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Chris de Burgh will be doing a limited number of shows in 2008,
initially in Eastern and Western Europe.

Details to be announced soon!

http://europeanirish.com/Music/irishbandsontour.html

Owen’s Friends Jeudi 22 novembre
aux “SPORTS”
 8 route de la reine
92100  BOULOGNE

Samedi 24 novembre
Salle des Mauves
44310 Saint-Colomban

Details of Owen’s friend Irish Music Band which has concerts in France this week, and all Irish Bands in West Europe: 
http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/bands/irishbandswest.html#France

Maastricht Gaels, supported by the ECB, will host a foundation level football coaching course with two coach tutors from Dublin on Saturday, November 24th, between 10:00 & 17:30.

The couse is targeted at those who would like to introduce those interested in bringing gaelic football into schools etc. The principal objective is to qualify coaches to teach 8-12 y.o’s.

Both coaches are qualified tutors.
Damian Byrne is a former Dublin hurling goalkeeper and one of the first full-time coaches in the GAA. He was recently appointed Hurling Development Manager for Dublin and is currently a senior county team selector.
Ken Fitzgerald is full-time coach with a leading Dublin club and coach of a third level (DLIADT) college football team.

The course will be broken into a theory session in the morning and a practical skills session in the afternoon. A light lunch (soup/sandwiches) will be available. Copies of the slides etc will be made available. Participants should wear a tracksuit and bring football boots.

Please let Tony Bass (Secretary ECB) know as soon as possible if your club has anyone interested in attending.
Or indeed if you wish to introduce Gaelic Football or Hurling to a new area in Europe. Contact Tony at maastricht GAA club - details here:

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/GAA/gaaclubs.html

“The Gaelic Football Championship of Brittany (France) begins this weekend in Brest, at the Stade de Petit Kervu.” explained Gaetan Danet of Bro-Leon GAA Club.
“Teams from Rennes, Nantes and Sens de Bretagne will compete with Bro-Leon Brest Gaelic Footballers.”
There are 6 GAA clubs in all in Brittany: Bains sur Oust (35), Brest (29), Merdrignac (22), Nantes (44), Rennes (35) et Sens de Bretagne (35).

These clubs play and train weekly with have hardly any Irish players at all in each club.

Tournoi de Brest, samedi/Saturday 17 novembre 2007.
Starting at 14h until 18h.
The next round will be in Nantes in December,
Rounds 3 and 4 in Rennes and Sens de Bretagne, will be hosted in March and April of next year.

Good News is also of New Gaelic Football players in Monterfil, with a challenge match already planned between the new outfit and Nantes at the end of June next year.

Find Irish Pubs in Tourlouse:
http://www.europeanirish.com/pubs/west/france.html
Sunday’s Toulouse clash is another mouth-watering prospect.
Leinster 22-9 Leicester Tigers

Sun 18th Nov 07 21:00 P6 Toulouse   v   Leinster Stade Ernest Wallon

Fri 7th Dec 07 20:00 P6 Leinster   v   Edinburgh Rugby Royal Dublin Society
Sat 15th Dec 07 15:30 P6 Edinburgh Rugby   v   Leinster Murrayfield
11/12/13 Jan TBC P6 Leinster   v   Toulouse Royal Dublin Society
18/19/20 Jan TBC P6 Leicester Tigers   v   Leinster Welford Road

Live in Irish Pubs across Europe - Irish Soccer and Heineken Cup Rugby this weekend

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/GAA/liveirishsport.html

16/11/07 20:00 P2 Gloucester Rugby   v   Ospreys Kingsholm | Sky Sports
16/11/07 21:00 P2 Bourgoin   v   Ulster Stade Pierre Rajon | Canal+ Sport / Sky Sports
17/11/07 13:30 P1 Dragons   v   London Irish Rodney Parade | Sky Sports / S4C**
17/11/07 15:30 P3 Harlequins   v   Cardiff Blues The Twickenham Stoop | Sky Sports
17/11/07 16:30 P4 Biarritz Olympique   v   Saracens Parc des Sports Aquiléra | France 2
17/11/07 17:30 P5 Llanelli Scarlets   v   London Wasps Stradey Park | Sky Sports
18/11/07 13:00 P5 Munster   v   ASM Clermont Auvergne Thomond Park | Sky Sports / Sport+
18/11/07 15:00 P3 Bristol Rugby   v   Stade Francais Memorial Ground | Sky Sports / France 2
18/11/07 21:00 P6 Toulouse   v   Leinster Stade Ernest Wallon | Canal+
 

