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AMBORAN, the Australian company planning to build gas wells on thousands of acres across the north-west denied it will use chemicals that are linked to cancer and tap water pollution.

The company has been awarded the licence to make preliminary drillings for onshore natural gas in the Lough Allen basin, which takes in parts of counties Sligo, all of North Leitrim, Roscommon, west Cavan and Donegal.

The volume of gas trapped in shale rock has been estimated to be worth tens of billions of euro.

Large numbers of people have been attending public meetings in the northwest where they were told huge stretches of water could be at risk of pollution from the project because of the controversial method of 'fracking' - or hydraulic fracturing -- used to obtain the gas below the surface.

As reported in Northwest Express earlier this year Fracking has come under intense scrutiny worldwide due to concerns about environmental and health safety and has been suspended or banned in some countries, including France and parts of the US and Britain. The issue also featured in a Primetime Special on RTE recently in which many local people expressed major concerns about the company’s plans. In 2010 a study by the US EPA "discovered contaminants in drinking water including: arsenic and copper adjacent to drilling operations which can

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The EPA said a broad range of sources were being investigated, in-

cluding agricultural activity, but noted gas drilling as a potential cause.

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Fracking will not cause cancer and water pollution The company is also examining sub-structures in Bundoran, Mullaghmore, and Benbulben.

Mr Moorman insisted they would not use any chemicals to help force out the gas from the rocks below ground.

Ciaran O hObain, principal officer at the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, told the committee such a project would have to be subject of an environmental impact report, as well as approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, local authorities, An Bord Pleanala, and the department itself.

He said natural gas production could start by 2019 if the project is approved.

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Darts World Cup Boost for Castlebar CASTLEBAR is this week experiencing a major boost as it hosts the Darts World Cup, the first time the event has come to Ireland.

The event commenced on Wednesday and continues to Saturday. It is estimated that 1,000 competitors and their families from 39 countries are staying in the town or its surrounds for the duration of the competition.

To add to the excitement the captain of the Irish team is local teenager Martin Heneghan, one of the youngest captains ever to take part in the world cup, who is only 19 and hails from Hollymount, near Claremorris.

The young Mayo man, who is studying at Blanchardstown IT in Dublin, has been playing darts for years and represented Mayo and Ireland in youth competitions before moving on to the senior categories.

To date he has had more than 20 caps for Ireland.

He will be joined by some of the biggest names in the sport, including Martin Adams, who is the England captain and reigning world champion.

The WDF World Cup began in 1977 and has been held every second year since then with both male, female and youth competitions. This week’s event is being held in the Breaffy House Resort in

Castlebar, Co. Mayo, with the opening ceremony on Tuesday night last. Ollie Monaghan from the Mayo branch of the Irish National Darts Organisation commented that it was amazing that Ireland got the event and it is a real coup to host it in Mayo. “All the hotels and B & Bs in the area have been booked out. I even had one of the competititors from Barbados ring me yesterday asking me for a list of good local pubs where he could play darts.” The main sponsors of the event are: Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar; Herman Stein (Bull’s Dartboards), Failte Ireland, Castlebar Town Council and Failte Castlebar.

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Independent Presidential candidate Seán Gallagher visits Mayo INDEPENDENT Presidential candidate, Seán Gallagher visited the GMIT Castlebar campus in Mayo on 19th September 2011.

“I was delighted to address the ‘Spirit of Entrepreneurship’ event in the GMIT Castlebar campus. The Innovation Business Centre in GMIT is responsible for over 160 jobs and 17 successful spin-outs: it is a great example of what works.”

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derstand its accompanying feelings of dejection. However, as someone who also made the choice to embark on a career of entrepreneurship I am incredibly encouraged by this event that actively seeks to inspire and empower innovation. It is the initial idea generation and strategic start-up planning that means access to mentoring services and support networks is vital.”“Entrepreneurs are the innovators that create the jobs that keep our communities alive and

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BALLINA GARDAI have warned business people and the general public to be aware that some 50 euro counterfeit notes may be in circulation in the town. This follows the arrest of a youth in the town over the weekend.

The alarm was raised by a local business person after he received what he suspected was fake currency.

The suspect is believed to be a foreign national. He was subsequently arrested for questioning, but later released. A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Some of the suspect currency found in the possession of the arrested man was taken for examination by technical experts.

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Knock-Dussledorft flights to begin in May markets such as Germany.

"When you consider that two out of every three German visitors to Ireland stay on average over six nights and typically will visit between May and August, there is great potential from this new route for hotels, guest houses, B&B’s, restaurants , car hire companies and outdoor activity providers to all benefit,” Ms Dearie was quoted as saying in Mayotoday.ie FÁILTE Ireland is already working to bring more German tourists to the West of Ireland following the announcement that a Lufthansa is to start a weekly service between Knock airport and Dussledorft next May.Tourism businesses all over the West of Ireland are delighted, according to Fáilte Ireland, which says the potential size of the market is huge from Dussledorf to the connecting cities.

The German operator will commence using the route in May 2012 with connecting services to the German cities of Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg.

The potential impact of increased tourism and revenue for the local economy is obvious and very welcome.

Emphasising that German holidaymakers were sure to be guaranteed a genuinely warm

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Nursing beds closing in Mayo is baffling according to Calleary MAYO Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has said he is baffled at reports that the HSE West has agreed to write off millions of euro owed to it by private health insurance companies to shut down a total of 59 nursing home beds in Mayo. Deputy Calleary said about €6 million may not be paid to HSE at time when health services in this region are experiencing severe cutbacks.

“On the one hand the HSE and Minister for Health tell us that they have no choice but to shut down nursing home beds, close down the A & E in Roscommon, enforce a ban on re-recruitment, cancel ambulance transfers for cancer and dialysis patients and implement significant cuts at smaller hospitals in our region. On the other hand it now appears that the HSE West is willing to forgo collecting payments of up to €6 million euro.

“This is a significant lump sum that could make a huge difference to the provision of health services in Mayo. This week alone, the HSE is beginning to shut down a total of 59 nursing home beds in Mayo. I

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Mass remembers ‘soup for convertees’ during Famine WOUNDS caused by an ‘aggressive drive’ to evangelise the Catholics of Achill Island, Co Mayo, by handing out soup to the starving, will finally be healed more than one-and-ahalf centuries later.

There were brawls, bitter words and conflict when Rev Edward Nangle started his controversial Achill Mission in the early 1800s at the start of a period of great deprivation due to the onset of famine.

The mission, which lasted from 1831 before petering out in 1886, provided food for the poor but blazing rows flared over what

Rev Edward Nangle who spent time in Achill and in Skreen, Sligo

became known as ‘souperism’ — the practice of providing food only to those willing to convert. Parishioners even came to blows and the then-Archbishops of Tuam Power Le Poer Trench and his successor Thomas Plunkett of the Church of Ireland and Catholic Archbishop John McHale, as well as their clergy, regularly waded verbally into the issue.

Archbishop McHale, known later to his flock as ‘The Lion of the Fold’, even went so far in the letters pages of the time to refer to the newcomers as “venomous fanatics”.

Even though the mission, with its well-managed corn mill, grain store and hardware store, has long disappeared from the landscape, there are still reverberations to this very day.

The phrase, ‘they took the soup’, is still occasionally heard as a derogatory term amongst islanders. But a ceremony on Saturday next in the four churchyards and graveyards of the old Mission at St Thomas, Dugort, should help heal the few remaining hurts that linger over the issue. Both the Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, Dr Michael Neary, and the newly consecrated Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, Very Rev Patrick Rooke, presided and spoke at the ceremony.

Church of Ireland Rector, Reverend Val Rogers, said:“We will remember all of Achill’s dead, whatever their denomination and whether their bones lie in Catholic or Protestant ground. “We will focus above all on the dilemmas, sufferings, efforts and deci-

sions of Achill’s poor from 1831 when the mission began, through the Great Famine, to the mission’s end in 1886.” Apart from church services and door-to-door calling, the evangelisation included a robust paper, the ‘Achill Missionary Herald and Western Witness’, which lasted for more than 30 years.

The paper was a key to convert and ‘save’ local people from what were considered

‘Roman Catholic errors, ignorance and neglect’. Saturday’s ceremony will thank God that “affection between our leaders and peoples have replaced that period’s acrimony”.

Dr Nangle moved to Skreen in Co Sligo in 1852. The Mission had lost steam by the late 1860s, and emigration and financial difficulties led to its closure in 1886, three years after his death.

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€125m worth of food gets thrown out every year by restaurants

Restaurants are throwing away €125m worth of food every year, enough to cover Markievcz Park's pitch eight times over.

New research shows that eateries are discarding about 63,670 tonnes of food annually and much of it is the fault of customers whose eyes are bigger than their stomachs.

"Irish diners are responsible for most of the food wasted, with one-intwo admitting to regularly over-ordering and leaving food behind," the restaurant supplier Unilever Food Solutions said yesterday.

Launching its second World Menu Report, it said: "Eight out of 10 people of those questioned globally stated that they were concerned with not only the amount of food wasted every day in dining establishments but also the way in which this waste is dis-

posed of." With the co-operation of the Restaurant Association of Ireland (RAI) and Irish chefs, the research found that restaurants throw out an average of 4.5 tonnes of waste each year, at an estimated cost of €8,840.

"Portion sizing has been identified both by diners and chefs as a serious problem with 34pc of diners saying the reason they last left food behind them when eating out was because the portion was too big," said Unilever.

A quarter of Irish people eat out at least once a week, according to the research and half of diners say they would prefer the option of being able to omit something from their order, even if it costs the same.

However, nearly one third said that larger portions represent better value.

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launched his 'Great Irish Waste' menu, illustrating how to turn 'waste' food into quality meals. He says attitudes need to change in the industry and among the public in order to bring about change.

"A lot of people in Ireland still love big portions and plates of food piled high; as a chef and restaurateur we need to strike a careful balance between portion sizes and waste," he said. "Even though in a huge amount of restaurants the food comes back from customers' plates and goes in the bin, the majority of diners are not fully aware of the environmental and cost implications of that waste."

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Absent fathers 'delay puberty in boys' Islands BOYS whose fathers are absent are more likely to reach puberty at a later age. However, they are also more likely to become fathers themselves at an earlier age, a new study suggests.

UK researchers used data from an ongoing study involving almost 10,000 people who were born in the late 1950s.

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Meanwhile, if the father was absent, boys were much more likely to go on to have a child themselves by the age of 23, especially if the father had been absent before the boy reached seven years of age.

