Happy New Year to all, may it be a bit more prosperous than the last one ! We are moving to our new home in the St Multose Car park , behind the Garda station , and re-opening on the 2nd of Febuary, so please make a note to support us in our new ( and hopefully permanent ) home.

To the stall-holders , remember there is no electricity , so make alternative arrangements , and I will need copies of ins certs with Kinsale Town Council specifically indemnified , again , for the new license , IOMST holders need not bother , but all others I will need on the first day ,2nd feb .

Following the meeting today with the Council, the Market will be located in Church sq car park, behind Crackpots and the old Fishy Fishy , for Tuesday the 2nd of Febuary 2010. This was the only solution which appears to be available .

Hi everyone,

I would like to let you all know that there will be a farmers market outside Paddo's Pub in Ballygarvan (between five mile bridge and Carrigaline) on Saturday the 5th Dec at 10am.

The market will be running for the next three weeks and again in the new year.

There will be a wide range of produce available, as well as entertainment and many more surprises!!

This Saturday, the beautiful Clydesdale horses of Ballinreeshig Nature farm will be there to give people a spin in their magnificent carriage! Don't miss out!

The Ballygarvan Farmers Market promises to be a great day out for all the family, as well as a place for good value, quality produce.

Hope to see you there.

Spread the word!

Regards,

Tairbhin to me

show details 11:25 AM (19 minutes ago)

Hi,

I am mailing to let you know that this year in Macroom the Tairbhin group are hosting festive markets in Macroom Town Square on December 18th and 19th with Carol singing and entertainment from 7.00 p.m. both evenings.

We would like to invite any of your members to attend the markets.

If you could pass this information to your members we would gratefully appreciate it, this is our first year running these markets so we are relying a lot on the help of local traders.

If you need any further details, please give Mark or Clare a call on 086 1226300

Kind Regards,

Clare Mungovan

council meeting

meeting on market went quite well, compromise solution of part of Short Quay , part of Emmett Place is workable if we can agree details, and would leave market out of the hands of council officials. further meeting on Friday to firn up proposals.

Finders Inn

IOMST

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Hi Everyone,

In view of the ever increasing number of complaints relating to local authorities and the mis-management of markets in their respective localities, we have decided enough is enough.

Some of you may be aware that we launched a successful bid to have Dublin host the 3^rd International Retail Market Conference in 2010. This will take place on June 25^th and 26^th next year at a venue to be decided.

This has got to be a good start so let’s makes the most of it because the Conference will include a forum for all of our members.

Now, let’s apply a little more pressure and see where that gets us.

However, for this we need your help. Please have a look at and sign the petition on our website at www.marketguide.ie. It’s self explanatory.

We’ll keep you up to date on developments.

Regards

Alicia O’Reilly

P.S. As Christmas is almost upon us may we take this opportunity to wish you to best of luck, in what we hope will be a busy period for all.

town council meet

Hi all , the suggested meeting to which i have not been invited , may be better arranged on a Tuesday when you are all in kinsale

Kinsale town council meeting

03 November 2009

What happened last night at the Kinsale Town Council meeting , which was supposed to kick off at 7.00 pm , was completely un-democratic and pre-planned. The Council convened in private session at 6.00pm to discuss among 2 other items , the future of the Farmers Market in the town. Neither the public nor the Press were allowed in .

I believe that as of December 22nd , the Farmers Market in Kinsale will cease to exist .In truth the death knell sounded when we were moved from the Short Quay, on foot of a spurious Health and Safety audit called down by Frank Morrison. Despite numerous meetings and Emails , the County council officials , specifically the town manager, Ms Mary Ryan , from Ennis, Co Clare have refused to discuss or address the issues in the H and S report with me , as Market Manager.

As far as they are concerned a move back to the Short Quay is not an option,

and the only alternatives are completely un-suitable and ridiculously expensive, and would result in the closing down of the market , and would also remove it as a draw to the thousands of tourists that frequented it up to this point . we will be re-licensed

I do not believe we will be re-licensed in our present location , in the Town Park , unless we agree to pay a minimum of 20,000 euros to the council , to subsidize

a move that we don’t want , weren’t consulted about , and won’t agree to . Make no mistake , this is merely a money grab by the Council , without any commitment to

pay someone to run the Market .

As we discovered to the Stall-holders cost this year , the market will not survive being moved around , and needs to be in the centre of town , to be of any benefit to the town , and to the Stall-holders. We have already lost 4 stalls, and will lose more.

It is in-arguable that the café’s and shops in the town centre are noticeably

quieter on Tuesday mornings ,since we moved to the Town park , which is only 100 metres away!

I fail to see what more I can do , other than to let events take their course , to the detriment of the town of Kinsale . Don’t say you have not been warned .

Miles Cattell

Kinsale Town Council metting

democracy in action . Kinsale Council held a private meeting before the regular meeting , so no one , not even reporters were allowed in.And then they completely ignored the letter I had Written and didn't even read it out . They Obviously want a fight !They have also moved the olive stall to the town park on Wednesdays

Hi all , please try and chase up the insurance letters , Thanks . council meeting tonight to vote on Market future .at 7 town hall if anyone can be bothered!!

Hi all, we are now fully blue to blue , with 5 outlets ,so you can all bring your blue connectors.

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Traders asked

to foot the bill for

permanent site

for Kinsale market

By TOM FITZPATRICK__________

Kinsale Town Council Report

KINSALE farmers' market traders will be asked to foot the bill for a new permanent home in the town.

Town councillors last night i insisted they would not be left to finance a new market site after three options for a new ,home were presented at the monthly council meeting.

