CAHIR NOTES 12TH AUGUST CAHIR ANGLER TO REPRESENT IRELAND Local angler John Burke has been chosen to represent Ireland in the forthcoming European Fly fishing Competition at the Killarney Lakes this year. This is a great achievement for both John and the Cahir Angling Club. The Competition this year has entries from 22 European countries, the most countries to compete to date. The week long competition is split into 2 categories, with some competitor’s lake fishing and other competitor’s river fishing. John Burke will be competing in the river fishing category. One rather surprising bit of information is that this sport is not funded in any way and competitors are expected to pay their competition fees and costs out of their own pockets. It seems to me that when Irish Trophies/Medals are few and far between, perhaps, in the future we should look to get angling competitors funded. And although John Burke has committed himself to competing this year, it may be that some fundraising might be necessary, so watch this space and when the time comes, give your support to our local Angling Ace. And the very best of luck to you John. TIDY TOWNS NEWS Andy Moloney, Chairman of Cahir Tidy Towns sent me the following; I met with some Irish tourists that were on holiday in Co Kerry at the weekend and on their journey down they couldn’t help but comment on how well the Town of Cahir looked when passing. They decided to stop and have lunch in one of the Hostelries locally and then made their way. Still impressed by the Town in general, they decided to book into a local B&B and use Cahir as a half way stop for their journey home. It is in my view that the prettier and more attractive a town and its surrounds look, then the better it is for business. The tidiness of the Town is as a result of hard work by the local volunteers in Tidy Towns and the co-operation of the Council and it is only when you meet people like these two mentioned holidaymakers, that we have the courage to continue. So Tidy Towns Volunteers, (most of which have no business affiliation in Town) and Council staff, take a bow, your hard work is appreciated. I totally agree with you Andy. DINING DEALS In the present thrifty atmosphere, the Management of Cahir House Hotel has come up with one or two new ideas and even more accessible pricing. The most interesting, perhaps, is the Evening Dining Deal, offering a choice from two starters, two mains and two desserts, with tea or coffee, at only €18.95. Not only that, but you can take your own wine, without corkage fees (BYO). I imagine there will be a limit to this - if a party of fifteen each took a bottle - ?! The Bistro Specials include a really great value lunch - main course plus soup or dessert - for €13.95. Something that should appeal to many sports fans is the ability to watch sporting events on their big screens or in the Beer Garden, with complimentary finger food. CAHIR ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION W/E 07 08 2009.The members monthly meeting held Wednesday 5th August turned out to be both lively and interesting. Our latest trip to Dublin received so much praise from members that there are already enquires regarding our next outing. As promised we have an autumn break to Galway this September organized. We will also take in a day at Punchestown races later on in the year. Countless numbers of members requested bowling to be continued. Bowling will now take place each Tuesday and Thursday @ 2.30 pm on the Cahir Park All Weather Pitch. Our weekly session at The Duneske Leisure Centre resumes each Thursday @ 11.00 am. All members and guests are cordially invited. Would you believe we are already in the process of booking a location and musicians for our Christmas Dinner, book early to avoid dissappointment. Maurice Condon was the winner of our monthly draw last Wednesday. Well done Maurice! A cruise from Dublin City Port will take place in 2011. This is being organized by “Active Retirement Ireland”. Approximately 850 members from all parts are expected to take the cruise. Although the details need to be finalised, a high number of members have expressed an interest and this may guide the way to various excursions of this nature. Further information will be disclosed as I receive it. Lots of praise to Helen at the Cahir Business and Training Centre, her patient help was appreciated when I gave her the photographs from our Annual Dinner and the trip to Dublin. These photographs and information regarding Cahir Active Retirement Association may be viewed on the Cahir News web site. Information regarding Cahir Active Retirement Association may be obtained by contacting the secretary or webpage on cahiractiveretirement@gmail.com TASKS IN THE GARDEN FOR AUGUST. General care; holiday watering; There are several things you can do to help prevent plants drying out. Move any baskets and containers out of full sun to a position where they are shaded at the height of the day. Stand terracotta pots on gravel trays topped up with water, so the pots can gradually absorb the reservoir of liquid. You can also install an automatic trickle watering system on an outside tap, which is controlled by a timer and will turn water on and off each day. Take Cuttings; continue taking summer cuttings of fuchsias, pelargonium’s and tender perennials. These root quickly at this time of year, forming sturdy young plants that will successfully overwinter on a bedroom windowsill. Many