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CONTENTS:

Local News — page 4 –5

Music— page 6

Internet— page 7

Movies— page 8

Book reviews— page 9

Sport— page 14

TY mini Com-

pany— page 3 & 21

Celeb news— page

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Puzzles— page 23

Cars— page 20

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Ty Mini Company Katherine Murphy, Lucie Dawson, Sarah Coller, Mel

Walsh And Olivia O’Neill Brown created yummy days

as there Mini-Company. Yummy Days is a calendar

with a recipe For each month & 30% of the profits go

to Barretstown Gang Camp. The Recipes are from ce-

lebrity chefs Darina Allen, Rachel Allen, Neven

Maguire, Donal Skeehan and Clodagh McKenna. It

also has a kitchen Safety guide. Their aim is to make

life a little bit easier for The average busy person.

Yummy days was at the Kildare mini company finals

for the Kildare enterprise board award. Unfortunetly

they didn’t win. Follow them on Twitter: yummy_days.

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By Celine Dignam J 1V

Local News! Nothing taken in multiple Naas break-ins! On the 14th of March, in the Lakelands of Naas, someone

Broke into a house between 18:30 and 20:30. The front

door of the house was forced open and the building and

belongings ransacked. Nothing appears to be taken.

On the same day, between 21:00 and 22:00 a house in the

Sunday‟s Well area in Naas was ransacked too after entry

was gained through a back kitchen window. As before,

nothing

appears to have been taken.

In the New Abbey road area of Kilcullen, on the 15th, someone broke

Into the house via the rear door of a house between the hours of 20:00 and 23:00, several

rooms were searched but it looks like nothing was taken.

Naas pharmacy faces hammer threat.

Absolutely no one was injured in an incident in Naas on the thirteenth of March when a lone

male threatened staff in a shop, with a hammer. It took place in at a pharmacy near Bally-

more Eustace.

The man threatened the staff for the money in the till. He entered the shop at around 23:45.

The man, thought to be around 20-23 years old, ran with a small amount of cash.

He was said to be wearing a blue Adidas hood, grey tracksuit, white runners, gloves and a

scarf under the hoodie.

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Things Happening In our Area. It depends on what you’re looking for when you say “things hap-pening in our area” so I’ll go through some things for all age groups. For Primary school kids there is a drama workshop going on in the Riverbank theatre from the 2nd to the 6th of April from 10am. It costs 60 euro and places are going quick. For the older audience Leonard Cohen will be playing in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on the 11th and 12th of September, but that’s not for a long time yet.

Also not forgetting our age group. JLS will be playing in the O2 Dublin on the 9th of March and You Me @ 6 will be playing the day before that. In Croke Park for other people who may be interested the Allianz League Semi-final is on the 15th of April. Lastly to finish up here’s another sporting event that is being held soon is Leinster vs. Cardiff Blues in the Aviva stadium on the 7th of April.

by Caitlin Breen

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MUSIC-WHATS HOT!

UK Top 10 singles chart As of 26/3/12

1. Katy PerryPart Of Me new week in chart

2. Sean Paul She Doesn't Mind new | 1 week in chart

3.Labrinth Last Time new | 1 week in chart

4. Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) 12 weeks

in chart

5. JLS Proud new | 1 week in chart

6. Nicki Minaj Starships 6 weeks in chart

7. David Guetta Titanium (feat. Sia) 19 weeks in chart

8. Flo Rida Wild Ones (feat. Sia) 9 weeks in chart

9. Emeli Sandé Next To Me 6 weeks in chart

10. David GuettaTurn Me On (feat. Nicki Minaj)

By Cian Murphy

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The internet/facebook The Internet is a global system of intercon-

nected computer networks that use the stan-

dard Internet protocol suite (often called TCP/

IP, although not all protocols use TCP) to

serve billions of users worldwide. It is a net-

work of networks that consists of millions of

private, public, academic, business, and gov-

ernment networks, of local to global scope,

that are linked by a broad array of electronic,

wireless and optical networking technologies.

The origins of the Internet reach back to re-

search of the 1960s, commissioned by the

United States government in collaboration

with private commercial interests to build ro-

bust, fault-tolerant, and distributed computer

networks.

by Matthew Murtagh

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MOVIE REVIEWS We Bought a Zoo

A true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two

children move to the most unlikely of places, a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and

with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its

former wonder and glory.

Hunger Games Sci-fi thriller „The Hunger Games‟, from director Gary Ross takes us to a future North

America where deadly gladiatorial combat has become an annual TV sensation.

Every year, a teenage boy and girl are selected to compete in a fight to the death with other

contenders. When Katniss takes her younger sister‟s place for the forthcoming match, only

training from a past champion and her instinct for survival can help her return home victori-

ous.

