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Aileen Drohan of Blenheim Heights, with her husband Peter Lucey and mother Margaret Drohan, at the National College of Art and Design conferring ceremony in UCD where Aileen received her Masters in Art in the Digital World. Aileen works as a visual artist and photographer and is proprietor of Photozone Photography.

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The children of Scallywags Playschool, Ballygunner get a visit from Santa Claus and his Chief Elf (Waterford Division) during their Christmas party on Friday December 12. Teachers Laura O’Brien (left) and Finn FitzGerald led a rousing “Jingle Bells” performance to honour the special guests.

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ices as well as developing a hub for foster carers in the south east region. The house in Kilkenny will also be an ideal venue to support children in care to maintain contact with their birth families. Since the financial crisis hit, the resources available to the Child and Family Agency to safeguard children and to provide for children in care have been reduced significantly. This has meant that areas are more reluctant to use private agencies. Five Rivers Ireland has always been committed to providing high quality services that are cost effective and represent good value for money. “We have sought to achieve savings in areas which do not impact on the quality of service delivery to foster families. In doing this we have been able to reduce the cost of using our service significantly to Tusla. We believe in investing in young people from the outset, as the return will be felt for many years to come” explains McDonagh. Five Rivers Ireland’s focus is on growing the three hubs in Dublin, Kilkenny and Cork from which therapeutic, training

and support to foster families and the children in their care can operate. “Our aim is to be able to provide a complete wraparound service to meet the growing and complex needs of children and young people coming into care” says McDonagh. Five Rivers Ireland operates within all current legislation and national standards. This includes operating in accordance with Children First, adhering to the National Standards for Foster Care and the Child Care Regulations. Policies and procedures include child protection policies and recruitment procedures for staff and foster carers which are compliant with legislation and national standards. There is also a commitment in the employee handbook and foster carers’ handbook to the support and development of staff and families through quality supervision and training. All staff members are provided with regular supervision and there is significant access to internal and external training enabling staff to update their skills and remain well informed and capable of doing their job. A number

of employees have been supported to complete training in psychotherapy, play therapy and management up to masters and post graduate level. As part of annual appraisals, training objectives are agreed for employees. Five Rivers Ireland aims to provide high quality foster care placements for children and young people who cannot live with their own families. McDonagh concludes, “Our objective is to expand our education, training and therapeutic services to enable us to support children and young people with more complex needs. We are committed to working alongside Tusla providing targeted support and interventions to ensure that resources are used most effectively and to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people.” Over the next five years, Five Rivers Ireland aims to develop central hubs from which enhanced foster care services can be provided. The goal is to ensure that children and young people placed with families have good care experiences and achieve positive outcomes. www.fiveriversireland.ie

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A group of Newtown School Students getting ready to sleep for the night in Christ Church Cathedral in icy conditions on Friday night. By doing the sleep out each student aims to raise €200 for Focus Ireland, working to end homelessness. To make a donation please contact Newtown School on 051 860200.

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A tidal wave of sweeping changes should head your way. True, it’s possible you’ve seen this coming and have, in fact, been waiting for this moment. Even so, the speed of development and how many adjustments colleagues want to make could take you by surprise. At some level you might even feel ambushed. Think back over the last two years. Is it possible that one of your creative projects hasn’t quite managed to get off the ground - and mainly because you’ve been held back by pressures from others who haven’t quite understood what this means to you? There’s a possibility that you could ‘blow your top’. Whatever the reason, you could experience a degree of chaos as the week begins. This might even require you to make a sudden move, clear your desk or make space to keep an item safe and secure. The start of the week could find you extra busy and aware that you’re carrying extra responsibilities. It’s entirely possible that more than one colleague (or partner) is set to embark on a fresh career path in 2015. Hints about this may have been apparent since October. It’s entirely possible though that you haven’t yet embraced just how much you will be affected. As viewed from Earth, Uranus and Pluto are once again at apparent right-angles early this week. This aspect has been at work for some years now and, at a global level, has coincided with huge political and social upheaval. Another wave of this is to be expected this week. Obviously all signs will be affected. Over the last few years the whole world has experienced waves of upheaval at the social and political level. It’s probable that your ideas have been altered too. Whether you’re now more progressive or more traditionally minded than you once were, what seems clear is that you’re now on course for a different future.

