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Anger as many city areas left trashed by litterers RACHEL D’ARCY

THERE has been outrage amongst locals, councillors and on social media following the amount of rubbish and waste dumped at the city’s scenic spots after the Bank Holiday weekend.

Bins were left overflowing, with vast amounts of rubbish dumped in Portobello, the Phoenix Park, Ranelagh Gardens and more, with local residents and councillors calling on An Garda Siochana and DCC to enforce regulations on public drinking and litter.

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Rubbish was dumped in the Phoenix Park, Portobello and more

around the Portobello area, with cllr Mary Freehill (Lab) saying residents have complained about the “terrible stench”.

She said: “I have been contacted by residents close to Portobello harbour. People were urinating and defecating in the area every few seconds as the pubs wouldn’t let them use their facilities.”

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NEW GROUP BACKS PLAN DESPITE LOCAL ANGER

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as deal set to MetroLink plan sees Praise help Ballymun club the community split A NEW group has been established with the aim of providing ‘unbiased’ information on the merits of the Metrolink project, in the midst of a hurricane of controversy on the plans for same.

Dublin On Track aim to “engage with those sceptical about the merits of building MetroLink and the emerging preferred route”.

The group aim to “counter the misinformation and negative portrayal of MetroLink”, saying they believe negative coverage of MetroLink may lead to the project being scrapped, or left with a line that is “unfit for purpose”.

The group says: “The Na Fianna issue is only the first hurdle and it appears

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the project is already stumbling to get over that, so now it looks like it has to go around.

“Thanks to public pressure, there will surely be many more issues like this and if MetroLink keeps going around the issue then we may either end up with a line that is unfit for purpose or no line at all.”

At present, several sports clubs including Na Fianna GAA and Home Farm football club, residents and local schools are enraged with the pro-

A render of a possible MetroLink stop

posed routing of the project, which would result in the displacement of sports teams and pupils during the construction of the route.

Last Thursday, hundreds of children from Scoil Caitriona and Scoil Mobhi formed a human chain to highlight the impact that

the MetroLink construction would have on their schools.

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has also said he is “very concerned”, suggesting that the national Transport Agency (NTA) find “an alternative option” whilst discussing in the Dail the impact it may have on the community in Glasnevin.

When contacted about the Taoiseach’s comment, a spokesperson for the NTA told Dublin Gazette: “The consultation process around the MetroLink emerging preferred route will continue until May 11.

“We are happy to consider all submissions and proposals that we receive, and we have made a commitment to report back as soon as practicable after that date.”

Deputy John Lahart (FF) has said if the preferred route is given the go-ahead, it will “inevitably shut down” an entire north Dublin community.

He has called on Minister for Transport Shane Ross to clarify the proposed route for the sake of the local community.

Deputy Lahart said: “The community ... are still left with many unanswered questions, particularly the variations in maps of the route.

“The Minister [Ross] and his department, together with the relevant authorities, have an obligation here to urgently clarify these outstanding matters for all involved.”

A DUBLIN City councillor has welcomed the moves taken to ensure GAA club Ballymun Kickhams will be provided with land in Ballymun.

DCC have begun the procurement process for consultants, with a view to using the land from ‘site 31’ on the Ballymun Local Area Plan to accommodate the GAA team, as well as additional housing.

Cllr Noeleen Reilly (Ind) said: “I am delighted we are one step further on with moving Ballymun Kickhams back to Ballymun.

“This is an exciting time for the club and the community. It will be great to have the club closer to Ballymun.

“Their existing grounds are up near the airport and it can be difficult for children to access. This move can only benefit the community and the club as a whole.”

A report is expected on the procurement process within the next two to three months. The land put forward for consideration is owned by DCC; however, it is in the Fingal County Council area, with Cllr Reilly saying she hopes for full cooperation between the two authorities to complete the project as soon as possible.

Help to turn Darkness into Light on this special walk PIETA House, the suicide support and self-harm charity, is holding its annual main fundraiser this weekend.

Now a global awareness and fundraising initiative, Darkness Into Light for Pieta House takes place on May 12, and once again will begin in darkness at 4.15am, with tens of thousands of people walking a set route while the dawn is breaking.

From its humble roots here

in Ireland, the walk and idea has proven an international, inspirational event, with thousands of people all over the world now undertaking similar events.

The funds raised from the vital Darkness Into Light fundraiser help to keep Pieta House’s counselling services free to those in need of help.

To find your nearest venue and for registration, just see www.darknessintolight.ie.

Inquest hears 100 babies born on methadone a year IT HAS been revealed that up to 100 babies are born on methadone in the Coombe Hospital annually.

The figure was revealed during the inquest of baby Cian Hall, who was being treated for withdrawal following his birth in February 2016, and who passed away from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) the day after he was released home.

Baby Cian was treated successfully for his withdrawal symptoms, with consultant neonatologist at the Coombe, Professor Martin White, telling the inquest that up to 100 babies are born in withdrawal each year after being exposed to drugs within the womb. Around 25% of the withdrawing infants require medication to help them through the withdrawals, with half of all affected babies remaining on the ward for up to five weeks.

Prof White said: “We try to avoid giving medications to babies.

Only around a quarter of the overall number will require medications. Some may stay on for up to five weeks while they are withdrawing from drugs they were exposed to in the womb.”

Baby Cian was released home and receiving medication, administered by his grandmother as part of his feed. He then was found unresponsive an hour and a half later, and rushed to hospital, passing away the following day.

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BANK HOLIDAY: SEA OF LITTER LEFT BEHIND BY LAZY REVELLERS

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acts to help curb City again shamed as huge Facebook external vote interference amount of rubbish dumped RACHEL D’ARCY

REVELLERS have been criticised following vast amounts of rubbish being left on the banks of the Grand Canal at the sunny Bank Holiday weekend.

Wi d espre ad so c i al media images show a large amount of waste dumped outside Portobello college after people flocked to the sun-trap to drink last weekend.

While some attempt was made to clean up, with public rubbish bins pictured in a state of overflow, a large number of cans, bottles, cardboard boxes and cups were strewn across the concrete in the primarily residential area.

Dublin City Council were praised for the quick clean-up of the dumping,

Council staff were praised for their efforts to tackle widespread littering, such as this scene awaiting them at Portobello – but those responsible continue to let the city down

but many took to Twitter to voice their disgust with those who didn’t clean up after themselves.

“Well done to Dublin City Council for having workers out so fast [on Monday] to clean the area, but some manners [from the public] and it wouldn’t be such a large task,” Tweeted Dublin Nightlife.

City centre parks were a hotspot over the weekend, with reports that litter was as big of a problem

in parks such as Phoenix Park and Ranelagh Gardens as it was alongside the canal.

Cllr Patrick Costello (GP) said the littering “goes against” teaching children not to litter, and that council staff should be made available over long weekends to help with clean up.

He said: “The issue is a wider one, not just on the canal. Many of our parks also end up covered in litter, with bins not being

emptied.

“I am told that Galway [council] provide bags at amenities areas to prevent littering on long weekends – these are all things Dublin City Council should be looking at,” he said.

Ciaran Cuffe, of the Green Party, agreed with Cllr Costello, saying he asked the council to work with residents and businesses in the area to find a solution.

Cuffe told Dublin

Gazette: “This dumping shows a terrible lack of consideration for the area.

“This morning I spoke with council staff and requested them to work with residents and businesses in the area to provide a coordinated approach to tackling this.”

Cllr Mannix Flynn (Ind) said that city-wide public drinking on warmer days has become a huge problem that needs to be tackled to avoid issues like dumping in public spaces.

He told Dublin Gazette: “The gardai and Dublin City Council need to step up and start enforcing the law on public drinking and on littering.

“What about all the residents and businesses left to deal with the dumping left behind? Something needs to be done.”

FACEBOOK has announced that it will restrict foreign advertising ahead of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment on May 25. This means that advertisements from advertisers outside of Ireland that may be targeted at a either side of the referendum debate will be restricted, and may not appear on news feeds in the lead up to the vote, thus helping to curb any foreign interference on either side of the divisive debate.

A Facebook statement said: “Concerns have been raised about organisations and individuals based outside of Ireland trying to influence the outcome of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment ... by buying ads on Facebook.

“As part of our efforts to help protect the integrity of elections and referendums from undue influence, we will begin rejecting ads related to the referendum if they are being run by advertisers based outside of Ireland.”

€15m funding boost for seniors’ homes in Inchicore SENIOR citizen accommodation in Inchicore is set for a €15m funding boost.

Last Friday, the Department of Housing announced that the construction of 52 new homes for older people will be developed on the former St Michael’s Estate. The development is expected to be completed by 2020.

Deputy Catherine Byrne (FG) welcomed the announcement, approved as part of the Housing with Support pilot project. She said: “The Housing with Support model brings together a range of services and supports for older people, reducing or deferring the need to move into long-term residential care.”

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TRANSPORT: CALLS FOR MINISTER ROSS TO FINALLY TACKLE ISSUE

dublin

‘Get on with regulating DIARY Dublin city’s rickshaws’

Get Together to cheer on Ryan at ‘the Euro’, brush up on some great art, or gain insight into Amy

RACHEL D’ARCY

THE Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, has been criticised over the lack of regulation on rickshaws in the city, eight months after a National Transport Authority (NTA) report on the tricycle-taxis.

A public consultation process was held by the NTA seeking to establish new laws for the regulation of rickshaw operation in the city centre.

The consultation process ended last September, with a report submitted to the transport department.

There has since been little movement regarding the introduction of legislation, with Fianna Fail TD John Curran calling on Minister Ross to put forward proposals to regulate rickshaws.

Hundreds of rickshaws

Rickshaws are currently unregulated modes of transport on the road

operate within the city each weekend, bringing revellers to and from different locations within town.

There is no certainty of whether the bike-cabs are insured – as the drivers of rickshaws are not under regulation, they are not required to have insurance to operate a rickshaw.

At present, gardai can only treat the operators of

rickshaws as they would treat any other cyclist.

Last year, Dublin City Council tried to implement bye-laws, but was told it did not have the power to legislate.

Deputy Curran said: “Regulatory policy must be developed with the NTA around rickshaw licensing, insurance, user safety and other matters.

“Under current legislation, small public service

vehicles are defined as either being pedal-powered or mechanicallypropelled. However, this does not cover rickshaws, as they are often batterypowered.

“In the same way that motorists, taxi drivers and public transport operators are standardised, we must legislate to help protect the public when using rickshaws.

“I am calling on Minis-

ter Ross to get on with the necessary legislation.”

When contacted by Dublin Gazette, Minister Ross said he is “actively working” to address concerns on the use of rickshaws and will hold a meeting for those concerned with the safety of rickshaw use at the end of this month.

He said: “I am actively working to address public concerns about the use of rickshaws. This issue has been raised with me both as a minister and local TD. “Last Autumn, I asked the NTA to conduct a public consultation on the matter and I am currently analysing the results.

“I am also holding a public meeting for those who have concerns about the public safety of rickshaw use, which will be held in The Coach House, Ballinteer on May 28 at 8pm,” he said.

Photos dive into exploring the bay’s rich marine life WINNERS of the 2018 UNESCO Dublin Bay Biosphere Underwater Photography competition have been announced, celebrating the life in Dublin Bay.

The competition was created by Dublin Bay Biosphere Partnership and the Irish Underwater Council to raise awareness of the bay’s marine life, encour-

aging entries of photographs from as far back as the 1980s up to 2017.

Images contained common species such as lobsters and seals, as well as the more unusual dahlia anemone and nudibranch.

There were several winners across seven catego-

ries, including Best Photograph of a Worm/Mollusc, Best Compact Camera or Action Camera Image, Best Photograph of a Sponge/

Cnidarian/Sea Squirt, and Best Photograph of Spotted In Dublin Bay. The winning entries will be available to view in a number of locations around the Dublin Bay biosphere in the coming year.

Leslie Moore, chairman of the Dublin Bay Biosphere Partnership, said: “We were very impressed with all the entrants and the very high standards that the underwater photographers have produced, and the diverse range of life exhibited in the UNESCO Dublin Bay Biosphere.”

For further information on where the images will be displayed, see ‘dublinbiosphere’ on Twitter.

C’MON, RYAN! CHEER ON OUR EURO HOPEFUL ON A BIG SCREEN THERE’S nothing we Irish love more than a decent Eurovision hoolie in the middle of May, preferably with a pint or two in hand – and now that we’re actually through to the final (for once), we’ll be celebrating ‘the Euro’ more than usual.

This year, the folks at Lighthouse Cinema are going the extra mile – they’ll be showcasing this year’s Eurovision live from Lisbon on their big screen. Promising a night of ‘heckling, cocktails and glitter,’ why would you want to watch anywhere else?

And sure, why not have a great singalong ‘Together’ as Ryan O’Shaughnessy does his best for Ireland.

Tickets for the big-screen event are priced at €15, with the show is set to start at 7:45pm on Saturday.

EXHIBITION WILL PAINT A PRETTY PICTURE OF CITY’S ART TALENTS IT’S that time of year again – the surrounds of Stephen’s Green are adorned with colourful flecks of art from hundreds of the finest painters Dublin has to offer.

Free to attend, the People’s Art exhibition stretches around the perimeter of one of the city’s best-loved parks. Artists will be on hand to discuss their art, with their creations also for sale for lucky buyers to take home.

The exhibit runs from May 11-13, with paintings-only on display. (So if you’re looking for prints or photographis work, you’ll be out of luck – but brush up on the painting skills in a wide variety of styles and using many materials.) There’s also an exhibition set for June, if you miss out this time around!

GAIN AN INSIGHT INTO THE LATE AMY WINEHOUSE AT CHQ SHOW A CELEBRATION of the life of Amy Winehouse is now running at CHQ, Docklands, until May 31. Exploring the legacy of the Londoner, AMY will explore the beginnings of her career, and her time as she developed into a recording artist.

It will also feature images of the tragic vocalist as a young girl, in a number of images of Amy before fame took hold. It’s a collection of 25 images, taken when Amy was travelling between New York and London recording for her debut album, Frank.

The exhibition is supported by a hardback book by Dublinborn photographer Charles Moriarty, who met Winehouse in 2003, and who says: “That’s the main reason why I wanted to showcase these pictures, because they show another side to Amy that is beautiful yet subtle. That’s the Amy I knew.”

Spanning some 144 pages, the book contains a foreword by AMY director Asif Kapadla, as well as 50 mostly previously unseen images of the singer.

The late, great Amy

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Susie Burke and Margaret Penny

Sharon Greene and Jennifa O’Carroll

Paddy and Bernie Hickey

Emma Calvert, Sinead Crowe, Sheena Hennessy and Vanessa Kilduff. Pictures: Robbie Reynolds

Helga and Keith Rance

Lisa Harrington and Geraldine Kennedy

Style galore over at The Clayton at a ball to help sick children B

Donal and Nora McCarthy with Noreen and Richard Kiely

Stephen Ward, Paul Terry, Simon Forsyth and Robin Sheth

EAUTIFUL ball dresses and black-tie attire were de rigueur at The Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road recently as all kinds of people gathered for a gala evening in aid of CMRF Crumlin.

