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Irish water cautions over pesticide use IRISH Water has issued a warning for people to be responsible about pesticide use due to their detection in water systems. The utility is urging domestic gardeners, farmers, grounds keepers and other users of pesticide products to consider the environment and whether pesticide use is necessary in the first instance. MCPA is the most commonly detected pesticide in drinking water sources and is present in many herbicide products used to control thistles, docks
and rushes. Farmers and other landholders dealing with the challenge of rushes should note Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) guidance on the sustainable management of rushes. Irish Water is asking users of any herbicide or pesticide products in Carlow to consider the vulnerability of the water supplies to pesticide contamination and the importance of these supplies to the homes and businesses in the community. Andrew Boylan, Irish Water’s
Regional Drinking Water Compliance Specialist, said: “While our consultation with the HSE has concluded that the levels of pesticides that are being detected in drinking water supplies across the country do not represent a threat to public health, it is however undesirable and therefore imperative that users of pesticides are mindful of best practice when using herbicides or pesticides and seek out alternatives.” A national group called the National Pesticides and Drinking Water Action Group
(NPDWAG) has been formed to take action to address pesticides and devise and deliver various awareness raising and educational campaigns. This group has members from numerous state bodies and organisations including the EPA, DAFM, Teagasc, Local Authorities and Irish Water. Dr Aidan Moody, DAFM and Chair of the National Pesticides and Drinking Water Action Group, said: “We need the continued engagement of Continued on next page
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news in brief Minister visits Local Enterprise Office Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English, visited the Carlow Local Enterprise Office (LEO) recently, where he met with council officials, and members of the LEO team. The Minister was greeted at Enterprise House by Councillor Fintan Phelan, Cathaoirleach of Carlow County Council, Councillor Ken Murnane, Mayor of Carlow Municipal District and Carlow Chief Executive, Kathleen Holohan. Minister English’s first task was to officially open the Founders Room, a new remote working hub located in Enterprise House and funded under Connected Hubs..
Mother and son among Carlow college graduates
Scraggs Alley bar goes on market Businessman and hotelier Michael Hogan is selling Scraggs Alley bar and nightclub in Carlow town. Extending to 17,200 sqft, its accommodation comprises a traditional bar with an extensive nightclub to the rear and a music venue on the first floor. A large rooftop beer garden has its own bar service area. Asking price is said to be in region of €900,000.
mother and son Claire Cunningham and Jacob Cunningham (pictured) were among 142 graduates conferred at Carlow College, St. Patrick’s recently. They both graduated from the B.A. (Hons) in Arts & Humanities. The conferrings had been postponed in December 2021 due to Covid and following a poll, it was decided to
postpone the ceremony to April, rather than hosting a virtual event. “Our staff worked hard in the months leading up to the graduation to ensure it was the celebration our Class of 2021 deserved. These graduates had a very challenging final year of their studies and to see them persevere to get to this major milestone – it really
Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board Invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the following positions based in the Adult Learning Service – Carlow and Kilkenny
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A panel may be created for the filling of other posts within the scheme which may arise. Closing Date: Friday, 6 May 2022 at 12 noon Further details and application forms available from www.kcetb.ie Adult Literacy Service, Kilkenny and Carlow ETB is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union. Provision co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union. Có-mhaoinithe ag an
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is something to celebrate”, says Dr Thomas McGrath, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Registrar of Carlow College. Carlow College President, Fr Conn Ó Maoldhomhnaigh warmly congratulated the graduates who come from 13 different counties across Ireland, including as far as Donegal, and from Estonia and Brazil.
Warning on use of pesticides
continued from front page all stakeholders, working in partnership, make further progress. “Users of pesticides must always consider alternatives in the first instance and if the application of pesticides is considered essential make sure that they follow best practice measures to protect water quality.” Irish Water stresses that minimising pesticide use not only helps to protect water quality but also has wider environmental benefits. For example, leaving areas unsprayed can help native flowering plant species to grow and support a range of insects including bees and other vital pollinators. One-third of Ireland’s bee species are threatened with extinction and by helping the bee population survive and thrive we are also helping to protect our precious water sources. For more information on practical ways to help bees and other pollinators, check out the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan at www.pollinators.ie.
