Sponsored climb of the Galtee Mountains

cork | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Thursday January 10, 2008 11:33 by Old Head - Free the Old Head of Kinsale Campaign clairerporter at gmail dot com

Fundraiser for important court challenge

Last year, in January 2007 a group of brave souls undertook to clim part of the Galtee Mountains to raise funds for a key court challenge with regard to the blocking of public access at the Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork. This year, as the case approaches a hearing in the High Court, funds are badly needed and we need more hardy folks to take to the mountains again.

Walkers brave the cold for a good cause

The Old Head of Kinsale story is well known to most Indymedia'ers by now and has been running since 1997 when Ashbourne Holdings build an exclusive luxury golf course on the beautiful County Cork Headland and blocked off a public right of way that has been used for centuries (see previous articles linked below).

We had hoped that the right of way issue would go to the High Court last Autumn but it didn't and we are now very hopeful that it will be heard this year. We are fortunate that we have a number of very supportive legal people but we still need funds to take the case.

There have been a number of fundraising events including pub quizzes and a sponsored head-shave but last year's first Galtee climb was the most successful to-date, raising more than €2,000 for the fighting fund.

Help us make the 2008 Galtee Climb for the Old Head fund an even greater success by joining the walk on Sunday, 20th January.

A car-pool will operate from Cork, departing from outside Cork Opera House at. 9.30am. For sponsorship cards or further details e-mail Claire Porter at clairerporter@gmail.com

Previous Indymedia stories on the Old Head of Kinsale campaign

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/4712

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/6699

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/8587

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/66254

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77936

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/83399

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/83957

We crossed the Galtee Mountains

It's icy up there!