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ROISIN Ridge and Aisling Moran

almost disappeared into the background at Dun Laoghaire’s West Pier recently as they took a break at the Rainbow Run taking place there. The camouflaged kids were some of the very large number of participants taking part in the fun run, which saw everyone doused in multihued powder at intervals along the 5k route, turning the concrete pier into a colourful kaleidoscope of runners and walkers of all ages having a fun time – something worth giving a yellow thumbs up to. Picture: Justin Farrelly

€18m berth plan to bypass the council Cllr Boyhan deems direct application to An Bord Pleanala ‘controversial’

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DUN Laoghaire Harbour Company will lodge an application to An Bord Pleanala to construct the €18m cruise berth at the harbour.

The application to An

Bord Pleanala means that the plans will, in effect, bypass planning permission from the Dun LaoghaireRathdown County Council planning authority, and instead will go directly to the planning board for a deci-

sion.

A spokesperson for the company said that the “planning application is being submitted as a strategic infrastructure project.”

Cllr Victor Boyhan (Ind) deemed the process “con-

troversial” and said: “Given the potential impact and the local and regional significance of this proposal case, the board must have regard to local authority development plans.”

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harbour Councillors unhappy at scheme’s application route

€18m berth plan draws local anger  aisling kennedy

DUN Laoghaire Harbour Company will lodge an application to An Bord Pleanala to construct the €18m cruise berth at the harbour, it has emerged this week.

The application by the State-owned company has met criticism and generated tension among local politicians in the area as it means plans will, in effect, by-pass the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council local planning authority.

Instead, it will go directly to the planning board for a decision.

The harbour company is eligible to lodge an application directly to An Bord Pleanala under special provisions that relate to the critical infrastructure legislation.

A spokesperson for the company said: “Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, on behalf of the Dun Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholder Group, will submit its planning application for a new cruise berth facility at Dun Laoghaire Harbour to An Board Pleanala.

“The planning application is being submitted as a strategic infrastructure

project, and members of the public can review the planning submission and associated environmental impact report – free of charge – from July 9 in the offices of An Bord Pleanala on Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, or at the civic offices of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.”

Cllr Victor Boyhan (Ind) told the Gazette he was unhappy with how the situation has unfolded. He said: “Given the potential impact and the local and regional significance of this proposal case, the board must have regard to local authority development plans and must make sure that all planning decisions are in full accordance with the principles of proper planning and sustainable development.

“It also worries me that there is no appeal process, so the board’s decision is final.”

Cllr Boyhan intends

On the application by Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company directly to An Bord Pleanala to construct the €18m cruise berth at the harbour, Cllr Victor Boyhan (Ind) said: “It worries me that there is no appeal process, so the board’s decision is final”

writing to the board this week asking it to agree to convene an oral hearing into all aspects of the harbour cruise terminal project.

Members of the public have seven weeks from the date that An Bord Pleanala validates the application to lodge a written observation or objection, and the fee for a citizen to make an objection is €50.

Meanwhile, approval for the Harbours Bill 2015 has been secured at Gov-

ernment level by Minister forTransport,Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe.

The new bill will provide the necessary legal basis to allow for the later transfer by Ministerial Order of the control of the five ports of regional significance – Dun Laoghaire, Drogheda, Galway, New Ross, and Wicklow – to their respective local authorities.

Minister Donohoe said: “This bill is another important step in the development of our com-

mercial ports sector.

“The bill provides the legal basis to one of the key recommendations of National Ports Policy, published in 2013 – namely, that control of those designated ports of regional significance should transfer to more appropriate local authority-led governance structures.

“The transfers also support the Government’s reforms in the area of local government generally through enhancing the

role of the local authority in regional economic development.”

These transfers will take place provided another Ministerial Order is given in due course.

At that point, the model of transfer chosen will be announced after local authority-led due diligence processes are completed.

These processes, which are funded by the department, are currently under way in respect of each company.

Protest over pool closure  aisling kennedy

MORE than 300 people attended the Glenalbyn protest meeting last week, organised by Deputy Shane Ross (Ind) and Cllr Deirdre Donnelly (Ind), to express their anger and frustration at the lack of developments at the swimming pool site.

Deputy Ross told The Gazette that local residents from Stillorgan and Kilmacud were furious that the €10m allocated for the refurbishment of the swimming pool had been sidelined for more than a year.

He said: “Glenalbyn has been

closed for over 18 months now and the progress on its future has been inexcusably slow. There is currently no decision on whether it is to be reopened or not.”

Cllr Donnelly also expressed frustration at the lack of movement at Glenalbyn.

She said: “I feel it is unacceptable that Glenalbyn closed in late 2013 and, despite the allocation of capital funding, the public are still waiting for a new pool.”

Deputy Ross said he believed the €10m that was allocated for the refurbishment of Glenalbyn was being held for other purposes.

“My guess is that the authorities have their eyes on this particular money for some other purpose and they don’t want the pool to reopen.”

He added: “The councillors left the possibility of moving the site of Glenalbyn to another one somewhere else in Stillorgan but as far as I’m concerned that is not acceptable because it will mean that the delay will continue.”

A spokesperson for Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council said: “Given the importance of providing the most suitable leisure provision for the area, it was decided at the

council meeting of February 9, 2015, to set up a working group consisting of the six ward councillors in the Stillorgan electoral area, with the director of environment as a non-voting convenor, to investigate all alternatives open to the council.

“This group is considering a number of options, including the refurbishment of the existing pool.”

The spokesperson said the working group would meet again in the near future, and a report on its recommendations would be prepared for the September council meeting.

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Tennis

Berkeley: survivor wants to live life fully in honour of friends

Players get ready to serve

Foxrock student remembered  Ian Begley

THE Milltow n local who was seriously injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse said she intended to honour those who died by living the happiest and most fulfilling life possible.

Posting on Facebook only a week after her Foxrock friend Eimear Walsh was laid to rest, Clodagh Cogley (21) wrote: “Hey friends, just an update to let you guys know how I’m getting on (slowly catching up with the individual messages I promise!)

The fall from the balcony left me with two collapsed lungs, a broken shoulder, a broken knee, five broken ribs and a broken spinal cord...

Meaning the chances of me using my legs again are pretty bleak.

“Not the best odds but I’m moving to a great rehabilitation centre here in San Francisco for two months (it has dog therapy :-)) and intend to give it everything I’ve got.

Who knows maybe legs have been holding me back all these years and I’ll realise my talent for wheelchair basketball.

“The thing I’m taking from this tragedy is that life is short and I intend to honour those who died by living the happiest and most fulfilling life possible.

“Enjoy a good dance and the feeling of grass beneath your feet like

it’s the last time because in this crazy world you never know when it might be.”

So far, Clodagh’s message has been shared by more than 11,000 people, and liked by more than 37,000.

She had finished her third year of a psychology degree in Trinity College Dublin before flying to the States on a J1 visa to spend the summer working in California.

An online fund has been set up to help the victims and their families.

To d a t e , m o r e than €200,000 has been raised on www. gofundme.com/ j1tragedyfund.

All aboard: For sailing school’s open day on the waves at Dun Laoghaire pictured at the Irish National Sailing and Powerboat School

Open Day in Dun Laoghaire are Emma Boyce from Monkstown, and Aisling Ryan from Athy, County Kildare. The event in late June also saw the launch of the school’s new sailing club. The school has been providing sailing classes since 1972 and among the classes on offer are junior sailing, schools and colleges sailing, adult dinghy and yacht training, race training, corporate sailing, powerboating, and shore-based courses, including VHF, First Aid and navigation.

For more information see http://www.inss.ie. Picture: Joe St Leger

THE iconic Tennis Championship of County Dublin ­will get under way this weekend in Carrickmines Lawn Tennis Club.

The championship will run from Saturday, July 4, to Saturday, July 11, and celebrate the 107th year at its base in Carrickmines, having initially launched in 1891 in Lucan.

“We are delighted to be supporting the Hunters Championship of County Dublin. The championship is one of Dublin’s most highly regarded tennis classics and we look forward to a great week of tennis. On behalf of all at Hunters, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all players the very best of luck,” said managing partner of Hunters Estate Agent Rowena Quinn.

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choice Survey shows support for easing termination laws

Support for repeal of ban on abortion  Eoghan MacNeill news@gazettegroup.com

A SURVEY of TDs published this week has recorded broad support for repealing the Eighth Amendment (Article 40.3.3) of the Constitution among Dun Laoghaire and South Dublin’s political representatives.

In 1983 the following wording was approved in a constitutional referendum: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate

that right.”

Minister Alex White (Lab) along with deputies Eamon Gilmore (Lab), Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Olivia Mitchell (FG), Mary Mitchell O’Connor (FG) and Alan Shatter (FG) said they wanted to see that amendment repealed.

Deputy Gilmore said he believed “that Ireland’s laws on abortion are insensitive, outdated and need to be changed”.

Although the Labour Party has pledged to include a referendum on the issue in its manifesto for the next General Election, Deputy Gilmore said: “I know from experience that referenda

on social issues are hard to win, and [this] will require careful preparation if it is to be successful.

“I actively campaigned against the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution in 1983, and was one of the first politicians to publicly state that I favoured legislation, which would allow for the legal termination of pregnancy in certain circumstances.”

Deputy Boyd Barrett last year travelled on the Abortion Pill Train to Belfast, with other politicians, to buy and bring abortion pills – legal in Northern Ireland – back to Dublin.

At the time, he said, he took part “as an act of solidarity with all the women who have had to travel to access their right to choose.”

Explaining his reasons for answering Yes to this week’s survey, he said: “I think there is a substantial majority of people in this country who now believe that women must have the right to choose, not just in tragic cases of fatal foetal abnormality or in situations where the woman’s life is actually at risk, but in the multiple other situations where the health and welfare of women is at stake.

“I think the popular demand for social equal-

commute

Naked man halts the Dart DART services between Seapoint and SalthillMonkstown stations were delayed last week after a naked man emerged onto the tracks.

The homeless man was seen on the tracks at about 7.15pm on Monday and delayed commuters for approximately 40 minutes.

While he was not on the tracks for all of that time, trains were considerably delayed.

Gardai were called to the scene and assisted with the situation.

The man was interviewed shortly after the incident and said he was homeless and had “lost his clothes” while sunbathing.

Tr a i n s r e s u m e d shortly before 8pm but there was some knockon delays following the incident.

Richard Boyd Barrett is one of a number of local TDs in favour of change

ity that produced the Yes vote in the marriage equality referendum now also demands that equality is extended into the area of women’s lives and their right to control their own bodies and decide their own fate.”

Minister for Communications Alex White said: “I believe there is support among the wider community to re-examine these issues.”

The recent online survey asked TDs and Senators: “Are you personally

in favour of repealing the 8th Amendment?” – the provision effectively outlaws abortion in Ireland.

Fifty-five percent of 224 Oireachtas members responded, with 60% saying they were in favour of repeal.

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don’sdublin Guinness family’s reputation continues to grow and grow THE Guinness family has played an important role in many aspects of Dublin life, and its influence on the development of St Anne’s Park was considerable and lasting. For almost a hundred years they were innovators in garden layout, and the park is one of the last great demesnes in Ireland, between Raheny and Clontarf.

