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Levy rise proposal angers business emma nolan
BUSINESSES in Sandyford have responded angrily to a proposed increase in development levies by almost 50%. Residential development levies at Sandyford Business District (SBD) are set to increase by 47% a unit in 2016, going from €8,580 to €12,588. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have said that the increase is necessary to provide the infrastructure needed for growth in the area. A spokesperson told The Gazette: “SBD has the potential to grow by circa 17,500 jobs and circa 1,500 homes; this requires investment in infrastructure to support that growth.”
Sandyford group condemns the council’s bid to hike rates by Reindeer family on the almost 50% SBD have completely rejected the development, and have called on local councillors to vote against it on the grounds that it is “anti-development”. Chairman Dan Holland said: “This is a very significant issue for the SBD.” Full Story on Page 2
run for a great cause RUNNERS Lily, Heidi and Molly Sheehy are pictured all kitted out at the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) Reindeer Run at Marlay Park recently. The 300-acre suburban park is an idyllic location for a festive fun run, and the group reported that it was a fantastic success. The run was to raise funds for
the RNLI – the charity that saves lives at sea, providing a 24-hour search and rescue service with lifeboats, lifeguards, safety advice and flood rescue. A special mention of thanks was given to the marshalls who had to stand around the course in the cold weather for hours. Picture: Rose Comiskey
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sandyford | association slam proposal to raise charge by 47%
Angry reaction to business rate hike plan
BUSINESSES in Sandyford have responded angrily to the proposed increase in development levies by almost 50%. Residential development levies at Sandyford Business District (SBD) are set to increase by 47% a unit in 2016, rising from €8,580 to €12,588. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown-County Council have said that the increase is necessary to provide the infrastructure needed for growth in the area. In a statement to the Gazette, a council spokesperson said: “SBD
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has the potential to grow by circa 17,500 jobs and 1,500 homes; this requires investment in infrastructure to support that growth, and without this investment SBD growth potential would be very limited. “The infrastructure required is set out in the Sandyford urban frame-
work plan which is part of both the Dun LaoghaireRathdow n County Development Plan 20102016, and the Draft Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2016-2022.” The SBD have completely rejected the development and have called on local councillors to vote against it, on the grounds that it is “antidevelopment”. Chairman Dan Holland said: “This is a very significant issue for the Sandyford Business District and Dun Laoghaire-
Rathdown in the wider context.” Councillors will meet county chief executive Philomena Poole to discuss the proposals before a vote takes place on December 14. Cllr Neale Richmond (FG) told The Gazette that there was a lot that needed to be discussed in relation to this ahead of the meeting before any concrete decisions could be made. Holland told T he Gazette: “Sandyford Business District currently employs close to 22,000 people and will be integral to Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s plans for future economic growth and job creation for the county.” He said the SBD association is concerned by any measures which make the district less competitive and less attractive for development and investment, and added: “We are currently in a period of intense discussion and interaction with the council regarding the potential impact of the proposed levy scheme.” A council spokesperson said that the draft scheme had been on public display from September 18 and was available on the consultation hub for submissions up to October 30. The submissions and the chief executive’s report will be considered at the council meeting on December 14.
Residential development levies at Sandyford Business District (SBD) are set to increase by 47% a unit in 2016
T he spokesperson added: “The framework plan states that this infrastructure will be paid for through development contributions made by the developers benefiting from the investment. The draft contribution scheme for SBD regularises the situation in accordance with the approved plan.” They told The Gazette that the rates proposed are: “€8,580 per residential unit countywide, and €12,588 per residential unit in Sandyford. “Industrial and commercial rates are €74.10 per sq m countywide, and €127.10 per sq m in Sandyford for office development. The rate for other industrial development in Sandyford is €99 per sq m.”
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Writers launch their inaugural anthology emma nolan
THE launch of the first anthology from Dundrum Library Writers took place in Dundrum Library last week. The Writeaway Writers’ Group have been meeting fortnightly since January 2007 after a series of creative writing classes by Irish Times writer Mary O’Brien for the 2006 Bealtaine Festival. Over the years, the group continued to meet in the reference area upstairs in the library, which is noted for its historic literary connections; WB Yeats attended the opening in 1914. Writeaway’s secretary, Elizabeth McCluskey, who edited the book and wrote the introduction,
told The Gazette: “There are 16 of us who meet once a fortnight. We have a facilitator who chooses a topic for the next meeting and we can write on that topic or, as several members are in the process of writing books, they may read a chapter for constructive criticism.” The event last week marked the group’s first anthology of works, consisting of poems and short stories by 15 writers, who celebrated the occasion in the library. The writers included in the book are Patricia Byrne, Florence Conroy, Eve Devereux, Mairin Doherty, Mary Heneghan, Gabriel Hunt, Glenn Kaufmann, Kathleen Keane, Gabrielle Mahon, Vincent McArdle, Eliza-
beth McCloskey, Tomas McDaid, Nita Mishra, Beth Nunan and Gillian Whelan. McCluskey’s contribution to the book consists of four poems, two of which are in memoriam of two of the group’s former members, Brendan Chalke and Tom O’Connor. Speaking at the event, An Cathaoirleach, Cllr Barry Saul (FG), said: “I am delighted to launch this fine collection and would like to wish the group every success for the future.” The book is available to buy at the library and a portion of the sales will go towards a charity which has yet to be decided. It will be discussed, along with many other topics, at the group’s next meeting.
Running to the rescue
MORE than 500 runners set off from Lamb Doyles pub on a wild, wet morning recently to take part in the annual Run The Line event on Three Rock Mountain in Ticknock. Braving the elements were Julie Fitzpatrick, marshal Shane Daly and organiser Gareth Little. The event is a major fundraising project for the Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team – a voluntary organisation which comes to the aid of mountain walkers and mountaineering people who find themselves in difficulty in the hills. The team are often asked turn out in difficult times, in difficult and hazardous weather conditions and terrain, to assist the injured, the lost or the inexperienced, often at the request of the gardai or other emergency services.
A FEW Dundrum Town Centre shoppers may have had a surprise if they looked up last Wednesday, as the Irish Defence Forces were carrying out training exercises. The training took place in light of the recent terror attacks in Paris, as the Defence Forces strive to ensure they have precautions in place should any terror-related incidents occur in Ireland. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Irish Defence Forces told The Gazette: “A preplanned, routine military exercise took place over the course of one day recently to assess techniques and procedures. “Military exercises are conducted on a regular basis to maintain capabilities.”
