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THE recent death of Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite touched many film fans. However, for one Clare family they weren’t just losing their favourite actor, they were losing a very close friend.The acclaimed British actor spent a number of months in Sixmilebridge while filming The Serpent’s Kiss on location at Mount Ievers Court back in 1996.While staying in Clare he and his family struck up a close friendship with the Casey family, Anne, her mother Cora and the late Paddy, of Casey’s Bar in the village. That friendship was so strong that Anne was even invited to Beverly Hills to stay with the Postlethwaite family while he filmed Jurassic Park II.“He was an absolutely fabulous, lovely guy. He was really jolly, very sincere and a very caring fella with a pep in his step and a word for everybody. He mixed with everybody, he didn’t care who they were or what they were, he just got on with everybody. He was …

A ROSLEVAN doctor who recently spent a month in Haiti has given his account of the problems being experienced on the island, following the devastating earthquake that hit the country a year ago.In a report he compiled for the Lions Club, Dr John Morris explained that from August to October he engaged in a variety of fundraising activities in preparation for departure with the Haven to Haiti group. “I was to work as a medical supervisor for the 300 or so volunteers on Haven’s Build It Week. During a two-week period, a hundred houses were to be constructed in Gonaives, one of Haiti’s larger cities. Unfortunately, just two weeks prior to departure the devastating cholera epidemic, which has gripped the country since, commenced in the Gonaives region. This made it unsafe for Haven to bring volunteers to Haiti and at the very last minute both of Haven’s Build It Weeks were cancelled. This was very sad news for the 600 …

IT sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie. A young girl moves from a small town to the bright lights of New York City where, after a disastrous first day, she goes on to work at one of the most prestigious fashion shows in the world. However, this isn’t some fictitious film but the real-life experience of young up-and-coming fashion designer, Karly Hodge.Now in her final year of study at the Limerick School of Art and Design, Karly from Shannon is currently working on her degree show designs. However, last summer she had the experience of a lifetime working for well-known fashion label, Proenza Schouler and she managed to gain backstage access to New York Fashion Week, something most fashionistas can only dream of.Karly moved to New York for work experience with the designers as part of her course at LSAD, whose fashion design course is well respected in the fashion world. That was certainly a big step for …

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COLIN Firth’s critically acclaimed portrayal of King George VI in the soon-to-be-released film The King’s Speech has not only generated Oscar buzz, it has also highlighted the effect that stammering has on people’s lives.

GO for it, in 2011. Have the courage to risk it. When my friend and I cannot arrive at a definite conclusion during our many and varied discussions, we chorus, “It is an imponderable”. We just love that word – it lets you painlessly off the hook.For years, I have journeyed the road less travelled. An erstwhile friend once informed me spitefully, “the road less travelled is just that because it is a lonely and isolated place to be”. I disagree but that’s another day’s deliberation.Studying the birds in the snowy weather and reflecting on human behaviour, the word “imponderable” popped up again. You know, I’m beginning to bore even myself with wittering on about animals and how we could learn so much – positive and negative – by observing their behaviour. My excuse is that I find the psychology of human interaction immeasurably fascinating. It seems to me that, generally, we learn nothing from head-to-heads with others, whilst animals/birds …