kilkenny reporter - 12 december 2012

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12 2012

Kilkenny Reporterwww.kilkennyreporter.ie T: 056 7795051 E: [email protected]

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12 2012

Kilkenny ReporterT: 056 7795051 E: [email protected]

So dull: Teacher lambastes our ‘grabber Government’

HOME ALONE: Retired school principal, aged 86, is home alone and has had his carer hours taken away. Criostóir Ó Tuama is irate and says that only cowards attack the vul-nerable » Full story P39

COLD COMFORT: Cold weather and the Budget combined to send a local family running for cover. The Reporter met a Butts family who cannot afford to keep warm » Story and pic P38

HOUSE OF BEAUTY: A house of beauty has moved from Bateman Quay to De La Salle House, 10 The Parade. Owner of The Clinic Caroline Holohan is pictured with daughter Emma » Story & pics P39

‘ROMANTIC IRELAND IS DEAD AND GONE’ SAYS LABOUR MAN AS HE QUITS: PAGES 30&31

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Tax reliefs still there

REPORTER Aisling Hurley took to the streets of our city and asked people about what some are calling the Budget from Hell

Voice of our people

Liselott Olofsson

Sinead Phelan Jim Sheahan Sinead Marlborough

Did you show disgust and anger after the Budget? Reporter Editor Jimmy Rhatigan found out that some did.

Go to pages 30&31 for the fl owery language

Ouch!: Families have 778 reasons to dislike the Budget

Shane Joyce Padraig Meade Eamon O’Shea

Jeremy McDonald

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Tara present €100 to Paula Rudkins, Director of Services, O’Neill Centre

A TRADITIONAL service with readings and carols will be held in the Dominican Black Abbey on December 18, 8pm.

Special guest will be soprano Deirdre Gannon, accompanied on piano by Sile Ryan. Deirdre’s contribution will include the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria, the Wexford Carol and the ever popular O Holy Night.

A selection of traditional and modern carols will be sung by a number of groups under the direction of Seamus Brennan. These include St Brigid’s College Choir, the CBS Boys’ Choir, the Young Kilkenny Singers

and a chamber choir from St Mary’s National School, Thomastown. They will be accompanied by Fiona Brennan.

Founded in 1224, the Black Abbey has the distinction of being the oldest church in Ireland that is still functioning as a place of Catholic worship.

Those attending the carol service can look forward to an evening of beautiful music in the splendour of this ancient abbey. Supporters of heritage and lovers of music will have an opportunity to contribute to the Black Abbey maintenance fund at the conclusion of the service.

Christmas gift for the Black Abbey

Black Abbey: Carol service

Love is: Going without a birthday present!

AISLING [email protected]


A COLLECTION of Santas is to come together to raise funds for a cancer support centre.

Father Christmas will become Fathers Christmas at a 5k Santa Run for charity on December 15.

The run is open to all, regardless of fi tness levels, and registration is at the

Left Bank at 9.20am.Cost of entry is €15 family; €10 adult

and €5 children and students. All participants are being asked to wear their own Santa costumes or hats. All funds will go to the Cois Nore Cancer Support Centre.

There will be a photo call at noon

outside the Castle Park. The Santa gathering will then walk through the castle grounds to the steps that lead to the Canal Square, at 12.20pm.

The run starts from the Canal entrance at John’s Bridge, and travel down the Canal, to the exit at Blackquarry Hill where it will continue

up the hill to the Bennettsbridge Roundabout.

There will be a right turn and its on towards the Watershed Leisure Centre and right again, continuing down past SuperValu and turning right at the Lidl Roundabout and right again at the Aldi Roundabout and along Nuncio

Road to the Castle ParkThe fi nal stage is through the

castle gate, down through the Castle Grounds and exit the main gate onto the Parade Plaza.

Cois Nore supports the needs of cancer suff erers and their families across Kilkenny City and County.

There’s one for everybody in the audience!

When Fr Christmas becomes Fathers Christmas!

December 18th is Paddy’s Day!

The maestro: Paddy Hanrahan

JIMMY [email protected]

Happy couple ...

Sean Quinn, Mooncoin, and Michelle Galt, Waterford, who were wed recently. Reception was at the Woodland’s Hotel, Waterford


Another big Glanbia vote todayGLANBIA Co-operative Society Limited holds its fi nal SGM in respect of the Share Spin-Out and Sale Proposal in Gowran Park, Co Kilkenny, today, Wednesday.

Eligible members will vote on a second, confi rmatory resolution which, if approved, paves the way to realise €224m for the Society, its members and the new Joint Venture-Glanbia Ingredients Ireland.

Some 82% of attendees (77% of milk suppliers) voted in favour of this vote on November 28. For the Share Spin Out and sale to happen, the Society requires 75% approval of members in attendance as well as 75% approval by active milk suppliers in attendance.

Depending on the length of the meeting, Glanbia expect to have the result of the vote by approximately 4pm.

Youth volunteersIF YOU are interested in volunteering with young people in Kilkenny please check out www.kilkennyvec.ie for volunteering oppoprtunities.

Shepherds are on streets!THE GOOD Shepherd Centre

Christmas Street Collection is from 9am to 6pm on December 14.

Hearty volunteers will be on the streets of Kilkenny City with buckets and fl ags for their only street collection of the year.

The Centre is a non-profi t organisation that off ers many services, including temporary and eventually settled accommodation, to Kilkenny’s homeless men.

Noel joins top teamMARTIN BARRETT Ltd, Wa-terford’s Skoda dealership has appointed Kilkennyman Noel Doherty as new head of sales.

He will be based in Martin Barrett Ltd, Catherine Street. He is from Glenmore and now lives in Mooncoin. He is mar-ried to Deirdre and the couple have two boys Robbie and Will and a daughter Ciara.

A keen GAA man, he is secre-tary of Glenmore GAA club and served on the Kilkenny County Board from 2009 – 2012.

Kathy Fitzgerald, front, centre with friends and neighbours, Danielle Dunne and Julian O’Dwyer Back, from left, Sharon Barry, Deirdre Hibbits, Brenda O’Brien and Sandra Nolan

Kind neighbours: It’s to Lourdes with love

News in brief



Brilliant bank pays out a whopping €250,000


Mary and Jenny Hickey Clifford, tellers Michelle Byrne and Pat McCauley with ‘Gifts for Kids’ Joseph, Kathleen, Chloe, Craig, Ciara and David Massey

Volunteers Cecelia Doyle, Ann Shasby, Rita ArnicarBank officials Patricia King and John Dollard Gifts galore, Joe O’Grady, David Barry, Anne Marie and Darragh Clifford Maher and Irene King Pics: Noel Hoyne


OBITUARIESRena SheridanRENA Sheridan, The Bungalow, Newpark, who has died was daughter of the late Paddy and Maureen Grace of Newpark.

