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To mark and commemorate the cel-ebration of 50 years of St Joseph's Boys School a book charting the life of the institution in the last fi ve de-cades will be launched on Tuesday, December 4.Published by Guildhall Press the book has been almost two years in the making and has been entirely written and edited by past and cur-rent pupils and staff members of the school. In September past the famous gates of the school on Westway opened up to its 50th batch of fi rst year stu-dents. In doing so a circle of history, now half a century long, was com-pleted.The uniform and hairstyles may well have changed since 1963, but a read of this publication will quickly reveal that the ethos of St Joseph's-'Achievement For All'-has not al-tered at all.When the doors of the school opened 50 years ago a piece of edu-cational history was created as it

50 years of 'Achievement

for All'

The fi rst group of St Joseph's Boys who completed the

school's fi rst entry into public examinations in 1966

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Draft plans which hope to set out the future development of the City of Derry Airport (CoDA) have been revealed.In a comprehensive document which ranges from upgrades of the current facilities to plans to extend the terminal, travel numbers and economic benefi ts to the region, the City Herald examines some of the key points of the ‘Master Plan’.EmploymentThe document identifi es the need to intensify the use of CoDA in order to enhance the city’s national and inter-national market position and support the development of Derry as the key strategic employment location for the northwest region.In recognising the signifi -cance of the airport as vital to economic regeneration the Master Plan aims to double employment at the airport by 2021. By aiming to double employ-ment the Master Plan fore-cast’s that the contribution that CoDA will make to the local economy will increase from the current level of £7 million per annum to over £14 million per annum.Land acquisitionThe majority of proposals in the Master Plan to expand the airport can be developed on land currently owned by DCC. However the report notes that a nominal amount of land and

City of Derry airport unveils draft ‘Master Plan’ for future developmentBy RORY MOONEY property owned by other indi-

viduals will be required to the south of the terminal building and that further land may be required and the airport and the Department for Regional Development, do have pow-ers of compulsory acquisition.Strong opposition was voiced back in 2006 over plans to extend the current runway at the expense of residents living close to the airport, however the Master Plan does not plan for an extension of the runway and it also states that, “The sin-gle runway provides suffi cient capacity for the forecast num-ber of movements in the plan and there are no plans for pro-viding an additional runway”.Terminal and infra-structure upgrades

Following the temporary withdrawal of CoDA’s aero-drome licence in 2007, a sig-nifi cant capital investment programme was agreed be-tween the Civil Aviation Au-thority and DCC. Since 2008 approximately £50 million of investment has been made to improve airfi eld infrastructure, terminal facili-ties and car parking.The report states that are a number of further projects planned for completion by March 2013 including a fur-ther extension of the airside lounge to provide a call for-ward queuing area.The Master Plan aims to ex-pand the current terminal to include: Baggage handling fa-cilities which will also required

to incorporate additional screening equipment: Check in desks, Departure Lounge, Retail and restaurants/bars, Departure gates and covered walkway – as the airport grows it is likely that the airside area will be segregated between lounge and departure gates; Additional Arrivals; and Im-proved back of house.A new internal road system to facilitate direct and improved access for public transport and access and egress from the car parks adjacent to the Terminal will be provided.In an eff ort to protect the front of the terminal, the Master Plan aims to reduce the num-ber of car parking spaces by 120 spaces from 650 to 530 spaces, however new pickup

and drop-off points will be provided for public transport as a result.Plans for a new 150 bedroom three star hotel to be built to the south of the extended terminal with conference fa-cilities and a new petrol sta-tion to the west of the new A2 roundabout have also been mooted in the draft report.Welcoming draftIn welcoming the unveiling of the draft report Damien Tierney, Managing Director of CoDA Operations said: “The Draft Master Plan sets out our vision for the development of the Airport as a transport gate-way for the northwest of the island of Ireland. It presents a range of future improvements and enhancements to the ex-isting facilities that we wish to develop to meet this vision.” The Mayor, Cllr Kevin Camp-bell said the Draft Master Plan was an important part of the airport’s long term ambitions and objectives. “The City of Derry Airport continues to be an important asset for the city and region, and I would encourage the public to avail of this opportunity to contrib-ute to the draft Master Plan so that it accurately refl ects our ambitions for this vital piece of transport infrastructure. Once the Master Plan is complete it is intended that it will be incorporated as an advisory document within the overall area plan for the City.”

Pictured at the launch of City of Derry Airport's draft Master Plan are, Michael Edwards, ARC manager, Damien Tierney, Managing Director, the Mayor, Councillor Kevin Campbell, Julian Benbow, Operations

Manager, and Charlene Shongo, Comercial and Marketing Executive . Picture Martin McKeown

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Group pictured at Joseph's Boys School on Friday releasing balloons to celebrate the launch of the school's 50th anniversary celebrations. Pictured centre are Mrs. Siobhan

McIntyre, chair, board of governors, Mr. Ted Armstrong, former Principal and Mr. Damian Harkin, Principal.

St. Joseph’s celebrates 50th Anniversarywas the first intermediate school for boys in Derry.The first principal of St Jo-seph's was WJ Maultsaid who had an initial teaching staff of 44. Mr Maultsaid had originally taught at St Columb's College and was then approached by then Bishop of Derry, Dr Neil Farren, to become the first head master of St Colman's High School in Strabane. Having made a success of St Colman's, WJ Maultsaid was then asked to lead the new St Joseph's School in Creggan. As he had done at St Colman's, Mr Mault-said brought along his sec-ond-in-command, Mr Ted Armstrong with him back to their native city. Initially constructed to handle 750 pupils, such was the de-mand for secondary edu-cation that the first intake was actually 850 pupils drawn from Rosemount, Long Tower and St Eu-gene's Primary Schools'.The 'privilege' of compet-ing for public examina-tions in this era remained firmly within the grasp of the country's grammar schools. Yet, William John Maultsaid had other ideas and with the help of four Belfast secondary school

continued from P.1principals successfully campaigned to secure the right of these schools to take exams. It was here that was born the type of forward thinking that al-lowed St Joseph's to cater for both vocational and academic attainment. The foresight of this campaign was also harnessed to blend in well with the post-war educational shake-up that in the 1960's would see working class children enter universities en masse for the first time.Having established these vital precedents, WJ Mault-said retired in 1972 and was replaced at the helm by Ted Armstrong who to this day remains the lon-gest serving head teacher of St Joseph's with a total of 14 years (1972-86).Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the geographi-cal location of the school meant that it found itself in the front line for a lot of violence of the era and at one stage was actually partially taken over by the British Army. Whilst this was hardly conducive to a con-centration on education, somehow classes contin-ued, apprentice tradesmen turned out, exams passed,

sports teams, musicians and choirs were highly suc-cessful and by 1979 having begun A Level courses the first St Joe's boys entered university. Never an institu-tion to rest on its laurels the school continually sought to broaden its academic programme. In the late 80s under the direction of new head teacher Dr Niall McCafferty, the school pio-neered the introduction of social science subjects including A Level Politics, Sociology, Psychology and Communication Studies a development later repli-cated by other schools in the city.Almost 40 years after St Jo-seph's opened it became in-creasingly obvious that the hastily designed and con-structed 1960's buildings that had also withstood a lot of physical turmoil were no longer fit for purpose. A campaign for a new school was spearheaded by then chair of the Board of Gov-ernors, Mr James Doherty and in 2003 the 'new' St Joe's opened it's doors for the first time.The book commemorating all these events is anything but a mundane chronicle day by day, decade by

decade of the life of St Jo-seph's. What former stu-dents and teachers will be presented with is a some-times hilarious, sometimes tragic account of the social history of the area. The Troubles feature of course in the history of the school. Research re-vealed for example that no fewer than seven of the victims of Bloody Sunday attended St Joseph's as did Ranger William Best, a young soldier killed by the IRA in the wake of Bloody Sunday. Another victim of the conflict, Richard Moore, founder of Chil-dren In Crossfire, also at-tended St Joseph's and his tale as well as many other accounts of the era are in-cluded.Interviews with many oth-er former students are also in the book which recount with pride their days at the school. Amongst these are contributions from jour-nalists such as Eamonn Houston and BBC Radio Foyle's Michael O'Donnell as well as author Don Mul-lan and Fr Chris Ferguson.The work would of course not have been possible without interviews with and contributions from

teachers past and present. The contributions to St Jo-esph's down the decades from legendary figures, to name but a few included, such as John Dunne, Shaun Doherty, Eamonn Fitzpat-rick, Ann Hutton, Mary Mc-Cay, Paul Eastwood will be instantly recognisable to those who attend the school through the years. There is also a poignant tribute to the late and la-mented Kevin McCallion. St Joseph's has also been

renowned for producing many highly recognised and decorated sportsmen and interviews in this sec-tion include interviews with figures such as Charlie Nash, current Derry City F.C. man-ager Declan Devine, kick-boxing world title holder Daniel 'Pinta' Quigley and footballer Shane Duffy. Also included are dozens of rarely seen photographs spanning the entire five decades of the school. Coupled with all this are

valuable contributions from the current pupils of St Jo-seph's bringing the tale of the thousands who have passed through its gate right up to date.The book will be launched at the school on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 7pm. Following the launch, the book will also be on sale at all bookstores across the city. The book will also be available on the website of Guildhall Press at www.ghpress.com


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Local groups secure culture year fundingBy MARK WARAICHA range of organisations throughout the North will have the chance of securing funding to take part in Derry’s City of Cul-ture celebrations. An amount totalling over £141,000 has already been awarded to 19 groups from the ‘Culture for All’ programme, which has been set up by the Big Lottery Fund and Art Council of Northern Ireland.Amongst the projects already awarded funding is Ebrington based group, Wall 2 Wall Music. Wall 2 Wall Music is using £8800 to form a band of amateur musi-cians of all backgrounds and abil-ity levels to create and perform their own music.The band will make a series of performances during the UK City of Culture year, culminating in the Once in a Blue Moon public concert in August 2013, on one of the rare nights when a blue moon appears in the night sky.Director Sarah Murphy said it’s a chance for adults who have in-struments lying around, to get together, be creative, and make their contributions to Derry’s cel-ebrations.“We are looking for older people who used to play when they were young or now just play on their own, or people who have

always wanted to play music but haven’t had the chance because of being put off or believing they couldn't due to a disability or mental ill health,” Sarah said.“We use very gentle methods to encourage people to take part depending on their level of abil-ity and we don’t work with writ-ten music. We hope to create a large ensemble and fi nish things off with a fl ourish at what we hope will be the stunning Blue Moon concert.”Handful Productions has also been awarded £9,000 to use drama to improve the self-es-teem of street drinkers in Derry. Working in partnership with De Paul’s Foyle Haven, a drop in cen-tre for street drinkers in the city, the organisation is working with people involved in the centre’s writing group, helping them turn a script they have written about their experiences into a play. The play will initially be staged in the city’s Playhouse Theatre in 2013 and then in venues in-cluding schools and community groups. An anthology, contain-ing a collection of the group’s writing including the play, po-etry and short stories, will also be published by Guildhall Press.Big Lottery Fund NI Director, Joanne McDowell, said The Big

Lottery Fund and Arts Council of Northern Ireland are delighted to announce the fi rst grants from this programme and would strongly encourage other organi-sations to apply.““We would encourage or-ganisations in Derry and across Northern Ireland with an idea for an arts or culture project that links to the City of Culture cel-ebrations and benefi ts their local community to apply for funding now,” Joanne added.Others projects already awarded funding include a group teach-ing Armagh young people the rhythms of samba music, a dra-ma performance educating Col-eraine young people about the town’s history and culture, and a project teaching acting skills to people with physical and sensory disabilities in Derry.The Big Lottery Fund, the largest distributor of National Lottery good cause funding, is respon-sible for giving out 40% of the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery. Application forms and guidance notes are available to download now at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/northernireland. For more details call 02890551455, or e-mail [email protected].