The luxurious fundraising Time To Sparkle gala ball was a key way to help support Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and the National Children’s Research Centre, with people from all walks of life only too happy to don their glad rags and dig deep to support the fundraising drive.

While the gentlemen had scrubbed up very well, style watchers were in their element noting some particularly beautiful dresses and designer outfits sported by many of the ladies at the ball.

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PHIBSBOROUGH: OBJECTIONS RAISED OVER REDEVELOPMENT

Disappointment over plans for shopping hub RACHEL D’ARCY

Kids go bananas for Fyffes’ fitness fun in special class PUPILS at Presentation Primary School, Warrenmount in Dublin 8 are first in line when it comes to fitness.

Some 100 pupils from third and fourth class recently took part in Fit Squad – an interactive health and fitness session for children delivered by fitness expert, Tom Dalton, and organised by banana importers, Fyffes.

Topics included a small workout and some tips on healthy eating, all designed to improve children’s general fitness through fun-filled activities.

Describing it as “part of [their] commitment to encouraging healthy eating and an active lifestyle”, Fyffes marketing manager Emma Hunt-Duffy said: “We are hosting a nationwide series of Fyffes Fit Squads throughout 2018, with a focus on sports clubs and schools, both at primary and secondary level.” Schools and sports clubs interested in participating in the project can find more information at www.fyffesfitsquad.ie.

AN APPLICATION has been lodged with An Bord Pleanala for the redevelopment of Phibsborough Shopping Centre, which was originally constructed in the 1960s.

The redevelopment proposal plans for new retail and restaurant units, a civic plaza, student accommodation, and an upgrade of the existing shopping centre and office tower.

Local TDs have criticised the redevelopment plans, with Mary Fitzpatrick (FF) calling the plans “disappointingly unimaginative”, calling for the rejection of the proposal.

Community groups in the area have also lodged official objections to the proposals.

Phibsborough Shopping Centre. Picture: Google Maps

Phibsborough Community Arts Festival and the Phibsborough Tidy Towns committee have both lodged objections to the planning application with the Bord.

One of the major criticisms of the plan is the potential of more student accommodation being brought into the Phibsbor-

ough area, despite more than 440 student beds currently being constructed on the North Circular Road, just 450 metres away.

Deputy Fitzpatrick said: “Dublin Central already has a high percentage of short-term, singleoccupancy student-type accommodation that attracts a transient popu-

lation; there is therefore no necessity for this key site to be dedicated for the very same use.”

Labour representative Marie Sherlock said the focus should be more so on “permanent” family accommodation. The plan includes 324 student rooms – some 70% of the new build’s floor area.

Sherlock said: “At a time where permanent family accommodation is urgently required across the north inner city, it is vital that there should be a mix of residential accommodation in the proposed development of the shopping centre.”

She said that the construction of transient housing for students will “go against the grain” of the efforts by local groups in Phibsborough to “revive a sense of identity and character” in the area.

The development of the shopping centre has been long awaited; however, Deputy Fitzpatrick has said that it is “frustrating” that the joint development of the shopping centre and Dalymount Stadium isn’t being considered.

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COURTS: THEFTS OF THOUSANDS OF EURO END UP BEFORE THE BENCH

Roofer avoids jail after judge gives him last minute chance A JUDGE has said it is unfair that fraud cases are coming before the courts four years after they were committed.

Judge Patrick Quinn made his comments when sentencing a man who stole €4,300 from a small financial services firm he was working for in 2014.

Detective Garda Peter Kenny told the judge that there was a large backlog of fraud cases. Judge Quinn said he was not making any criticism of gardai, but said it seemed “terribly unfair” for the accused that such a “large gap” would occur.

In the case before him at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Kevin Fay (42) of Woodbank Drive, Finglas, pleaded guilty to three sample counts of theft from Provident Personal Credit at Ballyboggin Business Centre, Cabra on dates between September 2013 and January 2014.

Fay, a married father-of-two, was working as an agent for the company. He began submitting false loan applications on behalf of existing customers and keeping the money himself.

He stole a total of €4,300 from the company. He told gardai he did it to get himself “out of a hole” after his other job as a taxi driver “disintegrated”.

He has no previous convictions. Judge Quinn initially said he would jail Fay for three months, stating that he had to deter employees in positions of trust from stealing from their employers.

But the judge changed his decision after Luigi Rea BL, defending, begged the court to give Fay an hour to put together a sum of compensation.

Fay returned to court with a sum of €1,100 and Judge Quinn suspended the entirety of a one-year prison sentence on condition that Fay pay the remaining €3,200 back to the company in the next two years.

The court heard Fay is back working as a roofer since 2016, and earns €580 a week. Mr Rea provided a reference from his employer to the court.

Judge Quinn had commented that Fay had enough time before the court date to put the money owed together, and added it was almost insulting that he had come to court with nothing.

Fraudster conned many victims into paying to rent the same property

A FORMER property investor who was “robbing Peter to pay Paul” during a series of thefts and frauds which netted him almost €50,000 will be sentenced at the end of May. Jonathan Chubb (38), of Keeper Road, Drimnagh, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 34 counts of theft, two counts of providing a false reference, four counts of deception and six counts of possession of a forged driving licence and one count of money laundering on dates between March 2013 and July 2015.

Garda Nathan McKenna told Ger Small BL, prosecuting, that Chubb had stolen deposits from 11 people, who gave him cash believing he was the landlord of an apartment for rent at Oblate View, Tyrconnell Road, Dublin 8.

Gda McKenna told the court that some of the people Chubb stole from had young children and babies.

He said they were stressed, distraught and

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Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard how some of the fraudster’s victims had young children and babies scared when they arrived to move into the property and found “maybe 15 people who had turned up to do the same thing”.

Gda McKenna told Ms Small that one of the injured parties suspected something was wrong after handing over a €900 deposit to Chubb, and she called him and asked for her money back.

But after a phone conversation she then apologised for doubting him, gave him a deposit of €2,000 and a box of chocolates by way of apology, the court heard.

Another of Chubb’s victims told gardai the defendant had handed him a key to the apartment and told him the property needed a few repairs and

said he could move in the following week.

This man took a photo of Chubb, who was using the name ‘Darren Hartigan’, and later gave it to gardai.

Gda McKenna said one woman, with no family or support in Dublin, found herself and her eight-yearold daughter homeless as a consequence of Chubb’s

fraud.

The court also heard that Chubb stole four iPhone 5s worth €2,316 from Three Ireland, after he ordered them in the name of a company and did not pay for them.

Michael Bowman SC, defending, said Chubb had been “robbing Peter to pay Paul”.

James P Dwyer BL, also defending, said that his client had brought €9,000 to court to be allocated to the injured parties, and would provide further compensation at his next court appearance.

Chubb has 27 previous convictions, including 12 for theft and fraud offences and 16 for road traffic offences. He has one conviction for a minor misuse of drugs offence.

Judge Karen O’Connor said Chubb’s crimes were very disturbing matters.

“He left people and their babies and young children without accommodation, which is the most basic of human needs,” she said.

She adjourned sentencing until May 30.

New sustainability mark gives Tesco boss plenty to Green about TESCO Ireland has become a verified member of Origin Green, a national sustainability programme that’s an initiative of Bord Bia. The Origin Green programme is one of the only such programmes worldwide that brings together national government, the private sector, food producers and food retailers.

In becoming a member of Origin Green, Tesco has set out a sustainability plan that targets key operational, sourcing, health and nutrition and social responsibility targets.

By committing to the Origin Green sustainability charter, meaningful goals are targeted, and independently verified

on an ongoing basis.

As a leading food retailer, Tesco is one of the biggest supporters of the Irish agricultural and food business sectors in the country, sourcing from more than 480 Irish food and drink suppliers and supporting 13,000 Irish farm families.

Andrew Yaxley, chief executive, Tesco Ireland said: “We’re really proud to have successfully achieved the Origin Green verification. Being a sustainable business is very important to us, and we’re equally proud to be a good neighbour and support the communities we serve.

“As the first national retailer to launch a surplus food donations programme in 2014, our sustainability plans have been

to the forefront of our business for many years.

“The Origin Green framework helps us to set further clear goals and measurable targets to achieve further sustainability aims within our business as part of the charter over the next 5 years.”

Bord Bia’s chief executive Tara McCarthy welcomed Tesco as a verified member of the Origin Green programme, adding: “The Tesco targets around sourcing, health and nutrition and social responsibility will contribute further to the efforts of the Irish food chain, and beyond, in demonstrating how we can live more sustainably, delivering tangible benefits for this and future generations.”

Andrew Yaxley, chief executive, Tesco Ireland and Tara McCarthy, chief executive, Bord Bia. Picture: Maxwells

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PROPERTY CRISIS: SINN FEIN PUSH TO EXTEND RENTAL LAWS

Aoife came running to help those born with EB A DRUMCONDRA woman helped in leading the way in one of Ireland’s toughest mountain races to raise money for the rare, painful skin condition, EB (Epidermolysis Bullosa).

Aoife O’Brien (above) came third in the annual DEBRA Ireland Wicklow Mountains Challenge halfmarathon to raise vital funds for DEBRA, which supports people living with EB. Paul Power from Clare Hall also took part in the fundraising challenge.

EB causes skin layers and internal body linings to blister and wound at even the most delicate touch.

It affects approximately one in 18,000 babies, and can be fatal or lead to a dramatically reduced life expectancy. There are currently no treatments and no cure for those suffering from EB. Many of those taking part sported an EB temporary butterfly tattoo on their faces in support of patients living with this condition. For further information, see www.debraireland.org, or text BUTTERFLY to 50300 to donate €4 to Debra Ireland.

Hopes new Bill will help to reinforce students’ rights RACHEL D’ARCY

A NEW Bill has been introduced, designed to give students in student-specific accommodation the full protection of the Residential Tenancies acts.

The introduction of the bill comes in the wake of dramatic price hikes of student-specific accommodation rents in previous months, such as the 27% increase on rents in Shanowen Santry student accommodation which led to protests by DCU students.

Currently, it is widely believed that purpose-built student accommodation is not covered under the Residential Tenancies acts, and therefore is not under the jurisdiction of the Residential Tenancies Board.

This means students in this type of accommodation are not classed as tenants.

Under the proposed Private Members bill, students would be given the full protection of the law and as a result would be under the authority of the Board.

Dublin has seen a significant increase in the level of student housing in the past few years, with several student-specific developments currently under construction or in the planning process.

The Residential Tenancies (student rents, rights and protections) Bill 2018 was introduced by Sinn Fein’s housing spokesperson, Eoin O’Broin, alongside Sinn Fein’s education spokesperson, Kathleen

DCU students protest over rents. Picture: Andrew Keegan

Funchion.

Under the new Bill, it will be ensured that students in student-specific accommodation under license agreements will be included under rent pressure legislation, and will have access to the dispute resolution process under

the Residential Tenancies Board.

Speaking at the introduction of the bill, Deputy O’Broin said: “We are introducing this bill to rectify what we believe to be an anomaly in the current legislation.

“The DCU students

protesting at the 27% rent hikes in the Shanowen student-specific accommodation brought this issue to the fore.

“Since 2014, the reported cost of accommodation for the student term in Shanowen has increased from around €4,500 to nearly €9,000 for next term.

“Students are currently paying €7,000, and when we met the students from DCU student’s union they stated that the rent has increased six times in four years and that they also have to pay ‘non-refundable’ deposits.

“This legislation, if passed, would mean that student accommodation providers would have to adhere to the rent pressure zone legislation.”

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

You’re growing to love a healthy initiative

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ATER great job Robyn Vaughan (4) did at Merrion Square, as she helped to launch GroMor 2018 – a nationwide campaign aimed at encouraging everyone to visit their local garden centres and get growing. For further information on the nationwide initiative, see www.gromor.ie.

Picture: Brian McEvoy

John McIntyre and Zoe Conway

Cathal Murray

Ahlam Ahned and Thawab Shibly. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Elisabeth Laragy and Shay Byrne

Nicola Joyce and Pauline Scanlan

Cathy McCarthy and Dara Ni Bheachain

Fine folk gathered at Vicar Street to celebrate music

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HERE was a great turn-out at Vicar Street for the launch of the inaugural RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards, which will be presented live later this year in October.

Described as, remarkably, the first such dedicated folk awards in Ireland, the awards will be a wonderful way to celebrate the rich diversity of

the folk scene in Ireland, where there isn’t a corner of the country that doesn’t seem to have its own Fleadh or proud local folk groups.

To be presented by John Creedon and Simply Folk presenter Ruth Smith, a range of awards will seek to encompass the vibrancy of modern folk in Ireland, recognising everything from the best folk album of

the year to lifetime achievement and hall of fame awards.

Music lovers were out in force at Vicar Street, keen to learn more about the awards, with a shared appreciation of an awards ceremony to finally pay tribute to one of our island’s most enduring forms of music, creativity and cultural passions.

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Glowing praise for Kiehl’s new make-up T

HERE were some very sunny dispositions at the launch of Kiehl’s Glow Forumula Skin Hydrator at Kiehl’s, Wicklow Street recently. Many fashionistas, influencers and figures from the world of style, beauty

and make-up were in attendance, alongside moels and well-known faces keen to see what Kiehl’s had in store. The guests left the launch, glowing with praise for the latest product from the popular make-up brand.

Brendan O’Loughlin and Rebecca Shekleton. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Elle Murray and Stacy Drumm

Roisin Tierney Crowe

Ciara O’Doherty

Norman Pratt and Shane Morgan

Jennifer Healy Hayes

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LOVE YOUR DUBLIN: THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BEST HANG OUTS AND HISTORICAL GEMS

ROOFTOP @ MARKER HOTEL

ROCKIN’ COCKTAILS AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE COUNTY’S BEST OFF-TRACK COCKTAIL HOT-SPOTS

THERE are plenty of places across our fair city to enjoy a cocktail. Whether as a q u i c k work-break stress reliever or a night on the town, Dublin has it’s fair share of hot spots to enjoy a tipple or two.

Whether ambiance is your preference or a nostalgic kick, we’ve chosen some of our favourite spots in Dublin for a fruity tipple.

PERUKE & PERIWIG

THE PADDOCKS

LOCATION: Dawson Street BEST FEATURE: Thriller cocktail, set on fire at your table!

LOCATION: Littlepace Shopping Centre, Clonee, Co. Dublin BEST FEATURE: Frozen Daiquiri’s

LOCATION: 39 Camden Street Lwr, Dublin 2 BEST FEATURE: View of Camden Street

Peruke & Periwig has a warm, cosy and old feel to it on Dublin’s thriving Dawson Street.

Diners and drinkers can explore the lounge areas where you can try out their expertly mixed cocktails.

Menu highlights include Jam-In, Friends In Sloe Places or Smells Like Teen Spirits.

One particular cocktail not to be missed is, The Thriller. Plenty of ‘ooh and ahhs’ as it arrives to your table set on fire, and watch as every other table around you then orders the same!