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environment | girls urge country’s leaders to act on climate changE
Guides’ call to save the planet
emma nolan
DUNDRUM’S Centenary Girl Guides have taken decisive action on climate change by writing to Irish politicians ahead of the COP21 UN Climate Summit, which is currently taking place in Paris. The girls, who are all aged 10 to 12, are strongly urging the country’s leaders to demand action on global climate change before it’s too late. T heir letters have attracted attention from An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tanaiste Joan Burton and Deputy Olivia Mitchell (FG), who is also a member of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Com-
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mittee. The girls’ letters resonated with Fine Gael deputy and Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Alex White, who requested to meet the group to hear their views in person. Speaking at the event on December 4, two days before Minister White headed off to the COP21, the Centenary Girl Guides
said: “We are one voice calling on world leaders to take action, because we simply don’t have another planet to live on. We want a safe world for our future, and other living things shouldn’t suffer because of us.” The girls told Minister White that, together with the 10 million members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts (WAGGGS), representing 146 countries, they wanted leaders to agree to a maximum rise limit in global temperature of 1.5 degrees celsius. While Minister White said he agreed with the aim, he said: “We are finding it difficult to look for two degrees at the moment.” He said every country in the world would be affected by climate change, adding: “Some will be affected before us, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make an effort to change things. “Ultimately, we want to get to the stage where we no longer use gas or oil – we want to move more
Extra Stinky panto shows in Dundrum DUE to increased demand, the Mill Theatre’s tailor-made and newly-written Christmas panto, Stinky McRinky Steals Christmas, has added extra shows to its run. The two extra shows will take place on Sunday, December 13 and Sunday, December 20 for an extra dose of Christmas spirit. Witness the whirlwind performance which sees Judy going on a crazy adventure as baddie Stinky McRinky, the villain that everyone loves, tries to steal Christmas. Tickets are priced €15 for adults and €12 for children, with a family ticket priced €50. Treat your children to a truly original and fun-filled show full of hissing and booing, with plenty of popular songs to sing along to as well. For further information, see www.milltheatre.ie.
Minister Alex White with some of the Girl Guides calling for action on climate change
into renewable energy, but that is going to take time.” Centenary Guide leader Aisling O’Boyle, who is a WAGGGS remote delegate for COP21, said: “I’m so proud of my girls – they really show that 10-,
11- and 12-year-old girls are not little kids; they are more than capable of understanding important world issues. We need to realise that in how we educate them and how we treat them. “They are concerned
to hear about issues that will impact on their own lives and their children’s and grandchildren’s lives. And so their voices and opinions do need to be heard, because they are the real stakeholders in these issues.”
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charity | designers up-cycle outfits to support refugees
Fashionistas step out to help Syrians
emma nolan
A FASHION show hosted by Human Appeal, in aid of Syrian refugees, took place in St Tiernan’s National School in Ballaly last Friday. The show was a celebration of diversity, with the models representing our modern Irish multicultural community comprising all ethnic backgrounds. The design brief emphasised the need for creativity to reflect the reality of contemporary life, and the designers themselves
accepted this challenge, drawing the materials for their original creations from items donated to Human Appeal’s charity shop in Dundrum. The theme of the evening was creativity through up-cycling, as innovative new bespoke outfits from a team of young designers were displayed by models from a wide range of backgrounds. T he designs were judged by a panel comprising Cllr Deirdre Donnelly (Ind) and former model Miriam Haynes
who said that they were greatly impressed by the “quality and ingenuity of the creations”. The competition was won by young designer, Naoise Jo, from Dublin. Speaking at the event, Cllr Donnelly said: “It was great to see so many talented designers get the opportunity to showcase their work. There was a really high standard, and selecting a winner was quite a difficult task.” Cllr Donnelly said she was pleased that the evening gave a platform to Human Appeal Ireland,
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Anna Vahey, Mikaelly Carvalho and Niamh Thomas prepare for the catwalk
which she says are “doing Trojan work around the world supporting refugees”, and have shipped more than 30 containers of direct aid to Syria in the past four years. She said: “This organisation run a number of charity shops and are constantly looking for donations and are very active with a number of
other fundraising initiatives. “They have been particularly involved in the refugee camps on the borders with Syria. I am therefore delighted to be here to support such a wonderful initiative.” Fiona Duffy, press officer for Human Appeal, said: “There are currently 11.7 million people who
have been displaced as refugees by the conflict in Syria. These people are in dire need of immediate assistance. “We are delighted to see such a range of ideas from a terrific young and imaginative group of upand-coming designers [who were] happy to give of their time to support our life-saving projects.”
IT WAS a full strike for St Michael’s House last week as they held a Christmas Bowling Day, to coincide with International Persons with Disabilities Day. Last Thursday, more than 400 users of St Michael’s House took to the lanes of Leisureplex venues around the city, including the Stillorgan branch, for a day of fun with spot prizes and a visit from Santa. Sean Kennedy, business development manager for Leisureplex said: “We are honoured to support this event every year for the users of St Michael’s House. Our partnership grew from staff getting to know service users coming into the centres.”
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| Exhibition to celebrate birth date of wb Yeats
Declan Ronan and Eleanor Kelly
Celebrating a master Catherine O’Riordan and Jessica Imhoff. Pictures: Stephen Fleming Photography
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O FINE Art Editions joined the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats recently with the opening of A Lonely Impulse of Delight exhibition at its Anne Street gallery, which features original works from Ireland’s top writers and artists.
Peter Fallon and Senator Susan O’ Keeffe (Lab)
Inspired by the poetry of WB Yeats, works included in exhibition are drawn from John Banville, Colm Toibin, Edna O’Brien, Paul Muldoon, Eavan Boland, Donald Teskey, Hughie O’Donoghue, Richard Gorman, Martin Gale, John Behan, Lars Nyberg, Diana Copperwhite, Amelia
Stein, Michael Canning, and Barbara Rae. The exhibition also includes items of historic and artistic interest from Cuala Press, which was set up in 1908 by Elizabeth and Lilly Yeats. The show will tour in Ireland and internationally, starting in Sligo.
John Sibbery
Cast and welded bronze by John Coll
Kate Betts
Kate Lawlor and Dairine McCafferty
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| pupils have a living history lesson as they are
Perry Sheng
Reema Alzahiani and Nikola Jamicka
Lieutenant Paul McDermott, principal Gerard Heneghan, Linda O’Neill, Aoife Kilbane and Flight Sergeant Ollie
Flagging up 1916 McKeown after the ceremony. Pictures: Geraldine Woods
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HE children at Our Lady’s Clonskeagh Parish National School had a day to remember recently when Lieutenant Paul McDermott and Flight Sergeant Ollie McKeown from the Air Corps led the school in a ceremony where they were presented with the Tricolour and a copy of the Proclamation.
As part of the lead-in to next year’s national commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising, the pupils were invited to think about what they would like to see in their own proclamation. The young citizens were very engaged by the day’s activities, including the sight (and sound) of teacher Aoife Kilbane playing bagpipes.
Sian Cahill accepts the Tricolour on behalf of the school from Flight Sergeant Ollie McKeown
Emina-Jane Gordon
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presented with a copy of the proclamation and a tricolour for the school
Ali Alanazi
Amal Al Mohanna and Nuha Al Muhanna
Eileen Muphy and Flight Amina Mangan and Patrick Savage hold the copy of the Proclamation
The children paid great attention to the events in the hall
Sergeant Ollie McKeown
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diary dublinlife Oceans of fun at Imaginosity IRELAND’S only interactive children’s museum for those under nine years, Imaginosity, is gearing up for Santa’s Science Lab. The little ones can join the Imaginosity elves as they experiment and conjure up festive workshops in the lab in the Plaza in Sandycove. Santa will visit Imaginosity on December 19 for one day only, to meet everyone and get his delivery list prepared. Tickets are €4 in addition to Imaginosity standard admission rates, and each child will leave with a small gift following their chat with Santa. Tickets can be booked by calling 01-2176130. Oceans of Fun with Imaginosity will take place on Sunday, December 20, in the National Maritime Museum of Ireland as part of this year’s
Dun Laoghaire Maritime Christmas Festival. This interactive family experience will include craft-making, storytelling and lots of Christmassy science. Tickets are €5 on Eventbrite. Having recently enjoyed a day out there, The Diary can highly recommend Imaginosity for a couple of hours of fun.