Her father, the late Paddy, is a GAA legend. For years he was secretary of Kilkenny Co Board GAA and was hugely responsible for GAA development in Kilkenny.

Rena was wife of the late John Sheridan, a respected Irish Army officer at Stephens Military Barracks, Kilkenny.

She is survived by her sons Stephen, John and Mark and daughters Ann Marie and Geraldine. She was sister of Angela, Nuala, Paddy, Mary, Ursula, Frankie, Terry and the late Richie.

She is also survived by sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

Remains were removed to St John’s Church and burial was at St Kieran’s Cemetery after Requiem Mass.

Tom RyanTOM RYAN of Knockreagh House, Callan, who has died was from Waterloo, Ballynonty, Co Tipperary.He is survived by his wife Sheila; daughters Margqret, Anne-Marie, Catherine; sons-in-law, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Remains were removed to the Church of the Assumption, Callan, and burial was at Kilbride Cemetery following Requiem Mass.

Alan LongTHE remains of Alan Long of Ardclone, Piltown, who died suddenly were removed to the Church of the Assumption, Piltown.

Following Funeral Mass, interment was at the adjoining cemetery.

Dick ForristalTHE death has occurred of Richard ‘Dick’ Forristal of Columcille, Thomastown.Remains were removed to the Church of the

Assumption, Thomastown, and burial was at

St Mary’s New Cemetery, Thomastown, after Requiem Mass.

Eileen BakerThe death has occurred in Drakelands House Nursing Home of Eileen Baker, formerly of Jacob Street, Kilkenny.

She is survived by her sister Kathleen Tabb in Waterford and by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Remains were removed from Hehir’s Funeral Home to St Patrick’s Church and burial was at Foulkstown Cemetery after Requiem Mass.

Con O’SullivanTHE DEATH has occurred after a short illness of Con O’Sullivan of the Meadows, Callan, and formerly of Bridge Street and Mallardstown.

He is survived by his wife Tess; sons Denis, Brian and Niall; daughters-in-law, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.

Remains were removed to the Church of the Assumption, Callan, from Molloy’s Funeral Home and burial was at Kilbride Cemetery.

Sister ConlethTHE death has occurred of Sister Conleth Donohoe, St John of God Convent, Kilkenny City.

From Ballon, Co Carlow, she is survived by her community, nephew, nieces and extended family.

Remains were removed to St Patrick’s Church and burial was at Foulkstown Cemetery.

Peter ComerfordPETER Comerford of Coolbawn, Castlecomer, who has died at his home, lived for some time in Highgate, North London.

He is survived by his brothers Johnny, Paddy, Joe, Tommy, Michael and Aiden; sisters Kitty, Nancy, Moira, Margaret, Pauline and Geraldine, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.

His remains reposed at his brother Joe’s home, The Olde Rectory, The Square, Castlecomer. Remains were removed to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Castlecomer and burial was at Crosshill Cemetery after Requiem Mass.

Margaret DowlingTHE death has occurred of Margaret ‘Mavis’ Dowling, High Street, Ballyragget. She was a member of the Roberts family.

Wife of the late Sean Dowling, she is survived by her daughters Patricia, Marie and Jacqueline; sons Sean, Robert, Anthony, Joe and James; brothers, sisters, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, daughters-ion-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives.

The remains were removed from Phelan’s Funeral Home, Durrow, to St Patrick’s Church, Ballyragget and burial followed at St Finnan’s Cemetery.

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The role of your soul WHAT DOES your soul have

to do with your life? And what does your life have to do with your soul? Your soul is the part of you that existed before you were born and will continue to exist after you die. It is the part of you that is eternal.

Everyone is going to school on earth, learning life lessons to help the soul heal and evolve.

Anger, anxiety, resentment and jealousy are amongst the many forms of fear and worry that you experience in your life. Healing comes from within you when you decide to respond consciously and compassionately to these challenges.

You can learn from your mistakes or you can keep making them until you wake up and realise you are something more than your personality. Your soul uses your personality to grow and learn, not the other way round.

Only by taking off the mask can you come face to face with the truth of your reality.

When you consciously use your intention – or the force of your will – to align your personality with your soul, you create authentic power. You

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Your life is an opportunity to heal, and your soul wants

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THE SAINT Vincent de

Paul (SVP) Kilkenny Santa

Appeal is seeking help to

ensure all children wake up

to a gift this Christmas.

Readers can help by

donating an unwrapped toy

to one of the offi cial drop

off point. Deadline is this

evening, Wednesday.

You can also support

by collecting new toys

and gifts (ages 0-16) at

your workplace, club or

school.. All toys collected in

Kilkenny will be distributed

locally and SVP will ensure

that your donations will

reach children who need

them most. Contact: 086-

8646255/087-8221828

Drop off points: St Canice’s

Credit Union, High Street,

Ken Blacks, Kilkenny Retail

& Business Park, Smithlands

South, Studio One Barbers,

Loughboy Shopping

Centre, Hennessy’s,

Newpark Shopping Centre,

MacDonagh Junction,

Kilkenny People, High Street.

Today is toy appeal deadline

ONLY is just the job for our city!AISLING HURLEY

[email protected]

Shoppers are on queue!Staff with centre manager Donie Butler

Section of the fi ne shop

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Out and about in Urlingford

Active retired show off undoubted talentsMEMBERS of the Thursday Active Retirement Group in Urlingford were in Christmas mood as they displayed their Christmas wreaths which they made at the club.

They were helped with the work by volunteers and worked under the guidance of fl orist Martina Beehan.

They are, back, from left, Michael Sutcliff e, Veronica Mullins, Canon Laurence Dunphy, Mick Ryan, Martin Fitzpatrick, Noeleen Burke, Staise Neville, Margaret Keogh, Frances Dwyer.

Front, from left, Mai Ryan, Veronica Doheny, Josephine Beehan, Kitty Tone, Bridie Cleere, volunteer Catherine Colleton and fl orist Martina Beehan

Local LottoTHERE was no jackpot winner in last week’s draw. Match three winners were Ann Burke and Kieran Delaney. Numbers

were 15, 19, 21, 26. Bonus: 20.Lights

Great to see the Christmas lights back in town. They really create a brilliant festive atmosphere for all, especially those coming home for the festive season and they highlight the town for possible visitors.

Party timeTHE Urlingford senior citizens’ Christmas Party is in Butler’s Inn on December 21 at 6pm. This is an evening not to be missed. A beautiful four-course meal will be served and there will be a spot prize for everyone in the audience!

The wining and dining will be

followed by a night of music, songs and dance. So why not go along and join in the fun and whether you are from the town or the peripherals there are no excuses as transport will be provided.