Open seven nights a week.

Family pub and restaurant by day, cocktail and live music venue by night.

The Paddocks serve classic cocktails from Cosmopolitan, Mojito, Tequila Sun Rise to Sex on the Beach, but their Frozen Daiquiri’s are not to be missed.

They include Loop the Loop, Twisters, Super Split, Brunch, Fat Frog andStingers daiquiris. They take things one step further with other daiquiri’s including, Bulmers, Smirnoff Ice and Breezer.

Check out the stunning beer garden which was a finalist in 98fms Dublin’s Beer Garden of the Year Awards.

The Sitting Room is a cocktail bar with a mid-century feel.

Check out the view overlooking Camden Street by the bay window, and inside feast your eyes on retro furniture and a wide range of spirits and craft cocktail materials.

The space is formerly the “good room” of the family residing at 39 Camden Street .

The cocktail bar is walk-in only and subject to availability on the night.

The Sitting Room boasts a small, carefully thought out cocktail menu that changes regularly but also serves the usual classics too.

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

THE GIFT OF GAZ | RAMBLIN ROUND THE CITY

While I kept me powder dry everyone enjoyed one almighty hooley I HAD a quiet weekend, just pottering around the him. I’m sure anyone that did pass by would have house and out in the garden enjoying the sun. thought I was some mad auld fella, but sure someDavy had been on at me to head down the pub for times you have to think out loud, ye know? a few in the beer garden, but I wasn’t in the form “Dunno what you’d make of the state of this auld for his yammering. It does be too much to take on area today, Paddy,” I says. a warm day.

“You what wrote all those lovely words about I was glad of it because I meant I was fresh as a walking down here. daisy on the Monday and sure I decided to head into “I learned it in school but can only remember a town for a bit of a ramble. little bit now. Something about leafy-with-love I may have kept me powder dry for the weekend banks and the green waters of the canal pouring but by the looks of the canal, the rest of Dublin redemption on ye? had one almighty hooley. There were cans, bottles, “They were probably pouring Tuborg and loose boxes and all sorts strewn all over the place. tobacco on you yesterday, ye poor divil. It’s no way A few years ago I did a nixer at that to be treating a national treasbig music festival down in Portlaoise. ure.”

They were I can’t remember what it was called An auld swan glided past and probably pouring but that band were playing – somegave us a funny look.

Tuborg and loose thing about setting fire to arcades?

I’d have thought he’d have Anyway it was great craic having tobacco on you seen a fella chatting to a statue a laugh with all the young wans and yesterday, ye poor before but obviously not. young fellas, but they left the place in divil “Still but Paddy,” I says. an awful state.

“It’s not like there’s much The canal looked similar and I think point in them sitting in and the sunny morning made it look worse. saving their money to buy a Literally shining a light on our lack of house or anything like that. respect for such a beautiful part of the “Sure if they did that, they’d city. never get out again with the I walked on a little bit further and way the prices are, wha’?” sat down beside Paddy Kavanagh.

Pa d d y s a i d n o t h i n g, o f There was no one else around so course, but I could’ve sworn he I had a little bit of a chat with smiled.

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Colm Louder and Margherita Saltini at the opening night of Dublin Dance Festival to see English National Ballet in Akram Khan’s “Giselle” at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre. For more shots of the glamorous guests at the event, see the gallery on P22-23.

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FEATURES RUN FOR LIFE WILL TAKE PLACE IN CLONDALKIN

Start running for the Gift of Life

Michelle Green, Sean O’Sullivan, and Martina Nolan. Picture: Liam Burke

SMILE - for the sake of the environment!

The Beirne and O’Hare families. Pictures: Conor McCabe

MARK O’BRIEN

‘IRELAND’S Fittest Family’ are encouraging the public to take part in the Irish Kidney Association’s ‘Run for a Life’ family fun run.

The event will take place at Corkagh Park, Clondalkin on Saturday, May 19 The Beirne family, from Mohill, Co Leitrim, who won the hard-fought coveted title of Ireland’s Fittest Family in the RTE TV Series 2017, are eager to support the Fun Run, as it represents a cause close to their hearts, in aiming to raise awareness about the life saving importance of organ donation and transplantation.

The ‘Run for a Life’ family fun run is open to people of all ages and levels of fitness who can choose to walk, jog or run in the chip timed event, which offers prizes for winners in a choice of 2.5km, 5km and 10km distances.

The Beirne Family had no hesitation when asked by the Irish Kidney Association to support the fun run as a family friend and relative, Detta Holahan (58) has been undergoing eight-hour nightly dialysis

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treatment for almost three years.

Jonathan Beirne said: “My family were delighted to be asked to support Run for a Life.

“When we were younger, our mother who is a public schools’ nurse in Leitrim, gave each of us organ donor cards.

“She has always tried to instil in us the importance of consideration towards others.

“As a teacher, I try to live by this advice and I also try to teach my pupils to be socially aware and about the importance of consideration and trying to help others in need.

“We have been aware of Detta’s kidney disease for some time now and we hope that she will benefit from a transplant soon.

“Organ Donation is a huge act of kindness and it’s a wonderful legacy that after untimely death other people’s lives can be saved and improved.”

Colin White, Race Manager and National Projects Manager of the Irish Kidney Association said: “The Beirne family are a shining example to all of us on the benefits that can be

achieved in keeping fit and active just like members of Transplant Team Ireland who will take part in Run for a Life and in the European Transplant & Dialysis Sports Championships in Sardinia this summer demonstrating what can be achieved by transplant recipients and dialysis patients.”

There are approximately 550 people in Ireland awaiting life-saving heart, lung, liver, kidney and pan-

creas transplants.

Thanks to the gift of organ donation almost 3500 transplanted people in Ireland are enjoying extended life.

The Run for a Life Entry fee is €20 adult, €10 child and €45 for a family of up to 2 adults and 4 children.

All finishers will receive a medal and entry fee also includes soup and sandwiches. For more information on the event visit www.runforalife.ie

Eabha and Ciara Devitt. Picture: Conor McCabe

An environmental initiative for businesses are calling for more companies to get involved with redistributing their by-products and old furnishings.

The SMILE resource exchange have just launched a new hotline, dedicated to re-homing old or used products from businesses with other companies who can utilise them, saving the product from going to landfill. “ We ’ve h a d co m p a n i e s w h o needed cardboard for packaging getting cardboard through from other businesses,” said Michelle G re e n , p ro j e c t m a n a ge r w i t h SMILE. “We also had a number of hotels in Dublin who were rebranding as a chain looking to re-home some old furnishings. Through the hotline and our database, the furniture will go to another hotel in Cavan, and a care home in Dublin, rather

than simply being thrown out,” she explained to Dublin Gazette.

T h e S M I L E p ro g ra m m e wa s established in 2010, and currently has over 1,500 members, with 454 synergies – what the company calls exchanges between companies – having taken place to date.

That’s around 35,000 tonnes of material directed away from landfill, and a combined cost saving of over €6.4m for businesses.

“With sustainability fast becoming more and more important to Irish consumers, businesses are quickly realising that a sustainable business model not only aids their marketing efforts, it has a positive effect on their bottom line too,” Michelle said.

Becoming a member of the SMILE Resource Exchange is free of charge, with businesses interested in signing up to the scheme e n c o u r a g e d to v i s i t s m i l e e xchange.ie, or to call them on 026 20520.

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FEATURES

Killiney principal embarks on human rights mission REBECCA RYAN

A RETIRED deputy principal from Killiney is in West Bank as part of a human rights programme.

Diarmuid O Brien (pictured), who worked in Ballyfermot College of Further Education, is spending three months as a human rights observer and monitor, as part of an international programme called the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI).

According to their website, the EAPPI provides protection by presence, monitors human rights abuses, supports Israeli and Palestinian peace activists and advocates for an end to the occupation.

Diarmuid told Dublin Gazette that the programme began in 2002 after a plea by the church leaders in Jerusalem to have a non-violent international presence in the region.

He said: “The programme provides a proac-

tive presence to individuals and communities most at risk from the ongoing conflict.

“The work of the human rights observer and monitor may involve accompanying children to and from their school, walking alongside farmers as they make their way to their lands or monitoring and reporting incidents of human rights abuses at one of the many checkpoints dotted across the landscape of Palestine.”

Diarmuid told us he decided he wanted to help with the conflict in the region during a “Right to Education” visit he undertook in 2012 with a group of Irish academics.

He said: “The group visited educational institutions in the West Bank and supported the Palestinian right to education.

“I came back to Ireland after that visit in 2012 shocked and horrified at what I had witnessed; the inhumane treatment of Palestinians, the methods used to degrade them as

human beings and the obstacles that were put in their way to prevent their education.

“I promised myself that, if possible, I would return after I retired and contribute in some small way to being part of an international presence in the region.”

MONITOR He added that teams of human rights monitors, Ecumenical Accompaniers as they are called, are placed across different locations in the West Bank, to observe, monitors and report on human rights abuses and breaches of International Humanitarian law.

Incident reports are logged and provided to international organisations, and Diarmuid will be a member of one of those teams.

Advocacy training is also provided during the trip, and on his return, Diarmuid will host several talks and events to highlight what he witnessed during his stay.

Former principal Diarmuid O’Brien

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British legend set to turn the capital blue BRITISH Blues Legend Danny Bryant is coming to Dublin to play Whelan’s on Tuesday, June 12.

D a n ny B r y a n t re c e n t l y released his latest and most emotional studio album Revelation via Jazzhaus Records.

His fourth studio album to be produced by Richard Hammerton, following in the footsteps of 2015’s Blood Money and

2014’s Temperature Rising, the new albums is one of Danny’s most personal and emotional album of his career.

Last year Danny toured Europe with a specially selected nine-piece big band with the shows being recorded and released as a double live album in 2017.

Tickets available from www. whelanslive.com

Beatyard gets better Artists urged to apply for €20k Prize THE Beatyard have added three new acts to their Friday line up. The Wailers, The Family Stone and Jenny Greene have just been announced and join headliners The Jacksons, who will perform their greatest hits live for their first ever Irish show, Mr Scruff, The Reflex and Kelly-Anne Byrne. Tickets for Beatyard are on sale now from www. the-beatyard.com and www.eventbrite.ie with Adult Day Tickets priced €59, Adult three-day Weekend Tickets priced €150 and Kids from 2-12 just €5.

THE National Gallery of Ireland is calling on all artists living and working across Ireland, and Irish artists based abroad, to enter in its annual Zurich Portrait Prize.

The competition has a first prize totalling

€20,000.

The winner will receive a cash prize of €15,000, plus a commission worth €5,000, to create a work for inclusion in the National Portrait Collection.

There will also be

two awards of €1,500 for highly commended works.

Deadline for submissions is June 22, 2018.

For entry details see https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/ zurich-portrait-prize.

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SOME OF THE LATEST EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN DUBLIN

Tayto Park to hold clubs weekend with special discounts

TAYTO Park will host a special Clubs Weekend this weekend.

Clubs across the country can enjoy a special discounted entry and unlimited attractions for just €18 per person.

Whether it’s a swimming, arts and crafts, horse-riding or football club with a minimum of 30 group members, Tayto Park is encouraging club members from all four corners of the country to wear their club colours over the weekend and enjoy the ultimate club day out with their friends and peers.

Clubs must pre-book and have the option of including a Special Kid’s lunch for just €4.95 per child.

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OUR DOG OF THE WEEK IS MAGIC!

DUBLIN Gazette Newspapers have teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs.

Dumbledore is described by his carers as a lively, silly, bouncy and fun four year old German Shepard. He loves to play with toys, especially tennis balls and he is a big foodie who will do anything for tasty treats.

Dumbledore is an intelligent dog which will make a great student at dog training classes, as he enjoys interacting with everyone and learning new tricks and commands.

This handsome dog is very affectionate and likes jumping up on people to say hello and give kisses to everyone; therefore, he will need some impulse control

training to help him greet people in a more polite manner.

Dumbledore will make a perfect addition to an active family with an interest in positive reward-based dog training. This lively and bouncy dog could potentially live with children that are not afraid of big and active dogs. He also enjoys the company of other dogs.

If you could give him the home he deserves, then please contact Dogs Trust at 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.

“IF YOU CAN’T STAND UP, STAND OUT” IAN O’CONNELL 2018

Brian Fenton champions Kerry teen

Yet another delighted reader wins

DUBLIN Gazette had what could only be described as a titani– well, an enormous response to our recent competition giving away a twonight stay in the 4-star Titanic Hotel Belfast, along with passes to two of NI’s top tourist attractions, Titanic Belfast and HMS Caroline.

Congratulations to the delighted winner – Ballinteer woman Susan Walsh (right) – and remember: keep reading, and keep winning with your Competition winner Susan Walsh Dublin Gazette!

A BRAVE Kerry teenager will be among the beneficiaries of one of the country’s biggest charity events and he has the full support of Dublin GAA star Brian Fenton.

Ian O’Connell (16), from Killarney, suffered serious neck and spinal injuries in a freak accident while cycling with friends in Killarney National Park, last August.

He is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the National Rehabilitation Centre, Dun Laoghaire.

At present, cyclists are being recruited countrywide to do the annual 175km Ring of Kerry Cycle for Ian, on July 7.

Money raised will be lodged to the Ian O’Connell Trust set up by the Spa GAA club, Kil-

larney, Brian Fenton’s father’s old club, of which Ian is a member. It will help meet his ongoing needs and the cost of any necessary adaptations to his home.

Brian said: “I cycled the Ring in 2014 and it’s such a special event and I wish everyone luck and I hope Ian gets the support he needs.”

Ian, a keen Gaelic footballer and soccer player, is currently using a wheelchair and is learning to write again.

Ian says in his latest Facebook post: “All through my rehab, I’ve put in the effort and the results are showing now; it goes to show that hard work really does pay off and you and only you can make the choice whether

Brian Fenton is pictured with Ian O’Connell

or not you want it.

“After all, recovery is not for people that need it; it’s for people who want it.

“This was a slow process, but obstacles are put in your way to see if what you want is really worth fighting for.”

And he’s determined to continue working just as hard when he gets home.

“I’m going to keep trying to get feeling and movement back in my limbs. It might happen and it might not happen,

but I can always say I tried my very best because God loves a trier,” Ian says.

“When I came to hospital, I said to myself, ‘Starting today, I need to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains and look forward to what’s coming next’. I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.”

To register for Ian, s e e h t t p s : / /w w w . ringofkerrycycle.ie/ ian-oconnell-trust/

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GOINGOUTOUT

PICKWEEK OF THE

MAY 10 (THURSDAY)

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ 3Arena, €45 Sure, what we’re really after is an Oasis reunion, but in the meantime Noel Gallagher (above) and his band are slinging out some quality hits, with the odd sneaky classic lobbed alongside them.

MAY 10 (THURSDAY) Gary Barlow @ Bord Gais Energy Theatre, €46 Gary Barlow comes to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre as part of a solo tour which will see him play intimate venues across the UK and Ireland, including some never played in before.

