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The doors of Strabane night club Rubys re-opened in style on Saturday night, November 29, following its sudden closure in October.

The shutters came down on Rubys less than a year after it opened, leaving forty bar and door staff in limbo, having to be temporarily let go along with a further 12 employees in the kitchen and food department.

However, ‘on-going technical issues with the local council’ have since been resolved just in time for the festive season, much to the relief of the management sta and indeed the punters who filled the impressive venue on it’s re-opening, packing out the Live Lounge, the Little Disco and the Night Club, where top DJs Judge Jules and DJ Fergal rc slammed out the oor filling beats See photos of Rubys re-opening on P30 The crowd outside Rubys Nightclub on Saturday night.

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HERALD CHRISTMAS VOX POP There will be no shortage of films on the television this Christmas!

Which film do you look forward to seeing at this time of the year?

The Strabane Herald this week took to the streets of Strabane to ask some locals about their favourite festive movie!

Santa Claus the Movie (1985)

White Christmas (1954)

“I love watching ‘Santa Claus - The Movie’. I just love the Elves and it has the most original Santa. When you close your eyes and imagine Santa, he’s the one that comes to mind. John Lithgow is the perfect pantomime villain as well.”

Aileen Farrell

“I always associate Christmas with Bing Crosby singing ‘White Christmas’ and the film ‘Holiday Inn’.

If I was to sit down and watch a film at Christmas that would be it. And Bing is my kind of singer, too.”

“For me, it’s not Christmas until I’ve seen ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’. It’s a bit of a festive classic now. Definitely one of Chevy Chase’s best. It still makes me laugh every time.”

John O’Neill

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McElhinney’s Ballybofey is Ireland’s No.1 Retail Website!

Retail Excellence Ireland recently announced the winners of the 2014 Retail Excellence Ireland Awards in association with Barclaycard at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway. One of the big winners on the night was McElhinneys Department Store, winning the award for eCommerce Website of the Year 2015 for www.mcelhinneys. com.

Launched in November 2012, McElhinneys are leading the way digitally with their progressive and seamless approach to online. The website gives users an opportunity to shop the great product selection whilst delivering the exceptional customer service which we have all come love from the family owned store.

Collecting the award, Marketing and eCommerce Manager, Roisin Woods said “We are all ecstatic to have won this award, we have immersed ourselves completely over the last few years in designing, developing and growing both websites, www.mcelhinneys.com and www.mcelhinneysbridalrooms.com. The judging process was very intensive, with the judges looking at every aspect of our digital strategy, so winning this award is a real testament to everyone’s hard work. Since going online it has been the most amazing journey from winning Best Bridal Website in 2013 and representing

Oonagh O’Hagan chairperson of Retail Excellence Ireland with Roisin Woods of McElhinney’s of Donegal winners of the eCommerce Website of the Year award at the Peter Sweeney of Barclaycard (event sponsors) and Oonagh O’Hagan chairperson of Retail Excellence Ireland with Martin McElhin- Retail Excellence Ireland Awards 2014. Photo:- Andrew ney and his team from McElhinney’s of Donegal at the Retail Excellence Ireland Awards 2014. Photo:- Andrew Downes Photography Downes Photography.

Ireland at the European eCommerce awards in Barcelona back in June.”

David Fitzsimons, CEO, stated “These retailers represent all that is best in the Retail Industry in Ireland. They have shown a consistent commitment to excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations in terms of service and product quality. To be recognized as the best amongst their peers is an incredible testament to the hard work that they have put in through-

out 2014.”

As one of Irelands leading retailers, McElhinneys with www.mcelhinneys.com constantly recognises the need to meet customers’ needs and exceptions with next day delivery, free delivery on orders over €49.95, free returns, next day delivery and click and collect service to mention only a few. This year alone, they have shipped to over 57 different countries proving that McElhinneys is a global brand.

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The foundation and backbone on which McElhinneys was built and continues to grow all focuses around John McElhinneys passion for retail and need to continue to be relevant in an ever changing retail environment.

Winning Drapers Best Independent Department Store in the UK and Ireland back in September and now with this latest award proves that McElhinneys are a true multi-channel retailer.

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Speak to Jonathan and the team today, who will endeavour to meet your Christmas needs!

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Inishowen Gateway Hotel offering amazing wedding value!

The Inishowen Gateway Hotel in Buncrana, Co. Donegal are offering brides and grooms to be an amazing value wedding package if you are thinking of getting married in 2015!

- Choice of centrepieces - Table plan with choice of Mirror display - No additional fee for civil ceremony room If you would like to avail of this wonderful offer it is available until March 2015 with selected dates in November & December 2015 still available.

