Kilkenny Reporter 13 April 2011

WEDNESDAY April 13 2011

Kilkenny Reporter

A magnifi cent cast of 50 touches local hearts »P2

Brilliant night of fashion boosts local school »P13

Worry turns to wonder as the ‘Hired Man’ works

Happy hurlers achieve their modeling goal

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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE OUT IN FORCE TO SUPPORT PROUD AUTHORAt the launch of ‘Original Sins’, supporting writer Pat Griffi n were his wife, Maura and daughter, Claire. Pic: Pat Moore »Full Story P3

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Pure magic as Watergate rocksJIMMY RHATIGAN

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High drama as ‘The Hired Man’ hits the spot – eventually!

Garda imposter has cops on his tail after thief robs house

JIMMY RHATIGANEDITOR

On stage acting and, insert, cleaning up after ‘Hired Man’Pure magic

Where the money goes

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Fourth Estate’s evening of promise

Tyrone Guthrie Bursary

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Excellent writer: Pat Griffin; Touch of class: Writer Rachel Nolan, right, with her sister Roisin, Big St Kieran’s support for authors Pics: Pat Moore

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Minister Phil opens new €450,000 water scheme

Bailout meeting: Can the Left put us right?

Conor MacLiam

Pres girls are tops

Our youth are toast of Kilkenny

Minister Phil, with his mother, Maura, receives a presentation from Dick Walsh, Chairman Tullaroan Group SchemeLocal boy, Liam Walsh (6)

Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, Ann Phelan TD, County Council Cathaoirleach Catherine Connery, councillors, officials and locals Pics: Pat Moore

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Local lads going for gold in Dallas

Dallas here we go: Lisa Kehoe, 13, Castlewarren,James Carrigan, 12, Mad-doxtown and Michelle Bergin, 11, JohnswellRoad

Patient takes off in ambulance

JIMMY [email protected]

Ambulance was taken

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Urlingford offers best value for fuel

Cheers: Comer, the pint-drinking Jack Russell with owner Neddie and Cllr Andrew McGuinness with Comer and Neddie Fox in MJs Pics:Pat Moore

Porter pooch has a drinks pocket and thereby hangs a tale!


Blackquarry: cheapest petrol and diesel in the city Pic: Pat Moore

BY AISLING HURLEY

Homemade soup helps make hunger history

Niamh serves super soup

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DANESFORT Parish and GAA Lotto results for Week 30. Jackpot €500. Numbers: 10-30-7, No winner. €50 meat vouchers - Katie Murphy, Mary

Brophy, 53 The Paddocks €30 - Ann Tyrrell, Mary and John Dunne, Tom O’Shea, Paul Quinn, Kathleen Power. Promotors’ €50 voucher - Maurice

Woodcock.. Promotors’ €20 - Elaine Bookle, John O’Keeffe. Next weeks draw, The Grange Inn, April 18. Jackpot €600. Then Delaney’s, Kells, April 25.

The Cat Laughs and looks after its own!

Deli Delish is your home form home treat

Winners galore in Danesfort draw

Tourism goes the write way about its business

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A set of jerseys being presented to Hugginstown United by Irish’s Ba, Hugginstown. From left, Shane Lanigan Paddy Mulcahy Thomas Walsh jnr. Thomas Walsh snr, James Irish, Padraic Barron, David Raggett and Damien Walsh


An online look into our watering holes

Winter returns – but in a new guiseBY SEAN HURLEY

Student will join the master on stageBY AISLING HURLEY

From left, Fionn Ó hArgáin and Don Mescall, Don teaching the basics of writing a song, Don at the workshop and and Padraig Ó Fearghail on the guitar Pics: Pat Moore

Maggie (Paula Drohan) says goodbye son, Mark Sweeney (Colin Dempsey) at the age of 13 Pics: Pat Moore

Mark Sweeney (Sean Hackett), aged 19, is distracted by Mary Elizabeth McAndrew (Laura Finlay)

BY AISLING HURLEY

His round: Mick Jones Pic: Pat Moore

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Mullinavat man at top table

by Kilian Kane

Willie Holohan

Agricultural students show real drive!JIMMY RHATIGAN

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Dannielle Heekes, Dunmore Co. KilkennyRoinin O’Neill, Esebelle Cooney, Sarah Power

