Bus Éireann Arrangements For Student Tickets

BUS ÉIREANN advises customers who are students attending third-level colleges that, on and from September 1, 2002, tickets at Student fares (Single, Return, 10- journey and commuter) will be issued on production of a valid International Student Identity Card without any requirements for a Travelsave stamp or other endorsement.

Student tickets will also be issued on production of a valid Student Identity Card issued by a recognised third-level college in the Republic of Ireland.

Tickets issued at student fares are only valid for travel in conjunction with a valid student identity card bearing a photograph of the holder.

Do We Have A Say?

EveryoneE is born. Everyone dies. Does everyone really live? Do we have a choice in between? As Shakespeare notes in his tragedy, King Lear, have we come ‘to a great stage of fools’. Are we puppets whose life is determined by something or someone else? When will we have our say?

These are some of the questions posed by young people in Waterford Youth Drama and Garter Lane Arts Centre’s latest presentation, ‘2 Heaven’, a devised theatre production, funded by the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund.

35 young Waterford thespians will work together under the joint direction of Garter Lane Education and Outreach Officer, Sile Penkert and drama tutor, Marcus Quinlan. Both Sile and Marcus have vast experience working with youth groups and we are delighted to have them on board. Sile comes fresh to us following her directorial duties with the Waterford Spraoi parade, which was a massive success.

This year marks the seventh consecutive summer project for young people in Waterford. Its aim is to act as a vehicle for teenagers to work intensively with professional practitioners in the arts. Over the years, WYD have worked with renowned directors, Jimmy Fay, Pat Kiernan, Scott Johnson and Deirdre Molloy. During the next few weeks, Waterford’s own Sile and Marcus will work Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm to create a thoughtprovoking piece, focusing on the trials and tribulations of youth in contemporary society.

‘2 Heaven’ runs for five nights of performances, from Tuesday, September 10 to Saturday, September 14, at Garter Lane Arts Centre. Tickets cost €7 (conc. €5) and special group rates are available for schools and youth groups. Bookings are now being taken at Garter Lane box office at 051-855038.

Courses In Practical Child Care

The School of Practical Child Care have been leaders in Care Training since 1986 are offering many new courses nationwide this year. The early years care and educatoin courses for childcare workers and carers of children with special needs is a new full-time Diploma Course held on the Blackrock Campus.

The free accommodation scheme arranged by the school is a very successful arrangement where local, carefully selected families, give full board and accommodation in return for help with the children and light housework. This arrangement provides safe and welcoming accommodation at no financial charge whatsoever.

The most popular part-time courses this year are as follows: Special Needs Assistant – Certificate/Diploma (in partnership with the Froebel College of Education; Crèche Management – UCD Certificate; After School Care – UCD certificate. All courses are available by home-study or as Saturday courses in Dublin City centre as well as by evening and Saturday courses locally.

For full details contact: School of Practical Child Care, Blackrock Campus, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

A Return To Ballyjamesduff

THE Waterford International Festival of Light Opera has invited the Percy French Concert Party to perform in Waterford for the first time with their production of A Return To Ballyjamesduff.

These performances will be presented at Garter Lane Arts Centre on Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 21, at 8.15pm nightly. Set in retrospective mood, the Percy French Concert Party, a form of musical theatre, brings to colourful and nostalgic life the varied entertainments of Percy French. Here can be enjoyed Percy French’s greatest songs such as Phil the Fluter’s Ball, Come Back Paddy Reilly, The Mountains of Mourne and Are Ye Right There Michael?, all interspersed with equally well loved recitations, sketches, parodies and poems.

It is an evening where light and shade of living is dramatically reflected and where poignant moments accentuate the rich humour of Percy French’s delightful material. Tickets cost €10, (€8 conc.) and bookings can be made at 051-855038.

Late Sr. Monica Carty

It was 12.15 p.m. on Sunday, 4 August, last when Sr. Monica Carty, of the Mercy Convent, Military Road, returned to her Lord and Master, to reap her Eternal Reward. Although Sr. Monica had received many awards, tributes and bouquets during her earthly life, entrance into her heavenly home was one which she longed for and so richly deserved.

Monica, born some seventy-five years ago in Welsh Island, Co. Offaly, was raised in a large family of eleven children. At the tender age of sixteen years, she entered the Mercy Convent, Military Road, which was to be her home for almost sixty years.

The charism of the Sisters of Mercy was one which Monica made her own and one that she lived out with dedication, love and enthusiasm.

The life of the Foundress Catherine McCauley, based entirely on the life of Christ in the gospels, was lived out daily by Monica. She gave tirelessly and selflessly of her time and energy to her community, her family and each person whose life she touched. Everyone was treated by Sr. Monica as another Christ and dealt with in a reverent, respectful way.

It seemed that she was the Hands and Feet of Christ as she went about her daily tasks with love and concern for all. No needy person ever left her presence empty-handed. No sorrow, however small, went unheard. No deed was too menial or lowly for her gentle touch.

Above all, Sr. Monica was a woman of deep prayer and great faith. Her humility, gentleness and unassuming air were some of her outstanding qualities and ones which endeared her to all and sundry. This was very evident in the large crowds that thronged to the Convent Chapel to keep watch and pray beside her remains. Also by the great number who attended her Requiem Mass in Holy Family Parish Church.

Sr. Monica will be greatly missed, but we know that the one clear message that she would wish all of us to live out in our lives is the one she lived so faithfully and well — “As long as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did it to me.” Matt. 25 v 40.

Slán abhaile Monica. Ar dheis Dé go raibh do anam uasal dílis.

 

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