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  • Apple Day-Harvest Festival

    Apple Day-Harvest Festival

    By Luke Hurson

    The Organic Centre in Rossinver Co. Leitrim hosted its Apple Day-Harvest Festival on 29 September and The City went to check it out. 

    The festival had a great turnout with lots of activities and stalls for the visitors. The highlight of the day was the apple pressing, where festival goers were shown how apple juice was made and could sample the finished product.  

    The stalls were full of sustainable crafts both inside and outside the building. There were craft demos, stone carving, weaving and wool spinning to keep the crowds entertained. 

    Talks and tours were on throughout the day by experts including The Organic Centre’s resident apple expert Phil Wheal and Botanist Maria Cullen. The Grass Roof Cafe provided all diverse kinds of apple tastes for the people to enjoy.

    All photos by Luke Hurson

    The crowds were shown apple pressing techniques
    The grass-roofed Organic Centre
    The Apple Day Harvest festival drew good numbers
    The greenhouses were full of organically-grown fruit and vegetables 
    The inside of one of the greenhouses
    The craft tent was a popular attraction
    The Grass Roots Cafe kept the visitors going throughout the day
    A different angle of the apple pressing where pressure is put on the apples to squeeze the juice out of them 
    Some beautiful wildlife paintings were on display 
    One of the many craft stalls with handcrafted goods 

  • Out of control car kills Irish teenager in New York

    Out of control car kills Irish teenager in New York

    Last Friday evening, Kalie Gill, a 15-year old Irish teenager from Co. Leitrim was knocked down and killed by a car in Coyne Park in Yonkers.

    Kalie and her sister had been attending a church carnival, when, just after 9pm.,  a car driven by a local school teacher, appeared to career out of control, killing Kalie and critically injuring her 12-year old sister, Lindsey.

    It is believed the sixth class school teacher may have suffered a heart attack on leaving the car park. The car seemed to be travelling at around 50 mph, ramming into pedestrians and other parked cars. Two other teenagers suffered minor injuries.

    The sisters, together with 500 others, had been attending an Autumn fund-raising carnival for St. Pauls’ Church, in the Irish neighbourhood, when the car struck. Kalie had celebrated her 15th birthday only days before.

    Kalie’s parents, Damian and Karen Gill,  had spent the last eight years in Leitrim, where they had been running a shop and a pub in Leitrim town while living in Fenagh, a small town, situated between Ballinamore and Mohill.  They had recently decided to return to the US due to the continuing economic downturn.

    Only two weeks ago, Kalie’s father, Damian Gill, travelled to Leitrim to attend his mother’s funeral.