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Sharleen McCaffrey Fashion Label Launch Sharleen’s label caters for the style conscious lady who desires exceptional quality clothing but at a reasonable price. Every garment is specifically designed for the client and is a once-off piece. Women who are frustrated at not being able to find an item with a wow factor in any boutique can indulge their style fantasies by commissioning a unique design that exudes sophistication and cutting edge style. Sharleen’s designs are modern yet echo classic themes and are guaranteed to be a timeless, highly covetable addition to an eyecatching wardrobe. The carefully chosen fabrics are rich, luxurious and individually sourced from multiple suppliers. The craftsmanship, tailor-
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Winter Birds - The Blue Tit The most common resident tit over most of Europe, the Blue Tit is a woodland bird that has adapted well to living close to man. The wings are pale blue with a single white wingbar. The back is a greenish colour. The under parts are yellow with a neat dividing line on the centre of the breast. They have a blue crown and white cheeks with a black eye-stripe. The bill is short, the wings are round and short and the tail is also short. It is the only Tit with blue colouration. They have yellow breast feathers which they keep yellow by eating certain caterpillars and the more they eat, the brighter the yellow. Females tend to choose mates with the brightest yellow breast feathers. The male is almost identical to the female except that he is slight brighter in colour. A chick will leave the nest at three weeks old and left to fend totally by itself after five weeks.
Blue Tits nest in holes on trees or in walls but will gladly use man made box nests. They have been know to nest in post-boxes, traffic lights, wall mounted ash trays outside pubs and in France, they found that tits nesting in places with strong odours, bring in lavender and mint leaves to create an aromatic environment for their young. Birds are lactose intolerant but the Blue Tit found that in the days of milk delivery, the bottles of full milk had lactose free cream on the top and they used to pierce the top of the milk bottle to drink the cream. This knowledge was passed on to their young as learnt behaviour which is not surprising as they are considered to be very intelligent and have solved complex obstacles and puzzles in order to get to peanuts in feeders.
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Mullingar Based Company to Supply Snow Blowers in Ireland Mullingar-based ClearSnow.ie identified a gap in the market and set about sourcing high quality and high performance snow clearing equipment, which they are now offering to the public. The range spans from an affordable electric machine for small driveways and footpaths to a much larger professionalgrade 26″ two stage machine, which will cope with the largest areas and the worst conditions, with heated hand-grips, electric start and working light. Their warehouse is located at Unit 5, Lough Sheever Corporate
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Brosna Gaels were victorious over Cullion of Westmeath in the Quarter Final of the Leinster Junior B Club Championship on Saturday last, on a scoreline of 3-9 to 2-4.
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Clara GAA Notes Weekly Club Lotto Weekly Lotto 29-Jan-11. There was no winner of the weekly club Lotto jackpot. The winning numbers were 10-1622-28. There were seventeen match three winners. These were Tess Purcell, Aggie Dunne, Betty Cronly, Nan Daly, Keith Bracken, Kathleen Quinlan, Lily Guilfoyle, John McGrath, Patricia Smollen, Joe Quinn, Barbara Eivers, John Murray, Liam Handy, Vera Kelly, Gilby Hogan, Vicky Fleming and Tom Kinahan. Next weeks lotto takes place in Cowens and the Jackpot is €3500. Thanks to all who support our lotto and thanks to all our ticket sellers. Membership Membership for the year 2011 is now due. Membership for the following year 2011 is the same as 2010.
Well done to Barry Cushen (Captain), Robert Mitchell, Stephen O’Brien and Wayne Flanagan who were members of the Offaly Vocational Schools team that beat Dublin in the Leinster Quarter Final. Well done also to Brian Gavin and John Reynolds who are selectors. Best of luck to the lads who play Meath this Wednesday 2nd February in Geashill at 3.45pm in the Semi Final. Bingo The Jackpot of €500 must be won every week. Yearly Lotto Subscription The yearly Lotto subscription of €75 for the year 2011 is now due and can be paid to any committee member. If there is anybody who is living away and would like to subscribe to the Lotto, please contact any member of the committee.
