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TWO SOLAR FARMS GIVEN GREEN LIGHT

Third solar farm in Lismore is refused permission due to proposed preferred route corridor for N72 realignment

By Paul Mooney PREVIOUS decisions by Waterford Council to refuse permission for two solar farms in Mid and East County Waterford have been overturned by An Bord Pleanála and granted permission, while a third solar farm in the Lismore area has been refused.

An Bord Pleanála granted permission with conditions for a solar farm at Cooltubbrid West, Kilmacthomas; and a solar farm at Keiloge, County Waterford, adjacent to Waterford Airport.

The refusal by Waterford Council for a ten year permission to construct a solar farm on a 12.6 hectare site at Ballymoodranagh, Lismore, was upheld by An Bord Pleanála.

LISMORE It has taken An Bord Pleanála 15 months to

make a decision in the case of the planning application for Lismore.

It was in December, 2016, when Highfield Solar Limited appealed the decision by Waterford Council to refuse permission for the solar farm at Ballymoodranagh, Lismore. (Board reference: PL93.247677).

The company was seeking a ten year permission for construction of a Solar PV energy development, substation, electrical transformer / inverter

station, and modular solar PV panels. (Council planning reference: 16371).The grounds for refusal of permission by the Council relate to policy with regard to a road realignment for the N72 Lismore to Cappoquin bypass and how the proposed development could compromise the preferred route for the realignment. In March, 2018, An Bord Pleanála signed an order upholding Waterford Council’s decision to refuse permission. c Continued on page 4

Big Week on the Farm to be broadcast live from Colligan ‘BIG Week on the Farm’, RTÉ’s awardwinning farming show will be broadcast live from O’Sullivan’s dairy farm, Colligan, Dungarvan, from 7.00 p.m. each night next week (9th to 13th April) on RTÉ One. Back for a third series, the show will be broadcast from a purpose-built studio on the fields of the O’Sullivan Family’s dairy farm, overlooking Dungarvan Bay, with a 150-strong live studio audience.

The host farmers are Gillian and Neil and their children Fionn (6), Hannah (4) and Tim (2). Their family have been farming for generations and Gillian’s father and mother Marianne and Michael Wall are still heavily involved in the farm.

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Fourmilewater Health Centre will remain open - Coffey However, the HSE today confirmed to Senator Coffey that it is “actively seeking” a locum doctor to temporarily take up Dr. Janes’ position to service the local population.

It is hoped the new appointment will be made “I have received over the coming assurances from weeks.

Senator Coffey senior management in said: “I have the HSE that they are received assurdoing everything they ances from senior can to find a locum management in doctor to service the the HSE that they local population...” are doing everything they can to Senator Paudie Coffey find a locum docSenator Coffey had contacted tor to service the local populasenior HSE officials directly after tion, I will be monitoring the fears were expressed locally over situation very closely and will the future of the Health Centre, continue to engage with the which serves the communities of HSE until this current situation Ballymacarbry and a large catch- is resolved at Fourmilewater ment area covering Kilgobinet, Health Centre and normal serColligan, Kilbrien, Touraneena, vice is resumed in the area.”

Fourmilewater Health Centre The Nire, Newcastle, Russelstown and Kilmacomma. was built by the HSE in 2006 as The GP in charge of the a medical centre providing services to Centre, Dr. David Janes, has been health on sick leave since October, Ballymacarbery and surrounding local communities.

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Signs warn motorists repeat offenders will be clamped

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed to Waterford Senator Paudie Coffey that the Fourmilewater Health Centre will remain open and that there are no plans to close the facility.

New signs on the parking machines around Dungarvan warn motorists that repeat offenders who don’t pay their parking fines will be clamped.

WARNING signs have now been erected on parking machines around Dungarvan warning motorists that unpaid parking fines will result in their vehicle being clamped.

Last year, Waterford City and County Council unanimously passed the introduction of a new policy to deal with repeat parking offenders, where people who have offended on previous occasions and haven’t paid their parking fines will see their vehicle being clamped (or towed away).

Warning signs have now been erected on the parking metres around Dungarvan.

Traffic Wardens who come across vehicles listed as having unpaid parking fines now have the power to clamp the vehicle

or have it towed away.

Officials said the policy is not aimed at those who do pay their parking fines and it is not the intention to clamp or tow away vehicles in the normal course of parking enforcement activities.

The Council has a serious issue with non-compliance by some motorists who refuse to pay their parking fines, particularly those who do not accept registered post or who have wrong or incomplete addresses on their vehicle registration details, making the serving of court summons extremely difficult and time consuming.

“This policy is aimed at those people, who have accumulated unpaid parking tickets,” Director of Services, Fergus Galvin, previously told the Council.

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The Freight Transport Association of Ireland (FTAI) has launched an annual audit programme – TruckSafe – which is designed to provide independent verification that HGV fleet operators are meeting, and exceeding, minimum legal requirements. Attainable in three levels – bronze, silver and gold – the TruckSafe standards will be assessed annually, and are marked on a rising scale of complexity designed to reassure operators and buyers of freight alike.

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At the FTA Ireland annual Transport Manager Seminar, held at the Johnston House Hotel and Spa on the 28th of March, 2018, CEO of the Road Safety Authority Moyagh Murdoch presented the first certifications to FTAI members who have already achieved the necessary standards in operation.

Dungarvan Transport received the Silver TruckSafe standard and Tomas Horgan, principle for the company was on hand to accept the award. Other recipients’ on the day were BOC Gases Ireland

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Two solar farms given green light c FROM FRONT PAGE Philip Davis, Inspector with An Bord Pleanála who visited the site at Lismore in May, 2017, recommended that the proposed solar farm be granted permission with conditions.

However, during its deliberations, the Board decided not to accept the Inspector’s recommendation and instead refused permission for the development, stating that a section of the site is located within the preferred route corridor of the proposed alignment of the N72 Lismore to Cappoquin Road, the protection of which is an objective in the Waterford County Development Plan.

The Board ruled that the proposed solar farm would be premature pending the determination of a final layout for the road.

The Board said it considered the provision of the proposed realigned route of the N72 as consistent with the proper planning and development of the area to reserve the preferred route corridor free of development.

KILMACTHOMAS Elgin Energy Services Ltd., appealed a decision by Waterford Council to refuse permission for a solar farm at Cooltubbrid West, Kilmacthomas, in April, 2017.

(Board reference: PL24.248413).

The company was seeking to construct a 4.2 MVA solar farm

and ancillary development works at the location. (Council planning reference: 1796).

Waterford Council refused the development because it considered it could endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazard because it has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Council that the glint and glare generated from the proposed development will not have a negative impact on the users of the N25 and surrounding road network.

In its deliberations, An Bord Pleanála agreed with the Planning Inspector, Susan McHugh, who visited the site in July, 2017, that permission should be granted, subject to conditions.

The Board ruled that the proposal would be acceptable in terms of traffic safety and convenience, would not have a negative impact on the users of the N25 and surrounding road network as a result of glint and glare, would not seriously injure the residential amenities of the area and would not detract from the visual amenities of the area.

KEILOGE In May, 2017, Temporis Ltd., lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála against Waterford Council’s decision to refuse permission for a solar photovoltaic panel array of up to 26,000 square metres of solar panels on ground mounted frames at Keiloge, County Waterford,

adjacent to Waterford Airport (Board reference: PL93.248487).

Waterford Council refused permission in relation to the proposed development’s proximity to Waterford Airport and the possibility that it could pose a hazard to aircraft operations and would prejudice the future expansion of Waterford Airport; and that it was not adequately demonstrated that glint and glare from the proposed development would not have a negative impact on future alterations to the existing runway or future expansion of the airport.

In its deliberations, An Bord Pleanála agreed with the Planning Inspector, Philip Davis, who visited the site in July, 2017,

to grant permission with conditions for the development.

The Board stated that the proposed construction of a solar farm would not prevent the long-term development and expansion of Waterford Airport and associated developments, would be acceptable in terms of glint and glare, would not be contrary to the Waterford County Development Plan and Regional Planning Guidelines for the South East region, would not represent a safety hazard, would not seriously injure the visual amenities of the area and would, therefore, be in accordance with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.

‘Repeal the 8th’ Referendum should not take place until after Pope’s visit - O’Donnell A PRO-life Independent Councillor has said the referendum on repealing the 8th Amendment should not take place until after Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland.

Cllr. O’Donnell said he believes the 8th Amendment should remain as it is.

He said he agrees with the stance of Pro-Life Independent TD Mattie McGrath (Tipperary) who has been very vocal about the proposed referendum.

Deputy McGrath is against abortion and is in favour of keeping the 8th Amendment.

The Eighth Amendment in Bunreacht na hÉireann (Constitution of Ireland) acknowledges and protect the right to life of the unborn, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother.

Under Article 40 (subsection 3) of Bunreacht na hÉireann: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and,

The Pontiff is due to visit Ireland later in August as part of the World Meeting of Families ceremony - a trip which is expected to cost in the region of €20m.

Cllr. Seamus O’Donnell, speaking to the Dungarvan Observer, said it would be disappointing if the referendum went ahead before the Pope’s visit.

“There shouldn’t be any referendum until the Pope comes and goes,” Cllr. O’Donnell said.

“I think if the Pope comes to Ireland and speaks about the referendum and abortion, it could change a lot of people’s minds,” he said.

Pro-life Independent Councillor Seamus O’Donnell and Pro-life Independent TD Deputy Mattie McGrath. as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right”.

Cllr. O’Donnell said he is against the proposal for abortions up to three months (12 weeks) of pregnancy.

“I know many people who’ve said this is wrong and will not vote for the 12 weeks. They will vote to retain the 8th Amendment,” Cllr. O’Donnell said.

“As far as I’m concerned, I feel there is safety in the 8th Amendment.”

He warned that if the referendum passes and abortion is allowed up to 12 weeks, it could open the floodgates for ‘abortion on demand’ similar to England and Germany, where terminations are allowed up to six months (24 weeks) of pregnancy.

“I don’t want to see any referendum which brings in this 12 week period. I don’t see what is wrong with the 8th Amendment,” Cllr. O’Donnell added.

ABORTION FIGURES According to figures from England’s Department of Health, there were 190,406 abortions carried out in England and Wales in 2016 - and of those abortions, 3,989 were to Irish women who listed their address in Ireland

(3,265 Republic of Ireland; and 724 Northern Ireland).

Of the abortions carried out on Irish women, 56 were to women who listed their address in Waterford; 69 abortions were to women who listed their address in Tipperary; and 241 were to women who listed their address in Cork.

England’s Department of Health stated that 92 percent of the total number of pregnancies aborted in 2016 are at under 13 weeks; while 81 percent were carried out at under ten weeks.

Of the total abortions in 2016, 38 percent were repeat abortions - women who had one or more previous abortions. Two percent of abortions in 2016 (3,208) were carried out at any gestation age because of fetal abnormalities where the child could be born ‘seriously handicapped’.

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WEDNESDAY will see rain in the eastern half of the province gradually replaced by clearer, drier weather from the west.

Temperatures between 7 and 9 degrees with strong northerly winds only easing in the evening.

As the skies clear and winds fall light on Wednesday night it will turn very cold. A widespread frost is expected with lowest temperatures between minus 4 and zero degrees.

There'll be a clear, sunny start to Thursday, and most of the day will be dry. Cloud will gradually build from the west, with outbreaks of rain developing in the southwest during the evening. Highest temperatures will range between 7 and 10 degrees as light to moderate southeasterly winds steadily increase fresh to strong and gusty through the day.

The rain will become widespread on Thursday night with moderate to fresh south to southeast winds continuing through the night.

Lowest temperatures of 3 to 5 degrees.

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Waterford one of three counties involved in ‘Bring Your Own Chair’ initiative Business, farming, sporting and wider arts community to unite for landmark Arts Council celebration OVER 1,000 people across Waterford,Wexford and Kilkenny and are expected to take part in a major collaboration which celebrates the unique character of rural towns across the three counties and examines how the layout and design of their public spaces impacts on how people engage, gather and move.

The landmark Bring Your Own Chair project is funded by the Arts Council’s Making Great Art Work - Open Call Award and will foster greater civic engagement and participation in public spaces across the three counties, the organisers say.

The community project runs from now until the end of September and focuses on the decline of small towns and revival of traditional meeting places. It will see a performance in 12 parts taking place at three locations this Summer following a series of co-ordinated design, craft and performance scoping workshops and residencies.

Over 1,000 participants will be involved in the performance, with the possibility of a further 12,000 audience members enjoying the experience. In Waterford, participating communities include Kilmacthomas, An Rinn, Tallow and Passage East.

The exciting initiative is produced by Callan Workhouse Union in partnership with Create/Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme (CAAP), the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCOI), Waterford County Council, Kilkenny County Council, Wexford County Council and Kilkenny Leader Partnership. They want the business, farming and wider community to engage with those traditionally engaged in the arts in what is expected to be a major community initiative across the South East region and beyond.

When cinema started out in Ireland, it was also a time when few households had a television set. Cinema-goers or potential television viewers would therefore bring their own chair to a hall or a neighbour’s front room to view a film or watch a programme. People attending the pop-up performances will also be required to bring along their own chair and appreciate how while we’ve come a long way since then, little has actually changed.

Bring Your Own Chair will highlight the realities of rural living in 2018 at a time when rural public amenities are closing, among these post offices, shops, bus routes and schools and people have less and less meeting places, visual artist, Michelle Browne, explained.

“This international arts project

Visual Artist, Michelle Browne, leader of the Bring Your Own Chair project. will investigate how the design or layout of public space can impact the way we come together,” Michelle Browne says. “We’re engaging with our carefully selected villages and towns with a population under 2,000 and have had a current or recent shift, for instance the loss of a transport connection.We want everyone to engage with us.We all have a role to play in ensuring the beating heart of our rural communities survives.

“Three Irish and European designers will undertake a two week residency each in the selected rural towns, will examine the vernacular craft and design history of each area and lead a workshop process in three towns each.

“A large-scale event will take place through a well-managed and ambitious cross-county and multi-institutional partnership.

All of our work stems from the close working relationship which emerged between key groups across a wide variety of industries and walks of life in the three counties during the Three Sisters European Capital of Culture bid.

As the heart of many of our small towns face decline, Bring Your Own Chair looks at ways we can all come together, work together and reclaim public space for collective experience and action,” Michelle addded.

The public space of contemporary rural towns is shared by all kinds of people, be they families, farmers, business people or refugees, she added. So it’s critically important that for it to work, everyone plays their part, Michelle stressed.

“For many rural town dwellers much of their day is spent at work in other places. Many now commute great distances for work and do not participate regularly in their shared civic space.

In coastal holiday towns, there is a mass migration of people for short periods of time who then disappear to leave the town feeling empty. How can we create a portrait of this complexity of relationship and experience of place?

“Bring Your Own Chair draws out the character of these individual towns in order to bring them together under the umbrella of an artwork in 12 acts to investigate what is at stake for today’s rural communities. Bring Your Own Chair fosters greater civic engagement and participation,” she added.

Michelle Browne will also work with choreographer Emma Martin throughout the project.

As the heart of our small towns face decline, Bring Your Own Chair looks to reclaim public spaces for collective experience and action, Eilis Lavelle, Callan Workhouse Union, said.

“Bring Your Own Chair asks what can art do to contribute to the reactivation of public space as an agora – an arena for civic engagement. Using a number of locations in smaller towns and villages of the region and exploring a variety of seating formations (sculptural intervention), this work looks to investigate how the design or layout of public space can impact the way we come together.

“The artwork will develop in distinct stages through participatory and collaborative processes. Through an open call process three Irish and European designers will undertake a two week residency each within the specific context of the rural towns, engaging with the vernacular craft and design history of the locales and leading a workshop process in three towns each.”

Furthermore, Bring your Own Chair will be presented as part of The Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme conference presented by Create in June 2018.

The Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme (CAPP) is an ambitious transnational cultural programme focusing on the dynamic area of collaborative arts. The conference in June will see international programmes and artists working in collaborative practice gather to witness and discuss best practice in the sector.

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Local authority does not provide funding for cattle underpasses WATERFORD Council does not provide any funding for underpasses under public roads to facilitate farmers and their cattle.

Cllr. Davy Daniels had queried at the March Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council on whether the local authority provides any funding for tunnels / viaducts under public roads.

“I have a number of farmers based on busy roads who are moving cattle across. Is there funding available?” he asked.

Director of Services, Fergus Galvin replied that the local authority “does not provide any funding for underpasses under public roads”.

“That's a matter for the individual farmers to address,” Mr. Galvin added.

Future of Waterford Airport “In REAL jeopardy!”

Deputy Mary Butler, TD, Bevin Murphy and Philip Watt, CEO, Cystic Fibrosis Ireland are pictured “coming up roses” for the launch of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s 65 Roses Day fundraising appeal taking place nationwide on Friday, April 13th. The appeal, which gets its name from the way children are first taught to say the words “cystic fibrosis”, sees volunteers selling purple roses in shopping centres and Spar stores to raise much-needed funds for cystic fibrosis services. Members of the public are encouraged to lend their support by buying a purple rose for €2, completing a 65 Roses Challenge, or donating online at www.65rosesday.ie.

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GETTING HER PURPLE ON FOR 65 ROSES DAY… THIS week national media reports have stated that Department of Transport officials, have, internally, warned Minister Shane Ross that the future of Waterford Airport is in severe jeopardy.

Locally, Cllr. Eddie Mulligan has been openly disturbed by the continued lack of future proofing for Waterford Airport. He goes on to state, “The omission of Waterford Airport in the first draft of the National Planning Framework (NPF) was unforgivable. Having made two submissions that included the case for infrastructural investment in the airport. I was relieved to see an endorsement for continued Exchequer funds, for our smaller regional airports, delivered under the Regional Airports Programme. Which, thankfully, included Waterford Airport.

However, I did warn at the time about how specifics and priorities were omitted, that the NPF had failed to underwrite the necessity to prioritise the development of our regional Airport.

We have to ask our own Minister. “Is the possible withdrawal of Government funding to the detriment of the future viability of Waterford Airport?” and “Why he allowed the NPF to contain so much non-committal, wishy-washy language?”

Cllr. Mulligan goes on to state, “In my opinion, these are blatant, biased omissions. Undertaken whilst our Government Junior Minister and TDs had their eye off the ball in relation to Waterford’s key economic interests, when the main NDP docu-

Local Deputy urges people of Waterford to come up roses for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s Annual Flagship Fundraising Appeal Cllr. Mulligan ment was drafted. I just hope that these glaring blunders, which would have helped endorse future investment don’t come back to haunt us.”

The internal submission advised approval from Minister Ross for €375,000 to “safeguard the Coast Guard search and rescue for the first six months of 2018”. It also recommended “while also allowing time for a full evaluation of the future of the airport”. Cllr. Mulligan believes that the economic argument for infrastructural investment, necessary to make the airport viable, is being disregarded and ignored.

“Future funding for Waterford Airport has been in question for many months now. Is it not now time for Minister Halligan, who is after all an Independent Alliance member with the Minister Ross, to stand up and fight for the necessary investment? The future of our regional airport is regarded as a priority by all local authorities across the South East.

EVERYTHING was rosy in the garden for Deputy Mary Butler at the recent launch of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s 65 Roses Day fundraising appeal.

The local TD is urging the people of Waterford to “come up roses” for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland on Friday, April 13th and buy a purple rose and help raise much-needed funds for cystic fibrosis (CF) services. Volunteers will be out and about on the streets of the county selling purple roses, including the City Square Shopping Centre while purple roses will also be on sale in participating Spar stores.

The “65 Roses” appeal gets its name from the way children with this condition are often first taught to say the words “cystic fibrosis”.

Apart from buying a purple rose, people can also support Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s 65 Roses Day on Friday, April 13th by: • Donating online at 65rosesday.ie • Completing a 65 Roses Challenge – for details visit 65rosesday.ie • Texting 65ROSES to 50300 to donate €2 [Text costs €2. Cystic Fibrosis Ireland will receive a minimum of €1.80. Service Provider: LIKE CHARITY. Helpline: 076 6805278.]

Schools and companies are being especially encouraged to get behind 65 Roses Day by selling purple roses or organising their own 65 Roses Challenges, such a €6.5 bake sale, cycling 65 kilometres, or swimming a mile - 65 lengths of a pool.

MOST SEVERE TYPES OF CF Ireland has the highest incidence of CF per head of population and some of the most severe types of the condition in the world.

Almost all of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s funding comes from public donations and organisers are hoping to raise more than €100,000 for vital CF services in 2018. Services funded include the development of new CF units, incorporating in-patient, day care and out-patient facilities, specialist CF multi-disciplinary posts in hospitals, patient support grants, and medical and scientific research.

Cystic Fibrosis Ireland’s ambassador, and presenter of the RTÉ Six One News, Keelin Shanley, sees cystic fibrosis as a very Irish disease, requiring extra support for people with cystic fibrosis in Ireland: “Cystic fibrosis is such an Irish dis-

ease. Of course, you can find it all over the world, but so many people are diagnosed with the condition here, and we also have some of the most serious types. I have had the pleasure of meeting cystic fibrosis campaigner Orla Tinsley on a number of occasions and I, like many others, have been hugely inspired by her strength and positivity following her recent double lung transplant. Undoubtedly, there have been positive developments here with ground-breaking new therapies and improvements in CF treatment and care, but we still have a long way to go. I think this cause is something that we Irish in particular need to rally behind and that we make life that little bit easier for people with the condition.

I would urge everyone to ‘get their purple on’ and buy a purple rose on 65 Roses Day, Friday April 13th, and help raise much-needed funds for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland.”

If you’d like to volunteer and lend your support on 65 Roses Day by selling purple roses in your community or workplace, simply call Peter on LoCall 1890 311 211, email fundraising@cfireland.ie or visit 65rosesday.ie

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Following a highly successful Daffodil Day at Whitfield Clinic and UPMC Whitfield Cancer Centre over €1,800 was raised for the Irish Cancer Society.

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Youghal’s Moby Dick sculpture closer on the horizon

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By Christy Parker YOUGHAL’S move to erect a perpetual statue commemorating the town’s historic links to Moby Dick has edged closer to being landed.

Youghal4All, the volunteer group managing the project, has awarded the tender for the project as well as launching a fundraising drive to pay for it.

The tender was won by Matthew Thompson, a Cloynebased sculptor who works almost exclusively with stone.

The statue will feature a lifesize depiction of the Pequod’s vengeful Captain Ahab, including harpoon, fashioned from Kilkenny limestone.

It will be located at Barry’s Lane, close to the Moby Dick pub. Adjoining the harbour, the area was redesigned to represent the New Bedford whaling port throughout the summer of 1954.

Under its original identity of Linehan’s bar, the premises served as an office for John Huston as shot the opening scenes of Herman Melville’s classic adventure story.The filming provided a major economic boost of impoverished Youghal, the likes of Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn and Noel Purcell mixed with the locals.

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Barry’s Lane, Youghal. market. Then in recent years, Youghal 4 All created a small festival around the occasion before latterly proposing a perpetual sculpture to the event.

The group originally sought to install an interactive, whaleshaped bench but this was rejected by the local authority as sacrilege against its own plans for the public realm. The rejection became a national talking point for a brief period before a compromise was reached.

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Tourists to flock to Waterford as Garden Trail events get underway SPRING may just have sprung, yet the Waterford Garden Trail has never looked better and the owners of the many houses, gardens and gardening attractions are looking forward to a busy season ahead.

Ever before the peak holiday season has begun, several members have events which are set to have fantastic local and national appeal.

On Saturday, April 21st and weeks later on Sunday May 20th, Tourin House and Gardens in Cappoquin hosts a photographic workshop with Bernard van Geissen. Booking is essential and should be made by getting in touch with Tourin.

Among the other early events is an all day series of lectures at Dromana House and Gardens on May 6th. ‘A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place – The Gardens of the Big Houses and their history and place in Art’ is not to be missed. Guest speakers are Seamus O’Brien of Kilmacurragh Gardens; Peter Murray Art Historian; Dr Anna Pilz UCC; Iona Murray of Myrtle Grove; and Prof.

Tom Dunne UCC. Booking is essential through

Dromana House & Gardens and tickets cost €70 each or €125 for two people, including lunch.

Dromana is also running “Growing and foraging herbs with Aine Marie Reilly from the Lismore Clinic on Sunday, May 13th at 2.00 p.m.

Abbey Road Gardens on the edge of Waterford city is also preparing for a charity day in aid of Pinegrove Centre for Alzheimers and Dementia. It runs in the stunning Ferrybank hub on Saturday, May 12th and all are welcome.

The Waterford Garden Trail is a magnificent and well-established tourist attraction and includes 13 different garden attractions throughout Waterford, ranging from the great old gardens of landmark houses to smaller gardens and garden centres.

Several are readily accessible from the Waterford Greenway and are well worth a slight detour, Trail spokesperson, Barbara Grubb, said.

For more, log on to http://www.visitwaterford.com/things-to-do/stories/HistoricHousesGardens.php

Kristin Jameson, Tourin; Sir Charles Keane, Cappoquin and Dromana's Barbara Grubb looking forward to Waterford Garden Trail Events for 2018.

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New 10 point plan on addressing teacher shortage launched by Fianna Fáil WATERFORD Fianna Fáil TD, Mary Butler has said that the new proposals put forward by her Party can have a major impact on ensuring that the teacher shortage crisis in schools is brought to an end. Deputy Butler was commenting after the publication of a 10 point plan by her Party’s Education Spokesperson,Thomas Byrne focused on making teaching a more attractive career choice, and ensuring that those currently in the profession feel valued.

“The escalating teacher supply crisis is having a detrimental impact on students in Waterford’s primary and second level schools. The education system could be hit by wholesale class cancellations and even school closures unless the Government takes decisive action to resolve the crisis.

“Fianna Fáil has put forward a series of proposals aimed at overcoming this crisis. Our 10 point plan will encourage recent graduates to remain in the educa-

tion system and will entice teachers working abroad to return to Ireland. It will also reduce the restrictions placed on teachers who are on career breaks to help tackle the shortage of substitute teachers. The 10 proposals are: • End pay inequality; • Bring back the teaching diaspora; • Reform the Professional Masters in Education (PME) programme; • Remove hurdles for teachers on career breaks and retired teachers to

work in schools; • Increase undergraduate teacher training programmes that offer elements of teacher training; • Introduce an Irish elective to undergraduate programmes; • Re-establish substitute panels and support online platforms for substitute positions; • Host a national summit to highlight the teacher supply crisis; • Fastrack experienced migrant teach-

ers to begin work in Irish schools; • Introduce a model system to predict teacher supply trends.

“The Government has been far too slow in dealing with this crisis to date. It is crippling the education system and urgent action is needed to prevent further damage.

The proposals we have put forward are reasonable and should be implemented without delay,” concluded Deputy Butler.

Nearly 1,500 over 75s spent longer than 24 hours on trolleys in February - Butler

Claire Dalton and Caroline Senior, both from West Waterford Festival of Food and Jenny Beresford, CEO Dungarvan and West Waterford Chamber pictured at the launch of the West Waterford Festival of Food which took place at the [David Clynch] Dungarvan Brewing Company.

“IT’S a sad indictment of the Government that 1498 of some of our society’s most vulnerable people, the elderly, spent longer than 24 hours lying on trolleys in our Emergency Departments last month,” said the Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Older People, Mary Butler.

Deputy Butler was commenting after new figures were released to her party from the HSE showing the number of people, aged 75 or more, who spent longer than 24 hours on a trolley in the State’s public Emergency Departments in February 2018.

“My own local hospital, University Hospital Waterford, had 101 such patients, averaging between three and four extremely vulnerable citizens every night on trolleys.

“Other hospitals such as the Mater in Dublin, Cork University Hospital, University Hospital Galway and University

Hospital Limerick also saw more than 100 of these patients spend longer than 24 hours on trolleys in February.

“This is a disgraceful way of treating our older people. It’s nothing short of insulting to them and to their families. Many older people have told me they would prefer to stay at home sick and unwell than be on a trolley for 24 hours. They are afraid of dying lonely and alone on a corridor in a hospital.

“Best practice is for a maximum wait time of six hours for adults, according to HIQA. While of course the staff working in the Emergency Department are doing their best to look after, treat and care for these older people, there is nothing dignified in our mothers, fathers, and grandparents lying on trolleys without basic privacy.

“Ministers Harris and Daly need to make progress on this

particular cohort of patients.

While of course we need to see progress on the overall numbers, reducing the waiting times for our senior citizens must be a priority for the Government and the HSE. “The HSE Special Delivery Unit must tackle these long wait times for our Over 75s and cut through the bottlenecks.

“Longer term, this issue, and the wider issue of overcrowded EDs can only be dealt with by increasing bed capacity in our public hospitals. Allied to this, the recruitment and retention of doctors and nurses and the delivery of better supports to enable older people, in particular, be discharged when appropriate must be improved.

“How we look after our older people is a measure of the type of society, and these figures show to me that this government has a terrible track record,” concluded Butler.

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Council unanimously agrees improvements to Waterford RSC WATERFORD Councillors unanimously agreed improvements to the Regional Sports Centre (RSC) in Waterford City, at their March Plenary meeting.

The proposal, which was previously placed on public display for submissions, will consist of construction of a purpose built dressing room at ground floor level with a viewing area, meeting room, office and social space at first floor level, and associated site development works at the RSC which is based in Kingsmeadow, Cork Road, Waterford.

Cllr. Breda Brennan said she was delighted to see the plans for the award-winning grounds.

“It is only right these improvements be put in,” she said. “I welcome the development, it is great for the RSC.” Cllr. Brennan noted that the works will

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Cllr. John Hearne also noted the ratification by the Dáil, saying that Waterford Council also passed a Notice of Motion several months ago in relation to seeking a comprehensive report on how the local authority will implement its own plans around the Bill of Rights.

“For too long people with disabilities have been left behind. It is time we looked after these people as best we can,” Cllr. Hearne said.

Director of Services, Ivan Grimes said he would look into the matter and come back in relation to the report.

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Health centre at risk?

THE Government cannot say it has not been warned in regard to the shortage of GPs in the health system and the effect this is having and will continue to have in the future.

Warning signals are being sounded all around the country that GP practices cannot take any new patients and health centres are in danger of closing because Doctors cannot be found to staff them.

Such is the case in Fourmilewater, Ballymacarbry where a relatively new Health Centre catering for over 1,200 of a population is threatened with closure and the services transferred to Clonmel, adding another ten miles to the journey of those in need of medical care.

This new centre caters for patients in a 200 mile radius between Kilmanahan and Kilgobinet and the uncertainty of the service is worrying for those who attend there, particularly the elderly who often have difficulties in securing transport.

Naturally, the HSE were quick to deny that any closure is planned, but effectively, if there is no doctor, then the Centre cannot operate as necessary.

Local representatives have been forthright in their battle, not just to save the centre, but to make a viable day to day medical service available to the population. In this modern day and age, this is not too much to ask for.

On a national basis, Doctors representatives have been signalling for some considerable time the crisis which is evolving in this element of the health service.

With hospitals already overcrowded; with wards closed; not enough nurses to look after patients and emergency departments filled to capacity and beyond, the crisis must be acknowledged and worked on pro-actively.

The inexperienced Minister for Health must do better than mere hand-wringing and giving hollow assurances and promises. He is concentrating his energies and

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Ministerial time in foisting an unnecessary Abortion Referendum on the people of this country.

The simple fact is that overworked GPs are opting to leave practices earlier than they otherwise might. On the other side of the balance, this country is not educating / training enough replacement GPs and there is also a drain of this medical discipline to places abroad where the financial rewards are greater.

Like the hospital crisis; the shortage of beds; the lengthening of waiting lists; queues at Emergency Departments and the shortage of expert staff, the first line medical defence is now under threat.

Fourmilewater, Ballymacarbry and their hinterland are just the tip of the iceberg of a crumbling health service which seems to be very far down the priority list of the Government and Minister for Health.

Good Friday opening THOSE of a traditional disposition will wonder if the lifting of the ban on the opening of pubs on Good Friday was really necessary. Was it just to accommodate a notional influx of foreign visitors who, without access to alcohol, would stand confused and bemused and maybe amused in Grattan Square in their hundreds and wonder

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why the drunken Irish were not practising their well publicised national pastime?

However, the government chose to facilitate those deprived visitors as well as the local population who feel that they cannot survive one day without joining with their friends in a session of alcohol consumption.

This was evident even early in the day when some over-intoxicated individuals made their way through Grattan Square.

This was in stark contrast to the town of Newmarket, Co. Cork, where the six pubs decided not to open and maintain what they saw as a valuable tradition and an acknowledgement of our Christian heritage.

Bearing in mind that the pub business is a fifty-two week, seven-day responsibility, the prospect of two days off and being able to close the bar door was welcomed by many owners. The embargo on opening was reduced to just Christmas Day this year when the Government, in their perceived wisdom, decided to lift the ban on Good Friday closing.

There will be a temptation on the part of many people to see this as another strike for anti-Christian values and bringing us into line in regard to modern thinking.

Not everyone welcomed this, including some pub owners themselves who looked forward to a complete day off to spend with their families or otherwise with no requirement to open the pub door to serve whatever handful of customers decided to visit.

Most licenced premises opened in Dungarvan and, predictably perhaps, did a steady trade. Whether from alcohol sold in pubs or off-licences While some people may view this as a step towards ‘growing up’ as a society, most people will see it for what it is, the inability of some to survive one day without a visit to the pub and an over-zealous Government who feel we are out of step with our European neighbours.

What is so wrong with showing our own traditions, must we always follow others in slavish fashion?

If the necessity to drink alcohol was the reason people visited the pubs, then they could have bought it beforehand and drank at home.

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Preserving the 8th The last defence against abortion THE debate in the Seanad on the holding of a Referendum on whether to repeal the 8th Amendment or not, concluded just before the Easter recess. The vote was carried and we are to have a Referendum on the 25th May. The parliamentary process was concluded with unseemly haste and would that the same priority were given to those who die prematurely because of the neglect of the health service.

This vote will decide whether the womb will be a safe place for a baby to spend nine months preparing for entry into this world, or merely a holding cell awaiting the death penalty.

Concluding the debate in the Seanad, Fine Gael’s Catherine Noone, who chaired the flawed and biased Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment, said that the passage of the Bill ‘has been a challenging and intense process. I’m very pleased that we are finally at this stage.”

“Finally after 35 years of avoiding this deeply personal issue,” she said, “the Irish people will have their say.”

Does she not realise, or democratically accept, that the people

had their say thirty-five years ago and decisively voted Pro-Life after a full and demanding national debate? It is clear that Senator Noone and her proabortion colleagues never did accept the will of the people as expressed decisively in 1983.

It is difficult to understand how experts in maternity can give their support to a measure which will go against the principles of the preservation of life which they are required to uphold and contrary to the Doctors’ Hippocratic Oath which says ‘First, do no harm’.

These pro-abortion medics are not in a majority by any means, but yet they cannot accept that human life from conception (as most people believe and science has established) is and should be treated as inviolable.The growing infant is very recognisable as a new person well before the conclusion of the twelve weeks gestation period, which is proposed as the upper time-limit of abortion.

Because of the very basic survival of the human race and because of the preciousness of each new life, abortion can only be termed an extreme act of vio-

lence ending in death.

The abortive effort of the Tánaiste, Simon Coveney - an act of political desperation - to try to convince the electorate that the introduction of abortion only for the first twelve weeks could be legally enforced against the future will of the Dáil ended in dismal failure and has proved precisely what he wished to avoid, that the elimination of the 8th is only the first step on the road to abortion on demand.

The electorate should be grateful to him – the Deputy Prime Minister – for proving that the retention of the 8th is the only real safeguard against widespread abortion.

People should realise that the 25th May will be a landmark date for Ireland. That is the day on which the Irish people will decide whether we are to have an abortion culture or a true ProLife regime in this country. That is the difference between life and death; the difference between the casual extinction of the life of a viable baby or cherishing equally of all of the children of this country, born or safe in the womb.

(Issued by Dungarvan Pro-Life group)

The new bus shelter which has been erected at Davitt’s Quay, Dungarvan, as part of work to widen the bus bays on both sides of the road and allow for disabled access to the buses.

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Figures show housing crisis is deepening in Waterford THE housing crisis is getting worse instead of better, as figures show from the most recent Management Report to the Plenary Council meeting of Waterford City and County Council.

Cllr. John Hearne told the meeting that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar may have spent €5.2m of taxpayers money on a “new spoof unit to spoof the local papers about how great things are”, but the figures prove that the crisis is deepening.

According to the Management Report, there were 70 cases who presented themselves to Waterford Council seeking homeless services in February, 2018 – an increase on the 53 cases which sought homeless services in February, 2017.

The figures also showed that there were 12 families with dependent children in homeless accommodation in February, 2018 – up from eight families with dependent children in homeless accommodation in February, 2017; while there were 145 individuals in homeless accommodation in February, 2018 (127 in February, 2017); and 16 individuals with dependent children in homeless accommodation last February (11 individuals with dependent children in February, 2017).

Those Council tenants who are availing of HAP (Housing Assistance Payment) is 2,080 to date.

Under the Choice Based Letting Scheme to date, there have been 70 properties advertised, which received 5,971 bids from housing applicants.

Cllr. Hearne asked if there will be “any light at the end of it” because the crisis is deepening.

“It is the crisis of our time,” Cllr. Hearne said.

CHOICE BASED LETTING Cllr. Joe Kelly said the CBL scheme “seems to be a successful method of trying to allocate houses” and asked if the scheme will be extended and increased?

Director of Services, Ivan Grimes, confirmed it was the Council's intention to put more and more properties onto the CBL scheme.

“We do hold back properties from the CBL scheme for particular cases, such as those with medical or mobility issues,” Mr. Grimes said. “We are trying to reduce those on the waiting list.”

HAP WORKSHOP Cllr. Siobhán Whelan asked if there will be a workshop on HAP for Councillors to discuss various issues.

Mr. Grimes said he intends to hold a HAP workshop prior to the April Plenary meeting of the Council.

He said there is a “hidden story” behind the number of tenancies on HAP. “HAP was introduced to replace the Rent Supplement Scheme and it practically has in Waterford,” Mr. Grimes said.

“There are only about 150 Rent Supplement Tenancies left.”

APPROVED HOUSING BODIES Cllr. Jason Murphy agreed that the housing situation “is getting worse instead of better”.

He questioned how the Council allocates tenants from the housing list to approved housing bodies.

“I've heard, anecdotally, that there is an element of 'cherrypicking' from approved housing bodies,” Cllr. Murphy said.

Mr. Grimes replied that there are 16 approved housing bodies operating in Waterford, in relation to over 1,000 houses.

Mr. Grimes disagreed with Cllr. Murphy's suggestion of cherry-picking, pointing out that Waterford Council has 100 percent nomination rights for all approved housing body allocations.

“This means they have to take people who are on our housing list,” Mr. Grimes said.

However, he pointed out that sometimes, the approved housing bodies may be selective in the types of accommodation they provide, such as accommodation geared towards people of sheltered housing / the elderly, or those who may have mobility issues.

Cllr. Murphy asked if the approved housing bodies have the same Tenant Management Polices as the Council?

“I've had a number of complaints from residents / tenants of approved housing bodies. Who do they go to if they have an issue?” he asked.

Mr. Grimes replied that all of the approved housing bodies have their own Tenant Management Policies.

“It should be on their websites and tenants have the right of recourse first to the approved housing body and subsequently to the Residential Tenancies Board,” Mr. Grimes explained.

TENANT'S HANDBOOK Cllr. Joe Kelly asked how often the Council's Tenant's Handbook is updated?

Mr. Grimes said the Tenant's Handbook is reviewed periodically.

“We keep it under ongoing

review and if there are any suggestions for amendments we are more than happy to consider it,” Mr. Grimes said.

NEW AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE SCHEME Cllr. Cha O'Neill said the new Government mortgage scheme which requires applicants to have a ten percent deposit “will cripple a lot of people”.

The mortgage scheme for first time buyers was set up for those who cannot obtain a mortgage from the banks.

The previous scheme operated only required a three percent deposit.

However, a newer version of the scheme launched this year by the Government requires applicants to come up with a ten percent deposit.

Cllr. O'Neill asked if applicants could apply for the older mortgage scheme to avail of the three percent deposit, as opposed to the ten percent deposit.

“They would have a better chance of acquiring a house with the three percent deposit mortgage,” Cllr. O'Neill said.

Mr. Grimes replied that the new affordable mortgage scheme came into operation from 1st February, which replaces the old affordable mortgage scheme.

“Any applications received under the old scheme that were not approved by 1st February, 2018 will now be assessed under the new mortgage scheme. But anything approved before 1st February will operate under the old mortgage scheme,” Mr. Grimes explained.

Cllr. O'Neill noted: “You have to have the ten percent for the affordable mortgage, which is the same as going into a bank”.

Broadband services 'gone to the dickens'

Pictured attending the John Redmond Conference and the launch of "The Redmonds Of Waterford, A Political Dynasty 1891-1952, a book by Pat McCarthy which was held at The Large Room, City Hall were author Pat [John Power] McCarthy and Dolores McCarthy.

A WATERFORD Councillor has described the broadband services available in Waterford as having “gone to the dickens” since the start of the year.

“Although it was never brilliant in Waterford, I've noticed since the turn of the year, that the broadband service in the county has gone to the dickens,” Cllr. Joe Conway told the March Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council.

“This isn't as a result of what happened with Storm Emma, because it has been going on for close to three months now,” Cllr.

Conway pointed out.

He requested the Council to contact the broadband providers to find out what the problem was and when it will be rectified.

“It is a big issue for households – can you imagine if your internet connection is dropping 30 / 40 times of an evening – and

how frustrating it must be to try and run a business with that sort of broadband service?”

Senior Executive Officer, Catherine Horan, revealed that the Council employs a Broadband Officer – Jack Doyle, of the Council's IT Department.

She said that while the Council doesn't have control over the national broadband rollout, one of the things they are trying to do is build up a picture of where the blackspots are in the county.

She sought feedback from Councillors and from the public that will assist in building that picture of blackspots for broadband.

Ms. Horan said they would see about addressing the issues with the broadband providers as part of activity by the Council's Economic / Community Development section.

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Storm Emma and ‘Beast from the East’ was a test of Waterford Council’s resilience and ability to cope

By Paul Mooney THE severe weather which hit the country last February / early March (the ‘Beast from the East’ and Storm Emma) was a hugely challenging event and was a real serious test of Waterford Council’s resilience and ability to cope with such extreme events, Director of Services, Fergus Galvin told the recent Plenary meeting of the local authority.

Mr. Galvin said the two weather events which collided with each other from 27th February to 5th March “was probably one of the most severe and wildly disruptive weather events we’ve had in Waterford for as long as I can remember”.

“But I’m happy to say we came through it and coped very well,” he said.

Mr. Galvin was presenting a detailed report to the Plenary meeting which outlined the actions taken in preparation of, during and after the weather event.

Waterford Council’s Severe Weather Crisis Management Team met 20 times throughout the weather event.

Mr. Galvin praised people who came out in all weathers and provided an excellent public service to the Council, particularly those who worked in some of the most extreme and challenging conditions trying to keeps roads open for the emergency services.

He said that the public offices of Waterford Council and all non-essential services were closed during the severe weather.

Essential services which remained operational were road clearing, water services, communications and customer services.

The Council’s water services team worked throughout the entire period in extremely challenging conditions to restore water supplies, transport bottled water and tankers. A number of issues around the county led to water outages in some parts, restricted supply in other areas and a number of boil water notices being issued.

Mr. Galvin praised the assistance of the emergency services and the Civil Defence, Coast Guard, as well as the farming community, who turned out in large numbers, as well as contractors who came out on short notice.

“The Defence Forces provided a lot of assistance in getting people in and out of hospital. It made me proud and privileged to think we had those people and other organisations working with us,” Mr. Galvin said.

Cllr. Michael J. O’Ryan

Some locals make their way along a snow-covered O’Connell Street, Dungarvan, at the time of the severe weather brought by Storm Emma and ‘Beast from the East’.

praised the Council’s response to the severe weather, saying it could be categorised as a ‘people first’ attitude.

“Which is unlike the events in 2010 / 11 when people were afraid to clear their pathways and salt footpaths for fear of legal litigation,” Cllr. O’Ryan said.

“Health and Safety protocol does not lend itself to emergency situations. While I agree with health and safety regulations, there was a marked difference this time. Staff were stood down during the ‘Red Alert’ and once it was over, people were prioritised and then animals were prioritised after that. I think exceptions have to be made within reason at times of emergencies,” Cllr. O’Ryan said.

“Common sense was used this time and it must always trump health and safety protocol when there is a time of emergency.”

Cllr. Seanie Power complimented Council staff and all involved in clearance operations, saying their work was “second to none”.

“It was a huge success because we were also able to keep our constituents informed about blocked roads and when they were reopened, thanks to the MapAlerter and text alerts,” Cllr.

Power said.

Cllr. Breda Brennan suggested that in future, the Emergency Plan Committee should also include members of the voluntary groups, such as the Coast Guard, Marine Search and Rescue, and other types of groups, as well as a Councillor from each area.

Cllr. John Hearne said he was very proud of the work carried out by Council staff, the volunteers and groups and all involved in the operation. “They are a great credit to Waterford,” he said. “It goes to show when people are in trouble, others got out of their beds and went above and beyond the call of duty,” Cllr.

Hearne added.

Mayor Pat Nugent revealed that a letter would be issued from the Chief Executive and the Management Team to all those people who were involved during the severe weather, to thank them for their help and assistance.

EMERGENCY SUPPORT AND RESPONSE During the response period, both the Civil Defence and Fire Service transported HSE and other healthcare essential staff to and from their workplaces; transported patients to healthcare units or waiting ambulances which included ten dialysis patients and three patients who were in labour or in later stages of pregnancy.

They also provided other assistance, such as provision of water, transporting Council repair personnel, assisting vehicles and people stuck in snow and checking on vulnerable people in the community.

These additional duties were provided on top of their normal emergency response duties there were five non-weather related emergency incidents.

Mr. Galvin said that a total of 28 Civil Defence volunteers were involved in the operations and “their contribution to the event was excellent”.

He said all ten fire brigades of Waterford Fire Service were on emergency stand-by at their stations on 1st and 2nd March.

SNOW FALL Significant snow fall affected all areas of the County, ranging in depth from 30 cm to 60 cm and where snow drifts occurred, there

were depths of up to three metres making much of the road network impassable.

Snow gritters and ploughs were prioritised for the N25, Outer Ring Road in Waterford City and hospital routes and maintain emergency access.

RECOVERY The Council began clearing roads from the Sunday, with a view to getting Waterford back open for business from the Monday.

Snow was cleared to ensure roads were made passable and the removal of compacted snow / ice from junctions.

Repairs to speed ramps, catseyes and the drainage network then began. A significant number of potholes have appeared since the severe weather, and Mr. Galvin said the Council would endeavour to address these issues in the coming weeks.

SOME FIGURES: Tasks completed by Waterford Civil Defence during the severe weather (Civil Defence units from Dungarvan, Grange, Kilmacthomas, Tramore and Waterford City):

121 - Essential healthcare staff transports 27 - patient transports 81 - council and community support Tasks completed by Waterford Fire Service (all ten Fire Brigades) during the severe weather:

29 - essential healthcare staff transport 10 - patient transport 28 - council and community support 5 - fire calls Customer Service and Communications during the severe weather:

349 - number of calls made to the Council 41 - Facebook posts 19 - news updates made on www.waterfordcouncil.ie 125 - tweets posted on the Council’s Twitter account 75 - alerts posted on Map Alerter

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Waterford to help with 16% renewable energy targets by replacing public lighting with LEDs THE single biggest use of energy in Waterford is public lighting, but there are plans afoot to replace all public lighting with LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) over the next year or so.

At the March Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council, Cllr. Adam Wyse noted that from EU Guidelines, Ireland must have 16 percent energy from renewable sources or face major fines.

He pointed out that other local authorities are 'doing their bit' to help Ireland achieve the 16 percent target, such as Kilkenny County Council building an entire leisure centre that is 50 percent run by solar panels; and Tipperary County Council operating a 'super home initiative' where they refit Council houses to 'A' energy standard.

He also noted that Wexford County Council will change over 17,000 public lights into LED bulbs to assist the cause.

“Waterford Council needs to plan for a large scale, either solar

or wind investment, which will assist the Government in meeting its targets,” Cllr. Wyse said.

Cllr. Wyse said that over one fifth of the budget for the National Planning Framework is going towards combating climate change and said the Council could benefit from some of that funding.

“If we don't reach that magic number of 16 percent, then we face up to €150m in fines per one percent we are off and that fine will be paid by only one person – the taxpayer,” said Cllr.

Wyse.

“Waterford Council needs to ensure we have some sort of large scale investment plans to go towards renewable energy so that we can actually play our fair share in reaching that figure, like the other Councils are doing,” Cllr. Wyse added.

Chief Executive of the Council, Michael Walsh, replied that they would have a strategy, pointing out that the single biggest energy use they have is public lighting.

Mr. Walsh said he would be coming back to the Council in a couple of months with a proposed joint plan for the Southern region to replace all public lighting with LEDs. He admitted there is “a significant cost” attached to the LED replacement, but added “there are also significant savings to be made”.

Mr. Walsh said he would view the bulb replacements with LEDs as “the single most important action in terms of reaching compliance with our obligations”.

Director of Services, Fergus Galvin, said there has been a huge amount of activity over the last couple of years, such as grants for renewable energy for housing estates; insulation for better energy levels in Council houses; and the sourcing of SEAI grants for community and business projects.

“We have an ambitious programme this year which includes the acquisition of electric vehicles for use by the

Council,” Mr. Galvin said.

He said the work “is ongoing and continuous and we report regularly to the Environment SPC”.

“We do have targets we have to maintain, which we are working towards on an ongoing basis. We are doing the same as other local authorities and have the same range of activities,” he added.

Director of Services, Ivan Grimes, said Waterford Council was successful in securing funding from SEAI for the retro-fit of Council houses over the last number of years.

“We will continue to look for funding for that,” Mr. Grimes said.

“All of our new houses are designed with very high energy efficiency standards.”

Mr. Grimes said the new houses recently built at Ormond Square, O'Connell Street, Dungarvan; or new houses in Tramore, were built with significant energy measures.

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Female-led business wins €3,000 Elevator Pitch competition at South East Fuelling Ambition Roadshow MARIAN Kennedy, founder of Post-Partum Relief Healthcare Ltd was the winner of an Elevator Pitch competition worth €3,000 in Waterford this week.

The competition was part of the Fuelling Ambition ‘Lead and Succeed’ Roadshow event in the Granville Hotel, Co Waterford organised by Enterprise Ireland

and Network Ireland, in conjunction with the Entrepreneurs Academy and Facebook, and was attended by business women and entrepreneurs from the South East.

The event kicked off a series of free-to-attend events to take place across the country over the next few weeks which aim to encourage, support and drive the

ambition of female entrepreneurs nationally by showcasing thriving Irish business women and entrepreneurs.

The Elevator Pitch competition offers a cash prize package sponsored by Facebook worth €2,000 at each location, as well as additional prizes worth up to €1,000.

Ms Kennedy will receive a

Fuelling Ambition ‘Lead and Succeed’ Roadshow event in the Granville Hotel, Co. Waterford, organised by Enterprise Ireland and Network Ireland. Pictured are Helen Smyth from Facebook, Rachael James of Enterprise Ireland, Marian Kennedy of Post-Partum Relief Healthcare Ltd was the winner of an Elevator Pitch competition worth €3,000 and Aisling O'Neill President of Network Ireland Waterford branch.

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The event also provided an opportunity to network with entrepreneurs and business people.

The roadshow events are free of charge to existing and potential entrepreneurs and business women and the next event will take place in Dublin on 9th April.

Booking is strongly advised.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

Car parking charges at UHW are a ‘tax on the sick’ – Butler National review must be concluded as quickly as possible FIANNA Fáil TD for Waterford, Mary Butler has said that the regulation of car parking charges at public hospitals, with a view to reducing them, must be a priority for the Government.

“For the last number of years, there has been a public outcry about the costs of parking at hospitals. In all too many locations, the costs are rising, and they are placing a major financial burden on families visiting their loved ones in hospital or on those receiving regular treatment such as cancer patients.

“At present, the cost of parking at University Hospital Waterford is €4 for up to three hours with a maximum daily charge of €8. In 2016, UHW earned €1.5 million from parking fees alone.

“Recently the Minister for Health, Simon Harris announced a review of parking charges at public hospitals. This is a welcome development, and one I know that is desperately needed.

“The Irish Cancer Society's 'Park the Charges' report recently revealed that cancer patients could be paying up to €63 a week in car parking

charges. This is simply unacceptable and unfair.

“Patients living with cancer should be focused on getting better, and should not be unduly worried by the financial implications.

“In addition, people who as a result of their treatment need to visit the hospital regularly to have bloods taken or see a nurse of doctor for check-ups having to fork out hundreds of euro every year for parking.

“My colleague, Cllr. Jason Murphy has worked hard on this issue over the past number of months and years, and we continue to work to ensure that patients are not financially burdened as a result of visits to the hospital.

“The review needs to be concluded as quickly as possible as every week delayed is another week of excessive parking charges for patients and their loved ones.

“Clear national guidelines on car parking fees in hospitals are required. However, we need to see reductions in the overall cost to patients, and in particular, cancer patients,” concluded Butler.

Pictured at the MACE Excellence Awards for achieving exceptional standards in retailing, held at the Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny recently were Daniel O'Connell, MACE Sales Director, Michael and Joan Houlihan, MACE Lismore and Declan Ryan, MACE Retail Operations Advisor.

Waterford MACE store claims top accolade for retail excellence HOULIHAN’S MACE Lismore was honoured at the recent MACE Excellence Awards for achieving exceptional standards in retailing, which was held in the Lyrath Hotel, Kilkenny and hosted by BWG Foods, owners and operators of the MACE brand.

The MACE Excellence Awards, held in association with the Excellence Ireland Quality Association, are only awarded to MACE stores that pass an intensive year-long inspection, including unannounced audits and visits from mystery shoppers.

Houlihan’s MACE Lismore was among an

Waterford City average house price rises by 2.6% in last three months THE price of the average threebed semi in Waterford City rose by 2.6% to €195,000 in the past year, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance.

In the rest of the county, the average price of three-bed semi now stands at €172,500, a rise of 4.5% in the last 12 months.

The REA Average House Price Survey concentrates on the actual sale price of Ireland's typical stock home, the three-bed semi, giving an up-to-date picture of the property market in towns and cities countrywide to the close of last week.

“We have observed a noticeable increase in residential rents which is attracting the investor back into the market,” according to REA Spratt in Dungarvan.

“In addition, tenants are now being enticed into buying a home rather than continuing to pay increasing rent costs.

The average semi-detached house nationally now costs €229,111, the Q1 REA Average

House Price Survey has found – a rise of 1.5% on the Q4 2017 figure of €225,806.

Overall, the average house price across the country rose by 9.1% over the past 12 months – indicating that the market is steadying after the 11.3% overall rise in 2017.

The rate of increase in three-bed semi-detached home prices in Dublin slowed to just 0.5% in the first three months of the year.

After rising by 12.5% in 2017, the average price in the capital has increased by just €2,000 in the opening quarter and now stands at €440,000 – exactly twice the Central Bank’s €220,000 mortgage deposit threshold.

The rate of increase in three-bed semi-detached home prices in Dublin has now slowed to 2% over the past six months, compared to an increase of 4.5% in the opening three months of 2017.

“The Dublin market has become quite price sensitive, even though we are seeing healthy demand and good liquidity with plenty of mort-

gage lending,” said REA spokesperson Barry McDonald.

“What we may be seeing, after the rapid increases of recent years, are the Central Bank mortgage lending restrictions imposing an upper level on purchasing power for some buyers.

“We are experiencing strong demand across the board, and homes are reaching sale agreed in just five weeks across the country – which is good news for both buyers and vendors.

The commuter counties continued their recent steady growth with a 1.4% increase in Q1, with the average house now selling for €235,900 – a rise of €3,000 in the first three months of the year.

The country’s major cities outside Dublin recorded a combined Q1 rise of 2.1%, with an average three-bed semi costing €243,750.

The highest increases were seen in the rest of the country’s towns, which experienced a 2.9% rise in Q1 to an average of €150,050.

elite group of retailers from around the country who were awarded a MACE Excellence Award for five consecutive years.

Congratulating the winners, Daniel O’Connell, MACE Sales Director, said: “The MACE Excellence Awards recognise those who, through their commitment to outstanding retail standards and customer service, continue to set the benchmark for the brand and marketplace overall.

Increasingly high standards are undoubtedly contributing to the continued success of MACE.

Retailers who achieve the MACE Excellence Award must comply with a strict set of criteria, which involves stores being rigorously monitored throughout the year.Their efforts have been truly outstanding and their recognition is very well-deserved.”

MACE is the longest serving convenience brand in Ireland, serving local communities for more than 50 years. Operated by independent retailers, the network includes local community stores as well as forecourt shopping, with over 160 MACE stores located around the country.

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

Minister Creed announces €2.2m Capital Investment Programme for 52 Local Authority Harbour projects THE Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, announced details of a €2.2m package to assist 13 Coastal Local Authorities undertake and complete 52 development and repair projects on harbours and slipways owned by them. The package provides funding for maintenance and repair works in addition to supporting the ongoing development and enhancement of harbour facilities including some marine leisure developments.

The Minister said “I am delighted to announce the continuation of our programme to assist Coastal Local Authorities in the repair and development of fishery and aquaculture linked marine infrastructures under their ownership”.

The Local Authority programme forms part of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marines’ 2018 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, whereby the Department co-funds up to 75% of the total cost of approved capital projects with the Local Authority providing the balance.

The Minister went on to say “The Local Authority owned harbours in receipt of funding under this year’s programme are essential to the wellbeing of rural coastal communities and play an important social and economic role in their respective localities by contributing to the ongoing development of fishing and aquaculture related activities, increasing participation in marine leisure, and augmenting measures to attract greater numbers of tourists all of which generate an environment for job creation” Minister Creed concluded the announcement by saying “The €2.2m I have made available in 2018 is testament to my commitment to assist in the ongoing economic and social development in our rural coastal communities. The diverse range of projects approved for funding under the programme are geographically spread across 13 Local Authorities and will not only create much needed local employment over the time span of the projects, but equally will further enhance the amenities provided to the wider Marine community in these coastal areas.”

WATERFORD COUNTY COUNCIL Location: Tramore Pier North Wall. Works: Overslabbing of existing harbour wall to north and increasing overall width of wall to improve structural strength. New structure shall consist of reinforced. Grant Aid Approved: €75,000.

Location: Ardmore Pier - Phase 2. Works: Repair works to existing pier slab over a small area. The access to the pier requires repair works. The existing steps are damaged and the handrail required treatment. G rant Aid Approved: €112,500.

Total for Waterford: €187,500.

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This is a rare opportunity so all interested applicants from home and abroad should contact The Secretary, Ballymacarbry Elders Housing Associate Ltd., 15 Cluain Cairbre, Ballymacarbry, Via Clonmel, Co. Waterford.

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Come to Divine Mercy John Foley AutoSales SPRINGMOUNT, DUNGARVAN, CO. WATERFORD next Sunday THE Annual Feast of the Divine Mercy which will be celebrated in St. Mary’s Parish Church next Sunday, is a very special occasion for Catholics.

While the perception may be that this is only for ‘holy people’, nothing could be further from the truth.

The Feast of the Divine Mercy is a unique occasion in that Confession and Absolution on that day covers the sins of a person’s entire life and is an ideal opportunity for those who have been away from the Sacraments to ‘get back on track’.

Confession will not be a searching inquisition, but an opportunity to return to the sacraments after some time away. This is truly a ‘Godsend’ for those who are timid about their religion, or who cannot summon the courage to step into the Confessional during the year.

People should know that there will be a special welcome for those who are returning after some time away from the Church and whose religious practice has declined over time. If a genuine reconciliation is sought, then this is the time to avail of the unlimited Mercy of Jesus ‘when the Divine Floodgates from Heaven are wide-opened and Jesus offers us the total forgiveness of all sins and punishment to any soul, who goes to Confession and receives Him in Holy Communion, on that day.’

Mass will be celebrated at 3 pm, so that both obligations may be fulfilled that afternoon.

Divine Mercy Sunday is based on visions recorded from St. Faustina Kowalski. In 2000, it was decreed a solemnity, a high feast day, by Pope John Paul II. Divine Mercy Sunday occurs on the Sunday after Easter.

St. Faustina was a Polish nun who lived in the early 20th century. She devoted her life to spreading the word about God's forgiveness, or divine mercy, for anyone who asks for forgiveness.

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Although she was a mystic, she also cooked and gardened as part of her convent life.

Sr. Faustina had visions through much of her life, one of the most profound of which was that of Jesus, with one hand raised in blessing and with two fingers of his other hand resting on his heart. She said that Jesus asked her to have the image painted, and to include a prayer that said, "Jesus, I trust in you." This is the prayer that Catholics recite on Divine Mercy Sunday.

Most priests preach on the story of Doubting Thomas on Divine Mercy Sunday (John 20:19-31).

Thomas, also a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, was one of the apostles of Jesus. When Jesus arose from the dead, Thomas did not believe it. Jesus directed him to touch his crucifixion wounds to help him believe, which he did. Jesus did not chastise Thomas for his disbelief, which is considered an act of mercy.

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No government action on Waterford / Kilkenny boundary issue

Pictured at the launch of the SuperValu TidyTowns 2018 competition in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, are Minister for Regional Economic Development, Michael Ring, T.D and Martin Kelleher, Managing Director, SuperValu, with TidyTown volunteers from across the country. This is the 60th anniversary of the competition.

2018 SuperValu Tidy Towns competition calls on County Waterford to get involved County Waterford committees invited to participate as competition marks its 60th anniversary THE 2018 SuperValu TidyTowns competition is now open for entries following the launch of the competition on Wednesday, 28th March 2018, in the TidyTowns Grove in the Phoenix Park.

Now in its 60th year, the competition is administered by the Department of Rural and Community Development and is sponsored by SuperValu.

Over the lifetime of the SuperValu TidyTowns competition, generations of TidyTowns volunteers up and down the country have worked to improve the appearance of their locality and make their town or village more attractive for residents and visitors alike.

Speaking at the launch, Martin Kelleher, Managing Director, SuperValu said, “This year is an important milestone for SuperValu TidyTowns as it marks the 60th anniversary of the competition.

Reaching this landmark is a remarkable achievement both for the competition and the TidyTowns committees who have worked tirelessly over the year to enhance their towns and villages.”

Mr. Kelleher went on to say:

“2018 is the 27th year that SuperValu has sponsored TidyTowns. We are delighted to continue our long-running partnership with the competition to help make the communities we live in even better and to recognise the efforts of thousands of volunteers across the country who put in countless hours every week. This year, as we mark the 60th anniversary of TidyTowns, we are calling on volunteers in Co. Waterford to get involved.

“As Ireland’s leading independent grocery retailer, with our stores owned by entrepreneurs from the local community, we understand the importance of improving the quality of life in the towns and villages that our retailers work and live in.”

Minister for Regional Economic Development, Michael Ring, T.D. said, “The SuperValu TidyTowns Competition is built on the voluntary effort of ordinary people across Ireland. Its success is a result of that selfless effort. It is a competition which brings neighbours, with shared values and shared interests, together to improve their locality. Almost all members in a community can contribute to the SuperValu

TidyTowns competition, regardless of age, ability or interests. I urge existing Tidy Towns Committees in Waterford to register by the 23rd May deadline and I would love to see towns and villages get involved which haven’t previously participated in the competition.”

“Sixty years on from the first Tidy Towns, the competition is going from strength to strength.

Last year, over 870 towns and villages competed in the SuperValu Tidy Towns, each of them driven by the same sense of community pride which spurred on the inaugural contestants in 1958.

“In recognition of the hard work and dedication of the volunteers who have worked tirelessly over the past 60 years, I provided a once-off grant scheme of between €1,000 and €4,000 for TidyTowns committees last November. Over €1.3 million was provided to 900 Tidy Towns Committees to spend on improving their communities and I have no doubt that this investment had a significant positive impact on communities throughout the country.”

This year’s competition will also see the addition of the Schools Award, an initiative run

by SuperValu that aims to encourage schools in communities across the country to get involved with their local TidyTowns committee and play a part in building better communities.

The award aims to encourage greater youth involvement with TidyTowns initiatives, and primary or secondary schools that showcase a significant contribution to their local community are invited to enter this year for the first time.

The closing date for receipt of entries for this year’s competitions is 23rd May, 2018. Entry forms for the SuperValu TidyTowns competition can be obtained from the TidyTowns Unit in the Department of Rural and Community Development – phone (076 100 6912) or by visiting www.tidytowns.ie or www.supervalu.ie. For entry to the Special Competitions please download your entry form at www.tidytowns.ie.

Volunteers across Ireland who want to get involved or set up a TidyTowns Committee can find more information at: w w w. s u p e r v a l u . i e / r e a l people/sponsorship/tidytowns/h ow-to-get-involved

THERE is still no Government action on the issue of the Waterford / Kilkenny boundary following a suggestion that Waterford could take over the administrative governance of a section of South Kilkenny, following the Government's refusal to grant a boundary extension.

Minister Simon Coveney refused Waterford's proposed boundary extension into South Kilkenny last year, following political lobbying from Kilkenny politicians, and despite the independent boundary commission's suggestion that the boundary extension be granted for Waterford.

At the March Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council, Cllr. Eddie Mulligan asked if there has been any update in relation to the suggestion about administrative governance of South Kilkenny and the Boundary Commission report.

Director of Services, Ivan Grimes, replied there has been no update in relation to the matter and the Council “has had no communication from the Department on this matter for some time”.

Blue Tit

By Mandy Tompkins THE Blue Tit is a small easily recognisable member of the Tit family of birds and is by far the commonest species found on bird feeders and tables during the Winter, readily feeding alongside other flocks of small birds. Blue Tits have an eagerness to profit from humans, quickly discovering peanut feeders, searching window frames for spiders and readily using nest boxes. Extremely agile and active Blue Tits are so light they can search for insects at the tips of even the thinnest twigs. They are clever feeders and will hold their food firmly under one foot if necessary, especially nuts and hard seeds, whilst pecking at it with sharp stabs.

Blue Tits are instantly recognisable by their bright blue crown. The white face is defined by dark blue lines and the wings and tail are blue. The remaining plumage is yellow. Their diet consists of insects and caterpillars during the Summer and nuts, especially peanuts, and seeds in Winter.

