KNN barred from publishing trade show picture of UDC Cathaoirleach NAAS, 23 June 2000: by Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan. KNN has been warned against publishing a photograph taken during the Kildare Growers Trade Show 1999 at Goffs last summer. The picture shows Cllr Seamie Moore of Naas UDC with Oakchurch Nurseries manager Raymond Lalor. Both men are on the Oakchurch stand and have official badges. Cllr Moore is currently sales manager with Oakchurch Nurseries of Tully, Kildare, which specialises in the supply of semi-mature trees. Cllr Moore has recently stated he joined the company last November. The photograph was taken during the July 22/23 show by a photographer working there on assignment for the show organisers. KNN located a print last Wednesday and subsequently sought permission from the copyright owner (the photographer) to have copies made. On Thursday morning around 9am, a person identifying himself as Raymond Lalor phoned the KNN offices and claimed that he owned the photograph. He warned Brian Byrne that the photograph was 'not to be published under any circumstances'. KNN has ascertained that he also instructed the copyright owner not to provide any copies of the photograph to anyone. The copyright owner also says the photograph cannot be published for legal reasons. Oakchurch Ltd has been the subject of discussion in Naas UDC because it has shared a director with Lehmex Ltd, a major beneficiary of rezoning in the 1999 Naas Development Plan, a plan of which Cllr Moore was a strong supporter. Last Tuesday, in a statement referring to 'alleged conflict of interest', Cllr Moore told Naas UDC he joined Oakchurch Ltd in November of 1999, ‘six months after the approval of the Development Plan’ adopted at the end of May 1999. He listed his employments in 1999 as O'Sullivan Marketing and Oakchurch. In a pre-election profile published by the Kildare Times dated 25 May 1999 (left), Cllr Moore is described as having 'recently taken on a new career as a Sales Manager to a specialist trees supplier ...' As he was leaving last Tuesday's UDC meeting, KNN asked Cllr Moore to name the tree company mentioned in the profile. He declined to answer questions initially, but on being pressed said 'I forget' and ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about'. Afterwards he returned to the council chamber and made a complaint to the town clerk about 'concealed microphones' in the precincts of the Town Hall. (ED: The microphone and tape recorder were in plain view all the time we questioned Cllr Moore, as they have been on many other occasions when Cllr Moore was glad to speak to us about his work as a councillor.) KNN has located a number of people who remember Cllr Moore being on and in the environs of the Oakchurch stand during the Kildare Growers trade show. ©2000 brianbyrne/trishwhelan. Main Rover, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, Kildare town. Phone 045 521203; Fax 045 521785. See our selection here. And read Brian Byrne's review of the new Rover 75.

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24 June 2000: Intel launches $2 million expansion ... Kildare artist uses personal tragedy for inspiration ... the fight against Dunstown ... Seamie Moore on the new Railway Walkway ... 'Cullen of the Arctic' on his latest trip. This is a KNN broadcast production in RealAudio. Earlier programmes here. (©2000trishwhelanbrianbyrne.)

Cathaoirleach apologises for his language NAAS, 23 June 2000: by Trish Whelan. UDC chairman Cllr Seamie Moore (right) has apologised for using using ‘abusive’ language on two occasions at recent UDC meetings to Cllr Anthony Egan. This was in response to a motion put by Cllr Mary Glennon calling for the Council to ‘deplore’ the use of such language. On the suggestion of Cllr Charlie Byrne, Cllr Moore apologised to Cllr Egan saying he was ‘quite happy’ to withdraw what he had said. Cllr Egan accepted the apology but made the point that the word concerned must never be used again. Cllr Pat O’Reilly, who chaired the meeting, said one incidence had been ‘in committee’ and the other outside the time of the meeting. He said: “Seamie Moore has made an apology and I think that is sufficient.” Under the Rules of Debate in the Standing Orders of Naas UDC, Section 7.4 says that 'no Councillor may use offensive or unbecoming words in reference to any member or employee of the Council. Any councillor having used objectionable words and not retracting the same or offering apologies for the use thereof when requested by the Chairman to do so, shall be called upon by the Chairman to withdraw from the meeting'. There is no provision for dealing with the matter on the spot when it is the chairman who is at fault.

