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Supervised injection room plan is rejected PATRICK FINNEGAN

THE controversial proposed supervised injection room at Merchant’s Quay Ireland (MQI) has been refused planning permission by Dublin City Council.

What would have been Ireland’s first such

facility for drug users, following similar models adopted in other countries, was rejected by the council over concerns it would have a negative impact on tourism in the area.

The council’s decision can be appealed to An Bord Pleanala.

There was a mixed reaction to the news,

with MQI’s chief executive, Paula Byrne, calling the decision “deeply disappointing”, adding: “It will put vulnerable lives at greater risk.” However, Cllr Cieran Perry (Ind) praised the plan’s rejection, saying: ““A facility such as this [would also] normalise and encouragSEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 2 es drug use”.

Anger over sandwich boards’ bill

THE incoming sandwich board charge coming into effect from September 1 is proving hard for businesses to swallow, according to Dublin Town.

The group says many of its members will have to pay much more than the charge’s nominal €630, citing all kinds of additional costs that could push the costs up to a SEE PAGE 4 hefty €2,000.

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COUNCIL REJECTS MQI’S PROPOSAL FOR ADDICTS

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Mixed reactions as supervised injection investigating room plan scrapped Gardai armed robberies PATRICK FINNEGAN

DUBLIN City Council (DCC) has refused planning permission for Ireland’s first ever supervised injection rooms for drug users.

Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI) had applied to run the facility from its building in Dublin city centre.

However, DCC turned down the proposal over concerns it would have a negative impact on tourism in the area.

Another reason given by planners to block the facility was due to an “over-concentration of social support services in the area”.

MQI says the decision will put “vulnerable lives at greater risk”.

The proposed facility would have had seven booths and been able to cater for up to 100 users per day.

The decision can be appealed to An Bord Pleanala.

MQI’s chief executive, Paula Byrne, said: “This decision by DCC is deeply

The Merchant’s Quay Ireland building in the city centre. Picture: Google Maps

disappointing.

“With one person a day in Ireland dying of a drug overdose, it will put vulnerable lives at greater risk.

“In 2016, 736 people in Ireland died from drug-related causes – the fourth-highest rate in Europe – and every indicator suggests that this number is increasing.

“International evidence clearly demonstrates that supervised injecting facilities reduce public injecting, reduce risk of disease transmis-

sion, and most importantly, save lives.

“We will review DCC’s decision and consider our next steps. In the meantime, we will continue to advocate for people in addiction, to ensure that they receive the care they deserve.”

Cllr Cieran Perry (Ind) welcomed DCC’s decision to refuse planning permission He said: “I’m delighted with the decision to refuse planning permission.

“To propose spending €3 million on an injection

centre to maintain people in addiction, rather than properly funding drug rehabilitation as the only effective method of tackling addiction, is scandalous.”

Cllr Perry says that there is no evidencebased research to prove injection centres work and that referrals to rehab or detox are disgracefully low.

He said: “The proposal for an injection centre is a cynical attempt to hide the public face of drug abuse in Dublin, instead of actually tackling the problem.

“A facility such as this also normalises and encourages drug use”.

Cllr Perry called the injection centre a class issue, saying: “a lifetime of methadone maintenance, an encouragement to continue to use heroin, but out of public sight, and [fostering] a tolerance of a life lived through addiction appears to be acceptable when it comes to working class drug addicts”.

TWO violent armed robberies took place last Sunday in different parts of the city.

In Cabra, a pharmacy worker was hospitalised for an injury received during a robbery last Sunday afternoon.

The incident happened at the Maple Centre on the Navan Road, Cabra around lunchtime.

A woman entered the pharmacy, armed with a small knife, and threatened staff. She tried to open the cash register but failed, and escaped with a quantity of tablets. A female staff member was injured during the robbery. It is believed she was cut and received hospital treatment afterwards.

Her injuries were not believed to be serious and she was discharged after assessment and treatment.

The raider made good her escape and gardai are investigating.

In a second incident on Sunday, a masked raider, armed with a gun, threatened staff at a shop in Dolphin’s Barn on the southside, and then left with a small sum of cash.

Gardai are also investigating this robbery and are examining high-quality CCTV footage in both cases.

Help give a name to any storm IS THERE anyone in your life who reminds you of a 200-mile-an-hour wind ripping the roof off a shed.

Well, if so, Met Eireann is asking the public to send in your suggestions for future storm names.

Once again, they are collaborating with the UK Met Office for the ‘Name our Storms’ scheme.

Experts say giving storms specific names makes it easier to report on them, raises interest and awareness of weather warnings and increases preparedness.

Now, any storm which triggers a status Orange or Red weather warning focusing on wind is named, though consideration was also given to rain and snow events during 2016–17.

To send your suggestion, you can use the hashtag #IrishStormNames on Twitter, email Met Eireann at stormnames@met.ie, or write to Evelyn Cusack, Met Eireann, Glasnevin Hill, Dublin 9.

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COUNCIL REVEALS AMBITIOUS SCHEME TO USE MODULAR CONSTRUCTION AT KEY LOCATIONS

Plans lodged for 1,000 rapid-build social housing homes PATRICK FINNEGAN

DUBLIN City Council (DCC) has lodged applications for six blocks of 71 apartments in Chapelizod and two blocks of 55 apartments at Cork Street, Dublin 8.

The plan is to build the apartments without lodging a planning application, under a government initiative which has granted emergency powers, in a bid to solve the homeless and housing problems.

The emergency powers mean that DCC is not obliged to follow the normal planning process, also known as the Part 8 process.

A spokesperson from DCC told Dublin Gazette: “DCC has plans to construct more than 1,000 social housing homes at various locations throughout the city using modular rapid-build technology.

“This is called Volumetric Housing, because it consists almost entirely of apartments, not actual houses, which was the case with previous rapid-build schemes.

“The big positive from this new type of construction is that once a contractor is on-site, we can expect completion in 12 months or less, compared with 18 to 24 months for previous traditional builds.

“It is intended to contract the construction of these apartments – over 1,000 units – in ‘bundles’ of 200 to 300 units over a number of different sites.

“The contract for the first bundle will be awarded in the coming weeks, and this consists of four separate sites, totalling 261 homes.

“We are expecting that two of these schemes – at Bonham Street, Dublin 8, and Bunratty Road, Dublin 5 – may be on site before September, and the other two schemes at Chapelizod and Cork Street will begin in The modular rapid-build homes could be quickly delilvered to the sites around the city early October,” they said.

DCC insists it fully backs planned cultural quarter PATRICK FINNEGAN

DUBLIN City Council has announced that it is committed to developing a cultural quarter at Parnell Square West, despite growing concerns over the cost of the project.

DCC has been pursuing the development of the quarter since 2012.

The proposed development comprises a new city library and a range of cultural fac ilities, including a music centre, a design space, an innovation hub, a business library, a 200-seater conference space, education centre, a cafe and an exhibition area.

The proposed development also includes the redevelopment of the Georgian houses at No 20 to No 28 Parnell Square, and a new public plaza created in front of the City Library buildings and Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane.

The Parnell Square Cultural Quarter is a major flagship development for Dublin city, which will play a key role in the regeneration of the north inner city, as well as providing a new focus and destination at the northern end of O’Connell Street.

The project has been undertaken, to date, by the Parnell Square

Foundation – a charitable trust set up to raise funds and finance the project – with the support of Dublin City Council and property company, Kennedy Wilson.

The agreed funding model saw a minimum of 55% of the project to be funded by private philanthropy, via the Foundation, with DCC funding a maximum of 45% of the project cost.

To date, €4.8 million has been provided as seed funding by Kennedy Wilson, and a further €1.7 million by the council.

Howeve r, D CC h a s now been advised, following work undertaken by a consultant engaged by the Foundation, that the required private fundraising could take more than three years, and that there is no guarantee it will be successful.

T h e Fo u n d a t i o n’s consultant identified a number of obstacles to a successful private fundraising campaign for the project.

The consultant recommended a number of options, but the one that has the support of the Foundation is to split the project between the library element, which would be funded by the counc il, and cultural elements, which the

The proposed development comprises a new city library and a range of cultural facilities, including a music centre, a design space, an innovation hub, a business library, a 200-seater conference space, education centre, a cafe and an exhibition area

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The flagship development Parnell Square Cultural Quarter project will play a key role in the regeneration of the north inner city Foundation would seek to fund.

DCC’s chief executive, Owen Keegan, described t h e d eve l o p m e n t a s “most disappointing and

unwelcome”, in view of the importance of the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter development to the cultural life of the city.

He also reiterated that the council is fully committed to delivering the project in full The estimated cost of the new library building

and associated works is €80m. The intention would be to complete the work to the Georgian houses and the plaza at a later stage.

Protestors raise Dart lift breakdowns A PROTEST was held at Clontarf Dart station last weekend, highlighting the issue of lifts being continually out of service on the Dart line, denying equality of access to people living with a disability and people with mobility difficulties.

Bernard Mulvany, People Before Profit representative for Clontarf, whose daughter is a wheelchair user, and who helped to organise the event, said: “The group is calling for Dart station lifts to be working, so that people living with a disability have access like everyone else.

“If this means that there needs to be extra staff at the Dart stations to protect the lifts from being vandalised, then that’s what needs to be done.”

Barry Kenny of Iarnrod Eireann told Dublin Gazette: “Iarnrod Eireann is currently undertaking a programme of preventative maintenance to address some lifts, where we have experienced issues with recurring faults and misuse.

Reliability “This does mean in the short-term, there is a higher than usual level of availability issues. However, this will ultimately improve reliability over the coming weeks.

“We apologise for the issues experienced, particularly in locations where there have been recurring issues.

We are confident that the works currently taking place will improve reliability.

“There will also be a more significant programme of investment in lift replacement over the coming years, which will see new and more durable units installed.”

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SF blast anti-social acts in Ballyfermot A RECENT upsurge in anti-social behaviour in Ballyfermot has resulted in a local councillor tabling an emergency motion at Dublin City Council (DCC) to condemn this latest outburst of vandalism.

Stolen cars were set on fire on the pitch used by Liffey Gaels GAA club, causing huge damage to the goalmouth area.

Ballyfermot/Drimnagh councillor Daithi Doolan (SF), who tabled the motion, said: “This vandalism is totally unacceptable. This was not only an attack on Liffey Gaels, but also an attack on the whole community. It is wrong. It shouldn’t have happened.

“I put down an Emergency Motion at last week’s Area Committee meeting. The motion was passed with unanimous support.

