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Hi everyone, Welcome to the second edition of InTallaght this month. It's been a tense couple of weeks with Ireland not doing so well at the Euros but despite Roy Keane's comments we are a positive nation and we have every right to take the good elements out of even the toughest situations and celebrate it - so well done you boys in green we say! This issue we've another exciting line-up of interviews, previews and reviews for you as we chat to FM104 DJ Killian O'Sullivan. A lovely down-toearth chap Killian has many tricks up his sleeve and works three jobs just to feed his love for the music industry. We also speak to new author Louise Phillips whose first novel, Red Ribbons, a psychological thriller, will hit the bookshelves this September. We went along to Ardal O'Hanlon's show in the Civic theatre after speaking to him recently and it went down a treat. Far from the Fr Dougal of yesterday Ardal had us squealing with laughter and leaving the theatre grinning from ear to ear. All this and everything you've come to expect from your InTallaght magazine. Enjoy the mix of reviews and previews and, as always, drop me a line if there's something you would like to see appear in the next issue. Until then happy reading!

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Newsround Get Up To Speed On All That’s Going On In Your Area

The Big Chat Killian O’Sullivan Talks Life On The Decks And Beyond

Local Talent We Chat To Tallaght Author Louise Phillips On Her Debut Novel

The Juke Box We Check Out The Smashing Pumkin’s New Album

The Big Ticket What’s Out Now On The Big and Small Screens

Game Review Keith Cashin Test Drives World Of Warcraft, Mists of Pandaria

6th Gear Check out The New Lexus

The Bookworm Gwen Taylour Reads Edna O’Brien’s Saint And Sinners

Writer’s Corner Take A Look At The Work Of Budding Local Writers

Magical Makeup Joanna Talks Choosing The Correct Shade Of Foundation

Money Talk Breffini May Advises On The Merits Of Life Insurance

Green Fingers Dave Frazer On Patios And Garden Lighting

Bon Appéit A Recipe For Some Summer Delight

Health & Fitness Personal Traininer Louis Davey Talks Proteins, Fats and Carbs

Club Focus We Take A Look At The Templeogue Tennis Club

Rovers Review Macdara Ferris Keeps Us Up To Date With The Hoops

Events Your Guide To The Hot Spots For Local Entertainment

The Square Kiddie Kabz (Level 1) Tesco (Level 2) Atari Casino (Level 3) Centra Belgard Road Castle Tymon Killinarden Springfield

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SDCC Connects With Energy SAVING was the theme when South Dublin County Council kicked off the ‘Connect with Energy’ initiative recently. The event, which took place on Monday, June 11, was launched by Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, with Mayor Caitríona Jones and County Manager, Philomena Poole. Speaking at the launch Minister Rabbitte praised the council for its effort. He said: “The Connect with Energy Initiative is an important and tangible event in the ongoing effort to realise energy savings in homes, businesses and across the wider community, with the potential to influence behaviour in a very real way. “Every year, homeowners and businesses lose money through wasted energy. Improving energy efficiency requires everyone – individuals, businesses and Government - to take action. Individuals and businesses can play their part by investing in energy efficiency measures for the home and workplaces.” Mayor Caitríona Jones also welcomed the announcement of the event as an opportunity for local businesses and homeowners to become more energy efficient and reduce their energy costs. She said: “This will improve business competitiveness and job creation here in South Dublin County”. With the purpose of supporting and engaging South Dubliners in reducing their energy costs, saving money and creating jobs, events were ongoing from June 11-15 in ‘The Big Picture’ multimedia exhibition venue. Here suppliers of energy-related goods and services in the county made themselves available to meet with business people, homeowners, and individuals interested in learning more about how they can save money on energy consumption. The Connect with Energy initiative is supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE). For more information contact the South Dublin Energy Team on energyteam@sdublincoco.ie or 01 4149000 ext. 2389 or go to www.southdublinenergy.ie and follow link for Connect with Energy.

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TV Legend To Cut Ribbon At Newbridge Fans of Newbridge silverware will get the opportunity to win vouchers to shop at the new store in the Square – as well as meet celebrities – at its official launch on Thursday, June 21. The event, which will be held in the premises on the third level of the shopping centre, will kick off at 4.30pm and run until 7pm where visitors will be greeted by TV favourite Gay Byrne and current Rose of Tralee, Tara Talbot. Proprietor Darren Walsh told InTallaght: It’s going to be a fantastic afternoon and customers can expect every reason to stay within the store while it is on. There will be a guy playing piano throughout and Gay and Tara will be there greeting people, signing autographs and posing for photos. “Basically we want to celebrate the fact that we are here and things are going really well, there has been a great response to the store so far and we want to make it known that everyone is welcome –at any time.” The new store, which has been opened since March this year, has been a welcome addition to The Square after the previous one on level one closed down. Not having been owned by Mr Walsh he saw the potential for opening up another Newbridge shop in a prime location and since then business has been booming. Visitors to the store’s official opening will not only get to see Gay cut the ribbon they will be entered into a draw where there will be five winners of vouchers of up to €100. Additionally, anyone who spends any amount of money at the event will receive a €5 voucher, to be used at a later date, on a purchase of €40 or more up to July 27. 11

