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Menus to show calorie counts Ian Begley
All food outlets in Dublin Mid-West will be required to display calorie counts on their menus in early 2016, with calls on South Dublin County Council to become a leading advocate for this initiative in their council offices. The proposed legislation will require all menus, including boards, leaflets, digital menus or other forms to display the amount of calories
alongside the price in the same font size and colour. At the last county council meeting, CllrAnne Marie Dermody (FG) asked the council to provide leadership by implementing calorie posting on all food served in the council’s canteen. In response to this request, chief executive Daniel McLoughlin said the council has signed off on the calorie display plans, “in a bid to tackle the country’s growing obesity problem”. Full Story on Page 2
Roaring success: Family fun at Garda open day in Clondalkin Ann MARIE Sullivan takes a
break from the festivities to pose for a picture with her children Imogen, Paige and baby Leon at the Clondalkin Garda Station open day. The day included prize giving ceremonies to the winners
of the “Gardai in our community” art competition as well as face painting, finger painting and guided tours of the station. There was also a performance by The Garda Band. Picture: Jolanta Rossiter
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Adoption Stories Families’ grief on losing loving father
‘I just dealt with it every day at a time’ A mother from Clondalkin who lost her husband to cancer shortly after adopting their second child from Russia, was recently featured in a documentary outlining her long and arduous journey. The documentary which aired on T V3, saw Martha Giblin tell her story about how her husband, Kevin, died eight weeks after she brought their second son Sergei to Ireland, leaving her a single parent of two in just a matter of months. Speaking to The
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Gazette, Giblin said that as time goes on she feels herself getting stronger and more capable of moving forward. “The documentar y was very emotional for myself and for my children. “My youngest child Sergei (five) burst out crying when he saw a
photo of my late husband with him as a baby.” Giblin was working as a substitute teacher when she first met the love of her life, Kevin. They got married in 1994 and thought about starting a family, but following many failed attempts at trying to conceive naturally and through IVF, they were faced with the reality that they may never fall pregnant so started the adoption process. “I was interested in adopting a baby from Russia because the country is geographical-
ly close to Ireland and I think the Russians look quite like the Irish. “It was a very long and stressful process which took four years, but eventually in 2007 we adopted Leo. “He adapted very well and it was a big learning curve for us. “Only months after adopting Leo we decided to go down the same route again. “We travelled to Russia again in 2011 where we met baby Sergei. “We then returned to Ireland and waited four months for the call to bring him home.” During this process Kevin was unfortunately diagnosed with bowel cancer, but his medical team kept his hopes up, saying it was operable and that he would make a full recovery. He was very weak as a result of chemotherapy, but part of the adop-
Martha Giblin with sons Leo and Sergei
tion process in Russia requires both parents being present, so he travelled abroad with Martha regardless, where the adoption of baby Sergei was completed. “Kevin really believed that his illness was only a setback but when he went back to his medical team he learned that his cancer was back and that he had only months to live.” Tr a g i c a l l y K e v i n p a s s e d aw ay t h r e e weeks later. “Kevin died when the little guy was only 10 weeks in Ireland so you
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could imagine just how devastating and dramatic everything was. “I just dealt with it ever y day at a time which is the only thing you can do in a situation like that. “Since then I’ve been getting a lot of support. I have great childcare arrangements in place and I’ve been very fortunate to be in a jobshare placement where
I can work week on and week off. “As the years and months move on I find that everything is getting easier and I feel myself getting stronger, but it was a hard road nonetheless.” Adoption Stories airs each Thursday at 8.30pm on T V3 and M a r t h a ’s s t o r y c a n be seen at w w w.tv3. ie/3player.
Calorie count proposed for menus Ian Begley
All food outlets in Dublin Mid-West will be required to display calorie counts on their menus in early 2016, with calls on South Dublin County Council to become a leading advocate for this initiative. The proposed law will require all menus, including boards, leaflets, digital menus or other forms, to display the amount of calories alongside the
price in the same font size and colour. At the last county council meeting, Cllr Anne Marie Dermody (FG) asked the council to provide leadership by implementing calorie posting on all food served in the council’s canteen. She said: “There is an obesity problem in Ireland, with reports that Ireland will soon to be the fastest growing obese country after the United
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States. [I’m asking] that this council lead the way in providing this information on a voluntary basis and in so doing, send out a clear positive message within the county and to other local authorities.” In response to Cllr D e r m o d y ’s r e q u e s t , chief executive Daniel McLoughlin stated: “In a bid to tackle the country’s growing obesity problem, the Cabinet has signed off on plans to make bars, restaurants and takeaways list the calorie content of their food. “All menus, including boards, leaflets and digital menus, will have to display calorie counts
alongside cost. “The [council] has already introduced significant improvements regarding new measures to introduce more healthy options for everyone. “At the moment there are GDA (guideline daily allowance) cards on display in which a calorie count of each meal is supplied. “Healthy Eating Week is another example of the [council’s] drive towards healthier eating habits. There is also a ‘Know Your Food’ carousel where food information leaflets are available which change on a monthly basis,” said McLoughlin.
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charity: Clondalkin Helping Homeless seeking donations
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Pylon set to be retired
Group’s appeal for warm clothes Ian Begley
Not-for-profit charity group, Clondalkin Helping Homeless (CHH), are appealing to the community to donate warm clothes, along with hands on help during certain nights of the week. The team of volunteers go out every night of the week from 8pm to 10pm at Finches in North Clondalkin and outside Molloys in Clondalkin Village. Founder of CHH Cllr Francis (Ind) said: “When I set up CHH I envisaged a service that would help those in need on a nightly basis, families in need and those at high risk. The dedication from our volunteers is exceptional
and Clondalkin is truly a place where we look after each other.” Tara Mc Mahon, from St Marks, spoke to The Gazette about her experiences volunteering. She said: “I have never noticed the amount of homeless people in the Clondalkin area until I volunteered for Clondalkin Helping Homeless. All of [the people we help] are always smiling by the time they leave us. CHH is the best thing that’s happened to Clondalkin in years and we should be proud.” Maeve Mur phy of Newlands also said her experience volunteering with the charity group was a “privilege”. “It has become part
of my life to include the homeless in my weekly shopping. It’s with a sadness and privilege that I do this. CHH has provided me with an opportunity to [be apart] of a really good service in my local community. It gives me the opportunity of being part of a community of wonderful volunteers, working together in a likeminded way. “I’m proud to be of service within CHH and I will do what I can to help others. There is a great team spirit and very big hearts between all of us.” To find out more about Clondalkin Helping Homeless and how to help, visit www.facebook. com/ClondalkinHelpingHomeless.
Pride of place: Kathleen’s love of coding earns her an award clondalkin’s Kathleen Maughan (right) picked up the youth
award at the recent Traveller Pride Awards in the Pillar Room, Dublin 1. Kathleen started learning to code aged 10 but already she has won an award for her anti-bullying app from the Coderdojo Coolest Awards Project and flown to Brussels to show European MEPs how to code. Musician Paul Brady and Minister for Equality Aodhan O Riordain were among well-known guests and presenters who paid tribute to Travellers at the Awards, which recognise the achievements and contributions Travellers make to their own community and to Irish society. Kathleen is pictured with Margaret McDonagh. Picture: Tommy Clancy
State-owned electricity grid operator EirGrid has proposed to decommission the “Adamstown pylon”, as part of the West Dublin Project. The Project also calls for a new substation to be built in the vicinity of Grange Castle Business Park, Clondalkin, in order to facilitate new demand from two big multinational customers in the area. Several hundred metres of overhead lines in West Dublin will also be included in this decommission. These proposals are subject to agreement with a public consultation being held until August 3. A walk-in public consultation event will also be held in Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club from 4pm to 8pm on June 30. Visit www.eirgrid.com.
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future Network remains ‘critically important’ – Lavelle
‘Take part in post office consultation’ Ian Begley
People from Dublin Mid-West are being urged to participate in an upcoming public consultation on the future of post offices. The consultation which will go ahead in the next six weeks, follows a recent report on how to develop post offices by the firm of former Dragons’ Den member and owner of cafe chain Insomnia, Bobby Kerr. Postmasters and councillors around Dublin are now calling on communities, organisations and individuals to make their
views heard by taking part in the consultation. Clondalkin Cllr Eoin O Broin (SF) said that he would like to see the public facility increase its services in the near future. He said: “The post office and postmasters’ union are very keen to see the services that the post office provides increase in coming years. “There is fear that the Government are intending to do the opposite, which would be a very negative step for the local community. “I would urge everybody to engage with the public consultation
because post offices are vital to our local communities.” Lucan Cllr William Lavelle (FG) also commented, saying that the post office network remains “critically important”. “Obviously we’re now using technology an awful lot more, but nonetheless we still need to keep the physical network of post offices alive. “They are the backbone of communities and are playing a very important role in the social fabric of community life.” The Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) welcomed
the report, which encourages multi-use diversity to keep post offices vital into the future. However, the IPU highlighted the fact that the new report’s suggestions are in contrast with new social protection forms dropped into post offices recently. The IPU said: “The Government needs to join up its thinking and withdraw new social protection forms – issued last month – which recommend people use the commercial banks rather than post offices to receive their payments. IPU executive member and Dublin spokesperson Dermot Higgins said:
Cllr Eoin O Broin: “Post offices are vital to our local communities.”
