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Abigail wins Carlow crown and Kelsey wins hearts of the nation ABIGAIL Bentick is the new Miss Carlow. She came out on top from an exciting contest at the Dinn Ri . Abigail (19) will now go on to represent the county in the Miss Ireland contest. Among the runners-up was Kelsey Nolan (19) ZKR VXɣHUV IURP F\VWLF

¿EURVLV DQG ZRQ WKH hearts of the nation as she took the opportunity to further her campaign to have the drug Orkambi approved in Ireland. “The HSE say it is too expensive but in a year I spend 168 days in hospital and for the bed alone it is €1000 a night and that is without treatment

or the cost of the medicines I need,” she said. “So that’s €168,000 a year alone on a bed for me and the HSE say Orkambi will cost between €120-140,000 per patient for year.” &\VWLF ¿EURVLV FDPpaigners have described the drug as a “game changer”

Abigail Bentick was crowned the new Miss Carlow

But Prof Michael Barry, head of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, said clinical trials suggested the drug was less successful than the manufacturer and cystic ¿EURVLV SDWLHQW JURXSV would have hoped. > KELSEY’S CRUSADE: PAGE 8

Our David really Rules the World Aintree hero lucky to land winning horse AT THE age of 19, David Mullins is on top of the racing world, having ridden Rule the World to victory in the Grand National at Aintree. “You dream of things like that,” he said. “Everything went to plan. I couldn’t ask for much more.” To top a great day, David went on to win the last race in Liverpool on Ivan Grozny, trained by his uncle Willie Mullins at Bagenalstown. David is the latest star in the great Carlow racing galaxy. Willie is the leading jumps trainer in Ireland and Britain. David’s father is trainer Tom. His grandfather, Paddy, trained the great mare Dawn Run and his aunt, Marion Hughes, is a highly regarded horsewoman. They are based at at Closutton (Bagenalstown) and at Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny David had never ridden the Aintree course before his remarkable win on the 33-1 outsider. He acquired the ride after Bryan Cooper, the retained jockey of the winning owner, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary, chose instead to partner First Lieutenant, who got no further than the second fence. “Bryan changed his mind, twice,” explained David.

:KHQ WKH µ¿QDO¶ URXQG RI jockey bookings were published on Thursday, Cooper’s name was next to that of Rule The World. But within an hour he had moved himself on to First Lieutenant, switching with Mullins. First Lieutenant, who ZDONHG WKURXJK WKH ¿UVW WZR fences in last year’s National, did no better this time and crashed out at the second, taking Cooper with him. Around 10 minutes later, it was the supposed back-up jockey who was in the winner’s enclosure. And just to emphasise David’s junior status, he immediately had to go and get on another horse for the ¿QDO UDFH RI WKH GD\ 7KH UDFH in question was restricted to amateur and conditional ( ie “apprentice”) jockeys, a scheduling that was deliberately intended to avoid a National-winning jockey having to go back out again minutes after achieving his moment of glory. David is still a ‘conditional’. +H URGH KLV ¿UVW ZLQQHU RYHU fences just a year ago and even now has only 17 to his name, the Grand National EHLQJ WKH ¿UVW FKDVH ZLQQHU he has had outside Ireland. Just 55 minutes after the National, he cruised to the

Inside Chrissie’s big idea

Musician Chrissie Hynde and author Martin Amis have been added to the impressive line-up of The Borris House Festival of Writing & Ideas. Page 4

Deep freeze

Carlow recorded the lowest temperature in the country last month. Page 6

Stand-off

Who should be the next Taoiseach? Local politicians are split. Page 10

Crime

Reports of burglaries LQFUHDVHG DW ¿YH Carlow garda stations last year and fell at three others. Page 12

A lesson for life

I learned politics from Gay Byrne and Brother Mullally, says the Scallionater. Page 14

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Got a story? lead once more aboard Ivan Grozny, a 16-1 shot who came home 16 lengths clear RI WKH ¿HOG Mullins Sr was understandably brimming with praise for his nephew. “He gets horses jumping, he keeps them so well balanced,” the Bagenalstown trainer said.

“Horses really relax with him, jumping. Because that horse, Ivan Grozny, he takes an awful hold and I was amazed the way he settled KLP LQ PLG¿HOG DQG MXVW came through, very relaxed. He’s quite a hard horse to ride but David just gets him relaxed.”

Of the jockey’s character, Mullins Sr added: “He’s very quiet, takes in everything. He’s really just committed to his riding, he loves race-riding. I don’t think there was much else in his head [as a child], race-riding was what he always wanted to do. He’s very cool.”

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Chrissie is coming to the big ideas festival MUSICIAN Chrissie Hynde and author Martin Amis have been added to the impressive line-up of The Borris House Festival of Writing & Ideas. Hynde was a founder of the Pretenders. The British music publication Q Magazine once called her “the high priestess of badass rock and roll.� She was at the centre of controversy last year because of a memoir called Reckless: My Life as a Pretender. In the book she tells how she was used for sex by a group of bikers when she was 21. In interviews, she refused to call it rape, saying she took “full responsibility� because she was “so stoned ... I didn’t even care.� More than 70 speakers will descend on Borris for the three day festival running from June 10-12. Amis and Hynde will join previously announced guests Joseph O’Neill, Kate Summer-

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scale, Bruce Robinson and John Banville. Speakers will come from India, Eritrea, Pakistan, USA, Ethiopia, North Korean, Israel, England, and Wales. The British playwright and rapper Kate Tempest will discuss her debut novel The Bricks that Built the Houses. Irish authors are well represented with Kevin Barry, Sara Baume, Lisa McInerney, Rob Doyle and Danielle McLaughlin joining Banville. Other highlights include events with the Pulitzer prize-winner Michael Chabon, novelist Kamila Shamsie and Viv Albertine, the former guitarist and songwriter of ’70s post-punk band The Slits. For the full line-up and detail on events check out www.festivalofwritingandideas. com. Weekend and day tickets are now on sale and individual talk tickets will soon be released.

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Broadway date forces Saoirse to miss ‘top actress’ award night CARLOW’S Saoirse Ronan took the Best Actress prize at the Irish Film and Drama awards. But the star of Brooklyn was not able to pick up her award in person. She is in New York, where she has been getting rave notices for her role in the Broadway version of Arthur Miller’s play, the Crucible. Earlier this year, Saoirse was in the running for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role as an Irish emigrant in New York, but narrowly missed both awards. Michael Fassbender, who was named Best Actor, was also unable to attend the IFTA ceremony in Dublin. Hollywood legend Liam Neeson led a long list of stars who stepped out for the awards in the Mansion House. And although he’s no stranger to awards, the Ballymena man admitted he was WHUULÂżHG ZKHQ KH DFFHSWHG KLV Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award. The 63-year-old Michael

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Collins actor was presented with the award by President Michael D Higgins, who paid tribute to the Antrim star. As he accepted the award, Neeson called on the Government to increase its funding in WKH ,ULVK ÂżOP LQGXVWU\ “I would like to congratulate the Irish Film Board and the government, when we have one,â€? he said. “We need more money, â‚Ź12.5m is seed money. Let’s get it back to the levels before the economic crash.â€? Bob Geldof and his new wife Jeanne jetted in from their home in London so the 64-year-old could present the Irish Diaspora Award. Geldof presented the

award to Derry actress Roma Downey, who stars in US series Touched By An Angel. Lenny Abrahamson was named Best Film Director, ZLWK KLV 2VFDU QRPLQDWHG ÂżOP Room also winning Best Film on the night. Wicklow star Jack Reynor clinched the gong for Best Supporting Actor for his part LQ KRPHJURZQ PXVLF ÂżOP 6LQJ Street. Speaking after the win, Jack credited the director John Carney for giving him freedom to give his best performance. He said: “Part of it was autobiographical I suppose and part of it was adapted for me but really it was a case that John came to me and we sat DQG ZH WDONHG DERXW WKH ÂżOP “He just trusted me to do whatever I wanted with it. It was a real joy and gave me an opportunity to create something myself.â€? Jack was cheered on by his PRGHO ÂżDQFHH 0DGHOLQH 0XOqueen, who looked glamorous LQ D IRUP ÂżWWLQJ UHG GUHVV

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Make my day: Kelsey’s appeal for Sixty Five Roses campaign 0LVV &DUORZ FRQWHVWDQW LV RQ D KHDOWK FUXVDGH IT has been a busy few days for Kelsey Nolan. The teenagHU WRRN WLPH RÉŁ IURP WKH &\Vtic Fibrosis campaign week to compete in the the Miss Carlow contest. In between, she gave a number of major media interviews, centring on her efforts to get the drug Orkambi made available in Ireland. Kelsey and her brother Cody both have the illness and are involved in the awareness week which runs from April 11 to 17. It features Sixty Five Ros- Kelsey and some of the other Miss Carlow ďŹ nalists enjoying a es day, the main fund-raising cocktail last week day, on April 15. Sixty Five Roses is how many “I was very unwell, they Children’s hospital and withchildren learn to pronounce didn’t think I would make it to in three days of being there I Cystic Fibrosis. P\ ÂżUVW ELUWKGD\ ´ VKH VDLG had been diagnosed with CF. Kelsey (19) will spend 168 “I couldn’t keep any bottles , PDGH LW WR P\ ÂżUVW ELUWKdays of 2016 in a hospital bed down and my weight plum- day which mam didn’t think I ÂżJKWLQJ &\VWLF )LEURVLV 6KH meted and I was constantly would.â€? believes this would be unnec- coughing.â€? Kelsey’s health improved afessary if the HSE would apMichelle had a mother’s in- ter she received the right treatprove the new drug . VWLQFW WKDW .HOVH\ ZDV VXÉŁHULQJ ment but when she started secThe childcare student was di- from more than colic and bat- ondary school her condition agnosed with the illness before tled to get her child expert help. began to deteriorate again. she had even turned one and Kelsey said: “She had a feel“In the last couple of years was so ill that her mum Mi- ing it was more and knew there every four to six weeks I spend chelle didn’t think she would was something not right but two weeks in hospital to get inever hold a birthday party for she eventually got an appoint- travenous antibiotics,â€? she told her child. ment to bring me to Crumlin the Irish Mirror.