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Kind-hearted footballers tackle disease An estimated €20,000 was raised at a recent football marathon held in aid of Debra Ireland – with further sponsorship still to be collected. The event, which took place on Saturday, June 2, seen 84 hardy lads compete in a 5-a-side tournament to help raise money for the charity. The Postal Club in Kiltipper played host to the 12-Hour Challenge Football Marathon and it had such a huge response that organiser James Lumumba is hopeful that the €20k will have even been surpassed. He told InTallaght: “It was a great day, everything went to plan. It was a hard challenge but we got there in the end. “A big massive thank you to everyone who was involved, from the players to the volunteers who helped make it happen. I hope we can make a difference”. The 12 teams began assembling in the glorious bank holiday sunshine from early morning for the 9am kick off. Among the teams competing were the imaginatively named Unreal Madrid, The Tallaban and Players United. As well as the football a Family Fun Day for children and a BBQ also took place in the afternoon. Items, including signed football jerseys kindly donated by Cork City, Bohs, Shamrock Rovers, Keith Fahy and The Dublin All Ireland winners, were also raffled to help raise much needed funds. By the time the football ended at 9pm every player had given their all and cups and medals were handed out to the star performers. Debra Ireland offers support and advice to those who suffer from Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a genetic condition which causes the skin layers and internal body linings to separate and blister at the slightest touch. It affects about one in every 18,000 children.

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Growing up on the set of Fair City and then trying to shake off the ‘Lorcan’ tag hasn’t been easy but FM104 DJ and Templeogue native Killian O’Sullivan has managed to do it. Now a successful radio jock, club DJ and music video producer the ambitious 28-year-old is on the up and has his sights set not only on creating short films but getting back in front of the cameras too. nTallaght Editor,Emer Mulvaney caught up with Killian who spoke about growing up with his Fair City ‘family’ and life as he now knows it... Did you decide to leave Fair City or was it just time to move on? I wanted to go because I was interested in going down the route of presenting and the producers would have been afraid that people seeing too much of me by myself would jeopardise the character so I was glad to be killed off. In soap, if you don’t leave with a definite ending it is harder to establish yourself elsewhere I think. There was no malice though, it was very amicable and they even named the baby after me which was nice – the name lives on! I have to admit that in that first year if I had the chance to go back I would have – it’s tough out there but I’m glad I got through it and it turned out to be the greatest decision I ever made.

So Killian you grew up in Templeogue - what were you like as a kid? Templeogue was a real nice place to grow up. I grew up in a nice estate and my overriding memory is of playing football with the lads on the green. Were you always mad into music/TV? Yes well there’s a huge musical connection in the family – my Dad is a DJ and so music was always blaring in the house. From I was about 14 I was going to gigs and helping my Dad set up the gear then by the time I was 16 I used to do the first hour of the gig. My mother used to collect me after that. I also have two brothers, the eldest produces and the other is a DJ too.

Do you miss acting? I am very fortunate to be doing what I am doing and I know that. Acting was fantastic and I wouldn’t rule out a return to it in the future but for now I have fantastic memories of it. I was part of some of the biggest storylines in Fair City with huge viewerships – they even had to put a warning out before some of the shows, which was never done on Fair City before, and I am very proud of that. I was very privileged to work there.

Did you train as an actor when you were younger? I originally went to Fair City as a seven-week project and I left after it but they called me shortly after and offered me an open-ended contract. I didn’t train but about a year before I had done a play in Dublin for the theatre festival and the director was Paul Mercier who took me under his wing and nurtured me. It was better than any training. Just from working with professionals I learned by doing as opposed to going to college. I did go to study Theatre Studies in college years later but Fair City was conflicting with my studies so I left.

Do you still watch the programme? I’m actually on air when the programme is on but I definitely catch it when I can.

What were you like at school – how did you manage that with Fair City? With great difficulty! We had tutors on set so I would be up at 6am until lunch and after lunch I would go to school. In 5th and 6th year I had evening grinds too so I would head to Ashfield College from 4pm until 10pm.

Do you keep in touch with any of the cast? Oh yes, we meet up for pints and any time I’m in RTE I catch up with whoever is about. They were very formative years for me from the age of 14 and the cast of Fair City really did become like a family to me. So how did the DJ-ing come about? Well, as I said, I was always doing it because Dad got me into it. Then I got involved with 4playDJs and we tour all around the country doing the festivals and gigging and that’s just living the dream. You get to do something you love. It’s something that even if I won the lotto I would do for that adrenalin rush. There’s nothing like having 2 or 3,000 people in a nightclub in the palm of your hand – you control the rush.

