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Generation Brexit 2,122 from UK call here home - with more on way

By Jake Maxwell THERE’S 2,122 people from the UK living in the city and county, according to a new Census report released recently.

And there come be more of them on the way as the looming Brexit deadline looms with an increasing number of Britons applying for Irish passports, Department of Justice statistics show.

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after the Brexit referendum, rising from 98 in 2016 to 529 in 2017.

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Nationwide, in April 2016, WKHUH ZHUH QRQ ,ULVK nationals living in the country, a decrease of 1.6% on the 2011 FHQVXV ÂżJXUH RI SHRSOH Ten nationalities accounted for RI WKH WRWDO ÂżJXUH 3ROLVK nationals (122,515 people) made up the largest group while German nationals (11,531 people) were the smallest of the WHQ JURXSV SURÂżOHG Commenting on the report,

Cormac Halpin, Senior Statistician said “One of the PDQ\ EHQHÂżWV RI FHQVXV GDWD LV the information it gives us on the individual groups that make up Ireland’s population. “This report details the top WHQ ODUJHVW QRQ ,ULVK QDWLRQDO populations living in Ireland and looks at the characteristics of each covering topics such DV ZKHUH WKH\ OLYH DJH SURÂżOH education, language ability, housing, general health, work and occupationsâ€?.

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Kate and Lucy Skehan at the civic reception for Kilkenny Senior Camogie Panel outside the Court House. Lots more pictures inside

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Apple bites: tech giant in Cartoon Saloon deal

THE ex-Mayor of Kilkenny City, Cllr Patrick O’Neill, has said he intends to contest the Fine Gael nomination for the next General Election.

7KH ÂżQDQFLDO VHUYLFHV employee (30) feels there are many local and national issues that are important for the people of Kilkenny City and County. “I want to play my part to deliver for young people regarding jobs and housing; to ensure the university for the south East becomes a reality and to help the viability of rural areas ... I look forward to seeking the support of the Fine Gael members at the convention RQ 2FWREHU ´

Train hits herd of cattle A TRAIN struck a herd of cattle in Co Kilkenny on September 22, Iarnrod Eireann KDV FRQÂżUPHG 7KH LQFLGHQW occurred near Thomastown at approximately 11am when the Waterford Heuston train hit the animals.

It is unknown as to how many animals were involved in the collision or how many were killed. The Waterford-Heuston train subsequently returned to Thomastown, where bus transfers brought passengers to their destinations.

THERE’S just no stopping Cartoon Saloon this weather - the Kilkenny animation VWXGLR KDV FRQ¿UPHG D GHDO with Apple that sees the technology giant buying D QHZ DQLPDWHG ¿OP LW LV making called Wolfwalkers.

It was reported in June that Apple was in negotiations with the company over the ÂżOP ZKLFK ZLOO UHSRUWHGO\ star Sean Bean.

Cartoon Studio founder 7KRP 0RRUH FRQÂżUPHG D deal had been agreed in a tweet sent recently.

According to IMDB, Wolfwalkers, which is

scheduled for release in either 2020 or 2021, tells the story of a young apprentice hunter called Robyn who comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack of wolves.

However, her life changes though after she saves a native girl, Mebh, which leads to her discovery of the Wolfwalkers and transforms her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

Cartoon Saloon is best known for its OscarQRPLQDWHG DQLPDWHG ÂżOP The Breadwinner, which was produced by Angelina Jolie.

2WKHU DQLPDWHG ÂżOPV developed by the studio include The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, both of which were also shortlisted for Academy Awards.

In addition, the studio’s Emmy-nominated preschool VHULHV 3XྜQ 5RFN LV VWUHDPHG JOREDOO\ RQ 1HWÀL[ in more than 25 languages.

On Tencent’s streaming service, it is close to 100m views in China.

The company is working on a television co-production with Disney called VikingSkool. The series is scheduled to air next year.