Those who need to be picked up should telephone Martin on 086-0750356 or Butler’s Inn, 88-31366.

With Santa and Henry Sheffl in were Rachel O’Callaghan, aged 8, and her sister Holly, aged 11.

King Henry opens Christmas Village


In Castlecomer with Chubby Brennan

A blast from the past...Brilliant sixth years provide the inspirationTHE U19 girls’ basketball team played Loreto Clonmel in the South East semi-fi nal.

The girls won the fi rst quarter easily. Loreto battled back to lead at half time by four points.

Once again ‘Comer got off to a great start. They showed great team eff ort and the leadership of the sixth years was exemplary.

The score was close throughout the second half until the last fi ve minutes. ‘Comer girls took over and dominated. Ailish O’Neill, Sara Roche, Nora Daly, Anita McMahon and Jennifer Mooney gave it their all. The fi nal score of 32-23 showed how much the team wanted to win.

All represented the school with dignity and passion. Supporters gave the team the push they needed!

The girls are now through to the South East fi nal against Presentation Waterford which was due to be played yesterday, Tuesday.

Both teams will automatically qualify for the All-Ireland play-off s.

Team: Ailish O’Neill, Sara Roche, Anita McMahon, Nora Daly, Jennifer Mooney, Aine Brennan, Sarah Dowd, Rachel Smyth, Eimear Rice, Grace Deevy, Hannah Dowd, Lisa O’Rourke, Katie Nolan, Laura Delaney and Kelsy O’Connor.

Adults are champs tooTHE Kilkenny County ‘B’ Cross Country Championships continued in Thomastown. On yet another day of torrid weather, ‘Comer athletes

excelled, performing bravely and being rewarded with team and individual medals

Team gold went to the U13 girls. Here Hannah Murphy

Another group of excellent hurlers

won individual gold when she crossed fi rst. Aoife Cahalan was pipped at the line to fi nish with bronze. Ellen Buggy’s sixth ensured team success.

The U13 boys won silver. Cillian Hogan led for much of the race and won bronze award, with James Buggy, Adam Jacob and Nicky Connolly consolidating.

Boys’ U11 won bronze. Cathal O’Reilly was followed by Tommy Coogan and Liam Doyle.

At U15 level, Ross Connolly won silver, the only ‘Comer runner. The U9 and 11 runners put in tremendous eff orts. U9s Michael Brennan, Oisin Connery and Joey Ryan fi nished 9th, 10th and 15

th.

Amelie Bolger was ‘Comer’s sole representative in U9 where. She fi nished 7th; Katie Clarke (6th) and Ella Nolan.

For the fi rst time this season there were adult competitors from ‘Comer. Susan Griffi th won Novice ‘B’ ladies while Brendan Griffi th was fourth in the Men’s Novice ‘B’.

Lauren Dermody (U17), Conor Clarke (U13), Katie Clarke and Jack Murphy (U11) compete in the National Cross Country Championships in Adamstown, Co Wexford.

That they are competing at All Ireland level is a measure of their ability and their application.

Local lottosErin’s Own GAA €17,950; Golf €13,700; Vaults €900.

WEEK FOUR Mental Preparation: Right guys over to Dr Seamie from the Powley Vale Sports Academy for a guide on mental preparation.

Give it wellie!“The Wellie Race in my opinion is 90% mental eff ort and the rest is physical. As that great philosopher Roy Keane once said, fail to prepare and you can prepare to fail.

Running in wellies is not something that is normal unless you are running after a herd of cattle in a fi eld. Mentally you must overcome that obstacle of it being unusual. Techniques like the grunting that tennis players use may be benefi cial, (but be careful after all it is New Year’s Day after a week of festivities and a possible New Year’s Eve party the night before; a grunt could become something else unless you focus!).

Timing a grunt to coincide with your right or left wellie hitting the ground and getting into a rhythm of grunt, stride, grunt, stride will relax the brain and help achieve optimum wellie running.Other techniques include visualisation like golfers do, they see the shot they are about to play in their mind before they hit the ball.

You should visualise the route, run it in your mind, consider the various stages of the course and when you get to the fork in the road make sure and take it. At various points the going will get tough. But remember if you are going through Hell at any point along the way, don’t stop and take in the view because you might never be able to leave. Finally to climatise and have yourself in peak mental preparation, I recommend wearing your wellies every day between now and Wellie Race day for one hour between 3pm and 4pm.

This is the time the race will be run at. Wearing your wellies each day for the next month at race time will have your body adjusted to the feel of the wellies so that it will feel absolutely normal to have wellies on for the race.

So bring your wellies to work, to meetings, to collect the kids from school. to the library, shopping or out for a walk, whatever you are doing between 3pm and 4pm make sure and wear your wellies.

Following these simple steps will have you half way to being a Wellie Champion, see the race, win the race and best of luck,” from Dr Seamie.

Thank you Dr Seamie for that interesting lecture. I am sure we will see wellies everywhere in ‘Comer between 3pm and 4pm for the coming few weeks. Next week we will look at sponsorship cards and how best to approach raising sponsorship.

Target is €50,000A sponsored ride will be held in Muckalee in aid of St Brendan’s NS at 12.30pm on December 29.

Sponsorship cards available or minimum fees of €20/adult, €15/teenager, €10/child. Contacts: Ann 086-8239241, Jim 087 2272998 or Dermot 086-8688462.

Dedicated fund raisers have already raised over €18,700 for the fund. Target is €50,000.

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The Graduate ...

EOIN BURKE, pictured, who has graduated from the Michael Smurfi t Business School with a Masters Degree in Management.

He is son of Geraldine and Tony Burke of Fatima Place. He was

educated at CBS Primary and Secondary Schools before going on to third level.

At UCD he qualifi ed as a Bachelor of Agricultural Science. Eoin plays hurling with Dicksboro GAA Club.

Love is in the air!Kilkenny Women’s Hockey 1sts

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New plan to accelerate small business growth

John Burke and Robert Giesko accept award

SuperValu is simply the best


Post Budget [email protected]

Anger and fear in wake of the Budget

Noel Frawley, former Labour Councillor

‘Romantic Ireland is dead and gone’

Noel Frawley, left, with Eamon GilmoreWilliam Butler Yeats

Cha Haide, Community ActivistFORMER Borough Council independent candidate Cha Haide says the time is right to put up a monument to Oliver Cromwell, the one time scourge of the Irish people.

“It would be fi tting to erect a monument to Cromwell now,” Cha told The Reporter. ”He came from England and waged a campaign of violence against our people. The wording on the monument would be quite simple. It should say ‘We forgive you Oliver’.