Both adult birds build a nest of moss, with grass or strips of bark and lined with feathers in holes in trees, almost any kind of cavity and especially nest boxes, where the female Blue Tit will literally put all her eggs in one basket, laying a single clutch of between 6 – 13 tiny eggs, which are white with red brown spots, between April and June. This one single brood of chicks is timed to coincide with the greatest abundance of juicy nutritious caterpillars. The exertion of constantly feeding more than a dozen chicks means parent birds will often look worn and dull by the end of the season. If the brood does fail the female Blue Tit will rarely lay another.

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Group of cyclists from Portlaw pictured before the 50K Mental Health & Suicide Awareness Cycle on Easter Sunday.

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Cyclists about to leave Crotty's Lemybrien on the 50K Mental Health & Suicide Awareness Cycle on Easter Sunday.

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Fiona and Tadgh Walsh pictured at the 50K Mental Health & Suicide Awareness Cycle on Easter Sunday.

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Event Organizer Cllr Liam Brazil pictured during the 50K Mental Health & Suicide Awareness Cycle on Easter Sunday.

[Dan McGrath]

Eilish O'Grady and Sharon Nugent pictured at the 50K Mental Health & Suicide Awareness Cycle on Easter Sunday.

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The Ryan family pictured after the 50K Mental Health & Suicide Awareness [Dan McGrath] Cycle on Easter Sunday.

Event volunteers Una Keating, Muriel Tobin and Marie Brazil pictured at the 50K Mental Health & Suicide Awareness Cycle on Easter Sunday.

Martin Moore and Johnny O'Riordan enjoy some refreshments in Crottys Inn after the 50K Mental Health & Suicide Awareness Cycle on Easter Sunday.

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Bench warrants issued A CORK woman who previously pleaded guilty to theft of nearly €500 worth of items from Dungarvan retailers had a bench warrant issued for her arrest when she failed to appear in court last week.

Lorna Delaney (30) with an address at 31 Ravensdale Road, Mahon, Cork, had pleaded guilty at a previous sitting of the District Court to theft from Garvey’s Service Station, Coolagh Road, Dungarvan and Eurospar, Abbeyside, on 19th January, 2016; and theft from Eurospar on 27th January, 2016.

The value of items taken across all three theft incidents totalled €491.

The accused has previous convictions.

Her case was adjourned to allow her to pay back compensation to the shops involved.

However, at last week’s

Dungarvan District Court, the accused was not present.

Solicitor Niall King said he did try to contact the accused but could not reach her and he has no up-to-date instructions from her.

With no valid reason for her absence from court Judge Terence Finn issued a bench warrant for the accused’s arrest. ********** A BENCH warrant was issued for the arrest of a man who failed to appear in court last week.

Philip Duffy (34) with an address at Aglish, Cappoquin, is accused of alleged obstruction at Dungarvan Garda Station on 28th January, 2017.

There was no valid reason for the accused’s absence from last week’s Dungarvan District Court. Judge Terence Finn issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

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Man who shot stray dog makes donation to poor box A LEMYBRIEN man who was stressed due to lack of sleep caused by the barking of a stray lurcher in the neighbourhood, pleaded guilty to a charge of unnecessary suffering to an animal, after he shot the dog with a legally-held firearm.

Patrick Fennell (45) with an address at 1 St. Anne’s Court, Lemybrien, pleaded guilty to the charge which occurred at Lemybrien on 4th February, 2017.

Outlining the case at last week’s Dungarvan District Court, Inspector Larry Sheahan told Judge Terence Finn that the incident occurred around 3.10 p.m. when the accused, P. J. Fennell shot the dog with a legally-held firearm.

Insp. Sheahan said the dog, a stray lurcher, had been roaming the estate for a number of months and keeping the residents awake at night.

“The accused admitted responsibility for shooting the dog which later died from its wound. Gardaí now have the firearm in storage,” he said.

Solicitor Paddy Gordon made a lengthy plea in mitigation to give the court a full picture of what happened.

He outlined that the dog had been roaming the estate since late December, 2016, and was barking every night, setting off other dogs in the area.

The accused’s children would be woken repeatedly by the barking, as would the accused, who does shift work.

Mr. Gordon said the dog was also taking items from people’s gardens.

Reading from a statement made to the Gardaí by the accused’s wife, Mr. Gordon said the accused and his family were stressed due to sleep deprivation because of the constant barking at night.

He said they were so “cranky” that the

accused’s daughter got up in the early hours of the morning at one point to hunt the dog away.

The Council’s dog warden section was contacted by the accused, but they failed to catch the dog.

Mr. Gordon said the family were warned by the dog warden to stay away from the dog as it doesn’t seem to have a friendly temperament.

Mr. Gordon also read from another statement made to Gardaí by a neighbour of the accused, who was also kept awake at night by the dog.

The neighbour said he was in fear that the dog would bite him.

The accused, who was interviewed after shooting the dog, outlined the amount of stress the family were under due to the lack of sleep caused by the stray dog’s constant barking at night.

Mr. Gordon said his client acknowledges that using the firearm wasn’t the way to deal with the dog.

Mr. Gordon said complaints were made by the accused and his neighbours as they were upset by the dog, but the dog wardens could not catch the animal.

“My client went out and shot the dog.

He was not entitled to do that and it was an error in judgement,” Mr. Gordon said.

“My client is an industrious man working shifts.”

Mr. Gordon said his client was prepared to make a donation to the prevention of cruelty to animals charity.

Judge Finn noted that nobody has come forward to claim the dog.

Insp. Sheahan said the dog was not chipped either.

“A couple of locals may have been feeding the dog, but no-one claimed owner-

ship of it,” Insp. Sheahan said.

Judge Finn said he could accept the accused may have felt this problem would go on indefinitely unless action was taken.

But drawing an analogy, the Judge asked what the accused would have done if it was a group of people with nothing better to do, congregating and consuming alcohol and creating noise.

“That may be a stretch of my imagination,” Judge Finn admitted.

“But the accused has a licence to hold a gun because he is considered fit to hold the gun, which was taken from him as a result of this investigation,” said Judge Finn.

He noted that some people in the area were frustrated at the animal, others were fearful of the dog, while others were content on feeding the dog.

“There is no evidence regarding the fears and apprehension that the animal was in any way violent that would require it to be put down.

“At the end of the day, what the accused did was not appropriate. Even if it was accepted that the shot mortally wounded the dog, it was not a clean dispatch and it caused some suffering to the animal,” Judge Finn said.

“I can’t condone what went on but I understand his level of frustration.”

Mr. Gordon said his client has no previous convictions and has shown remorse in the case.

Judge Finn said the donation sought for the poor box would be hefty - €1,000.

He acknowledged the references handed into court speak highly of the accused and outline him as a good citizen.

Judge Finn struck out the charge after the donation was paid in court.

District Judge refuses jurisdiction in cases THE District Judge refused jurisdiction in a case where a Kilmacthomas man is accused of alleged assault causing harm.

Peter Gallagher (19) with an address at The Elms, Union Road, Kilmacthomas, is accused of alleged assault causing harm and allegedly pro-

ducing an article in the course of a dispute at Waves Nightclub, Davitt’s Quay, Dungarvan, on 23rd April, 2017.

Inspector Larry Sheahan gave an outline of the allegations at last week’s Dungarvan District Court.

A medical report from

South Tipperary General Hospital described the injuries received by a person after he was hit on the head by a glass object on the night in question.The injuries included lacerations to the head and arm and the injured party lost consciousness for a period of time.

Judge Terence Finn refused

jurisdiction in the case and adjourned the matter to 9th May, 2018, for preparation of a Book of Evidence. ********** THE District Judge has refused jurisdiction in a case where a local man is accused of alleged assault causing harm.

Josh Rockett (19) with an address at 35 Kyne Park, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, is accused of alleged assault causing harm at Minnies Bar, Abbeyside, on 19th December, 2016.

At last week’s Dungarvan District Court, Inspector Larry Sheahan said a person received

a laceration over the left eyebrow as a result of a punch from a closed fist.

After hearing the outline of the allegations and the injuries, Judge Terence Finn refused jurisdiction in the case.

He adjourned the case to 9th May, 2018, for preparation of a Book of Evidence.

Four month jail term for driver who deliberately rammed another vehicle A 22-YEAR-old man who used the car he was driving to ram another vehicle because he had an issue with the passenger was handed a four month jail sentence last week.

Luke Fennessy with an address at 4 St. Bridget’s Well, Dungarvan, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, contrary to Section 53 of the Road Traffic Act at Duckspool, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, on 22nd March, 2017.

He also pleaded guilty to driving with no insurance and driving without a licence at the same location and date.

Inspector Larry Sheahan told last week’s Dungarvan District Court that Fennessy drove up behind a vehicle

and rammed it causing a collision between the two vehicles and then he drove off.

The injured party of the other vehicle contacted the Gardaí and alerted them to the hit and run incident.

Insp. Sheahan said the driver of the other vehicle recognised Fennessy and she took details of his car.

“The vehicle was recovered close to where the accused was living at the time. He admitted he was driving at the time,” Insp. Sheahan told Judge Terence Finn.

It transpired that Fennessy had an issue with the passenger of the other

vehicle and caused the deliberate collision.

The accused also did not have a driving licence or insurance.

Insp. Sheahan said the accused has a long number of previous conviction, which include convictions for road traffic offences.

Fennessy has five previous convictions for driving with no insurance.

Solicitor Niall King said Fennessy is a man who is known to the court.

“He had a difficult upbringing and spent time in care,” Mr. King said.

He said Fennessy had addiction issues and he has been in custody serving a term of imprisonment since

June last year.

Mr. King said Fennessy is trying to put his past behind him and move on.

“He wants to totally change his life.

He is getting on well in prison and is looking forward to an early release date,” Mr. King said.

“He apologises for his behaviour and says he won’t get into trouble when he is released.”

Judge Finn said he could not ignore the dangerous driving by the accused an act of deliberate driving because he had an issue with the passenger in the other vehicle.

Mr. King said his client accepts the action he took led to the impact, but it

wasn’t his intention.

He said the impact was not at high speed, but more of a low speed impact.

“There had been an issue between the parties. My client holds his hands up and apologises. There were no injuries in the impact,” Mr. King said.

On the dangerous driving charge, Judge Finn handed down a four month jail term along with a driving disqualification of eight years. A concurrent four month jail term was handed down for the charge of driving with no insurance and an eight year driving disqualification. The charge of driving with no licence was marked as proven and taken into consideration.

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G a rd a Ca m p a i g n o n t h e G r e e n wa y h e l p e d r a i s e a wa r e n e s s a r o u n d c yc l e s a fe t y A CYCLE safety campaign held along the Greenway by the Gardaí over the Easter weekend was deemed a huge success in helping to generate awareness around road safety and crime prevention for cyclists.

Information stalls which provided advice, leaflets and hi-vis jackets were held at three points along the Greenway on Easter Saturday (Clonea car park; Old Station House, Kilmacthomas; and Carriganore, Waterford).

Six Garda cyclists (two from each of the three Garda Districts, Dungarvan, Tramore and Waterford City) were on patrol along the Greenway, offering advice and information to Greenway users, accompanied by the National Garda Mounted Unit.

A special exemption was made on the day for the Garda Mounted Unit, as horses are not allowed on the Greenway.

The Garda Mounted Unit arrived at Kilmacthomas Garda Station and travelled along

the Greenway to Dungarvan.

There was plenty of interest from members of the public using the Greenway as they stopped to chat with the Garda

Bicycle Patrol officers and the Mounted Unit officers, Garda Nives Caplice and Garda Denis Farrell, who were on patrol with Garda horses ‘Fiachra’ and ‘Ruairi’.

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Main picture: Garda Mounted Unit, Garda Nives Caplice on Ruairi and Garda Denis Farrell on Fiachra, as they patrol the Greenway last Easter Saturday. Inset, left: Garda Colin Murray, Dungarvan Garda Station, at the Clonea car park, giving advice to Greenway users on the importance of wearing a hi-vis jacket while cycling.

The information stalls, which manned by Garda officers and operated between 11.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Easter Saturday, reported being very busy, with lots of inter-

est from the public and Greenway users.

Information available to the public included the importance of using lights on your bike, using helmets and obeying the Rules of

the Road, as well as a copy of the Greenway Code of Conduct; and advice on crime prevention in relation to bicycles and the importance of recording the serial number of the bike.

Pictured left: Garda Christine Keniry and Garda Colin Murray, Dungarvan Garda Station, manning the Information Stall at the Clonea car park section of the Greenway. Pictured right: Sgt. Alan Kissane, Mountain Bike Patrol, Kilmacthomas Garda Station, with members of the National Garda Mounted Unit, Garda Nives Caplice on Ruairi and Garda Denis Farrell on Fiachra, with Garda Christine Keniry and Garda Colin Murray, Dungarvan Garda Station, at the Durrow section of the Greenway last Easter Saturday.

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Further Education Business WE have two fantastic courses to choose from at Coláiste Chathail Naofa.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION This course is ideal for anybody interested in entering the workplace. It is a 1 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.

Cliodhna Wadding successfully completed the course last year. ‘As a result of doing the Business Administration course I learned many new skills which help me in my new job in Dungarvan Credit Union. I also feel I have grown in self confidence and I am delighted I have a great knowledge of word processing and other computer packages’.

BUSINESS STUDIES This course is ideal for students who wish to pursue further studies in Business at level 6 or higher. Business Studies 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.

Modules also include Word Processing, Marketing Practice and Research Skills. 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. Erin Crellin graduated in 2016 and is currently studying Legal Studies in WIT. 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.

Follow us on facebook at Coláiste Chathail Naofa – College of Further Education @ccnplc for the latest updates. Our website address is ccndungarvan.com and has further details of all of our courses. Contact us on 058 41184 or by email at ccn@wwetb.ie

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Summer 2018 Trends in Fashion CATHY McGrath, Image Consultant says fashion is central to her daily life but for women planning their wardrobe this should be fun not a chore. Her aim is to deliver advice to ladies over 40 on creating and enhancing a look for a fabulous and confident woman. So many women rate fashion as dressing up for a wedding or an occasion, why not enjoy dressing up and organising our clothes for daily wear, we need to look well and keep up appearances as we get older, easy to get complacent, not good enough, ladies go for it.

While we are just recovering from “Storm Emma”,” Beast from the East”, and “Son of the Beast “summer fashion may feel a little far off your agenda, it won’t be too long, before we are all eating out on our patios, and going tights free in pretty dresses, so it is best to start thinking about it now. Summer 2018 is all about individuality, so prep wardrobes now, and you won’t be left behind.

Fashion is an expression of who we are, I love the fact that we can define ourselves or make a statement by what we wear and how we wear it. Pure femininity is the story of summer ’18.Trends for summer ’18 are super wearable.

How NATURAL: Straw hats & round wicker bags, are a summer no brainer, or switch your floppy hat for a straw headband.

Belt bags dangling from belt loops on jeans.

Wicker Block & Kitten heels for sandals, all neutral colours which will match and slip into any pastel colour wardrobe.

Ruffles & Frills have made their way onto shoes & bags, what a

contrast.

The glamorous silky turbans are all on trend or be inventive with a headscarf creation.

Pop socks paired with pointed stilettos with low vamp Logos on bags, t-shirts, and trainers are big, maybe not for everyone.

Sequins, shine & embellishment on way back, sequin skirt with a sweater to create a day look The Prairie girl look is back, by way of dresses, skirts, puff sleeves, wide brim hats Plastic fantastic look, dresses, trousers, trench coats, in my view the dress is most flattering - midi length, embrace the length ladies, as the mini returns in the fall Trouser suits are huge, plain fabrics, Prince of Wales, hounds tooth checks, stripes, graffiti prints, loud and proud - high waisted trousers with a tie sash a simple styling trick.

Summer wardrobes can expect to be bursting with pastels, pale yellow to purple, green to pink.

There is no place for much else only pastels or outfits bursting with loud multi-coloured bold florals and blooms on fabrics. Be pretty focal with your outfit colour, make a statement, loud & proud.

Gingham checks see a return to the runway in the form head to toe orange, green to patchwork pink & blue, now all we need is sunshine.

We are always obsessed with stripes, they are so predictable, accessories or main outfit not both.

80s style blazer dresses, fuss free can bring you from the office daywear to after six wear, a real must

Cathy McGrath, Image Consultant Lilac is a must for this season, in the form of violet, lavender, periwinkle & purple shades, something for all skin tones, as pretty as an ice-cream so delicate.

The return of the mac on the runway, it’s music to the ears, variation on colour are also an option a change from the boring camel and stone.

Jazz up neutral looks with brighter pinks, oranges and greens. Play down a dress with a denim jacket and loafers.

10 COMMANDMENTS TO OBEY • Make a plan going shopping, do not allow the shop dictate your style, colour and outfit, take a photo of your wardrobe • Avoid black this summer, put away till autumn • Mothers of the Groom/Bride purchase a dress in your style, shape, and colour, team up with a pashmina in same

colour; avoid our huge Irish rip off wedding outfit standing in wardrobes never to be worn again. Create your own outfit, be innovative, wear affordable outfits the whole summer and have spare money to purchase a jumpsuit for the following day.

• Do not forget the dressmaker, copy a dress you like • Hemlines - Midi/Maxi not just below knee it’s ageing • Ensure all fabrics in outfit are appropriate for season • Never mix gold with silver in clothes, jewellery or accessories • Do not wear black eyeliner or red lipstick, it’s ageing Either expose shoulders, knees, arms or cleavage, only ONE never all • Invest in good lingerie, to create a silhouette “I like my money right where I can see it: hanging in my closet” Carric Bradshaw.

Butler defends Referendum Vote I AM on the record as saying I am supportive of a referendum for this very emotive, divisive, personal issue in relation to Repealing the 8th Amendment.

The only constitutional right for the unborn child within the Constitution as determined recently by the Supreme Court is the 8th Amendment.

On Tuesday last I spoke in the Dail on this issue and informed the Dail record that I had to make a clear choice. If I was asked the question "Are you in favour of a referendum being put to the people in relation to the 8th Amendment" Yes or No? I would have clearly said Yes. However, that was not the question put to us as some would like to believe.

Article 46 provides that for a constitutional referendum to be called a proposal to amend the Constitution must be intro-

duced to the Dail as a bill.

The Bill that was presented to us stated the following, and this is the wording that will appear on the referendum ballot paper You are being asked if you agree with the following to delete the following subsection from Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution "The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother", and to substitute that subsection with the following: ‘Provision may be made by law for the regulation of termination of pregnancy’.

The way the bill was pre-

sented, to Repeal the 8th and substitute it with regulation of termination of pregnancy goes against my fundamental belief.

I personally wish to support the unborn child within the Constitution, I have been consistent in my position and it has never changed in relation to protection of the unborn child.

“The way the bill was presented, to Repeal the 8th and substitute it with regulation of termination of pregnancy goes against my fundamental belief” Waterford Fianna Fáil Deputy Mary Butler The Committee recommended that the law should be amended ‘to permit termination of pregnancy with no

restriction as to reason provided that it is availed of through a GP led service delivered in a clinical context as determined by law and licensing practice in Ireland with a gestational limit of 12 weeks’.

This goes beyond the position in Britain where the abortion act of 1967 still requires two doctors to form the opinion in good faith, necessary to prevent a risk to the mental and physical health of the mother, and where one in every five pregnancy's end in abortion resulting in 200,000 abortion in 2017. In my opinion that is abortion on demand.

I accept my position will differ from others, however, any modern democracy should be capable of debating this issue in a respectful way, trying to address genuine concerns while preserving the lives of the unborn child.

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‘Best Breakfast in Ireland’ Award for Hanora’s Cottage

By Paul Mooney THE renowned and popular Hanora’s Cottage, which is nestled in the peaceful and tranquil setting of the Nire Valley in the Comeragh Mountains, was bestowed with the ‘Best Breakfast in Ireland’ Award (Guesthouse category) at the Georgina Campbell Irish Breakfast Awards 2018.

The Georgina Campbell Irish Breakfast Awards in Association with Fáilte Ireland and supported by RTÉ Lyric FM was held recently in the InterContinental Hotel, Dublin.

Congratulations and well wishes have been pouring in for Mary Wall and her family on their win.

Mary runs Hanora’s Cottage with her son, Eoin and his wife, Judith, both of whom are Euro-Toques chefs, who use local foods from small suppliers whenever possible.

The coveted accolade was won by Hanora’s Cottage for their legendary breakfast buffet, which is set up over a series of tables and laid out artfully in baskets and Stephen Pearce bowls.

Georgina Campbell found that Hanora’s Cottage “offers an amazing array of freshly made breads, fruits both local and exotic, juices, cereals, porridge, cheeses - and that’s before you even think about excellent hot dishes which are carefully cooked to order”.

Mary, Eoin and Judith, together with their very loyal staff are delighted with the honour they have received.

Without the commitment and loyalty of their staff, some of whom have been with them nearly 25 years, this achievement would not have been possible.

This is not the first time Hanora’s Cottage has won the prestigious accolade.

Mary and her late husband Seamus took the Ireland’s Best Breakfast title at the 2002 Awards. Ms. Campbell said the extra-ordinary thing is that their award citation could be repeated today, almost to the word - “This is truly a gargantuan feast,

Pictured at the Georgina Campbell Irish Breakfast Awards in association with Fáilte Ireland, held at the InterContinental Hotel, Dublin, recently are: Mary Wall and her son, Eoin, Hanora’s Cottage, receiving the award for Best Breakfast in Ireland’ (Guesthouse category) 2018 from Georgina Campbell (centre).

designed to see you many miles along the hills before you stop for a little packed lunch (prepared that morning) and ultimately return for dinner”.

Georgina continued: “It’s shaping up to be a great year for Irish hospitality and with

accommodation bookings well up everywhere and eating out for breakfast and brunch now hugely popular”.

“The quality of The Irish Breakfast is playing a new part in showcasing the stellar standards of our food and hospitality industries.”

So, what’s different about these Awards? A lot, according to Georgina: “Aside from

Breakfast at Hanora’s Cottage: A spread of freshly baked scones and bread.

shining a spotlight on the meal that can only be described as the Cinderella of the Irish culinary scene, these are the only Awards [with the exception of the Euro-Toques Food Awards, which are nominated by member chefs] where the main aim is to link the best Irish food producers with those who prepare and serve food to the public”.

“Our winners can inspire others to up their game and ultimately, we hope, lead to everyone being able to enjoy an authentic breakfast experience that reflects the locality,” said Georgina.

RAY D’ARCY SHOW Mary’s win at the Irish Breakfast Awards was also lauded on RTÉ’s Ray D’Arcy Show.

It was a great highlight to the award that Mary was invited on to the Ray D’Arcy Show on Saturday, 24th March last. She would like to acknowledge the trust and encouragement of Georgina Campbell and also to acknowledge Mary Costello at Clintons of Clonmel and Tom Power at Premier Meats,

Gladstone Street for their help and support towards the show.

Ray had a special treat for Mary (a Rory McIlroy fan) in recognition of her hard work - two day passes to the Irish Open (hosted by the Rory Foundation) at Ballyliffin,

County Donegal between 5th and 8th July, 2018; as well as an outfit from her favourite boutique - Clinton’s of Clonmel all courtesy of the Ray D’Arcy Show.

GUESTS Mary has had a legion of guests and personalities from all over the world staying over the past 32 years at Hanora’s Cottage, including actor William Shatner (of Star Trek fame) and many others seeking “quietness and privacy”.

Mary joked: “What happens in Hanora’s Cottage stays in Hanora’s Cottage” to applause from the audience.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM COMERAGH COUNCIL Mary and her team were also congratulated at the March meeting of Comeragh Municipal District Council.

Leading the praise, Cllr.

Michael J. O’Ryan said it was a prestigious award for Hanora’s Cottage in the culinary stakes.

“It is good news for the Comeragh area and the Nire Valley,” said Cllr. O’Ryan, adding that the award was well timed for the coming West Waterford Festival of Food in April.

RESERVATIONS AT HANORA’S COTTAGE To make a reservation for breakfast, dinner or accommodation, or to order a gift voucher from Hanora’s Cottage, contact Mary, Eoin or Judith at 052-6136134; email: hanorascottage@eircom.net; www.hanorascottage.com; or find them on Facebook.

Pictured back in the Summer of 2001, left to right: the late Seamus Wall with his wife Mary, Hanora’s Cottage; with actor William Shatner, who came to stay.

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Portrait of an artist …

By Donal Buckley

John Daly

Emotional resonance in work of Paddy Lennon at Ó Ait go hAit exhibition A COLLECTION of works by Wexford-based artist Paddy Lennon continues on display in the Old Market House Arts Centre as part of the Ó Ait go hAit exhibition until the end of the week.

The body of work by Paddy was created over the last three year period features an emotional resonance that not only attracts the viewer, but remains with them long after viewing the work.

The disparity in the scale of the paintings aims to achieve a harmony and art of balance - the works range from large (220 cm by 150 cm) to very small in scale (5 cm by 5 cm).

Paddy uses vibrant colours and ethereal light to change the mood and atmosphere of the images in his work, which invites the viewer to immerse them-

selves in the interplay of form and tone.

It is the underlying abstraction which comes through when Paddy paints what interests him, generating its life, quality and innate truth.

According to Icelandic artist, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, “if the viewing can arouse sensations, thoughts, ideas and feelings and stimulate the view, then for Lennon it is successful”.

Gudmundsson identifies an underlying thread running through Paddy Lennon’s work “the visual exuberance of the landscape, the richness and rhythm of life are all an essential element of his art”.

It is Paddy’s landscapes which place him in the very front rank of Irish painters.

The late Irish Times columnist and Dungarvan resident,

Diarmaid Ó Muirithe said there is “still, sombre and mysterious quality” in many of his landscapes.

“His works are, by and large, serene and soothing; his brush strokes are masterful, his colours vibrant,” Ó Muirithe comments.

“His images, often merely hinted at, ask for metaphorical readings of his work. I find constant tension in his landscapes between the various elements in whatever scene that has caught his eye and engaged his soul, be they the wetness of brown bogland, the harshness of the rocky fields with which man has wrestled for untold ages to conquer, or the merest glimpse of a still sea in the distance,” Ó Muirithe adds.

Paddy Lennon, who currently resides in Wexford, was born in Dublin in 1955 and he received his diploma in Fine Art from the City and Guilds Art School in London.

He has lived in Dublin, London, Connemara, Mexico and Spain and his works are held in private and corporate collections worldwide.

He has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows over his career spanning nearly four decades.

His most recent solo shows being CEAC, Xiamen, China; Da Wang Cultural Highland, Shenzhen, China; The Gallery, Wexford, Ireland; The Lightbox Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE; and The Freiling, Geneva, Switzerland.

His work as part of the Ó Ait go hAit exhibition continues at the Old Market House Arts Centre, Lower Main Street, Dungarvan, until the end of the week.

The Arts Centre is open Tuesday to Friday from 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. (lunch 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.) and Saturdays 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Admission is free and all are welcome.

ALL across the world, Ireland is known as a nation of storytellers. Whether it was because we were under the cosh for so long that made us creative with the truth or maybe it's because we are such a small nation, we feel the need to embellish and exaggerate our attributes to all and sundry. Either way, we are capable of taking the most innocent event and giving it legendary status or transform a household object into a mythological artefact. It’ not just a national pastime, but the very essence of being Irish. So, how do you become a great storyteller in a country where storytellers are as common as stones in a Connemara field? By being born John Daly, of course.

John and myself had agreed to meet at the Ormond Cafe for coffee and tall tales, and a few short ones as well.

Is there any other writer or poet that you particularly admire?

There was a man from Kerry called Sigerson Clifford. He was born Edward (Eddie to his friends) Clifford but decided to give his mother’s maiden name, Sigerson, equal billing on his published work. Even though he wasn't a very prolific writer, he produced poetry and plays of outstanding quality rather than quantity. His most famous poem is "The Boys of Barr na Sráide" which has been set to music and recorded by the likes of Christy Moore. Sigerson died at the age of 71 in 1985 and his graveside oration was given by fellow Kerry scribe John B Keane. His most notable collection of poems are to be found in the 1986 publication, "Ballads of a Bogman" As a writer, have you a favourite word, and why?

The word "eclectic" describes things and ideas that are not restricted by parameters or conventional thought. Nothing should be disregarded because of fashion or social tyranny. To have eclectic interests is to be open minded and accepting of contrariness.

Who was your biggest influence?

From an early age, my grandfather was a crucial part of my life. He introduced me to the beauty of the land and the joy of music. He was a fierce man for the recitations and loved to recite the poems of Robert Service. Above all, he loved the sociability of music and dance and having the craic.

Where is the favourite place you have visited?

I was in southern California a few years ago and I visited a place called The Mission San Juan Capistrano. When I was young, there was a song

John Daly

John Daly and Canadian Ambassador Loyola Hearne called "When the swallows come back to Capistrano" which was recorded at different times

by The Inkspots, Glen Miller,The Five Satins and Pat Boone. Parts of the building are around since Spanish missionary's first arrived in the 1770's. I met an old Mexican gardener who said he had been working there for 75 years. I had no reason to disbelieve him. According to tradition, the swallows arrive from Argentina on Saint Joseph's Day (March 19th).The monastery is a mixture of adobe walls with hand made bricks and a beautiful bell tower. It’s an oasis of tranquillity set in the California sun, with bells on.

What is your favourite piece of music?

Because of my grandfather and several other members of my family, I will always have a close affinity with traditional Irish and folk music. But, one piece of music that always seems to be the soundtrack at important junctures in my life is by an Englishman. His name was Ronald Binge and his most celebrated piece of music, "Elizabethan Serenade" After it was arranged and conducted

by Mantovani, it had an air of Strauss, cascading strings and the big band sound. Magical.

Have you a favourite quote?

Robert Louis Stephenson wrote this short poem called 'Requiem' "Under the wide and starry sky, dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, and I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter home from the hill" John Daly is writing his fifth volume of poems.

His current volume is called 'Farewell to Dungarvan' and is available in Dungarvan Museum, Sip n' Surf Cafe and The Beach House gallery. John's poems are beautiful and thoughtful with familiar themes and settings. John himself is a gentleman and a scholar. I found him to be interesting and entertaining. I hope we will meet again soon for a coffee and some stories.

Hopefully before the swallows return to Capistrano. Thank you, sir, it’s been a pleasure.

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N e m e to n TV & WIT filmmaking stu d e nts a i m h i g h o n ce a g a i n

Amach ar an Sliabh

by Oisín Mitséal

EXCITING times lie ahead for the students of Waterford Institute of Technology’s Higher Diploma in Television and Digital Media Production.

Based at Nemeton TV in the Ring Gaeltacht of Co. Waterford, the students have just completed an array of imaginative dramas and documentaries which will be screened at the SGC Cinema, Dungarvan, on April 19th at 1.30 p.m. for family, friends and public.

Following in the footsteps of former graduates of the course, this young group of filmmakers hope to win awards and have their work broadcast on TV and screened at some of Ireland’s best film festivals. And most importantly, they can look forward to employment in a vibrant industry that needs their skill set. Ón Rinn go Reykjavik which explores what it means to find a home away from home.

Two girls, who exchanged their native homes for very different places, different cultures and different languages! She meets with Ring Gaeltacht native Sibéal Turraoin, who now lives in Iceland and explores what similarities and differences they share on their unlikely journeys.

Against a background of snowbound land, we see Sibeal and Natalia on a photoshoot in Iceland and in comparison we see the simple beauty of Helvick and The Cunnigar in Ring.

Natália has found the the Postgraduate in Television and

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Digital Media Production with Nemeton TV and Waterford Institute of Technology the perfect opportunity to further develop her skills for presenting and directing and she also has an interest in camera work.

OTHER STUDENT PROJECTS THIS YEAR Damien McManus from Co. Longford, came to the Ring in Co.Waterford last September to take part in the the Postgraduate in Television and

from three inspiring Déise women with diverse views on life and writing's input on their lives. Áine Ryan of the well known ‘Jim the Mill’ family from Upperchurch, Co.Tipperary, has written a beautiful children’s short drama ‘Feadóg’. The film tells the story of a magic tin whistle and a young boy called Eoin who is obsessed with playing it. On his way home from school one afternoon, Eoin is Ó Mheabhair go Méar.

Feadóg.

Digital Media Production with Nemeton TV and Waterford Institute of Technology and found that he could blend his other interest in life with this new skill. Damien’s passion for writing comes across strongly in his first short documentary ‘Ó Mheabhair go Méar’ that delves into the reasons why people write, what inspires them to write, Does writing have a healing benefit and is it an alternative medicine to counteract depression? Personal stories

Natália Uí Fhaoláin Brazilian native and Irish speaker presented and directed her short film.

devastated to find out that his tin whistle has gone missing and we go on a journey to find it.

With his mother, he searches high and low for his beloved whistle. Eoin is played by Áine’s young cousin, Canice Ó Riain aged 12, and the mother is played by a Joanne Woodlock, who is very well known in the

Faoin gCeann Tuí.

Tipperary drama circle. This short film is another string in Áine’s bow as her quirky dramas have already gained her great critical acclaim, including five star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Seán Ó Ciardha from Dublin presents and directs his first short documentary ‘Faoin gCeann Tuí’ a remarkable story of how a visit by a BBC television crew to the filmmaker’s ancestral home in Conamara in the 1960s impacted the lives of a generation of his family and local people. Seán’s father and uncle Mártan were young boys when the BBC recorded the stunning footage of the music and daily activities of his grandmother’s thatched cottage. Mixing the archive footage of the older

generation with the ceol and craic of today, Seán creates a moving account of the visit all those years ago.

Oisín Mitséil a young Dublin writer and director’s drama evolved while out walking in the Comeragh Mountains of Co. Waterford. Moving from Dublin to the Ring Gaeltacht to complete the Postgraduate in Television and Digital Media Production with Nemeton TV and Waterford Institute of Technology was a great step for Oisín to take ‘Amach ar an Sliabh’ tells the story of two sisters, Lisa and Kate on a journey are forced to deal with their relationship and how they have dealt with the grief that followed their mother’s death.

Step by step, our students are equipped with the necessary skills needed to not only com-

plete their projects but to learn about all aspects of the media industry. This year, they have yet again benefited from inspirational master classes, with visits from some of the best in the industry here in Ireland: Directors Paula Kehoe and Paddy Hayes, Fair City Actress Carrie Crowley and ‘Peaky Blinder’ Director of Photography Cathal Watters.

The Postgraduate Course In Television & Digital Media Production is run by the Waterford Institute of Technology in association Nemeton TV, one of Ireland’s leading production companies, and Udarás na Gaeltachta. This course is widely regarded as the most industry-focused course in the media sector.The core belief is that third level course is relevant, dynamic and genuinely prepare students for industry.

The course has gained a high profile in the media industry and has an excellent employment record among course graduates. Films produced on the course have gone on to win Best Irish Language documentary at the National Student Media Awards every year since 2014.

This course run from September 2018 to May 2019.

For more information visit nemeton.ie/training here Contact: traenail@nemeton.ie / 058 46696.

Students enjoying a Master class with Cathal Watters – DOP on series ‘Peaky Blinders.’

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Deirdre Morrissey serves a pint in The Lady Belle Bar, Dungarvan, on Good Friday. The Heritage Bar first opened its doors in 1825 but had remained closed on Good Friday for 91 years.

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Drillalians: Stage Russia HD Thursday, 12th April, at 7.00 p.m.

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We follow the initiation and adventures of a Drillalian Prince – a magician, pagan priest and hero - on a journey through time and space, in an effort to save his people. Boris Yukananov's visionary modern opera, which perfectly weds drama and music, is an exceptional event in the sphere of new theatre in Moscow.

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WATERFORD AND CITY COUNTY COUNCIL – I, Jerry Power, intend to apply for permission for the erection of bedrooms, family room and utility extension to existing bungalow at Kilgabriel, Clashmore, Co. Waterford. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority (Menapia Building, The Mall, Waterford), during its public opening hours (9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application.

WATERFORD CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL — We, Richard and Mary Lincoln, wish to apply for permission for works to a part single-storey, part two-storey detached house at Star Cottage, Cliff Road, Ardmore, Co. Waterford, (existing area 298.02 sq.m.) comprising: (a) modifications to existing front first floor fenestration to provide access with access deck; (b) rear extension (12.84 sq.m.) to first floor bedroom; (c) construction of new rear private balcony at first floor level.

The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority (Manapia Building, The Mall, Waterford), during its public opening hours (9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application.

WATERFORD CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL – We, Edel and Raymond Keane, wish to apply to the above Authority for Planning Permission for the demolition of existing singlestorey garage with rear utility to be replaced with a new 2storey extension to the side of our existing dwelling, with minor interior alterations to the existing dwelling, along with all associated site works at No. 5, The Grove, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority at Menapia Building, The Mall, Waterford, during its public opening hours.

A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application.

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WATERFORD CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL – I, Paul Keane, intend to apply for planning permission to construct a new vehicular entrance to facilitate forestry works access at Derry Lower, Millstreet, Co. Waterford. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority, Menapia Building, The Mall, Waterford, during its public opening hours {9:30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Monday - Friday (excl. public holidays)}.

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WATERFORD CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL – I, Joan McCarthy, intend to apply for planning permission to construct a new vehicular entrance to facilitate forestry works access at Toor North, Mount Stuart, Co. Waterford. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority, Menapia Building, The Mall, Waterford, during its public opening hours {9:30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Monday - Friday (excl. public holidays)}.

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The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

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KILMACTHOMAS BRIDGE CLUB (28/3/2018) – 1st Catherine M. Power & Tess Cusack; 2nd Evan Walshe & David Kelly; 3rd Anna Harney & Brenda Cummins; 4th Claire Cummins & Maeve Coghlan; 5th Pat Cummins & Mary Cummins.

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IN MEMORIAM HURTON (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Ted Hurton, late of 13 St. Bridget’s Terrace, Leamybrien, Co. Waterford, who died on 9th April, 2014. R.I.P.

† BERESFORD (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Marian Beresford, late of Springmount, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, who died on 3rd April, 2014. R.I.P.

CAHILL (12th anniversary) – In fond memory of a loving husband, a dear father William (Billy) Cahill, late of Cahernaleague, Ballinamult, who died on 17th April, 2006.

No length of time can take away, Our thoughts of you from day to day, Though absent you are always near, Still loved, still missed, still very dear.

A loving husband, father and grandfather too, Each one thought the world of you, For us you always did your best, God grant your soul eternal rest.

A golden heart stopped beating, Hard working hands at rest, It broke our hearts to see you go, God only takes the best.

We miss your smile, your joking way, We miss the things you used to say, And when old times we do recall, It’s then we miss you most of all.

Your life was one of kindly deeds, A helping hand for others’ needs, Sincere and true in heart and mind, Beautiful memories left behind.

–Sadly missed and always remembered by husband Tom; sisters Kathleen and Mary.

Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, 8th April, 2018, at St. Laurence’s Church, Ballinroad, at 10.00 a.m.

BERESFORD (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Marian Beresford, late of Springmount, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, who died on 3rd April, 2014. R.I.P. Somewhere beyond the sunset, Where loved ones never die, You sleep in a beautiful garden, Beneath a golden sky.

Though Heaven and earth divide us, We are never far apart, For you are always in our thoughts, And forever in our hearts.

–Sadly missed and always remembered by your loving wife Kitty and sons John Joe and Liam.

Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, 14th April, in Touraneena Church, at 7.30 p.m.

–Sadly missed but always remembered by your daughter Valerie; sons Anthony and Trevor and families.

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DWYER (3rd and 23rd anniversaries) – In loving memory of Bridget (Bids) Dwyer, late of 59 Caseyville, who died on 7th April, 2015. Also her husband Paddy who died on 4th April, 1995.

A silent thought, a secret tear, Keeps your memories ever dear, Time takes away the edge of grief, But memories turn back every leaf.

–Always remembered by your loving family.

Just a prayer from a family who loved you, Just a memory fond and true, In our hearts you live forever, Because we thought the world of you.

You taught us many things in life, That we would have to do, But you never taught us how to cope, With the hurt of losing you.

–Always remembered and loved by your daughters Rose and Teresa, sons-in-law and grandchildren.

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HURTON (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Ted Hurton, late of 13 St. Bridget’s Terrace, Leamybrien, Co. Waterford, who died on 9th April, 2014. R.I.P. We think of you in silence, We often speak your name, But all we have are memories, And you picture in a frame.

Your resting place we visit, And put flowers there with care, But no one knows the heartache, As we turn and leave you there.

FENNELL (20th anniversary) – In loving memory of Mary Fennell, late of Strandside South, Abbeyside, who died on 2nd April, 1998.

R.I.P. We also remember her husband Willie at this time.

We miss you from your fireside chair, Your loving smile, the way you cared, Your vacant place no one can fill, We miss you and always will.

We always speak your name with pride, Tough years has passed us by, You’ll always be our shining star, Your memory will never die.

–From John, Eileen, Aisling, Caoimhe and Shane.

DOLAN (22nd anniversary) – In loving memory of our dear mother Mary Dolan, late of Scart, Knockanore, who died on 5th April, 1996. R.I.P. Mass offered.

A message dear Grandad, Is written for you, From your little grand-daughter, Whom you never knew.

Memories I have, So loving and true, All that my Daddy, Will tell of you.

HANRAHAN (13th anniversary) – In loving memory of my dear aunt Kattie (nee Murphy), late of Villierstown and Romford, who died on 29th March, 2005. R.I.P. Mass offered.

No matter how life changes, No matter what we do, A special place within our hearts, Is always kept for you.

–Sadly missed by your loving niece Maureen, Terry, Eamonn and Margaret.

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HURTON (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Ted Hurton, late of 13 St. Bridget’s Terrace, Leamybrien, Co. Waterford, who died on 9th April, 2014. R.I.P. Losing a husband, As special as you, Has left my heart aching, It’s broken in two.

No words can describe, All the grief and pain, I’d give all I have, To see you again.

But you’re with the Angels, And for now I can wait, For we will meet again, Beside Heaven’s gate.

–Love always, your loving wife Teresa.

Anniversary Mass will be celebrated in St. Brigid’s Church, Kilrossanty, on Friday, 6th April, at 8.00 p.m.

–Always remembered by P.J. and Peggy; John and Mary; Francis and Helen; Mairead and families.

HURTON (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Ted Hurton, late of 13 St. Bridget’s Terrace, Leamybrien, Co. Waterford, who died on 9th April, 2014. R.I.P. Gone from us that smiling face, The cheerful pleasant ways, The heart that won so many friends, In bygone happy days.

A life made beautiful by kindly deeds, A helping hand for other’s needs, To a beautiful life comes a happy end, And he died as he lived, everyone’s friend.

–Always Anita.

HURTON (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Ted Hurton, late of 13 St. Bridget’s Terrace, Leamybrien, Co. Waterford, who died on 9th April, 2014. R.I.P. Not a day passes by Dad, That you don’t cross our minds, Not all of you departed, When you left our earth behind.

In our hearts there is a peace, That only you can hold, Filled with loving memories, More priceless than gold.

I know you still hear us Dad, So please know this is true, That everything we are today, Is all because of you.

–Love and miss you always Dad, your daughter Breda and sons William and Sean.

HURTON (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Ted Hurton, late of 13 St. Bridget’s Terrace, Leamybrien, Co. Waterford, who died on 9th April, 2014. R.I.P.

remembered

If my parting has left a void, Then fill it with remembered joy, A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah, yes these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow, My life’s been full, I savoured much, Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch, Perhaps my time seems all too brief, Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.

–Always remembered and loved by your daughters Angela and Denise; sons-inlaw Dermot and Dominic; and grandchildren Aisling Maggie, Aoife Kate, Ciara Denise and Ewan Denis, XXXX. Anniversary Mass for Margaret and Denis (Dinny) will be celebrated on Sunday, 13th May, at 11.00 a.m., in the Friary Church, Dungarvan.

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McCARTHY (36th and 4th anniversaries) – In loving memory of Michael and Elizabeth McCarthy, late of Scrahans East, Melleray, and formerly Shanbally Upper, Cappoquin, whose anniversaries occur around this time.

Rest In Peace.

As time goes on without you, And days turn into years, They hold a million memories, And a thousand silent tears.

For us who have loved and lost you, And whose parting brought such pain, We will cherish your memories forever, In a world that is not the same.

–Sadly missed by your sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law and grandchildren.

Grandad, we miss you.

Dear Lord up above, Give Grandad our love, Hug him and kiss him, And tell him we love him, And that we are always, Thinking of him.

–Miss you loads Grandad, hugs and kisses, from Davin, Savanna and Edee, XXX.

RADLEY (12th anniversary) – In loving memory of our mother Margaret Radley (nee Calnan), late of ‘Glandore House,’ 23 Church Street, Dungarvan, and Glandore, Co. Cork, who departed this life on 7th April, 2006.

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ROSSITER (2nd anniversary) – In loving memory of Willie Rossiter, late of McCarthyville, Abbeyside, whose 2nd Anniversary occurs on 6th April.

Our lives go on without you, But nothing is the same, We have to hide our heartache, When someone speaks your name.

Sad are the hearts that loved you, Silent are the tears that fall, But living without you, Is the hardest part of all.

You did so many things for us, Your heart was so kind and true, And when we needed someone, We could always count on you.

The special years will not return, When we were all together, But with the love in our hearts, You will walk with us forever.

–Remembered always by your loving wife Mary; family Liam, Sinéad and Gráinne and grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Anniversary Mass for Willie will be celebrated on Saturday, 7th April, at 7.00 p.m. in Abbeyside Church.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT † JACK CURRAN “Camross,” Kilrush, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford Jack’s family would like to extend their very sincere thanks to all who sympathised with them recently, on the loss of a very special person.

Mass will be offered at his home, today, his birthday, by his brother, Fr. Jim, in grateful appreciation.

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TOBIN (3rd and 6th anniversaries) – In loving memory of Johnny Tobin, late of Reanadampaun, Ballymacarbry, who died on 8th March, 2015. Also in loving memory of Paddy Tobin, late of Reanadampaun, Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford, who died on 18th February, 2012.

Memories are precious, They don’t fade away, We think of you always, Especially today.

–Sadly missed by all your family, relatives and friends.

Anniversary Mass will be offered for both Johnny and Paddy in St. Mary’s Church, Touraneena, on Saturday, 7th April, at 7.30 p.m.

KIRWAN – Birthday remembrance for Robert (Robbie) Kirwan, late of Kealfoun, Kilmacthomas, whose birthday is on 3rd April.

Our hearts, though broken, still do share, That care, that kindness, which we know, Could only come from one like you, Your life is a lovely memory, Your absence a silent grief, But now you rest in God’s garden, Beside a rose called peace.

Happy birthday Bobby.

–Always remembered, never forgotten, by your loving Mam and Dad; Alfie, Biddy Ann, Dean, Jonathan, Jamie, Jay and Fiona; Jennie and Emily; Sinead and Laurence; Tanya and Cameron; John and Mark; Michael, Aisling, Jayden and Nevaeh; Julia, Owen, Ollie and Amelia; Kate, Martin and Mayson; Lenny and David.

STACK (6th anniversary) – In loving memory of Ann, late of Fr. Twomey’s Road, Dungarvan, whose Anniversary occurs on 11th April.

Mass offered.

We thought of you today, But that is nothing new, We thought of you yesterday, And will tomorrow too.

We think of you in silence, And make no outward show, For what it meant to lose you, Only those who love you know.

Remembering you is easy, We do it every day, It’s the heartache of losing you, That will never go away.

–Always loved and remembered by Eamonn, Stephen and Nicola.

Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, 8th April, at 11.00 a.m. in The Friary Church, Dungarvan.

YOUNG (3rd anniversary) – In loving memory of Maureen Young, late of Murphy Place, Abbeyside, who died on 6th April, 2015.

Just a prayer from the family who loved you, Just a memory fond and true, In our hearts you will live forever, Because we thought the world of you.

–Always remembered by her husband John; daughters Marian, Sheila, Alice and Teresa; all her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Friday, 6th April, at 10.00 a.m. in Abbeyside Church.

KIRWAN – Birthday remembrance for Robert (Robbie) Kirwan, late of Kealfoun, Kilmacthomas, whose birthday is on 3rd April.

On this your birthday, We ask God above to tell you, How very much we miss you, And give you all our love.

Many things have happened, We wanted you to share, Many times we’ve spoken your name Robbie, And wished that you were here.

–Loved and always remembered by your loving sister Anne and Patrick and nieces Nadine, Aoibhe and Robyn.

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Now in its 11th year, West Waterford Festival of Food 2018 is celebrating Our Farmers, from the Land and Sea

Photographs by David Clynch

Jacqui de Paor, Lila O'Dwyer and Niamh Ni Dhuibhir all from Dungarvan with Jen Ui Dhuibhir from Dungarvan Brewing Company at the launch of the West Waterford Festival of Food on Friday 23rd March at the Dungarvan Brewing Company.

EVERY year during the West Waterford Festival of Food, the town and its hinterland come together in a true community spirit to deliver an extraordinary array of events in an interesting, eventpacked schedule over a weekend of fascinating discussions and great food. This year the overarching theme is one of celebration – Celebrating Our Farmers, John Flahavan festival sponsor Flahavan's and Louise Clark, Festival Committee pictured from the land and sea. at the launch of the West Waterford Festival of Food.

Now in its 11th year, this year’s festival runs from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd April, officially kicking off on Friday 20th, with the Waterford Way Tapas Trail, the ultimate movable feast, starting on Friday night. Giving participants the chance to enjoy one hero dish in a selection of different restaurants, the Waterford Way Tapas Trail is a delicious, sociable introduction to this most friendly of festivals.

Also on the Friday night Chef Martijn Kajuiter, celebrating ten years in Cliff House Hotel, creates an intimate Chef ’s Table dinner in the Michelin-starred House Restaurant championing the local producers he has built close relationships with and showcasing their beautiful produce through a stunning shared Carol and Ray McAndrew from Ballinroad pictured at the launch of the West Waterford table tasting menu. The Chef ’s Festival of Food.

Table Dinner with wine pairings sponsored by Wines from Spain costs €95 per person and starts at 8.00pm Other Friday night events include the Secret Suppers, a new festival element where four chefs – Eunice Power, Shane McGrath (The Cliff House Hotel), Arun Kapil (Green Saffron), and Chris McGowan (Wine & Brine) each cook for a small group of guests in a secret location.These will be four exclusive dinner parties

created by four very different chefs set in four homes in the area, with numbers of guests extremely limited – get your tickets early!

Mexican chef and co-owner of Picado Mexican Pantry, Lily Ramirez-Foran will be cooking up a Mexican-inspired storm with a pop-up in the unusual venue of the brewery of Dungarvan Brewing Company on Friday night also, with a tasting of a range of the brewery’s many fine beers. Living and cooking in Ireland for 15 years, Lily is the lady behind the popular food blog, A Mexican Cook, and a woman on a mission to showcase Mexican food beyond its clichés and stereotypes, so this is an opportunity to try a true taste of Mexico.

On Saturday, join Peter Mulryan of Blackwater Distillery in Merry’s 1868 at 5pm to learn about the secret history of Absinthe:The Green Fairy. A precursor to the ‘Happy Hour’ known today, L’Heure Verte (5pm) transformed 19th century cafes into marvellous meetings of creative and artistic minds who all favoured the infamous Green Fairy as their drink of choice. Fall under the spell during L’Heure Verte and learn more about the botanicals that go into the spirit with a tasting of a sample selection from across Europe as well as Ireland’s first absinthe.Tickets are priced at €15.

For a supper with a difference, Saturday night sees a one-woman show – Charolais, written and performed by Noni Stapleton – in Dungarvan Mart. A 70-minute play which is a surreal, black comedy of love, longing and one woman’s intense rivalry with a

Pictured at the launch of the West Waterford Festival of Food are Eunice Power with her dad Jerome Sheehan with brothers Patrick and Dominic Power in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

[Patrick Browne] Charolais heifer, appropriately, this is accompanied by a supper of beef stew by Eunice Power!

The Tannery continues the festival tradition of hosting exceptional cooking talent with Catherine Fulvio and Derry Clarke joining Paul Flynn in the kitchen for a Sunday lunch ‘Lords and Ladles’ style. Starting at 12.30 p.m., tickets are priced at €55 and can be booked directly with The Tannery.

Eunice Power from Eunice Power Catering, Michael Keane from sponsor Glanbia, Councillor Pat Nugent Mayor of Waterford City and County and Donal Connolly Chairman West Waterford Festival of Food pictured at the launch of the West Waterford Festival of Food on Friday 23rd March at the Dungarvan Brewing Company.

Rob Whinnett from Blasta Wholefoods and Marie Power, the Sea Gardener.

Maura Ryan and Mary Ryan both Dungarvan Country Markets at the Causeway.

Grace O'Brien and Paul Clerkin, Festival Committee and Roisin Horsom from Crews Restaurant pictured at the launch of the West Waterford Festival of Food on Friday 23rd March at the Dungarvan Brewing Company.

Kieran O'Connor from O'Connor Communications and Eunice Power from Eunice Power Pictured at the launch of the West Waterford Festival of Food are Eunice Power with brothers Patrick and Dominic Catering.

Power in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

[Patrick Browne]

Sunday sees journalist Catherine Cleary bring back The Appetite Talks for a special oneoff session at the festival entitled Food Aisle or Food Isle. Taking place from 1-3pm, these are talks with teeth, looking at a crossroads moment for food and farming, where experts take a long hard look at where Irish food is now and what the future holds.

Every day of West Waterford Festival of Food sees a busy schedule of trails and tours, whether it’s seaweed or forest foraging, taking one of the interesting Bus Bia tours through the West Waterford countryside with their different itineraries full of fascinating visits to local farmers and producers, or simply dropping in to the many talks, tastings, panel discussions, films and demos running throughout the town all weekend.

Once again during this year’s West Waterford Festival of Food the Saturday focus is down by the water, with Quayside Saturday, an opportunity to enjoy fun activities like the RNLI Duck Race, gorgeous seafood as you browse the stalls or marvel at the talents in the Seafood Demo Marquee, or simply the beautiful views along the water’s edge. And an-

other key event at every West Waterford Festival of Food is the hugely popular Farmer’s Market, this year on Sunday April 22nd.

One of the largest artisan food markets on the island, this year is set to be the biggest yet with over 100 stalls showcasing the best producers and artisans of the region, along with a full schedule of live entertainment and a Meet the Makers chefs’ demo tent.

Always key to the West Waterford Festival of Food, and an integral part of this year’s programme are the little cooks.With plenty of events perfect for all from toddlers to teens, West Waterford Festival of Food 2018 will see little chefs shine with events and workshops so there’s plenty of options for a foodie day out for all the family.

Aon bhliain déag de bhia den scoth agus spraoi na féile atá á cheiliúradh ag Féile Bia Iarthar Phort Láirge i 2018, and this year has a special emphasis on being dá-teangach, with an ambition to be Ireland’s first food festival with a bi-lingual brochure, encouragement for the best use of Irish at one of the market stalls, and with many events and activities on offer both as Gaeilge and bilingually.

Some of Ireland’s finest chefs, producers, stall-holders and all round lovers of fine food come to the beautiful coastal town of Dungarvan from 20th-22nd April to celebrate this fantastic Irish food festival. Combining the best of food and drink, engaging events, pop-up restaurants, one of Ireland’s largest farmers’ markets, trails and tours, kids’ cookery, and much more, the 11th annual West Waterford Festival of food is a must visit for food lovers everywhere.

The West Waterford Festival of Food is supported by Waterford City & County Council and Fáilte Ireland and is sponsored by Flahavan’s, Glanbia, Dawn Meats, Garvey’s SuperValu, Eurofins, Blackwater Distillery, Coillte, FBD, LocalLink and Flogas and the local business community who are members of its Friend’s Circle.

West Waterford Festival of Food 2018 is the annual celebration of the vibrant food culture of this wonderful part of the world.You are cordially invited to join in Celebrating Our Farmers, from the land and sea, as well as enjoying the delicious fruits of their labours at this most hospitable of festivals.

For bookings and enquiries contact 058 41741 or visit www.twitter.com/WdFoodFestival, www.facebook.com/WaterfordFoodFestival/ www.westwaterfordfestivaloffood.com

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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.

St. Michael’s Hall Ballyduff Upper Card Results 1st: Rita Leamy & Ann Geary; 2nd Sean Higgins & PJ McInerney. Lucky Tables: Sheila Lonergan & Mary Fennessy, Delia Cashell, Pat Noonan, Pat O’Connor & Paddy Duffy.

Raffle: Christy Higgins, PJ McInerney, Eddie Sheehan, Pat Noonan, Dan Howard x2, Paddy Duffy, Sheila Lonergan, Pat Kirby.

Arts Bursaries now Open for Applications THE Arts Office of Waterford City & County Council has announced that applications are currently open to attend The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, the artists’ workplace in County Monaghan during 2018. Artists can avail of residential stays during 2018 to work on specific artistic projects.The closing date for receipt of applications is 12.00 noon on Tuesday, 8th May, 2018. Full details and the application form is available from www.waterfordarts.com or by contacting the Arts Office on 05841416.

Brewery Lane Theatre BREWERY Lane Theatre will stage Marina Carr's powerful play 'The Mai' from 14th -21st April (incl). The play is a moving story of a forty year old woman struggling to save her marriage.

The playwright also captures in 'The Mai' that there is little difference between men and women, and a world of difference, and also that old age is no cure for badness. The cast includes Eugene O'Keeffe, Suzanne Dunne, Maria Clancy, Mary McGrath, Jacquie Slater, Ester Byrne, Rose Anne Glascott, Bríd Flood. The play is directed by Tom Nealon. Booking Heritage Centre - 051-640200. Admisssion €15. Refreshments.

Performance commences 8.15 p.m. sharp.

Dungarvan Lions Club Jigs and Reels THE Dungarvan Lions Club Jigs and Reels dance competition was held again this year on March 24th in the Cappoquin Community Centre. The annual competition (think Dancing with the Stars all rolled up into one action packed evening), hosted by the ever popular Nicola Beresford, proved to be a very entertaining evening with 12 strong dance routines. The trio of judges were hard pressed to make the decision of who would win the prestigious 1st place overall award and most entertaining. Drum roll please, the winners this year were Martina McKeon and John Geehan for best overall performance with J. P. Ryan and Eileen O’Rourke winning the most entertaining. An honorable mention goes out to Paul O’Gorman for popping out of a coffin during one of the performances (a tribute to Finnegan’s Wake) to give all an idea of the depths these teams were willing to go to win this event.

All agreed it was a great night out with all proceeds going to the Lions Club to support charitable causes in the local community. Thanks to all who supported this event and we look forward to our next event on Sunday, May 20th at the East Meets West bike ride in support of Waterford Hospice.

Lismore Drama - Musical Magic "Musical Magic" opens this Friday night at The Courthouse Theatre Lismore. Tickets at the Heritage Centre 058-54975 or on the door!

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Very successful Seachtain na Gaeilge in Waterford City & County GHLAC na céadta páiste agus daoine fásta páirt in imeachtaí Sheachtain na Gaeilge a d’eagraíodh i gcathair agus i gcontae Phort Láirge le linn Sheachtain na Gaeilge i mbliana, comhordaithe ag Oifig na Gaeilge de chuid Chomhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge. Bhí idir scéalaíocht, Bingó as Gaeilge, Ciorcail Chomhrá, cuairteanna treoraithe, Tráth na gCeist, ceol agus craic ar siúl ó cheann ceann an chontae agus lán-pháirt á ghlacadh ag daoine sna rudaí ar fad a bhí ar siúl.

Ghlac níos mó ná 150 páiste páirt sna himeachtaí Scéalaíochta agus Amhránaíochta a reachtáil Jacqui de Siúin ó Choiste Cúraim Leanaí Phort Láirge sna Leabharlanna i nDún Garbhán, Trá Mhór, Lios Mór, Carraig Phiarais, Ard Caoin agus i Lárleabharlann na Cathrach.

Bhain na páistí agus tuismitheoirí os na ceantair éagsúla a ghlac páirt spraoi agus spórt as scéalaíocht agus amhráin agus an Ghaeilge in úsáid acu gan straon, gan stró. Buíochas chomh maith leis na grúpaí réamhscoile seo a leanas a ghlac páirt: Scallywags sa Lios Mór, Butterflies sa mBaile Dubh agus Grúpa Túistí & Leanaí Ghlór na nGael i nDún Garbhán.

Chomh maith leis sin, d’eagraigh Seirbhís Leabharlainne Chathair agus Chontae Phort Láirge go leor seisiúin Bingó as Gaeilge sna Leabharlanna sa Trá Mhór, i bPort Lách, in Ard Chaoin, sa Dún Mór agus ar Bhóthar Phádraig de Brún sa chathair dos na céadta páistí. Bhí clár gníomhach ag Leabharlann Bhóthar Phádraig de Brún i gcomhair na seachtaine, le Bingó, Tóraíocht Taisce agus Scéalaíocht Dátheangach do pháistí an cheantair ar laethanta éagsúla.

Bhí Ciorcail Chomhrá ag caint agus ag cabaireacht as Gaeilge i

nDún Garbhán, sa Trá Mhór agus sa chathair. Reachtáil Oifig na Gaeilge de chuid Chomhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge Tráth na gCeist Dátheangach sa Cove Bar ar Bhóthar Dhún Mhóir i gCathair Phort Láirge le linn na Seachtaine agus d’éirigh go hiontach leis – bhí thart ar chaoga duine i láthair agus bhí ceol agus craic tar éis an chomórtais le ceol agus amhránaíocht beo Gaelach den scoth le clos ó cheoltóirí agus amhránaithe áitiúla.

D’fhreastal thart ar trí scór duine ó Chomhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge agus Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Phort Láirge ar thrí ‘Lóin Ghaeilge’ a d’eagraíodh sa chathair agus i nDún Garbhán do Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Deis iontach a bhí ann do dhaoine teacht le chéile i gcomhluadar deas, neamhfhoirmeálta agus comhrá lena chéile trí Ghaeilge.

Bhí an seanachaí Niall de Búrca ar fheabhas mar is gnáth agus é i mbun scéalaíochta le thart ar 250 páistí bunscoile i nDún Garbhán, san Ard Chaoin agus i bPort Lách. Bhain daoine taitneamh chomh maith as camchuairt treoraithe dátheangach Dhonncha Uí Cheallacháin thimpeall Músaem na Seod i gcathair Phort Láirge.

Buíochas mór le gach éinne a d’eagraigh imeachtaí agus a d’fhreastal ar imeachtaí ar fud an chontae.Tá súil againn gur bhain sibh taitneamh as gach rud agus leanaigí ar aghaidh ag labhairt na Gaeilge. Mar a deir an seanfhocal - beatha teanga í a labhairt!

Hundreds of people took part in Seachtain na Gaeilge events and activities throughout Waterford city and county during Seachtain na Gaeilge this year, co-ordinated by the Irish Office of Waterford City & County Council, in conjunction

with Waterford Childcare Committee Ltd, Waterford Library Services, Glór na nGael, WIT and Waterford Museum of Treasures. Storytelling and songs, bingo and chat, a guided historical tour, Table Quiz, music and craic were the order of the day from east to west across city and county, as people took part in the various events and activities, using their Irish, or cúpla focal, as the case may be.

More than 150 children took part in the events run by Jacqui de Siúin from Waterford Childcare Committee Ltd in various Libraries in Dungarvan, Tramore, Lismore, Carrickpheirish, Ardkeen and the Central Library in the city. ‘Go raibh míle maith agaibh’ to the children, parents, childcare practitioners and teachers who participated in these events, including Scallywags in Lismore, Butterflies in Ballyduff Upper and Grúpa Tuistí & Leanaí Ghlór na nGael in Dungarvan.

In addition, Waterford City & County Library Services organised dozens of ‘Bingó as Gaeilge’ sessions in branch libraries in Tramore, Portlaw, Ardkeen, Dunmore and Paddy Brown’s

Road in the City for hundreds of children from local schools.

Brown’s Road Library had a particularly busy Seachtain na Gaeilge programme with Bingó, Treasure Hunt and Storytelling ‘as Gaeilge’ on various days.

Irish conversation groups also met in Dungarvan, Tramore and Waterford City, giving truth to the seanfhocal “Beatha teanga í a labhairt”. The Irish Office of Waterford City & County Council organised a very successful bilingual Tráth na gCeist (Table Quiz) in the Cove Bar on the Dunmore Road, which was very well attended and the participants also who enjoyed a lively traditional Irish music and singing session following the serious business of the Table Quiz!

A total of more than sixty staff members from Waterford City & County Council and WIT attended three different ‘Lóin Ghaeilge’ in the City and in Dungarvan during Seachtain na Gaeilge, availing of the simple opportunity to chat together ‘as Gaeilge’ over lunch.

Children’s favourite seanachaí, Niall de Búrca had another very successful visit to Waterford on Thursday, March 8th, when he entertained more than 250 local schoolchildren in Dungarvan, Ardkeen and Portlaw with his eclectic and madcap performances over the course of the day.

People also enjoyed Donncha Ó Ceallacháin’s bilingual guided tour of the Museum of Treasures, where he shared his expansive knowledge of the history and heritage of Waterford city.

The Irish Office of Waterford City & County Council would like to sincerely thank all of those who organised and attended events throughout city and county, particularly the staff of the Library Service – GO RAIBH MÍLE MAITH AGAIBH GO LÉIR! As the seanfhocal says – Ní neart go cur le chéile – (there’s strength in numbers)!

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Irish Red Cross Portlaw OBJECT OF THE WEEK

Oil painting on glass of Bartholomew Kiely c. 1870 Bartholomew Kiely was a ship owner and merchant in Dungarvan.

MUSEUM MEMBERS’ ANNUAL TRIP TO THE NORTH MIDLANDS The museum members’ annual trip this year will take place on Sunday, 29th April to Wednesday, 2nd May. There are only a few spaces left on the trip so if you are interested in booking one of these spaces please contact the museum at 058-45960.

ANNUAL MUSEUM FUNDRAISING BOOK SALE We are now accepting book donations in the museum for our annual fundraising book sale.

Please note that we will not be accepting any books that have aged and are brown, we will not be accepting any books that date from the 1800s or earlier unless they are of historical significance and we will not be accepting any magazines unless they are of historical significance.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS The Museum supplied photographs to two recently launched

publications.

‘A History of the Dungarvan GAA Club from 1885-2017’ by Tony Ryan, and ‘Dunmore East A Living History’ by Maria Walsh.

Both books come highly recommended and are available in local outlets.

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.

As a member you will benefit from knowing that you are supporting the important work of the Museum in County Waterford, plus being informed of various talks, new exhibitions and activities taking place throughout the year.

There is also a member’s annual trip and Christmas meal. Please do consider joining us as a member. You can see the very varied and interesting work of the Museum on our website w w w. wa t e r f o r d m u s e u m . i e including volunteers taking part in local archaeological digs.

Call in to see us in Friary Street, or ring us on 058-45960 for more information.

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 may have in your possession which you would be willing to kindly donate to us.

