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Samantha Cowap at Dublin Comic con recently. In its third year, the popular event was held in the Convention Centre and enjoyed a wide range of costumes, exhibitions and specialist game stands. It also had nearly 30 full size statues directly from studios, interactive sets and displays, workshops, panels, gaming areas, contests and characters in full costume. Pictures: Stephen Fleming

Minister has ‘failed’ to tackle homeless crisis Kelly accused of not yet freeing up funds to refurbish empty property

 KEITH BELLEW

THE number of homeless families in Dublin has doubled in the past 13 months, Dublin City Council figures have revealed.

Up to 770 adults with 1,185 dependants were

living in homeless accommodation in Dublin during July 20 to 26.

This is up from 346 adults with 567 dependants living in homeless accommodation in June 2014.

To limit the numbers of

people sleeping rough in Dublin, Environment Minister Alan Kelly has directed the four local authorities to ensure 50% of all social housing allocations should go to people who are homeless.

Chairperson of Dublin

City Council’s Housing Committee Daithi Doolan (SF) has said Minister Kelly has “failed abysmally” to tackle the homeless crisis and that he needs to release more funds to refurbish empty units.

Full Story on Page 8

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healthcare ‘Pride in final designs that are being submitted’

Plans for the new National Children’s Hospital welcomed The chief executives of Dublin’s children’s hospitals have welcomed the submission of the planning application, for the new National Children’s Hospital at St James’s Hospital in Dublin 8, which was lodged with An Bord Pleanala recently.

Mona Baker, chief executive, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, said: “The teams at Temple Street have had the opportunity to input and feedback on the NCH designs at every stage of the process. As a result, we feel a

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strong sense of ownership of the new hospital and pride in the final designs that are being submitted for planning permission.”

David Slevin, chief executive of Tallaght Hospital said the proposed model of care will greatly enhance the care provided to the paediat-

ric community in Dublin in line with international best practice.

“We are very excited at Tallaght about the development of the paediatric OPD and urgent care satellite centre on our campus here in Tallaght Hospital,” he said.

Louis Roden is chairman of the New Crumlin Hospital Group and father of two children who have cystic fibrosis.

“The only thing that a parent of a critically sick child cares about is getting the best possible care for their child, and that means having the chil-

dren’s hospital located on a shared campus with an adult teaching hospital. St James’s Hospital is one of the leading teaching hospitals in Ireland.

There is no other location for the new children’s hospital as far as we are concerned. We have a fantastic design, the site is right – now let’s just get it built,” he said.

Not everyone is happy with the situation however, as chief executive of children’s charity Jack --------------------------

‘The only thing that a parent of a critically sick child cares about is getting the best possible care for their child’

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and Jill has renewed his criticism of the decision to locate the National Children’s Hospital at St James’s instead of Connolly Hospital.

Jonathan Irwin says that Connolly Hospital is the best choice to locate the hospital given its easy access from the M50 as well as its room for expansion.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar recently pointed out that there would be a satellite children’s unit at Connolly the

The planning application for the new National Children’s Hospital at St James’s Hospital has been lodged with An Bord Pleanala

planning application for which was launched in tandem with the national hospital.

However, speaking to the Gazette, Irwin said: “What the Minister did not mention is that the satellites will close at 10 every evening and that there are no permanent beds planned. [He] also fails to speak of the millions they are spending on groundworks and decanting at James’s. Millions that would not have to be wasted on the virgin site at Connolly. Blanch would by its nature be a faster and cheaper build.”

He went on to say that it cannot be overlooked that the project team failed to interview any of the 2,000 Jack and Jill families that sought

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meetings.

“The obvious solution is to swap the satellite with the main hospital.

[It would be] cheaper, quicker, nobody loses face and most importantly parents get the hospital where they want it,” he said.

Minister Varadkar said that any change now would result in delays so large that the current generation of children would not be treated at a new children’s hospital.

He is adamant that the hospital will be located at St James’s.

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don’sdublin Sharp, salty air is peerless for walkers in Dun Laoghaire GENERATIONS of people have been taking a walk on the pier and it is something that I have always enjoyed.

Whether the day is warm with a gentle breeze blowing or you are wrapped up against a bracing wind, taking the air is a real pleasure. The sharp, salty air never fails to clear a stuffy head, and the long walk is a favourite for thousands.

In the past, the waters in Dublin Bay often silted up making it difficult for ships to land and they would have to stay moored off-shore for days. A small pier was opened in 1767 (Coal Harbour Pier) but it soon became useless. After two disasters in November 1807 when the HMS Prince of Wales and The Rochdale sank with the loss of 400 people there was an outcry for something to be done.

In 1815 an Act of Parliament was passed for the construction of “a harbour for ships to the eastward of Dunleary’” and the foundation stone (East Pier) was laid in May 1817 by Earl Whitworth, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The granite was quarried in Dalkey and transported by a funicular railway that later became the Atmospheric Railway. By 1820 the original plan was amended by engineer John Rennie to add a second pier – and the West Pier was completed in 1827.

The East Pier (red for port) is 2.6km (out and back) while the West Pier (green for starboard) is slightly longer at 3.01km. They enclose a 250-acre harbour and the gap between them is 232m. The East Pier is the more popular with walkers and has a bandstand (built 1890s) where, weather permitting, music concerts take place. There is also a memorial to Captain Boyd and his crew who drowned in 1861 during a rescue. And you can see a plaque in honour of Samuel Beckett who also liked to walk the pier – Happy Days!

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Dun Laoghaire’s East Pier is still very popular with people, with many taking the full 2.6km return walk

event Brent Pope urging employers to break stigma

Dealing with mental health problems at work  ian begley

Rugby pundit Brent Pope recently spoke about his own struggles with mental health at a Leader Series breakfast, urging employers to break the stigma around mental health problems in the workplace.

The Leaders Series event, organised by

Abrivia Recruitment at the Maker Hotel in Dublin, was established to help to help raise awareness and funds for Aware, an organisation supporting people experiencing depression and related mood disorders.

Pope and psychologist Dr Claire Hayes, outlined the ways in which organisations can support their

employees’ mental health and reduce workplace stress.

Speaking at the breakfast, Brent said: “We should make it almost normal for staff, including upper management, to talk comfortably about their problems.

“Your attendance here means that you recognise that a lot of mental health

problems are treatable and in fact more normal than many think.

“You are no longer alone, with the correct strategies in place and more attention paid to removing the stigma around mental health in the work environment, combined with empathy and support, then I am confident that many of

those who experience some sort of blip on life’s journey will soon be back to full productivity and enjoying life like before.”

Last year Pope opened up about his depression, saying how ringing The Samaritans at his lowest moment saved his life.

For more information about Aware, visit www. aware.ie.

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vandalism Flooding threatens homes Hundreds of homes were left exposed to the threat of flooding after vandals opened locks on the Grand Canal between Blackhorse Bridge and Suir Road, leading to water building up and bursting the canal banks.

This led to significant flooding down Tyrconnell Road.

Deputy Catherine Byrne (FG), has condemned the actions of the vandals saying she was shocked by what they did.

“Disaster was averted thanks to the very quick response of Dublin Fire Brigade, Dublin City Council and Waterways Ireland who were on the scene immediately to clear the water and protect people’s homes,” she said.

transport Park tunnel revamp to cost €13.7m

New service set to bypass Heuston stop  keith bellew

COMMUTERS travelling from K ildare will have the option of direct trains to Connolly, Tara Street, Pearse and Grand Canal Dock Stations from next year with the reopening of the Phoenix Park tunnel.

A Department of Transport spokesperson said the train would not stop at Heuston, however, because the new line is designed to attract commuters destined for

south of the city – to the IFSC for example.

The current Kildare to Heuston line does not go that far.

The €13.7m tunnel revamp project will enable this expansion of services.

