All About Cork: Sports complex offers free showers to community affected by water outages
A bulk tanker distributing water in the car park of Dunnes Stores, Ballyvolane, as hundreds of northside households are without water. Picture: Donal O'Keeffe
Mayfield Sports Complex recently stepped up for the community by offering free access to showers and drinking water for the local community after a water outage left many reliant on bulk tankers.
Following what Uisce Éireann has described as “a major burst to a water main”, homes and businesses were without water for a time before the end of last year in Corrib Lawn, Ballinderry Park, Shannon Lawn, Lagan Grove, Liffey Park, Glencree Crescent, Gweedore Avenue, Boyne Crescent, and surrounding areas.
Uisce Éireann advised that repairs had “proven more complex than initially anticipated”, and though the utility body delivered a water tanker to Ballyvolane so people could get water from it, many called for it to have been located closer to Mayfield.
Local Labour councillor John Maher, who had asked for the tanker to be moved, thanked Mayfield Sports Complex for making showers and drinking water available to the community, saying: "Fair play to Paul O’Leary (manager) for arranging.”
Cork City Libraries turned the Mayfield Library branch into a grandmaster’s arena for the city’s third annual Festival of Chess competition.
Festive jumpers were on display for the pre-Christmas tournament, as five-person teams came from across Cork city for the round robin tournament, overseen by Irish youth international, Mark McGrath.
The Krazy Kings, captained by Laura Winiarska, and including Yong Wen He, Paul McSweeny, Oscar Grahame and Anna Diachenko, emerged as the strongest force and eventual champions with 2.5 points thanks to the efforts of the team.
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