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Carlow clubs to contest both Leinster finals CARLOW teams will contest both the Leinster football and hurling club finals. Éire Óg made it a remarkable double top for the county when they defeated joint record title holders Portlaoise in the football semi-final.

They share the spotlight with St Mullins who had already clinched a place in the hurling final.

Local TD Pat Deering hailed the twin triumph. “Historic day for Carlow GAA as two clubs will will play in their respective Leinster finals for the first time,” he Tweeted.

And Senator Jennifer Murnane O’Connor sent “huge congratulations to Eire Óg and their manager Joe Murphy on a thoroughly deserved win”.

“Both Eire Óg football and Saint Mullins hurling will represent Carlow in the Leinster Final,” she said in a Facebook posting. “Best wishes to both teams.” Éire Óg were stars of the 1990s with five provincial title wins and several sons of players from that era were on the side that defeated Portlaoise

Siobhan and Grace Roche at the switching on of Carlow Town’s Christmas Lights 2019, Potato Market. Image by Rue Photography

by 2-11 to 1-06. They included Niall Quinlan, son of club and county legend Willie Quinlan.

His three second-half points, all from frees, were crucial to Saturday’s victory. Éire Óg will face Dublin’s St Endas or Garrycastle of Westmeath in the 8 December final. The hurling final will played on December 1. Éire Óg dominated for three quarters of the contest at O’Moore Park and couldn’t have asked for a better start, bursting into a 1-03 to 0-01 lead after the opening quarter.

The sides were level at halftime, but Éire Óg outscored Portlaoise by 1-06 to 0-01 in the second-half.

Chris Blake, who took plaudits for his excellent return of 1-4 , said they were inspired partly by the great team of the 1990s.

“It’s a bit of a dream to be honest, to get through,” he said . “No doubt we’ll be underdogs but I can guarantee we’ll go out and give it 100 per cent.”

Saturday’s victory followed a surprise quarter-final win overKildare’s Sarsfields.

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TD hails big increase in work figures CARLOW TD Pat Deering has welcomed figures showing that a total of 15,500 jobs have been created in South East since 2016.

The latest Labour Force Survey published by the Central Statistics Office shows that there are 2,327,000 people at work in Ireland today.

“The new figures show that there are 190,100 people at work in the region,” said Mr Deering.

“This is a 9% increase since 2016 or 15,500 jobs.”

The Fine Gael TD said Central Statistics Office figures also indicate that the Live Register in Carlow for October 2019 has declined by over 8% on an annual basis and by 40% since the miority government,

headed by his party, was formed in 2016.

The latest data shows that there are more than 53,000 more people at work since this time last year, with 1,000 jobs being created a week.

“There are over 2.3m people a week at work – surpassing the peak of 2007 by 74,700 jobs,” said Mr Deering. “The unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9%.

“The jobs recovery has been regionally balanced – with over 162,000 new jobs created outside of Dublin since the beginning of 2016. This accounts for over 6 out of every 10 new jobs.

“There is no room for complacency about the progress we have made.

“This is why the Fine Gaelled Government has developed Future Jobs Ireland, a wholeof Government plan to secure Ireland’s economic success.

“That is why we have signed the National Broadband Plan contract. With high speed broadband, we will ensure that 1.1 million people, almost a quarter of our population, will not be left behind.

“It will now be possible for rural Ireland to take advantage of the opportunities that are presented by the digital economy and it makes remote working possible.2 Mr Deering added: “The strategy is about responding to the changing world of work ensuring that our economy is future-proofed.”

St Anne’s Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s U16 County Championship Winners, Mount Wolseley Hotel. Image by Rue Photography

Ambitious business women are urged to Go for Growth

AMBITIOUS female entrepreneurs from Carlow are invited to join the latest cycle of Going for Growth, the award-winning business development programme.

The six-month, part-time programme, supported

by Enterprise Ireland and KPMG, is designed to assist ambitious female entrepreneurs to achieve their

growth aspirations.

