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‘Help our Sam, 8, get EU miracle drug’s help’ MARK O’BRIEN A RATHCOOLE family are calling on Minister for Health Simon Harris to make a drug available that could drastically improve their son’s quality of life.

Sam Bailey (8) has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a degenerative neuromuscular condition, characterised by generalised weakness of all the muscles in the body.

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has been branded a “miracle drug” for the effect it has in combatting the disease has been made available in 20 European countries – but is not yet made available in Ireland.

Sam’s parents, Fiona and Paul, said: “Time is not a luxury for Sam and the other 25 children in Ireland waiting on this drug.

“SMA is a degenerative condition – we need this life-saving drug today.”

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THE HELIX theatre played host to a beautiful contest when Miss Ireland 2018 welcomed ladies from across the country. Rosanna Davison was on hand to congratulate the winner, with Aoife O Sullivan, from Ballinadee, Kinsale claiming the sash and the title. Picture: Brian McEvoy

A TRIO of M&S staff from the Mary Street branch are up for a top award in London – not even the ‘Beast from the East’ storm earlier this year could stop them from volunteering their time and efforts to help oth-

ers, particularly the city’s homeless people.

You can read all about their dedication inside – as well as seeing how you can help to nominate them to claim the top spot.

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THE city’s rugby fans are mourning the loss of a beloved institution – Kiely’s pub has closed in Donnybrook, as Mary and Pat Crimin have SEE PAGE 5 retired.

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VICTORY FOR AREA AS DEVELOPMENT SCRAPPED

Locals delighted as St Anne’s Park saved  RACHEL D’ARCY

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T H E l o n g - c o n te s te d development of playing fields in St Anne’s Park has been stopped by An Bord Pleanala, with locals rejoicing over the decision.

A planning application had been lodged for the building of more than 500 homes on the six current football pitches at St Paul’s College, with locals protesting for months over the development.

Permission for the 432 apartments and 104 houses was initially awarded in April; however, a number

Safe at last – the grounds at St Anne’s Park

of High Court challenges against the decision were then brought against An Bord Pleanala.

The application was made directly to An Bord Pleanala through a new fast-track system, which allows developers to

bypass local authorities in the planning process.

Multiple local politicians criticised the decision, as well as Dublin City Council representatives who had objected to the development of the parkland area.

They also argued that

the land for the project was not zoned for residential housing, and that St Anne’s was a vital part of the locality in Raheny.

The area is one of a number of sites in Dublin that homes Brent Geese and are noted as the most important site in the Dublin area for the birds outside of their natural habitat.

A community Facebook page, I Love St Annes, announced the news with great delight last week, thanking those who had supported its campaign against the development.

They also said that the next move will be getting the “land owner to cut the grass” on the land.

A statement from developer Marlet Homes, who were behind the proposed build, said: “Marlet notes [the] announcement by An Bord Pleanala, reversing their original decision to grant planning permission for 536 homes on lands on Sybil Hill Road, Raheny.

“While understandably disappointed with the outcome, we look forward to working with the Bord on future strategic housing development projects with the objective of increasing the availability of sustainable and fully serviced housing in the Dublin region.”

Speaking on the decision, Senator Catherine Noone (FG) said: “This victory would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of local residents and community organisations.”

Senator Aodhan O’Riordain (Lab) said: “The development of eightstorey apartment blocks would have had a devastating effect on the environmental integrity of this much-loved green lung of the north side.

“I am delighted that An Bord Pleanala have seen sense and I will continue to fight for appropriate housing development on the north side.”

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Serious interest in playing at the park LORD Mayor Nial Ring braved a lively bunch of enthusiastic young citizens as he officially opened a new nature play area at Rathgar’s Herzog Park, then jumped aside as they raced in to play.

The project came about when the need for an inclusive space for the whole community was identified during consultations for Dublin City Council’s Rathgar Village Improvement Plan in 2014, with the redevelopment of Herzog Park the last remaining objective of that plan.

The Nature Play Area was completed over Summer, with works on the realignment of the bring centre due for completion in mid-October.

Also at the opening of the new Nature Play area was Cllr Mary Freehill (Lab), as well as pupils and teachers from Rathgar National School, Stratford Primary School and Zion Parish School.

Bus refunds Sensory hit the end garden for of the road Ballymun DUBLIN Bus will no longer issue ‘refund due’ receipts when you overpay with cash on its services.

Effective from last week, the bus provider has announced that instead of such receipts, cash customers will be issued with a “extra payment” receipt instead, which is nonredeemable.

If you overpay on the bus now, Dublin Bus said that the additional money will go toward improving services and supporting local communities across Dublin.

In a statement on its website, Dublin Bus said the removal of the facility is due to the NTA’s objective to have cashless operations on all buses as part of the BusConnects programme.

It added: “The move to cashless operations will result in faster boarding times and reduce journey time for all customers.”

Previously issued refund due receipts can still be redeemed at Dublin Bus’s head office at O’Connell Street.

BALLYMUN is set to get a flowery facelift this week, as a new community garden springs up in the village.

The northside neighbourhood is set to get a new sensory garden in the area, with several volunteers gathering to start building the garden this week.

The ‘Muck and Magic community garden’ will be constructed by 60 volunteers from LexisNexis, with working beginning on the new instalment today, September 20.

A sensory garden is a self-contained garden area that allows those who visit to enjoy a wide variety of sensory experiences.

Sensory gardens are designed to provide opportunities to stimulate the senses, both individually and in combination, in ways that users may not usually encounter.

The new garden will have raised beds, for those who want to get involved with the gardens but have difficulty working on the existent beds.

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CHARITY: THREE M&S STAFF GET AWARD NOD FOR HELPING DUBLIN’S HOMELESS SUPPORT

Well done for their trio-riffic help for others RACHEL D’ARCY

LOUISE Adams, John Ross Reilly and Mary Derwin from Marks & Spencer’s Mary Street branch have been nominated for the Fundraising Award at the annual Pride of M&S Awards.

The award recognises those who have gone the extra mile to help their local community and made a real impact to the lives of those around them.

Louise, John Ross and Mary – section managers at the Mary Street store – were nominated for their

continued support of the Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH) charity.

With the Mary Street store located in the heart of the city, homelessness is a cause close to the hearts of the team and its customers, making ICHH a natural choice for the store to support.

The team managed to raise an incredible €15,000, which allowed the charity to buy a larger van to extend its support to help people outside the greater Dublin area.

When ‘the Beast from the East’ storm hit earlier this year, the team

provided thermals and food to the charity, which allowed them to help people exposed to these conditions.

Store employees continue to go out at night to volunteer with ICHH and it remains the store’s nominated local charity.

Speaking on behalf of the M&S Mary Street nominees, John Ross said: “Every day we experience first-hand the ever-growing homeless crisis as we pass people affected by homelessness on our way to work.

“As one of the original members involved in

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The M&S trio from Mary Street - Louise Adams, John Ross Reilly and Mary Derwin

setting up ICHH, I was delighted my colleagues were happy to support the charity and, we believe that lots of people doing whatever they can, big or small, can collectively have a huge impact.”

Anthony Flynn, chief

executive of ICHH, said: “We are very lucky to have partnered up with M&S over the past 12 months.

“The Mary Street team always go the extra mile for any fundraising event they hold for us and as a voluntary charity we are

reliant on the huge support we get from them.”

The awards ceremony will take place on October 4 in London. To vote for the Mary Street store, visit corporate.marksandspencer.com/pride-of-m-ands-awards.

TO CELEBRATE their first year in the Ilac Shopping Centre, Regatta are giving away a free fleece to anyone who donates an old fleece.

Regatta Great Outdoors has teamed up with Inner City Helping Homeless to donate old fleeces to people sleeping rough around Dublin City.

From this Friday to Sunday, September 23, customers who bring an old fleece to the Regatta Great Outdoors Ilac Store will receive a new fleece.

Brian McLoughlin, of Inner City Helping Homeless, says: “It is through the generosity of the public and the support from companies such as Regatta Great Outdoors that we are able to keep supporting homeless adults and children, seven days a week.”

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POLITICS: ‘BUNTY’ BAFFLES WITH PITCH AT CITY HALL CRITICISING CALIBRE OF CANDIDATES

Councillors vote not to support any would-be President RACHEL D’ARCY

DUBLIN City councillors have opted not to elect a presidential candidate, following a meeting in City Hall last week..

Six candidates were invited to a special meeting last Thursday, where they were to give a fiveminute speech on their campaign and detail why they deserved nomination as a candidate.

Gemma O’Doherty, Sarah-Louise Mulligan, Peter Casey, Norma Burke, Marie Goretti and John Groarke were all invited to the meeting.

However, Norma Burke appeared as an alter ego, ‘Bunty Twundington-McFluff’, in protest at some of the other candidates who she believed were “running for their own personal gain”.

She proposed several outrageous measures, such as hosting a reality show in Aras An Uachtarain entitled In Your Aras, and proposing to burn bodies for fossil fuel.

Burke’s presentation received the loudest reaction from those in the meeting, with many calling her pitch “bizzare” and “outrageous”.

Cllr Mannix Flynn (Ind) slammed Burke fol-

lowing the meeting, calling her appearance an “insult to the office of the President”, interrupting her speech halfway through before Burke was ultimately allowed to continue.

Cllr Dermot Lacey (Lab) also said that her proposal was “deeply offensive”.

Other candidates’ proposals included businessman Peter Casey wanting to start a programme to bring Irish children living abroad to visit Ireland, and Dublin resident Sarah-Louise Mulligan saying that she would donate some of her President’s salary to set up crisis preg-

nancy centres.

However, following the speeches from the candidates, Dublin City councillors voted on a motion put forward by Kieran Binchy (FG) not to endorse any candidate.

Councillors opted by 29 votes in favour of the motion, with nine against and two abstentions.

This ultimately led to the council opting not to support any of the proposed candidates for election.

The election for the next President is scheduled for next month, on October 26.

Have a cuppa to help support hospices – go on, go on, go on PEOPLE all over the city and country are being asked to pour their support into this year’s Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Hospice Together with Bewley’s, which takes place today, Thursday, September 20.

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar joined young fundraiser Lucy Greene and Fergal McGarry, Bewley’s chief operations officer, and Pat Quinlan, chair of the Voluntary Hospice Group to help announce the fundraiser.

If you’re unable to host or attend a fundraising coffee event for hospices today – with the aim of raising €2m for hospice and homecare services nationwide – you can text COFFEE to 50300 and donate €4, helping to support the invaluable support and care for many families across ireland. Picture: Leon Farrell

Victory as laundry site’s sale stopped RACHEL D’ARCY

THE sale of the last remaining Magdalene Laundry has been stopped by Dublin City councillors after a meeting last week.

Sean McDermott Street’s Magdalene Laundry site was up for sale, in a move that was highly contested by several individuals within the council, as well as by the general public.

Magdalene Laundries were institutions run by the Catholic Church for a number of years, which took in so-called ‘fallen women’.

Many survivors were brutally treated during their time there, with the Sean McDermott Street Laundry only shutting its doors for the final time in 1996.

The two-acre site on the north side of the city is the last site of its kind under State ownership.

Councillors voted overwhelmingly against the €14m sale of the site to a Japanese hotel chain, which would’ve seen the current building replaced with a 350-bed hotel.

A protest was held outside the council meeting l a s t T h u rsd ay night, with several survivors of institutional abuse holding signs aloft outside City Hall as the meeting got under way.

Survivors of the Laundries applauded from the public gallery

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at the meeting as the result of the vote was announced.

Cllr Gary Gannon (SD) began a petition online in opposition to the sale, gathering more than 10,000 signatures to try and prevent the site’s sale.

Cllr Gannon also proposed the motion to the council.

Taking to Twitter in the wake of the result, Cllr Gannon said: “I’m proud of my city and looking forward to ensuring an appropriate memorial is placed there to honour the victims and survivors of institutional abuse.”

Survivors of the Laundries applauded at the meeting as the result of the vote was announced

Speaking previously to Dublin Gazette, Cllr Gannon said: “People are looking to finding a meaning to that [Laundries] chapter in our history. I think it’s a shady part of [our country’s] character that we need to address.”

Dublin City Council are now considering the future of the site, with councillors and Magdalene survivors calling for a museum at Sean McDermott Street.

Businesswoman Norah Casey, who recently organised the first Dublin Honours Magdalenes event in the city, was present at City Hall when the vote was announced.

Casey said: “We were nearly thrown out for clapping at Dublin City Council but we saved the last Laundry from being sold.”

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DONNYBROOK: RUGBY FANS MOURN AS POPULAR PUB NO MORE

PETS

Join a ‘pawesome’ walk this Sunday RACHEL D’ARCY

Retired – Mary and Pat Crimin, the couple familiar to many sports fans as the stalwart duo behind Kiely’s popularity

Tributes as Kiely’s closes for last time RACHEL D’ARCY

A LEGENDARY Donnybrook pub has closed its doors for the final time, with rugby fans reeling from the loss of the popular pub last week.

Kiely’s of Donnybrook announced in April that they would be closing their doors, after their owners – Mary and Pat Crimin – decided to retire from running the pub, after 30 years.

They pulled their final pint last Thursday in the most fitting way possible, as one of D4’s most popular characters, Ross O’Carroll Kelly, launched his latest book, Dancing with the Tzars, in the South Dublin stalwart.

Kiely’s lounge closed at the beginning of July, and they also stopped serving food around the same time. However, the bar was kept open until last week.

Taking to Facebook, the owners of the pub posted a heart-warming thank-

you to all those who had helped them throughout their time running Kiely’s.

“The day has come folks, the Crimin family have closed Kiely’s for the last time. We felt honoured and it was fitting that Paul Howard, aka Ross O’Carroll Kelly, should launch his book in the pub last night.

“We want to thank our own staff who reappeared for one night only. A huge thank-you to John O’Brien and Shocko, the two last men standing, who soldiered with us through everything.

“To all our friends, our customers from all over the world, thank you for your custom and support over the last 30 years.

“At the start of a new rugby season, it will be strange not to be in the thick of it.

“Kiely’s was our baby for the last 30 years, but now it’s time for us to move on. We hope that whoever takes over from us will take good care of you all.”

Picture: Google Maps

IRISH Guide Dogs for the Blind will be holding a ‘pawsome’ dog walk in the Phoenix Park this Sunday for people and their furry friends.

