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L-R: Niamh Hogan (Holos), Melissa Curley (Social Bee) andMartin O'Leary (Bizimly) at recent awards event.

FOCAL Wexford LiteraryFestival and Enniscorthy Castlehosted a most unique eventon Fr iday 31s t July asAustralian Jennifer Wood (neePrendergast) was welcomedto the home of her ancestorPhilip de Prendergast whobuilt Enniscorthy Castle almost800 years ago.

Jenny arrived to MarketSquare and was escorted to herancestral home by Pikemenand Redcoats to the sound ofpipe and drum. At the door ofthe Castle she was met byDiarmuid McMurragh (akaRichie Cotter) who explainedhow her ancestor Philip dePrendergast had arrived inEnniscorthy – Diarmuid ofcourse as we all know beinginstrumental in the Norman`sarrival in Ireland.

Richie then escorted theLady of the Castle inside whereshe was met and welcomed byEnniscorthy Municipal DistrictChairman Paddy Kavanaghwho presented Jenny with ColmToibin’s book A History ofEnniscorthy and told her howdelighted the town was to havean ancestor of Phi l ip dePrendergast return to the Castle.

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Jenny told the gatheringabout her extensive researchinto the h is tory o f thePrendergasts and thanked allwho had been instrumental inhelping her realise her owndream and the dreams of herdad that the family would oneday return to the Castle. She hadparticular mention for CathyKeane of Heritage Tours andMary O’Higgins of EnniscorthyCastle for their tremendousinterest and their assistance inmaking her dream a reality.

She said that she was totallyoverwhelmed with the

Enniscorthy welcome and wouldbe blogging it out to the world.She was so happy to finally behome and said that she wouldbe joining the Rebel Army onVinegar Hill on Sunday for thebattle in honour of the memoryof her grandfather X 5, JohnPrendergast, who was deportedto Australia in the aftermath of1798 for his part in the Rebellion.

As this most interestinglady chatted and mingled beau-tiful music was provided bythe medieval ladies MauraFlannery and Anne Gilpin withPikemen and Redcoats joiningin the revelry.

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Jennifer Wood (nee Prendergast) a descendant of the originalbuilder of Enniscorthy Castle, pictured in the Castle with one of thelast residents of the Castle, David Hasslacher. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Holos is the brainchild of localwoman, Niamh Hogan, andher company, which is basedat the Enniscorthy EnterpriseCentre, has been taking thebeauty world by storm…

Holos recently won “BestToner” in the U MagazineBeauty Awards. According toNiamh: “It really was the bestfeeling ever as it was our firstBeauty Award so when Iopened U Magazine and sawthis, I was thrilled. It was apublic vote so to think thatenough people voted for usover Demalogica and Simple,two major brands was a greatfeeling. Soon after I received myU Magazine badge which we’llbe putting on the toner boxvery soon.”

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Another wonderful hon-our came from Business andFinance magazine which, out

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regarding the historic signifi-cance of Vinegar Hill and thereis an ongoing programme toidentify the extent of the bat-tlefield, areas where intensefighting took place, the locationof any temporary structures,weaponry, domestic ware, areaof engagement and fightingand the possibility of massgraves – http://www.the-jounal.ie/vinegar-hill-to-undergo-archaeological-survey-1292188-Feb2014/.

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A cross section of concernedEnniscorthy citizens haverecently formed a new group– Vinegar Hill Environmental& Protection Group in oppo-sition to the application forPlanning Permission for theerection of 16 dwelling housesin the area.

Their mission is to protectand safeguard Vinegar Hill asa heritage and historical site,a world renowned Enniscorthyand Wexford icon, a majortourist attraction and possi-bly a mass burial site. The lat-ter will not be known untilthe planned archaeologicalsurvey is carried out but manyp e o p l e i n t h e t o w n o fEnniscorthy and beyondbelieve that the bones of theirancestors who fought in the1798 Rebellion could well beburied on the Hill.

Vinegar Hill Environmental& Protection Group are regis-tering their objection on twogrounds:

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As residents of Enniscorthythey are not convinced thatadditional housing require-ments as proposed are justifieduntil such time as the vacantand incomplete houses in thetown are fully complete and

o c c u p i e d ( a s u r v e y o fUnfinished Housing Estatesin July 2012 found that therewas a total of 11 unfinishedhousing developments withinthe plan area).

2. Impact on the Character& Historical Significance ofthe Vinegar Hill Battlefield:

The importance of VinegarHill to the town of Enniscorthyand County Wexford cannot beoverstated enough. VinegarHill is known across the worldand the battle of Vinegar Hilland the Pikemen have becomesynonymous with Wexfordand Ireland’s fight for free-dom and indeed the cry‘Remember Vinegar Hill’ rever-berated in freedom fightsaround the globe.

Vinegar Hill was one ofthe bloodiest battlefields inIrish history – 20,000 men,women and children faced10,000 fully armed and welltrained members of the Crownforces in a battle that lastedonly four hours but left 1,500dead and a county devastated.

The vision that this grouphave for Vinegar Hill would beto see it re-developed as a bat-tlefield creating a world classsite that would encourage vis-itors to it and to the National1798 Centre.

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We have held four suc-cessful re-enactments of theBattle of Vinegar Hill over thepast four years bringing over5,000 visitors to the town, includ-ing English re-enactors whohave never been to Irelandbefore, who have no Irish con-nections and who had neverheard of Vinegar Hill prior tofour years ago. As I said in thispaper before these Englishmen

have now learned Boolavogueand have sung it for us ‘to hon-our and respect those who diedand to make amends for themistakes of the past’.

Isn’t that something in itselfto be developed and encour-aged. This wonderful histori-cal site that has towered overour town for generations, thatran red with the blood of ourancestors is now bringing ustogether in a way that we neverdreamed possible.

Surely our duty as citizens

of Enniscorthy is to protect,honour, cherish and celebratethis iconic reminder of our past,this emblem of freedom, thistreasure of tourism and pass iton intact to the generationswho will come after us so thatthey too will know who theyare and where they come from.

Vinegar Hill Environmentaland Protection Group havecollected over 800 signaturesand have lodged an objectionto Wexford County Council.

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Honouring those who havegone before us is somethingthat Enniscorthy is very goodat – on the August BankH o l i d a y w e e k e n d w eremembered and honouredthose who had died onVinegar Hill over 200 yearsago and on 9th August wehonoured our more recentdead at our annual Patron atSt. Mary’s Cemetery.

Once again St. Mary’s

resembled a hugely ornateand colourful Garden Centreas every family in the parishand beyond washed andcleaned and adorned theirrespective graves with fabu-lous floral tributes to theirnearest and dearest passed onto their eternal reward.

This long and lovelyWexford tradition is not onlyan opportunity to take time outat least once each year to

remember those who havegone before us, it is also ameans of keeping our beau-tiful cemetery beautiful asfamilies restore, repair andrejuvenate their family cryptswith love and pride and it isalso a unique occasion on thetown’s annual calendar whenwe all come together as a com-munity – past and present toremember who we are andwhere we have come from.

The rainbow of colours,the cauldron of scents, thecacophony of greetings makesEnniscorthy Patron a won-derful celebration of the lifeof our town through the gen-erations and brings us alltogether once every year toreminisce and to appreciatewhat we have and those whoplayed a part in it.

– Maria Nolan

Honouring our dead

A section of the huge crowd at the recent Patron in St. Mary’s

Cemetry, Enniscorthy.Pic: Maria Nolan.

Well done, PaulFerns athlete, Paul Keane, won an incrediblefive medals in gymnastics at the recent SpecialOlympics World Summer Games. Paul’s impres-sive haul included a gold, three silvers, a bronzeplus two ribbons.

Paul won his gold medal on the parallelbars, his three silver medals on the rings, the highbar and the all round section of gymnastics,and a bronze on the pommel horse. He alsowon two ribbons for fourth-place finishes.

Paul has been a dedicated member of theSpecial Olympics Club in Wexford for morethan eight years and his medal haul is a fittingreward for all his hard work. Our photo showsPaul on 4th August at Dublin Airport with hisniece Mila Keane, age 6 months.

Pic: Cody Glenn / SPORTSFILE

Litter Crackdown on the wayCRACKDOWN ON HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES

WHICH FAIL TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THEIR WASTE

We are told that a major clam-

pdown is being planned by local

authorities on businesses and

households which fail to prop-

erly dispose of their waste. About

time! The move comes as we

are about to enter a new era of

major changes to the waste

industry coming into force next July, which includes a move

to a pay-by-weight household charging system. It was

planned to be introduced in July 2015 but the government

has put it on hold until July next year.

Other changes includes fines for waste companies which fail to

provide a high-quality service to customers, and a requirement

that companies register customer details with local authorities to

prevent illegal dumping and to ensure that waste is being prop-

erly disposed of. Will the registering of household details indicate

households that have no collection service and what action, if any,

will be taken if they cannot satisfactorily explain how they are dis-

posing of their waste and rubbish. It appears to law-abiding

households that more and more rubbish and waste is ending up

on the sides of roadways and streets. God only knows what is

being illegally dumped in out of the way areas.

Apparently, Inspectors will use customers’ registration data held

by bin companies to identify homeowners who may be illegally

dumping rubbish, and can impose fines of up to €3,000. The

Department of the Environment said the new measures require

waste collectors and operators of facilities which accept waste

directly to maintain a register of customers. Authorised officers

from local authority environment departments will be able to

request details of this register from operators.

Local authority officers will be able to use the register to develop

a comprehensive picture of who is using a collection service or

depositing their waste at an unauthorised facility. Householders

not on this register are implicitly not using any of the normal avenues

of treatment, so the register is intended as a means of better tar-

geting enforcement action against these householders.

It is quite possible that similar to a lot of other laws that we enact

in this country that the implementation of them leaves a lot to be

desired. I hope that the powers that be are serious about the new

waste legislation and that determined action will be taken against

individuals and businesses who are despoiling our beautiful

country. Heavy fines should be imposed and the offenders should

be named and shamed.

– Seán Doyle, Secretary/Treasurer

enniscorthy Tidy Town Association

CongratsAideenAideen Vonno from AideenVonno Hair Salon, DuffryHill, Enniscorthy, has beenrecognised as one of Ireland’st o p pr o f ess i o nal ha i rcolourists. Aideen has justgraduated from the hair-dressing industry’s most pres-tigious colour course –earning the accolade as aWella Master Colour Expertthus making her one ofIreland’s leading professionalcolour specialists. n

Congrats SaoirseA big congratula t ions toEnniscorthy’s Sacre Coeur box-ing club member Saoirse Dignamon bringing home bronze fromthe recent European Youth &Junior Boxing Championships inBudapest in the 69kg division.

This was a great achieve-ment for Saoirse, her club, and forher home county.

Saoirse Dignam with her coach, Frankie Kirwan.

Saoirse was one of an 18-strong team representing Irelandand the team brought home anincredible 9 medals – exceededonly by Russia and Turkey.

Considering that Saoirse onlytook up boxing seriously lessthan two years ago she canundoubtedly look forward toeven more success in the future.

Saoirse with family, friends, and Sacre Coeur boxing club officials at a celebration event in Treacy’s Hotel, Enniscorthy, last month.

Saoirse with Enniscorthy’s Jack Morrissey, a previous

medal winner in the EuropeanJunior Boxing Championships.

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Caroline Foxe Postmistress atFoulkesmill Post Office hasdeclared herself a candidatein the upcoming GeneralElection.

Caroline has served asPostmistress in Foulkesmill forthe last 7 years and has workedin the Post Office for 14 years.Caroline is married, has onedaughter and has lived in theparish of Clongeen all her life.Caroline is a community activistand has served on numerouslocal committees over the years.Caroline has decided to makea stand as a Post Office andcommunity candidate to workon all community issues inWexford.

Caroline says: “The currentthreat to Post Offices is a resultof Government policy encour-aging people to receive SocialProtection Payments by elec-tronic means through otherFinancial Institutions ratherthan a transaction at the PostOffice, while simultaneouslynot investing in an electronicbanking option at Post Offices.

“When a Post Office closesit is followed by other localbusiness closures and the heartis torn out of the community.The Post Office is a key focalpoint and is the hub of the com-munity. We have seen numer-ous closures of Post Offices inCounty Wexford, more recentlyDuncormick and Rathnure.These Post Offices could havebeen saved but were not putup for tender. This will happen

again in the not too distantfuture.

“Repeated Governmentshave failed to place enoughvalue on the real experience ofhow we live and where we live.I am a community and PostOffice candidate seeking votesto enable me to become a voicefor community in Dáil Éireann.

“If elected I will work forstronger policy and more invest-ment in each of the areas thatmake communities vibrant –schools, Garda stations, healthservices, transport and jobs. Akey part of maintaining betterservices in our communities ishaving the Post Office as a frontoffice for core public and com-mercial services in villages andtowns in County Wexford – atrusted place where people cancollect welfare, pay bills, caterfor all mailing needs, do bank-ing transactions and carry outa whole range of governmentand/or local authority busi-ness. I will be asking the peo-ple of Wexford to vote to savetheir Post Offices and keep theirlocal communities alive." n


about the way we want ourcommunities and country todevelop and progress, bothnow and into the future.

“Our policies and aimsoffer an alternative to theinequality of austerity. Irelandshould be a place where citi-zens feel secure, safe and aboveall are treated fairly and equally.

“Sinn Fein believes thatthe continuation of bad andodious policies especially in

the areas of Health, Education,Social Welfare and Taxation arecreating a two-tier, ruinousand erosional society.

“We believe that humancapital is the most preciousasset a country possesses.Protecting our old-age pen-sioners living alone, our neigh-bours who have children withspecial needs, or our friendssuffering from mental ill-nesses, or folks with long-

“A Fair Recovery is Possible”

term sickness must be a pri-ority.

“The government are talk-ing a lot about stability. Stabilityis not about a hierarchical soci-ety. Stability is not about futuretax liabilities being at the samerate of interest payments. Stabilitycannot be based on Austerity.Stability and equilibrium canonly be achieved by makingsure a recovery is a Fair recov-ery for all citizens.” n

The recent news that the gov-ernment is selling two gardastations that it closed representsa raw deal for communitiesacross Wexford, according toFianna Fáil TD John Browne.

Deputy Browne made thecomments after it was revealedthat the Government is to sellthe former garda stations atBallywilliam and Kiltealy.

“This news represents yetanother loss for these local com-munities. Their local garda stationshave already been shut down,and now the building which wasonce a focal point of the com-munity is being sold off in a firesale auction,” said Deputy Browne.

“When the Governmentclosed these garda stations it waspromised that they would bemade available for use by thelocal community. Unfortunatelythis has not happened and nowthe Government is moving toput these buildings in privateownership. I find it extremelydifficult to accept that theGovernment could find no otheruse for these buildings that couldbenefit the local community.

“These buildings have beencentral to community life fordecades, not only providing com-fort and security to local resi-dents, but also offering importantanc i l lary serv ices . TheGovernment should have made

every effort to ensure that thebuildings are given back to thecommunity and can remain atthe heart of the community life.

“The Government campaignof shutting local garda stations anddismantling community gardaresources is fundamentally wrong.It is a further attack on rural com-munities, which have seen theirlocal services cut right left and cen-tre over the past two years. Theclosure of local garda stations,court houses, libraries, bankbranches, credit unions, postoffices and the clear lack of sup-port for local based enterpriseall amounts to a significant with-drawal of services from ruralcommunities. Communities inWexford will see the loss of theirgarda station buildings as yetanother nail in the coffin for ruralIreland” said Deputy Browne. n

John Browne TD

Wallace raises septic tank issues

Mick Wallace, TD.

L-R: Cllr Johnny Mythen, Cllr Anthony Kelly, Senator David Cullinane, Cllr Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin, Cllr Oisin O’Connell at therecent public meeting organised by Sinn Féin in The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy.

It’s not good enough that it willtake over 200 years to inspect allthe existing septic tanks inWexford when half of them arefaulty and our water table con-taminates more and more bythe day, Independent TD MickWallace told Minister for theEnvironment Alan Kellyrecently.

Deputy Wallace told the Dailthat in Wexford, there are onlytwo people to inspect 21,242 sep-tic tanks and 4,369 individualtreatment systems. 54 tanks wereinspected in 2014 and WexfordCounty Council hoped to inspect104 this year. He said the coun-cil needed more resources toinspect tanks and that it wasoutrageous that the water tablecontinued to be poisoned, some-thing he believed to be directlylinked to the high rates of somecancers.

Wallace called for furtherchanges to the current risk-basedinspection system saying at pres-ent people couldn’t request aninspection of their own tank ifthey suspected something waswrong with it, while third partycomplaints were being ignored.Furthermore, if a person was totake the proactive step of fixingtheir own tank they couldn’tapply for a grant retrospectively.

The outspoken TD outlinedthe reasons why many older andmodern septic tank systems arenot fit for purpose. “Many tanksbuilt in the early years — I built

Fine Gael TD for Wexford,Minister Paul Kehoe, has saidthat €34,000 has been allocatedto clean up Wexford as part ofa €1.09 million funding allo-cation via two environmentalgrant schemes.

“€22,000 is being allocatedto Wexford under the 2015 Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti AwarenessGrant Scheme which allows themto support public education andawareness initiatives in relationto both litter and graffiti. Thereis a particular focus on voluntaryinitiatives involving schools,young people and communitygroups.

“It is crucial that we sup-port the many committed vol-untary groups that do such greatwork in keeping our towns, vil-lages and countryside clean.Graffiti and litter are the scourgeof our society. We all shouldhave the right to live in a cleanwell maintained environmentand furthermore, it is crucial toensure that the whole country islooking its best during peaktourist season. We want to live

many of them — were builtaccording to the planning con-ditions laid down and agreedby the local authority, but theywere not right. We built many ofthe tanks incorrectly but we didnot know at the time,” Wallacesaid.