The Swilly Suite in the hotel can accommodate up to 160 guests and is also available for Call us today for more information on licensed Civil Ceremonies. Prices for selected 07493 61144 or email dates in 2015 start from only £26 per person sales@inishowengateway.com and this includes the following; - Tea/coffee with Shortbread on arrival - Champagne arrival for the bridal party - Five Course Evening meal including choice of two starters, soup course, two main courses, dessert and tea or coffee - Champagne toast for all guests - Evening buffet with a selection of sandwiches, cocktails sausages, vol au vents with tea or coffee

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All served with seasonal vegetables and potatoes Traditional Christmas pudding brandy crème anglais Spiced apple and winter berry oat crumble crème anglais and vanilla cream Belgian chocolate and hazelnut brownie, salted caramel ice cream and warm chocolate sauce Strawberry shortcake cheesecake served with a crisp tuille and vanilla cream Trio of speciality ice creams served in brandy snap basket Complimentary mulled wine and homemade shortbreads

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Check out all the toys & gadgets that will be big this Christmas

Herald Gadget Guide 2014 We have done our Christmas research here at the Herald to bring you the ‘must have’ lists of toys and gadgets for Christmas 2014. If you decide to buy any of these, remember to hunt around online and in shops as the prices can vary quite a bit on some of these!

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Under £30

(Price range £49.99 - £79.99)

(Price range £29.99 - £39.99)

My Friend Cayla Doll

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artists. Bop It! Beats is challenging, addictive, and always a fresh, fun experience. You never know what’s coming next or what beats you’ll be following. Game starts off easy, gets more challenging, and lets you choose levels of difficulty.

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Under £60

Stomp & Chomp Grimlock (Price range from £53 - £80)

My Friend Cayla Doll

My Friend Cayla is like a real friend, she’s so much more than a talking doll or app toy!

Get to know her by asking questions about her family, favourite foods, hobbies, pets and more. Cayla also loves to answer tricky questions about things like animals, countries and famous people. She can also play games, tell stories and talk about pictures in her photo albums.

Download the free app to an Android or iOS smart device and connect to Cayla via Bluetooth Wireless Technology. There are multiple safeguards in place to make her internet safe.

Sync her with an Android or iOS device via Bluetooth and she’ll use speech-to-text technology to look up answers online and speak them back to you. There’s a pre-defined list of ‘bad words’ and topics which Cayla will not talk about.

Cayla is 18” tall and comes with a hairbrush and mirror. Cayla has lovely hair to play with and is wearing a cool outfit.

Google Chromecast Media Streaming Device (Price around £30)

Google Chromecast

The Kidizoom Smart Watch - a new and amazing smart watch just for children! This easy to use watch with an intuitive touch screen features lots of different analogue and digital watch faces for you to choose from.

It has a camera for taking photos and videos with fun stamps and effects, along with a photo gallery ! There is also an alarm, stop watch, timer and 3 fun games. You can also record your voice with different voice effects!

Disney Frozen Sparkle Dolls

(Price range from £17-£30) Elsa, Anna and the adventurous Kristoff, from the new Disney film Frozen, capture the essence of their beloved characters with outfits and details recognizable from the Disney Frozen film.

Elsa sparkles in an ethereal gown, with a look both as delicate as a snowflake and as majestic as her own icy powers. A scoop neck strip of white showcases the gorgeous bodice of light blue sparkles accented with a deep blue ribbon sash. The long blue skirt stops just above the floor to provide a peek at her translucent blue heels. A sheer white overcoat detailed with snowflake sparkles completes the elegant look, while her flowing blond hair, pulled into a side braid and topped with a translucent, glittery blue tiara is the perfect final touch. ‘Anna’ and ‘Kristoff’ also available

Bop it Beats!

Google’s Chromecast is the easy way to enjoy online video and music on your TV. It’s a thumb-sized media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV. Set it up with a simple mobile app, then send your favourite online shows, films, music and more to your TV using your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Supports Netflix, Youtube, Google Play movies and music. Works with Android, iOS, Windows Mac and Chromebooks. This nifty little device plugs into any HDTV with a USB connection and connects to your home wi-fi network.

NutriBullet completely breaks down your food, liquefying and mixing together all the essential nutrition. The NutriBullet literally pulverizes fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds, giving you all the nutrition and leaving nothing out to help give you the strength, energy and vitality for a full active life whatever age you are.

Over £200

GoPro Hero 3 Full HD Action Camera (Price range £159-£220)

At almost 40cm tall, this Transformers 4 Stomp and Chomp Grimlock features incredible attention to detail plus lights and sounds.

This mighty figure is ready to take on any enemy and can convert in just 1 step into a chomping dinosaur with light up eyes. With Pop-out weapons & Light-up eyes. Figures activate different lights, sounds and weapGo Pro Hero ons! Works with Power Battlers and One-Step changers figures. This toy will be very popular this Christmas for 5 to 9 year old boys.

This could be ‘The’ gadget of Christmas 2014.

The outdoor action camera that you can strap Under £100 to yourself to record all the live fast moving Zoomer Dino – Boomer action you can muster!

