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In the Oireachtas

By Tim RyanOireachtas Correspondent

Oireachtas members criticise EirGrid

Ann Phelan John Paul Phelan

Thank God for the charity of St Vincent de Paul Society

AT A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE

LOOKING FORWARD TO

CAROL SINGING, PLUM PUDDING

AND TURKEY, WHEN WE SHOULD

BE PREACHING HAPPINESS AND GOODWILL, IT IS HARD NOT TO BE ANGRY, TO FEEL

FOR THOSE WHO ALWAYS SEEM TO BEAR THE BRUNT

OF HARDSHIP

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WE ARE FAST BEING MOVED

TOWARDS A SOCIETY IN WHICH

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AKIN TO THAT PORTRAYED BY BRINSLEY

MACNAMARA IN HIS ACCLAIMED

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WINDOWS’

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&Opinion Comment


We want to hear your views

THE GRID LINK PROJECT

THIRD PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXTENDED UNTIL 7TH JAN 2014

EirGrid, the developer and operator of our national electricity grid, wishes to inform the public that it has extended the third public consultation on the Grid Link Project until Tuesday 7th January 2014 at 5pm.

EirGrid is extending this third consultation period so that interested parties have additional time to have their say in relation to this vital upgrade to our national transmission network.

The Grid Link Project is a €500 million investment in a new high capacity power line that will connect substations in Knockraha in Co. Cork to Dunstown near Kilcullen in Co. Kildare via Great Island in Co. Wexford. It will ensure a reliable and high quality electricity supply for the homes, farms and businesses in the region for the future.

On September 3rd, EirGrid published the Stage 1 Report for the project which identifi es feasible route corridor options (within which a power line can be routed) and substation zones for the proposed overhead power line. A third period of focused public consultation has been underway since then.

Members of the public are encouraged to use this opportunity to provide feedback on the route corridor options. Your feedback can influence the next stage of the project which is the identifi cation of a least constrained corridor.

Members of the public are invited to visit any of the following information centres:

www.eirgridprojects.com

You can contact the project team and provide feedback through the following:

Lo-call: 1890 422 122

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.eirgridprojects.com/projects/gridlink

Post: The Grid Link Project Manager, EirGrid, PO Box 12213, Glenageary, Co. Dublin

Visit: Grid Link Project Information Centres.

Text: If you wish to receive text updates on the Grid Link Project text Grid Link to 51444. For updates in your area text Grid Link and the name of your county (e.g. Grid Link Carlow) to 51444(standard SMS rates apply).

EirGrid is the state-owned company that runs our national grid – bringing electricity to every part of the country. Getting it there takes planning, investment and the co-operation and goodwill of communities across Ireland. Grid25 is the on-going development plan to deliver a sustainable, competitive and secure electricity supply to homes, businesses and industries.

*Note: Project Information Centres will be closed for the Christmas holiday period from Tuesday, 24th December 2013 and will reopen again on Thursday, 2nd January 2014.

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Brendan Phelan and Gerry Fogerty decorate Murphy Jewellers for Christmas

Eric McElery and Liam McAllister work on the new foot bridge for Doheny Construction.

Paddy Kavanagh and Jimmy Dunne get the City Hall Grotto ready

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In Castlecomer with Chubby Brennan

A blast from the past....

Hurler Tommy is Wellie Race kingPREPARATIONS are well ad-vanced for Wellie Race 2014. The main beneficiaries and personality and were an-nounced at a launch in the Vaults on Friday.

Personality is All-Ireland hurling star Tommy Walsh who will be a huge attraction on one of the busiest days of the year in ‘Comer.

The organisers are pleased that despite the downturn in the economy the Wellie Race goes from strength to strength.

Last March they distributed over €20k to a range of lo-cal, national and international charities. These funds are vital as central funding for worthy projects has been significantly cut.

Already this year. the Castle-comer Wellie Race has been approved by the 1% difference campaign as a qualifying cause and organisers are delighted that work to have the event formally recognised and au-

dited as a registered charity is bearing fruit.

In this day and age it is essen-tial that there is public confi-dence in charitable events and the committee were keen to ensure standards were set to the highest possible level.

Runners and walkers were urged to get a sponsorship card and try to achieve the merit award levels of €70 for adults and €30 for kids. Cards are available from the usual outlets and committee mem-bers.

Float organisers are also busy planning, building props and deciding who or what will be the target of the target of their attention this year. The pick-ings will be ripe, between prop-erty taxes,

he end of the bailout and the various comings and goings on the political front we can expect the usual belly full of laughs and colour to brighten up our New Year’s Day.

Float entry forms are avail-able on www.wellierace.com and from the usual outlets.

Autumn FairThanks went to all who

helped to set up the Castle-comer Union of Parishes Au-tumn Fair, those who sold tickets and manned the stalls, and those who supported the event.

Raffle winners were Noel Wilson, Richie O’Shea, Lilly O’Neill, Sharon Condell, Alice Rowan, Katherine Bren-nan, Robert Morris, Gretta Rothwell, Sharon Condell, Desmond Booth, Ailish Brad-ley. Guess the number of sweets in the jar by Louise Par-kinson.

WhistChristmas whist drive is in

Castlecomer Community Hallon Friday, 8.30pm. Top score

prize is €70. Admission €10, including raffle tickets.

Mass for SeánFather Martin Tobin celebrat-

ed Mass for Seán Brennan who died in New York last month. Family and friends from the area attended, also a group from Sarsfields GFC, New-

bridge, including John O’Neill and Con O’Hanlon who won county finals with Seán. After Mass. Railyard GFC provided refreshments in their club-house.

Local saleBook and cake sale in Cas-

tlecomer Community Hall on Saturday, 9.30 to 12.30pm. Or-ganisers are Castlecomer Bas-ketball Club.

