Turas Siar 329 - SBB i mBéal an Mhuirthead, Lá an Logha. Labhair sé le: Paddy Phat Stephen Ó Manacháin (Inis Gé agus Glais), Pat "Rua" Ó Ruílle (Inis Gé agus Gleann Láradh), Nora Mhullane (Inis Gé agus Tóin na hOlltaí), Antaine Ó Tuachair (An Aird Mhó...

Go leor acu ag dúnadh go doirse ach an comharchumann sin agaibhse rinne sibh brabach an-mhór anuraidh.

Many of them are closing their doors but that co-op of yours made a very big profit last year.

Bhuel em tá an Comharchumann ó bunaíodh ó míle míle naoi déag seasca ocht agus ó bunaíodh é tá brabú déanta chuile bhliain. Tá a lán obair crua curtha isteach againn. Tá foireann iontach againn is tá áthas orm é sin a rá agus tá an an Comharchumann bunaithe ar na acmhainní nádúrtha sa gceantar. Tá muid ag plé le forbairt talún mar shampla. Tá beagnach leath milliún infheistithe againn ar ionad in ionad innealra faoi láthair agus tá gach saghas innealra seirbhíse le fáil againn anois chun chun cabhrú leis na feirmeoirí. Táimid ag plé le cúrsaí iascaireachta agus tá tá tá ábhar tógála tógála againn. Tá supermarket againn agus

Well, em, the Co-operative has been here since it was founded in nineteen sixty-eight and since it was founded, a profit has been made every year. We have put in a lot of hard work. We have a great team and I am happy to say that, and the Co-operative is based on the natural resources in the area. We are involved in land development, for example. We have invested almost half a million in a machinery centre at the moment and we now have every kind of service machinery available to help the farmers. We are involved in fishing matters and we have building materials. We have a supermarket and.

Táimid

We are.

Tá chuile rud anois againn a bhfuil ag teastáil sa gceantar agus tá súil agam go mbeidh an an turn over nó an trádáil i mbliana go mbeidh sé idir dhá agus trí milliún punt agus tá súil agam go mbeidh bliain réasúnta maith againn arís. Tá muid ag cur obair le fáil sa gceantar freisin faoi láthair. Tá beagnach dhá scór ag obair linn.

We now have everything we need in the area and I hope that the turnover or the trade this year will be between two and three million pounds and I hope that we will have a reasonably good year again. We are also currently providing employment in the area. Nearly forty people are working with us.

agus

and.

Sin sin brabach an-mhór anois. Tá sé sin an-mhaith.

That's a very big profit now. That is very good.

Bhuel em tá sin fíor yeah ach em you know tá an t-ádh caithfimid beidh ar an t-ádh a bheith freisin you know chomh maith leis an obair chrua.

Well em that’s true yeah but em you know there’s luck we have to, there has to be luck as well you know along with the hard work..

Is mór an is mór an mhaith an dream eicínt a bheith an dea-scéala a bheith acu mar sé an drochscéal a chloiseann muid i gcónaí.

It is a great, great good for some people to have the good news, because it is the bad news we always hear.

Mar sin

So.

Bhuel sin é em eh

Well, that's it, em, eh.

Táimid ag cur an brabach atá bainte amach againn.

We are investing the profit we have made.

Em ó bunaíodh an Comharchumann táimid ag cur an brabach sin ar ais arís ar na seirbhísí nua.

Since the co-operative was founded, we have been putting that profit back again into the new services.

Agus agus ag leathnú agus ag obair sna seirbhíse atá againn.

And and expanding and working in the services that we have..

againn fhéin.

ourselves

Agus chomh maith leis sin you know tá cabhair fágtha againn ó Roinn na Gaeltachta, obraí an chomharchumainn le haghaidh caipitil obair nó le haghaidh innealra a cheannacht agus cúpla cinn eile tá beagnach gheobhaidh muid caoga nó seasca faoin gcéad deontas ó Roinn na Gaeltachta chun chun na na na rudaí sin a fháil you know.

And as well as that, you know, we have help left from the Department of the Gaeltacht, the work of the co-operative for capital work or to buy machinery and a few others, we will almost get fifty or sixty percent grant from the Department of the Gaeltacht to get those things, you know...