Author: National Ploughing Association

The Sacred Heart Messenger are heading to the National Ploughing Championships 2015.

The Sacred Heart Messenger are delighted to announce that they will be at this year’s National Ploughing Championships, which takes place in Ratheniska, Co Laois from September 22^nd to 24^th.

The Sacred Heart Messenger stand will be situated in the first ever Jesuits in Ireland marquee among seven other Jesuit organisations: An Timire; Peter McVerry Trust; Jesuit Mission Office; Jesuit Refugee Centre; Jesuit Centre for Faith & Justice; Sacred Space; Manresa; and Pioneer and Total Abstinence Association.

To celebrate our visit to Laois, we will be offering a free copy of Father Browne’s Laois with each subscription to the magazine, exclusively to those who sign up at The Sacred Heart Messenger stand.

The Ignatian Bookshop will also be situated in the marquee. Popular titles from Messenger Publications, including the Father Browne Collection, and religious and spiritual books will be available.

The Cross of Venerable John Sullivan SJ will be on display in an oratory in the Jesuits in Ireland marquee. Visitors are welcome to come and pray and to receive a blessing. They can also speak with the many Jesuit priests present or avail of the opportunity to take a ‘selfie’ with a life-size cut out of Pope Francis!

Fr Peter McVerry SJ will be there to discuss the social issues affecting our country today. Fr Kevin O’Rourke SJ, who is saying daily mass in Ratheniska during the Ploughing, will also be on the stand each day. Both are available for interview.

All are very welcome to visit, browse and chat to us.

Our Site Number is Block: 2 Row: 40 Stand: 759

We look forward to seeing you there. Just look out for Pope Francis!

Waterford based Pip & Pear Chilled Baby Food is sprouting up all over Ireland in a supermarket near you

Pip & Pear Chilled Baby Food is a revolutionary new baby food range which was conceived in the kitchen of Waterford mum and restauranteur Irene Queally. Using Irene’s home cooked recipes and containing up to 2 of your baby’s 5 a day fruit and veg portions, Pip & Pear looks and tastes like real food because that’s just what it is.

Pip and Pear is stocked in over 110 SuperValu stores nationwide and is also available in Aldi THIS WEEK (17^th Sept) as part of their baby and toddler event! Pip and Pear first launched with Aldi in May in conjunction with their baby and toddler promotion. The demand for the new baby food range was so great that Aldi wanted Pip and Pear back on their shelves again. Aldi’s enthusiasm for Irish producers, sourcing over 50% of their products from Irish suppliers and their commitment to outstanding quality, made it a perfect fit for the launch of Pip & Pear Chilled Baby Food.

Parents can now buy nutritious baby food that looks and tastes great, without the worry of having to compromise on flavour and nutritional value. Pip & Pear is cooked exactly the same way as you would at home, we just use a bigger pot, and it doesn’t need the intensive cooking methods of long shelf life pouches and jars.

Like every busy parent, Irene occasionally needed a convenient baby food but couldn’t find anything in stores that came close to home cooking, and so Pip & Pear was born. She took the brave step of putting it on the menu at “No.9 Barronstrand St.” and the response was amazing; within weeks people were driving from all over the south east to stock up.

Last year, Pip & Pear swept the boards winning Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards and has been shortlisted again for the awards ceremony early next month.

Pip and Pear Chilled Baby Food offers parents “the next best thing to homemade with all of the goodness and none of the guilt”. Irene has sourced top quality ingredients including Organic Fruit and Vegetables, Organic Gluten Free Baby Pasta, Bord Bia Approved Irish Beef, Lamb and Chicken and Bord Iascaigh Mhara approved Fish.

Pip & Pear Chilled Baby Food offers the best nutritional options in a convenient little pot and makes it easier for babies to transition to a broad range of solid foods. Look out for us in the dairy fridge next to the yoghurt.

Invitation
Come join us at our stand at the National Ploughing Championships and meet adults who recently returned to education.
Adults who returned to education encourage others to ‘give it a go’ at the National Ploughing Championships

The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) would like to invite you to join us at our stand at the National Ploughing Championships and meet students who recently returned to education. They include Olive Phelan, Tony Moloney, Michael Power, Kevin O’Duffy, Noel Phelan and Liz Corkish.

Before the next election, they would especially like to tell you about the social and economic benefits of helping people with low or no qualifications access education.
Why is this important?

In the last OECD survey, it was estimated that one in six Irish adults has problems with even the simplest literacy task such as reading instructions on a bottle of aspirin. One in four people find it difficult to do simple maths.

As low skilled jobs become less available, people without a qualification are at the greatest risk of unemployment and already form the greatest group who are unemployed. Individuals who do not have a basic education also have poorer health and in general lower life expectancy and life chances.

The aim of our awareness work is to help people with poor literacy and numeracy skills access adult education, to create a more inclusive society.

You can find us in:
The Duhallow Tent (Education & Business)
Block 1
Row 30
Stand 583
Unit 21 and 22

National Adult Literacy Awareness Week will also be promoted nationwide from Monday 21 to Friday 25 of September. The aim of the week is to raise awareness about the literacy issue in Ireland and to promote the free courses available to people who want to improve their reading, writing and maths skills.

For queries contact:
Clare McNally, National Adult Literacy Agency
087 6486292 or 01 4127909

DPT Ireland have their national launch of new product Diesel Power Tuning at National Ploughing Championship from the 22^nd – 24^th September.

This product is the brain child of Wim Essing Formula 1 standard Dutch automotive engineer who has worked at the highest level in world motorsport. The founding partner Twan will be at the Ploughing Championship this year and will be available for interviews.  Also available will be Martin Dowd and Graham and David Larkin who are the UK and Irish distributers of DPT

DPT is a high-powered tuning box for the agricultural sector; it will allow the end user toenhance the performance of their existing tractor without the need for large mechanical bills and tractor down time. The tractor owner will be able to customise the tractors performance according to the farms ever changing needs;  they will be able to choose between 3 simple settings.

• Increased engine performance,
• Fuel savings or engine performance
• and fuel savings of up to 7 litres per hour when in the Eco mode

DPT will also help the end user when purchasing a new machine as they will be able to purchase the engine power within their budget knowing this can be increased by up to 20% by simply fitting the DPT tuning box.

DPT Ireland are also the Irish Distributor of Terraclean Ireland which has been featured on Discovery Channels Wheelers dealers and is proving a huge success in the Irish Market.  Business owner Cathy Kelly “is thrilled to be awarded DPT distribution and can’t wait to introduce it to the Irish market at Europe’s largest agricultural event”.