Kilkenny Reporter 5th October 2011

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Time to guard our €12m asset Defence alliance is key to the future »P2 Pic: Donal Foley

Ayrfield will care for 15,000 people »P10

HAPPY HURLING SISTERS ENJOY NOWLAN PARK A trinity of happy hurling sisters from Callan enjoyed the senior hurling replay between Shamrocks and Carrickshock. They are » Story: P31 Grace,Laura and Roisin Foley

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INISTER FOR Health, James O’ Reilly has announced that he is considering bringing in legislation to ban smoking in cars with children in them.

I was astounded at how angry smokers were on a Joe Duffy programme. They said they could smoke if they liked because it was in their own car, giving little consideration to children and other passengers.

Many are of the opinion that we are becoming a ‘Police State’, but I believe we are becoming a ‘Nanny State’.

Think of all the legislation that has come into being simply because so many are not prepared to be responsible.

Everybody knows that

safety belts save lives and still drivers and passengers don’t always belt up. Speeding kills, yet drivers are prepared to break speed limits and endanger other people’s lives.

How often have you heard people moaning when they are caught speeding?

Drink driving is a criminal offence, yet people are still being caught. It makes you wonder what kind of mindset these people have.

Drink drivers cause accidents that kill and maim.

They know they will be put off the road and given a hefty fine, but still drink and drive.

Smoking causes cancer and endangers the health of passive smokers. Yet smokers insisted on puffing until the smoking ban.

It makes you wonder why

anybody would want to inflict smoke on children. Do you remember the outcry from publicans and smokers when the laws were passed?

There was little thought for people working in public places. People are entitled to smoke but they are not entitled to risk the health of others.

Legislation had to be brought in for all of the above to protect people from themselves. If citizens took responsibility for doing the right thing, none of this legislation would have been necessary.

It would be wonderful if legislation cured problems but people have to be policed into doing the right thing so we are definitely becoming a ‘Nanny State’.

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Kilkenny Top Pro Martial Arts Club The club is holding its annual full contact kickboxing event in the Ormond Hotel on Sunday the 9th of Oct, where some of the clubs experienced ďŹ ghters as well as some of the clubs up and coming talent will compete against clubs from all over the country.

Top of the bill is Dermot Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke who is fast making a name for himself in the Irish full contact scene with his intense ďŹ ghting style and no mercy ďŹ nishing, Dermot has already become a crowed favourite. Another Top Pro crowd pleaser ďŹ ghting is ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; champion Ann Marie Bergin, again her aggressive ďŹ ghting style and relentlessness keeps the crowd on the edge of there seats.

Conner Dowling one of Top Proâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future kickboxing stars will also compete on the night with no less than 12 supporting bouts making his ďŹ ght night one not to be missed, The doors will open at 3pm with the ďŹ rst ďŹ ght due to start at 4pm; tickets are on sale from, biddy Earlys, Rafter Dempseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the Top Pro Gym or any Top Pro member,

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Opinion Comment Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to curb political power

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When our City Fathers backed barbarous â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sportsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SEAN HURLEY

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Fijit Friends

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IF you haven’t heard of ‘Fijit Friends’ get ready to be bombarded between now and Christmas.

These little guys are predicted to be the most wanted toy for Christmas 2011.

‘Fijit Friends’ are interactive toys that chat with you and recognize over 30 keywords and respond with over 150 phrases. They also love to dance. Play any music and they will groove to the beat with their hilariously fidgety bodies. They are squishy, soft and eager to make you laugh! Available in Argos and all good toy shops.

These ‘Enrapture Extremity Heated Rollers’ are perfect for people who like their hair to have luscious body, extreme curls, soft waves or lift at the roots.

Ready to use in just two minutes, they employ duo heat technology. The velvety roller has a core system that slowly emits heat when held in the hand, then produces a higher temperature when they are placed in the hair. The butterfly clips are designed to release

Natural Wisdom ‘NATURAL Wisdom Organic Skincare’ have one of their exquisite ‘Try Me In Miniature Collection Sets’ to give away every month.

The set contains all six of their rosehip and pomegranate antioxidant facial products including Facial Cream Cleanser, Hydrating

Bullets 4 Peace heat using two inner plates, meaning even long, thick hair can be easily styled.

Available from Argos.

BULLETS are generally symbols of chaos and destruction. When a bullet is fired the tip flies towards the target and the casing falls to the ground. Manufacturers reload these casings with live ammunition.

‘Bullets4Peace’ intercepts this vicious circle by transforming the bullet casings into stylish pendants ensuring they will never find their way back to war zones.

To celebrate the launch of their new Facebook page they are giving away two of their beautiful pendants.

Just log on ‘like’ and share the page ‘Bullets4Peace UK & Ireland’ to be in with a chance to win.

A dream duet!

‘THE Mountain Buggy Duet’ is the world’s slimmest full function all-terrain buggy. Incredibly, the Duet is only 59cm wide, which is narrower than many single strollers, but can accommodate two kids from birth up to four years old.