By Niall Thompson

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The Adventures of

Sherlock Holmes My fascination with Sherlock Holmes began one fateful evening last summer. I was watching TV, flicking idly between stations when some-thing caught my eye; the first ever BBC production of Sherlock. Although I had heard of them, I had never read the famous detective books by Arthur Conan Doyle. Maybe it was time to give his legendary work a chance. I remember the feeling after watching that first episode of Sherlock, A Study in Pink. I was enthralled. My head was buzzing and my heart was racing. I had discovered something new and exciting. It was not until October, that I bought the book The Adventures of Sher-lock Holmes. Everything about it promised more of the baffling myster-ies, intrigue, and heart stopping crimes that had appealed to me in the television series. The book did not disappoint and I savoured every story. My favourites were A Scandal in Bohemia and The Adventures of the Speckled Band. Sherlock Holmes is a detective, a cold, arrogant but mesmerising genius. His extremely accurate theories and remarkable observations make him the best in the business. Once you enter the world of Holmes and his able assistant John Watson you will go on an incredible adventure full of murder and mystery. So join me and the new generation of Sherlock Holmes fans and read the books today!

By Anna Nurse

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-The London Eye Mystery Siobhan Dowd Even the police are baffled.Ted and Kat overcome their prickly relationship to become detectives.They follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin while time ticks dangerously by......This is a thoroughly enjoyable read. It keeps your atention right to the last page.There is great depth in the characters especially Ted . He has asberger syndrome that makes a lot of every day tasks can be difficult. It is very interesting to see the world from his point of view.This is a perfect summer read and an absolote page turnner.

Rate:8/10

-Just Henry Michelle Magorian He misses his father who died a war hero,and his only distraction is the cinema .But when Henry develops an old camra film he uncovers a mystery and events spiral until his life resembles the drams of the big screen!This book may take a while to get into it but after the first forty pages you will realise it was absolutly worth it.This book is a richly detailed story and with a unexpected twist at the end, it is one of the best books that I’ve read this year!:)

Rate:9/10

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CELEBRAITY NEWS

The very successful and very talented Justin Bie-

ber has sent his fans going crazy after he an-

nouced that says he will be realising a new single

in five days. He tweeted on his official twitter

page that the single is going to be called Boy-

friend. Justin Bieber also announced that a sneak

preview is going to be on his official youtube page .

(I am so excited for that!) In other justin bieber

news he asked his fans for help to decide on which

cover will be better for his new single cover and

the one with the most votes will win so get voting

belibers!!!!!!!

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On the 20th of March the Wanted arrived at LAX airport to start their Glad you came tour. When they got to the airport af-ter their long flight all fans were waiting. They spent hours taking pictures and signing autographs.

One direction’s TV show on Nickelodeon

Last week Nickelodeon announced that the one and only ONE DIRECTION will have there own TV show. ONE direction confirmed via their twitter account earlier this week.

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'Harry Potter' Star TWO YEARS in Prison for

London Riots

Jamie Waylett the guy who played Vin-

cent Crabbe in the Harry Potter movies

has been sentenced to spend TWO YEARS in

a British prison for participating in the Lon-

don riots on the 8th of August last year. Ja-

mie has a previous record of a drug incident,

and also for destroying a property with a fire

bomb !

By Amy Hayes

CELEB’S !!

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The senior Irish womans team is ranked 14th in the world. The team: Emma GRAY (GK), Pamela SMITHWICK (GK), Michelle HARVEY, Miriam

CROWLEY , Cliodhna SARGENT, Emma SMYTH, Emma CLARKE, Nicola EVANS, Alexandra SPEERS (C), Shirley MCCAY , Lisa JACOB , Sinead MCCARTHY, Aine CONNERY, Nicola SYMMONS, Audrey O FLYNN, Chloe WATKINS, Elizabeth COLVIN, Nicola DALY. Of six survivors from Canada four years ago, Alex Speers and her Irish panel, sponsored by Electric Ireland, are taking nothing for granted. Irelands last Olympic qualifying campaign blew up in smoke at the hands of lower ranked Italy, something scarcely envisaged in the build-up. Training, matches, everything. We have got something from all of it. The to put it together. If we do, we will get the result.There journey in hope of olympic qualification:

Ireland 5-1 France

In the second match of the day, France gave Ireland a good fright in their bid for an Olympic ticket when Gwenaelle Dutel slipped one past the Irish defence for an early lead. Unimpressed, the Girls in Green didn't let the minor setback faze them and turned out a steady performance over the remaining 57 minutes to record a clear win with 5 goals

from 5 different players

Ireland 3-0 Russia Following on from their 5-1 win yesterday v France Ireland recorded their second victory with a

comprehensive 3-0 win against Russia

Ireland 5-0 Mexico Irish Womens Team made it three wins from three as they defeated Mexico by 5-0

Ireland had a tougher time than expected earning its third win at the Athlon Car Lease

FIH Road to London Tournament against #30 Mexico, but in the end kept its unde-

feated record in place with a 5-0 victory.

