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Road carnage November 19, 2019
‘Population of Carlow’ killed off in 60 years A TOTAL of 24,390 people have been killed on Irish roads since records began in 1959. That’s the equivalent of the town of Carlow. According to the Road Safety Authority (RSA), more than 80,000 people have been seriously injured on Irish roads since the recording of serious injuries began in 1977. To date in 2019 a total of 125 families, friends and communities have lost a loved one. The figures came as World Day of Remembrance For Road Traffic Victims was marked at the weekend, on Sunday, November 17th. The global event takes place to remember those injured or killed in road traffic collisions. Meanwhile, Gardaí are calling on drivers thought Co Carlow to check their lights to avoid a possible minimum fine of €60. The force regularly sets up specific operations with mounted checkpoints checking lights on vehicles. Motorists are usually given warnings and asked to fix lights or handed out on-the-spot fines for broken bulbs.
Deirdre Scott fundraising with her antique stall for her daughter Carlow star athlete Molly Scott, with customer Fran Gillespie at Fussy Galore’s Christmas Fayre, Seven Oaks Hotel. Image by Rue Photography
Figures show that some 550,000 cars, or 20% of all cars on Irish roads, fail the NCT every year for defective lighting, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA). Vehicles with only one headlight or tail light are regularly seen on roads. If a light is defective, the driver’s range of vision is severely compromised and others may find it difficult to see you. A vehicle with one headlight could easily be mistaken for a motorcycle and an oncoming car may not allow the necessary space on a road for the vehicles to pass safely. It would also be difficult to see a pedestrian out walking because of lack of illumination. because of lack of illumination. Fog lights should also be used appropriately as they can dazzle and distract other drivers and easily cause a collision. Fog lights must only be used in fog, falling snow or during heavy rain. Some motorists incorrectly use them to compensate when a dipped headlight beam is broken.
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Local firm in €1.3m deal out of Africa NUTRIBIO Ltd, owned by Co-Op Animal Health Group (CAHG) based in Tullow, Carlow and Norbrook East Africa have signed a manufacturing agreement for the next three years with a value of approximately €1.3m a year. Nutribio is the nutrition development, manufacturing and export marketing division of CAHG, an animal husbandry input supply company who deliver solutions that improve the health and wellness of ruminants. Norbrook East Africa is a 100% owned subsidiary of Norbrook Laboratories, a leading global provider of veterinary products. The deal will create jobs in both Kenya and Ireland with further scope for creation of manufacturing facilities locally,
following the introduction of product into the African market. Thew news comes amid a report that Enterprise Ireland supported companies have announced major new deals, as part of Enterprise Ireland’s Trade Mission to South Africa and Kenya. More than 40 leading Irish companies are participating on the trade mission, led by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD. The major new partnerships, deals and office openings being announced this week span the key growth sectors of fintech, agri, education, telecoms, construction and life sciences. Welcoming the new deals and partnerships Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys
said “I am proud to be leading a trade mission of world-class companies to South Africa and Kenya this week and would like to congratulate all those who have signed deals so far. Our meetings have served as a clear reminder that, although we are a small country, we make a big impact on the global stage. We have been given a warm welcome and reception, and it has been widely acknowledged that our businesses are at the cutting edge of innovation. “The facts speak for themselves when you look at the value of the deals secured. “There is a wealth of opportunities for Irish companies on the African continent and I am delighted to see that our participants are leading the way in this regard,” the Minister said.