“He was a stranger who terrifi ed us. Now it is our own people who are terrorising us. The Budget was a disgrace and an insult to our people. It is anti family, anti young people and anti old people and despite the spin which Fine Gael and Labour are putting on it, it is pro the wealthy.

“People are frustrated, angry and tormented. The Budget is hitting people, left, right and centre. And, sadly there is not a peep from the Catholic Church in defence of the

poor and struggling.”He said he felt sorry for the Labour

Party which had been completely changed. When I think of Labour I recall great Kilkenny people like

former brewery man Charlie Smyth. The only way the word left applies to Labour today is, like Fine Gael, they take what they can and leave what is left to the strugglers.

“The Government are squeezing the poor. They are not supporting young people. They are belittling pensioners like myself who, I believe, these people would be much happy

to see out of their way.“They talk about social protection

and say that it costs huge money to pay social welfare. But they fail to remind that they too are paid from the public pot, their enormous pay packets also come from taxpayers’

money,” he said.“Their speeches are selective and

well away from reality. I heard Eamon Gilmore on radio on the morning after the Budget and he reminded me of a

kid in school years ago, rattling off a poem which he or she had learned off by heart.

“It was as if he was singing the words, obviously written for him by someone else and he certainly showed no passion or compassion as he rattled off the prose. Our Government have told us that they will deal with the wages of the higher paid. I never hear any mention of barristers, bankers, or politicians. It is a war involving rich and poor and like in my young days the poor have no chance. I remember when a lad on £50 would get a 2% rise but a lad on €500 would get a massive rise. Nothing has changed, in fact it has got worse and Fine Gael in particular are fi rmly on the side of the well heeled.

“Our Government are afraid of the Troika, they are subservient at our expense. But the Opposition are not fooling me either. They are waffl ing and if they got back into power they too would crucify us.

“Sadly, it’s statue time, come back Oliver, all is forgiven.”

‘Time for a monument to Oliver Cromwell’

Cha Haide All is forgiven: Oliver Cromwell

“OUR GOVERNMENT ARE

AFRAID OF THE TROIKA, THEY ARE

SUBSERVIENT AT OUR EXPENSE ... “

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Gerry Rafter, President Vintners’ Federation of Ireland

Inistioge man John Bryan is IFA President

Kay Brennan, PRO Anti Household Charges

Gerry Rafter, centre, with Pat Carroll, left, and David Fitzgerald

Up to 10,000 jobs to go in ailing industry!

KB, with broken ankle, at protest

Panto time: Scrooge, Ugly Sisters and Dame Phil!

Teresa Mullen, chair, Prevent Poverty Action Group

OUR Government is the most dishonest Government that ever sat in the Dáil, according to Prevent Poverty Action Group founder, Teresa Mullen of Kilfera.

A widowed mother of seven, Teresa says that the ‘brass necks of Government are breath-taking, Ministers claiming that the Budget is fair and balanced is beyond comprehension’.

“Social justice was left on the back burner when Budgets 2012 and 2013 were being devised,” she told The Reporter.

“The last two Budgets have been savage attacks on the needy and vulnerable, despite the presence of Labour in Government. Cuts in home care and respite care are criminal and cowardly. It was cringing to listen to Pat Rabbitte defending those decisions in the Budget debate.

“The welfare package for the elderly was cut again,” she said. “This package is Social Welfare payment, therefore our group believe it is distortion for Government Ministers to claim they have not cut Social Welfare.

Taking the shilling“FINE Gael’s lack of concern for the vulnerable should not come as any surprise. Their previous record of taking the shilling

from the pensioner, taxing children’s shoes and giving pensioners and widows one of the lowest increases in the history of the State is a clear example of where their concerns lie.

“Shame on Eamon Gilmore and the Labour party,” she continued. “They have dishonoured the memory of Connolly and Larkin and many others who have represented the workers and the vulnerable with passion and commitment.

“Those people made huge personal sacrifi ces for the rights of others. Gilmore and his friends from the Workers’ Party should give Labour back to the genuine members like Roisín Shortall and the late Jim Kemmy.

“The present Labour Party has made no sacrifi ces and lacks passion. Labour leaders are among the richest in the Dáil. Gilmore and Rabbitte have no empathy with the people they claim to represent. The Budget proves that. If you are not passionate about what you do, you should get out.”

Teresa was chair of Kilkenny Co Council in 2002/2003. She was an independent councillor for fi ve years.

Action woman: Teresa Mullen

‘Cuts are criminal and cowardly’

John Bryan, centre left, in cross table talks with Eamon Gilmore

Farmer John angry as beef gets the chop!

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CHRISTMAS COMES alive for Ossory Youth with the Mini Tops Talent Competition.

Some 150 young people from nine clubs started rehearsing in September. Singers, actors, dancers, presenters and artists all displayed their talent, giving the three judges a diffi cult task.

There were nerves and excitement, enthusiasm was at fever pitch. Costumes were co-ordinated, hair coiff ed and make-up applied. It was curtain up!

Dancers were in unison. Vocals were excellent. “She has a great voice, a really entertaining performance and she is adorable!” That was what judge Angela Doyle Stewart had to say about Rebecca Hunston’s rendition of ‘We are never ever getting back together”’

“It was brilliant, I really enjoyed the show, dancing was fantastic, traditional music was amazing, I’m so proud of the GB Juniors, ” said Shauna Barcoe, who was at the show.

Nine youth clubs were represented, Kilmacow, Mooncoin, Castlecomer, Moneenroe, Hugginstown, Borris-in-Ossory, Friday Night, Freshford, and Goresbridge.

“It’s not Christmas until the Mini Tops comes,” Mick Burke, Slieverue Youth Club told The Reporter.

“It took a lot of hard work and dedication to achieve fantastic

results. We practised and practised and practised again. The gang worked so hard on their dance, but it really paid off , we had tracks worn down to the hall with all the rehearsals,” said

Martina Brennan, leader Moneenroe Youth Club.

There were eight categories: Music, song and dance, solo performance, group performance, comedy, drama,

trad performance, act introduction and the Banner Competition.

Ossory Youth thanked volunteers who helped to make the Mini Tops so special.

Maximum fun at brilliant Mini Tops

Rebecca Hunston in full voiceGB Juniors who performed ‘Bring it back’

Over 1,000 at Gowran book launchSEAN HURLEY

Lifelong friends Sean Hurley, editor (left) and Liam O’Byrne ALL PHOTOGRAPHS: TOM BRETT

Enjoying the launch were local pals Sam Gibbons (left) and Stephen Dreeling

Guest speaker John McGuinness TD, receives a copy of ‘Life Through Our Viewfi nder II’ at a launch in Dalton House, Gowran, from Nellie Brett and Canon Pat Dalton

&CommentOpinionKindness can be legacy of

austerity

THE CRASH, AIDED AND ABETTED BY

POLITICIANS, BANKERS AND GAMBLERS, IS

LEAVING AN UGLY SCAR ON OUR COMMUNITIES.

