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Marja van Kampen’s Waiting for Sunrise painting which will feature in Artbank’s Summer Solstice exhibition. Carlow artist Mary Clare Nolan (below) will also feature in the exhibition.

Inside Great club A Carlow club has been selected as one of the five best sports clubs in Ireland. 3DJH

Log out Two schoolgirls have decided to take a break from technology and they have persuaded their friends to give up their gadgets also. 3DJH

School hope A Bagenalstown school, threatened with closure because of low enrolement numbers, has been handed a lifeline. 3DJH

Rents rising

Counties unite in colours of summer

Rents for private houses in Carlow have risen steadily over the past year. 3DJH

MARY Clare Nolan (inset) is one of several Carlow arlow artists taking part in an interesting exhibition which opens next week. The Summer Solstice Exhibition in the new Gallery at Artbank, Bunclody, has attracted 23 artists from Carlow and Wexford. Its theme, The Turning of the Sun, was chosen to celebrate the Summer Solstice with a view to letting artists freely interpret the theme in their chosen artistic medium. The idea is that as, Bunclody straddles the borders of both counties, their artists would exhibit together as the sun turns on the Tropicc of Capricorn. The exhibition opens on Tuesday y June 21 with special guest speaker, Gallery Owner wner ay July 16. 16 6. and poet, Denis Collins, and runs until Saturday Open Tuesday to Saturday,. 2 – 6pm.

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Replaced: Jennifer Murnane O’Connor

Family affair

Ken Murnane has been co-opted to Carlow County Council to replace his sister, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor, who is now a senator. She has been appointed as Fianna Fail’s Seanad spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government.

Aldi on way

The German discount retailer Aldi is seeking planning permission for a store in Graiguenamanagh on the former Cullen Steel site.

Pollution warning Carlow contestants had fun in the sun, at the VHI women’s mini marathon, while raising money for ADogsLife. ie. The dog rescue charity sends thanks to Sue, Emma, Sarah, Dee, Sandra, Breda, Vivienne, Julia and Regina and all who supported and and cheered them along the way.

Reprieve: school gets three years to boost intake A BAGENALSTOWN school, threatened with closure because of low enrolement numbers, has been handed a lifeline. Muinebheag Vocational School has been given three years to get its annual enrolement up to around 30 new students. That is the recommendation of the Muinebheag Vocational School Task Force which had been adopted by the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB). The taskforce was set up after parents, students and WHDFKHUV XQLWHG LQ D ÂżJKW WR save the school. The Chair of the Task Force Dr Joe O’Connell presented the report to the board at a meeting on Wednesday June 6WDÉŁ DQG UHSUHVHQWDWLYHV of the parents’ association were briefed immediately after the board meeting. Carlow Fine Gael TD, Pat Deering, welcomed the KCETB announcement. “I think most people realise

that the school is neither viable or sustainable with 10 or 12 new students enrolling in September,â€? he said. “The Task Force has set a clear target of around 30 students which represents 15 – 17% of 6th class school leavers in the local area over the next three years. A target of 20 students has been set for September 2017. “At least we now know what has to happen to ensure that the school remains open. The School Management, Board of Management, Parents Association and the whole community will have to work together for the future of the school and the long term EHQHÂżW RI WKH FRPPXQLW\ ´ Mr Deering also welcomed the announcement by Minister for Education Richard Bruton that local schools, St Marys Knockbeg; Bigstone National School, Rathvilly and Myshall National School; Scoil Fhoirtcheirn and Fhinn Naofa, are to receive funding for emergency works.

Inland Fisheries Ireland has asked farmers across Carlow to be extremely vigilant to avoid water pollution when harvesting silage and spreading slurry throughout the summer months.

Council houses

Carlow County Clouncil has approved the building of 34 new houses -24 in Bagenalstown and 10 at Rathvilly. Work will begin next month.

Fence grants

Sheep fencing is now in the list of eligible investments items in TAMS II. “I am delighted that the introduction of this important investment item has been recently approved ,� said Carlow’s Fine Gael TD Pat Deering.

Priory tours

The OPW has agreed to begin daily tours of Kells Priory. The 12th century National Monument was last in use almost 500 years ago and has been excavated.

Coursing

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has refused to ban hare coursing outright but has warned that hare coursing organisers must operate within the law and within the terms of their coursing licences.

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Carlow rents rising as gap with Dublin closes RENTS for private houses in Carlow have risen steadily over the past year but the rate of increase is considerably less than the national average. The average monthO\ UHQW KHUH LQ WKH ÂżUVW quarter of 2016 was â‚Ź641, up â‚Ź6 from the average rent at the end RI ODVW \HDU QHZ ÂżJXUHV show. $W WKH HQG RI WKH ÂżUVW quarter of 2015 the average monthly rent in

Carlow was â‚Ź617. This represents an average LQFUHDVH RI DERXW ÂżYH per cent in the year. The national average increase is more than nine per cent. 7KH ÂżJXUHV IURP WKH Residential Tenancies Board show the average monthly rent for a 3-bedroom semi-detached house in Carlow WRZQ IRU WKH ÂżUVW TXDUter of this year to be â‚Ź650.26. This is up from an average of â‚Ź631.53

for 2015 and 598.48 for 2014. Not all rents have risen. The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Tullow in the ÂżUVW TXDUWHU RI WKLV year was â‚Ź529.64, down from â‚Ź536.45 in the same period last year. The average for 2014 was â‚Ź508.68 7KH ÂżJXUHV VKRZ WKDW rents in Dublin are now higher than they were at the peak of the boom - but the rate at which

Welcome to the house of horrors LOFTUS Hall, which claims to be the most haunted house in Ireland, has opened a visitors’ centre. “It is a really exciting addition to our Loftus Hall House Tour,â€? said Anne Power. “I think we realised very early on that there is such an abundance of history and incredible characters associated with Loftus Hall, that it is going to be an everchanging, continually XS GDWLQJ Ă€XLG UHsource.â€? Tom Ă“ Morchoe, Manager of the Tottenham Estates in New Ross, was on hand at the house on the Hook 3HQLQVXOD WR RɤFLDOly declare the centre open. Mr Ă“ Morchoe represents a crucial connection to Loftus Hall via the Tottenham family, and the Marquis of Ely title line. The Redmond family, the Tottenham Loftus family and, more recently, the Benedictine Nuns and Rosminian Order, have all contributed an extensive supply of happenings and adventures to the history of the house. “There have been KRUULÂżF DQG JUXHVRPH battles, there has been prosperity, wealth, bankruptcy, love triangles, one of the longest court battles in Irish history, and so much more... it reads like the most incredible novel,â€? said Anne. The infamous Legend of Loftus Hall, featuring the Devil himself, is the most well known tale associated with the Hall, and with this new visitors centre, Loftus Hall’s

they are increasing is slowing Nationally, rents increased by 9.8 per cent last year, slowing between the third quarter, when the increase was 3.6 per cent, and the fourth, when it was 2.2 per cent. Rents in Dublin increased by 9 per cent last year – with the sums paid for houses up 9.5 per cent and apartments up 8.7 per cent. The report shows

Sarah Corish and Jon Gethings at the Loftus Hall visitors’ centre

rents outside Dublin are still almost 15 per cent below their 2007 peak. Outside Dublin at the end of last year, houses were averaging â‚Ź728 per month and apartments â‚Ź696, compared with â‚Ź664 and â‚Ź629 respectively a year earlier. Rents for houses averaged â‚Ź1,431 in Dublin and for apartments averaged â‚Ź1,314 - 0.4 per cent higher than in 2007.

The RTB website www.rtb.ie (click on ‘rent index) contains an Average Rent Dataset which enables people to check the average UHQW EHLQJ SDLG IRU ÂżYH GLÉŁHUHQW FDWHJRULHV RI dwelling types throughout the country, in both urban and rural areas. You can check what is the actual rent being paid for a variety RI GLÉŁHUHQW SURSHUWLHV in a number of areas in County Carlow.

