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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Kilkenny Reporter WEDNESDAY MAY 21 2014

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PIN YOUR HOPES ON VOTING! » See Page 20

Cheers: Politicians take the pledge as seniors lay down law » P18

A MIRACLE: Meet the loving young mother and her sons who went for a walk that could have cost them their lives. Pic: Donal Foley » Story and pics Page 26&27

A PIECE OF CAKE: Proud Presentation Kilkenny girls, Ronelle Henderson, left, and Ciara Farrell, show off their All-Ireland camogie medals at a school party Pic: Martin Doheny » Story and pics Page 22

21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Cheers, Norm is back for big birthday bash Martin Comerford

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

KYTELERS INN Wednesday; 8.30pm

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Former miners, John Delaney and Seamus Walsh, right. Seamus will lead mining tours

Discovery Park Clara concert raises â&#x201A;¬2,200 for school funds welcomes fantastic Bealtaine Festival!

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Pictured in Dalton House, Gowran following a six-week Creative Writing Class given by Gerry Moran and sponsored by Leader. The course was very enjoyable and Nellie Brett thanked Gerry on behalf of the group. Included are Gerry Moran, Nellie Brett, Paul Brett, Des Kehoe, Mary Walpole, Jim Flanagan, Deirdre Farrell, May Byrne, Gretta Leary, Joan Cleere, Fr Pat Dalton, Patsy Crimin and Joan Phelan

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a welcome â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;drop in the oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; TIM RYAN In the Oireachtas At the business competition launch were Fiona Deegan, Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Minister Richard Bruton and Minister John Perry

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Ciara Trait and Maria Kelly, Principal, Presentation Primary School

Eamon Delaney and Maria Comerford, Principal, St Canice’s, with the school caretaker Mick Condon

Emma Cody with Maggie Cody, Principal, St John of God

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Politicians who made pledge to nursing home residents

Mary O’Keeffe, Sister Gabriel and Teresa Quinn

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Stoneyford National School has a real touch of class

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Camogie glory was a piece of cake! JIMMY RHATIGAN JIMMYRHATIGAN@GMAIL.COM

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Brilliant Pres girls show off their All-Ireland silverware

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Team members Aoife Brassil, Grรกinne Walsh and Emer Donnelly

Management team, John Dooley, Jenny Reddy, Mary McGrath and Pat Ryan

Team mates, Rachel Phelan, Ashling Nolan and Mary Oโ Connell

Pics: Martin Doheny

21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Goresbridge is gone to the dogs! JIMMY RHATIGAN JIMMYRHATIGAN@GMAIL.COM

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Linda Simpson, Caroline McDonald, Mary Simpson, Caroline Barcoe, Ella Cusack and Emma Blake Pics: Martin Doheny

Children from Goresbridge show their support Martina Butler, Sinead McDermott and Breda Murphy collecting for Goresbridge School

Winner of the ďŹ rst race, Black Foot, owned by Thomas Hughes and trained by Brian Ellard

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Political apathy drives a worried father of two into election battle JIMMY RHATIGAN JIMMYRHATIGAN@ GMAIL.COM

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‘Since that incident I have never brought the boys walking near that bridge again. It is too dangerous’ Fighting for communities, Conor Foley

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

News Finbar Furey performs

Turkish Barber closes doors in respect JIMMY RHATIGAN JIMMYRHATIGAN@GMAIL.COM

FINBAR FUREY, he of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sweet Sixteenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fame, will be in Langtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ballroom on Sunday, May 24. Tickets are now on sale at Langtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Rollercoaster Records and www.set.ie. Doors open 8pm and tickets cost â&#x201A;¬26.

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

21 MAY2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Looking Good for Summer

21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Lifestyle & Living

Job? What Job? With Comedian Dave Young CHILDHOOD: Well I came into the world in the usual way, on a Saturday evening at 7pm on the 16th of August, (same birthday as Madonna and also that was the day Elvis died) my mother always knew I was going to be a comedian, especially when the doctor asked “Is this a joke?” Where are you from, where did you grow up and was childhood what we call a ‘normal’ happy one? I’m from Dublin; I grew up in Walkinstown, not really the class clown, more the street corner jester! Being an only child, I was spoiled of course, spoiled with love, never money, we had none, we were so poor in my house you could only play SEEK! Did you always want to perform? How did you get into show-biz and at what point did you realize comedy was your forte? I’m a natural performer, that means when I’m on stage I’m in my natural environment, a bit like a woman at a SALE, or a man at home watching TV while his wife is at the Sale! I love my self made job, That’s funny me calling showing off for a living and having a laugh a job, its actually a beautiful job, you never here comedy described like that, but giving someone the joy of laughter is beautiful, truly beautiful! I never intended to be a comedian, to be honest I always romticized the idea of being an actor, maybe I am an actor playing the role of a comedian? Who knows? When I think about it I suppose I became a professional comedian a bit like the way somebody becomes a prostitute, you start of doing it for friends for nothing, and then you think, hey, I could get paid for this! Did you struggle in the beginning? What was your big break? Struggle? are you listing to me, I love what ever it is I do, I always have, why Id do it for nothing, but then again no one would appreciate it! Especially my bank manager! My big break? Why that’s

