InTallaght EDITION 66

FOREWORD

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elcome to Edition 66 of InTallaght

It’s been a busy month here at InTallaght Magazine as we’ve been putting together this very special local issue just for you.

Our cover interview is with RUA RED artist, Steven Skrynka, who is bringing the ďŹ rst ever exciting ‘Wall of Death’ to Tallaght! As well as showcasing his art exhibition on why people take risks, Stephen will be climbing into the wall of death himself on April 10th and 11th for a live performance and there will be hourly shows with other riders too, so make sure to come and see it! It’s bound to be a great day out for all the family.

Next up we interviewed Killinarden local Lynne Ruane, who has received a lot of press of late, due to

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Lynne told us about her transition from teenage mother to addiction counsellor, to her amazing new position, and how she

pushed against all odds to achieve her goals.

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News

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NEWS Tallaght Gardai Fleet To Be Upgraded

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Entertainment Director Frank Berry talks about his Tallaghtmade movie I Used To Live Here

Cinema Dreamwork’s new movie Home warms our hearts this March

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Music Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s new album No Pier Pressure

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Business News Jobstown Technology Programme Shortlisted For Award

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Tech The new Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

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Games Motorcycle Club and Sponge Bob Heropants

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Motor BMW 5 Series Saloon

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Book We review the most recent Game of Thrones book as the TV series returns

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Interviews 16

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STEPHEN SKRYNKA RUA RED Artist Stephen talks dodging death in the Wall of Death LYNN RUANE Local woman Lynn tells us how she went from school dropout to Trinity Student Union President

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Sports News Irish Rugby do the Double in the Six Nations

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InRovers New midfielder Brandan Miele

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SQ NEWS Easter Prizes Give-Away

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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT A look at the best of Benefit in Debenhams

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COMPETITION Colour your way to some fun prizes with The Square SQ FASHION All the coolest guy’s fashion from Diesel and Jack & Jones

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RUA RED Wall of Death comes to Tallaght!

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Writers’ Corner We pay homage to Ireland’s favourite poet, Seamus Heaney

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Events

NEWS Anti Bullying Awareness Month March was Anti Bullying Awareness Month, launched by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC).

The group launched their Shield Anti-Bullying Campaign in March 2012, with a plan to work towards protecting vulnerable children from bullying. Their services not only provide young people with the necessary coping skills to deal with and protect themselves from bullying, but also crucially helps empower them against this activity.

Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD spoke of the worthwhile initiative as an innovative approach to the bullying problem.

He said, “The issue of bullying is increasingly a very real and growing problem for a large number of children in Ireland.

With the surge in children’s and teenagers’ access to interactive and social media, the reality of bullying has become a huge challenge to deal with not only within schools but also during many children’s free time.”

Firhouse Student In Final Of Google Colouring Competition A student from Scoil Carmel in Firehouse has been selected as a finalist in this year’s Doodle for Google competition. Muireann Coyle, age six, is a finalist in the competition with her picture ‘Playdate’.

The winning artist will see his or her artwork on the Google Ireland homepage, receive a €5,000 college scholarship and a €10,000 technology grant for his or her school as well as a Chromebook for themselves and their teacher. Scoil Carmel teacher Teresa Lea sent us in a copy of Muireann’s work, which hopefully will take the prize when winners are announced on April 20th. To vote in the competition visit www.google.ie/doodle4google/ vote.html

Red Line Book Festival Calls For Submissions The Red Line Book Festival is currently seeking submissions from writers wishing to participate. The annual festival runs in October and takes place in venues across South Dublin County. It aims to showcase the best of national and international contemporary writing and will provide

a wide range of events engaging the local community in the exploration of ideas, culture, creativity and imagination. The submission process is open to everyone living on the island of Ireland and there is no fee to submit proposals. More information at www.redlinebookfestival.com

NEWS National Organ Donation Awareness Week March 23rd marked the start of Organ Donation Awareness Week with the launch held at the Mansion House, Dublin 2. Clondalkin native and popular broadcaster Mary Kennedy who is ambassador for the campaign attended the event as well as kidney transplant recipient Peter Pardoe from Clondalkin, who received a kidney transplant in 2013.

Peter said, “Thanks to my organ donor I now have the energy to do all the things I enjoy doing especially having fun playing with my lively young grandchildren whom I adore. Organ donation is a wonderful gift which touches so many lives.”

The Organ Donation Awareness campaign takes place from March 28th until April 4th. During

Tallaght Athletic Club Launch Annual 5K Race For Cancer Support Group Tallaght Athletic Club launched their annual 5K road race on March 11th in the Tallaght Athetic Club House with Tallaght Cancer Support Group as their chosen charity.

Tallaght Athletic Club facilitates approximately 300 members and recently won the national indoor league title in Athlone. The annual 5K race is part of their fundraising initiative which aims to purchase a pole vault apparatus which will meet all international competition specifications – €60,000 is the target.

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fundraising and they depend heavily on these funds to provide a vital service in the community.

The road race will be held on May 3rd, starting at the Athletics Club house on the Greenhills road at 10.30am. To take part in the race, register at www.tallaghtac.ie All donations to either cause would be greatly appreciated.

the week ‘forget-me-not flower’ emblems will be on sale throughout the country from Irish Kidney Association volunteers.

There are over 700 people in Ireland awaiting life-saving heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants.

Thanks to the gift of organ donation over 3000 people in Ireland are enjoying extended life. www.ika.ie

Kidney transplant recipient James Reynolds from Tallaght with Mary Kennedy, ambassador for Organ Donor Awareness Week 2015

Paddy Holohan & John Kavanagh To Launch New SBG Gym Tallaght’s UFC fighter Paddy Holohan and SBG Head Coach John Kavanagh announced good news for Tallaght on March 25th.

The pair are due to open a Straight Blast Gym (SBG) in Tallaght this May. While the location is currently being kept under wraps, Paddy said it would be in the centre of Tallaght, and called it a “huge moment” for himself and John.

Paddy announced the news on his Facebook page saying, “What I’ve learned from this MMA game is it’s not all about physically fighting, it’s a lot to do with mental toughness, and I’m excited to think of passing it on.”

This is going to be huge for the MMA community not only in Tallaght but in Dublin, as SBG are the biggest MMA club in the

country with Coach John Kavanagh and his team producing some of the best talent in MMA full stop.

With the opening of SBG Tallaght, it’s opening the doors to future Martial Artists to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Paddy Holohan, Conor Mc Gregor & Aisling Daly.

Paddy told InTallaght, ”Not everyone who joins will be the greatest in the world but everyone will learn to be great in the world – this is SBG – ya will be ok.” Watch out for the InTallaght exclusive of the launch.

NEWS Tallaght Gardaí Fleet To Be Upgraded

The Garda Fleet in Tallaght is due to be upgraded as new vehicles are being rolled out across the force, according to Independent Senator Katherine Zappone.

The Senator said that the local Garda district is to receive 13 new cars and patrols which have been kitted out with top of the range equipment including re-enforcing against ramming. The initial local allocation is part of a roll out of 370 new Garda vehicles across the country.

Senator Zappone said, “The fact that the Dublin Metropolitan South Division of the Gardaí, which covers Tallaght, Terenure and Crumlin has been prioritised for the first of the new specially equipped cars and patrols is welcome and a tribute to the hard work and dedication of local officers.”

Senator Zappone also said that in particular this could be an opportunity to boost community policing which has proved invaluable in the local areas in building bridges between the force and the people which it protects and serves.

Gifts For Tallaght Hospital Tallaght Hospital was presented with two items from Tallaght Community Council (TCC) this month.

The first was a Heritage Map of Tallaght. The map was developed by architect Francis Noel Duffy and TCC and is a graphical map showing places and buildings of significance to the history, heritage and architecture of the area.

In addition, to mark National Tree Week, TCC presented the hospital with a Rowan Tree (Mountain Ash) and planted by Micheal Finn, Environment Officer, on the lawn near the entrance to the hospital.

Simon Sweeney (Kiltipper Ramblers), Colm Corrigan (Heritage Officer TCC), Ciaran Faughnan (AMNCH) & Mary Mc Loughlin (Tallaght Person of The Year)

Colm Corrigan (Heritage Officer TCC), Tara De Buitléar (Chair TCC), Michael Finn (Environment Officer TCC), Ciaran Faughnan (AMNCH), Mary Mc Loughlin (Tallaght Person of The Year), Bridie Horan (AMNCH) & Simon Sweeney (Kiltipper Ramblers).

VHI Women’s Mini Marathon Policy Review The Women’s Mini Marathon Limited has reviewed its policy relating to visually impaired and wheelchair entrants. The previous policy stated that only women could enter, but for those who are visually impaired or wheelchair entrants and need assistance, the organisers will now allow male and female assistants. Male assistants will be given a special permit to allow access, while female assistants can either enter the event or receive a special permit.

Kathy Endersen, Deputy CEO of VHI Mini Marathon Ltd said, “We have always welcomed visually impaired and wheelchair athletes in the event and do our utmost to facilitate their needs.

Sinead Kane participated in our event in 2012 where she came second in the visually impaired category and we look forward to receiving her entry for this year and wish her every success.”

Sinead Kane ran the Women’s Mini Marathon in 2012 for ChildVision, the National Education Centre for Blind Children

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Defying Death Padriag Conlon spoke to RUA RED artist Stephen Skrynka about the Wall of Death for his new art experience ‘A Matter of Life and Death’

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ver tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

Samuel Beckett.