Detailed analysis of homeless problem VITAL research is underway on the problem of homelessness in Carlow. ,W LV WKH ÂżUVW VXFK study of its kind and will focus on the extent and risk of homelessness here, including the number of families at risk. The research is being conducted by Carlow County Development Partnership and ÂżQDQFHG E\ 7KH &RPmunity Foundation for Ireland, Mags Gavin from The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and Carlow County Council said she was “delightedâ€? to hear that Carlow County Development Partnership had secured funds for the research. “ We hope that this will create greater awareness and support early interventions which will help avoid homelessness in the long run,â€? she said. The Simon Community reports that the number of individuals,

families and children in emergency accommodation across the country increased each month LQ DQG WKH ÂżUVW WZR months of 2016. Those at the frontline in Carlow report that their current caseload is between 10 – 15 inquiries per week for housing supports, with 12- 16 individuals living in hostel accommodation in Carlow each week. However, the real extent of homelessness and risk of homelessness in Carlow is not clear. This is a critical piece of research according to Mary Walsh, CEO of Carlow County Development Partnership, who stated that ‘if as a county we want to address homelessness and support those at risk of homelessness then we need to be clear on the IDFWV DQG ÂżJXUHV UHODWing to Carlow in order to make a compelling case and bring additional resources and services into the county.â€?

Shoes and other clothes help refugees from Syria RZQHUV DQG VWDɣ KRSH to share even more with their visitors, especially some treasured nuggets from Loftus Hall’s past. The newly Visitors’ Centre at Loftus Hall is open to all those who visit the Hall, whether there to take the popular House Tour, or just WKHUH IRU FRɣHH Loftus Hall is open weekends up until the 18th June, when the gates will open seven days a week until the

4th September. The birthday celebrations in July will be followed by the Waves Festival on the 28th August. Waves is a brand new music festival hosted at Loftus Hall by the RNLI. Fethard RNLI needs to raise â‚Ź65,000 for a new Lifeboat, and to hold such an event at the iconic Loftus Hall will certainly set the stage for a huge success.

The Norman Festival weekend will then ÂżQLVK RÉŁ /RIWXV +DOOÂśV summer season, taking place on the 3rd and 4th September. Loftus Hall will then close until the skeletal hands of Halloween begin knocking! 7R ÂżQG RXW PRUH about Loftus Hall and its 666th see www.loftushall.ie or call 051 397728.

A SMALL group in Carlow is working to ease the plight of refugees from Syria and is also helping some children in Ireland. 7KH -DFNHW 2ÉŁ <RXU %DFN project was started by businessman Kevin Kelly, Sue Kelly and Emily Deveraux at the end of last November . They aim to keep homeless people warm and they help both homeless people in Ireland and Syrians in refugee camps in Greece . They operate from a unit LQ 6WUDZKDOO %XVLQHVV 3DUN Athy Road.

Their ambitious aim, Kevin Kelly says, is to put shoes on one million children in poor countries “and not to forget there might be some in our country too.â€? In recent weeks, they have delivered containers of clothes and shoes to Damascus, as well as two pallets or 70 boxes to families living in poverty in Romania. If you would like to VXSSRUW 7KH -DFNHW 2ÉŁ <RXU %DFN FDOO .HYLQ RQ 0868988137 or Sue on 0863675593, or email jackHWRÉŁ\RXUEDFN#JPDLO FRP

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Teacher blames late diagnosis for removal of breast A RETIRED teacher has secured a settlement from the Health Service Executive (HSE) over an alleged late diagnosis of cancer. Eileen Fennessy (69) from Piltown claimed she had to have a breast removed because of the late diagnosis. She told a court she would have also avoided chemotherapy if her cancer had been diagnosed sooner. Ms Fennessy had a number of mammograms between 2002 and 2011, and all came back with normal results. But in 2012, her GP referred her to Waterford Regional Hospital after discovering a large lump on her right breast. Tests revealed a Grade 2 tumour. She underwent chemotherapy but the breast needed to be removed the following year. In her court papers, it was claimed that the 2011 mammogram suspected the presence of cancer cells and it was argued that she should have been recalled. An out-of-court settlement was reached between the par-

ties on the second day of the proceedings. The details of the settlement were not revealed in open court. Ms Fennessy had sued the HSE, which oversees the Breast Check National Breast Screening Programme, for alleged negligence and breach of duty. Outlining the claim, senior counsel Pat Treacy said Ms Fennessy had mammograms in November 2002 and 2004 which showed normal. She also underwent a mammogram on October 23rd 2009 and November 25th 2011, both of which were reported as showing no evidence of cancer. However, in October 2012, she attended her GP who found a large mass in her right breast and referred her to Waterford Regional Hospital. It was claimed the mammogram of November 25th, 2011 was reported as normal but was in fact suspicious of cancer and Ms Fennessy should have been recalled for further investiagtion.

The Port of Waterford Company celebrates its 200th birthday this summer and as part of those celebrations they will welcome the Morgenster Tall Ship to the city on Saturday, June 18 . Tickets to take a tour of the ship are now on sale. The proceeds of the â‚Ź10 ticket for a party of four will all be donated to Waterford City River Rescue. Tickets can be purchased through the Theatre Royal box office at www.theatreroyal.ie.

Big drop in number of patients on trolleys at St Luke’s THE number of people waiting on trolleys at St Luke’s Hospital LQ 0D\ ZDV GRZQ VLJQL¿FDQWO\ on last year - from 297 to 159. 7KH ¿JXUHV DUH FRPSLOHG E\ the nurses’ union, the INMO. Nationally, it found there was a 14% reduction in the number of admitted patients on trolleys last month, compared to May 2015. However, over the previous 12 months, there was an increase in the number of admitted patients on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick

and the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar. The INMO’s analysis shows the number of admitted patients on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick rose from 538 to 592. University Hospital Limerick also had the highest number of admitted patients on trolleys last month. Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, with 535 admitted patients on trolleys, had the second highest number. South Tipperary General

Hospital and the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore, each had the third highest number, with 448 admitted patients on trolleys. 2YHUDOO WKH ÂżJXUHV FRQÂżUP that 6,627 patients admitted for care were on trolleys this year, compared to 7,713 last year. But as numbers on trolleys fall, hospital waiting lists DUH JURZLQJ 7KH ÂżJXUHV IRU May show 509,994 patients are either waiting for an operation, an outpatient appointment or

an internal endoscopy examination. Numbers waiting for an outpatient appointment have gone up from 407,257 to 415,584 in the space of a month. And the backlog of patients needing surgery rose from 74,274 to 74,986. There were 5,418 people waiting for surgery for more than 15 months in May. This is a massive jump compared to the 4,603 enduring the same length of delays in April.

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College merger ‘best option’ says Sinn Fein INTEGRATION of Carlow and Waterford Institutes of Technology remains “the most likely optionâ€? for the delivery of university status to the region. That’s the view of a discussion paper produced by Sinn Fein. “The absolute requirement of a mergHU KDV FUHDWHG GLɤFXOties and the energy, focus and resources of both institutes and has been to service a merger process rather than on developing a model

of what a University of the South East will look like,â€? it says. It argues that the coming together of both ITs must be pursued, UHĂ€HFWLQJ WKH PXOWL campus model which works well, for example, at the University of Ulster. “This is a model that should be studied and examined and is crucial in avoiding duplication,â€? said David Cullinane, the Waterford 7' ZKR KDG LQĂ€XHQtial input into the dis-

ucssion paper. Mr Cullinane said questions still remain over “what exactly a Technological University is ‌and whether or not they are universities on a par with existing universities or a middle ground between remaining Institutes of Technology and existing universitiesâ€?. The recently-elected TD said that “applied orientationâ€? is a common feature among the other Technological Universities he has

assessed, bodies which are “usually more professionally focused on the economic need and aspiration� of the region in which they’re situated. “Any University in the Southeast needs to be an engine of economic growth, fostering creativity across all education platforms but also across industry and enterprise through strong research and innovation.� Stressing that “any diminution of the Uni-

versity brand will damage all,� the discussion paper states that all universities need to be “truly independent, have baseline funding for research and development and have the autonomy and funding necessary to grow and develop and deliver the change intended�. Also calling for an expansion of laboratory facilities at WIT, David Cullinane welcomed the deepening of employment prospects in the Biopharma indus-

try across the region and hopes that student numbers in Life Sciences can be expanded. “However as these are lab-based subjects, WIT is inhibited from doing this because of the limited laboratory space. “A better mapping between investment and regional demand would provide the type of investment required to extend out labs and increase the intake of students for this sector.�

Tackling health issues with touch of humour CARLOW Mental Health Association is hosting a talk on Understanding the Emotional Well Being of Teenagers by Dr Fergus Heffernan, renowned Clinical Psychologist, on Monday ,June 20 at 7:30pm in the Seven Oaks Hotel. The talk is open to all and there is no admission charge. Dr Heffernan employs an honest, practical and often humorous approach to the subject of Mental Health and Family Issues. “He speaks from the heart in a refreshingly down-to-earth manner�, said a volunteer with Carlow Mental Health Association who has previously attended a talk by Dr. Heffernan. “I was alternately wiping away tears of laughter as Dr. Heffernan recounted anecdotes of typical family life to which the whole audience could relate and

Ultimate sacriďŹ ce: girls give up their phones ABBY Kehoe and Shannon Noonan decided to take a break from technology and they have persuaded their friends to give up their gadgets also. In the process they are raising funds for a charity that helps other children. Abby and Shannon are sixth class students in Ballinabranna National School. The girls realised recently that spending too much time every day on their phones, tablets, games consoles and gadgets isn’t good for them or

their friends. They found that spending time on their technology, gadgets and messaging caused them to spend less time with their family, to stay up late at night and to be grumpy when told to get RÉŁ WKH JDGJHWV They decided to take a break from technology and encourage every student in the school to do the same by having a three-day Digital Detox in their school. The school are 100% behind them so it is happening in Ballinabranna National School on the

14th, 15th and 16th of June. The kids taking part in the 3 Day Digital Detox will not use their phones or tablets for the three days. As any parent or guardian knows WKLV LV D PDMRU VDFULÂżFH for children and teenagers. They have decided to use this opportunity to raise money for the BubbleGum Club Charity (http://www.bubblegumclub.ie/ who provide extraordinary outings for extraordinary children, many of ZKRP VXÉŁHU IURP OLIH threatening illness, long

term debilitating illness or are disadvantaged in some other way. The BubbleGum Club provides professional care in a fun environment giving kids a great boost, but also providing a well-earned break for the parents, family and carers. Peter Harris, founder of the charity visited the school last :HGQHVGD\ WR RɤFLDOO\ launch #DD16 (3 Day Digital Detox 2016) to encourage students to take part. The girls also want to use this opportunity to raise awareness of cyber Bullying.

tears of sadness as he spoke of the difficulties he dealt with as a child as a result of the poor mental health of his mother nd of the heartbreak he suffered as a father in the face of his son’s mental health difficulties. I found his talk enthralling and truly uplifting.� Dr. Heffernan has a BSc in Clinical Psychology, an MSc in Family Therapies, and an MSc in Cellular Molecular Biology, as well as a PhD in Bio Psychology. He has spent much of his adult life working in some of the most distressed areas on the planet. He has dealt with soldiers with trauma from Battleground Operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, Central Africa and Bosnia. For further information contact Sinead Tynan on 0872264202.

Caged birds sing for the IT’s Fine Art students IT CARLOW’S students of Fine Art saw their creativity take flight when the annual exhibition opened its doors at the Wexford Arts Centre. This exhibition, ‘The Caged Bird Sings...’, is the culmination of four years of development, experimentation and honing artistic practice at the IT’s Wexford campus. It marks the beginning of each artist’s professional career and showcases their dedication to creating strong individual work under a wide variety of themes. The exhibition features

the work of Ann Breen, Deirdre Buttimer, Lisa Dunne, Fran Greene, Gina Murphy, Danny O’Brien, Martin Reading, Sandra Ryan, Breda Stacey and Zane Sutra. The Caged Bird Sings...’ was officially opened by Visual CEO Ann Mulrooney. It runs in Wexford Arts Centre until June 16. Meanwhile back at the campus, graduates of the BA Honours in Visual Communication and Design made a grand exit when they showcased their final projects in their ‘Exit 16’ exhibition.

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Teachers show how to shake off those exam blues STAFF at a Carlow school came up with an unusual ‘good luck’ message for their students ahead of the Leaving Cert exams. The teachers and othHU VWDÉŁ DW 6W /HRÂśV &ROOHJH starred in their own video of 7D\ORU 6ZLIWÂśV 6KDNH ,W 2ÉŁ The video, which is over three minutes long, sees PHPEHUV RI WKH VFKRROÂśV VWDÉŁ dancing, acting and lip-syncing to the feel-good song. It has been viewed 150,00 times on Facebook alone with thousands of viewings on other sites since it was posted last week. 7KH VHFUHW YLGHR RI VWDÉŁ dancing, acting and miming WR Âľ6KDNH ,W 2ÉŁÂś ZDV VKRZQ at Awards Day, ahead of the exams. “It was done as a gift to our students at this particularly stressful time of year,â€? said Clare Ryan, Principal at St. Leo’s, who appears on the video. “It was originally shown

as a surprise at our end of year Awards Day to the absolute delight of the students.â€? $OO VWDÉŁ Âą WHDFKHUV WKH school chaplain, SNAs, DQG WKH RɤFH FDWHULQJ DQG cleaning workers - combined their talents for the video. It was produced by Niamh Callanan and shot at secret locations in the school after hours to ensure it was a total surprise when shown to the whole school gathered for the awards ceremony. The video has popped up on many social media sites and the comments from around the world have been overwhelmingly favourable. “Why can’t we have more teachers like these?â€? asked one posting.“Brilliant from the teachers,â€? said another. “Obviously a great school.â€? But the website Buzz.ie wondered, “Is this quality or cringe?â€? If you haven’t seen the video yet, Google it and judge for yourself.

Dark trip ends with with a new dawn

Daiga Ezermale in nationa costume

WHAT’S THE STORY? By Daiga Ezermale Continuing with stories from the ‘My Story So Far’ project in partnership with Visual, Carlow College, Carlow Integration Forum and Carlow County Development Partnership, this week we meet Daiga Ezermale from Latvia. Daiga is well known in Carlow and Tullow for her work with the Latvian Festival and community and her involvement with various activities and events throughout the county. Daiga’s story: I was born in a beautiful country called Latvia. Bright green in Summer, white and cold in Winter. Golden colours in Autumn. 2XU KDSS\ IDPLO\ Âą WZR girls and a boy united like a nest of little birds who are asking for food. But time

came when I didn’t have a chance to feed there. I had to look for another chance to work and make money. , ZDV RɣHUHG DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR À\ WR ,UHODQG EXW , didn’t know anything about

Ireland, only that this country is 3000 miles away and I didn’t have any English. I felt this was the chance that I had to take. My journey began with a ride, crying half the way - all of my fam-

ily, my three kids, were left behind. Then I did look out of the window to remember all scenery of my beautiful country in case I will never return. My next step of the journey to Ireland was a train from Latvia to Lithuania long sixhour train trip. In the middle of the night I was woken by being violently shook in a train crash and thrown out of my seat. I was late for my plane. $OO ZKDW , KHDU ¹ ZK\" Why? Why all this happening to me? , DP ¿QDOO\ RQ WKH SODQH and I hear a strange language, - English. I feel uncomfortable with it but promise to myself I will learn and I will speak. 7KH ÀLJKW ZDV ORQJ IURP 9LOQLXV ¹ WR &RSHQKDJHQ DQG Dublin. Dublin airport: dark night, no friends, feeling lost far away from home. Then again long journey to my house in Ireland, beautiful roads with lights- like a little star by each side. But PRUH , UHPHPEHU WKH ¿UVW morning when I look up in the sky I see mountains in the clouds, and I was surprised how high they are! The trip to Ireland ends with a bright sunshine day‌