Troubled BachelorsOisin Players present ‘Trou-

bled Batchlors’ in Behan’s Lounge, Tolerton, Decem-ber 6, 7 and 8. Bookings: 0879905205

Party timeCastlecomer Community

Children’s Christmas party is on December 22 , Castlecomer Golf Club

Contact Joan 086-0560077 or Alyson 086-2526638. Sponsors are Eddie Walsh, Castlecomer Golf Club and Willie Forde, Eurospar, Castle-comer.

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It’s hard so to be an angel when your wings are clipped

HILL HAD BEEN IN THE RUNNING FOR THE ROLE OF MARY BUT HAD GOT INTO A

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The job of planning the company Christmas party can often seem something of an un-welcome and scary

prospect. You are not alone if that’s how you are feeling about it, as the time constraints and pressure of wanting to or-ganise something that all your colleagues will enjoy can make it a stressful ordeal.

One thing to remember if there is serious event planning to be done is that it is never too early to start thinking about Christmas. You may feel it is too early to start getting into the festive spirit but if you want your work celebration to run smoothly then organisation is key. You can be sure no mat-ter how far away December 25th seems, there will always be someone who has already started planning their own event.

This seemingly thankless task is often dumped on people with little previous knowledge of or-ganising large-scale events so in this post we will be taking you through the steps needed to create a perfect party from a professional event organiser’s perspective. Whatever your level of experience we hope you will find something to help you understand the options available and to ensure you de-

liver a real Christmas cracker of a party.

SET THE DATEChristmas is a busy period, the busiest of the year for many people when it comes to social events, so diaries fill up fast. That means you want to get a date pencilled in as early as possible.

Send potential options around the office to get a feel for the preferred date, while the responses will also give you an indication of numbers for the event. Remember, you can’t please everybody so it is usually best to go with ‘major-ity rules’ when choosing your date. Typically, Thursdays and Fridays are most popular, so earlier days in the week tend to work out cheaper – but don’t expect a productive workforce during the days that follow.

Some companies even orga-nise their party in January to kick-start the year and get bet-ter value for money.

To ensure a good turn out I recommend sending a ‘save the date’ email to everybody as soon as you’ve decided. At this stage it doesn’t matter if you don’t know any details about the party, it’s more important to get as many people to the event as you can. To make life easier you should also request

information on any special di-etary requirements or allergies that you’ll need to consider when selecting menus.

FIND OUT THE BUDGETThe size of your budget will ultimately have a huge impact on the type of Christmas par-ty you organise, determining everything from the food and booze to the entertainment and choice of venue.

CFind out how much money you have to spend. You need to know this as early in the pro-cess as possible so you don’t start planning something com-pletely unrealistic.

Allocate the budget by what is most important to your group. This will depend on the type of company you work for and the expectations of the people you work with. Remember that the Christmas party is a ‘thank-you’ to the staff, so should be organised for them and not to please directors.

Leave some money aside as a back up. Unexpected costs can always crop up with any size of event, so don’t splurge your en-tire budget straight away.

SOURCE THE VENUEThe earlier you book the ven-

ue, the better – unsurprisingly,

good venues go quickly. As we said earlier, no matter how pre-pared you think you are, there is always someone out there even more organised.

Identify suitable venues that have availability, are within budget and easily accessible for guests – the internet is your best tool for this. Request a quote from each based on your requirements.

Make the most of the events team at the venue, they’ll know the space really well and will have seen plenty of events there so don’t be afraid to fire all your questions at them.

If you have a number of op-

tions try to provisionally place them on hold.

Checkbox Organise site vis-its to work out the best option (check out this post for more details on planning a site visit) and take photos to help when planning the theme.

Ask the venue’s events team about what is available for you to use and what you will need to hire in, such as furniture, en-tertainment equipment, staff on the night, Christmas deco-rations and theming.

Check that the venue will be willing to clear up afterwards, otherwise you may want them to hire in some extra help, rath-er than clear up yourself.

If an overnight stay will be required, or you want to or-ganise it as part of the overall experience, then find out about accommodation options at the venue or nearby.

If you haven’t had a con-firmed guestlist or are worried about ‘no shows’, ask if you will be able to book for minimum numbers and add guests later on.

Before signing anything make sure you check back through the quote and ensure it in-cludes everything you require and that there will be no hidden charges.

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Formally confirm the location and release any alternative venues on hold. Book accom-modation if required.

MAKING IT LOOK PRETTY: THEMINGThe theme is the heartbeat of your event and should be in-tegrated throughout every as-pect of the day or night.

Choose a theme and research it thoroughly. Some popu-lar ideas include traditional Christmas, vintage, 60s, 70s, 80s, quintessentially English, pantomime, circus, Chicago jazz, winter wonderland, ball-room, colours, film inspired, wild west, spy, Caribbean and Santa’s workshop.

Make a list of anything you would associate with the cho-sen theme. When doing this consider every stage of the event. This should include physical focal points such as the entrance, the bar, table centres and unique features in the venue, as well as the different stages of the party, for example, arrival, reception drinks, dinner, after-dinner dancing and drinking. You also need to account for any other elements of the festivities that can be included in the them-ing, such as dress codes for the guests and staff, choice of mu-sic, food and drink menus and any outdoor areas.

Contact theming companies for inspiration and quotes.

FILL BELLIES: THE FOODFood is a key part of any party and can easily be incorporated into the theme you choose. Don’t feel like you have to stick with turkey, especially if you’re planning to eat at a venue with a specialist restaurant. A tradi-tional Christmas dinner done badly in a dim sum restaurant is worse than having no turkey at all. However, if you think tur-

key is important to your group then choose somewhere ap-propriate or hire in caterers that are geared up to cook and serve roast dinners and will do a good job.

