InTallaght EDITION 38

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Welcome

5 Welcome to Edition 38 of InTallaght When superstar DJ Roger Sanchez recently paid a visit to Tallaght we were there to sit down and chat with him about his amazing career so far and his exciting jet setting life.

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Contents

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Roger Sanchez

Derek O’Neill

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Cinema

News

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Game Business

Sports

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Sq. Magazine

Music

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Writers’ Corner

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Motor

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Book

Beauty

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Recipe

Garden

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News

8 Summer Reading Buzz 2013 Love books? Like a challenge? Then we’ve just the thing for you this summer.

Sod turned on N7 and N11 PPP road build

construction of two new grade separated interchanges at the Beehive junction and at Jack White's cross-roads. The N11 works also Work has begun on the N7 Newland's Cross and include the construction of a service area at Ballyellin on the Gorey Bypass approximately N11 road network in Wicklow and Wexford.

3km south of the Arklow South Interchange.

BAM was awarded the public private partnership (PPP) contract by the National Roads The service area includes the construction of an Authority, acting as procuring agent for the amenity building and fuelling area on the west Department of Transport, for the design, build, side of the motorway along with new access finance, operation and maintenance of the new ramps and a new bridge over the M11.

N7 Newlands Cross free-flow junction and a major element of the N11 road network in Speaking at the sod turning, Theo Cullinane, Chief Executive, BAM said: "BAM is delighted Wicklow and Wexford. to be the first single entity to be awarded a PPP The N7 works comprise the replacement of the contract here in Ireland and to be entrusted existing signalised junction at Newlands Cross with the delivery of these important stretches with a grade separated junction in which the of motorway and service areas.”

N7 will be carried over the Belgard Road via a “These stretches of road will in effect allow trafnew flyover. fic, in the case of the N7 to "free flow" between This project will facilitate nationwide travel from Cork and Belfast and in the case of the N11 will the North to the South of Ireland without any greatly improve the safety and reliability for those traveling between Gorey and Rathnew." traffic lights.

The PPP also includes the construction of a 16km dual carriageway on the N11 between the north end of the Arklow Bypass and the southern end of the Ashford Bypass and the

Both projects are due to be completed within two years. The National Roads Authority has warned of some traffic disruption later this year but has asked motorists to have patience.

Ballyroan Library nominated for Irish Architecture award

Children all over Dublin are invited to join a summer reading challenge in a wonderful initiative from public libraries. Going Places with Books: the Summer Reading Buzz aims to encourage children to read in the long summer break when reading skills can decline without the regular reading activity at school.

The reading challenge is for all children living and visiting Dublin and it’s FREE. Children and libraries in Kildare and Longford are taking part too with great events and activities taking place in all the libraries. In fact you’ll bee amazed at what’s going on!

Children registering to take part in the Buzz will be given a Summer Reading Buzz membership card and asked to enter their name and library card number.

Every time they read a book, their Summer Reading Buzz card is stamped with a specially designed Bee stamp. When they have completed the card (i.e. read 10 books) they simply hand the card into the library where it will be entered into a draw for fabulous prizes.

There will be rewards along the way too with specially designed bookmarks, pencils, wristbands and bee stickers.

You can follow @summerbuzz on Twitter.

to find a new language to respond to the energy and diversity required of a new library.

The vision of today’s public library is of a gateway – to enjoyment, to learning and to Ballyroan Library in Rathfarnham opened in the expanding digital world beyond. Since February 2013 and has just been nominated opening more than 120,000 books have been for an Irish Architecture award. There has been borrowed from the new library. a seismic shift in the design of library buildings and in the services provided by public libraries You can vote for Ballyroan Library at in the past five years. This pace of change www.architectureawards.ie/index.php means that librarians and architects have had

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Community action equals Educate Credits in Tallaght

Educate Credits can be earned in either of the following two ways:

Educate credits were launched by South Dublin County Council’s Mayor Cathal King, Mr Pat McLaughlin, President of Institute of Technology Tallaght and County Manager Danny McLoughlin with members of Dominic’s Community Centre and North Clondalkin Tidy Towns in the Institute of Technology Tallaght on Thursday June 6.

Social Credits The Social Credits system rewards groups who get involved in their community in a positive way. Groups can now choose a reward of 10 Educate Credits for each agreed Social Credit application.

Time Credits There are 2 pilot Time Banks operating in South Dublin County – Lucan Adamstown and Dominic’s Community Time Bank. Volunteers can exchange Time Credits for Educate Credits.

Community Groups, Youth Groups, resident associations and schools can apply for Educate Credits through the Social Credits System.

The Mayor Cathal King said “This is a wonderful project and I wish it every success.

This will be an opportunity for communities to support individuals to go back to education.

This project also demonstrates partnership at its best with the Institute of Technology, County Dublin VEC and South Dublin County Council coming together to support communities and Educate Credits earned by individuals or community groups can be transferred to education.” someone else. This way groups or individuals “This initiative seeks to recognise and reward can decide to sponsor a member of their those socially driven people who enhance lives community in an educational programme. or environments in the communities we serve.

We hope to create a new pathway to education Institute of Technology Tallaght has a for people who may otherwise not get the maximum of 2000 Educate Credits available for chance because of current financial or other courses starting in September 2013. constraints” said Mr Pat McLaughlin, President of Institute of Technology Tallaght who added This enables more than 6 people to complete “We are delighted to once again partner the a full programme of study during the 2013/14 Council and VEC on this scheme and working academic year. together on initiatives such as this we can continue to make a real difference to the lives These part-time classes are run in the evening from 6-10pm. The number of nights an of the people in the region.” individual must attend depends on the course Educate Credits are a reward for being or the modules they decide to study. proactive in the community and allow free access to courses on the part-time programme For further information on this project – check in Institute of Technology Tallaght. www.socialcredits.ie

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News

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A Tallaght based primary school is campaigning to get their own building almost thirty years after the school first opened.

Scoil Chaitlín Maude in Killinarden is under pressure from lack of space and growing pupil numbers.The school has been successfully providing primary education through the medium of Irish for the community of Tallaght West since being established in 1985.

In 1990 the school moved to its current location in Knockmore in Killinarden. At the time it was felt that this would be a temporary arrangement, as is usually the case with new schools, and a permanent site would become available in Knockmore. This never happened and as the school grew, temporary prefabricated accommodation was Pupils Hold Placards In Both Irish And English provided. This accommodation is now unsatisfactory and does not meet the three different locations Department of Children can see standards required to accommodate pupils. leading to extreme hardship that why can’t the Department for all concerned,” she said. of Education.”

Sorcha Ni Ruanaigh is a Resource Teacher in the school and she said the school commu- Fiona O Fiaich teaches Senior Representatives from the school nity is starting to run out of patience with the Infants and she said the met outside the offices of the facilities: school has a proven track Department of Education and record in excellence in every- Skills on Wednesday, 12th June, “We’ve been able to manage up to now and thing apart from its facilities: to call on the Minister Ruairí people have been patient but unless this is ”The school took part in the Quinn to take responsibility for sorted out we’ll no longer be able to facilitate pilot of the Síolta Quality finding a permanent site for Scoil the growth of the school. It’s been 28 years Assurance Programme. This Chaitlín Maude. now and we feel that unless we put some programme measures the kind of pressure on we won’t get a site. quality of early childhood When contacted by InTallaght care and we were the first Magazine, The Department of “In 2010, it became clear that there was no primary school in Ireland to Education and Skillls said they possibility of permanent accommodation on complete the Quality still could not give any indication the site here in Knockmore. The school has Assurance Standard. of when the school might get its spent the last three years in on-going new premises. discussions with the Department of “The report, which came Education and Skills and South Dublin from the Department of “The Department is aware of the County Council trying to identify a suitable Children, said there was requirements for a permanent site site for the school in the Tallaght West area. significant evidence of quality for Gaelscoil Chaitlin Maude and in the school. The only issue has been in discussion with South “The school may have no choice in Septem- that came up was that Dublin County Council regarding ber, but to rent classrooms at a location the classroom sizes were Council-owned land adjacent to the situated approximately 2km from Knock- inadequate and the yard school's existing location. However, more. The school would then be divided into space was too small. If the given the challenges identified with

this site, particularly those related to its small size, the Department and South Dublin County Council are exploring whether other sites in the general area would offer a better long term solution to the school's accommodation requirements.

“When a suitable site has been identified, the Department will then move to purchase the site with a view to developing a permanent school building for Gaelscoil Chaitlin Maude,” said a spokesperson.

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News

11 Tallaght’s Barry O’Rourke is €1,000 Richer Thanks to 98FM!

Phoenix Clubhouse gets Clondalkin talking

98FM’s 40-strong Thunder Team will be knocking on the doors of Dublin estates and streets every week this summer and giving people a number to text to be in with a Barry and wife Gail are presented with a €1,000 chance to win €1,000. All listeners have to do cheque by the 98FM Thunder Team. is text the first song played after the news and Myself and my wife Gail are taxi drivers and sport after 8am and 4pm only on 98FM. my wife’s car had a problem recently that we A recent winner was taxi driver Barry couldn’t afford to fix.

O’Rourke from Kilclare Gardens in Jobstown, Tallaght (pictured) who was greeted by the “Luckily we can have the car back on the road 98FM Thunders who surprised Barry by thanks to 98FM so we won’t lose out and can knocking on his door and presenting him continue to pay the bills! “98FM actually with the cash prize of ‘a grand in their hand’. saved our jobs!”

Now in its 11th year, Phoenix Clubhouse offers an invaluable support service in the Clondalkin area to adults with mental health difficulties. See Change, the National Stigma Reduction Partnership and its 70 partner organisations rolled out a hugely successful month long national green ribbon campaign to get people talking openly about mental health problems in May 2013.

Speaking about his win Barry said “I can’t For more information and to check out the believe I won, I’m absolutely delighted. This new schedule visit www.98fm.com, Twitter: really couldn’t have come at a better time. @98FM or www.facebook.com/98fm

New County Manager for South Dublin County Council

Mr. Mc Loughlin said “It is a great honour to have been appointed County Manager of South Dublin County Council. I look forward to working with Daniel McLoughlin has had a distinguished the elected members, staff, local communities and career to date in the public sector, working his the business and state sector. way up through the local authority system.

After seven years at the helm of Westmeath “By promoting community, social and economic County Council, he has now been appointed development, we will ensure that South Dublin as the new County Manger for South Dublin County Council is the primary provider and enabler of public service provision at local level.”

County Council.

See Change inspired Phoenix to get out about in the local community and meet with local employers and business people to start the conversation to break down the stigma of mental health. The support was overwhelming from international companies such as CRH along with local businesses like Kelly Brother’s butchers.

Phoenix Clubhouse is part of EVE. EVE is a programme within the HSE, whose primary ethos is to provide community based recoveryorientated programmes for adults who experience mental health difficulties, intellectual difficulties, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Physical and Sensory disabilities.

See www.eve.ie for more details.

