Got some leaflets and information this morning from the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
telling about their work in South Africa for children who are the victims of AIDS. The money raised at the table quiz in Killeens on next Wednesday night will go directly to help their work with these children. The leaflet says that it takes 20 Euro per month to look after a child.
Saw a related item on The Irish Catholic about tax relief. Seems that if you are a taxpayer and decide to donate for example 500 Euro to a charity, by filling out a Tax Relief Form the charity are allowed to get back tax and your 500 Euro is worth 625 Euro to the charity. If you are on the higher rate of tax , your 500 Euro is now worth 862 Euro to the charity. Further information available from the Revenue website www.revenue.ie/pdf/chy2.pdf See page 8.

Mick and Louise took Brian and Dympna Carroll of Ely House B+B for a trip on the flooded river to Banagher and back yesterday. There was a strong current flowing and it took almost two hours on the return journey. Heard Louise give a warning to Colin that there is a concert coming up in Dublin and thatshe will require Colin and our webmaster as the backing group.

Weather is dry at present but there is a forecast for localised heavy rain 20 - 30 mm.
A gale warning for coastal waters. High temperature today of 13 C or 55F and tonight 10 C or 50 F.

My third cousin in Chicago send on an interesting answer to why the Tsunami disaster occured.
This is how Billy Graham's daughter put it and see it in a seperate blob.