Guinness toasts its many fans THE Guinness Storehouse recently marked its 15th anniversary and celebrated the 14 million visitors from 25 countries it has welcomed in that time. The iconic St James’s Gate site first opened its doors to visitors in December 2000 following a €42m redevelopment of the 113year-old former fermentation plant.
Former US President Bill Clinton was the first in a long line of famous faces to visit the Storehouse in its inaugural year, other famous faces who have visited since include Queen Elizabeth II, Chris Rock, Will Ferrell, Susan Sarandon, Dermot O’Leary, Adam Sandler, Pink, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Conan O’Brien, The Coronas, The Script and Chris O’Dowd. “Our first 15 years have been truly amazing with many highlights but winning the title of Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction at the World Travel Awards in September is a particularly special one,” said managing director Paul Carty.
Christmas tree dilemma solved THE Christmas tree
Drummers Ronan Brady and Maire Dee get into the swing and are suspended in the pint-shaped centre of the seven-floor visitor attraction. Picture: Andres Poveda
conundrum of whether to go for a real, authentic tree with its beautiful scent and texture or invest in the convenience of an artificial tree that will last for many Christmases to come may
have been solved by the Garden House, Airfield Estate, Dundrum, which stocks a wide selection of both. Bryan Maher, founder of The Garden House, says you cannot have enough lights on a Christmas tree. He makes a number of useful suggestions about how to dress your tree to best effect. In addition, he throws some light on the important issue of lights, again providing many useful tips on how best to use and maximise their effect, including the lights’ tone and those that can be timed to turn
on and off at a certain time each day. For a more comprehensive insight into how to make the most of your Christmas tree this Christmas see www.thegardenhouse.ie or call The Garden House, Airfield Estate, Dundrum on 01 531 2010.
bus users get info for christmas IRELAND’S second National Workplace Radio station 103.2 Dublin City FM and Dublin Bus will work together in the run-up to Christmas to ensure commuters have service
updates about buses in the city. Chief inspectors from Dublin Bus will be located in the traffic control centre at Dublin City Council from where the Livedrive Programme is broadcast. Mick Hanley, chief executive of Dublin City FM, said that while the station had been giving traffic commuters upto-the-minute information each day for over 10 years, this would be the first time information relevant to bus commuters will be broadcast, including the Nitelink services in the city.
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feature A DAY IN THE LIFE: Suzanne jackson likes to dine out with loved ones
A busy blogger who is always on the go Keith Bellew
IRELAND’s leading fashion and beauty blogger Suzanne Jackson of So Sue Me is one busy woman. From running her successful blog to starting her own beauty brand, r unning workshops, maintaining a large social media following and public appearances, Jackson somehow manages to squeeze it all in. The Gazette caught up with her to discuss what a day in her hectic life entails. She has just returned from fundraising for charities close to her heart, Dogs Aid and Dogs Trust and says: “I’ve been raising money for this in the run-up to Christmas. There are always a lot of unwanted dogs around this time so they need the extra support.” As for a typical day in her life? Well, there isn’t one. She usually starts each day the same way: “I get up in the morning and I always have breakfast, which gets me ready for the day and gives me energy. I work from home – I did have an office but I just felt that I was more productive at home.” Jackson then sets about organising her emails: “I’ll sit down and spend about an hour on emails. I have a PA who goes through them for me and marks
important ones that I need to get back to. Then I will get myself ready and go about my day. “Generally speaking, I could be going to an appearance so I’ve got to get full glam; I’ll do my hair and make-up and then travel to whatever event I’m appearing at. “I’ll then usually spend about an hour there, just meeting with other guests or doing a talk depending on the type of event.” The later part of the day usually sees Jackson attending another event. “I would usually have a launch party to attend, like the launch of a new make-up palette for example, or a film premier.” Last week, she was a judge at Ms Universe Ireland and before that she appeared as a guest host on TV3’s Xpose, which she loved even though it was somewhat nerve wracking to present one of the country’s most popular shows. “I was really nervous because it’s a show I’ve always watched, and I’ve always looked up to the girls there and admired it for years.” Later in the day, Jackson blogs and manages her social media. “When I come home in the evening, I blog. I’ll probably have my dinner around six and then blog from around seven till 11 at night. This involves
Fashion and beauty blogger Suzanne Jackson
scheduling Facebook posts for the next day and writing blog posts. Then I check my emails one more time and go to bed!”
She rarely gets a chance to switch off, especially with the number of social media followers she has, particularly on Snapchat
where she gets about 65,000 views a snap. “It’s so immediate, it’s so interactive and it’s a more personal way to
connect with followers.” She likes to unwind by eating out with her friends and family. Her favourite spots are Siam Thai in
Malahide and Blue Bar in Skerries. “I manage to fit it in, I have a very active lifestyle. I’m always out and about.”
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the big interview
donal skehan: perfects his recipe for success
A brilliant year ends with a fresh take on lifestyle aisling kennedy
DONAL Skehan is, in many ways, not your stereotypical chef. He is, however, one who is ahead of the curve when it comes to bringing new ways of cooking to his fans.
He does this through his YouTube channel, which has amassed a quarter of a million subscribers in a few years. He is also a TV chef, author and all-round hard worker who, in addition to travelling around Ireland and
abroad for work, married his Swedish sweetheart Sofie Larsson in June. Skehan took time out this week to talk to the Gazette about how he maintains work-life balance, and how the first year of married life is going. “Married life is
great; it’s going really well. It’s our first Christmas together as a married couple, which will be great. I don’t think much has changed but it’s been really lovely and it’s a lovely time to kind of step back and look at the year we’ve had. It’s been a really brilliant year. “We will be doing a Swedish Christmas this year. We do it year-on year-off, and so this year is Sophie’s year. They do a different type of Christmas dinner in Sweden because they celebrate Christmas on the evening of Decem- Enjoying the great outdoors at Howth with Max, Donal Skehan is planning to expand ber 24. They have pickled his career horizons in 2016 fish, Christmas ham and a kind of fishy potato dish; every weekend right from that we have such beauti- continues to be. It’s such we’re also going to do a the summer up until ful landscape on our door an amazing world though, traditional Irish Christmas Christmas. I was doing all step so I really enjoyed and we’ve just shot a dinner on Christmas Day sorts and not getting the that side of it...I’m not an documentary about the so I’ll get my Irish Christ- time to eat right or exer- extreme sports person Food Tube phenomenon mas dinner after all.” cise. I wasn’t getting the but I do exercise on a for RTE 2 as part of their Skehan admits that at time to stop and breathe regular basis now.” Reality Bites series.” times he has pushed him- deeply. So the cookbook S ke h a n h a s a l s o His fame on the interself to the limits, and says came out of that. become a global internet net has led him to think this time last year life was “We looked at how sensation on his YouTube about capitalising on the not quite as calm as it is we could translate the channel, with over a quar- online market. “In Irenow. “At the end of last cookbook to TV, and ter of a million subscrib- land, there’s only about year, I came to a point that’s when we came up ers. Jamie Oliver signed a handful of us creating where I knew everything with idea of my TV pro- him up to his FoodTube content and making it a needed a bit of a shake gramme, Cook Eat Burn. channel, which is a first business online from a up. I knew I wasn’t eat- The interesting thing is for any Irish chef. Oliver YouTube perspective. ing the right foods and I how you match exercise has since praised SkeI don’t think Ireland wasn’t exercising prop- with food.” han’s strong work ethic has even got into that rouerly, and I think that was Cook Eat Burn, run- and ambition. tine of watching YouTube the catalyst for me.” ning as a six-part series on “I’m separate to Jamie’s the way the Americans This led him to take RTE, sees Skehan take on Food Tube now; because or the British would. It’s stock of his life and physical challenges such I’ve grow n so many sub- an interesting place to inspired his recently as mountain climbing, scribers we moved on by be, and we’re planning to released book, Fresh. kayaking and coasteer- ourselves. We were with move to LA to pursue a “Fresh is a cookbook ing, during which he got him for the last two years bit of the YouTube side that is all about healthy to see some of Ireland’s though and he’s been fan- of things in February for eating. Last year, I was most beautiful scenery. tastic to us. He’s been a a few months. So watch out working pretty much “We forget as Irish people really great support and this space!”