still to come! There is supposed to be a lot of jealousy in the world of showbiz have you come across much and how does it manifest itself? Yes, there is a lot of jealousy out there, but it usually only comes from the performers that are not natural. You see, it frustrates them because they want to do the job, and they try so hard and when they look at a natural performer it looks effortless so they become jealous. In my opinion when possible, people should only do the jobs that they are naturally good at, otherwise they will always be frustrated, and you can’t fool an audience, they can sense when somebody is naturally funny or trying to be funny. That applies to all professions. If you good at cooking be a chef, if your good at building be an architect, if you’re good at lying, really good at it, be a politician! You’ve done a lot of tours - what countries? Are you better received in some countries than others? Which audiences ‘get’ what you’re doing best? I do a lot work between here Spain, New York and UK. Comedy can be universal, funny is funny, so wherever I play it works, I’ve even played in Poland, they gave me a standing ovation and not one of them could speak English? Perhaps that’s why I got the ovation, maybe they were all deaf and thought I was singing? You’ve met many big stars? Are their egos really as big as we are led to believe? Who are your comedic heroes and inspira-

tions? I found the bigger the name the nicer the person, for example Michael Bubble, he was really a cool guy, it’s the climbers that are pain in the arse, who when you say to them: “are you busy?” you get a gig guide, and you know its all bullshit, but you have to smile and tell them they’re great. My comic heroes are the old guy’s Groucho, Jackie Mason, George Carlin, the new guys leave me cold, my real life heroes are my mam and dad, they have that natural wit we spoke of. You seem to have a real knack of connecting with your audience - is this a skill that develops over time? Have you ever misread an audience or received a less than warm reception?... You see this where that natural thing comes into play, I never go on stage intentionally to make anybody laugh, as I said before I don’t even consider this a job for grown-ups, this for me is play time, I go there to have a laugh and because it’s not contrived its natural, audience’s naturally enjoy it.You see I really don’t know what it is that I do, I just know people love it. And as long they keep loving it, ill keep doing it. I’m not there to offend I’m there to entertain, but I’m only human and you cant get it right every time and believe it or not its not always the comedians fault. How many times have you gone to a show and later people are saying he was great, I never laughed so much, and Dave is a tonic. Well not every tonic will suit every patient, why some will have a negative reaction, true? What one person finds funny another can find offensive, but that all depends on where they are in there head. I’ve seen people not laughing at stuff that I know if they were in different company they would. I’ve seen people becoming posh in a posh venue. There are so many elements to getting it right. One basic requirement is an audience has got to be comfortable and able to hear and see you clearly, if they have to strain, to hear or see, they will, but no matter how good you are they are not comfortable. Imagine going to see the best

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movie ever made, but the sound is out of sync and the picture is out of focus, the audience will leave saying that movie was crap, they may not even know, that the film was out of focus and the sound was out of sync they just know something was wrong and they blame the film. Sometimes the staff and the venue can piss people off before a show even begins. There are so many variables to getting it right, but generally funny is funny. A great man one said: “A guy that can make YOU laugh is a good comedian” My dad said that and as simplistic as that sounds, he’s right. If someone makes you laugh no matter what the situation, than he’s has done his job, well that’s what I do for living, I’m the laugh maker! (Job? huh) Nothing seems safe from your acerbic take on life -is there any topic that you would shy away from in your shows? None what so ever! I believe any subject can be funny, once the intent is not to hurt. Sure some of the most genuine laughs I’ve heard were at an autopsy. What do you do when you are not working or are you always working? I don’t think your listening to me; I

told you I don’t consider this work at all. People call it work, but when you do something you love its hardly work. When I’m not doing what I love to do, I love all the normal things in life. Movies, good food, waterskiing, spear fishing, gorilla farming and polishing the rocket! Are you as outgoing in real life as your on-stage personae or are you really a shy retiring individual? What you see it was you get, I have no act, it’s all the real me! For better for worse, I’m 100% Dave Young! Future plans? I start touring soon with my new show “Spaced out!” and a new live DVD & Album are out soon. There’s also talk of my own TV show, but mum’s the word or is that Young’s the word? Are you rich? I’m Healthy and very happy! And that’s the best wealth you can ever aspire to have, I love my girlfriend, my mum and dad, all my friends & fans. Most of all, I love to see a tear of laughter run down a cheek. Do you love your job? “WHAT JOB?”

21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Little support for the CAS amongst council candidates Nomination: Ciaran Dunphy, aka DeValera.

