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BY CROKE PARK THE upbeat entertainment and crowd atmosphere over at Croke Park’s World Gathering of Families clearly delighted Cardinal Kevin Farrell and His Holiness Pope Francis last weekend.

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Brush with doom for Ranelagh arts Rent hike forcing centre to close RACHEL D’ARCY

RANELAGH faces taking a cultural blow later this year when the long-running Ranelagh Arts Centre is forced to close at its current premises.

The current location for the centre in the heart of Ranelagh village will close in

October due to demands for a “commercial rent”, according to the chairman of the centre, Tony Strickland.

Strickland told Dublin Gazette that the centre is on the hunt for a new location in the local area, but as it is a voluntary organisation and, at present, market rents in Ranelagh are high, it will be a difficult chal-

lenge. Ranelagh Arts Centre has appealed to the public to help it find a new premises, but also for any donations to help secure a new location.

The centre helps to cater for art exhibitions, dance classes and more, saying it is “committed to providing a platform and incubation environment for creative and community activities”.

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Crowd rallies to save buses CHAPELIZOD locals mobilised an army of protestors to take to the streets to defend their bus links. Hundreds were up in protest posterbearing arms as the possibility of Bus Connects changes cutting away several Dublin Bus routes stirred them to action. P2

Strikes run on LLOYDS Pharmacy staff look set to dispense plenty more strikes in coming months as their trade union, Mandate, announced no end to their ongoing dispute. P4

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CHAPELIZOD: HUNDREDS PROTEST ABOUT ROUTES

‘We won’t take bus changes lying down’

The race for the Aras ends on October 26

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MORE than 300 residents from Chapelizod and surrounding areas took to the streets in protest last weekend over plans to slash bus routes in the area under the new Bus Connects plan.

Currently, several different routes – the 25, 66, 66a, 67, 67a and 26 – run through Chapelizod village and environs every few minutes.

However, under the new Bus Connects plans, there will only be one bus, running every half an hour to

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Chapelizod locals take a stand as they fight to protect their bus services by the village

an hour.

Cllr Daithi Doolan (SF) said that the new proposals don’t link local areas, but seem to be focused on getting everyone into the city instead.

He told Dublin Gazette: “There’s two senior citizen complexes around the Chapelizod area that

people depend on buses to get to.

“People come from Ballyfermot and surrounding areas, and they’d have to get a bus into town and back out to get to these areas now.”

Cllr Doolan aided in organising a protest last weekend which saw

several local businesses involved as well as families who will be impacted by the change.

He said: “We wanted to send a message to the NTA that the local area will not take these changes lying down. There are thousands of people living around Chapelizod; they need frequent buses.

“I can understand that the new plan might be directing people toward getting the Luas, and I’m a big fan of the Luas myself, but it’s not feasible for some people – there’s no Luas stop close to Chapelizod.”

Many people on social media have also criticised the plans to reduce services in Chapelizod, with several people remarking that a high percentage of people in the village rely on buses to get around.

Some have said bus stops will also be moved to the point that they could be walking for more than a kilometre to get to a stop.

Cllr Doolan advised that there is to be a consultation meeting with Bus Connects and NTA representatives in Ballyfermot on September 19, with a meeting held last night (Wednesday, August 29) for residents to present their complaints with the proposed service.

Several public meetings and consultations are taking place in regard to Bus Connects in the coming weeks. Plans for new routes are expected to be implemented by 2020.

A DATE has been set for this year’s presidential election, with a referendum on Ireland’s blasphemy laws also set to take place.

The presidency election is due to take place on October 26, with the date confirmed by Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy, who signed the Presidential Election Order on Tuesday.

Nominations for the presidency must be submitted by September 26, one month prior to the election itself. The presidential inauguration will take place on November 11.

With President Higgins (above) intending to seek re-election, a wide body of would-be presidents has emerged in recent weeks.

The Government also intends to hold two referendums on the day of the presidential election.

Voters will be asked if they want to remove the words in the Constitution that make blasphemy an offence, and a second referendum proposes the deletion of the Constitutional reference to women in the home.

However, legislation to pave the way for this referendum must still be examined by the Oireachtas Justice Committee.

€100k fund Beano stars for LGBT+ set for own groups art show A NEW grant has been announced by the Government as part of the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy which was announced in June.

The €100,000 grant is the first of a number of announcements expected in relation to the national strategy, which has been described by the Government as a ‘world-first’.

The strategy is aimed at making services across the country more accessible to LGBTI+ young people.

The funding will be allocated to different organisations for training, mentoring and coaching initiatives, with grants expected to be around €3,000 to €6,000.

It’s open to new ideas and programmes, or programmes already running, and is aimed at those who work with young people aged 10 to 24.

The deadline for submissions for the grant is September 26 at 12pm.

EBOW Gallery in Christchurch has announced that it is collaborating with artist Horace Panter for a special Beano exhibition.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the classic comic, the exhibition will run in the gallery from September 6 for one month.

Working in his Coventry studio, pop artist Panter spent months illustrating the much-loved characters from the original comics, bringing them into the artistic worlds of Andy Worhol and Roy Lichtenstein in a collection of paintings and silkscreen prints that will transform EBOW Gallery.

Speaking on the collaboration, Panter said: “When Punk rock came along it seemed like the Beano set to music!

“I hope you like [the paintings] as much as I do. For me, it’s the ultimate labour of love.”

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CRIME

Warning of ticket scams ahead of weekend festival RACHEL D’ARCY

GARDAI have issued a warning to festival revellers ahead of Electric Picnic this weekend, saying that a number of fake tickets for the event are being sold online.

Fake ‘print-at-home’ tickets are being sold online for the festival, which sold out within hours of tickets going on sale earlier this year.

However, festival organisers warn that such a ticket format is not being utilised for Electric Picnic, with only official hard-copy tickets being issued to those lucky enough to snap them up.

An Garda Siochana have also warned that thirdparty payment sites are being used to take money off unsuspecting fans in the ticketing scam.

They have recommended that the public do not buy tickets for the festival from unauthorised or unknown sources online.

Detective Chief Superintendent Pat Lordan, of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, said: “We are working closely with the organisers to prevent fans being left disappointed by the activities of criminals.

“It is important to stress that the print-at-home ticket format is not being used for Electric Picnic and that the public only buy tickets from authorised sources.”

Acts such as The Prodigy, Dua Lipa, N.E.R.D and Kendrick Lamar are scheduled to play Electric Picnic this weekend in Stradbally, Co Laois.

DRIMNAGH: ‘FYNCH’ EAGER TO HELP INTRODUCE MUSIC FANS TO GENRE

Rising rapper ready to wow at Electric Picnic RACHEL D’ARCY

A RISING star rapper from Drimnagh will take to the Electric Picnic stage this weekend, after winning a competition on RTE 2fm earlier this summer.

FYNCH, whose real name is Sean Meehan, made his way into the top 10 from hundreds of applicants in a Play The Picnic competition, and will play at 7pm on Saturday in Stradbally.

S e a n to l d D u b l i n Gazette: “From general applicants, 30 acts are chosen to go into a public vote to decide which acts will play at the festival, with each vote also acting as a donation to the Jack And Jill Foundation – and, for some mad reason,

I ended up in the top ten!

“I can’t wait for my set; it’ll be the first festival I’ve played at this summer, so the tension and excitement are palpable.”

Having only kickstarted his musical career last July, Sean finds his inspiration in musicians who – like him – detail their experiences of where they’re from.

He said: “Growing up, listening to Nas invoke Queensbridge, or Mike Skinner run through a week of sessions, it reflected on what I experienced in Drimnagh.

“I can’t help but look at Dublin and feel inspired – there’s a story down every street.

“I only began making music, either as FYNCH

Sean Meehan – and right, ready to wow as FYNCH

or otherwise, last July. I had the idea to start rapping for ages, but never had the ultimate drive to begin.

“Last summer, I just turned 21, quit my job of two years, and was about to go into my final year of college; it was a case of ‘now or never’.”

Sean has had a flying year so far, and a brilliant

reception at his gigs, playing shows such as the Red Bull House Party to a rapturous response. He also recently released a new project, MIXVAPE, on District Recordings.

As far as his set at Electric Picnic this weekend goes, Sean said that he hopes people who “usually wouldn’t be privy” to Irish Hip-Hop will see him

or other Irish acts, and get involved in the budding scene.

He added: “Because the audience at Electric Picnic is so varied, a lot of people probably haven’t witnessed their local MC, so I hope they come out in support.

“Having seen [rapper] Kendrick Lamar earlier this year, seeing him again is going to be a religious experience.

“But, I also can’t wait to see the Irish acts perform. I’m looking forward to seeing what Mango X MathMan, Kojaque, Jafaris, and Sick Nanley X Local Boy have in store.”

For further information on FYNCH, see his Facebook at facebook.com/ FYNCHmusik.

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HERITAGE

Authors and actors to help bring Dublin’s rich past to life at looming history fest

A BEST-SELLING author, a former Monty Python star and a Pulitzer-prize winning author have been announced as the headline speakers at this year’s Dublin Festival of History.

Pulitzer-winning Anne Applebaum; presenter, writer and Monty Python stalwart Michael Palin (below), and best-selling author Helen Rappaport will headline the festival, which runs from September 24 to October 7.

Dublin Festival of History will feature more than 140 events across the city, including talks, walks, tours and exhibitions on a range of topics including the history of Kilmainham Gaol, the historical impact of gaming, and an evening of conversation and music with Christy Dignam.

There will also be several events to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage, with all events in the festival free of charge.

The festival will end with a ‘Big Weekend’

series of talks at City Hall and the Printworks, Dublin Castle, from Friday, October 5 to Sunday 7.

Michael Palin will bring to life the history of the ship HMS Erebus, Anne Applebaum will discuss Stalin’s war on the Ukraine in the 1930s, while Helen Rappaport will shed new light on the murder of the Russian imperial family after the Bolshevik Revolution, some 100 years after their death.

Officially launching the festival’s programme of events, Lord Mayor Nial Ring said: “The Dublin Festival of History, now in its sixth year, provides a great opportunity for everyone to find out more about the rich history and heritage of Dublin and Ireland.

“It is one of Dublin City’s Library and Archive Service’s unique ways of preserving, sharing and promoting this history and heritage.”

See the programme of events at dublinfestivalofhistory.ie.

LABOUR: PHARMACY CHAIN UNREST CONTINUING

No end in sight for Lloyds staff strikes RACHEL D’ARCY

LLOYDS Pharmacy workers are set to continue striking for the foreseeable future, with a further nine strike dates announced.

Mandate Trade Union, which is representing more than 200 Lloyds workers who are taking part in a strike over pay scales and zero-hour contracts, have said more than 40 stores will take part in industrial action next Monday, September 3 and Tuesday, September 4, and again in October and November.

Workers in Lloyds Pharmacy’s Artane store in Artane Castle have revealed that they’ve been forced to protest on the roundabout outside the shopping centre their store is located in, as centre management won’t allow them to protest inside.

David Gibney from Mandate told Dublin Gazette that they initially con-

Lloyds Pharmacy workers on strike

tacted Lloyds Pharmacy in February 2017 with several requests which the company originally agreed to, before changing its mind.

He said: “They [Lloyds] formed their own worker representative group within the company after we contacted them, but staff said that they wanted to be represented by a trade union. Before they had union representation, staff had sick pay and other benefits taken or reduced.”

In April, the Labour

Court recommended that management of Lloyds Pharmacy communicate with Mandate as their worker’s representatives.

However, Mandate have said that the management have “refused to accept” this recommendation.

Stores including Ballyfermot, Artane, Drumcondra, Finglas, Glasnevin, Raheny, Stoneybatter and Kilbarrack will all be taking part in the strike action next Monday and Tuesday.

Strike action has also been announced in Octo-

ber, from Monday 1 to Wednesday 3, and again in November, from Thursday 1 to Saturday 3, and on Monday, November 5.

In response to Dublin Gazette’s queries, a Lloyds Pharmacy statement read: “The Labour Court’s recommendation was a nonbinding recommendation. “[We work] closely with the vast majority of our staff, as represented by the Colleague Representative Committee, and worked out a wide range of pay and conditions improvements to address concerns.

“This was a very robust negotiation process and has been passed by a majority of staff in two separate ballots, so we know we are making very good progress ... so we can grow and invest further in the business.

“Lloyds Pharmacy do not have, and have never had, zero hour contracts with our staff.”

Aura Holohan Group launches a new training academy with several courses RACHEL D’ARCY

THE Aura Holohan Group has officially launched its Aura Training Academy, committed to enabling adults to achieve qual-

ity learning opportunities through training courses with internationally recognised qualifications across a broad spectrum of courses.

Aura Leisure has been

operating in the health, fitness and leisure industry since 1989 and are leaders in the field, as well as the largest employer in the industry.

Aura Holohan Group was recently ranked in the Top 30 Best Large Workplaces in Ireland 2018 in the Great Place To Work awards.

Aura Training Academy courses include Swim Teaching, Lifeguard, FAR – First Aid Responder, AED, Pool Plant Room Operations, Pool Water Treatment, CFR – Cardiac First Responder, Manual Handling and Fire Training.

These courses are available to companies and individuals alike.

The Aura Leisure tutors and instructors are pro-

fessionals with the experience and know-how to deliver training.

A key focus in the training academy is experiential learning through real-life scenarios, believing that when it comes to learning, the ability to transfer knowledge to a real-life scenario is imperative.

When the course is completed, the trainees will be able to put what they have learned into practice straight away to the highest standards, with the courses also aiming to help people progress within their careers or move on to new careers.

For further information and to learn more about upcoming courses, see auraleisure.ie/aura-training-academy.

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FASTNews Everyone loves a good sandwich – but thousands went to waste after the Papal Mass in the Phoenix Park

Grim picture painted for arts centre’s future RACHEL D’ARCY

Thousands of Pope sangers slung away THE Office of Public Works said that it threw away thousands of sandwiches after last weekend’s Papal Mass after charities said they weren’t able to accept them.

The OPW issued a statement in response to a caller on RTE’s Liveline show on Tuesday, who said they saw catering staff throwing out hundreds of unopened sandwiches after the closing Papal Mass in the Phoenix Park on Sunday. “[Charities] explained they were not in a position to accept sandwiches which were 36- and even 48-hours old, no matter how well they were stored in the meantime,” the statement read.

The OPW said that traders at the Phoenix Park also tried to distribute unused food to charities, but were also “unsuccessful for the same reasons”, resulting in food being given away to members of the public as they left the site, or being dumped.

“It is safe to say that the number of sandwiches dumped was proportional to the difference between expected attendance and actual attendance,” the OPW’s statement said.

A pub book Emigrants that’s worth returning poring over home again A NEW book will be published this September that’s described as a “fascinating journey” into Dublin’s pub scene.

Dublin Pubs, by architect and former DIT lecturer Pat Dargan, will take a look at some of Dublin’s most interesting, oldest or most famous pubs throughout the years.

Dargan will also tell the story of the many characters that have frequented or run Dublin’s pubs over the years.

The book will also focus on Dublin’s history and centuries-long association with pubs, and how the city boasted a wealth of taverns as Ireland began to boom with trade in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The book is the latest addition to the popular Pubs series by Amberly Publishing, and will be available as a hard copy edition, and also on Kindle, Kobo or iBook.

Dublin Pubs is scheduled for release on September 15.

RANELAGH: RENT HIKE FORCING CULTURAL HUB TO CLOSE

WITH the Irish economy continuing to stabilise and grow, the level of irish people returning to live in the country has overtaken the amount of people emigrating, for the first time in 10 years.

New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) detail that the Irish economy is approaching full employment again, with 28,400 Irish emigrants moving back home from abroad – up 1,000 people on the previous 12 months The CSO figures also show the highest level of immigration since 2008, with more than 90,000 people moving here in the 12 months to April, up 6.7% on the previous year’s figures.

Emigration out of Ireland has also reached its lowest figure since 2008, with 56,300 people leaving during the same 12-month period – a drop of 13% on the previous year, and 32% lower than the peak in 2012.

AFTER almost a decade in its current premises, Ranelagh Arts Centre (inset) has announced that it is being forced to close its doors in October.

The centre has said that it will shut its doors for the final time on October 8, due to a ‘€60,000 rent demand’ from the new owners of its building.

Ranelagh Arts Centre moved into its current premises in 2009 after the property fell into NAMA’s hands.

Multiple art shows and cultural events have taken place at the premises since it opened its doors nine years ago, with the centre becoming a cultural centre for the local community.

In a statement, the centre say that ‘new owners, who have bought the centre and adjacent buildings [in Ranelagh],

Ranelagh Arts Centre – a creative cultural hub for the village, and far beyond

have demanded a rent of €60,000 per annum, which the centre cannot afford’.

The centre claims that one of its neighbours in its block of buildings, Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy, has “ironically” already been forced to leave his constituency office just a few buildings away because of the high

rent demands.

It also claims that two other tenants in the building block are in litigation with the new owners over the higher rents being demanded.

There are no paid staff at the centre, as it operates with local volunteers and workers under the Tus community employment scheme.

The centre’s annual income is currently half of the expected rent of €30,000 per year, which includes a €10,000 grant awarded by Dublin City Council for the annual arts festival.

In addition to the festival – which will be held this year from September 27 until October 6 – several regular activities are

ongoing at the centre.

Classes in art, music, acting, gardening, languages and yoga, art exhibitions, book launches and more are regularly run at the premises.

The chairman of Ranelagh Arts, Tony Strickland, said: “It would be an immense loss to the local community if we cannot find new premises [that] we can afford to continue the important work we do.”

Strickland has asked the public for help as the centre aims to relocate to another premises in Ranelagh to continue its work in, and for, the local community.

He said: “We appeal to your readers to let us know of any available property in the area and to contact their local TDs supporting funding for community arts centres.

We can be contacted at 01 547 7775.”

Department splashes out with €40m sports funding RACHEL D’ARCY

SOME €40 million is being made available under a new round of the Sports Capital Programme (SCP).

The SCP provides support to sports clubs and communities to develop sports infrastructure around the country.

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, joined Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Brendan Griffin to make the announcement.

Praising the funding, Minister Ross said: “This is excellent news for Irish sport, following on from what was a wonderful few months of achievements for our high-performance sportsmen and women.

“Recently, we launched our new National Sports Policy 2018-2027 which confirmed our commitment to invest in sports facilities

in the years ahead.

“The opening of a new round of the Sports Capital Programme shows that we are committed to delivering on this objective.

“The programme itself has already transformed sports facilities in practically every community in Ireland.”

He added: “The €40 million that is now available provides an opportunity for even further improvements and I would urge all organisations with a suitable project to apply.”

All applicants must be registered on the Department’s of Sport’s online system, and the Ministers encouraged any clubs which are not already registered to do so now.

The guide to making an application has also just been published at www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie.

Minister for Sport Shane Ross with Minister of State Brendan Griffin, and Evan Brazil and Angel O’Toole

Registrations will close at 5pm on Friday, October 5.

Once registered, all applications must be made on the same website. The system will be open for applications from 9am

on Friday, September 7 to 5pm on Friday, October 19.

A guide to making an application and a link to YouTube video instructions is also available on the same website.

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PAPAL VISIT: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THE FAITHFUL REJOICE,

A nation reflects as Pope Francis’s visit sees debate and soul searching SYLVIA POWNALL

FINGAL Mayor Anthony Lavin says it was “an honour and a privilege” to greet Pope Francis on the red carpet at Dublin Airport on Saturday.

Wearing his chain of office, the Fine Gael councillor was one of the first in line to welcome the Pontiff as his Alitalia flight touched down on the west apron.

He told Dublin Gazette: “I was nervous, but I was delighted to get the opportunity to be there. My interaction was limited – just a handshake and a ‘Welcome to Dublin Fingal’.

“But it was an honour and a privilege for me.

There was a great sense of presence. That is definitely one for the scrapbook!

“I’m not sure about the rest of my year in office, but I’d safely say that will probably be the highlight.”

The handshake was over in moments – and marked the beginning of a whirlwind 36-hour visit by the Pontiff as part of the World Meeting of Families global event.

Ballymun locals were delighted to catch a glimpse of him as he was driven from the airport to the Aras where he signed the visitors’ book, had a private meeting with President Michael D Higgins, and planted an oak tree.

Then it was on to Dublin Castle to meet An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who has won widespread praise for his uncompromising speech in which he told Pope Francis that “from words must come actions” as he urged jus-

planned to visit Matt Talbot’s tomb in Our Lady of Lourdes Church but was running behind schedule and drove on, during his 1979 visit.

Pat Collins, who was among those who waited in vain on Sean McDer-

means the world to me, my boys and my grandkids.”

There were emotional scenes at the Capuchin Day Centre where Pope Francis met with its founder, Br Kevin Crowley, and offered prayers and support for the homeless

Retailers’ prayers weren’t answered TRADERS in Dublin are counting the cost of the Pope’s visit, with some estimating a €6 million loss due to a 30% drop in footfall.

They hit out at the organisers of the World Families event and the National Transport Authority for failing to hold a full consultation on their plans and giving the impression that the city was “in lockdown”.

Richard Guiney, chief executive of Dublin Town (which represents 2,500 city-centre businesses) said a sign had been put up in Henry Street to say it would be closed – until traders objected, and it was removed.

Graeme McQueen, of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, said: “Saturday

tice for abuse survivors.

The open-top Popemobile set out from the Pro Cathedral in Marlborough Street down O’Connell Street, over O’Connell bridge, down Westmoreland Street and up Dame Street on its way to the Capuchin Day Centre in Smithfield.

Pope John Paul II had

was like a Sunday. It was very difficult for people to get around. People decided to sit tight and do nothing.”

Some retailers were also left out of pocket, with hefty stocks of Pope merchandise that didn’t shift. On Saturday, Dunnes Stores slashed the price of themed t-shirts from €8 to €2.

Traffic was slow on Monday as the last of the road closures was lifted around the Navan Road and Lucan Road, though the Phoenix Park remained closed until 7pm on Tuesday.

Officials said: “This is necessary for the removal of essential infrastructure and the removal and re-installation of road signage and other road modifications for the event.”

mott Street at the time, was over the moon that Francis took the time to stop.

She said: “It’s great to be back after 40 years to see Pope Francis come here. I have been to Rome twice and never got a glimpse of him.

“But it’s far better to see him here at home. It

and marginalised members of society.

Vanessa Mbeya, who started using the services of the centre two years ago while she was pregnant with her son, Jamie, said she was overwhelmed.

She said: “I felt honoured for this once-in-alifetime experience.

“I was crying with joy

to come face-to-face with the Pope. I did not expect him to mix with people like us, homeless people, but he did and it was marvellous.”

While visiting the centre, Pope Francis also blessed three-year-old Zoe Cryan and her brother, Dylan (5), from Lucan.

Their mother Siobhan said: “Zoe had a very rocky start in life. She has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair now.

“We don’t use the services of the day centre, but Brother Kevin knows about Zoe and her health, and he offered us a place so she could be blessed.

“Dylan has been an amazing big brother to Zoe, so he got a blessing too. It was uplifting and joyful.”

Earlier at St Mary’s Pro Cathedral, the Pope met with more than 300 newlyweds and engaged couples, among them golden sweethearts Vincent Gamble (77), and his wife Teresa (75), who were 51 years married in February.

In 1979, Vincent – who lives in Stoneybatter – was a steward in the Phoenix Park for Pope John Paul II’s visit while Teresa was at home expecting the couple’s fifth child.

He said: “I think this event will help the young people, to remind them of what it’s all about. It will give them a bit of a boost.

BUT LOCKDOWN,

Picture: Maxwells

Sporting his formal chains of office, Fingal Mayor Anthony Lavin spoke of his unforgettable memory of being one of the first people to welcome Pope Francis

“He’s a lovely man to talk to, easy-going, makes you very relaxed. He will do good in the church. I feel that it will take time, but he will do good.”

Later at Croke Park, there was a joyous atmosphere as pilgrims united for the closing ceremony of the World Meeting of Families.

Peadar Smullen (13) from Rush was there with his sister, Dearbhaile, and their nine-year-old cousin, Eve Smullen.

GAA fan Peader said it was amazing to see the sports stadium lit up for a festive occasion. He added: “It’s crazy how they got it ready so quickly.”

Dubliners and parents to nine children Mary and Damien Richardson were among those who got to

speak on stage.

Damien said: “Pope Francis, thank you for listening to our story. Even though we were addicted to drugs, love and faith gave us strength as a married couple to take a better path.”

Sunday’s mass at the Phoenix Park saw a far smaller turnout than had been anticipated as the weather took its toll – but pilgrims’ spirits could not be dampened.

Dubliner Geraldine Duffy, who was there with her sister, Gloria, said the occasion differed from 1979 because her children stayed away in support of abuse victims.

She added: “We want to give them hope.”

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IMPACT ON BUSINESS AND ONGOING SCANDAL OVER CHURCH ABUSE SEES CRITICISM

Some of the thousands of protestors attending a gathering held at the Garden of Rememberance at the same time as the Papal Mass. Picture: Michael Chester Young pilgrims at the Phoenix Park strain to see Pope Francis.

Picture: Maxwells

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I was crying with joy to come face-to-face with the Pope.

I did not expect him to mix with people like us, homeless people, but he did and it was marvellous.

SYLVIA POWNALL

Beaux Wildman with some of the Pope Francis memorabilia. Picture: Maxwells

Alison’s selfie with Himselfie SYLVIA POWNALL

THE young girl who managed to get a selfie on stage with Pope Francis in Croke Park (right) has since been inundated with messages on social media.

Alison Nevin (12), from Swords, started secondary school on Monday as the most famous person in her class thanks to her daring-do on Saturday, which went viral.

Alison was at the Picture: PA World Meeting of Families gathering with her mother, Brigid, as a representative of the Traveller community.

Mum Brigid said: “It was a love-

Thousands attend a protest at Garden of Remembrance

ly experience for us all. We were given two tickets for myself and Alison to attend, but we weren’t expecting to get up that close

to him.

“She was a bit nervous when she was sitting on the bench waiting to meet with him, but she said the nervousness left when she got up.

“She said she had been thinking of asking him for a selfie in her head, and didn’t tell anyone about it, just decided to go for it.

“She’s absolutely over the moon. We had to turn the phones off, they were ringing nonstop.”

T h e C r o ke P a r k event marked the second time Alison met Pope Francis. She travelled to Rome for a Papal Mass three years ago.

POPE Francis flew into Dublin amid a growing storm of protests around the world over clerical child sex abuse and decades of Vatican coverups.

It cast a shadow over his visit – and prompted a number of unprecedented moves, including a personal apology from the makeshift altar during the open-air mass at the Phoenix Park.

In his homily, he acknowledged “abuses of power and conscience” in Ireland, and asked for forgiveness for all the times the Church did not provide survivors with compassion, justice, truth, or “concrete actions”.

As he delivered mass under stormy skies, another storm was brewing less than three miles away in the Garden of Remembrance as 5,000 angry protesters gathered.

Holding ‘Stand4Truth’ placards aloft, they demanded that the Catholic Church and its leader accept responsibility for their crimes against children and root out offenders.

Survivors of clerical sex abuse, Magdalene Laundries, Church-run institutions and Mother and Baby homes united in solidarity – as at least one thousand more gathered for a silent vigil in Galway to remember the Tuam babies.

Calling for the Church to release the names of all priests disciplined over abuse, Dubliner Hayley Brabazon (21) said: “Speak the truth.

That’s what we’re asking for.

“The bishops, the priests, the Pope himself, who are protecting these monsters, they need to speak up, and it’s about time the Irish people stood up to them.”

Fellow Dub Ailbhe O’Rourke (33) wiped away tears as she said: “The Ireland that welcomed John Paul in 1979 is not the same Ireland any more. It’s completely changed. There are a lot of hurt people in this country.”

Conor Courtney (31), from Cabra, said: “It’s great to see people out protesting, because it needs to be done. We need to let people know that we don’t stand for

anything the Church does any more.”

On Saturday, Pope Francis met with a handful of survivors and pledged action.

He said he had not been aware of the scale of the Tuam babies scandal, and agreed to study a brief on it from Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone.

But abuse survivor Colm O’Gorman, who founded One in Four and organised Sunday’s rally in Dublin, said the Pope did not go far enough.

He described the Pope’s speech at Dublin Castle on Saturday, in which he did not issue an apology, as “shameful” and “a missed opportunity”.

After the rally on Sunday, he said: “This event is love in the face of deceit.”

On the flight back to Rome, Pope Francis again disappointed survivors when he refused to comment on allegations that both Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis had been aware of sexual misconduct allegations against Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick years before he resigned.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Thauana Pudell and Wanessa Lima

Ciara McDonagh and Tess O’Connor Orla McConnon and Mark Rogers

Karen Constantine and Louise O’Connell

Beauty brand arrives at Arnotts C

ULT beauty brand IT Cosmetics launched at Arnotts last week. Guests in attendance included models and stylists Ruth O’Neill, Ruth Griffin, Grace Mongey and Lorna Weightman. Also in attendance were beauty bloggers Karen Constantine, Mark Rogers, Jen Morris, Louise O’Connell, Mags Lynch, Sue Jordan and Valerie Loftus.

Ian Byrne with Eileen Sutton and daughter Grace. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Extraterrestrial adventures

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Leah Maguire

Jules Mahon

ILM fans were out in force for the preview screening of Luis and the Aliens at the Odeon Cinema in Dublin’s Point Square.

Luis and the Aliens tells the story of a 12-year-old boy named Luis who befriends

three small aliens that crash their spaceship near his home.

After helping the aliens find the homeshopping channel items they came for Luis asks the aliens to save him from boarding school and the fun really begins.

Michael White and Sarah Snell with children Finley, Michael and Louis

Lorna Weightman Miriam Burke

Cathy Donohoe.

Pictures: Brian Mcevoy Nina Lykins

Sinead Moloney

Grace Mongey

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FASTNews

Garda blitz targeted cars on cycle lanes GARDAI issued six fixed-charge penalty notices (FCPN) to drivers on one Dublin street earlier this week, as they were blocking cycle lanes.

The notices were issued along a stretch of road in Ranelagh village on Tuesday morning, as several cars were parked in cycle lanes, preventing those on bikes from successfully navigating the roads.

Parking in cycle lanes is an offence, with fines ranging from €40 to €60 depending on when they are paid, according to the Road Safety Authority.

Saturday’s Liffey Swim set to make a splash LORD Mayor Nial Ring is set to start the 99th Dublin City Liffey Swim this Saturday, September 1.

The men’s race will set off at 3pm, with the women’s race beginning at 4:30pm. More than 500 swimmers are expected to take part in the races.

Launching the 2018 swim, Cllr Ring said: “Dublin City Council’s involvement in the Liffey Swim goes back to the very first event in 1920, which was organised by Dublin Corporation employee, Bernard Fagan and won by JJ Kennedy.

“Since then, it has grown into Ireland’s most prestigious open sea race and is celebrated in Jack B Yeats’ award-winning painting, The Liffey Swim.”

Presentation of the prestigious Liffey Cups will take place in the grounds of the Custom House after the last race finishes at approximately 5pm.

PEOPLE: DUBS OF ALL AGES ASKED TO HELP SUPPORT SICK CHILDREN

Help Team James with a Barretstown fun run MARK O’BRIEN

DUBS are asked to get their running shoes on to help a great cause and head to Corkagh Park in two weeks’ time for the inaugural Team James Run for Barretstown.