“The greatest threat to the post office network at this time is the ongoing Government policy to migrate social protection payments, which are 30% of post office business, to the commercial banks.” In response, a spokesperson for the Department of Social Protection said the Government is fully committed to ensur-
ing the sustainability of post offices. “On the specific issue of the revised applications forms, they were designed to reflect the general societal trend to electronic payments. While the option to be paid at the post office remained on the forms, the Tanaiste understands why they have caused
concern. In light of those concerns, and the Government’s stated commitment to the post office network, the Tanaiste has directed that the forms be revised.” Consultation forms are on the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources website at www.dcenr. gov.ie.
don’sdublin The face that launched a billion in banknotes Helen of Troy may have had the “face that launched a thousand ships” but Hazel Lavery’s launched a billion pounds! Hazel Lavery (nee Martyn) was born on March 14, 1880 in Chicago to Edward Martyn, a wealthy industrialist of Anglo-Irish extraction. She was known as The Most Beautiful Girl in the Midwest but decided to leave and went to London in the early 1900s. She married a doctor, Edward Trudeau in 1903, but he died after only five months. By then, she had met John Lavery, and they married in 1909. He was the most sought after artist in London and was appointed the official artist to the British government during World War I. When he was knighted in 1918 Hazel became Lady Lavery. As Sir John Lavery was the portrait artist of choice for the “great and good” in London, Hazel met and corresponded with many famous people like George Bernard Shaw, the historian Hilaire Belloc and Lytton Strachey, a founding member of the Bloomsday Group. During the Anglo-Irish treaty negotiations in 1922, their grand house on Cromwell Parade, South Kensington, was used by the Irish delegation. Hazel was very much the society hostess and entertained her guests that included Michael Collins and Kevin O’Higgins. At the time there was much gossip and speculation about her relationship with either men, but her correspondence does not confirm anything. After the treaty was signed, Sir John Lavery was asked to design an image for the new Irish banknotes that represented the female personification
of Ireland. This looked back to Irish mythology and had been previously represented by Mangan’s Dark Rosaleen and WB Yeats’s Cathleen Ni Houlihan. Hazel’s image was adopted and reproduced on banknotes from 1928 until the mid-1970s. And that’s an awful lot of banknotes (and money).
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Lady Hazel Lavery and the banknote she inspired
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courts Victim changes job and suffers nightmares due to attack timmy Dumped tortoise perishes
Would-be carjacker sentenced A man with significant mental disabilities who tried to car jack a woman’s vehicle has been given a two-year suspended sentence after he was found unsuitable for community service. Daniel Byrne (21) is in the bottom one percentile of mental abilities and left a special needs school at 14 years old. His defence counsel, Anne Marie Lawlor BL, said he was “someone with very specific needs”. She said he “isn’t someone who has won the genetic lottery” but agreed with Judge Martin Nolan that he knows the difference between right and wrong. Byrne of Greenfort L aw n s , C l o n d a l k i n pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to
attempting to seize a car through intimidation on Old Lucan Road, Palmerstown on October 29, 2013. Byrne’s grandfather, Charles Byrne, said he had raised the accused since birth as his mother was unable to care for him. He described him as someone with “severe mental disabilities” including ADHD and compulsive behaviour. The witness agreed with Ms Lawlor that Byrne had been abiding by very strict bail conditions since his arrest and had been spending most of his time in his room. At a previous court date, Judge Nolan said Byrne’s crime was “not too bad” and ordered that he be assessed by the Probation Service for suitability for community
service. During the sentence hearing, Garda Bernard Eustace told prosecuting counsel Pieter Le Vert BL that the woman was parking her car and getting ready to go into work when she noticed Byrne, who had blood on his face, in her rear view mirror. Byrne ran towards the car and tried to open the passenger door but the victim had locked it in time. She later told gardai she thought he had a screwdriver in his hand. Byrne fled and was picked up by gardai shortly afterwards. He was interviewed and told officers that he intended to rob the car so he could drive to his family in the country. He made full admission and co-operated with gardai.
Daniel Byrne pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to attempting to seize a car through intimidation
A victim impact report from the woman stated that she had had to change jobs because of the attack as she was reminded of it every time she went into work. She
said she suffered nightmares for months after the incident. Byrne has 32 previous convictions including three for assaulting causing harm.
Ms Lawlor said he was “absolutely intoxicated” at the time of the attempted hijacking and had spent the previous night in hospital with self-inflicted injuries.
A pet tortoise found in a bin by workers at G r e y h o u n d Ho u s e hold’s recycling depot in Clondalkin has died. The tortoise, named by Greyhound staff as Timmy, was found as a bin collection truck was emptying its contents at the depot for recycling. Timmy who had damage to his shell, was immediately dispatched to the DSPCA. They then sent Timmy to a hard shell specialist in Bray for treatment, but unfortunately he succumbed to his injuries. The DSPCA thanked all those who cared for Timmy, adding: “We appeal to the public not to abandon animals but instead to call us for advice.”
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Supporting our local festival ian begley
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he Clondalkin Festival is now well underway and with a great line-up of family fun events taking place it is certainly not something to miss. Now in its fifth year, the festival which takes place from June 19-28, has got bigger and better year-onyear with people looking forward to it with great anticipation. This year’s programme features street perform-
ers, set dancing, a street performer’s competition, a Garda station open day, an animal farm, live music and a fun village cycle, amongst other events. The Clondalkin Garda Station open day is among the many festivities that have already taken place. This event allowed visitors take part in a guided tour around the station with a display of the many active Garda units within the area. In addition to this, there was also a spectacular performance by the Garda Band.
Street performers will perform throughout the village on Sunday, June 28, as part of the street performer’s competition. Local businessman Thyes Kavanagh, who is part of the organising committee told The Gazette that the festival has a huge amount of interest from local artists, clubs and groups wishing to participate. He said: “While we have included as many [performers] as we can, it hasn’t been possible to include everyone due
to time and space limitations. We hope to be able to facilitate more of them in the future. “We have had a lot of enquiries for tickets to visit the inside of the Round Tower. The opening of the tower is not possible this year due to works in preparation for the major development of the Tower site. We will, however, have tour guides available on Sunday, June 28 for a guided tour of the Tower site and St John’s. “ T i c ke t s a r e n o t required for these tours, which will run every hour from 2pm to 5.30pm on the day.
Mirek Hajduk with children Amelia, Matylda and Max at the Clondalkin Garda Station open day. Pictures: Jolanta Rossiter
“We would like to thank everyone who supports the festival and especially our new sponsor, Brian Mc Elroy Funeral Directors, Monastery Road. Without
this support the festival could not take place.” Roads will be closed to facilitate the festival from 2pm to 6pm on June 28. The roads closed will be the main street from the
junction at New Road and Tower Road from Tesco to the Round Tower. For more on the festival, see www.facebook.com/ inclondalkin.
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Clondalkin Festival, which showcases the village’s best
The art competition Gardai in our Community winners Julie Nguyen (left) and Martha Rush, with Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Superintendent Brendan Connolly
2nd Cavalry Squadron: Michael O’Brien, Shane O’Callachan, Daniel Hooper, Derek Moore
Seamus, Dolores, Colin and Ciaran Behan
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Boys will be boys: Louis , Milo and Fran Padden. Pictures: Jolanta Rossiter
Tara Hollywood with daughter Sadhbh, Orla Walsh with children Cal and Darcie
Caoimhe and Nathan Gavigan
Suzanne O’Keeffe, Natasha Kiernan, Paul Kiernan
Garda David Harte and Garda Gavin Duffy
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Clondalkin Festival, which showcases the village’s best
Adem and Oliver Malaj
Suzanne, Eric, Kayla, and Casey Greene
Superintendent Brendan Connolly, Sergeant Stephen Lydon, R/Garda Nicole Carolan and Garda David Harte
Fun family day out at the Clondalkin Garda Station
Clare Corcoran with son Brendon with a police dog
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gazetteGALLERIES Bealtaine Festival: calligraphy workshop Fine art approach to basic handwriting Maura Downey and Maureen Manning practise their technique at a calligraphy workshop with Ann Cannon at Clondalkin Library. The event was part of the Bealtaine Festival. Pictures: Cathy Weatherston
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Bernadette Healy
Ceire Beahan and Peter Connolly
Tracy Flaherty
Julie Burke and Ceire Beahan
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Peter O’Riordan and Stephanie Evans
Deirdre O Brien and Lorraine Keane
Al fresco feast is a delicious treat A
ldi’s restaurant, Prime by Aldi, was a great attraction recently at Taste of Dublin in the Iveagh Gardens. The sun was shining and Aldi’s Peter Kelly designed restaurant and garden terrace was a stylish oasis of calm and tasty food. Guests included many wellknown celebrities and food lovers – Brian O’Driscoll, Amy Huberman, Gordon Darcy, Aoife Cogan, Joe Duffy, Lucy Kennedy, Mairead Farrell (reunited with her Wedding Planner Peter Kelly), comedian Al Porter, Sean Munsanje, Masterchef star Monica Galetti, Chapter One’s Ross Lewis, Michel Roux Jr and many more.