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$FURVV 1. Pieces of ___ (5) 4. ___ on the Roof (7) 8. A secret ___ (7) 9. Save it for a ___ day (5) 10. Put out to ___ (7) 11. Me and ___ (3) 12. ___ said than done (6) 14. ___ and liabilities (6) 19. Let sleeping dogs ___ (3) 21. A first ___ (7) 23. A ___ engagement (5) 24. Return to sender, address ___ (7) 25. ___ awaited (7) 26. Come up smelling of ___ (5)

'RZQ 1. Like a ___ in a china shop (4) 2. Hidden ___ (7) 4. A ___ on the knuckles (3) 5. An ___ a day keeps the doctor away (5) 6. ___ than fiction (8) 7. __ and extremely dangerous (5) 11. It takes all ___ (5) 13. The patience of a ___ (5) 14. City ___ (8) 17. Aided and ___ (7) 18. Like a Phoenix rising from the ___ (5) 20. Business as ___ (5) 22. Out of the ___ (4) 24. Let sleeping dogs ___ (3)

$FURVV 1. Once ___ twice shy (6) 3. ___ and tribulations (6) 8. Sooner or ___ (5) 9. He who pays the ___ calls the tune (5) 10. Make ___ meet (4) 12. ___ promise (7) 15. Winners and ___ (6) 16. The grand ___ (6) 19. Horses for ___ (7) 21. ___ or us (4) 23. All men are created ___ (5) 25. Pieces of ___ (5) 26. Every cloud has a ___ lining (6) 27. Water under the ___ (6)

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At some level you may feel you’ve reached the end of a road. You could experience a test of strength - most likely at the spiritual level. It’s generally agreed that having a plan is a good way forward. The problem presently is that plans you thought you had in motion could be altered at the last minute. It would be entirely understandable if you were counting the days until Saturn leaves your sign (first stage on 24th). Given that throughout this transit Uranus and Pluto (one of your ruling planets) have also been in hard aspect, you’ve no doubt had to cope with profound challenges. It might be as well to anticipate even more dramatic developments this week. At the mundane level, moving items of furniture around seems likely. It’s probable too that there are items you now need to leave your care. The first half of the week would work well for space clearing. It’s entirely possible that you could find yourself at the centre of upheaval (even power struggle) early this week. The alternative is that you’ll WANT to be if you’re unhappy in your world. If you like your job, then perhaps you’ll find much to get your teeth into. There are certain signs of the zodiac who have a greater need to ask ‘why’ than others. Early this week that could be your screaming question. At some level you may be totally confused. One possibility is that certain people have assumed you’d take a particular course of action and be confused when you don’t. Since 2010, Uranus has been moving through one area of the zodiac and Pluto at another - making them appear as though they’re at right angles. This occurrence is rare even if it lasts for a few years. It’s coincided with great change on the world stage and no doubt has brought great upheaval at the personal level.

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Activity of the week Dunmore Badminton Dunmore Badminton Club, established in 1953, is located in St Thomas’s Church on the Dunmore Road in Waterford City. They are a friendly and social club which offers coaching in a supportive environment while also providing the competitive player with county leagues and tournaments. Recently, the Dunmore Badminton Club Section 3

men’s team beat Touraneena 4-0 giving members, Mick Kennedy, Colin Collison, John Wesley and Greville Madden a thoroughly deserved overall victory in their section. They have regular club nights on Wednesday and Saturday nights and also Tuesday mornings. For more information tel: 087 298 6293, email: dunmorebc@gmail.com.

Shopping Destination of the week City Square Shopping Centre C C Square Shopping Centre City is your fashion and lifestyle destination in Waterford. d With over 30 great stores to W cchoose from with top brands ssuch as Debenhams, River Island, Wallis and Champion Is it’s the perfect place to ﬁnd it those Christmas gifts for th loved ones. There are always lo great special offers to be g had so it’s worth your while h

checking out the centre’s website: www.city-square.ie for the latest deals. This Christmas, City Square has been a haven of seasonal and festive cheer, even playing host to the bearded one himself in Santa’s Grotto, who’s been pleasantly surprised at meeting so many good Waterford girls and boys!