Finbar Furey @ Vicar Street, €36.50 NF @ The Academy, €19.90 BIMM Midnight Hour @ Whelan’s, free Baba @ Grand Social, €5

MAY 11 (FRIDAY) Gary Barlow @ Bord Gais Energy Theatre, €46 Ships @ Whelan’s, €12 Guinness (through their Hop House 13 brand) bring together a host of DJs and the outstanding Choice Music Prize winners Ships in Whelan’s Parlour Bar. Breathe - The Pink Floyd Experience @ Vicar Street, €30 M. Ward @ Whelan’s, €24 The Mouse Outfit @ The Button Factory, €17

MAY 12 (SATURDAY) Ben Folds @ Vicar Street, €36.50 Island @ Whelan’s, €13 I’m With Her @ Whelan’s, €20 Bootleg Blondie @ Tramline, €22 We Are Scientists + The Pale White @ The Academy, €19 Johnny Marr @ The Button Factory, €27 Skrapz @ Grand Social, €16.50

MAY 13 (SUNDAY) The Teskey Brothers @ The Academy 2, €12.50

MAY 15 (TUESDAY) The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7 Marmozets + Vulpynes @ The Academy Green Room, €17 Ye Vagabonds + The Murphy Beds @ Grand Social, €14

MAY 16 (WEDNESDAY) Sicilian Mood ft Shakalab @ Whelan’s, €11 Coilguns @ Grand Social

Six Great Festivals

You Can Still Hit Up This Summer SUMMER isn’t summer without spending at least one weekend in a field supping luke-warm beer and watching music, right?

BY the time the sun actually peaks in Ireland, however, many of your best festival options are already sold out. Electric Picnic broke new ground this year by selling out without announcing a single act.

The more well-known UK events are long gone, too: the more desperate festival goer might even be considering security, or pulling pints, to get through the gate.

Fear not, for there are plenty of places offering great beats and even better buzz on our shores, or just a short flight away.

Those at home have drawn in a huge array of international talent.

Those a short flight away might well make you your plane ticket back on cheaper tickets, food and beer, so are well worth a glance.

Here are our six best bets (you can still snap up tickets for) for 2018 summer shenanigans...

Knockanstockan (Blessington Lake, County Wick-

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low) This lakeside event a few kilometres from Blessington has a cult following, as one of those festivals it’s impossible to truly understand without going.

Think effortless hippie cool, great chances to uncover new bands, an incredible atmosphere and top late-night action.

If you’re willing to forget the big-name acts, you’ll probably have a better time here than almost anywhere else (tickets €150).

Featuring: Jinx Lennon, The Eskies, The Bonk, Elaine Mai and The Hot Sprockets.

Colours of Ostrava (Ostrava, Czech Republic) A hidden gem within a short drive of Katowice (Poland), the main draw of this four day July epic is the creaking steelworks it’s set in, the chance to sip wine

in a hard hat, really, really cheap beer and a surprisingly stellar line up that runs late into the night.

Visually stunning, with a strong dance showing and plenty of cultural appeal (€122).

Featuring: NERD, London Grammar, Josh Stone, George Ezra and Jessie J. Sea Sessions (Bundoran, County Donegal) A west coast, beach-loving event that combines Bundoran’s ever-growing reputation for surfing with lively evenings of tunes.

As well as the

cal, Walking On Cars, Le Galaxie, Everything Everything and Delorentos.

O p e n ’e r (G d y n i a , Poland) Considering the quality of its lineup, this is a ridiculously well-priced festival that takes place on an airfield just outside gorgeous Gdansk in Northern Poland.

The early July party is big on charity, sports, art, and heady late-night beats with live music continuing until almost morning.

For the price in the door, what’s on stage is truly world class (from €108)

Colours of Ostrava

music and at least one afternoon of surfing (do it), you’ll be checking out BMX and skate jams, daytime beach sports, and another stunner of a location. Chilled. (from €109).

Featuring: Dizzee Ras-

Fe a turing: Arctic Monkeys (pictured above), Gorillaz, David Byrne, Nick Cave, Massive Attack.

Indiependence (Mitchelstown, County Cork) Cork’s small-but-

lovely early August festival has just enough on site to keep you entertained, with an impressive depth of local talent on stage, and a handful of big-name international headliners tagged on the top end to round things off.

Watch out for the food buses, and expect to be lured into the tiny tents to uncover something new (€139).

Fe a t u r i n g : P r i m a l Scream, The Blizzards, Walking On Cars, Jake Bugg, Kate Nash.

Beatyard (Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin) A closer to home festival that unlike the others here doesn’t feature camping (which, let’s face it, might be a big plus for some of us).

They’ve brought in an impressively inventive line-up to play by the sea over the August bank holiday, and will also feature craft brews and water games. If the sun shines, this will be nothing short of epic (€150).

Featuring: The Jacksons, Kamasi Washington, Orbital, St Germain, Django Django.

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98FM’S BEST OF DUBLIN AWARDS

THE nominees have been announced for this year’s 98FM Best of Dublin Awards.

From Best Taxi Driver to Best Barber, the Best of Dublin awards celebrate all that’s great in our capital city.

Now in its fifth year, a whopping 25,000 nominations were received from Dubliners across the city looking to champion their favourite hidden gems, people and businesses.

Award categories cover all the best services Dublin has to offer, including local legends, favourite food and drink venues, best butcher and breakfast and even the best bus driver. Five deserving nominees were shortlisted in each of the 16 categories, and one from each will be crowned the Best of Dublin at an awards ceremony on May 31 in Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

Those shortlisted for 98FM’s Best of Dublin awards can also be in with a chance to win a whopping €10,000 worth of advertising with 98FM for the Best Campaign between now and the awards ceremony.

Keep an eye out for more coverage of the awards at dublingazette.com and vote for your favourites at www.98fm.com/bestofdublin.

Get out and vote Best Shop

Best Taxi Driver

DESIGNER EXCHANGE, DAWSON ST LIBERTY PARTY SHOP, CORK ST PROFESSIONAL DRY CLEANERS BALLYBRACK & BALLYCULLEN THE SNUFF BOX GLASNEVIN/BALLYMUN THE FABRIC COUNTER, SMITHFIELD

BRENDAN FOX DICKIE WALSH PAUL CULLEN TOMMY LARKIN GERRY FALLON

Best Salon

Best Bus Driver

LIGHTWAVE SWORDS HESSIONS DRUMCONDRA MANE HAIR SWORDS POLISHED GLASNEVIN JC HAIR & MAKE UP, BUCKINGHAM ST, D1

MARTIN PEEL - ROUTE 41 ON DUBLIN BUS NIALL BYRNE - ROUTE 16 ON DUBLIN BUS CILLIAN MACBRADAIGH - DUBLIN BUS TOURS DEREK HOLLAND - ROUTE 120 ON DUBLIN BUS GERARD HARDIMAN - ROUTE 42 ON DUBLIN

Best Breakfast

Best Barber

Dublin Hero

THE HAZEL HOUSE, TIBRADDEN, RATHFARNHAM REEDS ON THE RIVER, LUCAN THE VANILLA POD EATERY, CARRICKMINES GREEN STRAW SWORDS THE WOODED SPOON BLACKROCK

HARTE'S BARBER GLASNEVIN GENTS & CO, CABRA OLD COUNTY BARBERS, CRUMLIN DK BARBERS CITYWEST RIDGEWAYS, NORTHSIDE SC

MICHAEL CARDIFF - ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE & PARAMEDIC MICHELLE CONROY - CRUMLIN A&E DES MULREANY - PARAMEDIC DAVE HORAN - FINGLAS FIRE STATION COLIN NUGENT - DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE

Best Takeaway

Best Butcher

Sports Person

KOBA PORTMARNOCK THE 9TH LOUGH TAKE AWAY CLONDALKIN ANGELO'S POPPINTREE, BALLYMUN SABA TO GO SILVIO'S TEMPLEOGUE

DOWLINGS RATHMINES JAMIE MURPHY SUPERVALU LUCAN LITTLE PACE BUTCHERS CLONEE THE BUTCHER'S KITCHEN TALLAGHT THE VILLAGE BUTCHER RANELAGH

DAVID O'CONNOR SHELBOURNE FC CON O'CALLAGHAN (CUALA & DUBLIN) HURLING LAUREN MAGEE REILLY DUBLIN LFGA LIAM HAND (MMA, CRUMLIN) CARADH O'DONOVAN (KICK BOXING)

Best Coffee

Best Gym

Best Sports Club

FONTE, PARLIAMENT ST THE GRIND HOWTH HAPPY OUT BULL ISLAND THE LIGHTHOUSE CHERRYWOOD KILLINEY HILL TEA ROOMS

PT360 BLANCHARDSTOWN BODYNAMICS, SANTRY BYRNE FIT NEWCASTLE FBT COOLOCK & SWORDS INSANITY FIT ZONE

CABRA BOXING CLUB CORDUFF FC. ST PATRICK'S ROWING CLUB, RINGSEND LOURDES CELTIC FOOTBALL CLUB, CRUMLIN ST MARY'S GAA SAGGART

Best Restaurant

Best Bar

Best Dub

LITTLE VENICE SANTRY RUBYS SWORDS & POINT VILLAGE SCOTCH BONNET MALAHIDE POMODORINO SWORDS WISHBONE, MONTAGUE ST, D2

TWO SISTERS, TERENURE PEADER BROWN'S, CLANBRASIL ST THE CLONSILLA INN THE GRADUATE, KILLINEY KENNEDY'S THOMAS STREET

ANTHONY FLYNN (RIGHT) INNER CITY HELPING HOMELESS SARAH HANRAHAN - I COME UNDONE (BLOGGER) MICHAEL (MICK) DALY - CYSTIC FIBROSIS COLM FOGARTY, BRIDGES OF HOPE DERMOT RICHARDSON, TALLAGHT ADVENTURE WORLD

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PEOPLE Fundraising event for Age Action A FANTASTIC evening’s entertainment is guaranteed at the Big Bingo Night organised by ServiceSource as part of its work with Age Action, Ireland’s leading charity for older people.

Local businesses are providing spot prizes and there will be plenty of refreshments for the dozens of bingo fans expected to pack out ServiceSource’s Sandyford office where company staff will be dedicated to ensuring everyone has a great evening.

Padraic Flood, vice president of Customer Success at ServiceSource, said: “Unfortunately, Ireland’s older population often face disadvantages and discriminations that are difficult to overcome. The work Age Action does is critical to ensuring older people are able to continue leading fulfilling lives.

“We are so happy for the opportunity to work with this wonderful organisation and look forward to continuing to support their efforts.”

Caroline O’Connell, head of fundraising with Age Action, said: “We are so grateful to ServiceSource for their generous support. Without the help of companies like them we simply would not be able to provide services for tens of thousands of older people in Ireland every year.”

To reserve a place, contact Catherine at 087 167 7427 or email ccostello@servicesource.com before May 10.

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Altan Concert, an Irish welcome at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral gig TRADITIONAL music fans are invited to attend a special fundraising concert at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, where Irish folk band Altan will be performing on Saturday, May 19 at 7.30pm.

Proceeds from the concert will go towards a special ‘Irish Welcome’ dinner in the Cathedral to which 280 people living in Reception and Integration Accommodation Centres across the country will be invited.

The dinner will held on World Refugee Day on June 20 as part of the Refugee Food Festival, one of a series of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) initiatives taking place throughout the month.

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The concert will be based on the theme of ‘An Irish Welcome’ and is Altan’s first performance in Ireland in 2018, having recently returned from a successful tour of North America.

The dinner will be preceded by an Interfaith Prayer Service at the Famine Memorial Statues at Custom House Quay hosted by the Dublin City Interfaith Forum.

A procession will then move through the city to the Cathedral. The dinner will be produced by two UNHCR Michelin Star chefs.

Tickets are priced at €30 per person and can be purchased online on www.stpatrickscathedral.ie.

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Cross off the letters in the A to Z list.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Maeve Madden

Fionnuala Short

Blogger, businesswoman Suzanne Jackson with Emily Shak. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Donal O’Gorman, Thomas Nolan and Francis O’Gorman

Kate Valk

Joanna Cooper

Dripping Gold tan launch draws fashionistas to Fire

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ASHIONISTAS were out in force for the launch of Suzanne Jackson’s new tanning range, Dripping Gold. The launch at Fire restaurant, Dawson Street, certainly proved a hot ticket on the city’s social scene, attracting many well-known faces and influencers from the city’s social scene to the launch, all keen to get some

first-hand insight into Suzanne’s new product range.

Described as being available in a three-shade range – Lotion, Mousse and Professional – the spray tan range is also free of parabens and vegan friendly, having taken almost two years to develop.

Suzanne said: “Everyone knows I adore a sun-

kissed golden glow and I just knew I wanted to create my own formulation and shades.

“My followers asked for it and as always, I listened and have created a luxury tanning range with a shade to suit everyone.”

The Dripping Gold range is available to buy at www.sosubysj.com and selected pharmacies.

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Denise Coughlan, Resolute Pilates & Wellness and Aisling Kennedy, Spinal Injuries Ireland

Christopher O’Conner

Anna Teague, Lucan Yoga Studio and Bernie Woodhead

Stepping out for a dance festival

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HE opening night of Dublin Dance Festival drew fans to see the English National Ballet in Akram Khan’s Giselle at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre. Tara McGuinness had a carefully coordinated ensemble at the opening night of the dance festival, which runs to May 20. Picture: Brian McEvoy

Hands up if you care about doing your best to have good spinal health! Pictures: Alison O’Hanlon

Doing their bit for better spinal health P

EOPLE from across Dublin came along to the Got Your Back Ireland event at The Red Cow Hotel on May 5 in celebration of International Pilates Day. More than that, the fundraising event was also in support of Spinal Injuries Ireland, and Straight Ahead Ireland, with

Resolute Pilates & Wellness owner Denise Coughlan encouraging pilates instructors across the country to run a class on the day in support of the charities. The event was a great way to try some pilates, as well as focusing on good spinal health and the work of the two spinal support charities.

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Take advantage of fantastic breaks home and away HOME Escape to Eccles Hotel in west Cork with an overnight stay from just €64 for two people sharing a double or twin room or just €124 for a two-night break.

This offer includes accommodation and a delicious freshly prepared full Irish breakfast in the morning.

Explore the area around Glengarriff on the Wild Atlantic Way, take a trip to nearby Bantry, hop on a ferry to Garinish Island or explore the Beara peninsula.

There are lots of activities to enjoy including complimentary hotel bike hire, golf, sea kayaking or hop the ferry to Garinish Island to name a few.

Offers available for limited dates in May, see eccleshotel.com or call 027 63093.

Montreal is a hub for festivals with an eclectic range of arts, visual, digital, performance and interactive events

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AWAY Travel Republic (www.travelrepublic.ie or call 5360820) is offering the following deals for the months of May and June, based on two people sharing: Salou: Stay at the 4* Medplaya Hotel Piramide Salou from €424.