The brothers Benjamin Lee and Arthur Jnr took up residence in Thornhill (as it was then known) in 1835, but demolished the old house and built a new house called St Anne’s. It was named after a holy well on the property, and Benjamin and his new wife, Elizabeth, lived there from 1837. But it was their son, Lord Ardilaun, and his wife Olivia who extended the property and built many of the unique features, including the follies, the Red Stables and various walks, that attract visitors.

At its height St Anne’s consisted of 500 acres.

When Lady Ardilaun died the property passed to her nephew, Bishop Plunkett. He sold it in 1939 to Dublin Corporation for £55,000 and retained Sybil Hill and about 30 acres of parkland – now St Paul’s College. Lord Ardilaun was fascinated by Italian/ Roman history and many of the follies reflect this.

Among them you can find a Roman tower, a Herculaneum house and a Pompeiian temple. Others include the beautiful clock tower, the Shell House, the Rustic Grotto and the Hermit’s Cave.

One of the most popular features is the Rose Garden. This was opened in 1975 and since 1981 has been a centre for International Rose Trials. Following on from this the Rose Festival (held in July) has become a rose-lover’s favourite.

The vivid Red Stables that Lord Ardilaun built now houses a craft centre and the Tir na nOg restaurant. A market is held in the courtyard each weekend and, weather permitting, the stalls are set-up outside on the grass. Check it out – there is plenty to do.

Don Cameron

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St Anne’s Park: One of its most popular features is the Rose Garden which was opened in 1975

festival Popular event to reveal the county’s treasures

Celebrate the Summer of Heritage  aisling kennedy

DUN Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s Summer of Heritage programme gets under way this week and it brings with it an array of family friendly events.

As part of the programme, local people and visitors alike will have the opportunity to visit many

heritage sites the area has to offer during the summer months.

The programme, which runs from the end of June to the beginning of September each year, has been going from strength to strength since it began in 2008.

Included in the list of events lined up throughout the summer months

are tours, performances, walks, workshops and exhibitions for the general public.

There are 23 sites included in this year’s programme, with Kilgobbin Church, Historic Milltown, Dublin Mountains Walk, DLR and The Great War Exhibition and Laurelmere Cottage all featuring for the first

time.

Speaking after a preview tour of the Foxrock Beckett County Walk, An Cathaoirleach Barry Saul (FG) said: “I would strongly urge everyone to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the Summer of Heritage programme to explore the rich heritage that is literally on their door

steps.

“The DLR Summer of Heritage programme is the only event of its kind in the country and I personally intend to visit as many of the sites as possible over the coming months.”

For further information or to make a booking enquiry, email dlrheritageevents@dlrcoco.ie.

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Politics: carol hunt on independent alliance card for next election

education New primary school planned

Opinion writer to run for a Dail seat  Eoghan McNeill

SUNDAY Independent journalist Carol Hunt is to contest the next General Election under the Independent Alliance banner and will run in the Dun Laoghaire constituency.

Educated at Trinity College, Hunt works as freelance journalist with Independent News & Media.

In her work for the Sunday Independent, Hunt has written of her atheism, feminism, prochoice views, and sympathies with Israel.

W h e n a s ke d w hy she is running in Dun Laoghaire rather than the North Strand, where she currently lives, Hunt said she was originally from Blackrock and that it was the place she knew best.

The announcement was made this week at Leinster House by Dublin South Deputy Shane Ross, who is expected to lead the Independent Alliance.

Ross said he hoped the alliance would field up to 20 candidates in the General Election, He said: “We’re not a traditional political party.

“People have got to get this into their heads.

“We’re radical but we’re responsible, and we’re not going to bind people to policies which they don’t agree with.”

Senator Fergal Quinn announced that he was joining the alliance as the group’s chairperson.

He also said he intended to retire from the Seanad.

The veteran businessman and cousin of Deputy Ruairi Quinn (Lab) explained that the party’s decision not to employ a strict whip system was a key factor in his decision to join the alliance.

He said: “I am very impressed with what this group said they intend to do.

“They don’t intend to have a party whip except for confidence votes in the government.”

Sunday Independent writer Carol Hunt. Picture: independent.ie

Cllr Deirdre Donnelly (Ind) said she would have sent her son to a Gaelscoil had one been available

Stillorgan Gaelscoil is needed, says Donnelly

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A LOCAL councillor has called for the development of a Gaelscoil in the Stillorgan area as part of plans to establish a new primary school over the coming year.

Education and Skills Minister Jan O’Sullivan announced in February that a new primary school for the Goatstown-Stillorgan area was to be established by September 2016.

C u r r e n t l y, s c h o o l patrons are eligible to apply to run the new school.

Cllr Deirdre Donnelly (Ind) is herself a Gaelscoil past pupil from Scoil Naithi in Dundrum.

She said she felt strongly that a new Gaelscoil be established in the Stillorgan area.

She said: “I am quite

disappointed that nothing has been done in relation to an Irish language school by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, at least since I have been elected.

“It is something that I would like to see happening soon.

“I brought this up as a motion at the autumn council meeting and I was informed that it needed to be discussed at strategic policy committee [SPC] level.

“The SPC meeting was two weeks ago and I brought it up at the meeting as a motion only to be told that it’s now going to go back to corporate affairs.

“I’m frustrated that one year on we still don’t have an Irish language school planned for the Irish language of the county.”

Cllr Donnelly said a Gaelscoil was important as part of the locality’s Irish heritage.

She said it was “a very important part of our culture”.

“At the moment if you are living in the area you have to go to Dundrum or Ballinteer if you want to send your child to a Gaelscoil and this involves a huge

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‘Gaelscoileanna are a great way to keep the Irish language alive, and a great way to raise children bilingually’

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Cllr Deirdre Donnelly (Ind)

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T h e l a c k o f a ny Gaelscoil in the Stillorgan area was something she said she felt should be addressed as a matter of urgency.

“I think it would be really great to have one in the area.

“If there had been one here before, I certainly would have sent my son to it.

amount of traffic and travel every day.

“It can also be quite hard to get your child into those schools.”

Cllr Donnelly plans to take par t in an upcoming meeting in the locality to address the lack of Gaelscoileanna in Stillorgan.

She said she was encouraging people to

register their interest to encourage the development of a Gaelscoil on the new school site.

She added: “Gaelscoils are a great way of keeping the Irish language alive and a great way of being able to raise children bilingually.”

In response to Cllr Donnelly’s calls for a Gaelscoil to be established in the area, the Department of Education told The Gazette that “the patronage determination process for the Goatstown-Stillorgan primary school, due to open in 2016, will take place later this year or early next year.”

The Department spokesperson added: “It will be open to all patrons and prospective patrons to apply for patronage including Gaelscoileanna.”

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council ‘I have always wanted to be Cathaoirleach’

Tourism, business top Saul’s agenda  aisling Kennedy

news@gazettegroup.com

AS the newly elected Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Cllr Barry Saul (FG) has a three-point plan to promote new developments within the community.

Cllr Saul told The Gazette he was excited about his new role.

He said he was motivated to do as much as he could within the community for the duration of his term.

“I’m in a position now where I can promote causes and issues within the council, and this year the first thing I want

to do is promote Dun Laoghaire as a tourist destination.

“Failte Ireland also has a tourist strategy whereby they are trying to encourage people who visit the city centre to venture out into the periphery areas such as Dun Laoghaire and other areas by the sea.

“This is something that we can link into so that we can promote tourism around our coastal areas, particularly in Dun Laoghaire and our county.”

Cllr Saul said the second most important issue on his agenda was to promote and actively encourage businesses in

the locality.

To achieve this, he said he hoped to work with the council and local agencies to improve Dun Laoghaire as a destination for businesses to set up, improve and grow.

“Business promotion is important in terms of launching an economic development plan for our county for both the small trader and the multinational companies.

“I’m a small business owner myself; I run a family printing business, so I understand the difficulties that come with running a business but I also know how the council and local government authorities can help to

promote and encourage businesses to develop.”

The third issue he hopes to focus on is an improvement of the sports and leisure facilities in the community.

He said he planned to establish a number of workshops throughout the year to meet sports clubs in order to plan for the next phase of development of sporting facilities.

He said: “I think it’s important that we sit down with clubs and we find out where the deficiencies are and what the requirements are for extra facilities.”

Some of the issues on the list for potential future

Fine Gael’s Cathaoirleach Barry Saul with his wife, Deirdre, and daughter Katie.

He hopes to improve the area’s sports facilities. Picture: Peter Cavanagh

developments are the provision of a new swimming pool in Stillorgan.

In addtion, there are plans for both Marlay Park and the recently purchased Fern Hill Gardens

in Dundrum.

Cllr Saul will hold office as Cathaoirleach until June 2016.

He said: “It is a privilege to be elected as Cathaoirleach and an honour

that is bestowed on very few people.

“It’s something that I have always wanted to do and after five years in the council it is great to get this opportunity.”

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Sara and Melanie Fedeli

Belle Caldwell with Tom Walsh and Zach Kelly

Primrose Scully, Senan Walsh and Emma Clifford help Ian Madigan raise the flag. Pictures: Rose Comiskey

Green Flag raised

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HARAVOGUE Junior School recently won its second Green Flag for Energy.

Even though the school is small in size, it punches above its weight in terms of environmental awareness and the students were dedicated in their mission to achieve the flag.

Sharavogue’s energy slogan, Do the Earth a

Favour...Be a Power Saver, encouraged all the pupils to work towards winning the flag. The flag raising ceremony took place recently at the school and all classes helped prepare for the big event.

Teachers and pupils were delighted to have Ireland and Leinster rugby player Ian Madigan on hand to help raise the Green Flag.

Principal Betty Allen, Ian Madigan and vice principal Gillian Dawson

Orla O’Hagan and Brian O’Neill

Tanya Costello

Pupils, parents, teachers and friends enjoy the day

Sienna and Sarah Dempsey

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Brent Pope presents a prize to Isabel O’Brien

Some of those who took part in the 5km charity run at the starting line. Pictures: Rose Comiskey

Rock Run raises funds for educational projects A

S many as 600 people tookpart in the Rock Run 5km race at Blackrock College recently. Money raised at the event will go to help the Mission Fun, which funds educational projects for children in the poorest parts of the wrold.

Organisers were delighted by the

bumper turnout for this the third year of the Rock Run. Families and friends put on their trainers and lined up at the start line in aid of this good cause. There were a number of races run, including a 1km for the younger participants.

Former rugby player and TV pundit

Oscar, Adrian and Jake Sherry

Brent Pope was on hand to help hand out the prizes.

Richard Burke, Rock Run chairman, said: “The Rock Run is a great family event...We cater for everyone whether they want to walk, run or even crawl.”

The event was sponsored by business advisors Grant Thornton.