"Our research suggests that it's not just the absence of a father that can affect when a boy experiences puberty and becomes a father, but also the timing of that absence," explained researcher, Paula Sheppard, of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

She described it as ‘particularly surprising' that the age a boy hits puberty may be delayed as a result of something that happens during adolescence.

"We've previously assumed that these things are 'locked-in' in early childhood," she noted.

Similar research in girls has found the opposite - those with absent fathers tend to reach puberty earlier. However like boys, they also have children at a younger age.

The researchers suggested that the reason for the delayed puberty in boys may be due to the stress of losing their father.

Meanwhile, those who become young fathers ‘may have inherited non-committal, promiscuous behaviour from their absent fathers'.

"Or it may be that fathers, when they are present, influence their sons to stay in education and so delay starting a family," Ms Sheppard suggested.

Details of these findings are published in the journal, Biology Letters.

clean-up completed ELECTRICAL rubbish built up over 50 years has been successfully removed from Ireland's islands.

Over the space of four years, a startling 170 tonnes of rubbish has been collected by the recycling agency Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) as part of a campaign to ensure islanders enjoy the

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Thousands get look at burnt-out cathedral

IT was reduced to a shell in a fire on Christmas Day almost two years ago.

But yesterday, thousands of people gathered at St Mel's Cathedral in Longford town to get a glimpse of the work so far to restore the gutted landmark.

About 3,000 people waited patiently outside the cathedral all day in order to survey the damage caused by the devastating Christmas Day blaze. Construction began on the historic church in 1840 and it eventually opened in 1856.

"It's been at the heart of the community for generations," said parish priest Fr Tom Healy.

"There's a great sense of loss."

Restoration will take about five years to complete and will cost into the millions. However, church officials are hoping to re-open by Christmas 2014.

Now that the building has been made safe, the next phase of the restoration will be to design its reconstruction, with construction due to begin

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School kids 'need 9 hours of sleep'

YOUNG children who sleep for less than nine hours per night and have no bedtime routine do not perform as well in school as their peers, the results of a new study indicate.

Spanish researchers looked at almost 150 children aged six and seven from different schools.

The children's parents filled out questionnaires on their sleeping habits and their academic skills were assessed by experts.

The study found that those who slept for less than nine hours per night had poorer general skills, such as communication. However, they also had poorer cognitive skills, such as memory and motivation.

The researchers noted that many of the chil-

dren were either getting home late - after 9pm - at least three nights a week or were going to bed after 11pm at least four nights a week.While most were getting almost eight hours of sleep per night, the team found that they had a ‘worse performance than those that sleep nine to 11 hours'.

"Taking into account the results obtained, we believe that more than nine hours sleep and a nightly routine favours academic performance," explained researcher, Ramón Cladellas, of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He said that less sleep ‘distorts children's performance in linguistic knowledge, grammar and spelling rules, and key aspects in the organisation and comprehension of texts, to name a few examples'. Mr Cladellas added that these are ‘basic skills', therefore if a child has problems here, this may have long lasting repercussions in a range of school subjects.

"Nowadays, there is great concern because children are glued to the television, computers and videogames, but the same importance is not given to them going to bed at the same time every night," he added. Details of these findings are published in the Spanish journal, Cultura y Educación.

TRACTOR thefts have fallen by 50pc as a result of a big garda operation that put an international gang out of business.

The operation, which spanned 11 jurisdictions, led to the recovery of €7m of stolen machinery.

The ringleader of the gang, Cyril McGuinness, is now locked up in Belgium, serving a seven-year sentence for his part in the theft of tractors and trailers units.

McGuinness (45), of Derrylin, Co Fermanagh, was detained by gardai on an European arrest warrant and his extradition to Belgium was then ordered by the High Court.

He had been a key target of the garda stolen vehicles unit for the past seven years.

McGuinness is serving his sentence in a

maximum security jail.

Four years ago McGuinness was convicted of 44 charges in relation to the illegal dumping of 28,000 tonnes of waste from the Republic in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The court heard that he was involved in one of the North's biggest crime gangs, which had made €2.6m in 20 months from the waste smuggling. Garda Sgt Finbarr Garland, who heads the unit, disclosed last night that the number of tractors on the stolen list has plummeted to less than 30 so far this year, compared with 70 last year and 140 in 2009.

The figures were warmly welcomed by farmers as they gathered for the annual ploughing championships earlier this week in Athy, Co Kildare.

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The cause of the blaze still remains unknown.

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Telephone: 09842758 Mobile: 0876472461 Yeats painting up for auction A JACK B. Yeats picture, 'A Fair Day, Mayo' with an estimate of €500,000-€800,000 is to go under the hammer in Dublin later this month.

After it was exhibited at the RHA in 1927,Yeats lent it to Eamon de Valera, who hung it in his office on Suffolk Place. It was subsequently acquired by the Reihill family in 1944, before being purchased by J P Reihill Snr, and has remained part of the family collection ever since.

A photocopy of the original receipt dated October 31, 1944, accompanies this lot which will go up for sale at Adams Fine Art Auctioneers in Dublin.