Nomination: Michael Hayes, aka Mick Collins. Pics: Martin Doheny

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Summer Camps

$UW &RRNLQJ “Come join us to create art with food and supplies and have a wonderful time at Art It,” encourages local artist DiDi Wilson, founder of Art It, TheWalk-In Art Studio for All Ages. Having lived many years in Italy, DiDi is passionate about Italian cuisine and will enjoy sharing her enthusiasm for fresh food, herbs, garlic, and olive oil during the month of July with children from age 8 – 13 yrs. Every day from Monday to Friday, starting June 30, your child could be taught to prepare a 3 course meal; starter, main course, and dessert, which of course is every child’s favourite! Children will cut, peel, mix, stir, measure, and cook the dishes they create in the morning from 10 to 1pm. Then they will then enjoy sharing and eating what they prepared. Menus might include risotto, various inﬂatable, maybe a Jeff Koon poodle, or make their own casting, or a pasta dishes, soups, chicken (like pollo alla Milano), meat (vitello alla piece of jewelery, a clay structure, an oil painting, these just to name a parmigiana), vegetables in season, and of course, DESSERTS (like few possibilities. Art It will follow children’s requests. tiramisu)! There is also a morning Art Camp from 10 to 12 pm. Please contact The afternoon Art Camp will start at 2pm and the art produced will 086 3085270 for booking or more information or drop by Art It at depend on the age of the children. There are a lot of objects which can MacDonagh Shopping Center! be made, painted and decorated. Maybe some would like to create an

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Lifestyle & Living

BY MAX CASEY

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Hotel of the week The Clubhouse Hotel The Clubhouse Hotel calls itself: ‘Kilkenny’s vintage hotel’ and for good reason, it’s a beautiful Georgian location and personiﬁes the old fashioned charm that many hotels have lost over the years. The hotel is located on Patrick Street and is perfect whether you are in need of food, a wedding or a meeting, there are no hotels that house an experience quite like The Clubhouse and it will make for a very special time. For me, the aspect of this location that trumps all else is the excellent staff, friendly, helpful and willing to aid you no matter what your problem may be sums up why the staff are so good, there has clearly been a huge emphasis put on this aspect and it pays off tremendously. The Clubhouse Hotel is one of Kilkenny’s best hotels and I highly recommend it.

Gig of the week We Cut Corners We Cut Corners are a band who will be playing at the Set Theatre next Saturday May 24th in a free gig. For the price of nothing you can hear the quirky, stop-and-start duo that is We Cut Corners, known for putting askew the traditional two-man blues

rock formula, the band is much more interested in these quick, poppy numbers with interesting lyrics and piercing, yelping vocals. Their music is simple but infectious, and the perfect music for a live show. I recommend We Cut Corners.

Show of the week The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe is a new play that will be at the Watergate Theatre on the 22nd about the life of the famous Marilyn Monroe, told on her ﬁnal day before overdosing

on pills. We are brought through her tumultuous days from her marriage to Arthur Miller, Joe DiMaggio as well as her mother, it’s all on display and helps to reveal a keenly intelligent

and ﬂawed woman behind the glamour. The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe will be playing on Thursday from 8 to 10PM, tickets are €16/€12.

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Goodreader 4 is a new app on the App Store that is excellent when it comes to organization with ﬁles and will help you tremendously with documents as well as downloading off the web. Though maybe not worth paying extra if you have Goodreader 3, version 4 for new users is the deﬁnitive version of an app that does a

Event of the week Kilkenny Local Council and European Parliament Elections dgdgdg Well here we are, the local elections and elections for the European Parliament will take place on Friday and then we will have new councils and new representatives in Europe. It is

unquestionably the biggest event in the county right now and will have a large effect on how we are governed for the next few years. I highly recommend everyone young and old learn

about the parties and vote in the elections, you have nothing lose and so much to gain by voting.

little of everything and is an essential purpose for apple users. Along with simple organization the app also allows you to open and edit pdf ﬁles as well as zip ﬁles which you cannot open by default with the iPhone and it also can play and organize music you have on the phone. The app will cost you €2.69 but it is well worth the price.

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Lifestyle & Living Watch Dogs Finally, ﬁnally after all these years and delays Watch Dogs will be released in Europe on Tuesday the 27th May. Watch Dogs is an open world stealth game by ubisoft. It is set in an alternative history version of Chicago and follows the character of Aiden Pearce, a skilled hacker who wants to bring change to the dystopian city. The game has been

on the radar ever since its debut at E3 2012 where it was named the best of E3 by many publications. The developer, Ubisoft Montreal, has built itself a high pedigree in recent years with the Assassins Creed and Splinter Cell games and Watch Dogs is expected to surpass even the high water mark set by its predecessors.

TV of the week In the Flesh Season 2 In the Flesh is a very interesting new miniseries and one that has just started its second season, shaping up to be even better than the ﬁrst. The premise is the show is that thousands of people who died in 2009 are re animated as zombies who were initially feral but following a war they were rehabilitated into society with the help of the government. The survivors have regained most

of their humanity and are given daily injections of medication as well as contact lenses and cosmetics as to appear normal. The show shows one teenager in the ﬁctional town of Roarton, Lancashire who is trying to reintegrate into his old life but faces constant prejudice from the people of the town. It’s a very interesting new show and I recommend it.

