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Candle of Hope weekend to kickstart Relay for Life fundraising campaign THE upcoming Candle of Hope weekend is set to kickstart this year’s fundraising efforts for the inaugural Tipperary Relay for Life challenge.

On Friday 17th and Saturday 18th of June next in Tesco, Nenagh the Candle of Hope committee will aim to heighten awareness of the Tipperary Relay for Life event and the ongoing efforts in the fight against cancer.

On both days members of the public will be given the opportunity to dedicate a Candle of Hope in remembrance or celebration of your loved one(s) with all donations going to the Irish Cancer Society/Relay for Life Tipperary. Each dedication will cost just €5.

The Relay for Life challenge is a fundraising event aimed at raising much needed funds for the Irish Cancer Society, with the first ever challenge to take on August 27th and 28th in Toomevara GAA grounds.

Without doubt one of the highlights and most moving elements of the Relay event, is the Candle of Hope ceremony which takes place at dusk on the first evening of the Relay. As dusk approaches the candles are set around the track and lit by participants.

The Candle of Hope ceremony is a symbol of remembrance for all those family members and friends lost to cancer, and a symbol of hope for those living with cancer. Preparations are very much underway for this year’s

Relay for Life challenge but there are still more teams needed to participate.

Teams of friends, neighbours families and colleagues can come together in groups of 8-20 people and commit to keeping a participant walking around the Relay course for the 24 hours of the event.

All members of a team do not have to be present for 24 hours, only to give up a small portion of their time for a period of the 24 hours.

In addition, over the 24 hours hundreds of other activities take place to create a wonderfully festive atmosphere, with local bands and organisations all lending a helping hand.

The event kicks off with a 'Survivors’ Lap which is an inspirational start to the event where cancer survivors of all ages are invited to begin the relay by walking the first lap of the course, cheered on by family, friends and teams from the community who have come together to celebrate. If you are a cancer survivor and would like to take part in the 'Survivors' Lap, you are welcome to register your interest with us at the stand in Tesco.

Further information will be available at the Candle of Hope stand in Tesco on Fri/Sat 17th/18th June or from any members of the local Relay for Life organising committee. Contact 1850 60 60 60 or online at www.cancer.ie.ortipperaryrelayforli fe @gmail.com for further information.

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Tipperary Institute Student is Templemore’s “Young Person of the Year” Miss Jacqueline Kelly was selected as Templemore’s “Young Person of the Year” at the Town Council Annual Award Ceremony Tuesday in Templemore. Jaqueline is studying Business in the T.I. in 4 Year Honours degree Course, and is a native of Lisheen, Templetuohy, she received her early Education at Moyne National School and later in Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore.

During 2009/2010 she was employed in Eurospar, Templemore.

Jacqueline won the award for her enterprise she showed in 2009/2010 to overcome her Mother’s illness and still exceed, the C.A.O points cut off place by over 130 points, despite being absent 80% if her Leaving Cert Year.

Jacqueline kept in touch with her teachers by email, by text, by telephone and by post. Another student would have written off the year but not Jacqueline who showed great determination and belief in her own ability to overcome adversity. With the aid of her teachers she taught herself at home using various websites, to keep in touch, when her mother’s health allowed she came to school.

She successfully nursed her Mum back to full health and still shone academically throughout this period.

Pictured receiving her Award as ‘Young Person of the Year’ 2010 is Jacqueline Kelly, Lisheen, Templetuohy, accompanied by Mayor of Templemore Mr Joe Bourke.

only hope I myself may someday achieve”.

Stephen concluded by saying that “there is not a single other person in this Town whom deserves this award tonight more than Jackie. On behalf of Jackie’s class mates and of course her, ever youthful Mother we congratulate you on showing us that nothing is impossible and we wish her the best of luck in what I’m sure with her brains and determination will be very successful in the future”.

