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By County PRO Ger Ryan HOLYCROSS BALLYCAHILL WIN COUNTY JUNIOR A TITLE Congratulations to Holycross Ballycahill on winning the County Junior A Hurling Final replay against Kilruane MacDonaghs at Templemore on Sunday last on a scoreline of 4-17 to 1-10. It is their fourth title and their first since 1988. It was the second county title of the year having won the Minor B county title earlier.
Catherine Gleeson in the North are also stepping down due to the 5 year rule. We wish them well and thank them also for their sterling contributions. We look forward to all of the departing officials continuing their involvement in the GAA in various other capacities.
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To mark Tipperary's great year, the Tipperary Supporters Club are delighted that the member's gift for 2011 is a DVD featuring the full 2010 GAA All-Ireland Senior HurlHard luck to St. Patrick’s on their ing Final and highlights of the Bord defeat to Meelin of Cork in the AIB Gáis Under 21 Final. This DVD is Munster Junior Club Hurling Final produced by Sideline, the Irish comagainst at Mallow GAA Grounds on pany with the exclusive rights from Sunday last. the GAA for DVDs. In addition Adult Membership benefits include a Tipperary Car/Window Sticker, entry COUNTY CONVENTION in Ticket Draws for Tipperary's 2011 County Convention takes place in the Championship games and a Draw for Dome at Semple Stadium on Monday an All-Ireland Final Weekend, a disevening next, December 20 at 8pm. It count scheme, Championship team will be preceded by Mass at 7.30pm. news by text and regular updates by All clubs are asked to ensure they are email on team news and events. Adult Membership will cost €30 represented. (unchanged since 2005). Supporters can join on line on www.tippsupportersclub.com by FOOTBALL BOARD CONVENcredit card or debit/laser card. A gift TION voucher is available on the website, The Football Board Convention takes as is a direct debit facility. If joining place at the Anner Hotel Thurles this by post please send a cheque/postal Thursday night at 8pm. The conven- order payable to Tipperary Supporttion will mark the retirement of Eddie ers Club to John Coman, PRO and Lonergan as Secretary after well over Membership Officer, 52 Hazelbrook Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W (08720 years of dedicated service to Tip9087105, email: perary football. Eddie will be a very info@tippsupportersclub.com). hard act to follow and while he will hopefully continue to be involved in some capacity, he will certainly be OFFICIAL TIPPERARY ALL IREmissed from his role as Secretary. LAND CHAMPIONS PHOTO We congratulate him on and thank him for his long tenure, his meticuThe official photograph of the Tiplous work during his term and his perary panel which won the 2010 All great commitment to Tipperary. Ireland Senior Hurling championship is now on sale. The specially commissioned and framed photograph is DIVISIONAL SECRETARIES REthe only official team photo and is on TIRE sale at €150 each. The photo was takJerry Ring has retired as Secretary of en under Semple Stadium Floodlights the West Tipperary GAA Board after on Sunday, October 10. All proceeds from the sale of the photographs will 29 years of service in the position and Ger McKeogh will retire after 12 go towards the Tipperary Team Holiyears as Secretary of the North Board day fund. Photos are available from at the forthcoming North Convention. any Team Member, Backroom Team or County Board Officers. They are Both have made outstanding contrialso on sale in Tipperary GAA Shop, butions to their divisions and to the county in general during their time as Lár na Páirce, Thurles – please phone 0504 22702 for details. divisional secretaries. Divisional Treasurers Tom Cusack in the South, John O’Donovan in the Mid and ST. PATRICKS IN MUNSTER JUNIOR HURLING FINAL
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The annual Moycarkey-Borris GAA club newsletter is now on sale. The newsletter includes 40 A4 size allcolour pages with over 130 photos bringing the activities for the 2010 season to life. The content includes a review of the club activity from the Senior grade all the way down to the Under 6s. County titles came back to the parish courtesy of TwoMile-Borris National School and the Ladies Footballers at Under 14 and Under 16 level and these successes are profiled. Successes further afield are also covered such as the Moran brothers lining out for Pete Finnerty's Mayo and Tom Quinn winning an All-Ireland Colleges medal while Willie Cashin outlines his first year as President of the European GAA Board. Our Scór na nÓg County Champion Novelty Act, Kieran Morris becoming the 6th Moycarkey man to win an All-Ireland Under 21 medal and the switching on of the lights in our New Field are other highlights. Pride of place goes to the 1982 / 1984 Moycarkey-Borris County Championship winning teams honoured by the County Board in October and by the club in January when GAA President Christy Cooney and Today FM's Paul
