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Disappointment in Croke Park Battling Carlow side lose to Laois

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Olivia Maher and Natasha Dawson at the opening night of Eigise 2018. » Lots more pictures from around the county inside

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€100k grants for childcare providers

news in brief Further delay COMPLETION of construction work at Tyndall College and Carlow College of Further Education is now even more uncertain, after construction ¿UP 6DPPRQ &RQWUDFWLQJ ZHQW into liquidation last week. 6DPPRQ ZDV EDGO\ D൵HFWHG E\ WKH HDUOLHU FROODSVH RI KXJH 8. ¿UP &DULOORQ ZKR ZHUH WKH main contractors on the Carlow SURMHFWV 7KH 6DPPRQ ¿UP KDG DOUHDG\ HQWHUHG H[DPLQHUVKLS EHIRUH last week’s announcement that it ZDV WR EH ZRXQG XS FRPSOHWHO\ Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, is among WKRVH ZKR KDV H[SUHVVHG GLVDSSRLQWPHQW DW WKH QHZV +H has admitted that it means the &DUORZ SURMHFWV DQG VHYHUDO others around the country, will now take even longer to FRPSOHWH

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Young players and club officials at the launch of the Carlow RFC Bees.

Rugby Club is all abuzz with the launch of new Bees squad THE GROUNDS of Carlow Rugby Club at Oak Park were buzzing with excitement last Tuesday evening as the club launched a special new initiative for children, under the name of the Carlow RFC Bees. The Bees is a new squad for both boys and girls who have additional needs, and is part of a wider IRFU project that has already seen some 16 other clubs in Leinster alone get involved. It aims to make tag rugby accessible to SHRSOH ZLWK VXFK GL൶FXOWLHV DV vision or hearing impairment,

an intellectual disability, a GL൶FXOW\ ZLWK EDVLF SK\VLFDO activity, a psychological or emotional condtion, or a chronic long-term illness. Almost 30 young players aged from eight upwards have already registered for the initiative in Carlow. Most of them were present in the grounds last week for the R൶FLDO ODXQFK 0HPEHUV RI D club sub-committee that set up the project were also there, while special guests were international rugby stars Sean O’Brien and Alison Millar. Another big attraction

there was the presence of the European Champions Cup trophy, won last month by Leinster, as they beat Racing 92 of France by 15-12 in a WHQVH D൵DLU LQ %LOEDR Chairman of Co. Carlow RFC, Melvin Elmes, paid tribute to all involved in setting up the Bees, and said he was sure the children LQYROYHG ZRXOG EHQH¿W JUHDWO\ from it. Anyone who would like more details on the Bees can contact Teresa O Meara on 087 3868973 or email teresa@ sidocarlow@gmail.com

$ 727$/ RI MXVW XQGHU ¼ KDV EHHQ DOORFDWHG E\ the Government to three leading FKLOGFDUH SURYLGHUV LQ &RXQW\ Carlow. The largest allocation goes to WKH $EVROXWH %HJLQQHUV &UHFKH and Montessori in Tullow. It will receive €49,603. 7KH 6XDQWUDt 0RQWHVVRUL LQ Tinryland is in line for €30,056. There was then further good news for the Tullow area too, as Tots to Teens, also in the town, is to receive €20,000. The three Carlow allocations FRPELQH IRU DQ RYHUDOO WRWDO RI €99,659. 7KH IXQGLQJ FRPHV DV SDUW RI D national scheme that sees a total RI ¼ PLOOLRQ LQ FDSLWDO IXQGLQJ JRLQJ WR SURYLGHUV RI (DUO\ <HDUV DQG 6FKRRO $JH &KLOGFDUH across Ireland. The grants were announced ODVW ZHHN E\ 0LQLVWHU IRU &KLOGUHQ DQG <RXWK $൵DLUV 'U .DWKHULQH =DSSRQH 6KH VDLG they will create more than 2,000 QHZ FKLOGFDUH SODFHV LQ WRWDO µ7KHUH ZDV DQ XQSUHFHGHQWHG