MEN AND WOMEN WHO, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, NOW FIND THEMSELVES IN

MORTGAGE ARREARS, ARE LIVING IN DESPAIR, NOT KNOWING WHERE

THE FUTURE OF THEIR FAMILIES LIES, UNCERTAIN, BROKEN

AND, POSSIBLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES, RELYING ON

OTHERS TO GET THEM THROUGH

“

Th e bombers get off scot free !!!

KILKENNY REPORTER 12 12 2012

JIMMYRHATIGAN

FINANCE MINISTER MICHAEL

NOONAN WILL HAVE RECEIVED A ‘BEST

IN CLASS’ MESSAGE FROM OLLIE LLMARI

REHN, COMMISSIONER OF ECONOMIC AND MONETARY AFFAIRS AND THE EURO. AND

OUR WANDERING MINSTRELS, SORRY MINISTERS, WHO

ENJOY SUNNY CLIMES ‘FOR THE GOOD OF

OUR COUNTRY’ WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVEL FIRST CLASS, EAT AND

DRINK IN STYLE – AT OUR EXPENSE!

“

The Ploughman’s DaughterSEAN HURLEY

This week NED EGAN contributes

Put ‘em up: M Lavelle gets to grips with the fearsome and loathsome Mauler

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A HUDDLE: Andrew McGuinness with parent Maria Freer, some of her children and cousin Darren Doyle

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A LARGE group of animal lovers gathered at City Hall on Sunday for a candlelight vigil against animal abuse.

The event showed solidarity with some of the most vulnerable creatures.

Pet owners, animal rights activists and anyone with empathy for our four-legged friends were in attendance.As experiments on laboratory animals are on the increase as well as the trend towards fur being socially acceptable as an item of clothing it was an important reminder for people to be vigilant against such cruelty.

Amongst the attendance was Cllr Malcolm Noonan, with members of ARAN who helped organise the event. The vigil was part of a national event.As people buy pets for Christmas, which inevitably leads to hundreds of animals being put down in the New Year, it was a timely event. National Animal Rights Day was on Monday and anyoneinterested in getting more involved should contact their local ARAN group.

Animal lovers throw light on pet abuse

Animal lovers: Noreen Hurley and daughter Faye

For students, Chinese is the way forwardAISLING HURLEY

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Teacher Helen Mahony with language enthusiasts

Pres students show real class PICS: NOEL HOYNE

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TOP 10 material!That was the accolade paid to our

city in an inaugural Fáilte Ireland tourism tourney.

Portmagee, Co Kerry, was a smash hit. It was voted top of the pops but towns like Kilkenny are hot on their heels.

The award was designed to promote towns and villages which are working hardest to enhance their tourism appeal.

Towns on the shortlist received €1,000 grants and certifi cates of merit.

Others shortlisted were Ballyvaughan, Clare, Clonakilty, Dundalk, Ennis, Killarney, Letterkenny, Trim and Westport.

From a Kilkenny point of view, the result has to be heartening. The comments of the judging panel make interesting reading:

The medieval history of Kilkenny forms the backdrop to so many tourist activities in the city. The slogan used in the promotional video is ‘Medieval Vibrant Fun’ and it certainly meets all those criteria.

Working togetherCROSS-PROMOTION and working together is strong and they have several ‘bundling’ packages, for example a hotel/fashion stylist package and ‘culture discount card’ covering several visitor attractions are on off er to visitors.

Indeed, there is something for everyone in Kilkenny and they are constantly looking at new ways of broadening the range of tourism products, eg ‘saddle and paddle’, one of their newer outdoor river activities.

It is great to see that they are looking at the River Nore in terms of increasing tourism potential and broadening the visitor experience in Kilkenny.

They are very conscious of their strong ‘Kilkenny’ brand and are harnessing this. Their logo is ‘Living History, Loving Culture’. They have a very high awareness of their target markets compared to other towns assessed.

They promote to specifi c audiences through various festivals – their newly acquired box-offi ce system further enhances this.

All the key agencies in the city seem to work very well together and this is reaping awards. Importantly, they have also set up a group to co-ordinate the 2013 ‘Gathering’.

Commend communityCONGRATULATING Kilkenny, Chairman of Fáilte Ireland, Redmond O’Donoghue said:

“I would like to commend the community of Kilkenny for making the top 10 at the inaugural Fáilte Ireland National Tourism Town Awards. You are a great example of what can be achieved in tourism when all the local elements are aligned with a common purpose.

“We always envisaged this new award as recognition for those Irish towns and villages which are working hardest to make Ireland even more attractive for tourists - invaluable work which also benefi ts their communities and the local economy. I hope that the towns and villages recognised will inspire other communities to take similar steps.”

Picking up our Tourism Town Award were Elaine Bradshaw; Cllr David Fitzgerald, Maura Hickey and Sean Leahy, Keep Kilkenny Beautiful, with Shaun Quinn, CEO and Amanda Horan, Client Services Offi cer, Fáilte Ireland; and Brian Tyrrell, Senior Executive Offi cer Borough Council

Super: We are in the Top 10, and climbing!

Oh Brother: House of beauty has moved home!


Josephine Delaney and Fiona Fennelly, Cuff esgrange, at the opening of The Clinic

Cheers: Emma Holohan

BUDGET HEARTACHE

ONE FOOT in the grave and with the HSE and Minister for Health pushing the other.

That’s the position that a retired school principal says he fi nds himself in as his home help hours have been taken away.

“Now in the autumn of my life, the HSE and Minister are treating me as a nobody,” 86 year old Criostóir Ó Tuama of Newmarket, Hugginstown, in South Kilkenny told The Reporter.

Criostoir who spent a long spell in a nursing home following a series of illnesses is now home alone in a four-bedroom family home, a mere stone’s throw from the school where he spent a lifetime of teaching in what he calls a fi ne local community.

He now uses a wheelchair to manoeuvre, or a Zimmer Frame, or a pair of walking sticks.

Up to recent weeks a caring woman, Breda Butler, helped him for three quarters of an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening.

“Bernadette Byrne still brings me my dinner fi ve days a week. Mercifully that has not been taken from me, but who knows what next?”

“I have paid income tax and other taxes all my life and I continue to pay tax on my paltry pension.

I simply cannot aff ord to borrow money to pay for home help. It is horrible and I can fully understand the anger of any senior citizen who has been put in a similar position.”

Help to dressCRIOSTÓIR admits that he needs help to prepare for bed. “I wear surgical stockings. I can put them on but I am not able to take them off so I have to ring a kind neighbour to take off my stockings for me.

