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Kilkenny Reporter WEDNESDAY MAY 7 2014

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7 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Kilkenny Reporter WEDNESDAY MAY 7 2014

T: 056 7795051 E: sales@kilkennyreporter.ie

SALUTE OUR ‘PEOPLE’S BANK’

» See Page 18

Well I declare, May 18 is Stephens's Day! » See Pages 26&27

DOUBLE DELIGHT: Our girls led the way and, surprise, surprise, the boys followed. Our camogie team clattered Clare and our hurlers went the extra mile as they pipped Tipp. Captains are Leanne Fennelly and Lester Ryan » GAA special, Pages 58,59,60&61 Pics: Donal Foley

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Reform a must for local Lovely hurling: GAA business for Mary Hilda Museum is on the way

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Concert Master for Ballytobin Classes

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+RZ FDQ , Ă&#x20AC;QG D KHDOWK\ ZHLJKW ORVV SODQ IRU GLDEHWLFV" Shedding those pounds offers great benefits to diabetics If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re overweight and have type 2 diabetes, a healthy weight loss can bring wonderful rewards. It can even get you off insulin and other medications. Even a loss of 10 to 15lbs can give you more energy, lower your blood sugar, improve cholesterol levels and make it easier to move around without getting out of breath. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to work with your doctor or diabetes care team, because as the pounds come off, your blood sugar, insulin and other medications will need special attention.

Here are some top tips to make your healthy weight loss plan a success: Record your eating habits. Keep a notebook with you for a week and jot down everything you eat and drink, how much and at what time. Remember, this is for your eyes only, so be honest with yourself. This will give you valuable information to help you set realistic goals for a healthy weight loss. Achieving small goals will give you the confidence to continue and even set a slightly higher one the next time.

Grace Fields, Motivation Weight Management, 10 Ormonde Street, Kilkenny

Change your food habits Using the information you have gathered about yourself consider small changes you can make to your daily food habits. If you snack on crisps or sweets, for instance, could you swap these for a piece of fresh fruit or a small handful of berries? Make your own popcorn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t add any fat or salt â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and keep a bowl handy for when you get the munchies. What are your portion sizes like? Do you sometimes go for second helpings, just because something tastes good? Your food record will point you in the right direction by helping you to make small but significant changes towards a healthy weight loss. Ready, steady, cook! You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to give up your favourite recipes to achieve a

healthy weight loss â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just adapt them by reducing the amount of fat, sugar and salt and increasing the fibre in them. Replace some of the meat in lasagne, shepherdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pie and casseroles with pulses such as beans or lentils, which are low in fat and high in fibre. Grill, bake, steam or poach food rather than fry in fat. Use low-fat dairy products such as skimmed milk, low fat cheese and yogurt, fromage frais and light crĂ¨me fraiche. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop me now! From time to time you will face unforeseen challenges, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let these get in the way of achieving your goals. Boredom is a common barrier to healthy weight loss, but instead of turning to food, distract yourself by going ffor a walk or a swim instead. Try to p plan ahead. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to p prepare meals in the evenings, batchccook at the weekend and freeze indivvidual portions for during the week. M Motivation has clinics nationwide inccluding a clinic on Ormonde Street, Kilkenny. The Irish company is almost K 20 years at the forefront of weight 2 management. Clinical studies show m tthat the Motivation programme has aan 86% success rate and the company prides itself on having over 100,000 p ssuccess stories across Ireland including Kilkenny. Programmes are specially K d designed for men, women and adollescents with any amount of weight tto lose and take place through private one to one consultations with experio eenced advisers. Motivationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success is ffounded on the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique app proach to weight management which ffocuses not just on what people eat but why. b

If you would like help with weight loss and management, call the clinic on 056 7712635. You can now book an assessment consultation for â&#x201A;Ź25 (normal price â&#x201A;Ź50).