Price includes return flights from Dublin on June 7 and seven nights’ accommodation, B&B. Paphos: Stay at the 4* Crown Resorts Horizon Hotel from €526. Price includes return flights from Dublin on June 11 and seven nights’ accommodation, half board.

Lisbon: Stay at the 4* Holiday Inn Lisbon from €271. Price includes return flights from Dublin on May 20 and three nights’ accommodation, room only.

Barbados: Stay at the 3* Time Out Hotel from €1,084. Price includes return flights from Dublin on June 10 and seven nights’ accommodation, B&B.

Aerial view of Time Out Hotel pool

Getting to Canada just got a whole lot easier SYLVIA POWNALL

THANKS to a new direct service from Dublin to Montreal with Air Canada, from June 2018 a visit to this fascinating country just got a whole lot easier.

Canada offers something for everyone – its landscape is as vast and varied as its people who, by the way, are just as friendly as everyone says.

Montreal’s welcoming atmosphere and diverse culture earned it the title of North America’s leading host city for international events.

Its native and often multilingual Montrealers are quick to strike up a conversation in the hope of getting to know you better.

Not surprisingly, this innate sense of hospitality makes this city a natural hub for festivals which fill the city’s events calendar one after the other.

Chromatic runs from May 26 to June 2 with an eclectic range of arts – visual, digital, performance, interactive and lots more – at a host of events

including concerts, exhibitions, screenings, workshops and parties.

Festival TransAmeriques from May 23 to June 7 celebrates new works in contemporary dance and theatre showcasing both established and emerging artists.

The Montreal Fringe Festival (known as “the party Fringe” on the Fringe circuit) turns 28 this year with some 800 performances featuring over 500 artists in theatre, dance, music, comedy, magic and much more.

The action centres on more than 20 venues around the Plateau Mont-Royal and Mile End and the nightly “thirteenth hour” variety show and dance party ensures the Fringe lives up to its reputation.

As if you needed more digital arts festival Elektra runs from June 26 to July 1, while Montreal Folk Festival on the Canal also runs in June as does the Mural Festival of urban art and graffiti.

The Canada Grand Prix revs up from June 7-10, Les FrancoFolies de Montreal offers an

average of 70 indoor shows and 180 free outdoor shows from June 7-16, while world-class pyrotechnicians descend on the city for L’International des Feux Loto-Quebec from July 7 August 8.

The best spot to watch the fireworks is from the grandstands at La Ronde where you’ll see them t a ke o f f f r o m Lac des D a u phins and illuminate the night sky.

Experience Montreal’s wonder and charm for yourself with holiday deals from American Holidays.

Spend eight days exploring French influences and historical sites with the Montreal & Quebec City Experience from just €1,259pp (travel June 2018 ref no: 1568687/96).

Alternatively, spend four nights in Toronto and three n i g h t s i n Mo n t re a l f ro m €1,259pp (travel October 2018, ref no: 1568722).

Or why not blow the budget and experience the best of Eastern Canada with a visit to Toronto, Niagara Falls, Quebec and Montreal for €1,959pp.

Price includes return flights, seven nights’ accommodation, sight see ing, Quebec is a gorgeous city surrounded by breathtaking landscapes

ta xe s a n d c h a rge s (travel October 2018, ref no: 1568725).

Further details from American Holidays on 01 6733804, www.americanholidays.com or drop into their office at 18-19 Duke Street (just off Grafton Street) where expert staff will help you plan the holiday of a lifetime.

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A GUIDE TO TEMPTING FOOD AND LOCATIONS

FOOD & TRAVEL

BEWLEYS LAUNCH BRUNCH WITH A JAZZTASTIC TWIST

Bewley’s swinging back into brunch REBECCA RYAN

BEWLEY’S on Grafton Street have launched t h e B e w l e y ’s J a z z Brunch Experience.

Throughout the y e a r s , B e w l e y ’s Grafton Street has always been a space w h e re p e o p l e h ave g a t h e re d a n d s p e n t hours together, either reconnecting or meeting for the first time.

B e w l e y ’s Jazz Brunch combines delic ious food, signature coffee and tea and live jazz in the beautiful, restored surroundings of the iconic Dublin landmark.

I f yo u ’re a b r u n c h lover, you’ll be pleased to see that the menu, is developed by Executive Chef Ludo Lantier.

It i n c l u d e s Fre n c h To a s t s e r v e d w i t h bacon and Highbank Orchards’ organic apple syrup and slices; Eggs Royal, Irish smoked salmon with poached eggs and a citrus hollandaise sauce; Poached Eggs & Avo-

Bewley’s new Jazz Brunch is a definite must-visit for Jazz and food lovers alike

cado with rocket salad and Pecorino cheese on grilled sourdough and Granola Yoghurt Parfait, Irish natural

yoghurt layered with f re s h b e r r i e s, b e r r y c o m p o te, h o n ey a n d organic granola.

And what brunch is

complete without a coffee or a cocktail?

Grab yourself a coffee from one of Bewley’s top class baris-

tas or choose from a decadent cocktail list featuring the Chocolate Espresso Martini, Bloody Mary, Mimosa and Bellini.

Speaking on the launch, Managing D i re c to r o f B ew l ey ’s Grafton Street, Col Campbell, said: “Bewl ey ’s G r a f to n S t re e t has always been about connections. A space where you could meet people, brighten and broaden your horizons.

“Brunch is quintess e n t i a l l y B e w l e y ’s because it is a time and space for peop l e to ga t h e r a n d o f course enjoy delicious food and our signature coffees and teas all to the backdrop of some timeless Jazz.

“We’re delighted to launch the new Bewley’s Jazz Brunch Exper i e n c e a n d we l c o m e Dublin’s brunch-goers every weekend.”

B e w l e y ’s Jazz Brunch Experience is ava i l a b l e S a t u rd ay ’s a n d S u n d a y ’s f r o m 11am-4pm.

Show the kids a little Disney Magic with this new online food initiative REBECCA RYAN

DISNEY has launched a new food channel for kids.

Disney Eats is an online food network that aims at getting the whole family involved in cooking and baking.

Partnered with global entertainment company Tastemade to create original content, the brand says their recipes will have nutritional standards, teaching families to opt for healthier foods.

Disney-themed episodes will appear in series including “Tiny Kitchen,”

where chefs create miniature replicas of foods from Disney movies, and “Kitchen Little,” where kids will team up with celebrity chefs to make Disney-themed recipes.

Another Tastemade food science series called “Must Be Science,” will also debut on the channel.

So, if you’re looking to add a touch of Disney magic to your kitchen, or to make an Instagram-worthy meal for your family, or perhaps you’re an aspiring chef who dreams of cooking the perfect Ratatouille – Disney Eats gives you access to a world of culinary adventure.

It’s heating up at the Maldron MARK O’BRIEN

In March, the Maldron Hotel in Newland’s Cross unveiled their newly refurbished bar. The new bar is bright and roomy and features three large booths at the back that can accommodate large groups, as well other sections suited to smaller gatherings.

Walking in, it’s obvious that great care and attention has been put into the design of the new bar and that same level of care and attention is reflected in the varied bar food on offer. From a range of delicious sandwiches, to traditional bar food staples such as chicken wings, there is something to suit all tastes.

With chowder, steak, burgers and flatbreads also to choose from, the hardest part of having a meal here is deciding what to have when it all looks so good and is very re a s o n ably priced. They also have different deals on o f fe r e a c h evening.

The weekend deals, w h i c h include two drinks and various sharing platters would go down a ing up to treat for groups meethave a quiet drink or watch a match on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

I visited on a Thursday evening - curry night - with a choice of Indian, Chinese or Thai style curries. I chose the Indian chicken curry and I wasn’t disappointed. Served with rice and naan bread, it was a filling and satisfying dish.

The chicken is served in good portions and is complemented by delicious, crunchy vegetables in a sauce that is spicy but not overpoweringly so.

The staff also deserve a mention.

While remaining courteous and professional at all times, it was great to see them also happily chatting with customers and enjoying a laugh.

The location of the hotel makes it a great spot for locals to go to enjoy a spot of lunch or dinner and is also perfect for anyone passing by on a long trek home from elsewhere in the country.

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Beauty Review

Summer soft skin with The Ordinary

Singer Ariana Grande in custom Vera Wang

Actress Blake Lively in Versace

COMPANY: The Ordinary PRODUCT: 100% Plant-Derived Squalene PURPOSE: To hydrate and retain hydration PERFORMANCE:  PRICE: €

 Rachel D’Arcy IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, the concept of adding something new to your skincare routine can be a bit frightening.

As a sufferer of majorly dry skin, I’ve been on the hunt for a moisturiser that will keep my skin hydrated and soft, without a greasy effect. I found love in a high-end product, but knew that I couldn’t afford to pay €50+ a month for a small bottle.

After hearing suggestions of The Ordinary from

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman in Versace

Actor and musician Donald Glover

friends and social media, I decided to give their 100% Plant-Derived Squalene a go.

Squalane is a saturated and stable hydrocarbon that is found naturally in the skin. It’s a hydrator and can prevent ongoing loss of hydration.

Squalane is suitable for use on all skin types.

The low price point had me skeptical - at €6.25 from Beauty Bay, the price seemed too good to be true,.

I was wrong to be concerned, though.

After one use, the bags under my eyes had cleared, with my skin looking more refreshed than it had in weeks. It provided a ‘lift’ to my slightly dull, dry skin in a way the higher end moisturiser never

Heavenly  Rachel D’Arcy

did.

I initially anticipated it to be a side-effect of the reviews I’d read - that I’d wanted to believe it was as

THE first Monday in May is a staple in any fashion lovers

excellent as others had let on for the price point, but

Bodies

calendar, all thanks to the annual Met Gala.

after a fortnight of using it, it’s clear the Squalene is

Also known as the Met Ball, the gala is an annual

giving true results.

fundraising event for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of

It’s not without it’s flaws though - while suitable

Art’s Costume Institute. The gala marks the grand opening

for the most sensitive of skin due to it’s natural

of the Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit, with the

properties, I found it took a longer time than desired

theme of the gala dictated by the theme of the Costume

to settle into my skin.

Institute’s exhibition.

It’s best used at night - it took up to three or four

This year’s theme was Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the

hours for the product to settle into my skin, but it’s

Catholic Imagination.

worth the results - you can sleep with the oil resting

This year, Met Ball royalty Rihanna served as co-chair, and

into your face, leaving you waking up refreshed.

delivered one of the standout on-theme looks of the night.

The dropper is a slightly messy method also. The dropper - at least in my case - tended to drip prod-

Other notable icons of the evening included Black Panther’s

uct regardless of whether I’d squeezed to release it

Chadwick Boseman, singer Ariana Grande in a gown adorned

or not, and when I did squeeze the product released

with images from Michaelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgement’,

too much. The best method I’ve found for combat-

pregnant rapper Cardi B’s Met Gala Debut and actress Sarah

ting this is using a cotton pad to apply the oil, getting

Jessica Parker, who’s headpiece featured an actual nativity

an even

scene.

coverage.

In all, for

American Crime Story actor Darren Criss in Dolce and Gabanna

the price and the benefits, it’s definitely worth checking out The Ordinary’s line for your own specific needs, with the pros totally outweighing it’s cons.

Hip-hop star Cardi B in Moschino

Actress Frances McDormand in Valentino

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker in Dolce and Gabanna

Singer, actress and co-chair of the Gala, Rihanna, in Margiela

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FRESH IDEAS FOR YOUR HOME AND WARDROBE

HOME & STYLE

LET THE IRISH STORY

BEGIN VEDONEIRE has been quietly selling menswear both home and abroad since 1951. It all started when

Hamilton Livingston, a Quaker from Lurgan who lectured in texties, moved to Dublin and set up a business with a few sewing machines over a funeral parlour in Montague Street off Camden Street.

In 1951, after his 60th birthday, Hamilton and his sons Gilbert and Stanley opened Vedoneire making

their own fabric for use in underwear, shirts and knitwear. Today, with over six decades of experience and technological knowledge passed down through generations, the Livingston family and their committed workforce are proud to maintain the high standards set by Hamilton. Vedoneire prides itself in designing quality treasured pieces for the modern man. See www.vedoneire.com

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TECH TIME Facebook hope you’ll Go and try its new VR set SHANE DILLON

AFTER all the negative headlines about Facebook over the past while, the company has also been making some great headlines over the past few days, thanks to the Occulus Go. The just-released ‘cheap’ virtual reality headset (pipping past the oft-mooted As the Occulus 200 post at €219 for a Go isn’t tied to a 32GB model, or €269 laptop or other hardware, you for 64GB, which aren’t can truly take too far off the base US it, and its handy prices) has been getting controller, pretty much anywhere great reviews.

(Note: it’s not available in the shops here just yet – but Ireland masses, and the comparatively cheap is one of 20-something countries that can Occulus Go is the first serious contender buy it online now, ahead of its worldwide to become a widespread piece of tech.

It’s a standalone product – a nicely summer release.)

Virtual Reality hasn’t died a death like made , light headset (that, crucially, isn’t 3D televisions did – remember them? – as tethered to any other hardware, so you the tech has quietly engaged with users in could slip it in a bag and take it anywhere) a way that 3D never did, with 3D films now with built-in storage, integrated speakers (and a headphone jack), a surpristarred as a bit, well, gimmicky.

Instead, several companies have been ingly high-quality display and about three beavering away on bringing VR to the hours of rechargeable battery life.

The build and price compromise comes from its range – it’s a strictly three-degrees of motion VR headset, rather than the sixdegree movement that more instinctively pulls people into VR, letting them tilt their heads around and move ‘in’ the VR space.

In other words, you’ll be able to turn and look around in any direction with the Go with the screen adjusting to show what’s ‘around’ you, but you can’t, for example, lean forward for a closer look at something.

Still, as a first step into VR for casual users, many won’t miss any extra immersiveness – the Occulus Go has a lot of features built in, and is likely to be a hit with media consumers in particular.

For example, they’ll be happy to watch the likes of Netflix, or increasingly popular 360-degree videos, or films they’ve loaded on the headset inside a virtual cinema.

I’ll return to the Occulus Go next week – that’s virtually guaranteed...

Have you moved to change your Twitter password?

HERE’S A warning from Twitter – change

A cowboy operation you’ll be glad to see EVEN your granny has heard of Grand Theft Auto, but there’s much less general cultural awareness of another key Rockstar Games IP – Red Dead Redemption.

Beloved of gamers and critics alike, a sequel to the 2010 game set in the very last dog-shoot-dog days of the dying Wild West era has been on the back, back burner for Rockstar for a few years.

However, the sequel’s (Red Dead Redemption 2) oft-delayed release date

of October 26 is inching ever closer, with Rockstar slowly but surely tuning up the marketing engine, as if much marketing was needed for such an anticipated release.

The buzz around RDR2 – actually a prequel following a different lead, but set within a ramshackle gang as the old ways in the then nearly tamed Wild West begin to fall apart – has been getting louder and louder.

With a third trailer and a slew of gorgeous new

screenshots showing a little more of life on the lam in a spectacularly realised, massive open world, RDR2’s already got gamers circling like vultures over some critter out in the desert.

