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Tea-Party
Raises Money for Hospice
By
Patrick McCool
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Some
of the residents from Clara House who helped make the Tea Party
such a successful occasion. Maureen, Joanne and Michelle
thank them all for their help and particiaption in the event |
Tea
at 3 is a National Campaign held across the country for organisations
to raise money for their local hospice. Clara House, a Supported
Accommodation Provider in Kings Heath, Birmingham decided
last month to get everyone involved, including staff and residents.
Joanne McLoughlin, Manager of Clara House, said, “My parents,
Peter and Maureen Mohan (Proprietors of Clara House) thought this
was a great opportunity for all of us to have a good old fashioned
tea-party and raise much needed money for one of our local hospices.
We had one or two disasters with the baking, but I won’t say
which one of us was responsible.” I reckon her Dad Peter was
the guinea pig and chief taster!
Maureen with daughters Joanne and Michelle baked an array of cakes
and other gooodies much to the delight of everyone concerned. The
residents then paid for their afternoon tea, and low and behold raised
a fabulous £450.
Joanne and the rest of the family and staff should be very proud of
their afternoon's work.
The cheque was presented to St. Mary's Hospice in Birmingham, which
was gratefully recieved.
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Price
of Petrol Set To Hit All-Time High This Summer
Motorists are being warned that petrol prices in Ireland are
set to reach an all-time high before the end of the summer, breaking
the previous record of almost €1.03 per litre.
Figures, released show that the average price of petrol for this
month stands at €101.9 per litre. But news of shortages
in home-heating oil and the strong performance of the US dollar
against the euro have sparked fears of even more increases.
“Further prices increases are absolutely expected and it
is almost certain that in the next couple of months petrol prices
will surge to reach a new all-time high.” said AA’s
Conor Faughnan
As it stands, the average price is now just 0.8¢ off the
highest ever price per litre of €102.7, which was reached
last November.
While this month’s average price is slightly down from
May’s €102.4. Mr Faughnan said the current figures
were not reflecting such problems as oil surges and currency
changes.
“Worse is most definitely going to come over the coming
weeks and months. We can predict with real certainty that petrol
prices will go up. While they have remained steady for June,
we can absolutely expect more increases to come”. |
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