Jane O’Ferrell and Sam Mooney

Charlotte, Danielle and All smiles coming towards the finishing line

Lucinda Coen

Julia, Karl and Cian O’Connell all ran 5k

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Dee Reddy and Dave Moore

Kate Kavanagh and Susan Burke

Whisked away for a whiskey I

rish Distillers Pernod Ricard was delighted to launch Midleton Dair Ghaelach in the delightful surroundings of the Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge. The new single pot still is the result of a six-year exploration by the Midleton masters using native oak to mature the Irish whiskey. Guests were introduced to Midleton Dair Ghaelach by whiskey experts, followed by a tasting and a barrel demonstration by fifth generation cooper Ger Buckley outside in the hotel’s courtyard. Attendees included tailor Louis Copeland, comedian Oliver Callan, Daniel Ristea from the Romanian Embassy and members of the Irish Whiskey Society, who enjoyed an evening of rich flavour and entertainment provided by Drazen Derek.

Willie Murphy, Luke Gough and Peter White at the launch of Midleton Dair Ghaelach Single Pot Whiskey at The Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge. Pictures:Brian McEvoy

Emma Klyne

Oliver Callan

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what’son Celebrating 10 years of good health THE Laya Healthcare City Spectacular celebrates its 10th anniversary this July with a multitude of great free events for all the family in Merrion Square.

Over the years, the festival has seen 14,000 people breaking the Where’s Wally World Record, 1,500 people bouncing on space hoppers, a custard pie throwing championship, rainbow disco and hundreds of jawdropping street performers from all over the world.

Anna Daly, model and television presenter for Ireland AM, gets the boring household chores out of the way before having quality family time

day in the life: a lesson in juggling family, friends and job

It’s an early start for Anna  ian begley

ibegley@dublingazette.com

Anna Daly, Irish model and television presenter for Ireland AM, has quite the non-conventional day-to-day life, as one can imagine.

Having to get up at 4.30am every morning for work while trying to look after two children is certainly a hectic day in the life.

“I get up at 4.30 every morning. I don’t have breakfast before I leave the house, but usually have whatever I can grab when I get into the studio at about 5.30am.

“At the moment, I’m trying to be

healthy and have a nutrient bullet each morning, which is a blended drink with lots of fruit and vegetables. Then during the show someone will usually be cooking something tasty which I always claim first dibs on. I try to be disciplined but it’s very hard when there’s so much great food being made.

“After the show, we have a production meeting and talk about the following days show, then I usually just go back to my desk and reply to my emails and organise my wardrobe for the next day.”

Daly, who has worked with Ireland AM for six years, is set to leave on July 2 to prepare for her new Thursday-Sunday

morning show which airs on July 29.

“I’ll be doing a four-day week now, which will give me a better opportunity to spend time with my family.

“When I leave the TV3 studios at about lunchtime, I go back to my home in Wicklow and do all the boring householdy stuff. I try to get out for a walk along the beach before I collect the kids. Otherwise, I would just grab a coffee with my friends or whoever is around.

“I then collect my two boys, who are two and three and when my husband gets home we spend some quality time together.

“My husband is more of a cook than

I am, but I’ll probably have more of an opportunity to improve with the free time I’ll have in the next couple of weeks.”

Asked if she is into any type of mainstream entertainment like watching movies on Netflix, Daly said: “I haven’t got Netflix yet, but Orange is the New Black is definitely on my list of things to watch. I’ve interviewed the stars of the show recently and they were so cool, so I gotta check it out.

“My evening times are reserved for hanging out with my friends, children or husband. I should be in bed by 9.30pm but realistically I don’t hit the hay until about 10.30pm.”

Spectacular This year’s free City Spectacular takes place over July 10-12 and will feature a 34-time Guinness World Record holding sword swallower, metal barbending strong woman, fast-footed football freestyler and children’s workshops in science, theatre, music and art.

Laya Healthcare remains as title sponsor of the festival, and is focusing on children’s health and wellbeing at this year’s event.

For the full programme of fun activities and excitement at Laya Healthcare’s City Spectacular check out www.cityspectacular. com.

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Steaks are high The eagerly awaited shor tlist for the Great Carvery of the Year awards has been announced this week and two Dublin venues are among the finalists.

The Grange pub in Deansgrange Road, Dublin and the 51 Bar in Dublin 4 have both been shortlisted in the

Great Carvery Pub of the Year category.

The public created the shor tlist by voting for their favourite car ver y venue and a team of mystery shoppers will soon visit the shortlisted venues.

Finalists will be invited to attend the grand final in Dublin

in September when the provincial winners and overall winners of the Great Carvery Pub of the Year and Great Carvery Hotel of the Year will be revealed.

T h e ove r a l l w i n ning venues will each receive PR and marketing support to the value of €4,500. The winners

Winners of the Leinster Great Carvery Hotel of the Year 2014 were the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan.

Pictured (l-r) are Jim Reeves, customer service director, Unilever Food Solutions; Rory Keogh; Noel Marrey, both Bracken Court Hotel; rugby ace Tommy Bowe; Lenka Schneiderova; Eddie Lynch, both Bracken Court Hotel, and Mark McCarthy, business development chef at Unilever Food Solutions. Picture: Maura Hickey

will also receive a specially-commissioned wall plaque stating that they are the 2015 winners.

and will build on the significant growth that Colm has already created within that slot,” he said.

Eoghan McDermott in the driving seat

a unique offshore offering for sailors

RTE 2FM presenter Eoghan McDermott is to take over the evening Drivetime slot from Colm Hayes from September onwards.

Commenting on his new role, Eoghan said he is honoured to be selected for the role, particularly considering the fact that he will be taking over from Colm Hayes who he described as “legendary”.

“I look forward to wooing the audience with my original beat poetry. Failing that, a socially reflective, big tune pumping, mischief-making hotpot is the order of the day,” he said.

Head of 2FM, Dan Healy said McDermott has been selected as he is one of the country’s best up-and-coming radio presenters; and listeners have reacted very positively to him in his other on air roles.

“Eoghan has proven himself both here and in the UK both on radio and TV. He is a dynamic and creative presenter

The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in London and Dublin’s headquarters Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association (ISORA) have joined forces to offer a unique offshore offering to Irish Sea sailors in July.

The Lyver Race from Liverpool on Friday, July 3 forms part of the offshore series of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) and kick starts another intense period of offshore racing in the Irish Sea that follows on from May’s Isle of Man offshore weekend and the just finished Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race.

RORC medallions will be presented by the commodore of RORC, Dubliner Michael Boyd, in the National Yacht Club immediately after race results are issued.

The VDLR will then take place the following week from July 9 to 12 with world class sailing, food, entertainment and spectacular views of Dublin Bay.

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Budding ballet dancers have the opportunity to learn about a career in dance by working with Ballet Ireland’s summer school this July.

Ballet Ireland, the National Ballet of Ireland, return to the Civic Theatre in Tallaght to work with local little dancers to show them how the company’s professional dancers create a ballet.

This year’s show will be the Brothers’ Grimm tale, The Frog Prince.

The Summer School will take place in Tallaght’s Civic Theatre from July 20 to 24 and the programme is open to everyone from the age of six and over.

Dance training is not a requirement to take part.

Participants at the summer school will learn how to become par t of the creative process by helping to devise the choreography, create sets and costumes.

The programme costs €80 per student or €70 per student for two children from the same family.

Call (01) 4627477 for more information.

B ody a r t i s m o r e popular than ever and this year Dublin is set to become the meeting place for the international masters of tattoo art.

The Body Art Expo will take place over two days from July 4 to 5 at The Helix and at the event everyone will have the opportunity to get tattooed and pierced by the best and leading tattoo artists from around the world.

Tattoo ar tists will also be showcasing the original traditional instruments used by tribal cultures to create tattoos.

Over the two -day event there will be entertainment including body painting, fire shows, concerts, dj’s, body suspension, dance shows and tattoo competitions.

There will also be a chance to learn how to create a tattoo by using a banana skin on the Banana Ink stand and the Expo will be guesting one of the most recognisable tattoo model Makani Terror.

For more information on the expo you can log onto www.bodyartexpodublin.com

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FEATURE escape the mayhem: Trevor Hogan on taking a break

Hobbies have no hold for man on a mission

 Keith Bellew

Former Leinster Rugby and Ireland International, Trevor Hogan is currently working on a project called Gaza Kids to Ireland, organised by Gaza Action Ireland which will see children from Gaza travel to Ireland to play in a football tournament with children from Ireland.

Having hung up his boots a number of years ago he now divides his time between teaching secondary school his-

tory and working in support of various causes he believes in such as the plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

This week The Gazette spoke with Hogan about what he does to Escape the Mayhem of everyday life.

He said keeping up with current affairs and reading history are his two number one means of escape.

He went on to say that he doesn’t really have conventional hobbies and likes to pursue things

wholeheartedly rather than casually.

“Even the term hobby… it’s like something you’re not really interested in and you kind of do on the side.

“I’ve got to the stage now where I want to spend any time I have doing things I’m fairly passionate about, not just a stamp collection or something!” he said, adding: “I don’t really switch off, my wife gives out to me for not switching off.

“I always keep up-todate with what’s happen-

ing in current affairs, I always like to see what’s happening in the world and I’d be a big reader of history.”

He said what he finds most interesting about history is examining how governing powers assert themselves and how this has evolved from feudal times up to the present day.

His interest in current affairs ties in with this and he says that he prefers to get his information from alternative sources outside the mainstream, like American political commentator Noam Chomsky.

“The original one for me was Noam Chomsky, a lot of people would site him. He was just eye-opening for me and inspirational, especially in terms of [the situation in] Palestine which is something I am very interested in,” he said.

It is hoped that the Gaza Kids to Ireland tournament will be held in the summer of 2016.

For more information on the project see: www. gazaactionireland.ie

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Remembering  Keith Bellew

Second lieutenant Herbert Justin Lemass

Wesley College student Katharine Woods recently travelled to Caterpillar Valley Cemetery in Longueval, France, to visit the grave of Herbert Justin Lemass, a Rathmines native killed in action at the Battle of the Somme in World War I. The trip is part of a national history project called My Adopted Soldier in which a student from each county is selected to research and commemorate a soldier from that county who fought and died in the Battle of the Somme.

T he Battle of the Somme, along with that of Gallipoli and Verdun is one of the most famous battles of the first World War. The severity of the fighting and the conditions for the men in the trenches has been well documented in the memoirs of men who took part and in the poetry of Somme veteran Wilfred Owen.

Irish soldiers played a large part in the prolonged engagement, particularly the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

My Adopted Soldier is the brainchild of Donegal history teacher Gerry Woods who has visited the battlefield many times and wanted to commemorate all of the Irish men who lost their lives there.

Speaking to The Gazette, Katharine said: “I have always been really interested in history particularly the World Wars, I find it really interesting.

“I have a great uncle who died on the Somme as well, four days after Herbert was killed, so

I’ve got a family connection.”

She went on to say that she heard about the project through her his-

Second lieutenant Herbert Justin Lemass was born on February 24, 1897.

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tory teacher at Wesley College, who suggested that Wesley students apply, adding that she was very surprised to have been selected to represent Dublin.

Catholic family living in Leeson Park in Rathmines. By 1916 his family had moved to No 3 Clifton Terrace in Monkstown. He was killed on October 23, 1916 in Gun

Pits, Somme, aged 19.

Lemass attended Blackrock College before studying medicine at Trinity College Dublin. It was here that he joined the officer training course for the British Army.

“He then went to Sandhurst Military Academy in Berkshire as a cadet, and had a really successful career there, and was granted a commission as second lieutenant in the regular army.

