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Kilkenny Reporter WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3 2014

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Love is a hurling game with your beloved dad

The pride of our city and county. Our senior hurlers, leaders of Team Kilkenny

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Autumn 2014 Training Online Booking available @ www.localenterprise.ie/kilkenny BUSINESS START-UP’s EVENING START YOUR OWN BUSINESS

Online Cloud Accounting Programme NEW PROGRAMME

When: 7pm-9.30pm, Tuesday & Thursday evening for 5 consecutive weeks beginning Tuesday 23rd September Where: Abbey Business Centre, Abbey Street, Kilkenny

When: 7pm-9.30pm every Wednesday for 4 consecutive weeks beginning Wednesday 5th November Where: The Malting’s, (oﬀ James’ Street), Kilkenny Cost: €75

DAYTIME START YOUR OWN BUSINESS When: 9.30am-1.30pm, every Wednesday morning for 5 consecutive weeks beginning Wednesday 5th November Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €75 for each course

SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COURSE (For Businesses Trading <2 years) NEW PROGRAMME When: 9.30am-4.30pm every Monday for 3 consecutive weeks beginning Monday 29th September Where: Abbey Business Centre, Abbey Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50

FINANCE How to File a Tax Return When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Friday 19th September Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50

INTRODUCTION TO VAT NEW PROGRAMME When: 9.30am-12.30pm on Wednesday 22nd October Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €25

Bookkeeping & Taxation for the Small Business When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Tuesday 18th November Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50

Get the Price Right and Generate Proﬁts When: 9.30am-12.30pm on Tuesday 25th November Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €25

Writing a Business Plan for Funding When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Thursday 27 November & Thursday 4th December Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50 th

COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTS Sage Basic When: 7pm-9.30pm every Monday for 6 consecutive weeks beginning Monday 29th September Where: The Malting’s, (oﬀ James’ Street), Kilkenny Cost: €100

Sage Advanced When: 7pm-9.30pm every Tuesday for 4 consecutive weeks beginning Tuesday 4th November Where: The Malting’s, (oﬀ James’ Street), Kilkenny Cost: €75

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European Regional Development Fund

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FOOD SAFETY Food Safety Awareness & HACCP Workshop When: 7pm-10pm on Monday 29th September Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €25

Environmental Health Oﬃcers Association (EHOA) Primary Course in Food Safety When: 9.30am- 12.30pm every Wednesday for 3 consecutive weeks beginning Wednesday 8th October Where: Ormonde Hotel, Ormonde Street, Kilkenny Cost: €75

HEALTH & SAFETY Occupational First Aid – Refresher Course When: 9.30am-5.30pm on Saturday 27th September Where: Abbey Business Centre, Abbey Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50

Occupational First Aid - FETAC Level 5 Certiﬁed When: 9.30am-5.30pm every Saturday for 3 consecutive weeks beginning Saturday 4th October Where: Abbey Business Centre, Abbey Street, Kilkenny Cost: €100

Fire Safety Awareness & Fire Warden Training When: 2pm – 5pm on Wednesday 15th October Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €25

HUMAN RESOURCES Managing People – Employment Law Made Easy When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Tuesday 14 October Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50 th

Managing People – The Rights of Part-time & Fixed term Workers Explained NEW PROGRAMME

Facebook for Beginners When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Thursday 16th October Where: Kilkenny Education Centre, Seville Lodge, Kilkenny

Cost: €50

Facebook for Existing Users When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Friday 17th October Where: Kilkenny Education Centre, Seville Lodge,, Kilkenny Cost: €50

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Tuesday 21st October Where: Kilkenny Education Centre, Seville Lodge, Kilkenny Cost: €50

Promote your Business Using Google AdWords When: 9.30am – 12.30pm on Tuesday 4th November Where: The Malting’s, (oﬀ James’ Street), Kilkenny Cost: €25

LinkedIn for Beginners When: 9.30am – 12.30pm on Thursday 6th November Where: The Malting’s, (oﬀ James’ Street), Kilkenny Cost: €25

Using LinkedIn for Leads and Proﬁts NEW PROGRAMME When: 2.00pm – 5.00pm on Thursday 6th November Where: The Malting’s, (oﬀ James’ Street), Kilkenny Cost: €25

Develop Online Videos to Market your Business When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Wednesday 12th November Where: The Malting’s, (oﬀ James’ Street), Kilkenny Cost: €50

Business Blogging When: 9.30am-12.30pm on Thursday 20th November Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre, Seville Lodge., Kilkenny Cost: €25

Twitter for Business When: 2.00pm-5.00pm on Thursday 20th November Venue: Kilkenny Education Centre, Seville Lodge., Kilkenny Cost: €25

SALES & MARKETING Branding and Packaging for Your Business

When: 2pm – 5pm on Wednesday 19th November Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €25

Date & Time: 9.30am-4.30pm on Thursday 9th October Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50

ONLINE MARKETING Develop a Low Cost Website for the Small Business

When: 9.30am-4.30pm Thursday 23rd October Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50

Date & Time: 9.30am-4.30pm on Wednesday 24th September & Wednesday 1st October Where: The Malting’s, (oﬀ James’ Street), Kilkenny Cost: €100

Tel: 056-7752662 Email: info@leo.kilkennycoco.ie Web: www.localenterprise.ie/kilkenny