Taking take place on Sunday, September 16, the run is being organised

by Team James – a group that has tirelessly raised funds for Barretstown.

Lucan lad James Casserly (12) has Cerebral Palsy and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), but his mother, Vicki, said he was inspired to raise funds for Barretstown after spending time there himself.

She said: “After James was diagnosed with

JIA, Crumlin Hospital referred him for a week of fun in Barretstown.

“In March 2015, we went down as a family for a weekend of the famous ‘#seriousfun’, and to say James loved it doesn’t quite cover it.

“He was then invited down for a week of fun on his own in July as part of their summer camp. This was James’s first time away from home without family.

“He came home oozing with confidence, revived and excited, all sickness forgotten about. Barretstown instantly became extremely special to him.”

Part of the treatment for JIA involves chemo-

Team James

therapy and biologic treatments. Unfortunately, due to the nature of James’s condition, the medication was not fully effective.

“Before Christmas, James became a little

down, as you would knowing things still were not under control,” said Vicki.

“At this point, we met Mark, of Insanity Fitzone. We explained to Mark what was ongoing with James, introduced them and they instantly hit it off.

“Mark kindly offered to help James get back on his feet. Movement is so important for anyone suffering from JIA; although painful, in the long-term, it will help.

“Going to the gym gave James another burst of energy.”

James and Mark then decided to run the Dublin Marathon together, with James simultaneously becoming the youngest

person to complete the marathon in a wheelchair.

The dynamic duo’s remarkable effort raised more than €85,000 for Barretstown. Since then, Team James has grown and evolved.

James’ dad, Dan Naughton, has taken up running and completed the Limerick Marathon with James.

This year, father and son will complete the Dublin City Marathon together.

But before that, Team James inviting people to have an epic day of fun in Corkagh Park, and help James to help Barretstown and many other sick children.

To register, see https:// www.popupraces.ie/ events/team-jamesrun-for-barretstown/.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Beibhinn Haren and Lisa Ward

Genevieve Gleeson,Jessica Farrell and Vanessa Boland. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Shauna Fitzsimons and Laoise Nugent

Miss Ireland 2018 launch event at Krystle

Nadine Reid and Gail O’Connor

Dawn Fletcher and Emma McNamara

Stephen Mangan and Karl Bowe

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The On Air team. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Virgin Media Television announces new schedule V IRGIN Media Television, the new name for the TV3 Group, announced its new season schedule at a press briefing last week, for its three free-toair channels, Virgin Media One (the new

name for TV3), Virgin Media Two (the new name for 3e) and Virgin Media Three (the new name for be3).

For further information on the station’s rebranding, see Page 23.

Ali Ryan and Hannah Healy

Jonathan Hehir, Sarah Geoghegan and Jim Donnelly

Beaumont hospital patients honour ‘heroes’

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REAST Care Nurse Louise Costigan pictured being honoured by Emma Cassidy, from Raheny, at the Beaumont Hospital “Honour Your Heroes” 2018 awards held in Beaumont Hospital last week.

The ‘Honour Your Heroes’ awards highlighted a small number of the many healthcare successes brought about by the 3,000 plus staff who work across fifty-four medical specialities at Beaumont Hospital. Picture: Robbie Reynolds

Fran McNulty and Anne Heffernan

Bernadine Carraher and Dolores Comerford

Eva Hall and Hannah Moran

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LOVE YOUR DUBLIN

KILMAINHAM GAOL SYMBOLISES THE TRADITION OF MILITANT AND CONSTITUTIONAL NATIONALISM

DUBLIN MADE EASY AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE THE BEST OF KILMAINHAM GAOL

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ILMAINHAM Gaol opened in 1796 as the new County Gaol for Dublin. It closed its doors in 1924.

Today the building symbolises the tradition of militant and constitutional nationalism from the rebellion of 1798 to the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. Leaders of the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848,1867 and 1916 were detained and in some cases executed here.

Many members of the Irish Republican movement during the Anglo-Irish War (1919-21) were also detained in Kilmainham Gaol, guarded by British troops.

Names such as Robert Emmet, Anne Devlin, Charles Stewart Parnell and the leaders of 1916 will always be associated with the building.

It should not be forgotten however that, as a county gaol, Kilmainham held thousands of ordinary men, women and children. Their crimes ranged from petty offences such as stealing food to more serious crimes such as murder or rape.

Kilmainham Gaol Museum is open all year round, except the 24th, 25th, and 26th of December.

The guided tours are excellent. Pre-booking is essential.

Photographs by PM Photography, Courtesy of Kilmainham Gaol Museum

THE STONEBREAKERS’ YARD HIGHLIGHT: The plaque and two crosses to commemorate the 14 leaders of the Easter Rising who were executed This is the most famous yard in Kilmainham Gaol. Originally, it was used for hard labour.

Huts used to line the walls so that solitary labour was possible; these no longer survive, although their outlines can be seen in the ground.

The yard was mainly used by men who had been sentenced to hard labour, and they would spend their time manually breaking up stones.

Women who had received the same sentence would work out their time in the laundry. It was here that fourteen leaders of the Easter Rising were executed in May 1916.

This is commemorated today by a plaque and two crosses in the Yard.

THE CHAPEL HIGHLIGHT: The wooden altar made in 1882 by Belfast carpenter James Lalor, who was an inmate at the time THERE are two chapels inside the walls of Kilmainham Gaol – one Catholic and one Protestant. Only the Catholic chapel is open to the public today.

This red-walled chapel is found on the first floor (the other chapel is on the top floor and was painted blue).

The wooden altar here was made in 1882 by Belfast carpenter James Lalor, an inmate at the time.

Catholic prisoners generally attended Mass in this chapel every Sunday; it was sometimes the only place they would meet each other, depending on their level of isolation and the period in which they were inmates.

NELSON MANDELA CENTENARY EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHT: Nelson Mandela artefacts THIS exhibition opened July 13, 2018, and will be open until January 12, 2019.

“From Prisoner to President” the exhibition celebrates the life of Nelson Mandela.

It explores Mandela’s extraordinary life through five themes – Leader, Comrade, Negotiator, Prisoner, Statesman. In each theme, the narrative is presented through evocative large-scale images and text, supported by films, photographs and displays of original artefacts.

This exhibition also highlights the strength and breadth of Ireland’s relationship with South Africa, from Ireland’s support for the anti-apartheid movement, through to the vibrant and multifaceted partnership which exists between Ireland & South Africa today.

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DUBLIN

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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 | ALL SORTS OF LOOLAS LOOKING TO LAND A STAY IN THE ÁRAS

‘Vote for Gaz, I do a great wave and I won’t embarrass the nation’ IF I wasn’t so fond of the Miggledy fella, I’d consider launching a bid for President meself.

Looking at some of the loolas going for it this year, I reckon I’d stand half a chance just by not being a total attention seeker.

Maybe to stand out, I’d get a cat instead of having two dogs but other than that I’d just run me campaign saying: “Vote for Gaz, I do a great wave and I won’t embarrass the nation by sayin’ something ridiculous on the world stage.”

I see some of the prospective candidates were up in front of Meath County Council this week trying to get nominated.

They have to get four councils to

nominate them but from this performance, I can’t see them having too much joy.

One of the Dragon’s Den fellas was making all sorts of promises and even brought a glossy brochure with him.

He’s possibly not the worst of them, but we only have to take a look across the water at the fella that sends angry tweets in all capitals to see that maybe electing a businessman as President may not be the best idea.

He even said to the

councillors: “It’s a role with no power but lots of influence.”

You’d wonder if he’s doing it for the good of the people or the good

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Maybe he’s right.

Maybe me mind is a bit twisted after all

of himself with a line like that.

Some other fella said he’d like to bring the Luas to Connemara.

Remember when Dustin the Turkey used to pretend to run for election and he’d promise to bring the Dart to Dingle?

That puppet has a lot to answer for it seems.

That artist lad was giving out about Aldis and Lidls on roundabouts or something like that.

And afterwards he was banging on about having red-headed girls playing harps in every town in the country or something like that.

He reckon it’s just like the old days but I think he might have watched Darby O’Gill a few too many times.

There was a young woman up too saying she was pro-life and wants to save the unborn babies.

I’m not sure what she thinks she’s campaigning for. I thought that referendum was a few months ago.

She’s some sort of Marilyn Monroe tribute act as well and said she’d greet the Trump fella dressed as Marilyn. “If the Irish people wanted me to do that, I would,” she says.

Now, I’d normally never speak for anyone but meself, but I’m fairly certain that I’d speak for a fair portion of the Irish people by saying that we never want to see that or any of this other carry on.

You’d nearly miss Dana with the carry on of this lot.

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LEGAL EAGLE

EXPLORE TREASURES

BY WALSH & PARTNERS SOLICITORS

HERITAGE

Yes, potentially you can claim if you’re injured A READER writes: “I was involved in an a c c i d e n t ove r o n e year ago. I fell after I tripped over a road cone which had been knocked over on a public road next to a building site.

“I had a pain in my ankle, back and neck and I went to the doctor the next day.

“I was given painkillers and underwent some physiotherapy.

“I hoped it would go away, but I have ongoing pain and I am finding it is affecting my work one year on.

“Can I potentially bring a claim and who against?”

I am sorry to hear about your injuries.

Yes, you can potentially bring a claim.

It would be better to do this sooner rather than later, as for personal injury claims under Irish Law known the Statute of Limitations, court proceedings must be bought within two years from the date of accident.

Before bringing court proceedings, personal injury claims in Ireland have to be submitted first to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB), which can potentially assess the claim and make an award for damages depending on certain circumstances.

W h e n t h e m a t te r is being dealt with by PIAB, limitation is not

Karen Walsh

running.

Firstly, you would need to consider who is the appropriate defendant to sue. A solicitor would advise you in this respect.

It would need to be ascertained as to who the occupier was, based on where you fell, and they are the most likely defendant.

Secondly, it would need to be ascertained whether there was negligence and as to who was at fault for the accident.

It would be helpful if you took photographs of where the accident occurred.

It wo u l d n e e d to be investigated as to whether there were any witnesses to the accident, and it may be worthwhile having an engineer carry out a site

investigation report.

Your solicitor would need to obtain a medico-legal report from your treating doctor or another doctor as to the nature of your injuries, and to provide a prognosis as to when they are likely to recover.

I note you have had difficulty at work and if you have had to take unpaid time off because of the accident, you may be entitled to also bring a claim for loss of earnings.

You can also potentially claim for other quantified losses, such as medical expenses.

I would recommend that you arrange a consultation with a solicitor who will advise you in respect of the steps you should potentially be taking if you wish to bring a claim.

WALSH & PARTNERS SOLICITORS specialise in litigation, personal injuries, probate, conveyancing, employment law and family law. Their offices are located at Unit 7E, Nutgrove Office Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. For further information, please call 01 291 0300, email info@walshandpartners.ie, or else visit the site at www.walshandpartners.ie.

DISCLAIMER: While every care is taken to ensure accuracy of information contained in this article, Walsh & Partners Solicitors do not accept responsibility for errors or omissions howsoever arising, and you should seek legal advice in relation to your particular circumstances at the earliest possible time.

Join the Culture Night festivities PEOPLE across Dublin are encouraged to come out, catch a little culture and lose themselves in their imagination and an explosion of creativity on Friday, September 21 as Culture Night returns for its 13th year.

Organisers are hoping to build on last year’s phenomenal turn-out of 175,000 people who came out to savour the best of Irish contemporary culture across the capital.

Venues across the city are expected to vibrate to the rhythm of dancers, musicians, poets, actors, artists and storytellers.

Each year Culture Night brings people together to create unique shared experiences and memories.

Admission to all events is free, making it a perfect event for the whole family to enjoy.

Commenting on this year’s programme for Culture Night, Ray Yeates, Dublin City Council Arts Officer said: “Dublin City Council is once again delighted to support Cul-

ture Night for its 13th year.

“Culture Night is the perfect chance for people across Dublin, those living here and those visiting, to enjoy an evening of cultural exploration.

“From historic venues to smaller, more unusual ones there’s definitely something in the programme for you to enjoy.

“Why don’t you plan your night in advance so you can enjoy as much as possible, maybe even trying a cultural genre you might never have before?”

Culture Night features a kaleidoscopic programme of the very best of what is intrinsic in us – creativity, storytelling and our unique culture.

Year after year communities and participants from all genres including photographers, illustrators, designers, composers, visual artists, dancers, aerialists, script writers, conductors, graffiti artists, authors, singers and musicians come together on this one night to celebrate our cultural heritage and

tell the story of contemporary Irish culture.

Highlights in the capital this year include Bank of Ireland Cultural & Heritage Centre where visitors can enjoy the ‘Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again’ exhibition.

Visitors to Dublin Airport will have the chance to experience talks on the history of the airport and explore the ‘Creative Journeys’ art installations in partnership with NCAD and Business to Arts.

Experience an evening of storytelling and conversation in the beautifully restored 14 Henrietta Street and discover what life was like in this Georgian Townhouse turned tenement dwelling through a taster tour of the newly opened museum, while twice Oscar-nominated Brown Bag Films will host family friendly workshops and activities led by their very own Emmy Award-winning Director Marten Jonmark.

The fun of Culture Night will spill onto the

streets of the capital city, with a diverse outdoor programme bringing the magic of Culture Night to a number of public spaces.

Attention Bébé are bringing major party vibes to Meeting House Square with a high-octane set of their patented big-band covers of 90s hits.

Barnardo Square will be transformed with projections and pop-up performances throughout the evening including a selection of short films from Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland.

Exploring the cultural side of Dublin by foot, bike or bus is made easy with nearly 30 Culture Night Tours which include the Dublin Busking Experience, DoDublin Ghostbus Tour, Learning the Liberties and Dublin Ghost Signs Tours, unravelling stories from Dublin’s past by looking up at its old signs.

The full programme of events and participating venues for Culture Night 2018 is now available on www.culturenight.ie.

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UP FOR THE CHALLENGE

Down Syndrome Centre ambassador Kevin Kilbane was put through his paces by Grace Martin (10) from Tallaght, James Walsh (7) from Leopardstown and Ben McDermott (11) from Templeogue at the launch event on Sandymount Strand of Challenge 21. The event is aiming to to help raise over €75,000 to support children with Down syndrome. If you would like to walk, jog or run the coastal 21km from Booterstown to Howth on September 16 in aid of the charity, you can see more info at www. downsyndromecentre.ie/challenge-21-2/ . Photos: Paul Sherwood

The Lee Harveys set to rock Toner’s THE Alternative Sunday Social Club presents The Lee Harveys in Toners on September 9 at 4pm, with The Black Pitts supporting.

The Lee Harveys formed in 2009 in Dublin and play 1977 style original pop / punk / power pop.

They have ploughed a furrow through the

Irish punk scene and to date have released three albums, Gun City, Still Angry and Bullet for the President.

They all garnered much praise in the music press.

Hot Press remarked; “Its music to sing along to but with something more sinister bubbling underneath the surface”.

Fashion filled evening ON September 13 The Gibson Hotel will partner with creative director, stylist and style writer, Corina Gaffey, to host a fashion filled evening.

Guests will watch the iconic film, The Devil Wears Prada, followed by a panel discussion with leading experts in the fashion industry, who will give an insight into what it really takes to work in the world of fashion.

The event will start at 6.30pm in the Stratocaster Suite Room. Tickets are 20 and can be found at Event Brite.

Vive Le Rock magazine said; “Think back to the days of what was termed shellshock rock in Northern Ireland and imagine a perfectly formed amalgam of prime period outcasts and Rudi.

“The spirit of that era rears its beautiful spiky head in the shape of The Lee Harveys”.