Also if you have any old photographs of people, places, ships, sports events etc. with a County Waterford connection we

IT'S the time of the year again that the Tom Jordan 5mile Road Race is being organised. Now part of the Outfields Sports 3 Counties Challenge, the race enters its 10th anniversary year on Friday, 4th May this year. All proceeds will go directly to the Irish Red Cross Portlaw Branch. Please save the date and watch this space for further details.

are very happy to accept them.

We can scan them to add to our extensive photographic archive and give you back the originals. By donating items to us you will be playing your part in helping to preserve local history for future generations.

You can drop items into us in Friary Street, or call us on 05845960 to discuss any items you are thinking of donating.

VISITING THE MUSEUM We welcome visits from schools, community groups, and local history societies. Please contact us at 058 45960 to arrange a visit. Let us know if you are interested in a particular subject and we will focus on that during the visit.

OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 10.00 a.m. 5.00 p.m. Admission is free.

KILL

‘A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE’

THE GARDENS OF THE BIG HOUSE: THEIR HISTORY AND PLACE IN ART – On Sunday, 6th May from 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m. there will be talks given by numerous speakers at Dromana House and Gardens in Cappoquin, Co. Waterford on the history and place in art of the Gardens of the Big House.

Enquiries and booking:Email: info@dromanahouse.com; Tel: 086-8186305 Website: www.dromanahouse.com €70 per person or €125 for 2 persons: includes morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea.

FIRST WORLD WAR WATERFORD CASUALTY LIST FOR WEEK ENDING 4th APRIL, 2018 Surname Collins Lemhan Hennessy Keane McCarthy Morrissey Purcell Hayden Power Power Dwyer O’Keeffe

First Name Patrick Thomas Michael Thomas Denis Martin Simon William Thomas Daniel David James John

Age 30 18 20 27 34 51 45 17 29 22

Service No. Rank 79980 Cpl. Cook Able Seaman Fireman Fireman Mate Able Seaman Able Seaman Bo’sun 3780 Smith Carpenters Mate K/32179 Stoker

Service Army Merc.Marine Merc.Marine Merc.Marine Merc.Marine Merc.Marine Merc.Marine Merc.Marine Merc.Marine Army U.S. Navy R. Navy

Unit R.Eng.173 Tunnelling s.s.Lough Fisher s.s.Lough Fisher s.s.Barrow s.s.Lough Fisher s.s.Lough Fisher s.s.Lough Fisher s.s.Lough Fisher s.s. Conargo H’hold Cav.5Lancers N.S. H.M.S.Bittern

Where Born Waterford Waterford Waterford Waterford Waterford Waterford Bannow Ferrybank Ferrybank Waterford Waterford Ballynoe Tallow

Death Category N.S. At Sea At Sea At Sea At Sea At Sea At Sea At Sea At Sea Wounds Died At Sea

Date of Death 3/29/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 31/4/18 4/1/18 4/4/18 4/4/18

BONMAHON BONMAHON TIDY TOWNS We are getting together with the Kill Action Group again for a joint Litter Pick on Saturday, 14th April, as part of the An Taisce Spring Clean Month. We are now calling on all residents and organisations of Bonmahon to consider getting involved and join in the

fun on the day - more details will be posted here next week.

BONMAHON COMMUNITY SOCIETY The numbers drawn recently were 3, 13, 24 and 26. We had no Jackpot or match 3 winners.

Our 2 Lucky Dip winners of €50 each

were Albert Kearns and Finny and Kate Buckley. Our next jackpot will be up for grabs with a total of €10,250.

The Bonmahon Community Society would like to offer our deepest sympathies to Eddie McCarthy on the sad passing of his mother.

May she rest in peace.

SPRING CLEAN UP An Taisce's National Spring Clean takes place during the month of April. Kill Action & Alert Group in association with Bonmahon Tidy Towns will hold the annual litter pick between the villages of Bonmahon and Kill on Saturday, 14th April. We are calling on all residents, local groups, clubs, organisations and businesses to get involved and either help with the litter pick on the day or do something during the month of April to improve the physical appearance of our village and surrounding area. All ideas and suggestions are very welcome and we can help with any tools or materials required. If you or your group would like to get involved, share an idea or let us know about a litter black spot please contact Marie on 086-8385928 or contact us on Facebook. A big thank you to Philip Kirwan who recently cut the hedgerows on the approach road to the village from the Sweep, where we hope to put up a new 'Welcome to Kill Village' sign in the near future.

'Be part of the solution not part of the pollution'.

SUNDAY MARKET The launch of our monthly Sunday Craft Market has been postponed to Sunday, 6th May. Call or text 083-1022714 to book a table or for further information.

KILL GAA LOTTO At last week's Lotto draw in Dunphy's Bar, there was no winner of the €10,000 Lotto jackpot. On the night we had one lucky match 3 winner who was Paudie Torpey. The Lotto draw was sponsored by Happy Days Newsagents and Grocery Shop Kill Village. Watch this space for the results on our extra Easter draw!

SPRING CLEANING? Don't forget to bag up all your unwanted clothes, shoes, belts, handbags, towels, bedlinen and soft toys for Kill National School. Last year we raised €2,100, this year we've already raised over €1,700! The next collection date is May 23rd but if you can't hold on until then, please don't dump them. Call Grace at 086-3289212.

So far this year your "rubbish" has paid for gymnastics for the younger classes and has gone a long way towards reducing cost for older classes and for reducing the price of swimming lessons. The Parents Association will also be setting up a book rental scheme for the next school year so please get clearing out those wardrobes, drawers, antics and hotpresses!

FABULOUS FUN DAY SAVE THE DATE! A new and exciting event is currently being organised by Miranda Corcoran as a collaborative project between community organisations and numerous schools in the Copper Coast Area. Please save the date for the Fabulous Fun Day which is due to take place in Bonmahon on the 16th June. More details to follow in due course!

CHECK! Don't forget, you can also help our national school by supporting BINGO every second Thursday in conjunction with Kill Community Centre at 8.00 p.m. Not only is the jackpot up for grabs and refreshments served on the night but there are also special prices available for kids. The next session will be on during the Easter break this Thursday 5th April. Eyes down at 8pm sharp.

GET CRACKING Register now for the VHI WOMEN'S MARATHON in aid of the Elaine-Sarah Comerford fund. Travel arrangements will be organised soon. This is a fantastic event for a fantastic cause. Please call Grace at 086-3289212 for more info.

DATES TO REMEMBER Seaview Celtic Annestown, soccer for U10s/11s/12s. New members are always welcome. Contact Paul at 086-3122504.

Mondays and Wednesdays from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.: St. Mary's Hurling and Football at Kill GAA pitch for U9s/10s/11s.

Fridays: Seaview Youth Club from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. for 8-14 year olds, a €4 admission fee includes games, PS 4, Wii, Soccer, Fuzzball, Pool, Giant Scalextric, Giant Jenga, Karaoke,Table Tennis and lots more.

Saturday, 14th April from 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m: St. Mary's Outdoor Hurling and Football for U6s/7s/8s, at Kill GAA pitch. New members are always welcome. Contact Grace at 086-3289212 for more information.

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April in the Joan Clancy Gallery DISCOVER a different view of art at this extraordinary gallery overlooking Dungarvan Bay, which showcases some of the country’s best painters.

“With exciting new work by Kate Kos, Fiona Cawley, Rayleen Clancy, John Cullinan and Blawnin Clancy, we are open April 13th – 22nd daily 11.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m” said Joan Clancy. “We are a designated stop on West Waterford Festival of Food Bus Bia tour of An Gaeltacht and are featured on the Festival Art Trail, so be sure to pop in for a browse!”

Located near Coláiste na Rinne in Mweelahorna in the Waterford Gaeltacht, Joan Clancy Gallery is 10k south of Dungarvan and the Waterford Greenway.

Phone: 086 813 4597 info@joanclancygallery.com www.joanclancygallery.com

KATE KOS © Pontoon at Davitt’s Quay, Dungarvan (Watercolour 54x74cm framed).

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ARDMORE ARDMORE TIDY TOWNS NEXT SATURDAY N25 CLEAN-UP Sincere thanks to all the volunteers who turned up to pick litter off the roadsides on Good Friday. Special thanks to the many families who went out early and picked dozens of bags from several miles of roads.The 4 pm gang got a short shift as it started raining soon after the start, but nonetheless they got some done and we’ll get the remains later. In all we had about 40 people picking. We must mention one. Michael Hennessy celebrated his 70th birthday on Friday and he was on the R673 from early morning picking litter! Many happy returns.

On Saturday morning, we’ll tackle the N25 from Kiely’s Cross to Rath. We’ll meet at 10 am at Grange Church and again anyone who has done an area earlier, please let Joan Flavin or Mary Hennessy know. Again, please wear hi viz clothing and again if it’s raining we’ll pass.

BABY FLOWERS Our baby flowers are coming this week and we’ll be busy trans-

Cheque presentation to Youghal RNLI from the Ardmore Christmas Day Swim 2017 – Present in the photograph are (l. to r.): Ann Marie Hourigan, Siobhan Murray, Susan Mason, Catherine Hourigan, Pat O'Keeffe, Breda Gardiner and Erik Brooks. On behalf of the Youghal RNLI we would like to say a big thank you to the organising committee and everyone who took part in the Christmas Day Swim. planting on Wednesday,Thursday and Friday. The girl guides and brownies will be with us one of the days, but we have plenty of room for volunteers and at least we’ll be weather proof. We’ll go from about 11-1 p.m. each morning and 2.30-4.30 p.m. each afternoon. So anyone, young or

old, who can slot in for an hour or so will be most welcome.

45 AT KEEVERS James Flavin & Martin Keevers shared 1st prize with Tom Power & Michael O’Reilly last week Jason Lenane & Nora Mai O’Neill best of the last 5 & Willie Keane & Billy Harty picking up

the last game.

POKER AT THE ROUND TOWER HOTEL Mary Ann Troy won the final last week from Billy Harty & Ann Mooney. Ger Cronin won the last game. We’ll start a new league this week and get the banter going again.

Johnny McEvoy announced for St. Declan’s Church, Ardmore

RAYLEEN CLANCY © Unknown Waters (Oil on canvas 150x300cm).

The “Would-Be” Politician I knew a “would-be” politician: I dare not divulge his name, Whose election to Dail Eireann was his one-track-minded aim, He was promised votes in plenty; enough to make him top the poll, And each name wrote in a note-book, ‘til he’d far surpassed his goal.

He made promises and pledges as to how things soon would be, When he’d wield the wand of power from his seat as a T.D., He would fill up every pot-hole, and trim the road-side hedges too, So the tiniest of tourists, would have an unobstructed view.

He’d eliminate the Water Charge, the Household Tax and Rates, And undeterred by fear or favour be heard in heated Dail debates, He’d double the Old Age Pension, and increase the Child Allowance, He’d build houses for the homeless and “rent-free”, he would announce.

No-one else would lie on trolleys in our hospitals, he said, Everyone would have a private room and a big four-poster bed, And we all would be entitled to the Medical and Travel Card, And doctor’s certs for Mondays would be issued by the yard.

And everyone who had a job could retire at forty five, And the Bereavement Grant would be paid out while you were still alive, And at Christmas time a bonus he would grant to young and old, Three tons of coal and a bag of sticks to help keep out the cold.

Came the day of the election, he stook outside the Polling Booth, He was smiling like a Cheshire cats dressed in his Sunday suit, He stuck a kiss on every baby, and on the Mammies quite a few, He shook hands with all the Daddies, and with excitement kissed them too.

When at last the votes were counted, consternation reigned supreme, The five votes he got in total, destroyed his self-esteem, Now he sadly turns the pages where the names were written down, And wonders how so many liars could survive in one small town.

John Daly

JOHNNY McEvoy has always been highly acclaimed for his excellent shows and his current nationwide concert tour is getting a huge response from his legion of fans. This nostalgiac evening of 'Song and Story' features all of Johnny's many 'Hit Songs', including Muirsin Durkan-Boston Burglar, Those Brown Eyes-Long Long Before Your Time plus some songs from his new album.

His songs are haunting, evocative and beautifully presented with many in the folk and ballad style. Johnny McEvoy has been one of the most enduring and talented singer/songwriters in these islands over the past 50 years. His concert performance is second to none with his songs beautifully delivered in truly artistic fashion and story telling of the finest order.

This will be a SELL-OUT

Concert so on tomorrow evening Thursday, 5th April come along to the Round Tower Hotel Ardmore tickets will go on sale on a first come first served basis to be fair to everyone between 7.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m., tickets are €30.

A Concert not to be missed on Friday, October 26th 2018 which is in aid of St. Declan's Conference of SVP Ardmore Grange & Kinsalebeg.

Johnny McEvoy

Barnardos Easter Egg Hunt BOHADOON was once again host to one of Ireland’s eight nationwide Barnardos Egg Hunts in association with Cadbury’s chocolate.

Alas, the weather on the day was less then agreeable, with cold, wet and windy conditions, we decided to move indoors. This was not to dampen the spirits of those who came along on the day and gave so generously. Well done to all the fantastic kids who joined in enthusiastically. Thank you most sincerely to each and everyone of you who attended. At present you have helped to raise €644.

To all the sponsors, Castlemartyr resort, 360 Cookhouse, Dunnes Stores, Phelan’s Fuel, Garvey's SuperValu, Ciarán O’Flynn’s Jewellers, Connolly’s Chemist, Shaw’s Dungarvan, Coach House Coffee, TFM Conmel, Trabolgan, Vale Oil Clonmel, Star Fuels Conmel, Fota Wildlife Park, Run Amuck, Allen’s Clonmel and Eurogiant Clonmel, thank you for your generous sponsorship.

Also thank you to Mary Fahey for her help and Kevin Walsh for being the MC on the day.

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World Book Day in Stradbally National School

STRADBALLY LATE AUSTIN CASEY It is with sadness we record the death of Austin (Austie Casey), New Line, Bonmahon and formerly Carrigahilla, Stradbally retired employee of Waterford County Council. Austin lay in repose at Drohan’s Funeral Home, Dungarvan on Saturday, 31st March from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. with rosary at 6 p.m. where large numbers attended to pay their respects.

Austin’s funeral Mass took place on Sunday, 1st April at 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Faha celebrated by Fr. Jerry Condon, assisted by Fr. Finbar Lucey and Fr. Michael Enright with burial in the adjoining cemetery.

Deepest sympathy is extended to sons Austin and Nicholas; daughters Laura, Brid and Orla; brothers Eugene and Pierce; sisters Angela and Eileen; sisters-inlaw Patricia and Angela; son-inlaw, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews and the extended family and friends.

LATE MARY WELDON It was with great sadness the community learned of the death of Mary Weldon (nee Cummins), Union Road, Kilmacthomas and formerly of Newtown, Stradbally on Thursday, 29th March, 2018.

Mary lay in repose at her residence at Union Road on Saturday, 31st March, 2018 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. where the rosary was recited at 8.30 p.m.

The large numbers that attended were a true testimony to Mary’s popularity.

Mary’s Funeral Mass took place on Sunday, 1st April, 2018 at 3.30 p.m. in Holy Cross Church, Stradbally.The celebrant was Fr. Jerry Condon, P.P. assisted

by Fr. Michael Enright.

The hymns and music was provided by the Weldon family

and friends during the Mass.The readers of the Liturgy were Helen and Mary Cummins. The prayers of the faithful were shared

by Alice, Debs, Breda Griffin, Cathy, Rose and Siobhan. Gerard narrated the offertory procession where symbols of Mary’s life were brought to the altar.

The gifts of bread and wine were brought to the altar by Mary’s brothers Matt and Tom Cummins. A fitting Eulogy was delivered by Noelle thanking her medical team and giving some of the lighter moments in Mary’s life and explaining why the Cummins Silks were draped on the coffin as it entered the church, as Mary was involved in stitching the first Silks for the Cummins family when their first horse won, and these colours have been seen on many the race-track since.

To the haunting music and words of ‘The Voyage’ Mary was carried to her resting place in the adjoining cemetery. Deepest sympathy to Paul Weldon (husband); sons Mark and Paul; daughters Aisling, Tara-Lee and Shannon; brothers Gerard and Thomas; sisters Breda and Noelle; grandchildren Mikey, Natalie, Kate, Ellie and Eva; sonsin-law Niall and Kevin; sistersin-law Alice and Debs; nieces Helen and Mary and the extended Cummins and Weldon families, neighbours and friends.

RACING WINNERS Congratulations to Margaret Flynn, local trainer, High Street, Stradbally on winning the Pavillion Restaurant Hurdle at 4.40 race in Cork on Easter Sunday with Dr. Mikey with D. McInerney jockey. Owned by the Santry Power Walsh syndicate.

Well done also to the local Tay Valley Syndicate on being placed

2nd with Paschals Dream at Curraghmore Point-to-Point on Easter Sunday in the Gain Horse Feeds 6 year old+ gelding maiden (Nov. rdrs).

PARISH DRAW RESULTS The Stradbally parish draw results for 26th March and 2nd April. €150: Theresa Power, Walshe’s Place, Kilmacthomas. €25: Michael Walsh, Brenan, Stradbally; Michael Foley, Ballylynch; Michael Phelan, Ballylaneen; John Walsh Snr., Brenan, Stradbally; Sean McKeon, Ballygarron.

Promoter’s draw: Margaret Murray, Ballyvoile. €150: Bobby Croke, Fethard. €25: Peg Connors, Park, Stradbally; Dylan Clancy, Island, Stradbally; Joe O’Brien, Knockrour, Stradbally; Clodagh Hassett, Bonmahon; Tony Hanley, The Comeraghs, Stradbally.

Promoter’s draw: Fr. Condon.

EASTER EGGS DRAW Alisia Haughey, Fr. Enright, Tony Walsh, Margaret Corbett, Marie Fleming, Kevin Cunningham, Margaret Kiely, c/o Mai Coffey.

LOCAL PANTO Well done to the director, cast, musicians, singers and all involved in the local Panto which took place at the Barron Hall over the Easter weekend. It was real local entertainment and just goes to show what talent we have in the community. Roll on the next production.

STRADBALLY WHIST Stradbally Whist opens this Wednesday, 4th April, after the Winter break. It is lovely to see the daffodils and the trees beginning to bud.

Now is the time to get back into routine and with the lighter

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nights nothing is better than meeting up with friends.

Whist is being played every Wednesday for a couple of Months to see the response. We meet at THE BARRON HALL, Stradbally at 8.00 p.m. and have a short break for tea.

Everyone is welcome, beginners will be helped along we folks only to keen to show them the 'ropes'. It is a fairly easy game to play and often offers a laugh or two. Good luck and see you all on Wednesday.

DURROW DANCE HALL Waterford County Museum are in the process of compiling a book on the history of the Greenway. One of the many locations of interest along the route is Durrow Dance Hall. If anyone has any old photos or information on this, please contact Cian Flaherty on 086 896 1747 or email cianflaherty96@gmail.com ACTIVE RETIREMENT Our annual Easter Bonnet competition took place at the the recent gathering of “Tay and Mahon Valley Active Retirement” in Barron Hall.

Eileen Rabbett gave an outstanding commentary on the style and designs.Well done to all.

The Easter Eggs and chocolates were enjoyed.

We are planning a trip (by train) to Collin's Barrack's Dublin at the end of April early May. Anybody interested, may book with €5 deposit at our next gathering on Monday, 9th April in the Barron Hall from 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Also penciled in is a trip to “Woodhouse Museum” in June, and our annual day trip in July.

Anybody interested in joining are welcome to call along to our next meeting.

Superheroes

The Cat In The Hat

Mental Health Awareness MENTAL Health Awareness Charity Cycle passed through the 5x roads last Sunday morning. It was cold, but 336 brave souls, young and old cycled from Leamybrien to Durrow, Bunmahon, Kill to the Sweep and back to Leamybrien in support of this worthy cause.

All the money collected go to the funds of SOS (Suicide or Survive) and stay in County Waterford.

Cllr Liam Brazil, organiser delighted with the turnout and wants to thank all the volunteers, sponsors, Gardai, Ambulance, Power Waste Disposal and everybody who helped to make it a success.

[Photo courtesy of Kate Hickey]

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamus

Pippy Longstockings

Harry Potter

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KILROSSANTY CLEAN-UP Thanks to all who helped in any way with the annual clean-up of the Comeraghs last Monday.

CYCLE Thanks to all who took part in the Easter Cycle last Sunday for Mental Health.

ICA The monthly meeting of Kilrossanty Guild of the ICA will

take place next Monday night in the hall at 8.00 p.m. Hope to see all members present.

WHIST Whist resumes in the hall on Friday night, 6th April at 8.00 p.m.

All members and new members very welcome.

FEDERATION MEETING ICA Federation meeting in Crotty’s Inn on Saturday, 14th April at 2.30 p.m.

KILMAC STRADBALLY WHIST Stradbally Whist opens this Wednesday, 4th April, after the Winter break. It is lovely to see the daffodils and the trees beginning to bud. Now is the time to get back into routine and with the lighter nights nothing is better than meeting up with friends. Whist is being played every Wednesday for a couple of Months to see the response. We meet at THE BARRON HALL, Stradbally at 8.00 p.m. and have a short break for tea. Everyone is welcome, beginners will be helped along we folks only to keen to show them the 'ropes'. It is a fairly easy game to play and often offers a laugh or two. Good luck and see you all on Wednesday.

TOURANEENA RUNNERS CLUB Well done to all who took park in the 5K family fun run/walk in Kilmacthomas last Saturday in aid of the Irish Cancer Society. The Intersport Elverys/Asics Summer Series 2018 will be starting this Friday, 6th April in Ballinroad.

Online entry is €7 but if you enter on the night of the race the cost will be €10. There is also an online race series package available for €40. The Touraneena 5k will be held this year on 25th May, so if you'd like to take part in this years Touraneena 5k, its not too late to start training and feel free to join us any Wednesday night at the G.A.A. pitch at 7.15 pm.

AUDIENCE MEMBERS NEEDED RTE's successful 'Big Week On The Farm' programme will be broadcasted from Dungarvan from the 9th -13th April.

Gillian and Neil O'Sullivan will host the farming live TV show and RTE are looking for audience members for each day.

If you are interested in participating please email onthefarm@indiepics.ie with your full name, mobile number, number of tickets and preferred day.

COMMUNITY ALERT It is never too late to join the Touraneena Community Alert Scheme and with the increased rise in burglaries, the community alert texts are very useful in keeping people up to date with what is happening in their locality.

The cost of joining is only €10 per household per annum and can be done by contacting either Richie Hickey 087 9960373 or Mush Keane 087 9634993.

If you need to report any unusual behaviour, the mobile number for Garda Phil Dee, Ballymacarbry is 087 9803521.

PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 2018 There are still places available for the annual Waterford and Lismore diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes on the 6-11th June this year. This is a special year in Lourdes as it celebrates the 160th anniversary of the apparition.

To book your place, please contact Warren at St. John's Pastoral Centre, John's Hill, Waterford or phone 051 878900.

SYMPATHY We extend our sincere sympathy to the Moroney family on the recent passing of Eugene Moroney, Graiguemore, Modeligo.

We extend our sympathy to his wife Nicola; daughters Abi and Lucy; mother Ethna; father Jim; brothers Kevin and David; sister Nicola; mother-in-law Isabelle; brother-inlaw Kenny; sisters-in-law Marie Mairi and Sinead; aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and many friends.

Funeral Mass was at our Lady of the Assumption Church, Modeligo, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery. May Eugene rest in peace.

BRAIN OF BALLYMACARBRY Fourmilewater hurling club had a great quiz night in Doocey's Bar last Thursday night.

Thank you to quiz master Michael Ryan and all who attended and participated in the quiz. Many congratulations to the 2018 'Brain of Ballymac' winners, Catherine Walsh, Tom Walsh, Liam Reilly and Mary Reilly.

SLIABH gCUA LOTTO Results for draw held in Hanrahan's Bar for week ending 1st April. The numbers drawn for the €3,000 Jackpot were 3, 8 and 20.

There was no winner.

The numbers drawn for the second Jackpot of €800 were 8, 11 and 21 and there was no winner of this Jackpot either. The 5 x €20 winners were 1) Gemma & Dean; 2) Christine Cliffe; 3) Mary Morrisson; 4) Breda Ahearne; 5) Ciara & T.J. The promoter's prize of €20 was won by Marian Cliffe.

Next week's draw in Dunne's Bar will be on Sunday night, 8th April for a Lotto Jackpot of €3,000, and if there is no winner of this Jackpot, there will be a second draw for a €900 Jackpot.

ST. MARY'S N.S. A raffle will be held in the school on the 26th April. The purpose of the raffle is to raise funds for an alarm system for the school. Local businesses have kindly donated some wonderful prizes for the raffle. Pupils in the school will receive raffle tickets. We hope to see a good response as the recent spate of burglaries in schools makes it necessary to have the alarm installed as soon as possible.

Volunteers who turned out to support the Dungarvan Tidy Towns litter pick last Friday.

Dungarvan Tidy Towns Litter Pick A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers who turned out to support our Litter Pick last Friday, taking time out of their day to help Tidy Towns keep our town clean. It was lovely to see volunteers of all ages working together, and the kids in particular had a great time as they went around the town with their litter picks and vests.

Volunteers broke into groups and bags of litter were gathered from all around

Dungarvan during the hour long Litter Pick.

A number of our teams were surprised to learn that discarded cigarette butts made up a significant proportion of the litter collected - we hope to improve awareness of this issue going forward and encourage people to dispose of their waste responsibly.

As the event drew to a close, everyone returned to Grattan square to enjoy hot

Some of the volunteers pictured after the Dungarvan Tidy Towns litter pick last Friday.

drinks and well earned treats. Thanks again to everyone who turned out - your support is so important to the Tidy Towns effort and we hope to see you at more events in future. We're also asking all businesses to keep up their good work and continue sweeping outside their premises to keep the town clean. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page for upcoming events - help is always needed and everyone is welcome!

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By Donal Buckley

What’s in a Name?

I WAS listening to the radio the other day and I heard the national traffic report being broadcast.There appeared to be a tailback at a junction in Kildare and motorists were being advised to drive with caution. This in itself was not an unusual occurrence, except that the announcer 'matter of factly' told her audience the junction was called The Bundle of Sticks Roundabout. I thought I had misheard, so I fired up the google machine to investigate and discovered there is such a place. It’s just outside Naas, near the M7 motorway.

Now, it must have been an English corruption of an old Irish name, or so I thought. Google machine to the rescue again. The Irish name on the roundabout is Timpeallán na Bhrosna which translates as The Roundabout of Incentive. If you type that in to Google search, you'll get a site promoting travel in Slovenia.

Maybe that's Kildare County Council’s cunning plan. If you negotiate the roundabout safely and within the speed limit, you will get entered in to a draw for a holiday in Slovenia. Makes sense to me!

Roundabouts are a relatively new piece of motorway furniture.

There's no doubt that they are an efficient way to sluice traffic, when they work. But what do you do with the island in the middle? You can stick plants or sculptures in it, but they can't be intrusive or distracting. How do you name them? It’s hardly the ideal location to dedicate to a national hero or Statesman. Maybe they would be the perfect site to devote to a more infamous Irish legends. For example, The Eamon Dunphy Roundabout, The 'Fingers' Fingleton Intersection, The Charlie Haughey Junction or the Thierry Henry Cul de Sac (we will never forget).

If you want to see a really confusing roundabout, go to Swindon in England. It consists of five mini roundabouts surrounding a sixth central roundabout which works in an anticlockwise direction. Is it any wonder the locals call it The Magic Roundabout. Of course we have our own 'magical' Red Cow interchange on the outskirts of Dublin. It was named after a former pub in the vicinity, but due to several planning mistakes, traffic problems, not to mention the addition of the Luas Parkway to the mix, it has been renamed the Mad Cow. This is usually muttered in conjunction with some choice expletives.

There was a story going around at one time that Dungarvan had more roundabouts per head of population than any other town in Ireland. I can find no evidence to confirm or deny such a claim. However, there are quite a few of them. Every one has a nice sensible name referring to the local area. So, you have the Shandon, Strandside, Coolagh, Kilrush,Youghal Road and Spring Roundabouts. All of them geographically accurate, uncontroversial and very, very boring. Come on, councillors, show a bit of imagination.There could be a roundabout dedicated to heroes like Dan Shanahan called The Bundle of Hurley's Roundabout. Another for International athlete Kate Veale called The Walkabout.

Waterford city has its tribute to a Viking in Reginald's Tower.

Doesn't Dungarvan have its own Viking in Mo Dunford. I'm sure, Niamh Briggs would get a real kick out of one of the Abbeyside roundabouts being converted to the Briggs turnover. Even the roundabout in Grattan Square could be called The Wheel of Fortune and the one at Glaxo be renamed The Ring of Confidence or The Turbine Turnaround.The possibilities are endless Ballinameela Creatives has always been road worthy and just a little bit streetwise.

American Author Ellen Goodman once, rather cynically, said," Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.

CURRENT EVENTS ON IN THE HALL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY 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 7.00 p.m. in the Community Centre. Contact Noirin Kelly on (086) 8362695 if interested.

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 BADMINTON If you fancy a sociable game of Badminton come along to Ballinameela Community Centre on Tuesday nights from 8.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. Contact Mairead on 087-7681975 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 2 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 for the Winter 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.

Niamh Reynolds is responsible

for the month of April for opening and closing the Community Centre and can be contacted on 087-6792321.

LOTTO RESULTS 2/4/’18 – Numbers drawn were 2, 7 and 11. There was no Jackpot winner. €20 winners were Lar Looby, Kilgreaney; Mary Fletcher, Ballylemon; Cathy and Mike, Aglish; Michelle c/o Deise Brú; Pat Fletcher, Ballylemon. Next week’s Jackpot €800 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.

BALLYDUFF UPPER CHAMPIONS IN MANCHESTER Four boys represented Ballyduff with the West Waterford East Cork (WWEC) Schoolboy League Under 12’s in the Manchester cup 2018. They played 6 games throughout the weekend. After getting to finals and coming home with the cup it was a fantastic achievement for the boys. There’s a great future ahead of them! The boys were Evan Geary, Ty Corcoran, Aodhán and Donnachadh Hickey.

EVENTS 2018 The Annual Festival is fast approaching. With the switch up in time last year from August to June, this year’s Festival will be from 24th to 30th June. Some of the events will include the Gala Day in the Community Field, a 5K run, bingo, car treasure hunt and table quiz. More details to follow in the coming weeks.

Some other events are also in the planning process for the year, so again keep the eyes peeled!

DANCE FOR FUN There are adult set dancing classes each Thursday night in the Carnegie Centre at 8.30. All levels are welcome. An evening of fun and getting fit at the same time!

BALLYDUFF UPPER PARENT & TODDLER GROUP The Parent and Toddler Group meet every Friday Morning 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. - €2 per session.

Parents, Grandparents, childminders all welcome - enjoy a cuppa and a chat.

TIDY TOWNS A reminder that Ballyduff Upper Tidy Towns will hold their annual Litter Pick on Saturday, April 14th. Everyone will meet at River action at 9.00 a.m. Please bring High vis jacket and pickers if you have them. More pickers, gloves and bags will be provided on the day. It would be great to see everyone get involved in this event

Champions in Manchester – Evan Geary, Ty Corcoran, Aodhán and Donnchadh Hickey. to help clean up our village and our surrounding areas. Please spread the word.

BALLYDUFF UPPER GAA Senior Hurling Championship Our senior hurlers got off to a winning start in a hard fought game against An Rinn on Saturday in Fraher Field on a score line of 2-16 to 0-18. They now face a quick turnaround as they face Abbeyside, Thursday, April 5th in Fraher Field at 8 o’clock.

Thanks to all the supporters on Saturday who kept the team going when they were on the back foot.

We hope to see and hear you again on Thursday.

Team vs An Rinn: Conor Sheehan, Jamie Hannon, Séamus Hannon, Oran Leamy, Michael Kearney (1-0), Conor Murray, Jamie Kearney (0-1), Mikey Kearney, Shane Hannon, Eoghan Murray (0-8, 7 f ’s), Andrew Casey (0-4), Seán Kenny, Fionnán Hickey, Shane Kearney (1-2), Seán Casey (0-1).

Sub: Eoin O’Brien for Fionnán Hickey.

Minor Football Our minor footballers lost out

to the Nire on a score of 6-16 to 4-4 on Wednesday last.

Membership Club membership is now due for renewal with a number of options available: Membership along with a Déise Draw year subscription and year subscription for the Club lotto is €240.

Membership along with Club lotto subscription for the year is €150.

Club membership alone is €50.

Lotto subscription alone for the year is €100.

Déise Draw subscription alone for the year is €90.

Please contact membership officer Eugene Flynn or any club officer for further information.

Club Lotto Club lotto tickets are available in St. Michael’s Hall from 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. on weekdays.

Tickets are also on sale before Sunday mass and available in Bridget Scanlon’s Hair Salon, The Log Cabin and An Síbín.

Club Shop Our online club shop with O’Neills Sport is now up and running. There is a great variety of

club leisurewear in both adult and children’s sizes available. The club shop can be reached by logging on to www.oneills.com and searching for Ballyduff Upper.

Cúl Camp Our Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camp will take place from July 9th – 13th this Summer.

Cúl Camp Coaches Application forms are now available from juvenile secretary Karen Keating for Cúl Camp Coaches. Alternatively these can be downloaded from www.waterfordgaa.ie Coaches must be 18 years or older by July 1st 2018, have completed the GAA foundation level coaching course, hold Garda vetting through the GAA and have completed the GAA / ISC Child Welfare course.

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 and stories you would like to be included, please contact Denise at ballyduffuppernews@gmail.com, or 0872273737.

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LISMORE Lismore Tidy Towns THANK you to the many people who supported the Lismore Tidy Towns recent fundraiser - the Easter Hampers Draw - by buying lines for the draw. The winners of the two hampers were Marie Kennefick Lismore and Michael Morrissey Lismore. A special thanks to the following businesses who took the cards and sold the lines for the draw Rose's West End Bar, Lismore Wine Vaults, Red House, McGrath's Butchers, Lismore Credit Union, Classroom, Roche's Centra, Foley's on the Mall, Derek Dowd Fruit & Veg, and TQS. A sincere thanks also to Michael & Joan Houlihan Houlihan's Garage Ballyrafter for allowing us to sell lines outside their property for a day and for looking after the line sellers so well on a cold showery day.Thanks as well to the Lismore Farmers Market Committee who gave us permission to sell lines at the market on Devonshire Day at

Lismore Castle.

Between our work team and CES workers outdoor work is progressing. On Wednesday last the Tidy Towns work team cleaned the three stone depots nearest Lismore on the Tallow Road, the four on the Vee Road and one on the Cappoquin Road.

A reminder to people that those stone depots date from the 1840's and were small stone crushers yard where boys and men crushed stone for use in road building in that particular area. The conservation work carried out on those 8 depots won a National Heritage Award for Lismore in the SuperValu Tidy Towns competition a few years ago. Our CES team of Gordon and Jim are keeping weed growth under control through hand weeding in the many planted areas which Lismore Tidy Towns maintains in Lismore and its environs.

For the past few months this

Reuse plastic project to enhance the Bottle Bank at Townparks Lismore pictured above are members of the project team of Lismore Foroige Club with one of their adult leaders Mrs. Joan Williams on the left and in the background four members of Lismore Tidy Towns, George Hennessy, Pat Fleming, Liam Ahearne and Michael McBride.

column like many other sections of the media has been trying to spread the message of the damage plastic waste is doing to the land and water environment. It was announced on the national media last week that an area of the Pacific Ocean the size of France, Italy and Spain together is covered in plastic waste which is a shocking fact. So all of us need to start thinking about ways to reduce plastic waste in our homes and businesses. To create awareness of plastic waste Lismore Tidy Towns met with the young people of the Lismore Foroige Club last November and came up with a project to reuse plastic bottles.

They decided to enhance the Bottle Bank at Townparks Lismore by the making of a large bottle from plastic bottles.Thanks to Lismore Tidy Towns member Michael McBride for his time in mentoring the young people.

This bottle was placed on the wall of the Bottle Bank with relevant signage last week. Thanks to Foroige Leader Joan Williams and all of the young people who did the work.

Lismore Tidy Towns extends sympathy to litter roster volunteer Orla Russell and tidy Towns worker Ciaran, Beechgrove on the recent death of Orla's father and Ciaran's grandfather in Dublin May he Rest in Peace.

ECO TIP OF THE WEEK How to ditch the plastic: Clingfilm - the more flexible the material the more plasticisers are in it which can seep into the food it is wrapping. Use tinfoil of greaseproof paper instead Water Bottles - replace your plastic bottle with a reusable one Tissues - use a handkerchief or buy paper tissues in an all card box

Parish of Lismore & Ballysaggart CONGRATULATIONS to all who participated actively in our celebration of the Easter Triduum, or simply in Holy Thursday, Good Friday and EasterVigil/Morning. Full credit is due to those who exercised ministries of service within our community retelling our sacred story. Only the best is worthy of our God who gives freely. This is an excellence we seek always in our liturgy. The ministry of hospitality on Easter morning is an integral part of our Faith expression.

A well lived Lent meant we have something special to say as we together renewed our Baptismal Promises after the Condon family expressed their faith prior to the Baptism of their son Rory Joseph whom we congratulated.

There is a whole way of life simply expressed in those Baptismal Promises.We began by renouncing sin so as to live in the freedom of the children of God. Here we claimed our freedom to live by the truth of life and not by illusion that leads to boredom and half life.

Next we renounced the lure of evil so that sin may have no masterly over us. We know that evil is so seductive and appealing that it is easy to succumb to its false promises. Evil is all that takes from the dignity and freedom of persons to live a full and purposeful life within their native God given abilities.

We renounced Satan, the author and prince of sin. While we may have difficulty trying to get our minds around the ‘Satan’ image, we have no diffi-

culty knowing that the Spirit of evil can truly corrupt persons, families, wider communities. Those who have a few years of living can easily connect to evil regimes that are hard to fully explain in human terms.

Positively we affirmed our Faith in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

Bringing a contemplative mind to our everyday lives, we could say; all creation are poems of God. We say here God is for us.

Then we affirmed our Faith in Jesus Christ whose human life was such that people came to say there in the life of Jesus God has made his Presence.

We say here God is with us.

We affirmed our Faith in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. In this we speak of God within us.

This is Easter life. So when you are witnessing to your neighbours and work colleagues the core of your Faith. Tell them of your Baptismal promise.

Keep it very simple.

MASS TIMETABLE Weekday Mass at 10.00 a.m.

Saturday, 7th April - Vigil Mass in Lismore at 6.15 p.m.

Sunday, 8th April Morning Mass in Ballysaggart at 9.30 a.m.

Sunday Mass in Lismore at 11.00 a.m.

PRO(E) Pastoral Council Parish Radio Link 103.9FM

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The Llandeilo Town Band support Glencairn Abbey Community Building Project with “In The Mood” an uplifting evening of music CALLING all music lovers from West Waterford and beyond to help the Sisters of St. Mary's Abbey, Glencairn, Lismore to raise additional funds for their roof project at a forthcoming concert which will take place on Saturday, 14th April at Lawlors Hotel commencing at 7.30 pm.

The Llandeilo Town Band who are visiting from Wales will play uplifting music from the Golden Age of Swing (Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and many more). They will entertain you by playing a mixture of light music, from well known films, swing, band music and ballads.

A great night is in store with this talented wind band – don’t miss out and purchase your ticket now. Tickets are €10 and entry is by ticket only (tickets on sale now through Lawlors Hotel,The Wine Buff and Glencairn

Abbey).

Glencairn Abbey, which was founded in the Blackwater Valley in 1932, is home to Ireland's only community of Cistercian Nuns.

The Sisters received planning approval in 2011 to renovate their living and guest accommodation which had deteriorated with wet rot and dampness and was in dire need of refurbishment. As the building is a listed heritage monument, it will cost a total of €600,000 to complete the project. Fundraising efforts have been ongoing and the building project has progressed thanks to the generosity of the public, for which the Sisters are hugely grateful.

However, early in 2017 while carrying out some repair work on broken slates on part of the original structure, builders found that all the woodwork under-

neath was rotten and in danger of collapse. This unfortunately necessitated in the removal of everything, from rafter to ceiling!

The new roof has now been slated resulting in an unexpected expense of €120,000 for the nuns. To date just over €50,000 has been raised through the generosity of the public and through fundraising events their task is not over yet and is ongoing. Sr. Lily Scullion, in charge of fundraising at the Abbey, once again wishes to thank everyone who has contributed so generously to date to their building works.

The Sisters of Glencairn thank you for your continued support and look forward to welcoming you at this fundraising event on Saturday, 14th April – 7.30 pm (Doors Open 7 pm) – Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan.

BALLYSAGGART BALLYSAGGART FIANNA FAIL CUMMAN Ballysaggart Fianna Fail Cumman will hold its AGM in the Community Centre on Tuesday, April 10th at 8.00 sharp.

Mary Butler,TD will be in attendance. Cllr. James Tobin and Cllr. Tom Cronin will also be in attendance. All are welcome as are new members. To all it is a chance to put you questions to our TD and our Councillors.

BALLYSAGGART COMMUNITY ALERT To all in the community, be aware that Farm Machinery items have been stolen in the area. Be alert and notify An Gardaí if you notice anything suspicious.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL 45 CARDS RESULTS - 22/03/18 Dan Howard and Fionula Hynes; Christy Higgins and Bill Leady.

Lucky Tables: Michael Fennessy and Stephen Cunningham, Joan Hannon and Pat O'Connor.

Tickets: Pat O'Connor, Michael Fennessy, Stephen Cunningham, Rita Doocey and Tess Hale.

EMILY BYRNE FUND PRESENTATION On Sunday morning, March 25th a cheque from the fundraising cake sale and raffle was presented to Annmarie Byrne by Kathy Nugent. Raising such a large amount of money was fantastic and the committee would like to, once again, thank everyone who supported the event for Baby Emily.

Emily Byrne Fund Presentation – Back Row Left to Right: Helena Walsh, Catriona Keane holding Annie, Caroline Geoghegan, Myra Ryan, Bernie Whelan, Niamh Meagher, Ann Devine, Noreen Kearney, Dianne Meagher. Centre Standing: Amy Geoghegan and Catriona Nugent. Seated Left to Right: Ann Flanagan, Annmarie Byrne holding Cormac, Kathy Nugent, MaryAnn Byrne, Mary Troy holding Gracie, Margaret Bennett.

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CAPPOQUIN Trekkin Eegits 2018 Cappoquin Community Centre Phone (058) 52746 – email ocappdev@eircom.net – Facebook – Cappoquin Community Centre ARRIVE & JIVE Arrive & Jive is hitting the Community Centre for a fourweek beginner Jive course starting on the 9th April from 8.00 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Huge crowds attended the last classes and it has proved very popular so don’t delay book today.

THREE MAJOR CONCERT IN MAY AND JUNE 2018 Michael English in May: Cappoquin Community Centre are delighted to announce that Michael English will play in Concert on Thursday, May 24th with the show starting at 8 p.m., tickets on sale at €25. Michael continues the line of outstanding acts playing in Cappoquin.

Another brilliant night is guaranteed from one of the Ireland’s top Country Music performers.

Nathan Carter in June: Cappoquin Community Centre are thrilled to welcome back Nathan Carter to play in Concert on Saturday June 16th. If previous concerts are anything to go by a great night is guaranteed!

High Kings in June: Cappoquin Community Centre are proud to have the High Kings to play in Concert on Saturday June 30th. This bands reputation is second to none with a fantastic show assured.

PARTNERSHIP WITH WATERFORD SPORTS PARTNERSHIP We are pleased to announce a new partnership arrangement with Waterford Sports Partnership which begins this week. This is a “Learn to Love Fitness” programme for teenage girls. It is an educational programme which will run in the Community Centre gym over the next 6 weeks. The programme has been developed by the Waterford Sports Partnership and will be delivered by our Gym instructors Conor Prendergast, Paul Murray and Shauna Walsh.

In this programme students

will learn the basics of flexibility, mobility and injury prevention; learn how to lift weights safely and effectively be able design their own basic fitness programme by week 6, tailored to their own needs and goals; have an enjoyable experience and be motivated to become physically active for life.

This initial programme will involve students from Blackwater Community School.

GYM Opening Hours MondayFriday 8 am to 10 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm Membership €200 per year, €60 for 3 months, €25 per month, €5 per casual, OAP/ Unemployed €3 per session.

Top of the range equipment cardio equipment, we provide a wide range of the lasted cardiovascular equipment, from cross trainers to rowing machines to help maximize your fitness.

Resistance equipment- These states of the art machines provide resistance against a certain movement, isolating the targeted muscle group.

They operate using weight stacks, allowing total control of your work out. Up to 37.5 Kg Dumbbells, loaded machines including chest press, shoulder press, seated row; pull down, leg press, stack squat and new addition cable machine with large selection of handles and attachments including cable crossover (chest), single standing exercises and duel action pulleys. Also, selection of racks including Olympic flat bar, incline and decline bench press and smith machine and adjustable benches.

We have large selection of loose weights plates ranging from 1.25kg to 20kg.

Functional Area, a dedicated area aimed to help improve fundamental strength, acceleration and endurance using the following equipment, Kettle bells, Swiss balls power bags, medicine balls

dumb bells and suspension training.

Physical Trainers, Cappoquin gym has high qualified trainers who specialise in all areas of fitness including weight loss, injury rehab, sports training core and strength training.

Physical Trainers - Conor Prendergast (087/1247025) fully trained in strength and conditioning training (LIT Certified).

Claire Egan (087/9713895) Health and fitness Degree from UL. Both our gym trainers will help clients reach their goals with are expert knowledge, they will encourage you to work to the best of your ability whatever your level. These trainers will focus your fitness and training regime to work to your schedule, abilities, interests and life style, both can be contacted at any time to get you started in your new life style challenge.

WEEKLY EVENTS IN THE HALL Gym opening times are 8 am to 10 pm. Gym Instructor Conor Prendergast available to offer every assistance on (087) 1247025.

Ladies Exercise Classes 10.30 am to 11.30 am with Paul Murray, Monday Affane Bridge.

Quiddlers from 10 am-12 noon on Wednesdays, Thursday morning 10.30 am to 11.30 am.

Ladies Exercises with Paul Murray, Community Soccer 8.30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday evenings Gymnastics 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

MARY BUTLER TD Mrs. Mary Butler TD Fianna Fail will hold a Clinic on the first Saturday of every month at 12.30 p.m. in the Community Centre, all are welcome.

WATERFORD WEXFORD ETB Just a reminder anyone interested in doing a wide range of courses contact Edel Walsh (058) 52570 First Floor of the Community Centre.

PLANS for this year’s walk are well underway. The routes have been mapped out and sponsorship cards are now available from Cappoquin Primary School, the Cappoquin Branch of the Lismore/Cappoquin Credit Union or call/text (after 6.00 p.m.) Gina 0879028594, Catherine 0872268293 or Tom 0879589128.This year’s walk is in aid of the ASD unit “Le Chéile” at Cappoquin Primary. Le Chéile was established in September 2015 to cater to the educational needs of pupils with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Due to the demand for this service in the area, a purpose designed facility was commissioned and Le Chéile’s new home was completed in February 2018.

While the unit was built to accommodate pupils with A.S.D. and their individual and specific needs, it has also been of great benefit to the wider school population. The aim of this event is to help Cappoquin Primary School maintain and grow this service for future generations.

On April 28th, the Trekkin’ Eegits will walk over 100kms in 13 relay stages around West Waterford with 100% of the money raised going directly to Le Chéile at Cappoquin Primary School.

Starting at The Square, Cappoquin (3.00 a.m.), the first loop of the route will pass Villierstown, Ballinameela and Modeligo before returning to Cappoquin. The second loop will take us to Melleray and back. For the final loop, we will head for Lismore, Ballysaggart, Ballyduff, Tallow, Camphire and Tourin before returning to finish in Cappoquin, hopefully for about 9.00 p.m. With stage lengths from 3km to 11km and no limit on the amount of stages you can walk, there is a time, a route, and a distance to suit most people. Please join us! Don't forget that training walks leave the square in Cappoquin every Sunday at 10.00 a.m. For more info follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Start The Square Cappoquin Villierstown Ballinameela Modeligo Cappoquin Melleray Abbey Cappoquin Lismore Ballysaggart Ballyduff Tallow (Square) Camphire Bridge Tourin

Finish Villierstown Ballinameela Modeligo Cappoquin Melleray Abbey Cappoquin Lismore Ballysaggart Ballyduff Tallow (Square) Camphire Bridge Tourin The Square, Cappoquin

Kms 7.7 6.15 7.6 9.4 7.8 7.5 6.4 8.1 9.85 10.8 9.15 8.75 3.35

Duration 01:20 01:05 01:20 01:40 01:20 01:20 01:10 01:25 01:45 01:55 01:35 01:30 00:35

Start Time 03:00 04:20 05:25 06:45 08:25 09:45 11:05 12:15 13:40 15:25 17:20 18:55 20:25

Finish Time 04:20 05:25 06:45 08:25 09:45 11:05 12:15 13:40 15:25 17:20 18:55 20:25 21:00

Total Distance (kms) 102.6 ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND WILL CHANGE. WE ASK THAT PARTICIPANTS BE FLEXIBLE AND FORGIVING!

Arrive and Jive in Cappoquin TOM Jive and Alana who has been packing halls and hotels around Ireland with his unique entertaining style of teaching the IRISH Jive is coming back to Cappoquin Community Centre on Monday, April 9th, from 8.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m.

This is a beginner 4 week Jive course where we will start with the basics and by week 4 you will have all the steps and moves to feel confident dancing at a Wedding or

any social event.

If you have 2 left feet I’ll make one of them right!!!

No partner or experience is required.Think of it like a Yoga or Zumba class and come along.

Check out my Website www.TomJive.com and watch some videos and photos of my classes.. An experience not to be missed.

Contact Tom 087 3995877. Facebook Tom Jive.

MODELIGO LOTTO RESULTS 31st March, 2018 – Numbers drawn were 11, 19 and 25. No winner. €25 winners - Nick Troy, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Niall Hickey and Leonora Kiely.

Easter Egg Draw: 1. Diary Milk - Derek Kelly; 2. Diary Box - Carmel Ann Dalton; 3. After Eight - Lar O’Byrne; 4. Roses - John O’Shea; 5.

Lindor - Gillian Moher; 6. Mini Eggs - Curran children; 7. Maltesers Michael Dalton, Lr. Glen; 8. Galaxy Kevin Curran; 9. Kit Kat - Annie Ryan; 10. Roses Pouch - Gus Nugent. Promoters Prize - Nicholas O’Donovan Lotto tickets can be got from any Community Centre member. Next week’s Jackpot - €1,800.

NAOMH BRID CLOTHES COLLECTION FUNDRAISER On Sunday, April 15th, Naomh

Bríd will be holding a Fundraising Clothes Recycling Collection at Modeligo Community Centre.

On the day, we will accept the following items which must be in good condition: • Men's Clothing • Women's Clothing.

• Children's Clothing • Household textiles ... (i.e.

Curtains, Towels etc.)

• Soft cuddly toys • Shoes & Boots in pairs • Handbags • Belts However, we unfortunately cannot accept the following items: • Dirty or Wet Clothing • Floor Mats • Carpets • Duvets & Pillows • Laptops or Mobile Phones • Books

Please make use of this opportunity to declutter the house and wardrobes and help out our local juvenile GAA Club at the same time.

It would be great to get as many bags as possible. All clothes can be dropped off in the Community Centre in Modeligo on the day from 10.45 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.

For further information, please contact Micheal Power on 0872892216 or P.J. Hickey on 0872606073.

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.

Modeligo NS Parents’ Association Princesses and Pirates with the Childcare Staff of the Cappoquin Childcare Facility getting ready for the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

OUR Annual Easter Raffle fundraiser was held on Friday, 23rd March at the school, where we were met with great excitement from the pupils. The lucky winners are as follows: Jessica Collender, Ava O’Shea, Meabh and Sarah Barron, Aoife Reddy, Deuglan Curran, Oliver Kelly, Ciaran Reddy, Conor Power, Conor and Paddy Fitzgerald, Eabha and Rebecca Horgan, Danny Dalton, Aoife and Kieran Power, Rachel and Rory Fitzgerald.

Well done to all the girls and boys who sold the tickets,

and to all the families who supported our raffle.

A big thank you also goes to Healy’s Daybreak, Patrick Dalton Agri. Contractor, Denn Feeds, Deckies Bar, The Welcome Inn, Dungarvan Transport, MobileTraining.ie and Cappagh View Cattery, for their generous sponsorship, and to all of the parents, teachers and pupils who donated prizes.

Further information on our school events can be found on the school blog at www.modeligo.scoilnet.ie

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Children from the sewing class receiving their certificates on completion of 6 months of foundation sewing classes.

Included in the photo is their Tutor Helen Bennett.

TALLOW TALLOW ENTERPRISE PLANNING FOR SUMMER Summer is coming, at least we hope so!!, and with that in mind thoughts turn to Summer Camps. This year, Tallow Enterprise has planned a whole new range of Summer Camps for children. Drama, Cookery, and Irish are new on our programme for the coming Summer along with the existing Art & Craft and

computers. So there should be something for everyone.

All camps are subject to numbers and places are limited, so please contact the centre to put your child’s name on the list for any of the above summer camps.

058-56445 The children who attended the very successful sewing classes since last September will attend a sewing workshop in the Summer. So all in all it looks like

it’s going to be a very busy Summer at Tallow Enterprise Centre.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY The staff of Tallow Enterprise Centre would like to wish manager Aisling Curran a very happy birthday. We’ve been told that revealing her age could lead to the issuing of P45’s but we do believe she has been celebrating all weekend. Happy Birthday Aisling.

KNOCKANORE EASTER TIME KGK MUINTIR COMMUNITY COUNCIL We wish all our parishioners a Very Happy Easter.

It is great to see so many people returning to the area as usual during the Easter period, to meet their families and friends.

The next ordinary meeting of the Community Council has been postponed to April 10th.

Please bring your completed Garda Vetting forms to the meeting.

Reminder of the following dates.

Roadside Litter Picking, Saturday, April 14th.

Dawn into Light Walk in Knockanore, Saturday, May 19th. Fete Sunday, July 1st, 2018.

Our best wishes go with Jim and Ann Nicholson who have moved from our parish to live in Gortroe, Co. Cork. Jim and Ann have been involved in every aspect of the community for many years and will be greatly missed by all.They have not gone too far and we have no doubt that they will be back from time to time.

Easter Water Glendine 2018.

Glendine Easter 2018.

[Ber Farrel]

[Ber Farrell]

JACK THE JOKER Last week’s winners were Aileen & David O’Connor who chose card number 26, the Eight of Hearts, and won € 50. Next week’s jackpot is €5,200. Oh, my God......this is sooooooo exciting.Tickets are available locally. Remember if you are not in you can’t win.

JUST B YOGA In the Community Room in Villierstown, (Beside shop) every Tuesday morning.

10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. Hatha Yoga 11.15 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. Active Age Yoga “Yoga heals the soul” @justbyogawithBlainaid / 0872076189.

CRAFTY CRAFTERS As part of the team involved in trying to break the Guinness World Record for the largest knitted blanket …our task is done (at last).

Villierstown Crafty Crafters have worked tirelessly for the last few months creating knitted squares to be added to the blanket being put together by a craft group in Co. Clare. Squares have been donated by craft groups worldwide so we are really delighted to have the Villierstown Crafty Crafters name alongside groups from such far flung places as – Malta, Fiji, Bahrain… what good company we keep.

VILLIERSTOWN BOATING CLUB Last week VBC were delighted to assist RTE with the filming of wildlife on the River Blackwater and they were amazed at the abundance of natural beauty and diversity of nature on the river.Thanks to Commodore, Eugene Burke who escorted the crew on the day. This is all part of the RTE series “Down on the Farm” and it will air across the week on RTE 1, from Monday 9th - Friday, 13th April.

VILLIERSTOWN GARDENING CLUB This time of year for the Gardening Club is so exciting and one of our busiest. We collected the plugs for the summer display of colour to be planted out later in the village. At the moment we are nurturing and feeding them and waiting for the frost to disappear. This year we have chosen full-on-colour plants to create a vibrant assault on the senses as you stroll around the village and down at the quay. The plan is whether the weather is good or bad our colourful plant displays throughout the village will brighten up your day.

As always, we welcome new members of any age to join us in this very sociable activity. No gardening background is required only an ability to drink tea and hold a trowel. Contact: Carol – 0876635455.

GARDNER’S TIPS We are getting great feedback with this section and are delighted to answer any question but please remember we are not professionals but enthusiastic amateurs.

Wash down the greenhouse with horticultural detergent, and clear away old plant material to prevent the spread of pests and diseases.

It is also very likely, due to the very wet conditions this year that tender bulbs left in the ground overwinter, such as Dahlias, Gladioli and Agapanthus, may have suffered from water logging, which can cause the bulbs to rot.

Rake lawns to remove winter

debris and feed with a feed-andweed mixture.

Lift and divide clump forming perennials, such as, hardy geraniums and Phlox.

Get a head start by taking cuttings of Dahlias and Fuchsias in a heated propagator.

Plant early potatoes in warm areas. More tips next week.

SHOP LOCAL The Shop – Main Street, Villierstown – rbkfresh@gmail.com. Healthy tasty ready-made meals. Also Tory’s Sweet Treats - delicious cakes and breads made fresh daily. What more could a village need. Special occasion cake orders taken. Every Saturday evening from 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m., a call and collect service will be available from Ross. An exciting new menu. Contact: 0858894665.

IMPORTANT LOCAL DATES Villierstown National School children will receive their: Confirmation: The pupils of 5th / 6th class will receive the sacrament of Confirmation on Tuesday 10th April in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Aglish.

Communion: First Holy Communion will be held on Sunday, 13th May in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Aglish.

Dromana House: Book this event into your diary. Gardens of the Big House: Their History and place in Art. At Dromana, 6th May 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. booking essential www.dromanahouse.com THE GREAT IRISH BAKE OFF A novel fundraiser for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Get involved; hold a baking competition as a fundraising event with a group of your friends, work colleagues or

team mates. See what hidden talents are out there and then have a bake sale. Register your event and receive a fundraising pack. /www.templestreet.ie/event/greatirish-bake/ WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES 2018 Pope Francis will attend the World Meeting of Families this year.

From the 21st August - 26th August.This will be a 5 day celebration, a joyful and enriching occasion for adults, young people and children. During these five days, there will be time to meet and share, pray and reflect, grow in faith and love, celebrate, as well as gather strength to continue the journey of life.

Volunteers need to deliver this world gathering: Register your interest now.

• Meet & Greet • Hospitality • Medical Services • Translation Services • Pastoral & liturgical Services Contact - WMOF2018 Office Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3.

Tel: 01-5676800 / info@worldmeeting2018.ie CHILDREN’S EASTER JOKE Q.What do you call a rabbit with fleas?

A. Bugs Bunny!

LIFE QUOTE The best things in life either make you fat, drunk or pregnant… …..

NEWS FOR INCLUSION This is a community notice page and we need your help to keep it topical and of interest locally. If you have any photos, announcements, stories you would like included in the notes, please contact – virtue.pc@hotmail.com

The Fairies are Back…

Fairy Lane down by the quay is a very popular place to be.

The summer fairies have begun to move back all newly painted doors and a bicycle rack.

There are a lot more than there was before all vying for places along the shore.

Not only fairies but pixies & elves who have jumped down from their shelves.

So our job now is to keep the quay well and care about where our new neighbours dwell.

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Mary reached Helvick lap of the map MARY Hickey the 65-year-old Wicklow woman running the coast of Ireland for the RNLI reached Helvick Head Lifeboat Station around 1.30 p.m. on Bank Holiday Monday where an enthusiastic reception awaited her and she was presented with a piece of Criostal na Rinne created by master craftsman Eamonn Terry.

Mary left Youghal at 10.00 a.m.; Youghal RNLI took her across the bay to Ferrypoint where she was met by Michael Lynch and Liam Fraher from Ardmore Coastguard Station and runner Seamus Stone who escorted her to the N25 turning off at Fleming’s pub in Grange.

At Fleming’s she was welcomed on that leg of the journey

by RNLI Fundraising Chairman Kevin O’Morchoe on his bike and joined by Olivia Reilly, Eveleen Drohan, Tomás Kelly and others. Helvick crew Pat

Devereux kitted out in his dry suit joined at the windmills while crew Cathal Reilly was on hand and kept us all up to date in the lifeboat station by mobile where we waited as the runners and cyclists made the 10 mile distance through Old Parish and down Seaview to Helvick.

Kevin O’Morchoe welcomed Mary warmly and the large numbers present were testimony to the appreciation expressed by him as he thanked her for her outstanding commitment, stamina and generosity of spirit towards the RNLI. He presented her with an exquisite piece of Criostal na Rinne.

“You have raised over €25,000 already on your lap of the map and we wish you all the best as you make your way to Dungarvan tomorrow and be met by Mayor of Waterford City & County Council Cllr. Pat Nugent, and enjoy the Waterford

Greenway to Durrow with some runners from West Waterford where you will be escorted by

Bunmahon Coastguard to Stradbally and along the Copper Coast to Bunmahon” he said.

After the presentation, Mary enjoyed a well-deserved saltwater seaweed bath in Sólás na Mara on

Helvick Pier before leaving for Dungarvan with Catherine and Martin Fitzgerald. Joan Clancy

Mary Hickey, the 65 year-old Wicklow woman running the coast of Ireland for the RNLI pictured with some of the fundraising committee who were on hand to welcome her to Helvick Lifeboat Station. She is holding a piece of Criostal na Rinne created by master craftsman Eamonn Terry. From left are Kevin O’Morchoe, RoseAnn Foley, Terence Morrissey, Joan Clancy, Seamus Kiersey, Deirdre Doocey, Dolores Walsh, Nicky Hannigan and Connie Kiersey.

[Catherine Foley]

Dungarvan Men’s Shed TRIP TO GARDA TRAINING COLLEGE Last Wednesday week we went on a most exciting and enjoyable day trip to the Garda Training College in Templemore and to Ballydoyle Racing stables in Rosegreen outside Cashel.

As reported last week the visit to both venues brought back many memories for some of our members and new experiences for some other members who were lucky enough to travel on this most enjoyable day out to Co. Tipperary.

Thanks to Dick Clancy for co-ordinating a bus provided by the Garda Siochana for the local community organisations which was kindly arranged by Paul Heffernan who travelled with us and driven by Wexford woman Joanne Colfer. Special thanks also to Nicky Sheehan for arranging the second bus provided by Waterford Wexford ETB and driven once again by Phil our regular driver. Last week we reported on our Ballydoyle visit and this week we report on Templemore.

TEMPLEMORE GARDA COLLEGE We were welcomed on arrival

by Sergeant John Reynolds who invited us into the new lecture halls for a presentation on the history of the Garda Siochana.

We were taken back in to our school days with mention of RIC, Black and Tans, Mr Peel, the relationship and influence of the Irish police force with the UK, USA and Canada in the past and present; and within a few minutes it was evident that John Reynolds job was a labour of love because he had researched the history of policing in Ireland and gained a PhD as a result.

We were informed that the ethos of the Garda Siochana is about community policing.

John Maxwell of Blackrock College designed the badge

which has four Celtic symbols and that the marriage bar was lifted for females in 1970. The garda recruits are now called students and not trainees. Their training is now at third level Degree and this include two years in University Limerick. He explained the stages of recruitment and the factors of training for the everyday Garda who has the opportunity to apply for about eighty different roles spread across all departments of the Garda Siochana.

We had a lovely lunch is the spacious and modern surrounds of the main dining room in the College before we visited the Garda Museum to view the uniforms and equipment. While we viewed the motor bikes we were disappointed to learn that the Museum could not source an old policeman’s push bike anywhere in Ireland!

For several of our members who are ex Servicemen, this visit was nostalgic and particularly for Eddie Bennett who was trained in Templemore. Eddie recalled how he experienced very different training in 1966 in a facility which was been completely transformed to a state of the art third level College.

We were surprised and delighted to view the book for Recruit Gardai Attested 13th June 1966 which recorded Registration Number 16604 as Bennett, Edward Michael whose date of appointment was 15.6.1966 when he was allocated

Pictured at the Bandstand in Templemore. to Dundalk Station in the Division of Louth/Meath on 26.10.66. Eddie told us he served less than five years!

This visit was informative, nostalgic and most enjoyable to the extent that many of our group were in no hurry to leave the College and made our way to Ballydoyle Racing Stables.

NEW PHONE NUMBER Please note our new phone

number is 089-4026872.

ABOUT THE SHED You are very welcome to call in to the Shed at Wolfe Tone Road to see what we are about.

We are open from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Monday-Friday or contact Oliver Whelan Chairman at (089) 4026872 for further information. Follow us on Facebook at Dungarvan Men’s Shed.

POEM I walk every dawn beneath the birds in true song.

My company they keep as I step along.

I watch the sun push out the night sky.

A crimson and peach portrait catches my eye.

A beautiful portrait, a memory so fine.

Ingrained is the scene I hold for all time.

Gone is the night as dawn comes to break.

Sweet bird song I find with each step that I take Ger Dalton

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WEST WATERFORD GATHERING TIME WITH MARA LEVINE - 'YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW' Just once in a while a world class performance comes our way and its only when its gone everyone says, “I am disgusted I missed that – I did not know it was on”.

How often have we heard this so here goes we are telling you now!

Hear the fabulous voice of one of America’s well known Folk and Americana Acts “Mara Levine” and “Gathering Time” all the way from New York USA when they make their first appearance here in our little village of Clashmore at the Old Schoolhouse on Saturday night, April 7th at 8.00 p.m.Tickets are only €15-€12 (concession). Any profits made will go to the Strings and Things festival.

From New Jersey, USA, Mara Levine is a Folk and Americana singer in the style of Joan Baez and Judy Collins. Her songs range from traditional, to those by songwriter greats of the 1960’s and 70’s. Mara will be sharing a show with “Gathering Time” who provide four part harmony vocals on her arrangements.

Mara’s latest CD, “Jewels and Harmony” was the Number One Album on the US Folk Chart with 7 songs in the top 22. Her song “By My Silence” with Gathering Time was number one in the Folk Charts in September, 2017 and “You Reap What You Sow” recorded with Bluegrass Greats Greg Blake, Mark Schatz and Rob Ickes was number one in the Folk Charts in November 2017 and spent 6 weeks on the Bluegrass Grassicana charts.

GATHERING TIME Gathering Time from New

York are a Folk / Americana Harmony Trio in the style of Crosby, Stills & Nash, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Byrds and Joni Mitchell. They feature Stuart Markus on Guitar and Vocals, Gerry McKeveny on Guitar and Vocals and Hilary Foxsong on Vocals and Percussion.