Advance machinery students Pics: Donal Foley

Helen, Kieran and Cheryl Farrell with Shauna Smith, Kildalton College

Savannah Rowley, Brendan Flood, Kildalton, Meave White and Edel Long

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Hair raising experience with twins

Jedward on stage, below, fans wait to see JedwardPics: Pat Moore

BY AISLING HURLEY

‘Educator, scholar and gentleman’ praised

Left, Rachel Murphy (12), Sarah Barcoe (7), Niamh Costigan (12) and Lorraine Byrne (12), Thomastown.

Rodger Curran, third from left, front, with his extended family

It’s time for the sweeping brushes

Spring Clean Ambassador and model, Sarah McGovern, Grace Brophy (16), Goslingstown and twins, Emma and Ruth Darcy (7), Dukes Meadows at the KKB launch of the Spring Clean 2011

Pic: Pat Moore

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Community News

Castle Park Loreto run

Walk in Mooncoin

St Patrick’s Latin Mass

GAA stars on bikes

An evening with John Aldridge

‘Booters golf classic

Oh Holy God, it’s Fr Larry on the catwalk!

Cha Fitzpatrick and John Tennyson

Cha and John are model hurlers

When Hitler invaded Poland


A model priest: Fr Larry

Eileen Fitzpatrick, Junior Infants, Karen Fitzpatrick, Ireland’s ‘Model of the Year’ and Emma Skehan, Junior Infants.

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Chickens and models help fund services

MEANWHILE THE ‘REAL PEOPLE’ CONTINUE TO

CARRY THE CAN, IN MANY CASES TO PAY FOR

SERVICES THAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE

AND ARE NOT BECAUSE OF MISMANAGEMENT AND

SKULDUGGERY.

“SOME GENIUS SOMEWHERE

DECIDED THAT GETTING RID OF FRIENDLY OPERATORS AND REPLACING THEM WITH AN AUTOMATIC ANSWERING

SERVICE WAS THE WAY FORWARD IN BUSINESS. LIKE SHEEP, OTHERS

FOLLOWED AND VERY FEW HAD TO HAVE THEIR ARMS TWISTED

PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE ‘WAGES’ OF AN

AUTOMATIC SYSTEM WERE FAR LESS THAN THE REMUNERATIONS OF

CHEERFUL RECEPTIONISTS.

Don’t throw phone out of the window

“JIMMYRHATIGAN

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Game of numbers set on driving you mad...SEAN HURLEY

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What I’m putting on my wish list

Wishing my life away...Supreme court

Smile!

Limited edition

Glow with Lancome

Bernard the Bee

Shine on!

Colic remedy

Brand new you

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New styles spring into action at MacDonagh Junction

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Time for spring revamp

Spring checklist for your home

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KNOWN as the ‘happiest little record shop in the world’ RollercoasterRecords on St Kieran’s Street is run by Willie Meighan and DarraghButler.The shop is packed to the rafters with everything you could possiblywant on cd, dvd or vinyl and if they don’t have what you are lookingfor they will order it for you with a smile.The shop is more than just a music shop. It is often frequented bylocal and visiting musicians and band

members who enjoy the atmosphereand chat in the shop. It is also the place where new bands form andmusical ideas come alive.And the good news is you can show Rollercoaster just how much you careby popping along to help them celebrate Record Store Day this comingSaturday. Free live performances kick off at 2pm.

THE Playwright Bar with entrances on High Street and St Kieran’s Street

in the city off ers a combination of relaxing afternoons and lively

nights.The popular bar is as comfortable as they come with its historic vaulted ceilings, dark wood panelled walls and polished wooden fl oors. Customers can also

sit in the cafe style seating

outside on St Kieran’s Street and watch the world go by or the upper bar with its traditional old world charm.

Staff are super effi cient so the wait at the bar is never too long even when the pub is busy. The Playwright off ers a full range of bottled beers, wines, spirits, shots and cocktails and recently introduced a delicious menu including meals, sandwiches, tea, coff ee and desserts.

Sports fans are very well catered for with plasma screen TVs showing all the major matches and sporting events.