Ireland 3-2 Spain Ireland secured its spot in Sunday’s final with a 3-2 win against Spain. The win also

secured Belgium’s place in the final game as both Ireland and Belgium are unbeaten

with 12 points.

Ireland 1-1 Belgium

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Jill Boon gave Belgium the early advantage when she easily converted a penalty

stroke nine minutes into the game. But Ireland events things up with 12 minutes

left in the half when Chloe Watkins tapped in the equalizer.

Final-Ireland 1-4 Belgium Belgium became the 11

th women’s team to qualify for the 2012 London Olym-

pics. In front of a capacity crowd, Sofie Gierts had the game of her life and it came

at just the right time as her three goals paced Belgium to the win and sent her team

to London. Ireland had its chances in the game and competed well, but they never

really threatened the Belgians, who were simply playing on a different level.

Hard luck to the girls they did us proud and we wish them good luck in the futureJ!!!

*Add newbridge-college hockey on facebook

By Eleanor Walsh

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Irish Senior Men’s Team The Senior Men’s Team or ‘The Green Machine’ is ranked 16

th in the

world. The team consists of 17 players: David Harte GK, John Jack-son, Geoff McCabe, Ronan Gormley Capt, Michael Watt, Eugene Magee, Andrew McConnell, Michael Darling, David Ames, Paul Gleg-horne, Conor Harte, Chris Cargo, John Jermyn, Peter Caruth, Timmy Cockram Ian Sloan and Stuart Loughrey. One of the biggest and most important hockey tournaments ever to take place on Irish soil began

on the 10th of March 2011 with

six international men’s teams: Korea (World Ranking: 6

th), Ire-

land, Malaysia (World Ranking: 13

th), Russia (World Ranking:

20th) Chile (World Ranking: 26

th)

and Ukraine (World Ranking: 29

th) battling to win a place in the

London 2012 Olympic Games. The Electric Ireland FIH Road to London event took place at UCD from the 10

th-18th of March. Great

Britain, Pakistan, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Spain and India had already qualified. Ireland had a great start on day 1 with 6 goals to 1 against Russia. John Jer-myn, Mitch Darling, Peter Caruth, Conor Harte, Michael Watt and Timmy Cockram scored the goals and Ravshanzhon Zakirov got the goal for Russia. Captain Ronan Gormley was man of the match that day. On day 2 Ireland played Ukraine and won 12-0. This was Ire-land’s 2

nd biggest scoreline, their

biggest is 13-0 against Malta. Man of the Match was Ireland's Hattrick Goal Scorer Timmy Cockram. On day 3 Ireland drew against Korea who was the highest ranked team. David Ames got the goal for Ireland. Conor Harte got a ball to head and was kept in over night for observa-tion & was doing well the next morn-ing but Conor Harte would not be taking part in the rest of the Electric

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Ireland FIH Road to London tournament as the result of the injury. Day 4 came and Ireland bet Chile 3-0 goals were from Timmy Cockram and Michael Watt (2). This meant Ireland would be playing Malaysia who they’d need to win or draw against for a place in the final v Korea. Ireland drew against Malaysia and were in the final with Korea but unfortunetly Ire-land lost at the last 2 seconds of the game when a free re-ceived a touch by Nam Young Lee and made it 3-2 and won the Olympic place. Ireland played there best and we’re all very proud of them!

by Aoife Butler

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The Festival Review:

This years Cheltnam Festival wasn’t as good as previous years

for the Irish with many Irish trainers not bringing as many

horses as usual. However the week did start well with the Jonjo

O’Neill trained “Synchronized” scoring for the Irish with A.P. Mc

Coy on board.

Our strike rate this year was sub-par though with only five Irish

trained winners compared with last year’s thirteen

WINNERS

Synchronized Rock On Ruby Finian’s Rainbow Simonsig

Champagne Fever

Even though our horses

weren’t up to scratch

the same could not be said for our jockeys with Ruby Walsh and

A.P. Mc Coy occupying first and second respectively on the

jockey’s leaderboard and Paul Carberry also inside the top ten

we weren’t doing so badly

By Andrew Collins

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Newbridge Junior Cup Team

(JCT).