(Price range from £59 - £99) Featuring 1080p HD recording, for spectacular definition and the highest quality videos, this white GoPro Hero 3 sports camera is perZoomer Dino- Boomer fect for capturing live action sports scenes.

The robust, waterproof design make it perfect for capturing pictures and videos in all terrain and conditions, ideal for getting the toughest shots.

Iphone 5c (Price Range £299+ for New)

Meet Boomer, a pre-historic pet for the modern age! Boomer is a robotic dinosaur pet that can chase, chomp, guard and of course - ROAR! His eyes change colour with his mood, so make sure you give him all the attention he needs.

Standing up on two wheels, he uses ‘True Balance Technology’ to zoom around and maintain balance. You can use your hands to tame him and build up a friendship and make him your loyal pet. Try and control him with the control pod, or even make him dance! But beware - you may lose control! With tons of cool features Boomer is the ultimate pre-historic robotic pet!

(Price range from £11.99 - £25) With Bop It! Beats players need to think fast and react quickly.

Now, the Bop It! Beats game adds a different dimension of excitement Under £100 that challenges Nutribullet (Price range £99-£130) your reaction If you are one of those active people who time by adding 4 songs, including popular excercises and nutrition is important to songs performed by some of your favorite you then the Nutribullet is the thing for you!

There might be a new Iphone 6 but the Iphone 5c is an amazing phone available in trendy colours and because it’s not the Iphone 6 you can get it for a great price this Christmas!

If you hunt about you can get a new one for as little as £299!

This top class phone has a 4-inch Retina display. A6 chip. 8MP iSight camera. FaceTime camera. 4G LTE and WiFi1 And iOS 8 and iCloud. The phone comes in 5 colours green, blue, yellow, pink or white. This would be a spectacular Christmas present for anyone!

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and the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a skewer. (Try to avoid opening the oven door too often during cooking). Add a little of the pan juices to the gravy.

Transfer to a platter, cover loosely with foil or a clean tea towel and leave to rest for at least 20 minutes before carving. Serve with roasted potaTurkey has long been the mainstay and centretoes and parsnips, sprouts and carrots. piece of the Irish Christmas dinner, but getting it cooked to perfection on the day is the most important thing. So here’s some tips from the Strabane Ten minute leftover turkey Herald on how to get your bird perfect on the day with peas and leak and even a smart, delicious recipe for the couple of The recipe name says it all! Serve in bowls with days of leftovers! crusty bread or rice to mop up all the delicious 12lb ‘Oven Ready’ Turkey sauce.

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Place in a roasting tin. Cover loosely with foil and well and keep warm. cook in the preheated oven for calculated cooking Add the cream, mustard, parsley and peas to the time. Remove foil for the last 40 minutes of the reduced stock. Then stir in the cooked turkey and leeks and heat gently to warm through. cooking time.

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The ‘Herald’ visited the new ‘Creative Shop’ last week and spoke to Creative Director, Alice Malseed about the exciting project. “This is part of a Northern Ireland-wide project that aims to place the arts at the heart of daily life and add to the energy and trade in town centres. We hope to fill this space with as many creative, cultural and artistic community projects as possible,” she explained.

the local LGBT group have been in touch to do a craft evening and we also have some fantastic local poets coming on board. There have been some animation classes as well. Essentially, I’m trying to draw on people’s interests and push them a bit further,” she outlined.

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TotalMusic STRABANE, IRELAND IS WATCHING In this column, we’ve never been shy of celebrating the rich mix of original musical talent that currently exists in Strabane. Nor will we ever feel compelled to stop. owe er it has been nice to obser e that we are not alone in our passionate enthusiasm as the rest o the countr now appears to be loo ing in on this little corner o the world to see what e actl it is about trabane that ma es it such a melting pot o talent b iousl talent does not adhere to strict geo graphical guidelines and end at a town s limits and it would be ludicrous to suggest otherwise e re blessed with great artists up and down the countr hailing or illages towns and cities and trabane is one such place s we reach the end o trabane originals ma eric s and shape shi ters such as rea s a e s host hose hosts hite ale ctors erard i enem aul ull r ills and c ab ha e brought tra bane to the rish media s attention a good news stor that s there i ou want to read it rish radio has aced not un air criticism or gi ing a lac o airtime to homegrown artists ell e en ouis alsh has been critical ndeed man stations could do better but there are those north and south who could not be aulted or their sup port championing and o erall bra e and inno a ti e broadcasting p north here we ha e tephen

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he pros and cons o award ceremonies will continue to be debated owe er loo ing at that shortlist and tr ing to pic an album rom it is an impossible tas ou ll find it hard to see a better more eclectic selection o albums on a list which in itsel is a fine testament to how blessed we are in this little corner o the world nd it s ust a small rep resentation o what we ha e each ear t ne er matters who gets the gong at these e ents he real winners are we the record bu ing audience who ha e the chance to get our ears around this ama ing stu ersonall ll not be too bothered i there isn t a third usic ri e ust eep the music coming

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The lost star of Machester United’s class of 92’

Strabane footballer remembered in article and forthcoming book An article published in ‘The Observer’ late last month about a former Manchester United player, who hailed from Strabane, has taken social media by storm.

