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Paddy loves tweeting

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

TWEETING IS not a new craze for bird fancier Paddy Murphy as the well-known New Ross man has enjoyed the chirping and twittering of his fantastic selection of rare birds for almost sixty years.

Borrowers caught up in wealth illusion

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

WHEN TAOISEACH Enda Kenny last week attributed the country's economic collapse to a madness for borrowing that gripped the population in the heady days of the Celtic Tiger, he sparked a chorus of howling indignation, some of it from the most unlikely quarters.

The truth hurts: Taoiseach was right

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

IT CAME as a surprise to me that Enda Kenny's comments about greed and excessive borrowing were met with such anger in recent days but as they say 'the truth hurts'.

No planes, I'll take trains and automobiles

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

MARATHON INVITATION

Little is known about extra thin hairworms

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

I GOT a hairworm to identify. Hairworms are creatures about which little is known.

Seven students Graduate from Enniscorthy Disability Project in WIT

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

SEVEN students graduated from Enniscorthy Disability Project in Waterford Institute of Technology last week. The annual Graduation ceremonies held during the first week of January, were especially important for a number of students graduating from Enniscorthy Enterprise and Technology Centre. The FÁS funded DPP project, a programme established 6 years ago for people with disabilities had seven graduates, who were rewarded for their hard work and dedication, with a HETAC level 6 certificate in Office Administration. There are currently 13 more students studying who are hoping to graduate next January.

Home Care â?“ the alternative to nursing home care

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

NURSING homes can be helpful but there is no place like home. Home is a place to feel safe and warm surrounded by the memories that make up a lifetime. Home is the foundation of our lives. A symbol of our families and friends. It's a personal sanctuary of comfort and familiarity. Home is the one place where we can truly be ourselves.

Police escorts and burning heat. Welcome to Mexico...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

Last July, Gorey's Ian Lacey set out on a 17,000-mile cycle from the top of Alaska to the most southerly point in South America to raise awareness and funds for the Carers Association. Now in Mexico, Ian recounts some of his journey

Congress Bell calling us back to God's love

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

THE 50TH International Eucharistic Congress is due to take place in Dublin next June, where it is expected that over 80,000 people will attend the closing ceremony in Croke Park on June 17th 2012. Since early last year, the preparations have been on-going for this major event in the life of the universal Church.

'Recovering' the value of your pension in these times of risk

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

Q. Like many people who have Pensions, I have seen the value of my Pension eroded over the past few years. As I am Self Employed I need to ensure that my Pension Fund is sufficiently large enough to enable me to have a comfortable standard of living in retirement. I am unsure as to what action I need to take in order to at least bring my Pension Fund back to the value of the contributions I paid into it. Can you please help?

An important occasion in a young child's life

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

FIRST COMMUNION is considered one of the holiest and most important occasion in a young child's life.

Kids return to saving

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

GONE are the stretch limos, diamante-studded tiaras and dresses the price of a small car.

Listen up! We have to get this sorted...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

THE MANAGING director of a company was heard on radio recently delivering a most audacious phrase. Dealing with issues of hiring and recruitment which face his firm, he uttered the following: 'It takes us €15,000 to on-board a new employee'.

Many tax issues to consider in transfer of a family farm

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

. I am 30 years old and my family's farm has recently been transferred to me from my father. Will I now be required to file an Income Tax Return and if so is there anyway I can reduce my potential income tax liability? . Before answering your above query, I would first advise that you ensure all relevant taxes involved in the transfer of the farm have been properly dealt with. These taxes may include Capital Gains Tax, Capital Acquisitions Tax or Stamp Duty.

Church an easy target on education issue

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:20:16 +0000

HIS TIME last year the main political parties were in ' general election' mode, and each of them were vying to gain enough seats to form the next government. In the end, Fine Gael and Labour won, and the remainder were left languishing in opposition.

Pub fined for punk concert

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

A PUNK ROCK concert and some late-night drinking at the Corner House in Rathnure led to court proceedings against the licensees, Michael and Nancy Byrne, last week. Judge Gerard Haughton looked at the pub's record and warned them not to break the rules again or they would face the loss of the licence.

QUITTING CIGARETTES

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

ALMOST seven in every ten Irish smokers intend to kick the in the New Year. Results of a recent study show that health concerns are a motivation to try to quit for the overwhelming majority of smokers (97%) but that it can take multiple attempts before someone manages to give up for good.

Little left of Caim's curious lead mines

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

THE REST OF the nation doubtless settled down last Wednesday night to Operation Transformation (for the New Year slimmers) or Masterchef (for the unreconstructed guzzlers) – a neat piece of contrasting scheduling, if ever there were one.

A leading expert in weight loss

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

DR. EVA ORSMOND is a Medical Doctor with a special interest in weight management and the treatment of overweight and obesity in adults and children.