Depending on what type of venue you have chosen you will need to decide between using in-house catering (which will work out much cheaper) or hiring in external caterers. This will depend on whether the venue allows external com-panies to cater for events, the budget available and also the food reputation of the venue – if it’s not broken, don’t try and fix it so if your venue already serves good food then this will be the simplest and most efficient way to tackle the catering.

Choose how you would like the food to be served. For ex-ample, do you want pre-dinner nibbles placed on the tables or canapés taken round by wait-ing staff? Would you prefer a buffet or a sit down three-course meal with full silver service – and will this be a set menu or will guests need to choose beforehand?

Consult with chefs and choose a style of food for the event, incorporating the theme where possible.

Organise a vegetarian option if required and try to accom-modate as many other dietary requirements as possible.

Insist on a menu tasting, es-pecially if you’re booking for a large group. Food can make or break an event so it’s impor-tant that you are confident in your choices.

Confirm the menu.

GETTING EVERYONE IN THE PARTY SPIRIT: ORDERING THE DRINKSChoose arrival drinks. Festive favourites include Winter Pimm’s, mulled wine, sparkling wine and Christmas cock-tails, or you could even come up with a drink related to the theme of your night.

Decide on whether you’re

going to pre-order drinks or pay for what is consumed on the night. If you are concerned about spiralling costs or mak-ing sure that everybody gets their fair share from the bar tab then you could narrow down the choices available or organise drinks vouchers to be given to the guests so that the budget isn’t blown on Jäger bombs within the first hour.

Choose how you want drinks to be served. Again, this will depend on how you choose to manage the allocation of the drinks budget but you will need to decide whether you want waiter service or for guests to order from the bar, or you could perhaps have drinks dotted around the venue or just set up in one place where your colleagues can help themselves.

MAKING THE RIGHT NOIS-ES: CHOOSING THE MUSICDancing at the Christmas party is usually a must and it’s the perfect opportunity for everyone to really let their hair down. But it does of course depend on the type of group you are catering for and how you want the night to pan out. But if music is key to your party then make sure it is done properly.

Hire a DJ, musician or live band or put together a Christmas playlist to make sure you have music playing.

Organise an independent sound system in other areas of the building being utilised so that music flows throughout the party.

Coordinate between the venue, DJ and band to ensure you have all the kit required, such as stage, dance floor, sound systems and, lighting. Alternatively you may need to hire in some extra bits of kit, or for a smaller scale event then an iPod hooked up to the in-house PA or a decent stereo system might be all you need – just make sure your speakers are loud enough.


Who should you feel sorriest for watching the new Oldboy?

Josh Brolin, for both shedding and gaining weight to play the lead role? Elizabeth Olsen, for enduring both a nude scene and a near-rape scene as a thankless expository charac-ter? Sharlto Copley, for com-mitting to a theatrically over-the-top villain with nowhere to go? Or Spike Lee, a genuinely important and unique direc-tor, hiding his light under a bushel and disappearing into a remake that everyone knew from the start had no reason to exist?

It’s probably kindest to feel sorry for everyone then move on as quickly as possible, since this Oldboy-- a remake of the 2003 South Korean cult favorite-- has almost nothing that will last in your memory. It lifts the exact same plot of mysterious imprisonment and violent revenge, with Brolin stepping in the role as a rowdy businessman who goes on a bender the night of his daugh-ter’s birthday and, for no ap-parent reason, is imprisoned in a hotel-room-like cell for 20 years. The prison scenes are among the most interesting, thanks to the surreal pres-ence of an imaginary bellboy and Brolin’s own ferocity, but Lee also marks the passage of time with exploitative footage of 9/11 and Hurricane Ka-trina-- a scattershot approach

that’s a sign of the sloppiness to come.

Brolin’s Joe Doucett is busy plotting his escape when he’s suddenly freed, and sets about trying to figure out who imprisoned him, and why. Joining him is Olsen’s Marie, a young doctor with no apparent reason to be interested in this manic man, plus Michael Im-perioli as Joe’s old friend. The search gets even trickier when Copley’s villain, all sculpted facial hair and unplaceable European accent, shows up to confess he’s responsible, but then issues Joe a challenge. If Joe can’t figure out who Copley is and why he tortured him for 20 years, Copley will kill Joe’s daughter, whom he apparently has held captive.

A tale of revenge, and even one that maintains the famous crazy twists at the end of Park Chan-wook’s original Oldboy, could be translated in a fasci-nating way to America, where we’re basically obsessed with getting revenge in the most violent way possible. But no one is able to get out of the original film’s shadow, much less Lee, who incorporates his signature double dolly shot and a few characters staring directly at the camera, but who also seems hamstrung by recreating the first film’s signature moments. Yes, there is a hallway fight scene in which Brolin is armed with a hammer, and yes, it takes place (almost) in a single take. But the choreography

feels stagey and goofy, and the scene’s placement in the film just a little off. Lee has complained specifically about that shot-- his original cut was three hours, and the final film is 102 minutes-- but it’s hard to know that what he had there was any better. Lee, not exactly known for shooting hand-to-hand action, was given a no-win situation in recreating that scene, and it’s baffling that they didn’t want to scrap it entirely and replace it with something new.

As Oldboy moves on it feels more and more generic, as if a studio grabbed hold of the wheel and turned it into something more resembling a late-90s Ashley Judd thriller than either the original or any of Lee’s films. Samuel L. Jack-son (as the hotel prison man-ager) and Copley give wildly campy performances that are badly out of of step with the grim-faced Olsen and Brolin, who often seem disconnected even when sharing a scene. Something, somewhere got lost in translation, not even counting the travel from Korea to the anonymous American city where this takes place (seeing Lee separated from New York is possibly the most heartbreaking part of this). A remake of Oldboy could still, in theory, be good. But one this muddled, this blatantly confused about its own pur-pose, only makes everyone involved look worse for being part of it.