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Ballet Ireland lead dancers Kesi Olley-Dorey and James Loffler during final rehearsals for the much loved and witty ballet Coppelia Picture: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
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BALLET Ireland’s edgy new take on the 19th century comic ballet, Coppelia, will visit Draiocht, Blanchardstown, on December 18 as part of its national tour. Coppelia tells the story of a dollmaker, who creates an incredibly lifelike doll to ease his loneliness. The result is a doll so realistic that everyone who encounters her thinks she’s a living woman, and one unfortunate young man falls in love with her. In this new production, the action takes place at a 1950s country fair, and Coppelia is the face of a cosmetics line.
Speaking to the Gazette, director Anne Maher says Ballet Ireland always attempts to give its own spin to any production, to make it easier for audiences to identify with. She says the reasoning behind setting it in the 1950s was manifold. One reason was that the feminist movement was very strong in the 1950s, and the heroine of the piece, Swanhilda, is “very much a feisty and independent woman so we thought that would be a great place to set her. We were looking around for different ideas and this sort of jumped out”. She says the idea worked really well. “Musically, the theme is around some of the more traditional pieces of music in the original score; folk danc-
es like the mazurka or the csardas. “Obviously, the large sections of the score have stayed in their original format, but then we’ve taken some parts and tinkered with them a little. “Some of them are set in a more bluegrass style, and because those are originally folk tunes, they transcend beautifully into another kind of idiom. “It worked fantastically well on a musical level and also stylistically, and then from the perspective of the actual libretto and storyline.” She says the most challenging aspect of the show was not in the adaptation or the performance, but containing their ambitions for the show, so they do not exceed the budget “That would be the biggest thing.
We had such fine and fantastically creative collaborators working with us on the production, it was all about containing the amount of ambition that they had to manage as much as we could within the budget that we had,” she says. The show has been on tour for a number of weeks now, performing at numerous venues throughout the country. Maher says it has been very well received. The best part of it, is the audiences really seem to “get it”, she says. Ballet Ireland’s Coppelia will visit Draiocht, Blanchardstown, on December 18 as part of its national tour. For more information visit www. draiocht.com
Dublin Gazette Newspapers has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs. Cosmo came to us as a puppy and has been in a home before but has struggled hugely with being left alone and his previous family just didn’t have the time to meet his needs. His devoted team of carers at Dogs Trust have done so much to help him and now he’s ready to find a home to call his own. It’s all he’s ever wanted. If you live in an adult-only home with someone there the vast majority of the time, then Cosmo could be the most perfect companion for you. He will need a little help to learn to settle in to a home again but when he does, you will see just how loving and wonderful he truly is. If you think you can offer Cosmo 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. You can also find them on Facebook www.facebook.com/ dogstrustirelandonline or Twitter @DogsTrust_ie.
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These cupcakes will go down a treat
Enjoy tree-mendous Christmas cupcakes THIS week, we have a delicious (and very timely) recipe for Christmas Tree Cupcakes, which makes 10-12 cupcakes, topped off with buttercream. These cupcakes use that timeless Irish kitchen staple, Siucra sugar; for further information, see www.facebook. com/siucraireland, Instagram.com/SiucraIreland or www.siucra.ie. They’ll look great on any Christmas table – but they won’t stay there for long, once hungry eyes spot them!
Cupcakes Ingredients 125g Siucra light golden brown sugar 125g butter, at room temperature 2 medium free-range eggs 150g self-raising flour 3 tbsps milk 2 tsps vanilla extract Preparation • Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan. • Line a bun tin with 12 paper cases. • Beat together the butter and Siucra light golden brown sugar until pale and fluffy. • Beat in the eggs, one at a time. • Mix in the vanilla extract, flour and milk. • Divide the mixture equally between the 12 cases. • Bake for 15-20 minutes, then cool on a wire rack before piping on the buttercream. Buttercream Ingredients 450g Siucra icing sugar 225g butter, at room temperature 3 tspn vanilla extract Green food colouring Sugar decorations: silver balls, stars, circles Preparation • Beat the butter and Siucra icing sugar together. Add the vanilla extract and beat again. It takes a few minutes to turn into buttercream. • Add the green food colouring gradually until you have the desired colour. • Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle. • Pipe onto each cupcake, starting wide at the bottom and getting narrower as you go up. Try to do this in one movement. • Place a star decoration on top and coloured sugar decorations or silver balls around the tree.
The Elephant’s Ear Fusion restaurant
Landscape Road, D14 Come to Churchtown create a comfortable
NEW restaurants are popping up all over Dublin lately, but they’re usually in the city centre. For those of us who live and work in suburbia, it’s like manna from heaven when a new place opens its doors, especially if they are offering something exciting and that is on a par, if not surpasses, what you can get in the city centre. That is the case with The Elephant’s Ear, in Churchtown. Strange name, I know, but nothing is strange about the food – exciting, inventive, colourful and downright tasty are just some of the adjectives that spring to mind. Just above the Glenside Pub, this place has been given a complete overhaul and the soft, muted greys, along with the boothed seating and soft lighting, attribute to the relaxed atmosphere. The maitre-d said they were still working on the music, which is a bit of a mishmash, but if this
and you could be singing the praises of The Elephant’s Ear, above the Glenside pub. Soft, muted tones space – all the better to leave you receptive to the dishes on offer, which certainly don’t disappoint.
The Picky Eater is the only thing they haven’t got right after five weeks in operation, then they are doing well. And, when it comes to the food, they have got everything spot-on. They encourage sharing in this place, and with a selection of “naughty nibbles” or light bites on offer, as well as straight-up starters and mains, there is a big selection to choose from. I would recommend you go for tapas-style dining, and choose from the many delicious small plates on offer.
Taste explosion The fish tacos (€7) were an absolute taste explosion in the mouth, with plenty of sprightly garnish and a dash of lime thrown in for good measure. This dish had us singing, and we couldn’t wait for what was to come. Tuna nachos (€10) with seared tuna fish and plenty of guacamole, were equally as exciting, as
the tacos just came alive on the plate and on the tongue. A gorgonzola dip (€6) with toasted breads had us licking the last droplets from the bowl. Next up were chicken flatbreads (€8), with chicken that felt like it was torn straight from a roasted bird, and came with plenty of peanuts and some satay sauce lashed on top. My sister decided to try a larger plate, just to see what could be expected there, and in the name of research! She loved her pan-roasted rump of lamb with sumac and pomegranate molasses (€15), but in comparison to the smaller plates, there was none ... A dessert combo gave us a sample of a delicious crumble with a crunchy and creamy honeycomb ice cream. A winter fruits jelly and ice ream combo was equally good. The wine list is great too, featuring some adventurous new wines. We chose a Spanish
The colourful dishes were great value, with a taste to match their attractive visuals. Picture: The Picky Eater
Rueda (€26). All in all, this place was a joy from start to finish, with a great team of staff on the floor and in the
kitchen. They also offer brunch and lunch with much of the same menu on offer. I couldn’t recommend it more.