In relation to the modernraised-bed solution DeputyWallace outlined that for thissystem to work good qualitytopsoil was required to removebacteria from the water, and thistopsoil had to be imported.However, many developers optedto use soil straight from the landrather than import the expen-sive topsoil. He said the practicewas widespread during the boomand the result was our pollutedwater table.

Minister for the EnvironmentAlan Kelly acknowledged thatDeputy Wallace had much directevidence and knowledge of thesubject and said he was open tochanging the system. n

up to the image of Ireland as agreen and beautiful place.

“A further €12,000 is beingallocated to Wexford CountyCouncil under the Local Agenda21 Environmental PartnershipFund. This fund supports smallscale non-profit local environ-mental initiatives by communi-ties, individuals and not-for-profitgroups. As part of the arrange-ment for this fund, WexfordCounty Council will providematching funding for the proj-ects that, in previous years, haveincluded community gardens,allotments and compost schemes,rainwater harvesting schemes,educational initiatives and envi-ronmental exhibitions. n

“A Fair Recovery Is Possible“was the theme for a well-attended public meeting on12th August organised in ThePresentat ion Centre ,Enniscorthy, by local SinnFéin councillor and generalelection candidate, JohnnyMythen.

According to Cllr Mythen:“The main purpose of our fairrecovery programme is to fireup a common conversation

Your Community –Your Post Office –Your Candidate

Sale of Garda stations–a raw deal – Browne

€34,000 to clean upWexford

Minister Paul Kehoe TD

COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUBS - PARTIAL ExEMPTION FROM COMMERCIAL RATESThe Valuation Office is implementing the provisions of the Valuation(Amendment) Act 2015 in connection with Community Sports Clubs whichmeans a partial exemption from commercial rates for those clubs registeredunder the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904. Those clubs will not beliable for commercial rates on buildings, or parts of buildings, used: exclu-sively for community sport and not for the generation of income, or to gen-erate income from participants in community sport, or by communityorganisations that use the building or part of the building for communitypurposes.

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Cllr. Malcolm Byrne has recentlyhighlighted that Enniscorthyand New Ross have among theworst air quality in Ireland.

Cllr Byrne is calling for"moves to an all-island ban on theburning of smoky fuels in orderto protect citizens' health fol-lowing an investigation thatfound that Enniscorthy and NewRoss were among the areas inIreland with the most damag-ing levels of dangerous emis-sions, in excess of World HealthOrganisation guidelines. Foursmall areas around Enniscorthytown and two around New Rosstown were found to have themost dangerous air quality inthe Republ ic o f I re land.Enniscorthy Urban area wasfound to have the second mostpolluted air in the country."

"A detailed analysis of airquality and the residential fuelmarket for the North SouthMinisterial Council has foundthat air in Enniscorthy emits1211kg of dangerous particulatematter (PM10) per hectare. Noneof the areas where a smoky coalban is in place feature in the topforty, including Wexford town."

Malcolm had sought a coun-tywide ban on the burning ofsmoky fuels at Wexford CountyCouncil at the beginning of theyear because of the health andenvironmental risks but nowbelieves that such a measure willbe inadequate and that there isa requirement that governmentsNorth and South of the bordermove to only permit the burningof smokeless fuels.

Cllr Byrne states that: "It isestimated that over 1,200 peo-ple die annually from exposureto excessive particulate matter,particularly lung cancer and res-piratory disease. It also con-tributes to cardiovascular disease."

Malcolm tells us that he "metwith Stafford Fuels in Co. Wexfordwho are moving toward smoke-less and cleaner fuels and sharestheir concern that a countywideban on smoky coal use would beineffective as people could stillbuy the fuels in other counties andbring it in to Wexford."

He added that "Staffords arean important business in thecounty and are working toaddress this problem."

"Dirty fuel smuggling is also

Cause for concern inEnniscorthy

still a problem, where cheap anddangerous fuels are sold by gangsthat undercut legitimate sellers."

Malcolm also said, "We needto act now to protect the lives andhealth of citizens. Poor air qual-ity is partially responsible forasthma and other respiratorydiseases as well as various can-cers, especially lung cancer. Theright to clean air is essential."

He added that policy meas-ures would have to be put inplace to address potential issuesof fuel poverty.

"Currently, smokeless coalsare slightly more expensive thansmoky coals, even though theyare far more efficient and give offmore heat. We need to ensurethat people can still heat theirhomes in an environmentallyfriendly way." n

Cllr Malcolm Byrne

One of the most interestingnew services which has startedup recently in Enniscorthy isCrouch & Kirwan, CharteredPhysiotherapists – the Crouchhalf of the partnership origi-nating in the USA and theKirwan half in Clonegal.

Prior to their paths evercrossing both Bryan Crouch andJulie Kirwan had a deep rootedinterest in the human body,health and fitness which led toBryan studying Sports & ExerciseScience at Colorado StateUniversity and Julie studying atthe University of Limerick.

Through dealing with var-ious personal injuries/athleticniggles both began to explore thePhysiotherapy aspect of healthand well-being. Julie ended upin Slippery Rock grad school,Pennsylvania, playing on a soc-cer scholarship, Bryan taggedalong with his Colorado friendMatt and that’s where the part-nership story has its origins.

Through three years of grad-uate school and clinical intern-ships Brian and Julie becamefamiliar with the science,anatomy, physiology, bodymechanics and postural dys-function while also becomingexposed to body movement pat-terns, tissue healing times, modal-ities and hands-on approach tohealing.

Following brief periodsworking in Chicago and Floridathe pair settled in Colaradoworking for seven years forPhysiotherapy Associates, thecorporate giant of Physical

Therapy, and had a wonderfulexperience there, learning lotsalong the way, making full useof the continuing educationcourses offered through the com-pany as well as external courses.

Since graduation in 2007their interests have expandedand they are no longer contentto just help the specific bodyache/pain. According to Bryan,“We have become to appreci-ate the effects of stress, sleepinghabits, patient accountability,knowledge and nutrition on thebody’s ability to heal and peo-ple’s perception of pain. Wehave come to realise that work-ing a 40 hour week, with theexpectation to see 60 patients aweek, that these are difficulthealing/well-being modifiersto affect. Helping people attainthese changes was a goal butwe had difficulty attaining thesewell-being standards at our ownpersonal level.”

After two years of contem-plation and many hours of dis-cussion they decided to make themove to Co. Wexford havingtravelled annually to Ireland to

visit Julie’s family. According to Julie, “We

made the move to Ireland andwith some market research wedecided to commit to Enniscorthyto open our new CharteredPhysiotherapy clinic. Bryan lovesthe historic feel to the town inaddition to being situated onthe river Slaney.”

The new physiotherapy clinicis situated in the Abbey SquareShopping Centre, Enniscorthy,offering services such as trig-ger point dry needling, pre-ventative knee injury screening,functional exercise in additionto hands-on manual therapytechniques and modalities. Conditions treated include: ● Back and neck pain ● Postoperative care ● Sports injuries and soft tis-

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Sale of Garda stations–a raw deal – Browne

From Colorado to Enniscorthy

Bryan Crouch and Julie Kirwan,Chartered Physiotherapists,

outside their new premises at theAbbey Square Shopping Centre.

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Caitlyn Donnelly and Darragh Kehoe.Pa Walsh and Cassie O’Rourke.

The extended Keating family at Rebecca Keating’s 21st in Finchogue, Enniscorthy, L-R: Robert, Aisleigh, Matthew, Paula,Rebecca, Barry, Jake, Rachel, Jonathon.

Jenny O’Connor’s 60th Birthday in The Bailey last month: L-R:Tracy O’Connor, Jenny O’Connor, Grandson Cory Murphy,

Husband Christy O’Connor and Lisa O’Connor.

James Crosbie and Amy Doyle.

Colaiste

Bride

Debs

18 Aug.

2015

Alan Hickey, Ciara Morrissey, Shane Doran, Megan Roche. Paul Allen, Jake Murphy, Annie Dempsey and Karen Cloke.

Louise and Ciara O’Connor, Colm and Maura Corcoran. Elegant style on show at the Colaiste Bride Debs night.

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LOCAL COLOURIST AWARDED TOP COLOUR AWARD BY WELLA PROFESSIONALS

Aideen Vonno from Aideen Vonno Hair Salon, Enniscorthy,has been recognised as one of Ireland’s top professional haircolourists following her graduation from the hairdressingindustry’s most prestigious colour course, earning the acco-lade as a Wella Master Colour Expert.

Wella Professionals is the industry leader in professional haircolour with brands such as Koleston Perfect, Color Touch andBlondor in their portfolio.

Aideen has now been awarded this enviable accreditation,making Aideen Vonno one of Ireland’s leading professionalcolour specialists. Now clients in Enniscorthy and the surroundingarea can benefit from the hairdressing elite and the highestlevels of technical colour expertise, personal hair colour con-sultations and creativity.

Created by Wella Professionals, the Master Colour Expertaccreditation acknowledges the industry’s most skilled haircolourists. Focusing on all aspects of hair colouring, the finalstage of the Master Colour Programme is by invitation onlyand is offered to those colourists only who demonstratesuperior talent.

For further information please contact Aideen at Aideen Vonno Hair Salon, Duffry Hill, Enniscorthy

or call on: 053 9234268.

It’s great to see two Enniscorthy

businesses involved in the upcom-

ing style event of the season in

Wexford. Enniscorthy’s Ottiva

Boutique will be one of the bou-

tiques taking part and Donohoe

Mercedes-Benz will be sponsor-

ing the glittering event which

has been announced by Wexford

Chamber.

The newly named Wexford

Style 2015 (formerly Love FashionLove Wexford) will see fashionistasgather for the fourth year of theannual charity event on Saturday,October 3rd. Wexford Style 2015will kick off with a champagnereception at 8pm in the iconicglass building of the County Hall.

Gorey girl and JewelleryDesigner of the Year Bláithín

Ennis will return to dazzle guestswith her hand-crafted creations,while Deborah Veale will treatth em to a deb ut o f h e rAutumn/Winter collection.

Xposé’s Lisa Cannon is set topresent the event and to bestowher style stamp of approval on thecollections. Top models includingV iv ien ne Conn o l l y, S ara h

Morrissey, Karen Fitzpatrick andYomiko will showcase the glam-our, with award-winning hair-dresser Alan Keville and his teammaking sure there isn’t an unin-tended hair out of place. Thebeauty team from Gainfor tAcademy will showcase the make-up looks for the season ahead!

The catwalk show will onceagain be charmed by the magictouch of event producer KeithJordan. It features stunningdesigns by 19 of County Wexford’smost exciting boutiques.

Tickets are €25. Last year’sevent was a complete sell-outso early booking is advised!Tickets are available online fromwww.wexfordchamber.ie/shop,by contacting Wexford Chamberon 053 9122226, by [email protected] or by contacting WestgateDesign on 053 9123787. All pro-ceeds from the evening’s rafflewil l go to Wexford HospiceHomecare. n

‘Wexford Style 2015’. Stunning model Lisa Kavanagh was on hand atWexford's historic Hook Lighthouse to launch ‘Wexford Style 2015’ inassociation with Wexford Chamber and Donohoe Mercedes-Benz.The annual charity event will take place on Saturday, October 3rd

in Wexford's new County Hall. Wexford Hospice Homecare will benefit from the event.

It’s that time of the year again

when Enniscorthy reverberates

with the sound of expectation,

exuberance and excitement as

the Debs season comes into full

swing. The town was pulsating

on Tuesday 18th and Thursday

20th August with Colaiste Bride’s

delightful Debutantes gathering

at the Riverside Park Hotel and

heading to Tulfarris in Wicklow for

their Debs and CBS’s dashing

Dudes assembling at The Bailey

before leaving for The Red Cow,

Dublin.

The town becomes a clatter of

activity and elation as mams,

dads, siblings, aunts, uncles,

grannies and granddads congre-

gate in large numbers to marvel

and admire the vitality, vivacity

and style of both belles and beaus.

Whether you are directly

involved with party proceedings or

not, one cannot help but be drawn

into the magic and the mayhem

that explodes on to our streets in

a rainbow of colour and an orches-

tra of sound as the young debu-

tantes meet and greet and

complement each other and preen

and strut and pose and pout for

the multitude of photographs that

will adorn walls, papers, family

albums, phones and facebook for

the coming weeks.

A most lucrative event for the

Dudes & Dolls at Debs Wexford Style

the emerging youth of our town to

take centre stage and feel and

be treated like celebrities for a

day.

And one hopes a time with

family and school friends that will

be stored as a fond memory and

oft times recalled with pleasure in

the years ahead.– Maria Nolan

Ladies Fashion Day at Wexford Races, L-R: Ruth Davis, Sheila McCarthy, Liz Maher (Winner Best DressedLady), Mark Browne (Monart Destination Spa, Sponsors), Juanita Spain, Louise Kehoe, and Melissa Dooley.

town as dresses, shoes, shirts,

suits, matching dickie bows and

ties, fabulous floral corsages and

deluxe chocolate boxes are pur-

chased along with hair, makeup,

nails, and fake tans and all the other

ancillaries that are part and par-

cel of this glitzy, glamorous occa-

sion.

And a beautiful time that allows

Ruairi Murphy, Conal Flood, Diarmuid Byrne, Kasey Mahon,Livia Lambert and Eimear Foley. Pic: Maria Nolan.

FERNS – FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL

Ms Caitriona Kinsellà’s class. Ms Deirdre Miskella’s class.

Laura Mullett is onholidays – she will

be giving her fashion

tips as usual in next

month’s issue of the

‘Slaney News’.

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Black Sabbath!

ICONIC 1970s BRITISH ROCK BANDS…JIMMY MURPHY CONTINUES WITH PART 3 OF HIS LOOK AT…

Black Sabbath began workfor their next album at CriteriaStudios in Miami Florida, inJune 1976. To expand theirsound, the band added key-b o a rd p l a y e r G e r r yWoodruffe, who also hadappeared to a lesser extent onSabotage. During the record-ing of Technical Ecstasy,Osbourne admits that he beganlosing interest in Black Sabbathand began to consider the pos-sibility of working with othermusicians. Recording ofTechnical Ecstasy was difficult,by the time the album wascompleted Osbourne wasadmitted to Stafford CountyAsylum in Britain. The albumwas released on the 25thSeptember 1976 to mixedreviews, and later music crit-i cs gave the a lbum lessfavourable retrospectivereviews; two decades after itsrelease All Music gave thealbum two stars, and notedthat the band was “unravel-ling at an alarming rate”.

The album featured lessof the doomy, ominous soundof the previous efforts, andincorporated more synthesis-ers and up tempo rock songs.Technical Ecstasy failed toreach the top fifty in the U.S.and was the band’s second

consecutive release not toachieve platinum status,although it was later certifiedgold in 1997. The albumincluded Dirty Women, whichremains a live staple, as wellas Ward’s first lead vocal onthe song Its Alright. Touringin support of Technical Ecstasybegan in November 1976, withopeners Boston and TedNugent in the U.S. and com-pleted in Europe with AC/DCin April 1977.

In late 1977, while inrehearsal for their next album,and just days before the bandwas set to enter the studio,Osbourne abrubtly quit theband. Iommi called vocalistDave Walker, a long timefriend of the band, who hadpreviously been a member of

Fleetwood Mac and SavoyBrown informing him thatOsbourne had left the band.Walker who at the time wasfronting a band called Mistressflew to Birmingham fromCalifornia late 1977 to writematerial and rehearse withBlack Sabbath. On the 8th ofJanuary 1978, Black Sabbathmade their only live per-formance with Walker onvocals, playing an early ver-sion of the song Junior’s Eyeson the BBC Television pro-gramme Look-Hear. Walkerlater recalled that while inBirmingham he had bumpedinto Osbourne in a pub andcame to the conclusion thatOsbourne wasn’t fully com-mitted to leaving the band.“The last Sabbath albums werejust depressing for me, I was justdoing it for the sake of what wecould get out of the record com-pany, just to get fat on beer andput a record out.”

Osbourne initially set outto form a solo project featur-ing ex-Dirty Tricks membersJohn Frazer-Binnie, TerryHorbury, and Andy Bierne. Ast h e n e w b a n d w e re i nrehearsals in January 1978,Osbourne had a change ofheart and rejoined BlackSabbath. “Three days before

we were due to go into thestudio Ozzy wanted to comeback to the band,” Iommiexplained. “He wouldn’t singany of the stuff we had writtenwith Walker, so it made it verydifficult”. The band spent fivemonths at Sounds InterchangeStudios in Toronto, Canadawriting and recording whatwould become Never Say Die.It took quite a long time. Iommiremembers the recording, “Wewere really drugged out, doing alot of dope. We would go downto the sessions and have to packup because we were too stoned.We would go back and sleep it off,and try again the next day.”

The album was releasedin September 1978, reachingnumber twelve in the UK, andnumber 96 in the U.S. Pressresponse was unfavourableand did not improve over timewith Eduardo Rivadavia ofAll Music stating two decadesafter its release that the album’s“unfocused songs perfectlyreflected the band’s tense per-sonal problems and drugabuse.” The album featured thesingles Never Say Die andHard Road both of whichcracked the top 40 in the UK.The band also made their sec-ond appearance on Top of thePops, performing Never Say

Die. It took nearly 20 yearsfor the album to be certifiedGold in the U.S. Touring insupport of Never Say Diebegan in May 1978 with open-ers Van Halen. Reviewerscalled the band’s performancetired and uninspired, a starkcontrast to the youthful per-formance of Van Halen, whowere touring the world forthe first time. The band filmeda p e r f o r m a n c e a t t h eHammersmith Odeon in June1978, which was later releasedon DVD as Never Say Die.The final show of the tour,and Osbourne’s last appear-ance with the band was inAlbuquerque, New Mexico onthe 11th of December.

