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Congratulations to Moycarkey National School, latter who captured the honours of taking of first place in the Thurles Credit Union 2014 Schools Quiz (U13 category) recently.
This team will now progress to represent Moycarkey National School and Thurles Credit Union in the Chapter 14 Credit Union Schools Quiz to be held in Nenagh at the end of February.
Pictured above are the victorious Moycarkey U13 Quiz team, consisting of Deirdre Fogarty, Brian O’ Callaghan, John Coffey and Jack Fahy, with their Principal Teacher Mr Robert White.
Well done to all.
Extract from a poem by Misao Fujimura.
“To end is to start; to surrender is to know,
Despair and depression, together they grow,
Hope shall meet hopeless, when there’s nowhere to go.”
Ann Marie Brophy, Executive Librarian at Thurles Library Reports:
Thurles Lions Club are holding a suicide awareness programme on Saturday January 18th, 2014.
This awareness programme will begin at 10:00 a.m., in the Tipperary Centre for Ind ependent Living.
Latter building, as most of you will know, is situated to the rear of the once Stradavoher Industrial Estate, in Thurles, Co Tipperary.
This is a four hour programme, fully facilitated by the HSE, during which time qualified personnel will attempt to train people in being more suicide aware.
“This is a free programme and I think this is of particular interest to any of us who work with the public on a day to day basis.”
If you are interested in attending, just let Ann Marie know by email to brophyam@tipperarylibraries.ie or by Tel: 087-6853936.
Ann Marie would also greatly appreciate if you could also spread the word about this upcoming informative programme, either by word of mouth or by perhaps ‘Sharing’ on Facebook.
 The Department of Education and Skills has advised St. Patrick’s College, Thurles, Co Tipperary yesterday (December 16th, 2013), that it may have an intake of students in September 2014, adding to its existing teacher education programmes.
St Patrick’s College accepting CAO Entrants for 2014
Applications may be made to the following programmes through the CAO.
TH002 – B.A. in Education, Business Studies and Accounting
TH003 – B.A. in Education, Business Studies and Religious Studies
TH004 – B.A. in Education, Irish and Religious Studies
TH005 – B.A. in Education, Irish and Business Studies
The above programmes are concurrent teacher education programmes, accredited by the University of Limerick and recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland.
Please see the 2013 Prospectus here which will apply to this student intake in 2014.
For further information please contact the Registrar’s Office; Tel: 0504 21201/20535 or Email phourigan@stpats.ie
 Have you ever heard of Befana the Christmas witch?
Well Italy’s traditional Christmas celebration includes tales of a witch known as La Befana who arrives on her broomstick during the night of January 5th in search of the Christ Child and fills kids’ stockings with sweets for all the good children and places lumps of coal in the stockings of the bad ones. (Children take special note.)
Have you ever heard of Nisse the mischievous elf that plays tricks on people during Christmas time?
Well during Christmas in Denmark, the mischievous Danish elf, Nisse, plays pranks on people. Nisse lives in old farmhouses and wears gray woollen clothes, a red bonnet, stockings and white clogs. Nisse generally helps people on the farm and is very good with children, but is known to plays jokes during the Christmas season, especially if families don’t leave a bowl of rice pudding out for him.
So why am I telling you all about this when you can hear it from real story tellers?
On Saturday December 21st Simone Schuemmelfeder and Michael Phelan from Story Gate will entertain us all with Christmas tales from around the world. In a very special day of storytelling organised by the local Library, situated here in Cathedral Street, Thurles, Co Tipperary, Ann Marie Brophy informs me that you can find out much more about this favourite time of the year and how Christmas is being celebrated in various other countries.
There will be a special session held for under eight year olds at 11.30 a.m. and another session held for the over eight year olds, at 2.30 p.m.
Note: This is a free event and each session will last about one hour, with Milk and Cookies being served.
But please Mum and Dad do contact Thurles Library on Tel: 0504-29720 to sign up for a place, (Well Ann Marie wants to make sure she doesn’t run short on those very necessary Milk & Cookies,) at what promises to be a very heart-warming, informative festive event!
“Your outer world is a mirror image of your inner world.” – Brian Tracy.
Toastmasters President Patricia Loughnane Reports on Thurles Youth Leadership Program (YLP)
 Toastmasters have been holding meetings for adults to motivate and provide a platform for speaking and leadership skills, here in Thurles, since 1988.
For any school and their attending students, a free voluntary eight week session course can be provided to introduce them to the world of public speaking and the further development of leadership responsibilities.
Recently, 16 Transition Year Presentation School Convent Boarders took this course, sponsored by Thurles Toastmasters Club and Co-ordinated by Toastmasters Patricia Loughnane (Thurles) and Margaret O’ Gorman (Naas) and all excelled when met with the fun & character building challenges provided.
On completion of this course students are each provided with an official Toastmasters International award, latter which will add a much needed additional string to their current and ongoing educational bow.
These Youth Awards will now be presented to these Transition Year students at The Anner Hotel, Thurles on Wednesday 20th November, at 8.00pm. Everyone is welcome to attend, to savour at first hand a meeting co-run by the YLP participants and experienced Toastmasters. (Click on Image, above left, to view presentation agenda.)
Refreshments: Refreshments will be served and entertainment is free.
Contact: Thurles Toastmasters President Patricia Loughnane, Tel: 087 1311305 for further information on this unique opportunity.
Website /Facebook: View their Website from here at www.thurlestoastmasters.com and their Facebook Page: thurlestoastmasters.
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