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Hospital parking proposal enrages  aisling kennedy Plans for the new National Children’s Hospital are being met with anger this week as the planners of the hospital told the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing that outpatients will be encouraged to arrive to the hospital using public transport rather than using the public car park facilities.

Deputy Aengus O Snodaigh (SF) told the Gazette he did not think the allocated parking spaces at the hospital will suffice.

“This is a children’s hospital so the patients cannot make their own way there as they are children.”

However, a spokesperson for

Outpatients will be encouraged to use public transport to get to new Christmas Belles have a children’s facility ball at Keith duffy benefit the National Paediatric Hospital development Board said: “Families of sick children and young people are not expected to take public transport – there are 675 planned car parking spaces”.

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Keith Duffy was joined by a host of supporters recently for his foundation Christmas ball 2015 at the Powerscourt Hotel in Enniskerry, to raise funds for Irish Autism Action and Finn’s First Steps Charities. Glamorous guests, including Lisa Kavanagh and Aisling Hearne, arrived to a champagne reception

followed by a four-course gourmet dinner and a charity auction. There was an exclusive draw on the night for a 15-day Caribbean cruise, while other prizes included rugby international and football packages for 10 people and a trip for two to the Ryder Cup in the USA. Picture: Brian McEvoy

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St James’s | Patients, staff facing parking problems

Hospital proposals still causing upset  aisling kennedy akennedy@dublingazette.com

PLANS for the new National Children’s Hospital are generating anger this week as the planners made it clear to the ongoing Bord Pleanala oral hearing that outpatients would be encouraged to arrive to the hospital using public transport rather than using the public car park facilities.

A total of 675 public parking spaces will be available to the public at the new children’s hospital and these will be used to cater for families and visitors of the 120,000 urgent care cases expected to be dealt with annually when the hospital is built.

There will also be fewer car parking facilities available for staff at the hospital with less than a fifth of spaces for the projected 5,000 staff, including the 3,000 core staff who currently work at St James’s hospital and the additional 2,000 extra staff who will work at the new hospital.

The proposed plans for the hospital will involve a total of 880 staff car parking spaces being available campus wide.

Staff currently do not have to pay to park in designated staff parking areas at the hospital but the current planners say there will be a fee to park in the staff car park once the facility is built.

This will be done in an attempt to encourage hospital staff to take other means of transport to work everyday.

Jonathan Irwin, chief executive of the Jack and Jill foundation, has campaigned tirelessly against the construction of the new National Children’s Hospital at the St James’s hospital site.

He believes there are better sites available for the new facility closer to commuter belts such as the M50 and that provide more space for construction and parking.

Irwin spoke to the Gazette and said: “Personally, I have always thought St James’s is a disaster. It is in a dread-

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Have an old-fashioned Xmas and visit the moving crib The traditional moving crib is on show at St Martin’s Apostolate premises in 42 Parnell Square with 100 figurines depicting biblical life. This imaginative Christmas experience is told through handcrafted moving animatronic figurines (about 1m high) with hand-painted backdrops and sets that depict scenes – beginning with Adam and Eve, through all the key moments of the Bible and finish after the crib scene. Parents, grandparents and children have been visiting this crib for more than half a century and it is free for anyone to attend.

The moving crib will be on display until January 10. For more information, see www.

Stmartin.ie/crib

Jonathan Irwin, Jack and Jill foundation: “I have always thought St James’s is a

A one-woman show takes the stage at Smock Gallery

disaster. It is in a dreadful location, with woeful parking and worse access for

A one-woman show called Fleabag will be taking

patients and families.”

to the stage in the Boy’s School Theatre in Smock Alley this week. Badmouth Theatre will stage

ful location, with woeful parking and worse access for patients and families.

Plus, there is no room for expansion. The campus also sadly has a poor antisocial record.”

Irwin, who is due to speak at the Bord Pleanala oral hearing this week,

said the issue of car parking for staff was “a bizarre situation”.

Deputy Aengus O Snodaigh (SF) told the Gazette that he did not think the allocated parking spaces at the hospital would suffice.

“I don’t think it’s enough, I think it’s going to severely impact on the neighbourhood around the hospital and it is already at breaking point. The planners are also putting a lot of faith in staff leaving their cars at home and travelling by Luas.

“This is a children’s hospital so the patients cannot make their own way there as they are children.

So some form of transport will be needed for each of these patients and I find it difficult to see how this will be managed. “ Cllr Paul Hand (Ind) also spoke out against the lack of car park spaces for outpatients calling it a “disappointing” move.

He said: “Although the

area is well served by public transport, there are so many cases where it is not possible for patients to use it, such as in the case of an infectious disease, a disability or injury that limits their movement.”

In response to the concerns, a statement from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said: “Families of sick children and young people are not expected to take public transport – there are 675 planned car parking spaces.

“These spaces can be pre-booked in advance in order to further facilitate the arrival of parents. In addition, there is an emergency car park set-down area designed to serve the emergency department only.

“This is almost three times the number of spaces when compared with what is currently available in the existing three hospitals combined; currently, 230 parking spaces are provided for families.”

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one-woman play which tells of the life of an outrageous 20-something trying to manage life. Destructive though she may seem, she blunders through her days, making an attempt at adulthood.

Fleabag will take place from December 11 to December 13 at 8pm with a Saturday matinee at 2pm.Tickets cost from €10-€13 and are available to buy at www.smockalley.com/fleabag

Help the homeless by taking the Basecamp backpack challenge If you would like to do something to help the unprecedented number of homeless people on the streets of Dublin this Christmas then why not take part in the Basecamp backpack challenge. Basecamp, the outdoor store on Middle Abbey Street, set up the backpack challenge with the aim to fill as many backpacks as possible for the 100 homeless people who are housed every night at Bru Aimsir in Thomas Street. The backpack can be filled with items such as hats, scarves, gloves, fleeces, waterproof jackets, food vouchers, flasks, water bottles and socks.

Backpacks can be dropped into the Basecamp store or dropped directly into Crosscare staff at Bru Aimsir in Thomas Street.

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crime | gardai appeal follows incident with sawnoff shotgun

exhibition

Late artist’s works to be showcased

Ballymun churchgoers robbed at gunpoint

 aisling kennedy

AN ARMED gunman wearing a balaclava held up worshippers at the Compassion Centre in the Ballymun Enterprise Centre last Sunday morning.

The man, who acted alone and had a Dublin accent, ran into the enterprise centre holding a sawn-off shotgun and threatened worshippers.

A witness at the scene told how the gunman held the gun to a woman’s head and told another parishioner to take a bag and walk around the room to collect everybody’s mobile phones and wallets.

The witness said: “He turned the gun on another woman and said: ‘What

car are you driving?’ He then took the keys to her car, locked the door of the centre behind him, and escaped in the car.”

The car was found abandoned later that day about half a mile away.

Up to 40 people were in the centre at the time of the robbery, and many of the worshippers were women and children.

Garda Superintendent Finbarr Murphy told The Gazette that: “Nobody was hurt, but a lot of people were quite traumatised, especially the children who were there.”

Cllr Paul McKenna (FF) spoke out against the robbery, and said: “Criminals are getting more brazen by the day. It is absolutely shocking that people at worship were held up at

gunpoint.

“People attending a religious service should not have to deal with appalling incidents like this. There were young children at this service who are traumatised.

“This terrible incident once again highlights the urgent need for a dedicated Garda unit to tackle gun crime in Dublin.”

Gardai are following a number of lines of enquiry, but Supt Murphy appealed for anyone who may have seen a blue Fiat Panda with a 09D registration driving out of the centre at 12pm on Sunday morning to contact Ballymun Garda Station at 01 666 4400.

Anyone with further information is also asked to come forward.

cycling Into the West

MORE than 100 cyclists are set to take part in a 350km Dublin to Belmullet journey in aid of Brother Kevin Crowley and the Capuchin Day Centre. The cycle, which takes place next June 24 and 25, hopes to raise €100,000 for the Dublin 7 centre, which has been helping feed the poor and needy since 1969. Past and present GAA stars joined RTE presenter Miriam O’Callaghan and Brother Crowley at the launch, with Dublin legend Jimmy Keaveney, and Mayo’s David Brady and Jason Doherty helping out. On those who use the centre’s services, Brother Kevin said: “The people who come here for help are those who have been left behind. They are people who need our support in a non-judgemental way. These are people trapped and imprisoned in a cycle of poverty and homelessness.”