IN ‘When God Was A Rabbit’ by Sarah Winman young Elly’s world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractable parents; a best friend who smells of chips and knows exotic words like ‘slag’; an ageing fop who tap dances his way into her home, a Shirley Bassey impersonator who trails close behind; lastly, of course, a rabbit called God. In a childhood peppered with moments both ordinary and extraordinary, Elly’s one constant is her brother Joe.

Twenty years on, Elly and Joe are fully grown and as close as they ever were. Until, that is, one bright morning and a single, earth-shattering event that threatens to destroy their bond for ever.

THE Grainne Mulvey School of Ballet And Modern Dance (formerly Aedeen O’Hagan School Of Ballet) returns to The Watergate Theatre with three performances of ‘Adventures Under The Sea’.

The show opens this coming Friday and runs until Sunday with performances at 7.30pm nightly.

Tickets €12/€6 are on sale and available at The Watergate Theatre box offi ce (056) 7761674.

Students from four to 18 years of age from Bagenalstown, Co Carlow and

Kilkenny will perform in this year’s production.

Go along and be enchanted and enthralled by pirates, mermaids, starfi sh and lots of other characters from under the sea. Students from the school will showcase their ballet and modern dance styles in what promises to be an evening packed full of entertainment for all the family.

The School off ers examinations at graded level in association with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), and Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD).

SODASTREAMS were huge in the ‘80s when there were few Irish homes without one. However, the fi zzy drinks maker hasn’t gone away and a sleek, modern version is now available in Argos.

Sodastream easily turns tap water into sparkling water in seconds, off ering a great money saving alternative to bottled and canned soft drinks. One gas cylinder can produce up to 60 litres of sparkling water making it very economical. And if you are not sure what fl avour concentrate to buy you can always purchase the Sodastream Concentrate Starter pack with 12 fl avours. The machines start from €64.99 with replacement gas cylinders €26.99.

Shop of the week

Pub of the week

Product of the week

Book of the week

Theatre of the week

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KYTELER’S Inn, St Kieran’s Street, has a great reputation for food. Pop in there any lunchtime and you will fi nd it buzzing with customers all attracted there by its delicious menu and healthy portions.

The menu off ers great variety so there is always something to suit no matter how picky an eater you or your dining companions are.

For your main course you can choose from favourites such as ‘Boiled Callan Bacon, Cabbage and Parsley Sauce’, ‘Kyteler’s Traditional Shepherds Pie’ or ‘Hot

Chicken and Ham Vol-Au-Vents, Salad and Fries’.

Sample desserts include ‘Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake’ and ‘Jelly and Icecream Sundae’.

Once home to one of Ireland’s most infamous witches, Dame Alice Kyteler, the venue’s beautiful medieval stone walls give it an inviting feel and a warm homely atmosphere.

If you feel like staying for a drink there is a spacious beer garden with overhead heating and a covered areas.

KILKENNY County Council’s Arts Offi ce in partnership with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre is off ering a two week residency at Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, Co Monaghan to two practitioners of any art forms currently based in Kilkenny.

The aim of the residency is to assist and encourage both established and emerging practitioners, in giving them an opportunity to work intensively on a ‘project’

alongside others in a unique environment.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is no later than 4pm on Friday, April 29.

For further details and application forms contact Niamh Finn, Arts Administrator, Kilkenny County Council Arts Offi ce, No. 76, John Street, Kilkenny. T: 056 779 4138 E:niamh.fi [email protected]

Application forms can also be downloaded from www.artlinks.ie/ www.kilkennycoco.ie/services/arts

STAFF and friends of the Alzheimer Day Care Centre and Homecare in Kilkenny are taking part in the Stoneyford 10km challenge on Sunday, May 22.

More than 50 people have signed up to take part and raise funds for the local branch of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland but they are looking for more people to join up. To get your

sponsorship card call Ruth or Margaret at (056) 7771230. The run/walk leaves Stoneyford Village at 12.30pm and should

appeal to all including the seriously competitive athlete to the casual jogger, the dedicated walker or carefree stroller.