Film of the week Godzilla The film version of Godzilla is a very different beast from what was expected of it, instead of the two-hour monster mania that we were promised Godzilla 2014 is a slow burner that revels in suspense, similar to Jaws more than anything else. Godzilla doesn’t actually come into the movie until it is well past the hour mark, the film tells the story of a race of malevolent, evil creatures who attack the West Coast of the US, the government wants to use nuclear bombs but a Japanese scientists convinces the world powers to send in Godzilla instead, a creature born from the explosion of a nuclear bomb in the 1950s, to save the world from the other monsters. The plot’s a bit convoluted but it works and the film is worth seeing.

DVD of the week Inside Llewyn Davis It’s a Coen Brothers movie, what else needs to be said? Inside Llewyn Davis is the newest ﬁlm by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen that was released at the start of this year and is now available on DVD. It follows Llewyn Davis, a folk

Album of the Week Swans- To be Kind (again) It’s a great album, the reviews were right, it provides a listen less grimy but even more intense than 2012’s The Seer and is probably the band’s best work. They’re a hard band to describe, their music is torturously long winded and endlessly repetitive but those facts give it this indescribable atmosphere and hypnotic nature that will leave you exhausted but satisﬁed by the end. After two hours of Swans all other music just sounds kind of passé, those familiar pop tunes are grating, your entire body is physically exhausted and you just want to lie down. It’s not an album you’ll bring out often since you need to listen to the entire thing to get the proper experience, but when you do there is nothing like To Be Kind.

singer in Greenwich Village during the winter of 1961. We see the life of Davis over one week, during which time he mooches off people, loses his friends cat, insults the family of his recently dead-by-suicide performing partner,

and impregnates another friends wife. He’s not a great man by any means, and is wonderfully played by Oscar Isaac. Along with Isaac the ﬁlm also stars Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. It is a must see ﬁlm.

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Easy Rider is a rare kind of film that manages to look incredibly dated but be kind of endearing because of it; it’s a film so definitively about its time and place that even when it slips up it feels authentic. The film is about a duo of bikers who decide to travel across the US to New Orleans for Mardi Gras after a successful drug trade past the Mexican border. The film is relatively plotless, the drugs are all sold before even the title comes up and the rest of the film is dedicated to little stories as Wyatt and Billy interact with people across the country. The highlight of these is unquestionably the time spent with Jack Nicholson, Nicholson was relatively unknown at the time but his role here turned him into a star and for good reasons, he plays an alcoholic lawyer and is so much fun while also being so obviously unbalanced that he becomes the best part of the film. Easy Rider has a lot to say about the famous counterculture and hippy movements of the 1960s that it portrays, the film seems to be saying that the movement had the potential to change the world but in the end became simply a premature drugaddled mess. Its viewpoint I believe is summed up in the moment at the commune when they see starving thirsty youths trying to grow crops in what is basically sand. Trying to change

the world for the better is like planting crops in the desert, ultimately impossible. The film finds fault with the counterculture, this can be found in the bad acid trip near the end and also the aforementioned scene which personifies the extreme naivety of those involved. Wyatt comments at one point: ‘We blew it’. The film operates as a sort of reverse Western film. We are meant to draw parallels between Wyatt and Billy and old Western heroes, in one of the first scenes of the film shots of them changing a tyre are interspersed with shots of shoes being put on a horse and the names themselves are taken from classic Western films. But there is some fundamental differences, Westerns typically featured naïve characters learning from an adventure West and return home with wealth and as a man, in Easy Rider the two main characters are already grizzled and experienced at the start of the film and they are travelling east, gradually getting destroyed on the way. The film makes constant use of montages and has one of the best soundtracks in movie history, Steppenwolf, The Byrds and Jimi Hendrix all have songs in the film and it makes for one of the best uses of the montage trope. Easy Rider is a definitive ‘60s movie, a triumph of a film that deserves to be seen.

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with the owner of the library Miss Saeki. While this is happening we also learn of Nakata, a sixty-year-old who learned to talk to cats after a strange occurrence took place in his youth, his proﬁciency at ﬁnding cats because of this has made him well known in his ward, but a certain

event leads him from Tokyo to the South in search of something called an ‘Entrance Stone’. Although it all sounds convoluted the book is actually simple to understand and a page-turner, just presume that everything will be sorted out by the end and don’t get bogged down in every irregularity. Murakami has a natural aptitude for writing and makes great use of metaphors in his writing to both make incredibly vivid imagery as well as to progress the magic realism aspect of his work. I highly recommend this book, it’s strange and surreal and engaging (and unsuitable for young readers) and is one of the best books of the 00’s.