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Statham fronts Homefront as Phil Broker, an undercover DEA agent, widower and single father who is trying to start a new life in Rayville, Louisiana, a place that boasts a meth-mak-ing ring and a proud tradition of family feuds. Poor Broker is just trying to keep his head down in the wake of a drug bust gone very bad. But it turns out teach-ing your ten-year-old to defend herself by hurling bullies into the dirt is not the best idea. In no time, Broker and his daugh-ter Maddy (Izabela Vidovic) have sparked the slathering fury of Cassie (a scrawny but fearsome Kate Bosworth), sis-ter to local kingpin Gator (Fran-co). As payback, Gator begins harassing father and daughter. But when he uncovers Broker’s DEA past, Gator concocts a grander, more convoluted plan for bloody revenge, calling in the drug dealing crew Broker burned before. The closest we ever come to a signature line is “whatever you’re thinking, rethink it.” Its action scenes offer graphic vio-lence, but nothing in the way of witty repartee or fun mayhem. I could have accepted these sterner intentions if Homefront delivered as a compelling ac-tion drama. But it absolutely does not. For one thing, I couldn’t call it “action-packed,” more action bookended. There’s the opening sequence with graphic violence, gunfights and car chases, and the carnage-strewn climax, but little action in between. Even as a drama Homefront falls pain-fully flat. Statham is charming enough as a single dad, but a lackluster subplot about his romancing Maddy’s teacher feels tacked on and unneces-sary. Plus, Broker is unbeliev-ably bad at being a DEA agent, hiding classified papers about his cases in boxes lying around his unlocked home, squabbling with his kid instead of flee-ing the house when he knows killers are on the way, and inviting a friendly bystander into the inevitable crossfire. But maybe that is fitting as Gator is also wildly inept in his role as antagonist. It’s depressing to think Stallone got an Oscar nomination for screenwriting Rocky, and this insipid snore is what he’s turn-ing out now. It’s too devoid of worthwhile action set pieces to satisfy as an action film, too dull to work as a thriller, and too dumb to work as an earnest crime drama. All in all, Home-front is a dud.

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“Mrs Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me” and so goes The Graduate, the definitive sixties comedy. The sixties was certainly an interesting time for films if nothing else; Hollywood at least in terms of blockbusters was dead and the youth had for the most part switched to lower budget or foreign films that weren’t as stuck in the past and formulaic as the Hollywood tripe.

The story follows Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin, a virgin college graduate returning to his hometown. After a welcome home party he is made to drive Mrs. Robinson, a middle aged woman whose husband is best friend’s with Hoffman’s father, home where she seduces him and they start a secret relationship over a period of months. Eventually Hoffman loses interest in Mrs. Robinson after he falls in love with her daughter, this causes conflict between Benjamin and Mrs. Robinson that drives the second act.

The plot is unique with

a great ending; many viewers who view the film young eventually shift sympathy from Benjamin to Mrs. Robinson as they grow older. Her story is certainly tragic; Roger Ebert who initially gave the film a glowing review conceded years later that he now found Benjamin to be ‘an insufferable creep’.

In the films ending, a scene in a church where Benjamin jams a cross into the handle of the door ended up being cut out in its original Irish release. One of the most famed and interesting aspects of The Graduate is its cinematography.

The film is always finding strange and exotic places to put the camera; like when one character is reaching into a closet the camera is placed at the top of the closet looking downwards or the legendary shot of Dustin Hoffman through Mrs. Robinson’s leg. The Graduate is one of the best films of the 1960’s, a fresh and innovative comedy even now, and is certainly worth a viewing.

Junky. Well that’s about as straightforward a title as you could hope for. Of the three most famous beat writers: Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac; Burroughs was certainly the weirdest. A few years older than the rest and outliving both somehow, he was the most experimental, most travelled and had prob-ably the hardest life (Though he was always humorous even when it wasn’t obvious). He ends this novel leaving Mexico City with plans to travel fur-ther South in search of ‘Yage’, a drug that purportedly grants telepathy to the user.

Junky is the debut novel by William Burroughs and it tells the story of Burroughs from the time he discovered the drug heroin in the mid 1940’s until his departure on a strange South American Odys-sey (somewhat given detail in The Yage Letters). During this time he steals, assaults people, goes to jail, moves

country and is constantly kick-ing and relapsing on the drug.

The story starts in New York and thanks to his wealthy parents Burroughs is receiving $50 a month from a trust fund. The story starts innocently enough with Burroughs hold-ing onto a few shots of the drug for a friend, but in no

time at all he is stealing from people in the subway to sup-port his habit. What makes this novel so special is how it is written.

Unlike Burroughs’s more famous work, Naked Lunch, Junkie is not trying to capture the mindscape of the junky, simply describe his experienc-es with the drug in as matter a fact a way as possible. He doesn’t want you to take drugs but he doesn’t condemn them either, it really is just his story, whether you like it or not it’s just there.

Burroughs travels to many different locations throughout the novel, starting in New York he eventually moves to New Orleans, then Texas and finally Mexico City but his location is always just a background detail for him, it’s always about heroin. Junky is one of the most fascinating and unique novels of all time and is a per-fect introduction to the bizarre world of William S. Burroughs.

It seems a common trend with extremely praised albums to have started their lives as either critical or commercial failures. Critical failures are of-ten experimental but in simple and subtler ways that are hard to pick up on at first, things like In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Pet Sounds and the early Black Sabbath albums are perfect examples of this.

Commercial failures on the other tend to be forward think-ing and different but in obvi-ous ways. When one listens to the Velvet Underground and Nico or Rain Dogs it is im-mediately apparent that those artists are being experimental and such is true with Remain in Light.