€50m fund to target our water treatment needs
THE Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien has announced a new funding scheme targeting the waste water collection and treatment needs of Carlow’s villages and settlements without access to public waste water services. The scheme is funded by a €50m commitment under the National Development Plan. The announcement follows the completion of a review of villages and settlements that do not have access to public waste water infrastructure. This work included consultation with stakeholders and a detailed survey completed by local authorities of villages and settlements in their area not serviced by waste water collection and treatment systems. The scheme will now open to Local Authorities in Carlow and across Ireland for application and will stay open for applications until September 15. There will also be an information workshop for Local Authorities. Local authorities now have the opportunity to develop early and comprehensive applications for funding under this new scheme which will be included in the Department’s overall Multi-Annual Rural
Water Programme 2022-2025. This will allow the villages and settlements that will ultimately be approved for funding to have a real and meaningful prospect of a speedier and successful outcome. It is expected that at least 10 demonstration projects will be supported under this first round of funding. The principal policy drivers of this new initiative are to provide opportunities to support the provision of housing in smaller villages which are not currently serviced by collective waste water treatment systems, while reducing the risk to public health and preventing water pollution. The Minister said, “The improved waste water services will enable local authorities to work in partnership with the community to enable villages and settlements to be better places to live, work and visit, to support overall Government objectives under Housing for All and give practical effect to our vision for a vibrant rural Ireland under Our Rural Future.” This new measure will provide 85% exchequer funding through the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, with the remaining 15% in funding coming from the relevant local authority.
IF you are thinking of taking your driving test soon then avoid Kilkenny. Kilkenny is the county with the lowest driving test pass rate in Ireland, according to Chill Insurance. Based on 2020 data from the Road Safety Authority (RSA), Chill determined the 10 worst counties for passing your test, with the Marble County taking the top spot. Kilkenny had a pass rate of just 39.55%, ahead of Dublin
and Carlow in the second and third spots, with 45.82% and 49.40% respectively. Also, avoid the summer months for tests. The luckiest week for learner drivers was between 3 - 9 January when there was a 61.50% pass rate, while the unluckiest was 19 - 25 September when only 50.50% passed. More learner drivers are now applying to take their tests following the pandemic — so it is busy!
Learner drivers — avoid Kilkenny!
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Time to end this sham fight and build the new hospital
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HE politicians who are trying to block the construction of the new National Maternity Hospital on the site of St Vincent’s, in south Dublin, are waging a phoney war. This battle was won more than 40 years ago and even then it was a bit of a sham fight. The loser was not the Catholic Church, which has been cast as the villain in the current controversy, but a more traditional bogeyman, the landlord. The issue was one of principle and it concerned, not public buildings, but the land on which most private houses stood. Before 1978 very few people in Ireland owned the land on which their houses were built. They leased it from whoever did own it. In legend, and popular imagination, the owners were English aristocrats whose grasping,
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grinding forebears had seized the land from oppressed Gaels. In practice they were usually construction companies and local authorities. The terms of these ground leases were not onerous. They typically covered many lifetimes - 900-year leases were not uncommon - and, although a ‘ground rent’ was levied on householders, it was usually for a very small amount. Nevertheless, people were annoyed that these landlords (that’s the origin of the word) could oblige them to pay money while providing no service of any sort. So in 1978 an Act was passed forbidding the creation of new ground leases and a scheme introduced to let home owners buy out the existing ones. The abolition of ground rents put paid to any suggestion that ownership of land conferred rights over the property built on it. But, in truth, that was always
the case. If the householder wanted to build a pigeon loft or an outdoor gym, use the garden walls as a handball court or sunbathe nude on the balcony, that was none of the land owner’s business. The householder might fall foul of planning regulations, noise abatement rules or laws on public decency, but the preferences of the land owner had no bearing on these matters. Nowadays, nearly all householders own the land their homes are built on but that is not true of public properties. Many public offices are rented in their entirety, both the land and the building, while others - some Garda stations and law courts, for instance -are on leased land, not owned by the State. The ownership has no practical relevance. A local authority may own the land on which a courthouse is built, but it cannot pick the juries or tell the judge
that sentencing is too harsh. And that’s how it will be if the new National Maternity Hospital goes ahead, as planned, on the south Dublin site owned by the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group on behalf of the Religious Sisters of Charity . St Vincent’s has said all medical procedures legal in the State will be available at the new hospital, including those that run contrary to Catholic ethos, such as termination of pregnancy. But it doesn’t really matter what St Vincent’s says because it’s not going to have a say. The State, in the form of the HSE, will own the hospital building and have a 299-year lease on the land. The lease will probably outlast the Sisters of Charity but, in any case, until it is up they will have no right to interfere in the running of the maternity hospital. The plan to move the National Maternity Hospital from Holles
Street in central Dublin was approved in 2013. The Elm Park site was chosen in 2016. So the issue has been debated and examined for almost a decade. The projected cost of the hospital has risen in those years from €300 million to €800 million and will almost certainly top €1bn by the time it is built. Until then, thousands of women will give birth in a hospital opened in 1894. Its medical facilities are restricted, the ancillary facilities are woeful, and there is little privacy on its wards. Women want the new hospital and none of the medical professionals who will work in it have expressed any fear of Church interference. The Minister for Health and his two immediate predecessors have backed the move, as has the Taoiseach. So, please, let us get on with it and stop fighting a phoney war over an issue that doesn’t exist.
