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Killer Cathrina awaits sentence Australia gripped by Wexford trial THE Wexford woman who has DGPLWWHG NLOOLQJ KHU ¿DQFp LQ Australia will know her fate next month. $ KHDULQJ WR VHQWHQFH &DWKULQD &DKLOO KDV EHHQ DGMRXUQHG XQWLO 1RYHPEHU 7KH 1HZ 6RXWK :DOHV 6XSUHPH &RXUW LV H[SHFWHG WR JLYH LWV UXOLQJ LQ 'HFHPEHU &DWKULQD µ7LQD¶ &DKLOO IURP 1HZ 5RVV KDV SOHDGHG guilty to the manslaughter RI 'DYLG :DOVK IURP (QQLVFRUWK\ 6KH ZDV RULJLQDOO\ FKDUJHG ZLWK PXUGHU EXW WKH FKDUJH ZDV UHGXFHG WR PDQVODXJKWHU DIWHU WKH FRXUW KHDUG VKH ZDV VX൵HULQJ IURP SRVW WUDXPDWLF VWUHVV GLVRUGHU ZKHQ VKH VWDEEHG KHU ¿DQFp WR GHDWK 7KH FRXUW FDVH LQ 6\GQH\ KDV PDGH KHDGOLQHV DFURVV $XVWUDOLD ZKHUH WKH FRXSOH JRW HQJDJHG MXVW RYHU D PRQWK EHIRUH WKH
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Aoibh O Shea from New Ross enjoying the fair on Wexford’s Quays during opera festival. Lots more pictures inside
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I had zero morale - Davy Fitz’s fight with depression
Gold for Higgins, silver for Casey THE Wexford constituency voted overwhelmingly to return Michael D Higgins as President. The outgoing UachtarĂĄn was the choice of 55.5% of the voters here, a total of 27,020 votes. The surprise runner-up, Peter Casey, got 11,818 votes. (24.2%). The other results were SeĂĄn Gallagher - 3,499 (7.2%), Sinn Fein’s Liadh NĂ Riada - 2,939 (6%), Joan Freeman DQG *DYLQ 'Xŕľľ\ - 1,161 (2.4%). Mr Casey has said he would like to join Fianna FĂĄil and hopes to become Taoiseach. Wexford TD James Browne dismissed Mr Casey’s ambitions, saying he was similar in appearance to the mayor in the movie Jaws, but joking: “I wouldn’t even trust him with all those beaches in Wexford.â€? Kildare South TD Fiona O’Loughlin, said it was “bizarreâ€? that Mr Casey “straight away wanted the top jobâ€?. She said that Mr Casey “doesn’t seem to have a vision or a strategyâ€?.
Sophie and Freya Mahon got a glimpse of things to come as they visited Kilcannon Winter Wonderland
Farmers block motorway in protest at disruption FARMERS have been blocking the new M11 motorway near Enniscorthy in protest at disruption caused by the works. 7KH ÂżUVW EORFNDGH ZDV SXW in place on Monday, October 22, near Camolin. A second roadblock was put in place on October 23 at Oulard, near a batching plant for the road. A third was put in place
the next day. The road was blocked with a range of farm machinery, including a slurry tank, two grain trailers, a loader and a straw chopper. Farmers say they are frustrated with the contractors who are building the road, BAM Construction. “Farmers want the deals that had been agreed initially to be carried out as originally
planned,� said the IFA’s recently appointed Roads Committee chairman, John Murphy. “Farmers are annoyed because we are being told that we can’t use our land in the manner we would normally be using it. “Our daily routine now involves working around where the road workers are.�
DAVY Fitzgerald has revealed how he battled with depression after being diagnosed with a serious sleep disorder. His problems started in 2016, just weeks after he was appointed Wexford’s hurling manager. “It felt as if I’d made a terrible mistake,â€? he says in a new book. “There were days I’d feel so jaded I could hardly lift my hands. I was arriving to Wexford training just feigning enthusiasm. I had absolutely zero energy.â€? )LW]JHUDOGÂśV VXŕľľHUV IURP D heart disorder that required the wearing of mask connected to a small mobile ventilator when sleeping, an ordeal which had left him “shatteredâ€?. In his biography ‘At All Costs’, written by the Irish Independent’s Vincent Hogan, the former Clare star describes how this illness left his energy ÂłRQ WKH Ă€RRU´ “I felt incredibly down and remember sitting up in bed one night and bursting into tears. All I could think was, ‘Where the f**k is all this heading?’ “ “I had zero morale,â€? he recalls. “Here I was at 45, feeling
as if my body was slowly but surely giving up on me. “I felt in turmoil, forcing myself into the car for the threehour drive to training. Taking these deep breaths then on arrival, just to summon some kind RI DUWLÂżFLDO HQHUJ\ ´ The two-time All-Ireland winner also reveals how he felt betrayed by former teammates Brian Lohan and Jamesie O’Connor - claiming they had been “so openly unsupportiveâ€? of him during his reign as Clare boss. At All Costs gets inside the mind of one of GAA’s most talked-about personalities. It is published by Gill Books.