Brian O’Driscoll and Amy Huberman. Pictures: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Laura Dunne and Rosie McMeel
Sean Munsanje
Al Porter and Lucy Kennedy
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“I am reading the Book of Job, which is from a book called The Bible, which used to be very popular down here, but you can hardly get it now,” says Jimmy McAleavey
a day in the life: playwright jimmy McAleavey’s love for bed and trash tv
Finding fun in monsters Bairbre Ni Bhraonain
THIS week, The Gazette caught up with the hilarious Belfast playwright Jimmy McAleavey, who is in town for his new play, Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts at the Peacock Theatre to talk about a day in his not so average life. He said: “The alarm goes off at 7am – I wake up about 8.30am. I manage to sleep through an hour and a half of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 every day. “About 7.30am, the dog comes in and she requires having her ears stroked for a moment or two. “Then I lift the duvet and she gets in under it, and in thanks she licks my knees for a couple of minutes, which is a real high point of the day.
“My wife then brings me two cups of coffee in bed and I smoke three cigarettes. I have the loveliest bed; it’s a fourposter, but it has wings at the side and shelves; it has everything you need: an ashtray, a radio and what have you. “I have to say, it’s hard to get out of. Then I get up and stagger about all day. If I’m working, I’ll drive 30 miles to Belfast. We live in the country, in paradise.” McAleavey lectures in the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University. “Lunch is a problem area. I haven’t had breakfast now at this stage, I don’t eat breakfast. But I’m quite fat and it’s not fair – I don’t eat anything! I can’t eat a sandwich because it makes me too sleepy during the afternoon. So, what do you do?
“I have another couple of cups of coffee and another few fags; then back to work. I wouldn’t leave there till around 7pm or 8pm at night.” Unfortunately, McAleavey has put on two pounds lately, despite being on a sandwich-for-dinner diet. “ But I’ve tried it the other way too, eating like a dinosaur, and that doesn’t work either. “In the evening, because I am such an intellectual, I am reading the Book of Job, which is from a book called The Bible, which used to be very popular down here, but you can hardly get it now. “So, I read that while also kind of watching on Pick TV a thing called Terror Tuesdays, which is true-life stories followed by another programme called Monsters-something-something In
America. “I just realised that’s where I got the title for my play from! “It has things like ‘The Goblin of Suburbia’, and interviews with American people whose stories always start off with: ‘Well, we were drinking a few beers and went off in the pick-up truck into the forest, and then this giant flying Sasquatch attacked the car, so that’s how the car was damaged, officer’. “That’s a brilliant show, but it does my wife’s head in. We’ve started going to bed quite early, around 10.30pm. I would be asleep in seconds. I really am such a catch, aren’t I?” Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts continues at the Peacock until June 27. Tickets, from €13 to €20, are available at www. abbeytheatre.ie.
AN AEROBATIC feast for the eyes will be presented at this year’s Bray Air Display on July 19, which is just one of a host of great events in this year’s Bray Summerfest. The show is organised by Dublin-based Simtech Aviation, in association with the Irish Aviation Authority and Bray Summerfest. The Swiss Air Force aerobatic team Patrouille Suisse will dazzle crowds with displays of incredible daring.
Supersonic Founded more than 50 years ago, Patrouille Suisse is one of the few aerobatic teams to fly in supersonic jet aircraft with active military pilots. The team makes its Irish debut at this year’s event. Display director Se Pardy, of Simtech Aviation, said Patrouille Suisse is a trademark for Switzerland, demonstrating Swiss aerial precision at its very best. For further information, see www. brayairdisplay.com. The Bray Summerfest runs from July 4 to August 3, and for further information see www.braysummerfest. com.
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It’s ready, steady, go for young scientists Bairbre Ni Bhraonain
If you fancy becoming a winner at next year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, like Adam Barry (pictured), applications are now being taken. Adam received his award from Maureen Walkingshaw, Director of Human Resources for BT Business. Picture: Chris Bellew/ Fennell Photography
Over the past five years, 70% of secondary schools in Dublin have taken part in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. BT is now calling for applications for next year’s competition, which will be the 52nd Young Scientist event. The BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition draws ambitious students in such numbers as it is the most prestigious STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) event for schools in Ireland. In the last five years, participating Dublin students have gone home with a total of 247 awards. BT unveiled the statistics recently when it sent out the call for students across Dublin to submit their entries to the 2016 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.
Encouraging Mari Cahalane, head of the BT Young Scientist, said: “It’s encouraging to see that the majority of Dublin schools have taken part in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition over the past five years. “However, our ambition is to have every school in the country experience this journey of discovery so we would encourage every single teacher and parent in Dublin to support their students by helping them to submit a project. “There are fantastic benefits to taking part in the event and in addition to the experience of bring-
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‘In the last five years, participating BT Young Scientist Dublin students have gone home with a total of 247 awards’
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ing an idea to life, students will also have the opportunity to compete for one of over 120 awards including cash prizes, international trips and the overall title of BTYoung Scientist and Technologist(s) of the Year. I sincerely hope that Dublin schools will
now set the challenge to increase their record of success for 2016.” Students can enter either as an individual or a group (of up to three students) by initially submitting a one-page proposal outlining their project idea before the closing
date of September 29, 2015. Once their application is submitted, students will then be notified by the end of the October 2015 if their project has been shortlisted for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, due to take place in the RDS, from January 6 to 9, 2016. For more information on the exhibition, as well as details on how to enter and apply for grants, you can log onto www.btyoungscientist.com.
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Pouring over Coca-Cola funding applications OLYMPIC athlete Derval O’Rourke is calling on Dublin voluntary and non-profit organisations to apply for funding from the CocaCola Thank You Fund before the June 29 deadline. €125,000 is available from the fund for projects that reflect new ideas to get people more active, more often. Der val O’Rourke, Coca-Cola Thank You Fund ambassador, said: “I’m hoping to uncover some fantastic community initiatives that make it possible for the public to access activity programmes within their
locality, and the fund would like to hear from a broad range of organisations with novel ideas to motivate their community, or the whole country, to get moving.” Projects can involve traditionally popular sports or newer forms of physical activity. The fund is searching for organisations that have the passion and energy to get a new project off the ground and get people excited about taking part. Applications for the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund 2015 can be made at www.coca-cola.ie/ thankyou.
Tuck into some tuckatoos To celebrate the launch of Ireland’s newest savoury snack, Tuckatoos, the brand is kicking off a national roadshow of talent competitions to find Ireland’s next double act. The competitions are open to children aged eight to 12 and Tuckatoos says it is looking to find “the next Little Ant and Dec”. The Roadshow starts a t B l a n c h a r d s t ow n Shopping Centre on Saturday, June 27 at 10am. Entrants will
read a script to camera and get to experience what it’s like to be in a real studio. Next stop on the road show is Dundrum Shopping Centre on July 4, followed by stops at various other shopping centres throughout Dublin and Ireland over the summer. Two double acts will be shortlisted at each location and will go on to the final public vote later this summer on Tuckatoos Facebook page. The victorious double act will win a VIP trip to London to see One Direction.
Derval O’Rourke and Paddy Barnes announced that €125,000 is available for projects that have new ideas to get people more active, more often. Picture: Naoise Culhane
For more information, see www.tuckatoos.ie
Working class all wrapped up A new play which presents the modern, working class reality of many young Dublin women, will be performed for one night only at Axis Ballymun on Thursday, July 2.
Written by Bayside native Tracy Martin, and presented by Red Bear Productions Wrapped, tells the story of star crossed session-moths Ali and Lisa, two unlikely friends, played by Aoibheann McCann and Andrea Cleary who bond over drugs. Set in Ballymun, Wrapped takes a fresh
approach to the themes of drug culture, Dublin life, emigration and pregnancy choices. The story follows the two from come-up to come-down as they make catastrophic decisions that affect each others’ lives. Tickets are €12/10 concession. Visit www. redbear theatre.com/ wrapped-ballymun
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Pets Paws for some family fun in Corkagh Park for charity
Riverdance runs at the Gaiety Theatre until August 30
milestone: riverdance popular as ever after two decades of performances
Twenty years of the Dance keith bellew
On February, 9, 1995, Riverdance, the first ever Irish dance show, opened at the Point Theatre, Dublin for a sell-out five-week run, with record sales reaching over 120,000 tickets. Twenty years later, the show is as popular as ever and is currently touring with its 20th anniversary production. Having blown away audiences at the Marquee, Cork, its month-long run at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin opened on June 23. The Gazette spoke to Riverdance senior executive producer, Julian Erskine about the show and how it brought Irish dancing from the realm of the quaint into the realm of the spectacu-
lar on the international stage. He said that as it took off so quickly, rather than gaining strength over the years, the show has maintained its strength. “This thing took off 20 years ago faster than anybody had ever imagined it could do. When we put together the original plan it was for four weeks in Dublin in the Point Theatre. Nobody considered that it was going to go beyond the Point, let alone be on the road 20 years later,” he said. He went on to say that a lot of work has gone into the 20th-anniversary production, including a new lighting design and a newly commissioned dance number. “The roots of Riverdance are in
Dublin, so we’ve put in a new number called Ana Livia which is the James Joyce personification of the River Liffey. It looks very different and we’ve also spent a lot of time rehearsing the show, fine tuning it and making sure it was as good as it possibly could be going back out on the road 20 years later,” he said. Due to the high intensity of the performance and the levels of stamina required it would not be physically possible for originals like Michael Flatley and Jean Butler to return for an anniversary performance. However, he said that one of the reasons the show has maintained its strength is the new blood constantly coming into the cast. He went on to say that before Riv-
erdance there was no such thing as professional Irish dancing. “It was an amateur, competitive hobby, and Riverdance came along and turned it into a professional dance form. Irish dancers can now aspire to have a career. Because of Riverdance there are now Irish dance schools all around the world, so it’s actually opened up a double career opportunity. You can dance in Riverdance and then you can teach Irish dance later on because Riverdance has opened up the world to Irish dance,” he said. Having kicked off at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin on June 23, Riverdance 20th anniversary show will run until August 30. For more information visit www.gaietytheatre.ie.
