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A CITY REBORN

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7KLV ZHHN LW ZDV FRQÂżUPHG WKDW work will will begin on an extensive â‚Ź17.3m urban renewal programme next month that will give the city centre a badly-needed makeover.

The announcement came as giant cranes towered over the North Quays this week as demolition work (pictured left) began to pave the way for the â‚Ź250m redevelopment of the derelict site. $QG LQ D WKLUG VLJQLÂżFDQW development, senior Waterford City DQG &RXQW\ &RXQFLO RŕľśFLDOV VDLG WKH new Michael Street shopping plaza is set to attract retail giants such as M&S, =DUD DQG + 0 WR WKH FLW\ IRU WKH ÂżUVW time.

Council chief executive Michael Walsh this week described the combined developments as a “game changer� for Waterford, which he predicted would usher in a “new era� for the city.

Paul Daly, the Acting Director of Services, said the plan is to transform

the Michael Street, Apple Market and Arundel Square area into “one large retail unit�. Mr Daly told the Waterford Mail: “At the moment, Waterford is leaking business to big shopping centres around the country. When this is completed it should suck the big retailers in.�

Work will get underway as early as next month on a major two-year urban renewal programme that will see over â‚Ź17.3m invested in the city centre.

A canopy-style roof will be erected over the Apple Market at John Street, adjacent to the southern end of the city’s main thoroughfare. It will “weatherproof� the street and will enable the market area to stage festivals and concerts.

The development is part of a two-year renewal programme funded by the Government, the European Regional Development Fund, and Waterford City and County Council.

According to a statement from the council, the work “will improve both the functionality and appearance of much of the city centre�.

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Inside

Who will deliver 24/7 cardiac care?

Deputies John Halligan and Mary Butler make their case News - Pages 6 & 8

The ip side of racism in city

Good Samaritan repaints home of family targeted in vile attacks News - Page 12

Hank & Me Lolly on the pain of losing her beloved English Bulldog

Lolly World Page 20

House of Horrors YOU CANAPE BE SERIOUS: Roof over the Apple Market

Waterford boy makes harrowing new claims of vile sex abuse News - Page 10

‘The truck began to move, but I was too late ...’ Mum describes toddler’s tragic last moments in court News - Page 14

CHAMBER CEO: NEW JOBS PLAN WILL DELIVER FOR CITY - PAGE 26 C

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The towers come crashing down Cranes loom over North Quays as derelict buildings are demolished 7+( ¿UVW YLVLEOH VLJQV RI WKH long-awaited demolition of the North Quays were in evidence this week as giant cranes hovered over the giant grain silos and twin derelict concrete buildings that loom over the city.

Set against the backdrop of the grey skies overhead, the huge orange and green winches began tearing down some of huge buildings to the rear of the controversial site, which has stood as a symbol of unemployment and broken election promises for decades.

The demolition builders have been in situ for two months, but much of the work up until now has involved removing harmful asbestos from a number of roofs on the site.

But as our pictures show, work is now well underway on the preliminary stages of the €250m redevelopment of the North Quays.

And over the next few weeks Waterford’s skyline will change dramatically as the grain silos, mills and sheds that have towered over our city for decades will come crashing down.

Landmark buildings on the former industrial site – which has been abandoned since port activity relocated to Belview in the early 1990s – include the

CHANGING TIMES: Artist’s impression of the new North Quays, below, and demoliton work on the site this week, right.

protected 1905 Hall’s Mill.

The remaining warehouses, silos and prefabricated structures on the 2.5km-long site are expected to be demolished shortly.

The demolition work is scheduled to be completed by mid-June.

Once this phase of the project is done and dusted, a new master-plan for the development of the site - which was designated a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) by the

Government in January - will go on public display before it will be considered by Waterford City and County Council.

This will then pave the way for building work to begin on the site, which has received €30m in State funding.

The new plans include the construction of a pedestrian bridge linking the North Quays to the city; new state-of-the-art R൶FHUV DQG WKH UHORFDWLRQ RI the train station from the existing Plunkett Station.

The new plans would dramatically alter the appearance of Waterford’s skyline, and could be subject to an appeal to the planning authorities, An Bord Pleannala.

However, the Mayor of Waterford City and Council, Cllr John Cummins (right), recently told the Waterford Mail he is “hopeful” that the long-awaited redevelopment of the North Quays site would not be delayed any further.

A city reborn - Waterford gets makeover CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Public realm improvements with a combined budget of over €6.6m will focus on High St, Henrietta St, John St, Arundel Sq, Peter St, Colbeck St, Lady Lane, St Francis Place, Olaf St, and Michael St, with the centre-piece being the roof on the Apple Market.

Meanwhile, €5.95m will be LQYHVWHG RQ WUD൶F PDQDJHPHQW works and road improvements covering Railway Sq, Bath St, College St, Cork Rd, and Manor St/Parnell St from Railway Square to The Mall.

A further €3.3m will fund upgrade works on Hennessy’s Rd, Brown’s Lane, Castle St, Newgate St, College St, Manor Hill, Barrack St, Blake’s Lane, Convent Hill, New St, and John’s Lane, while €1.4m will be spent on upgrading New St, Mayor’s Walk, Stephen St, Bachelor’s Walk, Patrick St, John St, and Miller’s Marsh.

The programme should be FRPSOHWHG LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI RI 2018, though the major road schemes should be ready by this time next year.

In a statement, the Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr John Cummins, described the Apple Market development and city-centre revamp as “a PDMRU VWDWHPHQW RI FRQ¿GHQFH in our city’s future”.

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DĂŠise Boy Our man is on the ball

Prophets of Doom need to look on the bright side SOMETIMES we get so used to bad news stories, we fail to recognise a good one even when it slaps us right in the face.

This is certainly true in the case of Waterford, so much so that many of us tend to regard anyone of a smiley disposition with the deepest suspicion.

Since the beginning of the year this newspaper, and indeed all of the city’s media, have been quick to highlight the serious issues affecting our citizens that continue to go unresolved.

You know them all at this stage: the lack of housing; the lack of jobs; the lack of 24-hour cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford; the lack of university status. The list goes on.

But this week something very signiďŹ cant in the development of the city has has begun to take shape, and - for a change - it’s a very positive one.

Waterford City and County Council conďŹ rmed that work on a â‚Ź17.3m urban regeneration project that will dramatically improve the look and feel of our city centre will get underway as soon as next month.

The development will include the partial rooďŹ ng of the Apple Market area, will in turn feed into the new Michael Street shopping plaza, giving a huge retail boost to the city centre.

On the other side of the River Suir, the ďŹ rst visible

signs of demolition work began on the derelict buildings on the North Quays, an eyesore that has loomed over the city for decades.

All of these developments will change the city for the better and generate some badly-needed employment for the region.

DĂŠise Boy has pointed out many times in this column that Waterford has not felt the recovery that Dublin and some of our other cities have enjoyed.

But something positive is stirring in our city, and it will soon become plain for all to see.

So you’d think all of this would be greeted with a positive reaction from the long suffering people of Waterford?

Well, if the reaction to callers on WLR’s Billy McCarthy Show this week are anything to go by, you’d be very wrong.

Most listeners, if the texts read out on air are anything to go by, were anything but happy.

How come, some asked, there is money for shiny new businesses when so many people are out of work or without a place to call a home? What about the traffic restrictions? Sure wasn’t all this promised before and nothing ever happened? And so on ...

Now DĂŠise Boy can be as cynical as the best (or worst) of them, but listening to the many Prophets of Doom in this city is enough to drive you

to drink, if, of course, it’s an excuse you’re looking for.

Are these the same PoD who complain about the sight of boarded-up shops that continue to haunt the city centre, who moan about the scarcity of employment and investment opportunities in Waterford, who throw their eyes up to heaven when there is another major job announcement outside the South East?

All of these are genuine issues, and I’m the ďŹ rst to y the city’s ag if I feel we’re getting a raw deal.

But we have to learn to recognise a real opportunity when it is staring us straight in the face.

And, dare I say it, try to see that the glass can sometimes be as much half full as it is empty.

I was at Semple Stadium on Sunday to see our hurlers power past Limerick to reach a second successive league ďŹ nal, on the brink of making sporting history. These young heroes represent all that is good and positive about Waterford. They’re young, fearless and not afraid to face down any challenge that stands in their way. And the DĂŠise’s long-suffering supporters, for so long denied that elusive AllIreland, who refuse to stop believing after so many bitter disappointments.

If we could bottle just a few ounces of this hope, determination and positivity, this city would truly be a place for the better.

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EMERGENCY: John Halligan (inset) says 24/7 cardiac care at UHW is a matter of life and death

24-hour cardiac care in limbo as talks continue THE restoration of 24-hour cardiac care at University Hospital Waterford hangs in the balance as talks to form a new government continued into the night.

Waterford Independent TD John Halligan yesterday admitted he is now sceptical that a deal to form a minority government can be reached.

And he said the prospect of another General Election is now very much on the cards.

Deputy Halligan told the Waterford Mail: “I think there will be another election unless something happens very quickly. A lot will depend on what happens today and tomorrow.�

The Independent Alliance member said his own position on any talks to form a new government remains the same: he will not enter into any deal, HYHQ LI KH LV RŕľľHUHG D VHDW DW the Cabinet, unless he is given a written guarantee of 24/7 cardiac care for Waterford and the South East. “There has been no change

in my position - I am not for turning on this,� said Deputy Halligan.

Writing in today’s Waterford Mail, local Fianna Fail poll topper Mary Butler said she remains committed to her pre-election promise to deliver 24-hour cardiac services, even though her party is set to return to the opposition benches after refusing to go into coalition with Fine Gael.

Deputy Butler also hit out at Independent TDs for refusing to back her party leader Micheål Martin’s overtures to form a Fianna Fail-led minority government.

She writes: “Unfortunately MicheĂĄl Martin went before the 32nd Dail on three occasions looking for the support of Independent TDS and others to support a Fianna Fail-led minority government. This support was not forthcoming and unfortunately the Independents who choose not to support Mr Martin on all three occasions.â€?

However, Deputy Halligan

yesterday claimed Fianna Fail were “never serious� about forming a government, and said the party would prefer to sit on the sidelines in opposition.

He told the Waterford Mail: “This is nonsense. MicheĂĄl Martin never had any intention of forming a government. We [Independents] will not be led down a garden path by Fianna Fail. All they want is another election so they can try and win a few extra seats. But even if they get these seats, they will still have to rely on Independents and the smaller parties to form a government, so what will they do then?â€?

Mr Halligan said it was “pathetic� Fianna Fail and Fine Gael could not put aside their “civil war politics� and provide a stable government in the interests of the country.

He added: “At the moment we are buried in civil war politics. It is shameful that we still can’t get past what happened 100 years ago.�

THE BIG DEBATE: See page 8

‘Social housing policy has failed’

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THERE was just one social housing unit built in Waterford in the two years between 2012 and 2014, according to Sinn Fein TD David Cullinane.

Speaking in the DĂĄil this week during a debate on housing, the Waterford Deputy said the failure of both Fine Gael and Fianna Fail led governments to build social housing had resulted in thousands becoming homeless.

And he said the Government is “directly responsible for the

housing crisis�. “Despite Alan Kelly’s endless rhetoric about money being available for housing, the facts speak for themselves,� Deputy Cullinane said. “Between 2012 and 2014, the Fine Gael Labour government built the grand total of one social housing unit in Waterford. “Yet acting Minister Kelly continues to blame local authorities, the constitution, and anyone else he can think of for the housing crisis when

the buck stopped with him, his department and the government in which he served as a senior member of Cabinet.�

Deputy Cullinane called on Minister Kelly, Fine Gael and Fianna Fåil to publicly admit that the State’s housing policy has failed.

He added: “Going forward we need a new model where the state takes direct responsibility for housing – a model which prioritises people and not the market.�

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24-HOUR CARDIAC CARE - THE BIG DEBATE

TIME TO DELIVER Rival TDs John Halligan and Mary Butler on securing 24/4 cardiac care for Waterford

I won’t listen to any more promises JOHN HALLIGAN LAST week I pulled out of talks to form a new government because I could not get a guarantee of 24-hour cardiac care for Waterford and the South East.

My position has not changed, I am not for turning on what is an issue of life and death for the people in this constituency.

Earlier this month I attended a meeting with Health Minister Leo Varadkar and some of his senior HSE officials. They were armed with clinical statistics in relation to cardiac care for every other major hospital - other than University Hospital Waterford. “Are you serious,� I asked

them. “Are you telling me that you havent done a clinical assessmentof a hospital that is supposed to serve 500,000 people?�

I also learned to my dismay that any decision taken in relation to providing 24/7 cardiac care cover woudl have to take the knock-on effect this would have to funding hospitals in Cork and Dublin. It was pathetic.

I have told Fine Gael I am not listening to any more of their promises unless they can guarantee 24/7 cardiac care.

And I want it in writing. This means a minisertial letter addressed to HSE chief Tony O’Brien instructing him for projects to start on a second cath lab at UHW. The time for talking is through.

The people of Waterford have been listening to the same promises for long enough.

PEOPLE POWER: Thousands march in protest at UHW cuts I will continue to do everything in my power to deliver 24 hour cardiac care for the South East, and this is more than can be said for Fianna Fail, who had the chance to deliver on their promise, but have opted not to go into coalition with Fine Gael.

