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INSIDE: Eye-spy a Science Fair event at Notre Dame P8-9
December 1, 2011
TREASURE TROVE: 19th century
toys, clothes on display See Pages 2-3
Smile for Santa: Seasonal cheer from two fans THERE were great smiles from
Sailing: Murphy targets Olympic berth at championships Page 32
Grace and Katie O’Mahoney when The Gazette called to Dundrum Town Centre recently, where they were waiting with lots of other shoppers, locals and passersby for the arrival of a certain Mr Claus. Luckily, despite being very busy in the run-up to Christmas Eve, Santa found the time to call to the centre, where he turned on the lovely Christmas lights. Picture: Geraldine Woods
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Sports Awards: November winners are announced Page 29
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Businessman vows to win back store Treacy to fight for Churchtown SuperValu outlet
Q PAUL HOSFORD
SOUTH Dublin businessman, Jim Treacy vowed this week to “get it all back”, following the purchase by Musgraves of his prized asset, SuperValu in Churchtown. Under his ownership, the store was one of the most suc-
cessful in the country, with profits of nearly €2 million a year, and employing 165. In the past five years, the local entrepreneur, who is still managing the store, became involved in the development of the five-star Lough Erne Resort in his native Fermanagh. “Rightly or wrongly, I gave
a cross guarantee from my business here to my business in the North. Over time, please God, when better days come back, and the banking returns, we can resolve the situation with Musgraves’ help. In the meantime, it’s business as usual,” he said. Full Story on Page 6