DPRXQW RI DSSOLFDWLRQV WKLV \HDU ZKLFK VKRZV WKH DSSHWLWH IRU H[SDQVLRQ ZLWKLQ WKH VHFWRU , will continue to seek increased investment in this area in order WR LQFUHDVH FDSDFLW\ DQG GHOLYHU the highest quality of childcare for families in Ireland,’ she added. +HU *RYHUQPHQW FROOHDJXH local Fine Gael TD Pat Deering, welcomed news of the Carlow funding. µ7KLV IXQGLQJ ZLOO FRQWULEXWH towards the creation of new FKLOGFDUH SODFHV QDWXUDO RXWGRRU SOD\ DUHDV DQG WKH HVVHQWLDO PDLQWHQDQFH DQG UHSDLU RI VHUvices here in Carlow,’ he said. µ7KH FDSLWDO IXQGLQJ KDV EHHQ DZDUGHG IROORZLQJ WKH FRPSOHWLRQ RI D YHU\ FRPSHWLWLYH DSSOLFDWLRQ DQG DSSUDLVDO SURFHVV , DP YHU\ SOHDVHG ZLWK WKH SURJress we are making with childcare. Fine Gael is delivering on LWV HOHFWLRQ FRPPLWPHQW WR VXSSRUW IDPLOLHV DQG WR KHOS HDVH WKH ¿QDQFLDO FRVW RI FKLOGFDUH ¶ he added.

Four in court after filling station raid )285 SHRSOH DSSHDUHG LQ FRXUW last Friday in connection with overnight raid earlier in the ZHHN DW WKH 7RSD] ¿OOLQJ VWDWLRQ at Tinryland, during which a VKRW ZDV ¿UHG 7KH IRXU KDG EHHQ DUUHVWHG ZKHQ ORFDO JDUGDt EDFNHG XS E\ WKH DUPHG VXSSRUW XQLW UDLGHG D house in Carlow town around 9 a.m. last Thursday morning. All four were remanded to return to court at a future sitting, DV *DUGDt FRQWLQXH WR EXLOG evidence in the case. 7KH UREEHU\ WRRN SODFH DURXQG The Topaz station off the M9. 2.30 a.m. on Thursday at the ¿OOLQJ VWDWLRQ MXVW R൵ -XQFWLRQ D ¿OOLQJ VWDWLRQ DW 7LQU\ODQG 5 of the M9 motorway. At on the M9 at Junction 5, and least two raiders stormed the WKUHDWHQHG VWD൵ SUHPLVHV WKUHDWHQHG VWD൵ DQG µ2QH VKRW ZDV ¿UHG GXULQJ WKH ¿UHG D VKRW EHIRUH PDNLQJ R൵ course of the raid. in a dark-coloured Volkswagen µ7KH\ PDGH R൵ LQ D GDUN Golf with a sum of cash. coloured Volkswagen Golf with $Q R൶FLDO *DUGD VWDWHPHQW a small sum of cash. No one was that was released in the wake of LQMXUHG GXULQJ WKH LQFLGHQW the arrests on Thursday read: µ'XULQJ D IROORZ XS RSHUDWLRQ )RXU DUUHVWV KDYH EHHQ PDGH shortly after 9am investigating E\ *DUGDL LQYHVWLJDWLQJ DQ *DUGDt IURP &DUORZ *DUGD DUPHG UREEHU\ DW D ¿OOLQJ VWDWLRQ 6WDWLRQ DVVLVWHG E\ WKH $UPHG on the M9 in Co Carlow. 6XSSRUW 8QLW FDUULHG RXW D µ6KRUWO\ DIWHU DP WZR search at a house in Carlow males, one armed with a gun and town. the other with a knife, entered ‘Three men and one woman,

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06| news in brief Repossessions THERE were 66 repossession orders granted in respect of properties in County Carlow over the four-year period from 2013 WR DFFRUGLQJ WR ¿JXUHV published last week. 7KH ¿JXUHV ZHUH UHOHDVHG E\ the Courts Service of Ireland, and included a county-bycounty breakdown of all of the repossession orders over that time. Four counties had fewer orders than Carlow: Sligo (38), Longford (44), Leitrim (50), and Monaghan (64). Almost 85% of the orders related to residential properties, and the vast majority of those involved banks or other lending institutions taking action against mortgage holders who were VLJQL¿FDQWO\ LQ DUUHDUV

