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Mass exodus of young hurlers

Volunteers sought for Great Ethiopian Run

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Operation Transformation star and renowned fundraiser Ronan Scully is undertaking the Great Ethiopian Run this November, and is looking for volunteers to join him. Scully has already signed up close to a dozen participants to run with him on the annual event, a 10km walking and running challenge through the heart of Addis Ababa on November 27.

Check out the horsepower at Roscommon Racecourse

If vintage, classic, sports, or modified cars are your passion, then the Charity Car Show at Roscommon Racecourse on Sunday August 28 is the perfect day out.

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How come we’re not as revolting?

The worst thing about looting (apart from the obvious illegality of it and the fact that you never get a bag) is that as soon as you leave the shop at pace, you immediately invalidate any guarantee or warranty rights for the products you have just pilfered and so you end up at home with a pair of Converse runners that you’ve nicked without checking to see if both of them are the same size. Or if the 52-inch plasma telly which you and your mates have just carried down the High Street is actually HD or just HD Ready and therefore no good for sitting back and watching your mates rioting on Sky News when you can’t make out the faces. Oh, the hazards of looting. And here were we all this week thinking that these people who looted are actually at home enjoying the fruits of their labours. You see, looting is so spontaneous. It is like impulse buying, but just sped up by about 10 times.

How come we’re not as revolting?

The worst thing about looting (apart from the obvious illegality of it and the fact that you never get a bag) is that as soon as you leave the shop at pace, you immediately invalidate any guarantee or warranty rights for the products you have just pilfered and so you end up at home with a pair of Converse runners that you’ve nicked without checking to see if both of them are the same size. Or if the 52-inch plasma telly which you and your mates have just carried down the High Street is actually HD or just HD Ready and therefore no good for sitting back and watching your mates rioting on Sky News when you can’t make out the faces. Oh, the hazards of looting. And here were we all this week thinking that these people who looted are actually at home enjoying the fruits of their labours. You see, looting is so spontaneous. It is like impulse buying, but just sped up by about 10 times.

Half of Kenya’s drought-hit children ‘eat nothing in a day’

Nearly half the children surveyed in drought-hit northern Kenya had eaten no food for a whole day – with those separated from their parents faring even worse, shocking figures reveal.

Oxfam shop in Castlebar

The Oxfam Ireland shop on Market Square, Castlebar in Mayo is appealing for donations from local people to help raise money for its humanitarian relief efforts in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Trocaire asks Mayo people to help alleviate east Africa drought

Trocaire has asked the people of Mayo to help deliver food and water to more than 10 million people suffering the effects of drought in east Africa. The organisation has launched an emergency appeal to tackle a drought crisis in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia.

Callan man calls for support in Trócaire’s Christmas appeal

A Kilkenny man based in Kenya has called on people to remember the true meaning of Christmas by helping to send 3,500 children to school this Advent.

 

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