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New turf legislation ‘will be acceptable’
GREEN Party chief Eamon Ryan has said he is confident the Government new turf legislation will be introduced later this year and will be ‘acceptable’ to rural communities. He said Ireland was in the middle of a three month consultation with the European Commission which was due to conclude at the end of May. “We don’t have to immediately address this but we do want to do it quickly because we don’t want uncertainty. “I want people to know what the situation is, come what may, even under the existing arrangements. He said most of the turf that will be cut this summer will be saved and used over the winter. The minister said the Government had signalled its intentions 16 months ago and had launched a public consultation last September. “That ongoing consultation process is important. It’s important that we do get it right and I’m confident we will and we will introduce it later this
Midwife Saira Munir at announcement that the Coombe Hospital is recruiting 29 new midwives. Pic: Jason Clarke
Leah Quish (9) at the launch of Round Up for Ronald McDonald House in Crumlin Hospital. Pic: Andres Poveda
year.” New measures to ban the sale of smoky fuels are set to come into effect on September 1st. Several Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs have expressed concern about Mr Ryan’s move to clamp down on turf burning at
a time when fuel bills are rising sharply. Speaking to Newstalk, Fine Gael TD Michael Ring said people need turf now and there is no alternative at the moment. “We want them to be able to continue on at present to be able
to cut turf, and anybody that’s cutting turf at the moment needs it now and in the future,” Mr Ring said. “I have no doubt that we will bring in proposals that will be acceptable to the people of rural Ireland,” Mr Ryan said.
Census forms must be posted if not collected IF you are among those whose Census form has not yet been collected then you are now asked to post the form back to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Enumerators have now completed their collections and the CSO has advised people whose form has not yet been collected, to “post it without delay”. Once the some two million forms are all returned to Census Head Office in Swords, they will be scanned and the data analysed before being published as anonymised statistics. In a statement, the CSO said: “These statistics are vital for planning public services such as roads, schools, hospitals, and housing. Preliminary population figures from Census 2022 are expected to be published by mid-summer. “As well as producing the results from Census 2022, the CSO is now looking ahead to the next census which will take place in 2027. Plans are progressing on providing an
Eleven helmets to symbolise the deaths of 11 motorcyclists so far this year - the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána are reminding drivers to be on the lookout for motorcyclists when using the road. Pic: Jason Clarke
Gap between rich and poor widens THE rich-poor gap in Ireland has widened as a result of taxation and welfare measures adopted in Budget 2022, according to a new analysis from Social Justice Ireland. The think tank said its latest briefing paper shows Government policy is “not yet focused on achieving the objectives of reducing poverty and promoting social inclusion”. Analyst Colette Bennett said the rich-poor gap increased by €2.96 per week, or €154 per year, as a result of tax and welfare measures in the 2022 Budget. “The overall rich-poor gap
stood at €975 per week (€50,800 per annum) in 2022 and it has grown by a total of €30 per week (€1,550 per annum) over the period 2014-2022,” Ms Bennett said. “Our analysis also monitored what we call the “middle-poor gap”, that is the difference in the distributional impact of recent Budgets on households dependent on jobseekers payments (poor) and PAYE workers on €40,000 per year (middle). Overall, the middlepoor gap has grown by a total of €21 per week (€1,070 per annum) over the period 20142022,” she added.