2,122 from UK now call here home Continued from previous page The number of UK, Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian nationals fell between 2011 and 2016.

The largest increases were in the Spanish, Romanian and Brazilian populations. The Spanish population increased by 78% from 6,794 to 12,112 people between 2011 and 2016.

This was the biggest percentage increase of the QDWLRQDOLWLHV SURÂżOHG Romanian nationals increased by 69% from 17,304 to 29,186 people during the same period and represented the largest increase in population size.

The four nationalities with the highest concentration of their populations living in Dublin city and suburbs were Brazilians at 64%, Romanians and Italians each at 58% and Spanish nationals at 52%.

In city living overall, 72% of Brazilians and Italians lived in cities and suburbs while 50% of UK nationals lived in rural Ireland including rural towns.

It’s never too late to learn, says brave Brian A BRAVE porter who works at Aut Even Hospital in Kilkenny has opened up about his struggles with reading and writing as part of a new campaign to encourage adults to return to education.

Brian O’Donnell (48) is taking part in a major new campaign that encourages adults to ‘Take WKH ÂżUVW VWHSÂś WR LPSURYH WKHLU reading, writing, maths and computer skills.

Brian hid his own problems with reading and writing for 30 years but says that going back to adult literacy classes at Kilkenny Carlow Education and Training Board (ETB) has changed his life.

He is now able to read and write much better and he also VD\V WKDW KH IHHOV PRUH FRQÂżdent and independent. Âł, IRXQG VFKRRO GLŕľśFXOW EHcause when I was seven I spent a year in hospital and missed out on a lot of education. “I never caught up with the other kids and ended up leaving school before my Junior Cert mocks. “For 30 years I avoided anything that involved writing, UHDGLQJ RU ÂżOOLQJ LQ IRUPV ´ Brian says.

Brian has been a porter in Aut Even Hospital in Kilkenny for \HDUV DQG KLV OLWHUDF\ GLŕľśFXOties were never a problem until an opportunity arose to take part in a new training course.

“When I saw that I was going to have to write a 1,500 word essay as part of the course I knew that I would have to face my fears and deal with my litHUDF\ GLŕľśFXOWLHV “I started adult literacy classes at Kilkenny Carlow ETB and I haven’t looked back since.

7DNLQJ WKDW ¿UVW VWHS EDFN WR education was the best thing I HYHU GLG ´ KH VD\V 7KH 7DNH WKH ¿UVW VWHS FDPpaign is being organised by the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) and features several students including Brian sharing their positive experience of returning to education.

The campaign includes national radio advertising, video and digital advertising on social media, posters and outdoor advertising.

In Carlow people can phone Carlow Adult Learning Centre on 059 913 5544 and in Kilkenny people can phone Kilkenny Adult Learning Centre on 056 776 3149.

Planning conference CARLOW and Kilkenny are leading the way on a new way of thinking about how we plan, layout and design public spaces and buildings by hosting a major think tank featuring national and international experts.

Planners, architects, housing organisations and more will join with local authorLW\ PHPEHUV DQG VWDŕľľ WKH public and those engaged in health and social care, geography, arts and heritage for a unique conference.

The ‘People, Place and Participation’ conference at Carlow’s Visual Arts Centre on October 11 from 10am to 4.30pm and registration is open now.

The cultural producers include the Callan Workhouse Union and there’s local Kilkenny input from the Thomastown River Trust and more.

Local authority members from Kilkenny and from neighbouring counties are already coming on board for the conference and work-

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Owners warned as thieves steal greyhounds

news in brief Gold for Initioge at Euro Tidy Towns ,1,67,2*( has won gold in the prestigious Entene Florale competition which is the European version of the Tidy Towns competition.

Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council, Eamon Aylward said it was an incredible achievement and had placed Inistioge at the top of the tree when it came to enhancement of the quality of life through landscape development and horticulture around the village.