Improve your Sales Negotiating Skills

Creative Marketing on a Shoestring Budget When: 9.30am-4.30pm on Thursday 13th November Where: 11 Patrick Street, Kilkenny Cost: €50

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$ 1(: (5$ ,1 7227+&$5( $55,9(6 ,1 ,5(/$1' World-leading dental treatment at incredibly low prices! A dramatically new dental practice has been launched that provides some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most advanced aesthetic and cosmetic dental treatments. And you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to travel to central or southern Europe for its huge benefits. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now available in the state-of-thedental-art Carlow Dental Centre in Graiguecullen. The Centre has been established by two of the best dentists in Hungary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itself acknowledged as a worldleading country in that field. Between them, Dr. William Hayfron and Dr. Krisztian Sallai have two decades of highly successful experience treating patients from around the world. Having responded to the need from Irish patients, Doctors Hayfron and Sallai had opened a practice in Ireland. In doing so, they will enable people with dental problems to achieve major savings while relieving them of the stress and time-consumption of travelling abroad.

Making your smile wider than your wallet The clinic claims three major qualities: Cost, Confidence and Convenience. Cost meaning low prices. Confidence that comes from being treated by highly qualified dental practitioners experienced in crowns, bridges... and in restoring smiles which adds so much to oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-confidence. Convenience is in the surgeryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accessible location and its opening hours at weekends. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the speed of service delivery. Even the most complex dental restoration can be achieved within two weeks (subject to no inflammation or the absolute need for extractions). Not least, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dedication to minimising discomfort and pain. Indeed, the majority of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patients say they feel hardly any pain during and after their treatment. Equally satisfying is the minimum pain to the bank balance.

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Cost Comparisons: â&#x20AC;˘ A porcelain crown generally costs â&#x201A;Ź700-900 per tooth. At Carlow Dental Centre, it is â&#x201A;Ź380. â&#x20AC;˘ A root canal treatment is generally starts at â&#x201A;Ź400-600. At Carlow Dental Centre it costs from â&#x201A;Ź100. And at Carlow Dental Centre the results are fully guaranteed! Dental problems may get only worse if neglected. So people are advised not to put off this opportunity to widen their smile with advanced treatments... at the lowest-possible prices.

Carlow Dental Centre Unit 9, Graigue Village Centre, Graiguecullen 059 917 3762, www.carlowdentalcentre.ie

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Posthumous party earns â&#x201A;¬30,000 for sick children

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3 SEPTEMBER 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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3 SEPTEMBER 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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3 SEPTEMBER 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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6WDUUHG 8S As follow-up to his touching yet grungy romance Tonight, You’re Mine, English director David Mackenzie has tackled a script based on the experiences of voluntary prison therapist Jonathan Asser. It’s a radical leap in subject and tone, but one boldly and brilliantly made. Starred Up is raw, relentless and riveting. Skins star Jack O’Connell fronts this prison-set drama as Eric Love, a juvenile who is “starred up.” For those uninitiated in the prison slang of the United Kingdom, that means Eric is a young offender so violent that he has been prematurely moved from juvenile facilities to a full-ﬂedged adult prison. In his new home, his most immediate threat would seem to be bigger, more seasoned cons. He soon earns the hatred of the guards, as well as a determined inmate enemy. His only salvation could be found in a support group run

by an idealistic volunteer (Rupert Friend), or perhaps the sometimes-sage advice of his father (Ben Mendelsohn), with whom Eric shares the same cellblock. While some prison ﬁlms aim to glorify their antiheroes with a sexy bravado, Mackenzie’s cons radiate with a reckless and unnerving rage. The entire cast quivers near a perpetual

boiling point, making for tension so thick you could choke on it. And in the midst of it is a young man--a boy really--who desperately needs some patience and kindness before his rage and resentments swallow him whole. This is the kind of role most actors would kill for. Jack O’Connell kills in it. This is a film spare in style, but smartly so. Mackenzie doesn’t garnish this tale of flawed fathers and wounded sons because it’s at its best served raw and wrathful. At times, Starred Up can be hard to watch. But Mackenzie and his cast have made a drama so engaging that it’s impossible to look away. The pacing is a perfectly slow burn style that draws you in, then won’t let go. While the third act goes a little off the rails, I found this film devastating and fascinating. It’s a supreme work of suspense set alight by fearless and flawless performances.

7KH 1RYHPEHU 0DQ Once, many moons ago, Pierce Brosnan traded quips while thwarting terrorists in his debut 007 thriller Goldeneye. Several years later, the distinguished actor settles for the cinematic equivalent of a Golden Parachute, a paycheck role in a burgeoning franchise that may pad Brosnan’s retirement fund but asks very little – in terms of performance – from its rugged, disinterested lead (and even less of its audience). If you’ve witnessed even one spy thriller, then you’ve seen almost everything director Roger Donaldson attempts in The November Man. Brosnan plays Peter Devereaux, a retired CIA agent previously considered to be the best of the best who – I kid you not – is lured back into the “life” for one last, lethal job. Devereaux ventures to Moscow to escort a former colleague across the border. Guess what? Yep, that’s right. The mission derails, plunging the reluctant Devereaux into a murky geo-political standoff involving a corrupt Russian leader (Lazar Ristovskoi), a beautiful social worker (Olga Kurylenko) assisting sexually-abused survivors of a bloody Chechnyan conﬂict, and Mason (Luke Bracey)