Christmas lights switch onThe city’s festive celebrations will kick off tonight with the offi cial switch on of the city’s Christmas lights. The main man himself, Santa will be there with the help and support of his good wife, Mrs Claus to do the honours of the turning on the lights.One of the highlights of the city’s events calendar, the Christmas lights switch on will take place in Guildhall Square with musical entertainment from Paddy Nash and the Hap-py Enchiladas and BBC’s Mark Patterson will be the events MC on the night. Speaking ahead of the Switch On, the Mayor Cllr Kevin Campbell said he was looking forward to the event as it was one of the most popular fam-ily occasions with everyone coming along and getting into the spirit of Christmas.

“The Big Switch On is a fantas-tic event. It’s a great opportu-nity for families to come into the city centre, meet Santa and soak up the great festive atmosphere and have some fun. It is also a chance for us to promote the city as a good place to come and do some Christmas shopping and take part in our festive events. Let’s hope this Christmas period is a good time for local retailers and businesses and that we create a real buzz in the city as we prepare for the start of 2013 and the huge opportu-nities that exist with City of Culture.”He added that next month the Council will, for the fi rst time, host the Christmas Market in Guildhall Square when it will become the centre piece of festive activities from the De-cember 1-22 when shoppers

will be able to sample the en-chanting atmosphere of the European winter markets right on their own doorstep. Event organiser, Elaine Griffi n said that each year the event is increasing in popularity and those planning on coming to the event are advised to arrive early and plan their journey in advance as there will be some restrictions on the night with restricted access to Waterloo Place and Guildhall Square. The main entry and exit points will be at Magazine Gate, Waterloo Place and Custom House Street with disabled ac-cess points at Guildhall Square and Shipquay Place. The Big Screen at Waterloo Place will be also showing Santa’s arrival and this can be used as an additional vantage point. Family entertainment on the night will run from 6.30 pm to 8.00pm with the offi cial Big Switch-On taking place at 7.30pm.Further information on the event and how to get there as well as information on the range of exciting Christ-mas events we have on off er are available on Derry City Council ‘s website – www.festivetime.com or by con-tacting the Festivals Offi ce at 028 71 367545.

PSNI AppealsPolice in Derry are appeal-ing for information following the report of a suspicious ap-proach in the Central Drive area on the morning of Tues-day, November 13.At approximately 8.15am, a man in a light blue Toyota car pulled up alongside an 11

year old girl and spoke to her. The girl ran away and the car headed off in the direction of Fanad Drive.The man is described as being approximately 40 years old, of slim build and is balding on top.Police would be keen to speak to the driver of the car or any-one who may know anything about this incident.

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Derry Specsavers staff donned their train-ers and ‘spec’tacular Action MS T-shirts throughout October in a bid to raise vital funds for the charity Action MS. The Derry store was part of Northern Ire-land Specsavers ini-tiative that saw all 17 Specsavers stores across the province

taking part in various fundraising activities, to raise as much mon-ey as possible for this excellent local charity. The Derry store raised £600 for Action MS, and also had a sum of Euro contributions. Store director Maeve Walsh commented: “I’d like to take this op-portunity to thank ev-eryone who donated

money in store. I’d also like to thank all of the store staff who partici-pated in the fundrais-ing initiative. “They put in a huge eff ort to try and raise as much money as possible. Every penny counted and we’re de-lighted with the over-all amount that our store has raised for the Action MS charity.”

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Mayor Councillor Kevin Campbell has helped launch the Foyle Search and Rescue 2013 Calendar and has urged the public to pick up a calen-dar as part of their Christmas shopping this year.“The calendar not only cel-ebrates 20 years of this lo-cal charity but also will raise much needed funds for the vital service they provide for the citizens of this city.“For many Christmas, New

Public urged to pick up Foyle Search and Rescue CalendarYear and the weeks leading up to the celebrations can be a very diffi cult time and Foyle Search and Rescue is there as a support to those aff ected by suicide and as a frontline emergency re-sponse to suicide prevention and intervention in the city.“The calendars are priced at only fi ve pounds and not only will make a nice gift for someone but will also contribute to the day to

day running of the char-ity and their proposed extension plans to help better their ser-vice for the good of our local c o m m u -nity.Foyle Search and Rescue is this year’s Mayor’s chosen charity.

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Concerns have been raised that young adults with learning dif-fi culties are still unable to claim the benefi ts they are entitled to several months after leaving school.SDLP Councillor Brenda Ste-venson has called on Derry City Council to write to the Minister for Social Development to urge him to take action to ensure young adults with learning dif-fi culties are not left abandoned and can claim the benefi ts they are entitled to once they leave school.Cllr Stevenson said she has been approached by a num-ber of families in recent times, concerned that people with learning diffi culties are unable to claim the benefi ts they are entitled to several months after leaving school.“I am aware of a number of fam-ilies in Derry who have been af-fected by this. Their loved ones with learning diffi culties have

been unable to access the ben-efi ts they are entitled to since they left school this year. Their EMA and Child Benefi t entitle-ment has been taken off them but they are left out in the ben-efi ts wilderness when it comes to accessing their new benefi ts.“It seems parents and carers have to apply through a single Belfast based telephone num-ber. They are experiencing dif-fi culties in getting through to this number and when they go to our local benefi ts offi ce for help, they are being told they need to register through the Belfast based telephone line before assistance can be pro-vided.“Raised this issue within Derry City Council and have asked council to write to the Minister for Social Development asking him to review the current set up. “This cannot be allowed to continue”.

For the fi rst time in three years residents will have a chance to air their views on how the regeneration process of Derry is being carried.The company tasked with the rengener-ation of the city, Ilex, in partnership with the University of Ulster and Social Capi-tal North West, will survey residents in the Derry City Council area to get their views on what they want for the future of the city.Over 500 households will be surveyed until December 7 to gauge their views on the regeneration process and to mea-sure progress against the last residential survey which was carried out in 2009.Ilex’s Director of Strategy and Regenera-tion, Gerard McCleave, said: “This survey will get the reactions of people to the agenda of change which has been tak-ing place in the city. It will assess their views on what they think of progress to date on the One Plan and will get feed-back on what residents want to see hap-pening in the near future.“Surveyors will visit homes throughout the Derry City Council. They have all been specially trained to conduct inter-views and are well-known individuals within their respective communities.“I urge people to fully participate in this exercise as it will form the basis for the future planning of development proj-ects and service provision within the city and surrounding areas.”

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PSNI appeal for witnessesPolice in Derry are ap-pealing for witnesses following a shooting in Waterside area.A number of shots were fi red at the living-room window of the house at Jeff rey Avenue at about midnight on Tuesday.

City centre parking charges frozen

Regional Development Minister Danny Ken-nedy has welcomed the Executive’s agreement to fund his proposal to freeze car parking charg-es throughout Derry un-til at least 2015.The Minister said: My of-fi cials and I have been working hard to gain agreement for the freeze on car parking charges in this budget period and I am pleased that the Ex-ecutive has come to an agreement on this issue. “This is exactly the sort of mechanism we need to give a confi dence boost to traders and those who shop and work in our towns and

cities and it illustrates that elected repre-sentatives can deliver positively for our own people. “I believe that this will be warmly welcomed by shoppers and traders in town centres and it comes at an opportune time in the run up to Christmas.”The proposed increases in off -street parking were for Carlisle Rd, Foyle Rd, Society St, Strand Rd, Victoria Mar-ket and Bishop St car parks however this will now not happen.The Minister also com-mitted to ensuring that there will be some free

parking for motorists in most towns. The Minister concluded: “This is excellent news for all those wishing to use Londonderry City centre this Christmas but please do make sure that you park properly and safely for the ben-efi t of everyone.”Glyn Roberts NIIRTA Chief Executive who has been lobbying against parking charges also welcomed the decision. He said: “This is a very welcome development which NIIRTA has been lobbying for to give our town and city centres more support in these diffi cult times.”

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The Foyle Hospice has recently received a generous windfall from a local energy company.The substantial donation of fi ve thousand pounds from Budget Energy was warmly re-ceived by the chairman of the Foyle Hospice, Dr Keith Munro. Dr Munro said, "I would like to thank Budget Energy for their

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Carmel McGillowayIn partnership with Cormac Mc Keone.

For appointments with either solicitor please contact us at 71265566Or call to 1 Carlisle Terrace, L’Derry

(facing Craigavon Bridge on the City side)

in the following areas.Matrimonial/Family Law

Private Client/CommercialPersonal Injury Claims

Conveyancing (North/South)

Estate Planning/ Probate &TrustsEmployment Law

Criminal Law

Email at [email protected]@mckeonemcgilloway.com

Explain the background to the set up of the business and the motivation for set up?

of years ago. He left in 2001 to establish his own practice McKeone and Co and asked me to join him a few months ago. I had always wondered what it would be like to run my own practice and decided to rise to the challenge. Having worked for someone else for so many

afford me appealed to me.

What is your own background?

Since qualifying as a solicitor I worked with Brendan Kearney and Co and was a partner there for almost 20 years. I was educated at Thornhill College and Queens University Belfast. The type of work I did was mainly family law and litigation, but I have considerable experience in many other aspects of the law having worked in a very busy general practice for so long. Cormac has 10 years as a sole prac-titioner, during which time he has established a solid client base.

What are the main services that the business offers in the area?

Cormac and I offer a truly fully comprehensive legal service for clients. We both have skills in different aspects of the law which complement each other-Family/Matrimonial LawPersonal Injury claimsConveyancing/Private client commercial workWills/ProbateEstate Management/TrustsEmployment LawCriminal Law

In the present climate do you view quality of service as essential?

Quality of service is quintessential to running a successful business in any climate not to talk of the current climate. Ultimately, clients are free to decide who they wish to represent them and are entitled to the highest standards of service possible which is what we aim to provide. At the end of the day there is no better advertisement for

your business than a client who feels that you have done your best for them in the circumstances of their particular case.

What are the main challenges for your business and how do you overcome them?

is a challenge, however hard work and a conscientious approach combined with self belief goes a long way to help to overcome the challenges that we all face.This combined venture is in its infancy and it is about establishing McKeone McGilloway as a practice with a reputation for reliability and excellent quality of service. A bit of luck helps too - then again you generate your own luck- isn’t that what they say?

What are the chief qualities that customers are looking for in a legal business at the minute?

My experience to date as a solicitor in Derry has taught me that if a client feels that you have a sincere interest in the best possible outcome for them in their case, you treat them with respect and are straightforward and direct in your dealings with them and provide them with value for money then they will be content with the service. In matrimonial cases, I truly believe that the ability to listen and process what you are hearing in a sympathetic and humane way is vital. Dealing with their business expeditiously and without delay is also clearly fundamental.

What advice would you give to people looking to set up in their own business?

With regards to anyone considering opening a business I would say follow your instinct. If your gut feeling is to take the leap go for it unless of course there are very obvious reasons why you shouldn’t. Having said that usually where there is a will there is a way! Clearly, a degree of caution should be exercised in terms of not being entirely reckless. Another thing to remember is that very often opportunities in life appear when we need them to, not necessarily when we want them to - so never reject an opportunity as completely out of hand without some consideration. Be honest and have integrity in your dealings with others and, where possible, keep things simple.

