Kilkenny Reporter - 6 February 2013

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6 2013

Kilkenny Reporterwww.kilkennyreporter.ie T: 056 7795051 E: [email protected]

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6 2013

Kilkenny Reporterwww.kilkennyreporter.ie T: 056 7795051 E: [email protected]

A Red Mills world coup:From the horse’s mouth!

FAVOURITE SON: Thou-sands turned out to say farewell to a favourite son of Kilkenny. JD, aka Galtee Murphy will be a huge loss. » Story & pics P36 & 37

THE BOSS: Bruce Springsteen is on his way with a €10m gift for our city » Story & pics P 24 & 25

A LOCAL MILITARY TATTOO: SHEER JOY FOR ARMY FAMILIES: PAGES 44&45

GREAT SHOW: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ was ‘Comer’s best ever panto. Stars included Sinead Byrne and Chubby Brennan, above » Review and pics Pages 42 & 43

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A BUSINESS PHENOMENON: TURN TO REPORTER PAGE 26

Super Goresbridge firmgallops to Global glory

JIMMY [email protected]

Red Mills in 1908

A state of the art Red Mills Pics: Johann Sauty

Red Mills jumps to successTop combination: Showjumper Edwina Tops-Alexander with her champion

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From left, James Murphy, Phil Hogan and John Bryan

The battle to save sheep from dogs

Income Tax and VAT - Key Points to Note

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Happy birthday Ruby, it’s party time

Donal O’Brien, Christy Bolger and Moira Maher in a production with Kilkenny Musical Society

The late Kitty Drohan added a beard to actor Mike Kelly Flashback to the Friary Hall. Left is Donal O’Brien


A THRIVING Scout Group today sends out a plea for new volunteers.

The 15th Kilkenny Fort Grange Scout Group is a non profit voluntary o r g a n i s a t i o n located in D a n e s f o r t C o m m u n i t y Centre. Get-togethers are on Mondays and Thursdays. Activities began last May and there are two groups:

B e a v e r S c o u t s , Thursday, 6.30pm to 7.30pm and Cub Scouts, Monday, 6.45pm to 8pm.

The group have 60 youth members and 10 adult volunteers. Two adult volunteers have stepped aside on a temporary basis which has left them with only eight active volunteers.

All members work hard and give as much time as possible but more help is badly needed.

In September a third section for Scouts will be established. If they don’t have a Scout section by then they will not

h a v e anywhere for the cubs to move on to and therefore will lose youth members.

They are now appealing for adult volunteers who have a couple of hours a week to spare to join them as adult leaders.

The group point out that being involved is good fun. They say they already have a great team but need to expand to have a natural progression path for Cubs.

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Happy days: From left, Sally Aughney, Pawel Jankiewiez, Dante Ruiz and Martin Kral PIC: NOEL HOYNE

Cheers: Hat-trick of awards for Wine Centre



JERPOINT GLASS Studio annual seconds sale starts on Friday.

For 10 days only all sec-onds’ stock will be reduced across all lines. The sale is at the Studio Shop in Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny. It

runs until February 17.The Studio is open daily

where you can view live glassblowing demonstra-tions free of chargem Monday to Friday. For more information and directions see www.jerpointglass.com

Glass sale worth looking into!

Wedding delight

Snapper Seamus has pride in his camera



Blazing a trail for missing dogAISLING HURLEY

AHURLEY @KILKENNYREPORTER.IE

Local scribes going in the write direction

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Round table talks

Business survey: Optimism abounds but it is very guarded

In The Oireachtas with The Reporter

McGuinness welcomes development but...

The Carlow-Kilkenny Fianna Fáil Deputy John McGuinness



By Ellen Roche (BSc Nutr Sci, PG Dip Dietetics)

Consultant Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist

Nutri Vive Nutrition Clinic No 49. John Street, Kilkenny

LAST WEEK I discussed the importance to consuming ‘5 A Day’ portions of fruit and vegetables and explained what exactly counts

as one portion of each. I suggest eating 2-3 pieces

of fruit daily, some salad with lunch and two vegetables with dinner. This week, I describe some practical ways and means of making it easier to consume the recommended amount for better health. Breakfast

Have a glass of pure, unsweetened fruit juice

Slice some fresh fruit over your breakfast cereal or toss in a handful of dried apricots/raisins

