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‘It’s important that we are prepared’ Buttimer: “we must take Ebola seriously” By Maria Tracey maria@thecorknews.ie

Preparations for tackling Ebola must now be stepped up, according to the Cork TD chairing the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. Jerry Buttimer said that while Ireland is low risk, the nation needs to take the threat seriously: “I think it’s important that we are prepared nonetheless, and that there are protocols followed,” he said, adding there are also pathways to care that need to be “followed and implemented”. Deputy Buttimer echoed the opinion of Minister for Health Leo Varadkar at a Joint Oireachtas Committee that as the situation escalates, Ireland most also escalate its response to the Ebola threat. “The issue needs to be taken seriously,

as do concerns of health care workers,” he said. The World Health Organisation has warned there could be 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two months, following an unprecedented spread of the virus across West Africa. This week it emerged that a different strain of the virus has also been detected in The Democratic Republic of Congo. Deputy Buttimer stated that there is a “plan in place”, covering a number of departments including the Department of Defence, Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Health. “We are prepping for a range of scenarios, be it the potential repatriation of an Irish citizen who has contracted the disease abroad, or the treatment of somebody who has presented to a hospital after travelling from an affected region.” The Cork South-Central Fine Gael TD outlined that

there has been a series of meetings held with task forces to ensure the country is prepared. Deputy Buttimer stated that, relating to the issue of repatriation, “each case is dealt with individually”. “In some cases they may not be able to travel; secondly, the best care may be in the country in question; and thirdly maybe if you do bring them back home, there will be a question of bringing infection into the country,” he said. However, Deputy Buttimer added that as, Health Minster Leo Varadkar said, the government “cannot countenance the idea of leaving an Irish citizen uncared for”. “Every consideration will be given to what is the best treatment, whether it’s on the ground of the country or whether it makes more sense to bring them home,” he said. continued on page 2

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Editor’s letter It’s been quite a momentous week, here in Cork, nationally and in the world at large. The budget for 2015, of course, has had people talking since Tuesday and the protestors you can see on our front page have dismissed Michael Noonan’s attempt to soften the charges’ blow as “crumbs from the table” - they’ll be out again in force this weekend and next weekend - and probably most weekends thereafter for the immediate future, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens. Irish Water’s proclamation (via Twitter this week) that landlords may be liable if tenants default is sure to keep things interesting. George Hook also zeroes in on the budget (as do the citizens of Cork - see page 32) this week, but casts his eye further afield than the matter of what we’ll pay for our water and when, decrying what he sees as electioneering by the government while our finances remain precarious. You can read his typically nononsense take on it on page 13. The Ebola virus, and its horrifying spread, has overtaken much of the world’s media by now, especially in the wake of new fears that procedural...well, there’s no other word for it save ‘incompetence’...in the US may have seen over 100 people exposed to a putatively symptomatic healthcare worker. As I write this, America and the world wait with bated breath to see which turn things will take from here, and closer to home our cover story this week concerns the Irish government’s preparations for the - still unlikely - arrival of a victim here. Cork’s Jerry Buttimer, as head of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, is one of the people responsible for measuring the threat and reacting accordingly, and now is probably a good time to emphasise that Ebola is not, as things stand, an immediate threat. You ought to be much more worried about the ‘flu and coughs and colds, so don’t panic. You can protect yourself from the latter quite effectively by making sure you keep your hands as clean as possible and, if you do feel ill, protect others by not socialising or going to work until you’re better. Elsewhere in the pages of this week’s issue I take a peek inside the workings of Shandon Travel for Cork Biz, and Maria Tracey spends some time with Aslan looking back on their past and contemplating their future. We have yet another competition this week too - turn to Beauty to find out more!

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An extension on the numbers getting a €100 social welfare benefit to reduce their water charges has been labelled as “crumbs from the table” by a group organising a rally in Cork next week. Finance Minister Michael Noonan outlined in Budget 2015 that to “alleviate the burden of the new water charges on working families across the country, income tax relief will be available at the standard rate in respect of water charges up to a maximum of

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Budget fails to dampen protests against water charges €500 per household per year. The Water Charges Relief will be worth up to €100 per household per annum when claimed in the following year”. A €100 social welfare payment to alleviate water charges will also be paid to 653,000 households, including including pensioners, people with disabilities and carers. Spokesperson for An Chomhdháil Phobail/The People’s Convention (CPPC) Diarmaid Ó Cadhla said there has been “some bit of leeway” with Budget 2015 especially in regards to social welfare recipients. However, he claimed the govern-

ment is “trying to give people crumbs from the table to entice them to register”. He stated people are “determined to get organised against the water charges”, adding that the decision by protestor Gary Coleman to end his hunger strike outside Cork City Hall was “a good idea”. “You have to admire his motivation,” said Mr Ó Cadhla. “He said he was outraged and took this action. We did immediately go to him and said ‘Gary, this is the wrong course’, and he agreed, between himself and family, to end the hunger strike. “We are happy for him as that

kind of protest is not going to resolve anything. It is, in fact, dangerous to himself,” added Mr Ó Cadhla. The CPPC will host a rally on Saturday, October 25th at Connolly Hall from 2pm, calling for a boycott of Irish Water, while the We Won’t Pay campaign is to protest against water charges tomorrow, Saturday, assembling at 2pm at Winthrop Street. The campaign was initiated by the Anti Austerity Alliance and is openly calling on people to refuse to pay the water charges when the first bills comes through the letter boxes next January.

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Blackpool GP Dr John Sheehan stated that “very clear guidelines” need to be put in place at a national and local level in order to ensure “patients are treated in a prompt and appropriate manner while minimising the risk to other patients and healthcare workers.” The Cork City Councillor stated that GP clinics are “not appropriate environment for suspected cases to attend”

due to the risk of cross infection. “It would be better for patients concerned, re possible Ebola, to phone their GP first,” he said. The HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has outlined that all acute hospitals have been given directed guidance on preparedness. The HPSC also outlined that for health professionals there is wide-ranging guidance in relation to Ebola. It outlined that Ireland has a National Isolation Unit (NIU) located

at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin. The Health Service Executive outlined that more than 20 meetings involving the Department of Health and the HSE have been held this year, with other meetings taking place across government departments and co-ordination between hospitals around the country. The issue of inward screening at airports for the Ebola virus has been discussed at the Health Security Committee, however the consensus

view is that such screening is not an effective measure in attempting to control the spread of Ebola. The HSE said in a statement it is “important to note there are no direct flights into Ireland from the African countries affected by Ebola”. The virus has only spread from person to person a handful of times outside Africa, in Spain and the USA. In each case, medical workers were infected while treating victims who had been exposed to the virus in West Africa.

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Jazz fest will be ‘busiest in years’ By Nick Bramhill Cork’s resurgent tourism sector is set to end the season on a high note, after the organisers of the Guinness Jazz Festival predicted their busiest weekend in years. Hoteliers, publicans and restaurant owners are anticipating a €20 million windfall at this year’s festival, with up to 40,000 revellers expected to flock to the city over the October Bank Holiday weekend. Some city centre hotels have already enjoyed their best year since the boom, with strong room sales mirroring those pre-2008. But upbeat hotel chiefs said the best is yet to come, with rooms across the city selling more quickly than in recent years and on course to sell out for the ever-popular jazz weekend. Roger Russell, general manager of the upmarket Metropole hotel on MacCurtain Street, said: “We expect the festival to be even busier this year and people have started booking earlier, which is a very positive sign.

“Ticket sales are strong and our rooms are fully booked on Saturday, with just a couple left on the Friday and Sunday nights of the festival.” Raymond Kelleher, sales and marketing manager at the four-star Clarion Hotel, said a bumper festival would round off what has been the best season since the boom at his central 198-room establishment. He said: “Overall business has been superb this year. We have seen some great sales increases, not seen around the hotel since 2007. There is a definite pick-up in business overall for the city. “Room sales for the jazz festival are good and our plan would be to more less fill on the Friday night of the festival and have 100% occupancy on the Saturday and Sunday night of the long weekend.” This year’s line-up will feature almost 1,000 musicians from 19 different countries, with headline performances from the likes of Ginger Baker, Dianne Reeves and Imelda May. But the bulk of the entertainment will be free, as the popular Guinness Music rail stretches across 50 pubs and clubs in the city centre.

And it’s not just the city which will benefit, as suburbs and other towns are laying on jazz-themed entertainment too. Kinsale’s fringe jazz weekend, which runs simultaneously with Cork’s, is also attracting its biggest line-up of performers to date. Ciaran Fitzgerald, who runs the Blue Haven hotel in the centre of the seaside town, said: “It’s been a great year here for tourism with the good weather really helping and the jazz weekend looks like being the best ever. “Rooms across the town look like they’re going to sell out and it’s become a great weekend. There’s a more relaxed atmosphere in Kinsale and visitors can walk from pub to pub and, unlike Cork, there’s no queuing outside venues.” Anthony Collins, who owns The White Lady hotel in the town, added: “We’re already sold out for the jazz weekend and it looks like being the busiest festival in years.” The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival runs from October 23-27. For more information, see www.guinnessjazzfestival. com.

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Cork councils to examine speed limits in estates By Maria Tracey maria@thecorknews.ie

A Ballincollig mother-of-two campaigning for ramps in her estate has said that while any reduction in speed limits in residential areas is “welcomed”, it should be lower than 30km/h. Oak Avenue resident Linda Atkinson added that speed ramps should be compulsory in all new housing developments, along with existing estates. “Proper signage is needed as well,” she said. Ms Atkinson, who has already raised the need for speed ramps to Cork County Council for those living in and around Oak Avenue and The Cedars in Classes Lake due to the excessive speeds some cars travel along the road adjacent to a large green area there, made the comments after Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe issued a circular to local authorities requiring an examination of speed limits in residential areas and housing estates to improve road safety. It comes following a number of meetings with the family

of six-year-old Jake Brennan who died in June after being struck by a car outside his home in Kilkenny. His family has since been campaigning for enhanced road safety measures in housing estates. The circular sets out the results of a recent survey carried out by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the aim of which was to determine the use of traffic calming measures, such as speed ramps, and reduced speed limits of 30km/h in residential areas. The study found just 14% of estates have ramps, and a mere 1.5% estates have 30 km/h speed limits. The average cost per speed ramp, according to the report, is €3,200. The circular also reiterates existing policy in the area and requires local authorities to undertake a review of the current situation to determine whether or not appropriate speed limits are in place. In attempting to deal with excessive speeding in residential areas, a process for local authorities is being proposed, which includes consultation with local residents to determine if they believe speed limits are too high in their

“I think it’s extremely sad it has taken a child’s life to be lost for the the government and local authorities to take notice.”

area; bye-laws for the new 30 km/h limits for the selected estates and zones to be adopt-

ed where needed; the use of a combination 30km/h speed limit sign in conjunction with

a yellow warning sign showing ‘children at play’ at the entry to a housing estate; and

that other traffic calming measures, including the use of ramps, must be considered. Local authorities are requested to draw up a timeline for completion of the process by Friday, November 7th. Minister Donohoe said: “The most important objective is to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists, and especially children, and the Department sees the increased use of a 30km/h speed limit in residential areas as a measure that will help to achieve that objective.” Ms Atkinson said that what Jake’s mother, Roseann Brennan, has achieved “during this horrific time for her and her family” is “fantastic”. “I think it’s extremely sad it has taken a child’s life to be lost for the the government and local authorities to take notice of the danger our children are in while playing outside their own front door due to people’s thoughtlessness whilst driving at high speed in any estate in Ireland,” she said. Ms Atkinson added that it’s a “priority” funding should be made “available immediately” for any speed reduction measures and “not years down the road”.