Would you risk your life to make one of your dreams come true? Do you think death would be a small price to pay if it happened while pursuing an obsession? A new exhibition in RUA RED asks; is art worth dying for?

The art experience A Matter Of Life And Death has been created by Glasgow-based artist Stephen Skrynka in an attempt to deal with all three of these very questions. We sat down with Stephen to find out what has inspired him to create this fascinating exhibition that will conclude with him risking his own life attempting to ride a Wall of Death on a motorbike.

A Matter Of Life And Death examines the story of two men from Longford, Connie Kiernan and his brother-in-law Michael Donoghue who, in 1977, spent six months and every last penny of their savings, building a Wall of Death in a field behind their house after becoming obsessed with the Elvis Presley film Roustabout in which Elvis’ character attempts to ride a Wall of Death on a motorcycle. Their story was picked up by the national media and eventually culminated in a 1986 movie about the men titled Eat The Peach.

The film became a cult classic and the inspiration for conceptual artist Stephen Skrynka to attempt to learn to ride the Wall of Death himself.

This exhibition follows the artist’s attempts to learn how to undertake this extremely dangerous act. This spectacular piece of fairground architecture consists of an oversized wooden barrel, 26 feet in diameter and 20 feet high and will house an audience of 200 people viewing the action perched on a viewing platform along the top.

So what is the idea behind this thought-provoking, and life-affirming, exhibition which also features paintings, mosaics and other pieces of visual art? “Well why I got so drawn to the Eat The Peach story originally is

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Art is worth living for, is art worth dying for?

Really that starts from what’s worth living for?

because it’s just about following your dream, stealing the materials if you have to, seeing it through and whether it succeeds or fails, that’s relatively unimportant – it’s following that dream, following that spirit and not getting swayed,” said Stephen. “For me art is all about experiencing it and getting drawn into it and having an interest in what you’re drawn into and revealing itself to you. If it’s not doing that, it’s not really working too well.”

“My work is not usually gallery based; it’s about creating a situation and making an art work from it, whether that’s a response to a place or in my case in my work I tend to hitch on a trade or profession and I try and learn it and jump from the next to the next so it’s always a bit manic because I finish a project and then go on to the next one which is completely different.”

This isn’t the first time that Stephen has tried to master a new skill for an art performance. In 2010 he did an exhibition in Scotland called Wall of Death, which was both a theatre installation and a public art event, made in conjunction with the National Theatre of Scotland and the Ken Fox Troupe, a family of daredevil motor-cyclists whose Wall of Death is one of the last great travelling sideshows and part of a fairground

COVER STORY tradition that dates back to the late 1920’s. Stephen attempted to ride the wall alongside the troupe, under the excellent guidance of Ken Fox, and boy did he suffer for his art!

“The original idea for my exhibition was just like the film – to build a wall of death from scratch and tour it.

Then I met with the Fox family and saw them perform and the story of how they lived and performed became much more interesting than what I had intended to do.

“And I very quickly realised how difficult it was! Because I was risking my life, taking the chance, it made it more interesting for people to observe.

If I’d learned it really easily it wouldn’t have been as interesting. Accidents did happen, and I had to come to terms with getting injured and breaking bones.

“Simply getting onto the wall requires courage, a strong stomach (the horizontal position and high speed make you dizzy and exert g-force, turning your legs to lead), as well as the ability to judge your speed with absolute precision. Riders begin to mount the wall by circling on a two-foot wedge at the bottom of the barrel until they’ve reached the correct speed. Then if you try to climb up when you’re going too slow or too fast, you simply fall off, which I found out!

“I was very honoured that the Fox family let me on their wall and took the time to teach me. I broke quite a number of handbrakes and brake levers and I felt terrible putting gashes in their wall every time I crashed.

There was no shortcut, you can’t simulate it, you have to just try it, screw up, try and find out what you did wrong and then gradually get better.”

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It’s following that dream, following that spirit and not getting swayed. his cab. Some sang songs while some took off their clothes! Another recent exhibition My Idea of Heaven saw him travel across Europe with a hearse converted into a mobile tanning unit, offering people a sunbed session in exchange for their views on the afterlife.

I put the inevitable question to Stephen, is art worth dying for?

“Well that question, it’s a bit of a provocation because people are asking me ‘do you mean that?’ Art is worth living for, is art worth dying for?

Really that starts from what’s worth living for? For me it’s art and that’s the manifesto, that art’s worth living for because I think without it I couldn’t survive.

“The statement was made by Michael Powell, when talking about his 1948 film The Red Shoes: ‘Art is something worth dying for.’ The film is quite dated now but the message for me is really really strong – that you get torn in life between if you’ve got talent, for example as a musician, yet you’ve got domestic responsibilities you get pushed and pulled and what the film is saying is the art will always choose for you. It’s about a ballerina getting pulled by her talent, by her choreographer, and her responsibilities to her husband who is an up-andcoming composer. The message is art will always out.

“And it’s not about money, it’s just about making art, and it’s just trying to kind of shout that to the roof tops, because I think art is about making art, it’s not about having a career or making money, it’s about having

something to say and finding a way of saying it I suppose.”

Stephen talks about growing up in the punk era and how that movement was all about saying something, if you’ve got something to say. How it didn’t matter if you couldn’t play your instruments, eventually you may learn how to play but the point is you need to have something to say.

“People say where’s that spirit in 2015? Well it’s still there, you just have to scratch around, my philosophy is just go for it. Make an arse of yourself, make a fool of yourself, fail, keep failing but keep trying. Going back to the Beckett quote time and time again.

Keep doing it.”

“I suppose what this whole project is saying is, it’s alright to fail, and it doesn’t matter what you’re trying to do, everyone’s different. You’ve just got to find what it is, for me it’s art and art is a means of survival. It’s like a benign addiction and it’s not about being talented or virtuoso, it’s just about doing it and then maybe you’ll pick up skills and talents when you’re doing it but if you don’t do it you’re not going to get anywhere. Don’t think of it as a career, just do it.”

What of the two men who inspired Stephen – Connie Kiernan and Michael Donoghue? “Initially when I started out on this project two years ago I didn’t even know if they were still alive or even still living in Ireland. Because of the story of the film encapsulated what a lot of artists are about just pursuing something, a vision, I thought it would be more authentic to find them. Thankfully Connie was tracked down, that’s when the project really took on a life of it’s own. Both him and Michael attended the opening night of the exhibition and both will hopefully attempt the Wall of Death with me.“ I spoke briefly with Connie and Michael at the opening night on March 13th. Both men are very impressed with the work Stephen has

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COVER STORY put into it and Connie believes the theme of obsession is an apt one where he is concerned. Connie said, “After seeing the Elvis film Roustabout the idea for the wall got into my mind and never left me. I kept thinking how I’d love to have a go at doing it.

It was something to aim for, a goal to keep the mind focused on and it was something to do because to be honest with you there wasn’t much else going on at the time!”

Ignoring comments from their families both men soldiered on and gave everything to make their dream come through. “We were getting nowhere but we stuck with it and got there in the end! There was a lot of trial and error, it didn’t happen all of a sudden but eventually we achieved it,” said Connie.

For the duration of the exhibition there will be an installation in the gallery which is a full scale Wall of Death made out of

cardboard and then outside, in front of the library, a fully operational real Wall of Death will be erected for the last two days of the exhibition on April 10th and 11th. The world famous Messham family, who have been involved with the Wall of Death for five generations, will be performing, along with Charles Winters who was a stunt man on Eat The Peach and of course Stephen, Connie and Michael will also be attempting to ride the wall.

A truly awesome and jaw-dropping experience, The Wall of Death show hasn’t changed since 1928 – the only difference to the modern day equivalent being that lions are no longer involved as sidecar passengers!

The audience views from the top of the drum, looking down as the riders start at the bottom, in the centre, and ascend a ramped section until they gain enough speed to drive horizontally to the floor, usually in a counter-clockwise direction.

This is just as difficult, and dangerous, as it looks.

As well as all this The Art of Risk symposium will take place as part of the associated programming for A Matter of Life and Death on April 10th. It will bring together practitioners of the creative arts from a range of backgrounds to explore the pitfalls and creative potential of risk through presentations, provocations and performances.

Finally, what does the artist want people to take away from this exhibition? “Hopefully it’ll engage them, I couldn’t have made any of the artwork without going through that non-art process of trying to learn the Wall of Death. You might look at the paintings and say they’re just paintings, but what I’m trying to say is I couldn’t have made those paintings without going through those experiences like learning to ride the Wall of Death. With the mosaics it’s similar, particularly when you throug a hard time in life – you go through nee your friends and family, really need you need whatever it is. In this case it’s d art, and doing a combination of the a the paintings basically for mosaics and me were a form of survival, and they’re two very very different processes. m The mosaics are all about the importan of art, the importance of importance lif so they say things like, love in life, ‘It’s okay to fail’ – it’s a statement of rat than everyone thrusting belief rather around preening about how much around, mone they’ve earned or how money succe successful they are because we f all the time and it’s not all fail som something to be embarrassed or ashamed about. To put it in fai fairground-style signs spelled ou with lights, messages like out ‘l ‘love will break through strides a art will break your fall’, and w which is actually something I firmly believe. Art will keep you going.”

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Going The Distance Padraig Conlon met with Killinardan woman Lynn Ruane, who has inspired us all with her motivation to go from teenage mother to Trinity Student Union President.

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allaght woman Lynn Ruane intends to break down the barriers to education when she takes up her position as President of Trinity College Students Union in July. Having left school in 2000 aged 15, and seven months pregnant, she decided to go back to education four years ago.

