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HOSPITAL ORDERED TO SPEND ¤1/2m HSE CASH ON DERELICT BUILDING

WEXFORD General Hospital and the HSE have been landed with a shock 1/2m bill to carry out urgent repairs and safety work on the derelict building which used to provide surgical services for the entire county until the early 1990s. The old hospital, which is a Listed Building and Protected

Structure, is now a derelict and dangerous site and Wexford Co. Council has ordered its owners to carry undertake safety work to the roof and other parts of the building to protect the public. It is estimated that the cost of the work could be as much as 1/2m, but it will certainly not be less than €400,000. Administrators at Wexford General will now have to apply for the cash from the HSE’s Capital Works Programme and money which could have been used to improve facilities for patients using hospital wards and other facilities will instead be spent trying to make safe a roof on a

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April 30, 2014

News FREE EVENTS FOR OPERA DAY

WEXFORD Festival Opera is to invite the public to mark European Opera Days by visiting Wexford Opera House on Saturday, 10 May to take part in several free events. This year’s theme for European Opera Days is A Journey to Opera. Since their beginning, the European Opera Days have encouraged participating opera companies to open their doors and invite audiences in to discover and to understand the ‘making of’ opera. Wexford Festival Opera was born out of the community and this event gives an opportunity to bring ‘the community’ back into the opera house to discover opera in the offseason. The day will begin in the Jerome Hynes Theatre with a screening of the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, which tells the story of the spontaneous 1914 Christmas truce between enemy combatants in the First World War and inspired librettist Mark Campbell and composer Kevin Puts to write the 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning opera

Silent Night, which will receive its European premiere at Wexford this October. At 2 pm, also in the Jerome Hynes Theatre, composer Eric Sweeney, librettist Mark Roper and producer Joan Dalton of the new Irish opera, THE INVADER, coming to Wexford Opera House on Friday, 30 May will take you through their journey in creating this very special opera, written especially to mark the Waterford 1100 celebrations this year. Screenings of large scale, international operas have become very popular and for this reason, Wexford Opera House will show a very popular International Opera production in the 771 seat O’Reilly Theatre at 3pm. Details to be announced shortly! Tickets for all events are free, but must be booked online at www.wexfordoperahouse.ie, telephoning the box-office at 053 912 2144 or by calling into the opera house Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5:30pm.

Wexford Fans in Old Trafford to salute Giggs IT was the start of a new era at Old Trafford on Saturday evening when the Class of 92, headed by Ryan Giggs took over the management of the team following the departure of David Moyes earlier in the week and the Wexford Manchester United Supporters Club were on hand to cheer on Giggs and the team who found the back of the net four times in their 4-0 victory over Norwich. The Wexford Supporters trip had been long planned but they were lucky enough to be in Old Trafford to watch a piece of history as Giggs took charge of the team. And judging by our picture they were obviously determined not to miss a single piece of the action and took their seats in the stand well before kick off. The annual general meeting of Wexford Branch of the Manchester United Supporters Club takes place in Browne’s of Bishopswater on Monday night next May 5th. at 8pm. All members are asked to attend and new members are also welcome.

U.S. Poet to read in Wexford

Local Poet Jim Maguire who will read with american visitor Lawrence Kessenich THE American poet Lawrence Kessenich will be at the Wexford Arts Centre on May 1st for a reading with Wexford's Jim Maguire. Kessenich, a past winner of the Strokestown International Poetry Prize, has had a noteworthy literary career. As well as being a poet, he worked for many years as an editor and talent scout for one of America's

major publishing companies, Houghton and Mifflin, and is credited with the discovery of the manuscript of the book that was later to become the Hollywood film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner. He was also one of the editors on the collected works of the major American poet Anne Sexton, whose poetry became the basis for the opera Transformations, which was performed at the 2006 Wexford Festival and is remembered as one of the Festival's all-time successes. His own poetry has been widely published and has been acclaimed for its high level of craftmanship and 'the apparent ease' with which it celebrates ordinary life. He will be reading with local poet Jim Maguire whose recent book, Music Field, has been much praised by critics in the UK. Jim, who teaches in Wexford VTOS, is also a past winner of the Strokestown prize.

THEY are used to being associated with performances, both of the panto variety and with Wexford Drama Group, but there were no panto moments or unexpected drama when Tomas O’Leary and Emma Moynihan staged their very own performance in front of one hundred and seventy five guests in the Church of the Assumption, Bride Street, on Friday last. The happy couple, who are associated with various stage groups in Wexford, were blessed with great weather for the occasion. Emma is daughter of Aidan and Elaine and Tomas is son of Tom and Ann. After the Church ceremony the couple celebrated their we4dding in the Riverbank House Hotel. Pictured are the happy couple posing for photographs as they left the Church after the ceremony and above Emma pictured with her parents Elaine and Aidan.

The Chronicle

April 30, 2014

News Wexford in Bloom €150,00 price tag on £550,00 WITH just a day to go to the official start of summer and the sun beginning to shine on a more regular basis the Wexford in Bloom Committee launch their 2014 campaign in The Faythe this Wednesday (April 30th) The aim of the launch, which takes place at The Lockout Monument is to raise awareness of the

campaign among the general public with a call to all residents and businesses to start preparing their hanging baskets and flower beds in time for the peak summer season. The display of colour from flowers around the town in recent years has attracted much favourable comment from visitors.

WEXFORD GIRL HOSTS TV FINAL A Wexford girl will host the All Ireland Schools Talent Search Final on TV3 this weekend. The programme, which will be broadcast from University Hall in Limerick is a being billed as the X Factor for schools. Shonagh Lyons from Crosstown, Wexford, has plenty of TV experience having been a presenter and researcher on a number of RTE children’s programmes

She got a good grounding in performance and drama having attended the Corish Wallace School for years before studying Speech and Drama at DIT. She is now co-running her own production company in Wexford with Catherine Richard. The All Ireland Schools Talent Schools Search Final is on TV3 this Sunday at 4.25pm.

Antique Tavern world

giant, Coors of Colorado, for

Leary of Sherry Fitzgerald O’

under

Tavern,

the making of a series of

Leary,

Street,

hammer on Friday next.The

Slaney Street, sold less than a

television

commercials

Enniscorthy, is expecting

AMV of €150,000 was just a

decade ago for £560,000 Punts,

starring

Christopher

keen interest in the property

guide, he said, and he is

is back on the market with an

Plummer of ‘The Sound of

when it comes to market on

hopeful the property will far

advised

value

Music’ fame back inb the late

Friday next. A large number

exceed that figure.

The

1980s. It has been frequented

been

The accomodation includes

premises, voted Leinster Pub

by celebrities from around

received to date, he said, and

a well decorated lounge/bar,

of the Year in 1982, will be

the

upwards

store and ladies and gents

sold by public auction in The

members

Riverside

Kennedy

ENNISCORTHY’S famous

price

Antique

minimum of

€150,000.