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There is no experience in music quite like listening to Exile on Main St, it’s a complete mess of an album and one that is occasionally so silly you have to laugh but the album personifies everything that was great about The Rolling Stones and is their best album by far. If I was to take Exile on Main St. on a song by song basis then it would lose in a pinch to Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed and Beggars Banquet (and a lot more probably) but to do that would be to miss the point of the album. The joy of Exile on Main St. is the joy of sitting on a Summer day and jamming away on a guitar, it doesn’t take itself seriously or tries to be intellectual, it’s the simple joy of making music that this album personifies. It does often feel like the band are just throwing whatever they have at a wall and seeing what sticks, you have rock songs, country, blues, soul and whatever else the Stones could think to put on it but the variety and eclectic nature of it that makes the album so much better than it would have been otherwise. The album was recorded in different locations over multiple years, some in the South of France, some in Los Angeles, some in the Rolling Stones’ mobile studio; but it all shares this muddy, lo-fi production that suits the album perfectly, making it clear and pleasant would have missed the point. Many of the songs were recorded quickly and in unsuitable conditions; the opening song Rocks Off was recorded when

it was extremely hot and as such you can hear the instruments going out of tune as the song progresses and the second single Happy was famously ﬁnished in four hours. It’s a nostalgic record, and having been released in the height of prog rock it’s easy to imagine The Stones wondering where Rock n Roll was actually going and trying to bring it back to what it was: Fun. Exile on Main St. didn’t do anything new with Rock when it came out but it embodied it so much, pushed everything that makes rock n roll special to oblivion and slapped it all together as a double album. It’s silly and immature and messy but it’s completely endearing because of it, it’s one of the best albums ever made.

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Garden Makeovers

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Garden Makeovers

GARDEN MAKEOVER Follow these tips to grow an eco-friendly garden that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t burn a hole in your pocket SHRINK THE LAWN Expanses of lush green lawns use up a lot of resources â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including water and fertilisers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and cost a bomb to maintain. A more ecologically friendly option is to reduce the stretch of planted grass and replace it with low shrubs and all-season ornamental grasses. GROW ORGANIC Make full use of your garden to grow your own food. Plant fruits, vegetables and herbs to have a fresh stock of ingredients for your kitchen. An organic garden is cost-effective since you are cutting the cost of buying expensive organic groceries from

the supermarket. Start with having nutrient-rich soil, add natural compost to balance it and use organic solutions to treat pests. An important factor of eco-friendly organic gardening is planting crops by season. Lettuce and leafy veggies grow quickly in other seasons but die out in summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heat, while tomatoes and pepper are hot weather crops. MULCH YOUR LANDSCAPE Mulch refers to a covering placed around plants and over the soil in a garden to conserve moisture, ward off weeds and prevent soil erosion. It is especially good for domestic gardens in a city like

Mumbai since water shortage is a common issue here. Sustainable mulch materials include coconut shell coir, grass clippings and shredded bark. Add a 2-3 inch layer of any of these around the plants and garden beds. Plant perennials and natives Natives are plants that are indigenous to the region you live in while perennials are plants that live very long. Native Indian plants need less water to grow, less effort to maintain and grow faster and healthier since they are attuned to our climate, rainfall and soil. Another advantage of natives is that they are sources of food and shelter for native bird

and insect species. As for perennials, experts recommend buying small ones if you are on a budget. They will grow tall fast. In fact, every two years, you will need to divide these burgeoning plants. This leaves you with more plants for your own garden or to share with gardening enthusiast friends. SAVE WATER An essential feature of an eco-friendly garden is one that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drink much water. Use methods like xeriscaping that involves planting an array of beautiful drought-tolerant shrubs and perennial plants. Get water straight from nature by installing

a rain barrel at the base of your downspouts. You can use a DIY rain barrel or buy one from a gardening supply store. DO COMPOSTING Compost is also known as black gold, because of its richness and the value it adds to soil. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an essential element of any eco-friendly garden. The most sustainable way to make compost is to use garden and kitchen waste. Make good use of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;wasteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; materials like dried leaves, raw fruit and vegetable peel, and grass clippings by putting them in a compost pile and thus making them a source of nutrition for the gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soil.

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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

the model series established an entirely new market segment – the premium compact class. With the second generation, which followed in 2003, the brand extended its lead with the addition of a Cabriolet to the familiar 3 door and Sportback body styles. The third A3 generation is available in four body styles following the further addition of the Sedan.

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In Castlecomer with Chubby Brennan

Eithne will reign in Spain for Cystic Fibrosis EITHNE McKenna is walking The Camino de Santiago, Spain in June to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. Please support her coffee morning in the community hall on this Friday, 11am to 1pm. Donations can also be made on-line on the following link: http://www.mycharity.ie/ event/pat__eithne_walk_the_ camino/

To Knock Clogh pilgrimage to Knock is on June 2. If interested please give name immediately, with a deposit of €5, to the parish office or the convent or either sacristy. Fare €15.

