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Gardai follow definite line of inquiry into Lifford blaze
MEET little Ciaran Crawford aged 5 from Lifford – the world’s youngest ‘Mas-terchef’!
The Murlog National School boy is already a hit on Youtube with his lessons in how to cook.
And he is so good his teacher Miss O’Donnell put his 1st video on the class screen to show his class mates – and they all loved it.
Said proud dad Martin: “I learned how to cook from my grandmother and my mother and he enjoys helping me cook in the house, so its great to pass on the tradition.
“The video is getting a lot of good comments from around the world includ-ing the US Australia and Europe were people are looking forward to his next video.”
But the dad isn’t taking it too seriously.“It’s a bit of craic – last week he told
his teacher he wanted to be a space-man,” said Martin.
GARDAI are following a definite line of in-quiry following an arson attack on a house in Lifford Monday morning.
The unoccupied house on the Coneybur-row Road estate was gutted during a blaze which was spotted by neighbours around 7am.
It is believed the blaze was started by a teenage gang who had held a house party in the unoccupied dwelling.
The owners of the house, who use it occa-sionally as a holiday home, are believed to be devastated by the incident.
Locals believe teenage thugs broke into the house overnight and had held a party there before setting it on fire.
Garda forensic officers are at the scene which has been cordoned off.
A Garda source revealed that an investiga-tion into the attack has turned up a couple of avenues of inquiry which are being pursued by local Gardai.
“It’s fair to say that Gardai are completing a full investigation into this incident and have already uncovered a couple of good leads.
“A number of names have been suggested so it’s fair to say that people will be inter-viewed in relation to the fire in time.
“Nobody has yet been questioned or ar-rested but Gardai will be looking to speak to a number of people about the matter,” said the source.
Speaking to donegaldaily.com, a neighbour revealed that blaze had been discovered by a Leaving Certificate student who had been up early this morning preparing for exams.
“He got up early to do some studying when he smelled the smoke and raised the alarm,” said the local man.
“Kids had been having a party in the house overnight. Thankfully no-one was hurt but this sort of carry-on is outrageous.”
Gardai in Lifford are appealing for infor-mation about the fire.
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– husband of assaulted nurse tells court
‘My wife will never be the same again’
A heartbroken husband has told how his wife will ‘never be the same woman’ after she was savagely assaulted by a 14 year old boy who robbed her after his parents stopped his pocket-money.
Retired nurse Anna McDaid suffered horrific injuries after she was set upon by the boy in Letterkenny in August last year while walking to her local post office.
She suffered a broken arm, a dislocated shoulder and was knocked unconscious during the attack which happened in broad daylight at 5pm.
Her handbag, which contained €300, was stolen and found later without the money.
She was only found by a passer-by and had to spend nine days in hospital being treated for her injuries.
Speaking at Milford District Court today, Mrs McDaid’s husband Joe revealed how his wife is still undergoing medical treat-ment and still only has 50% use of her left arm.
“She is trying to get on with her life but she will never be the same woman she was,” he said simply.
Mrs McDaid’s young attacker was before the courts to allow Judge Paul Kelly to hear the outcome of a probation report carried on the youth, who is now 15.
Solicitor Kieran Dillon told the court that the boy is now a completely different char-acter and is sorry for what happened.
He has completed a home-schooling course and is due to begin a computer course with FAS.
“Nothing I can say will change what happened to Mrs McDaid and my client is deeply sorry for what he did.
“But this has been a life-changing in-cident for him. His attitude at home has
changed completely and there is no defi-ance that he once showed to his parents.
“He is at a crossroads in his life and I would ask you to give him a chance,” he said.
At an earlier sitting of the court Mr Dillon said the boy had been causing his parents all sorts of problems before the attack and had tried to discipline him by cutting off his pocket-money which proved disastrous.
“He came to Letterkenny and had some-thing in his mind. He had no pocket-money because his parents had cut it because they were trying to control him.
“Mrs McDaid became the victim and he caused her the most serious difficulties possible. It was a purely random attack and Mrs McDaid was not targeted,” he said.
Mr Dillon said he had tried to arrange a meeting to allow the boy to apologise to Mrs McDaid’s face but she declined the offer.
He has given his victim €500 in compensa-tion.
Judge Paul Kelly thanked Mr McDaid for coming to court and passed on his best wishes to Mr McDaid’s wife Anna in her ongoing recovery.
The court also heard that the boy faced other charges of theft of alcohol from a su-permarket and the unauthorized taking of a car to which he pleaded guilty.
“This is a catalogue of criminal behaviour over a four or five month period. I have to take into consideration the horrific injuries which Mrs McDaid has suffered and which will remain with her for a long time,” he said.
He adjourned the case until September 12th for an updated probation report and said he was considering imposing 120 hours community service on the boy.
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Heart-broken friends of Burtonport man hold memorial service in Australia The clean dozen:
Donegal retains twelve blue flag beaches
MORE than one hundred colleagues and friends have attended a memorial service in Perth, Australia, for Burtonport man Shaun McBride, killed ten days ago in a building site accident.
Shaun’s remains are expected to return to Ireland tomorrow (Wednesday) with a funeral Mass expected this Friday.
Last Friday evening, friends and work-mates held their own memorial service for Shaun.
Speaking to donegaldaily.com from Perth, his friend Ben Plummer said Shaun, 28, was a ‘wonderful’ man and they had celebrated his life.
Said Ben: “On Friday night in Perth there was a service for Shaun held at St John’ Church where about 100 friends and work mates showed up.
“Following that there was a celebration of Shaun’s life at the local Irish club which was done in true Shaun McBride style, all went hard laughed and cried but the tears that flowed were happy tears at thoughts of the wonderful and truly amazing person Shaun was.
Shaun, you will be truly missed my friend.”
The 28-year-old died when scaffolding he was working on at an industrial port in Dampier in Western Australia collapsed.
Police, health and safety officials and the mining company Rio Tinto are all investigat-ing the incident.
Shaun’s funeral will take place this Friday at St Columba’s Church in Burtonport at 11am. His remains will arrive back in Ire-land tomorrow.
Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs have been helping the family.
DONEGAL’S 12 Blue Flag beaches have retained their status for another year, En-vironment Minister has announced.
The blue flags will fly again at Bun-doran, Murvagh, Rossnowlagh, Fintra, Narin-Portnoo, Carrickfin, Marble Hill, Lisfannon, Portsalon, Killahoey, Culdaff and Shroove.
The Blue Flag programme has been operating in Ireland since 1988 and in the years since then, the Blue Flag has be-come a highly respected, internationally recognised eco-label of huge significance to the tourism sectors.
The tourism sector was targeted in the Government’s recent jobs initiative which saw a reduction in the VAT rate from 13.5% to 9% on a range of tourism-related
products and services along with other incentives.
Referring to the commitment in the Programme for Government to improve the tourism product, including the devel-opment of events focusing on water-based recreation, the Minister Phil Hogan remarked that the value of good quality bathing water to the tourism industry cannot be underestimated.
Speaking at a ceremony in Wexford, the Minister noted that the award of 84 Blue Flags equalled Ireland’s best ever per-formance when 84 Blue Flags were also awarded in 2006.
Minister Hogan remarked: “This in-crease is very welcome and is due to the combined efforts of the Local Authorities
and coastal communities on the ground as well as those in the wider catchment who are playing their part in working to improve water quality.”
Failte Ireland’s Donegal boss Paul McLoone said: “This is good news for Donegal and places like Bundoran.
“Water-based tourism has increased ten-fold in the past ten years and these awards are important for the continued growth of this sector.”
He said Bundoran in particular ben-efitted and will host the European Surf Championships this September as a result.
“People are coming here from all over the world to surf,” he said.
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Trial at riskA leading Donegal Garda has said he is concerned a leading criminal trial cannot go ahead - unless audio visual equip-ment at a local courthouse is fixed.
Detective Garda James Frayne is involved in an up-coming trial during which CCTV evidence will have to be given.
However Detective Frayne revealed that he is concerned the sophisticated technology at Letterkenny Courthouse is not working properly.
Garda Frayne told a sit-ting of Milford District Court this week that the equipment
needs to be working properly or the trial cannot go ahead.
Solicitors revealed an hour of CCTV will have to be viewed during the trial and fears the equipment is not working properly.
However Detective Frayne revealed “I have contacted the court staff office to let them know the situation and they have been more than helpful.
“But there is a problem with the equipment and it needs to be fully sorted before the trial begins so that we can view the CCTV footage.”
He appealed to newly-ap-pointed District Court Judge
Paul Kelly to intervene and to make representations to have the equipment up and running.
“I would ask the Judge to intervene and to see what he can do before the case gets underway. As I said I have contacted the staff about my concerns and they have done their best.
“However, I still have con-cerns about the equipment not working and I would ask the Judge if he can look into the matter,” said Garda Frayne.
Leading local solicitor Frank Dorrian, who is involved in the case, said he believes different CCTV systems have various
security codes which need to be sorted before they can be shown.
Judge Kelly said he will look into the matter.
Only weeks ago it was re-vealed that the state-of-the-art technology was used to host video evidence by prisoners from Portlaoise Prison.
The video conference would save thousands of euro to the taxpayer in transporting pris-oners to Donegal where they have to be escorted by two prison officers on the 260 mile round trip.
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Donegal loses food coast initiative after funding axedRED-tape bureaucrats have axed funds to a scheme aimed at promoting Donegal’s rich food resources.
The Food Coast programme took place last year – but plans for the same promotion in 2011 have been scrapped.
The scheme was funded by the LEADER programme….‘Liason Entre Actions pour le De-velopment d’lEconomie Rurale’ is a Rural Development Programme part-funded by the European Union.
The County Enterprise Board had been cheerleading the campaign and had initially been given the green light.
Said a source: “The Department has put a stay on all projects that had anything to do with food. The LEADER companies have been ad-vised that this is due to some issue that the Dept. is seeking to resolve with the EU but in the interim they cannot consider any project related to food.
“We have been advised in recent days that no significant progress has been made to resolve this issue. Unfortunately this means that it is unlikely that we will be able to im-plement the Food Coast Events for which we were seeking funding from LEADER in 2011.”
Richard Corrigan, celebrity chef and restaurateur, officially launched the new food initiative, The Food Coast – Donegal Good Food Initiative, in the Silver Tassie Hotel last year.
DONEGAL deputy Thomas Pringle has called for a mas-sive re-think on how the Irish fishing industry operates, claiming the number of jobs could be increased five-fold.
The Killybegs based TD said Government policies had failed the industry.
Deputy Pringle said: “In most countries, every fisher-man at sea creates ten jobs on shore whereas in Ireland it is two jobs for every fisherman at sea.
“There is a potential to grow the numbers employed in shore-based industries by five times and by adding value and exporting those products.
“There is no reason in the world why we should export frozen fillets and whole fish to Germany so they can be proc-essed in German factories and sold to the German people.
“We should be processing the fish here in places such as Killybegs, Castletownbere, Rossaveal, Greencastle and Burtonport. Exporting the finished product which would result in an economic and jobs boost. Food Harvest 2020 shows how we could make sig-nificant gains.”
Deputy Pringle went on:
“One wonders what the west-ern seaboard of Ireland would look like if we landed the fish that is taken out of our waters and brought to other EU ports.
“This has significant poten-tial for communities along the west coast. This is one of the great tragedies of our fishing industry and its development, apart from the Common Fish-eries Policy which has been the greatest crime inflicted on the Irish people by the Euro-pean Union.
“Food Harvest 2020 provides huge opportunities for growth in employment in the food and export sectors. With more than 139,000 people employed in the production of agrifood and fisheries products, the sector represents 7.5% of na-tional employment.
“Adding value to fish is the only way to go, particularly as the impact of the EU quotas is experienced and with the re-ductions in the amount of fish which the Irish fleet is entitled to land.”
His comments came just days after a new government policy on seafood processing promised hundreds of new jobs.
Donegal failing to realise jobs potential of fishing industry
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A unique insight into the lives of the soldiers who served in the 28th Infantry Battalion is to be uncov-ered at a very special afternoon of nostalgic memo-ries and stories.
The one-off event takes place at Donegal’s County Museum in Letterkenny on Wednesday, June 22nd at 1pm.
Members of the 28th Battalion will shares their lives and stories with the public as part of the ‘How We Remember’ series running at the museum.
Admission to this unique event is free and it prom-ises to be a very touching occasion.
Meanwhile the hugely successful ‘How We Re-member’ exhibition, which honour’s the Irish De-fence Forces, and in particular, the men and women of the 28th Infantry Battalion in Donegal, is closing on the 30th June.
The exhibition is a unique opportunity to explore the history and role of the Defence Forces in Don-egal, and in particular the role of the soldiers as
peacekeepers, both in the Republic of Ireland as a border Battalion from 1973 and abroad on UN mis-sions.
It contains images, oral histories, uniforms and equipment, as well as the Rockhill Remembered documentary for the visitor to explore.
Schools and community groups are welcome to visit – it might be a perfect part of a June school-tour! A bright, easy to use education booklet has been pro-duced to accompany the exhibition.
This project is supported by the PEACE III Pro-gramme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Donegal County Council.
All are welcome.Donegal County Museum can be contacted on 074 9124613 or by email at [email protected]
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Dessie gives McWilliams a lesson in ‘orchardomics’ in latest tv commercial
Hegarty’s of Buncrana helps in little Keri’s search for sightIF you meet Donegal man Dessie Gallagher in a bar,
chances are he’ll have been asked if he’s drinking Bulmers.The well-known Letterkenny actor has become the face
of the cider in Ireland after starring in a series of hilarious commercials for the drink.
But his latest advert for the Bulmer’s brand, named Or-chardomics, is probably his funniest and most high-profile to date.
Dessie can be seen showing economic guru David McWil-liams around the Bulmer’s orchard and pointing to areas where they are ‘doing their bit’ for the economy.
In one scene he points to a man bending down to pick up some apples and tells McWilliams “that’s the bottom line.”
In another scene Dessie, who grew up in Letterkenny’s famous Burmah, shows some joggers dashing along a river and calls it “a run on the banks.”
In the final scene, McWilliams asks Dessie “what about depreciation? To which Dessie replies “David – we have total depreciation for what you’re doing.”
The advert is father of two Dessie’s ‘bread and butter’ as he is also involved in a number of other projects.
His past credits include Reign of Fire, Killinascully, I Keano and The Closer We Get.
BUNCRANA-based Hegarty’s Home Interiors have launched a campaign to ensure local schoolgirl Keri Kelly gets a life-changing operation which may lead her to seeing for the very first time.
Two people moved by her story are Stephen and Matthew Gleeson of Hegarty’s Home Interiors in Bun-crana who decided to encourage other people to get involved by pledging the first of what they hope are 60 €500 donations.
“We both have healthy children and are very grateful for that blessing. Keri’s story is one of hope and if there is any hope of giving her sight and as she said ‘to see her mammy’s face’
then surely we have to contribute,” said Stephen.
“We would like to see the business community of Donegal, those that can afford to help, to donate anything up to €500 for Keri’s life-changing trip to China. It would just take 60 of us to make this dream a reality especially as Chinese surgeons accepted to take on her case which is not always as-sured.”
Keri has ONH (optic nerve hypopla-sia) which means that her optic nerves never grew and she is registered blind.
Her parents were told that there was nothing that could be done to help but when they heard about stem cell treatment in China that may give
Keri a very real chance of sight, they jumped at it.
But before they even think of making the trip they must raise €30,000.
Hegarty’s Home Interiors in Bun-crana will leave collection boxes for members of the public who want to make a small donation in their store.
They will also encourage other business people and suppliers to get involved in what they have described as a “campaign for a life-changing op-portunity”.
For more information on Keri Kel-ly’s campaign log onto her Facebook group “Keri’s Search for Sight”
Ó’Domhnaill fury at plan for ratesDONEGAL Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has accused the Government of deliberately try-ing to confuse people over its plan for ‘stealth taxes’.
Speaking in the aftermath of a Fianna Fáil Private Members Motion against any proposal to introduce a flat rate household charge, the
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Stephen and Matthew Gleeson of Hegarty’s Home Interiors presents Keri Kelly 500 euro pledge to ‘Keri’s search for sight’.
Senator said: “The Gov-ernment continues to create confusion on their proposal to introduce a Stealth Utility Charge in January after Fine Gael/Labour Senators voted against a Fianna Fáil Mo-tion calling on the Gov-ernment to refrain from introducing any flat rate household Water Charge in January 2012.
“Environment Minister Phil Hogan addressed the Seanad on this motion and his own contribution crated further confusion as he did not rule out the introduction of a utility charge on every home in the Country from Janu-ary 2012,” said Ó Dom-hnaill.
“The Minister and his Government are being
disingenuous on this issue and are failing to be clear and transparent on an issue which is caus-ing considerable unease amongst the public.”
“I am again calling on Minister Hogan to come clean on this issue once and for all and set out exactly what charges households will be hit with under the Fine Gael/
Labour Government. The New Government, after less than three months in office, is coming up with a new charge, the utility charge, to be levied on people because they have a home.”
“It’s time the new Gov-ernment moved out from behind the spin on this issue and told the people the truth.”
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Judge orders his lawyer to appear in court!
A solicitor representing on-the-run fraudster Francois de Dietrich has been ordered to at-tend the High Court in Belfast to potentially be questioned about his client’s current whereabouts.
Mr Justice Deeny directed that the law-yer must come before him on Monday after
describing his absence from court as “com-pletely unacceptable”.
In January the judge sentenced de Dietrich (below) to 18 months in jail for failing to fully disclose his worldwide assets. A warrant was also issued for his arrest.
De Dietrich is living openly in a village on hour from the French capital of Paris.
But the judge was told that his solicitor was unavailable due to involvement in a criminal case in Dublin.
Mr Justice Deeny said: “He was directed to attend here this morning in case it was ap-propriate to put direct questions to him as an officer of the court about the whereabouts of his client.
“He will answer orders of this court while he’s an officer of this court. He is to be here at 9.45am on Monday morning.”
He added: “I don’t want any nonsense about trials in Dublin. He is a solicitor of the supreme court of Northern Ireland.”
Court proceedings launched by the Finan-cial Services Authority led to an injunction banning de Dietrich and his company ETIC Solutions from taking any more deposits.
The regulatory body also obtained an initial order freezing more than £20 million in as-sets linked to the businessman.
In court yesterday lawyers for the FSA also set out details of five bank accounts in North-
ern Ireland covered by the injunction.Two of them are in the name of ETIC in
Derry, with one said to be holding £4.3m.The hearing will resume on Monday.De Dietrich is due to appeal his sentence
for contempt and insists his business is legiti-mate. Two hundred people from Donegal lost millions of euro in investments they made in liquidated stock through him.
Members of the business community, sporting figures and even Travellers are thought to have handed over money.
His con was ended however when a done-galdaily investigation exposed his scam – and his previous convictions for fraud in France.
COMPANY WOUND UP IN SOUTHJune 13, 2011 THE HIGH Court has appointed a provi-
sional liquidator crook Francois de Dietrich’s company in the republic.
At a vacation sitting of the High Court on Saturday, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan ap-pointed Declan McDonald of Pricewater-houseCoopers as provisional liquidator to ETIC Solutions Ltd.
The court heard that ETIC, a business and management consultancy with a registered address at Ballybofey, Co Donegal, “oper-ated in a fraudulent manner akin to a Ponzi scheme” that has affected hundreds of inves-tors all over Ireland.
ETIC’s directors are Francois, who ran several businesses in Co Donegal, and his wife Severine.
The court heard that the company ceased trading late last year and both directors have left Ireland, and are believed to be some-where in France.
They fled after being exposed by a website (donegaldaily.com).
The court also heard that police on both sides of the Border are investigating the firm, and authorities in Northern Ireland have issued an arrest warrant for Mr Detrich. The petition to have the company wound up was brought on behalf of Edward Doherty, director of PE Doherty of Duncreggan Road, Derry, who claims that he is owed more than €610,000 by ETIC.
On Saturday the judge said he was satis-fied to appoint Mr McDonald as provisional liquidator.
While he was mindful that the application was made ex-parte, he was satisfied that “the company is insolvent” and that there “are strong grounds to suspect that serious ir-regularities have taken place within the com-pany”. The court also made an order freezing the assets of both ETIC, its directors and two other companies; Palladium Investments Ltd and XCEL Financial Services Ltd.
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New research from Bord Bia has shown that eating out is still on the menu for Irish diners, with almost
half (46%) of the population eating out at least once a month and 15% of Irish people eating out at least once a week.
The research was presented at the launch of the Just Ask 2011 campaign, which encourages consumers to look for information regarding the origin of their meat when eating out, and in turn en-courage chefs to provide this infor-mation on their menus.
The Just Ask campaign was launched by Bord Bia in 2009 and
has been positively received by the restaurant trade to date.
The research finds that 81% of Irish diners believe it’s important that restaurants use local produce with 72% deeming it important that the origin of meat is listed on the menu.
It also found that nearly 80% of consumers would check the origin of meat on the menu in restau-rants.
Irish consumers do not have reservations about speaking up if
dissatisfied when eating out, ac-cording to the survey; 73% would be willing to complain about the quality of food served, and over 80% of consumers would be willing to query a cost item on a bill.
Speaking about the launch of Just Ask 2011 campaign, Maureen Gahan, Bord Bia said, ‘The Bord Bia research shows that Irish peo-ple are dining out regularly.
‘We want to remind diners about The Just Ask campaign and en-courage them to check the menus
in restaurants and to simply look for the food origin information on menus. If it is not written on the menu, then Just Ask!’
The campaign also includes the Just Ask Restaurant of the Month, selected by Georgina Campbell, which rewards restaurants around the country that are demonstrating ‘best practice’ in providing their customers with information and are committed to transparency with regard to the country of origin of the food served.
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RESTAURANTS in Ireland are renown for serving some of the best food in the world. Irish seafood restaurants have the advantage of the best produce found anywhere, while Irish Beef and Lamb is loved the world over. Irish pubs and restaurants serving the tra-ditional Irish food and Guinness can be found all over the world, in every large city and country. This is an indication of how popular the native cuisine is but to try the best there is, you really need to sample it in its true home.
Top of the list on any description of Irish cuisine is the full Irish breakfast. A greasy but extremely appetising combination of bacon, sausages, eggs, black & white pudding and eggs. A good Irish breakfast will keep you going for the entire day. The locals will also try to convince you that a full Irish breakfast is also the best cure for a hangover!! They should know......
“Irish seafood restaurants have the advantage of the best produce found anywhere, while Irish Beef and Lamb is loved the world over...”
What restaurants have to offer...
Irish Restaurants are noted for the quality of their seafood restaurants and wild game restau-rants. Seafood restaurants in Ireland offer won-derful variety of dishes including salmon, trout, bream and the very special Irish Oyster. Game fowl restaurants offer the very best in pheasant, pigeon, quail and wild duck. Some of the seafood and fowl dishes served in Irish restaurants are seasonal, as the majority prefer to offer fresh produce.
The Irish are also famous for their love of po-tatoes. Potatoes are served on many forms, from boiled, chips, roasted, pan fried, potato cakes and many more. Irish stew is another specialty and a great deal of visitors to the country are familiar with. It is also an extremely popular choice on pub menus and like the Irish breakfast, you won’t have much room left for desert after eating a hot por-tion of Irish stew. Smoked salmon with traditional brown bread is also something which you really should try. In fact fish and seafood in general are of an excellent standard in Ireland.
When it comes to drink there are not many of you out there who even need to be told about the native tipple. But while there are quite a few of you who think you have already tasted Guinness in your home country, the reality is that Guinness sold outside the country is not the same thing at all. As soon as you sip your first pint on Irish soil, you’ll know exactly what we mean. The locals say that Guinness does not travel. They just prefer to keep it all for themselves.
As well as Guinness, other traditional drinks include Murphy’s, a sweet stout brewed in Cork. Smithwicks is a light ale and not as heavy as Guin-ness. You should also be aware that the last two are primarily consumed by ‘oul lads’ or senior gentle-men to those of you who have yet to familiarise yourself with the local dialect. Irish liqueurs and whiskeys have also made their mark in the drinks world with delights such as Baileys, Sheridans, Irish Mist. There are some excellent whiskeys brewed in Ireland, including Jameson, Bushmills, Paddy and Powers.
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THE tradition of celebrating Father’s Day originated in the last century.
There are several people who are credited with promoting the cause of Father’s Day; however there is a general acceptance that Sonora Louise Smart Dodd started the tradition.
A devoted daughter from Spokane, Washington, Ms Dodd came up with the idea of Father’s Day when she heard a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. She was 27 at the time and she began to realise how hard it must have been for her father to bring up herself and her five siblings all on his own. Sonora’s mother died during childbirth, when Sonora was only 16 years of age. Sonora’s father, a Civil War veteran by the name of William Jackson Smart, raised six children, including the newborn, on his own. While Sonora was listening to the sermon devoted entirely to mothers, she started to feel the need to celebrate and appreciate fathers in a similar way to mothers.
Sonora’s began petitioning for the cause of Father’s Day. It all began to work out when Spokane celebrated its first Father’s Day on June 19 1910 with the support of Spokane Ministerial Association and the local Young Men’s Christian Association. To pay tribute to her loving father, Sonora wished that Father’s Day be celebrated on her father’s birthday, June 5, but unfortunately there was not enough time for preparation and the day came to be celebrated on the third Sunday in June.
The noble idea of celebrating father’s Day became quite popular in the US, so much that President Woodrow Wilson approved of the festival in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge too supported the idea, but it was President Lyndon Johnson who signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day in 1966. Then in 1972 President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June
GOOD food in a perfect ambiance is one thing that can set your Father’s Day party right. Partying is an essential ingredient in one’s social life. Every occasion in life calls for a cel-ebration – Birthday, Graduation Day, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day and more. Choosing a good restaurant is very important to enjoy your party to the max.
Get to know your Dad’s preferences and the favorite dishes. Giving an added thought to
research the preferences will go a long way towards making it a day.
You know it would be a bad idea to treat your Dad to a Mexican delicacy, while it’s
the sushi that he drools for. Always choose food that’s easy to eat and avoid struggling with lobsters - never forget you are there to celebrate and not out there to explore delica-cies.
So give your dad a day to remember.
• In most of the countries around the world, like USA, UK, India, Canada, China, France, Greece, Japan and even Hong Kong, Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.
• The declaration of 3rd Sunday
of June as Father’s Day was signed as a law, and made permanent, by President Richard Nixon, in the year 1972.
• Rose is the official flower for
Father’s Day. Wearing a red rose signifies a living father, while a white one represents a deceased father.
• A study came up with the fact
that female shoppers spend approximately 50 percent more than men, while buying gifts for their dad.
• The word dad dates back to the 16th century.
• Over 90% of greeting cards are purchased by women.
• Around 93 million cards will be sent in the US alone.
• F ather’s Day is the fifth most popular holiday on which people send greeting cards, according to Hallmark.
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters – Author Unknown
Father! To God himself we cannot give a holier name – William Wordsworth
Dad, you’re someone to look up to no matter how tall I’ve grown – Unknown
I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich – M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever – Author Unknown
Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy! – Philip Whitmore Snr
By the time a man realises that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong – Charles Wadworth
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection – Freud
Fathers just have a way of putting everything together – Erica Cosby
Father’s Day Special-“The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”
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Located in the Historic Village of Fahan, on the shores of Lough Swilly, a short drive from Buncrana and Derry. The Red Door Country House is a little piece of Heaven on Earth. Enjoy the unrivalled views of the Swilly, or the serene, peaceful gardens that set it apart from the rest...
The Red Door Country House has it all, excellent food, great wine, loca-tion and atmosphere unrivalled and excellent service. The Red Door Country House is a must for anyone who values award winning food, ex-cellent service and standards and stylish and luxurious accommodation.
Diners at The Red Door restaurant are guaranteed to enjoy mouth-watering food and first class service in one of our 3 indi-vidually themed dining rooms that overlook Lough Swilly and Inch Island.
The quality of the food stems from the freshness and purity of its ingredi-ents, including vegetables and herbs grown in our very own kitchen gar-den. Our restaurant near Buncrana, Inishowen, is popular for its Donegal beef that’s dry aged for a minimum of 28 days as well as fresh fish and seafood sourced from local fishermen.We also make all our own breads and desserts, which are always well received!Georgina Campbell advises, “Bearing the generous portions in mind, don’t forget to save some room for dessert – it could well be the highlight of your meal.”
Afternoon DelightsEnjoy the delights of Afternoon Tea at the Red Door where you can sam-ple our delicious home made Bailey’s truffles, scrumptious cupcakes or traditional tea scones.On a fine day you can sit outside in our wonderful gardens and enjoy the view of the glistening waters of the Lough Swilly. What a delightful way to pass an afternoon!
Dining TimesWe are open Monday-Sunday from 12.30 to Late. Lunch and Afternoon Tea will be served Monday to Saturday from 12.30 to 6pm with our set Sunday Lunch menu available on Sundays from 12.30 to 6pm also. Table d’hote and a la carte menus are served daily from 6pm to late.
Stylish and Luxurious RoomsAccommodation at The Red Door Country House in Inishowen comprises four individually designed and decorated en-suite double bedrooms. With complimentary wi-fi throughout the building and flat screen TVs in each room, some things have changed since the likes of Teddy Kennedy Jr and Seamus Heaney stayed in these rooms in the 1980’s. However, the good old fashioned hospitality remains.
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‘Something for everyone’ as top class Earagail Arts Festival is launchedFUNDING for Donegal’s biggest and best-known arts festival is down by 50% but the organisers of the Earagail Arts Festival have promised one of the best line-ups for many years.
The festival was officially launched at the weekend with direc-tor Paul Brown promising ‘some-thing for everyone’ in the Donegal audience.
Up to 40,000 people will attends events across the county for this the 23rd festival which runs from the 9th to the 24th of July.
Paul said organisers of this year’s event have had to be realistic about their budget but nonetheless a feast of entertainment which includes musicians, comedians, actors, art-ists and clowns awaits.
“I would say that funding is down by 50% but that’s the economic real-ity we have to work within today.
“Having said that, I think the line-up for this year’s festival is first class. We really do have something for everyone.
“Planning for such a large festival has to be done literally years in ad-vance. We are already making calls about the festival in two years time. But that’s what you have to do.
“There’s such a lot of great stuff at this year’s event and we are trying to bring value for money to people who want to get along to a number of shows,” he said.
One of Paul’s personal favourites takes place on the very opening night of the festival and is entiled Feast of the Senses.
Admission might be a little steep at 35euro but for that people get an unusual three course supper and
entertainment by super acts includ-ing Little John Nee, Ponydance and Pokey LaFarge.
The event takes place in a huge marquee in Letterkenny Town Park and is one not to be missed.
“I can’t say too much about the food but it is being done by Rath-mullan House which means it is going to be simply amazing if not a little unusual.
“It’s going to be a terrific night and will really kick-start the festi-val,” said Paul Brown.
A high quality FREE brochure outlining everything you need to know about this years two week event has been produced and is available in shops and other outlets.
The festival officially kicks off at 3pm on Saturday, July 9th with the Eargail Arts Festival Parade on Main Street.
After that it’s endless days and nights featuring such legends as John Prine, Solo Cissokho, Puja, Trad Trathnona, Scubadice, The Selecter, Lisa Hanningan, T with the Maggies, Hypnotic Brass En-semble, and The Tragedian.
And that’s before we even talk about drive-in movies, carnivals or children’s events!
But that’s just a sample of what’s on offer with the full list being avail-able on www.eaf.ie or in the festival brochure.
To try and encourage as many people to get to as many events as possible while also thinking of the purse-strings, the festival has a spe-cial ‘five for 50’ deal which entitles people to get into any five of certain listed shows for just €50.
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KITCHEN LIVING
Giving your kitchen a makeover can seem like a daunting task, but it is definitely possible and can even be achieved within a reasonable budget. The trick to not getting overwhelmed is focusing on specific areas where you can make quick changes and see immediate results.
Tip 1: Start with the kitchen cabinetsRather than spending a fortune on replacing old cabinets, there may be an opportunity to salvage them and give them a whole new look. You can achieve this by sanding down the existing layer of paint and going for a whole new color. Make sure you wipe the cabinets clean before sanding. When selecting a color, keep in mind the en-tire color scheme of your kitchen. If you have many stainless steel appliances, the trend has been moving away from lighter pale color schemes to darker, more saturated cabinet colors.
Tip 2: Upgrade your cabinet knobsChanging the knobs on your cabinets is an easy and very effective way to upgrade your cabinets without replacing them. There are tons of sites online that allow you to browse through thousands of different shapes and sizes, ranging from ultra modern to country in a variety of metal or wooden finishes.
Tip 3: Paint the wallsHere is where you have an opportunity to be creative in a subtle way. Since there isn’t as
much wall space as in other rooms, you can use the area available for painting to produce creative color combination that work to sof-ten the kichen as well as bring out the cabinet colors. It is generally recommended to take a very close look at the color base of the cabinet color you chose and find a color for the walls in the same paint family. Don’t forget to re-paint your trim around the windows and door frames.
Tip 4: Replace your old curtainsAlthough a relatively simple step, replacing your current kitchen curtains with new ones can bring new life into your kitchen. There are many different curtain styles and tex-tures specifically designed for kitchens which can do wonders for complimenting your new cabinet and wall colors.
Tip 5: LightingKitchen lighting is an area of decor where you can really be creative. A popular trend is to have pendant lighting over your kitchen island, but you can add in track lighting, chandeliers and any number of lighting solu-tions depending on the look you’re going for.
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The style of lighting you’re going for should really be thought through since it can make a very powerful decor statement on its own, whether by its design or the type of light it produces.
Tip 6: Fun with ShelvingOne little tip for shelving is to not be afraid of having open shelves in the kitchen. Placed strategically, sometimes having items exposed can automatically create decor accents. Don’t be afraid to experi-ment, especially if you’re used to very tradi-tional cabinetry.
Tip 7: Trendy kitchen stoolsThanks to stores such as Ikea, there is an incredibly large supply out there of kitchen stools to match any color, style, or trend. If you have many steel appliances in your kitchen, you can try for bar stools that com-bine a bit of metal with synthetic leather to give a modern yet homey look.
Tip 8: New accessoriesLittle decor accents are a great way to bring a kitchen to life. Look into options such as adding a trendy wine rack, country style vases with beautiful flowers, small plants, old, warm-colored paintings, new spice holders, or pottery. These items can be picked up either second hand or from home decor stores and can be wonder-ful color accents. The goal is to use these items wisely; having too many accessories will only create clutter rather than adding life to the kitchen decor.
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Decorating IdeasDo you think it takes thousands of
dollars to change your dining room from drab to fab?
THINK AGAIN! Try out some our budget din-ing room decorating ideas and be amazed by the change they’ll make!
Just because your dining room furniture is outdated and shabby, doesn’t mean you have to go out and purchase new items. You can try adding a new centerpiece to your dining room table. Centerpieces such as colored glass bowls, fresh flowers, candlesticks or plants breath new life to your table. Coupled with a matching runner, your dining room already starts to look more chic.
Instead of purchasing a buffet or sideboard, you can try either paining an old one to in a bright shade. If you don’t have a buffet, a dresser or shelf from another room in your house can be used instead. Cabinets can be painted and used to display china or other decorative items. By painting the cabinets the same color as your dining room walls, you create an elegant illusion that the furniture is built in to the space.
Buying inexpensive pads for your chairs from a flee market or garage sale will make
them more chic and comfortable. An alterna-tive room decorating idea for your chairs is to redo them by yourself. It may take a bit of time and effort but there are great DIY ways to repaint and re-upholster chairs with a beau-tiful fabric of your choice.
Painting can do wonders for your dining room and is relatively inexpensive. You can also paint your walls halfway and adding a wall paper border. Wall paper border can be purchased for only a few euros! Your walls can also be decorated with vintage frames
that you can purchase for about 5euro. Paint them and use them to frame plates, old trans-ferware or pretty tea towels.
Don’t forget about accessorising your din-ing room. An adorable decorating idea is “fake monogramming”. Iron-onembroidered letters can be purchased at craft stores for al-most nothing and they can make cloth napkins look extremely elegant. You can also try solid color candle displays and displaying a mixture of new and antique objects for an eclectic, in-teresting look.
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Irish Wheelchair
Association, Inishowen, Bus launch
THE Irish Wheelchair Associa-tion, Inishowen got together on the 10th June in the Connolly Founda-tion for a double celebration. First event was the Launch of a new bus, funded by the National Lottery, 2010. The official ribbon cutting ceremony was performed by Michael Connolly, whose premises are utilised 3 times weekly by the Irish Wheelchair As-sociation to host their Resource and Outreach Services for people living with physical disabilities. Mary Mc Grenra, Service Co coor-dinator welcomed all on the day and expressed her gratitude on behalf of Irish Wheelchair Association to Michael Connolly and the Founda-tion staff for their excellent facilities and great welcome since the service relocated to Malin in 2006.
The second event was the Grand Draw which generated much needed income to maintain such vital services. Mary Mc Grenra thanked all who bought and sold tickets and a special word of thanks to those who donated the prizes.The day was rounded off with a buffet lunch served by the staff of the Con-nolly Foundation and a bit of music and dancing to follow,
WinnersIst Prize Charlois Heifer, donated by Mc Lucas Family.Ms Helen Gillen, Drumaweir, Greencastle.2nd Prize patchwork quilt, donated by Sheepahaven Patchwork and Quilters GuildJames Mc Gonagle, Knockamany, Malin Head3rd Prize, Bed and Breakfast for 2 in Benedict’s, Belfast, donated by P Simpson.Scott Gallagher, Rockhill, Portnab-lagh, Dunfanaghy.
James McLaughlin, Mary McGrenra Service coordinator, Brendan Doherty
McLucas Prize Heifer!
From Left to right Elenor Farren, Michael Farren, Laurence Hunter, James McLaughlin, Bridie Folen, Marion Kavanagh, Kathleen Barr
Kathleen and Michael Connolly Foundation participants enjoying the cel-ebrations.
Michael Connolly of the the Kathleen and Michael Connolly Foundation
The McLucas Family who donated the heifer for the draw Robbie Marion and Ernie
Eileen Curran and Attracta Brogan from the Sheepshaven Quilts and Patchwork Guild
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Peter Doherty (NCEHS, OCN, BA Hons. NESTA) is a qualified Fitness Instructor, Personal Trainer, Zumba Instructor, Conditioning Coach, Yoga instructor and is the manager of The Gym, Mart Road, Carndonagh. You can ring him on (086) 8095906 or log onto www.thecarndonaghgym.com for more information on classes and prices.
OFTEN the hardest part of any fitness re-gime is the starting point. This applies both to undertaking the challenge in the first place and to the difficulty of getting of the couch to continue it. This first step, in both senses, is the most important, and in the
cases of those people in dire need of exercise the most im-portant step they will ever take. An oft repeated excuse for avoiding this adventure is the lack of knowledge of what is the right thing to do. In a sense, everything is the right thing just so long as you are doing SOMETHING. To illus-trate this point this week I will point out the benefits of the varying range of activities.
Every time we embark upon a physical task our heart rate begins to rise. This is a good thing. What it means is that we are emerging out of our ‘resting heart rate’ and beginning to venture into our ‘training heart rate’. What is occurring is the heart muscle is getting a work out. What we must always remember is that the heart is a muscle, and not an organ, and like every other muscle if it is not used then it becomes weaker. The means of strengthen-ing it is simple - exercise. As I already stated the nature of that exercise is not important, only that we are actually doing it.
If we choose to do a more sedentary activity like walking at a moderate pace, gardening, golf or a gentle cycle then we are working in the low end of our training heart rate. Approximately operating around 50-65% of our maximum heart rate enables us to reduce body fat, improve the fit-ness of both heart and lungs, reduce the risk of heart dis-ease and have improved fitness from day to day. Not bad for having a leisurely time of it!
If we increase the intensity in order to raise the heart into the moderate zone, between 65-80% of our maximal heart rate, then the benefits increase. We will begin to burn up more calories, our muscles become toned and stronger, we have a bigger lung capacity and a stronger heart. The activities that would ensure that we are in this zone include jogging, recreational games like soccer, gaelic, and going to the gym or aerobic based classes.
Finally if we advance unto the higher intensity exercise zone that raises the heart rate to between 80-90% of the maximal heart rate then we are in the bracket of being truly fit. This zone is entered when we do high intensity classes, have demanding gym workouts or take part in competitive and intensive competition. The benefits of this zone are effectively a multiplication of all the benefits de-rived from the two previous levels.
So the summary of all this is the more we exercise the more benefits we derive from it. This does not mean that upon reading this article we should emerge from our lengthy couch hibernation and try to sprint our way through a marathon! What I am trying to express is that it is not important what you do, only that you do it. What is also important is to be aware of our limitations and work within them with the intention of gradually pushing the horizon of these limitations out until they no longer exist. It is not an immediate process, but can be a thoroughly enjoyable one as we embark upon our adventure to finally do something for ourselves. Why not start your adventure today, whatever it may be and remember the journey.
“...higher intensity exercise zone that raises the heart rate to between 80-90% of the maximal heart rate then we are in the bracket of being truly fit!”
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Call us childish – but we have to admit to a fit of fashion envy over kids’ clobber this summer. Not only do the little blighters have the perfect reason to get a whole new
wardrobe every season (we grown-ups can’t blame growth spurts as an excess shopping excuse!) but they’ve got the pick of all the top trends as well. It’s pretty easy on the purse too.
Meaning you’ll still have enough summer spends to treat yourself when you’ve kitted them out… For girls it’s all about having fun with fashion. You can pick up mini-me versions of virtually every hot womenswear look but our favourite is the scaled-down 70s trend. Maxi
dresses (Asda) with gladiator sandals (Bran-tano), or long skirts with hippy
hats (skirt and top French Connection) are a good look for little ladies. A supermarket spree should keep tomboys happy. F&F at Tesco have got a whole range of funky girls’ clothes that are so reasonable she can run around all day in them (leggings and playsuits).
For special summer occasions, this Butterfly by Matthew Williamson number (Debenhams) is a real fairytale party dress. As for beach-wear, bag a bargain at M&Co (cossie), while Debenhams has super shades from just €5. You need to stock up on basics for little boys to get through the summer with your sanity.
Pick up some wellies (Brantano) for muddy misbehaviour, a cool romper for baby boys (J by Jasper Conran at Debenhams) and a tough cover-up for toddlers (Bluezoo at Debenhams) and they’re ready for anything.
A pair of denim shorts (George at Asda) will withstand any amount of trouble. Team with a neon t-shirt for tear-aways (t-shirt and shorts M&Co). However, there are plenty of fashion-forward buys for well-behaved boys. Be daring with an all-over denim look (shirt Mamas and Papas). Or keep him looking cool with an on-trend trilby (Monsoon).
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Razor Pit is a unique shaving tool de-veloped in Denmark for those who want to save a lot of money on their shaving needs. Razor Pit retains the sharpness of your razorblades, even after more than 150 shaves. This revolutionary blade sharpener will change your shav-ing experience as well as decrease the costly expenses related to it.
This sharpener utilises a small sili-cone plate that within a few seconds sharpens razor blades, making them as good as new. It removes soap, skin and hair that stick to the blade making them dull.
RazorPit razor blade sharpener is im-perishable and by extending the razor blades life, you can do your bit for the environment and save yourself money.
Men-uShave Crème 100ml *DELIVERS 165 SHAVES*
Suitable for use with or without a brush.
A great Shaving Cream with a fresh mint and menthol fragrance, takes you to a new level of shaving (in terms of slip and smooth ride for your razor blade). This means a closer shave for you with less re-sistance, less irritation, less nicks and a longer lasting blade!
Many foams and gels are too aer-ated and it is what’s in contact with the skin and beard that matters. Everything else is a waste!
Also men-u shave créme does not clog razors like some oils and you can see where you have shaved.
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Tend Skin Solution is a proven and effective treatment for razor bumps and ingrown hairs.
Razor bumps are created when the growing hairs exit the skin, curl over and burrow into the adjacent skin. This creates a foreign body reaction resulting in an unsightly bump. In-grown hairs form when hairs, grow-ing back after shaving, fail to grow out of the skin. The hairs curl over inside the follicles under the skin. The in-flammation in the follicle then creates a red, sore spot on the skin.
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This cream can be used before shaving to freshen the skin and soften the beard, and as an aftershave cream to soothe, re-fresh and calm the skin.
The Proraso formula features cooling eucalyptus oil that provides the closest and most invigorating shave possible whilst soothing and calming any irritations.
This type of product does not currently exist in Ireland and it is therefore truly unique.
It cannot be compared with any balm or aftershave lotion.
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Janine faces police questioning over Lydia
Airs on Thursday, June 16 2011 Janine returns home to the flat and is stunned to find that she’s been burgled. All of Lydia’s photos remain in the flat, but they’ve been thrown all over the floor. Soon afterwards, the police arrive but they’re not there to discuss the burglary and instead reveal that Janine needs to be questioned about her grandmother’s death. Janine is furious over the news and immediately suspects that Pat called the police to report her. As Janine has to be quizzed down at the station, she’s driven away in a police car.Over at the café, Pat tells Carol that she’s suspicious of Janine and believes she must have killed Lydia. Eddie overhears this and chastises Pat, pointing out that murder is a very serious accusation to make. Although Pat isn’t pleased at him sticking his nose in, she can’t help but be charmed by the newcomer as he starts chatting further. Later, Janine returns from the police station and confronts Pat over reporting her to the police. However, Pat protests her innocence and Ryan con-fesses that it was him who made the call.
Jacqui faces a tough decision
Airs on Thursday, June 16 2011
Jacqui fumes at Mercedes for her stu-pidity and demands that she tell Riley the whole truth. Later, Carl and Mercedes join forces and Carl offers Mercedes cash to give to her sister, certain this will keep her quiet. Will Jacqui accept the bribe and keep schtum? Meanwhile, Cindy reveals to Brendan that Cheryl stuck up for him and the hopeful Irishman decides to pull out all the stops to get his sister back. He bites the bullet and asks Ste and Noah to help him cook Cheryl’s favourite meal. Elsewhere, Myra and Theresa struggle with their fast for the homeless. Their hunger is quelled by extreme shopping sprees on their new credit cards.
Stella moves into The Rovers
Airs on Friday, June 17 2011Tracy seethes at the way that Steve’s duped her as he helps Stella to move into The Rovers. But with Stella also prepar-ing to move in boyfriend Karl and daugh-ter Eva, is Tracy the only one who’s been duped? Later, Steve tracks Becky down to a posh city hotel and heads over. Finding her partying hard with a group of hangers-on, Steve can see that she’s pressed her self-destruct button. His heart breaking, will Steve be able to convince Becky to come home?Meanwhile, Sean and Marcus juggle work with parenting, but when they hear Violet’s recovery may take months, how will they feel?Elsewhere, when Izzy meets old mate Will in the pub Gary makes sure he’s there to keep his eye on her; Tina discovers there’s more to Tommy than meets the eye; and Dev has a very unromantic proposal for Sunita.
Charity realises Cain has struck again
Airs on Wednesday, June 15 2011 Carl is smug when he gets Charity to up the price for moving the stolen TVs after she tells him that the job needs to be done ASAP. How-ever when she, Carl, Jimmy and Jai arrive to move the haul, they’re shocked to see the police are there, having been tipped off about some stolen goods. As the police search the premises, everyone’s relieved to find the barn is empty, but Charity instantly knows Cain is responsible when Jai reveals that he wasn’t the one who moved the TVs. Later, Cain hands Cameron his share of the cash and Cameron tells him that he’s not interested in doing any more dodgy jobs for him. Charity’s annoyed when Jai agrees to let Carl keep half of their agreed money but she’s worried about how angry Jai is when she tells him that Cain must have known about the job… Meanwhile, when Ella suggests that Declan should have lunch with her and brings out a bottle of wine, Declan comments on her recent drinking. However, he feels guilty when she storms out and Dermot tells him that he’s been neglecting her. Later, Dermot and Mia are pleased when Declan announces that he’s throwing Ella a surprise party for their anniver-sary tomorrow. At the same time, in the pub, Adam is tempted when Ella suggests they meet up tomorrow - unaware of her party.
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LOVE: DonegalDo you ‘LOVE: Donegal’ as much as we do?
The Powerscourt Gallery is proud to present ‘LOVE: Donegal’, an Arts and Crafts Showcase for our most North-West-erly county, Donegal.
‘LOVE: Donegal’ will kick off on Friday June 10th and run until June 24th 2011. During this time the Powerscourt Gal-lery will host an exhibition of high quality work from artists and craftspeople from all around Donegal.
For the duration of the exhibition there will be various Donegal-themed events such
as music, theatre, dance and workshops, please keep an eye on www.powerscourt-gallery.com for more information. Or follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Powerscourt1
Powerscourt Gallery is a Fine Art Gallery and Design Boutique housed the Historical Georgian Powerscourt Townhouse right in the heart of Dublin city centre.
Powerscourt Gallery Top Floor, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre59 South William StreetDublin 2. Tel. +353 1 677 9326E. [email protected]
BASED on the short story by Stephen King, THE BOOGEYMAN is an ambitious short film directed by Irish film-maker Gerard Lough and starring Simon Fogarty and Michael Parle.
When Andrew Billings (Fogarty) goes to see a psychologist to explain how an evil crea-ture that lives in his closet is responsible for the deaths of his three children he is met with scepticism. But as the story progresses, both Dr Harper (Parle) and the audience will start to consider the possibility that this “boogey-man” is real after all.
The film has intricate visual effects that are CGI as well as in camera. It also feature excel-lent make up effects by one of the best artists in Ireland - Julie Ann Ryan. This combined with a faithful adaption of King’s much loved source material, strong performance, stun-ning visuals and a creepy electronic score has made a film that has delighted and disturbed film festival audiences around the world as well as earning rave reviews.
Gerard Lough is a writer / director from Ireland. He got his start when he directed a music video while doing an internship at an American advertising agency. Since then he has directed several music videos for inde-pendent artists as well as critically acclaimed short films such as ‘The Scanner’, ‘Deviant’ and ‘The Stolen Wings’. His most high pro-file work was ‘The Boogeyman’, an ambitious 27 minute film adaptation of a short story by Stephen King. He is now developing his first feature as a director.
The next film festival screening will be the Dollar Baby Festival in Madrid in August.
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WHAT’S ON!
C JAM REUNION Sat 18th June 2011
FROM 1992 till 2007 in the village of Culdaff in Inishowen a musical event took place every Wednesday night at Mc Grory’s of Culdaff. Originaly called the Country Jam it then became the C JAM. The original line up was John and Neil McGrory with Shunie Crampsey and Liam McDermott. This line up would be augu-mented by many special guests ranging from Steve Wickham (The Waterboys) to Irish country star Eamonn McCann.
The early days of the Country Jam coin-cided with a boom in new Country music with Garth Brooks and Steve Earle at the forefront and also with the peak of employ-ment at Fruit of the Loom with loads of people looking for somewhere to go on a Wednesday night as they came off night shift! McGrory’s provided the ideal place with live music and a a great atmosphere. The Wednesday nights took off and be-came a mainstay of the live music and entertainment scene in Donegal for over fifteen years.
For a few years it used to be hard to get much productivity from workers on a Thursday morning after the Wednesday night in Culdaff!
The band changed over time with the inclusion of Kieth Millar on keyboards and Mickey McGuire, Brendan McGarrity on drums and the final line up was to be Brian Bonner (guitar and vocals), Andy davidson (drums and vocals), Billy Toland (keyboards) with John McGrory (guitar
and vocals) and Neil Mc Grory (bass) . The music also changed with more rock, funk and even 70s disco making its way into the set.
For the past few years there have been nu-merous requests for a reunion so on Sat 18th June the C JAM will reform for a special gig with a great opportunty for former C Jam-mers to experience a bit of Wed night in The Backroom . Doors open at 9.30 pm and tick-ets can be purchased in advance from MGro-ry’s on 074 937 9104 or [email protected].
TRADITIONAL SESSIONS Mc Grory’s of Culdaff is a venue renowned
for traditional Irish music and features ses-sions every Friday night throughout the year. However with the influx of tourists in the summer months Tuesday night session take place June-Sept with an extra session added on Monday Nights at 9.00pm for July and August.
With food served daily up to 9.00pm, a Traditional Session at McGrory’s is the ideal place for a great night out for visitors and locals alike.
To keep in touch with upcoming events at McGrory’s check out www.mcgrory’s.ie or follow us on Facebook and Twiiter
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PC/MAC Tip Camera Tip
Introduction to Computer TweaksGAINING knowledge to tweak your computer and modem will provide you with an understanding of the in-tricacies of your PC. By tweaking your modem and pc settings you may gain a minor computer and Internet boost. All of these tweaks can not possibly replace optimizing programs which do a complete overhaul of your configura-tion settings with a few simple clicks. Many of which can not be accessed or tweaked manually. If you’re looking to maximize your PC’s performance safely, you should consider the recom-mended software to optimize computer performance.
The Dangers of Tweaking Comput-ers
Considering the valuable data we place on our PCs, it’s a major risk to start fidgeting with your computer’s registry and other settings. We strongly encourage you to back up any important data within your PC before attempting any computer or Internet tweaks.
Only a small performance boost can be acquired by tweaking your PC, and there’s a good chance that you will ex-perience no significant improvement. In some instances, a tweak can actually hinder performance. If you really have a slow sluggish PC, it may be time for a re-install of the operating system - also known as a pain in the neck. However, an easier solution to re-installing the OS would be an optimizer software program as mentioned above. It will completely overhaul your PC system and bring back the lightening quick response times that are at least on par with and usually better than a fresh in-stall.
Beware of Tweak SyndromeAfter successfully doing a few sim-
ple tweaks to improve your Internet or computer speed. An important barrier has been broken and the line has been crossed. You have to ask yourself, is this really want you want? With constant Windows updates, a tweak that proves successful one day, may wreak havoc and utter destruction after the next Windows update.
Just a few of the things that our com-puters provide:• The greatest research tool in history• Allow us to keep in contact with
friends and family• Instant entertainment with music
and movies online• Some of the greatest moments ever
with new realistic PC gaming
Do you really want to set all that aside to spend countless hours tweaking your computer.
Not me... I’d rather be doing what my computer allows me to do - relax and have fun.
How to Hold a Camera
“Knowing how to hold a camera is essential for all photographers.”
For the times when a tripod is just not practical, camera stability will depend solely on how the camera is held.
With stability in mind, the number one rule is to use both hands. This is particu-larly important with SLR cameras since they tend to be much heavier than point and shoot cameras.
The camera holding technique that will be described is intended for an SLR cam-era but it can be easily converted to use with point and shoot cameras.
Hand PositionsRight Hand
The majority of cameras are made for right hand dominant users. The right hand is used for camera control and rota-tional stability (keeping it vertical).To properly grip the camera with your right hand, use the following steps:* Place the crease of your palm on the
right edge of the camera.* Curl your last three fingers around the
face of the camera.• Keep them slightly bent and curled a
bit downward. * Wrap the wrist side of your palm around
the back of the camera.• Leave the thumb free to work the ex-
posure knob. * Wrap your index finger on top of the
camera.• It should be free to release the shutter
and work any other controls located in that area.
• Remember, do not jab the shutter re-lease, squeeze it.
Left HandThe left hand is used to help support the
camera body and lens.To properly grip the camera with your left hand, use the following steps:* Grip the back end of the lens with your
thumb and index finger (palm up).• Use your middle finger as well for
longer lenses. * Use the rest of your hand to support
the camera body.• Some photographers curl their un-
used fingers to help fill the space be-tween the left palm and camera body.
ElbowsCameras may not seem very heavy, but
try shooting candid photography for an hour. Trust me; eventually your arms will get tired. Supporting the camera properly helps alleviate muscle tension and will allow for much longer shoots.
Keeping your elbows in tight and rested on your torso helps take the weight of the camera off of your arms.
This also helps stabilize the camera by preventing the possible pivoting or sway-ing of your arms.More Support
Now that the camera is supported and your arms stable, find a large stationary object to help stabilize the rest of your body. Lean against a wall, a car, or a tree to help keep your body from swaying.
Note: I still recommend using a tripod whenever possible. While learning how to hold a camera is essential, but nothing beats the stability of a good tripod.
Movie Synopsis:While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those inju-
ries, including one to his eye and leg. He has re-sumed a sexual relationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the army assigns him to the Casualty Notifica-tion Team in his area. Not having a background in counseling, psychology or grief management, he is unsure if he is well suited to this job. He is partnered with a career soldier, Captain Tony Stone, who teaches Will the precise protocol involved in the job. Tony tells Will, who quickly learns by on the job experience, that this job has its own dangers. As Will learns to adapt to the range of emotions of the next of kin, he is unpre-pared for the reaction of Olivia Pitterson, whose husband was killed in Iraq. His initial encounter with Olivia leads to him wanting to get to know her better, which may not be in either her or his best interest. Despite being a recovering alcoholic, the more experienced Tony tries to guide Will as best he can under their collective circumstances.
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Colour the pictures in the square boxes. Cut out the square boxes for each picture. Place all the squates in a cup and mix them up. Now try to match the correct pic-ture squares to create all pictures. Use glue stick to glue them on a peice of paper when completed.
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Knit on circular needles, Felecia O’Connell’s textural tank features a crossed-stitch pattern on the center front,
top edge and straps. Sized for X-Small (Small, Medium, Large). Shown in size Small.
105yd/97m) of Berroco, Inc Denim Silk (rayon/silk) in #1429 rust
• Sizes 6 and 8 (4 and 5mm) circular needles, each 24”/60cm long OR SIZE TO OBTAIN
GAUGE• Stitch holders and stitch markersGAUGE 18 sts and 26 rows/rnds to 4”/10cm over St st using larger circular needle.TAKE TIME TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.STITCH GLOSSARYC2R Skip 1 st, k into the front of the 2nd st,then k the first st and sl both sts from needle.C2L Skip 1 st, k into the back of the 2nd st,then k the first st and sl both sts from needle.
NOTES1) The fit of this garment is close-fitting, so
that the finished bust measurement may actually be smaller then body bust size.
2) Top is worked in one piece in rnds.
BODYWith smaller circular needle, cast on 126 (135, 144, 153) sts. Row 1 *K2, p1; rep from * around. Join, tak-ing care not to twist sts. Pm to mark beg of rnd.Rnds 2 and 6 *C2R, p1; rep from * around.Rnds 3, 5 and 7 *K2, p1; rep from * around.Rnds 4 and 8 *C2L, p1; rep from * around.Change to larger circular needle. Rnd 9 K23 (25, 26, 27), pm, [p1, C2R] 6 times, p1, pm, k 35 (38, 41, 44), pm, [p1, C2R] 3 times, p1, pm, k17 (20, 23, 26), pm, [p1, C2R] 3 times, p1, pm, k 12 (13, 15, 17). Cont to work the 3 cable panels (between markers) in the rib as established and rem sts in St st (k every rnd) until piece measures 9≤ (9≤, 10, 10≤)”/24 (24, 25.5, 26.5)cm from beg. Change to smaller circular needle and work all sts in
twisted rib as before for 3 rnds.
STRAPSNext rnd K23 (25, 26, 27), work 9 sts in rib(strap), bind off center st, work to end ofrnd. Cut yarn and reposition sts so thatnext row will beg at center front. Rejoinyarn to work the next section back andforth in rows.Next row (RS) *C2R, p1; rep from * to end, turn.Next row (WS) *P2, k1; rep from * to end.Next row (RS) *C2L, p1; rep from * to end.Next row (WS) [P2, k1] twice, p2, slthese 8 sts to a holder for strap, *p2togand bind off all sts to 2 sts before nextmarker, p2tog, place next 8 sts on a holder(strap), rejoin yarn and p2tog; rep from* twice more, work last 8 sts in pat workingon the last 8 sts for front strap only,cont in pat for 14”/36cm. Leave sts on Knit on circular needles, Felecia O’Connell’s textural tank features a crossed-stitch pattern on the center front, top edge and straps. Sized for X-Small (Small, Medium, Large). Shown in size Small. holder. Work other front strap in sameway.
FINISHINGUsing 3-needle bind-off method, jointhe front straps to the back sts.
Across1. Venus de Milo versus
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ployed and turned down (7)
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6. Used with snakes for a game (7)
7. Replace an apple core in public places with a meal starter that makes the grade (5)
8. Supports rays (5)14. Final stage could
lead to checkmate (7)
16. Confused his glen with a language (7)
17. Communicate to catch employment (7)
18. A facet of speak-ing (5)
19. Find cafe astir, so wine and dine (5)
20. Dance, slim body essential (5)
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BUSINESS
Donegal student’s business idea in another final!
Senator O’Domhnaill in tribute to Brian Lenihan
Jim McDaid pays tribute to the late Brian LenihanFORMER government min-ister Jim McDaid has paid tribute to Brian Lenihan who passed away today
Dr McDaid: “I am deeply saddened by today’s news. It has still come as a bit of shock even though he has been battling cancer for the past year and half.
“Brian was our shining star and we looked to him to get us out of the demise that he was in.”
The Fianna Fail stalwart and former Donegal North East TD added: “It is a sad day for Ireland and a sad day for our party.”
The Fianna Fáil deputy leader and former finance minister was just 52. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2009.
He died in the early hours of the morning at his house in west Dublin and is sur-vived by his wife, Patricia, their two children, his mother, and three brothers and one sister.
Brian Lenihan had a strong family tradition in Fianna Fáil. His father, Brian senior, was a leading figure in the party for many years, while
his grandfather, aunt and brother were also Fianna Fáil TDs.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Radio One, former TD and Mr Leni-han’s aunt Mary O’Rourke said: ‘It’s all over. It’s kind of unbelievable.’
“He always worked for his country and he worked for the best of Ireland and I sup-pose in the end what anybody in public life would wish to do, and that’s what he did.
“I just feel my life has al-most ended, I really do.”
Taoiseach Enda Kenny described Mr Lenihan as a decent man and exemplary public servant.
“Brian Lenihan was exem-plary in the carrying out of his public duties.
“He continued a long line of representation for Ireland in public life by both his fa-ther (Brian) and grandfather (Patrick) and his family in general,” he said.
“He exemplified a great sense of humanity in the pub-lic representation he gave.
“I’d like to say I’ve known Brian Lenihan for many years and regard him as a friend in politics,” he added.
DONEGAL’S hand-picked student entrepreneur, Aidan Robb has just been announced as a finalist in “The Think Outside the Box Awards” which are sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland, Mammoth Brand Consultancy and Cruick-shank Intellectual Property Attorneys.
Aidan’s innovative award winning invention “Cargo Defenders” has gained him this amazing opportunity and he will be joined by fellow LYIT student Emelyn Toland in Dublin next week at the finals.
The awards are designed for third level students who have a fresh idea for a new business that has bona fide industry potential.
There is an incredible first place cash prize of €10,000 to be won plus the opportunity to gain €12,500 worth of specialist advice and assistance to potentially help turn your enterprise idea into a business reality.At just 25-years old LYIT student, Aidan Robb from Kildrum, Carrigans has accom-plished a plethora of business achievements.
The 2nd year Business Studies student at Let-terkenny Institute of Technology has always been business savvy and this is not his first competition to be successful in. Aidan was also this years’ win-ner of the inaugural “Dragon Factor” competition spear-headed by Craoibhin Community and Enter-prise Group in Termon.
“I’m absolutely delighted about being a finalist in the TOTB awards. I think the invaluable experience that I gained at An Craoibhin’s Dragon Factor has helped me reach this point of the competition, hope-fully I will be successful in the final,” said Carrigans man Aidan.
In February this year, the Dragons were im-pressed with Aidan’s business acumen, fresh per-spective and overall his ground-breaking design which aims to reduce crime theft in the haulage industry.
“Cargo Defenders” is a security system aimed at reducing the incidents of theft of cargo transported by side-loaded truck trailers. Aidan says “that cargo theft is a major problem in the EU.
According to an EU parliament report in 2007 estimated losses of 8.2 billion euro occurred across the European continent.”
An LYIT spokesman said: “The Think Outside the Box Awards offers third level students from all aca-demic disciplines and courses of study the chance to showcase their entrepreneurial ambitions. Aidan is a pleasure to teach as he is so engrossed in the industry. We wish Aidan and his team-mate Emlyn Toland the best of luck in the awards.”
DONEGAL Fianna Fail sena-tor Brian O Domhnaill has paid tribute to the late Brian Leni-han who died this morning.
Senator O’Domhnaill said: Brian has fought a brave and courageous battle with a seri-ous illness over the past eight-een months. During the time of his illness Brian continued to perform his Public Duties showing his commitment to tackling the Countries Eco-nomic crisis and his commit-
ment in doing his utmost for the Irish people.
“Brian Lenihan was an abso-lutely outstanding public rep-resentative of this generation. He has a formidable intellect and was a gifted communica-tor.
“He served first as Minister of State for Children and Brian was a conscientious and com-passionate Children’s Minister and he brought forward a number of fresh and valuable
policies relating to child pro-tection, childcare and youth justice.
“In June 2007, Brian Leni-han was appointed Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and from there Brian was appointed the Minister for Finance in May 2008 and faced events at a scale and pace of magnitude that no other Irish Minister has ever previously had to contend. Brian did an outstanding job in extraordi-
narily difficult circumstances.“Brian’s untimely death robs
this country of a hugely tal-ented politician and someone who had so much more to give.
“I wish to extend my sympa-thies to Brian’s wife Patricia, his son Tom, Daughter Claire, his mother Ann Lenihan, his brothers, Conor, Niall & Paul, his sister Anita and his aunt Mary O Rourke.”
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said: “Brian has fought a brave and courageous battle with a serious illness over the past 18 months.”
“In all of this time, Brian never once flinched from his public duties and he showed an unceasing and untiring commit-
ment to tackling the economic crisis facing this country.
“Even when receiving debili-tating treatment, Brian contin-ued to work assiduously in the best interests of this country. For Brian Lenihan, that was always paramount.”
McHugh given top role on British-Irish parliamentary assemblyFINE Gael Deputy for Donegal North-East, Joe McHugh TD, has been appointed as the new Irish Co-Chairperson of the British Irish Parliamen-tary Assembly.
Deputy McHugh’s appointment comes ahead of the 42nd plenary of the Assembly, which takes place Monday and Tuesday 13-14 June in the Ro-chestown Park Hotel, Cork.
Speaking today after his appointment by An Taoiseach as Co-Chairperson, Deputy Joe McHugh said: “The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly must build on the symbolism of Queen Elizabeth II’s recent visit to Ireland to develop real and practical commercial measures that will drive economic growth in Britain and Ireland.
“I will use my new position as Co-Chairperson of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly to meaningfully harness the goodwill that the Royal visit has generated. Britain and Ireland must work very closely together at commercial and trade levels to overcome the severe economic difficulties facing our countries.
“Cross-community and cross-channel links
offer Britain and Ireland a route out of recession, and I will be focused as Co-Chairperson on ensur-ing that the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly is a worthwhile vehicle for driving this agenda.
“The presence of An Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly ple-nary meeting next week is a real endorsement of the value of the Assembly and its potential for the coming years. I look forward to working with my counterpart Lord Cope of Berkeley though the challenging times ahead.”
The plenary will be addressed on Monday morning by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD who will discuss the plenary’s theme of “Employment and Economic Recovery.”
Other speakers will include Frank Daly, Chair-man of the National Asset Management Agency, Frank Ryan, CEO of Enterprise Ireland, Peter Byrne, CEO of the newly formed British Irish Chamber of Commerce, and Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland. The Assembly will also dis-cuss a motion on the murder of PSNI officer Ronan Kerr.
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THE Forest Service has announced changes to the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme which maintains forestry as a very attractive option for farmers in Donegal.
Steven Meyen, Teagasc Forestry Devel-opment Officer in Donegal says that consid-ering the difficult economic conditions it is clear that there is strong recognition of the important economic and environmental po-tential of forestry – both for farmers and the wider community.
Annual forestry premiumsFor new applications, there will be no dif-
ferential between premiums based on the area planted. The rate of farmer premium for Enclosed (Improved) land now ranges from €369 to €515 per hectare per year for 20 years.
This is good news if you are planting up to 6 hectares (15 acres) as you will qualify for a higher premium than previously. The pre-mium for planting between 6 to just under 12 hectares (15-29 acres) is unchanged. For areas from 12 hectares (30 acres) and greater the premium is reduced to the above rates.
The above changes to the Premium Scheme do not apply to existing partici-pants.
Planting grantsThere has been a small reduction in the
grant for planting conifers. The grant for planting Oak, Beech and Alder is also lower due in part to a reduction in the number of trees to be planted per acre. However as before, the grant will cover the full cost of planting and maintaining the forest for four years in most cases.
For unenclosed/unimproved land both the grant and premium for planting this poorer quality land has been reduced. Also the amount of unenclosed land in a planting grant application cannot exceed 20% of the total area.
FencingThere is now a higher allocation within
the planting grant to encourage fencing to the new IS346 standard.
Changes to the Afforestation Grants and Premiums are effective from 1 January 2011.
Grant Rates effective 1 January 2011 (€/ha)
Forestry Grants Update – good news!
Other support schemesFinancial support is also available for other
schemes such as the Native Woodland Scheme, the Forest Road Scheme and the Tending and Thinning of Broadleaves Scheme.
What to do next?If you wish to plant you are advised to submit
a planting grant application as soon as pos-sible. You will need to engage a registered forester to complete the planting grant ap-plication and to apply on your behalf. The list of Forest Service registered foresters can be downloaded from www.teagasc.ie/forestry or can be provided on request.
For information on planting or other for-estry issues please contact Steven Meyen, Teagasc Forestry Development Officer, Donegal or your local Teagasc office.
Teagasc invites all interested to a nationwide series of sheep farm walks.Achieving Target Lamb Per-formance at Grass will be main focus of these events.
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Preventing‘cattle attacks’
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INJURIES arising from working with cattle have been increasing over the last decade. About 15% of farm workplace deaths are stock-related, of which about half are bull attacks.
An estimated 65%_two thirds_of all farm workplace injuries (1,800 per year) are livestock-related, causing injuries such as broken ribs and damaged organs. The pattern of increased injuries when handling cat-tle is attributable to the facilities used, less frequent contact by farmers with animals and not enough attention being
35WEDNESDAY15 JUNE 2011
Research Presented on Alternative Uses for Pig Manure
A crowd of over 100 people attended a research dissemination day at Teagasc Moorepark, on possible alternative uses for pig manure. The event was the culmina-tion of a Department of Agriculture funded project on alternative uses for pig manure. Personnel from Teagasc, NUI Galway, AFBI Northern Ireland, Waterford Institute of Technology and the University of Limer-ick presented their findings from the three year research project. Pilot-scale dem-onstrations on the different technologies were accompanied by short presentations from the project team. The technologies included anaerobic digestion, separation of pig manure, composting, use of pig manure as a solid biofuel, the use of integrated con-structed wetlands and woodchip filters, and bio-safety aspects of manure treatments.
Increasing the amount of energy pro-duced from renewable sources is a stated objective of the European Union. Anaero-bic digestion, investigated in this project, can extract energy from animal and plant biomass, while still retaining the nutritive value of the material as a fertilizer. By capturing the methane during anaerobic digestion the project looked at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from stored pig manure. The project also examined the separation of pig manure into solid and liq-uid fractions, to explore the potential of the solid fraction as compost and/or fuel source and to treat the liquid fraction by means of woodchip filters and integrated constructed wetlands.
Tereza Cota-Nolan, Teagasc Moorepark presented the economics of each tech-nology studied, and Dr. Peadar Lawlor, Teagasc Moorepark chaired a lively panel discussion at the end of the meeting. Dr. Lawlor stated that “while the cost analysis presented showed that the technologies investigated are not currently cost effec-tive, they may have future potential”. For example, anaerobic digestion could be cost effective on large units (2000 sows plus), or if centralised treatment plants were devel-oped and if the renewable feed-in tariff for energy sold to the grid was increased.
Pig manure has a significant fertilizer value (€6.13 per m3 or €28 per 1,000 gallons), as evident on the board prepared by Gerard McCutcheon, Teagasc Oak Park.
Dr. Lawlor said: “While the research showed the technologies on display may all have potential, the ultimate home for the nutrients in the manure (whether treated or untreated) was on land to supply nutri-ents for crop growth. The application of untreated pig manure on land is the most cost effective method of using pig manure in Ireland for the foreseeable future”.(www.teagasc.ie)
Grant Schemes Suspended
Minister Coveney seeks approval for advance release of €600 million EU Farm Payments
TEMPORARY Suspension of Applications for Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes Pending Outcome of Expenditure Review
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr Simon Coveney TD, today an-nounced the temporary suspension of further applications under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) with im-mediate effect. The Minister said that due to the financial constraints on his Department, particularly for 2012, it would not be prudent to continue to accept new applications for TAMS before clarifying the availability of funds for next year.
“I could not defend a situation in which farmers go to the time and expense of preparing and submitting applications, in the expectation that
grant aid would be forthcoming for their project, when there was a ques-tion mark over the availability of funding” the Minister said. “A com-prehensive review of all expenditure is under way in my Department to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency in schemes and service delivery. Pending the outcome of the review, I have taken the decision to temporarily suspend new TAMS ap-plications so that farmers will know where they stand in terms of the availability of funds for next year”.
The Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes provide support for investments in
the pig and poultry sectors, sheep handling, dairy equipment, rainwater harvesting and bio-energy crops and grant aid is approved under the various measures in phases or tranches. The Minister said that applications already submitted will be processed and approved up to the level of the current tranches of funding. No further applications will be accepted for consideration with effect from today pending a decision on the re-opening of the schemes. Only applications received in the Department by close of business today will be eligible for consideration.
The Minister said that he will be keeping the financial situation under continuous review and that a final decision on the future of the schemes will be made in the context of the Comprehensive Expenditure Review which is under way following the recent Government decision and also the preparation of the 2012 Estimates for his Department.
THE Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Simon Coveney, TD, today announced that he is seeking approval for the advance payment of the Single Farm Payment from the EU Commission. At yesterday’s meeting of the Council of Ag-riculture Ministers, the Com-mission was made aware of his intention
‘The Single Farm Pay-ment forms a significant
part of the annual income of all farmers in Ireland. In fact, in many cases the SFP is used to subsidise the running costs of a farming enterprise and is, therefore, greater than the net farm income’ the Minister said, adding ‘As is clear, the timing of this payment is extremely
important to farmers, particularly those on low incomes, and due to the current in accessing credit and maintaining re-payments on borrow-ings.’ The Minister added that ‘he believes that there is a strong case for an Irish submission and will press very hard for
a positive outcome that will allow payments to be made in October instead of December.’
Member States seeking an advance payment must make an application to the Commission, backed up with evidence as to the exceptional circumstances to justify it. The Commission has indicated that the matter will be considered in July.
given to breeding for docility. In association with the Health and Safety Authority and ICBF,Teagasc plans towork with farmers to reduce the toll of inju-ries associated with livestock farming.
The following four areas need to betargeted for improvement:* Livestock handling facilities* Human-animal interaction* Breeding* Safety with bulls.Livestock handling facilities Facilities play an
essential role in preventing accidents by provid-ing a means of controlling animals and allowing easy access for routine husbandry and veterinary tasks.To help prevent accidents, keepwalkway-sandworksurfaces clear of obstructions. Provide slip-resistant footing for workers and livestock with roughened concrete ramps and floor surfaces to prevent falls. As any farmer knows, cows have a strong maternal instinct and can be aggressive when protecting their calf after birth.With the busy spring calving season nearly over, now is the time to consider changes for next season. Installing a well-designed calving gate is a change that many farmers have found to be a good investment.Human — animal interaction
Cattle have a panoramic field of vision, which means they can see everything around them ex-ceptwhat is immediately behind their hindquar-ters.Therefore, approaching from the side or front can be less startling to these animals than approaching from behind. Cattle have sensitive hearing and are agitated by shouting, barking dogs and sudden movements.They also have poor visual depthperceptionandneedtime to adjust to changes in lighting and the presence of a stock person. Cat-
tle form lasting impressions of unpleasant, painful or frightening events which may result in future handling problems.
All this calls for giving enough time to herding whenanimals can sense, see and hear the stock person in a positive way. This approach to herd-ing very much fits in with modern high output and profitable beef systems.These have a rotational system of grassland management where cattle are moved by the stock person on foot and the animals associate the stock man with positive things. Posi-tive herding has been associated with less stress in cattle and increased performance. In contrast, herding in set stocking situations usinga jeep orATVresults in a loss of the ‘relationship’ with stock, which leads to aggressive and unpredict-able behaviour.Breeding for docility
Docility in cattle is about 30%to 40%inherited, which means that there is about the same scope as in breeding for milk yield in dairy cows.This means that this trait can be gradually improved by breeding over time. In addition, the arrival ofg-enomicselection in cattlemeans that breeders can potentially use genetic analysis to identify less ag-gressive strains of cattle.
However, a key requirement of all these develop-ments is to have a comprehensive database with accurate information on docility which will assist with preventing injuries to farmers in the future. Accordingly, farmer recording is vital tomake progress with docility over time.
Farmers can improve the docility of theirherd byculling aggressive cows (4% of animals, on aver-age, are aggressive) andby not breeding from their offspring. Safety with bulls
Bulls present an ongoing risk, especially when they are at pasture.There is no ‘safe’ breed of bull; five different breeds have killed farmers in recent years. Nor is there a ‘quiet’ bull as accident inves-tigations generally find that the victim’s family considered the bull to be ‘quiet’ before the attack. Older farmers are most at risk, with over half of deaths due to bull attacks occurring to farmers over 65 years of age.Precautions with bulls at pasture
* Fields should be securely fenced and gates locked. Avoid using fields close to public access and display warning signs where necessary.
* Aggressive or difficult bulls should never be al-lowed to run with the herd.
* It is a good idea for a strong chain, which touches the ground, to be fitted to the ring.
* Always keep the bull in your sight. A tractor or farm vehicle should be used as a mobile sanctuary.
* When separating a bull from the herd, have two adults present and use good cattle handling facilities.
*Do not allowchildren into a field where a bull is running.
JohnMcNamara, Health and Safety Officer,Teagasc
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Forty Years of the Topaz Donegal International Rally in Photos.
An Grianan Theatre hosts “The Maestro” Esler Crawford.
THE Organisers of the Topaz Donegal Interna-tional Rally 2011 have issued details of a special photographic exhibition to celebrate the 40th running of the Rally, which runs from June 17th – 19th next, based in Letterkenny Co. Donegal.
Belfast based photographer Esler Crawford, who has shot most of the iconic images associated with the Rally since its first running in 1971, has picked his personal favourites for exhibition at An Grianan Theatre in Letterkenny, which also hosts the start of the Rally on Friday 17th June.
A spokesman commented: “ We are delighted that Esler agreed to help
us celebrate our anniversary. He was in Donegal from the very start, and the quality of his work is unmatched. He is considered “The Maestro” by all Irish rally photographers, and his images cap-ture the beauty of the locations and character of
the people involved, as well as the action inherent in the sport. It is an honour for us to showcase his work and celebrate the Rally at the same time.”
“The exhibition will be in the two floors of An Grianan Theatre and will run from Tuesday 14th June for one week. The images will also be pro-jected onto the large glass front of the building in a spectacular evening display. The exhibits them-selves, which reflect the forty years of the Rally, will be available for sale, with the proceeds going to the Donegal Hospice.”
“A reception to launch the exhibition was held last night at An Grianan Theatre, Port Road Let-terkenny.
It will prove a must-see attraction for rally fans, and for anyone interested in the history of the Rally.”
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THE Organisers of the Topaz Donegal Interna-tional Rally 2011 have just given some details of a visit of Rally Legend Markku Alén, who will flag off the 40th Topaz Donegal International Rally in Letterkenny, beginning at 10.00 am on Friday 17th June 2011.
Finnish driver, Markku Alén, who began his career in Volvo’s quickly moved on to drive for Ford, spending a long career with Fiat and Lancia. He drove many of the iconic cars of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s rallying golden years, often developing the manufacturers testing facilities providing companies with the most successful cars they produced during that era.
Markku Alén will perform a number of duties while attending the rally before the week-end start in Letterkenny.
• The Donegal Motor Club’s new office premises on Port Road, will be officially opened on Thursday afternoon at 3.pm.
• Afterwards he will visit the Scrutiny base, at McGinley Motors at Pearse Road,. After it be-gins at 4pm, where he will inspect the mechani-cal scrutiny and the MotorSport Ireland officials who carry out the scrutineering tasks on behalf of Donegal Motor Club. This will be the first op-portunity for the public to meet Markku Alén.
• Following a visit to An Grianán Theatre to view the Esler Crawford 40 year of Donegal Rally Photographic Exhibition.
• Later on Thursday evening, he will assist flag off the top competitors on Thursday night after 8pm in The Square, Letterkenny Main Street, at a Ceremonial Start, along with other star of TV, Formula 1 commentator Tony Jar-dine.
This is the first Ceremonial Start for the Topaz Donegal International Rally, and is a special 40th anniversary occasion on the County Don-egal town.
The top competitors will be interviewed and will be available to sign autographs for the pub-lic.
Early on Friday morning, Markku will flag off the entire rally at 10am, from the main Start Ramp just outside An Grianán Theatre on the Port Road.
A spokesman for the Club commented: “We are delighted that Markku Alén has decided to visit us here in Leterkenny. This is a special treat for rally fans to have such a rally legend visit and he was one of the drivers who inspired all the modern day rally drivers we now know so well.”
Rally Legend Markku Alén to visit 2011 Topaz Donegal International Rally
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FOOTBALL GONE MAD Despite Michel Platini’s best efforts to con-
trol the financial turmoil prevalent in football it seems that football is still crazy. Phil Jones has one season behind him in which he was reasonably impressive and now he is worth £16.5 million according to Man United. Jordan Henderson had a cracking start to the season before fading in the second half yet Liverpool still forked out £16 million for him. Chelsea are
looking to pay £20 million for a 19 year old striker Lukaku who has only played in the weak Belgian league. Wayne Rooney threw that toys out of the pram mid season and was given a £200,000 a week soother. All of this takes place in the shadow of a worldwide recession where people are struggling to pay their mortgages and in some cases strug-gling to put food on the table. This reflects that a game that was always considered the peoples game, has moved so far away from everyday reality that these overpaid preen-ing athletes have no idea what the man in the street is like. The scale of their wealth and the level of fame and celebrity that they have now attained makes them insufferable. Yet still we love it. What’s that all about?
HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLENRyan Giggs had the plaudits of the football-
ing world ringing in his ears as he picked up an undeserved Player of the Year award the season before last. The award wasn’t really for his performances but more of a lifetime achievement and a vindication of the lifestyle that he led as he was lauded as a fantastic example for today’s youth. What a folly that turned out to be. This article will try to veer away from remarking on the private lives of footballers as it is a football column and not
a gossip one. However, Giggs acceptance of the praise for his behaviour makes this a par-ticularly sickening example of how the mod-ern day professional footballer feels that the morals of society do not apply to them. And to stoop so low as to have a lengthy affair with his brothers wife shows that he comes from the same school of morals as his team-mate Rooney, the morals of the gutter. And unfortunately that is how he will be remem-bered as he was indeed a fantastic footballer.
BROKEN HARPSWhat is to be done with Finn Harps. A
club that has contested in the League of Ireland since 1969 and that lit up the league in the 70’s with a brand of attacking football. Three times they were League runners up, twice defeated on the last day of the season and twice were League Cup runners up. They boasted a goal machine non pareil in Brendan Bradley a man who still holds the record for most goals scored in the league and probably always will. But this means nothing for their current status which is three positions off the bottom of the First Division. What is to be done? A new manage-ment team of Hutton and Healy may help the performances on the field, but there is a more fundamental problem within the club.
They can no longer attract support that would help the club climb back to the top of the Irish game. The scouting infrastructure is second to Derry Citys on a local level which leaves them slim pickings in an al-ready thin field. Added to this is the stadium, which is falling apart. Those are some of the problems, but what are the solutions? I am going to raise a subject that will have Finn Harps traditionalists heads spinning. Isn’t it time to bite the bullet and move the club to Letterkenny where they will have a bigger population to draw from. It is not only the Letterkenny population that could help swell the coffers, but there is also the Inishowen hinterland which is football mad and is the most densely populated rural area in Ireland with over 30,000 residents who will find the journey more palatable than going the whole way to Ballybofey. The argument against would be that it would isolate the west of the county further, but surely the attendance figures prove that there isn’t enough inter-est from that side of the county in order to sustain the club. Traditionalists don’t like change, but unless something drastic is done soon with the Harps the only change that they will witness will be their demotion back to Junior football or even extinction.
McHugh pounces to net all three points for Harps against WaterfordKEVIN McHugh proved he still has plenty to offer Finn Harps after his goal earned them a much-needed three points at Finn Park.
Peter Hutton’s side were still licking their wounds after their con-troversial exit from the FAI Cup by Longford Town last Monday evening.
And Waterford, who were gather-ing some momentum before tonight’s game, were favourites to come away with an away result.
However Harps got stuck in and grabbed all three points when Killea man McHugh netted after 34 minutes before a poor crowd of less than 300 fans.
Harps restricted Waterford to not a single shot on target in the first half, while the United back-line had to be on their toes to contend with a feisty Harps attack.
The visitors eventually came to life in the last quarter of an hour as Seamus Long fired over the ‘bar from four yards out, before the full-back was then denied by a superb save from Ciaran Gallagher right at the death.
Harps showed two changes to the side that exited the cup on Monday night, with Kevin McHugh returning from suspension while Blaine Curtis came into partner him in what was
the youngster’s first competitive start for the Donegal side.
And what an impact he made along-side the experienced attacker, link-ing up superbly as if they had been playing together for years. McHugh’s guile and finesse coupled with the sheer energy and enthusiasm of Cur-tis made life hell for the Waterford back-four, who were caught napping on a couple of occasions.
Curtis nipped in ahead of Kevin Murray on sixteen minutes before curling an ambitious effort just be-yond the far upright, while Tommy Bonnar fired inches past the base of Kevin Burns’ left-hand post in a bright opening for Peter Hutton and Felix Healy’s men.
Harps, without a win since their sole triumph of the season against Athlone three weeks ago, were the side doing all the pressing, with goalkeeper Ciaran Gallagher, surpris-ingly, a virtual spectator in the open-ing forty-five minutes.
The breakthrough came eleven minutes before the break when Aaron McElwee showed great awareness to pounce on a slack goal-kick from Burns – the diminutive midfielder lay-ing off to McHugh, who drilled beyond Burns with a composed strike from the edge of the area.
The second period was a lot more subdued, with neither side really showing too much bite or invention going forward.
The south-easterner’s had a couple of half-chances go a begging through the normally lethal Willie John Kiely, who never received the ball he would have liked all night.
Seamus Long then found himself all alone in the box with pretty much the last kick of the game but found Gallagher in no mood to concede, as the Harps ‘keeper pulled off a Sch-meichel-like save at the end.
Finn Harps: Ciaran Gallagher; Paddy McLaughlin, Packie Mailey, Keith Cowan, Gareth Harkin; Mark Forker, Aaron McElwee, Tommy Bonnar, Marc Brolly; Kevin McHugh, Blaine Curtis. Subs: Garbhan Friel (Curtis, 82 mins), Ciaran Coll (Harkin, 90 mins).
Waterford United: Kevin Burns; Paul Carey, Kenny Browne, Kevin Murray, Seamus Long; Gary Keane, Gary Dunphy, David Breen, Conor Sinnott; Paul Murphy, Willie John Kiely. Subs: Shane Dempsey (Breen, 59 mins), Adam McSharry (Carey, 68 mins), Dwayne Wilson (Dunphy, 78 mins).
Referee: Darren Coombes.
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FINN Valleys Dempsey Mc Guigan has got his season underway with a pb 64.89 with the 6kg hammer over the weekend and is chasing the european junior under 20 standard of 66m which is within his reach . Opportunities that lay ahead to achieve that are this weekend in South of England champs , Bedford the following Saturday where the English champs are held and then the following day in Tullamore the Irish na-tionals . Dempsey with his brother Fellan set new national records in the hammer event in their age group when winning in 2010 and with Dalton competing really well in the steeple this season they are an exceptional family combination .
Also chasing a European standard right now is Noel Collins in the 1500m under 23 but he will be disappointed with his 3.47 odd over last weekend in Watford while in the States Holly Knight returned 35.41.72 for 10k in the Ncaa 10k final .
Well done to Denver Kelly .Charles Mc Daid and Kieran Brady mem-bers of the Burnfoot boys relay team that won the Donegal Community Games in Milford .
This weekend its European cup in Izmir with Patsy as team manager Tori in the pole vault and the team doctor club member Pauric Mitchell they will encounter serious heat not a problem we are used to in Ireland just now add in Mary Mc Loone and Darren Mc Brearty to heighten the Donegal connection over Saturday /Sunday . Also this wekend the Ulster 14,15,16,17 champs in Antrim with a under 9,10,11 competition in Don-egal Town Wednesday night @ 6pm All youngsters in these age groups should make their way over . Lifford stage their annual 5k Friday night and then we look forward to June 24th and the Aghyaran 5k always an enjoyable ocassion . It all adds up to a busy schedule added to by the se-lection of John Kelly, Shaun Woods and Blaithnaid for the Ulster schools team for Tailteann Games and congrats and best wishes are extended to this trio and their coaches Niall Wilkinson ,Bernie Alcorn and John Kelly .
Athletics
Celtic star Paddy chooses Donegal to begin his married lifeCELTIC star Paddy McCourt has tied the knot and chose Donegal as the setting for his wedding.
The long-haired striker walked down the aisle earlier today with long-term girlfriend Laura He-garty.
The former Derry City striker, 27, got married in Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Steelstown and was surrounded by a host of fellow football stars.
They included McCourt’s Celtic team-mates including Darren O’Dea, Niall McGinn and Marc Wilson.
But McCourt, who joined the Scottish giants from Derry City in 2008, didn’t forget about his old friends and was joined by former team-mates Peter Hutton and manager Stephen Kenny.
Another familiar face was Millwall goalkeeper David Forde, who made his competitive debut for Ireland against Italy last week.
Celtic boss Neil Lennon was not at the wedding
having already arranged another holiday abroad.After making a quick dash from the church,
the bride and groom and their two children, were whisked away to the five star Solis Lough Eske Cas-tle outside Donegal Town.
More than 200 guests will be treated to a lavish champagne reception in the grounds of the luxury hotel where security was tight today.
As well as local entertainment it was rumoured that popstar and Celtic fan Paolo Nutini had been booked to play at the reception.
A source revealed “Paddy and Paolo know each other and Paolo had been invited to the wedding anyway. I think he’s going to play a few songs but I don’t think he’ll be asking for a fee.
“Staff at the hotel have been sworn to secrecy not to talk about the wedding. Paddy and Laura didn’t want to make a big fuss about it. They have been going out for years.”
Donegal Athlete shines
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GAA Club Notes
BUNCRANA
Bord na nÓgThe u14 hurlers continued their
remarkable season with a convincing 6-17 to 0-0 win in the championship semi-final, against MacCumhaills in Ballybofey on Thursday night. The Buncrana boys were on fire from the start and notched up an impressive scoreline with ease, the reliable free taking of Tom Clare back-boned by some great scores from open play were the platform for their win. In defense, Patrick Wilson, James Do-herty and Aedan Stokes excelled. In the midfield area Sam Doherty, Dar-ren Doherty, Paul Nelson and Tom Clare will be happy with the after-noons work and up front Dylan Duffy, PJ McCarron impressed as did De-clan McCarron and Aaron Craig who staked a claim for a starting spot. The win sets up a final against Ballyshannon in MacCumhaill Park on Thursday at 7pm, all support wel-come.
The U8 hurlers hosted a poorly attended blitz on Sunday with only neighbours Burt travelling, despite this, the weather held out and all boys and girls got a chance to shine in their early careers.
The U12 league starts on Thurs-day the 30th June when we make the short trip to St Eunans. Attendance at training is essential, which takes place every Sunday at 11am.
Ryan Bradley wasn’t the only Bra-dley on show in Breffne Park Cavan, when younger brother Ben lined out in the Go Games blitz at half time in the Ulster quarter final.
Irish Language ClassesImprove your spoken and writ-
ten Irish in active fun classes one evening per week during the summer €10 per class (€8 for a club member) at the Scarvey GAA clubhouse. Con-tact: Maria – 086 161 9171. The classes are aimed at over ten year olds, Maria is willing to cater for dif-ferent ages in different classes. The lessons objectives is to improve stu-dents spoken and written Irish in an active and fun way through activities as well as written exercises. The times of the classes have to be con-firmed yet but are dependant on when the clubhouse is free. Classes will last just over an hour continu-ing for the duration of the summer depending on demand. Please con-tact Maria on the above number to register your interest and to get fur-ther information.
Ladies Football - Gaelic for MothersFounded in 1974, Ladies Gaelic
Football is still recognised as one of the fastest growing female sports in Europe. With over 1,000 clubs in Ireland and membership growing by the day, Ladies Gaelic is reaching women and girls from all over the country. Not stopping there however, the Ladies Gaelic Football Associa-tion has many overseas clubs, one of the latest additions coming from Cape Town in South Africa.
The Ladies Gaelic Football As-sociation provides a social outlet and a healthy activity for thousands
of people around the world. Start-ing with club football for primary schools girls, an individual can keep playing Ladies Gaelic for as long as she wants, especially now with our Gaelic4Mothers initiative for those adults interested in recreational or non-competitive participation.
Many competitions and events are run throughout a season but un-doubtedly the highlight of the Ladies Gaelic calendar is the All Ireland Fi-nals day in Croke Park. The last Sun-day in September sees Croke Park play host to all three of the Ladies Gaelic Championship Finals (Junior, Intermediate and Senior). With the Hill decorated and mini games of kids and mothers alike at all the half times, the Ladies Football Finals day is one of a kind. Attendance at this colourful event is steadily grow-ing and can now boast as being one of the highest attended female only sports events in the world.
Coming a long way since 1974 the Ladies Gaelic Football Association now has 17 full time employees, ten of whom are based in Croke Park, and the remaining 7 based in vari-ous regional locations throught the country.
The Ladies Gaelic Football Asso-ciation strives to be a modern, inno-vative and well run organisation that provides a quality service and sup-port system for all members, from an 8 year old girl kicking her first ball in her local club to an elite athlete scor-ing her first point in Croke Park.
Anyone interested in receiving a pdf copy of the June Edition of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association magazine should email me asking for a copy - [email protected]
LottoThe results of the club’s lotto draw
which, took place on Tuesday 7th June in O’Flaherty’s Bar on the Main Street, are as follows. The winning numbers drawn for the €10,000 jack-pot were 06-13-20-24.
There were no winners. The win-ning numbers for the €1,975 Lotto Plus draw were 04-10-20-26. There were also no winners. There were five €20 consolation prizes which went to the following participants:
Niall McGee, Ardmor House, Clonglash;
Oisin O’Flaherty, C/o Bar;Daithi McColgan, Clonglash;Peter McKinney, Marion Park;Mary Breslin, Grianan Park.For the purposes of hygiene and
efficiency all players at ALL levels should bring their own water to all training sessions, from seniors down.
Use of the Scarvey pitches for train-ing or matches MUST be confirmed with Martin Mullan in advance (087 246 8108). Use of clubhouse MUST be confirmed with David McConnell in advance (087 939 2767).
If you do have any items which you think should be included in the club’s weekly notes, please email [email protected] by 6pm on a Sunday for consideration.
To keep up to date with all the lat-est goings-on, please join us on www.facebook.com/buncranagaa or www.twitter.com/buncranagaa
BURT
The senior and reserve footballers played their first game in five weeks on Sunday past and both teams re-corded good wins. Four weekends were lost in between Burt’s last two games, and bar the last week where a lot of Burt players were involved in the Lory Meagher final, there was lit-tle excuse why games could not have been fixed.
The reserve footballers beat Naomh Bríd 1-12 to 2-6 in Ballintra and the win continues the team’s good form of late. Burt started well and they hit three points in succes-sion through Christy McDermott, Shaun Murphy and Phelim Henry. Naomh Bríd replied with a point be-fore Phelim Henry and Shaun Mur-phy added further points for Burt. The reserves were showing their dominance in the first half and the home side were finding it hard to break down Burt’s defence. Phelim Henry added his third point of the game before Brian Sheerin got on the score sheet to hit Burt’s seventh point of the first half. Just before half-time, Naomh Bríd got their break, when some confusion in the backline allowed the home side to find the back of the net.
The second half was a much more balanced affair in terms of posses-sion. Tommy McMonagle scored Burt’s first of the half and Shaun Murphy added two more via frees. Naomh Bríd hit five points in be-tween those scores for Burt but Burt extended their lead with a point from Sheerin and a goal from Johnny Mc-Grath. Naomh Bríd made it a two point game after scoring a goal from the penalty spot. Shane McDaid got the final point of the game to give Burt a three point win.
The seniors got back to winning ways with a 1-11 to 0-6 win over Naomh Bríd. The seniors were miss-ing a host of regular starters with fresh injuries and illness and Naomh Bríd were missing county panellist David Walsh. Nevertheless, Burt dictated the play in the first half and Naomh Bríd were unable to coun-ter despite numerous positional changes. Dara Grant opened the scoring with a pointed effort. Burt then got a penalty and despite the ’keeper making a great save, Enda McDermott palmed his rebound ef-fort into the net. Joe Boyle added two further points and Paul McHugh and Benny Harrigan both got up the field to hit points.
Paul O’Brien and Kevin Glenn were playing well in the full-back line but it was the work rate of the half forwards, midfield and half backs that frustrated Naomh Bríd. Another penalty fell Burt’s way, but Enda Mc-Dermott’s effort went straight over for a point. A crisp long ball from Ci-aran Dowds opened up another goal opportunity, this time for Joe Boyle but his effort went just over the bar for a point. Naomh Bríd got on the score sheet with the last kick of the half via a free. Half-time: Burt 1-7, N Bríd 0-1.
In the second half, Burt tried to build on their nine point lead but
Naomh Bríd put up a better chal-lenge. Naomh Bríd out scored Burt by 0-5 to 0-4 in the second half but the team will be happy to have kept Naomh Bríd to limited goal and point chances. Joe Boyle hit three points in the second half and take his tally to 0-6 for the game. Enda McDer-mott got Burt’s other point. Martin Donaghey, Eamon Reddin and Rory Grant worked hard for the whole hour and made it easier for the de-fence to build attacks.
There was no winner of the lotto jackpot last week. Two winners matched 4 numbers. Paul Downey, Pound Cottages, €30 and Darren Mc-Grath, Newtown, €30. The numbers drawn were 2,8,9,15,23. Next week’s jackpot is €1250. Anyone with lotto’s should have them in the clubhouse by Tuesday night at 8pm or hand it to any club member. If anyone is in-terested in signing up to the direct debit, please contact Liam McKin-ney. Many thanks for your continued support.
The U14 hurlers play Carn this Thursday night in the B Champion-ship final, after beating Letterkenny Gaels last week. The match will be played in Buncrana with throw-in at 7pm. Best of luck to the whole team and everyone involved.
The U12 Blue and Gold team trav-elled to Muff last Tuesday for the Inishowen Go Games. Both the Blue and Gold teams recorded wins. This week, Burt have a bye. Johnny will be in contact with details on training and next week‘s game.
U12/13/14 football training is on Saturday mornings at Hibernian Park from 10.30 -12 noon. Please re-member to bring your water bottle for hygiene reasons. Anyone that has lotto cards or who sells lottos for the club, please remember to hand them into your coach at training.
The U14 footballers play Cloughaneely this Wednesday in the NB league. Seán will be in contact with parents about bus times and ar-rangements.
The U8 Hurling and Football Acad-emy is on Monday nights in Hiber-nian Park, Burt. Training starts from 6pm to 7.30pm. Any new players/members are welcome. Can parents please send lunch/drink with their child for the mid-session break. If an-ybody has any questions, please feel free to contact any of the coaches at anytime. The coaches and their num-bers: Martin McGrath - 087 7431332; Rory Grant - 087 7763668; Benny Harrigan - 086 8670070; Johnny Downey - 086 3066874. Finally, the club and team managers extend a warm invitation for any parents that would like to help out the coaches at these sessions in any way. All help no matter how big or small is greatly ap-preciated!
Well done to all the U10 and U8 players who played in games/blitzes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The U10 footballers played Naomh Colm-cille on Friday night, and they were joined by the U8s the following morn-ing for Go Games against Moville. On Sunday, the U8 hurlers travelled to Buncrana for a blitz. Many thanks to everyone who participated and
also to all the parents who came and helped out, all input and support is needed and appreciated by the club.
U10 hurling training is on Monday nights from 6-7.30. U10 football train-ing is on Saturday afternoons from 12-1.15pm
Fixtures for the first group of games for Senior, U16 and U12 hur-ley is up in the clubhouse for sen-iors and you can also view it on our online club calendar at: http://tiny.cc/mTtmC. All upcoming games for underage and senior teams are also available on the site. Note, senior hurling fixtures may be subject to change with the County u21 hurlers in the Shield Final.
The VHI/GAA Summer Camps is on in Burt from Monday 4 July to Friday 8 July. It runs from 10am - 2.30pm each day. It costs €65 for each child, €50 for a second family member or additional child. Contact Johnny Downey (086 3066874) or any underage coach. It is open for any child under 13.
Anybody who has Burt gear or-dered should contact Liam McKin-ney (086 3558398) about collecting. A number of stock is also available from Liam for anybody looking for extra gear.
Just a reminder to all members and local community that there is a charity clothes bank beside the Burt clubhouse. The ‘Cash for Clobber’ bank is a good way to get free of un-wanted clothes and it benefits both the Club and the charity it goes to.
Congratulations to Gavin McGrath and Conor Harkin who were se-lected for the U16 Ulster Elite Hurl-ing Camp, which will take place next month.
CARNDONAGH
U14’s Inis Eoghain: Carn 6-09, Urris 2-07;
At U14 level Carn and Urris met in Pairc Ui Dhochartaigh last Friday evening to compete for a place in the Inishowen B final.
After an entertaining hour’s play it was the Carn lads who deserved their place in the final with goals from the home team the difference on this occasion. In goals, young Dar-ragh O’Neill had a solid performance, with Eoghan O’Cellaigh and Christo-pher McLaughlin very impressive in the full back line. Keith Norris was again very impressive throughout with good support at half back from David Doherty and Brandon Browne at midfield and Aaron McCarron and Enda Callaghan in the half forward line. New comer Dermot Doherty has shown good form and settling in well.
Up front Cathal Doherty continues to show well and secured a tally of 2-3 on the night.
This match was also played to ful-fil next Wednesday’s same fixture in the Northern Board, which worked out well for Carn coach, Mickey Do-herty and his Management team.
The Carn panel for this semi final was
Aaron McCarron, Ben Lafferty, Brandon Browne, Cathal Doherty,
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Christopher McLaughlin, Conor Browne, David Doherty, Darragh O’Neill, Dermot Doherty, Eoghan O’Cellaigh, Enda Callaghan, James Monagle, Keith Norris, Mark Do-herty, Michael Doherty, Nathan Harkin, Nathan McLarkey, Oisin McLaughlin, Pádraig Sperrin, Shaun McCreanor with the injured Ryan Doherty again playing his part of the Management Team.
Training this week is on Wednes-day evening at 7.15pm.
Ladies Football:The u14 girls played Malin in
Foden last Friday evening and they had a good result. There was a panel of twenty three and each girl got the opportunity to play and they all played very well. This team is a split between u12 and u14 girls and they have gelled very well during the com-petition. So far they have lost two games and won two and with the last game in the u14 competition coming up next week the girls will be hoping for another win. They are due to play Naomh Pádraig, Muff on Tuesday; this game will be played in Muff.
The u12 girls are due to host the blitz this Saturday in Foden, the de-tails have not been finalised yet but the players will be notified before then. We would like the parents to come and support the girls, this group play well together and are re-ally enjoying the blitzes so far.
There will be no training for u16 girls this week as they are still doing exams but with most exams finished up next Monday, there will be train-ing at 6.15 on Monday 20th June. The first match for this group is due to take place on the 24th June.
Cumann na mBunscol:Congratulations to Dermot Do-
herty who represented Craigtown School in the Cumann na mBunscol games which were played during the half time break at the Cavan versus Donegal game on Sunday last.
Memorial 7 a-side:The Joe McLaughlin (Roe) memo-
rial 7 a-side football tournament will take place this year on Sunday July 31st. After a very successful inaugu-ral competition both on and off the pitch last year with Buncrana win-ning the competition the club look forward to more teams entering the competition this year.
Club Meeting:The June club meeting will take
place on Tuesday June 14th at 9pm in the clubrooms.
MALIN
Despite a very good performance from a somewhat makeshift senior side, they lost by 0-09 to 0-05 away to Cloughaneely on Saturday, the home keeper making 4 important saves to prevent a Malin win.
The reserve side were well beaten in their game, understandably so given that six of the reserve side which faced Glenfin in the Champi-onship were playing for the senior
side on Saturday. Congratulations to Ruaidhri Mc-
Carron, Drumcarbit, who repre-sented Donegal in the half time game in the Ulster Championship quarter-final between Cavan and Donegal on Sunday.
The senior ladies have stopped for exams and their next game is home to Convoy on the 3rd July.
This years summer camp takes place the week of 18th/22nd July, 10-00 to 2-30 each day. The cost is €65 for first child, then €50 for each ad-ditional child in a family. All children are asked to bring boots and runners and there will be a bus and tuck shop available. Further information can be got from Maria McLaughlin 087 7763679.
Malin GAA club have a club phone which sends texts about club fixtures for adult and underage teams as well as club events and notices. If any-one would like their name added to texting list please contact the club phone on 0868668531.
Under age training times have changed to the following, U-8 Thurs-days at 6pm, U-10 Fridays at 6pm.
Camogie for all ages is now on Wednesdays 4-5, under 8 hurling 5-6 and under 10/12 6-7. Each session costs €2 and helmets and hurls are provided. Anyone who is interested in helping with camogie or hurling is very welcome to come along to the training sessions on Wednesdays.
U-14, U-10 and U-8 girls training continues every Saturday morning from 11-00 to 12-00, all girls welcome to attend, €2 per session.
There was no winner of this weeks lotto jackpot. The sequence drawn was 3,4,1,5,2,7,6. Lorraine McLaugh-lin, Drumcarbit was the €50 prize winner with the €20 sellers prize going to Conor Byrne, Beaugh. Next weekends jackpot is €2,000 and we thank the local community for its continued support. Well done to the Noone girls Eileen and Sharon, who gave birth to baby boys within an hour of each other last Monday so, congratulations to Eileen and Patrick on the birth of baby Cormac Collins and to Sharon and John on the birth of baby Jack McLaughlin.
MOVILLE
Moville Under-12 are due to play Carn this Tuesday at Carrick, Play-ers are asked to be at the pitch for 6.15.
The Under-8 and under-10’s had a very successful blitz on Saturday and the club would like to thank all the coaches (Billy, Lynn, Martin, Elaine and Gerard) for having pre-pared the kids so well, thanks also to all the parents who turned up to watch the event. The Under-8 and Under-10 teams hope to play Carn at home on Saturday but this has yet to be confirmed.
The Under 14 Girls are sched-uled to play Malin Away on Tuesday Night; having won all their previous Matches a victory here should see them qualify for the County Semi Final.
There was no Jackpot Winner of the GAA lotto this week (6th June). The Winning Numbers were 1, 7, 14, 23 and the €50 Euro Winner was Donal O’Sullivan
The Clubs Annual Raffle took place last week. The Winners where 1st Davy (Jack) McLaughlin, 2nd Niall Doherty (Burtonport), and 3rd John McGeady.
The Moville GAA Cul Camp will take please on 18th to 21st July, Please contact a committee Mem-ber, or any of the coaches for further information.
Club membership is now overdue anyone who has not paid their mem-bership is ask to do so ASAP and should be paid to treasurer Bridget Harkin.
There is also a full range of mer-chandise available from the club anyone interested in purchasing merchandise is asked to contact Bridget Harkin or any member of the club.
NAOMH PÁDRAIG
The numbers drawn in last weeks lotto draw were 5, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4 and 7. There was no jackpot winner how-ever 3 runner-up prizes of €35 went to John McLaughlin, John Fair and
Sharon McCready. Next weeks jack-pot will be €400.
The Seniors returned to action on Saturday evening after a 3 week lay off when Lifford were the visitors to Ture. Naomh Pádraig started the game excellently and first 2 attacks resulted in two frees which were both dispatched by Damian Diver. However Lifford responded in best possible fashion when a long ball into Naomh Pádraig square wasn’t dealt with and ball bounced into back of net. Lifford then added their first point of the game however Naomh Pádraig hit back with a Gerard Mc-Colgan effort. Diver added another for Naomh Pádraig before Lifford enjoyed a good period of dominance, which resulted in another 2 points. Naomh Pádraig midfielder Martin Duffy ended scoring for half with a well taken point to leave it Naomh Pádraig 0-05 Lifford 1-04 at the break. Lifford started second half very strongly and dominated first 10 minutes to hit 3 points in succes-sion and take a commanding 5-point lead. However Naomh Pádraig then began to dominate midfield and used possession wisely to go on and hit 8 unanswered points. Dermot Keav-eney’s strong running resulted in first 2 points while substitute Mickey McColgan added the third. Full for-ward Damian Diver added 4 of the last 5 points with another Dermot Keaveney point sandwiched in be-tween to give home side victory on scoreline of Naomh Pádraig 0-13 Lif-ford 1-07.
Team and scorers: Christy Lynch, Gary McKinney, Laurence Lynch, Brendan McColgan, Cathal McCol-gan, John McLaughlin, Anthony Mc-Colgan, Martin Duffy (0-01), Aidan Lynch, Dermot Keaveney (0-03), Eunan Keaveney, Gerard McCol-gan (0-01), Barry Hegarty, Damian Diver (0-07), Michael Crowley. Subs Michael McColgan (0-01), Brian Mc-Colgan, Enda McColgan.
The clubs annual Sports Day takes place this Sunday 18th June. All wel-come to what always proves to be an entertained filled day.
The Inishowen U14B Semi-Final between Naomh Pádraig and Bun-
crana, which was due to be played on Friday evening, did not take place. A rearranged date has yet to be set.
The U12’s continue their Inisho-wen campaign on Tuesday evening 14th June when they host Malin at Ture.
RED HUGHS
Lotto & 100+ ClubThere were six winners of the
Lotto draw last week. The winners were Anne Marie Gallagher, Colm McNulty, Anthony McDaid, Regina Kelly, Alan Mongan and Michael McMenamin (Dreenan) and they re-ceive €20 each. The numbers drawn were 5,4,7,1,2,6,3. Next weeks jackpot is €660. The Lotto sellers in the com-ing weeks are: 18th June - Kieran Bradley, 25th June - Joe Sweeney and 2nd July - Charlie Doherty. The winner of the 100+ Club draw last week was Alice Doherty and she re-ceives €100. Your continued support for the 100+ Club and the Lotto are greatly appreciated.
SENIORS & RESERVESReserves - Red Hughs 1-7, Convoy 1-9
Red Hughs reserves lost out nar-rowly on Saturday evening despite a good performance against a strong Convoy side.
Panel & Scorers: K Neeson, D McCreary, C Scanlon, P O’Brien, M O’Brien, Ronan Gallen, M Callaghan, P Byrne, B O’Brien, D O’Brien 0-1, W Scanlon, N McMenamin 1-0, L Scan-lon, M Wilson 0-6, S Gallagher Subs: C Bonner, A Mongan, A Bradley, M Coyle, M McConnell Senior - Red Hughs 1-17, Convoy 1-12
The senior team continued their recent good form with a good vic-tory at home to Convoy on Saturday evening. There were many impres-sive performances throughout the field and this should give this young team great confidence for the big games ahead.
Panel & Scorers: M Shiels, G Kelly, T McMenamin, P McGlinchey, G Me
GAA Club Notes St Eunan’s U-8 hurlers who took part in Sundays hurling blitz in Setanta.
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laugh, K Melaugh 0-1, K Gallen, M McMenamin, D Browne 0-9, G Gallagher 0-2, K Callaghan, C Bradley 0-1, C Melaugh 0-1, Ricky Gallen 0-2, PJ Gallagher 0-1 Subs: E Browne 1-0, K Kelly, W Scanlon, A Bradley
Training for the senior, reserve and minor teams continues on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7.30 and all players should attend.
Ladies
Senior ladies training continues at the pitch on Wednesday at 8.00 and Friday at 7.30pm.
Minor Board
U10 A & B teams are due to play Lifford at home next Saturday morning. The U12 A and B teams played against McCumhaills last Monday and lost out narrowly in both games but they competed very well as they have done in all their games. They are due to play St Eunans away this Monday evening the 13th June. The U14 boys played Buncrana at home on Sunday evening and gave a great performance winning by 2 points. They lead 7 points to nil at half time and held off a Buncrana comeback in the second period. Final score Red Hughs 1-8 Buncrana 2-3. Team was Jason Sweeney, Ryan Wilson, Michael McColgan, Odhran Do-herty, Cathal Doherty, Matthew McColgan, Stephen McMenamin, Dylan Irwin, Corey Gallagher, Justin McBride, Tomas Doherty, Cormac McMenamin, Jason Dul-laghan, Ryan Dullaghan. They are due to play Newtown away this Fri-day the 17th June.
Girls U14 team were beaten by St Eunans in Letterkenny on Thursday although they gave a good performance. They have their last game of the season at home to McCumhaills this week with the day and time to be confirmed. Girls U12 team host a blitz next Satur-day morning 18th June with the exact time yet to be confirmed.
Ulster Council Assessor
This Thursday the 16th of June the club will be visited by a club facilitator from the Ulster GAA Council. The club have invited him to come along to assess the clubs current coaching and training for all underage teams. All past and current underage coaches are welcome to attend and give their opinions and help to lay out a plan for future development. This meet-ing will begin at 7.30pm in the club-house and all are very welcome.
Donegal gameWell done to the Donegal senior
team on their victory over Cavan at the weekend. Anyone who wants to order stand tickets for the semi final against Tyrone in Clones on 26th June should get their order to club secretary Patricia Kelly by next Sunday. Tickets are re-quired for covered stand only.
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FIXTURES
Donegal Northern Board GAA
Peter McFadden Breenagh U12 Go Games Section OneLK Gaels 4.09 0.03 DowningsSt Michaels 2.04 7.12 Fanad GaelsGaoth Dobhair 5.09 2.07 MilfotdTermon 5.05 5.06 LK Gaels
Section TwoRed Hughs 1.06 0.16 McCumhaillsN Padraig 1.03 2.08 St Eunans B
Division Two Section OneMalin 9.15 3.05 N. ColmcilleUrris 12.14 0.04 R. Emmets Red Hughs 1.08 2.03 Buncrana N Padraig 0.00 1.05 Carndonagh Division Two Section TwoL/Kenny Gaels 5.10 3.03 Gaoth DobhairSt Eunans B 5.09 4.10 MilfordDownings 1.02 6.06 Glenswilly Termon 1.02 6.19 St Michaels
Wednesday15th June 7.30 pmCrawford Trophies LiffordUnder 14 Division OneConvoy v Fanad Gaels Paul CrampsieCloughaneely v Burt Conal O Baoill Ghaoth Dobhair v McCumhaills Hughie McGarveyGlenfin v St Eunans Cathal Doherty
Division Two Section OneCarndonagh v Urris Paul McLaughlinBuncrana v Malin Alan FrielR Emmets v N Padraig Gareth DevenneyN Colmcille v Red Hughs Joe O Donnell
Division Two Section TwoSt Michaels v St Eunans B Seamus BradleyGlenswilly v Letterkenny Gaels Conal McGreneraMilford v Termon Mark DorrianGhaoth Dobhair v Downings Joe Casey
Saturday 18th June 12.00Peter McFadden Breenagh U10 Go Games Section OneCloughaneely v Letterkenny GaelsGhaoth Dobhair v St EunansFanad Gaels v MilfordDownings v TermonGlenswilly v St Michaels
Peter McFadden Breenagh U10 Go Games Section TwoNaomh Colmcille v BuncranaRed Hughs v N Padraig LiffordRobert Emmets v McCumhaillsGlenfin v Convoy
Wednesday 22nd June 7.30 pmCrawford Trophies LiffordUnder 14 Division OneSt Eunans v Convoy Paddy McKeeverBurt v Ghoath Dobhair Paddy McGonagleFanad Gaels v Glenfin James McGinleyMcCumhaills v Cloughaneely Cathal Doherty
Division Two Section OneRed Hughs v Carndonagh PJ ScanlonMalin v Robert Emmets John FarrenUrris v Naomh Colmcille Paul McLaughlinN Padraig v Buncrana
Division Two Section TwoDowning v St Michaels Daniel HallL/Kenny Gaels v Milford Conal McGreneraSt Eunans B v Ghaoth Dobhair Gary McDaidTermon v Glendwilly Don Langan
Under 10 Go Games League Section 2Team Played Won Lost Drawn Points Convoy 3 3 0 0 6 Sean MacCumhaills 2 2 0 0 4 Robert Emmets 3 1 1 1 3 Buncrana 2 1 0 1 3 St Eunans B 2 1 1 0 2 N.Colmcille Newtown 1 1 0 0 2 Glenfin 3 1 2 0 2 Red Hughs 0 0 0 0 0 Carndonagh 3 0 3 0 0 N. Padraig Lifford 3 0 3 0 0 Under 12 Go Games League Section 2Team Played Won Lost Drawn Points Red Hughs 6 4 2 0 8 Sean MacCumhaills 4 4 0 0 8 St Eunans B 5 4 1 0 8 N.Colmcille Newtown 4 3 1 0 6 Robert Emmets 3 2 1 0 4 Convoy 4 2 2 0 4 Buncrana 4 2 2 0 4 Glenfin 4 1 3 0 2 N.Padraig Lifford 6 1 5 0 2 Carndonagh 6 0 6 0 0 Crawfords Trophies U-14 League Div 1Team Played Won Lost Drawn Points St Eunans A 2 2 0 0 4 Fanad Gaels 2 2 0 0 4 Glenfin 2 2 0 0 4 Burt 2 1 1 0 2 Convoy 2 1 1 0 2 Gaoth Dobhair 2 0 2 0 0 Sean MacCumhaills 2 0 2 0 0 Cloughaneely 2 0 2 0 0 Crawfords Trophies U-14 League Div 2 Section 1Team Played Won Lost Drawn Points Malin 2 2 0 0 4 Red Hughs 2 2 0 0 4 Carndonagh 3 2 1 0 4 Urris 2 1 1 0 2 Buncrana 1 0 1 0 0 N. Padraig Lifford 1 0 1 0 0 N. Colmcille Newtown 1 0 1 0 0 Robert Emmets 2 0 2 0 0 Crawfords Trophies U-14 League Div 2 Section 2Team Played Won Lost Drawn Points St Michaels 2 2 0 0 4 St Eunans B 2 2 0 0 4 Milford 2 1 1 0 2 Glenswilly 2 1 1 0 2 Gaoth Dobhair B 2 1 1 0 2 Letterkenny Gaels 2 1 1 0 2 Termon 2 0 2 0 0 Downings 2 0 2 0 0
URRIS
GAA Bingo every Thursday evening at 9pm in St Marys Hall Clonmany, Everyone Welcome.
The VHI Summer Camp takes place from the 4th-8th July Prices are €65 per child and €50 per additional child / children thereafter there is a bus available if required to trans-port children to and from camp at an ad-ditional €5 per week per head to book your place contact John Friel on 0860523550.
Club Gear - Anyone wishing to pur-chase club merchandise contact Alan on 0879029672.
Match & Win the jackpot went unclaimed last week and will rise to €1,580 this week the numbers drawn were 7,14,17,23. The €15 consolation prizes went to: Rose Kelly Dunaff, Monica Doherty Rooskey, Mary Duffy Urris, Anne McGilloway Roxtown, Anne Marie & Gerard Collins c/o Lizzy Shiels Rooskey.
Training under 8’s Saturday morning at 11am. Under 12 Girls Wednesday 5pm - 6pm Contact Susan 0863945954.
Results; U14 Boys Lost their game against Carn in the ‘B’ Semi Finals on Fri-day.
Fixtures: The U14 Boys Northern Board Game For Wednesday Has Been Played they lost to Carn.Tuesday 14th U12’s home to Buncrana.
If you have any items for the GAA notes email to [email protected] or contact Liz O’Neill on 0863858629 before 6pm on Sun-day.
Naomh Colmcile
The U14s lost out to a strong Malin side in their first game of the season on Friday night. Training continues at 6:30 on Wednesday.
The seniors and reserves both lost out to Aodh Rua in the league on Saturday. Match report and photos from the senior match at http://www.naomhcolmcille.com
Naomh Colmcile u8s, u10s and u12s travelled to the Col-mcille Day blitz in Celtic Park on Saturday (11th June). The blitz also included two teams from Doire Colmcille (Derry) and one from Naomh Co-lumbas (Urney, Co. Tyrone). The u8s took on a team from Doire Colmcille in their first
game, Naomh Columbas in the second, and concluded with a match against the sec-ond Doire Colmcille team. The games were very competitive and played in a very sporting manner in great weather con-ditions. The blitz concluded with a presentation in the main stand, when all the kids who took part received a medal. Well done to all the kids who participated. Thanks to Doire Colmcille for another well or-ganised Colmcille Day blitz, for all the refreshments, and the medals for the players.
Please gather up outstand-ing Tesco and Sainsbury’s vouchers and give them to Adrian Marsh (087 2873076) or any other coach or committee member.
45WEDNESDAY15 JUNE 2011
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Angry Donegal manager turns on RTE pundits for poking fun at countyDONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness has rounded on critics of his team – claiming RTE pundits had disre-spected his players.
McGuinness described the broadcasting pundits reac-tion to Donegal’s victory over Antrim as “way over the top”.
And he was furious by comments made on ‘The Sunday Game’ that night about the selection of Donegal wing-forward Ryan Bradley as the man of the match.
“There’s one thing being critical of Jim McGuinness or my style of football but there’s another thing in being disrespectful and we felt that Ryan Bradley was disre-spected,” McGuinness fumed.
“RTE presented him with a trophy and then said there was no man of the match.
“Ryan Bradley has parents and a girlfriend, who were standing watching him accepting a trophy, as proud as punch, and then people later were saying ‘there was no (real) man of the match!’
“Last week they had a joke about us as well at the end of the programme.
“Donegal seems to be this county that everyone can have a good laugh at because we’re not that serious.
“I don’t like my players or my county being disrespected.“Liam Bradley (Antrim manager) threw out a couple of
comments and ‘The Sunday Game’ and Sunday papers ran with those comments. “There’s a full season to be played but there was no word of our 1-17 against Antrim. “If peo-ple want to criticise how we play I don’t have an issue, but when it gets to your players. . .” he said.
“Everyone’s got their job to do, and everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but when it’s disrespectful there’s a line to be drawn and I feel that line’s been crossed on a number of occasions in recent weeks,” McGuinness said.
“It’s a one-way street, we don’t get our opportunity to give our point of view but as a manager I’ve a duty of care to my players.”
St. Eunan’s team, winners of the first ever James Gallagher Memorial Cup. They defeated Ardara in the Final.
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Donegal to appeal captain michael murphy’s sending offDONEGAL are to appeal the sending off of captain Michael Murphy in yesterday’s Ulster Championship game against Cavan.
The big Glenswilly man was only settling into the game when he was harshly shown a red card after he shouldered his marker in the 13th minute of the game.
Murphy caught his opponent in the chest but television analysis of the encounter showed the Murphy did not raise his hands.
Manager Jim McGuinness said later that they will be awaiting the referee’s report but will appeal the sending-off.
“We will await the referee’s report to see what he has to say but I think it was harsh. WE will be appealing it,” he said.
If the sending-off is upheld, Murphy will be banned for a month and will miss the vital semi-final encounter against Tyrone in two weeks time.
However former Donegal legend and BBC pundit Martin McHugh said he thinks Murphy could be given the benefit of the doubt.
“I think it will be appealed and I think Donegal have a good chance of getting the red card overturned,” he said.
47WEDNESDAY15 JUNE 2011
Donegal ease past CavanDONEGAL were never really chal-lenged as they comfortably strolled past an inexperienced Cavan side in Ulster GAA Championship Quarter-Final in Kingspan Breffni Park.
Goals from young Paddy Mc-Brearty and Rory Kavanagh proved to be the key behind Donegal’s sec-ond win of the Ulster GAA Football Championship.
McBrearty, who is still eligible to play in the Minor grade, managed to finish his first Senior start for his county with an impressive 1-3 and could give himself a good shout for a starting position in the next game.
The win did come at a cost for Jim McGuinness’s men when star full-forward and captain Michael Mur-phy was given a straight red card and will now miss the clash with Tyrone in the Ulster GAA Football Championship Semi-Final.
Both sides were reduced to 14 men in this sluggish affair. Only seven minutes had passed when Cavan’s mountain was made even bigger when Ray Cullivan was given his marching orders as he clashed with Kevin Cassidy.
Cavan did start the brighter of the two teams, however, and had an early lead of 0-2 to 0-1 before both sides were reduced in numbers.
Donegal failed to take full advan-tage of being a man up before Mur-phy was sent to the sideline. They failed to score for the six minutes they had the extra man and it was not until 20 minutes had passed that Donegal drew level though a Colm McFadden free.
But moments later 18-year-old McBrearty fired a low shot that flew into the Cavan net and looked set Donegal on their way.
That goal kick-started Donegal’s challenge and they racked up a five-point lead just before the break, the best of the bunch coming from McFadden who looked to have his shooting boots on.
The sides went in at the break 1-6 to 0-3 points when McBrearty capped off a fine first half with a lovely point in injury time to leave
the Breffni County needing a mira-cle to turn this game around.
That miracle never came and the game was over as a contest when Kavanagh came up with Donegal’s second goal. The midfielder was put into space by the lively McFadden and he drilled the ball past Damien Reilly in the Cavan goal.
Donegal kept the foot on the pedal and made sure that there was to be no comeback from a demoralised Cavan side.
McFadden and McBrearty rounded off their performances with further scores and substitute Leo
McLoone also got in on the act with a score, making his comeback from a broken ankle sustained in March.
The game was all but over when Cavan managed to grab a consola-tion goal through Mickey Brennan, who was quickest to the rebound of a poorly struck penalty from Seán Johnston.
Tyrone are up next for Donegal in the last four of the Ulster GAA Championship while Cavan now have the tricky task of overcoming Longford in the ‘back door’ system.
Cavan Scorers: M Brennan (1-1),
N McDermott (0-4, 3f), S Johnston (0-1, 1f), G McKiernan (0-1), F Flanagan (0-1)
Donegal Scorers: P McBrearty (1-3, 1f), C McFadden (0-5, 2f) R Kavanagh (1-0), D Molloy (0-2), K Rafferty (0-1); K Cassidy (0-1) L Mc-Cloone (0-1) M Murphy (0-1, 1f)
Cavan: J Reilly; D Sheridan, P Carroll, D O’Dowd; N Murray, J McCutcheon, D Reilly, R Cullivan, D Givney, G McKiernan, M Lyng, F Flanagan, N McDermott, E Keat-ing, S Johnston. Subs: G Smith for M Lyng (43), M McKeever for D O’Reilly (47), T Corr for D Sheridan
(50), C Mackey for N Murray (56), M Brennan for E Keating (61).
Donegal: P Durcan; K Lacey, N McGee, P McGrath; K Cassidy , A Thompson, Marty Boyle; R Kavan-agh, K Rafferty; M McElhinney, P McBrearty, R Bradley; M McHugh, M Murphy, C McFadden. Subs: M Hegarty for M McElhinney (30), L McCloone for K Cassidy (52), D Mol-loy for R Bradley (54), N Gallagher for K Rafferty (57), D Walsh for M McHugh (65).
Ulster GAA Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final:
