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100 elves wanted to make Christmas in Carlow

Fancy wearing an elf costume for a while?

THERE ARE STILL 11 and a half weeks to Christmas but Santa has already started planning his around-the-world trip.

And he needs some help.

Rathwood in Tullow are looking for 100 elves for seasonal work in its Santa Train experience over the coming months.

And don’t worry if you’re not experienced. A dedicated Elf Academy has been established to give “intensive training” to the successful applicants.

The Santa Train experiences opens in the middle of next month and runs seven days a week until Christmas Eve.

Last year, 35,000 people visited the attraction and 29,500 tickets have already been sold for this year’s event.

“Christmas is always a very special time at Rathwood and this year we have made our Santa’s Train experience extra special adding lots of new surprise features this year” said James Keogh, MD of Rathwood, a family business founded in 1994 which includes retail stores, a garden centre and other amenties.

“We are looking to recruit fun, enthusiastic and outgoing Santa’s Elves to ‘The Elf Academy’ to help Santa and Mrs. Claus meet and greet all the children who will visit. Successful Elf-licants will be trained in the ELF to Z of Christmas magic as they will need to ensure a magical Christmas experience for children, each of whom will receive their own special gift from Santa.

“A number of high calibre Christmas positions will be created for Elf-licants such as Head of Surprises and Head of Christmas Magic, sure to boost Elf-esteem and Christmas spirit at Rathwood. We want dedicated Elves who love the magic of Christmas and are committed to helping families create wonderful Elf-tastic Christmas memories.”

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    Jun 10th 2013, 7:58 AM

    Hopefully he’ll recover…. Thinking of him and his family.

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    Jun 10th 2013, 9:25 AM

    The lad passed away God love him. RIP and condolences to his family.

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    Jun 10th 2013, 10:27 AM

    Are you sure? Is that not a different case?

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    Jun 10th 2013, 10:44 AM

    I heard on 9am news this morning that a 17 yr old lad who was swimming yesterday evening got into difficulty and was brought to hospital where he passed away. News on 2fm

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    Jun 10th 2013, 10:45 AM

    They said he passed away this morning but was brought in last night.

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    Jun 10th 2013, 8:51 AM

    A picture of the river, where he got into difficulty please and not the hospital. So other people, can avoid the area and hopefully he’ll recover?

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    Jun 10th 2013, 12:43 PM

    Why to Tralee and not the CUH in cork I wonder?

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    Jun 10th 2013, 1:26 PM

    It happened near the border with Kerry, Tralee is closer than CUH

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