Conclusion AT LAST, someone has remembered the suburbs do exist, and The Elephant’s Ear (at 20 Landscape Road, Churchtown, Dublin 14; tel 089 608 0556) proves a delectable delight, thanks to decent dishes and excellent accompaniments.
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the night before: entertaining, but muddled
Not quite a turkey dave phillips
IT IS that most wonderful time of the year, when Christmas begins to buoyantly creep into the movies. On cinema screens around the world, films are being angled to become part of the festive pantheon. There is certainly no sense of subtlety in Jonathan Levine’s The Night Before. Smash together The
H a n g ove r a n d B a d Santa, and you’ll have the strange sludge from which Levine has brought to life this full-blown, bad-taste Christmas monster. Taking the tag-team of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, and pairing them with Anthony Mackie (Captain America: Winter Soldier), Levine sets out to tell a very X-rated Xmas adventure. After the sudden death of Ethan’s (Gordon-Lev-
itt) parents over a decade ago, he and his two stoner high-school buddies have made a point of spending Christmas Eve together. But, as they transition into different stages of their lives, they realise that the tradition of getting festively wasted must be broken. Isaac (Rogen) is on the cusp of becoming a father, and Chris (Mackie) is hitting a new level of fame in his NFL career. Ethan, has
just ended a relationship and is struggling to find his place in the world. The intensity of their last Christmas Eve together is ramped up when Betsy (Jillian Bell) gifts Isaac a smorgasbord of drugs and Isaac finds three tickets to the most exclusive party in town – the Nutcracka Ball ... So begins the 100minute rollercoaster comedy that is The Night Before. It may be Christ-
These three buddies find their typical Christmas routines getting interrupted as real life and grown-up issues interrupt their usual slacker habits
mas Eve, but nothing is sacred here. While it hits more often than it misses, you can’t escape the feeling that there is something lacking. While the script is highly improvised, it lacks that sense of genuine ban-
ter that typifies much of Rogen’s earlier work, and makes you wonder where James Franco was when they were casting leads. For fans of Pineapple Express and Knocked Up schools of comedy, this one will be a hit. But
beyond that, will The Night Before earn a place amid the Christmas pantheon? It seems very unlikely, but strange miracles have been known to happen around this time of year. Verdict: 6/10
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MUSIC neil young: bluenote cafe
Take a trip through the archive to 1988 colm murray
Ellie Goulding uses big-name producers, including Max Martin on this album and has already announced a world tour to promote her latest offering to the dance scene.
Ellie Goulding: big guns hit marketing mark
Repetitive Delirium not very memorable colm murray
WITH Delirium (Polydor/Warners), British singer Ellie Goulding has put together what is essentially a playlist of singles destined for frequent repeat on the radio and in the clubs, all with catchy rhythms and her this-can-onlybe-Ellie-Gouldingsinging distinctive vocal style. She’s pulled out the big guns, working with big-name producers like Max Martin, and has already announced a world tour for the
album — there aren’t any ballads as such in the 16 tracks. Overall, Delirium is a polished effort, if not a particularly memorable one. I t i n c l u d e s L ove Me Like You Do, her smash hit from the Fifty Shades of Gray movie as well as the single currently getting airplay, On My Mind. Other highlights are Keep On Dancin’ and Don’t Need Nobody. I t g e t s r e p e t i t i ve , dance track after dance track, and lyrically it’s fairly bland — Love!
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Attraction! Ooh! But if you’re looking for something that will get you to move, this will do it. It is unfortunate that Delirium cannot reach that level more consist-
ently. Part of the problem is the album’s length: Delirium is almost an hour in its shortest form, and there are deluxe versions of the album that stretch out over 25 tracks. Even appreciating Goulding’s prolific output, this suggests she likes these songs so much she can’t bear to let them go. But pop is an ar t form that rewards concision, and this album’s stronger tracks get lost in clumps that do not connect.
FEW artists could keep us entertained with an ongoing series of live releases in an archives series. Neil Young can. Bluenote Cafe (Warner Brothers) is the latest in the series, which has released live albums every one or two years since 2006. Containing seven unreleased songs, the 23-track double album was recorded in 1988 at a variety of venues with the Bluenote Cafe band. Featuring a six-member horn section to play tracks from the 1988 studio album This Notes for You, which also used a horn section on the majority of the album. Young has performed with a variety of bands throughout his career, from Buffalo Springfield, Booker T and the MGs (whom he brought to Slane in 1993), and Crazy Horse, who also feature. Young toured in support of his 1988 album, This Note’s for You, the year it came out
Although he recorded each show, the footage has never been available — until now. The albumn features favourites from this “funky and heartfelt” period of Young’s career, as well as previously unreleased tracks like Soul of a Woman, Bad News Comes to Town, Ain’t It the Truth, I’m Goin’, Crime of the Heart, Doghouse, Fool for Your Love and a 19-minute long rendition of Tonight’s the Night. It is seriously strong with more than two hours of live tracks from what was possibly the funkiest period of Young’s career.
5sos: sounds good feels good
Album without gamble colm murray
THE album sounds okay and feels exactly like what you’d expect from a band with the sole mission of delivering palatable rock songs to a global audience of teenage girls. 5 Seconds of Summer are not in a position to gamble away their fame by veering too far off course here. The result is Sounds Good Feels Good (Capitol/Warners) , which has 17 tracks that push no musical boundaries and explore no topics so salacious as to deter fans of this generation’s Blink-182.
Permanent Vacation speaks to the underachiever in us all, but the track sounds like every song Green Day might have lef t on the cutting room floor because it was too soft around the edges. Sounds Good Feels Good is obviously more pop than punk – the slick production is peppered with unnecessary vocal overdubs
and the album’s sof test ballad, San Francisco, sounds like One Direction. Cynics will also sneer at some clunky lyrics – “I want to feel your love like the weather, all over me” they sing on Vapor. But then again, there’s plenty here for the band’s teenage fans to relate to. Within the first four songs, 5SOS shout out underachievers, college dropouts and kids battling low self-esteem. No fear, 5SOS will be there for you, just charming enough to deliver songs you’ll disavow liking as soon as you hit college!
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We The Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland, C/o Daniel Keane, RIAI (Arch Tech) 26 Jessop St., Portlaoise, Co. Laois, intend to apply for Permission for development at 19 Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14. The development will consist of proposal to extend existing restaurant at basement level of existing mosque building and all associated site works.The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority, County Hall, Dun Laoghaire during its public opening hours. A submission/observation may be made on payment of €20 within a period of 5 weeks from the date the application is received by the Planning Authority.