Growing Pains Lynn Ruane grew up in Killinarden in a “good family” with her father John a professional footballer with Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers and then a referee, and her mother Bernie a production manager. Both parents put a big emphasis on education. In primary school Lynn had been a good student, always in the highest class, but when she hit secondary things changed. Lynn explained, “From first year onwards I didn’t enjoy school.

I found I didn’t like being told what to do and the school gave up on me pretty quickly, they didn’t ask me for homework, they just left me be.” She added, “I was a bit rebellious and I hated the structure.”

While she loved music, French and history, Lynn felt bored with school and her interest in her studies waned.

The deaths of some close friends also affected her and by age 14 the spectre of drugs had entered her world.

“Around that time I was thinking a lot about heroin, going, ‘will I?’ A lot of my peers were doing it but I knew I had a plan and that was to do something with my life. I didn’t know what that was but I wondered would

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drugs interfere with that plan.”

She began reading up on heroin and addiction, absorbing as much as she could because she wanted to help her friends who were trapped in that world. This was her first tentative step on the road that would lead to her eventually becoming an addiction councillor.

In her third year of secondary school, at just 15 years old, she became pregnant. She sat her Junior Cert two months before her daughter Jordanne was born. She said, “Because my parents worked I didn’t have any other options at the time to continue my education so there was nothing I could do only drop out,” she said.

The Road Back Her road back to education began shortly after her daughter’s birth when she enrolled in a pilot programme for young mothers in An Cosán in Jobstown, which led her apply to do a course in addiction studies in IT Tallaght at age 17. However she found another barrier in her way, and this

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time it was her age. “Liam O’Brien ran an addiction studies course in the IT every Wednesday evening.

When I went to apply they said I was too young. I told them I would be attending the course whether they liked it or not. Alice Kelly got behind me and they changed their policy on age. By the time I’d finished Liam O’Brien apologised and said “I’d like to offer you a job’”, she said.

Her first role in addiction services was with CARP (Community Addiction Response Programme) in Killinarden before she went on to set up services and lead projects in the Bluebell outreach programme.

Lynn said, “I felt my approach was less medical, less clinical and more holistic and involved tapping into people’s creativity and talents. We did things like teaching people to cook, to grow vegetables, so that they spent less and less time thinking and talking about drugs. Some of them went on to be employed as chefs by the Task Force and City Council.”

When austerity kicked in the cutbacks opened her eyes to the fact that “people were making money off people in addiction, and making big wages with everyone fighting each other for the same scraps of funding.

There was pressure, you needed to up your numbers in drug users.”

She felt unnerved that vulnerable people could be treated like this and didn’t want anything to do with this new “business model.”

Lynn felt that in order to change things in the sector she was going to have to remove herself and come back

Lynn Ruane at a different level. By this stage she also had another daughter, JaeLynne (now eight), as she applied to do the Trinity Access Programme.

“So I gave up my job, my project and my home,” Lynn explained. “I moved with my kids back in with my family. I would never have been able to do this without my own mother who is a role model to me.” After a year of study on the TAP Programme she entered Trinity College in 2011 to study PPES - Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Sociology.

Coming in as a mature student, from a different background to many of the other students, didn’t faze Lynn as she refuses to see differences between people, instead preferring to see opportunities.

“Joining societies in Trinity really helps because you’re with people who have the same interests as you. You need to find the sameness rather than the differences.”

eases them into college. It would be very beneficial to both parties as the secondary students would get help with many practical things while the Trinity Students will get credits which will up their grade,” she said.

So what made her decide to run for Student Union President? Lynn explains, “Last year I noticed that contrary to what many people think, many students in Trinity are struggling to get by financially, as austerity has

Real Role Model Her Trinity experience has likewise been a great benefit to her daughters as both have attended lectures and meetings with her, and both daughters intend to return as students to do their third level studies when they’re older.

Lynn also wants other secondary students from disadvantaged areas to consider Trinity as an option for their futures as well. She has brought students from Killinarden to visit the college in the hope that it may encourage them that they too can avail of the opportunities in Trinity College.

“I want to create a credit system where class reps are assigned two students, 5th/6th years from various disadvantaged schools, who they will mentor with the hope that it

also touched the college. The students there are being treated as revenue, much like the people I had dealt with on the drug addiction programmes and this made me angry.”

“The student societies play such an important role in the life of the college with regard to inclusion and connecting people, yet their funding was being cut. If they lose some of those societies then there will be less inclusion. “The cuts will make things harder for people from poorer backgrounds,” she said.

One of Lynn’s friends suggested that she should run for President, but at first she wasn’t so sure. “Initially I thought no! I thought I could win the election but I didn’t know if I could win Trinity over in a campaign. My friend Donal eventually convinced me to run.”

She decided to run on a platform of Equality, Inclusion and Access, promising to mobilise the student body and get rid of the apathy which existed around issues like student charges. Pre-election she spoke of her hopes that her children “could grow up in a world where gender, class, parental status or race is not a barrier to success” and that “everything I do is to create an environment for my amazing young girls to flourish.”

Her message was very well received by her peers and she was elected after winning a massive 43% of the votes, beating her nearest challenger by 406 votes. Lynn takes up her new role on July 1st this year, when she and her two daughters will be moving in to the college.

So what does she want to achieve as President of Trinity Students’ Union? Lynn details, “I want to get the students more involved in student politics. Many of them are very passive, they just go to college, get educated and don’t get involved in anything else. I want to change that.”

She adds, “There are some very unjust charges and cuts coming and I want to see them get angry about that. I want to run activism workshops to show them how they can make a stand. My campaign manager said if I come out of this year unscathed without p*ssing anyone off I won’t have done my job!” With motivation like that, there’s no way Lynn can’t succeed! march 2015 / 23

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It’s been all go here at The Square Tallaght this month, with a host of prizes given away to our customers for Mother’s Day and St Patrick’s Day. We will have more prizes to give away for Easter so keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages to win.

This month our Community Champion award goes to a wonderful local woman, Lynn Ruanne, and we were thrilled to give her a ₏100 Square voucher to spend for her great achievement of becoming Trinity College’s Student Union President.

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Icing Fun At The Icing Queen’s Tea Party We had so much fun here at our Icing Queen’s Tea Party on Saturday March 14th, which saw so many of you turn up for yet another FREE Square event.

There was much fun and laughter from all the boys and girls who joined us for some afternoon tea here at the centre mall from 1pm to 4pm.

We had a special visitor, our very own Icing Queen who showed us how to decorate our cupcakes and cookies with th her friendly kitchen crew.

The fun didn’t stop there – we also had face painting from our Head Chief Face Painter, who was onn hand to create some beautiful designs.

With Mother’s Day following the very next day we also helped the children with their very own strawberry cupcake card. We look forwardd to seeing you all soon at our next FREE event here at The Square!

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Sq. News March Big Prize Give-Away With both Mother’s Day and St Patrick’s Day being celebrated here at The Square we had plenty of prizes up for grabs over the past two weeks on our Facebook page.

Mother’s Day saw gifts from Pandora, Nando’s, River Island, Style Club, a Debenhams Hamper and many more! We also had

Easter Prizes Give-Away It’s hard to believe we are heading into April already, and with that brings the excitement of Easter, one of our favourite times off the year here at The Square.

To celebrate we have a large arge rs selection of Easter Hampers ked up for grabs which are packed with something for every taste te

Easter Opening Hours As we celebrate Easter holidays, we have some different opening hours to usual:

Easter Monday 6th April 12 noon to 6pm

Good Friday 3rd April 9am to 6pm some festive St Patrick’s Day Hampers which were jampacked with all your musthave party paraphernalia for March 17th. Remember to keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter page where we will have more prizes to give away this month too!

in the family. So if you fancy some chocolate treats on us, g check out our Facebook ppage for your chance to win!

Holy Saturday 4th April 9am to 6pm Easter Sunday 5th April CLOSED (except for IMC Cinema and some food and leisure outlets)

Dancing Flash Mob In The Square There was great excitement here at The Square on Friday March 13th as we hosted a ¿DVK PRE 6WXGHQWV IURP Scoil Santain and Scoil Chaitlín Maude took part and really brought some vibrant colours to the Centre Mall.

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happening were delighted to catch a JOLPSVH RI WKH ¿DVK PRE who entertained us with both dance and song! Parents of the children also turned up to support their magical display.

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Sq. News Lazy Easter Bunny Party

March’s Community Champion is Lynn Ruane We were delighted to award local Tallaght woman Lynn Ruane with our Community Champion Award for March 2015. Lynn has just been elected as Trinity College’s Student Union President, something that is inspiring and great news for the locality.

The achievement is even more impressive when you hear Lynn’s story of how she reached her goals. Lynn, from Killinarden, is a single mother of two, who dropped out of school aged 15 when she became pregnant. With determination and commitment she has worked hard to get to where she is now.

Lynn worked in addiction counselling services from age 17, where she helped start a support programme for teenage heroin users in Killinarden, and also set up a drugs task force in Bluebell, Clondalkin. She is now studying a four year degree in philosophy, political science, economics and sociology at Trinity, and will postpone KHU ¾QDO \HDU LQ RUGHU WR WDNH RI¾FH DV 6WXGHQW 8QLRQ President.

Lynn was surprised and delighted to receive the Community Champion award and hopes to make big changes next year at Trinity for the students there. We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavours!