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At the Happy Hearts Appeal launch at James Stephens GAA Club were, from left, Mayor Martin Brett, Tracy Power and John Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, local co-ordinator

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Thumbs up from Tony Kearney

Happy birthday: Saints celebrate 50 years

Our ﬁreman in waiting

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‘The co-op ethos was never more needed than today as people are living in very insecure times and experiencing a lot of financial pressures’

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Go on, vote: Every cloud has a silver lining

A political banking enquiry will be the Civil War Part 2

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Local sisters Sarah and Karen Jeffery were delighted to support

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CBS and Loreto students greet the cyclists. Included are Neil Fennelly, Craig Byrne, Evelyn Walsh, Nicola Murphy, Margaret Caldbeck and John Hanrick Pics: Martin Doheny

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Pat Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell, Lions Club, Sinead Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keeffe, Lions President, Chris Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shaughnessy, coach St Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Mayor Martin Brett, along with champion boxers Jenny BlanchďŹ eld, Courtney Kelly and Ben McAllister

Fergus Keane, Good Shepherd Centre with Kay Meaney from Amber Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Refuge

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Meabh Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Flynn, Lions, Sinead Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keeffe, Lions, Clare Cody, Suicide Awareness and Mayor Brett

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A family affair: From left, Seán, Tomás and his dad Tom Brennan

Great work: The new dressing rooms are state of the art Pics: Donal Foley

Brothers give their all in the name of their father JIMMY RHATIGAN JIMMYRHATIGAN@ GMAIL.COM

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7 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Lifestyle

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7 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Lifestyle

)LOP 7KH $PD]LQJ 6SLGHU 0DQ There is no question that we are living in the golden age of the comic book movie. After decades of experimentation, resulting in a fair mix of successes and failures, Hollywood has discovered the true potential of superhero stories beyond simple cash grabs, using iconic characters to tell truly great stories. With each new ﬁlm, our expectations rise higher as audiences believe that the movies will get better. Disappointingly, while Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 had a great deal of promise and certainly shows an awareness of its own genre’s growth, it ultimately doesn’t live up to that expectation. Anyone who has ever picked up a Spider-Man comic knows that the operative word for the superhero is “fun,” and when The Amazing Spider-Man 2 taps into that, it’s actually quite fantastic. While the ﬁlm’s opening sequence once again provides details into the mysterious disappearance of Peter

6WDJH )ULJKW Perhaps the most reviled branch of horror is the horror musical. Sure, we can name some unquestionable successes in this offbeat genre, from Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horror or Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street to and the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. But these victories are few and far between, standing out amid a flock of forgettable and uninspired features that either failed to thrill with their music, their terror, or both. Into this problematic subgenre comes Stage Fright, a slasher flick set at a summer camp that caters to musical theater kids. Stage Fright stars Allie MacDonald as ingénue Camilla Swanson, a timid singer haunted by her past. Since Camilla was a little girl, she has dreamed of following in the footsteps of her Broadway star mother Kylie Swanson (Minnie Driver). Not even her mother’s horrific murder following the opening night performance of “The Haunting of the Opera” can deter Camilla’s drive. So when the summer camp where she works decides to stage “The Haunting of the Opera,” Camilla does

anything it takes to land the lead, a role originated by her mom. But this revival also raises the bloodlust of a killer, who stalks the camp slaughtering any who believe the show must go on. Stage Fright clearly suffers from a low-budget that hurt Sable’s ability to bring his vision into better focus. Nonetheless, the ﬁlm is sick, silly and entertaining. It’s got a daring sense of humor and admirable earnestness. With

allusions to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Carrie, Mean Girls and Hellraiser, it’s culled together from a strange snarl of inspirations. But even with its bumps and warts, it works. Best of all, Stage Fright has a playfulness in its mix of music, comedy, and horror that make it an inventive and worthwhile addition to this tricky subgenre. Stage Fright is now available on VOD and opens in theaters May 9th.

Parker’s parents (Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz), Webb’s sequel really launches itself with a bright, exciting, daytime set action sequence where Spider-Man (Andrew Garﬁeld) does battle with Russian gangster Aleksei Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti) while the villain speeds a truck full of dangerous materials through Manhattan. Sprinkled with exhilarating shots of the web-slinger swinging between skyscrapers, clever quips, and more than a few visual gags,

the sequence is everything you could want from a Spider-Man movie, and if Webb’s entire sequel operated on that level, it would have been phenomenal. After the first Amazing Spider-Man ended up being rather average - understandably retreading a lot of old ground in hopes of establishing a foundation for a new franchise - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 needed to be the sequel that epically and firmly inaugurated this new version of the titular superhero as the version for the modern comic book movie world. Unfortunately, it’s not. There certainly are some great elements within it, and there are plenty of exciting seeds planted for the future of the series. Hopefully production on the planned upcoming sequels and spin-offs isn’t moving so fast, though, that the studio and filmmakers can’t take a long, hard look at the problems with this latest film and fix them moving forward.