He was then gazetted to the Second Batallion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and arrived in France in June of 1916.

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FEATURE who fought in the Battle of the Somme

a soldier

He was there for five months when he was killed, in October of 1916,” said Woods. “ W h a t ’s i n t e r e s ting about him is that his second cousin is [ f o r m e r Ta o i s e a c h ] , Sean Lemass, who was fighting in the GPO at the same as Herbert and his brother Edwin was fighting in the Somme, and they were around the same age,” she said, adding that she found the comparison between the two fascinating.

Sean Lemass is remembered and celebrated, whereas Herbert was forgotten by his family for 100 years and just wasn’t talked about.

He was completely forgotten until a couple of years ago when one

of his cousins found his documents in the attic.

This project is really important because a lot of the soldiers that we have been researching have been forgotten for 100 years, Ireland has erased the memory of the soldiers who died in World War I. I think it’s really i m p o r t a n t t h a t we remember them,” she said.

Finding information about a man who has been dead for almost 100 years and is buried in a foreign country is no easy task, but Woods said that once she got going the research became much easier.

“It took a while to get going. Luckily I have a number of people giving me advice and a helping

hand and I was able to find his second cousin who had all of the documents and photographs and information on him so it kind of snowballed from there, and I was able to find quite a lot,” she said.

During the trip Irish soil from each county was brought by each student and lain on the graves of the fallen, and commemoration ceremonies were held at the Thiepval Memorial and the Menin Gate.

Woods described the ceremonies as poignant saying: “I feel like I know my soldier at this stage because I have done so much research on him.”

For more information on the project, visit www. myadoptedsoldier.com

Former Taoiseach Sean Lemass, who was second cousin to Herbert Justin Lemass

Barretstown camp to hold an open day Barretstown, the speciallydesigned camp which provides therapeutic recreation programmes for children affected by serious illnesses and their families, is hosting its annual Open Day on Sunday, July 5 in

Barretstown Castle.

The charity is calling old and new supporters to come and see the castle and what the camp has to offer.

The open day will be packed with fun activities including

crazy golf, canoeing, bouncy castles, pony treks, petting farm, balloon making, face painting and much more with great competitions and prizes.

To find out more visit www. barretstown.org.

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opinion: the facts show the urgent need to tackle alcohol-related harm

We must face the real cost of drinking in Ireland today Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland (AHAI) is the first public health advocacy coalition formed on alcohol. It is a joint initiative established by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Alcohol Action Ireland. It is chaired by Prof Frank Murray, president, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, who is also a gastroenterologist specialising in liver disease at Beaumont Hospital.

THE Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, chaired by Deputy Jerry Buttimer (FG), has finished its work on the P ublic Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015.

T hey have recommended the introduction of a series of amendments to the Bill that can reduce the number of men, women and children in Ireland who die or are harmed by alcohol use.

These include setting a minimum unit price for alcohol, the inclusion of labels with health warnings, restrictions around the advertising of alcohol to children and young people, and the separation of its sale from everyday groceries.

There is evidence to show that all of these measures can help to significantly change our relationship with alcohol, save lives and free up our overwhelmed hospi-

tals in a significant way.

You will hear much about the “nanny state” and how a few people who drink irresponsibly are ruining it for everyone else. The facts tell a different story.

Alcohol consumption is on the rise again.

Research shows that about 80% of Irish adults consume alcohol, and more than half of those are classified as harmful high-risk drinkers.

Almost 10% of those who consume alcohol are dependent – and this rises to 15% among 18-24 year olds.

Doctors are increasingly caring for more than 200,000 chronic dependant drinkers with organ damage, cancers, cirrhosis and liver failure, heart failure and problems related to the brain and nervous system, and physical and mental health problems.

Some 1,500 hospitals beds are occupied every

night as a result of alcohol use. Alcohol is also a factor in half of all suicides in Ireland.

Every day, three people in Ireland die as a result of alcohol use – more than are killed on the roads.

Alcohol has been classified as carcinogenic, and linked to seven types of cancer. The European Cancer Code says there is no “safe” level. The more you drink, the higher your risk of cancer.

The way we drink alcohol in Ireland costs the state €3.7bn annually in providing healthcare, policing and other services. We know that alcohol harm not only affects the individual drinker, but also affects others around them, including family members, friends, co-workers and the wider community.

The lack of a progressive alcohol policy, to date, had resulted in children’s lives being blighted by alcohol misuse within their families contributing to parental addiction, financial difficulties, family breakdown, neglect and abuse.

Tackling alcohol pric-

Prof Frank Murray, chair of Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland – the first public health advocacy coalition formed on alcohol, which aims to tackle the damage that alcohol can cause individuals, families and wider society

ing is one of the most effective ways of reducing alcohol-related harm.

Setting a minimum unit price for alcohol will effectively target high-risk drinkers who consume the cheapest and strongest alcohol products, while having little or no effect on lowrisk drinkers.

The Bill can also help to reverse the worrying rise in the binge drinking culture in Ireland, which is a huge concern for the future health of our teenagers and young adults.

Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland – the first public health advocacy coalition formed on alcohol, believes the real cost of alcohol in Irish society must urgently be addressed.

Let’s grasp the opportunity to do something about this now by supporting the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill.

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the following AHAI members: Prof Frank Murray, president, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and chair of Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland; Suzanne Costello, chief executive, Alcohol Action Ireland; Kathleen O’Meara, head of advocacy and communications, Irish Cancer Society; Cliona Loughnane, policy and research manager, Irish Heart Foundation; Mary Cunningham, director, National Youth Council of Ireland; Dr Ray Walley, president, Irish Medical Organisation; Dr John Hillery, director of communications and education, College of Psychiatrists of Ireland; Drugs.ie; Kieran Doherty, chief executive, Alcohol Forum; Dr Cate Hartigan, head

of health promotion and improvement, HSE; Laura Harmon, president, the Union of Students in Ireland; Greg O’Donoghue, vicepresident for welfare, Union of Students in Ireland; Catherine Brogan, executive director, Samaritans Ireland; Tanya Ward, chief executive, Children’s Rights Alliance; Etain Kett, public affairs and communications manager, Dental Health Foundation; Prof Joe Barry, Trinity College Dublin; Dr Hugh Gallagher, GP coordinator, HSE Addiction Service; Senator John Crown; Senator Jillian VanTurnhout; Senator MaryAnn O’Brien; Senator Lorraine Higgins, chair, the All Party Oireachtas Group on Alcohol Harm; Emma Champion, reg-

istered nurse, Dublin Simon Community; Dr Orla Crosbie, consultant hepatologist, Cork University Hospital; Dr Suzanne Cotter, specialist in public health medicine; Dr Siobhan Jennings, consultant in public health medicine; Prof Elizabeth Keane, dean, RCPI Faculty of Public Health; Dr Declan Whelan, dean, RCPI Institute of Occupational Health; Rolande Anderson, addiction counsellor; Dr Bobby Smyth, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, Cherry Orchard Hospital; Dr Stephen Stewart, Centre for Liver Disease, Mater Hospital; Prof Aiden McCormick, consultant hepatologist, St Vincent’s Hospital; Edith Geraghty, national communications officer, No Name Club.

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the producers: mel brooks’s hilarious musical is coming to dublin

The best, worst play ever

 ian begley

THE award-winning Broadway play The Producers is coming to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre from July 6 to 11 and features a riotous mix of eccentric characters and show-stopping songs that will have you toe-tapping your way through.

Featuring the all-time classic, Springtime For Hitler, The Producers may be the funniest, most renowned Broadway musical of all time and this brand-new production is destined to delight Irish audiences with its breathless combination of song, dance and laughter.

Impoverished by a string of flops, New York producer Max Bialystock recruits timid accountant Leo Bloom

to help him pull off Broadway’s greatest scam.

Together they aim to produce the worst show ever and run away to Rio with millions, but they learn that showbusiness can always find a way to kick you in the teeth ...

Based on Mel Brooks’ beloved Academy Award-winning movie, The Producers is a hilarious musical comedy that has taken Broadway and the West End by storm, winning a recordbreaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards.

Award winning comedian Ross Noble will make his musical theatre debut in this production as Franz Liebkind: the short-fused, carrier pigeonkeeping former Nazi.

He is brought on board by Bialys-

tol (Cory English) and Bloom (Jason Manford) to help them in their plot to put on the worst musical of all time.

Speaking to The Gazette, Noble said that he is a huge fan of the show and for anyone who loves comedy, the chance to perform the work of Mel Brooks is amazing.

He said: “I’ve not played in the Bord Gais before, but the theatre looks great and I’m really looking forward to it.

“The musical is based on the original 1960s Mel Brooks film. It’s about a sleazy Broadway producer and his accountant who discovers that if they overfund the worst possible show that they can find, they can make a big profit.

“All they have to do is put on a show that is so bad and offensive that it’ll

close immediately. They reckon that everyone will think the money put into producing the show is gone, but in reality the producers will pocket the money for themselves.

“My character is basically a Hitlerloving ex-Nazi solider who now lives in New York and has written a play called, Spring Time With Hitler, which ironically becomes an overwhelming success.

“The show really does the film justice, and you are guaranteed solid laughs all the way through,” he said.

The Producers is coming to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre from July 6 to 11 with tickets on sale now from €20 to €60. For further information or to purchase tickets, see www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie.

The Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs. Our Dog of the Week this week is Finn – a six-year-old male crossbreed. Finn is a beautiful boy that’s spent quite a bit of time at the Rehoming Centre now and requires lots of TLC (Time Love and Commitment) from his new owners.

He absolutely loves being engaged with the training team and loves human company and play in a nice quiet adult home where he receives all of the canine attention!

He’s a great eater and loves nothing more than a nice clean and tidy living environment to chill out in.

One look into this gorgeous boys sparkling eyes and you’ll be smitten. If you think you could offer Finn a loving home please contact Dogs Trust on 01-879 1000.

They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50. Map and directions can be found on their website www. dogstrust.ie.

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of the L’Oreal Colour Trophy Young Colourist Award 2015 – with judge Daniel Galvin and presenter Amanda Byram

Success is a snip for winners at L’Oreal Colour Trophy 2015 SOUTH Dublin Hairdressers featured heavily in this year’s spectacular L’Oreal Colour Trophy 2015 Grand Final, which took place in the O’Reilly Hall in UCD after a twoyear absence on Monday, June 22.

Brown Sugar in Blackrock were overall winners on the night, with Peter Mark Cornelscourt coming runner-up.

This prestigious blacktie event showcased the best of emerging and established Irish hairdressers, while featuring the elite of international industry judges and show teams.

The evening started with a cocktail reception of Tanqueray Aviations and Ketel One French Martinis thanks to Diageo Reserve, and was followed by dinner and the awards.

The L’Oreal Colour Trophy is the longestrunning live hairdressing

competition in the world, celebrating its 49th anniversary in Ireland and 60th anniversary internationally.

L’Oreal Men’s Image Award was won by Davey Davey Mens, while the L’Oreal Young Colourist Award went to Conor Doyle, from Peter Mark in Dundrum.