[Waterford Fianna Fail TD] Mary Butler said in the Dail she

was going to deliver 24-hour cardiac care for Waterford.

But how can she deliver this from the opposition benches?

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail are putting 100 years of past history ahead of the present and are not prepared to come together and put the country ďŹ rst.

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Stop playing with our people’s lives MARY BUTLER THE provision of 24/7 Cardiac Care in University Hospital Waterford for the South East region is a cause I have campaigned tirelessly on for the last two years.

It is simply not acceptable that in 2016 time restrictions play such a role in the day to day lives of our people.

Cardiology cover at UHW is time sensitive and is limited to between the hours of 9am and 5pm, with no availability at the weekends.

What this means in real terms is that that outside of these hours patients are being told that they are best served by putting them into an ambulance, in most cases to Cork, if the emergency falls outside these times.

During the election campaign I positively lobbied my part leader MicheĂĄl Martin and our health spokesperson Billy Kelleher to make this a commitment part of our policy platform.

Our health demographics and budget pressures represent serious challenges for the country, but after studying at all the details, on February 9 Fianna Fail gave a commitment that, if in government, it would deliver 24/7 cardiac care to Waterford

and the South East.

I personally discussed this again with Mr Martin last Wednesday, April 13, and the goal posts have not changed. We are still committed to this process.

Unfortunately Micheål Martin went before the 32nd Dail on three occasions looking for the support of Independent TDS and others to support a Fianna Failled minority government. This support was not forthcoming and unfortunately the Independents who choose not to support Mr Martin on all three occasions’ means Fianna Fail now have entered talks to facilitate the formation of a Fine Gael-led minority government.

This means that Fianna Fail, while facilitating a Fine Gael led government, will continue to lobby for 24/7 Cardiac Cover at UHW from the opposition benches.

I am calling on the Minister for Health to once again revisit this situation and to stop playing with people’s lives.

Even to roll this out incrementally would be a great start. If we could start with 8am to 8pm, then RQ WR DP WR SP DQG ÂżQDOO\ full coverage, it would mean the people of Waterford and the South East would begin to have D OHYHO SOD\LQJ ÂżHOG LQ UHODWLRQ WR health services.

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Locked up in a dark cage at the age of six Waterford boy’s shocking new sex abuse claims A WATERFORD boy who was allegedly raped by his father and forced to have sex with his mother has also claimed he was locked up in a “cage� when he was just six-years-old.

The now 12-year-old boy has so far spent seven days giving evidence at the Central Criminal Court via video-link about alleged abuse by his parents in their home.

He had previously alleged his father had locked him into a wooden box when he was just six-years-old. The boy said he was locked into a second box beFDXVH WKH ÂżUVW RQH ÂłIDLOHG´ He described the second box as having metal bars and being “cage likeâ€?. “It was exactly the same, except it had metal bars for a window. And it was a lot bigger,â€? he said., adding that it was dark inside the box and he was really scared.

He said he did not previously tell gardai or the court about the “cage� before because he forgot.

The boy has alleged his father raped him, sexually abused him

with a hot poker and forced him to have sex with his mother over the course of several years.

The father is alleged to have ¿OPHG VRPH RI WKHVH LQFLGHQWV and shown them to others. He is further alleged to have held a gun to the child’s head and to have left him locked in a box.

His parents face a total of 82 charges of abuse between 2007 and 2011 in Waterford. The father and mother have pleaded not guilty to 16 counts each of sexual exploitation and one charge each of child cruelty. The mother has also denied 16 counts of sexual assault while the father denies 16 counts of anal rape and 16 counts of sexual assault with a poker.

The boy was taken into care when he was eight after he made allegations of physical abuse by his father. He told the jury that

WKH ÂżUVW IRVWHU IDPLO\ KH ZDV placed with were nearly as bad as his parents except there was not hitting or rape.

He said the foster parents and other children shouted all the time.

The boy told the court earlier this week: “It was just like my parent’s home,â€? he said. “It was mostly the same except for the hitting and everything. All the VKRXWLQJ DQG VWXŕľľ H[FHSW IRU WKH raping and all that.â€?

He said his foster parents “were slightly better than my parents but were still horrible�.

The child agreed with his father’s defence counsel, Colman Cody SC that he tried to run DZD\ IURP KLV ¿UVW IRVWHU KRPH because he missed his parents.

He said he didn’t like his foster parents and still doesn’t.

‘They put me in a cage like box ... It was dark inside and I was really scared’ - boy’s evidence at Central Criminal Court

He agreed with Mr Cody that he occasionally stayed with a relative of his foster mother where he was sexually abused by another child.

He said this child, who he thought was aged about 13, ³OLNHG PH LQ D GL྾HUHQW ZD\ , think he wanted to be gay�.

Asked to elaborate by Mr Cody, the child said he couldn’t remember what happened because he “just sort of blocked it out�.

He went on to agree that he had made a statement to gardaĂ­ that this older boy “wanted to have sex with meâ€?.

The witness said the boy climbed into his bed and pulled down both their pyjama bottoms before rubbing his genitals against him. He said this happened several times. “He didn’t hurt me but I didn’t like it,â€? the child told gardaĂ­. “I WULHG WR SXVK KLP Rŕľľ EXW KH ZDV too strong.â€?

The trial continues before Mr Justice Robert Eagar and a jury.

Roz a model judge TOP models Roz Purcell, above, and Holly Carpenter have been revealed as the remaining two celebrity judges for the Bollinger Best Dressed Lady Competition at Punchestown this year. Roz and Holly will join judges Lottie Ryan and BlĂĄthnaid Treacy to select the most stylish ladies. The Bollinger Best Dressed Lady Competition takes place over the ďŹ rst 4 days of the Punchestown Festival, which gets underway on Tuesday, April 26.

The good overcomes the bad and the ugly Stranger comes to aid of race attack family A WOMAN whose home was targeted in four separate racist attacks in recent months has said she has been taken aback by the response from her local community.

Last week the Waterford Mail revealed how Meriam Ajayi and her family are too afraid to live in their home in Ballybeg after racist WKXJV GDXEHG GLVJXVWLQJ JUDŕľśWL on the walls of their house.

Meriam, a respected local community volunteer, her husband and two young sons Yomi (14) and Kabelo (11) ZHUH OHIW WHUULÂżHG DIWHU WKH WKXJV scrawled “black c**tsâ€? several times across the front of their home, where they have lived for 10 years.

However, after the incident local residents and community groups rallied in support of the Ajayi family.

Last Tuesday a woman, who is also from Ballybeg, called to the KRXVH DQG RŕľľHUHG WR UHSDLQW WKH front of the house.

Meriam told the Waterford Mail: “I got a phone from my 11-year-old son who said: ‘guess what, a lady called to the house and gave me a football’.This lady

THANKFUL: Meriam and sons Yomi (14) and Kabelo (11).

DOVR R྾HUHG WR UHSDLQW WKH IURQW RI the house and the next day, she came with brushes and paint and everything.�

Meriam added: “I had never even met this lady before. It was very touching - a very nice gesture.�

The mother-of-two, who is originally from Pretoria in South Africa, said her family also appreciated the public show of support they received at a community meeting in St Saviour’s Football Club last Friday night. “There were people there who came from Wexford, from Carrick-on-Suir, people who I had never met before who came to support us. I was really touched by the response,� she said.

At the meeting a number of suggestions were put forward to tackle racism in the community.

Arsing out of the meeting, Ballybeg will host a multicultural family day out in August, while an anti-racism football match is also being planned to highlight the issue.

Local Sinn Fein councillor John Hearne told the Waterford Mail: “It was very positive , and the response from the local community has been fantastic.�

Cllr Hearne said he was also happy with the Garda response to the incident. Although no arrests have yet been made in connection with the latest attack on the Ajayi family home, local gardai have been carrying out extensive doorto-door inquiries in the area. “Maybe now they [attackers] will think twice before they do something like this again,� Cllr Hearne added.

However Meriam said the family are still anxious to move house, as they feel it is only a matter of time before the attackers strike again. “We don’t know when something will happen again. We just don’t feel safe being there anymore,� she said.

Festival fun, by Hook or by Crooke SEA lovers can look forward to an action-packed family day out at a marine IHVWLYDO ZLWK D GL྾HUHQFH DW the world’s oldest working lighthouse on the Hook Peninsula.

7KH IXQ ÂżOOHG 0DULWLPH 0DWWHUV )HVWLYDO ZLOO JHW underway at the famous +RRN /LJKWKRXVH WKLV 0D\ bank holiday weekend.

Next Saturday, April 30, children and families are invited to join in the games with Pirate Pat and Captain Hook. Over the next two

days, the kids will learn about safety at sea from members of the Irish Coast Guard and the RNLI. Ann Waters of Hook Lighthouse said: “It is always a fantastic weekend of fun for all the family ZLWK WKH DGGHG EHQHÂżW of placing an important focus on safety at sea and reminding us of the great work our emergency service teams carry out alongside the beacon of safety that is Hook Lighthouse.â€?

The day prior to the

festival weekend Hook Lighthouse will launch its brand new Ireland’s Ancient East Tour Experience.

Visitors to the 800 year old Lighthouse will be able to take a step back in time on a guided tour and meet 6W 'XEKDQ DQG KLV ÂżIWK &HQWXU\ 0RQNV ZKR ÂżUVW established the beacon at the Hook Peninsula. )RU DOO RI WKH IHVWLYDO details visit www. hookheritage.ie and www. greatlighthouses.com.

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NEWS

21 APRIL 2016

‘I got trapped. The truck began to move ... but I was too late’ Mum’s harrowing account of toddler’s last moments A YOUNG mother has described the terrifying moment when she and her tragic twoyear-old toddler became trapped under a moving truck.

Little Daenerys CrosbieCallaghan died in the fateful accident which occured at Manor Street, Waterford, on November 18, 2014.

Last week Daenerys’ heartbroken mother, Caroline Anne Crosbie, gave harrowing evidence of her daughter’s last moments during a three-day trial at Waterford Circuit Court.

On the opening day of the trial, Ms Crosbie told how she was late for an internship at an accountants, and her daughter’s ¿UVW GD\ RI FUpFKH DIWHU VKH PLVVHG KHU ¿UVW EXV WR WKH FLW\ from Dunmore East, where she and her daughter lived.

0V &URVELH VDLG VKH JRW R྾ the bus at Lombard Street and continued on to Rowe Street to Manor Street close to Madigan’s pub. She was only a few feet DZD\ IURP WKH FUpFKH RQ 0RQRU Street when she tried to cross WKH URDG 0V &URVELH VDLG WUDྜF was still on her side when she VWHSSHG R྾ WKH IRRWSDWK 6KH saw an opening and thought she

A MOTHER’S LOVE: Caroline Anne with Deanerys and, right, the accident scene could get across.

She told the court: “I got trapped. Before I could do anything the truck started to move and I was too late.�

After mother and daughter went under the truck, Ms Crosbie said she understood immediately what had happened.

Shocked by-standers gave assistance until the emergency services arrived at the scene. Ms Crosbie and her daughter were taken to hospital. Tragically, Daenerys died from her injuries.

Ms Crosibe had to identify her daughter’s body to gardai.

Under cross examination, Ms Crosbie told how she remem-

bers “every second� of the tragic events. “I keep replaying it,� she said.

The driver of the truck, Patrick Corcoran (49), with an address at Castlefarm Stud, Narraghmore, Athy, Co Kildare, was subsequently found not guilty by a jury of 10 men and two women of dangerous driving causing the death of Daenerys.

In a statement, Mr Corcoran told gardai that the incident still goes through his head, but insisted he had no case to answer.

He said he has over 30 years’

experience driving articulated trucks and no penalty points.

Recalling the fateful incident, 0U &RUFRUDQ VDLG WKH ÂżUVW WKLQJ he remembered was hearing a noise that sounded like he drove over a copper pipe, followed by screaming. There was no bump.

He stopped straight away, froze and remained in his cab.

The court heard an examination of the truck and trailer found it to be in good roadworthy condition. There were no tyre of skid marks at the site of the collision.

Towering inferno TWO units of the Waterford Fire Service battled a mystery blaze that erupted on the derelict site of the former Ard RĂ­ Hotel overlooking the city over the weekend.

A spokesperson for the service conďŹ rmed two units “attended a grass ďŹ reâ€? at the front of the site on Saturday at 6.30pm.

There are no reports of injuries to persons or damage to the actual building. The cause of the ďŹ re is not known.

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NEWS

21 APRIL 2016

Dark, white and light at Garter Lane

News in brief Dunmore stage set A STELLAR cast of celebrities is set to descend on Dunmore East over the coming weeks as a host of famous Irish actors arrive at the picturesque Co :DWHUIRUG YLOODJH IRU WKH ¿OPLQJ RI WKH (DVWHQGHUV VSLQ R྾ Redwater. Fionnula O’Flanagan 7KH 2WKHUV 0DULD 'R\OH .HQQHG\ 'RZQWRQ $EEH\

,DQ 0F(OKLQQH\ *DPH RI Thrones) and Angeline Ball (The Commitments) will join Jessie Wallace (Kat) and Shane Richie $OÂżH LQ WKH QHZ VHULHV ZKLFK ZLOO EH ÂżOPHG LQ 0D\ DQG -XQH

Raider given bail Anna Moore and Neil McCann, Visual Arts Assistant, Garter Lane.