7 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Recruitment

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BY MAX CASEY

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Event of the week Irish Local Elections In just over two weeks on the 23rd May all of Ireland will be voting in the local elections that will decide who will govern us on a local level until 2019, it’s an exciting time for Irish Politics, with four new parties having appeared since 2010 and smaller parties gaining prominence all over the country. The current councils of Kilkenny ﬁeld’s four parties, certainly better than the two or three party systems of England and the US and next year

could see even more diversity in the councils. Whatever part of the political spectrum that you fall on, politics in Ireland are changing and it is up to our councillors to accommodate for this, so I would recommend anyone who can cast a vote to look into the various parties and make it conscious choice of who you want to lead this county.

Business of the week Domino’s Pizza There is a reason that Domino’s Pizza is one of the most popular take out options in the world; they are simply the best at what they do. No other pizza takeout offers the same quality of food, the same quality of service and the same variety in food. Getting a Pizza or anything else from Domino’s

is an endlessly customizable experience, and no matter what combination you ﬁnally decide is perfect for you, the quality will always be of the highest standard. Domino’s Pizza is one of our city’s best take out’s and is located on Green Street, I highly recommend it.

Gig of the week The Blues Ark The Blues Ark are a legendary Kilkenny Rock band who will be celebrating their 30 year anniversary next Friday at the Set Theatre, it’s guaranteed to be a great night. The gig will feature many special guests including

guitarist Richie Healy and a DJ so the night will go on till late and be well worth the price of admission. The gig starts at 8:30PM and tickets are €10, all proceeds will go to Lauralynn Children’s Hospice, I highly recommend this gig.

App of the week Evernote

Evernote is an app, free to use and extremely simple to get the hang of that allows you to sync important ﬁles between your computer, phone, and any other internet connected devices that you own. Key features include: the syncing of your notes across any

Book of the week Stephen King- Mr Mercedes Though he may be inconsistent at times, there are few authors quite as proliﬁc as Stephen King; he can be a frustrating author, one you want to dismiss after a string of duds but who will then come out with something like 11/22/63 and we have no choice but to love him again. Two books of his came last year, one being a high quality sequel to The

Shining and the ﬁrst of this year will be released in June, Mr Mercedes. The book will be a cat and mouse story between a retired police detective and a driver of a Mercedes who ran over and killed eight people in a line years ago. The premise is interesting enough to read the book for, I am looking forward to this one.

computer or device that you use, the ability to edit text notes, to-do’s, and task lists, the recording of voice and audio notes, and the ability to share notes with friends and colleagues. The app was voted number 1 on the New York Times’ ‘Top Ten Must-Have Apps’ and is deﬁnitely an extremely helpful purchase.

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Lifestyle & Living 2048 2048 is a highly addictive new game that has personally been eating up a lot of my work time as I play it again and again and again. The game is somewhat difficult to describe: you start with a grid of 16 squares, two of these squares will have either 2’s or 4’s in them, the idea is to touch squares with the same number, at which point they begin the bigger (2 2’s touch they become 4, 2 4’s touch they become 8 until you 2048). The problem is you can’t select speciﬁc numbers, if you decide to move the squares left every square will move as far left as possible. Also, every time you move another 2 or 4 is produced, meaning you have to join together two numbers every time you move or you’ll quickly fall behind. It’s incredibly addictive once you have the basics down and I recommend it wholeheartedly.

TV of the week The Walking Dead Season 4 There were some weak moments sure, there were times when I was losing my strive to continue but I’m never gone for long, The Walking Dead returned for its fourth season late last year and ﬁnished it up last month with another great ﬁnale ‘A’. The fourth season started out in the prison that characterised season 3 and featured the outbreak of a plague into the wards, it led

to a tense and depressing opening that only became more so after the events of the end of the ﬁrst half. Not much is known about Season 5 yet except for the fact that it will feature yet another character from The Wire in it (nice to see them all getting paychecks again). I recommend for those who have not watched it to give the show a try.

Film of the week Pompeii Pompeii is a film that attempts to meld Gladiator and Titanic together into one film, it adapts the romantic melodrama of Titanic with the Roman setting and focus on Coliseum of Gladiator, it’s an interesting mix that manages to function almost as well as those two and provides one of the better films for 2014’s first half. The film stars Carrie-Anne Moss and Game of Thrones’ Kith Harrington with the former playing a well-to-do woman of Rome who finds herself obsessed over by a Roman senator and the latter playing a slave who must compete in the Gladiator ring of Pompeii. The two fall in love, peeving the senator and causing a ruckus in the city, all the while Mount Vesuvius hangs over everything threatening to bring in the special effects at any minute. It’s an enjoyable film, one made better by the dramatic irony of having that volcano in the background, I recommend it.