Park

Hotel,

World

including

have 20

potential

auctioneer’s

bidders, some local, some

toilets at ground floor level.

family,

former

from much further afield,

An underground cellar with

John

Bruton,

have viewed the property in

coldroom, while the first floor

recent weeks.

consists of a sitting room,

Taoiseach

Friday

Albert Reynolds and Bertie

unless

enquiries

the

famed

the

Enniscorthy at 3 p.m. on next

Slaney

rock

Its pivotal location on a

kitchen with two bedrooms,

The Enniscorthy landmark

superstar Bono of U2. It has

highly visible corner at the

bathroom and store. Two

is a hostelry of international

played host to numerous

end of Enniscorthy’s Slaney

further

repute and is one of the best

Government ministers over

Street is a major selling

available on the second floor.

known licensed premises in

the years and is the ‘home’

point, according to Mr. O’

The property with certified

the

has

venue for many Enniscorthy

Leary, who said this week he

turnover figures is being

featured in any number of

sporting, social and cultural

was confident of securing a

offered for sale by the present

television programmes and

clubs and organisations.

‘very good price’ for the

owners who are retiring from

property

the pub trade.

Aherne

previously sold.

South

East.

was used by U.S. brewing

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April 30, 2014

News

ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY LINE UP FOR PETTITTS HALF MARATHON

ONE thousand four hundred

almost

every

and fifty line up for Pettitts

Ireland

and

from

Half Marathon

abroad who had heard about

The sun shone brightly on

this scenic and fast course.

Wexford Athletics at the

"It is great to see so many

Pettitt's SuperValu Wexford

people

Half marathon & 10km. on

Wexford and staying the

coming

down

Sunday. The model county

night and making a weekend

reigned

with

of it" said race organiser Eoin

Half

Ryan.

supreme

victories

the

There was a tangible

marathon and 10km for both The

atmosphere

supremecy of the Wexford

anticipation

athletes capped off a great

humour at the stating line. A

days running in Wexford

big crowd lined up to see the

town.

runners and walkers take

male

and

female.

Tom Hogan (SBR Ferns AC)

Tom Hogan (SBR Ferns AC) took the mensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; title

county many

nerves,

and

good

their marks on the Quays.

took the mensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; title in the half

The

marathon with just 32 second

multiply at the finish as well

to spare over Waterford man

wishers

Trevor Power. While in the

onlookers created a lively

ladies

atmosphere.

there

was

crowd

seemed

and

curious

Carty

The clouds dispersed as the

(Kilmore AC) from retaining

athletes took their marks but

her title again as the fastest

unfortunately the wind didn't

female in the race.

abate. The athletes were

dethroning

Jackie

There was also Wexford

subjected

strong

success in the 10km as Niall

headwind coming back along

Shiel (St Killians AC) broke

the N25 to The Faythe. This

the tape and Ann Sullivan

didn't damper their spirits as

from DMP AC was a clear

many

winner in the ladies with 2

personal best time. For many

minutes to spare.

it was their first experince of

still

achieved

A field of over 1,450 enjoyed

a running race and judging

the race which has grown

by the comments on social

considerably

media it seems they will be

since

it's

inception 6 years ago. The

coming

field included runners from

Wexford for 2015.

back

again

Ann Sullivan from DMP AC Ladies Winner of 10k

The Chronicle

News WARM RECEPTION FOR CHOIR IN CLONARD

April 30, 2014

SEAWEED IS GOOD FOR US SEAWEED is so good for us--------that’s the title of the May talk organised by the Wexford Naturalists Field Club. It takes place in the Pump Housed at the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve on Thursday May 1st at 8pm. The talk will be delivered by Marie Power, the Seaweed Gardner at the Reserve. The club caters for wildlife enthusiasts who explore Wexford’s nature environment and its animals and plants. Apart from the regular talks the club also organises monthly field trips.

Photo By Pat Sheridan WEXFORD Male Voice Choir performed at 11.30 Mass in the Church of The Assumption, Clonard on Sunday last. The Celebrant Fr. Dennis Lennon and the congregation were very pleased with the choir’s presence and showed this with a thunderous round of

applause after Mass. The choir regularly perform at various Masses throughout the town and County during the year, and the highlight of the year is their annual Concert during the October Opera Festival. Founded in 1941, the choir are the longest serving choir in

Ireland extant. They are 73 years in existence this year, and are still going strong. The choir are about forty four in number and are progressively recruiting for new members. They are a four part choir consisting of tenors, second tenors, baritones and

base sections, so if you feel you fit into any of the above sections please come along to the choir hall in Spawell Road any Thursday evening.The musical director, Greg Currid will be delighted to give you a voice test. The athmosphere is very good and there’s a

friendly cup of tea or coffee at 9pm. Any further information may be obtained from Choir Secretary Mr Terry Byre, 42 Oak Park, Ballymurn, Enniscorthy, CoTelephone 053 9177749 or mobile 0876483509

TROCAIRE BOXES THE annual Trocaire campaign which runs though Lent is now at and end and people are asked to return the Trocaire Boxes to their local Church.

The Chronicle

April 30, 2014

Jimmy Gahan’s

‘Views from Vinegar Hill’ COUNTING THE COST OF FRIDAY’S BIG FIRE THE cost of last Friday afternoon’s fire at the well known electrical premises of John Cloke and Son, in Enniscorthy’s Weafer Street, has still to be determined, but damage is certain to run into a six figure sum. The fire broke out shortly after lunch and while firefighters managed to contain it to the ground floor of Cloke’s, a number of nearby properties also suffered severe smoke and water damage. Studio 5 Hair Salon and the Constituency Office of Minister of State Paul Kehoe

T.D. located on either side of Cloke’s, had to be evacuated during the fire, as did a number of overhead apartments. All suffered smoke and water damage and Mr. Kehoe’s office will require considerable re-decoration before constituency clinics can resume there. Mr. Kehoe was in the office at the time of the outbreak and assisted in containing the fire until the arrival of fire brigade units who then took charge of operations. A total of 5 people are

believed to have been made temporarily homeless as a result of the outbreak and Enniscorthy Town Council officials, including Town Clerk, Dave Minnogue, spent the weekend securing accomodation for those affected. It is now believed accomodation has been found for all residents of the apartments but it will be some yet before they can return to their own properties. The cause of the fire is not yet known, but an electrical fault is thought the most likely

cause given the speed with which it ignited. Staff had left the premises less than an hour earlier with no indication of anything being amiss. Yet within 45 minutes, thick black smoke was seen billowing from the premises and by the time the first of two units of Enniscorthy Fire Brigade arrived on the scene, the fire had a firm grip. Firefighters immediately set about containing the blaze to the ground floor of Cloke’s but because of the dense smoke, they experienced considerable

difficulty in accessing the building. A second unit arrived on the scene shortly afterwards and using breathing apparatus equipment, firefighters managed to make their way inside the shop where they quickly located the centre of the blaze. Within a short time they had the outbreak under control but it took several hours before it was finally extinguished. Enniscorthy Gardai implimented an emergency traffic plan as the firefighting

operation continued. All traffic was diverted away from the centre of Enniscorthy and this, in turn, resulted in major traffic disruption throughout Friday afternoon and early evening. Long queues developed on all approach roads to the town bringing commercial activity in the centre of Enniscorthy to a virtual standstill. Shortly before 5 p.m., however, the emergency services gave the all clear and activity slowly returned to normal.