The Axis Gallery in Ballymun will this month host an exhibition entitled John Duffy, A Life in Pictures, which will showcase the work of late Ballymun artist John Duffy.

The exhibition, which will be specially curated

by Brian Maguire and musician and artist Stano, will open on December 10 and run until January 29.

During the exhibition’s run, Axis will announce a new young artist bursary in Duffy’s honour as Duffy was a visual artist and poet who had a long association with Axis, including four exhibitions and a residency.

A specially commissioned triptych by artists Robert Ballagh, Brian Maguire and Donald Teskey will also be shown as part of the exhibition.

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centenary | digital repository to include ephemera from signatories of proclamation

Unique 2016 programme launched at library  aisling kennedy

The National Library of Ireland (NLI) this week launched its 2016 programme which includes the release of a unique digital repository of personal papers and photographs that tell the story of the events of 1916.

In addition to the 70,000 digital images already available through the NLI’s online catalogue, the digitised personal papers and photographs of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation – Eamonn Ceannt, James Connolly, Tom Clarke, Sean MacDiarmada, Thomas MacDonagh, Padraig

Pearse and Joseph Plunkett – will be added in the coming months.

The digitised papers include diaries, postcards and photographs that tell the stories of the family and working lives of each signatory, alongside dramatic records of their activities during Easter Week

1916.

The 1916 Digital Collections is a culmination of months of intensive work by the NLI team, and more than 20,000 items will be available online by April 2016.

Speaking at the launch, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heath-

er Humphreys said: “The release of the 1916 Digital Collections by the National Library is sure to be a great resource to individuals and groups across the State and beyond who want to mark 1916, or to simply reflect on it. The breadth of material that has been digitised

and will be made available online is astounding and represents a hugely valuable record of events leading up to and including the Easter Rising.”

Details of the NLI’s full 2016 programme of events is available on the NLI’s website www.nli.ie

Christmas FM returns with good helping of favourites to aid charity Christmas wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t hear our favourite festive songs and to make sure we all get in the Christmas spirit, Christmas FM is officially back on the airwaves.

This year, Christmas FM will be raising awareness and funds for Make-AWish Ireland, the charity that grants wishes to children with life threatening medical conditions.

Christmas FM is a not-for-profit operation with 100% of donations going directly to the charity.

Since 2008, Christmas FM has raised over €600,000 for charities including ISPCC, Barnardos, Simon, Focus Ire-

land, Age Action and Aware.

More than 100 volunteers will participate across the on-air production and promotion of the station this year, each devoting between 20 and 50 hours of their time.

Tune in to hear a host of very familiar radio voices who will be volunteering their time to bring you round-the-clock Christmas tunes and festive updates until St Stephen’s Day. Christmas FM will broadcast from the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin who have kindly given the studio space for free.

The radio frequency for Christmas FM for Dublin city and county is 94.3FM.

Pictured are Brian Killoran, chief executive of the Immigrant Council of Ireland; Denise Charlton, expert on trafficking, Immigrant Council of Ireland; Sarah Benson, chief executive, Ruhama; Rebecca Beegan, campaign coordinator, Men’s Development Network; Margaret Martin, director, Women’s Aid; Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop, chief executive, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and Mary Crilly, Sexual Violence Centre Cork. Picture: Naoise Culhane Photography

new bill | tackle shortfalls in irish law

Parties urged to act on trafficking  Aisling Kennedy

Frontline agencies that support victims of sexual exploitation are calling on all political parties to support the Sexual Offences Bill after it emerged that there were 291 women selling sex in the Dublin area on one prostitution website alone.

The Immigration Council of Ireland is currently helping one young girl who was sold as a teenager for €3,000 and was raped up to 15 times a day in a Temple

Bar brothel.

She is one of many young girls they help each year in Dublin.

Four groups including the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, the Immigrant Council of Ireland, Ruhama, which is a confidential support service for women affected by prostitution, and Men’s Development Network, which supports change in men, along with 1.6 million Irish people initiated the Turn Off The Red Light campaign.

As part of this campaign the collective group

sayd the Bill is a chance to address shortfalls in Irish law that are being exploited by pimps and human traffickers.

Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop, chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, said: “This legislation will help to bring an end to the systematic exploitation of women and girls. It is time for Ireland to take an all-island approach to combating this crime.”

Denise Charlton, an expert on trafficking who works with the Immigrant Council of

Ireland, said: “Almost without exception the women we support who have been trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation speak of enter prostitution as young teenage girls.

“They are in complete isolation, under constant pressure from criminal bosses.

“This leads to taking risks with their personal and sexual health, and long-term trauma.

“We call for muchneeded action to stop the pimps and traffickers.”

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don’s dublin Wordy place that keeps spotlight on Ireland’s best writers For a city that has given the world so much fine literature, the Dublin Writers’ Museum tells a story through its collection of letters, books and personal possessions of many great writers. It was set up in 1991 and with an interesting, chronological layout it is easy to follow the development of Irish writing from the late 17th century to Samuel Beckett who died in 1989.

The building, at 18 Parnell Square, dates back to 1780 when Lord Farnham was its first occupant. It changed hands a few times until George Jameson (of the Jameson distilling family) bought the house in 1891. Over the years, he made major refurbishments, including the creation of the wonderful Gallery of Writers on the first floor.

In the first room you can find out about the beginnings of Irish poetry and storytelling with the emergence of Swift, Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Brinsley Sheridan whose play The Rivals gave the world the word malapropism. There is a unique document with Jonathan Swift’s signature and a first edition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

The second room concentrates on works from the Irish Literary Revival at the end of the 19th century. The opening of the Abbey Theatre in 1904 was a pivotal moment with its productions of plays by playwrights WB Yeats, JM Synge and Sean O’Casey and there are many original programmes from the time. The signed copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses is worth the visit for any Joycean fan.

Upstairs in the gallery there are fine portraits and glass cabinets with letters, papers and other personal items. The telephone that Samuel

Focus Ireland has slammed NAMA’S plan for Dublin Docklands

crisis | €1.9bn dublin docklands proposal criticised

Nama’s private housing plan ‘ignores problem’

 aisling kennedy

Beckett had in his Paris apartment that allowed him chose whether to speak to a caller or not is quirky. There is the piano that Joyce played, and the chair that GF Handel sat on when conducting Messiah at the Great Music Hall in Fishamble Street in 1642.

The museum is a popular visitor attraction and it’s easy to see why. It’s a wordy place.

Don Cameron

www.donsdublin.wordpress.com

Dublin Writers’ Museum, at 18 Parnell Square, follows the development of Irish writing from the late 17th century to Samuel Beckett

NAMA’S €1.9bn plan for Dublin Docklands has been slammed by Focus Ireland this week as it fails to prioritise provision of much-needed social housing.

Nama’s plans show 2,000 apartments, a luxury hotel and office space are to be constructed on the site. There will also be a wider programme of 20,000 homes delivered in greater Dublin which will cost the agency €5.6bn.

With homelessness at an all-time high in Dublin and many families being forced to live in emergency accommodation, Focus Ireland said it was wrong for Government to build private apartments while failing to deliver the social homes required to

end the worst homeless crisis in our history as a State.

Mike Allen, Focus Ireland advocacy director, told the Gazette: “Nama will be required to provide 10% of the units [in the docklands] as social housing, but this is a legal requirement that applies to all developers and is the absolute minimum they can do under law.

“Of course, there is need for houses and apartments for owneroccupiers too - but it should be the role of the private developers to build homes for the private market.

“It is wrong for the State to be building homes for private owners when the critical shortage of social housing is forcing hundreds of families, children and individuals

into homelessness.”

Allen said the Government did not seem to recognise the scale of the family homelessness problem.