DVD of the week Out of the Furnace Out of the Furnace is the newest ﬁlm by Crazy Heart director Scott Hooper and tells the story of Rodney Blaze, a man who mysteriously disappears at the start of the ﬁlm. Rodney had become involved in the mob, and when the police fail to solve

Album of the Week Swans- To Be Kind Another Swans album means a lot for the music world: Another 120 minutes of cacophony and post-rock, another album with tracks that pass 30 minutes and another long diatribe in repetition. The album is scheduled for release in a few days and reviews by fans and critics alike have been overwhelmingly positive. It’s been praised for not only retaining

what makes the band great but adding something previously unheard of in the music of Swans: Enjoyment! Tenderness! Variety! I have as of right now not listened to the album, I’ll wait until the release day for now, but for all those who found something enjoyable in The Seer I recommend giving To Be Kind a listen upon release.

the crime his brother Russell decides he must take matters into his own hands and become a vigilante in order to save his brother. The ﬁlm stars Christian Bale and Woody Harrelson and is a very enjoyable work, I recommend it.

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CROSSWORDS All of the clues relate to Catchwords. Can you ďŹ nd the words then ďŹ t them correctly into the grid?

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and sticking them into the middle of extraordinary circumstances where the confines of society cannot protect them. In North by Northwest our main character is thrown into a situation after situation where he is completely vulnerable, whether it’s him walking through Grand Central Station where all it would take is a man with a newspaper to identify him, or in the famous Crop Duster scene with sticks him in a bunch of barren fields with nowhere to hide. The start of the film is incredibly disorientating, we know as little as Thornhill as he’s told about the hotels Kaplin has apparently stayed in without being told who Kaplin is, why they want him and who they are. Hitchcock manages to put us perfectly into the mindset of Thornhill throughout this film, when Thornhill is paranoid the camera and music are used in such a way that we feel paranoid. The film makes constant use of lines, often with distorted grid shapes that embody the film’s central themes perfectly, this is life in the grid but put completely askew. What comes as a surprise in this film is just how comedic it is, many scenes come close to pure slapstick. One scene near the start lingers especially; Thornhill is force fed bourbon and then has to take place in a high-speed car chase while completely drunk. North by Northwest is a classic and does what few films can achieve, takes the most simple and basic premise and turns it into something wholly original, I highly recommend it.

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of insanity, it means your sane and must fly the missions so there is no way out of the missions other than death. Most of the humour is derived from the sheer absurdity of what is taking place, especially how the upper echelons of the military command seems to be made up of bureaucracy stacked on bureaucracy. One scene near the middle of the book has Milo, the personification of greed and the free market in Catch-22, perform a bombing run on his own men. Nobody was happy until they learnt of the tidy sum that Milo received from the Germans for performing the run, and since everyone is in his syndicate, everyone gets a cut of the profits from the bombing (everyone wins, except those who died). Another way that the book derives humour is by telling these stories all from different perspectives, often as we learn tidbits of information from different characters, a joke is completed. It’s something that simply must be experienced for yourself to understand how it works, though one can see the influence of Catch-22’s humour on shows like Arrested Development that also begot humour from the clashing of different character’s stories.

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Some band leaders in Jazz prefer to let their musicians do the heavy lifting in the songs; they guide the music and control it from the background but Coltrane was fundamentally different from these people, whenever Coltrane plays he dominates everything around him, he commands the music, no other musician could hope to change course when he’s playing. The sound of A Love Supreme is in many ways a bridge of styles between Coltrane’s earlier Post-Bop and Hardbop styles and his later Free Jazz works, the fact that it manages not to sit in either camps gives the album a completely unique sound, there is no album quite like this. A Love Supreme was imagined by Coltrane as this four part suite about his belief in god and gratitude for him for Coltrane’s incredible talent, it is deﬁned by this colossal and grandiose sound that is like a religious experience in and of itself, a fact surprising when you consider the fact that only a quartet of musicians worked on this album. The sound of the opening song ‘Acknowledgements’ is titanic, there’s this crashing piano chords, clattering, chaotic drums, and John Coltrane with these sheets of sound crashing over all of it. The sound is huge and epic, like the score of a ﬁlm. Part 2 ‘Resolution’ is the only part that sounds like a conventional jazz song and even that would be a stretch, the repeated refrain has a sense of longing to it, as does the excellent piano solo that comes in around two minutes in. Pursuance, Part 3, is an interesting piece of work and is the one most closely related to Free Jazz. At some point it feels like