The programme, which is now in its twelfth year, is seeking applications from female entrepreneurs – across all sectors – who are strongly focused on growth.

Ideally, businesses should be well established and trading for at least two years.

Sixty places will be available for this cycle which will run

Region lags in education and employment DESPITE the presence of Institutes of Technology in Carlow and Waterford, the South East is lagging behind the rest of the country when it comes to people with third-level qualifications.

A new report published by the Central Statistics Office(CSO) indicates that this is hurting employment prospects in the region.

It reveals a direct connection between high unemployment rates and the proportion of the population with third-level qualifications.

The Educational Attainment Thematic Report survey shows early school leavers are up to three times more likely to be unemployed than those who have educational certificates.

The recently published CSO figures reveal unemployment rates in the South East region currently stand at 7.2%, the highest of any region in the country.

The Educational Attainment Thematic Report report

revealed that just 37% of people living in the region have thirdlevel qualifications.

This is in contrast to Dublin, where unemployment is as low as 4.2% and 57% of the people living in the region have thirdlevel qualifications.

The South East ranks lower than the North West and Borders in both unemployment rates and third-level qualifications.

Only the Midlands is on a par with the South East for people with third-level qualifications, and still, their unemployment rates are marginally lower.

Nationally, the latest CSO figures reveal that 25% of early school leavers are unemployed compared to 8% of people with either secondary or third level qualifications in the 18-24 age group.

Nearly half of all adults aged between 25-64 years (47%) now possess a third level qualification .

The CSO stastistics show that just 5% have no formal education.

from January to June 2020.

The deadline for applications is Monday, December 9.

More than 660 female entrepreneurs have so far taken part in the programme.

There is no charge for those selected.

Anyone interested is being invited to register for an application form at goingforgrowth.com.

Website makes pitch for jobs and investment

A WEBSITE has been launched for investors and professionals to learn more about the South East as a place to live, work and invest.

The site, www.irelandsoutheast.com, offers practical information and case studies of successful businesses and professionals in the region such as Innovate, Eirgen Pharma, Cartoon Saloon and Alltech.

The website takes an innovative, story-based approach in showing the benefits of the region through the people and businesses who are finding success here.

“Ireland South East is the sixth fastest growing region in the EU and the most affordable city region in Ireland,” said Seamus Kilgannon, founder of Schivo and owner of the WorkLAB office space in Waterford.

“Globally renowned brands based here are offering really exciting and challenging careers, and all of this takes places in a beautifully scenic region with great communities.”

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news in brief Suing the court Councillors have voted unanimously is to bring legal proceedings against the Courts Service for its failure to restore the railings at Carlow courthouse.

Break-in A business premises on St Patrick’s Avenue in Carlow Town was broken into in the early hours of Wednesday morning, November 20. The front window was smashed and some stock taken.

Award for Aisling

At the An Post Irish Book Awards, Sarah Breen from Borris collected the Popular Fiction prize with co-author Eimear McLysaght for ‘Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling’.

Money stolen

Gardaí in Carlow are investigating a break-in at a house in Mount Leinster Park on the Tullow Road.Three boxes containing money were taken.

In the running

Carlow Concrete has been shortlisted in two categories for Small Firms’ Association National Business Awards.

The company is a market leader for water retaining precast concrete structures in both Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Pat Lawlor, John O’Byrne, Paddy Holden, George Hipwell and Seamus Mulhall at Knockbeg College Past Pupils’ Reunion, Seven Oaks Hotel. Image by Rue Photography

Kathryn is favourite for Saturday night TV slot

CARLOW’S Kathryn Thomas is favourite to take over the Ray D’Arcy Saturday night chat slot on RTE. The D’Arcy show is to have a shorter run next year and Kathryn Thomas (right), Angela Scanlon, Doireann Garrihy, Jennifer Zamparelli and Stefanie Preissner have all presented RTE bosses with pilot shows for possible replacements. Deirdre O’Kane has also auditioned but has

not presented a pilot.

Kathryn is 15/8 favourite with the bookies to land the role.

The 40-year old Operation Transformation TV star replaced Zamparelli as favourite in the BoyleSports betting.

Four of the women are experienced TV presenters and O’Kane is a regular face on television. Author and columnist Stefanie Preissner is the only outside contender.

Call for speeding curb near swim club A COUNCILLOR wants the speed limit reduced on a road near the swimming pool at Bagenalstown.

Signs have gone up recently which put the limit at 60km/h but the swimming club says this is too fast.

At the November meeting of Bagenalstown Municipal District, Cllr Arthur McDonald asked if the limit could be reduced to 50km/h.

Area engineer, Jerry Crowley, said that to change the sign, they would have to change the speed limit.

“I’ve no problem changing it,” he added.

Bagenalstown Swimming Club had said it was “great to see the speed signs finally positioned either side of the swimming pool”.

But in a post on Facebook, the club added: “Without putting a dampener on it all, we would like to question the speed limit of 60km per hour as with children in the area and the exits being blind spots it still seems way too fast.”

Centres sought for 560 refugees THE Government is seeking accommodation for 560 asylum seekers in Carlow and four other counties in the South East.

It has promised to engage with local communities as it moves to finalise negotiations on the locations of new regional direct provision centres.

The State has issued tender documents to find accommodation for 5,500 asylum seekers spread across the 26 counties for one-year contracts worth €324 million.

The other South East counties involved are Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford.

In the midlands, which covers counties Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and Laois, accommodation for a minimum of 425 people is sought.

In the mid-west, which covers counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, accommodation is sought for 318 people.

Evaluation is under way for bids in the southwest and western region, which covers Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Cork and Kerry Accommodation for a minimum of 1,400 asylum seekers is needed in these areas.

Bids for the mideast region -

Kildare, Wicklow, Meath and Louth - will be considered shortly. According to the tender documents, accommodation is needed for a minimum of 1,256 people there.

Advertisements for bids for the Dublin region were published on September 18 and advertisements for the Border region, covering Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Donegal, were published on October 14. Accommodation for 1,370 asylum seekers is needed there.

Details of where the remainder of the 5,500 places will be located have not yet been revealed.

The secretary general of the Department of Justice, Aidan O’Driscoll, has written to the Public Accounts Committee, describing as “highly unsatisfactory” that more than 1,500 asylum seekers are currently being housed in hotels. The situation “can only be short-term”, he added. “The Department of Justice and Equality needs to find new accommodation centres as the numbers of people arriving to seek international protection in the State continue to rise, figures are up 50 per cent so far this year.”

193 horses seized to rein-in strays

THOUSANDS of stray or abandoned horses have been seized by councils in Ireland since 2015, according to the latest official figures. In Carlow 193 have been seized.

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed told the Dáil that the number being seized by county and city authorities is dropping.

But the figures reveal big variations from county to county.

In Carlow the figure has been dropping but this year 20 horses had been seized by the end of September,compared to just 13 for the whole of last year.

Mr Creed said the Control of

Horses Act 1996, provides the necessary powers to local authorities to deal with stray and abandoned horses.

He said the Act contains provisions for the licencing and identification of horses and was introduced to address the issues caused by stray and wandering horses due to public safety concerns.

“The number of horses being seized nationally continues to decline,” he said.

“This reduction is reflective of a number of factors including initiatives being progressed by my Department in the animal welfare area.”

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Plea on car at centre of murder

GARDAÍ are trying to trace the movements a Carlow-registered car in which the body of a murdered gangster was found.

The car was a navy Toyota Corolla, registration number 05CW2225. It is understood to have been sold on Wednesday 13 November.

Gardaí want to know where the car was taken between that date and November 18 when it was found burned-out in the Dublin suburb of Lucan.

The body of a Wayne Whelan (42) was discovered on the front passenger seat of the car in Mount Andrew Court.

Superintendent Paul Dolan has asked for the public’s help.