Following the tour, theband returned to Los Angelesand again rented a house in BelAir, where they spent nearlya year working on new mate-rial for the next album. Theentire band were abusingdrugs and alcohol, but Iommisays “Osbourne was on a totallydifferent level altogether.” Theband would come up newsong ideas but Ozzy showedlittle interest and would refuseto sing them. Pressure from the

Jimmy Murphy

Get IT Fixed15 Slaney Street, Enniscorthy

Tel: 053-9238544, 087-3625526www.getitfixed.ie

Red Moon Theatre (explorers of the imagination)is the longest established Theatre-in-EducationCompany in the South-East. It is resident atWexford Arts Centre but also runs outreach pro-grammes in The Presentation Centre inEnniscorthy, Stella Maris Centre in KilmoreQuay and Kilmore Central School.

According to Michael Way, the driving forcebehind Red Moon Theatre, it “encourages theexploration of the imagination through narrativeand improvisation-based activities. It is child-cen-tred, family-based, professionally structured andimagination-orientated and welcomes childrenand teenagers of all levels of experience and abil-ity at any time during the year… Red Moon Theatreis an independent, experienced and professionalcompany. It is not a stage school… We believe inand provide fun, stimulating and challengingexperiences for everyone from 4 to 18 years old.”

Red Moon provides the following inEnniscorthy’s impressive Presentation Centre:• Children's Drama Workshop 3.30pm – 4.15pm

(ages 4, 5 & 6 years) on Thursdays. • Children's Theatre Workshop 4.15pm – 5.15pm

(ages 7 – 11 years) on Thursdays.• Young Artists' Studio 5.15pm – 6.15pm (all ages)

on Thursdays.• Youth Theatre 6.15pm – 7.15pm (ages 12 – 17

years) on Thursdays.Call 086 052 0032 or 086 086 1449 for more info.

Ozzy Osbourne

record label and frustrationswith Ozzy’s lack of input com-ing to a head, Iommi madethe decision to fire Osbournein 1979. Iommi believed theonly options available wereto fire Osbourne or break theband up completely. At thetime Ozzy had come to anend, Iommi said, “We were alldoing a lot of drugs, and Ozzy wasgetting so drunk at the time. Wewere supposed to be rehearsing andnothing was happening. It waslike rehearse today – no we willdo it tomorrow. It really got so badthat we didn’t do anything. Itjust fizzed out.”

Drummer Ward, who wasclose with Osbourne, was cho-sen by Tony to break the newsto the singer on 27th April1979. “I hope I was professional,I might not have been, actually.When I am drunk I am horrible,I am horrid,” Ward said. “Alcoholwas definitely one of the mostdamaging things to Black Sabbath.We were destined to destroy eachother. The band were toxic, verytoxic.”

Don’t forget to get yournext issue of Slaney Newsfor the continuation of the

Black Sabbath story. n

The GO ShowAn exhibition that gathers numerous elements,

focusing on issues, challenges and joys of

GrowingOlder

Some of the issues that will be covered are…

Health, Safety & Security, Tax, Rights & Legal Matters, Education,

Leisure & Entertainment

The Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy

October 27th, 12-5 pm

All are welcome, No Entry Fee, Free Draw

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The 64th Wexford Festival Opera takes place Wednesday 21October to Sunday 1 November 2015.

Specialising in neglected or rarely performed repertoire, theFestival has three mainstage operas that comfortably fit into thiscategory: Koanga by Frederick Delius, Guglielmo Ratcliff byPietro Mascagni and Le Pré aux clercs by Ferdinand Hérold. n

WEXFORD

Mary Coughlan gig

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THURSDAY THE 24TH THURSDAY THE 24TH THURSDAY THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER OF SEPTEMBER OF SEPTEMBER

in Enniscorthy Dog Trackin Enniscorthy Dog Trackin Enniscorthy Dog TrackGates open at 7pm and Gates open at 7pm and Gates open at 7pm and

racing commences at 8pmracing commences at 8pmracing commences at 8pm

• There will be 9 Races with Tote and Bookmaker Betting available• Admission to the dogs and BBQ Food will be covered by the purchase of tickets

Going to the DogsEnniscorthy Christmas Festival is

Contact Enniscorthy & District Chamber offi ce for further information

Enniscorthy & District Chamber of Commerce and Enniscorthy Business Association in association with Wexford County Council are delighted to announce a Joint fundraiser for Enniscorthy Christmas Festival

Enniscorthy Christmas Festival generously supported by Riverside Park Hotel and Wexford County Council

Clean Break is a new four-p a r t s e r i e s w r i t t e n b yacclaimed playwright BillyRoche with a cast includingDamien Molony and KellyThornton. It tells the tale ofa Wexford community drivenby love, greed, status andrevenge. RTE is hoping thatthis gritty crime drama willachieve the same level ofsuccess and viewer ratingsas RTE’s previous grittydrama – Love/Hate.

Produced for RTÉ byOctagon Films (the peoplebehind the incredibly suc-cessful Love/Hate series) and152 Productions and co-funded by the BroadcastingAuthority of Ireland, CleanBreak, set in Wexford, tellsthe tale of a communitydriven by love, greed, statusand revenge.

The writer Billy Roche isa Wexford man best knownfor his three full-length playsforming The Wexford Trilogy:A Handful of Stars, Poor BeastIn The Rain, and Belfry as wellas the screenplay for TrojanEddie. He has also publishedseveral books including the

Major new RTE drama seriesis Wexford based

The one and only MaryCoughlan will be making arare appearance in this neckof the woods on 12th Septemberin Wexford Arts Centre. Anunrival led s inger in theblues/jazz field, a wonderfulstoryteller, and entertainer witha brilliant sense of humour,Mary will have you eating outof the palm of her hand! Booknow on www.wexfordarts-centre.ie or (053) 9123764. n

critically acclaimed novel,Tumbling Down.

Clean Break is a stand-alone, original serial directedby Gillies MacKinnon (Behindthe Lines, Hideous Kinky andthe WW1 epic Regeneration)and Bafta winner Damien

O’Donnell (East is East andInside I’m Dancing).

Clean Break stars AdamFergus as Frank Mallon, acar dealer in Wexford townwho is on the ropes finan-cially. The cast also includesAidan McArdle (Desmond

Rane), Simone Kirby (AnnetteRane) , Damien Molony( D a n n y Q u i n n ) , K e l l yThornton (Corrina Mallon)and Ned Dennehy (NoelBlake).

Clean Break will air thisAutumn on Sunday nights. n

The cast of ‘Clean Break’.

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To advertise call the Slaneynews Hotline on 087-2403310

Spiegeltent FeStivalWexFord

14 –26 october 2015

For Full lineup and tickets visit:

www.wexfordspiegeltent.com

Deirdre Cummins, Ava and Chris Kielthy at the Riverside ParkHotel Wedding Showcase, 16th August.

Tickets & Info: Liz 086 0708014, Hilary 087 2685634, Breda 087 7659817

ENNISCORTHYGOSPEL CHOIR

W hy no t co m e t o o ne o fEnniscorthy Gospel Choir'srehearsals and see what we do!We start back on Weds 16thSeptember and new membersof all ages are welcome anytime.

Practice is in St Aidan’sPrimary School Hall, Enniscorthy,at 7.30pm each Weds.

We are a lively upbeat choirperforming at concerts, wed-dings, masses and local events.

Come along and meet like-minded music lovers. Songsfrom pop, folk and gospel gen-res as well as music from movieslike Sister Act and Oh BrotherWhere Art Thou.

We look forward to seeingyou there! Call 087 1305639 formore info.

SILVERTONESCHOIR

Silvertones Choirwill be resumingchoir practice onFr iday 4 th Sept ,2.00pm, at Bellefieldin preparation forChristmas.

New membersare welcome, espe-cially men. There areno auditions to joinand no experiencenecessary.

Our repertoire isa mixture of secularand sacred music andwe have raised over€20,000 for local char-ities to date.

More informationon Silvertones can befound on our websitewww.silvertones.ie.

Toasting the new President

STEEL MAGNOLIAS (a com-edy drama in two acts byRobert Harling) is presentedby Ferns Dramatic Society inFerns Community Centre onFriday, September 11, at8.00pm. Admission €10. n

ENNISCORTHY CHORAL SOCIETY

Thinking of taking up somethingnew this autumn?

Enniscorthy Choral Societymight just be for you, the four-partchoir of 40 plus members returnsto Colaiste Bride on Monday 7thSept at 8pm.

The choir committee is busyplanning the year ahead startingwith a choral workshop in Cork,Christmas Carols, a CelebrationConcert Easter 2016.

ESC prides itself on the varietyof music we sing and have a newexciting repertoire for September2015. We have a busy season ahead!!

New members are always wel-come. Why not come in on Monday7th September at 8pm, contact usby Facebook or contact AnnetteMcCarthy or John B. O'Leary on053-9233547 and see if you're inter-ested in joining us.

Plenty to sing about in Enniscorthy!

The SilvertonesPic: Ger Carty

Enniscorthy Toastmasters aredelighted to welcome incom-ing President Dympna Skeltonto her new post as Presidentof Enniscorthy ToastmastersClub. Dympna takes the reinsfrom Dick Meaney who comesfrom the Rower and who dida splendid job as Presidentand during his tenure the clubachieved a ‘distinguished club’award.

Dympna jo inedToastmasters to gain confi-dence speaking in public andto further enhance her leader-ship skills. Last year Dympnafilled an important role in theClub as Educat ion VicePresident which involved organ-ising the agendas and partici-pants for meetings. This positionhas been a very worthwhiletraining ground for her newrole as President. We wishDympna all the best in her newrole.

The Enniscorthy Club cel-ebrated its 20th Anniversaryearlier this year and the club isgoing from strength to strength.Toastmasters is a worldwide,non-profit-making organisa-tion which was established toassist people to develop and

improve their communicationand leadership skills in a sup-portive and non-judgementalenvironment. Our new seasonstarts on Monday 7th September2015 in the Riverside Park Hotelin Enniscorthy at 8pm. Wewould like to extend a warmwelcome to new guests andmembers.

Do you feel that you havea lot to say but are afraid tospeak in public? Do you panicat the thought of speaking up

in meetings or interviews? Doyou need to deliver a speech ata wedding or a winning speechat a match? If so, Toastmastersis the right place to begin. AtEnniscorthy toastmasters wesupport people to take thatfirst step and take the fear outof speaking in public. Ourmembers will vouch for thebenefits of toastmasters andour many success stories alongthe way. New members to theclub will receive a warm wel-

come and you will be glad toknow there is no pressure todeliver a speech on the firstnight. Members are guidedand encouraged to developtheir speaking skills. Mentorsare available in the club to assistanyone who is nervous orindeed anyone who has a fearof speaking in public or stand-ing in front of an audience.

In addition to enhancingyour communication and lead-ership skills you will meet new,interesting people from allwalks of life. At EnniscorthyToastmasters we enjoy a goodsocial life and we have a partyat Christmas and around theend of June to celebrate all theefforts and achievements ofthe club members. As one clubmember stated, “Toastmastersgave me the courage to facemy fear of speaking in publicand helped boost my confi-dence in all areas of my life”.

For further informationplease contact Sarah on 087678 2211 or Mairéad on 087960 2368 or you can visit ourwebsite www.enniscorthy-toastmasters.com.

– Mairéad McDaidEnniscorthy Toastmasters

Hand over of Enniscorthy Toastmaster’s Presidency from Dick Meaney to Dympna Skelton

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Thur 3 Girl risinG. Movie. Wexford Arts Centre.Thur 3 Greyhound racinG. Enniscorthy Greyhound Track.

Doors open 7pm. First race 8pm.Fri 4 TradiTional irish Music. Stamps. 9.30pm.Sat 5 Barn dance. Byrne’s of Bree Grain Store. 10pm ‘til late.Sat 5 PodGe Byrne. Toss Kavanagh’s. Sun 6 sunday session at The Bailey. From 5pm.Sun 6 Borderline. Toss Kavanagh’s. Mon 7 Greyhound racinG. Enniscorthy Greyhound Track.

Doors open 7pm. First race 8pm.Thur 10 Greyhound racinG. Enniscorthy Greyhound Track.

Doors open 7pm. First race 8pm.Thur 10 charolais. Drama. Wexford Arts Centre.Fri 11 TradiTional irish Music. Stamps. 9.30pm.Fri 11 BreaThe deeP. Music. Wexford Songwriters for

Cystic Fibrosis. Wexford Arts Centre.Fri 11 sTeel MaGnolias. Comedy Drama. Presented by

Ferns Dramatic Society in Ferns Community Centre at 8.00pm. Admission €10.

Fri 11 Barry McGivern Band. Toss Kavanagh’s. 11-13 BlacksTairs Blues FesTival. Enniscorthy. See pages 16-17.Sat 12 Mary couGhlan. Music. Wexford Arts Centre.Sat 12 nero. Toss Kavanagh’s. Sun 13 hard charGers. Toss Kavanagh’s. Sun 13 sunday session at The Bailey. From 5pm.Mon 14 Greyhound racinG. Enniscorthy Greyhound Track.


Doors open 7pm. First race 8pm.Fri 18 TradiTional irish Music. Stamps. 9.30pm.Fri 18 culTure niGhT caBareT. Wexford Arts Centre.Fri 18 Borderline, The roGues, Mick and donna.

The Bailey. 9 ‘til late. Door prize. Sat 19 sue rynharT. Music. Wexford Arts Centre.Sat 19 niall cash. Toss Kavanagh’s. Sun 20 sunday session at The Bailey. From 5pm.Sun 20 nick and eMily. Toss Kavanagh’s. Mon 21 Greyhound racinG. Enniscorthy Greyhound Track.


Doors open 7pm. First race 8pm.24-27 new ross Piano FesTival. New Ross.

www.newrosspianofestival.com25-27 The eBony & irony FrinGe FesT. New Ross.Fri 25 TradiTional irish Music. Stamps. 9.30pm.Sat 26 declan sinnoTT & vicky keaTinG. Music.

Wexford Arts Centre.Sat 26 Pa doyle. Toss Kavanagh’s. Sat 26 clive Barnes & JeFF Finlin. Enniscorthy Castle. Sun 27 sunday session at The Bailey. From 5pm.Sun 27 Bull and Max. Toss Kavanagh’s. Mon 28 Greyhound racinG. Enniscorthy Greyhound Track.

Doors open 7pm. First race 8pm.Oct 1-2 The donahue sisTers and coMe alonG The road

unTil you sToP dead. Two one-act plays. Presented by Enniscorthy Drama Group. The Presentation Centre. 8pm.

BlacksTairs Blues FesTival:11-13th sept. see pages 16-17 for full line-up.

It would be prudent to check all events locally with organisers and/or venues.Thanks to Joseph Doyle for his help with our comprehensive events guide.

Please email your event details to [email protected].

Your “cut out and keep”SEPT ENTERTAINMENT

All venues are in Enniscorthy unless otherwise stated.

FOR LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS… Check the listing above Check out our pages 11-17

See Joseph Doyle’s column page 28 Check www.wexlive.com for updated listings.

Facebook:“Slaney News” and “Enjoy Enniscorthy”

GREyHOunD RACinGEvery Mon and Thurs night at Enniscorthy Greyhound Track.

Telephone: (053) 9233172. Doors open 7pm. First race 8pm.

gIRL RISINg3 Sept – MovieGirl Rising spotlights the stories of nine unfor-gettable girls born into unforgiving circum-stances. Directed by Academy Award nomineeRichard E. Robbins and narrated by high-pro-file advocates such as Liam Neeson, CateBlanchett, Meryl Streep, etc, the film capturesthe girls’ dreams, their voices and theirremarkable lives. But it's not just a movie -it's also a movement dedicated to empow-ering and achieving educational equity for girlsaround the world. Admission is free butadvance booking essential.__________________________________

CHAROLAIS10 Sept - DramaCharolais ‘is an age old tale of female rivalrywith a new twist: the other woman is cow, aliteral one, a purebred Charolais heifer.Siobhan’s boyfriend is a farmer who devotesconsiderable attention to his prize heifer atthe expense of his very pregnant girlfriend.Siobhan has developed a homicidal jeal-ousy for this Charolais and is feeling equallymurderous towards her snobbish soon-to-bemother-in-law. A dark comedy of love and long-ing: rarely in Irish theatre are the challengesof farming life and the joy of sex expressedso frankly or with such charm. Written andperformed by Noni Stapleton. __________________________________

BREATHE DEEP11 Sept – MusicWexford Songwriters for Cystic Fibrosis. Afundraising event for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. __________________________________

MARY COUgHLAN12 Sep – MusicGalway girl Mary Coughlan will be singing theblues, the vocal marrying of sardonic wit,visceral rage, orgiastic between the sheets

passion, the tenderest of sorrowful regrets –this is Mary’s talent. Regardless of the ele-ments she chooses to manipulate with flaw-less ease, Mary’s voice has always been anunforeseen, sudden seduction. This is whyshe is so loved.__________________________________

CULTURE NIgHT CABARET18 Sept - CabaretTo celebrate Culture Night, Wexford ArtsCentre will bring you an evening celebratingWexford’s culture, creativity and the arts withan eclectic mix by local artists of drama,music and comedy from 9.00pm.__________________________________

SUE RYNHART19 Sept - MusicDublin vocalist Sue Rynhart is an explorer inthe flexible spaces opening up between whatused to be called jazz and classical music.Joined by Dan Bodwell, an American basedin Dublin, with thoughtful, uncluttered accom-paniments provide a startling contrast toRynhart’s sweet and edgy vocals.__________________________________

DECLAN SINNOTT & VICkY kEATINg26 Sept - MusicWorld Renowned Irish Guitarist, Producer,Songwriter, Folk Legend and Wexford nativeDeclan Sinnott, accompanied by Vicky Keatingis promoting his second album “Window onthe World”. Declan has played guitar andproduced music for Irish folk luminaries suchas Christy Moore, Mary Black, Sinead Lohanand John Spillane to name but a few. He wasa founding member of Horslips and MovingHearts – two of the most influential trad /elec-tric bands in Ireland.__________________________________

Plus lots of workshops, classes, andchilden’s activities – see www.wexfor-dartscentre.ie for details.

www.wexfordartscentre.ie Tel: (053) 9123764

All those with an interest in theArts will be delighted to learnthat Wexford Arts Centre isnow supporting the manage-ment of The PresentationCentre (TPC), Enniscorthy, ona part-time temporary basis.The Wexford Arts Centre isone of the leadings arts centresin the country with innova-tive and experienced staff anda long track record in all artforms.

