussion: Austerity and its Impact on Women
- · Díospóireacht: An Ghaeilge agus an Eite Chlé.
All are welcome to attend some or all of the Counter-Conference, and further information can be found here , or by emailing ULA.Galway@gmail.com
Wishing you all a Happy and Safe St Patrick’s Day wherever you are in the world from the Workers and Unemployed Action Group.
Workers & Unemployed Action 