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Taskforce will try to halt decline of town’s centre THE Chamber of Commerce is developing a plan to reverse the decline of Carlow town centre. The move follows a meeting at which traders went public with their fears about the cenWUH DQG SOHGJHG WR ¿JKW EDFN More than 60 businesses attended the meeting, called by County Carlow Chamber of Commerce. They heard about many problems facing business in the town but also came up with proposals to put things right. 7KH PHHWLQJ ¿UVW ÀDJJHG LQ the Carlow Courier of May 10, was called following closure of WKUHH EXVLQHVVHV LQ RQH ZHHN D MHZHOOHUœV VKRS D ÀRULVW DQG a dry-cleaning business. At the time many retailers blamed the closure of SuperValue in Carlow Shopping &HQWUH IRU VSDUNLQJ WKH ZLGHU problems During the meeting, in The Tower, Dinn Rí, traders expressed a considerable level of concern about the direction WKH WRZQ FHQWUH KDV WDNHQ LQ recent years.

“Carlow Chamber is now in the process of developing a plan to address the serious challenges raised and subsequently plans to set up D WRZQ FHQWUH WDVN IRUFH WR drive improvement with the DVVLVWDQFH RI DOO VWDNHKROGHUV within the town,â€? said Brian O’Farrell, the chamber’s CEO. “It was great to see such a strong attendance and it shows the passion and desire among the business owners to come together with the common goal of improving the centre of Carlow,â€? he said. A recent report showed that Carlow was one of 11 counties that saw declines in the value of their commercial property deals last year. It shows that the value of all types of property transactions in the regions outside Dublin increased by 28pc to â‚Ź6.9bn during 2015. While Dublin still accounted for the lion’s share with â‚Ź9.53bn worth of property deals, in fact this was a drop of 6pc on the 2014 performance.

Irish Ferries have a number of Haven Holiday deals likely to appeal to families looking for a break at a selection of eight popular parks in Britain. For rreservations made before June 20, â‚Ź70 can be saved on seven night stays up to August 15, while a reduction of â‚Ź45 is available on four night breaks up to October 24, on bookings made by June 27. For further information see www. irishferries.com/haven.

Youth Service plans for a summer of fun SUMMER camps, day trips ZHHNO\ JURXSV DQG \RXWK leadership training are all part of the summer schedule of activities for children and teenagers launched by Carlow Regional Youth Service. The schedule, which caters for young people aged 5 to 18, is underway and runs through to the end of August. One of the biggest camps RQ RÉŁHU LV &DUORZ 6XPPHU

Camp which runs from Monday July 4 to Friday July 8. It is for children aged 5-12 and runs across four venues in Carlow. This is the 28th year of Carlow Summer Camp with over 300 children attending annually. It is supported by over 100 volunteers. This camp includes lots of indoor and outdoor activities

DQG ¿QLVKHV ZLWK D GD\ WULS (which is top secret until the day). 7KH <RXWK 6HUYLFH LV ORRNing for volunteers to support this camp, so if you are 16 or over why not give it a go. All the volunteers are trained by \RXWK ZRUNHUV DQG LWœV D JUHDW opportunity to meet new people while developing your OHDGHUVKLS VNLOOV If volunteering isn’t your

thing, or you’re just too young, then maybe one of the other activities will be of interest to you. 7KHUH DUH ORWV RI ZHHNO\ groups, camps and day trips running all summer including extreme water sports FDPS DQG ND\DNLQJ FRRNLQJ SURJUDPPHV VFKRRO RI URFN stepping stones programme, and computer coding camp. Summer camps and youth groups are a great opportunity to have some fun, meet new people and learn new VNLOOV For information on these camps, contact Carlow Regional Youth Service at Montgomery House, Athy Road, Carlow. Call: 059 9130476 Email: reception1@carlowys. LH RU IROORZ WKH )DFHERRN page for Carlow Regional Youth Service. ,I \RX DUH D SDUHQW ORRNLQJ for a summer camp for your children you should try the website FunDays.ie. It lists many of the summer camps WDNLQJ SODFH LQ WKH FRXQW\ DQG throughout Ireland.

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The ice-cream man cometh... A fiting finale to the greatest game of hurling ever played The Scallionater

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| Lifestyle SUZANNE POWER

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Show your true colours ONE of the most stylish ways to decorate is by creating a look based around a single colour. 2ÉŁVHWWLQJ WKH VKDGH with perfect partners is the key to building a scheme around it. From ÂżHU\ KXHV WR FDOPLQJ blues here are some ideas.

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Inputs ‘need independent monitor’ THE country’s biggest dairy farming organisation has called for the appointment of an independent third party to monitor inputs. The Deputy President of ICMSA, Pat McCormack, said the need to provide farmers with greater conÂżGHQFH DERXW WKH TXDOLW\ of farm inputs has come into sharp focus during the present price slump. +H VDLG ,&06$ ÂżUPO\ EHlieves that the onus is on

the Department of Agriculture to ensure that clear and more accurate information on key farm inputs is made available for farmers. “As far as farmers are concerned it’s the Department that should be verifying that the input information being put out is correct and certainly the Department should also be playing a greater role where disputes arise over WKH VSHFLÂżFDWLRQ RI LQSXWV ´

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out. Margins are simply too tight at farm level for any inconsistencies and farmers need – and are entiWOHG WR JHW FRQÂżGHQFH WKDW they are getting what they SDLG IRU ´ VDLG 0U 0F&RUmack. In relation to feed, Mr. McCormack said that the UFL or energy level of all IHHGVWXÉŁV VKRXOG QRZ EH published compulsorily on all feed products being sold so that farmers can make better informed decisions

when purchasing. With the management of livestock being notably complex, farmers need as much information as possible and the making the publication of UFL values of concentrate feed compulsory would certainly be a step in the right direction and provide farmers with a greater OHYHO RI FRQÂżGHQFH In relation to fertiliser, he said the Department can play a greater role by carrying out more testing

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House and land for auction with â‚Ź800,000 guide A FARMHOUSE and land at the foot of Mount Leinster has come on the market. The 77ac farm at Knockclonagad, Garryhill, Fenagh, was bought by the current owners in 1998 and has been carefully refurbished inside and out. GIY and Cully & Sully were joined by Insomnia CEO Bobby Kerr and Dragon Alison to launch their ‘al desko’ food-growing challenge.

How to turn your work desk into a little farm THE GIY (Grow It Yourself) movement has launched an initiative to help people understand where their food comes from and green-up Ireland’s workplaces. The ‘Give Peas A Chance’ campaign will see up to 500 teams in companies all over Ireland growing some peas on their desk at work over the summer months. Once they sign up to the challenge, the teams will receive a free grow pack of sow-

ing pots, seeds and soil plus expert growing tips and training advice from GIY. Companies then NLFN RÉŁ WKHLU ÂľDO GHVNRÂś growing, competing against each other by logging their growing adventures on a dedicated online ‘growing wall’ and sharing their exploits on social media. The most engaged DQG JUHHQ ÂżQJHUHG team win vouchers to visit Ballymaloe House & Cookery School worth â‚Ź1,500, and

best of all get to donate a community garden worth â‚Ź3,000 to a local cause of their choice. GIY has teamed up with the Cully & Sully food producers for the initiative. Founder of GIY Michael Kelly says there was a huge response to last year’s challenge. “Along with Cully & Sully, we are big believers in the power of small food growing experiences to transform people’s attitude to food and health and

we’re delighted to make this year’s Give Peas A Chance challenge even bigger and better. People are often daunted by the idea of growing their own food, so this challenge shows them how simple it is, and you get to harvest some lovely pea shoots to eat ULJKW Rɣ \RXU OLWWOH PLQL farm on your desk.� For more details and to register for the desktop growing challenge log onto www. cullyandsully.com/ourgarden and give peas a chance