A WATERFORD man charged with the Ulster Bank on The 4XD\ ZLWK D IDNH ÂżUHDUP HDUOLHU WKLV \HDU ZDV JUDQWHG EDLO E\ WKH District Court after being held LQ UHPDQG IRU GD\V -DPLH &RXJKODQ ZLWK DQ DGGUHVV DW :LOOLDP 6WUHHW :DWHUIRUG faces two charges of robbing Âź LQ FDVK IURP WKH EDQN DQG SRVVHVVLRQ RI DQ LPLWDWLRQ ÂżUHDUP RQ )HEUXDU\

Our roads are safest

Pictured at Garter Lane Arts Centre for the opening of “No Zebra Crossing� and exhibition of work by artist Anna Moore officially opened by Dr. Kathy Glavanis-Grantham and which runs until May 28 were cousins Ella Moore and Maria O’Shea. Photo: John Power

Tracey and Linda Cunningham.

OUR roads are the safest in the FRXQWU\ DFFRUGLQJ WR ORFDO JDUGDL Figures presented at last week’s :DWHUIRUG &LW\ DQG &RXQW\ Joint Policing Committee (JPC) reveal there have been no fatal or serious accidents on Waterford’s roads since the beginning of the \HDU 7KHUH ZHUH WKUHH VHULRXV accidents on our roads in the VDPH SHULRG LQ

Underage sex trial

Yasmin Moore who was also celebrating her 11th birthday.

A 33-YEAR-OLD Waterford PDQ KDV SOHDGHG QRW JXLOW\ WR three charges of having sex with D JLUO XQGHU WKH DJH RI 7KH prosecution in the case which came before the Circuit Criminal Court last week alleged the accused had unlawful sex with WKH JLUO ZKHQ VKH ZDV MXVW \HDUV RI DJH LQ D FDUDYDQ SDUN LQ 'XQPRUH (DVW DQG RQ WZR IXUWKHU RQ GDWHV EHWZHHQ -XO\ DQG

Celtic Media fest

Photographer Jonah Nyangasi.

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Park-life turns ugly

Catherine Drea, Michael Whelan, Ger Lanigan and Glynnis Currie.

$ 180%(5 RI FRPPXQLW\ JURXSV LQ WKH FLW\ VD\ WKH\ KDYH been forced to stop bringing \RXWKV WR WKH 3HRSOHÂśV 3DUN because of “anti-social behaviour and drug useâ€?. Superintendent &KULV 'HODQH\ WROG D PHHWLQJ RI :DWHUIRUG &LW\ DQG &RXQW\ -RLQW Policing Committee he was not DZDUH RI VXFK LQFLGHQWV EXW VDLG JDUGDL ZRXOG ÂłDFW DFFRUGLQJO\´ LI WKH\ EHFDPH DZDUH RI DQ\ DQWL social behaviour.

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UP THE DÉISE!

21 APRIL 2016

HURLING INTO HISTORY BOOKS Victory over Limerick sets up finale with ex-boss Davy Fitz LET the (mind) games begin!

After Clare’s stunning demolition of Kilkenny in last Sunday Allianz League Hurling semi-final, former Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald was quick to play suggestions that the Banner county would be favourites as they prepare to face the Déise in the final showdown next weekend.

“They strolled through Division One. To me they are the best team in the country, without a shadow of a doubt, at the moment.

We’ll have a battle on our hands to play them in two weeks’ time but we’ll give it a go and see what happens.

A few weeks after that we got to go again. It’s going to be an interesting six weeks,” Fitzgerald told GAA.com.

But, not to be outdone, Waterford hurling selector Dan ‘The Man’ Shanahan responded by declaring Clare are “streets ahead” of the Déise.

Dan said: “We were behind the Kilkenny lads

watching the game and no bulls***, they were absolutely outstanding.

“I’m not building up Clare, I’m just being honest, they were absolutely outstanding, streets ahead of us.”

The stage is now set for two mouth-watering clashes between the two sides, who will also do battle in the first round of the Munster Championship on June 5, also at Semple Stadium.

Déise fans are hiding high after Derek McGrath’s

young side proved again last weekend that last year’s impressive run in the league and All-Ireland was no flash-in-the-plan.

Waterford’s hurlers are on the brink of making history as they head into the May bank holiday weekend finale looking to win two successive national league titles for the first time.

But they will face their biggest test so far this year after Clare’s heroics against All-Ireland champions Kilkenny last Sunday.

WHAT GOAL DROUGHT? Patrick Curran celebrates his three-pointer as Déise fans go wild Brian Cody’s men were simply blown away by Clare’s intensity, and will be looking for a major improvement if they hope to pull-off another three-in-arow come September.

Clare will prove a formidable opposition for Waterford, but the Déise can at least look forward to having a full strength squad, with sharpshooter and current All-Star Maurice Shanahan expected to recover from inquiry in time for the final.

And confidence in the camp is riding high after Waterford broke their goal hoodoo with three impressive strikes from Shane Bennett, Patrick Curran and Tom Devine. Derek McGrath said after the game: “Psychologically, for the lads, it’s good to get a couple of goals ... it can be a noose around your neck, not getting goals. We were happy to get them today. We worked hard for them.”

Social media sites lit up

this week as Déise fans salivated at the prospect of the looming double battle with Waterford’s former boss and his home county.

But Davy Fitz had nothing for praise for his old team.

“I think he’s (Derek McGrath) doing a fantastic job, they’re reigning League champions. That’s a fair feat to get to two of them in a row. Fair play to him. They strolled through Division 1 and, to me, they’re the best team in the country.”

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Lolly’s

Waterford Mail

OPINION

21 APRIL 2016

World

RIP Hank: the best friend I’ve known Life will never be the same again without my Care Bear THIS week I am in mourning, and life - for good or for bad - will never be the same.

A few days ago I lost my best friend and most loyal companion, my beloved English Bulldog, the one and only Hank ‘the Tank’. ,W¶V SUREDEO\ GLɤFXOW WR understand if you’re not a dog lover, but the grief I feel now is as bad as anything I have felt before.

Hank died peacefully at home while I was at work last week. He just drifted Rɣ GXULQJ RQH RI KLV PDQ\ (particularly of late) long snoozes and never woke up.

He was the grand old age of nine, which is very old for his breed, and I’m glad he GLGQ¶W VXɣHU DQ\ PRUH WKDQ he had to.

But there is a hole in my heart, one that Hank has ¿OOHG VLQFH WKH GD\ , ¿UVW VHW eyes on him when he was just a puppy.

It only seems like yesterday the day I collected him.

He was just six weeks old, with those huge kind brown eyes.

I had chosen him from a photograph the breeder sent PH RQ ,W ZDV ORYH DW ¿UVW sight - the second I saw him I knew he was the one!

He was snuggled up like a little baby into a litter of six other little fat guys, but he stood out like a sore thumb.

He had this really cute black mark around his eye, kind of like a patch, but it made him unique from all the other cuties in the litter.

I had to have him, and for all of you who have been

following my blog and this column for years will know how much Hank meant to me.

It almost seems like a cliche to say losing your pet is like losing a member of your family.

But if anything, I personally think it’s an understatement.

Pets are kinder than humans - they never let you down, they never lie - they don’t know anything but love and kindness.

They love you unconditionally, and unfortunately that’s a lot more I can say about many human companions I’ve had.

In never took much to make my real-life Care Bear happy.

In his twilight years, Hank became too fat to walk any distance, but he didn’t need a whole lot of exercise.

In fact Hank was quite stubborn and lazy, but he could be extremely funny with it!

He was very sensitive to the cold. Sometimes I’d open the front door to leave him out for a pee he’d stick his head out the door, realise it was raining and leg it back up to my bedroom. It was almost as if he was saying: “You’re grand, I’ll hold it in till its stopped feckin’ raining!”

He snored, he farted, he slobbered, but I loved every inch of him from the second I laid eyes on him.

All he wanted was cuddles and love, sometimes food, EXW DɣHFWLRQ DOZD\V FDPH

¿UVW +DQN¶V HDV\ JRLQJ temperament was infectious, and he grew very quickly on strangers I met out walking. I honestly cannot remember ever hearing him bark.

He was a gentle giant, despite cartoons that tend to portray English Bulldogs as ferocious animals. In fact they are quite the opposite.

Hank was so playful and friendly, but very protective of me.

A big eegit is all he was.

My eegit!

I’m going to miss throwing his teddys and being my co-pilot on the regular occasions when we hit the road together for a spin.

He gave me so much simple pleasure, almost a full decade of happiness I will never forget.

Dogs can sense how humans feel. I should know as I’ve bred several litters of pups and had many dogs since I was little.

It doesn’t matter whether we’re happy, sad or angry, they just know what to do each time. At times I would come home to Hank, exhausted, upset, frustrated and crying, but no words were ever needed to convey my emotions. Hank just got it every time. He had my back and I had his. He licked the tears from my face many times, and smiled like he was saying everything will be alright.

I knew something was wrong the last morning I saw Hank.

He had very little energy and looked worn out, as if he had had enough.

I cuddled him in a blanket and wrapped him up on my sofa in my living room and kissed the top of his forehead and whispered into his ear that I loved him.

My niece was waiting for me to drive her to work. I purposely pretended I forgot something to go back in and give Hank another kiss goodbye.

Some tears trickled down my face. I wiped them away.

I convinced myself he’d be looking out the window for me when I pulled into my drive way after work.

But, as fate would have it, Hank would not leave me when I was there with him.

He slipped away in his sleep while I was at work.

My lovely mam (his granny!), who would check on Hank every day I was at work, found him lying EHVLGH WKH ¿UHSODFH Mam and my sister Fiona stayed with him for a few hours, talking to him and telling him how much he was loved.

My entire family loved Hank.

But now he is gone and it feels as if my heart is breaking. My head is in a haze and at times I feel helpless. ,¶YH VHQW KLP Rɣ WR EH cremated because, like his mammy, he hated the cold.

I’m due to get his ashes back next week, and even writing the word ashes gives me a sick feeling. But at least

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I’ll have him near me.

I’m going to place his cremated remains inside an English Bulldog teddy bear and place him in his favourite spot in the house.

Hank and I were a team. , WKLQN LW¶V D WUXH UHÀHFWLRQ on a person’s character how they treat animals.

I loved Hank beyond belief, and he adored me in return. True, he was spoilled rotten - some days he even got grass fed Lamb Chops (honestly!). I suppose this love and care helped to give him a longer life. Hank was almost 10 when he died. The average age of an English bulldog is, sadly, only 7.

I would like to personally thank my own supervet, Ger Clancy of Suirside Veterinary Clinic in Carrickon-Suir, who cared for Hank since he was a puppy. I can’t put into words the care Ger gave to Hank over the years, particularly in his last days.

You have no idea the comfort this gave me.

It is sometimes hard to get a real perspective on people, us humans can sometimes be terribly cruel. We could learn a lot from our furry best friends, they can certainly teach us all a thing or two about loyalty and real, unconditional, love.

RIP, Hank, my Care-Bear, I’ll never forget you xxx

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PEOPLE

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It’s Duff the magic Dragon!

Keith Byrne, Kayleigh McCarthy, Karen McCarthy and Shahlo Lawrence from CoderDojo.

Keynote speaker at the Tramore Enterprise Town event at Tramore Racecourse Gavin Duffy certainly loves his selfies and here he is pictured with the Tramore Musical Society. Tramore Enterprise Town by Bank of Ireland was held at Tramore Racecourse on Friday April 15. PHOTOS: NOEL BROWNE

Gavin Duffy (Dragon’s Den) pictured with Shannon Forrest and Claire Williams from Chia Bia and John McGovern, Bank of Ireland.

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EDUCATION

21 APRIL 2016

Education Waterford

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STUDENT LIFE MAX CASEY

Time to sober up and knuckle down

DESIGNS FOR LIFE: Second Year Interior Design and Decoration students pictured at the official opening of their exhibition ‘Bespoke’ at Central Library with Deputy Mayor Cllr. John O’ Leary; Kevin Lewis, Chief Executive, WWETB; Helena Finlay, VTOS Co-ordinator and teachers Louise O’ Connor and Adrienne McGovern. The work on show was created by students Kelda Tutton, Lisa Coady, Cathy O’Neill, Eileen Dunphy, Laura Holden, Anne Phelan, Roohi Azam, Ursula Edmondson, Barbara Doran, Erika Klaad, Dimitri Lazare and Tina Grant. PHOTO: AILEEN DROHAN

Performing arts to give master class at seminar THE Waterford Institute of Technology - in association with the Irish Society for Theatre Research, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford Theatre Royal and the Arts Council - will host the annual Irish Society for Theatre Research conference tomorrow and Saturday.

The conference is designed to appeal to those interested in research into Irish theatre history and contemporary theatre practice, both nationally and internationally.

Members of the public, theatre practitioners and researchers are welcome to attend all events and tickets can be purchased for the conference as a whole or for individual events.