The Duet can accommodate two car seats, two carrycots or any combination of each with a single click attachment. It also folds easily and neatly and weighing just 13kg is one of the lightest twin strollers around. It has just become available in Ireland and is €569 from www. cleverclogs.ie.

Leinster rugby player Isa Nacewa and his twin girls Mia and Ellie in their Mountain Buggy Duet

Antioxidant Toner, Intensive Daytime Moisturiser, Night Time Renewal Cream, Antioxidant Treatment Oil and Antioxidant Skin Survival Balm.

All you need to do to be included in their monthly prize draw is subscribe to their newsletter on their website. www. naturalwisdom.co.uk.

Kind to skin THE new Imperial Leather SkinKind range dispells the myth that those with sensitive skin need to keep fragranced beauty products at arm’s length. The products use a careful choice of ingredients to minimise the chance of irritating sensitive skin.

‘Enrich’ is designed to hydrate your skin while you wash. Containing 25% moisturisers, skin is left touchably soft. It also leaves a vibrant scent of refreshing fruity notes with bursts of lime blossom.

Nourish is packed with triple moisturising properties that feed skin through the harsher winter weather. Opulent fragrance notes of white rose and peony are paired with the longlasting scent of cedar wood and white musk.

Blue Venom THE lip plumper everyone’s been talking about is now available online. ‘DuWop Blue Venom’ has the same plumping formula as classic ‘Lip Venom’ but with a slight blue tint that makes your teeth appear whiter. A blend of essential oils including cinnamon, wintergreen, and ginger causes blood to rush to the surface of the lips, flushing and swelling them slightly.

The gloss also includes jojoba and avocado oil that moisturise and give the lips intense shine.

You end up with a glossy pout that cannot be achieved by wearing ordinary lip gloss, with the whitest teeth about. Available at www. simplebeauty.co.uk.

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Shop of the week CHOC-O-LATTE at No.1 the Metropole Centre, High Street is a pink, glittery chocolate bonanza that tantalises the senses.

You are immediately drawn in by the shop’s bright exterior and the white and milk chocolate fountains flowing seductively in the front window.

On entering the shop you immediately get the smell of warm chocolate, fresh baking and coffee. It is almost impossible to resist trying one of ‘Coco-o-latte’s signature hot chocolates with marshmallows

‘Ch ‘Choc-o-latte’ is a quirky, on one-off bo boutique co coffee shop w which is sure to impress w it’s with f fantastic p products W not allow and friendly service. Why them to treat you?

Check them out on Facebook or Twitter and enquire in store about their chocolate fountain hire.

and cream, made from the warm fountain chocolate.

‘Choc-olatte’ not only caters for chocolate lovers – their quality products also follow through to their deliciously smooth and rich ‘Illy’ coffee which can be enjoyed along with handmade chocolates.

Theatre of the week ‘THE Stone’, a musical that centres around the themes of power, money, greed, family, death, love and witchcraft, opens at The Watergate Theatre tonight (Wednesday) and runs until Saturday.

It tells the story of a rich woman who will do just about anything to stay rich and a bishop who

will stop at nothing in his aim to destroy her.

But who will be caught in the middle of the battle; who will win and who will suffer?

Set against the backdrop of Kilkenny City with its stunning medieval architecture, the musical will also be a window into the life of people during a bygone era.

Music and lyrics are by Jason Paul Ryan and Tom Bolger.

Alice Kyteler will be played by Rebecca Murphy, her servant Petronella de Meath

by Sarah Brennan and Bishop Richard Le Drede

by Tony Murray.

The story is based on the novel ‘The Stone’ by Claire Nolan.

Book of the week IT was no country for young men. Or women...

Unemployment, emigration and do-it-yourself hair colour kits were once again a fact of life. Taxes were on the up, the IMF were on the way and there was a cash for gold outlet in Foxrock.

The signs for recovery were good - for me, at least. I was the CEO of

one of the few businesses turning a profit - a shredding company helping to dispose of the Celtic Tiger’s dirty little secrets. And I was getting plenty of love action - as the boy-toy of an attractive 60 year old.

NAMA Mia! By Ross O’Carroll Kelly will leave you with pains in your sides from laughing.

Product of the week BRING a few tasty shots of espresso with you to work with this ‘Camera Lens Mug’. Designed to look and feel just like a regular camera lens, this brilliant insulated travel mug is perfect for bringing the world into focus first thing in the morning.

While you’re out and about, the flared lens-cap lid stops anything

from falling into your cuppa and keeps the contents hot. Once you’ve reached your destination, this handy feature also doubles as a coaster or a biscuit holder. Now hold that smile... perfect!

Just €18 + delivery from www. firebox.com.

Pub of the week SHIRLEY’S Book Club meets the first Thursday of every month in Shirley’s of Kells and they are looking for new members. Next meeting is on tomorrow (Thursday), at 8.30pm. All are welcome.