Their recent CD “Keepsake” took the number one album slot in the Folk Chart in March, 2016. This concert will be a Double Act with Mara Levine accompanied by members of Gathering Time who will also perform separately as a trio.

KINSALEBEG COMMUNITY GROUP THANK YOU Kinsalebeg Community Group would like to thank the members of the Clashmore/Kinsalebeg Ardmore Gun Club for their generosity and thoughtfulness to our Thursday Club. We really appreciate it - thank you.

CLASHMORE TIDY TOWNS NEWS Annual Spring Clean-Up: Our Annual Spring Clean-up takes place on this Saturday, April 7th and Clashmore Heritage Centre will again be the staging point this year with a kick-off time of 10.00 a.m.

We will again be teaming up with Clashmore and Kinsalebeg Community Council this year to ensure that as many of the roads in the Parish are covered as possible.

Fly-tipping is still a very serious problem around our local roads and we wish to urge anyone who may witness any illegal dumping being carried out to report it immediately to the Environmental Department of

Waterford County Council.

We hope to see both young and old coming along to help out and urge as many local village residents as possible to join in as we all need to take some pride in our village and it’s environs.

See you all on the day and let’s hope the weather shines for us!

TABLE QUIZ A Table Quiz in aid of Cystic Fibrosis will be held on Thursday, April 19th in Youghal town at the Red Store. We are looking for tables of four people and the cost is just €40 to enter.

We hope to get the Quiz underway at 8.00 p.m. and we will be taking registration from 7.30 p.m.

There will be some great prizes for our winners and runners-up and we will have prizes galore to be won in our raffle so be sure to support this worthy cause.

GAME LIVE ON CRY Best of luck to our Clashmore/Kinsalebeg Intermediate Hurlers as they take on Ardmore in Fraher Field on this Friday night. Throw-in is at 8.30 p.m. While we would really appreciate your support and hope as many as possible travel to Dungarvan for the game, if for whatever reason you will not be able to travel be sure to tune in to Community Radio Youghal on 104fm and listen to the game live on air. A big thank you to CRY for broadcasting the game.

MARY BUTLER TD Waterford TD Mary Butler, for this month only will be holding the following Advice Clinics in the following areas: Saturday in St. Patrick’s Hall, Tallow at 11.00 a.m., The Red Hall Lismore at 11.45 a.m.,The Community Hall

Listen Live on CRY CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG Intermediate Hurlers play Ardmore on this Friday night in Fraher Field and your support for them will be very much appreciated. However, if you are unable to attend be sure to tune in to CRY 104 fm where the match will be broadcast live on Community Radio Youghal, from Fraher field. Throw-in is at 8.30 p.m.

Alison Connors of Youghal Pharmacy, presenting Mary O’Halloran with First Aid Kit for Clashmore/Kinsalebeg GAA.

Cappoquin at 12.30 p.m.

You can also contact Mary by phone if she can be of any help to you of if you have any questions phone her at 087-7425020.

Clinics as normal on the first Saturday of next month in the above areas and in Clashmore and Ardmore.

STRINGS & THINGS Fundraising Events this April and May Help fill our bucket! If you happen to be out shopping in Youghal this Saturday, 7th April please pop in to SuperValu here on the Main Street and support our Strings & Things hamper and bucket collection in SuperValu,Youghal.

Later that Saturday evening, 7th April - here in the Old School House, at 8.00 p.m.

Gathering Time and Mara Levine From New York will be performing folk and American harmony in the style of Crosby Stills and Nash, The Byrds and Joni Mitchell following on from their number 1 Album in USA charts.

On the 5th of May, Old School House, a night with No Direction, featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Joe Dolan and the Drifters with special guest appearance from comedy poet Liam Lynch.

Our annual sponsored walk will take place on the 6th May. More details later.

CLASHMORE – KINSALEBEG LADIES FOOTBALL Thank you: Thank you to everyone for coming to the Cake Sale on Saturday evening. The Ladies Club are delighted with the fabulous response and support we got. The club will put the money raised to good use for all the players and members.

Thanks everyone!

CLASHMORE AND KINSALEBEG COMMUNITY COUNCIL Area Clean up of the Roads: This Saturday, 7th April, the whole community is getting together to pick up the rubbish that people throw out of their car windows - who knows why?

We are meeting at Clashmore Heritage Centre, Piltown Hall and Ardsallagh Crossroads at 10.00 a.m. Please go along to your nearest point and if you have one, wear a hi-vis jacket.

Last year over 50 people turned up - can we beat that this year?

Camera Club: Congratulations to Andrea Cunningham whose photograph was voted best at this month's Camera Club meeting.

This month the theme is rubbish so there will be a photographer out on Saturday taking pictures of the crowds. We hope to put on an exhibition showing what a problem the dumping of rubbish is in our area Coffee Mornings: Coffee mornings start up again on the 11th April at 10.00 a.m. in the Clashmore Heritage Centre, with a talk on bees by Pat Deasy of

Aisling for Waterford Rose!

BEST wishes to Clashmore’s Aisling Scanlon who is among the Roses who will be hoping to be selected as Waterford Rose for 2018 to represent Waterford in Tralee later this year.

The event takes place at the Tower Hotel & Leisure Centre Waterford this Friday night. It is open to the public and all support is welcome from anyone who would like to support Aisling on the night.

Best of Luck Aisling, you will always be our rose.

Deise Honey and the Deise Beekeeping and Conservation Association.

Clashmore Kinsalebeg Community Gym: New keepfit sessions will begin next week with our trainer, Jean Johnson.

These will start in the Gym on Thursday, 12th April at 10.00 a.m. for men and 11.00 a.m. for women. Cost is €4 per session.

Come along and get ready for the Summer.

Jean is also starting a new Pilates Class in the Clashmore Heritage Centre at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday, 10th April.

Remember: As well as these notes, you can find out what is going on by checking out our Facebook Page - Clashmore and Kinsalebeg Community Council or our website Community.clashmore.org.

CLASHMORE KINSALEBEG GAA LOTTO Our Clashmore/Kinsalebeg GAA Club weekly Lotto draw took place on Monday night last, April 2nd and the following were the numbers out of the drum 1, 9, 13 and 26.There was no match four number so our Jackpot next week will be €3,300 when our draw takes place at the Decies

Bar. Well done to the following who were our lucky winners of €20 each:- Padraig Brogan, John Kelly, Ronan Fitzgerald, Paudie McCarthy (Modeligo) and Kathleen Dee (Kilgabriel).

Congratulations to all our winners and thanks to everyone for your support.

CLASHMORE 45 DRIVE Top prize winners on Monday night, April 2nd at the Decies Bar 45 Drive. On ten games we had Jock O’Connell and Derry Cotter. In second place on eight games each we had Edmond Og Ledingham and Paddy Kelleher.

In third place on seven games we had Tom Osborne and John Motherway. Best of the last five we had Eugene O’Halloran and Liam Curran. Our lucky last game winners were Kathleen Osborne and Eileen Dower, Pat O’Halloran and Jack Douris.Well done to all our winners and thanks to everyone for your support.

PARISH OF AGLISH / BALLINAMEELA / MOUNT STUART Divine Mercy - Sunday, April 8th.

Mass in at Aglish Church at 11.15 a.m. will include Devotions.

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Walsh School of Dance performing their nautical theme show in LAmour Plage.

L’Amour Plage welcomes Youghal!

REPRESENTATIVES of Youghal Twinning took to the Airways earlier this week when they accepted an invitation to go on an exchange trip to the beautiful maritime town of L’Amour Plage in France which Youghal is twinned.

Among Youghal’s contingent are the Walsh School of Dancing – adult dance troupe and two of their junior members who will

be performing their specially commissioned show which has a “Nautical” theme which depicts the very strong links between Youghal and L’Amour Plage have to the sea.

Picture the scene “Margaret is recalling a conversation with a man in a park at the end of his days reminiscing about his life spent at sea on the great ship “Gentle Annie”.

ON this historic year as Youghal Little Theatre celebrates the 70th anniversary of its foundation, we look forward with great anticipation, with plans for our up coming play already in place. Watch this space for dates of our up coming auditions.

We will also have a series of other events and we will keep you up dated as the year progresses. Our annual general meeting for this our 70th year took

It moves along in to some traditional dances, two marches and a polka. Then into a song sung beautifully by Geraldine explaining the trials and tribulations that face our rescue workers at sea.

They then move into some waltzes and figure dances and finally where would we be without “a drunken sailor”! Sang by the group bringing the show to a lovely sing along conclusion.

place at the Red Store during the week.

The following were selected: Chairman - Liam McCarthy; Vice Chairperson - Debra Briers; Secretary Anthony - RUSSELL; Treasurer - Jim Morey; PRO - Kay Ledingham; Assistant PRO - Clodagh Madden.

Committee members - Con Kiely, Chris Bailey, Katie Rafferty, Jack Whelan and Adam Whelan.

Some of the founding members of Youghal Little Theatre on the Youghal Ferry boat enjoying a trip up the blackwater.

Back: Thomas Begley (Youghal Shades), Sean Rodgers, Ned Harris, Con Keogh and Jim Harris. Second row: Ita Kirk, Clare O’Brien, Albert Cole many years ago. Front Thomas Begley Connie Hurley.

Deirdre Morrissey, owner, opens The Lady Belle Bar in Dungarvan for the first time on Good Friday in 91 years. The heritage bar first opened its doors in 1825.

[Dan McGrath]

Inaugural Spring Formal Dinner for the Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber!

Woodhouse Estate, Stradbally – Friday, 27th April TO celebrate the coming of summer, Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber is excited to be hosting an elegant evening event at the magnificent Woodhouse Estate in Stradbally.

The Chamber has long understood the myriad benefits of building strong relationships between businesses in the community and is always looking for new ways to bring people in diverse areas together - this exclusive occasion is sure to be the networking event of the year!

The Woodhouse Estate is the home of Jim and Sally Thompson – Jim, founder of the Crown Worldwide Shipping & Logistics Group based in Hong Kong, has also kindly agreed to be guest speaker for the evening. A U.S. citizen, Jim Thompson lives mainly in Hong Kong as Crown Worldwide Group is based there. He came to Ireland a number of years ago to research his family roots and ended up buying Woodhouse in

Stradbally, Co Waterford. Jim & his wife Sally have since transformed the House and Estate they are local employers and great supporters of charities in County Waterford as well as worldwide.

Jim's colleague Peter Ryan, Ireland's first Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau, will also be speaking on the night with regard to business opportunities in Asia. Prior to Peter’s current posting, he served as Deputy Consul General of Ireland in New York, with special responsibility for Economic and Public Affairs.

This special evening includes transport from Dungarvan to Woodhouse, and starts with a sparkling reception of cider, prosecco & canapés in the Main House provided by Dungarvan Credit Union. This will be followed by a three course dinner designed by Eunice Power, served in the Tea Room and hosted by the evening’s main sponsor Better Finances. The evening will continue with

drinks and entertainment in the Walled Garden furnished by Liberty Blue Estate Agents, before finishing with transport back to Dungarvan at 11.45 p.m.

There will be much more on the night, as the Chamber’s usual flair and attention to detail is brought to bear in creating an unforgettable experience for guests. This high profile event will be an exceptional networking opportunity and a fabulous evening out – tickets are limited and available now by contacting the Chamber office on 05845054 or info@dungarvanchamber.ie This event is kindly sponsored by Better Finances Dungarvan with Dungarvan Credit Union and Liberty Blue Estate Agents. Generous contributors on the evening include Garvey’s SuperValu, Legacy Irish Cider, Dungarvan Brewing Company, Dawn Meats, The Country Store Dungarvan and Anchor Irish Spirits.

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Curtain Call through to All-Ireland finals!

CURTAIN Call Productions Dungarvan is absolutely delighted to have secured a much-coveted place in the 2018 Amateur Drama Council of Ireland (ADCI) All-Ireland Confined Drama Final, which takes place in St. Brigid’s Hall, Carnew, Co. Wicklow from 13th – 21st April, hosted this year by the South Wicklow Drama Festival.

Between February 22nd and March 22nd, we travelled over 7,500 km to perform our production of Neil LaBute’s Some Girl(s) in eight drama festivals on the ADCI drama festival circuit: Rush Drama Festival, Kilmuckridge Drama Festival, Kildare Drama Festival, West Waterford Drama Festival, West Cork Drama Festival, New Ross Drama Festival, North Cork Drama Festival, and Tipperary Drama Festival. Thank you to all the festival committees for looking after us all so well on our visits there, and for all their support both before and after the festivals. Thank you also to all our family and friends who travelled to the various festivals to support us, it meant so much to have some familiar faces in the audiences!

The drama circuit entails a lot of early starts and late nights!

But it was all worth it! Overall, we came 5th out of 22 groups in the confined category. There are two categories in the drama festival circuit – Open and Confined. The Confined section, in which Curtain Call competes, is where newer

groups compete. If a group wins the Confined section final, they must then compete in the Open section. That said, many groups spend years in the Confined section trying to reach the Open category, gaining experience all the time, and so the Confined section is extremely competitive as a result.

After winning the Confined section in three festivals - West Waterford Drama Festival, North Cork Drama Festival and the Tipperary Drama Festival – we automatically qualified for a place among the nine groups competing in the All-Ireland Confined finals.

Some Girl(s) is directed by Fidelma Meaney. The cast includes Kris Cowming, Catherine Whelan, Megan Marriott,Vanessa Hyde and Emma Walsh. The crew includes Brian Sheehan (Stage Manager), Michael Cowming, Martin Landers, Samantha Hayes, Mary Kelly, James Hyde, and Kevin Sheehan. Lighting & Sound is

by Dirk Baumann Lighting.

THIRD TIME’S A CHARM In 2016, Curtain Call became the first drama group from Dungarvan to compete in the drama festival circuit in many years, so to have the opportunity now to represent Dungarvan in the national AllIreland finals is a huge honour.

What makes the qualification all the sweeter is the fact that this is just Curtain Call’s third time competing on the Amateur Drama Council of Ireland’s

Cast of Some Girl(s).

Three-Act drama festival circuit.

Founded in 2014, Curtain Call came close to qualification in 2016 with their Irish première production of The Graduate and in 2017 with Patrick Marber’s raw drama Closer. Many groups on the circuit have been competing for many years, so to qualify for the All-Ireland on the third attempt is a fantastic achievement.

To compete in the All-Ireland final is a great honour for Curtain Call and the cast & crew of Some Girl(s), and it’s thanks to the support of all our members, family and friends over the course of all seven of our productions over the last 4 years that we proudly step onto the All-Ireland stage in Carnew on Sunday, 15th April.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Over the course of the eight festivals, we picked up over thirty awards and nominations for acting, directing, set/presentation, costuming, sound/lighting etc, so huge congrats to all members of the team: To Fidelma for your three Best Director awards, to Kris for

[Martin Thomas Landers]

your three Best Actor awards, to Vanessa for your six Best Actress/Best Supporting Actress awards, to Catherine for your Best Moment in Theatre award, and to Meg & Emma for your Best Actress awards. Congrats also to Brian, Michael, Samantha, Kevin, James, Martin & Mary for your Best Set/Presentation award & Stage Crew nomination, and to Dirk for your Best Lighting & Sound award. The many awards and nominations are testament to all the hard work that has gone into this presentation by all involved since late last year, so take a well-deserved bow, folks!

DUNGARVAN PERFORMANCE We will be putting Some Girl(s) on locally before we compete in the All-Ireland finals in a couple of weeks. Details to follow shortly. We’d really appreciate the support of our home audience before we hit the road to Carnew. So if you didn’t get to see this award-winning production first time around when we performed in Dungarvan Town Hall Theatre in early February, or if you’re curious to

see how the play has evolved and improved over the course of the last months as we fine-tuned the production and took on board the comments and suggestions from the many experienced adjudicators we met along the way, keep an eye on the papers and the Curtain Call Productions Dungarvan Facebook page for performance details.

ALL-IRELAND FINALS On Saturday, 31st March, the names of all nine qualifying groups were put into a “hat” and drawn out one by one to decide which group performs on which night of the 9-night All-Ireland in Carnew. We’re thrilled to have been allocated Sunday, 15th April. We’ll all hit the road early that morning to get our set up and make any last-minute tweaks that may be necessitated by the new performing space before the performance starts at 8 pm.

For anyone wanting to travel to support – we’d love if lots of family and friends could share the All-Ireland experience with us – booking details are on

www.southwicklowdramafestival.com (note, we do not handle bookings for the All-Ireland finals, so you will need to contact the festival directly, and early advance booking is advised.)

UP THE DEISE! Three drama groups from West Waterford have qualified for their respective finals this year. Alongside Curtain Call’s qualification for the Confined finals in Carnew, both Ballyduff Drama Group and Brideview Drama Group have qualified for the Open finals in Athlone in May. Ballyduff are no strangers to the Open finals. Brideview have qualified on their 13th year competing in the Open category.

18 groups in total from all around the country, north and south, have qualified for the two finals, so to have three of those groups from the Deise is a huge achievement, testament to the high quality of drama, and huge commitment of those involved in drama, in the county. We’d like to wish Brideview and Ballyduff every success in the open finals next month.

Trad stars Danú to perform in Dungarvan TRAD supergroup Danú are coming to Dungrvan on April 15th as part a some Irish concert dates over the coming weeks. The band formed in Co.Waterford in 1995, are celebrating 23 years this year and about to release their ninth studio album called ‘Ten Thousand Miles’.

The band recently completed successfully a coast to coast tour of the USA with stops including The Schimmel Centre in New York City to Long Beach California’s Carpenter Centre (Named after Richard and Karen Carpenter). The new album is available from Digital stores at present and Cd’s are due for release on May 11th, Danú will have some copies of their new album on sale at the concert in Dungravan. Band members include locals Benny McCarthy and Donnchadh Gough, Oisin McAuley from Donegal, Eamon Doorley, Tony Byrne and Ivan Goff from Dublin and Nell Ní Chróinín from Co. Cork.

The concert will take place in The Town Hall Theatre in Dungarvan on Sunday, 15th April at 8.00 p.m. (Doors 7.30 p.m.) Seats are limited so early booking is advised.

Tickets are available online www.danu.net and in Dungravan at The Local Pub, Ben O’Neills Music Shop and The Wine Buff.

Danu.

[Marek Matkiewicz]

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

COUNTY NEWS

Curtain comes down on Dungarvan Dramatic Club’s smash hit production of ‘The God of Carnage’ SATURDAY, March 24th saw the curtain come down on Dungarvan Dramatic Club’s extremely well received Spring production, “The God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza. A production of this standard and quality does not happen without many hours of very hard work and commitment and dedication by a great number of people.

To all our devoted Committee and Club members, both on and off stage, a huge thank you for all the ways in which you contributed to the production and helped it to bring it from page to stage.

To our set design and construction team, Ned Cullinan, Siobhan Buckley, Lisa O’Sullivan, Pat Power, Morgan O’Connell, Trevor Doherty and Mike Hennessy - thank you for coming together to design, build, decorate and dress a set of which any professional theatre company would be proud. Thanks also to Margaret Dennehy, Carol Elstead, Aileen Hogan, Lisa O’Sullivan, Ned Cullinan and eDoctor Mobile Phone and PC Repairs, for providing props.

To Seamus Reck (LX 2000),

David Zannis and Des Feeney, thank you for perfectly timed and appropriately atmospheric sound and lighting. Well done also to Siobhan Buckley, for coordination of costumes and to the magnificent Lisa O’Sullivan for her style and efficiency in stage management of a technically tricky play. We are grateful also to Des Feeney, Orla Glascott, Mary O’Neill and Deirdre Collender for continuity.

Thanks too, must go to our Front of House team ably managed by Orla Glascott- Padraigin Ni Chadhla, Ann Kavanagh, Noreen Lee, Michael Walsh, Michael O’Mahony, Aileen Hogan, Emma Power, Nora Walsh, Ann Marie Hayes, Charlie O’Donoghue, Marlene Kirby, Sandra Landers, Hughie Hallahan, Paul Coffey, Martin Landers, Catherine Fitzgerald Phillips (and all others who came to our assistance as the need arose!!!!). We couldn’t have done it without your help and support!

We are hugely appreciative also of the generosity of many local individuals and businesses who helped to make this production the success it has been for

Dungarvan Dramatic Club’s recent production of “THE GOD OF CARNAGE”.

[Marlene Kirby]

us-for publicity material and promotion of the play we are grateful to Munster Signs and Print, John & Maura Creed, Kelly’s Pharmacy, the Dungarvan Leader, the Dungarvan Observer, Finbarr Dunphy, Dunphy Insurance, WLRfm and all local businesses who kindly displayed posters for us. We were delighted also to be able to avail of the skills and talents of Muireann Nic Caba, James Fraher, and Marlene Kirby for publicity images and videos, Orla Glascott for programme coordination and thanks to Margaret Dennehy for publicity boards and poster design.

Thanks to Michael Sheehan, The Wine Buff and Joe Kelly’s Pharmacy for ticket sales. Raffle prizes were kindly provided by Conor Lannen, Country Store and Louise Clarke. The assistance and support of Tony Crowe, Trevor Doherty, Scoil Mhuire, Abbeyside, Conor Nolan and Dungarvan Tourism, were also most welcome and appreciated.

Congratulations to our cast on their wonderful performances and Director Siobhan Buckley for taking on the challenging task of bringing this play from page to stage. We were delighted also to welcome Carol Elstead Thomas who performed with us for the first time. It was great to have you on board and we hope it will be the first of many theatrical experiences for you with Dungarvan Dramatic Club.

And last but by no means least, a massive thank you to our audiences, who support us so loyally and in such great numbers.

Thank you for all your kind words of congratulations and encouragement.

Dungarvan Dramatic Club looks forward to continuing our long tradition of bringing you top quality drama as we celebrate our 76th year of unbroken dedication to our founders aims - the promotion of culture and the performance of plays for the people of Dungarvan.

We are delighted to announce that this Summer we will be welcoming our theatre friends from Erie to perform once again for our Dungarvan audiences. On the 4th and 5th of July they will perform the musical comedy “THE GLORIOUS ONES” for 2 NIGHTS ONLY!!!! So watch this space and our Facebook Page for updates on this very exciting opportunity to enjoy a musical extravaganza of the highest standard straight from the U.S.A. We are so looking forward to celebrating Independence Day in true American style !!! and we would love to see you there to mark the occasion with us and our Erie friends.

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Movie Reviews In association with SGC Dungarvan

Tomb Raider GNÁTH-scannán aicsin taitneamhach go leor é an leagan nua de Tomb Raider. Déanann sé cúis ó thaobh radharcanna cruthaíocha, ach ná bígí ag lorg aon chruthaíochta ó thaobh scéil de.

An bealach is fearr chun cur síos a dhéanamh ar an laoch so ná, b’fhéidir, “an leagan baininscneach de Indiana Jones”. Feictear na clichés céanna i saol Lara Croft ó thaobh cultúracha iargúlta, cairdeas idirnáisiúnta cé is moite de na clichés sin, agus fiú amháin an t-amlíne céanna le Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) – tagann an príomhcharachtar ar a (h)athair (a bhí ar iarraidh) i lár misin chun oibiacht a bhfuil cumhacht ornádúrtha aici a aimsiú.

Gheofaí a rá gur cóip iomlán de phlot Spielberg atá sa scannán so, scéal a bhí suimiúil sna 80idí ach nach bhfuil mórán gliondar ann san ath-dhéanamh.

Cé go raibh an dá scannán (Tomb Raider 2001 agus an leagan is déanaí) bunaithe ar shraith cluichí ríomhaire le scéalta eachtraíochta éagsúla, agus cé go bhfuil láthair agus oibiacht osnádúrtha difriúil ar an scannán seo i gcomparáid leis an gcéad scannán i 2001, feictear dom go bhfuil an bunscéal céanna athráite ann, agus do chuir sé sin mearbhall orm. Nár fearr aidhm agus fadhb éagsúil a thabhairt do Lara an lae inniu, in áit an scéil céanna? Táim cinnte go bhfuil níos mó sa chúlra ag an sraith cluichí sin ná athair Lara a aimsiú agus a bheith idir dhá chomhairle ó thaobh a shaol a shábháil – arís agus arís.

D’ainneoin easpa cruthaíochta, caithfidh mé dhá rud a mholadh sa scannán so: an stiúrthóireacht agus an ghrianghrafadóireacht - tá aicsean le feiscint ó thús go deireadh, rud a chuireann cluiche i gcuimhne dúinn gan stró, ach gan a bheith iomarcach ó thaobh cleasanna dochreidte de. Gheofaí níos

mó ábhair a aimsiú do na “Mythbusters” i scannáin Indiana Jones nó James Bond. Maith siad! Tá an taicsean agus na radharcanna troda inchreidte don chuid is mó, ach fós an-spéisiúil. Tá na radharcanna go léir go hálainn, ag cruthú atmaisféir draíochtúil i ngach uile cuid den scannán. Ar iomlán, molaím an scannán so dóibh siúd atá ag lorg siamsaíochta simplí agus radharcanna spéisiúla. Níl an scannán so domhain in aon chor, ach seans gur fearr mar atá.

3/5

“Macbeth” Live from RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11th, AT 7.15 p.m.

By Jim Ryan A PRODUCTION of “Macbeth” from Stratford is something to look forward to eagerly. The story of an essentially good man who, we are not sure why, turns to monstrous deeds, is endlessly fascinating.

The play is one of the most popular of all tragedies; it’s one of the most often filmed and most frequently staged of all its author’s plays.

“Macbeth” was always a joy to teach; a rivetting, fast-moving and easy-to-follow story with no subplots, enough action and violence to satisfy even the most bloodthirsty - and two of the most intriguing and repellent charters in all drama. Then, there are the mysterious witches and, above all, some of the greatest poetry ever set down. It’s also one of the shortest of all Shakespeare’s plays The events of “Macbeth” move swiftly and unrelentingly from the meeting of “brave Macbeth”, the heroic, loyal defender of his king, to a conclusion of tragedy, cruelty and disloyalty. We are witnesses to the physical and moral destruction of somebody who is admired and trusted, brought low by the promptings of a ruthlessly ambitious wife; or, perhaps, by the evil promptings of the witches; or are these external agents merely catalysts that release hidden evil lurking within his psyche. Directors undertaking this play have come up with a myriad interpretations as to why such evil is released during the play.

How does Macbeth descend in a short period from a loyal subject of King Duncan to being a regicide. It’s true that the witches first plant the seed in his mind but he is abhorred by the very thought of it. We soon encounter one of the greatest monsters in all literature, his wife, Lady Macbeth.

As the play opens, Macbeth is returning in triumph with his fellow soldier, Banquo, having defeated a rebellion against his King and country.

On the heath, they are confronted by three witches (although they never refer to themselves as such, rather as the ‘weird sisters’ – from the Old English meaning ‘fate’ or destiny) who tell him that he “shalt be king hereafter”. He is horrified at the very thought of what the fulfilling of the prophecy might

entail but is strangely engaged by it. He writes an ambiguous letter to his wife; she thinks him “too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way (i.e. act ruthlessly)”. She prays to the spirits to make her an inhuman monster free of all human feelings. Almost immediately she is bent on a murderous course and goads him, with taunts of unmanliness, into killing their guest, the King.

This evil act only leads to further atrocities.

Ironically, while he revels in evil, she is destroyed by it. It has been said that the Macbeths are the perfect example of a couple who as a couple are capable of depraved deeds of which neither, acting alone, would be capable. The actress, Harriet Walter, says; “None of it would have happened if either had been acting alone”.

At SGC Dungarvan we can enjoy some of the greatest creations of the human mind, and “Macbeth”, Live from the Bard’s home town, is a must see for lovers of great drama.

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TAKE A BOW PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS . . .

“Well, The Show Must Go On!” DUNGARVAN’S Take A Bow Productions are gracing the stage on April 5th and 6th at Town Hall Theatre Dungarvan with a newly written comedy by Waterford’s own Martine Rogers.

The play is set in West Waterford, where a struggling drama group, “The Déise Players” attempt to stage a momentous production. Anyone who has been involved on committees will relate to the politics and undertones that filter through this play from start to finish. You will laugh because it is funny,

you will laugh because the actors are doing a great job but mostly you will laugh because you will identify with the characters.

Whether it is a neighbour, a grandparent, a colleague from work or a fellow committee member, you will have encountered some, if not all, of these characters during your life.

Taking on a big production is a huge leap for any drama group and you will sit back and relax as “The Déise Players” struggle with the trials and tribulations

of staging a production; selection of the play by a mutinous committee; a tightfisted treasurer; a megalomaniac director; ousting of old-time members who still cling to the successes of the society’s hey-days 40 years ago; conflict from introduction of new blood; health and safety issues; a peculiar member with only one thing on his mind; a doting old member in need of a hearing apparatus; a husband driven to drink by his controlling wife and precocious teenage daughter; and a few other society mem-

bers of the lunatic fringe variety.

On Take A Bow’s very first readthrough of the play at Merry’s Gastro Pub, the patrons in the bar were so enthralled by what they could overhear from the upstairs room that they asked when they could come see them in action.

A new play is a brave step for any theatre group, and Mary Nagle with Take A Bow has offered a platform for the new and exciting ideas of Martine Rogers to come to life. So get out there and sup-

port Waterford’s theatrical pioneers. In this rat-racing world of political turmoil and meteorological confusion, step inside the Town Hall Theatre, Dungarvan this April 5th and 6th at 8.00 p.m. and laugh yourself silly. You will not be disappointed!

Tickets available from Dungarvan Post Office and Joe Kelly’s Pharmacy Abbeyside or call 087-9459653/0879609614.

Don’t delay, be part of this new adventure by supporting local talent!

Ducks will delight at West Waterford FoodFest WATCH our six hundred and sixty-three excited little ducks race in Davitt’s Quay at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday, April 21st at West Waterford FoodFest in aid of Helvick Lifeboat Station.

“There are prizes for big and small ducks” said

Ducks ready for the race.

[Miriam Foley MacLeod]

RNLI Fundraising Branch member RoseAnn Foley. “Each duck costs €3 or two for €5 and they can be bought at local businesses and from the RNLI stall near Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club (DHSC) at the festival”.

Féach ar ár lacha beaga ag rásaíocht i gCé Daibhéid ar mhaithe le Stáisiún Bád Tarrthála Heilbhic. Costas na lachan: €3 an cheann nó dhá cheann ar €5. Duaiseanna deasa don chéad thrí lacha móra agus duaiseanna chomh maith dos na lacha beaga.

Austin Flynn, Hon Community Safety Officer with Helvick Lifeboat will conduct a free lifejacket clinic between 1-3pm at the RNLI stall by DHSC also.

“Bring your jacket along for advice on the importance of choice, fit and maintenance. A lifejacket will buy you vital time in the water and could save your life, but only if you’re wearing it” said Austin.

Beir leat do sheaicéad tarrthála go dtí Austin Flynn ag seastán an RNLI I gcomhair sheiceáil sábháilteachta saor in aisce idir 1-3in agus beidh tú réidh don tséasúr!

See us on Facebook: RNLI Dungarvan and Helvick Head Fundraising Branch 086 609 4563; rnlihelvick@gmail.com

RNLI Helvick crew Fionn Ó Cuirrin, Joseph Foley, and Alan Kelly with RNLI mascot Stormy Stan and the Duck Race [Anne McCarthy] during Waterford FoodFest 2017.

SCHOOL NEWS Our Lady of Mercy National School Stradbally AS is the case in all primary schools our second term was very busy, being interrupted by the Beast from the East but nonetheless we had a lot of different activities. We began the term with six weeks of swimming in the Park Hotel which the pupils enjoyed. We also had our annual Readathon which was enjoyed by all the pupils especially the shared reading which benefitted all the pupils.

Our Book Club with mugs of milky hot chocolate was also a welcome addition. At the end of our readathon we had World Book Day which was a great occasion for both pupils and teachers. Our Parents' Association presented us with a cheque of €5,000 for our building fund which was raised through the sheer hard work and volunteerism of our P.A. and the wider community of Stradbally and beyond. We are very fortunate in Stradbally that we have such a great community spirit.

In February, we had our unexpected snowman competition which was enjoyed by everybody. Bhíomar ag baint úsáid as Gaeilge ar fud na scoile ón chéad lá de mhí Márta go Lá Fhéile Pádraig agus fuair na buaiteoirí ubh Cásca an duine agus tá súil againn go mbeidh Gaeilge le Cloisteáil taréis na Cásca freisin.

Our mini-7s girls football team acquitted themselves very well in the County Final but alas we were beaten by the narrowest of margins by the better Clonea Power team, congratulations to Clonea Power. Our INTO/An Post Handwriting Competition showed us the continued improvement in penmanship in the school. A number of our pupils performed in the local pantomime MacBeth and were absolutely superb, a huge thank you to Mrs. Olivia Jones for preparing the pupils,we really appreciate the efforts of all involved.

Finally the highlight of the term would have to be the Incubator project kindly sponsored by our PA which saw six chicks hatching out in the school just before the Easter holidays. To say that the pupils, parents, grandparents and teachers were eggstatic and eggcited would be an understatement. We were sad to see the little chicks leave but we might see them in our neighbouring county in the coming months. We are currently enjoying our Easter holidays and recharging the batteries for the Final term.

Seachtain na Gaeilge winners.

Parents Association Cheque Presentation.

Nire Valley Farm Chicks.

Handwriting competition winners.

Credit Union Quiz Team.

Snowman competition winners.

Senior team in the Credit Union Quiz.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

ST. AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE

St. Augustine’s College win European Super Schools for the 8th year in a row IN 1997 the Friary College set out for Wales to compete for the first time in Super Schools. 10 boys and 10 girls from each school was ready to do battle over a number of disciplines.

St. Augustine’s was housed with the Czech Republic in a SAS Camp in the Brecon Beacons.

Needless to say everything was very basic, e.g. to wash and shower one had to go across a farm yard, no hot water. This area, while very clean, was in an open corrugated iron barn.

The resilient Friary students got on with the task in hand, and went on the win Games in their first year.

21 years later St. Augustine’s College was back at the same venue, but this time we were housed and fed in Christ College, Brecon. The accommodation was 5 star in comparison to the SAS Camp.

At 5.15 a.m. on Monday, 26th the Friary bus set out for Rosslare Ferry Port. We were blessed with a very calm crossing to Pembroke. Our next port

of call was the host school, Pen Y Dre, Merthyr Tydfil, for the opening ceremony. On our arrival we discovered the French and the Belgium Schools was delayed, due the cancellation of their sailing. So we had to start the Opening Ceremony without them. The head of PE Mr. Matthew Jacklin gave a very warm welcome to all the schools taking part in the games. The Welsh co-ordinator, Mrs Rebecca Pilarz and her coworkers Luke Jones, Aimee Medlicott and Josh Ashby worked tirelessly throughout the week to make the games a success.

Breakfast at 7.00 a.m. each morning and then off the venues for the games. The Tuesday morning session started with the Track and Field Athletics which was held on a beautiful track in Cardiff. First up on the track for Team Ireland, (St. Augustine’s College), was Daly O’Rourke in the 80m hurdles, winning Gold. Next for team Ireland was Emily Murphy in

the 80m hurdles also winning Gold. This was followed by Eoin Flynn narrowly missing Gold in the 100m. Kate Byrne, won Gold in the 100m. Darragh Pender got Bronze in the 200m.

Roise Murray, who stepped up to the plate, for the unfortunate Eabha Gough who broke two toes before travelling, won gold in the 200m. Jordan O’Rourke won Silver, as did Lia Cunningham in the 800m.

The girls’ team got Gold and the boys’ team got Silver in the 4 x 100m Relay. The field events were not as kind to us.

Sheena McGuckian and Jack O Floinn finished 4th and 6th respectively. In the Shot Putt Dearbhla Beresford and Joe McNamara won Bronze. Oisin Morrissey won Silver in the Triple Jump and Sarah Phelan won Bronze in the Long Jump.

For health & safety reasons the high Jump was cancelled, due to the heavy rain.

In the afternoon we left the Athletic Stadium and headed for the swimming pool, which was

about 20 minutes away. Team Ireland got off to a very good start with John David White and Aine O’Neill finishing in Gold and Bronze position respectively in the Front Crawl. Eoin Flynn and Lia Cunningham finished 2nd in the Breast Stroke. Gold for Team Ireland’s Girls (Sarah Phelan/Sheena McGuckian) and Boys (Oisin Morrissey / Ronan Bohan) in the Life / saving. Silver for both Girls (Roise Murray, Lia Cunningham, and Aine O’Neill) and Boys (Jordan O’Rourke, Eoin Flynn, and John David White) in the Medley Relay.

At the end of the day, when all the points were counted, St. Augustine’s College, (Team Ireland), finished first in Athletics and Swimming.

Wednesday, 28th March, was not as kind to Team Ireland.

While Team Ireland struggled, our nearest rivals Team France and Team Belgium gained ground and passed us out. The morning competition started

with Basketball for boys’ and Badminton and Table Tennis for girls’. After the morning competition, Team Ireland finished 5th in the boys’ Basketball and the girls’ were both 4th in the Badminton and Table Tennis.

The singles for the girls’ in the Badminton were Aine O’Neill and Sarah Phelan, and the Doubles were Rosie Murray Ellen Kirwan. The Table Tennis singles were, Sheena McGuckian, and Dearbhla Beresford, and the doubles were Kate Byrne and Lia Cunningham. Incidentally, our Table Tennis doubles won all their games. The afternoon competition was the reverse of the morning, i.e. girls’ Basketball, and boys’ Badminton and Table Tennis. Team Ireland girls’ won Bronze, and the boys’ (singles, Joe McNamara, Daly O’Rourke, and doubles Jack O Floinn and Darragh Pender) won Gold in the Badminton.

Table Tennis singles Jordan O’Rourke, Ronan Bohane and doubles Eoin Flynn and James

Hahesy finished 4th.

Thursday, 29th March, just the one event left – Soccer.

Traditionally this event has not been good for Team Ireland, but they were determined to give it their all and go down fighting.

The Friary teams knew that they had to finish in the top three to stand any chance of finishing in the overall top three places. We arrived at the Merthyr Town FC before 9.00 a.m. A covered in stand which was badly needed for the day that was in it. It rained for most of the competition.

Team Ireland got off to a great start winning their opening matches. One could see that both boys’ and girls’ were up for this competition. At the end of the games the Friary created their own bit of history by being the first team, for both boys’ and girls’ not to concede a goal in the whole tournament.

The girls drew their last match and won all the rest and the boys’ drew two matches and won the rest.

SCOIL MHUIRE

Scoil Mhuire holds annual Mary Walsh Memorial Quiz We held our annual Mary Walsh Memorial Ouiz on Thursday, 22nd March which involved classes 3rd to 6th.The quiz is organised every year by Mrs. Colette O'Mahony who always pays tribute to our late colleague Mary Walsh who inspired and coached many of our quiz teams. The event was hugely successful with trophies for the winning

team and lots of Easter eggs as spot prizes.

CREDIT UNION NATIONAL FINAL Good luck wishes to our Quiz team who travel to Dublin on April 8th for the National Final of the Credit Union Quiz.They will be accompanied by coach Colette O’Mahony and her assistant Máire Walsh. Good luck Sarah, Emily, Kate and Keeley!

Kate McKeon captain of the winning team in the Scoil Mhuire Mary Walsh Memorial Quiz.

Winners in our handwriting competition which was organised by Mrs. Mary Cusack.

The Scoil Mhuire Camogie Panel 2018.

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Lismore Castle Arts Artifice 2018

Kilmacthomas Primary School – Senior Infants showing some of their fabulous Easter Art work.

Leah O’Donoghoe, St. Paul’s, and Clare Cahill, Art Teacher.

[Pat Crowley]

Clashmore National School – The boys and girls of 6th class in Clashmore who created some amazing Easter bonnets from recycled materials

Jessica Flynn, Ard Scoil na Mara, Tramore.

[Pat Crowley]

Clashmore National School – The boys and girls of 5th class in Clashmore who created some amazing Easter bonnets from recycled materials.

Isobelle McSweeney, St. Paul’s Community College.

[Pat Crowley]

Omayma Zara, St. Paul’s School.

[Pat Crowley]

Clashmore National School – The boys and girls of Clashmore School who entered the Lidl colouring competition with their teacher Ms. C. Osborne.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

ÁRD SCOIL NA nDÉISE

First Year news from Árd Scoil na nDéise LAST week in First Year we enjoyed countless activities during Seachtain na Gaeilge such as the first year quiz organised by the Transition Year girls and Ms. McCarthy, the céilí with Ms. McCarthy and learning our ‘haon, dó, trí’ and dances like the ‘Siege of Ennis’ and ‘An Dreoilín’.

This week we had an Easter poetry competition to win some Easter Eggs. Well done to Bébhinn, Emma, Emma and Cassie on winning! We are all hoping to win a prize in the huge Easter Raffle in aid of the Lourdes fund when we come back to school.

Ms. Barry, our religion teacher, took us to the Friary Church last week to show us the stations of the cross.When we came back to school we drew our own interpretation of them.

The weather has cleared up a little and the First Year lunch time walks have started back up again thankfully. It is great to get out for some exercise at lunchtime.

We are really looking forward to our two weeks off now! Enjoy the holidays everyone and Happy Easter!

Written by Sarah Keane, Emma Fitzpatrick and Emma O’Neill FIRST YEAR EASTER POETRY COMPETITION Well done to the winners of the First Year Easter Poetry Competition: Bébhinn Walsh, Emma O'Neill, Emma O'Connor and Cassie Phelan.

This competition was organised by a group of Transition Year students who run a lunchtime library club for First Year students. Thank you and well done to all involved.

ALL IRELAND SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS On Saturday, March 10th the All-Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships were held at the WIT Arena Carriganore. Huge numbers were competing on the day from Post Primary schools all over Ireland. Ard Scoil na nDéise had two teams competing on the day and one individual athlete. Our first race of the day was the Junior girls race. This was the Junior girls first time qualifying for the All-Ireland’s and did excellently finishing sixth best team overall. There were sixty eight competitors in this race.

Well done to Sarah Nyhan, Anna Hickey, Emma Hickey, Aoibh Murphy and Mary Bradfield.

Our next team that was in action was the Intermediate girls. They also finished sixth overall with sixty four competitors in this race. It was great to see this team back in the All Ireland where they finished second overall two years ago. Well done Lucy Holmes, Mary-Kate Prendergast, Kate Hickey, Sarah Lacey and Orla Keane. Sinead O’Brien competed in the senior race finishing fifty first overall.Well done girls you should be very proud of your achievement in getting to an All-Ireland. Well done too to Ms. Flavin for her support and encouragement of the girls as they trained for this event.

SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE LE MILLIE LUCEY Dia duit! Is mise Mille agus táim sa chéad bhliain in Árd Scoil na nDéise. Seachtain na Gaeilge a bhí ann an tseachtain seo caite agus bhí sí go hiontach! Is é seo cad a rinne an chéad bhliain; Dé

Sinead O'Brien pictured at the recent All Ireland Cross Country Championships at Carriganore.

Máirt bhí céilí ar siúl.

D’fhoghlaimíomar ‘Ionsaí na hInse’ agus ‘An Dreoilín’. Bhí sé an-mhaith! Ar an Déardaoin bhí tráth na gceist ar siúl. Bhí na ceisteanna bunaithe ar spórt, ceol, daoine cáiliúla agus a lán eile. Bhí duaiseanna áille le buachan. Bhí comórtas seanfhocail agus comórtas filíochta freisin le déanamh againn. Rinneamar iad sin sa rang. Bhain mé an-taitneamh as Seachtain na Gaeilge agus táim ag tnúth go mór leis sa bhliain 2019!

Hello! I’m Millie and I’m in first year in Árd Scoil na nDéise.

It was Seachtain na Gaeilge last week and it was great! This is what First Yearss did; on Tuesday there was a céilí.We learned ‘The Siege of Ennis’ and ‘An Dreoilín’.

It was really good! On Thursday there was a quiz. The questions were on sport, music, famous people and loads more. There were lovely prizes to be won.

There was a seanfhocal and poetry competition to do to. We did these in class. I really enjoyed Seachtain na Gaeilge and I’m looking forward to it in 2019!

TY ORIENTEERING On the 15th March, 2018, the Transition Year students went to Melleray, Cappoquin for orienteering. It was the Munster schools championship so there were lots of schools competing.

We arrived there at one o’clock and got into our pairs, with some people choosing to do it alone.

We received our maps of the area, and dibbers for each of the controls. It wasn’t long before we were off and unfortunately it started raining heavily just as the competition began. The conditions were tough and wet, but we all still enjoyed ourselves in spite of the rain! Even though most of us managed to get lost and had to turn back, it was a day we will all definitely never forget!

Written by Robyn Power DUNGARVAN CHAMBER INFOGRAPH COMPETITION We were absolutely delighted to find out that we had no fewer than three winners in the Dungarvan Chamber Infograph Competition. Our two Ms. Foley’s (Business Studies & Art) worked with students to help them prepare entries for this competition. The girls had to design their own infograph outlining the benefits of shopping locally using images, text, charts or diagrams. It certainly got our students talking about the benefits of spending money in the local community instead of online. We were delighted to have three worthy winners. Well done to Abby Ryan who won first prize, Beth Gardner who won second prize and Lucy Holmes who won third prize. It was a great achievement for the three girls and their teachers.

Easter Poetry Competition winners Beibhinn Walsh, Emma O'Neill, Emma O'Connor and Cassie Phelan.

Winners of the Dungarvan Chamber Infograph Competition Abby Ryan, Beth Gardner and Lucy Holmes.

Smiling faces in spite of wet and muddy conditions at the recent TY orienteering trip.

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Skipathon OUR first Skipathon was held on Wednesday, 21st March. The children had a fantastic day skipping from morning until home time. They enjoyed using many of the rhymes and games which we played ourselves in our childhood.

We would like to thank Ms. Quinn and her girls for making it such a festive occasion by decorating the school yard with Easter balloons and banners.

Thank you to all who sponsored the pupils and to the parents committee who organised hampers and prizes for all involved.

First Class pupil taking part in the Skipathon.

Senior Infants who took part in the Easter Skipathon.

First Class race.

Prize winners in the raffle.

Junior Infants having fun at the Easter Skipathon.

5th class pupils taking part in the Easter Skipathon.

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ST. MARY’S NATIONAL SCHOOL TOURANEENA

World Book Day SPRING has finally arrived and the pupils of St. Mary’s Touraneena marked its’ arrival by dressing up for World Book Day. However, due to the unexpected snow we had to postpone the event to the following Thursday nevertheless we had a great turn out as can been seen from our photos. All the pupils received a prize for their efforts however there was an individual prize for the best in each class.

The aim of World Book Day is to encourage children to explore the pleasure of books and reading by providing them with an opportunity to have a book of their own. Each child receives a voucher which they can use towards the purchase of a book or to receive a free book.

To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge we held our annual Céilí on the 16th of March and also a Tráth na gCeist during the week.

We were delighted to see so many parents and members of the community in attendance on the day of the Céilí. Those who were in attendance were treated to a display of Irish dances and Irish music. This was also a great way of introducing dance into our daily routine and a great way to encourage children stay fit.

Once again our pupils in sixth

Annual Cake Sale at St. Mary’s NS Touraneena. class held their annual Cake Sale in the school. This was in aid of Trócaire and Bothar and was held on Friday, 23rd March. It was a great success with plenty of home baking on sale on the day for a great cause. We would like to thank all of those who supplied baking on the day and those who visited and supported the event. We would finally like to give a special thanks to the

Annual Céilí at St. Mary’s NS Touraneena.

sixth class students, parents and staff who managed the event on the day.

All the staff and students in the school are looking forward to the last term of the school year. We have a very busy final term, beginning with our school participating in the ‘Food Dudes’ healthy eating programme which will be commencing on the week we come back after the Easter holidays.

The Board of Management has also organised a raffle to take place in the school on the 26th of April.The purpose of this raffle is to help to pay for the installation of an alarm system in the school.We would like to thank all the local businesses who provided the school with support for this draw.

There are lots of wonderful prizes to be won, tickets can be purchased from students who attend the school.

World Book Day at St. Mary’s NS Touraneena.

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Josh Grant, Jake Kirwan and Caitríona O’Reilly, Junior Infants Kilmacthomas Primary School with their raffle prizes last Friday.

Pupils from Kilmacthomas Primary School who received certificates for excellent attendance between Christmas and Easter.

Milo Power, Emmie Power and Tom O’Donnell, Junior Infants Kilmacthomas Primary School with their Big Grow pea plants.

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GARRANBANE NATIONAL SCHOOL

Busy term in Garranbane NS IT has been a very busy term in Garranbane school with all classes being engaged in various activities from art and craft, matches and gymnastics to using the Izak9Maths cubed and English Literacy boxes.

The children made a wonderful effort for world book day and we met some amazing characters in the school playground.

The senior classes took part in Science Week and Engineers week and much appreciation is due to Sun Life Financial who sponsored two curiosity boxes for our school.

Many thanks to The Arts Office, Waterford city and County Council who co-funded the Artist in schools project for 5th class this year. Also thank you to the Parents Association for their help and hard work in their support for the school. Well done to our Easter raffle winners.

The junior classes enjoyed making pancakes, participating in reading buddies and planting beautiful spring flowers with the help and guidance of Yvonne Carroll Lawlor. Thanks Yvonne.

2nd, 3rd and 4th class took part in gymnastic lessons in the Dungarvan Gymnastics Club.

Thank you to Lindsey for making this possible. It was enjoyed by all.

We have been very lucky to have a new set of sports jerseys for the school sponsored by James and Orla Hayes. Our boys will look very smart in their new gear. Míle Buíochas James and Orla and Mairead Power for coordinating this and helping with the design.

All the children got an very informative talk on pet care on Thursday last from Emma who visited from Maxi Zoo. The boys mini 7s hurling team

had a great run in this year competition. They lost to Scoil Mhuire Tallow by two points.

The boys performed admirably and can be very proud of their efforts.

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Receiving the new set of jerseys from James and Orla Hayes.

Mary Rose O’Connell, 4th class with her trophy for baking which she won in the Girl Guides.

World Book Day winners.

Enjoying Gymnastics.

Winners of the Easter raffle.

5th class enjoying opening their curiosity box.

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MODELIGO NATIONAL SCHOOL

World Book Day #ForRichard WE had great fun in Modeligo NS on Thursday last for World Book Day! We used the day as a fundraiser for a very special boy, Richard Fitzgerald.

All of the children dressed up as their favourite characters and brought in their favourite book to talk about. It was amazing to see the variety of characters walking around our school and we were thrilled to collect a whopping €200 for Richard! We also welcomed Richard's Aunt Mandy, who talked to us a little bit about Richard and his bravery! A strong, courageous superhero that we are humbled to support!

A huge well done and congratulations to all the children involved and a massive thank you to all the parents for helping to create such amazing costumes!

We had our annual Easter

Raffle on Friday, which was also a wonderful success.This was run by our wonderful Parents’ Association.

There were several winners including Oliver Kelly, Conor Power, Éabha Horgan, Rebecca Horgan, Aoife Reddy, Aoife Power, Kieran Power, Danny Dalton, Ava O'Shea, Rachel Fitzgerald, Rory Fitzgerald, Paddy Fitzgerald, Conor Fitzgerald, Ciarán Reddy, Sarah Barron, Méabh Barron, Jessica Collender and Deuglán Curran!

The Parent's Association also provided some tasty treats for all the children, who were eggstremely!! Congratulations to all the winners and happy eating!!

The children from 4th, 5th and 6th class were recently invited to a table quiz , hosted by Lismore Foróige. From a total of 22 teams, Modeligo NS was well

represented and had a clean sweep, winning both first and second prizes.

Congratulations to all the children who participated on the night and to our winners! You were all excellent representatives for our school and have done yourselves and us proud!

Among the winners were Leigh, Deuglán, Dearbhla, Rachel, Céire, Aoife, Méabh and Éabha. Congratulations boys and girls!

A reminder to all parents that you are welcome to contact the school via phone on 058 68149 or via e-mail modeligons@eircom.net for enrolment forms for the 2018/2019 school year.

To keep up to date with school events and to see a full range of our photographs, please visit our school blog modeligons.scoilnet.ie Amy Fraher

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Letters to the Editor …

Address Letters to: The Editor, Dungarvan Observer, Shandon, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Fax: 058 41559. e-mail: news@dungarvanobserver.ie ALL letters MUST include your name, address and telephone number for authenticity purposes.

South East Cardiac Service Dear Editor, I WOULD on behalf of HEFSE (Health Equality For the South East) like to address some of the issues raised in recent print and radio interviews by Deputy David Cullinane of Sinn Fein on the issue of regional cardiac care and the political situation pertaining.

To begin, Deputy Cullinane says that both he and Deputy Mary Butler (FF) did not ‘turn their backs’ on a promised regional review of the South East cardiac service. In fact, a private members motion to pressure the south cardiac situation was sitting with regional TD support waiting to be put to the Dail at the time Minister Harris announced he was expediting a national review of cardiac services - the south east case to be considered in the context of a national review as opposed to the regional review promised by Government. Both Deputy Cullinane (SF) and Deputy Butler (FF) entered the Dail Chamber at 10.30 p.m. on the week before Government recess in July 2017 to hear the Health Minister announce his plans for a national review of cardiac activity which both Deputies Cullinane and Butler welcomed on the Dail record – this was despite them both promoting and attending an Oireachtas briefing by south east cardiac campaign groups in previous days where the regional review was being asked for and which they were supporting! In addition members of HEFSE had met with the Independent Alliance in previous days and had secured a commitment from them to support a regional review of the South East service after 20 weeks of diagnostic lab activity! This commitment was undone by acceptance of regional TDs of this national review.

In the opinion of HEFSE this was an about turn by Waterford deputies Cullinane and Butler that can only be explained in the case of Deputy Cullinane by the Sinn Fein party’s desire to support Pearse Doherty’s call for a review of North / North West cardiac services and in the case of Mary Butler, pressure from her parliamentary partners to concentrate on other ‘’FF core objectives’. This might be reasoned as suiting Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin, Deputies Michael McGrath and Billy Kelliher who are all Cork based and would be more than happy at the possible benefits that will accrue to Cork University Hospital in the event of minimal expansion of the South East cardiac service.

Deputy Cullinane’s assertion that a regional review of the South East service alone could not be relied upon to deliver mandated service expansion is also puzzling given that he uncovered significant evidence of Dept of Health ‘steering’ of the Herity report. His criticism of the previous report centred around the terms of reference applied and yet given the level of political and clinical interest in a further review of south east services HEFSE feels it is difficult to see how similar steering or interference in such a report could occur or be allowed to occur!

With respect to the ongoing actions of south east cardiac groups, Deputy Cullinane has described some as being ‘disingenuous’ in respect of criticisms levelled at the performance of South East politicians.To answer, we believe that given the weight of clinical and medical evidence supporting the South East case for cardiac expansion to a 24/7 care service we cannot understand how present combined political regional representation could not effect any political movement in a recent meeting with Health Minister Simon Harris. Deputy Cullinane’s preoccupation with the possibility of a future ‘Hospital’ candidate coming to the fore as a result of ongoing public action on the cardiac issue we believe also to be a ‘distraction’ placed into the cardiac issue.

Whether or not such a possibility exists, it is clear that it would have little political consequence if the present ‘paid’ Dail members were seen to get ‘up and at’ the issue. In the recent meeting February 14th with Simon Harris and despite briefing documents having been given to all of the south east representatives attending, not one deputy demanded sight of the November 2017 ACS draft report into UHW cardiac activity nor put the Minister on notice that this was a precursor to any further support to Government in the interim. Neither did they press the case for deployment of a modular full service cath lab at UHW to replace the existing mobile diagnostic laboratory presently on site, this despite having being advised that the Dept has been in receipt of

a proposal to same for over a month previous to their meeting!

Deputy Cullinane also on local radio recently excoriated campaign groups for releasing information about cardiac expansion at St Vincent’s Campus in Dublin who are to get a new additional full service Cath lab without the constraint of a national review and this lab is expected to be operational by August 2018! This despite the ‘assurance’ of the Dept of Health that no such expansion is taking place.This will take the Dublin metropolitan public Cath Lab complement to 13 from 12, a ratio of 1 – 93,000. In the south east we continue to be constrained to one part-time interventional lab for a region of 500,000 people! This development alone questions the ‘influence or impact’ our regional representatives can exert on the Department of Health and in this context any new political arrival regardless of party affiliation or Independent stance could hardly weaken the regional effort further!

Despite the foregoing those of us involved in the regional cardiac campaign are focused on one objective only and that is ‘equality of access’ to emergency cardiac treatment and having that service fully resourced in the South East. That remains for HEFSE our priority and where we continue to place our efforts. We will continuing publicising, promoting and presenting the arguments to south east cardiac expansion backed up by clinical evidence and free from political affiliation. The opinions of elected representatives concerned with their desire to stay elected does not concern us in the least - the outcomes being suffered by regional patients as a result of a continuing discriminatory health policy is what we are concentrated on. To that end, we along with the other regional cardiac campaign groups are supporting a protest in Dublin on April 14th and we ask that all south east citizens take this opportunity to travel to Dublin to assert your right to ‘equality in regional life saving health care’ delivery. Failure to achieve this objective now will mean many ambulance journeys out of the South East in the future for patients and care givers – better to have your say on April 14th in Dublin than hear that phrase post a national review which is usually reserved for health care professionals to give comfort to the bereaved - We’re sorry for your loss but we did all we could!

Signed MATT SHANAHAN. PRO - Health Equality For the South East.

8th Amendment Dear Editor IT is gratifying to read so many pro-life contributions in your newspaper. The national media somehow manage to convey that repeal of the Eighth is a foregone conclusion, but that is not the message that pro-life canvassers are getting at the doors, and you are to be congratulated that your coverage more faithfully reflects people's concerns on this issue.

It might be inferred from your Editorial of 30th March, however, that the current legislative proposal to follow repeal of the Eighth - abortion on request up to 12 weeks' gestation - is quite restrictive and that people might be concerned (like Simon Coveney) only to safeguard this legislation from future political interference.

The evidence from other countries suggests otherwise. Firstly, 90% of all abortions are carried out in the first 12 weeks. Secondly, we can expect about 12,000 abortions per year here if this legislation is passed. I arrived at this figure of 12,000 by examining what happened in Portugal after they had a referendum and introduced a very similar change (abortion up to 10 weeks) in 2007. Their official abortion figures were about 1200 in 2006, 7000 in 2007 and 18,000 in 2008.The figure of 18,000 abortions for Portugal translates to about 12,000 abortions for Ireland.

In short, what the government is proposing here will likely lead to 11,000 Irish abortions in the first 12 weeks and an additional 1000 abortions, for various reasons, thereafter. At present, we have about 3500 Irish abortions performed abroad, and about another 1000 abortions from imported abortion pills. Thus, far from being a moderate proposal, this legislation will likely nearly treble our annual abortions here, from 4500 at present to 12,000 in a few years' time.

Yours sincerely JIM STACK Lismore

Government chose Holy Week to announce referendum Dear Editor, I FIND it extraordinary that the Government chose one of the most important weeks in the Christian calendar, namely Holy Week, to announce a date for a referendum to consider the introduction of a process aimed at killing our living but unborn children. Over 2,000 years ago a Roman Leader, Pontius Pilate, gave into the demands of a baying crowd and sentenced an innocent man, Jesus Christ, to death. And now we have a Government aiding and abetting a small group of similarly demanding people whose lust for death will be never ending.

All animal and plant species replicate themselves to survive. Human beings are supposed to be at the top end of all living species for being able to apply a superior form of thinking to our actions. Yet we now have a Government who want the Irish people to consider pressing the self-destruct button.

The Taoiseach, Leo Varadker, at the press conference to launch his Government’s intention to hold the referendum, said first that it was a “child” and then changed to the term “foetus” that we would be asked to kill. As a doctor he clearly knows what this is about, the taking of innocent lives. Alongside him at the launch were Katherine Zappone, ironically the Minister for Children and Simon Harris, ironically the Minister for Health.

No member of this unholy triumvirate will be at the cutting edge when it comes to the killing of our unborn children should this referendum go through. Like Pilate, they will be washing their hands of that action too.What they want is for our doctors and nurses, known worldwide for their life saving skills, to become killers as well.

So that in two adjoining maternity beds you could have one team working to save an unborn child’s life and another planning on how to take a life.

What a long way down we have come as a nation, from once valuing all human life to possibly now considering which living but unborn child will not have the opportunity to live his or her natural life to the full, who will not have the opportunity to breath our Irish air, to dance, to play, to be celebrated as one of our own and to be a part of our Nation’s future.

None of the pro-abortion people I have ever met have a single life-affirming story of abortion to tell. And they want more of it.Where does their lust for the death of the our unborn children end?

In 17th and 18th century black people were regarded as being less than human and this demeaning attitude meant they were treated as slaves. In the 1940s in Nazi Germany a similar attitude led to the slaughter of 6 million people in concentration camps. And now we have a small coterie of people in this fair island who want us to believe that our living but unborn children are not human until they are born! No mother ever talks about being pregnant with a clump of cells. She and everyone around her talks about her baby!

When a pregnant woman goes to the UK seeking an abortion she carries in her womb not a potential human being but a human being with potential, a son or a daughter, a grandchild, a cousin, a nephew or a niece.

Two human beings go abroad but only one comes home.

Women have the unique gift of bringing new life into this world. Mothers and their children should be treasured. Irish men have a role to play too, after all it takes two to make a child. Most men are only too happy to embrace fatherhood and welcome new life into this world. Holding a newly born baby is an unique and life affirming experience. It is time that all Irish men stood up for life instead of seeking to aid and abet those who want to destroy it.

We have a once in a lifetime chance to act to retain a constitutional provision that not only preserves life but has already saved many others. Don’t throw it away.

Please vote No on May 25th.

Regards, FINTAN J. POWER

Injustice to the most vunerable Dear Sir, IF you take the deception that the baby in the womb is not a living human being, add the delusion that we can best help women who experience crisis in their pregnancies by providing abortion as an option, and then subtract from the debate any assessment of the depth or scale of the human impact as evidenced world wide, and finally zero out the reality of the actual procedures involved, then you have a formula that adds up to legalising the deepest injustice in the most vulnerable, the unborn.

It’s a question life or death, and our Government and lobby groups have put us in the position where we must choose. We are leaving the path open to future rainbow coalitions of every hue and none to legislate for private abortion clinics to turn it into a business in the service of the culture of death.

Not voting is avoiding the question and choosing death by default. Choosing death for the unborn by stripping them of the fundamental right to life just does not add up.

Yours faithfully, KIRSTEN McCARTHY, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Is it right to intentionally end the life of the unborn?

Dear Sir, THERE are still two months or so to go until the referendum, but I have to admit I have already decided in favour of retaining the current constitutional position. I have given the matter serious consideration and my mind keeps coming back to the same question: Is it right to intentionally end the life of an innocent and defenceless unborn child when both its life and that of its mother can be preserved? I believe not.

There are two lives in pregnancy, and the law and constitution presently deny anybody the right to deliberately end either of them. No matter how imperfect, at least it is a genuine attempt to assign an appropriate level of dignity to a life whose level of development on that precarious journey from conception to birth and beyond, makes it an easy target.

The proposed constitutional change will allow the Dail to leglislate for facilitating the deliberate and premature destruction of all such innocent life, for all reasons and for none. Please don't try to tell me this is about justice, fairness, equality or compassion. This is our last chance. It is theirs as well.

Yours faithfully, JOY O'DRISCOLL, Inniscarra, Co. Cork.

An unappealable death sentance Dear Sir, TO listen to some campaigners for repeal of the 8th amendment you would get the impression that those of us who want to protect it believe the nonsensical notion that abortion would somehow become compulsory for pregnant women.

A surely unintended consequence of that line of argument, however, is that it may focus minds on the fact that once a woman has chosen the path of abortion, it does in fact become, for the baby, a compulsory, unappealable, death sentence.

Yours, ANNA WALSH, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford

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MARIE FLYNN (nee Davis) Barrack Street, Tallow With sincere sorrow and regret we record the passing of Marie Flynn (nee Davis), Barrack Street,Tallow, Co.Waterford, loving wife of the late Paddy Flynn which sad event occurred unexpectedly on 26th February, 2018, whilst visiting her brother Mick in Manchester.

Lying in repose at Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Home, Tallow, on Wednesday, 7th March, where funeral prayers were recited by Rev. Fr. M. Cullinane, P.P., in the presence of her loving family, relatives, neighbours and friends before removal took place to the Church of Immaculate Conception,Tallow. On arrival her remains were received and blessed by Rev. Fr. G. McNamara, P.P. On Thursday morning Funeral Mass was celebrated by Rev. Fr. G. McNamara, P.P. Symbols representing her life were presented to the altar by grand-daughter Johanna Houlihan and great-grandson Tommy Houlihan, a cross necklace and Rosary Beads, representing her faith and €2 All Cash scratch card, the last thing she looked for from the hospital bed.

Readings during the Mass were recited by grand-daughter Clodagh Flynn and son-in-law Alan Carter. Prayers of the Faithful were read by grandsons Conor and Shane Flynn, Jack Houlihan and Robert Crowley.The Offertory Gifts were presented to the altar by daughters Colette Carter and Eileen Crowley. A lovely selection of music and hymns were provided throughout the Mass by soloist Mary PeddarDaly.

Following Funeral Mass, a cremation service took place at the Island Crematorium in Cork, where the Liam Clancy rendition of the “Streets of London” and Frank Patterson’s of “Danny Boy”, two of Marie’s favourite songs, were played. On 24th March, Rev. Fr. G. McNamara, P.P., held a small ceremony in the Church of the Immaculate Conception graveyard, and Elvis sang “No More” as her ashes were buried with her husband, the late Paddy Flynn.

“Let's be sweethearts again and then let us part no more.”

May we extend our deepest sympathy to her loving son John; daughters Ann Bettany, Mary Houlihan, Eileen Crowley and Colette Carter; brothers Mick and Tommy Davis; daughter-in-law Bernie; sons-in-law John Bettany, Luke Houlihan, Michael Crowley and Alan Carter; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends.

The Flynn family would like to thank those who sympathised with the family; those that sent Mass cards and flowers; the Doctors and Nurses at Manchester Royal Infirmary who cared for her in her final days. They would also like to thank Carmel Daly who cared for her on a daily basis and her neighbours in Tallow who were always looking out for her; Rev. Fr. G. McNamara, P.P.; the altar servers; Joan, Sean and James Clancy for the food after the Funeral Mass; to Aidan Walsh and Sons, Funerals Directors, many thanks to all.

Month’s Mind Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, 7th April, at 6:30 p.m. in The Church of Immaculate, Conception, Tallow.

May she Rest In Peace.

(Funeral arrangements by Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Directors, Cappoquin & Tallow).

