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HSE confirms permanent relocation of Gaeltacht health services to Dungarvan By Christy Parker THE HSE has confirmed that South East Community Healthcare (SECH) services formerly available at health clinics in An Phobal (Old Paris) and An Rinn (Ring) have now been permanently relocated to the new Primary Care Centre in Dungarvan. Additionally, the service that was previously accessible in Clashmore will continue to be subsumed into the care service in Ardmore/Grange, as has been the case for the past two years. The health centre closures were raised at January’s DungarvanLismore Municipality meeting amidst fears that the growing population in the said areas would not have an adequate service. Cllr. Seamus O’Donnell, echoed by Cllr. Tom Cronin, sought clarification on the issue. At February’s siting, meetings administrator Honor Dunphy said she

was awaiting a HSE response to a letter of inquiry. Following media inquiries the HSE yesterday issued a statement outlining the situation. The Executive says “SECH has a General Practitioner, public health nursing and other community healthcare services available in and from the health centre at Dysert, Ardmore.” The statement continues that, for the past two years, in addition to serving the Ardmore/Grange community, the Dysert service also caters for the Clashmore/Kinsalebeg district. “Additional community and other healthcare supports are available to the local population at the new Primary Care Centre on the Community Hospital grounds in Dungarvan”, the statement adds. The HSE says “the health centre at Ionad Pobail na Rinne, Maoil a’ Chóirne, An Rinn (Ring), Co. Waterford has not been in use since 2017”. c Continued on page 18

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An Bord Pleanála gives green light for landmark 19th Century building to be turned into restaurant and public bar By Paul Mooney AN Bord Pleanála has given the green light for the redevelopment of a landmark 19th Century town centre building in Dungarvan, which will be turned into a restaurant and bar. The iconic Bridge House (a former bank from 1864 to 1978), which is a protected structure, is situated between Davitt’s Quay and T. F. Meagher Street. Waterford Creamery (Glanbia PLC) owned the building from 1978 to 1999. In recent times, the building was used as an arts space before the building and adjoining sites were purchased by developer, Michael Ryan. Mr. Ryan submitted an application to develop the building into a restaurant and public bar with ancillary kitchen, services, stores and toilet facilities and other detailed works. (Council reference: 1847). c Continued on page 2

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Bridge House development approved c FROM FRONT PAGE While Waterford Council granted the application with conditions in May, 2018, it was subsequently appealed to An Bord Pleanála in June, 2018 by Dublin-based Consulting Planner, Bernard Dee on behalf of Michael Burke, Strandside South, Abbeyside, Dungarvan. (Board reference: PL93.301937). While the appellant states that he has no objection in principle to the restoration and reuse of the protected structure as a restaurant and public house, a summary of the issues raised in the appeal includes: overdevelopment of the existing structure; parking provision being significantly deficient; archaeology located in a zone of archaeological potential; structural stability - no justification or structural

engineer’s report provided for the demolition of the existing rear extension and south annex, which the appellant says are inherent parts of the historic structure; right of way issue which needs to be resolved; reports by planner and conservation officer do not sufficiently address the above issues; piecemeal development - absence of a masterplan for the area and proposed development results in an adhoc form of urban renewal. In response to the issues raised in the appeal, the applicant argued that there was no objection raised from the local authority or from the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht, who welcome the rehabilitation of the protected structure, in regards to the argument of ‘overdevelopment’.

The applicant said in relation to parking, there was no objection from the local authority, given the town centre location and that the existing building has always had a commercial use. In relation to archaeology, the applicant pointed out that it is a brownfield site with reference to significant industrial development and planning history to the rear, but said they are open to carrying out any archaeological investigations as deemed necessary. In relation to structural stability, the applicant stated that an assessment provided in the Architectural Heritage Impact report as having no significant historic fabric or detailed items, while the area proposed to be demolished is minor in detail. In relation to the right of way, the applicant stated that as

owner of the lands immediately to the rear, he will provide access to the three parking spaces, and outdoor service area to the rear of the building from Walsh Street to the west, without the need of involving a third party. The red line boundary was altered to accommodate the proposed access and service route from Walsh Street. The Right of Way was permitted by ABP previously (Ref: PL56.233856). The Council planning authority’s response to the appeal points out that the conservation officer and Department of Culture did not raise any objection to the proposed development, including the proposed demolition works and stated that the integrity of the protected structure and the Dungarvan Architectural Conservation Area would be

preserved as a result of the proposed development. The Council said it was satisfied that the proposed extension has been appropriately sited and designed and would not subsume the rear elevation nor detract from the aesthetic of the bank building. The Council accepted that car parking provision “falls significantly short of development plan standards”, but notes that the applicant had explicit regard to town centre location, as was the development proposal for adjoining lands owned by the applicant which will address car parking. The Council also noted that no concerns were raised by the Department of Culture in regards to Archaeology. In its deliberations, An Bord Pleanála decided to grant per-

mission for the proposed development generally in accordance with the Inspector’s recommendation, with revised conditions, on 31st January, 2019. The Board said the proposed development, having regard to the town centre zoning objective in the current Dungarvan Town Council Plan (20122018), would not seriously detract from the integrity of the protected structure or character of the area; would not seriously injure the visual amenities of the area or of property in the vicinity; would not be prejudicial to public health and would generally be acceptable in terms of pedestrian and traffic safety. The Board ruled that the proposed development would be in accordance with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.

Section of N72 closed due to landslide TRAFFIC using the N72 between Cappoquin and Lismore had to be diverted last week due to a landslide. The landslide occurred along a section of wall across the road from the Boathouse in Cappoquin, last Thursday evening, 7th February, where trees, shrubbery and soil tumbled onto the main N72. The section of N72 from the Boathouse towards Lismore was closed for safety reasons and to facilitate emergency tree removal. Regional road diversions were in place with motorists and HGVs advised to use the R669 in Cappoquin and the R668 (Vee Road) in Lismore. The section of road was reopened on Saturday, 9th February. The Council apologised for any inconvenience caused.

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WEDNESDAY: Moderate to fresh southerly winds will continue and will be strong for a while. A generally rather cloudy day with a little patchy rain possible along western coasts at times, but otherwise it’ll be largely dry with sunny spells developing. Highest daytime temperatures will be a few degrees above normal for the time of year at between 12 and 14 degrees. Forecast for Thursday/Friday: Thursday is expected to see a good deal of dry weather, with the exception of a little patchy drizzle. A few bright or sunny spells will break through the cloud. Mild with highest temperatures of 10 or 11 Celsius with moderate or fresh south to southeast breezes Dry Thursday night with lows of 8 Celsius. Current indications suggest a good deal of dry weather Friday, however there is the risk of a weather front bringing some rain by evening time. Rather cloudy overall but some short bright or sunny intervals will occur. Mild with highest temperatures of 12 to 13 Celsius with moderate or fresh south to southwest breezes. Cloudy overnight with a little patchy rain or drizzle. Lowest temperatures of 9 Celsius with moderate to fresh southwest breezes. Forecast for Saturday/Sunday rather cloudy Saturday with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Highs of 10 or 11 Celsius with moderate to fresh south to southwest breezes. It will continue cloudy overnight Saturday with further rain and drizzle with the odd heavy burst. Lows of 8 or 9 Celsius. Sunday will start cloudy with outbreaks of rain, but the rain will clear in the afternoon. Highest temperatures of 9 Celsius with mostly moderate southwest breezes. A cold and dry night with lows of 2 to 4 Celsius with a slight ground frost possible. Outlook (Monday/Wednesday): Current indications suggest a good deal of dry weather for the early days of next week but it won’t be completely dry as a little rain may move in from the Atlantic at times particularly on Monday. Daytime temperatures will generally range between 7 and 9 Celsius. There is a risk of frost Monday night but current indications suggest overnight temperatures will remain around 6 or 7 Celsius Tuesday and Wednesday night.

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Missing ringbuoys THREE missing ring-buoys along the walkway in Portlaw are to be replaced. Cllr. Declan Clune highlighted the matter at the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council and asked if the Council could replace those ringbuoys. Senior Engineer, Gabriel Hynes, said he would contact the Council’s Water Safety Officer to arrange for those ring-buoys to be replaced.

Declaration of Political Donations MEMBERS of the public are being notified that all elected members have furnished Waterford City and County Council with their Declarations of Political Donations. The Declarations by Councillors are made in compliance with Section 19E of the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999. Members of the public can inspect these statements from Monday, 25th February, 2019 until Friday, 8th March, 2019, between 9.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. (Monday to Friday) at Dungarvan Civic Offices and at the Council’s Customer Service desk at Baileys New Street, Waterford City.

Footpath repairs WATERFORD Council expects to carry out repairs to a footpath in a Kilmacthomas housing estate in the coming months. At the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council, Cathaoirleach Cllr. Ray Murphy again raised concerns about the footpath in Walsh’s Place, Kilmacthomas. He described the footpaths as “very poor”. “It is an old housing estate and it has been a long time since those footpaths were repaired,” Cllr. Murphy said. District Engineer Marie Goff said there were plans to repair the footpaths in Walsh’s Place last year. “We just didn’t get around to doing it,” she said. “We hope to do that work in the coming months,” Ms. Goff added.

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Museum closed for a week due to flood WATERFORD County Museum has been forced to close for over a week due to flood damage. It is understood the flooding was caused by a toilet upstairs in the Town Hall Theatre last Thursday night. The flood was discovered on Friday morning. Extensive damage was caused to the museum ceiling, electrics and floor covering. The closure of the museum for a week is to facilitate repairs. A spokesperson for the

museum said they were very fortunate, as there was only minor damage to some artifacts and cases. The area of the museum affected contained the archaeology section of the new Brenan exhibition, which included valuable archaeological sketches, letters and pamphlets, while the walls contained many important drawings and paintings by artists such as Sarah Purser, Power O’Malley, Maud Power and rare 19th century sketches and watercolours of

Flood damage caused to the ceiling at Waterford County Museum last Friday.[Photo: Waterford County Museum Facebook page]

Dungarvan. Curator, Willie Fraher led museum staff and CE workers in the clean-up. Thanks were expressed to all

those involved in the clean-up and those who helped to limit the damage. Further updates can be found on the museum’s

Facebook page. The museum can also be contacted by telephone or email and the museum staff will be delighted to assist you with any queries.

Are YOU ready for St. Patrick’s Day? WITH St. Valentine’s gliding by this week, all eyes will turn to the next big event, St. Patrick’s Day, which, as it was intended to do, will signal the end of winter austerity and the hope of Spring ahead. Last year, St. Patrick narrowly missed the last of the big snows of the year and though bitterly cold, everyone got around the shortened course dry, if not warm. This annual event is one of the true highlights of the year and probably brings more people onto the streets than any other public event in the town. Public support has been loyal and dedicated and, in turn, the public has been well entertained by a consistently big entry of floats, clubs and marching groups. The standard has risen immensely over the years with many fine floats and numerous marching groups taking part as well. Dungarvan Brass Band will lead the Parade as usual and news is awaited of other bands which will take part. This year, some welcome changes are being introduced by an extended St. Patrick’s Day Committee.Yes, the Parade will take place as usual on the Saint’s day, but the route will be shorter, ending at the traffic lights in O’Connell Street beside Walsh’s Spar Store. The starting time is being brought forward an hour to 2pm to take account of

parades in other towns and to maximise participation and the viewing attendance in Dungarvan. Anne Marie Rossiter, dedicated Secretary of the Parade Committee, reports that entry is now open for sports clubs, social clubs, businesses, schools and ad hoc groups. All will be welcome and the entry fee is modest. Forms can be obtained from Ann Marie at Capitol Cleaners and various shops around town. “Had the weather not gone against us last year with such savage cold, it would have been one of the biggest parades ever,” says Ann Marie. “Fifteen entries pulled out in the previous twenty-four hours which diminished the spectacle, but nevertheless, it was a very impressive event.” The new, expanded Parade Committee has some fresh faces as long time Chairman, Jim Veale bows out. At their meeting last week, the members of the new Committee paid tribute to the forty plus years during which Jim led the arrangements for the Parade and thanked him for his service. His place as an honoured guest is assured into the future. News of developments and arrangements will be brought to you, the public each week and there is no doubt, that given bearable conditions, the crowds will line the streets again from Crotty’s Corner to O’Connell Street to watch one of the best parades in the South East.

A larger than life St. Patrick makes his appearance at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 2005 accompanied by some young friends.

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Workshop will discuss how funding is allocated and various works prioritised A NUMBER of issues around the Comeragh area which need funding in 2019 to have those issues addressed will be discussed at an upcoming workshop on how funding will be allocated. BUS SHELTER At the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council, Cllr. Declan Clune said a bus shelter is required in Kill, particularly for schoolchildren. ROAD MARKINGS NON-EXISTENT He pointed out that road markings on the N25 to Kill village “are non-existent”. CYCLEWAY Cllr. Clune also queried if it was possible to create a cycleway between Kill and Bonmahon. “There is a group in Kill which has identified a route that connects Kill village to the Greenway,” Cllr. Clune said. “I think there will be a proposal in the near

Deteriorating graveyard wall is responsibility of parish church - says District Engineer WATERFORD Council has said that a deteriorating graveyard wall at Nire Church is the responsibility of the Parish Church to repair and not the local authority. Cllr. Seanie Power raised the issue at the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council, and said it appears the wall by the church and graveyard is being pushed out by the soil. Cllr. Michael J. O’Ryan supported Cllr. Power’s comments, saying the Nire Church and wall is very old. “The wall is very big and in the old days horses were tied to the wall - there are rings still evident in it,” Cllr. O’Ryan said. However, Maria Goff, District Engineer, said it was her understanding the wall is retaining the soil within the church grounds, “therefore, it would be the parish church’s responsibility to repair that wall”. PORTLAW Meanwhile, Cathaoirleach Cllr. Ray Murphy said the church wall in Portlaw was damaged on a previous occasion with trucks going up and down. “There is a pinch point there and there was talk that if the shrubbery on the opposite side of the road was removed, it might widen the road and improve things,” Cllr. Murphy said. Ms. Goff said she would examine the issue and the removal of shrubs could be carried out in the next few months.

future, but a cycleway from Kill to Bonmahon would be worth looking at,” he added. PORTLAW Meanwhile, Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Ray Murphy asked that the Council consider funding for pedestrian road safety works in Portlaw. “There are 140 children crossing from Cul Rua estate, across the Carrick Road, to go to school in Portlaw,” he said. DURROW CAR PARK Cllr. Murphy sought a handrail for a steep slipway coming off the Greenway into Durrow car park and a barrier at the bottom to stop children from speeding on their bikes into the car park when they come off the Greenway. FOOTPATHS Cllr. Murphy also pointed out that €150,000 was allocated for footpaths in the first three years of the newly merged Council,

but there has been no further funding for footpaths since. He sought additional funding for footpaths around the Comeragh area. WORKSHOP Responding, Gabriel Hynes, Senior Engineer, said assured Councillors that the issues they raised would be discussed at an upcoming workshop, to be held in the next six weeks, as to how funding will be allocated and the various works prioritised for 2019. Mr. Hynes said funding for many of the issues raised by both Cllr. Clune and Cllr. Murphy would likely have to come out of Urban and Village Renewal or Rural Regeneration Programmes, rather than the local and regional road funding. Mr. Hynes added that he would discuss the proposed Kill to Bonmahon cycleway with the Council’s economic development section.

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THE Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore is one of two County Waterford hotels which are amongst those shortlisted for an award at this year’s Georgina Campbell Irish Breakfast Awards, in association with Fáilte Ireland. Taking place on 19th February next at the InterContinental Dublin, the Irish Breakfast Awards celebrate the finest Irish food producers and those who take special pride in serving the best breakfasts and brunches in Ireland to tourists and locals alike. The awards will be attended by up to 200 representatives

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School granted permission for new classroom A COMERAGH Councillor has welcomed the decision to grant planning permission for another classroom and resource room at a local National School. Rathgormack National School was recently granted conditional permission for a new classroom, a resource room and adjoining corridor extension and other associated works to the South of the existing school building at Carrowleigh, Rathgormack. (Council reference number: 18782). At the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council, Cllr. Seanie Power welcomed the fact that the school has been granted permission for the extension, which he described as “good news”.

Still 300 metres of footpath to be completed in Portlaw THERE is still around 300 metres of footpath to be constructed at Coolfin, Portlaw. At the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council, Cathaoirleach Cllr. Ray Murphy sought an update on the Coolfin project. “There has been tremendous work carried out there over the last couple of months,” Cllr. Murphy said. Portlaw received €95,000 last year under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme for a pedestrian link between Curraghmore Estate and Coolfin Woods, to the village; along with site clearance at Coolfin Woods and undergrounding of services, such as ESB and Eir; and Irish Water services; while new kerbing and footpaths have been laid from Coffey’s Corner to Coolfin Gardens. District Engineer, Maria Goff, said that there has been around 260 metres of footpath constructed already, and there is a further 300 metres still to be done, from Coolfin Gardens towards Coolfin Woods.

Colm Ryan’s run for cancer - 50 miles from Waterford to Ballymacarbry on 23rd February, 2019. Pictured, left to right: Colm Ryan; Linda Foley; Laurissa Hogan; Dawn Ryan; Lily Ryan; Mike Carey; Stephen Shiels; and Aileen Peters. Front, left to right: Paudie Ryan and Kaden Shiels.

Ballymac’ man takes on 50-mile challenge to raise money for Irish Cancer Society A BALLYMACARBRY man is running 50 miles (80 km) to raise money for the Irish Cancer Society. Colm Ryan will be running from Carriganore, Waterford City to Ballymacarbry on 23rd February, next. Colm initially thought of the challenge in early January after seeing a Facebook post about raising money for charities. “I tapped into it and within half an hour I had over €200 raised,” said Colm speaking to the Dungarvan Observer. Currently, his fundraising efforts through Facebook has netted well over €3,000 in donations for the Irish Cancer Society, and that figure is increasing daily. Colm said he was “blown away” by the generosity of everyone. “Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far,” he said. Colm pointed out that whether you donate a lot, or a little, the contribution will make

an impact. “I said I’d have to do something, so I said I’d run from Waterford to Ballymacarbry, which is around 50 miles.” Colm, who works on the family farm, said that everyone is affected by cancer, whether its directly or indirectly and he is proud to be raising money for the Irish Cancer Society.

Colm also invited anyone to join him on the run, either for the entire length of for sections. “Anyone who wants to join me for a few, or a lot of miles, I will be more than happy to have your company along the way,” said Colm. He also invited those who don’t run, to come out and show their support along the route.

Colm’s team will be following him along the way with donation buckets. People can donate via the donation buckets; sponsorship cards in local shops; and online through Colm’s Facebook page. There will be updates on Colm’s Facebook page throughout the day as he undertakes the 50-mile challenge and estimated

times when he will be passing through various towns along the route. THANKS Colm expressed his thanks to all his supporters and helpers; as well as to Flannery signs, Cahir, for their supply and sponsorship of the t-shirts and signs; Sap Nurseries, Cahir, for sponsorship of signs and stickers for the vans.

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Waterford gets over €258k to upgrade rural roads Funding source will be needed to create extra passing bays on Comeragh Drive WATERFORD Council will have to source funding to put any proposed extra passing bays, or a car park along the Comeragh Drive. Cllr. Liam Brazil raised the issue at the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council and asked for an update, pointing out that the issue was previously raised earlier last year. District Engineer, Maria Goff, said she expects to go to the location with the Council’s Heritage Officer and look at the existing passing bays. She said she would exam whether it was possible to create extra passing bays and / or an additional car park, but pointed out that the work would be subject to funding. Ms. Goff said the work might be funded through a scheme such as the Town and Village Renewal Scheme or a CIS (Community Improvement Scheme).

Councillor describes ‘big craters’ left in Portlaw over weekend A COMERAGH Councillor has asked the District Engineer to follow up on a road-opening licence, after what he termed as ‘big craters’ were left in roads in Portlaw by a contractor over one weekend recently. Cllr. Declan Clune highlighted the issue at the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council, saying the roads were left “in a dangerous way in Portlaw” recently. He described “big craters” left by a contractor. “Did they apply for a roadopening licence? They had three large holes dug in Queen Street and one outside the Cul Rua housing estate. Those holes were there all weekend,” Cllr. Clune said. District Engineer, Maria Goff said she would follow up Cllr. Clune’s query. “I’ll check to see what the conditions were in relation to the road-opening licence. I will follow it up and come back to you,” Ms. Goff said.

WATERFORD has received a €258,802 funding boost to upgrade our rural roads, Senator Paudie Coffey has announced. It is the first tranche of Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) funding that has been set aside by the Government improve rural access roads across the county. Local authorities are still completing projects approved under the last round of funding in October last year. Now Fine Gael in Government is announcing additional funding for the scheme in 2019.

Welcoming the announcement, Senator Paudie Coffey said many families who live on rural roads across the county will benefit from the funding, which he said would go towards “the upkeep and repair of roads that might not otherwise be upgraded by the council”. The Waterford Fine Gael General Election candidate added: “This scheme is a lifeline for people living in rural areas because it directly improves their access to and from their homes and farms. It’s important to

remember that many people living in rural areas use these roads every day, so when these roads fall into disrepair, it has a significant impact on them. “Recognising increasing contributions from residents this year, the Minister for Community and Rural Affairs Michael Ring has made a significant change to the scheme and has capped the contribution of any individual householder or landowner at €1200. “This move is very welcome and makes the scheme even more

attractive.” Senator Coffey added: “I am also conscious of the high cost of repairing some of the more remote rural roads and the impact this can have on the contribution which people living and farming along those roads can be asked to make. By investing in the improvement of these roads we are helping to improve people’s quality of life in Waterford.” The second tranche of LIS funding will be announced later this year.

Waterford Senator Paudie Coffey.

CarePlus to hand out free condoms this week to promote safe sex ONE of the largest pharmacy chains in the country CarePlus Pharmacy - is to distribute thousands of free condoms this Valentine’s week to help to promote a culture of safe sex in Ireland. Each of the chain’s 60 pharmacies nationwide will take part in ‘Sexual Health Awareness Week’ from February 12th-19th. CarePlus is Ireland’s fastest growing independent pharmacy chain and their local branch is Murray’s CarePlus Pharmacy, based at 41 Grattan Square, Dungarvan. The free condoms will be packaged with information on the importance of safe sex, and freely available from the counter without asking in each pharmacy. It is understood that a box of 12 condoms can cost up to €20 - which many health groups have long cam-

paigned is way too expensive for young people. The Crisis Pregnancy Agency has cited studies, which show that a significant portion of young people felt the cost of condoms discouraged them from using them. At least 10,000 condoms in packets of three will be available from the counters of every CarePlus pharmacy and people will not have to ask for them.There will also be no limit in the number of packets people can take and a spokesman for the store said the stock would be replenished if necessary. Figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Unit of the HSE show that rates of chlamydia, herpes simplex and gonorrhea are on the rise. For example, people in the age group 15-24 accounted for 51% of all chlamydia cases reported. CarePlus Pharmacist, John Keane said: “The days of

people being embarrassed about condoms in pharmacies are long gone, but the statistics show that many young people are not as careful as they should be”. “People should know that they can talk to their pharmacist, in privacy and confidentiality, about anything including their sexual health,” Mr. Keane said. Condoms are currently considered to a ‘luxury’ item, and subject to the higher rate of VAT. Niamh Lynch, Commercial Director for CarePlus Pharmacy, hopes that will someday change: “Given the impact that STIs can have on people, it’s clear that price should not be a barrier to safe sex” “If we can draw attention to the matter by distributing free condoms this week, hopefully it might give rise to a discussion about whether they are still a luxury item in 2019,” Ms. Lynch added.

Runway extension for Waterford Regional Airport raised in Dáil POTENTIAL FOR INVESTMENT BEING CURTAILED AS MINISTER SITS ON EXTENSION PROJECT – BUTLER FIANNA Fáil TD for Waterford Mary Butler has called on the Transport Minister to progress a proposal to upgrade and extend the runway at Waterford Regional Airport. The airport has been in limbo since 2016 when the Belgian parent of the VLM airline went bankrupt. It’s currently home to an Irish Coastguard helicopter, along with a number of smaller private planes. Deputy Butler explained: “I am deeply frustrated by the lack of move-

ment on a runway extension for Waterford Regional Airport”. “The airport has the potential to bring a much needed economic boost to the region, through tourism, business and cargo flights. “In order to accommodate Boeing 737s and Airbus A380s, the runway at Waterford needs to be upgraded and extended. Until this work is approved and undertaken, the airport will not be able to attract new business,” said Deputy Butler.

“I welcome the €750,000 payment to the airport in 2018 to secure the future of the search and rescue service that operates there, but more needs to be done to maximise other opportunities. This should be undertaken in conjunction with the proposed regeneration of the North Quays – adopting a whole of city and county approach,” she said. “Minister Ross has informed me that an analysis carried out by EY on the airport has now been submitted to his Department, which he will now

examine. I am heartened by his statement that ‘we do not want to close the airport and we will give it every chance to succeed’. “However words are no longer enough,” said Deputy Butler. “I am calling on the Minister to consider the regional boost that a fully functioning airport would give to the South East region and to support the extension works which are so badly needed to secure the future of Waterford Regional Airport,” concluded Deputy Butler.

Sinn Féin in solidarity with striking nurses - Whelan COUNCILLOR Siobhán Whelan and Sinn Féin area representative for Lismore, Louise Brierley, attended the picket line at Dungarvan Community Hospital last Thursday, standing in solidarity with striking nurses. Cllr. Whelan said that Sinn Féin is frustrated at the lack of understanding being shown by the Government in this dispute. Cllr. Whelan says that Minister Harris dismissed the nurses strike as unwarranted but a 95 per cent endorsement of strike action shouldn’t have been dismissed with one single word from the Minister. The only way this could be resolved is when the government sit around the table and talk seriously and meaningfully to the nurses.

Cllr. Whelan welcomes the progress on this for the nurses and went on to say that the HSE have a recruitment and retention crisis that needs to be addressed if we are ever to start to implement anything to do with Sláintecare. At the moment we’re spending over €1million a week on agency staff.We have our graduates leaving in their droves to go to English speaking countries because they know they will be much better paid there and the conditions are better. Cllr. Whelan recognises the support the nurses and midwives are receiving from the public and suggests the Government should take note and act accordingly.

Sinn Féín Cllr. Siobhán Whelan (right) with Lismore area Sinn Féín representative Louise Brierley at Dungarvan Community Hospital in solidarity with the nurses on strike last Thursday.

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‘Dark’ regional roads need to be addressed in 2019 - O’Ryan A COMERAGH Councillor wants dark areas of regional roads in the District addressed in 2019. Cllr. Michael J. O’Ryan raised the issue at the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council. “Regional roads - R665, R671, R672, R678 and the R680 traverse the whole Comeragh area and I’ve noticed that those roads can be very dark in patches,” Cllr. O’Ryan said. He suggested that money should be put towards more cats eyes for the centre of the road, more white lines and reflectors for the side of the road, “which” he said “would brighten up very dangerous sections of those roads”. “They are regional roads linking towns to each other,” he said. JUNCTION SAFETY WORKS Cllr. O’Ryan also requested that the Council apply for more funding to carry out road safety works at junctions, pointing out that he was aware of one or two junctions

which needed such work on the Dungarvan to Clonmel Road. WORKSHOP Senior Engineer, Gabriel Hynes said it is intended to hold a workshop for Councillors to discuss how they will allocate the funding across the region. He said cats eyes will come under the grant allocation received for 2019; while junction work will come under the safety improvement scheme allocation from the Department. “We don’t have a capital allocation for 2019 [for footpaths], so any works we do this year in relation to that will come out of discretionary funding we will receive from the Department of Transport for our local and regional roads,” Mr. Hynes added. FUNDING ALLOCATION The Council received a grant allocation in the region of €10.1m from TII for work on the national road networks; while a fund of over €14m was allocated from the

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

The strike is over

The Brexit climax

LIKE all industrial relations disputes, the Nurses Strike had to come to an end sooner or later. It was to the relief of many, that the news of the end of the strike and a return to work was greeted late on Monday night. It was regrettable that patients had had their appointments cancelled over the last three weeks, but that too could have been avoided by reaching an earlier settlement through realistic engagement. The Government badly misjudged the grievances of the nurses, as they did the support which they have among the people of Ireland. The settlement which was reached on Monday night could have been arrived at months ago, long before any patients had their treatments upset. In the light of the Labour Court findings, people will believe and the Government will have to accept, the validity of the nurses’ case and the support they had among the general public. The final evidence of this came last Saturday when an enormous crowd gathered in Dublin to accompany and support the striking nurses at their rally. Had the Government responded to the Nurses invitation to talks weeks ago, or taken the promise of strike action seriously, then the dispute could have been settled then. It is generally accepted, or at least it is the perception of the public, endorsed by the healthcare professionals, that the Irish health service is in disarray. It is little use for the Minister for Health to constantly remind the public that €18 billion is being spent on the Irish health service, if we have tens of thousands waiting for hospital appointments or surgical procedures. It has been trumpeted from the rooftops by numerous people inside and outside the service, that the Health Service as currently operated is not fit for purpose, wasteful in finance and not giving the people of Ireland the kind of comprehensive, prompt service they are paying for and

THE reversal of the British attitude to the so-called ‘Irish back-stop’, the legally binding treaty which guarantees that Ireland will not have a ‘hard-border’ with physical customs checks, queues of lorries and a threat to Irish / British trade, is disappointing to say the least. Inevitably it has drawn the comment from Irish Government Ministers that ‘Britain cannot be trusted’. That may sound harsh and an unwelcome throw-back to British attitudes towards Ireland through the centuries, but it now seems grounded in fact. With a certain desperation now beginning to take hold in Britain and an attempt at re-negotiation of the exit agreement due to take place this week, there seems hardly enough time between now and the end of March to tidy up the legal, diplomatic and trade positions of the two countries. Despite worrying signs from Poland, the backing of the Irish position by the other Member Countries of the EU is still solid and, as the days roll by there would seem to be not enough time for Britain to conclude an orderly exit from the EU on March 29. It is diplomatically satisfying to see that the other EU countries are so strong in their support for Ireland, but then, Britain never seemed to be a happy member of the Union with a succession of complaints over past decades going back to the days of Mrs. Thatcher demanding – and receiving - a refund of Britain’s contributions. Despite a flood of rhetoric daily from numerous sources, the understanding of the public of this entire process is slim to nil. The talk of a possible return to violence in Northern Ireland if there is not an orderly withdrawal by Britain is worrying to say the least and there appears to be no clarity emerging through this entire unfortunate process.

INCORP. MUNSTER INDUSTRIAL ADVOCATE Serving the community of County Waterford for over a century 1912–2019 are entitled to expect. The use of agency nurses is wasteful and serves only to prop up the service and put money into private pockets. Those who are employed on an agency basis do not have security of employment or proper pension rights. It is generally believed that if the €18 billion were more wisely and prudently spent, there would be money to improve and expand the services and maintain a permanent workforce with all the benefits of continuity it would provide. The other question which is on the lips of the Government and HSE concerns so-called knock-on claims. One early voice came from the FORSA Union representing the Defence Forces. In the same way as the Nurses have been complaining of their intolerable work conditions, staffing levels and low pay, so too do the members of the Defence Forces complain of the dire conditions under which they work, sometimes forced to sleep in their cars for lack of accommodation or resources to travel. No one would like to see a rash of spurious claims lodged in the aftermath of Monday’s settlement, but standards in the public service and for those who work there are continuously diminishing. Thankfully, the strike is over and the Nurses and other grades have gone back to work, at least for the moment. It is now up to the Government, having lost this war, to maintain the peace.

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Proposed 110kv substation classed as strategic infrastructure

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The pre-application consultation request submitted by Highfield Solar Limited in August last year, asked An Bord Pleanála whether a proposal to construct a 110 kv gas insulated switchgear (GIS) station and IPP control building with associated compounds at Rathnaskilloge, Ballylaneen, County Waterford, is strategic infrastructure, or not. (Board ref: PL93.302247). An Bord Pleanála made a ruling on 29th January, last, that the proposed development is a strategic infrastructure development. The ruling means that the applicant, Highfield Solar Ltd., can make an application directly to the Board for permission for the proposed 110 kv substation, bypassing the local planning authority. PROLIFERATION OF APPLICATIONS IN THE COPPER COAST It is believed that the decision could lead to a proliferation of applications for solar farms and wind farms in the Copper Coast, which is a designated UNESCO Global Geopark area and has

‘BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME' Last September, MEP Ireland South candidate for the 2019 European Elections, Kieran Hartley, warned “build it and they will come” - referring to the proposed 110 kv substation which is expected to attract a large number of applications to build solar farms and wind farms, and could ultimately lead to the upgrading of the electricity power line and large-scale pylons by Eirgrid to cope with the increase in electricity being produced. It is expected that if the 110 kv substation is given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála, it could cost in excess of €2m to develop. Mr. Hartley questioned the need for such a substation in the area and said in the absence of renewable energy guidelines, communities need to be protected and any such projects should be undertaken in conjunction with the community. NO GUIDELINES There haven’t been any guidelines on renewable energy (wind or solar) since 2006 and it is understood there won’t be any updated guidelines until at least the second quarter of 2020. Mr. Hartley called on updated guidelines for renewable energy to be published immediately. “This has gone on for too long

now,” he said. Mr. Hartley accused the government of failing to incorporate directly affected communities into the planning process, pointing out that if there is going to be a 500 acre solar farm, “at least let the communities affected have a say”. “We need proper regulations and guidelines and communities should be given equal status to that of the developer - otherwise we are going nowhere,” said Mr. Hartley. “Any energy infrastructure project at planning stage must include ‘the Will’ of the community which will be directly affected before advancing to build stage.Then together incorporating both community and developer, proceed to build the project, therefore avoiding long and protracted legal battles. The Irish government needs to listen and learn from its legacy errors with regard to how the communities are represented,” Mr. Hartley added. CELTIC INTERCONNECTOR It was initially believed that the development of the 110 kv substation on the Copper Coast could attract ashore the €1bn ‘Celtic Interconnector’. The high voltage cable is being jointly developed by EirGrid and Réseau de Transport

caused huge concerns for the communities living in the vicinity. LARGEST SOLAR FARM IN IRELAND Currently, Highfield Solar Ltd., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of British-based renewable energy investor / developer Aura Power Ltd., based in Bristol, England, has asperations to develop a 500 acre solar farm capable of producing 95 MW, in the townlands of Rathnaskilloge, Glen East / West and Curraheen, areas just north of Stradbally and Bonmahon, which are intersected by the regional road R675 and the local road L3209. It is proposed the solar farm will operate for 35 years and is to be developed over a number of landholdings with the arrays in rows running from East to West across the site, facing towards the South. Highfield Solar held a public information exhibition last Tuesday, 12th February, between 4.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. at the Rainbow Hall, Kilmacthomas, in relation to their proposed 500 acre solar farm. If given the goahead, it will be one of Ireland’s largest solar farms. Highfield Solar said it expects to submit a planning application for the 500 acre solar farm to Waterford City and County Council sometime in March.

AN Bord Pleanála has ruled in a pre-application consultation request that a proposal to build a large 110 kv substation in the Copper Coast area is a strategic infrastructure development.

HIGHFIELD SOLAR PLANS TO BUILD 500 ACRE SOLAR FARM IN COPPER COAST

LEGEND: Purple: Glen West Array Orange: Glen East Array Light blue: Rathnaskilloge Array Green: Curraheen Array A photograph of the map of the proposed 500 acre solar farm in the Copper Coast area. d'Électricité (RTE), the Transmission System Operator in France. It will connect Ireland’s South East with France’s North West and will exchange up to 700 MW of electricity, which is the equivalent of supplying power to approximately 450,000 homes. However, Eirgrid is currently mooting East Cork (between Youghal and Midelton) as the landfall location to bring ashore the Celtic Interconnector, with a connection point to the existing Knockraha 220 kv substation. But in a network analysis (Celtic Interconnector Feasibility Study) published in November,

2016, Eirgrid said that a small amount of new 110 kv circuit construction in the South East region (around Great Island, Waterford, Killoteran, Butlerstown and Cullenagh), along with a moderate level of uprating of existing circuits, would resolve the network issues that were identified - where a number of circuits were identified as being overloaded in the feasibility study, due to large amounts of power flowing from the Knockraha area towards the Dublin area along the South East coast - should the Celtic Interconnector be connected at Knockraha.

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Pictured, from L to R: David Beirne, CEO UPMC Whitfield; Katie Eldridge, Nurse, UPMC Whitfield; Brendan Buckley, Wexford Bus; Ann Martin, Team Lead Preassessment, UPMC Whitfield; Caroline Simmons, Nurse, UPMC Whitfield; Ann Barry, Nurse, UPMC Whitfield; Ger Ruane, Receptionist, UPMC Whitfield; Tara Grant, Quality & Safety Manager, UPMC Whitfield; Brendan Crowley, Managing Director, Wexford Bus; Amy Pettit, Marketing and Business Development Director, Wexford Bus.

UPMC Whitfield partners with Wexford Bus to promote ease of access to quality healthcare in the South East Partnership will highlight joint commitment to supporting patients and communities in the South East UPMC Whitfield, the largest private hospital in the South East, has partnered with Wexford Bus, a growing commercial bus company, to promote ease of access to quality healthcare services for patients across the region. The partnership will see buses operating between Wexford and Dublin, Carlow and Waterford bear the UPMC Whitfield logo and colours, and highlight the availability of a dedicated centre of medical excellence for patients in the region – with the Wexford to Waterford service terminating at UPMC Whitfield. UPMC Whitfield has over 50 expert consultants working across a range of specialties, including radiotherapy, cardiology, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, oncology / haematology, radiology, ear,

nose and throat, gynaecology, urology and general surgery. These are supported by a wider team of 180 dedicated medical, nursing and administration staff to ensure the 70-bed hospital offers patients the right care, in the right way, at the right time – in a first-class facility that is close to home. Wexford Bus connects the major towns and cities across the South East. Its busses travel from Wexford to Waterford, Carlow and Dublin city and airport, and between Arklow, Wicklow and Dublin city and airport. Wexford Bus also connects all the key towns along its routes. David Beirne, CEO at UPMC Whitfield, said: “We’re committed to supporting patients and communities in the South East, and are proud to be

collaborating with Wexford Bus to highlight the great transport and health services in the region. Wexford Bus’s services offer patients easy access to some of the best medical professionals and facilities in the country, and we’re looking forward to working with them.” Brendan Crowley, Managing Director of Wexford Bus said: “We are delighted to have partnered with UPMC Whitfield. When developing our routes and schedules, we strive to accommodate our passengers by bringing them to the key health, education and commercial centres on the route. Our service between Wexford, New Ross and Waterford terminates at UPMC Whitfield to facilitate the everincreasing number of passengers from

the southeast who are attending appointments for a wide range of excellent healthcare services. Wexford Bus started operating between Wexford and Waterford at the end of 2015 and now operates up to eight daily services in each direction.” The UPMC Whitfield campus is operated by UPMC, the international not-for-profit healthcare provider and insurer that is transforming the way healthcare is delivered. Already trusted by millions of patients across the world, the company operates more than 40 hospitals, as well as 600 doctors' offices and outpatient sites, and is now delivering this global expertise to those living in the South East of Ireland. Wexford Bus is owned and operated by Wexford-based Brendan and Lorene

Crowley and was established in 1996. The aim was to operate a service around Wexford Town and the surrounding towns and villages. In 2007 the express service between Wexford and Dublin was launched. In 2015, the service between Wexford and Waterford via New Ross was introduced, and in 2018, the service for South Wicklow commenced. Wexford Bus carried 840,000 passengers in 2018, has a team of over 65 people and a fleet of 35 buses and coaches. Visit UPMC at: www.upmcwhitfield.ie @UPMCWhitfield See www.wexfordbus.com for details on routes and fares.

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Chair of the Solas Cancer Support Centre, Dee Jacques, is delighted to welcome four new Trustees to the Board. Peter Burke, Ellen Hegarty, Ada Kinneally and Janet Tumulty recently joined the voluntary Board to support in governing the organisation. Dee spoke following the first Trustee’s meeting of 2019: ‘We are delighted to strengthen the Board in the areas of business, law, medicine and training and thank our new Trustee’s for giving their time and expertise to the charity’. The Solas Cancer Support Centre offers free support services to those affected by cancer, their families and carers. For enquiries please call the Solas Cancer Support Centre on 051 304604 or email info@solascentre.ie.

Deirdre Ryan Lloyds Pharmacy Dungarvan Shopping Centre, Clarins Beauty Advisor Award 2018 DEIRDRE has received this prestigious award in recognition of outstanding performance, success, knowledge and passion for the brand. Deirdre regularly attends training seminars and strives to ensure the experience the Clarins customer in Lloyds Dungarvan receives is second to none. Deirdre is being rewarded with a trip to Paris in the summer of 2019 along with five other Beauty Advisors in Ireland.

Scanlon’s Yard car parking spaces to be widened By Christy Parker WATERFORD Council has reiterated its commitment to re-line parking spaces in Scanlon’s yard, Dungarvan, following persistent complaints that some of the parking spaces are too narrow. Cllr. Damien Geoghegan raised the matter again at February’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipal District meeting, recalling that a council official had visited the yard last year and agreed to the adjustments. “It’s absolutely vital”, the Councillor insisted, “There's no point in claiming there are ‘x’ amount of spaces in Scanlon's yard when in reality you can't use some of them. Cars are getting damaged regularly”, he claimed. “So get it done as quickly as possible.” Senior Engineer for Roads Gabriel Hynes acknowledged the problem and said it would be addressed “in the current year.”

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Ongoing success of Greenway hailed By Christy Parker WATERFORD Councillor Damien Geoghegan says it’s a measure of the success of the Waterford Greenway that Councillors and delegations from places like Kerry and Cork have been visiting the area on fact finding missions as to its success. “I challenge anyone to show me when anyone from Kerry came to Waterford to ask how we were doing it so they could replicate it!”, he told February’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipal District meeting. The councillor added that he believed the Waterford greenway had surpassed its western counterpart. Cllr. Geoghegan’s sentiments, echoed by his fellow councillors, followed publication of the Waterford Greenway Report (2018) reflecting the continued and growing success of the two year-old facility. The figures showed that the Greenway attracted an estimated 283,503 unique visitor trips for the year - an increase on the 2017 figure of 247,545. A breakdown of the 2018 figure showed that there were 128,689 pedestrians and 154,814 cyclists who used the Greenway during the year. PROMOTIONS The report also included a snapshot of promotional Greenway festivals and events through the year.These included: Valentine’s Day promotions; Greenway’s first birthday celebrations; Seán Kelly Dawn Chorus Cycle; and Spooky Tunnel Halloween experience. In addition, over 20 events organised by various groups were held along the route, including charity cycles, half marathons, traditional Irish music and choral performances. EXPOS AND TRADE SHOWS Furthermore, the ‘Visit Waterford’ Greenway team and local businesses had attended several trade shows and expos to promote the attraction and the Waterford region in general. These events were included Holiday World, Outdoor Revolution Show, Active Retired Show, Over 50s Show, Entente Floral Show and the All Together Now Festival. The report notes that the Greenway was nominated for and received several awards and accolades, for which credit is afforded to “the fantastic work” undertaken by “Waterford Council and the work and support of the many agencies, groups, businesses, communities and landowners” that made the project possible. AWARDS The Greenway received a number of awards during the

A lone cyclist heading towards the Ballyvoyle Bridge on the Waterford Greenway. year, including Best Tourism Initiative and Overall Grand Prix Award at the LAMA All Ireland Community and Council Awards in February, 2018; a PRCA Award for Excellence in Public Relations in June, 2018, for the official launch of the Waterford Greenway in 2017 (in conjunction with Springboard PR); the Jury Chair’s Award for the Mitigation of Climate Change at the Entente Florale in September, 2018; and was the winner in Ireland’s Best Adventure at the Irish Independent Travel Awards, in January / February 2019. The Greenway is also the finalist for Ireland’s Best Ancient East Tourism Experience at the Irish Tourism Industry Awards in February, 2019. WELL SPENT Cllr. Geoghegan described the

visitor figure as “phenomenal” and showed that the promotional investment was, and continues to be “money well spent.” He commended all involved with the Greenway, including Trails Officer Johnny Breathnach and the Dungarvan Enterprise Office. One of the more gratifying aspects, he reflected from feedback, was that “visitors are returning” after their initial experiences. Cllr. John Pratt said a very considerable amount of employment had been created along the route and not least in smaller communities such as Kilmacthomas. Cllr. Geoghegan also cautioned that success brought its own challenges such as parking problems at Abbeyside, which had to be addressed.

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Lemybrien mum scoops €1,000 in latest quirky competition from Beat 102/103 A WATERFORD mother is €1,000 the richer after winning Beat’s latest quirky comp. Listeners were asked to snap and share a photo of the Switch It Up graphic with the hashtag #YourNewDailyBeat, which featured on the rear of two Bus Eireann Expressway coaches. Beat Drive’s Darren Rice called an ecstatic Cliona Mackey from Lemybrien live on air on Friday afternoon to tell her that she had won the grand in cash. Cliona, who spotted the bus just off the M9 as she and her husband drove towards Waterford city, informed Darren that she plans to splash the cash on a birthday weekend getaway with the family. The competition swept the South East over the past two weeks to coincide with Beat’s brand-new daily line-up. Commenting on the promotion, C.E.O. of Beat, Gabrielle Cummins, said: “We wanted to increase awareness on air, on social and on the street.The reaction has been really positive; we’re confident more people have been sampling Beat and like what they hear as we grow our audience further over the next

twelve months.” Sponsorship & Promotions manager Dave Shaw offered his congratulations to Cliona, before adding: "#YourNewDailyBeat marks the most significant daily line up change since Beat began nearly 16 years ago. And what better way to celebrate than by giving one lucky listener a grand in cash?!" The competition finale coincides with the latest JNLR Ipsos MRBI results, which show that Beat continues to dominate radio listening across the five counties of the South East. 149,000 adults now tune in to Beat weekly.The regional station has also seen record audiences at

weekends in the latest audience figures: Old Skool Sunday with Pete Windle now reaches a record 52,000 people every Sunday. The Sunday Grill with Orla Rapple has reached a new high of 29,000 listeners each weekend. The Big Saturday has witnessed a 49% year-on-year growth in listenership. Meanwhile, The Tweet Chart on Saturday mornings has increased its audience by 45% since January 2018. Beat Breakfast has built on its strong audience with 43,000 people listening in each morning.

Owners, not dogs, need training slams Councillor By Christy Parker A WATERFORD Councillor says some dog owners are in far more need of training than are their pets as the scourge of dog fouling continues to blight the west Waterford landscape. There was anger and frustration in Cllr. Declan Doocey’s voice however as he delivered his wry observation at February’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipal District meeting. Amidst the public’s current consciousness both of health care and the need to nurture tourism, it was no surprise that the issue of dog fouling sparked an earnest discussion. Environment officer Ray Moloney told the meeting that the region’s dog warden and an environment inspector had surveyed the Tallow link road to identify where additional signage and stencils would be appropriate. Cllr. John Pratt said he was getting complaints “from all angles” about the dearth of dog litter bins on the link road and pleaded for a bin “at either end of the road” at least. Senior

Engineer for Roads Gabriel Hynes informed him that bins demanded maintenance and that would mean transferring resources from other duties. However, the Council would review requests “on a case by case basis”, he added, without indicating that the link road was included. Cllr. Siobhán Whelan insisted the council needed to “encourage people by having more bins”, adding that sometimes people were depositing dog waste in the hedgerows instead, which was “damaging wildlife because it doesn’t biodegrade.” Cllr. Whelan asked that dog litter bins be provided at the rear of the GlaxoSmithKline complex, an area known as ‘Mrs. Kiely’s boreen’, where there were no bins of any description. Mr. Hynes said the Council was investigating complaints about the dog fouling at that location, with regard to providing signage and possibly bins. Cllr. Tobin in his deliberations said “in fairness to the dogs, they are fairly clever. But by God”, he continued, “It’s some of the people out walking them that would want to be educated! It's a

disgrace. And it's the same people with the same dogs; I see it every morning”, he stated. Cllr. Doocey observed that “the dogs are obedient and well trained but it's the owners that need a bit of training.” These owners “need to show some respect for their neighbours”, he added. Mr. Moloney believed most dog fouling in an area was caused by people living close by. “They are fouling their own locality”, he informed, “and showing disrespect to the other residents.” He said all the council could do was monitor the situation and hopefully issue some fines. Additionally, a dog walker campaign aimed at persuading culpable walkers to change their habits would be launched shortly. Cllr. Damien Geoghegan believed the problem was caused by a minority of persistent offenders, who quickly switched to different locations when an area was being monitored. “It's the most shocking and disgusting behaviour to allow the dogs to foul where there are people with buggies, in wheelchairs, on bicycles and where young children walk”, he concluded.

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• Audi’s first fully electric model is now available for test drive at Audi Waterford • Pre-registered deposit holders to be the first to experience Audi’s new electric SUV • Audi e-Tron represents one of the premium car-maker’s most hotly anticipated launches of 2019 • Pricing starts from an on-the-road cost of €101,750 silent electric motors that can deliver up to 300kW, the Audi e-tron electrical quattro provides the economy of electricity without sacrificing on power. The dual electric motors ensure there is no lag between acceleration and launch, resulting in a driving experience impossible to match with a combustion engine. SUPERIOR SUSTAINABILITY Efficiency and sustainability are at the e-tron’s core. The e-tron can attain up to 30 per cent of this long range through energy recuperation. The SUV combines three different methods of energy recuperation in one vehicle for the first time. With manual coasting using the shift paddles, automatic coasting

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via the predictive efficiency assist, and brake recuperation, the Audi e-tron embodies the cutting edge of driving efficiency. THE ELECTRIC EVOLUTION OF QUATTRO DRIVE A new generation of the quattro drive, the electric allwheel drive, ensures excellent traction and dynamics. It provides for continuous and variable regulation of the ideal distribution of drive torques between the two axles – all within a fraction of a second. Commenting on the Audi e-tron, Brendan Walsh, General Manager, Audi Waterford, said, “We are very much excited to be one of the first Audi dealers to welcome the new Audi e-tron to

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MERCEDES-Benz is giving added emphasis to its goal of attracting a younger generation of motorists with the arrival of its new B-Class – the good news for Irish buyers being that a number of models within the mix that will be promoted here will launch at prices lower than those of the models they replace. Noting that Mercedes-Benz is continuing to offer increased levels of standard specification while maintaining or reducing their new model pricing, their sales manager Ciaran Allen said: ‘consistent with our on-going product offensive, we are fully focused on delivering best value with the first model to benefit from this being a B180 petrol which comes on the market at €32,745 (ex works) – a four-digit reduction on the previous model’. Down the line, a B160 version will launch at similarly reduced prices. On models where reductions may not be possible, Ciaran Allen assures customers that prices will be kept ‘as close to the bone’ as possible. With first versions arriving in dealer showrooms over the coming weeks, the new B-Class is amongst fifteen new or facelifted models the luxury carmaker will introduce here this year. It arrives fresh from a ‘bonnet-to-boot’ makeover that lifts it into an altogether higher league in terms of its design, specifications and all-round

attractiveness Straddling the divide between A-Class and C-Class, this new version leaves behind the shadow of its two glamorous stablemates, emerging into the limelight oozing with eye appeal and fitted with latest technology and highvalue features that combine to give it a distinctly individual character. Committed B-Class owners (of whom there are over 1.5m since its introduction in 2005) will notice its more sporty appearance, reflected in design changes that bring it into closer visual harmony with the wider generation of MercedesBenz models. Particularly evident from the outside is its more squat, agile, and appealingly youthful design – achieved whilst retaining all of its interior spaciousness and luggage carrying capacity. Like a host of other recent introductions from Mercedes-Benz, its many high-tech features include all of the safety, online and touch screen connectivity, infotainment, and voice activated driver assistance elements now appealing to an increasingly tech-savvy generation of motorists. These include Mercedes-Benz’s acclaimed MBUX and ‘Mercedes me’ systems. Five engine variants make up the new range, all compliant with new Euro 6d-TEMP regulations mandatory from next year. They include two petrol and three diesel variants. Now raised to being a true frontline competitor in Mercedes-Benz’s quest to expand ownership, Ciaran Allen added ‘designers have squared-the-circle by creating a more sporty, more spacious, more youthful design without having to sacrifice anything in terms of its practicality, comfort or capacity.’

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Council asked to consider coloured lights on Greenway Bridge COUNCIL Engineers are to examine a proposal to have coloured lights on the Greenway Bridge across the N25, as one method of attracting tourists into the area. At the recent meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council, Cllr. Michael J. O’Ryan noted that the Greenway Bridge is illuminated with LED strips and floodlights. “It is a brilliant piece of architecture coming into the Comeragh District and it is a brand for Comeragh, in sight of the Comeragh Mountains,” Cllr. O’Ryan said. He asked if engineers could look into putting coloured lighting along the bridge, which could be used for events, such as green lights for St. Patrick’s Day; the Waterford colours if there was a Munster Hurling Final; or to promote links with America by having red, white and blue

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South West of Ireland,” Cllr. O’Ryan said. He suggested the bridge could be used to attract those tourists into the Comeragh area, who would otherwise be heading towards the South West of Ireland.

Senior Engineer, Gabriel Hynes, confirmed the bridge is Council property. “It is something we’ll review and is something we can consider. We’ll have a look at the suggestion and come back to you,” Mr. Hynes said.

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HSE confirms permanent relocation of Gaeltacht health services to Dungarvan c FROM FRONT PAGE Following consultation “with the local community group (proprietors of Ionad Pobail na Rinne) last year”, the Executive proceeds, “SECH advised clients locally that General Practitioner, public health nursing and other community healthcare services previously available at the centre and accessed in the meantime in Dungarvan, will be available in the town’s new Primary Care Centre” in the town. The statement explains that “this arrangement will be inclusive of GP services continuing to be available to residents of the Gaeltacht communities of An Rinn (Ring) and An Seana Phobal (Old Parish) in both Irish and English.” The Executive adds that the health centre previously operated

at Loiscreáin, An Seana Phobal, “has been closed and not in use since 2007.” The local community’s needs in respect of Loiscreáin, “have subsequently been catered for as part of arrangements applicable for the neighbouring community in An Rinn.” The property in An Seana Phobal (Old Parish) was purchased by Waterford Council two years ago, it confirms. The statement concludes that “no decision has been made as regards usage of the previously used health centre premises at Chapel Lane, Clashmore.” Likewise, no decision has been made “as regards alternatives to the current structuring of community healthcare services available to both communities” in An Rinn and An Seana Phobal.

At the Kilmacthomas/Portlaw Fianna Fáil Local Election Convention Cllrs. John O’Leary and Ray Murphy were selected. The delegates also heard from Billy Kelleher TD, Cllr. Seamus McGrath, Cllr. Malcolm Byrne and Jason Fitzgerald who are all seeking the Fianna Fáil nomination for the European Elections for Ireland South.

FURTHER EDUCATION Business WE have two fantastic courses to choose from at Dungarvan College. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION This course is ideal for anybody interested in entering the work place. It is a one year programme with a long established reputation for excellence. It provides students with all the knowledge and skills to enter the world of business. Students are trained to a high level of competency in current office technology such as SAGE Accounts and Excel. Modules also include Payroll with Micropay, Audio Transcription and Business Administration Skills. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES On successful completion of the course, students will have many opportunities to gain employment in the Computer/Secretarial areas or progress to further study in the IT or Business/Commerce area. Past students have also used the Business Administration course to upgrade their existing computer skills. BUSINESS STUDIES This course is ideal for students who wish to pursue further studies in Business and is designed to give students an in-depth knowledge of concepts relevant to the business world with an emphasis on accounting with SAGE, Legal Practice and Procedure and Economics. It is a great opportunity to try out many aspects of business before deciding on a degree course. PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES Students will be able to use their results to apply though the CAO for a place on many degree courses including Bachelor of Business in WIT and BA in Tourism and Marketing in WIT. PAST STUDENTS Erin Crellin graduated in 2016 and is currently studying Legal Studies in WIT. Another past student, Jessica Glavin also graduated in 2016 and availed of the QQI/UCC links Scheme to gain a reserved QQI place on the Bachelor of Commerce course in UCC. Knowledge of word processing, business and legal terminology gained during her course in CCN helped her settle in well to her new course. APPLY NOW Entry to all courses at Dungarvan College are by interview and the first round of interviews will be held in May. Application forms are available on our website www.dungarvancollege.com along with further details of all our courses. You can also follow us on facebook at Dungarvan College - Further Education for the latest updates. OPEN DAY Our open day will be on Tuesday, 12th March.This is a fantastic opportunity to talk to the tutors of each course and view the facilities.

Portlaw/Kilmacthomas Convention – County Councillors with Mary Butler, TD, and James Browne, TD.

Portlaw/Kilmacthomas Convention – Cllr. John O’Leary, Mary Butler, TD; Cllr. Ray Murphy and James Browne, TD.

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DÚNADH SEALADACH BÓTHAIR ALT 75 ACT NA MBÓITHRE 1993 Heritage Council Chairman, Michael Parsons, and Chief Executive, Virginia Teehan, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Sean Kyne TD presenting the award to Eddie Cantwell and Christina Knight-O’Connor, Waterford County Museum at the. Photo ©Heritage Council.

National Heritage Awards at the Royal Irish Academy 2019 WATERFORD County Museum’s Gallows Hill project was recognised for an award at the National Heritage Awards last Wednesday in Dublin. The Dungarvan ‘Gallows Hill’ Heritage week activities were shortlisted from hundreds of applicants around the country. The Gallows Hill events included

a medieval fair, children big Viking dig and a community excavation that made headlines not only in Ireland, but also in other parts of the world, with the revelation of possible 16/17th century burials on the hills summit in August 2018. The National Heritage awards recognise and celebrate Irelands

Heritage heroes and the event was attended by Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Sean Kyne TD. The event was also attended by a number of TDs from various other parties. The MC for the occasion was RTÉ broadcaster, Mary Kennedy. Mary also remarked on her visit to

Heritage Week at Gallows Hill, volunteers and supporters from the local community with Mayor of Waterford City [John Foley] and County Council Declan Doocey in August 2018.

Dungarvan and Gallows Hill. Minister Sean Kyne TD speaking at the ceremony paid tribute to the groups recognised "It is a privilege to attend today’s awards and to meet some of those who proudly fly the flag for our rich, varied Heritage. Their efforts are greatly appreciated. The Gallows Hill project was funded and supported in 2018 by Creative Waterford, Waterford Council and the Heritage Council. It was also supported by kind donations from a number of people who certainly made it possible for us to carry out the excavations. We are now once again starting out on our fund raising efforts to complete the research into the origins of Gallows Hill. This will be an extended dig at the Hill. There will be a talk given in March by Archaeologist Dave Pollack on the findings at Gallows Hill to date. This will be an opportunity for all those living in the region of the mound to have any questions they may have answered, and indeed to inform the residents of future plans. history@waterfordmuseum.ie. 058-45960.

Tugtar fógra leis seo go bhfuil sé i gceist ag Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge, ag feidhmiú de réir a gcumhachtaí de bhun Alt 75, Acht na mBóithre 1993, an bóthar poiblí seo a leanas a dhúnadh ón 25 Feabhra go dtí an 19 Aibreán 2019, chun gur féidir tabhairt faoi oibreacha ar Scéim Soláthair Uisce na Rinne-Heilbhic: Bóthar atá le Dúnadh: • An R674, An Rinn óna acomhal leis an N25 ag Crosaire na Rinne go dtí a acomhal leis an L2036 ag An Léith, An Rinn. Bealach Eile: • Beidh trácht ag dul ó thuaidh (sé sin ag teacht ón Rinn agus ón Sean Phobal) curtha ar mhalairt slí ar an L2036 An Léith, an L6131 Bóthar an tSeanachaí agus an N25. • Beidh trácht ag dul ó dheas (sé sin ag teacht ó Dhún Garbhán) curtha ar mhalairt slí ar an N25; an L2036 An Léith; an L6131 Bóthar an tSeanachaí; an L6112 Bóthar an Fhaiche agus an L2026 Bóthar an tSeanphobail.

TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROADS SECTION 75 ROADS ACT 1993 Notice is hereby given that Waterford City and County Council, in exercise of its powers pursuant to Section 75 Roads Act 1993, will close the following public road from 25th February to 19th April 2019 to facilitate works to Ring Helvick Water Supply Scheme: Road to be closed: • R674, Ring from its junction with the N25 to its junction with the L2036 An Léith Road. Diversion Route: • Northbound trafﬁc will be diverted via the L2036 An Léith Road, the L6131 Seanachaí Road and the N25. • Southbound trafﬁc will be diverted via the N25, the L2036 An Léith Road, the L6131 Seanachaí Road, the L6112 Faha Road and the L2026 Old Parish Road. Fergus Galvin, Stiúrthóir Seirbhísí - Director of Services Bóithre, Uisce agus Comhshaol - Roads, Water and Environment 12 Feabhra/12th February, 2019

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Funds raised for Patient Comfort at Medical 4 Oncology Ward, University Hospital Waterford, and The Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust, St. James’ Hospital, Dublin. Included in photographs from (l. to r.): Sinéad Breathnach, Marie Lenane, Breda Murray, Áine Riordan.

Fundraisers in Aid of Oncology (UHW) & BMLT (St. James’) FOLLOWING some fund-raising activity late last year, we are delighted to be able to donate funds towards two very worthy and deserving causes – Patient Comfort at Medical 4 Oncology Ward at University Hospital Waterford and The Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust at St. James’ Hospital, Dublin. As a result of the support we received from our sponsor, participants and friends, a total sum of €3,000.00 was raised to be distributed between both charities. The ‘Slimathon’, which again proved to be extremely popular and great fun, was run over 12 weeks at Tigh Mhúirithe, An Rinn. This event was generously sponsored by Áine Riordan of Riordan Construction Claims Specialists and was organised by Sinéad, Breda, Áine and Marie. With over 40 people participating, our top loser (Rita), claimed

the much sought after ‘title’, with a fantastic weightloss. The ‘Slimathon’ would not have been such a success without the participation of the ‘weighers’ and of course, the sponsor, donators and many supporters. A very special word of gratitude and appreciation is extended to local businesses who contributed generously to the fund and to the Raffle: Power Engineering, Meitheal Trá na Rinne, Solás na Mara, Tigh Mhúirithe, Coláiste na Rinne, Joan Clancy Art Gallery, Spar-An Rinn, Curly Locks Hair Salon and the many individuals that contributed Raffle Prizes. Thanks also to Seán Organ of WLR FM who kept the momentum going with weekly updates on his week-end Saturday and Sunday Sunrise shows and to Dessie for providing the music and entertainment on the final party night.

