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The Munster Express Ltd.37 The Quay, Waterford, Ireland.
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Effective January 2009
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Core Readership Area Waterford City and County, South Kilkenny,
Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary and New Ross, County Wexford
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meFriday 9 January 2009
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Sport 11 GREYHOUND RACING
Kennedy clincherPremier League: ‘heads’ wins New Year derby in Ballybeg
Sport 14 THE FULL BACKSport 13 RUGBY ROUND UP
Sport 11 BRIDGE
Sport 6 FRIDAY 9 JANUARY 2009 Sportwww.munster-express.ie/sport
Dungarvan’s kids and local ladies lift the spirits at a chilly Thomond Dermot Keyes
■Thank the stars for Dungarvan’s Under 10 team, who provided
the numbed (in more ways than one) masses with some sterling
entertainment at Thomond Park on Saturday night.
Scoring a couple of marvellous tries in their meeting with
Listowel, the young men of Ballyrandle wore the blue and white
with great pride at the home of Munster Rugby and truly rose to
the occasion. While the club’s First XV is labouring in Division Three
of the Munster Junior League currently, Dungarvan has made
tremendous progress at juvenile level in recent years.
Just six years ago, a handful of children in the area were
playing mini-rugby. But thanks to the diligence and enthusiasm of
the club’s juvenile committee, there are now over 150 registered
Dungarvan RFC players involved from under seven up to under 17.
Growing player numbers on the back of Munster’s expanding
popularity have also been recorded at the Waterpark, Waterford
City and Carrick-on-Suir clubs in recent seasons.
All three clubs have developed facilities with juvenile players
in mind and are now reaping rich rewards from their respective
efforts to promote the game locally. Meanwhile, the Munster Ladies team were paraded during
the half-time break in recognition of their third successive
Interprovincial Championship victory. Among the squad which saluted the applauding Thomond Park
crowd were Kate O’Loughlin, a primary school teacher at Portlaw
NS, a native of Carrick-on-Suir and a member of Clonmel RFC.
Kate, a highly effective performer in both the second and back
row, was presented with the ‘Unsung Hero’ award in recognition of
her provincial efforts last month. Her club mate Niamh Briggs received the Munster Women’s
Player of the Year award from a squad which also includes Natasha
O’Keeffe (Clonmel) and the Waterpark quartet of Jo O’Meara,
Sinead Fitzpatrick, Orlaith Buckley and Clara Bracken.
From a supporting perspective, it was disappointing to see so-
called fans leaving Thomond Park before Alan Lewis’s full-time
whistle, sending the word ‘fairweather’ running through my head
at the time.Now being in the job I’m in, I’ve no option but to stay in my
seat until the final whistle is sounded, but whether I’m note-taking
or not, I’ve never left a ground early in my life. Now will I be
doing it any time soon.
Feeling the pressure already?Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald seems to have plenty on his mind during Sunday’s surprisingly taxing Waterford Crystal Cup senior hurling tie against UCC at Ardmore GAA grounds. The hosts just eked out a one-point win (1-17 to 2-13), while Waterford IT were much more convincing winners against Kerry in Ballydorney, beating the locals by all of 18 points. In the McGrath Cup senior football competition, Waterford scored a two-point victory over Tralee IT at Fraher Field on Saturday in a game which saw the sides share six goals as the new experimental rules kicked in. See Sport 2 for reports. | PHOTO: MICHAEL KIELY
If you’re truly serious about your sport, you don’t think about
avoiding the traffic as a match approaches its final moments. If
you do, then why bother going? On a positive note, there was no plumb-voiced cheerleader
prancing about the pitch pre-match roaring “Munster, Munster”
into a microphone as proved the case when Clermont came a
calling in the ERC. A forced atmosphere is even worse than a low-key atmosphere,
with the latter persisting throughout Saturday’s fixture. It
makes one wonder might singing sections inside the stadium be
considered by the Munster Branch at a future date.
The victorious Dungarvan Under 10 team, which defeated Listowel during the half-time fixture at Thomond Park.
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Golf Club fails in zoning bid
Michael Quinn ■
Efforts by Waterford Golf Club to raise cash by securing
‘residential’ zoning status for prime housing sites on the
lands of the famous golf course at Newrath have been
unsuccessful.