Shirleys also host circuit training classes, a knitting group and recently opened a new darts arena called ‘The Board Room’.

The pub is known far and wide from its starring role in ‘The

Riordans’. It was the pub of choice for Irish playwright and screenwriter Wesley Burrowes when he lived in Kells. In fact, he is reputed to have derived much inspiration for the characters in his soap opera from observing the interactions of local people in the pub. Much of that charm is still alive in Shirley’s today.

The pub also holds regular entertainment with pub quizzes, trad music sessions and hypnotist/comedy nights. Sports fans are also well looked after with all major sporting events shown.

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‘COOKE’S Bar and Country Kitchen’ located in the heart of Lower Kilmacow has all the country comforts you would expect to find in a rural Irish pub.

Warm up on a cold winter’s night in front of two open fires or spend a late summer’s evening in the beer garden that is complete with a stone barbeque.

Visitors can enjoy good

quality food at value for money prices.

An eat out menu is available from Friday to Sunday and includes ‘Nacho’s with melted cheese, salsa and guacamole’, ‘Aberdeen Angus steak with onions, mushrooms, home cut fries with either pepper sauce or garlic butter’, ‘Chicken goujons’ and ‘Bruschetta’.

The bar is open from 8pm

Monday to Thursday, from 6pm i Friday and Saturday and from 1pm Sunday. The restaurant is open from

6pm id and d to 9pm Friday Saturday and from 1pm to 6pm on Sunday.

Exhibition of the week ‘Modern Languages’ that runs at the national Craft Gallery, Kilkenny from October 21 to January 2012 offers the contemporary perspectives of five international artists and designers on the familiar traditions of Irish craft Nao Matsunaga, Laura Mays, Deirdre Nelson, Ciara Phillips and Barbara Ridland have sought to reinterpret the

sometimes familiar, sometimes forgotten skills of Ireland’s craft tradition. In doing so they uncover fresh significance and meaning, offering new insights into the Irish vernacular.

Curator Katy West invited five artists with very different relationships with Ireland, to re-imagine Irish craft traditions in the 21st century.

From the precision and planning that fashions a chair to the labour of industrial weaving or cottage industry knitting, these traditions still remain, but often only as nostalgic reminders of our past - they have been replaced by methods of mass production. This exhibition revisits those traditions and examines them in a contemporary light.

Fundraiser of the week A FUNDRAISING poker classic in aid of Stoneyford Football Club will be held in Malzard’s of Stoneyford this coming Saturday night.

First prize is a guaranteed minimum of €1,000 and there will also be prize money for the top eight players.

The first deal of

regular five card draw poker will be held at 8pm and house rules apply. Refreshments will be served. Entry is €50 and top ups are €10 up until the dinner. There will be no buy backs after this time.

Stoneyford Football Club formed in the summer of 2004 when a small group of

local parents decided to have an informal soccer ‘kick about’ on a Saturday morning for children aged up to 12 years old.

Currently, Stoneyford FC boasts a huge number of players, ranging in age from 5 - 12. The club has dedicated sections aimed at U6, U9 boys, U9 girls and U12.

Gig of the week ‘JULIE Felix’ plays Cleere’s Theatre this coming Friday. It is a rare opportunity to see this world famous musician who has a shared a stage with everybody from ‘Leonard Cohen’ to ‘Cat Stevens’.

Hailing from California she found much success in ‘60s London with her folk music coming to

the attention of Brian Epstein ‘The Beatle’s’ manger who booked her for a show with ‘Georgie Fame’.

She was even given her own TV show in 1968 where she performed with ‘Jimmy Page’ and ‘Dusty Springfield’.

She is also one of the most brilliant interpreters of Bob Dylan’s music with

Food of the Week A DELICIOUS mixture of toasted oats, dried fruit, seeds, honey and organic sunflower oil, Paddy’s O’Granola is one of the tastiest breakfasts around.

Mixed with yoghurt it also makes a nice treat any time of the day. A spoonful or two added to a crumble topping or a muffin or flapjack recipe can make all the difference too!

Paddy uses Irish oats only and doesn’t add any sugar or salt, making Paddy’s O’Granola super healthy to eat. The granola comes in

resealable bags also so it stays nice and fresh in between uses.

Available from Kilkenny Farmers’ Market; Centra, Urlingford; The Gourmet Store, High Street; Nellies, Kells Road; Knocknadrinna Farmhouse, Stoneyford; Callan Country Store; Super Valu, Ballyragget; Kilkenny Design Centre, Superquinn and Glasrai Goodies, Gowran.

Paddy also supplies Granola in 5kg and 10kg tubs to hotels, cafés and restaurants. Log onto www.granola. ie for more details.

an album ‘Starry Eyed and Laughing’ which included guest appearances by ‘Nick Drake’, ‘Fairport Convention’ and Kilkenny’s own adopted son – ‘John Martyn’.

‘Now in her 70s Julie has lost none of her sparkle and promises to bring her lively brand of music to Cleere’s. Tickets: €15.

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