SDCC Arts Bursaries Awarded South Dublin County Council supports talented young artists of all disciplines from across the county through its annual bursary award scheme. Eleven awards were been made totalling €13,000 in the categories of music, literature, performing arts, film and visual arts. Mayor Cathal King met with the award winners in County Hall to congratulate them on their achievements and he acknowledged the award winners valuable contribution to the artistic development to the County.

People were asked to wear the green ribbon and support this movement to spark a national conversation about mental health. The aim is to make the month of May every year synonymous with challenging the stigma of mental health.

2013 Individual Artists Back Row - (L to R) Phoebe White, Orla Scannell, Mayor Cathal King, Karl Whitney, Front Row - (L to R) David Fagan, and Molly Dwyer

This year’s bursaries were awarded to Molly Dwyer, David Fagan, Jessica Kennedy, Daniel Figgis, Karl Whitney, Phoebe White, Brian Kirk, Sinead Finnegan, Abigail Mc Donagh, Killian White, Brian Gregor.

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Focus On

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Ken Bay Electric Bikes

By Padraig Conlon

In these days of rising petrol prices and traffic congestion a Tallaght based family business is offering commuters an alternative way to get around town that will leave them with more money in their pockets and improve their health KenBay Electric Bikes, located in Cookstown Industrial Estate, make energy efficient economically run electric bikes, which can transport riders at speeds of up to 25kmph.

didn’t last long enough they set about creating a bike with a battery that will last for 70 km and which can be recharged by simply plugging it into an ordinary plug socket.

Director Gerry told InTallaght Magazine that riders still get the health benefits; because the bikes are pedal assist the motor won’t work unless you’re cycling. However, an optional throttle can remove the need for constant cycling if preferred.

“Older people are our biggest market but the bikes are very popular with commuters and people that are mobility challenged or not very fit. How they work is the motors on our bikes kick in once you start pedalling and cut off once you stop, as long as you’re The bikes require no licence, tax, insurance pedaling at all, the motor propels you to 25kmph. or petrol and make cycling really easy as the built in battery helps riders effortlessly take “One of the main advantages of cycling on a KenBay hills in their stride. electrically assisted bicycle is that it literally flattens hills and increases your average speed when tackling Father and son engineering team Gerry and inclines and headwinds.

Ronan Byrne set up the company in 2006 after they spotted a need for electric bikes in “You will still need to provide a reasonable amount of the market. effort, but you should be able to tackle anything from a 1 in 10 (10%) gradient up to a 1 in 7 (14%) gradient Realising the problem with most electric with relative ease. bikes available at the time was the battery

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“Whereas a person maybe able to do 5 miles on a normal bike they can do 25 miles with the same effort on a Kenbay,” he said.

The bikes are covered in the Cycle To Work Scheme and prices range from €850 to €1250 depending on the model. Employees could save between €250 and €500 Euro and employers would make a return of 21% on the investment.

Gerry and Ronan also do any servicing that may be needed and can advise and suggest models to customers based on requirements. Gerry is delighted with how business is going and believes the bikes are proving so popular because they are cheap to run and practical to use.

“It only costs 10c to charge the battery, and you could cycle 70km for that 10c of electricity – so it's far more economical than public transport.

Our bikes are distributed to all good bicycle shops.

Anyone in the Tallaght area drop in to KenBay Electric Bikes in Cookstown Industrial Estate, or visit their website www.electricbikes.ie for more details.

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Roger Sanchez

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Interview

and said “I need to change this”?

By Rachel Lynch

Constantly! I look at some places and think “Wow, did they really go with that design?” It’s interesting, some places I walk into and I admire them for exactly what they have done.

Right now it’s funny, I’m working on a new album called Roots but after I finish that I’m starting another project called Architecture, where I’m taking 12 architects and creating music based on the buildings.

DJ ROGER SANCHEZ, Grammy Award winning producer, remixer and one of the world’s foremost names in House music InTallaght Magazine caught up with him when he was over recently to celebrate Entourage’s birthday and we were lucky enough to catch a few words with the main man himself before he hit the decks in front of a packed crowd dying to catch a glimpse of the star.

So Roger, you are back in Ireland, how does it feel?

It’s good, wet and rainy, but I have had so many people telling me if I had have been here last week I would have experienced a proper Irish summer, I’ve yet to see it.

Where were you before?

Right before Dublin I was in Miami and funny enough it was actually raining there before I left too, so maybe it’s me, maybe I’m bringing the rain with me.

What’s the plan?

It’s a very bizarre idea but I’m trying to put the two together. So at least I won’t feel as though I wasted my whole time studying architecture.

Is there anything you would like to do other than music?

Well there are so many things I love. I love fashion, I love film, so maybe getting involved in those.

I’m actually working on something right now with a film producer, and so getting involved there is getting ready to head on an Amer- my tour manager because we have certainly something I look forward to in the future. ican tour. I’ve got to do Miami again like, a rhythm. and then Los Angeles.

When I travel with the family I try to make those special occasions, you do One question that the have to plan them out a lot more Irish people would Are sunglasses your carefully and pace yourself a little. love to know is have new trademark? you got any Irish You know it’s funny they kind of are but sometimes I just don’t bother with But I’m touring quite a bit as always ancestry or connections so the thing is always trying to find to the country? them, it just depends on the day. that balance between the home life I’ll tell you what, I actually have a and then touring and being in the very interesting story regarding the You have a family Roger, studio and the whole nine yards. Irish connection, but I will have to so it must be tough out When I’m at home I generally don’t show you, and this really is an on the road travelling the do any work it’s just pure family time. interesting one (takes off top to reveal a Celtic cross tattoo on arm). world at times, how do

you manage around work and family life?

It’s more challenging when you go From here we are going to a festival with the entire family than when in the Netherlands, and then I am you just travel with like, myself and

You studied architecture, have you ever walked into venue or nightclub

Amazing, now there has to be a reason behind this?

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Roger Sanchez

I’ve always loved Celtic crosses, it’s also the faith that I have grown up with so it’s kind of a combination of the two.

I love the design, I also redesigned the interior of my Celtic cross so it’s not exactly a Celtic cross design but its similar, I just personalised it.

So now you’ve shown us you’re really Irish!

Of course and that’s fine, to be sure to be sure, I’m from Dublin and I’m Irish (said in a pretty impressive Dublin accent).

What is your favourite song, a particular one that gets the crowd going?

There is more than one and it’s never really just the one track. Out of my own tracks it’s always the most recent ones like my new song Troubleman, that always gets people going and then Another Chance really works.

There are tonnes of tracks, even classic tracks like the acapella to Free

by Ultra Naté, things like that always work.

Anybody out there at the moment that you would like to work with at the minute?

Oh loads, loads, I mean probably one of my favourite all time artists I would love to collaborate with is Björk.

Right now I’m actually doing a track with Sharleen Spiteri from Texas I just remixed her next single so I’m doing something with her and I’m setting something up with Boy George.

I WOULD LOVE TO COLLABERATE WITH BJÖRK

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Roger Sanchez Boy George wow that’s a massive change up for him.

Well he has gone more underground lately, you see there is a love for this kind of music and it’s more appreciated, well in my opinion it is, and for me I always try not to do the obvious commercial thing.

Are you heading back to Ibiza this year?

Yeah, every Monday night I’ll be on there.

Is it true you’re not a big drinker?

I rarely ever drink, I have a little bit of Champagne, but I will do a few shots, not while I’m playing and definitely not tequila.

What would be your favourite drink?

Umm I suppose a Mojito have you ever tried Cosmo Cosi?

The Irish will try anything once it’s bought for us.

Brilliant once it’s got alcohol you guys are happy. Now I can do Sambuca, or would you believe Baileys? I like that too.

So what’s the next adventure Roger?

The next thing is like I said when I get to Ibiza I’m working on my album called Roots.

Although now you mention adventure I recently went on a safari when I was in South Africa and I was petting a leopard which was really fun, although not as much fun as diving with sharks.That’s what my tour manager did but I just stayed on land and petted the leopard.

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Derek O’Neill Interview

20 these children with bleach to deform them. It makes them more valuable as beggars.

By Padraig Conlon

Linda and I decided that, from then on, we would just take what money we needed to live on and give the rest to charity. This led us to start doing workshops and giving all the proceeds to charity.

TALLAGHT MAN Derek O'Neill has been quietly transforming the lives of people all over the world for the past 15 years.

His outstanding work led to him being awarded the Variety International Children's Charity's Humanitarian Award last year. Previous winners have included Sir Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, to name but a few.

After winning the award he generously donated $100,000 to the organization.

Derek has used his talents as a transformational therapist, his knowledge and compassion to help reconstruct his clients' outlook on life. His comprehensive understanding of his field stems from his extensive training in martial arts, where he utilized over thirty years of experience to pioneer a new psychology–transformational therapy.

After witnessing devastating poverty in India, he set up the charitable SQ (Spiritual Quotient) Foundation to build schools, hospitals and other practical institutions in the world's poorest regions.

InTallaght Magazine caught up How would you describe with Derek to find out more about your occupation? his extraordinary life.

I’m a Motivational Analyst, Psychotherapist, martial arts instructor and CEO of SQ Worldwide. I try to help people by bringing heart huSo whereabouts in mour and lightness to the most Tallaght are you from?

Well I was born in the Liberties, traumatic situations. beside St Patricks Cathedral, and I didn’t move to Tallaght until I was six. We lived in Belgard, there were Tell us about nine of us in a one bed!

SQ Foundation?

In 1998 my late wife Linda and I My mother absolutely hated the went on a trip to India. We flew into area as.she was a real Liberties Madras and while we were pushing woman. I loved it because there through the crowds, we noticed a were open fields and rivers, and I group of street children. We thought made new friends. My Dad worked they were playing in a sandpit. It in Jacob’s earning just the basic turned out they were amputees. We wage. were told that criminal gangs inject

That charity was the one we set up ourselves, SQ Foundation. The foundation now operates in 11 different countries and has built schools, orphanages and medical clinics. 97 per cent of all money raised goes directly to source. I absorb most of the administration costs. To date the foundation has helped more than 35,000 children.

How did it all start for you, could you tell us a little more about your background?

After a stint in the army and with a wife and two kids (Gavin and Orla) to provide for I did a bit of everything. I had started matrial arts at a very young age.

It was while I was doing gardening work that I was led, indirectly, to seek psychotherapy. I had a terrible phobia about wasps, so I went to a psychotherapist. During our session I remembered that there had been a wasp in the toilet when a man tried to rape me when I was young. That was when I knew I needed therapy to deal with the abuse.

I didn't have any money and discovered that it was cheaper to study to become a therapist than pay for more sessions. There were social welfare grants. Within three years I was running a successful

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Derek O’Neill

21 practice with a nine-month waiting Betty Wall of Variety Club Ireland. list and also teaching martial arts in They told me they wanted to buy a Tallaght.

Liberty Swing. These enable paraplegic kids to experience the playground thrill of swinging.

You now work extensively in the US, how did this come about?

I was so moved I promised to buy one for every county in Ireland.