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FastSport St Pat’s make early signings for new term: ST PATRICK’S Athletic confirmed the signings of David Cawley from Sligo Rovers and Michael Barker from Bray Wanderers, while also the re-signing of goalkeeper Brendan Clarke this week. Midfielder Cawley joins the Saints having won the League, FAI Cup and the Setanta Sports Cup at the Showgrounds. Defender Barker, 22, joins the Inchicore side having played with Bohemians, UCD and Bray Wanderers where he made 32 appearances in the Premier Division last year. The re-signing of Clarke means the Saints’ keeper is entering his 13th season with the club, having made 169 appearances to date between the posts. Clarke became the first ever Saints’ goalkeeper to be named the PFAI Goalkeeper of the Year in 2013, while he has also won the SSE Airtricity League, FAI Cup, EA Sports Cup and President’s Cup,
cricket: 2016 world cup place secured for irish women’s side
Delany’s runs key in T20 win sport@dublingazette.com
THE Irish women’s cricket team, made up entirely of players currently with Dublin clubs, finished their T20 World Cup qualifiers with a flourish last Saturday as they saw off Bangladesh in the final in Thailand with a last-ball victory. It was a game that had everything, ending with the umpires forced to adjudge on a “Mankad”style run-out off what would have been the final delivery with the scores tied and thunder and lightning rapidly closing in on the Terdthai Ground in Bangkok. Salma Khatun sent down the 20th over for the Tigers with Ireland needing nine to win but
Leinster CC’s Laura Delany and YMCA’s Lucy O’Reilly managed to get eight runs from the first five balls to tie it up. Khatun then attempted to run out Delany without delivering the last ball but, after much deliberation, the umpires ruled against the bowler’s appeal. O’Reilly gleefully thumped the actual final delivery – a rank long hop – to the midwicket boundary to spark wild celebrations in the Irish camp. It concluded a superb week for the side as they cruised to the showpiece World Cup finals in India which take place in 2016. They swept past the Netherlands, China and Zimbabwe in the group phase before, crucially, beating
Scotland in the semi-final in what was a playoff for the World Cup. With that target assured, Ireland duly won the overall title. Having won the toss and opted to bowl against Bangladesh, Pembroke’s Ciara Metcalfe took wickets in successive balls to reduce the Asian side to 21-2. A 74-run stand between Nigar Sultana and Rumana Ahmed then had Ireland very much on the back foot before Metcalfe again came to the rescue, dismissing the former for an impressive 41. Bangladesh ended with a very competitive 105 for 3 from their allotted overs while for the fielding side, Metcalfe was the standout with 3-14. Merrion’s Cecilia Joyce
The Irish women celebrate their final win over Bangladesh. Picture: Ian Jacobs/ICC
and YMCA’s Clare Shillington gave their side’s reply a solid start with 24 before Shillington was bowled by Ahmed for 12. Three quick wickets fell to get Bangladesh back on top before a valuable stand between Laura Delany and Gaby Lewis edged the batting side into a good position. A pair of run outs threatened to ruin their day. But Delany stood firm at the other end and was there unbeaten on 26 as the frenetic conclusion was played out
before a delighted Isobel Joyce was called forward to receive the trophy. Speaking after the final, a delighted Ireland captain Isobel Joyce said: “It’s an amazing feeling and I’m so proud of my team for getting over the line in really tough conditions. “Bangladesh are an excellent bowling team, especially Salma Khatun who was bowling the last over, who is so experienced and would back herself every time to keep any team under
eight runs. “I’m really delighted for Laura Delany because she didn’t have it her own way during her innings, but she stuck in and was there to help the team and Lucy O’Reilly over the line. “The team took it one ball at a time, which is important especially in Twenty20 rather than thinking about the whole match which can overwhelm you, because if we needed 12 or 13 runs off the last over it might have been too much.”
UCD hold edge over Clontarf for the Christmas break sport@dublingazette.com
UCD have enjoyed a fine start to the season, reaching the head of UBL Division 1A
UCD will lead the pack going into the New Year following their 20-12 win over Old Belvedere in the ninth round of Ulster Bank League Division 1A. The Students had the benefit of a very strong wind at the Belfield Bowl and duly swept into a 15-0 interval lead. From a 5m scrum on the quarter hour, the ball was moved wide for winger Tom Fletcher to squeeze over in the left corner. Leinster’s Ross Byrne missed the conversion and a tricky
penalty in the 33rd minute, but UCD enjoyed a productive spell approaching half-time. A lineout maul was finished off by former Ireland Under-20 prop Jeremy Loughman, and Byrne tagged on the conversion and a superb penalty from the 10m line. Classy full-back Daniel Riordan threatened early on the resumption, yet UCD played well facing into the elements, with Byrne’s cross-field kick almost finding Hugo Keenan. UCD were unable to capitalise on a yellow card for Belvo lock Jack Kelly and it was not until
the 63rd minute that flanker Peadar Timmins forced his way over following a succession of five-metre scrums. College’s sixth league win looked assured, but Belvo bounced back with two closing tries - the ever-influential Riordan struck in superb fashion in the 74th minute and a prolonged spell of pressure yielded a score for Kelly. However, the latter conversion was missed by Aidan Wynne, meaning they missed out on a losing bonus point. The teams meet again in the Leinster Senior League Cup
final in two weeks’ time. UCD and Clontarf are locked together on 31 points at the top of the table, with an eight-point gap between them and third-placed Belvo. Tarf picked up only their second try-scoring bonus point of the campaign with a 39-25 victory over Garryowen. The north Dubliners’ new allweather pitch showed its worth on a day when Storm Desmond claimed eight league fixtures, including two top flight games - Cork Constitution v Terenure College and Young Munster v Galwegians.
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The swords are out as Rio Olympics near Elite level fencing came to Loughlinstown last week with 21 nations represented at the ninth Irish Open Championships and homegrown athletes are setting sights on the Olympics james hendicott
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THE BATTLE for Olympic fencing qualification came to Ireland this weekend, as the ninth annual Open Fencing Championships saw fighters for 21 nations clash swords for a place at Rio 2016. DLR Leisure Loughlinstown hosted the event, that included Ireland’s men’s senior team as well as a hefty influx of foreign fencing talent, and comes at a time when the sport appears to be on the up in Ireland. Seventeen-year-old Anna Lee is fresh from a bronze medal at the senior Welsh Open in Cardiff, while teams of young Irish fencers have hit highs at cadet (under16) level over the last few months, dominating contests in Belfast and Marburg (Germany),
capturing four gold medals across a range of age categories at the latter event. Locally, the sport is putting the parts in place to capitalise on recent young successes. “We are beginning to see the blossoming of young talent at a junior (Under-20) and cadet (Under-17) level where young Irish fencers are in turn starting to make their mark abroad” explained Irish Fencing Federation (IFF) chairman, Philip Lee, reflecting on the results. “Attracting these top athletes from abroad to compete here in Ireland is part of our strategy of raising our fencers’ level of competition. “We are looking to encourage and develop our young athletes to one day compete at the highest international level and
I believe it’s working.” The championships, which took place over the weekend of November 28-29, forms the latest part in a deliberate strategy from the sport’s national governing body to nurture young Irish talent and build a sustainable base for the sport in Ireland. The governing body is keen to encourage plenty more to get on board, too, pointing to the array of physical benefits that come with battling it out in the sport. “There are a myriad benefits to fencing from fitness and sporting standpoint,” Lee argues. “Balance, power, anaerobic and aerobic fitness, but it also engages the grey matter through tactical and mental awareness. All of that wrapped in the framework of respect and discipline coming from
Bas Vervuijlen, The Netherlands, right, in action against Mateusz Antkiewicz, Poland, during the Irish Open Fencing Championships final. Picture: Cody Glenn/Sportsfile
the great tradition in this Olympic sport.” Most important, perhaps, Lee believes the sport is “great fun”. Those thinking of involving their children in particular are encouraged to contact Olga Velma on info@pembrokefencing. com. Velma will shortly
Switzerland, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy, Israel, New Zealand, Poland and Turkmenistan and a large contingent from Ireland competed in the world cup event this weekend. While several fencers ranked within the top 50 in the world were includ-
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be opening a new club in Loughlinstown, at DLR. So what chance do Ireland’s young fencers have against the world’s best? Speaking about the event, Geoffrey Corcoran, who at 21 has already competed at Junior World Championships, is not intimidated. “Anyone is beatable in this sport,” Corcoran says. “On any given day, if you can get yourself into the right space physically and mentally you can take on anyone. That’s a big part of why I love this sport”. The hope is that enthusiasm can be passed down to the even younger generation of fencers who are looking to follow in his footsteps at World Championships and beyond. Fencers from 21 nations including USA, Canada,
ed in the field and were amongst the favourites to take the much coveted international ranking points, the eventual winner was Bas Vervijlen, former World Championship bronze medallist. The man from the Netherlands edged out Mateusz Antkiewicz of Poland in a competitive final. Along with the men’s Epee satellite World Cup event a further five weapons (men and women’s foil, sabre and epee) were contested in a packed weekend of fencing with over 150 competitors competing. Just over 200 competitors are eventually expected to make their way to Rio, equally balanced across men and women, and featuring in 10 different events.