Together with ongoing resignalling works between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock, the upgrade will allow regular commuter trains to operate through the park tunnel.

This will expand train services operating on

the line between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock.

Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe said the move would give commuters on the Kildare line frequent services directly into the heart of the city centre business district for the first time ever.

The project includes cutting stabilisation, drainage and vegetation clearance along with a tunnel upgrade involving cleaning, masonry repairs, lighting, signage

The upgrade to the reopened Phoenix Park Tunnel will bring Kildare commuters straight to the city’s Grand Canal Dock

and telecoms.

There will also be station upgrade works carried out at Drumcondra to include new ticket gates, and upgrade works at Tara Street station to include a new southbound lift shaft.

Services on the Kildare commuter line will comprise those to Dublin Heuston and those

to Grand Canal Dock, offering new connections to commuters.

The new services get under way in autumn 2016.

“We look forward t o g i v i n g i m p r ove d connections to new and existing customers through the upgrade of the Phoenix Park Tunnel line.

“They will be of particular benefit for those commuting between the Kildare line and the south city area served

by Pearse and Grand C a n a l D o c k , o f f e ring direct connections which are not currently available by public transport,” said David Franks, Iarnrod Eireann chief executive.

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people A story of growing up in Ballymun and Finglas

Fitzgerald looks back to When We Were Kids  aisling kennedy akennedy@dublingazette.com

Known as a singer, author and boxer, Finglas man George Fitzgerald is a guy with many talents but he is perhaps best known for being the saxophonist in 90s band the D11 Runners, the band that Roddy Doyle famously based his book The Commitments on.

Fitzgerald is this month relaunching his publication, When We Were Kids, to coincide with a YouTube three-part series based on his life and that of his twin brother Joseph Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald, who grew up in Ballymun and Finglas South, said that ever since

he was child he wanted to become a writer and to this end he has written four published books on a range of topics.

He told the Gazette his current book was about his childhood growing up in Ballymun and Finglas and how he first became involved with the boxing scene in his locality.

“When I was growing up, there were certain obstacles put in front of me and that was the reason myself and my brother became involved in boxing.

“We fought with the Sutcliffe Brothers and the Carruths who both went on to achieve success in the Olympics. After that we went on to form a

band called the D11 Runners in the 90s and we had three hit singles and played in front of a crowd of 70,000 people in the Phoenix Park.”

Fitzgerald explained that a few years after the band formed a young writer by the name of Roddy Doyle attended one of his gigs.

“At the time, we were supposed to be the inspiration for the book The Commitments. In the 1990s, there were over 2,000 bands in Dublin alone but they were all guitar-orientated bands.

“We were the only soul band that had women in it and our basic line-up was like The Commitments.

I played the saxophone

along with my now-wife, and my brother Joseph was the lead singer.”

At the time, Louis Walsh was the band’s agent and when director Alan Parker decided to come to Dublin to film The Committments movie, he secured a role for some of the band members in the movie.

“When Alan Parker came to Dublin he asked to see us and we all had a personal audition with him.

The guitarist in our band Ken McCluskey was cast and he played Derek Scully in the movie.”

Fitzgerald documents his memories of this time in his YouTube series which is available to view

Singer, author, boxer and Finglas man George Fitzgerald

online now and he is hoping to do part four and five of the series soon.

His book When We Were Kids will be available to download as an

ebook in the next month and Fitzgerald is releasing the book in memory of his brother Joseph who sadly passed away from motor neurone disease three

years ago.

To watch the YouTube series, click on https:// w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=QZJHrzm dGOE

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revamp: Club to reopen but this time with food and bar focus

Biggest Nigeria event on the way

Twisted Pepper is ‘blown away’  ian begley ibegley@dublingazette.com

ONE of Dublin’s most popular nightclubs has closed its doors, much to the disappointment of music lovers.

Rumours began to circulate on social media of the closure of The Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey Street and representatives then confirmed the news.

The hotspot will close its doors for a revamp and return with a new name and a new bar and food focus. It has not closed for economic reasons and the refurbishment is set to make the business “smaller, more intimate, more local, more creative... more fun”.

A statement, posted on the venue’s official Facebook page read: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...we’re sad to say that this weekend (August 14-16) will be the last ever weekend of The Twisted Pepper as a music venue.

“Blown away”

“We are blown away by the messages of support we have received over the last 24 hours. It’s heartening to know that some of that hard work over the years had a positive effect on people’s lives. We expect to leave quietly, out the back door, no big fuss. Much like how we opened.

“We opened in 2008, probably the worst eco-

nomic time to open any venue in Dublin. Economic circumstances never affected why we opened, nor why we are closing. When you believe you’re doing something different and you’ve got the fire in your belly - you go for it.

“We want to make things smaller, more intimate, more local, more creative… more fun. We want do things differently, but also in many ways return to the roots of where we started many moons ago in Wax.” The statement concluded: “We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who made the Pepper what it was.

To each and every one of you, we are deeply

Get on yer bike! Footballers kick off the TM Cycle in aid of Pieta House pictured at the launch of the eighth annual TM Cycle, taking

place on Saturday, September 26 in aid of Pieta House, are Dublin footballers Paul Flynn, right, and Darren Daly with Pieta House chief executive Brian J Higgins. The cycle will kick off the inaugural Pieta House National Cycle weekend with cycles also taking place in Limerick, Cork and Galway on Sunday, September 27. For more information, visit www.tmcycle.com or www.pieta100cycle.com.

The sights, sound and taste of Nigeria will come to Ballymun on August 22 for Ireland’s largest Nigerian outdoor event.

Nigerian Carnival Ireland (NCI) will host a colourful carnival parade on August 22 at the Plaza in Ballymun from 12 noon.

An exciting journey into Nigeria through various activities lined up for the day include hair braiding, head gear tying, learning Nigerian dialects and drumming and dancing workshops.

Children can enjoy fun rides, games, face painting, storytelling and dancing. There will also be tastings of traditional Nigerian foods and drinks for all to enjoy.

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tourism Capital takes ninth slot in list of 50 most expensive cities in Europe

Dublin hotel prices up 28%, online survey shows

 ian begley

The average price for a double room in a Dublin hotel has surged by 28% in August compared to last year, making it the ninth most expensive city in Europe.

The price comparison website Trivago released its hotel

FastNews

100 years since O’Donovan Rossa funeral A new exhibition in City Hall marks 100 years since the funeral of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, the Fenian leader and revolutionary who lay in state in City Hall for four days.

On display in City Hall until the end of October, The Funeral of O’Donovan Rossa exhibition contains images, newspaper articles and ephemera from the Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street.

The exhibition is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5.15pm and is free of charge.

A smartphone guide for Oscar Wilde sculpture Dublin City Council has created a smartphone multilingual guide to one of its most popular sculptures – Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square Park.

The guide comprises an audio, text and video explanation of the artwork and aims to provide detailed information on the art and the sculptor Danny Osborne.

The audio and text is available in Irish, English, French, Chinese and Spanish and the video is available in English.

Visit www.dublinartinparks.ie to download the guide.

price index last week, saying that Dublin prices increased from an average of €131 in August 2014 to €168 this year.

This is an 18% higher rate of increase than the 10% recorded nationally.

The survey also used statistics released by the Irish hotel industry for 2014, which

showed average Dublin hotel prices at €97.25, and €82.29 nationally.

It places Dublin as the ninth most expensive city in Europe this month, based on the 50 most popular cities on its website.

While the more recent prices have increased on last

year, Trivago says prices for hotel rooms in Dublin have remained in line with last month.

The comparison website also found a slight monthon-month increase of 2% for rooms outside Dublin in August (€127), up from €124 in July.

The largest month-onmonth increases were found in Dingle (up 9% to €123), Tralee (up 8% to €119) and Kilkenny (up 7% to €113).

