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R a h o o n Flats n o t in "Lnxnry" Bracket -- Tenants
Rahoon Park Tenants A s s o c i a t i o n is u p in a r m s over recent r e m a r k s m a d e by M a y o r Bridie O ' F l a h e r t y and Assistant County Manager, Mr. Peter Kearns. The Association has accused the Asst. Co. Manager of making " s l o p p y " statements and h a s q u e s t i o n e d h i s m o t i v e in d e s c r i b i n g t h e R a h o o n flats as " a s g o o d as l u x u r y flats a n d a s well h e a t e d a s l u x u r y hotels and hospitals!" b u t let a n i n d e p e n d e n t b o d y d e t e r m i n e t h i s fact s a y t h e Association. In a s t a t e m e n t f r o m t h e Rahoon Park Tenants Association they point out this. M r . K e a r n s is a civil servant employed by you a n d I -- t h e tax p a y e r w h o s e j o b it is t o m a n a g e t h e city and county. His role is t o s u p p l y t h e city c o u n c i l l o r s w i t h t h e h a r d facts arid t o a i d t h e m in T h e Association further their function of r u n n i n g the hit o u t at M a y o r B r i d i e city. It is n o t t o give s l o p p y O ' F l a h e r t y describing her o p i n i o n s like " R a h o o n flats s t a t e m e n t t h a t " t h e s e flats a r e as g o o d as l u x u r y f l a t s " . a r e n o t ideal for families b u t Is he d e l i b e r a t e l y t r y i n g t o they are very acceptable m i s l e a d t h e C o u n c i l , if s o his a c c o m m o d a t i o n for a few suitability as city m a n a g e r y e a r s " 'as a gem'. must be reviewed". W e say e i t h e r t h e y a r e It is o u r o p i n i o n t h a t all s u i t a b l e for families o r n o t this t a l k a b o u t t h e l u x u r y flats in R a h o o n P a r k w a s t o a n g e r us i n t o d i v e r t i n g a w a y f r o m t h e real p r o b l e m -- t h e lack of Local Authority accommodation read the statement. T h e Association reitera t e d t h a t it w a s d e m a n d i n g a fair means of Local Authority house allocation and suggested that an independent consultency b o d y b e set u p t o access t h e situation and to make r e c o m m e n d a t i o n for a j u s t system. We d e m a n d an end t o political interference in h o u s e allocation, discrimin a t i o n against small families b e d i s c o n t i n u e d a n d a large scale house building p r o g r a m m e be carried out to accommodate the many p e o p l e in this t o w n in need of Local Authority h o m e s " .

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Telly Savalas the world famous T. V. Star, photographed with Angela and Eugene Shaw at the Channel Islands Royal Gala Convention in aid of Deprived and Handicapped Children. Telly has become a patron of Galway Variety Club and intends to visit the West next year.

Bernard Reynolds Paintings
T h e exhibition of Bernard R e y n o l d ' s w a t e r c o l o u r s at K e n n y ' s G a l l e r y gives j o y both t o the watercolour e n t h u s i a s t a n d t o t h e lover of l a n d s c a p e p a i n t i n g . T h e s e works extend the usual r a n g e of watercolour r e m a r k a b l y . T h i s is d u e in part t o the artist's use of acrylic water-paints, but a l s o in n o small w a y t o his i n t e n s e s t u d y of a i r a n d light a n d of their effects o n t h e a p p e a r a n c e s of t h i n g s .

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forbidding skies, with landscapes cowering b e n e a t h t h e m in s o m b r e , richly-hued harmonies. P e r h a p s in s o m e of t h e s e cases t h e d a r k n e s s was a device used t o rescue a painting which had begun to get o u t o f h a n d . But n o m a t t e r , in m o s t instances t h e finished i m a g e is h a u n t i n g .

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Variety, h o w e v e r , is o n e of t h e s t r i k i n g t h i n g s a b o u t this exhibition, a n d there are several paintings which s h o w l a n d s c a p e in t h e m o s t smiling of m o o d s -- placid a n d gently c o l o u r e d b e n e a t h h i g h b l u e skies fleeced with cloud. Very o f t e n , a s in N o s . 7, A considerable n u m b e r of t h e s e p i c t u r e s s h o w d a r k . 11 a n d 24, t h e t r e a t m e n t of

objects is C h i n e s e . T h e y become wraiths obtruding through a shimmering of mist a n d light. I h a v e never seen t h e u n s p e a k a b l e light o f Connemara captured so c o m p l e t e l y a s in " L i f t i n g . Fog. Lough Ramor". In " B o g o f Allen I I " . recognisable form has dissolved entirely i n t o a c a r n i v a l of greens and y e l l o w s . T h i s is how abstraction occurs most pleasingly -- n o t a s a cerebral thing imposed by the painter o n the real w o r l d , b u t as a n u l t i m a t e s u b l i m a t i o n of the real a p p e a r a n c e s of t h i n g s . Desmond Fenncll