“Over the last few years Government has often explained there are limits to what it can actually do due to the terrible state of our economy.

“But here is a clear case where you have the power to do something about an appalling problem which is damaging the life prospects of hundreds of children, and yet they have decided not to direct Nama towards that crucial task.”

Cllr Mary Fitzpatrick (FF) spoke out against Nama’s private apartments decision, telling the Gazette: “The plan unveiled by Nama this week falls well short

of what we should be aiming for. Their plan focuses on office, commercial and transient accommodations. There is no adequate provision of desperately needed affordable residential accommodation or community facilities such as schools.”

She said almost 50% of the population in Dublin Central lived in private rented properties. With over 20,000 applicants on Dublin City Council’s housing list, and over 1,000 families with young children living in emergency accommodation, Nama’s plans offered them little hope.

In response, a Nama spokesperson told the Gazette that the docklands apartments would “include social housing provision in line with

the existing legal framework”.

In addition, they reiterated that there would be a wider programme of 20,000 homes delivered in greater Dublin through Nama funding.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan said: “On the residential side, Nama’s launch this week follows on from an announcement I made in my Budget speech that Nama would be in a position to provide 20,000 additional housing units by 2020.

“This, in addition to the housing package announced recently

by Minister Alan Kelly, demonstrates this Government’s commitment to addressing the housing shortage which is particularly evident in the greater Dublin area.”

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cityGazettegallery | rosanna davison at showrooms

Rosanna Davison, with a copy of Eat Yourself Beautiful

Motoring along with insights into nutrition

Maureen and Alan Hannon

Johnny Cooper

Meaghan Brady and Lauren Reinhardt

Ann, Louis and Aine Smith were at the event, which appealed to sports and beauty fans alike. Pictures: Stephen Fleming Photography

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HE Karmann Volkwagen showrooms in Finglas played host to an entertaining evening recently when former Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison dispensed cooking tips and beauty advice, all in the name of giving fashionistas and health-

conscious people some advice.

Rosanna wasn’t the only wellknown face on the menu that evening – Dublin GAA footballer Jonny Cooper was also on hand, with his questions and answers session with the crowd about nutrition

Carla Andreucetti with Ross and Padraig Coughlan

proving just as popular.

His insights into the value of proper nutrition and sporting endeavours, coupled with Rosanna’s advice, was a great way to keep the evening motoring along at the Karmann showrooms.

Eleanor Jones

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cityGazettegallery | leaders in growing fields attend gathering

Anouska Proetta Brandon

Aoife Houlihan and Niamh Scott

It’s blog to basics Laura Mullett, Emma O’Farrell and Madeline Mulqueen. Pictures: Patrick OI’Leary

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HE Marker Hotel recently tempted a wide range of Ireland’s leading bloggers, vloggers and digital gurus to step out of the bloggosphere, and into Bloggerconf 15 – a gathering aimed at analysing some of the challenges and developments experienced by all kinds of such content curators today.

Whether they were experts in fashion or food, health or technology, the wide-ranging group delved into masterclasses and case studies, with talks on everything from legal issues to monetising content and transparency of services providing much to think about in the small, but influential sector.

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| Happy 150th Birthday, William Butler Yeats

Cast and welded bronze by John Coll

Catherine O’Riordan and Jessica Imhoff. Pictures: Stephen Fleming Photography

Gathering for Lonely Impulse to Delight

Declan Ronan and Eleanor Kelly

John Sibbery

Kate Lawlor and Dairine McCafferty

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O FINE Art Editions joined the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats recently with the opening of A Lonely Impulse of Delight exhibition at its Anne Street gallery, which features original works from Ireland’s top writers and artists.

Inspired by the poetry of WB Yeats, works included in the exhibition are drawn from John Banville, Colm Toibin, Edna O’Brien, Paul Muldoon, Eavan Boland, Donald Teskey, Hughie O’Donoghue, Richard Gorman, Martin Gale, John Behan, Lars Nyberg, Diana Copper-

Peter Fallon and Senator Susan O’ Keeffe (Lab)

white, Amelia Stein, Michael Canning, and Barbara Rae. The exhibition also includes items of historic and artistic interest from Cuala Press, which was set up in 1908 by Elizabeth and Lily Yeats.

The show will tour in Ireland and internationally, starting in Sligo.

Kate Betts

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housing | habitat for humanity helps two families a year

Couple gets a home after six-year wait  aisling kennedy news@gazettegroup.com

A YOUNG couple who were on Dublin City Council’s social housing waiting list for six years were handed the keys to their own home this week as part of a project by international housing charity Habitat for Humanity.

Lisa O’Brien and her partner of 12 years, who doesn’t want to be named, will move into their new two-bedroom home in Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, just in time for

Christmas.

The couple will now come off the social housing waiting list and will pay a small mortgage on their new home.

To be eligible for the Habitat for Humanity scheme, which helps two families a year, the couple needed to be on the social housing waiting list but they also had to have the ability to repay an affordable mortgage to qualify for the scheme.

O’Brien, who works as a hairdresser, told the Gazette: “Now that we have a place of our

own, we feel excited for the future. We are finally putting roots down. Our relationship has progressed and we are starting a new chapter of our lives. In 10 years’ time, we hope to be healthy and happy with our family and friends around us.

To be able to continue our lives in the community we grew up in – that is something really special.”

The house that the couple will move into was previously a derelict Dublin City Council house and to keep the cost of reno-

A new Habitat for Humanity Ireland partner, Lisa O’Brien, receiving the keys to the new home she will share with her partner in Dublin 7. Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

vating the house down, volunteer workers helped to rebuild as much of it as possible along with using donations of gift in kind and building materials.

As part of the scheme, the couple also had to help the volunteers with the renovation works.

Prior to receiving the

keys to their new home, O’Brien had been living in her family home of seven and sharing a bedroom with her two younger sisters. Her partner lived in a family home of five.

The situation was not ideal as both homes lacked privacy and were overcrowded.

“This new home gives us stability and freedom.

We finally have our own space to progress in life as a couple. We are so thankful to everyone who helped out on this renovation. It’s amazing to think that people care so much to help families improve their lives.”

development

City plan deadline is here The deadline to make a submission to the Dublin City Development Plan 2016–22 is due to close this week.

The plan, which is being prepared by Dublin City Council, will set out a shared vision and direction for the future development of the city over the next six years.

It will identify the key issues facing Dublin and how they should be addressed.

Public participation in the plan is vital so members of the public are invited to let the council know what they think of it.

The deadline for public submissions is this Friday, December 11.

The draft plan is available on http://dublincitydevelopmentplan.ie/

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diary dublinlife Oceans of fun at Imaginosity IRELAND’S only interactive children’s museum for those under nine years, Imaginosity, is gearing up for Santa’s Science Lab. The little ones can join the Imaginosity elves as they experiment and conjure up festive workshops in the lab in the Plaza in Sandycove.

Santa will visit Imaginosity on December 19 for one day only, to meet everyone and get his delivery list prepared.

Tickets are €4 in addition to Imaginosity standard admission rates, and each child will leave with a small gift following their chat with Santa. Tickets can be booked by calling 01-2176130.

Oceans of Fun with Imaginosity will take place on Sunday, December 20, in the National Maritime Museum of Ireland as part of this year’s

Dun Laoghaire Maritime Christmas Festival.

This interactive family experience will include craft-making, storytelling and lots of Christmassy science. Tickets are €5 on Eventbrite.

Having recently enjoyed a day out there, The Diary can highly recommend Imaginosity for a couple of hours of fun.

Guinness toasts its many fans THE Guinness Storehouse recently marked its 15th anniversary and celebrated the 14 million visitors from 25 countries it has welcomed in that time. The iconic St James’s Gate site first opened its doors to visitors in December 2000 following a €42m redevelopment of the 113year-old former fermentation plant.

Former US President Bill Clinton was the first in a long line of famous faces to visit the Storehouse in its inaugural year, other famous faces who have visited since include Queen Elizabeth II, Chris Rock, Will Ferrell, Susan Sarandon, Dermot O’Leary, Adam Sandler, Pink, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Conan O’Brien, The Coronas, The Script and Chris O’Dowd.