Was it difficult to have any time for your friends and socialising? Yeah the lads were always great though. My friends have always been my friends. I’ve always just been Killian to them. The only ones, through my school years, who had a problem with it [the acting] were my teachers. They would have preconceived notions of me that I thought I was someone big but the truth of it was if I had carried on like I thought I was then the lads would have given me a dead arm. What actually happened because of that was that [the teachers’ attitudes] I became introverted.

So how do you manage that with your work at FM104? It works really well actually. I work in FM104 until 9pm and then if I have a DJing gig it’s usually at about 12 so it’s perfect timing. Also having a brand like 104 behind me – Dublin’s number one music station – is fantastic.

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So how did you end up in the station? Well I started in Q102 which is owned by ITV – it also owns FM104. I was a little bit too young and spunky for the station to be honest and Dave Kelly, who prides himself in seeing that in me, got me transferred. The joke for some time was always that I was yer man from Fair City, whenever I was photographed I was Killian from ‘Fair City’ I never had a surname but this gave me the opportunity to come into my own and in 2008 I was fortunate enough to win an award for Best New Presenter. So would you say that that’s the highlight of your career so far? No, that was great but the thing that I am most proud of doing was Celebrity Jigs and Reels not long after I left Fair City. My mum is on the board of directors for Crumlin Children’s hospital and we have always raised money for it in my family – this was no exception. There’s a lot of bullshit that comes with being in the public eye but to get involved in something like that because of it and to see it changing people’s lives is amazing – it’s so positive. It makes you realise that there is so much more to life than being rich and famous. You produce music videos too, tell us about your company? Yes I have my own production company called You4reel productions. We started five years ago and we do show reels for actors and TV presenters. Since then we have also got involved in doing music videos which can be very costly for all involved but our commitment is that we are doing them for bands at a relatively low cost. I’m lucky that I have two other jobs so any money I make from this I can invest back in and keep the costs down. I can do a €10k video on a shoestring.

I love the production side of things and am into short films directing and producing too. It really gives me a chance to express myself – it’s stress relief, 100 per cent! So tell us have you got a girlfriend, what attracts you to women and do they have to be in the business? [Laughs] For me the big attraction in a woman is talent. If she has a talent I’m sold. I probably will end up with a girl in the industry because she will understand what it takes to succeed. I can easily knock 14/15 hour days out and that wouldn’t be easy for someone who is not in the business to understand. You can’t just go out on the piss when you like – there’s a lot of sacrifice and that’s a lot to ask of someone else. What advice would you give to anyone out there looking to either get into acting/DJing? Chase your dreams but never lose touch with reality. It’s my new motto. I think give things a go and if they are going well keep at it. Don’t pursue something that’s not for you though. I remember working with an actor on Fair City who was in his 40s/50s and he came in to work once celebrating the fact that he had bought his first car, a Fiat Punto, and I felt for him. I thought I never want to be at that stage having struggled and finally got a role to pay enough to buy a Fiat Punto. I want to make enough money to support a family and be ok at that stage so if things don’t work out with anything along the way I will move on. So do chase your dreams but be realistic. What's the best advice you were ever given? Paul Nolan said to me don’t act – just be. If you actually try to act you go over the top, so just be. What are your plans this year and where do you see yourself in five years time? Radio is forever and that’s for sure. I love the station, I love my job and even if I won the lotto I know I would continue to do it. The DJing [in clubs] takes its toll so that might fade away but the one consistent for the next five years will be radio. I would like to work on a short movie, produce and direct it, and then bring it to the film festivals. I would also like to get back in front of the camera at some stage too – so watch this space!

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A Licence To Thrill Author tackles dark matter in debut novel A psychological thriller, which is set to inject some excitement and intrigue into the literary market this year, will be launched this September. Red Ribbons, the debut novel of Tallaght author, Louise Phillips centres around the abduction and murder of a twelve-year-old school girl as well as the main character Kate Pearson, a criminal psychologist, who is drafted in by the police to help them find the killer. To her credit Louise, who lives in Bohernabreena, has been published as part of many anthologies, including County Lines from New Island, and various literary journals. She won the Jonathan Swift Award for her short story 'Last Kiss', and was a winner in the Irish Writers’ Centre Lonely Voice Platform as well as this she was short-listed for the Molly Keane Memorial Award, Bridport UK. Additionally she was long-listed twice for RTE Guide/Penguin short story competition and in May this year she was awarded an Arts Bursary for literature from South County Dublin Arts Council. Ciara Doorley, Editorial Director of Hachette Books Ireland, said of Louise. “With overtones of Sophie Hannah and Tana French, Louise is a supremely talented writer. She subconsciously creates parallels between her characters, and this really challenges the reader. Her writing is tense, atmospheric and we’re really excited to be launching a new voice in Irish crime.” Louise spoke to InTallaght Editor, Emer Mulvaney, about her launch into novel writing, her interest into the human psyche and how being a mother affects her mindset. Tell me about Red Ribbons? Yes, Red Ribbons is a psychological thriller, which is based, primarily, in Dublin and most of which is set in the present day. The story is divided between three narrative voices – the killer, the criminal psychologist and the third, a woman who was institutionalised for the murder of her daughter – it sounds very grim! Do you always deal with such heavy subjects? Since I started to write a number of years ago I tend to write about quite dark issues. I just find it more challenging so it wasn’t a surprise to me that my first novel was a thriller. How do you tackle the subjects? Well I come at them as a writer and a mother. I have three grown children and I have spent years tackling the concept of the boogeyman and how he is everywhere – the question is – can you see him? I feel emotively involved in the concept because like many mothers know, much and all as you try to protect your children the bad person is not necessarily the boogeyman. That’s every parents’ fear. Tell me about the process? How long did it take to write? Well there was a lot of research behind it. The first draft was written over a four-month period after which I did a review of it and then edited for a further six months. After that I realised that Hachette were interested and I started working with my editor there and within 12 months of starting I had it written. And how did you get involved with Hachette? I was acutely aware from the beginning that I needed an agent. I just knew that in today’s environment that was the way to go. I had heard xx 22

