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ELIZABETH CARTER: 21ST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS IN NOLAN'S OF ANNAGH

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:16:00 +0100

ELIZABETH Carter from Ballybeg, Ferns, got a large crowd of family and friends together for her 21st birthday celebrations in Nolan's of Annagh last Friday night.

MARY SOMERS: 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE PARKVIEW HOUSE

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:16:00 +0100

MARY SOMERS from Croneyhorn, Carnew, was delighted to see so many family members and friends at her 50th birthday celebrations in the Parkview, Shillelagh, recently. Mary has lived in the UK for the past 22 years, and she flew home for the bash. Among those enjoying the fun were her mother Aggie, her sisters Susanne and Una, and her brother John, as well as other relatives and friends.

STELLA O'HALLORAN: 80TH BIRTHDAY LUNCH IN THE AMBER SPRINGS HOTEL

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:16:00 +0100

STELLA O'HALLORAN from Banogue, Gorey, was delighted to be joined by 38 family members and friends, as she celebrated her 80th birthday with a lunch in the Amber Springs Hotel, Gorey, last Sunday afternoon.

TRACEY AND NOEL WATTERS: 30TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN TURKEY

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:16:00 +0100

TRACEY AND Noel Watters from Riverchapel recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary by taking their entire family to Kusadasi in Turkey for a holiday.

ANNUAL HOSPICE BARBECUE: IN THE AMBER SPRINGS HOTEL

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:16:00 +0100

THE ANNUAL Hospice Barbeque held in the Amber Springs Hotel last Saturday night was hailed as the biggest and best ever. The organisers actually had to stop selling tickets in the run up to the event such was the demand. Around 800 tickets were sold for the event, and the main function room was packed out on the evening, and parking spaces outside were hard to find.

STRAIGHT TALKING: Unfair CAO points system can be improved upon

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:56:23 +0100

IN JUST A few short weeks, thousands of young people will be heading back to school or going online to check out their muchanticipated Leaving Certificate results. Wednesday, August 18, is D Day, with the future hopes and plans of so many riding on getting the grades and points required for places at thirdlevel colleges.

AIDAN WRITES: The Church brought this on itself, Bishop McDaid

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:56:23 +0100

To be honest, Your Grace, I'm not altogether sure should I congratulate you or commiserate with you. Either way, I wish you well on your elevation to the rank of Bishop of Clogher within the Church in Ireland. In most walks of life and in most professions, promotion is something of which to be proud; something you wished for or worked towards for the best part of your career.

Q&A: What happens if a business partner dies?

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:56:23 +0100

Q I recently set up a company with a friend. We were both made redundant and went into business quite quickly and I now have a few concerns. What would happen if either of us were to pass away? I don't want to fall out with his family, or vice versa, should something like this happen. A Congratulations on setting up your new business. Redundancy is a difficult situation and it sounds like you and your friend have taken a positive step forward. I understand your concerns, as this is certainly an issue that needs to be addressed very early on in the life of the business – by you and your friend.

PLATFORM: Signs of economic recovery – from my recruitment company

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:56:23 +0100

IS OUR ECONOMY turning the corner? That is the question I am most frequently asked as I speak to various chambers of commerce, business associations and companies around the country. Sadly, the best answer I have given is: sincerely hope so. know it sounds weak but it would be worse to tell people recovery is underway if I have seen no evidence of it. However, for the first time I am beginning to see hard evidence of the initial steps of a recovery.

MY WORLD: Pac-Man game was the iPad of its day

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:56:23 +0100

AWAVE OF excitement added a certain zing to the air last Friday morning as the eagerly awaited iPad took its place on Irish store shelves. Unapologetic for my ignorance when it comes to most things technological, this new arrival didn't start my heart pumping any faster.

COMMENT: Real change will save lives on our deadly roads

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:56:23 +0100

WITH THE August Bank Holiday looming we can expect to see the usual appeals to drivers to be extra careful and to behave responsibly on the roads in an effort to avoid the tragic loss of life that typically marks holiday weekends. If recent events are anything to go by, the message is badly needed. But there isn't much evidence that it's getting through to those who most need to hear it.

THE WAY I SEE IT: Vatican thinks it knows best

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:56:23 +0100

HHAS ANY organisation or institution ever been so much in the media spotlight as has the Catholic Church of late? It's doubtful. By this stage most columnists worldwide have had their say. It is also the perfect organisation about which someone can have a good rant. And strange as it may seem, it continues to grab the headlines.

A life of walking on broken glass

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:19:56 +0100

WHILE SPENDING an afternoon sipping mint tea and talking space travel among other things with the singer/songwriter Hazel O'Connor, 55, in her cottage in Rathdrum, I noticed how, every so often the years seemed to fade away as she became animated and wide eyed talking about her life.

High time Enniscorthy gets plug it deserves

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:19:56 +0100

ENNISCORTHY is a cauldron of literary endeavour these days – though the authors responsible appear incapable of putting the name of the place up in lights.

STRAIGHT TALKING: More must still be done to save lives on Irish roads

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:57:46 +0100

THERE can hardly have been a person in the country whose heart didn't go out last week to the people living in the tight-knit community of Inishowen in Co. Donegal after the appalling traffic accident which robbed them of seven young sons, and also took the life of a pensioner. 'It was like a scene from hell' was how one person described it, and you can just imagine what a harrowing sight must have been encountered by the Gardaí and emergency services personnel when they first came on the scene of the worst fatal road accident in the history of the State.

THE WAY I SEE IT: Valuing truth to free ourselves

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:57:46 +0100

IT WAS announced recently that the Government has saved more than €110m in social welfare fraud so far this year. That's an incredible amount of money in any man's language. And I imagine that's only the tip of the iceberg. Because if that's the amount of fraud that has been detected, and knowing that like any other public service those who are charged with the task of detecting fraud are under-resourced and lacking in manpower, then there's a hell of a lot more of it going on. And we might ask ourselves: 'why is there such fraud going on?' And I even ask myself, how can people be so dishonest that they would fraudulently claim social welfare, and not in the least bit be bothered about it.

MY WORLD: Those little white lies are everywhere

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:57:46 +0100

TTHE OTHER evening the young lad came home from crèche in an awful tizzy. Alvin, his chipmunk teddy, had fallen into a fish bowl and was in serious need of a drying out. I asked him how he had ended up in the water and he claimed another classmate was to blame. But we had our suspicions.

PLATFORM: We need a common-sense debate about immigration

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:57:46 +0100

COUNTY Meath's Mosney Centre has been the subject of considerable controversy. This former Butlin's holiday camp has been home for up to 800 asylum seekers for the past five years. The Department of Justice want to relocate 109 single men and women to vacant Dublin accommodation at Hatch Hall. The Reception and Integration Agency intends to save €1.8m annually by reducing the capacity there to 650.

AIDAN WRITES: Tribalism exists, Garrett, but what can be done about it?

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:57:46 +0100

FFAIR PLAY to you, Garrett, you appear to be in the news more now than when you were taoiseach of the country. In your game, I guess, you need to jump on any opportunity that comes your way. But I have an issue with something you said recently. Well, it's more to do with how you appear to view rural Ireland.

ON THE MONEY: A new value-for-money rail framework is needed

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:57:46 +0100

TThe €300mLuas Green Line extension from Sandyford to Cherrywood is now completed and the Government is reviewing its transport infrastructure plans. The original plan was to spend almost €40bn on Transport Infrastructure, mostly roads and rail, between now and 2013. The Department of Finance, which is co-ordinating the review, is trying to cut this spending to €23bn. This means that almost half the planned projects have to be taken out of the plan.

Q&A: Do I need financial advice and where should I get it?

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:57:46 +0100

QI have been working full-time since leaving college five years ago and have managed to save enough for a deposit on a house. I need to figure out the best mortgage and I also want to look at life insurance and a pension. Are these straightforward or do I need professional financial advice?

SPAREPARTS

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:14:31 +0100

A NEW online system has been launched for buying and selling current, slow moving and obsolete vehicle parts.

X5 now leaner and meaner

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:14:31 +0100

BMW's class-leading Sports Activity Vehicle, the BMW X5, just received an array of design and engine changes offering even greater performance and lower emissions, whilst also updating its look.

Stampede out of Dáil as TDs’ long holiday begins