every instrument is doing a solo of its own and the sound is pure chaos, it’s thrilling to listen to Coltrane’s saxophone squeal at the apex, he repeats a refrain from Part 1 in this middle of this madness that almost seems like an attempt at parody. The song also gives each instrument a chance to solo on their own, with drums opening the song, the piano in the middle and part 3 ending with just bass. Part 4 is called Psalm and is utterly beautiful, Coltrane called it a ‘musical narration’ of a poem about religion he wrote that he recites with his saxophone, no words said but the emotion and power is so clear that no words are needed. This is the most basics tenants of jazz music being used to make something wholly unlike jazz, something grandiose and deeply spiritual, something that transcends any convention, it is one of the best albums ever made.

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award win is an achievement that the whole company can celebrate”. The new Audi A3 is available as a 3 door*, Sportback*, Cabriolet* and Sedan*. It is powered by a range of TFSI gasoline and TDI diesel engines. The A3 Sportback can also be ordered as a g-tron*, which can be operated using e-gas generated by Audi, natural gas, or gasoline – when powered by e-gas, the A3 Sportback g-tron travels CO2-neutral. Later this year, the A3 Sportback will also be available as an e-tron*, whose plug-in hybrid drive enables journeys of up to 50 kilometres in all-electric mode. Audi is offering customers in Germany green electricity – Audi energy. The cooperating partner is the Hamburg energy provider LichtBlick E. The power all comes from renewable energy sources and is generated exclusively at hydro-electric power stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. With Audi energy, the A3 e-tron is totally emission-free when operated electrically. Audi can look back on a 16-year success story with the A3. In 1996, the ﬁrst generation of

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7 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Take notice that I intend to apply to Kilkenny Borough Council for permission to construct 17 parking spaces on lands at High Hayes Terrace, Gardens, Kilkenny. This application will provide 11 allocated spaces for Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Gormans Public House Planning Register Ref. 13/62. 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. Signed: Eamon Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Gorman

We, Michael Power & Mary Shelly hereby intend to apply to Kilkenny County Council for planning permission for a storey and a half dwelling and garage, and associated treatment system at Ballyroberts, Co. Kilkenny, along with all site and ancillary works.

James Brennan hereby applies to Kilkenny County Council for planning permission to (A) construct a dwelling and garage with an effluent treatment system (B) change of use of an existing habitable dwelling to a storage space, and all associated site works, at Loon, Castlecomer, 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 p.m. and 2 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 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. Signed: Mark Kelly, www.mkelly.ie.

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Take notice that we intend to apply to Kilkenny County Council for planning permission to construct 36.78m2 extension and all associated site works on lands at Kilcreen, 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. Signed: Claire & Michael Brannigan

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. Signed: Brian Dunlop Architects www.bdarchitects.ie

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7 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Sport

*ROI 1RWHV Callan Pierce Purcell

Callan have the honour of hosting the regional qualifier this year. On Saturday the 17th of May Callan welcomes a huge number of teams from surrounding clubs who will compete in a stroke play format with the top 4 teams qualifying for the match play section on Sunday morning for semi finals and the final in the afternoon. It is a fabulous honour for the club who last year went all the way to the Leinster final under the stewardship of Paul Cashin. The panel have been practising hard and hopefully the home advantage will help. Please come along and give the lads some support as it is a marvellous opportunity to showcase the club at its finest and hopefully the lads can make it to Sunday and beyond.

Barton Cup Callan take on Rosslare in a difficult assignment on Friday evening next. The team had a dramatic victory in the opening round over A much fancied Waterford side and hope are high that a repeat performance could be on the cards. Richie McMahon is the manager and the panel have been working hard to practise both in Rosslare and Callan with 3 matches in the Wexford venue and 2 in Callan. Please come along after 5 and give your support as it would be much appreciated by all involved. The Provincial Towns team is in action on the 18th of May with other inter club details to follow. The golﬁng season is well and truly underway with plenty of competitive (and social if you d prefer) golf available at the Geraldine Venue. Please come along and join us. If you haven’t paid your membership (or part of) please come to the office to arrange easy payment as your payments will make a huge difference to the running of your club. The membership is open and is wonderful value for those looking to be members of a ﬁne golf club with excellent playing conditions in a welcoming atmosphere. The beginners lessons have been a huge success with thanks to the membership committee for their organisational efforts and to Brian for his wonderful coaching classes.

