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One day down by a river, a preacherhad just baptized a young lady. A fewminutes later, a drunk, non-religiousman walked by the river.The preacher said to him, "Are youready to find Jesus?"The drunk said yes. The preacher gothim in the water, dipped him in andthen raised him back up. He said,"Have you found Jesus?"The drunk said no.The preacher again dipped him in andraised him back up. The preacher said,"Have you found Jesus?"The drunk again said no.The preacher dipped him and raisedhim up for a third time. He said,"Have you found Jesus?"The drunk said, "Are you sure he fellin here?"

God was sitting in heaven one daywhen a scientist said to Him,"God, we don't need you anymore.Science has finally figured out a wayto create life out of nothing - in otherwords, we can now do what you didin the beginning."

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The Dundrum Craft Group are hold-ing their annual Craft Fair on SundayOctober 25th. This year it promisesto be as exciting as ever. Having aunique mix of Craft and Food, in thatin both disciplines, each stall willhave a different product, we try ourbest to have no duplication. Four ofour stands will feature woodwork invarious guises. Sean O’Brien special-ises in woodturning; Tom Carew doesparkquets and marquets; John Hanlymakes garden furniture, whileMichael Carew works at woodcraft innative timber. Gerry Ryan, who spe-cialises in bee-keeping, has had aspectacular year on the honey showcircuit with prizes from National toWorld level. Margaret Browne is aspecialist landscape painter, MandyBaker does basket-making while Peg-gy Ryan and Peggy Harding have dif-fering stands of knitwear. We willalso have cushions and jewellery andmuch more. All products have to be

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A special feature of the Craft andFood Fair is a child Art Competitionfor the children of the local schools.This is always exciting and of quite ahigh standard. This year’s theme is‘Nature in and around our Village’.

Another feature of the Craft Fair isthe Hospice Tea Party where thegroup provide teas and buns etc., in arelaxing corner of the Scouts Hall,where the Fair is held. It opens at1pm and goes on until 5pm.

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Lorrha Development Associationlaunched a fundraising Lord MayorCompetition in The Ferry Inn on Sat-urday night last to help raise funds todevelop a park in the village.

When the Development Associationwas formed 25 years ago, the com-

mittee commenced fundraising with aLord Mayor competition and now onthe eve of their silver anniversary, thecommittee have again decided to runthis competition, this time to raisefunds for it’s new park which will belocated in the village.

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Pictured here are the candidates Teresa Walker (Ferry Inn), David Power and Joe Do-lan with Eamonn O’Dwyer of Tipp. F.M. who launched the campaign, Louis McCor-mack (Secretary), Rose Mannion (Chairperson) and seated in from modelling theLord Mayor chain is committee member Trish O’Donoghue. Photo: Nancy White.

It seems that UK companies inferringthey are Google are scamming Irishcompanies again. Previously in May2009 it came to the attention of SianPhillips at Whatswhat.ie that a UKcompany was calling companies ontheir online Irish business directory.

Sian Phillips is still trying to warn allIrish businesses about this scam. “Wehave over 66,700 companies listed andbelieve they have contacted 1,000’s todate. This company was calledMatchmaker Marketing but they arenow using different names and target-ing Irish companies heavily again.

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There has been lots of progression intrying to stop this happening andWhatswhat.ie have been helping withthis. The original name of the compa-ny mentioned is Matchmaker Market-ing – based in Cheshire in the UK.From the information and over 200emails Whatswhat gave to Googlethey started an investigation and thatcompany no longer have a Google ad-

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Sunday 4th October saw the last ofthe three Club Championships andthe penultimate race of the season'scalendar. The weather was very be-nign; cool and still which is perfectracing weather. There was also avery large turn-out, which is alwaysvery good to see. The route was Dol-la Hill, a distance of four and a halfmiles. John Spillane, just back fromhis holidays, took a very good thirdplace while John O'Carroll, findingsome of his best form this seasonwas second. But once again, thetrend set by the other two Champi-onship races was continued and an-other new member to the club tookthe honours. After scorching up thehill to finish 1m 09 ahead of hisnearest rival, William Murphy is the2009 Hill Climb Champion.

The racing season came to an endthis past Sunday 11th Oct with theannual contesting of the Flying Milewhich as usual was held over ameasured mile on the N52 bypass.Again, and in spite of the not-so-niceweather, a great crowd turned outand as a result, instead of handicap-ping, the riders were divided intothree groups of similar ability. How-ever the star of the show was EvaMoynan, who at ten and a half re-corded the excellent time of 3.32.

The first group was won by NeilGallagher with John Caulfield andRuth Spillane in joint second. Grouptwo went to Kevin Byrne with Dun-can Hodgins just one second behindhim and Liam Callaghan one secondadrift again. Peter Moynan broughtup the rear in that group. In groupthree, John O'Carroll stormed to thefastest time of the day 2.09 withMike O'Keeffe and John Spillaneonly seconds behind him.

The next item on the agenda is theAGM which will be held on 9th No-vember in the lounge bar of theDapp Inn and all members and in-tending members should make everyeffort to attend.

The Christmas dinner has also beenarranged for Sunday 13th Decemberin the Fairways in Kilruane at 6pm.Winter training schedules willresume very soon and details will beposted on the web site and alsoprinted here. Once again, the webaddress iswww.northtippwheelers.com.