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Launch of creepy Cork comic By Maria Tracey maria@thecorknews.ie

A horror comic set entirely in Cork is to be launched in time for Halloween. Local artists and writers have come together for the all-ages anthology, The Cork Horror Comic, put together exclusively for this year’s Dragon of Shandon Festival. The five stories in the book are a spooky trip through Cork, both past and present, where readers will meet demons, spirits of the air, haunted buildings, a medieval plague doctor, and the cab driver from hell. The comic will have a limited print run and will only be available to buy at the festival from Thursday, October 30th. The stories include The Plague Doctor by Emma O’Mahony and Chris O’Halloran, where readers will learn about a ghost from Cork’s past, when the black death was a terror to all in the city; The Devil’s Chair by Dylan Fitzgerald

and Damien Duncan, about an unsuspecting furniture maker who gets a mysterious visitor and a challenge he can’t refuse; The War of the Birds by Liam Hughes and Charlie Aabo, the story of the War of the Starlings that took place across the skies of Cork in 1622, when for three days and nights feathers rained on the city as tens of thousands of birds waged war above the heads of the citizens of the city; and Shandon Tower by Sean Creagh and Joe Griffin, set in modern-day Cork city and featuring two wouldbe thieves who make a mistake they come to regret when they tackle Shandon in the dead of the night. Finally, in Cab Ride by Mark Lenihan and Podge Daly, two friends on a journey to a Halloween party get taken on a trip through a hilarious and twisted version of Cork. The Cork Horror Comic an-

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Local adventurer plans epic whitewater excursion A Bishopstown man is to take part in a whitewater exploration trip from South Africa to China, discovering unexplored regions of the world with a kayak, to raise awareness of water safety. The excursion, Expedition Inception (EI), will see Colin Wong join three other professional whitewater kayakers, Australian Shannon Mast and New Zealanders Jarrod Mulligan and Dylan Thomson, on the adventure, which will be documented through videos and blogs on expeditioninception. com. The group, which has over 40 years experience in some of the most dangerous rivers in the world between them, will start the journey next month. The first stage of the expedition is through the continent of Africa, and is expected to take up to eight months. The plan is to follow the kayaking seasons through as many countries as possible on the way to the finishing point in the Tibetan province of China, working with communities along the way to help teach water safety as well as sending a message around the globe about the importance of water quality.

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Hook uncorked The government giveth and the government taketh away... George Hook breaks down the budget and concludes that all is not as it seems. george@thecorknews.ie

urvival in politics is a bit like plotting a way through a night at a casino. Politicians gamble all the time. They study the odds, count the risks and roll the dice in the hope that their calculations come up trumps. Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, but with every gamble there is risk and reward. Get it right and the rewards come in. Punt the wrong way though, and the house takes all; and you might just lose your seat too. Watching the Minister for Finance deliver his budget speech in the Dáil on Wednesday afternoon, I couldn’t help but feel that the Irish government was taking a gamble without knowing too much about the form. The give-aways rolled off Michael Noonan’s tongue like chips on a roulette table. Decreases in tax rates here, cuts in levies there...the only ones to feel the wrath of his words were the last of the Irish smokers’ club who buy legally. However, there is a fundamental flaw in the Minister’s rebate strategy and I’m not sure we can take his generosity at face value. Surprising an expectant child with a small bag of sweets on Christmas morning is a bit of a damp squib. Similarly, handing someone twenty quid when they’ve just won a thousand euro in the lotto is an exercise in futility. It’s generally accepted that charity and generosity are best served to the needy, and the most effective time to give people a leg up is when they’re on their knees. So, when Michael Noonan announced a few well-crafted presents for the Irish people on budget day, it didn’t come as any major surprise. After all, the next general election isn’t far away now and the government seems determined to leave the electorate

“There is a fundamental flaw in the Minister’s rebate strategy and I’m not sure we can take his generosity at face value.”

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with the best possible image of them come voting day. This was one of its last rolls of the dice to ease the burden on the public’s purse strings. But, as most of us know, charity is only effective if the person handing it out is in a position to cover the cost. Next year Ireland will borrow over another €5bn just to sustain the price of run-

ning the country for twelve months. Does it make sense to hand out money with one hand while borrowing with the other? In broad economic terms, Ireland is only beginning to recover from the worst financial crisis in the history of the State. Certainly, there are signs that the worst is behind us, but there remain vastly

differing views on how the economy is performing here right now. The government insists job creation is expanding to meet demand, but what of the tens of thousands of young people who had to pack their bags and leave the country over the last six years? Can they say with any degree of confidence that a return home is

now looking like a realistic prospect? Is there tangible job growth in Ireland or is the demand for jobs diminishing with the population count? Some of the hand-outs lauded by the government in Budget 2015 have little or no material effect in Irish people’s pockets. Households have yet to feel the cold gush of pain that will eventually

come with new water charges, so any increase in take home pay or child benefit will be more or less offset by the new water bills. Similarly, it’s hard to believe that the decision to maintain the 9% tourism VAT rate will actually transfer to noticeable savings for the consumer. The hotel, bar and restaurant industry is still struggling to entice Irish customers into spending their hard earned cash; expecting them to drop their prices now is unrealistic and naive at best. Meanwhile accommodation renters are paying through the nose in a diminishing market, as rental prices increase to service higher demand. The government does not believe that Ireland is walking into another property bubble, but it is difficult to look at the queues for unfinished houses and the rapidly growing demand for land and not come to the conclusion that it’s all getting out of hand again. Minister Noonan has indicated that this will be the first of three give-away budgets over the next three years. Enda Kenny also added that he expects to be able to cut taxes further in next year’s budget. The government is clearly banking on the Irish public taking the goodwill from Wednesday’s announcements and the promise of more generous budgets to come, and reflecting their gratitude in the ballot box next year. But with Ireland beginning to show small, tentative signs of recovery from the brink of economic disaster, should the government even be considering handing back money it doesn’t have in the first place? Is the government acting in the best interests of the Irish economy or is it serving its own political agenda ahead of the next general election? By the time we find out the answer, let’s hope they backed the right options.

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Fundraiser for local artist fighting debilitating condition By Maria Tracey maria@thecorknews.ie

A series of fundraisers is underway for a local artist suffering from a rare and debilitating disorder that, if untreated, will mean she’ll be left unable to walk. Nan McSweeney-Bailey, a Camden Palace Hotel resident artist and board member is fighting Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue condition that affects one in 5,000. The symptoms include kinking of the vertebral arteries and twisting of the brainstem, spinal cord, the soft tissues and lower cranial nerves. Nan also experiences relentless muscle spasms in her pelvis, neck and back muscles, creating instability and pulling vertebrae out of line. EDS also causes early osteoporosis, severe nose bleeds and migraines, and gastric sensitivi-

ty and food intolerances. Nan underwent a complete hysterectomy in November 2012 and has been living in a neck brace since the first week of February. As an artist and pianist, the declining use of her hands has been devastating, and now the prospect of losing her ability to walk is more that she can bear. Speaking from Washington DC, where she is currently undergoing treatment, Nan told The Cork News that she was diagnosed last year: “There were many wrong treatments and diagnoses before that,” she said. “I’ve had this my whole life though. The problems got much worse in 1997, then worse again four years ago.” She outlined that EDS affects “every aspect” of her life: “Even more so now as my problems have exponentially increased,” she said. “I live with chronic pain and multiple illnesses. For most of my life these were dis-

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missed by doctors and even my family. Care gets very expensive. I’m losing strength in my arms and legs which scares me. My digestive system doesn’t function normally, I have vision, hear-

ing, temperature control, blood pressure, and dental problems.” Nan now needs to raise $60,000 (€47,960) for neurosurgery which, although is not a cure, will improve her

condition “significantly”. She has already undergone surgery to fuse the c1 and c2 vertebrae, and next week, the surgeon will remove bone to cut into her spinal cord. She will also undergo ante-

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Shoebox appeal Cork schools are being urged to get wrapping as the Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal kicks off. Over 200,000 shoeboxes full of goodies are expected to be delivered to needy children from Africa and Eastern Europe this year. School children, communities and businesses across Cork are being asked to wrap

a shoebox with Christmas paper, fill it with gifts for a child such as pens, pencils, colouring books, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, a small item of clothing and a treat, attach €4 and bring it to any of the drop off points across the county before Monday, November 10th. Drop-off points can be found at teamhope.ie.

A Watergrasshill teenager who's dedicated her time to helping a schoolmate with cerebral palsy has called on other students who volunteer to enter a prestigious awards programme. Dayna Ní Shíocháin, a sixthyear student at Gaelcholáiste Mhuire, North Monastery, has been named Pramerica Youth Volunteer of the year, and is now encouraging other young people to apply for the 2015 Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards Programme. Attending an event with Minister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan and Northern Ireland’s Education Minister John O’Dowd, Dayna said being part of the programme is a "chance to not only be recognised for the great work that you do helping others, but also to be part of an amazing journey that you will remember for the rest of your life".

Cork Lower Harbour MAIN DRAINAGE PROJECT Public Information Meeting SCOIL BARRA NAOFA, MONKSTOWN THURSDAY, 23RD OCTOBER 2014 Irish Water, working with Cork County Council, is completing the Cork Lower Harbour Main Drainage Project. The project, which involves approximately 15 pumping stations, 40 km of sewers and a new treatment plant, will cease the current raw sewage discharge from Cobh, Passage West, Glenbrook, Monkstown, Ringaskiddy, Shanbally, Carrigaline and Crosshaven. Members of the public are invited to attend between 6.00pm and 8.00pm. Members of the project team are available to discuss proposals. Further information is available at www.corklh.com Obair i gcomhpháirtíocht Working in partnership

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Council’s China trip looks to strengthen ties Cork’s Lord Mayor, Councillor Mary Shields, is currently in China on a visit to promote Leeside overseas and to develop investment opportunities for Cork SMEs. Cllr Shields, along with CEO of Cork Chamber Conor Healy, the senior executive officer for economic development, Cork City Council Paul Moynihan and the senior engineer with Cork City Council Seamus Coghlan are undertaking the trip to develop ties with China, an initiative ongoing with the Council since 2002. “I will visit three cities - Hangzhou, Shanghai and Wuxi - working with Cork Chamber to promote Cork in China and to develop investment opportunities for Cork SMEs,” said Cllr Shields. The Lord Mayor will meet chair of the Shanghai Women’s Federation, Xu Feng, on Monday, October 20th and the del-

egation will also hold meetings while n China with the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce and China’s Bright Food Group. On Tuesday, October 21st, Cllr Shields will speak at the seventh Wuxi International Sister Cities Forum on Tourism and Co-operation, and she will also provide a keynote address on Cork and Tourism - Ireland in general is fast becoming one of the most popular destination for newly-affluent Chinese tourists. The delegation will have further meetings with Smart Wuxi on the Cork Smart Gateway Project, the Wuxi Chamber of Commerce and local companies. Cllr Shields will also visit a local school, Big Bridge Academy, with a view to linking it to a Cork school. Cllr Mary Shields. Picture by Tony O’Connell Photography.