Marriage Equality Canvassing At The Square Senator Katherine Zappone canvassed for A ‘Yes’ vote for Marriage Equality at The Square on Wednesday March 18th where 200 shoppers agreed to support the campaign and to give time to join Katherine on the canvass in the coming weeks. The event was part of an extensive canvass of Tallaght, Rathfarnham and Citywest which Katherine

has undertaken since the start of the year and which will continue right up until the close of the polls on May 22nd. Senator Zappone said: “I am greatly encouraged by the reception we have received at the Square and on doorsteps in Tallaght, Rathfarnham and Citywest. I believe we must reach out to voters so as they UHFRJQLVH WKH VLJQL¾FDQFH RI the vote on May 22nd.”

We are really looking forward to celebrating Easter this year with our Lazy Easter Bunny Party on Saturday April 4th from 1-4pm. Come to the Centre Mall to help Oopsadaisy keep the Lazy Easter Bunny awake!

We’ll be trying lots of activities to keep him from falling asleep including story telling, funny bunny mask making, face painting and even a show from Mr Puppet with Charlie

Boy Puppet. We promise the day will be funny as we try to wake up that lazy Easter bunny!

Square Present Awards To County Student Enterprise Finalists We were delighted to sponsor a number of awards at the LEO South Dublin County Student Enterprise Awards Final, held at IT Tallaght on Friday March 6th. 14 schools from South Dublin competed DW WKH UHJLRQDO ¾QDOV DQG D total of 27 awards worth close to €4000 were presented across three categories to the ZLQQLQJ SURMHFWV ZKLOH ¾UVW place winners in each category will represent South Dublin in Croke Park on April 22nd.

Our Commercial Manager Cathryn McMenamy presented three awards in the Social Media Category at the event; Mikey’s Candles set up

by Mikey Ó Dúlain, Coláiste De Híde, Tallaght; Socket Pocket set up by Caoileann Nic Artáin, Coláiste De Híde, Tallaght and Life Slice set up

by Cathal Ó Tuile, Conchur Ó hUallacháin & Craig Ó Buaigh, Coláiste De Híde, Tallaght.

Martin Nolan, head of the Accounting & Finance Department in ITT Dublin, said: “The Student Enterprise Awards encourages and enables students to take on the world of business and develop an entrepreneurial mind-set. By fostering an enterprising culture in the classroom, the Local (QWHUSULVH 2I¾FHV DUH ZRUNLQJ with teachers and schools to help nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs.”

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some of the products, or what about a full make over? Simply purchase any two products and sit down and relax while you are treated to a whole new image. Makeup Artist Sarah Adams told us about their new Roller Lash mascara which was introduced to the market last month and is hugely popular, “It’s designed like a hair curler, the tip on it is like an actual hair curler and hooks your lash and it has a curling power of 12 hours. It’s jet black but it’s easy to remove.�

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CINEMA HOME

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sweet, heartg warming movie about ÄUKPUN MYPLUKZ and learning from mistakes.

Home is the latest animated movie from Dreamworks, creators of Dragons and The Croods.

The movie follows Oh (Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory), a Boov alien who doesn’t quite fit in with his species. When the Boovs infiltrate earth and displace all the humans to ‘Humanworld’, Oh makes a simple mistake which sends him on the run from his own kind.

When hiding, Oh runs into a feisty girl called Tip (Rihanna) and her cat Pig, who have managed to escape the Boovs

efforts to relocate them.

Teaming up reluctantly, Tip and Oh overcome a number of obstacles and learn that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human, and together they discover the true meaning of the word home.

Home is an often funny but mostly sweet movie, which will undoubtedly make you laugh but also make you feel a whole range of emotions. It is definitely a movie for the whole family and will appeal to parents and kids alike.

RELEASE DATE: MARCH 20TH // by Genna Patterson

RUN ALL NIGHT

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iam Neeson returns to what he does best – YLZJ\PUN VɈZWYPUN Run All Night is another thriller starring Liam Neeson as a father who must save his child – but this time, unlike in Taken 1, 2 and 3 – it’s his son. This time we see Neeson attempt to save one of his children from for former friend and mob bos boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), while trying to avoid being killed him himself.

Neeson plays retired hit hitman Jimmy Conlon wh who has lost all contact wit with his family after his dangerous past and add addiction to alcohol. His estr estranged son Mike (Joel Kin Kinnaman - known for The Killing) witnesses a m murder conducted by S Shawn Maguire’s son, who has involved himself in his own dangerous gang activities. Now fearing for his life

Mike must depend on the one person who has never been there for him to protect not just him, but his whole family.

When Jimmy shoots and kills Shawn’s son all loyalties between the pair are forgotten, and the real trouble begins.

This film will receive harsh reviews due to its similarities with Taken but nonetheless it works.

It’s the type of film we have become accustomed to seeing Neeson star in but is an enjoyable ride, even if you have seen most of it before.

RELEASE DATE: MARCH 13TH // by Rachel Lynch

THE GUNMAN

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n intense action thriller which sees Sean Penn try to make amends for past actions.

Sean Penn takes on the leading role of international operative Jim Terrier who wants out of the game. He feels his time in the Congo must come to an end if he is to settle down with his long-time love Annie (Jasmine Trinca).

Unfortunately the organisation has other plans in mind as he is chosen as the man to assassinate a Congolese minister. Eight years pass and Jim no longer has a relationship with Annie due to his part in the murder. As an effort to make amends, he is trying to work with the people of the Congo who have been so deeply affected by his actions years before.

While building a well he is forced to defend himself from an attack by armed local men who single him out, he now realises someone is out to kill him – but for what?

Is it due to his actions years before or is there another reason behind it?

Jim is forced to travel across Europe in a bid to save his own life. The Gunman shows Sean Penn prove that Liam Neeson isn’t the only over 50’s action hero in Hollywood.

RELEASE DATE: MARCH 20TH // by Rachel Lynch

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ENTERTAINMENT

A Tale of Tallaght Genna Patterson took a look at I Used To Live Here, a movie shot entirely in Tallaght to highlight the growing epidemic of teen suicide and how it is spreading amongst communities.

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s part of our local focus, we interviewed Frank Berry – writer, director and producer of feature film I Used To Live Here, shot exclusively in Tallaght. The movie stars a host of local people from the area, none of whom are professional actors. It began as a community project, with acting workshops, in order to tell the tale of teen suicide, an epidemic that is spreading not only in Ireland, but also internationally. Frank has previously worked in community television and directed the documentary Ballymun Lullaby, which was critically acclaimed upon its release.

Frank first became interested in the topic of suicide when he read the article Breaking the Ripple Effects of Suicide

by Dr Tony Bates in The Irish Times. From this he got talking to Headstrong – the National Centre for Youth Mental Health, and together they came up with the idea of developing a movie project in a local community.

Headstrong recommended contacting the community centre in Killinarden, which had produced a 20 minute video on the topic already. There Frank met a number of people willing to work on the project. Frank said, “I met Trish and Eileen at the centre and I felt 36 // intallaght magazine

that to put this up on the screen would be a purposeful thing to do.

From the very beginning it became a project that meant no going back since there was such a need in all of us to make it.”

Frank said there was a great sense of pride amongst the people involved, making something and coming together to talk about an issue that is so urgent. “I was looking for a bunch of people who wanted to make this film with me.

When I connected with Killinarden through Headstrong I found a community who desperately wanted to tell this story.”

Frank said it has been a positive experience for everybody involved. “The idea with making the film was that it was an open door policy so that people who wanted to engage in it could engage in it whether it was in front or behind the camera.

Anybody who wanted to be involved with it could be involved with it. A great atmosphere around the project developed as well as an openess with the young people, the youthworkers and parents about the subject.”

The movie took a year to shoot, with many scenes in the homes of the local people-turnedactors. The story focuses on Amy Keane, a 13-year-old trying to cope with the death of her mother

ENTERTAINMENT and the reappearance of her father’s ex-girlfriend, who experiences the temptation of suicide after witnessing the outpouring of love for a local suicide victim that she used to know.

Amy is played by Jordanne Jones, the daughter of our interview subject Lynn Ruane who just got elected as Trinity Student Union President (See page 22 for the interview), and has such screen presence you would be forgiven for thinking this was her day job. Amy’s best friend Dylan (Dafhyd Flynn) has his own issues, with pressure from local drug dealers and being suspended from school, and the idea of ending it all seems all too alluring. Dafhyd is equally convincing in his role, and in fact, the two leads have achieved acting scholarships to Bow Street, so impressive are their performances.

Frank said it was important for them not to show any actual suicides in the movie, despite it being the subject matter, and it was more about opening up the topic for discussion and creating awareness. He said, “The movie doesn’t depict any tragedies, but the idea is to show the ideation and how the idea can spread among young people. I learnt that that people who are exposed to a suicide are statistically more likely to have a suicidal thought.”

I Used To Live Here is a moving, and at times tough movie to watch, but always apt. It tells its story with such grace and care that it really should be on curriculums in schools around the country to get people talking about the spread of suicidal ideation. This movie is a must-watch for all ages, and an important and necessary step to breaking down the barriers to discuss mental health.

I Used To Live Here won Best Irish First Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh last year and is released in Irish cinemas on Good Friday, April 3rd.

There will be also be a premiere in the IMC in Tallaght on March 31st.

Spongeob an Scannán: Spúinse as Uisce’

SpongeBob is going Gaelic, with the announcement that Paramount Pictures and TG4 have released The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in Irish. Dubbing production has begun in Dublin on this local project by Macalla Teoranta, the team who dub the popular SpongeBob Squarepants TV series that is broadcast on TG4.