Mash a banana onto toast or soda bread

Healthy snacksMake some crudités - carrots

batons, celery sticks.Keep a piece of fresh fruit on

hand - before reaching for high sugar/calorie snacks

LunchAdd tomatoes, cucumber, mixed

salad leaves to your sandwichesHome-made vegetable soup for

the colder weather

DinnerTry to include different two

vegetables with dinner

Add extra peppers, mushroom, onion, courgette onto frozen pizza

Make a fresh fruit salad

Think about this:FROZEN vegetables are often just as nutritious and sometimes even superior to fresh vegetables that are not grown in Ireland.

For those children (and some adults too!) who aren’t keen on fruits and vegetables, try a different one each week until you

find some you enjoy. Shop in green grocers to source

more fruits and vegetables locally, hence supporting local agriculture and employment.

When buying root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips and potatoes, buy them with the clay on and store in a cool room. This helps to keep them fresher for longer, preserves vitamin ‘C’ content and prevents food and financial wastage.

Today is ‘Town of Food’

deadline day Practical tips for eating

more fruit and veg


A DECISION by An Bord Pleanala to grant permission for an Amusement Arcade in a dedicated retail precinct in the heart of medieval Kilkenny has been described as astonishing and extremely disappointing by Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce.

“The Bord’s decision flies directly in the face of the city’s rich heritage and culture and especially the very substantive and multi-million ‘medieval mile’ project planned for the city,” says a statement received by The Reporter yesterday, Tuesday.

“This decision sends all the wrong signals especially to visitors and tourists alike of what shopping and life in Kilkenny is about in 2013,” the Chamber statement adds.

Chamber raps Bord Pleanala

decisionBrave Gardaí foil an early morning supermarket raid


An Bord Pleanala have granted permission for an Amusement Arcade in a prominent shopping area of Kilkenny City

In pursuit: It is believed the raiders headed to County Laois

Meghan Fitzgerald of Collins Park, Callan, who graduated with a higher certificate in Business in Tourism from Waterford Institute of Technology.

Congratulations, Meghan !




In Castlecomer with Chubby Brennan

Blast from the past...

Dan the man was loved and respected

Athletes put best foot forward on testing ter-rain

Keeping fit

Local lottos

More fitness

Celtic signing

Bridge over troubled waters?

RIP: Dan Lalor



Cllr Andrew McGuinness and local singer Davey Cashin with organiser Sinéad De Butléir at River Island, MacDonagh Junction

Amateur models take to catwalk

Coon Drama Group

Kilquan Players so Keane on John B

Backstage women

Powerful says Paddy as he toasts his friends


Happy days: Paddy Walsh with his sister-in-law Sadie McGrath PICS: NOEL HOYNE

Paddy Culleton, Kieran Butler, Liam Deacon and Nuala Culleton



A gift of €10m is going for a song!


Hurling boss Brian Cody with promoter Peter Aiken

Hector meets the ‘real’ Boss Brian Cody with JJ Delaney, Eoin Larkin and Tommy Walsh PICS: NOEL HOYNE


On queue for a super party with Bruce

In fine voice: The Boss with guitarist Steve Van Zandt. Fans of hit tv show The Sopranos, will recognoise Van Zandt for play-ing the character of Silvio Dante - Tony Soprano’s right-hand man.

Radio heads Martin Bridgeman and Alan Swan with Liam McCarthy

Hector with Claire Delaney, Ballyragget, who won two ‘Wrecking Ball’ tickets

The girls from Ground Floor Cafe with Hector at Langton’s launch


&CommentOpinionRed Mills: A business phenomenon

WHO WOULD EVER HAVE BELIEVED

THAT A JOURNEY WHICH BEGAN IN AN OLD MILL IN GORESBRIDGE

WOULD TRAVEL A ROAD WHICH

WOULD TAKE IT TO THE FOUR CORNERS

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Family is key as recruits pass out

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IT WAS FASCINATING

FOR THE REPORTER TO BE PART OF THE

PRIDE AND SHEER JOY OF PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS,

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OTHER RELATIVES AND

FRIENDS AS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, IN

ARMY UNIFORM FOR THE FIRST TIME, WERE

ALREADY SHOWING THE DISCIPLINE, EVEN SPLENDOUR WHICH IS

PART OF ARMY LIFE

“JIMMY RHATIGAN

The Ploughman’s DaughterSEAN HURLEY

This week NED EGAN contributes

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Getting to know each other: Mark and Alice are getting fond of each other


Age-old tradition of love and romance


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Lovely lipsWINTER weather can leave your lips dry and flaky. Es-sence’s new ‘hugs & kisses lip scrub’ (€2.49) can help make them irresistibly soft again. Simply apply and spread gen-tly across to have them feeling velvety and soft in an instant.