Savills shows talent for charity Cork-based property consultants Savills will host a talent show next month in aid of the Oncology Ward at Cork University Hospital. Entitled Cork’s Got Talent, the event will take place at the Kingsley Hotel on Thursday, November 8th from 7pm, and is part of a Savills companywide initiative with events also being held in Dublin and Belfast. It’s hoped to raise €50,000 for cancer charities. Director at Savills Catherine

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‘He can’t live with my power’ Cork boxer vows to knock out Dublin rival Cork boxer Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan has throw down the gauntlet and vowed to knockout the ‘Pride of Dublin’ live on Sky Sports next month. The long anticipated grudge match between the middleweights, O’Sullivan and Anthony Fitzgerald, will take place at the 3 Arena in Dublin on Saturday, November 15th. O’Sullivan fights live on Sky Sports on the Return Of The Mack card that had been scheduled for August. The main match will see Matthew Macklin face Jorge Sebastian Heiland for the WBC International Middleweight title in an official world title eliminator. “Fitzy’s wanted to fight me for years and we’ve both tried to make it happen at different times, but the timing is right for both of us now,” said O’Sullivan. “He’s done a good job of running his mouth and giving everybody

a good laugh at the press conferences, but he knows what’s coming. He knows that he can’t trouble me and he knows that he can’t live with my power.” Spike laid down the challenge that next month he is “going to do what Andy Lee, Eamon O’Kane and Hassan N’Dam couldn’t do and knock him out”. The match is a Matchroom Boxing promotion, with room for 14,000 in the 3 Arena. “The atmosphere on the night is going to be unreal and I can’t wait. Irish boxing fans deserve big nights like this and fair play to Eddie Hearn and Matchroom for bringing Sky Sports here and making it happen.” O’Sullivan stated that British boxing promoter, Hearn has “seen the passion of Irish fight fans for himself ”, and will want to bring “Matchroom and Sky Sports back here again”. “There’s no rea-

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Daytripper Nightmare Realm co-owner Ken Tobin (37) splits his time between Cork and Tralee. He lives with his wife, Emer, and their four kids, Caoimhe (14), Oisin (11), Odhran (9), and Donnacha (3). “It’s either the alarm that wakes me or someone ringing me. For October, I’m ‘on’ almost 24/7 and could be up at the crack of dawn answering tweets or phone calls. The Realm is my first thought and the second is the kids and my wife, Emer. She often says that she’s a single mother for October! Nine times out of 10 I don’t have breakfast, just a coffee. I could lie and say I’ve less than six cups a day but I really do indulge in caffeine. To have five or six coffees, a Red Bull and a Monster is not unusual. With the ‘Nightmare Realm’ diet, you’d lose a stone or two during the month. I do draw the line that the coffee has to be a good, like Illy. The Sextant does an amazing one, and I love Café Italee as well. It has to be strong, black with no sugar and the test for me is being able to balance my spoon on it. If I can do that, it’s thick and strong enough. At the moment, we’re renting an apartment in Montenotte and before noon it’s down to the Realm on Albert Quay for a walk-through. There’re always things to take care of along with staffing issues and running for materials like make-up. It all started back in 2008 when Karl (O’Connor) and myself had an idea of trying a haunted house for kids. It perhaps was a little too extreme for them, so we said we’d try the adult market instead. We couldn’t hold back, as both of us are horror buffs. Karl is into suspense and I’m more into the gory side of things like The Walking Dead and American Horror Story. Hence how The Nightmare Realm came about. People like being scared the same way as they like jumping out airplanes with parachutes. It’s that thrill. One couple that sticks out in my mind is this guy who literally carried his girlfriend

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through the entire thing. She was clung to him, head into his shoulder. It’s about half an hour long to go through, up-and-down stairs, and he carried her the entire way. He was probably one of the bravest guys that we ever met as most tend to run away on their girlfriends. We’ve probably caused more divorces and split-ups than anywhere else in the country. We’re the opposite to couple therapy! It’s the clowns that really scare people. Whatever it is about them - with or without chainsaws - they’re scary. People have very extreme reactions to clowns and It definitely plays into it a lot. In our first year, as we were

on such a tight budget, Karl and myself took turns acting every night. There was one of us on the door and the other upstairs, scaring. I was a psychotic doctor! You get a buzz out of it, and it’s possibly the most hilarious job you’ll ever do. It’s also tough, there’s no denying it. The actors coming in are completely different people once they put on the make-up or masks. It transforms them, and that ‘evil’ side lurking in everyone is allowed to come out. We’ve a roll-call 20 minutes before opening with everyone in costumes. We put on some fairly intense music, like AC/ DC’s Thunderstruck, and it gets everyone psyched up.

The closest thing to compare it to is the D’Unbelievables’ sketch of the underage GAA match ‘pep talk’! Everyone is excited and we know then, when the customers come in, the lads are ready. We ask them to leave everything on the floor, every ounce of energy. That means each customer gets the same experience. We’ve two defibrillators in the office, just in case. But we haven’t needed to use them this year. I keep saying ‘this year’ as automatically people think you used them last year…but we haven’t! Doors close at 11pm and then it’s about de-briefing staff, and making sure everything is shut down. We’re

the last to leave. There’s one room that gets me, a classroom that we built. I don’t know what was there beforehand or is it something we’ve done but it’s the only room I don’t like going into at night. There have been some serious horrors in the building before we came in. It was the old planning office! A lot of wrongs happened in that building! Generally on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, eating is not an option. Lunch could be a chicken roll from a petrol station in Lissarda or, if I’m in Cork, we cook something if we can. After locking up, we might head to the chipper, which is completely

the wrong time to be eating. We’ve the worst diets in the world. It’s a breast in a bun from Hillbilly’s while other times, we’ll order pizza. The odd time we’ll go to The Sextant for a pint, just to wind down. It’s usually 3am by the time I head to sleep. After getting home, it takes 30 minutes to come down after the place as you’re going 100 miles an hour. Sometimes, I just turn on the TV; it doesn’t matter what’s on. My favourite time of the day, depending on the time of the year, varies. During Realm time, it’s just before the doors open, as there’s so many possibilities, and the rest of the year, it’s getting home. I’m one of those typical dads; a taxi service. I try and get involved in whatever the kids are doing, whether that’s football or rugby. They’re my greatest achievement, Caoimhe, Oisín, Odhran and our little surprise, Donnacha. I don’t have a word of Irish, although Emer’s pretty decent. ‘Conas atá tú?’ might be as good as it gets! I’m an avid Liverpool supporter, for my sins, and try and get to a game once a year and bring the kids over. As Emer is a Bantry woman - I say I rescued her, but I think she rescued me - we head to west Cork as often as we can. She’s a family house between Bantry and Glengarriff as her brother, who lives there, has emigrated. It’s our time to relax, as the mobile phone coverage is rubbish, and there’s no internet. If I had any advice for my 16-year-old self I’d say ‘take chances’. I spent 12 years in a boring but well-paid job as a quantity surveyor. I should have stopped that sooner. Don’t do a job just because it’s well paid, do a job because you enjoy it. But you can’t regret any decisions, as you have to learn from past mistakes.”

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Cork schools to head to own ‘Oscars’ Three Cork schools have been nominated for short film awards at the 10th FÍS Film Festival. Students from Ahiohill National School, Enniskeane; Barryroe National School, Lislevane, Bandon; and Carrigaline Educate Together National School are among 24 schools whose film projects were chosen from over 100 entries. Entries are judged on imagination and creativity, the originality of the story, excellence in set design, costume design, film direction and production as well as the use of sound, acting and cinematography. Twenty-five awards will be handed out at a prestigious event in The Helix on Tuesday, November 4th, hosted by RTÉ’s Sinead Kennedy and Eoghan McDermott. Ahiohill National School has been nominated for their film Pre Celtic Desertserges, Barryroe National School for their film Souterrain Time Travel and Carrigaline Educate Together for Power Out. This

Open day for SHARE centre year, due to the high calibre of entries, 13 schools will also receive a highly commended award including St Peter’s National School, Dun-

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Local programme promotes quality of life for older persons Sporting greats to graduate at UCC Billy Woods, former Cork City footballer and current first team coach with Cork City, is being conferred with a BEd Sports Studies and Physical Education on Wednesday, October 22nd while Brian Kelly, who played in goal on Kerry’s All Ireland-winning football team this year and who also won the Sigerson Cup with the UCC team, will be conferred with a MEngSc on Tuesday, October 28th. The following day, it’ll be the turn of twins Katrina and Pamela Mackey, members of the All Ireland winning Cork Camogie team and All Star winners, who will both graduate with a BSc Chemistry with Forensic Science.

On Friday, October 31st, Seamus Harnedy and James Barry will each be conferred with a MBS, Information Systems for Business Performance. Seamus is the winner of two Fitzgibbon Cups and is now on the Cork senior hurling team, having played a leading role in last year’s All-Ireland finals while James is captain of UCC’s Fitzgibbon Cup team, the winner of two Fitzgibbon Cups and played full-back on the Tipperary team in this year’s All Ireland Hurling Final. Almost 3,000 students in total will graduate from UCC in the coming weeks as the annual autumn conferring ceremonies kick off.

Meaningful activities help older people to feel like they have more control in their lives. That was the message from Age & Opportunity at the Creative Exchanges Graduation Day in the Crawford Art Gallery on Thursday. Minister for Primary Care, Social Care and Mental Health Kathleen Lynch presented 15 graduates with their certificates, with Creative Exchanges specifically for people working as activities co-ordinators in day care or in residential care for older people. The programme helps them to develop the skills and confidence they need to use more artistic and creative activities in their work. Age & Opportunity’s CEO Karen Smyth stated the role of activities co-ordinators are “central” to the lives of people in care: “At Age & Opportunity, we believe that older people need to stay in control of their own lives,” she said. “When people go into care settings, they often

lose their confidence. They often feel that they have no choice, that they are losing control of their lives. Unless we do everything we can to help them regain

that control, it may be lost to them forever. People will just give up unless we can find ways, through creative activities, to reawaken that in them.”

Graduate Jo Calnan added there is “often an idea that ‘nothing can be done’ to help people with dementia, or that they are a ‘problem’”. “This feeds into the stigma around dementia which, of course, prevents people from acknowledging their symptoms and getting the help they need,” she said. “The Creative Exchanges programme focuses on maintaining quality of life for older persons, regardless of what ‘condition’ or ‘label’ they have. “For someone with dementia, this is about being with the person in the moment. It is about helping the person to retain their ‘personhood’ and being with them in their subjective reality. If, through creative activity, you can open yourself and the person up to that, the effects on them, and on their family, can be enormous.” The next Creative Exchanges courses are due to take place in Cork, Dublin and Sligo in early 2015.