WRITER, Lani O’Hanlon explains, ‘This year-long Writer’s Incubation is aimed at those who would like to immerse and support themselves with the focus, intention, gentle discipline and enthusiasm to sustain a consistent writing practice using observation, reflection, memory, embodied sensuality, nature, intuition, space, time and awareness. With support we will gain more trust in the process as we navigate through avoidance while also paying attention to what nourishes us and taking the necessary time out to do nothing, knowing like Winnie the Pooh, that something comes from nothing.’ Participants will be asked to keep two notebooks; one for new writing and a reflective diary of inspirations, breakthroughs and reflections on your creative process throughout the year. There will be an opportunity to avail of a one to one mentoring session midway through the course. It is expected that each participant will have a body of work completed by the end of the year. Venue: The Old Market House Arts Centre, Lower Main Street, Dungarvan, Co.Waterford. Format: Eight sessions on Fridays from 10am to 1.15pm and 2.30pm to 4.45pm. Dates: March 22nd, April 26th, May 24th, June 14th, Sept 20th, Oct 25th, Nov 22nd, Dec 6th 2019. A one hour, one to one mentoring session will be scheduled mid way during the course. (One to one sessions are on Friday, September 27th and Friday, October 4th 2019.) Overall fee €800.00 Writers living within Waterford City & County Council’s administrative area can avail of a further special subsidised rate of €560. APPLICATION PROCESS Interested candidates are required to fill out an Application form and to write a letter of

interest (no more than five hundred words) outlining your writing experience to date, whether you write poetry, prose, fiction or memoir and your reasons for wanting to do this course. As applications may exceed the number of available places, this letter may be used to assign places. Successful applicants will be contacted by email and a deposit of €200 is required at that stage to secure your place.The remaining payment will be completed at the beginning of the course on March 22nd 2019. The Application form and letter of interest must be with to the Arts Office on or before Monday,

4th March, 2019 at 12 noon. Please note that this workshop is highly subsidised by the Arts Office of Waterford County Council as part of their Literature Development Programme. The Arts Office acknowledges the support of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon towards their Arts Programme. Please download this form and post it with your accompanying letter of interest to: The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council, Civic Offices, Davitt’s Quay, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Please note that hard copies only will be accepted, no email or faxed applications are eligible.

LANI O’HANLON YOUR FACILITATOR AUTHOR of Dancing the Rainbow and The Little Theatre, Lani O'Hanlon has an MA in creative writing from Lancaster University. Her work has been published in POETRY, Poetry Ireland Review, Mslexia,The Irish Times, Southword, The Stinging Fly, The Moth, Skylight Poets, Orbis, Solas Nua, the Anthologies; Small Lives and Halleluiah for 50ft Women (Bloodaxe) Ten Poems For Breakfast (Candlestick Press 2019) and regularly broadcast on RTE's Sunday Miscellany. Lani O’Hanlon She is the recipient of numerous bursaries and awards including a Travel and Training award from the Arts Council of Ireland to complete a first novel set in Greece. Her work has won and been shortlisted for many awards including The Hennessey New Irish Writing 2017, the The Bridport Prize 2018 and highly commended for Poetry on the Lake 2018. Lani teaches creative writing with the Arts Office, Waterford City and County Council, the Waterford Healing Arts Trust,The Waterford Teacher's Centre and she is the Writer in Residence on the annual Molly Keane Writers Retreat, Ardmore.

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VAT on food supplements is hard to swallow PUBLIC CALLING ON GOVERNMENT NOT TO TAX HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS AND VITAMINS THE government is coming under increased pressure to reverse the imposition of a 23 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on health supplements and vitamins, which is considered a tax on people’s health. It was only last year the government introduced a sugar tax in a bid to tackle increasing rates of obesity. However, from this coming 1st March, a 23 percent VAT will be slapped on all health food supplements and vitamins by Revenue. Currently, there is no VAT on those products, so consumers looking to purchase vitamins and food supplements will be faced with nearly a quarter increase in the price of the product. Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe is facing growing demands to step in and reverse the 23 percent VAT rate on supplements. Many people are angry that the Minster for Finance failed to fulfil his promise to the Dáil last November that the social and economic impact of this move would be examined by the Tax Strategy Group before impleBlasta Wholefoods in Dungarvan which joined the ‘Black Friday’ campaign last Friday to highlight the impact of the mentation. There are already over 35,000 VAT increase on customers. people who have signed a MATTER RAISED BUSINESSES AFFECTED nationwide petition in health our customers are genuinely IN THE DÁIL The increase in VAT on vitastores and pharmacies, asking the frightened about how they are TD’s are coming under presMinister for Finance to think going to manage this huge mins and health food suppleagain, and that figure is growing increase. For so many people ments will, undoubtedly, have a sure from their constituents and these products are not luxuries, huge impact on sales for health many have asked questions in the daily. Blasta Wholefoods, on Main they are a means maintaining stores and pharmacies across the Dáil, including Waterford TD Street, Dungarvan, is leading the their health and a decent quality country. Most health stores and Mary Butler. “The proposed VAT increase pharmacies are independent campaign locally. shops trading on the main street on health food supplements is Check out their of small towns across Ireland. difficult for many who continue Facebook page for “This crazy tax grab They play a vital role to local to do their best to look after their the link to sign the business and their local commu- health,” Deputy Butler told the means that from petition online. Dáíl. nities. Rob Whinnett, of 1st March, Vitamin C “I refer to calcium and magSERIOUS AND LASTING Blasta Wholefoods, will be taxed at a higher IMPACT ON THE HEALTH nesium tablets and Eskimo fish Dungarvan, explained oil for joints. The list is endless. OF PEOPLE rate of VAT than fizzy that food supplements Health Stores Ireland have Older people whose eyesight is such as vitamins, mindrinks and fish oils at warned that the 23 percent VAT affected by macular degeneraerals, fish oils, prowill have a serious and lasting tion, for example, take a product a higher rate than a biotics and the like impact on the health of people called MacuShield, which is not have been treated as takeaway burger and who rely on natural methods in available on the medical card and food for VAT purfries!” order to stay healthy, particularly costs €25 for a month’s supply. poses for the last 47 for elderly people and those who The increase in VAT will give rise Rob Whinnett, years. are managing long-term chronic to a €5.75 increase in price. It But, it was on 27th Blasta Wholefoods, conditions; or pregnant women seems that there is not much supDecember, last when who are recommended to take port from the Government for Dungarvan. Revenue announced extra folic acid; and people with those who wish to look after that this no longer anaemia, who need iron supple- their health,” Deputy Butler applies and the VAT added. rate will increase from zero to the of life. We hope that Paschal ments. However, Taoiseach Leo Health Stores Ireland pointed standard 23 percent rate from 1st Donohoe listens to the arguments and makes an announce- out that the government con- Varadkar’s response seemed to March 2019. stantly promotes the idea that suggest that the government has This will mean huge price ment before it’s too late”. Last Friday, health food stores individuals must take greater no role in the matter. hikes for thousands of products “Decisions on the VAT rate are like Glucosamine, Macushield, across the country blacked out responsibility for their health, yet Vitamin D, Curcumin and their windows as part of ‘Black the application of the luxury rate made by Revenue, they are not Friday’, a campaign to highlight of VAT totally contradicts their the responsibility of Calcium. “This crazy tax grab means the impact of the VAT increase guidance on a proactive approach Government,” Mr.Varadkar said. “We need to make a distincthat from 1st March, Vitamin C on customers who purchase sup- to health and wellness and goes will be taxed at a higher rate of portive nutritional products like against the government’s own tion between food supplements in respect of which health claims VAT than fizzy drinks and fish fish oils, glucosamine, probiotics ‘Healthy Ireland’ initiative. Many users of vitamins and that are backed up by science are oils at a higher rate than a take- and vitamins like folic acid and supplements would consider made and those that are backed away burger and fries!” said Mr. Vitamin D. ONLINE RISK them to be a vital part of how up by pseudoscience. This is an Whinnett, speaking to the The VAT increase could also they look after their health, par- issue we will be discussing a great Dungarvan Observer. “This is a serious misjudge- lead to people trying to access ticularly around cold and flu sea- deal more,” Mr.Varadkar added. FOODSTUFFS WITH ment by Revenue that penalises supplements online - a huge risk son. NUTRITIONAL AND ISME, Retail Excellence, Age the very people who are looking as many supplements offered online from dubious third party Action and others have joined PHYSIOLOGICAL after their own health.” EFFECTS Mr.Whinnett added:“Many of sources could be unregulated or Health Stores Ireland in calling fake. for the VAT plans to be shelved. Food supplements are concen-

trated foodstuffs with nutritional and physiological effects, including vitamins, minerals fish oils, probiotics and a wide variety of plant preparations. They are widely used for the health benefits, for instance: to avoid deficiencies in essential nutrients (e.g. Vitamin D, folic acid and iron); to reduce the risk factors associated with modern diet and life (e.g. excessive cholesterol in the blood, compromised natural flora in the digestive tract); to provide the body with the sort of intake levels of foodstuffs needed to optimise our health and live longer better quality lives. According to an iReach survey commissioned by the trade association, IHTA, in 2018, 71 percent of Irish people buy vitamin, mineral and other food supplements all year round, with 73 percent of those regular consumers doing so to “maintain and improve ongoing adult health”. The health products industry has launched a campaign to appeal to the Revenue Commissioners and the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe to defer the application of 23 percent VAT on Food Supplements

on the 1st March, 2019, so as to allow the government time to take the advice and legislate. However, the industry alone is unlikely to be heeded. They are also calling on consumers and the public to make their opinions heard on this matter by signing the petition and contacting their TDs and ask their support for this important consumer health initiative. The petition is available to sign at your local health food store or online. CONTROVERSY Taoiseach Leo Varadkar ended up in controversy last November when he criticised food supplements in the Dáil as “snake oil” and said they only cost people money and rarely did anything for health and that it should be “caveat emptor” (buyer beware) when it came to such supplements. However, the Taoiseach, who is a qualified doctor (GP), later backtracked on his statement, saying: “I may have done a disservice to the food supplement industry” adding that some food supplements do have a proven benefit.

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REPORTING OF POLITICAL DONATIONS Waterford City & County Council Waterford City & County Council give notice that all Elected Members have furnished us with their Declarations of Political Donations in compliance with section 19E of the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999. These Statements can be inspected between 9.30am and 4pm Monday to Friday at Customer Service, Baileys New Street, Waterford and Customer Service, Civic Ofﬁces, Dungarvan - from Monday 25th February, 2019 until Friday 8th March, 2019.

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Fundraiser for Deise Animal Sanctuary DogTalks - Event in Dungarvan, on Wednesday, 20th February Who: Elizabeth Alderton (087-7607695) ADipCBM - Dog Trainer & Canine Behaviourist. Irish Ambassador for the International Society of Animal Professionals. Fundraiser for Deise Animal Sanctuary / Shelter manager Patricia Edwards – 0873119509. The event is organised by Dog Internet of Things. What: Elizabeth Alderton will give a talk titled ‘Putting manners on your dog.’ Where: The Lady Belle Pub, 13 Grattan Square, Dungarvan. When: 7.30 p.m. Wednesday, 20th February. Cost: €5 per person / under-16s free. Why: The event is a fundraiser for Deise Animal Sanctuary. It is also the first of a series of Dog Talks which will be rolled out around Ireland this year. Adopting a dog in Ireland is way too easy, with far too many ill-informed

adoptions or purchases. Eventually and predictably many dogs end up at the Rescue Shelter doors, for the simple reason that the owner did not have a clue about the responsibility and skill set required to keep a dog. Dog Talks is the first attempt to introduce an audience of dog owners (and prospective owners) to a qualified, experienced dog trainer, in a rural pub setting. We hope many pubs around Ireland will take up the offering. The short term aim of Dog Talks and the Dog Internet of Things is to work with Rescue Shelters and Animal Charities so that anyone thinking about adopting a dog will be able to receive detailed information on basic requirements and demands of dog ownership. This is provided by a series of Webinars, for pre and post adoption. The team of qualified trainers can also handle any individual difficulties by video cam over the internet. These simple offerings will take an enormous amount of work away from rescue shelters

before and after adoptions. Importantly it will vastly lessen the possibility of the dog being returned to the shelter simply because the new owner lacks some basic skills which can be easily addressed over a web cam conference. The long term aim of Dog Internet of Things is to have every Rescue Shelter Dog assigned to a qualified dog trainer by 2022. This is most definitely possible; at present less than 5% of dog owners have ever spoken to a qualified dog trainer, and at the same time about 90% of people with recognised Dog Training qualifications provide little or no training services, simply because the market is not there. Yet as every year millions of tax payers Euros go to subsidise Rescue Shelters, pay for dog wardens and euthanize hundreds of dogs. Dog Talks is the first step on this journey, and we hope dog owners in Dungarvan will come to this informative and entertaining event.

Waterford Daffodill Day Committee, Des Daunt and Nicola McMahon, Community Fundraiser, Munster, Irish Cancer Society.

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Daffodil Day Committee AGM THE AGM of the Daffodil Day Committee took place in the Holy Cross pub on Wednesday, January 23rd. The committee was elected for the forthcoming year Des Daunt as chairperson, Marie Cummins as vice chairperson, Shannon Daunt as Secretary and Jeanne McNamara as treasurer. Nicola McMahon Munster fundraising officer for Irish Cancer Society was in attendance on the day.

Nicola McMahon spoke to the group on money being invested in cancer research development and the Daffodil Centre at UHW. This facility is providing night nurses and drivers for those in great need especially for those people in more remote areas.The money raised in Waterford by you supporting coffee mornings, community events and Daffodil Day itself came to a total of

over €78,000 last year and this money is spent in Waterford. Nicola McMahon went on to speak on merchandise that will be available for Daffodil Day consisting of daffodil silks, pins, pens, cards, travel coffee mugs, and tea towels. We on the Daffodil Day committee wish to thank you all most sincerely for your very generous support last year and especially over the last 30 years.

Without all of your volunteering, support, help, and donations we would not be able to give to those of us who are in greater need. Thank you to Bobby Bohill and his staff in the Holy Cross for their generous sponsorship of the room along with tea and coffee for our AGM. Daffodil Day this year is on Friday, March 22nd.We look forward to seeing you all again this year.

Jack of all trades By Mandy Tompkins THE Magpie is a common and widespread resident bird in Ireland, and can be found along Woodland fringes, Open Countryside, Hedgerows, and in the Town, City and Wildlife Garden, and as unmistakeable as the Magpie is, even in flight, it is often its call that gives away its presence. Magpies are social birds, and are often to be found in small groups where they love chattering. The Magpie is the Jack of all trades, in its role of pest destroyer, predator and scavenger and has gleaming black and white plumage and a long graduating tail. Although most of the upper body parts are black and the belly and sides are white, it is in the sunshine that the beauty of this bird really shines. The black parts become iridescent, with purple on the head, green upon the crown, blue-green on the wings and green and purple on the tail. In flight the wings have white patches at the base, with black bordered white Primary, or flight feathers. The Magpie has a rather slow flight, with rapid wingbeats, and is weaker than the other members of its family, the Crows, as it is unsteady because of its long tail, which it carries elevated when on the ground. Magpies walk with high steps and often hop or bounce sideways when they are excited or seeking out food, while their sharp black bill is designed for cutting flesh, digging up invertebrates or picking up seeds and fruit.

Both the male and female Magpies are alike and build a large nest which usually has an arched roof to keep out the weather and protect the chicks from larger predators, such as Crows and Cats. The nest is built in a tree or occasionally the dense Hedgerow from twigs and blades of grass which is lined with animal hair. During April and May the female Magpie lays 6 or 7 greenish eggs which are covered with dark brown speckles and spots. She only lays one brood per year, and although she will incubate the eggs for 17 or 18 days, incubation only begins in the middle of the egg laying period. This is so that the eggs laid first will hatch first, and she will have chicks and eggs within the nest at the same time, whereas other birds hatch their brood all at the same time. This is to maximize the Magpies chances of having at least one chick survive to fledging. The family party will remain together until the Autumn. The Magpie is Omnivorous, which means it eats plants and animals, and its diet consists of small mammals, birds, birds’ eggs, snails, fruit, berries crops, seeds, scraps and deceased animals. Magpies are food hoarders and will often make a hole in the ground with its bill, regurgitate food into it, cover it back up with a stone or leaves and return for it a few days later.

Irish Cancer Society looking for Daffodil Centre volunteers in Waterford THE Irish Cancer Society is looking for new volunteers to help out at its Daffodil Centre in University Hospital Waterford.The Daffodil Centre is a walk-in cancer information centre for cancer patients, their families and anyone concerned about cancer. The centre, which offers cancer information and support, is located on-site in the hospital. It is run by Irish Cancer Society specialist cancer nurses and trained volunteers. The Daffodil Centre in University Hospital Waterford forms part of a network of 13 centres across the country. Speaking about the recruitment, Deirdre Murphy said,“Our Daffodil Centres are often a first stop for many cancer patients and their families and are a really important resource for reliable, trustworthy information and support. “All Daffodil Centres are staffed by a trained

nurse but are also dependent on trained volunteers who are often the first contact that many cancer patients will have in the hospital. It is a vital role and we are really looking forward to adding to our fantastic team of volunteers around the country. “Our volunteers are asked to commit to a morning or afternoon (four hours) once a week and there is no requirement for volunteers on the weekend. Following successful interviews, volunteers will be asked to attend four days of training,” she added. The role of the Daffodil Centre volunteer is to: • Make visitors to the centre feel welcome. • Show centre visitors the range of information and resources available and advise them appropriately. • Arrange for visitors to meet with the nurse.

• Bring visitors/patients to hospital appointments or services. • Accompany the enquirers to the appropriate department within the hospital. • Promotion of the centre through leaflet distribution within the hospital. • Participate in cancer awareness campaigns. For more information or to apply to become a trained Daffodil Centre volunteer, please contact Deirdre Murphy, Survivor Support and Volunteer Coordinator, Irish Cancer Society on (01) 2310 564 or email dmurphy@irishcancer.ie Daffodil Day, proudly supported by Boots Ireland, takes place on March 22nd. Members of the public are urged to get involved and help raise crucial funds for lifesaving cancer research and free support services for cancer patients.Visit www.cancer.ie now to volunteer or donate.

The Magpie is beautiful and intelligent and is much persecuted. It is not appreciated in Gardens, where it is often accused of eating too many eggs and chicks of the smaller Garden birds. Unfortunately, this is often outweighed by the sheer number that cats or traffic kills every year.

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New District Court rules urgently needed for domestic violence applications in Waterford – Law Society of Ireland THE Law Society of Ireland has called on the Minister for Justice and Equality to enact the new District and Circuit Court rules required under the new Domestic Violence Act 2018 as a matter of urgency. Keith Walsh, family law solicitor and chair of the Law Society’s Family and Child Law Committee, explains that the new legislation, which came into

force on 1 January, 2019, also requires updated rules at District and Circuit Court level. “The vast majority of applications for safety orders and other measures take place in the District Court. Family law solicitors in Waterford and across Ireland acting for vulnerable clients in these distressing situations would normally rely on a set of procedures contained

in the District Court Rules in order to make these applications quickly and correctly.” However, the new rules required as a result of the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act 2018 have not been published, leaving solicitors, barristers, court staff and judges in a difficult position. Mr Walsh explains, “For example, the new Act contains an

innovative emergency barring order which lasts for eight days. The current District Court rules do not provide for this order being made. Procedural irregularities could prevent emergency orders from being made, potentially with disastrous consequences for genuine victims of domestic violence.” “There should be no uncertainty about the procedural rules

surrounding this new emergency order. In the meantime, an adhoc system has been developed, but this simply does not do justice to the victims of domestic violence and is unacceptable.” Domestic violence creates a heavy burden on the victim, their children, Irish society as a whole and the economy. In 2016 more than 10,000 women received support from domestic violence

support services in Ireland, according to Safe Ireland. Mr. Walsh added, “We understand that the new rules have been drafted and are simply awaiting final approval. The new legislation was implemented five weeks ago and the new rules simply must be introduced immediately, or we risk failing the victims of domestic violence in Waterford.”

Government's pursuit of huge wind energy targets irresponsible - Wind Aware Ireland OUR communities stand firm in opposing the irresponsible plans of this government to roll-out even more wind energy on and off-shore in Ireland. Wind Aware Ireland is an alliance of community groups from all over Ireland. We are voluntary, unfunded and have no political alliances. To date, in Ireland, most mechanisms to ensure accountability and value-for-money have been bypassed in the develop-

ment of on-shore wind in Ireland. No Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) or Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) has been carried out although all are legally required. We are opposed to wind energy for the following reasons: Wind energy in Ireland costs about €1.2bn per annum when all costs are considered, and has never been subject to SEA, CBA

or RIA although all are legally mandated (www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/59534 715/costs-of-wind-energyreport). Wind increases dependence on fossil fuels in the long run (www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030142151830 0983). There is no convincing evidence of the feasibility of 100 percent renewable electricity systems and Ireland's analysis, by

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Irish Wind Energy Association's Dave Connolly scored 29 percent in this systematic review ( w w w. s c i e n c e d i r e c t . c o m / science/article/pii/S1364032117 304495?via%3Dihub). There is mounting evidence of the negative environmental impacts of wind turbines and community groups have won significant cases in the European courts on environmental grounds (www.ir ishtimes.com/news/ environment/european-court-

upholds-claims-of-laois-windfarm-objectors-1.3465503). The noise from wind turbines is causing significant problems and some people have had to abandon their homes: (www.independent.ie/ir ishnews/why-wind-farms-havep owe r - t o - d iv i d e - c o u n t r y 30038069.html; and www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cork-villagefamilies-settle-action-againstwind-turbine-operators-793550.

Despite the wind industry's current charm offensive and the inappropriately close relationship between Minister Bruton and the industry (www.iwea.com/latestnews/1804-renewable-energyawards-show-wind-poweringahead) our communities will continue our fight against this ill-advise policy that will ultimately do nothing for climate change but will cost us all economically, environmentally and socially.

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38th West Waterford Drama Festival set for 10 nights of dramatic excitement IT is said that theatre is an ephemeral thing, that every performance is like a ghost – it's there and then it’s gone. The 38th West Waterford Drama Festival takes to the stage in St Michael’s Hall, Ballyduff from Friday, March 1st until Sunday, March 10th. 10 plays. 10 nights. Catch it before it’s gone. Every March since 1981, the West Waterford Drama Festival has provided dramatic excitement and the 2019 version promises to carry on this proud tradition. The festival begins with Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic tale, The Beauty Queen of Lenane, presented by Skibereen Dramatic Society. The play revolves around Maureen Folan, a lonely woman in her early 40s, and Mag, her manipulative and ageing mother. Mag’s interference in her daughter’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that lead inexorably towards the play’s inevitable denouement. On Saturday, March 2nd it’s the turn of Kilrush Drama Group, who arrived from Clare with Sebastian Barry’s The Steward of Christendom.This is the story of one man’s journey to true freedom, many years after he rejected the freedom granted by the Irish Free State. Now a patient in a county home, Thomas Dunne, the last Chief Superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan Police in 1922, looks back on his life as he tries to keep his memories alive. Wexford’s Kilmuckridge Drama Group take to the stage on Sunday, March 3rd with The Righteous are Bold by Frank Carey. The play opens with the abrupt return of Nora Geraty from war-torn England, to her home in Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo. Her father, mother and brother are troubled that she has been incommunicado for some months. Ominously, they receive notice of Nora’s homecoming from an English priest who warns that she

has been ‘unwell’. It becomes apparent that the nature of her ‘illness’ is not physical; the struggle to ‘cure’ Nora instigates a battle between preChristian, Christian and scientific systems. Neighbours Kilworth Drama Group will banish the Monday blues with its version of John McDwyer’s comedy Unforgiven on Monday, March 4th. It tells the story of brothers PJ and Seamy, in rural Ireland, whose lives up to now have revolved around movies, puzzles and unrequited love. When it opens, the two brothers are waiting for their father to die and the elder of the two brothers, PJ, has his sights on marrying his neighbour, Mary, once his father is eventually put of the picture. Matters are complicated by another brother, who lives in America but returns home for the funeral. He was in love with Mary before leaving and settling in America 25 years previously. PJ is vying for Mary’s attention and Seamy holds a watching brief, while PJ plans his happily ever after. On Tuesday, March 5th last year’s Open section runner-up,The Nenagh Players, will perform What Happened Bridgie Cleary by Tom McIntyre. In 1895, husband Mikey Cleary burned his wife Bridgie Cleary, to death in their home in County Tipperary. He was jailed for manslaughter along with nine others who were variously convicted for their part in this heinous and sinister crime including her father and six of her cousins. He claimed his wife was abducted by fairies and relaced with a changeling. The unusual and shocking case was reported worldwide and inspired the local rhyme – ‘Are you a witch or are you a fairy, or are you the wife of Mikey Cleary?’ Set in an anteroom to Heaven, this play reunites Bridgie with her husband and one-time family friend and lover William Simpson. These men are left haunted by their love for Bridgie and their role in her terrible death.This dramatic fantasia

delves into the dark alliance of superstition, fear and the afterlife. A potent mediation on love, desire and magic. On Wednesday, March 6th David LindsayAibre's Rabbit Hole will be performed by Wexford Drama Group. Becca and Howie Corbett have a picture-perfect family life in the suburbs of New York until a random, tragic accidents takes the life of their four-year-old son. Soon after, Becca’s younger, irresponsible sister Izzy, announces she is pregnant: there will now be a new child in the family. As Becca and Howie grow apart, Becca’s mother, Nat, badgers Becca about her grieving process, and Jason, the young driver who killed their son, continually shows up to ask forgiveness, the group is on a bumpy road to healing with no road map in sight. Rabbit Hole delves into the complexity of a family navigating deep grief, and learning what it means to live a fruitful life when things fall apart. Brideview Drama Group make the short journey to Ballyduff on Thursday, March 7th to perform Brian Freil’s Philadelphia Here I Come. Fed up with is dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and his humiliating job at his father’s grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Katie Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence pf prospect and opportunity in his life at home, Gareth O’Donnell has accepted his aunt’s invitation to come to Philadelphia. On the eve of his departure, despite the fantasies Gar entertains of life in America, all it would take to stop him leaving would be one word of affection from his father or Kathy, or a word of genuine understanding from his friends. Hosts and last year’s Open section winners, Ballyduff Drama Group, kick off the final weekend on Friday, March 8th with Philip

Glouding’s A Fine Bright Day Today. Since the death of her trawlerman husband, Margaret has developed obsessive rituals. Including unplugging all unused electrical items, replacing lids and closing cupboards in case a protruding drawer upsets the balance of the universe. Such routines enable her to maintain the insularity of her life, but do not equip her to deal with the sudden appearance at breakfast of a big, bristly American in his boxer shorts. Milton is a landscape enthusiast who has followed his hero, the fictitious painter Franklin Bowden Broome, to a small fishing town. Grieving Margaret has not been looking for a lodger, but there’s something about the genial, weather beaten interloper that intrigues her. It leaves you with an optimistic sense that everyone deserves a second chance. On Saturday, March 9th Cork’s Kilmeen Drama Group will perform the penultimate play in this year’s festival, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, by Martin McDonagh. This is a black comedy in which the 'mad’ leader of an Irish National Liberation Army splinter group discovers that his cat has been killed. It has been produced twice in the West End and on Broadway, where it received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. Then, on Sunday, March 10th Doonbeg Drama Group from Clare will close the festival in style with Sam Shepard’s Food for Love. Love hurts, quite literally in this play about the battling lovers, May and Eddie whose unbreakable bond of love and hate have made their lives a living hell. Into this scenario comes Martin who is May’s tentative suitor. The Old Man may not be physically in the action but psychically he’s all over Eddie and May. The curtain comes up each night at 8.15 p.m. For bookings, call 058-60456 from February 25th, between 2.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. For further information about the festival and Ballyduff, visit www.ballyduffdrama.com

Holiday at Home Aisteoirí an tSean Phobal

Johnny Hurley who plays the part of curate Fr. Loran in the play.

Conna Drama Group The stage is set and costumes are at the ready for what will be a fantastic weekend of Drama in Conna Hall. This year’s production of “Moll” under the direction of Anne Barry, opens on Saturday night Feburary 16th with further performances on 17th and also 22nd, 23rd, and 24th the following weekend. Tickets are available on the door and performance begins at 8.15pm. Don’t miss this John B. Keane play, with its many quirks and hidden stories, featuring a cast of well-known faces threading the boards again this year.

2018 was a grief-stricken year for Aisteoirí an tSean Phobail. The loss of two well loved and esteemed club members in a short space of time was devastating. Reeling from the double cruel blow the stagescape for 2019 was indeed bleak. Once again Director Geraldine Veale came to the rescue with Colin Barrow’s comedic whodunnit ‘Holiday at Home’. Geraldine lives in Monatrea and it must take that bit of extra commitment to venture out three nights a week. However, her enthusiasm remains boundless and actors benefit from her vigorous inspiration. The basics will always remain to the forefront. Lines will be learned, the actors will be heard, and nobody turns their back on the audience. Geraldine who is a former actor with the group, might say she is only former until the right part comes along, has now directed seven plays including the standout ‘Sharon’s Grave’. Colin Barrow is a prolific writer of pantomimes and plays. This play provides a humorous light-hearted production, set in the drawing room of Thrivington Hall the home of Lady Daphne Boucher her long faithful butler, Scrivens, and newly employed maid Lizzie Crawford who resides with her. The story revolves around a string of jewellery thefts that prompt Lady Boucher to create a fictitious holiday rather than going

away, as, although Lady Boucher feels her jewellery is secure in the safe hidden behind the picture in the drawing room, she is apprehensive of leaving the property entirely empty. Clever dialogue includes a fair number of characters most of whom have motives and opportunity to be the thief/murderer. Red herrings and genuine clues come thick and fast, but like most murder mystery plays the pace ebbs and flows to allow the audience to catch up with the clues. THE CAST The terrific Power twins, Maurice and Patrick, with son and

nephew Jason who has impressed in his only two outings to date. The experienced Nicola Costin and regular stalwart Josephine Morrisey are joined by Noirín Nugent, well remembered for terrorising the clergy in J.B. Keane’s Moll; Jackie Power and Clare Hennesey so effecting as the daft aunties in last season’s Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh and Paul Twohig makes a long-awaited debut. All performances are dedicated to the memory of James Flynn and Patricia Reed. James, a calming presence in the dressing room and a dependable presence on stage was magnificently

Pictured (l. to r.): Nicola Costin, Patrick Power, Claire Hennessy and Maurice Power who are rehearsing for Aisteoiri An Sean Phobail’s production of “Holiday At Home” which will take place in Halla Colmáin.

menacing in his last role as Babbybobby Bennett in Martin McDonagh’s the Cripple of Inishmaan. James had feature roles in Connor McPherson The Weir as Jim and as Peadar Minogue the noble thatcher in J.B.Keane’s Sharon’s Grave. Pat’s final role was in Sharon’s Grave just a few years ago. Amongst her many tasks, she managed our money, sold the tickets, held the raffle, manned the door, and sourced the costumes. Solas na bhFlaitheas go bhfeice siad.

Former Dungarvan Dramatic Club actor Paul Twohig, whose credits include “The Merchant Of Venice,” made a long awaited inaugural appearance as Constable Atkins in Aisteoiri An Sean Phobail’s production of “Holiday At Home” which will take place in Halla Colmáin.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

This Weekend

Friday 15th, Saturday 16th and Sunday, 17th February

Paddy O’Brien’s 25th Annual Get-Together LAWLORS HOTEL, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford (Tel. 058-41122 | info@lawlorshotel.com)

PADDY O’Brien is one of Ireland’s most successful Country Music singers and continues touring with his band all over Ireland and many countries around the world. He has recorded a succession of number one hit songs and received many awards through the years. This year he also reaches the great milestone of 25 years promoting Country Music Hotel breaks. For his 25th Annual Get-Together, Paddy will once again be joined by many of his friends from the Country Music scene. On Friday night, 15th February – Paddy O’Brien and his band will be joined by Barry Kirwan and his band plus special guest Louise Morrissey.

Barry Kirwan is one of the super new stars of Country Music. He is son of the great Dominic Kirwan and, since he hit the scene only a short few years ago, he has built up a huge following at venues throughout Ireland and the UK. If you like to dance or sit and listen, then you’re certainly in for a super show with this great artist. Louise Morrissey is truly a wonderful ambassador for Country Music. She has just celebrated 30 years touring as one of Ireland’s most successful stars and has a huge list of top selling hit songs to her credit. Louise will make a very welcome return to Dungarvan when, together with Barry

Paddy O’Brien Michael English Louise Morrissey

Barry Kirwan

Kirwan and his band, will perform for a top class night’s entertainment with Paddy O’Brien and band at Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, on this Friday 15th as part of Paddy’s 25th Annual Get-Together. On Saturday night, 16th February, Paddy O’Brien and his band will be joined by Liam Kelly and his band plus special guest Trudi Lalor. Liam Kelly is a fantastic entertainer. Just four years ago he won Glor Tire and since then he’s in huge demand. His band features some of Ireland’s greatest musicians and together they are receiving rave reviews from audiences everywhere. Liam Kelly has a dance show not to be missed.

Trudi Lalor

John Hogan

Trudi Lalor is a star who receives regular standing ovations for her brilliant singing performances. She’s in constant demand from concert and dance promoters throughout the land. Trudi is also one of our foremost radio DJs and presents a fantastic Saturday and Sunday afternoon show on Tipp FM. For a night to remember, make sure to join Trudi Lalor plus Liam Kelly and his band and Paddy O’Brien and band on this Saturday night 16th as part of Paddy O’Brien’s 25th Annual Get-Together. On Sunday night, 17th February, Paddy O’Brien and his band will be joined by Michael English and his band.

Liam Kelly

New West

Michael English is one of Ireland’s most popular entertainers. His dance shows are the best of the best and you’ll be totally engrossed from the very first song. He is also a hugely successful songwriter, having written some of his own biggest hits, while a number of his songs have also been recorded by other great artists around the world. This is a night of dancing you won’t want to miss, so Lawlors Hotel is the place to be for a night of nights, when the wonderful Michael English and his band will join Paddy O’Brien and his band on this Sunday 17th as part of Paddy’s 25th Annual Get-Together. Dancing on Friday and

Muriel O’Connor

Saturday night 9.30 p.m. to 1.00 a.m. PLEASE NOTE – Earlier dancing on Sunday night 8.30 p.m. to 12 midnight. There will also be dancing on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Saturday 16th M uriel O’Connor & Fran Curry 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Sunday afternoon 17th John Hogan and his band 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. You will also have a nightly sing-song and dance with Ireland’s favourite Pat Tobin. Tickets for all dances will be available at the door with nightly admission €20 and afternoon admission €10.

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (PG) 104 mins.

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THE BEST OF COUNTRY MUSIC Friday, 15th February PADDY O’BRIEN & HIS BAND plus BARRY KIRWAN & HIS BAND plus Special Guest LOUISE MORRISSEY

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Sunday, 17th February PADDY O’BRIEN & HIS BAND plus MICHAEL ENGLISH & HIS BAND

A DOG’S WAY HOME DAILY 11.20

GREEN BOOK (12A) 130 mins.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

IN MEMORIAM

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MARY DOWER Creggs, Clashmore, Co. Waterford Died: 19th February, 2018 First Anniversary and Acknowledgement

O’TOOLE (15th anniversary) – In memory of a dear brother Pat O’Toole of 7 Saint Mary Street, Dungarvan, who died on 9th February, 2004. R.I.P. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, 17th February, 2019, at 11.00 a.m. in St. Augustine’s Church, Friary Street, Dungarvan. Sad and sudden was the call, So dearly loved by one and all, His memory is as sweet today, As in the hour he passed away.

–Sadly missed, but always remembered, by your brother Joseph; sister-in-law Mairín; nieces Margaret and Fiona and nephew Jody.

SCURRY (13th anniversary) – In loving memory of my dear mother Hannah Scurry, late of Tracey’s Hill, Kilmacthomas, who died on 14th February, 2006. We never part from those we love, No distance can divide, For every step along life’s way, We still are side by side. A quiet thought, A silent prayer, For a special person, In God’s care.

–Always Anna.

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WALSH (14th anniversary) – In loving memory of Ann Walsh, late of Knockboy who died on 19th February, 2005. You gave us years of happiness, Then sorrow came with tears, You left us lovely memories, We will treasure through the years.

–Sadly missed and never forgotten by Paddy, Roger, Áine and all the family. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, 16th February, at 7.30 p.m. in Touraneena Church.

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SHANAHAN (8th anniversary) – In loving memory of Maura Shanahan, late of “Árdna-Gréine,” Abbeyside, whose Anniversary occurs on 20th February. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, 16th February, at 7.00 p.m., in St. Augustine’s Church, Abbeyside. Will those who think of Maura today, A little prayer to Jesus say.

–Sadly missed and fondly remembered by her loving family, home and away.

WADE (10th anniversary) – In loving memory of Mickey Wade, late of Durrow, Stradbally, who died on 12th February, 2009. Happy memories last forever, Of days when we were all together, Each one of us in our own way, Have special thoughts of you today. Quietly today your memory we treasure, Loving you always, forgetting you never, Will those who think of Mickey today, A little prayer to Jesus say.

–Always remembered by his wife Josie; son Paul; daughters Anne, Liz, Marie and Gail, and extended family.

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On the First Anniversary of our mother Mary’s death, we the family would like to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to all those who supported us on our sad loss. Thanks to all those who sympathised, sent Mass cards, letters of condolence and to those who travelled to attend the Rosary, removal and funeral, and to our neighbours and friends for their support and help throughout. Sincere thanks to Dr. Fergal Slevin and staff at Ardmore Health Centre. We also remember the late Dr. Joe Meehan who gave her such wonderful care throughout the years. We also thank the wonderful staff of St. Vincent’s Unit, Dungarvan Community Hospital, who cared for her with compassion and dignity during her last few days. Also sincere thanks to Mary’s Carers and also to the many people who called to see her every day. Thanks also to our Sacristan Ann, gravediggers, flower arrangers for their assistance and to Liam Dalton and Mary Dee for their selection of music during the Funeral Mass. Many thanks to Aine and staff at the Decies Bar for their hospitality. Many thanks to Fr. Conor Kelly for the beautiful Mass and prayers and his comforting words and we also remember the late Fr. Maurice O’Gorman, P.P., who was so attentive to her over the years. Finally, we wish to extend our thanks to Colin Bulman and staff at Egan’s Funeral Directors for their wonderful care and professionalism. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as a sincere expression of appreciation and gratitude. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions. First Anniversary Mass will be celebrated for Mary in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Piltown, at 6.00 p.m. on Saturday, 16th February, 2019.

TOM HAYES The New Line, Abbeyside, and formerly Kilmallock, Co. Limerick Died: 23rd January, 2019 The family of the late Tom Hayes wish to thank all those who sympathised with them in their recent sad bereavement; those who attended the Rosary, Removal and Funeral Mass and all who sent Mass cards and supported us at this difficult time. A special thanks to all those who travelled long distances to be with us. We especially thank all of Tom’s friends for their help and support; a special thanks to Father Matt Cooney, O.S.A., for administering the Last Rites. We express our deep appreciation to Father John Harris, C.C., Chief celebrant for Tom’s most meaningful Funeral Mass and burial ceremony. We wish to thank Drohan’s Funeral Directors for their wonderful care and professionalism in handling Tom’s arrangements. As it would not be possible to thank everyone individually, I trust that this acknowledgement will be accepted by all as a token of our deep appreciation and gratitude. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for all your intentions.

ANNE MOONEY (nee Sheridan) 2 Seaview Terrace, Bonmahon, Co. Waterford Died – 19th January, 2019 The family of Anne – her daughters Mary, Margaret, Deirdre and Niamh; sons Paul and Eoin; sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and great grandchildren and extended family – would like to express their sincere and heartfelt thanks to all those who supported them on their sad loss. Thanks to all who sympathised, sent Mass cards, letters of condolence and flowers. We thank our neighbours and friends for their kind generosity and constant support and for all those who helped out on the day of Mam’s Wake, it was greatly appreciated. We would like to thank the Stroke Unit, University Hospital Waterford, and CareChoice Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, who looked after our mother. We would also like to thank Seafield National School students and teachers for their guard of honour. We thank Fr. Keogh, Fr. Condon, Fr. Enright and Deacon Brendan Gallagher for the beautiful Mass; Chapel lady Biddy Mulcahy and also Donna Roche for her beautiful music and hymns and to Seamie O’Brien. Finally, we would like to thank Kent’s Funeral Directors for their kindness and help with all the arrangements. As it would be impossible to thank everybody individually, we trust that this acknowledgment will be accepted by all as a token of our appreciation and gratitude. Month’s Mind Mass will be held in Kill Church on Saturday, 23rd February, 2019, at 11.00 a.m.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

COUNTY NEWS Joan Clancy honoured at Dungarvan and Helvick Head RNLI Fundraising Committee AGM THE AGM of the RNLI Fundraising Committee took place on Friday 1st February in Quealy’s Bar, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan. Before the matters of the meeting began Liam Harty (Vice Chair) was joined by all in attendance in one minutes silence in the memory of Mr. Michael Wright RIP. Michael in his alter persona as ‘The Mad Hatter’ had volunteered his time at the annual RNLI Sponsored Swim & BBQ for many years and will be truly missed. Mrs. Síle Breathnach who passed away recently was also remembered. Síle was mother to Helmsman Páidí Breathnach and grandmother to Crew Member Shane Walsh. Ar dheis Dé go raibh said. In the absence of the Committee’s Chairman, Kevin O’Morchoe, Liam Harty (Vice Chair) welcomed everyone to the 24th RNLI Fundraising Committee for the Dungarvan and Helvick Head Fundraising Branch. The Hon. Secretary, Anne McCarthy, read the minutes of the 2018 AGM and there were no matters arising. In her financial report for the year ended 31st December 2018, Hon. Treasurer Dolores Walsh thanked all those who helped throughout the year in any way with the branch’s fundraising events. She congratulated everyone involved in the 2018 Swim which proved to be another fantastic fundraiser for the local Lifeboat Station and said ‘plans are already in place for the 25th

Annual Sponsored Swim & BBQ scheduled for 28th July 2019’. In his Chairman’s Report, as Vice Chair and Helmsman Liam Harty, expressed his sincere gratitude to the Fundraising Committee on their sterling work again this year. He pointed out that without the fundraising work of this committee the lifesaving work at sea by the Crew of the RNLB Robert Armstrong would not be in the position it is to serve our community and those visiting the Dungarvan Area. He thanked Elaine O’Grady and John Quealy for their time on the Committee. He thanked Fr. Conor Kelly, Station Chaplain, and Cór Fear na nDéise for making the annual Mass at the Helvick Head Station so memorable and poignant. The 2019 Election of Officers and Committee Members took place and the following committee was formed: Chairman: Kevin O’Morchoe Treasurer: Dolores Walsh Secretary: Anne McCarthy Vice Chairman & Liaison Officer: Liam Harty Press Secretary: Joan Clancy Assistant Treasurer & Merchandise Secretary: Deirdre Doocey Committee: Trish Brabazon, Oliver Clancy, RoseAnn Foley, Kevin Harty, Dermot Hickey, Connie Kiersey, Seamus Kiersey Safety: Nicholas Hannigan. Box Secretary: Paud Ó Cuirrin Photographer: Mary Tobin.

Anne McCarthy, Hon. Secretary; Joan Clancy, Hon. PRO; Liam Harty, Hon. Vice Chair and Crew member; Dolores Walsh, Hon. Treasurer; and Joan’s grandsons Oscar and Louis O’Carroll pictured at Joan’s surprise presentation in honour of her 20th year as a volunteer PRO for the RNLI Dungarvan and Helvick Head Fundraising Branch at the RNLI Fundraising Committee’s AGM. [RoseAnn Foley] TRIBUTE TO JOAN CLANCY ON HER 20th YEAR ON THE LOCAL RNLI FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE Following the election of Officers there was a surprise in store for Joan Clancy who in 2019 is marking her 20th year as PRO on the RNLI Fundraising Committee for the Dungarvan and Helvick Head Branch. In a tribute to Joan, Hon.

Secretary Anne McCarthy presented her with a ‘This is your RNLI Life….so far’ tribute on behalf of the Committee, Crew and Station Management. In her tribute Anne read that ‘Joan, you first attended an RNLI FC Meeting on 21st May, 1999 at Helvick Head Lifeboat Station where 50 people attended the 3rd RNLI FC AGM. On the 30th June, 1999, at the first Committee Meeting of that year,

the Officers of the Committee were appointed and you took up the role as PRO which is a position you have held since.’ She added that ‘since 1999 Joan it may surprise you to know that you have attended 156 RNLI Fundraising Committee meetings!’ The RNLI Media Manager Ireland & Isle of Man, Niamh Stephenson, had sent her congratulations to Joan whom she

RNLI Fundraising Committee 2019 – Front row (l to r): Connie Kiersey, RoseAnn Foley, Deirdre Doocey (Hon. Assistant Treasurer and Merchandise Secretary), Joan Clancy (Hon. PRO), Dolores Walsh (Hon. Treasurer), Anne McCarthy (Hon. Secretary). Back Row (l to r): Oliver Clancy, Paud O’Cuirrín (Box Secretary), Liam Harty (Vice Chair and Liaison Officer), Trish Brabazon, Dermot Hickey and Seamus Kiersey. Absent from photo: Kevin O’Morchoe (Chairman), Nicholas Hannigan (SHEL) and Kevin Harty (Committee Member).

said ‘is a lady and so passionate and dedicated to her role in the RNLI, but to me she is the font of knowledge. Joan is an outstanding volunteer and it is our pleasure to have her and to be on the receiving end of her talents and ability. Long may it continue!’ Anne asked Liam Harty, on behalf of the Crew to join her in presenting a gift to Joan. Another surprise for Joan was the arrival of two of her daughters Blawnin and Rayleen and her very proud grandsons Louis and Oscar who also attended the presentation. Joan expressed her sincere gratitude to those in attendance. ‘I wish to express my enormous gratitude to our Fundraising Committee, Crew and Station Management for the gift presented to me in recognition of my twenty years volunteering as PRO. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with you all and to know that we and the media are playing a small part in supporting our brave crew who are always ready to answer the call to save life at sea at all times of the day and night and keeping our RNLB Robert Armstrong afloat!’ The RNLI Dungarvan & Helvick Fundraising Committee work hard to supplement the latest training and safety equipment required by the brave men and women in the Helvick Lifeboat Crew who are always ready to volunteer to save life at sea in all types of weather 24-7-365.

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

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11th Waterford (Dungarvan) Scout Group

Abbeyside Scouts (4th Waterford) MEETING 6th FEBRUARY, 2019 After the prayer, we quickly got into 5 aside soccer to warm the group up. Then we had a discussion about the upcoming Melleray weejebd and got the Scouts to tell us what they had to pack for a full weekend for the benefit of anyone who hadn't as yet had the experience. Lots of thermals for a start! We then had a pyramid discussion on the topic 'Plane crash in the desert'. Scouts were paired off and had to read a text about a plane crash. They had to choose seven items that survived the impact and put them in order of importance. Then the pairs joined another pair and did the same thing again until, as a group, we had the final seven items. It was interesting to see how the 'silly' items got lost along the way and sense prevailed at the end. We then compared the Scout's list with that of one of our seasoned Leaders and there was only one item in the difference. It just goes to show how beneficial Scouting is to young people and the important life skills they learn. COUNTY SCOUT WEEKEND 8th TO 10th FEBRUARY, 2019 - MOUNT MELLARY SCOUT CENTRE On Friday night from 7.30 pm onward, around 200 Scouts arrived at the centre for a fun-filled weekend. We were met by the team from Clonmel, headed up by 'Legs' who were crewing for the weekend and did a great job!

The race to get the best bunks began and the girls were in with Dungarvan & Cappoquin and the boys were in with Cappoquin. They needn't have worried as there was plenty of space for all. Once everyone arrived, everyone met in the Long Acre for a meeting. We discussed the housekeeping rules and the plan for the weekend. Next up the Casino where the Scouts played: Higher or Lower, Spin the Wheel, Roulette, Splat the rat and engaged in card tricks. This was great fun and a source of obtaining as many treats as possible. Then it was time for soup and a roll and after that it was wind down until lights off at 12.30 am Up bright and early on Saturday morning for breakfast. Scouts were divided into groups of different units and then had to visit four bases over the course of the day. There was Capture the Flat, Human Foosball, Giant Skipping, making and launch-

ing compressed air rockets, box wars with cardboard, a giant buzz wire game and learning about electricity and plumbing Thankfully, the weather was on our side and it was a cold but clear day. Perfect for the Abbeyside base where we we made the rockets inside and then went outside to see how high they would go. Some very interesting and creative rockets were made whilst some we wondered if they would ever return to earth as they went so high! In the evening after dinner, there was a huge campfire followed by a Fortnite themed disco. By the time the disco ended, it was safe to say that the bedtime routine was much speedier than the night before. A quick breakfast the next morning, the big tidy and clean up and it was time to go home. Another fantastic weekend at Melleray Scout Centre and thanks very much to Chief Scout Tom and the team. Roll on 2020!

SCOUT NOTES Well we have had a busy start to the year and we had our first weekend away of 2019 with the annual Scout county fun weekend We met at the hall for 7.00 p.m. and organised transport to Melleray Once arrived the scouts were sorted into dorms for the weekend. The fun weekend is a county event and so we met up with scouts from the rest of the county. We had a quick meeting in the half acre and the games night kicked off at 9.30 once finished it was time for supper and some chill before lights out. Some Scouts ventured off on a Night Hike to Knockboy Cross. Saturday Morning was an 8:15 rise and shine. It was then time to head for the programme zones. We split the scouts in four groups of 45 and sent them to their programme zones. Each group and two zones in the morning and two in the afternoon. We had some brilliant games and skill been taught and shown. Games were – Cardboard Box wars, Capture the flag, giant skipping, Human Fuzz Ball, Giant Buzz. Skills were Plumbing and electrics where we got the scouts to use screw drivers, phasetesters, wrenches compressed air, cables and pipesit was good to see the scouts interested and working. The Programme zones finished at 4.30 and we had some free time before dinner. After dinner it was time for a campfire so we headed for the campfire circle and the leaders lead the campfire and the scouts sang away, some noble calls were made so some scouts and groups would have leaded off on a song or two. With campfire ending the final part of the night was a disco held in games room Lights out again was an 12:30 and not a sound was to be heard in Melleray for the rest of the night Sunday was up early grab breakfast, and tidy up before heading for home. The one thing I notice about the County weekends is the Fun, Craic, Banter and friends that the Scouts make, not just among their own groups but also with Scouts in other groups, which bring to mind the spirit of Scouting. “A scout is friendly, they are a friend to all other scouts” And you can see that at the weekend camps.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

BONMAHON HAMERSLEY ART Work continues on the art, culture and Earth science/ heritage engagement project in conjunction with Hamersley Art, Knockmahon school and the Copper Coast Geopark encompassing the themes of the European Atlantic Georoute project. A group of children went on a field trip to nearby Trá Na mBó, a secret beach close to Bunmahon. Despite the bitter cold, some fascinating discoveries were made including the egg case from the Lesser Spotted Dogfish also known as a “Mermaids Purse” and a pebble of milky quartz that had been eroded by the sea. The students returned to class and were inspired to create some wonderful art and poetry. This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme. COPPER COAST GEOPARK As part of the Copper Geopark Coast Literary weekend last November, we challenged you to write a six word story inspired by the Copper Coast UNESCO. Here are a small sample of the results: - Dark tunnel, lights flicker, Uh oh! - A word! A deed! A war? - Overlooking the precipice a decision made.

Pictured at Activate recently where the proceeds of the Beat The Train for Down Syndrome Road Race which took place on Saturday, 17th November last were handed over. The total raised was €6,709 and a cheque for that amount was handed over to Conor Ryan, Jacqui Burke and James Ryan from the Waterford and South Kilkenny Branch, Down Syndrome Ireland by race organiser, Ian Robinson, Saturday Road Runners. Also included were Bernard Deegan, Activate and Trevor Murphy, Saturday Road Runners. [Noel Browne]

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“Trá Na mBó” by Michael O’Grady from Knockmahon School. In this drawing you can clearly see the dark volcanic sand, a 19th century mine working, and the colourful mineralisation of the cliff that the Copper Coast Geopark is famous for. - Mars Day 317, last air cylinder. - Mines Closed. Crop failed. Quiet town. - Underground the miner’s veins bled BLUE.

- Rough sea, old boat, man afloat. - Wind rose, Swell rolls, Surfers roam. Website: www.coppercoastgeopark.com

Finn McConnell and Tiarnan Andrianos from Knockmahon School proudly displaying drawings inspired by Trá Na mBó beach on the Copper Coast Geopark.

MICHAEL POWER MEMORIAL CHRISTMAS DAY SWIM Sincere thanks to everyone who supported the 2018 Michael Power Memorial Christmas Day Swim in Kilmurrin Cove and made it such an outstanding success. Thanks to all of you. At a recent function in Kirwan's in Kill, a cheque for €23,510 was presented to the Copper Coast Scout Group, €500 to Bonmahon Lifeguards and €200 to the Irish Red Cross Portlaw. A special thank you must go to the following: our secretary, Joanne Lenihan, joint treasures Ali Lenihan and Hannah Power, our swim committee, the Copper Coast Scout Group committee, the 300 swimmers who took the plunge on Christmas morning, Kirwan's and Dunphy's Bars for sponsoring the hot toddies and to Kirwan's Bar for sponsoring this year's swim cards. Thanks to all of the supermarkets who allowed us to either bag pack or collect at the door, to our photographer, John Power, all our sponsors, too numerous to mention. Thanks to the Bonmahon Lifeguards for overseeing the safety aspects of the swim, to Portlaw Red Cross, Bonmahon Coastguards, Waterford Council for the upkeep of Kilmurrin, Kill Community Centre for the use of their meeting room, and anyone who helped in any way towards the success of the swim. Any organisation who would like to be the beneficiary of the 2019 swim, please apply in writing to our secretary Joanne Lenihan, Brolen, Kilbarrymeaden, Kill, Co. Waterford, before the end of April. SOCIAL DANCING AT KILL COMMUNITY CENTRE Dancing takes place this Tuesday night, February 12th to music by Glen Flynn and on Tuesday, February 19th Finbar Dennehy and Chloe will take the stage from 9 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. Admission is €10 and refreshments are served during this very

enjoyable night. Why not come along and join in? LINE DANCING Line Dancing continues every Wednesday morning at Kill Community Centre. It's suitable for beginners and all ages are welcome. It's a great way to get some exercise. The class takes place from 11 a.m. to 12 noon and drop in rates are available. See you there! IRISH DANCING Irish dancing classes take place in Kill Community Centre every Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. All ages are catered for. Contact Caitriona on 085 1434698 for further details. SINCERE SYMPATHIES It is with sadness that we record the death of Tommy Gaule. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Gaule and Nugent families at this sad time. May he rest in peace. BINGO It's Bingo night again next Thursday, February 21 in Kill Community Centre with eyes down at 8 p.m.The Jackpot is up for grabs as well as the raffle on the night, refreshments are served and the shop is available. KILL ACTION & ALERT GROUP AGM A huge thank you to all those who attended the Kill Action & Alert Group AGM on Tuesday last, February 5th. The meeting was chaired by Mareike Eccleston who reiterated in her opening statement the ethos of the group - a group by the community for the community which aims to provide support to individuals as well as organisations and to take on board any and all ideas that may be put forward. Mareike thanked all the local businesses, organisations and clubs in Kill for all their support over the last year as well as existing committee members and volunteers for all their hard work. Secretary Marie Cleary presented detailed reports of the activities throughout 2018 and Treasurer Brid Walsh presented the financial reports in line with annual reporting. After the 2018

reporting was complete, the existing committees for the Action Group, Text Alert Group and Tidy Towns group stood down and three new committees were formed. A big thank you must go to all the previous committee members for their work in 2018 and a very warm welcome and thank you to those who took on positions for the year ahead. The main focus of the outlook for 2019 was of course the announcement of the Town & Village Renewal Scheme for which €80,000 were successfully procured by Waterford Council on Kill Village's behalf. Works included are welcome signage for the village, the resurfacing for Kill Community Centre's car park and a further allocation for enhancements within the village such as road safety in line with the Urban Improvement Plan. Feedback was sought for various projects which could be taken into consideration for submission to Waterford Council.The meeting concluded at 9 p.m. Please remember, Kill Action & Alert Group wish to represent everybody and only you can help us do that. If you have any ideas, thoughts, criticisms or suggestions, please let us know either through our Facebook page, through any committee member or even a note left into the shop. If there is a project you would like to see tackled, we would encourage you to attend one of our meetings in order to discuss your input. Thank you to all of you have supported and volunteered with us during the year and we look forward to a great 2019. KILL GAA LOTTO At last week's lotto draw, held in Kirwan's Bar, there was no winner of the lotto jackpot worth €10,000. There was one match 3 winning ticket which was a combined ticket of Aggie and Zack. The numbers drawn were 3, 7, 19 and 20. The lotto draw was sponsored by your local shop Happy Days.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

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Stradbally Photographic Archive – This week's photo is courtesy of Seán and Síle Murphy. It was taken at Stradbally Cove c.1939. The two adults are local postman Michael Murphy (Seán's father) and Tommy Lincoln NT, but can anyone identify the children? If you have any information or queries phone Tom - 087-9386209 - or email cianflaherty96@gmail.com

STRADBALLY PARISH DRAW The Parish Draw will begin on Monday, 4th March. All the usual promoters are invited to collect their draw cards as soon as possible. This is the one annual fundraising event to help pay for maintenance, light and heating in all three churches in the Parish. Any new promoters would be more than welcome. The draw costs €20 for 12 weeks with a first prize of €150 and 5 prizes of €25 plus a promoter’s draw of €25. CHURCHES ENVELOPES The boxes of envelopes for the weekly contribution to the Parish Development Fund will be distributed to each house in the Parish in the coming week. If anyone requires a box of envelopes or have been missed for any reason please make contact with any member of the Parish Council or the Priest after the weekend masses. STRADBALLY MARKET The romantic theme will be very much in the air at the market in the Cove Bar next Saturday since Thursday, 14th February, is St.Valentine’s Day. Lots of cakes, sweets and cards available no excuse to go without. Of course, all the usual stalls will be there also and Paddy Joe has plenty bundles of kindling to light your fire. Last week the market welcomed a young talented lady with her stall “Polly Pix”. Polly is reaching out to the younger shopper with her hand-made jewellery and framed prints. Do drop in on Saturday and enjoy the romance and the great home baking and a welcome cup of tea at the Cove Bar from 10.30 a.m. onwards, you won’t be disappointed. LOCAL SOCCER NEWS No Jackpot winners in our Club Lotto Draw recently. The numbers drawn were: 2, 3, 10 and 18.The €25 winners were Gerry Connors, Margaret Curran, Liam

Whelan. The promoter’s prizewinner was Gerry Connors. The next draw will take place in the Cove Bar on next Sunday night, 17th February.The Jackpot prize on offer will be €2,800. Thanks to all who continue to support our Lotto. Recently in the Cove Bar the proceeds of the Christmas Day Swim (€1,425) was presented to Amy Fitzgerald representing the Irish Wheelchair Association by our Chairman Alan D’Arcy. Thank you to those who attended on the night and to

those who contributed in any way to this worthy cause. ACTIVE RETIREMENT Tay and Mahon Valley ARA, next gathering on Monday, 18th February, Barron Hall, 2.00 p.m. to 4.-- p.m.The choir is improving, thanks to Olivia's patience.We will have a combination of exercises, quiz (good for the brain) plus tea and chat, the committee are planning a day trip or two, for when the Sun is shining. Anybody wants to join us just call along to any of our gatherings.

CARA O’SULLIVAN Many of you will be aware that the wonderful Cara O’Sullivan has been unwell in recent months and as a result she has had to cancel a number of major engagements and has been unable to work since last summer. Cara O’Sullivan is one of our most cherished and talented singers and has been for many decades. A brilliant soprano, she has performed in opera houses and on concert stages all over the world. Her warm, funny and endearing personality, and her sometimes irreverent wit, has made her one of the most popular performers with audiences, particularly in her native city and also her in Ardmore. Friends and supporters have stepped in and organised a tribute concert for her and it is hoped she will get huge support from Ardmore. When there was anything happening in Ardmore, Cara was always first in with an offer of help. She did several voluntary performances when various local organisations were fundraising, including Ardmore Tidy Towns. And at the drop of a hat she came down here for funerals and sang at them. Indeed, she came down here especially on New Year’s Day 2000 to perform at The Millennium Concert in St. Declan’s Church organised by Canon O’Connor and Fr. Pat Butler – was that the first ever concert in the Church? Rugby fans will have seen & heard her wonderful renditions of ‘Stand Up & Fight’ before many big games in Thomond Park. Locals and visitors alike will often have heard her dulcet tones in many a sing song at An Tobar, Keevers and The Round Tower Hotel. Now the music community of Cork comes together to honour Cara and her extraordinary career. In a not to be missed gala concert, friends and colleagues of Cara, led by sopranos Majella Cullagh and Mary Hegarty, Lord Mayor Councillor Mick Finn and a host of special guests, supported by a 50-piece orchestra conducted by John

O’Brien and Conor Palliser, will salute and celebrate a dearly loved friend. The event will be entitled ‘Cara a Celbration’ will take place at The Opera House in Cork on Sunday, April 14th (Palm Sunday).Tickets are available on The Opera House website. EROSION Recently I mentioned the damage of coastal erosion at Whiting Bay. But this week I wish to draw attention to the serious deterioration of the bank at Ardmore Beach. It seems that the heavy rain which followed the severe frost of last week did a lot of damage to the bank and the whole bank is now under serious threat.We are aware that planning permission has been granted to carry out protection work at this bank but it would want to be carried out urgently or there won’t be any bank there to repair. FROM THE ARCHIVES I was doing a bit of ‘digging’ during the week on the internet and I came across The Dungarvan Observer of February 11th, 1939 – eighty years ago! It contained the following under the report from The Waterford County Health Board:‘Mr O’Gorman, Engineer, wrote stating that Mícháel Uasal Ó Foghlú, Principal of Ardmore Irish College, had offered a strip of land almost opposite The College grounds as a dumping ground at £2 per annum. The only condition laid down was that no nuisance or offal be dumped there.The site is a suitable one and is hidden from public view. He recommended the acceptance of the offer. The engineer was directed to ascertain what price would be given with a view to buying the site.’ Different times, different folk, different values, different needs and necessities. FÁS Due to the loss of the FÁS scheme we’re still get a few volunteers to give us a wee bit of ‘a dig out’ this spring and summer. So con-

tact someone this week if you can give us any little help in any way. SPLIT THE POT Well done to Breda Bradley who won €223 in the Split the Pot last week.The Ardmore National School Parents Association also received €223. Don't forget to get your envelope in Ardmore before this week’s draw, simply put €2 in the envelope and write your name and phone number on it and leave with any of the participating businesses in the village. Thank you all for your continued support and thanks to all the businesses who sell and keep the envelopes for us. KNOCK ME DOWN CHALLENGE & MÓR 2019 BOOKING NOW OPEN I’ve been notified of the following event which looks quite spectacular and was incredibly popular in 2016, 2017 & 2018 Knock ME Down Challenge & MÓR events and it is back on September 7th, 2019, bigger and better than ever. If you know what it is all about and just want to get booking you can do so now online at https://bit.ly/2m4h6y2. If you want to know more there's a full overview of both events, including maps, at https://bit.ly/2TBareb. POKER AT ROUND TOWER HOTEL Catherine Mansfield returned to winning form in last week’s poker at The Round Tower Hotel with Jerome Curran and Redmond Foley were 2nd and 3rd. Billy Harty just shaded a very tight runners-up table from Eoin Hickey, Catherine Mansfield. PROGRESSIVE 45 AT KEEVERS Willie & Brian Keane were back in the winners enclosure again at Keevers last week with Richie Tobin & Anthony O’Mahony again in 2nd and Terri McGrath & Anne Hally 3rd. Pat & Mary Prendergast were best of the last 5 and Tess Mansfield & Nora Mai O’Neill won the last game.