Kevin (who has since passed away) nominated me for the award. I didn't think I had a chance of winning it. Hopefully, it will raise awareness here of the SQ Foundation

I was invited to go to New York after 9/11 to put on a workshop, titled More Truth Will Set You Free, psychology-meets-spirituality workshop. I now tour the United States, sharing my experiences with thousands of people from business leaders to Hollywood actors, You must have empowering them to help them- been very proud. selves, as I have done.

Yes I was but more importantly the award is a recognition of the spirit held in humanity in the face of You suffered a devasting huge adversity and suffering, and that this cannot continue in the loss yourself in 2008, world that says it is civilized. It is would you mind also a huge honor for my late wife discussing this with Linda who spent her entire life in our readers?

My wife Linda passed away that service to others, and my family year. She was my rock. I fell in love who have supported this work with with Linda when I was 18. We just every step of the way.. knew we were for each other. Less than a year later, we were married.

She was my right arm. Five years Finally Derek how do you ago I got a call from my daughter think Irish people can Orla who said Linda had a deal better with the stress headache and didn't look great. of the recession?

Well being angry with the banks is She was taken to hospital, where a complete waste of time. Don’t she was diagnosed with a migraine waste your energy getting wound and sent home. Three days later up about the banks, you’ll only Linda was dead. She was only 47. make yourself sick, this anger is no Death is part of life. Linda didn’t good to you. have to die.

Another way would be to start lookLast year your dedication ing around for everything positive to improving the lives of going on in our communities and people all over the world not focus so much on the negative was acknowledged when which has always been a problem. you won the Variety Club Serving others is one of the greatest ways of achieving this.

Award, how did this

come about?

The award came about after a chance meeting with Kevin and

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22 Hello everybody and welcome to the latest edition of Sq. Magazine.

It has been a busy few weeks here at the Square and as ever there is a lot of work going on in the background to make your shopping experience even more enjoyable.

We are excited to announce that our mother and baby feeding and changing facilities are getting a major revamp which will be much brighter and more spacious. We are working hard to have them ready for early July and we look forward to showcasing them to you mums and dads.

address will not change so keep logging on to www.thesquare.ie It was great last week to see so many of you avail of the free tickets from Tallaght Stadium to support the Ladies International Soccer team when they played Austria here in Tallaght. The large crowd obviously inspired the girls and a massive effort saw them come from two goals down to earn a draw! Well done ladies!

Don’t forget to check out our Facebook page for some fantastic giveaways like an annual family pass for Dublin Zoo, and you will also find all the latest news there as it happens.

Finally, to all the primary school We are also looking forward to students out there...enjoy your the launch of our all new website summer holidays! on the 4th July. We have added dozens of additional features to the Until next time... site and made it much more community orientated. We can’t wait for you to see the changes! The

______________________ Cathryn McMenamy The Square Town Centre, Commercial Manager

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Green Steam Auto, The Eco Friendly Car Wash is set to launch on Level 1.

Based in the multi story car park at the East entrance you will be able to get your pride and joy cleaned while you shop. Prices start at a very competitive €9.99.

The brand new Square website is launching very soon!

We are proud to be launching our brand new website which has had a major revamp and promises to be bigger and better than ever, while being a whole lot easier to navigate.

The focus this time round will be community...there will be section for things like local news and events that will be regularly updated with the goings on in and around the area.

Centre that are looking for new staff will be able to upload their available positions to the new jobs directory, making it easier for prospective applicants to see what is available.

We’re sure the ‘Offers’ section will be very popular with our customers. Here you will be given a list of up to date offers for some of the great value products and Regular competitions will be run on services available in the stores. the site along with write-ups of the Square’s various community cham- The website is certainly striking and pions as they are awarded. you will be impressed with the change. It’s more accessible and Web developer Steve Armstrong user friendly for all ages and on all explained to us how the new site devices including smartphones and will work. “It’s certainly easier and tablets. more people friendly than ever before. Things like the map section So, whether you want to check out are now not as complicated”, he the latest deals, our store opening said. hours or check out local events near you, it will be all available from the Completely new to our website will new site which will be online from be the jobs section. Shops in the 4th July!

THE SQUARE'S

Community Champions centre. A lot of the team are also studying for their Junior Certs and their dedication and commitment to the project they undertook and the way they represented the area The six lads recently represented deserves recognition.

Ireland at the Lego European Championships in Germany and did bril- Citywise Education has no direct liantly to beat 52 teams from 34 statutory support from the State, countries around the world to win and depends on fundraising in the the Gracious Professional Awardfor community and a strong volunteertheir outstanding team spirit. The ing spirit. team already won the Irish title last January and their award in Germany The boys were very well supported capped off a year of very hard work, by their mentors, who we also conafter school, most evenings, in the gratulate on their recent successes.

The latest winners of The Square Community Champions Award are the SAP Students from Citywise Education Centre in Jobstown.

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President Higgins Recently Opened Camara’s New Facility

Shoppers were treated to a wonderful exhibition of music on the longest day of the year as The Square took part in National Music Day on Friday June 21

people around the world celebrate the importance of music through free, open and accessible events. The event is celebrated in more than 450 cities and 100 countries.

Modeled after France's Fête de la Musique, National Music Day unites the harmonious efforts of the world in the single largest, global outdoor music celebration, with Irish cities participating under the name Love: Live Music.

The objective of the day is to create an all inclusive celebration of live music-making in Ireland; embracing all forms of music; giving performers the opportunity to shine a spotlight on ‘new Irish music’ by showcasing contemporary styles, especially when collaborating with other musicians from different cultures and disciplines.

Firhouse Community College Choir, Tallaght Young Songwriters, and the Annette Halpin String Trio all staged pop-up performances on the balcony of Level 3 as part of the series of Love: Live Music events in Tallaght Central. National Music Day is a day when See www.lovelivemusic.ie for more.

The Square & Camara Link Up! Camara, who use technology to improve education and livelihood skills in disadvantaged communities around the world, have linked up with The Square to make it easier for you to donate your unwanted computer to help others.

Camara will have a pick up point in The Square from July 25 - July 27. Simply bring your old equipment to The Square Centre Mall to one of the Camara volunteers and let them do the rest.

Each computer goes through a rigorous process to wipe your data and load educational software before being shipped off to various locations around the world. Each computer donated has the potential to educate 21 kids.

You can check out Camara and their work on the web at www.camara.org

International Ladies Soccer Over 500 of our Square patrons availed of our Ladies Soccer ticket giveaway in conjunction with Tallaght Stadium and InTallaght, to enjoy a pulsating 2-2 draw in the Tallaght Stadium sun on June 18. Austria opened the scoring on 23 minutes when captain Viktoria Schnaderbeck hammered home from the edge of the area and Laura Feiersinger doubled the away side's lead in the second half. Two goals in two dramatic minutes from Ireland substitute Fiona O'Sullivan, the first being a penalty, levelled the game for Ireland.

The Austrian & Irish Ladies Teams Line Up In Tallaght Stadium

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Oopsadaisy Going On Summer Holidays

Picture Perfect The Irish Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) are displaying the cream of their members’ work on the South Mall (Level 2) until Friday July 12.

The Square’s weekly Wednesday morning Oopsadaisy Toddler group will be taking a break over the summer months.

But never fear, Oopsadaisy and her sunflower girls will be back at the start of September to entertain and educate your little ones once again.

The free event has been really well received by the toddlers and parents who have attended and we’re looking forward to seeing you back again after our summer break.

Lipsy, Smacker!

Lipsy, the high street fashion line favored by the stars has now arrived in Debenhams at the Square on Level 1. You can now replicate the style of the likes of Michelle Keegan and Pixie Lott.

The IPPA has over 350 practising members and was founded in 1949. It organises an annual competition for its members over a variety of categories and the winners are being displayed in this travelling exhibition which has been touring the country for the last few months.There are some stunning images on display so take a few minutes and have a look!

Jenny Wells,Womenswear manager at Debenhams is delighted to welcome the Lipsy brand to the store, and informs us that there is 10% off until the 7th of July and that the collection will be added to over the next few weeks. Check out Lipsy online www.debenhams.ie or at www.lipsy.ie and from there you can follow them on the full range of social media outlets from Twitter to Pinterest.

Mother & Baby Feeding & Changing Area Upgrade Exciting news for all you parents...we are in the final stages of launching our all new Mother and Baby Feeding and Changing facilities. The new facilities will be much brighter and more spacious making it easier for parents to take care of their little ones’ needs. We aim to have them open in early July...watch this space for more info.

IMC Baby Boom The IMC Cinema in The Square Tallaght are now holding Baby Boom screenings. These shows cater for all those parents and carers who don't want to miss out on the latest movie releases.

Arrive early and enjoy a cup of calming herbal tea or coffee with other parents then get yourselves nestled into your seats for a couple of hours of entertainment. During the film the lights will be raised and the sound will be softened to ensure junior enjoys it as much as you!!

Parents don't need to arrange babysitters or worry about their little darlings misbehaving!

Keep an eye on their website for details of future screenings!

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New Look

By Rachel Lynch

FOR FASHION WORTH A SECOND LOOK Global fashion brand New Look were first founded in 1969 Since then they have opened hundreds of stores throughout the world from Ireland to Saudi Arabia.

The retailer's core audience is women in the 16-30 year old age bracket, however in 2001 the retailer diversified into men's clothing which has now been implemented in over 20% of their stores.

New Look specialises in top ladies fashion, whether it be evening wear or casual. If you are searching for the perfect piece of jewellery to go with

that special dress or even that perfect in. It really does look great. The main thing that stands out to me about pair of heels then look no further. this store is we have great customer If you would rather something service.” more comfortable then why not drop into the store and check out The store provides a service to help their extensive range of footwear to customers revamp their wardrobe: “We give people the inspiration and suit all occasions and tastes. confidence to go around and pick New Look at the Square Tallaght different styles. have just received a new face lift. The branch has been located in Tallaght New Look is up there with all the top high street fashion stores and this is for just over nine years. reflected in the style of the sales Store supervisor Liza Keely explained team on the floor and throughout how well the customers have taken the displays in the store. to the new image: “So many people have asked did we extend the store "We have a sign in our canteen that but we actually didn’t, it just looks says ‘Be a walking mannequin’, so huge and it’s so much easier to shop that's what we have to think of when

we come to work. Pick an outfit and put it together, so the customers can also get ideas of different looks" “Our Inspire range is from size 18 to 26, so for a curvier lady there are plenty of options available and all the staff are on hand to help”.

Now that we are heading into what we hope will be a great summer of sun, New Look have your summer wardrobe sorted, and at great prices too.

On style trends this season are of course maxi dresses, crop tops and the perennial summer favorite of denim shorts.

So pop into the new look New Look store on Level 3, today and get your summer off to a stylish start.

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World War Z

By Rachel Lynch

As far as zombie movies go they tend to be quite hit or miss, but when you add Brad Pitt to the mix you are assured it will be somewhat decent The storyline is reflective of how most of this genre go, the future of civilisation is at stake and there has to be a hero.

That hero is Gerry played by Brad Pitt.