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Cork woodcarver competes on world stage A Cobh sculptor who is to create a bronze life-size statue of Sonia O’Sullivan is competing in a worldwide competition highlighting the very best of the artform. James McLoughlin is currently in Dongyang, China, for an international woodcarving and sculpture competition organised by the World Crafts Council, China Arts and Craft Association and the International Wood Culture Society. The local artist is competing in Carving the Future: Inheriting Traditional Craftsmanship, which is taking place in the Institute of Architecture in the city of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province. Twenty international and 20 Chinese artists are working for eight hours each day over the eight days on a single piece of wood each that measures 150 x 60 x 40 cm. The completed works will be judged by five judges from different countries in advance of the WCC Golden Jubilee Celebration Summit, from Saturday, October 18th to Wednesday, October 22nd. In 2001, James was awarded

the Grinling Gibbons Scholarship to attend the City and Guilds of London Art School where he specialised in historical wood carving and was awarded the William Wheeler Wood Carving Award for outstanding work. His most unusual commission has been a falcon sculpture on the grounds of Kildangan Stud in Kildare. The falcon was carved in-situ in a field over a period of 80 days from a stump of a giant sycamore tree that was struck down during a storm earlier this year. His latest commission is to capture and communicate the indomitable spirit of legendary athlete and fellow Cobh native Sonia O’Sullivan, in a life-size bronze sculpture. “This is a

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Additional buses for Ballincollig commuters Additional bus services are to serve Ballincollig on weekday mornings in a bid to boost capacity during peak travel times. From Monday, October 20th, Bus Éireann will add four new services on Route 220 and 233 from EMC in Ballincollig to the city centre via Carrigrohane Road. These services will operate Monday to Friday and will depart Ballincollig West at 7.45am, 8.15am, 8.45am and 9.15am. It’s hoped the additional services will help

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Local schools sought for musical showcase Cork schools are being urged to take part in the fourth Waltons Music for Schools Competition, with the Rebel county showing star quality in previous years. Last year, Coláiste an Chraoibhín, Fermoy and Lisheen National School, Skibbereen were finalists while in 2013, Kilbrittain National School won first prize in the Primary Schools category. “I thought excitement levels upon qualifying for the final could not be topped, but the entire experience was incredible,” said Niamh McCarthy of Lisheen National School. “It was such a privilege to be a part of the Finalists Concert.” The national competition celebrates music in Irish schools, with music groups from 12 schools - six primary and six post-primary - being selected to go to the National Concert Hall for a Gala fi-

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“It was an absolute fairytale ending.” Republic of Ireland footballer John O’Shea marks his 100th cap with an injury-time equaliser to stun World Cup winners Germany in the Euro 2016 qualifier.

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“A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she’s not only a mother, she’s not only a sister, she’s not only a wife…she has equal rights.” The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai, accepting her prestigious accolade.

“Irish people will not thank anybody who forgets and repeats the mistakes of the past.” Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin says “challenges” remain for the country in his Budget 2015 speech.

“Novels are life, or they are nothing.” Richard Flanagan, winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction with The Narrow Road to the Deep North, speaks about the novel.

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Up, up and away 17 October 2014

Shandon Travel is forty years old, and has brought generations of Corkonians around the world since the 1970s. Lorcan MacMuiris talks to Michael Doorley about wanderlust, broadening the mind and new frontiers.

hey say the world is getting smaller all the time. The internet, and before it television and telephones and even telegraphs, cinema and photography, have made the planet seem tiny in a staggeringly short space of time. The airplane, of course, is the archetypal worldshrinking device, making possible in hours journeys which could once have taken months. But sometimes it’s only by climbing aboard one and letting it jet you to distant points on the globe - or even relatively nearby ones - that we still get a sense of just how big the world still is. More than forty years ago, when Michael Doorley first experienced the thrill of being squashed back into a plush airline seat as the jets blasted towards takeoff, the

world seemed even bigger still. A week before, he’d been asked a question; “We have a charter flight going to Mallorca next week and we don’t have enough beds. What would you do?”. “I’d hop on a plane and go get some,” was his reply. He’d been working as an accountant for a travel agency in Dublin. Things changed. “It was absolutely exciting,” he recalls. “I was fascinated looking out of the airplane. Take off, landing, the whole lot. I went to Palma and met a local representative, looked at apartments, signed contracts, then I came back. Job done. It sounds simple but at the time it was quite intimidating. A good baptism of fire. Travel got into my blood.” Figuratively, and in some ways literally, Michael hasn’t looked back since. He’s a travel fanatic, listing off

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countries the way some people list off city streets, extolling the benefits of each. The US and Vietnam (“lovely, lovely people”) are particular favourites, if you were wondering. “I’m working at my hobby” he tells me when the talk swings back to business. “How much better can it be?” Not long after, Michael started his own business in Cork. It was 1974, and Irish people were just starting to get used to the idea of exploring the world and actually coming home again afterwards, as opposed to spending the rest of their lives sending pictures of their families back from their new homes in the US, Canada or Australia. Today, Shandon Travel has three branches in Cork and one each under the West Cork Travel brand in Clonakilty and Bantry and employs 33 people. “When I opened it was riding on the crest of a wave,” he says. “The package market was new to Ireland, and it was growing and mushrooming. It was the biggest type of travel taking place at the time. Customers weren’t as familiar with travel or informed about it. Now, they do a lot of research on the internet or have travelled so much already that they’re very familiar with it.” I’m fascinated by what it is that travel agents actually do, and there’s a lot more to it than you might think. Most of the staff are all seasoned travellers too, and Michael and they regularly hold

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“I’m working at my hobby. How much better can it be?” meetings at which new ideas for holidays are thought up and discussed (Michael reveals, a touch ruefully, that his ideas don’t always make it to the shortlist), and they draw from what he calls their “combination of experiences” to figure out how to keep moving - again, both literally and figuratively. Every holiday people take, whether work related or not, is under the microscope. Part of a travel agency’s job is to vet destinations, which requires of course that at least one person from the office has to go and see them in person. “I’ll travel at the drop of a hat!” chuckles Michael. “I’ll go anywhere, but I tend to take more longhaul trips rather than the short ones. It’s a two-way street with the staff. Someone comes down and planks an idea on the table, and if it’s good we see how do we go about it and who takes responsibility for it.” The desire to keep exploring carries over into the

slightly (to me, at any rate) more mundane aspects of the job once the tan has faded or the skis have gone back in storage. “After some time with the package tours I looked at various different aspects of it and I said ‘we’re selling all these holidays and air tickets...there must be something else we can do’. So 19 years ago I set up the French Holiday Centre, which sells family holidays into mobile home parks in France, and now sell that to UK holidaymakers who do it with us over the internet. That all fitted into place nicely. Then I looked at it again and said ‘there must be something else I can do’. I realised there was only one student travel agency, USIT, and they were the only ones offering J1 visas to the States. I said ‘that can’t be right’ and we broke that monopoly with Sayit and we’ve been going strong ever since. I’m still looking for new fresh ideas. Still, today, I’m thinking ‘there must be something else we can do’. It’s an ongoing process.” That continuing process of evolution has led to a roaring trade in cruise bookings - “they’re not just for the fuddy duddy brigade anymore” - speciality tours for older people, student travel, customised holidays built to clients’ specifications and a lot more. Rather than battling pointlessly against the internet when it arrived and played holy hell with his industry, Michael and his team - eventually - bestrode

the colossus, turning it to their advantage and now doing a handy line in being such experts that, for business clients especially, they save huge amounts of time by deftly flying through the convoluted steps to getting where you want to be, when you want to be there which can drive even the most level headed self-bookers towards frustration. “The introduction of the internet had a big effect,” he concedes. “We didn’t understand it. Now we’ve grasped it over the last six years. We said ‘ok, people will make direct bookings with Aer Lingus and Ryanair and that doesn’t affect us because we don’t make any money out of that anyway’, so we turned it around and used it as a means of marketing and getting ourselves out there nationwide. Most of our work now is email and phone, whereas traditionally it was with footfall. Now people are so familiar and comfortable with doing everything over the phone, everything tends to get done that way. Except for Wilton, actually, which is still quite busy with footfall. It’s all about where you are.” After forty years Shandon Travel is still going places and still mindful of where it is. What about where it’s headed? “We’re seeing growth in export” Michael concludes, “and there’s travel associated with that. Even service companies are travling nowadays. There’s small growth there, but it is is growth.”

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Wines of the week Wine buyer Gary O'Donovan on the week's best bottles

A stunning bouillabaisse Chef Brendan Cashman of Huguenot presents his delicious bouillabaisse...

To cook mussels 1. Heat a large pot. 2. Add the mussels, and a splash of white wine. 3. Cover and frequently agitate: the mussels are cooked when open, those that remain closed are not usable and should be discarded. 4. Remove the cooked mussels. 5. When cool remove the meat from the shell of half the mussels and set aside with the mussels in the shell. 6. The cooking liquor that remains in the pot is the mussel stock, it will however have some impurities in it such as grit and sand, to remove this, strain the liquor through a muslin cloth or j-cloth and set aside.

Serves 6-8 Ingredients • Olive oil 3 fl oz • Butter 175g • 2 medium onions finely diced • 2 leeks (white parts only) - reserve the green ends to make bouquet garni • 4 sticks of celery, peeled & diced • 4 medium carrots, peeled and diced • 10 cloves of garlic, finely chopped • Mussel stock, (derived from 48 mussels, or approx 1 1/2 pounds) • Chicken stock 150ml • Saffron strands • White wine 200 ml • Double cream 100ml • Bouquet garni • Roux • J-cloth or muslin cloth • Butcher’s string • Sea salt • Cracked white peppercorns • 5lb Mixed fish: monkfish tail, salmon, sea bass, etc.

Method Prepare all the vegetables, by dicing all the same size, and prepare the bouquet garni (Tie fresh thyme, parsley & bay leaf together in the greener outer leaves of the leek). In a large pot, heat the olive oil and add the butter. Add the diced onion and garlic firstly, cook on a low heat until they are almost dissolved, but not coloured. Season. Add the bouquet garni, carrot and leek, cook at the same temperature for approx 12 mins, or until they have softened slightly. Season. While the vegetables etc. are slowly cooking down, prepare the mussels for cooking, by de-bearding and washing thoroughly. Prepare all other chosen fish/seafood and set aside. Prepare the roux: Use equal quantities of plain flour and butter. Melt down the butter then add the flour, cook on a medium heat until they have amalgamated, continue to cook out for several mins. Deglaze the pot of cooked vegetables with a glass of

white wine and cook for a further seven minutes, to let the alcohol to cook off, retaining the flavour whilst removing the raw alcohol taste. Add the bouquet garni. In a small pot add the saffron strands and barley cover in water, heat gently. Alternatively, barely cover the saffron with hot water in a cup. Add it to the vegetables. Bring to the boil. Warm the roux if it has gone cold and solid; a microwave is suitable. While the liquid is boiling add the roux a little at a time, constantly whisking. Once the liquid has thickened, reduce the heat to low Taste and season. At this stage begin to bring it together by adding the chicken stock & cream. Check seasoning. Add the chosen fish/seafood and cook gently for 20-25 mins, remember: the larger the cut of fish the longer it requires to cook. Serve with rouille and some French bread croutons.