online response option which will be part funded by the European Union National Recovery and Resilience plan.” Eileen Murphy, Head of Census Administration, added: “We have seen great public support for the Census so far and would encourage anyone who still has their form to please post it back as soon as possible. “By law everyone who was present in the country on Census night must be recorded on a form, so it is really important that the completed forms are returned to us now. If you know of someone who needs extra support with their form, we ask you to check in with them and help them get in touch with us for further information if required. Census forms can be returned to the following address: Central Statistics Office PO Box 2021 Freepost 4726 Swords, Co Dublin K67 D2X4
We are at the mercy of Russian oil crisis
Ireland will be at the mercy of price hikes if an oil and gas embargo is imposed on Russia, Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has said. The EU warned member states to prepare for the possibility of a full disruption of Russian gas and oil by the Kremlin. It comes as EU energy ministers met in an emergency meeting in Brussels following Russia’s move to cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. Mr Ryan said Ireland has no direct exposure to Russian gas and oil, but we are fully exposed to the global price hike that will result if and when an oil embargo is implemented. Meanwhile, many energy companies in Europe are due to pay for their Russian gas in midMay. They face the prospect of a similar fate to that of Bulgaria and Poland. The commission says it will issue guidance on how to pay for their supply while staying in the parameters of EU sanctions aimed at damaging Russia’s financing of its war.
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Carlow Choral concert
Carlow Choral Society presents an uplifting and joyous performance of Vivaldi’s most famous Choral works on Sunday 22nd May at 7.30pm in the Church of the Most Holy Rosary in Tullow, Co. Carlow. Conducted by Blánaid Murphy and accompanied by the Irish Choral Sinfonia Orchestra and Yvonne Collier playing organ. Soloists include Aisling Kenny, Soprano and Laura-Joy Copeland, Mezzo Soprano The performance will include Vivaldi Gloria – one of Vivaldi’s most popular and uplifting choral works which very much demonstrates Vivaldi’s skill as a composer, and Vivaldi Magnificat, another of Vivaldi’s masterpieces which blends a variety of choral styles. The choir will also perform Laetatus Sum, a shorter joyous piece by Vivaldi. The concert will include a very short interval and will be an hour and 20 minutes. Tickets are €20.00 each and accompanied under 16’s are free. Tickets are available on www.eventbrite.ie and from Tullow Parish Office, and choir members. For further information contact carlowchoralsociety@gmail. com.
‘New era’ as Carlow gets first university DESCRIBED as ‘a new era’ for the south east, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris officially signed the order under the Technological Universities Act 2018 to establish South East Technological University (SETU) on the first day of May. “This really is a red letter day for the south east,” he said. “Now for the first time a university stands in the south east. This new university can build on the enormous strengths of both institutes and really put a mark on the quality of higher education, employment, enterprise and skills creation, expanded research, socioeconomic and regional development in the vibrant South East. The new university will be building on and with very firm foundations. “Today would not be happening if it were not for the hard work put in across the past decade by staff, management, students and the people of the south east. While today is the
SETU students, left to right, Ellen McLoughlin, Barbara Enticknap, Juliana Wong Mendonca, Maria Pidoprygora, Milena Lescova and Abaz Bajrami.
start of a brand new journey, it is only one step on the road. This will be matched by investment, investment in infrastructure and new buildings, investment in education, investment in research.”
The governing body of SETU has ratified Prof Veronica Campbell as SETU’s first President. Prof Campbell said: “We are ambitious for our new university and for our region.