Travell A T Agentt off tthe h week k Harvey Travel Harvey Travel, Gladstone Street, is a family business, owned and managed by Sean Power. Sean has over 30 years experience in the travel business and has vast knowledge of worldwide travel gained from his travels. The Harvey Travel website allows you to book ﬂights, accommodation, car-hire, insurance and gift vouchers online, but if you want a more personal service the friendly experienced staff at Harvey Travel offer a ﬁrst class service. Superior product knowledge and customer satisfaction are a priority for all staff members. Their Gift Vouchers are a perfect present for family and friends this Christmas. For more information tel: 051 872048 or visit their website: www.harveytravelwaterford.com

Business of the week Tots & Pops Barber Shop Tots & Pops Barber Shop at Unit 5a, Abbey Rd Business Park, Ferrybank offers a real family friendly environment. Bringing your little ones to have their hair cut can sometimes be a ‘hair raising’ experience, but at Tots & Pops the’ve gone out of their way to make it as fun as possible for their mini clients. They’ve thought

Book of the week The Secrets Sisters Keep, by y Sinead Moriarty (€10.99) Sinead Moriarty’s delicious tenth novel, is the story of three sisters, three life-altering problems and one eternal truth: nobody knows you quite like a sister! Sinead’s writing mixes the worldly wit of Jane Green with the down-to-earth warmth and insight of Marian Keyes and

will remind people just how important their sisters - and their friends-whoare-like-sisters - are to them. The Devlin sisters rely on each other - but some things are just too painful to share, even when your sisters are your best friends.

of everything, including a play area to keep those munchkins occupied while waiting for their appointment or while dad or grandad have their mops coiffed. They’re also provide Gift vouchers - a great gift for Christmas. For more information tel: 086 066 2856 or visit: www.facebook.com/totsandpops

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Album of the week Rock or Bust by AC/DC The 16th full-length studio release for the Australian hard rock band was produced by Brendan O’Brien and its ﬁrst with Stevie Young, who took over his uncle’s role, Malcolm, who has tragically succumbed to early onset dementia. As a creative endeavour, ‘Rock Or Bust’ is ninety-nine per cent

perspiration, nought per cent inspiration and one per cent raw chutzpah. It opens with a classic ragged-riff from Angus Young and a title track renewing their vows to the faithful: “We be a guitar band/ We play across the land… Playin’ nice and loud/ Rock you to your knees”.

App of the Week RunKeeper, iPhone, (Free) R It’s hard to ﬁnd a smartphone-toting runner who hasn’t at least heard of RunKeeper, let alone used it. The prospect of Nike+ but better and for free might sound unlikely, but that’s what RunKeeper provides. Previously split into ‘pro’ and ‘free’ versions, the developer now generously includes all

the features in one free app. That means you can spend no money, yet use your iPhone’s GPS capabilities to track your jogging and cycling routes, and examine mapping and details of your pace and calories burned. Activities can be shared online, and treadmill runs and other exercise details can be entered manually.

Boardd G B Game off th the W Weekk Carcassonne (approx) €29.99 A simple but clever tile laying game that brings new challenges with every turn. Winner of the Spiel des Jahres 2001, Carcassonne is a clever tile-laying game based on the southern French city of Carcassonne, famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortiﬁcations. The play-

ers develop the area around Carcassonne and deploy their followers on the roads, in the cities, in the cloisters, and in the ﬁelds while creating a perfect city landscape. With each tile placed, strategies will be tested and the skill of the players will determine who stands victorious.

Console Game of the week M Minecraft, XBox One, (approx €16.79)

DVD of the Week Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie (approx €15.99) Mrs Brown’s foray into ﬁlm is a rip-roaring comic romp, set in the streets of Dublin, starring Brendan O’Carroll and his family. When market-trader Agnes Brown ﬁnds her stall under threat from a ruthless developer, she and her family embark on a campaign to save their livelihood, aided only by

a motley troop comprising Buster’s blind trainee ninjas, a barrister with an unhelpful affliction, and Grandad’s elderly friends. As daughter Cathy turns her back on the family business and unwanted secrets emerge from Agnes’s past, could the Brown matriarch ﬁnally be out of her depth?

fans can easily transfer their Xbox 360 creations and most of their downloadable content and play in up to 36 times larger worlds; enjoy the widest range of downloadable content on console and experience four player splitscreen on one console or up to eight players over Xbox Live.