I’ll be taking aim at a detailed post-release review later this year, as well as coincidentally being likely to be in New York (where Rockstar’s HQ is based at Broadway) on its release date, ready to note the Western’s buzz on the east coast.

your password, bloody fast!

That’s not quite exactly what the company has said – heaven forfend that such coarse language might ever appear via social media (unlikely is that is) – but the message is loud and clear: change your Twitter password, now.

In case you missed it as you ran off for the bank holiday weekend, Twitter’s chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal, warned users to change their passwords after revelations that its 330 million users’ passwords were stored without encryption.

There’s no suggestion at all of anything shady going on, but the news that the passwords are all just stored as plain text on an internal log prompted the pre-emptive warning from Twitter for users to change their password, now.

Parag added, via a Tweet of course: “I’m sorry that this happened, but am proud to work at a company that puts people who use our service first.”

Adding an appropriately delicious dash of irony to the warning, it came last Thursday, May 3 – also known as World Password Day.

MACHINE OF THE WEEK

Peugeot’s 3008 sets a styling impression IN a packed SUV market, the new Peugeot 3008 stands out from the crowd with impressive new styling inside and out and a driving ability that set to convert many SUV drivers, according to Michael Moroney THE new Peugeot 3008 makes a strong first impression both inside and out. The design team have excelled in producing a new SUV that has bridged the gap between modern and practical with a new car that’s sure to boost Peugeot sales dramatically in Ireland.

The accolades for the new 3008 have come before it. This SUV was named the 2017 Car of the Year by a judging panel, comprising 58 European journalists. Irish motoring journalists also selected the 3008 as their car of choice for 2018 giving the 3008 a significant head start in the market.

I took the Peugeot 3008 for a recent drive, to get more acquainted with its abilities. Peugeot provided me with the range topping GT version that’s probably outside the normal expectations of the car. The specification was high, just to show how well you dress up the car to add a further touch of luxury to its already impressive credentials.

Peugeot offers the 3008 in four trim levels, Access, Allure, GT Line or GT. They

claim that over 85% of orders for the car are from the second level, Allure trim upwards as Peugeot aims to lift the image of the brand to a higher and more prestigious level. The look of the new 3008 alone that

The new Peugeot joins a growing C-SUV segment of the car market where is lots of impressive and longer standing competition. Nissan’s Qashqai is the segment market leader so many buyers

Peugeot 3008 1.2 PureTech Petrol Engine Engine power 0 – 100km/hr Economy Fuel Tank Capacity CO2 emissions Road Tax Band Main Service Euro NCAP Rating Towing rating Warranty Entry Price a significant job in lighting the brand image.

Out on the road the 3008 simply stands out. I noted something unusual about other 3008 drivers. Those few other 3008 drivers that crossed my path actually gave me a spontaneous ‘thumbs up’ as if I had joined their special club, such was their pride in owning a new 3008.

2 litre 130hp 10.9 seconds 19.6km/litre

(5.1l/100km or 55mpg)

56 litres 117g/km A4 €200 20,000km/12 months Five Star 2016 1,200kgs 5 years (100,000km) €29,345 will be benchmarking the new against it and the fast growing Renault Kadjar.

The 3008 has performance measures to match with the benefit of new Peugeot styling to give the car a stand-out look.

Peugeot’s petrol engine option is another plus at the entry end of the market, while its diesel powered 1.6-litre entry model

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WHAT’S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY AND ON WHEELS

Peugeot 3008 tops the poles as the Best Car to Own

Peugeot’s new 3008 is a very stylish looking SUV that’s been crowned Irish Car of the Year 2018

is also very price competitive.

I drove the 3008 over a 980km test drive and found that my real world driving economy with the car’s six-speed automatic gearbox was about 30% off the rated figure, that’s a level of economy difference that I’ve come to expect across almost all cars that I drive.

There is a Sport drive option in the automatic gearbox that’s impressive to respond. For most of my driving I took the economy mode, operated through a very modern looking control lever. Peugeot completes the package with an electric handbrake and start/stop driving technology.

TECH & MOTORS

On the inside you’ll simply have to be impressed with the modern layout and design. The new-generation i-Cockpit gives the car a distinctive interior style and feel. I liked the compact Formula car-type steering wheel, the large 12.3” display and central touch screen console which is controlled in an almost mechanical way by what Peugeot call are ergonomic piano keys.

The steering wheel design allows good visibility of the low electronic dials behind the wheel and it’s a design and feel that I quickly got used to.

The central area between the driver and front passenger is large and provides lots of hidden

storage space.

There is great storage space throughout the car including the boot, which even with the spare wheel fitted, is amongst the more spacious that either the Qashqai or the Ford Kuga at 520 litres, before the seats are folded down.

The 3008 is a safe and easy car to drive and comes with a range of advanced driver safety features as standard across the range.

The entry level cars come with an impressive recent 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating. The base safety pack includes an electronic stability programme, 6 airbags, cruise control with speed limiter, speed limit information with intelligent speed

adaptation, driver attention alert level 1 and lane departure warning, along with two ISO-Fix seat fittings, as standard.

Entry prices are competitive starting at €26,595 for the petrol versions while diesel powered versions come with a starting price of €27,115 for the 1.6 litre engines.

That’s a competitive offer relative to the market leaders for a new car design that’s impressively distinctive.

Get close to the new Peugeot 3008 and the design is such a departure from any car that Peugeot has produced before that you will struggle not to be wooed by it. Drive it and you will be convinced.

Lexus Ireland unveils new self-charging hybrid LEXUS RX 450hL is the first seven seat self-charging hybrid Lexus on sale in Ireland The RX 450hL will be available in Ireland from May, with entry prices starting from €82,450. This is the brands first seven-seat model available to the Irish market.

The new car is available in two grade options, Luxury and Premium. It encompasses the elegant coupe styling of the RX, while it measures 110mm longer, which allows for the two additional seats.

To facilitate the extra two seats and still offer good head room and luggage space, the RX 450hL has a newly designed rear quarter panel, rear glass, roof, rear bumper and spoiler, as well as having a side curtain shield airbags to better protect third row passengers, and Lexus Safety Sense as standard.

The RX 450hL claims to have the longest length boot behind the third row in the segment. The third-row seats feature with electric folding in combination with individual air conditioning, as standard, is claimed to be unique to the RX 450hL in its segment. The extra space allows the second-row seats to slide an additional 30mm to 150mm, depending on passenger needs.

Ian Corbett, head of Lexus Ireland said: “The RX 450hL is perfect for families who want a premium selfcharging hybrid but who require that third-row seating for children and still have room in the boot for luggage and all that comes with a bigger family.

“The RX 450hL has a range of unique advantages to enhance the comfort of 7 passengers as well as our latest Lexus Safety System technology which has a 5 star Euro NCAP rating”.

RECORDING an overall satisfaction score of 93.88%, the Peugeot 3008 SUV has scooped gold in both the Car of the Year and Mid-Size SUV categories, topping the poles as the “Best Car to Own”, in the latest Auto Express Driver Power survey, the UK’s largest and most in-depth automotive customer satisfaction survey.

The latest awards have been added to its collection of international accolades, bringing the total to 45 international titles bestowed on the Peugeot 3008 SUV globally. Crowned European Car of the Year 2017, it is the current Irish Car of the Year 2018 title holder.

With participation from more than 80,000 car owners, customers ranked the Peugeot 3008 SUV as the best performing Mid-Size SUV in five of the nine Driver Power judging categories: Exterior; Practicality & Boot Space; Ride & Handling; Safety Features and Reliability & Build Quality. The victory did not stop there as the 3008 SUV was rated as the best vehicle in the ‘Exterior’ category and the ‘Safety Feature’ category, across all of the vehicle classes, before it took the overall “Car of the Year” top spot.

Since launched in late 2016, the 3008 SUV has been a huge success for the Peugeot brand, with over 350,000 units sold worldwide. It brings to market the latest technology with its unique Peugeot i-Cockpit, offering a more intuitive and engaging driving experience, thanks to a compact steering wheel, headup digital instrument display and capacitive touchscreen.

In addition, the Peugeot 3008 SUV has a five star NCAP safety rating and offers a host of safety features as standard on all trim levels, including: Automatic Emergency Braking System (AEBS), Dynamic Stability Control (CDS), Electronic Antiskid System (ASR) and a Driver Attention Alert System.

Steve Fowler, editor-in-chief of Auto Express and Carbuyer said: “This is a fantastic result for Peugeot and the 3008 SUV. It’s a car that has already won multiple awards from both Auto Express and Carbuyer, and now owners have confirmed what we’ve been saying all along - it’s a great car that’s really satisfying to own.”

For further info contact: Bluebell Motor Company Sales at 01-4501555 Web: www.bluebellmotorco.com

The Peugeot 3008 SUV the current Irish Car of the Year 2018 available at Bluebell Motor Company

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CRICKET TAKES BIG STEP UP:

Malahide is primed to host one of the biggest days in the sport’s history in Ireland with Pakistan coming to the north Dublin venue for the first men’s international test match since the award of elite status. It marks a milestone for the sport but also the promise of a more sustainable future.

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LANSDOWNE won back the Ulster Bank League Division 1A title with a nail-biting 19-17 final win over Cork Constitution last weekend as Tyrone Moran’s 61st minute try proved crucial at the Aviva Stadium.

The victory completed a prized All-Ireland League and Cup double for Lansdowne, who are now threetime league champions (2013, 2015 and 2018). A valiant Cork Con side missed out on back-to-back league crowns, with Tomas Quinlan crucially missing a 67th minute penalty attempt.

It was three penalties apiece from out-halves Quinlan and Scott Deasy at half-time, Cork Con having the better of the opening quarter but a

strong finish from Lansdowne saw Deasy fire over two successive kicks for a nine-all scoreline.

Second row Brian Hayes cancelled out Deasy’s fourth penalty goal with a well-taken try nearing the hour mark. However, Lansdowne quickly rumbled up the other end for hooker Moran to reply and Deasy’s conversion remained the difference on the scoreboard right up to referee David Wilkinson’s final whistle.

It was a far closer encounter than the recent Bateman Cup final meeting of the sides which saw Mike Ruddock’s charges prevail by 20 points.

Peter Dooley’s hard-running earned him man of the match while the kicking of Deasy was a key factor.

“Swings and roundabouts,” Deasy said when giving his post-

PERFECT SEASON: Lansdowne celebrate their double last weekend in the wake of their UBL Division 1A final victory over Cork Con

match reaction. “Last year Tomas Quinlan kicked everything in front us. They beat us in the semi-final by three points. This year, I made my kicks, but I wouldn’t take anything away from Con. Boy did they arrive today. It was one of the hardest games I’ve ever played in. Absolutely wrecked!”

“After we played quite well in the Bateman, Con came out and looked to tactically negate us. They really put pressure on me and put pressure on our set piece.

“They got the return for it today.

They got two or three shots at goal from that. I was under pressure a lot today, but that’s it.”

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CLUB NOTES

ROUND

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BALLYMUN KICKHAMS THERE is only one place to start the notes this week, and only one set of recipients for the much coveted ‘heroes of the week’ award.

This week, our U-14 team, who so narrowly missed out on Feile final, losing the semi final by a solitary point, after a day of heroics from each and every one of them in sweltering heat.

They didn’t deserve to lose that game and should have been in Blakestown on Sunday to compete for the trophy, alas, it was not to be.

The boys held their dignity and pride through some tough times last Saturday and played so well and displayed all the true character of fine young men. You did your families, each other and the club proud, so take a bow lads, you are our LAOCH NA SEACHTAINE. We would like to thank O’Dwyers for being such exceptional hosts and making the club feel welcome as we set up camp there for the day. A debt of gratitude that we will hopefully return some day soon.

We also wish a speedy recovery to Tadgh from O’Dwyers who received a nasty injury just at the final whistle. Congratulations to St. Catherine’s who defeated our lads in the semi final and became eventual winners of the trophy. Mostly though, well done to Eamonn and his team on displaying their finest and keeping the lads in great form throughout the tough day.

Congratulations also to our minors who had a big win over Round Towers Lusk today with Conor Perkins, Andrew McCaul and Glen Sheridan all to the fore. Well done lads.

Our new look website launched this week and after several man hours is now up and running. A particular debt of gratitude to Ciaran in Philadelphia for making it happen at such short notice.

ERIN’S ISLE WELL done to Shannon Russell and Lauren Quane who won the U-14 Leinster ladies football title with Dublin on Saturday.

The side beat Meath by a score of 3-6 to 2-8.

The U-15A football championship semi-final vs St Vincent’s takes place at 7.15pm in De La Salle on Thursday, May 10. All support welcome for what will be a huge challenge for the team.

There were tough losses for the senior and junior A hurlers this week. The junior B team received two walkovers.

A big well done to Lauren, Shauna and Ruby who took part in the U-14 Feile skills competition in Kilmacud. Lauren also scored the first sideline of the day.

Our golf clasic day takes place on May 25.

Anyone looking to participate or seeking further

information, please contact Ciaran McCarney on 086 2600467.

Well done to the two U-14 boys football teams who did our club proud on Saturday morning.

Unfortunately, both teams missed out on a place in the finals on Sunday.

Memberships are now overdue and can be paid online or in person to Jude Casey.

There was no winner of the lotto last week.

Next draw takes place on May 10 with a jackpot of €3,800.

Live music in the bar on Monday and Sunday night along with bingo in the bar on Mondays and the hall on Thursdays.

Bingo on Thursday nights is open for all and we always encourage any members of the community with the first number being called at 8.30pm every week.

CRICKET: PORTERFIELD LOOKS TO THE WIDER IMPLICATIONS

Malahide primed for Irish test debut

Cricket in Ireland reaches a new level this week as the national team plays their first men’s match since being awarded test status with Pakistan coming to the north Dublin venue for a five-day showdown  JAMES HENDICOTT

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IRELAND are set to play their first men’s international cricket test match, facing off against Pakistan in Malahide this weekend.

The game gets underway on Friday (May 11), with the possibility of play continuing across five days into Tuesday.

With the home side having battled hard to gain test status over a number of years, every announcement ahead of the game takes an air of history for the sport on the Emerald Isle.

Prior to the approval of Ireland and Afghanistan’s new status last summer, Bangladesh were the last country to be granted membership of the elite test nation club back in 2000.

The first Ireland test squad includes players from all over the island, including a number

of Leinster Lightning players.

The hugely experienced batsman Ed Joyce – of Donnybrook club Merrion – a man who, at 39, probably thought he’d never get to play test cricket for Ireland.

The Bray man previously represented England to pursue a test cricket career, lining out for them in 2006 and 2007 before taking three years out of the international game before returning to Irish colours.

He is joined in the line-up by Dubliners Andrew Balbirnie (Pembroke) and Sandymount brothers Niall and Kevin O’Brien in the final squad, from which the starting 11 will be decided ahead of the first ball on Friday morning.

Captain William Porterfield told The 42 ahead of the game that reaching such a status is massive. “You could say it has happened quickly,” he said, “but it depends on what timelines

you look back on.