“I am appealing for any person who has seen this car or knows of its whereabouts since the 13th November to contact investigating gardaí,” he said.

Wayne Whelan was involved in drugs and organised crime and survived a previous attempt on his life earlier this year.

It is believed he got into the car with a person or people he trusted.

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Help guide for parents Fresh hope for

families seeking to stay in homes

TRADITIONALLY, education on sexuality and relationships was only considered necessary from puberty onwards, and for many of us will have consisted of ‘the big talk’ from our parents .

However, in recent years there is more of an acceptance that these conversations need to start at

an earlier age.

To support parents in this, Carlow Regional Youth Services together with Carlow County Library and Healthy Carlow, have created a list of recommended books.

Sammy the Caterpillar is a free guide for parents where they can access useful resources through their local library that can support

them in having healthy conversations with their children. The books are free to access in libraries across the county.

Picture: Taking the message to the Educate Together School in Carlow - Principal Simon Lewis and staff with Leanne Sweeney, a youth worker at Carlow Regional Youth Service.

THERE is fresh hope for Carlow householders disqualified from a Government scheme designed to keep them in their homes.

New figures from the Housing Agency show that 37 households in the county were ruled out of the Mortgage To Rent scheme that aims to keep homeowners with unsustainable debt in their current homes.

However, a leading expert in the field says many of those who had their applications rejected could now find solutions thanks to changes in the scheme which allows householders to remain in their homes as tenants of their local authority, paying an affordable incomebased rent.

“There has been a widening of the house value eligibility parameters by the Government, which have risen to €305,000 in Carlow,” said Paul Cunningham, CEO of the only Government-approved private Mortgage To Rent operator, Home For Life.

“Another reason is Home For Life’s arrival into the scheme.

Unlike many other operators, we are happy to consider rural dwellings or houses that need money spent on them to bring them up to a good standard.

“In the past, those two categories were responsible for high numbers of termination decisions.

“Home For Life is happy to assess each case on its merits and we will do everything in our power to ensure that those wanting their mortgage debt resolved can achieve that.

“We do not reject cases because of the location of the property or the level of repairs needed which was a problem in the past.”

According to Central Bank figures, there are over 400 family home loans around the county in arrears for two years or more.

Under the Mortgage To Rent scheme, 34 cases have either been completed or are being actively progressed, and this number is expected to increase significantly in the coming 12 months.

WORK is expected to start next year on a new-look Penneys store to replace the company’s former shop in the retail park on Kennedy Avenue.

The announcement appears to have finally put paid to plans for a big redevelopment of the site.

Planning permission was granted more than a decade ago for a €70m development, with 40 retail spaces, parking for 460 cars, and with Penneys as its main anchor.

That permission was granted tin 2008 and extended in 2016.

It expires in November 2021.

But Penneys owner Primark is now applying to the Carlow County Council for permission to give the site a facelift and it appears that the original plan has been scrapped.

Primark is seeking permission to refurbish its former store (3,892sq m) and to replace the old roof. They also want to replace the old signage, change a canopy at the loading bay and upgrade the car park. The owners also want to revamp the landscaping in the shopping centre’s grounds and to carry out associated works.

In a statement, Primark said: “Penneys can confirm that it intends to redevelop its original store in Carlow as a standalone unit and has embarked on the planning process for the site.

“The redeveloped store will be 27,900 sq. ft in retail space, and will bring an enhanced, innovative experience to our customers in Carlow. We expect the store will open in Primark’s FY 20/21.”

Penneys is currently based in the nearby Carlow Shopping Centre.

A decision, meanwhile, is due on a planning application for the construction of 50 homes at Tullowbeg, Tullow.

There will be 19 two-storey terraced two bedroom houses and 27 two-storey terraced three-bedroom homes, two two-storey semi-detached three bedroom homes and two two-storey semi-detached four bedroom houses.

And conditional planning permission has been granted for a proposed funeral home at a vacant retail unit on Shamrock Square in Carlow town.

