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Kilkenny Reporter WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23 2014

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23 DECEMBER 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Kilkenny Reporter WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23 2014

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new nutritional program is gaining the gratitude of its customers and the respect of many health professionals, just ten months after its launch onto the Irish market. “pre-Conceive” a unique and clinical strength food supplement is gaining the attention both nationally and internationally following on from a growing number of success stories which are now flowing in from delighted users! An example of these would be healthcare practitioner and successful businesswoman Hazel Hall, who is pregnant with her first child at 40. Hazel and her partner had been trying to conceive for quite a while, before they were introduced to pre-Conceive. pre-Conceive is designed as a nutritional support to aid in conception and its revolutionary formula is applicable to both men and women who are trying to conceive. Hazel was naturally intrigued by the product. “I made the decision to take preConceive for two reasons. Firstly, I wanted to ensure that nutritionally, I was getting everything I needed to get pregnant and to support my pregnancy. Secondly, when I looked at other pregnancy supplements on the market I really felt they were inadequate for my needs.” Hazel had been taking pre-Conceive for 3-4 months when she discovered the good news. “I think when I found out I was pregnant, I was shocked. I am not sure why as I was trying to get pregnant for ages but when you see the little blue line reality sets in then,” she said. Hazel – “I have had a huge interest in health for many years. I have been involved in sport at different levels also, so health goes hand in hand with sporting activity. However I did think that my age might be factor in getting pregnant and I had concerns about foetal abnormality.” “I don’t know if couples out there understand the value of a good, nutritious diet and its importance to their fertility, a sentiment which Pillar Healthcare obviously echoes.”

Co-founder and Director of Pillar Healthcare, Matt Ronan said preparing for pregnancy simply means “ensuring your body is as healthy as it can possibly be at the time of conception. There is overwhelming evidence that good nutritional status of a couple before the moment of conception can hugely influence the future health of the mother and the child, thus the risk of miscarriage and foetal abnormality”. “pre-Conceive is suitable as a preparation for IVF treatment and is ideal to prepare both partners for the various procedures which can be extremely challenging in their own right,” Matt elaborated. Hazel is “looking forward to the new changes and challenges…” that motherhood will bring with. While another happy user of pre-Conceive is pharmacist Anne Marie Sorohan who has said, “As a pharmacist, I was impressed by pre-Conceive. Its unique formula contains all the necessary nutrients at the effective dosages. My husband and I tried preConceive and it was the one that made the difference”.

Mark Whitney, Pillar Healthcare’s MD, who recently won Best Young Entrepreneur award with the Wexford Local Enterprise office said; “It is stories like these that make all of our efforts in formula development worthwhile. As Hazel’s story demonstrates – nutrition is crucial to your fertility”. Mark commented; “Actually, the demands of our modern lifestyles create an extra need for nutrients but our nutrition intake is often sacrificed for more convenient meals when we are on the go. We are mostly fuelled by caffeine to a large extent and running on cortisol (our stress hormone which keeps us upright). This sentiment is echoed by our medical advisor Dr. David Smallbone who is the most recent past President of the Food & Health section of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK).

“Over the years I have seen several interesting developments in the fertility landscape. Pre-Conceive and Pillar Healthcare has created an approach to fertility that has changed how we look at supplementation. Nutritional status plays a key role in our health and fertility markers. Evidence strongly suggests that deficiency can impair our fertility, pre-Conceive is the way forward”. Declan Keane, BSc, MSc, MBA, Senior Clinical Embryologist

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1/5 couples diagnosed as infertility within Ireland. €175 million was spent on IVF during 2011 in Ireland. 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage in Ireland. 40% of infertility diagnoses are attributed to female fertility parameters. 40% of infertility diagnoses are related to male fertility parameters. 20% of infertility is attributable to unknown factors. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System has stated the importance of prenatal nutrition, recommending multivitamin supplementation to ensure correct nutrient levels. Other organisation such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have similarly recommended preparing for pregnancy and taking supplements to balance out your diets shortcomings.

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News Pictured at the launch of the KRSP (Kilkenny Recreation & Sports Partnership), an Irish Sports Council Initiative, strategic plan 2015-2019 were John Treacy, Chief Executive, Irish Sports Council and Aidan Kenny, aged 12, from Kilkenny, who took part in a KRSP Summer Camp and features on the front of the plan.