The local tidy towns committee along with the village residents have been working hard for six months and all their hard ZRUN KDV SDLG Rŕľľ

Gardai make arrests over school fight *DUGDt KDYH DUUHVWHG D VHFRQG juvenile in connection with an RUJDQLVHG ÂżJKW ZKLFK WRRN SODFH in the city earlier this month.

A garda investigation is onJRLQJ LQWR DQ RUJDQLVHG ¿JKW between students from two schools in Kilkenny City, which took place at the handball alley on Michael Street on September 6. Punches were exchanged and one student was knocked to the concrete ground. He received medical treatment at St Luke’s.

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Michael, Pippa, Finn and Frankie Walsh at the civic reception for Kilkenny Senior Camogie Panel outside the Court House. Image by Rue Photography

Tidy Town scores rise There was great news for the city and county this week after it was revealed that all entries in the 2018 Tidy Towns competition rose from last year.

Kilkenny City had a total score of 337 out of 450, losing out to overall winners Listowel in Kerry by just two points, a score which is seven points higher than the result in 2017.

Gowran, Castlecomer and Thomastown all increased by 10 points from 2017, while

Inistioge went up by seven points from last year and Kells had a huge increase of 12 points. Goresbridge had a commendable 15 point jump up from 2017, and Bennettsbridge increased by 12 points.

This huge improvement across the county comes after it was announced last November that government funding would be granted to mark the 60th anniversary of the Tidy Towns competition.

Towns and villages across

Kilkenny were designated â‚Ź35,000 to mark the occasion.

This grant scheme allowed all local committees in Kilkenny to apply for a grant between â‚Ź1000 and â‚Ź4000 in order to continue all their hard work to keep Kilkenny in its pristine condition.

There were 18 Kilkenny towns competing this year, a slight drop from the 22 towns that took part in 2017. There were no entries this year from Callan, Graiguenamanagh, Glenmore or Freshford.

TWO dogs taken from Kilkenny have been recovered after thieves roaming the south east snatched seven greyhounds.

7KH ,ULVK *UH\KRXQG %RDUG ,*% KDV ZDUQHG JUH\KRXQG owners to be extra vigilant after the dogs were reported stolen.

The dogs, ranging in age from six months to eight years, were taken from their homes in Wexford, Kilkenny and Waterford in recent weeks. ,*% ZHOIDUH RŕľśFHU 'HLUGUH Scally said greyhound owners should ensure they have secured any property where their dogs are kept. “Thieves are deterred by good security measures. It is important for owners to report any suspicious activity around their own property or that of another JUH\KRXQG RZQHU WR WKH JDUGDt LPPHGLDWHO\ ´ VKH VDLG Âł*UH\KRXQG ZHOIDUH DQG keeping greyhounds safe and ZHOO LV D WRS SULRULW\ IRU WKH ,*% as part of continued regulation of the industry. Âł7KH ,*% LV FRQFHUQHG WKDW stolen greyhounds may be held in an environment that is detri-

PHQWDO WR WKHLU ZHOIDUH ´ 7KH ,ULVK *UH\KRXQG %RDUG LV liaising with local animal rescue organisations.

In December 2016, Clares Rocket, one of the country’s top greyhounds was stolen from Riverside Kennels, owned by respected Tipperary trainer *UDKDP +ROODQG ,W ZDV UHWXUQHG DIWHU JDUGDt intercepted a car and recovered the dog two days later in an operation in Kilkenny $UPHG JDUGDt DWWDFKHG WR WKH Regional Support Unit in the southeast and supported by detectives from Tipperary and Clonmel found the dog when they stopped and searched two cars in Co Kilkenny.

7KH ÂżUVW FDU ZDV VWRSSHG DQG searched in Mooncoin and two men, aged 55 and 42 years old, were arrested and the greyhound was discovered in the boot of the car.

Another two other men, both in their 30s, were arrested when a second car was stopped near Paulstown. Clares Rocket is estimated to have a stud value of more than â‚Ź1m.

