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"Well, uh, I was thinkin'. . . perhaps it's aboot time for a wee kiss."

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the girl spoke again. "Another penny for your thoughts, Angus."

The young man knit his brow. "Well, now," he said, "my thoughts are a bit more serious this time."

"Really?" said the girl in a whisper, filled with anticipation.

"Aye," said the lad. "Din'na ye think it's aboot time ye paid me that first penny?"

to Mass. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance, the Priest went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Priest asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at Mass anymore?"

The old man lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Father," he whispered.

"When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So, I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I An well-dressed man from the city, in don't want to remind Him!" the countryside on a hunting trip, takes aim and shoots a duck.

But the fowl drops into a farmer's field and the farmer claims it.

Since both want the bird, the farmer Walking up to a department store's suggests settling it the old-fashioned fabric counter, a pretty girl asked, "I way: with a hick-kick. want to buy this material for a new "I kick you as hard as I can in the dress. How much does it cost?" crotch, then you do the same to me," "Only one kiss per yard, " replied the he explains. smirking male clerk.

"Whoever screams the least gets the "That's fine," replied the girl. "I'll duck." take ten yards."

The city man agrees, so the farmer With expectation and anticipation winds up and delivers a crushing written all over his face, the clerk blow to the man's privates. hurriedly measured out and wrapped He collapses to the ground. the cloth, then held it out teasingly.

When he finally manages to stand, he The girl snapped up the package and gasps, "My turn." pointed to a little old man standing "Nah," says the farmer, turning away. beside her. "Grandpa will pay the "You can keep the duck." bill," she smiled.

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Sales of her three novels - The Married Woman, The Liberated Woman, and Odds on Love, have generated €92,000.00 to date for the children’s hospice Lauraulynn House at the Children’s Sunshine Home in Leopardstown, Dublin.

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2009 will be our ninth year organizing this project in North Tipperary. In these 9 years almost 30,000 Christmas shoe boxes has been sent to needy children of all religious denominations, race and ethic backgrounds.

Having being personally involved in all our years of warehousing and checking, I with all our team of volunteers guarantee that no religious items or literature is added to any shoe box.

Our warehouse will open in the coming weeks and is located in Stereame shopping Centre this year All completed shoeboxes are checked prior to despatch and as always some are found to be lacking. These boxes are termed sad boxes.

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All completed boxes must be dropped off to any of these drop off points; Tescos, Specsavers, Spec savers &Hoares in Nenagh, Mulallys in Roscrea, Farm shop & Borris Auto Parts in Borrisokane TGs in Ballina and Whelans in Killaloe.

If schools or business need boxes to be collected from them, please call John 087 2222630 There is involvement for everyone at all levels. We look forward to meeting up with last volunteers and adding to the great team we had We guarantee great fun and a huge sense of satisfaction as we see our North Tipperary area shoe boxes head off to eastern Europe, sharing with Children the true meaning of Christmas.

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The meeting take place Thursday, 12 November at 8pm in Grace's Pub, Lower Main Street, Cloughjordan.

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If "winter" is defined as the statistically coldest quarter of the year, then the astronomical definition is too late by almost all local climate standards, and the traditional English/Irish definition of November 1 (May 1 in the Southern Hemisphere) is almost always too early to However, in the United Kingdom and fit this standard. No matter the recIreland the winter solstice is tradition- ogning, winter is the only season that ally considered as midwinter, the spans two calendar years in the northwinter season beginning November 1 ern hemisphere. (In other words, there on All Hallows or Samhain. Winter are very few temperate climates in ends and spring begins on Imbolc or which the vernal equinox is on averCandlemas, which is February 1 or 2. age colder than the winter solstice, This system of seasons is based on the and very few temperate climates in length of days exclusively. The which Samhain is colder than Imthree-month period of the shortest bolc days and weakest solar radiation oc)" curs during November, December and January in the Northern Hemisphere (May-July in the Southern).

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Tip 1: Door Locks If a room clearly can’t be whipped into shape in 30 days--much less 30 minutes--employ the Locked Door Method of cleaning. Tell anyone who tries to go in the room that you accidentally locked the door and can’t find the key.

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Time: 2 seconds Tip 2: Duct Tape No home should be without an ample supply. Not only is it handy for plumbing repairs, but it’s a great way to hem drapes, tablecloths, clothes, just about anything. No muss, no fuss.