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Mini Max McGovern gets reward for super 2015 SANDYFORD’S Harry McGovern, 15, was presented with his trophy for winning the 2015 Mini-Max Karting Championship at the Motorsport Ireland Awards in Dublin last week following a superb year. McGovern added the Motorsport Ireland title to the Munster Mini Max championship and the prestigious “O” Plate and “IRL” Plate championships he also won this year. Having competed in 13 races in 2015, the Medical Banks sponsored driver never finished lower than third and scored an impressive six wins. McGovern drives a Tonykart chassis, runs with the Brennan Tech team and is hugely appreciative of the support he has received from Noel Brennan and the rest of the team. Despite being just 15, he is in his fifth season of karting. In 2012, he won the Most Improved Driver of the Year and, a year later in 2013, he won the Motorsport Ireland Cadet Championship. He then graduated to the faster Mini-Max class and in 2015, won both the C Plate. Looking towards 2016, he will test a Ginetta Junior Ireland car over the winter with a view to possibly competing in that championship but is keen to consider other karting opportunities also. The Motorsport Ireland Awards Ceremony is an annual event in Dublin’s city centre where the champions of all disciplines are honoured by the governing body. This year’s event was held at the Double Tree Hilton hotel and Harry was presented with his award by Brian Kavanagh, chairman of the Motorsport Ireland Karting committee. He was among a number of Dublin winners at the awards event. The award for the national Autocross Grass Surface Saloon Champion went to Ian O’Connell, also from Sandyford. The Ivan Webb Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Irish Motorsport went to Frank O’Donoghue, from Clonsilla, who has been an integral part of the Irish motorsport community for many years.
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swimming: Belfield club produces goods at short course meet
Blakeney and Morris see Rovers’ run continue FRED Morris’s 53rd minute winner saw Three Rock Rovers snatch a thrilling 4-3 win over Cork C of I at Grange Road to move into the top four of the men’s EY Hockey League. He fired home amid a madcap spell of three goals inside two minutes that saw the pendulum swing back and forth. Early on, chances were far more sparse in high winds and driving rain. Ross Canning, though, did shoot home the first clear opening five minutes in when he cut in from the right and unleashed a powerful backhand shot past Billy Lynch. John Jermyn equalised just before the quarter-time buzzer to make it 1-1 with the first of his three corner rockets. The second quarter was largely chanceless with Jody Hosking going the closest from a Canning cross but both defences were in control for the most part. It continued that way into the third period before Andrew Daunt did superbly when he was found high up the pitch, winning a corner despite the attentions of a number of defenders. Jermyn shot home for 2-1 in the 43rd minute, a lead they carried into the final quarter. From there, the game exploded into life. Peter Blakeney, picture above, levelled the game at 2-2 in the 49th minute and his second effort retook the lead three minutes later – Rovers ended with a perfect corner conversion record of two from two. Jermyn brought it back to 3-3 with his third corner goal a minute later but Morris broke free almost immediately and shot home the winner. Jermyn had the chance to salvage a point for the Cork side but David Kane charged down his flick on the final whistle, confirming the outcome. Moving into the top four is a strong return for new coach Niall Denham and his charges after nine players moved on during the summer with Mitch Darling moving to a professional contract in Rotterdam while captain Ali Haughton moved to France. Putting their faith in youth who have come through the youth system, the side has risen quickly and is now unbeaten in four games ahead of a tough fixture against league leaders
UCD swimmers Jane Roberts, second from left, with Shani Stallard, second from right, who were among the big winners in Lisburn
UCD sweep up medals sport@dublingazette.com
UCD put in a strong performance at the Irish Short Course Swimming Championship in Lisburn over the weekend, picking up an impressive medal haul over the course of the three-day meet as they cemented their position as one of Ireland’s strongest swimming squads. Five titles came on the very first day, with Jane Roberts kicking off the haul with a victory in the 50m backstroke. She was swiftly followed onto the podium by Darragh Greene, taking home the men’s title in the same
event. The 200m individual medley saw Shani Stallard hit form, before David Prendergast won out in the 100m medley event, and the team topped off a stunning opening night with an impressive victory in the 400m team medley. The last medal of day one saw David Prendergast, Darragh Greene, Jack Keogh and Alex Melennec claim a senior Irish club record for the event, with a time of 3.46.12, smashing a 13-year-old record by very nearly two seconds as they dominated proceedings and set the tone
world 50km race Jennings ends elite race in fourth place in Doha
caitriona Jennings finished just outside the medals at the IAU World 50km Championships with a fourth place finish in 3.31.49 in Doha. The Rathfarnham athlete, who ran in the Olympic marathon in London 2012, put in a brave performance in a race won by the USA’s Camille Herron in 3.20.58. Marija Vrajic (Croatia) was second in 3.28.15 with Catrin Jones (Canada) third in 3.28.19.
for a series of powerful relay performances. More of the same was to come on day two, as Melennec, Keogh and Prendergast joined up with Dean Power to demolish another record, their 3.22.50 an improvement of almost three seconds for the 400m freestyle relay. Astonishingly, the 50m medley relay was added to the list in another record time on the last day of the meet, at 1.41.40. Darragh Greene was back on the podium, too, adding a 100m title to his 50m backstroke, as he proved one of the stand out athletes of the meet
alongside Prendergast. Roberts added a second title in the backstroke, at 100m, while Ards, the event’s other outstanding club, denied UCD a clean sweep of the men’s relays by just 0.04 seconds in the final competition. Ards’ fast finish also saw them top the longest standing record of the weekend, beating a 1985 mark in winning a thrilling 50m freestyle relay. NAC’s Antoinette Neamt, meanwhile, put down a stunning marker as she athlete took a commanding victory in the 800m freestyle. At just 14, Neamt’s
winning margin of over fifteen seconds to win in 8.40.52 marks the Tallaght native as a serious local prospect. That wasn’t all the youngster had to offer, either, with Neamt claiming a second gold in the 400m event on day two, and coming back again on the third day to take a bronze medal in the 200m freestyle, putting her amongst the most successful female athletes at the event. The 400m time of 4.12.83 saw Neamt in a battle to the line with fellow junior Rachel Bethel, seeing off the hometown athlete by just two-tenths of a second.