“Our first 15 years have been truly amazing with many highlights but winning the title of Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction at the World Travel Awards in September is a particularly special one,” said managing director Paul Carty.

Christmas tree dilemma solved THE Christmas tree

Drummers Ronan Brady and Maire Dee get into the swing and are suspended in the pint-shaped centre of the seven-floor visitor attraction. Picture: Andres Poveda

conundrum of whether to go for a real, authentic tree with its beautiful scent and texture or invest in the convenience of an artificial tree that will last for many Christmases to come may

have been solved by the Garden House, Airfield Estate, Dundrum, which stocks a wide selection of both.

Bryan Maher, founder of The Garden House, says you cannot have enough lights on a Christmas tree. He makes a number of useful suggestions about how to dress your tree to best effect. In addition, he throws some light on the important issue of lights, again providing many useful tips on how best to use and maximise their effect, including the lights’ tone and those that can be timed to turn

on and off at a certain time each day.

For a more comprehensive insight into how to make the most of your Christmas tree this Christmas see www.thegardenhouse.ie or call The Garden House, Airfield Estate, Dundrum on 01 531 2010.

bus users get info for christmas IRELAND’S second National Workplace Radio station 103.2 Dublin City FM and Dublin Bus will work together in the run-up to Christmas to ensure commuters have service

updates about buses in the city. Chief inspectors from Dublin Bus will be located in the traffic control centre at Dublin City Council from where the Livedrive Programme is broadcast.

Mick Hanley, chief executive of Dublin City FM, said that while the station had been giving traffic commuters upto-the-minute information each day for over 10 years, this would be the first time information relevant to bus commuters will be broadcast, including the Nitelink services in the city.

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feature A DAY IN THE LIFE: Suzanne jackson likes to dine out with loved ones

A busy blogger who is always on the go  Keith Bellew

IRELAND’s leading fashion and beauty blogger Suzanne Jackson of So Sue Me is one busy woman.

From running her successful blog to starting her own beauty brand, r unning workshops, maintaining a large social media following and public appearances, Jackson somehow manages to squeeze it all in. The Gazette caught up with her to discuss what a day in her hectic life entails.

She has just returned from fundraising for charities close to her heart, Dogs Aid and Dogs Trust and says: “I’ve been raising money for this in the run-up to Christmas.

There are always a lot of unwanted dogs around this time so they need the extra support.”

As for a typical day in her life? Well, there isn’t one.

She usually starts each day the same way: “I get up in the morning and I always have breakfast, which gets me ready for the day and gives me energy. I work from home – I did have an office but I just felt that I was more productive at home.”

Jackson then sets about organising her emails: “I’ll sit down and spend about an hour on emails. I have a PA who goes through them for me and marks

important ones that I need to get back to. Then I will get myself ready and go about my day.

“Generally speaking, I could be going to an appearance so I’ve got to get full glam; I’ll do my hair and make-up and then travel to whatever event I’m appearing at.

“I’ll then usually spend about an hour there, just meeting with other guests or doing a talk depending on the type of event.”

The later part of the day usually sees Jackson attending another event.

“I would usually have a launch party to attend, like the launch of a new make-up palette for example, or a film premier.”

Last week, she was a judge at Ms Universe Ireland and before that she appeared as a guest host on TV3’s Xpose, which she loved even though it was somewhat nerve wracking to present one of the country’s most popular shows. “I was really nervous because it’s a show I’ve always watched, and I’ve always looked up to the girls there and admired it for years.”

Later in the day, Jackson blogs and manages her social media.

“When I come home in the evening, I blog. I’ll probably have my dinner around six and then blog from around seven till 11 at night. This involves

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scheduling Facebook posts for the next day and writing blog posts. Then I check my emails one more time and go to bed!”

She rarely gets a chance to switch off, especially with the number of social media followers she has, particularly on Snapchat

where she gets about 65,000 views a snap.

“It’s so immediate, it’s so interactive and it’s a more personal way to

connect with followers.”

She likes to unwind by eating out with her friends and family. Her favourite spots are Siam Thai in

Malahide and Blue Bar in Skerries. “I manage to fit it in, I have a very active lifestyle. I’m always out and about.”

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donal skehan: perfects his recipe for success

A brilliant year ends with a fresh take on lifestyle  aisling kennedy

DONAL Skehan is, in many ways, not your stereotypical chef. He is, however, one who is ahead of the curve when it comes to bringing new ways of cooking to his fans.

He does this through his YouTube channel, which has amassed a quarter of a million subscribers in a few years.

He is also a TV chef, author and all-round hard worker who, in addition to travelling around Ireland and

abroad for work, married his Swedish sweetheart Sofie Larsson in June.

Skehan took time out this week to talk to the Gazette about how he maintains work-life balance, and how the first year of married life is going. “Married life is

great; it’s going really well. It’s our first Christmas together as a married couple, which will be great. I don’t think much has changed but it’s been really lovely and it’s a lovely time to kind of step back and look at the year we’ve had. It’s been a really brilliant year.

“We will be doing a Swedish Christmas this year. We do it year-on year-off, and so this year is Sophie’s year. They do a different type of Christmas dinner in Sweden because they celebrate Christmas on the evening of Decem- Enjoying the great outdoors at Howth with Max, Donal Skehan is planning to expand ber 24. They have pickled his career horizons in 2016 fish, Christmas ham and a kind of fishy potato dish; every weekend right from that we have such beauti- continues to be. It’s such we’re also going to do a the summer up until ful landscape on our door an amazing world though, traditional Irish Christmas Christmas. I was doing all step so I really enjoyed and we’ve just shot a dinner on Christmas Day sorts and not getting the that side of it...I’m not an documentary about the so I’ll get my Irish Christ- time to eat right or exer- extreme sports person Food Tube phenomenon mas dinner after all.” cise. I wasn’t getting the but I do exercise on a for RTE 2 as part of their Skehan admits that at time to stop and breathe regular basis now.”

Reality Bites series.” times he has pushed him- deeply. So the cookbook S ke h a n h a s a l s o His fame on the interself to the limits, and says came out of that. become a global internet net has led him to think this time last year life was “We looked at how sensation on his YouTube about capitalising on the not quite as calm as it is we could translate the channel, with over a quar- online market. “In Irenow. “At the end of last cookbook to TV, and ter of a million subscrib- land, there’s only about year, I came to a point that’s when we came up ers. Jamie Oliver signed a handful of us creating where I knew everything with idea of my TV pro- him up to his FoodTube content and making it a needed a bit of a shake gramme, Cook Eat Burn. channel, which is a first business online from a up. I knew I wasn’t eat- The interesting thing is for any Irish chef. Oliver YouTube perspective. ing the right foods and I how you match exercise has since praised SkeI don’t think Ireland wasn’t exercising prop- with food.” han’s strong work ethic has even got into that rouerly, and I think that was Cook Eat Burn, run- and ambition. tine of watching YouTube the catalyst for me.” ning as a six-part series on “I’m separate to Jamie’s the way the Americans This led him to take RTE, sees Skehan take on Food Tube now; because or the British would. It’s stock of his life and physical challenges such I’ve grow n so many sub- an interesting place to inspired his recently as mountain climbing, scribers we moved on by be, and we’re planning to released book, Fresh. kayaking and coasteer- ourselves. We were with move to LA to pursue a “Fresh is a cookbook ing, during which he got him for the last two years bit of the YouTube side that is all about healthy to see some of Ireland’s though and he’s been fan- of things in February for eating. Last year, I was most beautiful scenery. tastic to us. He’s been a a few months. So watch out working pretty much “We forget as Irish people really great support and this space!”

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Pets can you be cosmo’s whole universe?

Ballet Ireland lead dancers Kesi Olley-Dorey and James Loffler during final rehearsals for the much loved and witty ballet Coppelia Picture: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

opera: how one man’s solution to loneliness influenced others

It’s a doll’s life for Coppelia

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BALLET Ireland’s edgy new take on the 19th century comic ballet, Coppelia, will visit Draiocht, Blanchardstown, on December 18 as part of its national tour.