The application was made for a proposed “change of use” of the existing retail unit to a funeral home.

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Toy Show is start of Christmas

T

he old joke about Hallowe’en barely being cold in its grave (excuse the pun) before the Christmas decorations, advertisements and marketing drives crank up isn’t really a joke – it’s an established part of our modern-day society.

It’s part of a wider aggressive commercial agenda that pushes back-to-school on us before the current school year has even finished, or ideas for nextyear’s summer holidays while the snow is still on the ground.

I for one don’t want to think about Christmas yet.

My three youngest are in school and I feel like they are only starting to settle into their new classes, get used to their new friends and their new teachers.

They have a lot of schooling to do before Christmas, a lot of work to knuckle down to.

They don’t need their heads turned by Christmas advertisements. It isn’t right to lull children into a false sense of life just being one long party, where

Brian Quigley you seamlessly jump from summer to Hallowe’en to Christmas without having to put in the hard graft at school or in your other activities in between these milestones.

December is time enough to start thinking of Christmas.

Watching the Late Late Toy Show with my children is always my own unofficial Christmas switch.

They can start thinking about what they want for Christmas then. I’ll start looking at how my work schedule is going to pan out and maybe making preliminary arrangements to meet up with friends and colleagues for a Christmas catch-up.

If you have too much of some-

Alicia McEvoy (Alice Interiors) and organiser Nuala Reddy from Fussy Galore at their Christmas Fayre, which showcased an eclectic bunch of traders from Carlow and beyond, Seven Oaks Hotel. Image by Rue Photography thing you spoil it. A Christmas that kicks off at the start of November is just too much to be able to deliver the Christmas magic when you want it, namely in and around December 25.

No, much better to enjoy November as an entity in its own right, where autumn blends into winter and where Christmas is

still some way off on the horizon. I’ve still got seven weeks to work until Christmas. Our Christmas parties aren’t until well into December. It will only be around then that I’ll get a chance to get into town for Christmas shopping.

It will be a pleasure then to see and feel the Christmas spir-

it, but to think that some shops and businesses have already switched into Christmas mode is just plain wrong in my book.

Forgetting about shopping and advertising and all that jazz for a moment, it’s worth remembering that Christmas is special because it falls at the end of the year. It’s the middle of our

winter and the days are at their shortest and coldest.

It’s a time to take stock of how the year has gone for you, reflect with family on times past and make plans for the coming year. The correct window to do all this is the last week or two in December, not before.

In the modern world people are trying to stay as healthy as possible, a task that isn’t easy given our hectic working schedules and the difficulty of trying to take sufficient exercise and eat well.

Christmas, amongst other things, is a time of excess, where too much is eaten and drank. That’s all fine if it is over a short enough window of time, but if it’s over an extended period then it can cause people difficulty.

When the time is right I’ll be wishing everyone a Happy Christmas from this column.

But that time won’t be for a while yet. In the meantime, enjoy your November. Christmas won’t be long coming around but 2018 has a few more stops left before it reaches its inevitable destination!

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St Patrick’s GAA Club’s Will Doran, Paddy Hickey and Jack Kennedy lending moral support to their sister club at St Anne’s Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s End of Year Presentation 2019, Mount Wolseley Hotel. Image by Rue Photography

Mary and John Behan with Yvonne Bulger at Knockbeg College Past Pupils’ Reunion, Seven Oaks Hotel. Image by Rue Photography

Éist Cancer Support Centre Carlow annual Candlelight Walk of Hope 2019 culminated with Fay Dalton, Sophie Moran, Mayor Andrea Dalton and Santa Claus switching on Carlow Town’s Christmas Lights, Potato Market. Image by Rue Photography

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PLANNING NOTICES. Carlow County Council Coillte intends to apply for permission for the continued use of an existing lattice type meteorological mast, 80m in height and associated instruments to measure local climatic conditions. The mast is located in the townland of Kilbrannish North, Co. Carlow.