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SLEEPING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST This pair of fairies (Marie Curran and Geraldine Keyworth) is the source of the magic in the forthcoming Stradbally panto, “Sleeping Beauty and the Beast”, which will be performed over two glittering days in February (22nd and 23rd) in the Barron Hall. But it isn’t all glamour and sophistication, there’s science too, with gadgetry ranging from a humble BBP (ballpoint pen preserver) to a full blown smellovision. Shows are at 8, with an additional matinee performance on the 23rd. For bookings text 087-7160700, tickets on sale in the village shop. [Photo - Richard Cutbill]

MEETING HELD ON 7th FEBRUARY, 2019 Garda Report: Garda Colm O’Callaghan gave a very positive report in relation to crime in the Area. However, he warned that the situation can change very quickly. He was very pleased with the turnout in Ardmore for the Garda Siochana Community Meeting which took place in Halla Deuglan on 13th December last. The attendance in Ardmore was the largest of all the meetings held in the County. He reported that 10 cars had been broken into in the Dungarvan area at the weekend - between 4 am and 6 am.This happened in housing estates. Eight of the cars were not locked. The Garda Siochana are following up this crime and it is believed that the suspects may be from outside of this area. He advised again that valuables should never be left in cars. He referred to the matter of road safety on the N25 that was raised at the last meeting and to the fatalities that have since happened in this area. These accidents have been referred to Transport and Infrastructure Ireland (TII) by An Garda Siochana with a view to having funding being pro-

vided for additional road safety measures to be carried out on the N25 in this area. He also referred to the on-going telephone scams. In particular, he mentioned a call he received from an 051 number at 10 p.m. with a prerecorded message. The caller purported to be from Revenue. On calling back, he discovered that it was from a foreign national and that it was a bogus call. Apparently, calls can now be made from abroad and appear to be local calls. He again advised that people should not engage with these callers as they are trying to either extract money from bank accounts or hack your computer. People who are scammed should report the scam to An Garda Siochana. Garda O’Callaghan is hopeful that the additional Garda will be coming to Ardmore before the commencement of the summer season. He expected that a Garda would then be available in Ardmore every day. Operation of Text Alert: The Secretary informed the meeting that the text alert was performing well. Fortunately, the number of texts currently being received is low – in line with the present low crime rate in the Area. The Chairman referred to the possible use of an app being pro-

vided by our text alert facilitator. This would be on a voluntary basis, so those not wishing to sign up for the App would remain on the text system.Two advantages using the App are that a full text message can be received and there is no charge for message.The Secretary agreed to talk further with the text alert facilitator about the use of the App. Personal Panic Alarms: Elsie Hickey reported that a further personal panic alarm had been installed. Only one alarm remains in stock, so more will need to be purchased. She agreed to discuss this with the Treasurer. Recycled alarms are proving to be satisfactory and these can be bought for €100. Maurice Power continues to install and carry out repairs as required. Review of list of elderly living alone: Following a discussion, the Secretary agreed to check the list and report. A.O.B.: The Chairman asked that members visiting people with alarms should get them to test the alarms regularly by pressing the panic button.This should be done at least once a month, but ideally more frequently. Provisional date of Next Meeting: Thursday, 30th May, 2019 at 8.30 p.m.

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LISMORE Lismore Tidy Towns OVER the past few weeks work on replacing some of the wooden pieces of equipment in the children's playground Lismore has been ongoing. Their replacement with stainless steel low maintenance ones has been good news for Lismore Tidy Towns as it will reduce our work load in terms of the painting of the timber structures which we started doing three years ago. Funding for this project has come through the CLAR 2018 programme run by the Department of Rural & Community Development and delivered for the most part by the local authority which in Lismore's case is Waterford & City County Council in consultation with groups in local communities. The CLAR 2018 programme saw funding provided for three different measures: 1. Support for Schools/Community Safety Measures 2. Play Area 3. First Response Support Measure. Local Area engineer Waterford City & County Council Mrs. Josephine McGrath

applied for funding under this programme for road calming measures at BunScoil Bothar na Naomh and the ramps that are seen in the vicinity of the school have been paid for from this fund as has the new playground equipment. This application was supported by Lismore Tidy Towns. Making the news recently in Lismore has been the proposed traffic calming measures on a section of the National Primary Road N72 at Ballyrafter. The plan for work at this area has been at least four years in the making.In early 2015 the National Roads Authority now known as Transport Infrastructure Ireland announced that a traffic management plan for the Ballyrafter area was being considered. However due to financial constraints nothing happened until 2018 when a design team was appointed and after meetings with concerned stakeholders a draft plan for this area was released in October 2018. After receiving a copy of the proposed plan Lismore Tidy Towns had an onsite meeting with those concerned for some details

of the plan to be clarified and after that the group made its own submissions re the plan. When Waterford City & County Council advertise the Public Consultation aspect of the plan Lismore Tidy Towns will again be involved. On Saturday morning next, 16th February, Lismore Tidy Towns is organising a litter pick up on some of the approach roads to Lismore. Members of the public who would like to help are welcome. Please meet at the car park at 9.30 a.m. We will supply litter picks and gloves but please bring your own hi-vis vest. ECO TIP OF THE WEEK Another natural alternative to expect to make an appearance in the family's bathroom cabinet in the coming years is bamboo. This multi-purpose plant will be used as a biodegradable alternative to plastic packaging on beauty products, used as an eco facecloth alternative to face wipes and as a natural gentle alternative for the skin smoothing ingredient retinol.

The Parish of Lismore & Ballysaggart MANY thanks to Mr Prendergast and Mr. Smith. We have a very well prepared Service of Light and Commitment with the families of the Confirmation Class.The children have prepared tasks they will be faithful in carrying out as a lead-up to their Confirmation. In life we are all constantly maturing. As disciples of the Lord and with the power of the Spirit we are ever growing in our call to discipleship. Nowhere does Jesus say that our discipleship is complete. Out of love for their children I am confident the parents will actively support their children.They can see that true religion has very real benefits. Not everyone welcomed Jesus so we need not expect the world to rejoice in true Christian living. Congratulations to all the students of the B.C.S who were presented with the St. John Paul II awards and Papal Crosses by Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan in St Carthages Church on Friday, 8th of February. It was good to see Caroline O’Flynn being presented with a Papal Cross award for her work with the students and with the parishes involved. Thanks to Michael McBride, George

Quinlan, Aine Foley, Jean Meagher and Sinead Motherway for their parish involvement in the program. Beautiful tea, and coffee and edibles were served in the sacristy by the Pastoral Council. Hospitality is a key ingredient in building community. The support of Mr. Denis Ring, the school principal was acknowledged and appreciated. When we worship the Lord on Sunday we learn that we do not have to worship ourselves. Our thoughts motivate us to think of others. Jesus' sermon on the plain contrasts different attitudes we both find in our world, in ourselves and above all in our actions. For your direction the Gospel is taken from the 6th chapter of St. Luke's Gospel. It does not make for comfortable or easy reading and prayer. In our comfort driven world we don't get the idea that the hungry will find happiness. To be poor is to know that all is a pure gift from the Lord. We can see in the very blessings that surround us the presence of the gracious Lord. It gives us a spirit of kindness and generosity towards others. Greed and avarice can destroy our souls and make us uncaring towards others. So often those

in need are presented as problems to be dealt with. It is only when we put real names on the poor or those without homes that we can see their pain. Even if we are not in a position to help one who is poor we can dare make eye contact with them and recognise their humanity. Real evil exists in our soul when we no longer know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. The prophet Jeremiah speaks our language today as he names the dehumanising power of evil. Our times are marked with a great blurring of the edges of good and evil, even of the concept of moral living. We can make the peoples response in the psalm our prayer; 'Happy the person who has placed all their trust in the Lord.' MASS TIMETABLE Weekday Mass at 10.00 a.m. Saturday, 16th February - Vigil Mass in Lismore at 6.15 p.m. Sunday, 17th February, 2019 – Morning Mass in Ballysaggart at 9.30 a.m. Sunday Mass in Lismore at 11.00 a.m. Parish Radio Link 103.9FM

Pop Up Shop, The Arcade, Lismore Friday 15th, Saturday 16th and Sunday, 17th February SPRING is in the air and the energetic ladies of Lismore are once again preparing for their regular Pop Up Shop. If you are thinking of having a sort out and have items to donate or want to find bargains of all sorts join us this weekend at The Arcade, Lismore for our ‘SPRING FLING’ Pop Up Shop. This is a sale of good quality pre-loved items, some brand new. You will find bric-a-brac, books, clothes, baby stuff and toys, household and garden gear. The delicious cakes and bakes are worth a special visit. Join us for refreshments and support our Raffle all in aid of St. Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore. If you can help or have items to donate please contact Sandra 086-8039959 or Susie 087-2030763. Friday 15th, Saturday 16th February open 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Sunday 17th February open 1.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. POP UP SHOP, THE ARCADE, LISMORE.

BALLYSAGGART SCOR NA bPAISTI We are inviting parents and children who are interested in taking part in this year's Scor na bPaisti along to the School House for this Wednesday evening February 13th at 8.30 p.m. BALLYSAGGART COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL TEA DANCE Tea Dance Sunday evening, 17th February 7.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. in the Community Centre, note change from the usual Friday night. BALLYSAGGART LADIES CLUB Ballysaggart Ladies Club held their first get-together of 2019 on February 4th last. Our guest on the night was Helen Morrissey from Cappoquin who had a wonderful selection of her handmade crafts and

was more than willing to show anyone how to make same. Helen will give crochet classes over six weeks if anyone is interested, if you are please contact any of the officers for details. Eil 087-9436236, Bridie 0872809794, Mary 087-7421345, these classes are open to members and non members. COMMUNITY COUNCIL 45 CARDS RESULTS Joan Hannon and Helen O'Keeffe, Delia Cashell and Rita Doocey, Helen Morrissey and Eddie Sheehan. Lucky Tables: Dan Howard and Fionula Hynes, Sean Higgins and Mary Fennessy, Bill Leady and Christy Higgins. Tickets: Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Coleman, Mary Fennessy, Nellie Devine, Helen Morrissey and Sean Higgins.

Blackwater Community School students receive Pope John Paul II Awards ALMOST thirty students attended the award ceremony last Friday evening in St. Carthage’s Church to be presented with

Gold and Silver Medals and Papal Crosses for their completion of The Pope John Paul II Programme over the last year.

Bishop Cullinan attend the ceremony along with Fr. Michael Twomey and Fr. M. Cullinan. Phoebe Coolbear and Aoife

John Paul Awards 2019

Kennedy spoke on their experience of undertaking the programme. The Pope John Paul II Award

was created to commemorate the late Pope John Paul II who was so committed to young people and who had such belief and confidence in them. The Award enables participants to take an active part in the life of their Church – in the life of their community and society. Congratulations to all students on their awards and well done to Caroline Flynn, Chaplain who received the Papal Cross for her tireless work on the programme in the school. GERMAN EXCHANGE We welcome students from our partner school in Heidelberg to BCC as part of our Exchange Programme. They take an active part in the school life while they with us and stay with families, throughout the ten days there is a wide range of activities planned for them and their Irish partner.

On Monday they travelled to Cobh and Cork City. On Thursday they travel to Waterford. TRANSITION YEAR ACTIVITIES Last week all students took part in the certified First Aid Course which took place over a number of days. This week students are travelling to London as part of their Drama Module and will attend a number of shows in the West End. ATHLETICS Best of luck to our students taking part in the Munster Cross Country Finals in Waterford on Friday. BRIERY GAP Well done to both the Drama group and the Choral group who qualified for the Finals of the Briery Gap Schools Drama Festival in March.

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BALLYDUFF UPPER SOCIAL DANCE Don’t forget that Social Dancing is back this Saturday, 16th February with Dave Mulcahy at the usual time of 9.00 p.m. See you there! BINGO! Bingo returns to St. Michael’s Hall this Friday 15th with the first game starting at 8.30 p.m. sharp! CARDS Results from 6th February – 1st John Conway & Mary Fennessey; 2nd Christy Higgins & Tom Feeney; Stephan Cunningham & Nellie Devine. Lucky Tables: Bill Leddy & Helen O’Keeffe; Larry Byrne & Helen Walsh; Sean Higgins & Pat Kirby; Pat Noonan Delia Cashell. Raffle: Eddie Sheehan, Hugh Geary, Tom Casey, Dan Howard, Sean Higgins, Delia Cashell, Christy Higgins and Ann Geary. Cards run every Wednesday night in St. Michael’s Hall at 8.15 p.m. All welcome! LOTTO No winner of the local GAA Lotto of Tuesday, 5th February. The numbers drawn were 3, 13, 24 and 29. Lucky €30 draw winners were: Jerry Hurley, Sharon and Lorraine Lawless, Olive Morrison and Sean Higgins. Results from the draw on 12th February coming from The Log Cabin with a Jackpot of €9,150 in next week’s news. Tickets are on sale in St. Michael’s Hall from 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. on weekdays, before Sunday mass. They are also available in Bridget Scanlon’s Hair Salon, The Log Cabin and An Síbín. BALLYDUFF DRAMA GROUP Please join us for our Pre Festival run of ' A Fine Bright Day' by Philip Goulding & Directed by Ger Canning next weekend

Saturday 23rd and Sunday, 24th February at 8.15 p.m. With a very talented cast of three - Ritchie Walsh & Valerie O’Leary well known to Ballyduff audiences and for the first time in Ballyduff Gayle Jordan, you are going to enjoy a warm,funny and moving production. (See Press Release and Advertisement elsewhere in this paper). The following weekend on Friday, 1st March the West Waterford Drama Festival will begin and run for ten nights. We have a great line up of plays once again. For a full briefing of plays, groups and nights that they are on please see Festival press release elsewhere in this paper. So plenty of entertainment on in St Michael's Hall for the next few week. So do come along and enjoy excellent Amateur Drama. PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Parent & Toddler meet at the regular weekly slot of 9.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. in the Carnegie Centre. Parents, grandparents and childminders are very welcome for a cuppa and a chat. The usual €2 each week will apply. It’d be great to see you there! BALLYDUFF WALKING CLUB The next walk is on Sunday 24th February at Carrigane Cross. Meeting at 1.00 p.m., this walk will be led by Noreen Geary. ST. MICHAEL’S SCHOOL PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION In need of a clear out? There will be a clothing recycling drive in aid of Ballyduff Upper National School on Tuesday, February 19th at the Millennium Sports Hall. Please drop off all items before 9.30 a.m.

Collection will also take place at 8.30 p.m. on Monday evening Monday, February 18th. Please donate all your clean unwanted clothes also, towels, shoes, bags, belts and handbags. No household Bric A Brac. To make arrangement for collection of items please contact Louise McGuinness 086-1859727 or Theresa Noonan 087-2026765. NEWS FOR INCLUSION Thank you to all who contributed this week. To keep this notice page topical everyone’s help is needed. If you have any photos, announcements, congratulations or condolences and stories you would like to be included, please contact Denise at ballyduffuppernews@gmail.com, or 0872273737 by Sunday night each week. BALLYDUFF COMHALTAS CEOL AN GEIMHRIDH Best of luck to all those who will be participating in the Munster Ceol an Geimhridh next Sunday, 17th February in Dromcollogher, Co. Limerick. We will have u-11 mixed and ladies sets and u-14 mixed and ladies sets competing. SCÓR NA bPÁISTÍ Well done to all who competed from Araglin last Friday in Glanworth in the first round of the Cork County Scór na bPáistí. Both sets and novelty act qualified for the next round with Faye O'Doherty also winning the instrumental music. The Avondhu final will take place on Sunday, 24th February in Ballyhooly. The next meeting of the Comhaltas branch will take place in the Library in Ballyduff Upper at 9.15 p.m. on Monday, 18th February next. All are welcome.

Peg (Clancy) Power, Mai Kearney and Rev. Michael Byrne – 22nd February, 1974.

KNOCKANORE KGK COMMUNITY COUNCIL Check us out on our Facebook pages, (Knockanore Area KGK Community Council) and (Knockanore Heritage and History). We are sad to record the death of local resident Thomas Roche of Knocknaraha, which event occurred last week. We offer our sympathy to all his family and friends, RIP. IT’S DRAMA TIME AGAIN. In 1972-1974 the Waterford Drama Festival under the direction of Rev. Fr. Michael O’Byrne, was in full swing around this time of year, as was Blackwater Muintir na Tire Drama Group based in

Knockanore. Their production of John B Keane’s “Big Maggie” was an immediate hit everywhere they went on the festival trail. The first showing in the town hall in Youghal, was denounced from the altar by the local parish priest for the use of “bad language” in the play. This had the immediate effect of promoting the play and resulted in having to put on the production for a total of four nights.There’s no such thing a bad publicity. Afterwards the group had great success in the various Drama Festivals throughout the country.

Ballyduff Drama Group present the Irish Premier of “A Fine Bright Day Today” by Philip Goulding THE lights are hung, lines learned and the final touches are in place as Ballyduff Drama Group prepares to bring their 2019 Festival production of “A fine Bright Day Today” by Philip Goulding to the Ballyduff Stage next weekend. Directed by Ger Canning, with a stellar cast of Valerie O'Leary, Richie Walsh and Gayle Jordan, this production is sure to delight and move audiences. The play revolves around Margaret Harvey who has lived with her daughter Rebecca in a small cottage in a coastal town, since the death of her trawlerman husband 30 years ago. Rebecca is moving out to live with her boyfriend, so when she meets Milton Farnsworth, an American visiting the area to paint the landscape, she invites him to lodge with Margaret during his stay. Margaret has become increasingly set in her ways over the years, dependent on ritual and superstition, but with patience, humour, and cheap wine, Milton gradually encourages her to relinquish her

At Kilwatermoy Hall, Catering Group after opening of Parish Field in Knockanore.

From left to right: Gayle Jordan, Valerie O’Leary and Ritchie Walsh. hold on control. Warm, funny and moving. A Fine Bright Day Today explores love set on the edge of an English coastal area, where lives are reshaped by a chance meeting with an exotic stranger. Join us next weekend Saturday 23rd and Sunday, 24th February for this warm, funny and moving pro-

duction with a message that everyone deserves a second chance. Booking opens on Friday, 15th February from 2.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. on 058-60456. Tickets will also be available nightly at the door. Performance begins at 8.15 p.m. See www.ballyduffdrama.com for more details of all upcoming events.

Cast and crew of Blackwater Drama Group in the 1970s.

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CAPPOQUIN Cappoquin Community Centre (058) 52746, Facebook - Cappoquin Community Centre; Email ocappdev@eircom.net €100,000 PILOT SCHEME FOR CAPPOQUIN UPDATE As readers of our notes will be aware that the government selected Cappoquin as one of six towns in the country to which up to €100,000 was allocated to develop innovative proposals to encourage more town centre living. The primary objective of the pilot initiative is to take a holistic approach and develop innovative solutions to bring existing underused/vacant/derelict buildings in town centres back into use for residential purposes. We wish to confirm that the €100,000 funding is allocated to Waterford City and County Council and not to Cappoquin Community Development Company. Thus, the responsibility for the expenditure of this funding is solely the responsibility of Waterford City and County Council. Currently Waterford City and County Council is in the process of appointing Architectural Consultants to develop the innovative proposals for Cappoquin. It is understood that the Council and appointed Architectural Consultants will engage with groups and the people of Cappoquin to explain and discuss their proposals. Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available. WEEKLY EVENTS IN HALL Monday - Ladies Exercise Classes with Paul Murray 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., Active Retirement 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m., Hurling 5.15 p.m. - 6.15 p.m., Soccer Academy 6.30 p.m. -7.30 p.m., River action 8.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Affane Bridge 7.30 p.m. – 10.00 p.m. Tuesday - Circuit Training 6.15 p.m. - 7.15 p.m. Wednesday- Quiddlers 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon Badminton 6.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. Thursday- Ladies exercise class with Paul Murray 10.30 a.m. 11.30 a.m., Camogie 5.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m., Circuit Training 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. Community Soccer 8.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. Friday- Gymnastics 4.00 p.m. 8.00 p.m. PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Just a reminder that the Parent & Toddler Group takes place every Wednesday from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon. The children have

Pat and Seamus Barry, Tourin at the Three Amigos concert. great fun running around the big trained in strength and conditionhall and playing with the large ing training (LIT Certified). selections of toys, while the Claire Egan (087-9713895) Parents, Grandparents & Health and fitness Degree from Childminders can relax with a UL. Both our gym trainers will cuppa. The cost is €3 per child or help clients reach their goals with €5 per family and all are most wel- are expert knowledge, they will encourage you to work to the best come. of your ability whatever your GYM Opening Hours Monday- level.These trainers will focus your Friday 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m., fitness and training regime to Saturday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. work to your schedule, abilities, Membership €200 per year, €60 interests and life style, both can be for 3 Months, €25 per Month, €5 contacted at any time to get you per casual, OAP/Unemployed €3 started in your new life style challenge. per session MARY BUTLER TD Top of the range equipment Mrs. Mary Butler TD Fianna cardio equipment, we provide a wide range of the lasted cardiovas- Fail will hold a Clinic on the first cular equipment, from cross train- Saturday of every month at 12.30 ers to rowing machines to help p.m. in the Community Centre. All are welcome. maximize your fitness. WATERFORD WEXFORD Resistance equipment - These ETB states of the art machines provide Just a reminder anyone interresistance against a certain movement, isolating the targeted muscle ested in doing a wide range of group. They operate using weight courses contact Aoife Fitzgerald stacks, allowing total control of (058) 52570 First Floor of the your work out. Up to 37.5 Kg Community Centre. COMMUNITY CENTRE Dumbbells, loaded machines LOTTO JACKPOT HITS including chest press, shoulder €3,100 press, seated row; pull down, leg Lotto draw 11th February, press, stack squat and new addition cable machine with large selection 2019 – Jackpot €3,000. Numbers of handles and attachments drawn were 1, 11, 16 and 20. No including cable crossover (chest), Winner. Consolation Prize winKathleen Coleman, single standing exercises and duel ners: Marie Meskill, action pulleys. Also, selection of Monalour; racks including Olympic flat bar, Woodstock; Helen Fitzgerald, incline and decline bench press Ballysaggart; Odhran Prendergast, and smith machine and adjustable Abbeyglen; James Morrissey, benches.We have large selection of Barrack’s Street. Next week’s draw loose weights plates ranging is on the 18th February, 2019, with a Jackpot of €3,100. from1.25kg to 20kg. Remember anyone looking to Functional Area, a dedicated area aimed to help improve funda- buy our Lotto tickets, call to any mental strength, acceleration and of the local shops in Cappoquin, endurance using the following the Community Centre, Miriam equipment, Kettle bells, Swiss balls Coughlan or Carmel Prendergast power bags, medicine balls dumb will look after you. If you wish you can also buy bells and suspension training. Physical Trainers - Connor the popular annual tickets, if you’re Prendergast (087-1247025) fully not in you can’t win!

Cappoquin ARA WE are back in action for 2019. Looking forward to keeping well and active. After our recent AGM we welcome our new Chairperson Lena and new Secretary Joan. Membership fees for 2019 are now due Most of this goes to headquarters for insurance. It is great to have so many active members every week. But it would be super if the non active ones could come at least once a month to keep abreast with what is going on. There is no point in membership otherwise. We are delighted to be going to the Theatre in New Ross next month for our first outing of the

year “Funny Girl” was famously played by Barbara Streisand many years ago. and contains some much loved songs. A visit from our lovely friends in Carriglea coming up in March.and for everyone - the twice yearly set of weekly WSP walks are starting soon. Watch out for them. A good few of these at various locations on the Greenway. Shauna from Waterford Sports Partnership will be with us every Monday until 25th Feb. These activities are open to all over 55's at 3.15 p.m. in the Community Centre. All welcome. Go give it a go!

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County Waterford Beekeepers’ Association WINTER LOSSES Wherever bees are kept in hives throughout the world there are winter losses due to colonies dying, particularly in the period from Autumn to Spring. Hives are populated with "winter bees" at this time: unlike their summer cousins who only have a lifespan of around six weeks (three weeks on house duties and three weeks as foragers) winter bees have to survive this whole period. Depending on where in the world the colony lives this period may be longer or shorter. A cold and lengthy winter with sustained sub zero temperatures does not necessarily give rise to greater losses. Bees will hunker down in a cluster keeping the inner core temperature warm even if the outer temperature inside the hive is very low. Naturally this species have been doing this for thousands of years without the help of Beekeepers so they have well developed strategies for dealing with this situation. What can throw a colony into disarray is a mild temperate climate like ours where winter can change to Spring and indeed almost to early Summer and back to Winter again within a few short weeks - indeed over days sometimes. Bees get into Spring mode and are out foraging, especially for pollen, in order to feed the ever expanding brood nest. As we humans know only too well raising children is not cheap: they need constant caring and feeding. So too with bees. A too early false Spring can cause a unsustainable demand for resources and can lead to a crisis. Just as we humans should always have something set aside for “a rainy day” (and this applies on a private as well as public level) so too with bees, who do not operate on a private level but on a corporate one. There are myriad reasons why hive failures occur. As Beekeepers we want to find the cause of the colony demise in order to avoid

Michael Moynihan teaching beginners class.

a repeat performance the following year. Probably the most common cause is simply too few bees. If the winter cluster is not large enough they are unable to generate enough power and mobility to get around the hive to where the stores (feed) are and they can be found dead and starving on the spot. As we well know in Ireland not all famines are caused by a lack of food. But then the question as to why there are too few bees has to be asked. It may be down to Queen failure - she got too old, tired or just lost it during the winter months. It happens.There is another possible cause which Michael Moynihan often mentions. Now Michael will not mind my mentioning that he has been caring for several hundred hives for fifty years. There can hardly be a colony behaviour or indeed misbehaviour that has escaped him and the one I have in mind is this: in Autumn the hive has had its surplus honey harvested, it has had its varroa treatment and has been given its winter feed. All is looking good. The weather turns towards an "Indian Summer" and naturally the bees take advantage. Ivy is flowering and great amounts of

pollen and nectar are brought back to the hive. The result is that almost every available cell is filled in the hive and therefore the Queen has nowhere to lay fresh eggs. I discovered the result of this a week ago. One hive amongst others had no bees flying. On opening the hive I discovered full frames of honey, pollen but no bees. The hive was very strong and had therefore a super (additional box) on top which was drawn but it did not provide the Queen with sufficient space to lay. Now we discourage queens from laying in supers which are for honey storage only. Perhaps this Queen was too obedient for her own good. My lesson from all of this is to lister to the advice of commercial Beekeepers. They generally have a higher yield of honey per hive and in order to stay in business they cannot afford or make all too many mistakes. We are lucky in County Waterford to have had and to have the Moynihans, father and son, around. Michael is open and generous with his advice and wisdom of the hive and is never short of encouragement for beginners. Long may he continue to be.

MODELIGO LOTTO RESULT 9th February, 2019 – Numbers drawn were 4, 15 and 26. No winner. €25 winners. Margaret Riordan, Kilrossanty; Condon Family, Langanoran; Nick Troy, Modeligo; Teresa Hickey, Sleady. Lotto tickets can be got from any Community Centre member. Next week’s Jackpot €700. BALLINAMEELA DRAMA Local drama lovers will be pleased to hear that it’s a case of full steam ahead at the moment for the BAD Group. This years play is the hilarious comedy The 2 Loves of Gabriel Foley and it will be staged at Carriglea Hall on the weekend of the 8th, 9th

and 10th of March. So keep those dates clear for your diary. It’s going to be a brilliant show with plenty of local interest!!! Booking details will be announced shortly. SYMPATHY Sincerest sympathy is extended to the family of the late Joann Barron, Carrowgarriffe, Modeligo who died recently. May she rest in peace. INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL MEDAL PRESENTATION Modeligo GAA Club will hold their Western Intermediate Football Medal Presentation on Saturday, 16th February in West

Waterford Golf Club. There will be a food buffet followed by live music on the night. Tickets are priced at €15 each and can be bought from the following places Deckies Bar, Kenneths Pet Shop Dungarvan or from any committee member. NOTES Anyone wishing to include items in the Parish notes, please contact Monica before 8.00 p.m. on Mondays on 087-4112798 or email them to marymonicaobyrne@gmail.com. BOOKINGS Anyone looking to book the Astro-turf or Hall please contact John Power on 087-2834600.

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BALLINAMEELA By Donal Buckley

Damned If You Do SOUNDBITES have become humanity's most essential form of communication. This is because people have developed a shorter attention span and want all their news immediate, spectacular and over with. If it doesn't grab their attention in the first sentence, nobody's interested and they move on. Abbreviation is the key, in fact "soundbites" are now "soundbytz".The trouble with this is that a lot of the context is lost, maybe the most crucial parts. Simple headline grabbing sentences like,"We're gonna build a wall and we're gonna make Mexico pay for it" sounds epic to the far right of the political spectrum. But the substance behind such a claim is irrelevant when compared to the initial hysteria it generates.There are similarities with Nigel Farage's Red Bus statement that the NHS would benefit to the tune of over 300 million pounds per week after Brexit. Both of these dubious claims swung the popular vote in their respective jurisdictions. Maybe it’s because we are so used to outlandish promises that now we expect them to be unfulfilled. We have become immune to the lies.The most outrageous assurance grabs our attention.Then laziness of thought takes over and unwitting acceptance follows. Eventually the truth becomes an awkward presence in our midst. Sensationalism sells products, elects politicians and promotes nonentities into celebrities. Bizarre news in magazines like the National Enquirer are now being accepted as fact. Just ask multi billionaire Amazon owner Jeff Bezos.The truth is boring and must be vilified and its content condemned with extreme prejudice. Liam Neeson told the truth. He explained how, after a close friend had been raped, he prowled the streets wanting to kill a black man in revenge. Sensationalists heard "Neeson Wants To Kill Black Man". Nobody heard about how disgusted he was with himself for having such thoughts. Nobody heard how ashamed he was of that particular episode in his life. Nobody heard how he sought help with his irrational hatred issues. Nobody heard the truth. ExLiverpool and England footballer John Barnes, a black player who went through more than his share of racism, thinks that Liam Neeson deserves a medal. His reasoning is that Neeson was articulating the thoughts of a lot of people. People who, because of political correctness, won't discuss any preconceived notions they have for fear of being dubbed 'racist'. Barnes argues that suppressing subjects like prejudice, only causes those feelings to fester and manifest themselves in hatred and violence. Trevor Noah, an American talk show host who originated from Apartheid South Africa said Liam Neeson deserves credit for his powerful admission. He went on to say how courageous it was to admit how such hatred can grow inside of you if you let it. Assad in Syria, Erdogan in Turkey, Trump in America, Putin in Russia and the Brexiteers have all lied, yet they have been successful in their pursuit of power. In the past 12 months, 54 journalists worldwide have been killed in the pursuit of truth. So whats the lesson? If you want to get on in the world....lie through your teeth. Ballinameela Creatives support the soft border option. British Clergyman Charles Spurgeon once said, "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes".

CURRENT EVENTS ON IN THE HALL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY CLOTHES COLLECTION FUNDRAISER FOR BALLINAMEELA SCHOOL Ballinameela School will be holding a Clothes Collection Fundraiser on the 28th of February. If anyone has anything they wish to donate eg clothes (adult or children), shoes, hats, belts, scarfs etc please put into a black sack and they can be stored at the school. No. Duvets, pillows, curtains, blankets, towels. BALLINAMEELA AGLISH DRAMATICS BAD will be hosting their annual play at Carriglea Hall on March 8th, 9th and 10th. 'The Two Loves of Gabriel Foley' is a hilarious play by Jimmy Keary and is directed by Dan Fenton so save the date in your diaries. Booking details to follow in the coming weeks. CIRCUIT TRAINING TM FITNESS will continue Circuit Training Classes in Ballinameela Community Centre every Monday night at 7.00 p.m. until end of March. €5 pay as you go, check out our FB page “TM FITNESS”. Let’s get 2019 started

in a professionally structured class and improve your Health and Fitness! BALLINAMEELA ADULT & TODDLER GROUP The Ballinameela toddler group meets every Thursday from 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. in the Halla of Whitechurch National School. New parents, childminders, grandparents with toddlers very welcome. For more information contact Janice on 087-9718945. FINISK VALLEY AC Any children in our community who are interested in running, jumping or throwing and would like to get involved in athletics, call down to Ballinameela Community pitch/hall, training times are Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Minimum age limit is 5 years old (child needs to be school going). Full programme of events can be obtained at our training session. LADIES INDOOR SOCCER Ladies indoor soccer on every Tuesday night at 7pm in the Community Centre. Contact

Noirin Kelly on (086) 836 2695 if interested. COMMUNITY ALERT There is a Community Alert text system in place - text your name and mobile number to this number: 087 3538347. It works in two ways. Firstly a message regarding any suspicious activity is sent to your phone so you can be on the lookout. Secondly you can send details of suspicious activity to this number where it will be re-sent around to the community and to the Gardai who treat it as serious and act immediately. Follow on facebook www.facebook.com/parish.com munityalert.ie BOOKING THE HALL If you would like to start your own indoor soccer game or other activity you can book the hall through our booking officer Alison Curran on 087-8289147. The Centre is also a great place for kids parties etc and can be rented for €30. Anyone renting the hall, please pay the person who opens up the hall for you and please take away your own

rubbish. If you are borrowing anything from the hall, contact Alison Curran also. Maureen Culloo is responsible for the month of February for opening and closing the Community Centre and can be contacted on (086) 3428621. LOTTO RESULTS 11/2/19 – Numbers drawn were 4, 16 and 25. There was no Jackpot winner. €20 winners were Kathleen Curran, The Square; Jim O’Connell, Aglish; Michelle Beresford, Deise Brú; Michéal and Anne Phelan, Cappagh; Kitty Longan and Mary Downing, Kereen. Next week’s Jackpot is €3,350 and the draw will take place in the Welcome Inn. NOTES FOR INCLUSION If you have something you would like included in the Ballinameela notes you can email Brigid Byrne on brigidmhallahan@gmail.com or phone 0879194287. You can also Follow and like us on our Facebook Page Ballinameela Community Centre.

AFTERSCHOOL On the return after the festive season the children started to design their book covers for our display wall - "we can get lost in a book!". Each day the children take the opportunity to grab a book and chill on the couch. As December and January have been very mild the children have noticed that our daffodils are peeping through, so we decided to make our own paper collage daffodils that would brighten anyone's day! There is a daily check on our wormery... it is slowly changing which amazes and delights the children. PRE-SCHOOL The children were all excited on returning to Pre-school telling us all about their Christmas holidays and what Santa brought them for Christmas. During January our theme was animals and their habitat, we worked on the colour white and the triangle shape. We spoke about how to look after ourselves and our pets, as well as the farm animals, the birds and wild animals during the Winter. Children spoke about their animals at home and where they sleep when it is cold. We made a large wall project incorporating all the animals we had spoken about.The children had great fun colouring, cutting and gluing. The children made bird feeders to bring home. We learned about the colour white and the triangle shape through crafts, songs and games. With help from Heather the children in the morning session made pizza slices which were eaten at lunchtime and the children in the afternoon session made top hats to take home (whether they got as far as

home is another thing!) BUTTERFLY ROOM The Butterfly Room got off to a very busy start after Christmas. We had some new children settling who have 'graduated' from the Caterpillar Room. We began our activitieslearning about birds through books and stories. Each child painted and decorated their own bird for our display our the tree in our room. We followed on with a very topical weather activity. We spent time outside and Helena completed a weather experiment depicting each element of the weather - the children had great fun. Pictures were created to reflect the children's ideas and we learned a new song - "What's the weather?" To finish off January we did a grow activity - Reach for the Stars which involved everyone. For January our shape was the square and our colour was blue. CATERPILLAR ROOM January was a busy month for transitions in the Caterpillar Room. We said farewell to those moving to the Butterfly Room and we welcomed and settled newcomers. We made playdough to be played with or tasted in some cases! The children used paint on different materials such as paper and skin! Great fun was had by all through freeplay, music and books. GYMBOREE Jade from Gymboree comes every Tuesday and all the children enjoy the experience of the different musical themes. ECCE 2019-20 If you would like to enrole your child at Scallywags for the year 201920, please contact Tina for more information or to confirm that your child will be attending.

TOURANEENA FAMILY MASS The family mass that was scheduled for last Sunday in St. Mary's Church, Touraneena, was postponed due to the participation of St. Mary's National School in the 'Waterford Peace Proms' which was held last Saturday and Sunday in the Waterford Institute of Technology. The Peace Proms is an internationally acclaimed Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI) and consists of both soloists and choirs made up of local school children. The Orchestra was established in 1995 as a peace initiative and over the past 21 years the CBOI has played an important role in building and nurturing cross border and cross community relations. The four concerts over the two days in the Waterford Institute of Technology were completely sold out. Approximately 4,000 children took part and it was a wonderful weekend of song including many family favourites such as Disney songs, pop medleys, peace anthems and even some 80's disco medleys. Well done to all the boys and girls on their fabulous performances. The family mass has been rescheduled for this Sunday, 17th February at 11.15 p.m. TOTAL BODY FITNESS Still trying to lose the few pounds left over after the Christmas puddings? A new block of Total Body Fitness classes have started at the community centre, Touraneena. Classes are held on Tuesday and Thursday

nights at 7.00 p.m. There are different payment options available including discount for booking two blocks of classes or a simple pay as you go option. Classes are open to all fitness levels and all are welcome. SLIABH gCUA LOTTO The lotto jackpot survived another week. The numbers drawn were 14, 17, 25. As there was no winner, the draw for the 5 x €20 took place. The winners were Aoibhinn Keane, Roger Walsh, Saoirse Condon, Dano & Robbie, Eileen Keane. The €20 promoters prize was won by Tom Condon. Next week's draw will be held in Hanrahan's Bar, Ballinamult, for a lotto jackpot of €1,700. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY The day for flowers, chocolates, cards and sometimes even anonymous cards is nearly upon us. Sometimes with all the commercialism we forget the origin of St.Valentine's Day. The history of St.Valentine's Day is a bit of a grey area as there were three Valentines living during the 3rd century AD, with two of them being executed on the 14th February (different years) under the Roman Emperor Claudius II. However, Ireland does have a connection with St.Valentine as Pope Gregory XVI donated the relics of St.Valentine of Rome, (which were previously housed in the cemetery of St. Hippolytus in Rome), to the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin. We wish all our readers a fun filled and happy St.Valentine's Day.

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NEWSREEL … Anxious or Depressed?

COME to our Support Group Meeting in Dungarvan.Venue: Deise Day Care, Dungarvan, Community Centre, Mitchel Street. Date: Every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. Helpline: 1800 804 848. You are not alone! Please note change in time.

Cash for Clobber VILLIERSTOWN Parents Association are running a Cash for Clobber on Friday, 1st March. The polytunnel is open if anyone wants to drop clothes at any time. Please share and tell family members.

Waterford Humanists THE February meeting of the Waterford Humanist Group will be held on Monday 18th at 7.30 p.m. upstairs in the Cove Bar, Dunmore Road, Waterford. The top for discussion will be: ‘Do human beings need a god?’ All are welcome. For more information contact Teresa at 086 8776307.

St. John's Special School Mini Lotto RESULTS for Thursday, 7th February, 2019. Numbers drawn:1, 18, 28. There was no winner of our €450 jackpot. €20 Lucky Dip Winners: Jack McGrath, Dungarvan; Pat McGrath, Kilmacthomas; Patsy Buckley, Lismore. Next week's jackpot will be €500. Tickets are €2 and available from The Country Store, Hallahan's Pharmacy, McGrath's Newsagents, Forde's Spar in Tallow, Conna Post Office and Deckies Bar in Modeligo. Thanks so much to everyone for your support!

Ballinroad ICA BALLINROAD ICA meeting this Wednesday, 13th February at 8.00 p.m. New members always welcome.

ICA celebrates International Womens Day INTERNATIONAL Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th every year. It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights. It dates back to the early 1900's. Today, International Women's Day is a public holiday in some countries and largely ignored elsewhere. In some places, it is a day of protest; it is a day that celebrates womanhood. The ICA South Tipperary Federation International Officer Trish Sibley (Carrick-on-Suir Guild) came up with an an idea for all ICA Guilds in South Tipperary, their work colleagues and friends.To celebrate this day, I.C.A. style. A Dinner, Music and Dance evening, showcasing some Countries International Traditional Dress, International Guests will also attend. Music is by Gerry Walsh's Band.Venue is Hotel Minella, Clonmel. Date; Friday 8th March, 2019. Time: 6.30 p.m. Tickets €35 available through your local ICA Guild members. Further enquiries. Patricia Sibley 0860-1620570.

Ballyduff Upper National School THERE will be a clothing recycling drive in aid of Ballyduff Upper National School on Tuesday, February 19th at the Millennium Sports Hall. Please drop off all items before 9.30 a.m. Collection will also take place at 8.30 p.m. on Monday evening, February 18th. Please donate all your clean unwanted clothes also, towels, shoes, bags, belts and handbags. No household Bric A Brac. To make arrangement for collection of items please contact Louise McGuinness 086-1859727 or Theresa Noonan 0872026765.

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NOTAI NA GAELTACHTA RANGANNA IÓGA AGUS AIREACHAS IN HALLA COLMÁN Chuirfí ranganna ióga agus aireachas, atá oiriúnach do ghlantosaitheoirí, ar fáil in Halla Colmán, An Sean Phobal Dé Céadaoin nó Déardaoin ón 7.30 i.n. go 8.30 i.n. ag deireadh Mí Feabhra. Cúrsa sé seachtaine a bheadh i gceist ar chostas €10 in aghaidh an ranga. Más spéis leat freastal ar na ranganna seo, déan teagmmáil le Julia Horsom ag (086) 8559685. Community Yoga & Mindfulness Classes suitable for absolute beginners will be held, subject to demand, in Halla Colmán, An Sean Phobal. These classes will take place on Wednesday or Thursday Nights, from 7.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. This will be a six-week course at the end of February at a cost of €10 per class. If this is something you would be interested in having in our community please contact, via phone or text; Julie Horsom @ (086) 8559685. COISTE LOURDES | AN RINN AGUS AN SEAN PHOBAL Más suim leat dul ar oilithreacht Phort Láirge agus an Leasa Mhóir go Lourdes i mí an Mheitheamh 2019, tar i dteagmháil linn gan mhoill. Is féidir do chuid sonraí a thabhairt dtí’n tAthair Ó Ceallaigh, Siobhán De Faoite ag 058-46191 nó Seosaimhthín Uí Mhuiríosa ag 058-46262. At present we are taking names of sick people in our Parish who would like to travel on the Waterford & Lismore Dioceson Pilgrimage to Lourdes in June, 2019. Please give your name to An tAth Ó Ceallaigh, Siobhán De

Faoite on 058 46191 or Seosaimhthín Uí Mhuiríosa on 058-46262, as soon as possible. TITHE INACMHAINNE | LÉIRITHE SPÉISE Tá fáilte roimh léirithe spéise ar thithe inacmhainne i nGaeltacht na nDéise. Táimid ag iarraidh éileamh ar thithe inacmhainne sa cheantar a mheas agus má bhíonn go leor éilimh, tabharfar coiste le chéile chun tús a chur leis an bpróiseas chun Comharchumann Tithíochta a bhunú sa cheantar.Tar i dteagmháil le Comhlucht Forbartha na nDéise ag cfdeise@gmail.com / 058-46664 i gcomhair a thuilleadh eolais. SEIRBHÍS BUS I nGAELTACHT NA nDÉISE Tá seirbhís bus idir Aird Mhór agus Dún Garbhán ar fáil anois. Tá stadanna in An Sean Phobal, Heilbhic, Baile na nGall, ag Oifig an Phoist agus i Maoil ‘a Choirne. Seirbhís ceithre uair sa ló, Luan go Satharn atá ann. Tuilleadh eolas ar www.locallinkwaterford.ie AN GHAELTACHT CLG | TREALLAMH DARA LÁIMHE Tá An Ghaeltacht ag lorg treallamh CLG dara láimhe atá agat sa mbaile! Camáin, clogaid, buataisí, láimhíní srl. Is féidir linn an treallamh seo a úsáid sna scoileanna agus bheadh sé thar a bheith úsáideach. Labhair le coach do pháiste má tá aon rud agat. Is féidir treallamh a fhágaint leis na coaches ag Halla Pobail Na Rinne aon oíche Aoine. SPRAOI | GRÚPA SÚGARTHA NA RINNE Tiocfaidh Spraoi, Grúpa Súgartha do thuismitheoirí agus páistí, le chéile i Halla Pobail na Rinne ar an Aoine beag seo ón 10 r.n. go 12 i.n. Beidh comhrá deas

Disability Inclusion Training NOW BOOKING! WATERFORD Sports Partnership is hosting a Disability Inclusion Training Course at WIT Arena on Saturday, 2nd March, from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. This course is designed to provide attendees with the knowledge, skills and ideas on how to adapt and modify your sport, physical activity or physical education sessions to make them more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities. Attendees will be engaged through interactive group work, theory content and will be introduced to adaptation tools which will be applied to a variety of games and activities on how to make these inclusive for all ability groups. On completion of the course all attendees will receive a CARA Certificate of Attendance endorsed by Sport Ireland, a resource manual and a games

booklet full of fun inclusive activities. Disability Inclusion Training Course: Saturday, 2nd March, 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. at WIT Arena, Carriganore, Waterford. Cost: €45pp. Book now on www.eventbrite.ie For more please contact Pauline Casey on 0761 10 2682 or email pcasey@waterfordsportspartnership.ie

agus cupán tae/caifé ar fáil. Tuilleadh eolais: tar i dteagmháil le Bríd: 087-7470428. GRÚPA SÚGARTHA I nDÚN GARBHÁN Beidh grúpa súgartha do leanaí agus tuismitheoirí ag teacht le chéile Dé Máirt i nDún Garbhán. Tá an grúpa lonnaithe i Leabharlann Dhún Garbhán gach Máirt ón 10.30 r.n. go 12 i.n. Beidh scéalaíocht, rannta, ealaíon agus cluichí. Tuilleadh eolais: téigh i dteagmháil le Cabríní 0834455914 nó cuir r-phost ag cabrini@glornangael.ie. An Irish language playgroup will meet in Dungarvan Library from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon on Tuesday. Further information: contact Cabríní on 083-4455914 or email cabrini@glornangael.ie SCÉIM TÚS An bhfaigheann tú an Liúntas Cuardaitheora Poist? An bhfuil tú dífhostaithe agus ag iarraidh obair a dhéanamh ar tograí pobail? Bíonn deiseanna ar fáil faoin scéim TÚS do dhaoine dífhostaithe sa Rinn agus sa Sean Phobal. Más rud é go bhfuil tú faoi 25 bliain d’aois, tá buntáiste mór ar fáil. Déan teagmháil le cigire TÚS Cian O hAileasa ag 087-3770256 nó Bainisteoir Comhlacht Forbartha na nDéise, Críostóir Ó Faoláin ag 05846664 nó cfdeise@gmail.com Are you on job seekers allowance? Are you Unemployed and interested in working in Local Community Projects? Tús provides work opportunities for all unemployed people in the An Rinn/An Sean Phobal area. If you are less than 25 years of age there will be a major financial incentive for participating. Contact the Tús supervisor Cian O hAileasa at 087-

3770256 or the manager of Comhlacht Forbartha na nDeise, Críostóir Ó Faoláin 058-46664. CAIRDE NA GAELTACHTA Buaileann Cairde na Gaeltachta, Cumann Gníomhaíochta Lucht Scoir i nGaeltacht na nDéise, le chéile an céad Máirt den mhí ag 3i.n. in Ionad Pobail na Rinne. Tá fáilte is fiche roimh cách. CUMANN NAOMH UINSEANN DE PÓL Má theastaíonn ó éinne teagmháil a dhéanamh le Cumann Naomh Uinseann de Pól sa cheantar, is féidir teacht orthu ag (058) 46125 nó (083) 1128870. The contact numbers for the An Rinn / An tSean Phobail branch of St Vincent de Paul are (058) 46125 or (083) 1128870. SCÉIM FOLÁIREAMH DO SHEANÓIRÍ Más maith leat cnaipe práinne agus siogairlín a fháil faoin Scéim Foláireamh do Sheanóirí, tar i dteagmháil linn – 058-46664, cfdeise@gmail.com. If you think you could benefit from a panic button and pendant under the Seniors Alert Scheme, contact us on 058 46664, cfdeise@gmail.com. MEÁIN SHÓISIALTA / TEAGMHÁIL / CONTACT Is féidir an nuacht is déanaí agus eolas faoi imeachtaí a bheidh ar siúl sa Rinn agus sa Seanphobal a fháil ar an leathanach Facebook atá ag an gComhlucht Forbartha agus táimid ar fáil ar Twitter anois chomh maith – @cfdeise. If anybody has events / news to be included in Nótaí na Gaeltachta, send them to cfdeise@gmail.com or 058-46664.

Déise Animal Sanctuary’s Pet of the Week: Mystery Pups!

WHERE did those puppies come from? Well, we just don’t know. They were left in Rob and Pat’s truck one afternoon. Whoever put the puppies in the truck thought they would be taken in by the Déise Animal Sanctuary. And they were. The Déise Animal Sanctuary is a registered charity (CHY 21017) based in Ballymacarbry, helping animals in crisis. The two males appear to be a Whippet cross. The duo are black and white and about 10 weeks old. These youngsters are healthy, happy and up-to-date on vaccinations. Now both are ready for a home of their own. To find out more about adopting these or other dogs, please contact Pat at 087-3119509. The Déise Animal Sanctuary is a registered charity (CHY 21017) based in Ballymacarbry. And remember, you can help control the pet population by having your pets spayed or neutered.

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Memorial Walk for the late Tom Connors A Memorial Walk in Memory of the late Tom Connors of Faha, Kilmacthomas, which took place on Saturday, 9th February from McGrathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s X to the Coach House, Kilmacthomas, organised by Fr. Michael Enright.

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Parish of Aglish, Ballinameela and Mount Stuart DAY OF PRAYER We have a day of prayer for victims and survivors of abuse on Friday, 15th February, 2019 here in our parish. Mass will be celebrated at 7.15 p.m. on the 15th in Aglish Church with the blessing of Candle of Atonement. FIRST PENANCE The Sacrament of First Penance takes place in Aglish Church on Tuesday, April 9th at 7.00 p.m. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION The dates for First Holy Communion in the Parish are as follows: Aglish Church – Sunday, May 12th 11.00 a.m. Ballinameela Church – Sunday, May 19th at 11.00 a.m. These masses will be part of the Sunday Masses.

KILMAC ANNUAL 4 MILE RACE Kilmacthomas 17th annual 4 mile race kindly sponsored by, O’Rielly’s Traditional Butchers takes place on Sunday, 17th February, start time 11.00 a.m. Registration in The Rainbow Community Hall at 10.15 a.m., entry €10. Presentation of prizes in the Rainbow Hall following the race. LOTTO Kilmacthomas AFC Lotto results for Saturday, 9th February – Letters drawn B, N, P, Q. No Jackpot winner. Five winners of €20 each to Patsy Cronin, Union Road; Margaret Barron, Fahafeela; Jack Sutton, Hillside Crescent; Tommy Barry, Traceys Hill and Shane Whelan, Riverview, Kilmac. Next week’s Jackpot €2150, be in to win. WHIST Results for the Ballylaneen Whist Club which takes place each Monday night at 8.00 p.m. Kathleen Foran, Breda Galvin, Cissie Kiely, Marian Dunphy, Eric Townsend, Agnes Thomas, Monica Gough, Teresa Keane, Mary B. Bowdren, Mary Power and Mary Walsh. Raffle winners Brigid Power, Monica Gough and Mary Power. For Monday, 4th February, Nicola Carroll, Breda Galvin, Eric Townsend, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary A. Coffey,Veronica Walsh, Mary Kirwan, Helen Lally, Eileen Power, Marie Dunphy and Monica Gough. Raffle winners Breda Galvin, Mary B. Bowdren, Stess Connolly and Monica Gough. All are welcome to come along any Monday night.

KILROSSANTY DISCO Disco in Crotty’s Inn this Friday night proceeds will go to Comeragh Developement Group. I.C.A. The Guild held their monthly meeting last Friday night. It was well atttended. Quiz in Crotty’s Inn on 25th February at 7.30 p.m. The guild hope to have two teams at this quiz. Federation Annual General Meeting will be held in Butlerstown on 13th April at 2.30 p.m. The guest speaker on the night was Carmel Keith. Carmel spoke on the books that she has written in the last few years. She spoke about the power of the angels. The raffle on the night was won by Mairead Coffey and Marjorie Keane. The competition for the next night is St. Patricks Day Badge homemade. A Cake Sale will be held by the ladies of the I.C.A. on Sunday, 14th April in the hall. More details at a later stage.

HALL The Annual General Meeting took place last Thursday night. Officers as follows: President - Fr. John Delaney P.P Vice Presidents - Kathleen Whyte, Liam Power, Donal Purcell, Quan Butler. Chairman - Tom V. Walsh. Vice Chairperson - Ann Phelan. Secretary - Tony Coffey, Assistant Secretary - Margaret Riordan. Treasurer - Murish Walsh. Assistant Treasurer - Breda Crotty. Hall Bookings Liz O’Riordan. Committee - M. Walsh, L. Walsh, N. Walsh, P. Cotter, B. Whyte, K.Veale. BINGO Bingo on 22nd February at 8.30 p.m. in Crotty’s Inn. Jackpot is €2,300. CLOTTO Kilrossanty GAA Clotto every Monday night at 9.00 p.m.

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WEST WATERFORD CONTACT INFORMATION Please note items to be included in this the West Waterford Notes column are always welcome. Items for the notes can be submitted by email to westwatnotes@yahoo.co.uk or by call, text, whatsApp or viber to 087-2076704 or calling 024-92249. Thank you. CHELTENHAM PREVIEW NIGHT CRY104fm are delighted to announce that their 4th annual Cheltenham preview night will take place on Friday, 8th March at 8.00 p.m. at Youghal GAA Club. This year’s event promises to be even bigger and better event with the addition of the Grand National and Gold Cup winning jockey Davy Russell to the expert Panel. This year’s event will see all proceeds split between “Bumbleance” – the children’s National Ambulance Service and “Community Radio Youghal”. Tickets are €10 and are available at the door on the night,With €600 worth of Free Bets to be won on the night, a fantastic auction and a raffle it is a night not to be missed. BALLYCURRANE NS FUNDRAISING Split the Pot: Last week Ballycurrane National School fundraising hosted their bi-weekly Split the Pot draw at the school.The Pot was a huge €1,004 last Friday and the lucky winner was Mr. Danny Murphy, €502 to Danny and €502 to our school, once again thanks to everyone for their continued support, we really appreciate it. Cinema Day: Last Sunday we had our cinema day in Regal Cinema Youghal and we raised €784, big and small enjoyed Lego Movie 2, a big thank you to all that came along and supported us, and many thanks to Regal Cinema Youghal. CLASHMORE RAMBLERS LOTTO RESULTS Our weekly Clashmore Ramblers Alpha Lotto draw took place on Sunday night, February 10th, our letters drawn were C, G, S and X. We had no winner of our Jackpot which now stands at €1,350. The following were our lucky weekly prize winners of spot prizes of €20 each: Saorise Ahern, Michael Lombard, Christy Ormond. Congratulations to all our winners and thanks to everyone for your support. CLASHMORE / KINSALEBEG FOROIGE CLUB NEWS 'Walk n Talk' – Kids from the Junior and Teenagers Foroige clubs have been taking part in Foroige/Operation Transformation 'Walk n Talk' campaign every Wednesday evening for the past 4 weeks. Our aim was to walk 1 million steps with our Community, so we invited people to join us every week during our club nights, We have now reached 700,000 steps. To get us across the line Pamela McDermott Swayne (Leader from RTE Operation Transformation) is joining us again the week (with her camera crew this time!). So please sign up and join us on Wednesday night, 13th February. You must register for this walk! Forms are available from local shops and you can register on Wednesday night from 6.15 p.m. (please bring your forms on the night). Two options for the walk. From Heritage Centre to GAA Grounds

at 6.30 p.m. or meet us at the GAA Grounds and walk the pitch with us appox 6.45 p.m. Thanks to everyone who has already signed up, and we look forward to seeing you for our 1 COMMUNITY 1 MILLION STEPS. CASH FOR CLOBBER! We are looking for all your wanted items for Villierstown Parents Association who are running a Cash for Clobber on Friday, 1st March. The polytunnel is open if anyone wants to drop in unwanted clothes, shoes, etc. at any time. This is a great opportunity to do an early spring clean so please tell family members and friends. LOURDES PILGRIMAGE Booking for the 61st annual Waterford & Lismore Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2019 is now open. This year’s pilgrimage takes place from June 5th to 10th. All Bookings on the pilgrimage should be made through the Lourdes Office, St. John's Pastoral Centre, John's Hill Waterford. CLASHMORE COMMUNITY ALERT Clashmore Community Alert held their February meeting on Monday night last.Chairperson Maria Scanlon presided, while the turnout wasn’t huge a number of items were raised and discussed ranging from:- Traffic management, to GDPR and how it affects the group, to reviewing the current list of Area Contacts with a view to updating this if necessary, this matter to be dealt with in more detail at the March meeting after some more research has been carried out. Garda Bob Trischler addressed the meeting and we were delighted to hear that there had been no issues of note to report.The use of “Whats App” as a means of improving communication was raised and is to be investigated. A number of applications for the “Seniors Alert Scheme” were brought to the meeting and these are being forwarded to pobal for approval and it is hoped they will have alarms installed before the next meeting. The chairperson thanked all who had supported and sponsored the recent Card Drive and Raffle and all who attended and helped with the Coffee Morning. The date for the next meeting was set for Monday, March 11th at 8.00 p.m. in the Heritage Centre. If there is an issue you would like discussed or if you know a vulnerable or elderly person who may qualify for a monitored alarm please bring it to the attention of a member of the committee. CLASHMORE TIDY TOWNS ASSOCIATION It is with a heavy heart that we remember the recently deceased Bridie Foley, Clashmore who was a leading light of our organization since it’s beginning. Bridie and Davy Foley were the main driving force behind the foundation of a Tidy Towns group in the village way back in 1966 and were both actively involved up until a short few years ago. Over the decades, the village has changed dramatically, with such additions as the Grotto of Our Lady of the Wayside in the early ‘70s, the installation of St. Mochua’s Walk and the Kilmaloo Walk amongst many other projects which improved the village’s aspect and

quality of life for its residents forever and Bridie and Davy were involved every step of the way. Bridie was one of the friendliest faces that one could hope to meet in and around the village of a day and there was always a ‘welcome on the mat’ to her home for locals and visitors alike and she has certainly left a lasting legacy behind her. She will be sadly missed by village residents and everyone else that knew her - Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis. UP COMING EVENTS It is almost that time of year already when we hold our annual fundraising Table Quiz, which is planned for Saturday, March 2nd so please mark this date in your diary and watch this space for more details in the coming weeks. Other events coming up during the Spring will be our Annual Spring Clean-Up event which will take place in early April and also we are planning a fundraising Fun Walk which will also take place during April so lots to look forward to! CLASHMORE & PILTOWN LOURDES GUILD Are you or some one you know in the parish of Clashmore and Piltown in need of healing? Lourdes is wonderful place of peace and healing it is a universal meeting place, where friendship, prayer and the celebration of life are very much to the core of every pilgrimage. Each year our parish guild sends two members of the community to Lourdes with Waterford & Lismore Diocesan Pilgrimage. If you or some one you know would like to travel to Lourdes this June 5th to the 11th please give your names and get an application form as soon as possible from either of the following. Anne Seward (Piltown) or Phyllis O’Halloran (Clashmore). CLASHMORE – KINSALEBEG GAA LOTTO Our weekly ClashmoreKinsalebeg GAA Club Lotto took place last Monday night last, February 11th. The following were the numbers out of the drum 10, 27, 28 and 31. We had no Jackpot winner, so next week our Jackpot will be €3,700 when our draw takes place at The Decies Bar Clashmore. Our lucky winners of €20 spot prizes this week were:- Helen Lynch; James O’Leary; Anne & Boc; Larry Kiely;The Ledingham family Katie and Oisin. Well done to all our winners and thanks to everyone for you’re support. CLASHMORE 45 DRIVE At our Clashmore 45 Drive on Monday night last, February 11th, Joint winners on nine games each this week were Tom Osborne and John Motherway, Tony Keane and Gabriel Hynes. In third place on eight games we had Kathleen Osborne and Eileen Dower. Best of the last five this week were Kyle Cunningham and Edmond Og Ledingham. Our lucky last game winners were Billy Connery and Derry Cotter, Mary Ann and Bobby Connery. Well done to all our winners and thanks for your support. FINNISK FUN RIDE Date for your Diary: The annual Finnisk Charity Fun Ride takes place this year on Sunday, March 10th, at 12.30 p.m. The course begins and ends in beautiful

picturesque village of Villierstown (so there will be no need to move horse boxes). Entries on the day will be taken from 11.30 a.m. More details later. VALENTINE’S WEEKEND DANCING Social Dancing this Saturday night, 16th February, at Youghal’s GAA Pavillion to the music of Liam Mannering and Marie.To celebrate the weekend of Love we have two bouquets of flowers and two boxes of chocolates to give away. Remember tea, coffee and cakes given out until eleven to all those attending on the night. Hope to see you all there. THE DEATH HAS OCCURRED OF ANN (NÉE BAGGE) BYRNE This week we extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of a lady who has always been a great supporter of these notes. A native of Knockanaris, Clashmore, Ann (née Bagge) Byrne, Affane, Cappoquin, died peacefully on Sunday last, February 10th. Growing up in Clashmore at a time when her late father, Tom Bagge, was our well known and dearly loved postman, gave Ann and her siblings a great knowledge of the area and its people. Ann never lost the love for her native place and its people. Right throughout her life she kept in touch with her many childhood friends here. Predeceased by her dearly loved husband Joe in 2013; also her brothers Tom (Cork), Sean (Dublin), Paddy (England) and her sisters Mary Troy (Ardmore) and Terry Ruste (Ardmore). To her dearly loved family, her sons Tom and Joey; daughters Mary Leggett, Ann Maher, Linda Lyons, Ita Mason and Edel Twomey; brother Joe Bagge (England), her extended family, neighbours and friends we extend our deepest sympathy. Following Requiem Mass on this Wednesday morning at St. John The Baptist Church, Affane at 11.00 a.m., Ann will be laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery. May she rest in peace. 'CHAT AS GAEILGE' Our weekly 'Chat as Gaeilge' continues this Thursday evening at 8.30 p.m. at Beresford’s (The Rising Sun) Clashmore. All are welcome to come along and sit in with this very informal group for a chat and general conversation in our native tongue. THE FINAL WEEK - “CHAROLAIS” If you missed the recent performance of the brilliant Noni Stapleton’s “Charolais” in Clashmore you still have a chance once again to see it live this week at the “Blackwater Valley Fit Ups Theatre Festival”. “Charolais” is a surreal, black comedy, Charolais takes the age old story of female jealousy and gives it a new twist: the other woman is a cow, a literal one, a pure-bred Charolais heifer. Rarely in Irish theatre are the challenges of farming life and the joy of sex expressed Wednesday, February 13th - 8.00 p.m. – Ballynoe Community Hall. Thursday, February 14th - 8.00 p.m. – Meelin Community Hall. Friday, February 15th - 8.00 p.m. – Kades Kounty, Glenville. Saturday, February 16th - 8.00 p.m. – The Town Hall, Mitchelstown.