Margaret Aughney, Ber Bradley and Marian Bermingham at Music by Niamh Kavanagh, George Bernard Shaw Theatre. Image by Rue Photography
Sarah & Emer shortlisted for Book of the Year
BORRIS author Sarah Breen from has been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards for her third novel Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling, which she co-wrote with Newbridge native Emer McLysaght. The pair have been shortlisted in two categories in the upcoming awards – in the popular fiction section and in the RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners’ Choice category. Last year, they took the top
prize for popular fiction in the same awards, while this time, broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan is championing them in the RTÉ listeners’ choice section. “We’re absolutely thrilled to be nominated again in the An Post Irish Book Awards. We won popular fiction last year, but I think the competition is even tougher this year,” Sarah told The Nationalist. “It’s an honour to have been chosen by Miriam O’Callaghan for the
Radio One Listener’s Choice Award. “We really need everyone to get out there and vote for us now. Up Carlow!” This year’s contender Once, Twice, Three Times An Aisling is the third book in the Aisling series. Sarah and Emer have been friends since their college years when they dreamt up the eponymous character of the novels. Aisling began life in a Facebook page.
€400,000 to spruce up four localities Charlene Butler (PRO of St Anne’s) with U16 Most Improved Player Amy Dillon at St Anne’s Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s End of Year Presentation 2019, Mount Wolseley Hotel. Image by Rue Photography
Super-fit Brennans reach quarter-finals
A LEIGHLINBRIDGE family has made it into the quarter-final of Ireland’s Fittest Family, the RTÉ show in which families go up against each other in gruelling challenges. The super-fit Brennan team is led by father Richard with his children, Michelle, (24), Seán, (23) and Liam (20). Richard, who owns a local grocery shop in Leighlinbridge with wife
Geraldine, told The Nationalist the idea of appearing on the challenging show came from his daughter Michelle, who loves to compete in tough triathlons. The Brennan siblings have all competed in triathlons, while Seán and Liam also play football for Leighlinbridge. Richard keeps fit by running and has competed in several marathons.
THREE Carlow teens have graduated from Foróige’s Leadership for Life Programme accredited by the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). Adam Gordon, Maryann Hickey and Jack Nolan were awarded with a Foundation Certificate in Youth Leadership and Community Action in NUIG.. Up to 150 young people graduated from the North and South of Ireland having completed the Foróige Leadership for Life Programme. Seán Campbell, CEO of Foróige said “The Leadership for Life Programme is a oneof-a-kind opportunity for 15-18 year olds to acquire accredited leadership skills. They gain aptitudes in critical thinking, problem solving, empathy, resilience, self-reflection and teamwork in a safe and supportive environment. The young leaders also take on a community action project so that they can master and use their new found leadership skills for the betterment of society.” See www.foroige.ie/leadership
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Carlow in push to forge links with Chinese
Warning over the latest scam text
CARLOW people are being warned to be on their guard against a scam text. It purports to be from Lidl and claims that the recipient has won a prize in store that they can claim by clicking on a link. One local man explained how his son was almost caught: “We filled in the questions that were asked, and we came to the end of it and on the end of it was [a request for] all your bank account details. “They wanted €1 for postage, which was, I said to myself, a little bit cheap – I’d say they were going to take more than €1 out of your account if you gave them all the details of your visa card or credit card. “The person who got it has a disability and he had a visa card and you wouldn’t know the damage that could do to his money.”
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volunteer with the GAA for many years, committing long hours to his local club in multiple volunteer roles. A total of 34 awards were presented at the ceremony, last week and included in the annual awards were 32 county-level awards, an overall ‘outstanding contribution’ award and a ‘team of volunteers’ award.
EIGHT groups from China have visited Co. Carlow this year, as part of the ongoing drive to progressing links with the super power to develop economic and educational opportunities. Ambassador He Xiangdong, Ambassador for China in Ireland was welcomed to a meeting with Carlow County Council by the Cathaoirleach, Cllr John Pender and Chief Executive, Kathleen Holohan, and representatives of IT Carlow and Carlow College this week. During the meeting an exchange of educational and economic opportunities were discussed which was followed by a Tour of VISUAL. While greeting the delegation in the Council Chamber, Cllr Pender said: “I am delighted to further develop and enrich the friendship between China and its people and the people of County Carlow.” He described to the delegation the beauty of Carlow and the endless opportunities it presented to those who live, work and visit the county.