Coppelia tells the story of a dollmaker, who creates an incredibly lifelike doll to ease his loneliness.

The result is a doll so realistic that everyone who encounters her thinks she’s a living woman, and one unfortunate young man falls in love with her.

In this new production, the action takes place at a 1950s country fair, and Coppelia is the face of a cosmetics line.

Speaking to the Gazette, director Anne Maher says Ballet Ireland always attempts to give its own spin to any production, to make it easier for audiences to identify with.

She says the reasoning behind setting it in the 1950s was manifold.

One reason was that the feminist movement was very strong in the 1950s, and the heroine of the piece, Swanhilda, is “very much a feisty and independent woman so we thought that would be a great place to set her.

We were looking around for different ideas and this sort of jumped out”.

She says the idea worked really well.

“Musically, the theme is around some of the more traditional pieces of music in the original score; folk danc-

es like the mazurka or the csardas.

“Obviously, the large sections of the score have stayed in their original format, but then we’ve taken some parts and tinkered with them a little.

“Some of them are set in a more bluegrass style, and because those are originally folk tunes, they transcend beautifully into another kind of idiom.

“It worked fantastically well on a musical level and also stylistically, and then from the perspective of the actual libretto and storyline.”

She says the most challenging aspect of the show was not in the adaptation or the performance, but containing their ambitions for the show, so they do not exceed the budget “That would be the biggest thing.

We had such fine and fantastically creative collaborators working with us on the production, it was all about containing the amount of ambition that they had to manage as much as we could within the budget that we had,” she says.

The show has been on tour for a number of weeks now, performing at numerous venues throughout the country.

Maher says it has been very well received. The best part of it, is the audiences really seem to “get it”, she says.

Ballet Ireland’s Coppelia will visit Draiocht, Blanchardstown, on December 18 as part of its national tour. For more information visit www. draiocht.com

Dublin Gazette Newspapers has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs. Cosmo came to us as a puppy and has been in a home before but has struggled hugely with being left alone and his previous family just didn’t have the time to meet his needs.

His devoted team of carers at Dogs Trust have done so much to help him and now he’s ready to find a home to call his own. It’s all he’s ever wanted. If you live in an adult-only home with someone there the vast majority of the time, then Cosmo could be the most perfect companion for you.

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Whether it’s sparkly, fringed, laced or just a simple mini dress, the sky is the limit here. You can always add a shot of colour with some bright heels or a quirky clutch.

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These cupcakes will go down a treat

Enjoy tree-mendous Christmas cupcakes THIS week, we have a delicious (and very timely) recipe for Christmas Tree Cupcakes, which makes 10-12 cupcakes, topped off with buttercream. These cupcakes use that timeless Irish kitchen staple, Siucra sugar; for further information, see www.facebook. com/siucraireland, Instagram.com/SiucraIreland or www.siucra.ie. They’ll look great on any Christmas table – but they won’t stay there for long, once hungry eyes spot them!

Cupcakes Ingredients 125g Siucra light golden brown sugar 125g butter, at room temperature 2 medium free-range eggs 150g self-raising flour 3 tbsps milk 2 tsps vanilla extract Preparation • Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan.

• Line a bun tin with 12 paper cases.

• Beat together the butter and Siucra light golden brown sugar until pale and fluffy.

• Beat in the eggs, one at a time.

• Mix in the vanilla extract, flour and milk.

• Divide the mixture equally between the 12 cases.

• Bake for 15-20 minutes, then cool on a wire rack before piping on the buttercream.

Buttercream Ingredients 450g Siucra icing sugar 225g butter, at room temperature 3 tspn vanilla extract Green food colouring Sugar decorations: silver balls, stars, circles Preparation • Beat the butter and Siucra icing sugar together. Add the vanilla extract and beat again. It takes a few minutes to turn into buttercream.

• Add the green food colouring gradually until you have the desired colour.

• Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle.

• Pipe onto each cupcake, starting wide at the bottom and getting narrower as you go up. Try to do this in one movement.

• Place a star decoration on top and coloured sugar decorations or silver balls around the tree.

The Elephant’s Ear Fusion restaurant

Landscape Road, D14 Come to Churchtown create a comfortable

NEW restaurants are popping up all over Dublin lately, but they’re usually in the city centre.

For those of us who live and work in suburbia, it’s like manna from heaven when a new place opens its doors, especially if they are offering something exciting and that is on a par, if not surpasses, what you can get in the city centre.

That is the case with The Elephant’s Ear, in Churchtown. Strange name, I know, but nothing is strange about the food – exciting, inventive, colourful and downright tasty are just some of the adjectives that spring to mind.

Just above the Glenside Pub, this place has been given a complete overhaul and the soft, muted greys, along with the boothed seating and soft lighting, attribute to the relaxed atmosphere.

The maitre-d said they were still working on the music, which is a bit of a mishmash, but if this

and you could be singing the praises of The Elephant’s Ear, above the Glenside pub. Soft, muted tones space – all the better to leave you receptive to the dishes on offer, which certainly don’t disappoint.

The Picky Eater is the only thing they haven’t got right after five weeks in operation, then they are doing well.

And, when it comes to the food, they have got everything spot-on. They encourage sharing in this place, and with a selection of “naughty nibbles” or light bites on offer, as well as straight-up starters and mains, there is a big selection to choose from.

I would recommend you go for tapas-style dining, and choose from the many delicious small plates on offer.

Taste explosion The fish tacos (€7) were an absolute taste explosion in the mouth, with plenty of sprightly garnish and a dash of lime thrown in for good measure. This dish had us singing, and we couldn’t wait for what was to come.

Tuna nachos (€10) with seared tuna fish and plenty of guacamole, were equally as exciting, as

the tacos just came alive on the plate and on the tongue. A gorgonzola dip (€6) with toasted breads had us licking the last droplets from the bowl.

Next up were chicken flatbreads (€8), with chicken that felt like it was torn straight from a roasted bird, and came with plenty of peanuts and some satay sauce lashed on top.

My sister decided to try a larger plate, just to see what could be expected there, and in the name of research! She loved her pan-roasted rump of lamb with sumac and pomegranate molasses (€15), but in comparison to the smaller plates, there was none ...

A dessert combo gave us a sample of a delicious crumble with a crunchy and creamy honeycomb ice cream. A winter fruits jelly and ice ream combo was equally good.

The wine list is great too, featuring some adventurous new wines.

We chose a Spanish

The colourful dishes were great value, with a taste to match their attractive visuals. Picture: The Picky Eater

Rueda (€26).

All in all, this place was a joy from start to finish, with a great team of staff on the floor and in the

kitchen. They also offer brunch and lunch with much of the same menu on offer. I couldn’t recommend it more.

Conclusion AT LAST, someone has remembered the suburbs do exist, and The Elephant’s Ear (at 20 Landscape Road, Churchtown, Dublin 14; tel 089 608 0556) proves a delectable delight, thanks to decent dishes and excellent accompaniments.

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the night before: entertaining, but muddled

Not quite a turkey  dave phillips

IT IS that most wonderful time of the year, when Christmas begins to buoyantly creep into the movies.

On cinema screens around the world, films are being angled to become part of the festive pantheon. There is certainly no sense of subtlety in Jonathan Levine’s The Night Before.

Smash together The

H a n g ove r a n d B a d Santa, and you’ll have the strange sludge from which Levine has brought to life this full-blown, bad-taste Christmas monster.

Taking the tag-team of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, and pairing them with Anthony Mackie (Captain America: Winter Soldier), Levine sets out to tell a very X-rated Xmas adventure.

After the sudden death of Ethan’s (Gordon-Lev-

itt) parents over a decade ago, he and his two stoner high-school buddies have made a point of spending Christmas Eve together.

But, as they transition into different stages of their lives, they realise that the tradition of getting festively wasted must be broken.

Isaac (Rogen) is on the cusp of becoming a father, and Chris (Mackie) is hitting a new level of fame in his NFL career. Ethan, has

just ended a relationship and is struggling to find his place in the world.