Apply ‘hugs & kisses lip tint’ (€2.49) in ‘Intensive red’ on top. The soft texture will tint

your lips and create either a subtle or intensive result de-pending on how many layers you apply.

Essence is available from Dunnes Stores and Penneys.

Say it with rosesTENDER loving cleansing is what Ziaja ‘’Rose Butter Water’ (€5.99) delivers. Formulated to be mild and non-drying, this

gentle cleanser will leave every skin type fresh and clean. It gently removes make-up, sur-face grime and oils.

It also softens the skin and re-duces skin tension and soothes irritations. Dermatologically and ophthalmologically tested it is colourants, parabens and fragrance free.

Available at Newpark Phar-macy, Gowran Pharmacy and MacEneaney Pharmacy.

Wear your heart on your kneesTHIS Valentine’s Day why not wear your heart on your knees! These love heart leg-gings are hand-painted with love so each pair is unique. They are made to order and sizes include UK 6 to 20. Leggings are made of 95% viscose and 5% elastane. The hearts are painted with textile printing ink which is 100% solvent free.. After heat fixing the artwork is wash, rub and dry clean resistant with ex-ceptionally soft handling.

Just €24.07 from Katarzyna Goral on Etsy.com.

Say it with fruitTHIS Valentine’s Day instead of saying it with flowers, which have a very short shelf life, why not say it with healthy fruit in-stead.

Head to your local fruit and veg shop and pick out a selec-tion of the most colourful fruit you can find. You could pres-ent is nicely in a basket or even

fashion it into the shape of a love heart if you’re feeling re-ally romantic.

Love in the rainPLANNING lots of romantic spring walks in the rain? Get yourself this heart-shaped um-brella and do it style.

Crafted from lightweight aluminium and featuring ad-ditional UV coating for when the sun’s shining the um-brella is perfect for roman-tic respites from the rain or sneaky snuggles in the shade. It has a strong, but light-weight frame and measures 100cm(W) x 110cm(H) x 90cm(D). Just €22.19 from www.firebox.com.

Show your love with hot stonesGIVE your other half a relax-ing massage to remember with hot stone therapy. When heated, the rocks penetrate the muscles and ease tension. Cool stones soothe inflammation.

When hot and cold stones are alternated, the circulation is stimulated, thereby assisting the body in self-healing.

Those experiencing a hot stone massage may notice a healing improvement in mus-cular aches, pains and sprains, circulation improvement, rheu-matic and arthritic relief, back pain relief, decreased stress levels, anxiety and tension, relief of insomnia and depres-sion. Available on Amazon.co.uk.

Valentine’s Day sur-priseTHIS stunning moulded plunge underwired body is part of the second lingerie collection from Myleene Klass. The leopard print body has beautiful lace trim detailing and contrast trims in eye catching turquoise. Ideal for any special occasion!Perfect as a Valentine’s Day surprise for someone special.

Just €35 from www.little-woodsireland.ie.

Say it with sweetsSHOW your love with sweets by gifting your loved one with some retro ‘Love Hearts’ sweets. Order online from www.slipsweetshop.com for just €2. There are 10 mini rolls in every quarter pound. Sweet!

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Thousands pay tribute to JD, aka Galtee


Loving tribute: Past presidents and captains of Kilkenny Golf Club pay tribute as the remains of JD Murphy are brought from St John’s Church Photos: Tom Brett Photography


Son of our city passes away in Cork

RIP: Paul Delaney

JIM WAS laid to rest following a huge send off by his family and friends. St John’s Church was packed. Jim was a colossus in Kilkenny sporting and business.

He was a passionate Kilkennyman, so proud of his heritage and all things Kilkenny, especially our hurlers. He had a mercurial gift for storytelling, often against himself. Many stories that abounded at his funeral were of epic proportions.