Although only a couple ofyears in ex is tence ThePresentation Centre is alreadya vibrant centre supporting artsand community groups in theEnniscorthy district and pro-vides access to arts and com-munity events to all.

Elizabeth Whyte, ExecutiveDirector of Wexford Arts Centre,says of the new arrangement:“We hope to support furtherpromotion of what is currentlyon in The Presentation Centreand also provide support for fur-ther programming of arts andcommunity events, workshopsand exhibitions. This is a won-derful centre in the heart of theEnniscorthy community andwe hope to raise awareness ofthis facility and engage morepeople with the centre. Linkingwith Wexford Arts Centre for

management support enhancesthe overall promotion of thearts and entertainment offeredin Wexford County on a local,national and international level.”

If any of our readers haveany ideas on what the pro-gramme in TPC should includeor wish to use TPC for any spe-cific purpose then please email:[email protected].

At present there’s lots hap-pening in the centre:– Every Monday & Thursday

Nicola Brady Yoga 8.00pm.€10. Contact 087-2168819.

– Every Monday VivianHayes Yoga 10.00am.Contact 087-7622312.

– Tuesday night Painting withOonagh Latchford from8th September. Workshop fee(to be paid on the night):€15 including tea/coffee.Have you ever wanted tolearn to paint? Or just fur-ther develop your skills andideas? Then join these fun,stimulating workshops witha relaxed and friendly atmos-phere. All levels of experi-ence welcome. Ownmaterials required. Contact087-6751316.

– Every Wednesday begin-ning on 9th September.Beginners Creative Writing

Course with CarolineBusher. 7pm-9pm. €80 forsix weeks (payable on thefirst night). Focusing onwriting fiction and improv-ing writing skills. ContactCaroline 087-7408298.

– Every Thursday from 3rdSeptember. Mini Maestros.10.30am. €8.50 for parent/guardian and child. €2 perextra child. Join AileenDonohoe and PeteMcCamley in the discoveryof music, rhythm andsinging. [email protected] or 085-1561879.

– Every Thursday Red MoonTheatre Theatre - in-Education Company out-

The Presentation Centre –lot’s happening

reach programme.Information 086-0861449 /086-0520032. Children’sDrama Workshop (4–6 yrs)3 .30pm to 4 .15pm.Children’s TheatreWorkshop (7–11 yrs )4.15pm to 5.15pm. YoungArtists’ Studio (all ages)5.15pm to 6.15pm. YouthTheatre (12–17 yrs) 6.15pmto 7.15pm.

– Friday 22nd November.Presentation Cabaret8.00pm. €10. Featuringan eclectic mix of localperformers, with MC NiallWall. All interested in per-forming should [email protected]. n

It is full steam ahead forEnniscorthy Drama Group asrehearsals begin for ourfirst one-act play –Come Along The RoadUntil You Stop Dead– a new play byDublin born play-wright Eoghan RuaFinn who now residesin Wexford. It is set inthe Blackstairs Mountainsand has Civil War connota-tions.

Come Along The Road UntilYou Stop Dead is a story about‘the weight of guilt, escapinga sorry past, and the legacy ofone of the most tragic periodsin Irish history.’

Direc ted by J immyKavanagh, with Ronan P Byrne,Fintan Kelly and Roisin Barryin the cast, this new productionis one to watch out for and willbe staged on 1st and 2ndOctober along with our sec-ond one-act – The DonahueSisters – an unusual play explor-ing the darker aspects of sex-uality and violence in threeyoung girls and exposing thedangers in the supposedlysecure, private, domestic space.

Our Christmas play whichwill be staged in December isDark of the Moon – set in theAppalachian Mountains and

based on the haunting folk bal-lad of Barbara Allen. This

is a strange tale abouta ‘witch boy’ who

falls in love withthe beauti fulBarbara Allen.He i s g ivenhuman form to

woo and marryher on the condi-

tion that she remainstrue to him – and therein liesthe problem!

Although not classified asa musical this play was origi-nally billed as a ‘legend withmusic’ so local singers, dancersand musicians will be involvedand local singer, songwriterPaul O’Reilly has taken on therole of musical performer for theproduction.

With such variety of formand such diversity of type wehope that we will have some-thing to suit everyone, audienceand actors alike, as we lookforward once again to bringingtheatre back to the town ofEnniscorthy and its environs.

So remember the dates –our Box Office will be at ThePresentation Centre and you cankeep yourself informed by vis-iting our Facebook Page at‘Enniscorthy Drama Group’.

– Maria Nolan

Caroline Busher –

Beginners Creative

Writing Course.

FOCAL –OPEN MIC NIGHT

As part of the Focal – Wexford Literary Festivalongoing Calendar of Events they are hosting an

Open Mic Night at The Presentation Centre,Enniscorthy, on 3rd October where once again

aspiring writers, songwriters, poets, playwrightsand actors are encouraged to come along and per-

form their work in front of a live audience. Itpromises to be a most entertaining event packed

with local bards and scribes and MC’ed byCarmel Harrington and Caroline Busher. Ticketsat €5 can be booked at The Presentation Centreso please put the date in your diary and support

and encourage local talent and creativity.

Busy schedule forEnniscorthy Drama

16 2 September 2015Slaney News

The Blackstairs Blues Festival

celebrated its 21st Birthday

with the launch of this year’s

festival brochure at Holohan’s

Pub on Friday 21st August.

Launched by founding mem-

ber Sean Doyle who said that

himself, Niall Wall and Paul

Freeny of Heineken came

together at Rackard’s Pub

21 years ago a f ter the

Ploughing Championship and

decided that Enniscorthy

needed a Blues Festival and

the rest is history.

Sean complemented this

year’s Chairman John Murphy

and Secretary Mairead Ennis

for their trojan work along with

Richie Cotter and Ibar Carty

EnniscorthyVocational

College Debs

August 2015

Clockwise from top left:

Jason Bridgeman

and Holly Atkins.

Ricky O’Leary and

Chloe Kennedy.

Conor Burke and

Sarah Evans.

Lucy Doyle and

Eoin Groarke.

William Murphy and

Ciara Costello.

Daragh Kennedy and

Cloe Kehoe.

and called on Enniscorthy

District Chairman Paddy

Kavanagh to say a few words

saying that Paddy was well

capable of singing the blues

himself after a couple of pints

of Heineken!

Paddy too was lavish in

his praise for the organising

committee saying that it was

amazing all the launches he

attended in Enniscorthy over the

summer for one festival or

another and it was the same

hard working faces at all of

them. Paddy remembered

many a good night over the

past 21 years and looked for-

ward with relish to this year’s

Festival on 11th, 12th and 13th

September and its wonderful

line-up of musical talent from

around the globe.

Sean then called on Paul

Freeny of Heineken who said

that both he and Heineken were

delighted to be associated with

this Festival from the very begin-

ning saying that he had gone to

great lengths that first year to

get a large Heineken flag to fly

over Enniscorthy Castle for the

inaugural launch and was quite

pleased with himself until a

phone call came in on the Castle

phone asking in no uncertain

terms for it to be removed stat-

ing that ‘Irish patriots didn’t die

so that a Dutch flag could fly over

the Castle’.

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Robbie'sUndercover Kings

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Pistol Pete Wearn

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9.00 pmRackard's

John Fairhurst (Solo)9.30 pm

Holohan'sBert Deivert & Copperhead Run

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Toss Kavanagh'sBarry McGivern Band

10.00 pmTreacy's Hotel

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Rackard'sBarry McGivern Band (Jam

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AlbaUndercover Kings


Clive Barnes8.00 pm

Stamp's

Pistol Pete Wearn


Barry McGivern Band9.00 pm

Rackard'sBert Deivert & Copperhead Run

9.30 pmIFA Centre

Dermot Byrne Band

9.30 pmThe Bailey

Rusty McCarthy9.30 pm

Holohan'sRusty Jacks

10.00 pmDawson's


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Rusty McCarthy6.30 pm

Robbie'sClive Barnes


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The BaileyRusty Jacks

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Treacy's HotelBert Deivert & Copperhead Run

10.00 pmCrow Black Chicken

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The Hardchargers (Blues Workshop)

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You just can’t please all of

the people all of the time… but

certainly the launch of this year’s

Festival was a major success

and if the entertainment on the

night by Los Gringos is any-

thing to go by we are in for a

feast of music over the three-

day event with bands and per-

formers from Ireland, Northern

Ireland, Canada, the UK and the

USA including Rusty Jacks,

Undercover Kings, Los Gringos,

Crow Black Chicken and much,

much more!

So remember nothing beats

being there! Pick up your fes-

tival brochure and prepare to

sing the Blues.

– Maria Nolan

Slaney Entertainmentwww.slaneynews.com 17

Former Chairman andCommittee member

ibar Carty with FestivalSecretary Mairead Ennis.

Pic: Maria nolan.

Los Gringos performing at the Blackstairs Blues Festival Launch.They will also be performing at the Festival itself. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Paul Freeny of Heineken

speaking at the

launch.Pic:

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Anne Gilpin at

the launch.Pic:

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home and generate an inter-est in baking and cooking.

The next course starts onSaturday, September 19th andwill run every Saturday forfour weeks until Saturday,October 10th. There are twoclasses available, the morn-ing class which starts at10.30am to 12.00pm or theafternoon class which runsfrom 1.30pm to 3.00pm. Thecost of the course is €65. Eachweek the children will be ableto take their baking homewith them.

For further details on thecourse or to book a place youcan email [email protected] call 053-9170500. n

Kids Baking Academy is back!

This space

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Congratulations to local food businesses…

Wexford Food Family members were very

successful in the recent Great Taste Awards:

Killowen Farm won 4 Gold Stars stars for

their various Yogurts.

O'Neills Dry Cure Bacon Co won two stars for their

Dry Cure Streaky Bacon and a star each for their

Dry Cure Back Bacon and Smoked Streaky Rashers.

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a star each for their Simply Better Three Fruit

Marmalade and Simply Better Handmade Orange

and Honey Ham Glaze.

Well done all – Wexford is proud of you. n

Below left:

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Weekly Special – Sample MenuAll night, every night, from 5.30pm (closed Tuesday)

€21.50 for 2 courses, €24.50 for 3 courses

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Telephone: 053 9236929 www.viaveneto.ie [email protected]

MAIN CouRSES Scaloppine di maiale alvino bianco Scaloppine of pork loin cookedin white wine sauce side roastedpotatoes. Pollo Roma Tender chicken breast sautéedwith onions, bacon, mushroomsin a succulent brandy sauce, sideroasted potatoes. Cannelloni Ricotta e Spinaci Homemade pasta rolled andstuffed with ricotta cheeseSpinach, Parmigiano and tomatosauce, au gratin. Pesce del Giorno (H) For the fish of the day ask Diana.

DESSERT Tiramisu, Banofie Pie, Creme Brule, Ice cream.

This summer Ennniscorthysuccessfully hosted two majorfestivals both with a strongemphasis on food.

F i r s t u p w a s t h eEnniscorthy Strawberry,Culture & Food Fest whichhighighted locally producedfood products fresh from thefarm which are available atthe weekly Country Market inthe IFA Centre and the weeklyWexford Farmers Market inAbbey Square as well as host-ing the All-Ireland FarmersMarket which was won bySharon Green, the Taste ofWe x f o r d S t r a w b e r r i e sH o m e c o o k & C h e fCompetition with PhelimByrne which had a greatresponse from local restau-rants, and of course the twocooking demonstrations byIrish Chef of renown, NevenMaguire , as par t o f theEnniscorthy Show.

The August bank holidayweekend Rockin’Food & Re-enactment Festival had loads

Some young ‘graduates’ of Joyces Kids Baking Academy in Wexford.

of food related activity. OnSaturday 1st August over 60exhibitors showcased amaz-ing local produce from Wexfordand beyond. The culinaryadventurists among us wereable to munch our way aroundthe world such was the vari-ety of foods stalls and thenwash it all down with locallyproduced craft beer and cider.

The good news for foodlovers is that next year’s fes-tivals will build on their foodcontent. It’s quite possible thatthe Strawberry, Culture & FoodFestival may have a novelinternational dimension (moredetails in a future issue!) andthe Rockin’Food Festival willbe looking at running theincredibly successful food stallson both the Saturday andSunday of the August bankholiday weekend instead ofjust on the Saturday.

All in all, food lovers canexpect to have even more tolook forward to in Enniscorthyin 2016. n

Food news…

Call 087-2403310 to enquire about advertising on our Food Pages

Congrats to ClodaghDavis of NaturallyCordial, based in

Ballinavary,Enniscorthy, on being

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Food & Drink Awards.

19Slaney Food & Drinkwww.slaneynews.com

Minister Paul Kehoe TD

Waterford Harvest Festival is setto celebrate the region’s FoodPioneers…

The South East has built areputation as one of the coun-try’s most progressive food pro-ducing regions. From farmersand growers, to restauranteurs,small producers and marketleaders, all have put their stampfirmly on the international foodlandscape. Waterford HarvestFestival is a showcase for greatpeople and their great food!

The 7th Waterford HarvestFestival takes place throughoutWaterford City from Friday,September 11th to Sunday,September 13th with somethingto suit all taste buds!

Waterford City’s main thor-oughfares will be transformedinto a smorgasbord of flavours,aromas and heritage with festivalmarkets, harvest kitchens, wineappreciation classes, junior foodcraft classes, celebrity cookingdemonstrations and much more.

Festival Chair, Paul Nolan,said the Festival will put a well-deserved spotlight on local FoodHeroes. “Heroes is a pretty grand

Food for thought…local Fine Gael Minister,Paul Kehoe TD, believes thatFine Gael in government hasbeen a major force for goodin the agri and agri-food sec-tors.

“Fine Gael in Governmenthas identified agriculture andagri-food as a key engine ofeconomic growth. We havefocused on opening up newmarkets for exports and work-ing with farmers and pro-du cer s t o c rea t e n ewopportunities.

“Under our EU Presidencyin 2013 we helped to negoti-a t e a n ew CommonAgriculture Programme whichprovides €12.5 billion to Irishfarmers. It includes changesto the single farm paymentscheme with approximately60,000 farmers receiving anincrease in farm payments,benefiting the lowest paid.

“We have tackled the issueof land transfer and made

term, but that is what they are!Waterford is enjoying a resurgentfood movement and that is downto those who grow, cultivate,produce, create, serve and cham-pion great local food.”

Dermot Walsh of Walsh’sBakehouse has been bringingthe local traditional delicacy,the Blaa, not just to the peopleof Waterford, but overseas, sinceit was awarded coveted ProtectedGeographical Indication (PGI)status. Looking forward to thisyear’s Harvest Festival, Dermotsaid Waterford Harvest Festivalis a great platform for local andregional food producers, grow-ers and restaurants. “It is heart-ening to see food producersworking together throughoutthe Festival to promote the foodculture of Waterford and its sur-roundings. Not only is there aclear objective to develop thelocal food economy, there is anoverwhelming passion by allinvolved to output high cali-bre, local produce, day in, dayout.”

Following the success ofHarvest 2014 this year’s events

will cover even greater areas ofWaterford City to includeBallybricken and ArundelSquare.

Events will include theFestival Market on the Mall,Enterprising Food Market,Harvest Kitchen, Oyster Festival,Viking Rocks Craft Beerfest,Trad Craft Corner, Farm to Fork,Picnic ‘n’ Play in the Park, GIYGROW Fest, and the Big Tastein John Robert’s Square. Thisyear’s festival promises a con-gruence of sights, sounds, tastesand aromas with cookerydemonstrations, foodie films,tastings and workshops, all mak-ing Waterford City one big streetparty for Harvest weekend.

All roads lead to Waterfordfrom September 11th to 13th.If you want to know more, theWaterford Harvest Festival fullprogramme of events is availableon http://www.waterfordhar-vestfestival.ie. Be sure to keepup to date on all things HarvestFest by checking it out onF a ceb ook a n d Twi t t e r#Wat er f oodHeroes an d#WhattheFork n

Waterford Harvest Festival Chair, Paul Nolan (Business Development Manager of Dawn Meats) with young foodies Luca Fitzgerald (6) and Poppy Carter (5).

farming more accessiblethrough the most compre-hensive reform of agri-taxationmeasures, to attract youngerfarmers and assist with thetransfer of land. This year webegan the rollout of a €4 bil-lion Rural DevelopmentProgramme, supporting ruralcommunities.

“Fine Gael in Governmenthas overseen a 40% increasein food and beverage exportssince 2009 supporting 170,000jobs. The abolition of milk

quotas offers significant poten-tial for increased productionand 15,000 jobs over 5 years,although some concerns aboutprice remain.

“The Food Wise 2025 strat-egy, launched by MinisterSimon Coveney, is a ten-yearvision to grow the agri-foodsector targeting an 85%increase in the value of exportsto €19bn and an additional23,000 jobs.

“Fianna Fáil’s answer tochallenging times for Irishagriculture was free cheese.Fine Gael is standing up forrural Ireland. We’re deter-mined to spread the recov-ery throughout Ireland.Agri-food is thriving, tourismis rebounding strongly andwe’re supporting small busi-nesses and entrepreneurs.Fine Gael sees the agriculturesector as a tangible way tospread the economic recov-ery to Wexford.” n

Celebrating food pioneers inWaterford

Government Chief WhipPaul Kehoe welcomed thenews, on 10th August, of thepurchase of the Irish Pridefactory in Taghmon by Pat theBaker, securing up to 250jobs in the area in the process.The news has come as a wel-come boost to the local econ-omy following on from theannouncement that IrishPride was going onto receiver-ship in early June this year.