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Nora Whelan, Marna Carlin and Breda Kirwan All pics: Donal Foley

Up for the cup: Johnny Barry, Brendan Hennessy, Rackard Cody, Richie Kavanagh and Deputy Mayor Joe Malone

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Lifestyle & Entertainment

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Puzzles

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?

For the last five years, at roughly around this time of year, you may well have given deep and particular thought to where you career is going and how you’d like to change things in the year ahead. That theme is set to continue for some years yet. During this last year, you might agree your position is different to this time last year. Of course this is likely to be a busy time socially for all signs. It’s your sign though that is perhaps most likely to attract experts and unsolicited advice from those interested in your career path and particularly curious as to how you intend to develop a product or service that they can see has great potential. On 24th, Saturn moves into your opposite sign. You might like to think of this as the cosmic ‘headmaster’ arriving and yes, your homework could be checked! There might also be comments about who you’re associating with and whether or not those relationships are in your best interests. A series of significant planetary gear changes takes place this week. Of these, arguably the most important is Saturn’s move from another Water sign into Sagittarius and into a new sector of your solar chart. Now you may be asked to carry the kind of responsibility that suits you so well. On 24th Saturn (aka the cosmic headmaster) arrives in another of the Fire signs and yes, at this point you could feel that your spirits are dampened or that others are looking to you to take the lead and be in charge of maintaining a tradition. This week Saturn arrives at the very base of your solar chart. With that comes the likelihood of professional and family promotion. Neither may be easy to accept. Indeed, at some level you might even be dismayed. Saturn though will take a couple of years to transit this area.

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This week Saturn moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius. Obviously a major planetary ‘gear change’ such as this will be felt by all signs. Yet each sign tunes in differently. Saturn is like a cosmic headmaster and its arrival in a new signs marks the moment for handing in homework. Saturn leaves your sign on 24th - which could give you extra excuse to party mid-week (note though that it returns to Scorpio for a few months mid2015). Saturn is all about limitation and over the last couple of years you may well have learnt much about this. Saturn arrives in your sign on 24th - and yes, it would be understandable if you groaned at the thought. It’ll take a couple of years to move through Sagittarius and it won’t all be bad - even if it does feel as though you’re being restricted at some level. Your ruling planet, Saturn, moves into Sagittarius on 24th: so marking a fresh set of responsibilities and, most likely, the need to review your c.v. and the way in which you self-promote. It would be as well to view this as being a long-term project that probably won’t be concluded for a few years. One of your ruling planets, Saturn, changes signs this week. This brings a significant planetary gear-change. Over the next couple of years, increased involvement with groups who share one of your core ideals is probable. True, that might not start this week. On 24th, Saturn moves to another of the Mutable signs. There’s high probability of this marking a step change in your career situation - most likely bringing extra responsibility and testing expertise acquired in the last couple of years. Initially this could be uncomfortable especially if you sense that the challenges about to come your way will limit you in some way.

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)LOP $QQLH Despite having its heart in the right place, Annie ultimately dissolves into a clichéd mess and even its stellar cast appear to abandon ship as the musical meanders to a laughable conclusion. Poor little orphan Annie. Despite the fact that her parents abandoned her as a child, audiences have long been enamored with the adorable urchin. From Harold Gray’s daily comic strip, which introduced the character to the world and began all the way back in 1894, to the 1977 musical that ran for six years on Broadway and was then adapted in to a 1982 feature ﬁlm, Annie has always resonated with viewers thanks to her adorable antics. Because of Annie’s evergreen popularity it was hardly a surprise when Sony announced their plans to make an updated remake. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith were the ones who led the charge to bring Annie back to the big-screen, and they decided to hire Shawn Carter,