The intensity of their last Christmas Eve together is ramped up when Betsy (Jillian Bell) gifts Isaac a smorgasbord of drugs and Isaac finds three tickets to the most exclusive party in town – the Nutcracka Ball ...

So begins the 100minute rollercoaster comedy that is The Night Before. It may be Christ-

These three buddies find their typical Christmas routines getting interrupted as real life and grown-up issues interrupt their usual slacker habits

mas Eve, but nothing is sacred here.

While it hits more often than it misses, you can’t escape the feeling that there is something lacking. While the script is highly improvised, it lacks that sense of genuine ban-

ter that typifies much of Rogen’s earlier work, and makes you wonder where James Franco was when they were casting leads.

For fans of Pineapple Express and Knocked Up schools of comedy, this one will be a hit. But

beyond that, will The Night Before earn a place amid the Christmas pantheon?

It seems very unlikely, but strange miracles have been known to happen around this time of year.

Verdict: 6/10

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Take a trip through the archive to 1988  colm murray

Ellie Goulding uses big-name producers, including Max Martin on this album and has already announced a world tour to promote her latest offering to the dance scene.

Ellie Goulding: big guns hit marketing mark

Repetitive Delirium not very memorable  colm murray

WITH Delirium (Polydor/Warners), British singer Ellie Goulding has put together what is essentially a playlist of singles destined for frequent repeat on the radio and in the clubs, all with catchy rhythms and her this-can-onlybe-Ellie-Gouldingsinging distinctive vocal style.

She’s pulled out the big guns, working with big-name producers like Max Martin, and has already announced a world tour for the

album — there aren’t any ballads as such in the 16 tracks.

Overall, Delirium is a polished effort, if not a particularly memorable one.

I t i n c l u d e s L ove Me Like You Do, her smash hit from the Fifty Shades of Gray movie as well as the single currently getting airplay, On My Mind.

Other highlights are Keep On Dancin’ and Don’t Need Nobody.

I t g e t s r e p e t i t i ve , dance track after dance track, and lyrically it’s fairly bland — Love!

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Attraction! Ooh! But if you’re looking for something that will get you to move, this will do it.

It is unfortunate that Delirium cannot reach that level more consist-

ently.

Part of the problem is the album’s length: Delirium is almost an hour in its shortest form, and there are deluxe versions of the album that stretch out over 25 tracks.

Even appreciating Goulding’s prolific output, this suggests she likes these songs so much she can’t bear to let them go.

But pop is an ar t form that rewards concision, and this album’s stronger tracks get lost in clumps that do not connect.

FEW artists could keep us entertained with an ongoing series of live releases in an archives series.

Neil Young can.

Bluenote Cafe (Warner Brothers) is the latest in the series, which has released live albums every one or two years since 2006.

Containing seven unreleased songs, the 23-track double album was recorded in 1988 at a variety of venues with the Bluenote Cafe band.

Featuring a six-member horn section to play tracks from the 1988 studio album This Notes for You, which also used a horn section on the majority of the album.

Young has performed with a variety of bands throughout his career, from Buffalo Springfield, Booker T and the MGs (whom he brought to Slane in 1993), and Crazy Horse, who also feature.

Young toured in support of his 1988 album, This Note’s for You, the year it came out

Although he recorded each show, the footage has never been available — until now.

The albumn features favourites from this “funky and heartfelt” period of Young’s career, as well as previously unreleased tracks like Soul of a Woman, Bad News Comes to Town, Ain’t It the Truth, I’m Goin’, Crime of the Heart, Doghouse, Fool for Your Love and a 19-minute long rendition of Tonight’s the Night.

It is seriously strong with more than two hours of live tracks from what was possibly the funkiest period of Young’s career.

5sos: sounds good feels good

Album without gamble  colm murray

THE album sounds okay and feels exactly like what you’d expect from a band with the sole mission of delivering palatable rock songs to a global audience of teenage girls.

5 Seconds of Summer are not in a position to gamble away their fame by veering too far off course here.

The result is Sounds Good Feels Good (Capitol/Warners) , which has 17 tracks that push no musical boundaries and explore no topics so salacious as to deter fans of this generation’s Blink-182.

Permanent Vacation speaks to the underachiever in us all, but the track sounds like every song Green Day might have lef t on the cutting room floor because it was too soft around the edges.

Sounds Good Feels Good is obviously more pop than punk – the slick production is peppered with unnecessary vocal overdubs

and the album’s sof test ballad, San Francisco, sounds like One Direction.

Cynics will also sneer at some clunky lyrics – “I want to feel your love like the weather, all over me” they sing on Vapor.

But then again, there’s plenty here for the band’s teenage fans to relate to. Within the first four songs, 5SOS shout out underachievers, college dropouts and kids battling low self-esteem.

No fear, 5SOS will be there for you, just charming enough to deliver songs you’ll disavow liking as soon as you hit college!

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We Mr & Mrs Alan Ryan intend to apply for Planning Permission for double storey extension to gable end of house, ground floor of proposed extension to be used as ancillary accommodation for a family member, also all associated site works at 24 Ballyfermot Drive, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10.The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Dublin City Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application.

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FastSport St Pat’s make early signings for new term: ST PATRICK’S Athletic confirmed the signings of David Cawley from Sligo Rovers and Michael Barker from Bray Wanderers, while also the re-signing of goalkeeper Brendan Clarke this week.

Midfielder Cawley joins the Saints having won the League, FAI Cup and the Setanta Sports Cup at the Showgrounds.

Defender Barker, 22, joins the Inchicore side having played with Bohemians, UCD and Bray Wanderers where he made 32 appearances in the Premier Division last year.

The re-signing of Clarke means the Saints’ keeper is entering his 13th season with the club, having made 169 appearances to date between the posts. Clarke became the first ever Saints’ goalkeeper to be named the PFAI Goalkeeper of the Year in 2013, while he has also won the SSE Airtricity League, FAI Cup, EA Sports Cup and President’s Cup,

cricket: 2016 world cup place secured for irish women’s side

Delany’s runs key in T20 win  sport@dublingazette.com

THE Irish women’s cricket team, made up entirely of players currently with Dublin clubs, finished their T20 World Cup qualifiers with a flourish last Saturday as they saw off Bangladesh in the final in Thailand with a last-ball victory.

It was a game that had everything, ending with the umpires forced to adjudge on a “Mankad”style run-out off what would have been the final delivery with the scores tied and thunder and lightning rapidly closing in on the Terdthai Ground in Bangkok.

Salma Khatun sent down the 20th over for the Tigers with Ireland needing nine to win but

Leinster CC’s Laura Delany and YMCA’s Lucy O’Reilly managed to get eight runs from the first five balls to tie it up.

Khatun then attempted to run out Delany without delivering the last ball but, after much deliberation, the umpires ruled against the bowler’s appeal.

O’Reilly gleefully thumped the actual final delivery – a rank long hop – to the midwicket boundary to spark wild celebrations in the Irish camp.

It concluded a superb week for the side as they cruised to the showpiece World Cup finals in India which take place in 2016.

They swept past the Netherlands, China and Zimbabwe in the group phase before, crucially, beating

Scotland in the semi-final in what was a playoff for the World Cup. With that target assured, Ireland duly won the overall title. Having won the toss and opted to bowl against Bangladesh, Pembroke’s Ciara Metcalfe took wickets in successive balls to reduce the Asian side to 21-2.

A 74-run stand between Nigar Sultana and Rumana Ahmed then had Ireland very much on the back foot before Metcalfe again came to the rescue, dismissing the former for an impressive 41.

Bangladesh ended with a very competitive 105 for 3 from their allotted overs while for the fielding side, Metcalfe was the standout with 3-14.

Merrion’s Cecilia Joyce

The Irish women celebrate their final win over Bangladesh. Picture: Ian Jacobs/ICC

and YMCA’s Clare Shillington gave their side’s reply a solid start with 24 before Shillington was bowled by Ahmed for 12.

Three quick wickets fell to get Bangladesh back on top before a valuable stand between Laura Delany and Gaby Lewis edged the batting side into a good position.