Daniel Taylor’s piece, ‘Adrian Doherty: the lost star of Manchester United’s class of 92’ has generated thousands of comments, retweets and Facebook shares since it was published on November 15.

After publication it has since emerged that a book on Adrian’s life has been privately worked on over the past four years, penned by Chief Football Correspondent for The Times, Oliver Kay. More on that later.

fi ture against Carlisle t was his cru ciate ligaments, notoriously the injury every footballer dreads. After months of recovery the joint buckled again in his comeback, putting him out of the game for a year. Predictably after such an unfortunate injury he was not the same player on his return. “The cruciate was even more of a big deal back then than it is now t destro ed rather than dela ed careers. Adrian was one of the victims,” Adrian Doherty, one of Utd’s brightest prospects. writes Taylor. superstar-in-the-making. He was different: bohemian, slightly eccentric in a The famous ‘class of 92’ featured the ew ora s into eague o reland football context. He was not particularly likes of Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers, football with Derry City aside, Adrian interested in haircuts or cars or looking who all went on to achieve major success drifted from football opting to travel, the part, often turning up at the Cliff, during the Ferguson era at Old Trafford. work and live a life in keeping more with United’s old training ground, in a baggy According to Taylor, “Doherty is the his free-spirited persona; one that stood old Aran sweater with a guitar over his player nobody mentions when they talk in sharp contrast to that of a stereotypical shoulder. Robbie Savage, from the year of that group at Manchester United who footballer, and remains so to this day. He below, remembers him “strumming in eventually became known as the class of moved to the Hague to work for a furni- the next room”. Doherty took that guitar 92. He was on the opposite wing to Ryan ture company in 2000. Tragically, in his to the Christmas do where he played a Giggs and for a while Alex Ferguson and first wee he slipped into the canal on song, possibly a Bob Dylan track, to his his coaching staff wondered whether he the way to catch an early-morning train. team-mates. He did not really follow He was in a coma for a month, and died football, preferring to write poems.” was actually the better player.” on 9 June. The next day would have been his 27th birthday.

Fourteen years on from his tragic and “One of the fastest wingers many people premature passing, Adrian Doherty’s have ever seen,” said Tony Park, co-au- While there have been articles and memory still endures for all who knew thor of ‘Sons of United’, a history of the tributes to Adrian Doherty in the past, him and, indeed, those who played with club’s youth team. “The United scouts Taylor’s piece tapped into Adrian’s perhim, many of whom are now household said he ‘could catch pigeons’ he was that sonality more; one that many who knew names in the world of football. “They quick.” him recognised immediately upon read- called him ‘the Doc’, and Ryan Giggs, ing. He writes: the Nevilles, they will all tell you he was Just days before Adrian was set to make “The truth is the “Doc”, as the other the best player they ever played with at his debut his knee gave way in an A-team players called him, was not the classic that le el remember being at eading with Jim Leighton, who was on loan from United at the time, and he waxed “One of the fastest wingers many people lyrical about ‘the Doc’”, said current have ever seen, The United scouts said he Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, spea ing to he ndependent in ‘could catch pigeons’ he was that quick.”

Rodgers and Adrian were friends from Tony Park, Co author of ‘Sons of United’ the oorfield o s team in err and early in the Ferguson years at Old Traf-

The NI Schoolboy team who met Brazil at Windsor Park, Adrian Doherty is pictured front row second from left and kneeling to his right is current Liverpool manager Brendan Rogders.

ford when they used to travel together to represent United at schoolboy level.

Terrific Player Manchester United’s former youth-team manager, Eric Harrison told nside nited n his pomp Adrian was a terrific pla er n the outh team, Adrian played on the right wing and Ryan iggs pla ed on the le t nd honestl thought both of them would progress in the first team drian was also uic and bra e he trul was a terrific pla er and a really nice kid.”

His former team-mate Ryan Giggs recalled a “colourful character” when he spo e to nside nited e had a lovely personality and was an exceptionally talented player and was quick and brave. We complimented each other wonderfully. He was a real joy to play with it wasn t or in ur he could e been a phenomenal player,” added Giggs.

Those sentiments were echoed by former Manchester United skipper and now Sky Sports pundit, Gary Neville. “Adrian was an easy going lad. He was extremely talented. He had great feet, really quick and a great dribbler too. His injury was a real blow and if it wasn’t for that he definitel had the abilit to go on and be a first team pla er he said

Intelligence Brian McClair recalled a young man whose interests went beyond that of the average footballer. “He was a fearless, strong and s ill ul ootballer but what

remember most was his personality and his intelligence. He loved to chat about music, books and poetry,” he said. t is that personalit which cClair eludes to that will be one of many factors addressed in a forthcoming book on Adrian’s life, which is being penned by Oliver Kay, Chief Football Correspondent for ‘The imes nitiall a pro ect a had been secretly researching and writing for the past four years, he went public about it on his Facebook page following the publication of Taylor’s blog.