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Brideview Drama Tallow ready for road! BRIDEVIEW Drama Tallow have hit the ground running with their production of ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’ by Brian Friel. With four performances under their belt, the show is most certainly on the up, as the team prepare for the drama festival circuit where they will travel to eight competitions around Ireland and compete against the best amateur drama groups in the county. Last year, Brideview Drama finished runners up in the AllIreland Open Three-Act Finals in Athlone. This was a huge achievement as it was Brideview’s first time ever reaching the final. With this experience behind them they have brought together a team of 12 actors from across West Waterford and East Cork guided by directing duo Jack Aherne and Tomás Roche to bring Brian Friel’s masterpiece to life on the stage. The storyline follows a significant day in the life of Gar O’Donnell who is fed up with the dreary round of life in Ballybeg, with his uncommunicative father and his humiliating job at his father's grocery shop, with his frustrated love for Kathy Doogan who married a richer, more successful young man and with the total absence of prospect and opportunity in his life at home. Gareth O'Donnell has accepted his aunt's invitation to come to Philadelphia and the plays follows the events which occur on the eve of his departure. Despite the fantasies Gar entertains of life in America, all it would take to stop him leaving would be one word of affection from his father or Kathy or a word of genuine understanding from his friends.

Kris Cowming, John Stack, Helen Aherne, Sean Ahern, Grainne Barry, Emma Walsh, Liam Roche, Gavin Hallahan, Ted O’Brien, Conor Goulding, John Cullinane and Eoghan Hennessy bring the interesting characters from the page to the stage and display a wealth of talent and skill in the process. The play went down a storm on its opening weekend in Tallow Community Centre and then the group packed their bags and travelled down the county to Ballymacarbry where they entertained a full house in aid of the local national school. It was the first time ever that a drama group from the Open Section performed a play on that particular stage and it was Brideview’s privilege to be the first. Next stop is The Village Arts Centre across the border in Kilworth, Co. Cork on Saturday 16th before the group return home to Tallow Community Centre on Wednesday 20th, Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd and Wednesday 27th. They will then load the set, the props and themselves into vans and cars and travel to the Western Drama Festival in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo on Saturday, March 2nd.The hectic schedule continues for the month of March as the group travel to Castleisland, Co. Kerry, Ballyduff Upper, Co. Waterford, Kildare, Co. Kildare, Rossmore, Co. Cork, Rathangan, Co. Kildare, Holycross, Co. Tipperary and Scariff, Co. Clare. Don’t miss you chance to see this high quality production which brings you on a journey from tears of laughter to tears of sorrow. To book your seat at any of the Tallow Community Centre performances contact (058) 56445 during office hours.

Ted O'Brien as Master Boyle pictured with Kris Cowming playing the role of Gar (In Public).

The cast of Brideview Drama's production of 'Philadelphia Here I Come'.

Emma Walsh, Gavin Hallahan, Liam Roche and Kris Cowming in 'The American Scene'.

Conor Goulding, John Cullinane, Eoghan Hennessy and Kris Cowming in 'The Boy Scene'.

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Movie Reviews In association with SGC Dungarvan

Green Book By Tamara Ní Shíocháin

VoiceOver with Tenors Unlimited at the Theatre Royal Waterford on Thursday, 7th February, 2019.

Tenors Unlimited and VoiceOver impress at The Theatre Royal Waterford! LASTING memories for VoiceOver were created on Thursday last, February 7th when the choir were guests of the well-known international group Tenors Unlimited. The weeks of planning and rehearsals were put to the test and the much appreciative audience were truly rewarded! Supported by the choir, the Tenors serenaded with such numbers as ‘Come What May’, ‘Nessun Dorma’, ‘You Raise Me Up’ and ‘Thank You For the Years’ while VoiceOver with Musical

Director Cordelia Burke also performed a number of solo pieces. All too soon they sang ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ with the Tenors leaving Waterford in a happy mood and very satisfied with their first public Irish appearance. How lucky were they that this performance was in the beautiful surroundings of the Theatre Royal! Jem, Paul, Scott, and accompanist Graeme later commented that they really enjoyed performing with VoiceOver

Table Quiz in Fusion Centre on Friday THIS Friday, 15th February, a table quiz will be held in the Fusion Centre, Dungarvan.The event which is sure to be highly entertaining is a fundraiser for Holy Family Missions, Glencomeragh, County Waterford. The event starts at 7.30 p.m. and costs just €6 per person, teams to consist of 4 people. Everyone is invited young and old. If you don’t have a group of four people come along anyway and we will match you up. Quizmaster John Donovan says he will keep the questions light and easy. All subjects will be covered from history, trivia, science, sports, religion, celebrities etc. etc. There will be plenty of audio and visual clues to assist the quizzers. You don’t have to be a brainbox to enjoy the night and do well. John loves to find quirky questions that are not found in quiz books. The beauty of the Table Quiz is that everyone is asked the same questions. Free Refreshments (Starbucks hot chocolate, coffee, tea etc.) will be served on the night and we have assembled a wonderful selection of raffle prizes & spot prizes to be won. Holy Family Mission was established by Bishop Cullinan to be a place for people between the age of 18 and 30 to discover and deepen their knowledge of the Catholic faith. Through the training and formation they receive they will be able transmit the faith in parishes and schools across the country. Over the past three years HFM members have led Faith Camps in Dungarvan, Tramore, Waterford, Glencomeragh and Melleray, and visited many schools and events in the diocese and beyond. Come along, support a wonderful cause and have a great night in Fusion this Friday.

including their few informal lessons on how to correctly pronounce the iconic Waterford ‘Blaa’. Never one to rest on their laurels now is not the time for VoiceOver to take a holiday, as planning is already in full swing for their Spring Concert. This will be held on Sunday, 7th April in Mount Melleray Abbey at 3.00 p.m. Further details to follow in the coming weeks.

TÁ an scannán Green Book bunaithe ar an bhfíorscéal faoi fhear gorm a bhí ag tabhairt camcuairt ar na stáit i ndeisceart na Stáit Aontaithe sna 1960í nuair a bhí ciníochas anchomónta. Bhí sé stiúrtha ag Peter Farrelly agus bhí sé ainmnithe don a lán duaiseanna. Is iad Viggo Mortensen agus Mahershala Ali na príomhaisteoirí sa scannán seo. Nuair atá Tony Lip (garda cosanta IodáilMheiriceánach) fostaithe ag Dr. Don Shirley, chun dul ar turas leis, tá orthu braith ar an “Green Book” chun fanacht sábháilte. Sa leabhar sin, tá liosta de na háiteanna atá sábháilte do AfraiMheiriceánaigh. Níl dabht ar bith ach go bhfuil an bheirt acu an-difriúil óna chéile ach tá orthu síocháin a dhéanamh. Níl aon amhras go bhfuil an aisteoireacht thar bharr sa scannán ach níos tábhachtaí ná sin, tá an scéal go hiontach freisin. Tá sé mothuchánach agus simplí. B’fhéidir go bhfuil sé ró-shimplí in áiteanna, ach é sin ráite, tá sé éifeachtach agus is scannán maith é gan dabht ar bith. Ráta: 4/5

The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part

By Bill Tubbritt

THE Lego Movie 2 is the fourth instalment in the franchise after the original Lego Movie back in 2014 which was followed by 2 spin-offs, Lego Batman and Lego Ninjago which were both released in 2017. The film is directed by Mike Mitchell with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller who were writers and directors for the first film returning this time as producers and writers. Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Charlie Day, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, and Will Ferrell are all back to reprise their roles with Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz and Maya Rudolph being the new additions to the cast. In The Lego Movie 2 Emmet, Lucy, Batman and the rest of the citizens of Bricksburg are back. This time round they discover new worlds as the adventure takes them to outer space where they must defeat the deadly Lego Duplo invaders to restore order to the Lego universe. After the huge success of the first movie people will be expecting a lot from this much awaited sequel. In truth it doesn’t match the first movie for laugh out loud moments but that is not to say that The Lego Movie 2 is a bad movie. Far from it in fact as we are still treated to constant gags throughout the movie and a sound track that really has some very cleverly written catchy numbers, watch out for the closing number when the credits role in particular. The Lego Movie train is surely not slowing down anytime soon with this latest instalment sure to go down very well with audiences all over the world. Rating 4/5

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Portrait of an artist … By Donal Buckley

The Comeraghs

Picture of a Bug House taken on 23rd December at the Greenway. Insects have gone inside to hibernate for the winter. Note the outside been blanked off by insects with material from inside.

Dungarvan Men’s Shed AND THEY ARE OFF AS DEMAND INCREASES FOR CANVAS PAINTING SESSIONS A “New Approach to Fine Art” began in the Shed last week. With the euphoria of success still strong from their outstanding Christmas Exhibition, the lads in the Shed returned to the canvas to create their next batch of masterpieces. Heads bent, minds focused, and with silence in the room, the boys were busy concentrating on form and colour. Their tutor Christopher Heaphy was amazed by the confidence shown by these star pupils. Many probing questions were asked by the lads which is a tes-

tament to depth of knowledge gained by them, from the first 12 week “Art for Fun” course, run in the shed, which led to the exhibition last December. It is to their credit that they have applied themselves again so diligently.We wish them well and hope they have plenty of fun. Thanks Chris for volunteering to share your knowledge with us. Michael Cass Interim PRO

THEY are not the highest mountains in the country. Nor are they the biggest range in Ireland.We don't even call them mountains. To the people of Waterford, they are just "The Comeraghs". No other county can claim any part of them. They sit proudly in the North West quarter of Waterford county. The Comeraghs are the backdrop to all our lives. But they are not just a piece of inanimate scenery. This is an area of great beauty and history. It has been a sanctuary for artists and scoundrels alike over many centuries. Some would say that they are one and the same. I couldn't possibly comment. Artists and photographers have found this wild eco-system to be a challenge and ultimately a triumph. The constantly changing climate, the variety of colours and the picturesque quality of every angle has provided iconic subject matter for both professionals and amateurs. During the Comeraghs Wild Festival last Summer, I was fortunate enough to get a place in a Plein Air masterclass weekend with Roisín O'Shea. On the Saturday we were taken by bus from the little village 'at the butt of the mountains' Kilrossanty to the panoramic vista of Mahon Falls. It was a cloudy and, at times, blustery day but the scene before us was breath taking.Though the wind made several attempts to whisk away our materials, our biggest test was to pick just one part to paint. Watecolourist Roisín gave us as much direction as possible but the landscape kept changing. I'm not saying there was volcanic activity in the area, but the fast moving clouds interspersed with bright sunshine conspired to erratically change the colours of the rocks and textures around us. There were many paintings started and unfinished that day.The following day, Sunday, we again

left from the old school in Kilrossanty and were brought to Crough Woods by bus. Roisín O'Shea spent most of her time trying to find suitable parts of the forestry for us to paint while at the same time providing shade for our delicate skin. The temperature was in the high 20's and the river that ran through this part of the woods was down to a mere trickle. Again it was up to ourselves to find a subject and interpret what we saw and paint it.. This is where the individual perspective came in to play. Our American friend, Tess, noticed a broken branch on a tree that resembled a birds head. Our initial reaction was that sunstroke had got her, but after she drew it from her unique angle, we all could see it. Many artists have painted various scenes from The Comeraghs. Each and everyone of them saw something different, something distinctive and personal. On the same day several individuals see different tones, shades and colours. The rocks at Mahon Falls can be beige, grey, orange, purple or blue. Meanwhile, on the Nire Valley, the crests of Knockanaffrin and other peaks are equally comfortable as yellow, red or khaki and green. All that is before you go near the lakes and streams, flora and fauna or the sprinkling of picturesque villages. Its not just artists that acknowledge the diversity and aesthetic charms of the Comeraghs. It is frequented by hillwalkers, ramblers, bird watchers, amateur and professional photographers and picnicking families. People meet strangers here, strike up a conversation about their surroundings

Together at Mahon Falls by Teresa Moran and become friends for life. Its that kind of place.There's no pressure here, no admission fees and nobody expects anyone to exceed their physical capabilities. All that's asked is that you respect others and don't leave any litter. The Comeraghs are an aesthetic resource for this county. They stand alongside The Copper Coast, The Blackwater Valley, The Suir and The Greenway. No other county can claim to have such an area of unspoiled wilderness.

Lemybrien Mural

Misty Comeragh Valley by Ann Brennan

Mahon Falls by Roisin O’Shea

Comeragh View by Brenda Harris

Mahon Falls by Willie Redmond

Coumshingaun Lake by Anna Brennan

Sinead Hehir

The Comeraghs - Alan Wells

Barry and Jay concentrate on their work during the New Approach to Fine Art session last week.

Michael,Gary and Johnny.

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Water damage to Museum Exhibition

Photo of the Week: Can you identify the people and place in this photograph? If so please let us know.

Damage caused to the Museum by internal flood on Friday last, 8th February. LAST Friday morning our worst nightmare came through when museum staff arrived to discover that the upstairs bathroom had overflowed sending large volumes of water crashing through the ceiling onto museum exhibits beneath. This area has only been completed a few weeks ago and also contained the archaeology section of our new Brenan exhibition, so it was a heartbreaking sight to behold.The walls contained some of our most important drawings and paintings by artists such as Sarah Purser, Power O’Malley, Maud Power and rare 19th century sketches and watercolours of Dungarvan. Part of our new Brenan exhibition was beneath the deluge containing valuable archaeological sketches, letters and pamphlets. The curator and museum staff took immediate action to move display cases and remove the pictures from the walls while the water was still pouring down. The museum committee cannot thank the staff enough for their tremendous efforts working in such an awful mess of water and debris.Thanks to Paulus, Miriam,Tony, Danny and Barry. A big thank you to Joanne Rothwell, Waterford City & Co Archivist who came to our rescue and offered advice and practical assistance. To Museum committee members Paul McLouglin and Chrissy O’Connor Knight who helped with the clean- up. Thanks also to Tara McAndrew CE Supervisor, to Conor Nolan, City Arts Officer, Gabriel Foley and the council staff. The museum will be closed this week for repair work, but we can be contacted by phone or email and the museum staff will be delighted to assist you with any queries.We hope to have our precious documents and pictures back on display in the not too distant future.

NATIONAL HERITAGE AWARDS Waterford County Museum, Dungarvan were delighted to be recognised for an award and to represent Waterford at the National Heritage Awards on Wednesday, 6th February ,2019. The Museum picked up an award after being shortlisted from hundreds for their community work at Gallows Hill, Dungarvan. Well done to all involved. STORIES FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS Knockbrack Slate Quarry On the 30th of September 1933 the Dungarvan Observer published an article about the reopening of the Knockbrack Slate Quarry near Clashmore which had not been worked for many years and had first opened in the 19th century. According

to historian Canon Power, Knockbrack slate was exhibited in the Cork International Exhibition of 1902. The paper noted that the promoters had just made the final arrangements about employing local people. It was anticipated that initially 30 to 50 people would be employed. Much of the work involved clearing out the old debris to enable them to dig deeper to find the better quality slate. ‘It may be interesting to note that the present machinery about to be erected…consists of one giant crane by Butler Brothers, Engineers, Glasgow’. It was noted that the promoters had received a government loan. J McGrath CEIMCE was appointed overseer, John Tynan, engineer, formerly of the Killaloe Slate Quarry, was in charge of the

The Tragic Voyage of Paul and Aga Mueller An Illustrated Talk by Brian Mulvihill BRIAN’S talk deals with Aga Mueller and her father Paul and their failed voyage from Germany to Argentina in a sixteen foot boat named Berlin. The journey that they chose to undertake was indeed an epic one and Brian will trace their journey to its end and all that happened in between. The story is a fantastic one with twists and turns that people will not believe, it’s worthy of an Agatha Christie novel, with a cliff hanger ending. The story does not end with the ending of the voyage and goes right up to the modern day! Brian has spent many years researching this particular project, and it most certainly is going to be a very interesting talk. Brian worked for many years in Dungarvan Crystal prior to the factory closure. He then returned to college and retrained as a teacher. This retraining included a year long work placement at a camp in America. Upon qualification, Brian secured work with the Waterford Wexford ETB and he currently works as a tutor with Dungarvan Youthreach. This talk takes place in the Town Hall Theatre, Dungarvan on Wednesday, 20th February at 8.00 p.m. There is an admittance fee of €5, and as always, all are welcome.

Chrissy Knight O'Connor and Eddie Cantwell (Waterford County Museum/Gallows Hill Project Coordinators).

machinery. The company representatives also paid a visit to the P.P. of Clashmore, Father Murphy, who wished them well. It was explained that the quality of the slate in the quarry was very good, ‘especially the green seam, and this may be proved by the fact that many of the oldest houses in Youghal, Clashmore, and other places are covered with Knockbrack slate, and are there for over 100 years or more’. In the Schools Collection on www.duchas.ie there is a reference to the quarry compiled by Ballycurrane School: ‘The old slate quarry at Knockbrack supplied all the slate that was used in roofing here about a hundred years ago. The slate on the school came from there. It was rather small and heavy and was not polished off like the English slate as they had not the requisite machinery. It was owned by the Coughlan family. Some years ago it was acquired by the Killaloe Company and was worked for a while. Some fine slate was got but it was abandoned again. A huge hole half filled with water is all that remains of the last attempt’. John F Boyle in his booklet Waterford County: Its Lapsed and Possible Industries 1906 referred to the excellent quarry at Knockbrack situated on the lands of Mr Coughlan and its green and purple slates. YOUR CHANCE TO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM Museum membership is available for an annual fee of €15 if you would like to support the work of the museum. The museum relies heavily on membership fees, donations and fund raising activities, so we

would be delighted if you would join us as a member. DONATION OF OBJECTS AND OLD PHOTOGRAPHS The museum relies on donations of objects from members of the public. We do not have funds to purchase objects, so we would be very grateful for any objects of local historic interest which you would kindly be willing to donate to us. Also if you have any old photographs of people, places, ships, sports events etc. with a County Waterford connection we are very happy to accept them. VISITING THE MUSEUM We welcome visits from schools, community groups, and local history societies. Please contact us at (058) 45960 to arrange a visit. Opening Hours Monday to Friday 10am-5pm. Admission is free. Contact Details Tel: (058) 45960 Email: info@waterfordmuseum.ie Website: www.waterfordmuseum.ie Facebook: waterford county museum Twitter: @waterfordmuseum TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS See what people think of our museum on TripAdvisor at https://bit.ly/2ODTk9b Waterford County Museum is a non profit organisation, curated and managed by a voluntary committee.

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The Towns and Villages of the Waterford Greenway

A history of Dungarvan, Abbeyside, Stradbally, Kilmacthomas, Portlaw and Waterford City.

OVER the past seven weeks we hope you’ve enjoyed reading the excerpts from Waterford County Museum’s new book ‘The Towns & Villages of the Waterford Greenway’. The book contains accessible narrative histories of Dungarvan, Abbeyside, Stradbally, Kilmacthomas, Portlaw and Waterford City. The publication is the product of work by four heritage groups, eleven historians, three photographers and two illustrators over a two-year period. All contributors donated their time free of charge and all profits are being donated to Portlaw Heritage Centre, Stradbally Church Ruins Committee, Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society and Waterford County Museum. As well as history and photos the book also contain maps detailing places of interest.We are currently completing a set of Google Maps for each locality with driving, cycling and walking directions to the sights and attractions mentioned. We also compiled for the book a directory of historical places and resources from around the county to help you explore your local history further. In the coming month or two the book will be re-launched for the tourist season and our emphasis will be getting it stocked in tourist friendly outlets along the Greenway. BUY THE BOOK This impressive 270-page book priced at €20 is now available in the following local outlets. Dungarvan: Eurospar Abbeyside, Reader’s Choice, Shalloe’s Newsagents, Dungarvan Tourist Office, Waterford Co. Museum, David Walsh Office Supplies, and Easons Durrow: O’Mahony’s Stradbally:

Cunningham's Supermarket Dunhill: Education Centre Kilmacthomas: Post Office Kilmeaden: Hickson's Centra Lismore: Heritage Centre Portlaw: Portlaw Heritage Centre, Fogarty’s Shop Waterford City: The Book Centre, Ardkeen Foodstore. Online: www.waterfordmuseum.ie/greenway The contributors to the book were Eddie Cantwell, Ger Crotty, Cian Flaherty, William Fraher, Christina Knight-O’Connor, Cian Manning, Seán and Síle

Murphy, Julian Walton, Martin Whelan, Willie Whelan, Eamonn Bolger, John Foley, Pat Kenealy, Michael Power and Anne Lannon Power. We would like to thank the public for purchasing the book and all the retailers around the county who facilitated us by stocking the book. The project is supported by Waterford Leader Partnership, Waterford Council and The Heritage Council. Our thanks to Printmaster for their support and execution of the project.

Women known as 'Joulters' selling fish in Dungarvan c.1900.

Durrow Station, which served nearby Stradbally, c.1966.

[P. J. Maher]

Kilmacthomas Post Office c.1900.

[Andy Kelly]

The ruins of McGrath’s Castle, Abbeyside after it collapsed on 18th January, 1916.

Clonegam Church, built in 1741 and restored in 2001.

[Pat Kenealy]

Baking Blaas at Adair’s Bakehouse, 18 Lady Lane c.1896. (NLI)

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COUNTY NEWS

It’s not what you spend, it’s how you wear it!

Pat Keane of Willie and Oak.

Dungarvan Tidy Towns WE have been inviting local businesses what they have been doing with regards there shop to make our environment a better place and so far SGC, Rebike Greenway cafe and today Willow and Oak have been in touch, here is what Pat Keane had to tell us on the products in his shop. WILLOW AND OAK There is a real trend towards recycling and fair trade at European Fashion Shows. From 2017 we became conscious of this and we try to include as much as possible in our offering. For autumn/winter 2019 we are currently talking to clothing companies about stocking a range of fair trade and up cycled clothing. So far Hi-Di Hi and Soruka handbags have been popular with customers particularly before Christmas. It's possibly better articulated by Soruka. Another example from Willow and Oak is our scented candle range; all our candles are soya based with essential oils used as fragrance as opposed to petro chemicals that are in most. SORUKA HANDBAGS Fair trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Its purpose is to create opportunities for producers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional system. Our bags are manufactured in India. We work closely with small, independent artisans to help grow their business and production capabilities. The partnership with them is the best method of job creation in low income environments and also a way to preserve generational craftsmanship. All our artisans are trained adults over 18, who receive beyond fair trade wages. RECYCLED MATERIALS Using recycled materials reduces the need for new material and avoids the waste that comes with conventional manufacturing processes. Recycling is aimed at extending the lifespan of materials and goods we consume and minimizing the flow into landfills We find it an amazing challenge to use and to transform useless pieces to useful creations, while contributing to a better future. Our bags are made with recycled leather that has been wasted by factories (scrap and left over leather) and dead stock materials. For us, sustainability means to respect the material using every single part so that nothing goes to the waste. It also means deep respect for all the people involved in its creation and their cultures. Dead stock materials: left over leather that is no longer useful to companies and is sold off due to various reasons including overstock, not meeting aesthetic requirements, too small in quantity to make on collection or no longer in season. Traditionally, the fashion houses kept their excess material for a few season and later they send it to the landfills. We rescue this dead stock before it is thrown away and give it a new lease of life. Because we use dead stock, scrap and left over leather it’s impossible to make two identical bags. Each color combination will always be different. Each bag is unique and unrepeatable! If your business is doing something eco friendly or selling eco friendly products we would like to hear from you email us at dungarvantidytowns@gmail.com

CATHY McGrath, Image Consultant & Stylist, is featuring this week Spring 2019 most diverse seasons of shoes, bags, and all accessories. Ready for some inspiration in capturing top trends in accessories? Pumps are guaranteed to catch our attention. Practical black flats are supreme again this Spring/Summer. If you wish to adorn the shades with crystals as an embellishment. The sunglasses are sharper than ever with sharp angular shapes. There is a new kind of glamour, such as feathers and fringes on accessories. The belt bag has made a huge return, for 2019. This brings class to a hands free accessory. It also gives shape to a dress, circles or squares for a bag are also a choice for this season. Big Bucket Hats, with frills creates a feminine silhouette. Headscarves and Headbands, are all on trend, scarves worn on head as a turban, or worn as a silky fabric on bag. Jewellery: sees the return of gigantic jewellery, pieces in form of tortoiseshell, from necklaces, chokers, larger than life earrings and bangles. Pearls are also seasonal and ladylike. Belts compliment an outfit big time, depending on different body shapes. They can be a flattering asset to the outfit. belts are often an over-

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looked accessory, fabric belts best for Summer and thicker leather belts for Winter/early Spring. Accessories can make or break an outfit. Body Shapes: The main reason women find shopping for a new outfit daunting, is, they are unsure of their body shape. Knowing your body shape is key to successful dressing, no matter what trends are in fashion. There are six body shapes, hour-

glass, apple, pear, inverted triangle, lean column and rectangle. In this week's feature, I am outlining the full and neat hour glass body shape. Ladies you are lucky if you are this body shape, with killer curves. Characteristics of Hour Glass: Defined Waist & Bust, Same size top and bottom, Neat Hips, Curved Bottom. Key is to wear fitted styles and show

shape, perhaps slightly stretchy fabric. Define waist with belt, flatter bust with layers of jewellery, highlight bum and hips. Avoid wearing loose tops and loose bottoms such as palazzo pants, this does nothing for shape. Belted jackets, trench coats, bomber jackets are great and clinch in at waist. Avoid: Boxy styles, focus on silhouette that draws the eye towards the most slender part of body. Tops: FITTED, FITTED, FITTED, its all about celebrating your waist and highlighting your neckline. Wrap tops, peplum tops, round, boat or v-necklines. Try elbow sleeve length, add layers that show off waist. Dresses: Fit & Flare, skater dresses, wrap dresses. beware of flowery styles – if you have to wear a flowery dress, add a belt. Jeans: high waisted floor grazing flares with dancing heels are quite flattering. Stretchy skinny jeans and leggings are perfect for showing off curves. Jumpsuits can be incredible, remember to go for a waist flattering style. Skinny waist belts, long necklaces layered and clutch bags are the choice of accessories. IT’S NOT WHAT YOU SPEND, IT’S HOW YOU WEAR IT!

SCHOOL NEWS Dungarvan Credit Union & Junior Achievement Ireland look forward to a bright future for local students for the South East Region with Junior Achievement said ‘We are thrilled to be working with Dungarvan Credit Union and JUNIOR Achievement Ireland (JAI) commenced a new partnership this school year with Dungarvan Credit Union to inspire and motivate local school students to realise their potential by valuing education and understanding how to succeed in the world of work. Two staff from the branch volunteered to teach a Junior Achievement programme in a local primary and secondary school in schools in the common bond of the Dungarvan Credit Union. In term one of this school year Orla Dawson and Audrey Flynn focused on delivering a financial literacy programme to secondary school students in St. Declan’s Community College in Kilmacthomas. Orla and Audrey delivered a Junior Achievement programme called ‘Finance your Future’ which helps students understand the benefits of successfully managing their personal finance when they leave school. In term two the branch then focused on primary schools and delivered a 6th class programme called ‘More than Money’ in Kilmacthomas Primary School. Through a variety of handson activities designed to support differentiated learning styles, students were encouraged to use innovative thinking to learn money-management skills that support positive attitudes as they explore and enhance their career aspirations and their understanding of entrepreneurship. Orla Dawson from Dungarvan Credit Union said “The school children in both the primary and secondary schools really embraced the Junior Achievement Programmes. Myself and Audrey thoroughly enjoyed running this programme and appreciated the effort and involvement that came from both the students and the teachers”. Denise Power, Area Manager

these schools in their common bond. Thanks to the support of organisations such as Dungarvan

Credit Union we are able to bring the real world into classrooms through the experience and insights of trained business

Students from Kilmacthomas Primary School following the completion of their Junior Achievement Programme.

Orla and Audrey from Dungarvan Credit Union with students from St. Declan’s College.

volunteers. Helping students to connect what they do in school with the world around them to ensure

they see the relevance of their studies in their everyday lives is a very important aspect of their development.”

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DUNGARVAN COLLEGE

Basketball outing THE first and second year girls had another basketball outing this week, travelling to St. Paul’s Community College,Waterford. Enjoying their first away game of the year, they lost out to a strong side who only recently won an under sixteen All-Ireland title. Despite results not going our way, the girls are showing great signs of improvement with each game and are representing Dungarvan College with pride. HOME ECONMICS NEWS Well done to the first year Home Economics class who took part in their weekly practical class learning to apply the skill of the melting method in

preparing, making, cooking, serving and evaluating of homemade flapjacks. Best of luck to the 2nd years who are taking part in Home Economics Practical Challenge whereby students in their pairs are researching, investigating, designing, producing and evaluating a healthy breakfast muffin that will be suitable to serve at the Dungarvan College SCP Breakfast Club. The muffin must include at least one food from each of the first four food group, they must be low in fat and sugar yet still be both tasty and appealing for the students who attend the breakfast club. Best of luck to all that are taking part in this mission let hope it is not impossible.

Pictures above are the first and second year girls had another basketball outing this week, travelling to St. Paul’s Community College, Waterford, on Wednesday

Pictures above are some of the first year girls displaying their freshly baked flatjacks.

Transition Year Tournament in Neptune Arena - TYs taking part in wheelchair basketball tournament in Neptune Sports Arena. The students earned their place in the tournament having raised almost €1,500 for the Irish Wheelchair Association through fundraising before the Christmas break. Well done to all.

JUNIOR SOCCER TEAM – A picture of the junior soccer team who took part in a pulsating 3-3 draw verses St Paul’s Community College. An abundance of discipline and skill was by shown by all on the day. Well done to all players

Wreath Making Class – Photo of the Parent and Child Christmas wreath making class which took place in the School Library.

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ÁRD SCOIL NA nDÉISE

‘Minding Me Week’ in Árd Scoil na nDéise JANUARY can be a hard month. The Christmas holidays are over. The days are still short and the nights are long. School is busy with coursework to be completed and, for some students, pre exams are on the horizon. Bad weather can keep us cooped up inside when we would love to be outdoors. Sometimes this time of year can take a toll on our wellbeing and our mental health. With that in mind, a dedicated group of staff and students got together to organise ‘Minding Me Week’ to help us all to beat those January blues. Ms. K. Gleeson and Ms. O’Shea worked very hard with our Transition Year committees to put together a programme of activities and guest speakers that would appeal to a wide variety of tastes and interests. A special word of thanks has to go to Ms. O’Shea for her super support of the Transition Year committees throughout the week. Some of the Minding Me Week committees have written reports on how they contributed to promoting positive mental health in Ard Scoil na nDéise. NON UNIFORM DAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PIETA HOUSE For Minding Me Week 2019, our group was in charge of organising a non uniform day in aid of Pieta House. We stuck up posters around the school with the slogan ‘On Tuesdays We Wear Pink’ each

student brought in €2 and in total we raised €530 for Pieta House. We were very proud to present this money to Olive Ruane from Pieta House in Waterford who attended a whole-school assembly on Friday to speak to the school about the important work of Pieta House. Our group was also in charge of putting post-its on each students locker with positive message for each student to start off our week in a positive frame of mind. All of our group stayed in after school on Friday to stick up the positive quotes on every locker so it would be there for each student on the Monday morning. Everyone was delighted with the surprise! SPREADING POSITIVITY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL USING THE INTERCOM TO BOOST MORALE Our group was about sharing a happy song or quote with the school community through the intercom every day. Each morning we announced the activities that would be taking place that day to inform all the students and teachers. We decided it would be best to play a motivational, happy song every morning to help get the school off to a good start and to wake everybody up. Some of the songs included ‘Happy’, ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ and ‘Sunflower’. The

Students took time out during the week to give thanks for the positive things in their lives by adding to our Gratitude Trees.

Sixth Years made a great effort to wear pink to school on Tuesday.

songs lifted the atmosphere in school every morning creating positive and happy vibes all around. In the afternoon we announced a quote of the day. All these quotes were based on the theme of mental health, happiness and positivity. FOCUS ON HEALTHY EATING AND HEALTHY CHOICES Eating healthily has a huge impact on our wellbeing whether it is physical or mental. Our job as a group was to organise food related activities for minding me week. Having put our heads together and brainstormed ideas for the week, we decided to run a daily quiz, a recipe competition and a guest speaker to talk to us about eating healthily. Every day we put up a new quiz question in relation to food and being healthy in the foyers of the two buildings. Students could submit their answers and the correct answers would be put into a draw and the winner would be announced via the intercom and would receive their prize at break time. We decided it would be a good idea to organise a healthy recipe competition to encourage students to cook and eat healthily. We designed and hung posters around the school advertising this event. Students handed up their recipes and were judged. The winners were presented with prizes at the end of the week. Guest speaker Rob from Blásta Wholefoods came to the school on Thursday and talked to various year groups about the importance of healthy eating and how we can achieve it. He answered any queries we had about the topic at the end of the talk. Everyone walked away from the talk having learned something new. We even got a healthy alternative to Nutella! PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY The Minding Me Week PE group was in charge of all physical activities throughout the week. Throughout the week, we took over as the teachers and we showed the classes a variety of games that they could play such as team building activities where they would all learn how to use their senses and work together. As PE classes are a double we had one class focused on Mental health so we laid out a yoga mat

for each student and they followed a tutorial on YouTube about yoga for anxiety and meditation. Then for the second class we would play Just Dance so they would get some exercise in and help their mental health. This activity was also available to the students on Tuesday, 22nd at lunchtime where they got to bring a bit of fun to their lunch. As the topic of mental health becomes more and more prevalent in today’s society, an increasing amount of research surrounding the positive effects of dance on mental health has emerged. It was obvious that dance had a positive impact on all the students after they took part in Just Dance as everyone was in a really good mood. GUEST SPEAKERS We had various guest speakers during the week. Liam Doocey ran workshops with all of our students. His workshops were entitled ‘It is all about you’ and focused on mental health, selfesteem, resilience, and developing good habits. On a similar note Stephen

Dargan ran workshops entitled ‘Beat the Blues’ again focusing on strategies to promote positive mental health and resilience. BLAST FROM THE PAST FASHION SHOW We began by gathering fourteen outfits from ‘back in the day’ from various members of staff. Then we had a photo shoot of all the outfits in order to put photos of the outfits on display around the school. Next we needed to get a song from every teacher who brought in an outfit to make a playlist and a slideshow. On Friday we held a fashion show for the whole school where we announced which teacher owned which outfit and announced the winners of our competition. The fashion show was a great end to a really fun-filled week in the Ard Scoil. AMBER FLAG PRESENTATION On Friday, at our whole-school assembly, Olive Ruane from Pieta House in Waterford came to present us with our Amber Flag based on all of our efforts to promote

mental wellbeing during the 2017- 2018 academic year. The Pieta House Amber Flag initiative recognises the individual efforts of primary and secondary schools, companies, and groups to create healthy, inclusive environments that support mental wellbeing. To be awarded the Pieta House Amber Flag, applicant groups must host a mental health awareness event, a fundraiser, and a mental health initiative. The programme encourages teamwork and student contributions and works with school guidance counsellors to include a peersupport element. The Amber Flag is in its fifth year, and over 450 flags have been awarded to date. We are very proud to have been awarded our Amber Flag. We would like to say a special thank you to our Guidance Counsellor, Ms. Gleeson who introduced the idea of the Amber Flag to our school and has been the anchor teacher throughout the application process. We look forward to continuing our focus on positive mental health and wellbeing in Ard Scoil na nDéise.

Well done to the 2018 - 2019 Minding Me Week committee. We so appreciate their hard work and we are delighted to recieve the Amber Flag as a result of their endeavours.

Some of our competition winners from the week.

The 'Blast from the Past' fashion show was a fun-filled end to a busy week.

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Under 15 Hurling – 1st Round of Knockout Munster Hurling Championships saw victory for St. Augustine's College Friary 5:13; Kilmallock 3:14. Well earned win boys. Well done. Back row left to right: Sonny O’Donnell, Conor Davidson, Kevin Connors, Micheal Coakley, Jamie Coonan, Kieran Power, Seánie Callaghan, Eddie Flavin, Oisín Brasil, Brian Callaghan, Alex Petit, Rory Tyrrell, Eoin Veale, Tommy Fennell, Eoin Kiely, Jack Kiely, Gabriel McGovern and Ben Buckley. Front row left to right: Rory Fennell, Cathal O’Sullivan, Jack Power, Fergie Slevin, John Gleeson, Brain Fox, Charlie Treen, Brayden Dee Carter, Cian Gleeson, Marc O’Mahoney, Cathal Sweeney and Dylan Ahern.

ST. AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE

Drugs Awareness for Parents, Keeping Our Young People Safe ST. Augustine’s Parents’ Association A.G.M. invites you to a talk: entitled "Drugs Awareness for Parents, Keeping our young people safe" presented by Jay Collins, County Waterford Community Based Drugs Initiative on 5th March at 7.15 p.m. Entry is free and all parents/ guardian/ are welcome. GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP Our Leaving Cert. Geography Classes along with their teachers, Ms. M.Tobin & Mr. Kieran O’Sullivan travelled to Ballydwane Beach to investigate marine erosion along the cliff face. A welcome break from the classroom, nothing like seeing the real thing! SAFER INTERNET DAY Be Kind Online! Pause before you Post! This day was marked by our 1st Year students on Tuesday last. Thanks to Waterford Youth Spot for the wrist bands. LCVP INTERVIEWS The end of a busy week for LCVP students as recorded interviews completed. Many thanks to John Moran a member of St. Augustine’s College BOM for conducting the interviews.Thanks to Ms. McGann, LCVP Co-Ordinator.

Geography Field Trip to Ballydwane Beach.

Safer Internet Day Katie Kenneally, Molly Shehan and Sarah O’Shea wearing their wristbands.

LCVP Interviews – Students John and Jerome happy after the event.

HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL – “Hairspray the Musical” played to packed houses last week. Audiences enjoyed a feast of music and dance presented by our talented TY student body. Heartiest congratulations to all who were involved with this memorable production. Pictured is the entire cast.

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Dungarvan Credit ST. MARY’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, DUNGARVAN Union School Quiz Farewell to Paddy Fitzgerald a great success

A Winners: Sean Dowling Aoife Troy, Meadhbh Keating Sam Blake.

Competition A Runners-Up: Amy Keane, Lana Hogan, Molly Byrne, Jake Kearney.

Competition B Winners: Sarah Fahey, Ciara McKeon, Faye Twomey, Bosco Mahony.

Competition B Runners-Up: David Moynihan, Tommy Curran, Gavin Quarry, Callum Bulfin.

MONDAY, 4th February, saw Dungarvan Credit Union host the annual credit union School Quiz in Lawlor’s Hotel. The Dungarvan Credit Union School Quiz has provided exciting nights of entertainment for over 20 years and this year was no exception. 84 students from 11 schools took part in what proved to be a very exciting and enjoyable night for all involved with lots of prizes and goodie bags. There was also lots of joking and laughter when the Dungarvan Credit Union mascot “Garvan” made his appearance. A new feature of the quiz this year was the “Quiz the Quizmaster” interview. This allowed two lucky students, Sarah Fahey and Annie Downey the opportunity to interview the quizmaster for the night, Mr. Pat Breen prior to the quiz and it must be said that they did a great job! It was clear on the night that there was great preparation by the teams and the room was filled with plenty of friendly competition from start to finish. It was great to see so many parents and teachers coming to support the teams which added to the atmosphere on the night. It was noted by correcting panel on the night that the level of knowledge among the teams was very impressive and reflects the great work in preparing by both teachers and students in our local schools. Both competitions were heavily contested at the half time interval but in the end it was Scoil Mhuire Abbeyside who were victorious in Competition A followed by Runners-Up, Scoil Naomh Gobnait. Scoil Mhuire also won Competition B with St. Josephs as Runners-Up, having beaten Scoil Gharbhain in a tie-break. The awards ceremony took place with each winning team and runners-up receiving their trophies and vouchers for their achievements. A big thank you must also go to Mrs. Harnett who presented the Patrick Harnett Shield and Mrs Colbert who presented the Tony Colbert Shield. This was a fitting way to end what has been described as a very enjoyable and exciting night of fun. Dungarvan Credit Union wish to thanks all the schools for their involvement, the teachers for their tireless work in preparing the teams, the parents for their support, the students for their great efforts and all volunteers and contributors that give of their time to make this event possible every year. Dungarvan Credit Union also wishes the advancing teams the very best of luck at the next stage of this competition.

WE were all truly shocked and saddened when we heard the news last Thursday, that our dear friend Paddy had passed away. Paddy had endured his illness with the same strength, determination and positivity that he used in all facets of his life. What a man! From GAA to Scór to The No Name Club, Paddy epitomised dedication. He believed in nothing short of 100% and so we were truly blessed when he took on the demanding role of Chairperson of our Board of Management twelve years ago. From the outset, Paddy was a 'hands-on' Chairperson, always willing to offer support and advice. He liked nothing better than having a problem to solve and if he didn’t have the solution himself, he always knew someone who had! He became part of the furniture and his great friend Joanne Daly will testify to this. Many the chat, GAA and otherwise, was had in the school office. He seemed to have an extra spring in his step and an even greater twinkle in his eye on Monday mornings following Cork / Waterford or Dungarvan / Abbeyside clashes! Paddy had a

word for everyone in school, for both pupils and staff alike. It was an absolute pleasure to meet him and one would always leave after a chat, with a smile and a laugh. To Principals Marcella McGovern and more recently Fiona Fitzgearld he was a manager, an interviewer, an architect, an accountant, a counsellor and most noteably, a friend. He was invaluable in the management and development of St. Mary’s. He was instrumental in the establishment and developement of our junior ASD Unit and Mrs. Fitzgearld has said she could not imagine having had to do it without him. He was present at the raising of all our Green Flags and Active Schools Flags. He could be relied upon for a few poignant words during retirement celebrations, always genuine and always drawing a tear. We can't believe this stalwart of a man has left us and can hardly comprehend how he will ever be replaced. In truth, he won't, but he has certainly left a lasting message for the staff and pupils; the value of a volunteer, the dedication of a leader, the generosity and selflessness of

Paddy Fitzgerald time-giving and of course, the memory of a great friend of St. Mary’s. We were proud to give him a guard of honour on Saturday evening as he made his final journey past the school he gave so much to. We offer our sincere condolences to his beloved wife Mary, sons Kieran and John, daughter Gráinne, grandchildren, extended family and friends. Rest in Peace Paddy.

Junk Kouture 2019 Semi Finalists Announced AFTER much deliberation Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture has announced, which winning designs will go forward to represent their school in the semi- finals taking place in March 2019. Spectacular outfits from five regions North, South, West, East and Dublin have been chosen to compete. The semi- finals will take place in these areas in the first week of March ahead of the grand final in 3Arena on 2nd May. ‘We were blown away by the standard and imagination of this year’s entries, the judges have had the most difficult job since the competition has begun, to decide who should go forward to the semi-finals. We also had more entries this year, which made the decision choosing process even more challenging’. Megan Kelly – Operations Manager. For designs that did not qualify in this round, there’s one final opportunity to make it to the semifinals.Vote for your favourite team or design in the lifeline vote on app.junkkouture.com and the team with the most votes in each region will win a spot at the semi-finals! The lifeline vote opens on Monday, 11th February at 10.00 a.m. and will close on Friday, 15th February. Please find below and attached the schools and designs in your area that have been selected. Images available upon request. For more information please check out our website. Website: www.boijunkkouture.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boijunkkouture/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/junkkouture Email: info@junkkouture.com

Regional and Final Show dates: North – Millennium Forum, Derry: 1st March East – The Helix, Dublin, 4th March Dublin – The Helix, Dublin 5th March West – TF Royal, Castlebar: 7th March South – UCH, Limerick: 8th March Grand Final – 3Arena: 2nd May

Waterford Entry – Alis Volat Propriis - Scoil na mBraithre - Dungarvan.

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SCOIL GHARBHAIN

Lá Le Bríd BHÍ Rang 4 ana ghnóthach le déanaí ag fí na gcrosanna chun Féile Bríd a chéiliúradh. Nuair a bhí na scéalta go léir pléite acu mar gheall ar na héachtanna a dhein Bríd. T hugadar aghaidh ar na crosanna a fhí. Maith sibh Rang 4 agus maith thú Múinteoir Clár. Rang 4 were very industrious recently as they began to weave their Crosses to celebrate the feast of St. Brigid. When the children had related all the stories about St. Brigid’s life they undertook the task of

weaving the crosses. Well done Rang 4 and well done Múinteoir Clár. MUIRIS Ó CRIOSTÓIR Ba mhaith linne –pobal na scoile seo comhbhrón ó chroí a dhéanamh le Muintir Mhuiris, le Máiréad a bhean chéile, lena chlann Ros agus Fionnuala, Caitríona agus Ronan, Siubhan agus Tony agus lena ghar pháistí agus lena dheirfiúr Nóirín. Bhí grá mór aige dá chlann agus dos na gar pháistí agus bhain sé ana thaitneamh astu. Bhí Muiris ar dhuine de bhuíon a chuir feachtas na Gaelscolaíochta

Múinteoir Clár agus Rang 4 i mbun oibre ‘Lá le Bríd’.

Banaltra Regina ar cuairt i Naíonra Gharbháin.

ar bun in nDún Garbhán agus a spreag agus a mheall daoine lena bpáistí a chur ar scoil i nGael Scoil ar a dtugadh Scoil Gharbháin. Ár mbuíochas leis. D’fhreastail Caitríona agus Siubhan ar an scoil. The school community of Scoil Gharbháin would like to offer our sincerest sympathy to Máiréad, Muiris’s wife to his family Ros and Fionnuala, Caitríona and Ronan and to Siubhan and Tony, to his grandchildren and to his sister Nóirín. Muiris loved his family and he looked forward to visits from his grandchildren. Muiris was one of a group of people who had vision, and from that vision arose the Gaelscoileanna campaign in Dungarvan which inspired families to send their children to a Gael scoil – Scoil Gharbháin and for that we are extremely grateful. Both Caitríona and Siubhan attended Scoil Gharbháin. The family are in our thoughts at this time. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé. BANALTRA REGINA AR CUAIRT I NAÍONRA GHARBHÁIN Bhí lá iontach taitneamhach ag na páistí sa Naíonra le déanaí nuair a thug Regina de Paor

Múinteoir Clár agus Rang 4 i mbun oibre ‘Lá le Bríd’. (Mamaí le Paidí de Paor) cuairt ar an Naíonra. Is banaltra í Regina. Thaispeáin sí dóibh go léir conas bindealán a chur ar teidí agus conas aire a thabhairt do theidí nuair a bhíonn sé gortaithe. Bhíodar ana bhuartha faoi theidí, fuaireadh mála leac oighir dó agus cuireadh bindealán air. Bhí sport agus spraoi iontach acu agus níos tábhachtaí fós bhí foghlaim ar siúl acu. Ár mbuíochas ó chroí le Regina as teacht isteach chun a cuid eolais a roinnt leis na páistí. NURSE REGINA VISITS NAÍONRA GHARBHÁIN The children had a very enjoyable and informative morning recently when Regina de Paor (Paidí de Paor’s Mammy) visited the Naíonra. Regina is a Nurse and she had all the children minding poor Teddy when he was injured. The children were very worried and concerned about Teddy- putting ice packs and bandages on his various injuries. They had a fantastic morning but more importantly they learned a lot about minding others when they are injured. A big thank you to Regina for making this a very enjoyable experience for the children in the Naíonra.

Banaltra Regina agus Paidí le Paddington.

Heritage Visit to Kilbrien National School

Lorraine O'Sullivan made a visit to the school on Tuesday morning. She spoke to the children about 'Wildlife in and around our local rivers'. #Heritageinschools

58 BRIDIE FOLEY (nee Ronayne) Main Street, Clashmore, and formerly of Springfield, Kinsalebeg The West Waterford area learned with feelings of deep sorrow and regret of the passing of Bridie Foley, peacefully, on Wednesday, 23rd January, in the loving care of the staff at St. Vincent’s Unit, Dungarvan Community Hospital. We express our deepest sympathy to Bridie’s husband Davy; sister Ka; sister-in-law Maisie; brother-in-law Claude; nephews, nieces, relatives at home and abroad, neighbours and friends. Born on the 7th of July, 1936, in Springfield, Kinsalebeg, Bridie is predeceased by her parents Jack and Alice Ronayne, brother John and sister Mary. She completed her formal education at Piltown National School, leaving at age fourteen and subsequently taking up employment at Woodbine Hill, the home of Colonel and Mrs. Roche. After a few years Bridie went to work at the Devonshire Arms Hotel in Youghal. It was at this time that she met her future husband Davy Foley from Graigue, Aglish, at the Glebe Hall in Aglish and they went on to marry on the 30th of July, 1960. They settled in Clashmore and both Davy and Bridie were to become an integral part of the life of the village in the following decades. A diligent and hardworking person, Bridie also was employed waitressing at Monatrea House and at Tom and Mary Cahill’s Bar (The Old Still) in Clashmore. It was in 1977 that Bridie took up a post at the Youghal Welfare Home (now Cois Abhainn) where she gave of her very best for 26 years, was highly diligent, and never missed a single day! Her jolly sense of fun, bright, sunny personality and humorous sayings brightened every room and whether one was young or old, Bridie’s positive outlook and larger than life personality made her the essence of good company. Her hospitality was legendary, her home was always open and the kettle forever on the boil! Along with her husband Davy, Bridie epitomised the spirit of volunteerism that is so important to communities the length and breadth of Ireland. Indeed their tireless efforts over the years can be seen today in various projects which are thriving in the village of Clashmore today. A founding member of the local Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Bridie was also hugely involved in organising set dancing in Piltown and then Clashmore. Many people have happy memories of the great set dancing competitions with the rivalry between Clashmore and Sliabh gCua being quite intense! Bridie was also a hugely important member of Clashmore Scór, and the Aid Cancer Treatment local service which is still in existence and benefitted from her trojan efforts. A lifelong member of Fianna Fáil, Bridie attended many Ard Fheiseanna and a photograph of Davy and Bridie together with former Taoisigh Charles Haughey and Bertie Ahern always had a prominent place in the house. It is perhaps with the Clashmore Tidy Towns Committee that Bridie is most associated. Along with Davy she was a founding member and gave of her very best over so many years, no task was too great and Bridie’s selflessness and sense of community spirit gave huge encouragement to all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. Many people will remember her “Meals on Wheels” service; Bridie cycling around the village on her bike, basket in front, full with buns and flasks of tea to give to the committee working around the village. Bridie was instrumental in the renovation of the Old Church which has now become a huge amenity and important centre of community life. A few years ago the Tidy Towns Committee erected a bench in honour of Davy and Bridie, a tribute which they deeply appreciated. A real people person, whether it be attending a show in Youghal, a pilgrimage to Knock, or an outing with the children of the parish Bridie’s friendly, outgoing personality and wise words were always appreciated. She attended many GAA matches with Davy, staying in a B&B beside Barry’s Hotel in Dublin when following the Déise hurlers. Indeed whether it was the blue and white of Waterford or the green and red of Clashmore, Bridie’s support was always 100%. She longed for the day when the McCarthy Cup would return to the Déise again. An annual event was a Summer trip to various parts of Ireland, many decades ago Davy and Bridie travelled to London on a plane and they subsequently decided that this would be their first and last taste of aviation so the Emerald Isle was always their preferred choice of holiday. Bridie loved her country, bhí grá mór ag Bridie i gcultúr and oidhreacht na Éireann agus sa teanga náisiúnta.When relatives and friends visited from overseas, she loved to show them various parts of County Waterford and beyond. Bridie cherished her faithful dogs, her border collies and sometimes would take a walk with them in the locality. A lady of devout Christian faith, she had a deep devotion to Our Lady of Knock and lived the Gospel message in word and deed. Her passing is the source of much sadness, but her life will be an inspiration into the future in the lives of her loving family, relatives, neighbours and friends, a void has been left that can never be filled. Suaimhneas síoraí dá hanam uasal.

OBITUARY Bridie lay in repose at Dungarvan Community Hospital Chapel on Wednesday evening, 23rd January. On Thursday evening, 24th January, many people came to the Kiely Funeral Home, Dungarvan, to pay their respects to Bridie and recall happy memories. Following Funeral Prayers recited by Fr. Conor Kelly, P.P., the removal took place to St. Cronan’s Church, Clashmore. En route the large cortege paused at Bridie’s home on Main Street. Impressive Guards of Honour from Clashmore GAA, Clashmore Tidy Towns Committee and Foróige flanked the cortege. The Service of Reception was led by Fr. Kelly, P.P., and beautiful music was played by Mary Dee.The pallbearers during Bridie’s funeral obsequies were John Kelly, James Kelly, Michael McKenna, Ciarán McKenna, Paudie O’Keeffe, Michael Foley and Pat Kelly. Concelebrated Requiem Mass in thanksgiving for Bridie’s well lived life was offered on Friday morning, 25th January, by Fr. Kelly, P.P., assisted by Fr. John Kiely, P.E. Readings, prayers and reflections were read and gifts presented by Bridie’s family, relatives and friends. The Liturgy of the Word was shared with the congregation by Ann Wright (McKenna) and John Kelly. The Prayers of the Faithful were recited by Joanne McKenna, Pat Kelly, Marion Shaughnessy, Ellen Kelly and Hilda Fitzgerald. The Offertory Gifts of Bread and Wine were presented by James Kelly and Dean McKenna. After Communion moving words of tribute were delivered by Sue Kelly (including a poem written in Bridie’s honour while she was working at Youghal Welfare Home and which emphasised how much she meant to so many people). Throughout the Mass sacred hymns and music were beautifully performed by Mary Dee and Clashmore Choir, soloist Liam Dalton and Michael McKenna. Afterwards Bridie was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery, Fr. Kelly, P.P., and Fr. Kiely, P.E., led the graveside prayers in the presence of a large concourse of mourners who had come to bid farewell to Bridie. May Bridie Rest In Peace. The family wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the staff of Dungarvan Community Hospital for the wonderful care given to Bridie over the past four and a half years, your kindness will never be forgotten.We express our sincere thanks to our relatives who travelled long distances from England and Belgium and all who sympathised with us following Bridie’s passing.We are so grateful to the neighbours and friends who looked out for Bridie and Davy in recent years. We express our sincere gratitude to Fr. Conor Kelly and Fr. John Kiely for celebrating the Requiem Mass and for their kind words of consolation at this difficult time. We are very grateful to Mary Dee, Clashmore Choir, Liam Dalton and Michael McKenna for the beautiful singing and music which made Bridie’s Requiem Mass so special.We thank Clashmore GAA, Clashmore Tidy Towns Committee and Foróige for their guards of honour which we deeply appreciate. We are very grateful to James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, for their professionalism and sensitivity and also we express many thanks to the Sacristan Ann O’Rourke and gravediggers.We are very grateful to Áine Curran and staff of the Déise Bar, Clashmore, for your lovely refreshments and wonderful hospitality. Month’s Mind Mass for Bridie will be offered at 6.00 p.m. on Saturday, 23rd February, in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Piltown. (Funeral arrangements by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

PADDY FITZGERALD Emmett Street, Dungarvan A veil of sorrow was cast over the Dungarvan area and beyond with the passing of Paddy Fitzgerald on Thursday, 7th February.We express our heartfelt sympathy to Paddy’s loving wife Mary; sons John and Kieran; daughter Gráinne; daughters-in law Fiona and Sharon; son-in-law Conor; grandchildren Mark, Darragh, Alix, Fionn, Órlaith and Pádraig; brother Tom; brother-in-law Cathal; sister-in-law Alice; nephews, nieces, extended family and friends. Paddy lay in repose at the Kiely Funeral Home on Saturday afternoon, 9th February, where huge numbers of people came to pay their respects to Paddy and console his bereaved family. Following funeral prayers recited by Fr. Michael Brennock, O.S.A., the removal took place to St. Mary's Parish Church, Dungarvan. Requiem Mass in thanksgiving for Paddy’s life was celebrated on Sunday, 10th February, by Fr. Matt Cooney, O.S.A., assisted by Fr. Michael Brennock, O.S.A., and Fr. Paul Waldron, P.P. Afterwards Paddy was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery. Suaimhneas síoraí dá anam uasal. (Funeral arrangements by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

SÉAMUS Ó CADHAIN 33 Tournore Park, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, and formerly Cill Chiaráin, Connemara, Co. Galway With sincere sorrow and regret that we record the passing of Séamus Ó Cadhain, Príomhoide Meánscoil San Nioclás, An Rinn, which sad event occurred unexpectedly on 8th February, 2019. Toradh Teach Ó Druacháin, Dún Garbhán, Dé Domhnaigh 10/2/19 ó 2:00 i.n. – 6:00 i.n. Toradh Dé Luain 11/2/19 í dteach a deirifúra Nora ó 2:00 i.n. – 7:00 i.n. Cuirfear í gCill Chiaráin é tar éis Aifreann 3:00 i.n. ar an Máirt. We extend our deepest sympathy to his mother Bríd; sisters Mary, Cathy, Nora and Maggie; brothers Joe, Séan, Pádraig, Mícheal and Colm; brothersin-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, relatives, his work colleagues and friends. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. (Funeral arrangements by Tom Drohan, Funeral Director).