PAWS in the Park is retuning again this year and promises to be bigger and better than ever. Taking place on June 28 at 2.30pm the event will centre on a 2.5km sponsored walk and a family fun day in Corkagh Park in Clondalkin to raise much needed funds for one of Ireland’s longest running animal charities, saving abandoned dogs since 1997. This event in Corkagh Park is crucial in helping Paws continue its good work. As a shelter that has never turned away an abandoned dog in need the animal charity depends on events such as these in order to help them feed, care for and re-home their dogs. On the day there will be face-painters, a groomer and also a Corkagh Park Pet Farm. If you would like to receive a sponsor card, email pawsanimalrescue@eircom.net. Donations can also be made at www.paws.ie.
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Cleansing is at the heart of any daily skincare routine With over 80 years of experience and expertise in caring for women’s skin, Vichy considers cleansing to be at the heart of any skincare regime The new Purete Thermale range from Vichy offers a cleansing option for every skin type. Whether you seek a fast-fix or a more leisurely cleansing ritual, Purete Thermal has the solution. The new range offers a wide variety of cleansing choices to remove impurities, makeup, excess sebum and dead skin cells whilst instantly soothing the skin with Vichy Thermal Spa Water. In the range is the new Beautifying Cleansing Micellar Oil €16.50. This non-greasy oil removes impurities, excess sebum and dead cells. Suitable for both dry and oily skin types, the formula works to remove even tough waterproof make-up, transforming into milk on contact with water. Formulated with camelia oil and vitamin E, this is light scented and leaves skin feeling clean and refreshed. Also in the range is the new Cleansing Gel RRP €15. This is suitable for all skin types. The anti-pollution cleanser frees skin of impurities and pollutants. Enriched with the anti-pollution Purisoft complex (amilite, glycerin and moringa) both deeply cleanse skin and protect cells against pollutants, such as cigarette smoke, mercury and coal particles. The gel formula feels fresh on the skin, foaming when rinsed with water to leave skin clear and soft.
STYLE
Sisal cuff €85
Palomar neckpiece long €110
Clove Cuff €57.95
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Teardrop earrings €40
dding impact Renowned for her eclectic use of materials and her avantgarde style, Blaithin Ennis is truly unique in her approach to jewellery design. Her latest collection sees Blaithin soften the edginess of her metal designs, opting for shades of soft pastel pink in place of her
traditional gunmetal for added femininity. The collection boasts a range of statement necklaces, cuffs and her classic teardrop earrings, designed to add impact to fashion. The new Blaithin Ennis jewellery collection is available now at the Kilkenny Shop
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FOOD&DRINK
RECIPECORNER
Bake some tasty comfort food THIS week, we have a delicious recipe for Home-baked cheese and olive soda bread, courtesy of TheIrishFoodDude.com. This is real comfort food, so have it with salads, stews, meat platters or hot with some melting butter slathered on top! This tasty and quick to make recipe serves two.
Ingredients 450g (1 pound) of plain flour 1 level teaspoon of bread soda Quarter teaspoon of salt Approx 400ml (14 fluid ounces) of buttermilk 250g (8oz) of grated cheese. (Red cheddar is lovely with it!) 10 olives Bunch of rosemary Preparation • Preheat oven to 200C fan/gas mark 6. • Sieve flour, bread soda and salt into bowl. Add half the cheese and the but-
termilk and mix to make soft dough. Knead on a floured board and flatten out slightly. • Place on an olive oil-drizzled baking sheet. Drizzle more olive oil on top and add the remaining cheese. Scatter the olives and add the rosemary in spaced sections. • Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until nice and brown on the bottom. When tapped, it should make a hollow sound. • Remove from the oven and cool on a wire tray. • Serve and enjoy!
Nick Munier’s French fare at Avenue didn’t disappoint Picky and pal on their recent visit. Pictures: The Picky Eater
The Picky Eater
PICKY did a very quick lunch in Avenue by Nick Munier, he of Masterchef and Hell’s Kitchen fame. He also used to run Pichet, but has branched out on his own, with this little French eaterie. This was as part of a media lunch, so not all of these dishes may feature on the menu, but it gave me a flavour of the restaurant’s style. I went for the foie gras with brioche, which was a light and elegant dish, while my colleague tried the mozzarella and
tomato soup – a delicious dish, and these two ingredients, as we all know, marry very well together, and they eloped in this dish. The tortellini with spinach and mushroom was almost like a deconstructed dish, with all the elements plain to see, and was not the rich, hearty dish I was expecting – but it was better, as it was light for summer and I came away feeling not so full. My colleague went for the chicken with cas-
soulet – again, summer on a plate, even though I would normally associate cassoulet with winter. All dishes were attractively presented and the dining experience is very nice overall, with lots of subway tiles in soft pas-
tels of blue/green. We dined in Eclair DeLu xe, Munier ’s upstairs seating area, or all-day casual dining experience. I will definitely be back to sample more of what Munier has on offer.
Conclusion
AS YOU’D expect, Nick Munier’s latest venue Avenue (at 1 Crow Street, Dublin 2; tel 01 645 5102; www.avenue.ie) is a tight ship, with the French fare proving a hit. While Picky’s dishes were part of a media set (and thus maybe not generally available), on the basis of these dishes, Picky will return ...
A tea-mendous idea for gentlemen up for an afternoon bite to eat AS THE concept of meeting up for afternoon tea is far more popular amongst women than men, The Morrison Hotel, and its experimental head chef Sushil Kumar, have created a tasty Gentlemen’s Tea menu in an attempt to get the lads on board. Instead of dainty items designed for women – such as delicately cut petite egg and cress sandwiches – think smoked rasher and hearty cheese with apple chutney. Instead of intricate
cakes and clotted cream, think paprika chips, and instead of a cup of breakfast tea, The Gentlemen’s Tea is served with a pint of Wicklow Wolf beer. For just €23 per person, you can sample tastes of steak sandwiches, with whiskey chocolate salted caramel treats to finish. Patrick Joyce, general manager of The Morrison Hotel, said: “At The Morrison, we aim to come up with different ideas to get people talking and, more importantly, enjoying the
Say hello to
the new Gentlemen’s Tea menu
at The Morrison Hotel (€23pp)
fantastic creations from our head chef.” He went on to say that they are proud to be the first to offer this unique
concept. Gift vouchers for The Gentlemen’s Tea are available in the hotel, and from www.morrisonhotel.ie.
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TRAVEL LONG-HAUL: DREAMLINER READY TO WHISK YOU AWAY
Enjoy a stunning visit to Mexico or Jamaica IAN BEGLEY
T H E T h o m s o n 787 Dreamliner touched down on Irish soil for the very first time recently to celebrate the launch of two long-haul routes directly from Dublin Airport during summer 2016: to Cancun, Mexico and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Thomson Airways will operate the state-of-theart aircraft on behalf of the tour operators Falcon and Thomson non-stop from Dublin Airport, to Montego Bay, and Cancun, starting from next June 12-13. Cancun, which is on the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, is one of Mexico’s leading tourist destinations and is the gateway to the resorts in Riviera Maya to the south. Over the past number of years, Cancun has grown significantly in
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Next year, you can take a nonstop flight from Dublin Airport to stunning Montego Bay and Cancun
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popularity with Irish long-haul holidaymakers and is now the most popular such destination after Orlando, Florida. Speaking about the launch of the new longhaul programme, Charlotte Brenner, marketing manager for Falcon Holidays and Thomson, said: “We are very excited to introduce Mexico’s Caribbean Coast into our summer 2016 programme direct from Dublin Airport. “The stunning coastline, coupled with our
Sharm El Sheikh will charm you IAN BEGLEY
THERE’S no better time to plan a fantastic summer getaway to Egypt for you and the kids for summer. With the many family-friendly hotels that Red Sea Holidays has to offer in the popular sun-soaked resort of Sharm El Sheikh, it is certainly a destination that will tick all the right boxes. The cost for your first child (aged two to 12 years) is €1 on all departure dates up to and including October 8. With luxurious sandy beaches, dining options to suit even the fussiest eater, and amazing cultural experiences – such as stargazing in the desert – Sharm El Sheikh is the perfect destination for all the
wide range of exclusive Falcon and Thomson hotels, is sure to make Cancun and Riviera Maya a popular choice for Irish holidaymakers next summer.” Adult prices at the fourstar Catalonia Riviera Maya on an all-inclusive basis for 14 nights are from €1,699 per person, while child prices are from €979. Montego Bay is Jamaica’s second largest city, along with the tourist resorts of Negril, Lucea and Ocho Rios. Activities for holidaymakers on the island include visiting the famous Dunn’s River Falls, a 180m long mix of cascades and rock pools in the middle of the rainforest. Music fans will definitely want to stop by the Bob Marley Museum, which has his guitar propped up in the corner.
family. For further information and to book your family getaway now, visit www.redseaholidays.ie.