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The freezing Antarctic wastes seemeda world away when Michael Harty ofThurles Credit Union popped into TheSource Box Office to pick up sometickets for Tom Crean – Antarctic Ex-plorer.

The award winning play is being pre-sented at the Thurles venue with thehelp of Thurles Credit Union, who aresponsoring the event. Since TheSource opened, this show has beenone of the most requested events thatpeople have wanted to see locally.

Written and performed by Aiden Doo-ley, the story of the Kerry man whoaccompanied both Shackleton and

Scott as they attempted to explore thevast expanses of the southern polarregion has travelled the world topacked houses and standing ovations.This amazing true story is a testamentto human fortitude as it describes theterrible conditions endured and over-come by the great man and his com-rades.

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Since November 2007, some newrules apply in Ireland, re the civil sol-emnising of marriage:

For weddings in the Catholic Church,the bishops provide the RegistrarGeneral with a list of priests whomhe then deputes as wedding solem-nisers, who can validly receive theconsent of the parties, for the pur-pose of civil registration. Any visit-ing priest, therefore, invited toofficiate at a wedding in Ireland, butwhose name is not on the Register ofsolemnisers, should apply for recog-nition as a solemniser, via the localbishop.

The couple must contact the CivilRegistrar's Office to initiate the civilrecognition of their marriage at leastthree months prior to the wedding.They must personally attend at theRegistrar's Office to make a declara-tion of no impediment, before a reg-istrar.

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Office to the couple, who shouldbring/mail it to the Church in goodtime. After their Wedding, this MRFis signed by the married couple, theirwitnesses and the priest/solemniser.The couple must return this signeddocument to the Registrar's Officewithin one month of the wedding.Also, within two days prior to thewedding, the solemniser and the wit-nesses must hear the verbal declara-tion of no impediment to themarriage, made by the couple them-selves. Normally, this will be madeat the start of the wedding ceremony.

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Some couples have a song that theyknow will be the one they play fortheir all important first dance. Itmight be a song that has some mean-ing or significance to them. Howevermost couples will either have a longlist of songs or none at all that theycan agree on.

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If you want a destination that hasplenty of “wow” appeal, Hawaii is it.Where else could you take a helicop-ter trip to see lava from an activevolcano flow, still steaming hot, intothe sea, or spend a night star gazinginto the heavens under a clear cloud-less sky? When it comes to memora-ble experiences, Hawaii is the idealplace for an unforgettable honey-moon. As a newly married couple,you can have side-by-side massagesin an ocean side cabana, or play afriendly round of golf on some of themost gorgeous courses in the world.From morning to evening, each mo-ment has the potential to turn into alasting memory. Is there any betterway to start your life together?

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Flowers are incorporated into thewedding ceremony as symbols of fer-tility and to ward off evil spirits. Ini-tially, bridal bouquests consistedmainly of herbs and spices.

Generally, flowers have been a majorfeature at weddings for centuries. Bytradition, the groom wears a flowerwhich appears in the bridal bouquetin his button-hole. This custom origi-nates from the Medieval tradition of aknight wearing his lady's colours as adeclaration of love. Each flower pos-sesses its own meaning and displays aspecial message. Orange Blossom,for example, denotes chastity, purityand loveliness. Some brides include aspring of live Ivy in their bouquets.Ivy is representative of eternal fideli-

ty and wedded bliss. A popular tradi-tion during Victorian times was forthe bride to plant the Ivy contained inher bouquet after the wedding andpass the resulting sprigs from thatsame plant to her daughters andgranddaughters for use in their bridalbouquets. Peonies are avoided insome cultures as they are thought torepresent shame. Azaleas are said tosymbolize temperance...Roses to rep-resent love...and Snowdrops to be asymbol of hope. In some cultures,Lilies symbolize majesty, but are cus-tomarily believed unlucky because oftheir association with death. By tradi-tion, a combination of red and whiteflowers is avoided, believing to berepresentative of blood and bandages.

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The meaning of the claddagh ring iswhat gives the ring it's significance.The hands of the ring are shownholding the heart and the hands de-note friendship and togetherness, theheart itself signifies love and thecrown in the claddagh ring stands forloyalty.

In a nutshell the meaning of theCladdagh ring could be summarizedas, Let Love and Friendhsip ReignForever.

The meaning and significance of theCladdagh ring is not just in thecrown, heart and clasping hands, it

also extends to the hand on which thering is worn and the direction inwhich the crown on the ring points.In case of a married or engaged per-son Claddagh rings are worn on theleft hand with the crown pointingaway from the (the person wearingthe ring) heart. For a person willingto consider love the ring is tradition-ally worn on the right hand with thecrown pointing away from the heart.For a person not interested in startinga relationship the Cladagh ring isworn on the right hand with thecrown pointing towards the heart.

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Why is a wedding ring worn onthe left hand?

It is a sign of true love, the lefthand being nearest to the heart. Itis worn on the second finger as itis thought the vein from that fin-ger connects to the heart.

Why are wedding rings made ofgold?In 1217 Bishop Moore of Salis-bury in England said that a wed-ding ring should be made of gold.He said that gold, the most pre-cious of metals, would bestsymbolise the most precious ofrelationships.