David Lintott of Trivago said: “With the average hotel room in Ireland up 10% compared to August 2014 - and up 28% in the capital - these

figures are great news for the hotel industry, which continues to boom.”

Edinburgh was listed as the most expensive city in Europe, with the price of a standard double room costing an average of €295 ahead of the annual Edinburgh Festival – up 41% in July, 2015.

Council: Minister Kelly accused of failing abysmally to tackle issue

Homeless families double as housing crisis deepens  keith bellew

THE number of homeless families in Dublin has doubled in the past 13 months, Dublin City Council figures have revealed.

Up to 770 adults with 1,185 dependants were living in homeless accommodation in Dublin during July 20-26. Of these, 361 families with 768 dependants were staying in hotels and 195 families with 417 dependants were staying in various other types of homeless accommodation. This is up from 346 adults with 567 dependants living in homeless accommodation in June 2014.

This comes as Inner City Helping the Homeless group (ICHH) , reported a family with children aged five, four and two years, sleeping rough in Mountjoy Square last week.

The Simon Community has said the homeless crisis is out of control and will continue to escalate unless the Government increases rent supplement limits and introduces rent certainty.

Environment Minister Alan Kelly has sent a Ministerial Directive to the four local authorities in Dublin that 50%

of all social housing allocations should go to homeless people and those with disabilities in need of housing suitable to their condition.

Allocations are usually distributed evenly among the three groups of people seeking housing: those on the housing list, those living in local authority housing and seeking a transfer, and those on the homeless list.

Following the death of homeless man John Corrie just a few metres from Leinster House in December 2014, Minister Kelly announced a 20-point action plan to deal with the crisis. One of these points was that 50% of all allocations should go to homeless people. He has now directed councils to implement this policy.

The chair of Dublin City Council’s housing committee, Cllr Daithi Doolan (SF), has hit out at Minister Kelly saying he has “failed abysmally” to tackle the homeless crisis.

He said the directive was no use unless the Minister provided more funding to local authorities to build more social houses.

“It [this policy] was right last December, but it’s not right now because

Council housing committee says Minister Kelly has not delivered funds to pay for refurbishment of empty units

he hasn’t matched this demand with any extra resources.

“He has failed abysmally to tackle the housing crisis, he has not given us one brown cent towards turning over all the empty voids.

“He said we should turn over empty flats or houses within six weeks, so we’ve brought in and employed contractors and paid for the con-

tracts and he hasn’t given us one cent since January for this,” he said.

He went on to say that the Minister had let the local authorities down by failing to provide extra funding and that the only point in his action plan he has stood over is this directive.

He says this only treats a symptom of the problem and the only way to deal with the cause is to

build more houses.

A spokesperson from the Department of Environment responded saying Dublin City Council had submitted claims valued at about €21.2m across these various schemes this year.

Through this, 45 housing units were delivered under the construction, acquisition and regeneration projects with an additional 234 units

delivered under the voids programme.

In addition, since the start of 2015, the lcoal authority has received a p p r ov a l f r o m t h e Department for a further €51m in funding for a range of new social housing construction and acquisition projects.

These projects are expected to deliver 300plus housing units over the next two years.

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Nair Grossi, Nuria Fernandez and Lara Costas meet some Stormtroopers

a real zinger: gamestop’s new content delights at henry street

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ARTH Vader and some other colourful characters livened up Henry Street recently as they made their way to the GameStop outlet there, which was launching a new section on the first floor, Zing Pop Culture. Featuring lots of pop-culture “loot”, the new section indluded merchandise from a very diverse range of shows, characters, films and much more, with everything from classic Pokemon to more specialist collectibles from Marvel on offer. Darth Vader and his loyal troops were on their best behaviour as they helped celebrate the opening, with €25 vouchers given out to customers particularly impressing the Sith lord.

The heart of City Hall was transformed into a playful area for the Lego experience. Pictures: Rose Comiskey

Jean Cambruzzi and Mariely Pellizzer

Rebecca Carragher and Luke Somers

Henry O’Brien and Cormac Bonner

Grace O’Hora, Nicole Rourke and Aoife Griffin. Pictures: Patrick O’Leary

Martina and Fionn Quirk

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Poornima Kinali with her children, Nived, Nachiketh and Nivritoi

Stephen and Jessica Milmo-Kenny

Roseane and Triago Packham

Mary and Maria Henderson

curiosity: children try lego safari adventure

Building a great way to create fun C

ITY Hall’s imposing structure was transformed into a hive of activity for a Lego Curious Creatures adventure recently, which saw lots of children – and a few adults – building animals and objects of all shapes and sizes as part of the city’s recent Festival of Curiosity.

The free-flowing play session saw children gather at tables, on giant cushions and beanbags and across the floor at the Georgian building, where they assembled many types of the colourful building blocks into safari creatures, as well as vehicles, buildings and much more. Young and old alike exercised their imaginations, with their adventure in the heart of Dublin proving lots of fun.

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Emily and Charlotte Costello

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Jenny Fogarty

Susan Roldao and Keitia Ne a Guisar

Anna Walsh, Laura Faulkner, Eamon Fennell, Belinda Kelly and Fergal Finge. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

A sweet evening

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ULMERS poured on the charm for guests at the recent launch of its new Forbidden Flavours line at The Sugar Club in the city centre recently. The popular cider has introduced a number of new flavours – Cloudy Lemon, Strawberry & Lime, Juicy Pear and Berry Berry – and while the summer has been

distinctly underwhelming, the new drinks went down a treat with guests at the launch.

Mode Teo Sutra, Dublin GAA star Eamon Fennell and his fiancee Fiona Creely, and TV3’s Patrick Kavanagh were just some of the guests on the night, with a Mediterraneaninspired BBQ adding to the flavoursome fun.

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Fiona Creely

Tracey Byrne and Edel Maiben

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a day in the life: actor steven houghton

Working hard to excel at his art  aisling kennedy

PERHAPS best known for playing the love interest of Gail Platt in Coronation Street, Steven Houghton is an Olivier-award nominated actor who will be appearing as Captain Von Trapp in the Sound of Music this August.

He took time out to chat to The Gazette this week about a typical day in his life.

“I usually get up at about 7am and then I make my daughter, Ella, some breakfast. I usually make her some lunch to bring with her to school and then I drop her off at the gates.”

Houghton has two children with his wife Samantha, 15-year-old Ella and 19-year-old Daniel.

He said that he likes to stay fit and healthy, so he makes himself and his wife eggs on toast every morning for breakfast, and then he goes for a run at about 10am.

“I usually run for about 50 minutes each day around the fields where I live. I live in Hertfordshire, and there is beautiful scenery all around here.”

Once he’s finished his morning run, he then heads back home and has a shower. Houghton runs a performing arts school

with his wife Samantha, called Excel Performing Arts Ltd, which is based in the local primary school that his own children attended when they were young.

He said that a lot of planning goes into the school, as there are 400 children who attend it.

“We teach ballet, jazz, drama, singing and performance techniques for ages from three up to 17.

“It’s really hectic, but it’s brilliant and it’s a really good antidote for me when I’m not performing because it allows me to do the acting jobs I want to do rather than having to do it for a living.

“I take acting roles now because I want to do them, which is really nice.”

Houghton spends the morning and afternoons planning and working at the performing arts school. He breaks for lunch at about 1pm and always tries to eat something healthy.

“We start work at the school at 3pm and we usually finish on a week night at about 9pm, and we also work a half day on Saturday.”

Houghton manages to find time in between this hectic schedule to pick his daughter up from school, and he and his wife take turns cooking dinner for

Actor Steven Houghton will be appearing as Captain Von Trapp in the Sound of Music this August at the Bord Gais Energy theatre

their children at about 6pm each night.

In the evening, Houghton likes to relax with his family by watching a movie on his iPad. “I love my iPad! They’re absolutely brilliant and

have changed my life. I like watching dramas, thrillers and documentaries. I usually have a glass of wine or a cup of tea to unwind at night and then I head to bed most nights at about 11pm.”