J P Reihill, of Tedcastle, "basically kept us in coal during the War years", said Adams' director David Britton, who is married to J P Reihill's granddaughter, the art historian Karen Reihill. The picture was exhibited at 'The Moderns' exhibition, which ran from October of last year to February of this year at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The picture, painted in 1925, has featured in all the definitive works on Yeats and was described by art scholar, Hilary Pyle, as "perhaps the last straight painting of the bustle and excitement of a country fair".

It will be on view from Sunday September 25 in Adam's Salesrooms on Stephen's Green, in Dublin.

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Just because they may choose a black-tie dress code or demand the entire venue be reserved exclusively for their guests does not mean that they are only marrying for the spotlight. Many of these stars have been plunged into the spotlight at a really young age and have grown up taking for granted their new cars, mansions in every corner of the world and endless wardrobe options and realistically aren’t going to reduce this standard for one of the biggest days of their lives.

However, perhaps the high rate of separation amongst public figures can be partly blamed on the use of marriage as a media tool. Katie Price has herself hinted that her marriage to cage-fighter Alex Reid was as many predicted a media stunt. Here was a once glamour model who having lost many of her fans during her public divorce to Peter Andre was eager to regain her loving wife and caring Mum role in an attempt to increase her popularity.Yet, when barely a year later spiteful messages exchanged between the apparently “happily married” pair were leaked her plan fell apart. Not only was she now a woman who had publically criticised the father of her two beautiful children but she had also married a man who appeared to love her on the basis of reviving her rapidly sinking career.

Likewise footballer’s marriages fill the pages of many tabloids every day. When Wayne Rooney’s affair was discovered the press were only too quick to label Coleen a “shut-eye WAG” despite the fact the successful model, doting Mum and quick-thinking businesswoman was with Wayne long before his football class was realised. Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy were also condemned when they chose to marry as many saw it simply as Peter’s way of apologising for her infidelity. We, as a society in general, seem to forget that everyone whether it be Abbey Clancy or Alex Reid have an opinion and emotions and must believe that their marriage is going to last forever.

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Presidential candidate Mary Davis delighted with the enthusiastic welcome from her supporters

Backing Mary Davis in her presidential election campaign are from left, Teresa Ward, Charlestown, Breege Walshe, Tourmaceady, Martin Murray, Castlebar, Ita Malee, Kiltimagh, Mary McDonnell, Castlebar and Cecelia Reilly, Boofeenaun.

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Presidential candidate Mary Davis delighted with the enthusiastic welcome from her supporters on her arrival in the TF Royal Hotel Castlebar.

Mary Davis pictured with supporters. Included from left, former Mayo Co Manager John Maughan, Castlebar's John Caulfield, Tourmaceady's Breege Walshe, Kiltimagh's Ita Malee, and Mayo Dublin Association members Noel Howley, Mary King, Paddy Moran and John Garavan.

Thrilled to be supporting Mary Davis are special olympians Castlebar's Sean Sammon, Tourmaceady's Breege Walshe, Castlebar Martin Murray and Deirdre Gavin, Claremorris.

James Caulfield wishes presidential candidate Mary Davis well in her presidentail election campaign as Mary King, Mayo Association Dublin looks on.

Thrilled to be supporting Mary Davis are special olympians Castlebar's Sean Sammon, Tourmaceady's Breege Walshe, Castlebar Martin Murray and Deirdre Gavin, Claremorris.

Mary thanks her Mayo supporters at a special reception for her in the TF Royal Hotel Castlebar after securing the backing of ten county council in her bid for presidency.

Delighted to support the Mary Davis presidential campaign is Ballina Marian Melvin who was Mary's bridesmaid on her wedding day.

Mary Davis pictured with supporters following her success in securing the support of Mayo and nine other county councils in her bid for the presidency. Included are from left to right, Mick McDonnell, John Caulfield, Betty Sheridan, James Caulfield, Mary McDonnell and Michael Cummins.

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THE northwest is set to endure a number of years of worry over gas exploration. In the midst of towns and villages in Leitrim, Sligo, Cavan, Roscommon and Donegal exploration companies will be searching for gas and the worry is they may use a harmful technique known as ‘hydraulic fracturing’, commonly known as ‘fracking.

It has been in use for over a hundred years but was only made commercially viable and useful in the 1940s. It is credited with expanding oil and gas reserves, by increasing productivity and reviving old wells.

However in recent years the rising price of oil and gas and dwindling supplies has pushed companies to explore in previously unprofitable areas and advances in the fracking process has enabled the productive and profitable extraction of gas from shale deposits.

Shale gas has always been known about but is notoriously difficult to extract in large and dependable amounts. Advances in fracking technology has actully lead to a ‘shale gas boom’.

Unless the government and local communities are prepared we’ll have a dispute which could out Corrib gas into the ha’penny place.

Fracking is highly controversial and is thought to possibly contaminate drinking water, rivers, lakes etc., harm local animal and plant life and pose an immediate threat to people due to gas explosions and gas leaks.

It consists of injecting a combination of sand-water and a cocktail of dangerous chemicals into the ground to expand existing geological fractures, or create man-made ones, to facilitate easier access to gas and increase production.

Fracking has been widely used for decades, but its use has expanded hugely since shale gas began to be exploited and therefore the increased fears for environmental damage.

Licenses granted to two companies to explore for gas in the northwest in February this year has stoked fears that fracking was imminent, however the licenses granted are strictly for gathering data and only allow ‘geological sampling’ up to a depth of 200m. No

substantial drilling is allowed, yet.