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Connemara: a breathtaking part of the country

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The quaint Quay House, a Hidden Ireland house, is filled with a mix of beautiful antiques, books and furniture and is famous for its breakfasts

To my shame, I have not been to Connemara since I was a child, and even at that I can’t remember it.

This place is on the bucket list of many to visit, especially Americans who have seen the movies, read the books and are fascinated by the history of this bleak and beautiful part of Ireland.

Once you pass Galway City, the stretch of road gets narrower and you are heading into some of the most breath-taking and remotest parts of our little island.

We based ourselves in Clifden and stayed in the gorgeous and quaint Quay House, a Hidden Ireland house, just along the harbour.

This is a great base for all the things you might like to do whilst visiting Connemara.

There is Kylemore Abbey and its beauti-

ful walled garden, the national park with its scenic mountains, grasslands and bogs, Inishbofin Island or a drive (or walk for the more adventurous) around the Sky Road.

A Californian tourist we happened upon half way around the Sky Road loop had been on foot for four and a half hours.

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She said she set off for a stroll but got so sucked in and mesmerised by the beauty of the headland, that she just kept putting one foot in front of the other and now she wasn’t sure if she would make it back before dark.

So a lift was offered and graciously accepted by the American.

Of course, her grandmother was from Cork and she regaled us with tales of sing songs over a few whiskeys, back home in Santa Barbara.

Back in Clifden, there are plenty of restaurants to choose from, many of them serving fresh local fish and we booked a table in Mitchells.

Scallops, crab claws, haddock, cod and salmon all featured as well as some fat and juicy mussels which I went for.

Ever y thing was really fresh and staff very helpful with them going to great lengths to accommodate our little boy with some delicious fresh scampi.

Back at the Quay Ho u s e , t h e ow n e r s Paddy and Julia were preparing for an early departure, with a group of American tourists leaving for Shannon at 4am.

Paddy, who was one of the founding members of the Blue Book with Rosleague Manor, was busy making ham and cheese sambos for the departing guests.

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ples gorgeous pugs, while we chatted with our entertaining hosts and we really felt like we were staying in a home from home.

The house is filled with a mix of beautiful antiques, books and furniture.

We stayed in a family room that had a small kitchen area, handy when away with small children.

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This place is famous for its breakfast, with haddock and poached egg, eggs benedict, fresh oysters and the obligatory full Irish all featuring.

If you want a place to stay that offers a relaxed vibe with some laid back luxury, whilst way out west I couldn’t recommend this place more.

Rooms start at €135 at Quay House including breakfast. For more see www.hiddenireland. com.

Tying the knot in Malta’s Phoenicia  ian begley

The five-star Phoenicia Hotel in Valletta is hosting Malta’s first civil unions fair for same-sex couples wishing to tie the knot.

The fair will take place at the landmark hotel on October 10 – 11, and will cater for the LGBT market, with a range of local suppliers offering specialist products and services.

The hotel’s expert wedding planner Chrystelle Doublesin boasts 12 years’ experience in the weddings industry and is looking forward to hosting more civil unions at the Phoenicia, following the change in Maltese legislation last year.

She said: “The Civil Unions Act officially became law in Malta last April, allowing same-sex couples to marry and

adopt children, but this will be the first weddings and honeymoons fair where gay couples planning to marry are fully catered for.

“Phoenicia has long been regarded as a leading wedding venue and has hosted Maltese society weddings for decades, as well as an ever growing number of weddings from Ireland, so we hope our new civil unions’ packages will

entice even more couples to celebrate their special day here.”

Prices

Prices for civil union packages at Phoenicia Hotel start from just €1,130 for a small, stylish event for 10 guests to €5,300 for an elaborate, full-service package for up to 30 guests.

To find out more visit www.weddings-malta. com.

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Home and lifestyle concept store Industry on Drury Street in Dublin 2 has added a ground floor cafe

Industry: ground floor cafe

Embracing global tastes Home and lifestyle concept store, Industry has added a ground floor cafe, offering fresh, tasty, healthy dishes to eat or take away from breakfast through to early evening.

Industry’s excellent eye for curated design and style has now been applied to their cafe menu which includes dishes inspired by global influences from the Middle East and across Europe, prepared by a team of in-house chefs.

Signature dishes include their homemade breakfast Bircher Muesli, made fresh each day with oats soaked overnight in apple juice and spices, topped with Greek yogur t, fresh strawberries, blueberries, mint, roasted hazelnuts and a dash of maple syrup.

Their own granola is

baked with coconut oil and grade A maple syrup to promote a healthier option.

Lunch centres around a daily changing range of colourful, tasty and healthy salads, soups, meat and fish dishes.

Prices range from €7.50 for a regular salad to €13.50 for a large salad with rare chargrilled marinated steak.

“The Middle Eastern influence in our menu is probably a direct influence from my home life,” said Marcus Mac Innes, managing director, Industry and Co. “My wife Kadija was born in Paris but is of Moroccan descent and we have always enjoyed using a hint of authentic North African and Middle Eastern flavours that work so well with the wealth of great Irish ingredients we have on

offer.

“You can inject such interesting colours, flavours and textures into simple healthy food using the right combination of fresh herbs, spices and a touch of creativity.”

In line with the industry philosophy of offering only the very best, the cafe’s coffee is sourced from Dublin-based Roasted Brown, the tea selection is by Wall and Keogh, and the already popular Hot Chocolate is a bespoke in-house creation.

Industry & Co is located at 41a/b Drury Street, Dublin 2l telephone 01 613 9111.

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Killarney is cancelled THE Killarney Festival of music and food has been cancelled. The festival was due to take place last weekend, but is thought to have been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.

The line-up included Duran Duran, Jools Holland and Texas. A spokesperson issued a statement that the cancellation is due to: “unforeseen circumstances”.

The announcement was made two days before the festival was due to take place.

Lunchtime concerts at Wood Quay DUBLIN City Council is due to run a series of free lunchtime concerts from the picturesque setting of Wood Quay from July 2 through to July 30.

The Wood Quay Summer Sessions will offer a contemporary mix of live acts playing acoustic music and will be happening each Thursday from 1pm – 2pm throughout July.

Each weatherdependent weekly concert at the amphitheatre will feature two Irish bands. Acts already confirmed include popular folk duo Cry Monster Cry, Travis Oaks, Third Smoke, Rob Walsh, O Sister, Sinead White, David Keenan, Elephant, Bunoscionn and The Flaws.

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interview: johnny borrell holds court on his music, career and life

Razorlight’s frontman has plenty of blunt words on fame

 Eoghan McNeill

JOHNNY Borrell, frontman of Razorlight and now Zazou, can’t quite understand the level of interest in things he’s supposedly said and things he’s supposedly done.

Of course, on the release of Razorlight’s first album, Up All Night, Borrell supposedly said that if one were to compare the band’s debut with Bob Dylan’s, it was clear that while Dylan was “making the chips”, he was “drinking champagne”.

He’s supposedly ridden a Triumph motorbike through the London home he once shared with former girlfriend Kirsten Dunst.

He was supposedly an early member of The Libertines, before being kicked out for being too unreliable for a band that counted Pete Doherty as a member.

While there’s always been a touch of the rockstar to Borrell, he just can’t understand why people are interested: “Gosh, I don’t know.

Space in newspapers has to be filled, I suppose.

“That’s the least egotistical way I can put it,” he says, speaking ahead of

his Grand Social gig on Saturday, June 20.

Last year marked the tenth anniversary of Up All Night: a record which, combined with its self-titled follow-up, lifted Borrell and band from the indie pubs of Camden to sold-out arena shows and true crossover, main--------------------------

‘For me, I’m just in a band, and we just love playing.

It makes no difference to me whether I ever sell another record. I don’t care.’

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stream success.

Along the way, Borrell became something of a divisive character.

Appearing shirtless on the front cover of Vogue in his trademark skinny white jeans, dating Hollywood A-listers, and being known as having a bit of a mouth, gave journalists an easy caricature to play with.

He says, however, that

his depiction in the press never concerned him: “When we first started, I was really excited for people to write about the band, and I remember that we had just played the Brixton Academy.

That was a real dream of mine.

“The next day, there were reviews in The Independent and The Times. One said I was ‘diminutive’; the other said ‘lanky’. Neither was right – I’m 5’10”.

“From then, I said: ‘That’s [the press] not going to be a mirror for me’.”

Following the disappointing reaction to third album, Slipway Fires, Razorlight ultimately went on hiatus, with Borrell moving to France to work on material that formed the basis of solo debut, Borrell 1.

He was joined on the record by band, Zazou, a loose collective of French musicians who wouldn’t sound out of place backing Ry Cooder, or Dr John.

On Joshua Amrit, a bouncy pop song with a Shirelles-like melody, Borrell sings: “I got the money I need; I just need a train to hop”, almost pre-empting the record’s poor commercial per-

“I’m still a part of ‘the scene’, and so I’ll give interviews and things like that. I don’t feel like I have a music career, though,” says Borrell

formance – it sold 549 copies in its first week: “If I heard someone else sing that line, I’d despise it. I had to write it, though, because it was the truth.

“I was going down the motorway in France, driving an old car that I’d fixed up. Someone was going to scrap it. I didn’t have to answer to anyone; I had no debts, no commitments, no obligations.

“It was the first time I felt like that since I was 16,” he says.

He’s brought Zazou to Ireland for a minitour that, aside from his Grand Social date, also included stops in Cork and Newbridge.

He says that he’s “completely at ease with playing and existing”, and that the continued interest in his life continues to

bemuse him: “Somehow, because I was in a band that made it big, I’m still a part of ‘the scene’, and so I’ll give interviews and things like that. I don’t feel like I have a music career, though.

“For me, I’m just in a band, and we just love playing. It makes no difference to me whether I ever sell another record. I don’t care,” says Borrell.

W hile commercial success is no longer a priority, he nevertheless enjoyed the peak of Razorlight’s fame, and the trappings it brought: “’Making it’ was a massive learning experience.

I definitely don’t look back on it negatively.

“It was like being handed a golden key that opened a lot of doors, some of which had things I enjoyed inside. Until the

age of 25 or 26, I think it’s right to not be too introspective, and just enjoy yourself.

“If at some stage, you don’t ask yourself where you’re going, you’ll flounder, though,” he says.

Borrell, now 35, with perhaps a brief, minor “flounder” behind him, is set to reform Razorlight this summer for a series of UK gigs.

He says that the proceeds will help fund a record label he’s establishing, and that he’s unlikely to get caught up in the indulgences of the band’s early days.

No more motorbikes in Hollywood stars’ living rooms: “I’ve actually got a motorbike in my living room now. I’m fixing it up; it’s in pieces. Well, it’s just a carburettor. Does that count?”

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MINIONS

Not remotely despicable THE true stars of the popular Despicable Me series – the Minions – finally get their own spin-off in this fun family movie (Cert G, 91 mins). While there are about 23,784,283 of the yellow, dungaree-clad creatures, Minions has a particular focus on three of them, tracing their quest to find a supervillain worthy of their sidekick skills – cue bumbling slapstick and general hilarity for all.

spy

A clued-in comedy

Award-winning director Asif Kapadia’s film succeeds in giving more of an insight into who Amy Winehouse was

amy: shining a light on one of the biggest music icons in British history

A tribute to a lost talent  james martin

2007 brought with it a tabloid storm for Amy Winehouse. It seemed that almost every week the usual sensationalist papers were happy to print yet another intrusive front page depicting the star in the midst of obvious personal turmoil.