“The motion called on DCC to repair the damage as soon as possible. I have to give full credit to DCC staff. They responded quickly and have since repaired the damage,” said Cllr Doolan.

POLITICS: TAOISEACH INUNDATED WITH EMAILS OVER MATTER

Scale of public ‘Swing Gate’ anger revealed GARY IBBOTSON

IT HAS been revealed that An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was inundated with emails and messages heavily criticising Fine Gael after Deputy Maria Bailey’s personal injury claim went public in May. The Taoiseach’s office received more than 140 messages in less than a month after the case became public, with many telling Mr Varadkar that they would no longer be voting for the party.

According to The Irish Independent, Mr Varadkar almost immediately received emails after the case came to light.

In some cases, other Fine Gael TDs and Cabinet ministers were CCd into the correspondence.

The case taken by South Dublin Fine Gael deputy Maria Bailey against the Dean Hotel was reported on just four days before the May 24 local elections.

One email, which was delivered on May 21, said: “Fine Gael has potentially lost a lifelong supporter”, while another said they would not vote for a Fine Gael candidate in the Midlands North-West constituency European elections as an act of protest.

Some ministers – such as Josepha Madigan, Charlie Flanagan and Regina Doherty – are copied in on some emails, while a sizeable portion of the correspondents appear to be based on a template.

Deputy Bailey announced that

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s office has had substantial public and party feedback over the ‘Swing Gate’ controversy linked to Deputy Maria Bailey

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The office received more than 140 messages in less than a month after the case became public

she was dropping the case on May 25 while counts were taking place.

Although Deputy Bailey was demoted from her position as chair of the Oireachtas Housing Committee, An Taoiseach did not remove the party whip from her.

The news of the influx of critical messages comes as a Fine Gael TD has called on Deputy

Bailey not to run for re-election in Dun Laoghaire in the next general election, with Deputy Fergus O’Dowd saying “I’d prefer if she didn’t stand”.

It has been reported that a number of members in Maria Bailey’s constituency want her removed from the ticket; however, any such decision to remove her would be taken by the party’s national executive.

Dublin Town slams council’s new €650 charge for any city businesses using sandwich boards D U B L I N T OW N h a s raised concerns about the recently announced Dublin City Council (DCC) charges to businesses using sandwich boards in Dublin’s city centre.

It says that the €630 charge – which will come into effect from September 1 – grossly underestimates the actual costs borne by businesses.

The group said: “In addition to the base €630 charge, small familyowned businesses are also

obliged to complete an application form which is completely disproportionate to the request to have a removable temporary sign outside their premises.

“This application form requires [a] site location map at 1/2500 scale; a 1/100 scale drawing of the area to be licensed, indicating the following – the proposed location of the advertisement structure, lampposts bollards, fire hydrants, manholes, cycle stands, litter bins

and all in-situ items of street furniture etc within 10m of the proposed area.

“A certificate of structural stability may be required. Evidence of public liability insurance cover indemnifying Dublin City Council must also be provided.”

“Complying with these onerous requests will, in all likelihood, require the engagement of an architect and will bring the actual cost of the license to approximately €2,000.”

In response to these and other points raised

by Dublin Town, a DCC spokesperson told Dublin Gazette: “[Sandwich boards] require a licence under the Planning & Development Act, which stipulates the fees payable – ie, licence fees are not set by the council, but are set by primary legislation.

“The policy is now being adopted, due to the proliferation of [such boards and signs] across

the city which creates issues for pedestrian mobility, particularly for the visually impaired.

“Please also note that the council had a number of meetings with Dublin Town and their invited business proprietors, and also with Temple Bar Company and their invited business owners.

“The policy was presented to the April Transportation Strategic Policy Group of the council and was duly noted.”

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ARTS: INAUGURAL CREATIVE RESIDENCY HOLDER TO BEGIN SIX-MONTH WORKS

Artist Jesse set to brush up on law inspiration THE Honorable Society of King’s Inns, together with Dublin City Council Culture Company, has announced visual artist Jesse Jones as the recipient of the inaugural Creative Residency Award.

The six-month Creative Residency commences on September 1, and will support Jesse to explore her practice and the theme of art and law.

It will also enable her to develop a new work, with reference to King’s Inns and the historic environment of Henrietta Street, where both organisations are based.

Iseult Byrne, chief executive of Dublin City Council Culture Company, said: “We are delighted to provide a mechanism, support and space through this partnership for an artist of Jesse’s calibre, to develop her work as part of this inaugural residency.

“It has been a pleasure to begin this partnership with King’s Inns and we

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The law has always been an important touchstone in my practice

look forward to working closely with Jesse and the advisory group for this residency in the coming months.

“This residency is a unique opportunity for us to help develop and s t re n g t h e n c u l t u r a l impact through collaboration, by providing essential resources and support directly to artists working in Dublin.”

Jesse’s work has a strong connection to law and activism, such as seen in Tremble Tremble, her representation for Ireland at the 2017 Venice Biennale.

In continuation of this

interest for the Creative Residency, she plans to collaborate with legal advisors, key workers and activists to create a new work.

Jesse said: “I am deeply honoured to take part in this new and exciting collaboration between The Honorable Society of King’s Inns and Dublin City Council Culture Company.

“The law has always been an important touchstone in my practice, from a feminist perspective, in relation to justice and our collective values as a society.

“I hope this residency will allow me to explore this further in my practice. It is a unique opportunity to access to the inner workings of the King’s Inns as a site of learning, archiving of the law and in a community context in and of itself, which is richly connected to the history and practice of the law in Ireland.”

Call for clear warnings on moneylenders’ ads THE Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has called for all licensed moneylenders to carry a tobacco-style warning on their advertising and literature.

The charity has made a submission to the Department of Finance, seeking the warning, as well as the provision of alternatives for customers on the advertisements.

It says that “Warning: This is a highcost loan” should feature on the ads, as well as advice for people to check their options before borrowing.

SVP estimates that there are 330,000 customers of moneylenders in Ireland. In its submission, it said it was “astonishing” that there are no such warnings on ads for moneylenders.

According to the Central Bank, while moneylenders are required to provide information about the high-cost nature

of the loan to their customers, this is typically provided in the moneylending agreement, which must be signed by the customer, and is not a requirement for advertising the loans.

SVP says that there should be a maximum cost of credit under law which can be charged by a moneylender, and that consumers should have better access to sources of low-cost credit.

Statutory cap This could be achieved through the introduction of a statutory interest rate cap, the charity said.

Caroline Fahey, SVP head of social justice, said: “This should be done at the same time and in conjunction with the introduction and strengthening of other measures to protect vulnerable customers of moneylenders.”

BALLYMUN

Window is smashed in shooting

Artist Jesse Jones . Picture: Marc O’Sullivan

GARDAI are investigating the discharging of a firearm at a house in the Shangan Terrace area of Ballymun, that occurred last Sunday.

A sawn-off shotgun and two used shotgun cartridges were recovered.

An upstairs window of the property was smashed in the incident and no injuries were sustained. A group of three males were seen running from the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Ballymun Garda Station or the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111.

Investigation are continuing.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Stephen Ingle and Shane Daly Ruth McCormack and Sean Normoyle

Denise Rigney, co-founder and director of The Shed Distillery, Oisin Kelly, overall winner and John Dillon, managing director of Dalcassian Wines and Spirits. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Westbury bartender wins cocktail award

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Laura Magee and Ludo Guihard

Deirdre Lowry and Jules Mahon

HE head bartender at the Westbury hotel has won the top award at one of the most hotly-contested Irish drinks competitions.

24-year old Dub Oisin Kelly was last week crowned All-Ireland Champion at the 2019 The Shed Distillery Curious Cocktail Competition hosted by Dalcassian Wines & Spirits at House Dublin.

Finalists were given ten weeks to create four unique cocktails in a bid to impress the judging panel.

Oisin beat off stiff competition to claim the once-in-a-lifetime prize of a Curious Journey to meet industry legends from across the world.

Marie McDonald

Mary Duff and her dog Lucy

Johnathan Fenton and James Longston. Pictures: EMILY GALLAGHER

Lucky locals win cars in Credit Union giveaway C

APITAL Credit Union Sundrive Branch held a Bumper Car Draw last week. Two cars were given away along with a number of cash prizes.

John Whearity

Lilly Johnston

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COMMUNITY: BOY GIVEN GRAPHIC LITERATURE WITH EXTREMIST CONTENT

Mum’s shock as young son, 8, is handed homophobic pamphlet SYLVIA POWNALL

A DUBLIN mum has told of her shock after her eightyear-old son was handed a homophobic pamphlet on Sunday morning.

Sarah Morgan said her innocent son Marley brought the offensive comic filled with hate speech home after a trip to the shops in Balbriggan.

Marley, along with his older brother Warren (23), was approached by Dynamic Christian International (DCI) members who were also giving out free ice cream.

The US-produced leaflet, entitled Doom Town, describes same-sex relationships in debasing and offensive terms, suggest-

ing all gay men are “perverts”.

It states: “The ONLY way to escape the sin of homosexuality is through Jesus Christ. Please trust him as your saviour.”

Sarah was left speechless when Marley asked her what the words homosexual and lesbian meant.

She told Dublin Gazette: “The blood drained from my head that my eight-year-old son was subjected to that language.”

Sarah explained: “My two sons went down to get breakfast rolls in the local coffee shop and when they came back Marley said they [DCI] were giving out free ice cream.”

“He wanted to go back down, and put the leaflet

on the table. At first I didn’t know what it was until I opened it up and saw all the explicit wording.

“There was reference to rape, perverts, homosexuals, AIDS – I couldn’t believe my eyes. I rang the Garda station and ran around to the square.

“They [DCI] tried to tell me it was all about love, but it is inciting hate.

My son would never be exposed to language like that.

“And the fact there was an ice cream van there means they were enticing children. It’s absolutely disgusting.”

The pamphlet refers to a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah and describes homosexual men as a “lust-filled mob” of sexual

predators and paedophiles.

Other leaflets handed out on the day depict beheadings and other explicit material which is equally unsuitable for a younger audience.

A spokesman for the church group, which meets weekly in Balbriggan and elsewhere across Dublin, said the leaflet was handed to Marley in error and was not intended for minors, adding: “This comic is all about faith. It is the word of God.” It’s understood that Gardai moved the gathering on after receiving a complaint from Sarah.

A Garda spokesman would only say: “An Garda Siochana does not comment on any named individuals or organisations.”