A pair of run outs threatened to ruin their day. But Delany stood firm at the other end and was there unbeaten on 26 as the frenetic conclusion was played out

before a delighted Isobel Joyce was called forward to receive the trophy.

Speaking after the final, a delighted Ireland captain Isobel Joyce said: “It’s an amazing feeling and I’m so proud of my team for getting over the line in really tough conditions.

“Bangladesh are an excellent bowling team, especially Salma Khatun who was bowling the last over, who is so experienced and would back herself every time to keep any team under

eight runs.

“I’m really delighted for Laura Delany because she didn’t have it her own way during her innings, but she stuck in and was there to help the team and Lucy O’Reilly over the line.

“The team took it one ball at a time, which is important especially in Twenty20 rather than thinking about the whole match which can overwhelm you, because if we needed 12 or 13 runs off the last over it might have been too much.”

UCD hold edge over Clontarf for the Christmas break  sport@dublingazette.com

UCD have enjoyed a fine start to the season, reaching the head of UBL Division 1A

UCD will lead the pack going into the New Year following their 20-12 win over Old Belvedere in the ninth round of Ulster Bank League Division 1A. The Students had the benefit of a very strong wind at the Belfield Bowl and duly swept into a 15-0 interval lead. From a 5m scrum on the quarter hour, the ball was moved wide for winger Tom Fletcher to squeeze over in the left corner.

Leinster’s Ross Byrne missed the conversion and a tricky

penalty in the 33rd minute, but UCD enjoyed a productive spell approaching half-time. A lineout maul was finished off by former Ireland Under-20 prop Jeremy Loughman, and Byrne tagged on the conversion and a superb penalty from the 10m line.

Classy full-back Daniel Riordan threatened early on the resumption, yet UCD played well facing into the elements, with Byrne’s cross-field kick almost finding Hugo Keenan.

UCD were unable to capitalise on a yellow card for Belvo lock Jack Kelly and it was not until

the 63rd minute that flanker Peadar Timmins forced his way over following a succession of five-metre scrums.

College’s sixth league win looked assured, but Belvo bounced back with two closing tries - the ever-influential Riordan struck in superb fashion in the 74th minute and a prolonged spell of pressure yielded a score for Kelly. However, the latter conversion was missed

by Aidan Wynne, meaning they missed out on a losing bonus point. The teams meet again in the Leinster Senior League Cup

final in two weeks’ time.

UCD and Clontarf are locked together on 31 points at the top of the table, with an eight-point gap between them and third-placed Belvo. Tarf picked up only their second try-scoring bonus point of the campaign with a 39-25 victory over Garryowen.

The north Dubliners’ new allweather pitch showed its worth on a day when Storm Desmond claimed eight league fixtures, including two top flight games - Cork Constitution v Terenure College and Young Munster v Galwegians.

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The swords are out as Rio Olympics near Elite level fencing came to Loughlinstown last week with 21 nations represented at the ninth Irish Open Championships and homegrown athletes are setting sights on the Olympics  james hendicott

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THE BATTLE for Olympic fencing qualification came to Ireland this weekend, as the ninth annual Open Fencing Championships saw fighters for 21 nations clash swords for a place at Rio 2016.

DLR Leisure Loughlinstown hosted the event, that included Ireland’s men’s senior team as well as a hefty influx of foreign fencing talent, and comes at a time when the sport appears to be on the up in Ireland.

Seventeen-year-old Anna Lee is fresh from a bronze medal at the senior Welsh Open in Cardiff, while teams of young Irish fencers have hit highs at cadet (under16) level over the last few months, dominating contests in Belfast and Marburg (Germany),

capturing four gold medals across a range of age categories at the latter event.

Locally, the sport is putting the parts in place to capitalise on recent young successes.

“We are beginning to see the blossoming of young talent at a junior (Under-20) and cadet (Under-17) level where young Irish fencers are in turn starting to make their mark abroad” explained Irish Fencing Federation (IFF) chairman, Philip Lee, reflecting on the results.

“Attracting these top athletes from abroad to compete here in Ireland is part of our strategy of raising our fencers’ level of competition.

“We are looking to encourage and develop our young athletes to one day compete at the highest international level and

I believe it’s working.”

The championships, which took place over the weekend of November 28-29, forms the latest part in a deliberate strategy from the sport’s national governing body to nurture young Irish talent and build a sustainable base for the sport in Ireland.

The governing body is keen to encourage plenty more to get on board, too, pointing to the array of physical benefits that come with battling it out in the sport.

“There are a myriad benefits to fencing from fitness and sporting standpoint,” Lee argues.

“Balance, power, anaerobic and aerobic fitness, but it also engages the grey matter through tactical and mental awareness.

All of that wrapped in the framework of respect and discipline coming from

Bas Vervuijlen, The Netherlands, right, in action against Mateusz Antkiewicz, Poland, during the Irish Open Fencing Championships final. Picture: Cody Glenn/Sportsfile

the great tradition in this Olympic sport.”

Most important, perhaps, Lee believes the sport is “great fun”.

Those thinking of involving their children in particular are encouraged to contact Olga Velma on info@pembrokefencing. com. Velma will shortly

Switzerland, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy, Israel, New Zealand, Poland and Turkmenistan and a large contingent from Ireland competed in the world cup event this weekend.

While several fencers ranked within the top 50 in the world were includ-

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be opening a new club in Loughlinstown, at DLR. So what chance do Ireland’s young fencers have against the world’s best?

Speaking about the event, Geoffrey Corcoran, who at 21 has already competed at Junior World Championships, is not intimidated.

“Anyone is beatable in this sport,” Corcoran says.

“On any given day, if you can get yourself into the right space physically and mentally you can take on anyone. That’s a big part of why I love this sport”.

The hope is that enthusiasm can be passed down to the even younger generation of fencers who are looking to follow in his footsteps at World Championships and beyond.

Fencers from 21 nations including USA, Canada,

ed in the field and were amongst the favourites to take the much coveted international ranking points, the eventual winner was Bas Vervijlen, former World Championship bronze medallist. The man from the Netherlands edged out Mateusz Antkiewicz of Poland in a competitive final.

Along with the men’s Epee satellite World Cup event a further five weapons (men and women’s foil, sabre and epee) were contested in a packed weekend of fencing with over 150 competitors competing.

Just over 200 competitors are eventually expected to make their way to Rio, equally balanced across men and women, and featuring in 10 different events.

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Mini Max McGovern gets reward for super 2015 SANDYFORD’S Harry McGovern, 15, was presented with his trophy for winning the 2015 Mini-Max Karting Championship at the Motorsport Ireland Awards in Dublin last week following a superb year.

McGovern added the Motorsport Ireland title to the Munster Mini Max championship and the prestigious “O” Plate and “IRL” Plate championships he also won this year.

Having competed in 13 races in 2015, the Medical Banks sponsored driver never finished lower than third and scored an impressive six wins.

McGovern drives a Tonykart chassis, runs with the Brennan Tech team and is hugely appreciative of the support he has received from Noel Brennan and the rest of the team.

Despite being just 15, he is in his fifth season of karting. In 2012, he won the Most Improved Driver of the Year and, a year later in 2013, he won the Motorsport Ireland Cadet Championship. He then graduated to the faster Mini-Max class and in 2015, won both the C Plate.

Looking towards 2016, he will test a Ginetta Junior Ireland car over the winter with a view to possibly competing in that championship but is keen to consider other karting opportunities also.

The Motorsport Ireland Awards Ceremony is an annual event in Dublin’s city centre where the champions of all disciplines are honoured by the governing body.

This year’s event was held at the Double Tree Hilton hotel and Harry was presented with his award by Brian Kavanagh, chairman of the Motorsport Ireland Karting committee.

He was among a number of Dublin winners at the awards event. The award for the national Autocross Grass Surface Saloon Champion went to Ian O’Connell, also from Sandyford.

The Ivan Webb Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Irish Motorsport went to Frank O’Donoghue, from Clonsilla, who has been an integral part of the Irish motorsport community for many years.

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soccer: dunne and glen strikes down limerick outfit

English earns Railway a share of league spoils MARK English snatched a share of the spoils for Railway Union late in the game against Pembroke in the men’s EY Hockey League though the main concern in the wake of the match was the well-being of potential Olympian Alan Sothern rather than the scoreline.