Tom McGrath, (Town Clerk) read Jacqueline’s citation and concluded Stephen O’Riordan, representing the by saying that Jackie is an example to all young people of the good one can Leaving Certificate Class of 2010, spoke to the gathering, saying that for do in society, in their own lives and in the lives of others. She is Temmany months his classmates had plemore Town Councils “Young Perthought it was Jacqueline that was son of the Year (Enterprise)” for sick, unaware of the acts of heroism 2010. she was performing behind the scenes. “Day after day we would complain of the burden of juggling a Jackie received her award from Mayor, Joe Bourke and then she, thanked social life with the Leaving Cert, looming. We never knew that sitting everyone present for their “welcome and unexpected award”. Jacqueline three rows in front of us was a girl said that modern medicine had cured who was going above and beyond what was expected of her. When we her Mum, her own nursing skills helped and that modern technology finally found it was not Jackie, but helped her to achieve her own perher Mother I can safely say there sonal goals. She received a prowasn’t a person in the school who longed ovation. wasn’t amazed”.

As Stephen continued, one could hear a pin drop he said that “as the stories trickled out of Jackie saving her Mother’s life and still managing to beat us all in the Maths test it became clear what kind of a person Jackie Kelly is; diligent, caring, loyal, while also displaying a level of maturity and courage which I can

Mayor Joe Bourke said she is a young lady that we will hear a great deal about in the future. Martin Leyden (Teacher) said that Jacqueline is the greatest pupil that he had taught in his teaching career and that she and her mother were now involved in raising funds for Cork University Hospital where Mary (her mother) had been successfully treated.

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Rugby for Palestine Former Irish international and Leinster and Munster player Trevor Hogan from Nenagh has decided to help the besieged people of Gaza by volunteering to go on the next Flotilla which is leaving soon. He has an interesting story to tell about how and why a person so privileged has decided to put the fate of a besieged people before his own interests. He has the following to say: Sport can raise the mood of a people, bring communities together, and provide a diversion from harsh realities of life. I have been lucky enough to experience this first hand during my time playing for both Munster and Leinster. I think of the friendships made that last long beyond the training and playing pitch. The strength of character you develop from tough experiences and the strong team spirit that evolves. You learn about discipline and honesty, respect for your opponent - values essential to the game.

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Ticket prices are as follows for the Munster hurling semi-final between Tipperary and Clare on Sunday June 19 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick: covered stand €30, uncovered stand €25, terrace €15, family - adult €30/€25 with juveniles €5, student/OAP - concession Branch phone Numbers on stand tickets only – pay full price and get a refund of €10 at specified Stiles on Birr: 57 9120516 Ferbane: 087 0529395 the day (on production of valid I.D.).

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Clonmel: The Honey Pot, Thurles: Health and Harmony, Old Baker St. Season ticket holders should book their tickets directly with Croke Park. Tickets Durrow: Durrow Pharmacy Hickey's Pharmacy, will be issued to Divisions by Thursday Scariff: O’Meara’s Pharmacy Limerick: Doc Morris Pharmacy, William St. June 9 and should be with clubs by the Portlaoise: Fruit and Nut weekend. Supporters are encouraged to ‘…..my hands and knees were swollen from arthritis……I often cried with the pain….after usbook their tickets through clubs if possiing the Rub a few times I am free from pain and have stopped taking the tablets……’ Hester ble. Tickets will also be on sale on www.dorriekilleentherub.blogspot.com tickets.ie, ticketmaster.ie, from the MunDorrie Killeen, 090 96 83616 dorriekilleen@eircom.net ster Council ticket van in the week leading up to the game and in the GAA shops at Lar na Pairce Thurles and at MK Sports in Clonmel. The game will be at 4pm and will be shown live on TV3.

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TIPP QUALIFY FOR MUNSTER U21 HURLING SEMI-FINAL Well done to the Tipperary under 21 hurlers on their 4-12 to 1-16 victory over Waterford in the Munster quarter-final on Wednesday night last at Semple Stadium. Tipperary will play Cork in the semi-final at Semple Stadium on Wednesday July 20.