In a submission to the Ferrybank-Belview Local Area
Plan, representatives of the Golf Club said they were relying
on the sale of prime plots of land to fund the modernisation
of their facilities.
But Kilkenny County Manager, Joe Crocket, dashed their
hopes when he said there was enough land already zoned in
the plan to accommodate 7,500 people. Sufficient sites had
been identified to ensure the growth of Ferrybank–Belview in
a consolidated manner over a six-year period and it would be
premature at this stage to rezone any part of the golf course
property.The County Manager also pointed out that, when the
golf club lands were examined, it was found that the sites it
had hoped to develop were narrow strips that would not be
suitable for residential development.
The Golf Club submission to Kilkenny County Council
was made by Ian Murphy of Patrick Halley and Associates,
Burchall House, Parnell Street, Waterford.
Enjoying a traditional pre-lunch stroll on Tramore beach on Christmas Day were well known musician, Paul Kavanagh, his
choreographer wife, Margaret (nee Browne) and their twin sons, Bobby and Darren. | PhOTO: JIM O’SuLLIvAN
Eoin Murphy’s
the late 70’sPictorial ReviewFishing trawlers arrested at North Wharf, November ‘78
Clover Meats Farm pig takes national award at RDS.Stephen
Rogers
elected
Mayor of
Waterford,
June ’79.
Waterford
Corporation
Eoin Murphy’s
the late 70’sPictorial ReviewFishing trawlers arrested at North Wharf, November ‘78
Clover Meats Farm pig takes national award at RDS.Stephen
Rogers
elected
Mayor of
Waterford,
June ’79.
Waterford
Corporation
ThIS WEEKS ISSuE:
Staff photographer Eoin Murphy’s Annual Pictorial Review
NEWS & SPORT sections
SPORT 1ort 4
Stephen Henderson
is new BLUES
boss
Windgap fire tragedy:
Deaths not
open and
shut caseMichelle Clancy
■A Garda investigation
has commenced into
a fire at a farmhouse
near Windgap in South
Kilkenny on Christmas
morning that claimed the
lives of a mother and her
two young daughters.
Though originally
thought to be an accident,
gardaí are no longer
treating the fire as an open
and shut case. Following
forensic examinations,
they say they are keeping
an open mind on what
might have caused the
blaze.Extensive door-to-door
inquires are currently
underway in the areas
of Windgap and nearby
Callan, with gardai
asking people if they
know of any suspicious
activities between 9pm on
Christmas Eve and 9am
on Christmas morning
in the area surrounding
the isolated farmhouse
where 30-year-old Sharon
Whelan and her two
daughters – Zsara (7) and
Nadia (2) - were residing.
Their three lifeless bodies
were pulled from their
burning home at around
9am on Christmas
morning, after neighbours
noticed smoke coming
from the building.
Post mortems took
place on all three bodies
at Waterford Regional
Hospital in the past few
days and forensic experts
are still examining the
scene of the fire. Gardai
have interviewed relatives
and members of Sharon's
extended family as part of
their inquiries.
The HSE has offered
counselling services to
anyone affected by the
tragedy at Windgap. The
switchboard at St. Luke's
General Hospital for
Carlow/Kilkenny (tel.
056-7785000) can be
contacted, from where
a number to access the
psychology services will
be made available.
County Council warned
against ‘sub prime lending’
New loans are dangerous and impossible – Cllr. Geoghegan
Waterford County Council
would become involved in ‘sub-
prime’ lending if it got involved in
a new Government scheme to give
mortgages to first-time buyers
turned down by the Banks, a
meeting of the Council was told in
Dungarvan earlier this month.
Councillor Damien Geoghegan
(FG) said the new Home Choice
Loans was designed to prop up the
construction industry and described
them as dangerous and impossible.
The comments came during a
presentation on the new initiative
which will provide mortgages up
to €285,000 or a maximum of 92%
of the purchase price to first time
buyers. In order to qualify for a loan
applicants must have a minimum
annual income of €40,000 and be in
full time employment for two years.
“The Council is getting involved
in sub-prime lending and we are
talking about lending people up to
six and a half times their income”,
complained Councillor Geoghegan.