â‚Ź6m man would give it up to get his sight again A WEXFORD man made blind by a medical error has been awarded â‚Ź5.9 million in the High Court. Brendan Doyle’s family said he would gladly return the compensation if he could get back his sight. “We and Brendan would return every cent of this settlement were it to mean that he could see again,â€? the family said in a statement. “But we hope that, with therapy and proper rehabilitation, Brendan will, at least, once again become an active member of his community and begin to enjoy life once more.â€? Mr Doyle, who now lives in a nursing home at Enniscorthy, has cerebral palsy and mild learning disabilities. The court heard that a shunt which had been in Mr Doyle’s brain since childhood
was removed when he was admitted to Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital in 2011 but was not reinserted, leading to “tragic consequences�. The court heard that on June 1, 2011, Mr Doyle was complaining of headache and vomiting and went to hospital in Wexford where he had a CT scan and was referred to Beaumont. A shunt-related infection was suspected and the brain shunt was removed. It was decided it was not necessary to replace the shunt. Mr Doyle was discharged from Beaumont on June 10, with directions to continue antibiotic therapy and after a few days in his local hospital was discharged on June 16. Next day he was back at A&E in Wexford complaining of increased weakness. He had a CT scan and another in July. Mr
Doyle, who was complaining of headache, was referred back to outpatients at Beaumont Hospital and in August his case was reviewed. It was claimed the impression was formed his condition was improving and another CT scan was recommended for December. In early September, Mr Doyle VXŕľľHUHG ORVV RI YLVLRQ DQG ZDV referred back to Beaumont where he underwent surgery. Notwithstanding the reinsertion of the brain shunt, Mr Doyle lost his eyesight. In its statement the family said they felt aggrieved that liability was only admitted last January, six and half years after the tragedy. They said the settlement would provide Brendan with a purpose built home of his own and the 24-hour support that he now needs.