The movie will be released in both Irish and English on March 27th.

Based on the Nickelodeon TV series, the movies sees SpongeBob Squarepants come ashore to our world for his most super-heroic adventure yet. Niamh McCaul, General Manager of Paramount Pictures in Ireland said, “We are delighted to have this opportunity to work with TG4 and release The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in our national language.

A first for a Hollywood studio, I hope Irish audiences will support this initiative in March when we celebrate all things Irish.”

Lís Ní Dhálaigh Acquisitions & Output Director in TG4 said, “TG4 has been SpongeBob’s home in Ireland since 2000 ... This first-ever nationwide theatrical release of a major kids movie in the Irish language illustrates TG4’s mission to provide an entertaining, engaging point of contact with the Irish language for kids everywhere.

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MUSIC BRIAN WILSON No Pier Pressure

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ext month Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson releases No Pier Pressure, his 11th solo studio HSI\T HUK OPZ ÄYZ[ YLJVYK VM new material since 2008.

In spite of the terrible pun in the title I was genuinely excited to hear this latest offering from one of the greatest songwriters ever. According to Wilson himself most of the songs on No Pier Pressure were written to be

recorded with The Beach Boys when they reunited for their 50th Reunion Tour in 2012. However Mike Love’s crazy decision to pull the plug on the tour, and sack the band’s creative leader, means there will probably never be a farewell Beach Boys album.

Instead Wilson sought the help of a number of guest musicians for No Pier Pressure, and Kacey Musgraves, Zooey Deschanel, and Fun’s Nate Ruess all do an excellent job. Older Beach Boys fans will also enjoy the collaboration with guest Blondie Chaplin, the South African guitarist and singer who briefly was a member of the Beach Boys in the 1970s.

The only other Beach Boys colleagues that figure are Al Jardine and David Marks while Jardine’s son Matt also partook in the sessions along with guitarist and Beach Boys’ “vice principal” Jeffrey Foskett.

It’s amazing to think that this month marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the seminal Beach Boys album Today. That record saw the band move towards more mature topics and abandon any references to surfing, cruising around in cars and young love.

The thirteen tracks on his latest offering are filled with nostalgia and Wilson sticks to the formula that has served him so well throughout his career; laid back sun-drenched music accompanied by beautiful vocal harmonies. This is unmistakably a Brian Wilson record.

Most of the duets work, my own favourite is Sail Away with Blondie Chaplin, which is a musical homage to the guitarists’ most well known Beach Boys song Sail on Sailor, and is reminiscent of their other hit Sloop John B. Another is Guess You Had to be There, with rising star Kacey Musgraves and includes a banjo which gives an extra dimension to the harmonies.

In Last Song Wilson expresses his disappointment with Mike Love’s decision to end the Reunion Tour and it’s a fitting way to close the album.

I enjoyed No Pier Pressure, it’s not a ground breaking record by any stretch but it’s always good to hear new material from Brian Wilson, even if it is similar to nearly everything he’s done for the last 50 years! // by Padraig Conlon

YEARS AND YEARS King

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fter winning the BBC Sound of 2015 poll, London synth pop trio Years and Years have just scored their ÄYZ[ <2 U\TILY VUL ^P[O latest release King.

It is an uptempo feel-good track inspired by 90’s RnB and pop house. On first listen King sounds like a run-ofthe-mill pop tune, but when you scratch the surface a more reflective, deeper track emerges laced with heartbreak and loss.

Lead singer (and actor) Olly Alexander possesses a fine voice that fits perfectly with the mix of synth and electro pop, and even though it’s all been done before the vocal delivery gives the track originality.

Without their vocalist Years and Years would probably sound like a million other electro-lite groups grafting away in bedrooms and garages all over the world. King is a very good pop single and the band deserves credit for diligently honing their craft, moving towards a more club orientated sound will probably prove to be an inspired career move. // by Padraig Conlon

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TECH SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 AND S6 EDGE

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amsung recently unveiled two new phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona; the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge.

How do both phones shape up?

Well both the S6 and the Edge have a 5.1’’ Quad HD (2560x1440) 577ppi, Super AMOLED display, however the Edge also features a dual edge. Both phones look great but the Edge in metallic green, or ‘green emerald’ as Samsung call it, looks amazing.

There isn’t much difference between the two phones except that the Edge is curved, is slightly bigger and the two phones have two different batteries.

Everything else on the phones appears to be the same.

Although the batteries are different they both charge 1.5 times quicker than the S5. On average after only ten minutes of charging the phones will run for about four hours.

The camera on both phones are 5MP for the front camera and 16 MP for the rear of the phone which, according to Samsung, is the most superior quality in a smartphone, even in the dark – which can only improve your selfies.

One of the main features of both of these phones is the enhanced security and the enhanced fingerprint scanner. The phones also come with a feature called ‘Find my Phone’ which secures your lost device and protects personal information

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on the phone using a variety of services including the remote controlled ‘Reactivation Lock’. This is where the new fingerprint scanner is said to be useful giving quick authentication.

Another new feature is ‘Quick launch’ – instead of flicking through your phone to get to the camera, all you have to do now is double-click the home button to have access to your camera.

Both phones will be available globally from April 10th, although no prices were confirmed by Samsung at the time of publication despite a lot of speculation. The Edge is expected to retail at €889 for the 4GB and the 64GB for €999. That is a lot considering the price of a PlayStation 4 is €399 or that a Samsung Galaxy Note can be purchased for €549.

The S6 and the S6 Edge both look like terrific phones, but the price could turn a lot of people off them, especially as HTC announced that they would be launching their latest phone the HTC One M9 at the same event that both new Samsung phones were launched. That phone has a midMarch release date and if HTC keep the price relatively low they could capitalise on those people put off by the price of the Samsungs. // by Colm O’Muiri

GAME SPONGEBOB HEROPANTS

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pongeBob HeroPants is an upcoming action-adventure video game based on the hugely successful television programme.

Like the recent Amazing SpiderMan video game, the SpongeBob game takes place directly after the events of the upcoming movie The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

The game’s story begins with Bikini Bottom and Spongebob’s dreams coming to life – something that you as a player are challenged to stop. To do this you not only play as SpongeBob (Invincibubble) but also as five other characters, and their hero versions from the movie. They are Patrick (Mr Super-Awesomeness), Squidward (Sour-Note),

Sandy (The Rodents), Mr. Krabs (Sir Pinch-A-Lot) and Plankton (Plank-Ton).

As you progress in the game you will encounter different versions of Bikini Bottom, from a candycoated version to prehistoric and warzone. To restore order you will have to help SpongeBob and the gang solve puzzles, battle enemies and unlock new areas to progress to.

Along with solving puzzles as SpongeBob and his friends, you will encounter obstacles and boss battles in popular settings from the movie.

Some of the bosses from SpongeBob’s dreams you will face are Burger Spatulas, the terrifying Lollipop Creatures and Squidasaurus.

One of the features of the Xbox 360 version is that there is a four player co-op available, which means you and three friends can team up to help SpongeBob to

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bring Bikini Bottom back to normal. In all versions though there are lots of hidden items to discover and upgradeable skills to acquire, as well as enemies to do combat with. The game has a ratings age of seven and over.

RELEASE DATE: Friday March 27th on Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita & Xbox 360 // by Colm O’Muirí

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otorCycle Club is an upcoming arcade racing video game from publisher BigBen Interactive and Developers Kyloton.

While there are a lot of racing car games available, there aren’t many for motorbike racing for console gamers; the only others that that I can think of are Moto GP and MXGP. In Motorcycle Club you can choose from 22 official motorcycles, from some of the world’s biggest and best manufactures such as Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, BMW and KTM. That’s nine superbikes, 10 roadster bikes and three custom bikes. This is also the very first video game to feature superbikes.

Motorcycle Club also offers 20 different race

tracks to do battle on across the USA and Japan in night and day.

One of the main features of the game is that it allows you to create your own motorcycle club where you can recruit new members to join your club and rise through the online rankings.

The more races you win the more money and experience you will get, which you can use to upgrade your existing bikes, or use to buy new ones. You can also customise your club with different emblems and helmets along with many other items.

In Motorcycle Club you can challenge your friends and other online gamers to see who has the best motorcycle club.

It is a lot like Driveclub for the PS4, but obviously with bikes.

Initial reviews of the Steam demo reported a lot of flaws and poor

reviews for the game, so hopefully these glitches can be fixed before the game becomes available in Ireland on consoles.

MotorCycle Club will be available on PS4, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC when it is released on March 27th, although the game is not available on Xbox One consoles.

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MOTOR BMW 5 SERIES SALOON

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e have covered BMW plenty of times here at InTallaght and I have to say I have never been disappointed.

As I am sure you are aware BMW rarely get it wrong and each year they turn out models that get better and better and for that reason they continue to be a consumer favourite.

I test drove the new BMW 5 Series Saloon which is simply stunning and I can promise you it’s the ultimate driving experience. The 5 Series Saloon is tailor-made to meet the highest requirements. Its stylish appearance makes it the most advanced 5 Series Saloon ever.

If you’re looking for a comfortable, high-quality interior, then the 5-Series ticks all the boxes. It’s been compared to the larger 7 Series in both style and quality, and it features a high standard of build. The driver sits quite low, giving the BMW a typically sporty feel, and one thing that really stood out for me as a massive plus is the large range of seat adjustment, which 44 // intallaght magazine

makes it easy to get comfortable.