It is based on a novel by Max Brooks, son of the filmmaker and humourist Mel, and it follows Gerry Lane, a stay-athome father who was once a former United Nations action man. He is recalled to the line of duty when a mysterious pandemic turns citizens of

various countries into walking, works excellently.

The initial panic on the chomping corpses. streets of Philadelphia Gerry must leave his family who is thrillingly done, as is have already survived some pretty the fall of Jerusalem which frightful near death experiences at will have you on the edge the start of the movie and try to find of your seat and by far the answers on how these people have best part of the movie, and been infected and how the living then to the zombie horde.

There’s also an effective aircan be saved. borne sequence.

Gerry travels from Philadelphia (which is in fact filmed in Glasgow) There is also a bit of Irish to Nova Scotia via New York, New representation in this Jersey, South Korea, Israel and movie as Love/Hate’s Rosie Wales, and almost nothing that played by Ruth Negga was believed happens along the way has the to have been handpicked by Mr. slightest effect on the film’s final Brad Pitt himself for the role of a outcome, but no one can complain scientist helping Pitt's character the settings are unbelievable and save the world. add to an interesting viewing.

Her character only comes to light The film is most impressive in its big towards the end of the movie, yet set-pieces, and the 3D element she plays quite a significant role.

Overall World War Zisn’t terrible. Parts are impressive and exciting, the zombies are not the slow moving undead of movies before. They’re sprightly, aggressive and eager to bite.

Pitt has done well in pulling this all together but at times I did ask myself where that entire 200 million dollar budget actually went.

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31 The Internship

By Rachel Lynch

Hiring them was a brilliant mistake; they just can’t click with the new generation

due to the internet’s influence.

So the pair decide to apply for jobs at Google. This is a brave move on the part of the film makers, taking on an organisation this vast and The Internship stars Vince Vaughn universal. and Owen Wilson as a couple of old school salesmen who discover their The director has done well to jobs are being made obsolete due somewhat take the focus away to the rise of online marketing and from it being a Google sales pitch. shopping. Not taking their Enlisting actors like Vaughan and newfound lack of employment Wilson was a great move as their lying down, the duo decide to chemistry works well in any movie. reinvent themselves and become The story then takes a leap into the the two oldest interns at Google. working world of Google. Billy and In addition to Vaughn and Wilson Nick seem to think their knowledge in the lead roles, the cast also of the working world will be enough boasts Bridesmaids star Rose Byrne for them to get the attention of the playing the love interest of Wilson’s employers and secure the job. character, as well as John Goodman What they didn’t expect to be up as the boss who informs the two against is a bunch of smart just out their jobs are no longer with his of college kids who have it in for the two old guys. company.

For instance, at one point, those crazy Google youngsters send Vaughn and Wilson off on an adventure to find Charles Xavier, a Stanford professor who is balding and in a wheelchair. Will it be the young and intelligent who secure The movie begins with both Billy the job or will it be the older and Nick being made redundant yet wiser?

And if that’s not exciting enough, comedy genius Will Ferrell, will be playing Wilson’s brother-in-law, an electronics salesman who makes improper advances toward his customers.

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Theatre These Halcyon Days

By Padraig Conlon

32 Civic Theatre These Halcyon Days

Landmark Productions presents the Tall Tales / Solstice Arts Centre Production Written by Deirdre Kinahan

Tuesday 9th - Saturday 13th July @ 8pm Admission: €20 & €16, €10 on opening night (Tuesday, 9th July)

When the opportunity arouse to check out this wonderful play in the Olympia, ahead of its arrival in the Civic Theater in July, I jumped at the chance after hearing so many great things about it.

“Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, “But he'll remember with advantages, “What feats he did that day.

“Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words…”

Henry V These Halcyon Days is set in a nursing home in present day Dublin and tells the story of two of the “inmates” Sean (Stephen Brennan) and Patricia (Anita Reeves.)

As the curtain comes up we find Sean sitting on his own in a wheelchair looking for all the world like a man counting down the days until his inevitable demise.

Both characters struggle to see to Shall We Dance from The King things as they really are, with one And I is one of the most being overly negative and the other memorable of the whole play. almost delusionally positive.

The set, the lighting and the choice Nearly the whole play is set in the of music are also very well put conservatory of the nursing home together and deserve to be apart from one of the seminal recognised for the important part scenes where both characters leave they have in telling this highly the conservatory to bask in the emotion laden story. glow of the sun as it gives them a momentary escape from their cur- While parts of the play are dark, rent predicaments. what I took away from it is the overwhelming message of hope Prior to this showing in the Olympia that the human spirit is a very the play was performed in New strong life force, available to all of York where it received glowing re- us if and when we need it. views from critics. As well as this it was also nominated for Best These Halcyon Days is funny, New Play at the Irish Times Theatre moving, thought provoking and Awards. very enjoyable,

When the other protagonist Patricia comes marching in to the room she immediately shows her fighting spirit and lust for life, while at the same time stirring Sean out of his melancholy with her booming voice and bolOlder people's stories are rarely I cannot recommend this play shie personality. shown on stage but writer Deirdre highly enough.

These Halcyon Days deals with the relationship that develops between Kinahan’s wonderful script is these two very interesting, and totally different, people over the course performed so brilliantly by Stephen of a few days in a nursing home. It’s a story about love, spirit, positivity Brennan and Anita Reeves that I found myself really caring for both and hope. of their characters.

Over the course of the 70 minutes of the play, which flew by for me, we discover the stories behind Sean, a former actor who seems to have given The chemistry between the pair is up on life and Patricia, a retired school teacher determined to get out of electric as they bounce off each other and a scene where they waltz the nursing home and back to her life.

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Reality Romance Over

Love/Hate Wrap Up Season 4

More Glory For Rory

Kelly Donegan has split from boyfriend Dave Behan this month. The pair who found love on Ireland’s reality TV show Tallafornia had been dating for two years.

It’s hard to believe the Love/Hate cast have just finished up filming another season on the award winning Irish drama after two months of intensive filming.

It is believed Irish golfer Rory McIlroy is set for a €2m windfall from his investment in an Irishowned luxury yacht company.

The young couple had their ups and downs throughout the series but had seemed to still be going strong. Kelly told The Irish Sun “I believe everything happens for a reason and that I am obviously meant to be single at this moment in time. It’s brilliant that I get to focus on my career. The only man I need for the next while is my dog Tyson.”

The wrap party for the crew took place this month at Pacino's in Suffolk Street and saw familiar faces dressed up to the nines.

The Dublin-set gangland drama has even been picked up by Channel 5 in the UK for broadcast later this year. The long anticipated Series 4 is due to be broadcast in the autumn.

Although the world number two will certainly see the extra few bob as nothing more than pocket money having signed a €294m sponsorship deal with Nike last November.

Robbie & Olly Wow Irish Crowd

TV3 Beauty Marries In Sicily

Chris Has Hit The Big Time

Xposé entertainment presenter Karen Koster married boyfriend of four years John McGuire in a romantic ceremony in Sicily among close friends and family.

We all knew he had the talent to go far but it seem that things are all falling into place for Irish actor Chris O’Dowd as he has firmly planted his roots in LA and bought himself a property.

Robbie Williams took his Take The Crown tour to the Aviva this month wowing the Irish public. If it wasn’t enough that we had Robbie for the evening it was certainly a welcome treat to also have his special guest Olly Murs belting out some of his tunes before Robbie himself took the stage.

A live album recorded on the night was available to buy at the venue, the ultimate memento of the live experience.

McIlroy is a shareholder in the Dorset-based yacht maker Sunseeker. The firm is being sold to Chinese investors for a 10-fold return.

Karen wore a stunning strapless simple gown and her bridesmaids followed suit with beautifully elegant pale pink Grecian style dresses.

The first two episodes of the second series of O’Dowd’s Moone Boy were premiered at the Sky Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny.

Karen told Xposé that it was a “beautiful, emotional and hilarious day” and that she’s “happy to be John’s wife!

The comedy, which airs on Sky One, has been picked up for a third series, with filming set to resume in late 2013.

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Niall Horan Shows His Caring Side

Spock Beaming On Our Green Isle

With the launch of 1Direction’s new perfume range, not to mention the busy touring schedule, the 1Direction lads have been very busy indeed, but Niall Horan showed his charitable side when he attended a glitzy bash in London all in aid of the JLS Foundation.

Have you just been turned into the biggest Star Trek fan since the release of the film this year?

Money raised from the event will go to Cancer Research in the UK to fund research into cancers that affect children, teenagers and young adults.

Graham Norton honored in Cork Irish comedian Graham Norton was awarded an honorary doctorate from University College Cork this month. A native of Bandon, County Cork and former student at the university, Norton, or Dr Graham

Well this July you are in for a treat as Zachary Quinto who plays Spock is making a trip to Galway. The American actor is taking part in the Actors Masterclass at the Galway Film Fleadh on Friday July 12.

During the class, the Star Trek film franchise actor will give tips on working in front of the camera for aspiring actors.

Norton as he may now be known, was delighted to be recognised in this way by his alma mater.

The broadcaster and all round funny man was kitted out in the proper attire for the award ceremony and looked every inch the part.

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Music Kodaline In A Prefect World

By Rachel Lynch

36 Graciano Major You & Me

By Rachel Lynch

We brought you an interview with both Graciano Major and Ryan O’ Shanughnessy a few weeks back, conducted while on the set of their new track You & Me. The single has finally been released and the public now have a chance to hear the two pair up in this love song.

Graciano begins the song which explains the good times and bad times shared with his partner. As we get to the chorus we are treated to a gentle medley of oohs and ahhs which suit the song perfectly.

Kodaline Are All Over The Radio These Days It’s hard to believe they released their It is quite different to a lot of what I have heard from the debut single All I Want only eight lads and almost felt as though I was listening to a U2 song, especially at the beginning. Although when we hit the chomonths ago. rus normality is resumed and it has Kodaline written all The 11 track album will have a over it. number of singles we all know very well. Songs like High Hopes and One All Comes Down To You is in my opinion a particular standDay, both with hooks that linger out and one of my favorites. The beautiful vocals will have even on first listen. High Hopes is you in love from the moment you press play.The track Pray certainly one all music lovers will combines strong vocals with dramatic piano cords. Finally, know word for word having topped Way Back When finishes off the album in great style. It’s a the Irish charts over the past completely different sound to what we are used to hearing from the group especially having listened to the album few weeks. from start to finish.

Number three on the album is Love Like This, another well-known song. Kodaline have come on such an amazing journey in such It starts strongly, allowing the lyrics a short space of time. It would be insulting to class them to speak of their true meaning while as a boyband when in fact they are much much more than the boys assemble strong electronic that, they all have their own unique flare, from frontman beats. Brand New Day is written Steve Garrigan’s pop star looks to the group’s rich vocal about the dawn of a new beginning, harmonies.Each one has something to offer whether it be and the band have said it was born the incredible drumming of Vinnie May, the rich bass from Jason Boland or the guitar from Mark Prendergast. by jamming in a field in Leitrim.