Speaking just after the goodnews was announced, theWexford TD said, “I called intothe plant in Taghmon and spoketo Irish Pride management onthe day that the receivershipwas announced back in June.The news had come as a blow,but management were deter-mined to do everything in their

power to keep the plant openand were confident at that pointthat there would be a positiveresolution to the receivership.The announcement this weekhas removed uncertainty sur-rounding the future of the plantand has come as a welcomerelief to the local community.

“Irish Pride is one of thebiggest manufacturers of breadin Ireland, making 15,500weekly deliveries all acrossthe country, providing closeto 250 jobs. The closure of the

plant would have been dev-astating for Taghmon and thewider community.

“This is a significant invest-ment into the community anda vote of confidence in theexisting plant and workforcein a small rural area by anational brand. No doubt, theupcoming introduction ofNatural Gas into Taghmonwas an influencing factor inthe decision by Pat the Bakerin purchasing the plant.”

Work has already startedon the gas pipeline with gasexpected to be available bythe second half of 2016. Theavailability of Natural Gascould reduce energy bills by upto 60% and should massivelyincrease Wexford’s attractive-ness for investment. n

Warm welcome for Pat the Baker

You will need:

900g skinless monkfish fillets, cut into

bite sized cubes

fresh coriander leaves to garnish

jasmine rice, to serve

For the yellow curry broth:

Two shallots, peeled and chopped

2cm of fresh ginger, grated

one lemongrass stalk, outer leaves

removed and finely chopped

juice and zest of one lime

one tablespoon of fish sauce

one yellow chilli, sliced

two garlic cloves

two spring onions

one tablespoon of turmeric

one teaspoon of ground coriander

one can of coconut milk

600g of vegetable stock

To make the yellow curry paste, place the

shallots, ginger, lemongrass, lime zest and

juice, fish sauce, chilli, garlic, spring onions

and coriander in a mini blender. Blend with

a tablespoon of coconut milk to form a

paste.

Add the curry paste to a large saucepan and

cook over a medium heat for one minute

continuously stirring. Pour in the vegetable

Young Enniscorthy chef, Holly Murphy, will be contributing

some of her recipes to the Slaney News over the coming months.

Holly is a culinary arts student in Waterford Institute of Technology

and is a passionate chef who believes in honest, good food and

wants to share that passion with as many people as possible.

For the past year she has been running her own food blog

which in the first month alone received over one thousand

views. Visit Holly’s blog at http://hollyskitchenxx.blogspot.ie.

Monkfish in Thai yellow curry broth

stock and the rest of the coconut milk,

increase the heat and simmer for 5

minutes until fragrant, season with salt

and pepper.

Add the monkfish to the pan and gen-

tly simmer for 3-4 minutes until the fish

is just tender, ladle the monkfish and

broth into large bowls and garnish with

coriander leaves, and serve with jas-

mine rice.

Enjoy! n

The new owners of TheBailey in Enniscorthy havewasted no time in puttingtheir own stamp on the pop-ular premises.

The latest innovation isthe launch of the Malt Houserestaurant (the name reflect-ing the building’s history) on

The Bailey launches ‘Malt House’ restaurant

the mezzanine floor of TheBailey. Food is served therefrom 6pm until 9pm Thursdayto Sunday. With an excitingnew menu and options to suitall budgets expect the MaltHouse to be popular. You canmake a reservation by phon-ing 053 92 30353. n

1012 Slaney Business & Finance20 2 September 2015

on 23rd July 2015, WexfordCounty Council’s Cathaoirleach,Tony Dempsey, launched a ForeignDirect Investment Toolkit to assistin attracting new companies to setup business in Wexford as part ofthe ‘Wexford Means Business’2016 strategy.

The Economic DevelopmentDepartment of Wexford CountyCouncil has created a series ofEconomic prospectus documentsspecifically targeted at the LifeSciences and Financial Servicessectors; a 100-page glossy maga-zine featuring Wexford as a greatplace to live, work and do businessand a 6 minute video showcasingthe county with testimonials fromsenior management of globalbrands located in Wexford.

To view the magazine and forfurther information on doing busi-ness in Wexford seeWexfordMeansBusiness.ie n

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Fine Gael TD for Wexford,Minister Paul Kehoe, has wel-comed the results of theGrowing Small BusinessThrough online Trade reportshowing that SMEs whichavailed of the Government’sonline Trading Voucher, aregrowing.

“We know that 67 per centof all of the new jobs createdin Ireland are created by start-ups in their first five years ofbusiness so it is essential thatwe do everything we can tosupport these business and todrive them into the future.This is why Fine Gael launchedthe Standing Up for SmallBusiness campaign and why theGovernment introduced theOnline Trading Voucher.

“The Growing Smal lBusiness Through Online Trade

report shows that over 70 percent of small businesses thattook part in the Government’sTrading Online VoucherScheme expect to recruit morestaff.

“The Trading Onl ineVoucher Scheme was launchedin 2014 to boost the number ofsmall firms trading online. Itoffers small businesses a grantof up to €2,500, as well astraining, mentoring and net-working support to help themdevelop their online tradingcapability.

“In Ireland, €700,000 isspent online every hour. Thatis a staggering statistic and wewant Wexford businesses tobenefit from this trend.

“Some 225 companiesreceived the Online TradingVouchers and they have expe-

rienced a huge jump in enquiriesand a 21 per cent increase insales. The scheme is adminis-tered by Local Enterprise Officesand I would encourage anyinterested business owners inWexford to get in touch.

“The Onl ine TradingVoucher has proven a greatsuccess for SMEs, but havingconsulted with local businessthrough our Standing Up forRural Ireland campaign, weknow that one of the biggestissues is the need to standardisethe tax treatment of the self-employed and PAYE workers,as well as the need for contin-ued reductions in the generaltax burden.

“ F i n e G ae l TDs an dSenators are working to ensurethat these issues are addressedin the upcoming budget.” n

Online Trading support worksGood news for local tourismCo. Wexford is the fourthmost popular county inIreland for domestic holi-days with Kerry topping thepoll as the favourite domes-tic holiday destination ofIrish holiday makers for thethird year in a row accordingto a survey from MyHome.ie.

One in four of voters(24.5%) selected the ‘Kingdom’as their favourite county fora break with Galway claimingsecond place on 17% and Corktaking third on 14% andWexford fourth on 10% (upfrom 8.5% last year). Morethan 5,000 people took part inthe survey which was carriedout by MyHome.ie

Angela Keegan, ManagingDirector of MyHome.ie, saidshe hoped better weather inthe coming weeks wouldencourage Irish people to con-tinue holidaying in Ireland andto avail of the great value selfcatering options which areavailable.

“It’s interesting to see thatwhile Kerry is clearly thefavourite holiday destination butwhen it comes down to wherepeople are actually going theresults are much closer. Thepopularity of Galway, Wexfordand Clare has increased thisyear while the news is moremixed for Donegal, Waterfordand Kilkenny.

“One interesting trend wesee is the move towards moreactivity-focused holidays socounties which have more tooffer in this respect will clearlyperform well. With the weakEuro acting as a disincentiveto travel outside the EurozoneIrish people were probablymore inclined to opt for a‘staycation’ this year whichis good news for the domes-tic tourism market. We areseeing a marked increase intraffic to our holiday rentalsection as people opt for alate summer or autumnalbreak and this bodes well forthe sector overall,” Ms Keeganconcluded. n

Top left: Scott Vance (UCT), Carolyn Godkin (Local Enterprise Office), Tony Dempsey (Cathaoirleach, Wexford County Council), Tom Enright (Chief Executive Officer, Wexford County Council), Tony Larkin (Director of Services, Wexford County Council).

Top right: Niall Bennett and Mary Browne of New Ross Chamber with Tom Banville (Head of Local Enterprise Office).Below left: Padraig O’Gorman (Enniscorthy District Manager, Wexford County Council), Marika Mahon (Slaney Meats), Cllr Barbara-Anne Murphy.

Below right: Tim Greig (BNY Mellon), Karen Thomkins (WLR FM), Natasha Hughes (BNY Mellon). All Pics: Patrick Browne.

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Mr Jones said: 'Those areas[without parking meters] seemto be doing better and I thinkit's really important that coun-cils understand that anddevelop their policies to makesure that they are attractingpeople to come and shop andfrequent the high street.

'Unfair parking fines pushup the cost of living and under-mine high streets. Instead coun-cils should be focusing theirefforts on supporting our towncentres and motorists, not byraising money through over-zealous enforcement.'

Mr Jones' comments cameafter traders in the Welsh townof Cardigan reported a jump insales of up to 50 per cent afterall four parking machines in thetown centre were broken.

Shopkeepers were giventhe unexpected boost after van-dals smashed the machines,and town officials could notfind the £22,500 needed forrepairs.

Now they are urging townleaders to consider not replac-ing the machines in order to helpthem compete in an increas-ingly online marketplace.

Campaigners bel ieveCardigan’s experience couldbe replicated across the coun-try to help counter the drop inthe number of high street shops.

The national total slumpedby nearly 20,000 to just over129,000 in only the last decade.

Cafe owner Jane Roche saidshoppers were taking advan-tage of the free parking to staylonger.

‘The town is much busier,with customers saying that itis really nice not to have torush back to their cars,’ shesaid.

Keith Davies, 64, formerchairman of Cardigan Traderswho has run a butcher’s shopthere since 1978, said businesswas better than it had been inyears.

‘We’ve long campaignedfor free parking, and while wedon’t condone the damage tothe machines, the differenceit’s made is unbelievable,’ headded.

‘Instead of going out oftown to Tesco or Aldi, peoplecan stay in the centre for fiveor six hours without having topay or worry about getting aticket.

'They can now go into shopsthen stop at a café or a restau-rant without having to rush.’ n

Free Parking – the way forward?

Building on the unprecedentedsuccess of last year’s event,the 2015 Wexford BusinessExpo promises to be the eventof the year for businessesright across the county.

Presented by WexfordChamber and Wexford CountyCouncil, this year’s event willbe centred around the themeof ‘Capitalising on the EconomicRecovery’ providing attendeeswith access to information thatwill enable their business tomaximise their potential.

The event will featurekeynote speakers who haveachieved business success bothon a national and an interna-tional scale and will provide the100 exhibitors and 2,000 visi-

The Wexford I.T. and telecomsspecialist company, Innovate,is probably best known to mostpeople as the sponsor of thecounty GAA grounds inWexford town, but in the worldof technology Innovate is arapidly expanding, award-win-ning technology companyheaded up by Wexford entre-preneur Jim Hughes.

The company has just linkedup with the Whitfield Clinic inWaterford which is investingapproximately €250,000 in itsI.T. infrastructure over the nextthree years. This investment isto be made in partnership withInnovate.

Whitfield Clinic is an inde-pendent hospital situated onthe outskirts of Waterford city.It provides elective surgery inmost major specialities, as well

as diagnostic imaging and phys-iotherapy. By partnering withUPMC, Whitfield Clinic is alsoable to deliver cancer care. Inorder to improve the patientand visitor experience Whitfieldhas completely upgraded itswi-fi throughout the hospital.Visitors can now easily accessthe internet anywhere in thehospital and patients can keepin touch with friends and fam-ilies during their stay.

Whitfield chose Innovateto be its technology partner forthe medium term. This willallow Whitfield to work in part-nership on upgrading andimproving the Whitfield ITinfrastructure and continue tomeet its commitment to highquality, patient centred care.

Brian Carberry, Project andI.C.T. Manager at Whitfield was

impressed with Innovate’sunderstanding of their require-ments, “It is so important for usto be offered a number of sys-tem solutions which are specif-ically designed for our uniquerequirements and match theexacting standards withinWhitfield.”

J im Hughes , CEO ofInnovate, emphasised the impor-tance for a client such asWhitfield to retain continuityduring installation, “For hos-pitals, all the information sys-tems, procedures, theatre times,charging, admitting and dis-charging is handled via these sys-tems. There can be no impacton patient care and the qualityof patient care. The tailoring ofthe network and solution to thespecific IT systems within thehospital environment meansdisruption is completely min-imised. “

The investment will takeanother two years but the out-come will ensure long term ben-efits for the hospital, its staff,patients and visitors. It signifiesthe standard Whitfield demandsthroughout the hospital, a stan-dard that provides the bestpatient care possible in the southeast of Ireland.

For further information onWhitfield, visit www.whit-fieldclinic.ie n

Innovation at Whitfield

tors on the day with a uniqueopportunity to hear the inno-vative and proactive strate-gies that have enabled thesespeakers to guide their com-panies to leading positionswithin their sector.

The Wexford Business Expowill once again be the home forAngels’ Den, providing a livearena for local business own-ers to deliver live pitches to apanel of investors. Angels’De n i s on e o f t h e man yextremely popular featuresfrom last year that will be mak-i n g a re t u r n , wi t h Th eBoardroom, Bu s i n e ssConnec t ions and SpeedNetworking making sure thatit is an event that business peo-

Bigger and better business expo

In the uK, High StreetMinister, Marcus Jones, hassuggested that shoppers shouldbe able to park for free in alltown centres to save the highstreet from the rise of onlineshopping. He also called oncouncils to cut parking finesas councils are set to make arecord Stg£687m in fines thisyear. Meanwhile shop ownersin one Wales town saw salesjump by up to 50 per cent afterall the parking machines in thecity centre were broken in avandal attack. THE MAIl oNlINEREPoRTS THAT: Marcus Jones, the minister forhigh streets, said councils needto do more in order to saveshops from closure instead ofpunishing owners and motoristswith 'over-zealous' fines. Hiscomments come as it wasrevealed councils are on courseto make a record £687millionfrom charges this year, despitegovernment warnings that finesshould not be used to raise rev-enue.

The government has calledon councils to create free park-ing zones in town and city cen-tres in order to help smallbusinesses compete with the riseof online shopping.

Speaking to The Telegraph,

Jim Hughes, CEO of Innovate, with Brian Carberry, Project and I.C.T. Manager at Whitfield.

ple cannot afford to miss.Speaking about the upcom-

ing event CEO of WexfordChamber, Madeleine Quirkesaid, “Last year, the event tooka new direction with moreemphasis placed on interac-tive workshops and provid-ing attendees with actionablestrategies for their businessesand we have made sure that thisyear’s event will build furtheron that success.”

The 2015 Wexford BusinessExpo is a free event and willtake place in Wexford CountyHall on Thursday September10th from 10am-6pm.

For full information pleaserefer to www.wexfordbusi-nessexpo.ie n

Supporting the 2015 Wexford Business Expo L-R: Karl Fitzpatrick (one of the organisers), Tom Enright (Wexford County Council CEO), Minister Brendan Howlin, Martin Doyle

(President of Wexford Chamber), Madeline Quirke (CEO of Wexford Chamber).

For a huge range of business training events, workshops, clinics, etc organised by the Co. Wexford Local Enterprise Officeover the coming months, check out: https://www.localenterprise.ie/Wexford/Training-Events/Online-Bookings/

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towards the Labour Party, becauseof all the broken promises fool-ishly made before the last electionwill have an effect on Howlin’svote. On top of this he will havestrong candidates such as DeirdreWadding of People Before Profitand Independent Ger Carthy, thepresent Mayor of Wexford and thepoll topper in the local elections,standing in his back yard of southWexford. Also Sinn Fein’s JohnnyMythen is sure to get a solid vote,much of which will be a formerLabour vote and this will add toHowlin’s woes. The questionthen is will he be re-elected?Doubtful right now I’d say unlesssomething drastically changesbetween now and election day.

Does he deserve to be re-elected is the next question. Onthe basis of his record over 30years I would say yes and bear-ing in mind that when Labour or

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BRenDan howlinas promised some time ago iwill continue to look at the per-formance and chances of re-elec-tion of our current tDs. lastmonth Mick wallace was underscrutiny so this month it is theturn of Minister Brendanhowlin.

Brendan Howlin has been aT.D. for Wexford since 1987.During that time he has heldmany ministries such as Health,Environment and currently ist he Min i s t e r for Pub l i cExpenditure and Reform. He isarguably the fourth most powerfulperson in the country. Duringhis time as a TD he has alwaysbeen high profile, whether ingovernment or opposition, and

Fine Gael are in governmentWexford always gets at least onesenior minister and sometimestwo (remember Yates and Howlin)it is probably foolish not to takethat into consideration whenmarking the card.

J.J. Doyle.Congratulations to J.J. Doyle onbringing Wexford’s under 21hurlers to the All Ireland final. J.J.has a distinguished record as amanager and coach with hisachievements with the WexfordCamogie teams over the yearsbeing legendary. We often hear theexpression: “He or she has ‘IT’”,whatever “IT” is. Well when itcomes to coaching J.J. has “IT” andplenty of “IT”. May his success-ful reign continue.

RoaD RepaiRSMost people in the Enniscorthyarea will by now be aware that theroad f rom Blacks toops toScarawalsh is being resurfaced.This operation is taking monthsrather than weeks and is no doubtcosting millions. Am I the only onearound who thinks that this resur-facing exercise is totally unnec-essary and a waste of goodmoney? Our money. This roadwas not a bad road by any meansand certainly didn’t need such atotal reconstruction. At the sametime a lot of our county and sec-ondary roads are literally fallingapart. The reason for this is that

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Doyle

A local contributor looks at life today in Enniscorthy and beyond

has been very vociferous on manyissues national and local.