The sponsored 5km doggie walk aims to raise funds for the charity, and will start at 11:30am on September 23 at the Papal Cross.

The walk costs €10 to take part, or €20 for a family, with each dog receiving a special Dogs Unite cape.

Fancy dress is most definitely encouraged, with

spot prizes available on the day as well.

Event organiser Lynda Foley said: “This is an opportunity for all dog lovers to unite and celebrate their furry friends. “ We a re encouraging people to bring their dogs of all shapes and sizes – although a dog is not essential – to support this great cause.”

People are encouraged to sign up in advance on www.guidedogs.ie/dogsunite, but you can also register from 11:30am on the day of the walk.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Caoimhe Conroy and Claudia Boucher

Holli Breslin and Sarah Emma Hughes. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

David O’Brien and Ece Parlar

Tory McCormack,Clodagh Lannon and Niamh Durcan

Launch of new skincare range

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ELL known personalities and beauty gurus gathered at Dublin’s stylish Marker Hotel in Grand Canal Dock for the launch of new anti-ageing skincare range, Vichy’s LiftActiv. Guests were treated to a light breakfast buffet, surrounded by a virtual waterfall at the nature and

Ruth Berekeley

Valerie Loftus

volcanic inspired event. TV presenter Anna Daly opened the event. Irish model Holly Carpenter, beauty guru Triona McCarthy, and Irish actress Ruth Berkeley were among those in attendance, and the first in the country to trial the new range, inspired by popular cosmetic treatments like micro-needling.

Remy Naidoo

Janette Ryan

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Madeline Mulquenn

Lenny Abrahamson with wife Monika and mother Edna

Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe

Star-studded cast hit red carpet for Premiere T HE European Premiere of The Little Stranger took place at Dublin’ Light House Cinema last week. Oscar nominated director Lenny Abrahamson previously

Director Lenny Abrahamson (Centre) with Actors Will Poulter, Liv Hill, Ruth Wilson and Domhnall Gleeson.

Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Actor Will Poulter and Yasmween Scott

Actor Hugh O’Connor

Monika Abrahamson,Cira Rose Dunne and Katarzyna Pritz

made waves with his movie Room and turned out in Dublin along with the rest of the cast for The Little Stranger for the film’s European debut.

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CRISIS : TINY ‘FLAT’ UNDERSCORES RENTERS’ PLIGHT

Images reveal desperate hunt for any home RACHEL D’ARCY

A house that embodies Dublin PICTURED at the official opening of 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin’s museum of social history, are (L-r) Linda Dowling, a niece of Lily Dowling, whose flat is recreated in the museum; John Pickering, a former resident of a tenement at Mount Street; Jane Lynch, a former resident of 14 Henrietta Street, now living at Church Street; Lord Mayor of Dublin, Nial Ring; Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan; Marie Cooling, a former resident of 7 Henrietta Street, now living in Drimnagh; Iseult Byrne, chief executive, Dublin City Council Culture Company; Catherine Winston, a former resident of 7 Henrietta Street, now living at Wolfe Tone Street; Tracey Bardon, a tour guide at 14 Henrietta Street, and a former resident of a tenement flat at Sean McDermott Street; and Peter Brannigan, a former resident of 14 Henrietta Street, now living in Coolock. Set in a Georgian townhouse in the north inner city, 14 Henrietta Street tells the story of the building’s shifting fortunes, from the splendour of its Georgian origins in the 1740s, to a tenement building from the 1880s, to the 1970s. Picture: Julien Behal Photography

MORE than 15 people were queuing to see a single room for rent in Rathmines last week, as Dublin’s housing crisis progressively worsens.

In images sent to Dublin Gazette, a large number of people could be seen queuing to see the property at Lower Rathmines Road.

The viewing was for a ‘studio’ apartment – however, the images show that it is a small front room with a double bed, traditional fireplace, kitchen area and a ‘miniature shower room’, advertised as 20sq m.

On average, studio apartments usually range from 46-56sq m.

The images show a restricted amount of room for movement in the available space, something that isn’t dissimilar to many other properties appearing for rent on sites such as Daft.ie and Rent.ie.

The bed and kitchen share the same space, as well as the living area.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, this is the definition of a bedsit – outlawed in Ireland since 2013.

The rent for this room was being charged at approximately €1,350 per month.

Vincent (name changed

to protect his identity), who took the pictures, said: “This ‘flat’ was to rent from a well-known Dublin letting agency.

“These queues are the same at every viewing I’ve been to over the past few weeks. People need to realise the state that Dub-

areas of the city coming in at around €800 per person for one room.

If you’re looking for a place of your own, it will come with a rent of upwards of €1,000, which many on a graduate, student – or worker – wage are unable to pay.

Dublin’s housing crisis has reached boiling point in recent weeks, with groups such as Take Back The City (TBTC) occupying vacant properties in response to the lack of homes on offer.

Clashes between TBTC occupiers and An Garda

Yours for a whopping €1,350 – this ‘flat’

lin is in right now when it comes to housing.”

Images of rooms for rent, like those sent to Dublin Gazette, are regularly met with horror on social media.

An increasing number of images of large queues outside accommodation viewings for similar rooms have also been posted to sites platforms like Twitter, as the capital struggles to meet demand for housing.

Rents in Dublin have skyrocketed, with the regular minimum in most

A check on Daft.ie and Rent.ie shows that the cheapest apartment in Dublin to rent currently is priced at €600pm for a small studio apartment in Phibsborough.

Advertised as a studio, images show that the apartment is actually part of a much bigger house.

When it comes to Dublin’s European counterparts, €570 per month will get a fully furnished studio in Berlin, whereas €600 per month in Barcelona would get you a furnished onebedroom apartment.

Siochana last week made headlines across the nation, with the group scheduling further protests this week in response to the ‘heavy-handed’ action, including a ‘national day of action’ this Saturday against homelessness.

Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy, has yet to comment on last week’s clashes. The Dail will host a cross-party discussion on housing on October 3, when a Raise The Roof rally will also take place to raise awareness of the worsening crisis.

Dublin Food Co-Op gets new premises RACHEL D’ARCY

AFTER 35 years in business, the Dublin Food Co-Op has announced that it will be opening its own premises in Kilmainham in November.

The organic food sellers are currently located at 13 Newmarket, but recently announced that it has purchased its own premises just across from Kilmainham Gaol next to the Lime Tree Cafe.

Multiple businesses in Newmarket have been forced to relocate, as a major regeneration of the locality is set to get fully under way in coming months.

The group has also announced that it will be running a ‘click and collect’ shop from its new warehouse in Parkwest, where members of the co-op can order products in bulk from their website.

Dublin Food Co-Op said that it is

currently fundraising to help in covering the costs of the move: “We are delighted to share this news and we hope that all of our members and followers will be as happy as we are that we finally have a place to call our own for our community.”

A goal of €20,000 has been set to cover the costs of the co-op’s new fitout. If you want to donate, see www. gofundme.com/dublin-food-coophelp-us-grow.

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TRANSPORT

Airport sees its busiest ever August MORE than 3.2 million passengers passed through Dublin Airport last month, making it the busiest August in the airport’s history.

An increase of 6% in passenger numbers led to the second consecutive month that the airport welcomed more than 3.2 million passengers.

In the first eight months of the year, Dublin Airport welcomed more than 21 million passengers, signalling that the airport has already facilitated an extra 1.2 million passengers so far this year.

Passenger numbers to and from continental Europe increased by 6% in August, with more than 1.7 million passengers travelling to and from European destinations last month.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL CONSCIOUS OF ‘DEFICIENCIES’ AT FORMER SITE

Hopes St Michael’s Estate lands get a much-needed local focus RACHEL D’ARCY

A NEW report into the redevelopment of the former St Michael’s Estate has said that community facilities will be added to the local area as part of the project.

The report, published at the beginning of this month, is an update on the proposed redevelopment of the lands in Inchicore.

There had been concerns that a council plan for the locality would consist solely of housing, compared to the plans put forward by local football club, St Patrick’s Athletic.

The plans by the football club included a new stadium, a shopping centre and housing.

In the report, it states

File photo of St Michael’s Estate, Inchicore, before its demolition

that “the site has potential to develop a high-quality streetscape” onto Emmet Road, where the vacant site is situated.

Amongst the new amenities set to accompany the 472 new homes are a public library and shops, as well as a replacement of

the current parish centre.

The report says: “This location has a demand for commercial and community facilities. In order to integrate with the wider community, the site has potential to develop a highquality streetscape onto Emmet Road.

“This will include a new civic urban space linking to St Michael’s Church and connecting Emmet Road with Inchicore Community Sports Centre, while also accommodating the existing community facilities and the provision of a new public library.

“The proposed new retail/community facilities will include a new public library, supermarket and retail units, a highquality civic building, a local neighbourhood park with play facilities, a public plaza, and replacement of the current parish centre in a new building.”

As well as the addition of new community facilities to the Emmet Road area, the report also proposes to improve pedestrian links.

The improvement of pedestrian pathways is to benefit those going to and from the Luas to access other areas of the city.

Estate management of the new project is also detailed in the latest update, referring to the “deficiencies in estate

management during the existence of St Michael’s Estate” and after its demolition, promising the locale will “get the utmost attention” from Dublin City Council.

“We are very conscious of deficiencies in estate management in this area during the existence of the St Michael’s Estate and, indeed, following its demolition.

“Therefore, this issue will get the utmost attention from Dublin City Council before, during, and after construction.

“We believe the proposed re-development of the former St Michael’s Estate land will be a major catalyst for much needed renewal of the village. We must ensure that it does.”

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Ciara Doherty and Colette Fitzpatrick. Pictures: Andres Poveda

Enjoying a fashion extravaganza

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HE annual fashion extravaganza, DublinTown Fashion: THE COLLECTIVE, was held at The Round Room at The Mansion House last week to launch the new Autumn/Winter season. The event showcased the latest trends, styles and must-buys for the season ahead, from leading high street stores, the Creative Quarter and premium retailers across Dublin city centre.

Blaithnaid Treacy

Karen Koster

Launch of Cheerios Childline Breakfast

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Lawson Mpame

Lorraine Keane

ICTURED is Irish personality, business woman and mum of two, Pippa O’Connor at Fitzwilliam Place, for the launch of Cheerios Childline Breakfast 2018. This year, Cheerios Childline Breakfast will take place from October 15 to 21. With ISPCC Childline celebrating its 30th birthday, the charity is particularly encouraging businesses and community groups to take part and raise vital funds for Ireland’s only 24-hour listening service for children. Picture: Leon Farrell

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Irish Fashion Collective show announced D

ESIGNER Paul Costelloe joined fellow designer Deborah Veale as details of this year’s Irish Fashion Collective show were announced at a photocall in the Design Centre Powerscourt.

For the third consecutive year the cream of Irish fashion designers will come together for the 2018 Irish Fashion Collective show in aid of Saint Joseph’s Shankill, which will take place in Conrad Dublin on Earlsfort Terrace, on Friday, November 2. This year’s special guest designer is Paul Costelloe who will showcase highlights from his international Autumn Winter 2018 womenswear collection, alongside a collective of other leading Irish designers.

Clementine MacNeice and James Patrice

Lorna Duffy and David Cashman

Siobhan Grant, Ciara BUckley and Designer Deborah Veale. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Claire Garvey and Arturo Seven. Pictures: Andres Poveda

Young Designer of the Year announced S OME of Ireland’s biggest fashionistas were to be seen at this year’s Dublin Fashion Festival held at the Round Room in Dublin’s Mansion House.

The main event of the night was the Young Designer of the

Year showcase, which saw ten finalists from this year’s competition debut their designs on the runway. Sponsored by EVOKE.ie, the competition supports young talent in the fashion industry with a host of judges.

Ciara Buckley and Designer Paul Costelloe John Mangru

Lauren O’Hanlon

Diana Bunici

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CLUB, PITCH PRAISED FOR EMBRACING ‘FOOTBALL FOR ALL’ ETHOS

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See photos to help bolster mental health, dust off the old cupla focla, and hey, it’s Oktoberfest again!

‘ZONE IN’ PHOTO EXHIBITION TO HELP FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH A BELFAST-BORN Dublin-based artist is set to hold an exhibition of her striking photography at the end of this month.

Photographer Vanessa Ifediora will host ‘Zone In’ at the A4 Sounds studio on Inns Quay from September 27-29.

The exhibition will feature a selection of her unique portraits, shot in her individual style. It will be Ifediora’s first solo exhibition, and it explores the themes of mental health and recovery.

The showing itself is free, but donations to the Dublin Rape Crisis centre will be accepted on all nights of the exhibition’s showing.

For further information on the exhibition, see a4sounds.org.

Two young frame footballers get straight into action, making use of their new pitch. Picture: Ben Ryan

Frame footballers get a specialist pitch at last MARK O’BRIEN

DUBLIN’S frame footballers have finally got their own specialist facility thanks to the official opening of a new 2G frame football pitch at Hermitage Park, Lucan last Friday.

The pitch – the first of its kind in Ireland – was developed through a collaboration between the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), Esker Celtic football club and South Dublin County Council (SDCC) as part of the FAI’s ‘Football for All’ programme.

The pitch is designed

to cater for players who require the use of a walker style frame and also to those who feel that they can compete more equally by using these frames.

The game is played using the frame as an aid with the basic rules of football in 4v4 or 5v5 games.

The pitch is expected to be a firm fixture for frame football teams around the city, and country.

Cllr Vicki Casserly (FG), whose son James plays for the frame football team, told Dublin Gazette she was delighted to see the pitch open.

She paid tribute to

FA I c h i e f e xe c u t ive John Delaney and SDCC chief executive Danny McLoughlin for the work they put in to see the project come to fruition.

She said: “In fairness to John Delaney, he really believes in the project and he really believed in what we were about and what it could develop, not only for the club but for the county and extend it beyond that.

“He embraces Football for All and was willing to engage in the partnership with SDCC and once the case was put towards Danny, obviously he could see the benefits of it too.

“Between the couple of parties involved, we managed to bring something that’s really unique to Ireland.”

The pitch was opened

by South Dublin Mayor Mark Ward (SF), who paid tribute to the council, the FAI and the club for the work they put in.

He said: “We would like to thank the club members for their assistance in testing the various surfaces to ensure we get the best possible surface for this new facility.

“We would also like to show our appreciation to the club for being very accommodating during

the construction period.”

Also speaking at the event, Paul Cleary, chairman of Esker Celtic FC said the club were proud to be associated with the new facility.