1LJKW $W 7KH 0XVHXP 6HFUHW 2I 7KH 7RPE Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb underwhelms on the whole, but still manages to find some magic here and there. Over the course of three movies, Night At The Museum has gone through as many museums and pharaohs as it has release dates, and to varying degrees of success. While the 2006 original was a lukewarm success, the 2009 sequel managed to improve on the first film’s faults and mix action with comedy rather effectively. So naturally, this should be the moment where Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon’s franchise comes to a triumphant close, shouldn’t it? Sadly, Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb isn’t the big closer that it should be, but it still manages to land some funny and beautiful emotional moments in its brief run. Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is back to being the night guard at the Museum Of Natural History, and he’s parlayed his magical friends into a successful “night program” that lets others enjoy the magic of the museum. Unfortunately,

who is more famously known as Mr. Beyonce, aka Jay-Z, to try and bring a modern edge to the film’s legendary music. However, it took a while for Annie to finally be ready for production. Will Smith’s daughter, Willow, was originally intended to play the titular cherub, but she was eventually replaced by the Oscar-nominated star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, Quvenzhané Wallis. Meanwhile Annie’s script went through several permutations as Emma Thompson, Aline Brosh McKenna, and finally Will Gluck worked on it, while Glee’s Ryan Murphy was eventually replaced by the latter in the director’s chair, as well. Unfortunately, despite this bevy of creative talent, Annie ultimately fails because of the fact that they were unable to gel and this uncertainty permeates throughout the film. Annie actually does start quite promisingly, though. We are delightfully introduced to Quvenzhané Wallis’ Annie

Bennett in her Harlem school, and she instantly warms the screen thanks to her captivating charisma. Plus, it also helps that she is downright cute as a button. In fact, the film’s opening joke is a wonderful little tip of the hat to the character’s history, and it teases that Annie redux could indeed be a funny, loving and boisterous addition to her cannon of works. That proves to be a false dawn. Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Bobby Cannavale, and Rose Byrne try their hardest to elevate the film, but even they seem to give up the ghost once Annie hits the hour mark. Only Quvenzhané Wallis can really claim that she saved Annie from being a total disaster, while the fact that its heart is in the right place is its only redeeming feature. In the end, Annie is miraculous for just two reasons. Not only does it make you not care about an abandoned orphan, but you’re even nonplussed when she finally finds a family, too.

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the tablet of Ahkmenrah, the life force of all of the exhibits, is decaying at an accelerated rate. This threatens the lives of the exhibits, and causes Larry to dig deeper into the mysteries of the tablet, while trying to save his friends from losing the magic that keeps them alive. For all of its faults, Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb manages to end the ﬁlm with an emotional ﬁnale that closes out the series in a bittersweet manner. If only

the film had strengthened the emotion from the last 30 minutes of the film, and connected it to the various story threads the film leaves dangling, it might have played better than the final product seen here. If you’re a fan of the Night At The Museum franchise, and if you’re ready for one last appearance by Robin Williams’ terrific depiction of Theodore Roosevelt, then you shouldn’t have a problem checking in for one last night.

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ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK Kilkenny on Ice, The Hub at Cillin Hill until January 11th.. Those freezing funsters are back with a bigger and better Kilkenny on Ice this festive period. Six hundred square meters of real ice, plus the return of the Mammoth Ice Slide - a slithering 30 meters of slippery fun - will entertain even the coldest heart. Also making a reappearance this year are the Bungee Trampolines and Rodeo Reindeer. Choose from over 500 pairs of skates ranging from UK Childrens 8 (Our skates range in size from UK Children’s 8 to Adults’ 15, so there’s sure to be a pair to ﬁt you. For more information visit kilkennyonice. com, call: 086 2236660 or e-mail kilkennyonice@ gmail.com

DEAL OF THE WEEK M Marble City Travel, James Street, Kilkrnny T Travel is something which inspires the folks at Marble City T Travel and they’re on hand to help inspire your travel too. S So start dreaming... you could be spending your summer h cruising the Mediterranean on arguably the most hols a amazing ship aﬂoat, Royal Caribbean Allure. Or what a about a three-night city stay in the fantastic Chicago this J January/ February - take in a show, head out to Aurora M Mall and do some shopping! Plan your break for the sun n now with help from Marble City Travel and start looking fforward to making some amazing holiday memories. For m more info tel: 056 7770900 or visit: www.facebook.com/ p pages/Marble-City-Travel