I played at Arklow Golf Club and a local member asked me how was JD? I asked him his name, just tell JD it was Paddy from Arklow and he will know who. Not surprisingly Jim did know Paddy.

In soccer he was a stylish and accomplished centre half with Evergreen and Kilkenny. With Evergreen he played alongside Billy Reinhardt RIP, Liam ‘Chunky’ O’Brien, Pat ‘Rusty’ Scanlon RIP, Tommy Jordan RIP, Danny ‘Algie’ Lanigan RIP, Jim McEvoy and Larry Drennan.

A perfectionist, when he went into team management with Evergreen, he brought them from mediocrity to the final of the FAI Junior Cup in 1983-84 before an attendance of 6,000. No other Kilkenny team either before or since has reached the final. He was a tough task master. He wore the club president’s blazer with great pride.

He was a huge admirer of others’ ambitions and achievements, none more so than when Emfa brought senior soccer to Kilkenny in 1984.

Jim was a very successful

business man. He started with the Royal Liver Assurance Company and worked with GAA Co Board Secretary Paddy Grace, a fellow ‘Continent’ man.

Having attained No 1 sales representative status in Ireland on a number of occasions he moved on to manager of the First National Building Society. Later he set up his own financial business, JD Murphy & Associates.

His contribution to golf was enormous as a player, on club teams, manager, captain 1983 and president of Kilkenny Golf Club in its centenary year 1996. He was a very low single figure handicap golfer who could match the best.

A car accident curtailed his playing days but he was not happy to rest on his laurels. He made a major contribution as a coach, mentor and life advisor to hundreds of budding golfers at the practice grounds at Glendine.

He took great fatherly pride in his son Gary’s achievements on the Professional European Golf Tour.

Local life will be all the poorer for Jim’s passing but those engaging encounters on the soccer fields in Kilkenny, on High Street and at the practice ground at Glendine will last long in the memory.

To his wife Ann and children Jean, Gary, Hilary and Orla, brother Billy, sisters Vera, Kit, Mary, Olive, Clare and Nell, daughter-in-law Elaine, grandchildren Hollie and Daniel goes the sympathy of the Kilkenny sporting and business worlds. DB

Funeral stories were

of epic proportions

An appreciation

Proud caption: Jim Murphy as captain of Kilkenny Golf Club in 1983

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Business of the week

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KAFÉ Kats at 3 Ormonde Street is the perfect spot to stop off for a tasty lunch or a pot of tea with friends.Service is second to none and the choice of food will keep you going back again and again.

They have a number of offers running throughout February including a special deal where all take-away coffees bought between 8am and 10am are only €1.50. All bagels and wraps

are €5.50 or €7.50 if you add their delicious soup.

A take-away sandwich and soup is a bargain busting €5.50 and a take-away bagel of wrap plus soup is €6. A Panini and soup is €6.50.

The restaurant offers free Wifi so it is also a good place to write up a few emails while sipping a latte.

Open Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 5pm.

WITH spring already upon us it’s a good time to start thinking about spring cleaning your home.

Nothing lifts dirt better than steam and the Vax S2 Hard Floor Master Upright Steam Stick is worth its weight in gold.

The versatile and powerful steam cleaner is lightweight

and compact enough to conveniently store away once cleaning has finished.

This powerful steam cleaner can remove dirt from hard floors and most importantly it needs no chemicals! The super hot steam from the boiling water dissolves all dirt, bacteria and

allergens as it glides effortlessly across the floor.

It was €99.99 down

to €69.99 at DID Electrical as The Reporter went to print.

THE ‘Style of Kilkenny Celebrity Fashion Show’ will be held in Langton’s Hotel, John Street, at 8pm tomorrow (Thursday).

The event will showcase some of Kilkenny’s finest boutiques and some well- known local faces will take to the catwalk. The show will be hosted by Brendan Hennessy and Katherine Cahill, entertainment and music will be by DJ Kevin Hennessy and an auction will be hosted by auctioneer George Candler

Spring summer 2013 looks will be from local shops including Pauls, Cameo Bridal Wear, Serendipity, Padmore & Barnes, Sugar-Sugar, Grooms Formal Wear, River Island, Mimi and Peaches Boutique.