Although gay marriage is legal in Ireland, the disturbing pamphlet was full of extremist anti-gay content

GUNS FIND

Two men arrested in Coolock TWO men in their thirties have been arrested, after gardai seized two guns in an overnight search in the Coolock area.

Gardai attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau carried out a search of a car in the Kilmore area of Coolock at approximately 4am. The guns – a revolver and a pistol – were loaded.

The men are being detained in a local station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act. Speaking on RTE last Tuesday, John O’Driscoll, Assistant Commissioner for Garda Special Crime Operations, said: “We allege that those two firearms were to be used in circumstances where there would almost certainly be loss of life.”

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NATIONAL SHOWCASE RAISES ISSUE

300 call for youth work investment MORE than 300 young p e o p l e re p re s e n t i n g every constituency in Dublin and across the country, have told their local politicians why they must invest more in youth work.

A n a t i o n a l yo u t h showcase, entitled Youth Work Changes Lives, took place in the Mansion House recently, bringing together more than 300 young people to celebrate the value, diversity and vitality of youth work in Ireland.

A key message emerging from the day was that hundreds of thousands of young people and their communities take part in and benefit from youth work, and that we need to sustain and increase funding for youth work to meet the needs of our

A smokin’ hot display of flying skills wows all at the Bray Air Show

LOTS of Dubliners made their way out to the pretty town of Bray for the 14th annual Bray Air Show, which once again saw thousands throng the coast for a look at some daring displays of skill in the air.

Featuring pilots from all across Ireland and Britain, and

as far away as Jordan, onlookers were treated to some spectacular aerobatics.

With some pilots trailing smoke as they spiralled through the air (above), and others flying in perfect formation, the show wowed everyone with ease.

Picture: Marc O’Sullivan

growing youth population.

The event – organised by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), and addressed by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone – gave young people from around Ireland the opportunity to speak directly to public representatives and share with them first-hand what they do, what they learn and the benefits of youth work for them and their local communities.

Speaking at the event, Mary Cunningham, director of the NYCI, said: “This event showcases the exceptional quality of youth work happening throughout Ireland and celebrates the contribution of young people to

Irish society and our local communities.

“The youth work sector benefits more than 380,000 young people each year, supported by the efforts of 1,400 professional staff and 40,000 passionate volunteers, and yet much of this good work goes largely unnoticed.

“That’s why today’s eve n t , Yo u t h Wo r k Changes Lives, is so important.

“When politicians hear, see and experience the contribution and value of youth work in their local communities, particularly when expressed by young people themselves, it sends a very powerful message that this work is worth supporting and funding,” she said.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Stephanie Roe and Carol Byrne

Violet Haydow

Skye and Lev Hartman Brian Ormond and Pippa O’Connor. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Kayla Cox Sarah and Dominique Nugent

Nirina Plunkett and Lorna Duffy

Rob Kenny and Lynn Kelly

Pippa shows off latest range

Adam Talal

Elizabeth Duane

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Sarah and Sinead Keary

Clementine MacNeice

IPPA O’Connor Ormond showed off the latest additions to her POCO By Pippa range at a Summer Party at The Shelbourne Hotel last week. Guests included glamourous fashionistas as well as a host of Pippa’s fashionable friends.

The new styles include The Button Crop jeans, new denim shorts, mini-skirts, a range of cotton t-shirts and sweatshirts, and The Essential Shirt in a linen fabric – a must have shirt for summer wardrobe needs.

Niamh Doherty, Laoise Moggan and Deirdre Sourke

Carol Byrne

Savad Raji with Nur and Zaynab Missaoui

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GALLERIES GALLERIESOF OFTHE THEWEEK WEEK

IKEA celebrates ten years in Dublin

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CANDINAVIAN homeware chain, IKEA, had a host of fun events planned when it celebrated its 10th birthday in Dublin recently. To celebrate marvellous milestone there was an ABBA tribute Band which rocked out to all the Swedish classics as well as some creative face painting, party hat making demo and a fun magician. Foodie James Kavanagh hosted his very own food demo.

Leon and Sijona

Martha, Kim, Alan, Georgina, Richard, Nadine and Rebekah Brenna. Pictures: Alison O’Hanlon Lauren and Eliane

Love Island star Eyal Booker with Miss Dublin west Laura Doyle.

Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Love Island star at Miss Ireland launch event party

Julian Benson and Emma McEvoy

Josipa Jevario with Phil, Alex and prize winner Liam Donnelly

Oonagh O’Driscoll and Ciara Maher

Susan McLafferty, Bredan Scully and Roz Flanagan

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OVE Island star Eyal Booker joined finalists at the Miss Ireland 2019 launch at House Dublin.

Guests were treated to refreshing ‘Miss Bloom’ cocktails with summer sounds with exclusive DJ, Saxophonist and Bongo players who had everyone in the Summer party spirit.

In attendance at the party were some of this years finalists competing for the crown, stylists, former Miss Ireland and MR Ireland’s, well Nicola Hurley, Aisling Hurley, Amy McCormack and Samantha known faces about town.

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Marianne Ahmed and Dearbhla Hogan

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DUBLINERS: THE STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO CALL THIS CITY THEIR HOME

Happy to enjoy the diverse melting pot of people and places in Ireland JULIANA REYES was an American Summer intern who spent a couple of months working at Dublin Gazette, writing content and assisting journalists in several areas. Here, she offers her thoughts on her time in Dublin and Ireland, and the differences she was struck by from her time travelling about the country and talking to people.

THIS Summer, I had the amazing opportunity to be able to live and intern in Dublin.

I came here not knowing anything about Ireland, but am now leaving behind a piece of my heart here.

I found an internship programme from my home university that would allow me to gain experience about my hoped-for future career while living in Dublin.

I don’t know why, but living in Ireland for the Summer just felt like the right thing for me, and I had a positive gut feeling

about embracing it.

As an American, I can say that I didn’t know much about Dublin (or even Ireland) before coming here, other than I knew there was a famine, and I have some family ties here.

On top of that, all I knew of Irish culture was from St Patrick’s Day celebrations, and the Shepherd’s Pie my aunt would make me when I was a kid.

While I was doing some last-minute research before coming over, one thing that kept coming up was how Irish people are very hospitable and are not

afraid to start a conversation at any time.

At first, the thought of strangers just coming up to me and asking questions stressed me out, but this is now one of my favourite things about Dublin and Irish people!

There have been many times when I was on the Luas when someone would just start talking to me or asking questions about where I am from, and why am I in Dublin?

I loved hearing about the connections people have to the US, such as if they have visited before or if they have family there.

I found it was mostly older people who asked questions and told their life stories, so the conversations have been pretty

fascinating, and I learnt more about Ireland.

There was also much more diversity here than I was expecting.

I grew up hearing that the US was the “great melting pot” of various cultures, but so is Ireland, and sometimes I think they are doing it better here.

There is a reason that millions of people visit Dublin each year, and it’s because the people here make you feel welcome and excited that you are visiting.

When I arrived in May, I did not know what to expect from Dublin, but it quickly became home to me and I fell in love with many parts of Ireland along the way.

From cheering on Dublin to exploring the countryside beyond The Pale, Juliana threw herself with enthusiasm into her Irish adventure

So, thank you to every person I have ever talked to or stood next to on the Luas every day, because it was the people here who made me feel comfortable and let me call it home for the Summer.

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LET DUBLIN GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF THE NEWS AND EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND COUNTY

WATER KIND GESTURE...

COCA-COLA HBC Ireland has donated 5,000 bottles of its Deep RiverRock water to help alleviate some of the challenges currently being felt by those living without permanent accommodation during the Summer months.

Led by the charity Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH), ‘Operation Hydration’ is supporting the charity’s appeal to businesses to provide supplies to help keep the homeless

safe from Summer-related illnesses and issues.

Pictured helping to unload some of the supplies are Ciara Cashen, public affairs and communications manager and Oran O’Donoghue, operations team, both from Coca Cola HBC, with Brian Loughlin, Andy Murray and Andy O’Driscoll, all from Inner City Helping Homeless.

Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

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ALL SAINTS

THE surprise return of pop sensation All Saints in recent years, has had a different pace to the mania that surrounded their early releases, as the multi-million-selling fourpiece continue their return from a decade-long hiatus.

With the digitalisation of music, different styles topping the charts and an audience that have grown up with them, though, Nicole and Natalie Appleton, Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis are enjoying things just as much second time around.

Of the return, Natalie says: “It’s funny because

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we never got a chance to properly tour after our first album, so it’s so nice being able to perform live regularly and see our fans.

“I feel like we’re closer to them now than ever before. We do have our families around at loads of shows now, which is amazing for us.

“They’re all so supportive and we love seeing them out in the crowd.”

Lewis, the group’s core

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songwriter, sees huge changes in the industry since the band’s heyday with Pure Shores, Never Ever and Bootie Call in the late 1990s, changes that have been clear in the style of their return.

“Everything in the industry’s changed this time around,” she says.

“It’s all about streaming rather than CD sales.

“As a band, though, we’re stronger than ever and loving being back together making music and doing shows.”

Despite the changes, the process of putting together an album is still very much

AUGUST 1 (THURSDAY)

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AUGUST 2 (FRIDAY)

Dublin Blues, Roots and Brass Festival @ Whelan’s, FREE Go ahead and enjoy four days of free live music at Whelan’s over the August bank holiday, featuring sets from the likes of Crow Black Chicken and Dublin Blues Cartel.

the same, with Red Flag (released in 2016) and Testament (in 2018) having emerged since the band’s reformation, accompanied by major tours with Take That.

Nicole says: “I think the songs all mean different things to each of us, but then sometimes Shaz will play something for us and we won’t realise until the end that she’s based it on a story we’ve told her.

“It all starts with Shaz writing in the studio and coming up with a vibe for the records, then getting to work writing songs with different producers and

collaborators.

“Testament didn’t come out that long ago, so we’ve no plans to record right now, but watch this space.”

Testament saw the band return to working with electronica legend William Orbit, who played a strong part in the early career of All Saints, and co-wrote After All with the band.

Shaznay says: “We worked with William on two songs from Testament, and it was great.

“It definitely brought some of the magic from our second album back.

“Pure Shores, and Black Coffee, are such special

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‘Everything in the industry’s changed this time around’

songs to us and our fans, so it made sense to get back in the studio together.”

Melanie says: “These last two albums are both on our own terms, and we’ve been able to call the shots in terms of music, videos and artwork.

“We always wrote our own material from day one, but this time around we’ve been across every part of the process and that’s been great.

“We definitely have a new appreciation for it.

