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INSIDE: Some sunny insights into how RTE weather presenter Evelyn Cusack escapes the mayhem P13
syrian crisis: The UN and EU must do more for refugees – Barry Andrews P16
Culture kids: Trying their hand at printing work Soccer:
Cabinteely on the rise in U-17 competition Page 30
ELLIE and Sophie Behan, alongside
Megan Brunt and Maedhbh Ni Chleirigh, tried their hands at a print workshop in the LexIcon Library during Culture Night recently. The community facility was just one of the many Dun Laoghaire venues that opened to the public for a night of activities and events during the popular annual national event. The LexIcon was abuzz with activity, as young and old alike enjoyed a wide range of creative events.
Picture: Peter Cananagh
Football:
Home club win at annual AllIreland 7s Page 31
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€10m for housing lies idle amid confusion Local authority and Environment in wrangle over fund allocation
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CONFUSION over how €10.47m should be spent on social housing by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is mounting as both the council and the
Department of Environment dispute who is responsible for allocating the money. It has emerged that the €10.74m, which came from the collection of local property tax funds and is being held by the county for social
housing, could not be spent until the council received a directive from the Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly. The Department, however, disputes this and said: “We’ve no knowledge of a specific
€10m to Dun LaoghaireRathdown for housing ... Identifying and developing new social housing projects in relation to that target is a matter for the local authority.” Full Story on Page 4