The epi-centre of global shale gas production is the mid-Atlantic states of America and particularly Pennsylvania. Here thousands of shale gas wells are being drilled annually using fracking and it is expected that there will be 100,000 such wells by the end of the decade. Charges of water pollution abound, gas leaks have forced local evacuations and even houses have exploded due to gas leaks from shale gas wells.

In America the regulation system is struggling to keep apace with this new advance in gas extraction to the detriment of local populations.

China is now beginning to adopt American fracking techniques for its shale gas reserves.

Opposition to companies looking to extract shale gas using fracking has erupted in France, England, Australia and of course the USA. Shale gas production has increased by 71 per cent over the last decade.Tens of billions are being invested in the industry in America every year. Market pressures of rising prices and dwindling supplies will push the extraction of shale gas no matter the environmental concerns or regulatory frameworks.

The cocktail of chemicals used in fracking consists of anumber of carcinogens and even radioactive material.

An EPA report in 2010 found that drinking water near a ‘fracked’ gas well in America had indeed been contaminated by chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, however they did not conclusively say that it was caused by the well.

It is thought about a third of the chemicals remain in the ground and there are serious difficulties with disposing of the waste water.

Not to mention the dangers of subsidence, seismic activity and damge to the local ecosystem in general.

In 2006 it was estimated by Finavera, an Irish oil exploration company with licenses for exploration of the coast of Donegal, that there was 9.4 trillion cubic feet of gas under the northwest valued at 94 billion euro.This is the figure most often quoted in articles on the subject. (What they don’t say is that the same report says only 40 per cent of that 9.4 trillion is recoverable and that due to gas price fluctuations its worth is actually between 20 and 30 billion euro.)

In March 2010 Conor Lenihan then Junior Minister at the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR), invited applications for licenses to explore for gas in the

Northwest Carboniferous (NCB) and Clare basins.

Subsequently on February 14, 2011 it was announced that two companies, Tamboran Resources PTY Ltd (Australian) and the Lough Allen Natural Gas Company (LANGCO) Ltd. (Irish), were granted licencses to explore for gas in the NCB. The NCB, consists of the lower half of a geological area which extends into Northern Ireland where curiously it is called the Southeast Carboniferous Basin.

REPORTS IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN MADE BY LOCAL RESIDENTS ABOUT TAP WATER CATCHING FIRE WHEN A MATCH IS LIT It covers a large area of the northwest stretching from south Donegal, to north Leitrim and from east Mayo to west Cavan. It includes parts of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Roscommon and Mayo.

Tamboran have been granted a license to explore an area of 986 km squared. The area straddles the border and consists of much of north Leitrim, northwest Cavan and a bit of north Sligo. According to maps from the DCENR the most promising location in the

area granted to Tamboran is around Upper Lough Macnean, in Cavan against the border.

LANGCO have been granted a license to explore an area of 467 km squared. The area covers central Leitrim and bits of Roscommon, Sligo and Cavan (essentially north of Lough Allen). According to the same maps referenced above the area of immediate interest will be around Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim, just north of Lough Allen.

The licenses awarded in February are for a duration of two years.The licenses oblige the companies to gather data on potential gas resources in their area. The licence does not allow drilling however it does allow “shallow geological sampling where subsurface penetrations would typically not exceed 100200m.”

They require permission from landowners to enter land.

The companies are then obliged to submit reports on the potential resources in the area and detailed plans on what they plan to do with the information they have gathered.

This must be done within three months of the license expiring.

The licenses granted to Tamboran Resources and LANGCO are basically for information gathering. Preparation work for any potential drilling, or attempts at actual gas exploration.

However this does not mean there’s no immediate risk to public safety.

The Corrib gas project shows that oil or gas exploration is a long-running game and inadequate concern for public safety can result in disaster.These companies will be ready with detailed plans for any drilling they might wish to perform by late 2012, which will be around in a twinkling of an eye. Unless the government and local communities are prepared we’ll have a dispute that could put Corrib gas into the ha’penny place.

Candid camera OAPs are online stars

AN elderly couple have achieved YouTube stardom - by accident.

Grandparents Esther and Bruce Huffman, of McMinnville, Oregon, unwittingly pressed "record" on their new laptop's web camera in mid-August.

The resulting video, recorded without their knowledge, captures them messing around, worrying about wrinkles in their faces and questioning whether the camera is working.

The couple's granddaughter asked permission to post the video online, where it had racked up more than two million hits on YouTube by Thursday.

Schools get male voice aid for boys

A new synthetic male voice has been launched to help boys with speech and learning difficul ties.

The voice, named Stuart, will be available in schools across Scotland for pupils with addi tional support needs.

Stuart joins Heather, the current Scottish syn thetic voice available to pupils, so that boys can, for the first time, have a male voice to use dur ing their studies.

Pupils will also be able to have books, learn ing materials and exam papers read out by Stu art. The voice was developed by CALL Communication, Access, Literacy and Learn ing Scotland, based at Edinburgh University, using £27,000 of funding from the Scottish Government.

Children's minister Angela Constance, said: "The launch of Stuart today underlines my commitment to ensure that all of Scotland's children and young people get the most from the learning opportunities available to them.

"The Scottish voice technology enhances pupils' inclusion, participation, access to the curriculum and independence, helping pupils reach their full potential."