It’s been amazing, coming back and being accepted by both our original fans and a whole new

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generation who maybe didn’t follow us the first time around.”

Despite the high-profile touring, the rebooted form of All Saints is one that moves entirely at its own pace, and makes its own calls, then.

“We so don’t play that fame game,” says Melanie.

“We just like to hang out with our families, friends and each other! We try to not get too caught up in what people say or write about us.”

All Saints play Live at Leopardstown on Thursday, August 15; tickets start at €17.

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WHAT’S BIG IN MUSIC, CINEMA, TV AND ONLINE CINEMA | SPIDER MAN: FAR FROM HOME ENTERTAINS

Spidey’s latest is well worth swinging into SHANE DILLON

WITH Dublin Gazette about to close down for two weeks for its staff – and yours truly – to head off on vay-kay, what better holiday film to focus on than Spider Man: Far From Home (Cert 12A, 129 mins)?

After all, the latest outing for everyone’s favourite web slinger sees good old Spidey (or rather, young Peter Parker) also very much set in summer holidays mode.

At its simplest level, the plot has Peter and pals heading off to tour around Europe for a well-deserved holiday with some teenage high-jinx thrown in.

However, of course there’s much, much more than that going on, as not only does the film have its own core storyline – Peter reluctantly getting involved in trying to stop some mysterious attacks by elemental creatures – but it’s also weighed down by a lot of lore.

And, lore blimey, there’s an awful lot of other stuff to take in here than just Spidey swinging about

Europe.

Threats to the world, parallel Earths, Nick Fury shenanigans, the legacy of the late Tony Stark/Iron Man – spoiler – and much, much more...

If you’ve been keeping up with the dizzying amount of Avengers-related films over the past several years, you’ll probably find this latest iteration of the overarching franchise to be pretty Marvel-ous.

Personally, however, I’d have been happy with a less-is-more approach to Spidey’s latest outing.

The murderous replicant who was brilliant at selling Guinness WITH his piercing eyes and imposing character, the late Dutch actor Rutger Hauer made a small but respectable mark in Cinema.

While never acclaimed as one of the greats, and without leaving a huge body of work, Hauer nevertheless made his mark with a number of character-driven roles, injecting even the trashiest of parts with a dash of his raw charisma.

Closer to home, Irish audiences came to know him as ‘that Guinness guy’ across several years from the late 1980s into the

After all, just taking Spider Man out of his home turf and away from Manhattan’s canyons and towers could have worked very well by itself, as he tumbled around Ye Olde Europe for a change of scene.

Instead, however, the film’s always weighed down a little by the bigger, more portentous plot that it’s grappling with, and while it’s great to see a film referencing and adding to established lore, something that was just a standalone product would have been a refreshing pal-

mid 1990s, with the actor’s physicality – topped off with his light hair – regarded as a great bit of branding as he plugged ‘the black stuff’ through several highly successful campaigns.

However, away from being a staple of advertising campaigns, Hauer undertook one particular role that made his name, and earned him at least a footnote in the story of Cinema – that of Roy, the murderous but charismatic replicant on the run in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982).

In peak physical form, Hauer was up against then rising star Harrison Ford, stealing scene after scene as he bested Ford’s dogged Blade Runner on the hunt for rogue replicants on the very mean streets of rain-lashed Los Angeles.

Hauer’s semi-improvised monologue at the finale, as Roy accepts his death, is certainly in the list of top cinema quotes and speeches, directly thanks to Hauer’s

ate cleaner.

That’s enough griping, however, as there’s plenty to like about this latest outing for Spidey.

As the titular webslinger, Tom Holland is great again in the role, injecting his take on Peter Parker with a likable mix of teenage angst and eager excitement at his powers, making him easy to root for.

There’s solid support from the rest of the cast, too, with Jake Gyllenhaal having fun with his shifty role as Mysterio, while there are enough nods at other Marvel- and Spideyrelated characters to help ground the film firmly within its established universe, even when transporting Spider Man over to a new continent.

Ultimately, while there’s some serious stuff rumbling away in the background, it’s generally a zippy enough addition to the franchise, with Holland again charming.

You could certainly do a lot worse than swinging into this film at your nearest cinema.

Verdict: 7/10

The late Rutger Oelsen Hauer; January 23, 1944 - July 19, 2019.

truly magnetic delivery.

Away from such a star-making performance, Hauer pitched up in a variety of other films and roles, but never quite capitalising on Blade Runner’s potential.

Still, even in the trashiest of straightto-video fare, or in some of his high-art roles, Hauer was always an interesting actor to watch, and will be missed.

ENTERTAINMENT

Business prospects beckons for some in Carrigstown – but the path to success faces some bickering ahead WHAT’S next for the residents of our favourite Dublin suburb? Our special preview will give you some of the highlights and low points that’ll hit Carrigstown this week ...

CAROL gives Charlotte useful personal information about Ritchie. Decco suspects Charlotte’s not telling him the truth about her deal with Ritchie.

Ray is ashamed when Leo reveals he was fighting his corner with Nora, who admits to Leo that she misses Ray. Nora offers Ray her friendship, but how will he react?

Philip is guilt-ridden when he learns Darragh and Erica have split up and tells Darragh to give Erica another chance.

Hayley has her doubts about Erica, but the rest of the family support Darragh’s decision. Missing their first repayment to the loan shark, Darragh wants to tell Sharon the truth, but Lee insists they keep quiet.

Cristiano worries Will’s excluding him from his life and plans something to cheer him up. Phoebe comes to stay with Will and Cristiano for a week,

and Cristiano notices how well Aaron and Phoebe are getting on. However, she complains about Will’s controlling manner and asks Aaron out on a date.

Orla wonders about Fiona Piggott as a potential investor for her new ‘Tiny Tours’ guided tours venture and impresses Fiona with her guided tours business pitch. Fiona digs into Orla’s background.

Meanwhile, Renee organises a new festival ‘executive task force’ and asks a sceptical Dolores to get Pete on board. Hughie is enlisted in the task force as Pete is voted chairperson of the executive task force.

Pete and Renee bicker over meeting protocol, resulting in an abandoned meeting. Pete is determined to be a successful Chair of the task force, despite clashing with Renee.

Watch Fair City on RTE One on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE THIS WEEK...

TOP TWEETS

Barnardos are looking for local volunteers

fails in crossChannel challenge A F R E NC H i nve n to r failed to cross the English Channel on a jetpowered hoverboard, when he was knocked into the water as he landed on a boat-mounted refuelling platform.

Franky Zapata lifted off last Thursday (25th) near Calais with 42 litres of kerosene in his backpack, enough for 10 minutes flying.

He planned to strap on a new backpack on a vessel waiting halfway across the 35-km wide Strait of Dover.

He made his rendezvous with the refuelling boat, however the landing platform hit the flyboard, which threw him off balance and knocked him into the water.

Zapata was unharmed and is set to make a new attempt as soon as possible.

Last year Zapata received a €1.3 million grant from the French army to develop the hoverboard, which is powered by five small jet engines.

He was making his attempt on the 110th anniversary of fellow Frenchman Louis Bleriot’s record-breaking flight.

On 25th July 1909 Bleriot became the first man to fly across the Channel in an airplane.

BITS & BOBS

GRAND Slam winner and Barnardos Ambassador Jenny Murphy recently launched their local call for volunteers in Dublin. Jenny had help from Rian Naughton, Tanisha Deborah Nyagwaya, Ethan Naughton and Tyrese Darius Nyagwaya.

Barnardos are looking for volunteers to shake a bucket or join an in store bag pack for just two hours between 8am and 9pm. It’s part of their National Collection Day which takes place on the 13th of September. By doing this, each volunteer can raise up to €100 for vulnerable children in their community. To volunteer, please call 01-7080418. For more information, email buckets@barnardos.ie. Picture: Patrick Bolger

Dopey driver gives police easiest drug bust ever A DOPEY driver led police to a A$200 million drug bust in Australia after he crashed a van packed with 270 kg of methamphetamines into a patrol car parked outside a police station in Sydney.

The man, 28, smashed the drug-filled van into the empty police car at Eastwood in the suburbs of the city, crushing its bonnet, before speeding off.

His spectacular smash was all captured on CCTV and he was caught by police an hour later.

A search of the vehicle revealed 273kg of methamphetamines, said police who released footage of the drugs neatly packed in cardboard boxes and loaded into the back of the van.

Sydney Police said in a statement the drugs had a street value of A$200 million.

“This would be one of the easiest drug busts the NSW Police have ever made, incredible.

“Absolutely incredible,” Detective Inspector Glyn Baker told local TV station 9News.

The driver was arrested and charged with drug supply and negligent driving.

Thief steals coffin, bed of nails, electric chair from Circus

Earth has close encounter with asteroid

DOG OF THE WEEK DUBLIN Gazette Newspapers has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs.

This week’s dog of the week is Esme, a lovely, sweet-natured two-year-old Pit Bull with lots of potential.

Esme is super clever and knows more than 20 commands, including Sit, Down, Paw, Roll Over, Touch, Get Your Toy, and many more.

She can sometimes get overwhelmed, so she is looking for an understanding and patient family which will continue her positive reward-based training.

Esme can socialise with calm dogs, but she doesn’t like when a dog is fullon, as it gets to be too much for her, so she would suit living in a home with no

other dogs.

She is a very affectionate dog, and a family that will shower Esme with love and which would be understanding and patient, allowing her to settle into home life at her own pace, would be the perfect home for her If you have room in your heart and home for Esme, then please contact Dogs Trust on 01 879 1000. They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50. Map and directions can be found on their website www.dogstrust.ie.

You can also find them on Facebook www.facebook.com/dogstrustirelandonline or Twitter @DogsTrust_IE. (Remember: Always have your dog on a lead when in public.)

ESME

EARTH had a close encounter last week, when an asteroid flew past on Thursday. The rock, called Asteroid 2019 OK, sped by the planet at a speed of nearly 88,500 kms per hour.

The closest it came to Earth was just under 72,500 km, a safe distance, but still much less than the distance between the Earth and Moon. Because astronomers only noticed the space rock a few days earlier they still aren’t sure of its orbit or size, which ranges from between 57 to 130 meters across.

NASA and other space agencies keep close tabs on Near-Earth Objects, space rocks which come even remotely close to our planet’s orbit.

The asteroid purported to have killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was about 16 km across, if not larger.

If 2019 OK had struck Earth, it could have delivered quite a blow but it would not have created a world-wide event. Experts say it would have hit with 30 times the power of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

A US-based circus said a trailer thief was probably stunned to find the robbed container was filled with performance items, including a bed of nails, a coffin and an electric chair.

