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One of the temporary homes off Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines that were damaged in the blaze. Pictures: Ger Woods

A COMMUNITY DIVIDED ‘Actions are totally contrary to the outpouring of sympathy and support shown to bereaved families’

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While the community of Carrickmines mourned the tragic deaths of 10 Travellers who were living in temporary accommodation on Glenamuck Road this week, a division soon appeared when a new temporary site was

earmarked for the grieving survivors.

Residents of Rockfield Drive, off Glenamuck Road, staged a blockade to prevent works being carried out by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to house the Travellers.

The council told the Gazette that the site

was temporary and that another in the area had been identified to house the families on a more permanent basis.

This site will be ready in eight months.

Local residents, however, are angry at the lack of communication from the council.

Ronnie Fay, co-director of Pavee Point, said she was shocked at reports of a blockade and said: “These actions are totally contrary to the outpouring of sympathy and support shown to the bereaved families in recent days.”

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houses ‘€10.7m property tax for housing is sitting in a bank’

Councillors hit back at Hayes broadside  aisling kennedy

DUBLIN MEP Brian Hayes has launched an attack on Dun LaoghaireRathdow n County Council’s social housing development projects this week and revealed that the council plans to build just 12 social housing units this year.

There are 5,560 people registered on the social housing waiting list in the council area.

Of the four local authorities in Dublin, the Fine Gael MEP singled out Dun LaoghaireRathdown: “They have a waiting list of 5,500, yet they are planning to build just 12 social housing units in 2015. This is a totally inadequate response to the scale and demand for social housing. An effective response to the Dublin housing crisis will involve a close partnership between local authorities, national government, national

agencies and voluntary organisations. The housing crisis in Dublin is real and the level of social housing output must be quickly ramped up. The four local authorities in the Dublin region must up their game.”

In response to Hayes’s comments, a spokesperson for the council said: “Since 2011, eligible social support applicants from the three other Dublin local authorities can nominate up to two preferences in the functional area of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

“Accordingly, over 1,000 applications on the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council list are referrals from the three other Dublin local authorities.”

T he spokesperson said on April 1, Environment Minister Alan Kelly announced housing targets for each local authority area, with pro-

visional funding of over €61m for Dun LaoghaireRathdown specifically.

This funding would be used to build “a target of 681 units”, which will be provided between 2015 and 2017.

T he spokesperson added: “Of the target of 681, 316 units are to be provided under the capital programme, which includes construction, acquisitions, Part V acquisitions [under planning legislation local authorities can get up to 20% of land zoned for housing development at existing use value rather than development value to provide social and affordable housing], capital assistance scheme, and returning void properties. The remainder of the units are to be provided through leasing and the rental Accommodation Scheme.”

Councillors reacted angrily to the figures released this week for

social housing. CllrVictor Boyhan (Ind) said he was frustrated and extremely disappointed: “It’s an abysmal record that I am not proud to be associated with. We need to get builders onto council sites and start building various size housing units as quickly as possible. I would appeal to the Government to assist the council in this major task.”

Cllr Shane O’Brien (SF) said: “This is nothing more than political posturing from an outof-touch elected representative who has chosen to remain ignorant of the causes or solutions of an unprecedented housing crisis across Dublin city and county.

Perhaps he could ask

The council will build just 12 social housing units this year

his coalition partner Minister Alan Kelly why €10.69m of local property tax funds collected in the county last year and allocated for social housing capital remain sitting in a bank account unused.”

Cllr Michael Merrigan (Ind) said: “The mecha-

nisms for funding social housing in this country are in a shambles with little or no progress despite promises from central Government which, coupled with systemic procrastination at local authority level, only serves to exacerbate a housing crisis, which is worsening

by the day. The provision of only 12 units in 2015 in this county with a waiting list of circa 5,500 is clearly an utter failure of the current system and no amount of political spin by the council’s Fine Gael-Fianna Fail governing coalition can mask that fact.”

Clubs plan to have great sport with over €383,000 funding  aisling kennedy

A TOTAL of €383,143 has been awarded to 11 sports clubs and organisations in the Dun Laoghaire area as part of the 2015 Sports Capital Programme.

The organisations set to receive funding are 12th Port Sandycove Canoeing, which will receive €18,842; Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is to get €35,233, Cuala GAA will receive €15,453; Dalkey Scubadivers are bein allocated €55,420; while Dalkey United AFC will get €25,000.

De Vesci Lawn Tennis Club will receive €57,417, while Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht C l u b w i l l b e g i ve n €22,475. Monkstown FC will receive €23,028, St Michael’s Rowing Club Dun Laoghaire will get €22,625, the National Yacht Club will receive €39,887, and The Royal St George Yacht Club will be given €67,763.

Welcomed

Cllr Carrie Smyth (Lab) welcomed the news and said the funding would help boost local participation in sports by helping clubs develop their

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facilities.

Cllr Smyth said: “I want to congratulate the local clubs who have been successful in their bids and wish them well.

“A h u g e v o l u m e of applications was received, and I would encourage those who didn’t make the cut this time to apply again to the next grant scheme.

“In the meantime, I am delighted that total funding of €383,143 will benefit 11 of clubs in the county.

“It will help these clubs modernise and develop their spor ts facilities and purchase new sports equipment, all of which has positive knock-on effects for our community.”

She added: “The Sports Capital Programme is an important lifeline for sports clubs and organi-

sations, and it demonstrates the Government’s commitment to encourage more people to take part in sport.”

Deputy Mary Mitchell O’Connor (FG) also welcomed the allocation of grants to local clubs and organisations.

She said: “Congratulations to each of these dedicated clubs on this welcome funding.

“I look forward to continuing to support the efforts of sports organisations in the Dun Laoghaire community.”

She added: “Money spent on sport, is money saved on healthcare down the road.

“According to the Department of Sport, 90% of sports capital recipients say it has helped them to increase the numbers of people involved in sport.”

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Planning Residents objected to previous developments

Retirement home plan is welcomed  aisling kennedy

AN BORD Pleanala has given the redevelopment of a landmark site in Glenageary the green light.

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council initially refused planning permission for the redevelopment of the site adjacent to the Glenagear y roundabout.

An Bord Pleanala announced recently that it would grant planning permission for the 1.3 hectare site for the development of a fivestorey 140-bedroom retirement home, a three-storey medical

centre, a Lidl supermarket and 150 surface car parking spaces.

The site, which is n ow i n N a m a , h a s been vacant since the Deerhunter Pub and surrounding properties were purchased in 2005.

This is the first planning application to be successful in the past 10 years. The site has been subject to several unsuccessful planning applications over that time.

Cllr Cormac Devlin (FF) told the Gazette he welcomed the new planning application but said he would like to have seen some residential units being built in the

area too.

He said: “The main concern for local residents was that the current layout of the Glenageary roundabout would remain unchanged.

“My preference would have been for the inclusion of much-needed residential units on this site, but the inclusion of a retirement home will go some way to providing a residential aspect. In that regard the proposal is welcome.”

Cllr Devlin, who previously organised several meetings with local residents on the development of this site, said this would be the fifth supermarket in the area and he ques-

tioned the need for a further retail outlet.

He said: “The national retail planning guidelines need to be reviewed urgently. However, local residents are glad to see this prominent site developed and the eyesore dealt with.”

Linden Lee, chairperson of Bellview, Glenageary and Rochestown Residents’ Association, told the Gazette the local residents were “very happy” with An Bord Pleanala’s decision to grant planning permission for the site.

Lee said: “We believe this is the best plan for the site that we’ve seen yet. We objected to the

Cllr Cormac Devlin (FF) at a recent public meeting on the plans for the vacant site at the Glenageary roundabout. Picture: Michael Chester

previous three plans but this is the first plan that we’ve seen that we actually liked.

“In our submission to the planning proposal we said we were in favour of

the retirement home and the medical centre. We’re delighted that that this planning application is going ahead.

“Everyone’s delighted that after years and years

of looking like a wasteland it will finally be developed properly and sympathetically to the people in Sallynoggin and to the people in Glenageary Avenue as well.”

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litter Material ‘highly contamined with food and drinks’

Council abandons recycling bin pilot EXPERIMENTAL litter bins that were put in place by Dun LaoghaireRathdown County Council last year are to be removed from the area over the coming weeks.

The council put a pilot scheme in place last December to introduce segregated recycling bins at three locations in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown to encourage the public to recycle.

These recycling bins separated paper/tetra, plastics and general waste at trial locations were at Newtownsmith in Sandycove, Cabinteely Park and Dundrum.

At the recent Dundrum Area Committee meeting,

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the council announced its decision to discontinue the pilot scheme after a review conducted by MBR Consulting revealed the scheme was not working.

Cllr Peter O’Brien (Lab) told the Gazette he was extremely disappointed at the council’s decision.

He said: “This is clearly a retrograde step. Recycling is now an accepted part of everyone’s daily

lives and people make every effort to assist in disposing of unwanted items and are conscious of not doing anything that may harm the environment.”

In a report to the meeting, the council said a study of the contents of the bins between June and July revealed that while most people tried to segregate their waste correctly, most of the recyclable wastes (paper/ tetra and plastics) were “highly contaminated with food and drinks”.

As a result this waste, which ideally should go to be recycled at a recycling facility, ended up as refuse-derived fuel.

The report also said domestic/commercial waste was also found in the litter bins which, they added, contravenes the polluter pays principle and the Litter PollutionActs.

The report stated: “This highlights the need for restrictors to be put in place or consideration of removing/relocating these bins where this abuse occurs.”

Cllr O’Brien said: “The council is now proposing to remove the recycling bins and reintroduce them into the general litter bin stock, which means that there is no incentive to recycle.

“This position of the

Eleanor McEvoy performs ELEANOR McEvoy will perform live at DLR LexIcon as part of a studio concert series on November 13 at 8pm.

McEvoy, who is a renowned Irish singer and multi-instrumentalist, has just released her latest album Stuff to critical acclaim.

McEvoy’s career spans 11 albums, 40 singles and appearances on numerous compilation albums.

She is set to perform a number of her latest songs on the night from her new album.

The concert series is part of DLR LexIcon Live, a programme of bespoke and diverse events at the new DLR LexIcon Library.

Tickets for Eleanor McEvoy’s concert are available from the Pavilion Theatre’s box office at €20.

To book tickets log onto www.paviliontheatre.ie

The bins had been placed at a number of trial locations around the county. Picture: frankieleon - Flickr creative commons licence

council goes against the sustained work being done by a plethora of public and voluntary bodies in educating people about recycling, from our young people at school

and youth organisations, right through to the general population. I would support any effort by the council to put restrictions in place to prevent the recycling bins from being

used for domestic or commercial waste but removing the bins altogether is not the message that Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council should be sending out.”

15 October 2015 DUN LAOGHAIRE GAZETTE 5

DON’SDUBLIN Doctor, sportsman and inspiration for stately Buck Mulligan BORN in 5 Rutland Square, now Parnell Square, on August 17, 1878, Oliver St John Gogarty grew up to be a man of many talents. The eldest of four children, his father Henry was a successful physician and his mother Margaret was from Galway.

Henry died when Oliver was eight years old, and he was sent to school in Mungret College in Limerick before transferring to Stonyhurst College in Lancashire which he later described as “a religious jail”.

He returned to Ireland in 1896 and studied medicine at the Royal University and Trinity College, graduating in 1907. He went to Vienna to finish his study and specialised in otolaryngology – ear, nose and throat. He had consulting rooms in Ely Place and was a member of staff at the Meath Hospital until he went to America.

He was a keen sportsman and enjoyed cricket, football – playing for Bohemians FC – and a fine swimmer who saved four people from drowning.

He wrote poetry and his poem Tailteann Ode won a bronze medal at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. He was friends with WB Yeats, AE Russell, James Stephens and James Joyce. When Gogarty rented the Martello Tower at Sandycove in 1904 he invited Joyce to stay.

He remained only a few nights but used the place as the opening scene in Ulysses and immortalised Gogarty in his character Buck Mulligan.

A close friend of Arthur Griffith he was an early member of Sinn Fein and became a Senator. In 1922 when Griffith died in early August 1922, he performed the autopsy and did the same for Michael Collins who died less than two weeks later.

In 1917 he and his wife Martha Duane, who was from Galway, bought Renvyle, a large house in Connemara. It was burnt down in 1923 but was rebuilt and operates to this day as Renvyle House. He died in New York in 1957 and is buried in Moyard, near Renvyle.

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When St John Gogarty (inset) rented the Martello Tower at Sandycove in 1904 he invited Joyce to stay - Joyce later immortalised him in Buck Mulligan

BUSINESS Entrepreneurs encourage to get involved

Day out for enterprising women  AISLING KENNEDY

NATIONAL Women’s Enterprise Day takes place on Thursday October 22 and the Local Enterprise Office in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown is encouraging businesswomen in the area to get involved.

LEO DLR and 30 other

local enterprise offices are marking the day with a major national conference, themed Creating Connections – Building Business, with the help of female entrepreneurs to inspire more women to set up and grow their own businesses.

The aim is to inspire, motivate and support

women across the country in running their own businesses, which will not only boost female entrepreneurship but also contribute to further recovery, more jobs and long-term economic growth.

Eibhlin Curley, head of enterprise at LEO DLR, told the Gazette that

LEO DLR’s Enterprising Women Network runs monthly meetings in Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel, Killiney.

She said: “We want more women to start and develop local businesses.”

She added: “National Women’s Enter prise Day is an important

annual initiative from the local enter prise office, highlighting the supports, information and advice on offer to those thinking of starting a business or already running one.”

For more information on National Women’s Enter prise Day see www.nwed.ie

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Theatre Play charts couple’s travails with immigration

A lighter look at immigration woes  aisling kennedy akennedy@dublingazette.com

A COMEDY play based around how one Dun Laoghaire woman, Sonya Kelly, battled to help her Australian girlfriend obtain an Irish visa is set to take to the stage in the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire next week.

Sonya Kelly met and fell in love with Kate several years ago and they soon went about trying to obtain a visa for Kate to live and work in Ireland.

Kelly’s play, How To Keep An Alien, charts the lengths the couple had to go to keep Kate living in this country.

Kelly spoke to the Gazette and said she wrote the play when she was going through the “extraordinary process” of helping her partner apply for a visa.

“We were initially told that we had to get a de facto visa [permission to stay given to people deemed to be cohabiting with an Irish national or Irish reside`nt for at leas two years].

“To do that we had to assemble two years of documentary evidence to prove that we had been together and that we had a durable, attestable relationship.

“We then had to assemble it all into a

giant folder and hand it into the Irish Nationalisaton and Immigration Service.

“Somebody then looked through it and decided whether or not it was real.

“When we were going through this extraordinary process, I wrote everything down and after the whole situation had passed through I decided to sit down and write about it.

“T hat became my play and then the theatre company decided that they would like to produce it, which was great.”

The play was a huge hit when it initially

toured last year and won the Best Production award at the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival 2014.

Since then, How To Keep An Alien has been touring around the world taking in Australia, Scotland and other countries but having the play staged in Dun Laoghaire is very important to Kelly.

“It means an awful lot to put the play on in Dun Laoghaire because I’m from Blackrock,” she said.

“It feels like I’m coming home with my own work so I’m delighted that the Pavilion want to programme it.”

Kelly explained that

It depends on how you look at it - Sonya Kelly saw the funny side of dealing with the Irish immigration system. Picture: Anthony Woods

Kate loves the play about their life and thinks it is hilarious.

“When we brought the show to Brisbane it meant a lot to her.

“There’s an awful lot

about love in it, there’s an awful lot about what you would do to hold onto love once you find it, so the show resonates with a lot of people,” she said.

How To Keep An Alien will play in the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire on October 28 and 29. Tickets are available at www.paviliontheatre.ie

15 October 2015 DUN LAOGHAIRE Gazette 7

crime Southside sees 30% surge in break-ins

Burglaries are on the rise in Dun Laoghaire THE number of burglaries has increased by more than 30% in the past year in Dublin’s Eastern Garda Division, which covers much of the southside, according to newlyreleased statistics.

The figures from the Central Statistics Office show a total of 504 burglaries recorded in the second quarter of 2015, which is a jump of 118 on the total of 386 in the same period of 2014.

In light of the rising figures, a security expert has urged householders

to consider the benefits of installing burglar-proof windows and doors.

In Dundrum, the average monthly figures for burglaries have risen by 49%, with 71 recorded cases of burglary a month to the end of June compared with last year’s overall average figure of 49.

At present the total number of burglaries stands at 427 in Dundrum, which had 584 reported incidents last year.

A total of 216 burglaries have been reported

in the first half of this year in Cabinteely, compared to 353 for the whole of 2014 – an average rise of seven incidents a month.

Shankill also saw a rise of four burglaries a month to an average of 20 compared with last year.

Increased burglaries are also evident in Dun Laoghaire, where there were two more burglaries a month (33) on average this year.

Nationally, burglaries were up over 8% to 28,830 cases reported to gardai in that timeframe.

Gardai have warned that the longer evenings create opportunities for burglars

Security expert Jim Toal of Fairco.ie has urged householders to consider burglar-proof windows and doors to deter a new, more effective, breed of burglar, who has taken over from the traditional opportunist.

He said: “We would urge all householders to

consider fitting windows that carry the police-preferred Secured By Design specification.”

A spokesperson for An Garda Siochana said: “As the clocks go back, evenings become darker and create ideal opportunities for thieves.

“There is a simple

three-point message for people: Put the alarm on, lock all doors and windows, and leave a light on when leaving your home empty.”

The spokesperson said it was also a good idea to set timer switches to turn lamps and radios on and off.

exhibition Art goes on show for RNLI THE Dublin Art Society will hold its 53rd annual art exhibition in Dalkey Town Hall at the end of this month.

Members of thesociety have exhibited in the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin Painting and Sketching Club and the Watercolour Society of Ireland exhibitions.

T his exhibition is being held in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in Dublin.

Admission is free to all.

The exhibition takes p l a c e o n S a t u r d ay, October 31 from 10am to 6pm, and on Sunday, November 1, from 10am to 5pm.

For more information email dublinartsociety@ gmail.com

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carrickmines tragedy Settled community divided as

Boys lose

Probe continues as council says safety checks are up-to-date Since the death of 10 people in Carrickmines last weekend,

The spokesperson said: “The

questions are now being asked

council routinely inspects and

about the safety of the four-bay

checks all of our halting sites on

temporary buildings in which the

a regular basis. In line with best

families were living.

practice, the fire extinguishers on

The cause of the fire is still being

this site have been inspected and

debated as speculation continues

serviced every six months with the

that it may have been due to an

last such inspection and servicing

electrical fault.

taking place in May 2015.”

The gardai have yet to confirm

The council is now working with

how the blaze started and this week

all agencies to provide support and

they told the Gazette that it was still

emergency accommodation for

under investigation.

the survivors of the fire and books

The land where the Travellers

of condolences have been opened

were situated is currently owned by

in both the Dun Laoghaire county

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County

council office and Dundrum council

Council. A spokesperson told the

office.

Gazette that it was originally bought

Meanwhile, Cllr Lynsey McGovern

as part of the new road infrastruc-

(Ind) told the Gazette that a cake

ture identified in the Kilternan/

sale would be held in the Sandyford

Glenamuck local area plan. But it

Community Centre on Sunday,

was made available to the families

November 1, at 12 noon to 5pm in aid

on a temporary basis in Novem-

of the families who survived the fire.

ber 2008 after they presented to the council in need of emergency

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accommodation.

For more information contact Nick Gregory on 085 270 5486.

Bouquets of flowers have been placed at the site’s entrance and (inset) Deputy Shane Ross (Ind) talks to gardai

TWO little boys have been orphaned by the fire that ripped through the temporary accommodation in which three Traveller families were living on Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines last weekend.

T he blaze, which claimed the lives of 10 people, has been described as the worst to happen in Ireland since the Stardust tragedy in 1981. Three separate families were caught up in the fire, the Gilbert, Lynch and Connors families.

Five of the deceased were children under 10, including a six-monthold baby. One pregnant woman, Tara Gilbert, is also believed to have died

in the fire.

In the days since, it has emerged that two boys four-year-old Tom Connors and Michael Connors aged six are orphans.

Their parents Sylvia and Thomas Connors and their siblings Jim, Christy and six- month old Mary Connors all died.

Tom remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital and Michael escaped uninjured.

The lives of Willie Lynch, Tara Gilbert and their daughters Kelsey and Jodie were also claimed.

Jimmy Lynch (39), the brother of Willie, also died in the fire.

Since the tragedy took hold of the community, the remaining 15 people who survived the fire have been living in temporary accommodation in an

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RESIDENTS of Carrickmines are this week meeting with Dun Laoghaire County Council over a decision to house members of the Traveller community, who survived the Carrickmines fire, in temporary accommodation at Rockfield Drive, off Glenamuck Road.

At the time of going to print, local residents in the area had formed a blockade at the site to stop the council placing temporary accommodation for Travellers on the road.

Since the blockade, emotions have run high in the community. A spokesperson for the S o u t h s i d e Tr ave l l e r Action Group said: “I would hope that this

situation can be resolved in the best interest of the families in this crisis situation so that they can start to piece their lives back together.”

Residents in the area have told the media they were not “anti-Traveller” but were upset with the lack of communication from the council.

One person, who did not want to be named, told the Gazette: “The first we heard about the Travellers being located on the road was when a letter came through the door and then the council turned up on the site an hour later.”

The source said that there were legitimate concerns over the safety of the site for the Travellers and said if it was not

done in the correct way it could be another “death trap” for the families.

A spokesperson for the council told the Gazette that due to the emergency nature of the housing needs of the families left homeless as a result of the fire, the Housing Department was using emergency powers under the Housing Acts to carry out works on this temporary site. “The site will accommodate four mobile homes, a shower and toilet block, water supply, foul sewer and electricity connections with boundary fencing.”

The council stressed that the accommodation would be temporary and that a separate site at a different location had been identified to house

the three families on a permanent basis.

That site will be ready in about eight months.

Ronnie Fay, co-director of Pavee Point said she was shocked and dismayed at reports of a blockade by some Carrickmines residents and saw their actions as “heartless”. She said: “These actions are totally contrary to the outpouring of sympathy and support shown to the bereaved families in recent days.”

Fay urged Minister for Environment Alan Kelly and the county manager Philomena Poole “to persist in their efforts to provide these bereaved families with a place where they can mourn and grieve their loss in privacy and dignity”.

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bereaved Travellers struggle to come to terms with loss

parents in worst fire since Stardust undisclosed location in Carrickmines.

This move has caused division in the local community in the past 48 hours. Most residents in the area have been very supportive of the Travellers affected by the fire. But more recently a number of local residents have begun blockading a new site earmarked for the grieving families.

A spokesperson from the Southside Traveller Action Group spoke to the Gazette before the blockade and praised the community for their support.

T he spokesperson said: “The families are currently in emergency accommodation and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are prioritising a site for them

so hopefully they will be accommodated in more temporary accommodation this week.

“We have been inundated by people from both the settled and Traveller community as to how they can provide help to the families.”

Michael Doran is married to Sally Doran, the aunt of Tom Connors who died in the fire. He spoke to the Gazette this week and said he and his family would do all they could to help his extended family.

He said: “All I can say is the whole of the travelling community feels this so deep in their hearts, it is such a tragedy. We feel deeply for the families of those that died and for those that are left behind and we have them in our prayers. My wife misses

Gardai preserve the scene for investigation

them all terribly, ourwhole community is saddened and we wouldn’t wish this on anybody.”

In a message to the families he said: “If there’s anything we can do, never be afraid to call and we’ll be there for you when the crowds die down, we’ll be there, just call.”

Flowers now line the road where the families perished last weekend and local people have ral-

lied around the families to provide practical and financial support.

Cllr Lettie McCarthy (Lab) who knew some of the residents that died in the fire told the Gazette: “The families are in a daze, none of this has hit them yet I believe. They’re just recovering from the shock of what happened.”

She said that since the fire, local people have visited the temporary

One of the temporary homes damaged in the blaze. Pictures: Ger Woods

site where the families are located with offerings such as home-made stews, soups, sandwiches, buggies, clothes and toys.

“People in the area have been great and that’s so important,” she said.

Cllr Peter O’Brien (Lab) who also knew some of the families on the Glenamuck Road

said: “The whole situation is just shocking. The outpouring of support from the wider community however has been amazing and I know the families are very appreciative of it.”

Shane Ross T.D. and Senator Mary White (FF) also visited the site of the tragedy over the weekend

and expressed their condolences to the families of the bereaved.

A fund has been set up

by St Vincent De Paul for victims of the Carrickmines fire.

All donations are welcome and the bank details are – AIB Bank, Dundrum, BIC 93-31-20, IBAN No.

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budget 2016 From a reduction to the USC to a minimum

Government spends big in  John O’Flynn

Tax Partner, Deloitte

John O’Flynn believes the Government has set the stage for their re-election campaign with an expansionary budget

Against a backdrop of a modestly slowing global economy and IMF warnings around global economic growth, but with continued, reasonable growth in Ireland’s main trading partners and Irish GDP growth of 6.2%, the Government have set the stage for their re-election campaign with an expansionary budget.

The budget contained very few surprises as the Minister focused on the key objectives of reducing the USC burden, increasing tax reliefs

available to the self-employed and introducing the knowledge development box (KDB).

The USC burden has been reduced by increasing the entr y thresholds from €12,012 to €13,000 and reducing the two USC rates applicable up to an income of €18,668 by 0.5%.

The most significant change is the reduction of the USC rate from 7% to 5.5% for income between €18,668 and €70,044 resulting in the marginal rate of tax being reduced to 49.5% for all earners under €70,044.

Following these

measures, it is anticipated that the top 1% of earners will pay 22% of all income tax and USC collected with the bottom 75% of income earners paying 19% of the total.

Positively, there has been an overdue recognition that the awarding of a PAYE tax credit of €1,650 to employees and not to the self-employed is inequitable particularly when you consider the additional costs and risks involved in being self-employed.

There was a view that this PAYE tax credit was to compensate employees for the fact that the self-employed

wise moves? Economist Michael Taft takes a hard look at what isn’t in the budget

‘In reality, big dosh is going to the top’  michael taft Research Officer, Unite the Union

Imagine you are Minister for Finance. The economy has bounced back after seven years of recession and stagnation.

You’re looking to embed this emerging recovery into the economy, looking ahead over the medium-term, assessing the risks and the opportunities. So what would you do?

Would you launch a big tax giveaway when the economy is running at 6%?

Would you ignore risks like rising oil prices, rising interest rates, continued European stagnation, changing currency rates (especially with big trading partners like the UK and the US) and the possibility that your corporate tax regime will undergo big (and not necessarily good) changes forced on you by the OECD and EU –

ignore all that and start reducing your revenue stream? Would you cut taxes knowing that in a couple of years’ time growth rates will halve (this year GDP growth is a very high at 6.2%; by 2018 this will fall to 3.2%)?

That’s what this Government are doing. They are letting rip, launching us on a new round of boom-and-bust fiscal policies. Welcome to Budget 2016. And they’re doing it in a way that benefits the better off.

The USC is the Government’s tax-cutting centrepiece. Before the budget the ESRI ran the numbers and found the top 20% income earners would receive nearly twice as much benefit as the squeezed middle by cutting the standard USC tax rate; the bottom 20% hardly gets anything.

The Government may claim to be focusing on low and average income earners but in reality the big dosh goes to the top.

It gets even worse if you happen to be reliant on social protection income.

A single person on €70,000 will get €900 in tax cuts (a couple on €140,000 gets €1,800).

But what if you are on disability allowance or an invalidity pension, or a lone parent?

Your income will actually fall after inflation (because while inflation is rising, social protection rates are not). In fact, except for pensioners, all those reliant on

social protection will find their income cut after inflation.

This is the Government plan. What would you, as a far-sighted Minister, do – assessing all the risks, looking towards the long-term?

You might consider this.

What is the driving force for economic growth and social prosperity?

Three words: investment, education and equality.

Start investing. You’ve got some money now – invest it into advanced broadband for every

business and household in the country.

Build social houses; and build them for low and middle income earners who are paying 40% of their income on rents.

Invest in water and waste system: the Government is in denial over the Eurostat ruling, still pretending investment can be off-the-books.

The Government has effectively frozen investment for the next couple of years (our public investment levels rank at the bottom of the EU, behind much poorer countries like Bulgaria and Romania) – this is fiscally irresponsible.

Invest in education and skills for threeyear-olds all the way up to retirement age (and beyond). Early education, primary to university, lifelong education for re-skilling, tackling literacy deficits – this is the big ticket to increased economic activity and rising incomes.

And raise the income

floors – for those on social protection and the low-paid. When the lowest income groups increase their share of national income, growth accelerates.

However, when high income groups grab a bigger slice of the income pie, growth actually falls.

We need a lot more: comprehensive quality childcare (the Government has made a start but we are a long, long ways off best European practice).

We need innovative programmes to support home-grown businesses (nothing in the budget for that); we need a new bank, or a reform of the current banks in public ownership, to lend into the productive economy and risk-taking businesses (again, nothing in this budget, move along).

We need a major drive to boost our social and economic infrastructure, our productivity capacity while reducing our high levels of market inequal-

ity which are one of the highest in Europe.

That is the road to long-term economic substantiality. That is the pathway to higher incomes and better quality jobs.

And that is the best escape from boom-and bust fiscal policies which has plagued our economy for decades.

But you say, “Hey, there’s an election coming up. How is all this long-term stuff going to get me re-elected?’

Answer: launch an open and honest dialogue with people, point out that populist taxslashing and gimmicky giveaways will return us to a failed past, show the way ahead that is based on work, security and hope. An honest dialogue?

That is so rare from Governments and political parties that people are bound to listen because it’s so . . . novel.

You might even be reelected in a landslide.

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predictable bid for election had more opportunities to claim a tax deduction for expenses.

The tax legislation certainly does not suppor t this argument.

An earned tax credit of €550 has now been introduced which is certainly a step in the right direction and hopefully over time will match the PAYE tax credit of €1,650.

Boost A further boost for the self-employed is that they may be able to avail of a CGT relief to sell their business or shares in their trading company at a reduced CGT rate of 20% up to an overall limit of €1,000,000 in chargeable gains. It is unclear what conditions need

to be satisfied to avail of this relief and if those over 55 can avail of both CGT retirement relief and this relief.

This will be clarified in the Finance Bill.

As anticipated the knowledge development box is being introduced with a new corporation tax rate of 6.25% applying to the profits arising to patents and copyrighted software which are the result of qualifying research and development carried out in Ireland.

It is likely that many companies will look at restructuring their research and development activities in a separate company so that they can maximise the amount of their income taxable at this

lower rate.

It is interesting to note that this will be the first OECD compliant KBD in the world.

It certainly puts Ireland in a unique position and should make it an attractive location for innovation when you factor in the generous tax credits of 25% available for research and development expenditure and capital allowa n c e s av a i l a b l e o n intangible assets.

T he Minister also published an update on our international tax strategy. This update explained the Government’s approach to the implementation of the OECD base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) repor ts and how they will engage

with the emerging EU tax agenda.

As part of this tax agenda, the Minister has committed to provide in this year’s Finance Bill for the introduction of country by country reporting in line with the OECD recommendations.

The purpose of this is to enhance transparency and facilitate the review of transfer pricing policies of companies.

In the repor t, the Minister identified 10 key elements to the road map for Ireland’s tax competitiveness.

One of these was to enhance the employment and investment incentive scheme (EIIS) to support indigenous businesses.

The Minister announced in the budget that the amount that could be raised by a company is doubled to €5,000,000 annually subject to a lifetime maximum of €15,000,000.

It is also encouraging to know that the scheme is being improved to allow investments in the extension, management and operation of nursing homes.

T h i s i s ve r y we l come given the likely increased demand for such facilities in the future.

To date, the amount raised in funds through the EIIS schemes have been very disappointing but hopefully with the increased amount that can be raised annually,

more attractive projects will be available for likely investors.

One of the most interesting measures introduced in this year’s budget is a new farm succession transfer proposal to provide increased certainty about the timing of the transfer of a family farm to the next generation.

Its purpose is to assist with long-term planning and farm productivity.

It will allow two people, for example, family members, to enter into a partnership with an appropriate profit sharing agreement which makes provision for the transfer of the farm to the younger farmer at the end of a specified period not exceeding 10 years.

To support this transfer, an income tax credit worth up to €5,000 per annum for five years will be allocated to the partnership and split according to the profit sharing agreement.

This measure has the potential to save income tax of up to the amount of €25,000 for the individuals involved in the partnership.

As a result of this a t t r a c t i ve r e l i e f , i t would appear that no farmer should look at gifting his farm to his children without entering into this partnership agreement in advance and availing of this tax relief.

In a very predictable budget, this measure will surely rank as the most unexpected.

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Ross Murray, Noel O’Reilly and Sylvester Cullen

Magnus Ternsjo, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and Sinead Kennedy. Pictures: Philip Murray

Bring on Branson for a media feast

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irgin Group founder Richard Branson was in Dublin recently to launch the rebrand of UPC Ireland as Virgin Media. The launch party was held at the RDS and was followed by a business brainstorm with Branson

Richard Branson arriving in style

where he met Irish high-tech start-ups for a Q&A session.

The company is launching a mobile service in Ireland as part of the rebrand, combining digital TV, broadband, mobile and landline in one bundle, or any individual

selection.

“This is a fantastic day for me and everyone at Virgin Media,” he declared. “We have a great foundation to build on and there are no limits to what we want to achieve for our customers.”

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Vogue Williams has recently been in the United States filming for the Tough Girls documentary

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MODEL, fashion blogger and TV presenter Vogue Williams has quite the non-conventional day-to-day life, as one can imagine. Having to get up at 6am every day for a day of filming, along with a vigorous routine of exercise and public appearances there is no doubt that she has a very busy schedule.

Williams recently launched the Industry Nightclub in Dunboyne, and the Gazette caught up with her during that event.

She says that there’s really no such thing as an average day for her.

“I don’t really have an average day, but while I was filming in the US for my new documentary I would get up at

6am and go to the gym.

“I would usually do lots of weights and high-intensity stuff five days a week.

“Straight after the gym, I’d go and get my hair and make-up done and spend the whole day filming. It would sometimes be so hectic that I wouldn’t even have time to have lunch.

“The documentary is called Tough Girls and I met some of the toughest females in America from women on death row to the world’s top female UFC [ultimate fighting championship] fighters. It was all very intense and I’m really happy to be home.

“If I am not working though I wake up around eight and spend a lot of my time working on my blog.

“I also like to cook for myself and eat out quite a bit, and even though I’m usually a very healthy eater I’ve recently poisoned myself with all sorts of junk food during my birthday celebrations.”

Williams says that when she gets home after a tumultuous day she likes to chill out and spend time catching up with her friends and family.

“In the evenings after a long, hard day I spend hours looking on my phone and watching movies and chilling out with my friends and family.

“I have also just bought an apartment in Howth and love going on walks around the cliffs.

“I don’t usually have time to watch much TV, but I absolutely adore

Game of Thrones and have watched all of the episodes in the space of two months. I even met Liam Cunningham at my birthday and was begging for him to tell me what happens in the next series but, sadly, he wouldn’t tell me.

“At night, I would never usually head to bed later than 10pm because since my day is so jam packed I find myself getting very tired,” she says.

The DJ’s new RTE 2 series Tough Girls will begin on November 23 and will run over three weekly episodes.

Industry Nightclub in Dunboyne is Ireland’s newest nightclub and event venue.

To find out more information, check out www.industrynightclub.ie.

ing Blindness has launched its sixth annual Glendalough Trail, which is open to all levels of fitness with 15.5km run and 10km jog/ walk options. Taking place on October 31 at 11am, the event last year saw over 300 people take the challenge raising €17,000 to support research into finding cures and treatments for sightloss. Fighting Blindness is calling on walkers, runners and joggers to join them in this off-road experience and enjoy the magnificent scenery along the green forest trails of Wicklow.