The most famous and unpleasant example featured pictures of her stumbling out of a night club with then husband Blake Fielder-Civil. She is bandaged and bloodied, mascara smearing her face.

Just a year after the release of her critically and commercially acclaimed second album, Back To Black, Amy Winehouse had

become a hounded, tragic figure on a road to self-destruction. Her rise from emerging jazz singer to chart topping super star was a sudden and obviously jolting one. Four years later she died of complications due to drug and alcohol abuse.

When it was announced that a feature length documentary was due to be made about the singer’s short life, there were doubts from family, friends and fans that it would simply be rehashing past intrusions on a person who famously struggled with fame.

Funded by Universal Music and given an eventual seal of approval by the Winehouse

family, the production team behind it was a factor which led to the green light for the film, Amy, to be made.

With a view to giving a more rounded and honest portrayal of who Amy Winehouse was, director Asif Kapadia and producer James Gay-Rees gathered over 2,000 hours of footage for the movie.

In a similar approach to their 2010 BAFTA winning documentary, Senna, a lot of the content featured early home recordings, interviews and archive footage.

The result is ver y personal and gripping, despite or perhaps especially given how we know it is all going to end.

A haunting moment in

the film comes early on, when a 14-year-old Amy playfully sings happy birthday to her friend.

Even then her voice displays the rich textures and seamless control of a professional jazz singer as the camera pans to her flabbergasted, almost embarrassed friends.

From there it traces an often bumpy journey to fame. In a prophetic interview early in her singing career, when asked about the path she is going down, Amy says: “I don’t think I’m going to be at all famous. I don’t think I could handle it. I would probably go mad.”

The film does succeed in giving more of an insight into who Amy

Winehouse was.

It outlines an enigmatic character that struggled with personal issues of depression and bulimia from a very early age.

One voice that has been critical of their own depiction in the movie is Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse.

He is at times portrayed as opportunistic, at one point taking his own documentary crew to an island where his daughter was in rehab and taking a break from the media.

The film’s style and technique are engaging, avoiding the standard talking heads interview style, instead choosing to concentrate on voices and footage to

tell the story.

The meticulous approach from the filmmakers also seemed to grant them the trust of some the central characters in Amy’s life. Throughout the film, voices of her closest friends and family weave in and out with personal and honest accounts. Many of those featured had, out of respect, previously shunned all press.

It’s hard to say how Amy would have felt about the movie herself, given her dislike of intense media attention.

Whether you are a fan of her music or not, Amy is a tragic, compelling, humorous and sad portrayal of an iconic talent.

MELISSA McCarthy picked a plum comic role in Spy (Cert 15A, 120 mins) where, as a former CIA analyst unexpectedly tasked with stopping bad guys with a global plan, the frumpy, unsure – and very unlikely – spy proves surprisingly capable in the field (with nobody more surprised than herself). Jason Statham sportingly sends up his tough-guy image in this amusing comedy.

the longest ride It takes you for one

LAST and least, The Longest Ride (Cert 12A, 128 mins) is another calculated tearjerker. A faded championship rodeo rider falls in love with a would-be artist, but goshdarnit, true love won’t run smooth. It takes an elderly car crash victim (Alan Alda, who takes the money and runs) and letters from his past to – well, you can work it out. The film certainly feels very long ...

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COMMERCIAL FEATURE

what’s cooking: making kitchen space affordable

Newmarket Kitchen has the recipe for success

Newmarket Kitchen was created to provide kitchen space to rent. It is found in Bray, 25 minutes from Dublin.

It was developed by Shane Bonner to facilitate the growth and promotion of small businesses. Newmarket Kitchen’s goal is to make it easier for producers and caterers by reducing all ordinary start-up costs and risks that they encounter. Simply, we’re a gym for small food businesses. We provide a fully serviced kitchen for small scale food producers to make their products. Newmarket Kitchen lowers the barriers to entry for food businesses in order to catalyse the growth of small business, jobs, and culture. We provide the space for production and opportunities for revenues. Our mantra is Join, Grow, Gain. As a result the businesses can concentrate on their primary objective – quality food production and brand development.

How long have you been business?

Newmarket Kitchen was founded by Shane Bonner in 2014. Following a year of looking for the perfect facility to create the kitchen that Shane wanted, Newmarket Kitchen opened in April 2015.

What makes your business successful?

We’ve just started – so we’re far from successful. Our goal is to build a platform and a megaphone for small businesses by providing a low-cost, low-risk, fullservice kitchen for local businesses to grow and establish their operations. We eliminate the need for small businesses to take on debt, purchase

expensive equipment, sign a long-term lease, or take many of the other risks that business owners have come to expect as the norm for starting a business.

What do you offer your clients that differs from your competitors?

We add value to all businesses at Newmarket Kitchen. We do this by cutting their costs and driving their revenues.

We cut costs by making kitchen space affordable. We drive revenues by getting producers to market.

What is your ambition for the business?

We want to grow for three main objectives: 1) to expand/replicate

the current Newmarket Kitchen model; 2) to improve our kitchen facilities, including more assembly line production equipment so that we can continue to house brands as they grow; and 3) to expand our base of operations to drive greater revenues out of our other revenue streams.

To facilitate this we’re hoping to secure grant support. We’re proving what we’re about and we’ve got this far remarkably without much help.

Time to push on.

What led you to starting your business?

Newmarket Kitchen was founded by Shane Bonner in 2014. At the time, Shane was work-

ing with his friend Dave from Sayfish who operated in Dublin’s lunchtime markets. Dave needed kitchen space to prep and Shane set about searching for a suitable unit.

It soon became apparent that not only was space in Dublin hard to find, existing space was deemed unsuitable. Dave needed the kitchen for only a few days a week.

High rents, compounded by costs for unused facility overheads made the existing options prohibitive Some kind of light bulb went off that day and Shane decided he was going to build his own kitchen to house all these great folks with awesome products.

Newmarket Kithcen customers: Tristan Hand and Andrew Wade of Simple Nutrition, Jennifer Ryan of Priya’s Kitchen (Indian cuisine) and Carol and Ann-Marie Curran (Hazlet Ireland)

Newmarket Kitchen was founded by Shane Bonner (inset) in 2014 and offers platform for providing a low-cost, low-risk, full-service kitchen for local businesses to grow and establish their operations

How did you raise the start-up funds you needed?

LEO Dublin City provided €1,500 in feasibility grant assistance last year. Since then we’ve created the most ideal facility off our own back and have since managed to create 10 jobs. Just imagine what we could do with some funding support.

complicated and overinterpreted.

What’s left is a myriad of regulation and guidance that fails to serve the purpose it exists for.

That and not budgeting enough for marketing/ branding.

What was the best piece of business advice you ever got?

Just go out, innovate and create.

What was the most significant lesson you learned in starting your business?

Don’t take on debt with a financial institution and avoid direct debits where at all possible. Be in control of your cashflow timings. Be prepared to be broke all the time and budget way more than you think for marketing.

Can you recommend a good time management technique for other entrepreneurs out there?

Lists, lists, lists – what g e t s me a s ur e d g e t s done!!, right? After that you can start thinking of ways of prioritising those lists. I use highlighters or colour code in Excel.

Get to a stage where you can start thinking about performance management. When you do – it’ll mean you’re definitely in control of your time.

What have been the biggest challenges in your business to date?

There exists a lot of regulation in Ireland – regulation comes from the EU. But, somewhere along the way it is over-

What advice would you give aspiring entrepreneurs thinking of start-

ing a business?

See what’s trending and go for it. Look to the US/UK/Germany.

What’s your website?

Tell us your address. w w w. n e w m a r k e t kitchen.ie Do you have a Facebook page? Let us know what it is.

Newmarket Kitchen Are you on Twitter?

Share your profile if you like. @NewmarktKitchen (the first “e” is dropped because the wording was too long – same with Instagram) How has LEO Wicklow helped you and/or your business?

Louise has promised me referrals – and if she doesn’t I’m calling back to Wicklow LEO. If you could start up all over again, would you do anything differently?

No regrets – what’s the point. Keep looking forward.

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HEALTH

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Yoga Nidra – The Yoga of Sleep – is just one yoga type that could be best for you

A holistic approach to health

Anti-gravity yoga could be just the thing to release your daily stresses and any physical tensions

fitness: anti-gravity exercises impress

Suspend disbelief and try this yoga  Suzanne Sheehy

RUNNING may be my passion but I’m no stranger to yoga and all its benefits.

It’s a great help with my athletic performance, although I’m an inconsistent practitioner – starting and stopping, so that in the long run the results are poor.

Regularly, I have to begin again with tight hamstrings, a weak core and poor stability.

So, mid-way through the year, I’m recommitting to my New Year resolution and am determined yoga will be a regular fixture in my weekly timetable.

Recently, I tried out anti-gravity yoga, the brainchild of acrobat and gymnast Christopher Harrison. He guarantees: “If one can suspend their disbelief, I can bring them to better health and less pain, increase their physi-

cal height and allow them to feel the joy of flying in just one class.”

Anti-gravity yoga combines traditional yoga poses, pilates and dance with the use of a hammock.

Gwyneth Paltrow raves about it, so I just had to try it – getting one step closer to achieving her dream body.

At Yoga4all Studios, Airside Enterprise Centre, Swords, instructor Suzanne Kenny specialises in teaching anti-gravity, flow/vinyasa, sports and pregnancy yoga classes.

All I needed was a mat, water, towel and an open mind.

Based on my current fitness levels, I joined the advanced class. Guided

by Kenny, I eased into many poses, such as the standing sun salutation which mobilises and hydrates the joints, and the simple inversion.

The release of pressure

in my back was instant, and something I have never felt before. I could have hung around like this for a while longer.

Kenny explained the physical benefits of antigravity yoga: “The greatest advantage are zerocompression inversions from the base of the spine.

Hanging upside down not only decompresses the spinal column, but also refreshes the circulatory system, the endocrine system and releases endorphins [happy hormones].”

The class included strength conditioning and flexibility training intermixed with swinging poses while fully supported by the AntiGravity Hammock.

We completed the session with a heavenly floating sivasana, in which I felt complete rest – a great way to end a class before rushing out the door and back to the real world.

Between concentrating on my breathing, connecting my mind and my body and not thinking of the outside world, I hardly saw the time go by and felt I got a real workout.

I learned to trust my body more and believe in what it can achieve. Even though I felt a little awkward getting into more challenging poses for the first time, I left feeling successful and, happily, a little taller.

As Kenny says: “The spine contracts and expands up to three quarters of an inch per day.”

But, as always, the key to good workout results is regular practice – always easier when one is having fun. So I’m determined this time round to continue anti-gravity yoga – why not share my personal challenge and feel the stretch too?

For further information, see www.yoga4all.ie.

FOR those looking to get into yoga, anti-gravity yoga (see main feature, left) is not the only choice – many types of yoga and meditation classes exist, and it can be difficult to figure out which one suits you best.