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Many years ago. people believed that when the leaves fell from the trees, the spirits that lived in the trees would leave the trees. So they decorated the bare trees with coloured cloth to make the trees look cheerful and encourage the tree spirits to return. As the trees would regrow their leaves every spring, the people
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Clive Clarke Butcher There is nothing as mouth-watering as a beautifully cooked roast with all the trimmings for the Sunday dinner and the best place to go for that perfect roast is Clive Clarke Butcher. He is an artisan butcher who specialises in preparing your own animals for your freezer. He also supplies free range pork and bacon, free range lamb and free range chicken. With Christmas coming up, Clive Clarke Butcher would be a great stop to pick up the seasonal
According to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners. An artificial spider and web are often included in the decorations on Ukrainian Christmas trees. A spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck. At Christmas, Ukrainians prepare a traditional twelve-course meal. A family's youngest child watches through the window for the evening star to appear, a signal that the feast can begin. At lavish Christmas feasts in the Middle Ages, swans and peacocks were sometimes served "endored." This meant the flesh was painted with saffron dissolved in melted butter. In addition to their painted flesh, endored birds were served wrapped in their own skin and feathers, which had been removed and set aside prior to roasting There are two Christmas Islands. The Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean was formerly called Kiritimati. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is 52 square miles Greeks do not use Christmas trees or give presents at Christmas. A priest may throw a little cross into the village water to drive the kallikantzari (gremlin-like spirits) away. To keep them from hiding in dark, dusty corners, he goes from house to house sprinkling holy water.
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In an effort to solicit cash to pay for a charity Christmas dinner in 1891, a large crabpot was set down on a San Francisco street, becoming the first Salvation Army collection kettle
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In Britain, eating mince pies at Christmas dates back to the 16th century. It is still believed that to eat a mince pie on each of the Twelve Days of Christmas will bring 12 happy months in the year to follow. In Britain, the Holy Days and Fasting Days Act of 1551, which has not yet been repealed, states that every citizen must attend a Christian church service on Christmas Day, and must not use
any kind of vehicle to get to the service. In Finland and Sweden an old tradition prevails, where the twelve days of Christmas are declared to be time of civil peace by law. It used to be that a person committing crimes during this time would be liable to a stiffer sentence than normal. In France, Christmas is called Noel. This is derived from the French phrase "les bonnes nouvelles," which means literally "the good news" and refers to the gospel. In Greek legend, malicious creatures called Kallikantzaroi (also spelled Kallikantzari) sometimes play troublesome pranks at Christmas time. According to the legend, to get rid of them, you should burn either salt or an old shoe. Apparently the stench of the burning shoe (or salt) drives off the Kallikantzaroi. Other effective methods include hanging a pig's jawbone by the door and keeping a large fire so they can't sneak down the chimney. In Guatemala, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25; however, Guatemalan adults do not exchange gifts until New Year's Day. Children get theirs (from the Christ Child) on Christmas morning. In Medieval England, Nicholas was just another saint - he had not yet been referred to as Santa Claus and he had nothing to do with Christmas. In North America, children put stockings out at Christmas time. Their Dutch counterparts, however, use shoes. Dutch children set out shoes to receive gifts any time between midNovember and December 5, St. Nicholas' birthday
In Norway on Christmas Eve, visitors should know that after the family's big dinner and the opening of presents, all the brooms in the house are hidden. The Norwegians long ago believed that witches and mischievous spirits came out on Christmas Eve and would steal their brooms for riding. In Portugal, the traditional Christmas meal (consoada) is eaten in the early hours of Christmas Day. Burning in the hearth is the Yule log (fogueira da consoada). The ashes and charred remains of the Yule log are saved; later in the year, they are burned with pine cones during Portugal's thunderstorm season. It is believed that no thunderbolt will strike where the Yule log smoke has traveled.