AUSTIN (Austie) CASEY New Line, Bonmahon With deep regret we record the passing of Austin Casey which sad event occurred on Tuesday, March 27th, 2018.

Removal from Drohan’s Funeral Home on Sunday morning, Easter Sunday to the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Faha.

Following Funeral Mass on arrival celebrated by Fr. Condon, P.P., assisted by Fr. Enright, P.E.; Fr. Lucey, P.E., burial took place in the adjoining cemetery.

To his family and relatives we extend our deepest sympathy.

(Funeral arrangements by Tom Drohan, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

MARY WELDON (nee Cummins) Union Road, Kilmacthomas With profound sorrow we record the passing of Mary Weldon which sad event occurred on Holy Thursday, 29th March, 2018.

Removal was from her residence on Easter Sunday to the Holy Cross Church, Stradbally. Following Funeral Mass on arrival, celebrated by Fr. Condon, P.P., assisted by Fr. Enright, P.E., burial took place in the adjoining cemetery.

To her husband Paul and family we extend our deepest sympathy.

(Funeral arrangements by Tom Drohan, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

OBITUARY/NEWS BIDDY DROHAN (nee Boland) Ballinroad, Dungarvan

59 ALAN JORDAN Plymouth and formerly of McCarthyville, Abbeyside

It is with profound feelings of deep sorrow and regret that we write on the passing of Biddy Drohan (nee Boland), Ballinroad, Dungarvan, and formerly of Inchindrisla, Kilgobinet, which occurred peacefully at her residence on Sunday, 25th March, in the tender care of her loving family.

A lady of deep faith, Biddy was devoted to the Mass and the Sacraments. She truly lived the Christian message in word and deed.

Family and friends were the cornerstone of Biddy's life and her passing has left a huge void that cannot be filled.

Lying in repose at her home on Tuesday, 27th March, large numbers of people came to console the bereaved and bid farewell to a highly respected member of the community.

Funeral prayers were recited by Rev. Fr. Ned Hassett, P.P., before removal took place to St. Laurence's Church, Ballinroad.

Requiem Mass was celebrated on Wednesday morning by Rev. Fr. Ned Hassett, P.P., throughout the Mass a beautiful selection of hymns and music was provided by Ballinroad Choir.

After Mass Biddy was laid to rest in the adjoining Cemetery in the presence of her loving family, relatives, neighbours and many friends.

Biddy is predeceased by her loving husband Sean; parents Annie and Laurence Boland; sisters Anne Sinnott, Mary Foley and Peggy Moloney and her brother Christy.

We express our heartfelt sympathy to Biddy's daughters Cait, Ann and Brid; sons-in-law Frankie and Jim Ryan and James Veale; grandchildren Darrell, Richard, Emma, Jamie, Ciara and Kate; great grandchildren Fianna and Faye; sisters Alice, Kay, Statia and Ita; brothers Patie and Lar and extended family, relatives and friends. May she rest in peace.

Months Mind Mass for Biddy will be celebrated on Sunday, 29th April, at 10.00 a.m. in St. Laurence's Church, Ballinroad.

We record with feelings of deep sorrow and regret the passing of Alan Jordan which occurred on Tuesday, 27th February. Predeceased by his brother Kevin, we extend our heartfelt sympathy to Alan’s parents Renie and Billy; brothers Liam, David, Pat, Philip and Ross; extended family, other relatives and friends.

Alan lay in repose at the Kiely Funeral Home, Dungarvan, on Tuesday, 3rd April. In the presence of his loving family, relatives and friends the Rosary was recited. Requiem Mass in thanksgiving for Alan’s life will be celebrated on Wednesday, 4th April, at 11.00 a.m. in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan and afterwards Alan will be laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

(Funeral arrangements by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).

Daniel thanks people of Waterford for helping him stay in school as people are reminded to return their Trócaire boxes

(Funeral Arrangements by Tom Drohan, Funeral Director, Dungarvan).

St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan Second Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35 - United, heart and soul.

1 John 5:1-6 - Anyone who has been begotten by God has already overcome the world.

John 20:19-31 - Eight days later Jesus came.

Pope Francis is Coming to Ireland! ‘I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today’s audience, particularly those from Wales, Ireland, Norway, Japan and the United States of America. I offer a special greeting to the Irish pilgrims accompanying the icon of the Ninth World Meeting of Families, to be celebrated in Dublin in August…..On the occasion of the upcoming World Meeting of Families, I intend to visit Dublin on 25th and 26th August this year. I thank the civil authorities, the bishops, the archbishop of Dublin, and all those who collaborate in preparing this trip. Thank you!’

Pope Francis, General Audience, St. Peter’s Square, Rome, 21st March 2108.

8 Hours With The Lord in St. Mary’s Church, Dungarvan on Saturday, April 7th (Eve of Divine Mercy Sunday) from 11.00 a.m. until 7.00 p.m. April 7th: Easter Saturday Mass: 11.00 a.m. Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament throughout the day from 11.30 a.m. until 7.00 p.m. Confessions: 11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. It is hoped that people will be present at all times during the day.

There is a sheet available in the church which breaks the time down into half hour segments. Please pledge a half hour or more.

Save the 8th, Save Lives. Does life begin at conception? Yes. But this is not just a question of belief – it is a scientific fact. At the moment of conception a new, unique human being with his or her own DNA comes into existence. In recent years, amazing advances in ultrasound tech-

nology provide us with a window into the womb and reveal the truth that the unborn child is undeniably one of us – a human being and much more than ‘a clump of cells’. In the past some people may have pleaded ignorance to the humanity of life in the womb but today we no longer have this excuse.’ Choose Life 2018.

Issue No. 1.

Dates to Remember Sunday, 8th April, Divine Mercy Sunday. Confessions 2.30 p.m. followed by Mass.

Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help begins on Monday, 9th April at 7.30 p.m. and continues for 9 Mondays.

Marriage Jubilee Mass, Saturday, 19th May at 7.30 p.m.

Graveyard Mass, Saturday, 26th May, Mass at 7.30 p.m., followed by blessing of graves.

Confirmation, Saturday, April 21st at 11.00 a.m.

First Holy Communions: St. Mary’s, Saturday 28th April at 11.00 a.m.

St. Joseph’s, Saturday, 5th May at 11.00 a.m. Glenbeg/Carriglea, Saturday, 12th May at 11.00 a.m.

Easter Week.

Monday, 2nd until Saturday 7th April: 11.00 a.m. Mass only in St. Mary’s Parish Church.

Blessed Sacrament Chapel to reopen on Tuesday, 17th April St. Joseph’s Chapel, Dungarvan Community Hospital. No weekday Mass until Monday, 9th April.

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.

Daniel (on left) with his family in Uganda.

[Mark Stedman]

A YOUNG man from Uganda has thanked people in Co. Waterford for their donations which have meant he has been able to continue his education. In 2012, at the age of nine, Daniel Okweng featured on the Trócaire box as part of that year’s Lenten appeal.

Now Daniel is a 15-year-old teenager. His home is a simple hut in northern Uganda and his family is among the survivors of one of the worst massacres perpetrated by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) during the 20 years of terror the rebel group inflicted on the region.

Daniel was 18 months old at the time when over 300 people were killed in his village of Barlonyo on 21st Feb 2004.

Trócaire helped many families returning after the war to get their farms and small enterprises functioning again. “When Trócaire came here, we had no hope,” says Daniel’s mum Betty, explaining how the charity helped her and her husband Joel to reclaim their farm and introduce new techniques to ensure better harvests.

The support Daniel's family received meant that he and his siblings could go to school. Education is the most important thing for Daniel’s parents as it is the only way they can prevent their children from returning to a life of struggle and poverty.

Daniel says he’d like to come to Ireland some day and see a few of the faces who know his from the Trócaire box, but in the meantime, he’s a young man determined to make the most of his chance at staying in school.

Eamonn Meehan,Trócaire’s Executive Director, said, “Daniel’s story is a great example of the very real difference donations made here at home during Lent can make in some of the world’s poorest places.

The work in Uganda, and many other developing countries, is only possible because of the generous donations made by people in Co. Waterford and across Ireland. Parishes across the country will receive returned Trócaire boxes from this week.We would be extremely grateful if anyone who has a Trócaire box at home or in work could kindly drop it back to their local parish and we can start putting these generous donations into action.”

Trócaire boxes can now be returned to Parishes across County Waterford.

FARMING Big Week On The Farm RTÉ’s live award-winning farm show ‘Big Week on the Farm’ is back for a third series - and this time, we’re heading to County Waterford! Ella McSweeney and Áine Lawlor, will present the show, LIVE from 7.00 p.m. each night from a purpose built studio on the fields of the O’Sullivan Family’s dairy farm, in the Deise County. With a coastal location and female farmer this year, Big Week on the Farm promises to entertain and educate like never before.

Early April, is one of the busiest times of the year for farmers, as the land welcomes new life once again. From April 9th, every evening at 7.00 p.m., Ella McSweeney, Áine Lawlor, and celebrity guest presenters, Deirdre O’Kane, Alison Spittle, Sean O’Brien and Lee Chin will descend on the O’Sullivan family’s dairy farm, amidst the chaos of spring calving and milking.

The Big Week on the Farm studio will play host to a 150strong live studio audience, in a field overlooking Dungarvan Bay where the cattle of Gillian and Neil O’Sullivan usually graze.

Gillian and Neil and their children Fionn (6), Hannah (4) and Tim (2), are our host farmers this year.The family have been farming for generations and Gillian’s father and mother Marianne & Michael Wall are still heavily involved in the farm.

The O’Sullivan farm and surrounding area is home to a vast array of wildlife. From the adjacent woodland which is alive with squirrels, pine martens and woodland birds to the coastal spoonbills who dig into the sand with their bills and push the mud through their spoon shaped bills and curlews, oyster catchers,

RTE One, nightly at 7.00 p.m.

Monday 9th April to Friday, April 13th EVERY episode will feature: at least one celebrity guest and one expert per night, there will be two LIVE broadcasts from ‘satellite farms’ around the country as well as interesting and fun features including ‘The Secret Life of…’ and a hidden camera following various animals as well as challenges and demos LIVE in studio.

Episode 1, RTÉ One, April 9th at 7.00 p.m.

Ella McSweeney and Áine Lawlor are joined by guest presenter, comedian and actress Deirdre O’Kane for the first episode of Big Week on the Farm, LIVE from the O’Sullivan family farm in Waterford. We’ll take a look inside the secret world of the much maligned crow family, we experience the beauty and excitement of wildlife on the beach and we show Farmer Gillian O’Sullivan how the farm of the future may thrive using robots and artificial intelligence. The farm in Waterford will play host to a 150-hundred strong audience, but with a live-link up to a sheep farm, on the first night of the show, will we have a live lambing?

Neil and Gillian O’Sullivan gulls, Brent geese and peregrine falcons to the otters who occupy the rivers and coastal waters, with the help of animal behaviour experts, hidden cameras and drones, the O’Sullivan family will learn about the covert lives of some of Ireland’s most fascinating wild animals.

In unique and beautifully filmed footage, Big Week on the Farm will look at the secret lives of farm animals, as we peer inside the world of the misunderstood crow and witness one of the cleverest of the species. We will follow the life of the calf from birth to separation from the mother, and we see what happens when a roosters coop is invaded by a potential competitor.

Featured in this years series for the first time will be a look into the secret life of the Vet. We follow a vet as he attempts to deliver

Darragh McCullough, Aine Lawlor, Ella McSweeney and Helen Carroll.

a calf by Caesarian section – can he preserve the life of both cow and calf as we witness the arrival of new life? Also he takes us through a seemingly routine hernia removal but as with all procedures potentially fatal danger is never far away.

Meanwhile, our location presenters Darragh McCullough and Helen Carroll will be broadcasting live from ten different farms across the country; two different farms a night! They’ll witness the makeover of a cow as it is prepared for a live sale at an evening mart, the difficulties of being the only producer based on an island, the girls school which is rearing Aberdeen Angus Cows and a world record attempt to gather the largest collection of Massey Ferguson tractors in one place to name a few.

Big Week on the Farm will

also explore new technologies in farming, as researchers from around the world uncover how the farm of the future may be inhabited by a selection of robots and artificial intelligence. We also find out how to produce a real steak without an animal dying. We uncover a farm which is underground in London and can deliver from farm to shop in a matter of minutes, the dangers of soil depletion and using ground-breaking and worldleading research here in Ireland we analyse the effect of sensory stimulation and confusion in the production of the ultimate steak.

Following from the huge success of previous year’s sheep shearing Guinness World Record with Ivan Scott, and the World Tractor reversing record which is currently held by last year’s host farmer Patrick Shalvey this year, the Big Week on the Farm team will be hoping to break more Guinness World Records, while our celebrity guests aim to beat actor, musician and comedian Pat Shortt’s current hand milking record in ‘Pull the Udder One’ after his huge success in the milking challenge last year.

Each night, on Big Week on the Farm, Ella, Áine and celebrity guests will present live studio demos, discussions, dissections, hatchings and births. From calving, to lambing and laying, Big Week on the Farm provides the nation with real-time access to the incredible lives of Ireland’s farm animals and farmers. Join us as the drama unfolds every night, April 9th-13th, from 7.00 p.m. on RTÉ One. Viewers can tweet us @RTEOne using the hashtag #onthefarm or email us at onthefarm@rte.ie or snapchat us with their videos, photographs and messages for broadcast.

Episode 2, RTÉ One, April 10th at 7.00 p.m.

Guest presenter Marty Whelan joins hosts Ella McSweeney and Áine Lawlor for day two of Big Week on the Farm, live from Gillian O’Sullivan’s farm in Waterford, where we will see if it is possible to create artificial beef and ask the question would you eat it? Plus we follow a vet who in the course of performing a routine op on a cow finds something very sinister and we visit Roscommon evening mart for a sale, but only after a makeover. And in the busy maternity ward of the O’Sullivan’s farm, will we have a live calving?

Episode 3, RTÉ One, April 11th at 7.00 p.m.

Top Wexford hurler Lee Chin will join Ella McSweeney and Áine Lawlor as they host day three of Big Week on the Farm, live from O’Sullivan’s farm in Waterford, where we will be eavesdropping on the plentiful wildlife that lives in local woodland. We’ll be analysing the secret life of the calf and experiencing the challenges and difficulties of farming life on a farm on a small island and we check the Waterford soil to assess the dangers of soil Farmageddon. But will one of Gillian’s pregnant heifers give birth while we’re on air?

Episode 4, April 12th, RTÉ One at 7.00 p.m.

Actress, writer and comedian Alison Spittle will be our guest presenter on day four of Big Week on the Farm, as she joins hosts Ella McSweeney and Áine Lawlor live from Gillian O’Sullivan’s farm in Waterford. We’ll be checking out the value of poo and finding a highly productive farm which exists entirely underground. Location presenter Darragh McCullough joins the students from Laurel Hill School in Limerick who are rearing Aberdeen Angus cows – will the live weigh in reveal the good news of substantial weight gain? And Helen Carroll is in Kildare, where she will be part of a live world record attempt to create the largest procession of Massy Ferguson tractors ever seen. Will we see the birth of a calf, live on air?

Episode 5, April 13th, RTÉ One, at 7.00 p.m.

On the last day of Big Week on the Farm special guest Ireland and Leinster star Sean O’Brien joins Ella McSweeney and Áine Lawlor, on the O’Sullivan family farm in Co. Waterford, where Goillian goes in search of local otters, we follow the bloody and confrontational secret life of the rooster, visit a farm on top of a school building in the middle of the city and get to peek behind the gates of a very private residence. But will we have one last birth before the week is out? *****THE ABOVE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*****

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

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IFA MEETS UK FARM LEADERS ON SHARED BREXIT CONCERNS WITH a year to go to ‘Brexit Day’, March 29th 2019, IFA President Joe Healy has warned that rapid progress in the withdrawal agreement negotiations is needed to avoid a disastrous nodeal scenario and UK cheap food policy.

Joe Healy said, “While the transition period agreed earlier this month gives some certainty, that will only apply if agreement is reached on all other matters by October and approved within the next 12 months. Otherwise, we reach a cliff edge drop into the unknown that would be disastrous for all sides.”

In the discussions on the future relationship between the EU and the UK, the key area of trade is vital for Irish farmers, Joe Healy said.

“It is clear that the agri-food sector is set to become a major battleground in the negotiations on the future relationship

between the EU and the UK. The Irish Government must prioritise our requirement that the UK maintains full regulatory alignment with the EU’s standards and common external tariff in the area of agriculture and food. Full regulatory alignment is necessary to avoid a hard border in Ireland and deliver the closest possible trading relationship between the EU and the UK, which is an outcome both sides have prioritised.

“The ideal solution is for the UK to remain in the Single Market and Customs Union.

Short of this, we need an agreed framework whereby the UK remains fully aligned to European standards and trade policy. Our objective must be no border on the island of Ireland and no border in the Irish Sea. Otherwise, farm incomes will be hit and thousands of jobs lost in rural Ireland.”

IFA MEETS UK FARM LEADERS IFA President Joe Healy recently met with UK farm leaders to discuss shared concerns about the implications of Brexit on the Irish and UK agri-food sectors and to co-ordinate the approach of farm leaders to the negotiations.

He said it is clear that Irish and UK farmers are absolutely united in the desire to avoid a hard border and in their view that it would be devastating for farmers and very bad for consumers if the UK was to cut its standards and aim for a cheap food policy.

The meeting was attended by Minette Batters, NFU President; Barclay Bell, UFU President; John Davies, NFU Wales President; and, Andrew McCornick, NFU Scotland President.

Joe Healy said there is a strong view among all the farm leaders

that farming and food issues must be at to the top of the list in Brexit negotiations considerations. He said that as well as maintaining the closest possible tariff-free trading relationship for agri-food with the UK, it is important that an agreement is reached that maintains the value of the UK market for Irish farmers. “Any outcome that allows the UK to set their own standards and cut tariffs on food imports from third countries would seriously devalue the British market for Irish agri-food exports and in turn destabilise the European food market.

“We need to avoid a scenario where the British market is open to cheaper, inferior food products such as Brazilian beef, hormoned US beef or chlorinated chicken that displace or undermine our high quality Irish food exports produced to the highest EU standards.”

Minister in denial on fodder IFA President Joe Healy has said that Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed’s comments that it is every farmer’s individual responsibility to resolve their fodder difficulties indicates a Minister who is in denial of the serious situation that now exists on farms across the country.

“The fodder crisis, which has been evident in the north-west for months, has now spread

to many other parts of the country where grass growth has come to a standstill and fodder supplies are being depleted,” Joe Healy said.

“The response to date of a fodder transport subsidy has not worked. Very few farmers have applied, given the complex bureaucracy attached to the scheme.

“Fodder supplies had been available in the

southern half of the country but these are now gone, and the only option for the Minister at this point is a meal voucher scheme to support farmers to feed their stock.

“At this critical moment, the Minister should show solidarity with those farmers who have difficulties and help them through this period,” Joe Healy concluded.

Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Bull Sale SATURDAY, 14th APRIL 2.00 p.m.

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Inaugural Aberdeen Angus Bull Sale SATURDAY, 14th April, 2018, sees a momentous day for The Crown Herd of Woodhouse Estate in Co. Waterford they are hosting their inaugural Aberdeen Angus bull sale.

The Woodhouse Estate was acquired in 2012 by Mr. Jim Thompson an American business man with family links to Stradbally in Co. Waterford.

After a major period of restoration of the house and farmland Mr.Thompson decided to put together a pedigree herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle. The project was overseen by Estate Manager Kristina White and over

a period of 4 months the herd was brought together.

The Aberdeen Angus cows calved for the first time on the Woodhouse Estate in 2016 and the bulls are now been offered for sale in what Ms. White envisages as becoming an annual event. Mr. Thompson also instructed the development and restoration of the old walled gardens, greenhouses and walks throughout the estate.

The auction will be carried out by Mr. George Candler from Kilkenny starting promptly at 2.00 p.m.; enquiries to 087 6167021.

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Teagasc BEEF Filling the gap to grass We have come through a long harsh Winter and grass growth is much slower than usual. With silage stocks depleted, the issue is: how do we fill the gap to grass? Faced with this alarming scenario, what can we do?

1. Spread nitrogen (N) at 30 to 40 units per acre on all grassland. If your phosphorus and potassium (P and K) levels are low, grass will respond better to using a compound fertiliser rather than straight N. If P and K levels are adequate, urea or CAN will suffice.

2. Prepare to graze as much silage ground as necessary.

3. Set up temporary grazing systems, including water supply, to maximise grass utilisation.

4. Avoid turn out to bare pastures or very light covers. Allow some accumulation of grass before grazing.

“It takes grass to grow grass”.

5.Where some but not enough grass is available, it is more sensible to have some animal groups at grass and some on Winter feed, rather than having all animal groups at grass with supplementary feed.This will only increase field damage and delay regrowth.

6. Buy in appropriate feed to bridge the gap to grass.

7. Cattle near to finish could be fed high concentrate diets and sold as soon as possible.

8. Consider off-loading stores/yearlings. It might be a month or two sooner than you might like but it will help cashflow and reduce the feed demand.

Buying feed Feed can be bought as roughage or concentrate. Roughage is difficult to source, is variable in quality, costly and cumbersome to transport. The real risk with silage this Spring is that digestibility and protein levels are poor and that you should plan on it being in the poorer quality bracket when you are making up diets and levels of supplementation. The preferred option in most cases is to buy concentrate feed to supplement scarce fodder until grass is available.

The principles are straightforward: 1. Cattle need a minimum amount of roughage to ensure healthy rumen function (see tables below).

2. High performance is not a requirement: maintenance plus minimal growth (0.2- 0.4kg/day) is the objective for yearlings/stores.

3. Maintenance of milk production without excessive weight loss is the target for suckler cows.

4. Because we do not have high performance targets, some cheaper feeds can have a role in this emergency feeding situation.

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

Managing livestock nutrition in current weather conditions TEAGASC has set up a Forage Register to help farmers who have run out of silage and other fodder to source supplies from those with a surplus. Farmers who have silage they can sell are invited to ring their Teagasc office to get it listed on the register. Teagasc will text all clients asking them to register any supplies of fodder they may have on regional fodder registers.

Teagasc will compile a list of names, telephone numbers and details of forage available and will make the list available to farmers in the market for forage.

This was one of the key actions to emerge from a meeting of industry stakeholders to discuss the current weather related difficulties being experienced on farms. Representatives from Teagasc, the Department of

Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the major dairy cooperatives met in Moorepark, Thursday, 29th March to review the situation.

Speaking after the meeting, Dermot McCarthy, Head of the Teagasc advisory service said; “Given the late Spring and slow grass growth rates it will be essential for many farmers to budget feed to meet the minimum roughage requirement of stock for the next 3 to 4 weeks.

To achieve this, it is important to act now and complete a feed budget which will indicate how much silage can be fed on a daily basis to stock to stretch the feed and how the balance of requirements can be met from grass and supplements. On balance, most people need to be feeding more meals to fill the gap.”

READER’S QUERIES

Rations Rations for cows rearing calves on hay - or straw-based diets, and for all animals fed on straw as roughage, should contain 18-20% crude protein as fed. All other situations are satisfactorily catered for at about 14-16% crude protein. Cow rations should be fortified with pre- or post- calving minerals as appropriate, and these must never be confused or omitted. Most feed compounders have a range of rations available for cattle, and in general the cheaper, lower specification compounds will suffice for this purpose where the low level of protein is required (14%). Looking for very specific individual formulations adds unnecessary cost for the compounder, which will be passed on to the feeder.

Body condition of suckler cows Cows that are calved this Spring need particular attention. Their body condition cannot be allowed to slip in the run up to the breeding season. Cows that are thin will be slower to come on heat and this will have implications in getting them back in calf. Older thin cows and first calvers will be under most pressure and need at least 2kg of meal where silage is not limited and they remain indoors. Hopefully the weather will improve quickly, and stock can be got out to grass where they can rapidly gain body condition.

How much feed?

Tables 1, 2 and 3 outline the feed requirements of various classes of stock. The feed levels in the tables are appropriate for animals in good condition; add 1kg to the concentrate allowance where cattle are thin.

Careful monitoring of the body condition of your stock is critical during this period.

The assumption is that the feeding period will not be longer than four weeks. Longer periods could lead to stunting of growing animals or rebreeding problems in suckler cows. It will be necessary to watch carefully the condition of cows; in particular, severe weight loss should not be allowed to happen.

Question: I am a GLAS 3 participant. I have not taken soil tests for my plan as firstly, the land was too wet and secondly, I then spread slurry when things improved a bit and then didn’t take them as the results may be off.

I was supposed to have a nutrient management plan submitted by the 31st March. I believe that my payment will now be delayed due to the absence of this plan. Is it possible to have a plan prepared without the soil tests being taken? I need to get all I can, given the spring we’ve had!

Can you please advise?

Answer: Some fellas will get the whole year out of this Spring! Given that you joined GLAS 3 in December 2016 it should have allowed you ample time to take soil samples.

Unfortunately a lot of these GLAS type schemes are often seen as top-ups or supplementary income and one can easily forget that you must sow to reap.

The news isn’t all bad though.You can have your nutrient management plan submitted using P-Index 3 for the present. This should allow you to receive all the payments that are due to you under GLAS; however soil tests and an amended nutrient management plan will have to be submitted before the 31st December, 2018. Failure to comply with this deadline would see you removed from the scheme and all monies received would have to be paid back. You have been warned! I trust this will clear things up for you.

Tip of the Week: The school holidays are now here. Put your family first and be farm safety aware!

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TERENCE MORRISSEY Send your queries to: Dungarvan Observer, Shandon, Dungarvan,Co. Waterford, or to Morrissey & Associates, Mweelnahorna, Ring, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

Dr Siobhan Kavanagh,Teagasc Regional Advisory manager for Carlow, Wicklow and Wexford, said; “Grass growth this Spring has been less than 50% of normal. Nitrogen fertilizer should be applied immediately to ensure maximum grass growth once temperatures begin to rise towards normal levels. Farmers need to be flexible and get stock out to graze dry ground, when possible. However, all farmers should avoid starting the second grazing rotation until mid-April at the earliest.”

Farmers are invited to contact their local Teagasc office to request assistance in completing fodder budgets. Fodder clinics are also planned to take place in local offices. Support over the phone will be provided by Teagasc advisors.

Weather crisis requires emergency action initiative from Minister Creed IFA President Joe Healy has insisted Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed pull together an emergency response to tackle the fodder and income crisis on farms due to the unprecedented weather conditions this spring.

Mr. Healy said that the extreme weather conditions are causing havoc and untold stress at farm level, “The situation is close to a national emergency on farms, and we need an emergency response. The Minster has to call together all the stakeholders involved as a matter of urgency.”

“The weather over the Easter weekend has left farmers reeling at a time when they really needed a period of good weather to get things moving,” he said.

“Poor grass growth because of cold weather and wet conditions in fields due to huge rainfall has meant that farmers who are already under pressure for fodder have had to keep their animals indoors at a time when they should be out on grass.” he said.

“We’re now into April and with the terrible conditions over the weekend, the situation is at crisis point in almost all parts of the country,” he said.

“Minister Creed told the Dail last week that fodder was a matter for each individual farmer and that he was monitoring the situation.That response is simply not good enough,” he said.

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

FARMING

Major IFA-EU Commission Event on CAP 2010 with Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan ‘MAKING CAP 2020 WORK FOR YOU’ – FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH AT 7.00 P.M. IN O’LOUGHLIN GAELS GAA CLUB, KILKENNY ‘MAKING CAP 2020 Work for You’ is the theme of a major IFA–EU Commission Citizens’ Dialogue event to be held on Fri, April 20th in Kilkenny.

Inviting all farmers, agri-business and the general public to attend, IFA President Joe Healy said IFA has organised this major event with the EU Commission and the keynote speaker will be the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan.

Joe Healy said this is a unique opportunity for farmers to hear at first hand the views of Commissioner Hogan on his recent proposals on the future of

the CAP. He said CAP is critical for Irish farmers and farm incomes; and provides €1.75bn directly into the Irish economy on an annual basis.

The IFA President said the major challenge to the CAP is the Budget. IFA is demanding an increase from 1% to 1.2% of GNI (Gross National Income) to provide for a strong increase in the CAP Budget.

He said a strong increase in the Budget is essential to close the income gap between farmers and others sectors in society and take account of inflation. In addition, he said any shortfall from Brexit must be made up by Member States and

the Budget must also reflect the recovery and growth in the European economy.

In the recent proposals from Commissioner Hogan on the CAP, major changes are outlined on subsidiarity and a new delivery model around direct payments, simplification, young farmers and generational renewal, and tackling the imbalance on the food chain.

The IFA is organising this event in conjunction with the EU Commission and it will take place in the O’Loughlin Gaels GAA Clubhouse in Kilkenny, commencing at 7.00 pm, on Friday, April 20th.

The main event will involve a

debate between Commissioner Hogan and the IFA President Joe Healy on CAP 2020, moderated by Justin McCarthy, Editor of the Irish Farmers’ Journal. There will be a full question and answers session with audience participation.

There will also be a session involving key IFA Chairmen from Livestock, Dairy and Tillage as well as local industry representatives on the importance of the CAP to Irish farming and agri-business.

This is a free public event and advance registration is required.

Please book your place by visiting www.ifa.ie/CAP2020 or emailing CAP2020@ifa.ie

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Dungarvan Mart Prices Clashmore man to represent Waterford at Mr. Personality Festival EAMONN Keevers will represent Waterford at the 13th Annual Mr. Personality Festival which is being organised by Kilkenny County Macra na Feirme.

The festival will take place from the 20th-22nd April at the Springhill Court Hotel. The Festival has been kindly sponsored

by Kilkenny, Carlow and District Farm Relief Services. Eamonn is a 24 year old farmer. He is an active member of Kinsalebeg Macra na Feirme.

His hobbies and interests include enjoying romantic walks with his cows to and from the parlour, a nail biting game of rings and of course Junior B hurling on a Summer’s evening. He’s a man of many talents.

Eamonn believes he will make a good representative for Waterford because he is just a typical everyday nice guy. He has a jam packed weekend ahead of him!

The contestants will arrive at the Springhill Court Hotel at 6.00 p.m. on the 20th April, with the On-Stage Interviews starting at

Eamonn Keevers

9.00 p.m.The On-stage interviews will be conducted by our new MC for 2018, Mr Shane O’Keeffe. This will be followed by music by the much-anticipated band Hot Fuss and D.J. till late.

Eamonn will have an early start on Saturday morning with contestant challenges. After lunch each contestant will have their individual private interview with the judges.

On Saturday evening, Eamonn will be donning his suit and meeting with Kilkenny, Carlow and District Farm Relief Services and official photos will be taken.

This is followed by the Informal Banquet which will take place starting at 7.30 p.m. Deuces Wild will be playing hit after hit, until Mr. Personality 2018 is announced at 12 midnight. The DJ will be continuing the celebrations till the early morning.

Tickets for the banquet/restaurant can be booked by contacting Kerri in the Springhill Court Hotel on 056 7721122. There is an exclusive offer for Macra members, a weekend afters ticket can be purchased for only €20.

Full details are available on www.mrpersonality.ie.

On Sunday, 22nd April the Macra na Feirme National Volleyball Finals sponsored by the National Dairy Council will be held in The Watershed Kilkenny, making Kilkenny the place to be this weekend. Further information is available by contacting Liam Comerford on 086-4040682.

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DRY COWS 1 Fr. 785 kgs. made €1,285. 1 Fr. 650 kgs. made €990. 1 Fr. 670 kgs. made €950.

BULLOCKS 1 Sim. 650 kgs. made €1,270. 4 Lim. 425 kgs. made €1,140 each. 3 Lim. 393 kgs. made €1,080 each. 1 Lim. 470 kgs. made €1,000. 4 Char.

391 kgs. made €930. 4 Her. 374 kgs. made €845 each. 4 Char. 300 kgs. made €760 each. 5 Her. 261 kgs. made €580 each.

HEIFERS 1 Sim. 490 kgs. made €1,040. 4 Her. 462 kgs. made €930 each. 4 Bel Blues 326 kgs. made €810 each. 5 A.A. 434 kgs. made €865 each.

2 Her. 260 kgs. made €550 each.

CALVES Bulls: Fr. Bulls made from €45 to €90 and up to €130.

Aberdeen Angus Bulls made from €100 to €150 and up to €200.

Hereford Bulls made from €150 to €200 and up to €290.

Cont. Bulls made from €230 to €300 and up to €395.

Heifers: Aberdeen Angus Heifers made from €50 to €110 and up to €200.

Hereford Heifers made from €80 to €140 and up to €200.

Cont. Heifers made from €160 to €250.

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Déise Newsround Holy Week in the City of St. Cathaldus tomekeith@hotmail.com

HAD Ireland been anything but an impoverished country in the 17th and 18th Centuries and if the people had been free to practice their religion openly, then we might have developed a tradition of celebrating, Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter with great pageants like they have in Italy and Spain.

The best St. Patrick’s Day Parades in Ireland are left totally in the shade by the processions in even the most modest of Italian towns. The celebrations on the 10th May in Taranto, Southern Italy are extensive, colourful and deeply spiritual.

This beautiful city, which has a direct connection with the district of Dungarvan, which was the birthplace of their Patron Saint is a mixture of the ancient

and modern and is revered for its pageantry on the occasion of the great Christian Feasts.

Having attended the three days of celebrations for the Feast of St. Cathaldus from 8th to 10th May on several occasions, I witnessed at first hand the piety, the spirituality and intensity of the celebration for their Patron and Saint Protector, St. Cathaldus.

This saint, revered all over the Mediterranean countries, was born in Canty, Cappagh, six miles outside Dungarvan in 636 and ended his days in Taranto where he and his companions landed after being shipwrecked returning from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Last weekend, I asked Francesca Irpinia, my good friend from the City Architect’s

The white-robed 'Perduni', the sinners walk in pairs in the Taranto Procession.

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Department, in Taranto, to take some photographs specially for this column to show the pageantry of the Holy Week ceremonies in her city.

There are two extensive processions during Holy Week, which are attended by large numbers of people. On Palm Sunday, a week before Easter, the local fraternal orders bid in an auction and the winners are given the honour of carrying the statues of Christ during the Good Friday procession. Dressed in white robes and fully hooded, the members of the procession carry the statues barefoot around the city.

The first procession starts at midnight following Holy Thursday and continues until 3pm with a Liturgy portraying the Passion and the Death of

Jesus through the various stages.

The ceremony begins with the ritual washing of the feet, in memory of the Last Supper.

The Perduni, representing sinners are formally released.

They are presented as two brothers, descending from the Church of the Carmine, who walk through the tombs set up in various churches, re-enacting the historic pilgrimage of the faithful to Rome and walking barefoot, covering their heads with a hood, and wearing the traditional white cloaks. They bring with them objects, recalling the crucifixion. As the night approaches, they set out on their procession around the Churches of the city and conclude on the afternoon of Good Friday in order to allow the second procession to take place.

A depiction of Christ in the Tomb in the Good Friday Procession in Taranto, Italy.

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This procession is for the Mysteries, starting from the Church of the Carmine at 5.00 p.m. and ending the following day at 8 o’clock in the morning.

The beauty and authenticity of the procession reaches a climax when the Holy Statue of Jesus is covered by an ancient veil on which golden stars have been embroidered. Closing the religious ritual on Saturday morning one of the ‘perduni’ knocks three times against the doors of the Church, reaching the utmost silence for complete meditation as the holy statues return from the march.

These are spectacles and experiences to be seen to be believed and a visit to such places is to be recommended for

Francesca Irpinia, Taranto City Council who kindly acted as our interpreter and tour guide on our visit to the city some time ago.

those who feel they would benefit from seeing the events of Holy Week being enacted in a very realistic atmosphere.

This is what saddens me about the loss of our colourful festive religious occasions here in Ireland. St. Patrick survives, though in a commercial way; St. Brigid is briefly honoured through her special cross and the ‘Brat Bride’, the welcoming flag hung out on the night of 31st January.

The major Eucharistic processions have disappeared and only some schools retain the May Altar and the May Procession. Christmas is becoming more commercial than Christian and the October Devotions are all but gone as well.

The Papal visit will be the next test and we hope that the The Statue of Our Lady of Dolours in turnout for Pope Francis will be a respectable and respectful one. procession in Taranto, Italy.

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Th e b i tte r n e s s of t h e Sea r b h ú c h

SUCH is the enthusiasm for Dungarvan to do well and look well and score high in the Tidy Towns Competition, that even the younger generation want to make their contribution. Mary Kate Beresford, Leo Cunnage and Emma Beresford were out early making their contribution. With the added incentive and responsibility of Entente Florale this year, it has to be ‘all hands on deck’ to make Dungarvan a colour-

THE bitterly cold weather we experienced at Easter would have been explained in generations past by the work of the Searbhúch, the extension of the bad weather of March into April.

Known also as ‘the skinning of the cow’, it is said that March borrowed the first few days of April to continue the skinning of the cow, with her bitter winds. Hence the Searbhúch, or ‘time of bitter cold’.

Most likely there are variations of the name, the phrase, the pronunciation, the spelling and even the meaning in different parts of the county and country. With the bitterly cold wind and rain spilling over into April this year, taking much of the outdoor enjoyment from the Easter season and Spring, it seems appropriate to mark the unhappy occasion.

ful, spotless place in which to live and to where we can invite and please even the most discerning visitors. The Grattan Square Litter Pick on Friday last led by Dungarvan Tidy Towns Committee was an appropriate start of the Entente and Tidy Towns campaign and it is now up to us all to join in and do our bit, making sure we do not drop litter or even picking up a random crisp bag and disposing of it properly.

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BALLYSAGGART BEGINS WITH A BANG

THE BATTLE OF THE SAINTS IN AGLISH

DEISE LADIES BOOK A SPOT IN THE LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS

Ballysaggart 2-26; Ardmore 2-10.

St. Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1-12; St. Olivers 1-8

Waterford 2-9; Armagh 2-8.

CAUSEWAY TENNIS CLUB EASTER CAMP

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SEE PAGE 7 Lismore's Jack Prendergast in possession against Passage's Callum O'Neill and Pa Walsh during the J .J. Kavanagh & Sons Waterford senior hurling championship match in Fraher Field.

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LISMORE REPEATS VICTORY OVER PASSAGE

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Ballintotis 4 mile road race on Thursday, April 19th ONLINE entry for this year's Ballintotis 4 Mile Road Race is now open and will remain open until April 16th. The organisers would ask as many people as possible to register in advance.

By doing so, you will make life easier for both the committee and for yourself on the day of the race. Please log on to www.ballintotis.com and follow the link to enter.

Race numbers can be collected between 5 pm and 7 pm on Wednesday, April 18 or from 1 pm on race day. If you choose not avail of on line registration - please note that entries will also be taken from 5 pm to 7 pm on Wednesday, April 18th and from 1 pm on race day at Ballintotis Community Centre.

Ready for road - race sponsors and members of the organising committee gather in Ballintotis to announce final details of this year's Ballintotis 4 Mile Road Race which will be held on Thursday, April 19th.

24th Annual Intersports Elvery’s/Asics Summer Series 2018

The MTS Broadband sponsored Ballinroad 5k kick starts Summer Series this Friday THIS Friday, 6th April sees the first of 12 races in the newly sponsored Intersport Elverys/Asics summer series when the 5th Annual MTS Media Ballinroad 5k will get this year's series underway. This year once again we are delighted to be able to help and support the local community in Ballinroad as the local soccer club Ballinroad A.F.C. will be the benefactors of the race, with monies donated towards their Pitch fund.

The race will incorporate a fun run/walk with proceeds from them going towards the clubs fund for this project.

Starting at 7 pm with Ballinroad Community Hall as the race H.Q. A huge turnout is expected if last year is anything to go by as we deem the race to be the fastest flattest 5k course around.

Our sincere thanks to John Coleman and Jamie Moroney of MTS Broadband for retaining the sponsorship for this race.

As you know in West Waterford AC we like to cater for all and have different prize structures in all our races, for the Ballinroad race we will have prizes for the top 5 men and women with lots and lots of spots for down the field finishers.

The entry fee is €7 pre entry fee and its €10 on the night so save yourself time and money and get you online entry in ASAP. The course chosen for the race is an excellent out and back course which is very flat so if it's your first attempt at the 5k distance or you’re

looking for a fast time on a flat- fast course this is your opportunity to shine. See you all Friday evening.

INTERSPORT ELVERYS/ASICS SUMMER SERIES 2018 5TH ANNUAL MTS MEDIA BALLINROAD 5K IN ASSOCIATION WITH BALLINROAD SOCCER CLUB. Enter Ballinroad MTS Media 5k online now via West Waterford Athletic Club website! On upcoming fixtures there's a link to do so.

Numbers can be collected on the evening of race. This race will cost €7 to enter online but if you wait until the night of the race the entry fee will be €10. Here is the link below to enter. https://endurancecui.active.com/event-reg/selectrace?e=52706654 RACE PARKING IN BALLINROAD As parking will be pretty restricted for Friday evenings race in Ballinroad we are asking as many as possible to share spins to the race Headquarters at St. Laurence's Hall. There is some parking available for the early birds in the Soccer club but once this is full its full.

Parking is available around St. Laurence's church and it's a short walk to the race HQ also from there. Your cooperation with this matter is much appreciated in advance.

PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE MTS MEDIA BALLINROAD 5K 2014: Philip Harty. West Waterford AC

15.25 Sinead Mansfield, West Waterford AC 18.41 2015: David Mansfield, Clonliffe Harriers AC 15.46 Sally Forristal, St. Josephs AC 19.05 2016: Barry Keane, Waterfrod AC 15.49 Sally Forristal, St. Josephs AC 19.04 2017: Niall Blackwell, West Waterford AC 16.13 Sally Forristal. St. Josephs AC 18.47 VALUE SUMMER SERIES RACE PACKAGE This unique Race Package allows participant's to enter West Waterford A.C.'s own races in the Intersport Elverys/Asics Summer Series.

So for €40 you are entered for The Ballinroad 5k on April 6th, Ardmore 5 Mile on 11th May, Clashmore 5K on 8th June, Dromana 5 Mile on 22nd June, Ras Na Rinne 6 Mile on 6th July, Ballymacarbry 5 Mile on 20th July, and Marine Climb on 3rd August.

If you will be pre entered for all the listed races and your race number will be available for pick up at each race headquarters.

Here is the link for the series package. https://endurancecui.active.com/ e v e n t - r e g / s e l e c t race?e=52685153

Ardmore 5 Club Training each Tuesday evening IF you have no real goal or plan come and train with us on Tuesday nights at St. Augustine's College to give your running week some structure. If you are currently drifting from one week to the next it’s very hard to get consistent results from your training.

11 week plan for Ardmore is available to use as an end goal or as a building block to summer racing. Nothing to lose and everything to gain ! Call Irene for more info on 086-8242348.

Running Quote THE ability to concentrate is the single element that separates the merely good athlete from the great ones. Concentration is the hallmark of the elite runner.

Michael Troy from St. Augustine's College competing in the Irish Life Health School's All Ireland.

Jonathon Regan, T. J. Crotty and Alan Hogan pictured looking nice and relaxed after finishing the recent Déise College Dungarvan 10k.

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Mark Mason Mortgages and Financial Services Colligan Running League Joe Gough brought along his two gold European medals which he recently won in Madrid to last week’s at the Mark Mason Mortgages and Financial Services Colligan league, admiring his collection were Liam Fitzgerald, Yev Chizhikov, Anthony Dwyer, Cathal Dwane and Cathal Gleeson.

Always plenty time for a smile from Onra Power at the Mark Mason Mortgages and Financial Services Colligan league last Thursday evening

Thumbs up from Liam Fitzgerald at the Mark Mason Mortgages and Financial Services Colligan league last Thursday evening

Johnny Burkin on the bridge at the Mark Mason Mortgages and Financial Services Colligan league last Thursday evening

ROUND one of the Mark Mason Financial Colligan Spring League took place last Wednesday evening in the beautiful surroundings of Colligan Wood.

It's always a great sign that summer isn't too far away when this league starts as with the longer evenings etc. now upon us. This year again as it was last year will consist of five nights and to be included in the tables you need to run four out of the five nights. We got underway at 6.30 p.m. in the presence of our league sponsor Mark Mason.

A total of 13 runners completed the 2 laps. We had 8 who ran the 5 mile flat course which is 3½ laps of the wood and road and finally 55 took on the challenging 5 mile hill route.

This league will continue for the next four Thursday evenings (April 5th, April 12th, April 19th and finally April 26th) so no excuses folks why not come along and give it a go for yourself even if you missed the first evening you can still join in at any stage.

TWO LAP CHALLENGE LEAD HOME BY TONY DWYER The two lap challenge is geared towards beginners and we were delighted to see 13 runners sign up on the first night and they were led home by Tony Dwyer running a very good time of 21.56.

Great to see also that the tradition of the Dwyer name, a household name in local athletics, continues on with a new generation of the Caseyville dynasty taking up the sport as Tony adds his name to the long list of that name involved in running.

Tony was followed by Onra

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Brian Ormond crossing the wooden bridge as he heads for hill two at the Mark Mason Mortgages and Financial Services Colligan league last Thursday evening.

Sinead Ni Faolain and Sharon Higgins keep good company at the Mark Mason Mortgages and Financial Services Colligan league last Thursday evening.

Spring your way into Summer with 6 week running course SPRING your way into summer with our new 6 week run to improve course.

If you can already run 5k but would like to challenge yourself to run a bit further or a bit faster then

this is the ideal group for you.

It is specifically for beginner runners and is a social group with the emphasis on enjoying the training as well as improving at the same time. Come and join Tuesday

evenings at 6.30 p.m. in St. Augustine's College as getting fit is the best investment in your health you can make this year. Give Jim 087 2881151 or Claire 087 9116997a call.

THE club membership is now due and can be paid at any of our club events. Gerry Cantwell Helvick, Ring, Co. Waterford is the club registrar and he will be available at all club events to accept your membership at a cost of €25.

Any athletes currently not paid up members for 2018 will not feature on club teams so 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. The current up-to-date membership list for 2018 is now posted on club website. Are you a member?

Sympathy WEST Waterford athletic club extend sincere sympathy to the family and friends of Mary Weldon, Union Rd, Kilmacthomas, who passed to her eternal reward recently. May she rest in peace.

Power in 2.13 and third across the line here was Micheál Moynihan in 24.08, Margaret Whelan was our 2nd lady finisher on the night with a time of 24.50.

Mairead Foley just dipped under the 25 minute mark with a time of 24.53 and Trish Veale likewise was just under the 30 minute barrier when she clocked a time of 29.40.

We have plenty of room on this route for lots more runners so spread the word, Colligan is the place to be for the next four Thursday evenings.

NEIL POWER WINNER OVER THE 5 MILE FLAT COURSE The 5 mile flat was led home by Neil Power in a time of 41.23, he was followed by Paul Brunnock just 12 seconds behind in 41.35 next was Ray Curran in 43.16. Our first lady on the night was Kelly Shalloe in 46.41 with Claire Wall accredited with the same time as Kelly in 2nd place. Evelyn Beresford did well to break the 50 minute barrier when she recorded a time of 49.07 and likewise John Woods was also well under in 48.47. Well done to all who took part in week 1.

RAY HAHESY SHOWS HIS WORTH ON THE 5 MILE HILLS COURSE The biggest entry of the night goes to the 5 mile hills with a very impressive 55 taking on this tougher challenge. Ray Hahesy showed the field a little bit about taking on the famed hills of Colligan as he was first home with a time of 35.15 but he hadn't it all his own way as he was followed closely by Cathal Dwane in 35.33 and Cathal Gleeson was next in 32.36.

Next was brother of our loyal

sponsor Trevor Mason who is currently in the thick of marathon training with a time of 35.55. Gerard Reilly was just one second behind Trevor for 5th place in 35.56.

Our double European champion from last week in Madrid Joe Gough showed he can do it over any terrain or distance when he finished 6th in 36.10.

First lady on the night was one of our up and coming young juvenile stars Lucy Holmes in an excellent time of 38.04 with another from the Tony Shalloe school of good athletes Sinead O'Brien 2nd lady home in 38.40.

Angeline Drennan was our 3rd lady across the line last week and she recorded time of 42.32. Ted O'Leary working on only one hand just dipped under the 40 minute barrier with 39.40 while Hazel Crowley will be delighted to break the 50 minute mark as she recorded a time of 49.15 and well done to Deirdre Clancy running her first Colligan ever as she was under the 60 minute mark 59.59.

Well done to each and every athlete who ran the Colligan Hills. It is not easy but very rewarding to cross the finish line. See you all this Thursday for round 2.

SPONSORS AND THANK YOU Once again thanks to Mark Mason of Mark Mason Mortgages and Financial Services, Barrack St., Cappoquin for his kind sponsorship and also for his attendance at the league each year. As always thank you to Shirley, Sharon, Ray, Tom for all their help on the night also.

24th Annual Intersport Elvery’s/Asics Summer Series - Race 2 35th Annual SE2 sponsored Butlerstown 4 mile road race Friday, 13th April ON Friday, April 13th we have race number two in this year’s Intersport Elverys/Asics summer series, the SE2 sponsored Butlerstown 4 mile road race starting at 7.00 p.m.

This race is a very popular event in the series especially since the race distance changed a few years back from 10k to 4 miles which is a distance that is achievable to all.

Entries will be taken at the Butlerstown GAA centre. The centre will also be used for parking and of course changing and shower facilities will also be at the centre.

All proceeds from the race will be donated to between the Waterford Alzheimer's Society and Butlerstown GAA club.

The Butlerstown race is always

well supported with another big turnout expected this year.

The new bypass road circuit will be used for the race course.

Presentation of prizes and refreshments will be available at the Viking Hotel.

Prize categories are: 1st 3 Male 1st over 0/40, 45, 50, 55, 60 and 1st Junior.

1st 3 Female 1st over 35, 40, 45, 50 60 and 1st Junior.

ONLINE ENTRY FOR BUTLERSTOWN RACE Entry for the Butlerstown 4 mile road race is now open. It’s €7 online and €10 if you wait until race night. https://endurancecui.active.com/ e v e n t - r e g / s e l e c t race?e=52708652

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GENERAL SPORT

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

goldcoastgolf@cablesurf.com www.goldcoastgolfclub.com CAPTAIN’S DRIVE-IN Sunday next, the 8th April, our Captain’s will get the season up and running when they Drive-In at 10 a.m. The Drive-In will be followed by a 9/11 Hole Scramble and then spare ribs and colcannon in the Gold Coast. Please come along and enter at 9.30 a.m. so that everything will be ready for a shotgun start at 10.

COMMITTEE OUTING TO MOUNT WOLSLEY This is now fixed for Wednesday, 25th April at 10.30 a.m. Anyone wishing to travel should give their names to the kiosk as soon as possible so that we can confirm numbers to the Course.

MATCH-PLAYS The draw for the Gold Coast Cup was made by Competition Secretary Micheal White and resulted in the following matches: Jerome Maye v Johnny Hughes, Tom White v Michael Kavanagh, Frank Waters v Tommy Long, Austin Kiely v Michael Wall, Dave O’Connor v John Hallinan, Declan Kiely v Willie Flavin, Brian O’Connor v John W Walsh, Eamonn O’Donnell v Kieran Cullinan, Derek Power v Conan Watt, Ger Bagge v John White, Michael Whelan v Jimmy O’Dwyer, Diarmuid Henley v Brian Dunbar, Seanie Lenihan v John McArthur, Colin McArthur v Andy Travers.

Rafa Alvarez and John Queally get a bye to second round PREMIER BUTCHER AT DAWN MEATS WINTER LEAGUE FINALS THE FINAL When the draw was made and the individual pairings became known it looked like this one would go down to the wire. Dunhill and

Copper Coast both won their semifinals, Dunhill with a good but very tight win over Touraneena while the Copper Coast had a much easier victory over Ballinacourty. The pairings were as follows: Brian Dunbar v John McArthur, John White v Ger Darcy, Tom Moore v Niall Curran, Tom White v Tommy Power, Willie Flavin v Michael Wall, Michael Kavanagh v Colin McArthur, Jack Moore v Darren Power, Eamon O’Donnell v Liam Clancy, Willie Moore v Tomas Wall, Micheal White v Leo Wall, Richard Walsh v Freddie McGuckian, John Flynn v Patrick Queally, John Queally v Joe Curran Not satisfied with 18 holes a number of the matches went on, some to the 23rd, before eventually the Copper Coast came out on top.

Well done to the Copper Coast on their victory and well done to Dunhill on winning the Leagfue section.

Captain Tim O’Driscoll paid tribute to both team at the presentation of prizes afterwards. He said that the contribution from both teams and the other teams in the league had made the league a huge success for the Club. Club President Michael Cronin also has great praise for both teams. Liam Clancy the winning Captain thanked Dunhill for a good game and thanked his own team for the effort they put in. Tom White Captain of Dunhill, congratulated Copper Coast on their victory and paid tribute to his own team who successfully defended their League section title.

John Queally on behalf of the sponsors Dawn Meats congratulated both teams. He said that Dawn Meats were delighted to be involved with such a successful

LISMORE GOLF CLUB Phone 058-54026. lismoregolfclub@ eircom.net www.lismoregolf.org MEN’S RESULTS & FIXTURES Results - Monday, 26th March Sunday, 1st April.

12 Holes singles s/ford, Sponsored by David Walsh Office Supplies.

1st Paul Kenneally (11) 29 pts; 2nd Craig Scotton (15) 28 pts; 3rd Micheal Keane (16) 27 pts B6.

STORY OF THE WEEK In first place this week was Curraglass native Paul Kenneally with a great round of only 2 over par including bogies on the 1st, 5th and 6th with a great birdie on the

10th.

In second place on his own was Craig Scotton with a very steady round where he birdied the 1st and his only blemish was a double bogey on Rothwells. In third place was Michael Keane winning on the last 6 from 5 others with a great last 6, his birdie on the 12th being crucial.

TALLOW AREA CREDIT UNION SPRING LEAGUE The results of the Semi-Final are in. Paul Kenneally’s team beat John McGrath’s team and long

Gold Coast Golf Club. Copper Coast, The Overall Winners of the Premier Butchers at Dawn Meats Winter League 2018. Back Row: Leo Wall, Pa Queally, Ger Darcy, Colin McArthur, John McArthur, Niall Curran, Tom Power, Freddie McGuckian. Front Row: Tomas Wall, Michael Cronin, President Gold Coast Golf Club, Joe Curran, John Queally Sponsor, Liam Clancy Team Captain, Tim O’Driscoll Captain Gold Coast Golf Club. league and that he hopes that involvement will continue for a very long time.

Individual prizes were presented as follows: 1st: Micheal White, 2nd: John Hughes and John Flynn, Gross: John White, 4th: Davy O’Connor.

GOLD COAST GOLF CLASSIC Our classic will run from Monday 16th April to Sunday, 22nd April.

The format is a 3 person team event with one scoring on the front 9 and two scoring on the back 9.

The cost is €20 per person. Prizes include 1 night’s B & B, Dinner and Golf at Mount Wolsley, Galaxy Tablets, Golf Bags, 4 balls in Tramore, Faithlegg, Tipperary, Kinsale, Monkstown, Mallow, Dinner in Park Hotel. Teams can be Mixed, Ladies or Gents. Tee sponsorship is available at €50.

GET INTO GOLF Lads, if you know of any Lady who might be interested in have a go at golf then now is the time to get them involved. Our Ladies Club is having an information night on Thursday, 12th April at 7 pm in the Gold Coast Hotel. What is involved is 4 lessons with Ian Prendergast and a further four weeks with scrambles organised by the Ladies Club.

The cost is just €50 and clubs are provided. So have a think about it and if you think your partner, sister, mother, daughter, cousin, niece or any lady you know might be in-

terested, let us know in the kiosk and we will take it from there.

DEISE LEAGUE Next Saturday we travel to Faithlegg for the second round of the league. John White, Brian O’Connor and John Hughes are organising the team and for this match they will be picking four Bruen pairings and four Purcell pairings. The first match tees off at 1.30 p.m.

DUNGARVAN GOLF INTERNATIONAL OVER 20 YEARS IN EXISTENCE Running from Monday 28th May to Thursday 31st May, this tournament, which is run over the three local courses, continues to prove popular with players coming from USA, England and Ireland to take part. This year we hope to encourage more members from the three local clubs to take part by offering them a special rate of €45 entry for the competition instead of the normal €140.

FIXTURES Friday 6th April: Open Singles.

Saturday 7th April: Club Competition.

Sunday 8th April: Captain’s Drive In Tuesday 10th April: Open Seniors, Ladies & Gents 50+ RESULTS: Tuesday 27th March: Open Seniors, CSS 38 pts.

1st: Gerry Comerford (15) 36 pts.

Friday 30th March: CSS 38 pts.

1st: Micheal White (1) 38 pts.

Sat 31st March: Club Competition, CSS 38 pts.

1st: Mark Lenihan (11) 42 pts.

Sunday 1st April: Monthly Medal.

1st: John Kiely (9) 69.

2nd: Darren Williams (7) 70.

Gross: Larry Whelan (7) 79.

LADIES NOTES CAPTAIN’S DRIVE-IN Sunday next, the 8th April, our Captains will get the season up and running when they Drive In at 10 a.m. The Drive-In will be followed by a 9/11 Hole Scramble and then Spare Ribs and Colcannon in the Gold Coast. Please come along and enter at 9.30 a.m. so that everything will be ready for a shotgun start at 10.

DRAW FOR CLUB MIXED FOURSOMES The draw for the Club Mixed Foursomes will take place on Sunday next 8th April at 12 noon. If interested, please enter your name on the shhet provided in the kiosk.

Entry fee is €5.

FIXTURES 10 Hole Ongoing was won by Elaine Goss (20) with 22 pts.

18 hole ongoing Coastal Alliance: next in Faithlegg is Captain’s round on Thursday, 5th April, tee times 9.3011 am.

ANNUAL CLUB CLASSIC This fantastic fundraiser for the

ladies club runs from 16-22nd April with some great prizes, and hopefully the weather will permit lots of entries!

DUNGARVAN SHOPPING CENTRE SPONSORED MOTHER’S DAY COMPETITION After postponement due to inclement weather, the inaugural running of this competition took place on Sunday, 25th March in West Waterford GC. After a brief shower it turned into the most gorgeous day for golf, and the players and spectators enjoyed it immensely.

The winner was Joan Swanson (16) from West Waterford with a fabulous score of 38 points. Well done Joan!

WINTER LEAGUE SPONSORED BY THE MOORINGS BAR & RESTAURANT 1st: Esther McGuckian (13) 25 pts; 2nd: Loraine Troy (20) 23 pts; 3rd: Martina Corkery (23) 22 pts.

Team Winners: The Hole in One Gang with 598 pts 2nd: Balls of Fire 592 pts.

ILGU MATCHES ILGU League match dates have been arranged as follows: Minor (handicap 22-27)v Dungarvan Sunday, 8th April Challenge (handicap 28-36) v Dungarvan Saturday, 14th April Intermediate (handicap 16-21) v Cobh Sunday, 15th April Team Managers will be in touch!

time favourites by 3 and 2. Paul led the way with 29 points where he comfortably beat John McGarth.

Peter Whelan just got the better of Willie Henry and Ger Mulcahy beat Donal O’Leary. Alf Bardon and Dan Griffin getting the 2 points for John McGarth team.

The second semi-final resulted in Kevin Whelan’s team qualifying for the final winning 3 and 2 versus Patsy O’Donoghue’s team.

Patsy O’Donoghue beat Kevin Whelan by 1 point. Paudie Prendergast beat Anthony Whelan while Eoin Bennett got the better of Vice Captain Cal Ahearn.

Seamus Beecher beat Barry Conron while Dermot O’Leary just got the better of Ted Keniry. The final is Kevin Whelan versus Paul Kenneally.

The top four teams in the plate are Brendan Hannon, Sean Buckley, Dean Whelan and Liam O’Keeffe with Colm Burke’s team just missing out on the count back.

Please note for the final and plate final only your first card to count.

FIXTURES Monday, 26th March - Sunday, 1st April 12 hole Singles s/ford in-

corporating the league finals sponsored by a club member.

Bacon starts Tuesday, 3rd April.

HANDICAPS At the recent GUI Munster Branch presentation to handicap committees the following fundamental premises were set out stating that every player will: (i) endeavour to make the best score at each hole in every qualifying round (ii) report all such rounds for Handicap purposes (iii) return a sufficient number of Qualifying Scores to Provide reasonable evidence of his ability. (iv) Report all performance in Non Qualifying golf.

All players please note all away scores for “Qualifying”, “NonQualifying”, “Society”, “Fourball” & “Team Events” must be recorded on the away score recording sheet posted in the clubhouse.

MEMBERSHIP FEES REMINDER We are again repeating last week’s reminder but it is important that if you intend joining for the coming year please make a huge effort to pay membership fee as soon as possible.

Speak to John McGrath.

LISMORE LADIES The East Cork Oil Sponsored Spring League has finished! There is no more you can do for your Team - to find out who the winners are you must come to the prize presentation on the 7th April at 7.30 pm where all will be revealed!

Now for the main season to begin, one of these days we'll get spring time! Good luck to our Intermediate team who are playing in Thurles on the 15th April.

Easter prizes kindly sponsored

by Riordan's SuperValu, Fermoy starts 3rd April - 7th April, check the notice board for more details.

Below are the teams and the way the league stood at the end of round 4 - so there was all to play for and now it gets exciting to see was there a big upset over the last two weeks. See you on the 7th!

Teams: Snowdrops: H. Farrow, S. Denn, L. Ní Chonchubhair, J. Kingston, A. Lane, J. Geary Daffodils: F. Howard, H. Lane, G. Murphy, M. Ahern, U. Dowd, A. Hurley.

Tulips: J. Cahillane, S. Moroney, H. Lucas, E. Hornibrook, K. Dunne, B. Condon

Azaleas: P. B. McCarthy, K. Moynihan, M. Morrissey, C. Denn, J. Barry, P. O'Neill Primroses: P. Lonergan, B. Henry, M. Beecher, A. Henley, B. Daly, H. Leddy Team Totals after 4 Rounds: Azaleas: 267 Primroses: 264 Snowdrops: 252 Tulips: 237 Daffodils: 235 FIXTURES Tuesday, 3rd April to Sat., 7th April - 18 Holes S/Ford - Easter Prizes - Kindly sponsored by Riordans SuperValu, Fermoy.

Prize presentation at 7.30 pm 7th April All competitions are subject to change so please check the notice board regularly for any changes.

As the golfing year started on the 1st of October you should have all received your renewal notices by now.

Your prompt payment would be much appreciated to help with the day to day running of the club.

Please contact our Registrar Mr. John McGrath with any queries.

GENERAL SPORT

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

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

www.westwaterfordgolf.com GENT’S FIXTURES Sunshine Golf Classic Final – Sat., 7th April 12 noon – 2 p.m.

Winter League semi-finals Monday, 2nd April to Sunday, 8th April.

Tuesday, 3rd April – Par 3 Tuesday treats – all day.

Sat 7th/Sun 8th April – Club Competition 18 hole stableford.

SEAMUS POWER TO VISIT WEST WATERFORD GOLF CLUB Members and visitors will have another opportunity to meet our own USPGA player Seamus Power when he visits the club on Saturday next 7th April. Fresh from his career best finish on the tour Seamus is taking a well deserved rest from the tour and is looking forward to meeting his friends once

again. All are invited to come along on Saturday evening when Seamus will be glad to meet you all in the friendly environs of West Waterford golf club.

SILVER ANNIVERSARY SUNSHINE CLASSIC MARCH 24th – APRIL 1st, 2018 Despite the variable weather conditions our Sunshine Classic went ahead as planned over the past week. The sunshine may have been in short supply but due to the Trojan efforts of our course staff and volunteers playing conditions were as good as possible for the time of year. This was reflected by the number of teams participating and the high scoring recorded throughout the week.

Congratulations to the 16 qualifying teams and a sincere thank you to

all who supported the event.

SUNSHINE CLASSIC FINAL – SATURDAY, 7th APRIL Sixteen teams will compete for the fantastic first prize on Saturday next. An added attraction will be the presence of our USPGA professional Seamus Power who has very kindly agreed to be present on the day. The seven top overall qualifying scores were 97,95,94,94,92 b9,92 b9,92 b9.

The daily best scores: Sat. 91, Sun. 90, Mon. 82, Tuesday. 91, Wednesday, 87, Thursday. 88, Friday. 92, Saturday. 90 b9, Sunday. 90.

Teams will be split in two pairs playing with two pairs from another team. The format is four-ball better ball with a pair’s best score counting on all holes. The combined

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: dungarvangc@eircom.net ANOTHER hectic week at the club as the weather continues to improve. Entries continue to rise as golfers are returning to the course in droves. We have something for everyone including our Monday Seniors, Tuesday Ladies, Sixty.Com & Young Ones, Friday Foursomes, Men’s Spring League and Ladies Winter matchplays.

Last week we welcomed the return of Ballincollig GAA who thoroughly enjoyed our facilities.

This week promises to be busy as we welcome MSD, Cleary’s Bar, the South East League, and the Waterford Ladies GAA Classic.

Monday sees our first Club Lotto draw taking place with 2K is up for grabs in the lotto so get your tickets in.

On Tuesday our ladies host their Start of Season Scramble kindly sponsored again by Maurice & Rachel Kiely. And if that’s not enough, the first Major of the year takes place at Augusta with the

Masters kicking off on Thursday.

This Pro’s cash is on Tiger Woods, Justin Rose and the Hole in One. If you are looking for an outside punt, try Louis Oosthuizen and Tommy Fleetwood. Only 3 more sleeps.

In Junior news our young team of Jake O’Riordan, Danny Raher, Michael Troy and Barry Morrissey did exceptionally well at the Gold Coast last Friday. Playing in the Irish Junior Foursomes we blitzed around the course shooting 141 to win the qualifiers by 10 shots. Next up we face Waterford Castle in the area final in a couple of weeks.

On behalf of the club we extend our sincerest condolences to popular club member Jim Moroney on the sudden passing of his son. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

LOTTO The response to the sale of Lotto ticket has been fantastic. We appreciate the generosity of our members and their friends, families and relatives. We will continue to

sell the annual tickets over the coming weeks. The €2 and €5 tickets are in sale in the bar, proshop and locker rooms.

The first Lotto draw took place on 2nd April – unfortunately it was too late to include the results in these notes. However, the results are posted on the Club Website and on Facebook and Twitter.

MOTHER’S DAY COMPETITION The final of this competition was played in West Waterford Golf Club and our three ladies represented Dungarvan Golf Club well by coming in at fourth, fifth and sixth- ie Teresa Keane, Miriam Matthews and June Hayes respectively.