“The facility will enable all the children in the club to be more involved in the sport on a regular basis regardless of their ability,” he said.

“The club will look forward to players travelling from afar to use the facility and open up the opportunity to have games across various clubs.”

The pitch will also be used by the city’s amputee footballers.

DCU to add major new €50m STEM facility RACHEL D’ARCY

A NEW STEM facility is set to open in Dublin City University, following major government investment into the initiative.

The new €50m, 10,000sq m ‘future tech’ facility will accommodate more than 3,000 additional STEM students on DCU’s Glasnevin campus.

Government funding of €24m was awarded to the project,

complementing a loan from the European Investment bank and philanthropy with a combined value of €26m.

The president of DCU, Professor Brian MacCraith, described the formal approval of the funding as “a timely and important capital investment that will deliver critically-needed additional capacity for Ireland’s fastest-growing university, and will enable DCU to play a key role

in addressing Ireland’s growing demand for high-quality STEM graduates”.

The news has been welcomed by local TDs, such as Fine Gael’s Noel Rock, who called it a “massive win” for the area.

Deputy Rock said: “The investment will mean that DCU will be able to develop further facilities in data science, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, sports science and technology.

“I am genuinely excited to see the developments and can’t wait for work to commence in the coming months, with the first students due through the doors in 2021.

“This is a clear indication that we are prioritising education, that we want to future-proof our country and our economy, and we want DCU to be at the forefront of that. This is a massive win for our area.”

GRAB A CUPPA AND HELP GET THE CUPLA FOCLA FLOWING AGAIN ARE YOU looking to get back into speaking Irish, or using the cupla focal you learnt in school?

There are 39 different coffee mornings running across Dublin, inviting people to get back into speaking our native tongue again over a cappuccino and a cake.

The latest addition is a gathering every Friday morning at 11am, taking place in RICCYs Youth Cafe in Ringsend, on the Irishtown road.

Helping to keep the Irish language alive, it’s a great opportunity to meet new people and flex your Irish language muscles.

For further information, see maidineacha-caife.weebly. com.

IT’S LATE SEPTEMBER – SO NOW’S THE TIME TO HOLD OKTOBERFEST EVERYONE’S favourite annual beer drinking holiday begins this weekend, with Oktoberfest back in action to get us into the Autumnal mood – and (responsibly) drinking in a little bit of German culture, too.

Returning to its usual home at George’s Dock, this near month-long German festival will run daily from September 14 until October 6.

This is the tenth year of Oktoberfest in Dublin, with organisers encouraging all ‘Damen und Herren’ to attend for what’s set to be the biggest celebration yet.

Teetotallers are more than welcome to come along too, as the Oktoberfest organisers offer much more than beer, beer and more beer to everyone – authentic German fare will be on offer alongside Bavarian band music, DJ sets, and more, all adding to the upbeat ambience in late September – or early Oktober – alike.

Tickets for this year’s Oktoberfest are available from oktoberfest-dublin.de, with prices starting at €6.50 for a beer token, up to €320 for a full table reservation in the marquee.

It just wouldn’t be Oktoberfest without beer, with delicious fare also to enjoy

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SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY: DRUG HAS POTENTIAL TO SERIOUSLY IMPROVE LIVES

Family call for miracle drug to treat son, Sam MARK O’BRIEN

A RATHCOOLE family are calling on the Health Minister to make a drug available that could drastically improve their son’s quality of life.

Fiona and Paul Bailey’s son Sam (8) has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a degenerative neuromuscular condition, characterised by generalised weakness of all the muscles in the body.

SMA is a debilitating, life-threatening and rare disease and is the leading genetic cause of death in infants.

Previously, there was no treatment or cure for SMA but a new drug,

Spinraza, has been licensed in 20 countries across Europe.

The drug has the potential to seriously improve the lives of those with SMA. The family have started a change.org petition calling on Minister Simon Harris to make the drug available in Ireland.

Fiona and Paul said: “Sam is in a powered wheelchair. He is peg fed and so does not eat or drink orally.

“Extensive chest physio and physio on all his limbs to keep him supple and free from pain is part of his everyday routine.

“He has already endured so much in his

Sam, who lives with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), would benefit from Spiranza a ‘groundbreaking’ drug

short life, he’s had long hospital stays, sometimes for weeks and

months at a time, largely because of chest infections etc. Life is very

difficult for our darling Sam.” Despite his struggles, the family say Sam is the “brightest, sweetest, kindest boy you could ever meet”.

“He has two beautiful sisters, Kayla (6) and Sarah (2). He loves school and all his friends at Scoil Chronain,” they said.

“He loves football and he is definitely West Ham United’s biggest fan. He still thinks they can win the Prem having lost their first four games!”

The couple said Spinraza’s availability has created hope for people living with SMA the first time.

“It has been described a s a ‘ m i ra c l e d r u g ’ because it changes chil-

dren’s lives,” they said.

“Spinraza is making a momentous difference in the lives of those who, previously, had no other options and who, for some, faced death.”

They said they started the petition to call on Minister Harris to approve funding for the drug in Ireland for Sam and the 25 other children here who have SMA. “Time is not a luxury for Sam and the other 25 children in Ireland waiting on this drug. SMA is a degenerative condition, we need this life-saving drug today.”

Dublin Gazette contacted the HSE, but had not received a reply by the time of going to press.

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Bride-to-be snaps – and wins a prize KILBARRACK woman Laura Cox is celebrating after her photo won the prize for Best Selfie at the recent Wedding and Honeymoon show in the RDS. The contest was being run by florists The Flower Factory and encouraged visitors to take selfies and hashtag their photo for a chance to win a €500 voucher.

Specialising in designing beautiful floral pieces, Laura – pictured below with her sister and Maid of Honour, Jana Cox – now has her pick of floral ideas to choose from for her own upcoming nuptials.

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LOVE YOUR DUBLIN

THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND HAS A LIVELY PROGRAMME OF EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS FOR ALL AGES

DUBLIN MADE EASY AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND

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F you want to experience the historic culture of the city and country, a trip to the National Library of Ireland (NLI) on Kildare Street is worth the visit.

The mission of the Library is to collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland.

The National Library is free of charge to all those who wish to consult the collections. You will need a Reader’s Ticket to consult most categories of material.

The library does not lend books and reading is done in the various reading rooms. They have a copying service and it is possible to get digital images, prints and photocopies of most items in the collections.

The Library has a lively programme of exhibitions and events for all ages.

If you’re interested in researching family history, the NLI also offer regular talks and workshops on the topic.

If you’re peckish, Cafe Joly, named after the National Library’s first donor, is situated in a bright spacious sun-filled room complimented by crisp modern design and contemporary artwork.

THE MAIN READING ROOM HIGHLIGHT: Stunning large central dome FOLLOWING the curved stone stairway to the first-floor, visitors arrive into the impressive domed Reading Room.

It is horse-shoe shaped and almost 50 feet high in the centre and it is lit by a large central dome and side windows high in the walls.

Above the lower walls, shelved for reference books, there is a plaster frieze of cherubs by Harrisons of Dublin.

It is the first area that you should visit if you intend using the Library’s printed or microfilm collection. The Main Reading Room provides seating for 75 readers. Of these, eight are reserved for those reading rare books.

All tables have facilities for laptop use and eight large tables are reserved solely for consulting hard copy newspapers or large format material.

YEATS EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHT: Letters between WB Yeats and his wife The NLI made a major WB Yeats acquisition last year. They included the purchase from the Yeats family of more than 500 letters between WB Yeats and his wife, George Yeats.

The letters were due to be auctioned

by Sotheby’s in London last September, but the National Library was offered the opportunity to acquire them for the national collection several months before the auction.

NLI director, Dr Sandra Collins, said at the time: “WB Yeats spent many happy years writing in the National Library, so it is really fitting that we hold the most important collection of Yeats material in the world, now enhanced even further by these extensive new acquisitions.”

FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT: The wealth of information and records the NLI has.

EVERY year thousands of people visit the National Library of Ireland to carry out family history research.

They hold a wealth of information including Catholic Parish Registers, property records, newspapers, directories and heraldic records. They also offer a free Genealogy Advisory Service.

If you are interested in finding out more about your family history, the NLI recommends getting started by asking your immediate family for any information they have.

Consult old photographs where names and dates may be notes. Try to establish approximate dates (births, marriages and deaths) as well as names and places of residence.

If you are starting out on your ancestral journey the NLI Family History Research booklet is also available online.

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THE GIFT OF GAZ | THE AULD SMARTPHONES ARE DANGEROUS IN DAVY’S HANDS

Maybe they need to lighten up!

DAVY’S really gotten the hang of the auld smartphones now. So much so, that when I meet him for a pint now, it’s hard to get a word out of him.

I suppose I should be grateful for such small mercies but pints are expensive and if I wanted to have a drink on me own, I’d just stay at home watching telly with a few cans.

“Would ye ever get your head out of that bleedin’ phone,” I snapped at him impatiently.

“I may as well be at home staring at the walls.”

“Ah sorry Gaz,” he says to me before looking up at me thoughtfully.

Well, I say thoughtfully. When Davy’s deep in thought, he looks more constipated than anything else.

He’s not the prettiest sight at the

best of times, so ye can only imagine what Thoughtful Davy looks like.

“Do ye think young people are a bit more precious than our generation?” he says to me.

“You’re not going to start banging on about snowflakes are ye?”

I bark at him.

“That’s a term them alt-right clowns use and I’m not interested in adopting that language.”

“Ah no, I know tha’,” he says, even though I’m willing to bet a substantial sum that he had no clue where the term came from. A lot of people don’t.

“It’s just I was reading about young Arter and how he won’t come back and play for Ireland because Keano gave him a bit of a bollocking. Ye wouldn’t have seen that years ago like. Sure, didn’t Clough hit Keane a dig once and

he just got on with it.”

“He also lost the plot with McCarthy when he was accused of faking injury,” I says.

“And it sounds like that’s more or

less what he was accusing young Arter of. Do ye not think it’s a bit hypocritical?”

Davy took a big swig of his pint while he weighed up my point.

He finally left it back on the table, beside the beermat Would rather than on it for some ye ever get unknown reason. your head “ Ye a h I k n ow w h a t ye out of mean,” he says eventually. that “But I can’t help thinking bleedin’ that some of these younger phone people need to develop a bit of a thicker skin. Like, ye see the way they over-react to things on social media and all that.

Maybe they need to lighten up is all I’m saying.”

“Ah here,” I says to him.

“Would you be lightening up if ye were working in precarious jobs, had little hope of ever getting a mortgage and even

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had to move to a different county because, not only can ye not get a mortgage, but ye need to go through a vetting process the FBI would be proud of just to rent a mouldy shoebox in your home city?”

“Arter doesn’t have to worry about that though,” says Davy.

“He’s got a fair few quid I’d say.

He’d need to be mentally stronger I reckon.”

“Ye see that poxy phone in your hand?” I fired back at him.

“Do a bit of Googling on Harry Arter and then come back to me and let me know if he needs to be mentally stronger.”

I sat back and sipped away at me pint as I watched Davy’s lips move while he slowly read a few articles about young Arter.

“Jaysus,” he says eventually, looking back up at me.

“Exactly!” I says.

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HAIR TO HELP CHILDREN

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Cohabitation is an increasingly common issue THE LAW surrounding cohabitation has become increasingly relevant as many couples choose to cohabit rather than marry nowadays.

This modern arrangement gives rise to important legal questions upon relationship breakdown or where one partner dies without leaving a will.

While cohabiting couples do not possess the same rights and obligations as married couples or civil partnerships, they do benefit from a number of property and inheritance rights.

The act providing for the rights and duties of cohabiting couples is the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010.

A cohabiting couple must have lived together in an intimate and committed relationship for five years, or for two years if the couple have children together.

As well as this, the person applying to the court must be able to demonstrate financial dependence on their former partner.

Upon the breakdown of a cohabitants’ relationship, matters which would be considered include property, dependent children, tax issues and succession rights.

This can be dealt with by way of an agreement, or if this cannot be reached by an application to the court for various financial reliefs, such

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as property adjustment orders, compensatory maintenance orders, pension adjustment orders or application from the estate of the deceased cohabitant.

In considering an application, the court will take into account all relevant factors, including the financial circumstances and obligations of each party and the length of the relationship.

It is important to note that a cohabitant has no automatic right to the share in the estate of their deceased partner.

It is advisable for cohabiting couples to keep a valid and up to date will.

In the case of cohabiting couples, where the home in which they reside is held as joint tenants, the surviving partner automatically inher-

its the deceased partner’s interest, but may be liable to pay inheritance tax.

Legislation also allows for a cohabitant, after the death of the other cohabitant (but not more than six months after the representation is first granted in respect of the cohabitant’s estate) to apply for an order for provision out of the net estate.

Some couples have decided to draw up a cohabitation agreement that sets out in advance how they intend to deal with their financial affairs should the relationship fail.

Co-habitation agreements are similar to prenuptial agreements.

When drawing up such an agreement, both parties should seek independent legal advice prior to signing.

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.

Going to great lengths for kids is a snip for firm RACHEL D’ARCY

SEPTEMBER marks Child Cancer Awareness month, and one hair extension brand are on a mission to help raise awareness for a charity dedicated to helping young sufferers who’ve lost their hair.

S i n ce 2 0 1 5 , G re a t Lengths hair extensions have worked in partnership with The Little Princess Trust to help thousands of young people and children who have suffered the trauma of losing their hair.

The Little Princess Trust began their incredible work more than 10 years ago, in 2006, but has gained fame in recent years with a number of celebrities donating their hair to the worthy cause.

Celebrities including Jessie J, Lily Cole, Harry Styles and more recently the Duchess of Cambridge have all chopped off their famous locks in support of the children’s charity.

Working with the trust, the team in Great Lengths are on a mission to raise

awareness for this incredible charity whilst calling out for more Great Lengths clients to donate their used hair.

Great Lengths hair extensions, which are 100% human hair and ethically sourced, can be donated through certi-

donating hair donations of 16 inches or more to help with this.

The collaboration was initiated by Great Lengths extensionist and cofounder of M Hair Nottingham, James Henderson, when he noticed that the high-quality hair that was

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fied stylists and salons throughout Ireland and the UK after they have been worn for several months and will be used towards making real hair wigs produced through the charity.