The 5 Series Saloon is available in both petrol and diesel but whichever engine you go for you won’t be disappointed as the car drives brilliantly with responsive steering, strong brakes and excellent highspeed agility that is sure to please those with a love for the whole driving experience.

There are four trim levels available; the SE, Modern, Luxury and M Sport.

The greatest thing about the entire BMW range is that even the standard cheapest version of any of their cars comes well equipped. However, if you are really looking for a head turner it would have to be the M Sport for nothing other than its sporty add-ons.

The 5 Series Saloon starts at €44,830, but as you can imagine the price is quick to rise when you start to look at adding extras; to choose from the type of leather interior to the alloys. However if price is no issue then you really will have a fun time choosing the perfect BMW for you. // by Rachel Lynch

BOOK GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A Dance With Dragons

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P[O [OL ÄM[O ZLHZVU VM Game of Thrones on release April 12th, we reviewed the most recent book from the series, which will soon be overtaken in story by the TV show.

A Dance with Dragons is the fifth and latest instalment in George R.R. Martin’s phenomenally successful fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire. Broadly split into two parts it continues the story in the North and in the eastern city of Meereen, both areas left ignored in the disappointing fourth book A Feast for Crows. We also see action in other parts of the world like Dorne and King’s Landing.

Like all the books in the series so far, events are narrated from the point of view of individual characters, whose timelines occasionally fall out of sequence with each other.

It’s because of this that the story in A Dance with Dragons actually kicks off with the Night’s Watch in the North, where the events of the third book A Storm of Swords, have just finished. This can be a little jarring at times as in order to make sense of some developments the reader has to do a certain amount of mental gymnastics and constantly keep in mind the timeline of the series as a whole. By the end, A Dance with Dragons moves the story from the conclusion of A Storm of Swords, links up with A Feast for Crows and continues into brand new territory.

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Confusing as it sometimes is, if you can forgive the occasional bit of timetravelling, the book’s style actually works really well. We get a chance to see Westeros through the eyes of the people who inhabit it and to literally get inside a character’s head. What they don’t see coming we don’t see coming - and in the game of thrones a lot has happened that we didn’t see coming. As is typical of the series, A Dance with Dragons does not

no such luck. A Song of Ice and Fire is absolutely epic in scale and I was already struggling to keep track of all the people in it long before I opened a page of A Dance with Dragons.

Martin needs some of the editing done for him by the TV show’s production team and that became really clear when reading this book.

There were stages when I had to stop reading to fish out an old book from the series or to check a wiki page, just to remind myself who some character was and why they were important. While a certain amount of that is necessary for the richness of the world and the series, it was sometimes simply excessive.

Equally Martin now has so many threads being woven through the plot that it will be interesting to see how he ever manages to knit them all into an ending.

That said, for anyone willing to look past what are mostly small issues, or anyone with a better memory than mine, A Dance with Dragons is a return to form for Martin and a fine book that will satisfy fans and keep readers hungry for the next instalment. // by Niall Brunell

disappoint when it comes to shocks, twists and turns. It’s just as dangerous to fall in love with a character as it ever was, with the author willing to kill off just about anyone.

That said I did find myself wishing that there weren’t quite so many characters. While the TV series has been able to streamline the story and merge the roles of smaller characters with existing, major ones, readers of A Dance with Dragons will have

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BUSINESS NEWS Irish Cancer Society Partners With Home Retail Group The Irish Cancer Society has partnered with general merchandise retailer Home Retail Group, owner of Argos, Homebase and Habitat. This partnership will engage 1,600 Home Retail Group colleagues and customers across Ireland through a range of fundraising activities and events aiming to raise a total of €150,000 by March 2017.

Home Retail Group selected the Irish Cancer Society as a charity partner following a staff vote with the money raised funding the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Centre Nurses and Daffodil Centres throughout Ireland.

John McCormack, Chief Executive Officer, Irish Cancer Society said, “We are delighted that Home Retail Group will

Jobstown Technology Programme Shortlisted For Award Jobstown Learning Centre An Cosán has been shortlisted for an award in the Aontas Adult Learners Festival for one of its programmes. The Young Women in Technology Programme (YWIT) focuses on helping women adjust to digital technology and also aid them with future employment.

An Cosán Education Programme Coordinator, Sinead Kelly, who was featured in the Silicon Republic’s Women Invent event, commented, “We want to eliminate the fear factor associated with technology for some women, and close the gender gap in the tech sector which is massive.”

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the pilot of YWIT, and is recruiting more participants for upcoming courses.

Registration for YWIT and all IT courses is ongoing.

Please contact An Cosán at 01 462 8488 or email info@ancosan. com for information about the range of courses on offer.

Visit their website at www.ancosan.ie or drop into An Cosán for more information.

be supporting and raising money for the Irish Cancer Society and, in particular, our Daffodil Centre Nurses and Daffodil Centres. This new partnership with Home Retail Group will enable Daffodil Centre Nurses to continue to deliver the care and support to those affected by cancer and help us open additional Daffodil Centres to reach and support even more

people in Ireland.” The partnership will officially launch in all branches of Argos and Homebase across the country with Daffodil Day on March 27th.

Tallaght Hospital Nurses Nominated For Award Tallaght Hospital is full of excitement this week as it sees its cardiology nurses nominated for an award in the upcoming Irish Healthcare Centre Awards on March 27th.

The nomination for the team is in the ‘Large Teaching Hospital’ category for the nurse-led chest pain service at the hospital.

The department is led by advanced nurse Shirley Ingram. The service has been in operation since 2011.

Shirley told us of her excitement of the nomination, “My colleagues and I are delighted to have been shortlisted for this award. It is recognition for the nurse-led chest pain assessment service and for Tallaght Hospital.

We wish to thank our colleagues in cardiology, the emergency department and the acute medical unit for their support.”

Heart disease continues to be one of the biggest causes of death in men and women in Ireland. Chest pain can be an initial sign of heart disease.

“The service provides nurse-led rapid access assessment and investigation for patients with chest pain and is run by a Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner and two clinical nurse specialists.

Patient satisfaction with the service is positive and we advise those with chest pain to visit their GP or emergency department,” said Shirley.

Young Social Innovators ‘Speak Out’ The Young Social Innovators (YSI) held a ‘Speak Out’ event in the Mansion House, Dublin 2 on March 18th. Seven hundred young people from all over Leinster took part. The ‘Speak Out’ Tour also ran nationwide from March 5th to 26th as part of the YSI ‘Social Innovation Action Programme’. Over the course of the events 6,500 teenagers from across Ireland spoke about the social issues they are tackling in innovative and inspiring ways.

Health, homelessness, domestic violence, LGBT rights, disability, community and bullying are just some of the issues that these young social innovators addressed.

Rachel Collier, CEO, YSI said, “The ‘Speak Out’ events give young people their first opportunity to advocate in support of a cause they believe in and on behalf of others; to have their voices heard and to realise that they are part of a wider movement of young people engaged in similar innovative action.”

Twitter Celebrates Ninth Birthday For all those fans of social media site Twitter, it’s time to celebrate its ninth birthday. The site launched originally as ‘Twttr’ in 2006 with the first tweet

by Co-founder Jack Dorsey, who said, “just setting up my twttr” on March 21st, 2006.

Twitter said of its birthday, “At our nine-year mark, we continue to say that Twitter is what it is because of the people who use it. After all, it’s because of you that we have product features like hashtags and best practices like live-Tweeting. Today, these are deeply rooted elements of Twitter and part of mainstream cultural vernacular.”

“We will continue to thank you and celebrate you in the coming years as you use Twitter to reflect both the world at large and the world immediately around you.”

Microsoft New Leopardstown Facility Software and technology company Microsoft has announced plans to build a new €134 million, 35,000 square-metre facility in Leopardstown, Co. Dublin.

The new campus will bring the 1,200 Irish employees to the one location, as currently they are spread between three buildings in Sandyford and Leopardstown.

The building work will create 150 jobs and will be located at the back of Leopardstown racecourse.

Managing director of Microsoft Ireland Cathriona Hallahan said the new building will be “a fitting and appropriate commitment to Ireland to celebrate our 30th anniversary here.”

It is due for completion by the end of 2017.

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Record Breaker Jack Madden recently spoke to Tallaght’s Amanda Larkin who has made history by winning a total of six gold medals at the National Bowling Championships recently.

How often would you compete and where?

There are ranking events in Ireland every month and we have the World Cup qualifiers in May. On the European Youth Tour there are events most weekends and I try to compete as much as possible but it’s very expensive to travel all over Europe without a sponsor. I’ll be competing in the German Youth Open in May.

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oubles and Mixed doubles in the bag following the first weekend, Amanda went on to add gold in the Trio and Team events before topping off her success by taking the overall National title home.

You won six medals at the National Championships which is a new record that saw you named Sportswoman of the Year.

How does it feel?

I’m absolutely thrilled to be honest. I had some brilliant teammates in a lot of the events who all played really well and to be named ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ is such an honour.

I’d won the same prize at junior level previously but to get it as an adult competitor is really special.

How are the teams made up for these big events?

Well to be honest there aren’t enough competitors for us to put club against club so the teams are organised amongst ourselves and I’ve played with people from Stillorgan, Bray and Kildare. For the mixed doubles I played with my coach Paul Stott while Sarah Flannery was my partner in the women’s doubles.

In the trio event Sarah and I played with Dymphna Kestell and for the team it was me, Sarah, Carol Catchpole and Aoife Hall.