Critically the reaction to this album was unprecedented and in the end the critics were right, Remain in Light is one of the most innovative and breath-taking albums of the 1980’s.

The album was a collabora-

tion between Brian Eno and Talking Heads and the album’s sound melds krautrock inspired post-punk with West African music and techniques, with much influence from Ara-bic Music as well. The album fits perfectly into the year 1980, using the music of the past few years as a platform for innovation and experimen-tation. It is one of the defini-tive ‘New Wave’ albums which melded punk and post-punk

with electronic music, disco, mod and ‘world music’. I hate the term ‘World Music’ since it’s wrong to lump every music made outside of the US, Britain and Ireland into one big genre though it’s use in the mid 1980’s, generally pop music with a tinge of Africa, works well for defining the sound of this album. One of the most distinctive African in-spired techniques in the album is the polyrhythm, having two or more rhythms in conflict with each other.

The majority of the albums tracks have what sounds like a sampled repeating rhythm that the band plays over. ‘Remain in Light was the worst selling Talking heads record ever’ said drummer Chris Frantz years after the album’s release, and so it goes with album’s like Remain in Light. It is certainly one of the defini-tive 80’s albums and deserves the acclaim and attention it receives nowadays.

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Now that you know others are listening to you, you could make yet another suggestion: one that touches on colours, sounds and scents from another part of the world. You might also find you’re attracting people who have very different convictions to yours.

You could speak up for someone who’s either not present or simply unable to put their case forward. You might even persuade someone to change their plans. This might be a good day to broker a deal. You could also, at long last, find a design or pattern that you glimpsed way back in February and that’s eluded you since.

If you haven’t done so yet, then do make the effort and do some tidying up before Tuesday’s New Moon. Thereafter, and with both Mercury (your ruling planet) and Mars changing signs (Mars moves into your solar play zone), there may not be time! To really enjoy this next period you would be well advised to be as organised as possible.

It’s time to plan. Your work-load could increase CONSIDERABLY after Mars enters Libra next weekend. To avoid stress, organisation will be essential. This is, of course, where you could so, so excel. This is more than just about end of year festivities: the pace could be frenetic for some months.

Tuesday’s New Moon is in another of the Fire signs (Sagittarius). This, together with Mercury’s move into that sign (Thursday) puts all systems to go – in anything creative and in your social life. True these events happen around this time of year every year.

You probably know that the Sun-Moon cycle is important. (There’s a New Moon on Tuesday). You might also be aware that as planets change signs (and this week that includes Mercury on Thursday and then Mars on Saturday), there’s also a significant change of energy.

Let’s think ahead: Mars enters your sign next Saturday – and for an extended stay. It’s probable you’ll be busy and that, at some level, you’ll feel you’re constantly fire-fighting. Exciting as this could yet prove to be, there is clear threat to your natural sense of balance.

A New Moon (Tuesday) followed by first Mercury (on Thursday) and then Mars (one of your ruling planets) changing signs on Saturday suggests a complete change of tempo for everyone. You may have reason to be grateful to siblings and close colleagues.

Tuesday’s New Moon is the annual one in your sign. It’s followed on Thursday by Mercury’s entry into Sagittarius and then, on Saturday, by Mars’ entry into Libra. The net effect indicates promising fresh starts, a widening social circle and, very probably, increased contact with siblings and their extended families.

Yours is not a sign known for multi-tasking efficiently. However you are known for getting things done and ensuring that the ‘back-room’ is working well. Over the next seven days, oiling the wheels and generally ensuring that others have the correct set of instructions could take up much of your time.

Much as you may wish to put the past behind you, it seems it might still be chasing you – at least until Mercury changes signs on Thursday. The rights and wrongs of a situation could cause you some disquiet . It may be that Thursday finds you at a point where you need to cut losses in order to move on.

Tuesday’s New Moon is followed on Thursday by Mercury moving into Sagittarius and then Mars changing signs on Saturday. Think of driving a car, entering a freeway and then changing lanes twice – and in double-quick time. Extraordinary care will be needed.

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Taking place at the Watergate Theatre, A Country Christmas Concert is a concert in celebration of Christmas that will feature both national and international stars while also promis-ing an extremely fun and exciting night.

Those attending include Crystal Swing (now household names in Ire-

land), Trudi Lalor (Win-ner of ‘Female vocalist of the year 2013’ at the ‘Hot Country Sky TV Awards’) and the ever popular Paddy O’Brien and T.R Dallas as well as a host of others.

The event will take place tomorrow, 5th De-cember and be between 8 and 10pm, tickets are €20.

Flower Power The Big Value Garden Centre and Florist is a business located just off the Dublin Road that offers gardening products of the highest quality at extremely low prices and is staffed by people with 30 years experience in the field.

In terms of gardening the business has roses,

shrubs, hanging baskets, stonework, trees as well as a cornucopia of different products for your garden.

The florist is of equal quality and can arrange for any event that one could think of. Flower Power is a valued addition to our great city and is greatly deserving of your business.

Located on John Street, Yindees downtown is a fantastic restaurant that promises a unique and tasty blend of authentic Thai and eastern food while also having a comfortable, modern setting.

The restaurant has an incredible variety of foods, ranging from Thai to Malaysian to Vietnamese to

Japanese and all these dishes are presented at an extremely fair cost. Yindees Downtown is the sister restaurant of the Yindees found in the Lyrath Estate Hotel and can boast a fantastic cocktail bar and selection of sushi on top of everything else. Yindees Downtown is one of Kilkenny’s most unique and enjoyable restaurants.

Business of the week

House of Cards Season 1Netflix really is changing the tele-vision world. First it fundamentally changed how most people watched shows, instead of watching episodes as they came out weekly with occasional reruns you can now binge watch entire seasons and

series in a few days or less. They also make their own shows

and House of Cards is unquestion-ably their best. Set in Washington DC, House of Cards is a political

Drama about congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) who af-ter being passed over for secretary of state decided to enact political revenge on those who wronged him.