He was involved in a collision with a Railway Union penalty corner runner in the 53rd minute with a 40-minute delay ensuing as the Irish international received treatment before an ambulance took him to hospital due to concerns over his neck. Sothern was later discharged and will undergo concussion protocols over the next few days.

Early in the game, the striker had given his side the lead in the 10th minute from a corner that he fired home. Pembroke had most of the tie from there on, a robust and physical encounter with lots of long ball and close marking on display.

Circle incidents were few and far between with a handful of half chances coming and going. But Railway were being stung by a lack of discipline, serving 24 minutes worth of suspensions as Eddie Dore, Mark English and Kenny Carroll all picked up cards.

But Pembroke were unable to make much headway. From a couple of corners, Pembroke were unable to convert past a Railway defence that had been reduced to four players for breaking the line.

Railway’s attacks were sporadic but they were back on terms in the 51st minute from a midcircle melee when English took control and slammed past Mark Ingram.

James Dick took a yellow card soon after before Pembroke won the corner which led to Sothern’s injury. On the restart, Nick Burns hit the frame of the goal while both sides had a couple of corners in the last five minutes but none was converted.

Elsewhere, Monkstown lost their place at the top of the division due to a 3-2 loss against Tallaght side Glenanne with Shannon Boucher’s pair of goals adding to an effort from David Keogh.

Three Rock Rovers moved into the top four thanks to a 4-3 win over Cork C of I, Fred Morris nabbing the winner with seven minutes to go in their contest.

The Sheriff YC side that moved into the last 32 of the FAI Junior Cip

Sheriff round up Rangers fai junior cup Sheriff YC Fairview Rangers  sport@dublingazette.com

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SHERIFF YC continued their quest to recapture the FAI Junior Cup with a 2-0 win over Fairview Rangers at Clontarf Road last Sunday.

In a battle of the competition’s former giants against the most dominant in recent years, it was the current crop who came out on top to go through to the last 32.

Fairview have won a record number of the eight Junior Cup’s over the years while Sheriff,

champions in season’s 2011-12 and 2012-13, are looking to get back their crown having lost in last season’s final.

Two first half goals from Darren Dunne and Stewy Glen did the business for the Sheriff street boys here in what was a highly competitive contest.

The hosts enjoyed more of the possession from the off but initially lacked a killer instinct in the final third. Indeed it was the Limerick side that carved out the first real chance of note when Craig Madigan crossed to Bryan Murphy but from his header back across goal, George Duffy

forest feast Travers helps launch Fit 4 Youth in Morton Stadium international middle distance athlete John Travers was on hand to launch the Forest Feast Fit4Youth programme in Morton Stadium.

The Forest Feast Fit4Youth programme is aimed at youths aged 12-19 who would like to get fit in a fun, non-competitive environment. Travers was in Morton Stadium with Dunboyne AC and Lusk AC in attendance to encourage them to get out and exercise.

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fluffed a shot.

Sheriff’s first chance didn’t come until the half hour mark when Darren Dunne’s quick corner found John Rock but the big frontman’s effort sailed high over the bar.

Just two minutes later, the game was turned on its head when Fairview’s Bryan Murphy was dismissed after a rash challenge by Anthony Kavanagh. Just moments earlier, Murphy had been given his first yellow for an elbow on the same Sheriff player. Despite the numerical advantage, Sheriff failed to score in the first half and it stayed

scoreless at the break.

The Premier A champions started the second half well but Fairview’s Andrew Walsh was keeping them at bay with notable saves from Dunne and Rock.

The visitors then had a golden chance to go ahead when Lee Murphy picked up a Joe Flood back-pass which resulted in an indirect free-kick inside the box. Paudie Quinn hit a rasping effort but it just deflected over the bar.

Sheriff finally went ahead midway through the second half when Junior International Player of

the Year Dunne collected the ball 25-yards out and curled an effort right into the top corner.

The hosts remained on top after the goal and with 15 minutes to play they doubled the lead through Glen who had set-up Dunne’s earlier strike.

The order was reversed this time when Dunne slipped in his striker and he stabbed in his 21st goal of the season.

Fairview pushed hard in the closing stages but the extra-men aided Sheriff’s cause in terms of stamina and they held on to book their place in the last 32.

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Maguire helps launch development event dublin camogie player Ali Maguire was on hand to help launch the 2016 Liberty Insurance GAA National Games development conference.

The conference, which takes place in Croke Park on January 22 and 23, will focus on issues related to the adult player including a special forum on the progression of players from the minor and underage ranks through to the adult game.

camogie: lucan seen off with late flourish

Vincent’s land league title over Kilmacud afl division 1 final St Vincent’s Kilmacud Crokes  sport@dublingazette.com

The victorious St Jude’s side

Dawson double leads Jude’s to Dublin title

minor a camogie final St Jude’s 3-13 Lucan Sarsfields 1-10  sport@dublingazette.com

ST JUDE’S won the Minor A camogie championship, becoming the first recipients of the Orla Quill Cup when they defeated a gallant Lucan Sarsfields team 3-13 to 1-10 in a superb final at Parnell’s.

It was the latest in a series of great games between the sides over the years, contesting league and championship finals with victory always in the balance.

This final would prove

no different with both sides giving up a great show for the crowd.

After 10 minutes, the sides were level on two points each before Lucan went in front when Aoife McKearney cleverly took advantage of a mix up in front of the Jude’s goalmouth and send the sliotar to the net.

Jude’s rose to the challenge, going on to outscore the Lucan girls six points to two for the remainder of the half to give them a slender 0-9 to 1-4 lead at half-time.

In reply, Lucan opened the second half with two quick points to leave the

sides level for the second time and it was very much game on. A point from Faye McCarthy and one from Caragh Dawson saw Jude’s eke out a slender lead once again.

But, on 15 minutes, McCarthy gave Jude’s that little bit of breathing space when, after a determined run, she palmed the ball to the net, giving Jude’s a fivepoint.

They were playing the better camogie at this stage and were finishing the stronger but there was still some 10 minutes of normal time

and probably plenty of added time due to injury to Lucan’s goalkeeper Amy Gorman.

The Terenure side, though, closed out any Lucan hope of a comeback when Caragh Dawson latched on to two clever passes. She gave the goalie no chance as she superbly dispatched the sliotar to the back of the net on both occasions to secure the victory.

It meant her side were awarded the newly commissioned cup, named in memory of Orla Quill, a young Cuala player who died earlier in the year.

2-10 0-12

THEY may have suffered championship final heartbreak to Ballyboden some weeks ago but St Vincent’s senior footballers ended their season as AFL1 champions last Sunday afternoon.

A 2-10 to 0-12 win over Kilmacud Crokes secured the division title forTommy Conroy’s out in UCD. With the weather causing havoc to local sport all over the country, the game was switched to the all-weather pitch out in Belfield and the game began with real pace on the astro.

Vincent’s players and staff would have been fully aware that Boden were contesting the Leinster final, which they won, while they played in this league final but put in a professional performance here to end a season full of ups and downs on a positive note.

Points were exchanged between either sides early on but a goal for the Marino men midway through the first half paved the way for their win. Tomas Quinn did well to break through the Crokes backline on 14 minutes before teeing up Shane Carthy who finished well past David Nestor to raise the green flag.

Goals win games and at the breakVincent’s one gave them a four-point cushion with the score at 1-6 to 0-5. Crokes grabbed the first score after the break but the second goal of the game soon followed and really put some daylight between the sides.

It was the deadly double act of Quinn and Dublin star Diarmuid Connolly who combined to get through the Crokes’ defence and Quinn applied the finish to make it 2-6 to 0-6 seven minutes into the half.

Crokes in fairness never gave up and hit two points after the goal but Vincent’s always kept them at arm’s length with the score at 2-09 to 0-10 with 10 minutes left to play.

Despite Brian Kavanagh adding a couple of more late on, Crokes left themselves with too much to do and Vin’s were crowned AFL1 champions.

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