houseplants, including coleus and African violets, can also be propagated from cuttings now. Trim hedges, especially hedging conifers that can become tall and annoy neighbours. Be considerate, and cut their tops down to 3m (10ft) at a maximum. Pests; watch out for ants nesting in patio pots, where they can disturb root growth and reduce a plant's performance. Standing pots in a large saucer of water helps deter them from settling in. Vine weevil is a particular problem in greenhouses and patio pots. Now is a good time to treat compost with biological pest control nematodes, which search out and kill weevil larvae. They can also be applied to the soil around attacked plants. Lawns; to achieve a fine finish, cut your lawns more than once a week. Spot treat and dig out weeds, filling holes with gritty compost, and rake a little grass seed into bare patches if necessary. In hot, dry weather, keep grass longer by setting the mower blades higher. Weeds; hoe weeds out of gravel paths, then carefully apply a residual path weed killer to keep the area weed-free. Pond care; top up the sunken water-levels in garden ponds. Bulbs; order spring-flowering bulbs from mail-order suppliers ready for autumn planting. Biodiversity of South Tipperary -HAVE YOUR SAY. Biodiversity is short for ‘biological diversity’ and means the variety of all living things on earth, including all plants, animals and micro-organisms. Some other words that are used to describe biodiversity include: flora and fauna; wildlife; habitats; ecosystems; ecology, natural heritage or nature. It is the basis for all life and helps sustain us by providing food, pollination, medicines, raw materials, clean air and water, and beautiful countryside. South Tipperary County Council Heritage Office is drawing up a Biodiversity Action Plan and need your input to make it work. The five-year plan will include an overview of biodiversity in the county and actions to help look after it. You can help by giving feedback on a form that can be obtained by emailing or phoning Biodiversity Action Plan facilitator, Ms. Mieke Muyllaert, mieke@eircom.net - 052-6127930. Heritage Week Hertitage week this year is between 23rd and 30th August. There are lots of events happening around the country in conjunction with Heritage week, so why not check out www.southtippheritage.ie and see what’s on in your area. FAI SUMMER SOCCER SCHOOLS - FINAL CALL A final reminder to all that the last few remaining places must be booked before midnight on Sunday the 16th. August This week long summer camp runs from 24th-28th August at Cahir Park AFC. Booking will then close and no further bookings can be made after this time. This great week of soccer is carried out by FAI qualified coaches who are trained to coach players between 7-15 years old. If anyone has any questions RE: THE FULL UMBRO KIT, THE BALL, THE RUCKSACK etc, the co-ordinator for the Cahir Park AFC camp Chris Richards, can be contacted on 085 7033509. To book visit www.fai.ie or call 1890 653 65  CAHIR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LOTTO There was no Jackpot winner last week and the numbers drawn were 2, 5, 6 and 25. The draw was witnessed by Gillian Moore. The 5 Lucky Dip winners who each receive €30 were; John Lyon, Tipperary Road, Cahir, Karolina Dymarkrwski, Somerville Close, Cahir, Barry O’Brien, Mount Anglesby, Clogheen, Patrick Ryan, Carrigataha, Cahir and Kathleen Moloney, Castlegrace, Clogheen. The next draw will take place on Wednesday 12th August 2009 at 12 noon. The Jackpot will be€2,500. Profit’s servicing community projects in Cahir. SKEHEENARINKY FLOWER SHOW Calling all gardeners, bakers, flower arrangers, and craftspeople. On Saturday 22nd August, The Skeheenarinky Flower Show will take place on the Skeheenarinky School grounds. There are many Trophies, Rossettes, and Prize Cards to be won. All proceeds will go to Alzheimer Society. There will be several classes with many sections in each class. Flowers, Vegetables, Home Baking, Crafts, etc… plus three children’s classes! All information and entry forms are available at www.galteemore.com or from 086 8051564. Entry forms to be in by 19th August. Admission for general public on the day is at 2pm. A Great afternoon’s entertainment assured. Remember the date: Saturday, 22 August at 2pm. GAA FIELD DAY The Cahir Gaa club will be hosting a field day on the 13th of September. To make this year's event a little more interesting, it is planned to have a Miss Cahir Gaa competition. This event will start on Friday night 11th of September with a buffet meal in Cahir House Hotel. The ladies will be interviewed and result will be announced at the field day on Sunday the 13th. Business people in the area will be asked to sponsor a girl (between 18 and 25) to represent them. There is a prize fund of €500 which is sponsored by Noel Hally Construction and Flannery Electrical. It is hoped that the winner would be available to attend club functions and events during the year. Closing date for entries is 28th of August. More details next week. MARY WALSH EXHIBITION The Craft Granary is continues to show an exhibition of works by Mary Walsh who is a native of Cashel. Her drawings are a reflection of her multi-cultural experiences gained from living in Germany, Asia, and Africa. The exhibition consists of pencil and pastel drawings of portraits and other images. This exhibition will run from the 1st August to 26th August in the Craft Granary Church