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Close to finding pollution source NEWBRIDGE, 23 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. Kildare County Council ‘is very close’ to finding the source of the pollution of the River Liffey at Ryston in Newbridge (right), this month’s meeting of the Town Commission was told. The pollution has been ongoing for a long time and has been the subject of complaints both in the commission and in Kildare County Council. Meanwhile, in traffic-related matters, a motion asking the gardai to prosecute motorists who double park on the Main Street was passed by the members, and the garda authorities are to be informed of the decision. The motion was put forward by Cmmr Pat Black, who said the thoughtlessness of such motorists had led to very dangerous situations in the past. Many of the transgressors do so in full view of the Garda Station. The meeting also heard that work on the car park behind the Town Hall will begin within a couple of weeks. It will include lining the area with bay markings to make more efficient use of the space, as well as repairing the surface.

Avenue celebrates its ramps ... after 30 years a-trying! NAAS, 23 June 2000: by Trish Whelan. Residents of Patrician Avenue in Naas turned out to welcome the safety ramps installed by Naas UDC in response to their complaints that motorists were using it as a short cut to the Ballymore and Kilcullen Roads. Residents first complained about speeding traffic 30 years ago. Margaret Murphy and Betty O’Shea had placed barrels across the road to block the traffic all those years ago, without much success. “The gardai came down,took them away and gave us a warning. We’ve been complaining ever since.” Margaret Murphy would like to see a third ramp along the road. Kathleen Noone said the short road is ‘like Mondello Park’ when the traffic from Punchestown is using their road. Brendan Drewitt has a ramp outside his front gate. He agrees it has slowed down the traffic. He told how a double decker bus recently became jammed between cars and was forced to reverse back onto the Ballymore Road. Residents are also calling for a pedestrian crossing on the Kilcullen Road, which has been the scene of a number of fatalities. Our picture shows Sonia Callaghan skipping over the new ramp with residents and local Cllr Charlie Byrne who campaigned for many years to have the ramps installed in Patrician Avenue.

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Globe-travellin' John is off to the mountains again! MONASTEREVIN, 22 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. Monasterevin’s ever-travelling adventurer John Cullen is not a month back from scaling the highest peaks in the Arctic, in Greenland, but he’s already planning a trip to Pakistan’s K2 region for next month. “Monasterevin is a great place to come back to,” says the West End Knitwear director who regularly tries out the comfort of his own products in the harshest environments on earth, “and there are times on these trips when I say that I’ll never leave home again ... but a fortnight back and I get itchy feet!” The Greenland trip in May, with colleague explorers Roger Meer and Dr Carol Darwin, was another chapter written in John Cullen’s book of long-held ambitions, and among the achievements were the first Irish ascents of the four highest peaks in the Arctic. “We also achieved a few absolute first ascents, and Greenland is one of the few places left in the world where that can be done. Anything we climbed was over 3,500 metres, and while that kind of height didn’t cause us any problems with altitude sickness, being so far north and out in that kind of weather all the time made it a tough trip.” John found Greenland quite different from most other places he’s been in that there was no wildlife to be seen, except in the last week when they were stormbound and running out of food and a number of Greenland Wheatears were dumped on their campsite by the storm. “We were so excited to see them, after a month when there were only the three of us representing life in the area.” The trip was marred somewhat when the three heard afterwards of the death of a Dutch colleague with a subsidiary group when he fell into a crevasse, which illustrates the danger that faces such explorers no matter how well they’re prepared in modern times. Anyway, back home, John is also thinking about going back to Greenland, this time to repeat the famous grossing of explorer Nansen in the 1800s. “I’ve already had an offer for that,” he muses while buried in a book about Pakistan. “I could do this fulltime if I wanted, and if somebody pays the piper. Maybe at the end of the year ...” You can hear a KNN audio interview with John Cullen here. Main Rover, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, Kildare town. Phone 045 521203; Fax 045 521785. See our selection here. And read Brian Byrne's review of the new Rover 75.