– Devereaux’s best student who now has orders from the CIA to take his former instructor down. Sounds familiar? That’s because the generic The November Man dabbles in the usual cloak-and-dagger espionage, with cardboard spies transporting dangerous intel as they work their way through a series of telegraphed double-crosses by crooked superiors. Admittedly, it’s getting harder and harder out here for a spy. Decades ago, Brosnan’s former, beloved agent – James Bond – was the biggest game in town. Now, a conventional thriller like The November Man needs to compete against the crowded ﬁeld of

Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher, Daniel Craig’s 007, the stillvibrant Mission: Impossible franchise. Producers can’t even bring Tom Clancy’s famous Jack Ryan back in from the cold. Audiences satiated by outstanding longform espionage thrillers such Alias and the most recent season of 24 have come to expect a level of quality that The November Man simply doesn’t deliver. The November Man isn’t offensively terrible or insultingly inefficient. You’ve seen worse. It just isn’t good enough to ever separate itself from the routine spy games you can watch elsewhere on any given day of the week.

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3 SEPTEMBER 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Lifestyle & Living

BY MAX CASEY

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Business of the week Business- King’s Shoes King’s Shoes is a shoe store in Kilkenny, established in 2004 on Parliament Street that has been going from strength to strength in its ten year life and is now poised as one of Kilkenny’s best shoe stores. As with all great shoe stores, King’s Shoes strength is in its

brands and the owners of King’s regularly travel to Europe to source new styles and fashions. The shop’s staff are highly knowledgeable and friendly and it also caters for half sizes and width ﬁttings. King’s Shoes is now open Sundays.

Film of the week The Inbetweeners 2 The Inbetweeners 2 is the newest film based on the hit TV show that follows the story of four friends from school in some random awful English town. The newest film sees the group travelling to Australia to meet up with Jay who is on a gap year, the film

riffs on coming-of-age story clichés and the ‘backpacking=spiritual awakening’ farce, as well as endless jokes about the characters hilariously awkward relationships with sex and drugs. It’s a fun Summer movie that I would recommend.

Book of the week Ian McEwan- The Children Act Set to be released tomorrow (as of Wednesday 3rd September, disregard if you are reading this after) The Children Act is a novel about a child who is being refused treatment by his parents because of their religious beliefs, our main character is the presiding judge

who is overseeing this case. The name refers to the 1898 Children’s Act in the UK that makes sure that the child’s welfare is of paramount importance in these cases. I haven’t read it yet but it’s McEwan so it’s pretty much guaranteed not to be bad.

Song of the week Qelle- Aphrodite Qelle is a musician I know literally nothing about, if his or her soundcloud page is something to go off, then this person has released one song and one photo of the back of their head, so qelle could be male or female, couldn’t even say what continent this musician is from. The

Show of the week What Happened Bridgie Cleary What Happened Bridgie Cleary is a dramatization of the fascinating and ridiculous story of Bridget Cleary and is certainly worth seeing. In 1895 in Ireland, Bridget Cleary was murdered by her husband who has been convinced that she had been morphed into a chan-

gling by fairies due to her becoming more independent and less subservient to her husband. The show is being put on by Limerick’s Bottom Dog Theatre company and will be on at the Watergate Theatre today from 8-10pm.

song is called Aphrodite and quite a nice pop song, bouncy, relatively relaxed and satisfying; the sampled and chopped vocals are insatiably catchy after a few listens. Simply a nice song.

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The second season of the Walking Dead game has come to an end and with it, another wait begins for the next season. Overall, I would have to say I preferred season 1 to season 2, but I suspect that it has more to do with becoming used to

how the games work (ie aware that your decisions don’t change the outcome quite as drastically as you think they do) than any particular drop in quality, it is still an engaging and often harrowing adventure.

App of the week TuneIn Radio TuneIn Radio is a very useful app to have on your phone, it allows you to tune into hundreds of radio stations from all over the world in so many languages, and it gives you this completely for free. Of course you have the local radio sta-

tions as well as the national ones, but the best feature is just all these hundreds from across the world right at the ready, listen exclusively to French radio if you want, or American or Russian or whatever it is you like, it’s simple and easy.

DVD of the week The Grand Budapest Hotel The Grand Budapest Hotel is Wes Anderson’s style possibly perfected. He is a director who loves to askew realism, bringing great attention to how the ﬁlm works and having us marvel in the way he sets up a scene piece by piece and with this ﬁlm he has the perfect platform to do just that. The Grand Budapest Hotel is inspired greatly by the writings of Stefan Zweig and stars Ralph Fiennes as

a concierge working in a famous by now in disrepair hotel in the fictional state of Zubrowka. The film takes place over several years and is for the most part a series of vignettes featuring actors like Bill Murray, William Dafoe, and Owen Wilson amongst others. The Grand Budapest Hotel is a highly enjoyable film that I recommend to everybody.