KCETB Community Arts and Culture Grant 2022
“We want to become a leading European technological university, transforming lives, and driving growth through excellence in learning, research, collaboration and innovation,” she added. Kellie Harrington
Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) is inviting applications from community providers/groups, for funding through our Community Arts and Culture Grant, which will assist and enhance collective community arts and cultural activities for Adult Learners within Further Education and Training. The purpose of the Community Arts and Culture Grant is to support local community providers/groups across Kilkenny and Carlow to connect and engage with adult learners through the medium of Arts and Culture. Who Can Apply: Community Groups located within Kilkenny and Carlow. We will be holding Online Information Sessions to support you in your Application. These sessions will provide: •
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Chance to win €2k for your local club
SPAR is inviting all community clubs and groups across Carlow to apply for a chance to win €2,000 in funding and a visit from brand ambassador and Olympic gold medallist Kellie Harrington, as part of the SPAR Summer Community Road Trip initiative. Open to all community groups including youth clubs, sporting organisations,
music groups and beyond, applications for the SPAR Community Road Trip will close on Friday, 20th May with a total prize fund of €10,000 available. Community groups and clubs are invited to register now at www.spar.ie. Five winning groups will receive €2,000 each and a visit from Kellie Harrington in June.
Carlow Arts Festival needs you
THE 2022 Carlow Arts Festival is looking for festival volunteers to help them in the delivery of a range of festival events, before, during and after the festival This is a great way to gain experience and get involved with arts and event management. Carlow Arts Festival runs from Thursday 9 June to Sunday 12 June, with festival HQ Carlow College St Patrick’s, as well as locations around Carlow town. Some volunteers will also be required in the week before and the week after the festival. All volunteers will attend an induction setting and receive relevant training for their respective role. Shifts may be morning, afternoon or evening. Some of the roles and responsibilities include: stewarding (usher/information team), artist liaison assistant, press management assistant, ticketing and accreditation, information services: answering Volunteers must be 18 or over. For the volunteer application form contact volunteer@ carlowartsfestival.com
Artists urged to take part in survey
Professionals working in the creative sector and in the field of crafts have been asked to contribute to a new County Carlow Crafts and Creative Strategy, which is being developed by Carlow County Council’s Local Enterprise Office. A central part of the development of the strategy is an online survey, which asks professionals in the field their opinions on a number of potential priorities which could be implemented in Carlow. Séamus Doran, assistant head of economic development & enterprise with the Local Enterprise Office, said a strategic plan was now needed to further grow the sector. “We now need to plan strategically for the further growth of the sector for the next five and more years. A strategic plan which sets out clear goals and actions will act as a motivator to everyone with an interest in this sector.” The survey is now online at: consult.carlow.ie/en/content/ carlow-crafts-creative-strategysurvey
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WILDLIFE
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Humble Hawthorn – Magnificent Mayflower
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quinn by Trevor Birney
As we head into May over the coming weeks the countryside will soon be adorned and lit up with an exuberance of snowy white blossoms. Hedgerows, field boundaries and trees seem to be dressed as for a wedding or a communion. What is responsible for this resplendent erumpent display? It is the Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna). This native, deciduous tree, which in winter looks so stark, bleak, gnarly and tough with vicious thorns, in May breaks into wonderous blossom. The timing of its’ flowering gives rise to its more common name the Mayflower. It is the white blossom of the Hawthorn that Shakespeare refers to as “the darling buds of May” in one of his most famous sonnets – Sonnet No. 18. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, Known by many names – Mayflower, Maybush, Quickthorn, Hagthorn, Haw, Maythorn, May, Mayblossom, Bread and Cheese Tree and the Fairy Tree, it has a long association with the fairy folk in Irish folklore. Fairy rings and Hawthorn trees seem to go hand in hand. To this day you will see many a field with isolated Hawthorn trees and an untouched circle around it where the farmer dare not touch it for fear of incurring the wrath of the fairy folk. The Hawthorn’s genus name Crataegus comes from the Greek kratos, which means strength and refers to the hardness of the Hawthorn’s wood. The simple, delicate beauty of the 5-petalled flowers belie their bittersweet aroma which can be reminiscent of rotting meat! Flies are attracted to this and act as pollinators for the Hawthorn. The flowers give way to hardy, red berries known as haws coming into the autumn and are an important source of food for wildlife during the winter.
THIS is the gripping inside story of Ireland’s bankrupt billionaire, Sean Quinn, who went from rags to riches before gambling it all on Anglo-Irish Bank shares and became the world’s biggest personal loser of the economic collapse of 2008. A millionaire by thirty, Quinn took on the Irish cement business in the 1980s and won. He became an almost mythical character, creating thousands of jobs at a time when the dark shadows of mass unemployment and the Troubles loomed over the borderlands. Then he gambled on the stock market and lost. hriller.