Residents angry over quality of grass cutting on river banks East side, saying it is his view

Kavanagh, more and more

that estates on the Western

people are out walking, taking

Enniscorthy are annoyed by

side of Enniscorthy are being

in the scenic beauty that

the manner in which public

attended

Enniscorthy has to offer.

areas and open spaces are

frequently.

have

What a pity then, he added,

being

with

campaigned from door to door

that so many walkers were

RESIDENTS on both sides of the

River

Slaney

maintained,

far “I

residents on the East side, in

on both sides of the town in

confronted by the unsightly

particular, complaining little

recent weeks” he said, “and

appearance of glass clippings

or no attention is being paid

there is no doubt in my mind

scattered

to improving appearances in

but that the grass on the

pathways

throughout

roads

and

their respective estates.

Western side is cut far more

town over the weekend and

the

Councillor Paddy Kavanagh

often than on the East side.

all because nobody bothered

is particularly incensed about

It’s a typical case of one side of

to pick up the clippings after

the situation in the greater

the town being favoured over

cutting the grass.

Drumgoold area where he

the

said a private contractor

Kavanagh lamented.

other”,

Councillor

Kavanagh’s

sentimentts are shared by

He intends raising the matter

residents

with

Dave

estates. In Gimot Avenue, in

weekend but failed to collect

Minnogue, and to brief him

particular, where ther grass

the clippings. As a result, he

fully on the feelings of Council

was nearly a ft., tall before it

said, mown grass was now

tenants in respect of this

was

being scattered all over the

matter. Saying how proud he

particurly annoyed saying the

employed

the

Town

Council cut the grass over the

Town

Clerk,

cut,

many

town

residents

are

estates giving the whole area

is of the manner in which

situation there was bordering

an unsightly appearance. Mr.

most Local Authority Tenants

on the ridiculous. “we might as well be living in the jungle”

Kavanagh was of the view

maintain their homes and the

that the contractor employed

open

by the Council is paid to

rerspective areas, Councillor

spaces

their

complained

one

resident,

after the ground floor of her

remove all grass clippings

Kavanagh

what

home was covered in grass

and if this is the case, he is

happened last weekend is

cuttings brought in on the

demanding an explanation as

sending out ‘all the wrong

shoes of her young children.

to why this did not happen.

signals’ and is undoing much

“Just imagine what it will be

Councillor Kavanagh also complained

about

the

frequency with which open spaces and green areas are being cut, particularly on the

said

of the good work the local

like if it rains” she remarked,

Tidy Towns Committee is

before

endeavouring to promote.

Council

Now with the on-set of Summer,

said

Shane & Ross Walker enjoying the Rebel Academy Easter Camp with Rory O'Connor of the 1798 Centre

Councillor

saying should

the

Town

insist

whoever cuts the grass take away the clippings as well.

Rory O'Conpage 6 pic, Maura O'Gorman & Ken Banville of 1798 Centre Photos by Liz Wildes during the Rebel Academy Easter Camp

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Hospital told to spend €500,000 HSE cash on derlict bulding

April 30, 2014

Sellout Sister Act

Lawlor wants Protected Status on old hospital removed

T’S a sellout! That’s the word from the Wexford Light Opera

From Page 1

Soceity this week as they

THE Mayor said the hospital itself faced a totally unacceptable situation when money which could be used to improve facilities for patients and their families at Wexford General would instead have to be spent repairing a roof on a derelict building and carrying out other repairs to ensure it doesn’t present a danger to the public. ‘ This building has to be deListed at this stage. It would cost tens of millions to do anything constructive with the old hospital and that is not going to happen. It is the time to get rid of the Listing for the building’ Cllr Lawlor added. He said the building should be deListed and then demolished. An appropriate memorial should be developed on the site to the memory of the people who spent time in the building when it was a Workhouse. He will move to start the

only muted concerns raised about why nothing was being done to redevelop it. Now with a bill for up to 1/2m being faced to make the site safe there is likely to be public uproar, particularly in view of the fact that at a time of scarce resources and health cutbacks, the money has to come from the HSE’s Building Section Capital Fund.

campaign to have the building’s protected status deListed next month at the final meeting of the Co. Council before the elections The saga of the old hospital has gone on for more than twenty years, but amazingly no coherent plan has been proposed to develop it. Despite its Listed status a view was taken at a very early stage that it would not be feasible to develop it for use as a medical facility. However, what has long puzzled the public is how a building which one day was fit for people to have surgery in the Operating Theatres which it housed suddenly became unfit for any purpose as soon as the new hospital opened and the staff closed the doors behind them when they left the old hospital. Over the years as the once landmark building on the outskirts of Wexford town slowly crumbled there were

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April 16, 2014

GER IT WAS ALL ABOUT MONEY AND THE SALE OF SEASON TICKETS IN THE END I didn’t get to Old Trafford

He was in no way equipped to

that could happened if it

take

was

state of play in the pocket and

someone

who

this season at all, so I missed

deal with the pressures which

forced a rethink about the

relatively unproven at top

not on the pitch which made

a lot of history. David Moyes

come with managing one of

manage.

management

their minds up in the end.

achieved some remarkable

the biggest clubs in the world

But clearly it wasn’t just the

him at Manchester united and

I have heard many people say

things during his short stint

and dealing with the inflated

fans

then hand him a six year

they feel sorry for Moyes and

as United boss. Almost every

egos of players who have so

Mayes’ himself seemed to age

contract.

at a human level you’d have

week he appeared to be

much success under their

about ten years in the ten

Many people have wondered

to have some sympathy for it.

breaking new records.

belts.

months he was manager at

about

There

Unfortunately for him they

However, I, like, many other

the club. Quite simply he was

sacking coming as it did with

suggestions that a ‘failure’

that

were

hurting.

the

level,

timing

install

the

have

even

been

were not the kind

just four games to go in the

clause in his contract means

of records to win

season. Many have suggested

that he will not get a big pay-

support from the

that it was the double defeat

off.

fans,

by Everton that was the final

Well if there is a clause in his

eventually, keep

starw.

contract which effectively

the

or of

However, I think the fact that

means that he can be sacked

those who count

supporters will soon be asked

and get no compensation then

the money at the

to dig deep into their pockets

I’m afraid he is a worse

Manchester club.

for the renewal of their

negotiator of terms than he is

support

And at the end of

season tickets was probably

a football manager, and on the

the day it really is

the

evidence of the last nine

all about money

prospect of Moyes being in

months that’s pretty poor.

and, of course,

charge again next season

I’d imagine that he will walk

deciding

factor.

The

that is part of United’s problem. The

Glaziers

have been a very bad influence on the Club

Manchester

because for them it is simply

fans, gave him the

a vehicle to make money and

benefit of the doubt

they have been maximising

and assumed that Sir

their return on what was in

Alex saw something in

minimal investment.

wasn’t obvious to the

Regardless of what Sir Alex

rest of us.

Ferguson has to say in his

However,

Moyes

within

weeks

financial return has been

many

partly responsible for the

were beginning to

problems faced by the club

suspect that in this

today

because

one

money

was

made

THE MANAGER AND THE STEWARD

which

final years this pursuit of a

not

I’m

afraid

united

instance

fans

Sir

Alex’s judgement was

available when it should have

indeed

been to purchase new players.

wasn’t just that the4

But back to David Moyes. I

side lost to what would be

out of his depth. Was that his

horrified many fans and it is

away with a handsome sum,

could never really understand

regarded

inferior

fault? No. He was offered the

likely that season tickets

maybe not as much as you

why he got the job in the first

opponents, it was the way

management opportunity of a

would have been slow to move

might have expected, but still

place. At management level

they played and the way

lifetime and he went for it.

this summer.

enough to keep him going.

his

Moyes set up the side.