Paul Nisbet, senior research fellow at CALL Scotland, said: "From today, pupils with visual impairment, dyslexia or reading difficulties will be able to have books and learning materials and exam papers read out by Stuart, and boys with speech difficulties who use communication aids will be able to speak with a high quality Scottish computer voice."

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Wind farm repair vessels devised A boat with rally car-style suspension and a giant mechanical "seahorse" are among the designs receiving funding from a competition to solve problems working on offshore wind farms.

Plans for the UK's offshore wind industry will see turbines up to 190 miles out at sea in three-metre-high waves.

Transferring engineers and equipment safely onto wind turbines which require maintenance in these conditions is extremely difficult.

But the Carbon Trust, which is running the competition, said keeping the turbines generating electricity in rough seas could increase revenue by as much as £3 billion for the new generation of wind farms.

It has shortlisted 13 designs from 450 submissions based on their technical merits, choosing concepts that have the best chance of successfully driving down the cost.

Each of the designs, which include four systems for transferring personnel and equipment from a vessel to a turbine, six vessels which include a transfer system and three launch and recovery systems, will get £100,000 to help them develop.

Some of the innovative ideas include a boat

that uses suspension inspired by Paris to Dakarwinning rally cars to remain stable for transfers, a seahorse-type vessel with a towering keel that minimises movement when the ocean swells, and a giant robotic arm for transferring equipment and engineers from ship to turbine base.

Benj Sykes, director of innovation at the Carbon Trust, said: "We've trawled the globe looking for revolutionary new ideas that can transfer

engineers safely in the huge swells around the UK's coasts.

"People have been building boats for thousands of years, but we've seen some truly radical departures from what you would think a boat should look like.

"These designs could significantly improve the economics of offshore wind and keep our engineers safe far out to sea."

Oxfam pioneers 'Facebook of Things'

OXFAM shops are helping to usher in a "Facebook of Things" that in future could allow every item people own to have an online profile revealing its history.

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stores are to be tagged with "barcodes" that can be read with a smart phone camera using a special app. The codes link to website videos of previous owners talking about their former possessions and what they meant to them.

New owners can add themselves to an article's history by scanning the barcode and making their own message recordings, which are placed on the website.

Items already tagged include a dress Annie Lennox donated to Oxfam that sold for £175. In her video, the pop star holds up the dress and describes how she wore it to Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party in London.

Oxfam's collaboration is part of an experimental project called "Tales of Things" led by scientists at University College London.

Dr Andy Hudson-Smith, director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, whose team created the technology, said it was just the start of a potentially world-changing trend.

Speaking at the British Science Festival in Bradford, he said: "In 20 years' time it may well be possible to enter a shop where each object is able to offer up its own history what sort of person owned the object before, where they got it from and what memories are associated with it."

Oxfam is bringing 20 of its stores into the project after an initial week-long test increased turnover in an outlet in Manchester by 41%.

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Amish men jailed in orange triangle row A Saudi restaurant has started fining diners if they order more than they can eat.

Fahad Al Anezi, owner of the Marmar Restaurant in the city of Dammam, said he wanted to avoid wasting food.

He also wanted to encourage customers to be less extravagant with their orders, reports Gulf News.

"There are many clients who make large orders in order to impress the people around them and boost their social prestige," he said.

Diners were made to pay an extra charge which was decided depending on how much food they left, he added.

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EIGHT Amish men have been jailed in the US for refusing to attach orange safety triangles to their horse-drawn buggies.

They said the bright reflectors violated their religion which restricts wearing flamboyant

colours and relying on man-made symbols for safety.

The men were all members of a traditional Amish group, the Old Order of Swartzentruber, known for simple living, plain dress and

reluctance to adopt modern conveniences.

They were locked up after refusing to pay fines issued to them on the grounds that they failed to adhere to a state law which requires orange triangles on all slow-moving vehicles.

The men were sentenced to between three and ten days behind bars at Graves County Jail in Kentucky.

The convicted men brought Bibles to prison with them and were given dark-coloured jumpsuits and sandals so that they didn't have to wear the standard orange coveralls.

A ninth defendant and father-of-seven Levi Zook was initially ordered to jail but the sentence was lifted when a friend paid so Levi could care for his sick son who has cerebral palsy.

He said: "I don't think it's right to put somebody in jail for practising their religious beliefs, but that's what we'll do if that's what it takes to abide by the biblical laws.''

Prison warden Randy Haley said: "They were very nice.

They did anything we asked them to do, we had no problems.

"All but one of the men have now been released and the last man will be freed on September 21.

Drinks firm trademarks F-word .A former top dancer is stepping out into a new career after coming up with a sling to carry pampered pooches.

The 'Puppoose' enables dog owners to take their pets out for a walk without their paws ever touching the ground.

Shannon Beach, who has danced for stars including Britney Spears, invented it to carry her pet Shih Tzu, Ted D. "It was created out of necessity. I couldn't find a carrier that suited my active lifestyle and was fashionably appealing," she said.

"My vet told me the best way to carry a small dog is on your forearm with legs hanging on either side.

"I used this concept for the base of the product, which distributes their weight evenly. Then I added straps so I could free my arm, making it hands-free.

"When I saw it made people laugh, it was obvious I had created a unique business opportunity."