Steven Houghton will appear as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music at the Bord Gais Energy theatre from August 17 to August 29. Tickets are on sale through the theatre now.

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Dublin Fashion Festival picks a perfect Pippa THIS week saw the launch of Dublin Fashion Festival 2015 in the stunning surrounds of City Hall.

Pippa O’Connor was announced as this year’s face of the festival, and had a cutting-edge look in a stunning black jumpsuit.

Cocktails flowed with the help of the gang from The Meeting House, and delicious canapes from San Lorenzos were served.

Pippa, Rosanna Purcell and a range of other famous faces took in the beauty of City Hall and all commented on how fan-

tastic a location it was for the fashion show that took place later in the night.

Clyde Carroll, from Dublin Town, told those gathered that we can expect the best year yet from the festival, which will run all across Dublin city from September 7 to 13.

Computing a way to help ethiopia INTERNATIONAL charity Camara recently fulfilled its commitment to provide 17,500 computers to Ethiopia and train a minimum of 1,750 teachers over five years.

Camara Education is a social enterprise which uses technology to deliver digital literacy skills and equal learning opportunities to children in disadvantaged communities around the world.

Camara recently sent its final container of more than 900 computers to Addis Ababa.

The charity is working with Ethiopia’s ministry of education to close not only the huge gap in ICT access in remote areas, but also to provide much needed capacity building and teacher training.

The charity is now finalising another agreement which will see the delivery of education continue to spread across Ethiopia, thanks to technology. For further information, see www.camara.org.

a rare chance to study the rising A SELECTION of rare photographs and letters documenting the impact the Easter Rising had on Dublin City has been compiled by TCD. Each week, diaries, letters and photographs will be highlighted in a new

blog entitled Changed Utterly, which is inspired by the WB Yeats poem, Easter 1916.

The blog showcases previously unpublished records of the Rising written by ordinary people, from blow-by-blow accounts to comprehensive scrapbooks.

Previous posts have included the story of Eileen Corrigan, one of four female students who dodged sniper bullets to make it into TCD to sit exams, and a collection of photographs taken

by Thomas Johnson

Pippa O’Connor – the face of Dublin Fashion Festival 2015

Westropp which were taken in the days and weeks following the Rising.

They show the damage inflicted on the city and the architectural fabric

of central Dublin, including the GPO, Liberty Hall, the Four Courts and Clerys.

T his blog can be viewed at: www.tcd.ie/ Library/1916/

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ESCAPE THE MAYHEM

escape the mayhem: singer-songwriter mick flannery

Playing to his competitive chess streak Each week The Gazette speaks to Dubliners about how they like to unwind in a bustling, busy city. Mick Flannery tells us how an uncommon hobby actually stresses him ...  keith bellew

RENOWNED singersongwriter Mick Flanner y is a busy man, recording and touring.

T his week, T he Gazette spoke with Flannery about what he likes to do to escape the mayhem of his rigorous schedule.

His favourite activity is a rather unique one – while some like to exercise or jet off on sun holidays, Flannery

prefers to pit his wits against those of anonymous opponents in online chess battles.

He says that while he enjoys this, it doesn’t do much for relieving stress, as there is a leader board system and he tries his very best to maintain or increase his score. “ I ’m a d d i c t e d t o online chess! There’s a website called Chess. com, it sounds really boring, but it’s actually quite exciting.

“I do that to de-stress, but it stresses me out because they have this marking system and you lose points every time you lose a game, so it’s very stressful!

“If you go on a losing streak, your score goes below 1,100 and you cry,” he said.

Shouting He went on to say that he plays online chess too much, and his girlfriend hates it because he’s constantly giving her a fright by shouting at the computer.

“It’s ridiculous. I shouldn’t actually be talking about this because it’s the one

thing that actually brings me stress,” he said.

He currently lives in County Clare but says that he tries to get down to his native Cork every two weeks or so to visit friends and “drink too many pints”.

There are a couple of particular haunts he likes to frequent when he’s back in the rebel county, but he doesn’t allow himself to be talked into impromptu performances.

“They [the pubs] would be quiet, and I’d be a regular, so most of the people would know me and know that I’m too grumpy to do something like that,” he

On his love for online chess, Mick Flannery says: “It’s the one thing that actually brings me stress”

laughs.

You can catch Mick Flannery at the Spirit of Folk festival at Dunder-

r y Park next month, September 18 to 20.

For further information on the festival, see

www.spiritoffolk.com, or http://w w w.facebook.com/spiritoffolkfestival.

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FAIR: GET ALL THE LATEST INFO AT THE RDS ABOUT COURSES

Visit Which Course Expo for adult learning advice

WHICH Course Expo is Dublin’s annual adult course fair, and takes place every September.

This year’s event takes place at the RDS on Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6, and promises to be the largest event yet in its eight-year history.

Attendees can expect to meet numerous course providers offering courses of all descriptions, from IT, languages and sports and fitness to health, beauty and wellbeing, distance learning, business and holistic

studies, to name but a few.

The event will include the Seminar Zone – a dedicated area featuring talks on courses and careers such as law, journalism, dream interpretation, angel therapy, broadcasting and many more topics.

Which Course Expo 2015 will also feature the ever-popular Career Clinic, where attendees can receive free one-onone career advice from qualified career coaches.

Event organiser Kevin

Branigan says: “A wealth of people in the Greater Dublin area – some 150,000 people – will enrol in a part-time course this autumn.

“There are many reasons why people enrol in part-time courses, such as for career advancement, self improvement or simply to learn a new hobby or meet new people.”

Attendees can meet exhibitors from a wide variety of education bodies and facilities, such as National College of Ireland, City Colleges, Gael

Which Course Expo is Dublin’s annual adult course fair and will take place at the RDS on September 5-6

Linn, Gaiety School of Acting, LA College of Creative Arts, Solas eCollege, Emergency Services Training Institute, DCU Connected, Dorset College, Hibernia College,

Irish Payroll Institute, and many more.

Admission to Which Course Expo 2015 is free to those who pre-register at www.whichcourseexpo.ie.

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Learning how to live on your own

BUDGET: SURVIVING YOUR FIRST YEAR AT SCHOOL

 KEITH BELLEW

MANY first time students will be living alone for the first time and will have no experience of budgeting and paying bills. Managing your finances is just as important as managing your timetable and study plan.

The following is a list of tips for first time students to survive their first academic year.

Always pay bills on time to avoid late fees. You don’t want to find yourself in a position where you have several bills to pay at once which cannot be put

off any longer.

If you have a credit card, make a personal note of every purchase you make as you don’t want to be taken by surprise with a huge bill.

When this dreaded bill does arrive, try to pay it off as quickly as possible, as bad credit follows you everywhere.

Never go food shopping when you are hungry, as you will invariably buy too much, some of which is bound to go to waste.

Don’t make impulse purchases, always make a shopping list and buy in bulk. Just because food is

cheaper in discount supermarkets doesn’t necessarily mean its unhealthier so shop there whenever possible. Also, these are great places to save money on things like toiletries and household supplies.

Always bring lunch from home and try to avoid eating out often.

Limit the number of times you allow yourself to eat out over the period of a month.

Create a budget, contact your student union to see if it runs second hand book schemes, take full advantage of student discount’s and always

enquire if one is on offer.

Look for special offers everywhere and check out second-hand shops for clothes, books and furniture. Investing in a Leap card is a great way to save money. Many students will have to get four buses or more a day, and those few cents saved on each journey add up very quickly.

According to Dublin City University: the most recent figures show that the total cost for a student living away from home in self-catering shared accommodation for the eight-and-a-half month academic year is almost €7,000. For those who stay at home the total cost is €3,433. A further nontuition fee, in the region of €400, must be added for non-grant holders attending certain institutions.