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Before I save for my first mortgage: the 5 step prep guide
Ava, Sarah, Dylan, Dave and Lily Pedreschi enjoying the Halloween Haunts at Wells House & Gardens. Below left, Aylee and Carly Bourke and Freya Byrne at the Amber Springs Halloween Train in Gorey. Below right, Laura Sedlak at the Gorey Loch Gorman Arms Gruesome Kiddies Halloween Disco
If you’re planning to run a 10k, it’s always a good idea to do a bit of training before you attempt the main event. You don’t have to adopt the training regime of an Olympic athlete but doing somwork ahead of the race should prevent you from collapsing as you reach the halfway point. Preparing to apply for a mortgage also requires preparation. Although hopefully not as much sweating! It pays to get yourself mortgage-ready in the months leading up to your mortgage appointment and it’s simpler than you think. It’s all about adopting the habits that will stand to you when you eventually take the next step. We’ve come up with a few tips to help you do the groundwork for a successful application. 1. MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT One of the things that you need to demonstrate is that you can make the necessary monthly mortgage payments. So if your monthly rent is €700 and your mortgage would be €1200, you’ll need to be saving €500 to show that you could make the payments. You need to be able to demonstrate your rental outgoings and savings. The simplest way of doing this is to have your rent and savings come out of your account so you have a paper trail. If you still pay your rent in cash, ask the landlord to set up a direct debit so that your mortgage agent will be able to clearly identify rent payments on a monthly basis. If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make a noise? You can ask a similar question about any money that you put aside. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been stuffing hundreds of euros into a shoebox in your wardrobe every month. Unless your lender can see a proven record of regular savings, they’re not going to be able to take them into account when assessing your case. 2. GET A SAVING ACCOUNT There’s the small matter of the deposit to deal with when you’re applying for a mortgage so you’re going to need to put some money aside. Unless you plan to win the lottery at a very convenient time, which seems like a bit of a long shot. Aside from having a lump sum to get the ball rolling, your lender will also want to see a history of saving. So even if you’re thinking about a mortgage but don’t intend on applying for a few more months, starting to save early is worth it. The first step is to set up a savings account and a direct debit to automatically transfer funds. It’s simple to do and it makes it easy for a lender to see what you’re doing. When saving, put aside a regular amount on a monthly basis to create a solid saving history. Try not to dip into your savings account for holidays as the money that’s withdrawn will not be included when your overall savings are totted up. 3. WORK OUT WHAT YOU’RE SPENDING One of the major steps towards getting yourself mortgage-ready is working out what you’re actually spending your money on. If you keep adding to your collection of designer shoes or buying rare vinyl records, this one may not be such a mystery. For most people, it’s easy to overlook casual spending that could add up over the month. Maybe you never check your balance until the second half of the month. Or you regularly blow your pay cheque in the first three weeks and then survive on beans on toast for the rest of the month. Take a look back over your bank statements and try
to establish where you can make savings. You may be surprised to see how much you’re spending on takeaways or nights out. Seeing the details in black and white may even make you rethink some of your bad spending habits. 4. STAY IN THE BLACK Credit cards and overdrafts come in handy when you’ve had a particularly heavy month of spending. Maybe the car insurance was due, you had a friend’s wedding or you just couldn’t resist that sale in your favourite online retailer. If you do have a credit card, you need to be sure to make all your minimum monthly repayments and try to avoid carrying over large debts from month to month. This could be a red flag for lenders. The same thing applies to your overdraft. This shows that you’re more than capable of living on your wages and that making mortgage payments isn’t going to pose a problem. 5. PAY OFF EXISTING LOANS There’s nothing wrong with having loans – and being able to demonstrate your ability to pay back borrowings can actually be a good thing. If you are thinking of getting a mortgage, paying off any outstanding personal loans can only streamline your application. That’s not to say that you won’t be able to get a mortgage if you have an existing personal loan. But additional borrowings could impact the amount you can get for your mortgage. Try to use the months before your application to chip away at any loans that you currently have. If you follow these simple steps, you’ll be nicely warmed up and limber when you finally approach the mortgage starting line. You’ll also be in better financial shape than you were when you started, which can only help you to go the distance and get your mortgage in the quickest possible time. Are you thinking of buying your own home? Now that you’ve done all the preparation, it’s a good time to call into your local EBS office for a chat with one of our friendly mortgage advisors. Find out how much you can afford to borrow with our mortgage calculator or book a mortgage meeting to suit you with one of our mortgage expert, or get the ball rolling with our First Time Buyer guide. Don’t forget to visit our Facebook page for the latest home inspiration, news and great competitions. EBS d.a.c. neither accepts nor assumes any responsibility in relation to the contents of this blog and excludes all warranties, undertakings and representations (either express or implied) to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. EBS d.a.c. is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.