House prices in Kilkenny City drop by 1.1% THE average price of a threebed semi in Kilkenny City dropped by 1.1% to â‚Ź249,500 between June and September, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance.

Overall, the price of the average three-bed semi in County Kilkenny rose by 0.5% to â‚Ź215,500 between June and September.

The average house price throughout the county has risen by 7.5% in the last 12 months, the survey found. “The bottom of the market is still very strong, but the demand for houses priced at â‚Ź400,000 XSZDUG KDV GHÂżQLWHO\ VORZHG ´ said Michael Boyd of REA Boyd’s in Kilkenny City, who has also noted a large decrease in the percentage cash v mortgaged buyers in the market. “There remains a lack of supply, but activity is very strong,

there is demand for all propHUWLHV ´ VDLG 5REELH *UDFH RI 5($ *UDFH LQ &DOODQ ZKHUH WKH price of the average three-bed semi rose 2.9% to ₏175,000 this quarter.

The REA Average House Price Survey concentrates on the actual sale price of Ireland’s typical stock home, the threebed semi, giving an up-to-date picture of the second-hand property market in towns and cities countrywide to the close of last week. The average semidetached house nationally now costs ₏234,824, the Q3 REA Average House Price Survey has found – a rise of 1% on the 4 ¿JXUH RI Ÿ Overall, the average house price across the country rose by 5.8% over the past 12 months – a decrease on the 8% recorded to June and indicating that the market is continuing to steady after an 11.3% overall rise in

2017. The price of a three-bed semi-detached house in Dublin has increased by just 2.7% in the last 12 months as the Central Bank’s borrowing rules increasLQJO\ GH¿QH D྾RUGDELOLW\ LQ WKH housing market.

The rate of increase in secondhand three-bed semi-detached home prices in Dublin city’s postcode zones was just 0.1% over the last three months, compared to 4.1% for the same quarter last year.

After rising by 12.5% in 2017, the average price of a secondhand semi-detached house in the capital has increased by just ₏5,300 so far this year and now stands at ₏443,333. *URZWK LQ WKH FRPPXWHU counties also slowed to 0.9% in the last three months, with the average house now selling for ₏248,528 – a rise of ₏2,000 on the second three months of the year.

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I’m with Roy on this one

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Brian Quigley oy Keane has certainly been in the news a lot in the last few weeks.

He’s probably had a higher PHGLD SUR¿OH than Leo Varadker.

He’s certainly taken up more column inches and radio time than his manager Martin O’Neill, or the Irish team’s dismal loss to Wales in the Nations Cup and respectable draw away to Poland in a friendly.

Roy is someone who polarises opinion.

You either like him or you don’t.

You either agree with him or

Members of Kilkenny Senior Camogie team greeting fans at the civic reception for Kilkenny Senior Camogie Panel outside the Court House. Image by Rue Photography you don’t.

He doesn’t pull his punches; there’s no in-between.

Perhaps that’s why he doesn’t come across well doing his ITV punditry, in my mind.

He’s someone with something to say, and that doesn’t sit well with a station who would prefer if you didn’t say anything,

RU MXVW VDLG EODQG LQR൵HQVLYH things. I’m with Keane in the whole Harry Arter / Jonathan Walters spat. +H VKRXOGQ¶W KDYH VDLG ZKDW KH¶V UHSRUWHG WR KDYH VDLG RU acted the way he’s reported to KDYH DFWHG EXW ZH VKRXOGQ¶W EH hearing about it.

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ORVH KLV MRE RYHU WKLV +H¶V WKH JUHDWHVW SOD\HU ZH KDYH HYHU had, and we need his input into UHYLYLQJ RXU QDWLRQDO WHDP 2EYLRXVO\ KH KDV DQJHU PDQagement issues and needs to address these, but he should keep his job. Martin O’Neill was right to defend him.