Upskilling opportunities

EDUCATION Expo 2018, Dublin’s new event for courses, colleges and upskilling, will take place on September 8 from 10am to 4pm at the RDS’ Serpentine Hall in Dublin 4.

It is an arena for course providers to meet pro-

spective students, where you will get the chance to promote courses and take admissions in one day.

Education Expo 2018 promises to be a great day for those wishing to enrol on courses or upskill, with Dublin’s biggest colleges

and course providers set to exhibit. There will also be a lively day of talks and seminars as well as course demonstrations.

Meet DIT/ITB/ITT, Dublin City University, DCU Business School and many more.

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DIARY ALEX - OUR DOG OF THE WEEK

SOME OF THE LATEST EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN DUBLIN

A show worth Russian to DUBLIN will become home to one of the world’s most famous circuses in September when the Moscow State Circus opens with its new production, GOSTINITSA – Hotel of Curiosities.

GOSTINITSA is a landmark production for The Moscow State Circus, blending the best of circus art forms with a sparkle of Hollywood.

The new show has been designed specifically for a big top, and is the culmination of years of work, planning and creative discussion.

The new show promises to have all the spectacle and nerve-tingling, edge of your seat feats for the whole family that the circus is acclaimed for.

Award-winning clowns, the Chervokins Duo, will guide the audience through the show’s Hotel of Curiosities, featuring a number of acts including acrobatics on Europe’s only double Russian swings.

The Alikhanov Troupe will perform on two ten-metre poles balanced on one shoulder of a man with not one but three girls climbing and spinning to the very top of the same pole.

So don’t miss this amazing show which takes place at The Royal Hospital in Kilmainham from Thursday, September 6 to Sunday, September 16. Tickets available for Ticketmaster. For more information check www.moscowstatecircus.com

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

Alex is is an affectionate and playful two-year-old male Jack Russell Terrier.

He is such a sweet boy, who has the biggest heart and is just looking for someone to share his love with.

Alex can be a little nervous of new people, but once he gets to know you he will give you his unconditional love.

Alex is a typical terrier who enjoys discovering new places and is always looking for something interesting to do when out and about.

He loves his toys, especially a tennis ball that he can fetch

all day long.

Alex is looking for a quiet home, where he can relax and settle in at a gentle pace. He would like to be king of his castle so he would prefer a home with no other pets so he can get spoiled with love and affection..

If you have room in your heart and on your couch for Alex, 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.

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THE PAPAL VISIT

Pope Francis addresses the gathering at the Phoenix Park Mass

A member of the crowd waiting for Pope Francis to arrive at Croke Park

Blessing the people of Dublin, and Ireland

Crowds watch the Popemobile and Pope Francis pass down O’Connell Street

His Holiness greets Aidan Walsh at the Capuchin Day Centre, Bowe Street

Many thousands gave Pope Francis a céad míle fáilte T

HE 266th Pope had a brief but busy visit to Dublin last weekend, where His Holiness was treated to the joys of an Irish Summer following his every step – or at least, his Popemobile – as he criss-crossed the city.

Despite the blustery winds and copious sheets of rain, Pope Francis was largely given a warm welcome by the people of Dublin, with the political and religious leaders of the city, and country, joining the massed ranks of Dubliners,

His Holiness greets Bella Hartigan (11 months) and her mother, Candice, at the Capuchin Day Centre

citizens and tourists to throng the streets and key locations throughout his visit.

Here, Dublin Gazette presents a sample of some of the sights from his visit, as Pope Francis called to several places in Dublin. While His Holiness also attracted protests and criticism during and after his visit, there’s no doubt that a great many thousands were delighted to welcome Pope Francis, and welcomed the chance to see and pray with him.

Many onlookers were very excited to see Pope Francis pass by

Sgt Bernard Young, Ballymun Garda Station, greets Pope Francis as he prepared to depart

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THE PAPAL VISIT

His Holiness arrives at Croke Park

Say “Formaggio...” Getting a selfie by the Papal Cross in the Phoenix Park

An Taoiseach Leo Vadadkar quietly waits as Pope Francis signs the guest book at Dublin Castle

A sea of colour – courtesy of the rainwear needed at the blustery Phoenix Mark – greeted Pope Francis upon his arrival. Pictures: Maxwells

President Higgins and Pope Francis sharing a quiet

chat at Aras an Uachtarain

Plenty of rain and no sign of the Pope yet – but these Phoenix Park pilgrims kept their spirits high

BACK TO SCHOOL

Daniel O-You-know-who entertains the Phoenix Park crowd

Dublin Gazette ran into Cllr Adrian Henchy with his wife, Catriona, and fellow FF Cllr Darragh Butler with his son, Adam

IT’S that time of year again – time for lots of children to have their first day in school, like Szymon Ivanous and Liam Mozdzynski starting at St Francis Xavier NS, last year.

We’d love to show your child’s exciting first day at school in a gallery, so email us their photo with your child’s full name, age, area and the name of their school. Email Picturedesk@ DublinGazette.com before 9am next Monday – good luck!

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INTERVIEW | US SINGER’S TRACKS HAVE A SURPRISING REACH

Radin between mainstream lines JOSHUA Radin is one of those singers that a lot of people know without realising they do.

A sentimental, storytelling singer-songwriter known for his living-roomlike stage setup and soulful themes, Radin’s found a niche in TV music: the background to heartfelt scenes in medical dramas ranging from House to Grey’s Anatomy, and summer teen outings such as One Tree Hill.

The Cleveland, Ohio native’s biggest album came in 2008. Smash hit second LP, Simple Times, sold close to half a million copies, and he’s been living on the same simple premise ever since.

“All my songs are pretty

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much journal entries set to music,” Radin tells us.

“I think that’s why people respond to them - because if you’re making yourself vulnerable as a writer, you connect to more human beings.

“I pretty much listen to my dad’s old vinyl collection. A lot of Beatles, Paul Simon, Sam Cooke, Van Morrison. My style hasn’t really changed so much over the years. I am who I am; I don’t have plans to change.”

The TV show appear-

ances have drawn in much of Radin’s audience, and come almost out of the blue, perhaps attracted by the emotional and selfexamining content of his music.

This pours out in tracks such as I’d Rather Be With You, the video for which was directed by Scrubs star Zach Braff, or the Sunday-morning happy buzz of album tracks such as Friend Like You. “The TV stuff comes about when I release an album and then get contacted by someone who wants to use a song in something,” Radin explains.

“It’s great exposure for someone like me who is completely independent,

because I don’t have the label machine pushing my songs on to the radio.”

The independent aspect of what Radin does has really kicked on in recent years, with his major label years long in the past.

He produced his own music on latest album, The Fall, released in early 2017.

“I really found the experience rewarding. I’m not sure about the next album though. I’m still thinking about how to produce it,” he says, of working alone for the first time.

“I’m in the thick of it now, with regards to the writing process. So it’s difficult to say how it will turn out at this point.”

Unsurprisingly, the midwesterner most comfortable with a guitar looped over his shoulder relates heavily to the Irish music scene he first encountered touring here in the mid noughties, when Dublin was incredibly man-withguitar-heavy, producing some of the best acoustic guitar albums of the era.

“I’m sure some Guinness

will be imbibed in Dublin on night one,” he jokes.

“I really do feel the tradition in Ireland and always have.

“Ireland was one of the first countries outside the US to give me a shot and play some tunes of mine on the radio years ago. So I’ll always appreciate the place and return for as long as you’ll have me.

“The highs and lows of musical life can take their toll, but usually I just care about playing in a room whereby everyone is respectful and listening.

I just hope to be able to continue to do what I love without thinking about the business side of music.

“To keep writing and playing songs for people all over the world. To stay curious. When you lose your curious nature, your artistry dies a quick death.”

Joshua Radin and William Fitzsimmons play a double headline show at Whelan’s on September 30. Tickets are on sale now for €25.

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PICKWEEK OF THE

SEPTEMBER 3 (MONDAY)

Hozier @ The Academy, Sold Out IT’S A quiet week for gigs, with either not so much going on around town or many things already sold out. Still, we’re happy to highlight of the city’s biggest recent exports – Hozier.

He’s gearing up for a big tour with three tiny ‘live rehearsal’ shows in the Academy, likely the last chance to see the infectious blues-op singer in such a small venue for some time.

His gig’s already sold out, but if you’re lucky enough to be going – lucky you, grab some cherry wine, and at least (unlike some people heading to festivals) you don’t have to go and see him in the woods somewhere ...

AUGUST 30 (THURSDAY) Five Grand Stereo @ Whelan’s, €10 The Sonic Furs @ The Workman’s Club, €7

AUGUST 31 (FRIDAY) Electric Picnic (Stradbally, Co Laois) - Kendrick Lamar, Sold Out With a deep, impressive line-up and lots of household name acts, Electric Picnic’s seasonending extravaganza still has a good claim to be Ireland’s best festival, despite its expansion taking away a little of the charm. A summerending party must-do.

Maria Rita @ Vicar Street, €50 Anthony Walker + The Jackson Band (Michael Jackson covers) @ The Bowery, €10

SEPTEMBER 1 (SATURDAY) Electric Picnic (Stradbally, Co Laois) - Massive Attack, Sold Out Passenger @ Vicar Street, Sold Out

SEPTEMBER 2 (SUNDAY) Electric Picnic (Stradbally, Co Laois) - The Prodigy, Sold Out Sami Moukaddem featuring Joey Baron @ Whelan’s, €12 Eamonn McCormack @ Whelan’s Upstairs, €14 Orlando Molina Quartet @ Workman’s Club, €10

SEPTEMBER 4 (TUESDAY) Brent Cobb @ Whelan’s, €23 The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7

SEPTEMBER 5 (WEDNESDAY)

Joshua Radin

Ugly Kid Joe @ Whelan’s, €25 The Illegal Eagles @ The Olympia Theatre, €33.50 Hozier @ The Academy, Sold Out Peking Duck @ The Grand Social, €17

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WHAT’S BIG IN MUSIC, CINEMA, TV AND BOOKS

ENTERTAINMENT

RDS to host Metropolis THE award-winning Metropolis Festival returns for its fourth edition in the RDS following last year’s triumphant sell-out October Bank Holiday Weekend.

Metropolis Festival is a multistage, indoor winter music festival and conference which launched in 2015 in the RDS and was the first of its kind in Ireland.

Music flows out of bespoke stages, housed in multiple warehouse spaces within the RDS, while conversations take place with Red Bull Music Academy around installations that challenge the senses.

Britney’s rolling out an expertly produced tour all across Europe, to fans’ delight

REVIEW | THRILLS AT THE 3ARENA

Rule, Britney – a total pop queen RACHEL D’ARCY

WHEN you go to see Britney Spears, there’s always two things you can expect – a glorious amount of lip-syncing, and a decent amount of choreography.

Her very recent show here was about midway through her current tour, which saw Britney embark on her first tour in years after wrapping up her Vegas residency earlier this year.

Britney’s subsequently played venues across the UK and Europe, performing a version of her muchloved Vegas show.

Her show here in the 3Arena did not disappoint – for the most part.

While some in the crowd seemed a little surprised that the renowned starlet didn’t sing a word of any of her hits live, most revelled in the delight that Britney was here to put on a show.

Tickets for the gig sold out in under five minutes, with anticipation rife as the blonde bombshell graced the stage.

The crowd were here

for the Britney the world has come to expect, one who knows how to play her audience and put on an almighty spectacle.

While it was a bit disappointing that her bestknown hits didn’t get their full run-out – Hit Me Baby One More Time and Oops I Did It Again became a slightly abridged mash up – the energy and vibrance of the stage set up kept things flowing nicely.

With dancers a-go-go, choreography was the main focal point of Britney’s set as opposed to the music at times.

Her back-up dancers are some of the best in the business, keeping Britney’s somewhat-stoic movements looking more alive than they possibly should have.

Some moments were a bit questionable, but explainable at the same time; raunchy dance moves peppered the entire show, including graphic enough moves from a male dancer and Britney herself walking an audience member around the stage with a

harness and leash (though much to his delight).

Regardless, she knew how to keep a beat, and everything she did was lapped up – it was Britney Spears, after all.

The setlist was a mix of all things Britney from her decades-long career, catering to fans who’ve been following her career since the start, or those who just turned up to hear the hits.

All her albums got a look in in some capacity, including latest release, Glory, though the crowd seemed to be noticeably audible throughout the album tracks from her newest offering, with less enthused attention.

Still, alternative versions of some of her most famous tracks – including a majestic, slowed version of Toxic – were a personal favourite.

The new renditions showed the attention to detail put into the arena show, giving fans a taste of why exactly Britney’s Vegas stint took home a heap of awards during its tenure.

One of the festival objectives is to create a unique and abstract identity each year to continuously captivate its audience. Over the past three years, this unique indoor event has become a staple on the Irish festival calendar.

Villagers will headline and curate the Saturday night of this year’s festival. Conor O’Brien’s fourth studio album, The Art Of Pretending To Swim, will be released by Domino on Friday, September 21.

Following a brilliant performance on the main stage for the inaugural All Together Now,

alongside Fleet Foxes and First Aid Kit this August Bank Holiday, this will be the Villager’s biggest indoor Irish performance to date and only indoor Dublin show in 2018.

Other acts recently announced include Irish art-pop pioneer Roisin Murphy; Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Mac DeMarco; Scottish hip-hop trio Young Fathers, and German piano/ electronic duo Grandbrothers Tickets are now on sale this Friday via Ticketmaster and usual outlets, with prices starting from €35. Metropolis Festival now operates an over-21s age policy.

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CINEMA | THE HAPPYTOWN MURDERS MARKS MELISSA MCCARTHY’S WORST FILM YET

Puppet police caper is sew bad SHANE DILLON

DESPITE her many weak films, I can’t quite dislike Melissa McCarthy as much as perhaps I should, and as increasing numbers of people seem to.

After all, she’s repeatedly proved that she can dig into pure veins of comedy gold and, given the chance and the right role, she can also deliver nuanced, serious roles too.

However, in The Happytime Murders (Cert 16, 91 mins), it’s hard not

to think that she’s an utter muppet – for reasons that shall soon become clear – for going anywhere near this mess.

In a world where puppets live as second-class citizens alongside the humans who abuse and despise them, Phil (Bill Barretta) – a disgraced former puppet cop – is forced to team up with a human cop, Connie (McCarthy) to tackle an increasingly gruesome murder spree across LA. I say ‘gruesome’, but serial hits on former

cast members from once popular tv show The Happytime Gang getting the stuffing blasted out of them isn’t, perhaps, that distressing to human viewers. (Sorry, Phil.)

As per virtually every police procedural since the dawn of time, Phil and Connie share a complicated past and have an intense dislike of each other, but have to set all that aside as they try to track down the Happytime killer.

The trail takes them through LA’s seedy pup-

pet underbelly, with everything from sex, incest, drugs – and woeful gags – thrown into the mix as they attempt to nab the relentless killer in the stitch of time ...

After a short while, it’s easy to see why this project was kicking around Tinseltown for a decade or so, before McCarthy stepped into the lead role for God knows why reasons.

It’s not like we haven’t seen this kind of thing before.

After all, the sublime Team America still reigns supreme for inventively, hilariously offensive puppetry, while director Peter Jackson mined truly gross-out R-rated puppet shenanigans with Meet

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THE MEG

Water silly shark film JASON Statham provides a stoic send-up of himself as he takes on a prehistoric shark in the supremely silly The Meg (Cert 12A, 113 mins). It’s hard to take Statham seriously, but when you’re fighting a giant shark terrorising an undersea base, nobody’s expecting Shakespeare. We’ve seen several shark films in recent years, which have all tended to be somewhat serious fare, but The Meg just goes for the jugular with no-brainer action.