No foal-in’ – we all love donkeys THE Donkey Sanctuary, Liscarroll, County Cork, was delighted to receive a Certificate of Excellence for 2015 recently, with visitors highly rating their experience there. The sanctuary has been in operation for 28 years now and has rescued almost 5,000 donkeys and welcomed thousands of visitors throughout the years. The dedicated staff at the sanctuary were thrilled and extremely proud to receive the certificate from Trip Advisor. The sanctuary has an abundance of beautiful donkeys at the
For marine lovers, Jamaica’s underwater realm is teeming with life – Runaway Bay is one of the best places to see marine life in all its glory. Jamaica Tourist Board’s regional director Elizabeth Fox said: “Beautiful sandy beaches, clear blue waters and a beautiful natural landscape and great food are only part of the promise from a holiday in Jamaica – it will deliver good company, good music and a laugh; all the ingredient for a perfect Jamaican holiday.” Adult prices at the three-star Holiday Inn Sunspree on an all-inclusive basis for 14 nights are from €1,599 per person, while child prices are from €979. For further information on these great Mexican and Jamaican holiday offers, see www.falconholidays.ie.
open farm that loves to welcome visitors, and where there are scenic walks with a very safe environment for children. The sanctuary welcomed a number of foals to the farm recently, as several pregnant mares that were rescued gave birth, with a sanctuary spokesperson saying the foals love to meet people and are a huge hit with visitors of all ages. To find out more or to donate towards the upkeep of The Donkey Sanctuary, see www.thedonkeysanctuary.ie.
Foals are a hit with children visiting The Donkey Sanctuary in Co Cork
If next year’s summer is as underwhelming as this year’s, why not set off to Jamaica (top) or Mexico (above) with a Thomson 787 Dreamliner long-haul flight?
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MUSIC
LIVE: A SHOW TO REMEMBER AT CROKER
The Script’s home turf gig paints the town green in style COLM MURRAY
SINCE announcing last Christmas their summer date at Croker, The Script have kept a low profile on these shores. It sold out in a matter of hours – demonstrating the huge pull Danny, Mar and Glen have over the local faithful. Strolling up on a sunny Saturday evening last weekend, the hordes were predominantly of the fairer sex, the songs striking a particular chord with the female of the species. Main support act, Pharrell Williams’ funk-rap, pop crossover wooed the crowd with a mix including standards from his latter days in N.E.R.D (inviting girls onstage to gyrate to Lapdanc’)
to more recent outings with Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg and, of course, the monster hit, Happy. By n ow, h e w a s orchestrating the obligatory Ole Ole Ole – now a standard calland-response action by every Irish crowd in venues holding over a couple of hundred punters.
Spectacle The penultimate longest day of the year provided a backdrop for an entrance by the band that was aimed at providing a spectacle by a couple of hundred green flag bearers circling the perimeter of the pitch – to illustrate the opener, Paint the Town Green – no subliminal messages there then! Early crowd favour-
ites Breakeven, and Before the Worst, had ever y karaoke and X-Factor wannabe in overdrive, and another few kilowatts of sound wouldn’t have gone amiss to pour cold water on those souls. A trip to the B-stage is now a standard of any self-respecting stadium band, with the lads soaking up and wringing out the best of The Man Who Can’t Be Moved. The obligatory call to a member of the crowd’s ex-partner – now a staple of Script shows – provided an interlude of sorts. On to the home straight, and the fireworks, ticker tape and lasers were in overdrive as Hall of Fame sent the masses floating home – until the next time ...
The Script’s frontman Danny O’Donoghue (above) delighted the home crowd in Croke Park with the band delivering a knockout show to remember
The lads in Muse don’t show any sign of losing their interest in out-there concepts, as their latest album, Drones, demonstrates with ease. Some unusual themes run through its tracks, creating an album to remember.
MUSE: DRONES DOESN’T DISAPPOINT
Concentrate on a tale worth droning about COLM MURRAY
SEVEN albums in, and the album-tour-album tour treadmill has not abated the fondness of the absurd for Muse, the trio from Devon. The recurring themes of paranoia, post apocalyptic sur vival and the destruction of the human race by technology surface again here on the latest long player by Muse, Drones (Warner Brothers). Never one to follow the traditional songwriting blueprint, chief songwriter Matt Bellamy intertwines savage solo, over-the-top falsetto and bombastic breakdown while navigating the central concept which is, according to Bellamy himself, “sci-fi dystopia about a vulnerable protagonist being brainwashed and drafted into the military before
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With veteran rock hit-maker John ‘Mutt’ Lange (everyone from AC/DC, Def Leppard and Shania Twain) overseeing the production duties, the sound is big, clean and directed towards the back of enormodomes worldwide
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defecting and inspiring others to revolt, emerging heroic at the end”. With veteran rock hitmaker John “Mutt” Lange (everyone from AC/DC, Def Leppard and Shania Twain) overseeing the production duties, the sound is big, clean and directed towards the back of enormodomes worldwide. It is this approach from the producer which has returned the band to their “basics” in dynamics of a power trio – however, they still display
their technical wizardry with sonic soundscapes, but in a more concentrated way compared to their previous record, The Second Law. The swamp rock swing of Psycho is classic Muse, with enough empty spaces to let the song envelop the listener, and a slight nod to Marilyn Manson of the 1990s. “Show me mercy from the powers that be” wails Bellamy, backed by a rhythm section in overdrive feeding the neuro-
sis of his imagination. The relentlessness of the album doesn’t let up until the track Aftermath in true concept album style, with echoes of Pink Floyd’s The Wall seeping through. Elsewhere, tracks such as The Handler, Defector and Revolt provide the anthemic operatics we’ve become accustomed to from a Muse album. The Globalist is a straightforward pop tune with a catchy chorus and a dark undertone luring the listener into a false sense of security. Overblown concept albums are, by many standards, a difficult listen – especially in the world of a la carte music purchasing and selecting – but there’s more than enough here to suck you in and offer yourself to the madness and paranoia of Drones.
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GAMING
unexpected announcements WEEBYTES expo: make it a show to remember
Juggling dwellers’ needs is challenging but fun
Plenty to dig into with this Shelter NEWLY released free game Fallout Shelter (IOS phone/tablet) has created quite a stir in just a week. At heart a blend of a town management sim and The Sims, Fallout Shelter tasks the player with developing a nuclear shelter in a postnuclear-war setting. They must attract and assign survivors to a wide range of specialised rooms to keep everyone alive, while fighting off raider attacks, fires, bug invasions and so on, as you dig ever deeper into the mountain side ... Sounds depressing, right? However, with its cheery inhabitants, great 2.5D graphics, and demanding town micromanagement, Fallout Shelter has already been a major financial hit for its developer, Bethesda. While the game is free to play, its optional in-app purchases (IAP) that allow players to get some random supplies/ upgrades, have created impressive financial returns. In its short life so far, Fallout Shelter has shot straight in to number three in the top-grossing titles, booting Candy Crush Saga out of its long-held slot – not bad, considering that CCS makes about $2.55m a day through IAP. So, whether or not you want to pay to play, there’s plenty to dig into with Fallout Shelter.
Oh, surprises galoreee at E3 in Los Angeles MANY millions of gamers around the world had their attention focused on Los Angeles throughout last week, where the annual E3 (electronic entertainment expo) revealed the biggest and best new games that are on the way, as well as more than a few surprises, too. As the world’s biggest gaming show, and always reliably like a mash-up between a circus, a party, a rock concert – and a bank’s stuffy AGM, behind the scenes – E3 is a fascinating mix of fanboy service with looks at the hottest new and developing games, great networking opportunities for the industry and media, and serious backroom deals as the suits, analysts and moneymen get together. This year’s E3 didn’t disappoint, with lots of terrific games about to be released or in development, with a noticeable ramping up in design quality and gaming potential as developers have become more comfortable with current-gen consoles. However, apart from the stellar games and interesting tech, E3 2015 will surely be looked back on as the year of surprises, with a number of unexpected big revelations that set the internet on fire, and created a huge stir in the gaming world. If I had four pages to fill
Still, some fantasies can come true, it seems.
shane dillon sdillon@dublingazette.com
about E3, I couldn’t do it justice – besides which, E3’s main releases have been well covered in general media already – so instead, here’s a roundup of just four of the biggest surprises and news stories from this year’s event...
Jaw-dropping news J aw s c o l l e c t i ve l y dropped across the globe when Square Enix announced the biggest surprise and best-kept secret in gaming – that it is remaking the seminal 1997 PlayStation title, Final Fantasy VII. As not just the highlight of the long-running and hugely popular Final Fantasy series, criticallyacclaimed FF7 has been an old reliable in critics’s charts of the top five games ever, seeing fans of the long obsolete game clamouring for a remake for many years – to no avail. Now, however, their wish is unexpectedly coming true, with the game’s remake – to be released initially for the PlayStation 4, and sporting a huge visual upgrade – under way, although it won’t be seen for quite some time yet.
