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Irish Independent
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
May the Force be with you as Tubbercurry boldly goes Star Wars
Star Wars fans are being invited to attend the 'May the 4th Be With You' celebration in the south Sligo town. It promises to be an unforgettable weekend filled with Star Wars-themed fun, activities, and special guests. Saturday begins at 6pm with a Star Wars Fan-Film Extravaganza with three films created by Afterwards, film director Martin Zenic and two special Star Wars guests will discuss each fan film and what goes into making these epic projects. Alongside the fan films, a fan-written one-act play will premiere on Saturday evening entitled Echos in the Desert, featuring two well-known Jedi from the Star Wars Universe. Sunday is an all-day event beginning at 9.30am. Organisers say Star Wars FX actors Dee Tails and Paul Warren will be available to meet fans, sign autographs, and take photos throughout the event. Additionally, fans of all ages will have the chance to meet acclaimed Star Wars comic book artist Reese Hannigan, who will showcase his stunning artwork from 'The Bad Batch.' For aspiring Jedi, YouTube sensation J-Knight Vince, known for his lightsaber skills, will be demonstrating and teaching the different forms of lightsaber combat. The Ludo Sports Ireland team will showcase their talents in an international lightsaber competition. See how these skilled performers duel and combat with lightsabers in a thrilling, competitive setting. Adding to the excitement, there will be professional cosplayers, including the renowned Tuscan Cork Raiders travelling along with costume group Reel Icons. A special new character will also be making an appearance, ensuring plenty of interactive moments for fans looking to take pictures and engage with their favourite characters. Organiser Elizabeth Moore said the three actors from the various movies and TV series will be talking to the audience and telling them about filmmaking, what it's like being on the set. 'Then on Sunday the actors will be there to meet and greet people with photos and autographs. 'The best known actor we have is Jack McKenzie and he was in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and he has been in different BBC tv shows like Blake's Seven and Space 1999. 'The next actor is Dee Tails, and he has been a special effects character in films like The Force Awakens, the Acolyte, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Rogue One and The First Avenger. 'The third actor is Paul Warren, and he is also a special effects character in The Force Awakens, Harry Potter, Captain America from Marvel and the First Avenger. 'Our fourth guest is Donegal native Reese Hannigan who is a Star Wars Comic Book artist. 'These actors are all top class and Star Wars still has such a following and it was great to be able to get them to come to Tubbercurry.' Elizabeth explained how the events in Tubbercurry will benefit a cancer charity. 'My cousin Christian hadlymphoma cancer when she was two years old, and she lived with it for many years, and she has been in remission, and I spoke to the lady in Childhood Cancer Ireland about doing a fund raising event for children with cancer in Ireland.' Elizabeth added that there will be a photoshoot at Lough Talt on Saturday morning at 10 am. 'The event itself is from 6pm-9pm in St Brigid's Hall on Saturday evening and on Sunday all day from 9.30am to 5pm also in the hall. 'Tickets for both days are €20 and a single ticket is €10 and under 17's is €7.50. 'These actors are coming from the UK, and we are looking forward to a big weekend,' she said.