New bus service IT IS expected that a new local bus service will be and running in Carlow town by the end of next year. Two routes are expected: one to run between Tyndall College and MSD, and the other to run between Sleaty Road and Wall’s Forge. The buses are likely to run from approximately 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. each weekday, with a lesser service at weekends. The new bus routes will come under a scheme being operated by the National Transport Authority

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Badges for ‘Scallion Aters’ are in huge Funding approved for work demand

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Award for bicycle storage company INNOVATIVE Graiguecullenbased company Cyc-Lok, which makes and provides secure bicycle storage lockers than can be hired by the hour, was among the winners at the recent National Enterprise Awards held in the Mansion House in Dublin. The company, which was set up by Stephen and Louise Murphy in 2014, won the Innovation Award. They were presented with their award by the Minister for Trade, Pat Breen TD. Cyc-Lok were supported in the competition by the Laois /RFDO (QWHUSULVH 2൶FH ZKRVH CEO, Evelyn Reddin, paid warm tribute to them. ‘Cyc-Lok are very deserving winners of this award, because of the impact that they have already made in their sector. This award recognises that bicycle storage lockers have international appeal,, ‘ she said. Cyc-Lok locations include Pearse Street and Heuston Railway Stations in Dublin. Using a lock costs just €1 per hour.

A collection of ‘Scallion Ater’ badges. IT SEEMS Carlow people are proud to be known as ‘The Scallion Aters’. That’s if demand for special badges that were produced as part of a schools arts project is anything to go by! The Scallion Ater Project was devised by Wexford-based artist and folklorist Michael Fortune, with the support of Carlow Arts 2൶FH DQG 7DNH $ 3DUW &DUORZ Being familiar with how his home county of Wexford is so associated with strawberries, Michael became interested in Carlow’s renown for scallions, and got to work on the project. It’s now taking place in three local primary schools, where pupils were gifted scallion seed packs and badges, with the idea being that they grow the scallions in their own school gardens and/or containers in the classroom that they could take home when the holidays come round. Meanwhile, a group of residents from the Old Tullow Road area is also participating, by growing scallions in the gardens of their homes. And the scal-

lions even made an appearance at the recent prestigious Bloom Festival in the Phoenix Park, courtesy of the Carlow Tourism stand there. Badges and stickers that were produced as part of the project have been in even higher demand than the packs of seeds, though. After Michael posted on Facebook about the project and invited people to contact him if they would like seeds and a badge, he was inundated with messages from people from all over Ireland, saying they were proud of their ‘scallion ater’ roots and asking for a badge. The demand was so great that it became necessary to organise a public giveaway of the badges, which took place in Carlow Library last Saturday. Perhaps mindful of Carlow’s big game in Croke Park the following day, there was a steady stream of people all day long, all eager to get a badge or two for themselves. Some may even still be available – contact Michael at micfortune@gmail.com to enquire.

Railway footbridge CARLOW Railway Station is to get a new passenger footbridge, complete with lifts for people who are unable to climb stairs RU ZKR KDYH GL൶FXOW\ LQ GRLQJ so. Funding for the new bridge was recently approved by the National Transport Authority, under its Accessibility Programme. Iarnrod Eireann received plan-

ning permission for the project last October and the company is currently preparing the necessary tender documents for the construction phase. It is expected that the foot bridge will be completed by mid-2019. Fine Gael TD Pat Deering welcomed the news. ‘This will bring some degree of relief and certainty to users who previousO\ KDG GL൶FXOW\ ¶ KH VDLG

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Rathoe girls line out in the Aviva

RATHOE NS was one of 24 from all over the country to be represented in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin recently, IRU WKH ÂżQDOV RI WKH 6SDU )$, Primary Schools 5s competition. Rathoe was represented by its girls’ team, which took part in the ‘B’ Cup competition for medium-sized schools. They had come through a county event, regional event, and then a Leinster event to make it all the way through to Finals Day. Along the way, they met the manager of the Republic of Ireland international team, Martin O’Neill. The girls brought home a set of medals from Dublin, after a fantastic day out which they thoroughly enjoyed. Thirteen counties were represented there in total, following an extensive programme of games that saw an incredible 31,728 children from 1,528 schools take part. Great credit is due to the Rathoe WHDP IRU UHDFKLQJ WKH ÂżQDOV RXW of all that much competition!