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Ireland is a land of opportunity. If you have an idea and work it smartly you can become a success, provided you ignore all those who told you it couldn’t be done. I know someone called Jack, who had no formal education or privileged supportive upbringing, but he had a bit of a vision and common sense. He knew that if he could cook better potato chips that the competition down the road, his business would be supported. Jack understood that every street and town has “hot spots”. These are areas where people congregate and pass naturally. In modern speak; the marketing gurus call it footfall. (This strange language is used by the professionals to make the issue look big and too complicated for you to understand. This facilitates them in charging larger fees) Jack picked two potential spots and used his native cunning to negotiate the best deal from the landlord. He started his fish and chip business and built his “edge” on the quality of his chips. His business grew over the next few years with the opening of several similar type shops. The business was so good that Jack was able to afford to send his son Pat to good schools and university. Everyone in the family was very proud of this, even though the neighbours were really jealous, but presented themselves differently to Jacks face. Jack was anxious that Pat would join the business and with his business degree drive the business on to the next stage. Pat told Jack that it wasn't the time to expand the business and that there was a recession coming. He suggested that Jack needed to change his business model and start buying less expensive potatoes and oil, which were of poorer quality. In addition he could spare in energy costs if he cooked the potato chips by 36 second less. Pat did out spreadsheets to prove to Jack that this new tactic would help the cash-flow and margins in the business. Instinctively Jack knew that these were wrong tactics but who was he to know, since it was Pat who had the college education. He decided to be guided by Pat. After he made the changes the business started to drop, very slowly at
first but then at a pace. Initially Pats logic seemed to be reflected in the figures, but over a longer time frame, Jack was correct. Initially the more marginal shops closed and then the rot spread as more and more of their shops lost their “edge” and had to close. One day after Jack had to close his second last shop he came home very sad. Pat asked him what was wrong? “You were right son, the recession is bad. It is having a desperate negative impact on our business. Jack had eventually become a victim of negative thinking. Are you a victim of it too? We become what we think about or allow ourselves to be influenced by. Negative thinking and self talk leads to negative self realisation. Positive thinking and self talk can lead to the opposite. Many of the successful companies out there were started during difficult economic times. These entrepreneurs didn’t start them because they were assured of their success before they started. They started because they had an idea and they believed that they could make it happen irrespective. They didn’t let the negative news of the day get in their way.
Blaise Brosnan has a unique blend of practical top management experience gained over 25 years in his capacity as Chief Executive of a well known National business. In addition to this, he has gained further National and International experience, having successfully completed a portfolio of assignment types in Ireland, US, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and in Russia. To underpin this "cutting edge" experience, he studied and graduated from TCD in 1989 with a M.Sc.Mgmt. Blaise launched his first of four planned books titled ---You are the Limiting Factor some months ago. It can be purchased in any good bookshop or from the website www.mriwex.ie
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On Saturday and Sunday 18 and 19 December from 2pm-6pm in the Black Gallery, Cloughjordan, wellknown Cloughjordan-based artists will hold a pre-Christmas exhibition of contemporary art. This show includes an excellent selection from the many professional artists who have based their studios in Cloughjordan. The show will kick off with a mulled wine reception at 2pm on Saturday the 18th. The featured artists are internationally-known painter Mary Pickering, who uses colour and shape to create a sense of movement which is a hallmark of many of her works; potter Thomas Wollen, who creates distinctive and unique pottery sculptures that incorporate carving and Japanese raku glazing; and glass artist Mollie Barrow, who creates colourful and vibrant glass sculptures, ornaments, and jewellery. They will be joined by regular Cloughjordan visitor Grainne Watts, who is noted for her decorative ceramic beasts and sculptures inspired by objects found on the Connemara coastline. A number of artists have chosen to base themselves in Cloughjordan over
Prop: Derval Keenan : email: dmkeenan@eircom.net the past few years, developing studios that are open to the public, such as The Black Studio, and education programmes. Some of these projects have been supported by the North Tipperary County Enterprise Board. This contemporary Christmas Arts & Crafts Show is an example how Cloughjordan is developing into a destination for arts and crafts.
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Don’t You Quit When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out; Don't give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than, It seems to a faint and faltering man, Often the struggler has given up, When he might have captured the victor's cup, And he learned too late when the night slipped down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far, So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
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The Christmas Cracker A man called Thomas Smith invented the christmas cracker in 1846 when he saw sweets wrapped up in tissue paper and twisted at each end in Paris. He brought the idea back to England and then came up with the idea of putting in a poem with the sweet. It was in 1860 that he added the cracker. These were origi-
nally called "cosaques". His next innovation was to replace the sweet with a novelty gift, but it was only after he died that his sons, who took over the business added the paper hat and by the end of the 1930's replaced the poems with jokes or limericks.