Time: 2-3 minutes Tip 3: Ovens If you think ovens are just for baking, think again. Ovens represent at least 9 cubic feet of hidden storage space, which means they’re a great place to shove dirty dishes, dirty clothes, or just about anything you want to get out of sight when company’s coming.

Time: 2 minutes Tip 4: Clothes Dryers Like Secret Tip 3, except bigger.

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Time: 2.5 minutes Tip 5: Washing Machines and Freezers

The 30-Minutes-To-A-Clean-House method says: Never dust under what you can dust around.

Time: 3 minutes Tip 8: Dishes Don’t use them. Use plastic and you won’t have to.

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Time: 3 seconds SECRET TIP 10: IRONING If an article of clothing doesn’t require a full press and your hair does, a curling iron is the answer. In between curling your hair, use the hot wand to iron minor wrinkles out of your clothes. Yes, it really does work, or so I’m told, by other disciples of the 30-Minutes-To-A-Clean-House philosophy.

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The key here is low, low, and lower.

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In Waterford, Mr John Gormley T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government launched the inaugural All-Ireland Mammal Symposium (AIMS). The Symposium is being hosted by the Waterford Institute of Technology with over 150 delegates attending from throughout the island of Ireland.

The two day meeting, which is being part-funded by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, will hear presentations on all aspects of Irish mammal biology and ecology with topics as diverse as photo-identification of fin whales, genetic analysis of pine martens, deer management in Irish forestry and landscape conservation for bats. AIMS will bring together researchers from universities all over Ireland as well as wildlife managers and conservationists.

In his opening address Minister In 1889, New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass the fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by Gormley paid tribute to the research travelling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days.

institutes on their mammal research programmes: “We have made significant strides in our understanding of Irish mammals in recent years”. He went on to encourage universities to explore further opportunities for co-operation: “This progress has been greatly facilitated by collaborations between research institutes across the island.”

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The Ghosts of Halloween Past Speak Out By Gina Byrne of Charisma Cars Another Halloween over. Masks are put away slowly, while the amassed goodies get put away faster than you can say ‘dental cavity’. Every year the protesting chorus of ‘Americanisation’ rattles around like dungeon chains, as older generations lament the ghost of Halloween past.

But has it really changed all that much?

witch costume - green hairspray my only purchase. Complete with old rubbery mask - the best kind - off I tromped. With my vampire son by one hand, and little she-devil by the other.

Immediately, I was six years old again. It’s not darker because it’s Halloween, but it sure feels like it.

That feeling of trying to see the road, avoid puddles and not trip up, all the while peering though slit holes of eyes. Then there’s that magical anticipation at the doorsteps. The absolute silence as you wait for an answer, when all you can hear is the sound of your own huffy breath inside your mask. That pondering of deciding if/when to ring again, not wanting to annoy your benefactor.

Noses press up against glass, trying to see any chink of hopeful light in a dark hallway. Then trying to contain tiny squeals when a switch is flicked, or a handle is turned.

Back in my day, the standard outfit was a black sack and very scary mask of choice. And that was it. No face paint, no accessories, and definitely no non-scary fairies, cowboys, or latest Disney character. Today ‘costumes’ are bought and not created, and aren’t really deemed acceptable unless you look like you’ve just left the Wardrobe Dept at Universal Studios. I can still hear the stinging rebuke of ‘Is that a black sack?’ thrown at my 3 yr old ( by a 7 yr old ) when innocently delivering her to a party last year. She was oblivious of course – didn’t alter the I’m enjoying myself every bit as taste of the treats - but I felt like I was much as three decades ago. We soon learning a HSE lesson (Halloween giddily return with the assembled Sartorial Etiquette). loot, bags all the while being felt and Then of course there’s the chant. rattled for clues. Contents are ‘Help the Halloween Party’ (as you instantly poured onto the kitchen shook your noisy plastic bag) was floor, sorted and graded. Sweets, direct and to the point . Saying ‘Trick chocolate and crisps are of course or Treat’ however, is vaguely tops. And although fruit and nuts are threatening to the householder. It’s still given, they are nonetheless not also pointless, as the invariable discarded to the regular fruit bowl but receipt of the latter (treat) means the kept in with the haul and will be former (trick) is never carried out. eaten. This ‘sweetening’ of We simply all watched too much Halloween is probably the one aspect Simpsons and SouthPark and adopted as a parent I would lament. But it’s so it sheep-like. lovely to see that the whole trove is treasured. Hallowed even.