GIG of the week The Joni Project The Joni Project is the work of singer Edel Meade and guitarist Dick Farrelly and pays tribute to the great Joni Mitchell in a show that recalls every period of Mitchell’s long career. Meade has won awards in the past and has music of her own coming soon, Farrelly has toured with Van Morrisson and Sinéad O’Connor in the past so they’re both qualiﬁed to capture the essence of such a famous and ever present musician. The gig will be on at the Set Theatre starting at 7:30PM on Saturday, tickets are €15.

Album of the Week Royal Blood- S/T Royal Blood are a garage and blues rock band from Brighton in the UK that make rootsy and catchy pop rock with cool album covers. This self-titled effort is their debut LP, they are a minimalist affair, just drums, guitar and vocals (who needs

bass anyway?) and is aggressive throughout, more Black Keys than White Stripes really, lacking in much edge or originality but fun on a moment by moment basis. If you like Rolling Stone or NME, you’ll probably like this album.

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Caseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Classics

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I often wonder with this ďŹ lm, did Woody Allen want us to like Isaac and Yale or were they conceived from the beginning as awful people? It obviously doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter in the end, the artist is usually the person whose opinion matters the least when it comes to their own art, but given Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationships following Manhattan it becomes a curious topic whether Allen thinks seventeen-years-olds and 42 year olds make for healthy relationships. At the start of the movie, Isaac (Allen) is having drinks with Yale (Michael Murphy) his wife Emily (Anne Byrne) and Tracy, Isaacâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s girlfriend who does homework, whose father Isaac is older than, and who is played by Mariel Hemingway. Our main character is thankful because he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t swim, so if he ever sees a person drowning in the Hudson river he will feel no obligations to save them, on their way out Yale starts talking to him about this woman he has been cheating

on his wife with, the no longer titular Mary played by Diane Keating; apparently he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get her out of his head. No one seems to ďŹ nd Isaac dating a girl under the age of consent strange or wrong, but it becomes quite obvious after a few scenes of them together that she is the one looking for a relationship and Isaac is just perpetuating it for sex. The ďŹ lm opens with a montage of Manhattan, set to Rhapsody in Blue and featuring Isaac trying to ďŹ gure out the opening of his book where the main character expels his love for New York but not in a way thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preachy, angry or contrived; the opening is one of the most famous in cinema and draws us into the atmosphere immediately. The ďŹ lm was shot in black and white which gives it an old fashioned, 1940s noir vibe; the black and white is utterly beautiful, with cinematography by Gordon Willis, Manhattan has the longest shot length of any Woody Allen work and single

shots often pass one minute long as characters just talk to each other while walking down the street without a single cut. These long cuts allows the ďŹ lm to set up beautiful shots that get used for entire scenes, a favourite of mine being Tracy and Isaac in his apartment as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost pitch black except for a light upstairs and a light over Tracy. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s somewhat of an irony in Allen approaching Manhattan as a love letter to New York as we only experience such a small sliver of it, Isaac and his friends are all rich and white, Isaacâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s view of what it means to be broke is completely distorted, for such a diverse and constantly changing city, Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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This was the end for Yeats, he would in fact be dead within a year of this poemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publication, he was seventy-three and of poor quality health, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a time for reďŹ&#x201A;ection and recollection, and for Yeats it is Politics and poems like Politics that would be his epitaph: this was his ďŹ nal poem, twelve lines in one stanza about Yeats becoming distracted by the sight of a pretty girl. 1938 was turbulent

perspective is complete tunnel vision. Then again this is part of the point, the same way that HBOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Girls extracts humour from its main characters complete lack of self-awareness and perspective, so does Manhattan just not as overtly. Many people ďŹ nd this ďŹ lm to be about love but to me itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more about love lost, twice do we see a character breaking up with another and then having them realize that they miss that other person, characters hide behind their own intellectualism and sophistication and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to be hit by real loss, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all miserable in the end.

to say the least, the Spanish Civil War was still raging, Mussolini of Italy had recently used chemical warfare to ďŹ ght the Abyssinian army, and the Third Reich was poised to bring world war again; after decades of politically charged poetry Yeats was tired. If there was one main facet to take away from this, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective. Of course politics is important, it has horriďŹ c effects on

humanity and often changes how the world functions, but it is not why we live, and it is that question of why that Yeatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ďŹ nal poem is dedicated to. The man gave his life to his work, for all intents he should be satisďŹ ed, he achieved his goals, but to him (ie the man who remained a virgin until he was 30) his youth went squandered, he wants nothing more than to return to it, to hold this girl in his arms and to enjoy existing. There is no complicated language to speak of, Yeats was never one for extravagance in writing either way but even for him this remains a very simply written poem. The rhyming style is basic as is common with his poetry and pace is kept by frequent alliteration and assonance (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Roman or on Russianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;war and warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alarmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) Most artists ďŹ nd their peak in the early to mid-phase of their careers, whatever their medium may be, but Yeats was a poet who started great and continued improving until his ďŹ nal days, and this was his ďŹ nal days, it is the last poem he ever wrote. You owe it to yourself to read it and to think over it.