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Mitchel Street Group at Áras an Uachtaráin President Mary Mc Aleese welcomed a delegation from the Quarry, Thurles, to Aras an Uachtarain on Monday last in recognition of their community and voluntary undertakings. The group arrived at the Aras a few minutes early to be greeted by the president’s Aide-de-Camp, Mjr Murt Larkin, from Bohernamona Road Thurles. The Mitchel Street Residents were escorted in to the drawing room to meet with the president and her husband Martin, who afforded the guests a gener-
ous warm welcome. Murty ensured his neighbours received first class treatment for their twohour visit, while he gave them a grand, private, tour of the Aras later. The residents presented our First Citizen with a specially engraved Christmas Candle from the Cathedral Town, sponsored by Cllr. Jim Ryan. They also presented President Mc Aleese with a beautiful hand turned wooden bowl, comprising of 177 individual pieces of Irish
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Away in a manager is always the first carol that children are taught. Away in a Manger was originally published in 1885. The publication of Away in a Manger was in a Lutheran Sunday school book and this created the misconception that the lyrics of Away in a Manger were actually written by Martin Luther himself. The author is unknown. The music to Away in a Manger was composed by William J. Kirkpatrick in 1895.
Away in a manger, No crib for His bed The little Lord Jesus Laid down His sweet head The stars in the bright sky Looked down where He lay The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay The cattle are lowing The poor Baby wakes But little Lord Jesus No crying He makes I love Thee, Lord Jesus Look down from the sky And stay by my side, 'Til morning is nigh. Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay Close by me forever And love me I pray
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Bless all the dear children In Thy tender care And take us to heaven To live with Thee there
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East Munster Youth rugby matches were severely hit again last weekend, with very poor weather conditions. It is hoped that the leagues will progress the coming weekend, as set out blow, otherwise there will be a serious backlog of outstanding games.
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Christmas Facts A Christmas club, a savings account in which a person deposits a fixed amount of money regularly to be used at Christmas for shopping, came about around 1905. Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in "A Christmas Carol," three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam Christmas was once a moveable feast celebrated at many different times during the year. The choice of December 25, was made by Pope Julius I, in the 4th century A.D., because this coincided with the pagan rituals of Winter Solstice, or Return of the Sun. The intent was to replace the pagan celebration with the Christian one. Cultured Christmas trees must be shaped as they grow to produce fuller foliage. To slow the upward growth and to encourage branching, they are hand-clipped in each spring. Trees grown in the wild have sparser branches, and are known in the industry as "Charlie Brown" trees
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More diamonds are purchased at Christmas-time (31 percent) than during any other holiday or occasion during the year. The abbreviation of Xmas for Christmas is not irreligious. The first letter of the word Christ in Greek is chi, which is identical to our X. Xmas was originally an ecclesiastical abbreviation that was used in tables and charts. The tradition of Christmas lights dates back to when Christians were persecuted for saying Mass. A simple candle in the window meant that Mass would be celebrated there that night.
The world's first singing commercial aired on the radio on Christmas Eve, 1926 for Wheaties cereal. The four male singers, eventually known as the Wheaties Quartet, sang the jingle. The Wheaties Quartet, comprised of Christmas trees are edible. Many an undertaker, a bailiff, a printer, and parts of pines, spruces, and firs can be a businessman, performed the song eaten. The needles are a good source for the next six years, at $6 per singer of vitamin C. Pine nuts, or pine per week. The commercials were a cones, are also a good source of nutri- resounding success. tion Theodore Roosevelt, a staunch conChristmas was once a moveable feast servationist, banned Christmas trees celebrated at many different times in his home, even when he lived in during the year. The choice of Dethe White House. His children, howcember 25, was made by Pope Julius ever, smuggled them into their bedI, in the 4th century A.D., because rooms. this coincided with the pagan rituals of Winter Solstice, or Return of the There are twelve courses in the Sun. The intent was to replace the Ukrainian Christmas Eve supper. Acpagan celebration with the Christian cording to the Christian tradition, one. each course is dedicated to one of Christ's apostles. Cultured Christmas trees must be shaped as they grow to produce fuller When Robert Louis Stevenson, aufoliage. To slow the upward growth thor of Treasure Island, died on Deand to encourage branching, they are cember 4, 1894, he willed his hand-clipped in each spring. Trees November 13 birthday to a friend grown in the wild have sparser who disliked her own Christmas branches, and are known in the indus- birthday. try as "Charlie Brown" trees. In the old times, sugar was very exDuring the ancient 12-day Christmas pensive; therefore, Christmas cakes celebration, the log burned was called were a luxury. the "Yule log." Sometimes a piece of the Yule log would be kept to kindle The first gingerbread man is credited the fire the following winter, to ento the court of Queen Elizabeth I, sure that the good luck carried on who favoured important visitors with from year to year. The Yule log cuscharming gingerbread likenesses of themselves.