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Push to preserve Friar's House NAAS, 22 June 2000: by Trish Whelan. Naas UDC is to put in train the process which could see the 200-year-old Friar’s House on Mill Lane become a preserved building. It is one of the oldest buildings in the town but is not presently listed for preservation. This week Cllr Pat McCarthy (right) received the unanimous backing of the councillors for his motion that the building be the subject of a preservation order. He said he was ‘horrified’ to discover it could be demolished to make way for apartments. He asked that the preservation process be started without delay. Seconding the motion, Cllr Anthony Egan (left)said the council should also draw up a list of other potential buildings to be preserved. Cllr Seamie Moore said that he was concerned that the small stone building adjacent to Tandy’s Bridge, which was a farm labourer’s cottage with an underground stable for animals, is in a very poor state of repair. He asked that it too be included on the town’s preservation list. Town clerk Declan Kirrane said that to be listed, a property must first satisfy certain areas of criteria and this work would be carried out by a conservation officer. He agreed that the council could certainly initiate the preservation process on Friary’s Lane. To Advertise on KNN, call 086 8267104, fax 045 481091, or email tellingtales@yahoo.com Advertising rates here

Left meeting after 'denial of constitutional rights' NAAS, 21 June 2000: by Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan. Naas UDC councillor Mary Glennon left the council chamber last night after a motion under her name relating to the Cathaoirleach, Seamie Moore, was ruled out of order by acting chairman Cllr Pat O’Reilly, on legal advice given to the council. Cllr O’Reilly said it was a ‘very dangerous’ motion and he would not permit any discussion whatever on it. Cllr Glennon stated that the motion as written was not the one she had submitted to the town clerk, Declan Kirrane, but this statement was also ruled out of order and will not appear in the minutes of the public meeting. Cllr Glennon said she had been denied her constitutional rights and freedom of speech. KNN understands that she has already been in discussion with her own legal advisers on the matter as she believes she has been left in an ‘extremely dangerous’ position. A legal opinion on the motion as published in the Agenda for last night’s public session was circulated to councillors in a prior private meeting. Solicitors Brown & McCann said there was ‘grave doubt’ as to whether privilege would apply if the motion was discussed, and they warned any such discussion could leave the council and its members open to action for defamation ‘which could result in a loss of council funds’. Afterwards, Cllr Glennon told KNN she had been ‘shocked’ when she read the motion as published on the agenda under her name and said that the substance of her original had been ‘altered considerably’. These alterations followed a request from the town clerk that she delete a named person from her original, which she agreed he could do. Cllr Glennon said that during last night’s private session she gave the town clerk her original submission again and was told that it would be written into the minutes of that session. “But this was in private, and because the press had been in receipt of the altered motion, I wanted it in the public arena that I had nothing to do with it.” Declan Kirrane told KNN that changes had indeed been made to the original motion but in his opinion they were not as significant as Cllr Glennon believed. He confirmed that her original motion would be recorded in the account of the private session. Main Rover, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, Kildare town. Phone 045 521203; Fax 045 521785. See our selection here. And read Brian Byrne's review of the new Rover 75.

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Care of Aged benefit from Mickey Gordon collection NAAS & KILCULLEN, 21 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. A cheque for £800 was presented to Naas Care of the Aged by a committee which had been set up to raise funds for a gravestone for the late Mickey Gordon. The presentation was made (right) to Andy Kelly, chairman of the Care of the Age committee, by Paul Dixon of Brannockstown following a memorial mass and a visit to the grave (above) by family and friends on the first anniversary of his death. A portrait of Mickey, who worked for many years in Kilcullen's Town Hall Cinema, was handed over to Sabina Reddy of Kilcullen Town Hall committee by Stratford-based artist Brian Swift (below). The painting was commissioned by the memorial committee, and replicas were presented to representatives of a number of pubs around Kildare where collections had been made. Included among these were Ger Markey of The Stray Inn in Milemill, Carmel Walsh of McCormack's in Naas, Lorcan McGeogh of O'Connells in Kilcullen, Tosh Callaghan of The Five Lamps in Naas, and Paddy Murphy from Ballymore. A replica was also presented to Jim and Alice Gordon (below left), Sarto Road, Naas, and to musician John Kelly who performed in Markeys at functions during which £600 of the total £2,900 was raised.