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What does the future hold for you in bowling?

The Women’s Pro Tour has just been reintroduced in the United States and if I could secure enough sponsorship I would love to travel over and compete professionally.

Finally, what would you say to someone thinking of taking up bowling?

You’ll be representing Ireland at National level in October. How were you picked for this?

When you win Nationals you qualify to go forward and represent Ireland at the European Champions Cup. The event is being held in San Marino in October and my coach Paul Stott qualified as the male representative which is great.

I think that bowling is such a unique game as you never grow out of it. You can keep playing until you’re 80 years old!

The Tallaght Arrows meet every Saturday at 10am in LeisurePlex Tallaght Village for those interested in taking up the game.

SPORTS New Management Team For St Annes

Pajo Delivers Knockout

St Annes GAA Club Bohernabreena has appointed a new senior football management team following the departure of Kenny Lawlor last month.

The new management team consists of Declan Patton, Alan ‘Nipper’ McNally and Barry Keely who took over following Anne’s first competitive league game of the season, which they lost by a single point to rivals St Marys of Saggart. Declan Patton, originally from Donegal, has lived in Dublin for over 20 years and has managerial and coaching experience with Castleknock, St Peregrines and Parnells and holds a diploma in Gaelic Sports Performance which was awarded to him by the Ulster Council.

Tallaght’s Patrick ‘Pajo’ Hyland delivered on his promise to defeat Colombia’s Manuel de los Reyes inside five rounds at Madison Square Gardens on March 14th with an impressive fourth round KO victory.

The featherweight fighter landed a number of eye-catching combinations to both the body and head of his opponent throughout the bout before upping the pressure in the fourth round and knocking Reyes to his knees with a sweet uppercut.

The Colombian could not make the ten count and Hyland was victorious for the 30th time in his professional career and now has a record of 30-1 (14KOs).

This was Hyland’s third victory in a row since his devastating loss to Javier Fortuna when they fought for the WBA Featherweight title in 2012. Hyland has returned to Ireland to train in anticipation of another stateside fight in late April which could see him move back into contention for a title shot.

Brendan Hyland Smashes Record Tallaght’s Brendan Hyland has set a new 100m Butterfly senior standard after breaking his own 2013 record of 54.40 in 54.27 seconds. The record fell on the final day of Swim Ireland’s Dave McCullough Memorial event in Bangor during March, where Hyland won the 100m Butterfly final.

Hyland, who trains with the Swim Ireland Performance Centre at the National Aquatic Centre and lives on the National Sports Campus, said after the event, “I was surprised at the record, I haven’t rested for this event so it was great to get that time and I’m looking forward to Nationals in April to go even faster.”

Irish Rugby do the Double!

March was a huge month for Irish rugby as both the men and women won their respective Six Nations Championships. The men were set the difficult task of beating Scotland by a score of more than 21 points on Saturday March 21st and they came out 40-10 winners before awaiting the result of the England Vs. France game to see if they would be crowned backto-back champions.

Tries for Ireland from Sean O’Brien (2), Paul O’Connell, Jared Payne and the boot of Jonny Sexton gave England the mammoth task of beating France by more than 26 points and they came agonisingly close with a 5535 win over their French counterparts.

Come Sunday and the Irish women’s team had the chance to claim a historic Six Nations double for Irish Rugby as they travelled to Broadwood Stadium to face off against the Scots, needing to win by a 27 point margin to take the title home.

The Irish Women were inspirational as they ran out amazing 73-3 winners against Scotland as they claimed their second Championship and Triple Crown in three years to finish off a miraculous weekend of Irish rugby.

Well done to both teams and bring on the World Cup in September!!

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Better With Brandon Padraig Conlon talked to Brandon Miele who joined The Hoops last December after a four-year spell with EPL giants Newcastle United.

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he 20-year-old midfielder from Brookview has been capped at all levels up to Under 19 with Ireland and made his debut for the Newcastle United Reserves at the tender age of 16.

Prior to signing for Rovers he had a short spell with Leinster Senior League side Bluebell United. /V^ OH]L `V\ LUQV`LK `V\Y ÄYZ[ few months as a Rovers player?

It’s been really good, I’ve really enjoyed it, all the lads are sound and there’s a great spirit in the squad. The pre-season training was quite similar to Newcastle’s to be honest. Obviously it’s full time here, I didn’t think it was going to be until I signed in December and Pat said we’re going full time next year so that was a bonus. The training here is top notch, it’s intense, there’s no messing around and everybody has been putting in the hard work. I’m delighted with my decision to come to Rovers.

How did the move come about?

After finishing up with Newcastle last May I came home but it was too late to sign for a League of Ireland club, I had to wait until December. So I went to play with Bluebell United and I loved it there, had a great time. Pat came to watch a few of our games and he just rang me up and said he wanted to meet me. The Bluebell manager Andy Noonan told me there had been a few enquiries from other LOI clubs but once

I’d met Pat and we discussed his plans I decided to sign for Rovers. He’s determined to win things, he wants us to be a hard team to beat and the fact that he’s so determined to win influenced my decision.

How did you enjoy your time at Newcastle United?

It was a great experience, I moved when I was 15 which is quite young. It was unbelievable to be honest with you, I was playing for the reserves at 16 and apart from my last year when I got an injury that knocked me back a bit I had a great time and I learned a lot. I feel I could give advice to any young lad who is looking to start his career in England.

I got to work with Peter Beardsley which was great, he taught me a lot. He’s a top man and still a top player. He used to join in with training and he’d still be one of the best players! Obviously I’m too young to remember him playing but I used to study videos of him and what an excellent player he was. Yohan Cabaye was another big influence on me from my time there.

I would watch him quite a bit because he played in my position. He’s a top player, he would be the best player I’ve ever trained with. I used to hate playing against him in training because he’s so good technically, I couldn’t get near him! Obviously I loved playing with him, you always wanted to be on his team in training. I can see why PSG paid big money for him.

John Carver is a top bloke as well

INROVERS although I don’t think he’ll get the managers job full time in the summer, he’ll probably be assistant to whoever takes over as manager. He’s giving the young lads a chance at the moment, a lot of them would be lads I played with over the last few years.

I still keep in touch with them and I hope they’ll get more opportunities between now and the end of the season.

What is your preferred position?

Centre midfield is my preferred position, that’s where I’ve always played throughout my career so far. I’d be more of an attacking midfielder, I love to score goals, but obviously the defending side of the game has to be done as well. I have played on the wing before, I’ll play anywhere the manager asks me to play, I don’t mind.

Did you follow the League of Ireland prior to becoming a professional player?

Yes I did, my Dad used to bring me when I was a kid then whenever I came home from Newcastle I used to go down to Rovers on a Friday night. All my friends are Rovers fans so they’re all dying to come down and watch me. The Rovers fans are unbelievable, I knew they were great before but I’ve been so impressed with them since I’ve signed – the noise they made in the Pat’s game was brilliant. They deserve success and hopefully we can deliver it for them this season because they’re the best.

What have you made of The Hoops start to the season?

I think we’ve done really well, I’ve been really impressed by the standard in the league so far. I thought the first game against Pats was great, it was a pity about the wind but I thought the lads did

really well considering the conditions were so tough. We were unfortunate against Cork – I think we deserved to win that game, and on another night one of those chances would’ve gone in. I think we’re going to be the team to beat this year. I’m working hard and hoping to get into the starting eleven to show what I can do, then if I get my chance I want to keep my place. The competition for places in the squad is brilliant, I think we’re strong all over the pitch.

Everyone is determined and wants to do well, the spirit is good.

What players have impressed you in training so far?

Fats (Keith Fahey) is brilliant, I so was delighted when I’d heard he signed at the end of last year.

Stephen McPhail as well, it’s great to get to work with them everyday.

Would you like to see more ex-Ireland Internationals coming home to play in the League of Ireland?

Yes I think it’s a good thing because their experience will help the young lads, they know exactly what it takes to make it to the top of the game and they can also be helpful for a young player going through bad times as well. There’s talk of Damien Duff coming back to play in the league in a few months and that would be great to see. More ex-Internationals coming home might also get more fans through the turnstiles which everyone would love to see.

The 2015 SSE Airtricity League season is well and truly under way and Rovers have made a great start taking ten points from a possible twelve.

Padraig Conlon looks back at their opening IRXU Ƃ[WXUHV Rovers 1 Vs. 0 St Patrick’s Athletic March 6th, Tallaght Stadium The big kick-off had finally arrived and along with it came a gale force wind and an almost full house. Expectation levels were high after the new additions to The Hoops squad during the winter. In the week leading up to the game the manager had spoken of once again making Tallaght a difficult and intimidating place for away teams and the home supporters certainly played their part as the noise levels were impressive from start to finish.

Finally Brandon what are your targets for the season?

To get into the team and stay there, and help Rovers win as many trophies as possible.

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Webster, Max Blanchard and Danny North making their competitive debuts and it was two of them who combined to get Rover’s first goal of the season. Pat’s keeper Brendan Clarke’s kick-out was caught by the wind and blew right into the path of Max Blanchard who picked out Danny North with a ball over the top. Battling both the wind and some of the Pat’s defence North did brilliantly, taking a touch before applying an excellent finish that found the far corner of the Pat’s goal to give Clarke no chance.