Membership Rates Sponsor a Sod Adult playing member €50, Ordinary member €20, Underage player €20, Walkers (associate members) €20, Senior citizens €10, Registration for life members €2, Life member €250 Bord Na Nog Attention: Can all underage football mentors and anyone else who is interested in being involved with the underage football teams please be at the football field (Mannerings) at 11.00 a.m. on Saturday next 5th February to attend a mentors coaching session from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Please bring warm gear and football boots. A full attendance of mentors is required. U8 INDOOR HURLING LEAGUE All roads lead to the Clara GAA Social centre next Tues 8th Feb for the start of the 2011 indoor hurling league. The boys have two very good training sessions under their belts and the teams have been picked. Please check the Post Office window and the social centre window this weekend for teams and fixtures for the next six weeks league matches which will culminate in the finals for the Tom Naughton Cup, Tommy Dolan Cup and the Ber Cowen Cup. All players must be present at 6.45pm sharp on Tues for photos and to collect their team jersey. Offaly Vocational Schools Football
Have you purchased your Sod. If not why not. Support your club. “Sponsor a Sod”- Clara GAA club would like to invite all current and past members (and anyone with any connection to the club, no matter how tenuous!) to be part of the launch of the new official Clara GAA Club website and the 'Sponsor a Sod' campaign. As part of our fund raising campaign to complete the new Championship pitch in Kilcoursey members and friends of the club are invited to sponsor a sod on the new pitch. Sponsors will receive a piece of the virtual pitch on a special page on our new website with each “sod” being added piece by piece to the page. Each “sod” can be purchased for €20 from any committee member .Log onto anclarach.com to see how our pitch is doing.
Ballycumber Drama Group present “Run for your Wife” Ballycumber Amateur Drama Group took to the stage last weekend with their production on ‘Run for your Wife’ by Ray Cooney and directed by Brendan Hanamy. “Run for your Wife” is set in London in the 1970’s The hilarious farce proved a big hit with the packed audience on both nights with laughter from start to finish as the story of John Smith unfolds with engaging performances, splitsecond timing, and a lot of laughs. It is to Brendan Hanamy’s credit as a director that he manages to accelerate the mayhem and deliver an amazing night of comedy.
Smith becomes hopelessly entangled in his attempts with his neighbours upstairs, ‘Stanley’ played by Derek Claffey and the hilarious Brendan Robbins as ‘Bobby’, to explain himself to his wives and two suspicious police officers Carol Robbins and Michael Hiney.
Smiths neighbours, the well-meaning sidekick Stanley adds much to the mirth the way he keeps putting his foot-in-it, to great effect and and Brendan Robbins as Bobby Franklyn, who struts and flits his time upon the stage, were great hits with the audience in Ballycumber. The action throughout moves briskly, with the ‘Run for your Wife’ is the story of actors play simultaneous scenes in London cab driver John Smith played the same stage space, which kept the by Chris Murphy, with two wives, audience guessing throughout! Aideen Coughlan (Barbara) and Frances Doyle (Mary), two lives and ‘Run for your Wife’ is one of the a very precise schedule for juggling funniest productions yet from Ballythem both! Trouble brews when cumber Drama Group, and the cast Smith gets involved in a mugging, is will take to the stage again next snapped by the UPI reporter Thursday night for three performanc(Brendan Scully) and his picture is es in Tuar Ard, Moate on 3rd, 4th & on the front page of the evening 5th February at 8:30pm. Tickets can newspaper! be reserved by contacting Tuar Ard on 090 6482042. Tickets are €10 and €8 for students and OAP's.