The title and theme of this year’s conference is ‘Conversations on Collaborations’, and many of the events take this theme as a starting point. Dr Una Kealy and Kate McCarthy

from the Department of Creative and Performing Arts, curators of the event for WIT, describe the conference as “An attempt WR UHĂ€HFW WKH YLEUDQW DQG GLYHUVH nature of contemporary Irish theatre practice which shines a light on regional theatre collaborations and recognises the contribution to theatre practice and scholarship made by Irish womenâ€?.

Keynote speakers for the conference are Dr Cathy Leeney of University College Dublin, (presenting tomorrow, Friday, April 22 in Garter Lane Arts Centre), and Christine Poulter of Trinity College Dublin (presenting Saturday, April 23 in the Chapel, College Street Campus, WIT).

Conference panels will take place tomorrow and Saturday in the College Street campus of WIT and full details of the schedule of conference papers is available from theatre@wit.ie.

As well as a diverse array of conference presentations on GLŕľľHUHQW DVSHFWV RI WKHDWUH KLVtory, practice and performance, performances, play readings and practical theatre workshops are scheduled. Waterford Theatre Royal will host Fishamble Theatre Company today and tomorrow when Pat Kinevane will perform Underneath and Silent respectively. Jim Culleton, Artistic Director for Fishamble Productions, will facilitate a workshop in theatre directing in the Dance Studio, College Street Campus, WIT on Saturday. Dr Una Kealy of WIT will facilitate a post-show discussion with Pat Kinevan and Jim Culleton after the performance of Underneath tomorrow. Tickets for these performances and workshop can be booked through the Theatre 5R\DO ER[ RŕľśFH 7ZR QHZ plays will also be presented on Saturday 23rd April as readings.

Nora & Jim by Gerry Smyth is based on the relationship between Nora Barnacle and James Joyce and Strike! by Tracy Ryan takes the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid protest as its subject. Both play readings will take place at the College St. Campus.

Full conference tickets are priced from â‚Ź40 concessions and â‚Ź95 for full-price tickets.

Tickets for the Fishamble performances and workshop must be purchased separately. Tickets for each keynote lectures are priced at â‚Ź10. Tickets are available for conference events via WKH ER[ RŕľśFHV DW *DUWHU /DQH Arts Centre on 051 855038 and the Theatre Royal on 051 874402. *For more information email theatre@wit.ie or visit the ISTR website at http://istr.ie or Facebook page at https://www. facebook.com/ISTRatWIT2016/

ALRIGHT, alright no more talk of parties, drinking and life’s inevitable meaningless - it’s exam season people.

So put all those to the side for a few weeks and get serious.

More importantly, it’s time to get boring.

And in my time as a student I’ve noticed one important thing - the majority of you don’t know how to VWXG\ HɤFLHQWO\ You spend 14 hours a day reading a text book and still know nothing at the end of it. So instead of trying to be humorous (as nothing humorous is really happening to me at the minute) I thought I’d give a brief guide on how to make the most of the little time you have here.

Make a plan Don’t ever just open a book and study aimlessly. Get an idea of exactly what you need to learn for each subject, write it out on paper.

Don’t learn everything, look at previous exam papers and be VWUDWHJLF ¿JXUH RXW what pieces of your course will maximize your, for want of a better term, marks per minute, and study those.

7KHQ ÂżJXUH RXW KRZ long you have to learn all of this information, and make a plan for yourself.

You’ll probably break with your plan DW VRPH VWDJH RU ¿QG you need more time for each subject, and WKDWœV ¿QH DV ORQJ DV you at least understand what it is you have to learn and what

\RX DUH VDFULÂżFLQJ E\ not learning certain aspects.

Regular breaks and sleep are the keys to success If you’re tired and not paying attention, take a break.

Don’t just press on cause your hardcore and stoic, be smart.

You’ll get more done in two hours with a ten minute break in the middle than two hours where you work KDUG IRU WKH ¿UVW KRXU

‘Think of it like going to the gym, you’ll get more done going two days in a row for an hour than a two hour session in one.’ then can’t even focus for the second.

This is especially true if you’re studying something horribly mundane and rote like Forestry or Chemistry.

Think of it like going to the gym, you’ll get more done going two days in a row for an hour than a two hour session in one.

And sleep as much as you can. This is key - six hours of study on eight hours is almost DOZD\V PRUH HɤFLHQW than ten hours on three.

Good Lord I could do with a drink ...

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BUSINESS

21 APRIL 2016

Business

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Blow as airline shuts down key UK route 7+( FLW\ DQG UHJLRQ VX൵HUHG a setback after Waterford $LUSRUW FRQ¿UPHG WKH HQG RI its Birmingham route.

Waterford Airport CEO Desmond O’Flynn expressed disappointment at the decision of VLM Airlines to discontinue the WaterfordBirmingham route from early next month.

The route will cease from Monday, May 2.

Mr O’Flynn said: “We’re obviously disappointed by this decision. It is particularly unfortunate that the withdrawal of service comes just before the peak summer season. We usually have a strong increase in leisure passengers ZKLFK PRUH WKDQ R൵VHWV DQ\ IDOO R൵ LQ EXVLQHVV WUDYHO during the summer holiday months.”

“At the same time, we want to acknowledge the hard ZRUN DQG H൵RUW SXW LQ E\ RXU colleagues at Birmingham Airport as well as the many stakeholders that have sup-

ported the service through various promotions and other activities both here and in the UK,” he added.

However VLM Airlines will continue to operate a seven days a week daily service that connects Waterford and London Luton.

Mr O’Flynn urged commuters in Waterford and the 6RXWK (DVW WKLQNLQJ RI À\LQJ to the UK to “think WaterIRUG ¿UVW´DQG YLVLW ZZZ À\YOP FRPWR VHH LI WKHUH LV D Waterford-Luton service that can match their travel plans and schedule.

He added: “Similarly, if you are in touch with family, friends or business colleagues in the UK who are coming to the South East, please advise them to check for direct ÀLJKWV WR :DWHUIRUG 7KH FRQYHQLHQFH DQG HDVH RI À\ing through Waterford Airport remains unbeatable.” *More information on WaterIRUG /RQGRQ /XWRQ ÀLJKWV LV DYDLODEOH DW ZZZ À\YOP FRP

BUSINESS LEADERS OF THE FUTURE: Students from the Advanced Certificate in Business Studies at the Waterford College of Further Education (WCFE) recently visited the Sanofi Genzyme site in Waterford. The students saw at first-hand the operation and management of a successful and innovative world-class biopharmaceutical facility. Pictured (l/r) are John Norris, Sanofi Genzyme Waterford; Jonathan Sullivan; Jimmy Ryan; Natasha Lawless; Emma Condron; Niamh O’Leary; Pauline Chege and Eoin Nevins, WCFE.

Jobs plan will deliver for city and the South East WATERFORD Waterford Chamber of Commerce CEO Nick Donnelly has predicted the new jobs action plan for the South East will deliver a massive boost for the city and region.

Earlier this year this, the Waterford Mail revealed how the South East Action Plan for Jobs Implementation Committee plans to create up to 25,000 new jobs by the end of 2017.

It also unveiled ambitious plans to increase the number of start-up businesses by 30pc.

Mr Donnelly this week said job creation and the rebuilding of a sustainable economy has been “one of the key priorities for Waterford and the South East region” in recent years.

He said the South East Action Plan for Jobs is “key WR WKLV H൵RUW DQG LQYROYHV DOO of the key stakeholders in the region who are committed to GHOLYHULQJ RQ WKH VLJQL¿FDQW number of collaborative actions which can drive the region forward”.

Waterford Chamber sits on the Implementation Committee as part of the wider South East Chambers network and has a central role to play in GHOLYHULQJ RQ VSHFL¿F LQLWLDWLYHV

FUTURE IS BRIGHT: Nick Donnelly

over the life of the Plan.

Mr Donnelly told the Waterford Mail: “In particular, our role requires us to concentrate on areas which focus on start-ups and entrepreneurship, attracting new investment to the region, support the future skills requirement for industry and build on greater collaboration across business networks and companies in the region. We recognise the importance also to focus on the opportunities in the tourism and food sectors as well as developing plans for key urban centres in support of the retail and hospitality sectors across the region.”

Mr Donnelly said he

believed the jobs plan can bring real momentum to Waterford and the South East.

He added: “It is an opportunity which has the support of all the important stakeholders and the Chamber Network will play its part over the life of the Plan. There is real unity of purpose and the recent appointment of Sean McKeown to the position of Director is a further example of the commitment to this Plan and we welcome this announcement.”

The Action Plan sets out a total of 194 actions to help achieve its ambitious targets.

These include an increase of up to 40pc in investments by overseas companies in the region, a 20pc increase in jobs in exporting companies, WKH HVWDEOLVKPHQW D ¿QDQFLDO service hub, as well as a joint IDA/Enterprise Ireland strategy for Business Process Outsourcing.

The plan also includes measures to accelerate the tourism targets set for the South East over the next 10 years, in particular to attract over 300,000 extra tourists and to create at least 5,000 associated jobs.

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21 APRIL 2016

REELING IN THE MONEY: A scene from the new Star Wars movie

The Force is with Waterford-based toy giant Hasbro HASBRO Inc, the US toymaker who have been a major employer in Waterford since 1977, have reported better-than-expected quarterly SURÂżW DQG UHYHQXH GULYHQ E\ strong demand for “Star Warsâ€?

DFWLRQ ÂżJXUHV DQG WKH DGGLWLRQ of Disney Princess dolls to its basket of toys.

Shares of the company, which also makes the Monopoly board game and My Little Pony toys, were up 4.6pc in premarket trading this week.

Hasbro holds a number of lucrative licensing deals for making toys based on blockbuster franchises such as “Jurassic Park�, “Star Wars� and “Avengers�.

The company last year edged out larger rival Mattel Inc (MAT.O) for a license to make dolls based on Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) popular princesses such as Cinderella and Snow White.

Hasbro began selling Disney

Princess and “Frozenâ€? dolls in the latest quarter, helping sales RI JLUOV WR\V ULVH IRU WKH ÂżUVW time in six quarters.

The company expects sales from “Star Wars� merchandise this year to retain strong momentum with the launch of home entertainment versions of “The Force Awakens� in the spring and the release of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story� in December.

Revenue from toys targeted at boys jumped 24pc, driven by toy guns under the “NERF�

EUDQG DQG ¿JXULQHV EDVHG RQ ³6WDU :DUV´ ¿OPV Net income attributable to Hasbro rose to $48.8m, or 38 FHQWV SHU VKDUH LQ WKH ¿UVW quarter ended March 27 from $26.7m, or 21 cents per share, a year earlier.

Net revenue rose 16.5pc to $831.2m from $713.5m.

Up until this week, Hasbro’s shares had risen around 25pc over the past 12 months.

Cyber attacks double in space of four years THE number of cyber attacks against Irish businesses has almost doubled since 2012, a new report reveals.

The PwC 216 Irish Economic Crime survey also shows more than 34pc of Irish organisations experienced economic crime in the last two years, up from 26pc two years earlier. The most prevalent crimes reported were asset misappropriation, cybercrime, accounting fraud and money laundering.

The study, which surveyed over 6,000 businesses across 115 countries, including over 100 in Ireland, shows the average cost of crime locally has jumped from â‚Ź498,000 in 2014 to â‚Ź1.7m.

Additionally, the frequency of cyber attacks against Irish businesses has risen from 25pc in 2012 to 44pc, a rate that is considerably higher than the global average of 32pc. Of WKRVH DŕľľHFWHG E\ F\EHUFULPH LQ ,UHODQG QHDUO\ RQH LQ ÂżYH incurred losses of between â‚Ź92,000 and â‚Ź4.6m, the survey reveals.

Less than half of respondents said that they had IXOO\ WUDLQHG VWDŕľľ UHVSRQG LI a technology breach were to occur.

Just 39pc of Irish companies said they had a fully operational incident response plan in place to deal with security breaches, while 28pc had no plan at all.

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WhitďŹ eld Clinic and UPMC WhitďŹ eld Cancer Centre recently held a successful Cake Sale with all proceeds to the Irish Cancer Society. â‚Ź2,108 was raised and presented to the Irish Cancer Society. Pictured from left to right are Mary O’ Driscoll, WhitďŹ eld Catering, Elaine Kearney, Irish Cancer Society, Claire Dunne, WhitďŹ eld Clinic Oncology Nurse and Ollie Keohan, UPMC WhitďŹ eld Cancer Centre. PHOTO: GARRETT FITZGERALD

Fight For Sight, the Irish charity devoted to the prevention of sight loss which is based in Waterford is presenting The World Sight Foundation with a cheque for 10,000 euros. Pictured presenting the cheque to Anthony Chignell, MBE, founder, World Sight Foundation is Carmel Bolger and included are Bertie Rogers, Fight For Sight, Bernard Jennings, Chair., Fight For Sight and Mr. Paddy Condon, founder, Fight For Sight. PHOTO: JOHN POWER

Pictured are Breda and Richard McCarthy presenting a cheque for 457-80 Euros and eighty cent,the proceeds of their 50th. golden wedding anniversary to the Solas Centre.Receiving the cheque were Myles Shelly and Molly Fitzgerald. PHOTO: JOHN POWER

Pictured outside Boylesports recently was John Morey, Regional Manager, Boylesports who presented a cheque for â‚Ź1,000 to the Oncology Unit, University Hospital Waterford, also included are Matt Keane and Kevin Casey, WLR FM, Mark Phillips, WLR FM racing correspondent and RoisĂ­n Hartley, “It’s Good To Give Fundraiser 2016â€?. The money was won by Mark who successfully tipped “Superb Storyâ€? to win on the ďŹ nal day of the Cheltenham Festival. PHOTO: NOEL BROWNE

Pictured holding the winning balls at the recent Waterford Sports Lotto Draw held in Waterford Golf Club on 12th April were Gerry Foley, Colm Daly, Ned Doyle and Angela Dunphy. PHOTO: NOEL BROWNE

Pictured at Waterford Golf Club were the winner’s of the recent Grand National Sweepstake run by the club who were were presented with their prizes and they were, Eddie Dunphy, 4th collecting on behalf of Caroline English, Angela Dunphy, winner, Owen Tubbritt, 2nd on behalf of Ian Doyle and Kieran Scanlon, 3rd. PHOTO: NOEL BROWNE Pictured is Colm “The Gooch� Cooper AIB National Youth Ambassador with pupils and staff of Fenor National School.