The Cincinnati Circus Company said the black Homesteader Challenger trailer was stolen from the company’s private lot on Saturday 20th July in Cincinnati.

Officials said it was

filled with about $10,000 worth of circus items.

Ringmaster, Dave Willacker posted a photo to Facebook showing a truck driving off with the trailer.

The circus said it has been borrowing equipment from other c ircus companies to make scheduled performances, but have had to cut back shows and are hoping the thief will return the trailer.

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FEATURES CHI FIT | WELLNESS TEAS AND PRODUCTS

Brewing up the perfect business PADRAIG CONLON

A DUBLIN woman who used a serious accident as a catalyst to create a successful business, has come a long way in four years.

In 2015, Dr Rosalind Beere was knocked down by a drunk driver while getting into her car.

The impact caused four bulging discs in her back and a serious knee injury.

Beere was fully aware of the importance of being healthy while on bed rest with her injuries.

Being addicted to sugar free caffeinated beverages for over 20 years, she knew something had to change.

While on bed rest and with her injuries, there wasn’t much she could do to start her health journey besides change her diet.

She was aware green tea had a plethora of health benefits and would be a great way to kickstart her health journey, however she just couldn’t stand the taste.

No matter what kind of green tea she bought, there was no way she could see herself consistently drinking it to make a difference in her life.

And that was when she got the idea to blend her own tea.

Beere started blending different types of teas and herbs right in her kitchen until she “tasted perfection.”

Research

Through extensive research and sampling of over 60 different teas, Beere found an organic producer in Yunnan, South West China that is family owned and sustainably sourced.

With a focus on wellbeing and the environment, all Chi Fit tea bags are chemical free, biodegradable, and vegan friendly.

In addition to this, all packaging is eco-friendly and fully recyclable.

Beere started offering her tea blend to friends and family as an experiment and found everyone loved them!

It was then she recognised her

blend’s true potential and uncovered a great opportunity to break into the Irish tea market.

Beere established Chi Fit in January 2018 and since launching her completely bootstrapped company has been scaling her business from online orders to stockists around the country.

Chi Fit has seen a dramatic increase between its first and second year in business, experiencing 400% growth from 2018 to 2019 and is now available in over 50 Boots stores nationwide, along with Meaghers Pharmacy, The Health Food Shop and Donnybrook Fair.

Beere hopes to continue expansion of Chi Fit in the Irish market, while also breaking into the US retail market, and continuing to expand her range of wellness teas and products.

Rosalind grew up in Rathgar and currently lives with her husband, and three children in Donnybrook, Dublin.

The successful young mum operates Chi Fit from an office in her house.

Dr Rosalind Beere established Chi Fit in 2018

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latitude&longitude KERRY | MUCKROSS PARK HOTEL & SPA WILL DELIGHT IN KILLARNEY

Tee-off for a terrific golf retreat for ladies in Clare LADIES who love golf are invited to tee off at the five-star Dromoland Castle, which is offering a unique Autumn break at the luxury hotel and golf resort in Co Clare this October.

Women are invited to enjoy two days of golfing activities and a lavish overnight stay in the stunning Dromoland Castle estate with the female-only golf retreat.

Whether you’re a seasoned expert or just starting out, this retreat is suitable for all levels in a relaxed atmosphere with first-class facilities, at a venue voted Ireland’s Best Golf Hotel at the World Golf Awards 2018.

Taking place on Sunday, October 20, you can settle in with a two-course lunch on arrival in the renowned Fig Tree Restaurant, followed by an afternoon golf clinic with head PGA professional Ian Kearney at the Dromoland Golf Academy.

Enjoy an evening meal at the award-winning Earl of Thomond Restaurant – recently awarded AA Restaurant of the Year in the AA Hospitality Awards – where you can sample the finest artisan produce from outstanding local suppliers.

Prizegiving After a relaxing overnight stay, wake up to a full Irish breakfast before the 18-hole Ladies competition on Monday, October 21, teeing off from 9-10:30am, followed by a prizegiving ceremony to finish off the retreat.

From €295PPS, Dromoland Castle also offers full access to the stunning 450-acre estate, including self-guided woodland walks and full use of the leisure centre, swimming pool and Dromoland Golf Academy.

Dromoland Castle is host to one of the finest parkland courses in Ireland, designed by internationally renowned Ron Kirby and JB Carr, as well as standout practice facilities and a welcoming clubhouse experience.

It is the perfect location for both a two-day retreat and a chance to improve your swing in a relaxed atmosphere with beautiful, natural surroundings and state-of-the-art golfing facilities.

To book your place in this unique golf retreat, see http://dromolandgolf.com/luxury-octobergolf-break/, or call 061 346 7007.

Try this perfect mix of luxury and adventure

SYLVIA POWNALL

Travel Editor WITH the terrific weather the country has been basking in lately – almost a little too terrific, at times – many of us are looking to escape the city’s heat and bustling streets for a relaxing rural retreat instead.

However, if you’re looking to escape the city but still want to have a buzz about your break away, Muckross Park Hotel & Spa in Killarney’s magical National Park offers a perfect mix of a little bit of adrenalin with plenty of luxury, too.

Enjoy the very best of adventure travel with all the added treats of a five-star stay inside Ireland’s oldest and most magnificent national park, where you can immerse yourself in an awe-inspiring setting, with an exceptional guide to personally introduce you to all the exhilarating activities possible in such a diverse landscape.

Guided daily by Nathan Kingerlee of Outdoors Ireland – a highly-qualified and experienced out-

door instructor who has worked as an instructor since 2001 throughout Ireland and Scotland – you will be introduced to exciting and adventurefilled days in the safest of hands.

At the end of each adrenalin-fuelled day, you can unwind with some equally safe hands at the five-star Muckross Park Hotel & Spa, with plenty of pampering, and muscle-relaxing hands giving expert massages, to help soothe your evening.

You’ll be left in the perfect mood for the Yew Tree restaurant’s expert chefs, who’ll craft delicious four-course dinners from the finest Kerry ingredients for you.

Adventure lovers and fans of Kerry’s great outdoors will be in their element, as they master and hone their adventure skills in the region.

From rock climbing and abseiling in the spectacular Gap of Dunloe, or kayaking along the deep, glaciated, majestic lakes of Killarney and through open bays and past islands, limestone caves

and picturesque ruins, visitors to this rugged corner corner of the country will also enjoy all the treats and amenities of the luxurious Muckross Park Hotel & Spa. The two nights Extreme Luxury package at the hotel includes bed and breakfast with a four-course dinner on one night in the Yew Tree, a day’s adventures with Nathan Kingerlee, and access to the indulgent Vitality Suite in The Spa at Muckross (with its vitality pool, herbal sauna, salt chamber, steam room and tropical rain showers).

Available for €492 per person based on two people sharing, a three-night Extreme Luxury stay is also available, featuring two days of guided adventures with Nathan, from €715PPS. For further information or to book, see www.muckrosspark. com,, or telephone 064 662 3400.

You can send your days trying out local adventure and exploring – then relax in utter luxury at the hotel and spa

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A GUIDE TO TEMPTING FOOD AND LOCATIONS

TRAVEL & FOOD

This spicy salmon dish should go swimmingly CREATE exciting summertime meal with Siucra and Catherine Fulvio’s flavoursome Spicy Salmon with Chilli Lime Sauce.

Follow this simple recipe (to serve four) to give your salmon an extra kick, paired with a delicious chilli lime sauce.

Whether you’re entertaining, or in the need to whip up something quick and tasty, this spicy salmon is the perfect summer meal.

OKTOBERFEST festival has announced it is cancelling its 2019 event in Dublin due to “unprecedented increases” in insurance premiums and the “claim culture” here.

In a statement on its Facebook page, organisers said that the move was due to the “unprecedented increases in our insurance premium”, but asked fans to look forward to its return in 2020.

The statement read: “It is with much disappointment that [we say]: Unfortunately, this year’s event will not be going ahead.

“As much as we love coming to Dublin and doing our event with you guys, the 2019 event cannot go ahead due to unprecedented increases in

Ingredients

• 4 salmon darnes, score the skin • 1 lime, sliced, to serve • Coriander leaves, to garnish For the sauce

• 3 spring onions, chopped • 2 red chillies, finely chopped • 2 limes, zest of one and juice of two • 2 tbsp Siucra Caster Sugar • 2 tbsp rapeseed oil • 4 medium sprigs coriander, roughly chopped For the rub

• 3 tbsp Siucra Rich Dark Sugar • 1 tsp paprika • 2 tsp ground cumin • 2 tsp garlic powder • 4 tsp onion powder • Half tsp ground black pepper • 1 tsp salt Preparation

• Preheat the barbecue on medium heat (about 170C).

• To prepare the dipping sauce, chop the spring onions, add the red chillies, l i m e zest and

Oktoberfest cancelled over our ‘claim culture’ our insurance premium.

“In Germany, we are not used to the claim culture that has developed in Ireland and therefore we have decided to take a break this year.

“The belief that putting in an insurance claim doesn’t hurt anyone except the insurance company is incorrect; consequently, great, fun events like ours find it hard to go ahead when suspect insurance claims from a small minority of people can ruin it for everybody.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our loyal patrons and Irish partners that have helped us with the event over the years, and ask you to look forward to Oktoberfest 2020.”

Award-winning ELY set to open branch at Dundrum juice, stir in the Siucra Caster Sugar, oil and add the chopped coriander. Mix well and set aside.

• To prepare the salmon, combine all the ingredients for the rub in a bowl.

• Brush the salmon with oil and coat with the spicy rub. Place the salmon in a fish basket which has been brushed with oil.

If you haven’t one, ensure that the barbecue racks are very clean and place skin side down over indirect heat – not directly above

the hottest coals.

• Check after about 4 to 5 minutes and then carefully turn over. Some of the skin may come away from the fish – place this on the side to crisp up. Barbecue for a further three to four minutes.

• Transfer to a platter, serve the crispy skin as well and spoon over some of the sauce.

• Garnish with lime slices, coriander leaves and serve with more sauce on the side.

ELY is bringing its multi award-winning wine list to Dundrum Town Centre, with a new branch set to open before Christmas.

Dundrum Town Centre visitors will be able to enjoy the new offer at ELY as part of a regeneration of the Pembroke District, offering more dining choices than ever before.

Established more than 20 years ago, ELY specialises in artisan wine and seasonal, Irish produce.