BUSINESS OF THE WEEK Castle Orthodontics, Castle Road, Kilkenny The team at Castle Orthodontics are devoted to creating beautiful smiles and a healthy comfortable bite. They aim to provide not only the very highest standards of Orthodontic treatment but also ensure a relaxing and fun experience. Beautiful smiles take time to perfect but their orthodontic treatment ranges from six months to 24 months. Everyone deserves a beautiful smile, and for €50/week you can have it! Call today for your Free Consultation and ask us about their pay-asyou-go payment plan - No lump sums! This state-of-the-art clinic uses the very latest technologies, so for moree information, tel: 056 77-52952 or visit: www.castleorthodontics.net

PUB OF THE WEEK Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny Cleere’s Pub & Theatre is well known for touring Irish and international bands including indie, jazz and blues. They also have traditional music sessions every Monday and - Kilkenny’s longest running traditional Irish music session, every Monday night all year round since 1989. Come and join their Musicians, Poets & Singers in a cosy neighbourhood bar. On December 27th you’ll be treated to a performance by Irish folk music/ world music group,Kila. Hailed as one of Ireland’s most innovative and exciting bands. The seven members, all from Dublin, come from different musical backgrounds and share a passion to create great music with an ability to absorb inﬂuences from across the globe.

BOOK OF THE WEEK The Test by Brian O’Driscoll (approx €19.99) The long-awaited autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time: Brian O’Driscoll. Since 1999, when he made his international debut, there has been no greater player in world rugby than Brian O’Driscoll. In 2010 Rugby World magazine named him its world player of the decade - and since then the legend has only grown. Now, at the end of his amazing career - which culminated in fairy-tale fashion with Ireland’s victory in the 2014 Six Nations championship - he tells his own story. Honest, gritty and thoughtful, Brian O’Driscoll’s Autobiography is not just an essential sports book. It is an essential book about family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination.

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Top Ten ‘Four’, One Direction Intoxicating, adrenalizing, and undeniably visceral blasts of old-school pop/rock, production of this, their fourth album (unheard of in the history of boy bands) is denser than these guys have ever had. With layers of synths, guitars, and more handclaps than you’ve heard since the days of acid house, and vocals deployed in clever arrangements of backing “ah”s and punctuating “WOAH!”s. The writing/production team of Julian Bunetta and John Ryan has slowly been taking over for 1D since 2012’s Take Me Home, and the group is wise to let them have near-complete control here, making Four the most consistent-sounding Direction album yet.

BOARD GAME OF THE WEEK Katamino Classic (approx €29.99) Katamino is a superb puzzle, and a challenging game. Players try to make rectangles, known as ‘Penta’ of varying size. They can begin with just 3 pieces or use 4, 5, 6 right up to using all 12. The more pieces they use, the harder the puzzle is making Katamino suitable for any age or ability. With over 350 puzzle suggestions in the box and more than 36,000 ‘Penta’ combinations Katamino is outstanding value. Katamino can also help children understand the basic concepts of geometry and develop their observation and powers of logical while enjoying themselves. It can also bolster ﬁne motor skills and spatial awareness.

DVD OF THE WEEK Into the Storm, Warner Bros (approx €15.99) In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot. Told through the eyes and lenses of professional storm chasers, thrill-seeking amateurs, and courageous townspeople, “Into the Storm” throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme.

CONSOLE GAME OF THE WEEK Evil Within E ( (Playstation 4) (approx €31.99) D Developed by Shinji Mikami (creator of the seminal Resident Evil s series) and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within e embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Experience a disturbin reality as you try to break free from warped machinations that ing c could only exist in the most horrifying worlds. Face twisted creatures a experience true terror, all heightened by cutting edge lighting and and a animation made possible by a customised version of the id Tech 5 e engine. W While investigating the scene of a gruesome mass murder, Detective Se Sebastian Castellanos and his partners encounter a mysterious and po powerful force and face unimaginable terror, and a ﬁght for survival.

GADGET OF THE WEEK Pebble Smart Stick, Tech Gadgets (approx €49.95) This emergency portable battery pack charger for mobile devices has a whopping 2800mAh power supply, ergonomic re-design with protective port dust cap and handy clip on karabiner. Charge your portable device on the move without the need for mains power. Small and light enough to carry around in your bag, or clip on your rucksack, the PEBBLE™ Smartstick will provide your mobile device with over one additional charge, charging most popular devices including; Apple 30 pin, Blackberry and devices that use mini or micro USB. The USB port on the PEBBLE™ Smartstick also allows you to charge your mobile device with the supplied manufacturer’s cable.