Tickets are €10 and all proceeds will go to Chernobyl Kilkenny Outreach Group.

Tickets are available from Langton’s House Hotel and participating shops. For more information contact Sinead at 087 6180295.

Book of the weekIN ‘Phantom’ by Jo Nesbo, Harry is in trouble. After the horrors of a case that nearly cost him his life, Harry Hole left Oslo and the police force far behind him. Now he’s back, but the case he’s come to investigate is

already closed and the suspect already behind bars.

Denied permission to reopen the investigation, Harry strikes out on his own, quickly discovering a trail of violence and mysterious disappearances

apparently unnoticed by the police. At every turn he is faced with a wall of silence.

But Harry is not the only one interested in the case. From the moment he steps off the plane, someone is watching his every move.

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TWO feisty sisters are the subjects of a sting attack testing their fidelity, all orchestrated by their foolish lovers in Così fan tutte, Mozart’s comic tale of temptation and seduction.

This dynamic new production by Kilkenny-born director Orpha Phelan, enjoyed both popular and critical success when it opened last November.

Described by critics as “simply exquisite” and “not to be missed” Così fan tutte will delight newcomers and seasoned fans alike. The beguiling beauty of Mozart’s music creates a sublime background for this provocative battle of the sexes.

The talented cast includes Irish soprano Mairead Buicke as sensitive Fiordiligi, with mezzo soprano Martha Bredin as her fiery sister Dorabella, Colette Delahunt plays mischievous maid Despina. Owen

Gilhooly and Sune Hjerrild sing the roles of the two suitors Guglielmo and Ferrando, with Simona Wilding as Don Alfonso at the helm manipulating all the characters.

It comes to The Watergate Theatre on Saturday February 16. Tickets €22, €18, €16.

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68910Food of the Week

Fundraiser of the week

Craftsperson of the week

Craftmaker of the week

Gig of the week

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A ‘MAKER Seminar: Communicating Your Craft’ will be held in Kilkenny from 1.30pm to 5pm on Friday.

‘Communicating Your Craft’ is a seminar designed for craft makers and focuses on the importance of concise and relevant writing in statements and proposals. In place of the object and in support if it; the written

word is a primary tool used to explain, contextualize and promote craft practices within catalogues, articles, websites, exhibitions and in funding applications.

Organized by Crafts Council of Ireland in association with National Craft Gallery, the seminar aims to support makers in effectively

communicating their craft.

Sign up at www.nationalcraftgallery.ie

Also running at the National Craft Gallery is ‘Future Beauty?’ an exhibition of everyday and extraordinary objects – pots, jewels, sculpture and furniture – that were designed and made in twenty six independent Irish studios in the past year.

A VALENTINE’S night of music and dancing will be held in The Pembroke Hotel, Patrick Street, on February 14.

Funds will be donated to the Irish Heart Foundation. Tickets, €10, at the door or beforehand from 086-3401833.

The evening is being hosted by the Kilkenny Argentine Tango Society and is open to

everyone. There will be a door prize as well as spot prizes. Go for an

hour to support the Heart Foundation or stay to dance the night away.

The Irish Heart Foundation is 90% funded by public

donations. Your support can significantly help

towards the work of reducing premature death and disability

from heart disease.Doors open at 8:30pm.

WITH German and English parents, a Belfast childhood, jewellery studies in England and now working in rural Ireland, it is no surprise that Inga Reed is part of a classic European design school inspired by structural composition, surface detail and making skill.

Inga has a love of precious metals, the

way they are hard and resistant yet can be wrought into flowing tenuous curves or hard-edged precision.

Her pieces combine and contrast metal with pearls and precious

stones, often in place of a metal chain. The work ranges

from hard-edged simplicity

to overt femininity. With each of her pieces, she creates wearable, elegant and

sometimes challenging jewellery. Her final signature is the attention paid to details such as clasps and surface finishes, textures and combinations of materials.

Inga Reed sells and exhibits her work in the USA, UK, Germany, Holland and Ireland.

See www.ingareed.com.