Addressing the meeting, Ambassador Xiangdong said he was greatly honoured to visit Carlow. At the meeting, Helen Ryan, Economic Development Officer with the Local Enterprise Office in Carlow County Council, described the diverse range of companies operating in the county and explained that it was an important objective of Carlow County Council to help “grow and sustain jobs for the future within the county”. Speaking during his visit, Ambassador He Xiangdong outlined China’s tremendous achievements in its economic and social development and confirmed that China would continue to be a major driver for the global economy. Chief Executive of County Council, Kathleen Holohan said: “One of the council’s functions under its community and economic development activities is the establishment and development of international links which showcase County Carlow as an ideal place to live, visit and work.”
CARLOW entrants featured strongly in the list of prize winners in the annual Barrow Awards presented recently in the Seven Oaks Hotel. Leighlinbridge secured second prize in the short-term category, while also scooping second prize in the overall long-term category. The longterm category is announced once every four years and this was the first time in the history of the Barrow Awards Scheme that Carlow featured in the prizewinning list. Leighlinbridge Improvement Group implemented a number of projects to secure the shortterm second prize, including workshops on bio-diversity, replanting beds in the Garden of Remembrance and The Bawnogue, completing a swift
survey and erecting a significant series of interpretation signs at the Butter Market. The long-term prize was awarded to the group for their work in creating a pollination vacation resort along the River Barrow down from the Black Castle. Judges noted that the resort was completed to a fantastic standard and quality. Cathaoirleach of Carlow County Council John Pender, who presided over the ceremony, remarked that this was a special, yet sad, year in the history of the Barrow Awards with the passing of Arthur Keppel in November 2018, given Mr Keppel’s long commitment to, and love of, the River Barrow. The Arthur Keppel Memorial Award was accepted by Paddy
Gardiner of Bagenalstown Improvement Group and Sean Hayden and Louise Nolan from Queen of the Universe National School. This marked a special achievement for the group for their role in creating a fabulous garden within the school grounds that all 265 schoolgoing children fully participate in and enjoy. The group also secured the overall heritage and cultural award for the progression of the Clydesdale willow horse sculpture project, which stands close to the River Barrow, near Aldi. The group created a willow sculpture of a full-size, steel-framed horse, inspired by the history of the canals and local industries of old, including corn mills.
Pat and Margaret Kirwan, Kathy Walsh (Chairwoman), Eddie Corcoran, Cora Murphy, Denis Ryan, Mary Walsh, Peg Fleming and William Paton, the incumbent committee of Develop Tullow Association celebrating their 40th anniversary of community involvement and achievements, Tara Arms. Image by Rue Photography
A sporting volunteer CARLOW’S Tommy Murphy was honoured at the ‘Volunteers in Sport Awards, recently at a reception in Farmleigh House, Dublin. The awards celebrated the 450,000 volunteers contributing to sport in clubs and communities across Ireland, when the Federation of Irish Sport recognised a volunteer from
each county, an ‘Outstanding Contribution’ award and a ‘Team of Volunteers’. Tommy Murphy received the Carlow Sports Volunteer of the Year award for his commitment to Naoimh Eoin, Myshall GAA. The award was presented by Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin TD. Tommy has been an avid
Ingenuity to the fore with Barrow gong
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carlowpeople November 19, 2019 Cairo Lucas, U14, Chloe Davis, U12 Most Improved, and Ella Davis U12 players of the year at St Anne's Ladies Gaelic 2019 awards, Mount Wolseley Hotel. Image by Rue Photography
news in brief Lotto strikes twice in as many days
A filling station in Tullow, Co. Carlow is toasting their second top prize National Lottery win in just a matter of days after they sold the winning ticket for a EuroMillions Plus top prize of €500,000. Just days ago, they sold a winning National Lottery scratch card prize worth €200,000. EuroMillions players in Carlow who purchased their tickets at the incredibly lucky O’Toole’s Service station on the Bunclody Road in Tullow Town are now being urged to check their tickets. So far in 2019, there have been a 27 winners of the €500,000 EuroMillion Plus top prize in Ireland.