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3 June 2000: Concern over 304-house development in Newbridge ... Ireland's longest traction engine run ... memories of Billy Brown ... Columb Brazil joins REMAX. This is a KNN broadcast production in RealAudio. Earlier programmes here. (©2000trishwhelanbrianbyrne.)

'Delivery confidence' the reason for Intel investment LEIXLIP, 20 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. The reason Intel decided to invest $2 billion in an expansion of its wafer manufacturing capacity in Leixlip was because of the company's confidence in the Irish operation's capacity to deliver both on quality and the 'tight schedule' required. According to Intel Ireland's managing director John McGowan (pictured above showing the location of the new 'Fab 24' factory) it was a 'real coup' for Ireland to gain the investment at a time when the provision of such a facility has become very expensive and capital intensive (audio here). He also told KNN he is confident that the Leixlip operation can meet the 'challenge' of providing enough qualified people to operate Intel's expanded Leixlip campus. "This year we plan to recruit 1,000 people," he said. "We are succeeding to meet our targets as we go forward and we are attracting a lot of very good CVs from people outside in the industry." While it is clear that young people are currently not as inclined to go for studies in the maths, engineering and science disciplines required for the high-tech industries, Mr McGowan noted that Intel is 'putting a lot of effort' into trying to explain to people what it is like to work in a plant like Intel's European manufacturing headquarters. "In Kildare we have someone assigned to work full-time with local schools, and we have an Open Day coming up shortly where they will have an opportunity to see the plant and talk to people working here." Intel's CEO Dr Craig Barrett (pictured below at the announcement of the new investment) told KNN that the most important way of dealing with future shortages of qualified people in the industry must be addressed from the 'teacher side' (audio here). "In the US there's a major operation to upgrade the teachers, making sure they have the qualifications to teach the maths and sciences," he said. "We really have a shortage there ... regrettably, the US does a relatively poor job in this area compared to the rest of the developed economies." Dr Barrett also noted that the life of any process operation in the computer industry was only two/three years, and that the 'bricks and mortar' element of any investment represented about 25% of the total cost. "Seventy-five percent is what's inside, which has to be upgraded every few years." Meanwhile, in a major address to 250 invited business leaders yesterday afternoon in Dublin Castle, Dr Barrett said that any country that wanted to participate in the internet economy would have to reduce access costs. "There's a strong correlation between access charges and usage, especially for the individual and small and medium-sized businesses," he said. "Ireland and some of the other European countries need to be more aggressive in this space if they want to fully participate in the new internet economy." Main Rover, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, Kildare town. Phone 045 521203; Fax 045 521785. See our selection here. And read Brian Byrne's review of the new Rover 75.

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Personal experiences underpin artist's work KILDARE, 20 June 2000: by Trish Whelan. One of the most striking paintings by Kildare-based artist Rebekah Jackson reveals her use of personal experience in her work. The piece shows tears flowing down a woman's cheek (above) , and closer inspection shows that in them there are babies. "I lost three babies," Rebekah says simply. Except, of course, such an event can never be simple. Nor does it end even with the attempted therapy of 'painting out the pain'. "There's no such thing as closure for losing a child. It's just a matter of living with that happened. I wanted to let some of the pain out onto the paper, and I did." Rebekah - her own description as 'Afro-Celtic' in origin comes from her African and Scottish parents - has also recorded her recent separation in a similar way, with a painting 'Separate but Equal' (right). "I wanted to convey that we're separate but still have to struggle with the same emotions, the same loss." In a recent exhibition of her work in Naas Library, Rebekah also outlined her physical journey through life, mainly in Spain, France and latterly Ireland (she has lived in Kildare for the last five years). She also shared the event and space with the work of Patsy Carroll, a prisoner currently serving in Portlaoise a sentence imposed in Britain for robbery. Rebekah is pictured left with Patsy's mother Winifred, in front of his self-portrait. Most of his work on display was of native American and Irish literary figures. "He has a lot of other material, but wouldn't put it on display unless he could explain it to people," Winifred says. But, of course, that's not possible just now.