But this year I got a chance to look beyond all those newly adopted This weekend has brought back to me differences. My children were always what a truly wonderful occasion asking - in vain - that I dress up with Halloween is in a child’s life. I urge them. But because I was going to a all parents to do the doorsteps next party later, and because it gets harder year. And remember that what you to say no every year, I relented. On wear or what you say can never undo went my best (home assembled ) the magic spell that Halloween casts.

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Speaking at the launch of Gallows, writer and commentator Fintan O’Toole described Arden as ‘the greatest historical novelist of our time’. O’Toole’s assertion is wholly justified: the breathtaking ease with which Arden has in the past explored Irish and English history in his numerous novels is wholly in evidence in Gallows, which begins with a Galway ghost story linking penal times to the present. Even Arden’s present-day tales, such as ‘Molly Concannon and the Felonious Widow’, are coated with a historical patina that makes them read like the most fantastic fables.

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Billy Roche is a native of Wexford and is currently recognised as one of this country’s greatest living playwrights. His plays include the hugely acclaimed Wexford Trilogy and The Cavalcaders.

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Epic drama arises out of a series of mundane encounters leading to a story filled with melancholy, beauty and classic Irish wit.

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To marry or not to marry – that is a fairly big question to ask oneself!

Now whether you are male or female I certainly feel that it is no small matter to consider.

I found myself in a position about two years ago when I realised I really did want to get married. My partner had not been keen on the idea for the 14 years we had been together. It had never really been an issue until it came to the point when I was naturally considering my options for having babies and getting married.

Needles to say, I was approaching my mid thirties, which could be argued to be a certain turning point for many a woman very aware of her “biological clock”.

So there I was, pretty sure I was going to leave the “having the children” job to my friends and sisters, but something was niggling me about the whole marriage thing. I couldn’t put my finger on it. We were happy for so long and didn’t need a piece of paper to prove that.

We had been getting on fine up to that year, why change anything?

Then it struck me. It was ALL about change. I needed that specific change in my life, and I am certainly not the type to prevent change in my life. I welcome change, and encourage my clients to also. So there I had it, break the news, or leave things as they were. The only problem with leaving things as they were was that I needed the change. It would have eaten me until I eventually would have come clean about my wishes, or suffer under the duress of staying the same.

I am now happily married two months. Very little has changed about our lives together, but for me personally, I feel and know that I have accomplished another aspect of my life that felt “just right”. This makes me very happy, and I am also very relieved that my partner felt the same. Often, friends ask me was I not afraid that my partner would say no? I would reply that of course I was nervous, it could have been the “make or break” of us. In reality, I knew in my heart that he would agree with how I felt, so even that my inner fears were nervous, I already knew his reaction.

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“The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.”

-H.V. Prochnow Secondly, when we fall in love with someone, they are perfect! Why then do [mostly] women spend the next 20 years turing their perfect man into what they want, and then realise that they are not the man they married anymore! Why fix somehting that is not broken? (So, ladies, leave your man alone. Guys, appreciate that the girls are constantly striving for perfection, and stand up to the cause.)

“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?” - Barbra Streisand Lastly, there is no absolutely perfect time or age to get married. It is best done when it feels like just the right thing to do. Sometimes, it is for the better of a cause. But once it feels right, the odds don’t matter.

A final note of warning: If you do decide to take the plunge, make sure you never forget a birthday. We’ll leave the “D” word until another time.

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BY COUNTY PRO GER RYAN

COUNTY FINALS Loughmore Castleiney’s late 1 point victory over Arravale Rovers in the County Minor A Hurling final narrowly prevented a clean sweep by the West Division of the 3 county finals played at the weekend. Nonetheless it was a good weekend for clubs from the West with Aherlow winning the County Junior A hurling title at the expense of Nenagh Éire Óg and Knockavilla Kickhams winning the Junior A football title with an injury time goal to secure a one point victory over Shannon Rovers. Congratulations to the three victorious clubs.