When designing the sling Shannon crocheted several prototypes before finding a company in Hong Kong to manufacture them.

The finished product comes in four sizes and a choice of colours and can carry dogs weighing up to 22lb.

A German drinks company has won a court battle to register the F-word as a trademark.

Liquor manufacturer EFAG will now enjoy legal protection of the brand name of its 'Ficken' schnapps.

Drinkers in Germany might feel a little embarrassed about asking for the drink - it is named

after the German word for "f***."

But the manufacturer can take solace in the fact that the brand name is now legally protected. EFAG took the case to Germany's Federal Patent Court after officials refused to register the name as a trademark, arguing that it was socially offensive.

Following its legal victory, EFAG now owns the 'Ficken' trademark for clothing, mineral water and fruit drinks, as well as alcoholic drinks. In its ruling, the court explained that, although the name was unquestionably in poor taste, it was not "sexually discriminatory" and did not violate public morals.

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All of these are usually experienced together, Dr. Schneider says.

Pain in the legs An extremely common PAD symptom is claudication, a type of leg pain or discomfort.

Because the arteries are clogged, they can't deliver enough blood to the legs to support exertion. Some people say their legs feel "heavy" or tired, or they report a burning pain, Dr. Slovut says.

The pain can be in any part of the leg, from the calf to the thigh or buttock, and it may be in one or both legs. It's also reproducible: The pain happens when walking a certain distance (like two blocks), it's relieved by rest, and then occurs again when walking the same distance.

Unusual skin coloring One of the things doctors look for is a change in the color of your legs. When raised, a leg may be white because of compromised blood flow.

Then, when the leg is dangled from the table, it can turn reddish or purplish in color, says Dr. Schneider, because the body has dilated the blood vessels to increase flow to the feet.

In some people with PAD, the feet or toes are pale or bluish when they're sitting, due to a lack of circulation.

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Nighttime cramps While sleeping, people with PAD may get cramps or spasms, typically in the heel, forefoot, or toes, says Darren Schneider, MD, director of the Center for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at New York–Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

The pain can often be relieved by dangling the foot off the bed or sitting in a chair, which allows gravity to assist blood flow to the feet, Dr. Schneider says.

Skin and nail changes PAD can cause changes in the toenails and the skin on the legs.

Because the legs aren't receiving normal blood flow or nourishment, you may notice that you are losing hair on the feet and legs, or that it's growing back more slowly if you shave it.

The skin on the legs may get shiny and tight, and toenails may thicken or grow

Cold feet Feet or legs that feel cold, or are cool to the touch, may be an indicator that you have PAD. But it's not really the best indicator, says Dr. Schneider.

That's because this is a common problem, and it can happen to anyone as he ages—even someone without PAD. However, if you feel like one leg or foot is cold, but not the other, it could be time to talk to your doctor.

Sores that don't heal In people with more advanced PAD, a reduction in circulation can result in foot ulcers that don't heal.

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The ulcers may be brown or black, and they're often painful (as opposed to diabetic foot ulcers, which may be painless due to diabetes-related nerve damage).

Numbness or weakness If your legs or feet feel numb or weak while you are resting, it could be a sign of PAD. "Some patients will just say their legs get weak and feel like they will give out, and some get numbness in their feet," says Dr. Schneider.

People who have symptoms at rest, not just while walking or exercising, usually have more severe PAD, he says.

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In fact, shortness of breath can be a sign of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a lung condition that an estimated 12 million Americans may have without knowing it (in addition to the other 12 million who have been diagnosed).

Even if you have heard of COPD, here are some surprising facts you may not know.

Emphysema is COPD COPD isn't a single lung disease. It's really two diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing problems. It includesemphysema, which makes it hard to breathe, and chronic bronchitis, which is a mucus-producing cough that doesn't go away.

Most people with COPD have both.

Roughly one-third, or 30%, of adults don't know what COPD is, according to a 2010 survey by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

There's hope At one time, COPD was considered a death sentence. Today, there's reason for optimism. Once people know they have COPD—in the early stages, the symptoms can be easy to ignore—they can exercise, quit smoking, and take medication to prevent further lung damage.

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Fringe Culture Night event at IT Sligo CULTURE Night will be celebrated a night early at IT Sligo this year, with a range of artistic and creative public displays on show in the Institute’s Main Reception this Thursday, September 22nd.

“Forgotten Structures” a photographic audit of Sligo’s abandoned buildings, is one of the projects planned for Thursday’s fringe Culture Night event, examining these vacant buildings, many of them imposing and once focal points in their communities.The exhibition compiled by Interior Architecture and Interior Design students will invite people to ponder why these buildings became abandoned and the impact on the people living close by.

The students were tasked with the job of finding cause for optimism among the current social and economic situation.The result of their “Designing with Optimism” project which involved a critical examination of abandoned buildings, neglected spaces and once cherished objects which are now redundant, will feature in a public exhibition and presentation in the main Reception of the Institute on Thursday between 4.00pm and 7.00 pm.

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Creative Design students have embraced the Culture Night event with an investigation on how make believe dogs can make people smile. Eighteen “roundabout dogs” which creative design students made in recent days in a bid to entertain – or puzzle- anyone who encountered them, will be on display.