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Red light for greenway AN Bord Pleanala has refused permission for a pedestrian and cycling greenway between Wexford and Curracloe. The plan was for 10.7km of a shared cycling and walking greenway and a further 4.9 km of local looped trails. It would have linked the centre of Wexford town with Curracloe Beach and the Raven. It is one of four high-quality greenways proposed by Wexford County Council to
cater for the growing demand from locals and visitors for such amenities. An Bord Pleanala received a number of submissions on the proposal, some of which objected to the development. The National Parks and Wildlife Service raised concerns about the impact on the Raven Point Nature Reserve Special Area of Conservation and the Wexford Harbour and Slobs Special Protection Area. An Bord Pleanala, in its
refusal document, cited these SRVVLEOH DGYHUVH HŕľľHFWV VD\ing the development “would be detrimental to the attractive and sensitive landscape and visual amenities of the areaâ€?. The council, in a statement, said it was “very disappointedâ€? by the decision “despite the board’s acceptance of the principle that the development of a Greenway in this location would enhance leisure and recreational facilities in the areaâ€?.
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Award for emerging opera stars WEXFORD soprano Maria Hughes (right) and Dublin tenor 5LFKDUG 6KDŕľľUH\ DUH WKLV \HDUÂśV winners of Wexford Festival Opera Emerging Young Artist bursaries. 7KH DZDUGV VSRQVRUHG E\ DFFRXQWDQF\ FRPSDQ\ 3Z& are to “support and celebrateâ€? HPHUJLQJ \RXQJ DUWLVWV IURP WKH RSHUD ZRUOG E\ FRQWULEXWLQJ towards the costs associated with furthering their careers. Wexford Festival Opera artistic director David Agler said the two singers were making “a great contributionâ€? WR WKH FRPSDQ\ 3Z& KDV DQQRXQFHG WKDW it will sponsor the Emerging Young Artists programme for DQRWKHU WKUHH \HDUV “We are delighted to partner
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John’s gin a golden wonder A WEXFORD farmer has struck gold with his brainchild of gin made from potatoes. Jackford Irish Potato Gin was honoured with a gold medal at the Irish whiskey awards. “It is the potato that I believe gives Jackford its creamy smooth base,â€? said John 6WDŕľľRUG 0' RI 6ODQH\ )DUP Produce, a famed grower of Wexford potatoes. John saw the opportunity to diversify into the increasingly popular gin market, harnessing the appeal of the potato. His aim was to
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Curious case of the Casey bounce?
M Brian Quigley
eet the new boss / Same as the old boss’ is a line from ‘ Wo n ’ t Get Fooled A g a i n ’ by The Who. Well, our next president is the same as our old won. No surprises in Michael D’s landslide. Or was there? For me the bounce Peter Casey got to jump from last place to VHFRQG VHFXULQJ D ÂżIWK RI WKH ÂżUVW SUHIHUHQFH YRWHV ZDV D ELJ surprise, and a disturbing one. When he made the comments about the Travelling Commu nity during the campaign I pre sumed that he’d withdraw. A colleague at the paper WKRXJKW GLŕľľHUHQW VD\LQJ WKDW
Wexford County Council Town & Village Renewal Scheme awards in Council Chambers were: Clr Lisa McDonald, John Carley, Ger Mackey, Mayor Tony Dempsey, Clr Oliver Walsh, Amanda Byrne, Tom Enright, Chief Executive Wexford County Council Keith Doyle, and Minister Paul Kehoe &DVH\ FRXOG ZHOO JHW D 7UXPS like bounce from his comments, wrong as they were. He called it right. I couldn’t believe it when , VDZ &DVH\œV ¿QDO YRWH VKDUH The best response I saw to Casey’s comments came from Fianna Fail’s Willie O’Dea, who spoke about the comments
being “an attempt to breathe new life into outdated rhetoricâ€?. I couldn’t have agreed more. My working knowledge of economics, while by no means up to a professional in the ÂżHOGÂśV VWDQGDUG ZRXOG EH WKDW the poor and marginalised in society need to be looked after.