Weather interfered with fixtures at the weekend and both hurling finals had to be postponed form Saturday to Sunday. Well done to those responsible for the venues at Templetuohy, Templemore and Boherlahan for ensuring their grounds were playable despite the appalling weather.

Willie Eviston captained Loughmore Castleiney to their first minor A title since 2002 and their 4th in all. Their previous winning captains were Derek Bourke (2002), Peter Brennan (1979) and Michael McGrath (1976).

Sunday’s victory was Aherlow’s first Junior A hurling title. Cathal Dillon captained the team. Knockavilla Kickhams won their first Junior A football title since 1992 on Friday night and their third title in all.

MUNSTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS Good luck to the Carrick Swans Intermediate Footballers and the Aherlow Junior Hurlers who will both be in action in the Munster Club Championships this weekend. Aherlow will play Tourin / Glen Rovers of Waterford in Sean Treacy Park, Tipperary Town at 2pm on Sunday November 15th with Cathal McAllister of Cork as referee. Carrick Swans will travel to Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney to play Spa of Kerry also at 2pm on Sunday with Michael Meade of Limerick taking charge of the whistle.

TOMMY FLEMING CONCERT IN SEMPLE STADIUM DOME Tommy Fleming is performing at the Dome at Semple Stadium on this Friday November 13th to help support the Tipperary Senior Hurlers. One of Irelands biggest selling artists, Tommy will be performing from 8pm.

There are still some tickets on sale for €30.00 and they can be purchased at: - Ticket Master (www.ticketmaster.ie) - Lár na Páirce, Thurles. (0504 22702) - Heart Beat City, Thurles - Golden Discs, O’Connell Mal, Clonmel

- Roxi Records, Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick - Empire Music, O’Connell St., Co. Limerick This will be the first major live show in the Dome and hopefully it will be the start of many such events in this excellent venue.

INTERPROVINCIAL FOOTBALL Hard luck to Munster on their defeat

by Ulster in the Interprovincial Football final played in Ruislip London last weekend. Tipperary’s Paul Fitzgerald (Fethard) played in goals and Robbie Costigan (Cahir) was also on the panel and came on as a substitute at half time.

SCÓR NA NÓG Preparations for Scór na nÓg 2009/2010 are beginning across the county. It is hoped that this year more clubs from the South and West divisions will take part. Scór offers a wonderful night’s cultural entertainment for the whole family with competitions in figure and set dancing, solo and group singing, recitation, instrumental music, quiz and novelty act. If you or members of your club would like to take part in Scór na nÓg this year, please contact Aoife on 0861761984.

Coiste Scór Thiobraid Árann AGM The AGM of Tipperary Scór was held in Lár na Páirce on November 2nd 2009. In attendance were representatives from all 4 divisions in Tipperary.

County Chairman Barry O’ Brien and County Secretary Tim Floyd were also present and both addressed the meeting. The following officers were elected; Chairman, Seamus McGrath; Vice-Chairman, Paddy Kelly; Secretary, Mary Bourke; Assistant Secretary, Breda Ryan; Treasurer, Dan Madden; Assistant Treasurer: Pat Ryan; PRO, Aoife O’Brien, Munster Scór Representatives, Seamus McGrath, Dan Madden. We wish them all well for the coming year.

MUNSTER MINOR AND U21 CHAMPIONSHIP DRAWS The draws for the Munster Minor and U-21 Championships 2010 have been made. In Minor Hurling, Tipperary will play Cork in the first round. The winners will play the winners of Waterford and Clare while the losers will go into a semi-final play-off (in effect a quarter-final). In Minor Football, Tipperary will play Kerry in the first round with the winners playing the winners of Limerick and Waterford.

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Tipperary GAA Scene In U-21 Hurling, Tipperary have a bye to the semi-final where they will play the winners of Cork and Waterford. In U-21 Football, Tipp also have a bye to the semi-final where they will play the winners of Clare and Limerick.

MCGRATH CUP SF AND WATERFORD CRYSTAL CUP SH In the McGrath Cup Senior Football competition which will start in January, Tipperary will play UL in the first round with the winners playing Limerick IT in a quarter final. In the Waterford Crystal Cup Senior Hurling which will also start in January, Tipperary have a bye to the quarter finals where they will play the winners of Clare and Waterford IT. TIPP HURLING CLUB NEW YORK HONOURS 1974 CHAMPIONS The Tipperary Hurling Club New York will honour the Tipperary team which won the 1974 New York Senior Hurling Championship in 1974 at its Annual Banquet which will be held this year on December 5th (more details in next week’s Scene).