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Now that Christmas is ap-proaching here are some guide-lines in relation to your con-sumer rights should any of the goods you purchase turn out to be defective, not fit for the purpose for which they were bought or not as described.Remember that goods must be of satisfactory quality, fit for the purpose and should be as

Remember your consumer rights this Christmasdescribed. If they are not then you have a variety of remedies.If the goods have been misde-scribed you would be entitled to a refund in all probability should you want one. You may just want a replacement of some kind however but always check out your options.If there is a fault which can be remedied easily enough then

you may be prepared to accept a repair however if it transpires that the repair is not up to standard you can still request a replacement or a refund as de-sired. If there is a problem make sure you return to the point of purchase with it sooner rather than later to avoid the seller wriggling out of their respon-sibility. If the repair is not ac-ceptable or you have suffered consequential loss as a result of the damaged goods you may even be entitled to compensa-tion in addition to any refund of the cost of the item. Please be aware that normal wear and tear does not constitute a fault.The seller should be your point of contact in terms of you seek-ing redress. They sold you the goods in the first place so it is up to them to sort you out. Re-ject any suggestion by them to refer you to the manufacturer.Please bear in mind that you are not entitled to exercise your rights if you buy something and simply change your mind unless the seller allows refunds or credit notes as a matter of course. Legally they are not obliged to do that. Likewise the position with purchases that you made by mistake-if you chose the wrong specifica-tion or size etc then there is no

legal obligation on a seller to refund or even exchange.Having said that if you ordered goods over the phone or on the internet by fax or by mail order you do have 7 working days to cancel the purchase-with a few exceptions.Using a credit card can be useful in terms of providing protection where you can sue the credit card company if the seller does

not honour their obligations.Your basic consumer rights cannot be overridden by guar-antees, warranties, terms and conditions of a contract etc. from the seller.If your efforts to resolve any is-sues fail then seek legal advice. Sometimes a solicitor's letter can illustrate to an errant seller that you do mean business and are not prepared to let things

go. Ultimately you can seek re-dress through court proceed-ings if needs be.If you have any queries please contact Carmel McGilloway of McKeone McGilloway, So-licitors of 1 Carlisle Terrace, Derry BT48 6JX. Telephone number 02871 265566. Fax number 02871 265533. Email address, [email protected].

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Derry eurovision star back with a bangBy MARK WARAICH

Following the release of her debut album, Frances Camp-bell confi dently looks ahead after a 22 year break from the music industry. Beautiful Age is an album full of spe-cifi cally selected melodies which have had sentimen-tal value to Frances at some stage in her life.With the help and encour-agement of her family and friends, a ten year dream has fi nally been put into motion. After a long career break it took until the summer of 2011 before things got mov-ing, although it was some-thing Frances always hoped to do.Talking to Frances at the al-bum launch in the City Ho-tel, she wanted to reiterate how much of a dream come true it has been for her, and hope’s others can experience what she has in the past from her album.“I want people to appreci-ate the dream come true that I have had, because I’ve dreamt of this for ten years and I’ve always sworn that I’d do it, and I’ve eventually got to doing it,” Frances ex-

plained. “Every song has got a per-sonal residence, they come from the heart, and every song has a story.“There will be one song for everyone, maybe a couple, but there will defi nitely be one that they will have an af-fi liation with.”Possibly the biggest plea-sure of all for Frances, was the privilege to record the song Beautiful Age, a Foy Vance song which is yet to be released. Foy Vance is a Northern Irish musician from Bangor, who obtained critical acclaim for his album Hope in 2007.“There’s a boy called Foy Vance and he wrote a lovely song called Humming Bird, it’s amazing, he’s kind of a spiritual writer, and he gave me the greatest privilege, the permission to record a song called Beautiful Age, which he himself has not released yet,” Frances explained.Along with herself, Frances had the opportunity to work with a very experienced three piece backing band, consisting of Jonny Scott,

Rod McVeigh and her very own cousin Liam Bradley. Jonny is a hugely talented musician, who used over 15 instruments in the recording of the album, all from diff er-ent eras. Rod is an extremely talented arranger and key-board player, who Frances sees as the best producer she has ever worked with, whilst Frances’ cousin Liam is known throughout the world for his music in Irish dancing.She sees the trio as the cream of Northern Ireland, with each of them having had the pleasure to perform alongside Van Morrison at some stage in their career.Her original love for music was folk singing, which she took up at the tender age of 16, and continued right through until her time with Sheeba, the three piece girl band from Ireland. Joining Sheeba at the age of 21, she had the pleasure of representing Ireland at the 1981 Eurovision Song Con-test. After their performance of Horoscopes, the girls work-

ing life changed dramati-cally, gaining gigs across Europe and as far as Japan. Unfortunately this was short lived, with the band suff er-ing a serious car accident forcing them to split.Frances then returned to Derry, and soon after she was invited to take a seat at BBC Radio Foyle, where she carried on for six years with her very successful magazine show, Afternoon Delight. It was at this stage Francis de-cided to take a career break to spend time with her fam-ily.Frances added, “I never really stopped, I just didn’t do it publicly for a long time, and not to the profi le I had previ-ously, so I think there’s a time in life for everything and that was my time for family.”Now after 22 years of nev-er giving up, Frances can hopefully look forward to another few years in the mu-sic business, maybe more. The album, Beautiful Age is available to buy now, visit Frances’ offi cial website for more information at www.francescampbell.com.

The two charities who will receive the gifts this year are:The Salvation Army and St Vincent De Paul

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We are running our Annual Christmas Charity Appeal, following the resounding success of the past four years.

You are encouraged to donate Christmas gifts and toys to be distributed to local children by the nominated charities.

With the season of goodwill approaching, we can all make a difference to the lives of local families during these difficult times.

The charities involved welcome all gifts, no matter how big or small, to brighten up a child’s Christmas.

Unwrapped gifts will be accepted at our office from Monday 12th November, or contact Simon on 028 71370886 or at [email protected] to arrange collection.

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Funding Award to the NW Community Gardens

& Allotments ProjectAn innovative programme to encourage healthy living has received over a million pounds of European fund-ing.The project will establish 5 community allotments/gardens – one in each of the 5 Council areas in the North West Region, includ-ing Derry City Council.The project also aims to address health inequalities within the region through a healthy living interven-tion programme which will address the impact of social and economic disad-vantage. These programmes will be intergenerational and in-clude training in areas such as gardening, cooking and green exercise, and will tar-get adults as well as prima-ry and secondary schools.The project will be deliv-ered under the auspices of the North West Re-gion Cross Border Group (NWRCBG) with Strabane District Council leading the implementing with the col-laboration of four other lo-cal authorities in the region

Derry, Donegal, Limavady and Magherafelt. Strabane councillor Eugene McMenamin and chairman of the NWRCBG welcomed the announcement, say-ing that the project will enhance local communi-ties by providing a facility where they can learn how to grow and cook their own produce, as well as benefi t from fresh air and exercise, and the opportunity to meet with other members of their community”.A recent survey carried out by the project has indicat-ed that there is an increas-ing general demand for allotment provision in the region and it is expected that that there will be full participation and a high level of usage at the sites. The project will create 6 jobs which include one Project Offi cer, and 5 com-munity gardens.For further information on the project, contact Anne McNaught at NW Re-gion Cross Border Group Email: [email protected]

Cash Brokers – We accept anything you have to off er!!With people feeling the economic pinch, the reces-sion has taken its toll on ev-erybody’s fi nances.However, if you have some-thing of value then Derry’s, ‘Cash Brokers’ is here to help.Established four months ago, Cash Brokers’ Kealan Kelly says that the business has been providing a local service for the community.“We’re opened now about four months, we’re a local store, owned and ran by lo-cal people,” Kealan said.Located right in the heart of the city centre, Kealan believes that Cash Brokers can help the people of Der-ry who are struggling for that much needed money. “We’ve lots of diff erent of-fers. We have money lend-ing and buy back services. We can do payday loans, cash cheques, accept gold and we charge the cheap-est fees.” Kealan explained.Lately our TV screens have been awash with pro-grammes like ‘Hardcore Pawn’ and ‘Pawn Stars’, have been documenting the world of pawn stores, where almost everything has a price.Like these shows, Kealan explained that Cash Bro-

kers will accept anything that a customer has to off er as long as it is worth some value.“We give people the best rates in town, so anything of good quality we can accept. We don’t just stick to the likes of electrical equipment or instruments; we

will take anything that is of value and quality.” Another feature of Cash Brokers is its lay away service, were you can pay up for an item in the shop.“If you see something in the win-dow you want but don’t have the money at that time, you can up

for it over three months.”Kealan continued to say that Cash Brokers will do its best to help somebody out as much as they can.“We try to work with the public as much as we can and help as much as we can.” Kealan said.

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Derry City Council’s Business Opportunities Programme presents Style the City; an exciting new initiative that enables local businesses to take advantage of two visual merchandising master classes.

Specialist one to one mentoring will also be available for 15 businesses with invaluable and practical advice on how to effectively enhance their business premises. The first master class is being held on Tuesday 20th November 2012 in the Tower Hotel from 10:00am - 4:00pm.

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Derry’s newest record label set for launchSandino’s will play host this Saturday night to the launch of Derry’s newest record label ‘Culture Glitch Records’.Culture Glitch will showcase three artists from the label’s fi rst release, play-ing live, to what is expected to be a sell out event.

submit their work for consideration and would urge everyone to use this great opportunity to have their music heard.” Jonny said. This even is to take place at Sandino’s Back Bar, Derry, on Saturday 24th No-vember from 9pm. Acts confi rmed are The Crimson Underground - Live (Pad-ded Chamber Recordings / Culture Glitch Records), Shammen Delly – Live (Culture Glitch Records), Planting – Live (Culture Glitch Records), Plus sup-port from DJs Vincent & Jonny Boy and visuals by F12 (Culture Glitch Records).

Admission is £5 and all proceeds will fund the labels future growth.

Over the past 12 Months Culture Glitch have built a platform for elec-tronic artists to release their music, in a professional and fair manor, both locally and across the globe. So far Culture Glitch has signed nine local artists to this fi rst release, which is due to hit the shops in time for the Christmas rush. With another release due early next year, the label has had a huge amount of interest from new artists looking to join their ranks. Jonny Delaney, who is one of the founders of Culture Glitch records went on to say that “Culture Glitch will have a dropbox at the gig at the venue for artists to

Details of a new Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) driving test centre to be opened in Derry have been revealed.From Monday January 7 driving tests for cars and motorcycles and for those wishing to become approved driving or motorcycle instructors will be conducted at the new driving test centre at the Glenaden Complex in the Altnagel-vin Industrial Estate.All other categories of driving test will continue to be conducted at the Newbuildings test centre as normal.Announcing the new development the DOE Minister Alex Attwood

said: “This will be a big improve-ment for learner drivers and driving test candidates in the North West. The new site will provide improved facilities for both customers and staff and better access to driving test routes. From the Department’s point of view, it also has space for additional driving test capacity when demand dictates.”Anyone booking an appointment on or after November 26 can select an appointment at the new site. However, driving test appoint-ments can currently be booked for the existing driving test centre at Waterside House for dates up to and including January 3 2013.

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Boston conference a unique opportunity to develop economic and cultural links

Mayor pictured with Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray.

The Mayor Cllr Kevin Campbell says his recent trip to Boston to attend the Golden Bridges Conference was a very positive one providing a unique opportunity for delegates to showcase the city ahead of 2013 and the City of Culture.He said the objective of the visit was to create new contacts and nurture a range of relationships that will help create new business opportunities for future research, development and trade linkages with the city.During his trip, the Mayor met with a number of key business contacts with a view to identify-ing economic and cultural links between the two cities.The Mayor commented: “The city and region has a very strong ex-isting relationship with Boston and the purpose of this visit was to consolidate those existing partnerships and look at new op-portunities for developing excit-ing and innovative research and development projects. It’s never been a better time to promote the North West region and to tell the city’s new story to a world-wide audience, we were proactively encouraging people in the US to Make a Date with Derry and avail of the opportunity to visit the city and region during 2013 and our

City of Culture year.”Derry City Council’s Town Clerk and Chief Executive Sha-ron O’Connor was among the delegates from the city to at-tend the event. She said this year’s conference focused on the theme of community, cul-ture and commerce and was of huge signifi cance to the

North West region. “It provid-ed delegates from the North West region with a huge op-portunity to promote Derry and Donegal and to welcome its worldwide Diaspora as well as look at new opportunities for economic development and cultural enhancement.”Among the people who met

with the Derry delegation was Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray, Tom Gradel from the Massachu-setts Offi ce of International Trade and Investment and Pe-ter Abair from Economic De-velopment and Global Aff airs at Massachusetts Biotechnol-ogy Council.