The show is a remake of a British Miniseries of the same name but far exceeds it; it is one of the best television series around and will be returning next year for 13 more episodes.

The Luminaries is the newest book by 28-year-old New Zealand author Elea-nor Catton, released in September.

The novel is set in 1866 and follows Walter Moody, an Edinburgh born man who moves to

New Zealand in an attempt to make his fortune in the gold trade. There is clearly something wrong in the town, a series of crimes have recently taken place and shady characters are in abundance.

Last month the book won the Man Booker Prize, making it the longest book to win that award and Catton the youngest author. It is certainly an amazing accomplishment of a book and I highly recommend it.

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App- I’m probably preaching to the choir on this one, Snapchat is practi-cally an institution at this stage.

For those who don’t know, it is an app that allows you to take either a funny picture with

a caption or a video lasting a few sec-onds; you then send it to friends using the app’s simple and intuitive interface.

The twist is that the video is instantly deleted the second it finishes, though there are

ways that one can save it. It’s a very simple idea but one that has become insatiably popular, to the extent that its creator turned down three billion from facebook to sell the app, it is certainly worth trying.

Carrie is a new remake of the 1975 classic by Brian De Palma and manages to be a faithful adaption while also bringing a different perspective to the mix that leaves the film feeling fresh.

When discussing the original Carrie it often

comes up that while the film is a woman’s story, it is a man’s perspective of that story (an observation equally applicable to both the book and the film).

The remake on the other hand comes from Kimberly Peirce (Boy’s

Don’t Cry, Stop-Loss) and this change does lead to the film having a much different feel to it (emphasized in the shower scenes that open both films).

The film can’t match the 1975 version but it is at least an interesting film and should be seen.

Jake Clemons is a rock musician who will be playing in Kilkenny tonight at the Set Theatre.

He has famously toured with a host of different musicians; from Bruce Springsteen to The Roots to Eddie Vedder and has left a strong fanbase wherever he stops.

His sound has been described somewhere between the more rugged

work of Johnny Cash and the soulful material of Springsteen; he plays guitar, saxophone, piano and drums and implements all of these elements throughout his show.

He is an extremely accomplished musician and is constantly touring and releasing music, he is definitely worth seeing. Tickets are €15.

James Blake’s self titled debut in 2011 was one of that year’s best albums, melding the techniques and soul of Burial with a much lighter and more organic feel and sporting a live vocalist (though with a voice heavily distorted) In the end his work could be called electronic singer-songwriter.

The album was relatively experiment at times, most notably in Lindesfarne I

& II. Overgrown, released last February, continues Blake’s progression away from electronic music, with significantly reduced voice modification and expanded use of physical instruments.

The work is less experimental and less surprising than his debut but is much more emotional and warm; I would say they are about equal in terms of quality.

It seems you just can’t get away from Mario in the gaming world. Ever since the release of Super Mario Bros.

Back in 1985 the series has always been extremely popular and extremely enjoyable (as long as you keep to the main series and not the spin off games).

Super Mario 3D

World is a sequel on the Wii U to Super Mario 3D Land, a series of games that utilize the old 2D style with a sprinkling of the third dimension in the levels.

Land was also famous for introducing multiplayer to the series and World continues this trend, expanding it greatly from previous efforts. Overall,

It’s a Mario game; they are almost uniformly fantastic and the critical reception

for this one has been superb, you can’t go wrong with it.

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A Kilkenny Based Chim-ney Sweep. Safe chimney and clean service guaranteed. Stove/cookers and open fires. Crow guards and cowls fitted. Call Pat: 087-2793659

CLOTHESLINE S

Clotheslines, Galvanised, double and single lines, pole to wall lines, also wall-mounted foldaway clotheslines, ideal for small areas. All lines supplied & fitted. Call Dennis Scully 087-9488243 (anytime)

DENTAL

Kieran Campion Clinical Dental Technician - new pri-vate dentures now fitted direct at clinic, 5 Watergate, Kil-kenny. Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9.30am-1pm 056-7770343. After hours Emergency 087-2270474Langtons Denture Clinic MEDICAL CARDS ACCEPT-ED Custom-made dentures, re-pairs and relines. Contact 056-7712741, Greenshill, Kilkenny

ELECTRICAL

Repairs and Servicing to EL Appliances. Refitting and In-stalling service available. Good used appliances in stock. Late night call outs on Fridays, Over 30 years experience. Ryan’s, Patrick St, Kilkenny. Call 086-8240461

FOR SALE

A lovely selection of Christ-mas Tree’s In Now. T Cleere, Freshford Rd, Opposite dog track. Starting end of Novem-ber. Phone 087-6227353 or 056-7723118

FUELS

Good Quality Firewood for sale. Soft wood & hard wood. Contact 086 2523531.

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

James Fitzpatrick

Approved Technician

Oil Cooker Service

Ex factory engineer

22 years experience

(087) 7987477

All your unwanted bric- a- brac, books, furniture, general house/shed contents cleared out completely free of charge. Free up valuable living & storage space. We provide a fast reli-able & highly recommended service Contact 086 8932369

SEPTIC TANKS

Septic Tanks emptied, drains cleared, licensed waste dispos-al. Call 056-8832334 or 087-2225469

SERVICES AVAILABLE

Lady available for cleaning and ironing. Excellent referenc-es and experience. Call Marie on 085-1593555Lady available for cleaning, Ironing etc. Flexible hours. References available. Kilken-ny City Only. Contact 086-1276785

MUSIC

Kilkenny Rock Music School lessons for guitar, keys, drums & playing in a rock band. Call 087 909 2700 or visit www.kil-kennyrock.com (private lessons also available).