Irish Independent
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
May the Force with be you as Tubbercurry boldy goes Star Wars
Star Wars fans are being invited to attend the 'May the 4th Be With You' celebration in the south Sligo town. It promises to be an unforgettable weekend filled with Star Wars-themed fun, activities, and special guests. Saturday begins at 6pm with a Star Wars Fan-Film Extravaganza with three films created by Afterwards, film director Martin Zenic and two special Star Wars guests will discuss each fan film and what goes into making these epic projects. Alongside the fan films, a fan-written one-act play will premiere on Saturday evening entitled Echos in the Desert, featuring two well-known Jedi from the Star Wars Universe. Sunday is an all-day event beginning at 9.30am. Organisers say Star Wars FX actors Dee Tails and Paul Warren will be available to meet fans, sign autographs, and take photos throughout the event. Additionally, fans of all ages will have the chance to meet acclaimed Star Wars comic book artist Reese Hannigan, who will showcase his stunning artwork from 'The Bad Batch.' For aspiring Jedi, YouTube sensation J-Knight Vince, known for his lightsaber skills, will be demonstrating and teaching the different forms of lightsaber combat. The Ludo Sports Ireland team will showcase their talents in an international lightsaber competition. See how these skilled performers duel and combat with lightsabers in a thrilling, competitive setting. ADVERTISEMENT Adding to the excitement, there will be professional cosplayers, including the renowned Tuscan Cork Raiders travelling along with costume group Reel Icons. A special new character will also be making an appearance, ensuring plenty of interactive moments for fans looking to take pictures and engage with their favourite characters. Organiser Elizabeth Moore said the three actors from the various movies and TV series will be talking to the audience and telling them about filmmaking, what it's like being on the set. 'Then on Sunday the actors will be there to meet and greet people with photos and autographs. 'The best known actor we have is Jack McKenzie and he was in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and he has been in different BBC tv shows like Blake's Seven and Space 1999. 'The next actor is Dee Tails, and he has been a special effects character in films like The Force Awakens, the Acolyte, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Rogue One and The First Avenger. 'The third actor is Paul Warren, and he is also a special effects character in The Force Awakens, Harry Potter, Captain America from Marvel and the First Avenger. 'Our fourth guest is Donegal native Reese Hannigan who is a Star Wars Comic Book artist. 'These actors are all top class and Star Wars still has such a following and it was great to be able to get them to come to Tubbercurry.' Elizabeth explained how the events in Tubbercurry will benefit a cancer charity. 'My cousin Christian hadlymphoma cancer when she was two years old, and she lived with it for many years, and she has been in remission, and I spoke to the lady in Childhood Cancer Ireland about doing a fund raising event for children with cancer in Ireland.' Elizabeth added that there will be a photoshoot at Lough Talt on Saturday morning at 10 am. 'The event itself is from 6pm-9pm in St Brigid's Hall on Saturday evening and on Sunday all day from 9.30am to 5pm also in the hall. 'Tickets for both days are €20 and a single ticket is €10 and under 17's is €7.50. 'These actors are coming from the UK, and we are looking forward to a big weekend,' she said.
SBS Australia
24-04-2025
- Health
- SBS Australia
An explosion cost Paul's leg in Afghanistan. That was 'easy' compared to what came next
Paul Warren was in his late 20s when he joined the Australian Defence Force. Source: Supplied This story contains references to suicide and mental health issues. As Australians and New Zealanders pause to commemorate those who have served and died in war, veterans say many former service members are continuing to fall through the cracks. Veteran-led organisations and advocacy groups are calling for better access to services and more support for veterans transitioning from military to civilian life. For Paul Warren, the transition came much sooner than he had expected, along with complex grief and trauma. Warren was serving in Afghanistan in 2009 when an explosive device tore off his right leg and instantly killed his close friend, Private Ben Ranaudo. He described the physical loss of his leg as "easy" compared with the mental and emotional impacts. "For me, the part that really took its toll was the psychological part; it took me a long time to process it," he said. "You think you're an alpha male and you're sort of immune to these things ... but it started to turn me inside out mentally a little bit, especially given the fact that all my mates and my support network were still overseas fighting." Warren said he struggled to access adequate support in the aftermath. He believes that while things have improved in the years since, the care system is still not working. "We've gone through literally a suicide epidemic, which includes some of my friends," he said. "If they can't keep up right now when we're not even operational, how are they going to be able to keep up when we go back to warfighting?" Since leaving the military, he has helped set up employment programs for veterans, and is now working with Salute for Service, a charity dedicated to supporting veterans moving into civilian life. He believes many Australians may not understand the difficulties that veterans experience after serving, particularly when it comes to accessing care. "I think there may be an assumption that we are looked after because that would be common sense," he said. "I chose to be deployed, I chose to operate in a combat zone, so I need to own the outcome ... but I don't think a lot of people understand the complexity of a system. They just assume that care is provided." In September 2024, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides released its final report, which was decades in the making and examined the factors contributing to suicide among serving and ex-serving members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). It found the number of deaths by suicide is "unacceptably high" and made 122 recommendations aimed at preventing harm, supporting early intervention and recovery, and improving delivery and access to support services. The government agreed to most . The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) told SBS News any veteran who may be struggling should contact the department. "DVA acknowledges there has been challenges for some veterans in accessing the department's services and we are committed to improving to provide the best possible support to the veteran community in the future," a spokesperson said. The spokesperson said the DVA has made significant progress since the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide's interim report in 2022. These include clearing the backlog of 40,000 allocated claims, leading to an increase in entitlements paid to veterans and families. The 2024-25 budget also included an additional $6.5 billion for income support and compensation over five years from 2023-24 through to 2027-26. On 13 February 2025, the Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025 (VETS Act) was passed by parliament, which is designed to make it simpler and easier for veterans to access support in the future. The spokesperson said the DVA is committed to implementing the government's response to the recommendations of the final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide and work is underway on key recommendations. Michael Albrecht, an Army veteran with 11 years of full-time service, was surprised at some of the difficulties he experienced when trying to adapt to life outside the military. Albrecht now works with Medilinks, an organisation that supports veterans through the mental health compensation process. He said many ex-serving members do not initially identify their own mental health struggles. "Often we're the last people to actually know that there's something wrong — friends and family will know, spouse will know, but we don't," he said. "So I'd certainly encourage veterans to listen to that feedback. You might think you're doing fine, but there could actually be a little bit more going on." Albrecht said there are a variety of resources designed to support modern veterans, including health services, peer-to-peer programs and employment pathways. But he said many veterans are isolated from the community and unaware of these options, or how to access them. "Once someone's been in the defence force for a long time, sometimes being associated with veteran communities or Anzac Day might be the last thing they want," he said. "They might go and work in remote areas or just become isolated for one reason or another, and then they may be disconnected from the community, disconnected from the veteran space and not be aware of just how many resources are out there." While many former ADF members have traumatic memories from their time serving, Anzac Day remains a poignant and meaningful opportunity for reflection. For Albrecht, it is a time to reconnect with those he served alongside. "It's an opportunity to slow down and reflect on the generations before us; people who went to combat lost their lives, came back wounded physically or mentally, and that's what the dawn service is for, the way I look at it," he said. "But then the rest of the day is more about your time and your friends and an opportunity to check in and see how they are going." For Warren, it is an emotional time. "It's about our mates and the traditions and people that have given everything to fight for this country, that's what it's about," he said. "It's about the people that made the ultimate sacrifice and aren't here to live and see it." Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline crisis support on 13 11 14 and Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467. ADF members and their families can call the Defence all-hours Support Line, a confidential telephone and online service, on 1800 628 036. Open Arms provides 24-hour free and confidential counselling and support for current and former ADF members and their families on 1800 011 046. Defence personnel, contemporary veterans, and their families can also contact national support services provider Soldier On during office hours 1300 620 380.
CBC
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Mount Zoo by Paul Warren
Social Sharing Paul Warren has made the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize longlist for Mount Zoo. The winner of the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and their work will be published on CBC Books. The four remaining finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be announced on April 10 and the winner will be announced on April 17. If you're interested in other CBC Literary Prizes, the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize is currently accepting submissions. You can submit an original, unpublished poem or collection of poems from April 1-June 1. The 2026 CBC Short Story Prize will open in September and the 2026 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January. About Paul Warren Paul Warren is a writer who lives in Duncan on Vancouver Island. He was born in Manchester, U.K., studied at the London School of Economics and at the Universities of Essex and Warwick, and taught at the Universities of Manchester and Strathclyde. Since coming to Canada he has lived and worked in southern Ontario and on Vancouver Island. He is currently focused on writing short stories; his story Ink is forthcoming in The Threepenny Review. Entry in five-ish words "A woman navigates contested space." The short story's source of inspiration "In early 2023, I visited the home and studio of an artist friend who lives on an isolated road between the foot of a mountain and the shore of a tidal estuary. My sense of this place, wedged between stillness and flux, was different from anything I'd experienced before, and I wanted to write about it. "On subsequent visits I became more aware of the place's physical relation to current First Nations reserve land as well as to ancient Hul'q'umi'num territory. I knew that the story had to acknowledge this physical relation in some way and eventually — as I wrote and revised — it helped shape the narrative's central question." First lines She has lived in this cottage for a quarter of a century now, has owned it for more than a decade. Each morning she steps from its porch into a silence broken only by the crunch of gravel beneath her feet. When she reaches the end of the short path that leads past her studio to the narrow ribbon of road she turns left past her neighbours' properties — two tear downs and a still-new cuboid of cement and glass and steel and wood. As she passes the first tear down two huge dogs appear, padding noiselessly on the other side of the chain link fence, tracking her and her morsel of a Dachshund-Chihuahua mix. Check out the rest of the longlist The longlist was selected from more than 2,300 entries. A team of 12 writers and editors from across Canada compiled the list. The jury selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections. This year's jury is composed of Conor Kerr, Kudakwashe Rutendo and Michael Christie. The complete list is:
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Owning 40% in Peter Warren Automotive Holdings Limited (ASX:PWR) means that insiders are heavily invested in the company's future
Insiders appear to have a vested interest in Peter Warren Automotive Holdings' growth, as seen by their sizeable ownership The top 3 shareholders own 60% of the company Institutional ownership in Peter Warren Automotive Holdings is 24% A look at the shareholders of Peter Warren Automotive Holdings Limited (ASX:PWR) can tell us which group is most powerful. With 40% stake, individual insiders possess the maximum shares in the company. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk). With such a notable stake in the company, insiders would be highly incentivised to make value accretive decisions. In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Peter Warren Automotive Holdings. Check out our latest analysis for Peter Warren Automotive Holdings Many institutions measure their performance against an index that approximates the local market. So they usually pay more attention to companies that are included in major indices. We can see that Peter Warren Automotive Holdings does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This implies the analysts working for those institutions have looked at the stock and they like it. But just like anyone else, they could be wrong. If multiple institutions change their view on a stock at the same time, you could see the share price drop fast. It's therefore worth looking at Peter Warren Automotive Holdings' earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters. It would appear that 11% of Peter Warren Automotive Holdings shares are controlled by hedge funds. That catches my attention because hedge funds sometimes try to influence management, or bring about changes that will create near term value for shareholders. Our data suggests that Paul Warren, who is also the company's Senior Key Executive, holds the most number of shares at 37%. When an insider holds a sizeable amount of a company's stock, investors consider it as a positive sign because it suggests that insiders are willing to have their wealth tied up in the future of the company. UniSuper Limited is the second largest shareholder owning 12% of common stock, and Regal Partners Limited holds about 11% of the company stock. To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 3 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company. Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too. The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it. Most consider insider ownership a positive because it can indicate the board is well aligned with other shareholders. However, on some occasions too much power is concentrated within this group. Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of Peter Warren Automotive Holdings Limited. Insiders own AU$107m worth of shares in the AU$269m company. We would say this shows alignment with shareholders, but it is worth noting that the company is still quite small; some insiders may have founded the business. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling. With a 11% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over Peter Warren Automotive Holdings. While this size of ownership may not be enough to sway a policy decision in their favour, they can still make a collective impact on company policies. It seems that Private Companies own 15%, of the Peter Warren Automotive Holdings stock. It's hard to draw any conclusions from this fact alone, so its worth looking into who owns those private companies. Sometimes insiders or other related parties have an interest in shares in a public company through a separate private company. It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Peter Warren Automotive Holdings better, we need to consider many other factors. Be aware that Peter Warren Automotive Holdings is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those can't be ignored... If you are like me, you may want to think about whether this company will grow or shrink. Luckily, you can check this free report showing analyst forecasts for its future. NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. 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