Allocate all extra Uni places to Magee – MayorThe Mayor Councillor Kevin Campbell has called for a joint approach to ensure the 500 new STEM undergradu-ate places announced by the Department of Education last week are allocated to the University of Ulster’s Magee Campus.The Mayor said he would, in partnership with key stake-holders from the city and region, be lobbying Cen-tral Government to make a strong case for Magee Uni-versity.He said he was aware that

Magee has an approved busi-ness case which recognises the need and acknowledges its ability to deliver on addi-tional full-time undergradu-ate places.“The expansion of the Magee Campus is essential if the city and region is serious about regeneration. In keeping with the ambitions of the One Plan, the development of the university and the provision of skills and jobs are essen-tial if we are to deliver on our objectives for the City and re-gion,” he said.

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Airporters revamped winter timetable brings family home this Christmas. Passengers using the Belfast airports can rely on Airport-er’s new winter timetable to get them to the plane on time this Christmas. The bus departures from the award winning Derry based com-pany have been significantly revamped to meet the new flight times, particularly those of Aer Lingus’ planes from Belfast City Airport to London.Aer Lingus recently an-nounced that they were mov-ing their Northern Ireland operations from Belfast In-ternational Airport to Belfast City Airport from where they now serve both London Gat-wick and London Heathrow via six daily flights. Together with the existing EasyJet services to Gatwick, Luton, Stansted and Southend from Belfast International passen-gers now have more travel options and flexibility.“We’ve made it our business to provide a reliable, profes-sional and friendly airport transfer service for the last 16 years and we’re more than happy to amend our time-table specifically to meet the new Aer Lingus flight times,”

says Jennifer McKeever, Air-porter’s Managing Director. “Our customers need a rock solid, reliable service they can trust to get them to the air-port on time - no if’s or but’s. And that’s what we do, start-ing with a 0400 departure to meet the first flights. The com-mute to the UK can be tough enough for business travellers which is why we’re delighted when passengers choose us to face the Glenshane Pass on those cold, dark wintery mornings instead.”Airporter provides an effi-cient, reliable airport transfer schedule connecting Derry/Londonderry with Northern Ireland’s airports for 80,000 passengers a year, and has done since it was established in 1996. Since 2012 Airporter have also been meeting ev-ery arrival and departure at City of Derry Airport. Travelling more than 1 mil-lion kilometres each year on Northern Ireland’s busiest roads Airporter gets people to the airport on time via its airport transfer schedule. All 10 comfortable vehicles in the fleet are fitted with free on board WiFi.

Airporter bookings can be made online at www.airporter.co.uk or by calling 028 7126 9996.

Airporter bookings can be made online at www.airporter.co.uk or by calling 028 7126 9996.

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Greater Shantallow Commu-nity Arts are delighted to offer a unique opportunity for schools, youth clubs, community and statutory organisations that work with and care for our young peo-ple from right across our city the chance to engage in The Choices Project.The Choices project is an innova-tive arts led approach to providing young people with the experience, knowledge and understanding of the key issues and the dangers fac-ing them within our communities. The aim is to forearm them with the ability and rationale to make better life choices and to outline the impact and consequences’ of making the wrong choices. We also highlight what that can mean for themselves, their families and the community they live in.The Choices project will help young people to make better choices by utilising a programme of direct issue-based discussions, dialogues and conversations and will take the form of workshops and will feature the use of specifi-cally designed short films and doc-umentaries made by local young people on the issues of suicide, self harm, drug and alcohol abuse as well as dealing with the issues of internet predators and online

“Helping our Young People to make the Right decisions”

dangers. The films address these issues in an open and frank way. After viewing the films the issues are explored through the use of an internationally recognised de-velopmental technique of, Positive Action Theatre. Positive Action Theatre which engages partici-pants in dialogue on key issues whilst encouraging and exploring alternative responses to the sce-narios portrayed in each film.Positive Partnerships for ChangeGreater Shantallow Community Arts have been supported by the Public Health Agency through the Clear Project a partnership of community and voluntary sector agencies commissioned through “Project Life” the Northern Ire-land Suicide Prevent Strategy (2006) which aims to reduce the suicide rate in Northern Ireland and last year deliver hugely suc-cessfully pilot programme re-ceived an outstanding indepen-dent evaluation which has allowed GSCA with the support of the Clear Project and the welcomed support of Children in Need to offer places for 200 young people to engage in the Choices pro-gramme.Give your young people to Chance to make better

ChoicesGSCA are actively seeking and inviting community organisa-tions, schools and those who work with groups of young people to become “partners for change”, Oliver Green Manager of GSCA said; we are looking to work with approximately 10 groups of about 20 young people from across the city, we are offering each group 3 workshops that will explore the is-sues that matter to young people, their parents and the communi-ties in which we live, the pro-gramme is offered completely free to schools and community groups and will provide everything re-quired, we believe the Choices project “will save lives “and will forearm our young people with the skills knowledge and experi-ence to make good life Choices. Taking Part.. Couldn’t be easier!If you, your group or your school would like to avail of this unique opportunity please con-tact Louise Hughes at Greater Shantallow Community Arts on 02871357443 or by email [email protected]. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come so please don’t delay we would be delighted to hear from you.

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Participants discussing issues surrounding drugs

The Redshirts Active Youth

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Participants discussing issues surrounding drugs

The Redshirts Active Youth Citizenship taking part in the Choices pilot programme

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The very shy ... NOT .... Conall Sweeney, pictured at HML during the Children In Need fundraising night

Emmet Ward, left and Tony Moore, counting the coppers at HML during the Children In Need fundraising night

Posing during the Children In Need fundraising evening at HML, from left, Louise O’Donnell, Shauna Doherty, Martina Gibson & Stacey Reddin

Pudsey pictured with from left, Michelle McLaughlin, Martina Daly, Caroline McCaul, Louise O’Donnell, Louise Doherty & Joanna Leonard

Tracey Gjorgjievski and Pudsey Bear, at HML during their Children In Need fundraising evening.

Pudsey pictured at HML with Leah Kelly, left & Catherine Callaghan

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The Schrader Electronics Second Year Prize Winner: Joseph KyleJoseph won the year 2 prize with an overall year average of 82%, having won the year 1 prize last year. Joseph is currently on placement in Du Pont Ltd, Maydown, Derry. Pictured here with Joseph are Professor Liam Maguire,

Head of School of Computing and Intelligent Systems and Professor Richard Millar, Dean of Computing and Engineering.

The Ulrich Nehmzow Annual Robotics Prize Winner: Christopher Bryson.Christopher completed his final year project focusing on Brain-Computer Interface technology (BCI). Christopher created an adaptable user interface to improve the

interaction between a user and a mobile robot using brainwaves. Pictured here with Christopher are Professor Liam Maguire, Head of School of Computing and Intelligent

Systems and Professor Richard Millar, Dean of Computing and Engineering.

Asidua Final Year Prize BEng (Hons) Electronics and Computer Systems Winner: Ayleen McCann. Ayleen graduated in July 2012 with second class honours upper division with Diploma in Professional

Practice with commendation. She is currently employed in software development in InVision Software, Springtown Business Park, Derry. Pictured here with Ayleen are Angela Canavan, Chief Operations Of-

ficer, Asidua and Professor Richard Millar, Dean of Computing and Engineering

Dr James Nesbitt, University of Ulster Chancellor, pictured with Professor Deirdre Heenan, PVC (Communication) and Provost (Coleraine and Magee) and Drama students at the Foyle Arts Building.

Dr James Nesbitt and Mr Billy Scampton, technician in Creative Arts, holding the FAI Ford Challenge Cup recently won by Derry City FC.

The Kainos Prize Winner: Sean Carlin (Parents attending on his behalf to collect). Sean achieved a first class honours in the BSc (Hons) Computer Science degree with Diploma in

Professional Practice with commendation. Pictured here with Sean’s father John are Declan Caddell, Head of Kainos, Derry and Professor Richard Millar, Dean of Computing and

Engineering.

Magee students well placed for future technology employment

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A polar bear on the banks of The Foyle may seem far fetched but Der-ry is being warned to brace itself for another tough winter. James Mad-den, long range forecaster for Exacta Weather says the city should prepare itself for a winter similar to the that of the past 2 years because of chang-

es to a number of key variables that dictate our weather. He says this winter is likely to rival perhaps sur-pass, the winter of 2010/11 when temperatures reached a 30 year low and ice formed on the Foyle.“I expect the 2012-2013 winter to follow a similar pattern in terms of

how November and December was in 2011 for the vast majority of this winter” he say’s. “it will be excep-tionally cold and snowy with well below average temperatures.”Mr Madden says a number of fac-tors including low solar activity, al-terations to the Gulf Stream and the

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Important part of Ireland’s sporting culture By UNA CARLIN Located in the church ruin at Cloncha, in Culdaff lay’s the galloglass stone of Magnus Mac Orristin Ia Fo Triat Seo.Though not from a noble family as no family crest adorns his memorial, in the eyes of his peers, Magnus must have been a heroic fi g-ure. He had the credentials associated with success and heroism: only a sportsman and warrior of outstanding skill would merit having his emblems sculpted on his tomb in the manner of earls, bishops and their likes.The camán on the slab re-minds us that primitive ver-sions of hurling was played in Ireland in ancient times, evidence of which goes back over 2000 years. A curved stick was used (camán from the Irish cam meaning crooked). In Inishowen, it was a popular winter sport enjoyed by the gentry and ordinary folk particularly in post-medieval times. There was a great tradition in Inishowen of playing the game on Christmas Day be-tween rival townlands. Even in the nineteenth cen-tury it crossed political and social boundaries. There

was no fi xed pitch and the game traversed from one townland to another using a home-made sliotar (ball). Some years ago a replica of the Galloglas stone was placed in the Croke Park museum because of its sig-nifi cance to our sporting his-tory.In the modern Scottish game of shinty their caman is clos-er in appearance to the origi-nal camán than our modern hurl. Scotland was gaelicised from about the 6th century on-ward from Ireland through both Christian evange-lists like St. Cholmcille and through movement of the Dal Riada from Antrim into western Scotland. Hurling as well as the Irish Language were brought to Scotland at that time. Shinty (known in Scotland as Camanachd) is very similar to a type of hurling originally played in the northern half of Ireland, suggesting that it is a continuation of an Irish sporting tradition in Gaelic Scotland.The sword has been identi-fi ed as a two-handed Scot-tish claymore “claidheamh

mór”, a crude weapon of medieval warfare, com-monly used by Gallóglaich (Galloglas) in the most brutal phase of battle.An elite class of mercenaries from the mixed Scottish-Vi-king population of the Heb-rides were recruited to coun-teract the English invaders with their heavily armoured, mounted knights and lances. They were called in Irish “Gal-lóglaich “meaning “foreign young warriors” due to their Viking blood. A military leader would often choose a galloglas to serve as his personal aide and bodyguard because, as a for-eigner, the galloglas would be less subject to local feuds and infl uences. They mainly depended upon seasonal service with Irish chieftains. They trans-formed Irish warfare from the Bruce Invasions (1315-18) onward, though the fi rst record of galloglas service under the Irish was in 1259, when Aedh Ó Conchobair, King of Connacht, received a dowry of 160 Scottish war-riors from the daughter of the King of the Hebrides.They were better armed

and armoured than the kerns (the local version of light in-fantry). The galloglas wield-ed the massive two-handed sparth axe and a broadsword or claymore. They wore an iron bascinet (skullcap), and either a mail shirt or a short cape of mail over a padded quilted coat called a “cotun” They went barelegged and often bare-footed. Each was usually accom-panied by two boys, much like a knight’s squires, who carried his supplies, armour, and his secondary weapons, three light Irish javelins or “darts”. The unit of 3 was called a “spar”, and the standard grouping of one hundred spars was known as a “Cor-rughadh”.Islay, Mac Dubhghaill (Mac-dougall/ McDowell from Lorne, Mac Ruairí (MacRo-ry) from Bute, Mac Síthigh (MacSheehy / Sheehy) from Kintyre, MacSuibhne (Mac-Sweeney / Sweeney) from Knapdale and Mac Aodha (McCoy) from Kintyre. The town of Milford, County Donegal, retains in its Irish name, Baile na nGallóglach,

a memory of a fi ght between the English and the MacSuibhnes.In Dungiven Priory the 15th cen-tury O’Cahan tomb features carved relief galloglas fi gures. Medieval

galloglas memorial stones can be found throughout the Western Highlands of Scotland especially Kilmartin Churchyard in Argyll which has an extensive collection.