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Starling Murmuration (Photo Wikicommons William Baxter) Picture the scene. It is dusk on a winters’ evening. As the last light begins to fade in an otherwise featureless and lifeless skyline a strange phenomenon starts to unfold.

Wave upon wave of black shapes arrive from all directions to coalesce into one huge, living, breathing entity. And so one of the most breath taking and awe inspiring performances you are ever likely to witness begins.

The gigantic shadow creature begins an aerial, shape-shifting ballet. Constantly twisting and turning, ebbing and flowing so the dance continues. But look closer and you will see that the creature is not a single entity but consists of thousands, even millions of black specks moving in unison, for all the world like iron filings on a sheet of paper being controlled from beneath by a magnet. Suddenly as if a switch has been flicked, they drop from the sky and the performance is over for another day.

Juvenile Starling (Photo Justin Ivory) What you have just witnessed is a flock of starlings, or a murmuration, arriving at their evening, winter communal roost. The Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a highly sociable bird and they roost communally throughout the year. During the breeding season these roosts are relatively small and mainly consist of non-breeding birds.

It is in late autumn and winter that these roosts can reach an incredible size, some in excess of a million individuals.

Typically, the roosts are in small woods, reed beds or suitable man-made structures, although in recent years urban roosts have been in decline. While a murmuration is the collective noun for a group/flock of starlings it is particularly associated with the large winter groups and their pre-roost aerial stunts and acrobatics.

by Joseph O’Connor

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Inside Europe: 10 Years of Turmoil Wednesday 27 November 11.15pm RTE 1

Last christmas Released 22 November 2019

Three extraordinary people begin their life together, a life that will be full of drama, transformation, passionate and painful devotion to art and to one another. Henry Irving, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen Terry is the most lauded and desired actress of her generation; and following along behind them in the shadows is the unremarkable theatre manager, Bram Stoker. Fresh from life in Dublin as a clerk, Bram is wrestling with dark demons in a new city and with his own literary aspirations.

As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper, he finds new inspiration.

A look at how Europe’s leaders fought one another over how to deal with the arrival of refugees and migrants from north Africa and Syria, bringing the EU to the brink of collapse. German chancellor Angela Merkel managed to wins over French president Francois Hollande to the idea of compulsory quotas for relocating migrants across the EU, but they ran into intense opposition from Eastern European member states bringing the EU to brink of collapse as the leaders tried to force their deal through.

Last in the series. Catch up on player.

Kate (Emilia Clarke) harumphs around London, a bundle of bad decisions accompanied by the jingle of bells on her shoes, another irritating consequence from her job as an elf in a yearround Christmas shop. Tom (Henry Golding) seems too good to be true when he walks into her life and starts to see through so many of Kate’s barriers. As London transforms into the most wonderful time of the year, nothing should work for these two. But sometimes, you gotta let the snowfall where it may, you gotta listen to your heart ... and you gotta have faith. Featuring the music of George Michael, including the classic of the film’s title.

fair of the week

run of the week

kids event of the week

AriesAdvance to the next level with a partner. A test or challenge is resolved, with satisfying results. Celebrate with a favorite treat.

TaurusEnergize your work with love and passion. Put heart into your performance and it soars. Physical action produces results.

GeminiImagine a dream realized, especially with love and romance. Play and have fun with someone attractive. Get creative.

CancerEnergize a homeimprovement project.

Decisions made now can have long-lasting impact ... consider color, lighting and mood.

LeoStudy options and possibilities. Opportunities could hide behind more obvious changes. Consider messaging and responses.

Christmas Food & Craft Fair Sunday, December 8, 12 -5 pm Duckett’s Grove, Carlow,, Carlow, Ireland

Jingle Bell Jog 2019 Sunday, December 1, 9:30 am – 1:30 pmCarlow Regional Youth Services

exercising autism Saturdays from 12.30-1.30pm & 1.30-2.30pm Tyndall Clinic, Craiguecullen, Carlow

On Sunday December 8th the historic surroundings of Duckett’s Grove Historic House and Estate will be transformed into Carlow’s very own Winter Wonderland when it hosts its ever popular Christmas Food and Craft Fair.