Brrrr ... Carlow’s deep freeze hits rock bottom CARLOW recorded the lowest temperature in the country last month. The month’s lowest grass minimum of -9.5 degrees celsius was reported at Oak Park. To emphasis the impression of a pretty cold month, Oak Park also recorded ground frost for 26 days - more than anywhere else in the country. If it was cold, it was also dry. March was drier than average right across the country, with one weather station in Tipperary reporting an “absolute droughtâ€?. The Gurteen station had a period of 15 or more days with less than 0.2mm of rainfall. Overall, Met Éireann’s review of the month said that it was dry, cold and sunny. 7KH ÂżQH ZHDWKHU IURP March to 23 March was responsible for below average rainfall, but no long-term records were broken. At Cork Airport, a third of the month’s rainfall occurred on 26 March with 25.5mm falling. Most temperatures, however, were also down. While

mean temperature is usually around 8.5 degrees Celsius, it dipped to 7.6 degrees at Sherkin Island in Cork. The lowest air minimum was -5.1 degrees Celsius at Mullingar, Westmeath, its lowest in six years, while the station also reported the highest number of days with air frost, 12. The highest temperatures were mainly between 11 and 18 March with the month’s highest maximum reported at Newport on 16 March with 16.1 degrees. The country was only hit by one named storm in March, when Storm Jake swept in at the start of the month, bringing 72 knot winds, the highest in nine years at some stations. Monthly sunshine totals were lowest at Cork Airport with 96.4 hrs (daily mean 3.1 hrs, 93% of LTA) with the station also reporting the month’s highest number of dull days. The highest monthly sunshine was reported at Belmullet, Co Mayo with 132.1 hours (daily mean 4.3 hrs).

Âł, DP RQ GLÉŁHUHQW PHGLccations each day and when I g go into hospital I would have th three or four IVs on top of th that.â€? And although she is not ill eenough to be on a transplant li list, Kelsey’s condition still inte terferes with her day to day life. She said: “The hardest thing is not being able to do things I w want to do - at Christmas time I w was so proud of myself as I had a job in Next in Carlow. “Everyone was so good and kind and helpful - I loved working there but all of a sudden I JRW DQ LQIHFWLRQ , KDG WR ÂżQish on December 17 and go into hospital and have IV treatments.â€? The same night the HSE declined the CF drug Orkambi which would help Kelsey and her brother Cody (11) who also has the condition. Kelsey said: “That night the report came in and the HSE had declined Orkambi and yet I had to give up work and go into hospital. “I knew this drug would mean I could lead a normal life.

Kelsey: ‘With this drug I coud lead a normal life’ “The HSE say it is too expensive but in a year I spend 168 days in hospital and for the bed alone it is â‚Ź1000 a night and that is without treatment or the cost of the medicines I need.â€? Kelsey has been using media interviews to highlight CF Awareness Week

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How PR sunk the Fir Bolg party The Scallionater Carlow’s favourite columnist with more news, views, gossip and nostalgia UNTIL the March of 1973 the words ‘Voting Day’ meant one thing and one thing only to the pupils of Carlow CBS Primary 6FKRRO $ GD\ RÉŁ Our school, our class rooms, were being used for this adult activity and we were saved an early morning trip to the Station Road, a welcome lie-in and a break from thinking up the latest excuse as to why the homework wasn’t up the VFUDWFK However in that March of ’73 while we again had a day RÉŁ WKH ZHHN OHDGLQJ XS WR this particular Voting Day we learned the lexicon surrounding the activity and indeed had a Voting Day of our own. Bro Mullally, our 6th Class teacher, was a man ahead of his time in the manner in which he passed on knowledge, a man who liked to think outside the box, a man who cleverly steered his pupils outside their comfort zone and into an area of greater learning. {Note: the same red haired Brother had a much less subtle way of exiting you from your comfort zone should your beKDYLRXU PHULW LW ` One of his excursions outside the box was ahead of the General Election of 1973 when he decided to introduce us to the intricacies of Proportional 5HSUHVHQWDWLRQ $QG KLV PRdus operandi was genius, we ZRXOG KROG RXU RZQ (OHFWLRQ There were 45 of us in the class and having located 3 volunteers to ‘go for election’, he press-ganged two more into contesting the seat, we having

learned about press-ganging in the course of one of our riveting history classes. “Now then,â€? Bro Mullally LQIRUPHG ÂłZH KDYH ÂżYH FDQdidates but we are going to KDYH WZR YRWHV 7KH ÂżUVW LV WKH method they use in England, D VWUDLJKW YRWH RQH VHDW ÂżUVW past the post wins. Then we will do it the Irish way, ProSRUWLRQDO 5HSUHVHQWDWLRQ ÂżYH candidates vying for three seats.â€? (DFK RI WKH ÂżYH FDQGLGDWHV were allocated a ‘party’, the Fir Bolg and Tuatha DĂŠ Danann the main parties while we had one independent who we were informed had had a falling out with the Tuatha DĂŠ, that this was an integral part of Irish politics. {Note: If we didn’t understand a word there was a thick dictionary on a side table that was to be consulted. Integral IRUPHG D TXHXH Bro Mullally had the Ballot Papers and Ballot Box ready and the ‘English’ vote took place straight away, all 45 of us voting and one boy joked that it was possible Joey would get no vote at as he was so stupid who wouldn’t even vote for KLPVHOI 2XU MRNHU ZDV LPmediately evicted from his comfort zone with a clip round WKH HDU Now came the counting of votes ‌ with a remove of over four decades I can’t obviously remember the actual voting results but clearly remember the premise of Bro Mullally’s lesson that in the straight vote a ‘winning’ candidate could have a lot more ‘enemies’ than

Promises, promises: The offer of a bike ride home could swing the vote on electiopn day at Carlow CBS

‘allies’. In fact what registered with me was that with this system the winner could, in Bro Mullally’s words, “have twice as many against him as for himâ€?. By way of illustration, let’s ‘reconstruct’ the results ‌ &KULVW\ )LU %ROJ 15 6HDQ 7XDWKD 'p 'DQDQQ 11 MicheĂĄl (Tuatha DĂŠ 'DQDQQ 9 -RH\ ,QGHSHQGHQW 7 (GGLH )LU %ROJ 3 So, Christy, with 15 votes, ZDV ÂżUVW SDVW WKH SRVW DQG elected but the other four candidates have 30 votes between them, “twice as manyâ€?. “Not exactly fair, is it?â€? queried Bro Mullally. “Jaysus, even when I win , ORVH ´ VD\V WKH GLVJUXQWOHG Christy who thought it was a great system until his teacher poured cold water on the noWLRQ And so us pioneering 12 yearold electioneers moved on to where no 12 year old had ever gone before, Proportional Rep-

resentation ‌ Now we had multiple choices or rather an order of preference whereas before it was one man one vote. I had voted for Joey (in case he didn’t vote for himself, my ear ZDV VWLOO VRUH LQ WKH VWUDLJKW vote (yes, yes I know, I know, the privacy of the ballot box but consider this a retro exit SROO EXW ZDV WKLQNLQJ DORQJ GLÉŁHUHQW OLQHV QRZ ÂŤ “1 to 5â€? Bro Mullally had instructed but that you don’t have to go as far as 5 but the further down the preferences you go the more representative your vote will be. ‘Well I’m marking down a 5’ says I to myself, ‘want the pleasure of placing that bully 6HDQ ODVW 2QO\ UHDVRQ KH JRW so many votes the last time was some of the wimps are DIUDLG RI KLP )HFNHU VWROH P\ PDUEOHV LQ VHFRQG FODVV 1RW WKDW , KROG D JUXGJH Âś So 5 was pencilled in with UHOLVK /RUG , OLNH WKLV 35 LGHD 1RZ OHWÂśV WKLQN SRVLWLYH Who’s my No 1? Well Joey only got a sympathy vote the

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ODVW WLPH P\ HDU LV VWLOO VRUH so, let’s see, a 4 will do him this WLPH 6R LWV EHWZHHQ &KULVW\ Micheål and Eddie. Well Micheål gave me a lift home on the bar of his bicycle one dinner time to collect the football gear I had forgotten that morning, can’t forget a big favour like that, we were playing a top of the table School League match the same eveQLQJ Christy? A gas man, great jokes, see him chatting girls WRR *LUOV 'RHVQœW SOD\ VSRUW WKRXJK Eddie? Have to ask the tough TXHVWLRQ " ,I \RX KDGQœW \RXU maths homework done would he, in an emergency bicycle shed rendezvous, hand-over the results of his nights laERXUV" +H ZRXOG +H GLG 7URXEOH ZDV KH KDG FRSLHG Rɣ of the one and only Joey. All three of us had the exact same ZURQJ DQVZHUV 7KDWœV D WKHQ IRU (GGLH So Micheål or Christy for No 1? The lift on the bar of the