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TIPPERARY CLUBS DRAW The first draw of the 2011/12 Tipperary clubs draw was hosted by the Moyne Templetuohy club at Campiosn Bar, Templetuohy on Friday night last. The winner of the star prize of a Skoda Superb car or €30,000 was John Percy of Templemore and the ticket was

sold through JK Brackens club. Second prize of €10,000 went to John Chalan of Terryglass with the ticket sold through the Shannon Rovers club. Third prize of €3,000 went to Ciara Caulfield of Maynooth whose ticket was sold by Ballybacon Grange. Roscrea GAA club won the special club prize of €1,000. Tipperary County Board would like to thank all those who have subscribed to the 2011/12 draw. Your support for clubs and the county is both much appreciated and needed. Thanks are also due to the Clubs Draw Committee chaired by Peter Byrne of Clonakenny, Draw co-ordinator, Ger Bradley, the staff at Lar na Pairce, County Secretary Tim Floyd and all the club promoters for the great efforts they have put into promoting and selling this year’s draw. Finally thanks to Moyne-Templetuohy GAA club and Campions Bar for providing a great venue and night for the first draw.

ALL IRELAND SF QUALIFERS DRAW The draw for the All Ireland senior football qualifiers, which will include Tipperary, will take place next Sunday evening June 12 in Carrick-on-Shannon and will be shown live on RTE. The first round games are scheduled to be played on Saturday June 25.

TIPP HELP LONDON WIN There were 8 Tipperary men involved in last Saturday's Nicky Rackard Cup Final 7 for victors London and 1 for Louth. Shannon Rovers clubman Derek Horan lined out at wing back for Louth and scored a good first-half point - one of Louth's three scores from play. On the London team Tony Hogan (Bros Pearse), a native of Lorrha, lined out at corner back, and Kevin Bolger (Robert Emmett's), a native of Mullinahone, lined out at midfield. Two Tipperary men were introduced as second-half substitutes - David Maher (Sean Treacy's) from Boherlahan played in the half-back line and Jonathan Maher (Kilburn Gaels) from Burgess played in the forward line.

Other Tipperary men involved in the London panel were Shane O'Brien (Sean Treacy's) from Mullinhone, Aidan Fitzgerald (Robert Emmett's) from Fethard and finally Keith Kennedy (Kilburn Gaels) from Killenaule. Congratulations to all involved with London’s fine win.

GAA APP FOR SMARTPHONES There is now a GAA app available for iPhones and smartphones with the Android operating system. Go to www.gaa.ie for more information on how to download these apps. Also check out the GAA website for the most up to date information on GAA results, fixtures and GAA news stories.

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Tipperary GAA Scene (Continued) GOOD WISHES FOR EXAMS We wish all players and supporters taking Leaving and Junior Certificate exams in the coming weeks every success.

RETURN OF COUNTY CUPS AND TROPHIES All clubs which won cups and trophies in county championships and leagues in 2010 are asked to return them to the County Secretary by the end of June if they have not already done so.

2010 GAA MCNAMEE AWARDS Submissions are now being accepted for the 2010 GAA McNamee Awards which honour excellence in the area of communications, publication relations and journalism specifically related to the activities of the Association. Applications will be accepted and be processed up until 5pm on Monday, June 20 2011. It should be noted that only work published or completed in the 2010 calendar year is eligible for consideration and that entries will not be returned. The awards scheme will be judged under the following headings: Best GAA Publication - to cover all GAA Publications, including Club publications, County Yearbooks and general histories; Best GAA Website -covering the websites of all the Association’s units; Best Photograph focussing on the best GAA-themed image from 2010 (There is a limit of three photographs per entrant for the photographic award and one entry for all other categories); Best Programme - to cater for all match day programmes produced for any level of the Associations activities; Best GAA related Radio Programme - to cater for all GAA programming broadcast either nationally or locally; Provincial Media Award to acknowledge high quality written journalism in a provincial publication; National Media Award - to acknowledge high quality written journalism in national daily or Sunday publication; Irish Language Award / Gradam na Gaeilge - to recognise excellence in the field of Irish language GAA journalism across all media / Chun aitheantas a thabhairt den sár oibre trí Ghaeilge thar na meáin go léir; Best Modern Technology / Innovation Award - demonstrating the use of the latest technology available for the promotion of our games and activities; Hall of Fame Award / Outstanding Service Award in recognition of a prolonged involvement in the coverage of GAA activities to the highest standards. All entries should be marked “GAA McNamee Awards 2010” and addressed for the attention of GAA Communications Manager Alan Milton, Croke Park,

Dublin 3 or emailed to alan.milton@gaa.ie. Award winners will be contacted in due course with further details in relation to the awards banquet. Cahir GAA Club was honoured with a McNamee award last year for its club history. If you require more information contact Alan Milton at alan.milton@gaa.ie or County PRO, Ger Ryan at pro.tipperary@gaa.ie or on 086 8149146.