Emigration not a choice but a necessity

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

IT IS hard to fathom what exactly Finance Minister Michael Noonan was thinking when he claimed that emigration is a ' lifestyle choice' for young people who are abandoning this country in their droves. For generations, stretching back to the Famine and beyond, emigration has been a particular Irish tragedy that has bled the country of its young and its best and brightest talent. The loss of so many young people to emigration is, quite rightly, recognised as a tragedy for Ireland. The reality of emigration is young people abandoning their families and the communities in which they were reared because there is no future for them at home and they are left with no option but to try their luck elsewhere.

I find it so hard to stop smoking. Am I weak?

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

No. It doesn't make you weak; it makes you human. Cigarettes are so addictive that 70% of smokers say they would like to quit, yet they still smoke. Most ex-smokers try to stop a few times before they manage to quit for good. It's the nicotine in cigarettes that's physically addictive. It reaches the blood stream within a few drags, and alters various brain chemicals that change mood and concentration, which smokers find enjoyable.

Forget the Globes; Gervais deserves Oscars

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

IT WOULDN'T come as a surprise if Ricky Gervais' ears were burning as he left The Beverly Hilton Hotel having presented the Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles last week. In fact, such is the level of critique, both scathing and complimentary, of his performance (reviews varied from tame to hilarious, you really had to judge for yourself ) I've completely forgotten who took home the greater honours.

I smoke less than ten a day. Why should I quit?

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

Almost a third of smokers smoke fewer than 10 a day and often don't see the point of giving up. But most of the heart disease risk comes within the first few cigarettes of the day.

The arrival of the vibroplate has got us all in the mood for getting fit

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

SINCE THE hip debacle (by the way I re-measured my hips with Himself's tape measure when I got home from the dressmakers and all I will say is that they must measure differently in Eastern Europe!) I've been talking about getting fit. I'm good at talking about things. Not so good at actually putting my words into action.

I get indigestion. Could it be because I smoke?

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

Yes.

5 THINGS

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

Singer/songwriter Ralph Mctell reveals his parrot helped him to finally quit smoking. If the same bird could cutail my daily visits to Subway, there would be a big bowl of bird seed waiting.

Why is smoking even worse if you have diabetes or heart problems?

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

In these conditions, the blood flow to your heart, legs, kidneys, eyes and brain is already affected, which increases the risk of strokes and heart attacks. Other risks are slow-healing ulcers and diseased legs and toes that might require amputation. When you smoke, you double or treble those risks.

Exciting new part-time courses starting at Wexford Campus

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

ARE you looking for an exciting new course opportunity on your doorstep? Wexford Campus (IT Carlow) is pleased to announce that it is now taking applications for a range of new part-time short courses beginning this February.

All animals need interaction with others of their own kind

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

IN RECENT years, the need for a good social life has been increasingly recognised as a way of preventing stress and depression. And I'm not talking about humans: this is for animals. In the past, it was common for many pets to be kept on their own, and indeed, this is still often the case. For years it was more-or-less standard to keep one budgie, one goldfish or one rabbit. With our current understanding of animal consciousness, it's now thought to be verging on cruelty to keep some animals without company.

Go from 'couch potato' to regular three-mile runner -

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

IF YOU'RE considering taking up running as a means of getting fit for the New Year, but would prefer to go it alone or with a friend or two before maybe joining a club, there's a programme that has proven a massive success worldwide to get you from 'couch potato' status to running five kilometres (approx three miles), three times a week, in the space of just eight weeks.

Helping people with learning problems to realise their potential

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

WHEN IT comes to learning there are often no easy answers.

Rat fleas were key players in Black Death

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

FLEAS WITH blocked guts were key players in the Black Death, the plague that swept through Europe in the mid-14th century. The pandemic waxed and waned in pockets until it finally died out in the 18th century. Experts believe that the number of people who fell victim to the disease's reign of terror ran into the high tens of millions with possibly more than half of the population of the continent perishing. Worldwide it has been estimated that over 100 million people probably died from the pestilence.

It's Adele the unstoppable

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

In a perfect world everyone with a talent for songwriting and performing would get an equal bite of the cherry, and live happily ever after. Life doesn't play fair, of course, so for every one Adele there are tens of thousands of also-rans.

Meticulous, elegaic portrait of FBI man

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

DURING A turbulent and contentious term in power spanning almost 50 years, J Edgar Hoover was instrumental in the fight against mounting criminality on the streets of America. In 1924, he was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation, which became the FBI, and he threw his weight behind the latest developments in forensic science.

Sharing the Care

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:38 +0000

AT SHARING the Care we understand it isn't always possible for the family to cater to all the patients care needs. Taking care of a person full time at home can be a worrying time for the family and Sharing the Care can help relieve that worry through the provision of expert care when you and your family need it most. Our Home Care enables people to be cared for in the familiar and comforting surroundings of their own home by experienced nurses and carers.