€130,000 upgrade for Borris library
Borris Library has been granted almost €130,000 to undergo a major transformation as part of the My Open library scheme. Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, has announced funding of almost €1.5 million to support the continued roll-out of the My Open Library service. My Open Library allows access to public libraries on a self-service basis from 8am to 10pm, 365 days a year. The Department funding will be matched by local authorities to the value of around €0.5 million giving a total investment of almost €2 million.
’ Tis the season for very festive Duckett’s Grove
ON Sunday, December 8th the magnificent surroundings of Duckett’s Grove Historic House and Walled Gardens will, once again be transformed into Carlow’s very own winter wonderland when it hosts its popular Christmas Food and Craft Fair. The centre of this onceextensive, grandiose estate will be magically transformed, showcasing the best of Carlow’s food, craft and musical entertainment. With
over fifty stands from all corners of Ireland, the fair is perfect for those seeking the beauty of a hand-crafted, thoughtful gift or those wishing to browse and soak up the Christmas atmosphere. Visitors can view a range of stands from a variety of fabulous makers featuring jewellery and knitwear, art and embroidery and Christmas cards and decorations. Don’t miss the great selection of artisan food producers
showcasing a sumptuous array of cakes, puddings, pies, seasonal fruit tarts, jams, chutneys, Carlow cheese, chocolate and hampers! Santa’s little helpers can enjoy a wealth of activities and fun as Santa Claus is coming to town, bringing a free surprise for each child – there’s also face painting, a giant Santa snow globe to capture those special family memories, and Christmas craft making!
Cllr says violence data is not up to date
THE County Council have been criticised for not including the statistics on domestic violence in the county in monthly reports to members. At the November meeting, Cllr Adrienne Wallace criticised the lack of information on those from Carlow who use the Amber Women’s Refuge in Kilkenny. “Until Carlow gets its own refuge, women and children fleeing violence in the home have to travel to Kilkenny’s women’s refuge yet the chief executive has never included these statistics in her report. “We should be fighting the stigma surrounding domestic violence, having honest conversations about how prevalent it is in Ireland and encouraging those suffering in silence to speak up. “One in five women in Ireland have been abused by a current or former partner and every month Carlow court is clogged with safety orders. The Council should be helping lead the charge here instead of resting on their laurels,” Cllr Wallace said.
Shantelle hopes for a life with cancer YOUNG Shantelle Tynan, the Carlow native with incurable cancer, has revealed she’s planning to go to college after her treatment in the US. Shauntelle was diagnosed with a rare form of the illness called Histiocytosis X. The 20-year-old is continuing to receive medical treatment in Texas - and she’s now opened up about her progress. “My treatment in Texas is going well. My first appointment was with my oncologist Dr McClain and he was very impressed with my progress. He was beyond happy to see me at this level of good health,” she said. “Over the week I will be seeing the rest of my team of specialists here and my scans, etc, will be reviewed. “I will then be back to Dr McClain before flying home to Ireland and going on with my results. “We are hopeful that my current chemo dose will be reduced and my trips to Texas less frequent. “The goal now is to continue to improve and hopefully by next year I will be able to pursue college.” She told Extra.ie she’s playing to study to study holistic and complementary therapies in college next year.
But she said she’ll have to continue her treatment and taking the appropriate medication. She added: “Unfortunately my cancer is incurable but it is stable and inactive. “I have tumours which will never be fully gone but so long as they are inactive I’m as healthy as can be expected. “Right now I take two oral chemotherapy medications every day along with other medications to keep my brain and gastrointestinal systems stable. “The hope is to keep it inactive and try wean my chemotherapy to once a day. “At this stage we don’t know if I will ever be chemo-free but the dose going forward is very low and doesn’t cause many side effects. “So long as I remain stable I really don’t mind continuing at a lower dose.”