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The custom of decorating the caroriginates from the ancient ritual of"bedding" the newly-wed couple.This tradition used to be an impor-tant part of the wedding. After thewedding breakfast, the bride andgroom would be escorted to thebedroom and undressed. The guestsrefused to leave until the couplewere in bed together. This illustrat-ed the importance of procreation inthe marriage. The bed was decorat-ed with flowers and ribbons by thebridesmaids. This custom latertransferred to decorating the car ofthe newly-wed couple as they leftfor their honeymoon. The coloursused in such decorations have theirown specific meanings:

Red -- JusticeBlue -- ConstancyGreen -- YouthYellow -- Joy and/or honorStraw Colour - Plenty

Gold -- GaietyFlesh Colour-- Lust

Tying shoes on the bumper of a carwas symbolic of the power associ-ated with shoes in ancient times.Egyptians would also exchangesandals when goods were ex-changed so, when the bride's fathergave his daughter to the groom, hewould also give the bride's sandalsto show that she now belonged toher new husband. In Anglo-Saxontimes, the groom would tap the heelof the bride's shoe in order to dis-play his authority over her. Thebride would then throw shoes at herbridesmaids to see who would bethe next to marry. In Tudor times, itwas the custom to throw shoes atthe couple or their carriage for goodluck. Today, people normally justtie shoes or tin cans to the couple'scar.

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Feedback (sometimes referred to aspositive criticism) is a process inwhich the effect or output of an actionis 'returned' (fed-back) to modify thenext action. Feedback should only everbe used as a basis for improvement. Itshould not be mistaken for negativecriticism and vice verse. If feedbackdoes not provide learning or a chanceto improve, then it is beingcommunicated as negative criticism.

"Admonish your friends privately, butpraise them openly." - Publilius Syrus(35 B.C.)

So why is feedback important?

Whether you are a teacher, employer,manager, supervisor, employee,parent, friend or foe, Feedback is acrucial and important aspect ofcommunication. We gauge others’reaction by a combination of theirfacial expressions, body language, toneof voice as well as actual speech. Itallows us gain insight into whether weare communicating effectively or not.We then change our own style ofcommunication based on the feedbackwe receive.

Catherine the Great once said, "I liketo praise and reward loudly, to blamequietly." So the general rule is; Praisein public, criticise in private. There areexceptions to this rule when a grossviolation is made and needs to bepointed out immediately, or others areaware of a negative situation and itwould be beneficial to condemnwhatever behaviour was

Giving effective Feedback

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Provide feedback as soon as possible

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Make sure you keep an open mind andbe objective about receiving anycriticism. Make a conscious decisionto learn from the experience.

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Ensure you maintain a healthyperspective and don’t get bogged downwith “what if” and “should have”

Be grateful for all constructivefeedback you receive. Someone istaking the time to provide you withlearning opportunities, thank them!

It is up to you what you do with thefeedback received, but don’t do“nothing”. This is your opportunity forimprovement, take it

Remember feedback is directed atbehaviour and not self

Feedback is part of the communicationprocess but can be honed as a skill andimproved on to provide growth anddevelopment for the receiver, if givenappropriately. In the coaching process,for example, feedback is vital for thecoach to help encourage and empowerthe client. It is just as important for aCoach to read the signs from theirclient, to gauge progression and learnabout their client.

Feedback can be provided in manyforms. If in a workplace, a simplethumbs up or a smile can provide verypositive feedback to a colleague oremployee. The words “Well Done” canspeak thousands if said with anencouraging smile. An inquisitiveeyebrow, a puzzled look can subtlyportray confusion and invite another toexplain the confusion.

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Tipperary North, Kerry,Limerick City, LimerickCounty and Clare Enter-prise Boards have her-alded the inauguralMid-West RegionalBusiness Week 2009 ahuge success.

A total of 45 events tookplace during the weekwhich ran from Monday5th – Friday 9th Octoberwith an extensive programme of sem-inars, workshops, networking eventsand expos addressing relevant busi-ness topics. This concerted, com-bined initiative organised by the Cityand County Enterprise Boards andEnterprise Ireland was organised withthe regions development agencies andstatutory authorities hosting a widerange of events relative to their par-ticular area of expertise.

The main regional highlights of theweek included the Official Launch ofthe 1st Mid-West Regional BusinessWeek by Minister for Trade andCommerce Mr Billy Kelleher T.Dand the Mid-West Regional Network-ing Evening with Sean Gallagherfrom Dragons Den.

The 1st Mid-West Regional BusinessWeek was officially launched byMinister for Trade and Commerce MrBilly Kelleher on Monday 5th Octo-ber. Following on from the officialopening, Vincent Browne of TV3’snightly current affairs programme andcolumnist with both the Irish Times

and the Sunday Business Post chaireda discussion panel on the topic“Doing business in the Mid-West” -the issues facing this region and howthese may be addressed.

This discussion panel included Minis-ter Billy Kelleher T.D, BrianO’Connell MD of Westpark ShannonLtd and member of the Government-appointed Mid West Task Force., DrMaria Hinfelaar President of Limer-ick Institute of Technology, BrendanKenny CEO of the Limerick Regener-ation Project and Rory O’Connorformer CEO of Hewlett Packard.With his many years in the mediaand his confrontational questioningstyle, Browne delivered a very fo-cused and thorough discussion withthe panel.