Athletics Day 2 of the Kilkenny ‘A’ Championships in Scanlon Park featured a smaller Castlecomer team of 28 athletes. Nevertheless there was an

abundance of enthusiasm and many excellent performances. F gold medals, four silver and seven bronze, as well as a team relay medal, were won. The success of the boys U16 silver medallists (James Buggy, Adam Jacob, Jeremiah Burke and Nicky Connolly) was heralded by their individual performances a week ago. Meadbh Delaney won the U16 Shot Putt title and silver in the high jump, and bronze over 100m. Lauren Dermody added the U18 300m title and the junior women’s 800m bronze. The boys’ relay team competed in many individual events where they won several medals. Jeremiah Burke won bronze in U15 javelin while James Buggy won bronze in long Jump and 800m. Nicky Connolly won U14 titles in javelin and walk. Boys’ U12 had success in a range of events. Jack Murphy

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won silver over 800m and bronze in long jump. Liam Doyle won gold in the Turbo Javelin and Luca Downey won bronze. The performance of all other Castlecomer athletes was characterised by true grit from U8 to U14. Their involvement in the County ‘B’ Championships in June is eagerly awaited. These were: U8 Kayla and Sadbh O’Connor, U9 Molly Bollard, Eli Dunne, Jack Comerford and Conor Brophy, U10 Joey Ryan, Christopher Kealy and Emily Murphy, U11 Amelie Bolger, Katie Purcell and Luke Dunne, U12 Sarah and Aoibhinn Brophy, Sophie Kealy and Cathal O’Reilly, U14 Ellen Buggy, Aoife Cahalan and Eimear Stone.

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New B&B Best wishes to Mark and Emma who are now up and running as a B&B at The

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Rory Gallagher A fundraiser in aid of friends of Cobh Hospital and Cobh Family Resource Centre includes a Rory Gallagher Art

Week, art exhibition August 2 to August 16, Commodore Hotel tribute to Rory on August 9 by tribute band Deuce. Further information from Chubby 087-2121639. Tickets €10 includes entry to the exhibition.

Hamper Haven Best wishes to Shirley Kelly who has opened ‘Hamper Haven’ at Kilkenny Street. She has hampers for all occasions: 086-0301974.

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Josh Owens who made his First Communion in St Patrick's Church, Kilkenny on Saturday is pictured with his parents Frank and Leanne, grandfather Micahel Comerford Snr, uncles Michael and Stewart Comerford, Michelle O'Regan, daughter Saoirse Comerford, and Andrea Rhatigan. Pic: Donal Foley

Jack Keating and Ellie Fenlon from Goresbridge enjoying racing at Kilkenny Greyhound Track

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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A march into the history books. St Patrick’s Brass Band leads out the teams

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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21 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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*ROI 1RWHV Callan Inter club matches Callans tradition of having highly competitive Matchplay teams has continued in fine style over the last week. The Richie McMahon managed Barton Cup side set the trend in the first round with a fabulous win over Waterford and continued to set a great example last week with a brilliant performance in beating Rosslare. The Callan team faced a tricky tie with 3 matches away and 2 in Callan but John Doheny and John O Dwyer led the way at home with a comfortable win and we're ably backed up by Paddy Donovan and Richie Condon. Meanwhile in Rosslare Larry Malone and Paul Norris combined superbly to win and put Callan through. Remarkably Callans other pairings of Mick Hickey and Sean Brett as well as Mick Murphy and Niall O Sullivan were both all square when called in to produce a 4-1 win. It was a fantastic effort by this team and they will now meet Kilkenny in a local derby which is sure to attract a lot of attention. Riches side have 3 matches in at home and have already begun practising in earnest for this exciting tie. The Barton Cup win signposted the way for the Pierce Purcell panel who this weekend hosted the regional qualifier.

