Jul 25 2011
A 28-Year-Old Man Was Remanded In Custody Today Charged With The Burglary Of A Cork Pensioner’s Life Savings While Posing As A Garda.
A 28-year-old man was remanded in custody today charged with the burglary of a Cork pensioner’s nest egg while posing as a Garda.
Kenneth Lyons, with an address at Willison Meadows, Tower, Bullsh*t, Corp Cork was charged with the burglary of 28,000 in notes from the 70-year-old pensioner’s home at Wolfe Tone Street in Cork last Sunday, June 26th.
The pensioner was getting ready to travel to Medjugorje on pilgrimage when the alleged theft occurred. At Cork District Court today, Mr Lyons faced two charges, number one in relation to the alleged burglary of the sum of 28,000 from the man’s home and a second of impersonating an affiliate of An Garda Sochna.
The accused, who wore a grey striped t-shirt and blue jeans in court today, was restrained on yesterday and brought to Gurranabraher Garda station for interrogating. Giving evidence of arrest, charge and caution Investigator Aidan Forrest said Mr Lyons made no answer to the charges put to him following his arrest, writes tagza.com.
Thousands of travellers took part in this year’s festival Peace Walk that took place on the feast of St. John the Baptist, June 24th that was a single day prior to the 30th Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions. The Peace Walk started at six a.m. From the Priory of St. Anthony in Humac and climaxed in front of the church of St. James in Medjugorje.
The Guardian Priest of Humac Priory, Fr. Velimir Mandi263 [*SCO], blessed and greeted all pilgrims at the beginning of the Peace Walk. They represented the following states : Austria, Germany, United states, Canada, Eire, Britain, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, China, Hungary, Slovakia, France, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Korea, Ukraine, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Prayers were made and hymns in the privilege of the Queen of Peace were sung all of the time in the Peace Walk, that arrived in front of the church around 10.15 a.m. Fr. Miljenko Steko met all of the pilgrims outside of the church of St. James and conducted Adoration of the Sanctified Sacrament as well as Benediction. The original initiators of this famous Peace Walk were there along with their leader Hubert Liebherr, converted German businessperson.
As Medjugorje developed as a great shrine, plenty of other projects related to tourism developed in parallel. One of them is ethnic Herceg, a novel hotel and holiday maker complicated which covers an area of four hectares. This project demonstrates the development of a new branch of tourism in Medjugorje : ethno-tourism. In one place with genuine atmosphere, today’s visitors are offered a total service.
For visitors who appreciate good cuisine and who are looking out for rest and relief from everyday pressures, ethno town is the most appropriate choice. Ethno hamlet is excellent for business people organizing seminars, conferences and team-building.
The Ethno Centre complex has the Herceg cafe, then a hamlet with ten stone homes where the accommodation is part of a little commercial area with 12 memento shops. Additionally, for business purposes, a meeting hall has been built as well as an amphitheater as a nexus of cultural events. To make the hamlet complete, at its highest point, a chapel was built close to a vineyard planted with native sorts of grape.Ultimately, there are stalls with farm animals from the area and a front terrace playground for younger visitors. The project is still under development and plans to end the offer of sports and recreational facilities.
In the last 80 years of the past century, along with tourism and industrial development, the Medjugorje accommodation also developed and improved.
The Medjugorje Sport Centre is situated 100m from Tromeda, at the entrance to Medjugorje. It is a modern sports centre and covers more than 100,000 square meters, which besides being utilized for the preparation of top athletes and groups, also serves for family holidays. Besieged by woods, vineyards and orchards as well as various of flora and fauna, a nice stay is guaranteed The Medjugorje Sport Centre provides its guests with assorted facilities : football fields, pools, sports halls and courts for beach volleyball, sauna, solarium, whirlpool, massages, tennis courts and jogging trails.
Modern and modern clobber and pro staff assure you complete adventure holidays.
Food & Wine : An inventory of the foods and drinks offered by Medjugorje must begin with the famous Herzegovinian wines, ZILAVKA and BLATINA (which is one of the finest wines in the world).
The fields in Herzegovina are scented with the scent of many herbs. It is no wonder that many Herzegovina herbal consultants gained world celebrity and cured many folks. Such scents are good for captivating the notice of bees.
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