ELNH VZD\HG LW MicheĂĄl must have given lots RI ER\V OLIWV +H WRSSHG WKH 3ROO HOHFWHG RQ WKH ÂżUVW FRXQW not only exceeding the quota EXW KDYLQJ D ÂľGRXEOH TXRWDÂś The quota? The number RI YRWHUV GLYLGHG E\ WKH QXPEHU RI FDQGLGDWHV That, in our maths class, came WR Again, obviously, can’t remember the exact results but remember the big cheer when it was announced at the count centre that Joey was elimin nated and, yes, yyou’ve guessed it, w without a single YR YRWH Âł6XUH , JDYH m me No 1 to MicheĂĄl, he promised me a lift home on his bike lif WKLV HYHQLQJ ´ WK ““That’s what we call cal a political promLVH LVH ´ LQIRUPV %URWKHU Mullally. Mu “J “Jesus, I’m sorry Joey,â€? says MicheĂĄl Joe “I completely c forgot me father is coming in to collect me this evening, we have bring the bike to Coleman’s, she has a slow puncture. “And that’s what we call EUHDNLQJ D SROLWLFDO SURPLVH ´ informs Brother Mullally. And so, before a single transfer had been allocated, our young minds had been entertainingly introduced to the election process. In the course of the count we saw too how a second and third preference could help decide the overall issue, as when MicheĂĄl’s surplus was allocated the vast majority went to Seanie and brought him past the quota leap-frogging Christy (our VWUDLJKW YRWH YLFWRU ZKR WRRN the third seat without reaching the quota. We carried MicheĂĄl shoulder high in triumph, whooping and hollering all the way to the bicycle shed where, Bro Mullally had suggested, we would ÂżQG WKH QHZ 7'ÂśV Âľ'LUHFWRU RI Elections’, his trusty black high QHOOLH

And there’s one from everyone in the audience THAT ‘Voting Day’ in 6th Class and the General Election of March 1973 was my introduction to politics and a Late Late Show of the time was a further lesson in how a political debate can operate on catch-phrases and rhetoric! A few people in the audience were inveigled out of their seats in the audience and asked to answer questions on weighty matters‌ “Don’t worry one little

jot,â€? cooed Gay Byrne, “we have given some nice people in the audience prompt cards with numbers on them and if they put them up in the right order then, Bobs Your Uncle, you will have answered the question perfectly! Ok?!â€? The volunteers nodded their heads, still confused, but with no choice but to go along ‌ “Right then, we’ll start with you Joan, keep an eye on the audience, when the prompt card goes up, call out what it says, then the next one, the next one, and so on ‌ “ “So, Joan, what are your views on the political situation in Northern Afghanistan?!â€?

Joan looks at Gay incredulously. “The prompt cards, Joan, the prompt cards ‌. “ Joan looks into the audience. One man is holding a card up stating: “At this point in timeâ€? and Joan reSHDWV WKH ZRUGV EDUHO\ KDV VKH ÂżQished when the woman to the right holds up another, this one reading “it is imperativeâ€? ‌ And so on down along until all six prompt cards had been raised and read ‌ 1. At this point in time 2. it is imperative 3. we sit down around the table 4. to get to the grass roots of the problem

5. and explore all avenues 6. so as to come up with a viable proposition “Now, then Joan, let’s hear your opinion again, this time though, we are staying closer to home, your views on the proposed strike in Guinness’‌ The same prompt cards go up in the same order and Joan, now relaxed and laughing, recites her “At this point in time it is imperative we sit down around the table to get to the grass roots of the problem and explore all avenues so as to come up with a viable proposition!â€? Sound familiar?!

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School gets lift from success in F1 car contest A TEAM from a school threatened with closure has reached WKH QDWLRQDO ÂżQDO RI D SUHVWLJLRXV FRPSHWLWLRQ LQ ZKLFK students design and build a mini racing-car. Aero Racing from Muine Bheag Vocational School qualLÂżHG IURP WKH UHJLRQDO ÂżQDOV LQ Citywest Hotel, Dublin. Their F1 in Schools team is: manager Keith Hickey, deVLJQ DQG JUDSKLF PDQDJHU =DN Yongram, resource manager Conor O’Brien and PR and business manager, Ellen Gill . They go forward to the nationDO ÂżQDOV RQ $SULO Âł7KURXJKRXW WKH FRPSHWLtion we all worked very hard RQ GLÉŁHUHQW DVSHFWV RI WKH SURMHFW DQG DOO RI WKDW KDUG ZRUN UHDOO\ SDLG RÉŁ DW WKH UHJLRQDO ÂżQDO ´ VDLG .HLWK The success is a boost for the school which has been told it PXVW FORVH LQ EHFDXVH RI the low enrolement. Parents, students and teachHUV KDYH XQLWHG LQ D ÂżJKW WR save the Bagenalstown school and a task force has been established to co-ordinate their HÉŁRUWV 7KH $HUR 5DFLQJ WHDP

VFRRSHG WKH DZDUG IRU EHVW engineered car, had the second-fastest car on the day and were one of tern senior teams WR TXDOLI\ IRU WKH QDWLRQDO Âżnals from the eastern region. The Motus Racing team from Presentation College Carlow was also a senior qualiÂżHU 7KH ,QÂżQLWH 5DFLQJ WHDP and Panther raxing team from Presentation were two of three MXQLRU TXDOLÂżHUV F1 in Schools is an interQDWLRQDO FRPSHWLWLRQ ZKHUH secondary school students EXLOG D WK VFDOH ) UDFLQJ FDU FDSDEOH RI WUDYHOOLQJ DW PRUH WKDQ NPK Âą XVLQJ advanced 3D design software and automated manufacturing technology to race against RWKHU SDUWLFLSDWLQJ VFKRROV %XW WKH FRPSHWLWLRQ LVQÂśW DOO DERXW VSHHG 7HDPV DUH DOVR MXGJHG RQ WKH TXDOLW\ RI WKHLU HQJLQHHULQJ JUDSKLF GHVLJQ SRUWIROLR SLW GLVSOD\ PDUNHWLQJ KDQGOLQJ RI VSRQVRUVKLS DQG YHUEDO SUHVHQWDWLRQ RI their work. 7KH ZLQQLQJ WHDP ZLOO UHSUHVHQW ,UHODQG LQ $XVWLQ 7H[DV LQ 6HSWHPEHU

Championship change will be back on the GAA’s agenda A REVIEW of the formats for the All-Ireland senior football championships is expected to be back on the agenda later this year. It was abandoned after a raft of proposals from several counties including Carlow, the GPA and Central Council , failed to get the necessary support WR HɣHFW FKDQJH The GPA blueprint didn’t even make it to Congress, having been rejected by Central Council because it featured a

considerable increase in the number of games required to complete the All-Ireland series. Central Council later VXÉŁHUHG DQ HPEDUUDVVment when forced to withdraw its own proposal hours before it was due to go before Congress in Carlow in late February. They backed the introduction of an All-Ireland ‘B’ championship for Division 4 counties, which would be excluded from WKH TXDOLÂżHUV +RZHYHU

it was doomed once the GPA announced that players would not participate. Most of the Division 4 counties also opposed it, although some had initially expressed support. Proposals for change from Carlow and Roscommon went before Congress but were beatHQ +RZHYHU WKH &DUORZ plan got 40pc support in a vote, indicating there was a desire for change. Director-general PĂĄraic 'XÉŁ\ VDLG WKDW WKH ÂłGRRU

USA joins Spain and Portugal on holiday hot list 63$,1, Portugal and the 86$ DUH WKH PRVW SRSXODU destinations for Carlow’s holiday-makers. When it comes to city EUHDNV 1HZ <RUN FDPH RXW RQ WKH WRS LQ 7KH ,ULVK 7UDYel Agents Association quarterly survey followed closely by Barcelona, Rome and Prague. The survey found that allinclusive cruises are back LQ IDVKLRQ DQG FDPSLQJ LQ (XURSH LV DOVR EHFRPLQJ LQFUHDVLQJO\ SRSXODU But the study of bookings also showed there has been D GHFOLQH LQ WUDYHO WR 1RUWK Africa, Turkey and Greece, SURPSWHG E\ IHDUV RI WHUURULVW DWWDFNV DQG EDG SXEOLFLW\ surrounding refugees. 6RPH DJHQWV DOVR UHSRUWed that city breaks to Brussels, Paris and London were down because of terrorist attacks but this trend was QRW ZLGHVSUHDG DQG PDQ\ agents said these destinaWLRQV ZHUH DV SRSXODU DV ever. 7KH 86 DOVR WRSSHG WKH SROO IRU FLW\ EUHDN GHVWLQDWLRQV ZLWK 1HZ <RUN EHLQJ

WKH PRVW SRSXODU 7KH ,7$$ says the resurgence of US GHVWLQDWLRQV DW WKH WRS RI WKH SROO KDV EHHQ JUHDWO\ KHOSHG by new routes to the US launched by airlines. When asked about the bigJHVW WUDYHO WUHQGV LQ so far, agents said all inclusive cruises have seen a huge VXUJH LQ SRSXODULW\ &DPSLQJ LQ (XURSH LV DOVR EHFRPLQJ LQFUHDVLQJO\ SRSular among families this year. ,Q JHQHUDO WKH RXWORRN IRU the local travel trade seems ORRNV SRVLWLYH DV RI ,ULVK WUDYHO DJHQWV KDYH VHHQ an increase in bookings in WKH ÂżUVW TXDUWHU RI FRPSDUHG WR WKH VDPH SHULRG LQ 1LQHW\ SHU FHQW RI WUDYHO agents saw an increase in EXVLQHVV LQ RI travel agents surveyed said that their level of bookings for the fourth quarter of LQFUHDVHG VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ LQ FRPSDULVRQ WR WKH VDPH SHULRG LQ ZLWK of all agents revealing that said their bookings had inFUHDVHG E\ PRUH WKDQ

certainly wasn’t closed� on championship adjustments. ³:HœOO ORRN DW LW DJDLQ later on,� he told IndeSHQGHQW LH ³:HœYH EHHQ busy with other matters since Congress but we’ll UHÀHFW RQ DOO WKDW KDSpened with the championship proposals later on and decide where to go.� The likelihood is that a committee will be set up to prepare a co-ordinated plan. > CARLOW’S BEST SPORTS SECTION STARTS ON PAGE 34

day and at the exhibition which will be running until -XQH WKLV LV &ULVWLQD $OSRLP *ULɤQœV VWRU\