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Eclectic line-up for the BARE Festival in Borris FRESH from the Festival of Writing and Ideas, which was held over the weekend just gone by, Borris House is SULPHG IRU DQRWKHU ELJ LQÀX[ RI visitors next month – this time for the BARE Festival of music, comedy, and more. It will take place on the weekend of Friday July 6th and Saturday July 7th, with a huge attendance expected for an eclectic mix of music and arts treats. It will bring together a host of Irish and international talent, with everything from post rock to trad to rap to hip hop on the bill. American rapper Obie Trice, from Detroit, is the headline act, while Swifty and Kuniva of D12 fame will also be on hand. Another musical highlight will be a DJ set by Gok Wan, the fashion guru and TV personality. On the home front, you can expect turns from inventive Wicklow instrumentalists God Is An Astronaut, traditional Irish kingpins Kíla, and thought-

Rapper Obie Trice (left) will headline the BARE Festival, while there will be a DJ set by Gok Wan (right). ful singer-songwriter Seamus Fogarty to name but three. Spoken word artists who will be there include Truckstop Honeymoon, Ri Ra, Anna Mullarkey, Shalalak, Scene of the Rhyme, David Jackson, Boundless and Bare, Ciaran Callan and Justin McCann, and

Davina and The Messengers. Meanwhile, there will be comedy turns by Karl Spain, Owen Colgan, Farmer Michael & Kathleen, and more who are yet to be announced. Admission prices for the Festival are â‚Ź50 for a Friday Day Ticket, â‚Ź60 for a Saturday

Day Ticket, and ₏100 for a Weekend Camping Ticket. A children’s ticket costs ₏15, while there is an additional ₏30 charge for anybody who wishes to bring a camper van. All tickets can be upgraded to VIP level for an additional ₏25 to ₏50. A VIP upgrade entitles

the bearer to admission to private bars, better quality toilets, showers, a more secure camping area, and reserved parking. A free shuttle bus to the venue will operate from Bagenalstown Railway Station, while there will also be a bus services from Carlow town.

news in brief Eire Og Lotto NUMBERS drawn in the Eire Og GAA club Lotto last week were 5, 9, 13 and 32, and there was no jackpot winner. The jackpot therefore increased to ₏9,950 for this week’s draw, which took place last night (Monday) in Teach Asca. Match 3 winners last week were Derek Hayden and Georgie Byrne. Tickets for the next draw can be purchased from club members. Meanwhile, bingo continues in the clubhouse each Thursday at 8.30 p.m., and there is live music each Saturday, with no cover charge. The club is also lining up events for Family Day on Sunday June 17. Details to follow.

Cancer Support THE Eist Cancer Support Centre is to hold an information evening for breast cancer survivors this evening (Tuesday), starting at 7 p.m. ,W ZLOO EH KHOG DW WKH (LVW RŕľśFHV at Mill Lane. Proceedings will begin with a display of swimwear, while there will also be a talk about staying safe in the sun. People can book a place by calling Clare at (059) 9139684, or alternatively, just turn up on the evening.

Dawn Attride of Presentation De La Salle (Bagenalstown) receives her award from James Twohig, Director of Operations (Ireland) at Valero, the parent company of Texaco.

