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INSIDE: Attending the launch of Farmers’ Market P8-9
Football: Brogan score puts Dublin into Leinster final Page 32
Sports Awards: June’s nominees are announced inside Page 29
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June 30, 2011
SPARKLING ROYAL: Volunteers clean up the canal route See Page 7
Funding for Mills project is put in place Q LAURA WEBB
FUNDING to transform the historic Shackleton’s Mills on the Strawberry Beds into a “first-class heritage centre” will be provided by a combination of revenue sources, Fingal County Council confirmed this week. Last week, the Gazette reported exclusively of Fingal’s plans to turn the historic mill, and its attached Georgian house, into a key heritage site
following the appointment of a project coordinator. Fingal said much of the work will be carried out by trainees “paid by FAS and at a minimum cost to FCC”. A “detailed” breakdown of the costs for the major redevelopment was unavailable but the council spokesperson said funding will be provided from a combination of “Capital, Revenue, and grant sources”. Full Story on Page 6
Hold your horses! There’s a new recruit to Mounted Unit EMBARR was the mane attraction
in the Phoenix Park recently when he became the newest recruit to the Garda Mounted Unit after Horse Sport Ireland chairman, Joe Walsh, handed over the Irish Draught gelding to the Garda Commissioner.
Pictured at the handover are Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan, left, with Joe Walsh, chairman of Horse Sport Ireland, and Garda Lisa Halligan, Mounted Unit. Full Story on Page 6