I hate the phenomenon of

‘player power’. It got Ranieri PRYHG RQ IURP /HLFHVWHU DIWHU winning the Premiership. ,W JRW 3HWHU %HDUGVOH\ LQYHVtigated for supposedly bullying just because he was tough with some academy players he was coaching at Newcastle.

Football is meant to be a sport for tough characters, not prima donnas. The poor state of the Ireland team isn’t all down to Keane and O’Neill.

They can only work with what WKH\¶YH JRW :H KDYH D GHFHQW VTXDG RI players at the moment but they DUH QRW DV JRRG DV SUHYLRXV groups.

We are building for the future.

Less and less Irish players are making the grade at Premiership and Championship teams, GXH WR WKH PRQH\ WKH FOXEV KDYH to buy in foreign players.

This is a fact that we can’t ignore. If we had a stronger league here we could pick from that more.

The fact that our league is weak is John Delaney’s fault, not Roy Keane’s or Martin O’Neill’s.

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kilkennyinpictures Sarah and Michelle Cahill at the civic reception for Kilkenny Senior Camogie Panel outside the Court House. Image by Rue Photography

Frances O’Reilly, Marguerite Mullen, Marianne Mullens and Elaine Lanigan at Club 40, Kilkenny’s first plus 40s night, bringing back “The Slow Set”, Ormonde Hotel. Image by Rue Photography

Bobby Jackman and Mary Houlihan, organisers of Club 40, in the Ormonde Hotel. Image by Rue Photography

Yvonne Maher and Ann Kennedy at Club 40, in the Ormonde Hotel. Image by Rue Photography

Yvonne Devitor and Christina Hayes at Club 40, in the Ormonde Hotel. Image by Rue Photography

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Hare Appeal DID YOU KNOW that the Irish hare is the country’s only native lagomorph species? We have three species of lagomorphs in Ireland – the native Irish Hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus), the 2 non-native species, European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) and the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Like other farmland species, the Irish Hare numbers have declined of habitat loss and degradation, and intensive farming methods. Other factors include hunting both legal and illegal poaching, and trapping of hares for coursing.

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A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE

by Shari Lapena

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A domestic thriller packed full of secrets, and a twisty story that never stops—from the bestselling author of The Couple Next Door.

Karen and Tom Krupp are happy—they’ve got a lovely home in upstate New York, they’re practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home to find Karen has vanished—her car’s gone and it seems she left in a rush. She even left her purse—complete with phone and ID—behind. But what has happened to her? Everyone has something they’d rather keep hidden.

The global phenomenon with an Irish twist!

It’s the observational documentary following recurring Irish telly fanatics watching, analysing, dissecting and commenting on beloved Irish shows, all from the comfort of their sitting rooms. The telly-watching show returns for a fourth season, once against offering a flavour of the most weird and wonderful TV moments from the previous week. Joined by a few new faces, Ireland’s sofa favourite and friends are back and ready to tell it like it is from the comfort of their own homes.

When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorised audiences in “The Conjuring 2”, as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.

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Irish Hare (Photo Justin Ivory) The Irish Hare is legally protected by the Wildlife Act and its various amendments. It is also listed on Appendix III of the Berne Convention, Annex V of the EU Habitats Directive and as an internationally important species in the Irish Red Data Book. Despite these protections in the anomaly that is Ireland they are still allowed to be hunted and trapped for coursing.

It is over a decade since the Irish Hare population was last surveyed in 2007 but now there is a new national survey underway led by Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). To facilitate this national survey the National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) have joined with QUB to launch a monitoring portal for hares in Ireland and they would like members of the public to submit their hare sightings via the online record form at the link below: https://records. biodiversityireland.ie/ record/national-haresurvey#7/53.455/-8.016 So that species identification can be verified, if possible, please include a photograph.

Identifying Irish Hares can be tricky as they can be confused with the common Rabbit or the rarer European Brown Hare.

