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AINE FI TZG E RA L D & ALAN OW E NS wedding to tourmanager of the early 1990s as front- e-mail: n ews @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e rock band DuranDuran, womanof The Cranberries. Twitter: @ L i m e r i c k _ Lead e r Don Burton in Holycross She auditioned for the band Abbey in County Tipperary after the departure of its TRIBUTES have been paid in 1994 and alsoofficiatedat previous lead singer and following the sudden death the funeral Mass of Dolores' they would go onto sell over father Terry in Ballybricken Whenyou recycle your old of rock star and Limerick 40 million records world- in 2011, said: “My heart goes wide during a stellar career. woman Dolores O’R i o rd a n . outto thefamily.Dolores Last year,the group can- wantedgoldAtlimerick’sThreeLevel Je The Cranberries front- was their pride and joy. We celledtheir European and woman passed away sud- all US tours due to illness after ellery Store denly on Monday. She was Dolores cited back issues. 4 6. She had an immense President Michael D Hig- While the circumstances influence on rock gins said: “It is with great of her death areas yetun- sadness that I have learned Up to € pergram known, it has been con- and pop music in of the deathof Dolores O’Ri - 33 firmed that the Ballybricken I re l a n d ordan, musician, singer and native died suddenly at a song writer. Highest Cash &Insore CreditPrices Paid hotel in London. President Higgins “Dolores and The Cran- A spokesperson who rep- berries had an immense in- resented the singer con- fluence on rock and pop firmed to the Chronicle: loved her very, very much. music in Ireland and inter- “Irish and international “She goton well all the n at io n a l l y. singer Dolores O’R i o rd a n way through her life. I was “I recall withfondness has died suddenly in London very disappointed to hear the late Limerick TD Jim today (Monday).She was46- today that she has leftus so Ke m my ’ s introduction of years-old. The lead singer early in life. Her family did so her and The Cranberries to with the Irish band The muchfor her and supported me, and the pride he and so Cranberries, was in London her all the way through.” many others took in their for ashort recording ses- Fr James Walton, priest suc c e s s e s . sion. No further details are in Dolores’home parish of “To all those whofollow available at this time.” Ballybricken, also ex- and support Irish music, Family friend Canon pressed his deepest sym- Irish musicians and theper- Liam McNamara who wasa pathies to the family. forming arts, her death will co-celebrant at Dolores' Dolores shot to fame in be a big loss,”he added. 8O’Connell Street, Limerick. T: 415583 4LIMERICK CHRONICLE Tue sday, Januar y 16, 20 1 8 N EWS

TROLLEY CRISIS: CALLS TO RE-OPEN CLOSED HOSPITAL BEDS IN LIMERICK CITY F UNDING Heritage Council call out for scheme THE Heritage Council has issued a call for funding applications from Lim- HSE management ‘must be erick under its Com- munity Heritage Grant Scheme. See www.herit- agecouncil.ie for more.

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NICK RA B B I T TS AT CITY HALL Talk on bird names e-mail: n i c k @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e Twitter: @ n i c k 4 68 o f f i c i a l and trad music

MANAGEMENT of the Bird Watch Ireland Lim- erick branch will give a public health service in Ire- presentation on bird land must be taken out of names, tunes and tradi- the political arena and tional music tomorrow handed over to experts. evening 7.45pm in T h at’s according to Fine room 3B05 at the Limerick Gael councillor Daniel Institute of Technology. Butler, whowas speaking as thetrolley crisis con- P OLITICS tinuestospiral outofcon- trol this winter. People waiting in emer- Gavan wants May gency departments for referendum date treatment climbed toa re- cord high of 677 over the New SINN Fein Senator Paul Year period, and at this Gavan has called on gov- we e k ’s metropolitan ernment to ensure a date council meeting,members for the referendum to re- called for change. peal the eighth amend- Locally, thatmeans re- ment of the constitution opening the emergency unit happens in May this year, at St John’s Hospital, pro- rather than the autumn. posed by Cllr Kieran O’Hanlon, while Cllr Cian COUNCIL Prendiville lodgeda formal notice of motion urging beds Management at University Hospital Limerick are being called upon to attend the next council meeting axed over the last decade to Horses seized near be brought back into use. railway tracks “Our health service has fewer beds then in the 1980s, University Hospital Lim- chael Hourigan pointedout Sinn Fein councillor Séi- basis. I am fed up to the back LIMERICK City and even thoughthe population erick on theclosure of beds a spend of €14bn on the ghin ÓCeallaigh calledon teeth of hearing stories of County Council says two has gone up hugely in that in St John’s Hospital, plus health service. members to invite new Uni- peoplewaiting ontrolleys. female horses which were time. It’s an emergency, it’sa Ennis and Nenagh. “No-one likes to see versity of Limerick chan- I t’s unfathomable what’s seized near railway tracks crisis, but it’s no accident,” “Nomatterwho is in gov- people on trolleys, butthere cellor, and former Health going on.” at the rear of Glasgow he said, “One-third of people ernment, we will have this needs to be arecognition Minister Mary Harney to Councillor Elenora Park, Galvone last week who go to A&E wait more crisis. It’snot going to be that quite a lot is being done. ask her why, when she pre- Hogancalled on bossesat will be disposed of if they than six hours. And we are solved here– the bestpolit- This governmenthas one of dicted an impending crisis, University HospitalLim- are not claimed by their now in asituation where ical minds seem to be unable the highest budgets in the during her time in office, did erick to beasked to attend ow n e r s . people feel that is not too to solve this problem,”La - European Unionon health,” she not act? the next councilmeeting to bad ,” Cllr Prendiville said. bour councillor Joe Leddin he said. Cllr Butler said: “Ta ke update members on their H E A LT H Cllr Malachy McCreesh said, calling fora higher rate Cllr O’Hanlonalso called thehealth service out ofthe plans for Dooradoyle. seconded themotion, laying of investment. fora return of theMid-West political arena and have it This was adopted by theblame for thepile-upat Fine Gael councillor Mi- health board. dealt with on a cross-party members at the meeting. 38 patients treated on trolleys at UHL ACCORDING to figures published by the INMO, there were 38 patients being treated on ED trol- House prices set to continue to rise in 2018 – sur vey leys and on additional trolleys or beds in the THE PRICE of an average “Prices look set to increase The average semi-de- spokesperson Healy Hynes. wards at UHL on Monday three-bedroom semi-de- in thefirst half of 2018, and tached house nationally now “A lack of supply is still the morning. tached house in Limerick we expect them to level off at costs €225,806,the REA Av- main driver of the market, city is expected to rise by 8.5 this point dueto the com- erage House Price Survey with listings of second hand E N V I RO N M E N T percentthis year,according mencement of new home de- found – a rise of 1.8 percent on properties at a lowlevel to a new survey. velopments which will offer the 2017 third quarterfigure around the country. Irish Water refund Prices increased by 1.1 per- greater supply,” said Michael of €221,861. “Anything that does go on centbetween September and O’Connor of REA O’Connor The survey also found that sale is reaching sale agreed in details appeal December of lastyear, and Mu r p hy. agents throughout the a short period of time –f i ve local agents arepredicting The REA Average House country expect prices to rise weeks on average and four Irish Water says 95% of the prices are going to con- PriceSurvey concentrates on by 7.5 percent on average in weeks in Dublin city,”said the water charge refund- tinue rising, says thesurvey theactual sale priceofIre- the next 12 months. s p o ke s p e r s o n . cheques have been issued. by Real Estate Alliance. land's typical stock home,the “Theheated marketthat “However, this is not It is making a final appeal A three-bed semi in Lim- three-bed semi, giving an up- we saw throughout much of normal in aproperly func- to customers yet to get re- erick city nowcosts an av- to-date picture of theprop- 2017 has cooled somewhat tioning market, where time funds to update their de- erageof €192,000, according erty market in towns and and we are nowin aperiod of periods of eightweeks tosale tails via www.water.ie/for- Property prices: on the up in to the survey. cities countrywide. more certainty,” said REA agreed are more common.” home/refunds/ or by 2018 according to new survey calling 1850 448 448. 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Man charged over hatchet attack A TIPPERARY man charged in assaulting Damien Hackett, Mr Connorbail subject to a connection witha hatchetat- causing him harm. number ofconditions including tack in Southill almost eight Itisthe State casethat thelodging of €5,000 cashwith years ago is to stand trial on in- Hackett, who is nowaged in his the court. dictment, writes David Hurley. early 30s, washit across Inspector Liz Kennedy said Frederick Connor, aged 30, the back of the head and the side directions have been received in of Brittas, Thurles, wasbrought of his face during an altercation relation to the matter,which is beforeLimerick District Court at Donoughmore Crescent. to proceed on indictment at the after he was charged in connec- The victim, who received 20 circuit court. tion withan incidentatJohn stitches, sustained two lacera- The case was adjourned to fa- Carew Park on April 26, 2010. tions and has some permanent cilitate the preparation of a book Detective Garda Shane Ryan scarring as a result of the at- of evidence. told Limerick District Court the tac k . Another man was previously defendant made no reply when Despitea garda objection, prosecutedin relation to the he was formally charged with Judge Marian O’Leary granted m atte r.

Colin Ryan pleaded guilty to ‘intentionally or recklessly’causing serious harm to the woman during an incident at Hassetts Villas on November 26, 2016 Man pleads guilty over ‘acid attack’ on woman

Ryan pleaded guilty. DAV I D HU R L EY e-mail: d av i d . hu r l e y@ l i m e r i c k l e ad e r. i e The woman, who could not live inde- Twitter: @ dhu r l e y l l pendently fora time after she was re- leased from hospital, also sustained a A SAINT Mary’s Park man has ad- stab wound to the back, fracturedribs mitted assaulting a woman who sus- and a collapsed lung. tained severe injuries when she was Having taken instructions, John O’Sullivan BL, prosecuting confirmed stabbed and doused with “some form the State would not be proceeding with of acid” at a flat on the north side of separate chargesof assault which had the city. been preferred against the defendant. Both charges under Section 3 of the When arraigned at Limerick Circuit Non FatalOffences Against the Person Court, Colin Ryan, aged 29, whohas Act relate to the same woman. an address at St Ita’s Street, St Mary’s Mark Nicholas SC, defending, re- Park, pleaded guiltyto “i n te n t io n a l l y quested an adjournment of the case to or recklessly” causing serious harm to facilitate the preparation of a psychi- the woman at Hassett’s Villas, atric report in relation to his client. Thomondgate on the night of He saidhis client wasattending November 26, 2016. Tevere Day around thetime of the of- The offence carries a maximum fence and that he believed the report penalty of life imprisonment. would be assistance to the court. Previously,Limerick District Court Judge Tom O’Donnellagreed and he wastold thevictim wasfound in an un- adjourned thematter to next month conscious state on thefloor of her flat when a sentencing date will be set. when gardai were alerted to the in- In addition to the psychiatric report, cident during the early hours of a victim impact statementwill be can- November 27, 2016. vassed form the victim. Such were her injuries, the 38-year- By law the views of theDirector of old wasplaced in an induced coma and Public Prosecutions must also be spent more than two months in hospital sought in relation to where she places following the incident. the offence on the scale of seriousness. The woman who sustained severe While he was previously granted burns to her face,neck, throat and bail, thedefendant has been in custody upper limbs when theacidwas poured since hewas first charged and brought over her, has gone on to makea good re- before Limerick District Court in covery and was present in court when March of last year. 6LIMERICK CHRONICLE Tue sday, Januar y 16, 20 1 8 N EWS

T R I B U T ES MOURNERS GATHER IN MOYROSS TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO MARTIN CLANCY ‘There are no words to explain’ or to make anything better’ thing or to make anything JESS CA S EY e-mail: j es s . c as e y@ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e b ette r.” Twitter: Jes s _ J C as e y “I’m told that thereisno greaterpain foranyone than THE brother of murder foraparent, amother or victim Martin Clancy has father,to lose theirchildren and lay them to rest.” thanked the community of ”They saythat is the Moyross for their support greatest pain of all.” following the death of his “For Joe and Mary, be- brother in the city earlier cause havingeight sons and this month. losing one, how difficult it is forthem and howdifficult it Eight days after the 45 has been forthe last week, year-old was found dead at how difficult it will be.” his home on LittleO’Curry “We can’t imagine the Street, mourners gathered journey they havebeen on to pay their final respects for the last week or more.” at Corpus Christi Church “T h e r e’s a lotof waiting in Moyross. and anguish and loss and a “The community in lotof notknowingand Moyross, it stood out this everything very public.” week, especially in the “It may not have been an h ou s e,”John Clancy told the easy time and it won’t be an c hu rc h . easy time ahead.” “People coming and “Loss cuts very deeply going, laughing and joking.” into family life, intoparents “It was a sad occasion this e s p e c i a l l y.” week butit was avery funny “Such a loss as we know, occasion as well forall of us affects people. You can see it because we werelaughing in them mentally,you can and joking all week, telling see it in them physically, you s to r ie s .” can see it in their hearts.” “The neighbours that “Loss is painful and it rips were calling in all week, I’d through people's hearts and like to thankyou very p e o p l e’slives. Loss is muc h .” something that doesn’t go John Clancy also thanked away but we learn to cope.” the gardai for theirassist- “Welearn to kind of live ance in the days following The coffin bearing the remains of murder victim Martin Clancy leaves Corpus Christi Church, Moyross, carried by his brothers John, again, we always have the his brothers death, as well as Willie, Joseph, Brendan, Peter, James and Christopher, and followed by his parents Joe and Mary. PICTURE: LIAM BURKE PRESS 22 memory and we alwayshave Martin Clancy’s that empty space.” friends Leanne and and seven brothers John, were released without Public Prosecutions. Mr Clancy wasburied in Shannon. Willie, Joseph, Brendan, “Loss cuts very deeply charge on Friday January “There areno wordsthat Mount St Lawrence “For theseven of us left Peter, James and Chris- into family life, into 12. Iknowfor an occasion like Cemetery.He is survivedby behind, it's tough, its hard to p h e r. Gardai have confirmed th i s ,” Moyross parish priest his parents, his brothers, and we love you so much.” Two men whowere ar- parents especially” that investigations are con- Father Pat Hogan told the fu- uncles, aunts, nephews, Mr Clancy is survived by rested as part of the investig- Father Pat Hogan tinuing and that a file is to be neral congregation. nieces, grandnephew, ex- his parents, Joe and Mary ationinto Mr Clancy's death prepared for the Director of “No words to explain any- tended family and friends.

Budget airline to extend offering from Shannon to USA

BUDGET airline Norwegian flights a week on its service to with Norwegian from dahl said this Monday of the I re l a n d .” has confirmed plans to ex- Providence Green Airport, Shannon, which had already increase in services: “Our Welcoming the announce- pand its transatlanticser- Rhode Island, just over one seen its transatlantic offering new transatlantic routes ment, Andrew Murphy, vices from Shannon to the hour from Boston. is at its largest number for 17 from Ireland have made a Shannon Airport Managing United States. In addition, it is adding an yea r s . strong start so we are de- Director,said: “This is excel- Norwegian Air Interna- extra service to Stewart In- The budget carrier started lightedto addextra services lent news for Shannon and tional is to expand its Boston ternational Airport, Orange thetwo new routes from at Shannon where our afford- excellent news for tourism on and New York services to County – just 90 minutes Shannon to the US in July of able flights to the US have the WildAtlantic Wayand Shannon for 2018, amove from New York, increasing last year,with Norwegian proved particularly popular wider region that we serve. that has been welcomed by from two to three flights a CEO Bjorn Kjos promising with passengers. “This announcement the airport this Monday. we e k . “morechoice and lowerfares “These additional flights clearly demonstrates Norwe- The airline,which com- The extra services will for travel to the USA” as a will give Irish passengers g i a n’s commitment at menced services at Shannon kick-in from March 2018 and result at the time. even more choiceand arean- Shannon and results in an in- in July last year, is to double bring to seven thenumber of Norwegian Chief Com- other important step in our crease of over 200% in capa- Norwegian: Expanding services its frequency from two to four weekly scheduled services mercial Officer Thomas Ram- plans for continued growth in city by the airline in 2018.” from Shannon Airport Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 7

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RELIGION: PROGRAMME OF EVENTS TO CELEBRATE CATHEDRAL St Mary’s to mark 850th anniversar y “Today, asit continuesto Jaguar-Land Rover will develop self-driving cars in Shannon MARIA FL A N N E RY e-mail: maria.flanner [email protected] be a place of pilgrimageand Twitter: @ m a r i af l a n prayer, it has a unique role to play within all aspects of city ONE OF Limerick’s most and diocesan life. Huge welcome in venerable buildings is “The central theme of our turning 850 years old this celebrations in 2018 will be opening ourdoors toall and year, and a programme to forging links withLimerick Limerick City for celebrate the historic mile- and beyond so that wemay stone will be starting at the echo theChristian message end of this month. of faith, love and witness. I invite you to join us as we cel- Jaguar Land The Bishop of Limerick, ebrate this historicoccasion the Rt Rev’d Dr Kenneth and give thanks for St Mary’s Kearon, will launch ayear- C ath e d ra l ,”added the dean. Rover jobs boost longprogramme of festiv- Highlights of the coming ities to celebrateand pro- year include avisit from the mote the cathedral’s roles in Choir of King’s College, Cam- g io n ,” said Dr Ring city life. NICK RA B B I T TS bridge, and a special service e-mail: n i c k @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e He pointed to a number of The heart ofthe Church Singing at St Mary’s: This month, a programme of events for 2018 of thanksgiving. Twitter: @ n i c k 4 68 o f f i c i a l other “world leaders”p r e s e nt of Ireland inLimerick, St will be launched to celebrate the cathedral’s anniversary Each month the in the region, including Dell Mary’s Cathedral is the Cathedral will highlight a EMC, AnalogDevices, oldest building in daily use Niall JSloane, said that “St palace, no doubt - a place of figure associated with St THERE has been ahuge Northern Trust and Regen- for its intended purpose– Mary’s holdsa very special storytelling, feasting and Mary’s, and there will also be welcome across Limerick e ro n . worship and prayer. place in thecity of Limerick c e l eb rat io n s . a tangible dimension to the following thenews that “Itshows weare doing Butas well as being a and its citizens”. “Over the succeeding celebrations as each month Jaguar is to create 150 jobs something right. We havethe place of worship, the cen- The cathedral, which was centuries it has witnessed will focus on acharityor in Shannon. likes of Dell,Analog, turies-old building plays an gifted to the church by Donal unique events, welcomed cause based in or around It emergedover the Northern Trust and Regen- important urban role in the Mor O’Brien, the lastKing of countless people through its L i m e r ic k . weekend that the British eron. All these hugebrands. realms ofcommunity, cul- Thomond, has been a siteof doors and markedkey mo- The year-long pro- car-maker is to open a soft- And there’s a reason they are ture, education, music, Christian worship since ments in the livesof Lim- gramme will officially be ware engineering centre, coming here. It's because of sport and tourism. 1168. erick people,” said Rev launched by the bishop on providing a jobs boost. the quality of life, the talent The dean, theVery Rev’d “It has been aroyal S l oa n e. January 30. Our sisternewspaper, pool, and the airport plays a the Limerick Leader, re- major role in all of this,”he vealed thatmanagement of ad d e d . the firm – based in Cov- Fianna Fail’s jobs and en- entry, West Midlands,UK terprise spokesperson Niall – were in the area last Collins added: “These are summer examining poten- high-end jobs which aretobe tial locations. welcomed, and it’s proof the The company saidit had Mid-West region has a lot selectedShannon as the going for it in terms of at- town is a globally recognised tracting inward invest- centre of excellence for soft- m e nt . It’s very significant, as ware engineering talent. it shows to other potential in- Jaguar Land Rover is ward investment opportun- looking forsoftware engin- ities that the brand mix we eers with experience in a have is very good. We have rangeof disciplines suchas world leaders across many artificial intelligence,safety s e c to r s .” critical systems and vehicle Cllr Vivienne Crowley, a rc h i te c t u re. who chairs the economic Theywill work in a re- committee, believes Lim- search and development erick people will be the prime centre, based in a newly-cre- beneficiaries of these roles. ated state-of-the-art ”Shannon is so closely building in theShannon linked withthe city, and we Free Zone, and will help have such a good road out to it designnew driverless cars, to o,”she said. New walking guide highlights Limerick’s best routes which are hoped to be on the Jaguar has, as part of this roads in the coming years. move, agreed a partnership Limerick Chamber chief withonline educationpro- A NEW guide has been launched by the route and the Castletroy Slí na Sláinte guide hasdetails of 15 trails across executive Dr James Ring vider Udacity, which special- local authority to highlight a selection of ro u t e. County Limerick. said: “I'm delighted. It’s very ises in courses such as the walking and running routes across The routes are shown on specially pro- There arealso looped routes and exer- positive, and greatto see automated driving, artificial Limerick city and county. duced maps with all the main landmarks cise stations in many of the Council-run such a high profile brand intelligence, robotics and Six of Limerick’smost popular routes highlighted, so walkers knowthey are parks listed in the newguide,as well as pick the Mid-West too. data analytics. are highlighted in the guide, including on the right track. a suggested music playlist to accompany When you have a brand like These courses will provide the award-winning CityCentreto UL Ri- The various parks around Limerick are your journeys around Limerick. this, it canset upanywhere the skills to support Jaguar verbank route, the Neil Cusack Olympic also included so walkers and runners Guides are available across Limerick in the world.So Ithink it’s a Land Rover’s engineering Trail at Condell Road, the Three Bridges can include them as part of afitness re- city and county orfrom Lim- real endorsement of what capabilities and ongoing walk, the CityCentreto Shannon Fields gime. For those who are looking for erick.ie where a full list of all walking we’re trying to doin this re- technological innovation. route, the CityCentre Slí na Sláinte something alittle morechallenging, the and running routes can be found. Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 9 Kellett Interiors

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‘Quick and easy’: Minister from sale of US house launches new online system The house remains one of the baseball bat and a paving brick at JESS CA S EY e-mail: j es s . c as e y@ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e most expensive properties in the least ten times the morning he died, Twitter: Jes s _ J C as e y area, despite its history. his murder trial was told. Online I t’s property listing describes the Ms Martens and her father THE house in which Limerickman home as a “dramatic two storey foyer claimed to haveacted in self-de- Jason Corbett was murdered in by and great room”with hardwood fe n c e. me dical his wife Molly Martens and her floors,a gas logfireplace,attractive They were expected to bere- open staircase witha landing over- leased from prison in 2037. father is currently up for sale in looking the great room and an archi- However, Ms Martens could face car d the States, with Ms Martens in line The North Carolina home in which Jason tectural opening into thekitchen four moreyears in prison after she to receive half of proceeds of its Corbett was murdered work area. breached the strict rules at the high s a l e. The property was built in 2006 by securityprison she is incarcerated a p p l i c at i o n on the market for more than two Jason Corbett as a home for him, Ms in. She was cited in November for Molly Martens and her father monthsvalued at $396,800 or Martens and his twochildren from “unauthorised leave” at the insti- Thomas, a retired FBI agent, are €3 2 3 ,6 6 1 . his first marriage. tute. launche d both currently serving lifesen- So far the property has accumu- He met Molly Martens, a former It is understood that her release tences of 20 to 25years after they lating 300 page views. model from Knoxville, Ten- date was provisionally revised after were found guilty of the murder of It is understood that any proceeds nessee, when she moved to Limerick the November incident, whichdid LIMERICK people looking Mr Corbett at their home in Wall- from the sale of the property will be to work asanau pair forhis twochil- not involve Martens leaving the to apply for amedical card burg, North Carolina two years divided between the Martens family d re n . prison facility itself. Her release date can now do so throughan a go. in the States and the Corbett family The 39-year-old father from will ultimately be decided on by a pa- online service, launched by The five-bedroom house has been in Limerick. Janesboro died after being hit with a role board. Minister for HealthSimon Harris this week. The Minister, who de- scribed the newsystemas “quick and easy” to use, launched the website www.medicalcard.ie on Limerick cyclists invited to take part in charity trek Monday morning. “This new service enables peoplefor the firsttime to apply online foraMedical Cardquickly and easily, using the HSE’s step by step guide. Users can find out if they are eligible for a Medical Card immediately,and if they are, the HSE has said that their application will be processed in 15 working days. The serviceallows ap- plicants to scan and upload documents and other in- formation. Almost 440,000 applications were received by the National Medical Card Unit in 2017, so this new, streamlined service will bring great benefits for many peop l e ,” he stated at the launch on Monday. “This is avery welcome new development by the HSE and is part of the ongoing streamlining and modern- isation of the operation of the medical card schem e . “This puts theapplicant at the centreof theprocess and Iam sure will, in time, become the preferred method of application for many applicants, both first Paul Kimmage and his daughter Evelyn, who are taking part in the CSI: Cycle for Care in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) this June time and those seekingare- Picture: Paul Sherwood newal. I would urge anyone SPORTS journalist and former professional cyclist the charity. that reality one step closer for people.” whoneeds to apply fora Paul Kimmage is calling on Limerick’s cycling en- ”In all my journeys with the IHF,I have heard “I am delighted my daughter Evelyn will be able to medical cardto logontothe thusiasts to join him and his daughterEvelyn as many poignant and touching stories from my join me once again this year. We are encouraging new system and see how easy they trek across three countries in aid of The Irish fellow cyclists about these inspirational nurses cyclists of all abilitiesto join us on this stunning it is,”Minister Harris said. Hospice Foundation (IHF). and the invaluable care theyprovide at the end of route through Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. It’sa According to figures re - The duo will lead the way, covering 600km across l i fe. ” hugely rewarding experience,” he added. leasedbythe HSE,via the Croatia, Slovenia and Italy in just five days, ped- “The Nurses for NightCare service allows people Starting in Piran, cyclists are supported Primary Care Reimburse- alling for the IHF’s Nurses for Night Care service, to spend their final days at home with their fam- throughout their journey by the IHF team. Flights, ment Service in 2016, there which provides care to people in their own homes ilies. We all wish fora peaceful and comfortable accommodation and full boardare included and were 76,563 peopleinLim- at the end of their lives. experience forour dearest during their final full details can be found at www.hospicefounda- erick availing of medical This will be Mr Kimmage’s third journey in aid of chapter and by raising funds, we’ll be able to bring tion.ie or by calling 01 6793188. c a rd s . 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CONFERENCE: Cleric warns the Church cannot relent on protecting the young and vulnerable Limerick in a better place on dealing with abuse: Bishop Leahy

JESS CA S EY harmful impact on thelives e-mail: j es s . c as e y@ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e of many young and vulner- Twitter: Jes s _ J C as e y able persons.” “At one pointin trying to THE Limerick Diocese tackle theissues, we began cannot relax and believe speaking about child protec- t io n .” that the worst is behind it Safeguarding is not just when it comes to abuse, aboutchildren butpeople of the Bishop of Limerick all ages and abilities whoare Brendan Leahy has vulnerable to predators, the wa r n ed . Bishop added. “S o m e t i m e s however, it seems as if all of The failure to recognise us, all of society, can want to and respond appropriately simplify this issue and move to abuse adds to the pro- o n .” found harm done to the “Tostay withanaware- lives of victims, Bishop ness of thepervasiveness of Leahytold delegatesatthe abuse and those dark parts ‘Building Collaborationin of our human nature and the Sa feg u a rd i n g ’ c o n fe re n c e tendencyto exploit weak- held at Mary Immaculate ness and vulnerability, may C o l l ege. be almost too much.” The Limerick Diocese is Bishop Leahysaid that currently in a“s tro n ge r from his ownmeetings with p l ac e” when it comes to victims, he was critically tackling abuse, he said, awareofthe impactofabuse adding thatthere is range of on them and their families. services in place,with “ve r y ”“This can impact on all ac t ive”training pro- dimensions of their lives and grammes ongoing. there areno quickor simple “The greatest danger for solutions to whatare some- us is that wemight relax and times their lifelong believe that the worst is in struggles. I am also very con- some waybehind us,” scious of the strain on people Bishop Leahy said. working involuntary organ- “Totake this view would isations as they struggle be a profound error which with what attimes seem to would compound the his- be enormous limitations on torical failures.” Bishop Brendan Leahy speaking at the ‘Building Collaboration in Safeguarding’conference, involving 100 representatives of re s ou r c e s .” Bishop Leahy pointedto organisations across Limerick in Mary Immaculate College PICTURE: KEITH WISEMAN The Conference was or- the #MeToo social media ganised by the Diocese of campaign which millions of social media, theirown “We are, in Limerick that began when they were all societies.” Limerick in association with people have joined in recent s to r ie s ,”Bishop Leahy said. still minors.” “As aconsequence, An Garda Síochána, Tusla we e k s . “While themajority of Diocese, in a “People of my generation failure to recognise and re- and theHSE. Attendees in- “Women and men de- those sharing #MeToo stronger place than began our adult lives with al- spond appropriately to the cluded those from statutory, nouncing harmful sexual stories are adult women, a most no awareness of the complex issues which abuse voluntary and educational experiences. Many are re- large number ofthe shared we were,” pervasiveness and impactof presents, has attimes com- sectors, aswell as various vealing forthe first time, via stories reveal sexual abuse Bishop Leahy abuse in our societyand in pounded the profound and faith organisations. Bobby Byrnes all set to host annual Robert Burns event

A NIGHT of “feast and rev- celebration will feature Mr Therewill be bagpipe “January is a long old dark including bottles of Scotch elry” and “tipsy dance and Potter in the role of compere - playing from Capt Michael month, so it is nice to break it wh i s key. jo l l i ty ” will be held next and he will no doubt roll outa Egan, and a violin piece from up, and have a bit of fun,”he Burns nightgets under week at Bobby Byrne’s pub few of Robbie Burns’s classic Mary O’Donoghue of Killaloe. added, “This year,wewill way at 8.30pm in Bobby to celebrate RobertBurns poems. The meat for the haggis have a new artist, a man By r n e’s pub in O’Connell Av- night, writes Nick Rabbitts. The night will also include has been supplied by Pat called Derek Hickey,who is e nue. On Thursday, January 25, haggis and sandwiches, O’D o h e r ty ’ sbutchers, in En- with the famous De Danann, Michael is advising people at 8.30pm, the O’Connell Av- neeps and tatties, alongside niskillen, Co Fermanagh. awell-known Galwaygroup. to arrive early in order to get a enue pub will playhost to a pipe and violin music. “We have been getting it He lives in Adare.” s eat . typically Scottish meal to There will be poems and from them for many years. He Gordon Lescelles will read All are welcome. mark the night celebrating songs - and those who wish to supplies Harrods of London, theTam O’Shanter, Michael Telephone 061-316949 for S c otl a n d ’s national poet. throw in apiece of literature Buckingham Palace, and he said, “and theremight be a more information, or just Organised for the last aremore than welcome to do hadthe contracttosupply few other musicians.” turn upon the nightfor what 14 years by Noel Flannery and so, according to Clarina man meat to the G8 summit,”Mi - There will also be a raffle promises to beone ofgreat Michael Potter,this year’s M ic h ae l . chael explained. with a number of spot prizes e nte rta i n m e nt . Scottish bard: Robert Burns Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 13

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Goldfinch,cone of the 21 who have taken up residence in Sean Ryan's garden this winter

Foggy morning commute by David O’Connor

Weird weather; Daffodils in full bloom in December in Clareview, Place of reflection: Terence Keehan sent in this photo of St John's Cathedral shared by Sean Ryan

Going in for a closer look: A gigantic wave crashes at the end of Doolin Pier during Storm Eleanor taken by Sean Ryan Tuesday, January 16, 2018 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 17 Tuesday, September22,2015 LIMERICKCHRONICLE LISTINGS OUT&ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT CINEMA THEATRE

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THE ACOUSTIC CLUB Charlie Malone's Bar,9pm

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TRAD MUSIC The Glen Tavern, 9pm

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KIERNAN MCMULLAN Dolan’s Upstairs, 8pm. €10 GOD MOTHER Creamofthe ACOLLECTIVE of some of Limerick’s Kasbah, 9pm. €7 finesttheatretalentwill combine forThe 24 Hour Plays:Limerick this weekend. SATURDAY,JANUARY20 local theatre An extreme featofunder-pressurepro- duction, it asks theatremakers to pro- THE 24 HOUR PLAYS crop team up duce plays within one dayand one night Belltable,8pm. €8 at theBelltable,withaperformance on forThe 24 Saturday night(doors 8pm, tickets€8). WEST COASTFUNK BUSTERS Five will be will be written, rehearsed Dolan’s Warehouse,8pm. €12 and presentedall within 24 hours by the Hour Plays: best of Limerick’swriting, directing and NEIL DELAMERE acting talent. UCH, 8pm. €25 Limerick at the The showispartofthe venue’s Bellt- able:Connect programme and curator NO DIRECTION Marketa Dowling says it will be “an hour of The Library, 11pm Belltable this energy and fun, theatreshowcasing talent in and from Limerick”. SUNDAY,JANUARY22 Saturday night See www.limetreetheatre.com. MUSICAL CHAIRS The Old Quarter,7pm

TRAD MUSIC Locke, nightly at 9pm,Sun-Thurs Duelling pianosatthe Lime Tree Zombie Picnic unleash MONDAY,JANUARY23 THE Lime Tree will play newsingle and video SONG OF GRANITE host to The Piano Men: An Belltable,8pm. €8 Evening WithJackO’Rourke and PaddyDennehyonFeb- LIMERICK band Zombie markedbyaKasbahshow. ruary 17. Picnicare gearing up to re- Zombie Picnic, whore- Local musician Paddywill lease avideo andnew single leased debutalbum ASuburb be joined by Cork’s Jack -who from theirforthcoming of Earth in 2016,will putout has strong links to Limerick - album. thesophomoreoffering on forthe intimate double head- The four-piece -who bill theirown label Golden Shred liner. themselves as instrumental Records withdistributionby The showwillsee them post-rock -willrelease Anger UK-based progressive music performing ablend of their in Storage (Denial Will specialists BurningShed. ownoriginals and some be- Follow) as avideo and single The group is made up of lovedclassics. Expect some on January 22 as afreedown- JimGriffin,DaveTobin,Brian newtunes and songs and abit load.Itcomes ahead of there- Fitzgerald and Brendan of a‘piano off’between the lease of second album Rise of Miller and formed in 2012. Kiernan McMullan: Plays home pair.Tickets areonsale now, aNew Ideology on vinyl on Formore, see http://zom- town showinDolan’s on Friday see www.limetreetheatre.ie. Jack O’Rourke: Playing the Lime Tree with Paddy Dennehy March 9, whichwillbe biepicnic1.bandcamp.com. 18 LIMERICK CHRONICLE Tue sday, Januar y 16, 20 1 8

OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT TO THE HOTTEST NIGHT SPOTS. THIS WEEK THEY VISITED TED'S BAR, THE GLEN O u t& Ab out TAVERN, SMYTHS AND MOTHER MAC'S

William Keenan and Sean McGinnis at The Glen Tavern

Shoky Carter and Ashby Wang at Ted's Bar ALL PICTURES: BY DAVE GAYNOR

Sam Nicholas and Laura Moloney at Ted's Bar

Aoife Malone and Gavin Mullins at Ted's Bar Tori Glass and Josh Mallow at Smyth's Bar Lina Beukes and Michaela Rohrerova at Smyth's Bar

Shane O'Brien, Molly Ahern and Leon Curtis at The Glen Tavern Carol McCarthy and Anne Keogh at Mother Mac's Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 19

Milan Radic, Joe Maneley, Ivan Hickey and Konstantin Lekontseve at Ted's Bar Alexandra Perry and Tony Gallagher at Smyth's Bar

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w ith CONTACT MEGHANN Twit ter: @ m eg h a n n _ s c u l l y M e gha n n email: meghann.scully@ M EG H A N N MIX S cul ly spinsouthwe s t .com The importance of a ‘me day’ S I have been busy yo u’ve never tried and see if writing Ihave you like it. I went to a trampo- been going line class during theweek through old blog and it was so much fun. posts that are po- tential material for my book. A WRITING I came across one I wrote a Start writing or write few years ago aboutthe im- some more if you already do portance of taking a ‘Me so. Use the time to set some D ay ’. goals and makeplans forthe We are into week three of coming weeks the New Year and it is a time when resolutions may come C H O R ES to an end or didn’t work as You know the household well as we would have hoped. jobs you have been ignoring? The January blues can kick in Some lights had gone in my and leave us feeling some- apartment and the place just what down or overwhelmed. needed agood clean.Iused I t’sso important to take the timeand theempty place time out from the concrete to tickoff all these things. Af- jungle,the busy work office terwards Isat backand ad- and take some time to re-eval- mired my good work. uate and reflect. We can be- come so caught up and RELAX consumed by the everyday After the cleaning and ex- noise of life around us. ercise try and relax. Light Checking our phones, some candles, read a book looking at apps,updating our and just make the most of the social media channels. How peace and quiet. Maybe run a many times have you looked nice bath. at your phonealready today Looking after number one: Meghann says that it is important to take time out for yourself I know for so may people it aimlessly without actually seemsimpossible to take a doing anything useful on it? nasty and can give us a sense It can he hard to get time to yourself to a nice meal in your dayoff but would it really be Just browsing and swiping, of insecurityabout somany PHONE OFF make a nice hearty breakfast favourite cafe. theend of theworld totake looking but not observing. Al- aspects of life. Itis so vital to Set an out of office if you these days.Food on the go is even a half day? To spend ways online, always active, step away from this world, de- need and tell those that ought so easy but also unhealthy. E X E RC I S E some time on yourself? To get updating all social media ac- tachand look after number to know that you’re unavail- T h e re’s nothing better than It seems hardto find time away from the pocket sized counts, staying in theknow one –yourself. Take a Me Day. able for a few hours. spending some time cooking and space to get some fresh emotional controller?Try a for fear of falling behind. For my Me Day here is what I up some food or if you feel you air or go to a gymclass but Me Dayand putyourself Social media jealousy is d id : EAT WELL are always in the kitchen treat make time.Find some class first.

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MY BOOK I’ve passed the halfway point with my book. I am aiming to write over 25,000 words. It seems a lot but it is an en- joyable process. It’s like studying for an exam having to plan and pre- pare every day.

Simon Zebo is tackled by Maxime Machenaud, left, and Henry Chavancy of Racing 92. Tales From The Backseat The Corkman will be joining the French side next season PICTURE: SPORTSFILE THE red army travelled the wrong side of a We had some great MUSIC Compelling TV to Paris at the weekend score line of 34-30 in tries from Jean Kleyn, The Academic are to take on Racing 92 in what was a thrilling Keith Earls and Chris launching their NE TFLIX the French side’s brand game. With 74 minutes Farrell and Munster album Tales From I’VE finished watching the series Black new state of the art on the clock they were wo n’t be too disap- The Backseat in Mirror and it is incredible. Each domed stadium, the U leading by a couple of pointed heading in to D o l a n’s on Friday episode takes a look at how the digital A re n a . points, but two penal- this weekend, when night and you can era could go by taking complete con- Munster were unlucky ties meant the French they meet Castres in win tickets on Spin trol of our entire life. It’s an eye in Paris ending up on side took the spoils. Thomond Park. South West. opener and a compelling watch. Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 21 Fitness Fashion & Health OUR COLUMNISTS WILL HAVE YOU LOOKING AND FEELING YOUR VERY BEST!

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with Patrick MANABOUT TOW N M c L ough n e y Focus on intensity when you’regetting in shape hose Cadburys Heroes dida number on you, d id n’t they?Don’t cry though because Tthegood thing aboutfestive excess is that it’s entirely s h i f tab l e. A powerful January is all it takes to undo thedamage, as long as youknow what you’re doing. To that end, I made it my New Year’s resolution to comb through themost im- portant research into weight loss, muscle building and fit- ness and whittle it down to what really counts. The result is this compen- dium of the most-effective, science-backed methods for building a new you.

BURN FAT First things first: ignore thescales because weight i s n’ta particularly accurate indicator of body fat. In fact, if body mass index(BMI) was anything to go bythen the Munster backline would be considered obese and the for- wards would likely qualify for free mobility scooters. So forget the pounds and measure your progress by inches instead. When it comes to choosing amethod, When you go out running, mix up the long haul with some high intensity sprints or hill bursts to boost your cardiovascular capacity as soon as youfind yourself facing advicethat goes method will dictate the rate at focus on regular exercises fat. Simple.So longas it’s not shoes. Thisis particularly burn you feel during laptwo beyond the simple equation whichyou can starttight- like running, cycling or swim- dripping in BBQ sauce. challenging in thenew year, of the park.Your lactate of burning off more than you ening that tape measure. ming. when theonly thingyou’ve threshold is themax effort eat, you know you’re looking As a rule, if quick results The perfect fat-loss diet is GET FIT been training is your ability to you can maintain over a at a fad. are your aim, exercises that a little counterintuitive: eat Fitness is abroad term. To projectileafter an ungodly period of time. As far as exercise scient- focus on explosive strength more. But eat right. a CrossFitter it probably amount of cream and beer. This, along withcardi- ists are concerned,it really is boostyour resting metabolic Scientists have found that, means something like being I can’t help with your gag orespiratory prowess, is con- a case of calorie deficit (eating rate – the speed at which your while you’re in acalorie de- able to bash out 20 straight reflex, alas. ButI can help sidered themost important less) + increased energy ex- bodyburns calories when at ficit, increasing the amount muscle-ups while wearing a with your lactate threshold predictor of fitness. penditure(moving more) = rest –by nearly 20 per cent, of protein in eachdish en- weighted vest that’s on fire. and boost your anaerobic fit- Boost yours by mixing fat loss. Of course, certain nu- even theday after your suresthatyou can keep or To a footballer it’s per- ness, ensuring your limit is a fast-paced runs into your reg- ances can either help or wo rkout . even gain muscle mass as you forming to the best of your little further on thehorizon ular endurance work: jog over hinder your progress –sup - So work plyometrics (ex- burn blubber. ability for 90 minutes. than it was last year. a mid-distance of say 5-8K, in- plements, meal quality and plosive bodyweight moves W h at’s more, asyou eat, To most other people it Lactatebuilds upinyour termittently bursting into sleep all have a role to play. like jumping squats) and your body uses calories to di- means your abilityto do reg- muscles during exercise, fast runs then easing off as it Plus theintensity of your powerlifting into your gest food and protein de- ular exercise without passing which leadsto an increase in starts to burn. chosen energy expenditure routine,which can otherwise mands most. Eat meat,burn out or vomiting on your acidityand eventually that This is known as a fartlek

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run. This method will greatly how you periodise them. improve your coordination If quick results are Your most important and speed as well. your aim, exercises move is progressive overload. Double-win if getting back That means gradually over- into five-a-side was your New that focus on ex- loading your body by in- Year resolution. plosive strength creasing the weight and/or As for cardiorespiratory reprangeas younoticepro- fitness, just work hard. A boost your resting gress. That wayyou’re always study on fitness confirmed metabolic rate –the building, never stagnating. that intensity is key when it If it works for The Rock comes to boosting your lung speed at which your who are we to argue? power, soeither finishyour body burns calories Next, eat likeit’s your job endurance runs withsome and approach recovery with intermittent hill sprints, or when at rest –by as much razor focus as you’d set aside separate days for in- nearly 20 per cent bring to a one-rep max dead- tense interval workouts in- lift. volving skipping or bursts of the fourhorsemen of the ab- The latter can be difficult intensive cycling. Taking a pocalypse: squat, deadlift, during this time of year: the sick bag with you is optional. bench press and pull-up. University of Birmingham I t’s upon those big founda- found acorrelation between BUILD MUSCLE tion movesthat youcan build vitamin Dand therate at One principle needs tobe your routine,adding fancy which you can build muscle. made clear from theoutset design flourishes like That means bad weather and painfully so:it’s com- preacher curls and pistol can dampen your gains. So pound moves that beget big squats later on. supplement withD that ga i n s . But without those four pil- comes in afish oilcapsule, While resistance training lars you’re building your whichincreases protein syn- of any kind performed with house upon sand and risk in- thesis: the rate at which your the right level of intensity will jury and little long-term de- body turns protein into elicit muscle damage and ve l o p m e nt . muscle. It’s not Limitless therefore growth,nothing From thereit’s less about stuff, but apill that builds builds muscle as effectively as specificmoves, moreabout muscle is nothing to sniff at. LOOK OF THE WEEK Dress like a Boss at Noels

This week’s look of the week is from Noels Menswear on Bedford Row and Wickham Street. Yours truly is mod- elling a Hugo Boss coat, retailing at €295, a Hugo Boss slim fit shirt, re- tailing at €89 and Hugo Boss jeans, retailing at €1 49 . Items are listed at full price but may be cheaper in the winter sale that’s now on at Noels. I’m always blown away by the amazing brands that Noels carries (Eton, Ralph Lauren, Ted Baker, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, just to name a few) and Casual Wear •Tailoring •Formal Wear their stock is excel- lent and caters to gents of all ages. 9Catherine Street, Limerick Pop in to Eoin Larkin and check Tel: 061 412091 out their sale. Photo by Paudie Email: [email protected] B o u r ke. Web: www.mikeoconnells.com 26 LIMERICK CHRONICLE Tue sday, Januar y 16, 20 1 8 PARENTING ADVICE

For more parenting advice see PO S I T I V E PA R E N T I N G w w w.loveparenting.ie Managing stress is important when you have kids to raise ne of the biggest feel your own stress levels challenges in par- rising or when your child enting is man- seems stressed. There aging ourown big might be specific triggers emotions (stress, (a particularly challenging anxiOety, anger,frustration) relationship, bills coming and teaching our children in the door,sickness or how to recognise and bereavement); it mightbe manage their own emotions. more associatedwith life- While some stress is pos- style (lack of sleep or exer- itive inthat it can motivate cise, poor nutrition, too us and give us energy, too much screen time, feel- muchstress has anegative ings of isolation or loneli- impacton ourhealth, our ness) or it may be relationships and our something from the past overall sense of well-being. that hasn’t been fully ad- Because stress is triggered dressed. Whatever it is, by our thoughts and circum- naming it and recognising stances, the more we can your feelings and your re- take control of these, the sponse is the first step. more we are able to reduce ● Develop aplan to reduce negative stress. The best the stress. It’s easy to way to teach ourchildren to spend sleepless nights handle stress and other big withyour restless mind emotions is by modelling pinging from issue to positive responses. You issue.But, it really isn’t d o n’t have to be perfect (that healthy. Write down what is far toostressful!), but is causing thestress (for school? What can you do? order to learn howto and nurturing ourin- Families Programme.Please below are some ways to help youor your child) and de- Who can you ask for sup- manage it and develop re- terests and talents can all see www.loveparenting.ie youand your child manage velop a clear plan to ad- p o rt? silience. What we can do help us cope with formore information. We stress so that you can both dress the stress. Do you ● Find healthy outlets for is ensure that both we and stressful situations. Try have shared a Tip Sheet be healthier and happier. need to takecontrol of stress. We can’t eliminate our children have healthy and do positive activities from theStrengthening ● Learn to recognise the your finances once and all stress from ourlives, ways ofdealing withthe with your child and en- Families Programme things that cause stress in for all? What do you need and we can’t protect our stress in our lives. Exer- courage them to talk w w w. s f p c ou n c i l i r e - your life. Observe yourself to do? Does your child children from all stressful cise, eating well, sleeping, about their feelings. l a n d . ie / s tre n g th e n i n g - f a m - and your child and notice need help in addressing situations. They need to laughing, spending time This information is adapted ilies/ withmore ideason those times when you can anxious feelings around experience some stress in withpeople we careabout from theStrengthening managing stress.

TopTips- For Guiding your Teenager through the January Blues

January is a tough month for most of us, as the festivities fade and routines take hold again. For teenagers, it can often be a diffi- cult month as exam stress is added on to general teenage ups and downs. Below are some conversation points that you might find useful in supporting your teenager around this time of the year: Reasonable resolutions: Talk about attainable goals to try and min- imise pressure. If ‘losing weight’ or ‘getting 500 points in the Le av i n g’are on your teenager’s list of resolutions, help to break them down. Maybe talk about adopting some new healthy lifestyle habits, such as no junk food on school days and walks as a family a couple of evenings a week. In terms of study goals, maybe something as simple as agreeing to have their phone in another room while doing homework is achievable, and will give your child a sense of achievement. Daylight: January is a long, dark month. Encourage getting out in daylight as much as possible. Walking to school (or half way) and er- rands that involve strolling to the local shop are small but significant opportunities for fresh air and some sunshine. Exercise: Place an obvious value on movement and physical health. You can role model this by taking walks together, and maybe swim- ming a few evenings a week. Encourage your teenager to counter act the hours spent on chairs in school and studying with regular movement and stretching. Read for pleasure: Textbooks and social media account for most of your teenager’s reading so try to nurture the love of reading for pleasure. As well as stimulating their imagination, a good book provides your child with headspace and an escape route from boredom and stress. Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 27 FASHION, FITNESS & HEALTH with EVA HILL HAMILTON CONTACT EVA website: www.evahillnutrition.com a email: [email protected] H E A LT H Y LIVING facebook: HealingWithWholeFoods Beat the dreaded flu this winter lu outbreaks sup- cold, butflu symptoms usu- have ended (about 1 week for HEALING CHICKEN SOUP posed to be all time allyare more severe than the adults, butthis can be longer Carcass of a chicken (raw, high this week, and typical sneezing and stuffi- for young kids and the eld- organic is best) with some indeed, wherever I ness of a cold. e rl y) . meat left on it go, people complain Symptoms, which usually The weaker our immune 4 carrots Fof terrible chest tearing begin about 2days after ex- system is, the longer it takes 2 parsnips coughs, sore throats, aches posure to the virus,can in- to get over it. And if we don't 6 celery stalks and pains that are incred- clude: fever,chills, headache, allow ourselves time to re- 3 potatoes ibly hard to shift. muscle aches, dizziness, cover fully, it may linger on 2 small onions Looking back on the past weakness, loss of appetite, formonths or cause further 8 cloves garlic few years, theflu seems tobe upper respiratory com- c o m p l ic at i o n s . 1 tbsp whole peppercorn harder and harder to beat - plaints,including theears. Once you have caught the Bunch of parsley and that isbecause thevirus Small children and infants flu, all you can do is support Himalayan / Herbamare salt is well able to mutate tomake with theflu also may seem your immune system by Add little olive oil in a large it harder for ourimmune fussy all of a sudden or just plenty of bed rest, keep your- pot, start heating carrotsand system to beat it-whichalso "not look right." self warm, sweat as much as whole onions on it with the lid seems to be theproblem be- After five days, feverand possible by taking hotbaths on, to release their aromas hind vaccinations not deliv- other symptoms have usually beforegoing to bed and and colour. Break the large ering the awaited effects. disappeared,but a coughand taking home made remedies. bones of thecarcass to allow Influenza, commonly weakness may continue. All Beating the flu is getting harder each year as the virus can mutate Take also Vitamin C with Zinc the bonemarrow toinfuse known as "the flu,"is a highly symptoms areusually gone every 2-3hours, Echinacea into the soup. contagiousviral infection of within a week or two. drops three times a day to Addit withall the rest of the respiratory tract. It af- However, it's important to fants, senior citizens, and droplets that are coughed or help build your whiteblood the ingredients to the pot, fects all agegroups, though take the fluseriously because peoplewith long-term health sneezed into the air.People cell army, and eat gentle foods coverwith plenty of filtered kids tend to get itmore often it canlead topneumonia and p rob l e m s . who are infected are conta- like fresh fruits, proper home water, bring to the boil then than adults. The flu is often other life-threatening com- The flu is contagious, gious from a daybefore they made chicken soup and garlic simmer for at least 2hours confused with the common plications, particularly in in- spread byvirus-infected feel sick until their symptoms toast with olive oil. under the lid.

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spiring film- nalists’workwill be screened makers need to duringthe festival. gettheir skates Speaking aboutthe final on if they’regoing call forentries, Fresh Film to winthe top Festival director and founder prizeatIreland’s premier A JayneFoleysaid: “There festivalfor would-be seems to be arealbuzz Scorceses. around filmmakinginIre- The closingdatefor land at themoment from the entriesfor theIreland’s homegrownacting talentlike Young Filmmaker of theYear Saoirse Ronan,toground- 2018 awardatthe Fresh Film breaking animation studios, FestivalisJanuary 26. rightuptohugeHollywood Fresh Film Festival, franchises likeStarWars. throughits annual event, en- “Now Limerick filmis courages young people to ex- being putonaworldstage pressthemselvesthroughthe withthe news that theAmer- medium, advocatesfor young ican cable television channel artists in thesphereand SYFY has confirmed aseries presents theaforementioned order forGeorge RR Martin’s awardfor Ireland’s young ‘Nightflyers’, whichwill be filmmaker of theyear. shotatour ownTroyStudios The eventtakes place in in Castletroy. Limerick from March 20 -25 “Ithasneverbeeneasierto and is open to youngpeople makehigh-qualityfilms with from 7-18years of age. minimal budgets so anyone Nowinits22ndyear,Fresh can be afilmmaker. FilmFestivalencourages “Wewanttogivetheyoung young people from Ireland peopleofIreland achance to and overseas to create,ex- be seen andheard.We’ve hibit and sharefilms. already receivedahuge The festivalprovides an number of entries, so this is opportunityfor these young ourfinal call outtoany young filmmakers to see theirwork filmmakers outthere. You The closing date forentries forIreland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year is January26, 2018. Pictured areyoung filmmakersfromLimerick, on thebig screen and to com- neverknowwho mightdis- Saoirse O’Connor,Ellen King,Tea Falade,Mia Daly,LeonO’Connor andAisling Mc Guinness PICTURE: KEN COLEMAN pete forthe title of Ireland’s coveryou!” is backwithabang from Feb- activism. journalist Browne is backat lovedand alwaysenjoyed Young Filmmaker of theYear Thefullfestivalpro- ruary 19 –25invenuesacross Each effort, however thefestival forauniqueinter- musicevent,The Revolution and to win up to €1,000 to- gramme will be available Limerick city. small,changes thesocietywe view withULjournalism lec- Will Not Be Spotifiedin wardstheir next film. shortly. Further details and Followingayearoffto plan live in. turerKathryn Hayesinthe Dolan’s upstairs venueat10 All films submittedare applications forms can be its biggest festivalyet,the or- They will be launching the stunning location of King pm until late. also considered forarangeof found at www.freshfilmfest- ganisers’ theme for2018is full festivalprogramme at the John’s Castle on Friday,Feb- This eventbrings together specialist awards including ival.net. ‘Hope in Uncertain Times’. endofJanuarybutthetwobig ruary 23. thecream of Limerick’s theRadharcTrust Awardfor The festivalbeganin2014 highlights areVincent Browne has graced our musicscene along withna- documentaries, theBoulder VincentBrowne at and since then has touched Browne and Blindboy screens and newspapers for tional and international Media Animation Award, the Limerick Spring 2018 on manysocial,political and Boatclub in conversation over five decadeswithhis gueststootoperformtheirfa- RTE60Second ShortFilm culturalissuesand themes withKevin Barry. sharp,no-nonsense ap- vouriteprotest songs. Awardand theRTE Factual The LimerickSpring 2018 withastrong corevalue of Legendary Limerick proachtoreporting. Your participationinthe Award, in addition to thein- FestivalofPoliticsand Ideas His infamous inter- festivalisvital andwho ternational andaudience viewing stylehas made him knows what changes you awards. an irreplaceable personality mightbeready to inspirein The festivalhas junior, in Irish journalism. Withthis theworld in theyears to senior and international cat- event, expect an engaging come! Check outwww.limer- egories forindividual and and intriguing look backat ickspring.com forupdates group projects. Young film- theextraordinary lifeofa and full listings. makers can enterasinde- Limerick icon. pendents, as part of their The festivalisalsoset to 95 Stop Tour raisesover school or in agroup. sharethebillat DolansonSat- €84,000 forcharity Filmsmustbeoriginaland urday, February24, withthe canbeupto15minutes dura- Limerick Literary Festival Limerick’sLive95FM tion forseniors or 10 minutes when Blindboy Boatclub of listenershavecontinued duration forjuniors. The Rubberbandits will be in theireight-yeartradition of Senior films will be conversation withauthor raising moneyfor Limerick screened at one of there- Kevin Barry. kids throughthe charityfun- gionalheats,whichtakeplace Ticketsand infofor this draiser theLive95FM 95 Stop in Dublin, Cork, Galway and eventcan be found at Tour. Limerick during February At thelaunch of Limerick Spring 2018 taking place March 20-25, Niall O'Callaghan, MD Shannon www.dolans.ie.Thiswillbe This year Live 95FM’s 95 and earlyMarch. 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Pictured withthe final cheque forproceeds from the 95 Stop Tour were VincentMcCarthy, CARI Limerick, Dr RoyPhilip,Children’s Ark and Five-starshow the Neonatal Unit, Nichola Quinn, 95 Stop Tour co-ordinator, Gary Connor,Live95FM programme director, Mary Madden, CARI Limerick, Tina Porter,CARI Limerick, Noleen McLoughlin, Children’s Ark and the Neonatal Unit, Joe Nash, Live95FMstation director, Anne Marie Geraghty,Limerick Todayproducer and Nicola Kiely,Limerick Todayassistantresearcher will fill 24 hours

Fundraisingoverthe last eightyears has been invalu- in Limerick able to theChildren’s Ark Unit whichhas been able to purchase valuable critical Belltable Connect presents The 24 Hour Plays Lim- careequipment, to provide erick at theBelltable Limerick, on Saturday,January appropriate caretochildren 20 at 8pm. in theMid-West. An extreme featofunder-pressureproduction, The “Knowingitall goes to ill 24 Hour Plays ask consummate professionals to pro- and vulnerable children in duce plays within one dayand one night. Five Limerick Limerickisanincredible writers, five directors and fifteen actors will take part achievementfor everyone at bringing together extraordinary artists to create time- Live95FM and foreveryone in limited theatre. Five shortplays will be written, re- Limerickwho contributed,” hearsed and presentedall within 24 hours by thebest saidNichola Quinn, Lim- of Limerick’s writing, directing and acting talent. erick’s Live 95FM’s 95 Stop Five Limerick writers will take part in the24Hour Tour co-ordinator. Plays including MikeFinn, Liam McCarthy, Mary Coll, NewLimerick Walking HelenaClose and Paul McNamara. Running Guide The five directors taking part arePaulMeade, Joan Sheehy, Terry O’Donovan, Tara Doolanand Ann Blake. Anew Limerick Walking The full list of actors taking part in these produc- Running Guidehas been tions is PatRyan, Gene Rooney, Monica Spencer, launchedbyLimerickCity Joanne Ryan, JeanMcGlynn, CoraFenton, Simon and County Council’s mar- Thompson,MarieBoylan, Frances Healy,PiusMc- keting and communications Grath, Shane Whisker, DeirdreFlynn, ZebMoore, Eilis departmenttohighlightase- O’Donnell and ColinCondon. lection of thenumerous The evening promises to delightand exciteas amenityroutesinLimerick. leading actors, playwrights and directors create,re- As more and morepeople hearseandpresentfivebrandnewshortplaysinjust24 arebeginning to take up hours! Launching the walking/running guide along the citycentretoUniversityofLimerick River Walk were, someexercise and getfit for Book your ticketsat061 953400,orwww.li- Niamh Morgan, Limerick Cityand County Council, Kathleen Kennedy and Elaine Sheaofthe Limerick theNew Year,the messageis metreetheatre.ie. Sports Partnership PICTURE: ALAN PLACE being putout therethatLim- erick is an idealcitytoex- plore on foot. €84,430.32.Over €600,000 in bingonights, welly Wed- cluding astaff teamfrom Visitors and locals areen- LauraRyan, head of mar- loaded from Limerick.ie. totalhas nowbeen raised for nesday, funcycles, walks, py- Limerick’sLive95FM took couraged to amble along the keting and communications theChildren's Ark(including jama parties, raffles,‘Living part in The Jeff PowerMe- city’s recreational riverside in LimerickCityand County theNeonatalUnit) andCARI in aWindow’, and family fun morial Soccer Tournament And finally… routes or followinthe foot- Councilexplained: “This Limerick. days,all in aidofthe 95 Stop raising€5,000 and thefirst stepsofsomeofLimerick’sle- guide wasinitially devised for If anyone wantstokeep TheLive95FMteambegan Tour forLimerick Kids. charityPop-UpGaeltacht in gendaryathletesononeofthe visitors to Limerickcityasit tabs on what Iamupto its 95 StopTourofLimerick Live 95FM’s Limerick Limerick took place in Chez Olympic running trails. highlights six of themore around Limerick, youcan cityandcountyinSeptember, TodayShowwithJoe Nash, la Fabraising moneyand Six of Limerick’s most popular routes forthose out find me on Facebook as howevereventstook place broadcast live from threeloc- spiritsthroughout theday. popular routes arehigh- forawalk or run. RichardLynchand Twitter from mid-June. ations over theweekofthe CARI Limerick provides a lightedinthe guide and for “But it’s also ahandyguide @Richanthon. The presenters and Live tour, visiting theRed Door in professional, child-centred those whoare looking for forlocalsinLimericktouse, If youhaveagood news 95FM Shadows visitedthe Newcastle West, CARI on the therapyand counselling ser- something alittlelonger and particularly to train forthe story aboutLimerickIcould publicinthe communities Ennis Road andthe Strand vice to children, families, and morechallenging, theguide Bon Secours HospitalGreat shareonthis page, youcan and organisations that Hotelatthe end of theweek. groupswho have been af- has details of 15 trailsacross Limerick Runand other contactmevia email at helped to raise moneyfor Some other highlights of fected by thesexualabuse of County Limerick, from the events taking place in the Richard@ILoveLim- these chosencharities. theLive 95FM 95 StopTour children. Glin Heritagetrail to the Mid-West.” erick.com.Look forwardto Communities, businesses includethe afternoontea at Without thesupportof CastlegaleLoopandtheGreat Guides areavailable at loc- hearing from you! and schools across Limerick theStrand whichraisedover Live 95FM’s 95 StopTour Southern GreenwayLim- ations across Limerickcity Love to youall held fundraisingeventsthat €12,000 in one afternoon. eachyear, this service would erick to theBallyhouraWay. and county or can be down- Richard (Richanthon) x included coffee mornings A number of teams in struggle to exist in Limerick 32 LIMERICK CHRONICLE Tue sday, Januar y 16, 20 1 8 Motor s w w w.limerickleader.ie

CAR SALES Dealers hopeful despite a slow 2017

TRISH WHELAN in 2017; LCVs wereup 21.3pc C a r A n d Trave l . i e and HGVs up 14.8pc. Used car imports reached 93,454, Top Sellers a 30pc increase on 2016 R EG I ST R AT I O N S of new cars The top five selling car in Ireland were down 10pc (72,153). Alan Nolan of SIMI said brands in 2017: in 2017 (131,356) compared 2017 was a challenging year R EG1. V I STolksw R ATag I Oen N S of new to the previous year for the Motor Industry, 2. Toyota ( 1 46 , 649 ) . mainlydue to the impactof cars in Ireland were down The drop in sales hadbeen Brexit on Euro/Sterling ex- 10pc3. Fo inrd 2017 (131,356) com- expected in trends changerates, and that the par4.ed Hyundai to the previous year throughout the year. 131,356 units sold last year is ( 1 465. ,Niss 649an ) . Statistics from SIMI still better than most recent The dropin sales had show 4,493 new cars were yea r s . beenThe toexppect sellinged inmodels trends sold in Limerick last year The January 181 sales thlastroug yehoar:ut the year. compared to 5,200 in 2016. period is underway,with Statistics from SIMI show Light commercial vehicle lots of incentives and special 1. Hyundai Tucson (pic- 4,4tu93 red ne ) w cars were sold in registrations (LCVs) at offers as well as a big range of Limerick lastyear compared 24,195 were down 14.2pcin finance options for buyers to2. 5 ,200VW Golf in 2016. 2017, while sales of New so competition is driving 3.Lig Nisshtan comme Qashqaircial vehicle Heavy Commercial Vehicles value for consumers. Mr re4.gist Skraodtiaons Oct(LCaviaVs) at 24,195 (HGVs) at 2,602 were down Nolan saidthe best adviceis we5.re Fodord wnFoc us14.2pc in 2017, by 9.4pc comparedto2016 to do your research in ad- while sales of New Heavy (2,873). vance, to shop around and, if Used Commercial possible, to shop local and The top colour was grey The top selling model in Ireland for 2017 was the Hyundai Tucson Vehicle imports increased support local businesses.

F I AT CITROEN GROUP New deals: choice of three for 181 Limerick man to head Citroen & DS Ireland TRISH WHELAN w w w.C a r A n d Trave l . i e LIMERICK man, PatRyanhas been appointed Managing F I AT Ireland are offering a choice Director of Citroen &DSIre- of three 181 offers to customers land, writes Trish Whelan. up to January 31 next. Pat joins the company Customers trading in a with almost 20 years’experi - Euro 1 to Euro 4 car (petrol or ence in theautomotive in- diesel) can avail of scrappage dustry. He began his bonuses of up to€5,000 on automotive career working selected FIAT models. These with automotive supplier includea scrappage bonus of Jatco TT,before taking the up to €1,500 on a Punto, role of Project Managerwith €2,000 on aFiat 500; €3 , 0 0 0 automotive consultants Ri- Pat Ryan joins Citroen & DS on a Fiat 500X; €3,500 on a cardo, consulting with Ireland with almost 20 years’ Fiat Tipo; €4,000 on a Fiat Honda, Toyota and Mit- experience in the industry 500L; and €5,000mona Fiat subi s h i . 124 Spider. Having completed an MBA rowerand enjoysmany Customers who don’t withUCD,Pat moved backto sports including rugby, golf qualifyfor thescrappage bo- Ireland where he initially and hurling. nuses will be able to avail of worked for Nissan Ireland in Pat succeedsChris either low rate finance or The Fiat 500X has grown in popularity since its introduction in 2014 Sales and Training roles. For Graham who has held thepo- cash savings offers with0pc the past seven years he has sition since October 2015,es- APR Personal Contract Plan of vehicles available with 13 coveredby the500X, while car with pre-Euro 5emis- worked withVolkswagen tablishing I.M. European (PCP) and Hire Purchase different modellines; from the 500L, 500L Living and sions standard (petrol or Group Ireland whereheheld Motors Ltd. as thenew dis- available across selected the city car offerings of the Doblo are roomy family diesel) registered before 31 various positions including tributor for Citroen and DS FIAT 500,500X, Tipo,500L Panda Qubo, Puntoand 500 vehicles. The 124 Spider December 2009. Network & Programmes Automobiles. Chris is ap- and 124 Spider models, or (hatchback& convertible) to roadster offers ‘pu re’ Vehicles traded-in must Manager,Head ofSales for pointed Managing Director, cash savings of up to €3 , 0 0 0 the brand’s c-segmentTipo d r iv i n g . have been registeredin t he VW passenger cars, and most Subaru UK, and will take up across the Fiat range. family (hatch, saloon and es- The scrappage offer ap- ow n e r ’s name for at least 180 recently Head of Group CRM. this position followinga han- Fiatalso has a wide range tate), the SUVsegment is plies onlyto anypassenger d ays . Pat is an accomplished dover during January. Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 33 The i30 Fastback Hasarrived

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PRICES VACANT Garage Equipment; FARM & GARDEN We Will Even Call For ONE Single Item Lift, Tyre Changers, Compresser, Balancer, Fully Licensed and Insured Light Focuser, Jacks FOR HIRE: Excava- CHILDMINDER & Stands, Storage tors, Tractors & Dump required in Pallasgreen Receipts Available Bins, Office Equip- Trailers, Rockbreaker, 2-3 days a week (Mon- ment. Circular saw & Grab, Disc Harrow, Power We d) for three chil- CALL (086) 9373169 Harrow, Air Seeder. All dren (aged 5, 3 and 1). One Call Does It All types of land reclama- Own transport and full tion, dykes, drains, driving licence essen- (061) 457979 /086 3754717 RAYN Safety Security are a progressive growing BEDDING ditches stretched and tial, for school/play cut etc (061) 351521 school runs Call anytime 24/7 company in the areas Fire Detection | CCTV | Fleet (087) 6379833 Call 087 2423166 CCTV | Intruder Alarming and Access control. 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Please forward your CV to [email protected] opment, Driveways Replies emailed to Wa lls.Keen Prices. Call Cleaned & Sealed Mechanical Plumbing and Heating Brian (085) 7219851. [email protected] Ta rmac Machine laid om Service Technician Required for FREE Quotes, CITY BREAKS All drainage work Domestic and Industrial Heating Systems Owen 087 2100183, Security Engineer, John 087 9646495, Qualified Electricians, and Equipment in Munster Area. MALDRON HOTEL Office 061 639213 SHANDON CORK Carpenters, Shuttering 20+ years experience essential CITY Email; Carpenters, Plumbers, CITY ESCAPE! info@stoneroadtar- Basic & Advanced along with a vast knowledge on the 2 night B&B with one mac.com Scaffolders, General evening meal, Lunch in www.stoneroadtar- & Skilled Operatives, Commercial Gas Industry. 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The Ross Hotel, 4* Town Centre Property in Killarney

invites applications for the following positions: SOUS CHEF Fully Qualified Chef with previous experience in a similar property. Fluent English and Excellent Communication skills Ability to lead a Team and motivate Staff Passion and creativity required for this role Keeping up to date with Food trends Excellent HACCP knowledge and procedures Ability to work under pressure CHEF DE PARTIE & DEMI CHEF Qualified Chef with 2 Year’s Previous Hotel Experience in a similar role Fluent English and Good Communication Skills Excellent time keeper and ability to work under pressure Team Player and driven by High Standards Creativity & Passion for Food COMMIS CHEF Passionate about Food Fluent English Team Player & Excellent time keeper JUNIOR RECEPTIONIST Previous Experience in Opera preferable Fluent English and Excellent Communication skills and phone etiquette Excellent Customer Care Skills Ability to work in a busy environment FOOD & BEVERAGE PERSONNEL & BAR PERSONNEL Previous Experience preferable Fluent English & Excellent Customer Care skills Friendly Personality and Team Player Good Communication Skills ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANT Previous Experience preferable Fluent English and Good Communication Skills Excellent Customer Care Skills Ability to work in a busy environment. Attention to detail.

The Ross is the Sister Hotel to the 5* Award Winning Killarney Park Hotel Applications in writing before the 24th January 2018 to: The Personnel Manager, Killarney Park Hotel,Town Centre, Killarney, Co. Kerry. 36 LIMERICK CHRONICLE Tue sday, Januar y 16, 20 1 8 Tel: 061-214531 Email: [email protected] or call into 54, O’Connell Street, Limerick

IN MEMORIAM ✝

FITZPATRICK (29th Anniversary)

In loving memory of our dear dad, grandad and great grandad Michael Fitzpatrick, late of 9 Yeats Avenue, Kincora Park, who died on January 16th 1989. Aged 62 years. Mass offered. Our Dad. Our Dad was so special, good, kind and so very sincere, who is gone 29 years now, still we miss him, wishing he was still here. You see our Dad was a very unique man, a very gentle heart and soul who did nothing for himself, only us his family lovingly so dear. He has left a legacy of nothing but goodness, so he lives on through us and through his grandkids and greatgrandkids, he is never really gone. Memorial Card Service The 5th of December 1988 is a day we never forget, we got the awful news, 6 weeks they said Dad on what was your first visit to a Doctor ever. Yo u never left on that you knew, you just smiled and said, I'll be better, we all were in shook not Memoriam Cards -traditional &modern knowing what to do, heart broken over you, after working all your life in C.I.E, now was supposed to be your time, your time to relax and go about your life, happy with us family. We cared for you in our home, we looked after Bookmarks, Memento cards your every need, we took turns to hold your hand as you would peacefully fall asleep. The tears in our eyes praying you would wake as the sun did rise, the dignity that you showed, we &Acknowledgementcards will never forget it was us that was so upset. When your time came you looked around to see us all, you left as you lived, quietly, peacefully when you got the call While we all were so lost, we felt so little and small, as you were our anchor, without you we would fall, but no, we stood proud and you for friendly,helpful and convenient service, would have wished for so, rest as you lived dad with love and peace forever.xxxx Always in our hearts Dad, from your sons Denis and Michael, daughters Noreen, Breda, Marytina, pop in to our officeat54 O’Connell Street Pauline, Caroline and their families. or ring 061 214500 for our latestbrochure. ✝

HAYES (35th Anniversary)

In loving memory of our dad, grandad and great- grandad, Frank (Fra) Hayes, late of 21 De Valera Park, Thomondgate, who died on January 12, 1983. I think of you in silence, And always speak your name, But all that's left are memories, And a photo in a frame. Sadly missed by sons, Noel, John and Gussie; daughters, Betty, Ann, Bernie and Ve ronica, Teresa, Lorraine and Regina and sons-in-law. Yo u fell asleep without saying goodbye, But memories of you will never die. It breaks our hearts this time of year It's when you are very near. Sadly missed by grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Hi to Mam, Breda, Mike, Alan, Wayne, Trevor and Stephen. Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 37 Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Email: spor [email protected] Phone: 061 214514 S PO RT Fax: 061 401424 Barrett era kicks-off at top flight Limerick LIMERICK FC NEWS

BY COLM KI NS E L L A e-mail: c k i n s e l l a @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e Twitter: @ckSpor tLeader

NEW Limerick FC manager Tommy Barrettis dueto have his first game in charge of the side at the end of this week with a pre-season fix- ture with Galway United. Barrettis taking chargeof Limerick FC’s pre-season preparations this week after being appointed to succeed Neil McDonald over the we e ke n d . Limerick FC are dueto play four pre-season friend- lies in total before their opening SSE Airtricity League Premier Division fix- ture away to Sligo Rovers on Saturday, February 17. The Blues arealso dueto face Cobh Ramblers, Shel- bourne and Longford Town in pre-season fixtures. The Shelbourne game has been fixed forLarney Park, Finglas on Sunday, February 4 at 3pm. Eric Kinder,who has been assistant manager to the de- Big week ahead: Ian Keatley of Munster races clear of Christophe Samson of Castres Olympique when the sides drew back in October. This Sunday Munster take on Castres at parted Neil McDonald, and Thomond Park in search of a bonus point win which will put them in the mix for a home quarter final spot PHOTO BY BRENDAN MORAN/SPORTSFILE the club’s strength and condi- tioning coach Joe Gamble had been taking charge of the B lue s’ pre-season training at UL prior to Tommy Barrett’s appointment as first team m a n a ge r. Tommy Barrett is the Munster face date with fourth Limerick FC manager in the spaceofa year, fol- lowing Martin Russell, Willie Boland, who held the role on a temporary basis, and Mc- Donald. Thirty eight-year-old Bar- destiny as Castres visit rett is a former Limerick player, having signed for the CHAMPIONS CUP RUGBY to swat Castres’ c h a l l e n ge “Instead, they settled for a Field onFriday night at Bluesin 2004/05 season, and Castres would also boost Mu n s t e r ’s hopes of securing aside with ease this weekend, penaltyto see out thevictory 7. 3 0 p m . due to injury, he retired in BY COLM KI NS E L L A despite the French side’s im- and hand Munster ad- The game will see Garry- 2012 from LeagueofIreland e-mail: c k i n s e l l a @ l i m e r i c k l ead e r. i e a precious home quarter- Twitter: @ckSpor tLeader pressive 39-0 home win over vantage. Had it been Munster owen face UL-Bohemian.in fo otba l l . final in theChampions Cup. Leicester Tigers on Sunday apoint behind, in that at- the province’s most presti- He also spent time at However, Johann van Graan’s MUNSTER will qualify for eve n i n g . tacking position, they would gious club final. Shamrock Rovers and Ath- men will also be relyingon the knock-out stages of the Barnes said: “Mu n s te r , have gone for the pool-win- Neither side will lack for lone town as a player. results in the other five pools Champions Cupfor a may have lost the battle ning play. motivation in Friday night’s Barrett currentlyman- going theirway if they are to 17th successive time if the against Racing but they took a “As it is Munster only have d e c id e r. ages the club’sU-19 National play anylast eighttie at province secures a bonus step to winning thewar for to beat Castresat home to Garryowen will look to re- league side. Thomond Park. point win over Castres pool supremacy. finish thejob off. Theywill verse their last two finalap- L i m e r ic k ’s excitingyoung Sky Sports pundit and Olympique in theirpool fix- “Racing were a point want theextra point to max- pearances having lost to winger ChiedozieOgbene is former Englandrugby inter- ture at Thomond Park this ahead with a scrum in the imise their chance of home Cork Con in both the 2013 and training withthe squad national Stuart Barnes be- Sunday, 1pm. shadows ofthe Munster advantage. Expect them to 2014 deciders. during pre-season despite lieves Munster ‘may have lost Two-time European Cup posts. Theywere awarded a manage that within the Garryowen also suffered being linked with a number of thebattle against Racing, but winners Munster currently penalty; the lead asolitary h ou r.” defeat to Nenagh Ormond in clubs cross-channel. they took astep to winning enjoy a one point lead over point. Atry andconversion Meanwhile, theall-Lim- this season’s Limerick Former Cork CitystarOg- the war for pool supremacy’ second-placed Racing 92 would have giventhem an erick Bankof Ireland Mun- Charity Cup final. UL-Bohs bene trained with Chelsea in following Sunday’s game in ahead ofthis weekend’s final eight-pointlead and flip ster Senior Cup final is dueto lost by a single point to Cork November, but seems set to Pa r i s . round of pool fixtures. Barnes expects Munster flopped the top of the pool. take place at theMarkets Con in the 2013 decider. start 2018 with the Blues. Abonus pointwin against 38 LIMERICK CHRONICLE Tue sday, Januar y 16, 20 1 8 SCHOOLBOY SOCCER NOTES

11.am Glenbrook J. Curran Fa i r g ree n ;

U-11 GREEN GROUP U-10 RED GROUP Mungret Regional 2 v Carew Park 11.am Shelbourne 1 v Coonagh United 11.am Shel- Mungret J. Clancy bourne Park Newport Town 1 v Coonagh United 11.am Corbally United 1, v Aisling Annacotty 1 Newport K. Gorman 11.am Athlunkard Bridge Celtic v Aisling Annacotty 3; 12.30 Limerick v Pike Rovers 1 11.am Hogan Park; Bridgetown; K. McNamara Regional United 1, v Aisling Annacotty 2 11.am Dooradoyle; U-11 BROWN GROUP Granville Rangers 2 v Pike Rovers 2; 12.30 U-10 BLUE GROUP Glenbrook J. Curran Lisnagry 1 v Corbally United 2; 11.am Caherconlish v Parkville 11.am Cahercon- Scanlon Park; lish; J. O’H a l l o ra n Regional United 2 v Mungret Regional 1; Caherdavin Celtic 2, v Aisling Annacotty 4; 12.30 Dooradoyle; 12.30 Greenhills D. Brosnan Carew Park v Aisling Annacotty 3; 11.am Carew Park; U-11 WHITE GROUP Caherdavin Celtic v Fairview Rangers 11.am Newport Town 2 v Corbally United 4 12.30 G ree n h i l l s ; Newport B. Higgins Star Rovers v Aisling Annacotty 5; 11.am U-10 GREEN GROUP Lee Estate T. Joyce Newport Town 1 v Janesboro 11.am New- por t; HYNAN TRAVEL U-13 PREMIER LEAGUE Parkville v Pike Rovers 2 11.am Knock- Shelbourne A v Aisling Annacotty B 12.30 a l i s h ee n ; Shelbourne Park; A Galvin Caherconlish v Newport Town 2; 11.am Ca- Limerick v Mungret Regional A 11.am h e rc o n l i s h ; Hogan Park; L. Hughes Ballynanty Rovers v Mungret Regional 2; Pike Rovers v Fairview Rangers A 12.30 11.am Shelboutne Park; Pike Grounds G. Clancy U-10 BROWN GROUP U-13 DIVISION ONE LEAGUE Mungret Regional 3 v Bridge Celtic 11.am Parkville A v Caherdavin Celtic 11.am M u n g ret ; Knockalisheen Mike Monahan Corbally United 3 v Geraldines 11.am Newport Town A v Carew Park 2.pm New- At h l u n ka rd ; The Subway sponsored Limerick U-13 Inter League side that drew 1-1 with the Kerry Schoolboy League at UL on Sunday port B. Higgins Lisnagry 2 v Moyross United 12.30 Scanlon Bridge Celtic A v Regional United A 11.am Pa r k ; Bridgetown K. McNamara Star Rovers v Aisling Annacotty 4; 11.am Ballynanty Rovers v Summerville Rovers Lee Estate; 11.am Shelbourne Park J. Galvin Aisling Annacotty 5, v Shelbourne 2; 11.am Newtown Park; U-13 DIVISION TWO LEAGUE Fairview Rangers B v Janesboro 11.am Fair- SHANNON ICES U-12 PREMIER LEAGUE green M. Kirby Limerick F.C v Mungret Regional A 12.30 Shelbourne B v Regional United B 2.pm Hogan Park; Shelbourne Park; J Galvin Newport Town A v Regional United A 12.30 Lisnagry v Geraldines 2.pm Scanlon Park J. Newpor t; Mulligan Aisling Annacotty B v Fairview Rangers A Corbally United B v Mungret Regional B 12.30 Newtown Park; 12.30 Athlunkard T. Mannion U-12 DIVISION ONE LEAGUE U-13, DIVISION THREE LEAGUE Bridge Celtic A v Pike Rovers A 11.am Brid- Regional United C v Granville Rangers g etow n ; 12.30 Dooradoyle AWP; J. Reilly Granville Rangers v Lisnagry 12.30 Glen- Aisling Annacotty C v Newport Town B b roo k ; 11.am Annacotty A. Whelan Summerville Rovers v Shelbourne A 11.am Portland Park; U-15 PREMIER LEAGUE Regional United A v Fairview Rangers A U-12 DIVISION TWO LEAGUE 2.pm Dooradoyle AWP; R. Broe Geraldines, v Aisling Annacotty C 11.am Newport Town A v Summerville Rovers Garr yowen 12.30 Newport; K. Gorman Regional United B v Mungret Regional B Mungret Regional v Caherdavin Celtic 2.pm Dooradoyle; 11.am Castlemungret D. Power Ballynanty Rovers v Parkville 12.30 Shel- bourne Park; U-15, DIVISION ONE LEAGUE Carew Park v Fairview Rangers B 12.30 Aisling Annacotty B v Shelbourne 11.am Ki- Carew Park; lonan; Martin Monaghan Aisling Annacotty C v Geraldines 12.30 Ki- U-12 DIVISION THREE LEAGUE lonan D. Downing Caherdavin Celtic B v Pike Rovers B 12.30 Corbally United B v Newport Town B 12.30 G ree n h i l l s ; Athlunkard J McNamara Aisling Annacotty D v Shelbourne B 2.pm Fairview Rangers B v Regional United B Newtown Park; 12.30 Fairgreen M. Kirby Mungret Regional C v Caherconlish 12.30 Corbally United A v Mungret Regional B M u n g ret ; 11.am Athlunkard; J. McNamara Newport Town B v Corbally United B 2.pm Newpor t; The U-12 Limerick Inter League side who defeated the Kerry Schoolboy League 5-0 last weekend in UL Sunday, 21 January, 2018 HYNAN TRAVEL U-14 PREMIER LEAGUE U-15, SFAI SUBWAY, INTER LEAGUE, Mungret Regional A v Caherdavin Celtic Fairview Rangers keep that level of performance up the wins With full time fast approaching it looked the breach to take over the responsibil- MUNSTER FINAL 11.am Castlemungret; will come sooner rather than later. like we would not get a deserved share of ities, and wish him all the best for the Limerick District Schoolboy/Girl League v. Regional United A, v Fairview Rangers A U/14: Our 14 team travelled to take on a the spoils that our efforts merited, until season that remains. Cork Schoolboy League 2.pm UL AWP W E AT H E R : Competitive football returned 12.30 Dooradoyle AWP; highly regarded Aisling side at the county Jamie Hogan received the ball some 25 last week for our underage after a long venue, and after an absorbing affair, it yards out, spotted the Keeper somewhat break (some of which was unplanned), al- FIX TURES U-16, SFAI SUBWAY, INTER LEAGUE, U-14 DIVISION ONE LEAGUE ended honours even on a 2-2 score line. off his line, and showed fantastic aware- beit in a somewhat curtailed fashion, given MUNSTER FINAL Shelbourne v Fairview Rangers B 12.30 A highly entertaining game between two ness to send looping shot all the way to that only games scheduled to be played on Waterford Schoolboy League v. Cork Shelbourne Park; evenly matched sides, kept both sets of the net for a goal of genuine quality. Saturday, 20 January, 2018 all weather surfaces were given the green Schoolboy League 2.30 UL AWP; Geraldines v Summerville Rovers 11.am supporters interested throughout. Aisling On the day I am sure both sides would be U 14, SFAI SKETCHERS GOODSON CUP light to proceed. This saw three of our R at hu a r d ; were on top somewhat in the opening ten happy with a point, in what was a very ROUND OF 32 Saturday January 27th teams take to the field on Saturday last. Regional United B v Newport Town B 2.pm or fifteen minutes and that pressure even- sporting encounter, and that division of the Aisling Annacotty v Ferrybank 2.pm An- U-12, SFAI SKETCHERS CUP ROUND OF U / 12 : Our under 12 side travelled to take Dooradoyle AWP; tually told when they took the lead with a spoils sees both sides maintain their re- nacotty AWP; Martin Monaghan 32 on a bang in form Regional outfit and, des- Donacarney Celtic v Caherdavin Celtic; Aisling Annacotty C v Janesboro 11.am Ki- fine effort from the edge of the box. That spective unbeaten runs for the league pite our best efforts went down 6-0 on the time and venue to be confirmed lonan goal seemed to wake us up and we then season so far. Well done all. U-11 RED GROUP day. 3-0 down at the short whistle, Max Parkville v Regional United C 12.30 Knock- took control of the game, and could easily U/16: Our final game saw our 16 team play Shelbourne v Aisling Annacotty 1; 11.am Cyran can count himself unlucky not to a l i s h ee n have levelled the game on at least three out a thrilling 2-2 draw with fellow chal- Shelbourne Park; A Galvin U-13 SFAI SKETCHERS TROY CUP, have found the net on at least two occa- Aisling Annacotty B v Corbally United B occasions, only to be denied by some fine lengers Regional at the UL grounds. Lisnagry v Limerick 12.30 Scanlon Park; J. ROUND OF 32 sions in the second period. Riann Aisling Annacotty A v St Kevins Boys A 12.30 Kilonan goalkeeping by the Aisling net minder, Finally the club, and I am sure the players Mulligan O’Shaughnessy also went close with a fine 2.pm Annacotty AWP; leaving us trailing by a minimum going into and parents, would like to thank Marcus Regional United 1 v Mungret Regional 1; effort shortly after. To try and get Corbally United v. Corduff 2.pm Athlunkard U -16, PREMIER LEAGUE the second half. We again were on the Grant for all the effort and time he has put 11.am Dooradoyle J. Reilly ourselves back into the game we left Mungret Regional v Caherdavin Celtic 12.30 front foot in the second half, and eventually in over the last number of years in the Pike Rovers v Corbally United; 11.am Pike ourselves somewhat short at the back, and C ast l e mu n g r et levelled the tie. Evan Barry threaded a various managerial positions he has held G ro u n d s U-15 SFAI SKETCHERS EVANS CUP, Regional capitalised, scoring three more in Granville Rangers, v Corbally United A 2.pm beautiful through ball to Anthony Byrnes, at underage level within the club. ROUND OF 32 a short space of time midway through the Mervue United v Aisling Annacotty 2.pm G l e n b roo k who showed great composure to finish It is people such as Marcus that ensure U-11 BLUE GROUP second half to ensure of the win. Despite Fahy ’ s Field, Mervue Galway clinically. They say you are at your most that all these young boys and girls are Corbally United 2 v Janesboro 11.am the score line our lads could easily have U-16 DIVISION ONE LEAGUE vulnerable just after you score and this given the wherewithal to enjoy playing the Athlunkard; D. Weldrick had a few goals themselves but it was not Corbally United B v Newport Town 12.30 proved to be the case, when almost from game, and also to improve under his guid- Geraldines, v Fairview Rangers 1; 11.am U-16 SFAI SKETCHERS BARRY CUP, to be. Although losing, all can be happy At h l u n ka rd the centre off Aisling regained their lead. ance. Marcus had to step away due to Garryowen A. Walsh ROUND OF 32 with the effort and commitment shown on Piltown v Regional United 2.30pm Kildalton Ballynanty Rovers v Geraldines 2.pm Shel- Thereafter we again dominated, creating Family and work commitments. We would Caherdavin Celtic 1 v Regional United 2; the day, as they fought for every ball until Park, Piltown; bourne Park good chances, but a combination of bad also like to welcome, and thank, Former 11.am Greenhills D. Brosnan the final whistle. I am sure that if they Fairview Rangers v Killarney Celtic 2.pm luck and good goalkeeping kept us at bay. player Kevin Heffernan for stepping into Granville Rangers v Aisling Annacotty 2; Tue sday, Januar y16, 20 1 8 LIMERICK CHRONICLE 39 FULL TIME NATIONAL LEAGUE BASKETBALL Celtics lose in Kerry as Huskies win again

Former Limerick senior footballer John Galvin returned to the hardwood floors for LIT Celtics last weekend as the now Clare based athlete came out of retirement to join Tony Hehir's youthful side

back to six points in the third Amour setto be back in ac- BY DONN O' S U L L I VA N e-mail: d o n n .os u l l i va n @ l i m e r i c k l e ad e r. i e quarter but some poor shots tion for the Limerick side, Twitter: @ d o n n os u l l i va n and turnovers allowed the theyouthful looking Celtics Kerry Lakers increase their will once morecall on Em- lead to 13 points. mett Brown, Jordan Hehir, LIT Celtics lost their LIT Celtics will try to put Dylan O’Dwyer, Cian O Re- opening game of 2018, to last weekend'sloss behind illy, Eniye Ede, Kevin Killarney Lakers, in the them as they prepare for the Dowling and DannyBrod- Men's Division One national visitof Dublin Lions next erick to keepthe wins basketball league on Sat- Saturday as thehome side coming from what isnow a urday night in front of a look to improve on their 3-11 Mens National league side packed house in Killarney. record from their opening 14 that is fed from the underage The four week breakpaid ga m e s . structures at the club. its toll on the Limerick team This Saturday's game will In the Women's National as the Kerry side took full ad- tip off at 6pm in LIT CupUL Huskies 70-64 win vantage of thegreater height Sportshall and should be a over Fabplus North West last and power in this fast paced super game of basketball. weekend sees them lie in c o nte s t . LIT Celtics' first year in second place withfive wins LIT Celtics were boosted theNational leaguecould be from seven games. by the addition of former described as a real learning The UL based side will be Limerick senior footballer curve to date, with the young hot favouritesto make it six John Galvin who made his Limerick squad gaining from eight this weekend as return to the hardwood. greatexperience from every they travel to play the Ulster Galvin added 23 points on ga m e. University Elks whoprop up the night playing at centre, as The addition of John the table after managing thenow 37 year old, turned Galvin will be a major boast only one win from their back theclock to his daysin to the Limerick side as they opening six games. the ‘Burger King’ L i m e r ic k entertheir firsthome game For more see Super League. in two months. w w w. l i m e r i c k l ead e r . ie LIT Celtics had thegame Withstar scorerMattSt 40 LIMERICK CHRONICLE Tue sday, Januar y 16, 20 1 8

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