However, those who selected

In turn that would have

Isn’t that the funny thing

modest when placed in the

By early this year I think

him, and the people who give

affected the club’s share price

about

context of the expectations of

many fans were off the view

him such a long contract were

and that, of course, would

manager, it’s one of the few

that a few more bad results

deeply

their

have hit the Glaziers in their

jobs where it seems to pay to

wouldn’t be the worst thing

judgement. It was madness to

pockets. So really it was the

fail.

achievements

club

United.

were

Manchester

I was really impressed to see all those people wrapped up against the elements as they attended dawn and early morning masses in Vinegar Hill and Kilmore Quay on Easter Sunday morning. No doubt some people will scoff at the idea but in an age when we understand the concept of everything but the meaning and value of very little, it is wonderful to see people going to the trouble of displaying their faith in this manner. It was the first Easter Sunday for the mass to be celebrated on Vinegar Hill but they have been doing it for the last few years in Kilmore Quay where they were on the quayside at 5.50am to start just as the sun began to rise in the distance. Now that takes real effort.

United

hard cash terms a very

sufficient

IT TAKES REAL EFFORT TO GO TO MASS AT 5.50AM

flawed.

flawed

being

foot

ball

THAT’S a strange one about the County Senior Hurling Manager and the Head Steward at Wexford Park, Dave Ormond. It seems there was an incident involving the two at a recent game and Ormond says he felt threatened as a result of whatever Dunne said to him. So threatened, it seems that he sent a formal protest to Co. Board. Now the Co. Chairman Diarmuid Devereux is personally investigating the matter. All very unfortunate at a time when Dunne and his charges should be concentrating solely on the upcoming hurling championship.

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WALSH PADDY’S LIGHT BULBS A COSTLY SELFIE A WELCOME BOOST FOR THE MONK FROM TEACHERS

I was reminded of the old jokes about how many people in various professions it takes to change a light bulb when councillors complained last week about the difficulty in having faults

to street lights attended to. Enniscorthy councillor, Paddy Kavanagh, obviously have been spending so much time on the electricity company trying to have a

light fixed in Enniscorthy that he could actually recite the number of the pole in question off the top of his head. Now that’s a councillor on top of his game.

Paddy Kavanagh

SPARE a thought for the poor Tibetan Monk, well come to think of it I don’t know whether he’s poor or not, but anyway, spare a thought for him. He was on a train in the London Underground when he spotted the Mayor, Boris Johnson. He was taken aback, it seems, that the Mayor was so modest he would travel on a train and was really delighted to meet the city’s First Citizen was even more delighted when the Mayor agreed to sit in for a Selfie with him. He was so excited that he bounded off the train at the

next stop--------leaving behind his bag which contained his keys, passport, camera and things like that. But it also contained his laptop which had one thousand pages of rare scripture he had collected from around the world. The keys etc were handed back in but there is no sign of the laptop so needless to say the Monk, Lelung Rinpoche, is no longer excited. Distraught would be a better term to describe his state. I’d say he won’t be rushing up to take a Selfie with the next well known person he sees on a train.

A lot of the publicity around the teacher conferences last week centered around the behaviour of some of the delegates when they were addressed by the Minister for Education, Ruairai Quinn. However, the important thing from Wexford’s point of view was the fact that for the second year in a row the secondary teachers were in Wexford for their annual meeting. It is very rare for a conference to return to the same town for two years in succession so this was really

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Political Notebook FIANNA FAIL AND FINE GAEL ARE SHORT ON ELECTION RUNNERS THE two main political parties

have

different

taken

approaches

approach. Here five Fine Gael

they would have been in with

does leave a lot of space for

very

candidates will contest the

a fighting chance of taking

opponents, particularly Fine

poll, three in the urban area

four of the eight seats. The

Gael in the rural areas,

contesting the election in the

and two in the rural part of

situation in Wexford district

However,

Enniscorthy and Wexford

the district.

is more complicated and a

extreme accident it should

Districts. In effect they each

With both Anna Fenlon and

number of keen election

ensure

have

Pat Codd retiring only Jim

watchers believe that five

passage to the new council for

opposite strategies in each

Moore fights the election for

candidates is probably too

the two men on the ticket.

district.

the

many in this district.

In Ennisorthy Fianna Fail

However, all have distinct

have gone for a four person

backgrounds and vote pools

ticket. So the party obviously

adopted

completely

Take Fine Gael, for example.

party

councillor.

sitting

Outgoing

barring a

relative

easy

In the Wexford district they

Borough

are running more candidates

Allen is also on the ticket

fact

feels that its support base in

than any other party, while

while Anna Fenlon’s son,

maximise their vote with the

mid-county is much stronger

Mark,

larger

will

than further south. With

candidate, although he now

certain benefit from the fact

James Browne and Keith

lives in Cleariestown.

that Fianna Fail has opted for

Doyle in the urban area,

the fact that there are three

Fine Gael has two newcomers

just a two candidate strategy.

Barbara Anne Murphy to the

additional seats up for grabs

With

outgoing

North and Willie Kavanagh

on this occasion.

Sandra Lacey in the town and

councillor Tony Dempsey

in the south they have a good

Frank

and Fergie Kehoe, who sits on

geographic spread, although

County.

the Borough Council, in the

outgoing councillor Keith

Enniscorthy

fielding

just

they the

are three

outgoing councillors, despite

In effect the party is leaving the new seats in Enniscorthy open

for

councillor

Jim

is another urban

the

Wexford Staples

District, in

South

they

could

teams.

They

just

Sinn

Fein,

It is difficult to understand

field Fianna Fail are running

Doyle

and

Fianna

why the party has opted for

just two candidates in a ten

squeezed with James Browne

Fail while almost certainly

so few candidates in the

seat constituency , a rather

in the urban area.

ensuring that the outgoing

Enniscorthy area, although

unusual move by the party.

Whether

councillors are likely to have

word on the ground is that

Again, however, it seems as if

otherwise, and with Fine

the safest of returns to Co.

they simply had a difficulty

people

Gael running a minimum

Hall.

finding suitable people who

queuing up to stand for the

number of candidates, it

were prepared to run.

party but the two person

looks as if Fianna Fail will be

where there are now ten seats

Many observers believe that

ticket is a risky enough

in with a fighting chance of

on offer they are adopting a

four

strategy in an area as big as

three seats here.

completely

candidates in Enniscorthy

the Wexford district and it

Independents

In the Wexford District,

different

they

had

run

weren't

exactly

will

feel

little

design

Who will benefit, now that Connick is absent? NEWS last week that

Fianna Fail to probably its

do best although there is

increased vote now that the field is without Connick.

former Fianna Fail Junior

best performance in the

not much love lost between

Minister, Sean Connick,

county.

the two camps. Outgoing Fine Gael

Without him the party’s field

considerably

councillor Larry O’Brien

see

having landed the job as

weaker and some of his

and the other urban based

regardless of area divides,

benefit

votes are likely to spread to

candidates,

Gael’s

Connick would have been

candidates of other parties.