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Tipperary based volunteer Organisation supports life-saving work in Haiti Haiti Connect, a volunteer organisation founded by Tipperary based couple Evert and Kate Bopp, scored a major success in their efforts to help the people of Haiti. Haiti Connect which was set up in January after the devastating earth quake hit Haiti killing over 200,000 people. The organisation set out to provide technology assistance to NGO & aid organisations as well as local Haitian organisations such as hospitals, schools, orphanages etc. Most of this was aimed at building computer networks and providing internet access for these organisations however, as Bopp says, “We also understood that the absence of a dependable electricity supply was a serious issue in Haiti”. The organisation managed to secure the donation of a large capacity (60kw) diesel generator and shipped this to Haiti together with over 200,000 euro worth of other equipment. “The generator was more than we would need for our own projects and had the capacity to power a small hospital or a school. We were sure that we would find good use for it” says Bopp. That opportunity arose when Evert Bopp found out about the “CAMEJO” project run by an organisation called “Renewal4Haiti”. This organisation was helping to rebuild a hospital in Leogane, Haiti. Leogane was where the epicentre of the January earthquake lay and the new hospital there, which was to open in February, was flattened by the quake. Renewal4Haiti had been working hard to rebuild the hospital and was ready to open the first medical facility in Leogane. However they lacked an electricity supply. Electricity to power the operating theatres, electricity to power the sterilising equipment and electricity to power oxygen equipment to deal with the flood of cholera patients. All they had was a small generator that wasn’t able to cope with the needs of the facility. To complicate matters even further this small generator broke down just at the outset of the cholera epidemic that is still holding Haiti in its grip. When Evert & Kate Bopp heard about this they quickly made the decision that this was the best location to donate their generator to. “I was talking to several hospitals and clinics at that time. All of these were hindered by the lack of reliable power to some extent. However we only had one generator and as heartbreaking as it is you have to make choices and prioritize needs. Leogane had no real hospital and the impact of donating a generator would be the greatest there so the generator went to the
CAMEJO hospital in Leogane. To be honest I wish we had a hundred generators to donate as there is still no real infra-structure to address these needs in Haiti. And that is nearly 11 months after the earthquake struck” The impact of having a reliable power source at the hospital in Leogane has been significant to say the least. Jodel Charles the Haitian born director of Renewal4Haiti who runs the project had the following to say: “It helped us to save lives. Paediatric nebulizers (we see a LOT of kids with asthma and respiratory issues) get powered from it especially” “Thanks again Evert. I don’t think even you realize the magnitude of electricity at a hospital. Patients don’t even want to leave CAMEJO even after them being discharged. When our generator broke down, we were force to rely on a backup one of only 4kW. Needless to say we were very limited in the care we were able to offer and were frequently forced to subject hospitalized patients to spend the night in the dark. Thanks to the generous folks at Haiti Connect, we now enjoy a 60kW generator and are able to power all of our medical equipment without interruption to service. It powers our operating room and all of the equipment in our trauma services. We treat 100115 outpatients daily and 20 inpatients on average daily” In the meantime Haiti Connect continues their hard work to address the current needs of people in Haiti as well as contribute to the rebuilding of the country. They have an ongoing need for volunteers willing to travel to Haiti as well as donations of funds & equipment. “We currently have seven pallets of medical and other supplies ready for shipment to Haiti but do not have funds to pay for the transport costs. Financial donations or a shipping company willing to ship it to Haiti at no costs would be very welcome” says Evert Bopp. In the longer term Haiti Connect is currently involved in 4 projects to provide IT equipment and Internet access to the Haitian people and they have also plans to assist Haitians in starting their own enterprises using the technology provided to them. “We make a point of working with Haitians and Haitian organisations as much as possible as the real future lies in enabling the Haitian people to build their own future”. For more details please see www.haiti-connect.org or call Evert Bopp on 086-8645099
Breaking the Chains of Poverty with Fairtrade In these times of austerity, it is hard to see any glimmer of hope, particularly after digesting the budget and considering that Christmas is so near. However there are good news stories breaking about Fairtrade every day. This is just one of them about underprivileged teenagers from the slum of “El Milagro” (which means miracle in Spanish), Trujillo, Peru who have succeeded against the odds; broken the most restrictive chains of poverty. Thanks to the sale of Fairtrade cards, these children can now look to the future with hope and optimism. Maria flor has graduated from working on the garbage belt, living next to the notorious Trujillo prison to securing a position in the prestigious Cesar Vallejo university. Like so many inhabitants of the slum, her family barely scraped out a living, collecting paper, tin, iron and glass, yet she is one of the lucky ones who have secured a future for herself. She will start her 4 year course in communication sciences position in January 2011. The key to her success lies in FairMail which produces greeting cards from Peru and India. They find underprivileged teenagers, selecting them on motivation, punctuality and talent. They train them in photogra-