“On one occasion I was returning home from a meeting and I had to stop at the home of a past pupil to ask her to pull down my stockings.”

In a mid-November letter to the HSE after he had all his carer hours taken away, he lashed out:

“The HSE is as much as saying to me ‘The sooner you are six feet under the ground the better for us. We now decide that you are a nonentity and we will not have to give you any further home help.”

The retired Newmarket National School Principal said it was only cowards who attacked the most vulnerable in our society.

He reminded the HSE that it was taxpayers’ money they were tampering with. “It’s our money that will pay the big fat salaries and pensions to your offi cials in the HSE, the money that pays exorbitant salaries to our bankers who brought this country to its knees and did so without a reprimand. The HSE would need to cop themselves on.”

And he fi red a warning shot over the bows of what he called a greedy and uncaring Government. “We, the grey-

haired warriors, forced the last Government to make a complete U-turn and we are still capable of treating the present Government in a similar fashion. The 50 shades of grey are on the prowl once more.

“If the HSE does not revoke my home help I will publicly prevent any member of the present Coalition Government from knocking at my door for a vote. I will also request all members of the Retired Teachers’ Association to do likewise.

War woundsCRISTÓIR now has a list of injuries which read like a collection of war wounds. He has had two hip replacements, two knees operated on, a pacemaker inserted, he wears a hearing aid and he also has what he calls a myriad of other health problems.

He lives alone in the Newmarket house which he built for his family in the late ‘Fifties, some years after he took over as príomh oide at Newmarket NS in 1952. He retired 25 years ago.

His wife Áine died from Alzheimer’s Disease at the

age of 87. He lost a beloved son through illness at the age of 38. His family consisted of three sons and four daughters.

Daughter Deirdre lives at Bishop’s Lough near Bennettsbridge while a son Declan lives in Cloghla, Dungarvan, Co Kilkenny.

“My family are good to me, my neighbours are kind but what the Minister for Health and HSE have done to me is akin to tying my hands behind my back and tying my bootlaces together. I feel rotten about what has been done, I have lost all respect for politicians and I feel so sorry for the thousands of men and women, all in their twilight years, who are being ill treated.

“I believe if I had enough money to contest this barbaric treatment in the High Court, the Government would be found culpable. Would the politicians like to be treated like this in their old age? I very much doubt it.

“But, they are telling us to grin and bear it so that they can pay debts which have nothing to do with our people.

“I hope the grey warriors rise again.”

Home alone: ‘I have to call a kind neighbour to take off my stockings’

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Retired school principal: Criostóir Ó Tuama


Th ukolo Gospel Choir for Christmas Market

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IF YOU are looking for some locally-sourced meat you can trust then a visit to J. Prendergast Victualler, Market Street, Thomastown, is a must.The family-owned and run butcher’s shop has been serving the people of the area since the 1900s.

They provide all types of fresh meat including ham, beef and lamb. They also stock farm fresh turkey, geese and chickens, all of which are locally produced and would be ideal for Christmas dinner. Orders are now being taken.

Staff are very friendly and are always pleased to meet new and regular customers. They enjoy a good chat and

are full of great advice on the best ways to cook your purchase.

J. Prendergast is open six days a week from Monday to Saturday, 8am - 6pm. Call 056-7724172 for further details.

TICKETS ARE on sale for Watergate Productions’ festive new production, ‘Christmas Eve’.

Written and directed by Mary Cradock, the fun-fi lled show features ahost of local theatre favourites including Tony Murray, Colette Browne, Olivia Smith, Joe Murray and Brendan Corcoran.

Music is by Martin O’Reilly.

Characters include Captain Hook, Frosty, Barnacle Bill, and of course.

Santa and Mrs Clause.Will it be a quiet Christmas Eve in Mrs Clause’s kitchen? Most importantly, will everything be ready

on time for Santa? Go along and fi nd out what happens in ‘Christmas Eve’ at the Watergate Theatre at 10am and 11.45am on December 12, 13 and 14 and at 3pm on December 16. Tickets €7.50 from the Watergate Theatre box offi ce. Show suitable for four year olds +.

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Product of the weekONESIES are all the rage amongst hipsters and the just plain lazy this Christmas.

Why not treat yourself to these cosy outfi ts that are perfect for our wintry weather. There is a quirky range available in Penneys this

season with Santa, reindeer and elf versions all jumping off the shelves.

If you don’t plan on leaving the house between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve this will double as a pyjamas and casual wear while

also making everyone you meet smirk with delight.

These onesies are made from ethically sourced materials and are very warm which will help you get into the Yuletide spirit while you relax on your couch or bed.

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CHRIS WARE is probably the most infl uential artist and writer in the world today. The reason you may not have heard of him is because he works in the medium of comic books.

His latest book ‘Building Stories’ redefi nes this genre and comes in a box of panels

which the reader then assembles. He is the master of this artistic form and plays games with readers who expect the super hero thrills of their youth.

Since ‘Jimmy Corrigan’ every illustrator in the world has been analysing his beautiful

images while the

storytelling in his books is more original than anything in contemporary literature or movies.

‘Building Stories’ is reminiscent of George Perec’s ‘Life: A User’s Manual’ and depicts the lives of the various residents in a Chicago apartment block.

THE ST Vincent de Paul Kilkenny Santa Appeal is seeking help to ensure all children wake to a gift this Christmas.

Please help by donating a new toy to one of the offi cial drop off points. Please give what you can as for many this will be the only gift they receive this Christmas.

You can also support by

collecting new toys and gifts (ages 0-16) at your workplace, club, school or among neighbours. All toys collected in Kilkenny will be distributed locally and SVP will ensure that your donations will reach children who need them most.

Contact 086-8646255/087-8221828 or email svptoyappeal@

gmail.com. Drop off points include Kilkenny People and St Canice’s Credit Union, High Street; Ken Blacks, Kilkenny Retail & Business Park, Smithlands South; Studio One Barbers, Loughboy Shopping Centre; Hennessy’s,Newpark Shopping Centre and MacDonagh Junction.

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7 THE NATIONAL Craft Gallery’s ‘Late Date’ with Festive Choral Ensemble will be at 6.30pm on December 20.

Enjoy chorals and a glass of wine in the surrounds of the gallery’s current exhibition ‘Out of the Marvellous’. The exhibition runs to January 16.

‘Out of the Marvellous’ is an exhibition of work by some of Ireland’s foremost makers and poets. Just as the best poetry can create moments of epiphany in the

reader, so too can the fi nest objects stir in the observer feelings of pure emotion and understanding. This show traces the connections between both art forms, through exploring the work of Sonja Landweer, Seamus Heaney, Angela O’Kelly, Gerard Smyth, Frances Lambe, Joe Hogan, Derek Mahon and others. Opening times Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5.30pm, Sundays 11am - 5.30pm and closed Mondays.