PETS

Kilkenny Dog Training - dog agility, obedience classes, pup-py socialization, private consul-tations and advice on pet care. Contact Billy on 086 3207287 or Mary on 087 6702906

RECRUITMENT

Taxi Driver Required. Must have PSV Licence. Contact Gerry 087-7944122 or 087-1336783

VEHICLES WANTED

CARS WANTED All Cars vehicles wanted

cars , van's , 4 x4 and trucks

Old cars + Nct Failures

Top Cash price paid ever ything considered Ger Mulhall Kilkenny

056 7762508 or 087 2593006

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By Trish Hayden

Good health with The Reporter

By Ellen Roche (BSc Nutr Sci, PG Dip Dietetics), Consultant Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist Member Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Institute , Nutri Vive Nutrition Clinic, 49 John Street, Kilkenny. Mobile: +353 (87) 680 2248. Email: [email protected]

Watching weight gain during pregnancy

By Angela Morrissey

Breaking the cycle of Depression…for good

Christmas gifts for the yogi in your lifeManduka Black Mat Pro

Moor lavender body oil

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By Dr Eddie MurphyClinical Psychologist & Mental Health Expert

Act independently

Be generous with praise

Teach positive self-statements

Avoid criticism

Encourage your child to be assertive

Promote a sense of responsibility for feelings

Encourage your child to develop interests/hobbies

Show children that you can laugh at yourself

Season’s greetings: Santa delivers €2.8m gift

Following a trail of treasures and treats

Helping to build your child’s self esteem


All smiles: Santa Phil delivers goodsWelcome: Members of Freshford Heritage Group are, from left, Neddy Ryan, Sheila Dooley, John Barnaville, Eileen Marnell, Mick Bourke, Eddie Dooley, Michael Cormack


Walk leader Edwina Grace Christine and Tommy Falsey

Susie Long Fund PRO Eimear Ní Bhraonain and her daughter Róise, with hospice chair Tommy Roche

Mary and Eamonn Corcoran

Tom Frawley and Noreen Hurley Pics: Noel Frawley

Babies in buggies support Susie Long Walk

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Ballinamere 2-8, Lisdowney 0-13

No Leinster glory, but it was a great year

AIB Leinster Junior Hurling Club Final

Lisdowney heartbreak: Oh so near!PAT TREACY

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Bennettsbridge v Dunnamaggin in Nowlan Park on Sunday, 12.30pm

‘Bridge are raging final favourites

O’Loughlin Gaels v Mullinavat in Nowlan Park on Sunday, 2pm

Mullinavat can shade a close final

PAT TREACY

PAT TREACY

GAA Results

GAA Fixtures

A dugout in loving memory


Junior Soccer Fixtures

Six of the best as Evergreen eye the FAI Cup once againJIMMY RHATIGAN

[email protected]

SOCCER with

Freebooters U17s who remain top of their league after their 3-0 win over Clover United in Rathdowney

Padriag Lawlor of the Gourmet Store sponsored a set of jerseys for Freebooters U11S


The anguish of a grieving widowJIMMY RHATIGANJIMMYRHATIGAN@ GMAIL.COM

Santa with Kilkenny hurling stars DJ Carey, Brian McEvoy and Noel Hickey with owner Pat Comerford at an open day at Flower Power Garden Centre on the periphery of Kilkenny City

Locals who attended an ‘EngAGEment with Bluebird Care’ event in Lyrath Hotel. The event was hosted by broadcaster and rugby analyst George Hook

Fire fighters: Kilkenny Fire Services dashed to Patrick Street in the city where an ESB pole caught fire Pic: Martin Doheny


Golf NotesCallanOpen Competition

This year Callan Golf Club will host an open 18 hole two person competi-tion, any combination of males/females, through-out the Christmas period. The open competition starts on St Stephens Day and runs up to and includ-ing December 29th. The competition has a won-derful array of prizes up for grabs with prizes for each category of players. Please come along and support your club over the holiday period and work off some of the excesses of the holidays with a round of golf. The cost to visitors is 10e per golfer with members costing 8e per golfer. Its a wonderful oppurtunity to invite visi-tors who might be around for Christmas to enjoy our course too.

Vouchers are available from office which would make fabulous Christmas presents for members.On behalf of the Captains, Presidents and all officers of the club we would like to wish all members and friends of the club a very happy and safe Christmas and a wonderful 2014. Thanks to all for your fan-tastic support throughout 2013 and we look forward to seeing everyone over the holidays.

Turkey and HamsJoe Tierney took the

Christmas dinner off the shopping list with a fan-tastic score in the latest edition of the annual pre Christmas competitions. Joe compiled an excel-lent 44 points in great style to take top honours by 2 points from Michael Kealy who had a highly creditable score of 42 points. Stephen Kelly and Paul Cunningham took third and fourth respec-tively with 41 points each to complete the prize winning and also make themselves popular at home. There are a number of other oppurtunities to

win festive treats before the Christmas season so keep trying over the next 3 weekends.

AGMThe Mens section annual

general meeting takes place in the clubhouse on Friday 13th of December with nomination forms for officers available from the office. Please come along and contribute to the run-ning of the mens section.

Winter LeagueThe winter league

2013/14 is underway and is wonderful oppurtunity to play competitive golf every time you take to the course. The winter league is an open event (15e for visitors on their first entry into the league with 12e for second and subse-quent entries; members 6e and 4e for subsequent entries) and provides bril-liant value for visitors and members alike.

Golfers can enter the competition 7 days a week which means that any day the weather is favourable you can play in a competition. The top 5 cards of each individual will be combined with the top fifty golfers making the final. As always there will be a fantastic array of prizes on offer in the play-off so make the best of the winter and enjoy competi-tive golf every time you tee it up.