For the purpose of this arti-cle his contribution to Wexford iswhat counts as the electorate ofthis constituency will, in the main,vote on that rather than nationalachievements. Only someonewith their head deliberately buriedin the sand would deny that thenational economy has improvedsignificantly over the tenure of thepresent government. The issue inthe election at constituency levelwill centre not on that but onhow the steps to achieve it weretaken and the cost to individualfamilies. It is patently obviousthat despite the national picturemany thousands of Wexford peo-ple are still facing hardship

View from the Hill

through unemployment andunsustainable debt with very lit-tle relief on the horizon. Many ofthe decisions taken by the gov-ernment in the interests of theeconomy directly resulted in theinfliction of terrible pain on largesections of the electorate in Co.Wexford. It won’t be forgottenwhen people go out to vote thatBrendan Howlin was one of themain decision makers over thepast five years, therefore directlyresponsible for the discomfortcaused to his own constituents.People will not accept that “ Thegovernment had to do this”.Individuals are concerned withwhat they or their children havein their pockets and not thenational economy.

At a local level Howlin, in fair-ness, has delivered on major proj-ects throughout the county. Newschools, such as the extension tothe Wexford CBS, the new LoretoCollege on the outskirts ofWexford, the development of thenew Garda Station in Wexford, theprovision of finance for theEnniscorthy and New Rossbypasses and the A and EDepartment at Wexford GeneralHospital are all huge positives forboth the county and his CV whenit comes to election time.

The question is, will any ofthat matter when people go outto vote? Or will they vote onwhat is in their pocket. The gen-eral feeling of deep resentment

no money exists to repair or resur-face them. The problem here is theformat used by the governmentto allocate funds for these jobs.Grants are made available in cer-tain categories with no flexibilityallowed as to where the moneyis spent. In other words betterto waste it doing unnecessarywork rather than spend it sensi-bly where it’s needed. The estab-lishment of such authorities as theNational Roads Authority andthe removal of the CountyCouncil’s jurisdiction over suchroads adds to this problem. Nowonder this country has a finan-cial problem.

Back to SchoolWell it’s that time of year again asschools reopen and all our youngpeople are back to study. At leastI hope that’s what they will bedoing. Reminds me of a smartalec pupil in my class, many yearsago I hasten to add. One day thisguy fell asleep in the class and thenot too pleasant teacher roared athim, “What do you think you’redoing you fool?” My pal quicklyrecovered himself and said, “Justwhat you said sir.” “Explain your-self boy,” says teacher. “Well siryou said that we were to followour dreams!” n

We are often asked: Who is the “View from the

Hill” columnist? All we cansay is that the author’s surname is NOT Doyle!

If a picture tells a thousand words…Ibar Carty chronicles the 20th century in Enniscorthy & beyond

Two photos taken 60 years ago fromP.A. Crane Collection: Copyright © Ibar Carty.

Above: Rathnure & Killanne paradebefore opening of John Kelly Memorial

Hall, Rathnure, 1955.

Left: Group of spectators and guests atthe Opening of the John Kelly Memorial

Hall, Rathnure, and exhibition matchbetween Wexford and Tipperary Senior

Hurling teams,18th September 1955.

Minister Brendan Howlin TD

Ibar Carty can provide high quality prints of all photos in this series.

Simply ring Ibar on 087-6729969 or email: [email protected]

or call into his premises on Castle St (beside Athenaeum).

And if you mention the Slaney News he’ll give you 20% OFF the price!

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IbAr spECIAlIsEs In rECopyIng And rEsTorIng old phoTos.

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Ibar Carty has opened up his vast

photo archives to the Slaney News.

In this 50th of a series,

Ibar shares more photos taken in the

Enniscorthy area 60 years ago.

If you can supply the names of any of

the people featured in these photos,

Ibar and the Slaney News would be

delighted to hear from you at

[email protected]. Thank you.

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BUNCLODY…BUncloDy liBRaRy:Thurs 3 Sept at 7pm. Talk on‘Understanding Suicide’ byTony Walsh of MN ProactiveSolutions Ltd in conjunctionwith ‘World Suicide PreventionDay’ on 10 Sept 2015.creating writing workshopwith James Lawless on Thurs 10Sept at 7pm.Book to Screen F i lm forchildren on Sat 12 Sept at2.15pm. For more informationor to book a place call us on053 9375466.‘tips for parents of primarySchool children on how to sup-port their child’s mental healthand well being’ – a talk withSharon Hayden on Thur 17 Septat 7pm.Summer Reading challengecompleters celebra t ion‘wobbly circus’ on Sat 19 Septat 2.30pm and 4.00pm – com-pleters of this year’s challengewill be contacted by the Library.‘a life of Birds’ – a talk onnative Irish birds with EricDempsey on Thurs 24 Sept at7pm.Book to Screen Film for adultson Sat 26 Sept at 2.30pm. Formore information or to book aplace call us on 053 9375466.Regular adult events:Adult Reading Circle - Nextmeeting Friday 11 Sept at 11am.“Drop of Ink” Creative WritingGroup - Next meeting Thurs10 Sept at 7pm.C o m p u t e r C l a s s e s h a v eresumed. If you wish to be con-sidered for future classes, pleasecontact Bunclody Library.Regular children’s events:Toddler Story Time, Fridays at12-12.30pm.Junior Book Club - Next meet-ing Thurs 24 Sept at 4pm.For a full listing of events see:Bunclody Library’s Facebook

SatURDay Sept 19ththe Gerard Murphy MemorialVintage and classic car Show &Road Run committee is pleasedto announce that alcast MotorFactors will be hosting the pre-run launch day, at its impres-s ive new premises inclonhaston, enniscorthy, onSaturday 19th September from11am to 4pm.

Beat 102-103 will be broad-casting live from the launch daywith the Beat Fleet; there will belots of vintage and classic carson display, refreshments will beavailable, face painting and enter-tainment for the kids thanks tothe Beat Fleet, live music on theday with Stephen Murphy, andwho knows maybe a few sur-prises in store, with plenty ofspot prizes. The fabulous Mk1Escort prize car will be on display,and tickets are on sale for thedraw with the first prize a 1973

Mk1 Escort followed by a holidayvoucher and petrol vouchers,with tickets costing €10. Everyonewelcome on the day, plenty offree parking.

SUnDay oct 4thThe f i f th Gerard MurphyMemorial Vintage and ClassicCar Show & Road Run will takeplace in Ferns on Sunday 4thOctober from 11am, with the FordEscort MK1/MK2 being the fea-ture car of the show. The prize carwill be drawn in the Church carpark at 4pm on day of the run. Allproceeds go to Console theNational Suicide Charity, whodo invaluable work in Ireland.

This is very much a family dayout with live music, Disney char-acters and entertainment withLiam Sharkey, auto jumble, craftfair, diecast model display and lotsof other entertainment. Beat 102-103 radio will be broadcasting

page: ht tps ://www.face-book.com/BunclodyLibrary/events where you can sign up forthe monthly what’s on e-newslet-ter. Also see their website:http://www.wexford.ie/wex/Departments/Library/WhatsOn/

St Vincent De paUlLocal Confidential helpline087-3696883. There is a news-paper recycling bin besideSuperValu in aid of S.V.P.

whiStEvery Monday Night in St. Aidan’sHall.

BUncloDy hoRticUltURalShowBunclody celebrated all that isgood in the garden at the AnnualBunclody Horticultural Show onSaturday 22nd August in theBunclody Vocational School, IrishStreet.

There was something foreveryone to see as cups and prizeswere handed out by the Society'sPresident Margaret Kirk. Over theyears the show’s popularity has-n’t waned and each year it tries tomove with the times with manynew sections added.

The overall winner of theGarden Competition was PhilipHollway for his fantastic gardenwith Erica Marten, and Brian &Mary Gilsenan, coming joint sec-

ond. The Best Community Gardenthis year was awarded to The DayCare Centre in Bunclody andRedmond’s Pub in Main Streetwon the Best Business WindowBox.

The other exhibits includedthe very popular art exhibitionfrom local and national artists,with junior and senior sections inart, photography, short-story andwriting competitions.

There was a huge exhibitionof crafts from patchwork to knit-ting and sewing, with many beau-tiful creations. The children’ssection is regarded as especiallyimportant because it encouragesyoung people to take an interestand get involved in gardening,cooking, and especially growingand the J Kavanagh Cup wasawarded to Molly Butler Smyth,and Emma Tully winning the bestexhibit in junior baking.

Sharing top billing for thegreen fingers enthusiasts is thewell-established flower section,with Winnie Connolly winningthe ‘Rose of the Show’ and BestFloral Arrangement.

Many of the entries drew gaspsof admiration from spectators,with the beautiful displays andarrangements. The Home Producesection guaranteed many feastsfor the eye in this ever-popularsection with stiff competition in allclasses. n

GOREY…Future of Gorey Districthospital nursing home indoubt – Browne.Fianna Fáil TD for WexfordJohn Browne has raised con-cerns about the future of anumber of State run nursinghomes in the south east,including Gorey DistrictHospital.

According to DeputyBrowne, several nursinghomes in the south east areunder threat because there isno credible plan to ensurethat they are brought up toscratch with HIQA accom-modation standards.

The Fianna Fáil TD hasaccused the Minister for Healthof refusing to prioritise theupgrading of state run nurs-ing homes, a decision whichcould result in the closure ofa number of nursing homesincluding Gorey DistrictHospital.

“The upgrading of nurs-ing homes has not been given

priority status by MinisterVaradkar, despite the veryreal prospect of mass bed clo-sures. A red flag has beenraised about Gorey DistrictHospital in particular. This29-bed facility provides aninvaluable service to olderpeople in the area and its losswould have a serious impacton the community. All weneed is a concerted effortfrom the Government andthe HSE to ensure that that thefacility can adhere to newaccommodation standards.Unless these resources areprovided, the facility couldface closure.

“I am calling on the HealthMinister to set out exactlyhow he intends to bring GoreyDistrict Hospital and otherstate run nursing homes up tostandard. Any further delayswill result in elderly people nothaving access to the care thatthey need within the com-munity.” n

pearsons Brook / hollyfortRoad, Gorey, accident onSaturday 15th august.According to local Sinn Féincou n c i l l o r F i on n t án ÓSúilleabháin, "Just like in theGarden City where a car wasoverturned in an accident afew months ago, I had beencalling on Wexford CountyCouncil several times to makethis dangerous area safer, butto no avail. Do we have towait until someone gets seri-ously injured or killed beforethe council can make acci-dent blackspots safer?

“Since getting elected lastyear I've been acutely aware

CAIM…

of the farcical situation wherethe council is forced to oper-ate off a shoestring budgetand with skeletal level of staff,but are expected to deliverfirst world infrastructure.

“Anyone who visits thecontinent during the summerwill see how the roads infra-structure is miles ahead ofIreland and how badly ourlocal government is resourced.

“Ten million euro wasslashed by the government'sLocal Government Fund toWexford County Council lastyear. Politicians need to wake upand see that their regressive aus-terity cuts is costing lives." n

Caim Vintage Club will be host-ing their Road Run & ThreshingDay on 13th September 2015with the Road Run starting at12.30pm and Threshing start-ing at 2pm.

There will be stalls, enter-tainment and an auction of

sponsored items on the day.Also on the day there will bethe Ballyhighland 5 Mile Race.Registration will begin at11.30am and race will start at1.15pm. The organisers look for-ward to seeing you all thereto enjoy their events. n

Pearsons Brook /Hollyfort Roadaccident on

Saturday 15th August.

GERARD MURPHY EVENT…live on the day with the BeatFleet.

This year marks the 40thanniversary of the MK2 Escort, andto mark the occas ion , theMK1/MK2 Ford Escort is the fea-tured car this year and the aim isto see as many Escort car andvan enthusiasts as possible onthe day, there will be a few sur-prises in store for the event.

There will be some very goodprizes as usual for the drivers’draw. It is expected that the showwill be even bigger this year. Thearmy vintage display will be thereand other static vintage displays.There will be prizes for differentcategories of cars and commercialsand display stands.

There has been a lot of inter-est from auto jumble supplierswith some booked in from theUK. All enquiries to the numbersbelow.

The Gerard MurphyMemorial barbecue will be in TheCourtyard, Ferns, on SaturdayOctober 3th, starting at 9pm withmusic by Two of a Kind, andentertainment with The Madcaps,followed by a disco. This prom-ises to be a night full of laughs andbanter with a few spot prizes.

The event is run by theMurphy family to remember theirson and brother Gerard and toraise awareness of the servicesprovided by Console including a24 hour helpline and counsellingservice for those bereaved throughsuicide and also crisis interven-tion for those in need of help withcentres throughout Ireland.Helpline number 1800 247247 ortext Help to 51444.

the organisers look forwardto seeing you all at alcast MotorFactors , clonhaston , onSeptember 19th and in Ferns forthe main event on Sundayoctober 4th.

Enquiries to Brid 087-0909033or Pat 086-2403779 n

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Congrats

two irish female seakayak-ers have entered local historybooks by being the first topaddle around the island ofireland starting and finishingon the wexford shoreline.

Wexford resident SusanHonan, and Sonja Ewen fromLeitrim, departed from CarneBeach on June 7, and com-pleted the circumnavigationat the same p lace onWednesday, July 22.

According to Sue Honan,who lives in Drinagh, “Wedecided to start at Carnebecause, with Carnsore Pointnot too far away, we had awindow of good weather withwhich to paddle along the

south coast and reach MizenHead before it changed for theworse.”

Sonja Ewen reckons thetotal distance paddled wasabout 1,500km. It’s estimatedthat perhaps only six femaleshad previously circumnavi-gated the island.

Honan and Ewen havebeen using their circumnavi-gation to raise awareness ofHeadstrong, the national organ-isation working to change howIreland thinks about youngpeople’s mental health. Sothey’re asking people tomake donations by textingGETACTIVE to 50300 or onlineat www. headstrong.ie n

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Enniscorthy Golf Club

Lady President Connie Doyle

presents her President’s Prize

to competition winner,

Annette Cullen.

TONY RYAN

Since winning the Man of the

Match award during the 2012

Towns Cup rugby final things

have gone well for Enniscorthy’s

Tony Ryan – winning the All-

Ireland League with Clontarf in

his first year at the club, and

now securing a Training

Contract with Leinster this sum-

mer. He made a winning debut

for Leinster at Numer 8 in their

first pre-season game of the

year against Ulster in Ravenhill.

the county was indeed bask-ing in glory last month as ourown Bertram allen did us proudas part of the successful irishShow Jumping team whichwon the aga khan cup in theRDS on Friday 7th augustwhile 12 of our county hand-ballers headed to calgary,canada, to represent irelandin the world handballchampionships on Saturday8th, and Ryan carty walsh ofadamstown was awarded acounty council Bursary hav-ing won a silver medal in theU-17 high Jump at the europeanyouth olympics in tbilisi,Georgia. not bad eh! For onecounty for one week!

Chairman of Enniscorthy

Municipal District, PaddyKavanagh, presented the Bursaryto Ryan at the new EnniscorthySports Hub surrounded byCouncillors, members of WexfordCounty Council includingChairman Tony Dempsey, mem-bers of Sports Active includingCEO Fran Ronan, Ryan’s coachNicky Cowman, Chairman ofWexford Athletics Pat Morgan,Claire Furlong of SportsSaversand Ryan’s mother Denise andsisters Abbie and Leah.

Paddy said that Enniscorthyand the whole county wereproud of the achievements of thisfine, athletic and unassumingyoung man and wished himevery success in the future hop-ing that the new Enniscorthy

Basking in glory

Sports Hub would help to bringmore young athletes from thecounty to the national and inter-national stage.

Tony Dempsey reiteratedall that Paddy had said com-plimenting Ryan on being thesecond best in Europe, wishinghim every success in the futureand telling him that if he everdecided to change his sport thatWexford GAA would bedelighted to have someone of hisstature and ability.

Ryan is currently studyingEngineering but may well con-sider going into athletics pro-fessionally. Well done Ryan,Bertram and all our handballersin Calgary.

– Maria Nolan

European silver medallist, Ryan Carty Walsh, with local Councillors, members of Wexford CountyCouncil, members of Sports Active and Wexford Athletics, Ryan’s coach Nicky Cowman and

Claire Furlong of SportsSavers. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Congrats to Enniscorthy man,Bertram Allen, on being part

of the successful Irish AgaKhan winning team at the

recent Dublin Horse Show. Theform shown by the 20-year-oldin his recent string of interna-tional succssses carried for-ward into the RDS where his

faultless second round was piv-otal to Ireland’s success.

connolly’s ReD MillS haveannounced their sponsorship ofthe Future champion UnracedS t a k e a t e n n i s c o r t h yGreyhound Stadium. the ReDMillS Future championUnraced Stake will carry a totalprize fund of over €7,800 withthe winning greyhound receiv-ing €5,000 (full prizemoneydetails are below). the eventwill be advertised for 48 openunraced dogs and will start onMonday 5th october with theFinal taking place on Sunday25th october.

This year marks the 10thrunning of the Future ChampionUnraced Stake and to celebrate,Connolly’s RED MILLS areawarding the leading bitch 10b a g s o f R E D M I L L S X c e lGreyhound Food and 10 bags ofRacer Greyhound Food. Bothof which are made in Co.Kilkenny using the finest qual-ity ingredients for health, well-being and stamina.

Commenting at the launchof the event, John Geoghegan ofConnolly’s RED MILLS said,“We are thrilled to sponsor theRED MILLS Future ChampionUnraced Stake at Enniscorthy.Over the years, this stake has pro-duced several top-performerswho have gone on to becomefuture champions. We are look-ing forward to a thrilling com-petition and we’re excited to be

part of an event which promotesthe breeding aspect of the indus-try”.

Nicky White, Chairman ofEnniscorthy Track SupportersClub said, “On behalf of theTrack Supporters Club we wel-come Connolly’s RED MILLSas the new sponsors of The REDMILLS Future ChampionUnraced 525. Over the last 10years this competition has beengrowing from strength tostrength and we have no doubtthat this year’s event will be

Making local history

even bigger and better thatbefore.”