The team lined out as follows with substitutes and mentors also included (please note it was 13 a side): 1.

Henry Condron (Moneygall); 2. Liam King (Lorrha); 3. Brendan Maher (Roscrea); 4. Monty Moloney (Galway); 5. Donal O’Brien (Captain, Knockavilla Kickhams); 6.

Jim Keane (Boherlahan Dualla); 7.

Seamus Power (Boherlahan Dualla), 8. Liam Condon (Newcastle); 9.

Jimmy Doyle (Thurles Sarsfields), 10. John Flanagan (Moycarkey-Borris); 11. Tony Cullinane (Newcastle); 12. Austin English (Marlfield); 13. Johnny Murphy (Cashel King Cormacs). Subs: 14.

Paddy Hennessy (Grangemockler); 15. Joe Carey (Moyne/ Templetuohy), 16. Pat Ryan (Cappawhite); 17.

Billy McLoughlin (Rearcross); 18.

Tom Joyce (Galway); 19. Mike O’Brien (Knockavilla Kickhams); 20. Devere Reynolds (Éire Óg Nenagh), 21 Bill O’Brien (Knockavilla Kickhams). Mentors: Oliver Barrett (Thurles Sarsfielsd), Oliver O’Donnell (Rosegreen, Cashel), Mike Ryan (Cappawhite).

OLD GAA E-MAIL SERVER Earlier this year, the GAA introduced a new email system and as a consequence is winding down service on the old email server which will be fully decommissioned on Monday November 30th at 10:00am.

In practical terms, from that date any GAA club or officer still using an e-mail address with an extension of @tipperary.gaa.ie will no longer be able to access their account and all e-mails on this account will no longer be accessible. Contact Tipperary

GAA IT Officer Ed Donnelly at itofficer.tipperary@gaa.ie or 0872055642 if you need more details.

DINNY CAHILL APPOINTED ANTRIM MANAGER Congratulations and good luck to Dinny Cahill of Kilruane MacDonaghs who has been appointed Manager of the Antrim Senior Hurling team. This will be Dinny’s second stint as Manager of Antrim. He is a very experienced coach at club and inter county level.

CLUB PHOTOS FOR ANNUAL PUBLICATIONS Over the next few weeks various publications will be produced including Convention Books and the Tipperary Year Book. Any photographs clubs have which coincided with their GAA 125 celebrations would be appreciated for these publications.

In particular photos of Lá na gClub events or photos from Clubs involved in the Munster Final weekend Torch Run would be very desirable.

Photos should be sent to Tim Floyd, County Secretary at Lar na Pairce, Thurles or by email to secretary.tipperary@gaa.ie

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MUNSTER CLUBS FORUM Thanks to all the clubs which sent representatives to the Munster Clubs Forum which was held last Saturday in the INEC, Killarney. It was a very useful day and well done to Tipperary speakers, John Ryan (HolycrossBallycahill and Tipperary Munster Council representative) and Ed Donnelly (Moycarkey-Borris and Chairman Tipperary IT Committee).

GAA MUSEUM IN NOVEMBER On the November 21st 1920 events outside of the GAA brought politics into the heart of the Association. The GAA Museum remembers the tragedy of Bloody Sunday with special commemorative guided tours of the Stadium at 1.30pm and 3.30pm on Sunday November 22nd 2009. One of the people shot dead that day during the game between Tipperary and Dublin was Tipperary footballer, Michael Hogan of Grangemockler after whom the Hogan Stand is named.

TIPPERARY GAA SCENE Information concerning all areas in the GAA will appear in this section in the future. If you wish to include any item of interest in future articles, please contact the County Public Relations Officer Ger Ryan at 0868149146 or via e-mail at pro.tipperary@gaa.ie on or before 3:00pm on Monday. Visit the Tipperary GAA web site at http://tipperary.gaa.ie to keep up to date with all the latest news in Tipperary GAA circles.

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They say that your sense of smell is the strongest trigger of memory in humans, so what could be better to bring a comforting reminder of the old Irish home than the smell of the turf fire to the exile. This is now possible regardless of the lack of a fireplace or the type of home you live in or where in the world it is.