Two Texaco Art winners this year TWO Carlow students were among the winners in this year’s prestigious annual Texaco Children’s Art Competition. Both won Special Merit Awards in their age categories. They were Dawn Attride (16) from Presentation De La Salle in Bagenalstown, and Natalia Connolly (13), from Presentation College in Askea. Dawn won in the Age 16-18 category with an entry called Âľ:LOGÂżUHÂś ZKLOH 1DWDOLDÂśV prize-winning entry in the Age 12-13 category was entitled ‘Skyline’. Both Dawn and Natalia

were among the attendance at the prize-giving ceremony held in Dublin recently. They were presented with their awards by James Twohig, the Director of Operations for Ireland with Valero, who are the parent company of Texaco. Their winning entries can be seen in the 2018 Gallery of the RŕľśFLDO FRPSHWLWLRQ ZHEVLWH www.texacochildrensart.com Both Dawn and Natalia have been congratulated on their success by competition organisers and classmates alike, while tributes have also been paid to their respective art teachers.

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FATHER’S DAY is one of those dates you really don’t want to forget – but it can prove annoyingly hard to keep track of, because the date changes every year. We’ve already celebrated our mums this year with Mothering Sunday, and dad’s special day is fast approaching – Sunday June 17! Here’s all you need to know… When is Father’s Day and why do we celebrate it? Each year in the Ireland Father’s Day takes place on the third Sunday of June – which falls on June 17 in 2018. According to one tale, )DWKHU¶V 'D\ ¿UVW EHJDQ EHcause of a woman named Grace Golden Clayton from Fairmount, West Virginia. An orphan, Grace lobbied her local Methodist ministers for a church service to honour fathers in 1908. The story goes that she was inspired to do this after a mining disaster killed 362 local men. Their deaths orphaned more than 1,000 children and Grace wanted to pay tribute to the children’s dead fathers – as well as her own. Another story involves the daughter of a civil war veter-

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an, Sonora Smart Dodd, from Arkansas. While listening to a sermon for Mother’s Day, Sonora became convinced of the need to celebrate dads too. She then campaigned to her religious leaders for a special service dedicated to fathers.

In 1966, President Johnson designated that the third Sunday in June should be Father’s Day. Six years later, Father’s Day was made a permanent national holiday in the US when, in 1972, President Richard Nixon

signed it into law. Why is the date of Father’s 'D\ GL൵HUHQW LQ RWKHU countries? While countries including the UK, Ireland, US, France, Cyprus, South Africa, Netherlands, Greece, Japan,

Zealand celebrate their dads in September. Many people believe that WKH FHOHEUDWLRQ GDWH LV GL൵HUent in the southern hemisphere because June is their autumn, rather than their spring, and the day can be marketed better in the spring season. )DWKHU¶V 'D\ R൵HUV WKH SHUIHFW opportunity to really say thank you to the man who has shown you unconditional love over the years. But this time round let’s take a break from the practical home appliances, pairs of socks and “World’s Best Dad” mugs and give him something he really wants instead. If your dad, grandfather, step-dad or father-inl a w is the kind of guy t h a t knows a thing or two about personal style, there are luckily plenty of ways you can indulge his interests and spoil him at the same time.

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Canada and Saudi Arabia celebrate Father’s Day every June, others have the day on a completely different date. Instead, Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and New

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Bronagh and Roisin Dowling with Sarah Stafford in the Visual Gallery for Eigise 2018

Paddy, Seamus and Kate Marane

John O’Sullivan and Connie Highland-Byrne in the George Bernard Shaw Theatre

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Let the sun continue to shine

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can’t remember such a prolonged spell of good weather as we are having at the moment (the weather hasn’t turned at the time of writing; hopefully it still won’t by the time you read this!). I was born in 1969 and so lived through the famous ‘Heatwave ‘76’ but I can’t remember much of it, I was only seven. It probably instilled in me an expectation that all summers would be that good, a notion I quickly became disabused of. It really has been hot. I saw a news item about a car in a car-park in Bray bursting LQWR Ă€DPHV IURP WKH KHDW I grew up in Bray and was used to the gorse on the side of %UD\ +HDG FDWFKLQJ ÂżUH IURP the heat, but cars self-igniting is taking it to a whole new level. Perhaps there is something in this global warming after all. Joking aside, and assuming global warming is here to stay – and with it cracking summers – how would we like it if we had weather like this more frequently and for longer stretches? Obviously we’d like it, but