about Ger Nichols of the Book Bureau, who has a specific interest in this genre, and I sent her the first few chapters – she asked for more and it went from there. Now I have a two-book contract with Hachette. Where are you with the second book? Is it a sequel? The second book is called The Doll’s House and it won’t be a sequel but it will involve the same Criminal Psyshologist, Kate Pearson, from Red Ribbons. To me she is just a very interesting character. So did you have to go out and spend time with a criminal psychologist for your research? Well there is a lot of ways you can research this area and there was a number of ways in which I went about it. Of course there are a lot of series out there, which touch on the subject, like Criminal Minds, but they wouldn’t necessarily be of interest to me because in reality it is a much longer process. When I did marketing back in college one of my favourite subjects was behaviourial psychology and that just continued to stay with me as an interest. You work full-time – how do you manage it all? [Laughs] Yes I’m a full-time mum, I work in the family business and I am an author. I am one of these people who writes every spare second I get so it is quite hectic! You started writing short stories – how did you end up being a novelist? Yes I started, like most authors I think, writing short stories. I was just testing the waters really but it gave me a good discipline and was a good training ground for writing longer material. It was a long time coming – I hadn’t written for 25 years and then six years ago I took a creative writing class and, cliché as it sounds, it changed my life – a bit like getting married and having a baby! You have plenty of awards and nominations under your belt for your short stories and you also recently won an Arts Bursary Award – tell me about that. It has been fantastic and the Arts Bursary Award, for Literature, I am thrilled with. It’s for a smaller project I am working on which I can’t go into detail on as it’s sort of in its early days but when I know where I am with it I’ll tell all! The Arts Council is so important to writers and artists everywhere. So what’s the ultimate goal? The goal at the moment is to finish The Doll’s House but the overall goal is just to write! Red Ribbons will be published by Hachette Books Ireland in September 2012, and The Doll’s House be published in 2013. To keep up with what Louise is up to and for an exact release date for Red Ribbons, as soon as it is confirmed, log onto www.louise-phillips.com

My overriding feeling after leaving the Ardal O’Hanlon gig in the Civic Theatre recently was one of surprise. I’m a fan, don’t get me wrong, but like a lot of people my admiration of him stems from the mid-nineties when he wore a dog collar and life, as well as his character, was simple, writes Editor, Emer Mulvaney.

It wasn’t that I didn’t expect much I just expected it to be more Fr Dougalish than anything and I was pleasantly surprised to find that Mr O’Hanlon is, in fact, less than holy. It was his manner – the way he introduced himself over the mic and then meandered onto the stage like he was surprised to find he was on one – which first got my attention. He babbled for a bit about this and that and instantly had the audience eating out of the palm of his hand. His anecdotes and wanderings on a life growing up in Monaghan, when he had to be in bed by 7.30pm no matter what age he was, instantly drew me to him and I have to say that I laughed more regularly, and louder, than I have at any comedy gig in a long time. Ardal was keen to shake off any preconceptions anyone may have of him by telling the audience how wild, in fact, he really is. So wild that he once ordered from a pre-theatre menu – without actually going to the theatre. The theme of his humour is simple – but not in the gormless sense. He makes laughter out of everyday things and doesn’t rely too heavily on the recession for laughs like a lot of today’s comedians. He touches on it but so too does he touch on racism, God and sex. No subject is left alone and Ardal weaves in and out of them with ease. In fact, so at ease was he, that his departure dipped a little in that he was so busy rambling and laughing he was finding it difficult to pinpoint the cut off to the show – but no one was complaining because the longer he chased his closure the longer we were laughing. He eventually bowed out and I, for one, left with raised eyebrows – not because of his subject matter but because of my surprise. Surprise to find he was actually acting when he played Fr Dougal and surprise that it took me this long to figure that out.

