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Sunday, 31 March 2013
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Welcome to the CFE Lifts Page
Arrange to share a journey with CFE members as a favour! Save time, save petrol, save the planet and make friends!
To use the lift service you can ask members directly if you know them, check out the list of members offering lifts linked here, or if you would like help finding who to ask for a specific lift please fill out this special form and submit it to us!. We will reply by email with a list of members to ask who should be able to help. Best to allow good notice of your lift whenever possible. Register your lifts by filling out the questionnaire here. Or if you have a special offer of a one off lift please post it here.
Before making a journey check out the offers linked here . Scroll down to see the list of members offering lifts on request, and click here (lifts page part 2) for members offering lifts on regular journeys.
If you don't see what you need call members offering lifts (Lifts on Request) in the list below. Or post your request here on the Clon Favour 'Asks' forum. Or email us on cfelifts@gmail.com and we will post your request there.
Please contact cfelifts@gmail.com with your lift offers. Members will have received a questionnaire by email too. We would be grateful if you would complete and return it as soon as you can. The Questionnaire is linked here.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
President says a cupla focal about Clonakilty Favour Exchange
President Michael D Higgins visited Clonakilty today, 5th May 2013, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the granting of the town charter. Welcomed by people and politicians he gave a stirring speech in the newly refurbished Emmet Square in which he praised the town for its community spirit and music.
Singling out the Fair Trade movement, Random Acts of Kindness Festival, Tidy Towns and the Clonakilty Favour Exchange he praised the people of Clonakilty for harnessing the strength that comes from helping each other. Quoting local boy made good Henry Ford of Ballinascarthy he said “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
He continued:
More pics of the day here

Plus a great write up and more pics here on Irish National online magazine Broadsheet
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President Michael D chews the beef with CFE members Vic and Deb |
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You look like the Saxy Lady Boys |
"You have also demonstrated great innovation here locally in devising your own unique response to these recessionary days - the Clonakilty Favour Exchange - trading time and talent in a great community response to the straitened times we live in.
Despite, or indeed because of the current straitened times, we are seeing the most engaged, civic-minded generation emerging in this country in perhaps the last 50 years, citizens who are volunteering in their communities in record numbers".
More pics of the day here
Plus a great write up and more pics here on Irish National online magazine Broadsheet
CFE Lifts Page part 2

CFE Lifts part 2 - Regular lift offers
Members Offering Lifts on Regular Journeys | ||
Journey from and to | When | Driver & Contact |
Cork | Mon-Fri | |
Timoleague to Clon Gael Scoil | Niamh O’Sullivan niamhosullivan33@yahoo.ie 086 8282668 | |
Cork | once a week (either Wed pm or Thurs am – please call) | 087 2350900 jsdevoy@eircom.net |
Deliver people’s shopping from Clon market | Fridays | Sara Devoy 087 2350900 jsdevoy@eircom.net |
Cork (Mahon) | Mondays, leaving Clon 8am, leaving Cork 5pm Wed, Thursleaving Clon 8am, leaving Cork 7pm. Also Tues(Aisling’s husband) | Aisling Mc Auliffe aislingmcauliffe@yahoo.com |
Clon to Cork and back | Wednesdays 8am returning approx 6pm. linked to college, will resume in October. | Deborah Ni Chaoimhe deb@camusfarm.ie |
Clonakilty – Kinsale, Kinsale – Clonakilty (via Timoleague) | Tuesdays in term times, 9am to Kinsale, returning about 1.30pm. | Alice Glendinning aglendinning@care2.com 085 1439007 |
Cork | Tuesday evening, once a fortnight | Adrian Boyle adoboyle@gmail.com 086 8603512 |
Clon to Cork and back | irregular times, please phone or email for details | Louise Pollock lulupoll@hotmail.com 085 8236454 |
Suggested guidelines for lifts: Favours are earned for the duration of the journey. Petrol costs are usually offered for journeys made specially, and members are advised to agree before exchanging. If it helps, here is a link to the AA routeplanner advice on petrol costs
Great. Now take me back to the first lifts page. I want to see all those members offering lifts again.
CFE Lifts Page
Please contact cfelifts@gmail.com with your lift offers and asks. Members will have received a questionnaire by email too. We would be grateful if you would complete and return it as soon as you can. The Questionnaire is linked here.
Ask for a lift or arrange to share a journey with CFE members as a favour!