BLACKKKLANSMAN

Has plenty to think about DIRECTOR Spike Lee returns to the fray with a perhaps timely tale of racial division and hatred, with John David Washington – son of Denzel – excelling in the lead role in BlacKkKlansman (Cert 16, 135 mins). The 1970s-set film sees a black cop trying to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan to bust a major plot, using a fellow cop (who’s white) as his cover. Sounds like a convoluted set-up, but Lee delivers a rollicking tale which resonates all too well today.

Someone is bumping off the cast of The Happytime Gang, and only a jaded blue puppet and a toughnosed human can crack the case – if they can work together ...

The Feebles long before he turned to happy Hobbits.

However, the gags here are so on-the-nose that what could have been a ridiculously entertaining film just stays pretty

ridiculous throughout, feeling like a film that frustrated puppeteers wanted to make for themselves rather than an audience.

That this dud is a Hen-

son film – hailing from the son of Kermit’s and The Muppets’ dad, Jim Henson – is unbelievably sad, but The Happytime Murders is just bad, bad, bad.

Verdict: 2/10

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ENTERTAINMENT Tallaght writer digs deep into medical genre QUIKFLIX FLIX WHAT’S BIG IN MUSIC, CINEMA, TV AND BOOKS

tunnels.

Daniel (Strong) is a surA NEW eight-part series geon driven by personal written by Tallaght playtragedy to treat anyone who wright Mark O’Rowe will is willing to pay for medical start production next help outside the system. month.

Aided by Lee, a disgrunTemple – set in a secret tled transport employee world beneath London – (Mays), and Anna, a guiltwill be shown on Sky and ridden medical researcher streaming service Now TV. (van Houten), they treat Mark Strong (Kingsman) a variety of increasingly heads a cast including desperate and highly danCarice van Houten, (Game gerous patients, as Daniel’s of Thrones) and Daniel morality is tested to the Mays (Line of Duty) in the limit.

Mark Strong leads as the surgeon darkly comic thriller.

Strong said: “Mark Deep below the streets of working deep below London’s streets O’Rowe has created a comLondon, descending past plex and multi-faceted Temple tube in the beating heart of the city, character in Daniel – a man pushed to the lies a dark secret: an illegal clinic has been set extreme as his world is radically destabilised. up in an abandoned subterranean network of “Temple is a gripping and humane morality MARK O’BRIEN

tale for our time.”

Gabriel Silver, executive producer for Sky, said: “When Hera Pictures delivered the scripts for Temple, we at Sky fell in love with its blackly comic streak and the morally compromised characters working in their own secret realm beneath London.

“I’ve been an ardent fan of Mark O’Rowe’s work, from his adaptation of Boy A, to Intermission, and having Mark, Carice and Daniel cast, I know that the audience will be treated to an unflinching, hilarious and very human story.”

Temple is produced by Hera Pictures. It is executive produced by Liza Marshall, Mark Strong and Mark O’Rowe for Hera Pictures and Gabriel Silver and Anne Mensah for Sky. Luke Snellin (Wanderlust) is the lead director, with Shariff Korver (Fenix) and Lisa Siwe (Modus) following and Barney Reisz (Black Mirror) produces.

The show will air on Sky One and NOW TV in Ireland next year.

Streaming highlights on the way

Gazette’s Netflix Picks SUMMER is almost over, which means longer nights, kids back to school and colder weather.

That means many of us may be staying in a bit more and watching more TV and movies.

Fortunately, we’ve never been more spoilt for choice on that front, given the range of services available.

Netflix have just announced a host of new additions for September. Here are just some of the highlights around the corner...

MEDIA | STATION REBRANDED AS SEVERAL CHANGES AFOOT

‘TV3’ bites the dust as new name takes over

MARK O’BRIEN

IT’S all change at TV3 as the company is set to rebrand as Virgin Media Television from August 30.

As part of the rebrand, there will be a new subscription sports channel (Virgin Media Sports), as well as three free-to-air channels: Virgin Media One (the new name for TV3), Virgin Media Two (the new name for 3e) and Virgin Media Three (the new name for be3).

The company announced their new season schedule at a press briefing last Thursday.

Speaking at the briefing, Virgin Media Television director of programming Bill Malone said: “It is Virgin Media Television’s investment and commitment to Irish voices, stories and programmes that is the defining feature of our new season schedule, with more than 50 new and returning Irish series and programmes alone.

“Highlights include a new 8pm news bulletin,

The Good Place: Season 3 (From September 28) REINCARNATED and back on Earth after Michael’s argument on their behalf, Eleanor and her fellow condemned souls have another chance to find the right road.

At times heart-warming, at times hilarious and at times downright bonkers, if you haven’t watched The Good Place yet, then now is the time to catch up on the first two seasons before Season 3 starts next month.

Better Call Saul: Season 4 (New episodes every Tuesday) A SHOCKING death has propelled Jimmy McGill deeper into the criminal world and closer to his life as Saul Goodman.

We all will know how that ultimately worked out for him, but it’s still a lot of fun to see Jimmy slowly morph into everybody’s favourite shady lawyer while developing Mike’s backstory and seeing how Gus schemed his way to the top.

Presenters Lucy Kennedy and Ivan Yates share a laugh at the launch of the rebranded station.

Picture: Brian McEvoy

the launch of original Irish drama series Blood, the addition of Heineken Champions Cup Rugby, along with the return of viewer favourites Ireland’s Got Talent, Gogglebox Ireland, Living With Lucy, a new-look Ireland AM and a host of new fly-on-thewall documentary series.”

Mick McCaffrey, head of Virgin Media News, added: “The new 8pm bulletin is a great opportunity to showcase the great

journalism we produce each day to an even bigger audience.

“Over the past 20 years, TV3 news has developed a well-deserved reputation as a trusted and independent provider of news and we look forward to building on this as Virgin Media News.”

On September 20, to mark 20 years of independent television in Ireland, Virgin Media One will air a number of

specially commissioned programmes, including Channel Hop: The Story of TV3, looking back at the history of TV3 over the past two decades through the eyes of some of the station’s best-loved faces.

Gogglebox Does TV3 will feature some of our favourites giving their views on TV3 programming down through the years, while Don’t Look Back In Anger’, a

news archive series, will chronicle the news and highlights of the past 20 years.

Iron Man 1, 2 & 3 (September 1) THE first Iron Man (below) was the launchpad for the Marvel behemoth and is still a thoroughly enjoyable film.

Robert Downey Jnr is perfectly cast as the cocky, rich playboy genius with a goatee who develops a conscience and saves the day after undergoing an immense personal trauma.

Doctor Strange (September 24) BENEDICT Cumberbatch is perfectly cast as the cocky, rich, playboy genius with a goatee who develops a conscience and saves the day after undergoing an immense personal trauma...

Uh... There’s magic or something instead of a suit.

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latitude&longitude Be ringside at the UFC 229 mega fight

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MCGREGOR vs Khabib is billed to be the biggest fight in UFC history and if you think you can’t afford to be in Las Vegas for it then think again.

GoHop is offering an unbelievable deal on flights and accommodation for the Crumlin fighter’s long-awaited return to the Octagon – once you sort your own match ticket.

With the incredible build-up to this battle these deals won’t stay around for long so make sure you get in early and book yours to avoid disappointment later!

Travel on October 6 and spend three nights in: 3-star Excalibur Hotel from only €723pp 4-star Hard Rock Hotel & Casino from only €760pp 4-star Tropicana Doubletree by Hilton Resort & Casino from only €767pp 4-star Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino from only €776pp Price includes return flights ex Dublin, three nights’ accommodation as stated based on four people sharing, taxes and charges.

To book visit www.GoHop.ie or call the experts on 01 2412389.

Enjoy pop icon’s show in Prague ROCKET MAN himself Elton John plays Prague’s 02 Arena on May 6 next year and Keith Prowse inclusive packages is offering great deals to see the pop icon in action.

The package costs €535 pps (plus airline taxes of €89) and includes return flights Dublin-London with Aer Lingus, airport transfers with local guide assistance, three-nights in the four-star Don Giovanni with breakfast, highlights of Prague sightseeing with visit to Prague Castle, category 1 ticket to see Elton John in concert and free time for independent sightseeing If you want to prolong your stay the Keith Prowse team of experts can provide travellers with extra nights in Prague and an array of sightseeing and theatre options.

Further details and reservations at 01 878 3500 or visit www.keithprowseattractions.com.

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ABU DHABI

CRUISE | VISIT THE MAGICAL PLACES YOU’VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF

There’s’ nothing quite like a holiday on the high seas SYLVIA POWNALL

Travel Editor CRUISE holidays have shaken off their ‘Golden Girls’ image and are now very much in vogue with savvy travellers of all ages.

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Opera holiday in Italy

IF you fancy the idea of an opera holiday in Italy with RTE’s Marty Whelan then the Travel Department has you covered.

The tour experts have a spectacular Rome, Perugia and Assisi Opera Holiday with a breath-taking performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute from €1199pp in October.

Based in the picturesque spa town of Fiuggi, 60km southeast of the capital, it’s the ideal place to visit the incomparable cities of Rome, Perugia and the pilgrimage destination Assisi.

All prices are per person and include flights, transfers, taxes, half-board 4-star hotel accommodation, guided tours and opera ticket. Details at www.traveldepartment.ie.

T h e r e ’s nothing quite like a holiday on the high seas – waking up in a different destination each day without having any of the hassle of packing and unpacking your suitcase.

Anyone who’s tried it will tell you they’re a cruise convert because you can’t beat the heady thrill of feeling the breeze in your hair as you

watch the sunset on deck.

Then there’s the wealth of entertainment and facilities on board, not to mention the dining options from a la carte to buffet which will literally leave you spoiled for choice.

GoHop partner with a vast choice of cruise lines and ships to offer a huge range of popular destinations around the world.

Always dreamed of visiting the Caribbean? Why c h o o se j u s t o n e island when you can sample four on one trip!

Swim with the famous Bahamian pigs one day and sink your toes into the incredibly white sands of Jamaica the next…

For something a bit different experience the opulence of the Emirates with a cruise from Dubai covering Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain and Sir Bani Yas Island.

Travel on board the MSC Splendida which will carry you in stylish luxury to the most

desirable cruise destinations in the world.

Alternatively you can stay closer to home with something that is on every travel bucket list - a cruise through the stunning Greek Islands while also taking in some Italian and Croatian hotspots.

Book now for 2019 for something to look forward to and it could just keep you going through the damp and dark winter days ahead.

GoHop is offering a Caribbean Delights package from just €989 per person.

Highlights include Miami, Jamaica, Cayman Island, Costa May, Bahama, Puerto Rico, Virgin Island and St Maartan.

Price includes return flights ex Dublin to Miami, 14-night cruise in an interior cabin, overnight in Puerto Rico, taxes and charges, travelling January 12.

Dubai and the Emirates can be had from only €1,049 per person with Dubai, Abu Dhabi,

Sir Bani Yas Island, Bahrain and Doha all on the menu.

Price includes return flights ex Dublin to Dubai, seven-night cruise in an interior cabin, overnight in Dubai, taxes and charges, departing January 12.

You can explore the Greek Is l a n d s f ro m o n l y € 1 , 2 4 9 per person taking in Veni c e, B r i n d i s i , K a t a ko l o n , Mykonos, Piraeus, Saranda and Dubrovnik.

Flights to Venice, seven-night cruise with a free upgrade to a balcony cabin, taxes and charges included, departing June 8.

For more see www.GoHop. ie or call the experts on 01 2412389.

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A GUIDE TO TEMPTING FOOD AND LOCATIONS VENUE | NEW CHAPTER FOR ICONIC TOWNHOUSE

Dublin’s newest hot spot is bursting with character DUBLIN has a brandnew place to party with food, DJs and dancing in a unique setting.

The Grayson on St Stephen’s Green is now open starting a new chapter for this iconic townhouse.

No 41 St Stephen’s Green was built in 1745 as a residential home for Mrs Ruth Croker. Since her days, this beautiful building has hosted many fabulous parties and now many more will come.

The first detail you notice is the facade, covered in ivy that runs the height of the building.

Through the Georgian doorway and you are greeted by a staircase that winds its way up to the two stories above.

Interior designer AnnMarie O’Neill said: “We were very much guided by the original Georgian features in the existing building when developing the interior design concept for The Grayson. “ We carefully researched and chose beautiful materials to use in the design such as Italian marbles, rosewood veneers and bronze to emphasise the chic and contemporary ambience

of The Grayson.”

Art brightens the walls across the entire building, with pieces from artists Phillip Allen, Mark Francis, David Godbold, Callum Innes as well as Swiss artist Liliane Tomasko.

On the Ground Floor bar, there is a cosy spot for casual lunch from 12 to 3pm Monday to Friday, or drinks and bar snacks any time of day or night seven days a week.

From 10pm till late on Thursdays through to Saturdays, DJs, music and drinks are the order of the evening on the ground floor and lower ground floors.

The two floors above offer dinner seven nights a week from 5pm and long

lunches every weekend from 12-4pm.

An open topped terrace sits a few steps above, with a reclining roof to unfold when the sun shines.

Food in the Grayson is the brainchild of Head Chef Jacson Reboli, who has been putting together a diverse menu over the last six months that is centred around fresh ingredients.

A casual and hearty menu fits the bill for mid-week lunches, with favourites like Steak sandwich, griddled onions, sweet pepper relish, swiss cheese & watercress or lighter dishes like Crisp seabream, pea & chervil puree, crab & couscous of cauliflower, bottarga, and

a bar snack menu to nibble and enjoy throughout the day and night.

Dinner on the upstairs floors can be booked in advance, but walk ins are also welcome. The a la carte menu will change seasonally and offers something for everyone. Dishes include Duck breast, confit leg bon bon, crushed sweet potato, charred broccoli and duck jus and Lamb rump carpaccio, pickled egg yolk, manchego cheese, burnt shallot and caper mayo.

Weekends at the Grayson are all about long leisurely lunches. From 12pm till 4pm each Saturday and Sunday.

68% OF PARENTS WILL MAKE SCHOOL LUNCH FROM SCRATCH

A SURVEY of Irish parents has revealed that the majority of parents prepare school lunch from scratch.

The research by supermarket Aldi found that 68% of parents will take the time to make their child’s lunch from scratch, while 25% choosing convenience items in supermarkets stating that lack of time as a major factor.

Half of parents with school-age children said the idea of making lunches for their little ones gives them nightmares!

THIS recipe is courtesy of Edd Rathorne, the head chef of Sandyford House.

He began his training in Killakee House Hotel, Rathfarnham, under master chef David Edwards, where he worked gaining experience in classical French cuisine.

Call for ban on junk food ads in cinemas A DUBLIN Fine Gael Senator is calling for cinemas to stop advertising junk food during screenings for under 16s.

Catherine Noone said it is “counterproductive to allow advertising of unhealthy foods, specifically aimed at children and teenagers” when there is a fight against childhood obesity.

“There is no doubt about the relationship between advertising high fat, sugar and salt products and consumption.

Children going to see a film in cinemas with their parents are then subjected to adverts designed for children, promoting sweets and fast-food, while adverts

promoting healthy alternatives do not appear.

“Junk food producers now have the ability to target Irish children in the cinemas, in their living rooms on TV and in their bedrooms through the internet.

Until we address this issue we cannot turn the tide on childhood obesity, which every day creates more lifelong problems for young people,” said Senator Noone.

She added that at some point in the future, she believes that as a society we will come to view “high fat, sugar and salt advertising to that of cigarette companies.”

FOOD & TRAVEL

A tasty spicy simple dish that looks great and is a real stomach warmer.

CHICKEN,CHORIZO AND SWEET POTATO RAGU - SERVES 4 Ingredients • 12-3 tablespoons olive oil • 4 x large free range chicken fillets • 400g x chorizo diced • 2 x small red onions • 12 x cherry tomatoes halved • 800g x sweet potato • 1 x clove garlic

75% said that their children request certain things to be included in the lunchbox, but they always try to make sure that there is a balance between something the child wants, along with food that is good for them, and 93% will include a piece of fruit in their child’s lunchbox.