Mild Mannered Oceania by The Smashing Pumpkins When I think of the Smashing Pumpkins I remember dark vibes, the sometimes screeching tones of Billy Corgan and general noise. Oceania, at its best, hints at my memories and only then when it enters the second half of the album. The first there’s one word for, mild. Track one, Wildflower, is easy going and not something I would have expected to introduce me to the album – but acceptable in that I first listened to it at 9am and I wasn’t ready for a head hammering. Pale Horse is interesting in that it boasts strains of a citar player while Pinwheels, should you come across it randomly on the radio, boasts every initial characteristic of an Elbow song – Lippy Kids to be exact. Corgan’s unmistakeable voice carried me through to the latter half where things pick up slightly and the album takes a turn for the better. One Diamond, One Heart, Violet Rays and Quasar are much more like the old days but, each time, by the time I got to that stage I felt it was too little too late. I stuck with it only because I was stubborn and curious and hopeful that I would be transported back to the days of that double cassette tape – the first I’d ever bought. I wanted melancholy – I got infinite sadness.

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World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that is bringing out its fourth, and perhaps most ambitious, expansion pack. Entitled, Mists of Pandaria, the new expansion has a new playable race called the Pandaren. It will also introduced a new class, the Monk while the level cap will be rasied from 85 to 90. The game is set after the events of Deathwing and the Cataclysm, the previous expansion. The major setting is the land of Pandaria, one of the continents of the world of Azeroth. Pandaria is on the back of a giant roaming turtle. Discovery of Pandaria is made after a naval battle between the Horde and the Alliance. It had previously been hidden by magic since The Sundering, only to resurface. The Pandaren are a race of giant pandas. Unlike previous races in World of Warcraft, which are tied to either the Horde or Alliance in-game factions, Pandaren are faction-neutral for the early levels of the game. Until level 10, the Pandaren player character is faction-less; at the end of their starting experience, the player chooses to align with either the Horde or the Alliance.The Pandaren speak both the Pandaren language and the main languages of their faction, which are Common (Alliance) and Orcish (Horde). The classes available to Pandaren are Hunter, Monk, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Shaman and Warrior. The new Monk class use an energy source to power basic abilities like Jab.The basic Jab attack is used to generate a resource called

"Chi",which is then used for more advanced attacks. The monk class has three specialisations known as: Brewmaster (tanking), Windwalker (melee damage), and Mistweaver (healing). Blizzard announced that choosing the healing specialisation will give the monk a mana bar like other healers. Monks will wear the leather armor class. Every race except Goblin and Worgen can be a monk. The 41-point talent trees will be replaced by a new system of tiered talents which are awarded every 15 levels. Blizzard has stated that there are plans for nine new dungeons, three new raids, and four new battlegrounds. There is still no set release date for Mist of Pandaria, but on March 21, 2012, Blizzard had a closed beta. This means the expansion could be out in time for Christmas.

Release Date: Late 2012 Genre: MMO Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Developer: Blizzard Entertainment

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The original GS450h was quicker than its non-hybrid GS350 counterpart, but didn’t quite deliver when it came to the expected bump in fuel economy. This must have rubbed Lexus the wrong way, because this time around, the company is claiming a fuel-efficiency improvement of more than 30 percent versus the old car—with similar performance. Engineers took Lexus’s corporate 3.5-litre, port-and direct-injected V-6 engine, increased the compression ratio from 10.5:1 to 13.0:1, and adapted it to run on the Atkinson combustion cycle. In an engine running the Atkinson cycle, the intake valves stay open longer to reduce energy losses and convert combustion to engine power more effectively. For extra green points, Lexus is going after a Super-Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle II classification for the GS. The updated engine teams up with an electric motor and a generator, and sends power to the 450h’s rear wheels through a continuously variable transmission, same as the previous generation.

Lexus gave a peek at the 2013 GS450h earlier this month, and just as suspected, the hybrid looks pretty much the same as the GS350. This means the 450h has the same chunky road stance and techno-style of the gas-only GS. The key differentiators between the GS350 and 450h are the hybrid’s bug-like tri-lamp headlights, which are laced with the standard car’s LED array, hidden exhaust outlets, and blue-tinged Lexus badges front and rear. Like the exterior, the hybrid GS’s interior is almost exactly the same as what you’d find in a GS350 except for a more-efficient climate-control system Lexus has dubbed “S-Flow,” a bamboo-trimmed steering wheel, and Lexus’s hybrid monitor which displays the system’s happenings to the driver.

The electric side of the new GS450h’s propulsion equation also received some attention. The 2013 450h features an upgraded power control unit that limits the voltage sent to the drive motor when the driver selects Eco mode and boosts it when one of the two Sport modes is engaged. Drivers tailor their drive by choosing from among Eco, EV, Sport S, and Sport S+ modes. Lexus reduced the electric motor’s friction, and the generator was made more effective by expanding the regenerative-braking operating window.