Next up is After The Fall, I had One thing is for certain these guys won’t be propping up initially heard a live performance of stools, dressing the same and covering someone else’s this online and was wowed instantly. music, they are completely original.

Graciano can certainly sing and showcases his range excellently here. As we get further into the song we also get a taste of Graciano’s rapping skills and it’s clear he is in his comfort zone with this style.

Towards the end Ryan O’Shanughnessy features on the piano taking the tone right back down to a slow set. It does sound quite similar to work he has done in the past but luckily for Ryan his tone and flair never gets old.

The song is well worth a listen and shows Graciano as the diverse artist he really is. It’s obvious the track is mostly Graciano but the addition of the input from Ryan really adds to it. It’s a typical love song but with a twist.

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Google Glass

By Cathal Jennings

Forget the next iPad or the Samsung Galaxy S5 Google Glass is the hottest property in today’s overheated world of technology

But the novel part is the voice control: wake up Glass by tapping the side then saying “OK Glass - take a picture”, or “record a video” or “get directions to...”

Google’s idea is that Glass will integrate all the benefits of the web into human interaction, but it will This is all despite the fact that be less conspicuous, less of a almost nobody who is talking barrier than a mobile phone. about it has yet worn one and they’re a year away from going on For now, though, perhaps the key sale. So what is it really like to use? thing about Glass, however, is the Is it recording everybody’s every realisation that it’s not yet got many move? Is it selling your soul to uses. In conversation, Glass is usually redundant. It’s not recordGoogle? ing everything you see, and its Glass is a wearable computer the video defaults to 10 second films. like of which we have never really Although an app has been written seen before. to make it take a picture with a While police and the military pronounced wink, that would make developed cameras that can record it just about the least useful covert and send images, Glass is camera on the market. fundamentally a product of the web. It consists simply of a screen, If you really want to take pictures sitting above the wearer’s right eye, nobody knows you’re shooting, far that looks to them like a 25” display better to do it on a phone or invest just inside their peripheral vision, a in a spy camera - you can get them battery, and a panel that allows hidden in a tie or a pen, which are users to swipe through what is both rather easier to conceal than a computer on your face. displayed on that screen.

A battery life of three hours active use, or an estimated 45 minutes of constant recording is similarly inefficient. If you want to worry about covert surveillance, better to bang on about CCTV than Google Glass. Certainly, in Europe if not America, we are all filmed almost constantly in a way that Google Glass would hardly change.

instantly being shown the answer is great, but it’s not life changing.

A cheap shot is to suggest that because Google is an advertising company, Glass simply exists to further the company’s evil aims.

Indeed, Glass’s main disadvantage is that it looks slightly weird, rather than that it should scare people by its implications.

Your Android phone already tells Google where you are, providing you with useful information and Google with data on traffic conditions.

If anything, my concern was that Glass doesn’t yet do enough to be set to be truly ubiquitous.It integrates with Google Now to provide suggestions on, say, when you need to leave to make it to your next appointment, and it can, say, provide prompts to augment a conversation.

One developer has written an app that makes Glass flash up facts he’s trying to learn so that over time he remembers them. That’s useful but not a revelation.

If you forget an important fact, Googling it via voice command and

But it is, as things stand, simply not built to package your soul in a new way that is more useful to Google.

And it too can film and take pictures and show you emails and search the web. Glass introduces, so far, nothing other than greater convenience.

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Remember Me

By Cathal Jennings

Within Remember Me, there's an outstanding game struggling to be set free It is held back by a story that never takes off and claustrophobic levels that never allow the fantastic nearfuture setting to take center stage.

Remember Me is not the game its world and premise hint that it could have been; rather, it's simply a good third-person action game: entertaining, slickly produced, and flavorful enough to keep you engaged to the end of its six-hour run time. It also stars a great heroine who is both powerful and vulnerable, allowing her to stand out in an intriguing world of corporate influence and lurking danger.

That world is centered on the Paris of the future, where technology has allowed us to exchange and purchase memories, perhaps to replace painful memories with pleasant ones, or to share intimate recollections with friends and lovers. But of course, such power over human emotion also proves dangerous, and happy memories can be bought and abused like

drugs, or even stolen and corrupted. Remember Me's opening moments show you the dark side of Neo-Paris, dropping you into a macabre science facility, and forcing you to share the young protagonist's fear and confusion.

that controls it. You also seek to recover your lost past. Who are you? What events led to this moment? Can you trust the words of this mysterious Edge, whose voice guides you from one objective to the next?

This is a fantastic premise, and occasionally, Remember Me makes good on it. The chilling opening is one such example, though late-game developments prove poignant as well, revealing how personal pain can lead to far-reaching consequences for the ones we love--and even for Nilin is her name, and guided by entire cultures. In between, however, Remember Me falls into a rut, leaning the voice in her ear, she escapes on typical video game tropes, the voice in your ear leading you from one into the welcoming arms of a objective to the next with only a few words of exposition to motivate you. separatist movement called the Errorists. As it turns out, she is a It's a shame that you never get a chance to explore this world to any nomessiah of sorts to its members, table degree. Remember Me is one of the most linear, guided games in though it isn't immediately clear recent memory, giving you little choice but to wander down its narrow just why she's such an important paths until you reach the next battle, the next cutscene, or the next scripted part of this group's plans. And so platforming sequence. as Nilin, you set off to free the populace from the tyranny of the Give yourself over to this theme-park ride, however, and you'll have a technology that has led to such good time. Remember Me takes on a predictable but comfortable rhythm abuse, and to fell the corporation of scripted platforming, melee combat, and light puzzle solving.

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Game

41 The Last Of Us

By Cathal Jennings

The downfall of civilization redefines moral boundaries No longer do labels like thief and murderer mark you as a criminal; everyone must steal, must kill, must do whatever it takes to survive.

Humans roam in packs like feral dogs, claiming their territory and killing anyone who encroaches on their turf. Life is bleak, brutal, and exhausting.

The outbreak happened so quickly that there was no quarantine plan in effect. Infected monsters crashed through their neighbors' windows, smashed the doors to splinters.

Husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, dead before they could react, or worse. Maybe they became one of the infected.

stroyed by the infection, but who still cling to life. Though he never asked for such power, he now holds the key to saving the world.

The game’s other main character, Ellie, is easy to relate to. In this world of constant danger, she is scared. Ellie is both strong and vulnerable, smart and naive, and her humanity provides the impetus to push you through to the bitter end.

The virus spread through major cities and suburbs, and the military, with all of its training and weapons, She could be the savior humanity was powerless to stop the epi- has been waiting for, and Joel has the privilege of escorting her away demic. from the hostile city she now Joel is just one man amid a sea of resides in to a faraway settlement people whose lives have been de- desperate for her arrival.

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Motors

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BMW 3 Series GT

By Rachel Lynch

Its nearly here!

The new BMW 3 Series Grand Turismo will be launched on the Irish market on July 6

easily for further storage space.

Passengers will certainly travel in style with the amount of legroom in the back.

The exterior in my opinion will suit any customers taste no matter what their taste it’s simply stunning. BeThe BMW 3 Series GT mixes all the yond the familiar kidney grille, the practicalities of the touring with the 3 Series Gran Turismo is a 3 like no sharp handling and styling of the other. saloon. It’s longer wider and taller than every other 3 series. Making The silhouette has been influenced The 3 Series BMW is great and I It is without doubt in a class of the GT the most spacious and prac- heavily by the breadth of objectives, find it hard to pick any faults with its own. Prices starting from: but primarily the decision to create this new model. tical car of the range. €44,170 OTR such a capacious rear. There are a All GTs come with an electric pow- few external styling touches that are ered tailgate and this new model completely new. Like the air has a fancy hands free system breathers behind the front wheels where you just wave your foot and the active rear spoiler, which is under the back bumper and it will a first for BMW. open your boot automatically, which is excellent if you are Don’t let things like an active rear spoiler convince you that this is a carrying bags. real performance car. It’s actually The interior is similar to the stan- set up to be a little bit more comdard 3 Series. Up front is typically fortable than a standard 3 beautiful 3 Series fare with soft- Series.Your positioning on the road is excellent as you get the feeling touch 3D layered dashboard. you are driving an SUV style car and There is a decent sized boot which you have a great view of all that is will accommodate all your storage ahead of you. needs. The seats also fold down

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Business

44 SMEs in court victory on State contracts The High Court had delivered a judgment in favour of SMEs in a case challenging the State's exclusion of smaller firms from certain public procurement tenders.

Local Teacher Scoops Major Award On Tuesday June 18, The Ireland Fund Business Plan Competition took place in the Guinness Enterprise Centre and we are delighted to announce that the winner was a local secondary school Science teacher.

Ollwyn Moran, from Templeogue, developed a babygro with grips that aids neurological development in babies by preventing them from slipping and sliding while crawling.

The idea for Creeper Crawlers Crawl Suit came about when Ollwyn noticed that her first born had difficulty crawling on wooden or laminate floors, the babygros help the child to crawl due to the innovative grips, which in turn promotes healthy body and brain connections.

Ollwyn had to present her Business Plan to the 12 judges and admitted to being nervous beforehand but she obviously performed well and her passion for the product was communicated effectively and she was the clear winner, Ollwyn explained that while she was delighted to receive the award the fact that she was the unanimous choice of the 12 judges gave amazing validation to her years of hard work!

Ollwyn won â‚Ź10,000 plus in-kind supports from the DCU Ryan Academy, the Guinness Enterprise Centre and Bank of Ireland, this coupled with the contacts she has made during the process will help bring the business to the next level!

See www.creepercrawlers.com for more.

ISME has welcomed the decision handed down by Mr. Justice Hogan in the High Court on the public procurement practices of Government and the 'Framework Agreements', specifically for managed print services and found that Minister Hayes was acting 'ultra vires'.

The judgement means that public service procurers can deal with all SMEs and SMEs can continue to quote for work across the public service, even where a 'Framework Agreement' exists.

Commenting on the court's decision ISME, Chief Executive, Mark Fielding said; "Given the importance of small and medium enterprises to the Irish economy, a level playing field is needed for all businesses wishing to participate in public tendering.

The benefits of higher SME participation in the public procurement process are obvious, in promoting fair competition and innovation. Procurement policies can help stimulate economic development by increasing productivity within SMEs, at the same time reducing costs."

He said that he has been attempting to get the minister to understand the difference between price and value since he was appointed.

4 HMV stores to reopen with 100 jobs HMV is to reopen at least four shops creating 100 jobs according to recruitment agency Excel which is looking for staff in Dublin and Limerick.

Its shops on Dublin's Henry Street, Liffey Valley shopping centre, Dundrum Centre and the Crescent Shopping Centre, Limerick will open again in the next few weeks and Hilco, who bought 141 HMV stores from the administrator in the UK for a reported â‚Ź59m, said it has begun recruitment.

A former landmark store on Grafton Street is not included and the property is currently on the rental market.

