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SEE INSIDE: Playwright Jimmy McAleavey has all the write words to describe a day in his life P13

OPINION: Minister Kathleen Lynch on free under-six child care Page 6

Good tip: Special art project with Irish children Football:

Johnny Cooper on a productive league run Page 28

Chloe FAHY, Niamh Fitzgerald Patrick O Brien and Stephen Hayes from Catherine McAuley National School place their marks in their favourite colours on a large piece of evolving artwork which aims to incorporate the fingerprints of over 500 children from all over Ireland. Those wishing to contribute can visit The Ark, Eustace Street, Temple Bar on Sat 4 July between 12noon and 4pm.

Picture: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

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European fate known for Dublin clubs Page 30

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Dublin Bay awarded a top UNESCO status Natural amenity recognised by world body for its range of wildlife, activities

 ian begley

DUBLIN Bay has been awarded with an official UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) Biosphere Reserve status, which will ensure its protection

and promote its wide variety of activities and spectacular array of wildlife.

It is expected that this status will reflect Dublin Bay’s significant, environmental, economic, cultural and tourism importance and extend new opportunities to the

Dublin region.

Minister for Enterprise Richard Bruton welcomed the announcement, saying: “Dublin Bay is a hugely important asset for our city, [and is] a great amenity for the residents of Dublin as well as a significant draw for

tourists.”

Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke (Ind) also said: “It’s terrific that Dublin Bay is being recognised with such a status because it is so precious and cherished by all.”

Full Story on Page 8

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For most of us, you are what you eat – but are you just eating to live, or following a diet that will help to keep you healthy, and feeling more full of life and energy? This week, we have some great dietary tips to eat well, live well.

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EAT YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHIER YOU HEALTH, PAGE 25

Department defends its missive on housing stock THE Department of Environment has defended the decision of Environment Minister Alan Kelly and Junior Minister Paudie Coffey to write to all four local authorities in Dublin urging them to be mindful of the impact rigorous planning standards have on increasing the hous-

 KEITH BELLEW kbellew@dublingazette.com

ing stock.

In the letters, seen by The Gazette, Minister

Kelly said the “viability of new development and therefore supply will be placed at risk by insertion of unreasonable or excessive requirements in relation to the standard of housing or ancillary services and facilities”.

Dublin Bay North TD Terence Flanagan (RI)

said that failing to maintain the highest planning standards could result in sub-standard housing.

He said: “I am concerned that Minister Kelly and Minister Coffey have written to the four Dublin local authorities to warn them against introducing new housing standards that might put off potential developers from building new homes.”

Priory Hall He added that the safety and welfare of residents should come before the interests of builders, adding: “We do not want another Priory Hall situation on our hands where people have bought properties that do not meet basic fire safety requirements and building standards.”

He went on to say that there is a housing crisis in Dublin at the moment, both in the social sector and in the private sector, and there are not enough houses being built to accommodate the number of people in need of housing.

Deputy Flanagan highlighted the plight of people living in emergency accommodation.

“Dublin and the country is dotted with mori-

Environment Minister Alan Kelly (right) has written to the Dublin local authorities about planning standards, with Deputy Terence Flanagan (RI) saying he was ‘concerned’ that new housing standards ‘might put off potential developers from building new homes’

bund housing estates that ten years after the construction frenzy of The Celtic Tiger [era] are in a state of dereliction.

“T he Government needs to learn from the mistakes of the past, and ensure that all housing that is constructed in the next five years meets safety standards.”

He added that Minister Kelly is “engaging in a dangerous gamble” which leaves him open to the accusation that

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the short-term interests of property developers are being put before the long-term rights of residents to secure functioning housing.

Viability A spokesperson for the Department of Environment responded saying the letter was written to urge the local authorities to pay close attention to the impacts of development plan requirements on the viability of new housing developments, as this would help the department overcome the barriers to increase supply.

They went on to say that the development plan sets the overall

policy framework for the delivery of housing and is a key instrument to influence housing supply.