Based as it is on the 2013 GS350, the new 450h should be a more engaging drive than the old one. The GS hybrid rides on the same more-rigid platform as the new 350 and features its revised control-arm front and multilink-rear suspension, In addition, Lexus will offer its Dynamic Handling system for those who want a bit more sportiness. Dynamic Handling integrates Lexus’s variable suspension, rear steering, and variable-ratio steering. Standard 17-inch and optional 18-inch wheels should, not only help the plethora of available electronics keep the GS450h going where you point it, but also look good.

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I don’t tend to read books of short stories but my Mum gave me this one and said she thought I’d enjoy it. I did indeed. I’d never read anything by Edna O’Brien before and on the strength of this collection I’ll definitely be seeking out more of her extensive back catalogue. Edna O’Brien has been writing books since 1960 and is now in her eighties. Her first book ‘The Country Girls’ was not only banned in Ireland but ceremonially burnt by O’Brien’s local priest, with her mother’s full agreement, because of its frank portrayals of the sex lives of its characters. She was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1930, a place she would later describe as “fervid” and “enclosed.” While a lot of what O’Brien writes about is either set in Ireland or about the transplanted Irish diaspora in other countries, she has lived in London for over 50 years. She has described her absence from Ireland as deliberate and willing but not hostile. ‘Certain things are rock-hard within us – the feeling for a person or a country. That is not the same as wanting to live with that person or in that country.’

person, a country, an idea. My sense of loss hasn’t gone away, in fact it’s flourishing. It sustains me in some hidden way because that’s the way I am made.' With an inimitable gift for describing the workings of the heart and mind, we are introduced to a vivid cast of restless, searching people who, whether in the Irish countryside or London or New York, remind us of our own humanity. This sense of exile and alienation stood out to me from this collection of short stories. In “The Shovel Kings”, Irish emigrants in London from very differnt walks of life meet by chance and the story of an elderly Irish worker is told to the story’s protagnist, a younger more well-to-do Irish woman. Within a few sentences of each story, you feel yourself being drawn into the narrative of O’Brien’s strangely sympathetic characters. Not every story is brought to a traditional satisfactory conclusion, and most of them lean toward the

Instead she sees her relationship with Ireland as much like the other loves in her life. ‘One is always making attempts at reconciliation: to a

pessimistic, but these are powerful stories, beautifully told. While the very nature of the short story typically leaves you wanting more, these snapshots are vivid enough to stand on their own. About The Author Edna O’Brien has received numerous awards for her works, including a Kingsley Amis Award in 1962, the Yorkhire Post Book Award in 1970, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the 1990s. In 2009 she was also honoured with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award.

by Joanne Phillips When I was younger I didn't know what life had to hold, And as I got older it started to slowly unfold. People go and people stay, but you seem so far away. I sat beside your bed for days, I didn't realise you were gone, my life was such a maze. And I hope you had the life that you deserved, Your knowledge was strong, But your heart was stronger, I wish you could have stayed in my life longer. You were a warrior in my eyes and now youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve a hero in the skies. I guess its time to set you free, Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not fair to keep you all for me. There's someone somewhere waiting on your love and care and someday I will come and join you there. Joanne Phillips is from Tallaght and she only started writing a couple of months ago.

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We are not allowed to do that any more, by the Financial Regulator, in an effort to protect you. In the case of Tom, if I had known what was about to happen to him I could not contact him or call him to discuss his affairs. It’s illegal for me to do that now. He would have had to contact me first.

Last week was a sad week in our parish. Two of our parish members died suddenly - one was an ex-client of mine and the other was a reader in the church. The older client Tom was not old or sick prior to his death. He just felt unwell and asked his wife to take him to the hospital but died shortly afterwards in A&E. It was a huge shock to all of us.

This is now becoming a real problem for people even though they don’t know it. Who do you talk to? We can’t call you. Life insurance is sold not bought!

The second, Maureen, was expecting to read on Sunday at Mass and died on Thursday. Again unexpected and shocking.

No one goes around with a sign on their head saying “I need life insurance” but we all want to take care of our families and provide for them no matter what happens to us.

Wearing my hat as a Financial Planner, my first thought was ‘I hope Tom has talked to another adviser as he had not spoken to me for a very long time so how was the family fixed financially?’ ‘Where was the money for the groceries etc to come from in the future?’ ‘What about all the plans the family had for their future?’

As part of the financial planning process we look at what happens if a disaster strikes. We call it a disaster because that is what it is when these things happen. It’s the foundation we build our clients’ future plans on.

That was bad enough but Thursday last was the worst weather we have had in our so-called summer and I had to travel to Sutton on the M50. For the first time the motorway signs were warning of surface water on the roads and advising all to slow down but as usual the traffic was moving at the speed limit and the spray was intense.