Longer hair wigs are currently in great demand, and Great Lengths are able to fulfill that need by

being removed from his clients could be re-used as hair donations.

James was recently appointed as the charity ambassador of Great Lengths. He said: “I was impressed that this was the only dedicated charity that provide real hair wigs for children and young people who have lost their

own hair through cancer treatment or alopecia.

“No child should have to go through what these children are going through, and the fact that this can help to restore their self-confidence a little bit is incredible and something that I really hoped we could be a part of.”

Following its ongoing charity partnership, Great Lengths has announced that more than 1,250 bundles of its hair extensions have been donated to the charity, with a number being donated by Irish celebs including Vogue Williams, Lottie Ryan and Alannah Beirne.

Wendy Tarplee Morris, co-founder of The Little Princess Trust, said: “Hair loss is very traumatic at any age, but can be particularly so for children who might be less equipped to deal with this sort of side effect of treatment.

“We are extremely grateful for the support that we receive from Great Lengths.”

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FIGHTING BLINDNESS CONFERENCE AHEAD of World Sight Day, Fighting Blindness will host a “Meet the Experts” Conference for people affected by sight loss.

The conference is a valuable opportunity to meet and ask questions of some of the foremost experts at the cutting edge of research into sight loss.

Fighting Blindness, Ireland’s leading charity pioneering world-leading research into treat-

ments and cures for sight loss and blindness, has just announced details of Retina 2018 for people affected by sight loss.

The Public Engagement Day, supported by Novartis, will take place ahead of World Sight Day (October 11), on Saturday, October 6 at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin 8.

Pictured at the announcement of ‘Fighting Blindness’ forthcoming Retina 2018 confer-

ence for people affected by sight loss, supported by Novartis is Shane Byrne, former Ireland rugby player and Fighting Blindness ambassador.

People wishing to attend can register at www.retina.ie.

To coincide with the event, Fighting Blindness has published its ‘Top Tips for Better Eye Health’ at www.retina.ie/eye-health-tips.

Research Culture Night EROTICS of the Knock apparition, a reimagining of the traditional music of Seán Ó Riada and experimental poetry are amongst the highlights of the Irish Research Council’s 2018 Culture Night programme.

Culture Night takes place nationwide on Friday, September 21, from 5pm to 10pm.

For the third year in a row, the Irish Research Council is offering a packed programme of activities in the historic surrounds of Boston College,

St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.

The Council’s 2018 Culture Night programme builds on the success of the last two years, which has seen more than 700 people in attendance at Boston College.

Announcing details of the Culture Night Programme today, Peter Brown, Director of the Irish Research Council, said: “Each year, we have been delighted to receive such strong interest in our programme, and we hope to further build on that this year.

“We have a fun and exciting line-up of activities, including interactive demonstrations, live music and stimulating discussions – there’s truly something for everyone to enjoy.”

The Irish Research Council’s full programme for Culture Night is available at http://research.ie/what-wedo/loveirishresearch/blog/ culture-night-2018/.

All activities will be offered on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

MOVEMENT+ MOVEMENT+ returns Sunday September 30th to the Opium rooms at 11am.

They want you to the leave the club on a Sunday morning feeling like a million dollars and not a million sheets to the wind.

The HIIT workout will keep the heart rate up but you won’t even notice, with banging tunes, great visuals and lots of variety in the workout.

For those looking to sweat, build strength and leave a lot calmer, MOVEMENT+ will have a yoga class led by yogi Sinead Mooney aka MOONSyoga.

Each workout will be followed by a delicious healthy brunch in Opium Rooms.

Tickets for each workout start at 24 and are now on sale from Eventbrite.ie.

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SOME OF THE LATEST EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN DUBLIN

FOR MOLLY MOVIE SET TO HELP A NEW Irish film our next month not only explores a little-seen story – that of a young couple suddenly forced to confront cancer – but also looks set to help others.

Releasing on Friday, October 5, For Molly will be exploring a topic that too many families are familiar with, framed through a particularly Irish-focused lense.

Shot in Navan, For Molly’s filmmakers hope its themes of love, loss, healing and more will really strike a chord with Irish cinemagoers – and that they’ll also support it, knowing that a portion of the film’s opening night box office proceeds and nationwide screenings will be donated to several Irish cancer groups, including The Irish Cancer Society.

So, keep an eye out for For Molly at your nearest cinema, from early October.

Meet Barnie – our Dog of the Week DUBLIN Gazette Newspapers have teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs.

Barnie is a quiet, calm ten-year-old Border Collie cross which is looking for a retirement home where he can relax and spend the rest of his life.

He is a friendly chap who enjoys meeting people, but can be nervous of strangers and too much handling, therefore he is looking for a gentle owner who is going to treat him with respect.

Barnie likes the company of calm dogs – but bouncy and energetic canines would be far too much for this placid animal.

He would be an ideal dog for somebody looking for a quiet and calm dog.

Barnie is very laid back and just wants to lie down on your lap and watch the world go by.

He has really good manners and will be an ideal companion for walks in a local park. If you are looking for a gentle, well-behaved dog, Barnie is just the one for you!

If you think you can offer Barnie a home, then please contact Dogs Trust on 01 879

1000. They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50. Map and directions can be found on their website www.dogstrust.ie.

You can also find them on Facebook www.facebook.com/dogstrustirelandonline or Twitter @ DogsTrust.

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David Kitt at The Sugar Club DAVID Kitt returns to The Sugar Club on Thursday, October 18 following sold-out shows at The Button Factory and around the country supporting his critically acclaimed album ‘Yous’ released in March on All City.

The singer released a limited run of a six-track EP titled Like Lightning through All City Records on 10� vinyl and digital last Friday.

The EP follows the physical release of his eighth studio album ‘Yous’ on the same label earlier this year.

He said: “Like Lightning was written after a late night/early morning adventure with friends in Galway city a good few years ago now.

“I always find it hard to choose singles, but this seemed to be lot of people’s favourite album track.

“I’ve availed of every last second of space on the 10 inch to turn this release into a mini-album of sorts, with three quite different instrumentals: one part

folk, one part modular electronic and one recorded using two Buddah boxes in the Glasgow underground.

“There are also two unreleased songs I think fit nicely on this release.”

Tickets priced €16 are on sale now from sugarclubtickets.com

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Aoife being congratulated by her parents Michael and Liz O’Sullivan and sister Shona O’Sullivan

Miss Ireland 2018 Aoife O Sullivan pictured with Former Miss Ireland’s Lauren McDonagh, Sacha Livingstone, Aoife Walsh, Rosanna Davison and Rebecca Maguire. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Miss Ireland 2018 crowned in Dublin’s The Helix F

Cillian O’Sullivan and Paul Byrom

Former Miss Ireland Rebecca Maguire

Shannen Reilly McGrath

Rosanna Davison

Suzanne Jackson

Former Miss Ireland Sacha Livingstone

INALISTS in the Miss Ireland 2018 competition took to the stage at Dublin’s Helix Theatre last week.

The final marked the 71st Miss Ireland as the event has grown to become a key date in the social calendar.

This year’s Miss Ireland pageant was a rebranding of sorts, bringing together former title holders in crucial roles including Aoife Walsh as co-host and former Miss World Rosanna Davison as a judge.

School teacher Aoife O’Sullivan was named as this year’s Miss Ireland.

She is 23 and a primary school teacher.

She is currently on a contract covering maternity leave and was 2nd runner in Miss Ireland 3 years ago.

She loves GAA and her boyfriend plays for the Cork hurling team.

Sheila Kennedy and Former Miss Ireland Emir Holohan

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Rosanna Davison with finalists

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GOINGOUTOUT

PICKWEEK OF THE

SEPTEMBER 25 (TUESDAY)

Arctic Monkeys @ 3Arena, €70 THE ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ Tour is the sixth headlining concert tour by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys in support of their sixth studio album of the same name.

The album was written by band frontman Alex Turner in 2016 on a Steinway Vertegrand piano in his Los Angeles home, and features a rich sound, embodying lounge pop, space pop, glam rock and psychedelic pop, as well as elements of jazz. It is a major departure from the band’s previous guitar-heavy work.

SEPTEMBER 20 (THURSDAY) FM104’s ‘The Gig’ feat. Kodaline + Gavin James and more @ Olympia Theatre, €40 Some of Ireland’s biggest pop acts turn out in support of ISPCC/ Help a Dublin Child, as the radio station go big on their charity show for the tenth year in a row.

Nick Mulvey @ Whelan’s, €22.50 Me and My Dog + Blue Whale + Keeley + Leah Rose @ The Workman’s Club, €8 Trad Attack @ The Grand Social, €10

SEPTEMBER 21 (FRIDAY) Jimothy Lacoste @ The Academy, €14 Kyle Falconer @ The Bowery, €15 Nick Mulvey @ Whelan’s, €22.50 Valhalla @ Whelan’s Upstairs, €11 Martin Maloney @ Workman’s Club, €15

SEPTEMBER 22 (SATURDAY) 50 Cent @ 3Arena, €60/ €80 Johnny Logan @ Vicar Street, €42 Wild Youth @ Whelan’s, €15 Mark Daly @ Whelan’s Upstairs, €5 The Scratch @ The Grand Social, €15

SEPTEMBER 23 (SUNDAY) Oxygen thief @ The Workman’s Club, €10 Slow Moving Clouds @ Whelan’s, €15 Bridget St John @ Whelan’s Upstairs, €20

SEPTEMBER 24 (MONDAY) Arctic Monkeys @ 3Arena, €70 The rocking Sheffield lads with the witty lyrics drop in on Dublin to unveil the best of their pulsating, social-studies-loving albums.

Lost Horizons @ The Grand Social, €17

SEPTEMBER 25 (TUESDAY) Arctic Monkeys @ 3Arena, €70 Straight No Chaser @ Vicar Street, €29 Mother’s Cake @ The Bowery, free Elkin + Amy Ellen + Pete Pamf @ Whelan’s €10 The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7

SEPTEMBER 26 (WEDNESDAY) Shania Twain @ 3Arena, €64 Sylo Nozra @ Whelan’s, €13

GLENN HUGHES is a legend in rock circles, a curly haired bassist with a distinctive vocal, one of the icons of the genre. Famed for a substantial selfdestructive streak in his prime, the man known as ‘the voice’ was a real manic rockstar, once beset with substantial drug problems as he performed with Deep Purple, Trapeze and Black Sabbath through the 70s and 80s.

Hughes was the bassist and vocalist in the Mk II and Mk III versions of his most iconic project, Deep Purple, sharing vocal duties with David Coverdale. Those were troubled times; he’s turned his life around over the last couple of decades, and thrown himself into musical projects, an air of ‘making up for lost time’ about his work.

“I talk to the Sabbath guys all the time, and I get on well with most of the guys from Deep Purple now” he says of his links with his past. “They’re slowing down with the music, but for me you can’t really stop this kind of life, man. I need to keep going.”

“It’s different, though.

I’m a bit of a California hippie now. This whole thing is cathartic, brother,” he says.

“I almost didn’t make it, but I’m in a really good place.

I’m all about the love, the anger has gone. I’m playing to a mix of generations now. To parents bringing their kids to shows, and that’s really special.”

“I got myself straight and I’m determined to stay that way, I’ve changed my view on life totally. I’ll keep going until I drop, because I don’t know how to do anything else.”

“I’ll be playing the tunes from when I was in Deep Purple, the ones we wrote, and the ones I played over those years. You’ll get all the classics, and we’re doing a lot with them.

They sound huge live,” he explains.

Deep Purple, including Hughes, were inducted into the rock and roll hall

 JAMES HENDICOTT

of fame in 2016, and have mostly mended their differences that came about in part because of Hughes’ personal issues all those years ago.

“I thought it was overdue. I don’t want to sound arrogant, but it needed to happen, brother,” Hughes said of the Hall of Fame induction with his former bandmates. “It was a good feeling. Deep Purple have such longevity as a band, and sold 150 million albums. It’s good to be acknowledged for that, you know? It doesn’t really matter, at the end of the day, but it felt good.”

The live performance is still where things are most natural for Hughes, though. “We’ll be ready by the time we get to Ireland,” Hughes says of the tour, which stops off in South America and at a series of festivals over the summer ahead of the Irish dates.

“We’ll be playing lots of big stuff, like Smoke On The Water, that I used to play with the band all the time, and some stuff I’ve never done before from the Mk II and Mk III era.”

“I just want to make the most of it. This is a big thing, an 18 month tour, all in, that’ll go right into 2019.

I want people to know what I’m doing now. I’m doing all this studio stuff, but when I’m not doing that, I’m doing things like we did in the 70s, with the audio and visual elements like back then.

Things are arranged just like they were, and it’s one hell of a show.”

“I can’t wait to do this, it will be a real treat, something for everyone who’s into Deep Purple, brother,” Hughes concludes. “It’ll be special.”

DEEP PURPLE Glenn Hughes and his band will perform classic Deep Purple tracks at the Olympia Theatre on September 30.

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THE NUN

A holy unoriginal horror A POPULAR side character in the Conjuring films gets its own origins prequel story in The Nun (Cert 16, 96mins).

We love a good horror film – which is why we don’t love this one, as it’s pretty derivative fare that wastes a striking character on a film stuffed full of jump scares and pretty standard horror tropes. The end result is far from a spooktacular hit, much less very scary. Nun thank you.

SEARCHING

Looking into online lives A WIDOWER frantically tries to track down his missing teen daughter in Searching (Cert 12A, 102mins), which is perhaps a little more style than substance but is decent enough. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but at least its exploration of social media personas versus our actual lives – and how little parents and grown-ups may know about their kids’ online lives – provides some food for thought beyond the onscreen electronic sleuthing.

CINEMA | DOES THE PREDATOR REBOOT SUCCEED? Here’s what you might call some of the prey-mary cast, ahead of running into the merciless alien hunter Predators that’re about to unleash havoc in the area

Reboot hunts around for a hit YOU’LL often hear people say: “They don’t make ‘em like they used to” when viewing the latest group of offerings at the cinema.

And, when considering the likes of the late, unlamented Police Academy or Confessions Of franchises, thank heavens for that.

However, that’s not to say that (ahem) golden oldies are done and dusted – sometimes, studios want to make ‘em just like they used to, hoping to capture lightning in a bottle a second time.

Thus, the Predator franchise is back, with a freshly reanimated (and now often computer animated) big

TECH TIME

 SHANE DILLON

bad alien back on earth in The Predator (Cert 16, 107 mins).