Pierce Purcell Hosting the Pierce Purcell regional qualifier this weekend brought a few headaches in order to ensure the smooth running of the weekend. The challenge was to have all the clubs facilities at their best and in order to do this many many people had to pull out all the stops. The clubhouse looked fantastic and with Margaret and the clubhouse committee and shop volunteers to thank the practise rounds and competitive rounds were organised superbly. Keith and his bar/catering staff received rave reviews for their food and quality of service. The star of the show was the course which looked and played magnificently thanks to Tommy and the course staff and Robert Woodcock (course manager) and his organisation of a large team of volunteers who groomed all parts of the course. The stage was set for the competitive fare on the course and Paul Cashins Callan team came into the weekend with a degree of pressure as they had performed superbly to reach the Leinster final in 2013 and would have been well fancied to progress. The stroke play qualifier on Saturday went well with Johnny Kennedy/Peter Ryan, Paddy Donovan/Pat O Keeffe, Pat Cunningham/ Dermot Hoyne, Liam Brennan/Denis Collins and John Moroney/Kevin O Gorman all performing well and qualifying in third spot after Castlecomer and Kilkenny and the three Kilkenny teams were joined by the Heritage for Sundays Matchplay semi finals. Castlecomer defeated the Laois side in a dramatic eighteenth hole decider and the other semi final was equally tense. Callan had lost two games when Marty Parker and Niall Brett as well as Liam Brennan and Denis Collins were defeated after brave performances while Paddy Donovan and Pat O Keeffe had a comfortable victory. Peter Ryan and Johnny Kennedy held their nerve to win on 17 meaning that the game would be decided by Kevin O Gorman and John Moroneys result. In a thrilling climax Kevin and John held their nerves with John sinking a brilliant putt on the final green to secure a berth in the afternoons final against Comer. From a Callan perspective thankfully it was less dramatic in the afternoon. A 4-1 win was a fantastic result against a very competitive North Kilkenny side with victories for Moroney and O Gorman, O Donovan and O Keeffe and Kennedy and Ryan capped a magnificent weekend for the club. Jimmy Dunne and Kevin O Driscoll and Liam Brennan and Denis Collins were both up in their matches when called in. Well done to Paul's side on a wonderful display in changeable conditions with Saturdays wonderful sunshine and Sundays wind and rain. It was a wonderful community effort from the committees, officers and volunteers which united the club in a very positive way to present the club in its most positive light. A huge thank you to all who made the weekend so enjoyable for all and most importantly well done to the Pierce Purcell panel and Paul Cashin. While it's a case of one step at a time it would be wonderful to see this team go one step further than last year and become. The competition for the weekend wasn't finished yet.

Provincial Towns Not to be out done Callan Provincial Towns team took on Waterford on Sunday afternoon and came through in very dramatic fashion. With 5 matches in Waterford this was no easy assignment and follwing defeats for Nigel Dagg, Paddy Grace, JJ Murphy and Denis Carey and victories for John Doheny, Mick Murphy, Larry Malone and John Grace the tie was to be decided on John Lennons match. John was making his competitive debut for the club and was pegged back to all square on the eighteenth tee. A superb putt from about 16 feet on the final green looked to had edged Callan through but his opponent was not to be denied the opportunity to go down the first again when he holed from 15 feet. John showed superb nerve when he parred the nineteenth hole and propelled Callan into the last 16. Manager Paul Norris was thrilled as injury and the Pierce Purcell team had taken away some player options but the strength in depth of the panel was shown yesterday. Callans managers face a fixture pile up now with the South Leinster team into action on Saturday next against Kilkenny at 5pm with Niall Brett managing Callans team as well as Pierce Purcell, Provincial Towns and Barton Cup fixtures upcoming quickly. Open week is also imminent but what a great headache to have for the successful managers. It has been a wonderful few weeks for our club and there are more oppurtunities for players with the Jimmy Bruen qualifier also on the way. Thanks to all for their wonderful commitment to all these teams and panels.

Open Week Callan Golf Club Open Week 2014 begins on Saturday 24th May for 10 days. Callan s festival of golf begins with a fourball sponsored by Lyng Motors and on Sunday 25th there is a 4 Person Team event sponsored by the Ormonde Hotel. Monday sees the Seniors (over 50) Open sponsored by Bluebird Healthcare. Tuesday 27th of May is Ladies day with a 3 team person event sponsored by Pennefeather Restaurant and Carrig Donn with Wednesday playing host to the usual O Dwyer Golf Stores . There is a three person (ladies/gents) team event sponsored by the Springhill Court Hotel on Thursday and on Friday a Champagne Scramble sponsored by Madigans Chemist and DID Electrical. Saturdays fourball (gents/ladies) is sponsored by the Kilkenny Citreon Centre. The ﬁnal event of Open Week is a 4 Person Team Event on Sunday and bank Holiday Monday June 1st and 2nd. As always Open Week is highly anticipated and a great opportunity to invite friends and family and work colleagues to Callan for a long over due game of golf. Keith and his staff will have full bar and catering services available and with competition fees at 6e per member and 12.50 per visitor (while the team competitions are 10e members and visitors) it is wonderful value golf. We at Callan Golf Club extend a welcome to all to join us for Open Week 2014. Book on line at callangolfclub.com or 056 7725136.

Results Pierce Purcell Qualifier 17/18 May Semi finals Callan 3 Kilkenny 2 Castlecomer 3 Heritage 2 final Callan 4 Castlecomer 1 Provincial Towns 18 May Callan 5 Waterford 4 O Dwyer Golf Stores Open Singles Qualifier Wed 14 May 1 N O Sullivan 42 2 Gar Reidy 42 Gross M O Halloran Visitor Trevor Brown RGA 12 May Eddie Lyons Trophy Overall Christy Vaughan Cat A 1 J Kinsella 32 2 J Cuddihy 31 P Herbert 30 Cat B 1 S Lee 33 2 L Tyrell 31 3 S Dooley 30 Senior Ladies 15 May 1 B O Donovan, J Grace, S Kirby 2 A Carey, M O Shea, T Drea 3 M Norton, C O Sullivan, K Power

Fixtures Wednesday 21 May O Dwyer Golf Stores Open Gents Singles Thursday 22 May Senior Ladies Friday 23 May Open Singles Ladies and Gents Saturday 24 May Open Fourball (ladies and gents) sponsored by Lyng Motors Sunday 25 May Open 4 Person Team Competition sponsored by The Ormonde Hotel Monday 26 May Seniors Open sponsored by Bluebird Healthcare Tuesday 27 May 3 Person Ladies team event sponsored by The Pennefeather and Corrig Donn.