Colm paid a visit to the school courtesy of AIB, Tramore and included are Fergal Freyne, AIB Branch Manager, Tramore and Dean Hayes, Student Officer, AIB. PHOTO: JOHN POWER

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On top of the world MACHU PICCHU is one of the world’s best-known sites and on most travellers’ bucket lists. So if you’re planning a trip to the South American archaeological site, prepare for some crowds. Coach tourists mingle with backpackers and hardcore hikers at the ruin every day of the year.

But with a bit of careful planning and the right apSURDFK \RX ZLOO VWLOO ¿QG the site as enchanting as any on the planet. The draw of Machu Picchu is obvious: a 550-year old citadel built by the most advanced – and in Peru the very last – pre-Columbian society in the spectacular setting of a saddle between two forestclad Andean peaks that has been preserved enough to be recognisable as a city. It is high: 7,973ft above sea level.

It is large: the ruins are the size of a village and, combined with adjoining forest and wilderness park, it covers more than 116 square miles. It is also mysterious: we are still guessing about its cosmic positioning and its importance to the Incas.

Machu Picchu is set in humid subtropical forests, providing a protected habitat for ferns and palms and several endangered species.

Add in swirling clouds, llamas grazing on the terraces and the option to arrive following a hike on mountain trails and/or a train trip through the valley of the Urubamba River (aka the “Sacred Valley�), and you have a memorable trip that can last two, seven or 14 days.

WHEN TO TRAVEL? Machu Picchu is busiest in July and August, the peak tourist season and also the not-quite-so-wet season. It is never totally dry in the Andean foothills but November to $SULO LV WKH RɤFLDO UDLQ\ VHDson, with January and February the wettest months, so the shoulders of these – the actual months of November and April – are ideal if you want to avoid the heaviest crowds and heaviest rains.

HOW TO BOOK You can’t walk the Inca Trail

without a local guide. As numbers are limited on the trail (500 per day, about 300 of whom are porters and guides) and at the site (2,500 per day), it makes sense to book a trip of some kind in advance via a tour operator.

However you can visit the ruins without a guide, and there are frequent buses from Aguas Calientes, the closest town (and railway station). A return ticket costs ÂŁ10.70 and the journey, up an impressive series of hairpin bends, takes 20 to 25 minutes. If you wish to do this, then book a tailormade tour and ask your agent to get your tickets but to leave you alone during your visit.

Before booking you need to think about whether you want a tough week-long trek on either the Choquequirao or Salkantay trail or a threeday trek, also quite challenging, on the so-called Classic Inca Trail, which is sure to be busier? Or do you want

Do you want a tough week-long trek on the Choquequirao or Salkantay trail or a three-day trek, also quite challenging, on the Classic Inca Trail, which is bound to be busier?

to catch a train and sleep at a smart hotel beside the national park? Or combine a short trek with a train trip.

Those on a budget should do an independent trip around Peru, visiting Lima and Cuzco, and then join an English-speaking group to walk the Classic Inca Trail.

TACTICS Timing-wise, it is crucial to avoid the 11am-3pm madness, when hordes of visitors arrive by bus and train – so go early or late in the day.

In the morning you’ll share the site with anyone arriving on the various Inca trails.

At dusk you’ll get a laid-back meditative crowd.

Allow at least four hours at the site and, if you can, visit twice so you can see it in a range of light and weather conditions.

BEFORE YOU GO Check that your travel insurance covers you for treks at altitude. As a result of the high altitude, temperatures at Machu Picchu can be cool, and it is useful to have a decent sweater as well as rainproof gear. There are VDQGĂ€LHV DURXQG WKH VLWH VR a good repellent is essential.

Take a hat, sunglasses and high-factor sun protection.

Obesity gives us food for thought FAT is not just a feminist issue, as the psychoanalyst and author Susie Orbach would have had us beOLHYH ,W DÉŁHFWV PHQ MXVW DV PXFK ,Q ,UHODQG ZHÂśYH become a nation of fatties. Obese, at any rate. And grossly so, We have overweight and obesity levels in excess of the European average, according to a comprehensive global study of the problem.

The research, details of which were published in the journal The Lancet, shows 26.5% of Irish girls and 16% of Irish boys under the age of 20 are classed as overweight or obese.

7KHVH ÂżJXUHV FRPSDUH WR D ZHVWHUQ (XURSHDQ DYerage of 24.2%.

A lot of it is simple down to bad eating and lack of any exercise. As someone remarked on hearing the report: “Inactivity has become the new smoking.�

But I wonder are we a little too preoccupied with weight and body mass and with what constitutes the Perfect 10 – in male and female?

Fat is the new enemy of our increasingly PC soFLHW\ $Q\ RI WKH KLJK VWUHHWÂśV ZRPHQÂśV PDJD]LQHV give credence to the idea that being fat is unattractLYH RWKHUZLVH ZK\ IHDWXUH VL]H ]HUR PRGHOV DOO WKH time? This has led to bodyimage issues with young girls and can be a catalyst ‘An estimated for teen bullying.

20,000 in Ireland 'LWWR IRU WRGD\œV ¾HYHU\have diabetes PDQœ ZKR IHHOV WKH VRFLDO of one form or pressures to be lean and muscular. Male skin is another.’ GH¿QLWHO\ LQ DV HYLGHQFHG on billboards and maga]LQH FRYHUV 0HQ ZDQW ¾VL[ SDFNœ DEGRPLQDOV ² P\ youngest, at 28, has always been a fanatical daily ZRUN RXW PHUFKDQW ZLWK KLV RZQ KRPH J\P ² \HW most are overweight, eat poorly, and do not get enough exercise.

The concerns of the medical profession, however, are not about simply being overweight; it is concern for the related conditions such at Type 2 diabetes which can deteriorate most of our vital organs if left unchecked. Obesity is also thought to increase the risk of heart attacks or cancers. And UHVHDUFK IURP %UD]LO VKRZV LW FDQ GUDPDWLFDOO\ DIfect fertility.

An estimated 200,000 in Ireland have diabetes of one form or other.

In America, according to Newsweek, clinicians are seeing 50% more men for evaluation and treatment for eating disorders than 10 years ago, and experts believe this number may only be the tip of the fatberg.

7KHUHÂśV DQ LURQ\ LQ WKH IDFW WKDW ZH OLYH LQ D ZRUOG where two-thirds of the population barely has a bowl of rice a day to survive on and the rest of us live in the fast food lane where food is continuingly staring us in the gob.

Food programmes are now among the most popular on TV and I see yet another fast-food outlet about to open down from my place of abode.

0\ ZHLJKW KDV ÀXFWXDWHG RYHU WKH \HDUV WR D VWDJH where I was three stone heavier than I am now.

And, yes, I would still like to be at least a stone lighter. Most of it was due to lack of regular exercise, my lifter and leaner at the bar stool being my SUHIHUUHG ZRUN RXW WR \HDUV EDFN ÂżQLVKLQJ RÉŁ WKH FKLOGUHQÂśV OHIW RYHUV EHFDXVH LQ D ZRUOG ZKHUH so many are hungry, it pains me to see food wasted.

Now, when the grown-up children visit, they say: Âł,ÂśP VWDUYLQJ :KDWÂśV IRU GLQQHU"œœ , VD\ Âł<RXÂśUH QRW VWDUYLQJ <RXÂśUH SHFNLVK 0D\EH KXQJU\ %XW \RXÂśUH QRW VWDUYLQJ 7KH\ÂśUH VWDUYLQJ LQ $IULFD œœ As a child my brother was over-weight and to this day it still has repercussions. When we were kids my aunt, in her own non-PC way, used to say to my mother: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw Paul and John at church. Poor -RKQ LV VR RYHUZHLJKW %XW 3DXO ORRNV OLNH KHÂśV IURP %HOVHQ œœ 6RPH GD\V LW VHHPV \RX MXVW FDQÂśW ZLQ

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Fish curry thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off the scale This Keralan Fish Curry XVHV VXEWOH ,QGLDQ Ă&#x20AC;DYRXUV serves 6-8 people and is simple to cook.

Ingredients: 6 shallots 4 cloves of garlic 2.5cm piece of ginger 1 fresh green chilli J ÂżUP ZKLWH ÂżVK groundnut oil 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 20 curry leaves

WDEOHVSRRQ FKLOOL SRZGHU 1 teaspoon turmeric 1 x 400 ml tin of reduced fat coconut milk 1 x 400ml tin of chopped tomatoes $ IHZ VSULJV RI IUHVK FRULander Method: 3HHO DQG ÂżQHO\ VOLFH WKH shallots, garlic and ginJHU 7ULP DQG ÂżQHO\ VOLFH

WKH FKLOOL &XW WKH ÂżVK LQWR chunks.

Heat a lug of groundnut oil in a large pan, add the mustard seeds and curry leaves and cook until the seeds start to pop.

Add the shallot, garlic, ginger and chilli, and cook on a medium heat for 5 minutes, until softened.

Mix together the chilli powder and turmeric with

a splash of water, and stir into the pan. Fry for a minXWH WKHQ DGG WKH ÂżVK FRFRnut milk and tomatoes.

Season, bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minXWHV RU XQWLO WKH ÂżVK LV cooked and the sauce has reduced. Pick, chop and scatter over the coriander leaves, then serve with basmati rice and warm naan bread.

Wine W i Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Clock l Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all called Rioja IO OVERHEARD a debate between a customer and be a very patient Spanish waitress. The customer w in insisted that the wine he wanted was Rioja, h n not Tempranillo. The waitress explained, sevw era eral times, that Tempranillio is a Rioja but pran there was no persuading this man ma and, in the end, the waitress waitres gave in and returned with wh what he wanted to see a bottle on which the biggest si word simply said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Riojaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

The w waitress was, of course, correct. correct Rioja is a wine growing regi region in north central Spain. IIt produces the oakaged re red (tinto) we are familiar with in Ireland but also

whites (blanco) and rosĂŠs (rosado).

The grape most widely used for the reds is Tempranillo and that is often, but not always, the name most prominently displayed on its bottles. Other grapes used are Garnacha Tinta, Graciano, and Mazuelo.

Rioja red wines are classiÂżHG LQWR IRXU FDWHJRULHV DQG the category name will sometimes be what you see on the label.

Those simply labeled Rioja, are the youngest, spending less than a year in an oak-aging barrel. A Crianza is aged for at least two years, at least one of which is in oak.

Rioja Reserva is aged for at

least three years, at least one in oak. Rioja Gran Reserva wines have been aged at least two years in oak and three years in the bottle.

Expect to pay around a tenner for a young Rioja, â&#x201A;Ź15 to â&#x201A;Ź20 for a Crianza, around â&#x201A;Ź25 for a Reserva and up to â&#x201A;Ź35 for a Gran Reserva.

Across the price range you might try Finest Old Vines Tempranillo, as little as â&#x201A;Ź9 in some Tesco stores; Monte Real Rioja Reserva 2011, on RÉŁHU DW 2Âś%ULHQV IRU Âź MarquĂŠs de CĂĄceres Reserva 2009 Âź IURP 2Âś%ULHQV and Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 2007 , â&#x201A;Ź33.50 from thewinecentre.ie, Kilkenny; MICHAEL WOLSEY

MICHAEL WOLSEY

Blame it on the Quartodecimian MY daughter, who teaches at a secondary school in England, was home last week on her Easter holiday.

And, no, she hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t got her dates wrong. Her school had simply concluded that this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very early Easter was making the term unworkable. The Christian calendar had clashed with the school calendar and the school won.

It made a long weekend of Good Friday and Easter Monday but put the full holiday back a fortnight.

My grandchildren, who are of primary school age, were home with their mam because all the schools on Merseyside had decided, very sensibly, to co-ordinate their term.

Co-ordinated holidays would be a good idea at any time and a big help to parents trying to balance childcare with the needs of their own employers.

It is a particularly good idea at Easter because of the bizarre way the date of the holiday keeps changing.