ResultsTurkey and Ham

Competition 23 December 2013

1 J Tierney 44 2 M Kealy 42 3 S Kelly 4 P Cunningham

RGA Monday 25 November 2013

Cat A 1 J Kirwan 2 J Kinsella 3 P Cody

Cat B 1 N Power 2 M Comerford 3 M Gaine

Ladies Senior Results 21 November 2013

1 M Norton 2 B McGrath 3 C O Sullivan


Cat A 1 M T O Shea 2

M Comerford Cat B 1 B McGrath 2 A Campion Cat C 1 S Kirby 2 S Crowley

KilkennyOpen Competition

This year Callan Golf Club will host an open 18 hole two person competi-tion, any combination of males/females, through-out the Christmas period. The open competition starts on St Stephens Day and runs up to and includ-ing December 29th. The competition has a won-derful array of prizes up for grabs with prizes for each category of players.

Please come along and support your club over the holiday period and work off some of the excesses of the holidays with a round of golf. The cost to visitors is 10e per golfer with members costing 8e per golfer. Its a wonderful oppurtunity to invite visi-tors who might be around for Christmas to enjoy our course too. Vouchers are available from office which would make fabu-lous Christmas presents for members.On behalf of the Captains, Presidents and all officers of the club we would like to wish all members and friends of the club a very happy and safe Christmas and a wonderful 2014. Thanks to all for your fantastic support throughout 2013 and we look forward to seeing everyone over the holidays.

Turkey and HamsJoe Tierney took the

Christmas dinner off the shopping list with a fan-tastic score in the latest edition of the annual pre Christmas competitions. Joe compiled an excel-lent 44 points in great style to take top honours by 2 points from Michael Kealy who had a highly creditable score of 42 points. Stephen Kelly and Paul Cunningham took third and fourth respec-tively with 41 points each

to complete the prize winning and also make themselves popular at home. There are a number of other oppurtunities to win festive treats before the Christmas season so keep trying over the next 3 weekends.

AGMThe Mens section annual

general meeting takes place in the clubhouse on Friday 13th of December with nomination forms for officers available from the office. Please come along and contribute to the run-ning of the mens section.

Winter LeagueThe winter league

2013/14 is underway and is wonderful oppurtunity to play competitive golf every time you take to the course. The winter league is an open event (15e for visitors on their first entry into the league with 12e for second and subse-quent entries; members 6e and 4e for subsequent entries) and provides bril-liant value for visitors and members alike.

Golfers can enter the competition 7 days a week which means that any day the weather is favourable you can play in a competition. The top 5 cards of each individual will be combined with the top fifty golfers making the final. As always there will be a fantastic array of prizes on offer in the play-off so make the best of the winter and enjoy competi-tive golf every time you tee it up.

ResultsTurkey and Ham

Competition 23 December 2013

1 J Tierney 44 2 M Kealy 42 3 S Kelly 4 P Cunningham

RGA Monday 25 November 2013

Cat A 1 J Kirwan 2 J Kinsella 3 P Cody

Cat B 1 N Power 2 M Comerford 3 M Gaine


1 M Norton 2 B McGrath 3 C O Sullivan


Cat A 1 M T O Shea 2 M Comerford Cat B 1 B McGrath 2 A Campion Cat C 1 S Kirby 2 S Crowley

Gowran Christmas Gala Day Members are reminded that the Christmas Gala Day and golf out-ing will take place on Saturday14th December – the competition will be a team event with a draw for partners to take place at lunchtime. Prizegiving and social evening will take place after the golf along with presenta-tion to Club Fourball and Matchplay winners. All members are encouraged to attend.

December Madness – Sunday 15th December 2013 Advance notice of our final Open Singles com-petition of the year for turkey’s and hams will take place on Sunday 15th December. Timesheet is now in place (online or 056 7726699) and early booking is advised following the success of our November Madness competition.

Members Winter League Members enjoyed an 11 hole singles competition, part of their winter league over last weekend. Paddy Mahon secured top spot with 28 points playing off 20 handicap. Patrick Nolan playing off 23 took the runner up spot with 27 points on a countback from Mick McKillen (13).

The final round of the League takes place next weekend with a timesheet in place for Sunday. Mick Dillon remains in top spot on the points table with 84 pts with Thomas Nevin next on 72 points while Conor Bolger is in 3rd place with 61 points.

Autumn Series Last week saw Michael Bolger (15), playing steady golf at the moment, se-cure top spot with a score of 39 points. Christy Comerford, Castlecomer (14) took the runner up spot just ahead of Harry Lannon (19) Gowran Park who also qualified. The final chance to qualify will take place over this Thursday and Friday. The Autumn Series Finalists will be contacted shortly ahead of the final sched-uled for Friday 13th December.

Golden Golfers - 11 Hole Singles - Friday 29th November, 2013

Overall: 1st Joe Lannon (13) 24pts. 2nd Liam O’Dwyer (9) 23pts.

Category 0-13 men 1st Kieran Mahon (12) 22pts. 2nd Mick Dillon (13) 21pts

Category 14+ men 1st John Barcoe (14) 21pts . 2nd Peter o Shea (19) 20pts

Ladies - 1st Brigid Mullins (31) 23pts. 2nd Ann Mullins (15) 22pts

Birdie Hole 5th - Pat Roche and Eithne Byrne.

LADIES - 11 hole Hamper - 27th November, 2013

1st E Byrne (34) 24pts

2nd M Purcell (34) 23pts

3rd K Whitehead (28) 22 cb

Membership Update

Gowran Park are delight-ed to welcome a number of new members recently and would like to take this opportunity to wish them a long and happy associa-tion with the Club. With Christmas just around the corner we have a number of membership options available and would en-courage both prospective and current members to consider a part payment option as a gift for a loved one. Green Fee vouchers are always available and can be purchased in the Golf Shop or by phone.

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