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

EIBHLÍS DE PAOR (nee Tóibín) Barra na Stuac, An Sean Phobal It is with poignant hearts we record the passing of Alice Power – Eibhlís Tóibín, Barra na Stuac, An Sean Phobal, which occurred peacefully at CareChoice Nursing Home on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, some three weeks before her 86th birthday. Eibhlís was born in 1933, a twin and one of nine children of Mairéad and Séamus Tóibín of Ballyreilly, An Rinn. They were an immensely talented and musically gifted family from Ballyreilly, who embraced their native culture and language with sincerity, pride and love. She went to Scoil Náisiúnta na Rinne and was employed locally before securing a position in Dungarvan Hospital and later on with Mr. Luke Brennan, Creamery Manager in Old Parish, where she met the love of her life, Muiris de Paor. They were married in 1954 and were blessed with four children Máire, Muiris, Marguerite and Séamus. Eibhlís always kept her door open for family abroad having a strong sense of “Ar scath a chéile a maireann na daoine”. She was very active in her community and involved in the fundraising efforts for both new school and church. She lost her husband in 1986, but remained active by travelling, attending the Déise Day Centre and Bingo, while maintaining close ties with her teanga dúchais through Radio na Gaeltachta and TnaG. When her children had their own children and grandchildren Alice made time for all the new clan members at home and in America developing deep bonds with them all. She had been in declining health for some time and became a resident at CareChoice in April of 2018. Steadfast, loyal and God-fearing, Eibhlís’ memorial services bore the hallmarks of her great qualities. Her final journey began from CareChoice on Wednesday evening, January 9th, where a guard of honour formed by Nursing and Housekeeping staff bade her fond farewell as she left for the Kiely Funeral Home. She lay in repose on Thursday, January 10th, where Rosary was recited in the presence of her loving family. On Friday evening, January 11th, her family and extended family, friends, neighbours and acquaintances from all facets of her life joined together in homage as Fr. Conor Kelly prayed Funeral Prayers and Rosary before her removal to Séipéal San Nioclás, An Rinn. Cór Fear na Rinne sang her up the chapel aisle and she remained overnight with her family and friends in that holy place of her childhood days. On Saturday morning, January 12th, Eibhlís made her final journey to Séipéal Breith na Maighdine Muire in Sean Phobal after a detour to Helvick Pier where her father and brothers went fishing and to linger awhile at the house where she was born and raised, before a final visit to her marital home in Barra na Stuac. Requiem Mass was celebrated by Fr. Conor Kelly, P.P., and Fr. John Kiely, P.E. Family and friends were welcomed to the celebration of Eibhlís’ life by her daughter Mary, who introduced family members bearing symbols of Alice’s life to the altar: Tracy Murphy (grand-daughter) carried the family photograph, followed by Marissa Power (grand-daughter) with Eibhlís’ passport, grand-daughters Emma Power and Isabella Power, accompanied by great grandsons Keane and Kye Murphy, took up sean-nós CDs, knitting needles, nail polish and playing cards, while Terry (Fox) Sullivan carried up Bingo books and Lotto tickets. Reminders of her great love of family and happy hours spent at Nanny’s knee learning how to knit, count and sing sean-nos songs properly, coupled with the occasional gamble to shore up savings. First and Second Readings were read by grand-daughters Ailish and Hannah Power, while Prayers of the Faithful were read by her family members who travelled from England – niece Margaret Kiely, nephew Timothy Larkin, cousin Kathleen Quirke and grandniece Erin Kiely. Beautiful music and songs were provided by the Coffey sisters, first cousins of Eibhlís; Cárthach Mac Craith sang a soulful rendition of “Athri Seán de hÓra”, both singer and song dear to Eibhlís; Fr. Kelly painted an evocative portrait of her, while a personalised tribute was delivered by Ciarán O Gealbháin, beloved neighbour, friend, amhránaí and kindred spirit of Eibhlís’, with help from her daughter Máire who remembered her life in spirited verse. The wonderful love and spirit of Alice shone brightly throughout the entire Mass and a gentle rendition of “Ar Éirinn Ní Neosfainn Cé hÍ” followed her out of the church as she was laid to rest beside her beloved husband in the graveyard adjacent the chapel. Pallbearers were sons Muiris and Seamus Power, grandsons Mark and Christopher Curran, and Kenny Power and grandnephew Timothy Power. Lovely stories and anecdotes were shared by all at the gathering in Halla Colman, where food and beverage was provided by Sean Phobal ICA and An Linn Bhuí Restaurant. She would have loved the sentiment, as it all came from the hearts of those she loved, admired and respected. I gCoir na nAingil go raibh sí ag amhráníocht. Chief mourners were: daughters Mary and Marguerite; sons Muiris and Seamus; daughters- in-law Helen and Nora; sons-in law Eddie Curran and Terry Sullivan; cousin and special friend Deirdre Tóibín; grandchildren Mark and Christopher Curran,Tracy Murphy, Marissa and Kenny Power, Ailish, Hannah, Emma and Isabella Power; grand-daughters-in-law Tricia and Maura Curran; great grandchildren Keane and Kye Murphy, Matthew and James Curran and Nicholas Power; special friends Mairéad O Gealbháin, Joan Hourigan, Mary Condon, Ciarán O Gealbháin and Máire Nic Craith; extended family at home and abroad and a wide circle of friends and neighbours. (Funeral arrangements by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

SÍLE BREATHNACH Baile na nGall, An Rinn, Co. Phortláirge Is cúis mór brón duinn cailliúnt Shíle a d’imigh ar shlí na fírinne uainn ar an Satharn an tarna lá déag de mí Eanair 2019 agus aois ceithre scór agus dhá bhliain bainte amach aici. Rugadh Síle ar an 25ú lá Márta 1936 i mBaile na nGall sa Rinn, áit ar chaith sí a shaol ar fad. Bhí Síle pósta le Mick Walsh – a chailleadh in 1997 – agus bhí cúigear chlainne acu, Richie, Liam, Mary, Nickey agus Páidí. Bean uasal gaelach cneasta ba ea Síle agus an ghaoluinn ar a dtoil aici. Duine de shean mhuintir Bhaile na nGall ba ea í. Bhí sí mar bhall de Mhná Tuaithe na Rinne nuair a bhíodar ghníomhach ag rince seit ag léiriú dramaí agus ag casadh amhrán agus dar ndóigh ag caint agus ag comhrá. Thaisteal na Mná Tuaithe san an dúiche ag glacadh páirt ins na comórtaisí éagsúla agus bhain sí árd taithneamh as san. Bhí Síle mar bhall lárnach de Chóir na Rinne i gconaí. Ar aifreann coirp Shíle tháinigh na sluaite dá gcáirde chun an Chóir a mhéadú mar mheas ar Shíle. Bheadh sí mórálach as an taispeántas spreagiúil a thugadar chun slán a fhágaint aici. Thainigh na sluaite chun slán a ghabhailt le Síle i dTighThóraimh Uí Chadhla ar an Luan agus chuireadh an Choróin Mhuire léna gcorp. Tugadh abhaile Síle go dtí a thigh cónaithe tráthnóna an Luan áit ar chaith sí an oíche lena gclann.Tugadh go séipéal San Nioclás corp Shíle ar maidin na Mháirt. Sé an Sagart Paróiste an tAthair Conchubair Ó Ceallaigh a ofráil an t-aifreann i dteannta an tAthar Seán Ó Cadhla iar Sagart Pharóiste na Rinne. Siad na leitheóirí a bhí ann na Fiona agus Sinéad Breathnach agus do chan Dearán Ó Droma an Psalm. Siad so a leanas a leigh Guí An Phobail, Jennifer, Liam, Tadhg, Róisín, Nioclas agus Ríonach Breathnach agus Éle agus Nicolás Mac Craith. Siad Mary, Maeve agus Biddy a thug an ofráil go dtí an áltóir. Sheinn Éle, Dearán, Ríonach, Luisne agus Sadhbh ceól speisialta do Shíle. Ina dteannta san sheinn Aodh Mac Craith agus Macdara Mac Donnchadha leis an Chór a bhí thar bharr ar fad. Dhein Cárthach Mac Craith an Ár nAthair a chasadh agus thug Páidí Breathnach óráid deas ag deireaadh an sheirbhís. Do sheinn Éle agus Ríonach “Red Is The Rose” ar na consairtín agus do chase an Chór leo agus Síle á thógaint ón Séipéal. Tar éis aifreann agus óráid, ceól agus iomainn agus amhráin ón gCór tugadh corp Shíle chun adhlacadh sa reilg lena a mhuinntir. Bhí an mheas ag Síle ar an t-amhránaí Daniel O’Donnell agus is minic di dul chun na ceólchoirm aige thimpeall na tire lena cara dílis Biddy agus da dheasca san seinneadh amhrán le Daniel ag an uaigh. Dh’árdaigh Richie, Liam, Nickey, Paidí, Mary agus Nioclás an chónra le cabhair ó Shane, Liam, John, Stephen, Nioclás, Tadhg agus Tomás Rionach, Éle agus Klaus. Ár mbuíochas do gach duine a ghlac páirt san Aifreann agus a tháinigh ó gach árd chun Tigh Thóraimh Uí Chadhla agus chun tig Shíle. Na sagairt na freastailaithe – Lia agus Luisne – Muinntir Uí Chadhla, Tigh Mhuirithe, An Linn Bhui, Máire, Bríd agus Deirdre a sholáthair an tae agus an bhia dhúinn sa tig. Pa Foley agus a fhoreann a bhain an uaigh. An Dochtúir Sinéad Wright, Aoife a thug an chuid ama agus cabhair do Shíle. Foireann WUH, Foireann CUH agus gach aoinne a chabhraigh in aon slí. Ár mbuíochas dos na bláthanna agus cáirtáí aifreann a fuaramar. A special thank you to Willie and Sarah for their help and kindness. Siad na daoine a bhraithfidh Síle uatha ná Richie, Liam, Nickey, Paidí agus Mary. Gar phaistí Jennifer, Aoife, Liam, Róisín, Shane, Nioclás, Ríonach,Tadhg, Élé, Eoghan agus Cormac. Liam, Diarmuid, Clodagh Aoibhín agus Seán. Fiona, Sinéad, Maeve, Sinéad agus Nioclás na gaolta agus a cáirde ar fad. Léifear aifreann ar son Síle in Séipéal Naomh Nioclás sa Rinn ar an Domhnach, 17ú Lá Feabhra, 11.45 r.n. Mass for Síle will be celebrated in An Rinn on Sunday, 17th February, at 11.45 a.m. (Funeral arrangements by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

DAN KEANE Springmount, Dungarvan We write with sadness and regret of the passing of Dan Keane on Wednesday, 6th February, peacefully, at Dungarvan Community Hospital. We express our deepest sympathy to Dan’s brother Michael; sister Maura Giblin; sister-in-law Betty; nephews Liam and Michael; nieces Lola, Mary and Helen; grandnephews, grandnieces, extended family and friends. Dan is predeceased by his parents Michael and Ellen; brother Declan and brother-in-law Liam Giblin. Dan lay in repose at the Kiely Funeral Home, Dungarvan, on Thursday, 7th February, the Rosary was led by Sr. Angela and Sr. Philomena (Sisters of Mercy). Requiem Mass was celebrated on Friday morning, 8th February, in St. Mary's Parish Church, Dungarvan, by Canon Willie Ryan, P.P. Afterwards Dan was laid to rest in St. Declan's Round Tower Cemetery, Ardmore. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé. (Funeral arrangements by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

OBITUARY MICHAEL WRIGHT Congress Villas, Dungarvan Feelings of deep sorrow and grief were evoked in the local community and far beyond when news filtered through of the sad, sudden and untimely passing of Michael Wright, Congress Villas, Dungarvan, on January 20th.The high esteem in which Michael was held was evidenced by the large numbers of callers to the house and to Drohan’s Funeral Home where Michael lay in repose, and also by the voluminous attendance at Michael’s funeral in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan. The outpouring of emotion that was brought forth following Michael’s loss and the support of the community that Michael loved so dearly, were a source of comfort and solace to his family in their anguish and distress. Michael was born in 1958 to Kitty and Joseph Wright in Congress Villas, his beloved home place where he spent a happy childhood and where he later raised his own family. Michael received his schooling at the Mercy Convent and then the CBS in Dungarvan. Having completed his education Michael spent a few years working in Harrogate in England before returning to Dungarvan and securing a job on the outdoor staff of the Council where he spent the remainder of his career for over forty years until it was so tragically cut short. Michael endeared himself to all his colleagues and in a very touching mark of respect a book of condolence in his honour was opened in the Civic Offices, Dungarvan. Michael was possessed of a larger than life personality. The many people he came in contact with basked in the warmth of his innate decency, goodness and impish good humour.To many of these people Michael was best known as the Mad Hatter, in which guise he entertained young and old alike at weddings, parties, parades and events of all descriptions throughout the years. In more recent years Michael had also become known for his theatrical turns and when he trod the boards in the Town Hall and other venues his unique performances enlivened every show and left the audience laughing and smiling. Michael was always happy to meet people and was always anxious to share his happiness with them, none more so than his wife Teresa and his family, to whom he was devoted. If all the world’s a stage, Michael played many parts with aplomb but regrettably his curtain call came far too soon and like all great entertainers he has left us craving an encore. Michael’s funeral was a celebration of his life. It was not a long life, but it was well lived and brim-full of love and laughter. Michael lay in repose at Drohan’s Funeral Home where the Rosary was offered by Fr. M. Cooney, O.S.A., and a poem by Richard Purcell was recited by Ivan Power. Removal took place on Saturday, January 26th, to St. Mary’s Parish Church for Requiem Mass with chief celebrant Fr. M. Cooney, O.S.A., and concelebrant Fr.W. Ryan, P.P., from Dungarvan and many other Priests from the surrounding parishes. At the beginning of Mass items of memorabilia of symbolic meaning were presented at the altar as their significance in Michael’s life was described by Thomas Phelan. A Mad Hatter’s hat presented by Bertie Rogers, Michael’s young protégé, symbolised the character that Michael was so well known for portraying. A pack of cards presented by his son Barrie represented Michael’s love of poker and the social geniality associated with it. The iPad presented by Becky Reynolds symbolised Michael’s curiosity and connection to the wider world and also recalled how Michael kept so many people who have left these shores in touch with their hometown through his Facebook stories. The dog leads presented by his brother John-Joe symbolised Michael’s love of his dogs, the outdoors and the opportunity to meet people that his daily walks afforded him. The photo book presented by Patricia White symbolised Michael’s love of stories and the people behind them. The Liturgy of the Word was read by Michael’s nieces Kate Kiely and Kathryn Wright. Prayers of the Faithful were recited by James Hyde, Willie Joyce, Thomas Duggan, Mary Flynn, Helen Kiely and Kathleen Geoghegan. At the Offertory Procession the Bread and Wine were presented by Seán Ramshaw and Fiona Kiely. After Communion, Maria Quinn read a moving poetic tribute written by Dave O’Sullivan. A moving Eulogy was poignantly delivered by Michael’s daughter Michelle who honoured her father and thanked all who had rallied round his family in their time of torment. The ceremony was accompanied by beautiful singing from Lorna Jane Daly and by Michael’s daughter Sarah. After the Funeral Mass, Michael was escorted on his final journey the short distance to the Old Cemetery overlooking Dungarvan Harbour. A large cortege followed Michael as he was shouldered to his final home by the sea by his pallbearers John-Joe Wright, Barrie Wright, Tommy White, John Kiely, Craig Cowming, Michael O’Mahony and Seán Ramshaw. Myriad Guards of Honour were mounted along the route of the funeral procession and included Michael’s colleagues, the RNLI and many other organisations, clubs and schools from the vicinity and further afield. The large gathering that came to pay their last respects to Michael were ushered into the ancient burial place by the plaintive sounds of the Pop Up Pipers.

59 Following what had been a wild, wet and windy morning, the sun came out as Fr. M. Cooney, O.S.A., recited the final prayers. As Michael was laid to rest Dungarvan Bay was bathed in warmth and brightness that softened the Winter’s day, just as Michael had brightened up so many people’s lives with his warmth and kindness. A final fitting tribute was paid at the graveside by John Stack who recited a heartfelt piece that he was inspired to pen when he learned of Michael’s passing. Michael will be sadly missed by all who held him dear. We extend our deepest sympathy to Michael’s wife Teresa; children Barrie, Sarah and Michelle; grandchildren Kalem and Billy; son-inlaw Michael; Barrie’s partner Rachel; brother John-Joe and sisters Noreen, Kathleen and Helen; his brothers-in-law Pat and John; his nephews and nieces and his many friends and neighbours. Michael was predeceased by his brothers Paddy and Eddie with whom he will be reunited in his eternal reward. Michael’s family would like to sincerely thank so many people and will be forever grateful for the kindness and support that they received from relations, friends, neighbours, colleagues and local public representatives, businesses, clubs, organisations, the Council and the media. The community came together to celebrate Michael’s life, to mourn his passing and to comfort his loved ones. Special thanks are owed to the local Gardaí for their ongoing support and for their assistance with traffic management on the day of Michael’s funeral. The courtesy and professionalism of Drohan’s Funeral Directors is also greatly appreciated and a final thank you goes to Fr. M. Cooney and all the Clergy who officiated at Michael’s funeral. Michael’s Month’s Mind Mass will be celebrated at 12 noon on Sunday, February 24th, in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan. (Funeral arrangements by Tom Drohan, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

ANN BYRNE (nee Bagge) Dungarvan Road, Affane, Cappoquin With sincere regret we record the passing of Ann Byrne (nee Bagge), Dungarvan Road, Affane, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, loving wife of the late Joe, which sad event occurred peacefully on 10th February, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Lying in repose at Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Home, Cappoquin, on Tuesday evening, where funeral prayers were recited in the presence of her loving family, neighbours and friends, before removal took place to St. John The Baptist Church, Affane. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on this Wednesday morning at 11.00 a.m. Following Funeral Mass burial will take place in the adjoining cemetery. May she Rest In Peace. May we extend our deepest sympathy to her loving sons Tom and Joey; daughters Mary Leggett, Ann Maher, Linda Lyons, Ita Mason and Edel Twomey; brother Joe Bagge; daughters-in-law Regina and Roseanne; sons-inlaw Mark Leggett, John Maher, Eddie Lyons,Trevor Mason and John Twomey; brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nephews, niece, relatives, neighbours and friends. (Funeral arrangements by Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Directors, Cappoquin & Tallow).

ALICE HOULIHAN (née Ryan) The Pike, Ballymacmague, Dungarvan The local community learnt with feelings of great sorrow and regret of the passing of Alice Houlihan on Friday, 8th February, peacefully, in the tender care of staff at St.Vincent's Unit, Dungarvan Community Hospital. Alice, we express our deepest sympathy to Alice’s loving husband Seán; daughter Paula; sons Shane and Kevin; son-in-law Conor French; daughter-in-law Zuzana; grandchildren Bryan, Eva and Rían; brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, extended family, neighbours and friends. Alice is predeceased by her parents Patrick and Alice; brothers Tom, Patie and Liam; sisters Maggie Tuohy and Mai Concannon. Alice lay in repose at the Kiely Funeral Home, Dungarvan, on Sunday afternoon, February 10th. Following Funeral Prayers recited by Canon Willie Ryan, P.P., the removal took place to St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan. Requiem Mass was celebrated by Canon Ryan, P.P., assisted by Fr. Matt Cooney, O.S.A.; Fr. Michael Kennedy, P.P., and Fr. James Denmead, P.P., on Monday morning, February 11th. Afterwards Alice was laid to rest in Kilgobinet Cemetery. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sí. (Funeral arrangements by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

FRANCES COFFEY 56 Main Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford It is with deep regret that we write of the passing of Frances Coffey, aged 106 years, who died on Tuesday, 12th February, 2019, peacefully in the loving care of Little Sisters of the Poor, Ferrybank. Sadly missed by her son Tom and his wife Gonnie; her daughter Margaret and partner Gabriel; her grandchildren Alan and Karina; great-grandchildren Emma and James. Reposing at Little Sisters of the Poor, Ferrybank, on Wednesday, 13th February, between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Funeral Mass on Thursday, 14th February, at 11:00 a.m. in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan, burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. May she Rest In Peace. (Funeral arrangements by Tom Drohan Funeral Director).

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MARGARET (Peggy) CONDON (nee Murphy) Olygate, Co. Wexford, and formerly of Tournageeha, Ballyduff Upper It is with profound sorrow and deep regret we record the passing of Margaret (Peggy) Condon (nee Murphy), Olygate, Co. Wexford, and formerly of Tournageeha, Ballyduff Upper, Co. Waterford, loving wife of the late Pad Condon; sister of the late May Kiersey, Bridie, Paddy and Michael Murphy; which sad event occurred on 11th February, 2019, peacefully, in the tender and loving care of the Nursing staff at Conna Nursing Home and in her 95th year. Lying in repose at Conna Nursing Home, Conna, Rosary was recited on Tuesday evening. Reposing on this Wednesday evening from 5.30 p.m. followed by removal at 7.30 p.m. to St. Michael’s Church, Ballyduff. Funeral Mass on tomorrow Thursday morning at 11.00 a.m. Followed by burial in St. Michael’s Cemetery, Ballyduff. We extend our deepest sympathy to her loving sister-in-law Eileen Murphy; nieces and nephews Bridie, John and Donal Kiersey, Mary Roche, Mary Geary, Patrick Murphy, Bridie Finn, Rose Hayes and John Murphy; grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives, neighbours and friends, May she Rest In Peace. (Funeral arrangements by Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Directors, Cappoquin & Tallow).

THOMAS JOSEPH (Tom) ROCHE Knocknaraha, Tallow It is with sincere sorrow and regret we record the passing of Thomas Joseph (Tom) Roche, Knocknaraha,Tallow, Co.Waterford, loving husband of the late Myra (nee Ryan), which sad event occurred on 3rd February, 2019, peacefully, at his home and in his 92nd year. Lying in repose at Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Home, Tallow, on Tuesday evening, where funeral prayers were recited by Rev. Fr. Pat Condon, P.P., in the presence of his loving family, before removal took place to The Holy Cross Church, Kilwatermoy. On arrival his remains were received and blessed by Rev. Fr. Pat. Condon, P.P. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Wednesday morning by Rev. Fr. Pat Condon, P.P., and was assisted by Rev. Fr. Tom Flynn and Rev. Fr. Sean Cotter, P.E. Readings during the Mass were recited by daughter Mary Keegan and son Liam Roche. Prayers of the Faithful were read by grandchildren Eoin, Sinéad, Shane and Padráig Roche, Aodhán and Moira Keegan. During Mass a lovely selection music and hymns was provided by organist Brian Keegan and soloists Frank Ryan and Sinéad Ní Riain. Offertory Gifts and symbols representing Tom’s life were presented to the altar by Stephen, Rachel, Emma, Tom, Colm, Deirdre and Lily Roche. The significance of these was narrated by Sarah Roche. Communion reflection was read by Frank Ryan and John Roche recited words of appreciation and gratitude to all who supported their family during this difficult time. Following Funeral Mass burial took place in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Fr. Pat Condon, P.P., officiated the graveside prayers where Tom was laid to rest in the presence of his loving family, relatives, neighbours and friends. May he Rest In Peace. We extend our deepest sympathy to his loving sons John, Frank, Tomás and Liam; daughter Mary Keegan; daughters-in-law Shirley, Nora, Maureen and Diane; son-in-law Brian; brother-in-law Kevin Ryan; sister-in-law Teresa Ryan; grandchildren, relatives, neighbours and friends. (Funeral arrangements by Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Directors, Cappoquin & Tallow).

Philosophy Why worry if you are not wealthy? Fortune is fickle you’ll find, You’re a millionaire if you’re healthy, Wealth is a state of mind. Look at the blue sky above you, Look at the flowers below, Can you say there’s no God there to love you, When you look at the sunset’s glow? No life should be shrouded in sorrow, But in garlands of living delight, The world will be as wondrous tomorrow, As when day first triumphed over night. John Daly

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time: Jeremiah 17:5-8 - A curse on the man who puts his trust in man, a blessing on the man who puts his trust in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 - If Christ has not been raised, your believing is useless. Luke 6:17,20-26 - How happy are you who are poor. Alas for you who are rich. Workshop for Singers, Musicians and Choir Directors: Cherrybrook Music presents this workshop in St. John’s Pastoral Centre,Waterford on Saturday, 23rd February.The workshop will focus on the music from the ‘Our Hearts are Restless’, a new collection of liturgical music by Ephrem Feeley, who composed: ‘A Joy for all the Earth’, the official hymn for World Meeting of Families 2018. It will be led by Ephrem and Giovanna Feeley. The day will begin at 10.00 a.m. with registration, tea and coffee, and the workshop will run from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. The cost will be €10 per participant. Booking by Monday, 17th February to 051-874199 or email marydee@waterfordlismore.ie Stained Glass Windows: Work on the Repair and Conservation of the Stained Glass by Oidtmann Studies, Germany will continue this week on the stained glass windows on the south side of the church and will begin work on the windows on the north side of the church. The Annual Diocesan Safeguarding Newsletter for 2019 – is available in the porches. ‘Click to Pray’ app: Last month Pope Francis launched this ‘Click to Pray’ app, which connects Catholics to a global network to share prayer intentions via their smartphones. There is more information is this weekend’s newsletter. Explore the Mass: 4 Sessions on Exploring the Mass, called Signposts on the Road to Emmaus will take place in the Park Hotel, Dungarvan, on Thursday, March 14th, 21st, 26th, and April 4th. Each session begins at 7.30 p.m. Booking essential 051-874199 or email marydee@waterfordlismore.ie. See notices in the church noticeboards. Alpha 2019: Session 4 of the Alpha programme continues on Tuesday next. Session 4e explores the question:‘How can I have faith?’ Pope Francis’ Tweet at World Youth Day, Panama 2019: Mary: The ‘Influencer’ of God. ‘With her “yes”, Mary became the most influential woman in history. Without social networks, she became the first “influencer”: the “influencer” of God. #Panama2019. Parish Office: Located in St. Mary’s Church and is open Monday to Friday office hours. If you want to book Masses or Baptisms call during these times. Phone 058-42374. Daily Mass broadcast on 98.5 FM. Phone No: Fr. Ryan 42374, Fr. Harris 42384, Fr. Cooney 41136. Emergency Phone No: To contact Priest on duty: 086-2334282. St. Vincent de Paul Helpline No.: 087-7747870.

Now in its 65th year, the Texaco Children’s Art Competition is widely acknowledged as the longest running arts sponsorship in Ireland.

Waterford Schools Reminder WATERFORD teachers in primary and second level schools, whose pupils take part in the annual Texaco Children’s Art Competition, are reminded that the closing date for receipt of entries this year is Thursday, 28th February next. Last year almost 500 pupils from schools in County Waterford submitted entries to the Competition.

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Just think of it! THERE is nothing magic about the sacraments. Neither are some of the sacraments intended to be like a talisman that brings good luck to the person who receives it. A sacrament is an effective sign of God’s grace being given to the recipient, it is instituted by Christ and entrusted to Christ’s Church. God takes some act or some material thing that is part of the environment in which we live, and God uses it as a channel or an instrument through which God’s life-giving grace and strength come into our lives. For instance, a man and a woman publicly declare their love for each other and their willingness to share that love as long as they live: God takes their loving commitment and through it conveys divine help and support to them. Or again, God uses water, which is a symbol and a support of life and through it gives the supernatural life of grace to the person being baptised. I think it is important to stress that if a sacrament is to really be effective in our lives we have to receive it into a heart that has faith in God and in Jesus, God become man. Jesus told the wonderful parable of the sower sowing seed. The seed fell into various locations, and the fertility of the seed depended on where it fell. So also a sacrament received where there is no faith or where there is no commitment to loving and thinking of God is frustrated: it is a genuine sacrament, but the ground into which it has fallen gives it no chance to produce good results. As St. Augustine wrote on one occasion, “God, who made us without our help, will not save us without our help.” Fr. Robert Arthure, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.

Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, Ciarán Cannon, TD, launched the 2019 Our World Irish Aid Awards. [Andrew Downes, Xposure]

2019 Our World Irish Aid Awards Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, Ciarán Cannon,TD, is calling on all Waterford primary schools pupils to take part in this year’s Our World Irish Aid Awards. The Awards, which are now in their 14th year, invite children across Ireland to create projects about the challenges facing children in developing countries and the role played by Ireland, through Irish Aid, the Government’s programme for overseas development. All entries will be assessed on their creativity, understanding of the theme and their impact. Sixty projects that illustrate strengths across these three areas will receive an ‘Our World Irish Aid Award’ plaque at regional awards ceremonies in May, and twelve top entries will win a place at the final awards ceremony in June, where the overall winner will be presented with an ‘Our World Irish Aid Awards’ trophy. There will be additional awards for Teacher of the Year and Best Newcomer School. Registration for the programme is now open and the deadline for entries is Friday, 5th April, 2019.

FARMING Simple solution to one of Ireland’s most common non-compliance issues Irish innovation lets farmers order replacement tags instantly from their phone LEADING agtech company Herdwatch has partnered with all three approved cattle tag providers in Ireland, Cormac Tagging, Datamars Agri and Mullinahone Co-Op, to help farmers solve a major cross-compliance issue by allowing their members to record and order missing tags directly from the Herdwatch app on their phone. In recent years, the Department of Agriculture highlighted animal identification and missing tags as one of the most common non-compliance issues. Statitics show ‘61% of the noncompliances detected related to tagging irregularities such as animals missing tags, animals not tagged within 20 days of birth or animals missing both eartags.’ Addressing this issue, Ursula Kelly from Cormac Tagging remarks “The recording of tag numbers for replacement tags is a time-consuming job that will be made easier with the use of the Herdwatch App. As Cormac Tagging continue to innovate, we feel this is a great solution using the technology available between the two companies.” The new partnership between Herdwatch and Ireland’s cattle tag providers gives farmers the power to record missing tags as they identify them, and order them immediately from their

Instant tag ordering via the Herdwatch app. preferred tag supplier. Speaking about the new collaboration Fabien Peyaud, Herdwatch CEO comments “This new feature continues to deliver on our goal of constant innovation, eliminates duplicate recording and ultimately speeds up the process for farmers.” General manager at Datamars Agri, Richard Nolan said “Datamars are delighted to work with Herdwatch, as both companies are committed to offering innovative quality solutions to Irish Farmers.” The ability to directly order missing tags through the Herdwatch app is the latest innovative feature from the Tipperary-based software company, who recently won awards in Ireland and the UK for their Animal Medicine Scanner.When asked about the inspiration for

the new feature James Greevy, Herdwatch Head of Product and Marketing, states “Herdwatch is designed to meet the real needs of farmers. We take all customer requests on board and do our best in making them a reality, and this is a perfect example of that special relationship.” Liam Egan, Eurotags Manager at Mullinahone Co-Op, remarks “Both businesses have a shared long-standing co-op ethos of ensuring the needs of the farmer are front and centre and we believe this innovative partnership with Herdwatch will deliver for farmers.” Herdwatch is set to mark its 5th anniversary this February. Since the company began in 2014 as part of FRS Network (Farm Relief Services), it has gone from strength to strength

with over 10,000 farms now on the platform, making it the number one farm software provider in Ireland and the UK. Herdwatch is fully compliant with Bord Bia and EU quality assurance standards, and allows farmers to register calves and manage cattle movements on their phone. It is fully integrated with ICBF so farmers can see their breeding, milk records and EBI/Eurostar information on Herdwatch. The app is available to download for free on the iPhone App Store and Android Play store – annual subscription starts at €69+VAT and a free basic version is also available. For more information visit www.herdwatch.ie or call 050534400.

Waterford Macra na Feirme IMPROMPTU DEBATING On Sunday, 10th February, Waterford Macra held their county round of Impromptu Debating in Crotty’s Bar, Lemybrien. The first round saw Kinsalebeg take on Cappoquin to debate the motion 'Having children destroys a woman's career'. Both sides gave strong arguments but it was the proposition, Cappoquin, who came out on top. Cappoquin then went on to propose the motion 'Valentines Day is outdated and irrelevant' against Waterford City Macra. Huge congratulations to winners Waterford City who will now progress to the next round. Well done also to Michelle Heffernan of Waterford City who was awarded best speaker on the night! Waterford Macra would also like to thank our judges Kieran, Anita and Fiona for giving up their time for us - it was greatly appreciated. NTC AND TITLES NIGHT Waterford Macra will host their Titles Night and National Talent Competition on Sunday, 17th February in St. Delcan’s Hall, Ardmore. The titles up for grabs on the

night will be Miss Macra, Blue Jeans Country Queen, Queen of the Land and Mr. Personality. Representing your county in one of the above festivals is a fantastic opportunity to get to know people from other clubs around the country and make life long friends as a result. We would encourage all members to come along for an interview! Titles interviews will be followed by the county round of the National Talent Competition. We would love to see members taking part in any of the following categories: Solo instrumental Disco/modern dancing Solo singing Comedy/novelty act Set dancing Pop/folk/ballad Make sure to come along and showcase your talents on the night! Kicking off at 7.00 p.m. Looking forward to seeing you all there! GAMES NIGHT Games Night will continue this Wednesday, 13th February at 8.00 p.m. in Crottys Lemybrien. All welcome!

Farmers urged to be particularly vigilant during Spring calving WITH spring calving now underway on many Irish farms, IFA Health and Safety Executive William Shortall has urged farmers to be particularly vigilant to ensure their own safety. An average, 9% of farm fatalities are caused by cow and heifer attacks each year, with farmers more vulnerable to accidents at this time of year due to tiredness brought on by the heavy workload of spring. This is compounded by the fact that heifers and cows can be unpredictable at calving time and may hit out without warning. According to IFA Health and Safety Executive William Shortall, “Spring is the busiest time of year on many Irish farms. Farmers work around the clock, often needing to be up several times a night to check on animals. This can lead to severe tiredness, restricting a farmers ability to react quickly.” The IFA has developed some useful tips for farmers to help keep them safe, including: • Don’t be afraid to ask for help from a neighbour with a difficult cow or calving • Know your limitations, you’re not as agile as you were this time last year • Make sure the calving gate is operating properly • Make sure the calving jack and ropes are fit for purpose • Make sure all dogs and children are out of sight before entering the pen • Make sure the cow is correctly locked into the calving gate • Ensure calving pens have appropriate lighting • Remember there is no such thing as a quite cow

Department inspections cannot hold up BDGP suckler payments IFA National Livestock Committee Chairman Angus Woods said it is not acceptable that hundreds of farmers are still due their BDGP suckler payments because the Department of Agriculture has not yet carried out inspections under the scheme. IFA has taken up the matter with the Department of Agriculture & insisted on immediate payment. Angus Woods called on the Minister for Agriculture to cut through the red tape and bureaucratic delays around Department inspections and remove the blockage on all outstanding BDGP payments owed to suckler farmers. He said, “Suckler farmers are on their knees financially and it is not acceptable that some farmers are still waiting on their BDGP payments, just because the Department have not got round to carrying out the inspections”. The IFA Livestock leader pointed out that the Department had all of 2018 to carry out the inspections and under the Charter of Rights payments are due in mid-December.

IFA President welcomes commitment by President Juncker on ‘no deal’ Brexit support for Irish farmers

Delighted to meet the Rose of Tralee, Waterford’s Kirsten Mata Maher at Glanbia, Carrick-on-Suir were Doreen and Katie Power and Eilish Hahesy. [Noel Browne]

IFA President Joe Healy has welcomed the statement by the EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker that the EU is ready to assist Irish farmers in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Joe Healy said IFA has consistently made the case at Irish Government & EU level for support, given the exposure of farming & food in this country to a no-deal situation. “It is welcome that commitments made by the Taoiseach and Commissioner Hogan have been confirmed by President Juncker,” he said. “We will be continuing our engagement with the Irish Government and the Commission to get a comprehensive package of market supports and direct aid for Irish farmers,” he said. Joe Healy also welcomed the Commission President’s reaffirmed support for the backstop. “All efforts must go into trying to reach agreement but we must prepare for the worst-case scenario,” he said.

FARMING

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Teagasc ONE IN FOUR FARMS ARE SHORT OF FODDER A recent Teagasc survey has shown that one in four farms are short of silage this Spring. The deficit is 10-15%. That’s the equivalent of one weeks feeding between now and the end of March. It sounds like a small deficit but can become very significant very quickly as the Spring progresses if you don’t react now. So what action needs to be taken: 1. Do a fodder budget immediately if you have any concern at all that you might have a deficit. Talk to your local adviser. 2. Get fertiliser out, as conditions improve. It was very evident in 2018 that the farmers that continued to spread fertiliser came through the fodder shortage more easily than those that didn’t. 3. Return stock to grazing as soon as conditions allow – on farm measurements indicate that there is more grass on farms this spring than in previous years. Even if you have to re-house, getting some stock out for 10-15 days can save a lot of silage. 4. Stretch silage by feeding additional meals. This requires actually restricting access to silage e.g. if your deficit is 25%, where you might normally put out 4 bales of silage you are now putting out 3 bales and feeding 2-3 kg extra meals to fill the energy gap. 5. Sell animals as they become fit for sale/slaughter 6. Avoid panic buying- purchase feed in advance if possible. 7. Ensure finance is available to purchase additional feed if required We cannot predict what the weather is going to be like for the next 6-7 weeks and I think its largely irrelevant in terms of the plan you need to put in place today. Plan for needing fodder til early April. If we have a good Spring, you will have fodder left over. However, if we have a bad Spring, then you will avoid a lot of stress

on yourself by taking action, at an already busy time of the year. GETTING READY FOR YOUR BORD BIA QUALITY ASSURANCE AUDIT There have been numerous calls recently from cattle farmers about their Bord Bia assurance audits and what steps they can take to pass. Many farmers have recently received letters from Bord Bia informing them of an upcoming visit. Here are some points to help you in preparation for this visit. • The Bovine Register Herd book has to be available and all births, deaths and movements have to be up to date. All movement permits and knackery receipts must be available to be viewed by the auditor on request. Many farmers also keep their recent cattle purchases/sales dockets from Marts, Factories etc. as well close at hand. Remember to have all your cattle cards available on the day as well. • The animal remedy purchase and usage records must be completed and up to date. According to Bord Bia the majority of problems uncovered during an audit leading to failure relate to record keeping on animal remedies and medicines. It is advisable that farmers have a full record of all remedy/medical purchases and usages prior to inspection. Information recorded must include date of purchase, medicine name, quantity purchased and name and address of supplier. The farmer then needs to record date of administration, name of medicine, quantity given, identification of animal, date of end of withdrawal period, name of person giving the medicine/remedy or name of prescribing vet. Bord Bia also provides a farm book to complete in relation to the Animal health Plan where the dosing and or vaccination programme is outlined. • A feed purchase record also has to be completed preferably in

Strong demand for Teagasc Forestry Clinics TEAGASC forestry advisors provided advice and information, about planting and management of trees, at over 350 consultations during a very busy recent nationwide series of Teagasc Forestry Advisory Clinics. Additional clinics were required to meet demand for information on forestry. The one-to-one clinics held in January provided the opportunity for farmers, landowners and forest owners to explore their forestry options and receive independent and objective advice during a confidential consultation with experienced Teagasc forestry advisors. New planting enquiries made up more than half of all consultations, with farmers and

landowners seeking information on the many planting options offered under the Forestry Programme, and the range of attractive establishment grants and annual premium categories available. Noel Kennedy, Teagasc forestry advisor based in Roscommon said: “There was an increased level of interest from farmers looking seriously at forestry. Not only from an income perspective, but also how it can contribute longer term to sustainable farming.” He added: “Non-farmers are surprised how attractive forestry is and are now seriously looking at it as a more productive use of their land which they wish to keep in the family.”

The next most common topic raised at the clinics involved farmers and landowners with forestry already planted. They were seeking advice and information on how best to manage their conifer and broadleaf forests. Encouraged by the current strong market for conifer timber, forest owners sought information on thinning, selling timber and market options. The clinics also provided an opportunity for those attending to subscribe to Teagasc’s forestry E-newsletter. This is a free email newsletter provided by Teagasc which provides regular updates on the latest developments in Irish forestry. To subscribe please go to www.teagasc.ie/forestry.

the Bord Bia farm book whereby all feed purchased is recorded. All receipts and delivery dockets must be kept and retained; often the official receipt/invoice will include all the necessary information required. • The Farm Safety Risk Assessment book also has to be completed and available for inspection. This normally is an assessment specific to the farm outlining what steps are to be taken to maximise safety on that farm. • A pesticide usage record will also be required to be completed if being used. Information required will include product name, PCS number, crop of intended use, area treated, volume of water used, date applied and professional usage number. • A sustainability survey also must be completed preferably before the auditor arrives on the farm whereby the farming system is assessed in terms of efficiency and carbon footprint.This survey can be done on-line on the computer or a paper version can be requested on (062) 54900 from Agri Data directly. • Don’t forget to have your Farm Safety & Quality Assurance signs visible and displayed in your yard, your bait points mapped out for rodents, footbaths with disinfectant located at entrance of farmyard and a functional medicine cabinet which can be locked for the storage of medicines. The inspections itself normally lasts approximately two hours and always remember to have read your most recent letter from Bord Bia which will have noted a few specific areas for improvement on your farm following your last inspection. Try not to have the same issues re-occurring. There is a substantial amount of paperwork to be completed and it is advisable not to leave it all to the day before the visit!

Dungarvan Mart Prices Monday, 11th February COWS 1 A.A. 710 kgs. made €850. 1 Fr. 735 kgs. made €840. 1 Fr. 715 kgs. made €740. 1 Sim. 640 kgs. made €600. BULLOCKS 1 A.A. 520 kgs. made €1,130. 1 Her. 680 kgs. made €1,185. 6 Lim. 473 kgs. made €1,030 each. 5 Her. 451 kgs. made €800 each. 3 Lim. 435 kgs. made €920 each. 4 A.A. 225 kgs. made €485 each. 11 A.A. 302 kgs. made €620 each.

HEIFERS 1 A.A. 445 kgs. made €870. 6 A.A. 461 kgs.made €845 each. 1 A.A. 390 kgs. made €860. 3 A.A. 425 kgs. made €825 each. The next Sheep Collection in Dungarvan Mart will be on Wednesday, 27th February, with prices available from Tuesday 26th. Booking essential on 058 41611. Calf collection service for weekly sales is now available please contact Dungarvan Mart.

READER’S QUERIES Question: I have just finished construction of a slatted shed under TAMS. I have been getting the bits together to put in the claim. I asked my neighbour over to assist as he completed a grant job last year. I have plain black ½” piping going to the drinkers. I purchased this pipe as it was on offer at the time. My neighbour raised the issue and said it may cause a problem. Can you please advise? Answer: For the grant, a water supply must be of 19mm (3/4”) internal diameter and must be securely fixed. Piping must be manufactured in compliance with IS EN 12201.These pipes must be either fully blue in colour or have a blue longitudinal strip. If you leave things the way they are and have an inspection, you will incur a 10% penalty on the whole grant as well as having to rectify the pipework. Best to change out the pipework now before you put in the claim. Be wary of special offers and bargains as many can be costly in the long term! I trust this will clear things up for you. Tip of the Week: Make sure to check your limits before ordering fertiliser, especially with all the extra meal fed in 2018!

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TERENCE MORRISSEY Waterford ICMSA meeting in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, last Tuesday, 5th February (l. to r.): Willie O’Donoghue, Cappoquin; Declan Morrissey, Cappoquin; Billy O’Callaghan, Carrick, Chair of Waterford ICMSA, and Ger Burke, Dungarvan.

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FARMING

IFAC’s Top 20 Tax Saving Tips for Farmers in Waterford BECAUSE every farmer is different there’s no catch all solution for saving on tax. However, there’s a long list of tax-saving tips that can reduce taxable income. Farmers should use every available tip because over-looked tax deductions are wasted opportunities. Eoghan Drea partner at Ifac’s Waterford office has compiled a list of the 20 best tax deductions and tips for 2019. STAMP DUTY AND LAND Stamp duty is a tax charged on the transfer of property. In general the only factor affecting the amount of stamp duty charged is the value of the property/land. The transfer of livestock, machinery and basic payment entitlements are not subject to stamp duty. The rate of stamp duty applicable to residential property is 1% on the first €1m, and 2% on the excess over €1m. Stamp duty on non-residential property is 6%. 1. Blood relative relief: Stamp duty relief has been enhanced so that any transfer of farm assets between blood relatives is subject to 1% stamp duty instead of the new 6%. Age restrictions on this relief have been removed. Other conditions still remain and should be reviewed before any transfers takes place. 2. Young trained farmer relief: This exemption from stamp duty is to encourage the transfer of farm-land to a new generation of farmers with relevant qualifications. The transfer may be by way of a gift or sale. It applies where the young trained farmer is under 35 at date of the transfer.Young trained farmers must have the relevant agricultural qualifications or must acquire the qualifications within four years from the date of execution of the transfer instrument. The young trained farmer must spend 50% of their time farming the land to qualify.The exemption is extended to 31 December 2021 but with onerous conditions from 1 January 2019 including the relief is aggregated with young trained farmers stock relief and in total the maximum relief is limited to €70000. In addition, it is limited to a start-up / transfer and a business plan must be submitted. VALUE-ADDED TAX (VAT) Farmers and farming companies do not have to register for VAT, irrespective of turnover. Farmers are entitled to apply a flatrate addition of VAT (5.4%) to their prices when supplying agricultural produce or services to VAT registered customers. Flat-rate farmers are also entitled to reclaim VAT on certain capital expenditure. 3. Capital expenditure VAT refund: Farmers who are not registered for VAT can get a refund on the VAT element of any invoices relating to capital expenditure, for example land improvement, yards, fencing, drainage or buildings and fixed equipment, such as milking parlours, scrapers, bulk tanks, etc (repairs are not covered). You can claim VAT back on items purchased in the last four years. CAPITAL GAINS TAX If a farmer disposes of certain assets such as land, buildings, quotas, shares or entitlements, he or she may be liable to capital gains tax. The farmer must file a return for any 2018 gains or losses by the return filling date in 2019. 4. Transfer of a site to a child: A site of up to one acre and up to a value of €500,000 can be made free from capital gains tax. It must be for the construction of the son or daughter's principal private residence. If the house is not built and the site is disposed of or the house is not built, the relief can be clawed back. Beware of the value of the site as this will reduce the threshold for gift tax. 5. Entrepreneur Relief: Entrepreneur

relief reduces the standard rate of capital gains tax from 33% to 10% for qualifying gains.The value of this relief can be up to €230,000.You can claim entrepreneur relief if you sell all or part of a farm business. It applies on gains up to €1m. Entrepreneur relief does not apply to investments or development land. 6. Retirement Relief: This relief is available to farmers over the age of 55.The farmer does not need to be retired to avail of it. The farmer must have owned and farmed the land for 10 consecutive years prior to transfer or prior to entering into a letting/leasing agreement. There are two main versions. Within the family, farmers can transfer/dispose of chargeable business assets. Provided certain conditions are met, no capital gains tax will apply. If you are over 66, a limit of €3m applies. For nonfamily transfers, or transfers to unrelated parties, a farmer can transfer/dispose of assets up to €750,000 and have no liability. If you are over 66, the limit is reduced to €500,000. 7. Restructuring Relief: If you acquire and dispose of agricultural land within 18 months of the earlier transaction, a capital gains tax relief applies.The sale, purchase, swap must be between farmers who spend no less than 50% of their time farming. GIFT TAX Gift tax applies to a lifetime transfer. Inheritance tax applies to a transfer on death. Where the valuation date is between 1 January and 31 August, the CAT Payment date is between 1 September and 31 January, the CAT payment date is between 1 September and 31 October in the following year. 8. Annual exempt amount: A farmer can receive by way of a gift an amount of €3,000 from any person in a calendar year without affecting his or her threshold. No gift or inheritance tax applies between spouses. 9. Agricultural Relief: This relief reduces the value of the asset you are receiving by go%. If you receive €2m of agricultural property you will only be taxed on €200,000, ie 10% of its value. Ensure you meet the conditions to qualify for this relief. Beware clawback of the relief if you fail to satisfy the conditions. The recipient must qualify as an active farmer to receive this relief. 10. Business relief: If you do not qualify for agricultural relief, business relief may be available. It applies to the transfer of a business or part of a business. It does not apply to an individual asset. It reduces the value of the asset by 90%. 11. Favourite Niece or Nephew: In certain circumstances, a nephew or niece who has worked on a full-time basis on the farm will be deemed to qualify as your child for the purpose of CAT. If they qualify, they can avail of the CAT Group A threshold. INCOME TAX Ensure you are availing of all the credits you are entitled to. These reduce the amount of tax that could otherwise be payable. 13. Local property tax: Ensure you have paid your local property tax so that you do not incur a surcharge on your income tax liability. 14. Add backs for motor/web/telephone: If you spend money on something

that is for both business and private use, you can claim a deduction for part of the expense. This includes items such as phone bills and motor expenses. 15. Family Wages: Are your family working on the farm? Where a family member is full-time employed on the farm, they are entitled to the employee tax credit. They can only claim this if they earn a sufficient farm wage that incurs a tax liability. For 2019, this tax credit is €1,650.Therefore, if a single person is an employee with no other earnings, they can earn up to €16,500 before incurring any tax. Furthermore, a child living at home can earn €8,250 with no tax, PRSI or USC. The child must make a commercial contribution to the farm, must be registered as an employee and an annual employer return must be made. Please ensure all wage payments to family and non-family comply with the new PAYE Modernisation rules. 16. Forestry: If a farmer has forestry, or is in a forestry partnership, all profits from this including the premiums and timber sales - are not liable to income tax. However, they are liable to PRSI and USC. If a grant is received for planting, it is not liable for tax. 17. Energy-efficient equipment: This scheme aims to encourage farms to invest in energy saving equipment. Farmers who use the scheme are allowed to write off 100% of the purchase value of qualifying energy efficient equipment against profit in the year of purchase.The equipment must meet the specified energy criteria and be designed to achieve high levels of energy efficiency. They include, electric motors and drives, lighting equipment and systems, building energy management systems, electric and alternative fuel vehicles and equipment, refrigerating and cooling equipment and systems, etc. A full list of the qualifying equipment is available on the SEAi website. 18. Investing in personal pensions: Could making a pension contribution reduce your income tax liability? Contribution towards a personal pension are fully tax allowable, subject to certain limits. On maturity, your tax liability will depend on what you decide to do with your fund. If you opt for a straightforward annuity (and assuming you take your 25% tax free lump sum) you will be liable for income tax and USC at the normal rates on the balance of the fund. CORPORATION TAX Where a farmer has changes to a company structure, the following is important to note: • Ensure you lodge your corporation tax return on time as a late return can result in penalties and loss of reliefs • Ensure the company pays you a salary. This will enable you to get benefits paid for you by the company such as health insurance, life insurance and club subscriptions. The benefit will be taxed on as salary but will be taxed as a cost to the company • If you take our the funds yourself and pay it yourself it will cost you more in tax 19. Annual small benefit: The company can pay you or any of its employees a one-off voucher of €500 each year tax and PRSI free. 20. Rent of land to the company: Review the rental of land to the company. A payment of salary may be a better option.

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TWELVE months after the railings at St. Mary’s Parish Church were damaged in a traffic incident, the badly damaged wall and historic and iconic railings have been repaired and restored to their former and aged glory. Such was the attention to detail and commitment to restoration, that even a close inspection of the restored work would yield no evidence of the damage. The restoration project was arranged and supervised locally by the St. Mary’s Projects Committee under the guidance of the Parish Priest of St. Mary’s, Fr. William Ryan. It was essential that the railings and wall on which they stood, dating from about 1830, be restored to their former perfection, but there were few companies which could fulfil such a meticulous task. There were four sections of railing damaged and about six metres of wall. The original design had the railings embedded into holes in the cut stone wall and filled around with molten lead. Further damage was caused to the cast iron pillar and the cast iron pedestrian gate. All the new cast iron pieces were made to match the existing cast iron. The undamaged

pedestrian gate was used to make a mould for the new gate. The work of restoring the ironwork fell to a Dublin company, Bushy Park Ironworks, who, although they do not have centuries of history and experience, completed their task to such perfection that even the original craftsmen could hardly have had a complaint. The undamaged sections on the opposite side of the gate were sent to the foundry as moulds and were returned with the duplicate newly cast sections for the broken side. It was not considered an option to repair the damaged sections as there were far too many broken pieces. All the pieces of the broken railing were salvaged and taken to their foundry in Dublin. Even the ‘bubbles and pock marks’ on the undamaged metal were replicated on the new pieces when cast, thereby matching them with the original pieces. Legal and conservation requirements meant that all work, whether on railings or wall, had to be carried out by recognised experts in their fields and registered with the

Heritage Council. They also needed to be highly experienced in the repair of historic masonry and cast iron. So, some new sections of railings had to be cast and to facilitate this some of those, undamaged sections from the opposite side of the gate were used to make moulds. While the metalwork was restored by Bushy Park Ironworks, conservation of the stonework was carried out by Conservation & Restoration (Ireland) which is one of the country’s leading building restoration and conservation companies. These necessary repairs follow on from the five year programme of upgrading and protection. This included the restoration and repair of all twenty stained glass windows, which necessitated the fitting of protective glazing on the outside which will be finished by the end of June 2019. The project started in 2014 and each window cost an average of €30k. The roof was replaced in 2012 and in 2016 the east wall behind the altar was repaired including the Bell Tower. In 2015 a toilet for the disabled was built and the front

entrance yard was upgraded for safer pedestrian access from the main gates to the Church

doors. Finally, The Church was repainted painted in 2017 by Sinnotts of Waterford.

All of which represented a major undertaking now nearing its successful completion.

The restored gate-pillar and railings at St. Mary’s.

Next up, St. Patrick’s Day THE newly expanded Committee of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will

hope that it will not be a baptism of fire for them, or more accurately, of

Jim Veale, long-time Chairman of the St. Patrick’s Day Committee has passed the responsibility for the Parade to the next generation. He is pictured here at the start of the 2010 Parade with the bag he used for decades to carry his papers on St. Patrick’s Day. [Tom Keith]

snow and ice. Prior to last year’s bitterly cold conditions, it had been years since the Parade had encountered weather problems and all eyes will be on the weather people from about the 14th March when the likely weather will be known. It will be business as usual on the 17th March and the weeks from now ’til then as the publicity machine rolls into action and preparations are being made for the big day. Taking a break this year will be Jim Veale, enthusiastic Chairman and member of the Committee since its re-formation over forty years ago. Under his stewardship and that of the late lamented Dungarvan Pipe Band, the event has grown immensely in stature and

enjoyment since those early days of the 1970s. The floats are bigger and more extensive and the groups of marching children are more colourful in their various sporting outfits. Jim, the last of the original committee to serve, has passed on the baton which should guarantee the organisation of the popular celebration of our National Saint for a good few years to come. The crowds of spectators have grown as well with well filled footpaths from Crotty’s Corner to O’Connell Street where the Parade will finish this year. Why not organise a group to take part whether walking or in some fancy float and help to keep alive a long tradition of the Parade in Dungarvan.

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HARD WORKING WATERFORD DENIED BY LATE SCORES Page 3

DEATH OF LONG SERVING DÉISE GAEL PADDY FITZGERALD Pages 6 & 7

MAYA ROSSA – MUNSTER CHAMPION! Page 15

SEE PAGE 4 Maria Delahunty in action for Waterford ladies who had to share the spoils with Kerry in the Lidl National League Division 2 Round 2 in Kerry. [Dan McGrath]

TRALEE THRILLER WATERFORD & KERRY SHARE THE SPOILS

SIX GOAL THRILLER AT CONNA ENDS IN A DRAW Page 21

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ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CLUB HURLING SEMI-FINAL

Ballyhale Shamrocks on course for St. Patrick’s Day Ballyhale Shamrocks .....… 1-15; Ballygunner .....................… 0-13. IF ever a goal made all the difference in a match it was the case in Thurles last Saturday evening when Eoin Cody’s 44th minute strike sealed Ballyhale Shamrock’s eighth visit to headquarters on St. Patricks Day for an All Ireland final date with St. Thomas’ of Galway after this 0-5 deserving win over Waterford and Munster champions Ballygunner. Ballyhale last won the All Ireland title in 2015 and seven of that side saw action on Saturday last. This new look team possessed the ideal blend of experience and youth and the younger members acquitted themselves every bit as much as the household names on the field. The Ballyhale team were that bit hardier than the Gunners and they didn’t allow them their usual time on the ball. Also, they were more clever when it came to scoring, especially the young guys as they made plenty room for themselves and the scores came at the right time. The Leinster champions certainly had their homework done and Ballygunner’s speedy forwards Peter Hogan and Conor Power were harried and hassled all day and this was reflected on the scoreboard. In fact, the Waterford five in a row winners accumulated a paltry 0-3 from play over the course of the hour in contrast to Ballyhale whose tally from open play was an impressive 1-12.

The hurling served up in the first half of this much anticipated match was of the poor variety on a stinging cold afternoon but immediately from the throw-in on the restart, the tempo was raised by both sets of players and the standard rose accordingly. It’s rarely the case in Thurles that the mud plays a part in a game but it did on Saturday as both goalies had a torrid time keeping their feet while the conditions played a part in Ballygunner not claiming the first and all important goal. From the outset though, Ballyhale set out their stall and their physical and tight marking defence closed down their opponents within and outside the rules. This was reflected in Ballygunner scoring six of their eight first half points from frees while five of Ballyhale’s white flags came from open play. It wasn’t a half to remember though Ballygunner must have been happy with their start to the match as they led by 0-4 to 0-1 after nine minutes. Pauric Mahony enjoyed a 100% strike rate before the break with his first score following a foul on Conor Power. Ballyhale defender Darren Mullen picked up a yellow card on five minutes and the Kilkenny side were very slow to start compared to their display later on. TJ Reid (f) opened the winner’s account in the 4th minute and a quarter of an hour later the teams were on level terms thanks to two further Reid scores either side of a

fine point by wing back Evan Shefflin, a nephew of manager Henry. Two goal Leinster final hero Adrian Mullen had a point from play sandwiched between two further Pauric Mahony pointed frees and the Ballygunner sideline must have been worried with the developing trend of the game in Mahony being their only scorer and all these points being delivered from placed balls. Yet, the Gunners were never led in the first half and eventually their first flag from play arrived in the 26th minute from Brian O’Sullivan, who was being well marshalled overall by full back Joey Holden, 0-7 to 0-5. Tim O’Sullivan was wide from play two minutes later as was Pauric Mahony similarly, these two lapses being punished directly by Ballyhale minors via Eoin Cody and Eoin Reid to level proceedings for the fourth time in total with three of the announced four minutes of added time having been played. Pauric Mahony gave Fergal Hartley’s men the edge going in at half-time at 0-8 to 0-7 with his fifth pointed free as Ballyhale led the scoring from play stat at 0-5 to 0-1. From the restart, Ballyhale were the faster and sharper side in a half that they went on to win by 1-8 to 0-5. Man of the Match Eoin Cody led the way with an equalising point in the 31st minute and a minute later a TJ Reid pointed free had his team in front for the first occasion at 0-9 to 0-8.

The play was now much more open but Ballygunner had to depend on another Pauric Mahony pointed free to draw level and three minutes later he was off target for the first time from a placed ball. In the 39th minute, Conor Power made great progress along the endline but his handpass was slowed down in the mud in front of the goal line. Still, Brian O’Sullivan had a great opportunity to strike home the sliotar off the ground on a patch of grass but his attempt was too weak and the ball was delivered to safety. This was a defining moment and the luck was certainly not in their favour when Tim O’Sullivan was upended shortly after in front of goal but no free of any description was awarded by Cork Referee Colm Lyons. Peter Hogan regained Ballygunner’s lead with a 41st minute score from play but overall he was targeted by the Ballyhale defence and he received little protection from the referee. Thereafter, the game turned in Ballyhale’s favour. They increased their intensity further resulting in mistakes by their opponents. Colin Fennelly, who was well held throughout by Barry Coughlan, provided for an Eoin Reid second point to level the match for the seventh and final occasion at 0-10 a piece. The match took its decisive turn in the 44th minute when Eoin Cody ran clear of Wayne Hutchinson and finished the sliotar expertly to the

The Local Bar Waterford GAA Awards 2018 – Jack Laffan, Portlaw with family and friends after receiving his Seamus O'Brien Award for outstanding services [Sean Byrne] to the GAA.

back of the net with Stephen O’Keeffe fairly powerless to do anything on a slippery muddy surface, 1-10 to 0-10. Credit Ballygunner, though now under the cosh, they came back twice with pointed Pauric Mahony frees but an intervening brace of points from play by Paddy Mullen in the 49th and in the 51st minutes negated this, 1-12 to 0-12. Ballyhale finished the rest of the game the stronger, they outscored the Gunners by 0-3 to 0-1 with Eoin Cody (2) and Adrian Mullen dissecting the posts. Ballygunner had wides per Pauric Mahony (f) and Billy O’Keeffe before Brian O’Sullivan, who fared better out the field, registering their final score in the 58th minute. The honours went where deserving as Ballygunner’s long season comes to an end. They will have a seven week break before they play Clonea in the first round of the Waterford championship on the last weekend in March. Though disappointed with last Saturday’s result, a five in a row County title win and a Munster championship is an impressive haul for 2018. Ballyhale’s Top Three: Eoin Cody, Joey Holden, Michael Fennelly. Ballygunner’s Top Three: Ian Kenny, Pauric Mahony, Peter Hogan. Observer’s Man of thre Match: Eoin Cody.

Number of Scorers: Ballyhale: 6. Ballygunner: 3. Scores From Play: Ballyhale: 1-12. Ballygunner: 0-3. Frees For: Ballyhale: 8. Ballygunner: 14. Wides: Ballyhale: 10. Ballygunner: 6. Score of the Match: Ballyhale’s 44th minute goal by Eoin Cody. Scorers: Ballyhale: E Cody (1-4); TJ Reid ( 0-4, 3 frees); E Reid, A Mullen, P Mullen (0-2 each); E Shefflin (0-1). Ballygunner: Pauric Mahony (0-10, 1 65, 9 frees); B O’Sullivan (0-2); P Hogan (0-1). Ballyhale Shamrocks: D Mason, D Mullen, J Holden, B Butler, E Shefflin, M Fennelly (c), R Reid, R Corcoran, P Mullen, B Cody, TJ Reid, A Mullen, E Reid, C Fennelly, E Cody. Subs: C Phelan for Butler (inj, 11); M Aylward for B Cody (HT); C Walsh for C Phelan (52); J Cuddihy for E Reid (58); G Butler for Corcoran (61). Ballygunner: S O’Keeffe (jc), E Hayden, B Coughlan, I Kenny, Philip Mahony, W Hutchinson, B O’Keeffe, H Barnes S O’Sullivan (jc), Pauric Mahony, P Hogan, M Mahony, T O’Sullivan, Brian O’Sullivan, C Power. Subs: D O’Sullivan for Hayden (HT); Barry O’Sullivan for T O’Sullivan (45); JJ Hutchinson for O’Keeffe (56). Referee: C Lyons (Cork).

Waterford delegates at the A.G.M. of Cumann na mBunscol na Mumhan held in Adare, Co. Limerick on Friday 11th January 2019. Front: (left to right): John Brennan (Munster Council G.A.A.) John Cregan (Chairperson Limerick G.A.A. Board) and Anne Marie O'Gorman. Back: Killian O'Reilly and Eamonn Fitzgerald.