There’s a poignant connection between Botany Bay and Ireland, as in 1786 the English sought to establish a penal colony there and convict ships set sail from Ireland filled with people, some of whom had been handed harsh sentences for an ‘agrarian offence’ like taking crops or a cow for sustenance, or minor crimes such as pilfering a pair of silver buckles. Botany Bay itself soon proved to be an unsuitable location for a penal colony, as the surrounding cliffs were too high to easily unload ships, and it was relocated to Port Jackson, but it’s Botany Bay that entered Irish folklore as the destination of all convicts, echoed in songs like The Fields of Athenry. Happily, Botany Bay is now evocative of more cheerful things including some very drinkable wines, at great value.

Botany Bay Shiraz 2013, €8.99 Pour a glass of this on a chilly night and bask in the lovely garnet colour with ruby highlights. It tastes like it smells, with aromas of cherries, blueberries, black pepper and spices. This Shiraz has very nicely balanced tannins with a long lingering finish. It’s ideal for pairing with winter comfort foods like casseroles and giant bowls of hearty, warming fare, or will compliment a good steak.

Botany Bay Chardonnay 2013, €8.99 Chardonnay fans will enjoy this little gem; a pleasing straw colour with green highlights. It’s rich and quite fruity, with yeasty fresh bread and nutty aromas. Very easy to drink with hints of citrus, melon and apples, all rounded off beautifully in the toasty, buttery finish. Pair with fish dishes, chicken or pastas in white sauce for a tasty October dinner at home. See Facebook.com/odonovansofflicences

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Celebrating bread A sixth-generation craft baker from Midleton is to host tasting sessions in Dunnes Stores this weekend as National Bread Week continues. Jack Cuthbert Breads will be holding tastings at the Blackpool store today, Friday, and Douglas Court tomorrow, Saturday, to mark the event. The whole baking industry is currently celebrating all that is great about Irish bread: its quality, its heritage, its role in a balanced diet, and the passionate people who produce it. Cork bakeries Fields of Skibberreen and O’Keeffe’s Bakery are also taking part in National Bread Week, which runs until this weekend. Whether it’s wheaten, soda, potato or braid bread to name but a few, bread has been a staple part of the Irish diet for centuries. To celebrate one of the country’s most traditional loaves, the world’s largest Irish soda bread was baked this week, weighing in at 250kg and measuring two metres across. The loaf from McCloskey’s in Drogheda used 122.22kg of flour and 110kg of buttermilk and took three and a half hours to bake.

Rich Fruit Brack (recipe provided by McCloskey’s Bakery) Ingredients: 299g strong flour 45g mixed peel 373g sultanas 170g water 30g caster sugar 6g dried yeast Whole egg 30g margarine 3g salt 194g cherries Method: Preheat the oven to 170 C/325 F/Gas 3. Lightly grease one big round tin around 900g - 1kg. Sieve the strong flour, caster sugar, dried yeast and salt into a bowl. Rub in the margarine. Then add the pre-beaten egg and water until you form a soft dough. Take the dough out and knead it for 10 minutes on a floured surface. Gently add in your fruit through the dough. Place in the pre-greased tin and cover with a damp cloth or cling film, leave in a warm area in your kitchen and allow to rise for one hour. Place into the oven and bake for 35-40minutes. If not baked to a golden brown colour on top leave in the oven for another 10 minutes while keeping an eye on it. Once baked, place on a cooling rack and enjoy.

Jocelyn and Alice McCloskey from Drogheda compare the smallest Penny Loaf with the largest soda. Picture by Johnny Bambury.

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Get it right from the ground up You can have the best of windows, the most high-tech solar roof, perfectly insulated walls and a garden to die for but if you don’t pay close attention to your flooring you won’t have a leg to stand on. Do you want laminate? Is your floor better off varnished, oiled, or oiled and waxed? What about colour? Gone are the days of being confined to black and white tiles or uniform wood; nowadays your flooring palette can be as integral a part of the look of your house as the walls or ceilings. Luckily, you can call to Select Floors & Tiles to sort it all out in a jiffy by meeting with the experts. Whether

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Exercise and bone health Get Ireland Active is calling on people to adapt a lifestyle of physical activity as World Osteoporosis Day takes place on Monday, October 20th. The one-stop information source on how to get

involved in physical activity says that exercise can improve bone health for men and women. GIA called for people to wear white on World Osteoporosis Day and to embrace better bone health.

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hildhood overweight and obesity rates have plateaued in primary school aged children in Ireland, a study conducted in Cork has revealed. The research found that although obesity rates remain high, there is evidence that they have stabilised and may be beginning to fall. During the last three decades of the 20th century, a two- to three-fold increase in overweight and obesity prevalence in school age children was reported across regions in North America and Western Europe. It was estimated that by the year 2000, 25% to 33% of all children in many

developed countries would be overweight and obese, and that obesity rates would continue to rise in the future. However, recent studies have indicated that rates in developed countries may be starting to stabilise. To find out whether these trends were reflected in Ireland, researchers from UCC and University College Dublin conducted a systematic review of childhood overweight and obesity rates in primary school aged children between 2002 and 2012. The review also looked at morbid obesity rates in children in the Republic of Ireland for the first time. Analysing data from 14 studies con-

ducted during the 10-year time frame, the researchers found that childhood overweight rates had remained stable, but national obesity rates dropped from a constant 7% to 4% after 2008. Up to one in 50 children was shown to be morbidly obese, however there was no significant change in the prevalence of morbid obesity over the decade. The study also found that, on average, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher in girls than in boys. This research was funded by the National Children’s Research Centre in Crumlin and was published in the open access journal BMC

Public Health. “Our research suggests that prevalence rates of childhood obesity in Ireland have levelled off, but one in four Irish children remain overweight or obese. Obesity continues to have a significant impact on health and wellbeing, therefore policies that tackle the problem should be intensified,” said lead author of the study, UCC’s Eimear Keane. The authors added there is a clear need for standardised methods for the conduct of studies that measure overweight and obesity in childhood in order to track future prevalence rates more effectively.

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Family

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25% of workers feel stress at work One-quarter of workers in Cork report feeling stressed at work all or most of the time, while a smaller number say that work affects their health negatively. Psychosocial risks such as monotonous tasks, high work intensity, tight deadlines, work/ life imbalance, violence and harassment from the public or from colleagues are contributing to this work-related stress, according to new report published as part of a Europe-wide campaign by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions (Eurofound). Director of Eurofound, Juan Menéndez-Valdés, stated that reducing psychosocial risks and protecting workers from these risks are “critical for allowing longer working lives and preventing early labour market exits. Evidence shows that policies are not de-

Kathleen Lynch TD, Eileen O’Brien, County Librarian, Liam Roynane, City Librarian and Dr Rosarie Crowley, Clinical Physcologist HSE North Lee Primary Care at the launch of “Your Good Self“ Picture by Darragh Kane

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veloped to the same extent in all European countries, which can be explained by the different traditions of social dialogue and different governmental approaches, often related to the importance the country gives to psychosocial risks,” he said. “We hope that our joint report will provide

practitioners and policymakers with both the insight and incentive to overcome these challenges of psychosocial risks in the workplace. Research shows that the role of social dialogue and social partners is relevant to raise awareness and implement interventions.”

A Cork positive self-help programme is available in libraries across the county. Your Good Self is a joint initiative between the Health Service Executive and Cork city and county libraries. The programme aims to provide quality information including books, DVDs, CDs and online resources to the people of Cork on how to look after their emotional well-being as part of their overall health. These materials can give readers information, knowledge and ideas on how best to deal

with challenges that they face in their lives and cover a variety of topics including parenting, stress management and self-esteem. HSE clinical psychologist Dr Rosarie Crowley identified a need to provide quality information to the people of Cork on how to look after their emotional well-being as part of their overall health. “Our aim is to spread the message as widely as possible that resources are available in Cork libraries that can help people of all ages to take an

active part in looking after their emotional well-being,” said Dr Crowley. “We want to direct people to high quality, accessible information. As part of the launch a series of free talks on topics such as parenting and looking after your emotional health will be held in libraries across Cork City and County Cork over the coming weeks.” For more information and details about participating libraries, see hse.ie/yourgoodself or email yourgoodself@ hse.ie.

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Pet Feature

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So you’ve decided to get a puppy... Puppies are the epitome of great craic. Who wouldn’t want one? Before you arrive home with a basket of puppies, though, ask yourself: do you have the time, resources, facilities and support of every member of your household? If you do, then read on. Always take the breed of your potential pooch into consideration. A Great Dane is not going to fit into your “bijoux” apartment, for instance. Look at your surroundings and remember that small puppies can turn into big dogs. Ask your local vet or do a bit of research online to help you come

up with the ideal breed for the space you have available. Never ever support puppy farms. Get your new pet from a local animal charity or a reputable breeder. Don’t buy or adopt a puppy or dog without doing a thorough background check first. So you’ve done all that and you’re the proud owner of a ball of fluff with ears, four legs and a tail…what’s next? Puppy’s first liaison with the vet, that’s what. Puppies should generally be vaccinated at eight weeks old and given boosters at regular intervals after that. Your vet will give your new friend a

thorough health check as well as giving you advice on the best types of food, basic training and parasite prevention.

There’s also some legal stuff. New animal welfare laws will require mandatory microchipping of dogs from 2015.

Pet stores, vets and animal charities often have special offers on micro-chipping so it pays to shop around. Don’t forget you’re required to purchase a dog licence from your local Post Office. If your new pet is on the restricted list there may be some extra rules for you to follow such as muzzling, short leads and handlers over 16 years old. Once they’ve eaten your sofa and traumatised the cat it might be time for some basic obedience training. It’s important to practise positive reinforcement to ensure a happy, well trained doggie. Sticking

their nose in their “mess” is outdated and will cause your new pup undue distress. There are plenty of resources out there on how to train your pet making it a fun experience for both animal and owner. Puppy socialisation classes can help prevent these problems from developing in the first place. The most important thing to remember before you get a dog is that you have your life, your job, your friends and your hobbies, but all your dog has is you. If you can’t give a dog the time and space it deserves, think about a goldfish or a terrapin instead.

Down to earth, up to date care It’s never too late to vaccinate Newly established in 2014, Carrigaline Veterinary Centre is your community vet, offering you and your pet the highest level of care, service and value. Part of the VetFirst group, our mission is to have the newest equipment and all the expertise you need available to ensure 24-hour care, and out of hours service is also available. Your pet is a member of

your family, and we know you want to give them the best of care. As pet owners ourselves, we understand the joys of owning a pet and how it feels when they are not well, and so we treat your pets as though they were our own. You can rely on Carrigaline Veterinary Centre for downto-earth, up-to-date care.