Anything else just doesn’t make sense. We may not always do it right here – as the current housing crisis shows – but I believe our intentions have always been good, even if the policies that are implemented fall well short of making those intentions a re
ality. To turn on the poor would be to step onto a slippery slope that there would be no coming back from. I believe Casey’s comments were an attempt at populism DQG ,œYH ORQJ VLQFH KDG D EHH in my bonnet about populism. Much of what we have seen
here in the populist sphere has EHHQ OHIW ZLQJ SRSXOLVP SRLQW LQJ WKH ÂżQJHU RI EODPH DW EDQNV businessmen, politicians and bureaucrats for all our ills. I always thought it unfair, as it provided easy pickings in the ballot box for those peddling this jargon. 5LJKW ZLQJ SRSXOLVP WKRXJK like Brexit’s ‘Leave’ campaign or Donald Trump, is another thing. Turning on the immi grants, the elderly, the margin alised and anybody else who you can spin the line about them having an easy ride. We look after these groups here, and so we should. We’ll all get old, and any of us could end up poor through no fault of our own. 2U ÂżQG RXUVHOYHV LQ D IRUHLJQ land if our journey takes us there. We’d expect to be looked after, wouldn’t we? Perhaps I’m exaggerating. I’d certainly give Casey the EHQHÂżW RI WKH GRXEW DQG ZRXOG like to think he regrets his com ments. But the vote surge he got was in my view a harnessing of ULJKW ZLQJ SRSXOLVP I’d hate to see that snowball because I’d hate to think where it would lead us.
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ARTS SECTION 75 OF ROADS ACT 1993 TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROADS
Wexford County Council has decided to close the roads in New Ross Town listed hereunder to vehicular traffic from 15.00 to 19.00 on Saturday, November 17 2018, to facilitate a Christmas Parade and a Lighting-Up Ceremony. Road Closure: Alternative Route:
Quay Street, North Street, Lower Mary Street and South Street North (R700-2, L4501-1 and L4500-3). From The Quay to Oaklands Roundabout to Kent’s Cross to Irishtown to Mountelliott via N25 and N30
Alternative routes will be signposted. Local and pedestrian access will be facilitated.
GOREY MUNICIPAL DISTRICT Tidy Towns and Residents Group Network Tidy Towns Network Meeting Tuesday the 20th of November, 7.30pm Gorey Civic Offices Please send in photos of your projects from during the year Open to all Tidy Towns and Residents Groups in Gorey District for display and discussion on the evening
RSVP gorey@wexfordcoco.ie by Friday 16th November
VALUE YOUR VOTE! REGISTER BY Check the Draft Register of Electors (pink copy) by
25TH November 2018. The Draft Register of Electors is now on display at your local Post Office, Library, Garda Station, Citizens Information Centre or Local Authority Office and online at www.checktheregister.ie until 25 November 2018. If you are aged 18 or over on or before 15th February 2019 you should check that your name, address and other details are present and correct on the Draft Register, also if you have recently become an Irish Citizen please contact this office in order that your details can be updated.
If you have any queries please contact: The Franchise Section, Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford on 053 919 6255/6404 or email franchise@wexfordcoco.ie
CALL OUT TO ARTISTS ‘CREATIVE COMMUNITIES’ PROGRAMME 2019 CLOSING THURSDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 2018 AT 4.00PM The Arts Department of Wexford County Council is currently seeking Expressions of Interest from Artists, resident in County Wexford, regarding an Artist Panel for the Creative Communities Programme. The Creative Communities Programme enables meaningful collaboration between artists and County Wexford based community groups, for arts projects of 1 intensive week to 5 months in duration. Please note artists that are currently on our artist panel are eligible to reapply. For application requirements and details please see https://www.wexfordcoco.ie/arts-and-culture/ Completed applications need to be emailed to arts@wexfordcoco.ie by 4.00pm Thursday, 22nd November 2018. CCP is supported and funded by Wexford County Council, the Arts Council, Creative Ireland Programme and Community Groups.
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Ger Lawlor, Chairman Wexford Opora and Leader of Wexford Bride Street church Choir was awarded a Papal Honor Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, at Wexford Festival Opera Mass in Bride Street church by Bishop Denis Brennan, Bishop of Ferns. Picture shows Ger with Mayor of Wexford Tony Dempsey, Fintan, Laura Lawlor, Bishop Denis Brennan, Callian and Catriona Lawlor.