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Hard working Waterford denied by late scores ALLIANZ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 4 ROUND 3

Waterford's Michael Curry about to gain possession against Derry's Niall Toner during the Div. 4 Allianz National Football League match in Fraher Field, Dungarvan. [Sean Byrne]

Derry ……………………..…2-12; Waterford …………………… 1-8. WATERFORD'S fading hopes of promotion from Division Four were extinguished by favourites Derry at a blustery Fraher Field in front of a gate of just 233, of which 135 were paying patrons. A Derry side featuring just five starting members of the team which defeated Waterford in their 2017 All-Ireland Qualifier meeting at the same venue, weathered the late dismissals of Jason Rocks and substitute Conor McAtamney to take both points on offer. While two seals enjoyed the February sun on a mudflat on the River Colligan which flanks one end of the old Dungarvan venue, Derry braced themselves for a first half in which they played into a typically strong West Waterford wind. Emmett Bradley opened the scoring with a fourth minute free, and the initial exchanges were dominated by a Derry side decked out in their all red change colours. Waterford genuinely struggled to get an early touch such was the visitors’ domination of both territory and possession, but they took the

lead in the 12th minute following Sean Whelan Barrett’s well-taken goal, slipping the ball beyond Thomas Mallon following fine buildup play involving James McGrath and Conor Murray. Derry's Emmett Bradley picked out brother Christopher for a fine 15th minute point from 25 metres, before Jason Curry mustered an immediate reply from Waterford with a free. The hosts then found some momentum and stretched their lead to four points through white flaggers from Conor Murray and Fearghal Ó Currín in the 15th and 18th minutes respectively. But Derry soon replied through the lively Niall Toner, who marked the ball before delightfully fading it inside the Town End uprights. Toner was upended after 22 minutes, an indiscretion punished by Christopher Bradley’s free only for Waterford to respond in kind barely a minute later through the impressive Conor Murray, with Jack Mullaney restoring their four-point lead by the 25th minute. Derry, for all their territory and possession, could have scarcely believed they were in arrears as the

half-hour approached, but they hauled themselves back into contention through a superbly struck goal by Shane McGuigan, who rifled the ball into the roof of Aaron Beresford’s net following Christopher Bradley’s lay-off. Fearghal Ó Currín saw an injurytime shot cannon high off the post in what was the last significant action of the half. At the break, the sides were tied on 1-5 apiece. Ten minutes elapsed before a second half score was registered through Waterford substitute Jason Gleeson, with Emmett Bradley cancelling out that score with a well-struck free two minutes later. Derry's Karl McKaigue charged forward from the half-back line to land a fine 46th minute point from the left flank following extended phases of lateral ball. Five minutes later, and with the yellow card tally starting to build, an unseemly fracas broke out in front of the Waterford dugout, an altercation which involved at least a dozen players, with some Deise management unavoidably caught up in the morass of limbs. Once the dust settled. Derry’s

Waterford Senior Footballers who lost to Derry in the Div. 4 Allianz National Football League match in Fraher Field, Dungarvan. [Sean Byrne]

Jason Rocks and Waterford’s Brian Looby were deemed the guiltiest of those involved in the melee, with both receiving yellow cards. Jason Curry’s 53rd minute free, brought in 13 metres due to dissent, brought the sides level, with Sean Whelan Barrett pointing five minutes later, after Aidan Trihy’s scoring effort had been half-blocked. Alas, a hard working Waterford would not score again thereafter. Just shy of the hour mark, Derry substitute Conor McAtamney brilliantly faded a shot high and true between the ‘country end’ posts to bring the sides level for the fourth time, to the delight of the small travelling support. With eight minutes of regulation time remaining, Christopher Bradley restored Derry’s lead following Padraig Cassidy’s pass. Moments later, to his bewilderment, Jason Rocks was awarded a second yellow card for an alleged off-the ball indiscretion to leave Derry a man down. And things got even worse barely a minute later when Conor McAtamney also received his marching orders for a second bookable offence. Derry, reduced

to 13, led by one. A great opportunity for an unexpected win beckoned for Benji Whelan's men. The loss of the Derry duo saw Waterford naturally take a few more offensive risks but this in no way perturbed Shane McGuigan, who found his range superbly to send the visitors two points clear. Two minutes from time, advancing Waterford corner-back James McGrath lost possession to Padraig Cassidy, who released the pacy Niall Toner for a deep run. Toner bore in on goal and offloaded to the equally fast Paul McNeill, who palmed the ball into the net from point blank range. Shane McGuigan’s 70th minute effort would have had them calling for Hawkeye in another stadium but this point, in addition to Enda Lynn’s injury-time point, rounded off a fine and deserved win for Derry. Once again, Waterford's footballers were left digesting a dose of the what might have beens. An away assignment in Wexford is next up come February 24th. Scorers – Derry: S. McGuigan (1-3), C. Bradley (0-3; 0-1f), P.

McNeill (1-0), E. Bradley (0-2f), N. Toner, K. McKaigue, C. McAtamney and E. Lynn (0-1 each). Waterford: S. Whelan Barrett (1-1), C. Murray (0-2), J. Curry (0-2f), F. Ó Cuirrín, J. Mullaney and J. Gleeson (0-1 each). Derry: T. Mallon; P. McNeill, B. Rogers, N. Keenan; K. McKaigue, M. McEvoy, E. McGill; C. McKaigue, C. McFaul; P. Cassidy, E. Bradley, J. Rocks; N. Toner, S. McGuigan, C. Bradley. Subs: C. McAtamney for McEvoy (56), E. Lynn for E. Bradley (59), P. Coney for C. Bradley (74) and C. Mulholland for Keenan (74) Waterford: A. Beresford; A. Trihy, R. O’Ceallaigh, J. McGrath; B. Looby, M. Curry, S. O’Donovan; S. Ryan, T. Prendergast; S. Whelan Barrett, F. Ó Cuirrín, C. Murray; J. Curry, S. Ahearne, J. Mullaney. Subs: J. Gleeson for Ó Cuirrín and K. Power for Prendergast (both HT), D. Fitzgerald for Trihy (61) and D. Hallihan for Gleeson (67). Referee: Seamus Mulhare (Laois).

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Waterford Ladies Gaelic Football Association

Tralee thriller - Waterford & Kerry share the spoils By Paul Murphy LIDL LADIES NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 – ROUND 2 Kerry .................................… 0-15; Waterford .........................….. 2-9. Referee: (N McCormack) Venue: Kerins O’Rahillys, Tralee, Co. Kerry BOTH sides had to settle for a share of the spoils after a highly entertaining game in Strand Road. Kerry started brightly with Miriam O’Keeffe pointing inside the first minute. Waterford’s Liz Devine quickly replied for the visitors. With the rain arriving at the start of the game it made for a greasy ball and surface but this didn’t stop Kerry from driving forward at every available opportunity. The home side were playing more direct from the get go with the forwards showing for it at every available opportunity. Fossa’s Erica McGlynn scored two points inside the first five minutes to give Kerry an early lead 0-03 to Waterford’s 0-01. Waterford’s Eimear Fennell had the deficit down to a one score game, but Kerry were to go on a scoring spree with four unanswered points. Kerry’s defensive unit holding firm with Aislinn Desmond in the thick of the action. Miriam O’Keeffe was to be the chief tormenter for the Waterford defenders scoring three points, two from frees and one from play. Kerry captain Amanda Brosnan added her name to the score sheet with a brace of points one from a free and play. By the sixteenth minute the score read Kerry 0-08; Waterford 0-02. The scoreline at this stage reflecting Kerry’s dominance in every aspect of the game. The changes in the Kerry defence from the opening round draw with Clare were paying dividends in the early exchanges of the game. Maria Delahunty opened her account in the eighteen minute from a free before Niamh Carmody replied in the twentieth minute for

the home side. Kerry were guilty of some missed opportunities in the final quarter of the first half. These opportunities if they had gone over would have given them a sizeable lead going in at half time and given Waterford a mountain to climb. They also had two goal chances end up in the back of the net but on each occasion they were ruled out for a square ball infringement. It was however the away side who finished the half stronger with Eimear Fennell scoring her second point of the half and a somewhat fortuitous goal at the end of the first half allowed Waterford to go in at the break just two points down. A deficit they would happily have taken considering Kerry’s dominance of the half. The half-time score-line read Kerry 0-09; Waterford 1-04. Kerry made two substitutions at the start of the second half. Sophie Lynch and Niamh Carmody making way for Siobhan Burns and Anna O’Reilly. Kerry’s Miriam O’Keeffe was the first to raise the white flag in the second half, her fifth of the afternoon from a free. Waterford soon replied with a point from Kelly Ann Hogan and the lead was again back to two-point. Both sides were guilty of squandering further opportunities before two points from Kerry’s Erica McGlynn and Emma Dineen’s first of the afternoon increased Kerry’s lead to a two-score game. Midway through the second half Maria Delahunty pointed her second of the afternoon from a free to reduce the deficit. The home side had a chance to increase the lead but Lorraine Scanlon pulled her attempted free wide. Things were about to get a whole lot tougher for Kerry. Substitute Siobhan Burns was sin binned with eleven minutes left on the clock. Waterford were first to react to this, Maria Delahunty sniped her third point of the afternoon from a dead ball to reduce the deficit to two points. The home side regrouped,

The Waterford Minor team that took on Wexford in a challenge match at New Ross recently. Lorraine Scanlon landed a free in the twenty first minute having missed one earlier from a similar position. Waterford quickly replied soon after to reduce the deficit to two. Erica McGlynn got her fourth of the afternoon to increase Kerry’s lead to three with five minutes left on the clock. Waterford were not done yet, up popped Aileen Wall to score a great goal with a bare two minutes left on the clock to draw the sides level. Maria Delahunty added her fourth free deep in injury time to give the away side a one point lead with little time remaining. Waterford’s Carragh McCarthy received her marching orders to the sin bin as Waterford frantically defended their advantage. Credit to Kerry for showing compose and intelligence with little time remaining to engineer one more scoring chance. Beaufort’s Hannagh O’Donoghue duly obliged with a score that barely crept over

the crossbar to send both sides home with a share of the spoils. Final Score Kerry 0-15; Waterford 2-09. Kerry team & scorers: R White, C O’Brien, A Desmond, E Lynch, S Lynch, A O’Connell, K Cronin, L Scanlon (0-1f), A Brosnan (0-2 1f) (C), E Dineen (0-1), C Murphy, N Carmody (0-1), M O’Keeffe (0-5 3f), E McGlynn (0-4), H O’Donoghue (0-1) Subs: A O’Reilly for S Lynch, S Burns for N Carmody both half time. A O’Callaghan for M O’Keeffe 50 min, Waterford team & scorers: K Moroney, C McCarthy, K McGrath (C), R Casey, K McGrath, E Gildea, T Kiely, E Murray, K A Hogan (0-1), A Wall (1-0), M Delahunty (0-4f), C Fennell, E Fennell (0-2 1f), M Ryan, L Devine (0-1), S Dunphy (0-1) (1-0 Kerry own goal) Subs: K Hayes for E Gildea, L McGregor for E Fennell.

MINOR TEAM The Minor ladies had their first outing of 2019 a week ago when they played Wexford in a challenge match at New Ross. Thanks to the Wexford management team and

players for the hospitality. It was much appreciated. TRAINING COURSES Waterford Ladies Gaelic Football Association are running lots of LGFA courses for 2019. Theese include: Referee Level 2 Refresher Course - Waterford Tues 12th Feb, 2019 Referee Level 2 Refresher Course - Dungarvan Weds 20th Feb, 2019 FUNdamentals Coaching Course (1-day course) Ballinameela Sat February 23rd, 2019 Coaching the Keeper Workshop (For Coaches) - Kilrossanty Date: Sat March 9th, 2019 Grab your Whistle - Level 1 Referee Course Date: Sat 9th March and Sun 10th March, 2019 Level 1 Coaching Course (2-day course) - Ballinameela

Date: Sat 2nd March (Day 1) & Sat April 13th (Day 2) You can get more information and book any of the above WLGFA courses online at Eventbrite http://wlgfa.eventbrite.com or our Facebook page @WaterfordLadiesFootball Places on all courses are limited. Please book early to avoid disappointment. Contact Richard at development.waterfordlgfa@gmail.com if you require more information. SOCIAL MEDIA Stay up to date with the latest news from WLGFA by following us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. On Facebook find us at @WaterfordLadiesFootball on Twitter and Instagram we are @WaterfordLGFA CLUBS If any clubs need help publicising events email us at pro.waterford@lgfa.ie or contact us via WLGFA social media.

St. Angela’s Ursuline qualify for the All-Ireland final Waterford Camogie

HISTORY was made in De La Salle, GAA grounds Grace Dieu on Saturday, 9th February as St. Angela’s Ursuline took on Loretto Wexford in the Senior A PostPrimary All Ireland semi-final. St Angela’s qualified for the All Ireland final for the first time in the history of the school. Great credit is due to the players, mentors and parents for the effort and work that went into getting this fine victory. The score at the end of the game was St Angela’s 3-08; Loretto Wexford 2-09, was testimony to a great game of camogie. Eleven scores each, but goals win games

in these tight affairs. Well done to all. Waterford camogie are in the great position of having two teams contesting All Ireland finals next month, as Gaultier Camogie club are contesting the All Ireland Intermediate club final in Croke Park on 3rd March at 1 pm. Best of luck to both teams. The Littlewoods senior camogie league is continuing this Sunday with a home game in WIT Arena, Carraiganore against Galway at 2 pm. Come out and show strong and proud we are of camogie in Waterford.

St. Angela’s Ursuline who defeated Loretto Wexford in the Senior A Post-Primary All Ireland semi-final.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Gaelic Jottings Poor decision WHOEVER made the decision to play last Sunday’s NFL game at the Fraher Field at the same time as the burial of the Western and County Board’s longest serving club delegate and caretaker of the venue in the 1970’s and 1980’s, Paddy Fitzgerald of Dungarvan, showed a definite lack of respect to one of the true Gaels in this and any other County. We are told that Derry stayed in Waterford on the Saturday night and requested to play the game at 12.30 p.m. which is reasonable considering their long journey. Why was the game not played in Waterford on the Sunday morning or in Leamybrien, which has housed NFL games in the past? There was obviously very little thought put into this but those who really respected the memory of a great GAA man showed where their loyalties lay on Sunday at a packed St. Mary’s Parish Church.

Ballyhale to wet the Shamrock BALLYHALE Shamrocks will take on St Thomas’ in this year’s All-Ireland Club SHC final after finishing with five points to spare over Ballygunner in last Saturday’s last four encounter at Semple Stadium. An individual return of 1-4 from Eoin Cody laid the foundations for Henry Shefflin’s side’s 1-15 to 0-13 success. Played in difficult conditions, a closely contested first-half finished with the Gunners ahead by the bare minimum – 0-8 to 0-7. Pauric Mahony was responsible for all bar one of the Waterford side’s first-half tally but, by the three quarter-hour mark, it was advantage Ballyhale Shamrocks (1-10 to 0-10) thanks to Cody’s 44th minute goal. As you would expect, the Fergal Hartley managed Ballygunner didn’t go down without a fight in the final quarter but they were unable to find a way through a resolute Shamrocks defence. Meanwhile, at the opposite end of the field, Adrian Mullen and Cody sent over insurance points in stoppage time to seal a St. Patrick’s Day final appearance for the team in white and green. The Kilkenny champions will be aiming to pick up their seventh All-Ireland title when they square up to St. Thomas’ on March 17th.

Division 4 NFL round-up DERRY and Leitrim have maintained their perfect records at the top of Division Four, beating Waterford and Antrim respectively. At Fraher Field, 13-man Derry emerged victorious on a 2-12 to 1-8 scoreline. With a mere 233 in attendance, Sean Whelan-Barrett’s goal gave Na Deise a great start but Shane McGuigan’s three-pointer had the teams level at the break, 1-5 apiece. Oak Leaf County pair Jason Rocks and Conor McAtamney were sent off for second yellow cards in the second half but corner back Paul McNeill netted three minutes from time to confirm the visitors' third straight win. In Carrick-on-Shannon, meanwhile, Domhnaill Flynn converted a last-gasp free to hand Leitrim the narrowest of victories over unlucky Antrim, 0-14 to 1-10. Ryan Murray netted early on and the Saffrons led by 1-6 to 0-6 at the break only to come unstuck at the death as Terry Hyland’s men kept pace with Derry at the table top. Elsewhere in the basement division,

London overtook Wexford as they roared to a 2-10 to 0-8 victory at McGovern Park, Killian Butler bagging the allimportant first goal, while Theo Smith and Chris O’Brien were the goalscorers at Aughrim, where Limerick suffered their first defeat of the campaign, 2-8 to 1-6, against Wicklow. Derry: T. Mallon; P. McNeill (1-0), B. Rogers, N. Keenan; K. McKaigue (0-1), M. McEvoy, E. McGill; C. McKaigue, C. McFaul; P. Cassidy, C. Bradley (0-3, 1f), J. Rocks; S. McGuigan (1-3), E Bradley (0-2f), N. Toner (0-1m). Subs: C McAtamney (0-1) for M. McEvoy, E. Lynn (0-1) for E. Bradley, P. Coney for C. Bradley, C. Mulholland for N. Keenan. Waterford: A. Beresford; A. Trihy, R. O Ceallaigh, J. McGrath; S. O'Donovan, S. Ryan, B. Looby; S. Aherne, T. Prendergast; J. Mullaney (0-1), C Murray (0-2), M Curry; F. O Cuirrin (0-1), J. Curry (0-2f), S. Whelan Barrett (1-1). Subs: K. Power for T. Prendergast, J. Gleeson (0-1) for F. O Cuirrin, D. Fitzgerald for A. Trihy, D. Hallahan for J. Gleeson. Referee: S. Mulhare. Leitrim: D. McKiernan; M. McWeeney, P. Maguire, A. Flynn; S. Quinn, M. Plunkett (0-1), R. Mulvey (0-1); S. Moran, P. Dolan; S. McWeeney, D. Flynn (0-3f), J. Heslin (0-1); D. Moran, E. Sweeney, R. O'Rourke (0-5, 4f). Subs: D. Rooney (0-3) for J. Heslin, G. Plunkett for D. Moran, E. Mulligan for E. Sweeney, S. Flanagan for P. Dolan. Antrim: P. Nugent; P. McCormick, R. Johnston, P. Gallagher; N. Delargy, M. McCarry, D. Lynch; M. Sweeney, M. Johnston; K. Quinn, S. Beatty, P. McBride (0-2f); C. Duffin (0-1), M. Fitzpatrick (0-2), R.Murray (1-5, 0-1f). Subs: C. Hamill for P. McCormick, O. McKeown for S. Beatty, E. McCabe for C. Duffin, R. McCann for K. Quinn. Referee: B. Judge. London: G McEvoy; P Butler, M Clarke, M Moynihan; D Carrabine, A McGarvey, R Jones; R Forde, L Gavaghan (0-6, 4f); B Tully, M Gottsche, R Kearney; C Doran (0-1), D Dunne (0-1), K Butler (1-2). Subs: A Hanlon for R Forde, E Flanagan for R Jones, L Gallagher for B Tully, C Houlihan (1-0) for C Doran. Wexford: M Doyle; M Furlong, G Sheehan, C Carty; B Malone (0-1), S Doyle, M O'Connor; D Waters, N Hughes; K O'Grady (0-1), J Bealin (0-5f), C Devitt; B O'Connor, C Devereux, J Tubritt (0-1). Subs: D Shannon for B O'Connor, R Frayne for K O'Grady, M O'Regan for D Shannon. Referee: S. Mulvihill. Wicklow: M Jackson (0-1f); O Manning, R O’Brien, J Snell; D Devereux, S Mooney, D Fitzgerald; P O’Toole, D Healy (0-1); M Fitzsimons, M Kenny, T Smith (1-1); C O’Brien (1-2, 0-1f), S Duffy (0-3, 1f), P O’Connor. Subs: P McLoughlin for M Fitzsimons, D Keane for P O’Connor, C Heal for T Smith, E Murtagh for S Duffy, F O’Brien for C O’Brien. Limerick: D O’Sullivan; S O’Dea, G Noonan, P Maher; C McSweeney (0-2), I Corbett, C Fahy; D Treacy, T Childs; P Nash, J Lee (0-1), B Donovan; S McSweeney (0-3, 2f, 1m), P Begley, S O’Carroll (1-0). Subs: S Keeley for T Childs, M Fitzgibbon for P Nash, A Enright for B Donovan, M Donovan for P Maher, K Daly for J Lee. Referee: D Murnane.

2019 Déise Draw THE launch of the 2019 Deise Draw will take place in Stradbally GAA Centre on this Friday, 15th February at 8 pm. All tickets and promotion will be available on the night.

Pictured at the Kilmacthomas GAA Club Victory Dinner Dance in the Park Hotel were John Jackson, Treasurer, Waterford Co. GAA Board, Gavin Whelan, WLR and MC, Niall Cronin, Secretary, Kilmacthomas GAA Club, Michael Hallahan, Chairman, Kilmacthomas GAA Club and Tyrone Power, Treasurer, Kilmacthomas GAA Club. [Noel Browne]

Youth Leadership Initiative THE Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative (DEYLI) honours the values Dermot Earley epitomised and endeavours to foster them in a new generation of young Irish leaders. The programme is designed and delivered in partnership with NUI Galway and Foróige and to date has aided in the development of over 500 young GAA members leadership skills. Expressions of Interest are now being accepted for the next phase of the DEYLI. Two counties in each province will be offered the opportunity to participate. The selection process will be based on evidence of the counties commitment to the programme. Closing date for submitting Expressions of Interest is Friday, 15th February, 2019.

Fitzgibbon Cup THE Fitzgibbon Cup semi-finals were down for decision this week. At the WIT Sports Campus, UCC and DCU clashed on Tuesday for a place in the decider against either Mary Immaculate or NUIG who are set to meet in the other last-four clash at Cusack Park, Ennis on Thursday afternoon. The final will be played at the WIT on Saturday.

Lady footballers draw IN the Lidl NFL Division 2, Armagh have already opened up a two-point lead at the top of the table thanks to their comprehensive win over Cavan at Clonmore on Sunday where Aimee Mackin goaled twice. Tyrone and Waterford are hot on Armagh’s heels though: last year’s TG4 IFC champions Tyrone earned their first win at home against Laois, who are bottom of the standings after their second loss. And Waterford’s draw in Tralee, secured thanks to Aileen Wall’s late goal, sees them maintain their good start to the competition, while Wexford and Clare had to be happy with a share of the spoils.

Déise Draw 2019 THE launch of Déise Draw 2019 will take place in Stradbally GAA Centre on Friday next, 15th February, at 8.00 p.m. The first draw is scheduled to take place last Wednesday of April (24th). All tickets and promotional flyers, etc., will be available on the night. Would hope that all clubs will be able to attend, but if not, and to help with distribution, could you please designate somebody (neighbouring club) to collect and drop tickets to you. Will have some refreshments and a few spots on the night. DIVISION 2 LEAGUE TABLE P W D L Armagh 2 2 0 0 Waterford 2 1 1 0 Tyrone 2 1 1 0 Meath 1 1 0 0 Kerry 2 0 2 0 Clare 2 0 2 0 Wexford 2 0 1 1 Cavan 2 0 1 1 Laois 2 0 0 2 Offaly 1 0 0 1

+/- Pts. 35 4 9 3 8 3 24 2 0 2 0 2 -9 1 -20 1 -23 0 -24 0

This week’s games on GAA BEO SATURDAY: AIB All Ireland Senior Club Football Semi Finals: Corofin v Gaoth Dobhair – LIVE at 1.00 pm. Dr. Crokes v St. Columba’s, Mullinalaghta – LIVE at 3.00 pm SUNDAY: Allianz Hurling League : Kilkenny v Limerick – LIVE at 1.30 pm. Wexford v Tipperary – DEFERRED at 3.45 pm. Galway v Dublin – DEFERRED at 5.15pm

Scór Na Seachtaine EOIN Cody’s 44th minute goal for Ballyhale Shamrocks in their All-Ireland Club Hurling Championship Semi-Final game against Ballygunner in Thurles last Saturday evening.

Busy Knight of the whistle LOCAL referee Thomas Walsh, Modeligo, faces a busier than usual week with three important games being played involving himself and his team of linesmen. Earlier on Tuesday he refereed the Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final between UCC and DCU in Carriganore. On Saturday he travels to Pairc Ui Rinn to officiate at the Munster Schools hurling B Final and on Sunday, Tralee is his destination for a Division 2A NHL game between Kerry and Mayo.

Referee in-service training MANDATORY In-Service training for all referees who intend to take up the whistle in 2019, will take place in the coming weeks. - Thursday 21st February in Lawlor's Hotel at 7:15 pm - Friday 1st March in Roanmore Centre at 7:15 p.m. All referees must attend one of the night's in-service training or they will be not eligible to referee for the coming year.

Fraher Field Classics THIS week’s featured game on the Fraher Field Classics Facebook page courtesy of the editor of the Dungarvan Observer and from the pen of John A. Murphy is the report on the first round Western under 21 football championship game between champions Tallow and Ballinacourty on the Observer dated March 22nd 1969 - all of 50 years ago. Ballinacourty 0-4; Tallow 1-0.

Sympathy THE Observer extends its sincere sympathy to the Curran family, Kilgobinet on the death of Martin Junior at such a young age. Martin was a former player with the Kilgobinet Club.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

REMEMBERING OTHER DAYS

Three Senior football finals in the one year… “Old Gaels can pause and ponder When the shadows are drawing nigh And our minds began to wander back To days now long gone by.’’ In the 1960’s, ’70’s and ’80’s Dungarvan didn’t contest any senior football final in Waterford but in 1993 they took to the field three times, drawing one, winning one and losing one. It was a year of non-stop training and involvement for the 1990 and ’91 county champions who brought so much success to their club since their juvenile days, starting with winning the county under 14 ‘A’ title in 1979. Winning three senior football titles in a row was a rarity in the history of Waterford football and Dungarvan were made battle all the way to achieve this distinction. The 1992 county final between the champions and Rathgormack was fixed for December 6th but it was postponed because of the condition of the field in Walsh Park. The following Sunday, the sides were level at 0-4 each at half- time but Dungarvan raced into a 2-4 to 0-6 lead by the 51st minute with John John Ferncombe scoring both goals. However, Rathgormack rallied well and a goal in the 61st minute sent the final to a replay on a score of 2-5 to 1-8. The County Board fixed the replay for December 20th but as Rathgormack were short Declan and Seanie Power due to suspension, they quoted the byelaw that no championship games be played in December and so the match was refixed for February 7th, 1993. The first replay of the 1992 championship went to extra time the teams were again level on a

score of 3-8 (R) to 2-11 (D). The Blues led by 0-5 with three minutes of normal time remaining, 3-5 to 1-6 but Rathgormack finished strongly to level the game in injury time on a score of 3-5 to 2-8. The champions were ahead at the end of the first period of extra time by 3-8 to 2-9 but didn’t score again whereas Rathgormack kicked 0-2 to send the final to a second replay on a score of 3-8 to 2-11. On Sunday, February 21st it was back to Walsh Park for the second replay and the third and final time to decide the 1992 county senior football winners. Again this game went to extra-time after finishing level at 0-6 each. This county final saga was finally concluded as Dungarvan dominated extra time by 0-3 to 0-1 to win a cherished three in-a -row titles on a score of 0-9 to 0-7. This game finally brought to an end one of the most keenly contested senior football championships ever to be played in Waterford. 1993 was only starting for Dungarvan, though, and they were soon back in action in the new year’s group games. They were involved in a play-off to reach the quarter finals and got the better of Gaultier by 1-11 to 1-9. After losing some group games earlier, the four in-a-row seekers discovered their best form for the quarter and semi finals beating Stradbally and Rathgormack by 2-9 to 1-10 and 1-7 to 0-7 respectively with Denis McGrath scoring the all important

The Dungarvan team that played Rathgormack in the first of their three County Final meetings for the 1992 championship titles. Back row left to right: Eddie Burke, Darrell Donnelly, Tony Hamilton, Martin Houlihan, David O’Connor, David Burke, Derek Lyons, Dermot Dee, Martin Sheehan. Front row left to right: Morrie Ferncombe, Bobby Lyons, Denis McGrath, Ger Beresford, John John Ferncombe, Pepe Ferncombe, Dermot O’Callaghan. goal in the semi’s. The 1993 county final was played in Cappoquin against a Nire team aiming for their first title. After playing against the elements in the first half the Blues trailed by 1-7 to 0-4. Again, this squad of players showed their honesty of endeavour and determination when they rallied in the second half. Fergal Cunningham score a goal in the 32nd minute and 0-3 (1f) by Pepe Ferncombe had the sides level with 45 minutes on the clock. Nire didn’t score from play in the

second half and Dungarvan looked to be in a strong position now for four in a row titles. However, the Nire were awarded a 47th minute penalty which was converted and so the champions were on the back foot again. Battling to the end, Pepe Ferncombe kicked a 55th minute point and had another disallowed for an off the ground foul on the ball and Fergal Cunningham pointed their final score in the 57th minute. The game finished in a welter of excitement, Dungarvan won the

second half by 1-5 to 1-0 but finally their reign as county senior football champions was at an end as the Nire celebrated a famous win on a score of 2-7 to 1-9 Dungarvan appeared in one more final in this decade in 1997 when they were beaten by the Nire by 1-8 to 0-4. Eight of the three in a row side started this final which proved to be the club’s last appearance in a decider up to the present day. However, this group of players will always be remembered for their

fine brand of fast attacking football and hereunder is the team that finally clinched the three in a row after three great finals in 1992-’93. Dungarvan: David O’Connor; Dermot Dee, Darrell Donnolly, Martin Houlihan; Bobby Lyons, Eddie Burke, Martin Sheehan; Derek Lyons, David Burke; Pepe Ferncombe, Morrie Ferncombe, Dermot O’Callaghan; Denis McGrath, John John Ferncombe, Ger Beresford. Subs: Martin Kelly, Tony Hamilton, Peter Queally, Niall Considine.

THE GAA LIFE AND TIMES OF PADDY FITZGERALD

Proud Grandad 2019.

Under Age Promoter.

Colligan County Junior Hurling Champions 1960 – Back row (l. to r.): Christy Dower, Tommy Butler, Paddy Fitzgerald, Seán Tobin, Garry Quinlan, Cyril Power, Paddy Tobin, Gabe Foley, Seán Hennessy, Paddy Kirwan, John Doyle, Eddie Brett, Seán Condon, Gerry Dwyer, John Brett. Front row (l. to r.): John Kiely, Tommy Byrne, Michael Flynn, Mickey Walsh, Dick Tobin, Jim Flynn, Jimmy Tobin.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Death of long serving Déise Gael Paddy Fitzgerald THE announcement of the death of Paddy Fitzgerald, Emmett St. Dungarvan on Thursday, February 7th, has severed a strong link with the organisation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in the Deise County stretching back over fifty years. Many tributes have been paid to this great Gael in recent days but the greatest perhaps came from the huge amount of members from this and previous generations of his own club, Dungarbhain, who formed such an impressive guard of honour to St. Mary’s Parish Church at his funeral last Saturday evening. Born in 1938, Paddy was a native of Glendog in Colligan and at 22 years of age he starred in goal on the local Rockies side that beat the Tom Cheasty led Ballyduff in the County junior hurling final after a replay. The following year the Colligan club won the same grade in football. Like many of his generation Paddy Fitzgerald followed the emigrant trail across the water during the 1960’s before immersing himself fully for the rest of his

life in every facet of the sporting and cultural aspects of the GAA on the return to his native shores. By the year 1975, the Colligan man had figured so prominently in the promotion of the GAA in the County that he was awarded the inaugural Jack Furlong trophy for services rendered and indeed it wouldn’t have been a travesty of justice if he had become the first person to receive this award on a second occasion during the remaining 44 years of his life as he gave more and more of his time in the development of the games and cultural activities in this County and beyond. Padraig Mac Gearailt was grounds man in the Fraher Field in the 1970s and the 1980s and he was the man at the helm when the venue witnessed some great occasions such as the All-Ireland senior club hurling final in 1974 which Blackrock of Cork won against Rathnure of Wexford in front of a thronged venue by 3-8 to 1-9. The curtain raiser to this game was the All Ireland schools hurling final which St. Finbarrs of Cork won against St. Kieran’s of

Munster Scor Ballad Group Champions 1992.

Kilkenny by 2-11 to 1-12. The venue being a half way house between Cork and Kilkenny, the Fraher Field was a natural choice for other major games with the organisers always sure of the fine condition of the playing surface under the stewardship of Paddy Fitzgerald. He was in the league of previous minders of the ‘Gaelic Field’ Dan Fraher and Pax Whelan and he went on to prove this with the Dungarvan club in the years ahead. However, there were many strings to the administrative bow of the man affectionally known as Paddy Fitz. He was treasurer of the Western Board for many years while his promotion of Scor since its inception in 1969 would see him later receiving County, Provincial and National awards for his lifetime work, which included being Chairman of Waterford and Munster Scor for a number of years. Back in the main steam of the organisation of the Association he would go on to receive a Presidential award and this was only right and proper as he gave his best for all of his life to the GAA and right up to the time of his regretted passing. Settled and working in Dungarvan and when his sons John and Kieran started playing with the Blues, Paddy followed the natural route and joined the local club and it was a lucky day for Dungarvan that he decided to do so. Paddy Fitz will forever be remembered as an icon in the Old Borough club as he became the leader of a dedicated group which delivered a home of their own for the Blues after it was over one hundred years in existence. His capabilities and enthusiasm as a fundraiser and his leadership of people saw the club purchase 22.5 acres of land in Clogherane from the IDA at the end of 1985 for a sum of £85,500. The development work began in June 1990 and the first game was played there in May 1992. Prior to the official opening of the grounds by GAA President Jack Boothman

Recent National Scor Award Recipient.

Proud Father 1987.

Caretaker Fraher Field 1970s and ’80s.

Senior Football Title Win 1990.

Club Builder.

in 1994, two full length pitches, a juvenile field and a clubhouse costing £82,000 had been developed and the final payment of a total of £300,000 investment in the grounds had been paid. “This achievement and the continuing development of the Blues new home in later years is the legacy in the Dungarvan club that Paddy Fitzgerald leaves behind him and his name will always be on peoples’ lips when the securing of a home which could not be achieved in the first one hundred years of the life of the club will be mentioned.’’ Padraig Mac Gearailt led the Dungarvan club as chairman from 1990 until his retirement from this position in 2004. During this period he oversaw some great days on the field of play including three in

Fundraiser 2019.

a row senior football title wins from 1990-1992. Involving himself in every facet of the club, Paddy Fitz was a selector on numerous teams including the 1993 under 16 football side that won County honours while his involvement at administrative level never waned. Given his service to the GAA, the knowledge, experience and knowledge that was accumulated over the years, many sought Paddy’s counsel and in this regard he led the Dungarvan club wisely to the end. Yes, his bark was sometimes as bad as his bite but he did it face to face and it was never personal but for the good of his club. At the time of his death, Padraig Mac Gearailt was chairman of the fundraising committee and of the club development

Paddy Fitzgerald (1938-2019). group. At the AGM last December, he was elected vice chair, delegate to the Western and County Boards and oifigeach na Gaeilge. He always had great respect for our teanga naisiunta and every speech he ever made at club occasions commenced as gaeilge. His last such one was on St. Stephen’s Day at the annual fundraising charity walk and run. Paddy’s final committee meeting was on January 2nd and he was to have costings for the proposed Astroturf development at the February meeting. Paddy Fitz was part and parcel of CLCG Dungarbhain until his dying day. Another legend in the story of Waterford GAA has bid farewell. Sincere sympathy is extended to his wife Mary; children John, Kieran and Grainne and extended families. May the sod of his native land rest lightly on his noble breast. Leaba i measc na Naomh go mbeidh aige.

Graveside Oration by David Kiely, Chairman of Dungarvan GAA A Cháirde uilig, Táimid anseo are maidin chun saol Padraig Mac Gearailt a cheilúradh, agus is mór é mo phriobhléid mar Cathaoirleach ar Cumann Iomána agus Peile Dungarbhán go bhfuil seans agam cun a chur in úil do Mary beanchéile Paddy, a chlann, gaolta agus cáirde uilig méid ár measa ar Paddy as ucht a bhfuil déanta aige ar son Cumann Lúth Chleas Gael ach go háirithe Club Dungarbháin. Táimid bailithe faoi scamall an bhróin agus Paddy imithe uainn ar shlí na firínne, bhí a fhios againn go léir nach raibh togha na sláinte ag Pádraig le deanaí ach ní raibh éinne ag siúl le imeacht Paddy comh tobann is a tháinig sé. Cé go raibh an sláinte ag teip air, lean Paddy ag obair don club go dian díograsach agus faoi lán seoil. Bhí aithne ó cheann na tíre ach go mór mhór ins na Déisigh ar Paddy. Cé gur trom an tualach bróin anois is le bród agus buíochas atáimid go léir anseo. Fear uasal, fear cróga agus duine den céad scoth, tírgráthóir Padraig bhí árd mheas aige ar gach rud a bhí Gaelach agus dúchasach idir ceol, stair, cultúr, cluichí agus an teanga. Bhí líofacht na Gaeilge aige, rud a chur gliondar chroí air. In abairt amháin chaith Paddy a shaol ag obair ar son Cumann Lúthchleas Gael. Let’s rewind to late 50’s and early 60’s, I first set eyes on Paddy Fitzgerald when he lined out with the Colligan Rockies. An eagle eyed custodian, he was the Rockies last line of defence and fare game for incoming forwards, a sidestep and lengthy clearance from Paddy lifted many a siege, his displays between the sticks inspired colleagues and his heroics saw many a Colligan team taste a sweet success when defeat looked inevitable. Not surprisingly Paddy saw county duty in the Munster Junior Championships for his top drawer displays. It was in 1978 that Paddy transferred and joined the Dungarvan club. For the rest of his life he devoted each ounce of energy to Dungarbhán. His commitment went way above the call of duty. Where do I begin? Can I do the man justice a life of service in a few words. Paddy served as Juvenile and Adult Chairman for many years, Club President, present day ViceChairman, Club delegate to both Western and County Boards for years, a valued member of Fraher Field Committee and its Caretaker for a long period, Treasurer of the Western Board for 19 years, a Club trustee, Oifigeach Gaeilge, County Chairman of Scór, Munster Chairman, Vice Chairman and Treasurer of Scór over the years, Chairman of Dungarvan when they purchased their Grounds and was deeply involved with all Club developments. As a Fundraiser he had few equals, his knowledge of rules often saw his wise counsel in demand. The list is endless, his attention to detail, meticulous planning, infectious enthusiasm and work ethic saw to it that today when we pass or visit our Club Grounds and ongoing developments, we see evidence that are testimony to Paddy Fitzgerald and his lifelong commitment and dedication to Cumann Luthchleas Gael in Dungarbhán. Belfast 2017 saw Paddy honoured with a national award from Scór. He was the first to be awarded the Jack Furlong Award in our County and some years ago Paddy was awarded a Presidential medal from Croke Park for his life long service and dedication to the G.A.A., a worthy recipient for such prestigious accolades. Pé i dteas an tsamhraidh é nó i bhfuacht an gheimhridh dhein Paddy a ndicheall ar son Cumann Dungarbháin, thar aon rud eile ba thabhachtaí leis i gconaí tacaíocht a thabhairt d’foireann Dungarbhán pé grad nó aois ag a mbeidis ag imirt. Fial, flaithiuil lena a chuid ama rinne Paddy obair thar barr ar son Dungarbhán. Bhí se I gconaí ag chur ina luí orainn sa Chumann chomh tábhachtach is atá Cumann Lúthchleas Gael I saol agus I gcultúir ár dtíre, ár Chontae agus ár mbaile. Ta mo rás rite, mo port sinnte, ár mbuíochas ó chroí duit, Paddy. Críochnóidh me leis na línte a scríobhadh fadó fadó. Ar dhroim an domhain nil radharc is áille, Ná tríocha ag bualadh báire no caid, Ar pháirce mhór ghlas faoi taitneamh greine, Is na gártha molta ag dul chun speire. Solas na bhFlaitheas ort, a Phádraig, Is i seilbh ghrámhór Dé go raibh tú go deo.

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TEAMS OF TIMES GONE BY ST. DECLAN’S FOOTBALLERS ADVANCE TO MUNSTER SEMI-FINAL Championship: Munster U-18 football quarter-final. Date: Thursday, 11th February, 1999. Venue: Tipperary Town. Full-time score: St. Delcan’s 0-9; Kilrush (Clare) 0-4. St. Declan’s: T. Wall; J. Halpin, K. O’Reily, A. Kiely; D. O’Reilly, E. Rockett, D. Hearne; T. Costello (Captain), N. Power (0-1); E. Galvin, J. Kennedy (0-8), P. Leahy; T. O’Sullivan, S. O’Leary, L. Barry.

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Club Focus Wednesday, 17th February, 1999. CHURCH & GENERAL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Waterford footballers outclassed Tipperary 4-10; Waterford 1-7. WATERFORD senior footballers despite an excellent start which saw them scoring an excellent second minute goal, were subsequently outclassed by a much better Tipperary team in this vital Church & General NFL Division 2B tie at Dungarvan’s Fraher Field on Sunday afternoon last before a couple of hundred spectators. Tipperary’s last year’s defeated Munster finalists, displayed their intent as they were indulging in a kick about in the Showgrounds at half past two, the time most of us thought this game was due to start. It was learned on Sunday morning that we would have a 3.00 p.m. throw-in and Tipperary’s two dual stars Brendan Cummins and Declan Browne had both opted to lineout for Colm Browne’s charges here. At the outset there was no National Anthem, no public address system and also the scoreboard was not operational. For good measure Waterford’s substitutes were not even listed on the team sheet Tipperary had first use of the breeze, playing into the road goal, and midfielder Derry Foley kicked over an early point in the first minute to open the scoring. Waterford’s hopes receiving a big boost in the second minute as Anthony Fitzgerald, winning possession, passed to Aidan Ahearne whose long ball in was knocked on to full forward Kieran Whelan who got the vital touch to finish to the net. It was a real tonic score. Peter Lambert, the Nemo Rangers star, displayed his skill as he landed a third minute point, before Niall Curran pointed in the 51st minute, 1-1

to 0-2. Declan Browne, who lined out at full forward, pointed a free for Tipperary, before Colin Keane raced in for a Waterford white flag in the 8th minute. TIPPERARY ON TOP Now Tipperary surged in front as firstly Brendan Cummins pointed in the 9th minute. Then Peter Lambert displayed dazzling ball control as he worked his way in for a well taken goal in the 14th minute to regain the lead, 1-4 to 1-2. Eight minutes later right half back P. J. Lanigan opted to loft a high hall goalwards to where All Star Declan Browne won possession and duly slotted the ball to the net to put Tipperary five points up. Andy Hubbard came in at left corner back for J. Crotty. Damien Byrne struck for Tipperary’s third goal in the 24th minute. C. O’Shea and D. Browne added points, as did big John Costello who had come in as a late starter at wing forward. Half-time score Tipperary 3-7; Waterford 1-2. An eleven point lead and, in truth, it was difficult to see a way back for Waterford who introduced Franny Halpin for Colin Keane (injured) and Willie Kavanagh for Aidan Ahearne on the resumption. BROWNE’S SECOND GOAL Declan Browne pointed in the 36th minute and in the 39th minute Browne again displayed his sheer class when he found the net to score his second goal and to show why he is justifiably Tipperary’s first ever Football All-Star. Tipperary scorers: D. Browne 2-3, P. Lambert 1-2, D. Burns 1-0, B. Cummins 0-2, J. Costello, D. Foley and C. O’Shea 0-1 each. Waterford scorers: A. Fitzgerald 0-4, K. Whelan 1-0, N. Curran, R. Power and C. Keane 0-1 each. Tipperary: S. Delahunty; N. Kelly, C. O’Dwyer, L. Cronin; P. J. Lanigan, S. Maher, D. Burns; B. Cummins, D. Foley; J. Costello, D. Hogan, C. O’Shea; P. Lambert, D. Browne, E. Lyons. Subs: M. Spillane for D. Browne; K. Coonan for P. Lambert. Waterford: T. Brennan; M. Kiely, G. Walsh, J. Crotty; J. Fitzgerald, D. McMahon, L. Dalton; A. Ahearne, M. O’Brien; C. Keane, R. Power, D. Whelan; N. Curran, K. Whelan, A. Fitzgerald. Subs: A. Hubbard for J. Crotty; W. Kavanagh for A. Ahearne; F. Halpin for C. Keane. Referee: Maurice Walsh (Limerick).

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FORDE’S DAYBREAK FORECAST CORNER Last Week’s Forecasts: 2 Forecasts. 2 Correct. 0 Incorrect. Success Rate: 100% This Week’s Fixtures: NHL: Waterford V (Carlow). MFC: Div 1: An Ghaeltacht v (Nire). Div 2A: St. Mary’s v (Clann Na Gael), Div 2B: St. Pats/ Naomh Brid v (Brickey Rangers), Div 3A: St. Mollerans v (St. Saviours), Div 3A: Mt. Sion v (Ferrybank), Div 3B: Cappoquin /Geraldines v (Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg). To Date: 22 Forecasts. 14 Correct. 8 Incorrect. Success Rate: 63.7%.

ALLIANZ NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1B ROUND 3

How good are Carlow? WATERFORD V CARLOW in Fraher Field Saturday, February 16th at 7.00 p.m. IT was a day to remember for Carlow hurling at Netwatch Cullen Park in the previous round of games as the Barrowsiders shared the Allianz HL Division 1B spoils with Galway. After running Dublin close on the opening weekend, Colm Bonnar’s charges went one step further in round 2 and a point is the least their efforts deserved. The sides were deadlocked on 0-20 apiece when referee Cathal McAllister called a halt to proceedings. Carlow looked to have come up just short when Aidan Harte edged the visitors ahead in the closing stages but a converted last minute free from Martin Kavanagh denied the visitors’ maximum points.

Kavanagh contributed 0-11 to his side’s final tally while Joe Canning registered 0-10 (8 frees) for the 2017 All-Ireland champions. The team in maroon and white led by 0-11 to 0-7 at the change of ends but the second-half didn’t go according to script and Carlow secured a result that will fill them with confidence for the remainder of the competition including this Saturday’s clash with table toppers Waterford at the Fraher Field. Carlow - B Tracey; A Corcoran, P Doyle, M Doyle; E Nolan, D English (0-1f), R Coady; J Kavanagh, S Whelan (0-1); J M Nolan, M Kavanagh (0-11, 10f), S Murphy (0-2); T Joyce (0-1), E Byrne (0-1), J Doyle (0-1). Subs: C Nolan (0-2) for T Joyce, J Nolan for E Byrne. The big question for Colm Bonner’s charges, of course, is was this a once off or can they they repeat this standard again on Saturday? The matches v Dublin and Galway is ideal preparation for a tilt

at the Deise, who have yet to field at full strength but who are playing very well themselves. Saturday’s game is sure to attract a sizeable attendance to the Shandon venue and the composition of the Deise side will make interesting reading. The Ballygunner hurlers deserve a well earned rest following their club hurling campaign and it is unlikely that they will be involved. IN CARTON HOUSE It is reported that the team spent last weekend in Carton House training where two goal scorer Patrick Curran against Laois picked up a hamstring injury which keeps him out of College and County hurling for some time. The return of Jamie Barron from a similar injury is imminent. Carlow’s impressive displays against Both Dublin and Galway has sent a warning shot to Waterford, who playing with the correct attitude, awareness and at home are capable of continuing their unbeaten run in this division.

Minor Football Championship Commences THE 2019 club scene in the County gets underway this Sunday with five games being payed across the divisions in the County minor football championship. All games are timed for 11.30

am with the first named side enjoying home advantage. Division 1: An Ghaeltacht v Nire. Division 2A: St. Marys v Clann Na Gael. Division 2B: St. Pats/Naomh

Brid v Brickey Rangers. Division 3A: St. Saviours v St. Mollerans. Division 3B: Cappoquin/ Geraldines v Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg.

Minor Football Championships Fixtures 2019 DIVISION 1 1 Gaultier 2 Ballinacourty 3 The Nire 4 Kilrossanty 5 An Ghealtacht Top team to final. 2 v 3 in semi-final DIVISION 2 Group A 1 Tramore 2 Clan na nGael 3 St. Mary’s 4 Portlaw/Ballyduff 5 De La Salle Top teams to semi-final 2 & 3 crossover in QF. Group B 1 Rathgormack

AMOND ARISING FORMER Carlow minor hurler Padraig Amond continued his rich vein of scoring form in the FA Cup last week. He hit the headlines once again when scoring in Newport County’s shock 2-0 fourth round win over Middlesborough. That means he now holds the distinction of having scored in every round to date – Metropolitan Police (round 1), Wrexham (round 2), Leicester (round 3) and Middlesborough (round 4) while he also netted against Spurs last year when County almost knocked the Premier League giants out of the competition. The former Na Brid clubman will be hoping he can repeat the trick when they square up to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in round 5!

2 Dungarvan 3 Brickey Rangers 4 St. Patrick’s/Naomh Brid Top teams to semi-final 2 & 3 crossover in QF. DIVISION 3 - (13-a-side) Group A 1 St. Mollerans 2 St. Saviours 3 Mount Sion 4 Ferrybank Group B 1 Ballyduff Upper 2 Cois Bhride 3 Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 4 Stradbally 5 Cappoquin/Geraldines Quarter-finals: 1 v 4 and 2 v 3 crossover.

PROVISIONAL DATES Division 1 Round 1: 17/2/2019. Round 2: 24/2/2019. Round 3: 10/3/2019. Round 4: 27/3/2019. Round 5: 28/4/2019. Division 2 Round 1: 17/2/2019. Round 2: 24/2/2019. Round 3: 10/3/2019. Round 4: 27/3/2019. Round 5: 28/4/2019. Division 3 Round 1: 17/2/2019. Round 2: 24/2/2019. Round 3: 10/3/2019. Round 4: 27/3/2019. Round 5: 28/4/2019.

National Gates Down A DECREASE in the football championship attendance figures has hit the GAA hard in the pocket. The association’s new Director of Finance Ger Mulryan presented his first annual report and it shows an overall drop in gate receipts from €34,391,635 to €29,575,091. Despite the introduction of the Super 8s, the money generated from the football championship fell by €3,695,115. Meanwhile, the hurling championship gate receipts were down from €10,706,252 to €10,236,313. According to the report, a factor in the decrease was that there were two major replays in 2017 and just one in 2018. Overall, Central Council’s revenues decreased by just 1%, down from €64.4 million (2017) to €63.5 million (2018). A record €19.3 million was spent on Games Development and Player Welfare while Grants Funding increased by 25 per cent to €2.5 million with a total of 424 GAA clubs receiving a grant of for improvement of pitches and facilities. €13.9 million was distributed to counties, an increase of €0.5 million on 2017’s total.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Foireann na Gaeltachta Fé 8 a d’imir i mBlitz peile in aghaidh Baile na Cúirte agus Ceapadh Choinn. Foireann Fé 8 na Gaeltachta a d’imir i mBlitz in aghaidh Naomh Pádraig agus Caisleán Cuanach Dé Satharn.

Nire/Fourmilewater GAA Club U-8's took part in hurling and football blitz in Bohadoon.

Affane Cappoquin CLUB GEAR Our O’Neil’s online club shop has a great variety of club leisurewear in both adult and children sizes available. CLUB LOTTO MONDAY, 11th FEBRUARY Club Lotto Monday, 11th February - Jackpot €12,700. Numbers drawn 5, 17, 22, 27. No winner. The five €20 consolation prize winners are: Mike Murray, c/o James Morrissey; Deirdre Curran, Mass Lane; Mary Murray, Barrack St.; Eire Fitzgerald, c/o B O’Sullivan and Donnacha Cummins, Main St THREE TO ANSWER 1, What county defeated Waterford in the 2010 All Ireland Junior Camogie final? 2, Name the only set of brothers to be hurler of the year and young hurler of the year in the same year? 3, What year did Dungarvan Colleges defeat Kilkenny in the final to win the Croke Cup? LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1, 1982 was the only time that a Waterford club met a Kilkenny side in the All Ireland club senior hurling championship when James Stephen’s defeated Mt. Sion in the final 2, Henry Shefflin received 10 All Star awards and won 10 All Ireland senior hurling championship medals 3, The only Waterford College to win the Croke Cup are De La Salle. WESTERN BOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 The first two rounds of the hurling and football championships will be held on the same weekends as the County senior hurling and football championships. Hurling on the last weekend in March and the first weekend in April and the football on the second and third weekends of April. The under 19 football will be played in March and the under 19 hurling in July. HURLING INTERMEDIATE HURLING Group 1: Ballinameela, Stradbally, Clashmore/Kinsalebeg, Shamrocks, An Rinn.

Group 2: Brickeys, Modeligo, Ballysaggart, Ardmore, Cappoquin. Championship System: Top four teams qualify for quarter-finals, criss cross, 1 v 4 and 2 v 3. Semi-Final Open Draw. Bottom team in group 1 and in Group 2 into relegational final. JUNIOR C HURLING 1 Group of 5 seeded and 1 Group of 4. Group 1: Melleray, Brickeys, Abbeyside, Kilgobinet and Shamrocks. Group 2: Modeligo, Cappoquin, Ballysaggart and Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg. Championship System: Teams play each opposition home and away. Top 2 teams from Group 1 to semi-finals. Teams 3, 4 and 5 from Group 1 along with winners of Group 2 to make two quarter-finals. UNDER 19 HURLING Division 2: 1 Group of four teams: St. Olivers, Brickeys, Gaeltacht and Cloch na Cuinne. Championship System: At the end of Round Robin, top two teams to final. JUNIOR A FOOTBALL 1 Group of 7 teams. At the end of the league top team to semi-final, the rest play three quarter-finals West JFC 2019 An Sean Phobal, Kilgobinet, Affane, Ballyduff Upper, Shamrocks, Geraldines, Tallow. UNDER 19 C FOOTBALL 2 Groups of 3 teams. Group 1 Clashmore, Dungarvan, Cloch Na Cuinne. Group 2 Ardmore, The Nire, Ballyduff Upper. CLUB MEMBERSHIP With the playing season about to commence very soon we ask all players to get their membership paid quickly. Also non playing members can pay their membership in the coming weeks. Membership can be paid to Maurice Cahillane.

Naomh Chartaigh (Lismore/Ballysaggart) Juvenile GAA - Under 8 Hurling - New season underway with our under 8s back in action in a Deise Og hurling blitz in Ballyduff on Saturday. Well done to all the team. Thanks to all in Ballyduff.

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Dungarvan PÁDRAIG MAC GEARAILT It was of great incredulity when word was filtering through that our long standing clubman Paddy Fitzgerald had passed away on Thursday afternoon last. Right up to the very end Paddy was still as active as ever in organising club affairs and despite knowing the severity of his illness still showed the utmost determination and bravery to put on a heroic disposition and no obstacle will get in Paddy Fitzgerald (1938-2019). the way attitude. Paddy was born out in Colligan where he got his first involvement in Gaelic games affairs. His favoured position was goalkeeper and he was part of the victorious Junior side of 1960. Indeed, his goalkeeping exploits in the drawn final against a Cheasty led Ballyduff drew these comments in the match report, “Beyond a doubt chief honours on the Colligan side must go to goalkeeper Paddy Fitzgerald whose uncanny anticipation saved his side on numerous occasions during the game, several of his saves bordered on the miraculous and on this display must stand amongst the top flight of goalkeepers in the County.” It was in the late 70’s that Paddy came to prominence in the club as a listed Member whilst holding a treasurer’s position on the Western Board. He got involved on the club committee in 1980 with Mary also been co- opted in what was to prove the start of an unbelievable period of service and dedication from the couple to the running of the club. Paddy epitomised the true ethos of the GAA which promotes its games and pastimes. These pastimes came under the watch of Scor which was another organization which would benefit from Paddy’s participation as a competitor, official, and stage manager. Elected onto divisional and county Scor Committees he also acted as Waterford delegate to Munster. Such was the esteem and respect he held he became chairman of Scór na Mumhan 1982. As well as been an excellent fear an tí Paddy was a prolific performer in the Ballad group competition. Nothing pleased him more than the promotion of local songs by local people. Indeed, the Ballad groups rendition in the Munster final in Connolly Hall, Cork in 1990 of “The Old Dungarvan Oak” is still recalled some twenty nine years later. Such was his lifelong commitment to Scór that in 2017 he was awarded a long service award for his work on Scor from

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the GAA President, an honour he was very proud of and richly deserved. It was in the eighties that Paddy’s expertise and vision really came to the fore. Having been availing of local facilities at the show grounds and the CBS grounds since the clubs founding in 1885 Paddy was charged with putting together an outstanding group of individuals with the intention of raising funds to purchase grounds of our own. Showing a vision and a legacy for future generations that would make a lasting impact for the people of Dungarvan and providing something that would truely be historic Paddy led the purchase of 22.5 acres at Clogherane. It showed extraordinary and unbelievable character to pursue this project but such was the man. By 1990 as one legendary clubman Mikey Lyons vacated the chair another legend stepped in. It was to prove a boom time within the club as a magnificent group of players were emerging to bridge a thirty six year gap to attain the Senior football Championship with further success ensuring three in a row status. If things were busy on the field they were equally busy off it. Owning a home of their own is the ambition of any club but thanks to the dedication and hard work of the people under Paddy’s stewardship this momentous occasion was celebrated at Clogherane in August 1994 when then GAA President Jack Boothman officially opened the club grounds. By 2004, Paddy vacated the chair but was in total charge of the field and its maintenance. Ensuring the fields were in pristine condition was inevitable and time consuming but manageable for Paddy. Recently Paddy was initiated the further enhancements of the grounds with the provision of An all weather playing pitch along with associated works. A project that is now ready to commence and will bear all of his hallmarks. This was also a time when Paddy was involved on the Board of Management of St. Mary’s Primary School and also been deeply involved with the No Name Club since it’s inception, and later over-seeing the construction projects for both while still giving of his time to the children of his beloved Dungarvan. He will be sorely missed by all in the Club and the Dungarvan environs but most of all by Mary, John, Kieran, Gráinne; his grandchildren, extended family and his wide circle of friends. A true Gael and a gentleman. An Feicimid a leithéidí arís. Is bron orm a rá nach bhfuil GUARD OF HONOUR Paddy’s popularity with the young and the old was clearly evident on both Saturday evening and Sunday morning with members from this and previous generations forming such an impressive guard of honour. Many tributes have been paid to Paddy over recent days all richly deserved with everyone having their own stories to tell. Many thanks to everyone associated with Dungarbhain for giving Paddy the send off he so richly deserved.

CLG an tSean Phobail A dark cloud descended on the whole parish as the news filtered through of the death of Seamus O Cadhain; one of nature’s gentlemen. As Leas Priomhoide and Priomhoide in The Meanscoil he was the nicest, most obliging and pleasant person, and it was always a pleasure to meet him. Our sympathies are extended to his mother, his siblings and his many, many friends. Bhí ár mbrat Náisiúnta crocha ar leathchrann ag SN Baile Mhic Airt in ómós do Sheamus. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé. CORMAC & ORLA Good luck to Cormac and Orla as they head to India with the Hope Foundation this week. They completed their 46k walk on Saturday from Ballycoe to Baile Mhic Cairt and a very pleasant evening in John Pauls on their return ensued. Thanks to all who walked, donated and

supported the pair of them and safe travels to them. SYMPATHY Sincere sympathy is also extended to Paula French on the death of her mother Alice. A lady to her fingertips, she will be greatly missed by her husband Sean, children Paula, Shane and Kevin, and her grandchildren Bryan, Eva and Rian. Leaba I measc na naomh di. FIXTURES We have received our first two JF championship fixtures as follows; An Sean Phobal v Kilgobinet on Sunday, 14th April, followed by game v Ballyduff on Saturday, 20th April. Can’t wait. CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to James Salmon and Emma on the birth of young Jimmy Salmon.

Geraldines GERALDINES GAA DEVELOPMENT LOTTO Draw was held in Kereen on 8th February, 2019. Numbers drawn were 26, 27 and 29. No Jackpot Winner. 5 X €20 winners were the following: Mag & Mark O’Connell; Catherine McGrath; Orla Kelly; Abbie Stubbs and Pa O’Rourke. Next week’s Jackpot is €650 and the draw will take place in the Welcome Inn. Tickets available from the regular sources. Thanks in advance for your support. SPORTS PREDICTION QUIZ Time is running out to get your completed entries in. Closing date for all completed entries is 17/02/19. €10 entry fee to accompany all completed forms. These are available in all local shops and pubs and from all players. Some good fun for a tenner so please get them bak to the players before the closing date above. DEISE DRAW Just a reminder that Deise Draw tickets will be available shortly and will be available from all members. We have had good local luck with this draw over the last number of years and will be hoping for more of the same for 2019.

MEMBERSHIP We would like to remind everyone involved with the club that membership is now due and we would like to see this coming in soon. Fees due are as follows €150 for players; €30 for non playing members; €20 for students and €5 former St. Oliver’s. FIXTURES AND TRAINING Training starts next Friday, 15th February at 7.30 pm. championship fixtures are not too far away so it would be great to get a good attendance for Friday. Hurling first fixture throws-in on 31st March versus Tourin in Cappoquin. Football starts on 14th April versus Shamrocks again in Cappoquin. That’s only six weeks to the first game. CLUB PITCH We would like to remind everyone that dogs, including dogs on a leash, are not allowed on club grounds. Unfortunately, this has become a issue over the last number of weeks and for Health, safety and hygiene reasons we would ask the general public to respect this policy and please keep their pets away from the grounds.

Our U-8’s footballers who competed in a blitz in Ballyduff on Saturday last.

Cois Bhride COIS BHRIDE NOTES KINDLY SPONSORED BY CUNNINGHAMS HARDWARE TALLOW U-8’S FOOTBALL On Saturday last our U-8’s competed in an indoor Football blitz in Ballyduff, playing matches against Lismore and Ballyduff. All the children had great fun, thank you to Ballyduff for hosting. FIXTURE Our U-7’s are in action this weekend for a hurling blitz in Ballyduff. All parents/guardians will be notified during the week of fixture details. NED POWER TOURNAMENT Our very popular annual Ned Power Tournament will start on Friday, 1st March. This is always truly enjoyed by the children who take part. Teams for 2019: WATERFORD: Adam Pratt, Ben Sheehan, Tommy Forbes, Dylan Kerrigan, Paulo Miguel, Ella Daly, Oscar Cunningham, Lucas Henley, AJ Goulding. CORK: Michael Murphy, Darragh O’Brien, Lee Guildea, Brian Murphy, Josh Mangan, Alex Walsh, Jack Dee, Bob O’Brien, Ciara Martin.

Tipperary: Jack O’Connell, Keith Martin, Ryan Whelan, Jack Corkery, Paul Hegarty, Rhys Shead, William Walsh, Liam Sheehan, Amy Power. Kilkenny: Matthew Walsh, Daniel Henley, Sean Mangan, Oscar Morrison, James McDonnell, Katelyn McCarthy, Darragh O’Donovan, Oisin Lynn, David Murphy.

MEMBERSHIP Membership will be collected on the first night of the Ned Power Tournament. Fee, single child €25, family €35. It has been increased this year but parents/guardians will not be given tickets to sell for our annual draw in September. HURLEYS/HELMETS There will be hurleys and helmets available on the first night of our Tournament. These will be for sale at a reduced rate. MEETING A meeting was held last Thursday night to discuss plans for the year ahead. Team mentors for all age groups were allocated. Thank you to all mentors once again for all their help. CÚL CAMP Our Cúl Camp this year will be held from July 29th to August 2nd at the GAA field in Knockanore. Online Registration will be open from March 1st through the GAA Cul Camp website.

Ballyduff Upper CLUB LOTTO - JACKPOT: €9,150 Club lotto tickets are available in St. Michael’s Hall from 9 am – 1 pm on weekdays. Tickets are also on sale before and after Sunday mass and available in Bridget Scanlon’s Hair Salon, The Log Cabin and An Síbín. PRESENTATION NIGHT Our U-21 hurlers were presented with their Western and

County medals on Saturday night, along with the U-12 and U16 juvenile teams. Thanks to the organising committee for arranging a great night and it will live long in the memory of the younger players especially. CLUB SHOP Our O’Neills club shop has a great variety of club leisurewear in both adult and children’s sizes available by logging on to www.oneills.com and searching for Ballyduff Upper.