CRISTINA’S STORY

Cristina Alpoim Griffin: Magic moments

We each have our own tales to tell WHAT’S THE STORY? Our Story so Far By Carlow Integration Forum As we said last week, stuGHQWV IURP WKH &LWL]HQVKLS and Community Programme at Carlow College have been ZRUNLQJ ZLWK &DUORZ ,QWHgration Forum and Visual on

D SURMHFW FDOOHG ¾2XU 6WRU\ 6R Far’. $V SDUW RI 9LVXDOœV ,QWHUnational conference, to be launched on Wednesday $SULO WKHVH VWRULHV ZLOO EH on exhibition in the Gallery. Several of the stories will also be read out by the authors, VWDUWLQJ DW SP These stories are both fasciQDWLQJ DQG LQVSLULQJ 7KHUH DUH VWRULHV IURP SHRSOH

ZKR KDYH FKRVHQ WR PDNH ,UHland and indeed Carlow their home. Some are relatively new to the area while others have been here for many \HDUV (DFK MRXUQH\ LV SHUVRQal, beautifully told and evocative of the emotions and exSHULHQFHV RI WKH VWRU\WHOOHU 6RPH WDNH WKH IRUP RI SRHPV RWKHUV SURVH DQG SLHFHV RI DUW To give another taste of what FDQ EH H[SHFWHG RQ :HGQHV-

, ZDV \HDUV ROG ZKHQ , OHIW Angola with granny and mom to move to Portugal and start RYHU ÂżQDOO\ HVFDSLQJ WKH SRlitical unrest in the wake of the war. )RU D WHHQDJHU DGDSWLQJ WR this new country was a chalOHQJH +RZ , PLVVHG $QJROD My family, friends and even school, my chickens and Siamese cats, my favourite beach and the endless bright sky, my QHZVSDSHU NLWH WKH VPHOO RI URDVWHG SHDQXWV LQ WKH FRORXUful, noisy Sambizanga Market. $QG WKH WKLQJV , GLGQÂśW PLVV the terrifying thunder of Migs roaring over us, the endless FRQĂ€LFWV WKH GUHJV RI D FRXS GÂśHWDW SRYHUW\ GLVHDVH YLRlence and dread. :KHQHYHU ,ÂśP KRPHVLFN , remember how, by chance, a JDWH KDG EHHQ OHIW RSHQ LQ P\ FKLOGKRRG DQG , EROWHG RXW WR my sneaky freedom, barefoot, ZLWK D WRRWK JDSSHG VPLOH EHDULQJ DORIW ZLWK SULGH P\ beloved kite, carried by the UK\WKPLF WKXPS RI IHHW RQWR the warm red sand; how that VSRQWDQHRXV EUHDN EURXJKW PH SHDFH DQG IUHHGRP WKRVH childhood essentials. All that mattered was the magic of those moments, and how they lasted.

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Farming |

Farming Carlow

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Grant scheme for farm buildings A NEW scheme to grantaid the conservation of traditional farm buildings has been announced. It applies only to farms registered under GLAS the new agri-environment scheme for Irish farmers The conservation scheme builds upon the success of the Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme which operated under REPS 4 from 2007 to 2013 and ensured that more than 350 traditional farm buildings throughout Ireland were conserved. GLAS is the new agri-en-

vironment scheme for Irish farmers, to which nearly 40,000 farmers have already signed-up, and this new element to that scheme will help ensure that small traditional farm buildings and other structures, which DUH RI VLJQL¿FDQW FXOWXUDO and heritage value, are restored and conserved for renewed practical agricultural use. The main points of the new scheme are: ‡ 2SHQ WR */$6 IDUPHUV only ‡ *UDQWV DZDUGHG ZLOO QRW

exceed 75% of the cost of the works ‡ 0D[LPXP JUDQW RI â‚Ź25,000 ‡ 0LQLPXP JUDQW RI Âź ‡ 7KH ÂżUVW WUDQFKH RSHQV immediately ‡ 'HDGOLQH IRU FRPSOHWHG application forms Friday 0D\ “These building have been an integral part of our agricultural heritage for generations, and their contribution to the character and beauty of the Irish landscape cannot be overstated,â€? said actLQJ $JULFXOWXUH 0LQLVWHU 6Lmon Coveney.

He said it was his intention that as many as possible of these buildings should be conserved and returned to practical agricultural use. To be eligible for the scheme, buildings and other related structure must have architectural or vernacular heritage character and make a contribution to their setting. “This is not about creating museum pieces�, the minister said. “These buildings can and should play an ongoing role in the economic life of Irish farms, as well as helping to enhance the

landscape, the environment and local biodiversity.� The scheme is jointly IXQGHG E\ WKH 'HSDUWPHQW of Agriculture, Food and the 0DULQH DQG WKH (XURSHDQ Union and will be administered by the Heritage CounFLO RQ EHKDOI RI WKH 'HSDUWment. Grants awarded will not exceed 75% of the cost of the works with a maximum grant of ₏25,000and a minimum grant of ₏4,000 being made. 7KH ¿UVW WUDQFKH RSHQV immediately and completed application forms must

be returned to the Heritage Council before 5pm on FriGD\ 0D\ Further applications will be invited at regular intervals throughout the ProJUDPPLQJ SHULRG WR HQG 'Hcember 2020. The application form and all other documents on the new GLAS Traditional Farm Building Scheme can be downloaded from the Heritage Council website www. heritagecouncil.ie or by contacting the Heritage Council directly at Church Lane, .LONHQQ\ 3KRQH 777 0777.

Increased demand for straw and hay

It’s a wrap: purple patch for hospital THE silage-cutting season is going to see Irish farmers being given a chance WR VXSSRUW &05) &UXPlin Children’s Hospital through purchasing a special Purple Balewrap and Purple Bale Net from a nationwide network of co-ops. The promotion is the work of Irish Packaging company, Zeus Packaging, who have already rolled out a similar donation programme in the Britain, New Zealand, Spain and Portugal that has seen VXEVWDQWLDO VXPV ¿QGLQJ their way to local children’s hospitals and foundations.

Zeus Packaging has combined with the ATC &R RS 6RXUFH WR RɣHU WKH Purple Balewrap and Purple Bale Net to their farmer customers and members with the 18 member Co-ops undertaking to donate ₏10,000 to support the hospital’s treatment of their little patients and support for the families. Farmers buying wrap for this season’s silage will be able to order the Purple packaging to show their support with the brightly coloured wraps demonstrating farmer solidarity with the work being carried out in Children and hopefully gen-

erating a social media campaign that will gather momentum as summer comes in. 7KH KRVSLWDOÂśV &(2 Joe Quinsey, said that the institution is delighted to partner with Zeus Packaging and the ATC Coop Source and he asked farmers to support the venture by ‘buying purple’ and also to share photos of the Purple Warps and Bales using the hashtag #Purple4Crumlin. ATC Co-op Group is comprised of 18independent co-ops all over the state with Callan, ArraEDZQ %DOO\MDPHVGXÉŁ Bandon, Barryroe, Boher-

bue, Centenary Thurles, 'ULQDJK 'URPEDQH Fealesbridge & Headleys Bridge, Lakelands, /LVDYDLUG 0XOOLQDKRQH Newtownsandes, North Cork and Tipperary all participating and enthusiastically stocking the Purple Packaging for their farmer-members to buy and use. Zeus Packaging, the designers and creators of the Purplewrap project, were founded in Ireland in 1998 and have now grown into an exciting, transnational, packaging company with sites in the UK, Spain, Poland and China and a workforce of 300.

INCREASED demand for straw and hay has been recorded in recent days. In the southeast, volume of straw has been moving, with demand for both 4x4 round bales and 8x4x3 square bales. One farmer told the Irish Farmers Journal that he has been receiving an increase volume of calls from the northern half of the country in the past month. Another farmer from Co Waterford said that he ran out of straw four weeks ago but calls are still being made from farmers in the north and west of the country. For farmers in the southeast, 4x4 round bales are trading at â‚Ź8 to â‚Ź12, while 8x4x3 bales are â‚Ź20 in the shed. These prices do, however, exclude transportation costs. According to Toplink. ie, round bales are selling for â‚Ź14 in Kildare while in Kilkenny meadow hay is going for â‚Ź18.

SLURRY

Recent research from the Teagasc Agricultural Catchments Programme found that there was little

evidence of livestock slurry in streams following the end of the ‘closed period’ for slurry spreading. This means that farmers either weren’t spreading slurry at this time, or were spreading it on the parts of their farms where it was less likely WR EH ZDVKHG RÉŁ There were, however, some signals of livestock slurry in runRÉŁ DW WKH VWDUW RI WKH closed period, in some of the studied catchments. This occurred when early autumn storms quickly followed the last few days of the ‘open period’. These signals were also found during the particularly wet summer of 2012 when soils were wet and storms coincided with normal summer slurry spreading. There was also evidence of other nutrient losses during the closed period and the analysis suggested these were from residual soil sources rather than recently spread livestock slurry. This shows the potential for nutrients that were spread in earlier years, or even decades, to be lost to water now, and into the future.