“T he development plan preparation processes for each of the Dublin authorities are at an early stage and the department’s view is that the focus needs to be on the plan-making process around practical measures that can be adopted to boost housing supply. “[This is to] ensure good quality housing in suitable locations are available at prices that people can afford to buy and that investors find attractive to develop for the rental market,” said the spokesperson.

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books: IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner announced

Train held up by fare evader

Crace harvests a big literary win  Bairbre Ni Bhroanain

This year’s winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the novel Harvest by British author Jim Crace.

T he award and €100,000 prize is funded and organised by Dublin City Council. It has the largest purse of any literary prize in the world for a single novel.

IMPAC Dublin receives its nominations from public libraries in cities around the globe and recognises both writers and translators. The winner was announced at a ceremony in Dublin’s Mansion House recently.

Jim Crace was born in Hertfordshire and grew up in north London. He

is the author of 10 previous novels, including Quarantine, which was shortlisted for the award in 1999. Crace said: “It has been an overwhelming surprise and a delight to discover that my latest book has won the IMPAC Dublin award.”

“Harvest is a story that explores some of our greatest fears, those of change and difference” said Margaret Hayes, Dublin City Librarian.

“Jim Crace, our 20th winner, joins a unique creative collective whose stories will continue to cast a spell over readers for many years to come.”

C r a c e r e c e i ve d a cheque for €100,000 at the award ceremony which was presented

by DCC chief executive Owen Keegan.

Lord Mayor Christy Burke (Ind) said: “The IMPAC Dublin award has a tremendous legacy of achievement; 20 years of being a truly international award, drawing its winners from countries and cultures where, as in Dublin, potential is recognised, excellence rewarded, and translation is respected.”

The winning novel was chosen from a total of 142 titles, nominated by libraries in 114 cities in 39 countries. Set in an unspecified time in the past, in a green corner of England, Harvest is the story of the last days of a village and the death of an age-old way of life.

Getting in gear: A little lunchtime exercise for National Bike Week pictured are cyclists Fabio Raimondi and Aisling Dunne from

Google participating in the Dublin City Council Lunchtime Cycle as part of National Bike Week. The annual Lunchtime City Cycle started in Grand Canal Square and saw over 1,000 cyclists go on a leisurely 5km cycle on their lunch break.

Picture Conor McCabe Photography

Maynooth to Pearse Dart line was held up for over an hour at Ashtown Station recently as Irish Rail inspectors dealt with a serial fare evader.

Irish Rail said the blagger in question is being pursued over a number of fines and two instances of violent behaviour towards staff.

He refused to give his name and gardai were unable to attend at Ashtown Station.

So all other passengers had to leave the train so it could be diverted to Docklands station were gardai had arranged to take the man into custody.

The other passengers were picked up at Ashtown by an intercity train from Sligo.

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Berkeley Parents speak of their overwhelming loss

Shock and grief as J1 students are buried  Aisling Kennedy and Bairbre Ni Bhraonain

ONE WEEK after the untimely death of five J1 students, mostly from the Dun LaoghaireRathdow n area, the funerals of four of the five have taken place.

Six students – the five J1 students, and an American cousin of one – lost their lives when a balcony collapsed at a party at an apartment complex in Berkeley, California, killing them and seriously injuring several others.

Eimear Walsh, a UCD medical student who also attended Loreto College in Foxrock, was the first of the Irish students’ funerals in a week that marked an outpouring of grief across the DLR area.

Ms Walsh’s funeral procession was led by her mother Patricia, father Jim and brother Robert, with local priest Fr Paul Ward acting as celebrant on the day.

Also in attendance on the day were Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Heather Humprheys, with the US Embassy represented by Stuart Dwyer, deputy chief of mission.

Hundreds of people descended upon the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Foxrock, to offer their condolences to the bereaved Walsh family, and both Fr Ward and Ms Walsh’s friends paid tribute to the “beautiful girl who was always smiling”.

Fr Ward spoke about Ms Walsh and how he had known her for most of her 21 years, and spoke

to her family and friends about continuing to live their lives in her name.

He said: “We’re now very aware of how precious and fragile life is, so appreciate the gift of life to its fullest and take on the mantle that Eimear has left behind by making the world, and the future, a better place in her memory.”