every Wednesday throughout the season with great fare available both on the course and in the clubhouse with some ﬁne pre or post game catering options available from Keith and his staff upstairs at highly competitive prices . On Fridays there is also an open competition. The Friday open competitions are open to men and women alike and provide an excellent start the weekend. Last Firday there was a large visiting contingent with John Gleeson from Rathdowney taking the honours with a ﬁne 41point total with Joe Kelly also from Rathdowney in second on 36 points. There has never been more opportunities to play competitive golf in Callan for members and visitors with every Wednesday and most Fridays (please check website callangolfclub.com for details) open and 18 hole competitions every weekend. With summer having arrived come along and join us for an exciting 2014 of golf.

Results O Dwyer Golf Stores Open Singles 30 April 1 B O Shea 40 2 J Grace 36 Gross P Norris Open Single Ladies and Gents Friday 2nd May 1 J Gleeson 41 2 J Kelly Ladies Seniors 1st May 1A Campion 23 2 A Hickey 23 3 A Carey 23 4 M OMahony 21 5 M Blanchﬁeld 21

Club Lotto Week 6 results; numbers drawn 5,22,29 with no winner. 3 Lucky dip winners; Kevin O Gorman, Max Kealy, Seamus Doheny. Next weeks jackpot 3750e. Thanks to all for your wonderful support.

Fixtures Wednesday 7th May O Dwyer Golf Stores Open Men’s Singles Thursday 8th May senior Ladies 10am-noon Friday 9th May Ballingarry Gaa Classic Saturday 10th May Ballingarry Gaa Classic Sunday 11th May men’s singles sponsored by Madigans Pharmacy Monday 12th May RGA 11am1pm. Eddie Lyons Trophy Tuesday 13th May ladies day Butler Cup Wednesday 14th May O Dwyer Golf Stores

O Dwyer Golf Stores Open Singles

Castlecomer

The latest golfer story qualify for the O Dwyer Golf Stores Open Singles Playoff in autumn did so in difficult conditions on the course last Wednesday. Brian O Shea, playing off 17, had an excellent 40 points to take top spot. The difficult weather meant that a smaller group of hardy souls took to the fairways but Brians total was a ﬁne return in the circumstances. The numbers have been way up on recent years with many members and visitors enjoying competitive golf mid week. Brian was followed home by John Grace with Paul Norris taking gross honours. The qualiﬁers take place

The inter club competitions are now in full swing. Castlecomer have had mixed fortunes so far. The Irish Mixed Foursomes team have had two very good wins to date against Portarlington and Birr and have advanced to the third round. The over sixties Scotch Foursomes team have made a good start in the J.B.Carr Tournament. They have beaten Kilkenny and Mount Juliet and will now play Gowran Park in the Kilkenny area ﬁnal. The over ﬁfties Duggan Cup foursomes team defeated Borris

Inter Club News

in the ﬁrst round and now play Glen of the Downs from Wicklow. Both the Barton Cup (foursomes) and the Provincial Town (singles) teams suffered narrow defeats to Portarlington and Cill Dara respectively. The Leinster Fourball team lost out by one match in the ﬁrst round to Dunmurry Springs.

Results John Bergin, Kieran Bergin, Paul Campion and Martin Brennan won the Classic in aid of Spina Biﬁda . They will now represent the club in The Pakie Bonner Classic to be held in the K Club later in the year.

Diary Sat 10th/ Sun 11th _ Mens Open Singles (Goy) Ever Thurs. - Mens Open Singles (Visitors Golf only €15 Golf and Dinner €20)

Ladies The ladies have been registering well on the interclub matches also. On Monday, 28th April the ladies Minor Cup team were in competition against Carlow Golf Club. Held in Borris Golf club, the team of Mary Brophy, Nuala Mahon, Delia O’Donoghue, Noreen Kinsella and Loretta Mansﬁeld enjoyed a comfortable win, much to the delight of the team managers Breda Phelan and Clare O’Connor. Castlecomer won Senior Foursomes matches 2 to 1 while playing Athy in Carlow on Friday May 2nd. 1st Pair Emer Foley and Breda Phelan lost on the 19th hole after a very competitive match. 2nd pair Joan Brennan and Maria Downey won on the 15th. 3rd pair Honoria Fogarty and Betty Byrne won on the 18th hole. A fantastic win by the ladies Castlecomer team. The matches, although highly competitive, were played in a very friendly manner. It was a pleasure to see all players chatting together along the fairways. Team managers Lady Captain Ita Madigan and Nuala Mahon were very satisﬁed with the team’s performance. More interclub competition is upcoming for the next weekend with the Senior Cup happening in Carlow on Saturday and the Miele Fourball held on Sunday. It’s all systems go at the moment with the willing ladies giving their best golf for the club in the interclub competitions. An invitation is extended to all who may be interested in learning about golf with a beginners course consisting of lessons with golf pro Noel Leahy. Starting on 8th May at 7pm, it is a wonderful opportunity for those looking for a new, interesting and entertaining hobby. To book a place Honoria Fogarty may be contacted at 087 9171579 after 6pm or Helen Dunne at 087 2540726 after 6pm.