Tony Ward, head of fundraising with Fighting Blindness, said: “The trail is unique, with a carefully planned route through the beautiful valley and a great variety of underfoot terrain. We welcome all supporters to come and join us this year for what promises to be a great day out.”

The entry fee is €20, with a further €50 minimum fundraising target, with all proceeds going to Fighting Blindness.

Visit www.fightingblindness.ie.

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dublinlife Clap hands – flamenco dancers are stepping in Du bl i n F l a m e n c o Festival is under way in Dublin and will continue until October 24, with dancers and musicians from the world of flamenco.

The festival offers a wealth of activities, with free family classes, f lamenco f lashmobs, masterclasses and more, and on October 24, a performance from multi-award-winning dancer Mercedes Ruiz.

Mercedes, together with singer David Lagos and guitarist Santiago Lara, will be presenting Baile de palabra Dance of Word, a beautiful showcase of flamenco movement and sound, resonating with emotion and beauty.

Another festival highlight will be a day of free flamenco classes for dancers, stompers and clappers of all ages, taking place on October 17.

Mercedes Ruiz will also give masterclasses for beginners, intermediate and advanced students on technique, choreography and style on the evenings of October 23 and October 24.

For more information, visit www.dublinflamencofestival.com.

Heaney’s life and work in focus A MAJOR international exhibition celebrating the life and work of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney is planned for the new Cultural and Heritage Centre within Bank of Ireland’s College Green complex.

The inaugural exhibition in the new space, announced by Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Minister Heather Humphreys and chief executive of Bank of Ireland, Richie Boucher is planned for 2017. Curated by the National Library of Ireland (NLI), it will celebrate Heaney’s life and work.

The exhibition will draw on the writer’s extensive literary archive, and on archives held by Emory University in Atlanta, US. It will feature Heaney’s original manuscripts as well as letters, unpublished works, diary entries, photographs, broadsides and multi-media recordings.

The Heaney exhibition will be the first exhibition to be housed in the new Cultural Centre, and is expected to run for several years. The free, public exhibition will be curated for the NLI by Professor Geraldine Higgins,

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all pupils need is a really good idea THE Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is calling on all Dublin primar y and post primary students to come up with creative ideas to tackle climate change and enter this year’s One Good Idea competition.

The competition encourages students to run energy awareness campaigns to change behaviour and improve energy efficiency in their homes, schools and communities.

Students are encouraged to research and plan their energy saving campaign; run the campaign in their home, school or community; then create a pitch video of their campaign; and if successful they will be chosen to take part in the national final in 2016.

Currently, a national public awareness campaign is being run using last year’s winners’ posters which are on display in AIB branches and billboards around the country.

The shortlisted teams will receive a cash prize to help their schools con-

Mercedes Ruiz is taking part in the Dublin Flamenco Festival this month. Picture: Javi Fergo

tinue their commitment to reducing their energy use and combating climate change.

For more information on the One Good Idea project visit: www.seai. ie/onegoodidea

Marriage Bill is over final hurdle The Marriage Bill passed through the Dail on Wednesday, October, 6 and will go through the Seanad in the coming weeks.

It is now hoped that LGBT couples will be able to marry by Christmas.

The Gay and Les-

bian Equality Network (GLEN) has commended the Government for bringing the Bill through the Dail quickly. “ To d a y w e m o v e another crucial step closer to the day that lesbian and gay couples can say ‘I do’ to each o t h e r.” s a i d K i e r a n Rose, GLEN co-chair.

Brian Sheehan, director of GLEN and co-director of the Yes Equality Campaign, said the group is delighted that a number of issues they raised were taken on board and amendments made.

T hese include the legal right for partners to be accepted as husband, wife or spouse, and a lower fee for civil partners to marry.

“The Bill gives effect to the new and equal Constitutional status for lesbian and gay people,” he said.

a fashion show for Jonathan The Jonathan Ranson Trust Fashion Show, aims to raise funds for 21-year-old Clontarf student Jonathan Ranson who broke his neck after diving into a swimming pool while in San Diego

on a J1 visa last summer.

He is now paralysed from the chest down and doctors have told him that he is an ideal candidate to benefit from future medical advances in neurosurgery.

T he nature of his fracture, his youth, his physical strength and his determination are all key factors in his favour.

But he must keep fit, and stay well – both physically and mentally – so that he can reach his full potential.

For more information on the event visit: www. teamjonathanranson. com/

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escape the mayhem: ‘floating’ ever since return from dream honeymoon

Movie lure keeps travel bug at bay  aisling kennedy

FRESH back from her fair y tale wedding in Italy and dream honeymoon in the Seychelles and Dubai, Xpose presenter Lisa Cannon took time out this week to tell us how she escapes the mayhem in her daily life.

“This probably sounds really boring because it’s related to my job, but I love watching movies.

“I’ll watch any type of movie from rom-coms to thrillers, but not horrors.

“I don’t like horror movies.

“I’d watch a movie every night if I could because I find that those two hours kind of relax me and it’s also a form of escapism as well.”

Cannon explains that she is a huge fan of director Martin Scorsese’s movies, in particular Goodfellas and Casino.

“I love his movies. I watch all kinds of movies though from the 80s

and 90s, to the modern day and I go to the cinema a lot.”

Outside of her passion for movies, Cannon also likes to spend her time off travelling to new destinations with her new husband and long-time boy friend Richard Keatley.

T h e we d d i n g w a s attended by Cannon’s co-presenters on Xpose, Glenda Gilson and Aisling O’Loughlin The couple got married in Italy and then headed off on their dream honeymoon.

“We love to travel; travelling is a big one for us.

“Obviously you can’t go travelling every single day but we do love to do it whenever we can.

“We just returned from our honeymoon in the Seychelles and Dubai and that was amazing. “ We t o t a l l y d e stressed so I’ve been kind of f loating ever since.

“So we’re planning

another trip, I think we might look at going to Thailand next year so that will be good.

“We also like to visit the countr y too and we’re looking at going to Killarney and Mayo soon.

“We have friends who live away, a friend of mine lives in Bristol and Richard’s family are in Wales so we do try and get around as much as we can.”

Cannon also relaxes at the gym and she told the Gazette that she tried hot yoga this week, which she has found was great but which left her feeling tired.

“I’m trying to get back onto the wagon a little bit now that the wedding and honeymoon are over, so I’ll definitely try to get back into the gym this week.”

Lisa Cannon was the guest of honour at the We d d i n g A f t e r n o o n at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, recently.

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IN Robert Zemeckis’ epic new 3D movie, The Walk, Ben Kingsley stars as Rudolf Omankowsky – aka, Papa Rudy – who mentored French performance artist Philippe Petit (Joseph GordonLevitt), helping him achieve his dream of walking a high-wire between New York’s Twin Towers in 1974.

Kingsley first sprang to prominence in 1982 in the title role of Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, for which he won an Academy Award. He has starred in Schindler’s List, Sexy Beast and Hugo (to name but a handful), and remains one of the industry’s most honoured and sought after performers.

We spoke to him about The Walk, in Los Angeles.

What initially attracted you to The Walk?

Well, an invitation is always a good start (laughs)… And I was, by director Robert Zemeckis.

He has a great body of work for which he’s celebrated and will continue to be celebrated.

I’ve always admired him, but had never worked with him. In conjunction with that, having read the script, I found it extremely well-written. Unsentimental and strong. Also, I had previously met Mr Petit himself when I first saw Man on Wire (2008).

So it began with an invitation from Robert Zemeckis...

It’s always great to be asked to join these wonderful projects. That in itself is very attractive because immediately to

know that the director, in his or her wisdom, sees that you will be a piece of the mosaic that will create the bigger picture. I always feel secure when I can understand what my dramatic function is for the director. What do you want me to do? How can I help you on the set?

If it’s crystal clear, then it’s very attractive. Any director who says to me, “I don’t know, what do you think?” I think… Oh dear…

Tell us about the character you play, Papa Rudy, and how you approached him.

A lot of imagination goes into creating a character. The script is a wonderful start, because it gives you parameters and it gives the character a function. From there, you start to create the portrait… He worked in the circus; I work as an actor. So this portrait had a lot to do with my imagination and a very, very good script.

To what do you attribute your own success?

I have no idea. No idea. I’m profoundly committed to storytelling and I love that that’s the position life has given me – actor/storyteller. I believe it to be, I know it to be from experience, healing for others to hear certain stories – immensely healing, stimulating, gratifying, exciting and challenging for audiences to be able to enjoy some of the stories that I’ve been privileged to tell. So, I think it’s a great deal to do with my connection with my craft and my connection with

the material I’m invited to breathe life into. I’ve always had a specific attitude to my work that has very little to do with the word “success”. It has much more to do with reaching out to people and telling them a story…

That’s why I’m here. I’m here to tell stories. It’s really that simple.

Did you always want to be an actor?

I think from the age of about five or six, honestly, yes.

How did you know from such a young age?

I w a s ve r y, ve r y impressed – maybe that’s the right word to use for a child that young, because you are “impressed”, like soft clay… I was deeply impressed and very moved by a film I saw. Suddenly there was nobody else in the world, except myself and a child on the screen, who was a little boy about my age…

I didn’t want the film to end. And when it did end I was in floods of tears…

Somehow there was a connection between me and the screen. I couldn’t decipher it. I was far too young.

What was the film?

Never Take No for an Answer (1951; Dir: Maurice Cloche, Ralph Smart). I recently told my colleague, Martin Scorsese, this story that I’m telling you now. And he said, “I know the film.”

Martin, of course, being the great restorer of film and a lover of film, placed a DVD of that film in my trailer the very next day after our conversation.

So I do have a copy of

Actor Ben Kingsley says he learns his lines so thoroughly he will never let anyone down on the set.

it and I’m able to revisit, by watching this film, those first extraordinary feelings that I had inside me, that are very difficult to describe. I hope I’ve paid service to that first impression by saying to that little boy on the screen, “I want to do what you do.”

The Walk suggests that an artist will risk everything for the sake of his art. Is that something you can relate to yourself?

To a lesser extent, I think every day. I do. I hope I risk everything, in that I hope I start from nothing. That nothing is accumulated. That there is no comment, no judgment, no assessment, no accolade, nothing. I have to start from zero. I have

to put my foot on that tightrope for the first time every day I walk onto a film set.

Did you do anything special to prepare for this film?

This may sound mundane, but it’s honest to any young actor who may come across this interview. And I do like to be honest... I learn my lines until I know them so thoroughly that I will never let anybody down on the set.

I’ve always done this. And in that process of learning what that man has to say, how that man meets the world with words, specifically how Papa Rudy teaches, is a huge indication to who he is and what he is. So I study the script for hours and hours

and hours. I’m doing it today on another film. For hours. Through the words come the first sketches, if you like, of the portrait.

What was it like for you watching The Walk for the first time?

I must really salute Robert Zemeckis for using 3D with such restraint. You’re so enthralled by the story in the film and the way it’s told, photographed, presented, you forget it’s in 3D. And then, suddenly, something falls from the circus ceiling to the ground and you duck. I ducked out of the way… I think it’s an extraordinary level of control verging on modesty that Zemeckis used in exploiting 3D, so that by the time you get to the end of the film, you

are shocked by it... That’s an extraordinary compliment to how Zemeckis has put the film together.

The events of 9-11 are never mentioned in The Walk, but the film speaks to that tragic day nevertheless.

Those Towers are heartbreaking at the end.

In your eyes, how does this story, this film, relate to the events of 9-11?

A lesser director might constantly remind us, “Hey guys, they’re no longer there.” Robert Zemeckis never mentioned it once. This is what I meant when I said earlier, “unsentimental”.

The profound truth is that that angel walked between those two gods and those two gods are no longer there.

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Freda Kelly, the long-term secretary to the Beatles, with the late George Harrison, one of the fab four.

Beatles: international tribute bands, film, art, plays and memorabilia

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The third annual Dublin Beatles Festival runs from Friday, November 6 to 8 in celebration of the 52nd anniversary of the performance of The Beatles in Dublin on November 7, 1963.