Brian Quigley how would we cope? If your home, car and workplace are properly air-conditioned then it makes living in this kind of weather much easier. If you don’t have these luxuries then perhaps you’ve been wishing for the Beast from the East to return. As someone who works QLJKWV , ¿QG VOHHSLQJ LQ WKH daytime in this kind of heat next to impossible, so the heat PDNHV P\ OLIH PRUH GLྜFXOW LQ this regard. I wouldn’t wish it away though. $V D FRXQWU\ ZH DUH GH¿QLWHO\ not prepared for extreme heat, no more than we are prepared

Rossa Sharon Jimmy and Aaron Snoddy in the Visual last week for Eigise 2018. for cold snaps. What are we doing as a country to invest in a long-term plan for coping with extremes of temperature? It’s a question we should be ask-

ing our politicians. It’s a capital spend we’re going to have to bite the bullet and stump up sooner or later. Our water system should be

top of the list. Storing it, conserving it and supplying it in a PRUH HŕľśFLHQW DQG OHVV ZDVWHIXO way. Water is our most precious

resource and we are hugely wasteful of it. Wouldn’t it cost a lot of money to upgrade it? Yes it would, but if we don’t do it we will have huge problems, not least water shortages, and sooner than we think. I’m not referring to Irish Water or water charges, I’m thinking of the much bigger picture. Solar energy is something else that comes to mind. Many of us have solar panels in our homes and they have PDGH D KXJH GL྾HUHQFH WR RXU ¿QDQFHV DV ZHOO DV DOORZLQJ XV do our bit for the environment. But on a bigger scale, surely the heat we have had beating down on us for the last few weeks could be harnessed on an industrial level for a wide range of uses? Weighty thoughts aside, I hope you got to enjoy some of the sun. I think I’ve eaten more ice cream in the last few weeks than I had in the last few years. If I ever come into some monH\ , WKLQN ,œOO LQYHVW LQ D ÀHHW RI ice cream vans; it’s sure to be one of the most recession-proof industries of the future!

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TO ADVERTISE TEL: 059 914 1877 PLANNING NOTICES. Carlow County Council We, Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd intend to apply for Retention Permission of an existing development at this site Lacken Td, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. The development consists of an existing 25 metre high telecommunications support structure (total height including antennas 27.6 metres) carrying telecommunications equipment, together with existing equipment container and associated equipment within a fenced compound as previously granted under local authority reference 12/81. The development will continue to form part of Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd existing and future telecommunications and broadband network. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, Civic Offices, Athy Road, Carlow, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Carlow County Council Tom McDonald wishes to apply for planning permission to install an agricultural field entrance and associated works to his land at Kilcarrig, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, Civic Offices, Athy Road, Carlow, during its public opening

hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Séamus Grogan, Chartered Engineer, BE. C.Eng. MIEI. 087 2505438 Carlow County Council We Ballymurphy Graveyard Committee are applying for permission for the change of use of existing agricultural land to a graveyard and car park area and permission to erect a cross and all associated site works at, Ballymurphy, Borris, Co Carlow. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority, Athy Road, Carlow during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the planning application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Signed: Byrne & McCabe Design Ltd, Architecture & Engineering Services. Tel: 059 9725684 Carlow County Council I Alfie Byrne am applying to the above for permission to construct a slatted cubicle shed with robotic milking parlour and dairy, concrete aprons, and all associated site works in my farmyard

at Crowsgrove, Kildavin, Co. Carlow. Signed on behalf of the applicant by Buttle Design & Planning Consultants Ltd., Main St., Carnew, Co. Wicklow, (053) 9426961. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, Civic Offices, Athy Road, Carlow, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission Carlow County Council I, Alan Alyyan am applying to Carlow County Council for Retention and Permission to complete for Domestic Garage and a Workshop with storage facility at Riverview, Slyguff, Bagenalstown R21-TD79. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public open hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Carlow County Council Take notice that we intend to apply to Carlow Co. Co. for permission to reconstruct an existing derelict building and convert it into one three storey 2 bedroom house on lands at College

Street, Carlow, Co. Carlow. The building is within an Architectural Conservation area and the application includes an Architectural Conservation Report. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, Civic Offices, Athy Road, Carlow, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Signed: Oscar Soto & Catriona Carpenter Carlow County Council Permission is sought for the retention of garage at Ballon Hill, Ballon, Co. Carlow. The development consists of a garage to the rear of the dwelling house at the above address. Signed: Marina Burke. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, Civil Offices, Athy Road, Carlow, during its public opening hours. A submission of observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

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Alpines, Avocets... Awesome!