It will be sold at auction and can be bought in lots or as an entire with the house on 65ac making up one lot and the 12ac piece making up the other. Guide price for the entire is ₏800,000. The auction will be held at the Step House Hotel, Borris, at 3pm on Wednesday, June 22. The sale is jointly handled by Raymond Potterton Auctioneers and Kearney Auctioneers, Bagenalstown. The farm is located 30 minutes south of Carlow and 15 minutes from the M9 intersection at Junction 5. The house is a threestorey construction. Originally in two storeys the current owners raised the roof to creDWH WKH WKLUG ÀRRU ZKLOH maintaining the original aspect of the house. In the course of their

renovations the couple discovered some lovely granite stonework hidden behind paint and plasterboard and proceeded to reveal all these hidden gems. The farmyard has a great array of buildings and all the old granite outhouses have been maintained and developed along with some ¿QH PRGHUQ VWUXFWXUHV The yard is in three diviVLRQV ZLWK WKH ¿UVW FRQsisting of the original outhouses in a courtyard arrangement adjacent to the house. The granite sheds have been recently reroofed and include two loose boxes. In the same courtyard is a long stone barn with secure steel doors currently used as a tool-shed and a workshop. The main farmyard LV PDGH XS RI D ¿YH column, round roofed shed with a four-column lean-to at one side and a three column lean-to at the other. The sheds, which have FRQFUHWH ÀRRUV DQG concrete walls and are set on a concrete yard, are suitable for a range of uses from machinery storage to livestock housing or fodder storage.

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There’s no place like ’ holm Stockholm has a reputation for being an expensive travel destination, but here are some ways to enjoy Sweden’s capital that won’t cost a whole lot of krona FLOATING HOTELS Stockholm has its fair share of boat hotels – or “botelsâ€? – docked all over town. The city’s boat hotel-hostel combos cost a fraction of what you’d pay on land, and provide loads of ambience. For H[DPSOH IRUPHU ÂżVKLQJ ERDW Red Boat Mälaren (from â‚Ź30 % % D QLJKW LQ D IRXU EHG URRP WR Âź D QLJKW LQ D private suite, breakfast included) is painted in classic Swedish Falu red. 'RFNHG DORQJVLGH 6|GHU Mälarstrand, it takes you back in time, with refurbished wood-panelled walls KXQJ ZLWK QDXWLFDO ODPSV old lanterns and lifebelts as decor. ECLECTIC NEIGHBOURHOODS Each district in Stockholm has its own personality. For some of the coolest fusion restaurants in town and a sea RI \RXQJ SURIHVVLRQDOV H[SORUH WKH LVODQG RI .XQJVKROmen. )RU D PRUH EXGJHW IULHQGO\ QHLJKERXUKRRG DQG 6WRFNholm’s most vibrant scene, HFOHFWLF 6|GHUPDOP Âł6|GHU´ RÉŁHUV YLQWDJH VKRSSLQJ HWKQLF UHVWDXUDQWV RUJDQLF FDIHV DQG TXLUN\ QLJKWOLIH 7KH DUHD VRXWK RI )RONXQJDJDWDQ LQ 6|GHUPDOP FDOOHG 6R)R SDFNV PRUH YLQWDJH SXQFK than any area in town. %URZVH WKURXJK WLPHOHVV vinyl at Fade Records, pick up colourful nick-nacks and kitschy souveniers at Coctail,

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Parting can be sweet sorrow MILORD is French slang for a snobbish Englishman and is also the title of a song by Edith Piaf, a favourite singer of Charles de Gaulle. The French president twice vetoed Britain’s application to join what was then the Common Market and is now the European Union. He delivered his initial veto in 1963 at a summit meetLQJ LQ 3DULV KDYLQJ ÂżUVW VHFXUHG DJUHHPHQW IURP his Cabinet. But what, one minister asked, will we actually tell the British? To the amazement of his team, de Gaulle, who was usually solemn and alZD\V GLJQLÂżHG URVH IURP KLV VHDW DQG GLG D OLWWOH dance in the style of Piaf. Then, imitating the singer, he delivered his own version of a line from her song which asks, ‘Mais vous pleurez, Milord?’ ‘Ne pleurez pas, Milord’, sang de Gaulle. Don’t cry. Dry your eyes. De Gaulle believed the UK would never be a committed member of a European union. He had KLV RZQ VHOÂżVK UHDVRQV IRU ZDQWLQJ WR NHHS RXW the UK but his assessment of Britain’s attitude has proved correct. A lot of British people simply do not feel at home in the EU. I have been struck by how, in their referendum debate, even those on the Remain side use language which distances their country from its European partners. They speak of ‘Europe’ as a foreign land in a way which recalls the apocryphal British newspaper headline: ‘Fog in Channel; ContiQHQW &XW 2ÉŁÂś It is ‘them’ and ‘us’ and while ‘them’ might be perfectly good neighbours it is clear that, even on the Remain side, few English (I don’t think this goes for Scotland) believe they will ever be one of ‘us’. When they talk about immigrants and immigration they draw no distinction between fellow EU nationals - citizens of our union - and those from elsewhere. Some like them, some loathe them - but all see them as foreigners. Britain has always been a semi-detached member of the European club. It is not in the Euro or the Schengen travel area. It tends to stay aloof from the networking and dealing which makes this multi-state union function. Britain sits on the sidelines when policies are laid down, then moans about them later. Since joining the EEC (along with Ireland and Denmark) in 1973, Britain has three times renegotiated its terms of entry (under Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron) and is heading for its second referendum on membership. 7KH ÂżUVW XQGHU :LOVRQ LQ UHVXOWHG LQ D 67% vote in favour of staying in, but that was not the end of the debate. And if next week’s vote is to Remain, I doubt if that will end it either. I very much hope Britain will vote to stay in the EU. It is our closest neighbour, our biggest trading partner - and part of our country falls within UK territory. But, if the vote is to Remain, I believe this should be the last time the rest of the EU members indulge Britain. No more renegotiations. No more concessions. Britain would be a loss to the union, and particularly to Ireland. But the state of uncertainty the UK creates, with its half-hearted involvement and threats of exit, undermines the union and is as damaging as an exit itself. It would be a pity to see them go. But if they do, ‘ne pleurez pas’ ... we should shed no tears.

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park in France is trying to help with that. Among its attractions is an aroma table with bell-jars containing items that correspond to the scent of certain wines. They include pencil sharpenings, tinned pineapples and gunpowder. I’m hoping to persuade the editor to send me there. ,I \RX ¿QG \RXUVHOI UHDGLQJ about an explosive little wine with accents of gunpowder, hints of pencil-pairings and packed with pineapple straight from the tin, you’ll know I have succeeded. The theme park is called La CitÊ du Vin. It is the Bordeaux region and cost ₏63m to construct.