Noa and Siobhan Haviv enjoy Halloween at Kia Ora Farm Gorey
Ross and Lucy Mooney enjoy Halloween at Gorey Shopping Centre
Jack and Corinna Dillon enjoy Halloween at Gorey Shopping Centre
Geraldine Noonan, Dick and Jackie Hore, and Tony Noonan at the Ger Hore Proffessional photographer Archive Festival Exhibition
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ninenottomiss BOOK of the week
TV SHOW of the week
FILM of the week
Puppy Love Seal pup at Bray Harbour (Photo – John Ivory) THERE can be few bonnier babies in the animal kingdom than Grey Seal pups. With their sleek white coat (or lanugo), big dark eyes and general air of helplessness, they should carry a warning sign – “Prepare to be Cutified�! The Grey Seal (Haliechoerus grypus) is our largest, land breeding carnivore. Breeding takes place from late August to the end of November. In the autumn pregnant females (cows) gather at traditional breeding grounds or rookeries to give birth to their single pup. A pup’s gorgeous, but very conspicuous white coat, would appear to be a strange evolutionary device for a young, vulnerable animal. It is most likely a hangover from the last ice age when seal pups would have been born in a frozen and predominantly white environment. Lack of major natural predators since then has seen the white coat remain. Another predator thwarting technique employed by the cows is the relative synchronisation of the births so the colony is at maximum population size. There’s safety in numbers! The pups are reared on an exclusive diet of milk for approximately 3 weeks. Grey Seal milk has the highest fat content (up to 60%) of any animal. It is not surprising that the pups grow at a phenomenal rate on this incredibly fat rich diet. Putting on up to 2kg per day, by the end of the lactation period they will have trebled their birth weight. At this stage the pups shed their white coats to reveal their grey coats adapted for life in the cold sea. The females then leave the pups to fend for themselves! It is not surprising that mortality rates among pups in that first winter can be up to 60%. With lactation completed, the cows come into season and mate with dominant male before heading back to sea. With a combination of delayed implantation and suspended development of the fertilised egg, the cow ensures that birth will not take place until the following autumn. And so, the cycle will begin again.
HOROSCOPES
THE FALL OF THE PHOENIX by Daniel Kelly
THE PODGE & RODGE SHOW Mondays 10.40pm RTE 2
HALLOWEEN ROI Rating: - 18
The long siege of Troy, the battles fought over it, and the city’s eventual capitulation and incineration are events which have often been retold since their first recitation by Homer. Seldom, however, will they have been narrated with such close attention to the minute particulars of battle, to its reek and terror and pain, as in this startling account by Daniel Kelly. Kelly looks minutely at every detail of archaic combat, as well as at the lives and feelings shaped by it. His Troy is not only a scene of shining glory, but also a grimy struggle for survival and mastery.
The return of the comedy talk show after almost 10 years away, with co-host Doireann Garrihy joining the two puppets to interrogate celebrity guests. Featuring “celebrity roasting and top notch music acts� in Ballydung Manor the return of this dastardly due is sure to be one of the most hotly-anticipated shows on Irish television this year. Love them or loathe them, they’re back! Performed by Ciaran Morrison and Mick O’Hara they have lost none of their humour and are apparently more vulgar than ever.
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. Serving as creative consultant, master of horror John Carpenter joins forces with writer/director David Gordon Green, writer Danny McBride, and cinema’s leading producer of horror Jason Blum to craft a film inspired by Carpenter’s classic but also carves a new path from the events in the landmark 1978 film.
CONCERT of the week
SHOW of the week
COMEDY of the week
ARIES - This week is a 7 Remain forgiving with team miscommunications. Ignore false rumors or gossip. Imagine a project completed. TAURUS - This week is a 7 A controversy could arise at work. Words and actions may seem at cross-purposes. Don’t believe everything you hear; the trolls are out. GEMINI- This week is a 7 Delays could frustrate travels this week. Check WUDྜF DQG URDG FRQGLWLRQV 6WXG\ \RXU RSWLRQV 3UR¿W from a dreamer’s vision. CANCER- This week is an 8 Others may demand quick action, despite a frustrating roadblock. Monitor budgets, and prepare your moves in advance. LEO- This week is a 7 Misunderstandings spark easily between partners. 3RVWSRQH D ¿QDQFLDO discussion. Stay in communication.