Street, Cahir. CHURCH GATE COLLECTION Cahir Meals on Wheels will hold their Annual Church gate Collection on 15th and 16th August in Cahir. Your support is greatly appreciated. THE CARERS ASSOCAITION Are you a carer? Would you like to meet fellow carers or attend monthly meetings to discuss a wide variety of topics such as Money Management, Stress Management or lighter topics such as Flower Arranging, Yoga and reflexology? Then why not get in touch with the Carers Association at 8 Sarsfield Street, Clonmel, call 052 6170455 for details or check out the website on www.carersireland.com for National and Local Events. BARNORA RESEIDENTS The winner of last weeks draw was Lorcan Butler, 1 Barnora Crescent. NEW ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SHOP I popped in to see the Ladies in the new shop in Abbey Street last week to see how they are settling in. I was amazed at the floor space and rail and shelf space too. There is now a room solely dedicated to furniture, which is very good, as in the other shop you had to make your way carefully around any furniture and said furniture also sometimes blocked access to the shelves. There is also a spacious toilet, changing room, a brand new kitchen for the ladies to have their lunch in and lastly there is plenty of much needed storage space upstairs. All in all it is a lovely premise’s that is both bright and cheery. Congratulations to the ladies on the new shop and also for sorting all the goods out so quickly. STUART MANGAN I was saddened to hear of the death of Stuart Mangan, the 25 year old rugby player from Fermoy in Co. Cork. Stuart was a talented rugby player who was paralysed after severing his spinal cord while playing a match for his club Hammersmith and Fulham last year. Many Rugby stars such as Ronan O’Gara and Paul O’Connell were inspired by Stuart’s bravery in the face of such adversity and many fundraisers were held all over the country in his aid. After 16 months of courage, Stuart’s battle is now over and I hope you will all join me in sending sincerest condolences to Stuart’s family in their time of grief. Rest in peace Stuart. GAELIGE, IRISH CLASSES Irish classes for adult beginners or revisers will be held in Cahir, in the old V.E.C building on Church Street, in September. For enquiries please call Marie Ui Chathain on 087 2782071. Early booking is advised. MOBILE MAGIC You know how sometimes you just want to leave a voice message on someone’s mobile phone, rather than disturb them or send them a text (many people I know have never gotten the hang of texting) Just put a 5 after the prefix of all 085, 086, 087 or 089 numbers and it will go straight to voicemail, where you can leave your message without the receiving phone even ringing. So, for example you can dial 086 5 or 087 5 etc., and then the rest of the number. I tried this on all of the mentioned phone prefixes and it worked every time. Inaccurate Information Recently I put a piece in the notes about ATM reversal, where, if in time of duress (e.g. someone was making you withdraw money from your account with intent to steal from you)you entered the pin number of your ATM card in reverse, the gardai would be alerted to your location. Unfortunately, although this information came from a very reputable source (Crimecall UK) after some research, I have discovered that this is not so. The origins of this system were first imagined by Joseph Zingher, a Chicago businessman in 1998. The SafetyPin system he proposed would alert police that a crime was in progress when a cardholder at an ATM keyed in his pin number in reverse. The backwards pin would serve as a panic code to notify police that an ATM customer was acting under duress. Because palindromic pin numbers (e.g. 2002, 7337, 4884 etc) cannot be reversed, Zinghers system included work commands for such numeric combinations. However, Zingher had little success in interesting the banking community in SafetyPin. Despite pitching SafetyPin with great persistence over the years, to date he has not succeeded in interesting the banking community in the technology. Seems like a shame to me, surely in this day and age a system like that would be a godsend. Still, it’s food for thought eh? LIVE MUSIC! There is a great choice of live music in Cahir at the moment, with Traditional sessions in The Gatehouse on Thursdays, The Hill Inn on Wednesdays and Irwins Yard on Thursdays also. There is live music at the weekends in most of the pubs in town, including Cahir House Hotel, The Granary, The Bell, The Abbey Tavern, The Pheonix and The Punters Rest. We are spoilt for choice, so get out and check out the music that is available locally to you, for free. BANSHA FESTIVAL The Bansha Festival will take Place from Thursday August 20th to Sunday August 23rd, 2009. It is always great craic and I usually manage to enjoy (too much!) at least one night there. Check it out. CAHIR COUNTRY MARKETS Don’t forget that Cahir Country Market is open from 9-11am every Friday morning in the Community Hall in Cahir. You can take your pick of all of the homemade, handmade and home grown produce at very affordable prices. QUOTE OF THE WEEK The greatest glory in living, lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall. Nelson Mandela. READERS NEWS & VIEWS If you have any news, views or notes for the Cahir page, you can contact me on 086 1022014 or email me on caplicetaylor@hotmail.com. By Sunday, because that is when I do the notes. Thank you.