St Brendan’s Basketball Club News

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St. Brendan’s Basketball Club is gearing up for an exciting new season with training sessions scheduled for all age groups.

Teams will be finalised after the training sessions, and any players returning to basketball after these dates will be placed in lower division sides appropriate to their age groups.

Players who are unable to attend their sessions but intend to return this season are urged to contact their coaches.

The academy for U10s to U6s (boys and girls born between 2015 and 2020) kicks off the week of September 9th. For more information on the Academy, please contact Fergal O’Sullivan.

Training Schedule:

U12 Girls (Born 2013/14)

Friday 23/8: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Friday 30/8: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Friday 6/9: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Coaches: Johnny Brosnan & Deirdre Lynch

U12 Boys (Born 2013/14)

Thursday 29/8: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Thursday 5/9: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Coach: Fergal O’Sullivan

U14 Girls (Born 2011/12)

Monday 26/8: 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm
Monday 2/9: 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm
Coaches: Noreen Ferris & Anthony Walsh

U14 Boys (Born 2011/12)

Sunday 25/8: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Friday 30/8: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Friday 6/9: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Coach: Tony Griffin

U16 Girls (Born 2009/10)

Monday 26/8: 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Monday 2/9: 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Coaches: Brian Boyle & Stephan O’Callaghan

U16 Boys (Born 2009/10)

Friday 23/8: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Tuesday 27/8: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday 3/9: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Coaches: Gareth Moore & Carolyn O’Mahony

U18 Girls (Born 2007/08)

Tuesday 27/8: 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuesday 3/9: 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Coaches: Claire O’Sullivan & Linda Raymond

U18 Boys (Born 2007/08)

Thursday 29/8: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Thursday 5/9: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Coaches: Joe Quirke & Robert Pierse

Senior Ladies
Wednesday 28/8: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Wednesday 4/9: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Senior Men
Wednesday 28/8: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday 4/9: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm

For any inquiries or to confirm attendance, players are encouraged to reach out to their respective coaches. St. Brendan’s Basketball Club looks forward to welcoming everyone back to the court for what promises to be an exciting season ahead!

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Know Your Rights: Penalty Points For Driving Offences

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Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… 

Ireland uses penalty points to enforce the rules of the road and improve road safety. If you commit a motoring offence, and the penalty for the offence includes penalty points, your driving licence will be endorsed with one or more penalty points.

Some traffic offences have other penalties, such as fines as well as penalty points. While penalty points are endorsed on your driving licence, the points do not physically appear on the licence.

Your penalty points are recorded on your driving licence record, which is held on the National Vehicle and Driver File operated by the Department of Transport.

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Penalty point endorsements remain on your licence record for 3 years and must be notified to your insurance company when applying for motor insurance. Endorsements on your licence record will often lead to an increase in your motor insurance premium.

How do penalty points work?

Penalty points are recorded on your driving licence when you are convicted in court of a driving offence that attracts penalty points or you pay a fixed charge notice that was issued to you for an offence that also carries penalty points

If you get 12 penalty points in any 3 year period, you are automatically disqualified from driving for 6 months. Learner permit drivers are disqualified if they have 7 penalty points. This lower threshold also applies for the first 2 years of a driver’s first full driving licence.

What are the rules in relation to fixed charge and penalty offences?

Fixed notice penalties are issued for driving offences that attract penalty points and/or just a fine.

If you receive a fixed notice penalty, you will be issued a notice by the Department of Transport.

If you pay the fixed charge fine within 56 days, you will get a further notice from the Department of Transport confirming that the penalty points will be added to your driving licence. The penalty points will be added to your licence 28 days after that.

If you do not pay the fixed charge fine within 56 days, you will get a summons to appear in the District Court.

If you are convicted of a driving offence in court, the court will notify the Department of Transport of the number of penalty points attached to that conviction.

The Department of Transport will then issue a notification that these penalty points will be added to your driving licence 28 days after the notification date.

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How long do penalty points stay on my licence?

Penalty points remain on your licence record for 3 years. Any period where your licence is out of date or you are serving a court disqualification does not count as part of the 3 years.

If you accumulate 12 points or 7 where applicable and are disqualified from driving for 6 months, the points which led to the disqualification are removed at the end of the 6 months.

But if you had more offences that had not been endorsed on your licence record by the time you started your 6 month suspension, these extra points would be added to your licence record and would remain on your licence for 3 years (from the time your licence was reinstated).

What happens to my licence if I have 12 penalty points or 7 where applicable?

If you have been notified by the Department of Transport that you have been disqualified from driving because you have reached 12 penalty points or more, you must surrender your driving licence to the National Driver Licence Service for the period of 6 months.

What motoring offences result in penalty points?

The Road Traffic Act 2002, as amended, legislates for motoring offences that incur penalty points. The Road Safety Authority maintains an up-to-date list of penalty point motoring offences.

Examples of how penalty points and fines are awarded.

Speeding offences: A fixed charge fine of €160, together with 3 penalty points. If you have been caught speeding on a police traffic camera, you will get a notice of your fine and penalty points for the offence by post. You have 28 days in which to pay your fine from the date the notice is issued to you.

If you do not pay your fine, the fine then increases to €240, which you must pay within 28 days. If after this time (56 days) you still have not paid your fine, the offence is referred to the courts.

If you are convicted in court of speeding offences and non-payment of fines, you will automatically receive 5 penalty points and a fine up to a maximum of €1,000.

Seatbelt offences: If you drive without a seatbelt or allow children under 17 years to travel in your car without a seatbelt, you will incur a fixed charge fine of €120.

You must pay this fine within 28 days or face an increased fine of €180 payable within 56 days of the offence. 3 penalty points will be added to your licence if you pay the fine on time.

If you are convicted in court for non-wearing of a seatbelt, 5 penalty points will be added to your licence and you will be liable to a €2,000 fine for a first offence. Read more about seatbelts and the law in Ireland.
Motor insurance offences: If you drive without insurance, you will get 5 penalty points and will have to appear in court.

The court can issue a fine of up to €5,000 and can send you to prison for up to 6 months. The court can disqualify you from driving instead of issuing penalty points.

Careless driving: If you drive ‘a vehicle in a public place without due care and attention’ you can get up to 5 penalty points on your licence and a fine of up to €5,000.

If careless driving causes death or serious bodily harm, you are liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of up to 2 years or to a fine of up to €10,000 or to both.

What happens if someone else was driving my vehicle?

If the driving offence was detected by camera, the notice is sent to the registered owner of the vehicle. If the registered owner was not driving at the time of the offence they should fill out the form attached to the notice, giving details of the person who was actually driving.

This should then be returned to the Fixed Charge Processing Office with the original notice. Do not enclose payment. The Gardaí then issue a notice to the driver.

Do penalty points apply to all Irish driving licences?

Yes. Penalty points apply to both learner permits and full Irish driving licences. Penalty points also apply to drivers with foreign driving licences driving in Ireland.

If someone is driving in Ireland on a foreign licence, a record will be created for penalty points. If the driver accumulates 12 penalty points in a 3-year period, they are disqualified from driving in Ireland.

How do you find out how many penalty points you have on your driving licence?

To find out how many penalty points are on your driving licence record, contact the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) at 0818 700 800 or email info@ndls.ie and quote your driving licence number.

What happens if you have penalty points from other jurisdictions?

Penalty points from other countries (including EU/EEA member states and the United Kingdom) are not recognised between states.

Although a European Convention on driving disqualifications was signed by the member states in June 1998, it is not currently in force.

However, the UK and Ireland have a separate agreement that allows each country to recognise disqualifications (but not penalty points) due to certain offences.

Can penalty points be cancelled?

If you have been issued with penalty points (or a fixed charge without penalty points), you can apply to the Gardaí for the points to be cancelled. You will have to show that there are good procedural or exceptional grounds for cancellation.

Procedural grounds – examples of this include:

• A technical problem meant that wrong information was recorded (for example, the wrong speed limit was detected)
• You are exempt from the offence, for example, you have an exemption from wearing a seatbelt. See our document on seatbelts)
• You have been penalised for not having tax or insurance, but you can show that you had motor tax or insurance at the time of the alleged offence
• The car had been stolen and you have been sent a fixed charge notice and/or penalty points for offences committed after the theft of the vehicle
• You no longer owned the vehicle

Exceptional grounds – examples of this include

• You broke the speed limit because you were bringing someone to the hospital
• You broke the speed limit because you were responding to an emergency in your home (for example, a fire or gas leak)
• You can get the Fixed Charge Notice Cancellation Request Form and guidance notes on filling out the form on garda.ie.

• Deirdre Vann Bourke, Kerry Citizens Information Manager, said: “For anyone needing information, advice or have an advocacy issue, you can call a member of the local Citizens Information team in Kerry on 0818 07 7860, they will be happy to assist and make an appointment if necessary.

The offices are staffed from Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm.  Alternatively you can email on tralee@citinfo.ie or log on to www.citizensinformation.ie for further information.”

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Finnegan On Films: Comedy, Drama And Thrilling Action On The Box

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Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says some great character actors feature in the movies today…

One of the first actors and roles I really took notice of was Burgess Meredith who played The Penguin in the 1960’s “Batman” television show.

Little did I know that this was the start of watching out for the character actors, not necessarily the stars.  Also, I later found out just what an acclaimed and award winning actor he was.

So imagine my delight when there are two Meredith films on this weekend. Grumpy Old Men (Saturday 3.50pm RTE1) – a category I find myself approaching ever closer – tells of two retirees, widowers and neighbours, John and Max, played with delicious glee by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

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Their mutual teasing and one-upmanship takes a turn for the intense when they both fall for attractive widower Ariel (Ann-Margaret).

Also starring Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollack and the aforementioned Meredith, the true joy is seeing the comic duo geniuses Lemmon and Matthau bouncing off each other again.

DC League of Super Pets (Saturday 6.35pm RTE1) is a different slant on the Super Hero genre as Superman’s pet Krypto and shelter dog Ace have to work with other animals to save captured heroes from the evil clutches of Lex Luthor.

Starring the vocal talents of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski and Keanu Reeves, the sequel to this is due to be released imminently.

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Although the sequels became a bit silly, Rocky (Saturday 9pm RTE2) was a low budget drama that became the highest grossing movie of 1976 as well as launching a significant number of sequels.

Sylvester Stallone wrote himself the role of a lifetime as an unknown boxer who is given a shot at the heavyweight title when the current champion, Apollo Creed, decides to celebrate the American bicentennial.

Even though he was on his uppers, Stallone refused to sell his screenplay script to the studios unless he was given the role of Rocky.  The script went on to be nominated for the Best Original Screenplay at the year’s Academy Awards.

This is a really tight story, well directed by John G Avildsen, which won him the Best Director Oscar, and also starred Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and the afore mentioned Burgess Meredith as Rocky’s coach, Mickey.

While on the script theme, Tony Scott’s crime thriller True Romance (Saturday 9.15pm TG4) was an early Tarantino screenplay, that he sold to finance “Reservoir Dogs”.

It stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette as newlyweds who make a potentially fatal mistake as they steal a stash of drugs from the Mob to fund their new lifestyle.

Also starring Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt and Christopher Walken, the film includes the Tarantino lodestones – a Southern Californian setting, pop cultural references and slow motion violence, although to be honest it does show its age a bit at times.  Enjoy!

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