ED ROMANFF plays Cleere’s Theatre on February 28. The Brooklyn-based singer has a voice that is gentle yet haunting, while his guitar playing is economic and steeped in all stripes of Americana. His debut album ‘Ed Romanoff’ features his friends Josh Ritter, Mary Gauthier

and Tift Merritt.The album evokes

the solo work of Mark Knopfler, the swampy mysticism of New Orleans and the kind of redemption you find at the end of an introspective night with a good bottle of whiskey. “There is something compelling about why I’m doing this now,”

Ed says. “There is truth in a good song, and when you pursue it, and write about something real, you find out something real and true about yourself. And the more you do it, the more it helps you heal, and it heals others in a similar way. It’s a crazy circle but it works.”

THE search is on for Kilkenny’s ‘Town of Food ’, a community that will showcase the best of the county’s food culture and work together to deliver food-related education and training programmes.

To be eligible a town must be a rural town or village with a population of at least 500 people.

The winning town would potentially be eligible for up to €500,000 of grant aid for capital works, LEADER support and grant aid of up to €100,000 towards a

three year programme of food-related training and courses, marketing costs of up to €75,000, up to €50,000 towards operating the marketing plan over two years, up to €50,000 over 30 months towards a co-ordinator for the project and the support of the Kilkenny Food Strategy Coordinator.

Closing date for expressions of interest is February 6 and the final day for submission of application forms is February 27. The winner will be announced on March 6.

See www.cklp.ie.

Saints alive as Lactain’s GAA powers to glory


JIMMY RHATIGAN

JIMMYRHATIGAN@ GMAIL.COM

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Castlecomer

Tots twinkle as community spirit flows

Beautiful: Tiny Tots Twinkle

Senior Chorus 1


The Rockers PICS: NOEL HOYNE

Ann Donohoe gets Colm Meagher ready for the show

Excellent: Sleeping Beauty Sarah Brennan and King Seymour Barry Byrne

Good laugh as Tickles (Michael Brennan) tumbles

Junior Chorus

Senior Chorus 2


Tanks for the memories!JIMMY RHATIGANJIMMYRHATIGAN@ GMAIL.COM

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Girls Allowed: Leanne Walsh and Sinead O’Leary

Brigadier General Derry Fitzgerald presents the prize for the best shot to brilliant local recruit Craig Wall PICS: NOEL HOYNE

Local lad: Robert Hayes of Robertshill


Family pride: Recruit Craig Wall, centre, with family members, from left, grandfather John Doyle, retired from Defence Forces, his father Sergeant Michael Wall, uncles Private Sean Doyle and Lt Larry Scallan

Parade splendour: Young recruits during their passing out

Recruit Alan Dowling with family members, William, Bob, Anne and Robbie


High flyers at Evolution Martial Arts Academy

Junior grading students with instructors Mags Heffernan 5th Dan and Gary O’Farrell 3rd Dan. Yellow belts: Rachel Grogan, Liam Russell, Danny Ronan, Luca Harris, Marlon Millie, Joe Pierce, Daniel Valadkevich, Reuben Coleman, Ryan Griffin, Ella Macken, Leanne Shevin, Matteusz Balcer, Ann Sammon. Orange Belts: Michal Ligas, Tyler Reilly - Byrne, Cory Bowden, Finn Beheme, Liam Maloney, Anna Daly, Ellen Daly, Nathan Ryan, Gerard Delaney, Kieran Delaney, Kacper Kantyka, Vicky Lanigan, Miriam Bourke, Etain Dowling, Alannah Turner.

Senior grading students with instructors Mags Heffernan 5th Dan and Gary O’Farrell 3rd Dan. Green Belts: Luke Coffey, Fiona Dillon, Matthew Nowak, Apoorva Unde, Sibheal MacManus-Hill, Shane Glynn, Eoin Turner, Rian Dempsey, James Drea, Conor Doran, Mark Turner, Catroina Foley. Blue Belts: Conor Beale, Tommy Rafter, Connor Cassidy, Niamh Walshe. Purple Belts: Steven O’Keeffe, Tom Quinlan, Lee Ronan, Aaron Varley, Grainne Behan. Brown Belts: Noel Stakelum, Catroina Murtagh.

Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture for fertility

Proven benefits: acupuncture offers to reproductive health

2,500 years old: Chinese herbal medicine treatments

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Appeal for lost watchA YOUNG man who visited our city at the weekend lost his watch which has huge sentimental value.