The Dundrum branch will offer all of the signature dishes associated with the brand along with a choice of more than 1,200 wines, craft beers, specialist whiskeys, Irish gins and cocktails.

CRAFTBEERCORNER Cloudwater Brewery

That was a decent pint

in a welcoming, old-skool boozer

The Act of Chewing – Imperial Stout

LOCATED up the hill coming out of Kimmage, the KCR House stands taller than most of the houses surrounding it, and is one of several pubs dotted in residential areas around where Dublin 6W meets Dublin 12. On the left as you enter, there is a small front bar, with the pub expanding into a much more spacious lounge at the back.

This is a local’s boozer where one of the multiple TVs in the lounge will always be showing the horses. That’s not to say it is unwelcoming, with the staff and clientele as friendly as you would expect in an old-skool bar. The pub, like a number of similar establishments around the city, would be an ideal spot for those who want to watch sport without the screaming and shouting.

The pint was not a bad one either, holding its own at the right temperature and flavour. Holding it back from a better score was the slight fading of the cream as the pint was finished, but there was a taste of more nonetheless. @guinnessadvisor

THERE is something wonderful about imperial stouts that all drinkers of the black stuff should try. This 10% ABVdelight is so smooth and silky and also so rich in flavour too. This stout is brewed with nitrogenated kegs rather then CO2, which creates a much creamer pint. Give your taste buds a treat and try and track this down at a specialist off-licence.

 PALE MAILE, Beer Aficionado

KCR House, 326 Kimmage Rd Lower, Kimmage, Dublin 6W

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WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF TRANSPORT

Suzuki style impresses with the vibrant Vitara

Nissan drives on its Greener technologies NISSAN has called on Irish businesses to reassess their Green credentials after unveiling new technology which enables the drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) to use their cars to power their businesses and homes and to feed energy back to the power grid.

The innovative Nissan X-Storage technology is a game-changer for Irish businesses which want to reduce their carbon footprint, to become more sustainable and to significantly reduce their operating costs by running a fleet of electric vehicles.

Nissan is already using the new technology together with sustainable solar energy to power its new Dublin headquarters at Park West Business Park, which were

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EVER since its launch in 1988, the various generations of the Suzuki Vitara have earned high acclaim for their stylish designs, compact and easy to manage dimensions, good onroad performance and genuine off-road ability.

Over the years, the Vitara has evolved through changes in body size, engine technology, safety systems and chassis development.

The new Suzuki Vitara is available in petrol engine guise only, but transmission choices consist of a five-speed manual, six-speed manual and a six-speed automatic – depending on the model chosen.

There are two petrol (Boosterjet) engine options – a 1.0-litre, and a 1.4-litre, with annual road tax costing €270 and €280 respectively.

Thanks to Suzuki’s new Boosterjet technology,

both engines offer low emissions and greatly enhanced fuel economy.

T h e 1 . 0 - l i t re p e trol engine comes with 110bhp and 160Nm of torque, making this car so much fun to drive.

This eager engine goes hand-in-hand with

a chassis that is equally enjoyable. Body control is excellent and engine responses are fluid and natural, giving the new Vitara a sporty and dynamic character.

The 1.4-litre engine comes with 139bhp and 220Nm of torque – figures

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which represent a 17% increase over the 1.6-litre engine it replaced back in 2015.

Available in up to 11 different colours (singletone and two-tone paint) the new Vitara stands 1.61M tall, 4.175M long and 1.775M wide, and will fit comfortably into any car parking space, while turning heads with its stylish good looks.

Thanks to these well thought-out proportions, the new Vitara looks great from every angle and offers excellent head and leg room inside too.

The quality of the materials used in the cabin is impressive, while the infotainment system in my test car provided satellite navigation, Bluetooth, radio functions and images from the standard reverse camera all on one centrally located touch screen.

There are three trim levels available in the new Suzuki Vitara – SZ4,

SZ-T, and SZ5, with even the entry-level SZ4 model equipped with a dizzying range of features.

These include 16” alloy wheels, engine stop/ start, chrome front grille, LED daytime running lights, cruise control with speed limiter, CD/radio/ USB port, Bluetooth, auto climate control and a leather-trimmed multifunction steering wheel and much, much more.

Review model My review car was a Suzuki Vitara SZ5 1.4litre Boosterjet AllGrip, 6-speed manual, and was finished in ever-popular Atlantis Turquoise metallic paint (a €370 cost option).

Wi t h 1 4 0 b h p a n d 220Nm of torque available, its sweet-revving engine is a perfect match for the Vitara’s breadth of talents – both on, and offroad.

Fu e l c o n s u m p t i o n as low as 5.5l/100km

(51.3mpg) is possible on a combined driving cycle, while annual road tax for this all-wheel-drive edition of the Vitara is just €280.

Suzuki’s terrific ALLGRIP (4WD) system has four driver-selectable modes for safe, enjoyable driving on diverse surfaces.

The system has a ‘feedforward function’ that allocates torque to the rear wheels before any slippage can occur.

The four modes are auto, sport, snow and lock, and the system provides the reassurance of four-wheel-drive safety and stability, with the low running costs of a two-wheel-drive.

The new Suzuki Vitara is very competitively priced, with the SZ4 model priced from just €20,995, SZ-T priced from €22,995, and SZ5 available from €26,495 (all prices are quoted exdelivery).

officially opened last week by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton (pictured with James McCarthy, chief executive, Nissan Ireland).

Energy The Nissan X-Storage system – which was unveiled at Nissan’s newly refurbished headquarters – can also draw energy from the Nissan LEAF electric vehicles parked outside, thanks to their built-in bidirectional charging capacity which makes it possible to supply the energy stored in the car’s battery back to the three-storey building.

Nissan is also driving Ireland’s green revolution by expanding its own fleet of electric vehicles.

The Nissan LEAF and Nissan ENV200 now account for 60% of the cars that it has on the road.

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NATIONAL TITLES ATHLETICS: CLONLIFFE Harriers,

Raheny Shamrock, Crusaders and Donore Harriers all took home national championship titles from the annual senior championships at Morton Stadium last weekend. For Clonliffe, Saturday was the big one as they took three titles, along with a silver andand bronze.

Jayme Rossiter was magnificent in the 3000 steeplechase.

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Morton Mile’s magical allure

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SPEED, agility and endurance: The qualities needed to be a top-class international athlete.

On Wednesday, August 21, Dublin City will witness the excitement and spectacle of world class track and field athletes up close and personal.

The Morton Games returns to the Morton Stadium, Santry for the annual International Athletics Meet hosted by northside club Clonliffe Harriers.

In nine short years, the event has gone from a small meet, with half a dozen international athletes, to one of the biggest international athletics events, certainly if taking a count of the countries taking part this year.

2018 saw athletes from more than 25 countries taking part and the organisers of this year’s Meet believe that record number will be exceeded.

Already athletes are confirmed from the United States, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Jamaica, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Holland, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Ireland and England.

The format of Morton Games is for an action-packed, condensed Athlet-

ics Meet which will start from 7.30 p.m. There is a short pre-programme of qualifying races and junior races, before the main events kick off with the Loki Sports Men’s International 400m, with the concluding race, the Albie Thomas 5000m, scheduled for 9 pm.

The highlight will be the storied Morton Mile. This is a race which has attracted some of the world’s best athletes since it was first run in 1970. It is a prolific producer of the magical subfour minute mile on these shores.

To date, there have been in excess of 140 sub-four minute miles set in the Morton Mile with 11 last year in a field led home by Sam Prakel (USA) in a time of 3.55.80.

The Irish challenge will be led by John Travers (Donore Harriers). In 2014, he ran his personal best in the Mile but this year comes looking not only for a personal best, but also for an elusive Irish win. It’s 15 years since James Nolan was the last Irish winner in this event.

He will face stiff competition from 2016 Olympian Hamish Carson (six time New Zealand champion), Andy Bayer (USA, a 3.52 miler) the 2017

The women’s 800m proved a highlight last year at the Morton Games and anticipation is high for another big showdown on August 21.

Morton Mile winner Robert Domanic (USA) and, possibly the man to beat, Australia’s Morgan McDonald. An interesting Santry connection is that McDonald is coached by Mick Byrne, the head coach at Wisconsin University in the United States, a Clonliffe Harriers stalwart in the 1970s and 1980s.

Another highlight race will be the

women’s 800m with Ciara Mageean, a European bronze medallist, and Siofra Clerigh-Buttner (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Their aim is to become the first Irish female athlete to break two minutes.

Admission on the night is €10 with Under-16s going free. Further information on www.mortongames.ie.

SPORT CONTACT INFO SPORTS EDITOR: Stephen Findlater sfindlater@dublingazette.com

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BOWLING

Leinster Bowling Club’s Pat MacDonagh

McDonagh the champions’ champ LAWN BOWLING sport@dublingazette.com

PAT MacDonagh, from Leinster Lawn Bowling Club Rathmines, has been crowned Ladies Lawn Bowling Champion of Champions.

Champions from 16 Clubs in the greater Dublin area played in a knock-out competition over two week-ends in July and MacDongah beat fellow international Sarah Kelly in a very exciting final.

This is the second time that she has won this prestigious trophy and is another achievement in a distinguished lawn bowling career which started in southern Africa. It continues today in Leinster Lawn Bowling Club, Rathmines of which she has been a very active member since 1988.

She is not just an excellent lawn bowls player but is also a great promoter of the game as mentor and coach for players of all ages in her home club in Rathmines.

She led many teams to success in league and cup competitions over the years. MacDonagh also served as Club President in Leinster Lawn Bowling Club’s centenary year in 2013.

Speaking after her recent win, she highlighted the pleasure and personal satisfaction of her many years in Leinster Lawn Bowling Club (and as a member of the wider lawn bowling community) where she said she has: “forged deep and longlasting friendships”.

Reflecting on her long and active lawn bowling career, she encourages people of all ages, and ability, to give the game a go and recommends it “as a means of developing physical coordination and keeping active”.

Drawing on her experiences, Pat also recognises “the value of lawn bowls as a sport which develops team spirit and camaraderie among its players as well as being one of the most social activities anyone can become involved in”.

Since those early days when, she played at international level for Swaziland (1982-1987), she has been a regular on the Irish team, getting her first Irish cap in 1993 and going on to get a further 42 caps until she retired from international duty.

She has also had significant success in the annual Ladies Bowling League of Ireland Competitions, and as recently as last year, won the Senior Singles event. She was Irish Ladies Lawn Bowling Champion in 2001.