Sandwiches were the most popular food item on the lunch menu followed by crackers with cheese and ham.

Water was the most popular drink, followed by fruit juices and milk.

From here, Edd achieved extensive qualifications, and has since won numerous awards and garnered many rave reviews throughout his career.

Edd has cooked for celebrities and ambassadors, and has also appeared many times on television.  EDD RATHORNE

• 1 x red chilli • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika • 1 x lemon [ zest & juice] • 100g basil • salt/pepper Method

• Peel, wash and cut sweet potato

into large wedges Crush garlic, chop chilli and chorizo • Cut chicken into medium dice • Saute chicken in olive oil until sealed, add garlic, chorizo, chilli

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and onions.

Mix chicken, chorizo & onion with sweet potatoes in a roasting tray • Toss paprika, lemon juice & zest through the mix • Season with salt and pepper • Bake in oven for 30/35 mins at 180 • Remove from oven and stir through the cherry tomatoes and basil.

• Cook for additional five minutes then serve

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A Big Deal!

DEALZ #6 SKINCARE RANGE

DEALZ has launched its own €1.50 skincare range, #6, to a nation of savers hoping to inject some everyday luxury into beauty routines. #6 is tipped to rival household name beauty brands, with the discount retailer offering a complete six-piece skincare range, featuring premium quality products in luxurious packaging that will take pride of place in beauty collections for a fraction of the price. #6 is designed to help deliver healthier looking, glowing skin for less. From anti-ageing day cream to collagen filler, the products contain ingredients such as ceramide, vitamins A & E, sweet almond oil and algae extract, with gentle formulations suitable for all skin types including sensitive skin.

The complete list of new products includes: • Micellar Cleansing Water • Anti-ageing Day Cream • Anti-ageing Night Cream • Anti-ageing Collagen Filler • Anti-ageing Eye Cream • Anti-ageing Derma Serum

Blue spires of salvia Caradonna and Hardy Geranium Rozanne adds late summer blue to your border

Those midsummer

Abou t BLUES Anne Byrne Garden Design provides easy to follow garden plans that you can implement right away or in stages.

Her design flair and passion for plants brings a touch of magic to gardens of all sizes.

Anne Byrne Garden Design – Creative Ideas  ANNE BYRNE – Practical Solutions – Stunning Gardens. info@dublingazette.com

MOST OF us need more blue in our gardens. This may seem an odd thing to say but I suspect if you bear this in mind the next time you’re surveying your own garden or indeed someone elses’s , you might be inclined to agree with me. Pinks and reds, yellows and oranges are inclined to dominate for much of the year and including enough blue to keep a good visual balance can be a challenge.

There was a fashion a few years ago for painting anything that didn’t grow in the garden blue, from fences to sheds to benches, and in fact I took it up enthusiastically myself. It can get a little jarring in winter though, so you’re probably better off to stick to subtle greens and neutrals for the furniture and fencing and let the plants add the colour.

Here are a few of my favourite perennials that should flower from midsummer onwards: AGAPANTHUS: Natives of South Africa, agapanthus come in shades of palest blue to deepest indigo (as well as

white) and can be evergreen or deciduous. The narrow strap like leaves appear in spring and are followed by globes of flower from midsummer onwards.

“Blue Globe” and “African Skies” are good choices.

HARDY GERANIUMS: Many of these flower early in the summer and have gone over by now, but the cultivar “Rozanne” can be relied upon to keep flowering for months because it’s sterile and doesn’t set seed.

SALVIA “CARADONNA”: This is one of the darkest salvias with indigo blue spikes of flowers and chocolatey dark stems. You’ll need to deadhead the flowers if you want them to repeat but if you do it will add wonderful form and colour the garden for many months. A word of warning though – slugs love it, so take precautions to protect the young shoots each year from early spring onwards. I’ve found that planting it in pots sized two litres or bigger gives better results than smaller plants, which succumb to attack more quickly.

FOR further information on Anne Byrne Garden Design, call 086 683 8098, or see www.annebyrnegardendesign.com

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Purifying

 Jessica Maile, Style Editor

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In the Clear

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FRESH IDEAS FOR YOUR HOME AND WARDROBE

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Nourish

CONTINUING the pursuit of powerful, yet natural ingredients and minerals, Vichy has looked to plants and rock for the earthy elements to add to its range of face masks. Incorporating Mineralising Vichy Water which is sourced at the heart of the French Volcanic region, Vichy has launched two new and exciting masks to target two different skin types.

Living in a fast-pace environment, we need to make sure we look after our skin.

Daily routines are important, but it’s also vital to skin nutrition to put aside time at the end of the week to take back what you have put in. So enjoy your #Sundaymaskday with Vichy’s new additions to its mask range: SOFTENING AND SOOTHING ALOE VERA MASK Created using 90% natural ingredients, including soothing aloe vera, anti-inflammatory liquorice and mineralizing Vichy water, the Softening & Soothing Aloe Mask is Vichy’s first mineral soothing mask that relieves skin which is distressed by dryness.

These natural ingredients help soothe the skin, regaining extreme comfort and relief, even on the most sensitive skin. RRP €18 DETOX CLARIFYING CHARCOAL MASK Vichy’s first mineral detoxifying mask which relieves skin that has become exhausted by the urban environment and fast pace modern life. Containing naturally activated volcanic charcoal the Detox Clarifying Charcoal Mask acts like a magnet, drawing out impurities, toxins & visibly minimizes large pores. It keeps the skin nourished & soft while reversing the effects of a busy lifestyle. RRP €18

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AVENE AU THERMALE CICALFATE REPAIR CREAM IT’S A fact! Skin is delicate and can become irritated or injured from everyday activities. That is why it’s so important for every home to have an SOS product on standby. If you have a wound or irritated skin, it’s essential to provide the area with a healthy healing environment to minimise the onset of potential infections and to help prevent scarring.

Avene’s Cicalfate is an antibacterial repair cream and is designed to help heal scratches, burns, cracked skin, stitches and perioral dermatitis. This hero cream can be used postshaving and has also been proven to help reduce scarring. It is the perfect soothing formula to help calm nappy rash and a great treatment for cold sores too.

Cicalfate is suitable for babies, children and adults and is fragrance and paraben free. Cicalfate is priced at €13 and is available from pharmacies nationwide and at www.avene.ie

A charmed life

 Jessica Maile

IF YOU are charmed by well, you know, charms, like me you’ll be happy to know that Thomas Sabo is extending it’s Generation Charm Club with the 2018 Autumn/Winter Collection by adding a further 48 designs.

It’s hard to choose from such a eclectic mix of designs but my faves are the colourful ones. Feathers? Yes! Llamas?

Of course! Hands with intricate symbols on them?

Yes, please!

But there is something for everyone’s style, whether it’s classic lucky charms in filigree cut-out design, graphic statement pieces in the art-deco style of the 1920s or nostalgic protective symbols in a vintage inspired look.

The collection is rounded off by new variations of necklaces and bracelets that allow an individual style mix appealing to all Thomas Sabo generations. Thomas Sabo is available from House of Fraser Dundrum, Arnotts, BT2 Blanchardstown, Weir and Sons Grafton Street, independent jewellers and online at www.thomassabo. com.

Generation Charm Club Multicolour Wing Charm, €98 Generation Charm Club Footprint Charm, €59

Generation Charm Club Painted Hand Charm, €98

Generation Charm Club Star on Coin Charm, €129

Generation Charm Club Multicolour Gem Cross, €98

Generation Charm Club Llama Charm, €129

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MOTORS

WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF TRANSPORT

Iconic Beetle line now faces extinction at last IT WAS shortly after the first post-war Christmas 1945 that the first of the Volkswagen Type 1 – the model which is known as ‘the Beetle’, and which would subsequently sell more than 21 million units – rolled off the production line.

Here in Ireland, the Beetle was assembled from 1950 to 1977 and was priced at IR£465 when it first went on sale.

The Beetle sales in Ireland averaged 3,000-4,000 units per year for most of the 30 years it was on sale, reaching its highest figure of 5,288 units in 1972.

However, production of the original Beetles (at Puebla, Mexico) was discontinued at the end of July,

The new Hyundai Santa Fe is a spacious seven-seat SUV with impressive engine power and now a host of additional safety and comfort features. Entry prices start at €38,795 for the 4x4 models.

2003, bouncing back once again in 2011.

Now, however, production of the Beetle has finally ceased – but there’s still a chance for some Irish buyers to get their hands on the model before it’s too late,

MACHINE OF THE WEEK

with a limited supply across Volkswagen retailers priced from €25,350.

Santa Fe impresses as style, power upgraded Hyundai has given the Santa Fe a significant style and features makeover as MICHAEL MORONEY found out from his recent test drive, while the overall economy ratings remain unchanged in what is an impressive SUV to drive HYUNDAI’S biggest car on the Irish market is the Santa Fe, which sits on the road as a large seven-seat SUV. On first impressions, the new 2018 version of the Santa Fe has a more modern front end with a new design grille that’s common to the latest generation of Hyundai cars.

The main changes for the new Santa Fe other than improved styling are better safety features.

Hyundai call it the new Hyundai Smart Sense safety system.

This system includes blind-spot collision warning, forward collisionavoidance assist with pedestrian detection, rear cross-traffic collisionavoidance assist, lane keeping assist, rear occu-

pant alert, safety exit assist and speed limit info function.

The new Santa Fe claims to have increased vehicle body strength by the use of 15% more higher-strength steel. This claims to give the combined benefits a stronger and safer, yet lighter vehicle.

In engine performance terms, there is little changed to the new Santa Fe. The 2.2 litre turbo-diesel engine is retained for good reason, but with little improvements in fuel economy.

The rated fuel economy figure is 17km/litre (6.0l/100km or 47mpg) and that’s difficult to achieve.

I was very impressed by the performance of the

smooth 8-speed automatic gearbox that allowed me to cruise on the motorway at 120km/hr with the engine running at just under 2,000rpm.

The economy figures also impact on the CO2 rating, which is relatively high at 157g/km. This pushes the Santa Fe in the high D category with an annual road tax rate of €570.

In economy terms, the new Santa Fe is the least economical among others I’ve compared it with, while it is clearly the most powerful in terms of engine power and torque.

That power benefit brings very comfortable driving; it handles very well across a range of road conditions.

I drove the higher speci-

fication HTRAC version which uses four driving modes, Smart, Sport, Comfort or Economy.

These settings adjust the weight of the steering, how the gearbox responds and how the four-wheel drive system adjusts the power flow between the front and rear wheels The interior of the new Santa Fe has been completely re-designed and it feels a more roomy space.

Hyundai have improved the quality feel to the SUV and there are more softtouch materials throughout.

The entry models come with a 5in infotainment screen, which grows to a larger 8in version as you move up to the higher Premium Plus versions.

The base model has limited features, while moving up the grades gives the benefits of Apple CarPlay or Android Auto by plugging into the Santa

Fe’s USB connections, of which there are many.

Some models get wireless mobile phone charging.

There is good seat comfort and adjustment, but there is no height adjustment of the front passenger seat. The seven-seat features have improved with easier folding of the second and third row of seats.

The boot is spacious, but not the largest in the class. There is a space saver spare wheel tucked under the boot on outside.

The new Santa Fe with a single 2.2 litre turbodiesel engine choice is an impressive seven-seat SUV to drive.

It scores highly in reliability tests in other markets, which is a significant benefit. The entry price for the 4x4 versions start at €38,795, which is competitive over time, relative to the previous model.

Jeep reveals a revised classic in the Wrangler JEEP has unveiled the latest Wrangler models, which it claims will be the most capable 4x4 ever, while delivering high levels of comfort and handling for everyday use. In Europe, sales of the all-new Jeep Wrangler will start this month, while Irish prices have yet to be confirmed.

The company claims that the new Wrangler has a modern design that retains all the authentic styling cues of the iconic Wrangler. It now comes with several new top combinations that ensure more open-air freedom.

To enhance its legendary off-road ability. the new Jeep Wrangler offers two four-wheel drive, active, on-demand full time systems – Command-Trac, and Rock-Trac, next-generation Dana axles, Tru-Lock electric front- and rear-axle lockers, Trac-Lok limited-slip differential and an electronic front swaybar disconnect.

This new Wrangler is available with two new engines: a 2.2-litre MultiJet II turbo-diesel, or a 2.0-litre turbo petrol engine. All Wrangler engine options come with the new eight-speed automatic transmission and feature Stop-Start (ESS) technology.

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COMEBACK KINGS: CRICKET: CLONTARF landed the Leinster Senior Cup after a 17-run victory over North County in the final at Pembroke last weekend.

Twice North County seemed to be in position to go in for the kill and secure victory of their own before the extra nous and big game experience of Clontarf proved the major difference in a titanic struggle.

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LADIES FOOTBALL | OWENS GOAL SETS UP FINAL BERTH

Dubs blast away Galway early in semi ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINAL Dublin Galway  JAMES HENDICOTT sport@dublingazette.com

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DUBLIN ladies footballers swatted aside Galway with a phenomenal first half performance at Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon on Saturday, with captain Sinead Aherne leading from the front with 2-4.

Mick Bohan’s side showed their class from the off with Nicole Owens blasting a thunderbolt of a goal into the roof of the Galway net for the opening score of the game after only four minutes.

Captain Aherne added three points then got a goal of her own when Noelle Healy – a huge threat alongside the bustling Carla Rowe in the Dublin half forward line – outpaced her marker down the right

wing and passed up on her own shooting opportunity to put a fisted goal on a plate for Aherne two yards out.

Dublin had a 2-4 to 0-2 lead after just 17 minutes and added to the margin when Aherne lashed a penalty right into the top right hand corner after being pulled back. At 3-5 to 0-3 at half time, Galway couldn’t live with the All Ireland champions.

Notable The second half was notably more tame, with Healy again key as she played in Lyndsey Davey to hit a fourth.

While Galway brief ly looked capable of a late revival, in particular when Olivia Divilly beat Ciara Trant in the Dublin goal, they never looked likely to close a two goal margin, with Dublin ultimately 4-8 to 1-10 winners in a contest they

PLAYER OF THE MATCH Lyndsey Davey receives her award from President of the LGFA Maire Hickey. Picture: Eoin Noonan/Sportsfile

effectively ended by half time.

Dublin will now play old enemy and traditional ladies football powerhouse Cork in the final at Croke Park on September 16.

Player of the match Davey admitted there’s a little unfinished business with Cork at full time, referencing a series of All Ireland final

defeats to the Rebelettes ahead of last year’s win against Mayo.

“We did really well, but I suppose after the second half we still have a bit to work on,” Davey added.

“They put it up to us for a good 20 minutes. I suppose going into an All Ireland final, you want that a little bit.”

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND: STUDENTS EVENTUALLY FIGHT BACK

LOI SHORTS Leahy and Stokes fire Bohs into last eight GOALS from Darragh Leahy and Eoghan Stokes saw Bohemians into the quarter-finals of the FAI Cup for the first time in four years at the expenses of Galway United on Friday night.

The Gypsies came into the game on the back of a 1-0 win over Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght last week and the confidence flowed as they took the lead after just six minutes as former Coventry City left-back Leahy’s speculative shot sailed past Tadhg Ryan and rippled the net.

Bohs dominated and the game looked all but over when JJ Lunney won a penalty early in the second half. Lunney’s spot-kick was easily saved by Ryan, however. Eoin McCormack saw his header cleared off the line as the Tribesmen pushed for an equaliser, but Bohs clinched it 12 minutes from time as Stokes scored directly from a free kick. Bohs travel to Derry City in the quarter-finals next week.

