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DUNDRUM • CHURCHTOWN • NUTGROVE • RATHFARNHAM • BALLINTEER • SANDYFORD • LEOPARDSTOWN • TERENURE • STILLORGAN
INSIDE: Leinster rugby stars were on the ball at summer camps P8
Soccer: Glenmore find Glenville too hot to handle in LSL Page 30
Gaelic games: Local Dublin minors starring in both codes Page 32
ALSOINSIDE: GALLERIES ......................8 BUSINESS .................... 18 MOTORS ....................... 20 TRAVEL......................... 22 ENTERTAINMENT ........ 24 CLASSIFIEDS ............... 26
TOTAL FARRELL: The Gazette talks to Dublin’s Hollywood hero Page 12
52 jobs at WYG firms under threat I BAIRBRE NI BHRAONAIN
FIFTY-TWO job losses across all three Republic of Ireland branches of White Young Green (WYG), whose headquarters are located on Nutgrove Avenue, look likely after the construction engineering group was put into liquidation last week. Stephen Tennant, of Grant Thornton, who was appointed as the provisional liquidator last week, indicated that
a third party has expressed interest in taking over some of WYG’s ongoing contracts which “could save some jobs temporarily”, he said. WYG has been under increasing pressure over the past few years of the recession. Responding to the job losses in Rathfarnham, Deputy Peter Mathews (FG) said: “I can only hope those who have lost their jobs can find new employment.” Full story on Page 4
Plenty of hoop-la: Celebrating a basketball club’s new venue AFTER 44 years in existence, UCD
Marian Basketball Club recently transferred to a superb new sports hall in Oatlands College, Stillorgan. With some hoop-la, Herbert the Hound joined Keith Ryan, principal of Oat-
lands College; Alan Fearon, chairman of UCD-Marian Basketball Club, and Councillor Gerry Horkan (FF), head of the board of management at Oatlands College to celebrate the move.
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