Before you commit time and money and time, GazetteHealth has done a little research and identified three classes, which could include the one for you!

All classes are available at Dublin Holistic Centre, South William Street, Dublin 2; telephone 01 633 0063.

Yoga Nidra – The Yoga of Sleep Yoga nidra is a guided meditation for when you’re lying down. Using visualisation, breath awareness and rotation of consciousness throughout the body, the teacher’s voice gently guides the mind, body

and emotions through the practice ... and into deep rest and relaxation.

Classes involve gentle stretching and deep breathing techniques as a prelude.

Suitable for any time of life, yoga nidra can: Reduce stress, tiredness and anxiety; Speed up recovery from injury/illness; Calm, energise and harmonise the mind and emotions.

Qi Gong Qi Gong is a Chinese meditative practice which uses slow graceful movements, breathing techniques, visualisation, and meditation to cleanse, strengthen and circulate the life energy (qi) within the human body, and enhance a practitioner’s overall health.

Qi Gong is suitable for all ages and it helps to:

Gain strength, improve health and reverse a disease; Gain skill working with qi, to become a healer; Have a meaningful connection with nature and the universe.

Scaravelli Yoga This form of yoga emerged from the personal practice of yoga pioneer Vanda Scaravelli. Now further into her later years, Scaravelli’s approach to yoga explores how gravity and breath work together, releasing the spine, bringing ease of movement to the whole body.

Scaravelli Yoga is suitable for mature practitioners with its slow, creative, mindful approach to the exercise.

It benefits the entire body, the release of tension, tightness, posture correction and lower back pain.

Malahide people lost 456 stone THE people of Malahide are taking a stand against the obesity epidemic and are making changes to their diet to help them lose weight and improve their health.

Obesity is a major health concern in Ireland, as one in five Irish adults are now obese. It contributes to a range of health issues, including diabetes and heart disease.

In the two Malahide Slimming World groups, the members lost a staggering 456 stone in 2014, and their consultants, Niamh and Fiona, are on course to help them increase this amount for 2015.

Niamh says faddy diets are not the

answer when trying to lose weight: “Lots of people start diets with the best of intentions, but after a week or two, many of them have given up, defeated by hunger, boredom or feelings of deprivation.

“I want people to know that losing weight doesn’t have to be that way.”

To join either Niamh or Fiona’s Slimming World group, just pop along to the Parish Centre (at St Sylvester’s Church) on Thursday, or St Sylvester’s Infant School on Wednesday, at 5.30pm or 7.30pm.

For further information, call Niamh at 086 313 6945, or Fiona at 087 190 1559.

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FastSport Giant game heralds big game launch: CRICKET Ireland saw over 60 schoolchildren take part in a giant game last Thursday to officially launch Ireland’s OneDay International clash with 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup winners Australia, which takes place on Thursday, August 27 at Stormont.

Australia, currently the number one ranked side in the one-day format of the game, have played some memorable encounters in Ireland over the years, and fast bowler Craig Young is looking forward to Ireland mixing it with the world’s best once again on home soil, “As a player these are the fixtures you thrive on.

Australia have visited on a few occasions now, but this will be my first time playing against them.

In order to see The Boys in Green take on Australia you can purchase tickets through the usual channels including the Cricket Ireland website www. cricketireland.ie.

sailing: biennial event in dun laoghaire the biggest on irish calendar

Regatta returns to town  sport@dublingazette.com

T H E c o u n t d ow n i s on to Ireland’s biggest sailing event, the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, which takes place from Thursday, July 9 to 12.

Dublin Bay will host

four days of racing in tandem with a fantastic festival atmosphere across the waterfront and Dun Laoghaire town as four sailing clubs – Dun Laoghaire Mo t o r Ya c h t C l u b , Royal Irish Yacht Club,

Royal St George Yacht Club and National Yacht Club – 400 boats and 2,500 competitors come together for the biennial event.

T he bay a nd surrounding area will be a hive of activity for

There will be top quality racing throughout the four-day event

Dublin Bay will welcome up to 400 boats for the regatta

the sixth staging of this event and there will be plenty of action out on the water across 29 different classes racing on eight different race course areas in Dublin Bay and Howth.

The quality of sailing will be extremely high with some of the country’s top class sailors taking part including Olympian Annalise Murphy and Dave Cullen who will skipper CheckMate XV in the IRC II class, which was the overall winner in the 2013 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.

There are boats travelling from all over the country as well as a large number from overseas and they will be fighting it out for top

position in their classes across the four days.

There will also be lots of entertainment for those on land including live music from the Hit Machine Drummers, St Maur’s Pipe Band and one of Ireland’s best family entertainers, the Great Gazpacho.

Speaking about the upcoming event, Tim Goodbody, 2015 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta chairman said: “We are really looking forward to kicking off our festivities on July 9 and welcoming all our 2,500 participants, both Irish and international.

“We have been working towards this event ever since the last one finished in 2013 and we have no doubt that

this year will be just as successful. We are also confident that the regatta will bring in a significant amount to the local economy. Using the standard tourism formula, the four-day event is expected to bring in €150,000 per day and €600,000 overall.”

Adrian Yeates, managing director, Volvo Car Ireland added: “It is wonderful to see Dun Laoghaire and Dublin Bay light up over an exciting four days of racing and we wish all participants the very best of luck.”

For more information seewww.dlregatta.org or find Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Facebook and Twitter.

Raheny and Shelbourne set to amalgamate for 2015-16  sport@dublingazette.com

Raheny celebrate their national cup success

GIRLS’ and women’s soccer in Dublin and the rest of the country could be set to go under a period of dominance following the announcement that Raheny United and Shelbourne Ladies have merged to form Shelbourne Ladies FC. The merger sees Raheny, one of the successful senior sides in the country, link up with one of the most successful and well developed under-age sections in girls’ football in Ireland in the form of Shels. Both clubs were lacking in

the other one’s strengths which does suggest it is a perfect move.

The new club will compete in the 2015-16 Continental Tyres Women’s National League as well as at underage levels in the coming months.

A spokesman for Shelbourne Ladies FC added: “We at Shelbourne are delighted with the merger with former National League side Raheny United and we would like to give a warm welcome to all the players and officials making the transition from Raheny to our newly formed club. We can now at Shelbourne

offer our young players a completed pathway in which they can develop and progress from underage football right through to the top tier of women’s football in a safe and secure environment where players can happily mature at their own pace. We are currently the biggest girls’ football club in the country with over 150 girls playing and training every week and this merger of two of the biggest clubs in women’s football can only improve standards across the board. We see this as a major development in women’s football in Ireland and these are,

no doubt, very exciting times ahead for us all.”

Fran Gavin, director of the Continental Tyres Women’s National League, said: “I would like to welcome the merger between Raheny United and Shelbourne Ladies.

“The amalgamation of one of the country’s top senior women’s clubs with one of the top junior and under-age clubs is a positive development as it will give young players a clear and structured pathway into elite football and ultimately assist the development of women’s football in Ireland.”

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Final on the horizon for Regions Cup side With wins over Ankara and South Moravia, Gerry Smith’s Irish amateur team reached the final of the UEFA Regions Cup as Dublin hosts the marquee European event in style  nathan kelly

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THE Republic of Ireland Eastern Region booked their place in the UEFA Regions’ Cup final after making a perfect start in their opening two group games.

Gerry Smith’s amateur side played their first game of the finals last Friday night in Tallaght Stadium, taking on Ankara of Turkey.

The competition, which is being hosted in Dublin for the first time, had officially kicked off earlier in the day as Zagreb defeated Dolnoslaski 4-0 in the Carlisle Grounds in Group B, while in Ireland’s group South Moravia managed a 1-0 win over Tuzla, the Bosnian representatives.

The Eastern Region settled into Friday’s game quicker than their opponents and broke the deadlock after 27 minutes when the Turkish side failed to deal with a Kevin Lynch freekick which allowed the impressive Lar Dunne to fire the ball in again and Crumlin United’s Greg Moorehouse powered a header past the keeper.

Long-serving centrehalf Paul Breen almost added a second minutes later but his header flew just wide of the mark.

Ireland doubled their lead just seconds before the break when pacy winger Jimmy Carr was tripped inside the box.

Sheriff YC midfielder and FAI Junior International of the Year Darren Dunne assumed responsibility and sent

Republic of Ireland amateur manager Gerry Smith

the keeper the wrong way from the spot.

Ankara came into the game a little more in the second half but the Irish side remained solid throughout to register a win and a clean sheet in their opening game.

Just two days later, Smith’s side took on South Moravia from the Czech Republic again in Tallaght Stadium.

With both games winning their opening ties, this game was set to play a big role in who would be playing in Saturday’s final.

Again, Smith’s side registered a 2-0 win with goals either side of the break which secured their place in Saturday’s final in Tallaght with one group game to spare. Again, it was a cagey enough open-

ing, which was broken after 22 minutes when Crumlin United’s James Lee was brought down in the box. Dunne again stepped up and despite having his initial effort saved, smashed in the rebound to make it two goals in two games for the midfield dynamo.

cal effort to get through these games. It means I can rest a few players on Wednesday and give some of the other squad members a run.”

After two wins from two, Smith was asked if there is anything in particular his side needed to work on before the final.

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Dunne then turned provider for Ireland’s second just after the hour mark when his corner picked out Tipperary defender Breen and his header flew past David Juran into the top corner. Despite some late pressure from Moravia, Ireland held on and can now look forward to UEFA Regions Cup final on Saturday afternoon.

“I am very proud of all the players and the staff for the work that was put in. It is fantastic for Irish football to reach a UEFA final,” Smith said afterwards.

“We did it in 2011 so two finals in four years is great and hopefully we can go one better than we did in Portugal.

“Some of the players have played over 60 games this season so it has taken a great physi-

Well, I am trying to get [Lionel] Messi but he’s not Irish,” he said.

“So we’ll just have to deal with what we have at the moment – I’ve got Darren Dunne and that’s great for me.”

Speaking to UEFA. com after reaching the final Dunne said: “It was a tough game starting off, but they’re all tough.

We’ve got teams coming from all over Europe – they’re not just going to turn up. It’s not a holiday here. They’re here to win it. There’s no messing about.

“Your feet have to be on the ground. I’ve been around the game enough – my club have been beaten in two finals this season, so I’m not getting too ahead of myself. You have to respect your next opponents.”

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Pembroke and Merrion through to final four PEMBROKE and Merrion are the last two Dublin sides standing in cricket’s Irish Senior Cup after their respective wins over Malahide and North County at the quarter-final phase of the competition.

Pembroke made it through against Malahide at the Village thanks to a fine spell from professional Jonno Cook. He took 4 for 6 as chasing 198, Malahide collapsed from 142 for 6 to lose theor last four wickets for no runs in the space of five balls.

Robin Kelly scored a vital 59 for Pembroke as they recovered from 100 for 7 to reach 198.

Kelly shared an eighth wicket stand of 79 with Paul Lawson (23) which was to prove decisive in the final analysis.

Merrion were the day’s biggest winners as they defeated North County by 132 runs at Balrothery.