Butler’s in line for top award
THE owner of Butler’s Organic Eggs, Hacketstown, David Butler, is one of four Irish farmers to reach the final round in the coveted Zurich Farm Insurance Farmer of the Year Awards. David is one of the finalists in the Rising Star category. “The final provides an opportunity to showcase the quality organic eggs we produce and highlight the benefits of organic, including no chemicals, the superb care for our free ranging organic birds and proper care of the land,” said David. To reach the finals of the competition, David and his wife and business partner Paula had to
submit details about their business’s size, facilities, markets and labour as well as outlining what makes Butler’s a success. The business was set up in 2006 and the couple now plan to expand it over the coming months by doubling production. and meeting the current gap in the market for t organic eggs. Darragh McCullough, a presenter with RTÉ’s Ear to the Ground, visited Hacketstown as part of the judging process. The winners will be announced at a black tie gala awards ceremony presented by Ear to the Ground’s Helen Carroll on at the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone.
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We’ll miss RTE when it’s gone
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lot of important GAA club matches have been played in recent weeks - county and provincial finals for both hurling and football. RTE radio has covered them all and RTE television has shown extracts from many of them. RTE doesn’t get much thanks for this service and that, I suppose, is fair enough. It’s a national broadcaster doing its job. But have no doubt, if RTE doesn’t do this job, nobody else will. Nobody else would have covered the Irish women’s soccer team playing a home match against Ukraine and an away match against Greece. Nobody else would have covered the hockey team’s double-header with Canada. Somebody else would have covered Shane Lowry’s victory in the British Open but nobody else would have gone to Offaly to celebrate with Shane’s neighbours and meet his remarkable grandmother. No other broadcaster would
Mary Walsh receiving a token of appreciation, from Peg Fleming, for her hard work in promoting Tullow for Tidy Towns at Develop Tullow Association’s 40th anniversary celebration of community involvement and achievements, Tara Arms. Image by Rue Photography
Michael Wolsey
have been in Skibbereen to mark the achievements of the O’Donovan brothers or in Bray to rejoice with friends of Katie Taylor. It is not just in matters of sport that we expect RTE to be our eyes and ears. We want it in Brussels, because, if it wasn’t there, we would be getting our EU reports through the Brexit-obsessed filter of British broadcasting. We want it in Washington, because, while anyone could report facts from the US, we want someone who can sort the facts from the fiction and give them to us with an Irish interpretation. At home, we
expect RTE to give copious and balanced coverage to elections, budgets, referendums - events which absorb the nation’s interest. And we also expect it to cover matters in which there is not much interest at all, such as party conferences and presidential inaugurations.
Even people who don’t watch these things expect them to be covered. We expect RTE to operate regional studios, provide broadcasting in the Irish language and make some intelligent programmes for children. And oh, while you’re at it lads, we wouldn’t mind a
bit of home-grown drama and a few decent Irish comedies. We expect these services from our national broadcaster. Nobody provides them for Northern Ireland, or Scotland, or Wales. Or, for that matter, the Avignon province of France or the Andalucia district of Spain. These are all regions and are treated as such by their national broadcasters. Ireland is an independent nation and to make that status meaningful we need to preserve an independent broadcasting voice. And we need to pay for it. To live within its budget, RTE is having to cut back drastically. It has received very little sympathy from politicians, whose shortcomings are often
exposed by the broadcaster. And its plight has been met with a degree of schadenfreude by national newspapers who have tended to see Montrose as a cosseted and elitist outfit, a competitor with an the unfair advantages of government bailouts and a licence fee. There is some truth in that view but the injustice to newspapers will not be rectified by penalising RTE. In any case, I fear it is too late to save our national press. Newspapers once provided some of the services discussed here. They were also a forum for national debate but television and radio are now where our national debates are conducted - there, and on the unstructured platforms of social media. People have stopped reading national newspapers, partly because, at a time when the internet appears to provide all things free of charge, they are unwilling to pay for them. It’s use them or lose them - and soon we will have lost them. We’ll lose RTE, too , if we are not prepared to pay for it. It will be too late to mourn when it’s gone.