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Community NewsDerry set for language heritage projectThe University of Ulster has been successful in its bid to carry out a Language Heritage and Good Rela-tions Project with rural communities in the Derry City Council Area.The ‘Parallel’ project will explore lan-guage heritage, concentrating on the languages of English, Irish and Ulster-Scots and the relationships that exist between them.The project team is now seeking to invite a rural community in the Derry City Council area to take part in the initiative.The University of Ulster’s Dr Frank Ferguson, from the Arts and Hu-manities Research Institute on the Coleraine campus and Dr Peter Smith, from the Irish and Celtic Stud-ies Research Institute at Magee, who are leading the project team, said:

“We are very excited to be charting the historic and contemporary lan-guages of rural Derry/Londonderry and exploring the relationships that exist between them.”The project will be delivered in two stages.In the fi rst stage, the project team will gather detailed information about languages in the participat-ing rural community, and in the sec-ond stage, they will directly engage with groups and individuals from the community to fi nd out what re-lationship people living in the area have with the languages of English, Irish and Ulster-Scots.The team will also make recordings of oral history which will be used to create a website and a physical timeline illustrating language heri-

tage in the participating area, past and present.The project seeks to promote good relations by raising awareness of shared linguistic heritage at a lo-cal level and the project facilitators would like to get in touch with rural groups and/or communities based in the Derry City Council area, who would be interested in taking part.If you would like this opportunity to explore the language heritage of your own rural community and would like to take part in the project contact Dr Frank Ferguson by Friday November 23 and briefl y outline your reasons for wishing to take part.Contact Dr Ferguson at: [email protected]. Or telephone 028 70123577.

Funding Workshops in the Western Health &

Social Care TrustThe Community Support Services for Drugs & Alcohol are hosting three Funding Workshops in the Western Health & Social Care Trust area during November and December 2012. The ‘Applying to Grant-makers’ workshop pro-vides participants with an overview of the fund-ing available from government, corporate and in-dependent grant-making trusts. There will be an introduction to the application process through a practical look at application forms. The Workshop also seeks to give participants an understanding of the funder’s viewpoint so they can improve the likelihood of fundraising success.This Workshop Training will include:- Understand typical application questions and how to answer them- Understand the funder’s viewpoint?!- Knowledge of typical sources of funding- Knowledge of the funding application process- Alternative Sources of FundingDate: Thursday November 29 – 10am – 1.00pm – Whitehorse Inn, Derry.

Promoting Mental-Emotional Health, Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention in NIThe Public Health Agency Northern Ireland has developed National Standards for Qual-ity Training (SQTNI) in the areas of Promot-ing Mental-Emotional Health, Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention.The Standards framework enables those off ering training and education in this area to achieve recognised and endorsed stan-dards; endorse their expertise in training and education in this area and reward their commitment to excellence in training.The Public Health Agency are a lead com-missioner of training services and from 2013 the Public Health Agency will require all groups applying for funding for training to demonstrate their commitment to at-taining the standards. Who is this event for? This event will be of particular interest to agencies, organisa-tions and trainers operating in Northern Ire-land who are already involved with or who

have a view to becoming involved with the delivery of training in the areas of Promot-ing Mental-Emotional Health, Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention in Northern Ireland.Benefi ts of Attending:- Gain an understanding of the National Standards for Quality Training in Promot-ing Mental, Emotional Health, Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention in Northern Ire-land. (SQTNI)- Have an opportunity to learn about what SQTNI will mean for you and your organisa-tion.- Explore how the SQTNI can be implement-ed within an organisation.- Meet your local SQTNI contact.- Receive a hard copy of SQTNI.Dec 3, 10am – 1pm. Strabane Commu-nity Library & Alley Theatre, Railway Street, Strabane. Book online at sqtnistrabane.eventbrite.co.uk

Do you enjoy singing? If you do then how about coming along to a ses-sion on November 22 at 7pm in the Crèche build-ing at the back of Ballymagroarty Community Centre, Shaw Court. We’re looking to build up numbers with a view to starting a choir in the New Year. The aim of the choir is to provide opportunities for local people to have fun through singing. Whilst everyone is welcome, we’re particularly looking for the people of Hazelbank and Bally-magroarty to get involved. Currently we don’t have any men, so if you know any men who like to sing pass the word on!Initially the choir will be an adult choir, so as long as you like to sing please come along and try one of our taster sessions. Please spread the word! If you know anyone else who you think might be interested pass on the details. For further information or enquiries please contact Geraldine or Nóra at Ballymagro-arty Hazelbank Community Partnership on 028 71271977 (9-5 Monday to Thursday and 9-3.30 on Fridays).

The Mayor Of Derry Cllr Kevin Campbell, pictured at DESTINED, where Roisin Doherty handed over donation to Sinead McLaugh-lin (Irish Friends Of Palenstine) for a wheelchair fund.

Hazelbank forms new residents groupResidents in the Hazelbank area of the city have formed a new residents group.Welcoming the formation of the new group, Northlands Sinn Féin councillor Eric Mc-Ginley described the move by residents as an indication of the desire of the people in the area to bring a new dynamic to community re-newal and regeneration.Councillor McGinley said: “I would like to commend all the residents who attended this public meeting and those who also took up posi-

tions within the new group.The formation of the resi-dent's group is an indication of the desire within the area to build on the work car-ried out by activists down through the years and to bring a new dynamic to community renewal and re-generation.I was glad to be in atten-dance to off er Sinn Féin's support to the new group and I look forward to work-ing closely with the com-mittee and wider Hazelbank community.

Children in Crossfi re seek festive volunteersChildren in Crossfi re are looking for Volunteers of all ages backgrounds and abilities to give some time to help with a range of fes-tive fundraising activities in the weeks leading up to Christmas. We are looking for volun-teers to help with Carol Service Collections and Christmas Gift wrapping in Derry-Londonderry City centre. These volunteering activi-

ties are suitable for both groups and individuals. The money raised with your help will go towards Children in Crossfi res proj-ects in Tanzania, Ethiopia and The Gambia helping some of the world’s poor-est and most vulnerable children. For further information please contact Mark or Eileen on 028 71 269898 or emailvolunteer@chil-drenincrossfi re.org

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Eamonn Deane & Maureen Hetherington welcome the Dalai Lama to Derry

Galliagh Festival King & Queen with Cathal Crumley Gay McIntyre, Charlie O’Donnell & Seamus Ball at the Holy Family reunion Eamon Melaugh

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Following the publication of an im-pressive schedule of events for the City of Culture year, Belfast based news & media outlets have unveiled their own ambitious plans for show-casing Derry-Londonderry in 2013. Reports suggest that UTV and the Belfast Telegraph (among others) are planning on panic reporting ev-ery innocuous negative news story west of the River Bann over the next 18 months - preferably at the ex-pense of allocating airtime to more serious Belfast based news pieces. “Our policy of pretending that the entire civilised population of North-ern Ireland lives in greater Belfast is the cornerstone of our ethos.” said Roland McChipsticks from Blagstuff Media. “That said, there are some great acts lined up for City of Cul-ture 2013, and we look forward to giving them prime coverage!.”“….provided someone up that neck of the woods doesn’t kidnap a wheelie bin and make hostage demands of course. Then we’d be

forced to run with the really impor-tant news!” he added.“I’m gutted…” said Belfast based professional mugger Steeky Mc-Crystal. “I beat up two pensioners last year in Ardoyne and when I got home, UTV didn’t even bother to report it!! Instead they were bang-ing on about a man in Creggan who was threatened by a group of kids wielding A4 crayon drawings of handguns. It’s just not fair!!” On the ground in Derry though the mood is defi nitely more posi-tive. The diverse range of cultural events planned for 2013 have left everyone impressed and excited. Even Pure Derry, the alternative news publication renowned for giving absolutely everything in town a hard time, admitted that it was pretty immense.“I’m at a loss how I can write any-thing negative about such a mon-umental event happening in my home town” admitted the editor.“Although they did spend an ut-

terly ridiculous £4.6million on a temporary venue that looks like a cow shed” he added.It is thought that a business con-sortium in Dungiven is eyeing up the Ebrington ‘Vital Venue’ as a potential investment opportunity beyond 2013.“Aye sur she’s a quare yoke thon” said Francis-John-Francis Morrow from County Derry. “Ye’d get more heff ers than a could shake a stick at into thon shuck” he remarked, apparently making sense to the 17 people in the back of his transit van who were all eat-ing lunch from Family Circle biscuit tins“If she needs a spot of dry lining giv us a bell sur!” he added before speeding off to fi nd a shop that sold the Daily Sport.For more information on the great programme of events planned for Derry-Londonderry 2013, visit www.cityofculture2013.com

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Top Christmas tipsTop Christmas tipsTop Christmas tipsIt is around this time every year that your chest starts to feel a little tight and your blood pressure rises. No, you’re not having a heart attack; it’s just that Christmas is approaching – FAST! Despite it being a time to re-lax and unwind, there’s bare-ly any time for that: there are presents to buy, food to pre-pare, trees to decorate and parties to organise, all while avoiding a crippling credit card bill in January.So, in preparation, here is the City Herald’s top ten Christ-mas planning tips. Get started early, tick things off your list, and rather than checking yourself into a hospital for exhaustion this December, you’ll be scoff -ing down on your Christ-mas dinner, wondering how you ever pulled off the best Christmas ever.1. Grab a notepad and pen, and jot down every single task you need to complete, from the people you need to buy presents for (if you’re super organised, add some ideas to the list), to the in-

gredients in your Christmas dinner.2. Jump online and get re-searching! Compare prices, make an action plan and decide on which gifts you’re going to buy.3. Set your kids a very im-portant job this Christmas – making the wrapping pa-per and tree decorations. It will be a fun weekend activ-ity that they will take very seriously. Let them know you will forward onto Santa so he can wrap their gifts in time.4. Decide on what theme you’d like to decorate your house – are you going for the traditional red and green, or something more modern, like silver and blue.5. Plan early and take ad-vantage of Christmas clubs at your favourite shops. For example, having one lump sum for the kids presents and paying it off weekly will help you stick to the budget and won’t seem like such a mammoth task.6. Speaking of the kids, don’t forget their table.