An array of festive activities will be available to entertain and delight all the family. Adm: €10 per car. All events free. To avail of a discount book online for €8 a car. If you are interested in exhibiting at the Duckett’s Grove Christmas Food & Craft Fair please email edeane@ carlowtourism.com .

Accurately measured 5km route it is also chipped race. A specially commissioned festive Jingle Bell Jog Medal for everyone registered and who completes the course. All funds raised will be spent in Carlow and will go towards providing youth work supports and activities for young people. Registration online or on the day from 9:30am at Carlow Rowing Club. Post-race refreshments served in Carlow Rowing Club. Prizes for the fastest Sr Man, Sr Woman, Jr Man and Jr Woman. Spot prizes for the best dressed festive outfit!

Exercising Autism provide exercise classes for children with autism based in Carlow. There is insufficient programmes in regards to a structured autism specific exercise class for children in Carlow and very little in Ireland. We run classes every Saturday from 12:30-1:30 and 1:30-2:30 in the Tyndall Clinic, Graiguecullen, Carlow at a cost of €10. On Saturday 14th of December we are running a free class from 2:30-3:30 to allow parents and children come along and see the location and what is involved in our classes.

gig of the week

treat of the week

kids show of the week

VirgoThings could get lucrative.

Harvest a windfall. Keep things simple and save extra nuts for winter. Don’t take risks or gamble.

LibraAdvance toward a personal goal. Let others know what you’re up to and gain valuable support. Dress for the part you want.

ScorpioCreativity and imagination thrive with peaceful conditions. Careful planning now saves money and time later.

Sagittarius-

Team efforts can surge ahead. Speculate, collaborate and coordinate.

Share resources, ideas and possibilities.

A Christmas Tale Saturday, December 7 @ 2pm & 7pm VISUAL, Carlow. Tickets: €16.00 / €10.00

Luka Bloom Thursday, December 5, 8 pm VISUAL Carlow. Tickets: €20

Christmas Bliss Yoga Day Sunday, December 29, 10:30am - 3:30pm Blackhill Woods, Blackhill Woods. Tickets · €80

Join us for a brand new magical Christmas adventure! With music new and old, an allstar cast and a heart-warming story, this is a show for all the family that will fill you with just the right amount of warm Christmas spirit. It’s Christmas Eve, and Bobby Brown’s family has just moved to a new town. They live in a beautiful new house, with a garden and everything! But Bobby isn’t at all happy.

Quite the opposite. What if no one wants to be friends? What if the teachers are all mean?

What if, worst of all, Santa can’t find them?!

Luka Bloom is one of Ireland’s most respected contemporary folk artists. Having produced over 20 albums since the 1970s, he continues to push the boundaries of what his music can do. The very embodiment of the folk singer, Luka Bloom has that deep sense of social justice with an uncanny ability to distil contemporary life into the pithiest and most alluring combinations of lyrics and melody lines. His voice is still as open and honest as it was over 30 years ago, and his guitar finds chord combinations that are all his own.

Eilish & Simon are hosting a Christmas Bliss Yoga Day at the heavenly Blackhill Woods for yoga, meditation, pure relaxation, scrumptious vegan food and comfort.A gorgeous time of year to stop, take a day to yourself to absorb the year that has been and all that has come with it..then relax and let go, clear for what comes next. There is a loose schedule for the day but you are welcome to do as much or as little as you wish, it is your day just for you!

All levels are catered to, no previous experience required.

CapricornCareer opportunities have your attention. Accept an inviting challenge. You can figure out this puzzle. Keep your objective in mind.

AquariusFair winds and smooth sailing grace your journey.

Explore, investigate and discover. Learn from respected elders and teachers.

PiscesTackle detailed tasks to manage financial, legal or insurance matters. Bolster your shared investments through careful monitoring.

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