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THE SHOEMAKER AND HIS DAUGHTER By Conor O’Clery Avocet Pic: Wikicommons THE annual avian spring and summer migration continues unabated with favourable easterly winds bringing some fantastic birds to the East coast from Dublin to Wexford. In Wicklow, rising star of the Irish birding scene and Greystones native Cian Cardiff found an Alpine Swift (Apus melba) at Five Mile Point. This fantastic, rare but regular spring vagrant is a larger cousin of our Common Swift. It has a slower more stiff-winged flight and sports a white belly and throat. The bird was last seen (by myself) on the 22nd heading south. Interestingly the next day there was a report of one from Wexford, possibly the same bird. A Cattle Egret (Bubulcous ibis) was seen again at ECNR (East Coast Nature Reserve), possibly the same bird that was at Killoughter two weeks ago, with another 12 spotted at Tacumshin, Co. Wexford. With more and more sightings of this lovely bird in Ireland in recent years it is only a matter of time before they colonise here, if they haven’t already done so.

Alpine Swift. Pic: Rudraksha Chodankar at Wikicommons Meanwhile Dublin and Wexford have been playing host to Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) – these beautiful and elegant waders with their unmistakable crisp black and white plumage and outrageously upturned bill are well known as the symbol of the RSPB across the water. Avocets are scarce in Ireland but with 5 having been sighted at Tacumshin in Wexford since the 20th April just as they are coming into breeding season wouldn’t it be wonderful if they were to breed here this year. Two pairs of Avocets nested here back in 1938, so it is perfectly possible. Along with the rarities and scarcities, our regular migrants are still arriving in, with Sedge and Reed Warblers, Cuckoos and Little Terns all arriving back in Wicklow last week. There is never a dull moment in the natural world!

IRELAND’S FITTEST FAMILY

The Soviet Union, 1962. Shoemaker Stanislavis imprisoned for five years. His crime? Selling his car for a profit, contravening the Kremlin’s strict laws of speculation. Laws which, thirty years later, his daughter Zhanna helps to unravel. In the new Russia, yesterday’s crime is today’s opportunity. On his release from prison, social shame drives Stanislav to voluntary exile in Siberia, moving his family from a relatively comfortable, continental life in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, to frigid, farthest-flung Krasnoyarsk. For some, it is the capital of the gulag. For others, it is the chance to start over.

Ireland’s Fittest Family is back! Have you and your family got what it takes to win? Then apply now for Ireland’s Fittest Family here. Now in its sixth series, this year we’ll see the competition more competitive than ever before! So, expect more heartbreak, joy, grunting, shouting, panting and general breathlessness! We are searching the country to find the fittest, fastest, strongest families to enter Ireland’s most extreme fitness competition. If you have any questions you can email – fittestfamily@animotv.ie or call the production team on (01) 531 3865. Minimum age is 14 years old on July 2018.

EHIBITION of the week

ACTIVITY of the week

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM Out Now It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles. When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. Owen is driven to find Blue, his lead raptor who’s still missing in the wild, and Claire has grown a respect for these creatures she now makes her mission. Follow them as their adventure begins.