Castlecomer Pierce Purcell Shield Castlecomer made the short journey to Callan over the weekend to participate in the qualifying round of the Pierce Purcell Shield. Fourteen teams participated in the qualifying stroke event on Saturday. Castlecomer headed the qualifying round and advanced to the match play semi / finals. There they were joined by Kilkenny, Callan and The Heritage. Castlecomer played the Heritage in the first semi- final on Sunday morning. They won on a score line of 3 to 2. Callan defeated Kilkenny 3 to 2 in the other semi. The final was played in the afternoon. Castlecomer gave a battling display but eventually lost out by 4 to 1 to the host club. Callan were deserving winners and we wished them luck in the next round and beyond. Well done to team manager Victor Smyth and his team on a great weekend’s golf in Callan. Team ( Colm Meagher, Ken Hovendon, Anthony Holohan, Michael Daly, Nicky Walsh, John Brennan, Adrian Brennan, Michael Doheny, Michael Manogue, Martin O’ Donnell, Martin Brennan, Michael Furlong and Ollie Gleeson.

May 14th st Mary Cottrell 33Pts. 2nd Mary Lyng 32 Pts. 3rd Noreen Bookle 32 Pts.

Open Singles For the summer months (While summer rules are in play) Mountain View is running an Open 18 Hole Singles each week (Monday to Friday) Entry fee :- Members

€5 Visiters €15. There is also a members 13 Hole Singles each week. Both competitions commenced this week. Entry fee :- Members €3.

Diary Sunday May 25th Members 3 Person Rumble Mon May 26th to Fri 30th Open 18 Hole

Mens Open Singles 17th/ 18th May 1st Michael Dermody (5) 41pts 2nd Damien Fogarty (7) 39 pts Gross Sean O’ Shea (5) 30pts (b9) Class 1 (0-10) Pat Murtagh (9) 39 pts Class 2 (11 – 18) Pat Gleeson (18) 36 pts Class 3 (19 +) Patrick Kearney (21) 38 pts

Diary 24th/25th May Mens Open Singles (GOY) Seniors: 14/5/14 First: Casey, Tom, 21 Smeade, Richard, 23 McGrath, Christy, 20 Farrell, Liam, 24 , 80 Pts. Second: Morrissey, Pat, 18 Walsh, Donal, 20 Tunstead, Jim, 20 Ryan, Christy, 24 Last 3, 71 Pts. Third: O’Neill, Tom, 7 Byrne, Jimmy, 8 Murphy, Des, 20 White, Jim, 24 71 Pts. 7/5/14 Seniors Results (DOYLE TROPHY) First: Kenny, Ned, 20, 44 Pts Second: O’Neill, Tom, 7, 41 Pts Third: Hogan, Richie, 14, 41 Pts Ladies First: Ryan, Jean, 32, 29 Pts Second: Owens, Betty, 19, 29 Pts Ladies: The Finn Trophy team played Enniscorthy in five matches at home in Castlecomer on Saturday 17th May. Blessed with fine weather on the day, each of the matches were challenging and highly competitive. Castlecomer seemed to be losing at first, but a great determined rally by the team brought in victory 3-2. The team of pairs for the fourball competition, Maria Downey and Ann Ring, Betty Byrne and Caroline Conway, Betty Owens and Nuala Mahon, Hanoria Fogarty and Helen Dunne and Lady Vice Captain Patricia Doheny and Delia O’Donoghue were delighted with their win against a very strong Enniscorthy team. The Ladies club singles begin for this year with the first round to be played before June 23rd . A draw for the singles competition will be made on Monday 26th May at 8 pm. Entries to be registered in the ladies locker room. Round 1 is to be played before June 23rd. The Australian Spoons Scotch 4-Somes runs from May 19th-May 25th inc. The ladies competition run over last weekend, sponsored by Calor Gas, was won by Ann Ring with a score of 34 points. In second place was Joan Brennan with 33 points (B9).

Mountain View Results Tuesday May 13th MV Seniors Champange Scramble Winners Bobby O Brien, Eamon Freyne, Sean Manogue 104 Pts. Sunday May 18th Members Singles Stableford. 1st Michael O Keeffe (22) 42Pts. 2nd Kane Ryan (17) 40 Pts. 3rd Liam Dowling (9) 36 Pts. Mv Ladies Single Stableford Tuesday

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Singles Mon May 26th to Fri 30th Members 13 Hole Singles Tuesday May 27th MV Seniors Competition Wednesday May 28th Ladies 18 Hole Competition Sunday June 1st B/H Open Singles