Niamh

Fitzgibbon,

likely to get votes right

through the local election

Undoubtedly

Labour’s Ollie Somers and

across the district. Overall,

It is likely that Connick

Fianna Fail candidates will

former councillor John

however, his absence is

all benefit to some extent

Dwyer will all have a bit

likely to weaken the Fianna Fail team.

the

urban

Doyle, with Johnny Mythen,

elections and you can expect

Jackser Owens and James

to be disrupted almost every

Browne also appearing early

night, particularly if you live

as did Kathleen Codd Nolan.

in a urban area, as the big

There were signs of Martin

fields seeking seats in each district gear up for battle. There’s a little while to go yet before nominations close, but anyone who has not declared by this stage will face an uphill battle to get their names out before the public in

time

make

impression. There’s a ban on putting up posters too early and that ended last week. If the speed

Mark Fenlon

with which their posters appeared is any guide to the

Storey on the Dublin/Gorey

election outcome then Jim

road and no doubt around the

Allan would hold the edge in

villages. In Blackwater there

Wexford where he was well

postered by daybreak on

reminding people to keep

Wednesday, closely followed

Oliver Walsh as their local

councillor, but on the way to

his

party

colleagues

would have topped the poll

with

based

more space to work with

in the election and helped

Michael Sheehan likely to

and all can expect an

prominent

banner

Mark

the village James Browne’s

Fenlon. Also making an early

posters were prominent early

impression was Danny Forde

on.

Sandra

Lacey

and

of The Green Party and

In Gorey Darren Keegan of

Deridre Wadding of People

Fine Gael had a very strong

Before Profit, while Tony

presence in the town and if

Dempsey appeared a day

postering is anything to go by

later as did the Labour Party.

Dominick Gaughan of Eirigi

In the Enniscorthy area the

is also likely to put in a

early poster award goes to

strong campaign. Out the

Fianna

Willie

country Aine Leacy O’Meara

Kavanagh who has his patch

and Pip Breen are going head

well

to head on the poles around

and

Fail’s truly

covered.

Showing strongly too were

the south of the district .

because,

sent a bit of a shock wave field in the district.

Fine

CEO of the Kennedy Trust

other

Paddy Kavanagh and Keith

candidates will also likely

would not after all be

the

CANVASSING is about to begin in earnest in the local

The other Fianna Fail

contesting the local election

Will top of the pole mean top of the polls

Sean Connick

The Chronicle

April 30, 2014

FRANK O’ROURKE MEMORIAL CYCLE RACE ON Sunday next the 8th

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A2, A3, A4, Junior and

promoted by Wexford

in 1967 by Frank O’Rourke,

Underage. Sign-on is from

Wheelers takes place in

with showrooms and an

9:30am at Camaross Hall, Co.

Camaross, Co Wexford. The

authorised repair centre at

Wexford. The underage

club will be promoting races

Ferrybank, Wexford.

races start at 11:00am and

for both underage and senior

Ferrybank Motors continues

the senior races at 12 noon. The race route covers

riders. The race is held in

to be run by the O’Rourke

memory of Frank O’Rourke,

family providing the

several laps of a 22Km

a Wexford native and avid

extensive Opel range of both

circuit starting at Camaross,

cyclist who passed away in

passenger cars and

heading towards

2006. It is hosted by Wexford

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Ras Tailteann events and

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Memorial Race held each

A1/A2 race is 120Km, A3 is

and knowledge with others.

year in Frank’s honour.

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He was instrumental in the

Over the years the race has

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PHOTO DIARY by Ray Flynn Spring is in the Air With better weather over Easter most people took advantage of it to go outdoors and enjoy the sunshine while it lasted, Is it a sign of a good summer to come?. Lets hope so.

Stephanie, Liam and young Sophie Kelly, from Taghmon, relaxing on Wexford's quayside, on Easter Monday.

Bridget and Kevin O'Mahoney from Oylegate, studying the information panels on the marina in Wexford.

Four generations of one family sitting in the sunshine. They are left to right Leanne, her sons Rhys, her mother Jacinta and her grandfather George Carley from Davitt Road North, Wexford.

Mr. Mick Wall took advantage of the recent good weather to do some spring cleaning around his residence on Spawell Road, Wexford.

Shirley Walsh,Wexford, relaxing with her Irish Wolfhound, Cubreatnach, on Bank Holiday Monday.

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LADY’S ISLAND IN WORLD PRAYER LINK OUR Lady’s Island has been

Oregan in the United States.

the prayer relay is already

selected as one of just sixty

The event takes place on

underway

venues worldwide to take

Friday June 27th. and will

spearheaded by a special

part in an international relay

involve

organising

of prayer next month on

prayer gathering at Our

People

World Day For Priests.

Lady’s Island to pray for

throughout the diocese are

priests

being encouraged to take part

As part of the relay the

thirty

minute

worldwide,

but

and

particularly in the Diocese of

in the event

the

Ferns.

prayer

link

between

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people of Ferns Diocese are prayer

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support

for

local

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HOT ! RITA ORA Hot! Rita Ora There’s probably no need for an explanation, because, well it’s Rita Ora, but she’s even hotter this week than usual. The British!Albanian singer appeared on “The Breakfast Club” radio show to promote “50 Shades of Grey” the film, in which she will have a leading role. 23 year old Rita ended up lashing out against radio DJ host Charlamagne after he asked her whether or not she was having an a"air with her boss Jay!Z. Rita Ora, who is dating international DJ Calvin Harris, answered with “Don’t you dare disrespect Beyoncé like that” and told him that he “should know better”. He changed the subject and she carried on looking mint!

NOT ! DJ CHARLAMAGNE Firstly because of his name, which is ridiculous to begin with, but mainly because of the whole Rita Ora thing. Adam

You can get a rough estimate of the temperature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 37. So when

you’re all on holidays this year and can’t get to sleep from their annoying sound, count their chirps and become a weatherman. :D ! Eoin

TUNE OF THE WEEK

Mr Probz – Waves (Robin Schules Bootleg) German house DJ Robin Schulz remixed Dutch Hip-Hop artist Mr. Probz’s song “Waves”… and well, it’s good. Like, really good! Go listen to it!!  " " - Adam

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THE CHOSEN ONE Manchester United have always been a team known to win trophies each season and winning a major one would be a minimal requirement each year. They had Sir Alex Ferguson in charge, who was arguably the best manager in the history of English football. Ferguson bowed out winning yet another Premier League title, making it his 13th in total. The retirement of Sir Alex happened at the end of last season. Who could possibly replace such a manager? In steps ‘The Chosen One’ David Moyes who had won a staggering 1 major trophy before taking the reins at Manchester United. During the summer, Moyes was given money to spend, so, he spent just under £30Million on the Belgian powerhouse Marouane Fellaini to link up with the English international superstar Tom Cleverly. After 11 defeats in just the Premiership alone, it was enough to see Moyes’ short reign in charge come to an end. During his time as manager, MoyesOut would trend on Twitter after each defeat from the plastic fans that support the club. He did, however, break numerous records while managing the club, here’s just a few: • • • • • • •

United will finish the season with their lowest ever Premiership points tally A Utd side has failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1995 It’s the club’s worst home league form for over a decade First ever home defeat to Swansea Eliminated in the FA Cup third round – this happened just once under Sir Alex Ferguson First time United conceded a first-minute goal in the Premier League First time City & Liverpool have beaten the Red Devils home & away since Premier League’s inception (1992)