International European Soccer:
Sky Sports
Friday night England U21 V Bulgaria
Saturday
 14:30 Wales V Rep of Ireland
 16:00 Scotland V Italy
 17:55 Israel V Russia

http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7459.php
2006 champions Munster carried the fight but lost to reigning champions Wasps last weekend and face another mouth-watering tie this weekend against Clermont Auvergne.

The red army suffered their first ever Heineken Cup home defeat against Leicester in their pool match last season and captain Paul Connell will want to guide his men on the start of another run of wins.

Clermont have World Cup winning captain John Smit in their ranks and the highly-fancied French side have the opportunity to claim a major scalp to prove they can win the tournament this season.

Ulster hope to kick their Heineken European Cup into action against Bourgoin away, on Friday evening

Fri 16th Nov 07 21:00 P2 Bourgoin   v   Ulster Stade Pierre Rajon

Ulster travel to France for caretaker boss Steve Williams’ first match in charge  and it is at Bourgoin’s Stade Pierre Rajon.

Williams takes temporary charge of the Irish outfit after Mark McCall stepped down as head coach following their 32-14 mauling by Gloucester.

Bourgoin are also looking for their first win but will be confident after their impressive display against the Ospreys in Wales.

Bourgoin have lost their last four games at home and will be looking to put the brakes on that unenviable record by putting the boot into an Ulster team short on confidence.

ULSTER (v Bourgoin): Mark Bartholomeusz; Tommy Bowe, Andrew Trimble, Paul Steinmetz, Simon Danielli; Paddy Wallace, Isaac Boss; Justin Fitzpatrick, Rory Best (capt), Bryan Young, Matt McCullough, Carlo Del Fava, Neil Best, Kieron Dawson, Roger Wilson.

Replacements: Nigel Brady, Declan Fitzpatrick, Ryan Caldwell, David Pollock, Kieran Campbell, Niall OConnor, Rob Dewey.
http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_7453.php

24-Nov France Blackwater Concert à Ressons sur Matz (60)  Centre de la culture et des loisirs 21heures
30-Nov France Blackwater Concert à Bourg en Bresse (01)  Galway
1-Dec France Blackwater Concert à St Etienne (42)  Dirty Old Town

Download Blackwater’s free track:
Gone to Hilo, European Irish Ceol 3:
http://www.europeanirish.com/Radio/free_online_cd.htm

14-Nov    France    Celtic Legends, 08:30 pm   Auditorium du Centre de Congres   Aix les Bains
14-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance 08:30 pm Vinci Tours
14-Nov    France    Riverdance, 03:00 pm   Zenith   Limoges
14-Nov    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Zenith   Limoges
16-Nov    France    Celtic Legends, 08:30 pm   Parc des Expos   Lisieux
16-Nov    France    Riverdance, 08:45 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
17-Nov    France    Celtic Legends, 08:30 pm   Zenith   Rouen
17-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance, 08:30 pm   Elispace   Beauvais
17-Nov    France    Riverdance, 08:45 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
18-Nov    France    Riverdance, 02:00 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
18-Nov    France    Riverdance, 06:00 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
20-Nov    France    Riverdance,   08:45 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
21-Nov    France    Celtic Legends, 08:30 pm   Parc des Expositions   Alencon
21-Nov    France    Riverdance,   08:45 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
22-Nov    France    Celtic Legends, 08:30 pm   Palais des Spectacles   St Etienne
22-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance 08:30 pm Zenith D’Orleans Orleans
22-Nov    France    Riverdance,   08:45 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
23-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance, 08:30 pm   La Gare   Fontenay Le Comte
23-Nov    France    Riverdance,   08:45 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
24-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance, 08:30 pm   Le Palais D’Auron   Bourges
24-Nov    France    Riverdance,   08:45 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
25-Nov    France    Celtic Legends, 05:00 pm   Bourse du Travail   Lyon
25-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance, 3:00 pm   Zenith D’Auvergne   Cournon D’Auvergne
25-Nov    France    Riverdance, 06:00 pm   Palais des Congres   Paris
27-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance, 08:30 pm   Zenith Arena   Lille
27-Nov    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Le Zenith   Toulouse
28-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance, 08:30 pm   Galaxie   Amneville
28-Nov    France    Riverdance, 03:00 pm   Le Zenith   Toulouse
28-Nov    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Le Zenith   Toulouse
29-Nov    France    Celtic Legends, 03:00 pm   Salle Polyvalente   Clamecy
29-Nov    France    Celtic Legends, 08:30 pm   Salle Polyvalente   Clamecy
29-Nov    France    Rhythm of the Dance, 8:30 pm   Parc des Expositions   Mulhouse
30-Nov    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Zenith Nantes Metropole   St Herblain
1-Dec    France    Riverdance, 03:00 pm   Zenith Nantes Metropole   St Herblain
1-Dec    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Zenith Nantes Metropole   St Herblain
2-Dec    France    Celtic Legends, 05:00 pm   Bocapole   Bressuire
2-Dec    France    Rhythm of the Dance 06:30 pm Palais des Sports Berck Sur Mer
2-Dec    France    Riverdance, 02:30 pm   Zenith Nantes Metropole   St Herblain
7-Dec    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Halle Tony Garnier   Lyon
8-Dec    France    Riverdance, 03:00 pm   Halle Tony Garnier   Lyon
8-Dec    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Halle Tony Garnier   Lyon
9-Dec    France    Celtic Legends, 04:00 pm   Parc Expo le Chorus   Vannes
9-Dec    France    Riverdance, 02:30 pm   Halle Tony Garnier   Lyon
9-Dec    France    Riverdance, 06:30 pm   Halle Tony Garnier   Lyon
11-Dec    France    Celtic Legends, 08:30 pm   Centre des Congres   Reims
11-Dec    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Zenith de Dijon   Dijon
12-Dec    France    Riverdance, 03:00 pm   Zenith de Dijon   Dijon
12-Dec    France    Riverdance, 08:30 pm   Zenith de Dijon   Dijon

http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/irishdancing.html

http://www.europeanirish.com/Music/MusicCalender.htm

13-Nov    France    Sinead O’Connor Casdino de Paris, Paris
14-Nov    Switzerland    Sinead O’Connor Avo Sessions Basel
15-Nov    Netherlands    Sinead O’Connor Melkweg The Max Amsterdam
16-Nov    Germany    Sinead O’Connor Deutches Schauspielhaus Hamburg

Celtic Legends
30th November - Espace Valentre, Cahors, France, 8.30pm
22nd March 2008 - Centre Culturel, Ris-Orangis, France, 8.30pm
11th April 2008 - Parc des Expositions, Valence, France, 8.30pm
12th April 2008 - Le Capra, Mejannes Les Ales, France, 8.30pm
21st May 2008 - Le Dome, Marseille, France, 8.30pm

Rhythm of the Dance
27th February 2008 - Hugenottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg, Germany, 8pm

Riverdance
13th January 2008 - Cirkus, Stokholm, Sweden, 3pm

Tour Dates  on Celticcafe.com

Gaelic Football was played in a Regional basis in France and Channel Islands, with tournaments in Rennes, Paris

Details of matches and tournaments played on the Channel Islands will follow later in the year.

teams from Paris, Bretagne (Brittany - with a combination of Rennes, Nantes, Brest, Sens de Bretagne, and Bains sur Oust Breton teams which play in the Brittany Championships.).

The Brittany Championships is a 7-a-side tournament played from Autumn through to March every year.
Inj these Bretagne Clubs you will find GAA Club websites, entirely in French, as there are hardly any Irish players on these teams - with mostly French local players making up these Gaelic Football teams.

fascinating eh?

The 2007 European GAA
Men’s and Women’s
Regional and All-Europe
Championships & Shields

are all available on an easy to follow spreadsheet - with scores, points per tournament, and matches and tournaments played.

Thanks to Mike Cryan of Paris Gaels GAA and European GAA County Board, for compiling the comprehensive details from the year.
Step 1. Go to: http://europeanirish.com/Sport/GAA/index.html

The 2007 European GAA
Men’s and Women’s
Regional and All-Europe
Championships & Shields

are all available on an easy to follow spreadsheet - with scores, points per tournament, and matches and tournaments  played.

Thanks to Mike Cryan of Paris Gaels GAA and European GAA County Board, for compiling the comprehensive details from the year.
Step 1. Go to: http://europeanirish.com/Sport/GAA/index.html

Step2. Click on
European Men’s and Women’s Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie - Championship, Shield, European Regional and all-Europe competitions
CLICK HERE NOW

Step 3.  Read the Spreadsheet -

Page 2 has the Championship and Shield Results from each tournament.

Page 3 has the Hurling Results, showing how Den Haag captured the Hurling Championship ahead of Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris and Zurich.

Page 4 has the Ladies Championship Tournamnet Results - from each match played across 7 Rounds in 2007.

The 2007 European GAA
Men’s and Women’s
Regional and All-Europe
Championships & Shields

are all available on an easy to follow spreadsheet - with scores, points per tournament, and matches and tournaments  played.

Thanks to Mike Cryan of Paris Gaels GAA and European GAA County Board, for compiling the comprehensive details from the year.
Step 1. Go to: http://europeanirish.com/Sport/GAA/index.html

Step2. Click on
European Men’s and Women’s Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie - Championship, Shield, European Regional and all-Europe competitions
CLICK HERE NOW

Step 3.  Read the Spreadsheet -
How to read the spreadsheet-
First page : Pan European Rounds Summary -
featuring the Mens Championship Rounds’ tables
Hurling: Round 1 in Bruxelles, Round 2 in Luxembourg, Round 3 in Zurich and Round 4 in The Hague - with these 4 teams plus Paris taking part.
The Ladies Football Championship Standings shows the results from 7 rounds in Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Munich, Copenhagen, Maastricht, Paris and Barcelona, with teams also from Rennes, Vienna, Madrid, and Den Haag teaming up with Amsterdam to form the team Holland.
The Men’s Football Championship & Shield  had 4 rounds
in Copenhagen, Maastricht, Paris and Barcelona
Teams played from Luxembourg, The Hague, Paris, Jersey and Budapest played for the Championship.
In the Men’s Shield GAA clubs from  Rennes, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Maastricht, Barcelona, Madrid, Nantes, Pamplona, Valencia, Luxembourg B, and Paris B played this year.

Connacht missed 4 crucial penalties, in France, as Connacht lost to the French side Brive 6 points to 15. This is a game that Connacht will feel that they did enough a win. But at this level, if you fail to convert your penalties, then you can’t blame anyone else when you lose.

Connacht lost 15-6 Brive

Fri 16th Nov 07 18:30 P3 Connacht Rugby   v   El Salvador
Fri 7th Dec 07 18:30 P3 Connacht Rugby   v   Newcastle Falcons
Sun 16th Dec 07 15:00 P3 Newcastle Falcons   v   Connacht Rugby Kingston Park
11/12/13 Jan TBC P3 El Salvador   v   Connacht Rugby Pepe Rojo
18/19/20 Jan TBC P3 Connacht Rugby   v   Brive Sportsground

The first 30 minutes of Ulster’s Heineken Cup Campaign on home soil saw them drop 0-29 to English side Gloucester, a half-hour spell riddled with Ulster errors and Gloucester tries.
Ulster heart, spirit and match somehow undeflated fought back bravely, scoring a couple of converted tries, but could not claw back the gap of the first half.

The final score was ULSTER 14 GLOUCESTER 32, Ravenhill

Ulster won’t have much time to shake themselves off, as Ulster travel to face French Swiss-border side Bourgoin on Friday. 

Fri 16th Nov 07 21:00 P2 Bourgoin   v   Ulster Stade Pierre Rajon
Fri 7th Dec 07 20:00 P2 Ospreys   v   Ulster Liberty Stadium
Fri 14th Dec 07 20:00 P2 Ulster   v   Ospreys Ravenhill
11/12/13 Jan TBC P2 Ulster   v   Bourgoin Ravenhill
18/19/20 Jan TBC P2 Gloucester Rugby   v   Ulster Kingsholm

EP News Plenary Session ( Strasbourg ) 12-15 November 2007

In its key debate next week, the European Parliament will discuss a paper on “The European interest: succeeding in the age of globalisation“, which was presented to EU Heads of State and Government at the Lisbon summit last month.  The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, will set out the Commission’s views on this issue before the MEPs will discuss and vote on a resolution on this topic.

Irish MEPs on this issue: Mary Lou McDonald (SF - Dublin ); Proinsias De Rossa (Labour - Dublin ); Kathy Sinnott (Ind. - South)

 http://www.europeanirish.com/Living/mep.htm

http://www.europeanirish.com/Living/mep.htm

EP News Plenary Session ( Strasbourg ) 12-15 November 2007
continued…

Soil Protection

Two reports on soil protection will be discussed in a joint debate in the European Parliament on Monday evening. Spanish MEP Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines will present a report on the first EU directive on soil protection and Italian MEP Vittorio Prodi will emphasise the need for a strategy on soil protection to combat floods, landslides, desertification and climate change in the EU.

At the moment, provisions relating to the EU’s policy on soil are divided between laws on waste, pesticides and nature protection.  The new law would combine all provisions relating to soil.  It would include the requirement to establish national inventories of contaminated sites, which would have to be updated at least every five years.  MEPs point to the additional potential benefit of regional inventories.  The law will also require that Member States put together strategies to improve the condition of such sites and identify key priorities for work in this area.  MEPs in the Parliament’s Environment Committee point to the need to ensure synergy between existing EU laws on ground water, nitrates, sewage sludge, waste and other areas.

Irish MEPs on this issue: Mairéad McGuinness (FG - East); Kathy Sinnott (Ind. - South); Avril Doyle (FG - East)

Stocktaking on Social Reality in the EU

On Thursday morning, British MEP Elizabeth Lynne will present a report on behalf of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee which calls on EU Member States and on the European Commission to pursue “an ambitious objective of reducing poverty, especially among working people.”  In this report, MEPs point out that EU Member States should increase their efforts to reduce poverty and social exclusion. The report highlights the issues of disabled workers and those on the minimum wage, it calls for the prevention of exploitation of illegal workers, child poverty and points to the importance of education in tackling poverty and of the rehabilitation of prisoners.  MEPs also state that EU Member States should end asylum seekers’ dependence on benefits by allowing them to work.

16% of the EU’s workforce is disabled; 78 million EU citizens live in poverty and 8% of EU citizens are suffering from in-work poverty.  In general terms, the gap between rich and poor in the EU is increasing.

Irish MEPs on this issue: Proinsias De Rossa (Labour - Dublin ); Mary Lou McDonald (SF - Dublin ); Kathy Sinnott (Ind. - South); Marian Harkin ( Ind - North West );

EP News Plenary Session ( Strasbourg ) 12-15 November 2007

An EU strategy for the Bali conference on Climate Change

On Wednesday afternoon, Italian MEP Guido Sacconi will question the European Commission and the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Parliament’s Temporary Committee on Climate change about their strategies for the Bali Conference on Climate Change. This Conference (3-14 December) will mark the first step in building a post-2012 (post-Kyoto) framework to tackle climate change on a global level. During the debate which will follow, MEPs will call on the Commission and the Council to confirm Europe ’s leading role in climate protection.

On Thursday, MEPs will also vote on the European Parliament’s resolution for this Conference.  This resolution states that the long-term goals should centre on limiting average global temperature increase to below 2°C, which would mean that that by 2050, global greenhouse gases would have to be reduced by at least 50% compared to the 1990 level. The Parliament’s Committee on Climate Change insists that industrialised countries should commit themselves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by 2030 and by at least 80% by 2050 compared to the emission levels of 1990. To achieve these goals MEPs propose to install a global “cap and trade” system, to set binding targets for all industrialised counties and to include emerging economies through fair and proportionate targets.  The Parliament’s resolution also emphasises that an agreement should be reached by 2009 at the latest.  The European Parliament will be sending a delegation to the Bali Conference.

Irish MEPs on this issue: Avril Doyle (FG - East); Proinsias De Rossa (Labour - Dublin ); Kathy Sinnott ( Ind - South); Bairbre De Brún (SF - Northern Ireland )