I had a vague idea this had something to do with the Jewish Passover and rashly decided to check it out a bit further. I have now gone from very puzzled to totally bewildered. , WXUQHG ÂżUVW WR D ZHEVLWH FDOOHG $ERXW 5HOLJLRQ It told me: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Easter is always celebrated on the Sunday immediately following the Paschal Full Moon date of the year.â&#x20AC;?

Got that? Well, forget it. Because the website goes on to explain: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This statement was true prior to 325 AD; however, over the course of history (beginning in 325 AD with the Council of Nicea), the Western Church decided to established a more standardised system for determining the date of Easter.â&#x20AC;?

Thank God for that. But life is too short to follow the time line from 325AD, so I turned to a site called Christianity Today.

Its explanation went back even further. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although the Julian or solar-based calendar of the 5RPDQ (PSLUH KDG EHHQ LQ SODFH VLQFH %& LW GLG not supplant the lunar calendar that was the chart and compass of 2,000 years of Jewish history,â&#x20AC;? it said.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very glad to hear it, although it seems â&#x20AC;&#x153;the incongruence of the two calendars had marred historical recordings in the Eastern Mediterranean and environs since the dual systems began. And to add to the confusion, Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s followers had failed to record the exact date of their Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resurrection.â&#x20AC;?

All very interesting, but not a lot of help when it FRPHV WR ERRNLQJ Ă&#x20AC;LJKWV IRU WKH (DVWHU KROLGD\V I thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have one more go with a site called Christiantimes.com.

Seems I was right - the Passover does have some part to play in the moveable Easter feast; but what part exactly is unclear. Well, unlclear to me. It may be perfectly obvious to Christiantimes.com which explained how a lot of trouble had been caused by â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Quartodecimian Controversyâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Passover always occurred on the Jewish date RI 1LVDQ RU 1LVVDQ ´ LW H[SODLQHG Âł7KXV WKH QDPH 4XDUWRGHFLPLDQ ZDV GHULYHG IURP WKH QXPEHU ÂľTXDUWXVÂś RU DQG ÂľGHFLXVÂś RU 7KRVH KROGLQJ WR WKLV view believed Easter should be celebrated on the same day as the Jewish Passover.â&#x20AC;? :KLFK ZRXOG EH ÂżQH DQG GDQG\ LI WKH -HZV FRXOG agree on the date of the Passover. But they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t because â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Jews used a lunar calendar and not a solar calendarâ&#x20AC;?.

Church leaders have been arguing about this for 2,000 years and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see them reaching agreement any time soon. Nor do I think we should wait for them. Let us follow the example of Merseysideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schools: pick a date and stick to it.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Church leaders have been arguing about this for 2,000 years and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see them reaching agreement soonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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BY TRISH HAYDEN WEIGHT bearing exercise doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just give you great biceps and quads, it also strengthens your bones.

When you see the pictures

of astronauts emerging after many months in space, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re barely able to stand and in danger of factures.

NASA says that due to weightlessness , astronauts can lose, on average, 1 to 2

percent of bone mass each month.

The Irish Osteoporosis Society estimates that at present, 300,000 people in Ireland have osteoporosis.

One in four men, and one

in two women over 50 will develop a fracture due to osteoporosis in their lifetime. This is caused by a loss of calcium and mineral in the bones, causing them to become porous in nature.

Bone is a living tissue that is constantly being removed and replaced, and it needs a healthy balance of hormones, calcium, vitamin D, adequate calories, proteins, and weight bearing and strengthening exercise to keep it healthy.

As we get older, more bone is naturally lost than is replaced, but in people with osteoporosis this happens more quickly. This can be prevented in most cases, and osteoporosis is a treatable disease. Early diagnosis is essential and a DXA scan of your spine and hip area is recommended by your doctor if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at risk. We naturally lose bone density as we age but with exercise we can minimise the effects.

The most common points of weakness are the vertebrae of the spine, the hips and the wrists.

Weight Bearing Exercise Exercise plays a very important role both in the formation and maintenance of bone and, in fact, research shows that weight bearing activity during adolescence and early adulthood is a far more important predictor of peak bone mass than calcium intake.

Weight-bearing exercises such as walking and running stimulate the bones to retain calcium and produce more bone mass. However swimming, while a great lowimpact exercise, does very little to increase bone density. Therefore itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary

ELLEN ROCHE

Liquorice does all sorts Liquorice is a spice made from the dried root of a shrub from the legume family.

The most commonly used liquorice is often extracted from Spanish or Italian plants.

Liquorice is widely used as a Ă&#x20AC;DYRXULQJ LQ VZHHWV OLTXRULFH sticks, chewing gum, chewing tobacco, cough mixtures, toothpaste and some soft drinks. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also consumed as an ingredient in liquorice tea and mixed herbal teas and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for years. One of the main constituents of liquorice, glycyrrhizin has unique KHDOWK HŕľľHFWV ERWK SRVLWLYH and negative.

Liquorice extract is commonly XVHG DV D Ă&#x20AC;DYRXULQJ LQ OLTuorice confectionery. Similar to other confectionery, most liquorice sweets have lots of added sugar, which have DGYHUVH KHDOWK HŕľľHFWV ZKHQ consumed too frequently or in large amounts. Dried liquorice root is primarily composed of carbohydrates (30% starch and the remainder are types of sugDU VRPH PLQHUDOV ÂżEUH DQG bioactive plant compounds.

PLANT COMPOUNDS Liquorice contains numerous bio- active plant chemicals namely polyphenol antioxidants and saponins. Glycyrrhizin: the most abundant plant compound in the root (23%) and extracts (10-25%). It is responsible for many of the KHDOWK HŕľľHFWV GHVFULEHG LQ WKLV article. Liquiritigenin: One of the main antioxidants found in liquorice. It is a phyto-oestrogen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a substance that resembles the female sex hormone, oestrogen.

HEALTH BENEFITS Prevention of Stomach Ulcers Glycyrrhizin, one of the main bioactive compounds in liquorice, is thought to be responsiEOH IRU WKHVH SURWHFWLYH HŕľľHFWV A synthetic form of glycyrrhizin, has been used as a medication against stomach ulcers.

There have been mixed results IURP VWXGLHV RQ WKH HŕľľHFWV of liquorice on peptic ulcers, some studies found a protecto have a varied regimen. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also worth noting that overly excessive exercise can actually lead to bone degeneration. Most doctors will now recommend about five 30 minute sessions a week to benefit bone density.

Yoga is a weight-bearing exercise, most poses hold the weight of your body up against gravity. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent for building strong bones as it moves the body in all planes in various postures, requiring stability and balance. Many of the poses are often in a challenging relationship with gravity. No yoga class is ever the same, and brings a constant chal-

WLYH HŕľľHFW DQG RWKHUV IRXQG QR EHQHÂżW 1HYHUWKHOHVV *ODEULdin, one of the other natural plant chemicals, can inhibit the growth of Helicobacter pylori bacteria, a common causes of peptic ulcers.

Weight Loss Animal studies indicate that Ă&#x20AC;DYRQRLGV LQ OLTXRULFH Ă&#x20AC;Dvonoid oil may inhibit fat accumulation and weight gain, particularly around the abdomen area. A randomized, controlled trial in 84 slightly overweight men and women found that taking 900 mg of OLTXRULFH Ă&#x20AC;DYRQRLG RLO HYHU\ day for 8 weeks reduced body IDW VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ FRPSDUHG ZLWK SODFHER 7KH HŕľľHFWV VHHP WR be caused by glycyrrhizin, but the mechanism is unclear. In VXPPDU\ LW PD\ KHOS WR ÂżJKW the battle of the bulge, but watch the sugar content of the sweets. $GYHUVH (ŕľľHFWV Eating high amounts of liquorice may have serious side HŕľľHFWV VXFK DV KLJK EORRG pressure, low levels of potasVLXP RHGHPD Ă&#x20AC;XLG UHWHQWLRQ or swelling), and headache. In the majority of people, small amounts are unlikely to cause harm, but it may cause issues if you are extra sensitive to it or taking prescribed medication.

It is one of the most wellNQRZQ VLGH HŕľľHFWV RI OLTXRULFH consumption. Glycyrrhizin, the main bioactive compound, is believed to be responsible.

Even as little as 50 grams of the sweets per day for 2 weeks may raise blood pressure in some individuals or perhaps interfere with blood pressure medication.

Excessive consumption may lead to reduced levels of potassium in the blood, causing muscle weakness and cramps.

Pregnant women shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat too much liquorice as there is some research to indicate it may induce an early labour.

To conclude, on the positive side, liquorice may help prevent stomach ulcers and weight gain, but it also has D QXPEHU RI DGYHUVH HŕľľHFWV including elevated blood pressure, therefore should be consumed in moderation. lenge. Particularly beneficial to women is the constant upper body strengthening in yoga.

However if you already have osteoporosis poses such as seated forward folds and seated twists would not be recommended due to pressure on the vertebrae. But if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for preventionâ&#x20AC;Ś all poses are open to you.

Trish Hayden, YogaToGo, teaches Sports Stretch Yoga and Candlelight Yoga in the Watershed, Kilkenny, and in offices and for sports clubs.

For details, phone 0863895507, or Facebook YogaToGo with Trish Hayden.

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Bright ideas for cutting down on bills

I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kick my charity shop habit

Ingaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eye On Design IN order to save on the electricity bill it is not necessary to live with only the light from romantic FDQGOHV 7R PDNH HŕľśFLHQW use of energy follow these easy tricks.You will not just enjoy monetary savings,but will also be helping to protect the environment,so the victory will be twice as sweet.

HARNESSING DAYLIGHT AND SMART DECORATION 7KH ÂżUVW WULFN ZH VXJJHVW may seem obvious but LWÂśV QRW (ŕľśFLHQW XVH RI electrical energy include

making the most of natural light. If you are planning some home improvements designate as much space as possible to windows or skylights. Any window, however small, may contribute to more light and therefore make less use of electricity.If you want to maximise the brightness of the environment, paint the walls in light colours.

Leave dark colours for accents in decoration, like on chairs, curtains, mirrors or pictures. Mirrors need to be strategically placed to enhance the entry of light.

POWER ADJUSTABLE INTENSITY AND LIGHT SYSTEMS There are several resources on the market that allow us to save light and in most cases it pays to make a small initial investment.

Two good ideas for interior and exterior are to use regulators. On one hand, there are the dimmers which can reduce the light output of each lamp.

Furthermore the regulators will turn lights on and Rŕľľ IRU H[DPSOH E\ XVLQJ motion detection.

As well as saving money on electricity you will be

keeping your home more secure in the process.

EFFICIENT HEATING We have several alternatives to electric heating, an option that can often be somewhat costly. Gas or oil stoves with adjustable thermostats and pellet stoves (in our climate it is important that pellets are kept in a very dry environment) are very fashionable, they look great and are also very cost HŕľľHFWLYH ,I ZH DUH WR EHOLHYH weather forecasters we must rely on our heating for some time yet ... so keep the home ÂżUHV EXUQLQJ

LET THERE BE LIGHT: Make the most of any natural light in your home and use light colours on walls to create a brighter environment. Pellet stoves look great and are very cost effective.

FORGIVE me Father. I have sinned. Again.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve asked every charity shop in the city to ban me.

They wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m too good a customer.

I love the treasure and the treasure loves me.

5HDOO\ ,ÂśP D IUXVWUDWHG VWDOO KROGHU ÂżOOLQJ KHU KRXVH and sheds with other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve a rake of VWXÉŁ IRU FKDON SDLQWLQJ DQG D EUDVV DQG KDQGEORZQ JODVV ÂżWWLQJ IRU D URRP , KDYHQÂśW EXLOW \HW Right now, in the boot of my car, waiting for night to fall so I can sneak it in past my husband (James Bond fought Dr No, I only have to tackle Mr No but ,ÂśP QRW D WUDLQHG FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFW DJHQW LV D SLHFH RI PXUDQR JODVV D ÂżIWLHV XQLW ZLWK ZHGJHG KDQGOHV D ERRN RI HVsays on humour, a thirties school book on the Irish countryside, two silk scarves and a set of jade carved chopsticks. Cost me under thirty euros for the lot but ask me if I need any of it?

I will change subjects like I do with Mr Husband.

To be truthful we found each other in a charity shop. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both on our second marriages.

I might need a third if he catches me at it again.

7KLV LV P\ RQO\ RXWOHW DW WKH PRPHQW ,ÂśP Ă&#x20AC;DW RXW on projects and the evenings arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t my own, so going round the charity shop is my exercise. Without it people would start sitting on me Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so sedentary.

So the habit has got a hold of me. Really I need a twelve step programme for people who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t out of Mrs Quinnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing some good for the general population so understand they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start one. how I can go I suppose this is my conto the shop for frontation session. Tell me to get a hold of mygroceries and self and there are only so many handbags you can come back with string over your arm. Advise me that very cheap is a big yellow very expensive if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feather duster never going to wear it.

And Mr No never puts a and no food.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; thing on him I chose. He has a terrible memory. If I tell him he bought it himself after six months, then I get to see it on him. Still I buy too much to get away with that all the time. This will be cited on the divorce papers if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop buying metal plant stands and spraying them gun metal grey. If I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put back the seventies- never-out- of the box fondue set I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even like fondue. It takes ages to eat your dinner that way.

