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As we enter the final full week of electioneering, I would like to pass on my tips to those foot soldiers and political anoraks who are out campaigning.

Hardy Bucks is a web-based comedy series gaining notoriety among comedy-hungry You Tube users. It is currently in the final four of RTE’s Storyland competition, having made it through two rounds of voting. The series follows the lives of Eddie and Buzz, two ‘sturdy, reliable fellas’ from the fictional Mayo hamlet of Castletown, as they struggle to hold down a job, while dabbling in various money-making schemes, all the time faced with their own incompetence, and having to contend with their arch-nemesis ‘the Viper’.

Ah, the dreaded winter is finally here, the cold has slowly but surely crept up on all of us, and the stuffy heating of the home and office offers another extreme. Going from one extreme to the other plays havoc on our health and skin. Hot air conditioning and freezing cold weather has the onion effect on our face.

Greetings Grassroots fans, by now you’ve either voted or are about to vote in the Local and European elections. Good luck to you, it’s sooo hard to pick your top five from the exceptional field of candidates.

World War 1 is the backdrop for the London box office success War Horse. It’s the story of bravery, loyalty and a mutual bond that grew between a young farm boy and his horse. But it is the highly imaginative and skilful way that the story is presented that has caught London’s imagination. The play is based on a book by Michael Morpurgo; and a recent acknowledgement by the public of the role animals have played in war, from the horse, the mule, the dog, the pigeon, even the humble glow worm used by sappers in No Man’s Land as they drew maps in the dark*. During the merciless, and relatively recent Battle of Stalingrad, (July 1942 to February 1943), 207,000 horses were killed on the German side alone (the human cost was an unimaginable one million). Animals are still used to help solders navigate rough terrain, or for dolphins to seek out mines, and dogs to sniff out contraband.

A new principal has been appointed at one of the city’s best known second level schools.

A fund raising event staged by fire and ambulance personnel will take place at the Town Hall for local charities all day Saturday December 19.

It was just around teatime on Sunday when an entry worthy of any dramatic play took place. Through the doors of the tennis club count centre strode Michael D Higgins, walking with purpose up towards the side of the hall, covering a metre with each step, as the crowds parted like the Red Sea to let him through.

It’s Thursday afternoon, another paper almost published, and the eyes are getting heavy. The office is hot and stuffy, whispered conversations almost soothing. A little snooze would be nice but that’s not an option. At least not before 6pm when the home time bell chimes.

Why not break an age old tradition this Father’s Day and instead of resorting to uninspiring gifts like socks and CDs, give your Dad a unique, practical and wise gift that will remind him to keep safe all year round when behind the wheel - a road safety mug.