This article is raising the question of whether you would be OK if a disaster happened? Do you know the answer? Ask yourself - ‘would I have enough?’ ‘Would my family survive financially if I am no longer here?’ Call an advisor today and ask for help. Where will you find one? Call me or look in the Tallaght Directory. Don’t leave it to chance.

I just thought, if someone makes a mistake now and has an accident we are all in trouble. You don’t have to be dead to have a problem. If you get hurt or injured your life will change forever. If you can work or are out of work for a prolonged period, who pays the bills? Most employers will support you for a while but that’s not going to last too long.

Tom and Maureen had no idea what was about to happen to them - at any given time we rarely do. They will be missed.

So what do you do? As you may have noticed, there are no more flyers coming in your door from people like me. We don’t knock on the door any more. We don’t call you on the phone to do a ‘Survey’.

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It’s not about the calories This is fundamentally what people don’t understand. I still hear people saying that it’s still all about calories in vs calories out which is a VERY dated and unrealistic statement within the realms of a modern diet. A century ago, when food was actually what it was supposed to be, this concept held better ground but with the invention of food processing and mass production we have nailed it further into the ground. People still continue to hold onto this belief however.

Macronutrients and Calories Protein Protein (Taken from the Greek, meaning ‘Primary Importance’) is fundamentally what your body is made up of, cells, organs, tissues etc etc. It is also required above baseline levels should we wish to adapt the body

physiologically in some way as it’s our basic building block. Fats Fats are the signaling messengers in our body and if we talk very simply what keeps our joints healthy and interior walls clean and clear. Without sufficient, good quality, fats in our diet we would experience huge dysfunction and, over time, serious nutritional issues. Note that our body needs both proteins and fats to survive. This is why they are subcategorised into ‘essential amino acids’ and ‘essential fats’. This means our body lacks the ability to create them itself and so they must be supplied by our diet. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are our main fuel source and are required for the body to function effectively. They are non-essential as a nutrient but maintain

many systems with a very low amount. The average Irish diet gets about 70 per cent of its caloric intake from carbohydrates. This means, therefore, that a lot of people are deficient in both proteins and fats but have an abundance of a basic energy source. The outcome is an increase in body fat, a drop in lean tissue and a very broken body! It is common advice that to fix the obesity problem all we need to do is get everyone to eat fewer calories. This is possibly the stupidest statement in the world. If you eat slightly less of the food that is lacking in vital nutrients to begin with, that will solve the issues we have as a nation and the obesity epidemic, right? No! We need to look at ‘what’ we eat as opposed to what’s in it, calories etc. We need to have suitable levels of protein, fats and lastly carbohydrates in our diet from clean sensible sources ie; vegetables and some fruit.

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TEMPLEOGUE Tennis Club has been at the heart of the community for over a century. Situated on the main street in Templeogue the club was founded in 1906 by the then owner of The Templeogue Inn [now The Morgue], Mr Ned Keating, who decided to lay out a tennis court in a field adjoining the pub.

To celebrate the success of Templeogue Tennis Club and to thank the local community, which has helped make it what it is today, Templeogue TC will be hosting an Open Day on July 7. This Open Day will include exhibition tennis matches from top class coaches and players, free tennis lessons, obstacle courses, face painting and bouncing castles. There will also be a chance to see the other attractions that have made the club so successful including the Bridge Club, Golf Society and the Wine Club. There will also be a barbeque served at 4pm.

A second court was laid two years later and a private club was formed. Unfortunately, with the outbreak of World War 1, the club folded in 1914. However towards the end of 1916, Mr Paddy O'Byrne, who had been secretary of the club, was invalided out of the British Army. He decided to restart the club and called a meeting in the Templeogue Inn on the May 20, 1917 and Templeogue Tennis Club was born.

Everything is free and open to all interested - members and visitors included. The tennis showcase for the club is the ‘Open Week’ which will take place from September 14-22. This is is one of Ireland’s best attended competitions with competitors from all over Leinster competing in the various classes.

Templeogue Tennis Club is now a thriving club of over 1,400 members all playing and contributing socially to its unique friendly culture. Visitors are always welcome to see the various activities available for its members. The Golf Society has a full calendar of events playing some of the top courses in the country and The Bridge Club has grown enormously in popularity in recent years while the newly-formed Wine Club has hosted dinners from Internationally renowned chefs and sampled some of the best wines available today in a fun and friendly environment.

A spokesperson for the club said: “The event is open to all who wish to come down each night and enjoy the tennis from the impressive balcony which offers panoramic views of the courts.” There will also be live music during the week in the bar with superb nightly attendance spot prizes promised.

The club has runners who meet every Thursday and run in the local area as well as a walking group which has travelled locally to places such as the Wicklow Mountains as well foreign destinations including Spain.