Sincere thanks to Gerry O'Connor (Manager Dungarvan Shopping Centre) for introducing this competition and has committed to two more years. The prizes were superb. He may extend it to other clubs next year.

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best scores of both pairs will constitute the team score. Teams will be notified on their respective teetimes early this week. Best of luck to all teams on the day.

Presentation of prizes in the clubhouse at 7.30.

SUPER SUNSHINE RAFFLE In conjunction with our Classic we are also holding a raffle. First prize is a fantastic €500 voucher from Harvey Travel. You could also win an overnight stay with breakfast and dinner at any of the Flynn group hotels.

Other prizes include dinner for 2 at the Cliff House Hotel and the Tannery restaurant. All members are requested to support the raffle by buying a book of tickets or maybe selling a few books. Tickets are now on sale from committee members, also at the office and in the bar and restaurant.

COMERAGH OIL WINTER LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS The Winter league started back in December 2017 and despite a battering from the weather we have eventually reached the semi finals of the match-play. The quarterfinals produced some unexpected results with all four contests proving to be tight affairs. Following an open draw the semi-final line-up is as follows: Glenbeg vs Carrigaline and Helvick vs Carrigtwohill.

Matches commenced on Monday, 2nd April.

WEEKLY COMPETITIONS FOR 2018 AT WEST WATERFORD The following schedule of weekly events will commence in April and should provide something for everyone throughout the Spring/summer season.

Wednesday: Al Eile Open 18 hole Singles. Top 25 with best 3 cards qualify for Grand Final in

September.

All entrants included in free draw for a four-ball with USPGA player Seamus Power Friday: A.M. 18 hole Open Seniors plus open 9 hole mixed foursomes from 4 p.m.

AUTUMN SENIORS OPEN ALLIANCE The opening fixture is fixed for Gold Coast GC on Monday, 9th April. Members 55 and over are welcome to participate. Time sheet is posted on our notice board.

JUNIOR GOLF COMPETITIONS Results for Tuesday 27th March - 13 Holes. 1st James Daly (28) 23 pts; 2nd Sam Dalton (36) 23 pts b3; 3rd Aron Ronayne (36) 23 pts. Next Competition on Tuesday, 3rd April at 10 a.m.

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME West Waterford can offer a variety of packages to anyone wishing to take up the game of golf.

Renowned for its friendly atmosphere as well as being home to two professional golfers, we at West Waterford would like you to sample what we have on offer. We pride ourselves on dealing with our members on a first name basis and involving all members in events at the club.

Why not call along and talk to Gillian or Austin and discover for yourself an experience which you only get at West Waterford.

SUNDAY LUNCH AT WEST WATERFORD – GENERAL PUBLIC WELCOME Thinking of somewhere new to go for Sunday lunch, then go no further than West Waterford Golf and Country Club. Located in the splendid setting of the Brickey Valley this is the ideal venue for the family lunch on Sunday.

Remember you don’t have to be a member to visit our restaurant.

The general public are most welcome to our Sunday Lunch served from 12.30 to 3.30 each Sunday.

The kids will enjoy the spacious surrounds within and outside the clubhouse.

Our chef John offers a wide and varied menu to suit all tastes and you are assured of a hearty welcome and personal attention at West Waterford Golf Club. We look forward to serving you.

WINTER LEAGUE – FINAL The Winter League Final takes place on Sunday, 8th April with tee times from 1.30 p.m. Please put your names on time sheet. The presentation will be held at 7.30 p.m. and will also include all outstanding prizes.

Winter League Leaderboard: Oyster Catchers – 363 Kittiwakes – 349 Curlews – 320 Lapwings – 309 Seagulls – 299 Cormorants – 284 FIXTURES 9 Hole April (2 cards to count) (sponsored by Ann Rochford).

13 Hole Ongoing commenced on 24th March continues until 8th April.

The first 18 Hole (S/f) of the year commences on Thursday 12th or Sunday, 16th April sponsored by The Shamrock Restaurant.

Thursday, 19th April - Open Day. Champagne Scramble sponsored

by Helvick Seafood.

RESULTS March 9 Hole (2 cards to count) sponsor Una Mulligan 1st – Eithne Ashby (19) – 31 pts.

13 Hole Ongoing sponsored by Jean O’Donovan (closed on 23rd March): 1st – Una Mulligan (29) 26 pts (on countback); 2nd – Rosie Murphy (13) – 26 pts; 3rd – Eithne Ashby (19) – 25 pts.

A huge thanks to West Waterford Golf Club for hosting the competition and for looking after us so well. Next year it will take place in Dungarvan Golf Club.

FUN FRIDAY FOURSOMES It was really heartening to see so many come out to support this fun event last Friday morning.

We had some of our usual stalwarts and many new people came to join us. It made our efforts during the Winter worthwhile. Of course our President, John Moran arrived with Easter treats for everyone.

Winners: David Shanley (Vice Captain) and Flora Wall Second: Barra O Tuama and Linda Buckley on a narrow breakdown from Third: John Hickey and Miriam Matthews So if you would like 9 holes of social golf , and a chat and coffee afterwards please join us next Fri April 6 in the foyer at 9.30 am, with draw and play at 10 am.

GENTS RESULTS Mon. 26th Open Seniors: J. Moran (19) 36. 28th & 29th D. Hayes Spring League: 1 P. Curran (12) 37; 2 A. Dilloughery (20) 37; Gross A. Feicks (2) Waterford 31.

30/31st D. Hayes Spring League: 1 E. Brackett (9) 45; 2 T. Whelan (16) 44; Gross J. Reynolds (1) 39; 3 P. Dolan (18) Ashbourne 42; 4 Eoin Stack (4) 41.

Sun. 1st April D. Hayes Spring League: 1 D Brockie (26) 41, 2 A. Harty Scr 40pts; 3 D. Ryan (16) 38; 4 G. Nagle (3) 37.

LADIES RESULTS Tues., 27th March Tignor Crafts: 1 F. Fitzgerald (20) 29; 2 B. McCarthy (6) 29; 3 H. Browne (24) 28.

Fri/Sat. 30th/31st March: 1 M. Power (14) 33; 2 M. Mathews (36) 33; 3 A. Stack (27) 31.

FIXTURES Tuesday, 3 April Ladies Start of

Season Scramble 5.30pm (Mce & Rachel Kiely, Appliance Repairs) Wed. 4th Gents Singles (David Hayes Gents Spring League) Thurs., 5th April Thursday SPAR Open Gents 18H Singles S/F(David Hayes Gents Spring League).

Fri., 6th April Ladies singles 18H S/F, Gents Singles S/F (David Hayes Gents Spring League) Waterford Ladies Football Classic, Fun Friday Foursomes.

Sat., 7th April Gents(David Hayes Gents Spring League) Ladies 18H Singles S/F Waterford Ladies Football Classic.

Sun., 8th April Gents 18H Singles S/F(David Hayes Gents Spring League).

Mon., 9th April Open Gents/Ladies Seniors (50+) 18H Singles S/F. SIXTY.COM The winners of the 60.Com competition on 28th March were Harry O’Neill (19) with 20pts and (2) Declan Hallahan (19) with 16 pts. Harry is a relatively new member to the 60.com and its great to see him heading the scoring.

Next week’s competition will teeoff at 2:00 p.m. so please be available for the draw for partners at 1:45 p.m.

Remember that the 60.Com is as much about meeting other golfers for a coffee and chat as it is about the competition itself. If you are not a member of the 60.Com we would be delighted to see you.

Just come along and join us any Wednesday.

YOUNGONES Results 28th March: 1 M Mathews (36) 21, 2 M McGovern (36) 20. Next competition 4th April at 12 o’clock. Front 9 at 12 noon.

LADIES COASTAL ALLIANCE Next competition Captains Day Faithlegg GC Thurs., 5th April.

PROGRESSIVE 45 Progressive 45 every Thursday night in the Clubhouse, all are welcome. D. Cotter and B Connery, T Curran and P. Harty. Last 5 T Ahearne and M. Tobin. Lucky Table: P. Boland and M. A. McCarthy.

SOCIAL BRIDGE Social Bridge Friday mornings at 11 a.m. All are welcome.

PRO SHOP NEWS Our Ping Demo day was a tremendous success last Thursday with members and visitors alike indulging in the opportunity to try the latest offerings from Ping. More Demo days are promised with Callaway, Cobra, Mizuno, Wilson, Titleist and Footjoy all due to touch down at Dungarvan Golf Club.

Keep an eye on the notice boards and emails.

We are gearing up for a busy season with new arrivals hitting the floor everyday. All the major brands have new offerings this year as well as our fantastic array of Gents & Ladies clothing so you can cut a dash on the fairways this season.

As always you can check out the new arrivals as well as David’s special offers on our website at www.davidhayesgolf.com JUNIOR NEWS Our first tournament of the year takes place this Wednesday, 4th April at 10 a.m. We are hosting a 9hole Singles incorporating a team event with prizes for everyone. As always, all our junior events are open to visitors and non-members so bring along some friends.

Junior Coaching will commence on Saturday 21st April. Girls tuition will take place from 2pm with the boys starting at 3pm. Again, tuition is open to non-members so if your nipper fancies giving golf a try, bring them along. Cost is €2 per nipper and all equipment is provides.

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GAA

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

Weather the winner at the Fraher Field JJ Kavanagh and Sons County Senior Hurling Championship Abbeyside's Sean O'Hare gets in his stroke against Ballygunner's Mikey Mahony during the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Waterford senior hurling championship match in Fraher Field.

[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]

Ballygunner ………………..1-12; Abbeyside ………………….. 0-7.

ONE could not have argued if the games at the Fraher Field were postponed last Sunday afternoon due to the horrendous weather conditions. The weather for the second match was even worse than the first as the players struggled to keep warm throughout in the arctic conditions.

Good hurling was an impossibility and with the ball not moving on the ground numerous rucks ensued and inevitably, tempers flared resulting in some unsavoury incidents and culminating in the sending off on straight reds of Abbeyside’s John Hurney and Ballygunner’s Barry Coughlan in

the 51st minute.

Playing with the elements in the first half, the Villagers held the four in a row champions to a draw at the break on a score of 0-7 to 1-4. The only goal came from Peter Hogan when he raced clear of the Abbeyside defence in the 17th minute on receipt of the sliotar from a Philip Mahony free.

Up to this point, the sides were level at 0-3 each with Mark Ferncombe accurate from placed balls as was goalie Stephen Enright who converted two long distant points in the first moiety.

As per usual, Pauric Mahony was prominent on the scoreboard for the Gunners but credit Abbeyside, they fought back to

level proceedings at the break with points from play by Tom Looby and Sean Whelan Barrett.

In addition, Mark Ferncombe had a point awarded by the umpires but over ruled by referee Michael O’Brien and John Hurney was clear in on goal in the second minute of added time but without his hurley in his hand, this goal chance went a begging.

Thirty seconds into the restart and Ballygunner were back in the lead when corner forward Michael Mahony scored followed by four pointed frees by older brother Pauric in a stop-start second moiety. Following the sending offs, Mark Ferncombe had a goal attempt saved at the expense of a

‘65’ and Ian Kenny made the score 1-10 to 0-7 in the 54th minute. The game’s top scorer, Pauric Mahony finished with a point of either variety and Abbeyside for all their second half efforts remained undeservingly scoreless in this period.

Nobody was waiting around at the Fraher Field to discuss this game at the final whistle and one was left wondering what was the point in playing this match at all?

Hopefully, we will have a fine Summer ahead but with the ban on senior hurling championship games, the venue will be empty.

Ballygunner’s Top Three: Peter Hogan, Pauric Mahony, Conor Sheahan.

Abbeyside’s Top Three: Mark

Ferncombe, Stephen Enright, David Collins.

Observer’s Man of the Match: Peter Hogan.

Number of Scorers: Ballygunner 4.

Abbeyside 4.

Scores From Play: Ballygunner 1-5.

Abbeyside 0-4.

Frees For: Ballygunner 13.

Abbeyside 12.

Wides: Ballygunner 3. Abbeyside 4.

Score of the Match: Stephen Enright’s second pointed free in the 21st minute.

Scorers – Ballygunner: Pauric Mahony 0-9 (7f), Peter Hogan 1-1, Michael Mahony and Ian Kenny 0-1 each.

Abbeyside: Mark Ferncombe 0-3 (1f), Stephen Enright 0-2f, Tom Looby and Sean Whelan Barrett 0-1 each.

Ballygunner: Eddie Hayden, Barry

Coughlan, Harley Barnes; Wayne Hutchinson, Philip Mahony, Ian Kenny; Shane O’Sullivan, Conor Sheahan; Barry O’Sullivan, Pauric Mahony, Billy O’Keeffe; Tim O’Sullivan, Peter Hogan, Mikey Mahony.

Subs: Shane O’Kennedy for Conor Sheahan (inj, 60), Harry Ruddle for Mikey Mahony (62).

Abbeyside: Stephen Enright; Darragh McGrath, John Elsted, Mark Twomey; Conor Prunty, David Collins, James O’Mahony; Maurice Power, Sean O’Hare; Sean Daly, John Hurney, Sean Whelan-Barrett; Neil Montgomery, Mark Ferncombe, Tom Looby.

Subs: Patrick Hurney for Mark Twomey (ht), James Beresford for Sean Whelan-Barrett (58), Eoin Kiely for James O’Mahoney (62).

Referee: Michael O’Brien (Portlaw).

Fourteen man Ballyduff finish strongly

An Rinn's Donnie Breathnach controls the sliotar against Ballyduff's Jamie Hannon during the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Waterford senior hurling championship match in Fraher Field.

[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]

JJ KAVANAGH & SONS COUNTY SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Ballyduff ……………………2-16; An Rinn …………………..…0-18.

AN Rinn had Ballyduff caught by the throat in the second senior hurling championship game at a freezing Fraher Field last Saturday but they loosened their grip at the right wrong time, the final quarter, and so were denied a winning return to senior ranks.

This was a very evenly contested encounter overall and the turning point was a fortuitous goal from a distance by Ballyduff wing back Michael Kearney (Araglen) in the 46th minute which shot his side into a 2-9 into 0-13 lead that they hardly deserved. Kearney was one of the few warriors that Ballyduff had when they were under the cosh along with Shane and Jamie Kearney, Conor Murray and Seamus Hannon, while Andrew Casey’s three late points and Eoghan Murray’s accuracy from a placed ball and from play at the death were instrumental in the Reds securing the win.

Shane Kearney was a thorn in the An Rinn defence throughout and his 21st minute goal from a subdued Mikey Kearney sideline ball gave Ballyduff a handsome 1-6 to 0-3 advantage. However, An Rinn recorded seven uninterrupted consecutive points straddling both haves to shoot them into a 0-11 to 1-7 lead come the 36th minute.

Following good work by Shane and Mikey Kearney, Andrew Casey slotted over a badly needed point

for Ballyduff in the 38th minute, their first score from play in 17 minutes, to level proceedings but when their corner back Jamie Hannon was dismissed on a second yellow card in the 40th minute, it was expected the initiative would swing back in An Rinn’s direction.

However, Ballyduff played better with fourteen men and there was more urgency in their play now more than ever. After Ballyduff’s second goal, An Rinn never got back on level terms and it was in the final ten minutes that Andrew Casey really displayed his coming of age in the senior grade.

Donie Breathnach, in the second half, did as much as any man could on the scoreboard while Donie O Murchadha made a brilliant 57th minute save from Sean Casey in the Country end of the grounds. An Rinn were hovering for a badly needed goal (their Achilles heel) themselves one minute later but Ballyduff struck four of the final six points of the game to deservingly take the points on offer.

Ballyduff’s Top Three: Andrew Casey, Shane Kearney, Michael Kearney.

An Rinn’s Top Three: Donie Breathnach, Christy Breathnach, Jamie De Baruin.

Observer’s Man of the Match: Andrew Casey.

Number of Scorers: Ballyduff 6. An Rinn 6.

Scores From Play: Ballyduff 2-9. An Rinn 0-11.

Frees For: Ballyduff 12 An Rinn 11.

Wides: Ballyduff 5. An Rinn 9.

Score of the Match: Donie Breathnach’s 36th minute point from play for An Rinn.

Scorers – Ballyduff: Eoghan Murray 0-8 (7f), Shane Kearney 1-2, Andrew Casey 0-4, Michael Kearney 1-0, Sean Casey and Jamie Kearney 0-1 each.

An Rinn: Donie Breathnach 0-10 (7f), Christy Breathnach 0-3, Fearghal O Ceallaigh 0-2, Jamie De Baruin, Padraig O Murchadha agus Seanai Mac Craith 0-1 an duine.

Ballyduff: Conor Sheehan; Oran Leamy, Seamus Hannon, Jamie Hannon; Michael Kearney, Conor Murray, Jamie Kearney; Mikey Kearney, Shane Hannon; Fionnan Hickey, Eoghan Murray, Andrew Casey; Sean Casey, Shane Kearney, Sean Kenny.

Sub: Eoin O’Brien for Fionnan Hickey (61).

An Rinn: Donie O Murchadha; Shane O Cuirrin, Darach O Cathasaigh, Conor O Cuirrin; Jamie De Baruin, Tadhg O hUallachain, Noel O Murchadha; Ferdia O hAodha, Deaglan O hArtaigh; Donie Breathnach, Christy Breathnach, Cathal O Cuirrin; Liam O Lonain, Padraig O Murchadha, Fearghal O Ceallaigh.

Fir Ionaid: Seanai Mac Craith do Cathal O Cuirrin (leath am), Cathal O Cuirrin do Deaglan OhArtaigh (54), Padraig O Lonain do Seanai Mac Craith (54).

Referee: Nicky O’Toole (St. Pauls).

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Lismore repeats victory over Passage JJ Kavanagh and Sons County Senior Hurling Championship Lismore's Paudie Coleman gets away from Passage's Callum O'Neill during the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Waterford senior hurling championship match in Fraher Field.

[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]

Lismore …………………… 2-14; Passage …………………… 1-12 THE above score line doesn’t do justice to a heroic Lismore side who defeated a highly rated Passage team in horrendous weather conditions at the Fraher Field last Sunday afternoon. In doing so James O’Connor’s charges repeated their championship win of 2017 against the same opposition and have set themselves in motion for another successful championship run, they having reached the semi final stages last year before being narrowly defeated by Ballygunner.

Lismore had first use of the wind and rain at their backs and they

didn’t take long to use full advantage of them. They led by 2-6 to 0-1 after 16 minutes and by 2-10 to 0-3 at half-time. Ray Barry, lining out these days at corner forward had their first goal as early as the 6th minute and Jordan Shanahan added a second seven minutes later.

Maurice Shanahan, from frees, Jack Prendergast and Peter O’Keeffe also got in on the scoring act more than once in a first half where Passage didn’t score from play until the 30th minute via Liam Flynn. Owen Connors from placed balls secured their two other points.

Shortly into the second half, it was clear that Passage were not

going to exert the same influence as their opponents with the elements on their side and the main reason was the heroic defending of the winners led capably by full and centre back respectively David and Paudie Prendergast and championship debutant Iarlaith Daly on the wing. Midfielders Paudie Coleman and Aaron Whelan also played their part consistently during the course of the game.

Half way through the second moiety, Lismore had their half time advantage well intact and the longer the game progressed without Passage raising a green flag the more it looked like a Lismore victory. A 63rd minute Jamie Burke

goal came much too late to worry Lismore, who scored one point more than Passage against the wind via Jack Prendergast, Maurice Shanahan, 0-2f and Jordan Shanahan.

Though Dan Shanahan was untypically the only Lismore starting forward not to score on this occasion, he won a 60th minute penalty which younger brother Maurice was content to fire over the bar.

Passage never got within striking distance of the winners and they had to rely on points by such as Owen Connors, Killian Fitzgerald, Adam Roche and one of their best players on the day, Gary Cullinane.

Lismore’s Top Three: Paudie Prendergast, David Prendergast,

Jordan Shanahan.

Passage’s Top Three: Owen Connors, Gary Cullinane, Jason Roche.

Observer’s Man of the Match: Paudie Prendergast.

Number of Scorers: Lismore 5.

Passage 5.

Scores From Play: Lismore 2-8.

Passage 1-8.

Wides: Lismore 6. Passage 1.

Frees For: Lismore 10. Passage 9.

Score of the Match: Jack Prendergast’s 35th minute point for Lismore.

Scorers – Lismore: Maurice Shanahan 0-6f, Jordan Shanahan 1-2, Ray Barry 1-1, Jack Prendergast 0-3, Peter O’Keeffe 0-2.

Passage: Owen Connors 0-7 (2f, 2’65’), Jamie Burke 1-0, Killian Fitzgerald 0-2, Liam Flynn, Adam Roche and Gary Cullinane 0-1 each.

Lismore: Seanie Barry, Pat Hennessy, David Prendergast, Micheal Fitzgerald; Iarlaith Daly, Paudie Prendergast, Shane Heaphy; Paudie Coleman, Aaron Whelan; Jordan Shanahan, Maurice Shanahan, Jack Prendergast; Ray Barry, Dan Shanahan, Peter O’Keeffe. Subs: Eric O’Sullivan for Shane Heaphy (inj.23), Brendan Landers for Peter O’Keeffe (62).

Passage: Eddie Lynch; Jason Flood, Jason Roche, Darragh Lynch; Pa Walsh, Noel Connors, Gary Cullinane; Thomas Connors, Callum O’Neill; Killian Fitzgerald, Owen Connors, Liam Flynn; Richard Hurley, John Whitty, Stephen Lynch. Subs: Eoin Kelly for Callum O’Neill (39), Aaron Connors for Richard Hurley (46), Conor Carey for John Whitty (49), Jamie Burke for Jason Roche (inj. 61).

Referee: Thomas Walsh (Modeligo).

De La Salle’s goals decisive JJ KAVANAGH AND SONS COUNTY SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP De La Salle ……………........ 4-17; Fourmilewater …………...... 1-15.

A BRACE of goals in either half by DLS proved too hot to handle for Fourmilewater in this first senior hurling championship game of the new season in the Fraher Field last Saturday afternoon.

The winners looked to have more hurling done their opponents for this time of the year and it showed in some of the Fourmile players not performing up to their usual high standards. However, a tally of 14 wides over the hour showed that they had plenty of possession and as the championship moves on, a better return can be expected on the scoreboard.

Jake Dillon was placed at centre back for this game while the speedy Cormac McCann caught the eye up front, finishing the hour with 2-3 from play to his credit.

McCann’s first goal arrived in the 11th minute after Adam Farrell, at the second attempt, had notched the winners first six minutes earlier.

Mc Cann’s second green flag was raised on 34 minutes after Fourmile keeper Stephen Ryan had saved brilliantly from two other players in the same passage of play.

DLS were never in danger here, playing against the wind, they led at half-time by 2-10 to 0-11 with Jamie Barron’s five points from play

mainly responsible for keeping his side somewhat in touch. DLS’s third goal shortly after half time, made life more difficult for Fourmile and when Jack Fagan struck for their fourth goal on 39 minutes, the remainder of the game was played out with little interest. Jamie Barron scored Fourmilwater’s goal from an ordinary close in free in the 57th minute.

Apart from Jamie Barron, County players Kevin Moran and Conor Gleeson had relatively quiet outings while both sides were short some regulars at the start. Eddie Barrett and Ian Flynn were absentees for the winners with John Mullane not listed at all in their panel of 33 players. For Fourmilewater, Shane Walsh was a noticeable loss with the consistent over the years Seamus Lawlor not listed either for the Ballymac side.

DLS Top Three: Cormac NcCann, Jack Fagan, Shane McNulty.

Fourmilewater’s Top Three: Jamie Barron, Tom Barron, Dylan Guiry.

Observer’s Man of the Match: Cormac McCann.

Number of Scorers: DLS 8.

Fourmilewater 4.

Scores From Play: DLS 4-12.

Fourmilewater 0-11 Frees For: DLS 8.

Fourmilewater 14.

Wides: DLS 5. F/milewater 14.

Score of the Match: Jack Fagan’s 21st minute point from play, for the winners, De La Salle.

Scorers – De La Salle: Cormac McCann 2-3, Jack Fagan 1-3, Shane Ryan 0-5 (4f, 1’65’), Adam Farrell 1-0, Kevin Moran and Eoin Madigan 0-2 each, Dean Twomey and Paudie Nevin 0-1 each.

Fourmilewater: Jamie Barron 1-7 (1-0f), Dylan Guiry 0-4 (3f), Conor Gleeson and Tom Barron 0-2 (1f) each.

De La Salle: Shaun O’Brien; Conor Giles Doran, Kenneth Byrne, Paddy Kennedy; Shane McNulty, Jake Dillon, Tom Moran; Shane Ryan, Paudie Nevin; Adam Farrell, Kevin Moran, Jack Fagan; Cormac McCann, Dean Twomey, Eoin Madigan.

Subs: Ian Flyy for Jack Fagan (49), Stephen Dalton for Conor Giles Doran (52), Eddie Barrett for Paudie Nevin (56).

Fourmilewater: Stephen Ryan; Jake Mulcahy, Tom O’Gorman, Diarmuid Murphy; Shane Ryan, Tom Barron, Tholm Guiry; Dermot Ryan, Conor Gleeson; Michael O’Gorman, Jamie Barron, Craig Guiry; Dylan Guiry, Ciaran Walsh, Gearoid Hearn.

Subs: Kenny Brazil for Craig Guiry (45), Glen Cullinane for Gearoid Hearn (52), Conal Mulcahy for Tom Barron (59).

Referee: Noel Kelly (Erin’s Own).

Fourmilewater's Jamie Barron controls the sliotar against De La Salle's Shane Ryan during the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Waterford senior hurling championship match in Fraher Field. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]

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Gaelic Jottings 2017 MacNamee Award winners announced THE winners of the 2017 MacNamee Awards have been confirmed by the GAA. The GAA National Communication and Media Awards are named after the late Pádraig MacNamee, former President of the GAA, Chairman of the GAA Commission (1969-1971) and member of the RTÉ authority. They are presented annually in recognition of outstanding contributions made by individuals and Association units in the area of media and communications.

The awards were presented by GAA President John Horan at a function in Croke Park on Thursday last. Horan offered his congratulations to this year's winners: "From its earliest days, the GAA was very conscious of the need to have media coverage and media support for our Games.

"Little did Pádraig MacNamee or indeed anyone else realise at the foundation of these awards just how dramatic the changes would be in the Irish media landscape. "Throughout all that change and evolution in the media across so many platforms, the need for the GAA voice to be heard and our activities to be comprehensively publicised has remained constant. "I know how treasured these MacNamee Awards are among the media and I congratulate all of those honoured here. I also want to acknowledge the Clubs here for the obvious pride shown in their local story and commend them for the effort they've put into its presentation."

The winners of the 2017 MacNamee Awards are as follows: Best Website - St. Peter's GAA Club, Warrenpoint, Co Down - http://www.warrenpointgaa.com/ The St. Peter's GAA Club website is truly best in class. It has been built with a strong focus on user journey, but most importantly the club must be commended on their attention to detail and their site content upkeep. The addition of Warrenpoint GAA TV is testament to this Club's understanding of online content.

Provincial Media Award - The Donegal Democrat - "Donegal '92 History Makers" The Donegal Democrat celebrated the 1992 All Ireland winning champions with an in-depth magazine recalling a famous and silverware laden campaign under Brian McEniff's stewardship. Packed with interesting interviews, player profiles and photographs the Donegal Democrat's supplement is a classy and comprehensive account of Donegal history.

2017 National Media Award Vincent Hogan, Irish Independent (article on Joe Canning, Galway hurler) Vincent Hogan's interview with Galway hurler, Joe Canning, published in the Irish Independent on Saturday, August 5th last year, was everything a great interview should be.

Canning was disarmingly honest and open, which is a credit to the author who must have successfully built up an early rapport with his subject and then asked the right questions at the right time.

Canning has been in the public eye for a long time and spoken to the media on countless occasions, but we learned more from this superbly written piece about the nuances of his personality and what really makes him tick than from any other interview heretofore.

His revelation that his main motivation for playing hurling is to make his parents feel proud and see a smile on their faces after a game surely struck a chord with every reader.

We read about the very human side of Joe Canning in the Irish Independent that Saturday, the following day we witnessed the superhuman when he inspired Galway to victory over Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final with one of the greatest match-winning points of all time.

2017 Best Programme - Louth GAA Football Final This County Final match programme was beautifully styled, containing a trove of statistical details as well as excellently written editorial. The use of old and current imagery embellished the publication. There was a fastidious adherence to an intelligently structured design and the full-colour publication was creativity produced.

2017 Best GAA Related Radio Programme - LMFM - "When Sam Crossed the Boyne" The programme "When Sam crossed the Boyne" is a documentary looking back at Louth's victory in the All Ireland Football Final of 1957 and broadcast 60 years later on October 30th, 2017.

This programme gives the listener a chance to re-live the glories of the distant past, this documentary gives a great insight into the ability of athletes and supporters to remember vividly things that happened on the field of sport two generations ago.

2017 Gradam Gaeilge (Irish Language Award) - Focás Films "Poc na nGael" Scoth an chláir teilifíse inar fiosraíodh an nasc idir an iománaíocht agus an cluiche hacaí-oighir.

Bheadh sé furasta a rá nach bhfuil ann ach gur cluichí le bataí iad an péire acu, ach i bPoc na nGael fuair Ger Loughnane amach i bhfad níos mó ná sin nuair a chuaigh sé go Ceanada leis an scéal a fhiosrú.

Chuirfeadh an méid a fuair sé amach ionadh ort - go háirithe nárbh iad na Gaeil na himircigh a bhí sáite sa chluiche , ach Protastúnaigh agus lucht Ultaise a chuir futhu thall. Éamonn Ó Cualáin a stiúraigh do Focas Films.

A superb television programme that explores the link between hurling and the game of ice-hockey. It would be easy to say that the two are tied through their shared use of the stick but in Poc na nGael Ger Loughnane went to Canada to find out that they share a whole lot more in common.

What he found out was a cause for surprise - not least that it was not Catholic emigrants who were the drivers behind the growth of the game, but Ulster Protestants who helped it put roots down over there. Éamonn Ó Cualáin directed for Focas Films.

2017 Best Photograph - Piarsás Ó Mídheach, Sportsfile "The Joe Show" with Joe Canning captures on of the most iconic moments of last year's hurling Championship as Canning celebrates scoring the winning point during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland semi-final between Galway and old rivals Tipperary.

2017 Best GAA Club Publication Thurles Sarsfields GAA Story, Volume 1 This book charts the first 75 years of the Thurles Sarsfields club. Using a variety of sources including internal club records, external local and national archives, newspaper reports and the oral folk memory of the town, the author, Liam Ó Donnchú, has successfully charted the history of the club and its place within both the wider GAA organisation and Ireland itself. The book is meticulously researched, well-structured and illustrated throughout with fascinating photographs.

2017 Best New Digital Initiative Austin Stacks GAA Club, Tralee This website was commissioned espe-

Launch of the Waterford Ladies Football Golf Classic which will be played at Dungarvan Golf Club on Friday (April 6th) and Saturday (7th).

Timesheet at Dungarvan Golf Club. L-R, John Frewen, Waterford Ladies Football County Board; Pat Sullivan, Senior Team Manager; Roisin Tobin, Senior Team Vice Captain; Mairead Wall, Senior Team Captain; Nicky Sheehan, Ladies Football County Board and Johnny Troy, Ladies Football County Board.

[Dan McGrath]

cially to mark the centenary of the Austin Stacks hurling and football Club.

Stacks100.ie is a wonderful tribute to the club's rich history and the people who have played their part in the Club's development. The platform allows the user to dig deep and explore the evolution of one of Kerry's greatest clubs through the use of mixed media. This digital platform is a priceless resource.

2017 Hall of Fame Award - Tommy Callaghan Tommy began his career with the Leinster Leader as a printswork apprentice in October 1967. As the technology changed, so did his role with the paper and he always took up the challenge and moved with the times. Tommy is the current Sports Editor of the newspaper.

He has been an ever-ready commentator on all sports, especially Gaelic games, and he has no hesitation in giving his very forthright and critical opinion on a variety of topics whenever the opportunity arises.

GPA Up In Arms THE GPA has added its voice to the growing criticism of Croke Park's decision to declare the outstanding Allianz FL Division 4 games null and void. In a statement issued, the players' body hit out at the lack of consultation from the powers-that-be.

"The GPA have had a huge response from members on the panels impacted by this weekend's cancelled division four football league games. "The players are angry that once again they were not consulted on key policy decisions that directly impact them. "Alternative dates were put forward by a number of squads but it appears that these were not taken into consideration by decision makers.

"In these cases support was given by County boards for the proposed alternative dates."

President of the GPA, David Collins added: "The GPA have been working closely in recent days with the teams involved and we were very disappointed that the players were not asked for their input before the games were cancelled.

"We appreciate that the County Boards are under pressure and that adverse weather conditions have complicated the inter-county fixture planner, but there is no excuse for not consulting players before announcing the cancellations. "These cancellations will cause significant disruption to teams who are preparing for the championship. "The GPA will continue to meet with GAA representatives to make the case that

such unilateral decisions are unacceptable and must not be repeated in future.

Open dialogue with players is a far superior approach to handling situations like this."

Leaked GAA report recommends payment for inter-county players THE GAA's soon-to-be-published Towards 2034 - the 150th anniversary of the GAA document is proposing the payment of an allowance to inter-county players. The radical report, which has been seen by The Irish Times, contends that the traditional mileage expenses system is "neither equitable nor fit-forpurpose", and is recommending an agreed allowance for inter-county players instead.

"By 2034, the GAA will have developed a model to recognise the time and effort contributed by senior inter-county players and their respective managers.

This will facilitate effective budgeting where senior inter-county players and managers will retain their existing amateur status but have their value to the Association, and their enormous commitment to their sport, recognised by a defined and agreed allowance," it reads.

However, the report - which contains a number of proposals from a committee established by former president Aogán Ó Fearghail - is strongly opposed to club players being similarly compensated.

"At club level no payments will be made for playing, coaching, or team management," the committee recommends.

The report is also proposing that there be a reduced emphasis on the intercounty game.

"The committee envisages that by 2034 the topic of the day will no longer revolve solely around the inter-county games, but will focus and recognise the contribution of local GAA clubs, club committees, county boards and national structures. "The real strength of the GAA family will be determined by club membership, volunteers and levels of participation in GAA activities. "It is imperative that the Association creates separate and distinct playing seasons for inter-county and club championships in order to provide a regular and meaningful schedule of games for all players and, in turn, recognises the important ongoing work taking place in this regard at the time of writing (November 2017)."

The document, which aims to spark debate among the GAA membership, is also proposing the abolition of provincial councils and the relaxation of the rule barring rugby and soccer from being played at GAA venues outside Croke Park.

Tallow win THE Bridesiders got their Western junior ‘B’ hurling championship campaign off to a winning start last weekend with a 1-12 to 0-11 point win over Fourmilewater.

Ladies in semi-final WATERFORD Ladies footballers have advanced to the Division2 National league semi-finals after defeating Armagh away last weekend.

County Senior Hurling Gates THE inclement weather, it seems, affected attendances at the senior hurling championship games in the County last weekend. 2017 figures realised over €10,000 for the first round games and last weekend £7,967 was taken in at the turnstiles as follows : Fraher Field on Saturday : £1,905. Walsh Park on Saturday £2,233. Cappoquin on Saturday : £1,089 and the Fraher Field on Sunday : £2,470.

County Minor Football RESULTS on Easter Monday; Division 2A: St. Marys 4-7; Kilrossanty 0-6.

Division 2B: Cois Bhride 4-12; Dungarvan 0-1. Division 3A: St. Mollerans 3-5; St. Saviours 1-8. Division 3B: Stradbally 1-20; Ardmore 2-0.

Scór Na Seachtaine JORDAN Henley’s 43rd minute sideline cut on the bank side of the grounds over the road goal for Tallow in their County senior hurling championship game with Dungarvan in Cappoquin last Saturday.

Fraher Field Classics THIS week’s Fraher Field Classics, courtesy of the editor of the Dungarvan Observer and from the pen of John A. Murphy features the Western Under 21 hurling championship game between Lismore and Tallow on the paper dated April 20th, 1968. ‘’Lismore 4-6; Tallow 0-8.’’

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Dungarvan wins high scoring encounter JJ Kavanagh County Senior Hurling Championship

Referee Pat Casey (Cappoquin) pictured with team captains Kieran Power (Dungarvan) on left, and Kieran Geary (Tallow).

Dungarvan …………………3-20; Tallow ……………………… 2-13.

BOTH teams played well in this first round senior hurling championship game at the well attended Cappoquin venue last Saturday evening. The difference between the teams was that the winners possessed a better scoring threat, mirrored by the stat that all of their six forwards scored from play compared to half that number for the Bridesiders.

This game also saw the return of Patrick Curran to top form in club championship, he was excellent from frees, scored a goal and was involved in making the other two by

his older brother Cormac. Blues captain Kieran Power vied for man of the match from his centre back position where his reading of the game and covering behind his fellow defenders was top notch.

Tommy Ryan was a scoring threat for Tallow as usual up front but when John Curran was switched onto him in the second half, the Tallow sharpshooter was held scoreless.

Jordan Henley’s pointed sideline in the 43rd minute was a highlight and he improved matters for Tallow when placed at midfield from his centre back position.

A nasty foul by Tallow’s David

O’Brien on Patrick Curran when the game was over as a contest in the 60th minute was needless while again Dungarvan have some work to do in conceding goals of the soft variety. Apart from this they conceded just 0-5 from play.

Tallow will be disappointed with the result but should be pleased enough with the performance of their side.

There is still a long way to go in this championship and can look forward to the return of such as Shaun O’Sullivan, Evan Sheehan, Robbie Beecher and Jake Neville to the starting fifteen.

Dungarvan’s Top Three:

Kieran Power, Patrick Curran, Joe Allen.

Tallow’s Top Three: Jordan Henley, Tommy Ryan, Mark O’Brien.

Observer’s Man of the Match: Kieran Power.

Number of Scorers: Dungarvan 9. Tallow 6.

Scores From Play: Dungarvan 3-11. Tallow 2-6.

Frees For: Dungarvan 11.

Tallow 18.

Wides: Dungarvan 5. Tallow 5.

Score of the Match: Jordan Henley’s 43rd minute sideline cut on the bank side of the grounds.

Scorers –

Dungarvan: Patrick Curran 1-10 (9f), Cormac Curran 2-1, Michael Kiely and Gavin Crotty 0-2 each, Colm Curran, Cathal Curran, Gavin Crotty, Joe Allen and Jamie Nagle 0-1 each.

Tallow: Ryan Grey 0-8 (7f), Tommy Ryan 1-2, Tom Daly 1-0, Darragh Mulcahy and Ian Beecher 0-1 each, Jordan Henley 0-1(sl).

Dungarvan: Darren Duggan; Aaron Donnolly, Kevin Daly, Luke Egan; John Curran, Kieran Power, Jamie Nagle; Conor Sheridan, Cathal Curran; Joe Allen, Gavin Crotty, Patrick Curran; Michael Kiely, Cormac Curran, Colm Curran.

Subs: Kenny Moore for Aaron Donnolly (ht), Jack Lacey for Gavin Crotty (57). Kealan Daly for Joe Allen (inj. 58).

Tallow: Brian Henley; Mark O’Brien, David O’Brien, Jake Beecher; Michael Tobin, Jordan Henley, Robbie Geary; Kieran Geary, Darragh Mulcahy; Ian Beecher, Tommy Daly, Bob McCarthy; Daarrah Buckley, Ryan Grey, Tommy Ryan.

Subs: Shane Feeney for Bob McCarthy (50), Jake Neville for Darrah Buckley (inj.)

Referee: Pat Casey (Cappoquin).

Late goal earns Mount Sion victory Mount Sion ……………..… 2-12; Roanmore ………………… 1-14.

CLOSELY fought throughout, with the pendulum swinging one way and then the other, this clash of city rivals in Walsh Park on Saturday last produced a dramatic finish as Mount Sion snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with two points deep into added time, the winning scorecoming from a sensational strike by Stephen Roche in midfield on the stand side touchline.

It was a stunning blow to a Roanmore side who had battled back from a two point half-time

deficit to go two points clear with ten minutes remaining. Three points between the 54th and 58th minutes saw Sion regain the lead but when Roanmore minor star Brian Cooke levelled matters again in the 59th minute and veteran substitute Daniel Murphy shot his side back into the lead a minute later it seemed that Roanmore were destined to prevail.

With the game into four minutes of added time Mount Sion substitute Sean Colfer got on to a breaking ball in the Roanmore goalmouth and levelled the tie yet

St. Pat's under 10 hurling team, winners of the Owen Geary Perpetual Cup.

again. With the clock running down both sides would probably have settled for the draw at that stage.

The four minutes were just up when Roanmore conceded a sideline cut in front of the centre of the stand. A quickly taken short ball by Roche to Martin O’Neill was returned to him and with players coming in for the block down he lofted a shot goalward and to the roars of the Sion supporters it came down just inside the far upright and over Billy Nolan’s crossbar.

There was more to come however, as Nolan quickly took the

puck out and with the referee allowing time for just one more play the ball was collected by Gavin O’Brien who wasted no time in shooting at the posts but to the dismay of his side’s supporters the ball just drifted to the left and wide with the final whistle following. It was a sensational finish to a game that kept supporters on their toes throughout with dramatic twists and turns Scorers – Mount Sion: Martin ‘F’ O’Neill 1-4 (3Fs), Alan Kirrwan 1-0, Stephen Roche 0-3, Luke O’Brien, Aaron Dempsey, Evan Curran, Austin Gleeson and Sean

Colfer 0-1 each.

Roanmore: Emmet O’Toole 1-5 (4Fs), Gavin O’Brien 0-3, Billy Nolan 0-2 (Fs), Brian Cooke 0-2, Eoin Madigan and Daniel Murphy 0-1 each.

Mount Sion: Ian O’Regan, Mark Hoban, Stephen O’Neill, Barry Ryan, Luke O’Brien, Austin Gleeson, Mikey Daykin, Stephen Roche, Aaron Dempsey, Martin ‘F’ O’Neill, Donal Power, John Kennedy, Jack Meaney, Evan Curran, Alan Kirwan. Subs: Peter Penkert for Gleeson (14), Evan McGrath for Meaney (42), Sean

St. Pat's under12 football team, who took on Callan on the 27th March.

Colfer for Curran (46), Eddie Cullen for Power (52).

Roanmore: Billy Nolan, Chrids Dempsey, Stephen Grant, Charlie Chester, Dean Reidy, Shane Mackey, Colm Burke, Frank McGrath, Gavin O’Brien, Eamonn Power, Eoin Madigan, Dale Hayes, Emmet O’Toole, Paul O’Sullivan, Brian Cooke.

Subs: Cein Chester for O’Sullivan (46), Daniel Murphy for Madigan (49), Ray Connolly for Mackey (56).

Referee: Anthony Fitzgerald (Passage).

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Comeragh Oil Western Intermediate Hurling Championship

Ballysaggart begins with a bang Ballysaggart ………………2-26; Ardmore ……………………2-10.

SPEARHEADED by County player Stephen Bennett, who finished the hour with a massive individual scoring tally of 1-16, Ballysaggart produced their best hurling in recent years to consign Ardmore to a decisive defeat on their return to the Intermediate grade.

Once the dust settled in this encounter after 20 minutes, there was just one team heading for the winners enclosure as the half-time scoreline of 0-12 to 0-5 indicated.

‘Saggart scored 2-14 in the second moiety, a significant tally for any side with the goals coming from the Bennett brothers Stephen and Shane.

The former’s goal after just 40 seconds of the restart ended this game as a contest and a further ten minutes in, the winners held a 0-10 advantage at 1-17 to 1-7. Shane Bennett’s diving 54th minute green flag left the scoreboard reading 2-21 to 1-9 with Stephen Bennett, in the main, popping up all over the field to register scores of quality at every given opportunity.

Credit Ardmore, they battled away against the odds without

such regulars as Wayne and Richie Hennessy, Daniel Power and Sean Barron and managed to amass a tally of 2-10 themselves which would win many a game.

However, they were outclassed on this occasion and if ‘Saggart play as well as this again, they will prove a match for any team in the championship.

The only negative from the winner’s on the night was the constant ‘mouthing’ against the referee’s decisions by a handful of their players which can be done without.

Ardmore looked lethargic after their long and successful spell of activity in the junior grade and there may not be many clubs looking forward to the spell of relative Summer inactivity but the seasiders won’t be arguing too much about this.

Ballysaggart’s Top Three: Stephen Bennett, Kieran Bennett, Kenneth Cashel.

Ardmore’s Top Three: Seamus Keating, Kieran Conway, Niall Hennessy.

Observer’s Man of the Match: Stephen Bennett.

Number of Scorers: Ballysaggart 6.

Ardmore 6.

Scores From Play: Ballysaggart 1-17. Ardmore 2-8.

Frees For: Ballysaggart 14. Ardmore 9.

Wides: Ballysaggart 9. Ardmore 7.

Score of the Match: Stephen Bennett’s 54th minute point from play for Ballysaggart.

Scorers – Ballysaggart: Stephen Bennett 1-16 (8f, 1’65’), Shane Bennett 1-3, Ken Cashell, Gene O’Brien and Kieran Bennett 0-2 each, Caiean O’Gorman 0-1.

Ardmore: Seamus Keating 1-2, James Flavin 1-0, John Gartland 0-3, Seamus Prendergast 0-3 (2f), David Gartland and Seamus Cronin 0-1 each.

Ballysaggart: Michael Ryan; Liam O’Gorman, Kieran Fennessy, Jack Roche; Steven Mangan, Kieran Bennett, Darren Meagher; Ronan Walsh, Eugene O’Brien, Cailean O’Gorman; Stephen Bennett, Ken Cashell, Kyle Bennett.

Ardmore: Jack Walsh; Niall Hennessy, Declan Prendergast, Kieran Conway; Gavin Williams, Seamus Keating, Michael Cronin; Kenny Murphy, James Kennedy; Stephen Keating, David Gartland, John Gartland; James Flavin, Seamus Prendergast, Seamus Cronin.

Subs: Eoghan O’Shea for Kenny Murphy, Dylan Troy for Jack Walsh (inj), Eoin Conway for James Kennedy, Tom Power for Stephen Keating, Richie Hennessy for Kieran Conway.

Referee: Pat Casey (Cappoquin).

Ballysaggart's Shane Bennett wins possession ahead of Ardmore's Niall Hennessy in their intermediate hurling game at the Fraher Field last Friday evening.

Brickeys win thrilling contest Brickey Rangers …………. 2-13; Stradbally ………………..…2-12.

THERE have been occasions in the past when Brickeys would have succumbed to a Stradbally comeback but the present side have obviously learned from the past and they recorded their first win in their first outing in this year’s championship in a game played at the Fraher Field last Saturday evening.

The Stradbally catalyst for any comeback in borh codes is usually Michael Walsh and Shane Ahearn and this was the case here again and it almost worked with Walsh setting up Ahearn for a 55th minute goal to leave just the minimum between the teams in an enthralling and fiercely contested final period of play.

This scenario was a million miles away in the first half when a totally dominant Brickey outfit raced into a 2-6 to 0-2 lead by the 24th minute courtesy of goals by goals by Conor McGrath from the penalty spot after he was upended by Stradbally keeper Trevor Curran and by Mikey O’Hanlon who was making a successful debut in this championship grade.

John Morrisssey, McGrath, Darragh Duggan, Conor Whelan

and our man of the match Mark Shalloe contributed minors for the winners before Stradbally got their act together with Shane Ahern blasting home the first of his two goals and the same player added a brace of points to leave a 0-6 margin at the interval on a score of 2-7 to 1-4 As the second half unfolded, Stradbally came right into the game outscoring their opponents by 0-7 to 0-1 by the 42nd minute to level proceedings on a scoreline reading 2-8 to 1-11. Shane Ahern was responsible for four of these scores from three varieties with Eoghan O’Brien, Cormac Gough and Ger Power also dissecting the posts.

Brickeys badly required a reply and a quick one at that and it came from the tireless Mark Shalloe in the 44th minute. John Morrissey added a pointed free and these two scores restored confidence in the Brickey camp, 2-10 to 1-11. Shane Ahern and John Morrissey traded pointed frees and when Morrissay and Colin Whelan added further white flags for the Bushy Park men, they held a 2-13 to 1-12 advantage in the final minutes of the hour.

However, not surprisingly, Michael Walsh picked out Shane Ahern for

Stradbally's Shane Lannon gets his clearance away ahead of the Brickeys Mikey O’Hanlon in their intermediate hurling game at the Fraher Field last Saturday evening.

a rasper of a goal in the 55th minute but the Brickeys hurled defiantly all over the field and particularly in defence to take the honours on the day.

Brickeys Top Three: Mark Shalloe, Philly Walsh, Shame Nugent.

Stradbally’s Top Three: Shane Ahern, Trevor Curran, Michael Walsh.

Observer’s Man of the Match: Mark Shalloe.

Scorers – Brickeys: John Morrissey 0-5, Mikey O’Hanlon 1-1, Conor McGrath 1-1 (1-0f), Mark Shalloe 0-3, Conor Whelan 0-2, Darragh Duggan 01. Stradbally: Shane Ahern 2-9 (2f, i’65’), Eoghan O’Brien, Cormac Gough and Ger Power 0-1 each.

Brickeys: Jamie Kiely; Oran Keevers, Shane Nugent, Diarmaid Tobin; Carthach Shalloe, Cormac Curran, Philly Walsh; Conor Whelan, Mark Shalloe; John Morrissey, Darragh Duggan, Conor Phelan; Conor Morrissey, Conor McGrath, Nikey O’Hanlon. Subs: Mark Cummins for Conor Morrissey, Conor Morrissey for Mikey Hanlon.

Stradbally: Trevor Curran; Ger Crowley, Shane Lannon, Michael Ahearne; Luke Casey, Robert Ahearn, Ciaran Cusack; Jack Mullaney, Michael Walsh; Daniel Weldon, Shane Ahearn, Cormac Gough; Ger Power, John Coffey, Paul Tobin. Subs: Cathal Cusack for Michael Ahearn.

Referee: Tom Mansfield (Cappoquin).

Referee Thomas Walsh (Modeligo) pictured with team captains Colm Looby (Cappoquin) and Brian O’Halloran (Clashmore/Kinsalebeg).

Whirlwind start for winners decisive Clashmore/Kinsalebeg ......2-17; Cappoquin ………………....1-13.

THE result of this second Intermediate hurling championship game at the Fraher Field on Good Friday last was as decisive as it was unexpected. Playing with a tempo that is not usually associated with their play, Clashmore/Kinsalebeg produced a performance, similar to Ballysaggart, in that if they can reproduce same in later games, then they will be lively championship contenders.

The winners led by 2-8 to 0-3 at the end of the first quarter, their goals coming from full forward Darren Foley and Paul O’Connor as early as the 3rd and 5th minutes respectively. Cappoquin were totally of the pace of the play and this game was done and dusted at the short whistle with the scoreboard reading 2-12 to 0-5.

Like in the Western final last year, Cappoquin were dead on their feet here and while they improved in the second moiety, they have a lot of soul searching to do if they are to recover the form that sent them in to the senior ranks a couple of seasons ago. The Cornerstone won the second half by 1-8 to 0-5 but the win was be-

yond them at this stage.

One of Cappoquin’s better players on the night, Tommy McCarthy netted from an Aaron O’Sullivan pass in the second minute of the new half but the accurate Edmond O’Halloran kept the scoreboard ticking for the winners with 0-4 (3f) to add their impressive first half tally.

Tadhg De Burca and Brian O’Halloran were again the leaders on the field for their team but this time round all wearing the club jersey were fired up for this game and contributed to this morale boosting win. Cappoquin have plenty of time to turn things around before the business end of the season and their capabilities to take on this challenge will be observed with interest.

Some lenient refereeing throughout didn’t help a distasteful row breaking out towards the end of the game and as well as the players, mentors have no business getting involved, one of which from Cappoquin was lucky to escape sanction.

Clashmore / Kinsalebeg’s Top Three: Brian O’Halloran, Tadhg Bourke, Edmond O’Halloran.

Cappoquin’s Top Three: Tommy McCarthy, Keith Landers, Killian O’Sullivan.

Observer’s Man of the Match: Brian O’Halloran.

Number of Scorers: Clashmore / Kinsalebeg 6. Cappoquin 5.

Scores From Play: Clashmore / Kinsalebeg 2-9. Cappoquin 1-8.

Frees For: Clashmore / Kinsalebeg 10. Cappoquin 12.

Wides: Clashmore / Kinsalebeg 10.

Cappoquin 7.

Score of the Match: Keith Landers 49th minute point for Cappoquin.

Scorers – Clashmore / Kinsalebeg: Paul O’Connor 1-4, Edmond O’Halloran 0-6 (5f), Darren Foley 1-0, Tadhg De Burca 0-3f, Brian O’Halloran and James O’Leary 0-2 each, Cappoquin: Shane O’Rourke 0-8 (5f), Tommy McCarthy 1-0, Keith Landers and Andy Molumby 0-2 each, Aaron O’Sullivan 0-1.

Clashmore / Kinsalebeg: Mark McGrath; Ciaran Bourke, Jason Seward, Sean Bourke; Adam O’Sullivan, Tadhg Bourke, Ronan Fitzgerald; Brian O’Halloran, Brian Lynch; Edmond O’Halloran, James O’Leary, Aidan Trihy; Cian Ryan, Darren Foley, Paul O’Connor. Sub: Luke Seward for Cian Ryan.

Cappoquin: Darren Curran; Kevin Looby, Shane Coughlan, Pat Morrissey; Tim Looby, Paul Muray, Matt Noonan; Colm Looby, Keith Landers; Andy Molumby, Tommy McCarthy, Aaron O’Sullivan; Shane O’Rourke, Killian O’Sullivan, Jack Mangan.

Referee: Thomas Walsh (Modeligo).

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Comeragh Oil Western Intermediate Hurling Championship

Shamrocks earn deserved draw Shamrocks …………………1-13; Modeligo ……………………1-13.

HELD in Ballysaggart where the pitch and facilities were of the highest standard, Shamrocks surprised many by their display here against one of the championship favourites Modeligo. Shamrocks were involved in the relegation play-off in 2017 but on this showing, they will be looking at the other end of the table this year.

The Knockanore side led at half time by 1-8 to 0-8 with their goal coming from the penalty spot by their centre forward Colm Roche.

He was also responsible for 0-5 from placed balls with Stephen Lucey, Ed Hynes and Cathal O’Herlihy also registering minors.

Jamie Troy was Modeligo’s top scorer in the first half with 0-5 as well while Gavin Dalton and Tom Devine also dissected the posts.

Modeligo’s second half goal was struck by championship debutant Mick Devine who was subsequently badly injured and had to be replaced. Before this, he accounted for a further 0-2 with older brother Tom and Jamie Troy again finding the target.

Colm Roche added a further 0-3f for Shamrocks in the second half with John Paul Lucey adding a brace from play, all these scores forcing Modeligo to come from behind to salvage a draw.

Shamrocks: Kieran O’Keeffe; Padraig Ahearne, Tom Donovan,

Brian Harnedy; Padraig Roche, Shane Roche, Adam Crawford; Billy Hynes, John Paul Lucey; Ed Hynes, Colm Roche, Stephen Lucey; Cathal O’Herlihy, Ed Lonergan, Kieran Crawford. Subs: Shane Harnedy for Cathal O’Herlihy. Kelvyn O’Farrell for Kieran Crawford.

Modeligo: Cian O’Byrne; Keith Hickey, Brian McCarthy, Robbie Buckley; Shane Troy, John McGrath, Thomas Walsh; Mick Devine, John Devine; Rian Reddy, Tom Devine, Gavin Dalton; Jamie Troy, Kieran McCarthy, Pa Walsh.

Sub: Nicky O’Donovan for Mick Devine (inj.).

Referee: John Condon (An Rinn).

Local Bar Western Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship

Tourin gets off the mark Tourin ……………………...…3-6; Kilrossanty ……………….… 1-8.

TOURIN atoned for their first round defeat to Colligan when they bested Kilrossanty at the Dungarvan grounds in Round 2 last Saturday afternoon. The winners couldn’t buy a goal in Cappoquin but they struck three on this occasion which was the difference in the end. This was

Kilrossanty’s first game of the championship and they had some newcomers on board including Martin Dunne, T. J. Veale, Patrick Power and Sean Veale.

Tourin: Colm Bennett; Shane Dunne, Shane Fives, Brian O’Donoghue; Daithi O’Brien, Darragh Fives, Brian Leahy; Donal McGrath, Jack Leahy; Daniel Leahy, Brendan Scanlan, Nall

Fives; Daniel Dransfield, Cathal Wilkinson, Kevin Leahy.

Kilrossanty: Jimmy Maher; James Whyte, Conor Hayes, Eoin Houlihan; Donal Fitzgerald, Niall Walsh, TJ Veale; Martin Dunne, Sean Veale; Patrick Power, Pa Whyte, Paul Keating; Alan Quinn, Pa Cunningham, Willie Brazil.

Referee: Paddy Smyth (Shamrocks).

Winning start for St. Mary’s St. Mary’s ………………… 3-16; Geraldines …………………0-15.

CHAMPIONSHIP favourites St. Mary’s got their championship campaign off to a winning start at the Gold Coast venue last Saturday afternoon with a convincing 0-10 win over Geraldines.

Eoin Kearns struck two of the winner’s goals with younger brother

Mike accounting for the third.

St. Mary’s: J. P. Fitzpatrick; Dermot Tobin, Denis Coffey, Tom Tobin; Ronan Gleeson, Brendan McGourty, Gearoid Hallinan; Kevin Sheehan, Jack Skehan; Jason Sheehan, Eoin Kearns, Jack Power; Stephen Coffey, Mike Kearns, Kieran Barron.

Geraldines: Eric Kennefick; Pa

Hickey, Stephen Fitzgerald, Ricky Fitzgerald; Johnny Healy, Jerome Maher, Eamonn Mernin; Stevie Hally, Tiernan O’Connell; Shane Kenny, Steven Kennefick, Aidan Dwyer; Peter Coughlan, Alan Lawlor, Ger O’Donovan.

Referee: Timmy Organ (Abbeyside/ Ballinacourty).

Colligan win again Colligan Rockies ………….0-18; Ballinameeela …………….. 1-12.

Colligan top the junior ‘A’ league table by virtue of their second championship win in a week, this game being played at the Ardmore venue. The only goal of the game was scored early on by Ballinameela’s Brendan Phelan while midfielder Jim Curran struck 0-8 (7f). Ballinameela, who were relegated from the intermediate grade in 2017, led by 1-7 to 0-9 at the break and overall played well enough here to prove that they will have a say in the destination of honours this year.

The winners supplied a greater spread of scorers than their opponents with half a dozen different scorers. Sam Murphy Nix enjoyed a great hour’s hurling lofting over 0-5 from play while the perennial scoring machine Johnny Wall accounted for 0-7 (5f). County man Colin Dunford got in on the scoring act with 0-3 while others to work the scoreboard were Richie Kiely, Mark Flynn and P. J. Coffey.

Colligan: Evan McKenna; Reece Stringer, Alan Walsh, Ross Browne; Mark Flynn, Dan Booth, PJ Coffey; Richie Kiely, Colin Dunford; Johnny Wall, John

Morrissey, Jason Dunford; Michael Horgan, Ian Fraher, Sam MurphyNix. Sub: Adam Dunford for Ian Fraher.

Ballinameela: Donagh Looby; Rob Shine, Micheal Shine, Tom Kiely; Jack Griffin, Mikey Phelan, Lorcan Looby; Jim Curran, Kealan Looby; Cian Culloo, David Phelan, Brendan Phelan; Shane McGovern, Liam O’Brien, Conor Buckley.

Subs: James Ryan for Conor Buckley, Brian Phelan for Tom Kiely.

Referee: Tadhg Tobin (Brickey Rangers).

Referee Paddy Smith (Shamrocks) pictured with team captains Robbie McGrath (St. Olivers,) on left and James Walsh (St. Pat’s).

JJ KAVANAGH AND SONS COUNTY MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The battle of the Saints in Aglish St. Pats ………………….… 1-12; St. Olivers ……………………1-8.

THIS division 2 game in Aglish last Wednesday evening proved to be a very good game of football between two sides that should have a say in the destination of this year’s title.

While St. Pats were the better team throughout, St. Olivers kept battling away and reduced their half

time deficit of 1-10 to 1-4 to 0-3 nearing the end of the game.

James Walsh was the winners’ main scoring threat in that first half, kicking over 0-5 (1f) while John Devine answered his cousin’s goal for Olivers per Liam O’Brien with a similar major.

Centre forward Bernard Wright also shone out for Pats in the first moiety with three excellent points

from play.

Pointed frees by P. J. O’Brien aided St. Olivers second half display while it was fitting that the final score of the game fell to man of the match James Walsh for Pats.

A sour note in this encounter was the treatment of the referee by an individual on the sideline which was totally uncalled for and which has no part to play in our games.

Brickeys away win Brickey Rangers ……….…1-10; Cois Bhride ………………… 2-4.

IN another Division 2 game which was played last Wednesday evening Brickeys were deserving 0-3 winners against Cois Bhride in Tallow.

The Bushy Park outfit led by 0-5 to 1-1 at the break with three of their scores coming from Sean Ronayne and the other two via Darragh Power.

Cois Bhride’s green flag was recorded by Sean Henley with Tom Dalton kicking their sole minor in

this half.

Brickeys won the second half by 1-5 to 1-3 with Tom O’Connell assisting Ronayne and Power on the scoreboard while Ciaran McCarthy got through for the home team’s second goal with midfielders Eoin McGrath (2) and Ben Ahearne accounting for their other scores.

Brickeys: Niall Browne; Joe Kuhne, Jack Lombard, Eoin McGrath; Jerome Power, Sean Lennon, Niall Houlihan; Conor Browne, Joshua Whelan Veale;

Sean Ronayne, Darragh Power, Sam Lombard; Tom O’Connell, Joey Curran, Hugo Harty. Sub: Jack McGrath.

Cois Bhride: Kieran Crawford; Eoghan Lenihan, Sean Henley, William Cunningham; Ivan O’Neill, Dean Beecher, Mark Dalton; Eoin McGrath, Ben Ahearne; Padraig Hynes, Ciaran McCarthy, Jake Chambers; Liam Motherway, Ciaran Hunt, Tom Dalton. Sub: Cian Hurley.

Referee: John Condon (An Rinn).

Nire at their ease Nire ……………… 6-14; Ballyduff …………… 4-4.

NOT for the first time many Gaels are left wondering why the Nire are graded in the lowest divison in the underage grades after this huge victory over Ballyduff Upper in Ballymacarbry last week.

Nire: David Morrissey, Cody Peters. Jody BeckersKelleher, Sean Boyce, Luke Guiry, Seamus O’Gorman, Kyle Cuddy, Jordan Ryan, Christopher Corbally-Maher,

Aaron Ryan, Larry Walsh, Sean Walsh, Christopher Ryan, Oisin Looney, Carlos Grace.

Ballyduff: Jack Barry, Paddy Drislane, Joe Ahern, Conor Hickey, Peter Kennedy, Aidan O’Brien, Ian Ahern, Cathal Murphy, Sean Hickey, Cathal Casey, Fionnan Hickey, Tireoghain Flynn, Billy Carroll, Florence.

Referee: Timmy Organ (Abbeyside/Ballinacourty).

Gaultier win again Gaultier ………………………5-4; An Ghaeltacht ……………... 0-7.

THE winner’s ability to breach their hosts defence at Pairc Uí Shiothchain last Wednesday evening helped them to their second win in division 1 of the championship. Even at this early stage, it is looking like another underage Gaultier v Ballinacourty County final pairing.

Gaultier: Niall McSweeney; Colin Power, Sean Harney, Kyle

Sloane; Matthew Kiely, Jack Troy, Eoghan Reilly; Tom Dalton, Tadhg Dalton; Kevin Mahony, David Daniels, Cormac Power; Conor Barry, Mark Fitzgerald,Ely Cullen.

Subs: Cian O’Mahony, Mark Gilgannon, Sean Og Cullinane, Cormac O’Mahony.

An Ghaeltacht: Kyle Mac Siomoin; Lucas Uadha, Oisin O Dunaigh, Liam O Reagain- Gagea, Seaghan O hOgain; Caolan Mac Craith, Eamonn Og O Crotaigh,

Ciaran O Mathuna; Oisin O Ceallaigh, Jack O Lonain; Coror O Raghallaigh, Micheal O Floinn, Nioclas Breathnach; Jack O Floinn, Seaghan Mac Giolla Chuda, Padraig O hInnnseaduin.

Fir Ionaid: Matthew Breathnach, Cian Mac An Oige, Donnachadh Mac Siomoin, Cathal O hOgain, Conall O Ceallaigh.

Referee: Tom Mansfield (Cappoquin).

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Waterford Under 14 team who lost out to Cork in the Munster A semi-final last weekend.

Waterford Ladies Football

Déise ladies book a spot in the league semi-finals Waterford ……………………2-9; Armagh ………………………2-8.

WATERFORD’S senior team booked themselves a space in the Division two national league final after a great win over Armagh last Sunday.

The Déise girls made the long trip to Armagh determined to travel home with the three points and that’s exactly what they done.

Waterford had the dream start as they went 2-2 up before Armagh got a score on the board.

Eimear Fennell who is having a great year started off the scoring with a point from a free in the first minute. Armagh’s Kelly Mallon got sin binned after just four minutes of play which left Armagh with just fourteen players for the next ten minutes.

The Waterford girls took advantage of this as Lauren McGregor

found the back of the net and not long after Michelle Ryan also got a goal for the Déise side. Maria Delahunty got a point from a placed ball to leave the sides 2-2 to no score after ten minutes.

Fionnuala McKenna got Armagh’s first score as she pointed a free. Eimear Fennell got another point on the board for Waterford as did Geraldine Power. The score now stood at 2-4 to 0-1 in favour of Waterford.

Armagh then began to come to life and got five unanswered scores, two of which were goals to leave the sides level on 2-4 apiece.

Aimee Mackin got 1-2 while Kelly Mallon got a point and Aoife McCoy got the second goal.

Geraldine Power got the last score of the first point which gave the Waterford Ladies a one point advantage going in at half-time,

leading 2-5 to 2-4.

Armagh started the better in the second half and got three unanswered points from Fionnuala McKenna, Aimee Mackin and Kelly Mallon.

Sinéad Ryan scored a point for the Déise to bridge the gap to a single point. Aimee Mackin got another point on the board for Armagh before Sinéad Ryan who made a huge impact when introduced scored two more points for Waterford, one from a free, to make the score level once again.

Armagh had another player sinbinned with five minutes remaining.