This year’s programme will feature tribute bands from home and abroad Irish, film, art, plays and memorabilia.

The festival kicks off with Fab Friday at The Cobalt Cafe, North Great George’s Street, on November 6 which will include cover performances by a number of groups.

Beatles Days, the number one fab four memorabilia group, return to the festival this year to exhibit at most of

the events.

Beatles Days has been around since the 1970s and the proprietors are experts in Beatlebilia.

Those with Beatle merchandise of their own can come along and have it appraised.

The Grand Social will play host to two great free events on Saturday November 7, the first of which will be a screening of the short film Lennon v McCartney.

The film is centred around two men in a pub engaged in the age old argument about which of the two was the better songwriter, and was written by festival director Stephen Kennedy.

The second is a sneak preview of the play, Pete Best of the Beatles, also written by Kennedy and due for

release in 2016. It is a chronicle of the Beatles original drummer Pete Best, who was replaced by Ringo Starr after two years.

This year’s festival will feature a rare Irish appearance by Freda Kelly, long-term secretary to the band, manager of their fan club, and subject of the award-winning documentary film, Good Ol’ Freda.

Good Ol’ Freda will be shown at the Grand Social, Lower Liffey Street, 3.15pm on Sunday, November 8, after which, Kelly will give a public interview, which should provide Beatle fans with a unique insight into the band from the early years, right up to the end.

Kennedy funds the festival himself and does most of the organising.

This is no easy task, but is a labour of love because he is in his own words “addicted to the Beatles”.

“It’s a lot of fun. If you listen to Beatles music, most of it’s happy and positive, so if you go around singing Beatles songs for three days, you’re generally in a good mood.

“They’re the only band in the world you could do this with. I like the Rolling Stones, they’d probably come second, but you couldn’t run an annual festival on the Rolling Stones over three days every year,” he said.

He added that the Beatles cross all generations and people from 10 years old to 70-plus attend the festival each year.

For more information visit: www. dublinbeatlesfestival.com

The Dublin Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs. Our Dog of the Week is elegant greyhound, Teddy. Teddy is four years old. Teddy can be quite giddy when he first meets you and likes to jump up to say hi, so would be suited for older children who he won’t knock over!

Teddy likes dogs and could happily live with another but he doesn’t like to share his toys with other dogs. He likes to chase small things, so smaller dogs and other pets couldn’t share a home with Teddy. He adores his food and is extremely charming.

If you think you could offer Teddy a loving home, please contact Dogs Trust on 01 879 1000, or even better, pop into the centre and have a chat with their Rehoming Team. They’re open six days a week from 12pm-4pm, closed all day Tuesdays. Check out the other dogs available for rehoming on their website www.dogstrust.ie, follow them on Facebook www.facebook.com/ DogsTrustIrelandOnline

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Cyril McAree, managing director at Hotel and Restaurant Times, with Ian Begley of Dublin City Gazette ,at the launch

Hearty meal helps to celebrate new food service brochure Musgrave MarketPlace recently celebrated the launch of its new foodservice brochure with a bespoke five-course meal prepared by Musgrave MarketPlace chefs at the Cleaver East restaurant in the Clarence Hotel.

The new brochure, titled The Food People, showcases the complete range available from Ireland’s leading wholesale supplier to retail, food service and SME businesses, and provides an introduction to the people behind the brand and business from chefs to the technical team.

The Food People incorporates details on the most comprehensive range in the market across 17 different categories. It also highlights flagship products such as Musgrave MarketPlace’s own brand range, its exclusive meat range, a unique ethnic range sourced directly from the Far East and the business’s exciting new Irish craft beer range.

At the launch of the brochure, Noel Keeley, managing director of Musgrave Wholesale Partners, said: “We’re delighted to launch the new food service brochure. As a business, food is who we are, we live and breathe it so we know how important is for our customers when sourcing food for their business.

“The launch of the brochure provides an opportunity to celebrate our huge range of produce and the people behind the brand. Each of these people has a unique set of skills that can help our customers with everything including food inspiration, menu development, information on the latest food regulations and much more.

“We carried out extensive research to inform the content of the brochure and believe that we can now offer our customers the most up to date, relevant information they need to make informed decisions when purchasing with us.

We value hugely the interaction we have with our customers and listen to their insights to help develop the business.”

The new food service brochure can be downloaded by visiting www.musgravemarketplace.ie.

Whiskey Live Dublin is showcasing both the long established and new arrivals to the Irish whiskey scene

Get into the spirit at Whiskey Live Dublin  mimi murray

The best of Irish and international whiskey will be celebrated as Whiskey Live returns to Dublin for the fifth time on Saturday October 24 in its new city centre location of The Printworks at Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

I was at the event last year and can testify to it being a great day/ evening out, particularly for whiskey drinkers.

Whiskey Live Dublin showcases an eclectic collection of whiskeys from around the world, along with great food pairings, cocktails and a range of entertaining master classes.

This year also sees the introduction of craft gins and vodkas, reflecting the continuing growth of distilleries and the whiskey industry in Ireland.

Visitors will have the opportunity to sample whiskeys, whiskey caskmatured craft beers,

Visitors will have the opportunity to sample a large range of whiskeys

whiskey cocktails and other Irish spirits and liqueurs while mingling with their producers and distillers. Among the large variety of exhibitors are Nikka Japanese, Wild Beech Leaf Liqueur, Kilbeggan Distillery, Teeling Distillery, Dingle Gin and Vodka, Glendalough, L o n g u e v i l l e Ho u s e Apple Brandy, Single Pot Still Whiskeys of Ireland (Midleton, Red-

breast, Powers), Isle of Arran, St Patrick’s Distillery, Walsh Whiskey and Bulleit Bourbon.

Delicious

Mixologists from Koh Bar, Bull and Castle and Native Blenders will be on hand serving up samples of delicious Irish whiskey cocktails.

A selection of Dublin’s best restaurants, including Koh Bar, L Mulligan Grocer and FXBs will

present a menu of food pairings to match the whiskeys. Whether you are a whiskey enthusiast, an uninitiated newcomer or just looking for a day out that offers you something different, Whiskey Live is a winner.

Organiser Ally Alpine of The Celtic Whiskey Shop commenting on the event says: “This year’s line up of exhibitors is the strongest Dublin has ever seen and

it really reflects the new investment and energy in the Irish whiskey category.

“Over recent years there has been significant interest in Irish whiskey globally and this is evident in how this indigenous industry has grown and will flourish over the next decade.”

Tickets for Whiskey Live Dublin are priced at €39.50 plus booking fee with The Celtic Whiskey Shop donating €10 per ticket to Down Syndrome Dublin. Tickets are available via www. whiskeylivedublin.com or from the Celtic Whiskey Shop, 27-28 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, or by phone at 01-675 9744.

Visit w w w.whiskeylivedublin.com for more details.

The move to the new location has allowed the event to grow to accommodate up to 1,200 visitors over two sessions 1.30-5pm and 6-9.30pm.

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Zinedine Zidane the face of Mango Man MANGO Man named French superstar soccer player Zinedine Zidane as the face of the new autumn/winter 2015 campaign #zidaneformango during Paris Fashion Week.

For this season, the Spanish firm has opted for essential tones such as beige, camel, toast and khaki, in addition to indigo blue and a range of greys. The key garments include parkas, Brit-style check shirts and a wide range of knitwear-structured garments, together with jogging-style trousers.

Talking about the collection, Zidane said: “I don’t want to sound repetitive, but I really liked the winter collection. It is simple, with a good cut and it offers many combinations, just the way I like it. I hope that it shows because I think the models chosen really suit me.”

Mango Man was founded in 2008 and now has 290 retail outlets in 52 countries, including Spain, France, Germany and Russia.

Shu Uemura holds a stylish night in Dublin SHU Uemura Art of Hair, the Japanese hair product exclusive to selected salons, held a stylish night at the Dean Hotel in Dublin this week where they showcased a range of hair products alongside some Japanese cocktails and canapes.

On the night, general manager of Shu Uemura Art of Hair Monica Teodoro gave a rousing speech about her insights into the world of hair care and how the salon experience has evolved.

Renowned celebrity hair stylist Dylan Bradshaw then took to the stage with six models to showcase a range of beautiful avant garde looks that he and his team created using Shu Uemura Art of Hair’s styling range.

The night was a sleek affair with top Irish hair stylists and salon owners in attendance.

Having tested out the Shu Uemura Art of Hair Colour Lustre Shampoo (€30) and Colour Lustre Conditioner (€40) the Gazette can attest to having beautifully sleek locks ever since. Highly recommended.

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Zip cropped jacket €99.95, white shirt €89.95, zip trousers €79.95 and Gionni handbag

A classic collection for autumn/winter OUTLASTING trends, Peruzzi is a classic inspired collection designed for sophisticated women. Fabrics, colour and shape are worked together to give a smart collection of highly wearable clothes. Women who like to express themselves in fashion and eschew the latest “it look” are comfortable with Peruzzi. It’s the collection loved by women who love to look elegant rather than high street.

For winter Peruzzi uses fabrics and classic shapes to get attention. Texture is important – faux fur is used on cardigans and jackets. Patterns are bold and dramatic and fits are generous and forgiving allowing for a flattering shape for the wearer.It’s a collection designed to flatter women and to provide a wardrobe of beautiful classics.

Trousers are a big part of the collection.

Skinny trousers are cleverly designed to streamline shape and enhance the smart tops that make up the collection. Car coats and cropped jackets are flexible and wonderful pieces to add as wardrobe staples.

Dresses are easy shapes and either classic blackorwonderfully patterned.All are perfect for working into a current wardrobe and wearable for seasons to come.

Peruzzi is an Irish success story.

Designed in Dublin and manufactured in Italy, Peruzzi has a broad appeal in the over-35s market. Selling well in the Europe, it’s set to expand in the US. Its winter collection will add to that growth as it’s a collection of wardrobe classics but with romantic undertones.

Peruzzi is available in sizes 10-20 and available in Choice Boutiques, Carraig Donn and leading independent retailers nationwide.

Monochrome dress €119.95 and Gionni bag €70

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Thalia wears Myla Heritage silk duck egg chemise €295, duck Thalia wears Calvin Klein “add a size” push up bra €51, Triumph sheer velvet sensation

egg robe €510, and Yomiko wears

high waist brief €50, Wolford velvet deluxe 50 Stay up €34, Teo wears Stella McCartney Ellie

Bluebella Julianna top and shorts €55 by L’Agent by Agent Provocateur

Yomiko wears Lise Charmel black and red floral robe €215, NK

Leaping Cotton flower print bra €85.95, matching brief €44.55 and Yomiko wears Triumph

bra €56, matching brief €48

iMode Morgan red silk camisole €115, matching shorts €60

sheer velvet sensation bra €50, Triumph sheer velvet sensation dress €79

Luxurious lingerie BROWN Thomas showcased a beautiful selection of brands last week including L’Agent by Agent Provocateur, Cheekfrills, Pour les Femmes and new label Commando with exclusive styles from Simone Perele, Bluebella and nightwear brand PJ Salvage.

This season’s palette is a beautiful mix of ultra-feminine jewel tones, softer hues of whites and pastels, with rich reds another key colour story. Themes vary from dark romanticism to luxe lounging with lavish lace seen in Bluebella, Elixir and Hanro’s

collections and beautiful loungewear in sumptuous silk from Olivia Van Holle and NK iMode. Jewel tones of emerald greens, midnight blues, purples and pinks are ever-present in lingerie favourites Fantasie, Wacoal and Stella McCartney Lingerie.

Opulent reds feature in this season’s collections from Simone Perele and L’Agent by Agent Provocateur with soft pastels and whites from Calvin Klein and Heidi Klum Intimates.

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cruising: lots of offers to entice you on to luxury liners

These familiar Orlando citizens are waiting to welcome you to their home in Florida

Orlando is perfect for Florida fun in the sun  ian begley

ORLANDO, Florida has been a favourite family destination with Irish holidaymakers for many years. There is a vast range of activities and things to see for people of all ages to ensure that a boredom-free holiday is guaranteed.