Decorations cost next to nothing and can be reused next year! And if you do it right – fun activities includ-ed - they won’t want to leave! 7. Don’t leave your food and drink plans until the last minute. Dig up old family recipes and replicate these for your Christmas guests! You can even make individual portions and wrap with a handwritten note plus recipe for a cute gift. 8. It might not seem like a big deal, but plan what you are going to wear on Christmas Day, especially if you are attending a special dinner or event. It will be one less thing to worry about!9. Be armed with a list of back-up gifts in your head that are quirky-yet-personal, in case you get 24 hours out-side of Christmas and there are gaps under your tree. Al-ways have a couple of boxes of chocolates on standby for unexpected guests.10. But most important of all – enjoy yourself!! Christ-mas is the season to be jolly!

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When Colin Peck's partner complained that he was bad at doing Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with dressing up as Santa and 'Yo Ho Hoing' about the house,

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When Colin Peck's partner complained that he was bad at doing When Colin Peck's partner complained that he was bad at doing Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with

When Colin Peck's partner complained that he was bad at doing Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with

When Colin Peck's partner complained that he was bad at doing When Colin Peck's partner complained that he was bad at doing Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with

When Colin Peck's partner complained that he was bad at doing

dressing up as Santa and 'Yo Ho Hoing' about the house, dressing up as Santa and 'Yo Ho Hoing' about the house, Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with dressing up as Santa and 'Yo Ho Hoing' about the house, Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with dressing up as Santa and 'Yo Ho Hoing' about the house, Christmas, he took things to extremes. Not content with

the kitchen by candlelight and then a go on Santas sleigh the kitchen by candlelight and then a go on Santas sleigh before seeing the man himself. Magical!' Wrote a contented before seeing the man himself. Magical!' Wrote a contented

the kitchen by candlelight and then a go on Santas sleigh before seeing the man himself. Magical!' Wrote a contented

the kitchen by candlelight and then a go on Santas sleigh the kitchen by candlelight and then a go on Santas sleigh before seeing the man himself. Magical!' Wrote a contented

the kitchen by candlelight and then a go on Santas sleigh

visitor. Alison now has to eat her words as she bakes the cakes! visitor. Alison now has to eat her words as she bakes the cakes! before seeing the man himself. Magical!' Wrote a contented

visitor. Alison now has to eat her words as she bakes the cakes! before seeing the man himself. Magical!' Wrote a contented before seeing the man himself. Magical!' Wrote a contented

visitor. Alison now has to eat her words as she bakes the cakes! before seeing the man himself. Magical!' Wrote a contented

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Cuisine á la Forbes Panna cotta with

blueberry compote

For the panna cotta, spilt the vanilla pod and place in a pan with the cream, milk and sugar and gently simmer for fi ve minutes, then remove from the heat. Put the wa-ter and powered gelatine into a pan and gently heat and whisk until the gelatine has dissolved. Remove the va-nilla pod from the cream and add the dissolved gelatine. Pour the mixture into 6cm ramekins and allow to set in the fridge for 3-4 hours. For the blueberry compote mix sugar, Port & water to-gether. Add blueberries and cook over med-low heat stirring until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat add lemon juice.

Café Del Mondo head chef Steven Forbes serves up a treat for the readers of The Herald with some truly excellent cuisine. Panna cotta is a great light desert to have after a heavy meal. If it’s done right the panna cot-ta should keep its shape and not be too fi rm. I remember in Holland having the most perfect panna cotta, It was so light and my spoon went straight through it. Ever since I’ve wanted to master it and this recipe makes it just right.

1 vanilla pod300ml double cream 300ml milk

6 tablespoons of caster sugar 2 tablespoons water

2 teaspoons of powered gelatine 4 tablespoons of sugar

3 tablespoons port 1 tablespoons water

200g blueberries

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

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A compulsively readable novelBook: The Help Author : Kathryn StockettI sat down one evening to skim through the fi rst few pages of The Help to deter-mine if I would proceed with a full read. I was immediately hooked and a couple of ses-sions later I closed the back cover. I didn't have to work hard- this is a compulsively readable novel. That this is such an easy read troubles me. Its subject matter is as heavy as Mississippi in Au-gust, but the tone is often as breezy as girls' night out in Venice Beach.For all the accolades and at-tention Kathryn Stockett has received for telling the hidden-in-plain-sight truth of Jim Crow South in the 1960's, I felt cheated by her story-telling. Aibileen and Minny, black women who have spent their lives in service to white families, are portrayed with unsentimental clarity. These women are the real stories, the voices I most wanted to hear. Yet it was as if Stock-ett didn't trust her ability to carry a full novel in these characters. Instead, she relies

on Skeeter - a young white woman who is having a "Eu-reka" moment of conscience and self-awakening - as the central protagonist. Skeeter is not a compelling narrator and every moment with her was a moment stolen from the characters whose lives should have been the central focus, the epony-mous "Help".In addition, the character of Celia is wasted in a mush of contradictions and implau-sible behavior. It makes zero sense that a tough-as-nails girl from the hollers couldn't boil water for coff ee. Her presence in the plot is inexpli-cable, as she neither evolves as a character nor moves the story along. Oddly enough, I adored her. I just wish she would have been allowed to grow and participate in the story, instead of remaining its unfunny punchline.The narrative comes alive in the delicate dance of shame, anger, control and love ex-perienced by so many of the characters, white and black.

The real story is rock-solid Aibileen in the Leefolt home as the family cook, maid and child care provider; it is rebel Minny submitting to her abusive husband, deter-mined to keep her family to-gether; it is society-grasping Elizabeth Leefolt, as she feels the desperate tug between convention and her con-science, which struggles to rise from the swamp of racial segregation; it is the deep love between Aibileen and little Mae Mobley Leefolt, contrasted brilliantly with the cold aff ect Mae Mobley receives from her emotion-ally stunted mother. These relationships are so compel-ling, you know that Stockett is writing from her heart, and they are what make this a beautiful read.The awakening of the women who constitute "The Help" as they tell their stories are also remarkable. But again, the milquetoast and ironically ambitious Skeeter, with her hapless attempts at romance, gets in the way. There is a

moment when her motives at gathering and publishing these stories are questioned by an embittered maid, Gretchen, but Stockett drops this in and quickly retreats. It's as if she isn't certain her-self who should profi t from the telling of these stories, the white woman who can walk away from controversy to a shiny new life in New York City, or the black women who risk everything- their jobs, their homes, and their lives- to share the truth.In the end, I felt that The Help was written with the specifi c motive of attracting mainstream success. There is potential for a much more profound and revelatory sto-ry from this gifted and pas-sionate writer. It made me long for the heartbreaking honesty and poetry of Maya Angelou's ‘I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings’ and, Harper Lee's ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. These novels have with-stood the test of history; I don't see The Help holding the same ground.


City of Culture 2013 will bring with it an unprecedented in-crease in new business ventures, creating great benefi t to the City and to our local economy. The aim for the business owner how-ever is to build a solid foundation to ensure success and continuity after 2013. The bad news is, 85% of business start-ups fail in year one. Only 4 in every 100 survive the fi rst 10 years. So what will make you fail? Simple really, the main reasons given for failure are the lack of planning and support. The good news is there is plenty of support locally.So what is your next step? You must invest time to thoroughly research your market, develop a business plan and prepare fi nancial projec-tions. This will be your road map to success.Trading name, business structure, products or services, staffi ng re-quirements and pricing model all have to be determined but more im-portantly you need to prove the vi-ability of your business idea. Do not underestimate the time required to pull all this together.

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To succeed you need to have a good support mechanism and for those skills you lack, train up or buy in. Profi ts may not be generated over-night so it is essential that you have some means of supporting yourself in those fi rst few months.Surround yourself with can do peo-ple. Build a team of professionals that can work in partnership with you to ensure the success and future growth of your business.Turn your dreams into reality and be part of the 15% success story. Join a team who will make sure you get the right advice. Check out www.sup-portmybusinessni.co.uk, for an Ini-tiative that provides free mentoring and signposting for SME's.Support My Business NI are holding a series of free workshops over the next year on various business topics. Book now for the fi rst in the series - Increasing Profi ts Through Excep-tional Customer Experience on 29 November.For your free eBooks and check-lists on starting a new business visit us at www.dawnmclaughlinandco.comor call Conor on 02871 370886.

It’s a wonderful world - we can do and see things which were never an op-tion for even our parent’s generation. Broadband, Sky and Ryanair are just three examples of the ways in which progress has changed the world for us all.My youngest has just gone off to uni and already I am resigned to hav-ing to wait for the Christmas vaca-tion before I listen to my iPod again. I long ago despaired of being able to hold my own with my mobile phone and as for photography - I can’t think when I last took a photo in spite of having boxes of snaps from the 80‘s and 90‘s. We were a simple people. But you do not need to worry, not ev-erything has to have “the science bit” and even today many people turn to the contents of the fruit bowl or fridge to make things like face masks or to condition their hair. Avocado pears can be mashed up and smoothed on your face or cucumber slices laid on tired eyelids so we should not be surprised to see oils extracted from popular fruits playing a prominent role in more formal skincare products which make the most of the diff erent plant extracts which we can now ac-cess from all over the world.NATURAL PLANT OILSPeaches and apricots, olives and avo-cado pears for example, all have more to off er than mere culinary ingredi-ents. Because fruit are organic - that is, they have grown and developed as living plants - their structures, wheth-er skin, fruit or nuts and seeds contain proteins, fats and vitamins which are

Skincare without ‘the science bit’

Dr Maria McGee MB ChB is a medical doctor and Natural Skin Care expert. She founded Marble Hill to produce her own range of Natural Skin Care products to off er a natural alternative to commercial cosmetics. Marble Hill manufactures their natural skin care range at Unit 35 Northwest Business Complex Skeoge Industrial Estate right here in Derry and their products can be bought online at www.marblehillonline.co.uk Locally Marble Hill products are stocked by Belmont Pharmacy on the Culmore Rd, Whitehouse Pharmacy, Buncrana Road, The Healthy Way in Shipquay Place and Brookmount Phar-macy in Omagh

not found in mineral oils such as pet-rolatum.(Petrolatum is the oil left over from the production of fuel oils such as unleaded petrol and diesel oil and is widely used in cosmetics. Examples are baby oil and surprisingly Bio Oil which is essentially fragranced min-eral oil.) Not having been produced from a test tube means that one little drop of plant oil can off er a lot more than a single lonely chemical reaction.Avocado pears are a good example. The botanical name for the avocado is Persea (a tender evergreen tree) gratissima (a Latin word meaning “most pleasing” ) and a most pleas-ing evergreen tree it is, having been cultivated for over 7000 years in those tropical parts of the American conti-nent where it comes from.The fruit of the avocado is virtually a whole food in itself with a wide range of vital oils both saturated and un-saturated in its fl esh and unsurpris-ingly the oil extracted from it is rich in vitamins A, B1,B2 and D and minerals which we ourselves need for healthy metabolism such as magnesium, cal-cium and copper. The Aztecs used to apply the pulp of avocado pears as face masks to prevent wrinkles so us-ing avocados as part of your beauty regime is obviously nothing new.I love avocado oil in soap and always use it; I produce my own soap with this key ingredient included. Avocado adds a uniquely moisturising quality to the lather and many people fi nd soap made with avocado oil very

calming for dry or irritated skin. Avo-cado oil is felt to be exceptionally well absorbed and as, like shea butter, it can remain unchanged in a batch of soap after it has been made, using natural soap made with avocado oil means that you are applying avocado oil with each wash, helping to keep mature skins supple and benefi ting anyone who fi nds their skin on the dry end of the spectrum. PEACHES, APRICOTS AND OLIVEAs we are used to fi nding peaches and apricots next to each other in the supermarket it should come as no sur-prise to fi nd that they are both part of the same genus of plants, Prunus, which also includes cherries, plums and almonds. The oils extracted from them also have a lot in common. The kernels of both apricots and peaches are crushed and the oils ex-tracted to release complex oils which are readily absorbed and excellent for protection of the skin, being emol-lient and nourishing and a source of a number of essential fatty acids such as linoleic acid and alpha linolenic acid , precursors of Omega oils, vital for our health. These gentle odourless oils are very popular for the relief of itching caused by eczema and for dry or ageing skin. Peach kernel oil in particular is often recommended for facial massage and these oils provide an ideal base for body oils and skin care creams which need to be non-irritating and non-sensitising. Rough skin condi-tions such as keratosis pilaris and ich-thyosis can benefi t more from gentle