ATHLETICS: DUBLIN CLUBS ALL SCOOP MEDALS AT MORTON

Clonliffe, Raheny, Crusaders and Donore all shine at nationals NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS  sport@dublingazette.com

CLONLIFFE Harriers, Raheny Shamrock, Crusaders and Donore Harriers all took home national championship titles from the annual senior championships at Morton Stadium last weekend.

For Clonliffe, Saturday was the big one as they took three titles, along with a silver and bronze.

Jayme Rossiter was magnificent in the 3000 steeplechase with his technically brilliant hurdling proving to be the difference as he battled with Raheny’s Brian Fay. Over the final 400 metres, Rossiter opened a lead which included a Kenyan-esque clearance of the water jump to claim his first senior title in 8.59.42.

Stephen Scullion travelled from the US to defend his national 10,000 title and simply wasn’t going to relinquish it, breaking for home with all of 2,000 metres to go. Coming down the home straight, he could afford to celebrate in style in 29.36.33.

He held off Raheny’s Mick Clohisey.

And the day finished with a Clonliffe double medal in the javelin as Stephen Rice won his second national in a row with a best of 69.75 with Rory Gunning 3rd (65.06).

For Raheny, Eric Favors grabbed his first national title as he set a shot put championship record on day two in Santry.

Gold, silver and bronze was the Raheny haul with Favors writing the headlines. His third throw reached the 18.64 metre mark to secure national gold and a championship record.

Favors had bettered his first effort of 18.42 metres and for the record was over one metre longer than silver medallist Finn Valley’s John Kelly’s 17.60m.

On the track, Mark Smyth took bronze in the 100 metres final clocking 10.70 seconds just behind Travane Morrison who won out in 10.61 seconds and Jason Smyth in 10.63.

The Raheny relay team of Isuelt O’Donnell, Aoibhinn McGoldrick, Lucy

Barrett and Triossa Nic Dhonaill clocked 4:12.95 for 4x400m silver with Bandon taking gold in 4:00.14.

A day before, Niamh Fogarty landed the national discus title with a new personal best and club record of 52.96 metres.

Fogarty’s first three attempts were all over 51 metres with her sixth and final attempt registering 53.96 metres, some 2.66 metres clear of Tralee Harriers Claire Fitzgerald.

Crusaders ended up with four medals, a nice balance of two on the track and two in the field.

The first was won by Matt Behan who agonisingly took silver.

It turned out to be a two horse race in a straight final of the 110m hurdles on Sunday, edged out in the final stride. Jason Harvey also took silver in the 400m hurdles.

It was great to see Adam McMullen come back from a career-threatening

Achilles injury to take a medal in the long jump. he was in fifth going into his last jump but managed to pull out a leap of 7.37m to finish with the silver medal.

Colin Quirke, took gold in the men’s discus with a throw in the second round of 60.4m, some fivemetres ahead of the competitor in second place.

John Travers (Donore Harriers) won the men’s 1500m with a well-timed finish in 3:49.40.

Merrion and Leinster through

Merrion captain John Anderson and Malahide skipper Fintan McAllister

MERRION and Leinster cricket clubs both picked off two wins last Sunday in the Alan Murray T20 Cup to get their campaigns off to a great start.

The former chased down targets both times, first overtaking Pembroke’s total of 153 with five wickets – and an equal amount of balls – in hand to make it two wins from two.

Michael Lewis’s 51 was the key influence in the latter win with strong contributions from Tyrone Kane and John Anderson before Sean Stanton finished the job.

Next, they beat Railway Union’s target of 155 with five wickets to spare to top the group.

For Leinster, Sunday morning brought a comprehensive 10-wicket success against Terenure whom they reduced to 99 for nine.

Hugh MacDonnell (39) and Gareth Delany (57) carried their bats. Their second win was a 55 run cruise against Phoenix with their total of 172 for eight never really threatened.

Malahide and Balbriggan are the other two sides with perfect records to date.

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STADIUM

Jayme Rossiter of Clonliffe Harriers AC, celebrates winning the Men’s 3km Steeplechase.

Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

SOCCER: KABIA AND KILDUFF ON THE DOUBLE AT TOLKA PARK

Super Shels take big step closer to crown LOI FIRST DIVISION Shelbourne Wexford Youths  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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Evans on the double as Ireland see off Italy DUBLINERS Nikki Evans, Sarah Hawkshaw and Deirdre Duke were all on the mark on Tuesday afternoon for the Irish senior women’s hockey side beat Italy 4-1.

Evans (pictured) netted the Green Army’s first two goals before Hawkshaw made it 3-1 in the closing quarter with a penalty corner rebound. Duke completed the win. All three are vying for a place in next month’s European Championship side.

Picture: Maurice Frazer

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SHELBOURNE overcame another big test in their quest for promotion back to the top level of Irish football as they saw off Wexford 5-2 at Tolka Park on Friday.

The Reds were cruising at 3-0 up in the first half but ceded the initiative after the break and were pegged back to 3-2 before pulling away for a comfortable victory in the end.

Ciaran Kilduff and Jaze Kabia each scored doubles, Kabia making it three in two games since signing from Cobh Ramblers, while Ryan Brennan notched his sixth of the season.

The result leaves Shels eight points clear of Drogheda United and Longford Town in pole position with just five games to play and Ian Morris’ side look odds-on to lift the title.

Sealing the championship would be vindication for the Shels board, who took a risk in letting the experienced Owen Heary to appoint 32-year-old Morris to his first senior management position.

Before he can even think about lifting the title, however, Morris must navigate his next five fixtures, beginning with a long trip to Cork to face Cobh Ramblers on Saturday.

“We’ve five league games left and that’s what it is at this stage of the season,” the former Leeds United and Northampton Town midfielder tells the Dublin Gazette.

“You can talk all you want about styles of football, talk about this and talk about that, but ultimately it’s about three points on the board after every game.

“It’s about finding the will and finding the way to do it and that’s what we’ll try to do down in Cobh.

“They’re coming off the back of a fantastic

Shelbourne celebrate a Ryan Brennan goal.

Picture: Maurice Frazer

result down in Limerick and, obviously, with us taking the two boys, it’s going to be a fiery engagement.

“We’ll prepare properly for it and that’ll be our focus going to Cobh, and hopefully we’ll come away with three more points.”

They were forced to dig deep on Friday night against a Wexford who belied their position at the bottom of the First Division to make a real dogfight of it at Tolka Park.

“Trouble wouldn’t be what I’d describe it as.

They got two goals which, we’ve looked back at the video, and they were two poor goals to

concede from our perspective.

“Once we made a little change to counter them getting a little more joy in the middle of the park, we got a goal fairly quickly and that settled us down a little bit.

“When you’re 3-0 up, I think you tend to come off the pedal a little and we paid the price for it, but it was rectified.

“Every team that comes generally has a little spell in games and you’ve got to ride it out the best you can. It’s just important that we did, we showed a bit of character to come back and we ended up scoring two more goals.”

Gridiron gridlock confirmed for 2020 AMERICAN FOOTBALL  sport@dublingazette.com

AMERICAN football teams will play competitive games in Dublin for a fourth time, with confirmation a high school football showcase will take place on Friday, August 28, 2020.

High schools that have committed to the event, which is played in association with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, will be announced during the coming months, along with the event venues.

“We are arranging some intriguing and competitive matchups

between American teams that will excite the people of Dublin, who always provide a warm welcome and support our events in force,” said Global Football president and founder Patrick Steenberge.

“We are delighted to be working alongside the Aer Lingus College Football Series promoters and be part of game-week 2020 which will attract more than 35,000 US visitors to Ireland.

The teams will train at UCD and will experience the local culture through a series of educational tours.

Dublin will witness all teams and their accompanying bands

and cheerleaders join a city centre parade on the Thursday night before the games, which will culminate in an American-style Pep Rally in the heart of city.

This is the fourth time Global Football has organised a high school spectacular alongside college football games played in Ire-

land. In 2012, a total of 12 teams played a series of double headers at Donnybrook Stadium and Parnell Park in Dublin and at Pairc Tailteann in County Meath. UCD played host in 2014 and then in 2016, local sports fans enjoyed a triple-header of games at Donnybrook Stadium.

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BASKETBALL

GOLF: NEW OPEN CHAMPION CELEBRATES HIS WIN IN STYLE

Stars of Erin’s ladies footballers grab a selfie Killester’s Ciaran Roe drives to the basket. Picture: Martin Doherty

Ice cool Roe lands crucial late basket MEN’S BASKETBALL sport@dublingazette.com

PYROBEL Killester’s Ciaran Roe produced a superb performance to help Ireland’s basketballers to a 105 to 101 win over Luxembourg at the Oblate Hall last Saturday.

He landed 18 points in an impressive display in a side that also featured his club mate Kieran O’Brien, Templeogue’s Lorcan Murphy and Dubliner Isaac Westbrooks.

Ireland did trail 27-33 by the end of the first quarter but Matt Tracey and Murphy’s direct approach kept Luxembourg from gaining an unsurmountable lead.

Luxembourg’s top scorer Philippe Gutenkauf was proving difficult to handle but once Ireland changed their angle of approach and tightened their defence, momentum flowed in the host’s favour.

Marginally leading 62–61 at half-time, Ireland found a style of play that offset Luxembourg’s speed and three-point shooting. Eoin Quigley and O’Brien were solid in defence while top scorer Treacy found his rhythm.

Ireland were just edging it on the scoreboard in the third quarter, 87-85, but had stretched this lead out to seven by the midway mark in the fourth.

Luxembourg responded though through Oliver Vujakovic and Thomas Grun, reducing the deficit once more and taking the lead at one stage.

Amid a brilliant team performance, Adrian O’Sullivan and Roe were two of the key players down the stretch to help give Ireland the advantage with crucial scores in the face of a tough press.

And a huge Quigley block at the death helped to sustain their lead. With only seven seconds on the clock, Roe held his nerve from the free-throw line to extend Ireland’s margin to four and a memorable home victory.

Speaking after the game, Head Coach Mark Keenan delighted in his side’s victory, but emphasised that a win tomorrow is imperative.

“We knew we had to tighten up on our defence and that’s what we emphasised at half-time. We had to make things a lot tougher for them because some of their play in the first-half was a little too easy for them.”

With the Claret Jug. Picture: Matt Mackey / Press Eye.

Tourism NI’s Terence Brannigan, Fiona Cunningham and John McGrillen. Picture: Phillip McGowan / Press Eye.