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Quasimoto is the alter ego of producer Madlib, the man who was too shy about his voice to rap normally so instead pitch shifted it through the roof so he now resembles a man who just swallowed a helium balloon. The voice takes some time to adjust to, though once you do acclimatize it is perfect for the album, Quasimoto is simply hilarious: to listen to this complete bombastic, over the top gangsta persona being projected by what sounds like a twelve year old boy is rarely done with such self-awareness. The album doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take it itself seriously at all, songs are dedicated to listing off Jazz artists, crate digging and weed smoking as well as crime, guest appearances and lengthy skits are rampant, the whole thing has this schizophrenic atmosphere. What it is that makes The Unseen a special album are the beats and this constantly shifting landscape of sounds, the album features 24 songs over 63 minutes and most songs are then broken into sections with different samples in each; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completely idiosyncratic, like a stream of consciousness of Madlibsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mind. The

samples are highly eclectic: Jazz, soul, rock, reggae, pop, spoken word, often Madlib will use samples from ďŹ lms or stand up shows which help to give this everything-in feel, there are easily over 70 samples on this album at least. The jazz primarily sampled is the psychedelic and fusion kinds: Sun Ra especially ,who Madlib lists as his greatest inďŹ&#x201A;uence, is brought out and also mentioned, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reference to Miles Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bitches Brew both the name and songs on the album, and literally fourty other jazz artists on Jazz Cats Pt. 1. Madlib is one of the most eclectic and proliďŹ c musicians currently operating, he has dozens of collaborations, his work as Quasimoto, his one man Jazz band albums, beat and rock Konducta, his remix of the Blue Note catalogue, as well as quite a lot more; The Unseen was his ďŹ rst masterpiece and remains as one of his best albums. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so fantastic is just this atmosphere, this melding of boom bap with spacey psychedelia, the druggy and idiosyncratic vibes as well as the constantly permeating sense of humour, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grounded but in a world completely different to our own, an absolute classic.

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If we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford doctors, we can afford pillows MICHAEL WOLSEY +RZ , VHH LW

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Michael Heppell, author of How To Save An Hour Every Day, says that, when it comes to housework and other chores, we know what we have to do, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always much easier once we get started. Who wants to do the ironing or clean the loo?

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CROSSWORDS The first letter of each answer is written next to its clue in alphabetical order. One letter has already been entered. Can you find the words then fit them correctly into the grid?

Bold, courageous, independent, enthusiastic, fun-loving and fascinating Aries. Your ruling planet is Mars, your best day of the week is Tuesday and red is your colour. With Uranus moving through your sign (until 2017), others will surely be magnetised by your presence and captivated by your antics. Persistent, appreciative, dependable, practical and creative Taurus: Your ruling planet is Venus, your best day of the week is Friday and your best colour, green. With Pluto moving through another of the Earth signs, Capricorn, until 2024, your expertise is set to grow and consolidate in the coming years. Funny, versatile, talkative, fast-thinking and sophisticated Gemini: Your ruling planet is Mercury, your best day of the week is Wednesday and your best colours are spring-like, yellow and lilac. Jupiter is in your sign until late June 2013 broadening your world. Sensitive, nurturing, careful, imaginative and encouraging Cancer: Your ruling ‘planet’ is the Moon, your best day of the week is Monday and your best colours are blue and silver. Jupiter arrives in your sign in late June 2013 ushering in a period of extraordinary growth and opportunity. Instinctive, warm, creative, extravagant and delightful Leo Your ruling ‘planet’ is the Sun, your best day of the week is Sunday and your best colours are gold, yellow and orange. With Uranus moving through another of the Fire signs until 2017, your life journey is set to include adventures bringing increased contact with new cultures. Nimble, versatile, analytical, constructive, meticulous and often mimicallygifted Virgo. Your ruling planet is Mercury, your best day of the week is Wednesday and your colours are Earthy greens and browns. With Neptune now in your opposite sign of Pisces, the need to find perfection is strong. Charming, elegant, stylish, romantic and merger-making Libra Your ruling planet is Venus, your best day of the week is Friday and your colours are gentle hues of blues, pinks and violets.

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Mesmerising, insightful, determined, resourceful and focused Scorpio Your ruling planets are Mars and Pluto, your best day of the week is Tuesday and your colours deep, deep red and black. Saturn is moving through your sign until late 2014. View this as a long period of self-investment. Unusual developments are likely. You could be involved in complex dealings - or asked to give a close partner advice about their career. Domestic change may be in the air too - possibly including plans for guests or travel at the weekend. Ideas could come at you from all directions. Several short journeys or frequent contact with ‘mission control’ may be necessary. You may find yourself in the company of someone who has ‘wacky ideas’ who is forcing you to think differently and to see an opportunity that’s actually been under your nose. Quirky, determined, logical, eccentric and freedom-loving Aquarius. Your ruling planets are Saturn and Uranus. Your best day of the week is Saturday and your best colours are electric or deep, rich blue and anything metallic. Saturn is passing through another of the Fixed signs, Scorpio until late 2014. Intuitive, sensitive, big-picture thinking, kind and thoughtful Pisces. Your ruling planets are Jupiter and Neptune. Your best day of the week is Thursday and your best colours are those of the sea: blue, green, lavender and silver. Slow moving Neptune is in your sign through to 2024.