From entertaining kids with some of the best theme parks in the world, to enthralling adults with outdoor activities and great shopping, Orlando has it all.

Abbey Travel has come up with three reasons why they think a summer holiday in Orlando will be your best holiday ever.

For theme parks, Orlando is the ultimate theme park destination.

Of course, it’s home to Disney World – the most visited holiday resort in the world – but there are tons of other parks to choose from, including Universal Studios, Universal’s Island of Adventure, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Duplo Valley in Legoland, Florida.

As for outdoor activities, the sunny climate means there is a whole range of exciting and

unique outdoor activities, from paddle boarding to hot air balloon rides.

For a traditional Florida experience, you can go on an airboat ride through a swamp to spot local wildlife, or get up close to nature while swimming with dolphins.

For something that is both educational and fun, try the Kennedy Space Center tour with its interactive exhibits and simulators.

Lastly, shopping, and if you are looking for some retail therapy that will appeal to all the family, you’ve come to the right place.

Orlando is a shopper’s paradise, with malls and outlets to suit every budget, including the huge Florida Mall, offering over 250 stores and a dining pavilion, all under one air-conditioned roof.

The Orlando International Premium Outlets offer 180 top-brand stores selling at bargain prices.

Orlando packages with Abbey Travel start from €499 per person, based on four sharing in May, 2016. For further information, visit www. abbeytravel.ie.

Take to the Splendour of the Seas for a nine-night cruise taking in some of the best ports in Europe

Take to the waters of the world for a break  ian begley

IF YOU fancy a fun and adventurous getaway and really feel like spoiling yourself, then a cruise around the world’s most sought after destinations would definitely satisfy your travel needs.

Royal Caribbean International has a vast selection of cruise holidays on offer for people looking to get away later this year or in 2016.

Spend seven nights in the western part of the Caribbean from November 14 to 21, sailing from Tampa, Florida. The itinerary includes Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico and Cozumel, Mexico.

Prices star t from €1,601 for the first guest and €1,161 for the second guest, based on two shar-

ing an interior stateroom.

In addition to visiting five stunning destinations, guests can enjoy a round of mini-golf, scale the rock-climbing wall or run a few laps of the jogging track, whilst children visit the Adventure Ocean youth area, or watch a film on the outdoor movie screen.

For those wanting to get a taste of the gems of the Middle East, you can spend seven nights on the Arabian Gulf Cruise from December 14 to 21, sailing from Dubai.

The itinerary for this cruise includes Khasab, Oman; Muscat, Oman and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Prices start from €1,315 for the first guest and €1,020 for the second, based on two sharing an interior stateroom.

Experience the exotic

Arabian Gulf from on board the Splendour of the Seas – a ship complete with glass walls to ensure you never miss a view.

From May 21 to 30, you can spend nine nights on the Spain, France and Portugal cruise, sailing from Southampton.

Upon arriving, guests will sail from Paris (from Le Havre), France; Gijon, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Vigo, Spain and La Coruna, Spain.

Prices start from €1,311 for the first guest and €731 for the second. Experience five cosmopolitan European cities on board Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas.

Daredevils can practise catching waves on the FlowRider surf simulator, or scale the rock-climbing wall, whilst guests seeking rest and relaxation can

enjoy a treatment at the Vitality spa and fitness centre.

The increasingly popular Greece, Turkey and Croatia Cruise is one not to miss for people longing for a sunny getaway.

Spend seven nights on board the Vision of the Seas, from May 14 to 21, sailing from Venice, Italy.

The itinerary for this trip includes Dubrovnik, Croatia; Ephesus, Turkey; Santorini, Greece and Katakolon, Greece.

Prices star t from €1,603 for the first guest and €963 for the second guest, based on two sharing an interior stateroom.

Upon this cruise, visitors can enjoy activities such as mini-golf, rock climbing or take to the jogging track. Children can also enjoy the Ocean adventure youth area, or watch a film on the out-

door movie screen.

For those who feel that a week is just not enough to explore new and exciting destinations, you can spend 11 nights on the Middle East and Asia cruise from October 23 to November 3, sailing from Dubai to Singapore.

During your stay on the Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, you will visit Mormugao, India; Cochin, India; Penang, Malaysia and Port Klang, Malaysia.

Having recently undergone a multi-million euro renovation, this Voyager class ship now boasts a FlowRider surf simulator, a nine-hole mini-golf course and a host of new restaurants.

For further information on Royal Caribbean International, visit www. royalcaribbean.ie or call 1800 555 604.

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Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in The Lobster

The Lobster: a dystopia where single people are transformed into animals

Love, loneliness and animals

THEY say love is blind, but it is certainly not in this place. Get ready to enter some murky depths with The Lobster, which takes place in a world where success depends upon being part of a couple.

Those unfor tunate enough to be single are rounded up and checked into an insipid hotel complex.

During their stay they must partake in communal dinners, dances and other recreational activities, where they are encouraged to partner up with another single person.

If a successful match is created, the two must survive a further series of tests, which may see them allowed back into the wider world as a ful-

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ly-fledged couple.

Those who do not find a mate within 45 days are transformed into an animal of their choice and released into the woods nearby to eke out a brutal existence.

It is Kafka meeting the Hunger Games in another wild trip into the mind of Greek writer and director Yorgos Lanthimos, who came to the fore with 2009’s Dogtooth, an enthralling and disturbing tale of a father who raises his family in forced isolation.

A tense and forceful film, Dogtooth explored some quite weighty themes like how we love, where we get our sense of morality and how we communicate with one another. The blend of Lanthimos’ clean and spacious cinematic style, cerebral content and grisly execution made Dogtooth feel like something very rarely seen in cinema.

And it seems Lanthimos aims to hit that target again with The Lobster, this time with a bigger budget.

That translates to bigger names; Colin Farrell steps in to take the lead role as David, our quiet hero. Boasting slumped shoulders and a considerable paunch, Farrell delivers the clipped dia-

logue like a middle-aged Napoleon Dynamite.

David is equal parts awkward and endearing, and Farrell is perfect

buoyant throughout the first half of the film.

But for all the cackhanded matchmaking, bungled chat-up lines

along with that.

Instead we hurtle into a much more visceral and intense realm, and suddenly we are back

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The Lobster feels like an amazingly fresh and immersive piece of cinema, and Lanthimos has managed to create a world that operates according to its own absurd logic, but that instantly clicks with us

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for the role, able to nail some outlandish dialogue with a certain pofaced sincerity that turns The Lobster into a much lighter film than Lanthimos’s earlier work.

There’s a large cast at play in the hotel, and the inclusion of John C. Reilly and Ashley Jensen helps to keep the comic elements of the story

and desperate dates happening on the surface level, there is a much darker side to the story.

A whole other world exists outside the hotel, as David discovers. The focus shifts in the latter half of the film as we lose much of the whimsy and the sense of security that comes

with the Lanthimos we got to know through Dogtooth – a director who has no qualms leading the story down some uncomfor table paths, and who likes to make the audience do some of the work along the way.

The Lobster feels like an amazingly fresh and immersive piece of

cinema, and Lanthimos has managed to create a world that operates according to its own absurd logic, but that instantly clicks with us.

No doubt in part this is because we can see some of our current societal obsessions mirrored in it.

But the film goes beyond mere satire, like Lanthimos’s earlier work, it becomes a commentary on the nature of relationships and communication.

Equally amusing, disturbing, and enlightening, and incessantly entertaining, The Lobster is ultimately an exploration of loneliness, and the desperate measures we can go to in order to avoid it.

Verdict: 9/10

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People preparing for a run need to pay attention to diet as well as to their training schedule

Daily eating plan for people on the run Take a look at this sample meal plan designed for a sports person participating in a half marathon or full marathon and adapt it to suit you.

Breakfast • Fresh fruit or fruit juice • Large bowl wholegrain cereal/low fat/skimmed milk and sugar (if desired) • White or wholemeal bread and low fat spread, jam/ honey or marmalade • Tea or coffee with low fat milk and sugar (if desired) Mid-morning • Tea, coffee, water or mineral • Fresh fruit or wholemeal biscuits, scones or bread, rolls with low fat spread and jam, honey or marmalade Dinner/Main meal • Average serving of lean meat, poultry or fish • Large helping of vegetables • Large helping of potatoes (not fried) or rice or pasta • Fruit fresh, tinned or stewed, fruit crumble, milk pudding, low fat yoghurt, fruit cake, scones or jelly.

Afternoon • Tea, coffee, water or soft drink • Fresh fruit or wholemeal biscuit or scone or bread, rolls with low fat filling Lunch/Evening meal • Average serving of lean meat, fish, egg, low fat cheese or a combined dish, such as pizza (care with topping), omelette or beans on toast • White or wholemeal bread and low fat spread or pasta or rice or potatoes • Salad or vegetables or fruit Bedtime • Tea, coffee, water or mineral • Wholegrain biscuit or wholemeal sandwich or fruit • Try cereal such as Weetabix, shredded wheat, cornflakes or muesli with low fat milk.

Don’t forget!

Have family and friends know where to cheer you along the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon with your free personalised Pace Your Race wristband. www.paceyourrace.asics.com

Dietetican Elaine McGowan says that despite all the research indicating the importance of good nutrition, diet is often overlooked by runners

Marathon time: Running on empty doesn’t get you far

Food for thought...

THE SSE Aircity Dublin Marathon is just days away (October 26). At this stage the length and intensity of all your sessions are reduced and the next long run you will have will be the marathon itself. Running is not the only thing you need to focus on. Good nutrition can also contribute to a successful marathon experience, as Elaine McGowan outlines here for Gazette Health

GOOD nutrition is key to the performance of all runners; from those preparing for their first couchto-5km to marathon runners. What you eat can directly affect your ability to complete your training session, recover fully and be race-ready. However, good diet is often overlooked. Here are some tips for all runners that should help them hit personal targets.

Optimum food Carbohydrate and fat are the two main fuels for muscle exercise. Protein is needed for muscle growth and repair. Because your body stores only small quantities of carbohydrate in the liver and muscles (as glycogen), these stores need to be topped up daily and after every

training session. Having a high carbohydrate (60-70% of daily intake) and a low fat, moderate protein diet is very important for regular runners. If you do not have enough glycogen stored, you can run out of fuel and energy, and suffer heavy tired muscles, fatigue and poor performance.

Energy sources Runners need to eat foods high in carbohydrate, such as cereal, bread, oatcakes, potato, rice, pasta and sweet potato. Include fresh and dried fruits. Add extra carbohydrate such as legumes ­– peas, beans and lentils – to soups and dinners. For handy carb-rich energy eat bananas, cereal bars, dried fruit and low fat yogurt.

Hydration Your primary source of hydration should be water but isotonic drinks help replace salts lost during training. Alcohol as a potent diuretic, causing dehydration, should be avoided, particularly the night before a heavy training session or race.

Weight check To lose 1lb (0.5kg) of fat you need to reduce consumption, or burn off 3,500 calories a week, or 500 calories a day. Simple changes to your diet can help you cut calories while eating healthily. Activity levels boost your metabolism, helping to burn extra calories.

What to eat before ...

Before exercise have a meal high in carbohydrates such as a large bowl of cereal, dried fruit, a banana or fruit juice, and bread. Leave at least 45 minutes between your pre-workout snack and run to avoid feeling sluggish or getting stomach

cramps.

And after exercise Restock carbohydrate stores as quickly as possible to reduce the risk of illness or injury, and to develop your body’s ability to store energy in this form. Eat carbohydrates half an hour, and no longer than two hours, after a run. Have an energy-rich sports drink. Research suggests that after heavy/ strenuous training most athletes benefit from a small amount of extra protein.

Race appoach A few days before a race, focus on eating healthily and avoid alcohol. For those running long-distance races, it is important to build glycogen stores by having good quality carbohydrates, some protein and lots of water. Reduce fats and proteins.

Race day Begin hydrating when you wake up. Use isotonic drinks to replace

salts lost during exertion.

Don’t skip breakfast or your glucose levels will not be at their optimum.

Instead, eat about three hours before the gun, choosing a carbohydraterich light meal, which you have already tested before training runs. A bowl of porridge, toast with peanut butter or cereal topped with yoghurt are all good choices.