Gowran Park OPEN WEEKEND Joe Scoops Top Prize Our Open Singles over last weekend proved very popular

with favourable weather conditions - all competitors enjoyed the course. Joe Sinnott (14) Mountain View Golf Club scooped ﬁrst prize with 41 points from the large entry. Gowran Park member Kevin Reade (11) took the runnerup spot with 39 points ahead of Borris member Aidan Somers (15) with 38 points. The gross prize was won by 8 handicapper Pat Johnson from Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club who returned a gross score of 30 points. The daily winners were Paddy Mahon (20) Gowran Park on Saturday and Eoin O’Mahoney (12) Waterford Golf Club who both returned scores of 30 points. Last Thursday’s Open Singles saw a great win for local member Gearoid Kennedy (8)) with score of 41 points. Kilkenny member Brian Crowdle (3) took the runners up spot with a good score of 39 points. The competition continues tomorrow Thursday 8th May with a timesheet in place – tel 056 7726699.

Barton Cup On Monday last 5th May Gowran Park progressed to the 3rd round of the Barton Cup. Home advantage proved to be the telling difference in the match as Gowran won all 3 games at home and only lost out narrowly on the games away with some excellent play from both teams. Best of luck to manager Jim Walsh and all concerned in the next round.

Ladies Results Wed 30th April - 18 Hole Stableford 1st Mary Purcell (34) 41pts 2nd Eileen Tobin (19) 38pts

Ladies Inter Club Gowran Park are through to the next round of the Junior Cup after defeating Castlecomer in Kilkenny. With the ﬁrst two matches in Castlecomers’ hands the remaining 3 had to be won by Gowran Park to go through. Ann Mullins and Sinead Kearney won their matches leaving a thrilling ﬁnal match in the capable and much experienced hands of Nora Barron, bringing the match to all square on the 16th with a great putt. Nora went on to win the 17th leaving Gowran Park 1 up heading down the 18th. It came down to a putt but it was all that was needed for Gowran to win and go through to the next round. Congratulations to the Team Kate Hennessy, Judy Dick, Sinead Kearney, Ann Mullins and Nora Barron.

of the Mens Club Fourball must be played by May 25th. The ﬁrst round of the Mens singles by May 23rd. Those on top of the draws are responsible for arranging the match.

INTER CLUB COMPETITION LADIES INTER CLUB The next few weeks are busy for the Ladies section in the club with the Inter club competitions taking off. The Boyne Trophy team will take on Thurles in Kilkenny on Saturday May 10th at 2pm. The Challenge Cup team will play Callan in Gowran Park on Monday May 12th and the Ladies Senior Cup are playing in Carlow the weekend of May 10th & 11th . They will take on the Heath in their ﬁrst match at 10.48am on Saturday morning and if successful will proceed to the play the Curragh in the afternoon.

MENS INTER CLUB In the next round of the Barton Cup Kilkenny will play New Ross on Saturday May 10th at 3pm. Two matches in Kilkenny and three in New Ross. The team will be posted on the Mens notice board later in the week.

RESULTS Mens PGA Tankard May 3rd & 4th C.S.S. 71 Sat & Sun 1. Michael McCarthy (21) 64 net 2. John Geoghegan (16) 65 net 3. Patrick Kearns (20) 66 net (B9) Best Gross; Graham Nugent (2) 68 Gross 5. Kieran Hoban (10) 66 net (B9) 6. Brendan Hogan (6) 66 net Best Junior; Jack Walsh (18) 70 net Date for Presentation of Prizes to be conﬁrmed. Two’s Club PGA Tankard Details next week.