The dogs were placed in strategic locations around Sligo and their creators photographed or filmed the reactions of those who came upon them.“We put them in bars, around the campus, even one at an actual roundabout and the reactions of people were amazing. They seemed to make everyone smile” explained Creative Design lecturer, Adrian Durcan, who gave his students two days to design and build their new best friends , using a range of recyclable material ranging from empty coke bottles to scrap metal. Storytelling and surprises will make this fringe Culture Night event a family friendly event so bring the children along.

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Ireland in the pics Winter Olym

Irish Winter Olympic Team for Whistler Confirmed

FOUR bobsledders participated in the 1992 Albertville Games.

Two members of the bobsleigh team, Pat McDonagh and Terry McHugh had previously represented Ireland in the Summer Olympics.

McDonagh competed in rowing in 1980 and 1988, while McHugh threw javelin in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000.

Best Result for Irish Winter Olympian

In the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, when the skeleton event was reinstated after 50 years absence, Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon, 6th Baron of Wrottesley, finished 4th overall. He had been very close to a bronze medal but just finished outside medal position. He told Steve Bunce, The Independent, February 24, 2002, that "I've shown what can be achieved and I just hope I inspire young Irish athletes to take winter sports seriously."

Lancelot de Verdon went on to manage the Olympic team at the Winter Games in Turin.

Irish Women of the Olympic Winter Games

IRISH women first participated in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City 2002. Tamsen McGarry competed in Alpine skiing and her sister Kirsty McGarry followed in her footsteps in Turin 2006. Kirsty will again compete at the Games in 2010, hoping to improve on her 32nd place finish in the giant slalom and her 42nd placing in the slalom event.

THE team for 2010 was confirmed. Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin or Leona Byrne became the first Irish female bobsledders in the Winter Olympics after a relatively successful European Cup season.

Kirsty McGarry was Ireland's representative in alpine skiing and Pat Shannon in the Skeleton

even. Shane O' Connor, alpine skier, finished in the top 50 of the Slalom event at the World Championships, the best ever result by an Irish male in Slalom.

PJ Barron, a Scotsman who declared for Ireďšş land through parentage a year ago was Ireland's representative in the 15km Cross Country skiing

event. Barron was chosen ahead of Paul Griffin who had previously represented Ireland in the Summer Olympics in rowing, finishing 6th in Athens and 10th in 2008 Beijing.

Griffin did achieve the standard for selection but Ireland was only granted one available spot in cross country skiing.

Ireland's Connection to Winter Games JOHN Furlong, Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), originally hailed from Tipperary, Ireland.

Furlong has said that, "Being involved with the Olympic Games was all I could think of", after seeing the 1964 Toyko Summer Games on television.

As the face of the 2010 Games, Furlong has travelled over 1.2 million miles promoting Vancouver's bid to host the Games. If the Irish athletes need any more motivation to succeed and aspire to Olympic greatness, they need look no further than their transplanted countryman. When Furlong landed at the Vancouver airport more than thirty years ago, he was greeted with the words, 'Welcome to Canada - make us better'. Maybe Furlong will motivate his countrymen and make them better.

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eash equestrian centre is celebrating its 2nd anniversary on the 2nd of october 2011.They are holding there annual show starting at 9am on Sunday 2nd with newcommers, followed by Horses at 10am and ponies in afternoon.

There centre is one of the largest in the north west, fantastic place to hold any show jumping event, never a problem with parking from the largest to the smallest of lorries/horses boxes.

Our centre caters for all age groups from the age of 4yrs and upwards.

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Best wishes to Keash Equestrian on their 2nd anniversary from all at Loughan Stables nness/ riding Gui Rickie Jr

Course Builder: Richard Keirns Safety officers: Rickie and Daniel Devine Secretary: Eilish Devine 0876772094

Opening hours Mon-Fri 9am - 6.30pm Sat 9.00am - 6.00pm

• All meats locally sourced • Home cured bacon

Higgins Bar

Doddys Transport Ballymote Catering for all your transport needs • Buses range from 8‐30 seats • Limousin Wedding Car Available • Taxi Service (Ballymote) 086‐8409350 / 071‐9189024 Brendan (Sligo 086‐3341648 / 071‐9189999 Best wishes to Rickie, Eilish and family !om all at Doddy’s Transpor"

Culfadda, Ballymote. Co. Sligo. Tel:071 - 0719182033

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Best wishes to Keash Equestrian centre on their second anniversary Toomour, Keash, Ballymote, Co. Sligo Tel: 087-6284467

Loughan Stables, Beltra, Co. Sligo Tel: 086-8445410 Email: loughanstables@hotmail.com

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With a well-established reputation as a live music venue, Higgins's caters for all musical tastes. From an evening of traditional toe-tapping ceili music, to more modern styles There’s always something for all tastes!

Best wishes to Rickie, Eilish and Family of Keash Equestrian Centre from Peter, Sharon and all the staff.

Lord Edward Street,Ballymote, Co Sligo P. 071 9183315

SERVING SLIGO’S HOUSEHOLDS FOR OVER 60 YEARS Adelaide Street, Sligo. Ph: 071-9170800 Teeling Street, Ballymote. Ph: 071-9183351 Best wishes to Keash Equestrian Centre on their 2nd anniversary from and all the staff at McDonagh’s

All major Brands Stocked Including Best wishes to Keash Equestrian Centre on their 2nd anniversary from Simon and all the staff at Supervalu