CABO CUP HOPE SOLD OUT AT MARKET’S FIELD

CIE Ranch almost produced one of the shocks of the FAI Senior Cup when they built a 2-0 lead over UCD

CIE’s cup run comes to end of line in Greenogue FAI SENIOR CUP CIE Ranch UCD AFC after extra time  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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CIE Ranch came agonisingly close to making history and reaching the quarter-finals of the FAI Cup only to be cruelly denied at the last moment.

The Ranch led 2-1 going into the final moments of normal time despite having lost captain Gary O’Sullivan to a red card 15 minutes earlier.

Jason McClelland was the hitman for UCD, firing a low shot past the excellent Sean Brazil to force extra time, where UCD’s man advantage saw them add four goals

against an exhausted Ranch side.

So, while the Students will take their place in the last eight of the cup for the second time in three years, the amateur side’s near brush with infamy was the story of the round.

It began so well for Keith Cronin’s men, who were playing just their third game of the season after gaining promotion from LSL Sunday Senior 1B as champions last year.

Having battled to keep the game in the local area rather than ceding home advantage to UCD, Ranch hosted the game at Greenogue, the home of Peamount United.

Ranch started like a house on fire and led as early as the sixth minute

thanks to a slick passing move that belied their status as amateurs.

Dean O’Brien – who scored the injury-time winner in the previous round against Dublin Bus – picked out Graham Griffiths wide on the right and his low cross was turned into his own goal by Dan Tobin.

Dreamland It got even better for the Inchicore side nine minutes later as Glenn McCabe’s corner from the right was met by the head of defender Eddie Smith to make it 2-0 to the home side.

Yoyo Mahdy pulled one back for the Students shortly afterwards with a low shot past Sean Brazil in the Ranch goal.

That’s how it remained

at half time, Brazil pulling off another fine save five minutes from the break to pick a curling Kevin Coffey shot out of the top corner.

Brazil’s fine performance continued into the second half and he had to be at full stretch to deny the impressive McClelland, whose header from Gary O’Neill’s corner looked bound for the net.

Having weathered an onslaught, Ranch were looking increasingly likely to hold out for a shot at the big boys in the final eight.

That continued even after captain Gary Sullivan was sent off for a weary lunge through the back of UCD forward Conor Davis.

McClelland had other

ideas and he scored to force an extra 30 minutes, but not before Ranch were convinced an injury-time header from Smith had crossed the UCD line.

That last effort took the final bit of steam Ranch had to offer, and they were overrun in extra time, and sub Sean McDonald hooked the ball over Brazil to put UCD ahead for the first time.

Mahdy then made it 4-2 with a low shot before McClelland made it five with a wonderful solo effort, and O’Neill added the sixth late on with a tidy finish.

UCD have been drawn a t h o m e to P re m i e r Division Waterford in the quarter-finals to be played on September 7.

CABINTEELY’S FAI Cup dream ended on Friday night with a 2-1 defeat to Premier Division Limerick at the Market’s Field.

With the club already out of contention for a play-off spot, a prospective FAI Cup quarter-final was Pat Devlin’s side’s final opportunity to keep some competitive element in their season.

Captain Kevin Knight scored in injury time for Cabo but the damage had already been done with strikes either side of half-time from Connor Ellis and former

Dutch youth international Barry Maguire.

Ellis opener the scoring just before the half-hour as he intercepted a short backpass from Karl Manahan and rounded Stephen McGuinness.

Maguire added a second before the hour as he stabbed home a loose ball in the box. Knight set up a tense finish as he turned in the ball from a corner, and they peppered the Limerick goal with crosses but couldn’t quite force extra time.

Shels avoid big names in women’s quarters SHELBOURNE Ladies face a difficult trip to Eamonn Deacy Park to face Galway in the quarter-finals of the Continental Tyres FAI Women’s Senior Cup following Monday’s draw.

They are among a trio of Dublin clubs still involved with Kilkenny United welcome Peamount United while UCD Waves face Limerick for the matches set to be take place on the week ending Sunday, September 9.

Reigning champions Cork City have been paired with WNL league champions Wexford Youths. All dates and kick-off times will be confirmed in due course.

The draw took place at Castleknock Hotel and Resort and was performed by Republic of Ireland WNT Head Coach Colin Bell and defender Louise Quinn.

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CLUB NOTES

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BALLYMUN KICKHAMS HEROES of the week this week are our under 15 team who defeated Raheny away to move to second in division 2 with a brilliant chance to earn promotion to division 1 for next year, after a fabulous team performance.

This superb game was littered with great performances from Rian Middleton, Cian Hill, Kieron Kelly, Harry Hughes, Jake Hollywood and a string of brilliant saves in goal by Ryan Hayden.

Congratulations lads and take a bow. You are our Laoch Na Seachtaine! No mean achievement when you consider the next news!

Huge congratulations to our ladies team and management on their fantastic championship final victory last week. An incredible win over tough opposition where a goal scoring spate secured the win. The girls absolutely deserve this win after the nearly seasons over the past couple of years. Well done to Jp, Jen, Debbie and all the girls. Maith sibh.

CLONTARF ADH mór to Jack McCaffrey in the All-Ireland football final in Páirc an Chrócaigh next Sunday.

Look out for a U13 Sherry FitzGerald geansaí in the club parade before the final. The club are running a raffle for All-Ireland football final tickets. Raffle tickets are €10 each and are available from all teams, in An Cúldoras and can also be purchased online at bit. ly/ctraffle. The draw for the first prize of two stand tickets, and second prize of two Hill tickets, will take place as we go ‘Up for the match’ on Saturday evening in Cúldoras.

Members tickets will be given out on Friday evening from 9pm in Cúldoras.

Comhghairdeas to Mick Bohan, Katie, Kate & Siobhan on their victory over Gaillimh in the TG4 Senior Peil na mBan Championship.

They have set-up another final appearance against Corcaigh for September 16.

We hope everyone enjoyed taking part in last week’s Cúl Camp. We had record numbers attending of over 210. GRMA to Brian Howard of Raheny and Ath Cliath, who visited the Camp on Friday.

CRAOBH CHIARAIN NO WINNER of the lotto jackpot of €9,000 on Monday, August 20. Four match 3 winners each receive €150. Numbers were: 10,20,22 and 23.

Next week’s Jackpot will be €9500. Tickets are €2 and the draw takes place every Monday evening at 11pm in the Club Lounge.

You can now play the Club Lotto online. The link is https://www.locallotto.ie/localhome. asp?LL_ID=572 The final game in the Senior Hurling Championship Round Robin Series is in Parnell Park on Wednesday, September 5 at 6.45pm.

Junior hurlers play their final league game on Sunday morning at 10.15am against Civil Service in Islandbridge .

They will be presented with their league trophy after the game. Congratulations to all concerned.

Tickets for the All Ireland Football Final will be distributed on Thursday at 9pm. We continue in our search for extra tickets and we are hopeful of securing an extra allocation. However despite our best efforts not every request will be successful. Why not join us for the match on Sunday? There will be a big screen in the lounge.

CRICKET: EXPERIENCE TELLS AS FORREST LEADS COMEBACK IN

Tarf fight back two times to get best of County LEINSTER CUP FINAL  PETER BOYD

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CLONTARF landed the Leinster Senior Cup after a 17-run victory over North County in the final at Pembroke last weekend.

Twice North County seemed to be in position to go in for the kill and secure victory of their own before the extra nous and big game experience of Clontarf proved the major difference in a titanic struggle.

Joe Morrissey’s decision to bat first had seemed to back-fire when North County reduced Clontarf to 45 for 6.

Andrew Sheridan (3-27) and Malcolm Nofal, who would finish with spectacular figures of 4-8, spearheaded the County attack, ripping through the Tarf top and middle order.

North County were well on top but the Clontarf counter-attack came from Robert Forrest and Andrew Poynter (36, with six fours). The pair put on 61 for the seventh wicket and dragged Clontarf right back into the game.

Forrest (66 off 61 balls;

with eight fours and two sixes) pressed the accelerator even more when joined by Ropu Islam (35*) as the pair put on 80 in 11 overs to push Clontarf to a competitive 192/8 off their 40 overs.

Having had Clontarf six down early, there was a sense North County had let them off the hook, though it was more a case of three of Clontarf’s experienced players standing up and being counted when their side needed them.

North County were in a very strong position for a second time in the match when it came to chasing 193 in their dig.

Jamie Grassi (32) put on 59 with his captain Niall McGovern and the pair looked extremely comfortable in doing so in the opening stand.

Even when Grassi fell to the first of three outstanding catches in the deep from Waqar Azmat, there was no sense of the drama about to unfold.

McGovern (58 off 78 balls; eight fours) was playing a captain’s innings and looking comfortable at the crease but when he fell

LBW to Dutt, his side were 120/3, needing just 73 in 14 overs but a wobble was about to ensue.

Clontarf sensed an opportunity and, leaning on that nous and big game temperament, they were able to turn the game firmly in their favour.

Obus Pienaar (2-36) and Dutt again contributed to four further wickets which fell for just 13 runs in five overs. The fourth of those wickets summed up the sense of calm in Clontarf

and the panic in the North County side.

Ropu Islam had the simple task of running Coughlan out after both he and Ali ended up at the same end of the wicket.

County now needed 60 off 57 balls with just three wickets in hand having looked so comfortable at 100/1 at drinks. Incredibly, Clontarf had come back from a losing position for a second time and were now the clear favourites for victory.

Despite Sean Kingston hitting a stupendous six over wide mid-wicket, North County couldn’t get close enough as Andrew Poynter took a fine catch on the long-on boundary in the final over to secure a 17-run victory for Clontarf.

A thrilling game for the big crowd in attendance at Serpentine Avenue and the viewers on the live stream with plenty of impressive individual performances on a day of drama in Pembroke.

Matt Talbot Collection Day

THE Matt Talbot Community Trust will host their inaugural Collection Day on Sunday, September 2 at the All Ireland Gaelic football final at Croke Park.

They are seeking volunteers to help with street collections around Croke Park, Dublin 3, before and after the match between Dublin and Tyrone. Matt Talbot works to empower adults who have experienced contact with the criminal justice system and/or addiction to effect posiDublin footballer Philly McMahon has previ- tive, enduring change through the provision of a ously helped out the Matt Talbot Trust quality education and support system.

Their work promotes independence, progression and community reintegration in the lives of their participants while promoting drug free awareness.

Fundraising and help from the Dublin community is central to their ability to have a positive impact on adults and communities.

If you can spare an hour or two this Sunday, September 2, between 1pm and 7pm, get in touch as soon as possible on 086 8859506 or email volunteerwithmatttalbot@gmail.com to hear how you can get involved.

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LEINSTER FINAL

ATHLETICS: RAHENY SHAMROCK STAR SHINES IN BERLIN

Comerford speeds to double Euro bronze EUROPEAN PARALYMPIC ATHLETICS  JAMES HENDICOTT

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Clontarf celebrate their Leinster Senior Cup final success. Picture: Rodney Smythe

SENIOR CUP FINAL

Elm Park denied by a dominant Lahinch

ELM PARK, pictured, ended up runners-up to Lahinch in the women’s golf Irish Senior Cup as the Co Clare side proved too strong.

The Donnybrook club beat Roscommon in the quarter-finals 4-1 and produced the same winning margin to see off The Island but they found Lahinch to be too good in the decider.

They were only able to pick up a half from their five matches in the top match with Anna Foster and Sinead Sexton sharing the leg. Picture: Pat Cashman

RAHENY Shamrock’s sprint star Orla Comerford’s won double bronze medals at the Para Athletic European Championships in Berlin over the past week.

The speedster proved one of the highlights of a highly successful championships for the Irish team who came home with at nine medals.

Comerford took the T13 100 metre medal, edging out German athlete Janne Sophie Engeleite by the tiny margin of just 0.01 seconds in clocking an impressive time of 12.82 seconds.

Comerford was topped by Leilia Adzhametova of the Ukraine and Portugal’s Carolina Duarte in taking her bronze, with the race finishing with the three athletes in identical positions in the 200 metres.

Comerford made her international debut at the Rio Paralympics as an 18-year-old, admitting at the time that she had never even considered that she might represent Ireland six months earlier. Since her Rio experience, she’s developed into one of Ireland’s strongest paralympic hopes.

The Dublin athlete was diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease as a young teenager, a life changing disorder that has caused serious deterioration in her eyesight and doesn’t have a known cure.

She comes from a Howth family that has always been extremely sports-loving. She has been a member of Raheny Shamrocks since she was just six years old, continuing to run after her eye problems kicked in.

“It’s really exciting to get a bronze. It’s my first Europeans, actually, and it’s a great start,” Comerford said after the 200 metre win. “Hopefully I can continue this into the next few years.

“I tend to be better at the 100 metres, I have quite a few more years training for

Orla Comerford in flying form in the T13 100m in Berlin. Picture: Luc Percival/Sportsfile

that under my belt,” she continued, having stepped up to the 200 metres relatively recently.

“Over the last few years, it’s been hard to get in the endurance stuff that I really need for the 200 and it showed I think. I had a good start and I did tie up quite a lot in the last 100.”

The 100 ultimately proved to be a dip for the line in grabbing Comerford’s second bronze.

The medals mark Comerford’s first major

adult podium successes and, at the age of 20, show her potential to go right to the top of the sport at world as well as European level.

Comerford joins star Derry native Jason Smyth, who’s now unbeaten at international level since 2005, in medaling twice at the championship.

Smyth’s focus is also the sprint distances in the men’s version of Comerford’s T13 category. He suffers from the same degenerative eye condition and has been dubbed “the fastest paralympian on the planet”.

Cherry Orchard activate U-13 Cup

ACTAVO CUP

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CHERRY Orchard’s second Under-13 Elite Actavo Cup will once again have a glittering line-up with Liverpool, Glasgow Celtic, Newcastle United, Aberdeen and Swansea City all entering teams for the event to be played at Elmdale Park.

From Ireland, the Ballyfermot club are pleased to welcome FAI Under-13

emerging talent international squad as well as club partners St Patrick’s Athletic, pictured, who will defend the title.

Brendan Wynne’s Cherry Orchard premier squad will begin their tournament campaign with a mouthwatering opening group 1 match against the mighty Liverpool on Friday, September 14 at 6.15pm, followed by exciting group games against Swansea City and Aberdeen.

St Pat’s officially open the tournament that day at 4.30pm in an all-Ireland match against the FAI emerging talent squad followed by games in group 2 against Celtic and Newcastle.

In total, there will be 16 superb Actavo cup games over three days, 4 on Friday, eight on Saturday and four exciting finals on Sunday, and the club hope all come along to support and enjoy every minute.

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CLUB NOTES

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CRUMLIN ALL IRELAND tickets will be distributed this Thursday night, just a note to all members that this year we received our smallest ever allocation of tickets so bear with us on Thursday.

Lotto was not won numbers drawn were 5,20,25,19. There were two match 3 winners and next weeks winning jackpot will be €7,350. Joker Poker was not won and next weeks Jackpot is €1,050 Family day this Sunday for the All Ireland football final kicks off at 2pm and will run till late.

New gear is now available and images of what’s available are on our Facebook page. Do note the shop no longer opens on Thursdays but that doesn’t mean you can’t get club gear.

If there is anything you need just contact Shirley at shirleylawlor@hotmail.com and the gear will be ready two weeks later.

ERIN’S ISLE THE club will be running some key coaching evenings over the next number of weeks, starting September 3. At least one representative from each coaching team, from U-8 to U-16 and minor. is required to attend these sessions. Further information will be posted on social media, and for any questions please contact Martin Nolan.

Grasshoppers will start back this Saturday, September 1. The raffle for the Education Programme will take place Thursday night, along with the draw for All-Ireland final tickets.

Stan Brannigan can be contacted to purchase tickets for the raffle, which are only €10, and for a worthy cause in investing in the young adults in our club.