Michael Dempsey, RacingM a n a g e r o f E n n i s c o r t h yGreyhound Stadium said,“Enniscorthy Greyhound Trackare delighted to announce thatConnolly’s RED MILLS are spon-soring the 10th running of theFuture Champion Unraced 525.The Future Champion hasbecome a highlight on the rac-ing calendar and has producedsome of the Canine Superstarsof the last decade with the likes

of Ardkill Jamie, Express Ego,Beaming Bucko, Country Legendand Kereight King just to namea few. All started off their careersin this prestigious event.”Full prizemoney Breakdown:Winner - €5,000, 2nd - €2,0003rd - €1,000, 4th, 5th & 6th -€600 each, Heat Winners - €100each, Unplaced Semi-Finalists -€100 each. Entry Fee - €50.

For further informationplease contact EnniscorthyGreyhound Track, tel: 0539233172. n

John Geoghegan (Sales Rep, Red Mills), Michael Dempsey (Racing Manager), Aoife Whelan(Handler), Fred Casey (Sales Rep, Red Mills), Nicky White (Chairman of Enniscorthy Track

Supporters Club), Ciara Jones (Marketing, Red Mills). Pic: John Walsh Photography.

For more information onSusan and Sonja’s trip go to www.slinamhara.com

27Slaney Motoringwww.slaneynews.com

every month Bunclody native carolinekidd brings you the best from the worldof motoring, including car reviews, newsand more. caroline loves writing aboutcars and she has been published in theSunday Independent, Irish CountryMagazine and online at wheelsfor-women.ie. you can follow her blogchanging lanes: www.changinglanes.ie.

Caroline gets motoring AUDI Q7 revIew

by Caroline Kidd

Back in the early to mid-2000s,sales of big SUVs were boom-ing. But audi, one of theworld’s leading luxury carbrands, did not have an SUVin their line-up. to rectify this,and compete with rivals likeMercedes-Benz and BMw,audi launched the Q7 back in2006.

But after a good start, aus-terity struck and sales of bigSUVs fell off a cliff as peopleswitched to smaller, more effi-cient cars, or just decided tohold onto the car they alreadyhad.

But now Audi is back withan all-new Q7, and with 2015looking like it will be the bestyear for new car sales here since2008, Audi could have a lux-ury winner on their hands.

The new Q7 looks more ath-letic than before, in an under-stated but elegant way, and hasthe kerb appeal that buyerswant at this end of the market.Open the door, sit inside, andyou have an interior very muchfitting of a flagship luxury SUV– it’s a lesson in minimalismwith clean lines, discreet buttonsand a top notch quality lookand feel.

There are three trim levelsfor the Irish market: SE, SEBusiness and S Line. The stan-dard equipment list is long, andthere is loads of technology,driver aids and other options,but some of the highlights arethe MMI infotainment systemand the virtual cockpit that isstandard on SE Business and SLine - a full LCD screen thatreplaces traditional instrumentdials behind the steering wheel.It’s a very impressive piece ofkit indeed.

The Q7 gets seven seats asstandard for the Irish marketand the two third-row seats canbe moved up and down elec-trically. When in place, there isstill 295 litres of boot space,about the same as what youwill find in a supermini. Withthose third row seats stowedaway there’s a massive 770 litresof space. Third-row leg room willbe tight for adults but second-row space is very good and youcan slide each of the seats for-wards independent of oneanother to give the passengersin the third row a bit more legroom.

In terms of engines, the newQ7 is powered by a 3.0TDI diesel

with either 218bhp or 272bhp,or a 3.0TFSI petrol (333bhp),with the lower powered dieselexpected for January 2016 deliv-eries. Both diesels fall into taxband C, with motor tax of €390per year, however optional 21”alloy wheels push the car intotax band D (€570) when added,and slightly impact mpg (see carsummary below).

The big story with the newQ7 is the weight saving - Audihas shaved an amazing 325kgoff the weight of the car, whichreaps benefits in terms of over-all agility and efficiency, andboth diesels return near 50mpg.

The Q7 puts its power tothe road via an 8-speed Tiptronicautomatic gearbox and famousAudi quattro four wheel drive(standard across Q7 range).There’s a drive select systemas standard and you can togglebetween efficiency, comfort,auto, dynamic, individual andoffroad modes. I drove the3.0TDI diesel (272bhp) at thelaunch of the Q7 a few weeksago and the power delivery issmooth with the automatic gear-box changes gear slickly. The offi-cial 0-100km/h figure is 6.5seconds for the 3.0TDI (272bhp),

Audi Q7

Alcast Motor Factors makes largecontribution to local charity…

It’s great to see new businesses setting up in Enniscorthy and even better to see

them making a huge contribution to the local community. This is the case with the

recently opened Alcast Motor Factors in Clonhaston, on the outskirts of Enniscorthy.

Alcast is making a significant contribution to the cost of the official launch of The Gerard

Murphy Memorial Vintage and Classic Car Show & Road Run (all proceeds of which go

to Console – the National Suicide Charity). Alcast will be hosting the event alongside its

own official opening in Clonhaston on 19th September. The Gerard Murphy committee

is delighted with the sponsorship from Alcast and according to a spokesperson, “We would

like to say a very big thank you and welcome Alcast on board.”

So put Sept 19th, 11am to 4pm, in your diary now to attend the official launch of Alcast

Motor Factors and the Gerard Murphy Memorial Vintage and Classic Car Show & Road

Run.

Beat 102-103 will be broadcasting live from the launch day with the Beat Fleet; there will

be lots of vintage and classic cars on display, refreshments will be available, face paint-

ing and entertainment for the kids thanks to the Beat Fleet, live music on the day with

Stephen Murphy, and who knows maybe a few surprises in store, with plenty of spot prizes.

The fabulous 1973 Mk1 Escort car (which is up for raffle) will be on display, and tickets

will be on sale for the draw costing €10. Everyone welcome on the day, with plenty of

free parking.

Read more about The Gerard Murphy Memorial Vintage and Classic Car Show & Road Run on page 25.

and the Q7 feels every bit asfast as that, with a whopping600Nm of torque available.

It’s a luxury driving expe-rience where all is serene in thecabin of the Audi Q7, withengine noise well suppressed,even under heavy acceleration.My test car was fitted with theoptional adaptive air suspension

(€3,274), which is designed toimprove comfort while alsodelivering on tauter handling.

A quick look at the specsheet for the car I was drivingat the launch revealed a listprice of €104,376 includingover €15,000 of extras. Butthe Q7 is every inch the lux-ury SUV.

Model Tested: 3.0TDI 272 quat-tro Tiptronic S Line (21” wheels).Price: €89,190 (range starts at€72,125).Engine: 3.0-litre diesel.Power: 272bhp.0-100km/h: 6.5 seconds.Economy: 45.6mpg (6.2/100km). CO2 Emissions: 163g/km.Motor Tax: €570 per year. n

First Day at St Aidan’s Enniscorthy

Clodagh Tunney, first day at St Aidan’sPrimary School, Enniscorthy,

Adam O’Connor and Max Farrell, first day atSt Aidan’s Primary School, Enniscorthy,

enniScoRthy eye a column by Joseph Doyle

Slaney News 28 2 September 2015www.slaneynews.com

Charity golf classic Friday 4th Sept at Enniscorthy Golf Club, 9amto 4.30pm. Team of 4 costs €120, proceeds to South East AnimalRescue. Tel: Noel 087-9745476 or James 086-8638249 after 5pm.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Silvertones choir returns to rehearsals on Friday 4th Sept atBellefield GAA complex at 2pm.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Barn Dance, Byrne’s of Bree Grain Store, Saturday 5th Sept.10pm ‘til late.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Tues 8th Sept to Dec 8th, 10am to 1pm, the A to Z of acrylicpainting. €15 per session including tea and coffee. ContactOonagh Latchford on 087-6751316, [email protected].–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Enniscorthy Gospel Choir will recommence rehearsals onWednesday Sept 16th in St Aidan’s Primary School Hall, Enniscorthy,at 7.30pm. New members welcome.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Folk, Ballads & Country at The Bailey, Friday 18th Sept, 9pm ‘tillate with Borderline, The Rogues and Mick & Donna.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Clive Barnes & Jeff Finlin (USA) in Enniscorthy Castle, Sat. 26th Sept.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Strawberry Festival AGM: Sept 30th in Riverside Park Hotel at8pm.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––The Donahue Sisters and Come Along the Road Until You Stop Dead.Two one-act plays presented by Enniscorthy Drama Group. ThePresentation Centre. 1st and 2nd October 8pm. Tickets fromPresentation Centre box office.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1985 Class Reunion – Colaiste Bride, Enniscorthy, in the RiversidePark Hotel Sat 10th Oct 8.30pm. Tickets and info from Liz 086-0708014, Hilary 087-2685634, Breda 087-7659817.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Joe Doyle’s Pub: Sunday 25th October - Swanky Men.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––ReGUlaR eVentS:traditional irish Music night every Friday at Stamps except onSept 11th – Clive Barnes.live Band every Saturday night at Wilson’s Bar.Funky Friday every Friday at DBar.Video 80s Disco every Saturday at DBar. treacys hotel – Live music every Friday, Saturday and Sundaynights in the main bar.Sunday night Sessions at Benedicts.toss kavanaghs: Live music at weekends. See listing page 15.the Bailey: Sunday Sessions from 5pm.Rock ‘n’ Roll Jive classes every Weds at The Bailey. Beginnersat 7.30pm, Advanced at 8.45pm. Freestyle after with DJ LewBoogie from 10pm. Admission €5.Greyhound Racing every Monday and Thursday night atEnniscorthy Greyhound Track.the presentation centre: For details of events see page 15.enniscorthy historic & Re-enactment Society: Meets the firstWednesday of every month at the 1798 Centre at 7.30pm.New members always welcome. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––UpcoMinG FeStiValS: Blackstairs Blues Festival 11th to13th September. See full line-up on pages 16-17.

– Joseph Doyle

If you would like Joseph to mention an upcoming event or would like tosend in pics of any occasion (weddings, birthdays, etc) for inclusion on

this page then please email both [email protected] [email protected]. The closing date for receiving material for

this column is always the Thursday before our publication date which isusually the first Wednesday of every month. Our website

(www.slaneynews.com) carries our publication dates for 2015.

DIAryDATeS

enniscorthy’s re-enactors willmark, on 26th September 2015,the 100th anniversary of padraigpearse’s historic visit toenniscorthy on the 26th ofSeptember 1915 where he gavea speech to the assembled irishVolunteers at the Barley Field,enniscorthy. now exactly 100years later this historic speechwill be re-enacted for the firsttime in enniscorthy by theenniscorthy historic & Re-enactment Society.

Pearse can expect a guardof honour by the Irish Volunteers,Cumann na mBan and the IRBFlying Column. He will thengive his speech to the assembledvolunteers calling on them topartake in the Easter Rising in1916. Pearse will be played byEnniscorthy Drama Group’sFintan Kelly.

Irish volunteers will assem-ble in the Market Square at 2pmand they will be examined in theguard of honour by Pearse at theBarley Field at 3pm. Spectatorswelcome.

Enniscorthy’s re-enactmentgroup honoured Wexford’s fallenat Newtown, Co. Kildare,recently. The group journeyedto Newtown to honour the 200pikemen who marched to takepart in the Battle of Ovidstownon the 19th of June 1798. Theynever came home. This was asombre occasion as a wreathwas laid and prayers were said

“Brooklyn” Donal Cullen is the man behind

a move to gather props and

memorabilia in relation to the

Brooklyn movie which was filmed

in Enniscorthy recently. These

would then go on permanent

display in a town-centre location

which is being negotiated at

present. Anyone who would like

to donate articles for this purpose

please contact Donal Cullen at

087-6299514 or email: [email protected].

CONgrATulATIONS

Enniscorthy singer-songwriter Zena o’Brien played her firstmajor gig recently as support to international star RyanSheridan at the National Opera House, Wexford.

Congrats to Wexford’s U-16 Ladies Footballers – All-IrelandChampions.

Well done to Bertram Allen whose recent string of successescontinued with his participation on the Irish Aga Khan win-ning team at the recent Dublin Horse Show.

A big congratulations to Enniscorthy’s Sacre Coeur boxingclub member Saoirse Dignam on bringing home bronze fromthe recent European Youth & Junior Boxing Championshipsin Budapest in the 69kg division.

Ferns athlete, Paul Keane, won an incredible five medalsin gymnastics at the recent Special Olympics World SummerGames. Paul’s impressive haul included a gold, three sil-vers, a bronze plus two ribbons.

Ryan Carty Walsh of Adamstown was awarded a CountyCouncil Bursary having won a silver medal in the U-17 HighJump at the European Youth Olympics in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Congrats to Bernie Ryan on her recent wedding (see photoelsewhere on this page).

Well done St Martin’s – County U-14 Camogie champions. Congrats to all involved in organising the Blackstairs Blues

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EnniscorthyC.B.S.

Grad BallThursday

20th August2015

Pics left to right:

Jonathon Rothwelland Emma O Leary.

John Casey and Emma Doyle.

Laoise Rodgers andDavid Manley.

Ian Hawkins and Lisa McDonald.

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Bernie Ryan is surrounded by admirers on her recent wedding day. Pic: Cathy Keane.

at the graveside of the fallenrebels.

The group received suchgreat hospitality from their hoststhat they said they definitelywould return next year as amark of respect to the fallen.A gun salute was marked by fourgunshots by the group’s mus-keteers Ray Murphy and PaulEarley.

A similar gun salute wasfired to honour the nurse thatwas killed by a pikeman whileattending to an injured Englishsoldier. Before she died thenurse said that water wouldalways poor down the road andit did.

200 pikemen from Wexfordlost their lives in the Battle ofOvidstown. In total 1,200 rebelslost their lives in the battle and30 redcoats were also killed ont h e 1 9 t h o f J u n e 1 7 9 8 .Ovidstown is in Newtown, Co.Kildare.

The next monthly meetingof the Enniscorthy Historic & Re-enactment Society takes placeon 2nd September at 7.30 pm inthe 1798 Centre. The next re-enactment is on the 26th ofSeptember at 3pm in the BarleyField, Enniscorthy, to markPearse’s visit to Enniscorthy100 years ago.

– Joseph Doyle

History on our doorstep next month –the redcoats return – a look back at the

Battle of Vinegar Hill.

The Donahue Sisters and ComeAlong the Road Until You StopDead are two one-act playswhich will be presented byEnniscorthy Drama Group inThe Presentation Centre,Enniscorthy, on 1st and 2ndOctober at 8pm. Tickets fromPresentation Centre box office.This promises to be anothergreat night of drama. n

Above left: Paul Keane (pic © Joseph Doyle) enjoying a well-deserved drink in Joe Doyle’s Pub. Right: Zena O’Brien.

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Pics Around Town by Patrick Hogan

Trad session with Tom Ferris, Sean Rattigan, Alice Rattigan, Liam Gaul, Jack O’Leary inWexford Arts Centre, August 2015. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Wexford TownNews…

WExFORd NATuRAl GAs PIPElINE

Minister Paul Kehoe has welcomed the com-

mencement of work on the new Wexford

Natural Gas Pipeline. The 41km pipeline to

Wexford town will be supplied from the Great

Island gas pipeline which has recently been

completed. There will be a 29km gas network

within the town.

It is expected that Natural Gas will be avail-

able to large customers in Wexford by the

second half of 2016 and further rolled out to

the rest of the town by the end of the year, bring-

ing with it savings of up to 60% on energy bills.

Minister Kehoe said, “In addition, the availability

of Natural Gas will increase Wexford’s attrac-

tiveness for investment, which is a key require-

ment for recovery. Wexford is in competition

with every other large town in Ireland when seek-

ing investment, so this will definitely provide

a trump card for local development agencies,

such as the IDA and Wexford County Council”

The €16.5m infrastructure project from Gas

Networks Ireland to bring gas to Wexford will

be undertaken in 2 phases: the first will involve

constructing a natural gas pipeline from the

existing network at Campile to the edge of

Wexford town and the second will be building

out the network around the town. Local traf-

fic management plans will be put in place

along the affected routes and every effort will

be made to minimise disruption. Crews will work

in small sections at a time, with each section

taking just a few days to complete limiting

the disruption.

Businesses interested in getting more infor-

mation on connecting to the natural gas net-

work are asked to contact Gas Networks

Ireland Business link service on 1850-411-511

or visit www.gasnetworks.ie n

another very successful Racenight for the wexfordSupporters club was held onthursday 13th august atenniscorthy Dog track.

Wonderful racing on a rarebalmy summer’s evening witha plethora of mini games organ-ised by Bobby Goff and AngelaFurlong, photos with U-21Leinster Hurling Championsand All Ireland U-16 LadiesFootball Champions compli-ments of McCauley Chemistsand taken by Sarah Russell,

pr izes for Bes t DressedSupporters sponsored by BrianWalsh Hurley Maker and wonby Riain Goff, Lauren Earleand Oran and Fionn Staffordalong with fabulous raffle prizesmade it a fun evening for all.

Our most sincere thanksto our overall sponsor, CaseyEnterprises, and to all whosponsored races and toEnniscorthy Track and all whohelped in any way to make theoccasion such a memorablesuccess especially all who

bought and sold tickets. Thankyou to the hurlers, footballersand camogie players whoturned up on the night and toPJ Howlin who is always avail-able to us complete with cam-era and to all our little hurlersand camogie players who enter-tained us throughout.

All proceeds from the eventwill go towards the progressionand development of all ourWexford teams, particularly ourU-21 hurlers who qualified fortheir second All Ireland Finalappearance in two years, com-fortably beating Antrim in thesemi-final on a scoreline of 1.20to 1.8 to secure their place againstLimerick in the decider in Thurleson 12th September. Many ofthese players have 3 LeinsterMedals and some of them are stilleligible to play U-21 again nextyear. On behalf of all at theWexford Supporters Club wewish them all the very best ofluck and say, “Only one lastfinal step lads - and it’s yours forthe taking.”

And what about our won-derful Wexford Handballers whotraveled to Calgary in Canada tocompete for World titles - well itis my pleasure to say that 6 ofthem are returning home withthem! What an achievement… tohave 6 World Champions in onecounty - fantastic!

and your country proud - youcan’t get better than that!