Ms Walsh’s father, Jim, spoke at the end of the ceremony and said: “Eimear was such a beautiful person, a wonderful daughter and sister. We were very proud of who she was and what she achieved.

“She was among other things kind-hearted, generous, fun-loving, independent minded, very bright, confident, but never pretentious.

“Like any young person, she was interested in having a good time, hanging out with friends, essentially just living in the moment. Eimear was deceptively easy going, but she was very determined when she set her mind to doing something.

Beautiful

“Eimear had many talents and interests – she was a beautiful singer, she loved dancing, she took part in various school musicals and plays.

“Now that we have lost Eimear so tragically, there is a huge void in our livesl; however, knowing Eimear, she would want us to be strong for each other, pick ourselves up and keep going. We hope that one day we will be reunited.”

On the same day, Eoghan Culligan’s funeral took place at the Church of the Annunciation in

Rathfarnham.

Hundreds of mourners filled the church to pay their respects, with the funeral procession led

by Mr Culligan’s mother Marie, father Gerry, and his brothers Andrew and Stephen.

Beacon

At the funeral, Mr Culligan’s mother spoke of the overwhelming loss at losing her son, and said: “Eoghan was the light in our lives, we have lost a beacon that will never shine again. Our family’s hearts are broken. We will love Eoghan until the day we die.”

The funerals of Niccolai Schuster, Olivia Burke and Lorcan Miller also took place in the following days, with hundreds of mourners attending each ceremony.

Lorcan Miller, whose funeral is this Friday, June 26, and who was a UCD medical student from Shankill, is survived by his parents Ken and Sinead – a former teacher at the school, now working at Alexandra College in Milltown – and three younger siblings, Jamie, Lucy and Poppy.

The principal of St Andrew’s College, Peter Fraser, told The Gazette: “Lorcan joined us in first year and his mother did her hDip in St Andrew’s and taught here in the past. Lorcan is remembered fondly as an outstanding academic.

“His desire to do medicine was driven by a desire to help others. He was very empathetic and genuinely wanted to make a difference in the world.

He retained a connection with St Andrew’s, coming back to help students pre-

The remains of Eimear Walsh (top) and Eoghan Culligan arrive at their respective funerals, where hundreds had gathered to pay their respects

pare for exams, etc.”

Niccolai Schuster, from Terenure was the grandnephew of playwright John B Keane. He was studying politics and history at UCD. He is survived by his parents, John and Graziella. He attended St Mary’s College, Rathmines, until 2012.

A message posted on the school website said: “The thoughts and prayers of everybody in the St Mary’s community are with the families of Niccolai and Eoghan, and the other youngsters who died or were injured in the heartbreaking accident.”

“We also pray particularly for those being treated in hospital, and their families.”

Olivia Burke was another former Loreto Foxrock girl, studying entrepreneurship and management at Dun Laohgaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT).

Her funeral Mass took place in the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Foxrock, on Wednesday, after The Gazette went to print.

Ms Burke had a joint funeral with her cousin, Ashley Donohoe, in St

Joseph’s Catholic Church in Cotati, California, before being brought back to Ireland.

Ms Donohoe was the daughter of Dublin parents Jackie and George, who emigrated to the US in 1989. She was studying at Sanoma State University near San Francisco, and was buried in her native California last Sunday.

Ms Burke did a fivemonth work experience placement at East Coast Radio as part of her IADT course. The president of IADT, Dr Annie Doona, said Ms Burke was very well respected and was

doing very well on her course.

IADT has provided an on-campus counsellor for any students who wish to avail of the service.

Separate to the tragic news of the six students’ death, one of the other Irish students injured in the balcony collapse has been released from hospital in California.

Sean Fahey, from Rathmines in Dublin, is now due to travel home to Ireland. The other six students injured in the tragedy remain in hospital, but all are reported to be making improvements.

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health Free GP visits for those under six is just the start

Delivering for children is another kept promise

Despite what some critics may say, the Government is keeping its word to care for all citizens, says Minister Kathleen Lynch AS A mother and a grandmother, I know what it’s like to worry when a child falls ill.

And, as a minister with the opportunity to deliver change for the better, I believe that something no parent in Dublin should have to worry about is the cost of seeing a doctor when their child is sick.

