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A man scolded his son for being so The man then made a final attempt, with some bad news. "Mom," she He sends e-mails to all the smart
unruly and the child rebelled against 'What if your clothes get dirty?'. says, "I just found out that my friends he knows, all to no avail.
his father. He got some of his 'Then I'll come home and let mommy fiance's mother has bought the exact After over an hour of searching he
clothes, his teddy bear and his piggy wash them.', was the reply. same dress as you to wear to the finally gives up. He wakes up the
bank and proudly announced, 'I'm The man shook his head and wedding." Irishman and hands him €500.00
running away from home!'. exclaimed, 'This kid is not running The bride's mother thinks for a
The father calmly decided to look at away from home, he's going off to minute. "Don't worry," she tells her The Irishman pockets the €500.00
the matter logically. 'What if you get college!!'. daughter. "I'll just go and buy and goes right back to sleep. The
hungry?', he said. another dress to wear to the lawyer is going nuts not knowing the
'Then I'll come home and eat!', ceremony." answer. He wakes the Irishman up
bravely declared the child. ' And "But mother," says the bride, "that and asks, 'Well, so what goes up a
what if you run out of money?'. A couple was getting married, and it dress cost a fortune. What will you hill with three legs and comes down
'I will come home and get some!', was only three days before the do with it? It's such a waste not to with four?' The Irishman reaches in
readily replied the child. wedding. The bride calls her mother use it." his pocket, hands the lawyer €5.00
"Who said I won't use it?" her and goes back to sleep.
mother asked. "I'll just wear it to
the rehearsal dinner."
5 surgeons from big cities are
discussing who makes the best
patients to operate on.
An Italian lawyer and an Irishman The 1st surgeon, from New York ,
are sitting next to each other on a says,
long flight. The lawyer is thinking "I like to see accountants on my
that Irishmen are so dumb that he operating table because when you
could put something over on them open them up, everything
easily...So the lawyer asks if the inside is numbered."
Irishman would like to play a fun The 2nd, from Chicago , responds,
Treadmills game. The Irishman is tired and "Yeah, but you should try
€24 per week just wants to take a nap, so he electricians! Everything inside them
politely declines and tries to catch a is colour coded."
few winks. The Italian lawyer The 3rd surgeon, from Dallas , says,
persists, and says that the game is a "No, I really think librarians are the
lot of fun. best, everything inside them is in
I ask you a question, and if you alphabetical order."
don't know the answer, you pay me The 4th surgeon, from Los Angeles
only €5.00 you ask me one, and if I chimes in,
don't know the answer, I will pay "You know, I like construction
you €500.00, he says. This catches workers... Those guys always
the Irishman's attention and to keep understand when you have
Exercise Bikes the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play a few parts left over."
€18 per week the game. The lawyer asks the first But the 5th surgeon, from
question. 'What's the distance from Washington , DC shut them all up
The Earth to the Moon?' The when he observed,
Vibro Plates Irishman doesn't say a word, "You're ALL wrong. Politicians are
€22 per week reaches in his pocket pulls out a the easiest to operate on. There's no
five euro note and hands it to the guts, no heart, no balls, no brains,
lawyer. and no spine.. Plus, the head and the
Tel; (0504) 21842 Now, it's the Irishman's turn. He ass are interchangeable."
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The Sacrament of Confirmation The Sacrament of the Eucharist
Preparation for Confirmation emphasises godparents usually acts as sponsor to the
- First Holy Communion
the graces that the Spirit brings. It is child. The word ‘communion’ means to be bread placed by the Priest in the palms
intended that those preparing for this united with. Catholics believe that in of their hands.
Sacrament would be enabled to see the The Ceremony of Confirmation has four
holy communion they are united in a
Spirit working in their own lives. main parts
special way with Jesus Christ, that they Most Catholic children receive their
Children preparing for Confirmation, * Proclamation of the Word are sharing in the body and blood of First Communion when they’re seven
usually in sixth class in primary school, The readings for confirmation are chosen Christ the Saviour. Holy Communion, or eight years of age because this is
often attend a retreat. Preparation also to reflect the help that the Holy Spirit can and the whole service (Mass) is also considered the age of reason. This
includes an Enrolment offer the candidates and to remind us and known as Eucharist, from a Greek means that most children are usually in
Ceremony/Ceremony of light. The perhaps challenge us to keep and live out word meaning thanksgiving. second class in school when they make
children renew the Baptismal Promises the promises made at confirmation. their First Communion.
made by their parents on their behalf The Sacrament of the Eucharist (First
when they were infants. During the * Renewal of baptismal promises Holy Communion) is a Roman In order for to receive communion the
Confirmation ceremony the Bishop (or the We renew our baptismal promises during Catholic ceremony. It is the colloquial recipient should be without sin and in a
priest representing him) anoints the the confirmation ceremony to highlight name for a person's first celebration of state of grace. Traditionally, therefore
children with chrism and says the words the connection between baptism and the sacrament of the Eucharist. The young Catholic children will make
‘Be sealed with the gift of the Holy confirmation. In the presence of the celebration of First Eucharist is a their first confession, i.e. the
Spirit’. The Bishop also lays his hands on community and with their support and sacred and important moment on a Sacrament of Reconciliation some
the children in gesture of appointing or prayers we are confirming the promises
long journey of faith development. weeks before receiving their First Holy
sending. The children are called upon to made for us at our baptism. We are now
Together with Baptism and Communion. The Sacrament of
be active participants in the Church. At saying yes for ourselves to a Christian
Confirmation children traditionally make way of life and the community is Confirmation, it opens the door to full Baptism must also have been received
a promise to abstain from alcohol/drugs witnessing that and promising to help us membership of the Christian before receiving the First Communion.
for a given time. A Confirmation name is as we continue on the journey of faith. community. At the ceremony, each
also selected and traditionally this was a child receives Communion, normally
saint’s name. The websites *Laying on of Hands in the form of a small round piece of
www.actapublications.com or In Old Testament times the laying on of
www.catholic.org are helpful in finding hands was a sign of blessing. It was also a *Anointing with Chrism have chosen for confirmation. The Bishop
saint’s names and useful facts about saints sign that the person was being specially The anointing with oil is a sign that we are will then make the sign of cross with
as is Religious Education net. There are chosen to do God’s work. Jesus laid hands being strengthened by the Holy Spirit, that chrism on each candidate’s forehead using
also a number of books available to on people to heal and bless them. The the gifts of the Holy Spirit are being given the words ‘be sealed with the gift of the
parents to help in preparing your child for apostles used the laying on of hands to to them and that they are being blessed by Holy Spirit.’ In doing this he echoes the
Confirmation - click here for some signify the coming of the Holy Spirit God. Oil was used to anoint priests, kings words used in the Old Testament ‘I have
suggested texts. (Acts 8:14-17). During confirmation the and prophets in Old Testament times. The called you by name. You are mine.’
bishop and priests lay their hands over the chrism oil used by the bishop at The Sponsor stands behind the
In order to maintain the link between candidates. confirmation was blessed by him during candidate during the anointing as support
Baptism and Confirmation, one of the the Chrism Mass during Holy Week. The and witness.
candidates will be called by the name they
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The Enterprise Board has lots to
Sliding Wardrobes
offer the new or existing business
January Offers Cathedral Street
Thurles
Sliding and Walk-in Phone 0504-22221 If you need to sharpen your business about of starting a business looking
Wardrobes Unit 2, skills, regenerate your ailing business to self employment as an alternative
O’Connor’s Shopping
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Full Design Dublin Road, Nenagh as an option, contact your local include If you need to regenerate
Service Phone 067-42913 County Enterprise Board in Nenagh your business the Tipperary a ten
After 6pm, Contact Sean or Clonmel. week Start Your Own Business
087 8226803 acmecentrenenagh@gmail.com Programme, a 1 day Start Your Own
The Enterprise Board offers a wide Business Bootcamp and a one day
range of business supports including Bookkeeping Using Excel Course.
Mid West il
grants, training, mentoring, The Board works closely with the
management development, supports Department of Social Protection and
for websites, exhibitions, trade fairs unemployed individuals
and should be your first port of call if contemplating business start up or
Suppliers of Agri & Auto Diesel, you need any of the aforementioned. already in receipt of the Back to
Home Heating Oils, The Tipperary North County Work Allowance may qualify for
free places on the Board’s business
Lubricating Oil and Tanks Enterprise Board is running a series skills training courses.
of training programmes over the
UPPERCHURCH, THURLES, coming months targeting A number of workshops and
(0504) 54129 / 54193 (087)-810 7344 owners/managers looking to improve seminars have also been scheduled
the performance of their business or for early 2013 including a
thinking about starting one. Microfinance Seminar which will be
run in Nenagh next week in
Hot W The programmes on offer include conjunction with Network North
Heating For The Future a te r Mentors, Company Development, Tipperary and repeated in Thurles on
24/7
Sales & Marketing, Social Media, March 13 for a general audience in
Primary Food Safety, Food Safety & conjunction with Thurles Chamber.
• Underfloor Heating • Heat Pumps HACCP, Advanced Food Enterprise A Motivational Seminar with Kevin
• Geothermal Heating • Time & Temperature control system Programme, Getting Irish Business Kelly will take place in April in the
• Solar Hot water • Condensing oil Gas boiler On-Line etc. Horse & Jockey; the Annual “Who
• Water Pumps & Softeners To Talk To” Expo has been planned
North County Enterprise Board is for early May at the Thurles
Thomas Maher
Tel:087 8378791 / 0504 45310 Fax: 0504 34911 E: tmplumbing@eircom.net running an initiative developed by Chamber Enterprise Centre followed
Cloncleigh, Two Mile Borris, Co. Tipperary Blaise Brosnan MRI. This in the first half of the year by
programme has been devised to specialist seminars on Intellectual
assist owner/managers of businesses Property, Patents & Copyright and
who have suffered badly during the the BeSMART initiative with the
recession but who are still in Health & Safety Authority.
business and ready to dust
themselves down and prepare for the All courses may be booked on-line at
next stage of their natural business www.tnceb.ie/training.htm (see
cycle. This programme would also advert on back cover for dates etc).
greatly benefit previous participants Early booking is advised as numbers
of Management Development are strictly limited and places are
programmes and consists of 10 allocated on a first-come first-served
Batteries • Copper • Stainless • Motors modules and two confidential one to basis. The unemployed or BTWA
Top Prices Paid at our Yard in Templemore one mentor sessions. beneficiaries should contact the
Board’s offices
Phone Kevin 087-680 7983 The ‘Accelerate – Driving Your
Business Forward’, Management or their Job Facilitator (who will be
Development Programme designed required to vouch their status in order
by the Network of County & City to qualify for free places).
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St Theresa's National School Borrisoleigh
Open Evening Neuromuscular
February 20th at 7pm
Parents and children are invited along to enrol for
& Physical Therapy
September 2013.
Neuromuscular & Physical Therapy
0504 51473 and Orthopedic Sports massage
www.scoilteresa.ie serves to address soft tissue injuries and
conditions associated with chronic and acute pain
St Theresa's National School CRYOTHERAPY
Borrisoleigh New to Tipperary, Cryonic Medical is
St Theresa's National School is a curriculum, they are always vigilant a drug free non invasive Treatment
for pain and inflamation. This painless
caring & nurturing school where of the individual needs of each child
treatment can speed up your recovery
each child is encouraged & and learning support is available process following injuries
challenged to reach his/her full where necessary . The school has
potential and to blossom as a human succeeded in attaining their first
being . The school is effectively Green Flag Award in 2011 and they
run by Mrs Mary Butler (principal ) are currently working hard toward
and an excellent team of staff. Each their second- benefiting both school , Discount on all Treatments for December
member is dedicated to her job and home and the wider community as Contact for appointment
always has the welfare of the children have become much more Helen Ryan (Kennedy) 083 1477864
children at heart . They are always respectful of our environment : this 17 Liberty Square, Thurles
available for a chat should a parent education will live with them forever www.helenkryan.com
have a concern no matter how big or . late evening appointments available
little the worry is . There are a large
variety of subjects available to all The care and teaching they receive
Clients with health insurance are entitled to a part refund
children such as song , dance, in St Theresa's is fundamental in
cooking and art along with English, building them into men and women
Irish and Maths etc . Although St of the future ..
Theresa's follow the national
Blinds & Curtains
February Offers
Made to Measure Curtains, Roman,
Roller, Vertical and Wood Blinds
Pat Bracken and Mary Butler and 3rd class with their prizes for winning the
"Write about my own place" competition. Their winning book is called
"Cliodhna's Quest" which tells the story of the history of Borrisoleigh.
Get Your Boots On For Rehabcare Thurles
The scenic village of Upperchurch will The Walk is part of Michael Walsh’s
host a great Walking day in aid of Tús fundraising effort for Autism Projects
Nua Autism Residential & Resource here in Thurles, In April Michael is
Centre Stradavoher Thurles. walking from Holycross Abbey to
Santiago de Compostella Galicia Spain
Tus Nua is a new Rehabcare Unit here a journey of over 2,000k. The Walk in
in Thurles Caring for young Adults with Upperchurch on Saturday 23 Feb at
Disabilities, comprising of 2 Houses and 1130 am is an ideal way to support this After 6pm, Contact Sean
a Resource Centre,this exciting new great local cause. Registration is €10
complex compliments the work of and after the walk on the Eamon an 087-8226803
Rehabcare in the Thurles Region Chnoic Loop refreshments will be
,providing Residential Care and Respite provided in the local Community Hall acmecentrenenagh@gmail.com
Care to many families. Rehabcare
started in Thurles in 2006 and they now For further details or any queries contact Unit 2,
support over 30 individuals between the Michael at 087 2755445 O’Connor’s Shopping Centre, Cathedral Street
ages 18-40,with over 60 on the staff this
Dublin Road, Nenagh Thurles
is a most welcome development in the
Thurles Region. Phone 067-42913 Phone 0504-22221

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€1,000 up for grabs for
Peat Briquettes Community Groups in Tipperary
· New crowd funding platform have designed our platform to make
€2.50 per bale PledgUp.com launched. it really simple and free for groups
to create an online sponsorship page
Community groups and projects and to process online donations
For Sale at across Tipperary could get a kick without the need for technical skills.
Hennessy Metal Recycling Yard start to their fundraising efforts by We are receiving lots of interest
signing up for a new free Irish from community groups trying to
in Killea, Templemore crowd funding platform called fundraise for a variety of things
PledgUp.com. from new playgrounds, memorials
Phone Kevin 087-680 7983 right the way through to sports
The company, which is based in clubs looking for online donations
Longford, is offering €1,000 of for events like Strictly Come
funding to community groups or Dancing and Duathlons.”
projects that sign up for the service
with the most innovative Once people click on the links they
fundraising ideas. are brought to a personalised page
where they get details of the
PledgUp.com is a free service that fundraiser and can donate online.
Monumental Sculptor helps community groups to get
online donations for their projects. Speaking about the competition Mr
Headstones Once a group sets up profile on the Kennedy added “Every community
website they receive a link to a in Ireland has some project that are
Granite Worktops personalised fundraising page that trying to raise funds for. By signing
they can email to their contacts or up before the end of February they
post on social media sites asking for will be entered into a competition
Templederry, Nenagh. Dungar, Roscrea. donations. The service allows for a €1,000 donation pool. We are
groups to ask for straight forward looking for the best fundraising
Tel: (087) 270 3615 Tel: (0505) 21534 donations or to look for financial causes and ideas. In addition to the
During office hours sponsorship of events they are competition they will also be able to
timryangranite@ircom.net Mobile: (087) 2703615 organising. The groups can also get use their personalised fundraising
all their members involved by pages to immediately reach out to
inviting them to join. Once they do possible donors anywhere in the
they also receive a personalised world.”
page and the amount raised by each
LocalSwitch rebrands as person is shown to the entire group. Details of the competition winners
will be posted on
GET Local Commenting cofounder Eoin
Kennedy, PledgUp.com said
www.PledgUp.com/blog. Three
prizes will be awarded - €500 for
“Smaller community groups have 1st place, €300 for 2nd place and
Empowering Sustainable excellent networks and contacts in €200 for third. The competition
Ireland and abroad. Where they fall runs until February 28th 2013.
Community Enterprise down is with technology skills. We
The last year has really been a roller- Secondly, some people felt that the GET Local (Formerly LocalSwitch) is but primarily energy saving and
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evolved was something more finely will probably happen over time, but for them to receive inspiration, woodland maintenance, tool sharing,
tuned around being an agency for suggesting people should make the coaching, niche specific skills, start- car sharing, waste recycling and
enterprise creation, a way of making ‘switch’ over night is probably a bit up capital, back office services, and reuse, and community supported
happen what we always wanted to do, much for some. even customers. agriculture.
which was to catalyze local self help
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fitting us much better, along with a www.localswitch.ie
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good intentions to either quit smoking positive habits. No-longer will you correctly.
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Philly Ryan’s Bar The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
Silver St., Nenagh They emerged from this session
Prop: Tom Kenneally Fancy five minutes of
fascinated by each other. After this,
fame on The Source Arts Winston Churchill softened towards
LIVE MUSIC Centre’s stage? Ireland, and gave Michael Collins
and the Irish Free State every support
Mon. 18th March with Following it success in 2011, Open he could. The play is a moving
Mic Night is back. Once again our portrait of two men who were
doors are open and the stage is yours. antagonists, and yet, at a certain
Easter Weekend From young to old we extend a warm level, comrades, each recognizing the
invitation for you to showcase your qualities of the other.
Mon 1st April - talent, whether it is music, poetry,
@ 8pm song, dance or comedy. If you have a Not many people know this but
band that want a break this could be Churchill had as many links as
it or, if you are in a dance troop that Collins to north Kerry having spent
needs a stage, then come down to his childhood summers as his
The Source Arts Centre. cousins' estate of Tarbert House .This
play also had a very successful run in
The Source has 20 performance slots the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in
on the night, each of 5 minutes 2006 starring Mel Smith as Churchill
duration. The winning act will get to with Michael Fassbender reprising
perform at The Source Family Fun the role of his direct descendant
Day this summer. To enter all you
have to do is collect an entry form
from the Box Office or download a
form online and return completed
Until May Bank Holiday Weekend forms before the deadline, Friday
March 1st. Please include your
AllSavings Plan Available
Parties Catered For name, address, email address, phone
Phone Tom 087-9852671 number and age. There is a non
refundable fee of €5 per entry.
Pub: 067-31350 - Tom: 087-9852671 Find us on The show will take place on Saturday
March 16th 8pm and tickets to see the Michael Collins!
performances are just €5. Why not
Natures Balm—The Rub make a night of it and come early to A superb and very entertaining play
Grannies Home Remedy Over 100 years old enjoy a meal or bar bites at The
Source Café from 7pm? Ring Sheena
and promises to engage the audience
right from the start.
The Story by Dorrie Killeen on 0504-58858 for more details. The
Source Bar will be open from 7pm. Thursday 7 March 8pm. Tickets
The Rub is an old herbal remedy that grandmother used to say ‘for every
was in my grandmother’s family for illness a herb grows nearby’ For bookings and to download an €16/14 concession
generations. application form go to
http://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/ev Why not make a night of it and come
Over the years I’ve studied the
ents/info/open-mic-night or ring the early to enjoy a meal or bar bites at
In 1890 a young teacher Annie science of herbs and nutrition and
Box Office on 0504 90204 The Source Café from 7pm? Ring
Murray whose family came from collected lots of old traditional
Matt on 0504-58858 for more details.
Rathmoylan in Co Meath took up a remedies. I have a manual written and
post outside Athlone in a South hope to have it published this year.
The Source Bar will be open from
7pm.
Roscommon National School a few Allegience – a night that
miles west of the Shannon. She met Go to my blog—
and married my grandfather Thomas dorriekilleentherub.blogspot.com for
changed history
Feeley and Roscommon was to more information and testimonials—
Written by Mary Kenny, Allegience
Visit
become her home for life near the users of The Rub and some pages
shores of Lough Ree. from my book.
is the dramatization of actual events www.tipptatler.ie
that changed history. In 1921
She brought with her a recipe for a
Eamon de Valera ordered Michael
John—Limerick—heard about The
substance made from herbs oils and Rub from a neighbour, has arthritis
Collins under sufferance, to travel Sudoku
salts that had been used by her family to London, with the Irish
everywhere for over thirty years, he
for generations for pains aches and told me he could not take painkillers
delegation, to negotiate the Treaty 3 9
inflammation. In 1991 searching her that followed the Truce and the War 5 3 9 1 4
anymore. Since he started using The
old medical book entitled ‘The of Independence. Winston Churchill
Rub--he is pain free and mobile,
Household Physician’ for information going on holidays etc. John is now
was Colonial Secretary in charge of 4 1 6
I found the recipe and made it up for using The Rub for a few years and he
Ireland, and the two men were 2 6 1 7
an elderly man who had very bad is 81 years old. prepared to detest one another. Yet,
arthritis in his hands, knees, ankles at a point when the Treaty talks 8 4 1
and shoulders, he came back the seemed to be in stasis, Churchill 3 6
Helen Limerick--I’ve often cried with
following day after using The Rub and Collins spent a night drinking
pain after a few applications of the
twice and said he was able to walk up The Rub to my hands and knees I am
together, talking, arguing, even 3 9 7
singing and reciting poetry.
the fields for the first time in three pain free. Thank you Dorrie. 4 2
years and that was the rediscovery of
The Rub 20 years ago. My Win
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