The club hall be tickets only for this Sunday, the All-Ireland final. A member only policy will be in force at the bar, so

please do not be disappointed if you are refused entry, or asked to produce your membership card.

The time sheet for the first Golf Society outing is now full and will take place this Saturday from 10am. There will be dinner served back in the club afterwards.

The seventh episode of the AIB Toughest Rivalry aired on Friday at 12pm via the AIB GAA YouTube channel. The final episode will air this week, with the allimportant match taking place. Please stay tuned to our social media accounts for the link.

For anyone retired, on summer holidays, or with some spare time between 8:30am4:30pm from Monday-Friday, there are some much-needed duties that need fulfilling within the CE scheme that is ran from the club.

NA FIANNA CONGRATS to our Inter Ladies footballers on their championship final win in front of a decent Na Fianna crowd in Fingallians.

Congrats to Leah Caffrey, Lucy Collins and Dublin’s senior ladies in last Saturday’s All-Ireland Championship semi-final win against Galway.

Na Fianna Golf Society Captains Prize outing in Clontarf Golf Club Friday, September 7. Tee times: 1.30 to 3.15pm, contact Tom Foran 0863649591 for timesheet, new members always welcome.

On Thursday, 7pm adult intermediate 1 championship against Clann Na Gael in Mobhi Road and our inter hurlers play St Vincent’s in Collinstown.

Our senior hurlers play St Vincent’s in Mobhi Road on Saturday at 6pm and on Sunday ar 11.15am, our Junior A Hurlers play Faughs in Collinstown. Best of luck to all teams, full fixture list on website, all support welcome.

Na Fianna Nursery is back in action next Saturday morning, September 1 and Club Shop now open on Saturday mornings from 9am-1pm.

Best of luck to Jonny Cooper, Conor McHugh, Eoin Murchan and Dublin in next Sunday’s All-Ireland senior football final.

Sincere condolences of the club are extended to the Ryan family on the passing last week of long time Na Fianna member Con. He was also our live-in caretaker and held both Chairman and Secretary positions of Dublin Junior Hurling Board. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

O’TOOLE’S

CONGRATULATIONS to the Dublin ladies on reaching another All-Ireland final. The girls well deserved their win and we wish them the very best on September 16.

Well done to all our little 8-12 year olds that were playing over the weekend, and to-our U-14 and U-15 lads that played for the Dublin hurlers. It’s a great achievement and

honour to play for your county.

This weekend in our lounge; Saturday night with the Tom Peters Band. All-Ireland Sunday, open at 1.30pm, after the game with Eddie Sherlock and, 9pm, it’s Erin Go Bragh.

There was no winner of our weekly ‘Live’ Club Lotto draw. The numbers were 11, 17, 19 and 22. The Jackpot this week is €3,800.

LADIES FOOTBALL: JAMES GAELS LEAVE IT LATE

Prendergast’s perfect precision JUNIOR G FINAL St James Gaels 1-8 Erin’s Isle 2-4  NIGEL MCCARTHY sport@dublingazette.com

ST JAMES Gaels claimed the New Ireland Assurance Junior G Ladies Football Championship title with an injury time co nve r te d f re e f ro m Joanne Prendergast on Friday evening in St Margaret’s.

Isles had looked to have brought the game to extra time with a stunning goal from Jade Callery in stoppage time but were left devastated at the final whistle.

The Gaels got off to the perfect start when a shot by Joanne Prendergast cannoned off the crossbar into the hands of Leanne Byrne who smashed to the top righthand corner.

Catriona Fitzgerald added a point soon after to continue their strong star but Isles had a goal back by the seventh minute when a speculative shot from Emma Quinn ended up in the bottom left of the goal.

The Finglas outfit had their tails up and Megan Thomas converted a free and the sides were level,

St James Gaels celebrate their success. Picture: GAAPics.com

preceding a 16-minute spell without another score.

Isles finally broke the scoreless passage, Callery turning inside her marker to pick out Thomas; she hit a lovely pass inside to Katie Duggan who split the post with an excellent strike.

But a brilliant Catriona Fitzgerald run and score gave St James Gaels a one point lead at the break, 1-3 to 1-2.

O’Sullivan added to the lead in the second half with a smart point and

BELVO ABOUNDS Naopu to lead Leinster women OLD BELVEDERE’S Sene Naopu has been named the Leinster women’s rugby captain for their upcoming interprovincial series.

She is among eight players from the club to get the nod for the competition along with Megan Williams, Aine Donnelly, Ellen Murphy, Gemma Matthews, Elise O’Byrne-White, Elaine Anthony and Linda Djougang. The tournament starts on Friday, August 31.

Picture: harry murphy / SPORTSFILE

Joanne Prendergast, in the 40th minute, pushed the Gaels lead out to three.

A stunning Tia Nulty point pegged it back to two with six minutes remaining and, seconds later, a nice point from Samantha Jameson put the minimum between the sides.

Ha n n a h Kava n a g h nudged Isles a bit further ahead and O’Sullivan made it three in the difference once more going into injury time.

C a l l e r y, t h o u g h ,

stormed back as she unleashed a rocket which nestled into the top right corner. Extra time looked to be on the cards but there was just enough time for one more piece of drama.

St James Gaels swept back down the field and as Aishling Whelan entered the scoring zone she was fouled.

That gave Prendergast the opportunity to put her team back in front and she held her nerve to swing the free over the bar.

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LADIES FOOTBALL: NA FIANNA AND BALLYMUN TOP OF THE JUNIOR CHARTS

Caffrey crowns extra special Fianna victory NEW IRELAND JUNIOR C FINAL Na Fianna B St Brendan’s after extra time  DAIRE WALSH sport@dublingazette.com

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AOIFE Caffrey’s extra-time goal proved decisive as Na Fianna B claimed the New Ireland Assurance Junior ‘C’ Ladies Football Championship title at the expense of St Brendan’s at Lawless Park.

This helped the Glasnevin attacker to complete her hat-trick as part of her team’s unerring ability to raise green flags at crucial periods in the play.

They initially looked set to claim the spoils at the end of normal time with a goal from Emma Deeley, only for the reliable Sinead Morrissey to herald 20 additional minutes through a nerveless, pointed free.

The Grangegorman outfit led on a couple of occasions when the action resumed, before Na Fianna pushed forward in the aftermath of Caffrey’s latest major.

Early on, Brendan’s edged four points in front during the early exchanges, going ahead in the first minute as full-forward Aisling Newton split the posts in convincing fashion.

She proved a real thorn in the side of Na Fianna and she subsequently rattled the back of their net when Roisin McDonald picked her out to close to goal with a neat hand-pass.

Na Fianna finally settled with a Caffrey

single and Naomi Boardman kept them in touch despite another Brendan’s score.

And Caffrey’s first goal – a powerful strike close to the posts rocketed beyond the reach of Brendan’s netminder Karen O’Connell – got them really rolling. She repeated the act with another majestic goal on 18 minutes via an enterprising one-two with full-forward Aisling Gilligan.

Brendan’s needed something to halt this surge and another Newton point served notice of their intentions. It all came together in the closing moments of the opening 30 minutes.

Morrissey made no mistake with a routine free and swiftly restored parity with a third point at the end of a resulting move, level at 2-2 to 1-5 at the break.

It didn’t stay this way for long, however, as Na Fianna struck for a third goal four minutes after the restart.

Brona Dunne forced Brendan’s onto the back-foot with a lung-bursting run and Gilligan took full advantage with an emphatic finish.

Caffrey and half-back Erin Murphy added points in the third-quarter, but the influential Brendan’s duo of Morrissey and McDonald cancelled out these particular efforts.

And they scrambled another goal when a high, hanging delivery placed enormous pressure on the Na Fianna defence and was scrambled in. A Morrissey free eked out a two-point lead.

Erin’s Isle hero Crossan a master for Dubs

Na Fianna edged out St Brendan’s in a Junior C final epic. Picture: GAAPics.com

The Mobhi Road crew went all of 22 minutes without registering a score but when this barren spell eventually came to an end, it looked like it might determine the outcome of the proceedings.

Emma Deeley, though, got Na Fianna back up and running when she found the far corner with an inch-perfect attempt.

Brendan’s, though, forced extra time via McDonald’s free and a 0-2 Morrissey salvo allowed Brendan’s to build momentum, only for the excellent Caffrey to issue them with a fresh blow.

Her speculative shot on 67 minutes

dipped into the net and she also added a brilliant point on the run.

Substitute Katie Alcock converted a free with her first touch which meant that Na Fianna were three points to the good (5-6 to 2-12) in the 70th-minute.

The contest was primed to go down to the wire when Newton and Morrissey cut the gap to a single point. However, the Na Fianna bench was beginning to have a telling impact, and they ultimately put Brendan’s to the sword with back-to-back contributions from Alcock and Kirsten Doyle.

Kelly and legendary Masterson inspire Mun glory JUNIOR E FINAL Ballymun Kickhams 4-5 Robert Emmet’s/St Anne’s 0-11  DAIRE WALSH sport@dublingazette.com

A STUNNING individual haul of 4-3 from the outstanding Jade Kelly paved the way for Ballymun Kickhams to secure the

New Ireland Assurance Dublin Junior ‘E’ Ladies Football Championship crown at Lawless Park.

A l t h o u g h Ro b e r t Emmet’s/St Anne’s provided stubborn opposition in a lively encounter, the midas touch of Kelly ensured the silverware would be making its way towards Pairc

Ballymun Kickhams celebrate their success.

Picture: GAAPics.com

Ciceam.

Lining up alongside the dynamic centre-forward in the Ballymun attack was 2010 All-Ireland winning Dublin captain Denise Masterson - who is now enjoying her second spell at the club after a memorable period with Naomh Mearnog.

FOOTBALL

Seven minutes had passed before the deadlock was broken. With Eilis Davenport deployed in a roving role, there was ample space for Masterson and inside partner, Megan Kelly, to operate in.

At the end of an excellent solo, the former intercounty star was adjudged to have been fouled and Jade Kelly opened her account.

A physically-imposing Emmet’s/Anne’s forward line began to have an impact as the half developed and corner-forward Chloe Conroy cut through for an equalising score.

This was quickly cancelled out by Megan Kelly at the opposite end but a purple patch helped Emmet’s/Anne’s to turn the table on their northside rivals.

Wing-forward Molly Doran had raised the deci-

bel levels with a brace of fine efforts and full-forward Aisling Kerins also split the posts to open a two-point cushion.

Mun needed to settle themselves and the aforementioned Jade Kelly provided it on 20 minutes.

Shannon Keating quickly restored order for Emmet’s/ Anne’s but the opening goal of the contest arrived at a crucial juncture.

Masterson was again the instigator for the pivotal three-pointer. She released Jade Kelly on an overlap and the latter did the needful with a low finish to the net.

Masterson also set-up Megan Kelly for a goalscoring opportunity just shy of the half-hour mark but, much to the relief of the expanded Emmet’s/ Anne’s faithful, her strike drifted past the post.

Nevertheless, Ballymun

had a slender half-time advantage – 1-3 to 0-5 – at their disposal. On the resumption, Emmet’s levelled matters through Kerins’ impressive single at an awkward angle.

But they were left reeling in the 34th-minute as Kelly grabbed her second goal off a rebounded shot.

She added another point and this was quickly supplemented by her third goal inside the final-quarter. Her well-directed free from 30 metres slipped through the fingertips of Abbey Donaghy – and into the back of the Emmet’s/ Anne’s net.

While most would be content with a hat-trick of goals, the magnificent Kelly maintained her unquenchable thirst for scores and broke through with 10 minutes to go, a cool strike into the bottom right-hand corner.

DUBLIN’S Masters footballers (over-40) made the most of the second chance saloon with they defeated Donegal in Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final replay in Lacken, Cavan.

Erin’s Isle’s Niall Crossan converted seven frees while Kilmacud Crokes’ Ray Cosgrove rolled back the years to kick three points from play in a decisive display as the Dubs emerged to face Tyrone in the AllIreland decider on September 15.

The Dubs led by four points entering added time before Donegal goaled through Gerald McGrenra to make for a nervy finish but Cosgrove settled Dublin with a point before Donegal closed out the scoring for this well-contested duel.

Three points in quick succession by the 20th minute from St Peregrine’s Ciaran McGuinness, Crossan (free) and Cosgrove had Dublin in good stead.

However, by the interval and Michael Ward free just before the break gave Donegal a 0-5 to 0-4 lead.

Dublin’s freetaking came to the fore in the second period as Donegal conceded several scores from deadball with Crossan slotting six frees while Johnny McNally drove over one excellent effort from near the sideline.

Down overcame Clare by a single point in the other semifinal, also via replay.

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ATHLETICS: Rahe-

ny’s Orla Comerford makes international breakthrough with pair of European medals in Berlin SEE P37

LADIES NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS: Na Fianna, Ballymun and St James Gaels all produce the goods amid festival of junior DLGFA deciders SEE P38-39

BULLS ON CUP FINAL PARADE CRICKET: Clontarf

fight back twice in the Leinster Senior Cup final to recover losing position to land their 14th provincial title. SEE P36

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Rock hard commitment to attacking intentions  DAVE DONNELLY

Dean Rock raises the Sam Maguire trophy last September. Picture: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

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DEAN Rock says Dublin will approach the All-Ireland final with Tyrone on Sunday with the same attacking style they approach any other game.

The Dubs rece ived widespread criticism – including boos from the crowd – for the conclusion of their Super 8s game with Donegal.

D e s p i te h o l d i n g a healthy five-point lead, Dublin kept possession for the final ten minutes and ran the clock down before Paul Flynn popped over the final point in injury time.

The Ballymun Kickhams forward rejected suggestions that the current team are a more pragmatic and less exciting version of the side that thrilled their way to the 2013 crown.

“From our perspective we just want to go out and score as much as we possibly can,” said Rock at Dublin GAA’s media team in advance of the All-Ireland final. “ We p l ay a n o p e n game of football where we want to kick the ball as fast as we can and get the ball up as quickly as we can to guys that can shoot.

“From our perspective, it’s great as a forward line that defenders and midfielders and the goalkeeper are trying to get the ball up to you as quickly as possible.

“Then it’s up to you to execute and get the

“It’s still as enjoyable as it’s always been for us.

We just want to go out and score as much as we possibly can” ball over the bar. Yeah, no, certainly it’s still as enjoyable as it’s always been for us.

Challenges “[It’s] just that different teams pose different challenges at times. Certainly, we won’t change the way we want to play.”

That might be easier said than done against a Tyrone side who have quickly narrowed the gap between the two

sides in the past 12 months.

Dublin cruised past the Red Hand at Croke Park in the semi-final at Croke Park last August, putting up a 2-17 to 0-11 win against a Tyrone side who never really got going.

Jim Gavin’s side had to battle to victory in the league with 14 men in February, while there was only a goal in it when the sides met in Omagh in the Super 8s

last month.

“We’ve played them twice [this year] and in the most recent game there was just one score in it,” said Rock.

“It went down to the wire. We were expecting a massive challenge from them; they’re a great team and they’ve played lots of football this summer as well.

“All of those games stand to you over time.

I’m sure they’ve gathered huge momentum

since we played them last and I’m sure they’ll bring that to the table.

“They’ve a squad of 21 guys there who can make a massive impact on a game so they’ll certainly take great momentum from [the last game].”

Tyrone will bring their own qualities to the game as well, and Rock says it will be difficult not to get sucked back into midfield on occasion to cover their strike

runners.

“Individually they’ve got some great defenders in terms of Ronan McNamee, Michael McKiernan.

“All those guys are extremely good individuals, and then you’ve got a great defensive setup, with Colm Cavanagh back there as well.

“They’re a very hard, difficult team to break down, as we experienced up in Omagh a couple of weeks ago.”