“If you look back on our first World Cup in 2007 and said 11 years later, you’d be play-

“

To finally get here is massive but it’s only one piece of the overall picture. This will ensure the game is sustainable

”

ing a Test match, you probably wouldn’t have believed it. But then when you think of everything that has been achieved on and off the pitch, then it doesn’t come as a surprise.

The Irish side in Malahide earlier this week in preparation for their first test match

“To finally get here is massive, but it’s only one piece of the overall picture. One of the biggest things for ourselves is full membership and everything that comes with it, such as more fixtures and more funding.

“That will ensure the game is sustainable in Ireland long after we’re gone. It’s about leaving it in a better place for the next generations.”

Pakistan are strong favourites for the clash with the Asian side currently ranked seventh in the world at test cricket. Ireland, as yet, are unranked in the long form of the game having not played a game.

The men in green rank 12th – and bottom of the current testplaying nations – in the current One Day International rankings, the nearest equivalent to a test ranking.

Ireland head coach Graham Ford, the South African former coach of world class Sri Lanka and English county outfit Surrey, has been cautiously optimistic ahead of the contest.

He admits that Ireland are still very much a developing side, but cites strong performances lower down cricket’s ladder as reasons to believe the side have the potential to achieve at a higher level.

There was some other good news for the team ahead of the contest in Malahide: the news that Pakistan are expected to offer Ireland a return trip during the winter.

Whether Ireland take up this offer may depend on their thoughts on the security situation in Pakistan where there’s a long history of problems for touring teams. In between, Ireland play India in the popular T20 version of the game in late June.

Cricket Ireland also recent confirmed Aideen Rice of Dublin’s YMCA Cricket Club as the first female president in their nearly 100 year history.

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND: ST PAT’S MOVE LEVEL WITH ROVERS

WOMEN’S LOI

Barrett named April player of the month St Patrick’s Athletic’s Conan Byrne whips a free-kick goalward. Picture: George Kelly

St Pat’s set the Tone to leave Rovers seeing red LOI PREMIER DIVISION St Patrick’s Athletic Shamrock Rovers  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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ST PATRICK’S Athletic won Dublin derby bragging rights with a 2-0 victory over Shamrock Rovers at Richmond Park on Friday night.

Kevin Toner and Killian Brennan scored for the Saints in the second half as they moved level with Rovers on 21 points – 13 behind league leaders Cork City.

The Hoops stunned the champions with a 3-0 win in Tallaght on Monday but were lethargic throughout this game, in which they rarely threatened the home side.

Former Ireland international Joey O’Brien was shown a straight red card for a heavy tackle on Ryan Brennan late in the first half – an incident that saw the two benches clash.

There was little to choose between the sides

as half time approach, with both sides limited to half-chances.

Lee Desmond and captain Ian Bermingham both went close from inviting Conan Byrne deliveries – Pats’ most likely route to goal in the first half – Ryan Brennan saw his header saved.

Rovers’ best opportunities arrived on the break, with Daniel Carr’s hold-up play leading to a chance for Sean Kavanagh, but he pulled his shot wide from inside the box.

Carr himself had a chance when Simon Madden was caught in possession by Graham Burke, but his effort was straight at Barry Murphy in the Saints goal.

The game’s major turning point came five minutes before the break as O’Brien – playing on the right of a back three – gambled on reaching a loose ball in midfield.

Ryan Brennan quickly moved the ball past the defender but was caught

heavily and late by the former West Ham United player.

Referee Graham Kelly initially issued a yellow card before consulting with his officials and changing the verdict to a straight red.

Pat’s kicked on in the second half and should have led when Ryan Brennan found himself free inside the area, but with just keeper Kevin Horgan to beat he curled a shot wide.

It wasn’t to matter as they soon hit the front due to a defensive calamity as Rovers defenders left Toner’s header to one another and watched it drift into the net.

And former Hoop Killian Brennan made sure of the points in the final minute from the penalty spot after Kavanagh had committed a foul in the area.

“The sending-off was obviously critical in relation to the performance, but I think we deserved the win,” Saints boss Liam

Buckley told the Dublin Gazette.

“I would have liked our general play to be better and to have created a little bit more. With the chances, we were clinical with the ones we got. It’s great to get the three points from where we’re at.”

Rovers manager Stephen Bradley said: “We started really, really slow and didn’t pass the ball.

We settled down after about 20 minutes and then

the sending-off set us back again”.

On O’Brien, he added: “Has he gone in with his studs over the ball?

“No. I don’t think it was nasty. I don’t think he’s gone over the ball with studs or anything, but he’s given it so we have to accept it.

“The disappointing thing is he had the yellow card in his hand and for some reason he’s changed it last minute.”

Shamrock Rovers’ Ronan Finn holds off St Pat’s Darragh Markey. Picture: George Kelly

PEAMOUNT United striker Amber Barrett has won the Continental Tyres Women’s National League Player of the Month award for March/April.

She has began the season in scintillating form, scoring six goals and helped the Peas to remain unbeaten in the 2017 season, Barrett beat stiff competition to the award in Wexford Youths’ Nicola Sinnott and Galway Women’s star Aislinn Meaney and it is the first Player of the Month award she has won.

The Peas striker said: “I’m absolutely delighted to win the award. It’s been a fantastic start to the season and I’d like to thank all of my teammates who’ve been brilliant so far this campaign.

“It’s been a really competitive start to the season and you can see the teams at the top of the table, it’s going to be a really difficult title race but we’re delighted to be right in it.”

Barrett was presented the award at FAI HQ, Abbotstown by Continental Tyres General Sales Manager Tom Dennigan ahead of their League Cup quarterfinal against Shelbourne Ladies.

WAVES WASH OUT WATERFORD IN WNL CUP UCD Waves advanced to the semi-finals of the Women’s National League Cup with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Limerick at Jackson Park thanks to a Dearbhaile Beirne brace.

The Blues were visitors to south Dublin for the first time since joining the league at the beginning of the season and were dealt a baptism of fire when Beirne fired UCD in front inside three minutes.

The Leitrim native got on the end of Katie Burdis’ cross and sent a header looping back over Trish Fennelly in the Limerick

goal.

UCD lost both winger Avril Brierly and her replacement Kerri Letmon to nasty-looking ankle injuries inside three minutes, both following late tackles from Megan Kelleher.

The officials came in for more criticism when Sophie O’Donoghue was denied a one-on-one as play was called back to treat a winded Limerick player.

It wasn’t to matter as Beirne took control of Waves’ fate, picking the ball up on the edge of the box and working a yard of space before chipping Fennelly.

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CLUB NOTES NA FIANNA

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IF YOU haven’t made your Metrolink submission yet, you have just a few days left as closing date is 5pm this Friday, May 11. All members and member families are urged to make submissions to Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) on the proposed Emerging Preferred Route (EPR) that would see the Na Fianna pitches on Mobhi Road unavailable to the club and lost to an entire generation of players for anything from 6 to 10 years.

Na Fianna is not against the idea of Metrolink and fully understands the need for integrated transport infrastructure in Dublin. But the current proposal where our main pitch and all-weather pitches would be taken over for the duration of the construction would have disastrous consequences for the future of Na Fianna.

While support for our cause featured in the Dáil last week, and is to be welcomed, it is important to note that we are still in the middle of a Public Consultation Process and nothing has changed and that the current TII proposal still stands.

A detailed step by step guide to making a submission is available to view on the club website www.clgnafianna.ie.

If you need help to make your submission, ask a family member or a neighbour or a friend for help.

Ask any club member for help as they would be only too happy to help you.

In terms of the long term sustainability of CLG Na Fianna, this is the most important request that the club will make of you, so please do your part and make a submission on behalf of yourself, your family and future generations of Na Fianna players.

Please get your submission in and encourage everyone else to do likewise, the importance of making submissions cannot be emphasised enough. Gloine ‘nar gCroí, Neart ‘nar nGeag agus Beart de Reir ár mBriathar.

The O’Toole’s Under-10s who played Round Tower last weekend

O’TOOLE’S WELL done to all our teams that played throughout the last week and to our Féile players that had a good competition over the weekend.

Keep Friday, June 8 free as we are holding a club dinner dance in the Carnegie court hotel in Swords.

We will have a four-course meal, a live band and a DJ till late also. Tickets will be going on sale soon at €30 a ticket. This will be a great night’s entertainment and a great occasion to meet up with your past team mates and mentors, so please

share this and get the word out. We will also accommodate families and companies buying their own table €300 for 10 people. Any queries, contact Ciaran O’Reilly 087 6465273 David Burke 087 9769594 and John Thompson 087 2958398.

Entertainment this week Friday night fun and games with DJ. Saturday B-bop Gold & Sunday Denis Storm.

There was no winner of our club lotto. The numbers drawn were 3, 5, 6, 24.

Jackpot this week is €2,100.

SOCCER: RYAN-DOYLE FIRES PEAMOUNT INTO THE SEMIS WITH

Shels cup reign ends at first hurdle to a wonder strike WNL LEAGUE CUP Peamount United Shelbourne after extra time  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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HOLDERS Shelbourne were eliminated from the Women’s National League at the first hurdle as they were beaten 2-1 after extra time by title rivals Peamount United.

The Reds had led from early in the first half after captain Noelle Murray fired home from the penalty spot after 16 minutes.

Shels led until the third minute of injury time at the AUL Complex, when Ireland international Aine O’Gorman scored to send the game to extra time.

Eleanor Ryan-Doyle netted a spectacular winner for Peamount early in the second half of extra time as the Newcastle side beat the Reds for the second time this season.

Leanne Kiernan was

played through by Alex Kavanagh and the Ireland striker touched the ball around Niamh Reid-Burke before hitting the ground.

Former Ireland international Re id-Burke, who joined Peamount in the off-season after leaving Shels last summer, appeared to touch the ball away before upending Kiernan.

Referee Paula Brady pointed to the spot, however, and Murray showed why she was made captain on her return from Glasgow City as she took responsibility from 12 yards.

Peamount had the ball in the net five minutes before the break through April Player of the Month Amber Barrett, but it was ruled out for a tight offside call.

Shels had enough chances to seal the win in the second half, with Kiernan particularly wasteful in front of goal.

She blazed over from close range after ghosting between the centrehalves to attack Alannah McEvoy’s inviting low cross.

And Reid-Burke got her revenge when Kiernan was again played through on goal, racing out of her area and taking the ball cleanly with her feet.

That proved vital as Shels sat back in the final minutes and O’Gorman latched onto a Claire Walsh pass before smash-

ing into the top corner.

The visitors dominated extra time and the second half was less than a minute old when they notched the decisive goal.

Ryan-Doyle caught the ball sweetly on the volley from the edge of the box only for Amanda McQuillan to touch the ball onto the bar.

The midfielder turned her back and missed what was to follow, as the ball bounced on the pitch and kicked back into the net.

“To be honest, I took the strike and turned my back because I thought it went over the bar,” Ryan-Doyle told the Dublin Gazette.

“I just saw everybody sprint to me and it went in.

“I was [overwhelmed].

To score a goal in the last minutes of extra time is something else.

“We knew they were always going to be tough competition, but they’re always tough and we just fought to the end.”

Pembroke denied in semis

PEMBROKE Wanderers’ bid for national hockey glory came to an abrupt end on Saturday afternoon as they fell to Glenanne 3-0 in the semi-finals of the EY Champions Trophy in Rathfarnham.

The Ballsbridge club were left to rue missed chances as they clocked up seven penalty corners to the Glens’ solitary setpiece.

But the Tallaght side was able to make Pembroke’s Keith Crawford tackled by best use of their counter-attacks, exploiting Glenanne’s Sam O’Connor. Picture: Adrian Boehm the space left at the back to secure a decep-

tively comfortable final scoreline.

Shane O’Donoghue put the Glens one up in the 14th minute when he slammed home from a narrow angle and his second goal deep into the second half sealed the deal before Shannon Boucher completed the result.

It was a frustrating afternoon for Alan Sothern who scored 31 times in the regular season but found himself often doubleteamed while Sam O’Connor was particularly adept at running down the line to block his drag-flicks.

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TOP CLASS HIT

SWIMMING: THIRTEEN IRISH MEDALS AT GYMNASIADE

Walshe and Coyne win big at Moroccan gala SWIMMING GYMNASIADE  sport@dublingazette.com

Shelbourne’s Leanne Kiernan holds off Peamount’s Louise Corrigan.

Picture: Michael O’Shea/ @mickoshea100

THREE NATIONS

Irish amputee side battle England and Poland THE Irish amputee side pushed both England and Poland close at their three nations tournament in Dalymount Park last weekend, organised by the European Amputee Football Federation.

Ireland lost 1-0 to the English on Friday before falling 4-2 to Poland a day later. England emerged as the overall winners with a 2-0 win over Poland on Saturday morning.

Photo by Barry Cregg/Sportsfile

TEMPLEOGUE’S Ellen Walshe along with NAC’s Sean Scannell and Niamh Coyne formed part of the Irish team for swimming’s 2018 ISF World Schools Games Gymnasiade in Casablanca, Morocco last weekend.

They played their part in Ireland bringing home 13 medals – including six golds, five slivers and two bronze medals – to finish second on the medal table in Ireland’s first ever time entering the competition.

Not only was this the first time that Swim Ireland had participated at the competition, but they were the only sport from Ireland to represent the nation at this multi-sport event.

Led by coaches Mark Craig and Sinead Donagher, a five day camp in Marrakesh saw the team perform excellently over the three days of competition, particularly with seven of the eight team members focusing further into the season ahead with the LEN European Junior Championships in Helsinki on the horizon in July.

It was relays to the fore as the female 400m medley relay of Maria Godden (backstroke), Coyne on the breaststroke leg, Walshe doing the butterfly element and Mona McSharry finishing on the freestyle leg.

They broke the Irish senior record to take gold in atime of 4:12.29. One day earlier in the female 400m freestyle relay, Godden, Walshe, Rebecca Reid and McSharry had taken the team’s first gold of the meet in a time of 3.50.38 – with Coyne admirably bolstering the team in the heats.

Individually, Walshe was also to ensure further honours as she claimed gold in the female 200m butterfly, winning the event in 2:15.09.

Coyne was to complete a one-two in the Female 100m Breaststroke with team-mate McSharry, claiming silver in 1.10.26, having already taken an additional silver in the 200m breaststroke in 2:34.51.

The 4x100m Freestyle Ladies Team of Maria Godden, Ellen Walshe, Rebecca Reid, Mona McSharry and Niamh Coyne; below, Coyne picks up her 200m breaststroke silver

The mixed 400m medley relay team of Sean Scannell (backstroke), Coyne (breaststroke), Walshe (butterfly) and Jack McMillan (freestyle) were fifth as was Scannell in the male 200m backstroke, later taking eight in the 50m version of the event.

National Performance Director Jon Rudd was on hand to witness the racing and was clearly

delighted with the results.

“This was a worldwide event, with over 40 nations competing in difficult circumstances.