phy, offer them part-time work and 50% of the profits from the sale of their cards to finance housing and education. “It makes me happy to make photos that reflect the emotions of my Peru. In the future I want to be a nurse to cure people and I want to be an important person in life!” says Maria flor. Another rising star from Peru is teenage photographer Yuli Silva Acuna. She takes beautiful photographs of Star fruits and flowers and has sold over 35,000 cards over the past 4 months, which an absolute record, especially if you consider that Yuli is only 16 years old! Two of her pictures were selected by a major Dutch retail chain for their Christmas cards. Thanks to Yuli’s success, none of her family now work in the garbage belt and her mother tries to earn a few soles extra selling delicious “papa rellena’s” and “ceviche” in the weekends. Kiosk Fairtrade Shop, Clonmel currently stocks these cards, along with many other recycled items from the Developing World. For more details, visit www.facebook.com/kiosk fairtrade shop
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Counselling Counselling me who batter, and steps that all abusers can take to stop abusing (continued from previous issue) This article is based on how to counsel male abusers, but much of it could be applied to females. It is a big challenge. As a humanistic person-centred counsellor I must put myself in the shoes of the person who comes to me for counselling, and I have to have empathy for them. It is very easy to have empathy with a victim, but not so easy with an abuser. I base my empathy, however, on my belief in the goodness of all human beings (recognising that all people have a shadow side and ugly traits and behaviours), although, as I have said in a previous article, I do not counsel sexual abusers. I would, however, gladly counsel all other types of abusers, not only based on my philosophy, but on the satisfaction of helping an individual overcome and cease abusive behaviour, and in so doing break a cycle and prevent the suffering of victims, and the creation of future abusers. Couple counselling, batterer intervention programmes and anger management courses are sometimes considered as good ways of helping abusers to stop their behaviour. I am not sure what the situation is in Ireland, and I do not know if there are any batterer intervention programmes in this country. It is better to contact the local HSE region to get information on this. At any rate research has shown that batterer intervention programmes have a very low rate of success. They do, however, help batterers be aware of their behaviour, and a batterer can learn in a group setting how abuse hurts their partners and their children. Groups also hold men accountable for their behaviour, and provide a setting for positive change. On the other hand the abuser is surrounded by violent men and may not be inclined to reveal the inner pain that often promotes abusive behaviour. There are anger management programmes available in Ireland but it is strongly and rightly argued that anger management programmes are not the way to treat domestic violence. Abuse may not be based upon anger, although it does have a place in abuse. Anger management programmes may help the abuser control violent behaviour but it will not restore a relationship. Neither is couple counselling a good way to help batterers deal with their abusive behaviour. Very often when the question of violence comes up the abuser becomes defensive, clams up or simply does not return for further sessions. He may also try to control the session and use it as an opportunity to further blame the unfortunate victim. Worse still, the victim’s assertions may arouse his anger further, and leave her open to further more severe abuse at home,
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where she is unprotected. On the other hand victims may be afraid to disclose. Further, the fact that the victims have to attend the counselling sessions may give the impression that they are in some way responsible for the abuse. Overall, I believe that couples counselling is unproductive if not dangerous. Individual counselling is vital along with any programmes that are available for abusers. But for successful counselling the therapist must be aware of certain facts. I have said in a previous article that there is a low rate of healing among abusers, and not only must the counsellor be well educated in what abuse is and the characteristics of abusers, but must also be aware of how abusers are likely to behave when being counselled. The first thing for the counsellor to remember is that abusive behaviour is a chronic condition, and it can take years to make a lasting change. It has been estimated that 75% of men in the U.S. who are on supervision continue to assault their partners. One of the aspects that make counselling abusers difficult is that they continue to have contact with their victims. Indeed the victims may love the abusers and see them as good providers, thus reinforcing the tendency in abusers to deny that they are abusers or to minimise it.
(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.
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