Succeed to the finish For events of less than 90 minutes, sports drinks should provide enough glucose and salts. For longer events, you may want to add gels. Some athletes find a banana or jellies keep them going through the last lonely miles. Find a nutritional routine that works for you and stick to it. And now out you go and run a personal best!

Elaine McGowan Sports nutritionist, Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute

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St Germain: finally found his way back into the studio

Unpredictable artist preserves his reputation  colm murray

HE’S back. And he’s still the same, only more unpredictable. Twenty years after Boulevard, 15 years after the multi-platinum album Tourist (over three million copies sold world wide) and a world tour spanning serveral continents, Ludovic Navarre, alias St Germain, finally found his way back into the studio. The album St Germain (Warner Music) is the result.

A respected figure in the world of electronic music for the past two decades, a pioneer of the “French touch” and a creator of intelligent, sensual and

original deep house, St Germain has always stood out. His consummate art thrives on a subtle mixture of machines and instruments, on authentic roots and modern influences.

His music is a complex blend, reflecting his love of the blues and jazz, with hypnotic electronic loops and harmoniously intertwined vocal samples. Who can forget the renowned Alabama Blues or Rose Rouge?

This album is a colourful and exceptional musical journey. Recorded with African musicians, it features traditional Malian instruments like the kora, the balafon or the

n’goni that mingle with electric guitars, pianos, saxophones and electronic loops, following a secret formula only St Germain could concoct.

The first single, Real Blues, is a perfect summer track that sets the legendary voice of Lightnin’ Hopkins to the beat of wild, fiery drums and percussion. The original single sleeve has a 3D mask conceived by urban art creator Gregos, known for his smiling and frowning faces on walls in Europe.

He may have missed the (Ibiza-bound) boat, timing-wise – this is not for a gloomy October – and you could nitpick

that with the change in location and the native tongues wrapped around Voila and Family Tree, he has only moved on slightly from his past plushness.

Nor is there much outright dancefloor action, seemingly overfilled on 1999’s From Detroit to St Germain, which hasn’t aged a day either.

Not everything he turns his hand to here comes off, but when it does, the results are pretty good, and do more than enough to preserve his reputation as an electronic musician of rare complexity, who’s made a trademark of pulling off complex ideas with crispness and flair.

Album pulls off complex ideas with crispness and flair

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FastSport McCabe stars for shels on opening day: KATIE McCabe opened her Continental Tyres Women’s National League campaign with a hat-trick as Shelbourne LFC scored an empathic victory at Castlebar Celtic.

Siobhan Killeen made it 2-0 to Shels on 17 minutes, the Red Panda’s having taken the lead two minutes earlier via an own goal.

McCabe bagged her first on 24 minutes before Jennifer Chambers pulled one back for Celtic on the half hour mark. Sinead Taylor, McCabe and Niamh Barnes made it 6-1 at half-time.

McCabe completed her hat-trick seven minutes after the restart with Noelle Murray and Sinead Taylor’s second seeing Shels win out 9-1.

Elsewhere, Galway WFC got their season off to a perfect start on Saturday night with a 2-1 win over Peamount United thanks to strikes early in both halves.

hockey: european run ends in hamburg for south dublin club

Town fall just shy of KO16  sport@dublingazette.com

MONKSTOWN produced an epic comeback to draw 3-3 with Spain’s Club Egara but despite goals from Kyle Good, Gareth Watkins and Peter Caruth, they

ended up just shy of a ticket to the KO16 in the Euro Hockey League, the sport’s premier club competition.

Needing to win to top Pool D, the south D u b l i n o u t f i t ke p t things tight for almost

three quarters of the tie against the much vaunted opposition from Catalunya.

Indeed, they had their chances to go ahead in the third quarter only for Egara to counter and break the deadlock with

Monkstown’s David Cole and Richard Sykes attempt to block a shot

Monkstown coach Jonny Caren leads team talk. Picture: Frank Uijlenbroek/EHL

16 minutes remaining.

It kick-started a crazy spell of six goals in quick succession. Edi Tubau – a former nominee for world player of the year – fired home twice in the 52nd minute to seemingly lay waste to Town’s chances.

But a Good scrambled effort nicked one back before Watkins’ thunderbolt from the top built huge momentum. Caruth cracked home the equaliser with 12 seconds left but they could not get the ball back to force another chance.

Earlier on, David Fitzgerald needed to be in immense form to make a quartet of first half saves, primarily from Eduardo Arbos, to keep the score sheet blank as Egara made most of the run-

ning. Once again, David Cole was strong at the base of the defence.

It meant they finished the weekend unbeaten, adding this result to a 1-1 draw with England’s East Grinstead, but the victory required to advance remains tantalisingly out of reach.

Nonetheless, the performances were a marked step up from a year ago in Barcelona in what was a tougher group and will serve Jonny Caren’s side well.

On Friday, Monkstown had opened the competition with a 1-1 draw against England’s East Grinstead.

They had the better of the play for the most part but fell behind to a counter-attack goal

when David Condon was deemed to have been fouled in the circle.

Simon Faulkner scored the ensuing penalty stroke. Monkstown battled back, though, and created a number of good chances, the best of which fell to Gareth Watkins but he could not convert.

As such, they stayed a goal behind for the guts of the match as they let seven penalty corner chances slip.

But Good got them level with a blistering burst of pace 12 minutes from the end before unleashing a superb reverse-stick shot that beat the other wis e impressive Patrick Smith.

It meant the fixture ended 1-1.

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Trinity at their iconic College Park home

ST MARY’S College suffered their first defeat of the season in Ulster Bank League Division 1B as Dublin University triumphed 20-14 in a fast-paced encounter at College Park last Friday.

The first ever floodlit league game at the city centre venue saw St Mary’s take an early lead, their back-line clicking into gear and Ireland Sevens international Terry Kennedy won the race to his own chip through after linking well with Ray Crotty.

Young out-half Sean Kearns,

who missed the conversion, swiftly landed a penalty from the 10m line for 8-0, but Trinity launched themselves forward from a scrum penalty and outhalf Jack McDermott broke through under the posts for his third try in two games.

The impressive McDermott converted and was also successful with two penalties, the second of them on the stroke of half-time for a 13-8 turnaround.

St Mary’s lacked the precision they had shown in their three previous victories, and really

missed the influence of the Leinster-tied Darragh Fanning.

They emerged pointless from a series of visits to the Trinity 22 and the fired-up students made them pay.

Sandwiched in between two Kearns penalties for the visitors was a terrific try from Trinity scrum half Angus Lloyd, who touched down following a magical, mazy run from USA international winger Tim Maupin.

McDermott’s conversion was followed by Kearns’s third penalty of the night, and despite a strong finish from St Mary’s

(ex-Munster centre Ivan Dineen unfortunately lacked support during their best attack), Trinity stood firm to move up to fifth in the table.

The losing bonus point has St Mary’s in third place.

The rest of the league returns next weekend after a weekend off with Old Belvedere hosting Lansdowne in an all-Dublin Division 1A affair while UCD and Terenure College play at the Belfield Bowl with both games on Friday night.

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World Cup success to put in-fighting to bed RTE rugby writer TADHG PEAVOY believes a World Cup quarter-final victory for Ireland against Argentina could be a huge catalyst in unifying the sporting public on these shores MY RELATIONSHIP with rugby goes back a long way, right back to when, as a small child, I picked up the game, while also competing at soccer, tennis, basketball and judo.

But my early experience came from rugby fields in continental Europe, rather than the playing fields of Ireland. Born in Brussels, Belgium, it was in that Benelux country that I learned the rules of the game, playing with the Royal Kituro Rugby Club – back then known as Avia.

And while Kituro are one of the traditional big players in the sport in Belgium, rugby is very much a minority sport with small playing numbers and a national side currently ranked 26th in the world.

The Black Devils have never reached a Rugby World Cup and compete in the European Nations

Cup – a world away from the Six Nations and rugby championships I cover as a rugby writer.

When I first began playing, with soccer boots on and clutching a cheap moulded gum shield, I would make my way through an army base past tanks, military aircraft and army hangers to a club situated with grounds on an army base.

The beauty of the sport in Belgium – reflective of the country – was the multicultural nature. This was a minority field sport played by children and teenagers from Belgium, but also Irish, Welsh, English in addition to Africans, Asians and South Americans.

My initial understanding was of a game that the world played and loved.

It was inclusive there; a sport played by those who loved it regardless of class or creed.

Moving to Ireland aged

nine, I continued to play at both club and school level and continued to do so until injury meant I had to give the game up, at which point I picked up a pen to write about the game instead.

But, in truth, it was in many ways a different sport here, largely dominated by private schools at the higher levels, with clubs often struggling to keep their best players as schools took priority.

Limerick is regarded as the exception to that rule where it’s the main sport in town. I remember shipping a few punches to the face at the bottom of a ruck down in the Treaty City and thinking to myself, “This is a hard man’s game down here.”

Currently, I am covering my third Rugby World Cup professionally and, as an Irishman, I hope Ireland can break that glass ceiling of previous years, and break into the world’s

Tadhg Peavoy, left, during his formative years on the field and, right, as part of the Irish press pack for Ireland’s game against Romania in the World Cup

top four.

I hope for that success because, yes, I want to see progress for a superb group of players that I feel are good enough and deserve and merit international success; and also because I want any Irish team to be successful, regardless of what sport

this island of ours that it has never previously experienced, and potentially push the sport towards a place where it can be supported in equal measures across the country by all sports fans, and be played with equal fervour in both public and private schools and at a similar level of

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it is.

But the main reason is that I would love to see the sport embraced by the entire population and see the divisions and the bitterness, the in-fighting of Irish sport put to bed once and for all.

I’ve watched Ireland games and heard Irish colleagues and non-rugby loving sports writers whooping and cheering for the opposition. I’ve even heard some shout out “Allez les Bleus” during Franco-Irish battles and say they are praying for Ireland to lose.

But success often breeds acceptance of sports in hostile environments and this World Cup represents a massive opportunity for Irish rugby.

A semi-final place for Ireland would lend the game an exposure level on

competition in clubs at underage level.

An all-schools rugby programme, like the one deployed in England by the Rugby Football Union, would be another superb step in that direction and would further help propel Ireland to the position where it’s a widely accepted national sport - like it is in New Zealand and Wales.

However, a very next step would be the lift that a semi-final place would give Ireland.

The benefits to the confidence of the sport in the country would be huge.

That’s the hope and the dream, as they have both been since the very first Rugby World Cup in 1987 in the Land of the Long White Cloud.

And, as we all know, it’s the hope that kills you.

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Young guns rise to fore as Ireland raise the roof For the duration of the Rugby World Cup, ex-Edinburgh and Marlboro player and IRANZ Level 5 rugby coach Dennis Bowes will give his thoughts on the key battles in the RWC15.

THE World Cup weekend rose to a crescendo with Ireland’s monumental victory over France.

Prior to that epic, the weekend opened with Scotland or the Brave Blossoms of Japan in action to see who would push further in the tournament.

Samoa were the team to stand in the way of how this would turn out; the Samoans had struggled through with poor discipline and selection issues and a lack of real structure in the game plan and off field issues.

I was fortunate to work with the Manu back in 2013 on the northern tour and worked closely with Stephen Betham, Greg Smith and Darryl Sua Sua. I had a great insight into the issues they have and how difficult it can be for them to get things together on and off the pitch.

Saturday, they served up 40 minutes of exhilarating rugby that took Scotland to the edge and only a strong second half of holding the ball and building pressure and a tiring defence saw Scotland squeeze through this game. We did see the real Samoa, just too late for this World Cup. Sunday, though, was the massive group D decider to see who could avoid the All-Blacks Ireland played a big physical French team who, on paper, shaded some areas.

Then players started to fall due to the huge combat and close quarter physicality.

First, Ireland lost the game manager Jonny Sexton; then on half time, Paul O’Connell got caught at the bottom of ruck and was twisted. His hamstring just couldn’t take it and he was taken from the field on a stretcher – his last act in international rugby.

Over to the young guns Madigan, pictured above, and Henderson to bring this new looking team up a level. The changes galvanised the group and proceeded to bully the French into submission. At the end, France had no answer.