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Labour will run candidate in event of UDC resignation NAAS, 20 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. KNN has learned that the Labour Party will consider proposing a second candidate for cooption should a resignation occur on Naas UDC before the end of the current five-year term of the council. The party already has one councillor on the body, Pat McCarthy. Traditionally, such co-option nominations are made by the party of the resigning member, but this is not mandatory under current legislation, and it is open to any party (or non-party group) to put forward nominations. Vacancies on local authorities normally only occur through death, resignation or disqualification of councillors. Reasons for disqualification under current legislation include conviction of a councillor for a felony which involves a prison sentence, non-payment of local rates due by a councillor, or being underage. Innacurate returns of election expenses, or failure to declare fiduciary interests under the planning acts would also cause difficulty for local authority members. It would appear that receipt of benefit in other ways are not direct grounds for either disqualification or forced resignation under current Irish legislation, though it has recently been suggested that anti-corruption laws inherited in this jurisdiction from prior to the establishment of the Free State could well be applied in such cases. A Flood Tribunal team has now begun investigating in the Cork area, a move seen by many as a precedent for the tribunal to extend its work outside Dublin. At least one Naas councillor has been interviewed by the tribunal over claimed 'pressures' exerted during the preparation of the 1999 Naas Development Plan. Other councillors were also interviewed by the gardai following last year's local authority elections, on a publication element of the elections, but the possibility of further legal proceedings ended when the Director of Public Prosecutions decided that there was 'insufficient evidence' for a prosecution.

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Intel announces $2 billion expansion in North Kildare LEIXLIP, 19 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. Intel Corporation has announced a $2 billion expansion of semiconductor wafer manufacturing capacity at its European manufacturing centre in Leixlip. The first phase of the expansion consists of an additional 50,000 square feet of cleanroom manufacturing capacity. Construction will begin immediately in accordance with a 1997 planning approval, with first production expected late next year. The new facility will be known as 'Fab 24'. The second phase of the expansion consists of a further 85,000 square feet of cleanroom which is planned to follow on from the first phase, bringing the total additional capacity to 135,000 square feet. The ultimate value of the additional investment brings Intel's cumulative investment in Ireland to around $4.5 billion by 2003. The new factory will initially manufacture on 200 mm silicon wafers but will be capable of moving on to the next generation of manufacturing technology, on 300 mm wafers at a later date.=20 The announcement was made at Intel's Leixlip campus by Craig Barrett (right), president and CEO of Intel Corporation accompanied by the Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise and Employment, Mary Harney TD (left). "Today's announcement is reflective of our commitment to invest in manufacturing capacity to help us meet the growing future demand for our products," Mr Barrett said. "The additional manufacturing capacity will help us maintain our leadership in the extremely competitive world of semiconductors. It is a tribute to the quality of our team of managers and employees in Leixlip that Ireland has once again been chosen as the site for a major expansion project." The Tanaiste said the new investment will bring Intel Ireland to the summit of manufacturing technology in the semiconductor sector globally, making it the most advanced wafer fabrication site in Europe. When completed, the project is expected to create over 1,000 new jobs by the year 2004, mainly for people with Third Level certificates, diplomas or degrees. There are currently 3,000 Intel employees in Leixlip with a further 1,400 in permanent employment with long-term subcontractors to Intel. Main Rover, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, Kildare town. Phone 045 521203; Fax 045 521785. See our selection here. And read Brian Byrne's review of the new Rover 75.