King Shane of the Castle

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HANE Lowry celebrated his Open Championship week in style, bringing the famed Claret Jug with him on a whistle-stop tour around the capital. The Castle Golf Club member’s first port of call saw him drop in to the Boar’s Head, before heading for the Dublin mountains and the Blue Light where he was joined by the Stars of Erin ladies football team among many others.

Also on the agenda were trips to Temple Street Children’s Hospital where he showed off the Jug to staff, giving a boost to the

young children in situ. And he finally got to grace the hallowed Croke Park which his father, Brendan, graced with such distinction as an Offaly footballer. Shane was met with a standing ovation during half-time of Limerick and Kilkenny’s hurling semi-final. he Open itself was a particular triumph for golf on the island with Tourism Northern Ireland acting as wonderful hosts.

The event showcased the majesty of Royal Portrush with a record-breaking crowd of over 237,000 enjoying a spectacular week.

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Picture perfect Royal Portrush. Picture: Matt Mackey / Press Eye.

Meeting staff at Temple Street

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FOOTBALL: TOM GRAY’S CHARGES PRODUCE DOMINANT PERFORMANCE ASDFSAFSDAFSDAF: AFDSA

Archer produces yet another masterclass in semi-final victory ALL-IRELAND UNDER-20 SEMI-FINAL Dublin Galway  CÓILÍN DUFFY sport@dublingazette.com

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DUBLIN’S Under-20 footballers will contest their first ever Eirgrid All-Ireland Championship final this Saturday, when they take on Cork at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise (4pm).

Tom Gray’s side booked their place in the decider following a 2-14 to 1-10 win over Galway at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park in Longford on Saturday last, and once again return to the Midlands for their final clash.

St Maur’s clubman Ciarán Archer was once again in strong form, and after bagging a hat-trick in Dublin’s Leinster final win over Laois, he found the net twice against the Tribesmen.

Archer grabbed two early goals to set Dublin up nicely for this tie, as they led by 2-1 to 0-0 after six minutes following a strong start.

He accounted for all of their opening scores, including a third minute pointed free, with Galway’s defence under strong pressure from the off.

Karl-Lynch Bissett and Brian O’Leary were involved in the build-up to Archer’s first goal, before he found the net for a second time inside two minutes.

Galway fought back well with 1-2 unanswered, as Tony Gill and Padraig Costello

added points, before a Brian Harlowe goal.

An Archer pointed free and a brace of Ross McGarry points cancelled out Harlowe’s goal.

Dublin were stringing together some good team moves at this stage, with Neil Matthews, Niall O’Leary, Kieran Kennedy and James Doran impressing.

O’Leary and Doran linked up before Brian O’Leary claimed a well-earned point to push Dublin to a double-scores lead in injury-time.

However, Galway cut the gap at the break thanks to a Tony Gill effort, to ensure a 2-6 to 1-4 half-time score-line.

The Tribesmen fired seven first-half wides, but were more resourceful on the restart, as they worked their way back into this tie to draw level.

Liam Costello, Padraig Costello, Gill and Rory Cunningham were among those who impressed, with Cunningham’s firing over an equaliser on 42 minutes.

But Dublin regained the lead as the game entered the final quarter, thanks to Archer landing their first point of the half from a free, before a David Lacey score pushed them two points clear.

Dublin drove on, with Archer adding a score, before a Brian O’Leary effort helped open up a four-point gap.

Liam Boyle grabbed a point back for Galway, but with Dublin keeper David O’Hanlon pulling off a fine save from a Matthew Tierney effort, and Dublin finished strongly with Archer bringing his

Plunkett’s hopes of avoiding the drop boosted

Donal Ryan of Dublin is presented with the Man of the Match award by Aidan Naughton, EirGrid. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

tally to 2-6 by the full-time whistle.

Na Fianna’s Dónal Ryan claimed the Eirgrid Man of the Match award, after a solid performance in the midfield sector.

“Galway got a huge amount of momentum at the start of the second-half, scored five points in a row,” said manager Tom Gray reflecting on the win.

“It looked like we couldn’t do too much right at that time. To be fair to the players, I thought they gathered themselves really well, in a very mature way, and played themselves back into the game.

“We were extremely happy with

that.”

Cork reached the final after a strong comeback, before recording a 2-17 to 1-18 win over Tyrone in Tullamore on Sunday.

The Rebels trailed by seven points early in the second half, but with Tyrone reduced to 14 men, Cork fought back to win by two.

“We’ll be focused very much on ourselves,” Gray said of the Cork challenge.

“There’s a few things that didn’t go well on Saturday, we’ll be aiming to work on those this week, to the extent that you can.”

Jackies ease into quarter-finals with massive win  CÓILÍN DUFFY

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Noelle Healy scored a goal in Dublin’s defeat of Monaghan, topping their group with ease.

Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach / Sportsfile

FOOTBALL

DUBLIN will meet Kerry in the TG4 AllIreland Senior Ladies Football Championship quarter-finals next Monday in Bord na Móna O’Connor Park, Tullamore (4.45pm).

Mick Bohan’s charges completed the group stages unbeaten last Saturday, with an impressive 3-20 to 0-4 win over Monaghan at Parnell Park.

St Sylvesters’ Sinead Aherne registered 1-11 of Dublin’s tally, in a game where her side led by 1-12 to 0-2 at half-time, with Aherne netting a penalty goal.

Louise Kerley grabbed the opening score of the second half for Monaghan, but Dublin continued to show strongly upfront, with Aherne and Sinéad Goldrick impressive, with half-time substitute Caoimhe O’Connor and Noelle Healy grabbing a goal each.

Oonagh Whyte, Carla Rowe, Emma McDonagh, Lyndsay Davey and Aoife Kane were also among Dublin’s scorers.

Kerry had a much tighter encounter in their final group stages tie, claiming a 1-12 to 1-10 win over Westmeath in Killarney.

They led by 1-6 to 1-4 at half-time, with the sides evenly matched on the restart, with Kerry just doing enough to hold out for a two-point win.

The Kingdom had seven different scorers, with 1-10 of their tally coming from open play, including a first half goal from Hannah O’Donoghue.

Dublin manager Mick Bohan believes the reigning champions still have room for improvement despite chalking up another comprehensive victory.

“We were a little bit sloppy in the first half and probably took us 15 minutes to get a bit of rhythm. I thought it was a way better performance in the second half.

“I thought they were more clinical, and just their movement got better, but that’s part of it.

“It takes games to get that harmony of a team working together so we’re glad of this outing.”

ST OLIVER Plunkett’s recorded a magnificent 2-10 to 0-11 triumph at the expense of Kilmacud Crokes in Martin Savage Park in AFL1.

The Ashtown crew had recently suffered back-to-back reversals to Ballyboden St Enda’s and Ballymun Kickhams, but have now leap-frogged Fingallians in their battle against the drop.

It puts them in 14th place in the table with two rounds of matches to go.

Fingallians produced a gallant effort in their battle with Ballymun at Lawless Park, only to fall short in the end (1-9 to 0-10).

This leaves the Swords side with some ground to cover in the closing rounds of the league. They will face tough encounters against Kilmacud and Na Fianna in the next few weeks, while Plunkett’s and Templeogue will face off in a potentially crucial affair on August 31.

At the top, heading towards the penultimate round of the competition, Ballymun Kickhams, Na Fianna and Kilmacud Crokes are all tied on 17 points behind Ballyboden St Enda’s on 25 and already assured of a playoff place.

Whereas there was mixed fortunes for Ballymun and Kilmacud, Na Fianna narrowly lost out to Cuala at Hyde Park last Thursday (0-11 to 0-10).

Further down the table, Jude’s and Vincent’s are both on 16 points and still very much in the running for a top-four finish.

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Lambe and Feerick aid Irish world silver medal  DAVE DONNELLY

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IRELAND’S growth as a major rowing nation continued as Dubliners Claire Feerick (Neptune BC) and Eimear Lambe (UCD BC) were part of the four to win a silver medal at the under-23s World Championships in Florida.

T h e Ir i s h q u a r te t, also comprising Cork’s Emily Hegarty and Tara Hanlon, were narrowly beaten to the gold medal

by Great Britain in a neckand-neck race in Sarasota-Bradenton on Sunday.

Ireland lost out by just a second-and-a-half to the British team, while hosts the United States were three seconds further back to take the bronze.

It rounded off a successful championships for Ireland after the male lightweight foursome of Eoin Gaffney, Hugh Sutton, Ryan Ballantine and Miles Taylor won bronze on Saturday.

The competitors only landed back in Dublin on Monday but they will have little time to savour the achievement as they head out for a training camp in Italy on Thursday.

They will join the established senior team of world champion Sanita Puspure, Aifric Keogh, Monika Dukarska and Aileen Crowley in competing for the four places at the senior worlds in Poland.

“It was overwhelming at first,”Neptune club member Feerick told the

From left to right, the Irish Under-23 rowing team of Emily Hegarty, Tara Hanlon, Eimear Lambe and Claire Feerick

“When we crossed that line, half of us didn’t

know what had happened and then we looked around and we saw we were second“ Dublin Gazette.

“When we crossed that line, half of us didn’t know what had happened and then we looked around and we saw we were second. We were overwhelmed and just delighted to do it.

“It was nip and tuck the whole way down.

We were just focused on our own race and I’d say I only looked over once. I saw it was just between us and the Brits and I was like ‘oh god’.”

It’s been quite a year for the DCU sports management student, who began the season with ambitions of making the Under-23s worlds and could finish it with her first senior appearance.

“Myself and Eimear L a m b e a re t r a i n i n g in Dublin, and Emily Hegarty and Tara Hanlon would be down in Cork, so were kind of separated for the first half of the season.

“Then, in the winter,

we went down to Cork for some training camps, and then we went abroad to a regatta in Italy and we raced together as a four there.

“That was to get experience at senior level, and we came fourth or fifth in that alongside another Irish four, which is Sanita Puspure [and her team], which was a good marker for us.”

Feerick - who has to fund her career herself with her own money and

fundraising, with support from Neptune Rowing Club - has her eyes set on the Olympics in Tokyo.

“I’m lucky enough to have a very supportive family and friends, especially in Neptune Rowing Club. They were very supportive of me and raised a good chunk of the money to get me to the US. “I’ve so many people behind me and all I was thinking going over there was to make them all proud and do the best

I could because they’re so supportive.”

However, she insists for now she’s taking things one step at a time and tackling immediate goals as they present themselves.

“It’s just been taking it one step at a time. The Under-23 Worlds was my goal and now my next goal is to get into senior Worlds team.

“Then the next step is hopefully to qualify for the Olympics.”