We’ve been here before – the Predator certainly has – not least with the 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

There’s a reason why the original is a firm fan favourite and a classic of the genre, bringing two larger than life characters together: Arnie and The Predator (which sounds a bit like a buddy-buddy comedy).

That film’s mix of grue-

some violence, ubermacho characters, black comedy and a firm understanding of creating a focused action film gave it enough of an impact to still resonate, decades later.

This reboot, however, doesn’t quite work as effectively, feeling like a franchise that the studio wanted to try and get some mileage out of again, rather than being a film with a clear reason to exist.

Here, a Predator ship crashlands on earth, and to cut the set-up short it’s not long before a Predator is captured, violently escapes, and it’s up to a small group of maverick soldiers to track it down.

Being a group of wild cards thrown together by

circumstance, they share a loose brotherhood that the military powers that be lack, and with the family of one of them also in the mix (and thus, also in peril) there are two unconventional family units of sorts driving the film along.

Certain key plot points hinge on an autistic boy (with a solid, likable performance from Jacob Tremblay) but the family, and the soldiers, are secondary to the main driving force of the film: the Predators.

It’s not a spoiler to point out that we get an evolution of sorts with the iconic hinge-faced hunters, with the trailers making heavy use of showing different Predators (including what

Lara’s latest takes tomb raiding into new territory SHANE DILLON

FROM here on towards the end of the year, industry beancounters will be focusing on several games publishers and developers as all the big guns get wheeled out – one such title being Red Dead Redemption 2 in a month, which looks likely to dwarf cinema takings on its release.

Before that, however, the latest Tomb Raider game has just come out swinging – and swimming, rolling, jumping, diving, leaping, climbing, running, shooting and so on, courtesy of the eponymous tomb raider, Lara Croft.

Longish story short, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Cert 18, multi, c. €60) again picks up the mantle of the successfully rebooted and reimagined franchise, presenting its main character as a

much more believeable, mature character.

This time round, a little of the much-maligned SJW (social justice warrior) mindset seems to have settled upon the game’s developers – after all, isn’t a tomb raider just plundering a culture’s artefacts and treasures,leaving nothing in their wake?

Whatever about the game’s story, the latest Tomb Raider title looks incredible on all platforms,

with an absolutely gorgeous world to explore.

For a full review – and my unique gameplay video sections, and screenshots – see www.dublingazette.com, from this Friday morning.

you might call a Predadog, although alas, there’s no sign in the film of a Predacat or a Predagoldfish).

It’s not long before there’s a dwindling group of humans running around as they’re relentlessly hunted down, giving fans a nostalgic look at some of the classic visual signatures of long-established Predator lore.

Ultimately, things have to rattle along towards the climax, but somewhere along the way – actually, around the middle of the film – the film begins to lose its focus.

Indeed, there’s a noticeable drop in quality near the end of the film, with things beginning to look and feel cheaper.

Add in some clumsy editing along the way, which also has the effect of suddenly dumping established characters’ narratives for no reason, and there’s a somewhat aimless nature to the plot, and the film’s momentum.

Is it terrible? No, far from it. It’s fine.

However, when you have such a strong IP as the Predator, ‘fine’ isn’t good enough, particularly when directed by Shane Black, who had a small role in the first, classic film.

And, in a film that needs to be as razor sharp as the original film, this fourth Predator outing consequently just gets lost in the woods.

Verdict: 6/10

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latitude&longitude

A small plaque on a quiet Dublin bridge immortalises an equation that would help Man walk on the moon

Travel through time and Dublin’s history, courtesy of the Luas TOM RYAN

THESE days the sun always shines over Killiney Head as you board the newly extended crosscity Luas, in Bride’s Glen, destination Broombridge in far away Cabra.

First stop, Cherrywood, and the massive expanse containing a building site which will soon be transformed into a new town.

Next halt, Laughanstown, where the tragic lead character went missing in RTE’s 2014 series, Missing Amber.

Look out for cattle and horses in the fields along the track as you pass a couple of ghost stations along the way to your first crossing of the M50.

The Dublin Mountains fill the skyline as you trundle down Leopardstown Valley to the elegant gates of the British Ambassador’s residence in Glencairn and back over the M50.

At the Sandyford depot, there are signs of the new Ireland as young office workers, coffees in hand, take a break.

Then, just 20 minutes after leaving Bride’s Glen you arrive at Balally and the shopping mecca of Dundrum Town Centre.

Continue on the line over the Dodder to disembark at Ranelagh and picnic at the village’s beautiful Garden’s Park, or stop off at Harcourt St to visit Iveagh Gardens or even visit the ducks in Stephen’s Green.

It’s just a short hop to the north-bound tram at the Westmoreland station. Up O’Connell Street,

pass the ‘birth of the nation’ GPO site, then continue up upper O’Connell Street and by Parnell St where Patrick Pearse surrendered to the British outside the building which is now the closed Conway’s pub.

A quick dash up Dominick St to the imposing Broadstone Building, once a key transport hub where the Royal Canal delivered goods via a viaduct.

Opposite the stop is the building which houses The Honourable Society of the King’s Inns, Ireland’s oldest school of law, which has an arch at the back leading to Henrietta St – a Georgian gem.

Back on track, and three stops from the journey’ end lies Phibsborough, home to Bohs’ football team. There is also a chance to view one of the stained glass windows by artist Harry Clarke in St Peter’s Church beside the Luas stop.

Nearly there, and the final stop at Broombridge, where in 1843 Sir William Ronan Hamilton, out walking by the canal, had an eureka moment and in a flash of genius discovered the fundamental formula for quanternion multiplication. (One of the theories that allowed humans land on the moon.)

On the bridge beside the station you’ll find a memorial to Hamilton and his scientific solution etched into the plaque.

Your journey may not be rocket science, but it’s an affordable way to enjoy and experience our wonderful capital.

Treat yourself to a dash of luxury at the Step House Hotel down the road in Carlow, where personally-tailored comfort is key

AUTUMN RETREATS | PLENTY OF WAYS TO PAMPER YOURSELF

It’s ‘you time’ with these great offers SYLVIA POWNALL

Travel Editor WITH summer well and truly over (sigh) and back to school dealt with now, might just be the perfect time for an Autumn retreat on your doorstep.

The Creacon Wellness Retreat in Wexford has just announced a new midweek buddy break with an overnight stay with dinner and breakfast, yoga or a meditation class and a sauna or dream spa session for just €98 per person.

The multi award-winning venue is just a stone’s throw from New Ross and offers a wide variety of luxurious treatments.

The holistic approach also extends to the kitchen where master chef Gaetano Pernagallo creates delicious meals that promote health and nutrition.

For details, see www.creaconwellnessretreat.com/packages.

Alternatively, why not indulge in a relaxing break at the gorgeous Step House Hotel in Carlow?

Enjoy a bottle of chilled Rose in

the gardens on arrival while you take in the view and the heady scent of its beautiful blooms.

Head chef Alan Foley, who previously worked in Chapter One, will dish up an envious threecourse dinner in the 1808 bar.

Located in the picturesque town of Borris, the family-run boutique hotel overlooking the River Barrow and Mount Leinster features a beautiful old Georgian house and a pub that has been in the family for five generations.

The September Blooms package is from €99 PPS; for further information, see www.stephousehotel.ie for more.

If you fancy a mini-break closer to home, treat yourself to a little urban luxury with a one-night spa break at Castleknock Hotel.

With state-of-the-art facilities in this purpose-built spa, the focus is on quality of life and wellbeing with treatments using the exceptional Elemis and Voya ranges.

The package includes a luxurious Voya seaweed wrap plus a relaxing facial targeted to cleanse,

detoxify and revitalise your skin.

Then it’s on to the peaceful relaxation room, where a crisp and refreshingly s p a r k l i n g Closer to home, and Castleknock Hotel’s range of glass of pro- spa treatments are sure to delight any guest secco awaits.

Castleknock Hotel’s sparkling break starts from €249 per stay, spa break includes a three-course including luxury Voya spa treatdinner in the hotel’s award-win- ment and dinner. ning and atmospheric Earth & For further information, see Vine Restaurant. This one-night www.castleknockhotel.com.

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A GUIDE TO TEMPTING FOOD AND LOCATIONS

BURGER KING TO THE DOOR

If you droole at the thought of a Chicken Royale, you’ll be happy to hear that Burger King is now available for delivery through Just Eat. The partnership with food delivery service is starting with the company’s Baggot Street branch, according to Lovin Dublin.

Available 7 days a week, customers can choose from delivery bundles such as a Bundle for 2 which includes 2 large means and 9pc nuggets for €20.45 or a Super Sharing Bundle which includes 3 large meals, 20 pc nugget and 12pc chilli cheese bites for €33.95.

Amanda Roche Kelly, MD at Just Eat Ireland, said: “We are very excited to welcome Burger King to the Just Eat platform. This is another first for the takeaway industry and at Just Eat we are proud to be able to increase the wide variety to our customers throughout 2018.

“Whether you want a burrito for brunch, a salad for lunch or simply a Whopper of a burger for dinner then we have it all on the Just Eat app.”

TRAVEL & FOOD

FOOD | BLOGGER MAKES APPEARANCE

Deliciously Ella Surprises Shoppers

Caroline Daly with food entrepreneur and author, Deliciously Ella at SuperValu Blackrock . Picture: Marc O’Sullivan

Four Enforcement Orders Served on Food Businesses’ FOUR Irish food businesses were shut down during the month of August.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported the closure orders were because of breaches of food safety legislation.

Some of the reasons for the enforcement orders included failure to adequately segregate raw and cooked food; the transport of waste materials in the same vehicle as cooked and raw food; no date of minimum durability for highly perishable foods which were supplied to another food business; and failure to provide written information of any allergens in food at the point of supply.

Other factors included the private water supply to the premises being unfit for human consumption and posing a serious risk to public health; no running hot water supply for cleaning hands, washing food, or for cleaning and disinfecting working utensils and equipment; poor cleaning throughout the premises and no disinfectant available at the time of inspection.

The four closure order were served to Riverview Takeaway in Drogheda for

“handling of raw kebab meat and raw chicken.”

Lotus restaurant on Main Street Wexford was closed because “supply of food to any other business.”

O’Brien’s in Johnstown in Navan was closed for “food business except the public bar area serving beverages in disposable containers, and all water incorporated into drinks or ice to be brought in from a potable supply.”

Pizza Point takeaway on Main Street in Dunshaughlin was also closed.

Dr Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive, FSAI said “It is essential for food businesses to have a strong food safety culture in their business, which can be achieved through ongoing staff training.

“Food businesses need to comply with the law and there are no excuses for failure to do so.

“These Closure Orders indicate that not all food businesses are complying with the law and as a result, are potentially putting consumers’ health at serious risk.”

Details of the food businesses served with Enforcement Orders are published on the FSAI’s website.

RENOWNED food blogger, Ella Mills, aka Deliciously Ella, made an appearance in SuperValu in Blackrock.

Ella’s food blogger journey started in 2011 when she was diagnosed with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome in 2011.

She said the illness had a “pretty devastating” effect on her life, both mentally and physically. After a while she said she realised she needed to try and help herself as much as possible.

She then started reading and learning about diet and lifestyle to help manage her illnesses.

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.

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

RED THAI CHICKEN CURRY Ingredients • 2-3 tbsp olive oil • 4 x free range chicken fillets • 2 x red onion sliced • 1 x red chilli deseeded • 1 x red, green, yellow peppers sliced • 1 x can coconut milk • 200 ml x veg stock • 1 tbsp tomato puree • 3 x cloves garlic crushed

After the success of her blog, Ella created an app which launched in 2014 which soared to number one in the download charts. She went on to create her first cookbook in 2015 which went on to be the fastest selling debut cookbook ever. Her second and third book also topped the charts.

Ella was in Dublin to launch her new plant-based cook book. She surprised Dublin shoppers by popping into Blackrock SuperValu to do a tasting of her exclusive product range available in the store.

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 thumb sized piece of ginger minced • 2 x limes zest & juice • 2-3 tbsp red Thai curry paste • 2-3 sticks of lemon grass • Large bunch of coriander • Large bunch of basil Method

• In a hot pan fry the onion, garlic,

chilli, lemon grass & ginger until soft • Add sliced chicken fillets and coat with the spice mix • Add the tomato paste, red Thai paste and cook through for 3-4

minutes

• Add the sliced peppers • Add the lime zest, juice, veg

stock, and coconut milk and simmer for 20-25 mins • Season with salt & pepper • Finish with freshly chopped herbs and serve Chef’s tips • Serve with steamed jasmine rice, mango chutney and garlic Naan bread • Replace chicken with firm white & smoked fish for a lighter alternative

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River Islan d fur cuff overcoat

AUTUMN is upon us, meaning the weather is starting to change and we need to crack out an extra layer.

If you’re looking to replace last year's winter coat, or just looking to keep up with this season’s trends, we’ve picked out some of our favourite styles on offer on the high street.

From rainbow bright colours in a multiude of finishes, to more muted tones accompanied by furs and fringe, there’s something for everyone’s fancy on offer as the cold weather blows in.

Penneys tan bomber €25

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FRESH IDEAS FOR YOUR HOME AND WARDROBE

HOME & STYLE

Dr Hauschka Foundation

Dr Hauschka Lip Gloss

Dr Hauschka Colour Correcting Powder Dr Hauschka Volume Mascara

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There was a make up tutorial by Sattar in the Ivy on Dawson Street, accompanied by a gorgeous breakfast designed to reflect inner wellbeing.

Sattar created a soft and subtle look, using all Dr Hauschka’s products, that would be easily replicated at home! A quick taster of the products on my own showed gorgeous pigment, natural tones and formulas that can only be envied by some other cosmetic brands – a definite must-try for beauty lovers in my book!

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DR HAUSCHKA celebrated their first birthday of its rebranded make up range in Dublin last week, with an appearance from their global make-up artist and brand ambassador, Karim Sattar. The range is designed to reveal your inner and outer beauty . Presented in sleek “ink” coloured packaging, Dr Hauschka’s Make Up Collection

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TECH & MOTORS

New combo vans set for the Irish market MACHINE OF THE WEEK

GROUPE PSA, the owner of the Peugeot, Citroen and now Opel brands, has plans to further strengthen its market share lead of more than 30% in the European compact van market, with the launch of a new generation of the

highly-successful Peugeot Partner, Citroen Berlingo and Opel Combo vans.