massage with pure plant oils than scrubbing with exfoliators and scrubs, while research has shown that the best long term outcome for scars and stretch marks is obtained with regular massage rather than “miracle” creams.Until the advent of foreign holidays and the likes of the Galloping Gour-met (an early version of Nigella Law-son) most of us only came into con-tact with olive oil when our ears were blocked with wax when out would come the little bottle of oil most homes kept to restore hearing DIY-style. Nowadays languishing on the sofa with a trickle of grease running down your neck is a thing of the past and olive oil is a regular item on the groceries list.NOT JUST FOR SALAD’SThe popularity of olive oil has in-creased so much partly as a result of increased awareness of its health benefi ts and we can now pick and choose from a fantastic variety of ol-ive oil based spreads and dressings and indeed closer inspection of the labels on popular skincare products illustrates just how signifi cant a role olive oil plays for our general health. Taken internally whether in cooked foods or neat, olive oil is a central part of the famous Mediterranean Diet but olive oil is equally valuable as a skincare staple. Like avocado oil, olive oil is extracted from the fl esh of the fruit, not the seed and the resul-tant oil is then fi ltered to be prepared for use. It is a particularly rich source of unsaturated fatty acids and is also rich in Vitamin E.

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Panto time again at The Millennium ForumA magic mirror, a jealous queen, a poisoned apple and the tiniest friends ever imag-ined – it’s panto time again at the Forum!Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again when Derry’s big-gest Panto comes to town (Oh Yes It Is!). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs arrives at the Millennium Forum from Friday November 30 to Saturday January 5 2013 for a festive extravaganza that all the family will love.With a host of local stars, such as Gemma McMeel as Snow White, Darren Frank-lin as the very handsome Prince Charming and Super Funny Man William Caulfield as Nurse Molly Coddle this year’s annual panto is the must-see show of the sea-son! Also, don’t miss the spe-cial ‘magical appearance’ by singer, Daniel O’Donnell as the Man in the Magic Mirror. Hilarity by the bucket load – so get your tickets fast!The story of the beautiful Snow White and her tiny

friends has entertained chil-dren for generations. The Fo-rum has taken the traditional story, added a little dash of Christmas sparkle, loads of laughs and a supremely tal-ented, all singing, all danc-ing, cast and the result is - a Panto to Remember and a perfect festive treat for all the family.Step into Christmas and have a truly magical family experi-ence at the Forum with this fun-filled favourite. Packed with great song and dance routines, hilarious comedy, dazzling scenes and magical special effects, Snow White

and the Seven Dwarfs is fun for all the family from 4-94!This glittering Christmas treat is sure to be a hit with audiences far and wide. Don’t miss it!Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs runs at the Millennium Forum from Friday November 30 to Saturday January 5. Tickets are now available from the Box Office. Tele-phone 71 264455 or visit w w w. m i l l e n n i u m f o r u m .co.uk for bookings and res-ervations.NB Please note that Daniel O’Donnell will not appear in person.

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November EventsThe UndertonesThe Nerve Centre – Novemeber 23www.nervecentre.org The Undertones return to the Nerve Centre on the 23rd of November to mark the 25th Foyle Film Festival on the same night as we screen the movie Good Vibrations which charts the life story of Terri Hooley, the DJ and record store owner who was instrumental in bringing the punk movement to Belfast and launching the careers of legendary bands such as The Un-dertones, Rudi, and The Outcasts. Time: 8pmTickets: £15 + BOOKING FEE

Conal Gallen - Laugh Out Loud!Millennium Forum November 24www.millenniumforum.co.uk Hot on the heels of his record-breaking stand-up television show, Ireland’s number one co-median returns to the Millennium Forum for what promises to be one of the funniest shows you are ever likely to see. After his sell-out tour in spring, the comic makes a welcome re-turn to one of his favourite venues. His show is littered with hilarious jokes, stories and songs. Time: 8:00pmTickets: £20

Snow White & the Seven DwarfsMillennium Forum November 30-January 5www.millenniumforum.co.uk A magic mirror, a jealous queen, a poisoned apple and the tiniest friends ever imagined – it’s panto time again at the Forum!The Millennium Forum is well known for its outstanding Christmas pantomimes and this year’s production promises to be the best yet.Telling the story of the young princess who fi nds herself on the run from her wicked step-mother and takes refuge in the forest with sev-en pint-sized men, SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS remains one of the best-love panto-mimes of all time.Packed with great song and dance routines, hilarious comedy, dazzling scenes and magical special eff ects, this festive favourite is fun for all the family from 4-94!Featuring William Caulfi eld and a star stud-ded local and Northern Irish cast with a spe-cial ‘magical’ appearance by Daniel O’Donnell, this energetic Christmas treat is sure to be a hit with audiences far and wide. Time: Contact Box O� ceTickets: Contact Box O� ce

Richard HawleyThe Nerve Centre December 1www.nervecentre.org Richard Hawley, the critically-acclaimed gui-tarist, singer, songwriter and producer, one time Longpig and member of Pulp, but most known as the writer and singer behind Mercu-ry Prize winning album Cole Corner and Mojo record of the Year Trueloves Gutter, plays at the Nerve Centre in December. Time: 8:00pmTickets: £20 (Excluding booking fee)

David O’DohertyMillennium Forum December 7www.millenniumforum.co.uk Winner: 2008 Edinburgh Comedy AwardLife is a marathon, not a sprint. But it is a sort of marathon that you really have to sprint. And there are hurdles and weights to lift. And swimming. And shooting. Life is basically The Olympics. But at the end you don’t get a med-al, you die. Time: 8:00pmTickets: £15.50

During the late hours of Sunday night and the early hours of Mon-day morning most people are either sleeping or trying to press snooze on their alarm clocks. This wasn’t the case for Darrell Coyle and the people behind Walled City Records who had been up through night tracking the progress of the local singer/songwriter’s newly re-leased E.P ‘My, My, My.’ When I click on to the Walled City Records Facebook page I see this phrase under their logo “Walled City Records will distribute artists’ music to a global audience through 27 stores including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.” Clearly the Derry-based record label were true to their word as Darrell’s E.P charted in nine diff er-ent countries and even reached number 63 in the US album chart on iTunes. Darrell is currently living and study-ing in Liverpool but regardless of his current location he is reaching a global audience each and every day. This success is largely down to the support he has been given by Walled City Records; a record label created by local Derry singer and Glee star Damian McGinty and lo-cal producer Oran O’Carroll. “Walled City Records began in Au-dio Booth Studio back in June.

Obviously we only had the studio at the time but we were always intending to open a label. I spent a lot of time researching the diff er-ent ways of running a studio and made sure I was prepared before we did,” Said Oran O’Carroll. “Darrell came in around July and started recording. He was the fi rst artist we signed to the label and we got straight into recording as soon as he came in.” The main aim for Walled City Re-cords is to give artists a chance to get their music distributed globally

My, My, My, Local boy Darrell fi nds global success By NIALL WILSON

through 27 stores such as iTunes, Amazon etc. In many ways the la-bel is pioneering the way in which labels will operate in the future. “We have the ability to distribute music from an unlimited digital source,” Mr O’Carroll continued, “many labels produce thousands of CD’s for each artists’ work but in reality that can be very expensive

and time consuming. We’re able to reach a global audience

through a small room in a Derry Studio without

a limit.”In many ways the two men running the label seem to com-

plement each other. As both have deep

passions for music they are quite diff erent in many

ways. Damian McGinty, a global star with a fan base of around 1 million people, is able to publicise the music and advertise to a world-wide audience through social me-dia outlets whilst being able to give advice to the artists. While, on the other hand, Oran works on the production of the artists’ music and working with the general musical side of the label.Oran commented on Darrells suc-cess saying, “to be honest I didn’t expect the 8 country charting, never mind a top 10 spot in Mexico. This week has been up there with some of the best days of the year. We’ll be looking to have Darrell do-ing gigs and the label as a whole

will be working very closely with City of Culture 2013 so there will be defi nitely be a lot of new artists about and loads of new, great mu-sic. Over next week we’ll be getting back sales reports and also getting back word to see if Darrell’s E.P made it into the US Billboard Chart.”If My, My, My reaches the US Bill-board Chart, Walled City Records will be the fi rst ever Indie Record Label to take its fi rst artist into the Billboard Chart and eight diff erent countries. The achievement in itself for Dar-

rell to release his own music has been something special to him. “I had always written my own music but didn't show anyone because it was just a wee personal project, until about November 2011 when I put ‘Bones’ on my Facebook page for a bit of fun, and that’s when I took it a lot more seri-ously. My, My, My was written just like any of my other songs, I write a tune and a melody, and play around with it until something sounds good. “So My My My just came out one day, and I eventually cre-ated the rest of the song from it. It took me about a week to write, and then I listened to it on my phone everyday on holiday so I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it when I got home to the studio.”I was also able to get Damian’s reaction on Darrell’s successful start into the music industry. “It’s an incredible achievement. Something Oran and I have been working on all year now. It’s really amazing for us to see this happen. This isn’t a bad start that’s for sure, but we are aiming higher. I’m very proud of Darrell too, a real team eff ort on all ends. Here’s to the future.”Here’s to the future, indeed Damian. With the labels new plans, artists and signings as well as Darrell and Damian’s work also 2012 and 2013 seems to be very big years for Walled City Records. As City of Culture 2013 is on the horizon, Derry will be fi lled with

hundreds of thousands of tour-ists. It will be a perfect opportu-nity for many artists to get their music out into the world and have it listened to on so many platforms. Big things are to come from this local Record La-bel and there are also big things to come from Darrell Coyle. He went on to say, “the rest of 2012 will be spent gigging in Liverpool and hopefully fur-ther out than that and maybe getting back into the studio in early 2013. My message to oth-er artists is to work hard, and don't wait around for things to happen, I wouldn't exactly say I've got the big break yet but I’m still working on it.”The album has a very Indie/Alternative feel to it, and al-though the music is similar, each song has its own diff erent sound and rhythm. It’s one of those albums that each song could be your fa-vourite and every one could be repeated constantly. When listening to a song you can hear each of Darrell’s diff erent infl uences in each one, there are diff erent rhythms, melodies and catchy hooks all across the album that makes each song worth multiple listens.Darrell’s E.P can be purchased on iTunes and Amazon and many of his songs can be listened to on Soundcloud. Walled City Records is situated at the Nerve Centre in Derry and also have Facebook and Twitter accounts by the same name of Walled City Records.

To be honest I didn’t expect the 8 country charting, never mind a top 10 spot in Mexico. This week has been up there with some of the best days of the year. We’ll be looking to have Darrell doing gigs and the label as a

whole .

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Julia and girls enjoying her hen night Colleen, Brenda & Rhonda

Dundalk It, Carlow IT & UCD, who were in town taking part in a fencing competition Gillian enjoying her birthday with Nadine, Emma & Clare.