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The cast of 'Run for Your Wife': Derek Claffey as Stanley, Chris Murphy as John, Brendan Robbins as Bobby, Michael Hiney as Porterhouse and Brendan Scully as the reporter, Seated: Carol Robbins as Troughton, Aideen Coughlan as Barbara and Frances Doyle as Mary
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Motoring The new Škoda Fabia RS Already a popular sight on Irish roads the Octavia RS now has a smaller sibling. The all new Fabia RS first presented at the Geneva Motorshow is now available to test drive at Škoda retailers nationwide. Powered by a 180bhp 1.4 TSI direct injection petrol engine the Fabia RS is the fastest production Škoda ever produced completing a 0-100km/h dash in 7.3 seconds on its way to a top speed of 225 km/h. Performance is achieved thanks to dual-charging via a Turbo Charger and a mechanically driven Super Charger. The transmission is equally as advanced using a seven-speed DSG twin-clutch gearbox that allows extremely efficient gear shifting in automatic mode or via paddle shifts located on the steering wheel. Efficiency has not been sacrificed at the expense of performance; the Fabia returns 6.4 l/100km on the combined cycle and emitting 148g/km of CO2 has annual road tax of €302. Sports seats and a 3 spoke multi-function steering wheel are unique to the
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Portlaoise 3rd's v Tullamore 3rd's 23rd Jan 2011 in Togher
Portlaoise Rugby Club This Weekend Results : Portlaoise 1st’s 23 Monkstown 1st’s 16 Portlaoise 2nd’s 22 Monkstown 2nd’s 05 Portlaoise 4th’s 05 more 4th’s 24
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This Weeks Matches Sunday 6th February: Portlaoise 3rd’s team are playing at home against Birr in a vital match in their Leinster league. Match starts at 15:00. Saturday 5th February: Portlaoise 4th’s are playing away to Monkstown in Dublin. Match starts at 12:00 noon. Portlaoise Mini’s are at home this Saturday playing against Nass. Match report on 4th s game Sunday 30th January. Portlaoise 4th v Parkmore 4th in Portlaoise. Team : M.Dowling, E.Carty, K.O’Connor, K.Hughes, S.Brew, S.Conroy, N.McCormack, C.Maher, W.Phelan, S.Delaney, F.Kavanagh, D.Maher, O.Cuddy, P.McEvoy, P.Hearns, A.Dowling, E.Hearns, A.Heffernan, R.Booth, M.Boyd.
Portlaoise 4th’s joined the Leinster J4 League Section C - Division 1 recently replacing Millmount and fulfilling the fixtures scheduled for
the rest of the league. Their first game was on Saturday at Togher against a Parkmore team. From the start it was a tough encounter with both sets of forwards attempting to gain advantage. The match flowed from side to side with both teams defences standing firm from the opposition pressure and the score board remained at zero for the first 20 minutes. Then Parkmore broke through the Portlaoise defence took full advantage to cross the line for a try. Parkmore added the conversion. Portlaoise restarted and applied pressure from the off but Parkmore defence stood firm. Then Parkmore capitalised on a defensive error by Portlaoise to score a try under the posts. This they converted. The half time the score was Portlaoise 0 – Parkmore 14. The second half began with a flourish. Portlaoise dominated from the start and were rewarded with a try inside the first 5 minutes of the second half. This was unconverted to have the score at Portlaoise 5 – Parkmore 14. The game flowed from side to side but it was Parkmore’s superiority which prevailed and they added a further converted try and a penalty to bring the final score to Portlaoise 5 - Parkmore 24.
Na Fianna GAA Football Club U21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Na Fianna U21 Footballers begin the U21 Football Championship campaign in the 1st Preliminary Round against Shamrocks this Friday evening (04th February) at 7:30pm in Geashill.. Best of luck to players and management. All support would be appreciated. SYMPATHY Na Fianna GAA Football Club would like to extend deepest sympathy to the families of each of the following who passed away last week: Pat Direen,
Cloneygowan and formally of Geashill; Rich Bryan, Geashill . May they Rest in Peace. MEMBERSHIP Membership for club players has been fixed for the coming year at €15 for the first child and €10 for the second and subsequent child from each family. Membership can be paid to the relevant team managers when training re-commences.