Tourin TRAINING & CHAMPIONSHIP Please see club text for training schedule. TABLE QUIZ Rose's West End Bar will be holding a table quiz in aid of the Epilepsy ward at Beaumont Hospital. This will be held on Friday, 15th February at 8.30 pm. All support is greatly appreciated. CLUB TEXT If anyone wants to be added to the club text please contact

Cathal Wilkinson 086 8904507. Anyone with outstanding tickets can they please return to Brian Leahy this weekend. BADMINTON We will be holding our annual tournament shortly, so please see club messages for updates. Also the mixed league will be starting soon. Well done to all club members involved in county squads over the next few weeks. We will have a full account in the coming weeks of all the results.

Shamrocks CLUB LOTTO Saturday, 2nd February, winning numbers were 12-14-2224, and there was no winner. €20 winners were: Mary Tobin, Bernie Murphy, Liam Casey, Joe O'’Keeffe, K. Casey. Saturday, 9th February, winning numbers were 9-10-14-17, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Padraig & Ciara Ahearne, James Baldwin, George Mills, Maura Smith, Dot Lombard. Next week's jackpot will be €10,600. RACE NIGHT The Race Night, 2nd March in aid of the club with a contribution to the Mercy Cancer Appeal may be still over two weeks away, but all card holders are asked to have the cards and money back to Padraig Tobin by Sunday, 17th February please. TOM ROCHE R.I.P. Shamrocks CLG would like to send it's sympathies to the Roche family, Knocknaraha, on the death of Tom in his 92nd year last Sunday week.

Tom was a founder of the Shamrocks back in 1953, and played in goals for their first match. He also wore the blue of Waterford in 1945 at minor level, but injury cut his playing career short at a young age. His sons and now his grandsons have all played for Shamrocks, with Colm winning All Ireland medals at minor and U-21 with Waterford. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. BALLYGUNNER OUTMUSCLED BY BALLYHALE Deise representatives Ballygunner were more than a match for Ballyhale Shamrocks for most of last Saturday's All Ireland Club semi-final in Semple stadium, but the Kilkenny champs got the vital goal that turned the contest in their favour. Pauric Mahony was unerring from placed balls, but the Gunners were getting little return from the other forwards, which, added to some loose shooting all meant their quest for an elusive All Ireland title has to wait at least another year. They do have the consolation of a Munster title, however. Great effort lads.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Lismore NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE ROUND 3 The club would like to wish inter county players Maurice Shanahan, Jack Prendergast and Seanie Barry the very best of luck in Round 3 of the National Hurling League. Carlow are visiting Fraher Field on Saturday, 16th February on the back of a historic result for The Barrowsiders against 2017 All Ireland Champions Galway. They may provide a sterner test for Waterford than previous opponents but will 'Carlow Rising' be overwhelmed by Déise firepower? DR. HARTY CUP AND FITZGIBBON CUP We would like to wish the very best of luck to club players Iarlaith and Carthach Daly who are representing C.B.S. College Cork in the under 19 ‘A’ Dr. Harty Cup final against Midleton C.B.S. on Saturday, February 16th at 2.00 p.m. in Pairc Ui Rinn. The game will be preceded at 12 noon by the Tom Collum Cup under 19 ‘B’ hurling final between St. Francis College Rochestown and Hamilton HS Bandon. Not to be outdone, our own David Prendergast will represent Mary Immaculate College in the Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final against NUI Galway on Tuesday 12th February. The winners will meet either UCC or DCU in the final. COUCH TO 5KM AND CIRCUIT TRAINING Four weeks to go! The Couch to 5km is continuing every Saturday morning at 10.00 a.m. with Circuit training every Wednesday evening in the Community Centre at 7.00 p.m. Anyone wishing to join the group is still more than welcome and can pay €6 on the night going forward.

The goal of the programme is to complete a 5km run on St. Patricks Day. Remember all money raised goes directly back to the club. For more details contact Bernie on 087 7563402. LISMORE GAA CLUB GEAR BY O'NEILLS A fantastic selection of club gear can be bought directly from the O'Neills website. Items start from €7.50 and make ideal gifts for that special occasion. All clothing comes with an embroidered Lismore GAA crest and can also be made to order with the individuals initials. Simply search for Lismore GAA club gear online. LISMORE GAA LOTTO RESULTS No winner of jackpot. Numbers drawn were 18, 24, 26, 27. Consolation prizes of €20 each: Mary Kenneally, Cathy O'Keeffe, John Flynn and Patrick Buckley. Next week’s jackpot is €7,850. Tickets can be bought from all usual outlets priced at €2 each or three for €5. Don’t miss out on your chance to win €7,600! The club lotto is a fantastic way of supporting your own local GAA club no matter where you live in the world! Simply log onto www.KlubFunder.com, search for Lismore GAA Club and create an account. Then select your numbers, make the payment for the time period of your choice, which can be from one week to 50 weeks. It is an ideal way for many people who are living away or abroad who would like to contribute to the running of the club. Klubfunder is an innovative way to help cut down on administration and keeps the sport at the heart of the club!

An Coilligean/Na h-Emmetigh CLUB LOTTO There was no winner of the “Black & Amber” club lotto held in Shalloe’s Bar on Monday, 4th February. The numbers drawn were 4, 10, 15 and 23. The €20 lucky ticket winners were as follows: Catherine Kiely, Liam Beresford, Davy McGrath and Andrew O’Donnell. The seller’s prize went to Francis Tobin. Last Monday, 11th of February night’s jackpot was worth €10,250. SYMPATHY Colligan GAA were sorry to hear of the recent passing of Paddy Fitzgerald. Paddy played a big part in both Colligan hurling and football teams during the 50’s and 60’s. He played in goal for Colligan in seven finals during this time, winning on five occasions.

Nire/Fourmilewater GAA Club Juvenile Chairman Tom Walsh presents Buckley Cup to his son Pat Walsh.

He was on the winning Western and County Hurling team in 1960, which was a great achievement for our small club. Paddy was a member of the Colligan Rockies and Emmetts committee for three years and also represented Colligan as a delegate on the Western and County Board. To his wife Mary, sons John and Kieran and daughter Grainne we wish our sincere sympathy. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a ainm. JUNIOR HURLING FIXTURES Colligan Rockies v Kilrossanty on Sunday, 31st March at 12 noon at Dungarvan Club Grounds Colligan Rockies v St. Marys on Sunday, 7th April at 12 noon at Abbeyside Club Grounds Colligan Rockies v Tourin on Sunday, 14th April at 3 pm in the Fraher Field.

Kilgobinet OPERATION TRANSFORMATION As part of RTÉ’s Operation Transformation, Kilgobinet GAA Club are lighting up the pitch in Bohadoon, every Thursday for the duration of Operation Transformation, 7-8 pm. All are welcome. UPCOMING FIXTURES Junior C Hurling - Kilgobinet v Brickeys on Sunday, 7th April at Bushy Park at 12 noon. Junior A Football - Kilgobinet v Old Parish on Sunday, 14th April at Dungarvan Club grounds at 12 noon Kilgobinet v Geraldines on Saturday, 20th April at Colligan at 5 pm. MEMBERSHIP Membership is now due. for those who haven't paid, please contact Eamonn Curran, Membership Officer ASAP Membership fees for 2019 - Players: €100; Non playing members/students €50.

Brickey Rangers LOTTO Last week’s draw was held in The Local Bar. Numbers drawn were 3, 5, 8, 18. There was no jackpot winner. €25 winners were: Michael Donnelly, Byrneville; Dean O'Donnell, Mike Beresford, Jim Cooney. Next week’s draw will be held in The Enterprise where the jackpot will be €2,100. KEEP FIT CLASS Lorna's exercise class continues each Monday night at 7.30 pm in Bushy Park. All are welcome.

WALKING The walking group will meet on Wednesday at 7 pm at the Parish Church, all are welcome to come along. SYMPATHY The sympathy of the club is extended to Jackie Curran and family, Kilmurray, on the death of her mother in Holland recently. Also to the Fitzgerald family, Emmet St. on the death of Paddy in the past week. May they rest in peace.

Ballysaggart CLUB LOTTO DRAW Draw 5th February: Numbers drawn were 2, 5, 9 and 15. There was no jackpot winner. €30 weekly winners were Bridie Ryan, John Walsh and David Ahern. Next draw takes place on February 12th with a jackpot of €2,750. Draw every Tuesday night in Meagher’s. Tickets available from any club member. NATIONAL LEAGUE Best of luck to the Waterford Hurlers who take on Carlow in Round 3 of the Allianz League this Saturday evening in Fraher Field.

CLUB AGM The Annual General Meeting of Ballysaggart GAA Club takes place next Sunday, February 17th, at 3.00 p.m. in School House. All members and intending members are requested to attend. SYMPATHIES The club would like to extend its deepest sympathies to players Paudie and Stephen Hale and all the Hale family and relatives on the passing of Mary Hale, Glendeish, during the week.

Nire/Fourmilewater GAA Club: Pat Power presents the Power Shield to Padraic Byrne.

Nire/Fourmilewater Juveniles U-8 Our U-8s took part in the Deise Og Football blitz at Kilgobinet Sports Centre on Saturday last. They got to play three games against St. Pats and two teams from the Brickeys. Well done to all of the boys and girls who gave it their all throughout and showed great determination, skill and teamwork. Thanks to the organisers and hosts for running it off smoothly. BUCKLEY CUP AND POWER SHIELD Last Tuesday, we brought the curtain down on this year's Buckley Cup/Power Shield indoor hurling tournament. Congratulations to all the teams that took part in what was a great spectacle, week in week out. First up was the 5th and 6th place play off between Waterford and Kerry and this was an excellent curtain raiser for the night. Next up was the Power Shield which was contested between Cork and Tipperary. The Tempo went up a notch again for this game and the effort and teamwork all round was excellent. Half-time in this game saw only four points separate them, all to play for and the lead exchanged hands numerous times in the second half with some excellent passages of play from both teams. The roars of ooh and aah from the balcony gave us the feel of the theatre in the centre, and the cheers gave all the players a lift and as the referee blew the final whistle we were left wondering who were the winners. There were contrasting shouts of joy for Cork and utter disappointment for Tipperary as the score was announced, the winners by a two point margin. No time to dwell, the pinnacle of the tournament awaits the Clare and Limerick teams entered the astroturf and they

rushed towards the referee as he threw in the Sliotar. Were Clare going to go through the whole tournament unbeaten or were Limerick going to write their own chapter? Well to say that the tempo went up a notch would be an understatement. These two teams went at it hammer and tongs and the scores, hooking, blocking and saves were just a joy to behold. Half-time and only two points separated them as they gasped for breath(on the balcony) the players got a well earned drink and a small pep talk. The second half produced more of the same and it was whoever would stay going strongest to the end would sway the tie. In the end there has to be a winner and this year's Buckley cup champions are Clare. They deserved this crown thoroughly as they went through the whole tournament unbeaten. Comhghairdeas to them and to each and every player that made this year's tournament another success. The brilliant standard on display in every game was fantastic to see and for all of us that were there on the first night it was clear to see the serious improvements in all players. A special mention to all the goalkeepers, the saves we witnessed on finals night and throughout the tournament were outstanding and a joy to watch. Special thanks to Pat Power again or presenting the Power Shield. Thanks also to the tournament Referee Larry Walsh. Thanks to all the parents who cheered on the boys and girls week in week out. The future is bright and it's little tournaments like this that really bond relationships across the groups and ensure a strong future for our Club.Thanks once more to each and everyone that made the tournament possible.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February 2019

Tulach an Iarainn JUNIOR HURLING First championship fixture is against Lismore in Ballyduff at 12 noon on the 7th April. OPERATION TRANSFORMATION WALK The numbers are slowly increasing by the week and with two weeks left feel free to come along. We commence at Pairc Éamonn De Paor Thursday at 7.00 p.m.

Liam Mulcahy I stated a few weeks back that I was going to have a question and answer session with the outgoing chairman of the club Liam Mulcahy. Here is part one of the interview. PRO: You have finished up four years as Tallow chairman, I remember when you first took over you said you'd stay for one year. How are you feeling after the four years? L.M.: One year was never a serious option. That’s what was mooted by the men who approached me at the time. Now I’m not that naive and neither were they. I remember John McDonnell saying to me at the time. “You’ll grow into and get to like it” He wasn’t too far out. Maybe I came to the position too late but sin sceal eile. I had some experience having served as chairman of Naomh Columcille in Tyrone and Cois Bhride but this was a whole different ball game. As the late Seamus Brennan once said “this is senior hurling boys”. The position brings a good deal of responsibility (the chairman is the final arbiter) but it is also a great privilege and honour to serve as Chairman of your club. Had I my time over I would have done some things differently. I would have ensured the role and responsibilities of each officer were clearly defined so there would be no confusion as to who should or should not be doing what. The GAA provides guidance in this regard. Every GAA club now has at least 10 different officer positions with new regulations issued weekly. Governance of clubs has changed dramatically. It’s now like running a business with the adherence to regulations and laws which that entails. PRO: Many challenge face the modern day GAA club what are they biggest obstacles facing clubs now? LM: I’ve outlined some of the admin difficulties above. It’s like every club would need a solicitor, accountant and social worker on the committee. From a playing perspective the main obstacles haven’t gone away. Continuity and certainty of fixtures was and is the main issue. This is nothing short of a plague on clubs. It has ever been thus! Lads are now skipping off to the US or even Australia during the championship break. This is going to become worse. You remember Fada when I was campaigning on the club notes for reform of fixtures. That’s over 20 years ago!!! They will kill clubs unless this is recognized and then the show is over. Another problem facing rural clubs especially is the lack of numbers. Not a lot can be done about this. In fairness to most clubs they are making every effort to keep young lads involved. Clubs are also reluctantly (understandably) facing up to the reality and amalgamating where necessary. PRO: With the new Walsh Park in the offering and with the financial cost of such a venture what do you expect to follow? LM: Disharmony and more club levies! Look this is a source of constant debate among and even embarrassment to Waterford Gaels. Maybe we missed the boat on this one. The ideal solution back in the day (maybe even still) was to build a compact (25,000) seater stadium in Carriganore. I understand there are issues about the GAA not developing lands which are not vested in the Association. Now it looks like a half hearted development to Walsh Park has been sanctioned which may be “ outdated and not fit for purpose before its even finished” Fraher Field has been promoted as another option. Not really sure but the course appears to be set. It’s a mess!! No offence to the wee county but Louth was usually tagged as the worst county ground in Ireland. They have ambitious plans to redevelop apparently. Let’s hope we don’t assume the mantle.

PRO: You were involved as a selector in the early noughties and the start of this decade. Was there much of difference in preparation? LM: Ah stop. Since then, huge changes! I was selector with Doyler and the Legend around 2000. Murphy couldn’t make it one night and give me the whistle to train the lads. I hadn’t a clue and proceeded to run the shit out of them with laps of the field – old school. I remember Murray in particular looking at me, young and all as he was, and I could see him thinking: “this fellah doesn’t know what he’s at”. Move on 10 years or so with Mick Mangan on board and we had a bit more organisation and structure, enough to reach a county final. Preparations in all serious senior clubs have change utterly over the last few years. Hurling coaches, Gym programmes, strength and conditioning coaches, diet regulation, GPS player tracking systems, physiotherapy, yoga etc are now de rigeur – anything that will give the team an edge. Senior club teams’ preparation is now much more intensive and demanding. It’s a big ask of young lads and takes commitment and dedication. I’m sure you could answer it better than me as you have played senior hurling for almost 20 years now. PRO: We also lost a few great Gaels during your time, a few in which you had a very good working relationship. L.M.: I’m not sure where to start Fada. When I think of Pigeon, Billy Henley and later. “Thresher” it’s very emotive. Gifted hurlers all, coached by the Master, Ned Power. I can’t cover 20 years. So many good people lost to us! During my 4 years as Chairman, Loretta, Patsy and Finn passed away – good decent people- you would find no better. Finn is a huge loss to the community as a whole. I was thinking of setting up a branch of Conradh na Gaeilge in Tallow. Im not sure I will now without him. I wouldn’t mind putting in the graft but he would draw the crowd. He had star quality and he revelled in it. He loved Tallow! PRO: What were the highlights on the field of play? L.M.: I tend to remember individual performances than specific games. In my time as PRO for Tallow GAA I recall searching for superlatives to describe the mesmerizing power plays of Thomas Ryan not to mention your own dogged, daring, dashing displays. In fairness Fada (and don’t censor this) you took no prisoners!! I’m useless about years but it had to be ‘99/2000 (it was around 2011 Liam) when Paul O’Brien returned from South America. Mick Mangan was training us and I insisted Paul should start, against Mount Sion I think. Mick disagreed saying no lad could be ready for senior championship after so long out of the game. Paul O’Brien was and hurled a stormer that day. I knew he would. So to answer your question Fada my highlight was watching players like your kid brother Paul, Tommy Ryan, Murray, etc., performing heroics for Tallow over 2 decades. That’s just my opinion! We reached 2 county finals in the last decade also and possibly didn’t do ourselves in justice either, certainly not the first. PRO: Your connection to Naomh Columcille is well known. Would you hope to keep that connection between both clubs? L.M.: Yes I think we need to reconnect and reinforce contact with N.C. You’ve been up there more than once Fada. You were there in ’97 and got player of the tournament (u16). I think we beat Cushendall in the final. I still maintain contact with N.C. I remember the days when we started the club in the ‘80s. Little support was forthcoming from the local football clubs. We were viewed as a threat and considered a pitiful gathering of renegade hurling clowns by some of the football ayatollahs of East Tyrone. I recall one journey through the hills of Pomeroy with a minor team on our way to Carrickmore, the republican heartland of Tyrone. The UDR took us off the bus four miles outside Carmen. Guns clicked, young lads goaded, insults fired. It was normal procedure. We never got into Carrickmore that evening. They held us at gunpoint for an hour or more. That intimidation is no longer there to that extent but they still face huge challenges trying to keep the club going. We are due an exchange visit soon again. They need our support still and we in turn can learn from the passion they have for hurling against all odds. PRO: How much of a boost is the gym to the club? L.M. That’s entirely up to the players. The club has provided the facility for them. I know a lot of the lads use it; even before they go to work. But it’s the same old story I suspect. Those who need it most probably use it least. PRO: How do you feel about the age restrains of rural clubs? L.M. The strength of the GAA is still rural/village based. At times the GAA legislates for Dublin and clubs with big numbers. Sometimes they remind me of the bureaucrats in Brussels; not happy unless they’re drafting meaningless legislation to justify their existence (to the annoyance and detriment of smaller rural clubs). TALLOW GAA LOTTO SPONSORED BY KEARNEY'S RESTAURANT, TALLOW €9,200. One Winner. Congratulations to Ronan Cronin. Consolation prizes €25: Deirdre Donnelly, Betty Delaney, Adriana Safrankova, Adam Pratt. Promoter: Colin Cunningham.

Sliabh gCua/St. Mary’s LOTTO RESULTS No winner of the €1,600 local lotto held on Sunday night, the winning numbers were 14, 17 and 25. €20 winners were Aoibheen Keane, Roger Walsh, Saoirse Condon, Danno and Robbie, Eileen Keane. Tom Condon won the promoters prize. The next draw will be in Hanrahans on 17th February Remember – if you’re not in you can’t win!

PREDICTION QUIZ 2018 Don’t forget to get your prediction quiz entries in by Friday, 22nd February 2019. Thanks to everyone who has already returned their prediction quiz entries. Prediction Quiz cards can be got from any committee member at €20 each. Predictions can also be bought through our website. (www.sliabhgcuastmarys.com).

St. Pat's under 8 team at the football blitz in Bohadoon last Saturday.

St. Pat’s Juveniles U-8 BOYS Well done to the mentors of our U-8 team on yet another succesful blitz they organised last Saturday morning at Bohadoon. The boys from the various clubs that attended had a great time. Paddy sustained an injury doing his bit for St. Pat's in game 1. Get well soon Paddy. The boys played three games and are developing very nicely as a team. U-17 & U-19 These teams are back training in earnest as of last week. They put in a tough circuit training and ball work session under lights on the Astroturf. Their enthusiasm bodes well for their prospects this season. WATERFORD MINORS Well done to St. Pat's Kate Hickey and Aoife Dee who played for Waterford Minors in a challenge game versus Wexford last week. It's great to see St. Pat's players represent-

ing their county. CÚL CAMP Booking for these very popular, value for money summer camps opens on the 1st of March. Booking early means you'll have your free kit to wear all Summer long. SPLIT THE POT Tickets available from co-ordinators James Dalton, Clare Byrne, mentors and committee members. Tickets are also available from Healy's Daybreak, The Pike Service Station. Tickets €2 each or 3 for €5 PROGRESSIVE 45 Cards are on each Thursday night at 8 pm in Coolnasmear Hall. FACEBOOK Follow St. Pat's on Facebook for all the latest club news: www.facebook.com/saintpatsgaa

Kilrossanty CLOTTO SPONSORED BY KILL AGRICULTURAL LTD. CLOTTO RESULTS No winner of a Jackpot of €10,800 held in Crotty's Inn, Leamybrien, on Monday night (11/02/19). Numbers were 13, 24, 25, 28. €30 won by the following people: Katie and Kristy Lennon, Leamybrien; Mike Hennerbry, Rathgormack. Seller’s prize of €30 won by Paddy Comyn, Leamybrien. Next Clotto to be held in Micilin's Bar, Kilrossanty, on Monday night (18/2/19) for a Jackpot of €10,900. DÉISE DRAW The launching of 2019 Deíse Draw will take place this coming Friday evening, 15th February in Stradbally GAA Centre. The first draw is scheduled to take place on the last Wednesday of April. UNDER 17 (MINOR) FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Our match against Ballinacourty which was due to be played this evening, 13th February will be rescheduled because of a number of mid term school tours taking place. UNDER 19 B FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES Round 1 - our first game will be against Stradbally on Sunday, morning, 3rd March at 11:30 a.m. in the Fraher Field. Round 2 we have a Bye. Round 3 verses Cois Bhride. The date, time and venue still to be confirmed. Junior A Hurling Championship Fixtures We are paired with St. Mary’s, The Geraldines, Colligan, Tourin, Abbeyside. Round 1 V Colligan Sunday, 31st March in Dungarvan GAA Grounds at 12 noon.

Round 2 V The Geraldine' Saturday, 4th June at 4:30 p.m. in Dungarvan GAA Grounds No dates or venues confirmed for Round 3 Tourin and Round 4 V Abbeyside. MONSTER BINGO Our next Monster Bingo will take place on the 22nd February in Crotty's Inn, Leamybrien. Prize money €2,200. ASTROTURF PITCH BOOKINGS Kilrossanty GAA is now taking bookings for our recently developed artificial playing pitch. If you would like to book a time slot please contact Kevin on 087 6021964. KILROSSANTY GAA CLUB JUVENILE NOTES Training: Training on the Astro Turf for Under 10's, Under 11's and Under 12's continues on Monday nights from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will switch to hurling next week. Membership: The membership fees for the coming year are as follows: Family €50. Player €15. All players must pay the appropriate fee and complete the mandatory membership form before they are allowed play for the club. Despite several reminders a number of players have still not registered. Once again, to all players and parents/guardians, please attend to this important requirement immediately. eVetting: Mentors/Coaches/Selectors are reminded that, under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016, they are required to make an eVetting application prior to taking up any duties within the juvenile club for the current year. The Code of Behaviour (Underage) and application form can be accessed at https://vetting.garda.ie/Application/Invitation.

Notaí na Rinne COMHBHRÓN Ba mhaith leis an gClub ár gcomhbhrón a léiriú do chlann agus cháirde Shéamuis Uí Chadhain, príomhoide Mheánscoil San Nioclás. Is cailliúint ollmhór dóibh siúd é cinnte ach tá pearsantacht fíor thábhachtach caillte ag aos óg na háite, iad siúd go raibh aithne acu air, a oibrigh leis agus iad siúd a mhúin sé chomh maith Suaimhneas síoraí dhuit a Séamuis.

TRAENÁIL NA BHFEAR Beidh traenáil anocht, Dé Céadaoin, ag a 7 p.m. Beidh an fóirneacha sóisearacha ar ais ag traenáil an tseachtain seo chugainn. Beidh scéal chugaibh go luath. LOTTO Bhí tarraingt Dé Luain i dTigh Uí Mhuirithe, 11/02/2019 ach ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir. Beidh tarraingt na seachtaine seo chugainn i dTigh Uí Mhaonaigh. Duais ag €10,000.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Abbeyside/Ballinacourty JACK THE JOKER Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Minnies Bar where the jackpot is €5,400 as on Sunday night Billy Kyne was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 7 which when turned was not the joker but he did win €50. Jason Donovan and Christy Dunford won €25 each. INTER-COUNTY ACTIVITY Last weekend saw the Waterford Senior Football team continue their National League campaign as they took on Derry in Fraher Field. Unfortunately, on the day they suffered a narrow defeat where Aaron Beresford, Sean Whelan Barrett and Brian Looby were on the team and Kevin Dwane was on the panel. FLOODLIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS Last weekend saw a hard working crew of club volunteers install the first phase of the floodlighting upgrade to our training pitch. These LED lights will prove a great addition to the club as all our teams from under 6 up to Senior will be able to avail of the facility. We would like to thank Ian and Hiker in particular for the work they put into planning this project for a number of months. Also we thank those who supported our Dog Night before

Christmas as the money raised on the night funded the cost of the lights. With your continued support we look forward to moving ahead with further development works in our grounds. MEMBERSHIP With the playing season commencing very shortly we ask all players to get their membership paid quickly. Also non playing members can pay their membership in the coming weeks. Membership can be paid to Kevin Tobin. CLUB BINGO Our club bingo continues in the CBS Hall this Sunday night where the jackpot is €850. SYMPATHY On behalf of all in the club we would like to send our sympathies to the family and friends of the late Paddy Fitzgerald, Dungarvan who passed away recently. Paddy gave a lifetime of service to the GAA and was well known throughout the County due to his involvement with Scór for many years and also through his role as caretaker in Fraher Field. Once again we send our sympathies to Paddy’s family and all in Dungarvan GAA Club on their loss. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.

Pictured are the Clashmore/Kinsalebeg U-8 teams who took part in the Déise Óg Indoor blitzes in Ballinameela last Saturday.

Clashmore/Kinsalebeg

U-12 MEDAL PRESENTATION - Pictured above is our U-12 team who received their trophies for winning the 2018 Town and Country League. Credit to Lar Walsh and Roger Ronayne who did tremendous work with this group of players last year. A great evening was had by all and many thanks to everyone who baked & sponsored refreshments on the night.

Stradbally INTERMEDIATE HURLING At the time of writing our Intermediate hurlers are scheduled to play the final game from the 2018 Hurling League this Saturday at 3:30 pm in the field. As with all league games these fixtures are subject to change so please keep an eye on Facebook (@Stradballygaaclub) and Twitter (@StradballyGAAWD) for up to date news regarding this fixture. 2019 WINTER LEAGUE The first round of the ever-popular Winter League took place last Thursday night. With over 75 children togged out and eager to get started the weather thankfully played its part and with conditions favourable the standard of football on show was at an extremely high level. At the end of three very competitive matches the winners on the night were Mayo, Waterford and Tyrone. Round Two continues Thursday night at 6:30 pm. Fixtures are: Mayo v Waterford; Dublin v Kildare; Tyrone v Armagh. U-3’s, 4’s & 5’s Training continues this Thursday night in Sallyfort for U-3, 4 & 5 boys and girls at 6 pm. 50:50 WINNER Congratulations to Pa and Ellie Skehan who won €210 in this week’s 50:50 draw. Our next draw will take place Sunday 24th. Tickets are €2 each or 3 for €5. Tickets are available from Cunningham’s shop, Farm Relief Services, Whelan’s Bar and The Cove Bar as well as from any of the club committee. You can also purchase your tickets on line at www.stradballygaa.com.

ALLIANZ NATIONAL HURLING & FOOTBALL LEAGUES Disappointment for the footballers last weekend when they lost out narrowly to Derry in the third round of the League. Given no chance in the build up to this game the footballers put in a tremendous effort and deserved more from this game. Well done to Shane Aherne & Jack Mullaney who played their part in a much-improved showing here. While the footballers now enjoy a break this weekend, the hurlers return to action on Saturday night when they take on Carlow and again we wish Michael and the team the best of luck in what could prove to be a tricky assignment. SUNDAY NIGHT MUSIC Music in the club this Sunday night is by Quickstep. Two of a Kind will be playing on the 24th. 2019 MEMBERSHIP Membership rates for 2019. Adult €70 Couple €120 OAP €50 Student/1st child in a family €40, 2nd child in family €30, 3rd & subsequent children €20 U-5/U-6 €5: Membership can now be paid to membership officers Ollie Costelloe and Pat Fennell or alternatively you can pay online by visiting www.stradballygaa.com where all options are available. Again in 2019 we have several membership packages available if you wish to avail of these. They can be purchased on line or can be paid by direct debit. Direct debit forms are available from any committee member or by email to our club secretary at secretary.stradbally.waterford@gaa.

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MINOR / UNDER 17 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 1st ROUND Clashmore/Kinsalebeg V Cappoquin will be played in Cappoquin on Sunday morning next 11.30 a.m. CLUB COACHES MEETING A meeting of all coaches across the adult, ladies and juvenile clubs will take place upstairs in the Clubhouse on Tuesday, February 19th, at 7.00 p.m. It will be an informal chat to lay out the plan for 2019, put a rough calendar together for the year in coaching terms and to put together a list of coaches and prospective coaches for the coming season. All are welcome to attend. SCRAP METAL COLLECTION We are still collecting scrap. If you have any scrap metal such as: Old Cars / Vans / Jeeps, galvanized iron, any type of iron or copper pipes, radiators, scaffolding bars, old machinery – basically anything made predominantly of metal we will come and collect it. To get rid of your scrap metal please give Timmy O’Keeffe a call on 087 207 0715 and he will arrange collection. COMHGHAIRDEAS Congratulations to our friends in Kilcummin on their AllIreland success over the week end. Kilcummin native, Eric O'Connor, is plying his G.A.A. trade with us these past few years and is now a well established Clashmore/Kinsalebeg man.

CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG JUVENILE GAA CLUB Another Great Morning for U-8 Footballers: Our U-8 footballers had another great morning in Ballinameela last Saturday at the Déise Óg Western Indoor Blitzes. We had two teams field in this blitz where we took on St. Olivers. Our young players really enjoyed themselves and played really well. Thank you to all parents and mentors who attended. U-7 Indoor Hurling: This Saturday we will be taking part in the U-7 Indoor hurling, once more in Ballinameela Community Centre. We will be taking on St. Oliver's and Brickey Rangers in what should be a great morning of hurling. The blitz starts at 11:45 a.m. Best of luck to the lads. U-8 Training Continues In Youghal: Our U-8 training continues in Youghal GAA Club this Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The young players attending this training have really improved over the last few weeks. All are welcome to attend for what it's always great fun. Club Coaches Meeting: A meeting of all coaches across the adult, ladies and juvenile clubs will take place upstairs in the Clubhouse on Tuesday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m. It will be an informal chat to lay out the plan for 2019, put a rough calendar together for the year in coaching terms and to put together a list of coaches and prospective coaches for the coming season. All are welcome to attend.

Portlaw PORTLAW CLUB FIXTURE INTERMEDIATE HURLING LEAGUE GROUP C Baile an Bhuitleirigh v Port Cladach - Ionad: Butlerstown on Saturday, February 16th 2019 at 3.30 pm. PORTLAW GAA’S 2019 FUNDRAISER - PORTLAW OSKARS EVER DREAMED OF BEING A MOVIE STAR? If you have ever dreamed of being a movie star standing up there making an acceptance speech for the Oskar you’ve just won, well this could be your chance to become that star! An Oskar’s ceremony with a difference will take place in Hotel Minella, Clonmel on Friday, May 10th, 2019 hosted by Portlaw GAA Club in association with Portlaw Camogie Club. All funds raised will be used to fund new dressing rooms at our GAA Field. This is a huge fundraiser for our club and we need your help as we are looking to recruit 60 actors/actresses to get involved. Seven short films (10 mins long) based on scenes from well known movies will be filmed over two weekends with each movie taking 4-5 hours to film on one of these days. Previous acting experience is not necessary as training and production guidance will be provided by Kevin Rowe Events. The finished films will be shown for the very first time at the huge Oskars night in Hotel Minella on Friday, May 10th so all the work is done beforehand and all you need to do is turn up on the red carpet. If you are interested in taking part in this fun event or just want more information please come along to an information meeting in The GAA Hall, Portlaw on Monday, 18th February at 8 pm or contact Derek 086 1650209, Michelle 087 0958978 or message us through facebook.

HOCKEY/SOCCER

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Dungarvan Ladies Hockey move to top of the league DUNGARVAN Ladies division 5 team beat Midleton 1-0 to move to the top of the league in their penultimate league game of the season. The goal was scored by Andrea Hally. DIVISION 5 MATCH REPORT Dungarvan ................................. 1; Midleton ..................................... 0. DUNGARVAN were in action on Sunday morning at 11 am in the Friary College grounds in what was the penultimate league game of the season. Going into this game in second position in the league, and Midleton coincidently were top one point ahead of Dungarvan. This match, quite simply a must win game for Dungarvan in order to overtake Midleton at the top ensuring the league title would be in their own hands by the time the last game of the season comes around. Midleton, equally with it all to play for were always going to provide a stiff test. Dungarvan lined out as follows: Sarah Landers in goal, Sarah McCoy sweeping, in defence Avril Dunne, Anne Marie Tutty and Jessie Donnelly. In midfield, Saoirse Hayes at the heart with Alex Hally on the right and Aine Lynch on the left. Leading the line up front was Kelsi Walker, Molly Shrubb and Andrea Hally. Completing the team was Ali O'Donnell, Judith Campbell, Heather Shanahan, Meabh Beresford. The whistle blew as the game got off to a flying start, both teams and their players going head-tohead. Midleton were asserting themselves early on making a string of attacks on the Dungarvan defence. The defence was being well tested but standing firm with Sarah in goal being called into action. The midfield trio were also on defensive duty as they looked to ease the pressure being applied by Midleton. Meanwhile Kelsi, Andrea and Molly were battling hard to create chances for Dungarvan. After 20 minutes the game was turning with Dungarvan starting to take charge and now using the

width of the pitch with some nice passing and exchanges. Midleton were proving tough in defence as they snuffed out any Dungarvan threat. Alex and Andrea were linking up on the right feeding the forward line, a shot was fired in and the Midleton keeper reacted but the ball went high making contact with Alex. Dungarvan continued to press and look for the opener, winning a short corner which was defended. They were also themselves defending well when ever Midleton broke through to attack. Half-time whistle went. The game extremely tight and very tense all around. Words of encouragement from Coach Tina Landers at the interval just what everyone needed to hear. Some changes as Ali O'Donnell and Heather Shanahan came on to provide respite for tired Dungarvan legs. The second half began as the first half ended with Dungarvan having most of the play. Saoirse Hayes was covering every square inch of the pitch as she was back defending and then breaking free with the ball going forward. Molly was on the brink in the forward line as she was looking dangerous when in possession of the ball. She was terrorising the Midleton defence and on two occasions striking the ball on her reverse and the ball narrowly going wide of the goal. The feeling around the grounds was one of anticipation, were we going to witness the goal that would potentially decide so much? Dungarvan were almost starting to feel like their luck was out with a plethora of shots going wide! Meabh Beresford came in and provided fresh legs up front winning balls and holding up play nicely making lay-offs. In defence, the resolute Sarah was making crunching tackles whilst Anne Marie was tearing down the line clearing up, and feeding midfield with through balls. Dungarvan absolutely rampant now as they were turning the screw on Midleton, all sets of players giv-

Dungarvan Ladies Hockey division 5 team who defeated Midleton on Sunday last to move to the top of the league. ing their all. The ball broke loose to Molly up front who easy as you like rounded not one but two players and bearing in on goal she sent a thundering shot high goalwards, gasps as the Midleton keeper leapt high and punched the ball away, but only onto an oncoming Andrea Hally who made no mistake and fired the ball into the back of the goal. Cheers all round the Friary College as Dungarvan found the much sought after goal. Midleton immediately went searching to get back in the game, and straight away heading towards the Dungarvan goal, great saves from Sarah Landers who kept Dungarvan in it along with resolute defending by Ali, Sarah, Anne Marie and now Judith Campbell also in to provide much needed fresh legs to the team. Dungarvan were still mounting attacks and winning more short corners, some which didn't work out and others seeing shot fired wide of the goal. As the game was drawing to a finish, Dungarvan were determined to try and add a second goal. The

full time whistle took ages to come as Dungarvan knocked back any Midleton advances. Final whistle delight! A very fast paced game that was at times end to end with no break, Dungarvan now overtake Midleton and move to top spot in the league with one game left to play. A valiant display by all, evidence to see the hardwork and contributions by all. The one thing needed on a hockey pitch is team work and Dungarvan displayed just that. Player of the Match: Saoirse Hayes Well done to each and every player. Big thanks to Coach Tina Landers, Eddie Moore, Mary Ronayne and Lucinda Shrubb. Dungarvan would like to extend their thanks to the supporters who were on the sidelines today willing them on. CUP SEMI-FINAL Dungarvan will play Midleton yet again next weekend in the Munster Cup semi-final. Same time, same place of The Friary College grounds at 11 am on Sunday, 17th February. This is sure to be yet again a

mouth-watering encounter with a place in the Munster Cup final at stake. DIVISION 6 MATCH REPORT DUNGARVAN END LEAGUE SEASON WITH A WIN! Dungarvan ................................. 3; UCC ............................................. 1. ON Saturday, Dungarvan Division 6 team took on UCC in what was to be their last league game. Victory on this occasion would seal their position as league runner-ups with the league title already secured by Blackrock. Lining out for Dungarvan was: Ella Harrington, Lucinda Shrubb, Ciara Murphy, Kate Mullany, Eabha Gough, Saoirse Curran, Tess O'Hara, Lizzy Leonard, Grainne Dee, Aine Lynch, Mary Ronayne, Caoimhe Horgan.

The game got off to a swift start with both teams having chances on goals. Some good work in midfield with Saoirse and Aine breaking up play. Mary Ronayne was keeping UCC defence on their toes as she was flying down the right wing and sending nice balls through. Just before half-time Dungarvan went one nil up. Some nice passing play saw the ball reach Lizzy who slipped the ball low past the keeper.

The second half started with Dungarvan dominating once again. Another came from Aine who was first to react and knocked a flying shot past the keeper. Dungarvan comfortable at this stage were enjoying good passing play and creating more chances. Any UCC chances were snuffed out by the Dungarvan defence. Mary won another short corner for Dungarvan and the third goal was scored by Lizzy who first time took the shot, a ferociously fast shot which nearly broke the backboard of the goal. UCC added a consolation goal with the last move of the game as against the run of play they broke and with numbers bearing in in Dungarvan’s defence they scored a well taken goal. Full-time whistle Dungarvan 3 - 1 UCC. Player of the Match: Mary Ronayne. Well done to all players involved, this team finished very strongly in the league finishing as league runner-ups. A big thanks to coach Lucinda Shrubb for all her hard work all year training and developing this team.

Dungarvan United FC GAMES POSTPONED After a pitch inspection both our 3rd Divisioun and Premier games were cancelled due to an unplayable pitch. U-16 MATCH REPORT Piltown …………………………0; Dungarvan …………………… 5. Dungarvan got a massive three points and made it four wins out of six in the Under 16A league It was a tight affair for the first 30 minutes, but a ball up the line from Darragh Hallahan to Sam Uniacke got us going. Sam took on two players and smashed the ball past the keeper and put us 1-0 up. Half-time and the coaches could do nothing but praise the lads. Especially the six U-15s that played. For a few of them it was their first time playing up and they generally play U-15B so a step up to U-16A was definitely going to be a challenge but credit given when it’s due these young lads all played a great game and were never in doubt. The score went to 2-0 when Micheal Power got a through ball of Eoin O’Callaghan and from a tight

angle he cooly slotted the ball into the bottom corner. After this we pushed on and it was Sam Uniacke who scored again! With a fantastic finish that only the likes of Sam could. Made it look so easy!

Sam Uniacke

Getting us to 4-0 came from Kyle Healy with a 40 yard strike smashing off the crossbar and into the back of the net (he even shocked himself). Emmet Freyne who is just back from a long injury played a blinder and got our 5th goal with huge work rate and determination throughout the game. It’s nothing more than what he deserved. Final score was 5-0, as always you hear of the goals but our defensive work was top quality! Backline of Eoin O’Callaghan, James Moloney (captain), Cameron Ashraf and Darragh Hallahan were rock solid as well as the holding midfielder Seamus O’Sullivan who left nothing get by him! Our keeper T. J. Wright who made some fantastic saves. We now move onto the next game away Vs Villa Saturday, 24th February. Teamsheet: T. J. Wright, Darragh Hallahan, Cameron Ashraf, James Moloney, Eoin O’Callaghan, Seamus O’Sullivan, Kyle Healy, Michael Power, Sam Uniacke, Mark Loftus, Nathan

Flynn Duggan, David Paz, Emmet Fryne, Cian Keith. Man Of The Match: Sam Uniacke. U-16 DEVELOPMENT SQUAD Waterford ………………………2; Limerick Desmond …………...1. Huge well done to Sam Uniacke and the U-16 development squad on a great 2-1 win Vs Limerick Desmond. WATERFORD U-12 DEVELOPMENT SQUAD Huge well done to Club coaches Craig Shead, Derek Murray and Michael Walsh, along with Vinnie Keane, P. J. O’Keeffe, Dylan O’Donovan and Deane Guiry on a great 5-1 and 3-2 win vs West Cork. As a club we are honoured to have had six players feature in the games on Sunday with David Nyhan getting the second goal to make it 2-0 just before half-time. Dungarvan’s six: Nathan Brett, Paddy McCarthy, Dominik Trzeciak, Jack Mannix, Noah Landers,

David Nyhan. Best of luck vs West Waterford East Cork on the 24th February in WIT Arena. A win will secure them a place in the Munster Semi-Final. CONGRATULATIONS We offer congratulations to premier manager Tommy Butler and his wife Danielle on the birth of their baby daughter this week. GET WELL SOON Wishing a speedy recovery to Ozzie. We hope to see you back out at Kilrush Park and refereeing games in the very near future. ACADEMY NEWS Lets hope the spring weather is here to stay!! Please ensure your child is registered. Those already registered from last season, a gentle reminder second term subs are due for Feb so anyone wishing to pay in instalments is welcome to do so. Academy Training Schedule Tuesdays: 4-5 pm U-8 & U-9 Thursdays: 4-5 pm U-10 Only Saturday: We hope to have a home game for U-7 and U-8. Registered players will be notified by Whassap message.

Only registered players are eligible to play. Details will be also be posted on our Facebook page DUNGARVAN UNITED ACADEMY 12.30-1.30 U-7/8 Unless game goes ahead. 1.30 - 2.30 U-9. U-10 league game away to Kilmacthomas. Good Luck Lads! ALL ACADEMY PLAYERS MUST BE COLLECTED AT THE GATE. NO CHILD WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE ASTRO WITHOUT AN ADULT. PLEASE REMEMBER SHIN PADS ARE ESSENTIAL LOTTO Lotto Jackpot €8,700. Numbers: 1 - 27 - 36. No jackpot winner. €50 Margaret Donnelly. €25 Mary Morrissey and Gerry Ryan. Jackpot €8,700 next week! DARTS Well done to our darts team who had another home win last Friday night. Star man Willie Raher. Special mention to Michael Lally for cycling in from Old Parish!!

ATHLETICS

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Finisk Valley AC IT was another successful year for our small club. On Wednesday, 30th January we had a celebration to mark these achievements. We would like to thank the coaches, parents and of course the athletes for making it a great night. Here's to another great year. Best female athlete: Meave Griffen Best male athlete: Eddie Raicevic Best male Cross country runner: Brian Scanlan

Our pacers team ready to do their job at the recent 28th Annual John Treacy Dungarvan 10.

Blackwater Athletic Club

Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships Nenagh – 9th February

Maya Rossa - Munster Champion! ON Sunday we brought a small group of determined athletes to Nenagh, to compete at our provincial championships, all the kids gained valuable experience and thoroughly enjoy the day, U-9 Girls - Ali Lennon competing for the first time at championship level, ran fantastically well to rank amongst the top sprinters, she also jumped brilliantly in the Long Jump U-10 Girls - Rachel Power & Hannah Kearney flew the flag in both Sprints & Long Jump for Blackwater. Both ran and jumped fantastic, again gaining valuable experience U-10 Boys - Liam Meaney jumped brilliant in the Long Jump, showing great technique that will stand to him as he develops as an athlete. He also ran a great race in his 60m U-11 Girls - Doireann O’Riordan, Maya Rossa & Kate Fletcher O’Connor competed brilliantly throughout the day, Doireann and Kate jumped brilliantly in the Long Jump. Doireann also ran a great 60m, Kate & Maya both competed in the shot putt and both threw majestically, with Maya winning the competition with a championship best performance. A fantastic achievement from Maya, which kicks of the season in very positive way. Maya also ran in the 600m and ran credibly.

Ali Lennon - Blackwater AC Star Award Winner.

BLACKWATER ATHLETIC CLUB ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2018 We recently held our Inaugural Awards in the BCS Lismore, with over 160 athletes, parents & friends in attendance it proved to be a great evening. We celebrated the past three years as a club, and our achievements on and off the track. We also

recognised the effort and commitment put in by the athletes over that period of time, which culminated in the Athlete of the Year 2018. The awards on the evening were presented by John McGrath Athletics Ireland Juvenile Chairman. The night kicked off with surprised well wishes from a host of Irish Athletics Legends, a big thank you to Robert Heffernan, Thomas Barr, Phil Healy, Olive Loughnane, Lizzie Lee, Brian Gregan & Paddy Fay. Then the past three years were reflected upon by an uplifting photo collage which created a great sense of pride in those involved. The Awards were then presented and the worthy athletes to receive awards were: Blackwater Athletic Club Star Awards Winners: Ali Lennon, Lucy Kingston, David O'Farrell, Hugo Quann, Doireann O'Riordan, Maeve Kelly & Aliya Geoghegan. Most Improved Athlete 2018: Eimear Meaney. Special Merit Award: Maya Rossa - Munster Record Holder 20.06 U-10 TJ Performance of the Year 2018: Kate Fletcher O'Connor Athlete of the Year 2018: Maya Rossa - Munster Champion, Munster Team Champion, Munster Record Holder, All Ireland Champion (Team)

Eimear Meaney - Blackwater AC Most Improved Athlete 2018.

Hugo Quann - Blackwater AC Star Award Winner.

David O’Farrell- Blackwater AC Star Award Winner.

Doireann O’Riordan - Blackwater AC Star Award Winner.

Maya Rossa - Munster U11 Shot Putt Champion, with a CBP 6.73. Also Maya Rossa - Special Merit Award - Munster Championship Best Performance & overall Athlete of the Year 2018.

A fantastic evening was had by all, which finished up with the kids dancing till late and the parents enjoying tea, sandwiches/treats. We’d like to thank everyone for helping out on the night. To the school for the use of the BCS Hall; to Dave for always being on hand, to the DJ Liam Bear O Cathain, especially to Kasia Rossa, Deirdre Meaney, Emmet Stuart, Paul Kingston, Caroline for the help over the past year and especially on the night. Here's to a great 2019.

Daniel Buckley, Finisk Valley AC.

Eddie, Finisk Valley AC.

Finisk Valley AC Best Team.

Best female Cross Country runner: Eimear Griffen Up and coming athlete: Daniel Buckley Best team: Community games u10 mixed relay Team (Sean Bersford, Brooke Dunford, Saorlaith Mernin, Eddie Raicevic) Training continues every Monday and Wednesday night in Ballinameela Community Centre, and new members are welcome to join at any stage.

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Club Membership THE club membership is now due and can be paid at any of our club events. You can now pay your club membership online or you can also download our club membership form off our web site www.westwaterfordathletics.org and send it into us. Gerry Cantwell, Helvick, Ring, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford is the club registrar and he will also be available at all club events to accept your membership at a cost of €25. Each year, the Dungarvan 10K is the traditional cut off point for membership. This means that athletes will not feature on club teams unless they are current members of the club and with the summer series not too far away it’s time to sign up. Please note that membership with the club is for the calendar year and will cease on December 31st and it’s not 12 months from the date that you join.

7th Annual Aglish Fun Run in aid of Crumlin THE 7th annual Aglish fun run takes place on Easter Monday, 22n April 2017.10k run/5k run or 5 k walk. Entry fee €7 or a donation. Registration from 11 am. event starts at 11.30 a.m. Refreshments afterwards in Aglish Community Hall. Numerous spot prizes. Sponsorship cards available on request. All proceeds to Children's Hospital Crumlin. Support club committee member Liam O'Donnell with his annual fundraiser for this worthy cause.

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

West Waterford Athletic Club Juveniles

Irish Life Health Munster Schools Cross Country Championships on Friday next ON Friday next, February Carriganore will once again host a Munster schools cross country championships. The forecast on Friday is for mild weather which will be a welcome change from the rain and sleet that fell the day of the East Munster Championships. There will be eight races on the day with the first starting at 12.30 p.m. All the local schools have athletes qualified for this event and the first 15 athletes and three teams will qualify for the All Ireland in March. First off will be the Minor girls and county champion Angelina Chizhikova, St. Augustine’s who finished 3rd in the East Munster will be looking to finish in the top 10 and qualify for the All Ireland. In the junior girls Caoimhe Prendergast, Ard Scoil and Ally Cunningham, St. Augustines will again renew rivalry. Ally finished ahead in the counties but

Caoimhe had the better day at the East Munster so we will see who has the better run on Friday. Both should qualify for the All Ireland and the Ard Scoil team that finished second to last year’s Munster Champions should be in the shake up for the team medals. In the junior boys race Tommy and Rory Fennell will spearhead the Friary team as they seek to qualify for the All Ireland. In the Intermediate girls Sarah Nyhan Ard Scoil should be in the shake up as should the Ardscoil team. Dungarvan CBS will be represented by East Munster Champions Oisin O’Riordan in the inter boys race and Cian O’Riordan and both should be in the running for individual medals and All Ireland qualification. Conor Mullany Blackwater should also make it through in the senior boys. In the senior girls event Lucy Holmes will lead a strong Ard Scoil team that should qualify for

Sympathy WEST Waterford athletic club extends sincere sympathy to the family and friends of Mrs. June Pope, Cork, and Paddy Fitzgerald, Emmett St., Dungarvan and Jack Dempsey, Youghal who passed to their eternal reward last week. May they rest in peace.

Paul Brunnock completes Donadea 50k CONGRATULATIONS to club member Paul Brunnock on his brilliant run at the national Donadea 50 km. Paul posted a time of 4.22.33.

Gold for Kate Veale at Munsters Indoors THE Munster indoor championships were held over last weekend and the club had athletes in action, on Saturday the walks were held and here Kate Veale retained her senior crown when she walked to take gold in the 3,000 metres with a time of 13.57. At time of going to press the other results are not yet posted.

Top three in the Senior girls.

Inter Girls prize winners.

Senior Boys prizewinners.

Minor Girls winners.

Annevalley 5 THE Annevalley 5 was held last Saturday and the club was well represented at the event. Our first runner home was Andy Fleet in 5th place overall. The following ran on the day: Andy Fleet 29.38 Ray Hahesy 33.20 Ruari Cusack 36.04 Onra Power 40.39 Patricia Daly 42.22 Aisling Cusack 42.37 Deirdre Clancy 55.36

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Junior Boys winners.

Mary Ashe presents the overall cup to the Ard Scoil Girls teams.

the All Ireland while Sophie Landers Blackwater should also be in with a chance of qualifying. AISLINN LANDED SAFELY IN THE UAE On Saturday last Aislinn O’Regan headed to Dublin and flew to Dubai with the rest of the Irish team for the IWAS World Championships. Aislinn has a few days to acclimatize to the heat and will compete in her first event the shot next Wednesday. We will keep you updated on her progress. INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS NENAGH A few of our athletes have expressed an interest in competing in the under 13-19 indoor championships in Nenagh on February 23rd and 24th. If you want to compete please let Mary Ashe now as soon as possible as the entries close this weekend.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Michael Roche Carpets Race Series - Race 4

O'Reilly’s Traditional Butchers Kilmacthomas 4 mile road race This Sunday, 17th February – Kilmacthomas Cardiac First Responder Group to benefit CHANGED last year from a 5 mile course to a new 4 mile course and taking in a good part of the beautiful Greenway facility, this race also brought a new sponsor on board when O'Reilly’s Traditional Butchers Kilmacthomas came on board. We again this year are delighted that O'Reillys will continue their sponsorship of the race our sincere thanks to Pa and the O'Reilly family for their willingness to get involved last year and again this years with this event.

The same local charity as last year will also be the benefactors from the race this year as the local group Kilmacthomas Cardiac First Responder Scheme who are 24-7 in the area on call for all emergency's will benefit from this year's race once more, a great local organisation who will put our monies raised to very good use. We are looking forward to seeing all our old friends out supporting this event and we hope to have many new friends come along also. The race will be held this

Sunday, February 17th at 11 am, and registration will be at the Community hall as will the presentation of prizes and the cuppa. Online entry is €8 and race entry on the day is €10, so get your entries in now at the link below. https://endurancecui.active.com/ e v e n t - r e g / s e l e c t race?e=60079152 The categories are as follows: Men - 1st 2nd and 3rd, 1st over 40, 45, 50 and 55 Ladies - 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1st over 35, 40, 45 and 50.

37th Annual Deise College Dungarvan 10k THE final race in the Michael Roche carpets series, the Déise College Dungarvan 10K will take place on Sunday, March 10th at 11 a.m. Now in its 37th year and one of the oldest races on the local road running calendar the Déise College Dungarvan 10k is always one of the more popular races. The club is delighted that Déise College and its proprietors Caroline and Alan Ryan

are continuing their sponsorship for this race. The race will also see a number of perpetual trophies being presented. We have the Seamus Power Memorial trophy to the first male finisher and the Mikey Roche Memorial trophy for the first local female finisher. We will be using the fast canal circuit as we have used now for the

past couple of years for this race with the race headquarters at the Dungarvann GAA club pavilion which is where the presentation of prizes for the race and for the overall series will also take place. The race will start and finish in the same place as always at the Industrial Estate just off the N25, with just a short jog to and from the Dungarvan GAA club grounds for the runners.

Joe Gough is Masters Middle Distance Athlete of the World YOU couldn't imagine that it could get any better for Joe Gough after a year of increditable achievements both on and off the running track. With European and World titles plus world records achieved in 2018 Joe was recently awarded the best Masters Middle distance master athlete of the year which was an in creditable honour for the former Mitchell Street (Dungarvan) man.

But then the icing on the cake came last Friday when he was contacted by the world athletics body to be told that he was being awarded the World Masters middle distance athlete of the year for 2018. Joe has done it all, there is no higher accolade that he could possible achieve in masters athletics after the year he had in 2018. Joe just last week received a

honorary life member presentation from his club West Waterford AC. The Owning man isn't one to rest on his laurels as we all know and he is currently back training for the indoor season where you be assured his name will be flashing once more across our computer screens. Congratulations from all in the club Joe and from all in the wider athletics family.

Pictured is David McNally of the Ormond Cafe, Dungarvan, who donated two vouchers to be raffled among all our Winter League stewards and this year’s winners were Stephan Tutty and Dan Power.

Kevin Forde of Fordes Daybreak Dungarvan Winter League sponsor presents club chairman Tom Leahy with the special 25th year anniversary T-Shirt which will be presented to all participants of this year’s league who have completed 9 of the 13 nights.

Forde’s Daybreak Winter League

Short route of Forde’s Daybreak Winter League concludes for another year IT was a perfect night for running as the runners gathered for the 13th and final week of the 2018/2019 Forde’s Daybreak winter league. As is customary for the last night of the league, it was a mass start with all the runners heading off together. League sponsor, Kevin Forde of Forde’s Daybreak was on hand to get the runners under way as another big crowd made their way out Fr. Twomey's for the last time. We would also like to thank our team of helpers and stewards without whom we wouldn't be able to hold our leagues. This section of the league specifically has first timers and beginners in mind and is a manageable distance for most as it covers 2.4 miles in total and it was great to see the huge improvements made by many of our runners over the 13 weeks. First on the night was Caroline O'Brien in 22.01. Next was Helen Cummins in 22.16 (over 2 minutes faster than last week). Third went to Vikki Mulhall in 20.03. In 4th and 5th were Melissa Lanigan in 21.38 and Conor Phelan in 15.03. Great times and improvements were recorded by many. including Marcella Scanlan (22.11), James Fennell (17.29), Christopher Phelan (16.17), Pat O'Connell (22.42) and Natasha Dee (21.46) who all knocked off nearly a minute. Others to record good times included Marie Aherne (19.40) and Loran Murphy (22.08). Fastest time on the night was recorded by Gavin Whelan in 14.02 followed by David Towey in 14.43. Fastest lady was Lisa McGrath (16.29) followed by Brigid Coffey (17.30). Well done to all our runners and thanks to all our stewards. Overall tables and results will appear in our next notes.

13 AND FINAL NIGHT ON LONG COURSE The traditional mass start was once again in operation in the final round of the Forde’s Daybreak winter league and when our sponsor Kevin Forde blew the whistle for the start of the final run in the current league it was hell for leather out of the blocks as the runners headed for the village of Abbeyside at full tilt. Always on the final night especially for those still in contention for prizes it's a full on sprint as every place picked up out on the course can mean the difference between success or the runners up spot. Some of our top finishers on the night were Onra Power 41.22, Tony Ferncombe 36.14, Mark Shalloe 32.38, Lynn O'Riordan 49.59 and Micheál Gee 39.52. The fastest runner on the night was Raivis Zakis who posted a time of 29.38. Well done to all who ran the final night and indeed all of the 13 weeks of the league.

The presentation of prizes took place in Minnies on 8th February and a full report of all the winners will appear in the notes over the coming weeks. Also well done to all our runners and hopefully you will now continue the habit and we might see you at some of our other leagues and races over the spring and summer. Full league report and final tables will appear in another addition. TOP OIL ASSOCIATE WINTER LEAGUE SPONSORS For the 2017/’18 Forde's Daybreak Winter League we have been fortunate enough to have received associate sponsorship from our friends in Top Oil, our own Kevin Casey and James O’Sullivan have come on board to generously sponsor two €20 vouchers, one for the short route and one for the long route each week.

Weekly winners of the vouchers sponsored by Top Oil WE decided the best way to allocate the vouchers was to pick the 50th finisher in each route every week and to date we have six winners and they are: Week 1 winners were short route Sinead O'Rourke. Long route David Traynor. Week 2 winners were short route Brid Whyte. Long route- Denis Ryan. Week 3 winners were short route Karen Coleman. Long Route Ted O’Leary. Week 4 winners were short route Eoghan O'Neill. Long route Jack Ahearn. Week 5 winners were short route Collette Whyte-Veale Long route-Michael Dee Week 6 winners were short route Cheyenne Tobin. Long route Colm Bennett Week 7 winners were short route Michael Power. Long route Sean Ryan Week 8 winners were short route Mary Morrissey. Long route Pat Morrissey. Week 9 winners were short route Patrick Ryan. Long route Catriona Kiely. Week 10 winners were short route Aisling Hourigan. Long route Linda Foley Week 11 winners were short route Carol Tobin. Long route Michael Ahearn Week 12 winners were short route Sean Breathnach. Long route Gerard Reilly Week 13 winners were short route Mary O'Keeffe. Long route Jordan O'Rourke.

GENERAL SPORT

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Challenge top Déise stars in The KUBE! round. A total of 15 different pressurised tasks will be tackled, ensuring a varied, fast-paced spectacle. Each competitor must raise a minimum of €400 in sponsorship and the biggest revenue generator will get a “golden ticket” straight to the final. The beauty of The KUBE is there’s no prep required — competitors just have to turn up and pit their wits against each other in a series of dexterity tests. County Board Vice-Chairman Seán Michael O’Regan, who is heading up the organising committee, says it’s an exciting departure for Waterford GAA, bringing a new experience to the same venue that hosted last year’s very successful ‘Strictly Dance’. “Many people will be familiar with the TV phenomenon that was ‘The Kube’ and this concept has translated into a terrific live package, which our partners once again, Fundraising Events Group, have successfully staged all over Ireland. It’s a polished, high-octane production — complete with a custom-built perspex Kube and professional MC — assuring the audience of a real ‘wow’ factor.” Among the high-profile personalities mixing with the masses on the evening will be the inimitable John Mullane, who is Waterford’s KUBE ambassador. The great entertainer is looking forward to being part of another Déise classic based on the hit gameshow format. “The cost of preparing county teams continues to rise and monies raised from The KUBE will go towards putting

Waterford’s best foot forward in the upcoming hurling and football championships at adult and underage level,” says John, urging local clubs and groups to show their support and get involved. Tickets for the event are priced at €20, with full bar facilities provided on the night, plus music afterwards. Doors will open at 7.15, and The Kube starts at 8pm. *For more information and entry details, please contact Sean O’Regan on 083-1019884 or Pat Grant, 0831056545.

Crossing and Challenge and the Nire walk are priced at €35 and our Kilbrien walk priced at €20, which is the same as for 2018 Registrations for the Comeragh Crossing are open now and are being taken online only. If you'd like to register, visit our website, www.dungarvanhillwalking.org, and choose Comeragh Crossing from the menu on the left-hand side. You'll find all the details you need, including the registration link, on the Comeragh Crossing page.