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TPPERARY GAA SCENE Information concerning all areas in the GAA will appear in this section in the future. If you wish to include any item of interest in future articles, please contact the County Public Relations Officer Ger Ryan at 086-8149146 or via e-mail at pro.tipperary@gaa.ie on or before 3: 0pm on Monday. Visit the Tipperary GAA web site at http://tipperary.gaa.ie to keep up to date with all the latest news in Tipperary GAA circles.

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All Ireland medals for St Flannan's Set Dancers

Cllr. Michael Gleeson, Killarney County Council who is standing under the banner and immediately behind the high viz gent, to his left is Billy, (beard and cane) and to the Cllrs. right is Katriona.

Doing Great Work For The Blind Billy Shanahan and his daughter Katriona do a huge amount of work on behalf of NCBI. Billy is blind and a great supporter of NCBI, he is also a very good cyclist.

Billy and Katriona have been raising money for the NCBI for some years now through their two main fund raisers Blazing Bikers (a motorbike run held around the May Bank Holiday every year) and Trip to Tipp (a cycling event held in and around Tipperary every Summer) Last May Bank Holiday they raised appx. €30,000.00 on their annual Blazing Bikers run which covered all 32 counties in the one weekend. Sixty bikes took part and many had pillion passengers. The event

started in Killarney on the Saturday morning and finished up in Kilkenny on the Monday.

When people in the community step forward and do good they should be recognized. Billy is available at 087 9253225

Last Weekend was a very successful weekend for our Club at the Community Games National Finals in Athlone. We had a total of 15 participants taking part for Tipperary in different events throughout the three day event. In the Cross Country Garoid Murphy, Mary Teehan, Anna Duane and Amy Ryan all got through the Heats of their events on Saturday to the finals Sunday alas Tipperary didn't get in to the medals on Sunday.Our U16 Project team of Carole Hogan, Mairead Teehan, Anna Duane and Mary Teehan presented their Project, Renewable Energy Sources In Ireland. Are they in Ireland's future? very well on Saturday and were in hard luck not to be in the medals. On Sunday Aodhan Ryan represented our club very well in a

very competitive recitation final also on Sunday came the highlight of our weekend when our Set Dancers Aisling Carroll,Rachel Earley,Sara Earley,Lauren O'Connor,Hannah Carroll,Cathal Doughan,Aodhan Ryan and Cathal Greene won the pewter medals for their 4th place finish in the final.

Also taking part over the weekend was William Jones and Rebecca Ryan in the Sports Introduction. Many thanks to Parents, managers and coaches for all their help in making it a very enjoyable successful weekend for all. St Flannan's Community Games would like to wish participants and past participants doing the Leaving and Junior Cert Exams the very best over the coming weeks.

L to R Cllr. Michael Gleeson, Billy Shanahan and Paddy Byrne, Fundraising Dept. NCBI

Totally Tipperary Food Festival All roads lead to Tipperary, for Ireland’s newest food festival, Totally Tipperary. This innovative and exciting food event will be held within the historic grounds of Cloughjordan House on the 25th June 2011.

Totally Tipperary is open to everyone.

Food Producers, Food writers, Food bloggers and Food lovers are converging to taste the best of what Tipperary has to offer. As well as eating and drinking, there will also be an opportunity to learn about food and where it comes from. Growing, cooking and making food will all feature prominently at this very innovative food festival.

Tastings, talks, tours, cookery, production demonstrations and a host of delectable food stalls are to be savoured at Totally Tipperary. There will also be children's and evening entertainment which will engage both the mind and body at Totally Tipperary. All manner

of tents, yurts and marquees will fill the open garden spaces within this historic old house.