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Let us in, pleads CEO of census department THE Central Statistics 2ɤFH &62 KDV FDOOHG RQ apartment management companies to provide census enumerators with access to apartment blocks. This follows feedback received from census enumerators that they DUH H[SHULHQFLQJ GLɤFXOties accessing apartment buildings. The census takes place on Sunday, 24 April. Before then, a census form must be hand delivered to every household in the country, including apartments. Hand delivery is essential so that the CSO can guarantee that every household has a form, and to allow householders to ask any questions they may have. Following the census, the forms must be collected

South East BIC’s CEO Michael Maddock and TSSG CEO Barry Downes, joint hosts of the workshop

by the census enumerator, before they are returned to the CSO for analysis. Deirdre Cullen, Senior Statistician at the CSO, explained:“We are hearing from census enumerators that they cannot gain entry to some gated communities. This was a problem for us during the 2011 census, but it seems to be posing a greater challenge this time around. I am calling on the managers of these developments to co-operate with the census enumeratorâ€?. “We understand that security is a concern. All census HQXPHUDWRUV FDUU\ RɤFLDO &62 LGHQWLÂżFDWLRQ DQG WKHLU LGHQWLW\ FDQ EH YHULÂżHG E\ calling 1850 2016 04â€?, added Ms Cullen.

Workshop aims to help companies find their best playing pitch THE South East Business Innovation Centre (BIC) is staging a workshop to help new companies pitch for investment. It is collaborating with TSSG for the workshop which will run from 9.30am to 1.30pm on Tuesday, April 19 at Kilkenny’s Lyrath Estate Hotel. TSSG is based at Waterford Institute of Technology DQG KHOSV ¿QG IXQGLQJ IRU start-up companies. Experts addressing the free event will share pointers on pitching for investment with delegates and take them through the very latest virtual and augmented reality technologies. Key business strategies and funding supports available to assist with technical, business or start up challenges will be outlined by engaging and informative experts, while encouraging maximum participation from those attending. Delegates will also have an opportunity to network, mingle with and learn from suc-

cessful entrepreneurs and IT experts on everything from business modelling to funding for start-ups. TSSG CEO Barry Downes said: “We are delighted to be once again partnering with South East BIC and in a position to help outline the myriad of state and private sector VXSSRUWV ERWK LQ 5 ' DQG Âżnance that individuals, startups and businesses can avail of to support and drive their business forward.â€? South East BIC’s CEO Michael Maddock said: “Our aim is to add value to start ups and entrepreneurs across the South East and this event gives delegates a taste of the VXSSRUW ZH FDQ RÉŁHU WKHP at South East BIC. Working again with TSSG lends a new GLPHQVLRQ WR RXU RÉŁHULQJ E\ showing entrepreneurs the full range of both technical and business supports available to them locally.â€? 7KH ÂżUVW VHVVLRQ RI WKH GD\ will be facilitated by Paddy Byrne, Enterprise Ireland and Barry Downes, CEO at

TSSG. They will give an overview of the Mobile Services Technology Gateway and Innovation Supports available from Enterprise Ireland and MSTG to support industry collaboration with 3rd level research providers. Alternatively, delegates can choose to attend a business modelling workshop which will introduce participants to the Business Model Canvas. A practical and interactive session on the art of pitching for investment will include insights from Patrick O’Callaghan, Co-founder of Treybro (www.treybro. com), an entrepreneur who has raised funding and from Aidan Shine of the Halo Business Angel Network as well as Niall Olden the Managing Partner of Kernel Capital. There will also be a session on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technologies. The workshop is free but registration is required and is open now on the Eventbrite website.

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Borris firm praised for technology use A BORRIS company has been lauded by Vodafone as a great example of how a company can use M2M (machine to machine) technology, also known as the Internet of Things. Lauren Morris, head of Vodafone’s M2M Country Sales, said Keenan Systems was an example of an Irish business that has used M2M technology to completely reinvent itself . “Keenan Systems started

out in 1983 making traditional cattle feed mixture wagons serving the agriculWXUDO LQGXVWU\ RÉŁHULQJ D ZD\ for farmers a way to feed WKHLU OLYHVWRFN LQ WKH ÂżHOG ´ she told a national newspaper.. “They were very good at that for years and years, however, it wasn’t until they did a major innovation of their product around 2010 that they put in Vodafone M2M and it actually changed

their business model and QRZ WKH\ RÉŁHU IDUPHUV D complete animal nutrition solution. “What they’ve gone from is KDYLQJ WKDW RQFH RÉŁ WUDQVDFtional relationship with the customer to providing them with daily and weekly nutritional support, working towards herd welfare. It’s quite wonderful what they’ve done together with Vodafone. “They’re working out of Borris and they have a team

of vets there that are supporting herds out in China, Canada, France the UK. It’s such a great story about an Irish indigenous and very local company operating globally.� Ms Morris has been in the vanguard of M2M since the early days and has seen the evolution of an idea into a reality and now Vodafone’s creation of the right condiWLRQV WR VHH 0 0 ÀRXULVK LQ Ireland.

She was talking to the Irish Independent about the transition . She said: “The thing about Keenan Systems is they’ve taken it a step further. They didn’t stand still once they did all that. Recently they’ve taken the steps of talking to major supermarkets and positioned themselves in the farm to fork supply chain. They can talk to supermarkets and inform them about what stock is likely to hit the

shelves. They can even guarantee what grade of beef is going to hit the supermarket. Until now a supermarket wouldn’t have known what the quality was until an animal hit the abattoir. “It’s an example of someone who was doing something very traditional and used IoT and M2M to beFRPH D OHDGHU LQ WKHLU ÂżHOG and we’d love to see more Irish businesses doing the same.â€?

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Pitch in and you might win ONLINE public voting is now open for the Virgin Media Business VOOM 2016 pitch competition. Already more than 40 Irish businesses have applied for the biggest and most valuable pitch competition, in Ireland and the UK,. Applications are being accepted until May 10 through www.vmbvoom.com. The 160 businesses who receive the most public votes over the next seven weeks will take part in a ‘pitchathon’ in

London in June. Public voting ends on May 23. Previous pitches to the competition included an eclectic PL[ RI LGHDV IURP D ÂżYH VWDU dog hotel and stick-shaped teabags to a hologram developer and self-service currency exchange machines. Richard Branson said: “VOOM 2016 is about shouting, loud and proud about great ideas. So get your pitches in today and start campaigning! You never know, we could be meeting in June.â€?

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AS I SEE IT MICHAEL WOLSEY

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Life’s better in

Lake Garda

Blame it on the ballot box KICKING politicians is Ireland’s favourite sport and we have indulged in it to the full since the general election, with commentators and the public united in condemnation of the failure to form a government. Nobody mentions that it was us, the electorate at ODUJH ZKR FDXVHG WKH SUREOHP LQ WKH ¿UVW SODFH We rejected a stable government which had turned a bankrupt country into Europe’s fastest growing economy. We knew the medicine prescribed by Doctors Kenny and Burton was good for us but we didn’t like the taste of it. So a lot of us decided to try our luck with Doctor Martin, even though Fianna Fåil’s medicine had nearly killed us a few years ago. Another, somewhat smaller group, chose to trust our national health to the snakeoil peddled by Doctor Adams and Sinn Fein. And many of us decided that Ireland’s wellbeing could best be served by practitioners of alternative medicine, with no relevant experience at all, and elected a disparate bunch of independents, most of whom had been neither tried nor tested. :H ¿OOHG WKH 'iLO ZLWK groups that had vowed not to work together and professed to be shocked and saddened that they kept their word. When - or should that EH LI" WKH\ GR ¿QDOO\ give us a government we will no doubt be complaining about the speed with which election promises were broken.. In fact, our TDs have behaved in an entirely predictable fashion. Sinn FÊin and the left wing groups have not even tried to provide the country with leadership although it is they who bleat loudest about the problems, such as health and the homeless, which have gone unattended. They talk about their mandate, and how they will will not renege on their election promises, but seem to see no contradiction in asking Fine Gael and Fianna Fåil to do just that. The independents have not been so hypocritical but, for all practical purposes, their behaviour has been no better. They want a government formed but only so they can go begging to it with their own constituency interests. With a couple of exceptions, they have shown no interest in the detailed work of government-making; no enthusiasm for the hard slog and many compromises needed to construct a programme for government. The Labour Party has some excuse for steering clear of government, since it was so roundly rejected at the ballot box. But it is disappointing that the Social Democrats, having promised a new approach, turned their back on constructive politics as soon as the going got tough. If Britain votes in June to leave the Euopean Union, Ireland will be in desperate need of good government and clear thinking at the negotiating table. I fear we will not have it - and we will have only ourselves to blame. Whatever way the present wrangling ends, I do not think we will get a government built to last. We will be back at the polls sooner rather than later. When that happens, we must not make the same mistake. We should not elect an unworkable Dåil, then react with horror when it does not work. If we want stable government we must elect parties that are willing and able to provide it. So let us remember who tried to put the country ¿UVW DQG ZKR SUHIHUUHG WR SOD\ WR WKH JDOOHU\ There is more to politics that issuing press statements. It is the art of compromise and we need politicians who understand that.