“GO QUICK OR GO HOME” GAA FUNDRAISER AT WIT ARENA ON MARCH 29th The KUBE — one of the country’s most popular and exciting live events — is coming to the WIT Arena on Friday, 29th March, with several big-name entries already “boxed off” for the Waterford GAA county teams fundraiser. Clubs, organisations, charities and schools from across the city and county are being urged to nominate individuals to take their chances in The KUBE — with the overall winner collecting €2,500 in cash for their chosen cause. Al Eile Stud has come on board as main event sponsor, and high-profile entrants already confirmed include 2016’s double Hurler of the Year Austin Gleeson (Mount Sion) and his All Starladen county team-mates, Waterford captain Noel Connors (Passage), Jamie Barron (Fourmilewater), and Tommy Ryan (Tallow); while those stepping up to the plate from the Déise senior football fraternity are 2018 Waterford Footballer of the Year Tommy Prendergast (Kilrossanty), experienced campaigner Tadhg Ó hÚllacháin (An Rinn), scoring ace Jason Curry (Rathgormack), and county captain Brian Looby (Ballinacourty). Themed “Go quick or go home!”, the event will see a 36-strong line-up compete across six rapid-fire heats designed to test their physical ability, mental agility, and responsiveness. All contestants are guaranteed two trips into The KUBE, with the fastest advancing to the next

2nd Marty Power (19) 30 pts B6 3rd Craig Scotton (15) 30 pts LADIES RESULTS January 19 – 9 Hole S/ford 1st Fiona Howard (6) 14 pts 2nd Mary Ahern (27) 13 pts (B6) 3rd Agnes Hurley (38) 13 pts (B6) LADIES FIXTURES 9 Hole ongoing for month February 1st Round of Spring League – 9 Hole S/ford will be played over 2 weeks from Sunday, Feb. 10th to

Saturday, Feb 23rd. Non league participants are welcome to enter and re-enter this competition. Ladies please make every effort to play in League sponsored by East Cork Oil. Notes, rules etc regarding this interesting format of this year’s Spring League are on the Notice Board. MEN’S FIXTURES Mon., 11th to Sun., 17th Feb. 12 hole singles s/ford sponsored by Cunningham’s Hardware incorporating round 2 of the spring league

sponsored by Tallow Area Credit Union. STORY OF THE WEEK Top of the score sheet this week is Tallow’s Tom Joe Daly. Tom Joe had an outstanding round and was only 1 over for the 12 holes. He turned with 24 points and had 3 more pars to finish with 32 points. In second place was one of his playing partners, Marty Power. Marty played some lovely steady golf to finish with 30 points to beat fellow Tallow man Craig Scotton

into third place on a countback. Rumour has it that 27 points was the worst score in a five ball on Saturday morning. Amazing. Well done lads and thanks to all that played. TALLOW AREA CREDIT UNION SPRING LEAGUE Round 2 of the spring league is underway until next Sunday. Please make every effort to play lads and get as good a score as possible for your team.

25 pts, 3rd Colette O’Mahony (33) 24 pts. LADIES FIXTURES Fri 15th Feb Ladies 14H Singles S/F, Sat 16th Ladies 14H Singles S/F & Home Alliance, Mon 18th Open Seniors (50+) 16H Singles S/F, Tues 19th Ladies 11H Singles S/F & Ladies GIG. YOUNGONES 6th Feb 1st: Ann Heneberry (30) 18 pts. Our next competition is Wednesday, 13th February 12 noon. 60.COM The 60.Com Scramble for February took place on Wednesday 6th February. We had a fantastic turn-out with the conditions being excellent. The prize winners were:1st Dave Byrne (19), Jack Elstead (20), and Sean English (17) 29 2nd Seamus O’Neill (15), Liam Reilly (22), Donal Connolly (23) and Pat Power (21) 30 7/12 3rd Maurice Crotty (21), Danny Barry (14) and John Byrne (28) 32 If you want to be part of the 60.com join us on any Wednesday for easy golf plus coffee and chat afterwards. FUN FRIDAY FOURSOMES Even Storm Eric didn't keep our golfers away last Friday. Conditions were tough at times but they weathered the storm. Thanks to David our PGA Professional for providing welcome 'treats'. WINNERS: Ian Gourlay and Louise Moloney

SECOND: Ian Gourlay and Maria Kiersey (Lady Captain). We will be back again next Friday (Feb 15). So, if you would like 9 holes of social golf, followed by coffee and a chat, join us next Friday at 9.30 am, followed by draw at 9.45 am with play at 10 am. All are welcome. GET INTO GOLF MIXED SCRAMBLE These scrambles are proving to be a great success and also a great social event for our GET INTO GOLF members. It never ceases to amaze us how the different team combinations bring in different winners and this week was no exception. FIRST: Jim O'Mahony, Louise Moloney, Phyllis Davis and Mary Ashe SECOND: Michael Marrinan, Marie Fahey (Ballymac), Cait Herlihy and Mary Fennell THIRD: Ned Morrissey, Anne Hennebry, Libby McGinn Murphy and Margaret O'Mahony Well done to all the participants. There was a great buzz in the clubhouse later while the Lotto was taking place. Our next GET INTO GOLF MIXED SCRAMBLE is Sunday, Feb. 24th. Keep the date free. We love to see you play. If you are interested in our Get Into Golf Programme which commences in April please call Colette on 087-2226320 (Ladies G.I.G) and John on 087-9139484 (Gents G.I.G). LOTTO RESULTS The clubhouse was busy on

Sunday afternoon, 10th Feb. with the Get into Golf Scramble taking place. It is a pleasure to see this group enjoying their golf and chat. In addition, they are great supporters of our Lotto which is an added bonus for our club. The weekly Lotto draw took place after the presentations to the prize winners. The numbers drawn were 5, 21, 24 and 26. There was no winner of the Jackpot which increases to €2,600 next week! We had two Match 3 winners this week – Vincent Hayes and Dave Crowley – they each win €50. Congratulations to each of them. The draw next Sunday will be held at about 4:30 pm in the clubhouse. All are welcome. PROGRESSIVE 45 Joint Winners: Richie Ormonde & Billy Ormonde and Tom Daly & Pat Power Last 5: John Hobbs & Micko Walsh Lucy Table: Theresa Hayes & Vincent Hayes POKER CLASSIC Our next Poker Classic takes place on Sunday, 17th February. All are welcome. MEMBERSHIP 2019 If you are interested in joining Dungarvan Golf we would be delighted to welcome you to our Members owned club. We have unbeatable new membership rates for 2019. If you are interested in hearing more please call our office on 058-43310 or email us on Office@dungarvangolfclub.com.

Rates for Under 35’s start at €200 per year with rates for over 35’s starting at €300 per year. SOCIETY BOOKINGS We have been kept busy in the office this week with Golf Society Bookings! Our 2019 dates are filling up quickly with some societies even booking for 2020 already! We are looking forward to sharing our course throughout 2019 with all the societies that visit us. To book your golf society in for 2019 please call Karen on 058-43310 or email Office@dungarvangolfclub.com PRO SHOP NEWS New arrivals continue to flood in everyday as Club Professional David prepares for the Start of the Season. The new Ping G410 hit the floors as well as the Callaway Epic Flash and Cobra Speedback. As always David offers professional advice as well as free custom fitting and demo clubs to try. As always you can find the new offerings as well as special offers on David’s website at www.davidhayesgolf.com DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Captain’s Prize – 1st/2nd June 2019 Lady Captain’s Prize – 27th/28th July 2019 President’s Prize – 16th /17th /18th August 2019 Contact us on 058-43310 or visit our website www.dungarvangolfclub.com and find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dungarvangolfclub/ and on Twitter https://twitter.com/DungarvanGC

The Dungarvan Hillwalking Club crew working hard to make the Comeragh Crossing a success. [Peter Mangan]

Registrations Open for Comeragh Crossing Walk DUNGARVAN Hillwalking Club is delighted to announce that registrations are now open for the Comeragh Crossing, which is taking place on Saturday, 6th July, 2019. Once again, the club is raising money for its three chosen charities, West Waterford Hospice, South East Mountain Rescue and Dungarvan Lions Club. Kilgobinet Sports Club will be hosting the event again, and the club would like to thank them for of-

fering its facilities as a meeting point and for washing and catering afterwards. Four walks are being offered as part of the Comeragh Crossing. There is the classic 35km Comeragh Crossing from Dungarvan to Clonmel and a 45km self-guided walk called the Comeragh Challenge. If those walks sound a bit challenging, the club is also offering a 20km Nire walk and a 10km walk from Kilbrien to Dungarvan. The Comeragh

LISMORE GOLF CLUB Phone 058-54026. lismoregolfclub@eircom.net

www.lismoregolf.org MEN’S RESULTS 12 hole singles s/ford sponsored

by Cunningham’s Hardware 1st Tom Joe Daly (13) 32 pts

DUNGARVAN GOLF CLUB Tel. Office 058-43310, Fax. 058-44113, Pro Shop 058-44707. Bar/Restaurant Tom Daly Catering 087 2680597 Timesheets online at www.dungarvangolfclub.com Email: Office@dungarvangolfclub.com

A WONDERFUL evening at the club last Saturday. Our Jazz buffet was a wonderful success with the quality of food second to none. The sublime sounds of Indigo kept everyone entertained and a most enjoyable night was had by all. Much praise to Tom and Chris as well as our Social Committee of Linda, Martin, Ian and Maeve for providing a wonderful night’s entertainment. A special mention to club stalwart Sean Cleary for his generous contribution on the night. In other news the David Hayes PGA Spring League continues. Benny Kiely leads the way in the qualifying rounds, but there is still time to get your best 5 scores in to qualify for the final. GENT’S RESULTS 4TH Feb: 1st Rodger O’Connor (20) 36, 2nd Louis Walsh (22) 35, 3rd Matt Curran (17) 34 6th – 10th Feb Division 1: 1st Martin Lavan (6)

30 (B7), 2nd Frank O’Donoghue (8) 29 (B7) Division 2: 1st Derek Kiely (12) 30 (B7), 2nd John G Moloney (10) 30 (B7) Division 3: 1st Matt Curran (17) 34, 2nd Pat Drummy (14) 32 Division 4: 1st Mossie McNamara (21) 33, 2nd Denis Ryan (19) 31 GENT’S FIXTURES Wed 13th Gents 14H Singles S/F David Hayes PGA Spring League, Thurs 14th Open Gents 14H Singles S/F David Hayes PGA Spring League, Fri 15th Feb Gents 14H Singles S/F David Hayes PGA Spring League, Sat 16th Gents 14H Singles David Hayes PGA Spring League, Sun 17th Gents 14H Singles S/F David Hayes PGA Spring League, Mon 18th Open Seniors (50+) 16H Singles S/F. LADIES RESULTS Sat 9th Feb 1st Bernie Hayes (18) 26 pts, 2nd Lorraine Troy (14)

GOLF

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

WEST WATERFORD GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB Telephone: 058-43216. Fax: 058-44343. info@westwaterfordgolf.com

www.westwaterfordgolf.com RESULTS Round 4 Winter league 13 Hole stableford Jan 21st – Jan 27th Category 1 Jimmy Murphy (8) 29 pts, 2nd Colm O’Callaghan (7) 27 pts b7 Category 2 Nial Colleran (14) 31 pts b7, 2nd Luke Swayne (11) 31 pts Category 3 Pat Curran (18) 30 pts b7, 2nd Matt Olden (18) 30 pts Category 4. Diarmuid Horgan (27) 30 pts, 2nd Vincent O’Mahoney (20) 29 pts b7. Comeragh Oil Leaderboard after Round 4 Kinsalebeg 482, Ballyguiry 477, Ballymacoda 477, Glenbeg 474, Helvick 471, Tivoli 469, Ballyduff 468, Mount Odell 456, Carriglea 453, Old Boro 452, Old Parish 449, Cappagh 442. FIXTURES Monday, February 11 to Sunday, February 17 – Round 5 Comeragh Oil Winter League including weekly competition – 16 Hole Stableford. Wednesday 13th February – Midweek Medley Open 3 person seniors team event. Please be at the clubhouse at 11 am for draw. Ladies and gents welcome. Comeragh Oil Winter League Leaderboard after Round 3

Ballymacoda 375, Ballyguiry 367, Kinsalebeg 364, Glenbeg 363, Tivoli 361, Helvick 358, Ballyduff 356, Mount Odell 355, Cariglea 346, Old Boro 344, Old Parish 343, Cappagh 330. Log on to www.westwaterfordgolf.com for full details. COMERAGH OIL WINTER LEAGUE – KINSALEBEG MAKE THEIR MOVE Kinsalebeg reclaimed the top spot after the conclusion of round 4 on Sunday last. Ray Rochford and Matt Olden led the scoring with 31 and 30 points respectively while Liam Hansbury and Bertie Hallahan followed up with 29 and 28 points for a magnificent team total of 118 points. Ballyguiry and Ballymacoda are tied for second place on 477 points while the evergreen Jimmy Murphy has his Glenbeg team lying comfortably in fourth position. Mount Odell currently occupy the 8th and final qualifying spot but Carriglea, Old Boro and Old Parish could change all that in round 5. It all makes for a nailbiting fifth and final qualifying round with all 12 teams still in contention. Round 5 will be played over 16 holes bringing the dreaded index one 14th

GOLD COAST GOLF CLUB You can contact us by phoning 058-44055 Our email address is:

goldcoastgolf@cablesurf.com www.goldcoastgolfclub.com

JOHN WHITE CARPENTRY WINTER LEAGUE After roughly 1,800 games of golf, played over the past 15 weeks the Winter League finally came to a conclusion last Friday. It has been a fantastic league with the weather playing favourable, so many games played, great source of revenue for the Club, generously sponsored by club member John White. Dunhill, like Kilkenny in GAA parlance, reigned supreme for a long number of years and deservedly were the kingpins of the Winter League’s league section as they always put in an extraordinary effort to retain their title. This year, however, there is a change at the top and Clancy’s Coasters just pipped Dunhill in the final week of the league to claim the title for the first time in a long time. Congratulations to the Copper Coast. The final scores in the league are as follows: Copper Coast 4332 Dunhill 4307 Ballinacourty 4284 Touraneena 4248 Dungarvan 4114 Deise 4096 Abbeyside 3986 Now it is on to the knock-out

stages of the league and first up is the quarter final between Tourneena and Dungarvan on Saturday, 23rd February at 9 a.m. Touraneena will have the honour on the 1st Tee. On Saturday, 9th March both semi-finals will take place with the Copper Coast playing the winners of the quarter-final at 8.30 a.m. and Dunhill playing Ballinacourty at 9.45 a.m. In these matches Copper Coast and Dunhill will have the honour on the 1st Tee. The final is schedules for 9 a.m. on 23rd March. Following the final the presentation of prizes will take place in the Gold Coast Hotel. WINTER LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WINNERS Johnny Hughes and Micheal White tied for 1st place, each scoring 413 points. Maurice Swan was in 3rd place with 412 points. John White won the gross with 359 points, Joe Meade was 4th with 404 points. NEXT SATURDAY/SUNDAY 16th/17th FEB. There will be a three person scramble on both days for members and teams can be gents, mixed or ladies.

hole back into play. Round 5 gets underway on Monday, 11th February and with a settled look to the weather we anticipate a very busy week at West Waterford. Make sure to book your tee times early in the week. Dont forget it’s 16 holes for round 5. Please remember to put your team name on the scorecard as this helps enormously when we are sorting the cards on Sunday evening. The league has been a huge success to date so keep up the good work. Thanks to all for your support and co-operation throughout the league. CHARITY DAY AT WEST WATERFORD GOLF CLUB On Tuesday 26th February West Waterford will host the annual Margaret Rochford and Tom Fitzgibbon memorial day. Last year a sum of €885 was raised for the Mercy Hospital foundation. There will be a shotgun start at 1.30 p.m. and entry fee includes golf and dinner. For full entry details please contact Ray Rochford on 0872330054. SOUTH EAST LEAGUE Preparations are underway for the 2019 South East league. We are hoping to have the draw and pairings completed by the weekend. The league gives participating clubs the opportunity to try out players for the Jimmy Bruen and Pierce Purcell shields. West Waterford are the current holders of the South East league trophy and team manager Stephen Spillane will be anxious to build on last year’s success. With a view to getting new players involved a panel sheet is posted on the club notice board and eligible players are invited to put their names on the list. It looks as though seven clubs will participate this year and we hope to have the league underway early in March. NEW RULES Members are gradually coming 25 YEARS This year the Gold Coast will celebrate 25 years in existence and to mark the occasion the club will host a family day and an anniversary day later in the year. More details nearer the events. CLUB CLASSIC The dates have now been fixed for our Club Classic for 2019. The event will run for the week 22nd to 28th April. The format will be the same as last year’s, 3 person format as per last year, gents, ladies, mixed at €20 per person with a re-entry at €10. WHATS APP GROUP If you wish to receive Whats App messages from the Gold Coast concerning what is happening in the Club text your name and number to 086 8390871. GENT’S FIXTURES Friday 15th Feb: Open Gents 18 holes Singles. Saturday, 16th – Sunday, 17th Feb: 3 Person Scramble (Ladies/Gents) Tues 19th Feb Open Gents/Ladies Seniors (50+) Singles GENT’S RESULTS Monday 4th to 8th Feb WK 15 Winter League CSS 40 pts 1st Liam Hansbury (12) 46 pts; 2nd Frank Waters (18) 44 pts; Gross Michael White (1) 42 pts. Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th Feb: Club Comp. 1st: John McCarthur (13) 38 Points B9 2nd: John Enright (9) 38 points B9 Gross: Gonzalo Macaya (0) 33 points GENT’S MEMBERSHIP RATES FOR 2019 Membership fees are currently

West Waterford Golf Club’s Ray Spratt presents his prize to Conal O Ceallaigh Junior matchplay winner. Also included is Jack Mulligan runner-up and Tom Higgins, club captain. to terms with the new rules and are putting them into practise. I haven’t seen too many leaving the flag in while putting but the ready play rule is definitely speeding up the time for a round. It will take time and patience but we will stick to the task and it will become second nature in a short time. NEW WEDNESDAY COMPETITION FOR SENIORS WEDNESDAY, 13th FEBRUARY Commencing on Wednesday 13th February, and weekly thereafter, the Midweek Medley is a 9 hole seniors competition for ladies and gents. The emphasis is on enjoyment and a bit of banter followed by a cup of tea/coffee and a chat. Be there at 11 am. for draw for playing partners and 11.30 start.

AL EILE WEDNESDAY OPEN SINGLES It’s still a few weeks down the line but we are looking forward to the popular Wednesday Opens at West Waterford. Watch this space for updates. MID-TERM GOLF CAMP 2019 Thursday, 21st - Sat., 23rd February at West Waterford Golf Club – Girls (6-13) 9.00 am-10.30 pm BOYS (6-13) 11.00 pm-12.30 pm GOLF CLUBS SUPPLIED TIM MURPHY (086) 352 1070 FB: TIM MURPHY COACHING CONDOLENCES We extend our condolences to John and the extended Fitzgerald family on the passing of his father. May Paddy rest in peace. LADIES CLUB Midweek Medley: The inaugu-

ral running of this new competition takes place this Wednesday. The competition is open to ladies and men. It will take place every Wednesday. Just turn up at the clubhouse at 11.00 am to enter the draw for playing partners Winter League Progress: This week the Singles matches resume. All matches must be played between the 4th February and 24th February inclusive. Club Competitions: The 9 hole and 13 hole on-going competitions continue to attract good entries. Sympathy: On behalf of our Lady Captain Jean O’Donovan and all the lady members I would like to express our sympathy to Nora Flynn and family on the recent death of her husband Jim.

due, the following are the standard rates for 2019 inclusive of GUI fees FULL: €575 DISTANCE: €435 HUSBAND & WIFE: €845 COUNTRY: €230 SENIOR: €435 STUDENT: €150 JUVENILE: €90 We can also offer very attractive packages for dual membership to both the golf club and leisure centre and gym and also we have special introductory offers for new members, 058 44055 or goldcoastgolf@cablesurf.com EVERY TUESDAY OPEN GENTS & LADIES SENIORS Every Tuesday we host our popular Open Seniors (50+) Gents and Ladies Singles competition. Visitor Entry is €12 or Golf and Carvery €20. EVERY FRIDAY OPEN GENTS SINGLES Every Friday at the Gold Coast we host an Open Gents Singles Stableford competition. Visitor Entry is €15 or Golf and Carvery €25. SOCIETIES AND GREENFEES WELCOME To book your society outing here at the Goldcoast contact Irene Lynch Director of Golf for date availability and preferential rates. We look forward to greeting you and your guests and friends in 2019. LADIES NOTES FIXTURES 10 Hole On-going Competition 18 Hole On-going Competition 18 Hole 3 Per Scramble Sat/Sun 16-17 Feb 18 Hole 3 Per Rumble Sat/Sun 23-24 Feb 3 Person Scramble/Rumble Please note that the 3 Per

Scramble on Sat/Sun 16-17th Feb and the 3 Per Rumble on Sat/Sun 23-24th Feb is open to the ladies, so get your teams together for a fun event weekend!! WINTER LEAGUE SPONSORED BY THE MOORINGS BAR & RESTAURANT Our winter league kindly sponsored by The Moorings Bar and Restaurant over 10 holes has now finished Round 6, and with results now in, the Daisies are still in the lead with the Bluebells in second place being chased once again by the Pansies. As we only have two rounds left to play, anything could happen between the leaders so keep up the good work girls - remember a point is awarded for each round played even when your score is not counting. If you want to see how your team is doing, below are the results. Round 7 starts on Monday11th February and runs for 2 weeks Team Positions after Rd. 5 Daisies (Mairead) 318 Bluebells (Elaine) 300 Pansies (Peig) 296 Violets (Noirin) 268 Tulips (Lil) 284 Snowdrops (Marie) 280 Daffodils (Mary D) 282 Primroses (Rosie) 271 NEW 18 HOLE ON-GOING COMPETITION A new 18 Hole on-going competition has now started giving everyone the opportunity to play a 10 or 18 hole game. We will be using the forward tees already in use from the 15 – 18th while the competitions are non qualifying, the entry and re-entry will be €5 with a total of 20 entries per round. Enjoy.

COASTAL ALLIANCE The re-scheduled Christmas event postponed due to inclement weather went ahead on Thursday, 7th Feb in very favourable conditions at West Waterford GC, there was an abundant of praise for the condition of the course and greens, well done to Austin and his team. A big thank you to Suzanne and her team for organising a great day after all the postponements, all had a very enjoyable game over 13 holes. The Gold Coast did very well with two ladies featuring. Noirin Darcy won Cat. B and Bernie Morrissey won Cat C, well done girls!! MEMBERSHIP OFFERS We here at the Gold Coast are very proud of our course and it’s natural beauty, if you would like to sample same, please contact Irene or Mark on 058-44055 for some very tantalizing deals on offer at the moment for new members. There are always ladies available to take out new beginners and group lessons are arranged with a professional when the golfing season starts. FEMALE MEMBERSHIP RATES FOR 2019 Memberships are currently due, the following are the standard Ladies rates for 2019 inclusive of ILGU fees FULL: €420 HUSBAND & WIFE: €845 DISTANCE: €360 COUNTRY: €180 SENIOR €340 STUDENT: €120 JUVENILE: €80 *For Special introductory offers for new members, contact Irene Lynch Director of Golf on 058 44055.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Ballinroad FC U-12’S END PILTOWN’S UNBEATEN RUN U-12B Ballinroad ................................. 3; Piltown ........................................ 2. A SUPER result from the young rams gave them a 3-2 win over a Piltown side who until today had won all their games this season. From the kick-off we took the game to our opponents and never gave them an inch. James was first to get on the scoresheet after 20 minutes. Then four minutes later we were two up courtesy of Rian after a shot came back off the post and fell kindly for him. Piltown were quick off the blocks in the second half and scored three minutes in. But the lads restored their two goal cushion on 37 minute when Cian took a free from his own half which seemed to deceive the Piltown defense and after Paudi flicked it on Charlie got the last touch. Piltown kept coming forward and scored late in injury time to make it 3-2 when the ref blew the game up. Credit to all the lads, including all the subs who gave 100% for the full 60 mins. There were some strong individual performances out there today and several candidates for MOTM but my two were Conor in defence and James in midfield. Well done everyone and thanks to Piltown for a great game. U-14C Ballinroad ................................... 4; Abbeyside .................................. 1. IN very sporting game Ballinroad kept their position at top of the league table. Ballinroad led 2-0 at half-time through goals from Brian Callaghan and Jack Donovan. Ballinroad conceded a sloppy goal in the second half but added two more via Jack Donovan and Jamie Mulcahy. Good team performance with all six subs used. YOUTHS B Kilmacow .................................... 3; Ballinroad ................................... 4. AFTER losing our last two games it was important for us to stop that bad run and get some points back on the table. This was never going to be an easy game down on a poor pitch that we usually play bad

Ballinroad U-12’s who defeated current league leaders Piltown at home on Saturday morning last. on and find it hard to get a result. Over the years we have beaten Kilmacow handy at home but always struggled down there in Co. Kilkenny. We won the toss and played the first half with the strong wind that was there. We got off to a flyer when Ben swung in a brilliant corner that Senan won in the air and headed into the back of the net. Fifteen minutes in, Tony scored a beauty when we dribbled past three defenders and scored from a tight angle. We were playing well and in total control in all positions. Liam made it three nil with a trademark low shot from 30 yards that gave there keeper no chance. Then Tony scored his second of the game and our fourth when he buried a shot from 10 yards out. Forty minutes gone and four up with the wind. With Kilmacow’s first real attack of the first half they scored after a

mix up between our goalie and CB left a empty net and a tap in for them. The half-time whistle came and we were 1-4 up. The second half was all Kilmacow as our lads tired, you could just see it as eight of them were involved in the local school play in the Friary which had finished the night before and they were out late at an after show party. For the second game in a row we lost our captain Senan through injury. Kilmacow scored a fairly easy goal to make it 2-4 and they grew in confidence. We couldn’t get out of our own half with the strong wind against us and all the boys just looked wrecked. Three of the older lads Joe, Liam and Brendan were flat out in the back line clearing balls that were coming back in just as fast. With 20 minutes left Kilmacow scored again to make it 3-4 and it

suddenly became too close for comfort. We threw on our last sub and were struggling to hang on. Kilmacow at this stage had their tails up and really pushing hard for an equalizer and even a winner. We rode the storm and were never so happy to hear the final whistle. This was a brilliant result in the circumstances, with injuries and so many lads wrecked from the show. Hats off to everyone of them that all gave 100% to the jersey. We have no game next weekend as 9 of our players head off to London on a TY school tour. We might not win the league this season but after seeing the TY musical in the Friary we have some brilliant actors in the team especially Frankie who was fantastic in his role as Edna. Team: Dylan Cliff, Joe Kuhne, Senan Travers, Brendan Collins, Frankie De Paoir Kavanagh, Tony Dwyer, Lee Lannon, Liam Fennell, Eoin Flynn, Ben Veale, Ben

Stradbally FC RESULTS Waterford Junior League Div 1 Abbeyside 0; Stradbally 2. Waterford Junior League Div 3 Stradbally St Saviours Under 12 Schoolboys League Kilmacow 2; Stradbally 2. JUNIOR Stradbally gathered in three more Division 1 points with an away win over Abbeyside last Sunday. An early lead was gained when Ricky Power broke through and shot home. Despite having over 70% of possession, the insurance score didn't come until the 91st minute, when Nicky Drohan hit the net. Team: Christopher Casey, Damien Sheehan, Alan D'arcy, David Power, Nicky Connors, Ricky Power, Stephen Lawlor, Paddy Kiely, Brian Fitzgerald, Nicky Drohan, Kevin Lawlor.

Stradbally returned to winning ways in their Division 3 home versus St. Saviours on Sunday. Two goals from regular goal-getter

Nicky Power and another from Damian Kiely sealed the victory. Team: Mark Kett, Jamie Walsh, Peter Hurton, Brandon Keane, Jamie Long, Robert Power, Michael Hearne, Patrick Queally, Eoin Pollock, Damian Kiely, Nicky Power, Paul Keating, Aidan Rousseau, Gavin Kiely.

SCHOOLBOYS A visit to Kilmacow for Stradbally Under 12s last weekend. Facing wind, incline and an obdurate defence, it took them a while to settle. Midway through the half, a Dara Gough mazy run culminated in a goal from outside the area. Good defending and the woodwork prevented Reece Donnelly and Joe Campbell from adding to the single score before the break. On to the second half and midway through it Joe Campbell made it two, after some lovely play by Dara Gough. Claims for a penalty were denied and with Dara Gough leaving the field injured, the team shape went somewhat awry. Kilmacow’s indefatigable spirit

and hard pressing was rewarded with two scores in the final 15 minutes. Both sides fought strongly for a winnner, but the draw was a fair result overall. Team: Sean Kelly, Sean Roche, Eoin Murphy, Fionn Norris, Jack Crotty, Dara Gough. Joe Campbell, Liam Kilbride, Reece Donnelly, Ben Kirwan, Cuan Lacey, Conor Coleman, Andrew Drohan.

LOTTO Club Lotto Draw takes place on Sunday night in the Cove Bar. Jackpot. LEAGUE OF IRELAND The League of Ireland returns to action for 2019 this week. Champions Dundalk have a new manager, Cork City have a large change in personell, whilst Rovers and St Pats have renewed hope. Here in the South East, Waterford will be endeavouring to equal, if not better their fine showing of last season. A lot of the 2018 squad have been retained, though there are

O’Donovan, Tadhg Collins, Daire Slevin, James Hahesy, Darragh Pender. 1B Ballinroad ................................... 1; Tramore Rangers ...................... 1. ON Sunday morning last, Ballinroad took on league title challengers Tramore Rangers in search of three points that would take them up to fourth in the 1B league. With the wind on their back in the first half Ballinroad pressed on from the start with Diarmaid Curran impressing early on. Chances fell to Derek Holland, Shane Troy and Daniel McCarthy but they weren’t taken. Tramore Rangers came into the game more as the half went on but the Ballinroad backline led by Kevin Dee battled well to keep them at bay. The second half began with Rangers utilising the wind in their favour which led to some backs to

the wall style defending from the Rams and had keeper Paul Whyte to thank on a number of occasions. On 70 minutes the deadlock was broken, a back pass was not dealt with properly in the Ballinroad backline and Rangers took their chance with their striker sticking the ball into the top right corner. Ballinroad battled back and within five minutes a free struck in from the right from Ben Mulligan was headed into the back of the net by Shane Troy to level the game. Ballinroad had a chance to clinch the game through Shane Troy in the dying minutes, however, it wasn’t to be and the game ended a goal a piece, a fair result in many ways. TEAM; P. Whyte, A. Kirwan K. Dee, C. Cusack, A. Fitzgerald, D. McCarthy, P. Lennon, D. Holland, C. Brennan, D. Curran, S. Troy. Subs; B. Mulligan, A. Clarke, J. Organ.

Kilmacthomas FC seven new recruits also. Also another keeper is required, as a loan deal for Preston man Michael Crowe fell through. Action begins on Friday night in the RSC, with Shamrock Rovers providing the opposition. Here's to a good season for the Blues. COACHING COURSE A Level One Coaching Course takes place on Sunday, March 3rd in Ferrybank FC grounds. 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. For further details go to www.fai.ie . PRIMARY SCHOOLS 5S There is still plenty of time to sign up your school for the 2019 FAI @SPARIreland Primary 5s https://www.fai.ie/domestic/news /spar-fai-primary-school-5s-programme-opens #SPAR5s FIXTURES Saturday, February 16th Under 13 Schoolboys League Stradbally v Piltown 12.30 pm Junior Fixtures: TBC.

UNDER 14 Sea View Celtic .......................... 2; Kilmac ......................................... 4. A HARD fought win over our neighbours on Saturday. We were made to fight for every ball in a keenly contested game. We got the breaks in the end and bagged all three points. Well done lads for a great effort and keep up the good work in training. YOUTHS Park Rangers were the visitors to Currabaha Park in very blustery conditions. We started off well with the wind and put plenty of pressure on but without capitalizing with a goal. Rangers didn't get many chances in front of goal but when they got a free just outside the box they made no mistake against the run of play Rav hadn't a lot to do up to this point and could do nothing about the well taken free. We had plenty more chances with Louis Gallagher working well

with Patrick up front Louis Power eventually found the net to give us a bit of hope for the second half against the breeze Declan came on for Louis Gallagher after the break and what an inspirational substitution it was with Declan scoring the most amazing header you could wish to see but unfortunately it was into his own net putting us a goal down. This was the spark we needed and it seemed to lift the lads Patrick was the next to score with a well taken goal curled beautifully past the keeper. He then won a penalty to put us in front which he took himself. Liam was unlucky not to score with some great efforts while Pa and William caused plenty of problems for the opposition. At the back Scott, Sean, Paul and Robin were flawless all day. William scored our last goal after Sean sent in a dangerous ball to give us a satisfying win. Final score Kilmacthomas 4; Park Rangers 2.

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West Waterford/East Cork Schoolboys League

Six goal thriller at Conna ends in a draw WELCOME to our weekly notes for the West Waterford/East Cork Schoolboys League. This week we report on the Under 12 and Under 14 Leagues from last weekend and see the tables change after these results. We include all the League Tables in our notes this week so you can view where your teams are currently. UNDER 12 LEAGUE Valley Rangers ……………..………………………3; Lismore AFC ………………..………………………3. LISMORE led 2-0 at half-time at Conna through a Ty Corcoran brace. Valley came back early in the second half to level it through a brace from Dan Turley before an amazing last 90 seconds, Lismore regained the lead through Hugo Quann and straight from the kickoff Valley scored when Fionn McCready shot from the halfway line and looped the ball over the keeper. Mogeely FC ……………….....……………………....3; Kilworth Celtic A ……...........………………………. 0. GOALS from Alex McSweeney, Ben Cooney and Ciaran Murphy helped Mogeely move up to third place in the table with this fine win over bottom of the table Kilworth Celtic in Railway Park. Inch Utd ……………………..………………………. 1; Cappoquin - Railway ……………………………… 3. CAPPOQUIN Railway leapfrogged their opponents Inch into second place following this away victory in Sexton Park last Saturday afternoon and are now only two points behind league leaders Brideview and in a great position to win the league from here. Inch will be disappointed to lose at home to one of their rivals for league honours but on the day will have no complaints.

UNDER 14 LEAGUE Ballymac AFC……………………………………… 0; Lismore AFC ………………..……………………… 4. UNDERSTRENGTH Ballymac put it up to high flying Lismore but eventually losing out in the end. The hosts hit the post and had two fine shots well saved by the Lismore keeper when the game was still in the balance. This was a good, tough game and Lismore were deserving winners in the end. Lismore led 2-0 at half-time with goals from Shane Bennett. Bennett wrapped up his hat-trick midway through the second half before Aodhan Hickey got a well deserved goal near the end.

Cappoquin-Railway Under 9 team.

Brideview Utd .............……..……………………… 1; Clashmore Ramblers ...…………………………… 3. AN Alex Bennett consolation goal for Brideview was the only blip from an understrength Ramblers team who still had too much for the home side in Leonard Fraser Park on Saturday afternoon. A brace from Ben Lombard and another from Kyle Moloney sealed the win to keep the champions within touching distance of the top two as we head into the business end of the season. Mogeely FC ………………………………………… 9; Kilworth Celtic B …………...……………………… 2. FOUR goals for Shane O’Donovan helped seal this victory in favour of Mogeely and sees them move up the table still with games in hand. Also on the score sheet for the winners were Isaac Hogan, Colm Murphy, Warren Broderick and Ewan Wimpenny. Kilworth remain bottom of the table but it’s all about giving these players game time. Ballybridge Utd……………..……………………… 1; Valley Rangers……………...……………………… 4. GOALS from Oisin Fitzgerald ensured this victory from Valley Rangers over second from bottom Ballybridge Utd. Valley remain mid table but if they can put a few wins together they will be right up there as its very bunched just ahead of them.

LAST WEEKEND’S RESULTS Under 12 League Premier Division: Mogeely FC 3 - 0 Kilworth Celtic ‘A’ Lismore AFC 3 - 3 Valley Rangers Inch Utd 1 - 3 Cappoquin – Railway Brideview Utd P - P Ballymac FC First Division: Ardmore AFC P - P Clashmore Ramblers Castlebridge Celtic P - P Kilworth Celtic ‘B’ Under 14 League: Mogeely FC 10 - 2 Kilworth Celtic ‘B’ Brideview Utd 1 - 3 Clashmore Ramblers Ballybridge Utd 1 - 4 Valley Rangers Ballymac FC 0 - 4 Lismore AFC

West Waterford/East Cork Schoolboys League Tables As of 10th February UNDER 12 LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION p w d l pts Brideview Utd 7 6 1 0 19 Cappoquin Railway 7 5 2 0 17 Mogeely F.C. 8 5 1 2 16 Inch United 9 5 1 3 16 Lismore A.F.C. 8 3 2 3 11 Valley Rangers 7 2 1 4 7 Ballymac F.C. 8 1 0 7 3 Kilworth Celtic 8 0 0 8 0 UNDER 12 LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION p w d l pts Clashmore Rbs 7 5 1 1 16 Cappoquin Railway B 6 4 2 0 14 Castlebridge Cel 7 4 1 2 13

Ardmore A.F.C. 5 3 0 2 9 Kilworth Celtic B 5 2 0 3 6 Ballybridge Utd 10 0 0 10 0 UNDER 13 LEAGUE p w d l pts Lismore A.F.C. 6 6 0 0 18 Inch United 6 5 1 0 16 Clashmore Rbs 6 4 1 1 13 Valley Rangers 6 3 1 2 10 Cappoquin Railway 6 2 1 3 7 Kilworth Celtic 4 2 0 2 6 Mogeely F.C. 6 2 0 4 6 Ardmore A.F.C. 7 1 0 6 3 Kilworth Celtic B 2 0 0 2 0 Ballybridge United 5 0 0 5 0 UNDER 14 LEAGUE p w d l pts Lismore A.F.C. 6 5 0 1 15

Next Week’s Fixtures

Inch Utd Under 11 team.

Cappoquin Railway 6 5 0 1 Kilworth Celtic 6 4 0 2 Clashmore Rbs 6 4 0 2 Inch United 6 4 0 2 Ballymac F.C. 6 3 0 3 Valley Rangers 6 3 0 3 Mogeely F.C. 5 2 0 3 Brideview Utd 6 2 0 4 Ballybridge Utd 6 1 0 5 Kilworth Celtic B 7 0 0 7 UNDER 16 LEAGUE p w d l Valley Rangers 8 7 1 0 Inch United 6 5 1 0 Ardmore A.F.C. 6 3 0 3 Lismore A.F.C. 7 2 1 4 Cappoquin Railway 6 1 0 5 Castlebridge Cel. 7 0 1 6

15 12 12 12 9 9 6 6 3 0 pts 22 16 9 7 3 1

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Dungarvan Rugby Football Club SATURDAY last saw the U-16 squad take on Muskerry in the 4th round of the Munster U-16 Bowl Tournament. A real team effort, Dungarvan showed great cohesion with great tackling, passing, support play and good individual skills to take an early two try lead through Conor Bohane and Brayden Carter. We remained fairly dominant until the final quarter when we lost a little of our concentration and left a spirited Muskerry team back into this tough match. Brayden added a second try and Dylan "The Doc" O'Connor made the result safe with a try after some great work from Eddie Phelan, Captain David Hickey, the two Coynes and Alan Keogh. In fact, this is the first match this season when the whole squad each and all contributed to a great victory. We believe the squad are finding the right balance of aggression, skill, fitness and determination to drive on now and get to the knockout stages of this competition and challenge for silverware this season. A lot of rugby to be played yet but signs are good for results to keep coming for this great bunch of lads. U-16's Squad: Patrick Coyne, Brayden Carter, Louis Campbell, Conor Davidson, Tadhg Coyne, Eddie Phelan, Alan Keogh, Thomas Byrne, Conor Bohane, David Hickey, Donnacha Dunphy, Peter Finnegan, Mikey Flavin, Conn Williams, Eoin Buenaventura, Mark McCarthy, Dylan O'Connor, Cian Keith, Sean Dunford, Charlie Treen & William Beresford. U-18 Dungarvan/Carrick ................. 17; Dolphin ..................................... 15. DUNGARVAN/CARRICK U-181⁄2s

took on Dolphin in the East Munster Plate. Tries from Matthew O'Toole and Aaron O’Sullivan (2) saw our injury stricken squad secure a hard fought and well deserved win on Saturday away from home. Next match against Fermoy this Friday night at Carrick. Squad: Keagan Beukes, Tyrone Forester, Eamon Joy, Conor Mullaney, Matthew O'Toole, Luke Power, Ronan Foley, Tomás Flavin, Kevin Tobin, Ronan Bohane, Aaron O’Sullivan, Jack O'Connell, Jack Boylan, James Bourke, James Daly, Ben Power & Aaron O'Neill. GREAT WIN FOR U-14's IN MUNSTER PLATE On Sunday last our U-14's took on Carrick for the third time this season. With spoils split evenly before the match, this game meant a lot to both sets of players. The game started with Dungarvan playing with the breeze. Dungarvan started quickly after a few big carries and some quick passing from the back of a scrum which provided the platform for winger Eoin to score out wide. This fired up Carrick who held possession for long periods after the restart but some resolute defence meant they were going backwards more often than not. When they did break the line some smart covering by the wide players and backrow kept the Dungarvan line safe. Dungarvan wrestled the ball back late in the half and with carries from Tadhg and Emilio brought the ball to the Carrick line and a smart cut back from Seanie allowed him to crash over before half-time. With the score 10-0 at half-time, both sides were still in the game. Carrick playing with the wind kicked deep from the restart but

U-16's overcome Muskerry in Munster Bowl

Dungarvan under 16 team who defeated Muskerry in the Munster Bowl Tournament last weekend. straight hard running time and time again from our forwards brought the team back into the Carrick 22. When the ball was spread wide Dungarvan scored again through Seanie and repeated the process again for Aaron to score also. The ball carrying from the forwards was starting to take its toll and in his trademark style Andy took on the ball and with 29 players and ref struggling to keep up crossed over for another score from deep. There was time for Dungarvan to score another try through Seanie. Carrick did respond with a

score 5minutes from time but it was late in the game and Dungarvan pushed on and but for a forward pass would have scored just before the final whistle. The score finished 32-7 for Dungarvan. This was a great performance with a number of players playing out of position and changes having to be made during the game. Regardless of position the team stuck to their plan with forwards creating the space and the backs taking the scores. Thanks to all supporters and as always to our sponsors Dungarvan Credit Union.

Dungarvan Handball Munster Championship WATERFORD’S Charlie McDonagh played Aidan O’Flaherty (Tipperary) in Mallow on 5th February in the semi-final of the 40x20 Junior B singles. Charlie played well but lost a fine match 21/8, 21/11. SHE’S ACE One of the true highlights of the Handballing season sees females from 8 years old right up to 50+ come together to play two codes of Handball in both fun and competitive capacities. January 18th - 20th 2019 saw players from all over the country descend on Mayo venues for an action-packed weekend containing: Elite Ladies National 4-Wall Ranking Tournament bringing the best Ireland has to offer to the Mayo courts. One day 4-Wall events for 11 & U, 13 & U, 15 & U, 17 & U, Ladies B & Ladies Challenger Fun Day of 1-Wall Handball on Sunday played in a Mixed Team Event SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES The club had two representatives at the annual She’s Ace tournament, Saoirse Kelly and Ella Gantly, both competing in the 15 & U 4-Wall event. Both were up against All-Ireland finalists, going out 31/14 and 31/15 respectively in competitive matches.

Saoirse Kelly and Ella Gantly Congratulations to both girls for representing Waterford and their club in the tournament. FITZGERALD MAKES COLLEGIATE HANDBALL FINAL Anthony Fitzgerald represented WIT in the Irish Collegiate Handball Association’s intervarsity tournament held recently in Belfast. The event was held at St. Paul’s GAA Club, Gort na Mona GAA Club, O’Donovan Rossa GAA Club, Coláiste Feirste and Queen’s University Belfast.

In the first round Anthony defeated Lawrence Dunne 15/14, 15/12. In round 2 he got the better of Gavin Joyce from our own club 15/1, 15/3. In round 3 he took on Shane Flynn, defeating him 15/7, 15/8. In the semi-final he had a fantastic match against Gary McElroy, winning 15/2, 4/15, 15/6. On to the final where he played Devin Peters from Illinois, losing out in another close match 15/10, 15/10. Well done to Anthony for reaching the final.

SENIOR SQUAD SITTING SECOND IN LEAGUE TABLE WITH ONE GAME TO GO Dungarvan took on Bantry on Sunday at Ballyrandle. Bantry were unable to field a full team so the match was awarded to Dungarvan and a friendly match took place instead. Dungarvan were awarded the full five points for the win and now move within a point of Mitchelstown who are finished regular season rugby. So it is all in Dungarvan's hands to secure an away win this Sunday,

against a tough Dingle side, to get top seeding in the playoffs. UPCOMING FIXTURES Friday, 15th February Dungarvan/Carrick U18's v Fermoy at Carrick RFC Saturday, 16th February U-16’s Munster Club Bowl | Ballincollig v Dungarvan | Kick-off 12 noon Sunday, 17th February U-14’s Munster Club Plate | Kilfeacle/Galbally v Dungarvan | Kick-off 11am Munster Junior League | Corca Dhuibhne (Dingle) v Dungarvan | Kick-off 2.30 pm

CUNNIGAR PITCH & PUTT CLUB THINKING OF TAKING UP A NEW SPORT? As the days are now getting brighter why not try a game of pitch and putt ideal for families, juveniles and adults. We are based next to the Sports Centre in the beautiful setting of Dungarvan Bay. Everyone is more than welcome to come and play. LADIES WEDNESDAY GAME RESULTS Names in for 10 am tee off at 10.30 am Nett Mary O'Neill, Mary Walsh Gross Marie Forde, Kathleen Foran RESULTS OF SATURDAY SCRAMBLE Names in for 1 pm tee off at 1.30 pm Nett Maureen Power, Liam Simms Gross Cait Mulcahy, John O'Shea LADIES SPRING LEAGUE There was a great turnout for the ladies first Spring league. The leader board after week 2 is as follows: Lorraine Troy 10 points Mary Lynch 8 points Mary Daly 8 points Corinne McGee 7 points Jacinta O'Mahoney 7 points Evelyn Torrens 5 points Michelle O'Connell 4 points Cait Mulcahy 4 points Breda Foley 4 points

Mary O'Neill 4 points Kathleen Foran 3 points Maureen Power 3 points Eileen Mangan 2 points Mary Walsh 1 point This is a foursomes game when possible depending on numbers and the draw will be made on the day of the competition so have your names in by 1.30 for tee off at 2 p.m. SUNDAY GENT’S GAME Tee off at 10.30 am Nett Liam Simms Gross Michael Delaney HOLE-IN-ONE COMPETITION Even though its still January we have already have people with hole in ones. John O'Shea has two, Kyle Hackett and Aiden O'Rourke both have one. We finally have a lady on the board with the honour going to Breda Foley. MEN’S SPRING LEAGUE Tee off at 10.30 am The mens spring league has started. This game is played over 8 weeks and is a stableford format. Liam Hansbury 2 points Kyle Hackett 1 point Next Sunday is an away game and players to be at club house at 9.30 am for car pool. LOTTO BONUS BALL WINNER This weeks bonus number winner was Kathleen Foran with number 18

COURSE ETIQUETTE When others are playing their shot do not make noise, do not stand too close to or behind them. The ball which is furthest from the hole is played first. Do not move off until all others have played their tee shot. FOBS Fobs are now turned off to non members, anyone wishing to join can do so at the club house between 10 and 12 noon Monday to Saturday. COMMITTEE MEETING Next committee meeting Saturday, 2nd after the game at 4 pm 2019. Please note this date has changed this month. SUB COMMITTEES We are looking for members to go on the sub committees to help with the club house and course. Anyone with a few hours spare can put their name onto the sheet in the club house. You do not have to stick to times or days just come on down whenever you have a spare hour or two, you will be very welcome. MEMBERSHIP FEES FAMILY €155; ADULT €85; JUV. €50; SNR €55; LIFE MEMBER €35. Our membership runs from January 1st to December 31st so no matter how late in the year a person pays their membership, they must pay the full fees.

GENERAL SPORT

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Breen tops Corrib Oil Galway International Rally Motorsport Ireland weekend roundup DESPITE not being included on the Citroen World Rally Championship team this year, Waterford rally ace Craig Breen got his season off to a great start by scoring a 14 second win in the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally yesterday, heading a clean sweep of the top four positions by Ford Fiesta drivers. Breen, with his Killarney co-driver Paul Nagle, dropped some time on the opening stage when he overshot a junction, leaving double Galway winners Garry Jennings and Rory Kennedy as the early leaders in their Impreza. Stage two saw Alastair Fisher and Gordon Noble set best time in their Fiesta,

briefly giving them the lead, but Breen took over top place at the end of the first loop of three stages, just three tenths of a second ahead of Jennings. The Fermanagh and Waterford rivals swapped positions twice more in quick succession before Jennings slid off the road and out of the rally, and Breen was never headed for the rest of the day. Fisher finished as the runner up, with defending Irish Tarmac title holder Josh Moffett third, another 34 seconds down. His elder brother Sam, another former Tarmac champion, was an early casualty when he too went off the road in the very slippery conditions.

Craig Breen, Waterford and co-driver Paul Nagle, Killarney on their way to scoring a 14 second win in the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally. [Philip Fitzpatrick]

John David White, Tadhg Keegan, David Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, Ally Cunningham and Aoife Kiely.

Dungarvan Barracudas Swim Club Level 3 swimmers travelled to UL for the Gerry Ryan Invitational Gala MOST of our swimmers competing at a Long Course Event for the first time, for these swimmers to train in a pool less than 20m long all year round and to compete in a long course 50m, they swam remarkably well and had some amazing performances and many personal best swims. Well done. Best of luck to you all in the Munster Level 3 Long Course Qualifier this weekend.

Members of the Waterford Swim Team 2018

Aglish/Ballinameela Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Community Games Community Games swim medal winners WELL done to the brave Ballinameela swimmers competing for the first time in their life. Lucy Raicevic who took the girls silver medal U10 front crawl. Next up William McNally in the Boys U-10 front crawl taking Gold, followed by U-12 front crawl Eddie Raicevic taking the Gold medal. Kevin McNally who took the silver medal in a very close race. Well done to all our participants.

Aglish/Ballinameela Community Games swimmes. Left to right: Eddie Raicevic, Lucy Raicevic, Kevin McNally, William McNally.

DRAWS for all team events will take place at the next county meeting anyone involved in football, hurling, camogie, soccer, indoor soccer etc. interested in entering a team please contact the area secretary immediately. Art hand writing and model making take place in March, anyone interested see the website for

rules etc. and contact the area secretary for competition date venue and times. Talent, gymnastic and badminton entries need to be in by next week anyone interested in organising each team contact the area secretary ASAP. Best of luck to all our swimmers competing in

the National Finals in May. Micheal Horgan, Eimear O'Neill, Cal Tutty, Fionn O Murchu, Elizabeth Spratt, Shima Lannigan, Ally Cunningham, Lia Cunningham, Hannah Power, Mariane Power, Brona Foran, Caoimhe Ni Mhurchu, Crea Frisby, Caoimhe Horgan

SPIN REPORTS The Saturday Spin had 13 in tow for a quick clip to Lismore and an even quicker pace to Camphire bridge. All taking the climb up Knockanore at their own pace it was a fast descent to Youghal bridge and over to Ardmore. Turning right for Old Parish and home. 85k covered at 29kph. G5 started out from the Council Plaza with seven and headed out on the proposed route, the bog road where they picked up another member of the group. With the wind against them, they did a lot of quick roll up's which helped everyone. After a small mechanical stop in on the Cappoquin road they headed to Lismore for a lovely coffee stop and met up with Group 23 and Group 4. As the group were heading out on the journey home two decided to go home with G23. The wind was at their backs on the homeword journey and they got a salute from G23 and G3 as they passed. It was a great spin of 50km with a 20km average. G23k: The group headed of on their planned spin on a sunny crisp morning which took the group along the N72 towards Cappoquin turning at the Welcome Inn in the direction of Aglish, a

strong headwind, a small shower greeted us as we headed towards Kereen. The group then headed through Aglish heading through Villierstown and Dromana back towards the N72 reaching Lismore for the Coffee stop where the group met with G5. The Group then headed for home picking up a G4 and Group 5 and a returning G23k cyclists on the way. Dis 65km avg 23kph Group 4 set off from Dungarvan on a cold February morning into the headwind out the Lismore road. Turning left at the Welcome Inn there was a reprieve from the wind for a while. Heading for Villierstown we spotted the rainbow before a light shower of cold rain which thankfully disappeared for the climb through Dromana and onto Cappoquin. Heading to Lismore the decision was made to keep going to the top of the Tallow Hill and onto Ballyduff stopping in Lismore on the way back. One of the group stopping off in Lismore to cycle back with Group 23k. The sun was shining and the scenery beautiful as we cycled past The Towers to Lismore making us glad we'd ventured out on a cold morning. Over 50Km done the coffee break was welcomed and a quick spin back from Lismore to Dungarvan aided by a tail wind to give a

79Km spin at 25Kmph. Great to have Philip back in the saddle. Next week Danny's surprise route - watch this space! G3 had 11 out on a very blustery morning. Heading out the bog road and onwards to Clashmore in a nasty headwind. Losing our Captain due to an ongoing injury at Kereen, the group continued under the stewardship of the chairman. A tough journey to Youghal before availing of some shelter on the climb up Glendine. A lovely descent to Cappoquin and a glorious tailwind home. 80k at 27.3kph, all home a bit muddy but dry! OTHER NEWS THE 150th ANNIVERSARY Dungarvan Cycling Club is the oldest club in Ireland, established in 1869. Originally called Dungarvan Ramblers Cycling Club. We will celebrate this longevity with an event later this year. Any members who would like to contribute their thoughts and ideas on this occasion, please comment on the members Club page or on our FB page. Thank you. Spring is nearly here, conditions set to improve. Happy cycling everyone.

GENERAL SPORT

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 15 February, 2019

Talking Horses Upcoming Fixtures

Edward O’Grady’s enjoying a better time with his horses

Fairyhouse - Wednesday, February 13 (First Race 1.35) Clonmel - Thursday, February 14 (First Race 1.35) Dundalk - Friday, February 15 (First Race 5.30) Gowran Park - Saturday, February 16 (First Race 1.20) Navan - Sunday, February 17 (First Race 1.50)

Shane Foley made a flying visit to America

EDWARD O'Grady is enjoying a better time of things with his horses and he combined with the season’s leading jockey Paul Townend to land the Thurles 2m6f maiden hurdle with Bootlegger. In the famous blue colours of Mrs Sue Magnier, the 8/1 shot had a little in hand as he recorded a three-parts-of-alength success over the Gordon Elliott-trained Extrapolate with odds-on favourite Spyglass Hill a neck away in third place for Henry De Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore.

Tim Doyle gave the locals a success to cheer at Thurles TRAINER Tim Doyle gave the locals a success to cheer at Thurles as the Ryan Treacy-ridden Cher Why Not came from well off the pace to land the 2m6f handicap hurdle. Backed at the track from 11/4 to 9/4 favourite, the seven-yearold didn’t disappoint as he got the better of the Roger Sweeneytrained Lagenod by half-a-length in the colours of the trainer’s wife, Claire.

Sinoria and Rachael Blackmore, left, battles gamely to beat Chosen Mate to win the I.N.H Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle at Punchestown [Patrick McCann/Racing Post]

SHANE Foley made a flying visit to the west coast of America on Saturday and was duly rewarded with a winner. He rode his first winner at Santa Anita on the John Sadlertrained Platinum Warrior in the Grade 2 San Marcos Stakes, the winner was one of two former Irish-trained runners that were successful on the card. Formerly trained by Michael Halford, for whom he was a 1,000th career winner, Platinum Warrior is still owned by Zhang Yuesheng and Foley was resuming his partnership with the Galileo colt, the pair had won the Gallinule Stakes at the Curragh last summer. True Valour was a Group 3 winner for Johnny Murtagh and he too was a winner on Saturday for new connections.

De Bromhead among winners at Punchestown

Willie Austin continues to enjoy a revival in his fortunes

HENRY De Bromhead was among the winners at Punchestown on Sunday where the Rachael Blackmoreridden Sinoria landed the Listed INH Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle. De Bromhead already has a strong hand in the mares’ novice hurdle at Cheltenham next month in the shape of the Ken Alexander-owned Honeysuckle, and it looks as though he may have another for the same owner now. Under a fine ride from Blackmore, Sinoria stayed on strongly from the final flight having been headed by the Davy Russell-ridden favourite Chosen Mate, drawing away close home for a three-parts-of-a-length success that may even have been on the cosy side.

WILLIE Austin continues to enjoy a revival in his fortunes, and the horse the veteran Cloughjordan trainer has to thank more than most is All The Chimneys which gained his third success of the winter when landing the 2m handicap chase at Thurles on Thursday afternoon. Sent off an easy-to-back 9/2 shot, the 10-year-old was travelling strongly when taking it up under David Mullins after the second last and from the final fence only had to be pushed out to beat Seskin Flyer by five lengths. Austin said, “He is improving with all his racing and that was his easiest win. He is in such good form he'll go again in a fortnight or three weeks’ time. Today's ground was better than ever he ran on, we thought he was always a soft ground horse, but he handled it very well today. We'll keep him at it while he is in form.”

De Bromhead said: “She’s a really tough mare, and it was a great move by Rachael at the second last. She said she was very brave coming down to the last with the other horse in on top of her. She won her maiden by 13 lengths and we’ll look at the Mares’ Novice race at Cheltenham for her. We are in a very fortunate position having Honeysuckle which is also owned by Kenny (Alexander). We’ll see nearer the time but it’s nice to have two. Both will stay further so maybe we could look for an option for one of them to run against the geldings in the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle.”

Townend leads jockeys’ championship PAUL Townend maintained his lead in the jockeys’ championship with two winners during the week. At Clonmel on Thursday, he teamed up with the inform Edward O'Grady to land the 2m6f maiden hurdle with Bootlegger. In the famous blue colours of Mrs Sue Magnier, the 8/1 shot had a little in hand

as he recorded a three-parts-of-a-length success over the Gordon Elliott-trained Extrapolate with odds-on favourite Spyglass Hill a neck away in third place for Henry De Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore. Townend made it 82 for the season with a runaway success on the Willie Mullins-trained

Pravalaguna in the Listed Opera Hat Mares Chase at Naas on Saturday. She impressed with a 14length success, and despite a terrible blunder five fences from home, the 8/13 favourite was in a class of her own and gave Mullins his third win in the race in the last four years.

Tallow Point-to-Point ONE of the highlights of last Sunday’s Tallow point-to-point meeting was the win for Dr. Joe O’Keeffe’s home-bred Hiupinthesky. The five year old Cloudings gelding was completing a double for local rider James Hannon, having won the previous Open Lightweight race aboard Oscar Contender. The closest finish of the day came in the six year old and upwards geldings’ maiden with the home-bred Dubai Quest under Johnny Barry collaring long time leader Cotton Rock on the line to prevail by a head for Ballynoe dairy farmer Richard Cotter. Conna trainer Jimmy Mangan whose land the meeting is held on collected the five year and six year olds mares’ maiden with Monty’s Mission, a close relation to his Aintree Grand National winner Monty’s Pass. Going: Soft Tinnakill House 4-Y-O Miaden of €800. 3 Miles. 1. Monbeg Syndicate’s Deploy The Getaway b g (Getaway - Gaelic River) 11-11 Mr. J. J. Walsh 2. Men From The East Syndicate’s Our Miss Power 11-1 Mr. B. D. O’Neill 3. Gigginstown House Stud’s Fourneux D’Isanka 11-11 Mr. J. C. Barry 12 ran. 20L, 18L. Only 3 Horses finished. (Winner trained by Donnchadh Doyle). The Old Road Stud & Gain Feeds 5 & 6-Y-O Mares’ Maiden of €1,750. 3 Miles. 1. Hanford’s Chemist Limited’s Monty’s Mission b m (Artic Cosmos Montys Miss) 5-11-11 Mr. J. Hurley 2. J. J. Butler’s Delight of Dubai 5-11-11 Mr. D. Allen 3. B. O’Mahony’s Raheenering 6-11-11 Mr. E. P. O’Brien 10 ran. 10L, 5L, 3/4L. (Winner trained by James Joseph Mangan).

Goffs UK Aintree Sale 5-Y-O Geldings’ Maiden of €800. 3 Miles. 1. J. M. Casey’s Casey Jem b g (Jeremy - Casey Accord) 12-2 Mr. L. J. Murphy 2. Gold Bandit Partnership’s Gold Bandit 12-2 Mr. J. P. O’Rourke 9 ran. Dist. Only 2 Horses Finished. (Winner trained by Richard Black) The Goulding Family, The John Connery Family, Aglish and BH Tree Services 6-Y-O & Upwards Geldings’ Maiden of €1,750. 3 Miles. 1. R. Cotter’s Dubai Quest b g (Dubai Destination - Longueville Quest) 6-12-2 Mr. J. C. Barry 2. Ms. R. Hickey’s Cotton Rock 6-12-2 Mr. J. P. O’Rourke 3. M. Ahern’s Iconic Hero 6-11-11 Mr. S. J. P. Baragry 8 ran. Hd, 6L, 3L. (Winner trained by Richard Cotter). Rathbarry & Glenview Stud Open Lightweight of €1,950. 3 Miles. 1. N. & Mrs. M. Walsh’s Oscar Contender b g (Oscar - Supreme Contender) 8-12-2 Mr. J. W. Hannon 2. L. V. Halley’s Artic Skipper 10-12-2 Mr. J. C. Barry 3. Miss K. O’Driscoll’s Bandon Bridge 9-12-2 Mr. E. P. O’Brien. 7 ran. 3⁄4L, 8L, 10L. (Winner trained by David Harry Kelly). Coolmore Stud, National Hunt Division 5-Y-O & Upwards Adjacent Hunts Miaden of €1,750. 3 Miles. 1. Dr. J. O’Keeffe’s Hiupinthesky gr m (Cloudings - Cockpit Rose) 6-11-11 Mr. J. W. Hannon 2. The Black Boreen Syndicate’s Mrs. Mcro 6-11-6 Mr. E. W. D. Tobin 3. Connery Family Syndicate’s Izzygonnacatcher 6-11-11 Mr. L. J. Murphy. 7 ran. 20L, Dist. Only 3 Horses Finished. (Winner trained by Dr. Joseph O’Keeffe).

Dundalk continues to be happy ground for Slattery & Coen DUNDALK continues to be a happy hunting ground for Andy Slattery and his nephew Ben Coen and they combined to win the 6f maiden with Cityman at the track on Friday night. Running in the colours of Michael Quinlan, the 11/4 shot easily had the measure of 2/1 favourite Royal Court and is likely to be winning again soon.

Irish Point-to-Point Fixtures List Sunday, 17th February, 2019 - Knockanard Sunday, 17th February, 2019 - Punchestown Sunday, 17th February, 2019 - Nenagh Saturday, 23rd February, 2019 - Navan Sunday, 24th February, 2019 - Farmaclaffley Sunday, 24th February, 2019 - Tinahely Sunday, 24th February, 2019 - Kildorrery Sunday, 24th February, 2019 - Killaloe Sunday, 10th March, 2019 - Lismore

Lordan landed back-toback winners at Dundalk WAYNE Lordan landed back-to-back winners at Dundalk on Friday night where he was on the mark for both Joseph O'Brien and Tony Martin. He had an easy time on both winners, much to the delight of punters who latched on to Chess Grand Master in the 2am conditions’ race. Joseph O'Brien’s runner was backed from 100/30 to 5/2 and came home nicely clear of Kerosin.