Kindly supported by Bosch, FBD, Bord Bia and the Sarah Baker Cookery School, Totally Tipperary will draw on the combined expertise of the following to provide a foodie event of epic proportions. The Tipperary Food Producers, a passionate and visionary group of some of Tipperary's finest artisan food producers; GIY (who empower people to 'Grow it Yourself'); Greenworks, who run reskilling courses in the green economy, including food, the Cloughjordan Festival itself and Cultivate, through their Convergence event.

Members of St Flannan's Community Games that represented our Club and Tipperary last weekend at the National Finals in Athlone

RTE's Ella McSweeney (Ear to the Ground; Homegrown) and Bobby Kerr (Dragon's Den) will be on hand to facilitate debate and demonstrations, while the Seomra Blog Bia will add a globally interactive and innovative dimension.

Seomra Blog Bia will feature cookery demonstrations from both worldwide food bloggers and chefs as they engage the visitor on how to use the best of local, seasonal, sustainable and fresh foods. This will include Kristin of Dinner du Jour (one of the founders of the #inishfood phenomenon ); David of Kitchen 72; Joanna of Smörgåsblog and Yvonne of Hey Pesto.

St Flannan's Set Dancers winners of pewter medals at the Community Games National Finals last weekend in Athlone.

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Sponsored Dog Walk The sky may have been dull and grey with not a sight of blue sky anywhere, but the mood of the people and dogs gathered to do the sponsored walk was far from blue. On Sunday 29th May, the supporters, both human and canine, of the Tipperary Friends of Animals gathered in Banba Square, Nenagh, to take part in the annual Sponsored Dog Walk of about three miles, braving the constant threat of rain to raise much needed funds to care for stray and injured animals.

It was a very encouraging sight to see the amount of supporters who came to take part in the walk, pulling their owners in tow. Fr. Jim O'Brien opened the event with a blessing of the animals and then everyone headed off on the three mile walk. The stalwart band of walkers eventually arrived back in the Square and were given plenty of refreshments and there were also treats for the dogs. Several photos were taken and anyone wishing to get a copy of their photos are welcome to phone Linda 086-8163707 and all we ask is a small donation.

Tipperary Friends of Animals is run solely by volunteers and every cent collected will be used in the care

Advertising Sales Agents Required in all areas Please Apply to: HR Dept., Tipp Tatler, Curraghgraigue, Borrisoleigh Co. Tipperary or email: info@tipptatler.ie and homing of stray and injured animals, so every cent counts very much and no donation is too small.

Anyone who has not handed in their cards, are asked to leave them into the Sportsman's Dream in Kenyon Street, Nenagh, as soon as possible.

If there is anyone who like to help with fundraising or fostering, they would be very welcome. We also have a newsletter and anyone wishing to get a copy of the newsletter, can email kathleen.ryan6@gmail.com for a copy.

Tipperary Friends of Animals would like to thank every person and every dog that took part in the walk and hope to see you all again next year.

We would also like to extend a special thank-you to Philly Ryan from Silver Street for the use of his microphone.

The Tipperary Vintage and Custom Rally Present Cheques To Charity The Tipperary Vintage and Custom Rally recently presented cheques to the value of €24,459 to three deserving charities at Vaughans Bar, Tipperary Town. The money had been raised during this year's Rally and Bike Run held over the Easter weekend both of which were extremely well supported and attended by people from the local community and much further afield. The three beneficiaries were South Tipperary Hospice who received €12,225, Arthritis Ireland (limerick Branch) €6,112 and the Cluain Arann care home who also accepted €6,112 towards their running costs. Brendon O'Keefe, chairman of the South Tipperary Hospice movement declared himself delighted at having his organisation once again helped by the rally whilst Angela Corby of Cluain Aronn also ex-

pressed her gratitude for the donation. Anne Plunkett of Arthritis Ireland was particularly delighted and pointed out that the money would be used to fund 40 hydrotherapy sessions for sufferers who find their movements badly compromised by the disease. Jack Leonard, chairamn of Tipp Rally committee took the opportunity to thank all those who had helped put on such a tremendous show this year with nearly €5,000 more being raised than in 2010. "It's going to be a hard act to follow next year, but the racecourse is booked and planning has started so we have evey intention of making it better still" Tipperary Vintage and Custom Show will be next held at Tipperary Racecourse on Easter Sunday, 8th April 2012 see www.tipprally.com for full details.