That core principle is why, thanks to Labour, the Government is introducing free GP care, starting with children under six.

From July 1, children who have been registered for the scheme can begin availing of free doctor’s visits.

To sign your undersixes up, log onto www. gpvisitcard.ie, where the HSE registration system has been open since June 15.

The process is simple and quick. All you need is your child’s PPS number, your own PPS number and an email address. If your child is under two months and has no PPSN, a date of birth will do.

Already the level of parental interest has been huge – to date, more than 39,000 children nationally have been registered and will have access to free doctor’s visit when the service begins on July 1.

If you haven’t yet got around to it, don’t worry, because the registration process will remain open for some time to come.

The opening of the

online registration process makes real Labour’s commitment to roll out free GP care, starting with the under-sixes.

Through it, we will ensure that parents don’t have to think twice about bringing their sick child to the doctor.

The next stage will be free GP care for the over70s – and we’ll deliver that, too, in August.

Rebuilding an economy that was left in ruins has been a difficult task, but a country is more than its economy alone, important as that is – it’s a society, too.

A perfect example So, recovery means not just more jobs and increased incomes, but improved public services that deliver for people and communities – and free GP care is a perfect example of that. It wasn’t easily achieved.

I think people appreciate that, and I think people understand that securing agreement between the Department of Health, the Health Service Executive and the Irish Medical Organisation was challenging.

But we did secure that agreement, and I want to thank all involved for their work in getting us to this point.

Registration by Dublin GPs in the scheme is already encouraging, and I expect it will rise even further in the coming weeks.

In Dublin North Cen-

Minister Kathleen Lynch: “While others criticise, we will continue to take the necessary steps to provide universal health care for our people”

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tral, 78% of GPs are now registered, while the figure stands at 69% in Dublin South City, 50% in Dublin South East, 73% in Dublin South West, 83% in Dublin West and

56% in Dun Laoghaire.

So, we’re getting there, steadily and surely.

The bit I genuinely don’t understand is how some people didn’t want us to get there at all.

I don’t understand how any public representative would decry the right of a family to ensure they can bring a young child to the doctor without worrying about the fee.

Parents of young children have borne their fair share of sacrifice to rebuild this country. It is time to give them something back. It is time to ease the burden a bit.

While others criticise, we will continue to take the necessary steps to provide excellent and universal health care for

our people.

We are focusing in particular on primary care, which means people being treated in their local communities, in their local clinics, by their local doctors and local nurses first.

We have delivered 44 new primary centre centres since 2011, with plans well advanced for many more.

We are rolling out community-based programmes to manage chronic illness such as diabetes and asthma for

children.

And, of course, we are rolling out free GP care in phases.

Again, we are well advanced on this front.

Our challenge now is to ensure that everybody else can benefit as well – and we’ll achieve that, starting with our most precious resource – our children – and ensuring they get the care they need when they need it.  kathleen lynch Minister for Primary and Social Care

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luas

protests: treatment of workers are ‘outrageous’ and ‘appalling’

Summer utility works

Clerys sale sparks law change debate  Ian Begley

The Government may amend company law in the aftermath of the controversial sale of Clerys, according to Minister for Communications Alex White. The Minister said the Government should strive to change the law to prevent situations such as the sale of Clery’s department store occurring again.

KPMG, which was appointed by the High Court as the company’s provisional liquidators, informed the 400 workers they had been let go on June 12 at 5.30pm, with 30 minutes notice.

Daily protests have been taking place in support of the workers who

lost their jobs ever since.

The Minister described the treatment of workers at Clerys as “outrageous” and “appalling”.

He said: “If there is a way we can amend company law we will do that, but there is no law we can introduce in the Dail next week to eradicate capitalism.”

Clerys was sold by Boston-based Gordon Brothers to Natrium Ltd. In a recent statement, Natrium said it intended to invest in the transformation of the Clery’s building in a move that would ultimately lead to the creation of 1,700 jobs in the city centre.

“The Clerys building can be transformed to create a major new mixed use destination in

Dublin city centre and to create large numbers of sustainable jobs. There is strong demand from international retailers and other commercial users for unique and best in class spaces within the city centre that is not currently being met.

Natrium looks forward to proceeding with its plans for the Clerys properties and the surrounding area in compliance with Dublin City Council planning policy,” said a spokesman for Natrium.

Trade union Siptu described the Natrium proposals as “wishy washy”, saying there was little faith among the former staff that they would translate into secure employment.

We’ve got you covered: Ireland’s first renewable energy installation launch mia Hayden from Maynooth and Jamie Fitzpatrick from Ashtown were prepared for any change in weather as they attended the launch of the 5Cube at Dublin’s Hanover Quay recently. However, the sun kept shining as the installation was unveiled. The 5Cube is a physical representation of how much oil Ireland is consuming every five minutes and sends a powerful message about our need to switch to renewable energy sources. For more information, visit www.codema.ie/5Cube Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

Utility works associated with the Luas Cross City scheme have recently commenced in College Green and will be carried out during the summer months.

One northbound traffic lane will be temporarily closed in the College Green area for the duration of the works, with the two existing southbound lanes remaining open throughout. There will be no changes to car park access in the area.

Grainne Mackin, director of communications for the Luas Cross City scheme said: “It’s important that everyone knows that the streets will remain open to all commuters and road users wishing to access car parks and shops in the area and can continue to do so.”

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finglas Supporting children and families UNESCO: This is a great boost for

Barnardos project launched A new Barnardos project centred on working with children and families in St Canice’s Church of Ireland in Finglas was launched recently by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon.

Barnardos Better Finglas Project will work with children and families in Finglas in key areas such

as early intervention, pregnancy and new parenting, parenting supports, literacy and early year’s services and to better support families.

Better Finglas was developed by a number of agencies, organisations, groups and individuals working in the Finglas area. Barnardos is respon-

sible for the day to day management and administration of the project on behalf of the Better Finglas Consortium and Steering Group The event also saw the graduation of 12 secondclass students from St Brigid’s Senior School in Finglas from Barnardos paired reading

the people of Dublin – Bruton

programme, Wizards of Words.

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, James Reilly, was on hand to present certificates to the students. He said projects like Wizards of Words and Better Finglas highlight the huge contribution made to society by volunteers around the country.

Minister Bruton welcomed the announcement, saying: “Dublin Bay is a hugely important asset for our city.”

Dublin Bay gets Biosphere Reserve status  Ian Begley

Dublin Bay has been awarded with an official UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) Biosphere Reserve status, which will ensure its protection and promote its wide variety of activities and spectacular array of wildlife.

On June 24 at North Bull Wall, Minister for Enterprise Richard Bruton announced the designation of Dublin Bay as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

A biosphere reserve is a place which is internationally recognised

by UNESCO for its biodiversity yet is actively managed to promote a balanced relationship between people and nature. Biospheres have a “core” designated for nature conservation but the rest of the biosphere includes places where

people live sustainably.

It is expected that this status will reflect Dublin Bay’s significant, environmental, economic, cultural and tourism importance and extend new opportunities to the Dublin Region.

Speaking to The Gazette, Minister Bruton welcomed the announcement, saying: “This is a great boost for the people of Dublin.

“Dublin Bay is a hugely important asset for our city, a great amenity for the residents of Dublin as well as a significant draw for tourists. Properly protecting and developing the potential of the bay can enhance the quality of life of people living in the city, as well as fostering jobs and economic growth throughout Dublin. The announcement that UNESCO is awarding biosphere status will help us create sustainable employment in a way

that enhances the natural resources and cultural integrity of the bay,” he said.

Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke (Ind) also commented, saying: “It’s terrific that Dublin Bay is being recognised with such a status because it is so precious and cherished by all, particularly for its rugged look and the respect it holds throughout Europe for tourists.

“I go there quite frequently and it’s a great achievement for Dublin.

I also want to commend Dublin City Council because they’ve done whatever they could have done to achieve such a status.”

North Bull Island was designated by UNESCO in 1981. It developed by the gradual natural deposition of sand behind the North Bull Wall - built in the 1820s to improve navigation of the tidal channel of the Liffey.