”These people have been refused
mortgages by the Banks and one
must assume there are reasons for
that. Theses people are not allowed
to buy second hand houses which
could be cheaper and this could lead
to trouble down the road.”
Councillor Billy Kyne (Lab)
warned that the loans could be
fraught with danger and the country
needed to get back to the view that
houses were for ‘living in and not
for speculation’. He said, when he
purchased his own house in 1975,
the lending criteria was no more
than three times the family income.
He said he was paying one tenth of
his wages in mortgage repayments
and that was an indication of just
how far things had gone.
Councillor Theresa Wright(Lab)
said people should be very careful
before going down this route and
Councillor Ann Marie Power (FG)
pointed out that house prices were
expected to fall by another 10 to 15 %
and the new loans would be exposing
people to the risk of negative equity
while making developers rich.
Senior executive Housing Officer
Carmel Hourigan said all applicants
from County Waterford would be
dealt with by Cork County Council
and a local liaison officer would
assist with enquiries. The loans
would operate in the same way as
in Banks and defaulters could lose
their homes if they fell down on
repayments.
Hopes rise
for new
Crystal
investmentReports in the national press suggest that a major
international investment group is about to take a
controlling stake in Waterford Wedgwood Group.
The investment amount is believed to be very
substantial, taking on the massive €400m plus debt that
the company carries and also injecting new capital into the
group that has been loss making in recent years.
A figure of €200m in additional funds has been
mentioned, given the scale of losses this would be very
necessary.
The Waterford Wedgwood Group has had trouble
meeting bank and bond payments that had fallen due in
early December.
The company managed to get its bankers to hold off on
taking any major action until the new investor had been
brought on board.
The next deadline for the mounting loan payments is
January 2nd.
A meeting had been held in Dublin before Christmas,
chaired by Redmond O’Donoghue, where shareholders
were informed of the urgent need to refinance the
company and continue discussions with the new investor.
Chairman of the company, Sir Anthony O’Reilly had not
attended that meeting and was following up the need to
raise capital in the USA. The new investors have not been
named, confidentiality is seen as critical untill the deal
is done.They have also visited the factory in Waterford as they
do their due diligence or home work on the company
which has many famous international brands.
Worrying times
Workers in Waterford will be hoping that new investors
can be attracted as the current shareholders have pumped
up huge funds to stem losses and now need additional
finance to handle the high level of borrowings. Major
redundancies have taken place and more are expected in
the New Year if the funds are in place. This regrettably
involves major out sourcing from Waterford for crystal
production to other locations in Europe.
A challenge will be to see if any more production and
jobs can be retained in Waterford when the new investors
get involved. The company’s major shareholders, the
O’Reilly and Goulandris families, have invested hugely in
the company and now own a majority of the shares which
trade at less than one cent. They will now lose some of that
control with the new capital coming in.
This is a worrying time for the workers and the city of
Waterford in the current credit crisis.
Mounting optimism
There is mounting optimism that with new money the
firm can continue to have a presence here and if the debt
burden can be eased the future may look a little better
than it is now.
In the six months trading to the 4th of October last,
losses rose to €75m, with first half sales dropping 15 per
cent to €207m.
This is a difficult time for luxury product firms as
consumers spend less and the key Christmas period results
will be watched anxiously.
Zsara (7) and Nadia (2) - the last photograph.
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Visitor restrictions
at Waterford Regional
Hospital were lifted on
Monday afternoon.
The ban, implemented
to curb the spread of the
Winter Vomiting Bug, had
been in place throughout
the holiday period. The
only exception to the
visiting ban was for families
of critically ill patients.
A spokesperson for the
hospital said the situation
is being reviewed on a daily
basis. Anyone who has
been affected by vomiting
and/or diarrhoea, or
anyone who has had
contact with persons with
these symptoms, has been
requested not to visit the
hospital until they have
been symptom free for 72
hours. “The bug is currently
widespread in the
community and people
may unknowingly bring
the bug into the hospital
when visiting sick relatives
or friends”, commented
Patricia Sullivan, General
Manager of WRH. “Patient
care is our priority and we
would urge the public to
help hospital staff keep the
virus at bay as it can further
debilitate those who are
already sick in hospital.”