The show will take place in the Clarke Hall, which is a splendid facility and one which many towns would be delighted to have. With tiered seating everyone in the audience is assured of a good view, and the stage and lighting crew are busily preparing the stage so that everything will be as professional as possible for the children. Phil Quigley is no stranger to the stage, having performed all her life and produced many shows both in Borrisokane and The Tavern, Ballinderry, and over the past 10 years or so, raising up to €80,000 for Milford Hospice.

Admission to the show is €10 for adults and €5 for children, which is very reasonable in these days of soaring ticket prices for shows and concerts, and even booking fees! The show commences each night at 8.30 and Phil urges everyone to support these children. While doing so you will have a fabulous night’s entertainment, and giving these young people encouragement for the future.

It can cost a lot to stage shows these days, but whatever profits may accrue from this production will be donated to Milford Hospice, so do come along on Friday 10th, Saturday 11th, and Sunday 12th June ; doors open 8pm.

Borrisokane kids take to the stage Up to 40 children from Borrisokane and surrounding areas are putting the final touches to their upcoming stage production “That’s Showbiz”, which will be staged in the Clarke Hall on Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of June. Under the direction of Phil Quigley, the presentation consists of a fast-moving and action packed variety show. There will be something for everybody, with scenes from musicals such as Oliver, Cats, Kiss Me Kate and more. Dance routines, colourful costumes, hilarious comedy sketches, instrumentals and novelty items will also be the order of the day.

The children range in age from 5 to 12 and come from Borrisokane, Terryglass, Ballinderry, Kyle, Ardcroney, Puckane, Kilbarron and other surrounding areas. They have been working hard since before Christmas and all are very excited about this, the very first production of the group, which is known as Kidz Onstage. The rehearsals have given all children a chance to develop movement, acting and singing skills, and indeed many have made great progress since the first week. In particular it has been inspiring to see a lot of the children become more selfassured and confident, and this is a great benefit of being involved in arts and theatre.

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The nominations for this year’s Network Ryan FCPA of Margaret Ryan & Company North Tipperary Businesswomen of The Year said “It’s fantastic to see so many local busiAwards have just been unveiled. ness women being nominated for this year’s awards. As a women’s business network we Top of the list for this year’s awards are the are very proud to have so many diverse businine successful local businesses which will nesses represented and we wish all of the compete to deliver two North Tipperary win- candidates the very best of luck” She went on ners to the finals of the Network Businessto say that “Being nominated for such a preswomen of the years awards in Dublin Castle tigious award is an enormous achievement, on October 21st. demonstrating the power of Networking and the wonderful support offered by the memThis year’s Tipperary regional competition bers of Network North Tipperary.” will be overseen by a very distinguished judging panel that includes Carol Anne No doubt the excitement will continue to Lowe, MD of Blue Moon Communications, mount as we wait to hear who will ultimately who is also a TV presenter, International walk the red carpet at Dublin Castle, having businesswoman and communications stratebeen crowned winners of the Best Estabgist. Ethel Power, successful businesswoman lished Business category and Best Emerging and CEO of Tipp FM and last but certainly & New Business category from Network not least Rita Guinan, CEO of Tipperary North Tipperary.

North County Enterprise board.

The North Tipperary winners will be anThe competition boasts two categories; Best nounced in Sous Le Vent Bistro in Thurles on Established Business category and The Best June 14th.

Emerging & New Business category which is sponsored by Tipperary North County Enter- The nominess are: prise Board. The competition is also being supported by associate sponsors Nine Design Georgina O Dwyer, INC Hair Design Jewellery and the Bella Makeover ExperiSheila Shanahan, Julia Agnes Designs ence.

Marion Murphy Cooney, Marion Murphy Cooney Previous winners of the competition include Una Ryan, Marketing Eye Dorothy Quinn from UPS, Christina Wilson Mary McCullough, Source Photography from Wilson Moore Estate & Letting Agents Caroline Ryan, A Style by Caroline and Pamela Morrisey from Sobe Brown.

