Ballymahon

Do you know what I mean?

[laughs] Yeah, I'm from Ballymahon, I am.

Yay.

Yay.

So again, midlands103.com has more details on that.

We're also hearing today that a small number of jobs are at risk at Center Parcs in Ballymahon, which employs around thirteen hundred people at the moment.

Yes, there is a certain seasonality to that, but it has rapidly grown over recent years, and perhaps maybe they overestimated demand because it looks like twenty roles could be impacted.

Twenty out of thirteen hundred, it's not an enormous proportion, but it's still painful for each and every one of those who are concerned.

It provides a sort of a bringing together of the community, both on the stage and in the audience.

So I think if we don't really, if they don't, if the government really don't buck up and, like, really, you know, commit to supporting arts on the fundamental grassroots level, I think we're gonna see less and less original productions and less and less even, you know, productions of classics like The Producers, you know?

So in terms of a solution, like, if we could at least talk about a blueprint for a way forward, are we talking about, uh, funding on a regional basis, and then maybe you have specific officers in those regions that can assess, uh, grant applications for the support of productions a- across those regions, so that you can take something like The Produr- Producers on tour from Mullingar to Tullamore, back to Athlone, and, and, uh, up to Ballymahon a- a- and, and down-

Mm-hmm

And then we've a very busy weekend a week later.

We're off up to Kilshamin on the Friday night, uh, is it the 13th? And we've to cut across country then to Ballymahon in Longford on the Saturday night, come home, make sure the farm is going okay and jobs and stuff like that.

Get a small bit of rest and head, tear down to Dunboyne on the Monday, the 16th.

And then we get a week or two off, and we're off down to the, the beautiful Rossmore below in Cork, um, which is way, way, way down there, Skibbereen and Clonakilty, that neck of the woods.