He wrote: “For nearly four years, e been uietl wor ing on a boo about Adrian Doherty...who was considered by many to be the equal of his team-mate Ryan Giggs. Sadly, Adrian suffered a serious knee injury ust as he was closing in on his first team debut and didn’t recover. Tragically, he was fatally injured in an accident when he was t sounds li e a horrific stor but in man ways, it’s a wonderfully uplifting one. He was an amazing character and an extremely gifted poet and writer as well as footballer. Along with his lo el amil was plan ning to keep the whole project secret until publication, but my good friend (and cursed rival) Danny Taylor has written a column about Adrian in toda s bser er so m pleased to share that here and while m at it ll tell ou to watch this space for more information on the book, which will be published by Quercus ne t ear hope it will ser e as a long-overdue tribute to a lost talent.

Rest in peace, Adrian.”

A young Adrian with Derry City legend Liam Coyle.

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Catching up with the Strabane Ex-Pats Every month, the Herald speaks to a local son or daughter, who has left their hometown and moved away across the world. As they establish a life beyond where they grew up we wonder how they are finding life away from their hometown, what memories and hopes they have for home and if they could ever see a time when they may return. This month, it’s the turn of Laura M asterson.

When did you leave Strabane and to EVERYBODY would say hello which was completely new to us. We also couldn’t where? believe how cheap everything was (at the I left Strabane in September 1998 to go to time!). 10p for a Mars bar, 10p for a pay university in Liverpool. When I got my degree phone call,50p for a bag of chips and 1.50 I went traveling with my closest friends for a taxi ride ANYWHERE in the town! It was from Strabane, ending up in San Francisco the little things that made Strabane special! in 2004 which is where I have lived since.

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What’s it like for a Strabane man/ I mainly miss the friends I made while woman where you are now? at school, who are still my best friends Americans have a great fondness for Irish today. That’s the hardest part about people in general, but not necessarily what moving away. I will never have friends town we are from. Most have some sort of quite like the ones I have in Strabane. I Irish heritage, so they love having that in also miss the beauty surrounding Stracommon!! Unfortunately when I tell people bane, the laid back feeling I have when I where I am from they don’t know where come home and bars like Dixies and the it is or have never heard of Strabane! Farmers Home where you are guaranteed to bump into someone you know and feel the warmth and familiarity upon entering.

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I grew up in the Ballycolman but my parents moved to Belldoo when I went to col- Something Strabane has that your new lege so that is where I come home to now. home doesn’t have?

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I grew up and spent the first 12 years of my life in Dublin. But I’ll always remember when my sisters and I arrived in Strabane thinking how friendly everyone was. When we walked from the house to downtown,

The sense of community, everyone knows each other or at least knows someone you know! I miss Riverview chippy, the (Irish)Chinese food...curry chips! I miss walking all the way downtown for absolutely no reason whatsoever other than to get a coffee or walk in circles around

nately it’s pretty expensive here in the States. Look at the cost of living...rents and prices of homes here in San Francisco have sky rocketed due to the current tech boom, making it very difficult for someone making an average wage to move to the city. I know multiple people who have moved from Europe and have had to Do you hope to come home and live in settle outside of the city because of this.

Strabane again? the town. I’m not sure if I would be doing that today but that’s all we would do as teenagers and it provided us with hours of entertainment! I miss sitting in Mandela’s or Vacarro’s for hours and hours sharing a plate of chips with 3 or 4 friends...and not getting kicked out!!!

Something you’d love to see happen in Strabane in the future?

I’d like to see the town thriving economically....more businesses investing in the town and more jobs being created. It would be great to see a railway route and the rundown parts being refurbished, like the canal for example. It would also be nice for the town to have more opporLaura Masterson who now resides in What important factors do you think tunities to offer young people to make San Francisco, USA. anyone thinking of moving abroad them want to stay and not move away.... should consider?

One of the best things about Strabane? Being reunited with loved ones aside, what’s the first thing you’ll Number one would be whether or not you are emotionally equipped to leave family By far the people of Strabane are some look forward to when you return to and friends for long periods of time. If of the loveliest people I have ever met. Strabane? anyone is thinking of moving outside of Where else would you get literally a whole Europe it’s always good to know what town coming out in support of one of its I look forward to a drink and a that country’s immigration policies are own like the way they did for Joe McGar- catch-up in Dixies with my old and what visas are available to them. Also rigle? That response alone speaks vol- muckers followed by a curry chip research healthcare options as unfortu- umes about the collective heart Strabane. and a cheap taxi ride home!