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PLANNING NOTICES. Carlow County Council I, Philip Kelly, am applying to Carlow County Council for Outline Permission to erect of a fully serviced dwellinghouse and domestic garage and all associated site development works at Clonegall, Co. Carlow. Signed Philip Kelly 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, â‚Ź20, 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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Year of the Salmon
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Hands up who knows that 2019 is the International Year of the Salmon? Well before the year ends let’s take a closer look at this iconic species which is engrained in the Irish psyche and culture. Between November and March female salmon (Salmo salar) lay their eggs in shallow depressions in gravel on the riverbed known as redds. Christmas Day is considered the peak of this egg laying. These eggs hatch into larvae called alevins and shelter in the gravel before beginning to emerge from the 1st April as juveniles known as parr. The parr can spend one to three years in the river of their birth feeding on freshwater invertebrates. The parr, having reached a certain size, begin to transform into smolt. Their gills and kidneys change to allow them to process salt-water. They gradually become less tolerant of freshwater and make their way downstream towards the ocean. The smolts lose the spots and finger markings of parr and very silvery in colour. These smolt then migrate to feeding grounds in the Norwegian Sea and as far as the coast of Greenland. Here they will stay until they reach maturity. Salmon that reach maturity after one year are called grilse whereas those that take several years to reach maturity are know as springers. These salmon, showing incredible homing instincts, migrate back to the rivers of their birth to spawn. While not currently endangered on a European or global basis, salmon numbers are declining rapidly. For every 100 salmon that leave our rivers for the sea, less than 5 are now returning. That represents a decline of 70% in 25 years. The Atlantic Salmon Trust (AST) has launched the Missing Salmon Project to tag smolts to find out their migration pathways and from there establish what is happening to them and what actions can be taken to increase survival.
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CILKA’S JOURNEY
I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Nightly 9pm, Virgin Media 1
the irishman Released 14 November 2019
In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and sent to a desolate, brutal prison camp in Siberia known as Vorkuta, inside the Arctic Circle. Innocent and imprisoned once again, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, each day a battle for survival.
This year’s series of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! returned on the 17th and airs nightly is set to be better than ever with the jungle reunion of Ant and Dec . This year’s line-up includes: retired footballer Ian Wright; Keeping Up With The Kardashian star Caitlyn Jenner; comedian Andrew Maxwell; EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa; former rugby union player James Haskell; Radio 1’s Adele Roberts; Rak-Su singer Myles Stephenson; Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway; Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle; Capital FM DJ Roman Kemp.
Who killed Jimmy Hoffa? A labour leader and the infamous head of the Teamsters union, whose connections with organised crime were wide ranging, his career ended with a conviction for jury tampering, attempted bribery and fraud, but he was pardoned by President Nixon in 1971. Not long after, he disappeared. Declared legally dead in 1982, various theories have circulated as to what happened to him. Few are as convincing as that told by Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran. Scorsese brings together a favoured megawatt cast, all on exceptional form: De Niro and Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, and Al Pacino.
by HEATHER MORRIS
Salmon (Salmo salar) (Image Wikicommons)
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AriesDon’t take on more than you can do by the deadline or risk burnout. Stick to practical priorities and avoid stirring up controversy. TaurusAvoid arguments about money. Focus on short-term objectives and practical details. Find less expensive alternatives that work fine. GeminiYou may feel temporarily overwhelmed. Postpone what you can. Prioritize basics like good food, hot water and ample rest. CancerSlow down and sidestep a conflict of interest. Find a quiet place to hide away. Clean up messes, meditate and rest. LeoSomeone’s going through a challenge. Strengthen basic infrastructure. Harness resources and allocate them where needed.
candlelight walk of hope Friday November 23, 4.30pm starting at Bank of Ireland Shamrock Place. Call 059 9139684.
winter market Sunday 24th November in the Youth Centre, Green Lane, Carlow.