This was Ireland’s day, and what a day it was; look out everyone this is a team who can play with the best. With three big names out, the question is now can we get to the next level?

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sport: lakelands and joey’s alumni line out for ireland u-19s

Lakelands enjoy Future Football at Abbotstown LAKELANDS FC Under-8s and coaches enjoyed being part of the McDonald’s Future Football National Finals where more than 145 boys and girls from 18 local football teams from around Ireland got the chance to play.

McDonald’s FAI Future Football National Finals Day at the National Sports Campus, Abbotstown.

Former Lakleands man Danny Kane celebrates his goal

Captain Kane on the mark sport@dublingazette.com

Meteors fall to red-hot Cork side in league METEORS fell 87-65 to Team Montenotte Hotel on day two of the women’s basketball’s Premier League as the Cork side remain unbeaten in 2015 with Niamh Dwyer scoring 28 points.

For Meteors, Meghan McGuinness scored 21 while Emily Leer landed 14 and Kate O’Flaherty scored 11 but it was not enough to swing the tie their way.

It leaves Meteors with a win and a draw at this early stage in the campaign. They also have a busy

Saturday at their Colaiste Iosagain home where they launched their 50th anniversary season.

Elsewhere, UCD Marian went 2-0 with an away win at SSE Airtricity Moycullen in the men’s league 85-66.

Speaking, about the tie UCD head coach Ioannis Liapakis said: “The first half [against Moycullen] was a tight game.

“We were tied or just ahead and they were really aggressive on the offensive rebounds. In the third quarter we changed to a zone defence and Daniel James made three three-pointers and Alex Zurn followed up so after that it was easier.”

CAPTAIN Danny Kane struck in the final minute to earn the Republic of Ireland Under-19s a 1-1 draw in the first of two international friendlies against the Ukraine at the Markets Field last weekend.

The former Lakelands man was among a large local contingent involved in the side with former St Joseph’s Boys Dan Casey, Dylan Watts and Daire O’Connor also part of the panel.

The deadlock was broken on 44 minutes in the first game when Victor Tsygankov supplied the corner to the

front post where Sergey Chobotenko met it with a powerful header which found the top corner, leaving goalkeeper James Talbot rooted.

After the interval, Ireland looked for a way back into the game but they were struggling to get into a rhythm. They were presented with an oppor tunity midway through the half with a free-kick 25-yards out but Frankie Mulhern’s effort was comfortable for Vladimir Mahankov.

With nine minutes remaining, Casey was shown a second yellow card, leaving Ireland’s task even more difficult, and Ukraine almost put

marathon winner O’Riordan first female in Arkansas 26-mile glenageary’s Helen O’Riordan finished as the first female – and fourth overall – at the 47th Arkansas Marathon last week, running the route in 3.34.54.

It was the 55-year-old mother of two’s 11th marathon in total having previously run in Boston, New York and San Francisco in 2011.

She was returning to the distance after a couple of years following an Achilles injury in 2013.

the game to bed moments later with a fierce strike from substitute Aleksandr Masalov but Talbot did enough to deny him.

And that stop helped to earn 10-man Ireland a draw in the dying seconds.

A cross into the box was attacked by Ryan Sweeney with the ball breaking to Kane 12-yards out and he buried an unstoppable strike in the bottom corner.

The second meeting saw Ukraine come from behind to defeat the Republic of Ireland 2-1.

Ireland head coach Paul Doolin made a number of changes to the team that lined out

on Saturday, with Dundalk’s Georgie Poynton carrying the captain’s armband.

The game again started slowly, with the first chance falling to Ireland past the quarter-hour when Frankie Mulhern’s cross from the left was met by Ryan Sweeney who glanced a header wide of the far post.

B o h d a n My k h ay lichenko hit a dipping effort which went over, before Ireland took the lead in stunning fashion on 35 minutes when Casey unleashed an unstoppable drive from the right angle of the box to the far corner of the net.

Before the break, they could have been further ahead but Olamide Shodipo’s strike flew over the front post.

By the hour mark, Ukraine were ahead after quick-fire goals.

They levelled on 56 minutes when Mykhaylichenko’s cross from the left was into the six-yard box where Aleksandr Gocylyok slid in and finished past McCabe.

In their next attack, they were ahead when Gocylyok turned provider from the far side, delivering the perfect cross for Denys Balanyuk to drill in from close range.

And that was how it remained until the close.

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Hurling: dalkey club beat Craobh and boden

Club Noticeboard Cuala THANKS to all who came out to sup-

senior 5 championship semi-final win-

port our many teams playing last

ning team.

Congratulations to the U-15 ladies

Sunday.

Congratulations to our senior hurl-

footballers after a comprehensive

ers who led all the way against a fan-

victory over St Bridgid’s in their

cied Ballyboden to claim their place in

championship semi-final on Sunday.

the Dublin senior hurling champion-

The girls battled hard to come out

ship final; fantastic performances all

5-10 to 0-1 winners.

Well done to U-14 girls who staged

over the field.

The Cuala adult camogie side put in

a spectacular finish away to Foxrock

a battling performance to overcome

Cabinteely in the A football champi-

a brave St Brigid’s effort by the nar-

onship semi-final. Three points down

rowest of margins, 0-12 to 2-5, in the

with 15 minutes to go, the girls ended

Division 5 championship semi-final in

up winning 7-13 to 5-7. They now face

front of a large home crowd at Mead-

Ballyboden in the final.

Congratulations to Cuala’s Des

ow Vale.

Congratulations to the ladies minor Cuala on the attack during their victory over Ballyboden last Sunday. Picture: Colin Behan

Cuala blaze a trail into the SHC final

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Cuala 0-27 Ballyboden St Enda’s 1-21  sport@dublingazette.com

CUALA’S senior hurlers now have one hand on the county championship title as they booked their spot in the final with two wins in five days last week.

Last Wednesday night, JP Byrne’s side travelled to Parnell Park to take on Craobh Chiarain in the Dublin SHC A quarterfinal. It was a dominant performance from the Dalkey men as three first half goals set the tone for what turned out to be comfortable victory.

David Treacy really got the wheels in motion when he fired a penalty into the back of the net after just three minutes.

Mark Schutte and Colm Cronin grabbed first half goals too as Cuala led 3-07 to 1-08 at the break.

Alan McCrabbe was key in Chiarain keeping in touch with his 1-04 from frees in the opening half.

While it took three minutes for Schutte to raise the green flag in the first half, it took just two

in the second as Cuala broke rapidly down the right and Cronin finished off the move and fired his second past Chester in goal.

Treacy and Darragh O’Connell were Cuala’s chief scorers with the former grabbing 1-5 and the latter scoring 0-7. Chiarain never really threatened a serious comeback the final score was 4-16 to 1-11.

That win set up a semifinal clash against Ballyboden in Sunday at Parnell Park and despite it being a closer contest, Cuala once again ran out deserved winners.

The tempo was high throughout here with plenty of big hits and strong defensive work but it was Cuala’s extra bit of variety and firepower up front that won the game.

David Treacy was key once more, scoring a total of 0-14 (0-12 frees) in the 0-27 to 1-21 victory. He wasn’t alone however as the likes of Schutte and Cronin were on form again while the performance of wing-back Sean Moran, who scored two

points, was just one of a number of positives at the other end.

The game and the scoring were extremely close up until the final 10 minutes of the first half when Cuala hit four without reply, with Treacy grabbing three and Nicky Kenny the other. This allowed them to go in at the break leading 0-14 to 0-9.

Cuala remained on top after the restart but chances of Boden bouncing

back began to rise when Paul Ryan converted a penalty after 45 minutes.

Ryan followed that with two points which cut the lead to 0-20 to 1-16, but that was the closest it ever was again.

In truth Boden probably relied too much on Ryan who scored 1-17 of their total.

Cuala will now wait to find out if they will face either Lucan Sarsfields or St Jude’s in the SHC final.

footballers who beat O’Toole’s in the

Cahill on being inducted to the PPI Radio Awards Hall of Fame.

Division 1 shield semi-final on Sunday.

This week’s jackpot will be €2,700.

They will play Na Fianna in the final on

Our lucky dip winners last week were

October 31.

J Stanley and Eileen Quill. Buy your

Cuala U-16 girls won the Division 2 football semi-final last Sunday after-

tickets online at http://www.cualagaa.ie/lotto.

noon v Boden. This was after some

Minor footballers beat Thomas

members of the team played ear-

Davis in B championship by 3-13 to

lier the same morning on the camogie

3-8.

Shankill THE juvenile academy sponsored by

great morning’s hurling. The girls

O’Donnell’s Pharmacy Shankill is in

U-11s traveled to Tempelogue Synge

action every Saturday morning in

St and the girls U-9s had a home

Shanganagh Castle at 10am, cater-

match against Naomh Olaf. They were

ing for four- to eight-year-old boys

two cracking games of football.

The U-12 boys football team take

and girls.

Learn the skills of Gaelic football,

on Clontarf away on Saturday in the

hurling and camogie in a safe and fun

league. A win will see them top the

environment. If you would like your

division.

child to join the academy or any of

The men’s adult football team’s

our teams, just come along on the

last league match of the season is

day and have fun with your friends.

away to Castleknock on Sunday at 12

There are no trials, no selection

noon in Somerton Park. They will then

processes and no annual subscrip-

take a short break before training

tion. The cost is only €2 for each

resumes in preparation for the new

child.

season. New players always wel-

Training for the boys U-12s and

come; contact Kevin on 086 8449902.

girls U-9 and U-11 is in the Castle on

For more information contact

Saturday morning at 10am when

secretary.shankill.dublin@gaa.ie or

there is no match. The Wednesday

call 086 3215087. Follow us on Face-

night training is in the process of

book and Twitter. Join Shankill GAA

moving indoors so please check with

Club. Your community, your family

your team manager for details.

friendly GAA Club where you’re not

Our U-8s hurling team welcomed Cuala to Shankill and there was a

just a number and everybody knows your name.

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Shoulder to shoulder: King kane: Former Lakelands player captains Irish How Ireland’s World Cup run Under-19 side against Ukraine, netting a goal to boot P31 can unify sports factions P29

Meteors take flight Meteors Premier Division side at last week’s launch of the new season

South Dublin looking forward to celebrating 50th season with gala dinner and special commemorative book, looking back on their history

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METEORS Ladies Basketball club are celebrating being 50 years young this year, and while there’s been time set out for nostalgia, the Stillorgan club are targeting a big year on the court.

Speaking about the upcoming season, Meteor’s Brian Reid gave some insight into the club’s plans for celebrating the milestone as well its ambitions on the court for the year ahead.

The main celebration event, a gala dinner, will take place at Radisson Blu St Helen’s Hotel on November 14 with RTE’s sports

broadcaster Jacqui Hurley acting as compere on the night.

“We’d be expecting around 200-250 at the gala which will be the main night to celebrate us as one of the oldest basketball club’s in the country, especially as a women’s club,” said Reid on the event.

“We’re also going to launch a commemorative book all about the club and its history which will be the first time the full history will be written down for all involved to read.

“The book will be available at the gala dinner and we’re expecting it to be very popular.”

Reid informed GazetteSport that there

will also be a number of other nights and events for the calendar ahead which will see a number of players from the past reunite and celebrate their time at the club.

“While everyone is looking forward to the gala and the similar events, the club are also completely focused on doing well on the court,” said the Meteors man.

“We’re an amateur club, operating on a shoestring budget so we have to make sure our limited resources are used correctly to develop and improve our players.

“We use brilliant facilities at Colaiste Iosagain and Rosemont which we use for our Under-8s all the way to our seniors and have some of the best coaches in the coun-

try developing our players.

“That shows how committed we are in keeping this club going way beyond the 50-year mark,” he added.

With all the positivity floating around the club’s Stillorgan and Sandyford bases over the next few months, we asked Reid if he believed if it could boost their chances of success in this new season.

“I think that’s exactly the case,” Reid answered.

“There’ll be a feel-good atmosphere around the club for a number of months now and hopefully we can bring that to the court and make it the club’s most successful year to date.”