Templeogue Tennis Club has a thriving bar, which is an integral part of life at the club and is run on a voluntary basis. Additionally it has a function room which is available for hire at very attractive rates.

For decades the Templeogue Open has been a source of excitement, fun and fantastic tennis. The antics off the court have always rivalled the admirable tennis for sheer entertainment. The club has hosted

For more information on Templeogue Tennis Club, including Summer and Boot Camps, log onto www.templeoguetennis.com

Club Achievements:

Serving up a storm

• Recently one of our more senior members Gerry Clarke became the British Open Clay Court Champion in his age category. Over 85s!!! Gerry has now played tennis for Templeogue in seven separate decades!! • The club has been a consistent winner of the Dublin Lawen Tennis Council (SLTC) awards in both male and female categories • The club has had three players in the Davis Cup team over the years

Club Goals:

Power behind the return

• Get more people interested in Tennis and up the club’s membership • Promote the social aspect of the club • Create a vibrant junior membership • Complete the club bar by this July • Add to the club’s trophy collection

Enjoying the social scene in the clubhouse

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The Shamrock Rovers Season So Far... With the European Championship in full swing over in Poland and Ukraine, domestic football is on its mid-season break and it gives us an opportunity to look back on the season for Shamrock Rovers so far. Stephen Kenny was appointed the new man in charge at Shamrock Rovers just before the start of the year. It was a sort of homecoming for the Tallaght man as the new manager revealed his appointment. “This is where I’m from,” said Kenny. “It is home for me. The school I went to is just across the road. I captained my school team and this is where we played our matches. I’ve a great affinity for the area. It is a terrific club, with the infrastructure and the way the club has developed in recent years. It is a great honour to be asked to manage Shamrock Rovers.” Kenny went about putting his own shape on the Rovers squad which had lost a number of key players from their championship winning 2011 squad. Amongst the more than half dozen signings that Kenny made were two Tallaght men, Graham Gartland and Aaron Greene, who alongside Gary McCabe are the trio of Tallaght players in the squad. On his appointment, Stephen Kenny spoke about bringing “exciting football” to Rovers and offensively his team has lived up to that billing as the players are the top scorers at this stage in the league. They also have an unbeaten record at Tallaght Stadium so far this season. However the number of draws (six out of the fourteen league games), coupled with two heavy away defeats, means that the Hoops only sit third in the Airtricity League. Above them in the table are the only two teams to have beaten Rovers in the league this year, Saint Patrick’s Athletic and Sligo Rovers who are seven points clear of the Hoops. In the cup competitions, Rovers has made decent progress. The club has lost the Setanta Sports Cup crown having been eliminated 3-2 on aggregate to Derry City at the semi-final stage. Elsewhere it has qualified for the quarter final of the EA Sports Cup beating SD Galway en route. In the last eight, Rovers will travel to Richmond Park to take on Saint Patrick’s Athletic in a game that will take place on June 26. In the Leinster Senior Cup at Tallaght Stadium, Rovers has beaten both Bohemians (on penalties) and Saint Patrick’s Athletic. In the semi-final the team will play Shelbourne in a game that will take place in Tolka Park on June 21. Awaiting the winners in the final will be St Pat’s CY which defeated UCD in late May in the other semi-final. In the FAI Cup second round, Rovers beat Limerick FC 1-0 at Tallaght. Shamrock Rovers will enter the Champions League in the second qaulifying round. The draw will take place on June 25 where Rovers will be pulled out of the hat against one of the following teams: Bate Borisov (Belarus), Helsingborg (Sweden), Ventspils (Latvia), Ekranas (Lithuania) or Helsinki (Finland). The first leg will take place on either July 17 or 18 with the second leg a week later on either June 24 or 25. xx

It is a Rovers return for Pat Sullivan who re-signed for Shamrock Rovers earlier this month. Pat, who played over 50 competitive games for Rovers last season alone, took the opportunity when his contract expired in December to go travelling. Having spent a number of months in Australia, Hoops fans were delighted to see ‘Sully’ put pen to paper on his return to Ireland and sign for Rovers for the remainder of the season. Sullivan had a superb season for Shamrock Rovers in 2011 where the Players voted him their Player of the Year as he helped the Hoops win the League and Setanta Sports Cup double. He made the Professional Footballers’ Association of Ireland (PFAI) team of the year too. The 29-year-old was instrumental in helping Rovers qualify for the Europa League. The right-back’s goal away to Partizan in Belgrade that set up the 2-1 away win, was voted TV moment of 2011 at the Irish Film and Television Awards. He also picked up the Soccer Writer Association of Ireland (SWAI) player of the month for August last year.

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You’re on holidays and you get a great photo with your Rovers jersey on, or maybe you’re holding up your Hoops scarf or flag? Well then post it up on our Facebook page and at the end of each month from June to August, we will give a signed Rovers football for the best picture! Happy Hoopy Holidays! www.facebook.com/shamrockrovers And don’t forget to tag the picture!

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