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concern Public consultation needed for future development

Making views known about post offices  Bairbre Ni Bhraonain

A public consultation on the future of post offices will go ahead in the next six weeks, following 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 around Dublin are now calling on communities, organisations and individuals to make their views heard by taking part in the consultation.

The Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) welcomed the Bobby Kerr report, which encourages multi-

use diversity to keep post offices going into the future. However, the IPU highlighted the fact that the new report’s suggestions contrast with new social protection forms dropped into post offices recently. The forms encourage customers to use banks for their transactions instead of post offices.

The Irish Postmasters’ Union 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: “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. This threat is much larger than what any new business which the Bobby Kerr group may bring.”

In response, a spokesperson for the Department of Social Protection said the Government is fully committed to ensuring 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. Because of the necessary IT system changes, this will take some time to implement.

“Under this Government, there have been just 24 net closures of post offices – compared

Dublin postmasters are urging the public to make their views on how to bring post offices into the future

to 198 between 2007 and 2010 under the previous administration. And to secure the future of the network, Minister Alex White, on behalf of Government, has established the Post Office Network Business Development Group to explore com-

mercial and public service opportunities.”

The IPU is urging local Dublin people to engage in the public consultation on developing the future of post offices.

This will take place for the next six weeks following the launch of an

interim report of the Post Office Network Business Development Group, chaired by Bobby Kerr.

Consultation forms are on the Department of Communications, Energ y and Natural Resources website at www.dcenr.gov.ie

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GAZETTEGALLERIES

Dapper Derek Michael O’Shaughnessy

Cool cats Paul Tyrrell, John Dredge, Treasa Brogan and Pat Courtney. Pictures: Stephen Fleming

Carole Ward from Walkinstown

Cathal Stevens of HCE Players, Boston

p pna Bramley and Marie Williams Kay Lennox, Pat Bramley, Dym

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Brid and Pat Clarke on their 47th wedding anniversary at Davy Byrnes

Declan Allison and Nelius Bresnan enjoying performances at Meeting House Square

Nick Kearney holding his copy

of Ulysses

BLOOMIN’ GOOD: CITY CELEBRATES SEMINAL WORK

A Joyce-ful time at Bloomsday A

HOST of colourful characters were out in force in Dublin City recently in celebration of Bloomsday 2015. Bloomsday takes place around the world every year on June 21 and commemorates the day depicted in James Joyce’s famous novel Ulysses. The celebration is named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in the book and has become a much loved tradition in Dublin City. Some people present on the day included relatives of the author James Joyce and Dublin’s most vocal joyful Joycean, Senator David Norris.

Gearoid Mc Connell from Malahide

Mary Enright and Frank Stapleton enjoying celebrations on Duke Street

Volunteer Rodney Devitt at Sweny pharmacy, which was featured in Ulysses

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gazetteGALLERY

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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what’son air we go for some impressive swiss precision

“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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FEATURE Exhibition: applications sought from students

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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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AUL and LSL provide 15 for Regions Cup THE UEFA Regions Cup kicks off in Dublin this week with a large contingent of Gerry Smith’s Ireland Eastern Region squad made up of players from the capital.

No fewer than 15 of the 20 man squad is made up of AUL or LSL players who play for Dublin clubs, with FAI Intermediate Cup winners Crumlin United having four men involved in the squad: David Meehan, Ross Carrig, James Lee and Greg Moorhouse. The team they beat in the final, Tolka Rovers, are represented by Noel Murray in the squad.

LSL Senior Sunday champions Bluebell United can also boast one of their own making the Irish amateur squad for the tournament, with striker Aji Sule earning the call, while the rest of the LSL contingent is made up of Bangor Celtic duo Lar Dunne and Connor Riddick, Killester United’s David Lacey, and Thomas Dunne from St Pat’s CY. The AUL will be proud to have had five players from their league called up, with four of those coming from Premier A champions and FAI Junior Cup beaten finalists Sheriff YC: Paul Murphy, Kevin Lynch, Darren Dunne, Dean Gibbons, and Jonathan Rock.

Finally, Kilbarrack United’s Dean Gibbons is the only non-Sheriff player from the AUL to earn a place in the squad after having a fantastic individual season for the Whitehall side.