Under Moyes, United lacked everything needed to be champions, he clearly hasn’t got the ability to manage a club as big as United. In steps ‘the class of 92’ led by none other than the brother’s wife snatcher himself Ryan Giggs , Giggs and his staff have been put in charge until end of the season and promised to bring back the smiles to old Trafford and got off to a wonderful start by hammering Norwich 4-0 -Eoin

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RANT OF THE WEEK

People who post their dirty laundry on Facebook! No one cares. There’s a time and a place for things to be said, and Facebook isn’t the place for you to complain about your “Baby Daddy”. Seriously though, after about a million statuses do you not think people start to realise that YOU’RE actually the problem and YOU’RE the reason 14 different people broke up with you in the last 2 days? Well, they do, and they’d probably be right in assuming that. Really, no one cares that you’re fighting with your “best friend”, so just leave it out! Grrrr! Don’t get me wrong, it’s your page and you can post what you like, but when it’s every single day of the week, it annoys people! So, just stop, or buy yourself a diary, either way, leave it off Facebook. Adam

Status of The Week Heres a wonderful status from Wexford’s very own Stuart Lawlor: “People better get a grip now with their statuses on all the soaps! Me personally, don't watch any of them, but some people's lives are entwined in them. They put up a status like, "Oh max you’re in trouble" and "Oh, I can't believe he did that!" Recently it's all been “Home and Away” all over Facebook. Who the hell is this "Brax" guy? ‘Cause I swear if I meet him I will ask him what his problem is!” Ah boy Stuuy! Eoin

I Can’t Believe You’re Not a Butter! On May 3rd from 10:30-12 the only senior football team in Wexford town, ‘Sarsfields’, are having an open day to attract new young members, both boys and girls, to join the club. All the kids will get to see their fantastic facillities and get to meet senior players and coaches to get the feel of what the club is all about. They’re recruiting new young players for the club so come along and sign up #UpDaButters Eoin

SNAPCHAT OF THE WEEK Last week adam chose Charlee Somers’ Pikachu selfie so it’s my turn to chose this week and I couldnt pass this snap without sharing it with everyone . I received this Sunday morning. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the everappropriate Alan Murphy! -Eoin

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I’VE BEEN SACKED, BUT COULD I GET A JOB FROM A TD Dear Alan, I wrote to you a couple of weeks ago and I am very sorry for pestering you again so soon. But Alan my worst fears have been confirmed and I am not out of a job. I knew I had my fears and things weren’t going well but still it came as a shock when IK got the boot. I don’t know what to do now, I am all confused. I have been reading the papers, the really the only way I know what's going on. Some of them are saying I will get millions but others said there was something in my contract which means I will get nothing. ‘He’s on the dole’, that’s what one paper said. I don’t know where I am. Really Alan I am as confused about this as I have been all season. I don’t know whether I ‘m coming or going, a bit like the players in most of the games I managed them in. Well I now I’m going, well gone, but you know what I mean I am all confused. I don’t even know how much the dole is, Alan, or how would I go about getting it. I went to a pub the other morning when all this news came out and over a few pints I go t talking to this fella and he said I should move away for a while. He suggested I go to Ireland where he said the dole was much better than in England. He even said that I could work a bit and girt the dole as well, some kind of bridge to a job, or something like that But here’s the great one. He told me there was some guy in the Irish parliament could owned a football club, you know a bit like the Russians and the Americans over here, and he thought he’d give me a job, just for the publicity. I’m a bit confused because he said the team was called ‘Youth’s, they are in the South East apparently. So I thought he was talking about a kids team and I said that would be a step too low, but no seemingly they are just called ‘Youths’ but they are jot kids, it’s a real team of adults. So Alan he gave me the name of this guy, he said he’s a TD, whatever that means. And he said I should contact him as soon as possible. Seemingly he’s very well known in Ireland and he loves football. This guy told me he loves football so much that he never takes off his football shirt. Now this fella said he even wears his football shirt when he is in the Irish House

of Commons, but he did have a good few drinks at the time, so that’s probably not true, it seemed a little far-fetched to me at any rate. However, he said this guy would jump at the chance of giving me a start in his soccer club because it would attract a lot of publicity and seemingly he loves publicity. Now Alan I am a bit desperate but this guy seems a big chancy to me. After all what sort of an oddball would go around wearing a football shirt all the time? What do you think? Before I go, the last time I wrote to you mentioned about Job Bridge or something and said a TD might be able to sort me out. Would the guy with the football club sort this for me as well, or would you have another name. Thanks.

SIMPLE FOOD FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE With Delicious Kevvi and Strawberry Mary WELL hello again. I hope you all enjoyed the Easter break, we certainly did. Strawberry and I were down in Carne for the whole holiday, staying in a caravan, well a sort of mobile home really, but we’d call it a caravan. I know you are wondering what on earth we were doing in a caravan for the break. Well we haven’t lost it completely. Actually we were taking part in a new reality TV show about cooking on holiday. The idea was we’d only have a single ring gas cooker to prepare all our meals and the food itself could only be what we could purchase in a 5km radius of the caravan. So we had to show what you could do with ready meals and the like. You know the kind of thing, struggling with two saucepans, not enough

heat to cook everything and general confusion. Then one of us would lose our temper and bang everything around the place, just to add a big of atmosphere to the TV show. I’m sure you are familiar with the scene; all the shows are the same really. The cameras would capture us sitting down to our creations with a bottle of cheap win as we celebrated the achievement of being able to create something away from our sophisticated kitchens. As soon as the camera stopped rolling we’d be off out of the caravan in a flash. We usually headed for a little pub up the road. It was an amazing place really, particularly given where it is located. We thought it would be some sort of backwoods little country pub. But do you know what, it was amazing.

I have to admit the food was out of this world, Strawberry even suggested it was as good as anything we’d cook ourselves. Unbelievable really. Well I tell you once we found it we were out of that caravan every day as soon as the cameras stopped and up the road to the pub to sip the finest of wines and enjoy some very fine food-------they had fantastic fish. Oh yea we had a good Easter after all and we were paid a fortune for the TV show as well. Well as you can imagine with all the filming and the time we spent in the pub we didn’t have time to put together the next steps for frying an egg so we’ll do that next week. See you then. By the way that good pub in Carne is called The Lobster something or other, check it out.