Sponsored by Enterprise Ireland theEnterprise Expo attracted over 40stands from professional bodies whowill offered advice and guidance tobusiness owners and those thinking ofstarting a business. Many of the en-terprises who took part in the Enter-

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received funding from Enterprise Ire-land or the Enterprise Boards and arean example of the local successfulentrepreneurship stories in the Mid-West Region.

The other highlight of the week’s Re-gional events was “Put Your Moneywhere your mouthis” with guestspeaker and Drag-on Seán Gallagherwhich took place inthe Radisson Hotelon Wednesday 7thOctober. In the lastyear, Seán Gallagh-er has become rec-ognisable to theIrish public as oneof the five intimi-dating entrepre-neurs available forinvestment onRTÉ’s hit show,Dragon’s Den.

The evening com-menced with an innovative speed net-working event which gave peoplefrom Limerick, Kerry, Clare and Tip-perary an opportunity to network,swop business cards and set up busi-ness meetings with other networkers.

The well known Dragon Sean Gal-lagher then addressed the large audi-ence and stated that “in this difficulttime of doom and gloom it is time tostop talking about the problems andto move forward and find solutions”.

Gallagher set a very positive andproactive tone advising the audiencethat “entrepreneurship is a very viableoption for people who are out of workand we need to support the entrepre-neurial spirit that is alive throughoutthe county. We need to identify theseentrepreneurs, provide training forthem and link them in with the educa-tion institutions and with experiencedpeople who are already in business.It is imperative that they have accessto start up capital”.

Gallagher continued to motivate thelarge audience telling them that

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The inaugural Mid-West RegionalBusiness Week sent out a clear andpositive message to the small and me-dium sector that the EnterpriseBoards in partnership with EnterpriseIreland have an all hands on deck ap-proach to the real challenges beingfaced by the sector in the current cli-mate. The Enterprise Boards wereestablished over 15 years ago with aremit to be proactive, innovative andresponsive to the needs of enterprisesat a local level.

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We are back again, at the time of yearwhen most Employer and Employee’sstart to look at their Pension arrangements,if any.

Here are a number of question and dos anddon’ts that should make this process easi-er…….

Questions to ask

• Am I eligible to join an em-ployer pension plan? If not, does a person-al pension plan, a standard PRSA or anon-standard PRSA best meet my needs?

• What kind of income do I want when Iretire, over and above the state pension?How much do I need to contribute to reachmy 'pension target'?

• What fees and charges will I pay bothinitially and yearly? Will my contributionsincrease each year in line with inflation? Ifso, what charges apply?

• Which investment funds can I choosefrom? Can I switch between funds? Will Ibe charged for this?

• What is the estimated future value of mypension, assuming a set rate of fundgrowth each year?

• Are there any death-in-service or disa-bility benefits for me?

• How flexible is my plan? Can I stoppaying contributions for a time, increaseor reduce my contributions?

• Do I need to provide a pension for mydependants after I die?

• Have I any other assets I can use in re-tirement such as investment property, sav-ings or investments?

• What are the advantages and disadvan-tages of investing in an ARF over buyingan annuity?

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• Do make sure you join your employerpension plan if you are eligible to do so.

• Do consider an employer's pension ben-efits when changing jobs.

• Do ask your employer to make a stand-ard PRSA available to you if there is noemployer pension plan in place or if youcan't join it within the first six months ofyour service.

• Do ask about making additional volun-tary contributions (AVCs) if you are in anemployer pension plan and need to boostyour pension. If you are a member of thepublic sector superannuation scheme youshould ask about purchasing notional serv-ice and also compare the benefits of AVCsand buying notional service particulary ifyou will not have 40 years service at re-

tirement age. You can get more detailsfrom Irish Civil Service Pensions Informa-tion Centre.

• Do keep up to date on how your pensionis performing. Ask for valuations if youdo not already receive them.

• Do find out how much you will pay incharges, both initial and yearly, beforebuying a pension. If you are unsure, askyour pension provider or financial advisorto explain the charges fully to you.

Don'ts

• Don't assume your fund is on track tomeet your pension needs. Review it regu-larly and increase your contributions ifyou need to and if you can afford it.

• Don't be put off by jargon. Ask ques-tions and take time to understand the is-sues so that you make the right decisionsfor your future.

• Don't feel pressurised into buying a pen-sion plan from a pension company or fi-nancial advisor just because you haveasked them for information or advice.

• Don't forget about pensions that you hadbefore, for example, a work pension thatyou had with an old employer. Contact thepensions administrator, find out the valueof your fund and see whether you cantransfer it into a new pension.

• Don't forget to check if you are eligiblefor the state pension by contacting the De-partment of Social and Family Affairs.

Keeping tabs on your pension

While buying a suitable product is the pri-ority, it is equally important to regularlyreview your pension plan to see how it isperforming and to make sure you are con-tributing enough to give you the incomeyou need at retirement, especially if youhave a defined contribution plan.

You should also check that your chargesare in line with your pension contract. Ifyou are a member of a defined contribu-tion employer pension plan, you shouldget a personal benefit statement once ayear. Members of defined benefit planscan request a similar statement from thetrustees of their fund.