The final score of the game was to come from the boot of Eimear Fennell to give the Déise girls a one point victory and to head back to Waterford with the three points and a spot in the league semi-final.

Waterford have one more match

this weekend before the semifinals.

They will play Tipperary away, Tipperary are unbeaten in the league at present so this should be an interesting contest.

Waterford: Gráinne Kenneally, Rebecca Casey, Megan Dunford, Kate McGrath, Michelle McGrath, Emma Murray, Mairead Wall, Karen McGrath, Katie Murray, Aoife Murray, Geraldine Power, Maria Delahunty, Lauren McGregor, Eimear Fennell, Michelle Ryan Subs: Aileen Wall for Michelle Ryan, Sinéad Ryan for Geraldine Power, Liz Devine for Maria Delahunty Waterford scorers: Eimear Fennell 0-3, Sinéad Ryan 0-3 (0-1 free), Lauren McGregor and Michelle Ryan 1-0, Geraldine Power 0-2, Maria Delahunty 0-1 (free)

MINORS WIN FIRST ROUND OF MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP Our Minors had a great start to their Munster Championship defeating Limerick last Wednesday on a score line of 6-13 to 0-6. They played Clare in University College Limerick on Monday (no result at time of publishing).

UNDER 14’S LOSE OUT TO CORK IN MUNSTER A SEMI- FINAL Our Under 14’s played Cork in the Munster A semi-final last Saturday in Ballinameela. They had a fantastic game but unfortunately lost out in the end on a scoreline of Cork 2-8; Waterford 2-4.

Well done to all the girls involved and their management team of Sean Foley, Nicky Sheehan and Shirley Sheridan.

Waterford: Neasa Keevers, Rachel Horsom, Shauna Parker, Molly Kate Hearne, Keera Curran, Gretta Nugent, Ailis O’Meara, Eve Power, Ellen Boylan, Maeve Sheridan, Eimear Quirke, Claire Walsh, Emma Hickey, Alannah O’Sullivan, Emma Power, Lauren Brennan, Alana McGrath, Alannah McNulty, Anna Hickey, Aoibhe Kirwan, Aoibhin O’Grady, Aoife Hartley, Caoimhe Reynolds, Cliodhna Roche, Katie O’Callaghan, Lily Gough, Megan O’Grady, Niamh Kennedy, Sarah O’Brien, Shima LAnigan, Ailbhe McCann, Alex Millea, Brid McMagh, Lia Cunningham.

GOLF CLASSIC Waterford Ladies Football Training fund golf classic will take place this Friday 6th and Saturday, 7th April in Dungarvan Golf Club.

All support is greatly appreciated.

Waterford Minors lose out on All-Ireland semi-final spot WATERFORD COUNTY CAMOGIE Clare ....................................... 1-11; Waterford ................................ 1-8.

AFTER a confidence boosting victory over Tipperary the previous weekend, Waterford were brought the three and a half hour long journey to Whitegate in north Clare on Saturday last to play the home side in a winner takes all match to decide who would qualify for an AllIreland semi-final.

Waterford lined out with the same starting fifteen from the previous week.

Both teams traded early opening points apiece with Waterford then racing into a 0-3 to 0-1 lead after eight minutes thanks to Kaeisha Tobin with two from frees.

Waterford’s attacked looked sharp with the positive link up play coming to the fore.

There was a long break in play to follow however after midfield dynamo Keeley Corbett Barry was on

the receiving end of a reckless tackle and requiring several minutes of treatment.

The never say die attitude of this Waterford team shone through however with Keeley continuing on and Waterford began to up the tempo of the game once more.

Waterford’s Clodagh Carroll made a darting run through the Clare defence to drive the ball over the bar followed on by Sarah Lacey finishing off with a fine point of her own. A big moment in the match arrived with minutes to go in the first half with Maggie Boylan making a powerful run from the corner and finding the net with a clinical finish. Clare did respond with a point before half-time to leave Waterford going in at the break with a deserved 1-6 to 0-5 lead.

In the second half Waterford came out and started quite sluggishly with Clare getting momentum behind them with four unanswered points to leave the

sides level within the first five minutes of the restart.

Waterford did respond with a solo run from Kaeisha Tobin to fire over the bar to put the away side back in front once more.

One of the game defining moments arrived minutes later with a Waterford defender down with a head injury, while the referee decided to allow play to continue regardless, Clare broke through the space to finish to the net leaving Clare two points ahead.

In what was a typically bruising and physical game throughout, the intensity upped once more with both teams knowing a massive prize awaited the winner at the end with both sets of forwards starting to create more and more chances.

Maggie Boylan broke free of her defender once more taking a powerful shot at goal only for the Clare goalkeeper to pull off a massive save.

Waterford continued to make

darting runs and threaten the Clare goal throughout with Annie Fitzgerald and Sarah Lacey but they could not find that final ball to bring the game back on their terms.

Our final score of the game from a driving run from midfield from Keeley Corbett Barry to drive over the bar to bring the deficit back to one point.

With a lot of possession Waterford couldn’t find a way through and with Clare going down the other end finishing off two more unanswered points, Waterford couldn’t find a way back to lose out by three points on a score line of 1-11 to 1-08.

It is worth noting the immense work ethic, desire and skill level held by this young Waterford Minor team with huge progressions being made while competing at the A grade.

The year is not over for this group of players and up next for Waterford is to focus on the

Munster Championship this summer.

Waterford: Megan Foran, Leah Sheridan, Shauna Fitzgerald, Aoife Hahessy, Hannah Flynn, Mary Kate Curran, Roisin Dunphy, Clara Griffin, Keeley Corbett Barry, Kaeisha Tobin, Ciara O’Sullivan, Clodagh Carroll, Sarah Lacey, Maggie Boylan, Annie Fitzgerald Subs: Aoife Fitzgerald for Maggie Boylan (2nd Half) Scorers: Kaiesha Tobin 0-5 (0-3f), Maggie Boylan 1-0, Sarah Lacey 0-1, Clodagh Carroll 0-1, Keeley Corbett Barry 0-1.

Clare: Rachel Daly, Chloe Neylon, Roisin Minogue, Michelle Mescall, Susan Daly, Laoise Ryan, Caoimhe Kelly, Caoimhe Carmody, Robyn Conway, Aoife Power, Becky Foley, Lynda Daly, Siobhan Lenihan, Shauna Canny, Bridin Dinan.

Referee: Cathal Egan.

FEILE Feile for all Clubs will take place

Thursday and Friday evening starting at 6.00 p.m. Best of luck to all involved.

NIGHT AT THE DOGS Waterford Camogie will hold their main Fundraiser on Saturday, 14th April at 7.00 p.m. in Kilcohan Dog Track.

Our featured race will our senior county Novelty race. This promises to be a fantastic night with all county players from all ages attending.

Tickets cost €10 or a family ticket costs €20.

Tickets can be purchased from your local camogie club or from a member of the county board. All pre sold tickets proceeds will go back into Waterford Camogie squad training fund.

If there is any businesses that would like to support us by putting an ad into our dog programme please contact John Flood on (087) 668 4474 or Joe Cleary on (085) 174 1248.

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Round 2 of Senior Hurling Championship this weekend JJ KAVANAGH COUNTY SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP A ABBEYSIDE V BALLYDUFF Thursday, April 5th in Fraher Field at 8 p.m.

BALLYGUNNER V AN RINN Sunday April 8th in Fraher Field at 7 pm.

Killian O'Reilly, Cumann na mBunscol presents Clonea captain with the winners plaque after they defeated Stradbally in their Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Mini Sevens County Football Final played at Mount Sion GAA Grounds.

[Maurice Hennebry]

GROUP B FOURMILEWATER V DUNGARVAN Thursday April 5th in Fraher Field at 6.30 pm DE LA SALLE V TALLOW Sunday 8th of April in Fraher Field at 2 pm.

GROUP C PASSAGE V MOUNT SION Saturday 7th of April in Walsh Park at 6.30 pm.

LISMORE V ROANMORE Sunday 8th of April in Fraher Field at 3.30 pm.

ABBEYSIDE will be seeking to get the Ballyduff monkey off their back in Group A after the results of recent years when they meet in Group A while Ballygunner, minus Barry Coughlan, Brian O’Sullivan and Shane Walsh should still have too much fire power for An Rinn.

Fourmilewater and Dungarvan get the second round of the championship underway at the Fraher Field this Thursday evening in Group B and the Ballymac side will be determined to record their first win at the expense of the local side. Tallow played very well against DLS last year before losing out narrowly and they can do so again on this occasion.

Down East, Mt. Sion will be striving to build on their win over Roanmore in Group C but Passage are unlikely to lose two championship games on the trot. High flying Lismore should have the measure of Roanmore at the Fraher Field and all but secure a championship quarter-final spot.

Comeragh Oil Western Intermediate Hurling Championship GROUP 1 ARDMORE V CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG Friday, 6th of April in Fraher Field at 8.30 pm.

BALLYSAGGART V CAPPOQUIN Saturday 7th of April in Lismore at 6pm.

GROUP 2 MODELIGO V STRADBALLY in Fraher Field Friday 6th of July at 7 pm.

SHAMROCKS V BRICKEYS in Lismore Saturday, 7th of April at 4.30 pm.

Following last week’s games, Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg should have the measure of Ardmore in their local derby encounter while like last year a large attendance will be expected in Lismore for the meeting of Ballysaggart and Cappoquin with the Bennett inspired side likely to reverse the 2017 result.

In Group 2, Modeligo will be expected to exact their delayed championship win over a Stradbally side that are never beaten until the final whistle. Similar to 2017, the Shamrocks v Brickey encounter should also be a close run affair and a draw is not to be ruled out here.

Local Bar Western Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship Killian O'Reilly, Cumann na mBunscol presents Tallow captain Callum McCarthy with the cup after they defeated Ballygunner in their Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Mini Sevens County Hurling Final played at Mount Sion GAA Grounds.

[Maurice Hennebry]

WESTERN GAA RESULTS AND FIXTURES RESULS Comeragh Oil Intermdiate Hurling championship: Ballysaggart 2-26; Ardmore 2-10 Cappoquin 1-13; Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 2-17.

Modeligo 1-13; Shamrocks 1-13 Stradbally 2-12; Brickey Rangers 2-13 The Local Bar Junior “A” Hurling Kilrossanty 1-8; Tourin 3-6 Colligan 0-18; Ballinameela 1-12 Geraldines 0-15; St. Mary’s 3-16.

The Local Bar Junior “B” Hurling Fourmilewater 0-11; Tallow 1-12 The Local Bar Junior “C” Hurling Ballysaggart 0-11; An Rinn 0-11 Kilgobinet 2-17; Cappoquin 0-5 Abbeyside 1-18; Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 1-4 Shamrocks 0-6; Brickey Rangers 3-24 Melleray 0-15; Modeligo 2-4 FIXTURES Comeragh Oil Intermediate Hurling Championship: Modeligo v Stradbally Friday, 6th April 7.00 pm Fraher Field Ardmore v Clashmore/Kinsalebeg Friday, 6th April 8.30 pm Fraher Field

Shamrocks v Brickey Rangers Saturday, 7th April 4.30 pm Lismore Ballysaggart v Cappoquin Saturday, 7th April 6.00 pm Lismore The Local Bar Junior “A” Hurling Championship: Geraldines v Abbeyside Saturday, 7th April 3.00 pm Bushy Park Kilrossanty v Ballinameela Saturday, 7th April 4.30 pm Abbeyside Tourin v St. Marys Sunday, 8th April 2.00 pm Cappoquin The Local Bar Junior “B” Hurling Championship: Dungarvan v Lismore Saturday, 7th April 3.00 pm Cappoquin The Local Bar Junior “C” Hurling Championship: Brickey Rangers v Abbeyside Sunday, 8th April 11.30 am Dungarvan Club Melleray v Kilgobinet Sunday, 8th April 11.30 am Colligan Clashmore Kinsalebeg v Ballysaggart Sunday, 8th April 11.30 am Tallow Cappoquin v Shamrocks Sunday, 8th April 11.30 am Lismore An Rinn v Modeligo Sunday, 8th April 11.30 am TBC

GERALDINES V ABBEYSIDE Saturday, 7th April in Bushy Park at 3 p.m.

KILROSSANTY V BALLINAMEELA Saturday, 7th April in Abbeyside at 4.30 p.m.

TOURIN V ST. MARY’S in Cappoquin Sunday, 8th April at 2 p.m.

This weekend sees Tourin’s third championship game in as many weeks and we are only in the first week of April which has a distinct look about it of getting games out of the way for the inter County season.

They are unlikely to record their second win here against a St. Mary’s side that are hunting their second victory in a row.

Local Bar Western Junior ‘B’ Hurling Championship LISMORE V DUNGARVAN Saturday April 7th in Cappoquin at 3 pm.

Lismore won this game last year in Tourin by the minimal of margins and may well do so again.

Dungarvan have already used three of last year’s team in the senior grade Kevin and Kealan Daly and Jack Lacey, while Lismore have also lost their 2017 captain Eric O’Sullivan.

Local Bar Western Junior ‘C Hurling Championship All Games on Sunday April 8th at 11.30am AN RINN V MODELIGO in Bushy Park.

BRICKEYS V ABBEYSIDE in Dungarvan, CAPPOQUIN V SHAMROCKS in Lismore, CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG V BALLYSAGGART in Tallow, MELLERAY V KILGOBINET in Colligan

The stand-out fixture here is the Brickeys v Abbeyside game in Dungarvan with the Bushy Park men slightly the favourites to continue on their winning ways. In the other games wins are anticipated for An Rinn and Kilgobinet with little or nothing to choose between Cappoquin and Shamrocks and Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg and Ballysaggart. The greatest challenge for some of the clubs in this championship is to field a team and fair play to all for taking to the field in Round 1 last weekend.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

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Club Focus Wednesday, 1st April, 1998.

MUNSTER COLLEGES U-15 HURLING

Dramatic win for Dungarvan CBS Dungarvan CBS 4-7; Árd Scoil Rís, Limerick 2-9.

DUNGARVAN CBS were fortunate to advance to the quarter-finals of the Munster Colleges U-15 hurling championship after a dramatic goal in the 59th minute to gain a hard earned victory over Árd Scoil Ris at Cashel. In a thrilling game, Dungarvan CBS got off to a great start when full forward, Jimmy Moore, scored a goal and a point in the first five minutes to open up a four point lead. A point in the 5th minute had the Limerick side back on level terms. Points from Sean Kiely, from a free, Ronan Keating and Philip Beausang saw Dungarvan open up a three point lead by the 13th minute. Four points without reply saw Árd Scoil Rís edge in front by the 25th minute. A long range Christopher Morrissey shot went all the way to the Limerick net in the 27th minute to give Dungarvan a 2-4 to 1-5 lead at half-time.

In the second half a Jimmy Moore point gave Dungarvan a four point lead by the 32nd minute.

In the 41st minute Ronan Keating brought a great save out of the Árd Scoil Rís goalkeeper but Jimmy Moore followed up to finish the rebound to the net.

A Sean Kiely point from a free in the 43rd minute

gave the local CBS a six point lead. Árd Scoil Rís fought back with a goal in the 45th minute and three points without reply by the 52nd minute to level the game. Philip Beausang with a point from 60 yards put the CBS back in front by the 54th minute. Ronan Keating struck for a goal in the 59th minute and Dungarvan CBS withstood intense pressure during a few minutes of injury time to hold on for a hard earned victory.

Many CBS players struggled and failed to play to their usual form in this game and a much improved all round performance will be needed if the CBS are to advance to the semi-final. However, there were some excellent performances: Nicky Donnelly in goal made three marvellous point blank saves; Christopher Morrissey worked very hard at midfield; the half forward line of Jimmy Lynch, Philip Beausang and Brendan Lynch also worked tirelessly; the scoring power of Jimmy Moore and Ronan Keating from very limited possession proved decisive in earning victory.

Scorers – Dungarvan CBS: Jimmy Moore 2-2; Ronan Keating 1-1; Christopher Morrissey 1-0; Philip Beausang 0-2; Sean Kiely 0-2 (frees).

Dungarvan CBS: Nicky Donnelly (Dungarvan); Eoin Murphy (do.), John Ahearne (Naomh Brid), Sean O hArtaigh (Ghaeltacht); John Myles (Naomh Brid), Willie Kiely (Kilgobinet/Colligan), Denis Coffey (Naomh Brid); Sean Kiely (Abbeyside), Christopher Morrissey (Brickey Rangers, Capt.); Brendan Lynch (Kilgobinet/ Colligan), Philip Beausang (Admore), Johnny Lynch (Dungarvan); Donal O Murchadha (Gaeltacht), Jimmy Moore (Abbeyside), Ronan Keating (Dungarvan). Sub: Ricky Tobin (Dungarvan) for Eoin Murphy (52nd minute).

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TEAMS OF TIMES GONE BY WATERFORD OVERCOME STIFF CHALLENGE Championship: Ladies Senior Football. Venue: Graigcullen, Laois. Date: Sunday, 29th March, 1998.

Half-time Score: Waterford 2-6; Laois 0-3. Full-time score: Wateford 4-12; Laois 0-3.

Waterford team and scorers: S. Hickey; P. Walsh S. O’Ryan, N. Walsh; A. Crotty, M. O’Ryan, J. Torpey, O. Condon, C. Casey (0-2), R. Hallahan, M. O’Donnell (1-2), F. Crotty (0-1), A. Wall (0-3), C. Ryan (1-1), G. O’Ryan (2-3).

Subs: D. Nagle for O. Condon; M. Fitzpatrick for N. Walsh; A. Walsh for J. Torpey; M. Troy for G. O’Ryan.

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FORDE’S DAYBREAK FORECAST CORNER Last Week’s Forecasts: 23 Forecasts. 16 Correct. 7 Incorrect. Success Rate: 69.6%.

This Week’s Forecasts: SHC: Abbeyside v (Ballyduff), Ballygunner v (An Rinn), Dungarvan v (Fourmilewater), DLS v (Tallow), Passage v (Mt. Sion), Lismore v (Roanmore).

West IHC: Clashmore/Kinsalebeg v (Ardmore), Ballysaggart v (Cappoquin), Modeligo v (Stradbally), Shamrocks v Brickeys (A Draw).

West J’A’HC: Abbeyside v (Geraldines), Ballinameela v (Kilrossanty), St. Marys v (Tourin).

West J’B’HC: Lismore v (Dungarvan).

West J’C’HC: An Rinn v (Modeligo), Brickeys v (Abbeyside), Shamrocks v (Cappoquin), Ballysaggart v (Clashmore/Kinsalebeg).

To Date: 79 Forecasts. 53 Correct. 26 Incorrect. Success Rate : 67.1%.

Waterford GAA County Board Fixtures Senior Hurling Championship Thursday, 5th April Dungarvan v Fourmilewater in Fraher Field at 6:30 pm Abbeyside v Ballyduff in Fraher Field at 8 pm Saturday, 7th April

Mount Sion v Passage in Walsh Park at 6:15 pm Sunday, 8th April De La Salle v Tallow in Fraher Field at 2 pm Lismore v Roanmore in Fraher Field at 3:30 pm Ballygunner v An Rinn in Fraher Field at 7 pm

Local Bar Western Junior ‘B’ Hurling Championship

Glen Rovers recover to win Glen Rovers ……………… 0-15; Modeligo …………………… 2-4.

THIS game was switched to the Old Parish venue as the Lismore pitch was not available. Modeligo made the brighter start and had 1-2 on the board after just 15 minutes. All of their scores came from frees and their opening score was a goal all the way from a free sixty five metres out, by Donal O'Keeffe on 4 minutes.

The Melleray outfit had scored the opening score of the game with a point in the second minute from Mark Montayne. Glen Rovers pointed again in the 19th minute through Rory Heffernan and a pointed free by Darragh O'Rourke in the 21st minute.

Modeligo got their first and only score from play in the first half on 22 minutes when Mike Walsh pointed.

Glen Rovers scored the next two

points to leave the half-time score Modeligo 1-3; Glen Rovers 0-5.

In the second half, Glen Rovers played with the breeze and added ten points all from play to their tally, Brian Hennessey with four, and two from Darragh O'Rourke with one each from Robert Crowley, Mark Montayne, Kevin Power and Michael Crowley.

Modeligo's two scores in the second half came courtesy of Michael Bumster a pointed free in the 43rd minute and a goal in the 54th minute. Glen Rovers just about deserved their victory but their shooting was off target very much in the first half from play and from placed balls.

For both teams they will be happy with the first competitive game of the season and they can look forward to their next round game next weekend.

Glen Rovers: Graham Lyons,

Shane Coughlan, Philip O'Rourke, Jason O'Neill, Jordan Kearney, Kevin Power (0-2, 0-1f), Craig O'Shea, Robert Crowley (0-1), Rory Heffernan (0-1), Darragh O'Rourke (0-3, 0-1f), Brian Hennessey (0-4), Jack Houlihan, Michael Crowley (0-1), John Nugent, Mark Montayne (0-3).

Subs. Mikey Bray for Jack Houlihan, Gary O'Connor for John Nugent.

Modeligo: John Power, James Ryan, Padraig McCarthy, Kevin O'Neill, Gavin Foley, Paul Wright, Donal O'Keeffe (1-1fs), Michael Bumster (1-2, 0-2f), Sean Hennessey, Anthony Reddy, J. P. Ryan, Mike Walsh (0-1), Jack Hickey, Michael Power, Nicky Walsh. Sub: Gary Power for Kevin O'Neill, Derek Kelly for Nicky Walsh.

Referee: Pat Casey (Cappoquin).

Convincing win for Abbeyside Abbeyside ………………… 1-18; Clashmore/Kinsalebeg …… 1-4.

AS anticipated Abbeyside proved too strong for Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg in Pairc Ui Shiothchain last Sunday morning. David Hickey and Danny O’Brien were the respective goal scorers while the winners forward division wer in point scoring form. Ruairi Conway scored 0-9, Tony Collins and David Hickey 0-3 each, Nicky Dee 0-2 and Darragh Smith 0-1. All of

Clashmore / Kinsalebeg’s white flags came in the first half, three pointed frees by Sean Fleming an two scores by Cillian O’Keeffe.

Abbeyside: Laurence Power; Shane O’Gorman, Jack Kiely, Pa Bergin; Joey Mullen, David Morrissey, Cormac Dwyer; Pa Collins, Barry Henley; Eoghan Young, David Hickey, Ruairi Conway; Darragh Smith, Nicky Dee, Tony Collins.

Subs: Ronan Proctor for Barry

Henley, Joe Walsh for Darragh Smith.

Clashmore/Kinsalebeg: Ed Beresford; Conor Lynch, Barry Dunne, Sean O’Connor; Donal O’Connor, Philip Dee, Jack Foley; Shane Allen, Sean Fleming; Niall Kennefick, Cillian O’Keeffe, Ryan O’Sullivan; Eoin O’Halloran, Danny O’Brien, Shane Kennefick.

Sub: Eamonn Keevers.

Referee: John Condon (An Rinn).

New players impress for Kilgobinet Kilgobinet ………………… 2-17; Cappoquin ………………..…0-5.

LAST year’s Western finalists Kilgobinet did well in the transfer market over the winter months and as well as that the eligibility of home grown James Walsh on age grounds will strengthen their scoring power in this year’s championship.

The winners proved too strong for a gallant Cappoquin fifteen in Abbeyside last Sunday morning

with John Fennell and substitute Tommy Cullinane scoring their goals and Tomas Fahey and James Walsh delivering an equal divide of 0-10.

Fennell added 0-3 to his goal and both Ger Hickey and Stephen Coffey lofted over 0-2 each.

Kilgobinet: James Fennell; Jack Cullinan, J. J. Fitzgerald, Kevin Curran; Mark Dunford, Paudie Fahey, John Cass; Tomas Fahey, Neil Phelan; James Walsh,

Ger Hickey, Gavin Clarke; Eoghan Curran, Stephen Curran, John Fennell. Subs: Stephen Coffey, Tommy Cullinan, Jimmy Cullinan.

Cappoquin: Shane McCarthy, Damien Murphy, Colin Murray, Seamus McCarthy; Ciaran Power, Richie Scanlon, Colin Landers; Simon Power, Jack Coffey; David Cahill, Evan McGrath, Brian Murphy; Gossie Mason (Capt.), Brian Crotty, Jamie McGrath.

Sub: Michael McCarthy.

Referee: Domhnall Murchadha (An Rinn).

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Brickeys in command in Clashmore Shamrocks ………………… 0-5; Brickeys ………………...… 3-24.

LAST year’s Western champions, the Brickeys proved too strong for a depleted Shamrocks side in Clashmore last Sunday morning.

The three major scores of the game were credited to Laurence Houlihan, Conor Walsh and sub.

Mikey O’Donnell.

Brickeys: Cian O’Halloran; Ruairi Curran, Sam Keoghan, Richard Halpin; Darragh O’Grady, Tommy Lynch, Dylan O’Donovan; Darragh O’Herlihy, Mark Scanlon; Tom Landers, Laurence Houlihan, Noah Whelan; Conor Walsh, Tadhg Tobin, Colin McGrath. Subs: Martin Houlihan, Ray Landers, Mikey O’Donnell.

Shamrocks: Liam Murphy, Michael Lucey, Mikey O’Neill, Martin Delaney, Alan Kelly, Tom Roche, Sean Murphy, Edward O’Neill, Ivan O’Neill, Eoin Roche, Bernie Kelleher, Padraig Tobin, Keegan O’Farrell, Sean O’Neill, Sean Casey.

Referee: Tom Mansfield (Cappoquin).

All square in Ballysaggart Ballysaggart ……………… 0-11; An Rinn …………………… 0-11.

BALLYSAGGART and An Rinn played out a draw on the home team’s new pitch last Sunday morning. The home team got the better start with three points from Christy Murphy Barry Murphy and Fergal Meagher and they led at half time by 0-8 to 0-4.

An Rinn came more into the fray after the interval and managed to

come away with a deserving share of the spoils.

INJURY Eoghan Breathnach, who has given such sterling service to the An Rinn club received an injury and he is wished a speedy recovery to full health by all local Gaels.

Ballysaggart: Adrian Meagher, Jack Cunningham, Bobby Ryan, Kevin Murphy, Brian Meagher, Barry Murphy, Stephen Hale,

Christy Murphy, Paddy Carey, Seamus Kearney, Sam Ryan, Brian Kearney, Conor Bennett, Fergal Meagher, Paul Veale. Sub: Paudie Hale for Conor Bennett.

An Rinn: Jack O hArtaigh; Tomas O Cadhla, Brian De Baruin, Nioclas O Conduin; Diarmuid O Foghlu, Eoghan Breathnach, Conor Mac Diarmada; Cillian O Murchadha, Jack O Lonain; Tomas De Gras, Ciaran Toibin, Tadhg Breathnach; Jack O Domhnaill, Mike Toibin, Sean O Laoire, Cian O Fathaigh.

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Abbeyside/Ballinacourty JACK THE JOKER Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connor’s Bar where the jackpot is €9,200. On Sunday night Lois and Chopper were drawn out of the drum and chose card number 33 which when turned was not the joker but they did win €50. Kevin and Jonathan and Mary Kiely won €25 each. As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Village Flowers, Spar, Mousies Takeaway, Minnies Bar, Abbeyside Post Office and Crotty’s Bar. SENIOR HURLING On Sunday afternoon last we opened our Senior Hurling championship campaign when we took on Ballygunner in Fraher Field. Despite a good performance from the team it was our opponents who emerged victorious. This Thursday night we play Ballyduff Upper in Fraher Field at 8.00 p.m.

Team: S. ENRIGHT, M. TWOMEY, J. ELSTED, D. McGRATH, J. O'MAHONEY, D. COLLINS, C. PRUNTY, S. O'HARE, M. POWER, S. WHELAN BARRETT, J. HURNEY, S. DALY, N. MONTGOMERY, M. FERNCOMBE, T. LOOBY. Subs: E. KIELY, J. BERESFORD, P. HURNEY.

JUNIOR HURLING On Sunday morning our Junior C hurlers played their first game in the Western Championship when they defeated Clashmore in An Rinn. This Sunday morning they take on Brickey Rangers in Dungarvan club grounds at 11:30 a.m.

On Saturday our Junior A hurlers play Geraldines in Bushy Park at 3.00 p.m.

BOOKING OF PITCHES As our teams return to training we would like to remind all our coaches to please ensure that they book the pitches with Michael Donovan before training.

CLUB BINGO Our club bingo session continues in the CBS Hall this Sunday night with a jackpot of €1950.

SYMPATHY On behalf of all in the club we would like to offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late Biddy Drohan, Ballinroad who passed away last week. Biddy's family are great supporters of our club and her grandsons have won many honours in the club colours.

Brickey Rangers LOTTO Numbers drawn 3, 5, 24, 30. No winner of the jackpot - €25 to each of the following: Tom Morrissey, Sara Shalloe, Brendan O’Leary & Pat & Patrica Murray. Thursday night draw will take place in The Enterprise Bar and has a jackpot prize of €1,800. New yearly lotto ticket will commence this week, if you have not renewed your new ticket please contact your promoter ASAP. Yearly lotto ticket costs €95 - all monies raised goes towards the day to day running expenses of the club teams, facilities and up keep of the pitches and clubhouse, if you are not subscribing at present maybe it is something that you would consider, full details available for any member of the committee.

INTERMEDIATE HURLING Our Intermediate hurlers took on Stradbally last Saturday night in the first round of the western intermediate championship. Cormac Curran opened up the scoring with a goals from a penalty ten minutes in and just five minutes later Conor Morrissey added to that with another goal.

However, Stradbally struck a goal just before half leaving the score 2-7 to 1-4 at the break.

Stradbally fought back in the second half and brought it to within two points between the teams after a Shane Aherne goal. But our lads fought on and won out by a single point in the end on a final scoreline of 2-12 to 2-13. Well done to all involved.

JUNIOR HURLING Our Junior hurlers put up a big score last Sunday morning against Shamrocks winning out 3-24 to 0-6.

FIXTURES Intermediate Hurling Championship Saturday, 7th April at Lismore GAA Field 4.30 pm v Shamrocks.

Junior Hurling Championship - Sunday, 8th April at Dungarvan GAA Club Grounds 11.30 am v Abbeyside.

REMINDER Please be aware if you are last out of Bushy Park make sure that the building is locked and the gate is closed dont just presume someone else will.

JUVENILE NOTES U-14 football: U-14 Brickey boys travelled to Kilrossanty last Thursday for the next round of their championship. The match started as it meant to go on - an intense competition from two very well matched sides. Our lads lead by a point at half-time.

In the second half it was score for score with both sides putting in a tremendous effort. Well done to both sides on a great performance and a highly charged match. Congrats to the Brickeys who came out winners in the end on a scoreline of 3-5 to 5-3.

Tallow players celebrate after they defeated Ballygunner in their Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Mini Sevens County Hurling Final played at Mount Sion GAA Grounds.

U-13: Our U-13's will play Kilrossanty on Monday, 9th April. Players will be notified by text.

U-12: Our hurlers played St. Olivers in a challenge game in Bushy Park on Friday.

Despite the poor weather this was a worthwhile and highly entertaining game with some wonderful passages of play. Thanks to St. Olivers for the game and Cian for referring it.

U-10: The U-10’s were invited to an indoor hurling blitz in Ballyduff Upper on Saturday and played short games against Ballyduff, St. Pats and Cappoquin. Well done to all and thanks to Ballyduff for organising this.

Next Saturday morning we switch back to football and host Ballinacourty in Bushy Park at 11 a.m. Please check WhatsApp for details.

U-8 Football: Last Saturday morning we took part in a football blitz in the Gold Coast. Despite the recent weather, the pitch was perfect for football. The players had a great time, especially for some who played their first game of football for the Brickeys. We had three games, great fun and some brilliant performances. Thanks to everyone who contributed their time and energy on Saturday. Training continues this Saturday at 10.15 a.m.

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SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Our Senior hurlers recorded a win over Tallow in the first round of the Senior Hurling Championship played in Cappoquin on Saturday night last. First half goals by Cormac and Patrick helped us to a 3-10 to 2-7 half-time lead. We won the second half by 0-10 to 0-6 and overall we had eight players working the soreboard including all six starting forwards. Final score Dungarvan 3-20 Tallow 2-13.

Team: D. Duggan, A. Donnelly, K. Daly, L. Egan, J. Curran, K. Power, J. Nagle, C. Sheridan C. Curran J. Allen, G. Crotty, P. Curran, M. Kiely, C. Curran, C. Curran. Subs used: K. Moore, J. Lacey, K. Daly.

SENIOR HURLING FIXTURE Our second game in the senior hurling championship takes place tomorrow night Thursday when we play Fourmilewater in the Fraher Field at 6:30 p.m.

JUNIOR B HURLING On Saturday afternoon next, 7th April we play Lismore in the first round of the Junior B hurling Championship. This game takes place in Cappoquin and has a 3:00 pm throw-in time.

SENIOR FOOTBALL Our first round game versus Portlaw in the senior football championship is fixed for the 14th of April. This game will be played in Kill and has a 5:45 start time.

U-16 FOOTBALL Our u16 footballers are down on the fixtures list to play Clan na Gael tomorrow night Thursday in Dunhill at 7.00 p.m. Keep an eye on club website and twitter as we are down to play senior hurling on that night to. Would be a pity if they clashed.

U-11 TOWN AND COUNTRY Our u-11 hurlers will play Cois Bhride this Friday night in Clogherane at 6:30 p.m.

COUNTY MINOR CAMOGIE Well done to club players Keisha Tobin and Sarah Lacey who have been busy on county duty with the minor camogie team. They have had two wins and two narrow defeats.

BAG PACKING Thanks to everyone who gave of their time last weekend to help with our annual bag pack.

LOTTO Club lotto can be purchased online or from Hallahan’s Chemist, Paddy Foley’s Bar, The Country Store, Walshs Spar, Johnny Lynch,

Quealy’s Bar. Tickets €2 each or 3 lines for €5.

CLUB NEWS Our website is updated weekly with all fixtures and results. Some great pics on the website as well from days gone by. This week’s photo of the week goes back as far as 1934 and features the Dungarvan minor football team.

NOTES To have club affairs reported in the notes please forward same to meehan.claire@yahoo.ie.

FIELD MATTERS The middle pitch is closed for repairs. Other two pitches remain open for club teams. Our floodlights were serviced during the week by Jim who travelled from Kerry to do the job. Please be mindful when driving and parking in the club grounds especially now as its getting to the busy time of the year in Clogherane where their are young people moving around. Please drive slowly when inside club grounds.

Modeligo WEST INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: Modeligo1-13; Shamrocks 1-13.

Played Saturday, March 31st at Ballysaggart GAA Grounds. The lads opened their account in this year's Intermediate Hurling Championship with a very hard earned draw with Shamrocks on Saturday last.

Next up is another tough encounter against Stradbally on Friday evening next in Fraher Field.

WESTERN JUNIOR "C" HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: Melleray 0-15; Modeligo 2-4.

Played Sunday, April 1st on in Old Parish GAA Grounds. The Junior side lost out in their first Championship outing of the year against Mellary on Sunday morning last, but only after pushing a well balanced Mellary side right to the final whistle.

An encouraging effort from the lads, with their next game coming on Sunday next against An Rínn.

UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES • INTERMEDIATE HURLING; Round 2 v Stradbally, Friday, April 6th in Fraher Field at 7 p.m.

• INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL; Round 1 vrs. Colligan Saturday, April 14th in Cappoquin at 4 p.m.

Round 2 v Sliabh gCúa Sunday, April 22nd in Cappoquin at 2 p.m.

• JUNIOR 'C' HURLING; Round 2 vrs. An Rínn Sunday, April 8th at 11:30 a.m. in Bushy Park.

UPCOMING HURLING LEAGUE FIXTURES • Round 3 vrs. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg.

Sunday, April 29th at 12 noon in Clashmore GAA Grounds.

• Round 4 vrs. Erin's Own. Friday, June 15th at 7:30 pm in Modeligo.

NAOMH BRÍD CLOTHES COLLECTION FUNDRAISER On Sunday, April 15th, Naomh Bríd will be holding a Fundraising Clothes Recycling Collection at Modeligo Community Centre. On the day, we will accept the following items which must be in good condition: Men's Clothing, Women's Clothing, Children's Clothing, Household textiles (i.e. Curtains, Towels etc.), Soft cuddly toys, Shoes & Boots in pairs, Handbags, Belts.

However, we unfortunately cannot accept the following items: Dirty or Wet Clothing, Floor Mats, Carpets, Duvets & Pillows, Laptops or Mobile Phones, Books.

Please make use of this opportunity to declutter the house and wardrobes and help out our local juvenile GAA Club at the same time. It would be great to get as many bags as possible. All clothes can be dropped off in the Community Centre in Modeligo on the day from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. For further information, please contact Micheal Power on 087 2892216 or PJ Hickey on 087 2606073.

NAOMH BRÍD ANNUAL REGISTRATION DAY & FUNDRAISING "BALL ROLL" Also on Sunday, April 15th, Naomh Bríd Juvenile GAA Club are planning to run the following events simultaneously.

REGISTRATION from 11.00 a.m.

Registration forms are currently being distributed to each family, can you please ensure to fill out these forms and return with the relevant fee on April 15th. Also, if you know of anyone that would like to join the club, please tell them to come along on the day or contact a member of the committee.

BALL ROLL at 1.00 pm approx:Selling sheets are now in circulation for our Annual Fundraising Ball Roll, with each ball priced at €5.

This proves to be a great bit of fun each year and very popular with the kids.

It would be great to sell all the lines this year and any help and support will be greatly appreciated for is one of our biggest fundraising efforts for the year.

WATERFORD CAMOGIE FUNDRAISING RACE NIGHT AT KILCOHAN PARK Tickets are now available for Waterford Camogie Association's Fundraising Night at the Dogs on Saturday, April 14th in Kilcohan Park Greyhound Stadium. Tickets are priced at €10 each, or a family ticket which admits 2 adults and 2 children is priced at €20. All tickets purchased will be entered into a draw on the night for a €100 door prize. The Club has a limited number of tickets available & can be gotten by contacting either Micheál Power or JP Ryan.

SYMPATHY Sincerest condolences from us all in Modeligo GAA Club are extended to Nicola, Abbie & Lucy, and all of the extended Moroney families, on the sad and untimely passing of Eugene Moroney, Graiguemore, Modeligo. "Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé."

An Coilligean/Na h-Emmetigh CLUB LOTTO There was no winner of the “Black & Amber” club lotto held in Shalloes Bar on Monday 26th of March. The numbers drawn were 1, 8, 14 and 21.

The €20 lucky ticket winners were as follows: Tom Drohan, Michael & Marion Wall, Declan Butler and Alannah Martin. The seller’s prize went to The Pike Service Station.

Last Monday (2nd of March) night’s jackpot was worth €3,800. Black and Amber lotto tickets will be on sale outside The Pike Service Station on Saturday mornings from 9 am to 1 p.m. If anyone would like to help out selling tickets on Saturday mornings please contact Kevin on 0872814712.

JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Colligan got another win under their belt when they took on Ballinameela last Saturday afternoon in Ardmore. It was a tough battle, ending on a score of 0-18 to 1-12.

Team: Evan McKenna, Reece Stringer, Alan Walsh, Ross Browne, Mark Flynn (0-1), Dan Booth, P.J. Coffey (0-1), Richie Kiely (0-1), Colin Dunford (0-3), John Wall (0-7), John Morrissey, Jason Dunford, Michael Horgan, Ian Fraher, San Murphy-Nix (0-5) Subs: Dean McKenna,

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Adam Dunford (used), Fran Duggan John Flynn, Jack Fraher, Willie Browne and Stephen McGrath.

TRAINING Training continues this week on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7 p.m. Also we have a football challenge match on Saturday evening against Clonmel Óg in their grounds. Time TBC. CONGRATULATIONS A big congratulations to Johnny and Marie Wall on the arrival of baby Jack last week.

BIG WEEK ON THE FARM RTE Farm programme ‘Big Week on the Farm’ is being filmed on Gillian & Neil O’Sullivan’s farm from April 9th to April 13th. If you would like to attend, audience member tickets are available via email onthefarm@indiepics.ie. Over 18’s only and tickets are free. Pick up point to the farm by bus is at The Park Hotel. Wishing Gillian & Neil the very best of luck.

Lismore SENIOR HURLING Our Senior Hurlers got this year's season off to a very good start on Sunday last in what was, despite very poor weather conditions, a very competitive game. The foundations to this victory were laid in the first half with an outstanding display by the lads, availing of a very strong breeze.

Half-time score line Lismore 2-10 to Passage 0-3 and the game finishing on a scoreline of Lismore 2-15; Passage 1-12.

The lads will take to the playing field again on Sunday next, 8th April in Fraher Field versus Roanmore at 3.30 p.m. Please come out and show your support.

Team as follows: Seanie Barry, Pat Hennessy, David Prendergast, Michael Fitzgerald, Shane Heaphy, Paudie Prendergast, Earlaigh Daly, Aaron Whelan, Paudie Coleman, Jordan Shanahan, Maurice Shanahan, Jack Prendergast, Peter O'Keeffe, Dan Shanahan & Ray Barry. Sub: Eric O'Sullivan for Shane Heaphy (injured).

DEISE DRAW 2018 New De︠ise Super Draw 2018 comprises of 6 draws over 6 months, €15 per month.

Commencing on the 30th May and continuing the last Wednesday of each month. Tickets can be purchased from any committee member, or contact Club secretary Maria on 086 3388503.

SYMPATHY Lismore GAA Club would like to extend it’s sympathy to the Oakham family on the recent death of Shiela Oakham, formerly of New Street, whose death occurred over the weekend. May she rest in peace.

LOTTO RESULTS At time of going to print, there was no results available, to follow next week.

Marys gCua/St. Mary’s Sliabh gCua/St. Sliabh 2018 CAPTAINS Captains elected for 2018 are - Hurling: Captain Denis Coffey, Vice Captain Sean Fitzpatrick and Football: Captain Kevin Sheehan, Vice Captain Jack Power.

NEW FOOTBALL SPONSOR The club would also like to announce and thank our new football sponsor Tobin Livestock.

JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 FIXTURES St. Mary's v Tourin Sunday, 8th April in Cappoquin at 2 p.m. All support welcome.

JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 RESULTS Well done to St. Mary's on winning the first championship match vs Geraldines last Saturday evening at the Gold Coast GAA pitch. Final score st Mary's 3-16 to Geraldines 0-15 points.

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

Tulach an Iarainn (SPONSORED BY MCGRATH'S CHEMIST) LOTTO Due to the bank holiday there will be no lotto results in this week’s notes. Both results will be in next week’s notes. Our weekly lotto tickets are available to purchase from any of the promoters or any businesses around the town.

SENIOR HURLING Tallow 2-13; Dungarvan 3-20.

Our senior hurlers had their first championship outing of 2018 on Saturday last when they took on Dungarvan in Cappoquin. Underfoot conditions played a major part in the pace of this game from the outset but both teams handled it as well as possible. Dungarvan opened the game with a point from play to which Darragh Mulcahy replied with one of his own. Dungarvan put over three more in quick succession but Tallow were given a glimmer of hope when Thomas Daly rattled the Dungarvan net with a marvellous ground strike.

However, this didn’t last long and Dungarvan responded with a goal of their own to put them four ahead. Thomas Ryan cut through the Dungarvan defence minutes later and fired it low to the bottom of the net to give Tallow their second goal of the game. Again, Dungarvan got one back almost immediately to put an end to any hopes of Tallow going in to half time in front.

Tallow went in at half-time trailing by six and they had it all to do in the second half. Both teams traded scores at the beginning of the second half, Dungarvan’s from play and Tallow’s from a pointed free. Tallow closed the gap to five points midway through the second half with scores from Jordan Henley, Ian Beecher and Ryan Grey and they had a chance to bring it to four but this went astray.

After this Dungarvan pulled away comfortably and ran out winners on a scoreline of 3-20 to 2-13. A disappointing result, but there were some positives to be taken from the game. The persistence and work rate from start to finish was admirable. They will hope to build on last weekend’s performance when they take on De La Salle this Sunday, April 8th, in Fraher Field at 2 pm.

Scorers for Tallow: R. Grey 0-8 (7fs), T. Ryan 1-2, T. Daly 1-0, D. Mulcahy, I. Beecher, J. Henley 0-1 each Tallow: B. Henley, M. O’Brien, D. O’Brien, J. Beecher, M.Tobin, J. Henley, R. Geary, K. Geary, D. Mulcahy, I. Beecher, T. Daly, B. McCarthy, T. Ryan, R. Grey, D. Buckley. Subs: S. Feeney for B. McCarthy; E. Sheehan for T. Daly; J. Neville for D. Buckley.

MEMBERSHIP The deadline for paying membership is fast approaching so if you have not paid your membership could you please do so.

JUNIOR HURLING Tallow 1-12; Fourmilewater 0-11.

Our Junior hurling team started the year with an impressive win in difficult conditions for both teams in Aglish last Sunday. In front of a strong group of Tallow supporters we raced into an early three point lead with points from Noel Condon, Kevin Henley and a Billy Henley free. Thomas McGrath got the score of the game running up the left wing to score from distance to extend our lead to four points.

In fact, we lead 0-9 to 0-1 at one stage with further points from Kevin Henley, Thomas McGrath, Martin Murphy and young Eoin McGrath. Fourmilewater rallied and half-time saw Tallow lead 0-9 to 0-4. With the wind picking up we found ourselves under strong pressure and eventually Fourmilewater tied the game at 0-9 each. Two pointed frees from James Murray and Kevin Henley kept us in contention before Conor McCarthy goaled to provide some breathing space before Kevin Henley provided the last score from a free.

A good team performance saw us gain the victory and everyone played their part. A clean sheet for our injured captain Eoin Condon in goal was well earned. While our experienced half back line showed class is permanent, David Beecher at corner back stood out in the second half. Kieran Fraser and Thomas McGrath controlled the midfield battle and up front Kevin Henley was once again our talisman with a final tally of five points.

Ably assisted by Noel Condon and young Eoin McGrath.

Team: Eoin Condon (C), David Beecher, Jack Tobin, Eric Hickey, Will McDonnell, James Murray (0-1f), Kenneth Kearney, Kieran Fraser, Thomas McGrath (0-2), Billy Henley (0-1 f) Noel Condon (0-1), Kevin Henley (0-5,2f), Eoin McGrath (0-1), Martin Murphy (0-1), Alan Buckley. Subs used: Conor McCarthy (1-0), Joey Power, Ben Aherne, Stephen Pratt

COIS BHRÍDE The minor footballers had a convincing win over Dungarvan on Sunday last. Cois Bhríde 4-12; Dungarvan 0-1.

Kilrossanty Kilrossanty CLOTTO SPONSORED BY KILL AGRICULTURAL LTD CLOTTO RESULTS No winner of a Jackpot of €6,300 held in Micilins Bar, Kilrossanty on Saturday night 31/03/18. Numbers were 9,12,15,17. €30 won by the following people: Marian Troy, Coolnasmear; Mary Collender, c/o Monica's. Seller’s Prize of

Tallow players celebrate after defeating Ballygunner in their Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Mini Sevens County Football Final played at Mount Sion GAA Grounds. €30 Lenore Keating, Briska. Next week’s Clotto to be held in Crotty's Inn, Leamybrien on Saturday night 7/4/18 for a Jackpot of €6,400. On duty on the night Harry Quinn and Jason Dee. WESTERN JUNIOR A HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP We played Tourin in Dungarvan GAA Grounds last Saturday, 31st March losing on a scoreline of 1-8 to 3-6. Our next Championship game is against Ballinameela this coming Saturday, 7th April in Abbeyside GAA Grounds at 4:30 p.m.

Please come along and show your support.

Team: Jim Maher, James Whyte, Conor Hayes, Eoin Houlihan, Donal Fitzgerald, Niall Walsh, TJ Veale, Martin Dunne, Sean Veale, Pa Power, Pa Whyte, Paul Keating, Alan Quinn, Pa Cunningham, Willie Brazil. Subs: Jack Whyte for Alan Quinn; Michael Walsh for Jack Whyte; Luke Ryan for Pa Power.

MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP We played St. Mary’s on Monday last, 2nd April in Bunmahon GAA Grounds losing on a scoreline of 0-6 to 4-7. We were missing a few regulars and conceded some soft goals.

Team: Josh Brown, Patrick Hayes, Pa Power, Darragh Walsh, Padraig Fitzgerald, Anthony Lonergan, Aidan Behan, Rian Hogan, Sean Veale, Seamus Fitzgerald, William Walsh, Eoin Power, Oisín Walsh, Ronan Power, Rian Hayes.

Scorers: Eoin Power 0-4, Rian Hogan 0-1, Aidan Behan 0-1.

Our next game is against Clan na Gael on Tuesday, 17th April at 6:30 p.m. in Dunhill GAA Grounds.

HARD LUCK To St. Declan's Community College and our Minor Footballers Anthony Lonergan and Aidan Behan who were defeated by a stronger Ardee CS Team from County Louth in the the All-Ireland C football final played on Saturday last 31st of March in Newbridge, Co. Kildare. They had great year in winning the Munster C Post Primary Football Championship.

CLUB 60 DEVELOPMENT DRAW Winners of Club development draw. Thank for your continued support. €500 John and Theresa Kiely; €300 Peter Barry. Eight Winners of €65: Shania Kayla Lorna Lonergan; John Quinn; Mick and Alice Flynn; Colin Dee; Declan and Marie Mulhearne; Richie and Gillian Hayes; Luke and Abbey Ryan; Fintan Walsh.

KILROSSANTY GAA CLUB JUVENILE Under 13 Football: Kilrossanty's next game will be on Monday, April 9th. when they entertain Brickey Rangers in Leamybrien at 7.00 p.m.

Under 14 Football: On Thursday night last the Under 14's played their third game in the championship against old rivals Brickey Rangers but despite their best efforts lost out on a scoreline of 5-4 to 3-5.

Panel for the game. Colm Barry, Paudie Barry, Daniel Behan, Michael Casey, Will Comyn, Pauly Cunningham, Ultan McCusker, Jack Power, Shane Power, Jamie Quinn, Dara Quinn, Jack Quinlan, Eoin Veale, Darragh White, Charlie Aherne, Cian Hickey, Oisin McCusker, Tadhg O'Sullivan, Jamie Ryan, Cathal Walsh.

The team's next game is Saturday, April 14th. away to an Ghaeltacht and at the earlier time of 4.00 p.m. In all, Kilrossanty have three more games to play but having lost three and obtained a walk-over, these boys can still come through and qualify for the knock-out stages but may need to win all remaining games.

Under 16 Football: Next game is away to St. Mollerans on Thursday evening of this week, April 5th at 7 p.m. There is also the postponed game versus Brickey Rangers for which no new date has been set.

Gaelic Football Easter Camp: Waterford GAA Coaching & Games Development. On Thursday and Friday, April 5th and 6th in Kilrossanty GAA Club for boys aged 13 and 14 born in 2004 and 2005. Link gaelicfootballeastercamp.eventbrite.ie

Ballysaggart Ballysaggart CLUB LOTTO Draw 27th March: Numbers drawn were 14, 16, 20 and 26. No jackpot winner. €30 weekly prize winners are Colin Kearney, Lismore, Hannah Kearney and Michael Johnson. Lotto on every Tuesday night at Meaghers. Tickets €2.

Jackpot this week €3,750.

WESTERN INTERMEDIATE HURLING Ballysaggart 2-27; Ardmore 2-10.

Ballysaggart got off to a great start last weekend in the Intermediate championship with a win over Ardmore. Ballysaggart set the pace of the game from the beginning with three points to one in the opening minutes. At half-time, Ballysaggart had seven points from play, four from frees all from Ken Cashel, Stephen Bennett and Cailean O’Gorman to leave the score at 0-12 to 0-5.

In the opening minute of the second half Stephen Bennett increased the lead with a well taken free to blast the ball into the back of the net with points to follow from Eugene O’Brien, Kieran, Stephen, Kyle and Shane Bennett and Ken Cashel before Shane Bennett all but finished the match as a contest with a goal in the 22nd minute.

Ardmore plugged away to the end with a goal and a point in the final three minutes but Ballysaggart held on for a victory with a score of 2-27 to 2-10. They next face Cappoquin.

Team: Michael Ryan, Liam O’Gorman, Kieran Fennessy, Jack Roche, Steven Mangan, Kieran Bennett, Darren Meagher, Chris O’Gorman, Shane Bennett, Ronan Walsh, Eugene O’Brien, Cailean O’Gorman, Stephen Bennett, Ken Cashel, Kyle Bennett

INTERMEDIATE GROUP 2 The club hosted the championship game against Modeligo and Shamrocks on Saturday afternoon and it ended in a draw 0-13 each.

JUNIOR HURLING: Ballysaggart 0-11; An Rinn 0-11.

On Sunday morning in Ballysaggart the Junior team hosted An Rinn in their opening championship game. Ballysaggart got a better start with three points from Christy Murphy Barry Murphy and Fergal Meagher before An Rinn registered their opening score. Scores went tit for tat in the first half with a half-time score of 0-8 to 0-4 in Ballysaggart’s favour.

The second half was evenly contested and by the final whistle a draw was a fair result 0-11 apiece.

Team: Adrian Meagher, Jack Cunningham, Bobby Ryan, Kevin Murphy, Brian Meagher, Barry Murphy, Stephen Hale, Christy Murphy, Paddy Carey, Seamus Kearney, Sam Ryan, Brian Kearney, Conor Bennett, Fergal Meagher, Paul Veale. Sub: Paudie Hale for Conor Bennett.

SPEEDY RECOVERY All in the Club wishes a speedy recovery to Eoghan Breathnach, An Rinn who received an injury in the game last Sunday.

WEEKEND GAMES Both teams play second round games this weekend with the Intermediate team playing Cappoquin on Saturday evening in Lismore at 6 p.m. while the Junior team play against Clashmore/Kinsalebeg in Tallow on Sunday morning at 11.30 a.m.

Juveniles Mary’s Juveniles St.Mary’s St. U-14 FOOTBALL Our U-14 footballers made it two wins from two in the championship last Saturday, 31st March, when they accounted for a spirited St. Mollerans outfit in Kill. We opened the scoring with a point from the impressive Nathan Power

before the Carrick-beg boys equalized and for most of the half it was nip and tuck, with Adam Moynihan making a couple of good saves to keep us in the game. We did manage a two point lead at one stage before Mollerans kicked 3 points on the spin, only for us to reply and tie the game up at the break. (0-5 each).

Jack Hennessy grabbed an early goal in the opening minutes of the second half when he was the quickest to react to a high ball only for Mollerans to draw level again when they raised a green flag of their own. However, we eventually got on top with the industrious Aaron Foran, Frank Kavanagh and Brian Dowdall getting a good supply of ball into the forwards, while the defence tightened up. A couple of well worked points put us ahead before Alex Whelan netted our second goal to put daylight between the teams, while we added two more points near the finish to seal victory on a scoreline of St. Mary’s 2-9; St. Mollerans 1-5. Next up is Clann Na Gael on Tuesday, 10th.

NO JOY FOR ST. DECLANS Despite the best efforts of St. Declans there was no silverware in Newbridge last Easter Saturday as Ardee Community School proved too strong in the All-Ireland ‘C’ Colleges Final. It’s been an epic journey for all concerned, the highlight being that great win in the Munster Final and a thrilling All Ireland semi-final victory. Once again congratulations to the St. Mary’s contingent on your fantastic efforts.

U-21\MINOR FOOTBALL The adventures of the school team led to the postponement of the U-21 semi final last Good Friday night and also a round of minor last week.

While the minors will have played on Bank Holiday Monday (report next week) there is no date for the U-21 as adult competition kicks in.

We will keep you posted in due course.

U-12’S TRIP TO CROKER We wish our U-12 hurlers and the coaching staff, Neil, Richard, Mark and Mary the very best this Friday when they hit the ‘big smoke ‘ for what should be a great day out for all concerned. It’s every child’s dream to play in Croke Park and to do it at such a young age is a bonus.

Clashmore/Kinsalebeg INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Well done to our Intermediate Hurling team on their success over the weekend. Our hurlers put up an excellent performance to beat Cappoquin in the opening round of the 2018 Intermediate Hurling Championship at Fraher Field on Friday evening.

We started with the advantage of the wind and raced into an early lead of 2-8 to 0-3 points after 17 minutes - the goals coming from Darren Foley and Paul O’Connor. We had extended our lead to 2-12 to 0-5 by the change over.

Cappoquin fought back strongly in the opening quarter of the second half to cut our lead to 7 points by the 50th minute. Our lads steadied the ship in the last 10 minutes and tacked on another couple of scores to finish victorious by 7 points.

The final score was Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 2-17; Cappoquin 1-13. This was a great start to the championship and it was wonderful to see some excellent performance from our younger players.

Team: M. McGrath, C. Bourke, J. Seward, A. O’Sullivan, T. de Búrca, R. Fitzgerald, B. Lynch, B O’Halloran, E. O’Halloran, J. O’Leary, A. Trihy, P. O’Connor, D. Foley, C. Ryan. Subs: L. Seward for C. Ryan (inj).

Mentors: M. Kelleher, P. O’Riordan, E. Beresford, B. O’Halloran.

JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP In the Junior Hurling Championship we were

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defeated by a very strong Abbeyside team. The final score was Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 1-4; Abbeyside 1-18.

INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Clashmore/Kinsalebeg V Ardmore. This match will be played in Fraher Field, on Friday next, April 6th, at 8.30. p.m. There will be a live broadcast of this match on Community Radio Youghal, 104FM. JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Clashmore/Kinsalebeg V Ballysaggart. This match will be played in Tallow, on Sunday next, April 8th, at 11.30. a.m.

CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG JUVENILE GAA U-8 Football Blitz in The Gold Coast: Well done to our U-8's who had a great morning of football at a Waterford Coaching and Games Blitz in the Gold Coast last Saturday morning. The lads took on Butlerstown, Ballinacourty and Cappoquin and put in some brilliant performances. Well done to the lads and their coaches!

U-14 Football v Stradbally: Well done to our U-14 footballers who put in a battling display in defeat against Stradbally last Saturday morning.

This team is competing well in all their games and they are playing some lovely football.

The team on Saturday was: Peter Buckner, Jack O'Driscoll, Jack Foley, Finn O'Brien, Ronan Douris, Donncha Devine, Daragh O'Neill, Colm O'Sullivan, Jack Curran, Oisin Ryan, Kyle Moloney, Bobby Colman, Daragh Ryan.

The lads are playing again in a few weeks when they take on St. Pats away.

Easter Egg Draw Results: We had great support from families and the wider community for the Annual Easter Raffle. This is a really important fundraiser for the club and we are overwhelmed with the support we got. The total raised this year was a whopping €1,099!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who bought tickets. Congratulations to the winners who are as follows: 1st Prize Bríd Gray, 2nd prize Donnacha Ryan, 3rd Prize Matt Budds. Seller’s prize went to Charlie Foley.

U-10: Our U-10 footballers took on Cois Bhride last Weds night at home and put in a really strong performance. There are more games to be played in the coming weeks.

Notes and Match Reports: Can all our club mentors and administrators please send teams and match reports to PRO Barry Dunne at barrymdunne@gmail.com by 3.00 p.m. each Monday.

Kilmacthomas Kilmacthomas DEISE DRAW Deise Draw tickets are now on sale from the club. For anyone who would like to purchase Deise draw tickets please contact Tyrone on 0871234110 for more info.

HARD LUCK Hard Luck to St.Declans C.C. who lost to Adree of Louth in the All-Ireland final on Saturday last in Newbridge.

Although you didn't come away with a win on the day you can look back on the memorable journey which got you there winning the Munster Championship. Congratulations to all the players you did your school, family, clubs and communities proud.

DEEPEST SYMPATHIES On behalf of the club we wish to extend our condolences to the Weldon family on the passing of the late Mary Weldon. May she rest in peace.

FUNDRAISER POSTPONED A new date for our fundriaser which was due to take place last weekend has yet to be decided, so keep an eye out on Kilmacthomas GAA Clubs Facebook page for update details on the event.

GAA CLUB NOTES

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

Melleray Rovers Glenrovers MellerayGlen ON THE PITCH We took on Modeligo in Old Parish last Sunday morning in very testing ground conditions. We conceded a soft goal from long range against the breeze and missed numerous chances and were behind at the break by a point 1-3 to 0-5. The lads upped their game in the second half and scored 10 points to run out winners by 0-15 to 2-4. Modeligo should be praised for putting up such a battling display and the result was in doubt right up to the last few minutes.

Scorers: Brian Hennessey 0-4, Darragh O’Rourke 0-3, Kevin Power 0-3, Mark Montayne 0-3, Rob Crowley 0-1, Rory Heffernan 0-1, Mikey Crowley 0-1.

Our thanks to our supporters who turned out on the day to cheer the lads on. It was also great to see seven under 21 players lining-out for the club on Sunday which has not happened in a long time. That's not to say that any older players don't have a big part to play but it’s great to have the youngsters on board. As the old saying goes if you are good enough you are old enough.

Our next game is against Kilgobinet on Sunday at 11.30 am in Colligan. A very tough game ahead against last year’s finalists who knocked us out in the quarter-finals. A big test for the lads who are training this Thursday night at 7 pm in Ballysaggart. Our thanks to Ballysaggart GAA club for facilitating us in what will be our first training session on grass this year. Our pitch is still out of action due to the bad weather, and will be for a while yet.

NEW GEAR Our thanks to Ned and Noreen O’Rourke for their sponsorship of our new jerseys which were worn for the first time on Sunday. They look great and all the players are delighted with them. We should not forget to thank Eugene Lyons who sponsored our previous set of jerseys. We are looking in to setting up an online shop where club jersey and shorts can be bought along with other club gear. More on this over the next few weeks SCÓR NA bPÁISTÍ We wish every success to all Melleray children on Friday, 13th April in Scor na bPaisti which will take place in St. Marys Hall, Mount Melleray. Any support for them in the home venue would be great.

HORSE RACING Well done to our former player Mikey Hamill on another win in the UK over jumps on Sunday.

Shamrocks Shamrocks (Kindly sponsored by Allen Engineering & Agri Sales Ltd.) CLUB LOTTO Last week's winning lotto numbers were 1920-22-23, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Mike Leahy, Simon Pomphrett, Mark Geary, Ml. & Ann Slattery, Ann Marie Byrne; Easter Eggs: Liam Casey, Chloe Power, Claire O'Driscoll, Kay Casey, SER Coolbeggan, Tom & Mary Hickey. Next week's jackpot will be €4,050.

IHC: Shamrocks 1-13; Modeligo 1-13.

At the end of this pulsating and gripping first round championship match played at the very well appointed Ballysaggart GAA grounds last Saturday, both sets of supporters left out a big sigh of relief that their team wasn't beaten, as in truth, either side could have won this tie at the death. Incredibly, this year is the fourth year in succession that Shamrocks have drawn their first round match.

The game started at a blistering pace with Shamrocks threatening an early goal swiftly followed by Modeligo's first point of the match. Colm Roche's first pointed free was followed by a fine Edward Hynes point, and then Colm had two more as Shamrocks were getting the better of the exchanges. Modeligo hit over another followed by a fine Stevie Lucey point, then Modeligo scored 3 points on the trot to level up matters again.

A good move saw Edward Lonergan shoot to the net only to be called back very harshly by referee John Condon for a free. Luckily Colm buried the resultant penalty to the net, but that was a very definite case of the advantage rule not being applied correctly, had we missed the penalty, it would have been a tough one to take. Both sides traded score for score with Colm unerring from placed balls, and Cathal Herlihy also shooting a fine score to leave Shamrocks lead at the break with a three point advantage, 1-8 to 0-8.

The second half saw Modeligo hit a purple patch getting four of the first five scores, Colm replied with two from frees, and John Paul Lucey also scored a fine point before Modeligo breached the Shamrocks defence for a fine goal to put them a point up. That lead went to two points, before Colm and J.P. rounded off the scoring with another fine point to leave the scores all square. Both sides had chances to snatch the game, but when the final whistle went it was honours even. Padraig Ahearne suffered a hand injury in the first half, but typically played on through the pain barrier, that man has grit and guts to spare.

This was championship hurling, nothing spared with exchanges quite physical, but I thought very fair from both sides. 17 year old

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Kieran Crawford made his debut, and acquitted himself very well, as did his brother Adam who had a very good 60 minutes. There won't be any time to dwell on this game as we have a second round match against Brickey Rangers to prepare for this Saturday, 7th April in Lismore at 4.30 p.m., providing Lismore is available.

Panel; Ciaran O'Keeffe, Padraig Ahearne, Tommy O'Donovan, Brian Harnedy, Padraig Roche, Shane Roche, Adam Crawford, Billy Hynes, John Paul Lucey (0-2), Edward Hynes (0-1), Colm Roche (1-8), Stephen Lucey (0-1), Cathal Herlihy (0-1), Edward Lonergan, Kieran Crawford, Shane Harnedy, Kelvyn O'Farrell, Tom Roche, Joe Leahy, Ivan O'Neill, Jason Ahearne, Keegan O'Farrell, Martin Delaney, Liam Motherway.

A big congratulations to Ballysaggart, the pitch was in excellent condition, and the facilities are a credit to everyone in the club.

JHC, Shamrocks 0-5; Brickeys 3-24.

Our Junior Hurlers went down heavily to Brickeys in the first round played in Clashmore last Sunday morning. Players were unfortunately very thin on the ground for whatever reasons, we just had a bare 15. As a result we shipped a heavy defeat. Some of our younger players such as Ivan O'Neill and Tom Roche did very well, and it was great to see Eoin Roche don the Shamrocks jersey after a lengthy period out with back problems. Sean Casey was called into action also after quite a while away. This team are playing again next Sunday, 8th April at 11.30am in Lismore against Cappoquin, but I hope we get a better turnout, or we're going nowhere.

Team: Liam Murphy, Michael Lucey, Mikey O'Neill, Martin Delaney, Alan Kelly, Tom Roche, Sean Murphy, Edward O'Neill, Ivan O'Neill, Eoin Roche, Bernie Kelleher, Padraig Tobin, Keegan O'Farrell, Sean O'Neill, Sean Casey.

FIXTURES Saturday, 7th April, IHC, Shamrocks v.

Brickeys, at 4.30 p.m. in Lismore.

Sunday, 8th April, Shamrocks v. Cappoquin, at 11.30 a.m. in Lismore.

GOOD LUCK JIM! Best wishes to club stalwart Jim Nicholson and his wife Ann who are moving to Gortroe in the near future to be closer to their family. Jim you may be moving, but you will always be a Shamrock! Good luck Jim and Ann from all in the club.