A BALLAD session will be held in The Valley Inn, Woodsgift, Urlingford, on December 22.

Music will kick off at 10pm and performers will include Paddy Fitzpatrick, Paddy Cleere and Mick Foley.

Tickets are €5 and all funds raised will go to the refurbishment of the parish

hall in Graine.Work has been taking

place on the building for a number of months and it is hoped it will be fi nished by the end of the year. The parish hall is a much valued meeting place for the community in Graine and surrounds so people are asked to go out and support the evening .

DESIGNER RUTHA Jancauskiene was born in Lithuania and has lived in Kilkenny for eight years. In that time she has created a major buzz with her tailor-made dresses. However, she is equally well known for her clothing alterations. Rutha’s talents don’t end

there as she also does furnishings and expertly carries out the dry cleaning of delicates. She is possibly best known for her superbly designed bridal gowns.

Rutha also takes orders for custom-made clothing and provides a made-to-measure service.

She has produced a stunning range of winter coats. Made from delicate woollens, each is lined to perfection and tailored to suit many shapes. Rutha has her coats on display at No. 1The Parade and can provide consultations/quotations on request.

THE THULOKO Gospel Choir and Kilkenny Gospel Choir take part in concerts at Kilkenny Castle on Sunday, 2pm and 3.45pm. Thukolo, based in Kilkenny since 2003, perform a blend of gospel, soul and spiritual music with an R ‘n’ B fl avour. Kilkenny Gospel Choir was formed in 2000. The choir is a charitable foundation and has raised over €400k. On Saturday from 2pm to 2.45pm children’s face painting will be in The Tapestry Room while

the Loreto Orchestra will perform from 3pm to 3.30pm in The Long Gallery. On Sunday, 2.15pm to 3pm, and 3.45pm to 4.30m, there will be

Music for Tots in The Tapestry Room .Mondo’s Magic Show in the Parade Tower from 3pm to 4pm.

MONIN COFFEE syrups make an ordinary cup of coff ee taste special. Add some to a latte or cappuccino and you have a coff ee of distinction.Generally you have to visit an upmarket café but now you can create your own fl avoured coff ees at home.Costa Coff ee Kilkenny sell a set of Monin coff ee syrups in a gift box over Christmas. They would make a lovely treat for yourself or a

brilliant present for a coff ee lover in your life.Popular fl avours include caramel, which has a touch of sweet burnt caramel or toff ee, vanilla, which is made from premium vanilla extract from Madagascar and hazelnut which includes a subtle touch of almond and vanilla. The syrups are multi-functional and could also be added to baking, breakfast oats, Christmas cocktails or sparkling water.

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For Sale By Public Auction Guide Price €350,00020th December 2012 @ 3pm

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St. Anne’s, Archers Avenue, Castle Road, Kilkenny

SITUATED in a cul de sac just off the Castle Road, opposite the grounds of Kilkenny Castle and within 5 minutes stroll of the Pa-rade, St Anne’s is a home in a superb location.

The house was totally refurbished in 2011 with dry-lining/ in-sulation of external walls, new double glazed PVC double glazed windows and doors, gas fi red central heating in fi replace, 12” of attic insulation, total rewiring and plumbing, re-tiling of toilets and bathroom, new kitchen units and provision of slabs for sun-room at rear with off street parking, garage and large garden this is a superb family home as close to the city centre.

Location, Location, Location ...

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LIVINGWITH AISLING HURLEY [email protected]

Indoor and outdoor creature comforts

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SUGAR SUGAR boutique, which recently moved from Ormonde Street to No.5 Coff ee House Lane, Market Cross, is hosting a Christmas event on Friday, December 14.

Regular and new customers are invited to pop into the shop between 5pm and 8pm for some mince pies, mulled wine and to view all of the shop’s Christmas stock.

If you have yet to fi nd a dress for the festive season this might be your chance to fi nd the perfect one!

Sugar Sugar opened just over three years ago and has established itself as one of the city’s premiere boutiques off ering fun and aff ordable fashion. Labels that are set to continue in the new shop include Smash, Skunk Funk, Oxmo and Peppercorn. New labels are Eroke and St Martins. A collection from Fount will be in store for Christmas. Sizes range from size 8 up to size 20.

Owner Helena Patterson said she is looking forward to welcoming customers to the new store. “We are a stylish and aff ordable boutique for women who don’t want to dress like their daughters or their mothers. We off er a complete in-store styling service and recently introduced a loyalty card. We have something to suit everyone,” she said.

Sugar Sugar also take deposits all year round, run a hugely successful Christmas club and off er vouchers which would make ideal Christmas presents.

Customers can follow the shop on Twitter and Facebook.

Opening hours are 9.30am to 6pm Sunday to Wednesday and Saturday and opens late Thursday and Friday.

Mince pies at Sugar, Sugar

REPORTER WISH LIST THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE THINGS...

Skirt around!WINTER 2012 is the season of the skirt. From pencil shapes, midi shapes to maxi there is only one item everyone is putting on the top of their winter wish list – hot skirts! Choice Boutique, Goods, High Street have some great styles to refl ect this new dress code. It’s all in the tailoring – straight pencil skirts are fi tted and fl attering. Wear them with crisp white shirts, cashmere polos or fi tted jackets. Style them with high boots or classic courts.

This Steilmann black and chocolate pencil skirt is €90.

Instant tanIF you plan on wearing a strappy dress this Christmas and are worried a b o u t

revealing Tan (€14.99).The 3-in-1 award-winning

product delivers fl awless colour, superb coverage and transforms your skin’s appearance in a fl ash.

Get legs party ready with a quick application. It brilliantly disguises skin imperfections including veins and blemishes and delivers streak free golden colour. And the best part is that it washes off so you don’t have to commit to a tan or worry about streaks.

Available from Sam McCauley’s, Mulligans Pharmacy Piltown and Thomastown, Freshco Pharmacy, Dublin Road and Ayrfi eld Pharmacy, Granges Road.

Have a tranquil ChristmasAS the hustle and bustle of Christmas draws close it’s important not to burn your body out. Last minute shopping and party hopping can be key triggers for muscle tension and emotional stress. However, with the help of the Yantra Mat you can turn tension into tranquillity.

Using a Y a n t r a

Mat for just 20 minutes per day can ease muscle tension, aches and pains. It has 8,820 acupressure contact points calibrated to provide equal pressure at all points. T h e y stimulate c o n t a c t p o i n t s a l o n g t h e s p i n e , w h i c h

increases blood fl ow

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endorphins.Get yours for half

price at €29.90 from 1890 351010 or www.yantra.ie.