The new vans result from a joint collaboration between the three brands.

They claim higher levels of equipment and comfort features and are devel-

oped on the group’s EMP2 platform, which claims to guarantee the highest quality, efficiency and performance.

With more than 20% market share in 2017, Groupe PSA is the overall leader in light commercial

vehicles sales in Europe.

The launch of the new vans marks the third generation of the Peugeot Partner and Citroen Berlingo and the fifth generation of the Opel Combo. The new vans will be launched in Ireland in early 2019.

Which? tests give a clear boost to the power of hybrid electric cars NEW research by the British Consumers Association in the August edition of Which? magazine confirms that the latest Toyota hybrid electric cars give motorists more economy and lower annual fuel bills (while producing less polluting emissions in real-world driving)

than their petrol and diesel rivals.

The Which? report crunched data from the testing of 123 different cars since the start of 2017 to determine the most economical, and those with highest emissions levels.

It also measured its findings

against the official test mpg and CO2 figures that all manufacturers are required to quote.

The tests proved that it’s possible for hybrids to be as fuel-efficient on motorways as diesels. The Toyota hybrids also took the top three places for town driving economy.

Owners: Yaris gets 100% IN THE latest 2018 UK What Car? Magazine reliability survey, the Yaris achieved a perfect record with a 100% score, meaning that none of the owners questioned in the survey reported any faults with their vehicles.

Toyota’s RAV4 was reported as the most reliable large SUV, with a 99.6% reliability score.

The survey reported that “more than a third of owners said their car’s reliability was one of their favourite things about it”.

The survey questioned more than 18,000 car owners on their experience over the previous 12 months, covering 159 models from 31 different car brands, with vehicles from one to four years old.

Yeti out, Karoq in with new model MICHAEL MORONEY

SKODA has replaced its Yeti small SUV with a new design car that includes a new name – the Karoq.

Along with the name change, Skoda has delivered a bigger and more modern looking car, with the Yeti’s unique design style replaced by a car that looks like a downsized version of Skoda’s bigger SUV, the impressive Kodiaq.

This new Skoda Karoq has a more spacious interior that the Yeti of the past and comes with a significantly bigger boot.

This Skoda is available with the brand’s optional Vario-Flex seat system that can be adjusted forward and back, folded or completely removed. When folded fully flat, they give a massive 1,810 litres of boot space.

The Karoq sits high on the road and comes with new LED lights to boost its road presence. The interior feel is more modern and more quality with a new large centrally mounted digital instrument panel.

This provides touchscreen control of a host of features, including the optional navigation system or the simpler Apple CarPlay or Android Auto systems.

With four engine versions to choose from, I tested the entry level 1.0-litre petrol version, powered by a lively threecylinder engine.

This engine is smooth and quiet and a new competitor to the entry level diesel version with its 1.6-litre engine.

When you do the maths, there will be an annual running cost difference of about €500 a year, at real-world fuel economy levels, in favour of the diesel version. The obvious diesel downside is that this version costs more than €2,000 extra to buy.

At lower use levels, the petrol version makes most sense for city drivers who want all of the features that a compact SUV offers.

Out on the road it’s easy to get comfort-

able with the Karoq.

It doesn’t feel especially compact, while it’s marginally smaller than cars such as the Volkswagen Tiguan, Ford Kuga and Toyota RAV4.

The car comes with impressive features and lots of safety equipment to ensure that it achieved high regard in the Euro NCAP crash test programme before it was launched late last year.

There is a hill start assist system for easier driving and an impressive reversing camera included.

The Skoda price offer on the Karoq is competitive. The real competition for this Karoq is the related Seat Ateca, with an almost identical length and wheelbase, as well as similar engine options.

For me, the fact that the Skoda brand has grown so strongly is the major plus in the Karoq’s favour with entry prices starting at €27,715 for the petrol version that I drove.

Those considering downsizing from a larger SUV have a real option in this new Karoq, while those looking at their first venture into SUV world will get space, comfort and value in Skoda’s latest offering.

SPECS: SKODA KAROQ Engine Engine Power 0 – 100km/hr Economy

Fuel Tank Capacity CO2 emissions Road Tax Band Main Service Euro NCAP Rating Warranty Entry Price

1.0 litre 115hp 10.6 seconds 18.9km/litre (5.3l/100km or 53mpg) 50 litres 119g/km A4 €200 20,000km/ 12 months 5 star 2017 5 years €27,715

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FIRST CLASS HONOURS: SOCCER: UCD return to the Premier

Division for the first time in four years as champions following a tense 1-1 draw with Finn Harps in their penultimate league game of the season.

Conor Davis was on target for the Students eight minutes from time, barely two minutes after captain Keith Cowan had fired Harps into a deserved lead.

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LET DUBLIN GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS INFORM YOU OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SCORES OF YOUR FAVOURITE TEAMS HOCKEY | NEW SEASON DAWNS ON BACK OF WORLD CUP SILVER

TRR the side to beat in EYHL  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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HOT on the heels of Ireland’s World Cup silver medal success, the EY Hockey League hits the turf in the coming weeks with the women’s competition set to tip off on September 29 with the men’s league starting next weekend.

It is also a significant season with the national leagues expanding to incorporate a second tier, helping to bridge the gap from the regional leagues to the elite level.

The men’s EY Hockey League is shaping up to be another close-run battle with the action getting under way on September 22. Three Rock Rovers have won the last two EY Champions Trophy titles under the coaching of Niall Denham and will take on the mantle of favourites this season.

Indeed, they won an incredible six trophies last term including the Irish Senior Cup, the National Indoor Trophy and the EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge II.

They have yet to win the EYHL regular season title, however, finishing second for the last two years. Mitch Darling, Luke Madeley, Ben Walker, Jamie Carr and Daragh Walsh make up a big international quintet while Mark English arrives after many years as Railway Union’s top scorer.

Glenanne won last year’s regular season with something to spare but they will miss the services of Shane O’Donoghue who has taken up a pro contract in Belgium with Dragons.

They have added players from Germany and South Africa to fill the gaps.

Of the other Dublin-based sides, Pembroke are in a transitional phase with Kirk Shimmins and Alan Sothern moving to Belgium and Mark Ingram to Rotterdam but they do have a new coach, Paudie Carley, with lots of experience of winning top competitions at Serpentine Avenue.

Monkstown will look to get back into the playoff mix. YMCA earned promotion with Ben Campbell a go-to man for goals as they spectacularly edged out Bangor for the ticket to the top. It will be their maiden EYHL

Monkstown’s Chloe Watkins, Annadale’s Peter Caruth, UCC’s Sam Grace and Pegasus’ Ruth Maguire at the EYHL launch. Picture: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

season, replacing Railway Union and looking to make their mark.

Division 2 tips off in October with Dublin clubs UCD, Railway and Corinthian in the contest.

The women’s competition begins a week later with Loreto bolstering their national title winning side with Irish Under-21 goalkeeper Lizzie

Murphy, Grace McLoughlin and Sara Twomey signed up. Old Alex will be hoping to make an impact following promotion while UCD and Railway Union are in rebuillding mode.

Pembroke could be contenders with World Cup stars Gillian Pinder and Emily Beatty joined by Sinead Loughran for this campaign.

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

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BALLYMUN KICKHAMS IT WAS all go in the club last weekend. Firstly, congratulations to our U-7 boys who played their first ever game against St Brigid’s, who were exceptional hosts. Thank you St Brigid’s and well done lads.

Also our U-8s had fine games against Fingallians on Saturday and our U-9s had another superb set of games against Erin’s Isle.

A huge debt of thanks is due to all the parents/ guardians and mentors of our U-8, U-10 and U-12s girls teams who hosted Castletown of Wexford on Sunday morning on a feast of football in St Kevins.

There was great skills and spirit on display and the children were a credit to both clubs. Well done all.

Our adult mens teams all resumed championship this weekend with the seniors accounting for Castleknock and they will now face St Jude’s in the quarter final in two weeks. Our intermediates accounted for Erin’s Isle and our junior A team beat St Brigid’s, sadly our junior B team were defeated by a strong Lucan Sarsfield team. Please keep an eye for the next fixtures, dates, times and venues and please try support the teams.

A terrific year of Dublin adult football was completed this weekend with our ladies team defeating Cork in the SFC final, a scalp that was a long time coming. Congratulations to all the ladies and to Mick Bohan and his team. They are a credit to the jersey, their clubs and the county. Well done all.

Congratulations also to the Dublin Masters who defeated Tyrone in the All Ireland final last Saturday. Special congratulations goes to manager Val Andrews and to Martin Hughes in the backroom team, and also to Derek Byrne. A great honour, huge congratulations to all.

CLONTARF CLUAIN Tarbh were delighted to welcome back our latest All-Ireland medal winners to Áras Chluain Tarbh on Sunday night.

Well done to Bainisteoir Mick Bohan, Katie Murray, Siobhan Killeen, Kate Fitzgibbon and Willy O’Connor.

Sarah Fagan and Caoimhe O’Connor both assisted on the day.

Well done to the 502+ from the club who headed in to Páirc an Chrócaigh to cheer on the Girls in Blue, this was 1% of the record attendance and must nearly be the biggest attendance from a single club at the final. Great to see so many come back to the club for the celebrations after. Check out our Facebook page for a short video from the homecoming.

Foireann na Seachtaine are our Junior B peiladóirí who with their 3pm throwin couldn’t make it to Croker but they put in a fine display on P34 winning 3-18 to 3-17 over Ballyboden in JFC3 to top their group. Our Junior

As had a comprehensive 4-12 to 0-3 win out in Port Mearnóg also topping their JFC1 group. Seniors lost to St. Brigids in O’Toole Park in SFC1 and have been drawn against Plunketts in relegation playoff.

Minor A hurlers got their B championship off to a winning start with a hardfought 2 point win away to Tomás Dáibhís on Sunday morning, winning 1-13 to 1-11.

Well done to our Faoi14 cailíní who represented the club in the All-Ireland 7s hosted by Kilmacud Crokes on Saturday.

They secured wins against Newtownbutler from Fermanagh and Kilkenny City but a last minute goal knocked them out in the Plate Quarter Final against Tinahely. A great experience for the girls and GRMA to Kilmacud for hosting the event.

Our Faoi9 buachaillí had a good run out and some very competitive go games peil away to Castleknock on Saturday.

SOCCER: HONORARY PRESIDENT OPENS TOP NEW FACILITY

Making it in Premier harder and harder says Stella’s Giles  DAVE DONNELLY

sport@dublingazette.com

IRELAND legend John Giles believes it’s going to continue to be hard for Irish footballers to progress to the top level due to the changing nature of the global game.

Just ten Irish players have played in the Premier League in England this year – nine if Declan Rice chooses to throw his lot in with his country of birth – and that number is declining.

Giles was part of a cohort of Irish players who came through in England in the 1960s when Britishborn players were their only competition.

The Ormond Square native is a graduate of Stella Maris – which boasts Eamon Dunphy, Ronnie Whelan and, more recently, Keith Andrews as its illustrious graduates.

Giles is now honorary president of the club and was on hand to unveil the club’s new partnership

with the Dublin Port Authority at the club’s grounds in Drumcondra.

The Port Authority will sponsor their Waterfall Avenue stadium for the next five years, which will enable them to continue upgrades to the iconic schoolboy football location.

Recent Irish international Andrews was also present at the launch, which will help the club continue its history of producing young players for the national team.

“It’s harder for Irish players to get into the Premier League, but it’s harder for English players because there’s so many what we’d regard as foreign players now,” said Giles.

“56% [of players in the Premier League are] foreign players, and it’s the same complaint in England – where are the English players?

“The world has changed in many ways.

“The Premiership came in, there was more money attracting players from different parts of world, and that’s why they call it the best

league in the world.

“The homegrown players – we call them homegrown whether they’re English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh – are bound to suffer.”

Giles spoke amid a testing period for Martin O’Neill’s interna-

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It’s harder for Irish players to get into the Premier League. The world has changed in many ways

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tional side following the 4-1 UEFA Nations League defeat to Wales in Cardiff.

The national team restored some pride with a 1-1 draw away to Poland, but it was telling that goalscorer Aiden O’Brien was born

Dublin Port Company CEO Eamonn O’Reilly, Keith Andrews, John Giles and Minister Paschal Donohoe with Stella Maris FC players and twins Gabriella and Nathaniel (age 7). Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

and raised in England.

The League of Ireland has had some success in recent months with players signing big contracts in the UK, and nine of the most recent international squad came through the domestic league.

Shamrock Rovers – the club Giles managed in the 80s – saw Graham Burke capped and scoring for Ireland before joining Preston North End. The Tallaght club will also see 16-year-old keeper Gavin Bazunu join Manchester City next year for a fee believed to be up to half a million euro up front.

Nevertheless, the national team will need to continue to score far and wide for talent, and the recent departures of Rice and Harry Arter for different reasons are concering.

Rice is reportedly mulling over whether to continue to represent Ireland or switch to England, while Arter pulled out of the squad following an argument with assistant boss Roy Keane.

“If Arter has said he doesn’t want to be picked because of the clash he had with Roy Keane, that can’t be good.

“This is a player that could be valuable for us, and you don’t want any player pulling out because of controversial circumstances.

“That wasn’t a football matter, that was Roy having a go on medical matters, and from what I understand the players have to obey the medical team.”

On Rice, he added: “The young fella is only 19. He’s entitled to do what he is doing and what is best for his future.

“Of course, we are not happy here as Irish people when he is turning us down but if you or I had a son in his position, then you would have to take everything into consideration.

“I don’t blame him. I hope, like everybody else, that he comes and plays for us because he’s a terrific player.

“But if he decides to do something else then you have to go with it. It’s his future and his life and that’s the decision that he has to make.”

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND: O’NEILL ENJOYS AFTERMATH OF UCD WIN

LOI SHORTS Kelly puts a Cork in City run as Bohs keep rising DANIEL Kelly scored twice in a remarkable first-half blitz as Bohemians stunned champions Cork City with a 4-2 win at Dalymount Park, their seventh win in a row in all competitions.

An own goal from former Irish international Damien Dempsey got things rolling for the Gypsies as he overhit his backpass beyond goalkeeper Peter Cherrie.

Kelly then added a quickfire double, the first a stunning individual effort and the second a cool finish following another Picture: Martin Doherty Delaney mistake.