As much as I love the town I will probably not live there again for a long time, if ever. I will probably stay in San Francisco as I have made a second home for myself here. I am lucky enough to have a sister in the city and get yearly visits from my mother, sister and brothers. I will however always come home to Strabane for visits.

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Shopping in Letterkenny this Christmas has never been better. This year re-discover the fantastic choice, value and service that makes Letterkenny a perfect choice and find out why all of us Love Shopping Letterkenny.

Letterkenny has the biggest number of independent retailers in the North West from independent clothing stores for men and women, toy shops, jewellers, interior accessories and so much more all within walking distance of Letterkenny Main Street.

There’s even more in Letterkenny with all the major High Street names giving you the brands you love at the right price with friendly service all in one place.

Letterkenny, the shopping capital is now in full swing for Christmas 2014 the lights are on and the shops are packed with goods, why not bring the family for a great festive day of shopping before Christmas, you won’t be disappointed.

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Letterkenny’s got everything you need to make for a spectacular day out for all the family and you’re guaranteed a friendly smile and service not matched elsewhere. Letterkenny is the shopping centre of Donegal and after a day’s shopping, treat yourself to a relaxing break in one of the many cafes, bars and restaurants.

In December the streets will be lit up and there will be lots of festive offers and bargains all around d the town. If you’re just in for the day or are a regular shopper, you’re in for a warm welcome and a great atmosphere. This Christmas if you’re looking for

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Letterkenny is great for families, great for couples, great for shopping, great for night life and great for exploring the rest of Donegal. Nominated twice in the top 10 tourist destinations in Ireland the town has become a real top choice for both the people of Donegal and beyond. What makes it so special is whatever the day or whatever the occasion there are loads to do.

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Family friendly, romantic, American style, Chinese, Indian or just real good Irish food sourced locally and cooked to your liking is what Letterkenny can offer.

ToD o Indoor or outdoor no matter what the weather you will always have something to enjoy in this growing town. Canoeing, Paintballing, Bowling. The fantastic Lurgyback Farm, two brilliant Kids Adventure Centres, a Mini Zoo, Go Karting, Fishing, Golfing, Swimming, catch a Movie or even a show in our state of the art Theatre and more. You have the choice so just choose.

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Many if the world’s top DJ’s and bands have played at Letterkenny and this is in no small part to the fact we have some of the top clubs in the Country.

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Letterkenny provides all the options, it’s up to you to choose why you visit it.

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Following the USA’s exploits in Brazil this summer at the World Cup and given the gradual rise of their MLS league, the ‘Herald’ asked Strabane man, Paul Gallagher, currently living and coaching soccer in North Carolina, to keep us up to date on how a nation famously indifferent to ‘the beautiful game’ has now seemingly embraced it. This month Paul observes the aftermath over there following the recent friendly international between Republic of Ireland and U.S.A. in Dublin.

Happy Thanksgiving Y’all Happy Thanksgiving Y’all - something I heard a lot on Thursday past. Thanksgiving is an American holiday usually on the last Thursday of November when friends and family get together to give thanks to America’s first ancestors. Asides from the history side of things it’s very similar to Christmas with everyone eating big turkey dinners and passing out in front of the TV. Unfortunately, this holiday has no gifts!

But I say all of this because this week I want to give thanks to the Ireland National team. After their terrific thumping of the United States I could breath a little easier while dishing out some banter to my American friends at the same time. When I came here in 2008 I really didn’t know what to expect. Would my team be any good? What do Americans know about soccer? Do they even like the sport? Yes, a lot more than I thought and yes would be the answer to those 3 questions.

I found this all out in a matter of days. My team consisted of nationalities from all around the world including Irish, English, Cameroonian, and Brazilian and everyone thought their coun-

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try was the best at soccer. After everyone decided Brazil was the best the rest of the list changed from week to week. But one thing that remained constant was that the USA were on the bottom. That was up until the World Cup in 2010.

Aside from the Ireland games in the 2002 World Cup, the England v USA game in 2010 is probably my most memorable World Cup game. The game itself wasn’t great, a boring 1-1 draw, but the craic between my English friends and every American person we met was priceless. The Americans even started a conga line in the bar we were in when Robert Green made that howler and danced in between my dis-

appointed and deflated English friends.

From that day forward we all took the U.S. a little more serious from a soccer standpoint. The only downfall from that day was that Ireland now moved to the bottom of the list and despite all of my arguing that is where they stayed. That was up until Tuesday afternoon. Even with a 2nd string team (America also had a weakened team according to my American friends) we taught the Strabane’s Paul Gallagher (right) is currently coaching soccer in North Carolina, USA. U.S. A lesson. still behind in some key areas. Techni- time before the rest of the puzzle pieces cally and tactically they just can’t com- fall in to place.