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the works presents RTE1, 11.15 Thursdays
the northman Cinemas nationwide
JOHN Kelly returns to RTÉ One this May with five new episodes of The Works Presents, which explore this very question - guests include innovative musicians, visually stunning film-makers, well-loved writers, unique composers and performers as well as politically-driven artists. In conversations with John, these key creative forces, share insights into how and why they work in their chosen fields. John discovers what inspires them and how it drives them to create the works they make.
AFTER the murder of his father (Ethan Hawke) and kidnapping of his mother (Nicole Kidman), Prince Amleth (Alexander Skarsgard) sets out on a years-long journey across the Viking world for revenge. Along the way, he joins forces with Olga (Anya Taylor-Joy), a captured woman who utilises her cunning to help Amleth on his quest for bloody vengeance. If you’re familiar with your Danish history or Shakespearean tragedies, chances are you’ll already be roughly familiar with ‘The Northman’. Just be braced for some serious violence.
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Aries- This week is a 7 Do the groundwork to realize a vision. Strategize and review priorities. Postpone travels, and take care of business behind the scenes. Taurus- This week is an 8 Friends help out. Collaborate on the structural and logistical details. Make sure you’ve handled the basics before elaborating. Gemini- This week is an 8 Navigate a professional challenge by focusing on organization, discipline and coordinated action. Work completed now can have long-term benefit. Cancer- This week is an 8 You can get what you need to take a trip. An older person makes an interesting proposition. Don’t overlook what loved ones need. Leo- This week is an 8 Investments made now can have long-term benefit. Strengthen by reinforcing foundations and supports.
better call saul season 6 Netflix SO, Better Call Saul season 6 has finally arrived. Who’d have thought a prequel would survive six seasons. The end of Better Call Saul means we’ve reached the end of our time with Jimmy McGill, and by extension, Kim Wexler. It’s strange how this show has morphed from a not-quite-necessary prequel series chronicling the rise of everyone’s favourite slimeball lawyer (Bob Odenkirk), to an intimate show about rival brothers, to a series about wholesome lawyer Kim Wexler’s (Rhea Seehorn) journey to the dark side. And it will get darker . . .
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one-pan spaghetti www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/one-panspaghetti
Brother johnny Edgar Winter
BUDGET recipes, you can’t go wrong — especially when the cost of heating the hob is more than the ingredients for the dinner. So here is one of our favourites. One-pan spaghetti. It will even save you on the cost of turning on the water to wash the pots. Your staples here are meatballs and tomato sauce, and if you are clever about it, you’ll get a few dinners in a row and save more all round. Some prefer pork mince, others beef; then there are the rebels who mix pork and beef. But would you really cross a cow and a pig?
EDGAR Winter’s tribute album to his brother, the legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter is a serious who’s who for the guitar players out there, and features Gregg Bissonette, Joe Bonamassa, Doyle Bramhall II, John McFee, Robben Ford, Billy Gibbons, David Grissom, Taylor Hawkins, Warren Haynes, Steve Lukather. Yes, this is purely for the axeman but even the budding young guitar players will learn a lot from listening to some 17 timeless classics and seering riffs that will take the scalp off of ye. But as always with something like this, it does sound better cranked up to 11.
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Virgo- This week is an 8 Collaborate with your partner to realize a shared dream. Strengthen infrastructure. Find an inspiration that sings for both of you. Libra- This week is an 8 Keep your fitness goals. Disciplined action builds long-term strength and health. Demands for your attention abound. Scorpio- This week is an 8 Keep practicing to improve your game. Focus on technique, and learn through repetition. Get coaching from a trusted expert. Sagittarius- This week is an 8
Make repairs and renovations. Coordinate with your family for shared priorities. Get creative.