‘We should not elect an unworkable DĂĄil, then react with horror when it does not work’

POETS and politicians, divas and dictators, they’ve all been drawn to captivating Lake Garda (Lago di Garda). In fact, 7% of all tourists to Italy head for the lake’s shores, taking to its windUXɼHG ZDWHUV LQ WKH QRUWK and village- and vineyardhopping in the south. Surrounded by three distinct regions – Lombardy, Trentino Alto-Adige and the Veneto – the lake’s cultural diversity attracts a cosmopolitan crowd. The northern resorts such as Riva del Garda and Torbole, where restaurants serve air-dried ham and Austrian-style carne salada

(salted beef), while in the south, French and Italian families bed down in Valtenesi farmhouses and family-friendly spa towns such as Sirmione and Bardolino. Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy (52km long by 17km wide). It’s so big that it alters the local climate, which is milder and sunnier than might be expected. It’s also the most popular of the lakes and acts as a bridge between the Alps and the rest of the country. The narrow north of the lake is tightly enclosed by mountains that drop sheer into the water with villag-

es wedged into gaps in the FOLÉŁV )XUWKHU VRXWK WKH lake spreads out comfortDEO\ Ă€DQNHG E\ JHQWOH KLOOV and lined by placid holiday resorts. In the south, Desenzano is a cheery spot with the advantage of good transport links, plus proximity to the very popular and scenically impressive Sirmione. On the western shore are the old Venetian town of Salò and Gargnano, the lake’s best destination, a small village that remains largely unspoilt. The mountainous scenery is spectacular on the approach to the genteel resort of Riva del Garda at the

head of the lake. It’s a handsome town with a long history and is a focal point for sports and water activities. Overlooked by the ridges of Monte Baldo, which tops 2100m, the main resorts of Lake Garda’s eastern shore struggle to match the charm of the villages opposite. Aim for Torbole if you’re an outdoors enthusiast. To the south, the very popular resort of Malcesine has direct access up to Monte Baldo, as does Brenzone, comprising a string of attractive little harbours and a good base for walks and mountain-bike rides into Monte Baldo behind.

City break l Scotland’s culture capital EDINBURGH is a bustling city, full of history, with countryside tranquillity on its doorstep. Scotland’s culture capital has it all - great festivals, museums, galleries, parks, gardens, pubs, restaurants and a very famous castle. Edinburgh Castle is the city’s most famous and mostvisited landmark. It dates back to the 12th-century and is still in use today. Walk up to the esplanade via the

cobbled streets of the Royal Mile for an appreciation of old Edinburgh. Downhill from the Castle you’ll ¿QG WKH OLYHO\ Grassmarket area. Walk down colourful Victoria Street to experience city’s unique structure with plenty of shops, bars and restaurants. Winding away from

the Old Town, via the city Mound, head towards Prince’s Street for a stunning view across to the New Town. Below the Mound sits the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy, which attracts some internationally esteemed exhibitions throughout the

year. On the other side of Princes Street, sits the New Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating back to the mid-17th century. +HUH \RXœOO ¿QG (GLQEXUJKœV elegant Georgian architecture, art galleries, independent shops, bars and cafes. If you take a closer look you might spot former homes of Edinburgh’s literary heroes, JM Barrie and Robert-Louis Stevenson, who once lived here.

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Food & drink

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Start taking things slow SLOWER cookers have been growing in popularity recently as cash-strapped consumers adopt the ethos of slow, low-energy and low-cost living – slow cookers only use the same amount of electricity as a light bulb and are perfect for transforming cheaper cuts of meat, such as chicken thighs, shoulders of lamb and belly of pork, into tender and tasty dishes. They are also proving increasingly popular among busy professionals who want

to rein in their spending and are attracted by the idea of having a healthy and nutritious home-cooked meal ready for when they get in from work. This slow cooker teryaki FKLFNHQ LV SDFNHG IXOO RI ÀDvour and great for slow-cooker beginners. Ingredients: 125ml soy sauce 150g honey 60 ml rice wine vinegar 1/2 chopped onion

2 garlic cloves Pepper 1 tsp ground ginger 4 chicken breasts WEVS FRUQĂ€RXU 60ml water Spring onions and sesame seeds to serve Method: Mix the soy sauce, honey, rice wine vinegar, onion, garlic, pepper and ground ginger together in a small bowl and set aside. Oil the slow cooker and add the chicken breasts.

Pour the sauce over the chicken, cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours. Remove and drain the chicken and set aside in a large bowl. Shred thoroughly with two forks. Transfer the leftover sauce into a saucepan and add waWHU PL[HG ZLWK WKH FRUQĂ€RXU Reduce over a medium heat until thick. Add the chicken to the sauce and mix thoroughly. Serve over a bed of rice with spring onions and sesame seeds.

Wine O’Clock l A drink with the neighbours W SA SANCERRE and d Pouilly-sur-Loire are Po sm small French towns fa facing each other a across the River L Loire, good neighb bours but serious ri rivals when it comes to the production of excellent white wine. ex Bo Both Sancerre and Pouilly FumĂŠ are from Pouil Blanc the Sauvignon Sau grape, and while there are obvious similarities, they do sim have distin distinctive tastes. ‘FumÊ’ is the shortened form of ‘blanc fu fumÊ’, a local nickname for th the grape. It is the French wor word for ‘smoky’, as good a description desc as any of the slightly musky taste and aroma - o often described as

¾¾JXQ Ă€LQWÂś ZKLFK GLÉŁHUHQWLDWHV Ă€L Âś KL K GLÉŁ L these wines from the crisp, aromatic Sancerre produced on the other side of the river. The village of Sancerre sits atop a rocky hillside overlooking the Loire River. The wine producing area, which encompasses the village, lies on the left bank at the eastern end of the Loire Valley, where the river changes direction and heads sharply to the south. 7KH RɤFLDO 3RXLOO\ )XPH DUHD encompasses seven parishes on the right bank of the Loire – from Mesves-sur-Loire in the south to Saint-Martin-sur-Nohain, a few miles to the north. These villages are technically in Burgundy, although PouillyFumĂŠ remains a quintessentially ‘Loire Valley’ wine.

ill Ê iis sometimes, Pouilly-FumÊ understandably, confused with Pouilly-Fuissee but that a Chardonnay-based wine from southern Burgundy is a very GLɣHUHQW SURGXFW Sancerre and Pouilly FumÊ are both light, bright whites and they’ll come into their own when the weather improves, being great for picnics and barbeques. They are not expensive but \RX ZRQœW RIWHQ ¿QG WKHP LQ the bargain basement; ₏15 to ₏25 being the normal range. Try Robert Cantin Pouilly Fume, ₏19.95 from O’Briens or Tesco Finest Pouilly FumÊ, ₏20. Henri De Lorgere Sancerre 2013 is extremely god value at ₏9.99 from Aldi. MICHAEL WOLSEY

PAUL HOPKINS

The beneďŹ ts of an education I REWATCHED the movie I, Robot (with Will Smith, 2004) the other night. The scientist and writer Isaac Asimov penned the original story, back in the late 1940s. And it got me thinking. It was Asimov — as a child he read trashy comics but went on to gain a PhD in Biochemistry — who said: “Self- education LV , ÂżUPO\ EHOLHYH WKH RQO\ NLQG RI HGXFDWLRQ WKHUH is.’’ Spot on, I thought, with some degree of authority, speaking as someone who had to work to pay his own way through third-level — times were hard, money was tight — and speaking as one who dropped out a year before I could have donned that mortar, parchment to hand, who gave up any notions of being a scientist (after all, who could beat Armstrong and Aldrin in landing on the moon? ) and who instead travelled, broadened the PLQG PHW IULHQGV DQG ZDV LQĂ€XHQFHG E\ SHRSOH and then started running copy for a newspaper editor, to bring me to where I am today. Not a bad place: job contentment, happy, adjusted, emotionally and mentally (all relative of course, I hear you say). I mention all this be‘A university cause on the same day last week that The Times education may higher Education Supple- well be the best ment named three Irish universities — Maynooth, legacy a society DCU and Limerick — as can bestow on its among the 150 top places of academia in the world, young. But it’s not a House of Lords commit- for everyone.’ tee across the water cited research that show those who do not go onto to third level face a more disadvantageous life than those who do. Young school leavers, who in the next few months will sit their Leaving Cert exams, may well be the victims of an illusion (if not a downright lie) perpetrated on them by our increasing misplaced idealism of what really matters in life — that a degree guarantees you a job and loads of dosh, in short happiness and plain sailing through life. My own three children are, luckily and by reason of their genes, blessed with a leaning towards OHDUQLQJ 7KH ÂżUVW WZR ZHQW GLUHFWO\ WKURXJK XQLYHUVLW\ DOWKRXJK RQH ÂżYH \HDUV ODWHU DQG ZLWK D in business, in the beginning, work-wise, struggled ÂżQDQFLDOO\ 7KDQNIXOO\ IRU KLP WKLV KDV ORQJ VLQFH changed, though some of his fellow graduates, a decade on, have still not found the job of their dreams. My last child dropped out twice from third- level until at 24, and with a greater degree of maturity and vision, settled down at college and has since graduated — and these days is heading towards his ÂżUVW PLOOLRQ RU VR KH DVVXUHV PH A university education may well indeed be the best legacy a society can bestow on its young. But it’s not for everyone. In trying to give this opportunity for further learning to those gifted with the ‘ability for it’, we may also be pushing it on those who don’t have the aptitude, leaving some of our children between the proverbial rock and hard place. It’s a lot easier said than done, of course, but the alternative for those not necessarily ‘cut out’ for third level education is, say, to travel, make friends, spend a year in Happy Burger, have a ‘selfeducation’, perhaps take to a trade apprenticeship or start from the bottom up, as I did (the vagaries of today’s much-touted ‘internship’ notwithstanding), with a steely determination to make it. I know plenty of young people doing so, straitened times or no. And, of course, a trade can always pay loads of dosh ... remember the last time you paid a plumbHU" 7KDW LV ZKHQ \RX PDQDJHG WR ÂżQG RQH

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Game with a grand Brandon view Blues A BRACE of goals apiece from David Phelan and Ted Joyce powered Mount Leinster Rangers to a convincing 4-8 to 0-8 Kilkenny All-County Junior Hurling League victory over cross-border neighbours Graignamanagh in Fr Tierney Park, Graignamanagh on Saturday evening. The Ballymurphy, Rathanna, Borris brigade led 1-5 to 0-4 at half-time, Rangers: Frank Foley; Michael Doyle, Gary Kelly Seamus Kelly; Padraig Nolan, Brian Nolan Willie Hickey; Jack Murphy 0-1, David Phelan 2-1; Derek Byrne 0-1, Paul Coady 0-4 4f, Denis Murphy 0-1f; Eddie Byrne, Ted Joyce 2-0, Hugh Paddy O Byrne. Subs Richard Kelly, Diarmuid Byrne. Thanks to Karen Byrne for brilliant photo.

