Family fun at Callan Co-Op Homevalue launch

CALLAN Co-Op officially launched its new Homevalue store on West Street, Callan on Friday, March 31, followed up by a fun day on Saturday April 1, packed full of events for all the family with loads of special offers and giveaways instore.

Agri experts from Biocel, Norbrook, IAS Laboratories, Philmac and many more were in store on the Friday sharing an abundance of special offers to customers on the day. There was also a treasure trove of giveaways instore with refreshments served as they celebrated the new store launch with the ribbon cutting.

KCLR’s Edward Hayden broadcast live from the store on Saturday morning, and throughout the day, customers got the chance to meet and have a snap taken with the Dulux Dog. Crown Paint's Product Champion, Derek Maloney, provided some unmissable tips and advice on customers’ next painting projects. While children enjoyed a different type of decorating – face painting.

Also, on hand was RTE Super Garden Finalist, Aimee Moore who provided lots of great advice on gardening design.

Members of the All Ireland winning Kilkenny Camogie team dropped in to meet and greet their fans and gener- ously offered folks the chance to have their photo taken with the O’ Duffy Cup. While John Lockes’ Camogie team were officially presented with their new jerseys from official sponsor, Callan Co-Op Homevalue. A customer BBQ was the perfect way to end the day’s festivities. never quite gure out. From the day he started there, he noticed that the tea break was at 11 am, that it was an accepted routine, but that workers had to be sure Tim Lucey wasn’t around while they were having it. is created such a dilemma for Michael that he decided to skip tea breaks altogether. e prospect of having a mug in one hand, a sandwich or biscuit in the other, and eyes constantly darting about in anticipation of Lucey’s arrival didn’t appeal to him in the slightest. e o ce girls had an advantage: they could conceal the evidence of a snack by hiding cups, mugs, and eatables in a box that had the words “dockets and invoices” emblazoned on the lid to throw Lucey o the scent.

Anyone drinking tea in the o ce who saw the dictatorial Corkman through the window, strutting haughtily towards the entrance, had to drop everything, make a quick dash from the o ce, and nimbly re-position himself behind a counter, or overlooking a bag of coal up the yard, to give at least the appearance of dedication to a given task.

Lucey was happy as long as everything seemed to be moving along. Slackness he detested.