Tyrone Kane blitzed 11 fours and seven sixes in a hard-hit 107 from just 90 balls as Merrion ran up 312. Tom Stanton made an entertaining unbeaten 45 at number 10, and followed this up with 4 for 34 as County fell well short.

West Indian Test player Brenton Parchment struck a 52 ball 70, but five times winners County were dismissed for 180.

Elsewhere, Ruan Pretorious created Irish Senior Cup history by clubbing 6 sixes in an over as Waringstown beat 2013 winners Clontarf in a thrilling encounter at Castle Avenue.

Pretorious scored an unbeaten 101 from just 49 balls - his second 50 coming in just 14 balls.

Conor D’Arcy was the unfortunate bowler as Pretorius and and Greg Thompson (66 not out) shared an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 164 in 14 overs - 93 of which came off the last 24 deliveries of the innings as the NCU side finished on 316 for 5.

Clontarf were undaunted by the large target and for much of the chase were on course to overhaul it. Bill Coghlan top scored with 94 and skipper Eoghan Delany hit an unbeaten 85 as they fell an agonising six runs short.

CSNI had a four-wicket win at Rathmines against Leinster in the other tie.

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UCD’s McDonald bags slot for world champs DOUBLE Paralympian and UCD Swim Team member Darragh McDonald was this week announced by Paralympics Ireland as part of a team of six set to compete at the Paralympic Swimming (IPC) World Championships set to take place in Glasgow from July 13-19.

London 2012 and Beijing Paralympian McDonald won 400m freestyle gold at the 2013 World Championships but did not compete at last year’s Europeans due to surgery. He is currently ranked fourth going into this year’s Worlds but is hopeful to move up in the rankings after Glasgow.

The Gorey native will compete in the 400m, 100m and 50m freestyle events in Glasgow.

Looking ahead to the championships, Irish team manager Hayley Burke said: “We’ve just returned from a really positive and productive ten-day warm weather camp in Fuerteventura. All the team worked exceptionally hard fine tuning final preparations there and are in good shape now heading into the championships.

“The world’s best swimmers will all be in Glasgow and there’s no better chance for our athletes to benchmark themselves against them. Should they swim to their potential we are hopeful of making the podium and seeing some lifetime best swims.”

The championships are a milestone on the road to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualification. Swimmers who win gold and silver in their events will automatically qualify for Rio, while for others, finishing as high as possible will be crucial as remaining places will come down to world rankings in 2016.

The rest of the Irish team is made up of McDonald’s fellow double Paralympian Ellen Keane, London Paralympian’s James Scully and Jonathan McGrath, and newcomers to the World Championships Nicole Turner and Ailbhe Kelly.

soccer: trip to 2016 paralympics confirmed with sixth place

The Irish Cerebral Palsy and Paralympic football team in Staffodshire last week

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THE Irish Cerebral Palsy and Paralympic football team secured their place at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games at the Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships last week in England.

Gerard Glynn’s side took sixth place overall at the championships held at St George’s Park, but got what they went over for by securing a much coveted place in Rio having missed out on qualification for London 2012.

Speaking after his side had completed their championships schedule, Irish team manager Barry Ferguson said: “Overall our sole goal coming to this tournament was to qualify for the Rio Paralympics and we’re delighted to have done that.

“We have been able to get some young players invaluable experience of playing in such a major tournament and that can only be of great benefit as we prepare for Rio and what lies ahead.”

Ireland, who went into the competition ranked

equipment launch Miele asks are you ACE or an X at boot launch shamrock Rovers’ Brandon Miele was

on hand to launch the new Adidas range of ACE and X football boots this week in Dublin.

The ACE15 and X15 boots will be available from Life Style Sports outlets nationwide from this week and can be pre-ordered from www.lifestylesports.com Miele was one of three top League of Ireland players along with Dundalk FC’s Richie Towell and and St Patrick’s Athletic’s Chris Forrester.

seventh in the world, following their fourth place finish at last year’s European Championships, were drawn in Group B alongside Paralympics champions Russia, Australia and Portugal.

An 8-1 defeat against world champions Russia was followed up by a 4-1 win over Australia to setup a crucial final group game against Portugal.

The JJ Glynn coached side showed no sign of big-game nerves however, as scorer of four goals, Dillon Sheridan inspired an 8-0 win which virtually secured their spot in

the eight-team competition at Rio. Up next for the Irish was Ukraine in the World Championships quarter-final, a game they could prepare for safe in the knowledge that their tickets were booked for Rio, barring an extraordinary set of results over the coming months.

The Ukrainians were to prove too much for Ireland as they ran out 4-0 winners which meant the Boys in Green would go on to face Argentina in a classification game two days later,

with the winner going on to contest the fifth/ sixth place play-off.

It was Ireland who would go on to play that play-off as Luke Evans’s free-kick secured a 1-0 win which guaranteed that spot in Rio next year with the small matter of a game against neighbours England to decide fifth spot at the worlds.

Unfortunately, Ireland had to settle for sixth as the hosts ran out 2-0 winners last Sunday at the Staffordshire complex to close the tournament.

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senior hurling

Crokes too strong for Pat’s in AHL Division 1

Club Noticeboard cuala

Kilmacud Crokes continued their good

start to the AHL1 season as a side with a smattering of young players beat St Pat’s, Palmerstown 1-18 to 1-8 in Silverpark, moving up to a share of second place.

They will be back in action on July 11 with a tricky away tie against Lucan Sarsfields at the 12th Lock. Lucan are the current table-toppers with four wins from six games to their name.

OUR adult hurlers finished off a great

manstown Gaels last Wednseday in

week with five wins from five match-

the junior A championship.

Congratulations to Michael Fitzsi-

es played across all three league teams.

mons and the Dublin footballers in

The seniors overcame Naomh Fion-

the Leinster semi-final win against

nbarra by 3-14 to 1-13 last Saturday in

Kildare on Sunday. A Leinster final

AHL1 while the second team had two

against Westmeath awaits them on

good wins over Ballinteer and Raheny

July 11.

G o o d l u c k t o C u a l a’s C i a n

in AHL5.

football: free-scoring cabo reach semi-final

Not to be left out, the thirds defeat-

O’Callaghan, Colm Cronin, David

ed Wild Geese and St Peregrine’s in

Treacy, Mark and Paul Schutte, Dar-

AHL8 to complete a clean sweep of

ragh O’Connell and the Dublin hurlers

league victories.

in their qualifier match against Laois

Good luck to our senior footballers

next Saturday.

against Oliver Plunkett’s in AFL1 next

Good luck also to Shane O’Brien’s

Saturday. Our seconds face Erin’s Isle

Dublin camogie team against Tipp in

in AFL5 in Dalkey on Sunday while our

the curtain raiser to the Dublin-Laois

thirds are away to Scoil Ui Chonaill in

game.

Our lotto jackpot will be €1,200 this

AFL8 the same day.

Hard luck to the adult camogie

week. Our three lucky dip winners

team who lost out to Kilmacud in the

were Fiona McHugh, Harry Roberts

summer cup by 1-12 to 4-5. Thomas

and Patrick Keaney.

The 02 Girls are planning a recycling

Davis are next up on Thursday for the girls.

Hard luck also to the adult ladies footballers who were beaten by West-

fundraiser for September so, if you’re having a summer clear-out, bag those things and keep them aside.

shankill

The Foxrock Cabinteely Under-14 Feile side last weekend in Monaghan

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FOXROCK Cabinteely’s Under-14 side left the Regional Feile in Cloghan, Co Monaghan with their heads held firmly high last Saturday after a couple of brilliant performances.

The 23-girl panel were drawn in the same group as Aodh Rua from Tyrone, Athlone from Westmeath and Dublin rivals Lucan Sarsfields as they arrived in Cloghan at around 10am.

In their opening fixture they took on the Tyrone side and despite some nerves early on, Fox Cab soon set off on a ruthless

streak, winning 10-7 to nil.

Up next was an Athlone side unbeaten in the Lake County this year but this South Dublin side kept up their form winning 5-8 to 0-7.

The third game was the one all involved were really looking forward to from the start of the day, Fox Cab against Lucan Sarsfields.

The last three meetings between the sides have seen a draw and two wins for Lucan by a single point. Unfortunately for Fox Cab, a one-point loss was again to prove the final result meaning the

side just missed out on the final.

Despite missing out on that final berth, the players from Kilbogget Park turned in three excellent performances, with some racking up big scores over the course of the day. Jodi Egan hit 5-4, Jessica Connolly claimed 3-5, Emma Dawson secured 3-1, Ciara Cullen scored 2-1, and Helen Fisher scored two goals while Lile O’Rourke, Molly O’Connell, Roisin McGovern, and Rhoslyn Kirwan were also on target at the Feile.

The players, management and parents lapped up the refreshments pro-

vided by the Monaghan County Board before heading back on the bus for the two-hour drive back home.

An evening reception then followed in the Stillorgan Park Hotel along with the panel of the Dublin Division 5 Feile.

The management and organisational team including John O’Rourke, John Gallagher, Glynn Davies, Marla Candon, Pat Ring, John Dawson and Ger Russell will no doubt be proud of all the players and can take pride themselves in what was great day for all involved with Foxrock Cabinteely.

THE juvenile academy is in action every

match is away to St Mary’s in Saggart

Saturday morning in Shanganagh

on Sunday morning. The U-12 boys beat

Castle at 10am, catering for four- to

St Jude’s in a thrilling match. Thank

eight-year-old boys and girls. Learn

you to the St Jude’s officials for such

the skills of Gaelic football, hurling and

a warm welcome.

Training for U-12 boys and U-9 and

camogie while having fun with your friends.

The cost is only €2 for each child and there is no annual subscription.

U-11 girls is on Wednesday at 7pm and also on Saturday at 10am in the Castle when there is no match.

Many thanks to the Gerladine P

The men’s adult team has a league

Morans club for hosting a blitz for our

match against St Anne’s on Sunday at

academy teams on Saturday morning.

3pm in the Cliffs. Training is on Thurs-

To all involved well done.

day evenings at 7.30pm in the Cliffs.

The U-9 girls enjoyed a great game of football against Naomh Olaf. The next

New players always welcome; contact Damien on 085 2327359.

foxrock cabinteely IT WAS a mixed week for our senior

weekend. By all accounts, Ada had an

and junior teams in the championship.

outstanding day and we hope this will

The seniors game against St Sylvest-

be the first of many games that she

er’s was conceded by St Sylvester’s,

plays for Dublin.

ensuring our seniors qualify for the championship semi-final.

The juniors were beaten by a very strong Naomh Barrog team which effectively ends their championship hopes for this year.

Well done Ada. Ada is the latest name to be added to the ever expanding county representatives page on our website.

Over the past few months, these notes have made regular appeals to

However, the season is far from over

members to pay their membership

for this team as they are unbeaten in

so their registration could be proc-

the Division 5 league and they have also

essed.

qualified for the semi-final of the Divi-

The importance of registration

sion 5 cup so there’s a lot more football

hit the national headlines this week

to be played yet.

when the Galway U-14 team – who had

Leinster U12 Blitz 2015: Congratula-

beaten Cavan to qualify for the U-14

tions to Ada Greene who represented

All-Ireland final – had to forfeit the

the club in the Leinster U-12 blitz last

semi-final.