Breakfast with Santa Saturday, November 23 at 9:30 – 10:30 Arboretum, Old Kilkenny Road, Leighlinbridge
There will be a Candlelight Walk of Hope in aid of Eist walking through town behind Santa to Potato Market for the turning on of the Christmas lights. Join us in the Bank of Ireland from 3.30pm for tea and chat before the walk. Eist Cancer Support Centre, in conjunction with Brain Tumour Ireland, are hosting a Brain Tumour Support Group on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at 7.00 pm. in their Centre at The Waterfront, Mill Lane, Carlow. This Support Group is for those diagnosed with a Brain Tumour and their families.
Family Carers Ireland are holding their 7th Annual Winter Market on Sunday 24th November in the Youth Centre, Green Lane, Carlow. There will be over 70 stalls on the day including handmade jewellery, home baking, children’s toys, clothing, Christmas gifts & lots more. There will also be a live DJ, face painting, lucky dip and a visit from Mrs & Ms Claus. It promises to be fun day out for all the family with all proceeds on the day supporting family carers locally. Hope to see you there!
Make the little one’s dreams come true this Christmas with a magical breakfast with Santa! Come along to magical Breakfast with Santa. Let your children join Mrs.Claus and the elves for a sing along while enjoying their morning breakfast before Santa’s arrival. Once breakfast is complete Santa will arrive to join in the sing along and meet all the children and spread the festive cheer. Every child will get to meet Santa one-to-one and receive their early Christmas gift from the big man himself. Tickets are €15 per child, no charge for adults.
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VirgoA short-term barrier inserts itself between you and a professional objective. Reinforce structural weakness. LibraStick to short-term objectives and local trips. Travel barriers become apparent. Most pitfalls are obvious, but some hide. ScorpioCompromise on a cash-flow challenge. Postpone buying unnecessary stuff. Hunt for efficiencies. Adjust the budget to suit an unexpected expense. Sagittarius-
Wait for a better time for important talks. Communication barriers present themselves. Listen and consider. CapricornSlow down to avoid accidents or injury. Physical obstacles line the path. Prioritize basics - health, wellness and work. free motion quilting workshop 23rd November, Slaney Quilting Studio Email: info@slaneyquiltingstudio.com
SALSATION® choreography November 24 9.30am -1pm. Educate Together School Athy Road, Bestflied, Carlow Town
Carlow Flower Club Christmas Gala Tuesday 26th November at 8pm Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Carlow
Join Tomomi on 23rd November to enjoy this quilt making workshop. Tomomi has been making quilts for a long time since she came to Ireland and teaches quilt making in her studio and in her local and wider community. This quilting workshop is suitable for beginners and improvers. Learn the basics and various useful motives. Also you will learn faux trapento technique. Cost is 80 which includes one patterend quit sandwich and one practice piece. Bring a spool of white and some of your favourite threads. Tel: 085 7749774.
Discover the Salsation Equation, a method that enables you to make what once seemed complex, easy. Rediscover musicality and learn to feel the music. Receive special insight into various choreographies. Learn new variations of the basic steps- Improve the quality of your movements. Whether you are an experienced instructor/dancer or have no experience at all, these workshops are catered to every level! For any further questions contact roxana@ salsationfitness.com
Get some beautiful decorating ideas for your home enjoy a glass of mulled wine and support Pieta House at the same time at the Carlow Flower Club Christmas Gala. This year’s Demonstrator is Christine Hughes, a most accomplished demonstrator and also a Judge and Teacher with the Association of Flower Arrangers. Entry fee on the night is €10 for both members and non-members. All arrangements will be raffled in aid of Pieta House. This is always a lovely night out and the ideal way to kick start the Christmas season.
AquariusDon’t take risks, especially regarding family, love and romance. Consider someone who needs you. Distractions abound. Keep showing up despite obstacles or barriers. PiscesBetter safe than sorry with a domestic matter. Don’t put money down until you’re sure about the purchase. Research and plan upgrades carefully.
carlowpeople November 19, 2019
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carlowpeople November 19, 2019