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Anyone fancy swapping goods or services?If yes read on.

Do you have a professional service that you can offer to someonein exchange for their services or goods?We are going to try something new in the Tipp Tatler that will al-low you to barter for goods and services free of charge.

For example maybe you’re a painter who would like to learn howto use computers. Simply send in your offer to us and we will put itout there to see if anyone will respond. Sample offers might readlike this:-

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Beautician will exchange gift vouchers for restaurant vouchers.Ph: 087-12345678etc. etc.

You get the idea. It’s not a new idea. We’ve all been doing it forcenturies. It used be called helping your neighbours. But now weare all so busy and maybe new to an area that we don’t really knowour neighbours. Or simply our neighbours/friends aren’t skilledenough to do the job required.

Anyhow we’re willing to give it a shot. So if you want to partici-pate just email your offer to [email protected] or post to TippTatler, Curraghgraigue, Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary.

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Veronica Molloy T/a Crossogue Pre-serves, Ballycahill was announced as theoverall winner of the 2009 National En-terprise Awards County Competitionwhile this year’s Runner-up was LyncareSystems Ltd, C/o Gordon and AndreaLynch, Unit 3, Shannonside BusinessPark, Birdhill. The winners were an-nounced at a lunch time prize giving cer-emony held at the Peppermill Restaurant,Nenagh on Thursday 1 October organ-ised by the Tipperary County EnterpriseBoard.

This prestigious County competition car-ried a prize fund of €3,000 together withLouise Kennedy crystal awards and cer-tificates of achievement. The Countywinners, Crossogue Preserves received acheque for €1,500 and will now advanceto represent North Tipperary in the Na-tional competition to be held in DublinCastle on 10 November next. LyncareSystems Ltd were awarded a cash prizeof €1,000 in addition to the crystalaward.

The competition was introduced in 1997by the County & City Enterprise Boardsto recognise the contribution that smallenterprises make to Ireland’s economicdevelopment and to acknowledge theirrole in building a vibrant and successfulindigenous business sector. The competi-tion is open to all small firms that havereceived financial support from theCounty or City Enterprise Boards in thepast. This year’s awards were presentedby Matt Shortt, Director of Services,North Tipperary County Council, thenew Chairperson of the Tipperary North

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Veronica Molloy was born and raised inKenya before training as a nurse in Eng-land. After Veronica’s marriage to Tonyin 1967 she relocated to Ireland and set-up home at Crossogue House, a mixedfarm where all the fruit and vegetablesused in the preserves were grown. Ve-ronica was taught how to make preservesby her mother-in-law Nancy Molloy andmany of the recipes used today are fami-ly recipes passed down through the gen-erations. Busy raising six children,initially jam making was little more thana hobby producing preserves for localstores and country markets but as newrecipes evolved and demand grew, largercommercial stores started to take an in-terest.

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COUNTY SENIOR AND INTERMEDIATEHURLING FINALS

The club hurling scene in Tipperary reaches itsclimax this weekend with the County Senior Hurlingfinal between Drom and Inch and Thurles Sarsfieldson Sunday October 18th at 3.30pm in SempleStadium. It will be preceded by the CountyIntermediate Hurling final between Arravale Roversand Carrick Davins at 1.30pm. We wish all 4 clubsgood luck for their big day.

Thurles Sarsfields will be seeking their 30th countysenior hurling title while Mid Division rivals Dromand Inch will be seeking their first. Sarsfields willalso be seeking to become the second club, joiningToomevara, which has won all 3 Dan Breen Cups.The original Dan Breen Cup was first presented in1931 and was replaced in 1972 and it in turn wasreplaced in 2006.

Interestingly, it has always been a team from the Middivision that has won the County Senior Hurling titlein a major anniversary year of the GAA. ThurlesSarsfields won it in 1909 and 1959, while MoycarkeyBorris won it in 1934 and 1984. The 50 year trendsuggests a Thurles win but Drom and Inch will surelyhave different ideas.

In the Intermediate Final, Carrick Davins will beseeking their first victory at this grade but of coursethey have a famous history at senior level havingwon county senior titles in 1966 and 1967. ArravaleRovers will be seeking their 2nd title havingpreviously won in 1997. Neither finalist won theirdivisional title this year but both have peaked at theright time and we can look forward to a keen contestfor the Jacksie Ryan Cup.

HONOURING TEAMS OF THE PAST

The Borris-Ileigh teams which won the CountySenior Hurling Championships in 1981, 1983 and1986 will be honoured in Semple Stadium on Sundaybetween the Intermediate final and the Senior final.In the 1981 final Borris defeated Roscrea by 1-14 to0-12 with Noel O’Dwyer scoring 0-8 and receivingthe Man of the Match award. Timmy Stapleton wascaptain. Noel O’Dwyer was again Man of the Matchin 1983 when Francis Spillane captained the team intheir 0-17 to 1-11 victory over LoughmoreCastleiney. In 1986 they defeated defending countyand All Ireland club champions KilruaneMacDonaghs by 0-14 to 0-7 with Michael Ryancaptaining the team and Philip Kenny earning theMan of the Match award having scored 0-6. Thatteam of course went on to win the All Ireland clubchampionship on March 17th 1987 when theydefeated Rathnure of Wexford by 2-9 to 0-9 in CrokePark. Later that year, Richard Stakelum captainedTipperary to their first Munster Senior Hurlingchampionship victory in 16 years and famouslyproclaimed an end to “the famine” in his victoryspeech in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

We are grateful to the Tipperary Star and Younges ofthe Ragg for sponsoring this event which addsgreatly to the atmosphere of county final day. Wealso would like to thank Seamus J. King, Pat Careyand John Costigan for their efforts in organising theevent, Siobhan Mackey in the GAA office for heradministrative support and the Borris-Ileigh club fortheir assistance and co-operation.

