People urged to support and enjoy Lough Boora after Bord na Mona and Pat Barrett issue joint statement
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Bord na Mona and Pat Barrett have issued a joint statement on the Lough Boora Bike Hire contract.
In it Bord na Mona acknowledges that it could have handled the matter better while Pat Barrett is now encouraging everyone who supported him to support and enjoy Lough Boora. Read the full statement below.
Pat Barrett had provided the bike hire service at Lough Boora for more than a decade but recently lost the service to Dublin based company run by Dublin footballer Conal Keaney.
BREAKING: Bord na Mona and Pat Barrett issue joint statement on Lough Boora Bike Hire contract
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Bord na Mona and Pat Barrett have issued a joint statement on the Lough Boora Bike Hire contract.
In it Bord na Mona acknowledges that it could have handled the matter better while Pat Barrett is now encouraging everyone who supported him to support and enjoy Lough Boora. Read the full statement below.
Pat Barrett had provided the bike hire service at Lough Boora for more than a decade but recently lost the service to Dublin based company run by Dublin footballer Conal Keaney.
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Fingers crossed for Offaly Hospice 100k run
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THEY have had a number of false starts but now it looks like a 100k event planned for over two days just might go ahead.
The run, which is in aid of Offaly Hospice, was originally to have taken place earlier in the year but Covid called a halt to plans on no less than two occasions.
Now six intrepid runners led by John Bennett, have their fingers crossed for May 22 and 23.
They include Will Faulkner of Midlands 103, Noel Flynn Kilcormac, Vinnie Devery, Ferbane, Pat Hill, Pollough, Michael Melia, Michael Guinan and John Bennett all from Cloghan.
Lough Boora bike hire competition fair and open says Bord na Mona
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The Lough Boora bike hire controversy continues to grow and was aired on RTE Joe Duffy Show this week.
Supporters of a bike company founded by a Bord na Móna employee, are saying they will boycott the Offaly bog visitor attraction over the decision to give the bike hire contract to a Dublin based company, Phoenix Bikes.
Joe Duffy has tagged it the battle of Boora .
Bord na Móna have said in a statement that they understand the disappointment of Lough Boora bike hire operator, Pat Barrett.