My extended family say I have a good eye and Mr No groans and says I have an evil one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where did you see that? In all this junk?â&#x20AC;? He bleats. But the truth is he and I are vintage nuts. He ceramics. Me glass. He vinyl. There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a shelf in the house that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resplendent. But then it collapses under the weight of all the goodies.

When one of the lads nearly stretchered himself falling on Brewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dictionary of Fable, original seventies version, he tooked me to one side and gently, from a perspective one third of my age, told me to get some help.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had one too many trips home from school ÂżJKWLQJ IRU KHDG VSDFH ZLWK D SLHFH RI :$66$ IXUQLture. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had to handle two dogs and a bone china tea set in a vegetable crate while trying to do his homework in the car.

He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand how I can go to the shop for groceries and come back with a big yellow feather duster and no food.

He and his brother get on either side me and lift me RÉŁ P\ IHHW ZKHQ WKH\ VHH PH EUHDNLQJ RXW DQG KHDGing for a shop door.

But he has other things to do beside be my Treasure Shop withdrawal sponsor.

So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m asking you to be. If you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to buy one in a charity shop.

Howâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that going to help?

See you next week. But should you spot me in town in the meantime, tell me to put it back.

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NAOISE WOLSEY

Nutellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so nuts, but Cyanideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a step too far WE all know unusual baby names are like Marmite â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you either love them or hate them â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but is calling your child Cyanide a step too far?

This week a mother in Wales was banned from calling her baby just that. According to reports the mum in question wanted to name her child after the poison which Adolf Hitler took before shooting himself. She said Cyanide was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lovely pretty nameâ&#x20AC;? with positive connotations.

However the Court of Appeal ruled the â&#x20AC;&#x153;unusualâ&#x20AC;? choice might harm the child.

Stories like this seem to be cropping up more and more frequently. There was a case in France recently where a couple were banned from using the name Nutella. And names like Pepsi, Geordie, Apple, London, and even Reem, from the reality TV show The Only Way is Essex, are becoming more popular in Ireland and the UK. In New Zealand a court had to step in to change a nine-year-old girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. Other names that have been blocked include Fish and Chips for twins, Cinderella Beauty Blossom, Sex Fruit and one child named after the entire All Blacks rugby team.

More worrying, perhaps, are the names that have been allowed, which include Benson and Hedges, Midnight Chardonnay and Number 16 Bus Shelter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a less glamorous version, perhaps, of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Brooklynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trend of naming a baby after the place it was conceived?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to sneer at such â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ridiculousâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names, but naming a baby after something descriptive like a place or food is actually nothing new as Florence, Rosemary or Basil might point out.

And calling your child after your favourite celeb isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so original either.

With the advent of Christianity Biblical names entered European languages, starting a trend which has lasted to this day, with names like Mary, Matthew, John and James. Saints were the celebrities of their day and just like Adele or Miley today, people named their children after them.

In France it was traditional to name children after the saint on whose day they were born. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until 1993 that the law was changed to allow French parents a free rein in choosing names for their babies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unless they were based on popular sandwich spreads of course.

Celebrities often get mocked for choosing wacky WLWOHV IRU WKHLU RÉŁVSULQJ 7KLV ZHHN SRS VLQJHU Kelly Clarkson has been ridiculed for naming her son Remington.

But I think Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart was in the right place.

She decided that her child was special and therefore deserved a unique title. Who can blame her for that?

0\ QDPH ZKLOH GHÂżQLWHO\ QRW LQ WKH OHDJXH of Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Remington or Gwyneth Paltrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apple, is still relatively uncommon, especially if you venture anywhere beyond the Emerald Isle. And I have good news for baby Remington.

You will have your pick of email addresses and online usernames, and you will never have to worry about identifying yourself from the other Remingtons in the class with the use of a second initial.

Unless of course Kelly Clarkson starts a trend and Remingtons start popping up all over the place. In which case, little Remington, be glad that at least you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t called Cyanide.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Naming a baby after something descriptive like a place or food is nothing new as Florence, Rosemary or Basil might point outâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Rent-a-box

Inside Out

Are you moving house and need a safe place to store your furniture?

Is your business running out of space for stock? Look no further than Rent-a-box for all your storage solutions. Renta-a-box offers short and long-term storage in a secure, clean and dry environment. Rent-a-box specialises in tradesman storage, house moving storage,shop stock storage, document storage and personal or business storage. Call 086 2580821 to find out more.

Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotions -- led by Joy (Amy Poehler) -- try to guide her through this difficult, life-changing event. However, the stress of the move brings Sadness (Phyllis Smith) to the forefront. When Joy and Sadness are inadvertently swept into the far reaches of Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind, the only emotions left in Headquarters are Anger, Fear and Disgust.

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Waterford Fibreglass Waterford City Fibreglass & Roofing is Waterfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading glassfibre roofing (GRP) specialist . This well established roofing expert has many years of experience and is dedicated to providing the best fibreglass roofing service in Waterford . Fibreglass roofing experts at Waterford City Fibreglass & Roofingprovide the following services in Waterford and surrounding areas including; roof repairs, roof maintenance, new roofs, bespoke GRP roofing, roofing for renovations, maintenance free roofing and fibreglass roof installation. Call 0872238872 or 0868663177 for more information.

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Album of the week

Cleopatra by The Lumineers A double platinum debut album sets anybody up for a fall on the follow-up, but The Lumineers have been extremely clever in Cleopatra, which tries to make sense of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four-year rollercoaster ride. While comparison with Mumford & Sons is unavoidable, on Cleopatra the Denver-based trio head down a subtler path. Their skill at setting a visual story to music comes through amidst the delicate, deceptively simple acoustic soundscapes.

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Game of the week

Walshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Car Sales

Ratchet & Clank (PS4)

With over 40 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience as a Nissan dealer, selling and servicing Nissan vehicles, Walshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Car Sales Waterford should be your first port of call to see the new Nissan range and a great selection of quality used cars.

With premises on both Cork Road, Waterford, and Belmont Road, Ferrybank, Walshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Car Sales can offer you two great locations with friendly and efficient staff. Their sales and aftersales teams are second to none, offering you pleasant surroundings in which to carry out your business. Visit www.walsh.nissan.ie for more details.

Join Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark and new friends as they battle to save the Solana Galaxy from the evil Chairman Drek. Ratchet & Clank takes a deeper look at the charactersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; origin stories and modernizes the original gameplay, featuring new planets, new and updated gameplay segments, all-new bosses, all-new Clank gameplay, all-new flight sequences, and much more. Battle your enemies with an out-of-this-world arsenal, including new weapons and fan-favorite tools of destruction.

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Movie of the week

Eight Oaks Holistic

Eye in the sky

Eight Oaks Holistic is where Claire Power and Vispi Shroff work with people and the community to help them come into their own power, to heal themselves and to begin walking their soulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey. They also carry out house clearings, healings on land and animals and organise drumming circles in the community. They run courses on shamanism and spiritual development, giving people the power to access spiritual and intuitive knowledge within themselves through various tools and techniques. Visit eightoaks.ie for more.

Complications arise when a lieutenant general (Alan Rickman) and a colonel (Helen Mirren) order a drone missile strike to take out a group of terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya. Alan Rickmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final film is an expertly made, tight thriller played out smoothly but tying the viewer in moral knots. Also starring Breaking Badâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aaron Paul, Eye in the Sky is a film to think about for days, with little hope of finding a comfortable answer.

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Book of the week

A God in the Ruins

by Kate Atkinson A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; wouldbe poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, often deliriously funny yet devastating book looks at war and its effect on those who live through it as well as the lives of subsequent generations.

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App of the week

Hermit Whether you want to save space or battery life Hermit could be the answer. Often apps take up a surprising amount of space and can eat up battery by running in the background, but Hermit gives you an alternative that it calls â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lite appsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. You can apply these to any website to make them look and operate like an app, but they will have a smaller file size and they never run in the background, so battery use is minimal. Hermit has a library of lite apps built in, including popular services like Facebook and Twitter, but you can create your own for any other site.

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ɋ L ʢ +LVWʝ Ballybricken is one of the oldest and most historic parts of Waterford City.

The area was the centre of the livestock and baconcuring industry so it is not suprising that it was chosen to cater for the sale of all livestock. At one time there were a total of five bacon factories in the city; now there are none.

The fair on Ballybricken was held monthly. The fairs were colourful and busy events. They brought

the countryside to the city and reminded both how much they depended on one another.

When the fair was over, the city’s gardeners would collect the animal droppings to use as fertilizer. At 5.30pm, the council workers would arrive and wash down the square with jets of water.

The most important fair of the year was the May Fair.

This was also known as the ‘Hiring Fair’ when those

seeking employment were hired out to farmers for the season.

Another popular fair was the October Fair or Onion Fair deriving its name from the fact that onion growers sold their produce there.

The onion stalls often stretched down into Patrick Street.The fairs turned Ballybricken into one of the most thriving parts of Waterford City but alas the fairs have now ceased and we can only remember them with nostalgia

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DĂ&#x2030;ISE GOAL FEST BLOWS LIMERICK AWAY IN THURLES

WATERFORD 3-23 LIMERICK 1-18 THE DĂŠise are back in another Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final after defeating Limerick by 11 points at Semple Stadium last Sunday afternoon.

The holders opened up with an outstanding second-half display to advance to the 1 May decider, ZKHUH WKH\ ZLOO PHHW &ODUH RU .LONHQQ\ Limerick led by 0-12 to 0-11 at half-time but found themselves on the wrong end of a heavy beating, as 3DWULFN &XUUDQ DQG 6KDQH Bennett excelled for Waterford. &XUUDQ OHG WKH ZD\ LQ WKH scoring stakes with a haul of 1-10, but he was sent off late on for a second bookable offence.

Bennett cracked home LQFOXGLQJ D UG minute penalty goal as Waterford opened up with D UXQ RI ZLWKRXW UHSO\ to put daylight between the sides. &XUUDQ VFRUHG :DWHUIRUGÂśV second goal following good work by sub Brian Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Halloran and hard-working Michael â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Brickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Walsh, and Waterford were home.

The sides traded goals in stoppage time, sub Shane Dowling lashing home a 20-metre free before Waterford replacement Tom Devine struck at the other end moments later.

Although the sides racked XS EHWZHHQ WKHP LQ the opening half, there was

little to suggest that goals would follow.

The DĂŠise have been criticised in some quarters for not scoring enough of them - but they delivered an emphatic response to the critics as the League holders outscored Limerick by WR LQ WKH VHFRQG half.

Both sides set up defensively from the start, Limerick appearing to operate with two sweepers, and space was at a premium until it began to open up in the second half.

Waterford took full advantage as their greater levels of physicality and more time spent on refining the sweeper system began to tell.

Limerickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top scorer Ronan Lynch hit all seven of his points from placed balls and Shane Dowling emerged second top on the Treaty list of hitmen with a 1-1 haul from frees, despite the fact that he only came on late in the second half.

Tom Morrissey was good for Limerick in the ILUVW KDOI KLWWLQJ IURP play as the Shannonsiders opened up a narrow halftime lead.

They found themselves six points down quickly, though, as Waterford gained a foothold and while Limerick did cut the gap back to three points, 0-17 to 1-17, McGrathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charges, even without talismanic forward Maurice Shanahan, roared to victory and into another showpiece decider.

SPORTS DIARY: Latest news from our city and county clubs Athletics

Two Irish University titles won On Saturday and Sunday last in Morton Stadium in Santry in Dublin the Irish University Track and Field &KDPSLRQVKLSV ZHUH KHOG $ QXPber of athletes from Waterford clubs competed and won titles. Andrew &RQQLFN UHSUHVHQWLQJ :,7 HDVLO\ won the 10,000 metres in a time of PLQXWHV VHFRQGV DQG 6RUFKD Murphy representing UL won the KLJK MXPS ZLWK PHWUHV 7KRPDV Houlihan from West Waterford was third in the Pole Vault with 4.20 meWUHV IRU &RUN ,7 $QRWKHU :,7 PHGDO ZLQQHU ZDV 7ULVKD &XUWLQ LQ WKH MDYHOLQ ZLWK PHWUHV National Road Relays Some 26 teams competed in the NaWLRQDO 5RDG 5HOD\ &KDPSLRQVKLS in Raheny on Sunday last, includLQJ WKH )HUU\EDQN $& WHDP RI 1LDOO 7XRK\ 7DGJ %UHQQDQ $QGUHZ &RQnick and Brian Gallagher. In a high VWDQGDUG FRPSHWLWLRQ WKH\ ÂżQLVKHG WK ZLWK D WRWDO WLPH RI PLQXWHV VHFRQGV 5DKHQ\ ZRQ LQ Butlerstown 4 miles 8S WR FRPSHWHG LQ WKH WK $Qnual SE2 Butlerstown 4 miles road race on Friday last. A native of Butlerstown, Trevor Power of Waterford $& SURYHG WKH HDV\ ZLQQHU LQ D WLPH of 20 minutes 46 seconds. Eoin Lyons, Waterford Triathlon the early OHDGHU ZDV WKLUG LQ Waterford AC have good results A small group of athletes travelled IURP :DWHUIRUG $& WR &XVKLQVWRZQÂśV 2SHQ 6SRUWV LQ &RXQW\ Meath last Sunday and they did very well with three wins and a number of second and third placings The winQHUV ZHUH (RLQ .HQQ\ X MDYHOLQ ,the girls under 10 relay team,Sarah Abullo under 10 80 metres,she was also third in the turbo javelin and long jump,second placings went to (RJKDQ )O\QQ VHQLRU MDYHOLQ &KORH &UHHG X ORQJ MXPS &RUPDF )DUrell u16 shot putt,Hassan Ali under 18 javelin and Andrew Scanlon u 11 long jump and third placing to Tara Myers u 16 javelin,David ScanORQ X KLJK MXPS DQG ER\V XQGHU UHOD\ WHDP ,Q &RUN WKH /HHYDOH Open Sports were on Sunday also and Tommie Fennell West Waterford was third in the 600 metres u $OH[ 2 .HHŕľľH )LQVN 9DOOH\ ZDV second in the under 9 turbo javelin DQG IURP WKH VDPH FOXE &RUH\ 6FDQlon was second in the under 11 long MXPS ZKLOH =RH .LHO\ )HUU\EDQN was third in the under 16 800 metres.