ARRANGEMENTS AT SEMPLE STADIUM FORCOUNTY FINALS

The entry fee to the County Final is €20 for Adults,€10 for Students and OAPs, and Under 16s are free

(Valid photographic I.D. required). Both stands willbe open at 12.30pm. Groups will be accommodatedat stile 50 in Ardan Ó Riain (New Stand).

Stile 1 in the Kinnane Stand (Old Stand) and Stiles41 and 54 in New Stand are for county board passholders, 5 year term passes and voluntary stewards’passes. It is important to note that children will notbe allowed out of the Stadium during matches unlessaccompanied by an adult.

We thank our patrons in advance for their co-operation with these arrangements.

COUNTY SENIOR FOOTBALL SEMI-FINALS

Well done to Moyle Rovers and Aherlow on theirvictories in the County Senior Football semi-finals inSemple Stadium on Sunday last in front of anattendance of 1,100 people. They will now meet inthe County Final also in Semple Stadium on SundayOctober 25th. Aherlow last won the title in 2006 andMoyle Rovers last won it in 2007. Hard luck to bothlosing semi-finalists Killenaule and LoughmoreCastleiney on a well fought campaign.

SEAMUS Ó RIAIN CUP FINAL

Congratulations to Kilruane MacDonaghs on their1-22 to 0-17 win over Lorrha and Dorrha in the finalof the Seamus Ó Riain Cup Senior Hurlingcompetition which was played in Borrisokane onSunday last. Kilruane become the second winners ofthe Ó Riain Cup having lost last year’s inauguralfinal to Carrick Swans. County Vice Chairman SeanNugent presented the cup to winning captain,Seamus Hennessy.

COUNTY MINOR B HURLING FINAL

Moyne-Templetuohy Óg captured the County Minor“B” Hurling title on Saturday last thanks to a 2-19 to1-12 victory over Knockmealdown Gaels at LeahyPark Cashel. The Moyne-Templetuohy / Killeacombination were captained by 2009 County MinorHurling captain, Liam Butler, and became the fourthMid club to capture this title this decade following onfrom the successes of Drom & Inch (2003), JKBrackens (2004) and Moycarkey-Borris (2007). Thiscompetition began in 1984 and was won by Moyne-Templetuohy in 1987 when William Maher was thewinning captain.

COUNTY MINOR B FOOTBALL FINAL

Well done to Killenaule on winning the CountyMinor “B” Football title for the first time on Saturdayby virtue of a 2-18 to 2-6 victory over Borris-Ileighat Boherlahan. Afterwards, County Football BoardChairman Noel Morris presented the cup toKillenaule captain Conor Prendergast. Killenaulebecame the 20th club to capture this title since thecompetition began in 1985 and the eighth club fromthe South Division.

COUNTY JUNIOR B FOOTBALL FINAL

Clonmel Óg won the County Junior B Football finalon Saturday thanks to a 2-9 to 0-8 victory over SeanTreacys at Boherlahan. Afterwards, County FootballBoard Chairman Noel Morris presented the cup toClonmel Óg captain Darren Burns. This competitionbegan at County level in 1995 and in the interveningyears, no club has managed to win the title more thanonce. Of the 15 clubs tied at the top of the roll ofhonour at this grade with 1 title each, there are 5North clubs, 4 South clubs, 4 Mid clubs and 2 clubsfrom the West division.

WORLD TITLE FOR BALLINA HANDBALLER

Congratulations to Ger Coonan (Ballina) who inpartnership with Darragh Daly (Tyrone) won theMens A Doubles in the Handball WorldChampionships in Portland, USA. In the final againstthe US pairing of Garner and Steele, they went down21/12 in the first and in a very tight second game theywon narrowly 21/18. In the Tie Break they workedhard and finally come out 11/6 winners. Ger alsoreached the final of the Mens A Singles but he wasdefeated by Ruairí Kelly (Tyrone) 21/14, 21/15.

FRIENDS OF TIPP FOOTBALL MEMBERSHIPDRAW

The Friends of Tipperary Football are presentlyrunning a Membership Draw. Tickets are €20 eachand are available from any member of theCommittee. The 1st prize is €5,000 euro and there isa total Prize Fund of €9,000 euro. Proceeds of theDraw support all County Football teams. The Drawwill be held on Wednesday, 4th November.

REPRINT OF TOMMY DOYLE’S BOOK

A reprint of Tommy Doyle’s book “A Lifetime inHurling” is now available. The autobiography of thefamed Thurles Sarsfields and Tipperary hurler wasthe first autobiography of a GAA star and was firstpublished in 1955. The cost including packaging andpostage is €56.50. The book is now from Kenny'sBindery, 13-18 Kilkerrin Park, Liosbaun, TuamRoad, Galway, phone 091-709362, fax 091-757516,email: [email protected]. Thanks to the Doylefamily for permitting the reprint and to PJ Maxwellfor making the necessary arrangements.