From Pukka with LoveHERBAL tea brand Pukka have

brought two of their most intense and fragrant

teas together for the fi rst time:

uplifting Love and a w a r d - w i n n i n g

Three Mint. D e l i c a t e l y

and lovingly p a c k a g e d , the teas are

housed in their very own ‘love

tea tin’.Love tea is a

blend of rose, l a v e n d e r , e l d e r f l o w e r , c h a m o m i l e

and marigold petals. It is a truly

indulgent tea with a balanced taste and lingering sweetness. Three Mint tea is a combination of peppermint, spearmint and fi eld mint. Distinctly sweet and

fresh in fl avour, with a real hit of cool mint, it’s everything a mint tea should be. Pukka is available from

health stores.

Get your goat!ZIAJA Goat’s Milk range has become a best seller for the brand in Ireland since its launch over two years ago.

Containing the natural active ingredient - goat’s milk complex, this range off ers turbo charged moisturising that regenerates and protects the skin. Goat milk has a PH balance very close to our own skin, so it is welcomed by the body and won’t cause irritation to even the most sensitive skin.

Try it with this handy g ift set (€12.99) It contains goat’s milk shower soap and goat’s milk day and night creams.

Available from pharmacies countywide.

Hello Dolly!DOLL eyes are dominating the international catwalks and are an absolute must-have this season.

Get the look on a budget with Catrice Glamour Doll Volume Mascara (€4.49). The creamy mascara spreads easily on your lashes thanks to its special elastomer brush. Due to the large gaps, the brush captures a large amount of the texture and covers each individual lash with colour without weighing it down. This not only provides extra volume, but also fascinating length and density. The results: irresistible large and seductive doll eyes!

Jewel masterTHE essence of ESL Jewellery is its design and craftsmanship. Using a small team of goldsmiths and jewellery designers, ESL Jewellery is a treasure trove of covetable jewellery including beautiful bangles, pearl necklaces and

precious stone rings. Gold and silver are used to create

aff ordable and g o r g e o u s pieces in

contemporary and classic styles.

View their range, including this stunning purple stone twist necklace with amethyst interchangeable clasp, at www.esljewellery.ie.

Cool SantaIN recent years novelty jumpers have become an acceptable part of a Christmas wardrobe. Sometimes the sillier the better!

This one of Santa wearing sunglasses is quite cool as novelty jumpers go. Available from Penneys.

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Rachel Owens, Mayor Seán Ó hArgáin and coach Sharon McNeil

Junior Fixtures

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THE ORMONDE College are to hold a fund raising day in aid of the People’s Animal Welfare Society Animal Resource Centre.

The dog grooming day is tomorrow, Thursday at the rear of Kilkenny Vocational School, off New Street.

There will be washing, drying, nail clipping and ear cleaning only. No appointment is necessary and the young dog grooms will be available from 9am to 3pm.

Prices: Small dogs €10; medium €15; large €20; x-large €25.This is a student-run programme. PAWS merchandise will be available.

Dog grooming day

Kilkenny CBS Principal Tom Clarke with Conor Flynn and Seamus Dwyer

GAA BriefsStephens history launch tonightA BOOK on the history of James Stephens GAA Club will be launched at Hotel Kilkenny tonight, Wednesday, 8pm. Author is club chair Tommy Lanigan.

Guest of honour is Liam O’Neill, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Leinster Final in ‘ComerTHE Leinster Inter Firms senior hurling fi nal is in Castlecomer on Saturday at 1.30pm.

In action will be the combination of Dunreidy, Lyngs and Buggys from Kilkenny who take on Sheerans of Camross, Laois.

Among the noted hurlers in action will be Kilkenny All-Ireland heroes Tommy Walsh and Colin Fennelly.

Referee is Andrew Stapleton of Laois

WednesdayCorn na Tuaithe Country Cup

Football FinalMooncoin: Danesfort v

Thomastown (7pm)Ref: Thomas Duggan

ThursdayGAA Annual ConventionO’Loughlin Gaels Club:

(7.30pm)

SaturdayKilkenny Citroën Centre Minor

FCRoinn ‘A’ Quarter Final

Thomastown: Thomastown v Piltown (2pm)

Ref: Tom Duggan [Extra Time]

Kilkenny Citroën Centre Minor F.C.

Roinn ‘B’ Quarter FinalMullinavat: Mullinavat v

Tullogher Rosbercon (2pm) Ref: TBC [Extra Time]

Kilkenny Citroën Centre Minor F.C.

Roinn ‘C’ Quarter Final Danesfort: Dicksboro B v

Danesfort (11.30am)Ref: Sean Brennan [Extra

Time]

Kilkenny Honda Centre Minor HL

Roinn ‘C’ FinalTullaroan: Tullaroan v Dunnamaggin (2pm)

Ref: Pat Hayes [Extra Time]

Duggan Steel Under-16 FCRoinn ‘A’ Quarter Finals

Larchfi eld: James Stephens v Dicksboro (2pm)

Ref: TBC [Extra Time]Callan CBS: John Lockes v

Lisdowney (2pm) Ref: John Minogue [Extra

Time]

Duggan Steel U16 FCRoinn ‘B’ Semi Final

Muckalee: St. Martin’s v St.

Fiacre’s (2pm)Ref: Podge Butler [Extra Time]

Duggan Steel U16 HLRoinn ‘A’ Shield Final

Páirc na Ratha: Glenmore v Rower Inistioge (2pm)

Ref: Martin Quilty [Extra Time]

SundayJ.J. Kavanagh and SonsSenior FC Semi Finals Piltown: Mullinavat v Thomastown (2pm)Ref: Jim Fitzgerald

Thomastown: Muckalee v Mooncoin (2pm)Ref: John Walsh

J.J. Kavanagh and SonsIntermediate FC Semi Finals

St. John’s Park: Clara v Danesfort (2pm) Ref: John Guinan

Clara: Blacks and Whites v St. Patrick’s (2pm)Ref: Sean Cleere

J.J. Kavanagh and Sons NorthU21 ‘A’ H Shield Quarter FinalUrlingford: Emeralds v Barrow

Rangers (2pm)Ref: Eugene Ryan [Extra Time]

J.J. Kavanagh and Sons NorthU21 ‘B’ HC Final

Canon Kearn’s Park: Fenians v Young Irelands (11.30am)

Ref: Eamon Mansfi eld

Kilkenny Citroën Centre Minor FC

Roinn ‘A’ Quarter FinalLarchfi eld: James Stephens v

Rower Inistioge (2pm)Ref: Ger O’Grady [Extra Time]

Duggan Steel U16 FCRoinn C Semi Final

Urlingford: Emeralds v Kilmoganny (11.30am)Ref: John McCormack

[Extra Time]

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