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All aboard The Vaults bus for Croker Best wishes to Kilkenny in Sunday’s All-Ireland Final against Tipp. A big welcome home to all who have returned for the big day. Let’s hope it’s a thrilling game. The hunt is on for tickets and everywhere we travel this week there will be only one topic. I think Kilkenny will do it Good luck to all involved, especially Erin’s Own player Conor Fogarty. Also the local boys in the minor squad to meet Limerick. The Vaults are running a bus to Croke Park, leaving 10am, returning immediately after

the game. Further details from staff at 056-4440965 Garda Helpline Ring 1800- 666-111 for Kilkenny branch of Victim Assistance, Mining Museum A successful night was held in Castlecomer Discovery Park and Mining Museum on Thursday. Fossils which originated in Castlecomer and for sale on an internet site were spotted by local woman Hillary O’Neill. Her employers, Castlecomer Credit Union purchased the fossils and at a short but very enjoyable function, Matthew

Parkes from National Mining Trust, an expert in fossils, gave a brief history of the ﬁnd. The fossils were then presented to Seamus Walsh, author Shadow of the Mines by Donnacha Lynch to be kept at the mining museum at the Discovery Park. MC was Discovery Park Manageress Liz Nolan. The credit union was represented by chairman Donnaca Lynch. Music was by Aine Brennan and Orla O’Neill, grandchildren of deceased miner Jim O’Neill. Castlecomer Minstrels also

contributed. Let’s whist Winners in last month’s whist were Mary Wheatley, Maureen Cody, Margaret Kealy, Gerry Kealy, Catherine Brennan, Seamus Hennessy, Owen Salmon Leslie Hunter. Raffle: Mary Wheatley (2), Margaret Kealy, Anne Mai Mullins, Conor Coady. Whist continues on Friday, 8.30pm in the community Hall . Top score €50. All are welcome Great win A great weekend with some great individual perfomances from the Irish team but luck

was not on the Ireland’s side. Castlecomer woman Mary Balkin gave a great perfomance in the 40km endurance class and got gold graded at the Celtic Horse Challenge hosted by Scotland. She thanked Danny Hoey and Breffini Balkin for all their hard work. Thanks went to all who made the trip possible especially sponsors from Kilkenny. Big night Can clubs and groups in the parish of Castlecomer, Clogh, Moneenroe and other parishes please take note. Castlecomer Male Voice

30th year celebration concert is on October 3 in The Church of the Immaculate Conception. Featured will be the Male Voice Choir, Army Band of Southern Brigade, Lisdowney Choral Group and Mick Hanly. Proceeds to SOS and Castlecomer Day Care Centre Walk to Croker Best wishes to Ken Kavanagh who is determined to walk to Croke Park to the All-Ireland Finals in aid of Cois Nore, Kilkenny and Teenline Ireland Send-off gig is in Shortall’s tomorrow, Thursday. Music is by Tomás Jackman.

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I, Micheal Moloney wish to apply to the above authority on behalf of Callan WW1 Memorial Society for full planning permission to erect a permanent memorial plaque at Green Street, Callan, Co. Kilkenny. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Department, Kilkenny County Council, County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny, during its public opening hours 9 a.m.- 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (â&#x201A;Ź20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the planning application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

We, Kevin Moore (Building Contractor) Limited applied to Kilkenny County Council for planning permission (Reference No. P.14/990033) for the following works at the junction of Castlecomer Road and Newpark Drive, Kilkenny. Construction of 8 no. two storey detached houses and 1 no detached dormer house, and the provision of 3 no. vehicular entrances from Newpark Drive and all associated landscaping and site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans has been furnished to the Planning Authority in respect of this proposed development, and is available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the Offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours of 9:00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. A submission or observation in relation to the further information or revised plans may be made in writing to the Planning Authority within a period of 2 weeks from the date of receipt of the revised public notices. A submission or observation must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of â&#x201A;Ź20, except in the case of a person or body who has already made a submission or observation. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Signed: Brian Dunlop Architects Ltd. www. bdarchitects.ie

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.LONHQQ\ &RXQW\ &RXQFLO I, Micheal Moloney wish to apply to the above authority on behalf of Patrick & Martina Murphy for full planning permission to construct an extension to the side of dwelling and all associated works at Haggartsgreen, Callan, Co. Kilkenny. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Department, Kilkenny County Council, County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny, during its public opening hours 9 a.m.- 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (â&#x201A;Ź20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the planning application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