Pats Juveniles St. Pat’s Juveniles U-10 HURLING TRIUMPH Congratulations to the St. Pat's u-10 hurling team who won the Ballyduff Upper indoor hurling tournament last Saturday. They had a hard fought win vs Ballyduff Upper in the final to take home the Owen Geary Perpetual Cup. Thanks to the other teams involved, Cappoquin, Brickey Rangers, and of course Ballyduff Upper who organised the tournament and invited us to participate.

U-12 LADIES FOOTBALL Callan under 12's made the long trip to Bohadoon today to take on St. Pat's in a most entertaining pre-season friendly. A sprinkling of under 13's strengthened both sides. The sun was high in the sky, but was more optical illusion than source of heat, at a bitterly cold Bohadoon.

Indeed, the wind put in a strong claim for a man of the match award. It was by some distance the most influential player on display. Each team dominated when playing with the assistance of the tempest. The first quarter saw siege being laid to the St. Pat's goal. Our back-line gave their all, but were a little slower to adapt to the conditions than their Kilkenny opponents. Callan found the net three times. On each occasion Callan scored their goals from following in after good saves by the Pat's goalie. The quarter felt like an eternity for the Pat's players, any foray into the Callan half was a short lived, failed adventure.

St. Pat's mentors got a hold of their battered charges at the turn around. With some re-organising, some encouragement, some optimism and a gale to their backs, they sent their players out with renewed purpose to face their foes.

Suddenly it was all St. Pat's, a well taken point by one of our senior girls lifted the spirits and the siege.

The girls started to run and tackle for each other. First one goal was clawed back, then another. Pat's were threatening from all across their forward line. The young Callan goalie (who had a great game) mentioned to the umpire that she "would like to go home to Callan". Although to be fair this was due more to the Arctic conditions than anything else.

The final two quarters passed in a blur of hypothermia. Icy showers added to the freezing gusts, continued to make conditions difficult for both teams. Pat's continued to make up ground but just ran out of time. At the final whistle the home side trailed by a goal. This was a real learning experience for the girls. It was quite a big step up for some of our younger players and they proved their mettle with some fine performances.

The spirit of the St. Pat's girls in adversity was something to behold, you sense that this under 12 team could be something special when the season starts. Well done to Callan on their win and the mentors for organising the game. Finally, and most importantly, thanks to the parents who prepared tea, sandwiches and buns.

Melleray Glen Rovers Club would like to thank Ned and Noreen O’Rourke for their sponsorship of our new jerseys which were worn for the first time on Sunday last.

WATERFORD LADIES U-14s The Waterford LGFA u-14's came off second best to Cork last Saturday in the Munster semi final. Waterford scored 2-4 to Cork's 2-8. Well done to Eve and Emma who flew the flag for Saint Pat's. All at the club are very proud of their achievements.

MINOR FOOTBALL St. Pat's had great win last Thursday night in the Minor Football Championship versus St. Oliver's on a score line of 1-12 to 1-8. A really great performance by our team in very tough conditions. Well done to the players and mentors.

CÚL CAMP 2018 Cúl Camp this year will take place from Monday, 6th August to Friday, 10th August. Book your place now at www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie ST. PAT'S BEANIE HATS Mary Fahey has some great value Beanie Hats for sale. The hats have the St. Pat's club crest on them. Protect yourself from the cold, save money, look good and support your club.

HURLING HELMETS Children quickly outgrow their first hurling helmet. Mary Fahey would be delighted to take too small helmets off your hands in exchange for a discount on your child's new helmet. Contact Mary for more information.

MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR 2018 €40 Per Person €50 For Adults & Girls Over 15 €120 Family Membership It's important that the club gets the 2018 membership fees in as quickly and efficiently as possible. Please contact team mentors or Don Nix for membership forms.

"SPLIT THE POT" Our monthly draw took place on April 1st (Easter Sunday) in Queally's Bar. Winners will be announced next week. Tickets for the next draw are available from Mentors, Parents, Committee, Healy's Daybreak, The Pike Service Station.

Tickets €2 each or 3 for €5 PROGRESSIVE 45 The Progressive 45 cards in aid of St. Pat's are on every Thursday at 8.15 pm in Coolnasmear Hall.

CappoquinCamogie Camogie Cappoquin CLOTHING RECYCLING DRIVE We are holding a clothing collection in order to raise vital funding to keep our club running. We need and really appreciate the support the community has given us in the past to continue to grow camogie in the community. We can accept men's, women's and children's clothing, paired shoes, handbags, belts, soft toys, curtains, bed linen and towels.

Collections will be held on Thursday, April 5th 5-7 p.m. Friday April 6th 5-8 p.m. and Saturday, April 7th 9.30-1.30 p.m. at the Affane/Cappoquin GAA Pitch or we can collect direct by contacting 087 684 30 07.

FIXTURES Seniors Cappoquin v Lismore at 6:30 p.m. in Cappoquin on Saturday 7th.

BEST OF LUCK Under 12 squad and their mentors the best of luck in the Camán to Croker blitz in Croke Park on Sunday, 8th April and also to Ally Landers who will be refereeing in Croke Park that day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY The senior panel would like to wish Roisín Cahillane a very happy 21st birthday.

TRAINING *Indoor Camogie: Under 6, 8 and 10's. €3 per child / €5 per family, Thursday's 5:45-6.45 pm in Cappoquin Community Centre. *Under 12/ 14 training is Tuesday at 6 pm and Saturday at 11 a.m. *U18 and Adult training will be held on Friday evening at 8.15 p.m. in the Cappoquin Community Centre and Sunday morning at 10 a.m. on the pitch *All other times will be updated on Facebook/Twitter first so please keep an eye on our social pages. New members always welcome.

SPARE HELMETS To encourage new players. We are looking for your old, spare or unused kids helmets to be donated to the club for new players to use and try the sport. All your help is greatly appreciated.

Ballinameela Ballinameela JUNIOR HURLING We were defeated by Colligan, on a scoreline of 0-18 vs 1-12 on Saturday last. It's a quick turnaround for the next fixture which is versus Kilrossanty at 4:30 p.m at Abbeyside GAA pitch this coming Saturday.

FOOTBALL We play host to Modeligo in a challenge match at 4 p.m this Sunday.

NEW JERSEYS A new set of jerseys, kindly sponsored by the Welcome Inn, were presented to the team captains at the Welcome Inn on Saturday night.

Thanks to club kit coordinator, Aoife Fitzgerald, for organising these jerseys and thanks to the Welcome Inn for their sponsorship.

NEW ARRIVAL Congratulations to Tom and Moya Power on the birth of baby Aoife.

SPEEDY RECOVERY Wishing a speedy recovery to Terry McCarthy following a recent workplace accident.

Kill LOTTO At last week’s lotto draw in Dunphys Bar there was no winner of the €10,000 lotto jackpot on the night we had one lucky match three winner who was Paudie Torpey.

FIXTURES Kill intermediate Footballers play there first match in this years championship when they take on John Mitchell’s in Carrick beg on Wednesday, 11th April at 8 p.m. The players have

put in a big effort in training over the past month, so why not come out and support the lads in the first game of the championship.

Ardmore Ardmore INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Ballysaggart 2-27; Ardmore 2-11 We had a tough baptism in our first game in the intermediate grade when we fell a good bit short against an impressive Ballysaggart last weekend. It's hard to be too critical of the lads after their historic achievement and it was always going to be difficult for them to hit the ground running and as it was up a grade as well The Bennett brothers were on fire for the opposition and it wasn't as if our lads didn't give their best as always but were off the space it seems Still the way the championship is structured this year we have plenty of time to get back into form and show that we will be a test for anyone and I am confident that this bunch of lads can do this INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP ARDMORE V CLASHMORE FRAHER FIELD FRIDAY 8.30 p.m.

We play our second game in this championship on Friday and judging by Clashmore’s impressive performance last week, this is going to be another difficult game for our lads but they wont turn their back on the challenge and I think we will see a big improvement on last week's performance.

CLG CLG na Na Rinne Rinne IOMÁINT SINSEAR Thug iomáinaithe sinsir Na Rinne aghaidh ar Baile Uí Dhuibh an Satharn seo chaite I mbabhta a haon den craobh comórtas Iomána sinsir. Thug na leaids taispeántas maith ar an lá ach faraoir níor éirigh leo an toradh a fáil. Scór deiridh: An Rinn 0-18; Baile Uí Dhuibh 2-16. An Domhnach seo chugainn 8/4/18 tabharfaidh na leaids aghaidh ar Baile Mhic Gonair I mbabhta a dó istigh I bPáirc Uí Fhearachair.

IOMÁINT SÓISEAR Thug iomáinaithe sóisir na Rinne aghaidh ar Baile Mhic Sagairt an Domhnach seo chaite thuas I mBaile Mhic Sagairt I mbabhta a haon den craobh comórtas sóisir. Cluiche oscailte a bhí ann agus ar chomhscór a chríochnaigh an chluiche. An Rinn 0-11 Baile Mhic Sagairt 0-11.

Le linn an chluiche seo tharla droch gortú dtí imreor Na Rinne, Eoghan Breathnach. Ar son CLG Na Rinne ba mhaith liom buíochas mór a ghabháil go dtí na daoine a chabhraigh le Eoghan agus go háirithe Tina Meagher. Dheineadar gach rud chun cabhrú le Eoghan go dtí go tháinigh na meidic agus an aer cór. Tá súl againn go mbeidh Eoghan níos fearr go luath..

Tabharfaidh na leaids aghaidh ar Má Dheilge an Domhnach seo chugainn 8/4/18 ag 11.30 am.

Tá ionad le socrú fós.

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Affane/Cappoquin CLUB LOTTO - MONDAY, 26th MARCH Jackpot €8,100. Numbers drawn out were: 4, 6, 7, 26. No winner. Consolation €20 winners: Colm Burke, Conna; Rena O’Donoghue, c/o The Central Bar; Fergal Slevin, Abbeyside; Brendan Kiely, Green Street and Tony McCarthy, Ballinameela.

THREE TO ANSWER 1, Who was the manager of the All Ireland club senior hurling finalists Na Piarsaigh 2, Kevin McStay managed what county to win the Division 2 National FootballLeague?

3, How many times have Mayo won the National Football League.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1, Mattie Kenny is manager of the All Ireland club senior hurling champions Cuala 2, Colm Bonnar managed what Carlow to win the Division 2 National Hurling League 3, New York won the National Football League three times.

LAST MAN STANDING With the majority of the remaining entrants on all the hot pots in week seven which all duly won which now means there are still over fifty still standing out of the 250 entrants as we approach eight. Please get your selection into Last Man Standing co-ordinator Eamonn Costin 087 9591651 for week 8 before Friday, 6th April.

WESTERN IHC Well Good Friday turned into a bad Friday at the Fraher Field for the Cornerstone boys where the lads never came out of the stalls in the first half where a dismal showing saw them trail at the internal by 13 points on the score 2-12 to 0-05.

In fairness to the lads where they were always chasing the game they put in a superb battling second half perfornance and with a little luck could have had a few more goals which would have salvaged the game, in the end the final score read Cappoquin 1-13; Clashmore 2-17.

Full report of game in the sports section.

WESTERN JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Due to the holiday weekend with many of the lads away, Cappoquin side saw the welcome return of two former greats Sham Mac at 50 and James ‘Gossy’ Mason still looking as fit as ever at the young age of 58 almost the combined total of the Kilgobinet defense. With all the Cappoquin scores coming from Evan McGrath they trailed at half-time 0-11 to 0-04.

After putting in a battling performance the lads lost out in the end to the Kilgobinet first fifteen on the score 2-17 to 0-06.

Well done to everyone for getting a team out and let’s hope we can get a few results in this championship as well as having fun.

Cappoquin team: Shane McCarthy, DamIan Murphy, Colin Murray, Sham McCarthy, Colin Landers, Richie Scanlan, Ciaran Power, Jack Coffey, Simon Power, Brian Murphy, Evan McGrath, Jamie McGrath, Brian Crotty, James ‘Gossy’ Mason, David Cahill. Sub: Mick McCarthy.

WESTERN JUNIOR HURLING C’SHIP FIXTURE Rd 2 Ceapach Choinn v Na Seamróga on Sunday, 8th April 2018 in Lismore at 11.30 am.

Réiteoir: Wayne Power.

WESTERN INTERMEDIATE HURLING C’SHIP FIXTURE Rd 2 Baile na Sagart v Ceapach Choinn on Saturday, 7th April 2018 in Lismore at 6.00 pm.

Réiteoir: Thomas Walsh.

TOUR OF DUTY Bon voyage to our midfield star Keith Landers who this week goes on tour of duty with the Irish Armed Forces as part of the UN peacekeeping in Syria. We wish Keith the best of luck and hope to see him home for the business end of the hurling and football championships.

Naomh Chartaigh Naomh Chartaigh U-12 HURLING The lads played a good game against Ballygunner over the weekend. Some really skilful hurling was played by both sides and well done to both teams.

U-14 FEILE A HURLING The competition to see who will represent Waterford in this year’s Feile, takes place this weekend. Our first group day of action is due to take place in Abbyside on Saturday, April 7th.

DATE FOR DIARY Annual fundraising Table Quiz. Venue, Rose’s West End Bar, Date, Saturday, 21st April. Quiz Master Edward Lynch.

U-11 Hurling - Played St. Catherine’s in Ballynoe in a challenge last Saturday morning and played very well. Thanks to St. Catherine’s for game.

Nire/Fourmilewater SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Hard luck to our senior hurlers who lost their opening match in this year’s championship to De La Salle 4-17 to 1-15.

Tomorrow night Thursday, April 5th we play Dungarvan. Throw-in is at 6:30 pm in the Fraher Field.please come and support the team.

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018 JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Hard luck to our Junior hurlers who lost their opening championship match 1-12 to 0-11 against Tallow in Aglish last Sunday morning.

MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Well done to our minor footballers who had a big win over Ballyduff Upper last Wednesday evening.

BRAIN OF BALLYMACARBRY QUIZ Thank you to everyone who supported our annual Brain of Ballymacarbry quiz last Thursday night and thanks to Dooceys bar for the use of their facilities and quiz master Michael Ryan.

Congratulations to the winning table of Catherine and Tom Walsh. Liam and Mary Reilly.

FOURMILEWATER LOTTO RESULTS Fourmilewater Weekly Lotto 31st March, 2018. No Winner. Numbers drawn 13, 17, 20.

Two by €75 winners: Kerrie Prendergast and Tom and Willie Kearney. Five by €30 Easter Winners: Ann Wall, Dale Long, Dolores Guiry, Mary Walsh Michella and Shane Walsh PHELAN AND SARGENT CUP DRAW Sargent Cup: Fourmilewater v Lismore; Winners Play De La Salle.

Phelan Cup: Nire v Gaultier.

COUNTY SENIOR FOOTBALL AND HURLING DRAWS At January’s County Board meeting a new format for the County Senior Hurling and Football championship was agreed. There will now be three groups of four.

Senior Football: Nire, Clashmore, Ballinacourty, Brickey Rangers Opening Fixtures: Sunday, April 15th in Ardmore at 2:30 pm v Clashmore.

Saturday, April 21st in Fraher Field at 6 pm v Brickey Rangers.

Weekend of 15th July v Ballinacourty.

Senior Hurling: De La Salle, Fourmilewater, Dungarvan, Tallow Fixtures: Saturday, March 31st in Fraher Field at 2:30 pm v Del A Salle lost 4-17 to 1-15 Thursday, April 5th in Fraher Field at 6:30 pm v Dungarvan Weekend of July 1st v Tallow BALLYMACARBRY LADIES FOOTBALL Well done to the Waterford Ladies Footballers who defeated Armagh 2-9 to 2-8 in last Sunday’s National League Match.

Hard luck to the Waterford U-14 team who were beaten by Cork in the Munster Championship 2-4 to 2-8.

FEILE NA GAEL Best of luck to our U-14 team who are taking part in the Feile Na Gael qualifying blitz.

Stradbally SEAN AHEARN CÚL CAMP 2018 Online booking is now available for the Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camps 2018. Booking is available on www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie. Book by 1st June to get your kit before school holidays.

WINTER LEAGUE 2018 With the weather affecting the Winter League so badly this year we have decided to run off two rounds on Thursday night to make up the back log, Round 4 and 5 will be played this Thursday.

Those children participating in the Winter league who have yet to register can do so on Thursday week or register online at www.stradballygaa.com. The code of Ethics is available online and must be read by all parents of those taking part in Stradbally GAA activity.

WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 3 RESULT Score Bonus Pts. Down 7-09 6 Waterford Roscommon 1-01 3 Meath Kerry 9-08 6 Cork

Score 7-00 10-08 8-07

Bonus Pts. 4 6 4

WINTER LEAGUE 2018 TABLE Team Points Down 20 Cork 16 Kerry 16 Waterford 15 Meath 15 Roscommon 10 ROUND 4 FIXTURES Playing Field Team V Team Pitch 1 Kerry Meath Roscommon Pitch 2 Waterford Pitch 3 Cork Down ROUND 5 FIXTURES Playing Field Team V Team Roscommon Pitch 1 Kerry Pitch 2 Waterford Cork Pitch 3 Meath Down JUVENILE NEWS Training for our under 6/7/8/9/10/11/12’s will return this Friday the 06/04/18 at 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm. We have an action packed year planned for all the kids this year. Our u-9’s and 10’s will again play in the City League and our U-11/12’s will play in the Town and Country leagues. We have six coaches for this group and all of them are currently participating in the Level 1 Coaching course over a six-week period. That’s a massive commitment on their behalf for the kids that they are coaching, the Club really appreciates the efforts of these volunteers.

Any child who has yet to register must do so by the 29th March, parents can log onto

Killian O'Reilly Cumann na mBunscol presents Tallow captain Conor Henley with the winners plaque after they defeated Ballygunner in their Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Mini Sevens County Football Final played at Mount Sion GAA Grounds.

[Maurice Hennebry]

www.stradballygaa.com and pay their child’s registration on line.

Our U-11 (Born 2007/2008) hurlers make their debut in the Town and Country league this Friday, (venue to be decided) parents will receive a text in the coming days.

Our under 9’s (Born 2009/2010) play at home on Saturday morning against St. Mary’s at 11.30 am, all players to be at the club for 11 am.

The City League fixtures are as follows: U-9 City League Fixtures 2018 Round Date Day Venue Opponent Time Rd 1 - 7th April - Saturday - Home - St. Mary’s 11.30 am Rd 2 - 21st April - Saturday - Home - Na Gael 11.30 am Under 10 City League Fixtures 2018 Round Date Day Venue Opponent Rd 1 - 14th April - Saturday - Away - St. Saviours - 11.30 am Rd 2 - 28th April - Saturday - Home - Clonea 11.30 am U-11 Town and Country Hurling League 2018 Round Date Day Venue Opponent Rd 1 - 6th April - Friday - Stradbally - Naomh Brid 6.30 pm Rd 2 - 20th April - Friday - Bushy Park - Brickey Rangers 6.30 pm U-11 Town and Country Football League 2018 Round Date Day Venue Opponent Rd 1 - 20th July - Friday - Lismore - Naomh Carthaigh 6.30 pm Rd 2 - 27th July - Friday - Stradbally - Deuglan Naofa 6.30 pm U-12 Town and Country Hurling League 2018 Round Date Day Venue Opponent Time Rd 1 - 27th April - Friday - Stradbally - Kilrossanty 6.30 pm U-12 Town and Country Football League 2018 Round Date Day Venue Opponent Rd 1 - 3rd August - Friday - Leamybrien Kilrossanty - 6.30 pm Rd 2 - 17th August - Friday - Stradbally Balinacourty 6.30 pm Rd 3 - 31st August - BYE - Stradbally - Deuglan Naofa BYE 3 AND 4-YEAR-OLD PLAY GROUP Continues this Thursday at 6 pm in Sallyfort Farm, children participate in age appropriate games and the enjoyment can be seen on all their faces each and every night. Stradbally GAA club wishes to thank each and every parent for making the effort to attend. Please spread the word so we can grow this group and ensure that our future is secure. The club would like to thank Dermot and Pearl O’ Brien for hosting this group.

U-14 FOOTBALL Our Under 14 footballers recorded a comprehensive 3-02 to 2-13 away to Clashmore.

UNDER 16 FOOTBALL Paly the next round of the championship on the 5th April at home to De La Salle at 7 pm.

ADULT NEWS Minor Football - Our minor football team had a good win to start our championship campaign by beating Ardmore on a score 1-20 to 2-0.

Remaining fixtures: Round 1 – Stradbally V Nire TBC. Round 2 – Stradbally V Ballyduff Upper TBC The club would like to wish all mentors and players the very best for the year ahead.

Senior Football - Our Senior football team will commence the defense of their championship in the coming weeks.

We have received the fixtures for the first two rounds of the County Championship; Round 1 – Stradbally V Ardmore on Saturday, 14th April at 7 pm in Lemybrien.

Round 2 – Stradbally V Portlaw on Saturday, 21st April at 3.45 pm in Kill.

Intermediate Hurling - Our Intermediate hurlers played their first game in the championship last Saturday night against the Brickey Rangers. On the night we were defeated by a point on a score of 2-13 to 2-12.

Next up we play Modeligo this Friday night at 19:00 in the Fraher Field.

LADIES NOTES Well done to Sheena McGuckian who was captain of the winning super schools team over in Wales and also Eabha Gough who was part of the team.

Hard luck to the Waterford Ladies u-14 team who lost out to Cork in the Munster semi-final played in Ballinameela on Saturday. Especially our own girls on the team Molly Kate Herne, Lily Gough, Ellen Boylan and Alana McGrath. We would also like to congratulate the Waterford Ladies Minor team who beat Limerick on Wednesday played in Lattin Cullen GAA. Especially Johnny Troy and Grainne Costello on the management and our girls Roisin Dunphy, Jade Queally and Aoife Brazil.

NEW CLUB PHONE NUMBER Stradbally GAA has a new phone number which is 087 1165549 and if anyone wishes to make contact with the club regarding club matter can do so at this number.

MEMBERSHIP Membership is now due and this year we are asking all our players past and present, supporters and parents of our juveniles to consider becoming members of our club in 2018. Money from membership helps us to meet a lot of the cost associated with running the club. Now more than ever we need the support of our community so we can build and develop our club for our children and future generations. It is easier than ever

to pay your membership, you just have to log onto our website www.stradballygaa.com and pay your membership online from your phone or any computer. Membership rates for 2018 are: Adult Member; €70, OAP; €50, Student / Underage; €40, 2nd child in family €30 and every subsequent child €20.

We have a number of membership packages which we are encouraging our members to support as they go a long way to achieving our development goals. People can purchase these pack on line or can pay by direct debit, direct debit forms can forwarded to people upon request to any committee member or by email to our club secretary at secretary.stradbally.waterford@gaa.

Adult Package. Membership €70, Déise Draw €90, 50/50 draw €130, National Ticket €10. Total €300 or €25 per month.

Couple Package. Membership €120, Déise Draw €90, 50/50 Draw €130, National Ticket x 2 €20. Total €360 or €30 per month.

OAP Package. Membership €50, Déise Draw €90, 50/50 Draw €130, National Draw Ticket €10.

Total €280 or €23.23 per month.

If people wish to pay their membership in person they can contact membership officer John Halpin (087-9776018) or any member of the club committee for a membership form, alternatively you can email the club secretary at secretary.stradbally.waterford@gaa.ie for a form.

John Halpin will be collecting membership every Sunday night at the GAA Social Center between 9.30 pm and 10.30 pm.

SOCIAL CENTRE Our social centre is a very important facility which is used by a wide variety of people for various purposes. We encourage all our members to consider booking the club for any family events they may be planning, the centre is for the benefit of our members and we are lucky to have it, anyone who is considering making a booking can contact Breda Kiely on 087-6291930 for further information. There will be live music and dancing in the club next Sunday night,.

FUNDRAISING 50:50 Draw - The next Draw takes place on Sunday, 8th April 2018. Congratulations to Irene Kilbride who won €220 in our latest 50/50 draw Field Signs - We will be making a big drive this year for businesses to put up field Signs. This will be a great opportunity for businesses to advertise their products. Contact Virgil Power (Alaska) on 087-7797401 for more details.

SYMPATHIES Stradbally GAA club would like to offer its sincerest sympathies to the family of Mary Weldon (nee Cummins). The Weldon and Cummins family have a long association with our club and she will be greatly missed by her family and the community. Also Stradbally GAA wish to offer its sympathies to the late Austin (Austie) Casey, New Line, Bonmahon. May they rest in peace.

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

Pictured are the Dungarvan Unitd FC U-9's and their Mooncoin counterparts who took part in a number of tough, hard fought games in a cold Kilrush Park. The young blues played some great football and the supporters were treated to some cracking goals. Thanks to Mooncoin for travelling up. Also a big thanks our dedicated coaches and to all the parents and supporters that were there. Your support is always greatly appreciated.

Dungarvan United FC Premier Division Preview CARRICK UTD V DUNGARVAN UTD 11 am kick-off, Sunday, 8th April, Tom Drohan Park DUNGARVAN UTD V SOUTHEND 7 pm kick-off, Wednesday, 11th April, Kilrush Park Dungarvan have two tough games in the space of five days in the coming week, with a challenging away trip to Carrick on Sunday morning next followed by a home fixture against Southend the following Wednesday.

Facing Carrick has proved to be tricky for Dungarvan Utd since promotion back to the top flight nearly three seasons ago, with the Blues unable so far to take a point off them in five games. Carrick find themselves yet again at the business end of the table again this season, and enter this game with a record of P10 W7 D2 L1 F28 A13 Pts23 which sees them in third place. This is a vital game for them as they lie eight points behind leaders Ferrybank, but with three games in hand. If they want to maintain a push for league honours, they cannot afford to drop many, if any, points from here on in.

Carrick come into the game on the back of three league wins on the

bounce, beating Tramore 2-1 away in their last outing, a week ago last Sunday. Dungarvan too come into the game in very good form, also having played Tramore in their last game, handing a heavy 5-0 defeat to the Seagulls in Kilrush last Friday night, in what was arguably the Blues most convincing win over a top side in many years. Dungarvan sit in fifth place in the ten team division, and will be eyeing up a top four – or possibly even top three – finish, which would be their best league position for many seasons, so they too will be determined to try and pick up points here at what is the hardest ground in the league to do so.

Quick on the heels of the outing to Carrick is a home game against Southend. The Ballybeg outfit have had a mixed season, and they come into this game with a record of P13 W5 D1 L7 F19 A32 Pts16, which is enough for sixth place as of now. They have perhaps not pushed on this season as much as some felt they might after a very good few years, but they remain a very difficult side to beat. They were in good form back in August when they saw off Dungarvan 2-1 at home, but the Blues will look back at that game as an opportunity missed, as they were well in the game and were unfortunate not to

get at least a point. Dungarvan’s potential advantage in this game is firepower. The Blues continue to find the net with great regularity, and their total of 32 goals this season is the third highest in the division, and is well clear of Southend’s 19, with an overall record of P12 W5 D2 L5 F32 A29 Pts17.

Thatsaid, there has been very little to choose between the two sides over the last three seasons in the Premier, and another tight encounter is to be expected.

RACE NIGHT Saturday, 21st April WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Our Race Night Fundraiser has been launched and we need everyone to help us drive YOUR club forward!

Do you have a business that is Weill I got support us to achieve our goals?

We have several corporate opportunities available from sponsoring races, advertising in the Race Night programme, offering prizes for the night. Further info from Stan Cummins 087 918 5871 Vicky O’Donnell 087 055 7939 David Walsh (087) 689 6983 or any committee member or manager LOTTO Due to the bank holiday our draw will be posted on our Facebook page this week.

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Nagle’s Bar Sat. 21st April 2018 Start Time: All Welcome!

Time 8.30pm 8 30pm MAIN EVENT SPONSOR: WELL DONE – Great news reached us this week that Club player Molly Shrubb has been selected to represent Waterford U-16s in this year’s Gaynor Squad. Well done Molly and good luck to all involved.

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DUNGARVAN UTD. FC RACE NIGHT Saturday, 21st April. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

Stradbally FC JUNIOR No on-field action last weekend, as our game was postponed.

Dungarvan United's concession of the points to Kilmacow was regrettable.

Action returns on Saturday with a home game versus Ballyduff.

Kick-off 3 pm.

SCHOOLBOYS Midweek football commences this week for our Under 12s with a home game on Thursday at 6.15 pm. They also have a home tie on Saturday at the usual kick-off time of 10.30 am.

ACADEMY AND LITTLE DRIBBLERS Academy & Little Dribblers re-

turns on Saturday morning at 10.30 am.

LOTTO There were no Jackpot winners in the Club Lotto Draw recently.

Numbers drawn 4, 13, 21, 22. €25 winners: Tom O'Mahony, Debbie Weldon, Gerry Dunne.

Promoter’s Prize: Peggy Carey.

Next Draw is on April 15th in Whelan’s Bar. Jackpot Prize on offer will be €1,700. Thanks to all who continue to support our Lotto.

LOTTO EXTRA After Easter, we are endeavouring to expand the ticket sales of our Club Lotto. Particularly targeting our past and present members and the parents of our younger mem-

bers. Whilst many people already buy their tickets in the local shops or from regular promoters, we reckon that a lot of potential contributors are missing out, as they may not be in the shops or in contact with aforementioned promoters.

To overcome such problems, we are proposing that people pay for their tickets in advance, once or twice a year.

With set numbers, people can be confident that they are included in all 26 fortnightly draws, and maybe win the Jackpot (currently €1,700) or one of the €25 prizes.

If you have any queries or wish to join our 'Year Long Lotto' contact Club Treasurer, Gerry Dunne at

087 2245712 and he will be glad to talk to you.

LAST MAN STANDING Our ten remainers are proving an obdurate group to eliminate, as they all advanced to March 8th.

EPL Fixtures for this weekend are: Saturday - Everton v Liverpool 12.30 p.m.; Bournemouth v Crystal Palace; Brighton v Huddersfield; Leicester v Newcastle; Stoke v Tottenham; Watford v Burnley; West Brom v Swansea; Man City v Man Utd 5.30 p.m.

Sunday Arsenal v Southampton; Chelsea v West Ham.

ON-LINE CLUB SHOP Our on-line club shop is now open for business. For a wide range of playing and leisure gear go to www.oneills.com CLUB COMMITTEE MEETING Club Committee meeting takes place on Friday night, April 6th, at 8 pm 'Upstairs'.

MACBETH THE PANTO Well done to all who helped make MacBeth - The Panto such a blast. Club members Roger 'The Voice of Villierstown' Ronayne and Diarmuid 'Ace Axeman' Crowley proved once again, that there is 'No Show Like A Joe Show'.

SYMPATHY We extend sympathy to the Casey and O'Brien families on the death of Austie Casey recently.

Also we extend sympathy to the Weldon and Cummins families on the death of Mary Weldon recently.

May they rest in peace.

FIXTURES Thursday, April 5th Under 12 League Stradbally v Mooncoin Celtic 6.15 pm Saturday, April 7th Under 12 League Stradbally v Kilmacow 10.30 am Saturday, April 7th Waterford Junior League Div 1.

Stradbally v Ballyduff 3 pm.

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G23 at Cycle Against Suicide in Lemybrien on Easter Sunday.

Waterford FC team that defeated UCC 4-1 in the EA Sports Cup 1st Round at the RSC on Monday, 26th March, 2018. They also defeated Limerick away in the league on Friday last to stay third in the table on 18 points.

[Noel Browne]

DUNGARVAN RUGBY CLUB

CHEQUE PRESENTATION – We were delighted to present St. Vincent de Paul with a cheque for €2,000 from the proceeds of our fantastic choir night recently. The money will go towards helping those in need in our community.

ADULTS ADVANCE TO SEMI-FINAL AGAINST KILLORGLIN The Division 3 league quarterfinal saw a return of Killorglin to Dungarvan recently. This was the second time Dungarvan hosted the Kerry side in the past month, with a much tougher encounter in store for the home team on this occasion.

The away team got off to a great start, taking an early three-point lead shortly after kick-off. However, after some tough running from the pack and some clever territorial kicks from captain David Hickey, Dungarvan drew level with a penalty of their own.

Despite a lot of hard work from here on, it was close to half time before Dungarvan could break the Killorglin try line. Martin Houlihan made a great break down field, only to be held just short of the line.

Quick recycling of the ball, however, allowed the back line to spread the ball to the touch line, where Daniel Slevin finished well in the corner. Dungarvan led 8-3 at the break.

Ten minutes into the second half and Dungarvan were on the board again with a try for Andrew Carey, following a great break from his centre partner Alan Long. Hickey converted to make it 15-3 Dungarvan.

After a long period of great defence by Dungarvan on their own line in the second half, Killorglin eventually broke the line to score what would be the last score of the game.

With little time remaining Dungarvan played out the clock and while far from a perfect performance, Dungarvan march on the semi-final versus Ennis away on the 8th of April.

U-16S V LISTOWEL The U-16s played away to Listowel on Monday in the semifinal of the Munster U-16 Plate development competition. A long trip and a hard battle was the order for the day. With a lot of players away, it was left to a few stalwarts to bring the contest to a final.

With the never give up attitude the team has shown over the season and the score against them, they dug in and pulled off a great try to win the match. 24-21 – a well-deserved win. This now puts us in the final against Youghal in two weeks’ time. Well done lads and thanks to parents that travelled.

Next week the U-16 team is up against Fethard in Carrick on Saturday evening at 7.30 pm. In the East Munster plate competition.

DUNGARVAN U-14'S V CLONMEL Dungarvan travelled to Clonmel on Sunday for an East Munster Cup match. Short a few players, Dungarvan played a very good first half against a strong Clonmel side who had beaten them earlier in the season in the league semi-final.

The half-time score was 17-7 to the home side.

Early in the second half the match was held up for 20 minutes due to an injury to one of the Clonmel players. Play had to be switched to another pitch and the

Dungarvan players seemed to lose focus. Clonmel ran out 32-7 winners.

Onwards and upwards we go, and we hope the injured Clonmel player is on the road to recovery.

Dungarvan squad: Fionn Bowdren, Shane Power, Thomas Byrne, Conor Davidson, Eddie Phelan, Andy Phelan, Con Williams, James Daly, Mikey Flavin, Sean Flavin, Mark McCarthy, Conor Bohane, Kevin Connors, Marcus Guitierrez, Aran Roynane, Sean Seward, Tadhg Foley. Coaches: Paul Carter, Maurice Daly and Eoin Phelan.

U-11S V CROSSHAVEN The U-11s played a Crosshaven in a friendly at half time in the Munster match in Thomond Park on Saturday. Players and coaches travelled to what was a very exciting European Cup quarter-final game. Well done to all involved and thanks again to all the coaches and parents to helped out.

LOTTO Numbers drawn in Sunday’s lotto were 1, 5, 21, 27. There was no winner and the jackpot of €4,525 rolls over to the next draw on Sunday, 15th April.

WELL DONE The club would also like to extend their congratulations to Thomas Ahern who scored for the Ireland U-18s Schools team against Italy in Caerphilly last weekend. Thomas, from Ardmore, is a former player of our club; we’re all really proud of the success he’s had so far and are excited to support him in the future.

THE longed for Easter bank holiday weekend brought more unseasonal weather, days predominantly dry but oh so cold! Groups did all manage to get out and about with many taking part in the Cycle Against Suicide event on Easter Sunday.

Group 2 were out on Good Friday taking in a few hills and a few new roads. The route was out to Millstreet, turning left at pub and over to the back of the Vee, into Newcastle, and the back road to Clonmel. They took the mountain road from Clonmel to the top of Powers the Pot, into Ballymac, across to the Mauma and home.

95km covered with 1500m climbing on a lovely dry day with no wind, with 8 out in group.

Frank had 14 out on a bitterly cold and windy Easter Saturday.

Battling the wind the Group circled Carrick, Clonmel, and home by Colligan. 105k at 28.5kph.

Five Group 4 cyclists joined by 3 from Group 23K set out from Dungarvan to Lemybrien to take part in the Mental Health & Suicide Awareness 50K charity cycle. A quick stop in Lemybrien to register and it was back on the road joined

by Seamus heading back via Durrow to the coast road and onto Bunmahon. Time then to take on the monster that is the hill to Kill! A refuel and photo at Kill community centre and back on the bikes heading to Kilmeaden with quick roll ups with the head wind in our faces and hoping that we'd have the wind in our backs on the N25 back to Lemybrien. Captain for the day Gearóid setting a fast pace to meet the 25K average and bringing a few more cyclists back with us to Lemybrien. There was a call for a caffeine refuel in Crotty's where we enjoyed tea's coffee sambos and lots of treats - a big thanks to the organisers for a well run event. The last leg to Dungarvan via Durrow returned an average of 25.3Km for 90km spin. Thanks to our captain for the day Gearóid. Good luck to Seamus & Michael taking part in Duathlon in Clonmel on Monday.

BRG SPIN: DUNGARVAN 10K A group of 10 from the BRG set off on the Flanders spin which covered 80k without ever venturing more than 10k from Dungarvan. A number of bergs were climbed and each one greeted with different words of encouragement but mostly curses. First up was the Lemonberg up Ballylemon before dropping back down to collegian stone bridge and taking a left up the Colligan wall. Back across the main road at the top of colligan before heading to Colligan GAA pitch and then back up the Ballyconnery berg. Jimmy Phelan's house was then approached from 3 different climbs which included Fruit Hill and Lacken. With heavy legs the group

headed out to Garranbane church and Ballymarket and onto Ballyvoille before 1 last drag back up past the Greenway at Ballyvoile beach. Home via Ballinroad before a late coffee stop at Cafe Bliss. A great day out with over 4500ft of climbing and some amazing views.

Group 3’s numbers were very much depleted on Sunday last as a good crew are heading for some warm weather training next week.

6 for full spin taking the main road to Kilmeaden, turning back towards Portlaw, climbing up the dreaded church hill back to Newtown and home the coast road. 80k at 27 kph G5 had 5 cyclists out today, route was Cappoquin and Lismore by the N72, stopping in Lismore for a leisurely coffee and chat, where plans for the group summer spins were discussed. They headed home by Cappoquin, Kilmolash and the Bog Road, travelling 52k at 20kph on a cool breezy morning.

DCC ON TOUR On Easter Monday a 30 strong crew of cyclists from most of the groups and their support crew will leave Cork airport on the early flight to Palma, Mallorca. This is the club’s second trip to Port de Pollensa under the watchful eye of Stuart Hall's Cycling Holidays.

Everyone is looking forward to cycling in warm sunshine after the harsh winter. All members are looking forward to taking on climbs such as “the Orient”, “Puig”and the beast that is “Sa Colabra” as well as meandering along through beautiful countryside and sampling cake and coffee in hilltop villages along the way. And of course the best part of the day a few bevies back at base as the events of the day are recounted.

Meanwhile, Thursday next the back road gang head to Roubaix to complete the Paris Roubaix sportif.

A short spin planned for Friday before tackling the hell of the north on Saturday. Over 50k of pave to be completed as part of the ride so sure to build up a thirst on Saturday night.

"Til the cows come home."

Sunday the plan is to watch the race in a couple of spots and eventually head to the velodrome to catch a glimpse of the finish of probably one of the hardest races on the planet. We wish all our members a safe and enjoyable trip.

RACING NOTES The club was represented at RAS Mayo last weekend by Alan Landers.

RAS MAYO 2 DAY Stage 1 rolled out Saturday morn at 11 am for an 88 km stage on testing roads. The start of the race was fast with everyone eager to get into good positions. As the race came back off Achill island the pace picked up and with a 6 man break away in front, the chase was on but to no avail. Alan finished in the chasing group 35 sec behind the stage winner. Off the bike & recovery was in order to prepare for stage 2 TT at 5.10 pm which was 3.4km. First half of it was flat but into headwind before turning left & up where he finished with a time of 7.30. Stage 3 Sunday again rolled out at 11am for 104km on what turned out to be very aggressive racing with guys struggling all day to just hang on. Several attacks tried & failed before the race was torn to pieces in crosswinds with 5 guys going up the road & staying away to take the yellow jersey and overall prize on the last day. Again Alan finished in what was left of the main group. A great race for DCC and Alan who was happy with how It went in what turned out to be great racing & weather on excellent routes.

Damian Travers was the only DCC member racing the Des Hanlon last Sunday. Unfortunately, he got caught in a crash at 5k into a 150k race,chased but never saw the bunch again. Hard luck Damian.

OTHER NEWS Plans are well in hand for club open race on Sunday, 29th April.

Next committee meeting Tuesday, 11th April 8.00 pm Anchor Bar.

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Waterford wins All-Ireland team title COUNTY teams from the four Provinces (Down, Wexford, Galway and Waterford) met for the semifinals and finals of the boys U-16/17 team All-Ireland 40x20 Championships at Friary/Abbeyside/ Ballinacourty Handball Club recently. In the semi-final Waterford defeated Down 51/29.

In the other semi-final Wexford defeated Galway 54/52. In the final it was a magnificent victory for Waterford and the club as our players defeated Wexford 52/34. The team was Gerry Riordan, Niall

Buckley, Oisin Hallahan, Jamie Moylan and Daniel Treen.

O’KEEFFE & FITZGERALD WIN ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINAL In senior news it was another fantastic victory for club players Kavan O’Keeffe and Anthony Fitzgerald (Waterford) who won their All-Ireland Junior B doubles semi-final match, overcoming Stanley Harte Jnr & Michael Browne (Sligo) 21/11, 21/12. The final will be held in two weeks’ time.

Cunnigar Pitch & Putt Club who recently had it’s second outing of the year with a trip to Kilworth PItch & Putt Club.

CUNNIGAR PITCH & PUTT CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2018 The Clubhouse will be open during the week for new or for any member that wishes to renew their membership from 2 to 4 Monday to Friday.

Reminder to members that membership fees must be paid before entering any competition any those that have not paid up will have their Fob turned off at the gate and for those that have paid their membership thank you.

CONTACTS Anyone wishing to contact the Club can contact the Secretary on 086 3781969 Chairman on 0871611664 or Pro on 087 9667472 if you have any Quires THOMAS FROSTY MAHER TROPHY To be played at beginning of April date will be decided at next committee on the 4th of April COURSE OPEN As all members know the winter hasn’t been kind to the course and we are under pressure to open after a wet winter but work is ongoing and the course will has opened this week just in time for the opening games of the season.

We do apologise but we have no control over the weather.

The birds have done some damage to the greens and the course committee have done a good job to get the course up and running. The course is open to members and will open to the public over the next couple of weeks.

If you have some spare time you could venture down to the clubhouse and see if you can give some assistance this would be much appreciated by the course Committee you can ring Paul before you travel on 0871611664 TEAM BUILDING EVENT If your Company are considering Team Building Events and a spot of light competition amongst your employees v managers, why not give this a go we can cater for all events and is in the centre of Town.

SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUBS If your Company Sports and Social Clubs would like an enjoyable day out we can cater for all your requirements 6 acres of mature Parkland course that is ranked among the best in the country and a very equipped Clubhouse that can cater a buffet if required after your rounds then contact the numbers above for further information we would only be too glad to assist

.Keen rates will be applied COMMITTEE MEETING The next committee is scheduled for Wednesday, 4th April at 7 o’clock all committee members are asked to attend.

This is an important as we could not hold the last meeting as not enough committee members attended.

MEMBERSHIPS RENEWAL DATES ARE CHANGING Central Council are changing the dates for renewing membership, you will now have to renew your membership on or before the 31st of December and not the start of March.

This decision is outside of our control so all members are advised to renew before your Fob will be turned off.

CLOSING DATE FOR NATIONAL EVENTS Keep an eye out on the notice boards over the next couple of weeks as entries will be shortly accepted for and National Competitions. If you’re not in you cannot win so give it a go you only need to shine on the day to get your hands on the much sort after trophies.

Collins Pitch and Putt Course will hold this year’s Ladies Strokeplay the Gent’s Strokeplay will be played in one of the finest courses in the country Glenville Pitch and Putt in Dublin, so now is the time to put in the work if you fancy your chances.

The All Ireland Matchplay goes to Tullamore and what a weekend that will be, 64 of the best players in the country will play a knock-out competition and arrive with the two best players standing to fight it out to be All Ireland champion matchplayer and if asked to put my name on the block last year’s winner John Ross Crangle will take some beating. The closing date for this year’s Matchplay is April 18th.

SCRATCH CUPS LOOKING AHEAD 7th of April Majestic hold their Scratch Cup. BONUS BALL We have a Winner I have no name at the moment so I will announce winner next week.

WEDNESDAY LADIES DAY The Ladies started this year’s campaign with a great turn-out last Wednesday. Some were dusting down the cobwebs while others got off to a flying start.

Congratulations to the winners in the nett were Marie Forde 1st Nett and Kathleen Foran, 1st Gross went to Lorraine Troy and Mary O’Neill.

CUNNIGAR PITCH AND PUTT QUIZ NIGHT APRIL 20th Cunnigar Pitch and Putt Night are holding their Annual Quiz Night in Minnies on April 20th at 8 o’clock.

Teams of 4 so we are calling all quiz heads to participate, so start studying and get your teams organised.

OUTING TO KILWORTH The Club had its second outing of the year with a trip to Kilworth Pitch and Putt Club and it was not to disappoint.

The weather was kind to us and the course was in top class condition. Before we announce the winners we must thank Kilworth Pitch and Putt club for giving us the course for the day and having it in such good order take a bow Kilworth.

The morning game threw up some unexpected scores as the this was the first time we played Kilworth but the cream came to the top in this Scramble in first Nett was Olivere Walsh, Mark McCarthy and Paul Healy with a score 56 Nett in the Gross was Michelle O’Connell, Paul O’Riordan with a massive score of 18 under par and Mary O’Neill.

The afternoon session we played a Fourball better ball which the players enjoyed 1st Nett went to Olivere Walsh and John Carroll with a score of 24 nett and the gross went to Liam Hansbury and Paul O’Riordan with a score of 47 Gross NEXT OUTING Keep an eye out on the notes over the next couple of weeks to see where we are heading for the next outing.

JUVENILES Any parent out there that is looking for their child to take up a new sport or thinking of taking up golf, well this could be the starting point of a future career in golf get the short game right and the rewards for the big game are endless, so with bright evenings and the summer months just around the corner now’s the time to join up.

COMPETITION 7th APRIL Competition Saturday, 7th April at 13.30. Names in for 13.00 please and ladies day on Wednesday, 4th and 11th April.

Left to right: Gerry Riordan, Niall Buckley, Oisin Hallahan, Jamie Moylan and Daniel Treen.

Left to right: Stanley Harte Jnr. and Michael Browne (Sligo), Kavan O'Keeffe and Anthony Fitzgerald (Waterford).

1st Year Girls. Left to right: Shauna Mackie, Saoirse Moloney, Ella Gantley and Saoirse Kelly.

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Waterford Point-to-Point at Curraghmore Jessica Feeney and Orlaith Walsh at the Causeway Tennis Club at the Dungarvan St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

DIOL Ker trained by Pat Doyle of Suirview Stables was an impressive winner of four year old geldings maiden at the Waterford Foxhounds point-to-point fixture run on the Curraghmore Estate outside Portlaw on Easter Sunday last.

The winner owned by Gigginstown House Stud was bought at last year’s Derby Sales for €75,000.

21 year olf Luke Murphy from Inch, North Wexford recorded a treble at the meeting, riding Rock On Carlos (5-y-o geldings’ maiden); Ballybough Nora (5-y-o & Upwards mares’ maiden) and Ballinasilla (6y-o & Upwards geldings’ maiden).

Going: Soft Goffs UK Aintree Sale 4-Y-O Geldings’ Maiden of €800. 3 Miles.

1. Gigginstown House Stud’s

Diol Ker (FR) b g (Martaline Stiren Bleue) 11-11 Mr. J. C. Barry.

2. P. T. Flavin’s Modern Warfair 11-6 Mr. D. Allen.

3. Monbeg Syndicate’s Up The Straight 11-11 Mr. J. J. Walsh.

10 ran. 8L, 5L, 4L. (Winner trained by P. M. J. Doyle).

Laketour Stables, Tramore 5Y-O Geldings’ Maiden of €800. 3 Miles.

1. Orphan Girl Syndicate’s Rock On Carlos b g (Carlo Bank Rosnalee Lass) 11-11 Mr. L. J. Murphy.

2. Mrs. A. Stokes’ Megaldon 122 Mr. J. C. Barry.

3. S. G. Watson’s Liar’s Dice 11-11 Mr. S. F. O’Keeffe.

12 ran. 1L, 10L, Nk. (Winner trained by Liam Kenny).

Tattersalls Ireland Winners of One of €1,400. 3 Miles.

1. J. Devereux’s Ard Chros b g

(Publisher - Threecrossmammies) 6-12-2 Mr. S. E. O’Rourke.

2. Mrs. P. Halley’s Blue Morpho 6-12-2 Mr. J. C. Barry 3. Conna Enclosure Syndicate’s Truckers Time 6-11-11 Mr. S. J. P. Baragry.

5 ran. 11⁄2L, 2L, 11⁄2L. (Winner trained by Vincent Devereux).

Kilbarry’s Lodge Stud 5-Y-O & Upwards Mares’ Maiden of €1,200. 3 Miles.

1. Mrs. M. Kearns’ Ballybough Nora b m (Oscar - Perspex Queen) 5-11-6 Mr. L. J. Murphy 2. J. Devereux’s Just For Tara (GB) 5-11-11 Mr. S. E. O’Rourke.

3. M. J. O’Brien’s Misty Adage 5-11-6 Mr. D. Allen.

14 ran. 3L, 3L, 21⁄2L. (Winner trained by James G. Sheehan).

Vincent Halley Racing, Billy Bourke, Fishmongers and Talbot Hotel 5-Y-O & Upwards Confined

Hunt Maiden of €1,200. 3 Miles.

1. D. P. Ryan’s Mister Robbo ch g (Indian River - Bu Hagab) 7-1111 Mr. J. G. English.

2. P. T. Flavin’s Arch Chancellor 8-11-11 Mr. D. Allen.

6 ran. 4L. Only 2 Horses Finished. (Winner trained by Diarmuid P. Ryan).

Gain Horse Feeds 6-Y-O & Upwards Geldings’ Maiden for Novice Riders of €1,200. 3 Miles.

1. P. P. Murphy’s Ballinasilla b g (Golan - Money Penny) 6-12-2 Mr. L. J. Murphy.

2. Tay Valley Syndicate’s Paschals Dream 6-12-2 Mr. M. J. Sweeney.

3. Barnett, Downey, Price and Riane Partnership’s Fleetwood Jack 7-12-2 Mr. S. Staples.

8 ran. 21⁄2L, 10L, 6L. (Winner trained by Bernadette A. K. Murphy).

€6.07m Investment For Local Sports Partnership Network Peter Ahearn and Fergus Donnelly at the Causeway Tennis Club at the Dungarvan St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Causeway Tennis Club ON Sunday week last, Causeway ladies grade 3 team travelled to Limerick Lawn Tennis club to play the Munster final of the Winter League.

Unfortunately, luck was not on their side and they lost 3-1 against Nenagh Ladies. Well done to the team of Maeve Lattimore, Linsey Walsh, Ber Sheridan and Sinead Conroy. Having won their section of the league they beat Bandon and Douglas in the knock-out stages to reach the final.

So, well done to the ladies and now all teams must look forward to the Summer camps.

For the month of April the club will make two time slots available to new and potential members. These are 7.45 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday; 2-3 p.m. Saturday. All are welcome, tea and a chat afterwards.

West Waterford/East Cork Schoolboys League Results and Fixtures RESULTS Round Tower Hotel Ardmore Under 12 League 1st Division: Ballybridge United 3; Mogeely F.C - Wanderers 0 Valley Rangers 7; Ardmore A.F.C. 1 Dungarvan Shopping Centre Under 14 League Premier Division: Kilworth Celtic 1; Mogeely F.C. 0 Castlebridge Celtic 0; Lismore A.F.C. 3 Clashmore Ramblers F.C 0; Inch United 3 Dungarvan Shopping Centre Under 14 League 1st Division: Valley Rangers 0; Cappoquin F.C. 2 SFAI SUBWAY U-12 Munster Championship: West Cork 1; Cork Ath 1 WWEC 1; Cork Utd 4 Amber Service Station / Hillbilly’s Fermoy Under 13 League Premier Division: Cappoquin F.C. 0; Clashmore Ramblers F.C 3 Ballymac F.C. 1; Kilworth Celtic 4 Amber Service Station / Hillbilly’s Fermoy Under 13 League 1st Division:

Mogeely F.C - Rovers 0; Mogeely F.C - Wanders 6 Valley Rangers 6; Brideview United 0 U15 Cup: Castlebridge Celtic 3; Inch United 5 FIXTURES Wednesday, 4th April 2018 Round Tower Hotel Ardmore Under 12 League Premier Division: Kilworth Celtic v Castlebridge Celtic at Pound Lane Park 19:00.

Ref: Simon Drislane Amber Service Station / Hillbilly’s Fermoy Under 13 League Premier Division: Cappoquin F.C. v Lismore A.F.C. at Cappoquin Park 19:00..

Ref: Keith Hornibrook Inch United v Clashmore Ramblers F.C at Sexton Park 19:00. Ref: Finn O'Sullivan Sunday, 8th April, 2018 SFAI SUBWAY U-13 Munster Championship Plate: WWEC v Clare at Leonard Fraser Park 15:00. Ref: Keith Hornibrook WWEC v Limerick County at Leonard Fraser Park 12:30. Ref: Keith Hornibrook.

Waterford to receive a total of €277,122 in 2018 MINISTER of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, has announced an investment package of over €6.07m from Sport Ireland to support the national network of Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs).

A total of €6,074,333 will be allocated to support the core work of the 29 LSPs; including the delivery of National Programmes, Education & Training initiatives, Strategic Development, Community Sports Development Officers, the Sports Inclusion Disability programme, Women in Sport Programmes and general participation programmes.

Minister Griffin said: “The role of the Local Sports Partnerships in increasing participation, particularly among those sectors of society that are underrepresented in sport, cannot be overstated. I want to commend the vital work they do which makes a substantial contribution to the health and welfare of individuals, communities and the nation. The signifi-

cant Government investment announced today will allow the Sports Partnerships to continue to provide many sporting opportunities for people in local communities right across Ireland.”

The key aims of the LSPs are to increase levels of participation in sport especially amongst specific target groups such as older people, girls and women, people with disabilities, unemployed people, and those who live in identified disadvantaged communities.

To ensure that people with disabilities are provided with the opportunity to participate in sport and physical activity, 21 LSPs will be supported with Sports Inclusion Disability Officers.

25 LSPs will be supported with Community Sports Development Officers, which will strengthen the capacity of the LSPs to further develop locally led plans and more long-term sustainable physical activity programmes under the National Physical Activity Plan.

Chairman of Sport Ireland, Kieran Mulvey, said: “Sport Ireland has always placed a particular emphasis on ensuring sport is progressive and attracts participants from every corner of Ireland, from every age group and from all social backgrounds.

One of the fundamental principles of the Local Sports Partnerships is to remove any barrier that prevents participation in sport and today’s investment will support the LSPs in the continued roll-out of programmes and initiatives which will get more people active on a regular basis.”

Throughout 2017, 339,615 people participated in 936 participation programmes delivered locally by LSPs, with 18,000 participants taking part in the Operation Transformation 5k Fun Runs and Walks and 13,063 cyclists taking part in the Sport Ireland Cycle Series.

2017 also saw 13,274 female participants taking part in 71 local Women in Sport programmes.

This year €115,000 will be invested in LSPs through the Women in Sport Programme, which aims to raise the overall physical activity levels among women.

Speaking at the announcement John Treacy, Chief Executive of Sport Ireland, commented: “In 2017, Sport Ireland successfully secured €5m in Dormant Accounts Funding, with over €2.5m directly benefiting Local Sports Partnerships projects across Ireland.

Through this investment Sport Ireland will continue its work to increase participation across the country through a range of programmes and initiatives implemented by the Local Sports Partnerships.

Sport Ireland warmly welcomes the support and contributions given to the Local Sports Partnership Network by statutory, community and voluntary groups right across the country.”

Calling all Waterford walkers, joggers and runners!

AMANDA Byram and David Gillick, members of the Vhi Support Team, have launched the 2018 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon.

The event, now in its 36th year, will be moving back to Sunday this year, taking place on Bank Holiday Sunday, 3rd June, 2018 at 2.00 p.m. Over 35,000 women are expected to walk, jog and run the 10K route starting in Fitzwilliam Square

and finishing on Baggot St. The Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon has also revealed a new Dublin city centre race number collection venue.

Participants will be able to collect their race numbers and soak up the pre-event atmosphere at Trinity Sports Centre, Trinity College on the Friday and Saturday of the June Bank Holiday weekend.

The Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon is the biggest all female event of its kind in the world and Ireland’s largest one day charity fundraising event.

Since its inception it has raised over €210m for charities and it is hoped that 2018 will see further fantastic fundraising for a host of worthy causes nationwide.

Waterford women can enter now for the 2018 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon; By registering online at www.VhiWomensMiniMarathon.ie By post - application forms will be available in The Herald every Wednesday and Saturday.

Entries received before April 13th are in with a chance of winning a new Nissan Micra.

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GENERAL SPORT

Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 April, 2018

Talking Horses Kentucky calls for Ballydoyle Star AIDAN O'Brien's Mendelssohn will be among the favourites for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs early next month following his demolition job in the UAE Derby at Meydan on Saturday.

Having his first start on dirt, the son of Scat Daddy was sent straight into the lead by Ryan Moore and could be called the winner on the turn for home, still hard on the bridle while his rivals floundered.

Mendelssohn displayed his talent on a global stage at last year's Breeders' Cup when winning the Juvenile Turf and, as a half-brother to Beholder, a multiple Grade 1 winner on the dirt, connections were confident he would take to the surface.

He duly revelled in the underfoot conditions and passed the post with 18¼ lengths in hand. O'Brien said: "Ryan was happy to let him travel in front. It was a great ride and I couldn't be happier."

Moore said: "He's a high-quality horse and is getting better with every start. He has the pedigree and the looks to go with his form and his very exciting.

I feel like he will continue to get better." No horse trained in Europe has won the Kentucky Derby before.

Dundalk treble for Chris Hayes THE new Flat season has started well for Chris Hayes and he added to an opening day double at Naas with three winners at Dundalk on Wednesday. He had the easiest of times when landing the 5f handicap on the well-backed Oneoveryou, the 5/4 favourite winning for Richard O’Brien who had also supplied one of Hayes’ Naas winners.

Fozzy Stack is normally among the early winners and he saddled 5/2 favourite Harvestfortheworld to win the 8f maiden to give Hayes his second winner. The treble was completed when Schoolboy Error, trained in Enfield by Shane Nolan, won the 12f handicap at odds of 9/1.

Curragh trainer Willie McCreery and Billy Lee combined to win the twoyear-old fillies’ maiden with 6/1 chance Jungle Jane while over the same 5f trip, 2/7 favourite Now You’re Talking hardly came out of second gear as she won the 5f maiden for brothers Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien.

Another winning favourite was 11/10 chance Elysees Palace which gave Sir Mark Prescott a fifth Dundalk success when taking the 8f maiden under Declan McDonogh. Tom Mullins and Niall McCullagh combined to land the 7f handicap with 6/1 chance Nam while 20/1 shot Bobeska won the event riders’ charity race for Gowran trainer Kevin O’Donnell and Toni Quail.

Gordon Elliott lands Easter Sunday Cork treble Gordon Elliott only ventured as far as Fairyhouse on Easter Sunday but his runners at Cork did him proud when taking three races. The first two winners were partnered by Keith Donoghue who had little to do on 7/2 chance Park Paddocks in the 2m maiden hurdle but he had all the luck in the world when 5/1 shot Moonlight Escape was left clear to win the 2m3f

maiden hurdle as Tell Me Annie crashed out at the final flight with the race in the bag.

Goodthynemilan, ridden by Denis O'Regan, completed the Elliott’s treble in the 3m handicap hurdle when scoring in great style at odds of 5/1. The father and son team of Liam and Johnny Burke enjoyed a notable success when 3/1 shot

Sumos Novios comfortably accounted for the Elliott-trained 8/13 favourite in the Grade 3 Imperial Call Chase.

Elliott also had to settle for second place when Brelade found 20/1 chance Dr Mikey, trained by Margaret Flynn of Stradbally and ridden by Donie McInerney, too good for him in the 2m conditions’ hurdle.

McInerney also won the 2m3f handicap

hurdle on a 20/1 chance with Ministerforsport, trained in Carrigtwohill by Noel O’Neill, winning in determined fashion to complete a 440/1 double for the rider.

High Nellie scored a 10/1 win in the beginners’ chase for Michael Bowe and Cathal Landers while Noel Meade won the bumper with newcomer Impatient Partner.

The 5/1 winner was ridden by Mark O’Hare

Ballinrobe prize-money for Summer season to top €1m THE 2018 Ballinrobe racing season kicks off on April 13, with record prize-money of over €1million on offer at the County Mayo track. An additional date has also been added to the programme which now comprises ten race days, seven National Hunt meetings and three Flat meetings including 13 feature races.

The start of the season will also see the completion of the new stone-clad main entrance gateway into the racecourse. This is the final phase of capital development work at Ballinrobe through the Horse Racing Ireland Racecourse Capital Development Scheme.

The new entrance, which is set back from the road, will give a greater sense of welcome and make it safer to enter and exit the racecourse.

Previous industry-related works included a significant overhaul of the stable yard incorporating new doors, floors and resurfacing, and a new machinery shed. Younger patrons were delighted with the new children’s soft play area while an extension to the balcony of the first-floor bar offering great views over the racecourse was also well received.

The combined project spend totalled almost €500,000. John Flannelly, Manager of Ballinrobe Racecourse, said: “We are really looking forward to another racing season here at Ballinrobe, kicking off with the first meeting on Friday evening April 13. We have an extra meeting this year which brings us up to ten meetings in total. We are very fortunate to have great support from the racing public and our generous sponsors every year, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to another great season. We are in the final stages of completion on our new entrance which will further enhance the many developments already carried out here at Ballinrobe.”

Irish 2,000 guineas on the cards for Cork winner A CRACK at the Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh next month is on the cards for the Dermot Weld-trained Imaging which was brought from an unpromising position by Declan McDonogh to win the conditions’ race at Cork on Saturday.

The 8/11 favourite looked to have a mountain to climb as Ship Of Dreams skipped clear early in the straight but he wore down the gambled-on 5/2 shot close to home. Chris Hayes has begun the new season in great form and he made it six winners in a week when taking the opening 7f maiden on the Fozzy Stack’s well-fancied 3/1 chance Iiex Excelsa.

John Oxx and Niall McCullagh got off the mark for the 2018 term when another 3/1 shot, Tullyallen won the 10f maiden. Over the same distance the Killian Leonard-ridden 5/1 chance Allegio won the handicap for Denis Hogan while at odds of 50/1, Jessica Harrington’s Extrasensory won the 8f maiden with Tom Madden in the saddle.

Two more apprentices rode double-figure priced winners. Ben Coen teamed up with Dot Love’s 14/1 chance Our Anniversary in the 8f handicap while Danny Sheehy rode the Philip Rothwell-trained 20/1 Definite Doyenne to land the finale.

Pictured in the winners’ enclosure at Cork Racecourse on Easter Sunday after Dr. Mikey won the Pavilion Restaurant Hurdle are Trainer Margaret Flynn; jockey D. J. McInerney and members of the Santry Power Walsh Syndicate. [Healy Racing]

Champion trainer takes three at Clonmel on Thursday WILLIE Mullins was in treble form at Clonmel on Thursday where his Koshari lowered the colours of triple Grade 1 winner Valseur Lido in the featured Suir Valley Chase.

With Robbie Power in the saddle, the 6/4 jointfavourite headed his main market rival at the penultimate fence and, despite a slow jump at the last, picked up again to win by seven and a half lengths from Fine Theatre.

Paul Townend had earlier won the 2m maiden hurdle for the champion trainer on 9/2 chance Causey Arch which was making his jumping debut and the Mullinstreble was completed when 5/2 chance Castlebawn

Willie Mullins completes a Grade 1 double at Fairyhouse WILLIE Mullins was the big winner at Fairyhouse on Easter Sunday where he landed both Grade 1 races on the card.

Laurina, so impressive when scoring at the Cheltenham Festival, followed up with the minimum of fuss in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Hurdle. She won easily from the Gordon Elliott-trained Lackaneen Leader at odds of 2/11 in the hands of Paul Townend.

The trainer’s nephew David Mullins got the best out of 11/2 chance Al Boum Photo as he battled well from the last to beat Elliott’s 13/8 favourite Shattered Love in the Ryanair Gold Cup, a race the champion trainer was winning for the first time. Elliott enjoyed a notable success of his own when Pallasator, ridden by Davy Russell, ran out a convincing

General Principle wins Irish Grand National YOU could have thrown a blanket over the first five home in the Irish Grand National on Easter Monday at Fairyhouse.

West took the bumper in the hands of Billy Gleeson. It was a first winner for the 23-year-old amateur.

Paul Nolan has his horses running well and he teamed up with Kevin Sexton to win the beginners’ chase with 11/4 chance Rooster Byron. Sean O’Brien and Donagh Meyler won the 2m2f maiden hurdle with 7/4 chance R'evelyn Pleasure while Sheila Ahern was again seen to good effect when taking the handicap hurdle over the same distance on 9/1 shot Analyse That for trainer Sean Aherne. Luckyinmilan, the 2/1 favourite, scored back-toback wins at the track when taking the 2m7f handicap chase for Rathcoole trainer Oliver McKiernan and Barry Browne.

The Gordon Elliot trained General Principle (20/1) found most in the dying strides under J. J. Slevin to repel the challenge of Danny Mullins

on Isleofhopendreams (16/1) to secure a first win for the Meath trainer in Ireland’s richest jumps race. Of the thirty starters only eight finished.

winner of the Grade 2 Underwriting Exchange Novice Hurdle at odds of 12/1. The day began with a success for cousins Joseph O'Brien and JJ Slevin as 4/1 shot Uisce Batha won the maiden hurdle.

Nobody Home, a 16/1 chance, won the 2m4f novice handicap hurdle for Eddie Cawley and Chris Timmons while Noel Meade got the first of two winners when the Sean Flanagan-ridden Bel Ami De Sivola took the 2m handicap chase at odds of 7/1. Meade’s double was completed when Nina Carberry got 10/1 chance Pat’s Pick up in the shadow of the post to win the €100,000 Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper from Gordon Elliott’s Black Tears.

Upcoming Fixtures Leopardstown - Wednesday, April 4 (First Race 3.30) Dundalk - Friday, April 6 (First Race 6.00) Wexford - Friday, April 6 (First Race 4.15) Limerick – Saturday, April 7 (First Race 1.45) Navan - Saturday, April 7 (First Race 2.10) Naas - Sunday, April 8 (First Race 2.10)