David, Manchester. Dear David, I am very sorry to hear that you got the sack, although as I said in my replay last time you were on a hiding to nothing once you got lifted into the job by the ‘Sir’ fellow. That guy you met in the pub was well informed. There is such a man around here, in fact I happen to know him and I am certain that he would be very anxious to take you on. It wouldn’t be a great job, but it would have its advantages. For one thing you won’t have anyone flying planes over the ground with messages of abuse about you and you won’t have to answer any questions for nasty TV types either. On the downside don’t expect to get paid millions for doing the job. On the other question I don’t know whether or not you’d qualify for the Job Bridge but I am forwarding you the contact details for a guy called Brendan Howlin. He’s a big noise around here and if there’s any way of getting you onto the scheme he’s the man to do it and you won’t have to pay him or anything. In fact I should warn you not to bring him any gifts, particularly if they are in envelopes or brown paper bags. If you do he’ll probably show you the door and do nothing for you. Good luck with everything. Alan

WEEK 2 APPLYING FOR JOBS/JOB SEARCHING – STEPS TO SUCCESS In the current market, finding a job is like a job in itself. Every Employer wants and needs to fill their vacancies with the best possible applicants. We hope the following guidelines we have set out will allow you to take a step closer in the right direction and become successful with finding you your ideal job and a career that you will love and most of all enjoy. •

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WEXFORD ROCK BAND SHANE KENNY AND BROWNSTONE STATION TO RELEASE 2ND ALBUM NEXT WEEKEND WEXFORD'S Shane Kenny and Brownstone StationIreland are set to release their long awaited second album on Saturday nextthwith a launch party in the Wexford Arts Centre. On the night, the four piece will perform a selection of songs from the new album titled 'Eight Miles Out' which is the follow up to the 2009 release 'Lost in the Madness of Crowds' The event will start at 8.30pm with special guest support from acclaimed local rock band The Fulcrum Effect and renowned songwriter and frontman of Ripcord 64, Ollie Dempsey. The new album follows on from the release of 3 singles 'Rolls off your tongue', 'Threw it all away' and 'Desert Road' through Florida based record label Musik and Film. To date the singles have been picked up by more than 5000 radio stations worldwide and it is expected that the release of 'Eight Miles Out' will build on this success. The Wexford band signed a record deal in 2013 with the American record label Musik and Film, which was set up

by former managers of rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd. Musik and Film associates have been in the music business almost four decades and as well as having worked with Lynyrd Skynyrd they have worked with great artists such

as Red Jump Suit Apparatus, Survivor, Loverboy, Eddie and the Cruisers, Tommy Tutone, Missing Persons, Daryl Worley, Molly Hatchet, Ozzie Osbourne, Duran Duran and many others. Since releasing his first album, Lost in the Madness of Crowds in 2009, Kenny has shared stages with some of

leading Irish and international acts on the contemporary music scene including: Mick Flannery, Mundy, Duke Special, Jerry Fish, The Hot Sprockets, The 4 of Us, The Original

Rudeboys, The Barley mob, The Cabin Collective, Lazek, Southern Tenant Folk Union, The Niall Toner band, Declan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke, John Spillane, Cathy Davey and the Irish Tenors. With an Irish tour in the pipeline there are also plans to take the show to the U.K. and Europe as well as dates in the U.S and Canada.

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ENNISCORTHY ......... news from around the town Davidstown Scouts Fund Raiser

very relaxing evening, admission is free.

Neighbourhood Watch

All roadswill lead to Davidstown!s Millenium Bar this Sunday night, May 4th for what should be a very enjoyable Cabaret Night. Music for the night will be provided by Stuart and Vinnie. Doors open at 9.30 p.m. All attending will be included in a door prize for a one ton bag of firewood. All proceeds to the Davidstown Scouts.

A Meeting of Neighbourhood watch for St. Aidan!s Parish will take place on this Thursday, ,May 1st, in Bellefield GAAComplex, at 7.30 p.m.

Keeping Enniscorthy Clean

Enniscorthy Credit Union celebrate 50 years Enniscorthy Credit Union will hold an Eumenical Service in St. Aidan!s Cathedral, on Sunday, May 4th, at 4 p.m., to celelbrate fifty years of serving the community. All are welcome.

This week our photo is of Enniscorthy's Market Sguare from early 1900's. It shows the Town Council offices as a two floor building, work commenced on the third floor about 1901. The 1798 Monument had not been erected, it was unveiled in 1908. The flagged paving and iron grids outside the buildings on the left were a feature of the area up to the mid 1960's.

Easter Vestry Invite

Lions Club Fun Cycle

Thursday 1st May, All parishoners are invited to attend the fourth Easter Vestry of the Union of Enniscorthy, Monart, Clone, Clonmore and Templescobin, in the Rectory, at 7.30p.m.

Date for your diary. Enniscorthy Lions Club will hold their annual Fun Cycle on Sunday, May 18th, commencing at 11 a.m. Starting and finishing at Kilcannon Garden Centre. Sponsorship cards are now available.

Participants for 1798 Re-enactment

should contact the 1798 Centre, Enniscorthy on 053 9237597.

Participants are now being sought for the 1798 Reenactment of the Battle of Vinegar Hill which will take place this year over the August bank Holiday weekend. Those interested

Walk for Friends of St. JohnDs Hospital A fun walk in aid of Friends of St. John!s Hospital will be held on Sunday May 18th

commencing at 2 p.m. The 10k walk begins at Vinnies Pub, Island Road and will proceed to Scarawalsh via the old road and back to Vinnies along the main road. Sponsorship Cards available from Margaret Walker, on 087 6862765. Your support will be appreciated.

Blessing of Pets All pet owners are invited to bring their pet dog, cat, bugie, parrot etc to the Presentation Centre, at 3 p.m., for a special blessing.

Rosary The Rosary will be recited by the Legion of Mary every evening for May, at the Moran Park Grotto at 7 p.m. Parents and children are invited to come along. A special evening for children will be held on friday evenings at 7 p.m. for childen. All are welcome.

During the Summer months members of enniscorthyTidy Town ommittee meet on a sunday morning at 9 o!clock near the Rafter Bridge to pick up litter between the bridges and along the Prom and other areas of the town. Volunteers are always needed and if interested please contact Billy on 087 8298569.

Cookery Demo with Phelim Byrne Chef Phelim Byrne will be on hand on this Wednesday, April 30th at The Riverside Park Hotel for a Cookery Demonstration which is being hosted by the Enniscorthy Presbyterian congregation. The fund raising event will commence at 7.30 p.m.

Well known Licensed Premises for Sale Michael O!Leary Sherry Fitzgerald O!Leary will offer the well known Antique Tavern for sale, on this Friday 2nd May, at 3 p.m. in The Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy. The property includes living accommodation.

Poetry Reading

Another early photo of Enniscorthy's Castle Street with the Athenaeum on the right which is remembered this week as the Headquarters of Enniscorthy's participation in the Easter Week Rising, 1916.

A reading of poetry by Norah Clifford Kelly author of Meditational Poetry Book "Open to Love! will take place on Thursday next 1st May, at 7.30 p.m. at Enniscorthy Library All are welcome to what should be a

Reminder Songs of Praise at Eastertide in St. Mary!s Church, Enniscorthy, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 11th. All are welcome.

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LARRY O’GORMAN The man who gets Behind the Sports Headlines I’M BACKING TIPP TO LAND THE LEAGUE TITLE AT THE EXPENSES OF THE CATS THE summer is nearly upon us. No I’m not talking about the good weather or the bright evenings. Hurling fans do not measure the seasons by things like that. No they look at the progress of the league and then look forward to the championship and as the league ends and the championship beckons they know that summer is on the way. It doesn’t guarantee fine weather, mind you, but who needs fine weather when you have great hurling to enjoy. The league final marks a real move from one season to another and Sunday, therefore, signals the end of winter and opens the gate on summer hurling. But before we all look forward to a great summer of hurling we have the prospect of a tremendous game on Sunday. I think it will be a cracker.