Raheen GAA Club LOTTO The numbers drawn in last Monday [31st Jan.] night’s Lotto were 03 09 10 20. There was no Jackpot Winner and 4 Match 3 Winners [Liam, Loren & Aoife C/O Mary Brophill; Terry & Mary C/O A O’Rourke; Mick O’Brien C/O JFP; Jeff Tataurangi C/O Mary Dolan] [€100 Each] . Next weeks Jackpot is €6,000 with the draw taking place in Carruthers, Geashill on Monday 07th February 2011. SYMPATHY Raheen GAA would like to extend deepest sympathy to the families of each of the following who passed away last week: Pat Direen, Cloneygowan and formally of Geashill [Former Player, Club Officer and Referee]; Rich Bryan,
Geashill and Michael Murphy, Rhode. May they Rest in Peace. DIVISION 1 FOOTBALL LEAGUE Following Raheen’s success in winning the Division 2 Football League last year, we begin our campaign in Division 1 of the Football League with our opening fixture against neighbours Gracefield in Gracefield next Sunday morning (06th Feb) at 12 Noon. All support would be appreciated. MEMBERSHIP Members are asked to renew their membership as soon as possible. Subscriptions are Adults €30, Students/ OAP’s €15 & Non Playing Members €20. Payments can be given to Membership Officers Shane Carroll or Padraig Direen. New members are very welcome.
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Counselling men who batter, and steps that all abusers can take to stop abusing Counsellors should be aware that their abusive client distrusts others, and that includes the counsellor, even if the client has voluntarily come for counselling. Counsellors should never allow an abusive client to minimise abuse. Abusers will make every effort to get the counsellor on their side by minimising, denying and blaming the victim. The counsellor must challenge all of these. Many abusers are persuasive, logical, and charming, and portray themselves as individuals who need the understanding of the counsellor, and want the counsellor to take them at face value. This is difficult for the counsellor, who is trying to stand in the shoes of the client; and it is hard to be aware and somewhat suspicious and yet be truly empathic. But, it can be done, because part of counselling is being real in a supportive relationship. Thus forming a good relationship is fundamental, and it allows the counsellor to make strong challenges without frightening the client away. The counsellor must also be aware that batterers often feel that they are victims, and portray themselves in this light. Historically, men who battered were protected by the tradition of privacy and the sanctity of marriage and the family. They would consider being prosecuted as an invasion of their privacy. The more that the counsellor educates them the greater the chance that they will embark on the road to change. Sometimes batterers are addicted to alcohol or drugs and they use this as an excuse for their abuse. Counsellors should be aware that addictions are not the root causes of abuse, and should challenge any excuse put forward by an abusive client. A challenge is a way of getting the client to think, it is a way of helping them to educate themselves. If, however, they are addicts they may return more deeply into drink and drugs if the pain they are experiencing in therapy becomes too unbearable. It is important for alcoholics and drugs addicts to attend an addiction counsellor as well as a general counsellor for the abusive behaviours. I am not an addiction counsellor and I do not counsel addicts until they have been off drink or drugs for about two years, lest the pain they will experience in general counselling drive them back into using substances to dull the pain.
By Jim O’Shea
As a counsellor you can expect the abuser to continue denying his behaviour and blaming his partner. Even if a person voluntarily attends counselling he will continue to minimise his actions, possibly for some months, and will try to control what happens in the counselling sessions. After all, control is the basis of all abuse. Some abusive clients often use anger, which they portray as justifiable anger, accusing their partners of being crazy, and giving many examples of the wrongs they have committed. The counsellor will always have sympathy with his client, and there is a danger that they will allow the exploration to focus on the abuser’s partner. If the abuser manages to shift the blame onto his partner, then the counselling is failing. So keep the focus on the abuser, and educate him on what abuse is and what it does. The abuser may also take to opposite road to anger, and be placating, and suggest couple counselling. In that case the counsellor might assume a judgemental attitude and the victim may find herself having to prove that she has been abused. It’s rather tricky!
(continued in next issue) Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor from Furze, Thurles. Ph.0878211009 www.jimoshea.net. Jim O’Shea’s book ‘When a child dies. Footsteps of a Grieving Family’ is published by Veritas. The royalties from this book will go the the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin