t;' * CALCUTTA may be a black hole but the spirit of Christmas is shining bright in the person of Edith Wilkins who has fostered 28 children and adopted two. JOHN DALY talks to the Corkwoman as she is given the present of her dreams. PICTURES:

get myself a bowl of cornflakes with milk. I also have a coffee with one sugar. Bam I carpool to work. 8.30 am I arrive at Edith Cowan University, where I teach cultural history and theory in the university's School Of Contemporary Arts. 11.30 am I finish

counted 25 machines she was hooked up to in intensive care," said Edith, who also has a healthy 18-yearold daughter, Amanda. The family crisis was made even worse by the fact that Edith k husband Liam was battling cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy

Zulu Nation on the night of Saturday, March 16 at Bpm Cuba's very own Omara Portuondo takes the stage. Described as Cuba's Edith Piaf Omara first came to international recognition after the unprecedented success of the Ry Cooder project Buena Vista Social

KILMACTIGUE Kelly, 2 Fiona Walshe, 3 Edith Walsh. U-14, 100 m, Boys: I. Noel Gaughan, 2 Matthew Flynn, 3 Alan Dunne. U-14, 100 m, Girls: 1, Anne Marie Kelly, 2 Edith Walsh, 3 Tracy O'Hara. U-14, 800 m, Boys: 1, Eoin O'Donnell. 2 Matthew Flynn, 3

They regularly meet with their best friends Hank (Six Feet Under's Peter Krause) and Edith (Naomi Watts) and overindulge in vodka and beer. Cue drunken flirtations and Edith and Jack's affair. The guilt too much to bear, the straying husband becomes increasingly

JUDY Garland once said that the history of her life was in her songs. Edith Piaf also interwove the threads of her existence into the songs she sang. Between them the lyrics they gave breath to told of the fragile

tables joined together and covered with a white embroidered cloth. There were seven people at the table. Andy and Mick; Hannah; Edith and Eileen; and Frances and Jenny, two of Eileen's housemates. Food was served and wine was poured. The fire in the grate was

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and is already far too big to be accommodated comfortably in its temporary accommodation at Church Street. In the elections, Edith Goff was chosen as P.R.O. to replace Breda Ryan, who has stepped down from the position. Three new members joined the committee