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Whiskey-a-go-go for Father’s Day THERE’S little in life better than pouring a drop of the KDUG VWXÉŁ DQG VLWWLQJ GRZQ WR UHOD[ DIWHU D ORQJ GD\ And you’d be in good company. James Joyce, Mark Twain, and Winston Churchill all enjoyed a dram, and they had no reservations about speaking publicly on the subject, well oiled, no doubt. Joyce mused on “the light music of whiskey falling into a glass — an agreeable interludeâ€?. 0\ ÂżUVW HQFRXQWHU ZLWK WKDW ÂľRLO RI FRQYHUVDWLRQÂś ZDV at 15 when my grand-aunt introduced me to Teachers’ 6FRWFK ZLWK ZKLFK , Ă€LUWHG XQWLO DERXW \HDUV DJR when a colleague, a Cockney, introduced me to the joy of Jameson with the remonstration: “ You call yourself an Irishman and you drink Scotch!â€? My one and only darling daughter recently took me on an outing for Father’s Day, albeit early, to tour the Teeling Whiskey Distillery in the heart of Dublin’s Liberties. During founder Walter Teeling’s time, in 1782, there ZHUH GLÉŁHUHQW GLVWLOOHULHV LQ 'XEOLQ 'XULQJ WKH 19th century their whiskey became recognised as the best in the world, leaving the Scots and the Japanese in the ha’penny place. But, as Irish whiskey fell on hard times, so too did distilling in Dublin and the last pot still ran cold in 1976, with Bushmills going north, Jameson south, while smaller operations closed down in the face of such bigger opposition. Until June, 2015 when Walter’s grandsons opened Teeling’s doors once more in Dublin, with not only an actual working distillery but also one that my daughter and I, and fellow tipplers, could visit and sample their nectar. As our guide Alex Chasko shows us around the workings of the distillery, he also proudly tells us that the Teeling Whiskey Distillery has been named the World’s Best Whiskey Visitor Attraction at the World :KLVNLHV $ZDUGV LQ 0DUFK EHDWLQJ RÉŁ VWLÉŁ FRPSHWLtion from other such attractions across the globe, as only the Irish can. The whiskey itself won Double Gold at the World Spirits Competition in San Francisco last year and is currently the holder of the Gold medal from the Irish Whiskey Masters. And so I sit down to the real business at hand, the WDVWLQJ RI ÂżQH ZKLVNH\ ZLWK P\ PLQG QRWLQJ WKDW 7HHOing is now sold in 36 countries abroad and that Irish whiskey overall will sell 96 million bottles worldwide WKLV \HDU 7KHLU Ă€DJVKLS WKH 6PDOO %DWFK JHWV PH RÉŁ to a good start, with an inviting nose — hey, I am on a learning curve — where vanilla and spice dance with sweet notes of, ah, yes, rum. “Go easy Dad,â€? chides my daughter. But I am unnerved, on a roll, the Single Grain beckoning. More spice and fruit on the nose, this time, ZLWK D GU\ WDQQLQ ÂżQLVK DQG \HW DJDLQ WKDW ZRRG “Wow!â€? I say, possessed. The Single Malt up next, the warmth of my indulgence enveloping me. “Well,â€? inquires Alex, as I sip the last of my three amigos. “Well,â€? I reply, it’s vibrant, with, eh, notes of melon, ÂżJV WRÉŁHH DQG OHPRQÂŤ ÂŤ D EDODQFH RI GU\ IUXLWV FLWUXV YDQLOOD VSLFH DQG FORYHV ZLWK D ORQJ ÂżQLVK ´ “I could get well used to this Teeling,â€? I say to my daughter as we step outside the distillery, thinking that good whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. “Dad, you’re going the wrong way,â€? she says. “Oops,â€? I say and the words of Mark Twain light up in my head — “too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enoughâ€?. “Great Father’s Day,â€? I say, kissing her cheek, and take a U-turn in the right direction for home.

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Arctic Spas

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Arctic Spas offers the most innovative designs to provide a wonderful hot tub experience, costing less to operate, and requiring the least amount of maintenance. Their hot tubs combine the most advanced spa technology with worldclass construction techniques to ensure your enjoyment for years to come. Enjoy the relaxation, therapeutic massage, family time and special moments that a hot tub can provide with the efficiency and low maintenance the Arctic Spas design ensures. Visit arcticspas.ie for more information.

While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains life-threatening injuries from a brutal bear attack. When a member (Tom Hardy) of his hunting team kills his young son (Forrest Goodluck) and leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back to civilization. Grief-stricken and fueled by vengeance, the legendary fur trapper treks through the snowy terrain to track down the man who betrayed him.

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Cork Fertility Centre For over a decade, Cork Fertility Centre has been helping couples achieve their dream of having a baby. The Centre has evolved over the last decade from a small team of 5 to a team of 53. Its multidisciplinary team offers a wealth of experience and scientific knowledge and this combined with the latest technology enables them to deliver success rates that match the best in the UK and USA. The centre provides a professional and personal service that meets the highest possible standards. www.corkfertilitycentre.com

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Stranger to Stranger by Paul Simon Stranger to Stranger is arguably the best album of Paul Simon’s uneven postGraceland solo career, with his melodic songwriting is buoyed by adventurous arrangements. It’s as inviting, immaculately produced, jokey and unsettled a record as any he has ever made. His sophisticated feel for rhythm is in full force here, but he also explores new territory with the interesting instruments of iconoclastic avant-garde composer Harry Partch, which include a chromelodeon and zoomoozophone.

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The Promenade Festival

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Now in its third year, the Promenade Festival in Tramore, Co Waterford is a family outing you won’t want to miss. Capturing the true essence of times past and classic seaside fun experience, the Promenade Festival has grown into the biggest seaside family festival in Ireland. Last year’s festival featured a spectacular Air Show over Tramore Bay, as well as street theatre, magic shows, live music, an artisan food and craft village and much more. This year’s festival takes place from July 1 - 3. Visit the promenade festival.com for more details.

Experience the emergence of Faith, a brave Runner who uncovers a hidden truth inside the walls of the city of Glass. Faith explores every corner of the city, from the highest, most pristine skyscrapers, to the dark and dingy tunnels that underlie the city. Players must master the environment, using their momentum and timing their combat to fight the ruling elite, uncovering the dark secrets behind the city’s beautiful façade.

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Mount Juliet

Me Before You

Mount Juliet was a family home until 1989 and remains one of Ireland’s finest country houses, as well as being Co. Kilkenny’s most acclaimed country estate. A stay at Mount Juliet is a truly unique experience and can involve fishing, riding, golfing, archery, falconry or the absolute indulgence of the estate’s treatment rooms and health club. Mount Juliet offers a range of sumptuous bedrooms, each with its own unique atmosphere. Visit mountjuliet.ie for more details.

Young and quirky Louisa “Lou” Clark (Emilia Clarke) moves from one job to the next to help her family make ends meet. Her cheerful attitude is put to the test when she becomes a caregiver for Will Traynor (Sam Claflin), a wealthy young banker left paralyzed from an accident two years earlier. Will’s cynical outlook starts to change when Louisa shows him that life is worth living. As their bond deepens, their lives and hearts change in ways neither one could have imagined.

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The Vegetarian by Han Kang

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Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat, a decision which eventually uproots her whole existence. A disturbing, yet beautifully composed narrative told in three parts, The Vegetarian is an allegorical novel about modern day South Korea, but also a story of obsession, choice, and our faltering attempts to understand others.

For gamers brought up on realistic games like FIFA, Pixel Cup Soccer 16 may come as a bit of a shock. Here, little pixelated footy stars zoom about a pitch, playing a game that barely pays lip service to reality, let alone the rules of football, or even physics. But the overriding feeling when playing Pixel Cup Soccer is one of of ludicrous fun. It’s all about amazing snaking runs through an opposition desperately trying to slide-tackle you, and blasting shots from the halfway line.