He is asking for the help of Reporter readers to recover the timepiece, a black/grey Casio sports watch.

The watch is not an expensive one but has enormous sentimental value.

The number to contact is 087-7985404. There will be a reward for the finder.

Soccer call upLOCAL GIRL Jenny Clifford has been called into the Republic of Ireland U17 squad.

Jenny is a brilliant young striker who stars with Loreto Convent and Evergreen FC.

Urlingford ConfirmationSIXTY two boys and girls from Urlingford will be confirmed in the local parish church on Saturday.

Danesfort GAA LottoDELANEY’S, Kells, jackpot €1,400.Numbers: 20, 28, 3. No winner.Consolation €30: Micheal Walsh, Fionnuala Davis, Fitzpatrick Family, Pat O’Donnell, Michael Murphy.Promoters €20: Millie Murphy, Jim McGrath.Next draw: February 11, Sheridan’s Ennisnag, jackpot €1,500. Then The Grange Inn, February 18.

If the CAP fits…FIANNA Fáil Spokesperson on Agriculture Éamon Ó Cuív and members of the IFA and the ICMSA will be guest speakers at a public meeting in Newpark Hotel tomorrow, Thursday.

The meeting will debate the Common Agriculture Policy. Host, Deputy John McGuinness will involve representatives of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) and MEP Liam Aylward.

Independent chair is Donie Butler, President of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce.

Reporter Briefs ‘Revenue will

pursue beyond the grave’ – claim

Kathryn O’Connell and Marion Deegan of Absolutely Fabulous at the Wedding Fair

Nicola Russell, Olga Buzan, Teresanne O’Reilly and Siabh Duffy at Newpark Hotel Wedding Fair on Sunday

Newpark Hotel, Wedding Fair

Independent chair: Donie Butler, President of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce

Jerry Flood wanted answers

Michael O’Brien was asked tough questions by Jack Tubbs, left PICS: NOEL HOYNE

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Schoolboys’ Umbro League Fixtures

Thursday, January 7U16 TC Tyres Division 1

Ormondevilla ‘A’ v Thomastown United ‘A’, 7pm

Friday, January 8U12 Glanbia Division 1

Freebooters ‘A’ v Thomastown ‘A’, 7pm

Saturday, January 9U9 Barnaville Print League

Deen Celtic Eagles v Paulstown 06, 1pm; Deen Celtic Hawks v Fort Rangers, 2pm;

Thomastown ‘A’ v Evergreen City, 12 noon; Thomastown ‘B’ v Evergreen United, 1pm;

Stoneyford United v East End Greens, 1pm; Southend United v East End Yellows, 1pm;

Freebooters ‘A’ v Lions, 2.30; Freebooters ‘B’ v Bridge United, 2.30

U11 Nolan Jewellers Division 1Thomastown v Freebooters, 2.30;

Evergreen ‘A’ v East End, 11am

Division 2Evergreen City v Freshford Town, 1pm; Fort Rangers v Evergreen United, 11am;

Deen Celtic v Clover United, 11am

Division 3Freebooters ‘B’ v Southend, 1pm;

Stoneyford ‘B’ v Thomastown ‘B’, 11am; Highview Athletic v Lions, 1pm

U13 Midlands Cup Round 1, first legFreebooters ‘A’ v Edenderry Town, 2pmU13 Midlands Shield Round 1, first leg

Holycross v Fort Rangers, 2pmU13 Kilkenny People Division 1

East End v Evergreen ‘A’, 1pm; Southend v Lions, 11am

Division 2Callan v Stoneyford, 11am;

Clover v Highview Athletic, 1pm; Bridge United v Evergreen ‘B’, 1pm

Midlands U15 Cup Round 1, first legNewbridge Town v Freebooters ‘A’, 2pm

U15 St Canice’s CU Division 1Clover v Bridge, 11am;

Evergreen ‘A’ v Freshford Town, 11am

Division 2Freebooters ‘B’ v Thomastown, 11am;

Evergreen ‘B’ v Ormondevilla, 1pm; Highview Athletic v Deen Celtic, 11am;

Paulstown 06 v East End, 1pm

U17 TC Tyres Division 1Thomastown v Ormondevilla, 11am; Bridge United v Evergreen ‘A’, 11am

Division 2Paulstown 06 v Lions, 11am;