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Build with your imagination! Minecraft, the best-selling game on Xbox 360, is now available on Xbox One. Create and explore your very own world where the only limit is what you can imagine - just be sure to build a shelter before night comes to keep yourself safe from monsters. Minecraft

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7RS )LYH A relentlessly filthy and unbearably entertaining crowdpleaser that actually needs to be seen in a theater with a lathered-up group. Just when you were ready to dismiss Grown Ups 2 as a cinematic black hole, Chris Rock goes ahead and gives the Adam Sandler atrocity proper credit for inspiring his latest, hysterically funny comedy Top Five. So there’s that. Chris Rock brought his latest project – which he writes and directs – to the Toronto International Film Festival, where he sparked a fierce bidding war. Understandably. Rock’s comedy is a biting commentary on the entertainment industry, and is packed to the brim with dozens of famous faces who’d cut together into an all-star trailer that should guarantee a huge opening weekend. It’s also a relentlessly filthy

and unbearably entertaining crowd-pleaser that actually needs to be seen in a theater with a lathered-up group. Something tells me the exact same jokes in Top Five will be 50% less funnier if you are watching them in your quiet living room on Netﬂix. But in a packed house loaded with rollicking Rock fans, Top Five has palpable energy. How does Grown Ups 2 factor in, aside from Adam Sandler having a cameo in the end of Top Five? The way Rock told it during a ribald Q-and-A following our screening, he spent a lot of time on the set of the Grown Ups sequel just sitting around. Despite being third or fourth on the call sheet, Rock said, “I was in a movie with nothing to do.” So he sat in his trailer and decided to come up with a screenplay that would give him something to do. He imagined all

of the people that he’d want to work with, from Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union and J.B. Smoove to Rosario Dawson. And he wrote himself a juicy lead role. In general, though, Chris Rock hires funny – and often famous – people to ﬁll his cast, and then let’s them steal a scene or two. Brian Regan is hysterical as a radio station producer (where we get to see the now-separated Opie and Anthony on screen together, perhaps for the last time). Tracy Morgan gets shit on for his weight. Sandler and Whoopi Goldberg break off fantastic one-liners during a strip-club bachelor party, where Jerry Seinfeld (!!) makes it rain hundreds on strippers. Top Five is that type of movie. And if you like that type of movie, you should get to a theater, and watch it with friends.

7KH +REELW 7KH %DWWOH 2I 7KH )LYH $UPLHV The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies is the undeniably the best of the trilogy, as it’s not only a film in perpetual motion, but it’s also a lean and quick experience that packs every moment with purpose. If The Hobbit trilogy had stayed on the two picture plan, Peter Jackson could have maintained his Middle-earth winning streak, as The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey had a great narrative set up that pushed everything into motion. You can tell watching this film that The Hobbit series could have been a lean beast of action and purpose if it hadn’t added so much total screentime, because if you break up elements of The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug between the opening and closing installment, you could have had two really good three plus hours films. A discussion of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies is incomplete without evaluating the 45 minute titular battle that unfolds in the films third act, Suffice it to say, the Battle Of The Five Armies is reminiscent of the Battle of Minas Tirith that The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The

King sported. This is where Peter Jackson and company soar in this particular ﬁlm, as the action has the right amount of set up and physical combat. Though it’s no surprise that Orlando Bloom’s Legolas is one of the MVP’s here, Richard Armitage’s Thorin gets in a spectacular climactic battle with Azog The Deﬁler as well.. Minor

griping aside, The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies is a success that brings the Tolkien Estate’s ﬁlm dealings with Peter Jackson to a triumphant close. While The Lord Of The Rings is the more well groomed trilogy of the two, The Hobbit will still make for a perfect all-weekend binge with its storytelling successor.

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Cook the Brussels sprouts in a saucepan of boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes. Drain and refresh in a bowl of ice and water. Drain again when the sprouts have cooled. Add the bacon lardons to a non-stick frying pan, and fry over a medium heat until crisp. Add the cream and crushed garlic to a small pan and bring to the boil. Stir the sprouts into the crisp bacon; then stir in the hot cream. Season with salt and pepper and serve straightaway.

CHRISTMAS CARROTS

INGREDIENTS 9 medium carrots, peeled, topped and tailed

250g/9oz butter 150g/5½oz sugar 3 tsp salt 4 star anise METHOD Use a clean scourer to smooth the carrots and remove any peel marks (optional). In a pan combine 400ml/14fl oz of water, the butter, sugar, salt and star anise. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and add the carrots. Cook until the carrots are tender (approximately 45 minutes) and the volume of liquid has reduced by half. Serve the carrots as a side dish with the reduced cooking liquid poured over.

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