JUST SAYIN’... NAOISE WOLSEY

A black Hermione sounds just magical HARRY Potter fans rejoiced at news that a new play based on JK Rowling’s famous series would be gracing the stage this year. But last week, as the cast who would be taking on the wizarding roles were revealed, one character in particular caused quite the stir. All the usual social media platforms were awash with outrage over the fact that, horror of horrors, a black actress - Swaziland-born, Olivier awardwinning Noma Dumezweni - would be playing their beloved Hermione Granger. For those not in the Harry Potter know, Hermione is the story’s heroine, a clever witch who helps her classmates Ron and Harry to defeat the evil Lord Voldemort. So let’s get this straight. Wizards, witches, magic wands, giants, schoolchildren running through brick walls in train stations, people who can transform into animals - all of this is perfectly acceptable, but a black Hermione is blasphemy? I don’t see the logic. And neither does JK Rowling, the person who FUHDWHG WKH FKDUDFWHU LQ WKH ¿UVW SODFH “With my experience of social media,” said Rowing, discussing the casting of Noma Dumezweni as Hermione, “I thought that idiots were going to idiot. But what can you say? That’s the way the world is. Noma was chosen because she was the best actress for the job.” Rowling went on to describe critics of the choice as “a bunch of racists”. And she is completely right. The people who have attacked the new Hermione are the same people who baulked at the thought of Idris Elba playing a black James Bond. People who could never sit through a performance on stage or screen and forget what colour the actors are, no matter how talented they are. People who refuse to leave their prejudices in the foyer and just enjoy the show. Some of the critics have attempted to defend their disgust over the saga of Harry Potter and the non-Caucasian Hermione by asking the question - how would we feel if a white actor was cast as Muhammad Ali or Martin Luther King in a movie? 7KH ELJ GLɣHUHQFH WKHUH LV WKDW 0XKDPPDG Ali and Martin Luther King were real people. +HUPLRQH *UDQJHU LV D ¿FWLRQDO FKDUDFWHU ZKR can be re-imagined any way we like. While we’re all used to picturing Emma Watson as the on-screen Hermione, in the books this play is based on Hermione’s race was never mentioned. While Rowling routinely emphasises Hermione’s buckteeth and frizzy hair, race is never explicitly talked about. Instead, the author develops Hermione’s character through her struggle with being a Muggle-born witch - a witch with non-magical parents. Some of her classmates victimise Hermione because of her heritage — a struggle that Dumezweni, who has stayed strong in the face of all this prejudice, can surely understand. The only question people should be asking is can Dumezweni convey Hermione’s identity convincingly? Rowling thinks so, and she, of all people, should know. So to all the online trolls, either leave your outdated, hateful thoughts behind and enjoy a performance by some talented actors or stay at home and be bitter. The show will go on without you.

“The only question people should be asking is can Dumezweni convey Hermione’s identity convincingly?”

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Backdoor clash continues eleven decade tradition All-Ireland Senior Football Championship QualiďŹ er There were mixed views when shortly after 8.30am last Tuesday morning the All-Ireland qualiďŹ er draw paired neighbours Carlow and Wicklow against each other. Many were disappointed that it wasn’t ’someone different’ - “sure we’re forever playing Wicklow’’- with the preference ‘a team from another province’ but others felt that at least the Wicklow game was winnable. And the statistics back up the feelings of both camps! The ďŹ rst ever meeting of Carlow and Wicklow’s agship football teams goes back 110 years, to March 18, 1906, the semiďŹ nal of the delayed ’05 Leinster Junior Championship which had a Croke Park setting and ended in a draw, Carlow eventually winning at the third time of asking.

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In all the agship teams have clashed on 31 championship occasions - 8 at junior level, 23 in the SFC - with Carlow leading the rubber by double scores, 189, with 4 draws. Throw in the the National Football League, the old Midland and Leinster Leagues, the O’Byrne Cup, the All-Ireland B Championship and it is a fair guess to say that next Saturday’s evening’s Netwatch Cullen Park qualiďŹ er will be close to the 100th competitive meeting of Carlow and Wicklow! Apart from the ‘luck of the draw’ both teams booked this latest instalment of the long running tradition on the one high scoring Portlaoise evening, Carlow racking up 3-11 when losing to Louth’s 2-24, Wicklow raising the white ag 18 times before eventually bowing the

knee to Laois. Since then both conquerors have been eliminated from the Leinster championship by Meath and Dublin respectively with a line of form suggesting perhaps that Laois’s gutsy display against the all conquering Dubs gives Wicklow a higher rating than Louth’s demise against the Royals gives Carlow? Then again Turlough O’Brien’s charges went to Aughrim in the league and came home with a deserved 0-17 to 0-14 victory, the scallionaters ďŹ rst at the infamous venue among the Wicklow hills since 1979. Expect a similarly close game on Saturday, maybe even another game without a goal with a Carlow victory keeping alive the hopes of getting ‘someone different, a team from another province’ in the next round!

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Carlow have reached the Leinster SFC semi-ďŹ nal on just eight occasions, the team looking out at you this week one of the eight. However it would be more accurate to say that this is the team that reached the semiďŹ nal rather than the one that actually played in it. Virtually the exact same 15 lined out against Wicklow and Laois, both teams played in Geraldine Park, Athy, the Garden County beaten 2-8 to 1-7, the O’Moore’s 2-7 to 2-5. A newspaper report stated Micky Whelan showed the way in the Wicklow game while recalled ’44 veterans Jimma Rea and John ‘Buller’ Moore nursed talented newcomer Paddy Carpenter.

Three weeks later Carlow returned to the Kildare venue when Andy Murphy proved the hero of the hour, his goal from a free declared ‘the turning point’. He had earlier netted a penalty for a foul on Ned Doogue. Laois too won a ďŹ rst half penalty, saved by Kevin Jordan. In all Andy Murphy accounted for 2-3 of the winners tally while a late point from ‘Buller’ Moore clinched the verdict. Amazingly, the Carlow selectors made ďŹ ve changes for the semi-ďŹ nal against Louth in Croke Park, Mick Jones, Dinny Hyland, Dinny Cullen, Jimma Rea and ‘Buller’ Moore replaced by Jim Hayes, Paddy Maher, Garry Doyle, John Connolly and Christy McGrath.

When Louth emerged 3-11 to 0-4 winners the phrase ‘college team’ entered Carlow football folklore as a few of the newcomers were young clerical students in Maynooth. Mind you they accounted for half of Carlow’s four points! Caption 1952 Carlow team before their Leinster SFC match with Wicklow in Athy. Back row (l to r, players only): Ted Joyce, Micky Whelan, Jim Fogarty, Eamonn Kehoe, Andy Murphy, Liam Quigley,Ned Doogue. Front: Jack Timmons (suit and hat), John ‘Buller’ Moore, Mick Jones, Dinny Cullen, Jimma Rea, Martin Molloy, Kevin Jordan, Paddy Carpenter, Dinny Hyland.

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Carlow cyclists competitive in Kildare memorial races by John Walsh Both senior and junior Carlow bike riders were out again at last weekend. The racing was in memory of some great local bike racers, Paddy Flanagan, Eddie Flanagan, Manzer Thackaberry, Jack Ford, Willie McConn, Mick Kinsella and Liam Cannon to name just a few. Those men Kildare were legends in bike racing circles back in the day. Monasterevin`s Con Carr will also be remembered for his grass track skills and his time trialling abilities long before some of those more recent men emerged, but one name tops them all, three times winner of an Rás Tailteann Paddy Flanagan, the Kildangan man and his brother in arms Eddie were two of the most successful Kildare racing cyclist to date. Newbridge CC were the promoters of Sunday’s races. The racing didn`t get going until 1. 30pm., this gave the riders plenty of travel time to make it to the start line. The Carlow Lawlor O’Shea sponsored team travelled in strength this week - we had senior riders, John O’Shea (team sponsor), Shane Foley, Alan Galavan, Paul Woods and Peter Gersi, taking part in the A1/ A2 event. In the A4 race, Paddy Hutton, Ray Dann, Mark Oliver

Andrew McCabe studying the stats after the Ned Flanagan Trophy race.

and Andrew McCabe rode like warriors to enable Andrew McCabe to achieve a very credible fifth position and just inches away from his first win. The Carlow A4 riders have been putting in some very good performances in recent races, keep the old Carlow flag flying fellas! The A1/ A2 race turned out to be a very fast competitive affair, (44kms average speed) the 115kms challenge was held on a very fast course where speeds in access of 60kms per hour were recorded in the fast sections. The race started as frantic as all top races do, decisions have to be made faster than fast, slow reactions don`t work in cycle racing, your either bang-onbutton or not. Eoin O’Connell, Killarney CC, was on the button when he recorded another great win on Sunday. I`ve been watching this young rider for the past number of years as he progressed through the ranks, he`s a complete work-horse, he competes with complete conviction. This rider received the combativity award (the most competitive rider on the day) in the first stage of last year’s Suir Valley 3-day cycle race. On that day, Eoin crashed and lost valuable ground but he managed through sheer hard work to make contact with