The Gifted Hand is a company basedin Nenagh, Co. Tipperary who have developed a unique range of Irish Turf-Peat Incense giftpacks. It is made of reconstituted turf-peat from the boglands of the Premier County and the smell is completely authentic and bound to bring the memories flooding back of family gatherings around the turf fire. All one has to do, is light up the mini turf peat incense sod when placed on the stone burner provided, and then cover it over with the ceramic traditional Irish cottage. In just a few moments, the smoke will rise from the cottage chimney and fill the room with the pleasant aroma of turf-peat. Each sod will burn for 15-20 minutes.

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All prices quoted include priority airmail, packing and handling. Delivery can take up to 28 days outside of the Republic and could take longer coming up to Christmas.

The Irish Turp Peat Incense packs are produced by the Gifted Hand, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. Their phone number is 067-41777. Their website is www.turfpeat.com and their email is giftedh@eircom.net.

So, now as Christmas plans are being made, remember those far away and send them a piece of home in an Turf Peat Incense Pack and bring a nostalgic smile to their faces.

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There is less written about financial abuse than about the other types of abuse, and there is little material on the level financial abuse in Ireland. But I have no doubt that it is widespread. It is mainly to be seen in relationships and in the treatment of the elderly. It is not confined to any social group. Bearing in mind that abuse is basically about power, financial abuse involves one person using money to control the other, or exercising power to exploit the victim in parting with his/her money. It can be seen as one tactic to gain dominance over a spouse or partner. There are many ways that controlling individuals manage this.

They may forbid a partner to be employed, thus making him or her dependent upon the abuser for money. Homemakers, in most cases women, are particularly vulnerable to financial abuse. She may be told that she has no right to the family income, and must ask, in some cases beg, for whatever money is needed to run the house. There is no recognition of her value as a homemaker either in emotional or financial terms.

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If a partner is working the abuser may demand the pay cheque at the end of the week, and allow him or her no responsibility in financial decisions. The abuser may not give a partner sufficient money and then demand to know how every cent was spent. Financial abusers may also put all of the family bills in a partner’s name, but conceal banking records, bills, or credit records from their partner. Some abusers confiscate for their own use social welfare grants and children’s allowance.

There are also abusers who force their partner to work and carry all the financial responsibility of the house, but then they mishandle and squander the money brought in by their partner.

different in Ireland. At least the government is now becoming aware of it and some measure of protection may be offered to vulnerable Irish people.

The much maligned HSE is in the process of putting in place staff and procedures to deal with abuse of older people. This stems from a report issued in 2002 called Protecting our Future. So it has been an unduly slow process. But we have an ageing population and it is urgent that something is done. Under the current HSE plan, thirtytwo Senior Case Workers are to be appointed in each local health area to investigate allegations of elder abuse, and an elder abuse steering group will be established in each health region. This structure will be established on a statutory basis. Financial abuse was especially highlighted and is a particular focus of this process. Mind you, financial abuse will be difficult to discover, unlike neglect or physical abuse, which are self-evident.

Along with neglect, (and some types of financial abuse are also neglect), it is likely to be the most common abuse inflicted on elderly people. Financial abuse is really about blackmail and stealing from people who are helpless to prevent it. It is difficult to find a good definition of such abuse. One definition shows it as the misuse of an older adult’s money or belongings by a relative or a person in a position of trust. Criminals and strangers can also target elderly people, and very widespread financial abuse is in the form of telemarketing fraud, identity theft, predatory lending, and home improvement scams. The amount of money being stolen from vulnerable people in such cases is significant; but the abuser is generally someone close to the victim, such as a relative or a carer.

Continued in next issue) Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor from Furze, Thurles. Ph. 087 8211009 www.jimoshea.net . JimO’Shea’s book ‘When a child dies. Footsteps of a Grieving Family’ is published by Veritas. The royalties from this book will go tosthe Children’s Hospital in Crumlin.

More than any other group, financial abuse is often inflicted upon elderly or vulnerable people who depend upon others to have their needs met. It is most commonly inflicted upon those living alone; and divorced and separated women are at risk also. Almost €3 million was stolen from older people by their children in Britain in 2006, and the level of money taken through scams on older Americans is enormous.

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