I see a big cheque was presented to Pieta House last week.

Jim Parkinson, Estelle Parkinson, Jack Ryan and Adam Woods, of this parish, all jumped from a plane 10,000-ft up the sky in October. I’m told that Jim, a suckler farmer from just outside Cashel, was blown off course for a while on the way down but, like a good homing pigeon, found his way back to base.

The four managed to hand over a cheque for €12,085 to Pieta House to help fund its important work around suicide.