East End v Evergreen ‘C’, 11amU13 Kilkenny Girls’ League

Evergreen v Thomastown , 2.30; Lions v Freshford Town, 11am

U17 Girls LeagueFreebooters v Evergreen, 11am

Monday, February 11U13 Division 1

Freebooters ‘A’ v Deen Celtic, 7.15

Saturday, February 9U19 Leinster Cup

Freebooters v Evergreen, 2pmYouths’ Division 1

Clover v Thomastown, 2pm

Sunday, February 10St Canice’s Credit Union Premier Division (11am)

Lions v Bridge; Evergreen ‘B’ v Freebooters ‘B’;

Fort Rangers v Evergreen ‘A’

Division 1 (11am)Highview Athletic v Newpark ‘A’;

Spa United v Southend

Eamonn Maher Coach Hire Division 2 (2pm unless stated)

Freshford Town v River Rangers, 11am; Brookville v Lions ‘B’;

Tullaroan v Evergreen ‘C’; Newpark ‘B’ v St John’s

Division 3 (2pm)St Anne’s v Bridge United ‘B’; East End ‘B’ v Orchard Rovers

Women’s Division 1Bridge United v Evergreen, 11am

Division 2Lions v Deen Celtic, 11am

Youths, Junior FixturesThree points for

hot and cold BluesJIMMY RHATIGAN

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Mooncoin Group raise €80,000 for hospice

From left, South Kilkenny volunteers Alan Hearne, John Howley, Kathleen Tobin, Kevin Dunphy presenting a cheque for €6,000 from the annual climb up Slievenamon to Mary Dalton, centre, Waterford Hospice. Through various events and the Stephen’s Day Climb the Moon-coin Group have raised over €80,000 for the hospice.

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GAA ResultsBord na Mona Walsh Cup Semi-FinalWexford 2-18 Kilkenny 0-16

J. J. Kavanagh and Sons JFL Group ‘A’Young Irelands 1-7 Windgap 2-3

J. J. Kavanagh and Sons JFL Group ‘B’Railyard 2-7 Rower Inistioge 2-5

J. J. Kavanagh and Sons U21 FC Quarter FinalErin’s Own 3-6 Glenmore 1-2

J. J. Kavanagh and Sons SFL Group ‘A’Muckalee 4-8 Glenmore 0-3O’Loughlin Gaels 3-10 Conahy Shamrocks 3-4

J. J. Kavanagh and Sons SFL Group ‘C’Kilmoganny 3-5 Railyard 1-8Dicksboro 0-11 Mullinavat 0-8

J. J. Kavanagh and Sons IFLBallyhale Shamrocks 2-7 Blacks and Whites 1-6Erin’s Own w/o Danesfort - St. Patrick’s 3-5 Piltown 1-5

Kilkenny CBS LotteryNUMBERS: 6, 12, 14, 20 No winner of €3,100 jackpot.€100 Ann Bolger c/o Bingo; €50 Sean Breathnach, Dunningstown Road; €20 Lar Foley c/o Bingo; Molly Martin c/o Mark Mahony; Mary Egan c/o Mark Mahony; promoters’ prize €3,200.

St Kieran’s: G English, G Morrissey, J Tyrrell, C Breen, M O’Neill, O Walsh, L Tennyson, C Bolger (1-3), L Blanchfield (1-0), V Teehan (0-1), E Gough (0-4), P Mullins (1-2), S Rafter (0-3), S Farrell, M Kenny (1-4). Subs J Deacy for C

Breen 40m, P White for S Rafter 50m, G Kennedy for P Mullins 50m, P Hickey for V Teehan 48mBirr: B Hogan, S Fenane, C Taylor, N Bergin, B Dooley, E Nolan. B Loughnanne, P Guinan, S Dunne (0-2), J Carroll (0-1), C Doughan (0-3), C Freeman, K Bergin (0-2), J Regan, S Ryan (0-1). Subs J Hardiman for J Regan 25m, E Parlon for S Fenane 45m, P Hogan for J Carroll 45m.

Birr: It’s hot out there!Getting into the spirit as Clara prepare to take on St Gabriels were Cathal Nolan, 12, Dillon Cummins, 6 and Laoise Nolan, 8.

It’s a good bet: Double bubble is on for locals


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