LEINSTER MINOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP

The lights are still on Carlow Kildare

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TO THE casual observer, maybe, the closeness of the scoring was a surprise; to the hurling people who have been watching the steady progress of the game in Kildare - including Naas not only competing in but reaching the ďŹ nal of the Kilkenny U-16 Roinn A League last year that Carlow won at all was a welcome outcome. Adding merit to this hard fought victory over the LilyWhites - who began with 7 Nass clubmen on their starting 15 - was the fact that Carlow played the last 20 minutes (+ injury-time) of the Netwatch Cullen Park encounter a man down having

lost lively raider Jon Nolan to two yellow cards, the ďŹ rst a harsh enough decision. Carlow were a couple of points ahead at the time of the sending off and a battling rearguard action - sturdy fullback Dara Tobin outstanding, No 6 Garry Lawler catching a great ball at a vital juncture - helped stay in front while a couple of superb Cathal Treacy points from distance kept the scoreboard ticking over at the other end with substitute Niall Roche riing the clincher between the Deerpark end posts deep in ‘lost’ time. Before the game if you had been told ace sharpshooter Chris Nolan would score less than half of Carlow’s total you’d be fearful given his ag raising exploits in the league, that a loss might be the

outcome but on this occasion others stepped up to the scoring plate to assist him, the aforementioned Treacy, Cathal Lennon early on, Tony Lawler from long range as well as his brother Jon (set up by an astute long hand pass from the older bro). Chris contributed a half-dozen points, ďŹ ve from placed balls and a lovely score on the run from play but showed great leadership qualities too in his willingness to graft and tackle. Speaking of graft, towards the ďŹ nish when hassling without fouling was crucial and every block, every hook, halfhook important both Tommy Dowling (to prevent a long clearance) and Ross McEvoy (baulking an attempted pass) made vital interventions while sub David Nolan got on a couple of vital balls in the

middle of the ďŹ eld. Carlow led 0-10 to 0-7 at the break, starting the game with Chris Nolan in the left corner from where he nearly pilfered an early goal. Indeed the home side could have had two goals early on, another two closer to half-time, a combination of good goalkeeping and bad luck keeping the green ag down. Operating from Tier 3 for the ďŹ rst time in years, Carlow knew defeat would put the lights out on their championship, no back-door, now John McDonald, Mick Redmond, Damien Byrne and Willie Hickey can prepare their charges for a cut at Laois in a fortnights time ... Carlow: Damien Jordan (Naomh Eoin); Padraig Slye

(Naomh Eoin), Dara Tobin (Mount Leinster Rangers), Ross McEvoy (Naomh Eoin); Joe Holden (Burren Rangers), Gary Lawler (Mount Leinster Rangers), Tony Lawler (Mount Leinster Rangers) 0-1; Gavin Connolly (St Mullins), Anthony Nolan (Naomh Eoin); Conor Lennon (Erin’s Own) 0-2, Tommy Dowling (Ballinkillen), Niall Lynam (Mount Leinster Rangers); Cathal Treacy (Naomh Eoin) 0-3, Jon Nolan (Mount Leinster Rangers) 0-1, Chris Nolan (Mount Leinster Rangers) 0-6 5f. Subs: Alan Whelan (Erin’s Own) for Connolly, David Nolan (Naomh Eoin) for A Nolan (36), Jason O’Neill (St Mullins) for Lennon (36), Niall Roche (Naomh Bríd) 0-1 for Holden (55)

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| Sport > Leinster Cup Champs The delighted Carlow and District League who recorded a famous victory over Kilkenny in Leinster Cup final at the IT Carlow on Saturday

Carlow GAA Fixtures

John takes charge of U-21 semi

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Ballinabranna and St Andrew’s (in sky blue due to a clash of colours) from the team huddles ahead of Sunday evening’s Senior Football League Division 2 fixture in Billy Dobbs Park, Ballinabranna, a game the visitors won on a 1-14 to 0-8 scoreline.

CARLOW referee John Hickey is set to add to his impressive CV on Saturday when he takes charges of the Cork v Monaghan All-Ireland U-21 Football Championship semi-final in O’Connor Park, Tullamore, this game forming part of a doublebill with the other semi-final involving Dublin and Mayo. The Fenagh club man, a highly respected official, who himself played inter-county senior football with Carlow has been honoured with a number of major fixtures in recent times, among them last Winter’s Leinster Club Senior Football Championship semi-final and in tandem with Paud O’Dwyer in the hurling has provided his county with a high profile in the refereeing stakes.

Tuesday, April 12, 7.15pm Football League Division 5 (First named team at home) O’Hanrahan’s v Leighlinbridge, Ref: Peter Doran Ballinabranna v Fighting Cocks, Ref: Jonathan Murphy Tinryland v Clonmore, Ref: Enda Hulton Wednesday, April 13, 7.15pm Football League, Division 4 (First named team at home) Naomi Eoin v Old Leighlin, Ref: Cathal McSteen Mount Leinster Rangers v Kildavin/Clonegal, Ref: Jimmy Lawlor Askea v O’Hanrahan’s, Ref William Fanning Palatine v Éire Óg, Ref: Martin Murphy Thursday, April 14, 7pm Football League, Division 3 (First named team at home) Tinryland v Palatine, Ref: Brian Deering Éire Óg v Rathvilly, Ref: David Hickey Leighlinbridge v St Andrew’s, Kieran Kelly Ballon v St Patrick’s, Ref: TBC Saturday, April 16, 3pm Leinster Minor Football Championship At Netwatch Cullen Park: Carlow v Louth Sunday, April 17, Noon (First named team at home) Minor A Football League Éire Óg v Mount Leinster Rangers St Andrew’s v Rathvilly Palatine v Michael Davitts Burris Rangers v Fenagh Minor B Football League Clonmore v Kildavin St Patrick’s v Naomh Eoin Tinryland v O’Hanrahan’s Football League Division 1 (First named team at home) Kildavin/Clonegal v Palatine, Ref: Pat Kehoe Éire Óg v O’Hanrahan’s, Ref: Paud O’Dwyer (TBC) Rathvilly v Tinryland, Ref: Patrick Murphy Old Leighlin v Mount Leinster Rangers, Ref: Kieran Kelly Football League Division 2 Naomh Eoin v Railyard, Ref: John Hickey Grange v Clonmore, Ref: David Hickey Fighting Cocks v Ballinabranna, Ref: David Hughes St Andrew’s v Fenagh, Ref: Brian Deering

Carlow GAA Results SFL Div 1 O’Hanrahan’s 4-9, Rathvilly 0-7 Eire Og 1-16, Palatine 2-7 Old Leighlin 2-7, Tinryland 0-8 MLR 2-13, Kildavin/Clonegal 0-3 SFL Div 2 St Andrew’s 1-12, Ballinabranna 0-8 Naomh Eoin 3-6, Fighting Cocks 0-4 Leinster HL Div 2 semi-final Bray Emmets (Wicklow) 2-16, Ballinkillen 2-12 Kilkenny All-County HL MLR 4-8, Graignamanagh 0-8 St Martin’s 1-13, Erin’s Own 1-11

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Rangers reign Indoor

A fantastic performance by Mount Leinster Rangers U-12 hurlers who won the prestigious Rathnure Indoor Hurling Tournament on Friday night, the fact that they beat their Wexford hosts adding further lustre to their achievement

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The Allianz Cumann na mBunscoil INTO Sevens Trials took place in Fenagh Training Centre on last week, here we see the combined boys footballers and the two girls teams, all of whom provided a very high standard fare. The lucky boys and girls selected with feature in Croke Park later in the year.

The ďŹ rst Go Games of the season took place in Fenagh Training Centre on Saturday morning when the place was a hive of activity with energetic U-8 and U-10 hurlers and their busy coaches. Our camera was out and about to capture some of the action.

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DVD of the week

Step House Hotel

The Good Dinosaur

Behind the original Georgian features of the Step House Hotel are 20 luxurious bedrooms, designed in a sweeping curve to create panoramic views of rolling countryside as it rises to meet Mount Leinster. Step inside and you’ll find Irish art, elegant furniture, free internet access, fantastic dining options and a great night’s sleep. Open the French doors onto your terrace, and begin your day by breathing in the unspoilt countryside of Borris, Carlow - a beautiful, untouched town full of charm and heritage. Visit stephousehotel.ie

Luckily for young Arlo, his parents (Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand) and his two siblings, the mighty dinosaurs were not wiped out 65 million years ago. When a rainstorm washes poor Arlo (Raymond Ochoa) downriver, he ends up bruised, battered and miles away from home. Good fortune shines on the frightened dino when he meets Spot (Jack Bright), a Neanderthal boy who offers his help and friendship. Together, the unlikely duo embark on an epic adventure to reunite Arlo with his beloved family.