Going back to my initial ques- pete with the better international teams In the meantime I will bask in the glory tions, Americans do love soccer out there, never mind a mediocre Irish of this Irish victory and have the comand they know a lot about it. But team. fort of knowing our nation doesn’t sit at with the bigger emphasis being However, with the sheer amount of top the bottom of the Wingate University put on other sports here they are class athletes here it’s only a matter of League of Nations any longer.

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Christmas Dinner About two years ago I met a young man called Ray who had a brother died by suicide some time before that. Naturally Ray and his whole family were devastated and were doing their best to come to terms with their grief and loss.

During this time Ray was feeling rather helpless and did not know what to do regarding his own feelings around the death of his brother so he decided he needed some help and sought the aid of a charity called PIPS Newcastle and District (Public Initiative for the Prevention or Suicide and Self-harm). Through PIPS Ray and his family soon became aware of just how many had died by suicide in his area and were suffering similar loss. Ray realised that when one felt helpless the thing to do was to help someone else. He thus began actively seeking out other people who had suffered similar loss and went and spoke with them.

Very quickly he found there was a great need for further counselling and soothing therapies in his area and along with his sister they established their own charity and name it Mind Your Mate and Yourself (MYMy). MyMy can be reached via the Facebook page bearing the name Mind Your Mate and Yourself and currently offers counselling services and a drop in centre in Newcastle County Down.

In such a short time the charity has grown from strength to strength and last Christmas the committee decided to have a Christmas Dinner for those who happened to be on their own on Christmas day. The offer was open to anyone from anywhere who chose to attend the Kilmegan Centre in Castlewellan County Down. If people needed transport volunteers were available to ferry them to the centre and in total on Christmas day last year the MyMy was able to provide almost 200 dinners for people who otherwise would have been on their own. It was a fabulous success and it was decided if possible to make it an annual event.

I was honoured to be part of the event last year and part of my role was to collect an elderly lady from Lisburn and take her to the event.

Ray provided me with the lady’s details and I called her beforehand and arranged to collect her at a particular time so we could make it to Castlewellan before the event started. When she answered the phone I explained who I was, asked her for direc-

Having somewhere to go on Christmas day for your dinner is so important just having people around is all that anyone needs even if they are stangers.

tions to her home, which I followed, and soon arrived at her door. I entered a very tall block of apartments and headed for the thirteenth floor where the lady had directed me. I rapped the appropriate door and this very jolly articulate lady answered invited me in whilst she checked things before we left and we then took the lift down thirteen floors.

She informed me she was thirty six years in the apartment on the thirteenth floor and loved living there. She said she had no lawn to cut and had a garden of window boxes which she kept beautifully. I asked her if she minded telling me her age and

she proudly announced she was ninety three years old. She was so delighted to have somewhere to go on Christmas day and when we arrived at the Kilmegan Centre Castlewellan she found the whole atmosphere so friendly and welcoming. We had a ball and it was such a wonderful way to spend Christmas day.

It is certainly one I will always remember and I hope I have the pleasure again of having the company of the lady from Lisburn at MyMy’s Christmas day dinner this year again.

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Imagine if it was Christmas every day!

As we are all neck deep in prepaI am heading to Chris y’s Sp r s ar h ’is i h e

The dreaded return of old faces Get ready for people returning home and spending two weeks treating you like a tourist attraction or a subject of some David Attenborough documentary: “Jeez, how did I know you’d be drinking in here?

I told my beautiful French girlfriend here that you’re never out of this place and here you are.

Are you still a madmen? He’s not wise sweetheart.

Everybody’s mad here. Look at them lined-up ordering their Black Russians. All hammered. This is great. I miss this. Oh, it’s great to come back to my hometown once a year and patronise all who I knew growing up. So, what are you doing with yourself now? Really? Well that’s just super!”

To which you reply, “Are they all like you over there? I think I’ll chance my arm right here. Now get another round in while I chat your girlfriend up!”

tocop ing his or hers osses get irt he not entirely single make out on a desk where a wedding photo has pride of place. Then there’s the o fice per ert the uiet gu who eeps himsel to himself all year but after one too many Pina Collada s sits beside e er girl in the o fice and silentl stares at her without blinking until he's politely told to leave.

The rise in taxi fare: Get ready for the double fare Taxi Driver. It may be closing time. There may be baltic conditions. et e er ta i ou ag down will dri e right on by you. Your predicament is not dissimilar to that of Luke Skywalker at the beginning of Empire Strikes Back – freezing, unable to feel body parts and seeing visions of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Still you struggle on in the direction of your home unsuccessfully attempting to stop every taxi going by. As you reach the bottom of the hill that’s two minutes from your house a taxi pulls up beside you. You jump in. Thirty seconds later you’re home. “That’ll be £10, mate and a happy new year!”

The Christmas Compilation: There has only ever been one great Christmas song and it’s ‘Fairytale of New York’

by The Pogues and the late great Kirsty MacColl.