Shenmue’s return Another big E3 story – and another fanboy reveal – came from the cult classic, Shenmue (1999). As a critically acclaimed blast from the past, the planned trilogy stalled with Shenmue II (2001). Despite repeated fans’ campaigns in the long years since, Shenmue was firmly shelved – until its creator, Yu Suzuki, launched a surprise Kickstarter campaign at E3. He said that if fans would kick up $2m as an initial exploratory sum, the powers that be would take it as confirmation that there was a commercial market for the closing part of the trilogy, and proceed to developing Shenmue III. The subsequent flow of money smashed Kickstarter records in just a few hours, effortlessly cruising past the $2m goal. Despite some questions being raised over launching such a high-profile title via Kickstarer, hopefully, Shenmue III will finally get made. Did you see that? Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) were once again a feature of E3, with a variety of kits and tech seeking to wow consumers by letting them use headsets to explore virtual worlds,
At their shows at E3 this year, Sony (top) delivered a startling range of upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusives. However, in addition to its XBox One exclusives, Microsoft’s news of backwards compatibility for XBox 360 games was raptuously received.
or enabling people to see virtual objects “placed” in the real world. A long-promised (but undelivered) reality, VR kits finally delivered with something tangible this year, with the Occulus Rift headset, and hand controller, continuing to impress as it nears an imminent consumer release, with several highquality games and VR experiences currently in development. However, Microsoft arguably stole the show with its HoloLens AR kit and demo, with its projection of a Minecraft world that could be manipulated largely by just looking at, into and around it (while wearing the Hololens headset) proving pretty breathtaking. While it’s likely to be pretty pricey when it launches – US reports peg it at being likely to cost a good bit more than an Xbox One console, for example – the HoloLens tech wowed at E3. Either way, financial and consumer success looks virtually assured for the VR and AR sector ...
Augmented Reality – showing virtual imagery in the real world through a special headset – made a spectacular appearance, with help from Minecraft
Last, not least Yet another unexpected surprise came from the PlayStation 4 exclusive, The Last Guardian – a title that’s been famously lost in development hell for many years now, and which was first seen back around 2009. Tasked with guiding a boy and his ginormous animal friend – like some kind of cat-bird creature – through dangerous ruins, the game’s troubled development has seen one crisis and delay after another, with its transition from a PS3 to PS4 title further delaying progress. Given that its creator,
Fumito Euda, was the creative genius behind two of the most loved and lauded games out there – Ico (2001), and Shadow of the Colossus (2005), hopes have been high – and dashed, repeatedly – that Guardian would ever be released, especially after Ueda stepped out of his original role on the project. However, the presence of Ueda at E3 to unveil the first new (and high-quality) footage in years, and the claim that it will be released in 2016, instantly became one of E3 2015’s highlights, and was a welcome surprise to gamers and critics alike.
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HEALTH the blog world: we bring you the most innovative for your delectation
Bloggers on a mission to get us all eating healthily suzanne sheehy
FOOD blogs are cookin’! Wherever you look, there they are, popping up on every conceivable diet you can think of: plant based, gluten-, dairy-, meat- and wheat-free. Your trusty GazetteHealth has delved into the blog world recently and picked the most innovative for your delectation. We focus on plantbased blogs and their diet-based on whole, unrefined, or minimally refined plants. In other words, fruit, veg, tubers, whole grains and legumes (beans to the uninitiated). The diet minimises meat (including chicken and fish), dairy products, and eggs, as well as highly refined foods like bleached flour, refined sugar, and oil.
Green Kitchen Stories This wholefood organic blog, run by David and Luise based in Stockholm, is top of the list. Luise, who’s Danish, is studying to become a nutritional therapist.
T he duo’s love of fresh plant-based food informs their blog and is showcased with great photography. They show how to take healthy eating to another level with their blogs on sprouting and fermenting. GazetteHealth is obsessed with their nut, quinoa and chocolate bars, there’s always a batch in the fridge. It’s a simple recipe if you make your own nut butter and easily added to your kitchen repertoire. Eat it from the fridge or freezer. Twitter: @gkstories Web: www.greenkitchenstories.com/ Instagram: gkstories
Earthsprout Swe d e n ’s E l e a n o r Bendel Zahn of Earthsprout is a vegetarian chef and health coach. Her fresh treehugging, plant loving approach is inspiring, a lovely blog to visit. Take note of her Scandinavian inspired breakfasts. Twitter: @ElenoreEarth web: www.earthsprout. com/ Instagram: elenoreearth
Toprecipes Natural Born Feeder Bread 1 cup quinoa flakes or oat flakes (GazetteHealth used all quinoa flakes) 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds 1 cup of almonds 2 cups of pumpkin seeds 3 full tbsp of psyillium husk powder 2 tbsp chia seeds 2 1/2 cups water pinch of sea salt 1/2 cup of flaxseeds (whole or milled – we use whole)
Green Spirit Adventure Over on Green Spirit Adventure, blog owner Lane displays beautiful images of plant-based recipes – good for visual nourishment as well! A favourite recipe is her chia pudding with macerated strawberries and cherries. Prepare it the night before and it’s ready as you fly out the door next morning. Also a great snack. www.greenspiritadventures.org My New Roots Canadian Sarah Britton, author and holistic nutritionist, lives in Copenhagen and shares her plant-based recipes. We’ve tried her sunf l owe r s e e d r i s o t t o recently posted – which is lovely and even lovelier without the pureed sunflower seeds! Tw i t t e r : @ My N e w Roots We b : w w w. my n e w roots.org Instagram: sarah b
The blogs recommend using only fresh fruit and veg while minimising meat , dairy products, and eggs, as well
Hemsley and Hemsley Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley of London fuel this blog. GazetteHe-
Rosanna Davison Nutrition You may know her from the catwalk only but Davison is also a
as highly refined foods
alth recommends one of their two cookbooks, The Art of Healthy Eating. T hese recipes are free from grain, gluten and refined sugar. We love their chia jam and goji marmalade – fresh, healthy and yum! Also try their caramelised garlic and goat’s cheese tart! They also include good healthy eating advice.
food blogger. The content may interest the novice health cook since she promotes a simple and healthy s u g a r- , w h e a t- a n d dairy-free diet. For more see her b o o k , E a t Yo u r s e l f Beautiful. And look out for smoothie recipes like her creamy almondcinnamon shake – ideal post workout. Web: www.rosannadavisonnutrition.com
Natural Born Feeder Model Roz Purcell gives healthy food preparation a fresh twist.
Green Kitchen Stores Nut, Quinoa and Chocolate Bars Makes around 18 bars 2 tbsp cold-pressed coconut oil 10 fresh soft dates, pitted 1 cup / 250 ml / 250g nut butter (see blog recipe) 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated 1/2 cup / 80g raw pumpkin seeds/pepitas 1 cup / 80g puffed quinoa a handful raw almonds, coarsely chopped a pinch sea salt flakes, optional 3.5 oz / 100g dark chocolate (70%) 1/3 cup desiccated coconut (unsweetened)
GazetteHealth adores the bread recipe from her March 26, 2014 posting. We always have a batch in the freezer. Try it with avocado and poached eggs. Of these two blogs, we use Purcell’s most although her blogs deliver inconsistently. The job is more of a hobby for her whereas Davison posts regularly and often. Deliciously Ella and Madeline Shaw are another two British bloggers who promote gluten-free recipes.
Of the two, GazetteHealth visits Madeleine most – Ella can be a little repetitive. Both have recently published books, now Amazon bestsellers. Recommended: Saveur – it offers food and drink recipes, seasonal dishes, kitchen tips. Scroll through the different categories – there’s something for everyone. www.saveur.com And the favourite? If we had to choose, it’s a toss up between Green Kitchen Stories and My New Roots.
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SPORT Cooper is game for Kildare tie
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gaelic football: na fianna man welcomes increased dubs pitch time
roche leaves houston for sunderland:
IRELAND international and former Peamount United and Raheny star Stephanie Roche has opted to continue her footballing journey in the UK, having signed for Sunderland ladies. The Dubliner, best known for finishing runner up in the FIFA Puskas Award for her spectacular United goal, learnt her game on the streets of Shankill, and has been playing for Houston Dynamo in the States recently. Sunderland’s season is currently on the mid-season break, meaning Roche will have to wait another three months before kicking her first ball in anger. On making the transfer, she revealed that she regretted her US move, but felt happy to have secured her future as a professional, having. Sunderland ladies currently sit fourth in the Women’s Super League, having won three and lost three of their first six games.
nathan kelly sport@dublingazette.com
THE early stages of the calendar year can be a bit so-so for inter-county GAA. Often the big names fail to arrive until the lat-
ter stages of the league and it is usually a chance to give youngsters or fringe players a chance in the squad. For Na Fianna man Jonny Cooper however, he’s used all of 2015 to his full advantage and
was rewarded with a starting role in the Leinster Championship quarter-final against Longford at the end of May which Dublin cruised through. Kildare is up next for the Dubs this Sunday in the semi-final
Johnny Cooper is looking to up the ante after a productive league campaign
Cooper asked Dublin boss Jim Gavin for increased O’Byrne Cup matches
as they look to retain the Leinster Championship. Cooper returned to the Dubs team in midJanuary in what was his first game back after a four-month absence due to serious knife injuries suffered when he was attacked in the city. He could not hide his delighted when asked how this year has been for him. “I really love it this year,” he said. “I’ve got a lot of games, touch wood. Some lads might take Januar y to get themselves in a better physical condition but I asked Jim for some games and he gave me a bit of time in January in the O’Byrne Cup and preseason competitions and from that it gave me
a platform to get into the league team so I’ve enjoyed it this year so far.” With the Dublin team having what seems at least two capable starters for every position; the corner-back was asked if being involved early on has helped as the season has progressed. He said: “I think getting game time [early on] is important, to put yourself in the shop window, and if you’re not in the shop window, Jim doesn’t put you into the squad on any given week.” Being a regular member of the Dublin panel limits or completely nullifies your chances of representing your club at this time of year, but
Cooper has been keeping an eye on his teammates at Mobhi Road. “We would have played t wo c h a m p i o n s h i p games to date,” he said. “It’s going good so far with wins over Thomas Davis and UCD.” He added: “I try to get down to the club once a week, even though I’m not playing or training, just to say hello and see the lads. “It’s not always possible sometimes I’ll go two or three weeks without seeing them but I keep in touch via social media which means I’m always talking to the lads. “The club does get a lesser end of the stick this time of the year but hopefully we’ll have a run later on in the year.”