Louisa Condon, the ant team Rona Purcell, The Marketplace Publishing Speaking at the launch of the awards, presiLtd dent of Network North Tipperary, Margaret Ann Marie Walsh, Tipperary Kitchen

Blackcastle Utd Football Club The Club would like to thank Holycross FC for the recent challenge matches for our over 35’s team. A lot of the lads hung up the boots years ago but they busted them off and took to the field again. Any O/35’s team out there

looking for a challenge game please contact Larry Stapleton (0862328464). Photo attached is of the team that took to the field in Holycross.

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Blackcastle Utd Masters Team 2011 Back l/r: Michael Taylor, JJ Allen, Joe Shields, Ricky O’Brien, David O’Toole, Miah Sweeney, Front Row: Larry Stapleton, Kevin Nolan, Jim Fogarty, Billy Fennell, Trevor Quinn, Paul Cody.

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Counselling Depression

By Jim O’Shea The next subtype of major depression is depression with psychotic features. It is a frightening and severe depression, and includes the presence of either hallucinations or delusions. To be classed as depression these must occur in the context of a major depressive episode (major depression with psychotic features). Alarmingly, between 14% and 20% of people with major depression will experience psychotic features.

Generally, the hallucinations or delusions have a depressive composition, such as guilt at the (mistaken) belief that one has caused great harm, or a belief that one deserved punishment, or is being punished. Such sufferers sometimes have a great sense of sin and failure; they also tend to have nihilistic beliefs (a belief in nothing), such as the world is about to end. All of these are consistent with the negative, self-critical thoughts associated with depression.

Psychotic depression is associated with what is called psychomotor disturbance (being overexcited or, on the other hand, lethargic), increased feelings of worthlessness and guilt, more severe symptoms of depression, and a more severe clinical course. Other signs include anxiety, hypochondria, insomnia, physical immobility, constipation and a reduction in the ability to think. This depression is also accompanied by paranoia, which is common to schizophrenia, but, unlike the schizophrenic, the psychotically depressed person is aware of them and realises that they are not true. With psychotic depression there is a risk of recurrence, of getting bipolar depression and of suicide. There are no obvious risk factors, but it is known that those with a family history of depression may be more susceptible to it.

Another subtype of major depression, which we are all aware of, is depression associated with pregnancy and birth.

These are postnatal (postpartum) and antenatal depression, and can be exceptionally severe.

Postnatal depression may refer to 3 distinct types – ‘baby blues’, major depression and post natal psychosis.

Up to 75% of women can experience ‘baby blues’ in the first week after giving birth. They show mild symptoms such as crying, insomnia, poor appetite, and mood change. It is difficult perhaps to understand the paradox in which the joy of bringing new life into the world is sometimes accompanied by feelings of depression. Baby blues, however, are normal, but if a major depressive episode develops in the few weeks after delivery it is called major depression with post natal onset.

Up to 15% of mothers may experience post natal major depression, and experience intense and persistent anxiety, irri-

tability, insomnia, feelings of guilt, difficulty concentrating, persistent weepiness or sadness. AWARE, the leading organisation on depression in Ireland, gives a more detailed description of the effects of this type of depression· Feeling tired and finding everything an effort · Worrying excessively over the baby; for example, constantly checking on the baby · Finding it hard to cope with even minor day-to-day mishaps · Finding it hard to concentrate and consequently being more forgetful · Feeling tense and nervous much of the time. Feeling panicky for no good reason · Not wanting to be alone · No interest in sex There does not appear to be any biological or hormonal cause of post natal depression. It seems that antenatal and social factors are the main causes. Giving birth is a stressful event, and can increase three-fold the onset of depression. Women who are prone to what is grandly called premenstrual dysphoric disorder (a severe form of tension before menstruation), low mood in the first week following birth, women who have a stressful pregnancy, poor support, difficult family circumstances, have negative life events and have a history of depression (having vulnerable personalities) have an increased risk of getting post natal depression Continued in next issue.

Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor from Furze, Thurles. Ph.087-8211009 www.jimoshea.net. Jim O’Shea’s book ‘When a child dies. Footsteps of a Grieving Family’ is published by Veritas. The royalties from this book will go the the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin

Jim O’Shea’s new book called Abuse, about domestic violence, workplace and school bullying is now available on Amazon, published

by Cork University Press and in Bookshops.

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