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*ROI 1RWHV Callan Presidents Prize The golfers of Callan Golf Club turned out in massive numbers to honour their President 2014, John Healy. John is a Corkman who has been adopted by Callan Golf Club and has been an untiring servant of the club since the day he walked in in 1991. Captaincy in 1993 has been followed by years of endeavour on behalf of the club holding a wide variety of positions. In his own introduction to the night John thanked all for their goodwill over the years and has enjoyed his many years of association with the club. Don Bolger (Hon. Sec.) was MC for the prize giving and was wholesome in his praise of Johns contribution over the years as were Rita O Neill (Lady President) and both Captains Martin and Kathleen who also spoke. The Presidents Prize itself was won by last years Captain, Paul Cashin. Paul captured his ďŹ rst major after years of trying. Paul in his years as Competition Secretary had to introduce the many different winner and after some brilliant play yesterday ďŹ nally on Sunday 31st of August 2014 Paul was welcomed to the Majors Club. With numbers well in excess of 150 golfers taking part 4 men signed for 41 points. It was a difficult weekend for scoring and the course showed its teeth by allowing 41 to be the highest totals combined. The course was in wonderful condition with all participants showing their appreciation of the ďŹ ne efforts of the green staff. Paul had 21 points on the back nine and ultimately this decided the competition as this second nine total was unmatched by the others that had 41 points. Jimmy Hillman was second, Brian Cullen third and Ollie O Connor fourth. All the others on the winning mark unfortunately had tales of woe and points that got away but ultimately it was Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day and deserved any luck he received. On the 18th Paul pulled his drive badly and it took all the efforts of his playing partners to ďŹ nd the ball in deep rough and Paul was unable to move the ball too far but somehow he put the ball in the hole for a point and without it he would not have received top honours. Gross honours went to Paul Madigan who shot a ďŹ ne 33 points in gales while Richie Condon played very solidly to take the second gross prize. Fifth place went to John Doheny who had 40 points. The Past Presidents prize went to Jim Kirby while Michael Grace took the Senior Prize. Paul Cunningham took the back 9 award after shooting 24 points while Johnnie Butler took the front 9 equivalent and the Long handicap prize went to Michael Phelan. Robbie O Dwyer is very promising and he took the Junior Prize. All prize winner are congratulated but the main praise goes to Paul after a fantastic achievement in captur-

ing his ďŹ rst major after years of trying . Well done to Paul and to all who made this weekend a ďŹ tting tribute to our President 2014, John Healy. Duggan Cup Callan s brave run in the Duggan Cup 2014 brought them all the way to ďŹ nal in Edenderry this weekend against a very strong Tullamore side. Unfortunately it was not to be for manager Liam Brennan and his troops who came up slightly short 3-2 after a pulsating game. A full report on the ďŹ nal will appear here next week. Hard luck to all panelists, players and manager as well as caddies and well done to all for your support and participation over the last few months. Club Classic Our main fundraising Classic takes place this year on the weekend of Friday to Sunday September 19th,20th and 21st. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful opportunity to invite friends, relations, work colleagues or anyone you think may enjoy a days golf in Callan. Keep your diaries free to play in the Classic which will have the usual array of prizes for winners. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a special weekend of golf and mid September 2014 USA great weekend for Callan Golf Club members to come out and support their own Classic. Membership 2015 is now open meaning that a person can join today and not pay anymore fees until January 2016. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fabulous offer and one which is open to new and lapsed members alike. Results John Healys Presidents Prize 2014 29-31 August 1 Paul Cashin 41 2 Jimmy Hillman 41 Gross Paul Madigan 3 Brian Cullen 41 4 Ollie O Connor 41 Second Gross Richard Condon O Dwyer Golf Stores Open Singles Wednesday 27 August 1 Derek Kinahan 39 2 Michael Grace 37 Visitor John Kinahan Gross Tommy Minogue RGA Monday 25 August 1 Paddy Grace. Categoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1 John Kirwan 26 2 Luke Connery 24 3 Jim Wellwood 23. Cat B 1 Glenn Wilson 25 2 Louis Tyrell 24 3 Denis Hamilton 24 Senior Ladies 28 August 1 Sarah Crowley 2 Carmel O Sullivan 3 Ann Bowan 4 Margaret Comerford

Mountain View Monthly Medal (September) 1st Jamie Temmyson (17) Nett 62 2nd James Grace (14) 65 3rd Seamus Nolan (18) 66 Medals Category One Willie Grace Category Two Jamie Tennyson Category Three Philip Parsons Golfer of the Year 2014 Winner James Grace 21Points MV Seniors Competition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fourball Better Ball

Michael Hoyne is presenting Patrick Khan his trophy in winning the Mountain View Golf Club Presidents Prize 1st Michael Hoyne (19) & Tom Grant (21) 50pts 2nd Ned Mullally (15) & Jimmy Fitzpatrick (21) 46 pts MV Ladies Singles Competition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stroke 1st Mary Cottrell (25) 76Nett 2nd Jos Holden (32) 81 Nett Club Singles Martin Grace and Pat Joyce have now qualiďŹ ed for the Club Singles Final Diary Tuesday September 2nd MV Seniors Competition Wednesday September 3rd MV Ladies Singles Competition Sunday September 7th 3 Person Scramble

Castlecomer CAPTAINS PRIZE 31st August Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prize 2014. J. D. Harding held the joint lead starting the ďŹ nal round of Mr. Gerrie Dunneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prize on Sunday with a 67 in the ďŹ rst round. With six holes left to play and standing on seven over par for his round ,it looked like his hope of winning the coveted prize was slipping away. Martin Brennan had put in a ďŹ nal round charge.