A wonderful month forWexford and the SupportersClub who pride themselves onproviding support and encour-agement, financial and other-wise, to all our Wexford teams- Hurling, Football, LadiesFootba l l , Camogie and

Handball.And to the people of Co.

Wexford – thank you for sup-porting us supporting themand proving yet again that thepeople of Wexford are neverfound wanting when it comesto our county teams.

Up Wexford!– Maria Nolan

Back L-R: Sponsor Pat Casey (Casey Enterprises), Bill Mernagh (Wexford Supporters Committee),Lulu O’Brien (Trainer), Sean O’Brien (Owner), Jim Byrne (Wexford Supporters Club). Front:

David and Anna Evans with the first winner of the evening, Butts Raymondo. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Wexford GAA a winner alright

Well done to all 12 WexfordHandballers who representedtheir country and we saluteJosh Kavanagh, Mark Doyle,Robert Doyle, Daniel Kavanagh,Ned Buggy and Gavin Buggyand aplaud them as world titleholders - you have done your-selves, your families, yourparish, your club, your county

Winner of 5th Race: Johnny Kavanagh and Mango Fear withmembers of the Supporters Club Bill Mernagh and Pip Breen.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

Anthony Karlik, Abigail Doyle, Julianne Hogan Benson, Ashley Doyle atBridgetown Vocational College graduation dinner. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Cllr. Anthony Kelly, Kathleen and Padge Reck, pictured at the recentFashion Show for Wexford Academy of Martial Arts. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Jane Myler, Art in the Open, August 2015.Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Slaney Arts 30 2 September 2015

Enniscorthy re-enactors in Hollywood, Co. Wicklow.

hollywood county wicklowthat is!

Enniscorthy Historic &Re-enactment Group weredelighted to be invited to bepart of the pageantry at the2015 Hollywood Fair atHollywood, County Wicklow,on Saturday 15th August.

In front of a large crowdi n g l or i ou s su n sh i n eEnniscorthy re-enactors joinedwith locals as both Redcoatsand Pikemen for the pageant –the taking of arms from thehouse of Rev. William Porterin late March 1798, and forthe pageant of the Redcoatraid on the house of localfarmer John McDonald cap-turing his four sons, Kit, John,Harry and Tom and executingtwo of them Kit and John fortheir rebel activities whileHarry and Tom manage to

escape, and for the final pag-eant - the surrender by RebelForces under Captain O`Reillyand Captain Cummins to theEarl of Charlemont andCaptain Moore of the CrownForces.

Each pageant was care-fully explained to the attentiveaudience by Narrator PaulTutty and expertly executedby local actors wired for sound,and the sound system anddelivery was excellent with theenthralled crowd hanging onevery word of the little sce-narios being performed.Enniscorthy could perhapstake on board some of theseideas for our own re-enact-ments as it does make for bet-ter entertainment and greateraudience appreciation. Andthe crowd were delighted toshow their appreciation for

a l l e sp ec i a l l y f or t h eEnniscorthy involvementwhich swelled the Pikemennumbers and provided thefiring power of the Redcoats.

All in all a most enjoyableexercise and a most worth-while one for the Enniscorthygroup to be associated with asit gives us an opportunity tonetwork with others and seewhat they are doing and itgives us a chance to becomeambassadors for the townencouraging all to come andvisit us. Nothing bad aboutthat.

Compliments to theHollywood Fair Committeefor their kind invitation and tothe people of Hollywood whobuy into the event completelyadorning themselves and theirchildren in pre 1950s attire.

– Maria Nolan

Enniscorthy Re-enactorsgo to Hollywood

1. GhoStBUSteRSYou can't have a movie list with-out at least one Bill Murraymovie in it. And you can't havean 80s movie list that doesn'tinclude Ghostbusters. A movieabout three professors tryingto make a living ridding NewYork City of poltergeists,Ghostbusters is still as time-lessly funny today as it was 30years ago. Staring Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis,Ernie Hudson and SigourneyWeaver, this movie is comedicgold. Murray's off-kilter improvis really the star of this movie.The acting in this movie isincredible, but watching BillMurray just be Bill Murray onscreen is one of the best fea-tures of this movie. Also, theGhostbusters theme tune is agreat karaoke song.

2. Die haRDI watch Die Hard everyChristmas. In my opinion, it'sone of the best Christmas moviesout there. Explosions, BruceWillis playing the role of hard-ass cop John McClane and thewonderful Alan Rickman asthe villain, Hans Gruber, it'sdefinitely one of the best actionmovies of the decade. A group

of German terrorists taking overthe Nakatomi Corporation, tak-ing the employees as hostages,with a New York cop trappedinside, foiling their plans. Asimple plot for an action movie,but great dialogue and actingadd that something extra thatmakes it so well loved. Die Hardwent on to spawn a franchisethat has spanned nearly 30 years.And while the newer moviesaren't all that great, people stillgo to see them because they areDie Hard movies.

3. the BReakFaSt clUBThere has to be at least onecheesy feel-good movie in any80s list. And while there aremany cheesy feel-good 80smovies, The Breakfast Club isdefinitely one of my favourites.Written and directed by JohnHughes, one of the most promi-nent script writers of the 80s, it'sa simple film about a group ofteenagers from different cliquesattending detention on aSaturday, who, by the end of thefilm, have changed each otherslives. While the story is sim-ple enough, it has gone downthrough generations and is stillas loved today as it was 30years ago. John Hughes' films

80s Movies by Emma Morristhe 80s is one of the bestdecades for film. with greataction movies, classic hor-rors, and wonderfully cheesyromantic films, people areoften very adamant aboutwhat their favourite moviesof this decade are, and opin-ions often vary greatly fromperson to person. there's adefinitive top 20 i would say,people like a lot of the samemovies, but people have trou-ble picking out their favourite5, and there's a lot of varia-tion.

Now I can't say I've seenall the greatest 80s movies,(I've yet to see Full MetalJacket, or Blue Velvet) but Ihave seen a good portion ofthem, so I've decided to makea list of my top five 80s movies.I've also decided not to put anyhorror films on this list, becauseif I did there would be noother genre included on it.Maybe next time I'll make a topfive 80s horror movie list. Thislist was really hard for me tonarrow down, because thereare so many amazing 80smovies, and it was extremelyhard to pick just five movies.So here, in no particular order,are my top five 80s movies.

tremendously exciting timesfor Focal, wexford literaryFestival, as one of our authors,paul o’Brien, signs a four-book deal with Skyhorsepublishing llc in new yorkwith agent tracy Brennan, andat the heart of the deal is theglobal rights for paul’s trilogyBlood red Turns Dollar green.

Not bad for theMaudlintown man who by hisown admission spent many ofhis schooldays shall we say‘As lathair’!

Paul and Tracy met at ourvery first FOCAL Festival in2014 where Tracy - a well knownAmerican literary agent - aspart of the Festival Programme- gave 10-minute slots of hervery precious time to new andaspiring writers to pitch theirshort stories and/or novels toher. From those hurried andhumble beginnings Tracy hasgone on to s ign wi thEnniscorthy writer CarolineBusher and Kildare writer Joan

Brady and is at present plyingtheir manuscripts to publish-ing houses in the States.

At our 2015 Focal Festivalin June, Tracy attended ourOpen Mic event at the IFACentre where once again newand aspiring writers were givenan opportunity to read fromtheir work in front of a liveaudience and lo and beholdTracy was once more impressedwith a Wexford writer, CatBlack, whose crime novel`Hooked` is with Tracy beingpitched to literary establish-ments Stateside.

All amazing achievementsfor a Festival and a FestivalCommittee in its infancy.

And along with all of theabove we, as a Committee, areeagerly awaiting the launch offounding member CarmelHarrington’s third novel EveryTime A Bell Rings due for releasein November. Carmel has alsorecently signed another two-book dea l wi th the

HarperCollins PublishingHouse.

Simply wonderful successstories and we at Focal aredelighted that the Festival isachieving exactly what it setout to achieve – the encour-agement and promotion of localauthors, poets and playwrights.

As part of our ongoingCalendar of Events we are host-ing an Open Mic Night at ThePresentation Centre on 3rdOctober where once again aspir-ing writers, songwriters, poets,playwrights and actors areencouraged to come along andperform their work in front ofa live audience. It promises tobe a most entertaining eventpacked with local bards andscribes and MC’ed by CarmelHarrington and Caroline Busher.Tickets at €5 can be booked atthe Presentation so please putthe date in your diary and sup-port and encourage local talentand creativity.

– Maria Nolan

Success stories for FocalAuthor Cat Black at the recent

Live Mic in the IFA Centre.

are some of the best movies ofthe 80s and 90s, and it's nowonder that many of his moviesare still enjoyed by new peopletoday. Also, Don't You ForgetAbout Me by Simple Minds isa classic tune.

4. GReMlinSI have loved Gremlins since Iwas a child. It's another one ofthose great Christmas movies,and its dark humour andadorable Mogwai are whatmake this movie a cult classic.Every time I see Gizmo on-sc re en t h e i n ev i t ab l e'awwwwww' leaves my per-son. If I could have a fantasy petfrom a movie, it would beGizmo. Only I would take bet-ter care of him than Billy does.'First of all, keep him out ofthe light, he hates bright light,especially sunlight, it'll kill him.Second, don't give him anywater, not even to drink. But themost important rule, the ruleyou can never forget, no mat-ter how much he cries, no mat-ter how much he begs, neverfeed him after midnight.' Alsothe scene with the lady on thestair l i f t is comic GOLD.Gremlins 2 is also just as goodas this one. Watch that too.

5. the pRinceSS BRiDeI saw this movie when I wasreally little, and I always remem-bered it. It took me years tofind out what it was (this samething happened to me with ANightmare Before Christmas)and ever since it's been one ofmy favourite movies. I mean,who doesn't love a film thathas Andre The Giant in it? Acheesy love story at heart, it isalso surrounded by action,adventure, pirates, royalty, tor-ture, Billy Crystal and someabsolutely amazing dialogue.The supporting cast are whatreally make this film wonder-ful. Andre The Giant as Fezzik,Mandy Patinkin as SpaniardInigo Montoya who is lookingfor his father's killer (his mostfamous line being 'My nameis Inigo Montoya. You killedmy father. Prepare to die!’) anda short appearance from WallaceShawn as the cunning SicilianVizzini, along with a cameofrom Billy Crystal as a healer,this is a very sweet film on theoutside, with a brilliantly hilar-ious centre.

Honourable mentions: Backto the Future, labyrinth, theGoonies and Ferris Bueller'sDay off. n

The Gallant John-Joe at the

CourtHouse Arts Centre

The very talented Tom Hickeywill be appearing as the GallantJohn-Joe on the Courthousestage, Tinahely, on saturday5th sept at 8.30pm. Tickets€14/€12. This play was writtenby acclaimed playwright TomMacIntyre whose associationwith Hickey is by now leg-endary.

This production has been sup-ported by the Arts Council andis in collaboration with theParkinson’s Association of Irelandto help raise awareness aboutthe condition. Tom was diag-nosed with Parkinson’s in 2013.

American Literary Agent Tracy Brennan with local writerCaroline Busher. Pics: Maria Nolan.

POOLS OF LIGHT“pools of light” is a recently published book of poetry, stories

and photographs by Duncannon based kevin connelly.published by hook publishing the book has been well receivedwith one fellow poet saying, “Kevin Connelly’s poetic generosity

touches both nature and human nature in this collection of witand wonderful observation – spiced by delightful photographs.”

niGht BUS the whiStleRHE STUMBLED ABOARDIN A WHIFF OF BEERA DROP TO MUCH PERHAPSBUT FULL OF CHEERHE BEGAN TO WHISTLEIT BECAME SO QUIETYOU COULD ONLY HEARRAINDROPSHE THEN MADE US LAUGHWHEN HE SAIDTHE POPE HAD ORDEREDA DOUBLE BEDA BIT OF A SONGTHEN A ANOTHER JOKEYET WHEN SOBERHE RARELY SPOKE n

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New Slaney Writing…

illness that is rarely discussedin this detail.

Written over four years,"Scourged" takes the reader ona journey from early diagnosis,the stages as the patient declines,the family's implosion, the mor-

Supporting the ArtSWexford Arts Centre: 053-9123764.

the presentation Centre, enniscorthy: 053-9233000.

Courthouse Arts Centre, tinahely:tel: (0402) 38529 www.courthousearts.ie

wexford writer, MichelleDooley Mahon, has writtenher debut novel, a memoirabout her life, and her motherwho sadly passed away thisyear a f ter a decade ofalzheimers. Scourged - AMemoir has been on a crowdfunding website called Fund-it to achieve the financesneeded to bring this story toa wider audience.

Beginning in the 60's, thetandem narrative unravels thememories of life in a small Irishtown – narrated by the Scourgeof the title – Michelle – and herMother Siobhán – in a series offlashbacks.

It comprises sections ofblack comedy, nostalgia, mem-ories and epiphanies that doc-ument the personalities, history,and archive of an ordinary fam-ily, who through the “bastardof a disease” that the Scourgecalls "death by a thousand cuts"becomes cathartic, redemptive,and ultimately uplifting, asthey become extraordinary intheir ability to cope.

It also shines a light on an

ENNISCORTHY LIBRARY…An Art workshop for adults will take place in Enniscorthy libraryon Thursday, september 3rd at 7.00pm.In this workshop, artist Marja van Kampen will demonstrate her

style of painting followed by a practical art workshop for partici-

pants. Learn how to explore your own creativity. No experience

needed. Materials will be provided.

Reading the Rising: an examination of the literature of 1916.A series of four reading workshops for adults, with Ciara Murphy.

Saturday afternoons from 2.30 on: 26th September; 17th October;

7th November and 28th November. 25 places only – Booking essen-

tial. Reading list available. Phone: 053-9236055.

an Focal aGUS an Focal eile by liam ryan

To papers chiefs tent, in Clonhaston was directedbefore whom I obsequiously there and then genuflectedonly to have my greatest rhyme offer rejectedFirst off, all cream from the crop 's been subtractedjust as Slaney News chosen, hand knitted judges directedfares and fees outstanding; duly fully collectedTo a fix, no contributor ever objectedbut my book passing Masterpiece again 's deselectedBecause interrupting, I'd one time interjectedone of those, who can never ever be contradictedMy sad writings they said, cross checked and inspectedunder Scaldys old con me rule locals fabricatedIn sombre silence then sat, sad and sore I reflectedmy old poetry 's gone rusty with flaws 'tis infectedAlthough in prospective gone quare long way undetectedneeds to be urgently retracted respected correctedPreparation to publish some time soon is expectedto chairman Frank's red pencil there be subjectedStatus Quo still is; as it is; as it was; mere Latin invectiveas free paper's in shitloads and shedloads projectedwith all scribblers backsliding graffiti redacteddown byways chosen sections selected injectedbinning scrap paper their readers rejectedDeparting Dejected when a cute hoor from recyclingsneaked over and Fecked it ! n

phing of the Scourge from wide-eyed child into Enfant Terrible –then through obese depressedrecluse, morphing into the cre-ator of Shellshock – One Womanshows.

The title is a reference to one

of the kinder names she wascalled as a child, and also to thescourging of a family by a dis-ease that knows no bounds,feels no pity, shows no mercy.

The Memoir wi l l belaunched in October. n

Michelle’s memoir ready to launch

Regular poetry contributor, Martin Joseph Byrne, recently wrote a country song called 'Rosalina', about unrequited love, in the true tradition of country music storytelling, and entered it in a competition in Paramount, Nashville, and won the director’s

award for best lyrics. “It was the first thing that I won for writing,”says Martin Joseph, who believes that Paramount are putting

the words to music and will then place it with some artist.

lettinG Go by Donal CullenI broke my heart today,Never thought I had to pay letting go, letting go, is the hardest part. With no love in her heart I broke my heart today.

Don’t look my waybut look the other way; someone told me look inside.no love the other way,Letting go, Letting godon't break my partit cuts to the heart. I've been mighty told don't get to old,Look inside, Look inside, don't let go. Love will come looking anyway, not my way,you will pay by instant karma.Instant karma going, to get you, by the hand, and lead you to hell,I'm only sleeping with no broken heart letting go, letting go. n

Martin Joseph explains: Modern haiku writers abandon

the true traditions of the haiku

solely for art.

They use letters for syllables

as well as syllables –

writers such as Michael Stipe

and Tom Gilroy.

haikUby Martin Joseph Byrne

her eyes like a bet

the gambler losing the stub

knowing he has won n

aUGUSt l945by Anne McCormackEnola stands ready on TinianIn the Northern Marianas'Little Boy' is loaded on boardClear skies, Tibbits in command

Target is sighted, doors opening'Little Boy' is on his wayHiroshima Innocents waiting below

A bubbling mass of purple and greyThe mushroom is risingA sky red with flamesBurning as if scorching Heaven

Enola Gay, about turn, back to base.JOB DONE n

πSuperb photography†

Bunclody library hosted a talk by Megan O’Beirne on Kilmacurragh Botanic

Gardens, Co. Wicklow, in association with Bunclody Horticultural society

to celebrate Heritage Week on Thursday 27 August 2018.

Megan’s talk was based on her recently-published book “Kilmacurragh –

sourced in the wild: the moulding of a heritage arboretum”, which was described

in reviews as “a scholarly work that is entertaining as well as engrossing… a

highly-recommended book for anyone with an interest in trees, gardens, his-

tory, and social history.”

The talk was well-attended,

thanks to suppor t f rom

Bunclody Horticultural Society,

and the feedback from the

audience was enthusiastic.

The talk was described as

"very entertaining", "very inter-

esting", "excellent talk", "very

informative".

Pic: Author and speaker

Megan O’Beirne with Carmel

Ryan, secretary of Bunclody

Horticultural Society.

A young Michelle

Dooley Mahon (right)

with family.

by BrendanFlannery

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