The Regions Cup is the biggest and most illustrious amateur tournament in football, and it is the first time Ireland have hosted the competition. All of the games will be hosted in and around Dublin with Ireland’s opening game taking place on Friday in Tallaght Stadium against Ankara of Turkey.

Smith’s side will then face South Moravia from the Czech Republic on Sunday in Tallaght again before playing their final group game on Wednesday, July 1 in Richmond Park against Tuzla of Bosnia.

The rest of the games will be played in the UCD Bowl, Whitehall, and the Carlisle Grounds before the final is played in Tallaght on July 4.

soccer: dublin sides handed competitive euro draws

UCD in recent league action against Cabinteely

UCD draw Luxembourg side  nathan kelly sport@dublingazette.com

THE draws for 2015/16 Champions League and Europa League first qualifying round were made on Monday with five Irish clubs in the various pots and three from Dublin.

All five League of Ireland teams involved in this season’s Europa League will have been happy with their first round draws. Shamrock Rovers and UCD were both draw n against L u xe m b o u r g s i d e s , with Rovers set to face FC Progres Niederkorn, who finished fourth in

last season’s Luxembourg league. The hoops will travel to the continent for the first leg and welcome Niederkorn to the Tallaght Stadium a week later.

UCD meanwhile will play F91 Dudelange who finished third in that same league which is played in a winter format as opposed to Airtricity League’s summer schedule.

Dudelange will travel to Belfield for the opening leg before the Students make the 1,200km trip to the Stade Jos Nosbaum for the return leg.

St Patrick’s Athletic

castleknock champs Roche presents awards at Celtic honours event castleknock Celtic celebrated their

season last weekend with the presentation of medals in the Castleknock Hotel to their seven winning teams and five runners-up teams in the DDSL and NDSL leagues.

Puskas award runner-up, Stephanie Roche, who is also an ambassador for the FBD Hotels, made the presentations to all the players who subsequently posed for photos on the grounds of the Castleknock Hotel.

will face Skonto Riga from Latvia who are currently third in the Virsliga division. St Pat’s will travel to Latvia for the first leg while the Emmet Road and Richmond Park will sure to be rocking for the second leg. All games have been scheduled for July 2 and 9 although this is to be confirmed.

Should Shamrock Rovers get past their Luxembourgian opponents, they will face the winners of Sheriff FC (Moldova) vs Odds Ballklub (Norway) in the Europa League second-qualifying round.

UCD, who earned their

place in Europe this season through the Fair Play Award, will face the winners of College Europa from Gibraltar vs Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia.

Should St Pat’s manage to get past Skonto Riga in the first qualifying round, they will move on to face the winners of Debrecen (Hungary) vs Sut Jeske from Montenegro in the following round of the competition.

The other Irish team in the draw, Cork City, face the toughest draw of the League of Ireland clubs in the Europa League, as they will face

Icelandic side KR Reykjavik, with the first leg set to be played at home in Turners Cross.

Airtricity League Premier Division holders Dundalk will take place in the coming season’s Champions League, and were handed a tough draw as they will face BATE Borisov in the second qualifying round.

The Belarusian side are reigning national champions and the most successful club in the country, and made it to the group stages of the Champions League last season, where they beat Atletic Bilbao.

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Dubs frustration at blocked Spawell move  sport@dublingazette.com

DUBLIN GA A have failed in a bid to buy a site for a new mid-sized stadium at Spawell in South County Dublin.

The Spawell site, located in the Tymon Park area of Templeogue and easily accessible from the M50, was to have been used as an alternative for

Croke Park when completed, with the stadium expected to hold around 25,000.

The Spawell stadium could have expected to see use in place of Croke Park when attendances were too small for HQ, and might also have seen regular use from Ballyboden St Enda’s and St Jude’s GAA clubs, which

are both located nearby.

Dublin County Board’s CEO John Costello told Newstalk the board are “extremely disappointed” with the outcome, and that he felt the complex would fit comfortably within NAMA’s commitment to social directives.

It’s also thought that the board’s bid was in excess of the €6.5 million asking

price.