With birdies on three consecutive holes 8 , 9, and 10 helping him to a 66 Martin was leader in the clubhouse and in a strong position. Michael Manogue, Derek Campion and Jason Brennan were still in the hunt out on the course. However J.D. steadied the ship with a birdie on 13 . He covered his last six holes in level par to return a ďŹ nal round 72 and record a two shot victory. Martin Brennan â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s last round heroics earned him second place with Michael Manogue coming third. Michael Buggy captured the gross by one shot from Jason Brennan. In the student section Declan Buggy played magniďŹ cent golf shooting 68 on both days . Declan has many years of golf to look forward to on the back of this great performance. That night J.D. Harding was presented with the Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prize by Captain Gerrie Dunne, fresh from his ice bucket challenge earlier in the evening. 1 J.D. Harding (7) 67 and 72 = 139 2. Martin Brennan (15) 75 and 66 = 141 Gross Michael Buggy (-1) 74 and 76 = 150 3. Michael Manogue (13) 71 and

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70 = 141 4. Derek Campion (5) 72 and 70 = 142 2nd Gross Jason Brennan (4) 77 and 74 = 151 5. Tommy Buggy (8) 72 and 71 = 143 6. Tom Coogan (10) 77 and 68 = 145 1st 18 1. Tony Carr (18) 67 1st 18 2. Sean O Shea (4) 69 2nd 18 1. Robert Brennan(9) 68 2nd 18 2. John Buggy (7) 71 Over 60 Liam Dooley (14) 71 and 77 = 148 Past Captain Tommy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Neill (7 ) 82 and 72 = 154 Student 1. Declan Buggy (17) 68 and 68 = 136 2. Adam Dempsey (6) 76 and 70 = 146 Ladies: The ladies Finn Team of Castlecomer Golf club did something spectacular on Thursday, August 28th, that culminated in winning recorded recognition for the club. Although that date marks the day of award of the Finn Trophy to the Castlecomer Team, it marked much more than a comprehensive win that day alone. What was spectacular was the achievement of an ambitious aim set out for that ladies team, many months before. The winning of the Finn Trophy by Castlecomer was far from a ďŹ&#x201A;ash in the pan or a stroke of luck. The matches in Courtown on 28th August, displayed a team of skilful golfers whose preparations and practices carved out and created chances and opportunities to win. They left nothing to chance, preferring to impress their own good intention for Castlecomer on the run of play. Nothing was handed to them or gifted to them. They did their best, concentrated and focused, relying upon their own abilities to secure the scores. Converting into sure certainties, what, to less skilful golfers, would be outside chances, they achieved a resounding victory across the board. The ďŹ rst three matches won, calling in two more matches where Castlecomer were also ahead in their game. The spectators who were there in support of the team were enchanted by the brilliant play unfolding before them. The sense of conďŹ dence, faith and trust in the team was palpable among the followers. Long before the result was conďŹ rmed, it was clear to those watching that it could only be a result of a win by Castlecomer over the Naas team. However well the Naas team played, the Castlecomer team stepped up and refused to be denied their deserved success. History was not only made, but recreated, as the Castlecomer Finn team accepted the trophy. Manager and player, Honoria Fogarty was one on the team from Castlecomer who won the Finn Trophy 21 years ago. So too were Betty Owens, Joan Brennan and Betty Byrne. All great golf-

ers 21 years ago, and still great golfers 21 years later, linking past glory with present glory and inspiring the desire and ambition for future glory to come. Lady Captain, Ita Madigan, Captain Gerry Dunne and President Brian Harrington, along with the rest of the supporters, were charmed and delighted with the spectacle of good golf that brought back not only the trophy, but also reminders of the constancy of excellence and ambition that is alive, well and active throughout the club today. Hanoria Fogarty and Ann Ring displayed not only magniďŹ cent golďŹ ng skill, but also astute managerial and motivational skill. As managers and players for the Finn team, they led by example and determination to achieve success for all involved. The great turn out of supporters for the team were treated to a great day, a great display and a great reason to be proud of Castlecomer golf club. The winning ladies Finn team consisted of Emer Foley & Betty Byrne, Honoria Fogarty & Betty Owens, Maria Downey & Ann Ring, Joan Brennan & Loretta MansďŹ eld and Breda Phelan & Nuala Mahon. Super subs contributing positive energy, goodwill and golf along the way throughout the competition rounds: Patricia Doheny, Delia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donohue, Margaret Furlong, Helen Dunne and Caroline Conway. From all in the club, thank you, very well done and it is much appreciated that so much good effort was put in by the Finn team and management to bring recognition and honour to Castlecomer Golf club. Mixed foursomes All Ireland ďŹ nals. The club team of mixed foursomes set off to Warrenpoint for the all Ireland semi-ďŹ nals and ďŹ nal of the mixed foursomes. These ďŹ nals are held over two days, Thursday 4th for the semiďŹ nals and those who qualify for the All Ireland ďŹ nal playing the following day, Friday, 5th. The Leinster ďŹ nalists Castlecomer face the Connaught ďŹ nalists Portumna on Thursday and must win that match in order to play in the ďŹ nal on Friday. The other semi ďŹ nal on Thursday is between the Ulster ďŹ nalists Rosapenna and Munster ďŹ nalists Killarney. Winning this All Ireland tournament would be a wonderful achievement for the Castlecomer club. The mixed team have been consistently strong and there is jubilation in the club to have won through to represent Castlecomer as the Leinster ďŹ nalists and qualiďŹ ers for competition to be the National winner. All in the club are honoured by the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great performance to date and wish them the heartiest goodwill and good wishes for success in the upcoming ďŹ nals.

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Your weekend date All Ireland Senior Hurling Final Kilkenny v Tipperary, Croke Park, Sunday, 3.30pm

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Action from Kilkennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All-Ireland win over neighbours Waterford

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Your minor detail Kilkenny v Limerick, Croke Park, Sunday, 1.30pm

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Brian Cody and his merry men

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