CANON HAYES SPORTS AWARDS

The Canon Hayes National Sports AwardsCommittee (Tipperary) has announced that they arenow accepting nominations for their 2009 Awards inthe categories of Local and County, which are opento nominees from within County Tipperary, and inthe categories of National and OutstandingAchievement, which are open to nominees fromthroughout the 32 counties. Members of the publicalong with representatives of clubs or sportingorganisations are invited to submit nominations forthe Awards. All persons nominated should be overthe age of 16 years and the nomination should relateto achievements in the past 12 months.

A brief resume of the nominee’s sportingachievements should be submitted along with thenomination to: Sports Awards Committee, CanonHayes Recreation Centre, Avondale Crescent,Tipperary Town, to arrive on or before FridayOctober 23rd. Nominations may also be submittedby e-mail to [email protected] The Awardsare open to all sporting disciplines and the committeeare looking forward to receiving many nominationsfor the respective categories. Further details on theAwards are available from the Canon Hayes SportsCentre on 062-52022 or 087-6101628.

TIPPERARY GAA SCENE

Information concerning all areas in the GAA willappear in this section in the future. If you wish toinclude any item of interest in future articles, pleasecontact the County Public Relations Officer GerRyan at 086-8149146 or via e-mail [email protected] on or before 3:00pm onMonday. Visit the Tipperary GAA web site athttp://tipperary.gaa.ie to keep up to date with all thelatest news in Tipperary GAA circles.

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A domestic cat sleeps for up to 14hours a day.

The snow leopard protects itselffrom extreme cold when it sleeps bywrapping its 3-foot-long tail aroundits nose.

The puma and the leopard are thehighest jumping mammals. They areable to reach a height of 16.5 feet.

A cat will clean itself with paw andtongue after a dangerous experienceor when it has fought with anothercat. This is an attempt by the animalto soothe its nerves by doing some-thing natural and instinctive.

The smallest cat is the Singaporeand weighs only 4 pounds.

Cats can make over 100 vocalsounds, while dogs can only make10.

A cat uses whiskers to determine ifa space is too small to squeezethrough. The whiskers act as anten-nae, helping the animal to judge theprecise width of any passage.

The majority of cats do not have anyeyelashes.

Pound for pound, leopards are saidto be seven times stronger than hu-mans.

Panthers are known as black leop-ards, as they are the same species ofleopard. If looked at closely, blackspots can be seen on a panther.

Just like fingerprints, every catsnose pad is different.

In the 1800's cats were used to de-liver mail. In 1879, in Belgium 37cats were used to deliver mail to vil-lages, however they found that thecats were not disciplined enough todo this.

In a lifetime, the average house catspends approximately 10,950 hourspurring.

In 1888, an Egyptian peasant dis-covered an estimated three hundredthousand mummified cats in BeniHassan, Egypt. Of the cats that werenot stolen once, the find was madepublic, the remaining mummifiedcats were shipped to Great Britain tobe used as agricultural fertilizer.

A house cat spends 70% of its timesleeping.

A fall of 30 feet can be survived mymost cats.

25% of cat owners blow dry thecat's hair after giving it a bath.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A cat sees about six times betterthan a human at night because of thetapetum lucidum , a layer of extrareflecting cells which absorb light.

A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

A cat can run about 20 kilometersper hour (12 miles per hour) when itgrows up.

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A French pharmacist and chemist,employed by Louis XV, Antoine Au-gustine Parmentier, realised the nutri-tional value of the potato while beingheld prisoner by the Prussians. Hewas determined to make it the staplediet of the French but failed to con-vince the Frenchmen of its advantag-es so he tried a different tactic. Afteracquiring a miserable and unproduc-tive spot of ground, he planted 50acres of potatoes and set a guard overit.

This drew considerable attentionfrom the locals and when in theevening the guard was relaxed, thelocals who believed the crop to bevaluable,"acquired" some of the potatoes fromthe plot and soon were growing theroot in their own gardens. The newand valuable potato gradually beganto be accepted by the people ofFrance.

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* Your feet stick to jam on the kitch-en floor--and you don't care.

* You can't find your cordless phone,so you ask a friend to call you, andyou run around the house madly, fol-lowing the sound until you locate thephone downstairs in the laundry bas-ket.

* Lollipops's become a food staple.

* Your favourite television show is acartoon.

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* You buy cereal with animals in it.

* You count the sprinkles on eachkid's cupcake to make sure they'reequal.

* You have time to shave only oneleg at a time.

* You hide in the bathroom to bealone.

* Your kid throws up and you catchit.

* You get up at 5:30 AM and youhave no time to eat, sleep, drink orgo to the bathroom, and yet... youstill managed to gain 10 pounds.

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Spanish singer Julio Iglesias was ontelevision with British TV host AnneDiamond when he used the word'manyana'. Diamond asked him toexplain what it meant. He said that the termmeans "maybe the job will be donetomorrow, maybe the next day, may-be the day after that. Perhaps next

week, next month, next year. Whocares?" The host turned to Irish-man Shay Brennan who was also onthe show and asked him if there wasan equivalent term in Irish."No. In Ireland we don't have a wordto describe that degree of urgency,"replied Brennan.