BANK HOLIDAY 4 PERSON TEAM SEMI OPEN

Thursday 8th May Weekly Open Singles Visitors €20 Sunday 11th May Open Fourball – Open to Ladies & Men. Visitors €20

1. Tom Sloyan (6) Eabha Sloyan (30) Amy Lennon (26) Daniel McGrath (14) 91 pts 2. Ger Crowdle (26) Ber Crowdle (36) Aoife Crowdle (34) Doireann Sloyan (25) 88 pts (B9) 3. Mary Browne (25) Tom Browne (18) Charlie Browne (13) Margaret McCreery (19) 88 pts (B3) 4. Jack Troy (16) Frank Byrne (18) David Conlon (13) Michael Burke (13) 88 pts Date for Presentation of Prizes to be conﬁrmed.

Kilkenny

LADIES NEWS Ladies Results

Fixtures

MENS SCRATCH MATCHPLAY/FOURBALL/SINGLES Mens Scratch Match play the next round is due for completion by May 23rd, The second round

Australian Spoons Scotch Foursomes Winner; Valerie Graham (26) & Catherine O’Neill (25) 44 pts Best Gross; Dervilla O’Byrne (14) & Jo Lawlor (12) 26 Gross Pts.

Ladies 9 Hole Competition on Tuesdays for those ladies who are unable to play 18 holes. Slots from 10.00 – 10.20 and 1.30 – 2.00, Self Entry. Swipe Ilgu card and enter score in computer. Entry Fee €3. The sheet for list of names for the high - low competition is on the Ladies notice board, and the competition will take place on Sunday May 18th at 6pm.

Ladies Fixtures Tuesday May 6th Ladies 18 Hole Stableford 8.20 – 10.20 and 12.20 to 2.20 and 4.00 – 5.30 Tuesday May 13th Open Ladies 3 Person Team No competition slots on Sunday May 4th. as Tuesday May 6th is an Open Day

SENIOR MEN & SENIOR LADIES Results Thursday May 1st Mixed 4 Person Team 1. Geoff Meagher (14) Martin Kelly (26) Mary O’Connell (36) Theresa Brandon (36) 78 pts 2. John O’Leary (18) Eddie Geraghty (24) Joan Mannion (29) Joan Norris (23) 76 pts 3. Noel Skehan (15) Joe Nolan (23) Maurice Ryan (21) Phil Cooke (26) 73 pts 4. Billy Burke (9) Matt Ruth (15) Andy Hughes (18) Joan O’Sullvan (30) 72 pts 5. John Bracken (17) Martin Murphy (17) Shem Lawlor (22) Ann Murphy (23) 72 pts 6. Con O’Sullivan (15) Reay Brandon (22) Mary Gorman (27) Mary Shields (36) 71 pts 7. Denis Carey (13) Michael Barry (26) Edith Ogilvie (24) Pauline O’Sullivan (28) 71 pts The Senior Ladies and Senior Men will revert back to their normal format next Thursday with the Ladies out at 10am and the Men at 11am. The Senior Men will have an away outing in Faithlegg on Monday May 12th

FIXTURES Tuesday May 6th, 8.20 – 10.20, 12.20 – 2.20 and 4.00 – 5.30 Ladies 18 Hole Stableford. 10.30 – 12.00 Visitors Lucan Ladies. Wednesday May 7th , Ladies & Gents Open Singles 8.30 – 5.30 Thursday May 8th 10.00 – 11.00 Senior Ladies, 11.00 – 1.00 Senior Men , 1.00 – 2.00 Members Friday May 9th , 11.30 – 5.30 Evergreen Classic Saturday May 10th , 7.30 – 9.00 Members, 9.00 – 9.30 Mens Foursomes Qualifier, 9.30 – 12.00 Visitors, 1.00 – 2.00 Members, 2.00 – 2.20 Boyne Trophy Ladies Inter Club, 3.00 – 3.15 Barton Cup Inter Club. 3.15 – 4.15 Mens Foursomes Qualifier Sunday May 11th , 7.30 – 10.20 and 11.00 – 5.00 Mens Foursomes Qualifier, Ladies Casual Slots 10.30 – 11.00. Monday May 12th, 1.00 – 2.00 Members Time Tuesday May 13th, 8.20 – 11.00 Ladies Open 3 Person Team Event, 11.00 – 1.00 Visitors, 1.00 – 2.00 Members, 2.00 – 5.30 Ladies Open 3 Person Team Event Wednesday May 14th, 11.00 – 1.00 Visitors, 1.00 – 2.00 Members.

7 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter