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No. 178. Fri. 30th September, 2011 Tel: 0504-51945 email: [email protected] Curraghgraigue, Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary. www.tipptatler.ie

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A man was stopped by a game war-den in Northern Minnesota recentlywith two buckets of fish leaving alake well known for its fishing. Thegame warden asked the man, "Do youhave a license to catch those fish?"The man replied to the game warden,"No, sir. These are my pet fish.""Pet fish?!" the warden replied."Yes, sir. Every night I take these fishdown to the lake and let them swimaround for a while. I whistle and theyjump back into their buckets, and Itake em home.""That's a bunch of hooey! Fish can'tdo that!"The man looked at the game wardenfor a moment, and then said, "Here,I'll show you. It really works.""O.K. I've GOT to see this!" the gamewarden replied.The man poured the fish in to the wa-ter and stood and waited. After sever-al minutes, the game warden turned tothe man and said, "Well?""Well, what?" the man asked."When are you going to call themback?" the game warden prompted."Call who back?" the man asked."The FISH.""What fish?" the man asked.

"Hey, Mom," asked Johnny "Can yougive me twenty quid?""Certainly not.""If you do," he went on, "I'll tell youwhat dad said to the maid when youwere at the beauty shop."His mother's ears perked up and,grabbing her purse, she handed overthe money. "Well? What did he say?""He said, 'Hey, Marie, make sure youwash my socks tomorrow.' "

The teacher was giving her class ofseven-year-olds a natural history les-son."Worker ants," she told them, "cancarry pieces of food five times theirown weight. What do you concludefrom that?"One child was ready with an answer:"They don't have a union."

A young woman was taking an after-noon nap. After she woke up, she toldher husband, "I just dreamed that yougave me a pearl necklace for Valen-tine's Day. What do you think itmeans?""You'll know tonight," he said.

That evening, the man came homewith a small package and gave it tohis wife. Delighted, she opened it--only to find a book entitled "TheMeaning of Dreams."

A man and his wife are sitting in theliving room and he says to her, "Justso you know, I never want to live in avegetative state dependent on somemachine. If that ever happens, justpull the plug.""OK," says his wife as she gets upand unplugs the TV.

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The wife says: Nothing.The wife means: Everything.

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The wife says: I don't want to talkabout it.The wife means: I'm still building upsteam.A woman walked into the kitchen tofind her husband stalking around witha fly swatter."What are you doing?" She asked."Hunting Flies" He responded.

"Oh. Killing any?" She asked."Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he re-plied.Intrigued, she asked. "How can youtell them apart?"He responded, "3 were on a beer can,2 were on the phone."

A police recruit was asked on an ex-am, "What would you do if you hadto arrest your own mother?"In the blank, he wrote, "Call for back-up."

What are the three questions mostcommonly asked by lawyers?1. How much money do you have?2. Where can you get more?3. Do you have anything you cansell?

Jack has died. His lawyer is standingbefore the family and reads out Jack'sLast Will and Testament:"To my dear wife Esther, I leave thehouse, 50 acres of land, and 1 millioneuros."To my son Barry, I leave my BigLexus and the Jaguar."To my daughter Suzy, I leave myyacht and €250,000."And to my brother-in-law Jeff, whoalways insisted that health is betterthan wealth, I leave my treadmill."

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Having a unique mix of Craft andFood in the usual high standard, eachstall will have different products. Allproducts have to be home producedand of Irish origin.

A special feature of the Craft andFood Fair is a child Art Competitionfor the children of the local schools.This always proves to be exciting andof a high standard.

A hospice stall will again featurewith tea and buns available in a verycordial atmosphere.

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The monthly meeting of the NorthTipperary Macra na Feirme Execu-tive was held in Moyne Hall last Fri-day 16th September. Presentationswere made by representatives of theSeandun "Rally" National Confer-ence Committee about the upcomingconference to held in October thisyear and the jam-packed weekendplanned. Also in attendance was therecently elected Munster Regionvice-president of Macra, TommyMoyles who outlined his plans forthe forthcoming year. There wasgreat revelry as Chair Tim Mahercongratulated his Club "Devils Bit"on winning the county round of the"Know your Ag" quiz and thus go onto represent North Tipperary in theFinals.

Following the Meeting in MoyneHall, the exciting business of the eve-ning got underway. The final of thecounty round of Impromptu Debatingwas an exciting affair with local ri-vals Devils Bit facing a veteranMoyne/Templetuohy side that were

out to win on home turf. The teamswere as follows:Moyne/Templetuohy - (Chair) MartinFogarty, Barth O'Keeffe and MaggieO'Keeffe and the Devils Bit team of(Chair) Ger Fogarty, Marian Lee andCon McGrath. The team from devilsbit got the debate underway as theyproposed the contentious motion anddespite their best efforts, the Moyneteam was victorious and successfullydefeated the motion.

The Moyne/Templetuohy team willnow go on to the national finalswhere they will no doubt representNorth Tipperary with pride and dis-tinction.

The North Tipperary executivewould like to thank the Moyne clubfor hosting this prestigious event andalso wishes their team every successgoing forward. We would also like tothank the Moyne hall committee forthe use of the hall and its wonderfulfacilities.

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They say charity begins at home andIreland’s newest autism charity, Au-tism Assistance Dogs Ireland (AADI)is a testament to that old adage. Thecharity is delighted to be the benefi-ciaries of the Clonmel 10km MiniMarathon on Sunday October 9th.The event will start and end at thePark Hotel, Clonmel with the racegetting underway at 2pm.

AADI has been in existence sinceApril 2010 and to date has placed 3trained assistance dogs and 6 com-panion dogs with children and theirfamilies who are dealing with autismnationwide. The dogs can provideindependence and safety for the chil-dren, allowing them to go out in pub-lic, act as an unconditional source oflove and affection for the child andhelp them to improve interaction andsocialisation skills.

Director of fundraising BreedaClancy says any additional fundingwill be a massive boost. “We dependhugely on all fundraising undertakenby those who partake in events such

as the ClonmelMini-Marathonon behalf ofAADI, flagdays, our onlinestore, calendarsales and otheractivities but the cost of training adog to such specific standards isenormous.

Nuala Geraghty, AADI’s trainingservice manager agrees. “AADI isonly up and running for just over ayear and we are doing our best totrain and provide as many dogs as wecan but to train dogs to the properstandard is a lengthy process and de-mand is very high. AADI has so farmade a huge difference to the lives ofmany autistic children. “We traindogs, mainly Labradors or Goldenretrievers, as assistance dogs to helpautistic children break down the bar-riers preventing them from interact-ing with society”, says Nuala. “Thereis really nothing like seeing the calm-ing effect the dog can have on achild’s behaviour”.

The Clonmel event is being organ-ised by Teresa Burke who can becontacted on 087 6199 881 for spon-sorship packs and further informationor you can join AADI on Facebookor follow them on Twitter@autismdogsirl

Clonmel Mini Marathon

Start with a cage containing fiveapes. In the cage, hang a banana on astring and put stairs under it. Beforelong, an ape will go to the stairs andstart to climb towards the Banana. Assoon as he touches the stairs, sprayall of the apes with cold water. Aftera while, another ape makes an at-tempt with the same result - all theapes are sprayed with cold water.

Continue until, when another apetries to climb the stairs, the otherapes try to prevent it.

Now, turn off the cold water.

Now, remove one ape from the cageand replace it with a new one. Thenew ape sees the banana and wants toclimb the stairs. To his horror, all ofthe other apes attack him. After an-other attempt and attack, he knowsthat if he tries to climb the stairs, hewill be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the originalfive apes and replace it with a newone. The newcomer goes to the stairsand is attacked. The previous new-comer takes part in the punishmentwith enthusiasm.

Again, replace a third original apewith a new one. The new one makesit to the stairs and is attacked as well.Two of the four apes that beat himhave no idea why they were not per-mitted to climb the stairs, or whythey are participating in the beatingof the newest ape.

After replacing the fourth and fifthoriginal apes, all the apes which havebeen sprayed with cold water havebeen replaced. Nevertheless, no apeever again approaches the stairs.Why not?"Because that's the way it's alwaysbeen around here."

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Due to the unfortunate fire damage atthe Shannon Oaks Hotel Portumna,Co. Galway. The Beauty Rooms, runby Lorraine Claffey Didek has relo-cated to Clonfert Avenue Portumna(Corner of ClonfertAvenue/Dominick Street). The Ethosof the Beauty Rooms has alwaysbeen to provide total beauty carefrom essential grooming to luxuriouspampering treatments and will con-

tinue to offer these services in calmand lovely surroundings. All new andexisting clients welcome. The usualmonthly clinic for Botox/Restylaneis on Tuesday October 4th with Dr.McConnell.Enquire or check out the new salonby phoning Lorraine at(087) 2848478 or log on to ‘TheBeauty Rooms’ Facebook page.

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 Meet the Authors ~ Jennifer John-ston & John MacKenna, Saturdaynight October 1 @ 8pm Lough DergYacht Club, Dromineer, Adm€12/€10

Poetry Readings ~ Dermot Healy,Kerry Hardie & Catherine Phil Mac-Carthy, Thursday night September 29@ 8pm Lough Derg Yacht Club,Dromineer, Adm €5

Poetry Readings ~ Poetry Divas, a‘poetry performance’, Saturday night,October 1 @ 10.30pm The WhiskeyStill Pub, Dromineer,

Workshops ~ Poetry Workshop withDermot Healy, Writing Workshopwith Vincent McDonnell, SaturdayOctober 1, both 10-12.30pm, LoughDerg Yacht Club, Adm €15 includesluncheon

 Performance – Drama ~The NenaghPlayers present A Grief Observed byC.S.Lewis, adapted for stage and alsoperformed by Ronan Dodd, SundayOctober 2 at Lough Derg Yacht Club,Dromineer. Adm €10

Film ~ Short Film Premiere, by Me-dia Arts Students at DIT Aungier St.

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 Festival Exhibition ~ Craft to Art,will feature violins by Luthier ReggieGoodbody, rushwork by GerardineWisdom, Bog Oak Sculptures byDick Gough, swatches of wool andtweed as well as weaving tools fromthe Hanly Woollen Mills Museum,quilts by local quilt makers and sam-ples of work by a bookbinder.

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Lack of access to overdraft facilitiesor bank loans is still an issue for thesmall business community locally andcontinues to have a serious effect ontrading and business operations.That’s according to the TipperaryNorth County Enterprise Board fig-ures in the bi-annual Business andBanking Confidence survey, whichfound that over a third of small busi-nesses nationwide felt that the availa-bility of credit has deteriorated sinceJanuary 2011, representing 37% of allthose surveyed.  These findings fol-low very similar figures from the Jan-uary 2011 and July 2010 surveys,which also found that over a third ofbusinesses felt that access to credithad worsened during the previous sixmonths.

Worryingly, a greater number of re-spondents also felt that their businesswas being curtailed by bank restric-tions this year, when compared to lastyear.  In July 2010 for example, 44%of small businesses felt that their busi-ness was being curtailed by bankingrestrictions, compared with 48% inJuly 2011.  In addition, 45% of thosewho took part in the survey considerthe effect of current banking situationon trading and business operations to

be “serious.”

The survey, which is being publishedon-line this week by the TipperaryNorth County Enterprise Board, in-cludes the views of over 1,700 soletraders and small business ownersthroughout the Country, includingthose from Tipperary.  Commentingon the survey findings, Ms. RitaGuinan, C.E.O of Tipperary NorthCounty Enterprise Board said: “Whatthis survey shows is that lack of ac-cess to credit is hurting many smallbusinesses here and all over the coun-try. According to our findings, smallbusiness owners and managers feelthat their businesses are being cur-tailed as a direct result of banking re-strictions. Without access to cash flowand credit, many viable businesses aregoing to lose sales, customers andjobs”

The C.E.O added: “The TipperaryNorth County Enterprise Board, alongwith all other Enterprise Boards, hasan important role to play in advisingand supporting small businesses, in-cluding in the areas of access to capi-tal and credit facilities.”As in previous surveys, there was ahigh level of demand reported for a

small business loan scheme concept,proposed by the County and City En-terprise Boards.  Nearly 7 of out 10respondents (69%) felt that such ascheme, to provide loans of up to€20,000 to support working capitalneeds, would be both “helpful anddesirable.”

It has also emerged that small busi-nesses are waiting longer to get paidfor their goods and services. In thissurvey, 64% of respondents had expe-rienced an increased level of debtordays, compared with 60% of respond-ents at the start of the year.Commenting on this finding, RitaGuinan said: "At a time of significantcash flow difficulties, this increase indebtor days is a worrying trend.  Whatit tells us, is that small business own-ers are waiting longer to get paid fortheir goods or services and this couldcause cash flow problems for thewhole small business community."

The survey also found that nearly athird of small businesses expect turno-ver to be better over the next six

months, when compared with the Jan-uary to June period this year (32.5% of respondents).Meanwhile, the number of businessowners who feel that the current busi-ness environment was either poor orvery poor, is down from January 2011(53% felt that the overall business en-vironment was either ‘poor’ or ‘verypoor’ in January 2011, compared witha figure of 48% in July 2011.)

The Business and Banking Confi-dence Survey was carried out in Julythis year by the County and City En-terprise Boards around the country,which are the Government Agencywith responsibility for promoting En-terprise by way of training, mentoringand grant assistance.

The survey was administered andcompiled by the County EnterpriseBoard Central Co-Ordination Unit ofEnterprise Ireland and the full set offindings is available to download atwww.enterpriseboards.ie   or atwww.tnceb.ie.

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"I'll never purge my contempt, and Iwant the ESB stopped. I most certain-ly do!" - message from TeresaTreacy, 65 years old, in MountjoyWomens' Prison.

It is the ESB's intent to fell treescovering a total 12 acres of land andamounting to 12,000 trees in all,many of which are native species andwere hand planted and maintained byTeresa over the years. The end resultbeing a 50m wide corridor perma-nently severing her woodlands in twofor well over one kilometer. It is theintention of the ESB to fill the fellingzone with one 20 metre high metaltower, five double wooden poles, a110Kv single transmission line, andfive continuous wires.

Teresa has been attempting to negoti-ate with the ESB since 2006. She has

reluctantly offered a compromise ofsiting the line underground to noavail. Having spent her entire life as alaw-abiding citizen, she has taken thepath of peaceful direct resistance as acourse of last resort.

In a call from the prison, Teresa hasasked for supporters to become ac-tively involved in her struggle to pro-tect her land and trees. Teresa iscommitted and remains defiant. Shehas no intention of 'purging her con-tempt'.

Letters of support can be sent to: Te-resa Treacy/ Dochas/ Monthjoy Wo-mens' Prison/ North Circular RD/Dublin 7/ Eire

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Tipperary GAA Scene By Ger Ryan County PRO

COUNTY SENIOR HURLINGCHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS

The county senior hurling semi-finalswill take place next Sunday at Sem-ple Stadium. Drom and Inch will playMullinahone at 2pm with Fergal Hor-gan in charge and Thurles Sarsfieldswill play Clonoulty Rossmore at 3pmwith John Cleary as referee. ThurlesSarsfields defeated Clonoulty Ross-more in last year’s county final andthey last met at semi-final stage in2008 when Sarsfields won a replayafter extra time. It’s interesting tonote that Clonoulty Rossmore arecoached this year by former Sars-fields player, Liam Cahill. Drom andInch and Mullinahone have nevermet at semi-final stage but Mullina-hone won their earlier round clash inlast year’s championship. It is inter-esting to note that this is the first timesince 1997 and only the second timesince 1959 that no team from theNorth Division qualified for thesemi-finals. The county senior hurl-ing final will be played at SempleStadium on October 16.

ADMISSION TO SEMI-FINALS

Admission prices for Sunday’s semi-finals are €15 for adults and €10 forOAPs and students (with valid ID).Both stands will be open. Admissionprices for the final will also be €15for adults and €10 for OAPs and stu-dents. A concession ticket can bepurchased on Sunday for supporterswishing to attend both the semi-finalsand final. It will cost €25 for adults(save €5) and €15 for OAPs and stu-dents (save €5). Over 350 peopleavailed of the discount package forthe semi-finals.

SENIOR HURLING RELEGA-TION

The senior hurling relegation deciderwill is fixed for next Sunday at 12noon in Templemore between Borri-sokane and Cashel King Cormacs.The losers will be relegated to Inter-mediate status for next year.

SEAMUS O RIAIN CUP

The Seamus O Riain Cup final be-tween Moycarkey Borris and Knock-avilla Donaskeigh Kickhams will bethe first game on county final dayand is scheduled for 1.30pm at Sem-ple Stadium on October 16.

COUNTY SENIOR FOOTBALLCHAMPIONSHIP

The county senior football champion-ship quarter final draws and fixtureswere made on Monday night last. On

Saturday October 1 Moyle Roverswill play Galtee Rovers / St. Pecaunat 1.30pm at Leahy Park, Cashel. OnSunday October 9, JK Brackens willplay Thomas MacDonaghs at Toom-evara at 3pm. Arravale Rovers andClonmel Commercials have alreadyqualified for the semi-finals.

DIVISIONAL SENIOR FOOT-BALL FINALS

Congratulations to Clonmel Com-mercials and to Arravale Rovers whorespectively won the South and Westsenior football championship finalson Sunday. Commercials won theirfirst title since 2004 and in defeatingMoyle Rovers by 2-6 to 1-3 prevent-ed Rovers from winning six Southtitles in a row. Arravale defeated EireOg Annacarty by 1-7 to 0-7 and wontheir first divisional title at this gradesince 1993. Well done also to MidSenior Football champions JK Brack-ens on winning the Mid title for thefirst time since 2006 by defeatingdefending champions, LoughmoreCastleiney, after extra time a coupleof weeks ago.

DOUBLE DRAW BONANZAPRIZEWINNERS

The draw for the top 3 prizes in theDouble Draw Bonanza was made athalf-time during the county seniorhurling championship quarter-finalbetween Drom and Inch and Toome-vara. The prizes were drawn byCounty Chairman, Barry O’Brien,Tipperary senior hurling captain,Eoin Kelly of Mullinahone and AllIreland winning Tipperary minorfootball captain, Liam McGrath ofLoughmore Castleiney. The winnerswere: 1st prize of trip for 2 to Austra-lia - Paul O Callaghan, Maryville,Murgasty Rd, Tipperary Town. Seller– (Effin) Eddie Moroney; 2nd prizeof trip for 2 to San Francisco withhurling All Stars - William Costigan,Gurreen, Killea, Templemore, Seller- William Costigan (ClonakennyGAA Club); 3rd prize of 2 tickets toall of Tipperary’s senior hurlingchampionship games in 2012 – Cap-pawhite GAA Club. Congratulationsto all the prize winners and sincerethanks to all those who purchasedand sold tickets. All proceeds of thedraw go towards the preparation ofTipperary’s inter-county football andhurling teams.

COUNTY MINOR C HURLINGCHAMPIONSHIP

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ing final with Rockwell Rovers,winning by 1-17 to 4-7 after extratime at Cahir on Saturday last. After-wards, Ballylooby-Castlegrace cap-tain Brendan Walsh accepted thetrophy on behalf of his team fromCounty Vice-Chairman, Sean Nu-gent. Since this competition began in1999, only 1 other South Divisionalteam had won the title before thisseason with Skeheenarinky capturingthe 2004 final. Clonakenny top theroll of honour in the grade with 3County titles. This title was the firstadult grade county hurling title everwon by Ballylooby-Castlegrace intheir 70 year existence so it was botha historic and proud achievement foreverybody associated with the club.

COUNTY MINOR A FOOTBALLCHAMPIONSHIP

The county minor A football champi-onship semi-final between ClonmelCommercials and Loughmore Castle-iney at Leahy Park, Cashel on Satur-day at 1pm (curtain raiser to MoyleRovers v Galtee Rovers SF Q/F) willhave 11 of the county minor footballpanel in action – 7 from Commer-cials and 4 from Loughmore. It couldbe well worth a trip to Cashel on Sat-urday!

FOLLOW TIPPERARY GAA ONTWITTER

Thanks to everyone who followed theChampionship updates last weekendvia the Tipperary GAA Twitter page.Live updates from the four CountySenior Hurling Championship Quar-ter-Finals as well as score updatesand results from the other key clubmatches played over Saturday andSunday were posted via Twitter toover 2,400 followers. Further liveupdates from Sunday’s County SHCSemi-Finals will also be posted onTwitter. If you have a Twitter ac-count, be sure to follow us@tipperarygaa. Alternatively, youcan keep up to date with the Tipper-ary GAA Sport Facebook Fan Pageat www.facebook.com or sign up forboth Social media outlets viawww.tipperary.gaa.ie .

MASTERS HANDBALL

The Masters All-Ireland Final washosted by Ballina on Monday nightSeptember 26.

Michael “Ducksy” Walsh and D.J.Carey from Kilkenny beat local pairMartin McInerney and MichaelGleesson. A packed gallery enjoyedthe final with Kilkenny winning 21/8,16/21, 21/9.

CROKE PARK HOTEL / CONFER-ENCE CENTRE SUPPORT FORCLUBS

The Croke Park Conference Centreand the Croke Park Hotel have joinedforces to launch an innovative newprogramme to generate funds for lo-cal GAA clubs. The GAA Club Sup-port Programme offers GAA clubsfrom all over Ireland and overseasthe opportunity to benefit from theirsupporters’ choice to select TheCroke Park Hotel for accommodationand to choose the Croke Park Confer-ence Centre for meetings, conferenc-es, dining functions, receptions orexhibitions. A rebate of 5% based onaccommodation and food spend atThe Croke Park Hotel and on roomhire and pre-booked food spend atthe Croke Park Conference Centrewill be made to the GAA supporter’schosen GAA club at no extra cost tothat supporter. To ensure 5% ofspend for the nominated club, all thatis required is that the club’s name isquoted at the time of booking or se-lected on the hotel’s online bookingpage – it couldn’t be easier! For ex-ample, if 10 weekend stays includingbreakfast and a dinner were bookedat The Croke Park Hotel by membersor supporters of any one club, thatclub could stand to receive between€150 and €180, enough to buy 7-9jerseys. If a function room werebooked for 100 people, with lunch, atthe Croke Park Conference Centrethe nominated club could potentiallyearn between €250 and €400.TheGAA Club Support Programme isstrongly supported and endorsed bythe GAA. Four well-known clubplayers, representing the provincesand their respective clubs were pres-ent at the launch to lend their supportto this initiative. These included Ry-an O'Dwyer from Kilmacud CrokesDublin, Michael Murphy, GlenswillyGAA Club Donegal, Ronan Curranfrom St Finbarr’s GAA Club, Corkand Padraic Joyce, Killererin GAAClub, Galway.

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Information concerning all areas inthe GAA will appear in this sectionin the future. If you wish to includeany item of interest in future articles,please contact the County Public Re-lations Officer Ger Ryan at 086-8149146 or via e-mail [email protected] on or before 3:0pm on Monday. Visit the TipperaryGAA web site athttp://tipperary.gaa.ie to keep up todate with all the latest news in Tip-perary GAA circles.

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Proceeds from the Mick Cowan Per-petual Cup Tournament organised byBorris-Ileigh and Moyne-Templet-uohy G.A.A. clubs in conjunctionwith the Cowan family, were present-ed to Marie McGrath of the North

Tipperary Hospice. Breed Cowan andMartin Cowan presenting cheque for€ 5,400 to Marie McGrath with Pad-dy Sweeney and Martin Kelly(Moyne-Templetuohy G.A.A.)

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The Cowan family with Marie McGrath (North Tipp Hospice). Photos by Mike Ryan

Noel Maher And Philip Delaney (Borris-Ileigh G.A.A.) with Paddy Sweeney(Moyne-Templetuohy G.A.A.) and MartinCowan.

Breed Cowan and Martin Cowan presentingcheque for € 5,400 to Marie McGrath withPaddy Sweeney and Martin Kelly (Moyne-Templetuohy G.A.A.).

Cloughjordan Culture Night, whichwas one of the 30 Culture Nights thattook place all around Ireland on Fri-day, 23 September, and which was thefirst Culture Night ever held in northTipperary, was a massive success.The 4-hour programme of free arts,heritage, and entertainment eventsincluded 14 individual events in nu-merous venues around Cloughjordan.Even the dogs on the street wanted toget in but couldn't. Art exhibitions,singing, literature, traditional music,heritage talks and exhibitions, and

kung fu were only some of the eventsthat drew people from all aroundNorth Tipperary.The buzz around the village and thehigh quality of events was made pos-sible by the many talented artists liv-ing in Cloughjordan and the guestswho rowed in to create this wonderfulevening. Many thanks go to the 34artists and performers who participat-ed, the organisers, and the many peo-ple who helped make sure events tookplace.

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Sunday Oct. 2nd: National TrailsDay: Knockalough walk: 12 noon.Eight, ten or thirteen km includingnew section. Please note that thiswalk has been changed from Birchillas advertised elsewhere. Also notechange of time. No entry fee

Fighting Blindness Weekend:Saturday Oct. 8th: Eamon an Chnoicloop leaving Upperchurch village at 5p.m.Sunday Oct. 9th at 12 noon. Knocka-lough walk as above. Eamon anChnoic loop at 12.30 p.m. Please

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Annual Walking Weekend: Novem-ber 11th, 12th and 13th: Brochuresnow available. Phone 0504 54443from 10 to 2 weekdays or 0860518934 at other times. Registrationfee applies.Sunday Dec. 18th. Night walk ofKnockalough leaving Upperchurch at7.00 p.m. Registration fee applies.

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The Tipperary North County Enter-prise Board is working with Countyand City Enterprise Boards in Lim-erick City, Limerick County, Kerryand Clare to host Mid West Busi-ness Month this October.   The initi-ative is designed to offerentrepreneurs the opportunity to par-ticipate in a wide range of events inthe Mid West with each County des-ignated a particular week.  The fiveCounty and City Enterprise Boardswill host their own series of eventsduring the month and in North Tip-perary the workshops and seminarswill take place from Monday 3rd toFriday 7th October.

A ‘Dignity in the Workplace’ Semi-nar will take place in the RacketHall Hotel, Roscrea on Monday 3rdOctober from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. The seminar will be delivered byJoseph Shannon, BL.  The Code ofPractice on Sexual Harassment andHarassment at Work which has legaleffect provides that all employeesshould be made aware of the dignityin the workplace policy. This semi-nar which will cover a number ofkey areas such as:  Definition ofWorkplace Bullying, Harassment,Sexual Harassment, Rights, Duties,Obligations of Employees, Com-plaint Procedures and Disciplinary& Grievance Procedures. Employers should note that it is notsufficient to just have a staff hand-book.  Training on harassment andsexual harassment must be given tostaff by law and a company is at riskof legal action if this has not beenprovided should cases of harassmentand sexual harassment come tolight.  A booking fee of €10 will ap-ply.

A Stress Management Workshopwill be delivered by Gearoid Harty,GPH Consulting on Tuesday 4thOctober in the Abbey Court Hotel,Nenagh, from 9.30am to 5.00pm. This one day workshop aims to pro-vide participants with practical toolsto manage their own time andwork/life balance.  This workshopwill be of particular interest to own-er-managers who find that one oftheir greatest challenges is manag-ing themselves. A registration fee of€30 applies.

On Wednesday morning 5th Octo-ber in the Food Enterprise Centre in

Rearcross, Peter Madden will deliv-er a workshop titled “EvaluatingOpportunities in the Food Sector”. This half day workshop (9.30am to2.00pm) is an introductory pro-gramme for those considering run-ning a food business.  The areas tobe covered include:  Food Ideas v’sOpportunities, Marketing, ArtisanFood - the way forward, Sellingthrough Farmers Markets, An Intro-duction to Marketing & BusinessPlan, the Selling Process and Plan-ning to start your Food Business. Booking fee €20.00.

Mr. Bobby Kerr, Entrepreneur andBusinessman who presents a Sundaybreakfast business show on News-talk and is a “Dragon” on “Dragon’sDen will deliver a Business Man-agement Seminar on Thursday Oc-tober 6th from 7.30pm to 9.00pm inthe Horse & Jockey ConferenceCentre Thurles.  This event is beingorganised by the Tipperary NorthCounty Enterprise Board in associa-tion with Thurles Chamber and thereis no attendance charge but priorbooking is essential.

On Friday 7th October a “Social Me-dia Marketing” workshop will bedelivered by Evan Mangan, TheMarketing Crowd in AMT TrainingRoom, Stafford Street, Nenagh from9.00am to 1.15pm.  If you need tolearn how social media sites such asFacebook and Twitter can be used tomarket your business this is thecourse for you.  Case studies of bestpractice social media marketing willbe showcased and participants willbe shown how to maximise theirFacebook Business page.   Theworkshop will also cover setting upa Twitter account and the basics ofTwitter usage.  Participants musthave a Facebook account and abooking fee of €20.00 applies.

For further information on any ofthe North Tipperary events contactthe Tipperary North County Enter-prise Board, Connolly Street,Nenagh, tel. 067 33086, [email protected] or book a place on-line at www.tnceb.ie/training.htm.

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Improvisational comedy comes toNenagh on Saturday 1st October withChoke Comedy

Improvised comedyis exactly as the titlesuggests – nothingis rehearsed, every-thing is created inthe spur of the mo-ment and we relypurely on the audi-ence to make sug-gestions. It’s veryfast moving, ener-gizing, differentevery time and fantastic entertain-ment for everyone. If you're not surewhat that is, maybe you've seen‘Who's Line is it Anyway?’ Like theTV programme, Choke comediansask the audience to get the ball roll-ing, and the rest is up to the team totransform the often weird and won-derful minds of the audience into en-tertainment.

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the spur of the momentand where the audiencehelps to create the nu-merous locations andcharacters that feature.Winners of the Spirit ofthe UnFringed Award inLimerick in 2009 Chokehave gone from strengthto strength. With superbmusical accompanimentto enhance every scenea Choke Comedy per-

formance is guaranteed to be differ-ent every time and fantasticentertainment for absolutely every-one. The performers include TracyAspel, Ann Blake, Myles Breen,Charlie Cassie,

Start time is 8.0 p.m. on SaturdayOctober 1st. Booking in advancefrom the Arts Centre on 067 34900 oronline at www.nenagharts.com. Tick-ets are €10.

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After the resounding success of lastyear’s concert, Tipperary MusicalSociety have decided to once againthread the boards of the BallykisteenHotel stage in an effort to lift thespirits and share the joy of musicwith the Tipperary Community. “TheSound of Musicals” will displaymany of the familiar faces which yougrown to love over the years, as wellas some budding new talents, all ofwhom hail from your local neigh-bourhood. So whether you want to sitin silence and enjoy an emotive sere-nade, or support your local sopranothis year’s concert will provide aprime opportunity to get away fromthe couch and enjoy some live enter-tainment. Furthermore, it will offersomething for all musical ages fromwell known vintage classics to anarray of modern delights. It will takeplace on Sunday the 16th of Octoberin Ballykisteen Hotel at 8pm andtickets can be bought for €15 fromJoe Whelans on the Main St. Tipper-ary Town. After the unprecedented

demand for last year’s ticket sales wewould encourage those attending toarrive early on the night.As always we are looking for newtalent. Perhaps you’re a hairbrushsinger, bedroom dancing diva, a pastprinciple, or simply good with a sew-ing machine! Whether your 18 or 80we’d love to have you. Rehearsalsfor the concert are currently under-way on Monday and Thursday nights@ 8pm in the Moorehaven Centre,O’Brien St. Tipperary Town. But it’snever too late to join. Or, maybeyou’d rather the theatrical side of oursociety and prefer to wait until re-hearsals for the show commence.Either way, feel free to contact 087-9170170 for further details, or sim-ply post the attached form to NoelGreene, Garonmana, Lacken, Tipper-ary Town.Everything comes too late for thosewho wait so get in touch today.Looking forward to meeting you

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Irish rugby star and GOAL PatronJamie Heaslip pictured in India withGOAL this summer. Heaslip is en-couraging schoolchildren and work-ers from all over Ireland to take partin GOAL Jersey Day on Friday, Oc-tober 7th. GOAL Jersey Day invitesmembers of the public to wear thejersey of their favourite team for theday and make a suggested donationof €2 to GOAL. All proceeds go toGOAL. To register, visit

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Film aficionados from around theworld descended on Clonmel thisSeptember for the International FilmFestival Ireland.  It was the third yearthe festival has been staged and it’senjoying greater success every year. During the Festival in the countytown of South Tipperary, there wereover 70 screenings, many of whichwere attended by film makers, script-writers, actors and movie enthusiasts.

The festival is the brainchild of localmusician and film fan Will Nugent,whose vision is to give viewers inTipperary the opportunity to seefilms that they would otherwise miss. It is a testament to the event he’sbuilt that members of the local com-munity and media - as well as Irishand international filmmakers -showed strong support for the festivalfor the third year running.

Winner of The America’s Best Fea-ture Film - Nick Taylor for ParadiseEast - said in his acceptance speech“Tipperary is Numero Uno and Willis the guy. I’ve been here four daysand have seen so many amazingmovies…..true independent film.”

Victoria Campbell won TheAmerica’s Best Documentary forHouse of Bones and said “It’s suchan honour to be here in Tipperary.I’m a big fan of local festivals be-cause you tend to see a lot of coolwork that is often under theradar…..in mainstreamfilms…..losing the authenticity whichis the soul of this particular festivalwhich I hope keeps going and attract-

ing more people every year.”

The Best Screenplay Award was wonby Irish Director/Screenwriter FionaAshe for Cracks In The Ice.  Shecommended the festival for givingfilmmakers the chance to bring theirwork to new audiences: “The Interna-tional Film Festival Ireland is superbat generating opportunities to collab-orate.  I’m still in regular contactwith many of the filmmakers that Imet here during the first year of thefestival and I hope to collaborate onfeature films with some of them.”

Will Nugent intends to make the fes-tival even bigger and better nextyear: “As the dust settles once againon our little film festival, we wouldlike to say a big thank you all whosubmitted their excellent work and tothose who helped and supported thefestival. We're looking forward tonext year already.”To see the list of winners and videosgo to http://www.southtippfilm.comFor further information, contact WillNugent on 085 720 0394 or [email protected]

Fiona Ashe accepting her award fromFilm Festival Director Will Nugent

Tipp Festival Attracts International Filmmakers

Picture thescene……bottleof wine or beer,dimmed lightsand in the cor-ner of the rooma stage awaitingthe first comedian of The Source’snew Comedy Club.

For the opening of the new Club inthe Café/bar of The Source Arts Cen-tre, Thurles , come and catch uniquestand-up star of stage and TV FredCooke. Fred has already contributedto a variety of successful Irish TVshows, both as a writer and perform-er, including RTE’s Republic ofTelly and The Savage Eye, and TheLiffey Laughs.

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U 8sThe u 8s played a game against Bur-gess last Saturday in Kilcolman. Itwas a very enjoyable game for all theteam who are improving all the timeand are making great friends. It wasall the more enjoyable for them whenthey saw the feast provided for themby Burgess. Well done to all.We will be having our own 4 teamBlitz next Saturday in MacDonaghpark and we would like to encourageparents to bring food for the feast af-terwards which is an important partof the day for the teams and parents.U 10s The u 10s travelled to playShannon Rovers recently and bothteams served up a feast of dedicationand skill. Nenagh are improving withevery game which shows their dedi-cation to their training and ability tolisten to their coaches. It is hopedthat their will be one further blitz forthem before the end of the season.Both the u 8s and u 10s will end theseason with their annual parties.

U12sThe u 12s have two teams who havebeen playing a number of games overthe last two weeks. They have trainedlong and hard for the season and arebearing the fruits of the preparationwith great displays over the last fort-night from all the members of thetwo teams. The future is very brightfor the club with such an array of tal-ent on and off the pitch.U14s The u 14s lost the A countyfinal against Drom recently. It was afinal of great quality and Drom to befair deserved their win. The Nenaghteam gave everything they had andleft nothing on the pitch and we arevery proud of them for that and alsothe huge efforts they have put in overthe year with their great coaches.This is merely a bump on the road forthis team who will achieve greatnessif they stay committed to Camogieand the club. Final Result NenaghEire Og 1-06 Drom and Inch 4-06

U 15sThe u 15s are due to play Toomevarain the County semi final This Satur-day. Please come out in large num-bers to support this team

Junior BThe Junior B team gave us all a per-fect antidote to the disappointing lossby the Nenagh Eire Og senior teamearly on Saturday evening when theyput  St Cronins of Roscrea away witha convincing 3-10 to 2-02 win..Those of us that made the Trip toToomevara after the trip from Sem-ple Stadium did so with heavy hearts.This Junior b team lifted us all out ofour gloom with what could only becalled a perfect display. I have writ-ten many accolades to this team butthey continue to astonish me withtheir dedication to their club withhuge displays from a team that arenot the most talented in the world butimprove with every game and workas a unit and get every ounce of abili-ty out of their bodies. There is no oneleader on this team as they are allleaders who chip in to get the bestout of themselves when it matters.The mentors have also to take creditfor their team selection which wasvery well balanced. From LauraMcKenna in goals who had to bevery alert a number of times to AliceDarcy who showed her true class toMary Dillon who did an amazingmarking job On St Cronins mainplayer to Rebecca White who caughball after ball in Midfield to LoiuseHickey who is displaying all the at-tributes of a human Dynamo to Gem-ma Morris who chipped in with 2great goals. They now play Borriso-leigh in the quarter final next Satur-day in the Ragg at 3.30. Team LMckenna C Collins A Darcy DMitchell B O Sullivan S Maher MDillon R White C McGrath 0-4 CCostelloe 0-1 D Harrington 0-2 GMorris 2-1 L Hickey 1-0 A Duggan0-2 J Mulqueen B White L Maher

Nenagh Eire Og Camogie ClubBy Séamie Morris P.R.O

The AVIVA All-Ireland SchoolsCombined Events Championships washeld in Morton Stadium on Saturday24th September. Congratulations toDeirbhile Ryan (Nenagh OlympicA.C.) representing her school Gael-cholaiste Luimni, who won NationalBronze in a very exciting & closelycontested Junior Girls competitionfinishing on 2,772pts. Kelly AnnDoyle (Carrick-On-Suir A.C.) repre-senting her school, Scoil Mhuire, Car-rick-On-Suir also did very wellfinishing 7th in the same competitionon 2,521pts. Deirbhile has enjoyed agreat year of competition in Com-bined Events as she is the AAI Na-tional U/15 Indoor & U/15 OutdoorChampion, the Munster U/14 Indoor& U/15 Outdoor Champion & theMunster Schools Junior Champion.Deirbhile will now go forward to rep-resent her school & Ireland at theAVIVA Schools Combined EventsInternational which will be held laterthis year in Kelvin Hall, Glasglow &we wish her the very best of luck inher endeavours.

Dates for your diaries for forthcomingCounty, Munster & National Fixturesare as follows:-Friday 30th September – McDonaldsLittle Athletics Tipperary Jamboree inTemplemore Track at 6.30pm.Sunday 2nd October – Tipperary Ju-venile Even Age & Novice CrossCountryChampionships at 12 noon in the Mid-dlepiece, Turnpike, Two Mile Borris.Saturday 8th October - BallyfinOpen Junior Cross Country in Emo

Court, Co. Laois. Seetipperaryathletics.com for more infor-mationSunday 16th October – TipperaryJuvenile Uneven Age & IntermediateCross Country Championships at 12noon in Powerstown Racecourse,Clonmel.Sunday 23rd October – Munster Ju-venile Even Ages & Novice & U/23Championships in Clare.Sunday 6th November – TipperaryCounty Relays and Masters & U/23Cross Country Championships at 12noon in Thurles Crokes Complex.Sunday 13th November - MunsterJuvenile Uneven Age & IntermediateCross Country Championships inPowerstown Racecourse, Clonmel.Sunday 20th November – MunsterJuvenile “B” & Masters Cross Coun-try Championships in Limerick.Sunday 27th November – WoodiesDIY AAI Inter County & JuvenileEven Age Cross Country Champion-ships in Sligo.Sunday 4th December - TipperaryJuvenile “B” & Novice “B” Champi-onships at 12 noon in Moyne (tbc).Sunday 11th December – WoodiesDIY AAI Novice & Juvenile UnevenAge Cross Country Championships(venue tbc).Sunday 18th December – TipperarySenior & Junior Cross Country Cham-pionships in Dundrum.Sunday January 15th – Munster Ju-venile Inter –County Relays &Senior/Junior Cross Country Champi-onships in Kerry.

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Drom v Nenagh U14 A League FinalHalf time score Drom 2-04 Nenagh 1-04Full time score Drom 4-06 Nenagh 1-06Joe Cahill Presenting the Trophy to MiriamCampion Captain. Photo Mike Ryan

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An early morning view of the magnificient and picturesque 18 hole Lakeside Pitchand Putt Course in the Town park in Templemore. Photo Dominic Wixted

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A total sell out in Dublin, The Source FilmClub returns (at last!) on Wednesday, Octo-ber 5th, with Of Gods and Men, a film whichhas received high praise from critics and theGrand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festi-val.

The film concerns a group of eight monkswho inhabit a Cistercian monastery in a re-mote part of Algeria. For decades the broth-ers have lived symbiotically with the localMuslim community, providing free medicaltreatment, clothing and advice. In turn, theyhave been invited to join the villagers reli-gious celebrations. Tales of terrorist activityin nearby towns are regarded with dismay byboth communities. Of course all the whilethe viewer begins to realise that it is only amatter of time before the violence reachesthe door of the monastery.

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movie. Its words are carefully considered, itsimages eloquent. The subject matter is ur-gently topical, the themes raised eternal anduniversal". Peter Bradshaw, writing in TheGuardian gave it five out of five starsand called it a "stunningly passionate anddeeply moving film by the French directorXavier Beauvois, based on the kidnappingand murder of monks in Algeria by funda-mentalists in 1996". In Sight and Sound,Catherine Wheatley wrote that "Watching OfGods and Men, one can't help but be over-whelmed by it's raw humanism"and described the film as "a small miracle ofa film, offering a genuinely progressive vi-sion of faith".

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The Miraculous Prayer –Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I’ve asked formany favours. This time I ask You this veryspecial one (mention favour). Take it DearHeart of Jesus and place it within Your ownbroken heart where Your Father sees it. Thenin His merciful eyes it will become Yourfavour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for3 days, promise publication and favour will begranted. Never known to fail. M.O.D.The Miraculous Prayer –Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I’ve asked formany favours. This time I ask You this very

special one (mention favour). Take it DearHeart of Jesus and place it within Your ownbroken heart where Your Father sees it. Thenin His merciful eyes it will become Yourfavour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for3 days, promise publication and favour will begranted. Never known to fail. E.H.

When a child feels abandoned becausetheir emotional (and physical) needs arenot met, this can breed a feeling of notbeing good enough. It also breeds a rootof core shame which enters the very be-ing of the child and entwines the verysoul of the unfortunate victim. If notdealt with it can last for a lifetime. Thereis a link between depression, humiliationand shame. Paul Gilbert, who writeswell on shame, argues that one’s vulner-ability to depression arises from shame,or a build-up of defeats that activatestrong feelings of inferiority. Hence, theconnection between type A personalityand depression. At another level, thechild psychologist, Maggie Mamen sug-gests that there may be a connectionbetween the spoilt child syndrome anddepression.

Apart from how children attach to theirmain caregivers, there is also much evi-dence that how a child learns to thinkwhen being socialised is also connectedto the presence or absence of depressionin later life. For example, sometimesparents use the reward and punishmentapproach to the child’s formation, and sosome children see this as a way of inter-acting. Small children learn through ob-servation. I often draw the imagery of achild being like a sponge taking in every-thing he sees. The child can learn how tothink negatively, and sometimes theylearn negative views of the self and theworld from the parent’s attitudes. Thismay affect the child’s self-esteem and hisability to relate appropriately with others.

I have a small exercise where I ask aperson being counselled to draw a big earand write into it negative messages aboutthemselves that they heard as children.Ultimately the original negative voice isforgotten and that voice becomes theperson’s own voice. So the message ‘youare a stupid girl’ eventually becomes ‘Iam a stupid girl’. In other words thenegative messages become internalised.Another way of looking at it is that suchpeople have an inner critical voice, andnever feel good enough. Those counsel-lors who use the inner child way of work-ing refer to this as the critical innerparent.

It is really important to be aware of thesymptoms of depression in a young per-son. Teachers should certainly be alert inthis regard. School is a very busy place.The daily grind is relentless, especially insecond level schools who try to provideas holistic an education as possible. But,the spectre of third level college andentry qualifications is always present. Soit is important for teachers not only to bealert to the symptoms of depression inchildren and adolescents, but also to real-ise that some of these symptoms are quite

different to those experienced by adults.Of course, some of these symptoms maystem from other problems, so parents andteachers need to get as much informationas possible about the child or adolescentshowing such symptoms.

Obviously parents should also be educat-ed in the signs of depression afflictingchildren. Parents are in the best positionto see if their child suffers from frequentvague, non-specific physical complaintssuch as headaches, muscle aches, stom-ach aches, and tiredness. All of thesemay indicate a depressed child. If a childhas frequent absences from school or isperforming poorly, these, too, may bewarning signs of the presence of depres-sion. Children who are depressed some-times often talk about running away fromschool, and some may even do so. This,of course, may be for other reasons, suchas bullying. Of course if the home envi-ronment is abusive or negative, this maybring on depression, and a resulting de-sire to get away.

Parents should also pay attention if theirchild is frequently irritable, angry andhostile. Irritable moods are often exhibit-ed by depressed children, and less so inadults. Crankiness can be part of depres-sion, but this depression may not be rec-ognised by hard-pressed parents. Inlooking at depressed children irritabilitymight be substituted for depressed mood,because, unlike adults, children may notpresent with depressive mood dependingupon their developmental stage. Pre-school children and pre-adolescents lookdepressed in facial expression, whereasin adolescents depressed mood is morecommonly seen.

Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor fromFurze, Thurles. Ph.087-8211009www.jimoshea.net. Jim O’Shea’s book‘When a child dies. Footsteps of aGrieving Family’ is published by Ver-itas. The roy-alties fromthis book willgo the theChildren’sHospital inCrumlin

Jim O’Shea’snew bookcalled Abuse,

about domestic vio-lence, workplace andschool bullying isnow available onAmazon, publishedby Cork UniversityPress and in Book-shops.

CounsellingBy Jim O’Shea

Depression(Continued from last issue)

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A man came home from work lateagain, tired and irritated, to find his5-year-old son waiting for him at thedoor.“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”“Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied theman...“Daddy, how much money do youmake an hour?“That’s none of your business! Whatmakes you ask such a thing?” theman said angrily.“I just want to know. Please tell me,how much do you make an hour?”pleaded the little boy.“If you must know, I make €20.00 anhour.”“Oh,” the little boy replied, headbowed. Looking up, he said, “Daddy,may I borrow €10.00 please?”The father was furious. “If the onlyreason you wanted to know howmuch money I make is just so youcan borrow some to buy a silly toy orsome other nonsense, then youmarch yourself straight to your roomand go to bed. I work long, hardhours everyday and don’t have timefor such childish games.”The little boy quietly went to hisroom and shut the door. The man satdown and started to get even madderabout the little boy’s questioning.How dare he ask such questions onlyto get some money?

After an hour or so, the man hadcalmed down, and started to think hemay have been a little hard on hisson. Maybe there was something hereally needed to buy with that€10.00, and he really didn’t ask formoney very often. The man went tothe door of the little boy’s room andopened the door.“Are you asleep son?” he asked.“No daddy, I’m awake,” replied theboy.“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was toohard on you earlier,” said the man.“It’s been a long day and I took myaggravation out on you. Here’s that€10.00 you asked for.”The little boy sat straight up, beam-ing. “Oh, thank you daddy!” heyelled. Then, reaching under his pil-low, he pulled out some more crum-pled up bills.The man, seeing that the boy alreadyhad money, started to get angryagain. The little boy slowly countedout his money, then looked up at theman.“Why did you want more money ifyou already had some?” the fathergrumbled.“Because I didn’t have enough, butnow I do,” the little boy replied.~~~~“Daddy, I have €20.00 now.Can I buy an hour of yourtime?”~~~~

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