100k in 30 days www.100kin30days.ie
go loud selects www.goloudplayer.com
three rocks trail www.wexfordwalkingtrails.ie
Following the success of last year’s 100K in 30 Days event, which raised €1.7m for Breast Cancer Ireland, organisers are calling on the people of Waterford to join the #pinkarmy and take part in the June event this year. 100K in 30 Days was founded by Co. Louth (Blackrock, Dundalk) couple Niall Carroll and Cara McAdam and launched in 2020 after Cara was diagnosed with breast cancer. Those who register are also in with a chance to win prizes such as a €5,000 Holiday Voucher. See link for
GoLoud, Ireland’s home of podcasts, has announced the launch of GoLoud Selects, a GoLoud Original podcast presented by actor, director and television presenter Simon Delaney and television and radio broadcaster Aidan Power. GoLoud Selects curates the best in television, podcasts, movies and more from Ireland and abroad to bring you the ultimate entertainment experience; this is really the go-to app for an entertainment package with comedy, practical life advice or even a gripping true crime documentary.
THIS trail leads you along part of the route traversed by the Wexford men during the 1798 rebellion in Wexford. This 13.5km trail is linear and starts or ends at Ferrycarrig Castle or Skeaterpark on the Duncannon Newline. The trail has a large number of points of interest spread out across the trail. A bit on Forth Mountain it is a 239m high forest-covered hill capped with prominent rocky tors. Forth Mountain takes its name from the Gaelic tribe of the Fotharta and is the frontier between two Gaelic kingdoms for Forth and Shelmaliere.
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opinion&comment
The trouble with Man United
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o, the new Manchester United manager has been announced. It came as no surprise to many that Dutchman Eric ten Hag will take over in the summer, with one-time bookies favourite Mauricio Potchettino having fallen to long odds in recent months. Will it matter though? Will ten Hag be the saviour, or just another failed roll of the dice by the United hierarchy? Only time will tell. United are a sorry mess right now. The 4-0 collapse against Liverpool on April 19 was telling. It left United in sixth place, trying to hold off West Ham over the concluding few games to ensure they don’t slip from a Europa League spot into a Europa Conference League one. The result was also a fair summation of the gulf in class between Ralf Rangnick’s charges and Jurgen Klopp’s quadruple-chasing team. The state of flux at Old
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Trafford must be difficult for United fans used to winning trophies to bear. Harry Maguire has become a joke - this is a cruel fate to befall anyone in any walk of life and I fear for the player’s mental health (I’d have dropped him much sooner and kept him out of the limelight). Ronaldo is both a hero and a villain; his arrival upset the balance of the team and his ensuing goals came to the rescue. As for Pogba, Rashford and the others, are they staying or are they going? Ten Hag has never managed
in England, and although he has won two doubles (in 2019 and 2021) with Ajax, managing in the Premier League is a huge leap. He has an uphill battle to climb, and both the board and the fans need to give him the full three years to sort things out; Ferguson got time when he came to United, and more recently Liverpool have reaped the rewards of giving Klopp time. For the superstitious United
fan, how about this. Manchester United had five permanent managers between the great Sir Matt Busby and the evengreater Sir Alex Ferguson; they were Wilf McGuinness, Frank O’Farrell, Tommy Docherty, Dave Sexton and Ron Atkinson. There have been five permanent managers since Ferguson – David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick. A good omen?
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On the other hand, a new manager needs to have all traces of previous ones gone, if he is to have no shadows hanging over him. But ten Haag will have Ferguson still around, Rangnick still around, and Steve McClaren (a former Ferguson assistant manager) back. If I was ten Hag, I’d be insisting that Ferguson is relieved of his ambassadorial and other assorted duties.
Let him fully retire to his whiskey and his horses. I’d be insisting that Rangnick’s consulting role is binned. Busby loomed large over many successors for more than a decade, and it did nobody any good. To their eternal shame, United let the same thing happen with Ferguson. Ties with him should be cut. United need to make a clean break, accept that they have made mistakes and fallen heavily, and start the long climb back to the summit. A strong English league needs a strong United. When Liverpool were in the doldrums and United running the roost, I maintained that a strong English league needed a strong Liverpool. With all the ‘Big Guns’ blazing, the league benefits even more. United’s decline hasn’t come about because of a resurgent Liverpool no more than it has come about because of a newlywealthy Manchester City; it has come about as a result of their own mistakes. Time to start righting them.
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We take a look back at extracts from old newspapers to see what was in the news this month in years gone by
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