Lower William Street, October 2024
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Simpler Times
People, well, women anyway, of a certain age will remember this activity well. You cut everything out very carefully…not the good scissors, the one for paper. You glued Bunty to a piece of cardboard….a Cornflakes’ box was ideal, not too stiff to cut but stiff enough to stand up. Then wrapping the little paper tabs around her, you dressed Bunty. Hours of fun!
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A Talk on Women’s Health
Shelagh Griffin organised and Katie Condon delivered a great talk on women’s health in Listowel Family Resource Centre on Tuesday last. Shelagh promises in future to alert me to similar events so that I can tell you before, rather than after the event.
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Important tip from An Garda Siochána
Your IMEI number is the unique identifier of your mobile phone. Follow the easy instructions below to keep this number safe. It will make the job of finding it easier if your phone is ever lost or stolen.
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Disappearing Verbs
If you remember anything about grammar you will remember that a verb is an action word and a noun is a naming word. Not so any more it would seem.
One doesn’t win a medal any more. One medals.
One doesn’t score a goal. One goals.
One doesn’t sit on the bench. One is benched or even sidelined.
We don’t put a question on the table. We table a question.
You don’t go on holiday, you holiday.
The list goes on.
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Look what I bought in the Vincent de Paul shop
Prepare to be mesmerised.
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From the Archives
IRELAND.
Taranaki Daily News 8 January 1920
FURTHER OUTRAGES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Jan. 5. Constable Clarke, while walking in a street at Ballylongford, was shot from behind a wall, 150 pellets lodging in his neck and shoulders. His condition is critical. A number of men waylaid a police patrol who were protecting a loyal farmer in North Clare. A brisk exchange of shots followed, one constable being wounded. His comrades, using grenades, routed their assailants. This is the first time grenades have been used. Military aeroplanes are patrolling throughout Ireland, particularly in the neighbourhood of Carrigtohill, to prevent further assemblies that might lead to a recurrence of outrages. The police in Cork visited prominent Sinn Feiners and interrogated them, regarding their movements on Saturday. Sinn Feiners are contesting all the 80 seats in the Dublin Corporation elections—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hospice Coffee Morning
A few photos of people who attended the best coffee morning ever in The Listowel Arms on Thursday October 17 2024
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A Fact
With 980 known species bats make up 23 per cent of all known mammals by species.
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