Before making a journey check out the offers below. Scroll down to see all four possibilities:
Before making a journey check out the offers below. Scroll down to see all four possibilities:
- Members Offering Lifts on Regular Journeys
- Members Offering Lifts on Request
- One-off Lift Offers
- Lift Asks
If you don't see what you need call members offering lifts (Lifts on Request) in the second box. Or post your ask here by emailing cfelifts@gmail.com and letting us know what you need.
There are so many lift offers that this page continues here! Click to see it
1. Members Offering Lifts on Regular Journeys | ||
Journey from and to | When | Driver & Contact |
Cork | Mon-Fri | |
Skibbereen | Mon-Fri | jolorriman@gmail.com 0879024571 |
Timoleague to Clon Gael Scoil | Niamh O’Sullivan niamhosullivan33@yahoo.ie 086 8282668 | |
Cork | once a week (either Wed pm or Thurs am – please call) | 087 2350900 jsdevoy@eircom.net |
Deliver people’s shopping from Clon market | Fridays | 087 2350900 jsdevoy@eircom.net |
Cork (Mahon) | Wed, Thursleaving Clon 8am, leaving Cork 7pm. Also Tues(Aisling’s husband) | Aisling Mc Auliffe aislingmcauliffe@yahoo.com |
Clon to Cork and back | Wednesdays 8am returning approx 6pm. linked to college, will resume in October. | deb@camusfarm.ie |
Clonakilty – Kinsale, Kinsale – Clonakilty (via Timoleague) | Tuesdays in term times, 9am to Kinsale, returning about 1.30pm. | aglendinning@care2.com 085 1439007 |
Cork | Tuesday evening, once a fortnight | adoboyle@gmail.com 086 8603512 |
Clon to Cork and back | irregular times, please phone or email for details | lulupoll@hotmail.com 085 8236454 |
MANY MORE OFFERS | BELOW | SCROLL ON DOWN! |
2. Members Offering Lifts on Request | ||
Distances willing to travel | Availability | Driver & Contact |
45 mins from Clon | Bev Cotton 089 4352675 beviscotton@gmail.com | |
Also have a large van | Ger Walsh 087 7449635 1gwalsh@eircom.net | |
087 2398471 | ||
087 9801086 skerrygerry@yahoo.com | ||
086 0532830 info@vapouride.ie | ||
086-4059497 jfc1966@gmail.com | ||
xavierdubuisson@gmail.com 086 0476124 | ||
1 ½ hours max | any time | jmf.veg@gmail.com 087 2058059 |
75km max | I work shift work, so very variable availability | Gary Hannon garyhannon@yahoo.com |
pm or evening | Louise Pollock lulupoll@hotmail.com 085 8236454 | |
Robert@Timbersmart.com | ||
Vic vic@camusfarm.ie 086 826 3429 | ||
1.5 hours | almost always; ask! | 087 8119283 jmcdonald@eircom.net |
christine.deady@gmail.com | ||
accessbody@gmail.com 087 7810550 | ||
adinneen@hotmail.com 023 88 35662 087 2751229 | ||
benegez@eircom.net 086/0895821 | ||
Cork or Bantry I am happy to take people shopping especially elderly people, or for hospital appointments in either Cork or Bantry. I am happy also to collect/deliver shopping etc. | weekdays | Jo Burke joandrichburke@yahoo.co.uk 086 0734229 023 8831935 |
Richard Burke joandrichburke@yahoo.co.uk 086 0734229 023 8831935 | ||
Patricia Mulvany PatriciaMulvany@gmail.com 086 3800754 | ||
smithberr@gmail.com 023 8836704 | ||
Una Fitzgerald ufitzgerald110@gmail.com 086 8044646 | ||
adoboyle@gmail.com 086 8603512 | ||
I make two or three trips to Cork per week but the times and days vary greatly. Best to drop me an email to see if I can help with lifts either to or from Cork. Also to Skib, Bantry and Clonakilty from Leap regularly. | any day | Louise Roseingrave louiseroseingrave@gmail.com |
occasionally | Deborah Ni Chaoimhe deb@camusfarm.ie | |
up to 20 miles | I can be available evenings to give lifts (excluding tuesday and thursday evenings) | Michelle Collins 086 3493311 michellec108@gmail.com |
Gillian Treacey info@go4itcoaching.com 087 6726293 | ||
mauramccabe@eircom.net 087 2989104 | ||
greg@gbacupuncture.com 086 6088639 | ||
Paula Curtis palacurtis@gmail.com 0876080166 | ||
Camille Thomas camillet21@gmail.com 0871809518 | ||
Deirdre Keohane 087 9649899 deirdrekeohane@gmail.com |
There are so many lift offers that this page continues here! Click to see it
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