The Kinsale Farmers'Market, which runs every Tuesday, was moved from its base on Short Quay to the Kin-sale College of Further Educa­tion on the Bandon Road due to health and safety concerns more than a month ago. Options for a new home for the market were outlined by council officials, and included three sites where work would cost between €20,000 and €40,500 to make the individual site viable for a market.

The three venues decided on by council officials were: the Back Glen, which would cost €40,500 in council work; Long Quay, which would cost

€27,000 and the St Multose car park, which would cost €20,000.

However, town manager Mary Ryan warned that if councillors were to choose the -cheapest option, St Multose car park, it may only be a short-term solution.

Ms Ryan said that she pro­posed to issue individual li-

censes to stall holders to recoup the costs over the next two to three years.

The Glen site would have room for 17 stalls; The Long Quay site room for 30 stalls and the St Multose car park would have room for 25 stalls.

Councillors will be asked to support one of the three sites at the next council meeting.

Kinsale farmers market

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miles cattell to tomasobrien, billy_lynch7, ftreacy, Darren, saile, tonycierans, Noel, alan.clayton

show details 12:15 PM (3 minutes ago)

Dear Sirs ,

I would like to point out that I was not consulted about the engineers report submitted to you at the last council meeting .

I have had a meeting with the Town clerk, and Mr Rob Andrews to discuss the safety issue arising in the Short Quay , where it was decided that the issues could be easily dealt with , at no cost to the Council or to the market . The rent was increased by 500 euros per annum to cover the rubbish and the time that Rob Andrew would spend sorting out the safety issues with me .

I was given the impression that we would be in the Town Park until Mid -May and then back in the Short Quay for 3 months , after the Drainage work , which was the reason given by Mary Ryan for us being moved in the first place .

At the recent meeting of the council , 3 other sites were suggested, none of which are viable , and which would result in the Market failing in a matter of weeks , which may be the intention of some of the businesses in Kinsale.

It was also suggested by Mary Ryan , that she prefer to deal direct with the stall-holders over the license , without paying anyone to run the market.

I would like to point out the consequences of such a move . The stall-holders have all intimated to me that if the market is to be moved or continually messed about with , they would prefer to trade on a Wednesday , which is as you know a free trading day in the entirety of the town .

This would result in a Bantry type situation of traders setting up where ever they wished ,and selling what ever they wished, and I doubt that the casual traders licensed for a Wednesday would feel the need to renew their licenses!

I trust you will consider these issues when being asked to destroy the best tourist attraction in Kinsale , and my livelihood as well.

Yours sincerely Miles Cattell

This below is what I sent to the town councillors

I have been informed that a lot of you , not insured with IOMST have to get a letter from your ins co to give specific indemnity to Kinsale town council. Bureaucracy gone mad !!!Sorry

KinsAle Town council

Myles Cattell, Riverstick, Co. Cork.

13^th October 2009.

Re: Stallholders Insurance.

Dear Myles,

Municipal Hall,

Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland.

Tel: (021)4772154 Fax: (021)4772615 e-mail: kinsaleudc@eircom.net

I am writing regarding issues with some of stallholders public liability insurance.

• David & Laura Peare - specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council

• Jason Carroll - specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council

• Aaron & Cormac McDonnell t/a Finders - insurance expired on 15^th July
2009, new policy to be submitted and specifically indemnify Kinsale
Town Council

• David & Siobhan Barry - specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council

• Shannon Keane t/a Diva's - policy to be submitted and specifically
indemnify Kinsale Town Council.

• Blue Haven Food Company - specifically indemnify Kinsale Town
Council

• Anne Bradfield, Taste A Memory Foods - policy to be submitted and
specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council.

• Patrick & Rosaleen Tuite, t/a Ballinora Nursery - specifically indemnify
Kinsale Town Council.

• Marc Kingston - specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council.

• Joy O'Driscoll - Insurance expires on 22^nd November 2009, only specifies
Ballincollig Shopping Centre and needs to specifically indemnify Kinsale
Town Council.

• Mark Price - specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council

• Paul McBride & Iain Flynn - Licence expired since 7/8/2008 - specifically
indemnify Kinsale Town Council.

• Gareth Casey O'Conail - Licence expired since 31 /08/2009.

• Janos Puskas & Tamas Szomolanyi - Policy needs to specifically
indemnify Kinsale Town Council.

• Green Saffron - needs to specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council.

• Gidon Gur, t/a Keystone Concepts - needs to specifically indemnify
Kinsale Town Council.

• Siobhan Grace - needs to specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council.

• Leonard O'Donovan - needs to specifically indemnify Kinsale Town
Council.

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:olum & Liz O'Regan - needs to specifically mention Kinsale Farmers Market and needs to specifically indemnify Kinsale Town Council.

Please be informed that licence cannot be issued and therefore trading not allowed until this matter is regularised.

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Yours sincerely,

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IOMST to iomst

show details 12:22 PM (52 minutes ago)

HI All

Our new website is up and running at www.marketguide.ie. We’d appreciate if you could have a look at it and give us your comments. There are some things we need to tweak which will be done over the next week or so.

Please see if your markets are mentioned and if the information given is correct. If not please let us know so that we can make any correction. You’ll also notice you can put in your own advertisements to sell your products or other items.

Any info for the NEWS column is also appreciated.

The bid we made to host the 2010 International Retail Market Conference was successful. We made our bid on the basis that Irish local authorities are less helpful than their European counterparts in the allocation of public space for use as markets. With that in mind we requested the assistance of the World Union of Wholesale and Retail Markets to persuade our local authorities to behave differently. Amsterdam and Barcelona also bid so we were delighted when we succeeded.