Cyclist John Lynch sets hour record in Crumlin sport@dublingazette.com
John Lynch follows the derny during his record attempt at the Sundrive Velodrome in Crumlin
CRUMLIN’s Sundrive Velodrome witnessed a new Irish record recently, as cyclist John Lynch set a distance marker of 51.426km for the hour ride. Lynch’s record is for an attempt undertaken outdoors and behind a powered derny. Despite setting a new national mark, Lynch fell some way short of his target distance of between 56km and 60km. Acheiving his pre-ride aim would have taken the Kildare-based Kilcullen Muphy Surveys Cycle Club rider
to a distance in excess of Bradley Wiggins’s recent over 54km indoors, however the assistance of the powered bike and outdoor environment are major factors in the sport, and significantly add to potential through slipstreaming. Nevertheless, in dealing with extremely windy conditions, Lynch comfortably added the record to his repertoire, which already includes 20 finishes in the iconic national grand tour, the Ras. The previous unpaced marker of 46.166km - a record held by international rider and Ras winner Tommy Evans from
back in 1999 – is the nearest comparable record. “It’s hard to get shelter off the derny in the crosswinds,” Kilcullen cycle club chairman Liam Walker explained. “You have to keep tight, not more than a couple of inches away. And you have to move around the back of it as you go around the track to maximise the shelter depending on how the breeze is hitting you.” Lynch’s recent achievements include four gold and six other medals at the National Championships. The hour ride is a relatively new discipline in Ireland,
especially behind the derny, and Kilcullen are already hinting that Lynch might return to improve on the record under more favourable conditions. Cycling Ireland have officially ratified Lynch’s new mark, which is designed in part to ignite interest in the particular record on Irish soil. Amazingly, the 35-yearold fits his intense training schedule around working weeks that can amount to 70 hours. Elsewhere, the Irish National Cycling Championships take place this week, running from June 25-28 in Omagh.
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Heartbreaking end to Smith’s reign as coach
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The Irish women’s hockey team, packed with Dublinbased players were agonisingly short of a place at the 2016 Olympics; STEPHEN FINDLATER reports on their near miss Ireland cricket legend A FOUR goal mauling and an eighth place finish overall provided an extra harsh exclamation mark, ending the Hockey World League Round 3 competition that offered so much Olympic hope in desperate fashion last Sunday. Coach Darren Smith, in his last match in charge, said the heartache at the hands of the world n u m b e r s e ve n s i d e China was probably still in evidence. “T hat game – 4 -0 – is not a ref lection of this tournament or the girls,” he said.“We worked hard to get a quality performance but I think there was still a lot of baggage from earlier in the week.” He was referring to the shoot-out loss last
T h u r s d ay w h e n t h e width of a post denied M egan Frazer from landing a ticket to Rio in 2016. Ireland had produced a performance of a lifetime against the world number seven team, coming from a goal down to draw 1-1 while having the wealth of chances to win the game. Their second chance was subsequently wiped away by USA, the world number five, on Saturday, 6-1. And, battered and bruised, they took to the field last Sunday two short of quorum with former Old Alex player Shirley McCay suspended and UCD’s Chloe Watkins rested having spent 45 minutes after Saturday’s game under observa-
tion due to an irregular heart beat. By the end, another UCD student Nikki Evans was added to the list as her jaw sustained a horrible whack. It was confirmed later to be fractured in two places. South Africa, meanwhile, had conducted their own soul-searching session on Saturday, airing their grievances after an underwhelming campaign that saw them with just two draws from six prior games. They were noticeably more game-ready and swept to the win in the second half, breezing home. Candice Manuel’s first half deflection from a corner gave them the early advantage. LisaMarie Deetlefs slapped home a second after the
Irish coach Darren Smith conducts one of his last team huddles during Ireland’s World League 3 bid in Valencia. Picture: Stanislas Brochier
big break before Lilian du Plessis fired a rasping shot to the top corner and Kelly Madsen scrambled home the fourth. It was a shadow of the performance 11 days earlier when Ireland swept to a 4-1 win over the same opposition,
ing to his family in his native New Zealand – with the European B division just a few weeks away. Despite this weekend’s setbacks, he leaves a side in good shape and one that has been able to mix it with the top ten, something they had
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‘The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, this team can get there and I will be a happy man when it happens’ - Darren Smith
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rated 11th in the world, t h r e e p l a c e s a b ove Smith’s side. Backed up by a 3-2 win over Uruguay and a surprise 2-0 success over the US, setting up the China date which left the side flattened and in floods of tears. In a tournament format where overall results rarely correlated to final position, the Africans – with one win from seven – end ahead of Ireland while China were runners-up with two wins. Ireland, meanwhile, won three and finished up behind four teams with an inferior record to them. Perhaps therein lies some sort of lesson. The task of raising the side now falls to Graham Shaw who takes over the reins from Smith – who is return-
not done for the guts of five years and says that, while Kate Dillon has announced her retirement, he anticipates the majority of the panel will be around for the bid to qualify for the expanded 2018 World Cup campaign. “The girls have better hockey in front of them than what they have behind them – our captain’s 23 and has been one of the best players in the tournament. “When I started the job, I had a list of ten things I wanted to achieve. One of them was a platform to launch the sport into the future. I think the World Cup in 2018 and the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020 – this team can get there and I will be a happy man when that happens.”
Gerry Duffy passes away GERRY DUFFY, who played senior cricket for Ireland and in Leinster for over four decades, passed away last week aged 84. Duffy was a talented all rounder who scored in excess of 10,000 runs in Leinster competitive cricket, and took more than 900 wickets as a distinctive slow bowler. He also ranks second on Leinster cricket’s all time catching stats, taking 238 victims. Duffy’s time at St Mary’s College in Rathmines first brought him to cricketing prominence, with West Indian coach Learie Constantine singling out the batsman as a possible future England opener (long before Ireland had even campaigned for test match status) after Mary’s helped themselves to a Leinster Junior Cup in the ’40s. Duffy’s Leinster career spanned from 1947 to 1990. He won the Marchant Cup for batting five times in the ’60s and early ’70s, and also the O’Grady bowling award in 1976, alongside the ‘all rounder’s’ trophy. Phoenix cricket club in particular seemed to be a favourite target of Duffy’s, with his batting damage against the successful club from the park including his two highest scores of 200 (in 1955) and 146 (in 1960). The all-rounder also grabbed 55 Ireland caps, debuting in 1953 and retiring from the national team in 1974, having scored 1,123 runs and 82 international wickets. What many will remember Duffy for, however, is his subsequent coaching, particularly at Leinster and at Merrion, which inspired many Dubliners to take up the sport. Duffy could reasonably be said to have inspired the current crop of Irish players, who are perhaps the strongest to date, and stand a serious chance of finally forcing Ireland’s place as a test playing nation. He’s been particularly influential in the development of Ed, Gus and Dom Joyce, and memorably once practised his bowling down the aisle of a jumbo jet. It’s fitting to remember Duffy for what he did on the pitch, first. Perhaps his finest moment came in ripping apart a powerful Australian side in 1961 in Inchicore, after the tourists had amassed a substantial start in a near hurricane. On being brought into the bowling attack, it took Duffy just 13 overs to achieve figures of 6-29. He’ll long be remembered and sorely missed following a substantial contribution to local cricket.
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soccer: palmerstown club looking forward to top tier
Zaidan and Kennedy medal at national championships THERE was double success for the Arcane/ Adamstown Cycling Team at the national championships at Sundrive Road Velodrome as two of their members took home medals. Palmerstown native Darragh Zaidan took a National Silver Medal in the Elite Men’s competition while Roisin Kennedy earned a bronze in the elite women’s race. The national ‘Olympic Omnium’ comprised of six events over last Saturday and Sunday and both Zaidan and Kennedy’s events came down to the final event on Sunday evening with both chasing podium positions. Both riders put in decent performances on the Saturday but lost valuable points on the shorter timed events. Zaidan went into the final Points Race lying in third place overall in the Elite Men’s, but put in an excellent finale to challenge for gold. The former Lucan CBS student distanced most of his rival competitors but was unable to get clear of defending champion John Lynch of Kilcullen Cycling Club which meant the 22-year-old had to settle silver. While Zaidan had put himself in a strong position going into his final event, Kennedy had a lot more to do, lying in fifth, almost 30 points off a podium finish. Her final performance was inspired however, as she attacked early, lapping her competitors, winning most of the intermediate sprints. She took the bell challenging for gold while almost lapping the field for a second time, and eventually earned a national bronze.