Loans to help you in college STILLORGAN Credit Union is offering its members low-rate education loans to help finance college or university fees and other associated costs.

Full-time third level students can apply for a loan from the branch from either their own account, or their parents can opt to apply for a loan on their behalf.

The branch are also offering another rolling loan – the annual rolling education loan – at a rate of just 6.5% APR. This loan provides students with the option of a loan top up each year for the duration of their course. See www.stillorgancu.ie for info.

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Use Springboard to further studies THE College of Computing Technolog y (CCT) in Westmoreland Street is providing higher education programmes in computing, information technology, and business, and is now part of the Springboard national initiative, which offers access to free higher education programmes..

The five Springboardfunded programmes commencing in September include a Level 6 certificate in science in IT support and development (one year), a Level 6 certificate in web development (one year), a Level 7 diploma in big data technology

skills (one year), a Level 7 bachelor of science in information technology (one year add-on), and a Level 8 bachelor of science (hons) in information technology (one year add-on).

Variety

With a variety of additional learning supports provided throughout programme durations, including job-seeking skills training, professional development (STEPS programme), and a work placement, CCT is a great choice for those looking to kickstart their ICT career.

For further information, see www.cct.ie.

HOUSING: FINDING THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT PRICE

It’s not easy to find student digs  AISLING KENNEDY

SEARCHING for student accommodation in Dublin can be a difficult task with soaring rent prices and high levels of students in need of somewhere to live for the coming year.

Firstly, the price of accommodation is a massive factor that needs to be considered when looking for accommodation.

Rent prices can range from €300 for a shared room and continue up to €700 or more for a more luxurious apartment.

It is therefore, very

important to start searching for accommodation as early as possible before the start of the first semester as the closer it gets to the beginning of the college year, the less availability there will be and the higher the rent prices will be.

Tips when searching for accommodation: Do as much research as you can online but also make sure to view the areas and accommodation you are considering renting in. Ask friends or family living in Dublin about what the area is like and ask them for alternative recommendations.

Thoroughly check out public transport connections between the college and the accommodation.

Some areas can look close to the college on the map but may be difficult to reach by bus or Luas.

Also, make full use of any accommodation support offered by the college or students’ union as they will be able to offer practical help and advice.

It is important to be aware that there have been scams on students seeking accommodation in Dublin, for example people who pose as landlords and try to take payments online for accommodation that is not for rent. Always watch out for these types of scams and remember if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Know your rights

In most cases, rent is usually payable monthly and in advance.

At the beginning of a letting period, tenants are required to pay a deposit of one month’s rent which will be refunded when the lease is up or if the tenant decides to leave once the

lease is up. If, however, a tenant causes any damage to the property, the landlord has the right to hold onto the deposit to fix the damage.

Make sure that the landlord gives you a rent book so that tax relief on any rent paid can be reclaimed.

Ask the landlord if they are registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB).

By law, landlords must be registered with the PRTB and if they have not registered there may be problems down the road.

Remember that good preparation is key to

Finding student accommodation in Dublin can be a difficult task

avoiding problems.

Don’t forget: There are other ways to rent in Dublin which i n cl u d e o n - c a m p u s accommodation, long-

term student hostels, and accommodation with a family. Make sure to investigate all options to find the best solution to suit you and your budget.

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LEARNINGCURVE

Greenhills College offer QQI courses WHETHER you have just done your

networking and PC maintenance are

Leaving Certificate or are return-

on offer. A Level 6 course in this area

ing to education after a long absence

offers the internationally recognised

you may be interested to know that

Comptia A+ qualification as well as the

Greenhills College are offering full and

QQI Level 6.

part-time courses with certification by QQI (Quality and Qualifications Ireland).

The courses, which are eligible to students on full-time basis, offers

The college’s business courses are at Levels 5 and 6, including a medical secretary course.

Students at the college can also

nursing studies, healthcare support

take part in the IT Tallaght Scholarship

and community care with the chance to

scheme, whereby one student from

develop practical skills in these areas.

Greenhills each year is awarded a two-

The pre-university courses in the

year scholarship of €2,500 for their

areas of science, business, arts, sports

first two years in ITT. This scholarship

science, art portfolio and engineering,

will be in addition to any other funding,

are also designed to give a solid foun-

such as the SUSI (Student Universal

dation for those wishing to continue to

Support Ireland) grant, which they

third level.

may avail of.

For those interested in informa-

Full details of courses are available

tion technology, courses in software

on www.greenhillscollege.ie or email

development and gaming as well as

admin.greenhills@ddletb.ie.

DUBLIN CITY: THE PEOPLE’S COLLEGE CAN HELP

Courses are on offer for people from all walks of life

 IAN BEGLEY

THE People’s College in Parnell Square is offering courses for people from all walks of life and ability for learning.

The college has experienced tutors covering a wide range of languages, social and political studies, literature, art appreciation and cultural activities as well as personal development, basic education and communication skills.

New courses this year include felting and Qigong, which is an ancient Chinese health care system. On offer again this year is the introduction to hill walking and wildlife, as well as genealogy

and mindfulness which have been very popular in the college over the last few years. Other popular courses are creative writing, languages, music and art appreciation, yoga and pilates.

Morning classes in creative writing, yoga, wildlife, and public speaking will continue to take place this year.

Important

The People’s College in Parnell Square

T he student committee, elected every two years, also plays an important role in the life of The People’s College.

The committee participates in the preparation of the syllabus and with administrative duties in the college. Various activities that take place

are also organised by the committee during the year, which include Saturday outings and social and cultural events.

T he societies that the college has include a choir group, a debating society and a drama group.

Find a course that suits you and sign up today by sending an application form or by contacting the college by email or on social media.

V i s i t w w w. p e o p lescollege.ie for more information.

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SUPPORT: RANGE OF SERVICES FOR STUDENTS TO AVAIL OF

There is always access to mental health help

ď Ž AISLING KENNEDY

ACCORDING to Aware, a charity helping those suffering from depression, more than 450,000 people experience some form of depression at any one time in Ireland.

Students and young people in general, comprise a large portion of those who go through depression as many people experience the first symptoms of depression during their college years.

Factors such as living away from home

for the first time, dwindling career options and declining living standards can leave some students feeling lost and alone.

This can lead to some students feeling like there is no hope and no help for them – but this is not the case.

There is help available on most college campuses in Ireland and students embarking on a college course should be aware that these services are always accessible to them.

For any students who may be struggling, here

are a list of helpful services you can access if you feel you need to talk: UCD Student Counselling Service is a free ser vice and is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. For further information, call 01 716 3133, or call into the student health centre in the student centre.

UCD also has a programme called Please Talk which is a voluntary organisation run by students and staff. Its aim is to provide information and support to students.

For further information, email ucd@pleasetalk. ie.

Trinity College provides support, guidance and treatment options for students suffering from mental health issues through its college health service and their counselling service.

To contact the college health centre, call 01 896 1591.

DCU runs a counselling and personal development service, which is a confidential and free service and is available to all students. For fur-

ther information, call 01 700 5165, or email counselling@dcu.ie.

Alternatively, there is a listening support service called Niteline that is a confidential phone service run by and for the students of DCU, NCAD, RCSI, TCD, NUIM and their affiliate colleges.

Niteline is open every night during term time from 9pm to 2.30am, and you can call about any problem you may be experiencing. For further information, see www. niteline.ie, or call 1800 793 793.

Many students go through depression during their college years. Picture: Annifer Photography

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A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Planning permission is sought by Michelle Mcgrath for the conversion of existing one storey garage at the rear of No. 25 Hughes Rd., North, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 into a two storey, one bedroom mews house containing 1 car garage plus bedroom and bathroom at ground floor and a combined kitchen/ dining/ living room plus balcony to the rear at first floor level. The proposal also includes a small garden space to rear and side.

The planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of Dublin City Council Planning Dept. Block 4, Ground floor Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8, during its public opening hours (9.00 am-4.30pm). A submission/ observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application.

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I, Nicola Caul intend to apply for Planning Permission for loft conversion with dormer structure containing windows to rear roof profile also velux windows to front roof profile and new window to gable end of house at loft level at 71 Clonshaugh Avenue, Coolock, Dublin 17.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

Permission is sought

by Elizabeth Leonard Development will consist off. : Attic conversion to second floor, to provide one habitable bedroom, with en suite bathroom At 19 Montrose Crescent, Artane, Dublin 5.The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of 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 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

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I, Eilis Mernagh am applying for retention planning permission for one Velux rooflight on the front roof of the property at 16 St. Ignatius Avenue, Phibsboro, Dublin 7.The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of 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 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

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I, Helen Nusser intend to apply for Planning Permission for first floor bathroom extension above existing ground floor extension at rear of house and associated site works at 128 Killester Avenue, Donnycarney, Dublin 5.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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John Kelly and Joyce Downey apply for Planning Permission for the internal refurbishment of existing dwelling house and construction of new two storey extensions to the rear and side with single storey porch extension to the front of No. 48 Melvin Road, Terenure, Dublin 6w. The extensions will incorporate a kitchen, WC, utility room and study at ground floor level and 2 new bedrooms at 1st floor level, with 7 roof lights to the rear, including all associated site works. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of 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 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

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PLANNING NOTICE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

We Killian and Aine Maher intend to apply for planning permission for development at 49 Ennafort Road, Raheny, Dublin 5, DO5 ET78. The development will consist of: The demolition of a single storey side garage and the construction of a two storey side and rear extension to the existing dwelling with a single storey extension to the rear, a single storey front entrance porch, internal alterations to layouts and all ancillary works. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Dublin City Council, Planning Department, Block 4, Ground floor, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 during its public opening hours (9.00am – 4.30pm). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

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I Ms Corina M Byrne INTEND TO APPLY FOR PERMISSION For development at 23 Findlater Street off Infirmary Road Dublin 7. This development will consist of the construction of a proposed first floor extension over the existing single story area to the rear to accommodate 2 number Bedrooms and shower/bathroom and attic storage, landscaping and associated site works.The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Dublin City Council, Planning Department, Block 4, Ground Floor, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 during its public opening hours.A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

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S Potts & C Flynn are applying to Dublin City Council for planning permission to convert attic to store room area with sky light and Dormer windows on rear elevation of roof and garage to TV room at 9 Copeland Ave. Clontarf, Dublin 3.

The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Dublin City Council during its opening hours. 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 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application 24689

Planning permission is sought for modifications to the existing semi-detached house comprising construction of a single storey front, side and rear extensions and all ancillary works at 14 Southern Cross Avenue, Dublin 8 by Tomasz Rogozik.The planning a p p l i c a t i o n m ay b e inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of 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 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

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The development will consist of;a roof light to the front, an attic conversion to storage incorporating a flat roof dormer to the rear, the existing ridge height being raised across the width of the proposed dormer and the removal of the existing chimney.The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of 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 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.”

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FastSport Cabinteely park and NRh host games: THE third NRH Spinal Sports Championships in partnership with IWA Sport, dlr Sports Partnership and Spinal Injuries Ireland will be held on Saturday, September 5 in the National Rehabilitation Hospital and Cabinteely Park.

Events include handcycling, at Cabinteely Park from 10.30am, archery, wheelchair basketball, fields athletics, table tennis (all in the NRH) and a host of others. Competitors will have been a patient of the NRH. The competition was first introduced in 2013 with 42 athletes from 16 counties taking part across a range of events.

Fiona Conroy, senior physiotherapist at NRH and eEvent coordinator, said of the inaugural event: “The championships clearly highlight the huge demand for competitive events in disability sports and we in the NRH look forward to meeting this growing demand.”

gaelic games: O’callaghan, Keaney and Shefflin impart key advice

Hurlers’ healthy outlook  sport@dublingazette.com

OVER 250 children lined out last weekend in Parnell Park, Dublin for one of Centra’s Champions of Healthy Living’ events this summer.

Hurling stars Henry

Shefflin, Conal Keaney and Dotsy O’Callaghan were on hand on the day to give healthy eating and training tips to young aspiring hurlers from local Dublin clubs.

Girls and boys from all

over the county came in their droves to take part in a very special hurling skills session and learn from some of the best in the game.

This year’s event has a strong focus on healthy eating and nutrition,

Throngs of young GAA fans attended the event in Parnell Park. Picture: Piaras O’Mideach

Dotsy O’Callaghan signs autographs for young fans

with the Centra Champions providing some invaluable tips on how they can perform to the best of their ability.

As well as the fun skills session, children enjoyed a great family day out that brought the whole community together with a host of entertainment on the day.

On the day Lorraine O’Connor and her club, St Peregrine’s, won a place in the grand finale of the community events, taking place in October in Croke Park.

They will be one of a selection of clubs to take part in the ultimate behind the scenes day

out as they enjoy a special training session, a stadium tour and lots of entertainment.

Throughout the summer, Centra has been undertaking a Champions of Healthy Living survey with parents at each community event and Saturday’s event has revealed some interesting findings about Dublin’s eating habits.

The children of the capital have a sweet tooth with 29% of them admitting to having a treat such as chocolate or a fizzy drink every day; this is higher than most other counties surveyed so far.

However they’re still

eating their fruit and veg with the traditional options still popular.

59% of children picked apples as their favourite fruit with 29% choosing carrots as their favourite vegetable.

T he sur vey also revealed that Dublin mums rule the kitchen with almost half of them claiming to do all the cooking in the house and 59% of them making their children’s lunches every day.

Parents and children were in agreement that Shefflin is their favourite hurler while the Ballyhale Shamrocks’ man was also picked as their champion of choice.

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Sophie Spence conducts a training exercise at a Leinster summer camp this week

OLD Belvedere’s Sophie Spence has been nominated on World Rugby’s women’s Player of the Year for 2015.

New Zealand scrum half Kendra Cocksedge, France captain Gaelle Mignot and Ireland second row Sophie Spence have made the shortlist for the prestigious award, with the winner to be announced at the World Rugby Awards in London on November 1.

Spence was recently named Women’s Player of the Year at

the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Awards just last week.

World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset said: “On behalf of World Rugby, I wish to extend my congratulations to Gaelle, Kendra and Sophie for securing their Player of the Year nomination, and for their skill, power, discipline and consistency required to excel at the highest level.

“Women’s rugby is one of the fastest growing team sports in the world, and we’re focused on building on the incredible success of last year’s Women’s

Rugby World Cup in Paris which engaged fans like never before.”

The panel selecting the shortlist is made up of former players Sue Day (England), Melodie Robinson (New Zealand) and Lucan-based teacher Fiona Coghlan as well as the Sunday Times rugby correspondent Stephen Jones and World Rugby Council member John Jeffrey.

Elsewhere, former Irish international and Old Wesley stalwart Philip Orr was elected this week as the junior deputy president of the IrishRugby Football Union.

Orr played for the club for over

20 years as a prop and was, for a long time, Ireland’s most capped played in the position with 58 appearances.

He toured with the Lions to New Zealand in 1977 and played in the inaugural World Cup a decade later.

From there, he moved into rugby administration and was the Old Wesley club president for their centenary in 1991.

He also went on to manage the Irish Under-21 squad and has also been the club’s representative to the Leinster branch in recent times.

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Trading places for Irish super stars As Keith Fahey calls time on his superb career in the League of Ireland, Damien Duff begins a new chapter with Shamrock Rovers on Monday in Tallaght, writes NATHAN KELLY T WO of the biggest names to ever grace the League of Ireland have stolen headlines this week, but for very different reasons.