Guidance notes on species identification can be found on the NBDC website at the following link: http://www.biodiversityireland. ie/record-biodiversity/surveys/ national-hare-survey/ Also if you find a dead hare QUB are looking for you to collect the specimen in a plastic bag, labelled with the date and location and contact Queen’s University (nmcgowan@qub.

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IN TUA NUA The Set Theatre, Langtons, September 28

VOLUNTEERING EXPO 2018 September 27, 11am-3pm, McDonagh Junction

DIRTBIRDS SELF HELP TOUR Watergate Theatre, September 27

Join us at McDonagh Junction on 27th September from 11am to 3pm and find out about local volunteering options. Chat to 30 charities and community groups and learn how you can put your skills and hobbies to good use to make a real difference to your community. For further information please contact Kilkenny Volunteering Information Service by email at volunteer.kilkenny@gmail. com or visit www.kilkennyvoluteering.ie

If making the school lunches, doing the jaysus homework and dodging the guards because your NCT is out by two years is sending you over the edge, you are not alone. Join the Dirtbirds as they navigate the stresses and strains of modern life in their brand new comedy show. This rip roaring two hours of comedy gold is a unique blend of hilarious sketch comedy and stand up. Brand new characters take to the stage along with wellknown favourites. Don’t miss this side-splitting show from the queens of sketch comedy.

Irish rock group In Tua Nua achieved success in both Ireland and Europe throughout the late 1980s. The group was formed by Leslie Dowdall, Jack Dublin, Vinnie Kilduff, Ivan O’Shea, Martin Clancy, Paul Byrne and Steve Wickham in the early 1980s. In 1984, the band were the first to sign to U2’s Mother label and released their first single “Coming Thru”. The first Island single was the critically acclaimed “Take My Hand”, co-written by a young Sinéad O’Connor. This was followed by a second single, a cover of Jefferson Airplane’s hit “Somebody to Love”. Tickets €17.00

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BE MY BABY - THE PHIL SPECTOR STORY Watergate Theatre, September 30

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Opens October 3rd Runs for 4 nights

A NIGHT AT THE DARTS Lyrath Estate, September 27 5.45.pm

A new production exploring the life and music of iconic songwriter and producer Phil Spector with an amazing live ten piece band including brass and 3 female vocalists , this is a performance not to be missed. This latest production is set in a 60s style recording studio as ten performers bring the songs of Phil Spector to life. As we move through the show, we see Spector’s decline from the world’s most successful record producer to the failed genius, last seen being led from a courtroom to commence a life sentence for the murder of model Lana Clarkson.

By choosing ‘A Clockwork Orange’ as their 2018 set piece, KATS Theatre Group have once again decided to rise to a challenge.

Producing ‘A Clockwork Orange’ is no easy feat. This is a masterful and important play which touches upon large modern societal themes like masculinity, delinquency, governmental intervention, aversion therapy, freewill and an over arching central questions about what it means as to be human and what defines ‘goodness’. Tickets at watergatetheatre.com or by calling the box office at 056 7761674.

Looking for something a little bit different?

Come and experience ‘A Night at the Darts’ at the Lyrath Estate on September 27th from 5.45pm. Big names from the Darts World including Vincent Van der Voort, Michael Van Gerwan, Raymond Van Barneveld and Bobby George will compete on the night and VIP ticket holders will have the opportunity for a ‘meet and greet’ with the players. These VIP tickets are €75 and are strictly limited (standard tickets €30) available from 056 7760088 or www.ticketstop.ie

CAPRICORN- This week is a 9 Expand your territory, with Saturn direct in your sign.

Consistent focus develops your studies and travels in fascinating directions.

AQUARIUS-This week is a 7 An emotional barrier dissolves, with Saturn direct. Complete old issues and release excess baggage.

Care for antiques and heirlooms.

PISCES- This week is an 8 Watch the road ahead.

Teamwork surges ahead, with Saturn direct. Persistent practice takes you to new heights together.

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