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August ugu 25, 2011
INSIDE: Ferdia’s fitting in nicely at NEXT STEPS: Our essential guide Farmleigh P4 to your third-level options P17-23
The long wait is over: Students get their results CASTLEKNOCK College head-
Football: Castleknock make the leap to intermediate Page 32
master Oliver Murphy is pictured with students Anthony Bourached, David Toner, Jack Hurley, Nicola Cronin and James O’Loughlin at their school just after receiving their Leaving Cert results. After the long wait over the summer the momentous day finally arrived. The headmaster and his staff were on hand to help with any questions or decisions to be made now that the results were in. Full Gallery on Page 10
Soccer: Local sides back in action as senior leagues kick off Page 30
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Five young swans found dead in bag Shocked council staff make the gruesome find
Q LAURA WEBB
FIVE swan cygnets have been found dead after they were brutally killed and dumped in a plastic bag at a housing estate in Blanchardstown. The dead birds were discovered by shocked parks’ staff from Fingal County Council.
The workers found the five dead cygnets last Thursday, August 18, one week after they went missing from the park at Waterville Tolka Valley, located near Connolly Hospital. “It’s such a terrible, horrible thing to do. They were just cygnets, young swans,” one distraught council worker told the
Gazette. The DSPCA has described the incident as an “absolute disgrace” adding: “Under the 1911 Animal Welfare Act wildlife is protected, and swans are wildlife. Anybody who harms or causes distress to any animals, swans included, can be prosecuted.” Full Story on Page 5