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This list is also valuable for those whohave emotional abusive tendencies,and might enable him or her to beginto be aware that he or she is anemotional abuser.

There is also a type of emotional abusecalled malevolent abuse, which occurswhen a person tries to undermineanother to the extent of sabotagingtheir success, health, or happiness.Here is a check list to see if one isguilty of malevolent abuse, or thetendency to be so:

Do you often secretly hope that badthings will happen to your partner, e.g.that his/her endeavour will fail?

Do you get a deep sense of satisfac-tion when bad things happen to yourpartner?

Do you sometimes cause bad thingsto happen to your partner, such as sab-otaging their friendships by telling liesabout them?

Do you deliberately undermine orsabotage your partner’s efforts to gainsuccess?

Do you deliberately cause your part-ner to doubt himself/herself or to ques-tion their perceptions?

Victims who suffer emotional abuseshould try to remember that they arenot alone, that it is not their fault, andfind somebody that they can trust tolisten to them in a non-judgementalway. It is important to listen to theseindividuals, to believe them, and tosupport them, and to give them advice.

While I maintain that the rate ofhealing abusers is low, there aremeasures a victim may take toempower themselves, if they decide toremain in the abusive relationship.There is an eight step programme thatcan be followed, and it is relevant toall types of abuse:

1. Admit to yourself that you are be-ing abused, and acknowledge the dam-age you have suffered. To enable thisto happen you must understand abuse

as outlined in these articles. Keep anabuse journal noting incidents of emo-tional abuse, and if possible share itwith a counsellor.

2. Understand why you choose anabusive partner. This will certainly in-volve exploring your childhood, andmore than likely discovering that youwere conditioned to feel ‘not goodenough’ and to take what you couldget in terms of a partner. If you regard-ed abuse as normal in your childhoodyou may choose a partner on that ba-sis. Such a partner feels ‘right’ for you.It is a question of low self-esteem.Make a list of why you choose yourpartner.

3. Understand why you have put upwith the abuse. This is a difficult step,because it is humiliating to admit thatyou have allowed yourself to be de-graded and treated so poorly. But youchoose to allow the abuse to happen.This again goes back to childhoodwhen the actions of the current abusermirror what may have happened to youwhen you were a child. This meansthat you have lost your judgement andperspective, and there is every chancethat you blame yourself for the abuse.This blame is often carried from child-hood, because children almost alwaysblame themselves for the abuse theyreceive. Guilt is a major feeling ofabused victims. Make a list of why youstay in an abusive relationship. Thislist will help you to erase the guilt youmay be feeling.

Continued in next issue)

Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor

from Furze, Thurles. Ph. 087 8211009

www.jimoshea.net .

JimO’Shea’s book ‘When a child dies.

Footsteps of a Grieving Family’ is

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Abuse by Jim O Shea

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.Josh Billings

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Clare Tipp Properties aredelighted to present“Beech Grove” an exclu-sive complex of four on-ly executive properties.These fine homes arec.1,100sq.ft and are lo-cated in a prime locationin the centre of Ballina.Each home has a 10 year“Home Bond” Guaranteeand is block built. There are numerous features available with these lovely homessuch as High tech Eco Friendly Skirting heating throughout (which is guaranteed for10 years per property), mains natural gas central heating,

Block Build and double insulated (insulated block and also dry-lined internally) to-gether with “Tru-Tone” slate roof. uPVC Treble glazed windows throughout. Col-oured render façade with feature render quoins and feature render opes. Balconies to

Bedrooms 1 and 3. All gardenswith separate side access and gar-dens top soiled and seeded. Solidtimber and block boundary wallsto private rear gardens. Southfacing rear gardens. P.C. sumsof €6,000 for kitchen/fireplace orwardrobe use – you decide.Large attic space with cut roofand velux windows. Entrancegate wired for remote control gat-ed entrance. Viewing a must.

No. 7 The Cottages, LoughDerg Village, Killaloe, Co.Clare.

3Bedroom Townhouse in pri-vate courtyard to include ownmooring Reduced to €215,000A fine circa 950sq.ft.(88.25sq.m) Townhouse in asmall cottage courtyard of 12only properties located adja-cent to the scenic shores of

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and finish, Oil central heating, Pri-vate bored well, large site of 0.7 acre,wonderful tranquil location, brightand airy property with magnificentkitchen and living space. The attic isaccessed by Stira Stairs, is floored

and boasts velux windows in placethis has an area of circa 1,200sq.ft.and could be suitable for conversions.t.p.Guide Price; Now massively reducedto a guide price of €285,000.00

All guide prices of the following properties have been massively reduced

Harvey’s Point, Drom-bane, Ballina, Co. Tip-perary €315,000

Approx. 1.2km outsideBallina/Killaloe on thescenic Portroe toNenagh Road, brim-ming with characterand tastefully and pro-fessionally refurbished,

“ Harvey’s Point” is definitely a property that must be visited toappreciate the beautiful ambiance within. Five Bedroom Propertywith an Internal size of 1,900sq.ft. approx.

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