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With winter creeping in fast it can be the most dangerous time of the year for motorists.In knowing that the City Herald is here to help motorists with some advice for tyre and road safety, that just prove invaluable during these long and cold win-ter nights.Is your vehicle ready for winter?As the saying goes ‘Prevention is better than cure’, so take some time to prepare both your vehi-cle and yourself for the challeng-es of winter driving. Don’t get caught out when severe weather strikes.Your fi rst step should be to get your vehicle serviced to ensure it is fi t and safe for winter driving. Secondly you should carry out regular checks on the vehicle. You should check for wear and tear on wiper blades and replace them as soon as they start to smear rather than clean windows. Keep tyre pressure at the manu-facturer’s recommended level and check you have at least three millimetres of tread depth. Make sure all vehicle lights are working and clean and top up with anti-freeze and screen wash.Inspect tires regularly for wear

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McDonaldsServing breakfast at

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Mayor Campbell with Derry City manager Declan Devine and club captain Kevin Derry

Premier DivisionDu Pont v Westbank United (Du Pont)

Du Pont face a tough test here as Westbank the league leaders come to Campsie and Du Pont have not been in the best of form in recent games. Westbank however are fl ying high at the top of the table and they should be able to come here and collect all three points as the have Hume, McCarron and especially Nash all in top scoring form. Maxwell will be the main threat for Du Pont but the home side may be very busy in defence as Westbank should win this game with ease.

Clooney v Phoenix Swifts (Lisnagelvin No 2)

Clooney are still looking for their fi rst win of the season and they face a tough ask here as they take on Phoe-nix Swifts who have been in very good form recently and they come in to this game having just beaten Clifton Villa. Clooney will be going all out to cause an upset here but it is diffi cult to see that happening as Phoenix Swifts should be able to collect all three points here.

ChampionshipGransha Institute v Strabane Athletic (Prehen No 1)

Both these sides had good wins last week and both will be feeling confi -dent coming in to this game. The last time these two sides met was recently in the league and Strabane just won that game by the odd goal in fi ve. This game could be just as close and it will be hard to separate these two sides and a score draw looks the most likely outcome here.

Foyle Athletic v Tamnaherin Celtic (Vale Centre)

Foyle Athletic are still in search of their fi rst league win of the season and they may have to wait another while for that elusive win as they face Tamna-herin Celtic here in the morning. Foyle shipped fi ve goals last week and their defence is likely to be busy again here in the morning as Tamnaherin should win this game with ease.

North West Saturday Morning League Fixtures Saturday 24th November 2012

Newton Heath v Northside Stars (Leafair)

Newton Heath were beaten in Stra-bane last week and they were expect-ed to make a better account of them-selves in that game but they ended up losing 3-1 and they will be hoping to get back to winning ways here. North-side have not had the best of starts to the season and they could be playing catch up here as Newton Heath should bounce straight back with a win.

Sion Swifts v Benbradagh Colts (Strabane)

This should be a very close game as both these sides are in good form and while Sion like to play football Ben-bradagh are a more determined outfi t but they do give it their all in games and that has done them no harm this season so far. There will be two con-trasting styles of play on view here and an earlier goal from either side would set the game up nicely but Sion may have the slight edge with home ad-vantage.

First DivisionTristar v Greysteel Celtic (Prehen No 6)

Tristar have been making a good ac-count of themselves this season and this young side sure knows how to play football. Greysteel however has hit a purple patch and they are now starting to win games and they will fancy their chances here. Tristar are a young side and they should be much fi tter than their opponents and that gives them a slight advantage in this game.

Collon Celtic v Oakleaf Celtic (Lisnagelvin No 4)

Collon Celtic can go top of the table with a win here as Art Deco have no game and they have a very good shout here as Oakleaf were well beaten last week. Collon are a decent side and they have several players who can score goals and that should be a bit of a concern for Oakleaf. However Oak-leaf have some experience in their side as well and they should give a good account of themselves although Col-lon should take the points.

Hatmore Harps v Oxford United (Templemore Central)

Both these sides have not been per-forming too well recently and both were well beaten last week and they will be hoping to see a change in the fortune in this game. Hatmore were among the front runners at the start of the season but have fallen away in recent games while Oxford leaked six goals last week and that will be a bit of a concern to them. Both have to per-form much better and if they do Hat-more could return to winning ways.

December Fixtures

Saturday 1st December 2012;

Gilfi llan Cup semi fi nals; Phoenix Swifts v Clifton Villa (Prehen No 1) Westbank United v Brandywell

Celtic (Lisnagelvin No 2);

Championship; Northside Stars v Strabane Athletic

(Showground’s); Benbradagh Colts v Newton Heath (Dungiven);

First Division; Collon Celtic v Art Deco (St Columbs No 2); Tristar v Oxford United (Prehen

No 6); Collegians v Oakleaf Celtic (Leafair); HML v Culmore (Temple-

more Central);

Saturday 8th December 2012;

Premier Division; Brandywell Celtic v Creggan Swifts (St Columbs No 2); Foyle Harps v Clifton

Villa (Showground’s); Rosemount v Phoenix Swifts (Prehen No 6); Du

Pont v Clooney (Du Pont); Westbank United v Drumahoe (Templemore

Central);

Championship; Strabane Athletic v Benbradagh Colts

(Prehen No 1); Sion swifts v Tamna-herin Celtic (Strabane); Newton Heath

v Gransha (Lisnagelvin No 2);

First Division; Oxford United v Greysteel Celtic

(Thornhill); Art Deco v Collegians (Leafair); Oakleaf Celtic v HML (Lis-nagelvin No 4); Culmore v Hatmore

Harps (Culmore);

Mayor of Derry, Cllr Kevin Campbell, with players, management and officials of Derry City FC at Thursday night’s Civic Reception.

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McDonaldsServing breakfast at

Strand Roadfrom 5.00am - 10.30am

Crescent Linkfrom 6.00am - 10.30am

Derry City Civic

Reception

Photographs by Lorcan Doherty Photography

Mayor Campbell with Derry City manager Declan Devine, club chairman Philip O’Doherty, captain Kevin Derry and Assistant manager Paul Hegarty

Derry City fan pictured with FAI Cup

A group of Derry City officials with FAI CupMayor Campbell with Derry City manager Declan Devine and club captain Kevin Derry

Derry City lifts aloft the FAI Cup

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‘Stute’ beaten after second half thrillerIn a match that had every-thing, Institute were on the losing end of 2-1 defeat at the hands of Belfast side Dundela.The dramatic encounter now leaves Dundela only two points behind the Waterside men who still sit in second, fi ve points behind league leaders Ards, who travel to the River-side Stadium this Saturday in a top of the table clash. Institute had the better of the early play with goalkeeper Paul Hughes having to be alert to

IFA CHAMPIONSHIPdeny the away side who had several half chances before a mistake from the Dundela man almost presented them with the opener, however he made amends with a fi ne stop to keep the scores level.Both sides were looking dan-gerous going forward al-though Dundela were creat-ing the better chances with William Faulkner and Ben Roy posing a real threat to the In-stitute defence.The championship’s top scorer Ben Roy continued his fi ne

form, fi ring the home side into the lead with a sublime free kick.Although chances were creat-ed at both ends The Duns went into the break in the lead.The second half was trans-formed, and was fi lled of dra-ma, with red cards, penalties and an injury time winner.Both sides were intent on at-tacking from the off with the defences being stretched at either end.Then came the fi rst controver-sial moment when Dundela

midfi elder Gary Irwin was ordered off when a rash chal-lenge resulted in a second yellow card.However the home side were undeterred and could have increased the lead through Faulkner but he shot wide when put through on goal.Just when it looked as if Bel-fast side were going to bag all three points Stute striker Ste-

phen Parkhouse was brought down in the box and scored from the resultant penalty.As the game entered added time Dundela were given the chance to win it when they were awarded a pen-alty of their own after a hand ball was spotted in the box which also reduced Stute to ten men, following Paddy McLaughlin’s red card.David Murphy however blast-

ed the kick straight at the keeper to frustrate the home fans.The defender made amends almost immediately when he cleared a goal bound eff ort of the line, the ball being quickly shifted up fi eld and with time running out striker Mark Mc-Clelland calmly placed his shot wide of the onrushing keeper and into the net to grab all three points.

McChrystal set to seal Scunthorpe moveScunthorpe move

By RORY MOONEY

Former Derry City defender Mark McChrystal has agreed to join English League One side Scunthorpe United on a month’s loan deal.Having spent almost two years with Tranmere Rovers, McChrystal has fallen out of favour at Prenton Park this season, under manager Ron-nie Moore.

Speaking to the City Herald the 28 year old centre half has admitted that it has been a frustrating season, with game time being limited.“It’s been hard for me so far,” McChrystal admitted. “No footballer wants to sit on the sidelines and watch.”With the loan transfer window due to close shut on Thursday,

the Foyle Springs man was pleased with a move to Scun-thorpe in seek of fi rst team football at Glanford Park.“Scunthorpe came in for me with the off er and it’s a great chance to play some foot-ball because that’s all I want.” McChrystal said.Having made only a limited amount of appearances for Tranmere this season this loan move could be the per-fect opportunity for the Derry man to put himself in the shop window for a January move.“My contract’s with Tranmere is up at the end of the season

so we’ll just have to wait and see how this loan move pan’s out.“But like I said, all I want to do is play football, whether it’s with Tranmere or Scun-thorpe.”At the time of going to print the big centre half was in contention to make his debut for ‘The Iron’, who have been struggling as of late, against fellow Leauge One opposi-tion Bury.“I’m going to meet the team today (Tuesday) and could be in with a chance to start, so I’m being thrown in at the deep end.”

Mark McChrystal lifting the Airtricity League First Division Title in 2010 “Scunthorpe came in for me with

the off er and it’s a great chance to play some football, because that’s all I want.” Mark McChrystal

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Clean sweep for Derry body buildersBy RORY MOONEY

Pictured at Pro Gym, from left, Dave Fox (Owner), Eoghan Schlindwein (2nd WABBA & 3rd RIBBF Juniors), Azin Fathi (3rd Bikina Class WABBA), Brian McMonagle (3rd 1st Timers) & Eamon

Doherty (1st WABBA Juniors & 2nd RIBBF Juniors).

The Everglades was treated to a body building bonanza recently with several Derry competitors making it a clean sweep of titles.Body builders from Derry’s Pro Gym took no less than seven titles including the cov-eted title of Mr Ireland, in the World Amateur Body Build-ing Association (WABBA) Mr Ireland sponsored event.Pro Gym competitors domi-nated the Under 23 junior event with Eamonn Doherty clinching fi rst place, with Eoghan Schlindwein and Christopher McCallion pick-ing up second and third.Brian McMonagle picked up bronze in the fi rst timers cat-egory. Also fi nishing third was Iranian Pro Gym member Azin Fathi in the bikini class event.However the day belonged to

Ronan Doherty who claimed fi rst in two events including the Tall Class event and the overall event, winning the prestigious title of WABBA’s Mr Ireland.Pro Gym owner Dave Fox expressed his delight all his members who won, but was quick to heap praise on the winners in the junior event.“I’m especially proud of the juniors, everybody was ap-plauding them because they we’re so good,” Dave explained. “They did really well and now they are get-ting ready for the next show in April because they have move up a class.”The recent clean sweep of titles in the Everglades comes off the back of another im-pressive showing last month in Limerick were the men from Pro Gym picked up more

titles, this time in the RIBBF nationals, yet again dominat-ing the junior’s with Eamonn Doherty and Eoghan Sch-lindwein picking up picking second and third and Ronan Doherty winning fi rst place in the heavyweight class.Following the recent suc-cess of his members Pro Gym owner Dave Fox has said that the gym is a buzz of ex-citement with more people looking to compete in future shows.“Pro Gym’s doing extremely well,” Dave explained. “In Lim-erick all the talk was of our junior’s coming down from Derry, there’s defi nitely a buzz around the gym because we have maybe 10 or twelve from Pro Gym competing in April that stand a good chance of getting through to the Mr Britain show.”


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The City Herald November 2012