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In Castlecomer with Chubby Brennan Blast from the past...

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Happy Christmas to all Reporter readers On behalf of my wife, Maggie and daughters, Sarah and Katie, I wish a happy and peaceful Christmas to all Reporter readers. My wish for the New Year is for a successful and healthy for friends, neighbours and countrymen. God bless you all, Chubby Trish in concert There will be a festive evening with Trish Carroll and friends friends in the Discovery Park on Sunday, December 28, 8pm. This is in aid of Castlecomer Day Care Centre. Tickets are on sale in Castlecomer Post Office, the credit union, the Gem, Holohan’s and Maher’s. Admission is €10.

Best of luck We wish Christine Campion the best of luck as she opens her new business, The Beauty Boutique in Kilkenny Street. Welcome to Castlecomer and good luck for the future is the message, 056-4440523 Great girls Pictured is the senior girls’

team who won bronze in the Kilkenny Senior Cross Country Championships in Conahy on Sunday. From left, Kathryn Nolan (10th), Janette Boran (16th), Miriam Maher(6th) and Mary Coady (13th). This was a signiﬁcant achievement. Kathyrn and Mary were competing at

senior level for the first time. Miriam Maher was in the leading group for half of the race and sustained her efforts to finish sixth. Group training finishes this week until early January. The club hopes to resume training on the community school track very soon. There were two winners in the County Board Christmas draw, Seamus O’Neill, €150, and Paddy Phelan, hamper. In the library The Annual Nattering Knitters raffle was held on December 18. All proceeds go to support children’s activities in the library in 2015.

Winners: Betty Brennan, Hannah Taylor, Sophie Brennan, Roisin Royce Brennan, Mary Murphy, Kathleen Dunne, Katelyn O’Brien, Susan Cullen, Kathleen McDonald, Kathleen Dunne Congrats to the following children who won prizes in the Christmas colouring competition: Evie Byrne, Ella Breen, Emma Flattery, Eva Madden, Madeline O’Dwyer, Peter Madden, Jake Glendon. Holiday opening hours: Closing at 2pm today, Tuesday. Open Tuesday, December 30, 10am to 8pm. Open December 31, 10am to 4pm. Closed New Year’s Day and open as usual on January 2, 10am.

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Leicester LingďŹ eld Park (AW) Leopardstown Limerick 29th December Doncaster Kelso Newbury Southwell (AW) Leopardstown Limerick 30th December Haydock Park LingďŹ eld Park (AW) Taunton 31st December LingďŹ eld Park (AW) Uttoxeter Warwick Punchestown

DAVID MULLINS INTERVIEW Name: David (DJ) Mullins Kilkenny Reporter: Why did you want to be a jockey? (DM) I was born into the industry, I was never too pushed until I started riding out at 15 and it just grew on me and I started to want it more. KR: What do you love about your job? (DM) Winning & the feeling that brings

KR: What is your least favourite part of the job? (DM) Rain!! Wet & Muck KR: What has been the most important race so far in your career, and why did it mean so much to you? (DM) My ďŹ rst winner was on Rathvawn Belle and I suppose that was my most important so far as it got me off the mark. KR: Which horse is your favourite ride, and why?

(DM) Fosters Cross at home for my dad, he is a top class horse who just loves the game and has a massive heart and engine.

(DM) A.P McCoys autobiography

KR: Who is your racing hero, and why?

(DM) Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Wonderful Life

(DM) AP McCoy, his dedication, work rate and desire to keep winning is something all jockeys have to aspire too. KR: What is your favourite book?

KR: And your favourite ďŹ lm is...?

KR: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your favourite post-race meal? (DM) On the way home from racing nothing beats a good McDonalds with my cousin Patrick. KR: What do you like to do in your spare time?

(DM) I swim most evenings with Danny itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great way to relax and unwind in warmer conditions than my normal working environment. KR: If money was no object, how would you celebrate a really special event? (DM) I would have a really good holiday with all my family & friends.

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23 DECEMEBER 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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