Yes a real cracker. Why? Well I’ll tell you why. You have two teams here with great tradition, great passion and two neighbours who like to brag about what they have achieved and what they really think of each other. And these two sides have plenty to brag about. Kilkenny have already won sixteen league titles, while Tipperary, believe it or not, have actually won nineteen. This encounter on Sunday should be a game to remember then because quite simply Kilkenny hate to see Tipperary winning anything and Tipperary feel exactly the same about the Cats. So they will each do their living best to cut down the other. The last time the two sides met was just a couple of months ago. When they faced up to each other at Nowlan

Park it was some game. Tipperary came out that day with fire in their eyes and looked as if they were going to humiliate the Kilkenny men in their own backyard. They were dominant in the opening half and it looked as if Kilkenny were in real trouble. But how often have you seen it. Yes Kilkenny looking down and out and the next thing you see is a transformed team taking the field after the restart. That game ended 5.20 to 5.14 to Kilkenny. What a score that was and anything like that again and we really would have a great league final. And there is no reason why we can’t expect just as entertaining a match next Sunday. Fair enough the score mightn’t be quite as high but these are really

skilful teams and they have settled down a lot over the last couple of months. If anything I’d say Tipperary might have improved the most from having a settled team. There really was a lot to like about their win in the semi-final when they brushed aside the Clare challenge. Equally Kilkenny now have a much more settled side and you get the impression that this is not just a team looking for a league final win; this is the team that is determined to get back on top in the championship as well. So there is a lot at stake on Sunday because whoever wins will have a certain little advantage come the championship, even if it only is a confidence boost and that can be knocked out of you as soon as it is picked up. But you have two strong

physical teams here and it will certainly be a fast moving game with no place for the faint hearted, that’s for sure. Yes if you are the nervous type this might not be ideal viewing for you, but if you fancy a great game of hurling then I think you’ll need to look no further. I don’t think you are going to see a repeat of all the goals that were scored in the game in February. The defences will be on thire guard on Sunday so scores will be much harder to come by than on the last occasion. Yes I do think it will be a very close game and it could go either way, but I am not here to sit on the fence. The fence is not a comfortable placd to sit (I much prefer a barstool myself), so I am not going to hedge my bets.

I think Tipperary will win. Why? Well first of all the fact that the match is being played in Semple Stadium is a big boost for them. The benefit of home turf and the home crowd cannot be underestimated. Yes I think we are in for a treat on Sunday. An afternoon of nail biting, edge of the seat action. There’ll be crying, shouting, screaming, abuse of the ref and everything else which is why hurling has no equal in terms of passion and satisfaction, even for the spectator. So sit back and enjoy and expect to see the cup going to Tipperary at the end of the afternoon. The throw-in, by the way is at 3.30, so there’s no problem if you stay out late on Saturday night, you should still be in good shape by the time it starts.

I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT’S ALL FOR NOW WHATEVER about the All-Ireland championship, and that is just around the corner, the local championship is also nearly upon us and the excitement is really beginning to build around the county.

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latest happenings, on and off the pitch, here in The Chronicle. One thing I will be on the eye out for this year is any young players coming through. The future is in the youth and they must be encouraged.

WELL Brother that’s all for now and I do really hope that next week I’ll be reviewing a Tipperary victory. No it has nothing to do with not likening Kilkenny, but I’ve tipped Tipp and I really don’t want to be going around for another week with fellas

saying ‘Ah brother what happened Tipp’. In fact if I get another selection wrong Paddy Power or Boyles Sports will probably start offering enhanced odds on my tips. See you next week Brother.

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GAELIC FOOTBALL ROUND UP SOME SURPRISES IN SECOND ROUND OF SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP THE second round of the football championship commenced last Friday evening with a double header in Taghmon. First up was the meeting of Starlights and Adamstown at 7pm. Both teams had lost their first round games so a win here was going to be very important. It went to the Enniscorthy side on a scoreline of 1-12 to 0-13 but it must be said that Adamstown turned in a greatly improved performance fighting to the very end and could be

considered unlucky not to have got something from the game. This game was followed by the meeting of St Martin’s and Gusserane. This game featured some excellent passages of football with the New Ross District side really putting it up to the county champions, having led by 1-5 to 0-3 at one stage during the first half. St Martin’s were the more dominant team for the first half of the second period but Gusserane hung in there with the game resulting in an

exciting draw-2-9 each. It was on to Bellefield on Sunday to see St Fintan’s and Kilanerin open the programme. This game featured the first real surprise of the championship when the men from the south of the county had an exciting one point win (1-11-to 0-13). Kilanerin will rue a penalty miss late in the second half but overall St Fintan’s were the better team, with Barry Brennan being an ideal targetman for them at full forward and Donal Shanley

again exhibiting great free taking skills. The game that followed, featuring Castletown and Sarsfields, was quite one sided with the issue effectively being decided by the interval when the north county men led by 39 to 1-1. Sarsfields did improve in the second half but, overall, had no answer to the power and pace of their opponents who eventually ran out winners by 3-13 to 1-7. It was straight into the car to head for Grantstown to see another double bill. First onto

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do a lot to help us by having two separate seasons for hurling and football with the all Ireland hurling final being played in July, and its counterpart in football being played in August for example. We could then utilise our dual players, of which we have probably more than any other county, to the best possible effect and be more successful as a result.

the stage were Fethard and Horeswood at 5.30pm. Many favoured the former in this game after their very impressive first round win over Kilanerin but the county champions of 2011 refused to read the script and had a really impressive 1-18 to 0-14 victory. This was real end to end entertainment with many of the scores recorded being of the very highest quality not least the game clinching goal from the lethal left foot of David Shannon. On the basis of this very impressive display

rumours of Horeswood’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Next on stage was the meeting of St Anne’s and Shelmaliers. This was a really exciting contest all the way through with the Rathangan men eventually edging it on by a single point (0-14 to 0-13). It was a game that had virtually everything including some excellent scores and superb high fielding. There is no doubt that these two teams will have a major say in the destination of this year’s title.

FRIDAY NIGHT GAMES A SUCCESS BUT......... THERE is no doubt that playing club championship games on Friday nights has been a success and has brought out the crowds but perhaps one game with an 8pm start is enough, given the distances that some players have to travel. It can be extremely difficult for a player to travel from Cork or Dublin for a 7pm start and be physically and mentally ready for that game. He may have to get off work early which can be difficult in the current economic climate or he may have to endure traffic jams which certainly would not help his preparations for a game that

he has trained hard for over several months. It is unreasonable to expect him to have sat in or driven a car for up to two and a half hours, arrive perhaps thirty or forty minutes before the game and then be able to give of his best. Players like to prepare properly for games and they are entitled to do so but the above scenario definitely militates against good preparation. Nevertheless I hope Friday night games continue as they can free up the weekend for players and spectators alike but I believe just one game on the night would be better.

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Enniscorthy Musical Society presented Grease at Colaiste Bride to packed audiences

The Pink Ladies pictured with Sandy left to right Niamh Bolger, Megan Power, Yvette Walsh, Joanne McCabe, Megan Ryan

The T-Birds with Miss Lynch Left to Right Back Naoise Dunbar, Darragh Kinsella Front Gearoid McCauley, Jennifer Byrne, John Murphy and Sean O’Brien

Niamh Windsor and Claire Steacy who were also in the show

Photos by Liz Wildes

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