None of our athletes see this as a benchmark meet for the season and so for them to produce such fine performances, race hard and deal with inter-continental travel so well is testament to them and the team staff.”

Skerries to welcome Ras finale again ASDFASDFASDFSDA  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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SKERRIES has once again scooped the Grand Festival Finale of the 68th Rás Tailteann for it’s exciting climax on Sunday, May 27.

This famous round Ireland cycle race is now a huge annual draw for Skerries with visitors from all over the country flocking to see the big wheels roll in for the final stage. Professional cycling

teams from around the world will be delighted to see the landmark of Skerries Mills on the horizon to signal the end of Ireland’s toughest cycle race: a gruelling 1,200km.

This year’s festival theme is Cycling Fun for all the family . There will be a massive street party and Skerries very own Rás Na Og – a kids cycle race for our little champions in the making.

This event is for children under the age of six to participate in a short cycle – or

scooter or tricycle – down Strand Street across the Rás finishing line at 12.30pm on race day.

In attendance at the launch of the Skerries Rás Festival Finale at the tidy towns monument on Red island were members of Skerries Cycling Club; the Rockabill Roadies and Dermot Higgins, local man and teacher who recently gained notoriety following his amazing year-long around the world cycle for charity .

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RAHENY LOOKING forward to seeing all our future stars next week at Ogra; please arrive at 9.45am to get registered.

Well done to our footballers last Sunday morning in the junior football championship, Raheny 1-13 to St Vincents 1-10. A great fighting performance from Raheny to overcome a tough St Vincent’s team. Raheny found themselves trailing 1-1 to 0-1 early on but rallied to lead 1-6 to 1-4 at half time thanks to a great team goal scored by John Ryan.

The second half was a tense affair with points being exchanged all though, but Raheny’s spirit kept them ahead to win by three points in the end. Great defence by Gavin Beaddie and big performances from Cian Storey, Niall Stack and Rory Boyle. Scorers were John Ryan 1-2, Jack Lyons 0-2, Donal Ryan 0-2, Eoin Gillen 0-2, Danny Reid 0-1, Joe O Reilly 0-1, Eoin Kirwan 0-1 and Colly Hanley 0-1. Next championship match for these lads is September.

Raheny hosted the Division 9a group in the Dublin football feile. First match up for our lads was against Ballyboden and our lads came out fighting with a good win from their first game Raheny 9-12 v 1-0 Ballyboden.

Next game brought another good result of Raheny 5-8 v 2-5 Clontarf and their third game changed everything Raheny 2-6 v 8-8 St Vincents. On point difference, St Vincents and Clontarf ended Raheny Bs feile. Thank you to all who helped feed the masses. Our Healthy Club group supplied freshly chopped fruit for all the players and spectators.

Raheny A travelled out to Cuala to play in Division 3, first match was Raheny 1-5 v 2-5 Cuala; next up, they played Fingal Ravens, final score 4-9 to Ravens 1-2. Unfortunately, their Feile ended in Thomastown, coming third in the group. Both teams gave their all for the club.

Well done lads.

Manual handling course will take place next Friday in the club house for age 16-19 years, certs will be given on the night. Full details can be found on our Facebook page.

Lotto results are posted on Facebook, Twitter and in weekly club notes.

Best of luck to one of our own Shane Brady (U13 girls) who will be wearing the Raheny Jersey while doing the sunrise-summit-challenge, help Shane make a difference for the Irish Red Cross in Syria.

Some of our players doing the club proud this week. Jane Murphy lined for the U-14 Dublin footballers v Meath in the Leinster final on Saturday. Carys Daly, Ava Peake and Kate Kelly did Raheny proud in the Skillstars.

Well done to AHL7 who had a great game v Trinty Gaels last Thursday, walking away with a win, Raheny 2-11 v 0.14 Trinty Gaels.

And a well matched game on early Saturday evening saw AFL2 draw v neighbours Scoil Ui Chonaill.

The Dublin U-16B camogie side won their Leinster championship with a 1-12 to 1-7 win over Carlow. Picture: ilivephotos.com

HURLING : GLASNEVIN SIDE LEVEL WITH BODEN

Na Fianna set the pace in AHL1 with three wins in a row  sport@dublingazette.com

NA FIANNA and Ballyboden St Enda’s remain at the summit of the Adult Hurling League Division One table, following their respective successes last weekend.

After putting O’Toole’s and Lucan to the sword in the early weeks of the campaign, the Glasnevin men underlined their title credentials in a 15-point victory, 2-24 to 0-15, at the expense of All-Ireland champions Cuala at Shanganagh Park on Saturday.

W h i l e h i s b ro t h e r Colin was scorer-in-chief with a grand total of 10 points, a Sean Currie goal also helped to place Na Fianna into the driving seat.

Another major by Sean Ryan kept the visitors in control and Eoghan McHugh also capped an accomplished display with a 0-4 haul.

Though they fielded a weakened team, Oisin Gough, Sean Treacy, Simon Timlin and Colm Cronin all featured for

the Dalkey outfit. As a result of their recent championship journeys, this was Cuala’s first league outing of 2018 and they will now look to bounce back away to Ballyboden on May 16.

Defending champions Boden made the journey to 12th Lock on Friday evening to face a Lucan Sarsfields side that were defeated by Na Fianna on March 11.

Already buoyed by previous triumphs against St Vincent’s and O’Toole’s, the visitors secured a commanding 3-26 to 0-16 win.

This helps them to maintain the ir 100% winning rate after three rounds of AHL1 action, a record that is currently matched by the aforementioned Na Fianna.

Leading the chasing pack in third place are St Vincent’s, who had seven points to spare 1-18 to 1-11 - at home to Craobh Chiarain on Friday. After following up a five-point reversal to ‘Boden with a hardearned draw away to

STAR BACKING SCOIL UI CHONAILL OUR senior hurlers shared the spoils with Raheny in their AHL2 match on a beautiful Saturday evening in Clontarf Road as the sides went tit for tat throughout to finish in a draw.

The U-14s Féile may not have gone according to plan but well done to the lads who showed great spirit to win their last match.

Anyone interested in availing of very attractive pitch side advertisement should

AIG and Dublin link up with new charity partner contact Aidan Mulvey on 085 7213789.

Adult hurling and football teams train in Scoil on Mondays and Thursdays from 6.30pm.

Ladies training is in Scoil on Mondays at 7pm.

Juvenile training takes place in Scoil at 9.30am on Saturday mornings. New members welcome, as always.

For any news or enquiries, please contact scoil.pro.eoc@gmail.com.

DUBLIN stars Emma O’Byrne (Good Counsel) and Hannah O’Neill (Foxrock Cabinteely) were on hand to help launch the new AIG’s new partnership with the Aoibheann’s Pink Tie Charity.

The charity provide financial and practical support to children and their families battling cancer in Ireland. For more information, visit their website: https://aoibheannspinktie.ie.

Ballyboden St Enda’s and Na Fianna have started the season with a perfect record. Picture: Cliona Mellett

Crumlin, this was the maiden league win of 2018 for Vinnies.

With five-time Celtic Cross winner Diarmuid Connolly appearing off the bench, they had the measure of their Clonshaugh counterparts.

Thanks to their 3-17

to 2-16 success over O’Toole’s at Blunden Drive, Crumlin are just behind the Marino men on score difference.

Elsewhere, St Jude’s claimed bragging rights a g a i n s t l o c a l r iv a l s Faughs at Tymon North on Saturday evening.

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SINEAD AHERNE, Nicole Owens and Niamh Collins starred as Dublin blew away Mayo to take their first ever ladies league title at Parnell Park on Sunday afternoon.

The Jackies, in the earlyseason decider for the first time since 2014, started strongly against the side they beat to an All-Ireland title last year, and always looked in control as they strolled to a 3-15 to 1-10 win.

Both sides started at a frantic pace in the heat with a double from captain Aherne getting Dublin underway as Mayo struggled to connect up top.

In fact, while touching relatively little of the ball, Aherne was immediately and efficiently doing her finishers job.

A pull by Hughes on Nicole

Owens close saw her add an emphatic early penalty, and with barely ten minutes on the clock, Dublin had established a 1-3 to no score.

The early procession continued, as Aherne and Healy combined to play Olwen Carey clean through, with the half-forward opting to chip over with only Rachel Kearns to beat. Mayo, meanwhile, were being harried all over the pitch, forced to shoot under pressure and unable to create any meaningful momentum.

Niamh McEvoy had added another before Mayo finally added their first point from a free, but not before Collins – a key figure throughout – had proved her worth once again.

She stretched to clear a shot off the line with her foot after Ciara Trant in the Dublin goal was beaten at close range. Trant was called into action again soon after to stop Sarah Rowe from close in, tipping over. At 1-5 to 0-2, Mayo had finally woken up.

Niamh Kelly slid an effort into

the side netting for Mayo before Laura McGinley was twice denied at close range by Mayo ‘keeper Rachel Kearns.

Kelly and Rowe responded at the other end, only for McGinley to get another go, this time rounding Kearns and slotting into an empty net for the Dubs.

The response was immediate from Mayo, a goal for Rowe from a penalty and a free for Grace Kelly closing the gap before the break but, at 2-10 to 1-5, Dublin were more than worth their halftime lead.

Dublin effectively put the game to bed straight after half time as Aherne played in Healy who ran straight through the heart of the Mayo defense to slot past Kearns from ten yards two minutes after the restart.

Shortly after, Healy in turn played in McEvoy who found herself at a tight angle and blasted high and wide.

A frantic game was inevitably slowing and taking on scrappier dimension in the May bank holi-

day heat, however. Mayo’s big chance to get back into things came from an error from Trant, who played a ball out straight to Kelly.

The forward charged in on goal before shooting from no more than five yards, but the Brigid’s ‘keeper redeemed herself, stopping at point blank range.

Instead, Owens and Aherne added to the margin, which stood at four goals with 15 minutes to go, and the game started to peter out towards a conclusion that had looked inevitable since at least early in the second period.

There was one more save to be made: another cracker of a close range stop from Trant: Mayo had had their chances, but so had Dublin.

A 3-15 1-10 no less than the Jackies deserved on the balance of play and while there’s no question Aherne’s team are treating this as the lesser of this year’s trophy options, it was worthy of a noisy celebration.

Dublin’s ladies footballers celebrate their first ever national league crown; Niamh McEvoy, right, on the attack. Picture: Martin Doherty

Sinead Aherne lifts the trophy. Picture: Sportsfile

Bohan hails Aherne  JAMES HENDICOTT

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SINEAD AHERNE hit an emphatic and decisive 1-9 in Dublin’s comfortable win over Mayo, through which they picked up their first ever Ladies league title in Sunday afternoon at Parnell Park.

It was his captain, playing for Dublin for 15 years, who manager Mick Bohan singled out for praise after a fluent attacking display saw off the western county by a far greater margin than anyone could have predicted in what was widely expected to be a close-matched contest.

“Sinead Aherne is playing 15 years for Dublin, and that’s her first National League title,” Bohan said.

“For her, a spectacular day to give such a performance, to captain the team and obviously to create history.”

On the margin of the win, he suggested: “The reality is that sometimes the scoreboard reflects an easy finish. They were in for two really good goal chances. [There were] a couple of outstanding saves from Ciara Trant right throughout the game. Niamh Collins made a very important block. “[The Dublin team’s] philosophy in the tackle was outstanding. The intensity in that first half was something that we hadn’t seen from them during the National League but they’ve learned to step up when needs be.“ Bohan can take no little praise for the success himself. His return to the Jackies’ set up early in 2017 immediately had the desired effect, as his charges went on to win a first All Ireland title since 2010. That they had reached the league final with a somewhat uninspired display over the past couple of months (but enough to win, nonetheless) is indicative of the attitude that Bohan has inspired; the ability to perform so emphatically when it mattered a reflection of the team’s drive and focus.

“It’s hard to believe, isn’t it, that that’s Dublin’s first National League title,” he commented afterwards. It is.

It’s equally hard to believe that they’ll be waiting anything like as long for a second.

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Parrott powers Ireland into Euro contention  sport@dublingazette.com

FORMER Belvedere man Troy Parrott scored the vital goals to reignite the Republic of Ireland Under17s as he fired them to a 1-0 win over Denmark in their second European Championship group stage tie.

The win at St George’s Park in England saw Ireland bounce back from an opening day defeat to Belgium and means they have a chance of escaping their group if they can beat Bosnia & Herzegovina on Friday.

Ireland came flying out of the blocks and went ahead in just the fourth minute. Hartstown man Sean Brennan expertly switched the play to find Adam O’Reilly in space.

O’Reilly found Summerhill man Parrott out wide, the Tottenham Hotspur forward then cut inside and drove a right footed strike past Daniel Andersen in the Danish goal.

The second half started lively once again with two clear cut chances for Ireland. First Adam Idah and then Parrott both went close to extending the lead but both ef-forts went narrowly over the crossbar.

Ultimately it was the early goal that was decisive as Ireland head into a final group game on Friday against Bosnia with it all to play for.

“That’s what we said from day one,” manager Colin O’Brien said afterwards. “These tournaments are all about three

Former Belvedere man Troy Parrott, left, in the wake of his crucial goal for the Republic of Ireland Under-17s

“It’s all about being alive in game three and that

victory has ensured we got into Bosnia with a chance to get out of the group.” Colin O’Brien games. It’s all about being alive in game three and that victory has ensured we got into Bosnia with a chance to get out of the group.

“I think it was just a real team performance, a really positive start and we should have had a couple more goals in the second half, something we maybe have to look at.

“At 1-0, there is always that chance from a set play or a break that they counter us. But some of our defensive structure

in the second half – even though the Danes had a lot of the ball – they found it difficult to penetrate us.”

In the wake of Parrott’s goal, the players all rushed to Shamrock Rovers Kian Clarke to celebrate. The goalkeeper has seen his tournament cut short through injury and O’Brien said it was indicative of the spirit within the squad.

“Kian has been a warrior for us all season and was massive in us quali-

fying for the European Championships. He’s just had an unfortunate injury and won’t be fit for game three so all the boys wanted to do it for him and celebrate with him.”

Earlier this week in game one, Ireland went down 2-0 to Belgium at Loughborough University Stadium.

Goals in either half from Sekou Sidibe and Yorbe Vertessen ensured a clinical Bel-gian side claimed the three points.

Ireland opened the

brighter but fell behind in the 34th minute when Sidibe slotted home the rebound after Nicolas Raskin’s initial effort came back off the crossbar.

Adam Idah called Nick Shinton into action in the Belgian goal on a number of occa-sions in the second period. The Ireland forward was denied in the 52nd minute when he got on the end of a long ball from Ballybrack man Max Murphy.

Idah was frustrated

again by Shinton eight minutes later as the Belgian keeper tipped the Corkman’s effort around the post.

From the resulting corner Nathan Collins headed inches wide as Ireland continued to push for an opening.

Disaster was to strike though for Colin O’Brien’s side with 12 minutes remaining when Yorbe Vertessen was quickest to a rebound to put the Belgians into a lead they would not relinquish.