This will be the Kildare schools first appearance in the Leinster

Junior Cup Final since losing to Blackrock in 1998 their lone

success in the competition came way back in 1950. This great

team under the leadership of captain Jimmy O‟Brien have de-

feated Roscrea, Saint Mary‟s and Terenure to reach this mar-

velous final. By Paddy O’Brein

9.Mark Delaney

10.Jimmy O‟Brien

Captain

11.Gavin Burke

12.Rob Buckley

13.Jake Howlett

14.Lames Healy

15.Ruairi Cleary

1.Mike Doyle 16.Connor Johnson

2.Tom O‟Neill 17.Nicholas Pearson

3.Oisin Larkin 18.Aubrey O‟ Mahony

4.Paul Condon 19.Donal Delahunt

5.Patrick Morrin 20.Liam Farrell

6.Oisin Kelly 21.Ian Caffrey

7.Luke Menton 22.Will McDonald

8.Ciaran Callan

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Cars Better, Strong and Faster, but No Longer Beautiful First of all, it's pronounced "Can." Not Cans. Or Kahn. Or Kahns.

If you're a jet-setter or an heiress or a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon with a lust

for Tae Kwon Do, you probably already knew that. Cannes is a see-and-be-seen destination on the French Riviera for the "My Yacht Is Bigger Than Yours" Club. It's where the world's wealthy go to dine, drink wine, shop and tan. Oh, and watch movies. Cannes has hosted the Festival de Cannes, the world's premiere film festival, every May since 1946.

Cannes is the perfect place for this 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550. It fits the city

like a fur-lined Versace glove.

But we're not in Cannes. We're not even in France. We're racing though southern Spain on our way to Marbella, a historic and breathtakingly beautiful resort town on the Mediterranean. The SL's retractable hardtop is stowed and the twin-turbo 4.7-liter V8 is seriously getting the job done.

It's here, blasting through the foothills of the Sierra Blanca under the warm sun

of Andalusia, where the all-new SL550 is really showing us its chops. These roads are right out of Ronin: narrow, twisting and lined with strips of guardrail and slow-moving Fiat Puntos. There are fast sections and enough downhill, off-camber hairpins to test every aspect of this two-seater's dynamics.

After 125 miles, it's clear Mercedes-Benz has not screwed up the SL. In fact, it has made the SL better.

Of course we expect even more from the forthcoming SL63 AMG, but for

now the Mercedes-Benz SL550 will impress when it hits dealers in early

May. It rings in at €105,550 plus destination for a cool €106,375.

By :james roe

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Ty mini company success By

Maeve Fennin 1V Best friends Ciara Maher and Sorcha Lavelle Walsh cre-

ated the Advice Booklet Company( ABC). Their first

booklet is called “a school survival Guide”. The booklet

is mainly for first years and explains the differences be-

tween primary and secondary and how to adjust to these

changes, like for example how to manage your locker and

other helpful practical hints. There is also a section at the

back for parents of first years which gives advice on what

to buy e.g. type of school bags, locker folders etc.

Their second booklet is for helping junior certificate stu-

dents with their exams. Ciara and Sorcha were able to

draw on their own experiences from being first years and

completing their junior cert last year.

In the recent Kildare Enterprise mini company finals held

in Kilashee house hotel the Advice Booklet Company had

great success winning overall winner for Kildare. They

will now go forward to represent Kildare in the Ireland

mini company event. I wish them every success at the all

Ireland final.

If you would like to buy a booklet for €3.95 you can e-

mail them at advicebookletcompany@gmail.com.

Advice Booklet Company: made by students for students.

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HOROSCOPES

Taurus- April 21st – May 21st A chance encounter with someone you admire will leave you totally inspired.

Everyone needs a little encouragement from time to time.

Sagittarius- November23rd – December 21st

You‟re on a winning streak but not everyone else is so fortunate. Try to un-

derstand other people‟s problems and help give them advice.

Gemini- May 22nd-June 22nd Planning ahead is wise put don‟t get too carried away with the future! Don‟t

forget about here and now. Try and have a bit of fun.

Cancer- June 23rd- July 23rd

You‟ve been working really hard in school lately, you deserve a

break! Enjoy the break thats coming.

Leo- July 24th- August 23rd

Jumping to the worst case scenario is turning you into a ball of

nerves. Try to step back from the situation and think about it

properly.

Scorpio- October 4th – November 22nd

It feels like nothing is going right! That‟s all going to change be

positive !

By Sadhbh Keane

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Crossword Morgan Hurley O' Dwyer

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School

Find all of the School words that are hidden in the grid.

The words may be hidden in any direction.

by Sean Bolger