STORIES of the week

ARIES- This week is a 9 Hunt for new income. Practice your sales and marketing skills. Polish \RXU GLJLWDO SUR¿OH DQG presentation. Update your portfolio. TAURUS- This week is a 9 Words and actions come together for a personal SURMHFW $ ¿QDQFLDO RU emotional challenge presents a hurdle. Resolve practical details. GEMINI- This week is a 6 Intellect and intuition agree. Consider your vision, and make plans to realize it. Do the homework to ace the test. Pool your resources. CANCER- This week is an 8 Your friends are there for you. Don’t strain the budget. Find creative solutions to cut expenses. Share sweet moments together and strengthen bonds. LEO- This week is an 8 Professional puzzles require careful thought. Align logic and emotion. Find a FUHDWLYH HྜFLHQW VROXWLRQ

ENCOUNTERING THE LAND Visual Carlow, Old Dublin Road, Carlow June 6- September 2 How does rural life inspire us? What are the challenges facing farmers today? Do you know where your food comes from and how it’s produced? These questions and more are asked in engaging and creative ways by the artists selected for ARTWORKS 2018.In an exhibition that includes photography, painting, film and performance, the romance and the rough of rural life are considered. Ideas relating to our agrarian history, the rural as a sanctuary and the land as provider, are presented. Selectors are artist Orla Barry and Sean Kissan.

ART WORK of the week

SPUD REBOOT Visual Carlow, Old Dublin Road, Carlow May 23 – August 31

WE WANT YOUR LEAVING CERT STORIES!

Did a teacher’s passion for a particular subject inspire you to love that subject in school? Do Spud Reboot is an activity that considers you remember much of what you learned for sustainability, food security and growing. It Leaving Cert? We’re looking to talk to people of was inspired by artist Deirdre O’ Mahony’s different ages, background and location about new work The Persistent Return; a large scale, their experience - good or bad - of the Leaving two-screen film installation that reflects upon Cert for an RTE One television documentary. the history of the potato and the role it played These will be short vox pops filmed in a Dublin in consolidating and concentrating power in city centre location over the next fortnight. You Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth may be a former student, parent or teacher or century. The potato brought with it a just someone who has a point of view on the possibility of freedom from recurring cycles of exam. We’re interested in all stories. If you’d like famine, but also a precarious dependency on to share your memories and opinion or find out monoculture. more please message oda@wildfirefilms.net.

ATTRACTION of the week

CLASS of the week

VIRGO- This week is an 8 Long distance travel or cultural studies open your eyes to new ways of thinking. Learn and grow. Develop your talents and skills to new levels. LIBRA- This week is an 8 'UDZ XS D ÂżQDQFLDO SODQ to accomplish long-desired goals. Invest time, energy and funding into home, family and real estate, one step at a time SCORPIO- This week is a 7 You and your partner can resolve an issue that has been bugging you. Consider your own responsibility. SAGITTARIUS- This week is an 8

Strengthen basic and foundational practices. Challenge yourself to learn DQG UHÂżQH WHFKQLTXHV (DW and rest well. Keep showing up. Steadily grow stronger.

THE SANDWICH PROJECT Visual Carlow, Old Dublin Road, Carlow June 6 – September 2

DELTA SENSORY GARDENS Delta Centre, Strawhall, Carlow www.deltacentre.ie

Artist Lisa Fingleton lives on a farm in Kerry and grows most of her own food. Earlier this year, she was hungry while installing an exhibition. She picked up a BLT sandwich in a petrol station and while she was eating, she read the packaging. She couldn’t believe that there were over 40 ingredients listed including such things as Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, xanthum gum, emulsifier and stabilisers. She started to think about the journey of a sandwich and where all these ingredients come from.

Delta sensory gardens are set on a 2.5-acre site with 16 interconnecting gardens located on the outskirts of Carlow Town. The gardens have so much to offer the visitor during the seasons of year, from the bright and beautiful daffodils and tulips in Spring to the breathtaking colours of the autumnal foliage. They are also a wonderful source of ideas for all, with gardens designed by some of the top names in Irish gardening. Relax and unwind or catch up with friends!!!

ROSES MASTERCLASS Arboretum Home and Garden Heaven, Old Kilkenny Road Leighlinbridge June 16 The rose remains, by far, the most popular garden flower today as it is highly valued for colour and, of course it’s gorgeous scented blooms. One of our gardening experts will host a practical work shop on June 16th with time to be confirmed, about the requirements and, most importantly, the planting aspect of Roses. Pre-booking essential so please call 059 9721558. We are looking forward meeting you all at this great event!!!

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