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special visitor
Santa Claus joins Olaf’s Under-8s final training
Club Noticeboard Ballyboden St enda’s HISTORY was made by our senior foot-
Naomh Olaf’s Under-8s had a special visi-
tor last weekend as Santa Claus joined in with their final training session of 2015. Despite the inclement weather conditions, the young stars played a number of mini games while Santa joined in for an eventful tug of war in the muddy conditions. The academy and underage sides will return early in 2016.
There was no winner of this week’s
ever men’s Leinster SFC beating a gal-
lotto. For more details on how to
lant Portlaoise team by 2-9 to 1-11.
enter, log on to www.bodengaa,ie.
Huge congratulations to all the players, management and supporters after an epic match witnessed by a big crowd in Tullamore.
football: firhouse round club best in province
tion to Division 3.
ballers as they won the club’s first
The Ballyboden St Enda’s 2016 calendar is now on sale in the clubhouse. We have photographs from matches, social events and supporters
We are so proud of this team and
make an appearance throughout the
their achievements, we are the Lein-
calendar. It will make a great Christ-
ster champions.
mas present so pop down to the club
Congratulations to the players and
to buy one.
management of our intermediate
The deadline for annual reports,
footballers who defeated St Mark’s
profiles and pictures is December 21.
by 3-7 to 0-6 in difficult conditions to
Please send your information to bod-
win the AFL4 league and gain promo-
ennews2015@gmail.com.
wanderers THERE was no lotto winner. The
girls aged four to seven on Sat-
numbers drawn were 10, 15 and 16;
urdays at 11am in Ballyroan Boys
€25 to Derek Downey, Stephen Gal-
school.
lagher, Kevin Mac and Martin Kelly. The jackpot next week is €1,800. With the season over, if you are interested in joining the ladies team
All levels welcome. For further information, call Fergal on 087
for the men’s team, please contact
6213142.
Juvenile football and hurling continues for boys and girls aged seven to 12 with midweek training and
leinster SFC final Ballyboden St Enda’s Portlaoise sport@dublingazette.com
2-9 1-11
B A L LY B O D E N S t Endas made club history on Sunday when they held off a spirited Portlaoise at O’Connor Park to win their first ever AIB Leinster senior football club championship title. The Firhouse Road club have enjoyed plenty of success since their formation in the late 1960s but this triumph will rank as their greatest and their first senior provincial crown. Portlaoise, already the
most successful club in Leinster football with seven titles, were left to rue a litany of spurned gilt edged chances for both goals and points. Paul Cahillane, who had been a thorn in the side of the Dublin champions, had a 20m free to level the match deep in injury time – only to see his high effort curl outside instead of inside the upright. Ballyboden, who had caused a shock to topple three in a row chasing St Vincent’s to win the Dublin title, were the more economical side and took the big goal
chances that fell to Colm Basquel and their county star Michael Darragh Macauley. Portlaoise, inspired by their gifted former county star Brian McCormack, recovered from a slow start to force the pace of the game with some impressive sweeping football. In a match played in a competitive but clean spirit and to a very high quality, it looked as if Portlaoise would use their experience to hold on. But a physically strong Boden refused to fall away. Portlaoise led by two
at one stage and were still one clear with 57 minutes on the clock after a great point from Cahir Healy. But Basquel levelled it for Boden before substitute Aran Waters raced onto a pass and curled over from 30m to the delight of the Dublin club. Boden will thank their Donegal county keeper Paul Durcan for two fine saves at crucial periods in the second half. But they also deserve huge credit for the manner in which they fought their way back to stem the tide and steer them towards glory and an AllIreland semi-final.
the all weather pitch at 12 noon.
ise O’Loughlin on 086 8333587 and
members welcome.
Boden victorious as Leinster champions
urday at Rockbrook Park School on
for next year please contact Lou-
Stephen on 086 048 9379 all new
Ballyboden St Enda’s celebrate their Leinster SFC success
Girls’ football training for ages nine to 13 will take place each Sat-
matches on Saturday morning. Nursery training for boys and
If you would like a match report or photos submitted to the website or press, please contact pro@wanderersgaa.ie. All items for the club notes must be submitted by 10am each Monday to pro@wanderersgaa.ie.
kilmacud crokes HARD luck to the senior footballers
Wednesday, December 2 and was
who lost to St Vincent’s by three
enjoyed by all in attendance. Thanks
points in the AFL1 league final played
to Mick Kinsella and his staff for
on Sunday in UCD.
hosting. The benevolent fund draw
Commiserations also to the U-21B
is to be held in the club on Saturday,
hurlers who lost their championship
December 12. Tickets for the prize
match over the weekend.
draw are available from the office
Hard luck to the minor camogie
and bar or on the night. All dona-
team who lost out to Ballinteer St
tions and prizes can be left in to the
John’s in their game over the week-
club office.
end. A very successful Crokes Recalls even t wa s held in the club on
The hurling section AGM is on Sunday, December 13 at 8.30pm in the function room.
ballinteer st john’s THERE was no winner of the Novem-
clubhouse starts at 8pm and all
ber 12 lotto draw for €9,800. The
welcome for a great night’s enter-
jackpot will be €10,000 next week.
tainment.
Numbers drawn were 3, 6, 13 and 23.
Hard luck to our junior A foot-
Our Joker Wild draw continues
ballers, who were beaten in their
this Thursday; it is open to lotto
promotion playoff semi-final on
players present in the clubhouse
Sunday.
on the night. Tickets are available
Well done to the minor hurlers
online at www.ballinteerst johns.
who beat St Jude’s in their final
com or from the usual outlets.
championship group game to finish
Bingo every Monday night in the
top of their group.
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Boden the high kings of Leinster football sport@dublingazette.com
BALLYBODEN St Enda’s manager Andy McEntee said “it mightn’t have been pretty” but his club is unlikely to care too much as they won their first ever Leinster title last Sunday in O’Connor Park. The Firhouse Road outfit defeated Portlaoise in a thrilling AIB Leinster SFC Club final on Sunday by a single point and McEntee said the club’s determination to make the most of their Leinster campaign, following disappointing efforts in 1995 and 2009, was a crucial motivating factor.
“They just continued to work hard and they did it again today. It mightn’t have been pretty at times but they got the result in the end,” he said. In terms of Sunday’s final itself, McEntee said his side’s capacity to keep working was vital. “The lads continued to work. I think that reflected in the result,” he said after the game. “There are a lot of things we could do better. We could defend better. We didn’t spot where we were causing them trouble and go after it. “We had tried to focus on a quick start. You’d have to say that Portlaoise weren’t going to hang back and let us just continue to
run through them. “They had a very strong spell midway through the first half in particular and when they got the goal you’d say they had all the momentum, but our response was good ourselves when we came down and got a goal straight away.” Tactically, McEntee said that his side got some parts working perfectly but allowed Portlaoise to raid from midfield too often which ended up swinging the momentum at key times. “It’s difficult playing good teams. You’re not going to be on top for 30 minutes at a time so you have to try to make the
most of it when you are on top and minimise their effectiveness when they’re on top. “That long diagonal ball was causing them trouble but I don’t think we did enough of it. We actually overdid it in the middle of the field. But, in all fairness, only for [goalkeeper] Paul Durcan, we could have been in real trouble.” Boden will now look forward to February’s All-Ireland semi-final against either Clonmel Commercials or Tir Chonaill Gaels, and while McEntee wants to give them a break over the next few weeks, he doesn’t want momentum or focus to be lost.
Daragh Nelson lifts the Leinster title last Sunday. Picture: Mark Magharan