Graham Cummins pulled one back for Cork before captain Derek Pender started and finished a move to make it four on the stroke of half time, his first goal in four years. Cork did pull another goal back before the hour as Jimmy Keohane headed home a cross from Portmarnock native Karl Sheppard, but it wasn’t enough for a Cork side whose defeat all but confirms they’ll relinquish their title after one season.

UCD celebrate their LOI First Division success at the Belfield Bowl. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Students taste LOI Gold with First Class Honours LOI FIRST DIVISION

UCD Finn Harps  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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UCD return to the Premier Division for the first time in four years as champions following a tense 1-1 draw with Finn Harps in their penultimate league game of the season.

Conor Davis was on target for the Students eight minutes from time, barely two minutes after captain Keith Cowan had fired Harps into a deserved lead.

The visitors needed no less than a win to force the title race down to the final weekend and they looked to have managed it when Cowan broke the deadlock from a corner.

College, who knew a point would be enough

to seal the title, played within themselves and showed little of the fluid, attacking play that’s lit up the second tier this season.

They created few in the way of clear chances during the game but Davis needed only one opportunity as he found himself free in the box and buried his shot in the corner.

The 20-year-old has been a revelation for UCD since joining from Reading in August as a replacement for top scorer Georgie Kelly, who left for Dundalk.

It was Davis’s seventh goal in seven games for the Students to continue the terriific start to his League of Ireland career that saw him nominated for player of the month in August.

UCD had begun the game brightly and

looked to exploit the narrow 3-5-2 employed by the visitors by picking out the runs of widemen Neil Farrugia and Jason McClelland.

One such effort yielded the first chance as McClelland cut inside and found Farrugia in the box but the winger couldn’t quite force his effort on goal as he stretched.

The packed Harps midfield soon began to take control, however, and the forward partnership of Jesse Devers linked up for the first real chance.

Devers did well to dig out a cross from the left towards the back post where O’Flynn, having peeled away from Liam Scales, could only head straight at Conor Kearns in the UCD goal.

Kearns then denied Devers when Ciaran Coll’s long throw was

flicked on by Sam Todd, but, with just the keeper to beat, he also put his header straight at the keeper.

UCD sat deeper and deeper as the game wore on but looked vulnerable from set pieces, and Niall Logue lashed over when should have scored as Gareth Harkin’s free kick was let bounce.

It was Harkin’s delivery that led to the opening goal, however, as the midfielder’s left-footed delivery was attacked by defender Cowan, who finished with a first-time volley.

The visitors’ joy was shortlived however as, almost directly from the kick-off, former Templeogue United man Davis struck.

“I didn’t enjoy it in the slightest,” UCD manager Collie O’Neill told the

Dublin Gazette.

“The bit after the match was enjoyable.

That game was tight, scrappy, but it probably wasn’t going to be a night for pretty football. It was a night for just getting the job done.

“It’s a really, really big achievement. To have a team that has an average age of 19, 20; a team that is all college students, to win a national league shouldn’t be underestimated.”

O’Neill added that all of this year’s squad are likely to stay on for 2019, with captain Gary O’Neill freshly enrolled back in college.

“It’ll be more or less the exact same team for next year. Gary O’Neill is back in college. He was over there for fresher’s week getting his free cans of Dutch Gold!”

KEEPER CLARKE HITS ST PAT’S WINNER GOALKEEPER Brendan Clarke scored the winner as St Patrick’s Athletic made it three wins in a row with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Sligo Rovers at the Showgrounds on Saturday night.

Jake Keegan had put the Saints in front in the first half with a well-taken first-time volley from a Lee Desmond cross.

Former Shamrock Rovers striker Mikey Drennan levelled it up just before the break as he scrambled the loose ball home after Patrick

McClean’s header came back off the bar.

Simon Madden was fouled in the box midway through the second half and, with regular penalty-taker Conan Byrne on the bench, Clarke won the argument with striker Achille Campion to do the honours from 12 yards.

The Dubliner, who is in his third stint with the Inchicore side, sent his opposite number Mitchell Beeney the wrong way to wrap up the three points.

Centurion O’Gorman retires from Ireland AFTER 12 years of senior international football, 100 caps and 13 goals, Peamount United’s Aine O’Gorman has announced his retirement from international football.

The 29-year old made her international debut in the 2006 Algarve Cap against Denmark at the age of 16 and has had a fantastic international career with the Republic of Ireland. She bows out of international football having achieved 100 caps for her country. She received the Golden Cap following her 100th appearance, the 1-0 defeat against Norway in June.

O’Gorman scored 13 goals for Ireland during her international career, including a hat-trick against Montenegro in June 2016, in a 9-0 win at Tallaght Stadium. She will continue her club football with Peamount United, who won the WNL League Cup this week.

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CRUMLIN CONGRATULATIONS to our Junior Footballers who beat St James Gaels on Sunday morning to qualify as outright winners of their group. The draw was made and they will face Geraldine Morans in the quarter final.

There was a host of juvenile activity this weekend with the pick of the games being the U9 boys taking on Round Towers and Layla Perry found her way onto the score sheet with two very well taken scores. There are games a plenty this weekend too.

Crumlin GAA are going to the dogs on Saturday, October 13 in Shelbourne Park. Cost is €15 which includes transport to and from the club, entry, drink and food. Bus will be departing from the club house, O’Toole Park at 6.30pm sharp. Tickets available behind the bar in the next few days or contact Will Smyth on 087-620 3471.

Lotto was not won numbers drawn were 2,14,19,28. There were no match 3 winners and next weeks winning jackpot will be €7,750.

NA FIANNA CONGRATULATIONS to Leah Caffrey, Lucy, goalkeeping coach Ryan O’Flaherty and Dublin’s senior ladies footballers on Sunday’s historic to-back All-Ireland final wins.

Championship wins for the Junior A and Junior B footballers and Senior Three camogie team.

Seniors footballers drew against Skerries; hard luck to the Senior 2s and J10s.

Hurling Championship quarter-final this coming weekend, starting on Friday at 6.45pm in Parnell Park when our seniors take on St Vincent’s. Our intermediates play Kilmacud on

Saturday at 5pm, and on Sunday at 2.30pm, our Junior A hurlers play Thomas Davis - both in Mobhi Road.

Camogie Championship, Sunday morning at 10.30am, sees our Senior 1s away against Ballinteer, Senior 2s away against St Jude’s and Senior 4s in Mobhi Road against Round Towers. All three minor football teams in Championship on Sunday, with As playing Whitehall at 10.30am, Bs play Cuala at 12pm, both in Mobhi Road.

Cs play Ballyboden in Collinstown at 11am.

Full fixture list on website.

O’TOOLE’S IT IS WITH extreme sadness that An Cumann Ui Thuathail send condolences to our Chairman Gerry Corry, his mam Christine, sisters and family on the death of his dad Gerry snr.

Congratulations to the Dublin senior ladies on their momentous win in the TG4 All Ireland game against Cork on Sunday. It was a tremendous game, with the girls in blue coming out the victors in the end.

Our own U-14 girls clocked up another great win in their Div championship game. The girls would love your support in their big home game this Sunday v St Finians at 1pm.

Well done our intermediate footballers having a good win away to Round Towers Lusk in their championship game on Saturday.

Also, on Saturday our U16 hurlers had a hard-fought well-deserved draw away to Erins Isle in their championship endeavours. It was a tough match but the attitude from our lads was brilliant throughout. Top performances from Adam, Cathal, Cian, Dano, Fionn & Chopper. The side-line support also helped to spur the lads on. Our Little Larriers Nursery is back every Saturday, 9.30 to 11am.

SOCCER: RATHGAR CLUB OVERCOME UPHEAVAL TO PRODUCE

Doddervale net seven despite 10 men and no manager for Celtic tie LSL MAJOR SUNDAY Doddervale Clondalkin Celtic  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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DODDERVALE are without a manager following the departure of Shane Gutkin but that didn’t stop them getting their first win of the season with a resounding 7-2 scoreline against Clondalkin Celtic.

The Rathgar club lost their opening encounter of the season away to St Kevin’s and were disappointed when Gutkin was no longer able to continue in his role.

Doddervale went unbeaten at their Dartry Road home in the league last season, with their only defeat coming at home to intermediate side Collinstown in the Kevin Nugent Cup quarter-finals.

That home form continued as they ruthlessly exposed their west Dublin visitors despite playing the last 15 minutes with ten men due to inju-

ries.

Doddervale took command of the fixture early and were 2-0 up within ten minutes through goals from Owen Kelly and Mick Gaynor, while Gerry Hamilton scored a hat-trick.

Kelly opened the scoring following a good run and cross from Peter Hayes, sending a bullet header into the righthand corner that left the visiting keeper with no chance.

Hamilton kicked off a man-of-the-match performance with an assist for the second as his layoff was excellently volleyed home by Gaynor.

The first of Hamilton’s three goals brought the scoreline to 3-0 at the break, and Ultan Kennedy added a fourth early in the second half.

Injuries and a shortage of substitutes saw Doddervale finish with ten men and Clondalkin took advantage, with Aaron Behan scoring two quick goals to halve the deficit.

The home side fin-

ished strongly, however, and Hamilton completed his hat-trick late on with strikes either side of a goal from Hayes.

“Our first game was away to St Kevin’s and the scoreline was 3-0 but we were a lot better than that,” caretaker manager Richard Murphy told the Dublin Gazette.

“Shane stood down, so I’ve taken on the role until we can find a replacement. The team responded extremely

well considering the manager stepped down during the week.

“The really strong point is we were unbeaten at home last year. The only team to beat us in Dartry last year was Collinstown.

“We’ve brought in a couple of young players to add to the experience we have. Nobody’s going to find it easy down in Dartry.”

Doddervale face CYM Beechwood in some-

thing of a local derby in Terenure on Sunday afternoon with Murphy set to continue in charge until a more permanent appointment can be made.

“Between myself and the club captain, I think we’ll manage it. We have the experience.

“It’s a tight bunch most of the guys have been together for four or five years.

“It won’t be a major problem.”

Aberdeen land Actavo Cup

Aberdeen celebrate their Actavo Cup success

ABERDEEN won the main prize from a top class Actavo Cup last weekend as the Cherry Orchardhosted event brought together some of the best Under-13 talent at Elmdale Park.

They got the best of Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic in the final of the cup section of the competition last Sunday following three days of action.

Aberdeen captain Ewen Robertson was presented with the silverware by former Republic of Ireland international Keith Andrews alongside Actavo representative Graham Henderson.

Swansea got the best of an FAI Development

Under-13 team in the Trophy while home club Cherry Orchard saw off Newcastle in the Shield.

Liverpool took home the Plate thanks to their win over 2017 champions St Pat’s Athletic.

Actavo’s Henderson said of the event: “Football is at the heart of the local community. We always look to give back to the local community and, being a coach of the Under-9s team myself, I fully see the potential in our players in Cherry Orchard. We wear our values on our sleeve, and like the rising stars playing this weekend always aim to get one in the back of the net.”

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TOP CLASS SHOW Doddervale’s LSL Major Sunday side

BASKETBALL: TRIO OF DUBLIN CLUBS WIN IN SECOND TIER

Eanna’s statement win in Division One MEN’S DIVISION ONE BASKETBALL  sport@dublingazette.com

COMEBACK KINGS

Leinster fight back with late O’Brien try

MAX O’Reilly and Luis Faria of Leinster celebrate after the Under-19 Interprovincial Championship match between Ulster and Leinster at Newforge Country Club in Belfast.

They nabbed a 15-14 win over Ulster last Saturday, coming from 14-3 down to nick the result with Mark O’Brien bursting over for the winning try in the 67th minute, completing a clean sweep of victories in the competition.

Picture: Oliver McVeigh/Sportsfile

DBS Eanna made a major statement in men’s basketball’s Division One northern conference as they ran out emphatic 103-68 point winners over Ulster University Elks on Saturday evening.

Big scoring from Neil Lynch, Joshua Wilson and Conor Gallagher helped Eanna into a 55-32 lead at half-time and they didn’t look back from there.

“It was a score-for-score first quarter and I felt we should have be doing more to limit their scoring,” said head coach, Darren McGovern afterwards.

“We did just that in the second quarter, limiting them to nine points while we scored 29. That set the tone for the second half, and that was our best offensive game to date.

“We had impressive performances across the board - guys like Joshua were very impressive with a triple double – 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists – in just 24 minutes. Going forward, we have a lot to improve on, but the lads have improved every week. Sligo away next weekend will be a huge test for us, but we’re looking forward to it.“ Greendale’s KUBS stared down the overtime barrel for the second weekend in-arow as they hosted Abbey Seals Dublin Lions in a hugely-anticipated Dublin derby that certainly did not disappoint.

KUBS held the upper hand throughout the opening periods, but a big push from the visitors in the closing quarters saw the game go to overtime and Lions drove home to victory on 90-82 scoreline.

“It’s good for the lads to get a win, they are a very young team,” reflected Lions’ head coach, Rob White.

“KUBS were missing a couple of players and played very well. We missed a lot of

KUBS line up a basket against Dublin Lions last weekend

free throws in the first half, so we tried to focus on ourselves.

“It was a dreadful start to the season getting the two ex-Super League teams in our opening two games, but hopefully that’ll stand to us now.”

In Galway, Gamefootage.net Titans hosted Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers, with the latter

taking their second win in as many weeks.

Dunks from Alex Dolenko and Justin Goldsborough kept the crowd entertained as Tolka opened up a 41-48 point lead at half time before a huge third quarter from the Dubliners saw them stretch the lead out to 20 points, and they went on to win out by 31 in the end, 60-91.

Drummy and Nguyen’s Olympic call YOUTH OLYMPICS  sport@dublingazette.com

DONNYBROOK’S Georgia Drummy and Clare Hall’s Nhat Nguyen have been named in a squad of 16 athletes from nine sports to compete at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in October in Buenos Aires.

Competition runs from October 6 to October 18 featuring over 4,000 athletes and over 32 sports. This will be the first outing for Team Ireland since the unveiling of the new logo and

name.

Tennis star Drummy has become an almost ever-present on the junior grand slam stage this year, reaching the last 32 of the US Open earlier this month while she also got to the quarterfinal of the Wimbledon’s doubles event.

It has seen her rise to 40th in the junior world rankings and 38th on the doubles list.