Former Republic of Ireland international, St Patrick’s Athletic legend and local football star Keith Fahey announced his retirement from the professional game last Thursday due to longstanding knee and hip injuries.

Fahey, who famously made the switch to Shamrock Rovers at the start of the 2015 season from St Pat’s, was also on the books of Bluebell United and earned 16 senior international caps in the Trapattoni era.

In a statement about the retirement, the Tallaght native said: “Unfortunately, I have had to come to this decision after taking advice from

the doctor and surgeon. I feel that it is the right time to finish playing professional football. I’d like to thank everyone that has supported me, managed me, and played with me during my time playing football.”

Current Rovers boss Pat Fenlon praised Fahey for his short but meaningful final stint at the Tallaght club.

“Keith will be a big loss to Shamrock Rovers and the League of Ireland in general,” he said. “He has been a central part of our squad this season and has been a great influence on the players, particularly the younger members of our squad.”

Fahey’s career began as a local schoolboy at Tymon North before switching to Dublin giants Cherry Orchard. As a promising teen he travelled to first Arsenal and

then Aston Villa but never settled in his first stint in the UK. He arrived back in Dublin and played LSL football with Red Cow side Bluebell before signing for Pat’s, which would re-ignite his career.

Overall, he played 229 times for Pat’s across three spells. He was part of the Saints team who won the League Cup in 2003 but left the club in 2005 for Drogheda United.

But, after just a year at United he returned to Inchicore and remained at the club until 2008.

Many Irish football fans will cite the midfielder’s performance in the second leg of Pats’ 08-09 UEFA Cup first round second leg tie against Hertha Berlin as one of the best by a League of Ireland player in recent times.

Performances such as that earned him a move

Keith Fahey signs on the dotted line for Shamrock Rovers with club chairman Jonathan Roche last November

to Championship side Birmingham City and he played a major role in City’s promotion to the Premier League in the 08/09 season and their League Cup success in 2011.

His success at Birmingham earned him 16 senior caps in which he scored

thunderous reception in Tallaght in the 89th minute, right after Rovers got their third goal.

Four minutes of injury time gave the crowd a glimpse of their new man and he looked as hungry as ever to get on the ball, drifting everywhere in between the midfield and

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three goals for Ireland between 2010-12 including a vital winner against Armenia on route to Euro 2012, a tournament he would miss through injury.

He returned home in 2013 to Richmond Park and helped Pat’s win the FAI Cup before moving to Rovers where he made 12 appearances, the last of which came against St Patrick’s in the FAI Cup earlier this year.

But, while one former ROI international hangs up his Rovers jersey for good, another is just starting his new life for the Hoops as Damien Duff made his debut for Fenlon’s side as a late substitute in their 3-0 win over Cork City in Tallaght on Monday night.

A century of caps under his belt for the national side, Duff entered to a

front-line, playing neat passes and drawing fouls.

Fans will now have an anxious wait to see if the former Blackburn, Chelsea, Newcastle and Fulham star will get a starting role against Sligo Rovers on August 29 at The Showgrounds.

Duff, who as a schoolboy played for Leicester Celtic, Lourdes Celtic and St Kevin’s Boys revealed prior to his debut that any money he earns from his 18 month contract at Rovers would be given away to Temple Street Hospital and Heart Children Ireland.

“Every penny I get is going to charity. I don’t want a penny.

“I thought it’d be something nice to do because I just want to play football,” he said as he was officially unveiled as a Rovers player last week.

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Clontarf’s Cusask steps away from national team ALEX CUSACK has confirmed his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.

The 34 year-old had originally planned to retire following the World Cup earlier this year, but delayed his decision until after helping Ireland successfully qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 in India next year.

“I have been thinking about it seriously for a year, especially with the bad run of injuries I have suffered in recent times,” said the Clontarf all-rounder.

“Those injuries have taken a considerable toll on my body, and that’s the main reason why I’m calling it a day now. I’m also the father of three young children, and I feel I need to be around more for them.

Cusack feels the team’s future is secure, with a wealth of talented young players coming through. “It’s great to see the young guys coming through and I’m certain the team has a great future ahead.

“I’d like to thank all my team mates that I have played with over the years - it has been a great honour to play for Ireland with such a great bunch of lads and I wish them all the best in the years ahead.”

Since his debut against Middlesex in 2007, Cusack played 174 times for Ireland, scoring 2347 runs at an average of 22.79, while also taking 180 wickets at just 21.86, putting him at 8th on the all-time leading wicket-takers.

There have been many highlights for Cusack during his 8 year career in the green of Ireland.

He made 47 during a stand of 161 with Kevin O’Brien in the famous World Cup win over England in Bangalore in 2011, while he also took 4 for 32 as Ireland edged out Zimbabwe by five runs in Hobart during the 2015 World Cup. He scored his only century - 130 in 2007 against Scotland - sharing a stand of 234 with Andre Botha - the third highest partnership for Ireland in all cricket.

Often seen at his best in T20 cricket, Cusack was named the Player of the Tournament at the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifying tournament.

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Glenville set for LSL Sunday Senior debut GLENVILLE Football Club will begin life in the top tier of Intermediate football for the first time this Sunday when they host Glebe North in Palmerstown.

The game, which comes on the opening Sunday of the 2015-16 season, looks to be an intriguing affair. For this progressive Glenville side, under talented manager Wayne Kelly, will bear the honour of being the first side from Dublin 20 to reach the top level of LSL football.

In the week leading up to the huge game, Kelly offered us his thoughts on Sunday and the upcoming season. “We’re really looking forward to it,” he said. “It’s massive for the club; obviously it’s our first year at the top of the LSL so we’re really excited. It’s also the first time a club from Palmerstown has reached this level too so it’s great for the area and we’re expecting a really good crowd at Sunday’s game.

“It’s going to be a tough game, but we’re going to have to get used to that being in this league,” added Kelly. “In the last few years, the league has always kind of split into two tiers with the likes of Bluebell, Crumlin and Tolka pulling away from the rest, and also Killester and Drumcondra last season.

“It may take us a bit of time to really find our feet but we’re confident we can be good enough to stay in the division and be there next season.

“You would expect Bluebell and Crumlin to be right up again this year, and probably one or two more maybe to join them and pull away,” Kelly said on his thoughts on how the league could play out this season.

“I don’t know about Tolka Rovers this season with everything that’s gone on recently,” he added, referring to the bizarre chain of events that’s happened with Paul Doyle leaving the club only to be replaced by Joey Graydon last Thursday, who then also quit the role after a few days.

Coverage of the amateur football transfer seemed to gain more attention than ever this year, but news on Glenville’s ins and outs have been rather quiet, up to now. “The squad’s looking very good,” said the Glenville boss.

“We’ve still got a couple away, but we’ve also signed a few, with players coming from John Bosco, Templeogue and Liffey Valley. They’re all good players and most importantly, they’re challenging for places on the Sunday team.”

The Glasgow Celtic side that won the Hibernia Trophy last weekend

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WITH over half of the Republic of Ireland Development Squad that took part in last weekend’s Hibernia Trophy coming from two Dublin clubs, there was capital interest aplenty over the three days of football in Sallynoggin.

The competition, hosted by St Joseph’s Boys, saw Under-15 sides from Joey’s, Wolves, Sunderland, Celtic, Nottingham Forest, Norwich, the Republic of Ireland development squad and the Northern Ireland development team serve up a feast of top quality

schoolboy action.

Republic of Ireland manager Colin O’Brien announced an 18-man squad in the week leading up to the Trophy, with five players from Cherry Orchard and four from St Kevin’s making the list.

The Orchard select were Harry Clarke, Nathan Collins, Kevin O’Reilly, Seanie Mahon and Andrew Farrell, while the Kevin’s quartet was Kian Clarke, Kameron Ledwidge, Katlego Mashigo and Ray O’Sullivan.