The Croke Park dream

All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship

Caption: Kate Nolan in Gael Linn Cup action with Leinster

It is no secret that the Carlow camogie team have their sights set on a September All-Ireland final appearance in Croke Park. Thrice in the past Carlow teams were within a hour of a headquarters appointment but semifinal defeats by Armagh, Antrim and Galway in the mid 1990s left that generation heartbroken and a dream unfulfilled. Now, after a spell in the doldrums and a concerted restructuring within the county, camogie is on the rise again and incremental gains in league and championship culminating in last years All-Ireland Junior triumph sees Carlow back in the Premier Junior ranks, the final of which takes place in the field of dreams down Jones Road. Seven teams come under starters orders, the competition played on a league basis, the top four to contest the semi-finals, first against fourth, 2 v 3 and on all known form Carlow should safely hurl themselves into that quartet, the first step coming on Sunday next in The Downs, Co Westmeath when the girls take on the home county in a vital opening round fixture, a win setting the tone for the entire campaign.

Carlow GAA Fixtures Thursday, June 16 JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP At Kilbride GFC:Burren Rangers v Naomh Bríd, 7.30pm, Ref: Pat Kehoe Friday, June 17. 7.30 JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP (first named team at home) St Patrick’s v Carlow Town, Brian Deering Naomh Eoin v Palatine, David Hickey Saturday, June 18, 7pm ALL-IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL QUALIFIER Netwatch Cullen Park: Carlow v Wicklow, Ref Padraig O’Sullivan (Kerry) Sunday, June 19 ALL-IRELAND PREMIER JUNIOR CAMOGIE CHAMPIONSHIP At The Downs, Westmeath: Westmeath v Carlow, FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 4 FINAL At Netwatch Cullen Park: Old Leighlin v Askea, Time and ref TBC FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 FINAL At Netwatch Cullen Park: Grange v Clonmore the main bunch before the end of the 140kms stage. Carlow rider Paul Galavan finished fifth in the A2 category on Sunday, this result brings Paul very close to an upgrade to join the elite peloton, well done Paul! Robert Keane, Ciaran Townsend and Con Scully, put in great performance’s again this week in the Paddy McCormack Memorial Youth Race, also held on Sunday. At the end of the 35kms U16 race, Robert wasn’t too far off the mark when he finished in a magnificent third position. Both Robert and his team mate Ciaran Townsend (also U16) worked

really hard throughout the race and were not afraid to attack at several points during the race. The future looks good for both of these fellas. Let’s not forget Con Scully… Con competes in the U12 races and finished in a strong fourth position on Sunday - Con is always there, or thereabouts. Jamie Condron, Con`s team mate will be back shortly to compete in open races again having recovered from a recent crash that kept him away from racing for a while. We are looking forward to having him back. Well done to the organiser’s and to all the competitor’s!

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ASKEA’S ASH WIELDERS ADVANCE! Carlow Urban Schools Hurling Another great day, great weather, great hurling as the second qualifying blitz in the inaugural Carlow Urban Schools Hurling competition took place in CTHC amid a welter of excitement. And the big news is that Askea Boys with two convincing wins over the Gaelscoil and Bennekerry have advanced to a Gold final meeting with Graiguecullen. Congratulations and thanks to

the the Askea teachers for having their teams turned out so well, great to see the school flying the hurling flag again. The game of the day was the thriller between Bennekerry and Gaelscoil which the Irish school led 1-4 to 0-1 at half-time but battle Bennekerry stormed back to inch a marvellous match 4-3 to 3-5. Bennekerry are to be highly commended as they opened proceeding with a friendly

against Askea Blue - the Askea lads having their Emerging Talent squad present and correct - before playing their regulation games. The Askea Blues also played a friendly among themselves while the Crossbar Challenge again proved popular which coupled with the games ensured that the key word of the competition ... PARTICIPATION ... was seen in glorious action.

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The T-Cup

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The coach on maybe his second visit to the school - after the fun of the introductory ‘Beanball Mayhem!’ (a story for another day!) - asks the children that from now on I want you to bring your tea cup to every session?! Having allowed the boys and girls have fun with the idea of bringing out an actual tea cup the coach explains that the his tea cup is spelled T-CUP and that each of the letters stand for a word … After more fun guessing the coach reveals T-CUP stands for Thinking Clearly Under Pressure. “When the drill gets a little more difficult or I change the rules of the drill slightly then the boys and girls who are listening and who determinedly try their best to complete the new challenge have their T-Cups with them!” the coach explains. Should some of the crew not

pick up on the altered status of the drill due to inattention or maybe panic at its perceived ‘difficulty’ then the coach might lightly chide “we forgot our t-cup did we?” or “remember you t-cup’. While a teacher informed this coach that Clive Woodward used the T-Cup analogy with the England World Cup winning team of 2003 I first came across it in a ‘Sunday Tribune’ article when the Ulster gaelic football teams began to win big games in Croke Park after years of heartache at headquarters. One coach spoke of how when their goalkeeper would make a mistake he would compound the error by rushing the kick-out or kicking it with anger and invariably concede another score, the knock-on effect destabilising his defence and allowing the opposition get a grip on proceedings.

A sports psychologist was introduced to the backroom team and he brought the T-Cup concept with him and worked particularly on the goalkeeper. A year or two later in Croke Park a clever kick-out after a soft goal led to a goal at the other end and ultimate victory, his county going on to win the All-Ireland. A case of the T-Cup leading to the Sam Maguire Cup!

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Carlow Urban Schools Camogie SCOIL MHUIRE GAN SMAL & ASKEA GIRLS TOP THE TABLE Salute these eight warriors who created history on the double last Wednesday with both Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal and Askea fielding girls in a competitive camogie competition for the first time and what did the combined team go and do but top the Carlow Urban Schools Qualifying group table with three straight wins over Bennekerry, Gaelscoil Bibs agus Gaelscoil Glas! Many thanks to Principals Mrs Murphy (Scoil Mhuire) and Mrs Costelloe (Askea) for their co-operation in allowing the girls out during school time and to Mrs Lambe (Scoil Mhuire) and Fiona Murphy (Askea) for making sure the girls were all present and correct. It was a great day’s camogie in Éire Óg with John Kearns in charge of the whistle for six hard fought games, each game hard fought, the skill levels very good and given the heat the fitness levels and determination were tested to the full too.

GAELSCOIL ABU Gaelscoil Ceatharlach played a key role in the success of the first ever Carlow Urban Schools Camogie qualifying blitz when their fielding of two teams ensured pucks of game time for everyone and the sides opened their days proceedings with a hard fought school derby, the Bibs inching out Glas by 1-0 to 0-1, the closeness of the exchanges a tribute to the three Sixth Class girls who picked the teams. Mile buichas to Principal Muinteoir Aingil for allowing the girls out during school time and to Muinteoir Brid for her continued support of camogie in the school and her sideline generalship today. BRAVE BENNEKERRY Brave Bennekerry gave a brilliant account of themselves at to-day’s Carlow Urban Schools Qualifying Blitz, a narrow loss, a draw and a win, with a great point from an Ava McCarthy pressure free which saw them finish second place on the table. Thanks to Principal Miss Doyle for allowing the girls out during schoo time and to Miss Tomlinson for her continued support of camogie in the school and her sideline stewardship today

KEARNSIE ABU From having the juvenile posts set up on the main pitch which was in pristine condition to refereeing all six games this afternoon John Kearns played a stormer in ensuring the first ever Carlow Urban Schools Hurling Blitz was such a wonderful success. The alcoves of the Éire Óg clubhouse provided welcome shelter to the teams between matches and the ses welcome respite for the parents and supporters on such a warm day. Thank you John.

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