NEW ROSS REMEMBERS November 10 8pm. St. Michael’s Theatre New Ross, Co. Wexford. Tel 051 421255
‘HELLO AGAIN’ THE STORY OF NEIL DIAMOND Novemer 23, National Opera House
9 TO 5, THE DOLLY PARTON MUSICAL November 20-24. St. Michael’s Theatre Musical Society. www.stmichaelsnewross.com
First World War 1914-1918, New Ross Remembers, for one night only. Centenary Memorial Concert featuring music, songs, poems and letters from the trenches,the concert is the brainchild of Seamus Kiely and historian Jack Stacey. It will pay homage to the over 250,000 Irishmen went to fight, in the Great War where over 50,000 Irishmen died including the youngest Irish soldier to die, 14 year old Jack Condon from Waterford. REMEMBER THEM.
Evocative imagery, video and narration enhance the magic as the show takes you on a musical journey through Neil Diamond’s glittering 50 year career. From The Bang Years to the present day you’ll soon be singing along to all the hits including ‘Sweet Caroline’, ‘Cracklin’ Rosie’, ‘Forever in Blue Jeans’, ‘Song Sung Blue’, ‘Hello Again’, ‘Love on the Rocks’, ‘America’ and many more. *Brooklyn Horns and Ascending Strings, on selected shows only. Tickets â‚Ź25.00
SMTMS presents its 11th annual production, 9 To 5, The Dolly Parton Musical. This hilarious comedy is sure to be another fantastic show not to be missed. 9 to 5 The Musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
GIG of the week
KIDS’ EVENT of the week EVENT of the week
VIRGO- This week is an 8 Action speaks louder than words, where health and exercise are concerned. Abandon a preconception. You know what to do. LIBRA- This week is a 6 Love and romance could seem complicated now. Adapt to recent changes. Save important conversations for later. SCORPIO- This week is a 7 Domestic matters take focus. Words can get misconstrued. Show your commitments through your actions. SAGITTARIUS- This week is an 8
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CAPRICORN- This week is an 8 .HHS WDNLQJ SUR¿WDEOH actions. Don’t believe everything you hear. Tempers may be short. Stay respectful. THE STUNNING November 22. 10pm, Greenacres, Selskar Square Wexford. www.lantern.ie
SING OUT LOUD November 12-22. National Opera House. Tel: 0 53 912 2144 www.nationaloperahouse.ie
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT AUDITIONS November 28, National Opera House, Tel: 0 53 912 2144 www.nationaloperahouse.ie
Welcome to the world of Ireland’s finest hip hop musical comedian, Rob Broderick, a.k.a. Abandoman. Using his trademark blend of audience interaction and razor-sharp improvisation, Abandoman will take the people of Wexford on a magical journey, transforming the audience’s likes, loathes and daydreams into hit songs and captivating tales. Abandoman has previously won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, Best Comedy Newcomer at the Adelaide Fringe. Tickets ₏20.00.
This year will see close to 3000 primary school kids from all around Co. Wexford starring across 12 performances in what promises to be another fun-filled, high energy and familyfriendly show that will have you up singing and dancing along! Sing Out Loud is thrilled to introduce the talented and incomparable Gemma Sugrue (RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Jenny Greene; Electric Picnic) to Co.Wexford, where she will be picking up the baton as conductor.
Britain’s Got Talent Auditions come to the National Opera House on Wednesday 28th November from 4 p.m.- to 8 p.m. in the Jerome Hynes Theatre. If you can’t make the auditions in person please visit itv.com/ britainsgottalent for full details on video, WhatsApp and postal submissions. This is a closed audition with no audience tickets available.
AQUARIUS-This week is a 9 Go for the gold, and avoid stepping on others to get there. Anticipate a disagreement and competition. PISCES- This week is a 6 Slow down to reconsider the best route. Toss out the VXSHUĂ€XRXV 'HYLVH D QHZ direction, and realign plans. Consider actions and words carefully.
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