Rovers were comfortable for most of the game until the closing moments when keeper Craig Hyland made a wonderful reflex save to keep ex-Hoop Ciaran Kilduff’s fine header out. After the game a delighted Pat Fenlon spoke of how impressed he was with the contributions of debutant North and the home crowd. “Danny was different class tonight, we know he can do that, his record in this league is very, very good,” he said. “It’s great to see the supporters back in, I thought our own supporters were excellent, they made some noise throughout the game.

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To start with three points at home is great, I think we deserved it.”

Goal-scoring hero Danny North was understandably also in great form come the final whistle! “I’m absolutely buzzing. My momentum after I scored took me towards the Pat’s fans but I thought I’m going to have to celebrate with our own fans! To get off the mark so early in my Rovers career, it doesn’t get much better than that. The main thing tonight was the three points so we’re delighted with that. Conditions were tough, you want to play pretty passing but it wasn’t really possible with the wind.”

Sean O’Connor scored Rover’s first away goal of the campaign after 24 minutes with a long range effort that probably shouldn’t have been saved by Longford keeper Paul Hunt.

Longford Town 0 Vs. 2 Shamrock Rovers March 14th, City Calling Stadium

Kieran Marty Waters doubled Rovers lead just before the break when he slalomed through the home defence before finishing well to send the travelling fans into a frenzy. Longford attempted to muster a comeback in the second half but the closest they came to getting back in the game was in the 81st minute when home striker David O’Sullivan’s shot just went past the post after he’d turned sharply in the box.

The Hoops made it a 100% start to the new season with their second win on the bounce. Keith Fahey, making his league debut, and Stephen McPhail started in midfield and the ex-Ireland Internationals ran the show as the home side struggled to contain both.

Shamrock Rovers 0 Vs. 0 Cork City March 20th, Tallaght Stadium The feel-good factor inside Tallaght Stadium was high as Rovers welcomed Cork City for what many were anticipating was going to be an epic tussle. Cork had beaten Rovers three times in the league last year and if anyone was due a beating from The Hoops it was The Leesiders. All the talk in the week leading up to the game was of the five ex-Ireland Internationals who were expected to start. Come kick-off however, there were only four on the pitch as Stephen McPhail started on the bench.

The match itself failed to live up to the hype, both midfields cancelled each other out and chances were at a

INROVERS unlucky with the one that came off the bar. We lost this game 3-0 last year so we have to keep that in mind. We have seven points out of nine after a hard start so we’re happy with that. I’m delighted with the players, we didn’t perform to the levels we have in the previous games but that can happen when you make four changes.”

Sligo Rovers 1 Vs. 2 Shamrock Rovers March 24th, Showgrounds

minimum. The best two fell to striker Mikey Drennan who was making his first competitive start. Just before halftime he got on the end of a Water’s cross but his header cannoned back off the cross bar. In the second half he once again showed good strikers instinct to connect with a Simon Madden cross but his header went just wide of the far post.

In spite of the result the boss was fairly upbeat at the final whistle. “It wasn’t a brilliant game but we created the only two chances. Mickey was

The Hoop’s faithful travelled north to Sligo in a confident mood. Their solid start to the season has been in marked contrast to Sligo’s struggles under new manager Owen Heary. Danny North’s injury frustratingly ruled him of this clash against his old side but no doubt he was in better form after five minutes when Sean O’Connor gave Rovers the lead. Keith Fahey pounced on Alan Keane’s back-pass and when his first effort rebounded back to him off keeper Ryan Coulter he laid the ball off for O’Connor to find the back of the net.

Sligo responded well to this setback and ex-Hoop Danny Ledwith became the first player to score a goal against Rovers this season when his fine free kick ended up in the top corner of Hyland’s net.

Rovers regained the lead six minutes into the second half when Keith Fahey beat two Sligo defenders before crossing to the back post where Mikey Drennan was in the right place to tap in his first league goal for his new club. Stephen McPhail should have put Sligo to the sword a couple of minutes later after Drennan helped set him up, but his shot hit the side netting from point-blank range.

Rovers were fairly comfortable and saw out the rest of the game without too many nervy moments. Three wins out of four represents a great start to the season. With two of the new

strikers scoring the winning goals in two of those games and the defence only conceding one goal so far the signs are very, very promising. It is only the start, and there is a huge amount of football to be played, but if Rovers are to win their first title since 2011 then they are going about their business in the right way.

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i all, Summer feels like it is KLÄUP[LS` PU the air this month – sunshine is creeping in and the evenings have started to get that little bit longer.

We’ve got our Wall of Death performances coming up on the 9th and 10th of April as well as some exciting events coming up to keep you busy all through the summer months. As per usual if you need any more information about the events listed below just give us a call at 01 451 5860.

Until next issue,

Th e RUA RED Team A Matter Of Life And Death March 14 – April 11 A big thank you to everybody who came down for the launch of the exhibition on the 13th.

Artist Stephen Skrynka, Connie Kiernan and Michael Donoghue

Messham’s Wall of Death

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Café Drawing Session at RUA RED

Also don’t forget tickets are now available for the live Messham’s Wall of Death performances through entertainment.ie or through the RUA RED box-office and are priced at €4 for an individual, €2 concession and €8 for a family ticket (based on one adult and three children or two adults and two children).

Don’t miss this chance to experience the thrills of a real-life motodrome right here in Tallaght for the very first time!

There will also be a symposium as part of the exhibition on April 10th at 2pm dealing with the Art of Risk – tickets for this one are free but will need to be booked in advance from our box office at 01 451 5860.

Thank you to our sponsors for this event – Tilestyle, South Dublin County Council and the Maldron Hotel Tallaght.

Introduction to Painting Techniques 7pm | €40 for 4 week term beginning Friday 17th April Always wanted to pick up a brush but didn’t know where to start? Our introduction to painting techniques is a perfect opportunity! These classes are the ideal introduction to a new hobby or the chance for more advanced painters to get back to basics under the supervision of an experienced artist. To book contact 01 451 5860.

Den! Pop in and enjoy these relaxed sessions in a fun and supportive environment.

Café Drawing Sessions | 11am Every Wednesday

Noisy Screening – first Monday of every month Family Screening – every Saturday at 2pm O55s Screening – every Tuesday at 11am

Ever wanted to give drawing a go? Or maybe you are a budding artist looking for like-minded people to draw with? Pop in for our free drawing sessions, held every week in our Creative

RUA RED Film Club Attention Film buffs! Have you joined the RUA RED Film Club yet? With up to five film screenings a week and an individual membership for 6 months at €20 and a family membership (for up to two adults and four children) for €30, it’s the perfect way to broaden your film knowledge or even while away a few hours in the afternoon. Film screenings are as follows:

For more information about how to join call our box office at 01 451 5860.

Ireland’s Best Loved Poem

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his issue we have decided to pay homage to the late great Seamus Heaney, as his poem When All Others Were Away At Mass was announced as Ireland’s Best Loved Poem in the past 100 years.

The poem was voted favourite as part of RTÉ’s A Poem For Ireland on March 11th, and topped the poll of 440 other nominations. The final ten were announced in January and President Michael D. Higgins announced Heaney’s poem as winner this month, as voted by people from Ireland and worldwide.

The final ten were: • A Christmas Childhood

by Patrick Kavanagh • A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford

by Derek Mahon • Dublin

by Louis MacNeice

• Easter 1916

by William Butler Yeats • Fill Arís

by Seán Ó Ríordáin • Filleadh ar an gCathair

by Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh • Making Love Outside Áras an Uachtaráin

by Paul Durcan • Quarantine

by Eavan Boland • The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks

by Paula Meehan • When all the others were away at Mass

by Seamus Heaney

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When All The Others Were Away At Mass Seamus Heaney In Memoriam M.K.H., 1911-1984 When all the others were away at Mass I was all hers as we peeled potatoes.

They broke the silence, let fall one by one Like solder weeping off the soldering iron: Cold comforts set between us, things to share Gleaming in a bucket of clean water.

And again let fall. Little pleasant splashes From each other’s work would bring us to our senses.

So while the parish priest at her bedside Went hammer and tongs at the prayers for the dying And some were responding and some crying I remembered her head bent towards my head, Her breath in mine, our fluent dipping knives – Never closer the whole rest of our lives.

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House Portraits by Mary Burke Saturday March 14th - Saturday April 11th Visual artist Mary Burke has made a series of paintings of the homes of 10 families in West Tallaght.

Visit www.ruared.ie for more details.

Ballyroan Library, Rathfarnham Young Adult Book Club Monday March 30th, @ 6.30-7.30pm For ages 13+, booking essential at Ballyroan Library.

Visit www.southdublinlibraries.ie for more details.

Tallaght Leisure Centre

Easter Splash Camps Monday March 30th - Friday April 3rd Activities include: Easter egg hunt, swimming, dancing, drama, soccer skills, handball, tennis, arts and crafts etc.

Visit www.tallaghtleisure.com for more details.

Civic Theatre

Intentions Tuesday April 7th - Saturday Aprill 11th @ 8.15pm A play about three women at a music festival who aren’t there for the music—but what are they for?

Visit www.civictheatre.ie for more details.

Civic Theatre

The Wizard of Oz Saturday 11th April @ 2.30pm, 5.30pm & 8.30pm Tots and teens from Tanya Michelle School of Dance’s classes perform a feast of ballet and modern theatre dance.

Visit www.civictheatre.ie for more details.

Tallaght Community Council Dodder & Tributaries Clean Up TCC have organised a voluntary clean up of the Dodder and its tributaries and is calling on all groups or individuals to help on Saturday 18th April.

Visit http://on.fb.me/1Czy8c3 for more details.

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