Badminton player Nguyen most recently reached the semifinals of the European Junior Chamnpionships with wins over

Bulgarian, Ukranian, Moldovan and Romanian opponents before falling to France’s Christo Popov.

Earlier in September, he won all six of his games at the Irish Open with a 21-16, 21-9 win over the Netherlands’ Dennis Koppen in the final.

This will be the third edition of the Youth Olympic Games which are hosted every four years. The Games provide invaluable Olympic experience and competition for talented junior athletes aged 15 to 18 from over 200 countries around the world.

Donnybrook’s Georgia Drummy

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CLUB NOTES

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RAHENY

CONGRATULATONS to our Siobhan Woods and the Dublin Senior footballers are winning the All Ireland Final.

This week at Ogra we had 161 Children, a Big Thank you to all the coaches and support coaches for their help. Thank you to Siobhan Baldwin and Aideen Kellett for help with registration and fruit. We are looking for more juvenile coaches, must be 15 years and over. This is a great way to fullfill your community involvement for your GAISCE award.

Our Raheny All Stars started back on Friday evening from 5-6pm. The Raheny All Stars is a team of children (aged 9-13) with special needs who are coached in GAA skills in a safe, structured, supportive and fun setting on our club astro.

Would you like to get involved with supporting and developing this exciting initiative (must be 16 years old)? Please contact Catherine on 086 -250462.

Well done to our AFL4 who had a good win over Kilmacud in the junior A Championship. Hard luck to both our senior camogie teams who lost on Sunday morning. Hard luck to our senior footballers who lost by three points to Kilmacud Crokes in the senior football championship. Thank you to all all the supports last night. Wishing speedy recovery to Brian Howard, Simon Duignan, Darren Bryne and Eoin Keogh. U-15 hurling championship; well done to our lads who are through to the semi finals v Castleknock, this will be a home game on October 21.

Check out our trip down memory lane on facebook over the next few weeks, we want to show you why we are celebrating our 60th Anniversary in the club, take a look at our teams, our volunteers, our history of our Club. Help us celebrate 4 All Irelands this year in style in Clontarf Castle on October 19. Tickets are available online or in the club lounge.

SCOIL UI CHONAILL COMHGHAIRDEAS to the Dublin senior ladies footballers on following their male counterparts act and retaining the AllIreland title!

Also, congratulations to our own ladies team who were runners-up in their first ever All-Ireland Junior 7s tournament. Our senior Hurlers are in action this weekend as they face St Kevin’s in the Intermediate C’ship 1/4 final in Dolphin ‘s Park at 5pm on Saturday.

Our senior footballers booked their place in the intermediate c’ship quarter-final with a convincing 4-20 to 1-5 win in their final group match vs the Garda on Saturday next they face O’Toole’s next.

The much anticipated Oneness events in Chicago kick off this week. It was great

to see Enda Kenny open the Dublin North Inner City artefacts museum ahead of his departure to Chicago for the events. He was joined by Dublin footballers MDMA and Brian Fenton, Lord Mayor Nial Ring (also headed to Chicago) as well a strong OCS pupil contingent - all of which was on the front page of The Irish Times!

Adult hurling and football teams train in Scoil Mondays and Thursdays from 6.30pm. Ladies training is in Scoil on Mondays at 8pm. Mothers and Others training takes place on Tuesdays at 7pm. Juvenile training takes place in Scoil at 9.30am on Saturday mornings.

New members welcome, as always. For any news or enquiries please contact scoil. pro.eoc@gmail.com.

WHITEHALL COLMCILLE FOLKS tickets are flying out the door for our next big night out in a couple of weeks, A NIGHT WITH MICHELIN STAR CHEF KEVIN DUNDON !

Our great sponsor SUPERVALU Lorcan Avenue Santry present with WCC the star chef Kevin Dundon showcasing his skills with a festival night of food.

Saturday, October 13 in the club hall. tickets will sell out fast, €20 each from Darragh Giles or soon behind the club bar. Promises to be a novel and tasty night.

Congratulations to the Dublin ladies on a great All-Ireland win last Sunday.

All the hundreds of supporters who attended from Whitehall had a great day out. Well done to all in the Bua Nua who had a great open day last Saturday up on the new pitch. U-15 camogie team had a great performance and win in championship on Sunday vs Isles.

Our U-8 boys represented Dublin with pride up in Moy, Co Tyrone and had a great day’s fun up north, well done to parents mentors and players.

Bar Bingo continues every Friday night at 9.45pm; head down for a fun night and chance to win a few bob - up to €900 now. Lotto Sponsor - We are delighted to welcome on board as a Club Lotto Sponsor -Lanigan Funeral Directors, Beaumont Road and sincere gratitude to Club stalwart Mary Whiston for her support. No winner of this weeks Lotto Jackpot, next week will be €9,450.

FOOTBALL: QUARTER-FINAL LINE-UP CONFIRMED

Plunkett’s denied quarter-final spot in Ballyboden draw DUBLIN SFC  sport@dublingazette.com

ST OLIVER Plunkett’s/ Eoghan Ruadh will have to battle it out to avoid relegation from the Dublin senior football championship as they drew 0-13 to 2-7 with Ballyboden St Enda’s last Friday night in Parnell Park.

It meant Boden advance in second place from Group 1 along with Kilmacud Crokes – who won three from three – leaving Plunkett’s fourth in the group and Raheny out in third after their 0-7 to 0-4 loss in Balgriffin.

Ryan Basquel was Boden’s stand-out forward as he tallied three points from play as well as converting three frees.

Conal Keaney also slotted important points just after Plunkett’s got on level terms early in the secondhalf following a Bernard Brogan goal after they trailed by three points at the interval.

A victory for Plunkett’s could still have pushed them into the quarterfinal picture on score dif-

ference.

But the Firhouse Road men led 0-6 to 0-3 at the break with Ross McGarry, Ryan Basquel, Colm Basquel and Shane Durkin on target while Gareth Smith and Sean Bugler got the scores for Paul Curran’s side.

Three minutes into the second-half half-time sub Alan Brogan kicked an excellent point for Plunkett’s but, after the resultant kickout, both Brogan and Boden’s Bob Dwan were dismissed for something off the ball.

Plunkett’s then introduced Bernard Brogan and he made a fairly-instant impact with a well-taken goal to bring the sides level.

But Keaney crucially slotted two points for Anthony Rainbow’s outfit.

The drama was not finished though as Ross McConnell set up Rory O’Connor for a goal late on to give Plunkett’s a 2-7 to 0-11 lead before the Basquel brothers, Colm and Ryan, ensured a draw for Boden. It was enough to see them into the last-

TEAM CHALLENGE Gregan leads field at Dublin Docklands race INTERNATIONAL athlete Brian

Gregan was among the star attractions at the Grant Thornton 5k team challenge which took place in the Dublin Docklands last week.

The event offers the chance for companies to enter as a male, female or mixed team with the overall score being decided by the recorded times of registered team members.

Picture: eoin noonan/ SPORTSFILE

St Oliver Plunkett’s/Eoghan Ruadh’s Ross McConnell finds his path blocked. Picture: Cliona Mellet

eight.

Elsewhere, St Vincent’s and Na Fianna went through from Group 2.

Vinnies put in a commanding performance to beat Lucan Sarsfields 4-19 to 0-12 while Na Fianna’s 1-12 each draw with Skerries was just about enough for them, clawing

back a six-point deficit.

Boden face Na Fianna on September 29 in the quarter-finals with St Vincent’s meeting Castleknock a day later. St Jude’s against Ballymun Kickhams and St Sylvester’s versus Kilmacud Crokes are the other ties on the agenda.

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LADIES FOOTBALL: SKY BLUES MAKE IT BACK-TO-BACK ALL-IRELAND TITLES

MASTERS

Old boys join All Ireland victory party

Dublin celebrate their All-Ireland glory with friends and family. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Dublin delighted in double dreamland LADIES FOOTBALL ALL IRELAND FINAL Dublin Cork  JAMES HENDICOTT sport@dublingazette.com

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CAPTAIN Sinead Aherne (1-7) and Carla Rowe (2-0) netted the crucial scores as exceptional Dublin saw off rivals Cork in front of a record ladies football crowd of 50,141.

Dublin were appearing in their fifth consecutive All Ireland final, and went into the game as holders, though last year’s comfortable win over Mayo was preceded by some notable history with Cork.

The Rebelettes took the previous finals in a row, from 2011-2016, three of which were against Dublin, each with two points or less in the difference.

Despite that record, most pundits had the Jackies as favourites against a new look Cork. There was little between the sides in the early minutes, though Lauren Magee did outflank the Cork defence to get a brief glimpse at goal, firing wide.

The Dubs went in front after six minutes through an Aherne free, and doubled the margin straight from the kick out, the captain again on the end as she slotted over with a clear sight on goal. Nicole Owens also looked sharp, with the all-St

Sylvester’s full forward line finding room to attack at pace.

Three Orla Finn frees had Cork ahead, however, as the Dubs started to get crowded out at one end, forced into running cul-de-sacs, and make concessions at the other.

Owens had equalised from distance before Niamh McEvoy won a penalty, swiped down when clean through. Aherne calmly slotted home to put the Jackies 1-3 to 0-3 in front.

It was frantic and physical with Dublin’s momentum coming mainly from their ability from open play while the Rebelettes were largely converting frees.

That changed when Aine O’Sullivan hit an outstanding looped finish over Ciara Trant’s head following a frenzied Dublin hand-pass to level things up at 1-4 each, though the sky blues were convinced the referee had already signalled a free out.

If anything, the goal spurred Dublin on.

Aherne slotted a free from a tight angle before the influential and energetic Rowe found space in the Cork box and smashed home to send Dublin in 2-6 to 1-5 up at half time.

Mick Bohan’s side had been in a similar position before in 2014 against Cork and lost and the arrival of goal-hungry starlet Saoirse Noonan at half time would not

have calmed any nerves.

Cork got the start, too, with Aine O’Sullivan and an Orla Finn free closing the gap to two, before Niamh Collins superbly stopped an Eimear Scally shot a yard from goal, spinning it out for a 65.

For 15 minutes, Cork looked very much on top.

Aherne steadied the ship and a lightning Dubs attack just evaded Noelle Healy as she looked to palm home and finish the job.

Finn’s metronomic frees were beginning to add up, though, and the gap was down to a single point when Rowe again broke free on the right side of the box and smashed into the net and put Dublin back into control.

That left Cork needing a goal; instead Dublin showed they’ve learnt from all those years of final drama, and calmly shut up shop, bringing on the final whistle ecstacy. Brendan Martin stays in the capital.

Carla Rowe fires home Dublin’s second goal in the first half. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

CAPPING an incredible All-Ireland finals season, the capital also landed the Masters (Over-40) football championship when they defeated Tyrone 1-14 to 1-12 in Saturday’s final at Fr Manning Gaels, Drumlish, Longford.

The Dubs could have won by more but spurned several second-half scoring opportunities but the deadball accuracy of Niall Crossan and a successfully converted ‘45’ from Johnny McNally deservedly saw Dublin to glory with the hard running of Ciaran McGuinness a key factor in the second-half.

Crossan tallied seven points in total and at the break Dublin led 1-8 to 0-5.

Cormac Smith got the Dublin goal in the early minutes following good work by Gary O’Connell.

Dublin were clearly the better side and points from Crossan (four), Derek Byrne and Mick O’Keeffe helped Val Andrews’ side into their six-point interval advantage.

The blue masters were managed by Val Andrews and captained

by Erin’s Isle’s Gary O’Connell.

They had qualified for the final by virtue of a semi-final replay win over Donegal with Ray Cosgrove scoring the key goal.

The side features plenty of former county stars like Peadar Andrews, Shane Ryan, Ken Darcy, Paul Croft, Ian Clarke and Derek Byrne.

The win added to football, ladies football and junior camogie AllIreland wins.

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ECSTATIC JACKIES’ boss Mick Bohan praised his All-Ireland winning Dublin football side after they overcame long-standing rivals Cork at Croke Park on Sunday, admitting that the Rebelettes had been their big target.

In the build up, the Clontarf club man had denied any special connotations to overcoming what felt like a hoodoo around Dublin’s chief rivals after three final losses in the last five years.

B u t , p o s t- m a tc h , Bohan confessed to trying to play down the Cork rivalry on the approach to the finale.

“We couldn’t make it out to be more than a game with this group beforehand but I think everyone knew it was,” Bohan said. “That wasn’t shying away from it.

If we had built it up in the camp, it could have become an immovable beast, and we didn’t want that.

“We’ve been building for this for eighteen months. When we came in, we felt Cork were the standard bearers and we felt, for us to take the crown, we would have had to take them out.

That’s with massive respect, they brought the game to that level, and we’ve set a standard by it.”

Bohan admitted he’d been a little worried about the final’s star player Carla Rowe ahead

Dublin manager Mick Bohan celebrates with his niece Ella Goldrick and daughters Ferya and Lalia. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

“For anyone trying to promote women’s sport, it

was brave, honest, relentless. I think the rules of the game went out of the window, and rightly so” of her crucial double goal antics. “It’s amazing the way the game goes,” he quipped afterwards. “We didn’t think Carla was in the game, and then she popped up and scored a brilliant goal, and that bought her a bit of time.

“She was struggling again and all of a sudden she pops up and gets another goal. Those were stages of the game when we’d lost a little bit

of control so to get that momentum back was huge.

“You’d have to take your hats off to the contest out there from both teams,” the manager continued. “For anyone trying to promote women’s sport, it was brave, honest, relentless. I think the rules of the game went out of the window, and rightly so.

“It just became an

absolute contest. The bravery in going for the ball. The rules of the game are no deliberate contact but it was just absolutely fantastic to see. I hope you guys enjoyed the spectacle, I thought both teams were magnificent.”

Dublin had gone into the final as favourites in most circles, but Bohan also emphasised the respect his side felt

towards the sport’s dominant side of recent years.

“Cork weren’t written off in our camp, are you joking me?” Bohan laughed. “Not after the scars they’ve left here.

Why would we do that?

We have the utmost respect for Cork. That’s what makes that prize today that little bit extra special. I thought it was really important for this group to beat the stand-

ard bearers.

“I think for this group, long after they’d hung their boots up, it would have been thrown back at them, ‘you couldn’t beat the great Cork team’.”

Bohan’s side now have two All Ireland senior titles in a row, and the questions about Cork and the series of narrow victories that ran from 2013 to 2016 have been put to bed for good.