The Glenville side that earned promotion to the LSL Sunday Senior
No break for Glenville’s Kelly sport@dublingazette.com
GLENVILLE’S preseason training may not start until next week, but for manager Wayne Kelly, the summer has provided no break from football as he has been working tirelessly to prepare his team for their season in the toptier of the Leinster Senior League. It is something he said with a laugh during our chat on his side’s promotion clinching season which ended a couple of weeks ago and their preparations for life in unchartered
territory for many associated with a club only established in 1997. “It’s been non-stop for me since the season ended,” said Kelly. “It’s great though, and certainly a different situation to be in when you’re recruiting players and your able to offer the highest level in the LSL. “It’s a fantastic situation the club has got itself into and everyone on the pitch and behind the scenes should be immensely proud.” The last time GazetteSport spoke to Kelly, his side had just beaten
Greystones 1-0 and had six games remaining to secure promotion. They then lost to Broadford a couple of days later before going on to draw 0-0 with St Mochta’s which halted their celebrations as league winners for a couple of days.
Promotion Another draw against Belgrove followed that before a 1-0 win over close rivals against St Francis set up a penultimate day game against Sacred Heart in which a win would secure promotion.
“The Broadford game really woke us up I think. They had nothing to play for and we were not at the races at all. “We then drew with Mochta’s, which was always going to be a tough game, they were just about champions but we could not lose. “We got the results and a few more and set up the game against Sacred Heart which we won 1-0, with Shane Kiely grabbing the goal. “T hat was special as Shane is one of five players that have been at the club between
seven to ten years, so to reward those lads for their loyalty with toptier football is really special.” With preseason less than a week away, Kelly was asked if he had any particular targets for the club’s first season in the echelon on amateur football in Ireland. “Obviously to be still in the league at this time next year,” he said. “But to just survive, but compete. To get a good position in the league, get a feel for it, and maybe a cup along the way, that would be a success.”
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special visitors
Brogan and O’Dwyer meet Clon’s young stars
Club Noticeboard round tower clondalkin THE senior footballers enjoyed a
round Tower hosted two very special
visitors to the nursery on Saturday morning with Dublin footballer Bernard Brogan and hurler Ryan O’Dwyer in attendance for a meet and greet with the upcoming stars. The senior county stars were on hand to impart their advice and to take photos with the youngsters at Monastery Road.
Register for our Summer Camps at
four days on Saturday, defeating St
the nursery every Saturday morning
Peregine’s having won in midweek
from 10-11.30am. Summer camps will
against Ballinteer St John’s.
take place on July 6-10 (Kelloggs Cúl
The inter footballers lost to St Fin-
Camp) and July 13-17 (Round Tower
ian’s; the junior B footballers defeat-
Camp). Further details available from
ed St Brigid’s and the minor hurlers
club website.
enjoyed a league win against Fingal
The 37th annual club Mass for deceased members will take place
Rovers.
football: clondalkin club in national U-14 action
Well done to all involved.
second league win in the space of
Well done to our U-14 hurlers who
Thursday, July 2 in the clubrooms at
represented the club and Dublin with
8.30pm. People are asked to be seat-
great distinction at a regional Feile in
ed by 7.45pm.
Co Offaly on Saturday.
Teebox sponsorship available for
Round Tower is delighted to par-
the Round Tower GAA Club Golf Clas-
ticipate in Clondalkin Festival 2015.
sic. It will take place on Friday, July 10
On Saturday, a very special Reeling in
at Newlands Golf Club. Details avail-
the Years - A Trip Down Memory Lane
able from any member of the execu-
night will be hosted in the club, and on
tive.
Sunday we host live music with local trad group the Blahgards. Visit w w w.roundtower.ie for
The Round Tower lotto draw (June 15): numbers drawn 6, 11, 16 and 23; the bonus ball was 28.
details this week and we ask mem-
There was no winner of the €7,800
bers to extend the word to wider
jackpot; one bonus ball winner: Kevin
community to participate.
Cullen. Three €100 winners: Peter
A very special nursery on Saturday morning saw Dublin footballer
Caffrey, GA for Ma’s, Nancy Pakenham.
Bernard Brogan and hurler Ryan
Play the club lotto online at www.
O’Dwyer visit along with the Sam
roundtower.ie and support this very
Maguire and Liam MacCarthy cups.
important club fundraiser.
st pat’s palmerstown The Round Tower Under-14 hurling side that played in Banagher last weekend
Tower’s take on top sides at regions Feile sport@dublingazette.com
HAVING reached the semi-final of Division 2 of the Dublin Hurling Feile, the Round Tower’s team were invited to take part in the regional Feile fixed for Banagher, Co Offaly last Saturday. There were to be eight teams divided into two groups with only the group winners advancing to the final. However, with two t e a m s w i t h d r aw i n g , Tower’s were placed in a group with Tommy Larkin’s from Galway and Shelmaliers from Wexford).
To w e r ’ s p l a y e d Tommy Larkin’s in their first group game and led 0-5 to 0-2 at half time. They continued to shade the lead until Larkin’s scored a match winning goal almost on full time. All games were 15 minutes-a-half and Tower’s had little or no time left to recover from the late goal. The Clondalkin club saw them take on the famous Wexford club Shelmaliers and it also proved a tight game. Tower’s again conceded a late goal to leave the final score 1-6 to Shel-
maliers’s 2-3. A s r e s u l t s wo u l d prove, this was the most difficult of the two groups. This was evident from the fact that Tommy Larkin’s went on to beat host club St Rynagh’s in the final by the score line 5-8 to 0-3. While the final was being played, Tower’s played Na Fianna from Laois in a challenge game on the adjoining pitch. This time, Tower’s were to benefit from a late goal with the final score 3-3 to Na Fianna’s three goals.
Great credit to the players and mentors who performed so well and represented Tower’s and Dublin with distinction. They displayed great skill, commitment and discipline in all the games. The club was also indebted to a group of Under-13 players who were drafted in as some of the regular Under-14 panel were injured or on holidays. Tower’s supporters travelled in great numbers and there were more watching the challenge game than was watching the final.
THERE was no winner of this week’s
ing end to end and a great game for
lotto and the numbers drawn were
the supporters to watch.
18, 20, 25 and 26; next week’s lotto is
Our U-8s has another great win away to Ranelagh Gaels, our U-12
€1,800. Thanks to everyone who supported
didn’t come out on top against Ball-
our fundraiser on Friday night in the
inteer but still managed a great score
Palmerstown House, it was another
of three goals and nine points. Well
great night out for St Pat’s. Thanks to
done to all.
all who helped organise.
As part of Palmerstown Festival
It was a great week for our senior
week, St Pat’s GAA are holding a fam-
footballers with a win on Wednes-
ily fun afternoon in Glenaulin on Sat-
day night against Naomh Mearnog
urday, June 27 from 2.30pm.
and another great win on Saturday
There’ll be wacky races, DJ, bouncy
against St Pat’s, Donabate, well done
castle, face painting, welly throwing
lads a great team effort.
and more.
Our U-9s put in a great effort
Our camogie skills session will con-
against Templeogue Synge Street; it
tinue throughout the summer every
was a tightly fought contest with the
Friday evening 6-7pm in Glenaulin.
away team scoring more points at the
This is for all juvenile team members
end.
from U-11 to U-16 and new players are
But it was a game with action flow-
also welcome.
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feile festival: Round Tower’s Under-14 hurlers take on Galway and Wexford’s best in their regional event P31
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cooper’s joys of spring: Na Fianna man grateful for extra league pitch time P28
Oats in dire need of new facilities nathan kelly
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A PITCH in need of urgent repair and containers burnt-out with their gear inside over the past year while the club still had one team active: it is set to be a struggle for those involved attempting to bring Oatfield back to its best, but clubman Robbie Garvey is setting his sights on bringing these Oats to harvest before too long. Just a few years ago, the club was a formidable presence in the AUL, but what happened? “I think the times just changed,” said Garvey. “Clubs around us such as Dublin Bus, Collinstown, and
Liffey Valley were all using these great facilities and nice pitches such as the Coldcut or the SDFL Astro in Ballyowen and we just could not offer that to players. “We had a team progressing in AUL Premier C, a team in the Senior Saturday Division and another team in the lower Saturday leagues just a few years ago, but players just left for the better facilities, as all we could offer was a container and a bumpy pitch.” The club are going back to their original strip of black and yellow after a brief merger saw them become Oatfield/Shancastle a couple of years ago and don red shirts. With pre-season fast
approaching, the new committee have been pleading with the council and local politicians to help them improve their facilities. “So far, our cries for help have gone unanswered. Pre-season starts on June 30 for all teams and anyone is welcome down. “We are really hoping to get some help soon so we can show our new players we can offer decent facilities, even if it is a slightly improved pitch and a fresh container, free of fire damage,” Garvey added. The Oats are set to enter a team into the AUL Senior Sunday Division, Division 1A Saturday and
another, lower league next season. With the recent success of clubs around Clondalkin, such as Collinstown becoming Leinster Junior champions and Clondalkin Celtic’s rise through the LSL, the Oatfield resident is aiming for similar with the club he has represented for most of his life. He said: “Seeing the lads from Collinstown and Celtic winning major cups and performing in top leagues is great for this area, and reminds me of the glory days with Oatfield when, come May, we’d be in a cup final every week, that’s where I want to take this club again.”
Oatfield club man Robbie Garvey in front of his club’s damaged container