The 16 HMV stores in the Republic closed in February and 300 staff were made redundant after the company's receiver Deloitte said the business was not viable due to "competition from web-based retailers and digital downloads", compounded by "high levels of rent".

Former staff that lost their jobs in February have been encouraged to apply for the new positions.An initial plan to reopen one shop in Dublin has now been expanded following deals with store landlords and the brand now looks set to re-emerge with a significant Irish presence.

Hilco have also recently purchased film rental company Xtra-vision.

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45 Pharmaceutical Giants Back Ten-Year-Old Author A talented 10-year-old boy, whose first two books were published in March this year, has received the backing of Ireland’s pharmaceutical giants, which are now supplying and distributing his work.

Online increasingly women’s destination for health and beauty

Joe Prendergast, of Sandyford in Dublin, wrote The Great Fragola Brothers, and its sequel, The Great Fragola Brothers: The Twisted and was snapped up by publisher Emu Ink.

Almost one third (30%) of Irish women buy cosmetics and skincare products online, citing online deals (72%), access to products not available in local stores (63%) and ability to see reviews from other shoppers (53%) as the main reasons why.

The proceeds from all sales, of both his e-books and paperbacks, Joe decided, will go to the Cancer Clinical Research Trust (CCRT) in St Vincent’s Hospital, in memory of his Dad Geoff.

The research, commissioned by Boots Ireland, came as the retailer launched its new dedicated Irish website, boots.ie.

Now, thanks to Uniphar, United Drug and Pinewood Healthcare, all of which have got behind the talented youngster and his cause, the paperbacks are now available in over 1,500 pharmacies nationwide.

The site will sell 26,000 products including many not available in smaller Irish stores, which can be ordered in-store, online or by phone and delivered to your home, workplace or nearest Boots Ireland store.

Customers will be able to access product reviews and spend and earn Boots Advantage Card points online.

Boots Ireland’s research also revealed that almost a third (28%) of women shop online at work, with one in five (21%) women going so far as to say that they prefer to shop online than in-store.

Commenting on the research, Debbie Smith, Managing Director, Boots Ireland said: “We want to offer our Irish customers a great shopping experience, whether that’s online or in-store.

Visit www.boots.ie for more information.

Ger Rabbette, CEO of Uniphar said, “Joe’s undeniable talent and his determination to help support the fight against cancer really struck a chord with us. He wrote his excellent The Great Fragola Brothers books in memory of his Dad and we wanted to ensure that as many children as possible got to experience the magical adventures of Guiseppe and Paolo. The books are in stock and ready to be distributed to over 1,500 pharmacies all over Ireland from today.”

United Drug’s Ed Gibbons said: “I know Professor Crown and his team in St. Vincent’s will be extremely grateful for his kindness, and his family, with good reason, will be very proud of him. Well done Joe from all in United Drug.”

Joe’s books are now available, for €9.99 each, through pharmacies across Ireland and can also be bought and rented at www.emuink.ie

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Writers’ Corner J’ MEMBER

By Mike Mahon J’member the days we played ball on the streets, Not a care in the world as we munched on our sweets.

No cars to disrupt us ‘cept cops on the beat Plodding their way on oversized feet.

J’member the days when the milk was delivered, The coalman came too in case we were shivered.

A horse pulled the bread van and lots of cake too.

Oh, the smell was divine as we joined in the queue.

ROSE WITH A THORN

By Megan Thompson We chewed on our pencils and splattered the ink As we scratched our gray matter to help us to think.

J’member the mother so kind and so dear As she slaved in the kitchen to bring us good cheer.

And dad as he worked in the factory by day Arriving back home with plenty of pay.

J’member the days when the feel of a breast Would send us off scurrying quick to confess To the men in black boxes that lurked in their lair And left us in tears and utter despair

J’member the summers when the days were so hot, It melted the tar as we stood on the spot.

J’member the winters all buried in snow, When of to the pictures we would all go.

Mike is now retired after a career in commercial flying. He also did aerial photography in Ireland, North and South. He worked for various airlines and worked in Nigeria, Bahrain, U.K.,Holland, J’member the school where we went to be France, Belgium and finally back to learning, Aer Lingus.

T’was a bit of a joke till exam time came bearing.

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He did a BA in his ‘spare time’ with Open University. He has two daughters, Lisa and Aoife and son Michael.

There were once two butterflies, Both of them were drawn to a rose.

The first butterfly lived with the rose for many years and loved it with a true heart; But with a flower such as a rose, Many others will try and pick its beauty.

One day the rose was seen by another butterfly and by using all her wit; The rose was soon hers to keep.

The first butterfly tried in vain to capture her beloved rose again, But the charm of the second butterfly kept the rose away Without admitting defeat the first butterfly flow away, But she never forgot the rose that once was hers.

Megan is from Tallaght and is 18.

She has been writing short stories, poems and songs for around two years now and she really enjoys writing. She says this poem tells the story of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.

Are you an aspiring author or poet?

If you’re interested in seeing your work published in InTallaght, simply submit your poem or short story (no longer than 300 words please!) to editor@intallaght.ie and you could see your creative writing in print in one of our future editions!

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Bookworm

1 47 THE LAMENTS

By George Hagen I do love a good family saga, and I thoroughly enjoyed every page of this one I also tend to like novels set in other cultures, and this is the perfect crossover in that respect.

The family at the centre of the narrative are, unsurprisingly called the Laments. As a family they have one motto, that the Laments travel, that’s just what they do.

The story starts in a hospital in Salisbury, Rhodesia, where George Hagen himself was actually born.The distinction that that same city is now called Harare and the country is Zimbabwe is central to the plot. These were colonial times, not modern day. The Laments are ‘white Africans’ living a privileged existence.

The fact that Hagen lived through a similar experience to the family in the book explains how real and relatable the writing is. I felt I could understand why the different characters felt and acted the way that they did.

When Howard and Julia Lament, white South Africans living in Rhodesia,secretly adopt Will,a baby switched at birth in a bizarre hospital debacle, it marks the beginning of a journey that takes them from Rhodesia to the Middle East,Britain to the New Jersey suburbs – for no matter where the Laments set up home, the grass always seems greener on the other side of the ocean.

I feel the use of the surname Lament has a symbolic meaning in this book. Every time the family move to a new country, they lose something, both metaphorically and physically. From Will having to leave his first ever friend in Bahrain, something to lament. Through the Laments’ restlessness,responses to adversity,and especially to losing his sense of belonging in Africa. their unwieldy love for one another, George As the Laments discover that living somewhere Hagen gives us a portrait of every family that is doesn’t necessarily mean belonging there, Will funny, tragic, and improbably true. grows up struggling with his sense of identity in the shadow of his anarchic twin brothers Julius and About The Author Marcus.Yet when disillusion and mishap threaten George Hagen was born in Salisbury, Southern to tear his family apart, it is Will who fights to hold Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) in 1958. He lived in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia (now them together.

Zambia) then moved with his family to Great Howard is an engineer,specialising in valves.At the Britain in 1964.In 1969 he moved to Lawrenceville, start of the book he is young and idealistic, with New Jersey, in the United States. big dreams of using his talent and enthusiasm to achieve great things. He wants to irrigate the Sa- He optioned and wrote screenplays in Hollywood, hara and design an artificial heart. His wife Julia is drew cartoons,and wrote magazine articles before a fiery spirit who must balance her husband’s oddly writing novels. George lives in New York City with nomadic nature with unexpected aspirations of his wife and children. her own.

We get to know the personalities of the three children, but Will is at the heart of the story.His struggles to fit in and his sense of not quite belonging even in his family,never mind in the societies that he is thrust into, make me wonder if this reflects Hagens feelings on his own childhood.

In fact, in an interview with Barnes & Nobel he revealed: “I was a surrogate baby for another mother in the ward whose child was in an incubator. So every day I would spend some time with her, and some time with my mother.”

Luckily for him his story didn’t take the strange twist of Will’s but it’s a great jumping off point for a plot!

Undeniably eccentric, the Laments are also universal. Every family moves on in life. Children grow up, things are left behind; there is always

Gwen Taylour Graphic Designer/Bookworm Gwen lives in Terenure and works at InTallaght magazine. She has been an avid reader since childhood and always has at least one book on the go. Email her at gwen@intallaght

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Beauty

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Bridal XXXXBeauty

these days are going for colour. It may depend on your colour scheme, or you may just want to add a pop of colour against all the white and neutral tones.

Don't forget about pampering your feet. Your new wedding shoes might need to come off during the night, and you won't need to be worried about hard, cracked heels with nail polish that has been growing out for the past several months!

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By By Emer McGillion

FROM FAKE TAN TO

FINGERTIPS Tan For most Irish brides, the pasty almost blue tone to the skin causes a bit of a problem for not wanting to blend in with your dress! We all know the health risks associated with sun beds so best to stay clear - particularly if you are very pale and you don't tan easily.

Many women are turned off the idea of spray tans because they don't want to look orange, and we have all had our bad experiences with tan at one time or another! But realistically, a lot of professional tanning products today are more advanced and won't give you the tangoed look.

A once over spritz is usually enough to take the bottle white glow away, and add some warmth to the skin.

Prepare your skin by exfoliating with a body scrub, to remove dead skin cells. When you apply fake tan, it tends to grab hold and cling to dry skin, which can make it look uneven. So by moisturising every day in the lead up to getting spray tanned, it will mean your skin will be soft and hydrated, and your tan won't turn out to be streaky.

If you are shaving or getting waxed, make sure it is done 24 hours before your tanning session. If it is done after, you will remove most of the tan. On

the day of getting tanned, avoid deodrant, perfume and body creams. These can react with the tan and alter the colour - not good!

Get one done a few weeks before the big day to put your mind at ease to how it will turn out.

Getting spray tanned 48hours before your wedding day is the safest option. It may darken on the second day, and will settle in on the third day. As always with false tan, moisturise twice a day to help prolong it and this will also make sure that it fades gradually as opposed to becoming patchy.

Nails False nails don't seem to be as popular as they used to be. If you bite your nails, or have weak nails where it's impossible for them to grow, then nail extensions are the best way to make your hands look elegant and groomed for your wedding. In recent years, it's the likes of Shellac & Gelish - which are known as a power polish - that are becoming most popular. "On like a polish, wears like a gel". There is no drying time, and they are chip resistant - which is amazing considering that you have your honeymoon to think about as well!

French polish has always been the traditional nail look that brides go for, but many more

A pedicure will completely rejuvenate the feet and get them in shape for sandals. They have many pressure points, so you will find it deeply relaxing and it will give you some time out amongst all the chaos surrounded in the lead up to your big day!

If you would like any advice or information on the treatments above, contact me by phone (086 378 3516) or email (info@skinkandy.ie).

Emer McGillion C.I.B.T.A.C C.I.D.E.S.C.O Professional Beauty Therapist/Make-up Artist Emer has been working in the beauty industry for the past 9 years and has extensive experience in areas such as advanced skin care, laser treatments, specialised waxing, tanning, make-up, nails and more. She has set up her own mobile beauty service called "Skinkandy" which provides a broad range of beauty treatments that are all carried out in the comfort of your home, and at your own convenience.

www.skinkandy.ie skinkandybeauty @skinkandy_ie

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Recipe Hummus

50 Guacamole

Accompaniments The beauty of these dips is their versatility.