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Old Railway Line park is opened NAAS, 19 June 2000: by Trish Whelan. Some 115 years to the month after it was first used as a permanent way for the railway service from Naas to Tullow, a strip of land linking Lacken View, Lakelands, Cleevaun and Sunday's Well was officially opened last Friday as the Old Railway Line Walkway. Chairman of Naas UDC Seamie Moore, who performed the opening with the help of a group of local youngsters (above), said it was an amenity area which had been restored for the benefit and enjoyment of the local residents and he urged them to work with the UDC to ensure its future development and protection. The linear park was designed and built under the supervision of the Parks Department of South Dublin County Council by a team headed by Dr Christy Boylan (pictured on left with Cllr Moore and town clerk Declan Kirrane). The designers took pains to preserve a 'wild life corridor' right into Naas town, and it will eventually be a 'beautiful avenue of trees', according to Dr Boylan, who paid tribute to the main contractor, Thomas Logan and Sons, and to Green Avenue Nurseries who had carried out the planting. Declan Kirrane asked the residents to 'respect and enjoy' the new facility and ensure that future generations could enjoy it as well. Anne Marie Murray, treasurer of the Lacken View Residents Association (pictured below on right with some of her organising committee colleagues), said the amenity was 'brilliant'. "I've seen it in its original derelict state, but now it's a network bringing all four estates closer together." During the opening ceremonies, Declan Kirrane introduced the UDC's new gardener, Dermot O'Farrell, who he said would be working to improve and maintain the parks and walkways of the town. Mr Kirrane noted that two further amenity areas in Naas will be opened in the coming months - the Harbour and Monread Park. Main Rover, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, Kildare town. Phone 045 521203; Fax 045 521785. See our selection here. And read Brian Byrne's review of the new Rover 75.

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Houses 'unaffordable to working families' - deputy KILDARE NORTH & DAIL EIREANN, 19 June 2000: by Bill Trapman. Houses in Celbridge and Maynooth (above) 'have become unaffordable to working families' according to local representative Deputy Emmet Stagg. Speaking in the Dail last week in support of a Labour motion on housing policy, he also said that not only were people with jobs and families in these towns being 'squeezed out of the housing market' but their children 'have no chance' of buying a house. Deputy Stagg (left) noted that there are currently 2,000 families on the housing list in County Kildare, an increase of 800 families since the present government took office. "Under the programme of minister of state Bobby Molloy, we are building 160 houses a year, and it will therefore take 15 years to clear the backlog in Kildare at the current rate of progress," he said. "My weekly clinics are now frequented by young couples who previously could afford to buy their own homes but who have been driven out of the market by the greed of speculators and landowners who are supported by the Government." Deputy Stagg said these people do not qualify for local authority housing, cannot afford to buy private housing and are forced into the 'largely unregulated' private rented sector where rents are now between £650 and £800 per month. "They have no security of tenure and are regularly turfed out at the whim of the landlord," he concluded. "The Government has the resources and has wasted opportunities. It should take our guidance and return to people the right to a home in their own country." The Labour motion called for state intervention to acquire a publicly-owned land bank which would be released for private and public housing, that price controls would be placed on new housing, and that legislation would be introduced to control the operation of the housing market. The motion, which also included the provision of housing for students and transient workers, was defeated by 69 votes to 64.

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Mary is first winner of new trophy NEWBRIDGE & CHRISTIANSTOWN, 19 June 2000: by Brian Byrne. Mary Gleeson, a student at Newbridge College who lives at Christianstown near Milltown, is the first recipient of the Declan Cleere Memorial Trophy presented by the Rotary Club of Newbridge. The trophy marks Mary's achievement in being selected as a regional winner of Rotary's Youth Leadership Award, sponsored by Marks and Spencer. Declan Cleere, who died tragically last Christmas, was a founding member and past president of Rotary Newbridge. His wife Pat presented the trophy to Mary Gleeson. Mary recently joined 31 other young Irish winners of the Youth Leadership Awards on a trip to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. During the presentation evening, cheques were presented by Rotary Newbridge president John Dardis to the Kildare Hospice Foundation and the Kildare Branch of the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland. The funds were raised through charity events which included a Joycean Evening with Senator David Norris in the Town Hall Theatre, Kilcullen.

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