You can rely on our commitment to the best healthcare for your pet. We provide an excellent service, dedicated staff, modern facilities with up-to-date equipment, all for a great value care.

Feel free to drop by and visit our centre with your pet, or contact us for any aspect of pet advice. Carrigaline Veterinary Centre (021) 4376956 or see our Facebook page Opening Hours: 9am- 6pm Mon-Wed 9am – 7pm Thurs – Fri 12pm - 4pm Sat Passage West Veterinary Centre 021-4859594 Great Island Veterinary Centre 021-4813551 Macroom Veterianry Centre 026-23638 Toby Veterinary Centre 021-4310101

Feel free to drop by and visit our centre with your pet, or contact us for any aspect of pet advice. We are not only here for times of illness; we’ll work with you to ensure the ongoing good health of your pet so you can enjoy your time together. With the proper veterinary care, your new pet will be a beloved member of your family for years.

There are a number of diseases that can affect dogs and cats, often having sudden and fatal consequences. However, there are also a wide range of vaccinations available to prevent pets from becoming ill. According to Paw Paws veterinary clinic, located on Penrose Wharf, with an initial two injections at the start of a pet’s life - from around eight to 10

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nation record certified. If a pet came from a breeder or a rescue centre and documentation isn’t available, it is recommended to start the vaccination process from scratch like an owner would with a puppy or kitten, to avoid ‘unpleasant surprises’. The experts at the Cork veterinary clinic say the most important thing to remember is that “it’s never too late to vaccinate”.

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Style 17 October 2014

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The ‘Lara’ hood by Parisian milliner Maison Michel is charming way to stay chic and dry during rain showers. net-a-porter.com, €255

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Style

17 October 2014

One piece, three looks...

Step out in style Think over-the-knee boots and automatically Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman springs to mind. However, when worn correctly, the boots can be a chic autumn/winter staple for every wardrobe. Here are three styled looks, with one pair of killer over-the-knee heels from Dune (€200). Pair chunky knits with a fitted pattern skirt for a dressier day look.

Try styling the boots with a pair of skinnies instead, paired with a stunning jacket, like this Heidi Higgins find.

Cosy up as the weather turns cooler with this perfect day-to-night look.

Dark purple fedora hat, River Island, €32 Black leather belt, New Look, €14.99

Teal neppy cable knit beanie hat, River Island, €17

Navy blue tartan faux fur trim cape. River Island, €45

Mixed knits sweater, Zara, €19.95

Tie dye-effect jacquard mini skirt by Stella McCartney, net-a-porter.com, €420

Michael Kors Lexington Blue Dial Watch, Keanes, €199

Patent mini skirt, Dunnes Store, €25

20 denier tights, Oasis €8

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Super-stretch trousers in burgundy, H&M, €19.99

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Beauty 17 October 2014

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The Matte Lip Gone are the days of dry lips with matte lipsticks as the make-up must-have now hydrates while offering a bold style statement. Here are some finds that are perfect for day and evening…

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utopia Indulge in a bit of daydreaming with Neiman Marcus’ Christmas Fantasy Gifts, which includes a House of Creed Bespoke Fragrance Journey. The two first-class tickets to Paris, a meeting with sixth-generation Master Perfumer Olivier Creed, the creation of a custom scent, and delivery of the fragrance in 14-karat gold-gilded flacons will set one customer back $475,000 (€374,854). Well, we can all dream!

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The pear necessities Pears are a great autumn fruit, with a high vitamin C content to protect cells from damage by free radicals. Great on its own, or with some cheese.

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17 October 2014

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Going Places 17 October 2014

The road less travelled…

ossibly the best way of exploring America is by a fly-drive holiday, simply using a plane to get there and a car for everything else. To imagine the experience, just think of an America with empty roads, familyrun diners like those seen in Guy Fieri’s Diners, DriveIns and Dives and throughly authentic experiences.

For a Grand Canyon adventure, American Holidays has a seven nights self-drive, starting and ending in Las Vegas (€1,079). This holiday combines the fast-paced fun of the glitzy American city with the natural beauty of the nearby national parks, valleys, canyons and desert, with Zion National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon.

With Trailfinders, there is a Tennessee Music & Mountains 10 days / nine nights package from €1,399 pps. The highlights include Memphis, Nashville, Gatlinburg, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Chattanooga. It’s an opportunity to journey through exciting cities, quaint towns and beautiful mountain scenery to the rhythms of rock n’ roll and

country music. The international flights are from Ireland to Memphis, returning from Chattanooga with Delta Air Lines, and are based on May 2015 departures. Trailfinders also has the New Mexico Discovery, a 10 days / nine nights tour from €1,599 which includes Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Carlsbad, Roswell, Taos and Santa Fe. With culture, canyons, caves and conspiracy

theories, this is a beautiful fly drive. Then for a bit of heritage, there is the USA East 16 days fly drive with Go Hop. It begins in New York and ends in Miami, with Washington DC, Shenandoah National Park, Cherokee, Charleston, Savannah, St Augustine, Orlando and Sarasota in between. Flying in April 2015, the price is from €1,189.

If you want to contact agents listed... American Holidays: Phone 021 2364636 or see americanholidays.com Trailfinders: Phone 021 4648800 or see trailfinders.ie Go Hop: Phone 01 2412389 or see gohop.ie

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Drive 17 October 2014

C-ing is believing Seán Creedon revels in the luxury of the new Mercedes-Benz C220

icking a colour that you like is very important when buying a new car. A few weeks back at an appraisal day for the Irish Motor Writers’ Car of the Year awards, I drove a red version of the Mercedes C220 and it looked striking. However, last Monday when I went to pick up the car for a proper week-long

test, I was a bit disappointed to find a grey version. However, after my initial disappointment wore off, I came to appreciate the luxury that the C220 BlueTec saloon provides. During the week the car had a lot of young male admirers, who were clearly impressed by the look of the front grille. I know Mercedes is constantly aiming to lower the age profile of their cus-

tomers, but these lads were still in school. The front is set very low and you would need to be careful if parking facing a kerb, otherwise you could hear that horrible sound of metal scraping against concrete. It didn’t happen last week, but I have experienced it in the past. I drove an automatic version and the lever to select the gears is located to the right of

the steering wheel. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it’s really simple to use and you will always be assured that the car is in ‘parking’ mode by simply selecting ‘park’ with the lever. To the left of the steering wheel you have two stalks; at the top is the indicator and tucked away under that is the cruise control stalk, certainly the most user-friendly cruise control around. The car is attractive on the outside, but I found the interior very dark. I drove a 2.1-litre diesel which needs an AdBlue top up approximately every 25,000km. The AdBlue cap is

located next to the fuel gauge, so you will be reminded of it every time you fill up and you also get a warning notice on the instrument panel on the dash when it’s time to top up. The AdBlue fuel ensures that the exhaust is always clean and gives a low C02 rating of 110g/m. I thought the car was a bit heavy on diesel in city traffic, but then I read that the fuel tank can hold only 41 litres of diesel. There is a large boot, but no spare wheel as Mercedes now has run-flat tyres. At the front there is no threepointed star; instead the Mercedes logo is embedded in the

bonnet. However, you can opt for the famous star if you really want one. The version I drove had a host of extras as standard and will cost you €51,615. Now that’s a lot of money for a young woman or man, so maybe the C Class is still a car for the MD. The C220 is really luxurious to drive and a very safe car to travel in; you get a red light on the dash if you are too close to the car in front. My test car was Tenorite Grey, but bearing in mind that there are supposedly ‘50 shades of grey,’ where the C Class is concerned, I would prefer red.

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love going to Keary’s; they always hand me the keys to something gorgeous. Today I’m taking a 2014 BMW 490d M Sport Coupé from Kearys BMW in Eastgate out for a spin, and it’s a very handsome car. It reminds me of a shark; sleek and powerful, with gill-like side vents. The 4-Series is essentially the coupé version of the 3 series saloon but it’s way sportier with 19-inch double-spoke alloys, aggressive styling and great kerb appeal. It’s the kind of car that makes guys in suits stop and peer in the window. The rich blue exterior contrasts nicely with the pristine beige leather interior; a cool robo-arm passes the seatbelt over your shoulder and the dash is like a fighter jet

with a black panel display. It’s loud on start-up, but as I pull off I’m very taken by the wonderfully sharp steering and responsiveness. The sport automatic transmission is a joy, so I hit the motorway as it’s obvious this car relishes open road. For such a dynamic machine it has a surprisingly frugal engine, with impressive CO2 emissions of just 124g/km, and will get you 60.1mpg. Inclusion in company fleets means BMW is motivated to produce parsimonious engines without compromising on power, and this model is the most performance-oriented in the 4-series range, quick in corners and reassuringly solid on twisty roads. It’s quite practical for a coupé, with a decent boot and a clever feature that lets you open the boot by sweeping a

foot under the rear bumper, handy if you have your hands full. The leather seats are firm but supportive; good for long drives, but be careful parking as the front spoiler is pretty low. It’s got a connected drive services package; alarm system; rain sensors that activate the headlights; heated seats; air con; cruise control and comes with a two-year unlimited mileage BMW warranty, as well as emergency service cover. There’s a mere 3753 miles on the clock and this car still smells new; the 420d M Sport would cost €59,600 brand new but you can admire it parked outside your office for €51,900. What a delightful way to get to work. Visit kearysbmw.ie or call (021) 500 3600 to arrange a test drive of your own.

Ford Fiesta Style 1.25 82PS Price: €9,950 Engine: 1.2 Petrol Transmission: Manual Year: 2011 Mileage: 40,998 miles Colour: Red Dealer: Noel Deasy Cars Ltd New Mallow Rd, Cork Tel: 021 4395024

Audi A4 1.9 TDI Avant LE Price: €8,950 Engine: 1.9 Diesel Transmission: Manual Year: 2008 Mileage: 124,277 miles Colour: Silver Dealer: Jason O’Brien Cars Tramore Road, Cork Tel: 021 496 5611

Citroen C4 VTR Price: €14,200 Engine: 1.6 Diesel Transmission: Manual Year: 2012 Mileage: 39,000 miles Colour: Metallic Black Dealer: Great Island Motors Rushbrooke, Cobh, Cork Tel: 021 481 1609

€15,000 to €20,000

Hyundai Santa Fe Price: €17,500 Engine: 2.2 Diesel Transmission: Manual Year: 2009 Mileage: 62,138 miles Colour: Grey Dealer: Right Price Cars Rochestown, Cork Tel: 021 487 9091

Skoda Superb Elegance 105HP Price: €19,950 Engine: 1.6 Diesel Transmission: Manual Year: 2011 Mileage: 59,031 miles Colour: Purple Dealer: Eamonn Tarrant and Sons Ltd The Square, Banteer, Co. Cork Tel: 029 56014

BMW 1-Series 118D SE Price: €18,850 Engine: 2.0 Diesel Transmission: Manual Year: 2011 Mileage: 47,000 miles Colour: Red Dealer: Johnson & Perrott Motor Group Mahon Point Retail Park, Cork Tel: 021 461 5252

€20,000 to €25,000

MINI Cooper Roadster Price: €22,900 Engine: 1.6 Petrol Transmission: Manual Year: 2012 Mileage: 1,491 miles Colour: Lightning Blue Dealer: Keary’s Renault Midleton Cork Road, Midleton, Co. Cork Tel: 021 462 1300

Nissan Qashqai +2 XE Price: €21,950 Engine: 1.5 Diesel Transmission: Manual Year: 2013 (132) Mileage: 23,410 miles Colour: Metallic Burgundy Dealer: Lee Garage, 11-13 South Terrace, Cork City Tel: 021 431 3344

Kia pro_ceed Price: €24,400 Engine: 1.6 Diesel Transmission: Manual Year: 2014 Mileage: 0 miles Colour: White Dealer: Motorview, Cork Road, Midleton, Co. Cork Tel: 021 463 7444

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The striking new Lexus NX300h

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and serious luxury across the whole range.”