Hummus, being a Middle Eastern dish, is usually served with triangles of toasted pitta bread. Guacamole just cries out for tortilla chips and salsa on the side. This is just tradition of course, feel free to mix and match!

Both dips work equally well with some fresh vegetable crudités such as sticks of:

carrot celery peppers cucumber asparagus sugar snap peas or any other vegetable you feel like!

Ingredients

Ingredients

200g canned chickpeas 2 tbsp lemon juice or more 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tsp ground cumin Salt 4 tbsp water 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp paprika 100ml tahini (sesame seed paste) - optional

1 red onion, finely chopped 1 tbsp of ground coriander 1 tbsp of ground cumin 8 ripe Hass avocados 3 red chillis, seeded and finely chopped juice of 3 lemons 1 tub of sour cream 2 tbsp freshly chopped chives salt and pepper to taste

Method

Method

Drain the chickpeas and rinse. Reserve a few whole chick peas for serving.

Combine the chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt, tahini, and water in a food processor, and blend to a creamy purée.

In a large bowl combine the red onion, coriander and cumin.Add the avocados to the bowl and mash well with a fork. Add the chillies, lemon and season generously and mix well.

Add more lemon juice, garlic, cumin or salt to taste. Turn out into a dinner plate, and make smooth with the back of a spoon.

Place the guacamole in the centre of 4 bowls, spoon the sour cream on top and finally sprinkle with the chives.

Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and scatter with the reserved chickpeas. Sprinkle with paprika.

Avocado browns quickly when exposed to air so if there is any left over, it won’t look great the next day. It’s still fine to eat though!

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Gardening

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David Frazer

Raised Beds

By David Frazer

Landscape Gardener Dave is from Kilnmanagh in Tallaght.

He has over 30 years experience as a professional Garden Landscaper.

Dave currently manages his own sucessful Garden Landscaping business.

Visit www.davesgardening.ie for project galleries and more information.

RAISE THE BAR

IN YOUR GARDEN Raised bed gardening can offer gardeners the chance to increase crop production while decreasing garden area Raised beds are very helpful to gardeners that have limited gardening space and those who have difficulty with poor clayey soils which do not dry early. Efforts to improve poor soils can be focused on the raised bed growing areas only. They help keep pathway weeds from your garden soil, prevent soil compaction, provide good drainage and serve as a barrier to pests such as slugs and snails.

Raised beds drain and warm up earlier in the spring, which will allow planting of cool season vegetables much earlier than normal recommended planting dates.

Raised bed gardens can be worked on soon after heavy rains without compacting soils.

The sides of the beds keep your valuable and shrub garden soil from being eroded or washed away during heavy rains.

Gardeners are able to plant earlier in the season because the soil is warmer and better drained when it is above ground

level. By raising the soil level, raised garden beds can help reduce back strain when bending over to the bed. This is particularly helpful to us older gardeners or people with bad backs. And if the beds are built well, you will able to sit on the edge of the bed while weeding, and for some gardeners this is the biggest advantage of all.

Raised garden beds can be made in a variety of different materials, and they can be made with relative ease. The most common height is 12in (30.48cm) which is the height of two deck boards or you can use old railway sleepers or concrete blocks. Although less aesthetically pleasing, they are inexpensive to source and easy to use.

If building from old sleepers make sure to line the inside edge with plastic first so that the creosote painted on them will not damage the plants. Pre-manufactured raised bed gardening boxes also exist. It is best not to build the raised beds width wider that 4'(1.219mm) across. This is because it is easy to reach the centre of the bed from either side.

Once they are built, raised beds will be easy to prepare for planting and to look after

VAT registered & Fully Insured

Call 087 243 4211 or 01 452 3979 throughout the growing season. Root crops grow longer and straighter in medium-to-coarse-textured soils. Raised beds are well suited to a wide range of intensive gardening techniques such as intercropping, and successive plantings, use of plant supports, compact varieties and mixtures of food and ornamental and herbaceous plants. Their tidiness usually produces a very attractive and pleasing appearance.

Once the soil is added and the bed is planted, make it a rule to never stand on the bed. Stepping on the bed will compact the soil, reduce aeration and impact root growth. Roots will need to travel down through the soil to access available nutrients which are essential to plant growth.

If the soil is dense and compacted, much of the plant’s available energy is directed to the struggling roots. By lightening the soil, you will help root growth and, as a result, better vegetative growth.

The simple test to check for soil density is to stick a finger into the soil. It should easily go down all the way to the third knuckle.

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Fitness

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Six Pack Secrets

By Jen Feighery (B.A., I.T.E.C., E.R.E.P.S)

6 SECRETS TO A SUMMER

SIX PACK Whether you’re male or female, did you know there is a six pack hiding inside us all just waiting to be unveiled this summer.

this exercise to your workouts. Before you know it you’ll be having your friends around on a Friday night for a Plank off Competition.

3. Eat The Right Foods Winter may have been a time when you drank You may have heard the saying ‘abs are made in your six pack, this summer you’re going to wear the kitchen’. Truer words have never been spoken.

All processed refined foods need to go straight in it! Here are the six secrets you need to know. the bin. Get rid of bread, crisps, microwave meals and take aways. It’s the sodium preservatives and 1. Stop Spot Reducing Focus on your entire body and not just one the sugar in these foods that keep your belly lookarea. Thousands of sit ups all day every day, in ing like a bowl full of jelly. Replace the junk food the morning and before bed will not get you with whole quality natural foods. If it doesn’t have any closer to achieving flat abs. It’s the excess a mother or come from the ground stay clear of it. bodyfat that is the problem not lack of muscle. You want to be including plenty of protein, fruit By focusing on strengthening your entire body and veg in your diet. not only will your core be forced to stabilize you throughout every exercise, you will be burning 4. Cut Down On Happy Hour a lot more calories as opposed to performing I’m not going to tell you to completely eliminate alcohol, but when your trying to lose weight and thousands of sit ups. tone up, alcohol is the ultimate enemy. Alcohol releases a hormone estrogen into your blood2. Power Of Planking This powerful move targets your entire core stream and when you have too much estrogen abdominal muscles; it practices balance and your’e more prone to hold onto weight, hence the strengthens your chest, back, shoulders, legs. term Beer Belly. Alcohol on top of this lowers your Hold this position for as long as you can and inhibitions, decreases your will power and makes you every workout you do try to beat your previous extra hungry. The result? You standing in a chipper time. You’ll definitely see the results by adding ordering a kebab at 3am. No one does that sober!!

5. Cut Sodium Intake And Up Your Water Intake Bloating isn’t all in your imagination. It is possible to carry extra water weight in your tummy. To beat the belly bloat decrease your sodium intake to approx 1,500mg a day and increase your water consumption. By getting familiar with reading food labels, monitoring your sodium intake will be very simple. Limiting the amount of sodium will help you reduce your water retention allowing those abs to appear.

6. Run You need to be including Cardio workouts in your routine to melt away that sheet of fat that is hiding your abs. Running is a fantastic all round fat burner, you can not only lose fat but strengthen your core, making your abs rock hard. All you need to do is a simple 30 minute run twice a week with a few intermitting sprints along the way. Use various landmarks when incorporating a few sprints e.g. lamp post to lamppost or tree to tree.

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Sport

54 Thomas Davis Juvenile Summer Camps Thomas Davis will host a range of Summer Camps to cater for juveniles this July. The camps will be for both boys and girls age five to 13.

Ballyboden St Endas Malin to Mizen Head Challenge Congratulations to David Curtin, Brian O'Regan and Martin Kenny and friends who completed the Malin to Mizen Head Challenge. David and his team have been fundraising for the IHS, if you wish to sponsor the lads log onto the website:

The football camp will take place in the first week of July. The hurling /camogie camp will begin on July 8 and run to July 12. There will be a final camp in August which combines all GAA codes.

www.mycharity.ie/event/malin2mize nchallenge2013/

The cost of the camps is €40 for Thomas Davis members and €70 for non- members. With the GAA championships in full swing the camps are an ideal opportunity for any new children who may seek to set out on their road to be the next Bernard Brogan.

Ballyboden Ladies victory

Further details are available from Nollaig Ryan on 086 397 6120.

Well done to Senior A Ladies on a great win over Clanagael Fontenoy with a score of 1-12 to 1-6. Great character and determination was shown by the girls who were behind at half time by a goal but came out in the second half to defeat them by a convincing 6 points.

This win now secures the team a place in the Semi-final. Well done to all involved.

17th Irish Karate & Ju-Jitsu Cup The 17th Irish Cup Karate and Ju-Jitsu Tournament takes place on Saturday June 29 at The Arena in Tallaght.The competition is open to all styles from Karate to Kung Fu and Tae Kwon Do. There will be eight special category awards on the day and registration begins at 8am.

See www.fighter.ie for more details.

Rathcoole Boys Football Club end of Season The last update of the season from Rathcoole Boys FC saw the Under eight’s team finish their last match of the season against Blessington.

Both teams were on equal points, and had to play this match for second place in the SDFL League. Rathcoole came out winning 5-1.

Celebrity Soccer Classic in Tallaght Stadium Saturday June 8 saw Tallaght Stadium hosting a Celebrity Soccer Classic in the form of Bernard Dunne & Guests squaring up to Shamrock Rovers All Stars.

Bernard Dunne's team included Packie Bonner, Ray Houghton, Ronnie Whelan, Paul McGrath, Niall Quinn, The Coronas, Ryan Sheridan and Shane Byrne. On the Rovers team were the legendary players who won four league titles in a row in the 1980s, who celebrate their 25th anniversary this year.

There were bouncy castles, face painters and free refreshments, making it a fun day for the whole family. Admission was just €5 per person or €12 for a family of four.

That evening saw a gala ball in City West with 700 guests.

All proceeds went to the Make A Wish Foundation and Irish Dogs for the Disabled.

Whitechurch FC underage success Whitechurch FC, based in Rathfarnham have had recent success with their under 10’s and under 13 teams. The under 10’s have finished high in their league and also won a blitz competition last week in Shankill.

The under 13’s team won the South Dublin Football League. Congratulations to all involved. The presentation afternoon will take place on the afternoon of June 30 from approx. 3.30pm in the Furry Bog pub in Rathfarnham.

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Tallaght Taekwondo receives highest honours

woman in Ireland to achieve the rank of Master last year. Floyd also teaches in Blessington and Stillorgan.

Sunday June 2 was a historic day in the hisStephen Doyle is the Instructor to Old Bawn tory of Taekwondo in Ireland.

Taekwondo School in St. Maelruan’s Junior Two Tallaght natives Floyd Keane and School, Old Bawn and is the National Coach Stephen Doyle were promoted to Masters to the RITA/ITF Ireland. He also teaches in at an exam under Grand Master Robert Maynooth and Carlow.