There’s some frustration amongst GAA fans in south Dublin about the investment recently afforded to the Tallaght Stadium and the recent purchase of Bohemian’s Dalymount Park ground the other side of the city, both of which involved substantial public investment.

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football: na fianna, tarf and Raheny represented

Plunkett’s run up fifth win with late Syl’s show Afl division one St Oliver Plunkett’s Eoghan Ruadh St Sylvester’s

The Dublin ladies Under-21 side celebrate after their Aisling McGing victory over Cork. Picture: Cody Glenn/Sportsfile

Local trio to fore in All-Ireland final win aisling mcging final Dublin 0-14 Cork 1-8  sport@dublingazette.com

A TRIO of local inner-city footballers were present last Sunday as Dublin U-21 ladies footballers were crowned All-Ireland champions in Nenagh for the second year in a row.

Na Fianna’s Leah Caffrey, Clontarf’s Sarah McCaffrey and Siobhan Woods of Raheny were all named in the starting fifteen as Dublin beat Cork by 0-14 to 1-8.

In what was an extremely closely fought final, Dublin captain

Carla Rowe opened the scoring from a free just two minutes into the contest. Minute’s later Cork midfielder Aine Terry O’Sullivan finished past Dublin keeper Trant to score the game’s first goal only for the referee to disallow the effort stating he had already blown for a Cork following an earlier foul.

The decision lifted Dublin as they hit five unanswered points with Oonagh W hite and Niamh Rickard both grabbing scores while McCaffrey str uck a superb effort over from just outside the 30 before

Rowe converted her second free to leave the Dubs three clear on 18 minutes A goal and a point then put Cork ahead before Rowe struck again with two points, Woods grabbed her first score and McCaffrey her second which meant the capital went in leading 0-10 to 1-5 at the break.

Cork came flying out of the blocks at the restart and hit two points to bring the game level for the fifth and final time.

Rowe hit another free on 36 minutes which was the penultimate point of a player of the match per-

formance, while Woods scored again to leave Dublin two ahead with 15 minutes remaining.

Rising rebel star Doireann O’Sullivan threatened to inspire a Cork comeback at this point but the Dublin defence of Caffrey, Deirdre Murphy, Martha Byrne stood strong and held firm as they had for much of the tie.

Cork’s final score of the game came on 46 minutes but Dublin had two more in them from Rowe and White to ensure Dublin were winners of the Aisling McGing Cup for the second year in a row.

1-17 0-11

ST OLIVER Plunkett’s ER continued their push for for a first league title since 2007, beating St Sylvester’s 1-17 to 0-11 in a fiery game at their Martin Savage Park home on Saturday, June 20.

In truth, while Sylvester’s hung close for the duration of the first half, the Malahide side were heavily dependent on free shooter David Sexton. Sexton was to secure 0-8 in frees alone throughout the match, including two stunners from near halfway as Sylvester’s played with the wind in the first half.

The Malahide side were short a number of key players, though, and while Oliver Plunkett’s persistent defensive fouling was doing them no favours, their superior midfield and front line was eventually to tell.

While Sylvester’s rarely led, they stuck within a point right up until a 45th minute goal for the home side, with Ross McConnell and Gareth Smyth doing plenty of damage in running at the Sylvester’s defence.

Padraic Lee got the critical goal, left with a gaping net after McConnell played him in behind impressive Sylvester’s goalkeeper Stephen Finnegan.

The keeper kicked a couple of frees himself, as well as keeping out what could have been a handful of first half goals as Plunkett’s pushed for a game-making advantage during the first half.

When the goal did arrive, Syl’s heads dropped, and discipline went with it.

Brian Sexton saw red for kicking out. Plunkett’s closed the game on a roll, outscoring the visitors by 11 points to two amd giving the scoreboard a one-sided bent that doesn’t quite convey how long the game remained in the balance.

Perhaps the key change came at half time, when Plunkett’s switched the positioning of their full-forwards, with alternating deeper roles allowing them to get at the Sylvester’s defence from deep.

The home side’s support spent much of the second half yelling at their defence to hold off on giving away those frees, a point of frustration next to their potent attacking line.

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