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Business of the week

Carlow Tyre Centre Carlow Tyre Centre offers a high-quality, professional service at affordable prices. Customers can choose from new and part-worn tyres and great prices as well as special discounts on many services. Carlow Tyre Centre also offers a number of high-performance car services, including servicing, free NCT check, oil change, shock absorbers, brakes, back exhausts, alloys, wheel balancing, aluminium weld and spray painting, and of course, puncture repair. Visit carlowtyrecentre.ie for more information.

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Album of the week

Changes by Charles Bradley Charles Bradley, the subject of a 2012 documentary, is a soul man with a storied past, not least his long stint as a James Brown impersonator. Here, on his third album since emerging as an artist in his own right, Bradley evokes a kind of weary, vintage warmth as he tackles heartbreak in the company of the Daptone Horns, and blanches at the state of the world on the unexpectedly dubby Change for the World. Most notable of all is a cover of Black Sabbath’s Changes, teasing out the blues-metal band’s heretofore unnoticed soul bent.

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Game of the week

Erin Cabs

FIFA 16

Erin Cabs is Carlow’s only Freephone Taxi Company. They provide a 24 hour, 7 days a week taxi service around Carlow and beyond. There are a range of taxis available from four-seater saloons to eight-seater wheelchair accessible vehicles. They are also able to provide baby seats. If you are travelling to or from the airport, ferry ports, sightseeing, doctors or hospital visits, Erin Cabs will provide a good reliable service.

FIFA 16 innovates across the entire pitch to deliver a balanced, authentic, and exciting football experience that lets you play your way in your favourite mdoes and compete at a higher level. You’ll have Confidence in Defending, take Control in Midfield, and you’ll produce more Moments of Magic than ever before.

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Clinic of the week

Faceworks Faceworks offers specialised aesthetic treatments that are medically based, scientifically proven and results driven. The friendly team are passionate about delivering the best results, using only the top products, in a safe, clinical environment and are constantly training and updating their skills. Faceworks specialises in treatments that can combat the signs of ageing, and improve your skin, your appearance, and your overall confidence. Visit faceworks.ie for more information

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Book of the week

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Childhood friends Patricia Delfine, a witch, and Laurence Armstead, a mad scientist, parted ways under mysterious circumstances during school. But as adults they both wind up in near-future San Francisco, where Laurence is an engineering genius and Patricia works with a small band of other magicians to secretly repair the world’s ever growing ailments. But something is determined to bring them back together - to save the world, or end it.

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Movie of the week

The Huntsman: Winter’s War Betrayed by her evil sister Ravenna (Charlize Theron), heartbroken Freya (Emily Blunt) retreats to a northern kingdom to raise an army of huntsmen as her protectors. Gifted with the ability to freeze her enemies in ice, Freya teaches her soldiers to never fall in love. When Eric (Chris Hemsworth) and fellow warrior Sara defy this rule, the angry queen does whatever she can to stop them. As war between the siblings escalates, Eric and Sara unite with Freya to end Ravenna’s wicked reign.

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App of the week

The Score If you’re a sports fanatic and need to keep up with the results no matter what sport or team you support, then theScore is an essential app that you’ll want to make sure is installed on your device. Covering Premier League, Champions League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Europa League, European Championships, World Cup, Formula 1 racing, ATP tennis, MMA, PGA golf, NFL, NCAA Football, MLB, NBA, NHL and every other major sport and competition it’s bound to have all the stats, scores and news you need.

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Even in the Netflix age, the show must go on THE curtain opened. A hushed silence fell over WKH DXGLHQFH DQG WKH DFWRUÂśV VWURQJ FRQÂżGHQW voice took command of the room. Over the next two hours no one checked their mobile phone for messages, no one ran out to grab some extra popcorn, we were completely engrossed in the tale that was unfolding on stage. This all took place in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre, where I went last week to see an excellent play based on Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. It was hilarious, slickly produced, expertly acted and thoroughly entertaining. And there wasn’t an empty seat in the house. ,Q WKH DJH RI 1HWĂ€L[ $SSOH 79 DQG GXELRXV downloads, where we take it for granted that we can see whatever we want, whenever we want, wherever we want, people still seem willing to forgo their comfy couches for an evening at the theatre. Last year the Abbey Theatre in Dublin reFRUGHG LWV PRVW SURÂżWDEOH \HDU VLQFH ZLWK SURÂżWV RI Âź PLOOLRQ The theatre described last year’s Our Few and (YLO 'D\V VWDUULQJ /RYH +DWHÂśV 7RP 9DXJKDQ Lawlor as a “sell-out sensationâ€? and the producWLRQ KHOSHG WKH $EEH\ LQFUHDVH LWV ER[ RɤFH SHUIRUPDQFH E\ SHU FHQW RU E\ Âź IURP Âź PLOOLRQ WR Âź PLOOLRQ $QG SURÂżWV PRUH than doubled at last year’s Dublin Theatre Festival, with the ÂżUP WKDW RSHUDWHV WKH festival reporting an LQFUHDVH RI SHU cent. But as cinemas struggle to keep up SDVW SURÂżWV DQG '9' rental stores across the country are forced to close their doors, how can drama companies continue to combat the stay-at-home mindset and avoid the same fate? The whole theatrical experience is unique unto LWVHOI ,WÂśV UDGLFDOO\ GLÉŁHUHQW IURP ZDWFKLQJ D movie, even one of those movies with ridiculous 3D glasses. I have been to some plays that, without the use RI GUDPDWLF VSHFLDO HÉŁHFWV RU FRPSXWHU JHQHUDWed characters, are so intense that you can almost hear your own heart beating. At no time are the actors more than a stone’s throw away from the members of the audience. Sometimes they even VWHS RÉŁ WKH VWDJH DQG VSHDN WKHLU OLQHV LQ WKH aisles. You can’t stream that on an iPad. People who go to the theatre regularly take WKDW GLÉŁHUHQFH ² WKH LPPHGLDWH SK\VLFDO SUHVHQFH RI Ă€HVK DQG EORRG DFWRUV ² IRU JUDQWHG Yet it’s the main reason why old-fashioned live theatre is still and will always be worth seeing, HYHQ LQ WKH DJH RI 1HWĂ€L[ And this is what theatres need to promote. While Dublin’s theatres seem to be thriving, it will always be more of a struggle for smaller UHJLRQDO WKHDWUHV WR PDLQWDLQ WKHLU SURÂżWV %XW a regional theatre that presents top-class local actors, directors and designers in a small house is the cultural equivalent of the hugely fashionable small “farm-to-tableâ€? restaurants that serve locally-sourced, freshly-made food to “locavoresâ€?. Live theatre is a small-scale, handmade art form. Its intimacy is what makes it special. We need to revel in that specialness and sell it to the next generation of potential theatre lovers to make sure the art form doesn’t die. If theatres can achieve this then hopefully, HYHQ LQ WKH DJH RI 1HWĂ€L[ WKH VKRZ ZLOO DOZD\V go on.

‘I have been to some plays that are so intense you can almost hear your own heart beating. You can’t stream that on an iPad’

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It was party time at the weekend in the Shamrock Business Park. M U R P H Y ’ S Liquidation Furniture was celebrating the second anniversary of its opening in the business park at Graiguecullen, Carlow (opposite Doyles Hardware) on Saturday and Sunday. There were reductions of up to 30% on everything in the store: furniture, mattresses, beds and suites of furniture . This family-run company employs more than 50 people at present and will VRRQ RSHQ LWV ÂżIWK VKRS in Wexford. Company director Anthony Murphy says there is such demand for their products they can’t but spread the savings to other locations as so many people are travelling from all parts of Ireland to avail of the amazing prices. “So that’s what we are doing,â€? he said. “We have shops in Gorey, Tallaght, Naas , Carlow and we will be opening a new shop in Clonard retail park, Wexford (beside DID Electrical and Ken Blacks) in the next few weeks.â€? The family-run business brings in container loads of liquiated stock that

provides exceptional value and a fantastic choice of all types of new furniture for your home at highly discounted prices. With discounts ranging IURP RÉŁ KLJK street prices, whether it’s a mattress, a bed, occasional furniture or a suite of furniture you are looking for you should visit one of their shops or just go online and check out our ever changing stock. “This is not just a store with seasonal bargains,â€? said Anthony. “It’s all year round and it has a wide range that can’t be beaten on price. “Our prices start at â‚Ź79 for a 4ft6’ mattress. Top of the range mattresses that would cost â‚Ź1000 in any other shop we can sell it for 379.00. The reason being we buy liquidated stock, overstocked, end of line, stock exchanges and discontinued stock by the container load. “We buy the stock at a reduced price and simply pass on the savings on to our customers’. Each item is marked so that you can see the original recommended retail

price and, in most cases, hundreds of euros worth of savings. � The great thing about buying at Murphy’s Liquidation Furniture is that you buy WKH SURGXFW Rɣ WKH ÀRRU so you don’t have to start DVVHPEOLQJ ÀDW SDFN furniture when you get home. You don’t have to wait for a similar product to be ordered, you just take whatever it is you fancy the same day and bring it with you or have it delivered. Murphy’s Liquidation Furniture is located in 4 Shamrock Business Park and is open seven days a week. Tel. 059 917 31 05 or visit www. liquidationfurniture.ie

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James Hedderman and Aoife Murphy at the party

Mary O Sullivan, Rita Murphy, Helina Murphy, Betty Hedderman, Qwen Miley and Carol Dixon.

Anthony and Nicky Murphy celebrate two years in Carlow with staff and family.

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