Howard and a panel of Senior Masters from the Republic of Ireland Taekwondo Associ- Both have been training in the Korean Art of Taekwondo for the last 30 years and have ation (RITA). represented Ireland on numerous occasions The exam took place on the third day of an winning World and European Gold medals.

International Technical Seminar that was Floyd has also been the National Coach until being held in St. Mark’s Community School. his retirement in 2005.

Since its introduction to Ireland during the late 1960's only nine other people have had the honour of being promoted to the rank of Master which is Seventh Degree Black Belt. The RITA was founded in 1972 and was the first Taekwondo Association on the Island; the RITA celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2012.

They will travel to the World Championships in Bulgaria from July 14-22 to receive their certificates from the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) President Prof.

Chang Ung. The Tallaght Taekwondo Schools have been teaching Taekwondo to children and adults for over 30 years.

The exam (or grading as it’s called) was the first ever Masters Grading under Grand If anyone would like to join then contact Master Howard and so was a special event Valerie at 01 451 0462 for St. Marks and Stephen at 087 698 6491 for Old Bawn. for everyone who was there.

Grand Master Howard was the first European to achieve the highest rank of Ninth Degree Black Belt Grand Master when he was awarded the belt at a ceremony in DPR Korea in 2011 at the World Championships.

Floyd Keane is a member of the St. Mark’s Taekwondo School in St. Mark’s Community School, Springfield and the senior instructor is his mother Valerie Keane who became the first

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George Kelly

By Padraig Conlon

GEORGE KELLY has been taking pictures of The Hoops for most of his life. As both a fan and photographer he’s seen it all, and usually from pitch side.

InRovers recently caught up with George for a chat.

When did you start taking pictures of Rovers?

very angry about that. Then it was made even worse with the club being homeless for 20 years after the ground was sold, we even played a home game in Cork! No other club would have survived.

The club being taken over by the fans was the best thing ever. All the European clubs are run like that and are owned by the fans.

I took my first photos in 1981. I was a fan, I was born and bred in Milltown and my father and Grandfather were Rovers supporters. I was brought to my first game in the 1960’s. I started studying photography in 1978. When I finished in ‘81 I asked the club for permission to take photos and after a while I started supplying pictures for the match programme. After I had kids Who is your favourite I went AWOL for about three years ever Rovers player? but I couldn’t stay away too long! In the 1980’s I used to love watching John Coady from the ‘Four In A Row’ team. He was fast, had a great left foot, he was a brilliant player. I Being a local lad it still see him in Tallaght and I do say must have really hurt to the kids that I used to watch him you when Rovers when I was their age. He played in left Milltown?

Without doubt, it’s still a sore point Tallaght last week in the Bernard to this day. I pass where the ground Dunne Charity match and unfortuused to be all the time, it’s terrible nately I couldn’t make it. I heard he it’s gone. Like every Rovers fan I was was slicing everything!

And your Rovers team?

favourite

The ‘Four In A Row’ team from the 80’s would be my favourite, that team was very strong. Having been brought to Rovers games since the 60’s I’ve seen a lot of teams and in my opinion they were the best. I’ve great memories of that team.

Your most memorable matches?

The Partizan game where Rovers became the first Irish team to qualify for the Europa League would definitely be one of them. The match with Spurs at White Hart Lane would be another. For 12 minutes after Ricer scored we were the kings! The four and a half thousand Rovers fans that were there that night will never forget it.

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57 Of the many pictures you What was your most have taken down the memorable season? years of The Hoops what The 86/87 season, when we won the fourth title in the four in a row. are your favourites?

teams but it annoys me when those people criticize the League Of Ireland yet they never even set foot in a ground.

I’ve a few. The one of Ricer after he scored at White Hart Lane. I had been down in the photographers pit at that end in the first half and I usually switch at half time but thankfully that time I didn’t and I was able to get that shot.

Finally George do you think Rovers can catch St Pats and challenge for the title?

other grounds got great crowds as well. People nowadays would rather watch English football on the telly, the League Of Ireland doesn’t That was an amazing achievement get a look in. People say that the and we would have done five in a Irish are sports mad but I don’t agree. A lot of them are a bunch of row if we hadn’t lost Milltown. event junkies! They’ll go to the big international events but that’s it.

What do you think are the biggest changes that have happened in League Of Ireland football since you started going to matches?

I was trying to cheer and shoot at the same time! I was determined to capture that. I got a few from the Linfield games in ‘84 that I also like. The crowds back in the 60’s were much bigger than today. People After the move to Tallaght I got the had more time to go to games back very first goal to be scored there by then. I remember being lifted over Twiggy. I caught it at the right angle the turnstiles at Milltown with the as the ball was going into the net. stadium absolutely packed. That I’m very proud of that picture. happened quite a lot back then. It wasn’t just Milltown, lots of the

If you could change anything about the League Of Ireland what would it be?

I do yes, it’s never over till it’s over.

We’ve had our stuttery start but we’re playing well now, it’s football, the whole thing could turn on it’s head! We’re probably not going to win the league but we could win the Cup which would be great along with winning the Setanta Cup. There’s a long way to go yet.

Some of facilities in the grounds need to be improved. I’d love to see more local support for clubs as well as more media support. Some of the papers will have every result from all the English leagues and no For more of George’s photos see mention of Irish football. I’ve no www.georgekellyphotography.com problem with people liking English

The Very First Goal After The Move To Tallaght, Scored by Gary Twigg, As Captured By George Kelly

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Ronan Finn

I know it’s a cliché but if you don’t shoot you don’t score. I’ve a lot more belief now, that part of my game has definitely improved and I’m getting more goals because of it.

By Padraig Conlon

What has been the highlight of your career so far?

RONAN FINN has had an excellent first half of the season, pitching in with some vital goals and putting in a Man Of The Match performance in the Setanta Cup Final win.

We caught up with him ahead of the last match before the break to chat about the season so far and his love of fishing.

You’re having a great season so far you must be happy with your form?

all season, we know we have played well in a lot of games earlier in the season and not got what we deserved.

Thank you, I’m just happy to be scoring goals and doing something for the team to be honest with you.

I think everyone is contributing and things are going well now. I am happy with my own form but I have to make sure I keep it going now and that I keep contributing to the team.

There’s a belief in the team, even when things weren’t going so well Trevor kept telling us that we have to believe in ourselves, that he believes in us. It was great to get that first away win and now we need to keep that going by taking three points against Limerick before we head into the break.

their start, they’re a good side though, very strong defensively, their best asset is they don’t concede many, solid side. I still believe we can win the title.

There’s loads of football still to be played and the teams at the top at the moment are going to drop points, we just have to make sure we capitalize on any mistakes they do make.

Winning the league championship in 2011. That whole season actually was magnificent and to finish up as champions of Ireland topped it all off. Winning the 1st Division Championship with UCD as captain is another highlight.

No one gave us a chance that year but we had a really strong team, we were a very young side but it was a dream season for us. Ciaran Kilduff was also there at the time, we had great players. Playing for the Republic of Ireland Under 21s is also a highlight for me.

Did you support any League Of Ireland side when you were a kid?

No, no one in particular. My Da is from Longford and Barry Ferguson, who played for them, and Rovers later on, was a friend of the family so I’d always look out for their results. I’d go to games up in Tolka and Dalymount but there was no major support for the League Of Ireland in the area I grew up in.

Do you think you’ve changed much as a How is the mood Are you surprised at how player from when Who was your in the camp after you well St Pats are doing favourite player you started picked up your first away considering Rovers when you were a kid? out with UCD? win of the season? beat them fairly comfort- I think I shoot a lot more now than Stephen Gerrard. He’s still my I did then. When I started out I favourite player. He’s the complete The mood in the camp is great, I ably in the probably wasn’t taking on enough midfielder, I love everything about thought we were excellent against first home game responsibility and I was quite reluc- him. I know people say nowadays Cork and fully deserved our win. of the season?

The mood has been great though Yeah they’ve recovered well after tant to have a shot.

that he’s past it but I’ll defend him

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League they play 46 games a season. At least it’s not a 10 team league here like it used to be, God I hated that!

Also I think they should spread the league about a bit, have more teams from outside Dublin in it, it’d Who is the toughest be great for the fans. I definitely opponent you’ve prefer the summer football though; ever faced?

Steven Pienaar when we played we don’t have the infrastructure Spurs, he was excellent, he was just here like they do in England so the effortless, he stands out as the pitches would be a mess in the winter here. toughest I’ve ever faced.

It was reported last year Who has been the that a few clubs across biggest influence on the water were your career? interested in signing you. There’s been a few. From when I was very young it would be Alan Would playing in England or Scotland be Caffrey and Pat Cleary at St Kevin’s.

They brought me up from schoolsomething that boy level and they’re both a big you’d like to do?

I can’t say it’s not something I’d love to do in the future but all I’m interested in at the moment is doing well for Rovers, doing whatever I can to help them try and win the league. The more you give the team the more you get out of it, either with medals or different honours. If something was to happen in the future I'd have to deal with it then. Every player wants to test themselves at the highest level.

influence on me. Alan is still with Kevin’s; he’s an excellent coach.

If you could change anything about the League Of Ireland what would it be?

Fishing is my thing. I’ve no interest in golf at all. I love coarse fishing, I like to head down to Carrickmacross with all my gear for a couple of days, sleep in the bivvy bag.

Only during the months of May to September, I’m not mad about fishing in the cold and rain!

I would make the league longer, not have it squashed into seven months, add an extra two teams to make it bigger. You work so hard to play matches, I can’t believe the season is almost half way over already. It’s not unreasonable to expect us to play more matches, in England outside the Premier

Martin Russell also who was my manager AT UCD when we won the 1st Division title, I learned a lot off him. I’ve had a few managers and I’ve learned something from all the managers I’ve played under.

Finally Ronan, away from football what do you like to do to relax?

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Coming Soon to Civic Theatre

Mon 29 July Sat 17 Aug : 10am to 4pm 3 Week Musical Theatre Summer Camp for Boys & Girls Aged 6 - 18 years

Music: A repertoire of songs from musical

Get the Chance to Perform in Rydell - The Musical on the stage of the Civic Theatre, Tallaght! This camp is ideal for students with an interest in performance and musical theatre. Sing like you’re in GREASE and embark on a musical journey with you as the star through some of the greatest musical songs from the hit movie. No previous experience is necessary. The camp will culminate in a production on the final week!

Rob Murphy (Director of Dramatic Action Stage School & Buffy, star of the Cheerio’s Panto in the Tivoli Theatre) and Dominic Holloway (Speech & Drama Tutor with Foreoige & CACHE trained in childcare & education) both with an associate in performance from Trinity Guildhall London have joined forces with the Civic Theatre and a host of experienced teachers to bring you Camp Rydell.

theatre to pop and through this enjoyment and self-expression discover many skills they never thought they had.

Age Groups: 6 - 8 yrs/ 9 - 12 yrs / 13 + yrs

About Rob Murphy & Dominic Holloway

Mon 29 July - Sat 17 Aug : 10am to 4pm

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