Display Advertising (ex vat) s.c.c. s.c.i.Standard €10.25 €25.70
Recruitment €11.30 €28.25
Page 1 €18.00 €44.80
Colour €12.00 €30.80
Half page (10’’ x 9) €2,310.00
Half page (full colour) €2,650.00
Full page (21’’ x 9) €4,850.00
Full page (full colour) €5,780.00
Sample Prices: B&W Colour
25 cm x 4 (10” x 4) €1028.00 €1,232.00
28 cm x 5 (11’’ x 5) €1,410.00 €1,694.00 Notices (ex vat)
Government, Authority €9.80 €24.50
& Public Notices
Planning noticesPlanning notices €21.85
Classified Advertising On Account (ex. vat)
Privateclassifiedliner(12words) €7.00
Box number (12 words) €9.50
Per word thereafter 50c
Prepaid Classified Advertising (incl. vat)
Classifiedsliner(12words) €5.27
Box numbers (12 words) €7.95
Per word thereafter 50c
Photo €10.00
Births, Marriages & DeathsIn Memoriams Heading €10.55
Verses (per line) 50c
Photo €12.55
InsertsInserts are €104 per 1000. Advertisers are responsible for the production
and delivery of inserts (one week prior to insertion). Subject to weight and
pagination.
Discounts
Non-profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%Based on open rate. Tax-exempt organisations only. No other discounts apply.
Agency discount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15%Based on open rate. Licensed advertising agencies providing camera-ready ads only. No other discounts apply.
Advertising DesignMaterialsacceptedaretxtfilesforcopyandhighqualitypdf,jpgorepsfilesforlogos,imagesandphotos.Theyshouldbedeliveredonfloppydisc,CDor via e-mail to your advertising rep.
WeDONOTaccept,WORD,PublisherandPowerPointfilesasartwork.TextcanbesentonaWORDfile.
ProofsProof service is to correct typographical errors and deviations from original layout - NOT for changes or additions to original copy or design. It is the responsibility of the advertiser to report errors. Upon approval, The Munster Express is no longer liable.
To receive a proof of an advertisement, the advertisement must be a minimum size of 3’’ x 2 columns.
Camera - Ready AdsCamera-ready ads must be produced at the exact size reserved. Ads excepted via ISDN (051-301792) or CD.
File Formats:Weacceptthefollowingfiletypes:
•PDF: Files should comply with PDFx1 newspaper publishing standards. SinglepagecompositeGrayscaleorCMYKarerequired.UseAcrobatDistillerwithnewspaperpublishing‘joboptions’tocreatedPDFfiles.Embed-ded fonts must be subsetted at 100%. Distiller ‘joboptions’ are available on request.
•QuarkXpress v4: Use the ‘Collect For Output’’ feature all to ensure ad ele-ments are linked and updated. Embed all fonts or converted to the correct colour space (Grayscale or CMYK).
•Illustrator or Freehand EPS: Link or Embed all imported graphic or im-ages. Embed all fonts or convert to Outline Converted to the correct colour space (Grayscale or CMYK).
•ADS: Ads should be validated via QuarkXpress extension for the correct colourspace(MonoorColour).PCformatisrequired.
Digital Images and Graphics:Forthebestquality,photosandhalftonesmustbescannedat200dpiandblack and white line art must be scanned at 600-1200dpi.
Converted to the correct colour space, e.g. Grayscale or CMYK include embeddedICCnewspaperprofiles.ICCprofilesareavailableonrequest.
TypefacesIt is the responsibility of the advertiser to supply a copy of any fonts used in the ad. The Munster Express reserves the right to substitute a similar typeface if a font is not supplied or is unusable.
Only Postscript fonts will be accepted.
Column Sizes
Ad DeadlinesDisplay Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tuesday 12.00 noon
ClassifiedAds...................Tuesday12.00noon
Births/Death Marriages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday 11.00am
Advertorial/Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday 5.00pm
Colour Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday 5.00pm
We publish two editions: Wednesday morning and Friday midday. Rates are inclusive of both editions
The website is updated every Friday afternoon. Recruitment ads and some classified ads are placed online.
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