Simply driving and braking regenerates the battery as you go about your day, so

choice for people of running giant guzzlers who don’t

Lexus have finessed hybrid drivetrains into the dynamos

the vehicle switches between the two power sources by

to compromise on style. It gets 56.5 mpg from the 2.5

of efficiency they have become. A hybrid is any vehicle with a dual power source; in this

itself, maximising the use of both and reducing fuel consumption.

litre engine and is €200 a year to tax, with a far more manoeuvrable body than big

The advantages are obvious: less petrol; lower cost; lower

SUVs. It provides an excellent alternative to the BMW X3; the Audi Q5, and the Range

case a petrol engine and an electric battery.

talking. The new Lexus NX 300h, a strikingly attractive hybrid with distinctive modern angles, is the newest addition to the range with a combination of power and comfort that seduces you the moment you start the engine. “Lexus bring an innovation and intelligence to the market that appeals to savvy drivers”, says Sales manager Ken Horgan. “Hybrid technology is the future of motoring, with automatic transmission

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The Lexus NX 300h is available in several specs;

premium marques - one of the reasons Lexus is being embraced by Irish drivers.

the Eco from €44,750; the Dynamic (with a host of extras including leather; park

The NX 300h has all of the bells and whistles; an absolutely hushed ride and

assist; cornering lights) from €51,100 and the top of the

all that impressive technology under the bonnet.

line Executive model from €53,100. The Eco model is an ideal

“People are looking to get out of larger jeeps and SUVs, and the NX300h is a new entry

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Winter-proof your car A white Christmas sounds romantic, but snow and ice mean dangerous driving conditions. There’s not much we can do about the weather, but by following some simple tips to winter-proof your car you increase your chances of getting through a few months of bad weather unscathed, and free of expensive maintenance or repair bills. Firstly, remember to keep an eye on your tyre pressure! There is a common misconception that reducing tyre pressures can increase the size of a tyre’s contact patch, thereby increasing grip, however the AA advises against it. As they say, it doesn’t work and reduces stability. You’re far more likely to lose control cornering on an underinflated tyre than you are on one with the correct pressure. Always inflate your tyres to the recommended PSI level

(you’ll find this info on the tyre’s side wall, in your service manual and, in many newer cars, on a little metal plaque in the driver’s doorframe) and ensure you have at least 3mm of tread on your rubber. Secondly, be sure to keep an emergency kit in your car, so you can help yourself or help others. You never know when you’re going to get stuck out in the bad weather, and an emergency kit can be a real lifesaver (sometimes literally) if your car gives up the ghost in the cold. Pack a kit with extra engine oil (cars burn a lot more oil in the cold), washer fluid with antifreeze, spare wiper blades, warning triangle, tyre pump, jump leads, torch, LED torch and armbands, reflective jacket or vest and salt. Add some warm clothes to the kit just in case. As winter is traditionally

quite a cold time of year, buy yourself an ice scraper. Gloves and an ice scraper will come in handy, and you won’t need to leave the car unattended with the engine running. Never pour hot water directly onto a frozen windscreen as it can fracture the glass. Be sure your fuel is always topped up as much as possible. Low and changing temperatures can cause condensation to occur inside your fuel tank which, when mixed with petrol or diesel, could freeze as it makes its way along the fuel lines. Don’t forget to keep an eye on your battery and your electrical systems. Cold weather puts your engine under more strain, which in turn means the battery has to work harder and uses up more juice. A battery charger clips onto your battery’s positive and negative terminals and give it

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an extra boost, allowing you to start your engine again. Make sure you keep your windscreen washer fluid topped up regularly, and make sure you’re in no danger of running out. Dodgy weather means reduced visibility, and old windscreen wipers can smear the dirt on your glass around rather than remove it. It’s also worth topping up wiper fluid to help rinse off the slush kicked onto your windscreen

by cars travelling in front. Get proper screen wash as plain water freezes easily in the winter; on very cold days the spray or jets can freeze on contact with your windshield, making matters worse. Be sure, at all times, that your engine coolant is exactly right, and be sure that you have neither too much nor too little in your engine. You should be sure you have a 50:50 mix of coolant to wa-

ter in your radiator. If the water freezes in this part of the car, temperatures could soar in your engine and leave you stranded. The right mix will allow the water to stay as a liquid well below freezing point. Engine oil, meanwhile, keeps everything running smoothly in the engine and cars use much more in the cold so check regularly to make sure it’s at the correct level.

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Take stock of your tyres This winter, bear in mind that your tyres are the only thing keeping your car on slippery roads. Even though your four tyres are the only thing keeping you connected when you’re on the road, too many motorists tend to overlook them - sometimes until it’s too late. The right pressure is vital for your safety, for maximum grip on the road and for the life of the tyre. You should check your tyre pressure once a month, preferably when they are cold. Under-inflated tyres can more easily overheat, and possibly burst. They cause poor handling, and low pressure on the front axle causes understeer while on the the rear axle causes oversteer. They also have increased rolling resistance so you use more fuel. Most cars will have the tyre pressure written inside the door, and it may vary from front to back. If it’s not in the frame you can find it in your car’s manual or on the walls of the tyres themselves.

ers. If caravans or trailers are not in regular use, their tyres should be inspected before every journey. • used predominantly in coastal areas, due to salt damage. • cleaned with certain chemical products. If you’re not sure how old your tyres are, you’ll find the date of manufacture in the serial number on the sidewall of the tyre. The serial number is a code usually preceded by the acronym ‘DOT’. The last four digits of the serial number refer to the date of manufacture; the last two digits are the year the tyre was made. People mistakenly use the terms “alignment” and “balancing” interchangeably, but they mean two different things. Wheel alignment means adjusting the angles of the wheels so they are perpendicular to the ground and parallel to each other. Correct alignment means the car can drive straight and true; and maximises the life of the tyres.

Deteriorated tyres are very dangerous, and there are several things to watch out for: • cracking/grazing of the side wall of the tyre • distortion of the tread • deformation of the main body of the tyre • damage • persistent loss of inflation pressure • deep cuts • bulges • separated or perished rubber • vibrations through the tyres when you drive Tyres more than 10 years old, including spare tyres, should be replaced, even if they seem fine or have not reached the Irish legal tread wear limit of 1.6mm. Likewise, tyres that have been in storage for more than six years should not be used. The rate at which a tyre ages depends on factors like load, speed, inflation pressure and

If your wheels are misaligned, you’ll notice: • uneven or rapid tyre wear • pulling or drifting away from a straight line • drifting on a straight, level road • steering wheel pulls slightly to one side Wheel balancing is all about the tyres and wheels being able to spin without causing any vibrations. The garage checks for any heavy spots on the wheel-tyre combination and can place a measured balancing weight on the opposite side of the wheel from where the heavy spot is located. If your wheels are out of balance, you’ll notice: • vibration in the steering wheel, seat or floor-pan • ‘scalloped’ or ‘cupped’ wear pattern on the tires Remember, your tyres are among the most vital parts of your car. They’re all that’s keeping you on the road on frosty mornings or in wet conditions. Look after them, especially over the winter, and they might just save your life.

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Pictured from left Glasgow Warriors Henry Pyrgos, Ulster’s Rory Best, Scarlets Ken Owens, Munster’s Peter O’Mahony, Leinster’s Jamie Heaslip, Benetton Treviso’s Antonio Pavanello, Osprey’s Alun Wyn Jones and Connacht’s Jason Harris-Wright. Picture by INPHO/Billy Stickland

European Cup opener for Munster Rugby

Pictured from left David Lordan, Ballincollig Captain and John Hayes, Carbery Rangers Captain, with the Andy Scannell Cork County Senior Football Cup. Picture by Jim Coughlan.

Ballincollig and Carbery set for historic final The highlight of Cork’s football calendar takes place this weekend with the County Senior Football Final, an historic event for both sides involved. Ballincollig take on Carbery Rangers on Sunday, October 19th at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in this year’s Andy Scannell Cup decider, with the game kicking off at 3.45pm. It will be Carbery Rangers’ first senior county

final in 108 years, having secured a spot following a semi-final win against Bishopstown earlier this month with a final score of 2-17 to 1-7. Ballincollig’s footballers also carved out their own slice of history, being the club’s first team to reach a county senior football championship final. Goals from Cian Dorgan and John Kelly

saw their side secure a 2-10 to 0-9 victory over Nemo. The County Premier Intermediate Football Final will also take place on the Sunday at 2pm in Páirc Uí Chaoimh as Na Piarsaigh and Valley Rovers battle it out for the Billy Long Cup. Tickets for Sunday’s showdown are €20 for adults (covered); €18 (uncovered & terrace); €10 for students/OAPs with ID; U16s go free.

Basketball games on TG4 Cork basketball fans will now be able to watch live Irish basketball as it makes its return to free-to-air television as part of a new three-year deal between Basketball Ireland and TG4. The National Cup Finals will be shown live in January 2015 along with national league cov-

erage throughout the season. The agreement also includes the station’s online platforms with 12 Men’s Premier League games to be streamed live on TG4’s player. Coverage is set to begin in November. Basketball Ireland chief executive Bernard O’Byrne stated: “We are

in a period of growth for basketball. The 2014/2015 season is shaping up very well and the future looks bright. Our relationship with TG4 can only strengthen our position and give us a platform to generate better talkability around the men’s and women’s game.”

Munster’s European Champions Cup campaign kicksoff this weekend with a Pool 1 away game to Sale Sharks on Saturday. It’s a new chapter for European professional club rugby as 40 top clubs, who have for the first time qualified on merit, will chase two new trophies and titles: the European Rugby Challenge Cup and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Head coach Anthony Foley stated that he is “looking forward” to the new European campaign. “I think everyone

gets a bit excited when European games come around. Add to that the new Champions Cup format this year and we can’t wait to get going,” he said. “We know what’s in front of us against Sale, it’s going to be a big physical game. I know that sounds like a cliché but when you play in Europe against an English team that’s what you get.” He outlined that Sale’s Danny Cipriani gives the club a “bit of x-factor”. “He’s got an ability that most other fly

halves don’t have so he will be a threat for us this weekend,” said Foley. “This weekend represents a step up in competition, expectations, media presence and more. The lads have been made aware of that and are looking forward to the challenge. We want to show off our game as much as anything else and try to get people talking about Munster in a positive light.” Kick-off for Munster’s game against Sale Sharks is 1pm with live coverage on Sky Sports 2.