The young Irish side began with a 2-0 win over Wolves on Friday in their opening game with Adam Idah and Elvis Azah finding the net. On Saturday,

bronze medal Fitzmaurice finishes in third place in Derry dubliner Eimear Fitzmaurice, pictured

left, ended up third at last weekend’s Lough Neagh triathlon in Ballyronan, Co Derry as she came in just behind Down’s Heather Foley, centre, and Rachel Hawker, right.

In the men’s race, Irish international Russell White stormed to victory in round four of the Triathlon Ireland Super Series ahead of over 400 competitors.

Picture: Cathal Noonan/Inpho

O’Brien’s troops played twice, they beat hosts St Joseph’s Boys 3-1 with Ciaran Brennan scoring twice and Elvia Azah also finding net.

Azah also scored in their third fixture against Sunderland which ended in a 2-1 loss.

O’Brien’s side finished on equal points, goals scored and goal difference with Sunderland but the Black Cats progressed to the final due to head to head result.

In the final, Celtic came out on top against Sunderland via a penalty shootout.

Before that final however, the Republic faced the Northern Ireland

selection in a third/fourth place playoff and goals from Mark Walsh, Caelin Rooney and Orchard’s Seanie Mahon secured a 3-2 win over their Northern rivals.

“This tournament is always a very good exercise for what we look for in the early stage.

“It’s a fair assessment of players, they get opportunities to play and experience different types of opposition,” said O’Brien after the tournament.

“For example, they got a different challenge against Sunderland, who got it back to front quickly,” he added. “This tournament helps the players get their eyes opened to different

levels of the game and equally important they get their minds opened.

O’Brien also revealed what the next step is for this squad in these their first steps in international football.

“During the months of July and August we’ve had regional assessments and we have two more visits to do this week to the regional Emerging Talent Programme centres and so players who do well will get involved in our next get-together in September,” he said.

“From the assessment phase we go into training camp and then the first international matches will be in November.”

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Dublin U-16s through to one final but miss other THE DUblin Under-16 camogie sides

endured mixed fortunes in their All-Ireland semi-finals last weekend with the A side bowing out to Galway 2-16 to 1-4 in their tie.

The B side, however, have a big final to look forward to after they saw off Derry 3-12 to 4-3 in Drogheda, setting up a final showdown with Waterford on August 30.

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Foxrock’s Rice hails heroic final victory

Parnell’s celebrate their intermediate championship success. Picture: GAAPics.com

Peat and Cumiskey inspire Parnell’s ladies inter final Parnell’s 1-14 Clontarf 1-5  sport@dublingazette.com

PARNELL’S intermediate ladies footballers put 10 years of championship final hurt behind them with 1-14 to 1-5 victory over neighbours Clontarf in the Dublin decider last week.

When Vicky Ronning, captain of the Coolock side, lifted the Intermediate title aloft, painful memories of four final defeats between 2005 and 2014 were quickly banished from the minds of all involved.

Parnell’s stalwart Lindsay Peat did what she’s done so many times on the big occasion and opened the scoring in this one before quickly adding a second with a tidy free.

Full-forward Sinead Cumiskey sent another free over to put her side three ahead with just five minutes gone.

Clontarf got off the mark before long, however, when Helen Cliffe struck a free over from the 20m line. Getting off the mark roused Clontarf a bit, as they began to create more. Full forward Fiona Coughlan was unlucky not to score the game’s

first goal as her effort bounced back off the post and into the arms of a Parnell’s defender.

The first goal did come on 10 minutes when Cliffe forced the green flag to raise to bring the sides level. The rest of the half failed to live up to the opening 10 minutes and the score at the break was 0-5 to 1-1 in Parnells favour.

Indeed, it was the Chanel club who started the second half the better too with a Katie Black point seconds after the break.

The decisive moment came seconds after that

when Cumiskey netted Parnell’s second goal which opened up a five point lead within the blink of an eye of the restart.

They did not let up either as Peat, Cumiskey and Aoife McGrath continued to add scores and increase their side’s lead.

Despite some brave individual performances from Clontarf, with Slainey Murray in particular battling until the end, it was Parnell’s experience which ultimately proved the difference as they ran out nine-point winners and were crowned the 2015 Dublin Intermediate football champions.

A WEEK on from being crowned Dublin senior ladies football champions, Foxrock Cabinteely manager Pat Rice is on a high after his side’s absolutely dominating performance in the final.

The Foxrock side hammered St Brigid’s 3-10 to 2-1 in the final last Sunday in Parnell Park. The margin of victory was reduced by two Brigid’s goals late in the second half after the score at half-time was 1-7 to 0-1 in Rice’s sides favour.

“We’re very pleased and proud,” was his reply when asked for his reaction to being crowned Dublin champions. “We’re particularly proud in how we won the game. It was probably our best performance of the year, I mean we’ve had two or three really outstanding performances this year, but the players seemed to save their best for the championship final.”

But did the manner of victory surprise the Foxrock boss? “It did to be honest,” he said. “You could see that some of our players were quite nervous going into it but I suppose once they got on the field they just settled almost immediately.

“But we probably did expect more from Brigid’s. I mean we’ve have had some right battles with them throughout recent times and they’ve some great players, but I think our girls were just on the absolute top of their game.”

Foxrock Cabinteely won the championship in 2012, but missed out on the knock-out stages the following year before losing to Na Fianna in the 2014 final.

This victory was aided by the massive influence Cabo’s inter-county stars have on the panel, with Amy Connolly, Hannah Noonan and in particular Sinead Goldrick performing yet again when it really matters.

Goldrick was named player of the match as Dublin were crowned Leinster champions just weeks ago, and she glittered again here.

“I think everyone knows at this stage knows that Sinead is just a marvellous footballer,” said Rice of his star. “She’s carried her brilliant county form straight back to club level and she was wonderful against Brigid’s. But I think the most pleasing thing was our team performance. We really did dominate all aspects of play all over the pitch, everyone was outstanding.”

The season is far from over for Rice’s side, however, with a couple of massive fixtures on the horizon. “We’ve still got a couple of league games left, we’re top of the table so obviously we want to stay up there,” he said.

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JIM Gavin says that Mayo “have the momentum” going into their crunch All-Ireland senior football semi-final on August 30 in Croke Park as his side zone in on the crunch showdown.

Speaking ahead of the game in Parnell Park at a press day to launch team sponsor AIG’s new home insurance offers, the Round Tower, Clondalkin man said the Connacht champions have more recent energy flowing in their favour.

“They have played more

recently than us against a very good Donegal side and they will carry that into the game and it is up to us to match it early on in the game,” he said.

“I think going into the game it was very hard to call.”

Having eased their way to the Leinster title, Dublin, then saw off Fermanagh in their most recent outing a week earlier in a free-flowing affair that Gavin’s side won early in spite of a spirited showing from the Erne county. For Mayo, the route has been that bit tougher “Donegal have a lot of experience in this competition and are very battle-hardened.

Maybe the long season took its toll, they’re going since May when the rest of us were probably only getting ourselves ready for the championship.

“So it’s very demanding and it’s a long season for them but Mayo fully deserved their victory and based on the form they showed in the Connacht final and against Donegal in Croke Park, they’re very impressive.”

Key to their form has been Aidan O’Shea’s immense performances and Gavin is wary of the challenges he will bring to the table.

“A lot of the attention is on him and rightly so, I think he’s

the form player in Ireland at the moment.

“Again, demonstrating the form they have in Connacht, bringing that to Croke Park and he looks very impressive on the square and out the field.

“But he’s surrounded by some fantastic players, Cillian O’Connor and Diarmuid O’Connor, Jason Doherty is having a fine season as well, McLoughlin and Keith Higgins.”

Dublin will find out their potential final opponents on Sunday when Tyrone and Kerry meet in the first of the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Dublin manager, Jim Gavin with young fans Grace and Adam Goldrick-McCann