Primary Schools Sports This Tuesday April 26th the Annual Waterford and District Primary Schools Sports promoted by FerryEDQN $& WDNHV SODFH DW WKH 56& DW 11am. Sprint and middle distance races for each class from 1st to 6th class as well as Relays.

Ferrybank on Sunday The second Annual Ferrybank GAA Angela Burns Memorial10 k Fun

BACK IN ACTION: Pauric Mahony takes to the ďŹ eld again.

Run/Walk will take place on Sunday, April 24 at 11am starting at Ferrybank GAA Grounds. There will be a 2k race for the Under 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, starting before the main 10k. Entries from 10am on the day.

April Road Races Friday next April 22 nd Race 1 OutÂżHOG 6SRUWV &RXQW\ &KDOOHQJH )DXJKHHQ QHDU &DUULFN RQ 6XLU .P SP 5DFH LQ WKH *HU :\OH\ Sports Series the Blue Wall Technology Waterford to Tramore run is on 6DWXUGD\ $SULO DW SP HQWULHV DW totaltiming.ie The Splashworld 10 km postponed on Sunday week will now go ahead in Tramore on Friday 0D\ DW SP Track and Field Fixtures Tuesday April 26 , Waterford PrimaU\ 6FKRROV 6SRUWV 56& DP FRQWDFW 7KXUVGD\ $SULO 28 at Waterford Secondary Schools &KDPSLRQVKLSV

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Angela Burns Memorial 10k This coming Sunday April 24th sees the Angela Burns memorial 10k fun run/walk commencing at 11am from the Ferrybank Gaa grounds.

Registration take place thiscoming Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from SP SP 6DWXUGD\ PRUQLQJ IURm10am-12pm, and Sunday morning from 9am. Entry fee is â&#x201A;Ź10 per Adult & â&#x201A;Ź2 for under 12s. For more information you can go to www.facebook. com/Angela Burnsmemorial10k.

Ferrybank draw Tickets are still available for the April Ferrybank draw which takes place on Friday 29th April. Following three winners in last month draw (including the top prize of â&#x201A;Ź10,000) tickets can be purchased at â&#x201A;Ź10 per month

IURP 7RQ\ 3RZHU 3DW Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Meara 087-2108890, Nicky Heffernan 087-6724212, and with 29 FDVK SUL]HV RQ RŕľľHU HDFK PRQWK ZKR knows it could be you.

Nursery hurling training Every Saturday morning from 10am DP LQ WKH )HUU\EDQN *DD ÂżHOG their is training for Boys & Girls DJHG \UV ROG (YHU\ERG\ LV most welcome to attend and enjoy WKLV IXQ ÂżOOHG PRUQLQJ

De La Salle GAA Club East Junior Football Championship De La Salle 1-10 Roanmore 2-4 Our junior footballers had a good win over understrength reigning champions Roanmore in our second game played in Gracedieu last Friday. We were the better team for most of the game but found ourselves trailing at half time. The second half was tight but we got the scores that mattered LQ WKH ÂżQDO PLQXWHV WR VWD\ XQEHDWHQ Scorers: Barry Twomey 1-1, MitchHOO &DVH\ IUHHV (DPRQQ Fitzgerald 0-2, Lee Hayes, Ben Dwyer and Adam Doyle 0-1 each.

Panel: Eamonn Dalton, Ryan Duke, -Hŕľľ &DKLOO 0LFKHiO .DYDQDJK 3HWHU 2Âś+DJDQ &RQRU 2Âś7RROH 5RQDQ 2Âś&RQQRU 0LWFKHOO &DVH\ -DPHV Grogan, Lee Hayes, Eamonn FitzgerDOG $GDP 'R\OH &RQRU %RKDQH Barry Twomey, Ben Dwyer, Darragh )LW]SDWULFN .LHUDQ 2Âś'RQRKRH -DFN Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donohoe.

Juvenile Presentation Awards Our annual juvenile presentation of player of the year awards and medals was held in the showroom of our VHQLRU WHDP VSRQVRUV -RKQ .HOO\ Opel on Saturday last. The guests on the day to present the various medals

and trophies were Jake Dillon, Eddie Barrett and Stephen Daniels.

Juvenile chairman Paudie Brosnan welcomed the lads and their parents.

He complimented all the teams who had represented the club during the year and emphasised the importance of the enjoyment of playing whether trophies were being won or not. He specially emphasised the wonderful discipline and behaviour of the lads ERWK RQ DQG Rŕľľ WKH ÂżHOG &RXQW\ Division 1 medals were presented to RXU 8 IRRWEDOOHUV &RXQW\ )HLOH and Eastern Division 2 medals were presented to our U-14 footballers. &LW\ /HDJXH 'LYLVLRQ PHGDOV ZHUH presented to our U-12 hurlers. It was then on to the presentation of the various player of the year and most improved player awards.

Most Improved Players U-11 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hurling: Willl Birmingham, 8 Âľ%Âś KXUOLQJ %LOO\ *ULŕľśQ 8 KXUOLQJ 'DLUH 7UHDF\ 8 KXUOing: David Ryan, U-14 hurling: Jack Stickle. U-11 football: Daniel Farrell, 8 IRRWEDOO 'DLUH 2Âś.HHŕľľH 8 football: Panis Muengega.

Players of the Year 8 Âľ$Âś KXUOLQJ .LHUDQ 2Âś6XOOLYDQ U-11 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hurling: Alex Finn, U-12 KXUOLQJ $OH[ .HDQH 8 +XUOing: Aaron Wynberry, U-14 hurling: 'HDQ &DVH\ 8 KXUOLQJ 6DP )O\QQ 8 KXUOLQJ &KULV .RQJ 8 IRRWEDOO 6XOWDQ $QGHNDQ 8 football: Nathan Finn, U-14 football: 1HLO 0DGLJDQ 8 IRRWEDOO $LGDQ Gannon, U-16 football: Sean Power.

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Waterford Sponsored by New Shine Car Wash

Motors NEW TIGUAN Volkswagen’s second-generation model arrives in showrooms in July of this year and order books are now opening across Volkswagen’s dealer network.

The Tiguan will start from €29,720 in petrol form, with a 1.4-litre TSI engine putting out 125bhp and starts at €33,765 for a 2.0-litre TDI engine putting out 150bhp. There is one diesel engine size available initially, a 2.0-litre unit, putting out 150bhp with a choice of two-wheel drive and fourwheel drive, with 4Motion AllWheel Drive available in diesel engines from 150bhp upwards.

An entry-level 2.0-litre diesel, putting out 115bhp will be available in early 2017, as well as 2.0-litre diesel engines with 190- and 240 bhp, pricing has yet to be finalised for these models.

The traditional specification grades for Volkswagen are used with new Tiguan, starting with Trendline and moving through Comfortline, up to the highest specification - Highline. Even entry-level Trendline models get 17” Montana alloy wheels, Air Conditioning, Bluetooth connectivity and USB interface. There is a raft of safety features as standard including ESC, Lane Assist, ISOFIX points for two child seats and the front assist including city automatic emergency braking.

Comfortline models add 17” Tulsa alloy wheels, a multifunction leather steering wheel, more storage compartments, silver roof rails, 65% light absorbing rear side and

rear windows, cornering lights, 6.5” Composition Media radio system with CD player and 8 speakers, Premium Multifunction Display, ParkPilot with acoustic and visual warning signals, adaptive cruise control and “Climatronic” 3-zone climate control.

Highline, the highest specification level gets a full spectrum of standard items including 18” Kingston alloy wheels, LED headlights, a chrome strip on the rear and a chrome bar on the air intake, ArtVelours seat upholstery, active info display, park assist including rear view camera, electrically folding, heated and adjustable wing mirrors, hill descent control and dynamic headlight range adjustment.

The new Tiguan is the first

Volkswagen Group SUV to be based on the MQB platform, and this means the new model is lighter, more efficient, more spacious and comes with a more dramatic drive system.

The new Tiguan is longer, lower and wider than the model it replaces and it starts the arrival of a range of SUVs in the Volkswagen range. There is a big step-up in quality with the new Tiguan, which will very much be the premium offering in the segment.

Volkswagen dealers can now take provisional orders for the new car, with first deliveries expected in time for the 162-plate. There is currently a roadshow taking place where customers can get the chance to view the new model in their local Volkswagen dealership.

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VW Jetta 1.6 TDi Automatic – Black – Very Low Miles – Superb Auto Diesel....................€14,950

2009

Skoda Roomster TDi 1.4 - Use it as a car or a van – Your choice ..........................................€6,950

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Toyota Avensis TRD4D Touring Est. Best Value Touring in the country ...............................€14,950

2009

SEAT IBIZA 1.4 – Very Low Mileage – Full Service History .....................SOLD More Due In €6,950

2013

Suzuki Alto1.0 Petrol 12K Mls only. – Like New ...............................................................€7,950

2009

Renault Megane Expression 1.5 DCi – Just In – Real Economy ............................................€6,950

2012

KIA Ceed 1.4 New Model Only 19,000 mls. Like new..........................................................€9,500

2009

NISSAN NOTE Acenta 1.4 Very Low Mileage – Stunning Looking Car ..................................€6,950

2012

Hyundai i10 Classic 1.3 56K mls. – As New ........................................................................€6,495

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MITSUBISHI LANCER GSZ 1.5 – Sporty – Full Service History...............................................€6,950

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FORD CMAX Zetec 1.6 TDCi – Full Spec..............................................................................€12,500

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MAZDA 2 - Tamura 1.3 – New Model - One of the world’s most reliable cars ......................€6,500

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VW Golf 1.6 TDi Match – Grey – Very Low Miles................................................................€12,950

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Nissan Note 1.5 DCi – Super Diesel Car ...............................................................................€8,500

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Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi - Every extra ..................................................... SOLD – More Due In €10,500

2006

NISSAN MICRA 1.2 5 Dr. You will not believe how good these drive ...................................€4,500

2010

Toyota Yaris 1.0 Auto .......................................................................... SOLD – More Due In €6,950

2005

NISSAN MICRA 1.2 5 Dr. – Like New .....................................................SOLD More Due In €3,950

2010

Toyota Yaris 1.0 Auto – Small Automatic ............................................ SOLD – More Due In €6,950

2005

NISSAN XTRAIL 2.2 dCi Jeep - Full Leather - Perfect Driver ...............................................€2,950

2010

Skoda Fabia 1.6 TDi Estate – Like New............................................... SOLD – More Due In €7,950

2010

RENAULT SCENIC Dynamique TOM TOM 1.5DCi - Very Low Mileag.......................................€9,950

2010

MAZDA 2 TS – Lovely Car With Full Service History – Very Reliable ....................................€6,950

2010

Hyundai i30 – 1.4 Comfort – Low Mileage – Carbon Black .................................................€7,950

2010

Hyundai i30 - 1.4 Comfort .....................................................................SOLD More Due In €7,950

2010

Ford Ranger – Thunder TDCi – The Nicest Jeep For Sale in Ireland.......................€13,750 plus VAT

2010

FORD FOCUS 100 Titanium – ECO 1.6 – Black –Top of the range........................................€6,950

2010

FORD CMAX Zetec TD115 - Full Service History - Black – Like New ..................................€9,950

2009

Opel Insignia TDCi 160 - Top of the range – Superb ..............................SOLD More Due In €7,950

2009

Toyota Auris 2.0 SR Diesel – Sport - Super Performance Toyota – Tiny Miles ....................€9,500

2009

VW Polo 1.4 TDi – Most economical car – Only 50,000 Miles ..............................................€7,950

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DUE IN AT THE WEEKEND – NO PRICES YET Fiat 500 1.3cc - 3 Door Hatch Renault Laguna 1.9 DCi - 5 Door Estate SEAT Leon 1.6 TDi Toyota Avensis TR-D4D 1998cc 5 Door Estate Ford Galaxy TDCi - 7 Seater Hyundai i20 - Comfort – 1248cc - 5 Door Hatch Mini Cooper D Clubman – 1560 cc – 5 Door Hatch Ford Focus TDCi 1.6 - Black Toyota Yaris TR – 1296cc – 5 Door Hatch Nissan Qashqai DCi 4WD – 1994cc – 5 Door Hatch

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