They have another fundraiser, a jumble sale, taking place on Saturday, April 30 at Cillin Hill. Running from 9am to 4pm it will feature good quality items including new clothing, ornaments, books, DVDs, jewellery and homemade confectionery. Donations of goods or unwanted gifts are welcome. Call Ruth or Margaret at (056) 7771230.

THE Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots festival is only around the corner and a number of shows are close to selling out including the one by the brilliant John Grant. The former singer/songwriter with Bella Union cult favouritess ‘The Czars’, recently released an extraordinary debut solo album made with Midlake.Everyone has a favourite band or singer they reckon is subject to criminal neglect. That John Grant’s eff ortlessly rich, expansive baritone, couched in

typically heartbreaking, lush melody, hasn’t found a wider audience many would consider a crime. But no longer. Because Grant’s fi rst solo album is so undeniably great that the world will surely listen.

He plays The Watergate Theatre on Sunday, May 1 and it will surely be one of the talking points of the festival. Get your ticket from Rollercoaster Records, St Kieran’s Street before they are all gone.

THIS coming Sunday as part of the ‘Music in Kilkenny’ programme pianist Hugh Tinney plays a special concert in Calista Hall, Ballytobin, Callan.

The award winning pianist will perform three recitals of European piano masterworks including Debussy ‘Estampes’, Fauré ‘Nocturne No.6 in D fl at Op. 63’, Raymond Deane ‘Mezzotint and hitherandthithering (from Noctuary)’, Debussy ‘Images Book 1’, Tristan Murall ‘Le Mandragore (homage to Ravel) and Ravel ‘Gaspard de la Nuit’.

Since winning fi rst prize at the 1983 Pozzoli and 1984 Paloma O’Shea piano competitions in Italy and Spain, Hugh Tinney has performed in more than 30 countries throughout Europe, the US, South America and the Far East. Festival engagements have taken him across the globe and he has broadcast in more than 15 countries.

Tickets €15 (€10 concession oaps and students). Further details from Susan Proud (056) 7761497 or email [email protected].

Something for Sunday

Fundraiser of the week

Restaurant of the week

Exhibition of the week

Gig of the week

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The secrets, lies and romantic entanglements of teenagers

April 11 - 18Monday 11After Dark, Matt the Miller’s @ 10pm

Trad Night, Cleere’s @ 9.30pmTuesday 12Cellar Sessions, Matt the Miller’s @ 8.30pm

The Kilkennys, Paris Texas @ 9pm

Wednesday 13Movie Night, Billy Byrne’s @ 8.30pm

Open Mic Night, Ryan’s @ 9pm

Thursday 14The Good, the Bad and the Unattractive, Cleere’s @ 9pm

Pete Fagan and Band, Matt the Miller’s @ 10pm

Trad Night Ryan’s @ 9pmNa Fianna, Lanigan’s @ 9pm

Friday 15Grainne Mulvey School of Ballet & Modern Dance presents: ‘Adventures under the sea’, Watergate Theatre @

7.30pm

Divil the Bit, Lanigan’s @ 9pmJohnny Pumfrey (Jazz), Pembroke Hotel @ 8.30pm

Saturday 16Cry Before Dawn, The Set @ 8pm

Liam O’Maonlai, Cleere’s @ 9pm

‘Adventures under the sea’, Watergate Theatre @ 7.30pm Sunday 17‘Adventures under the sea’, Watergate Theatre @ 7.30pm

The best of American folk with the Duvets, Cleere’s @ 7pm

The O’Dwyer Brothers, Kyteler’s Inn @ 6pm

The Kilkennys, Lanigan’s @ 9pm

The Barflies, The Pumphouse @ 9pm

Monday 18The Briars, The Field @ 9pm Trad Night, Cleere’s @ 9.30pm

Gig Guide - By Ciara Gilbert

A great Summer play - The Winter of 69!

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Brilliant musician and singer in Cleere’s

Kilcumney Players present ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’

Same local faces, same high standards

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Phelan’s Hardware

M&A Coaches

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Billy Bradley Family Butchers

Byrnesgrove Farmhouse B&B

Xtreme Beauty

Egan Boiler Services

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Mitch’s Family Butchers

Brookhaven Nursing Home

Gleeson’s Garage and Tyre Centre

Ballyragget & District Credit Union

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Camogie girls are the pride of Kilkenny sport

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