Everything else was and is crap.

Still all stores dig out the same old Christmas compilation album every year. So it would be best to begrudgingly get ready for the age-old familiar chimes of Roy Wood of Wizard, Noddy Holder of Slade, that guy from Mud or any other World of Sport wrestler who passed for a pop star in the ’70s. The latter three men are a physical reminder of a time when pop did not discriminate. The ladies of the ‘noughties’ have Justin Timberlake, Robbie and countless boy band types like One Direction blandly colouring their festive charts. Yet it’s still worth sparing a thought for the ladies of the ’70s. Along with the grimness of a three-day week, at Christmas they had Mud!

‘Happy New Year’ when in truth we probably wish them anything but. There is always someone who lets the alcohol and sentiment take over from their more intuitive instincts. There may be someone present who you have fallen out with. After months of blanking them, you go over and offer a handshake and the possibility of a ‘fresh start’.

It’s a shocking sell-out brought on by booze, the placement of January in a calendar year and a lifetime of listening to vacuous New Year speeches about ‘love, peace and harmony’. The hangover on January 1 hurts as much as it does any other time his ground, tells her what he really thinks of her, of the year. It is at this point where you groan “ah starts to slur and sing ‘I’m as free as a bird and this bxxxxxks” and rightly so. Don’t let the festivities bird you cannot change’. For those few seconds cloud your judgment again you fool!! he’s 17 again. He’s his own man; a rebel with a cause with the world is his oyster. He’s born to Christmas is a period that is removed from the be wild. She steps out to the street with a brush realities of the rest of the year. With that in mind, I and proceeds to brush and beat him towards the hope your passage into the realities of January will door he door slams shut silhouetted figure o a be smooth and that nothing you get up to over the female can be seen motioning up and down with a next few weeks will make it awkward. Actually, brush. For another 364 days at least the revolution I’m lying. Where’s the fun in being good? Get out there and embarrass yourself. Become the talk of is, once again, stopped in its tracks. the street the o fice and the pub ord nows an uary is a dark cold month. We’ll need something to The New Year countdown occupy ourselves, it may as well be you. Just avoid hose first ew minutes a ter the ew ear count the hospital or jail and this should be a very happy down are a shocking display of sentiment and and special Christmas for you all. One last thing wishful thinking. We are all guilty of shaking if Roy Wood had his way he'd wish everyday could hands or hugging people we hate. We wish them a be like all of the above. Imagine that!

Over-eating and over-drinking Between the booze and the grub, Christmas is one big exercise in gluttony. Unlike any other time of the year caution is cast aside. The phrase ‘I really shouldn’t is never heard like it is, say, at a summer barbe ue t Christ mas we become walking wheelie bins. A new year just around the corner gives us the security that January will see our festive excesses put to rights.

Yet with buckets of the depressant alcohol consumed in the last week of December the beginning of January tends to be uite a morose period hile the boo ing ma cease, the eating continues as we tearfully munch into the hard sweets left over in the Quality Street tins, while watching the annual funerals of all who got run over outside the pub on Christmas night in Eastenders. You will also ponder on how small the box of Quality Street has actually become and this may bring on the tears again.

The drunken neighbour

Everyone has a neighbour who lets off steam one day a year and it’s always around Christmas time. ll ear long he s uiet mannerl o ten re erred to as ‘a civil critter’ and never passes without a friendly ‘hello’. Yet one day before Christmas he and his work mates may go for a few festive pints in celebration of being off work for a few days. ne leads to fi e a ter ten the shots start n the early hours of the morning you’re awoken with his out of tune warbling as he crawls over the street with a takeaway. His domineering wife stands at the door shouting at him to come in and stop The office Christmas Party: The shenagenans at these events have been well making a public show of himself. Normally subdocumented. Why is it always the person with a missive to his wife’s every demand, this is the one backside the size of China who is hell-bent on pho- night of the year a revolution takes root. He stands

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Sion Swifts F.C. Picture Round-up

Sion Swifts Little Dribblers Fun session at the Bog Hall, Sion Mills, sweety time.

Sion Swifts would like to thank Sean Ferry of “All Stars Pool Bar” who kindly sponsored a fabulous new kit to Swifts Men’s team who play in the North West Saturday Morning League. Pictured are Gigs Connolly, team manager. Sean Ferry, sponsor and Jason Kelly, Swifts captain.

Swifts kids enjoying the Bouncy Castle at Sion Swifts Little Dribblers last recently - supplied by Happy Faces Bouncy Castles.

Sion Swifts U16 team who went down by 3-2 to Ballymena Utd in the U16 National League in November.

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Swifts U7’s enjoying games at the Derry & District Games Development last recently.

Sion Swifts F.C. - IFA Accredited Club of the Year 2014 Sion Swifts Football Club was presented with the prestigious IFA Accredited Club of the Year 2014 award at a Gala evening held at Belfast City Hall recently.

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