Irish Laurels’ final on track The final of the Connolly’s Red Mills Irish Greyhound Laurels takes place this weekend, with the winner’s prize fund set to be €30,000. The event at Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium takes place tomorrow, Saturday, with racing kicking off at 7.30pm and the final at 9.50pm. There was thrilling fare in the semi-finals of the Red Mills Irish Laurels with the judge being called into action in both heats. The ultimate winners were Vans Viking and Vimmerby but the draw has made this one of the most open Laurels finals in years. It will see Farloe Calvin, Sidarian Blaze, Vans Viking, Vimmerby, Champagne Jackie and Nellies Flyer race. The Irish Greyhound Lau-

rels has been running in Cork since 1944 and this year will be the 70th anniversary of the race. The total prize money to be won on the night

will be €65,000. Tickets for the final can be purchased in advance at curraheenparkgreyhoundstadium.ie or on the night for €10.

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17 October 2014

Bikram Yoga is heating up The heating may be back on in households across the county, but October’s hottest day is yet to come. Bikram Yoga Cork on the Tramore Road is having its third birthday celebrations and open day tomorrow, Saturday, to give people a taster of the work-out that’s sweeping the country. Bikram Yoga is the original hot yoga, a therapeutic series of postures and two breathing exercises performed in a heated room. Athletes such as Munster rugby player Donncha O’Callaghan, Cork camogie player Anna Geary, and Cork Thai boxer Shane O’Neill also use Bikram as a form of enhancing their performance and agility or to help with injury prevention and cure. Practicing yoga in a 40°C heated room allows the body to stretch more easily and safely. The heat increases sweating so the body can cleanse its largest organ - the skin - and proponents say it

cleanses the internal organs too. It’s also claimed the heat allows more oxygenated blood to move through the body. The open day to explain Bikram will kick off at 11am with a free workshop for members - booking essential - followed by a number of public activities from 2pm. Karen Ward of Optimum Health will talk on sports nutrition; Crunch Food Company will provide a range of complimentary healthy food; and various discounts and packages will be available for those signing up to Bikram Yoga on the day. Aspiring Bikram members will also get a chance to meet the teachers and other members, giving them the opportunity to address any questions they may have about hot yoga practice. Director and Owner at Bikram Yoga Cork, Kate McNamara, who has been practicing Bikram for 11 years, says the sequence of yoga postures and breathing exercises has

Pictured in celebration of her third year in business at Bikram Yoga Cork, Lowlands Industrial Estate, Tramore Road, Togher is owner/ teacher Kate McNamara with Cork camogie player and Cork Rose 2014 Anna Geary and Rosie Lawlor.

been designed to exercise every muscle, organ, tissue and gland of the human body. “In combination with the heated environment, the Bikram Yoga posture series is a practical system of disease prevention and health maintenance. Something I think we all need, especially coming in

to the winter,” she said. “Many of our members ranging from late teens to late 60s and athletes to nonathletes, have dealt with major life challenges through incorporating Bikram Yoga into their routines. They have recovered from illness, depression, injury and stress

as well as managing their weight issues.” Cork camogie star Anna Geary highlighted that she first starting going to Kate’s classes in June last year and found that it benefited her physical and mental ability both in her sporting and corporate careers. “As a re-

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‘This time last year it was all over’ It may be clichéd, but it’s certainly been a whirlwind year for Aslan. The veteran rockers’ frontman was diagnosed with cancer but has gone into remission, and now the band are selling out venues across the country. Play’s Maria Tracey chats to guitarist Billy McGuinness about how the band is showing no signs of stopping. After Aslan’s frontman Christy Dignam was diagnosed with cancer last year, his bandmates feared it would be the end of the renowned Irish rock band. Guitarist Billy McGuinness admits that he had “always wondered how Aslan was going to finish”, thinking “this is it” when he visited Dignam in the hospital. “This time last year it was all over,” he says. However, now with Dignam in remission, the band is making its tentative steps back onto the stage, and will play their first Cork gig in over two years next month. The group, who have already played sold-out shows in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre, the INEC in Killarney and performances in Frankfurt, will now travel Leeside on Saturday, November 15th for a gig at the Opera House. McGuinness explains that it was Dignam that approached the band about regrouping. “He said, ‘look I’m feeling strong enough for a show’ and we said we’d put one on to see. He got through it fine, and the stronger he gets the more gigs he can do… but we are taking baby steps at the moment. I remember when Christy was first diagnosed, he was very depressed. Like a lot of bands, we used to go into hospitals and play songs for terminally ill children. We had done one about a year before Christy’s diagnosis and we had a chat about it, and he said ‘right, I’m 50 years of age, and I have can-

cer but what about those kids who are 10 with it? Why am I feeling sorry for myself ?’. That gave him the kick he needed, and since then he just got better and better.” McGuinness adds: “I don’t think we’ll go back to the mad touring days when we used to gig on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. That was pretty much every week of every year for the past 32. That suddenly stopped when Christy got sick, and it was a shock to the system. “Thankfully now, as Christy gets stronger, we’ll put more work in, as the demand is definitely there. We haven’t been in Cork in over two years and

I know it sounds corny but Cork has a really good vibe and we’ve never had a bad gig there. We’ve played as much there as we did in Dublin, ever since our first gig, the Lark by the Lee, way back before the 1916 Rising,” he laughs. Just how popular Aslan are was revealed when they played the Night for Christy last year in the Olympia, which was streamed live across the country. Artists such as Horslips, Paul Brady, The Coronas, Brezzie, Riptide Movement, Gerry Fish, Ryan Sheridan, Gavin Friday performed while U2 recorded a version of Aslan’s This Is.

“I have cancer but what about those kids who are 10 with it? Why am I feeling sorry for myself?”

“As a band we never realised how much our music meant to people until Christy got sick and we did that night,” says McGuinness. “Even U2 covered one of our songs. For them to do that meant having to stop work on their album as it’s not something you could do in one hour. Christy got such lovely messages from people who said that our songs helped them get though a period of their life. It was only then that we thought, ‘right we made out mark’.” He adds that events like Christy’s cancer, along with the frontman’s well-known drug problem, and of course, the infamous 2002 crash

in Sligo, in which the plane the band were in careered off the runway and the nose went into the sea, has proven Aslan has “nine lives”. “We have been through so much as a band. I don’t think there is anything else a band could do, that we haven’t done,” laughs McGuinness. “That Sligo incident was a real Buddy Holly moment for us, and we thought ‘right this is the way it’s going to end’. Thankfully everyone made it off in one piece and that night we still did the gig in Strandhill. Every one was coming up to Christy asking him to rub their Lotto ticket. I think, all in all, it shows we have no sign of stopping. As I was saying, it was all over last year and now to be still doing it, is brilliant.” Aslan also releases a new album, Bullets and Diamonds on Friday, October 24th, with the band members themselves having personally picked their favourite songs. While the title track features Damien Dempsey, another song, Up In Arms has Sinéad O’Connor on vocals. The band will be signing copies of the album in Golden Discs on Saturday, November 15th at 1pm, on the day of the gig. “It’s all good,” says McGuinness. “Honestly, I don’t think any of us could ask for more.” Tickets for Aslan’s Opera House show are €26 on sale from corkoperahouse. ie and 021 4270022.

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An adventurous evening Acclaimed wildlife TV presenter and adventurer Gordon Buchanan is coming to Triskel Christchurch next month. Buchanan, who shot and presented the hugely popular BBC nature programmes Winterwatch, The Lost Land, The Polar Bear Family And Me and award-winning The Bear Family And Me will talk to audiences around Ireland

about his experiences with some of the world’s most fearsome animals. The Cork event, taking place on Monday, November 20th will delve into his 20 years of globe-trotting adventures, illustrated with his own film footage and photography. The event takes place at 7.30pm and tickets are €15/€13 from triskelartscentre.ie.

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Cork Cine Club is In Bloom The multi-award winning In Bloom (Grzeli Nateli Dgeebi) is to be screened at the Cork Cine Club next week. Celebrated by critics and audiences alike, the film depicts the unforgettable story of two young girls navigating the complex ties of friendship, love and family within a world of upheaval. It is set in Tbilisi in 1992 as the Soviet era is ending and Georgia must fend for itself. Civil war is raging in the province of Abkhazia and for Natia and Eka, both barely 14 years old, their childhoods

Simon Callow performs his internationally acclaimed solo show in The Everyman. Matthew Hurt’s The Man Jesus will be staged on Sunday, November 2nd at 7.30pm. The show looks back 2,000 years to witness key moments in the life of ‘the man Jesus’, through the eyes of the people who knew him.

Thought-provoking, and full of wit, this production premiered to great acclaim at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre where it was nominated for Best New Play in The Irish Times Theatre Awards. Tickets for the show are €30 and bookings can be made online at everymancork.com or through the box office at 021 4501673.

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Friday

Winner of the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year for her self-produced debut album 13 songs, Julie Feeney’s second album Pages was shortlisted for the Choice Music Prize while her third Clocks went straight to No.1 in the Independent Irish Album Charts. Experience Feeney’s magic of yourself at the Opera House at 8pm with doors at 8pm and tickets €20/€25 from corkoperahouse.ie.

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Acclaimed pop artist Orla Walsh has been chosen by The Gallery Kinsale to exhibit a series of paintings at the Cork International Airport as part of the Big Jazz Fringe 2014. Entitled A Brush with Greatness, the series of paintings depict the iconic Guinness brand in a fun and engaging way. Admission is free.

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18 Saturday

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh is to digitally duet with contemporary trad at the Triskel Christchurch. The musician will perform In My Mind, a solo fiddle and film show, from 8pm. Tickets are €15/€12 from triskelartscentre.ie.

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Closing film out IndieCork is Girlhood, with features Marieme, oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boy gangs in her neighbourhood. She starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls and quits school to be accepted, hoping that this will be a way to freedom. The film will be screened at The Gate Cinema at 9pm with tickets €8.75 from corkcinemas.com.

21 Tuesday

Terrainskin @ Dance Interactive is a three-screen video installation that considers our relationship with our surroundings environment, both natural and man-made. It reflects on the deep symbiotic relationship between the body-mind and environment through an immersive experience of kinaesthetic and energetic interaction. The event takes place at Firkin Crane with doors at 11am. Admission is free.

22 Wednesday

With gravity defying trapeze, hula-hoops, juggling, acrobatics and silks, Damn the Circus is a dazzling blend of theatre, red nose slapstick, poetry and daring acrobatics. The performance by Tumble Circus - a unique experience of innovative and contemporary Irish circus - will be at the Half Moon Theatre at 8.30pm. Tickets are €15 from corkoperahouse.ie.

23 Thursday

A musical supper evening is taking place at Longueville House with award-winning Amanda Neri providing the entertainment. The event includes a drinks reception, two-course meal, followed by a concert. It takes place at 6.30pm and the costs €49pp or €180 for a table of four. Bookings can be made at 022 47156.

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