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THE LATEST NEWS & SPORT FROM THE FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL AREA

Boland bounces back into council SYLVIA POWNALL

A FORMER Mayor of Fingal is set to return to the political arena after a 14-year hiatus next week as a co-opted member of the county council.

Controversial ex-Fine Gael representative Cathal Boland (inset), now an Independent, will take the seat vacated by Independent Balbriggan Cllr David O’Connor.

He represented the Balbriggan electoral area from 1983 until his retirement in 2004 and replaces Mr O’Connor, who resigns to take up the role of president of Cricket Ireland.

Insisting his age would not hold him

back, Mr Boland told Dublin Gazette: “I was known for being overly-committed and putting in long hours when I was mayor, and I’m still as enthusiastic and full of energy now as I was then.”

He was one of 30 Dublin councillors investigated by the Mahon Tribunal for alleged corrupt and inappropriate payments over land rezoning at Quarryvale. Its findings accepted his evidence.

Lusk-based Cllr Ken Farrell is also resigning from public office and his council seat will be taken by Labour colleague Robbie O’Donoghue.

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Battling bureaucracy Locals already driven for this bonnie babe mad by bus proposals ADORABLE little Jake looks as happy as Larry – but his two gay Irish dads from north Dublin certainly aren’t smiling, as they’re battling bureaucracy in a bid to get him an Irish passport. The family live in Canada, and feel let down by their home country – but vow to do what it takes to get Jake recognised.

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THE radical proposed Dublin Bus overhaul has been blasted as ‘absolute madness’ by some irate Fingal commuters, who’ve slammed the impact the changes could have on their communities.

While the major changes have been welcomed by many – with new fares, routes, orbital links and other changes proposed – several people across Fingal have heavily criticised the NTA proposal, and are urging communities to have their say on the major transport overhaul.

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WASTE: HORDES LEAVE BEACHES IN WRETCHED STATE

Daytrippers trash Fingal’s shorelines HUMAN faeces, beer bottles and dirty nappies are among the disgusting tide of waste dumped on Fingal’s beaches during the heatwave.

Lifeguards are struggling to cope with the 50% increase in numbers flocking to the seaside to enjoy the good weather – many armed with slabs of beer.

And gardai stepped up patrols earlier this week in response to several reports of drunken anti-social behaviour by large gangs of youths.

They warned a “zero tolerance” approach as they vowed to support lifeguards and crack down on excessive drinking.

Fingal County Council has agreed to install portaloos for the summer season in the beach car park in Portmarnock – after human faeces was found

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Local authorities are warning they will take action against sun-seekers who leave beer cans, bottles, food wrappings, disposable barbeques and dirty nappies behind after a day on the beach.

Last week, environmental activist Olive Gilsenan, who runs the Secrets of the Seashore programme for kids, revealed her disgust at the volume of dumping on Balcarrick Beach in Donabate.

Posting on Facebook, she revealed: “Feeling so deflated this week with the amount of rubbish left

A tide of waste selfishly left behind at Fingal’s beaches

behind on our beaches.

It’s hard to stay positive at times like this.

“Three evenings in a row I have been cleaning up Donabate beach as the tide has been coming in, trying to stop the rubbish that’s left on the beach from entering the sea.

“I can’t even begin to tell you how bad I’m feeling about what I see ... I’m too sad to be mad.”

Meanwhile, representa-

tions were made to Fingal County Council after a member of Portmarnock Community Association made a nasty discovery.

PCA posted online: “I reported sightings of Human No 2s in bushes over the weekend in the field beside the back car park ...

“Fingal County Council have now agreed to trial [seasonal, peak] portaloos in the back beach car park.”

Tributes paid across Fingal to the late Fr Eoin McCrystal COMMUNITIES in Lusk and Swords are in mourning this week at the sudden and unexpected death of well-known priest Fr Eoin McCrystal.

The popular priest is fondly remembered for his time at St Cronan’s parish in Swords and as a teacher in St Finian’s in the 1990s.

More recently, he was stationed as parish priest in Lusk.

Lusk Community Council joined the tributes after learning the sad news of his death last Saturday.

In a statement, it said: “It is

with great regret and sorrow that we note the sudden and unexpected passing of Fr Eoin McCrystal.

“Fr Eoin was a hugely positive force in our parish and he will be greatly missed by all. May he Rest In Peace.”

Father McCrystal, who hailed from Ballyfermot, will be buried

today, Thursday, i n Pa l m e r s t o w n Cemetery following funeral mass at St MacCullin’s Church in Lusk.

He is survived by his sisters, Florence and Regina, brother Peter, brothers-in-law Brian, Pat and Harald, sister-in-law Siobhan, nieces, nephews, close friends Vicky and Ciaran, and a large circle of friends.

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Fingal start-up takes a bite at SuperValu shelves A FINGAL start-up business has made a breakthrough by securing space on SuperValu shelves to sell its range of raw vegan bars.

Sarah’s Rawbites can be found at the leading supermarket chain from this month Sarah Holm, of Sarah’s Rawas part of a trial linked bites, shows one of her bars to the Food Academy now on sale at SuperValu programme.

The Portmarnock-based business, which is supported by Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Fingal, began the Food Academy Start training and mentoring programme last year.

2018 marks the fifth year of the programme and over the past five years, graduates have sold €78 million-worth of produce in SuperValu stores, supporting approximately 1,500 jobs in over 320 LEOsupported businesses.

Currently, 15 local Fingal producers are stocked on SuperValu shelves throughout the country with the support of the LEO. The next Food Academy Start programme begins in August, and local entrepreneurs can find out more by contacting LEO Fingal at 01 8900 800, or by emailing info@leo.fingal.ie.

‘Splash out with rainy day fund and build housing’ LABOUR Party representative for Castleknock, John Walsh, has called on the Government to axe its ‘rainy day fund’ and instead build more affordable housing.

He said: “Rather than creating a so-called ‘rainy day fund’ of €500 million, the Government should tackle the housing crisis and invest this money into building affordable housing.

“The scale of homelessness is now a national tragedy, with more than 4,000 homeless children.

We also have massive waiting lists for social housing and rents rising at record levels.”

Commenting on the failure of the previous government strategic reserve fund, he added: “Under the last Fianna Fail government, millions of taxpayers’ money from the National Pension Reserve was used to bail out the banks.

“The last thing we need is another fund controlled by politicians who ignore immediate social needs in housing.”

Spare just two hours and support wheelchair users THE Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) is looking for volunteers that can spare two hours on Friday and Saturday, July 6 and 7, to bag pack in their local Tesco Store.

Volunteers will be bag packing in Tesco Stores nationwide as part of the IWA’s National Bag Pack Collection. All funds raised will be immediately invested into the range of essential services the IWA provides to people with disabilities in their own homes and local communities.

To get involved, fill out a registration form at www. iwa.ie/tesco, or contact Alison McDonnell at alison. mcdonnell@iwa.ie, or telephone 087 267 6688.

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FAMILIES: COUPLE IN CANADA SHOCKED THAT IRISH LAW WON’T RECOGNISE THEM AS PARENTS

Gay dads vow to fight on for son’s right to a passport SYLVIA POWNALL

A GAY Irish couple living in Canada have vowed to fight for their parental rights here after they discovered they could not get an Irish passport for their son.

Jay O’Callaghan (34) from Baldoyle and his husband, Aaron O’Bryan (35), also from north Dublin, were left reeling when they discovered they are not legally recognised as parents of 11-month-old Jake.

The couple, who both work in TV, moved to Toronto seven years ago but came home to tie the knot after the marriage equality referendum.

They decided to start a family back in Canada and Jake was born via surrogacy.

But what they presumed would be the simple process of applying for an Irish passport for him, turned into an ordeal which has spurred the pair

Adorable little Jake (11-months-old) – but despite having two Irish dads, he’s currently denied an Irish passport

into action.

Jay told Dublin Gazette: “Canadian law allows for both fathers to be named on the birth cert, giving us both legal rights to our son. So we have the most valuable document you can have, and just presumed it would be the same in Ireland.

“Irish law doesn’t recognise same-sex parents, it has to be a man and a

woman. We voted overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage, but the rest of the Act hasn’t been sorted yet.”

The Children and Family Relationships Act was signed in 2015, but the parts of the Bill which deal with parentage through donor-assisted reproduction have yet to be enacted.

Last week, Minister

for Health Simon Harris revealed he’d sought approval to draft a standalone piece of legislation to close a loophole and deal with the parentage issue, but it only recognises same-sex female parents.

Jay said: “I wanted to have an Irish passport for my son – he has two Irish parents. But this is about much more than a passport. He has a Canadian passport, but he should have dual citizenship.

“The passport office finally got back to me and said the only route open to us was to appear in front of an Irish court and produce DNA tests to prove one of us is Jake’s biological father.

“The whole declaration of parentship is so daunting, you have to go up against the State solicitor.

Then, after a costly court action, the other one has to apply for guardianship – of their own son! It’s deplorable.

Jay O’Callaghan (top pic, left) from Baldoyle and his husband, Aaron O’Bryan, with their son and budding little Leinster supporter, Jake

“We don’t want to take a DNA test. We never really wanted to find out who the biological dad is; we are both his dads. It’s left a very sour taste in our mouth.”

The family travel home to visit family four times a

year, and Jay said, despite feeling let down over the passport and parentage issue, it won’t stop them.

He said: “We’re coming over for Jake’s first birthday; it’s very important to us that he gets to know his family. Canada has been

very good to us, but our hearts are in Ireland.

“But the more we get into this, the more frustrating it gets. We just want to see this law passed and done properly so that it’s inclusive of everyone.”

Getting to grips with a handy new home energy saving kit HOME energy savings kits designed to help householders better understand their energy use and reduce their bills are now available to borrow at public libraries across Fingal.

The innovative scheme was launched at Donabate Library by then Mayor Cllr Mary McCamley (Lab).

The handy kits were developed by Dublin energy agency Codema and contain a fridge/freezer thermometer, thermal leak detector, plug-in energy monitor, temperature and humidity meter, stopwatch and a radiator key.

Cllr McCamley was joined by Fingal County Librarian Betty Boardman and Katia Tikhoniouk, representing Codema, along with members of the local Active Aged Group.

The kits will allow canny residents

to address key areas of energy use and identify issues such as lack of insulation, poor ventilation and the appliance culprits that may be driving up electricity bills.

Codema’s director Gerry Wardell said: “I hope that these kits will encourage a shift in behavioural change that is needed to improve energy efficiency at both a local and national level.”

Betty Boardman said: “I am delighted we can make these kits available. Libraries have a long tradition of being centres of education and this initiative illustrates that.”

Cllr McCamley is pictured with Katia Tikhoniouk and Betty Boardman Librarian in Donabate Library as they examine one of the new energy saving kits. Picture: SON Photographic Ltd

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TRANSPORT: ANGER AT POTENTIAL IMPACT ON FINGAL POLITICS

Proposed new bus changes blasted as ‘absolute madness’ Bright sparks cut energy use

DUBLIN Airport has cut energy use some of its car parks by 80% thanks to an upgrade to the lighting and control systems used. The new system will reduce the airport’s annual primary energy consumption by a massive 2,411,247 kWh – the equivalent of about 1,200 floodlights. “We can now monitor the energy being used by the car park in real-time.

The system allows us to control the lighting remotely and reduces the power input to lights,” said Dublin Airport’s campus delivery manager Damien Garry (pictured with Des Swale, Audit, Compliance & Reporting Manager). In total, 386 new energy-efficient LED streetlight fittings have been installed and these can all be controlled individually to suit need and capacity at any given time.

Financial adviser James (29) added: “I’ve lived in Seabury all my life and I remember a time not so long ago that there were practically zero buses through the area.

“Residents fought long and hard to get the 42 rerouted along Yellow Walls Road and Seabury.

It has been a great suc-

Dublin West TD Joan Burton is also calling on commuters to have their say on the radical redesign, which will end the numbering system and see routes to Dublin 15 called B1, B2, B3 and B4.

The Labour TD acknowledged the need to review and expand the bus service and welcomed the

have concerns around children transferring on THE proposal for the bus routes, along with new bus network plans wheelchair users.” is to scrap the 42 service Deputy Burton said through Seabury in Malashe had asked the NTA to hide and curtail services extend the consultation to outlying areas of Dubperiod until the autumn lin 15. and she urged locals to The National Transport study the plans and make Authority’s (NTA) bluesubmissions. print for a radical overThe bus network is haul of bus routes being redesigned in the capital was in an attempt to met with scathing make bus routes criticism when it simpler for tourwas unveiled on ists to understand Monday. and more efficient, The BusConwith fewer overnects plan includes lapping routes. rerouting the 42 One of the main bus away from features proposed Seabury and Yelis seven ‘superlow Walls, leaving frequent spines’ residents withd e s i g n a te d by out a direct public letters A to G transport link to which would flow the city centre. through the city Local resident centre and have James Doyle told buses every four Dublin Gazette: Proposed changes across Fingal are detailed on maps at busconnects.ie to eight minutes.

“The proposals However, some are absolute madness. cess, and is well used. new fare structure which commuters will lose According to the CSO, This proposed change is a includes a 90-minute fare direct routes to the city there are more than 1,600 retrograde step and must which allows you unlim- centre and will be forced households in the area in be fought.” ited transfers between to change buses along the question.

James, who describes buses and Luas trams. way.

“Many people commute himself as an “unaligned But she added: “OutlyThe consultation perifrom this part of Malahide activist”, says he will cam- ing areas such as Hollys- od begins on Monday, for both work and educa- paign for the 42 route to be town, Laraghcon and Lit- July 16, and continues for tion and are dependent retained and encourages tlepace will have shuttle nine weeks until Friday, on the 42 bus. This will others to make their views buses with much lower September 14. For further seriously inconvenience known when public con- frequencies of 40-60 min- information, see www. them.” sultation opens on July 15. utes. Parents in particular busconnects.ie.

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Kids invited to join in the fun of reading this summer FINGAL Libraries is running its Summer Stars Reading Adventure for July and August, available free of charge to all children.

Young bookworms are invited to register for the diverse summer reading challenge with fun rewards and incentives along the way and a grand finale event for participants.

Exciting events for children will also be held in public libraries during the summer. Check out your

local library service or local library website for further information on local activities and events. You can follow Summer Stars on Twitter @ StarsReading, and on Facebook.

Key Balbriggan link road plan is well on schedule A VITAL piece of infrastructure that will help create up to 900 jobs in Balbriggan is on schedule and due to be completed by November.

The Balbriggan Leadership Group has welcomed news that work on the Stephenstown Link

Road, which will open up 23 hectares of industrially zoned land for development, is on target.

Brian MacCraith, chairman of the Balbriggan Leadership Group, said: “This is another very good initiative aimed at improving Balbriggan and will greatly assist in the economic development of the town.”

The overall purpose of the Balbriggan Leadership Group is to develop a long-term socio-economic strategy for Balbriggan which is due to be delivered this autumn.

Boland: ‘A lot of work to be done’ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Mr Boland, known for his outspoken and direct approach, said he would like to see a return to Local Government rather than centralised decision-making – and that he wasn’t afraid of ruffling a few feathers.

He said: “Local Government should be about local people making decisions for the local community. I think centralised decisionmaking reduces that role and is bad for democracy.

“It’s something that I will rail against as an elected member. I believe councillors need to stand up and be counted and democracy needs to be played out at a local level.”

He told the Mahon Tribunal that he had received a sum of IR£4,000 in cash from Frank Dunlop by way of an election contribution from anonymous donors in 1992.

He said he was not lobbied by Dunlop in relation to Quarryvale, and that he absented himself from the vote on rezoning because he had been approached by another party and offered IR£500 to vote against the plan, which he did not accept.

The Tribunal accepted his evidence that he had absented himself because of his concern that he may have been compromised by that offer – and not because of any payment made by Dunlop or anyone else.

He told Dublin Gazette that there was a reconciliation with FG under Michael Noonan, but he left because he “became disenchanted” with Enda Kenny as leader because “his attitude to solving problems was to do it tomorrow”.

Announcing his retirement from Fingal County Council in April 2004, he said: “When history is written I’ll be judged to have played my part.”

Ahead of his first council meeting in 14 years next week, he said: “There’s a lot of work to be done.”

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WEEK’S GALLERIES

Bernie Bennett and John Lowe . Pictures: Simon Peare

Geraldine Walsh

Jamie and Richie Jordan with John Lowe

Frank O’Meara with John Lowe

Violet Moloney and Phil Hughes

St Peregrine’s Fundraiser

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ORMER World No. 1 and three time World Champion darts player John Lowe was on hand to throw arrows at St. Perigrine’s GAA club for a fundraiser in aid of Bella Villa Community Unit.

Thomas Donohoe and Anita Kinsella with John

Bernie Union

John with Greg and Liz Finnegan

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PEOPLE: LATE DAD’S EFFORTS HONOURED FAST NEWS

Gerry’s legacy lives on with family’s focus SYLVIA POWNALL

Hazelbury witness to some top GAA action THE competition was fierce at Hazelbury Park for Erin Go Bragh GAA’s street leagues, which saw players of all ages put through their paces across two days of diverse action.

The annual festival was enjoyed by hundred of children from Under-8 up to Under-13 level while there were also special games for the Gaelic for Mother and Others group on the first night while the grand finale saw a mentors match, all watched on by a large crowd of parents and club supporters in a superb display of community spirit.

A DEVOTED dad-of-two from Clonsilla who died during a charity cycle in Co Clare has been remembered as a “wonderful father” by his son.

G e r r y To b i n ( 5 8) was taking part in the annual cycle from Cork to Roscommon to raise funds for Epilepsy Ireland when he suffered a suspected heart attack.

His wife, Mariea, and son, Mark, were also taking part in the cycle and were just slightly further ahead when Gerry collapsed on the old N18 Ennis to Galway Road.

Gerry and his family had participated in the fundraiser for the past five years in memory of Alan ‘Gaggs’ Gallagher, who passed away suddenly in 2009.

Friends performed CPR at the scene while they

waited for the emergency services to arrive. He was then brought by ambulance to the University Hospital Limerick, where he was later pronounced dead.

In a touching tribute online, Mark wrote: “Dad, Mam and I were taking part in the Tour de Gaggs.

After 170km of day one, it seems like he took a heart attack and died pretty instantly.

“Our friends were with him less than a minute after he came off the bike and heroically tried to save him. Gerry died doing something he loved, surrounded by people he loved.

“We know we’ll struggle without him, but we’ll do our best to celebrate him in the way he deserves.

“He was a wonderful father, an amazing husband and a great friend to

everyone he knew.”

Gerry, who grew up in Edenmore but later moved to Hartstown, was buried in Mulhuddart Cemetery last Friday following a packed funeral mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Huntstown.

The family asked that donations be made in lieu of flowers to Epilepsy Ireland via the Tour de Gaggs fundraising page as it was “a charity close to Gerry’s heart”.

Fellow participants said it was “a fitting testament that Gerry died while trying to help others. All of Team Gaggs are very moved that, even in this tragic time, Gerry’s family continue to support this cause.”

The campaign has so far raised almost €6,500. To donate, see https://give. everydayhero.com/ie/ tour-de-gaggs-2018.

Devoted dad Gerry Tobin died of a suspected heart attack while trying to help others – but his heartbroken family are honouring his spirit by trying to help support his cause

SF alarmed by spike in burglaries SINN Fein TD Louise O’Reilly has called for more gardai to protect communities and vulnerable residents in the wake of a “staggering” spike in burglaries.

CSO figures for the first three months of the year recorded almost 90,000 burglaries and thefts – yet Dublin has lost 100 gardai since last year.

Deputy O’Reilly said: “Most garda stations are still only just at or below 2010 levels, with just nine gardai in Lusk and no station in Rush – both towns continue receiving an inadequate level of policing.”

There are 94 gardai rostered to serve the Balbriggan DMR North District which covers Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Lusk and the surrounding villages and townlands.

Warning as teens failing to stay fit ALMOST nine out of ten teenagers are not meeting the recommended physical activity guidelines, a Fine Gael TD has warned.

Deputy Alan Farrell said findings of a report by the Sports Council highlighted the obesity crisis among Irish children and were a cause for concern.

He said: “The health of our children and young people is a major concern, and in terms of tackling the obesity crisis our country faces action must be taken urgently.”

The chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs added that the fact that one in three expectant mothers are categorised as being overweight or obese was also worrying.

He warned: “Failure to adequately tackle childhood obesity now could have very serious repercussions down the line, in terms of life expectancy and morbidity rates.”

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HEALTH: SENATOR RAISES SHOCKINGLY LOW FIGURE IN DAIL ADDRESS

Alarm as only 64 public health nurses in Fingal SYLVIA POWNALL

It’s a cool kid at the seaside LITTLE Mia had the right idea to cool down when she plonked a hat on her head and splashed her feet in a cool pool at Portmarnock beach last weekend. Mia was just one of thousands of children from all across Fingal and farther afield who made a beeline straight to the county’s golden strands, with kids of all ages delighted to have a memorable day at the beach. For another fun Fingal family shot at the beach, see Page 10. Picture: Alison O’Hanlon

THERE are just 64 public health nurses dealing with an expanding population of more than 300,000 people in north Dublin, it has emerged.

The stark figure – which gives a ratio of one public health nurse for every 4,688 people – has left frazzled HSE staff struggling to cope with their workload.

The Health Service Executive region covers all of Fingal, which has the youngest and most rapidly expanding population in the country, as well as other areas including Darndale, Coolock and Raheny.

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If they are seriously overworked and they need to get to a number of different houses on a particular day, they don’t have the time to get to the bottom of complex issues

Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee (FF) raised the issue in the Seanad last week and warned that the situation could not be allowed to continue.

She said: “Public health nurses provide a range of vital services to those of every age living in our

community and in need of assistance.

“They visit mothers in the immediate days following the birth of their child and prove to be a crucial support to these women during the weeks after birth, which are overwhelming for most.

“A check on the mental health of the mother is very important. They also look out for signs of domestic violence within the home.

“If they are seriously overworked and they need to get to a number of different houses on a particular day, they don’t have the time to get to the bottom of complex issues.

“I would very much worry for the public health nurses in north Dublin who are seriously overworked and who are very dedicated and offer a great frontline service.”

The Fianna Fail senator was told that 12 additional

public health nurses were due to take up positions in north Dublin on graduation later this year, with 27 more due to take up posts in 2019.

But Senator CliffordLee warned: “I’m glad to hear of these additional recruits but to be honest, I think it will be just a drop in the ocean. It’s nowhere near substantial enough to respond to people’s needs.”

Calling for numbers to be increased “rapidly to deal with the rapidly growing population”, she added: “We’re trying to play catchup and we’re not going to catch up quickly enough with those numbers.”

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Rebecca McDonnell, Miaread Whooley, Abigail O’Leary and Clodagh Ryan Rachel Heffernon, Naomi Crilly and Eabha McAlister

Portmarnock Brownies Jenny Stewart, Heidi O’Hanlon, Zoe Barker and Nicole Holland with their leaders Anne-Marie Holden, Emma Kennedy and Brenda Temple. Pictures: Alison O’Hanlon

Brownies Create Sustainable Water Solutions From Lego

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he Brownies were part of a group who invented sustainable water solutions – using Lego! Working in teams of four, they spent five weeks researching the issue of water sustainability and exploring innovative ways to preserve it. Each team deslgned, built and programmed an autonomous motorised Lego model incorporating a range of sensors and motors.

Their work culminated in an expo where they displayed their projects and were on hand to explain their creative solutions to families, friends and visitors.

Grace Collier, Marysia Dyke and Emily Duncan

Sasha Leeson, Emma O’Donnell and Ellen Suttle

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An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was among the 700 runners. Pictures: Niall O’Connell

Castleknock 5k

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HE 2018 Castleknock 5K Road Race was held in perfect conditions on Saturday June 16th, with Peter Somba winning in a time of 15:25, reversing the 2017 result with local Metro St Brigids John Coughlan who won was looking for this third victory in a row. The female category saw multi world cross county medallist and Olympian Catherina McKiernan cross the finish line in a time of 17:51. An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was among the 700 runners on the route through the Phoenix Park and Farmleigh Estate, and Castleknock College.

Heading to the beach as hot spell set to stay

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REG, with his sons Makolaj and Nikodev, were among the huge crowds who hit the beach at Portmarnock last week to enjoy the fantastic weather. And with Met Eireann saying the heat wave is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, the boys can expect plenty more days like this. Picture: Alison O’Hanlon

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LOVE YOUR DUBLIN: THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BEST BEACHES DUBLIN HAS TO OFFER

MAKE A BREAK FOR ONE OF THESE BEAUTIES

DUBLIN MADE EASY

AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEACHES WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THE CITY CENTRE

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ith the recent burst of good weather, our minds turn to beaches!

Dubliners have been basking in the glorious sunshine recently, with the mercury topping 30°C in some parts of the country. The beach is the perfect spot for making the most of it and a great place to take the family to as well.

So, get the wind in your hair and the sand in your toes and grab an icecream while you’re out – 99 anyone?

Grab your bucket and spade and take yourself back to your childhood days, or simply bring a towel and lay and do nothing for a change.

Breath in the peaceful sea-side atmosphere and don’t forget your picnic! We don’t know how long the warm weather will last for so let’s soak it up as much as we can and make the most of it.

We took a look at some of the best beaches that Dublin has to offer.

VELVET STRAND LOCATION: Portmarnock HIGHLIGHT: A walk along the 5km of smooth sand Portmarnock’s beach is nicknamed The Velvet Strand due to the beautiful smooth sand along the beach that makes up the three miles of Portmarnock Strand.

The beach is backed by sand dunes which lead onto the Portmarnock Championship golf course.

Velvet strand has been the starting point for two pioneering flights. The most famous was the Southern Cross flown by aviator Charles Kingsford Smith where there is a monument on the beach.

Like many of Dublin’s coastal settlements, Portmarnock is also home to a Napoleonic Martello tower.

The beach is a popular place with wind and kite surfers. It’s a great place to kick off your shoes and go for a nice walk.

DOLLYMOUNT STRAND

WHITE ROCK

LOCATION: Clontarf HIGHLIGHT: Dublin Kite Festival

LOCATION: Killiney HIGHLIGHT: Breath-taking views

DOLLYMOUNT Strand, or “Dollyer” to Dubs, is a very popular spot on the northside.

Situated on Bull Island, it was created in the 19th century to deal with silting problems. Linked to Clontarf by a famous wooden bridge, Dollymount Strand is a 5km stretch of sandy beach and dunes. Today it is an important nature reserve and a breeding site for many bird species.

The beach is good for paddle boarding and kite surfing. The very popular Dublin Kite Festival takes place on Dollymount Strand every year. It took place this June attracting attendees from all around the country brandishing an array of kites.

The North Bull Island Interpretative Centre is well worth a visit to discover more about the island’s history, wildlife, and its importance as an ecosystem.

IF you’re looking for a beach with a view, White Rock in Killiney will give you just that.

It’s quite a stoney beach but the views are just breath-taking.

The beach offers stunning views of the surrounding rocky coastline including Dalkey Island and Sorrento Terrace to the north, and Bray Head to the south.

Killiney is one of four Blue Flag beaches in Dublin (including Seapoint, Portrane and Portmarnock).

One of best spots for a dip is at the north end of the beach, where clumps of whitish rocks are exposed at low tide.

Beside the car park is a grassy area in between a sea wall and the railway line.

It offers excellent views of the surrounding coastline and is a popular spot for a picnic.

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THE GIFT OF GAZ | THAT DAVY’S SITTING PRETTY ON CLOUD NINE – FOR HOW LONG?

Sun-thing shocking about the climate WE CAN’T have nice things, can we? It’s only a few weeks when there was all sorts of chaos because of the snow, if I remembers right, and now we’re getting weather warnings because of a bit of sunshine.

Sure, where else would ye get it at all?

Still, at least we have bread this time, which is one-nil to the sun versus the snow, in my book.

I love an auld sambo, so I do.

I’m not one for all this avocado and pesto carry on. The most exotic I’ll go is a bit of chorizo and some of that spicy cheese they have in the shop down the road.

Speaking of which, I was on me way back from the shop the other day when I walked past Davy’s gaff.

Davy was sitting flaked out in the deckchair with the bandy leg that I fell off at Christmas.

Me ankle was banjoed for weeks after that – not that Davy was bothered. He just broke his heart laughing at me.

“Howya, Gaz,” he roars at me. “I’d offer ye a seat, but I know ye have a bit of difficulty with staying upright on them.

There’s a knack to it, ye see.”

“Are you still wearing that stupid shirt,” I says to him.

“Have ye even washed it since last time I was speaking to you?”

“Of course I have, ye bowsie,” he says to me, looking hurt that I’d question his hygiene. I’ve questioned worse about him, to be fair.

“Maureen washed it the other day.”

“Would ye not wash it yourself?” I says to him.

“Ah, Maureen takes care of the washing,” he says. “I’ve never been able to figure out that machine.”

For all of his talk of equality and what not lately, Davy is still a bit of a dinosaur, really.

“Did I hear me name being

mentioned,” Maureen roars at us as she walks down the hall.

“I’d never take your name in vain, Maureen,” I says to her. “Davy was just telling me about how enlightened he is in relation to the whole feminist thing, these days.”

“That enlightenment hasn’t extended to doing a tap around

“

The most exotic I’ll go is a bit of chorizo and some of that spicy cheese they have in the shop down the road

this place,” she says, as she slaps him on the back of the head with her free hand as she walks past him.

She had a big glass of water in the other hand that was near overflowing. I thought she must be fairly thirsty because of the hot weather, but she walked over to the flowers in the garden and started pouring dribbles on to them.

“What are ye doing, Maureen?” I says to her.

“Watering the f lowers.

What does it look like?”

“Would you not use the watering can,” I asks her.

“I don’t want to get a fine,” Davy pipes up.

“A fine?” I says to him.

“Sure, that’s only if you use the hose. You’ll be grand with a watering can.”

“Ah, I can’t risk it,” he says.

“We’ve the holidays next week. I need the few quid for sangria and the likes.”

“I can’t wait to get away,” says Maureen. “I bet there’s no water shortages in Spain.

They’re used to this weather.”

“I’ve gotten used to it meself,” I says to her. “Sure, why would ye want to be going anywhere at all?”

“Ah, it’s good to get away though,” says Davy. “Recharge the batteries, like.”

“They look fairly recharged from where I’m standing,” I says to him. “Anyway, yis might be going nowhere. The pilots are going on strike.”

I was already sauntering down the road when I shouted that back at them but had a little chuckle at the pair of them roaring “Wha’?!” in unison.

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LEGAL EAGLE

PEOPLE

BY WALSH & PARTNERS SOLICITORS

Snippets of info when cosmetic cuts go too far COSMETIC surgery is elective surgery which aims to improve one’s aesthetic appearance. This is an area of medicine which does not have any proper regulation in Ireland .

As a result of this, there are numerous ‘cowboys’ operating in this field, giving rise to significant post-operative complications for patients.

When things go wrong during a cosmetic surgery procedure, the consequences for the patient can be devastating, not just physically but emotionally and financially as well.

While nothing can make up for the distress caused by a wrongful procedure, if you have suffered at the hands of a negligent cosmetic surgeon, you may be entitled to some compensation.

Common cosmetic surgery claims Today, cosmetic surgery is more than just a tummy tuck or a breast implant, and as the scope of this type of surgery widens, so has the potential for different types of claims.

Some of the more common cosmetic surgery claims arise from something going wrong with these procedures: • Breast augmentation • Facelifts • Liposuction • Botox injections • Plastic surgery • Tummy tucks

• Rhinoplasty • Eyelid surgery • Brow lift • Chemical peel • Ear surgery • Cosmetic dentistry Do you have a case for compensation?

From a legal standpoint, all medical practitioners, including doctors and plastic surgeons, owe their patients ‘duty of care’.

In lay terms, what this means is that these medical professionals are obliged to take reasonable precautions to ensure your safety and wellbeing while you are in their care, whether it is for health or cosmetic purposes.

Cosmetic surgery is treated as any other area of medical practice and when something goes wrong, it is for the law to decide whether or not there is any legal liability to pay the patient compensation or damages for any injuries and losses.

Not surprisingly, establishing liability is reasonably clear-cut in some cases, whereas in other cases, it could get quite complicated and expert medical opinion may be necessary.

You should know that it may not be enough for you to file a claim simply because you are dissatisfied by the result of your cosmetic surgery.

There is a fine line between being unhappy with the results and actu-

The show stars a cast of cute handmade puppet characters

al malpractice or negligence.

The legal stand is that prospective claimants ought to be realistic and reasonable about the outcome of the procedure that they had elected to undergo.

What exactly will you get compensated for?

Here is what you might be entitled to claim compensation for if you have been at the receiving end of cosmetic surgery gone wrong: • Physical injuries • Psychological scars • Loss of earnings • The cost of having to undergo corrective procedures • The cost of care • Any other out-of-pocket expenditure directly related to the procedure While calculating tangible compensation such as expenses incurred for a corrective procedure and other medical expenses is fairly straightforward, calculating intangible compensation for psychological injuries and other inconveniences and losses can get quite complicated.

This is one of the main reasons why you will need a really good cosmetic surgery claims solicitor.

They will assess the level of compensation that you should be entitled to receive and will build your case so that you get the maximum award.

WALSH & PARTNERS SOLICITORS specialise in litigation, personal injuries, probate, conveyancing, employment law and family law. Their offices are located at Unit 7E, Nutgrove Office Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. For further information, please call 01 291 0300, email info@walshandpartners.ie, or else visit the site at www.walshandpartners.ie.

DISCLAIMER: While every care is taken to ensure accuracy of information contained in this article, Walsh & Partners Solicitors do not accept responsibility for errors or omissions howsoever arising, and you should seek legal advice in relation to your particular circumstances at the earliest possible time.

ANIMATION COMPANY HAS BEEN PUT ON THE WORLD STAGE

Dublin company celebrates show being premiered on Nick Jr DUBLIN Company JAM Media celebrated the world premiere of their new pre-school show Becca’s Bunch on Monday.

The show – which aired at 7am and 7pm on Nick Jr in the UK - stars a cast of cute handmade puppet characters and features over 4,000 individually crafted props, set pieces and characters.

Becca’s Bunch also features special visual effects that give the show its unique look and feel, along with catchy songs written by Richie Egan from the Irish electronic-rock band Jape.

JAM Media, with operations in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, is one of the leading creators and producers of multi award-winning animated and live action content for the children’s and pre-school audience.

Becca’s Bunch follows a quartet of young woodland critters. Becca, the leader (catchphrase: “Let’s wing it!”) is a little bird with big ideas and a can-do attitude.

Confident, boisterous Russell the squirrel (catchphrase: “Macadamia!”) is the ultimate act first, think later kid — energetic, playful, and hungry.

Pedro (catchphrase: “I’m digging

it!”) is a cautious earthworm; knowledgeable, stretchy, and ultimately courageous.

Last but not least is Sylvia the fox (catchphrase: “Abra-ka-bag-rah!”), the youngest who looks up to Becca; she carries a deceptively deep bag of random objects that come in handy on the Bunch’s adventures.

In Wagtail Woods, one little bird and her friends are ever ready for adventure.

Becca, a happy bobble-hat wearing bird, sees adventure in every situation and as a result often bites off more than she can chew; landing herself and Russell, Sylvia and Pedro

in some sticky situations.

But it’s in the midst of these “oops” moments that Becca’s ideas, heart, positive thinking and leadership skills really shine.

And that’s when simple, kidrelatable challenges take a bold turn towards the best day ever.

Thinking on her feet, Becca will urge a generation of kids to never give up, aim high and have big ideas.

Because, once they do, like Becca, adventures just seem to happen.

The premiere episode “Legendary Gill” finds Becca and the Bunch setting out to prove the existence of a legendary giant fish in Wagtail Lake.

John Rice from Jam Media, at the Animation Festival in Dingle

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For a taste of what you can expect, visit your local Gro Mor garden centre including, Lucan Garden Centre, Newlands Home and Garden Centre Clondalkin, Jones Garden Centre Donabate or Windyridge Garden Centre Dun Laoghaire for top gardening tips and advice.

To get started Dermot O’Neill has chosen his top three summer plants that will add a splash of colour to any garden including, Dahlia, Senetti and Poppy all of which are widely available at GroMor garden centres nationwide.

The website www.gromor.ie contains easy to follow guides and videos on how to grow flowers, plants, herbs, trees and vegetables.

Gardening expert Dermot O’Neill with Sarah McGovern and her children Robyn and Jude Vaughan as they launched GroMór 2018 in Merrion Square. Picture: Brian McEvoy

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Churn out the watering cans, grab a trowel, and discover the beauty and mystery of the garden with a helping hand from GroMor and gardening expert Dermot O’Neill.

GroMor is an initiative by Retail Excellence Ireland in association with Bord Bia and nursery growers, promoting its 62 local garden centres and nurseries located across the country.

The garden centres offer free expert advice to people of all ages, from novices or new homeowners, to experienced gardeners.

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SOME OF THE LATEST EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN DUBLIN

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DOG OF THE WEEK

Declan O’Rourke

Serving up some soulful music at dlr Mill Theatre DECLAN O’Rourke returns to the stage of dlr Mill Theatre on Saturday, July 14.

Declan’s soulful music, rooted in folk and trad, has attracted the praise of countless industry giants, including John Prine, and Paul Weller, among others.

The Dubliners legend John Sheahan, declared recently that: “After 50 years I have decided it’s time to put a lid on the The Dubliners but I’m sure you’ll all agree that with Declan, and Damien (Dempsey), the future is in good hands.”

O’Rourke’s song-writing style moves faultlessly between impressionism, and storytelling, and can be at home in almost any form.

A dynamic performer, he is at once as comfortable fronting a 50-piece orchestra, as playing solo with a guitar.

Tickets priced €25 are available from www.milltheatre.ie.

Ian Felice to put in the Submissions from work in November IAN Felice has announced a solo show to take place in the Workman’s Club in November.

Ian, the lead singer and songwriter for The Felice Brothers, released his debut solo album ’In The Kingdom Of Dreams’ to widespread acclaim last year.

Hailed as his “solo masterpiece”

by No Depression and “impressive”

by Q M a ga z i n e (4/5), the record was recorded in his childhood home of Palenville NY, with his brother Simone Felice on production duties.

Simone produced and co-wrote recent hit albums from The Lumineers and Bat For Lashes.

On the album, Ian was joined by the original Felice Brothers line-up of James Felice on keys, Simone Felice on drums and Josh Rawson on bass.

Tickets for the November 10 show are on sale now from https://www.loosemusic.com/live

writers/poets sought for book festival RED Line Book Festival are calling on aspiring poets to submit their work for the 2018 Red Line Book Festival poetry competition.

Now in its sixth year, the prestigious competition attracts hundreds of entries from all across the island of Ireland annually.

The 2017 winner was Evan Costigan for his poem The Lean Season.

The winning poet will win a cash prize of €300, as well as an invitation to read their poem as part of the 2018 Red Line Book Festival, which runs October 8 - 14.

There is also a cash prize of €200 for second place and €100 for third place.

Adam Wyeth, a renowned poet and exceptional talent, will judge the competition entries.

The closing date for entries is Friday, August 10, 2018 and this year will only be accepted by email to poetrycompetition@sdublincoco.ie The shortlist will be announced on Friday, September 14, 2018.

DUBLIN Gazette Newspaper have teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs.

Ace is a stunning two-year-old German Shepherd who adores attention and loves to give kisses!

He is a very sweet boy who e n j oys b e i n g around people so much; he finds it hard to contain his excitement so he will need some training to learn how to say hello calmly.

Ace is super smart and loves solving doggy puzzles and putting his busy brain to use. He will require some socialising with other dogs so he can learn how to interact and play, but our experienced

Training and Behaviour Advisors will be more than happy to support his future family with tips and tricks on how to do this in a fun and safe way.

Ace has so much potential, he just needs the right family to take him home and lavish him with the love that he truly deserves.

If you have room in your heart for Ace, then please contact Dogs Trust at 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.

MAXI Zoo is offering some sage advice to help pet owners throughout Dublin to protect and keep their pets safe in the summer sun with day time temperatures set to soar to their highest average levels throughout July.

“July is the warmest month of the year in Ireland and pet owners need to be aware of what they can do to help their pet to stay cool, how to identify signs of heat-stroke and what action to take if necessary to save the ir pet,” said Emma Fanning, brand ambassador at Maxi Zoo Ireland who operate six stores across Dublin.

“A lot of pet owners make the mistake of thinking that responsible pet ownership begins and ends with not leaving their pet in the car when temperatures climb, but there are many other simple

things they can do to help their pet avoid heatstroke during hot weather spells.”

Maxi Zoo is advising pet owners to leave pet water bowls outside, to provide their pet with shaded areas or wet tow-

Keeping pets safe in the summer sun

els to lay upon, to avoid tethering their pet outside if they need to leave home for a short period during the day and to keep their pets out of conservatories and glassed areas if they are staying indoors.

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cess and fans both here and internationally.

The New Orleans styled brass collective are the superb music element in a first for Bulmers Live at Leopardstown, which will see the famous Dublin racecourse transformed into a Mardi Grasflavoured atmosphere, complete with aerial acrobatic performers, stilt walkers, fire breathers, samba drummers, face painters and carnival dancers.

AROUND 2,000 UKULELE PLAYERS TO DESCEND ON DUN LAOGHAIRE

The Thursday evening performance will be preceded by a high-quality card of horse racing and a wide selection of hospitality options are available.

The ‘Summer Bundle’ at only €33 includes admission to the racing & concert, a welcome drink, €10 Food Voucher and a €5 tote bet. À la carte style dining is available in the 1888 restaurant at €75pp.

The Big Ukulele Jam at Ukulele Hooley 2017

Booka Brass Band

Hooley father visit won’t stop festival ORGANISERS of the worldfamous Ukulele Hooley in Dun Laoghaire say the show will go on despite the dates clashing with the papal visit.

Pope Francis is due to come to Ireland on August 25 and 26 – the same dates as the Ukulele Hooley is due to take place.

“When the dates of Pope Francis’s visit were confirmed we got a little worried,” said Ukulele Hooley founder and Festival director, Tony Boland.

But, such has been the remarkable success of the Hooley over the past nine years that the organisers felt they couldn’t let so many people down, especially those travelling from abroad, and decided to stick to their original dates.

“Call it divine inspiration if you will but we are going ahead as planned on August 25 and 26,” said Tony adding that hotels a c ro s s D u n L a o g h a i re we re booked up from last year’s event with ukulele players and fans many of whom had also booked their flights.

“I don’t think there will be any serious clash of audiences.”

As well as the big open-air concert in the People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire, on the Sunday – this year will also see around 2,000 ukulele players taking part in “The Jungle Jam at the Hooley”, a mega jam with a jungle theme.

Up to 20,000 people will attend the day long Big Concert in the People’s Park.

“It’s 10 years since I first started a ukulele group in Glasthule,” said Tony Boland, who for many years was a stalwart of Gay Byrne’s “Late Late Show” backroom team.

“The Hooley came a year later and now the ukulele is one of the

Irish calendar and is the longestrunning ukulele festival in Europe.

It attracts players and fans from all over the world every summer and is a non-commercial, community, family-friendly event where the bulk of events are free.

Minnie (of Minnie the Illywhackers)

most popular instruments in the world.”

The Ukulele Hooley is now one of the biggest festivals on the

For more information, see www. ukulelehooley.com

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ENTERTAINMENT

The Eskies

GOINGOUTOUT

A Fun-Filled World of Craggy Sea Shanties

PICKWEEK OF THE

THE Eskies, it’s easy to conclude, have their tongues stuck firmly in their cheeks.

The Tallaght fourpiece’s modus operandi is one of playful, hard-wired fun, and it reflects in their music: a frantic, snarling but endlessly witty selection of gratifying, whiskey-loving country-punk.

Having been working their way around the Dublin music scene for the best part of a decade, their first album ‘After The Sherry Goes Round’ has been joined by the Christmasrelease country-melodrama of ‘And Don’t Spare The Horses’.

The entire process, at least from the outside, has been one surreal, messy party.

“The difference between our first album and our second album is our first album was written for live performance,” Frontman Ian Bermingham explains of the band’s progression in recent years.

“I think a lot of bands will tell you that. By the time we got to the second album we had our hour long set. When we came to record the second album, we only had about half the album written. Maybe less. The

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same pressure wasn’t there to write songs that would work live, so we could be dynamic in what we did.”

The second album ended up being delayed by a couple of months for marketing reasons, leaving the band struggling to keep quiet about what they’d finished.

“We were going round to people’s houses for sessions, and the thing is when you have lots of musician friends, you have a couple of pints and you all share what you’ve recorded.

“Then we’d wake up the next day going, ah, we shouldn’t have done that. I

don’t want to be that guy.

It’s like 2.0 of that guy who won’t put his guitar down.

Playing the unreleased album on your phone.”

That album is out now, though, and is helping the band secure a wider audience, something that’s critical to their long-term ambition.

Despite the silly side to their music, the Tallaght band are deadly serious

them paying us.

“There’s an extra dimension to having managers and booking people, a team of people who care about what you’re doing and become friends. It’s made a big difference to getting gigs” That hasn’t made life entirely easy, but the band are determined to press on into full professionalism.

At this stage, the door is

about finding a bigger audience.

“We were totally on our own for a long time, “Bermingham tells us. “Now we have booking agents and label services, though label services basically means we pay them to get the records out, instead of

ajar.

“The financial side is always tight and sometimes a total disaster, especially a band of ours, where we’re trying to make it a full time thing,” Bermingham says.

“There’s a balance between trying to make it

“

I don’t really think there’s a place for us in Ireland sometimes

cover itself and trying to expand that can be quite difficult.

“It doesn’t cost money to tour, but I don’t think we’re coming home with much.

It can be quite difficult.”

That has often involved touring outside Ireland in the last couple of years.

“I don’t really think there’s a place for us in Ireland sometimes,” Bermingham says, despite selling out a number of shows here recently.

“Maybe there’s not a scene we quite fit into.

Which is fine.

“We write music for ourselves, pushing each other in stupid directions and doing increasingly ridiculous things.

“We want to make people in the room laugh.

It can be ridiculous and obnoxious, “We’re not worried about being cool, but we are certainly enjoying ourselves. It’s a very carefully choreographed sloppy session buzz.”

The Eskies play Groove Festival at Kilruddery House, Bray, on Sunday, July 8.

They’ll be joined across the weekend by The Stunning, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Ham Sandwich and Kila.

Tickets are on sale now.

MICHAEL BUBLE @ CROKE PARK, €89.50

Multiple Grammy and Juno Award winner Michael Buble is delighted to announce that Emeli Sande will join him as special guest at Croke Park on Saturday July 7.

JULY 5 (THURSDAY) Mutefish + Bicurious @ Whelan’s, €7 Feuds + Painted Skies @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €5

JULY 6 (FRIDAY) The High Kings @ Vicar Street, €33.50 Eels, @ Iveagh Gardens, €45 The Cosmic Funk Band @ The Bowery, free (late show) The Soul Tree Festival @ The Sugar Club, €15-25 Mark Dinam @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €10 The Classic Beatles @ Whelan’s, €20 One of the strongest Beatles cover bands we’ve come across on our travels, the Classic Beatles serve up a Fab Four experience well worth seeing.

Thumper @ Workman’s Club, free (late show)

JULY 7 (SATURDAY) Michael Buble @ Croke Park, €89.50 The Three Tenors @ The National Concert Hall, €25-35 The The, @ Iveagh Gardens, €55.50 Chris Haze @Whelan’s (Upstairs), €12.

The Soul Tree Festival @ The Sugar Club, €15-25 Freak Control + Boom Child @ The Mezz, free 5 Dollar Shakes @ Workman’s Club, €5

JULY 8 (SUNDAY) Queen (+ Adam Lambert) + The Boomtown Rats + The Darkness @ Marlay Park, €79.50 The reformed version of Queen - minus Freddie, obviously - might not hold the same appeal as their stunning original offering, but they’re still a powerful live act. Great support, too.

Ralph Rolle + CC Brez @ The Bowery, €10

JULY 10 (TUESDAY) Tune-Yards @ Tivoli Theatre, €24 The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7

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ENTERTAINMENT

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Crooner in Croker MULTIPLE Grammy and Juno Award winner Michael seen me live, well… I just haven’t met you yet!”

Buble is coming to Croke Park this Saturday and will be Nobody But Me, his seventh major label studio album, joined by very special guest Emeli Sande. was released in October 2016. The record debuted at #2 on With three Number 1 albums and a classic ‘Christmas’ the Irish charts and went platinum in the UK in January. album to his name, Michael Buble has toured the globe 5 Emeli Sande’s critically acclaimed number one record, times and has sold out Aviva Stadium in 2010 followed by Our Version Of Events was the biggest selling album of four successive nights at The O2 Dublin in 2013.

2012 and second biggest selling album of 2013, scoring Michael Bublé’s classic voice, endearing charm and three UK number 1 singles and 4.6 million album sales sheer panache have established him as one of the great worldwide. singers and entertainers.

Emeli released her second studio album, ‘Long Live He has carved a unique place in the hearts of fans The Angels’ which became the biggest selling album around the world from a UK female and lit up pop released in 2016.

I can’t wait to come over to see my fans in Dublin and charts since his She went on to play Croke Park for my largest ever Irish show! You guys debut album in win ‘Best Female’ have been patient and I can’t thank you enough for all 2005, bringing at the 2017 BRIT your support. And for those of you that haven’t seen me jazz standards to Awards, becoming live, well… I just haven’t met you yet! a new generation her fourth BRIT while scoring Award win to date. his own original hits including the unforgettable global She was also appointed Member of the Order of the smashes ‘Home’, ‘Haven’t Met You Yet’, ‘Everything’ and British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for ‘Lost’. her services to music.

Speaking ahead of the Croke Park concert, Michael There is still a chance to see the King of Cool with spesaid: “I can’t wait to come over to see my fans in Dublin cial guest Emeli Sande live at this fully seated concert in and play Croke Park for my largest ever Irish show! You Croke Park this Saturday, July 7th.

Tickets from €89.50, including booking, fee are availguys have been patient and I can’t thank you enough for all your support. And for those of you that haven’t able at Ticketmaster.

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Multiple Grammy and Juno Award winner Michael Buble is coming to Croke Park

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Pride 2018 – were you there? Thousands cheer as they gather at Smithfield

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This fabulous fido knows how to dress to impress

Many companies are delighted to promote Pride-related events or support, with Blanchardstown-based eBay no exception. Several of its staff, including Cathal Heaney, Eoin Hendrick, Sean O’Beirns, Jamie Kennedy with (front) Mairead KinahanSayeh and Niamh Hynes, were delighted to help mark eBay’s involvment, which included a tricked-out van in the parade. Pictures: Donall Farmer/Julien Behal Photography

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RIDE

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PREJUDICE

Deirdre Clarke with Marcel Koile and Maim Omal

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NE of Dublin’s most popular events – and certainly the most colourful – passed off at the weekend, with the annual Pride parade again seeing many thousands of people of all ages, sexualities and identities marching and gathering on a fun, inclusive afternoon in the sun. Blessed with the continuing spell of unusually great weather, Pride participants and spectators created a rolling river of rainbow-coloured flags and hues as they poured en masse from Stephen’s Green over to Smithfield.

A slight cloud was cast over the proceedings by the route itself, with several social media posts criticising the choice of streets that the parade was ‘shunted’ onto. However, whatever about such complaints, most people made the best of the upbeat, vibrant and eye-blisteringly colourful sights on show, as Dubs, culchies, tourists and onlookers alike celebrated the city’s increasingly inclusive spirit. Most of all, it was a day to reflect on the city and country’s huge number of LGBT+ citizens, and on their decades-long path to acceptance and equality – a celebrated journey much longer than the Pride route itself.

Meabh O’Brien, Ciaran Leeny and Elizabeth Carr

Joining in the celebrations in the sunshine

Iqbal Parambil, Nazir Basha and Ewerton Davis

Antonio Scalia and Stephania Vitale

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SUNNY CALIFORNIA | TRAVEL ACROSS THE POND TO WHAT MAY POSSIBLY BE BEER HEAVEN

Brewing up a fine pint in Southern Cal DARREN MAILE

IF YOU are one of those people who have more imagination than just drinking Guinness or o t h e r ye l l ow, f i z z y, watery beers, you may wish to consider a holiday that includes exploring good quality beer in

the USA. Those of you that are open-minded may be aware of the West Coast IPA phenomenon, but now may be the time to experience it for real rather than just a cold beer from your fridge.

California has all the ingredients for a great holiday with the perfect

combination of Pacific coast, blue skies, sunshine, great food and, of course, great beer. Aer Lingus are the only airline to fly direct to LAX from Ireland, whereas numerous airlines via a connecting flight, fly from the UK into LAX and San Diego.

There are two types of

breweries and tap rooms to visit whilst in the Los Angeles area and 120 miles down the road in San Diego. There are the large well-established gastropub, distributer, breweries and the much smaller local boutique breweries.

Stone Brewery and Ballast Point would be two of the larger breweries in California, which having started as small local craft breweries back in the late 1990s. They have now expanded to multiple locations in California and The Angel City a c ro s s t h e Brewery in Los Angeles US. offers a wide array of Visiting beers and the much-adored these more street taco truck to cure the munchies. The Mexican famous street food in LA is breweries nothing less than breweries, is also a passpectacular. time of many so you will Americans, who spesee all the large cifically visit these ven- fermentation tanks and ues for brewery tours and pipework in the back to drink and dine in their ground. restaurants. The buildThere is something ings are very spacious unique to sitting at a and are also working bar with a massive list

of beers on the wall to choose from, yet behind a glass wall you can see how all the magic is made.

These breweries cater for families by offering superb choice of food, along with an extensive range of beers in stunning

The Ballast Point Brewery where you can try their award-winning Grapefruit Sculpin

relaxing settings. You will see many large families out together around long tables enjoying the offering.

The Stone Brewery in Escondido has a near tropical garden attached with pools and palm trees etc. which makes the outdoor dining experience all the more enjoyable.

When you have finished your dining and drinking experience, there is always the shop on site to visit offering a vast range of merchandise.

If you have decided to plan a route yourself for some of the smaller breweries, you will find that this is a great way to explore many of the various neighbourhoods that the two large cities of Los

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A GUIDE TO TEMPTING FOOD AND LOCATIONS

TRAVEL & FOOD

MICRO-BREWS | SOME OF THE BEST

JACKED UP BREWERY 800 W Grand Ave CA 92025 USA

A pint of California delight at the Angel City Brewery

A very tasty flight of beers at the Eppig Brewery in San Diego

Angeles and San Diego have to offer.

Southern California certainly has a beach and surfer vibe to it and you will find driving through many of the smaller beach communities very enjoyable.

In amongst the amazing houses, palm trees and endless food establishments, you may find tucked away a small boutique brewery.

These can be hard to find, as often, they are situated within industrial estates, where they neighbour other smaller commercial enterprises.

On the high streets they may just be nestled in between a surfer shop and a cafe or smoothie bar. The smaller brewer-

ies don’t waste an exorbitant amount of money on advertising to attract customers. Those that want to seek out these establishments will come looking for them. The money saved can be invested in the process of creating great beer and food.

Often these small breweries will be very spartan with painted breeze block walls and exposed pipework etc., but always they are warm, friendly places to visit.

A stranger turning up to try a flight (tester) of the beers to sample will be met with an enthusiastic barperson/owner who will be more than happy to explain all that they have to offer and their whole history.

If you plan on visiting California, you will find this that this is a great way to mix with the locals

and engage in friendly conversation with other like-minded individuals.

California is blessed in so many ways from the stunning beaches and scenery to the endless blue skies and sunshine.

A visit to the west coast of the US, to some,

may feel like walking into an episode of Baywatch, but I suggest that there is no better way to take in the amazing surroundings than to find a brewery and enjoy (sensibly) a nice cold beer and just hang out with the locals.

GOING ON TOUR IF YOU want to pack your day full of breweries and don’t want to worry about transportation, your best bet is booking a tour with a professional touring company and let them do the driving so all can enjoy.

LOS ANGELES TOURS www.lacraftbeertours.com www.labeerhop.com/ www.socalbrewbus.com SAN DIEGO TOURS www.brewerytoursofsandiego.com www.brewhop.com SAN MARCOS TOURS www.sacraftcruiser.com/san-marcos-tour

JUST off Interstate 15 in the suburb of Escondido you will find Jacked Up Brewery. In amongst a group of commercial buildings wedged in between main roads you will find this little gem which was established in 2016.

When the owner’s dog is the first thing that greets you upon entering, you know this place will be warm and friendly. The interior has brightly painted concrete walls, with a large logo of the brewery painted on one wall.

Board games are stacked in the corner, as well as a machine that dispenses the best movie popcorn ever and pretzels.

The room is divided by the bar and on a wall of corrugated iron hangs a list of the various pale ales, IPAs and stouts on offer.

There is a sign that stretches across the bar that states Brew, Drink, Relax, Repeat and it’s not long before you will find yourself engaged in friendly conversation with one of the owners. You may wish to try a small taster of many of the beers that they have on asf a fdsaf dsf dsaf dsa offer before you decide to go ahead and enjoy a full pint. Behind the fdsaf dsaf dsfa dsaf sf dividing wall you can see that all the brewing is done there, onsite, dsaf dsaf dsaf dsa fdsaf and the drink does not need to travel far from the fermentation barrel to tap.

If you are driving on your way to San Diego from LA you may wish to stop off on route and enjoy this wonderful little brewery.

ANGEL CITY BREWERY 216 S Alameda St Los Angeles, CA www.angelcitybrewery.com THIS downtown LA brewery is inside an old factory and is very spacious with an industrial feel to it. This is a very popular venue and like many other breweries it is pet friendly, expect to meet some furry friends as well. Food is supplied by a street taco van and this place has a very gritty, trendy urban decay feel to it which it why it seems such a hit with the locals.

EPPIG BREWING 2817 Dickens Street San Diego, CA www.eppigbrewing.com AMONGST the sail boats and yachts on San Diego harbour you will find this small brewery.

The inside is more outside as

the walls open up to make this place feel like you’re in the great outdoors. There are also tables outside so you can enjoy your drink in the sun and take in the impressive surroundings of this busy yet picturesque harbour.

RIP CURRENT BREWING 1325 Grand Avenue San Marcos, CA www.ripcurrentbrewing.com THIS is where beer and surfing collide. The decor is beach themed and many of the beers have a surfing related name. On one wall the owners proudly display the numerous prizes their beers have won and along the other is the most amazing collection of antique beer cans.

Surf’s up: A flight of beers at Rip Currant

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Aldi Nutgrove store open after revamp ALDI’S Nutgrove “Project Fresh” store in Dublin has reopened its doors to customers after an extensive renovation project.

The store has been completely refurbished as part of Aldi’s €160m investment in its Irish store network.

Aldi has committed €100m to constructing and opening 20 new stores by the end of 2019, while Project Fresh sees Aldi invest a further €60m in revamping the layout and design of all of its 131 stores nationwide.

Featuring the new layout, Aldi’s Nutgrove store now offers over 18% more fridge space, a wide selection of fresh food at the front of the store, hi-spec fixtures and fittings and new signage that provides a more efficient and hassle-free shopping experience.

103 free car parking spaces are also available to customers.

Speaking on the reopening, store manager at Aldi’s Nutgrove store Lorcan Hardy said: “Following extensive refurbishment work we are delighted to have reopened our new Project Fresh store. The whole Aldi team is looking forward to welcoming customers from the locality, both existing and new. We are confident our customers will find the new store provides a more enjoyable and spacious shopping experience.”

Dundrum set for new children’s play festival DUBLIN is playing host to Ireland’s brand-new children’s play festival ‘Playstival with The Happy Pear.’

It runs across two days on August 11 and 12 at Ireland’s largest urban farm Airfield Estate in Dundrum.

Playstival is the antithesis of too much screen time and the festival encourages families to ‘go back to basics’ and experience a more innocent approach to games and play.

It will feature a range of hands-on, fun imaginative games and themed ‘play universes’, with no fancy technology or screens to be found!

Tickets for Playstival with The Happy Pear are now available at www.playstival.ie Standard individual tickets are €12.42 and under 2’s go FREE!

The Happy Pear twins, David and Stephen Flynn hosted a sand castle competition on Sandymount Strand to celebrate the launch of the festival

FOOD & TRAVEL

Dinner and a Movie?

New Stella Diner opens in Rathmines DINNER and movies are a match made in heaven and Rathmines has a new offering for Dubliners.

Last year the iconic Stella Theatre was re-opened and now The Stella Diner has opened next to the theatre on 211 Rathmines Road.

The stunning former Bank of Ireland building has been given a new lease of life which has been beautifully restored and refurbished into an authentic American style diner.

The stonework above the door still has the original engraved sign of the bank, the building’s very first resident.

As you walk through the door, you enter into a bright and spacious room that brings you a taste of Manhattan.

A long pewter topped counter runs down the right side of the room, overlooking the open grill, and big comfy leather booths surround the room.

You can choose from all day breakfast favourites like a stack of buttermilk pancakes, corned beef hash with eggs and home fries, proper sausage sambos, fluffy three egg omelettes, or brioche French toast with bacon and

The Diner boasts vintage red leather booths and a centrepiece bar which serves cinema inspired cocktails.

maple syrup.

There are plenty of lunchtime and late night favourites on offer, too. Downright dirty cheese burgers, hot griddled sandwiches, next level tasty hot dogs, and some nostalgic classics including meatloaf, liver and onions, and grilled gammon steak with roast pineapple.

If you have a sweet tooth, The

Stella Diner offers homemade pies including cult classics pies like Apple, Key Lime, and Mississippi Mud pies, along with sundaes, thick and creamy milkshakes and malts. All proper American style.

Fancy something a little stronger? There is a full selection of draft and bottled beers, wines and cocktails.

There’s plenty of fun on the cult

classic cocktail menu which takes inspiration from neighboring Stella Theatre, with such titles as ‘There’s something about Bloody Mary’, ‘Don Julio’s day off’, ‘Midnight Espresso’ and ‘O Bacon, Where Art Thou?’.

The Stella Diner opens from 8am -10pm daily, seven days a week.

Let the good times roll!

Rachel (16) rises to the challenge SIXTEEN-year-old Rachel McPartlin has won the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2018 at an event in Dublin.

The event was hosted by Foroige in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Kildare Street in Dublin.

Rachel took the title with her business Rachel’s Heavenly Homemades, which is a Gluten Free Bakery at affordable prices.

Rachel established the business as most of her family are Coeliacs, and because being Coeliac not only limits their food choices, but shopping gluten free is expensive.

Rachel, from Leitrim, took the title after competing against twelve hundred other young

entrepreneurs throughout Ireland.

Sean Campbell, CEO Foroige, said: “The Foroige NFTE Entrepreneurship Programme has multiple positive impacts on the young people who take part in it.

“Career aspirations increase; interest in attending college increases; business knowledge increases; leadership behaviour increases; and a belief that attaining goals is within their control significantly increases.

“Empowering young people is what Foroige does, and we are more than proud of everything the young people here today have achieved.”

Gluten Free Baker Rachel McPartlin. Picture: Mark Stedman

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HOME & STYLE

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Anne Byrne Garden Design – Creative Ideas  ANNE BYRNE – Practical Solutions – Stunning Gardens. info@dublingazette.com AS THE evenings have just passed the summer solstice I hope you have been able to enjoy some time outside in the garden. This is the time of year when your garden furniture comes into its own, so if yours is tired or past its best it might be time to think about investing in some new pieces.

As a firm believer in the benefits of sitting down and enjoying the garden as much as possible, I look upon outdoor furniture as one of the most valuable investments in your garden, and it’s often overlooked in favour of hard landscaping and plants when planning your space. This is why I always include advice on the best furniture as an integral part of a garden design.

If you’re thinking of updating your furniture, consider first what you’re more likely to use it for. There are endless choices, so decide whether you’ll use it most for dining and entertaining or lounging and relaxing.

It needs to be comfortable and well constructed if you’re going to be spending any length of time outside, whereas if you’ll just be popping out

for a quick morning coffee you’ll get away with lighter, less durable pieces.

The furniture you choose will form part of the overall look of the space, so make sure it fits with the style and design of your garden. Well-chosen pieces can enhance the space and add the perfect finishing touch, but inferior quality or badly maintained furniture can spoil it.

If you favour a cottage style garden, rustic or painted timber and cast iron will always look well, and you can get away with a few scratches and a bit of rust – just call it shabby chic! If you prefer a sleeker, more contemporary look, simple streamlined shapes and all - weather rattan or sleek aluminium are good choices.

I like to leave my furniture outdoors throughout the seasons as you never know when a spell of good weather will tempt you outside – it’s often very early spring or late autumn and I like to be able to seize the day and snatch a few minutes in the garden whenever possible.

Let’s hope this summer continues to bring us plenty of them!

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CINEMA MACHINE OF THE WEEK

Eclipse setting the smooth line at Mitsubishi Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin are great, but the film isn’t quite a great vehicle for their intense talents

SICARIO 2 IS A DARK (BUT UNECESSARY) SEQUEL

Anti-drugs tale just borders on cruelty in places THE relentless, violent, failing but necessary war on drugs proved an interesting basis for 2015’s sleeper hit, Sicario, which followed a darker, grittier take than usual on the drug war.

Diving headfirst into some very shady goings on along the USMexico border, at times it was hard to see the difference between the drug cartels and the government forces stacked against them.

That moral ambiguity of merciless, cruel people on two sides of the same issue stacked against each other provided a dark lens through which to peer at some uncomfortable issues, with the film’s core character (brilliantly played by the ever reliable Emily Blunt) providing a solid hook for a film injected with many shades of grey.

Still, despite being a sleeper hit and a critical darling, Sicario seemed like a perfectly self-contained one-off, and not something that there was a need for, or an obvious path into, a sequel.

However, money and acclaim talks, and thus we have Sicario 2 (Cert 15A, 122 mins).

To use its actual title, Sicario: Day of the Soldado once again picks up on the same overall theme as the first film, as the ‘good’ guys

choose to fight fire with fire, with a number of characters in motion who play totally by their own violent moral codes, all in the aim of serving the greater good.

However, I’m not sure that the violence and cruelty at the heart of much of the film (such as the opening act’s grim suicide bombing at a grocery store, directing the rest of the story), is truly in service to the plot, or is there just to underscore that ‘this is a bad place, with bad people’. This, we already know.

Following that bombing, and tasked with sowing chaos along the border in a bid to weaken drug cartels, maverick federal agent Matt (Josh Brolin) turns to shady sicario (hitman) Alejandro (Benicio del Toro), with the aim of kidnapping the daughter of a top cartel kingpin to disrupt operations.

What could possibly go wrong?

At heart, that’s a blithe summary of the film’s core plot (then again, most films have a simple summary; Titanic is basically: ‘Ship hits iceberg, sinks’, after all), but there’s nothing blithe or casual about Sicario 2, which is an intense, focused and deliberate dive into darkness.

It’ll come as no surprise to hear that the kidnapping plot soon goes awry, with the plan falling apart as

the body count ups, and violence begets violence – and then some.

Ambushes, personal grudges, brooding violence – in service to the right plot, these triggers could provide some high notes to make a story sing and zing off the screen, but alas, Sicario 2 isn’t such a film (which is perhaps why Blunt isn’t back on board for this one).

Brolin and Del Toro are great – but then, aren’t they always – and the film picks up on many of the same visual beats as the first film, from beautifully shot dawn desert shots to helicopter shots that helped give the film (and now, the franchise) a strong identity.

However, there’s no getting away from the fact that this is very much a film that was made because they could, rather than because they should have made it – it’s a grim but gratuitous followup, and the definition of an unnecessary sequel.

Notwithstanding the incomprehensible, brutal violence of the real, ongoing drug war slaughter, Sicario 2 also seems a little easier to warm to than the current (and continuing) cruelty we’re all witnessing in the news along the southern US border, further weakening its impact on the big screen.

Verdict: 5/10

MITSUBISHI has given its SUV range a styling makeover and pointed to a new future with the introduction of the new Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross SUV. In a packed mid-range SUV market, the new Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross stands out as a stylish smooth operator as MICHAEL MORONEY found out during his recent test drive.

MITSUBISHI Motors aims to build on its SUV reputation by adding a new and more styled Eclipse Cross compact SUV to its range.

This new design is a departure from the utilitarian look of the current Mitsubishi SUV range, giving the Japanese brand, which is now firmly a part of the Nissan Renault Alliance, a stronger product opportunity.

While this new Eclipse Cross is seen as slotting in between the current Mitsubishi ASX and Outlander models, it’s clearly very different. The Eclipse Cross styling is so strong that it puts the others somewhat in the shade as Mitsubishi’s bright new SUV for the future.

For Mitsubishi this new Eclipse Cross brings a fresh new opportunity to the market. For Irish SUV drivers, this latest offering scores high in the style stakes, in a segment of the car market that’s in danger of getting over-subscribed.

The car incorporates some new petrol engine technology that delivers impressive smoothness and performance.

Mitsubishi Motors in Ireland have kept it simple.

At this stage there is one engine choice, a new and lively 1.5 litre capacity turbo-petrol engine. Later this will be joined by a new 2.2 litre turbo-diesel version, but for the present Mitsubishi is confident that petrol power has a significant place in the SUV market.

I’ve had the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross across a

1,145km test route that included a wide range of typical Irish mixed driving conditions, some good and some dreadful. The lasting impression is of a smooth performer with good driving pace and reasonable economy.

The outstanding appeal factors included the engine which I rated highly for its ease of driving and good low rev torque. Most petrol engines require higher revs for longer drives to combine performance with acceleration ability.

For the Eclipse, the low rev torque impressed me so much that I could cruise on motorways at 120km/ hr while just marginally exceeding the 2000rpm rating on the rev counter.

eration, and most of all a quiet smoothness. This means that longer drives are very pleasurable and never tiring.

With that engine flexibility, I had expected a slightly better fuel economy figure and closer to the Mitsubishi rated figure of 15.2km/litre (6.7/100km or 43mpg). My driving performance delivered a range of 760km from the full 65 litre fuel tank, which meant that I was 30% off this rated figure.

Despite that, this economy level didn’t feel too thirsty, while relative to similar diesel powered SUV’s the margin of difference is still significant.

Creeping higher petrol costs at the pump will

Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 1.5 Engine Engine power 0 – 100km/hr Economy Fuel Tank Capacity CO2 emissions Road Tax Band Main Service Euro NCAP Rating Warranty Entry Price Combine this with an eight speed CVT automatic gearbox and the engine smoothness was further complimented to give an overall pleasant driving experience irrespective of the road conditions.

On motorways it was at its best, giving good accel-

1.5 litre 163 bhp 9.3 seconds 15.2km/litre

(6.7/100km or 43mpg)

63 litres 154g/km C €390 20,000km/12 months 5 star 2017 8 years €27,900 mean that without steady conscious driving, fuel costs could be a more significant part of the ownership costs of the Eclipse.

The internal layout of the Eclipse is a further part of the SUV’s appeal.

The dash layout is more modern than that of oth-

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WHAT’S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY AND ON WHEELS

MOTORS

New fourth generation Jimny SUV on the way SUZUKI, the Japanese small car maker has a new fourth generation Jimny SUV on the way. The Jimny has been part of the Suzuki line-up since 1970 and the third generation model was introduced in 1998.

The new model has a more robust look and retains

The new Mitsubishi Eclipse has an entry price value at €27,900.

ers in the Mitsubishi range with a familiar feel to some parts.

There’s a large central screen with a multi-function system that includes a novel touchpad controller beside the gear lever that can operate audio functions like radio and iPod, as well as the Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

Many of the functions can also be controlled by the multi-function steering wheel.

Mitsubishi claims that this new touchpad interface allows for a more intuitive operation than

the usual rotating knobs.

For instance, audio volume can be adjusted using two fingers to swipe the controller screen either up or down. This took a little practice to perfect, while it’s a skill quickly perfected by those of us who live with smartphones and tablets.

The standard kit for what is called the Invite version includes a reversing camera, Bluetooth and USB connectivity and rear seat passengers benefit from sliding rear seats (200mm) with an 8 step recline. The safety features

include a forward collision mitigation system, lane departure warning system, LED daytime running lights and 7 airbags.

The Eclipse comes with a Euro NCAP five-star safety rating that’s right up to date.

While the top-of-the range Intense version, which I drove comes with a whole lot more including larger wheels, a 9 speaker premium radio system, leather seats, electric heated front seats, Rockford Fosgate audio system, panoramic glass sunroof, multi-around monitor

for easier reversing, blind spot warning (BSW), lane change assist (LCA), rear cross traffic alert (RCTA) and adaptive cruise control.

Entry prices are competitive at €27,900 for what is a substantial SUV. The bigger alloy wheel option will make a huge difference to the stance of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, so most buyers will opt for the second grade up Intense version with this smooth CVT gearbox, which will add another €4,500 to the price and changing its competitive position ever

so slightly.

The Eclipse marks a change in styling at Mitsubishi. The threediamond quality image remains firmly intact with this new model, so this is an SUV that should look well and perform well for many years to come.

The engine and CVT gearbox are stand-out impressive; the overall driving experience is pleasant and untiring.

There are 182 value deals on offer including low cost finance, and the 8 year warranty is a further attraction.

Touareg N1 models face July 30 deadline THE clock is ticking for anyone who wants to get a hold of the last of the Volkswagen Touareg N1 Commercial models, and indeed other brands such as Toyota Land Cruiser and Mitsubishi Pajero, which are all rated as five seat commercial vehicles that offer significant savings for buyers compared to the passenger (non-commercial) version of these models.

The opportunity for buyers to avail of one of these N1 models ends on July 30, and not a day after, and all of the vehicles must be registered by or on this date. Volkswagen Touareg N1 versions in stock in Ireland all come with a technology pack with over €5,500 worth of kit for €1,499 and many of them come with the R-Line package too.

Compared to the full retail price of a passenger example of the same model, there is a total of €23,400 of savings to be made on many of these.

They can only be sold to VAT-registered businesses and cost €62,925 including VAT, so the days of commercial five-seat car value are slipping away.

the ladder chassis and part-time four-wheel-drive system with a low range transfer gearbox.

There is a new 3-link rigid axle suspension for greater comfort.

The new Jimny with get the benefits of the latest Suzuki Power Boost petrol engines. On the inside the dash layout is refreshed with a clear off-road feel to it. The Jimny has a popular following in Ireland for its off-road ability and ease of driving. Across the world over 2.85 million Jimny’s have been sold in 194 countries and regions.

New generation Santa Fe IRELAND is the first country in Europe to launch the new Hyundai Santa Fe SUV, ahead of the 182 registration plate arrivals.

The Santa Fe is claimed to be more powerful, and elegant with best-in-class safety features and exceptional roominess. Entry prices start from €41,995 and there is a single 2.2 litre turbo-diesel engine fitted.

The new model has a fresh exterior design that distinguishes it from the older model. The Santa Fe’s front adopts the Hyundai’s new SUV family appearance with a modern grille that is complemented by the Composite Light, a design comprising LED daytime running lights positioned on top of the LED headlights.

This Santa Fe features the latest Hyundai SmartSense active safety and driving assistance features to comply with the highest European safety standards. This includes blind-spot collision warning, forward collision-avoidance assist with pedestrian detection, rear cross-traffic collision-avoidance assist, lane keeping assist, rear occupant alert, safety exit assist and speed limit info function.

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SPORT

DEVANEY DELIGHT: SOCCER: BOHEMIANS ended a poor

run of form on Friday night with the Gypsies edging past an equally out-of-form St Patrick’s Athletic to take the spoils through a Kevin Devaney wonder strike a few minutes before half-time.

It gets the second half of the League of Ireland top-tier campaign underway and Bohs have edged up to seventh place

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LET DUBLIN GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS INFORM YOU OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SCORES OF YOUR FAVOURITE TEAMS PARALYMPICS | NAC SET TO HOST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Team Ireland confirmed for major events  sport@dublingazette.com

SWORDS Castle was the venue as Paralympics Ireland uneviled the Irish teams for the upcoming European Para Athletics and World Para Swimming Championships this August with a spate of Dublin-based representatives.

This August, for the first time ever, Ireland will host a major International Para sporting event when the World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships take place at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre from August 13-19.

Ireland have named an eight person squad for Dublin 2018 including Rio Paralympics bronze medal winner, Ellen Keane from Clontarf.

Keane is joined on the team by UCD’s Patrick Flanagan, Castleknock’s Ailbhe Kelly, NAC Swim Club pair James Scully and Nicole Turner.

August 20 will mark the first day of competition in the European Para Athletics Championships which will see a 10-person Irish team compete for podium places in Berlin.

Swords woman Greta Streimikyte will race in the 1,500m while Le Cheile AC’s Patrick Monahan will compete in the 800m and 1,500m.

Raheny Shamrock’s Orla Comerford will race in the T13 sprints over 100m and 200m.

Team Ireland’s swim team will now leave for a training camp in Portugal as they fine tune their preparations for Dublin 2018 which will begin in only 48 days.

Speaking about the announcement of Team Ireland for the European Para Swimming and Athletics Championships, Paralympics Ireland President, John Fulham, said: “We believe that the two squads are ready to compete very well for European glory.

Ellen Keane will be one of the ones to watch at the World Para Swimming Championships in Dublin in August. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

“These are two important events for our athletes as they all look to Tokyo 2020 which is coming around very quickly.

“Hosting the World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships in Dublin is a great boost to para sports in Ireland.

“This is an opportunity to put para

sports on a pedestal and to give young, budding Paralympians the opportunity to come and see their role models compete in person.

“I believe our squad of swimmers are a great combination of experience and potential that will give our country something to be really proud of this summer.”

SPORT CONTACT INFO SPORTS EDITOR: Stephen Findlater sfindlater@dublingazette.com

For more information or to send in news and photos: sport@dublingazette.com Phone: 01 601 0240

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CASTLEKNOCK

BEST of luck to all of the organisers, coaches and particapats at this week’s Summer Camp. It’s sure to be a great week as usual, don’t forget the suncream!

Plenty of great action at both club and county level last week.

Firstly, massive congratulations to Luke Swan, Conor Murray and Davey Bohan on becoming Leinster minor hurling champions with Dublin, beating out Kilkenny for the title (Dublin: 6-19(37) to Kilkenny : 7-12(33) . Huge well done in particular to to Luke who was named Man of the Match after scoring three of Dublin’s 6 goals.

Well done also to Eimear Griffin, who was in action this weekend with the Dublin minor ladies.

Fantastic win for our adult ladies Division 6 team on a great win over Stars of Erin in their cup. Well done Ladies! Great results also for our men’s Division 4 and 11 footballers in their league campaigns with wins over St Finians and St Peregrines.

Well done to U-14 boys on winning their Regional Feile Football competition in Offaly at the weekend against teams from Limerick and Laois.

No winner of our lotto jackpot with thanks to Rialto Ford. Numbers were 4, 7, 20, 27. Two ‘match 3’ winners, winning €150 each. Lucky dip winner was Carmel Wayne who takes home €30. Our new jackpot is €4,400 with the next draw in De Bruins on July 5.

ERIN GO BRAGH WE ARE delighted to say we have launched our clubs lotto Online through the My Club Finances/LocalLotto. ie service. The lotto is a significant part of the clubs fundraising activities and this online-option will complement the existing lotto sales activities.

There was no winner of our lotto jackpot this week. Next week’s jackpot is €7,200 numbers drawn were 3,4,11 and 26. Thanks to everyone who supports our club lotto it is very much appreciated.

Cúl camp to be held from July 16 to 20 in Castaheany Community Centre. Cost will be €65 per child.

EGB summer camp to be held from August 13 to August 17 in Castaheany Community Centre; €50 per child with a €5 discount for siblings; 9.30am to 2pm for both camps.

Places are limited so register early to avoid disappointment and to ensure you get your free cul camp gear. We also need GAA Garda Vetted adults to supervise at the camp.

Please contact Maria 087 7545478 to advise of your availability.

All of our junior teams are now on there summer break, enjoy and see you all when training recommences.

SAILING: MCGUCKIN TAKING ON EIGHT-MONTH CHALLENGE

Gregor on Golden Globe epic journey

Dubliner Gregor McGuckin waved goodbye to dry land last Sunday as he began his eight-month journey around the world, leaving all mod cons behind as part of the Golden Globes Race  sport@dublingazette.com

ON Sunday, July 1 at midday in Les Sables d’Olonne France, Goatstown man Gregor McGuckin crossed the starting line of the Golden Globe Race onboard his very ordinary looking 33-year-old yacht, Hanley Energy Endurance.

All going to plan, Gregor will not step foot on dry land again for eight to nine months.

The Golden Globe Race is being held to mark the 50 years that have passed since Sir Robin Knox-Johnston achieved what was once thought to be impossible.

Modern round the world races embrace technology and skippers can now conduct live Skype calls, talk to anyone in the world 24/7 through satellite phones and receive detailed

weather routing to steer them away from the worst of the weather.

McGuckin and the 17 other competitors are setting off with no GPS, no freely available satellite phone, no internet and no weather information other than what they can pick up over the radio.

McGuckin is now sailing alone out into the Bay of Biscay; he will then turn south, sail down the Atlantic, around the Cape of Good Hope, lap the Southern Ocean before rounding the infamous Cape Horn, turning left, sailing back up the Atlantic and into Les Sables d’Olonne.

The completion of this epic voyage will put him and his yacht, Hanley Energy Endurance, in the history books as the first Irish person to sail alone

non-stop around the planet.

Speaking before he left the dock, McGuckin said: “If the race is as hard as the road to the

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If the race is as hard as the road to the starting line, I’m in for a rough ride! starting line, I’m in for a rough ride! Only through countless volunteer hours, people and company’s generosity and the support of our many sponsors led by Hanley Energy we simply would not be here today.

“We still have more opportunities for companies to support

GARDA/WESTMANSTOWN GREAT weekend for our U-14 girls Feile squad who reached the National Shield Final only to lose by a point to Kinawley Brian Borus of Fermanagh.

Well done to all involved in a fantastic weekend.A huge thank you to St Fechins GAA Club for hosting the girls and giving them the experience of a lifetime.

Congrats to Beibhinn Forker who was the Westmanstown Gaels Player of the Tournament.

Congrats as well to Lia Cronin on her selection on the Dublin U13 Development Squad.

Two good league performances last week by Inters and Junior but unfortunately both lost narrowly away to Kilmacud Crokes and Na Fianna.

Gregor McGuckin at the starting line in France last Sunday. Picture: Neil O’Hagan/Team Ireland

so don’t be shy when I’m gone!

Right now, the thought of simply getting out there and doing what I love is wonderful.”

An estimated 100,000 people came out to see the fleet off and over 50 Irish people traveled to France to wish him well. McGuckin’s father, Randal McGuckin, added: “Of course, I’ll worry about G re g o r b u t I h ave eve r y confidence in him and the boat. The team that got him here, along with the amazing support will see him through. It’s fantastic to know that primary school children across Ireland will be following the adventure as well. We’re all extremely proud of Gregor.”

When asked what he will miss most, he said: “If I start thinking about what I’m going to miss, it’ll be a long eight months. I rather focus on the amazing sailing, wildlife, oceans, weather and challenges that lie ahead.

So other than missing friends, family, and loved ones, I’ll be doing my best to enjoy every moment of the voyage.”

The fleet includes 18 competitors in total. Ranging from a 73-year-old French sailing legend that has sailed around the world numerous times, to an Australian from Manchester who is a relative newcomer to sailing but has summited Everest three times.

McGuckin’s campaign is part of a wider professional sailing team under the ‘Team Ireland’ brand that saw Enda O’Coineen compete in the Vendee Globe.

They are also working to see Ireland’s first female, Joan Mulloy, attempt to race alone around the world. The team has been long supporters of the Atlantic Youth Trust charity and their mission to create a youth development tall ship trust for the island of Ireland.

T h e G o l d e n G l o b e Ra ce yachts can be tracked online at Goldengloberace.com.

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND: BOHS END TOUGH RUN WITH DERBY WIN

LOI SHORTS Bazunu keeps it clean in front of the scouts

St Patrick’s Athletic’s Jamie Lennon and Bohs’ Dylan Watts battle for the ball. Picture: Martin Doherty

Devaney piledriver piles on the pain for St Pat’s LOI PREMIER DIVISION Bohemians St Patrick’s Athletic  JAMES HENDICOTT sport@dublingazette.com

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BOHEMIANS ended a poor run of form on Friday night with the Gypsies edging past an equally out-of-form St Patrick’s Athletic to take the spoils through a Kevin Devaney wonder strike a few minutes before half-time.

Bohs had taken only two points from their previous five league contests ahead of the derby, despite a dramatic late equaliser against rivals Shamrock Rovers before the mid-term break back in late May. Pat’s, meanwhile, had lost five in a row, scoring only two and conceding 14 in the process, ahead of the trip to north Dublin.

The Inchicore side had the better of a cagey opening few minutes, creating one particularly

clear-cut chance as a lofted through ball found Ryan Brannan, who beat Bohs goalkeeper Shane Supple to the ball.

Having grabbed possession, though, Brennan couldn’t finish with a poor touch see ing the ball edge wide. The chance led to a period of Pat’s dominance, however, and the visitors looked well on top for most of the first half, with former Ipswich and Dublin GAA man Supple forced into several big saves.

Pat’s stalwart Conan Byrne and Jamie Lennon both forced fine stops out of Supple, as they asserted themselves in looking unusually strong on the break. At the other end, Pat’s had very little to do in defense, as Bohs sloppy form continued and their sometimes-fluid attacking play looked offkilter and loose, riddled with sloppy passes.

In fact, Bohs’ taking the lead was a real sucker punch, though it was also a superb finish. Devaney cut inside and unleashed a piledriver of a strike into the top corner of the previously unbothered Barry Murphy’s net with 40 minutes gone, giving the Phibsboro side a lead only the most hardened fans would argue they deserved.

Deveney’s goal, however, shifted the momentum, and either side of half time Bohemians were very much in charge.

Dylan Watts had a couple of efforts turned away

by Murphy, and another effort that saw an acrobatic last-ditch block from former Aston Villa man Kevin Toner keep Pat’s in the game from a powerful headed corner.

They created little that matched their first half showing, though, with the late arrival of attacking threats James Doona

and Jake Keegan doing little to turn around the deficit. Earlier, Ryan Brennan and Thomas Byrne had both had half chances to drag Pat’s back into the contest, but failed to threaten Supple’s goal, leaving Bohs to stroll away with the spoils in a game they’d been outplayed in for

large chunks.

The second half of the League of Ireland top-tier campaign is underway, then, and Bohs have edged up to seventh and eased the lingering relegation fears that their poor form had ushered in.

They remain six points b e h i n d t h e i r fa d i n g visitors.

Kevin Devaney lines up his shot for the goal. Picture: Martin Doherty

SHAMROCK Rovers goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu was watched by scouts from Liverpool, Norwich City and Brighton as he kept a third clean sheet on the bounce against Derry City.

Dan Carr’s seventh goal of the season and a second in two games from Joel Coustrain saw the Hoops move clear of their opponents on the day in fourth position.

16-year-old Bazunu has yet to concede a goal since making his senior debut between the sticks Gavin Bazunu. Picture: Bobby Best in a 3-0 win over Bray Wanderers last month.

The Firhouse native is set to keep his place in the first team in spite of the return of club legend Alan Mannus to the fold.

The Hoops have won all three games, results which have seen them overtake St Patrick’s Athletic and Derry and close the gap on third-placed Waterford to three points.

Stephen Bradley’s side were the better team throughout against an uncharacteristically poor Candystripes side.

Carr had already missed a glorious chance to open the scoring when Brandon Kavanagh was denied by a top-class save from Gerard Doherty after getting on the end of a flowing one-touch move.

Coustrain was the creator for the opening goal in first-half injury time, beating Ronan Hale on the left and crossing for Carr, who controlled with one touch before firing into the top corner.

And Coustrain himself sealed the points midway through the second half when, after good work from Ronan Finn, Carr’s shot was blocked and the Limerick native bundled home.

SHELBOURNE SIGN UP SLIGO’S MOORHOUSE SHELBOURNE completed the signing of striker Greg Moorhouse from Sligo Rovers at the opening of the July transfer window on Tuesday.

Moorhouse was part of the Crumlin United team that won the Leinster Senior League Senior Sunday division in 2013/14 and back to back FAI Intermediate Cups in 2014/15 and 2015/16.

He was also part of the Irish Amateur side that won the UEFA Regions Cup in Dublin in 2015.He signed with Glenavon ahead of the 2016/17 season.

Moorhouse scored 16 goals in all competitions with Glenavon during the 2016/17 season, including ten in league competition and at season’s end he went to Coventry City on trial and travelled with their squad to Spain on their pre-season tour, but terms could not be agreed between City and Glens.

He signed for Sligo Rovers from Glenavon in July 2017 for the remainder of that season.

He renewed his contract with the ‘Bit-O-Red’ in November for the following 2018 season.

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FINGALLIANS DUBLIN minor hurlers: Congratulations to the hurlers on beating Kilkenny 6-19 to 7-12 to win the Leinster title. Daragh Power represented the club at midfield and is the first club player to win a provincial minor hurling medal for Dublin.

Senior Footballers: Their winning streak in the sun continued with an away win v Round Towers, Clondalkin; that has moved them up to 2nd place in Division 2.

Pictures: The summers holidays are back. We will post on our Facebook page any pictures of kids wearing their club colours from around the world. Please let us know the team they play with. Please send to Fingallians@gmail.com . For the adult members, we will retweet any pictures you forward from the 4 continents showing off your holiday destination with the club colours.

Academy Holidays and Club Siopa: Both are now on holidays until September. Club gear can be ordered from the club bar during the holiday period.

NAOMH PEREGRINE THE first of our summer camps for children aged 5 to 13 takes place each day from 10am to 2:30 pm from 9-13 July. Each child will receive a set of Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camp gear (including a jersey and training top) and backpack included in the cost of the camp. The second summer camp takes place from 13-17 August.

Registration for both sets of summer camp is available online atwww.cnp.ie.

We offer our deepest sympathies to Joan and all the Gilhooley family following the sudden death of Owen Gilhooley, a dedicated, long-standing and stalwart member and volunteer in the club, and

also in the local community of Briarwood, Huntstown Lawn and Woodlands.

Owen will be deeply missed by all who knew him. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a Anam.

Well done to our Juniors on winning the Murphy Cup in emotional circumstances.

This was preceded by a standing ovation for our recently deceased member, Owen Gilhooley.

There was no winner of the club lottery, numbers drawn were 3-19-24-28.

Next week’s jackpot is €8,400.

While the club’s “No Pay – No Play” rule applies, overdue membership fees can be paid online on www. cnp.ie.

SKERRIES HARPS

CONGRATULATIONS to Lyndsey Davey and the Dublin senior ladies on their Leinster Final win over Westmeath.

Well done to the Moriarty Supervalu sponsored Minor Hurlers on their midweek win over Sylvesters and The Mcmeels sponsored AFL2 on their win over St Patrick’s (P).

Well done to Rachel O’Brien, Faye Mcgloughlin and the Dublin U-15 Camogie team on their Shield win in the Wexford Blitz on Saturday.

Thursday: AFL9 vs St Maurs, home, 7.30pm.

Sunday MFL1 vs Thomas Davis, home, 11am.

See www.skerriesharps.ie/fixtures for details of all upcoming games.

Juvenile Games weekly meetings are now on summer break! Adult Games Meeting continues each Thursday in the clubhouse.

Zingo Result: 7-3-4-5-1-2-6 We had no winners of Jackpot or dividend.

Jackpot €2,200. Dividend €400. Next draw will take place on Sunday, July 8 in the clubhouse.

How do you win? You buy a ticket! You can also play on line at skerriesharps.ie and follow the links. Envelopes only €2 or 3 for €5.

SOCCER: NORTHSIDE CLUB REFORM ADULT SECTION FOR NEW

Darndale back to do things right in the AUL AUL PREMIER C  DAVE DONNELLY

sport@dublingazette.com

DARNDALE FC will make their return to senior football next season following a two-year absence next season when they re-enter the AUL. The northside club dropped out of senior football two years ago amid internal problems and most of the team splintered off to local sides like Kilmore Celtic.

It was a decision that surprised many, the club having won the double the previous year and falling just short of promotion to the top level in a league much more competitive than it is now.

Striker James English – a local boy who came through the ranks at the club – had just earned a move to League of Ireland Shelbourne on the back of his remarkable 45-goal season.

One of the club’s star players, former Sheriff YC league winner Shane Gillard, had spells with Rivervalley Rangers and then followed manager Stephen Doran to Tolka Rovers.

Now Gillard is back in Darndale and the driving force behind reforming the senior section, which will now operate completely separately from the growing schoolboy section.

At the time, the committee who were in place weren’t too keen on having a senior set-up. The committee at the time just wanted to focus on schoolboy.

“Now, I’ve come in and said we’ll go back to the club but we’ll have two separate committees.

We can’t touch any of the funds from the schoolboys and they’re completely separate from us.

“It’s the one club, but there’s different committees for the seniors and the schoolboy level. We basically want to go back in and do it right this time.”

The senior side will be managed by Paul Byrne, who was part of the Darndale Rovers set-up before they folded in 2014 and merged with Darndale FC. Several of that Rovers side, and some players who came through the underage ranks when Gillard was coaching, were among the 24 who turned

Darndale FC are looking to the future with the return of their adult team to the AUL ranks

out for pre-season training last week.

The club have already tapped into council funding and private finance to get back on their feet, while local pastry company Golden Bake have come on board as sponsors.

Previously-granted council money has already been earmarked to resurface Darndale Park, with work due to begin next month, while there are also hopes for a new five-a-side astro facility.

And Gillard – who will be on the playing panel this year – feels there is a real clamour in the area for senior football and they’ve set their sights on achievement at the top of the league.

They’ve applied to be entered into the secondtier Premier B, but look more likely to go to Premier C, where they’re happy to begin their journey.

“There’s a lot of eagerness there from people.

I’m ambitious and I want

to get it back going and do it my way, along with Paul Byrne, the manager, who’s also on the committee and Declan Andrews.

“We had success in the past. We were right there with Kilbarrack getting promoted at the same time, Sandyhill Shangan, Collinstown, and then it obviously faded away.

“We want to go back in and the same thing this year. The aim is to get to Premier A. It’s no messing around.”

Torsney lands national gold

FINGALLIANS’ Athletics Club produced a string of fine performances at the National Under-23 and juvenile track and field championships last weekend in Tullamore.

Anne Marie Torsney won the discus by a clear margin as her sixth round throw of 36.12 metres was almost seven metres clear of Portlaoise’s Seodhna Hoey.

The Swords woman also took silver in the shot putt with a 10.73 throw, finishing behind Fingallians AC’s Bella Meany on the charge in Swinford’s Michael Walsh. the U-10 500m. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Torsney has already represented Ireland in

2018 as part of the Irish universities team in Glasgow in May and also picked up silver medals in the shot putt and discus at the Leinster championships in June.

Fins’ junior men also won gold in the four x 100m relay, beating Leevale from Cork who won it for the last 5 years.

It was an exceptionally close race but the team of Darragh Markey, Reality Osuoha, Leon Chinaka and Pascal Ryan edged out their counterparts by just two hundredths of a second in a time of 43.63 seconds.

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SEASON

GOLF: MALAHIDE GC CAPTAIN’S PRIZE WON BY 87-YEAR-OLD

O’Farrell turns back time at 57th attempt CAPTAIN’S PRIZE  sport@dublingazette.com

BEAM DELIGHT

Russell hits high notes LILY Russell, age nine, from DP Gymnastics Club in Balbriggan, produced an immaculate performance on the beam at the National Series Super Gymnastics Championships.

The youngester was the FIG minor performer with one of the most difficult routines in any of the age categories, ending with 12.034 score.

Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

ON HIS 57th attempt, Oliver O’Farrell, who celebrates his 87th birthday on July 9, won Jim McMahon’s Captain’s Prize last Saturday.

Playing of a handicap of 32, ‘Ollie’, who was Club President in 1991 now plays in a buggy, having had two hips and one knee replaced.

Having shot 38 in the qualifier and another 38 on the final day, and playing in the second last three-ball, Oliver’s 76 was hailed the winning score once the day’s action was complete.

O’Farrell and and his wife Bunny received congratulations all round but, as he was enjoying his whiskey, rumblings of a possible play off began to emerge.

It turned out that one of his partners, David Smith, an intermediate member, playing off 12, who finished on 75, had incorrectly cut himself one shot from the qualifying day.

Smith, at 21 years of age, is approximately one quarter of Ollie’s age and the pair set out to battle over the three-hole playoff where Oliver had a five-shot advantage.

O’Farrell played a miraculous shot onto the green at the first playoff hole from behind a tree to go one point up and then sank a very difficult 15 foot putt on the second playoff hole to go three points up.

Smith needed a birdie at the difficult par five finishing hole (ninth yellow) and the youngster hit an enormous drive. Both then found the trees.

Smith made the green in three and had a birdie chance which he narrowly missed.

O’Farrell was left in a “have two take two” situation and he duly lagged up for victory in front of a packed clubhouse balcony Euphoria abounded in Malahide during the week with the Indian cricketers hitting sixes at will, but the reaction from the club

Oliver O’Farrell with the commemorative clock following his Captain’s Prize win at Malahide GC

house balcony following O’Farrell’s win, surpassed all the excitement at the cricket club.

An accomplished mariner, he hails from Clifden and spent many years in New York before settling down in Malahide in the 1960s where he and his wife Bunny have given long service to Malahide Golf Club.

Captain Jim McMahon, in his congratulatory speech, said that judging by the reaction from the membership that this was, without doubt, the most popular ever Captain’s Prize

winner and proved the point that allowing some of our members play off 32 made them competitive again.

Malahide Golf Club Captains have a caricature portrait completed to mark their term of office and many of these now hang on the walls of the snooker room in the club.

An image is printed on the final day scorecard. Captain McMahon’s late father Pat was captain in 1999 the same year Ollie’s wife Bunny was lady captain.

McCrystal finally has time to shine NATIONAL CYCLING CHAMPS  sport@dublingazette.com

IT WAS Eve McCrystal’s moment to shine at the Cycling Ireland Road National Championships in Sligo last weekend when the Garda Cycling Club powerhouse seized her first National Title in the Elite Women’s Road Racing event.

“I have been waiting for this for so long, and I will wear my jersey with pride,” said and emotional McCrystal after the race. “It’s amazing – it’s a long time coming.

I just can’t believe it.”

“It was really hard – the climb, I just had to dig in on the third lap. I had to really hang in and do what I could do. At the end I had to see if I could go over the top with them and play to my strengths and go for the sprint.”

Raced over a 102km route which included a significant climb, Orla Hendron made the early attacks while further attacks came on lap two from Imogen Cotter and Hilary Hughes.

At the halfway mark, national champion in the elite women’s

time trial, Kelly Murphy, piled on the pressure at the climb, resulting in a depleted lined out bunch with just five riders left to contest the medals.

This breakaway group included McCrystal, Gurley, Sharpe and Katherine Smyth with the strength of the group pushing the distance out to over three minutes over the chasing group.

On the final climb, Murphy once again lifted the pace but, with 200m to go ,McCrystal made her way from fourth to first, just pipping Gurley on the line.

An emotional Eve McCrystal on the finish line

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ST BRIGID’S St Brigids Club Summer Camp is due from July 23 to 27, GAA Cúl Camp from August 13 to 17 and club nursery camp from August 20 to 24. You can book via the website www.stbrigidsgaa.com.

Nursery has taken a summer break, a big thank you to all who helped with the sessions, Nursery will be back in the autumn.

St Brigids Lip Sync event will take place on October 6, there is a huge evening of entertainment in store.

Very many thanks to everyone who supports St Brigid’s club lotto and to our great lotto committee. There was no winner of the lotto jackpot on Thursday last. This week the draw is in Russell Park on Thursday, July 5 and the jackpot will be €5,400. Make sure to have your envelopes in the draw or purchase online via our website www.stbrigidsgaa.com. Come down on Thursday to the clubhouse for the draw, there will be music and good craic for all.

Our car park project is now well in progress. The work is scheduled to take 10 weeks in total. There is no access whatsoever to the work area. Anybody found on the area will be a trespasser. Access to complex, dressing rooms and all weather pitch is via footpath. Access to grass pitches is via camogie pitch, with parking on the camogie pitch.

Junior Hurlers had a good championship win over Lucan Sarsfields at the weekend. Hard luck to the Parson Cup team who lost out by the narrowest of margins in their final.

This Wednesday sees AFL1 and AFL3 Mens football league and Division 1 and 8 Ladies Football with home matches in Russell Park.

Well done to |Noelle Healy, Ciara Trant and Deirdre Murphy all in Dublin Ladies on winning Leinster Championship on Sunday.

All in St Brigids would like to extend sympathy to the Branagan family following recent bereavement.

ST FINIAN’S, SWORDS A HUGE thanks to Under 8 boys coach and club & Dubs stalwart Greg from Greg Davis Appliance Repairs who kindly sponsored a new set of training tops for the St Finians Gaelic for Mothers and Others team (above).

Greg also recently very generously sponsored a new set of goal posts for the Nursery & Academy section. St Finians GAA Club asks its members, parents and supporters to supporters to support its sponsors. Greg Davis appliance repairs can be contacted locally at 087 265 6895.

Please consider local residents when parking in Ridgewood and arrive there on foot or bicycle where possible.

Please keep an eye out on the club Facebook page and website over the coming days for ticketing arrangements and prices for the Dublin senior football fixtures in the ‘Super 8s’ round of games and only FULLY PAID UP adult members and juveniles playing on adult teams may purchase tickets through the club.

A reminder that St Finians GAA Club will be hosting the Dublin Camogie Advanced Camp (Aged 12 to 17) with the Dublin senior and junior camogie stars from Monday, July 16 to Wednesday, July 18. Please email dcdbsecretary@gmail.com to reserve a place.

Please put vouchers given in store for all

purchases over €20 into the St Finians GAA Box in Supervalu Boroimhe for training balls for the club.

Please contact GPO Paul Lyons 087 176 1302 or Paul.Lyons.GPO.Dublin@gaa.ie if you are free to help out as a head coach for the club summer camps (sponsored by Sky Handling Partner ) Tuesday, August 14 to Friday, August 17 and Tuesday, August 21 to Friday, August 24 respectively.

Applicants must be over 18 years of age, must be Garda vetted and have completed the Child Protection in Sport Awareness course, have completed the Foundation Level coaching course and must also be fully paid up members.

Online payments for the two August club camps are available on the Club Websitehttp://www.stfinians.com.

Online payments are also available on the club website http://st.sfinians.com for the advanced football, hurling and camogie camp for 12 to 17 year old boys & girls from Monday, July 9 to Friday, July 13inclusive 10am to 1pm. Payments can also be made in the Clubhouse Office.

Further details of prices and Hurling/ Camogie only or Football only options are available on the Club Website and Facebook page.

GOLF: DONEGAL BECKONS FOR TOP STARS

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R AT H M I C H A E L’ S Pa d r a i g H a r r i n g to n , Rathfarnham man Paul McGinley, Malahide’s Gavin Moynihan and Clontarf man Neil O’Briain are among the Dubliners heading north this weekend as they look to make their mark at Ballyliffin in Donegal at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

The event is the highlight of the domestic calendar for golf fans and they will get the chance to see a top class field battle it out from Thursday to Sunday for the $7 million prize fund.

It is the first time the venue has hosted the Irish Open in its 91 year history, dating back to 1927 when Portmarnock was the venue and Scotland’s George Duncan the winner.

World number five Jon Rahm is among the star attractions as the reigning champion from Spain looks to reprise his victory in Portstewart a year ago. He is aiming to

Jon Rahm raises the Irish Open trophy in 2017. Picture: Warren Little/Getty Images

become the sixth man to retain the title, the last of which was Colin Montgomerie in 1996-97.

Rory McIlroy – whose foundation supports the event – is the other stellar name on the tee list along with the majority of players from the top ten on the Road to Dubai points list taking part.

For McIlroy, the 2016 Champion and world

AIG HEROES McMahon able to pass on his tricks of trade

BALLYMUN Kickhams and Dublin senior footballer Philly McMahon was on hand to impart her expertise to the likes of 11-year-old Bobby Doyle this week at the AIG Heroes event in Ballyfermot, an initiative which helps support local grassroots communities by partnering with Dublin GAA and other sports to build selfconfidence and social skills.

Picture: Sam Barnes / SPORTSFILE

number eight is extremely proud of his victory two years ago and he is excited to take on the stunning Ballyliffin links.

“I obviously love the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open,” said the 28 year old. “One of my career highlights is winning at the K Club in 2016 and I’d love to go back to Ballyliffin this year and lift

that trophy again.

“I’ve enjoyed my time up in Ballyliffin, I’ve played quite a lot there as an amateur and I think it’s a great venue. It’s pure links, and I think people will really enjoy it.

“It’s one of the toughest links courses in the world. It’s really well designed, it’s a beautiful course and Donegal is just a beautiful area.”

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HURLING: CATS QUELLED IN INCREDIBLE 13-GOAL MINOR THRILLER

Skerries keep up title pursuit

Man of the Match Luke Swan with ESB manager Paul Dempsey. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

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LUKE Swan put in a virtuoso performance to make the key difference in a truly remarkable Electric Ireland Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Final with Dublin eventually prevailing in a 13-goal classic at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.

Kilkenny hit two goals early in the game, and another two just before the final whistle.

But, in between, they were unable to curtail the superb Swan – from Castleknock – and Raheny man Liam Dunne

on the full forward line for Dublin, who inspired their team-mates to a famous victory.

Man of the match Swan and his able assistant Dunne hit a goal apiece immediately after the second half started which set them on the road to victory.

Kilkenny had led at the interval by 4-8 to 3-10 after a helter-skelter opening 30 minutes played in sweltering heat.

In a pulsating opening period, Kilkenny struck for early goals from George Murphy and Killian Hogan, as they quickly established a 2-3 to 0-2 lead.

Soon, though, Dublin showed what

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they were capable of at the other end and raised green flags through Liam Dunne, Luke Swan and Conor Murray.

There wasn’t even ten minutes played at this stage, and the excitement only increased with further Kilkenny goals from Cian Kenny and Cathal O’Leary as they regained the lead by half time.

It all changed after the resumption, however, as two more Dublin goals gave them a lead they never relinquished.

Dunne and Swan made no mistake in front of goals, although Kilkenny brought themselves back in contention when Conor Kelly drilled a shot to the net from over 20 metres.

Now only one point separated the sides, but Swan completed his hattrick to put Dublin in the driving seat again, and with Dunne firing over points, they stretched their advantage to seven points.

In injury-time, Kilkenny brought their tally of goals to seven through Conor Kelly and Jack Buggy but it was too late to stop Dublin’s march to the title.

Dunne ended up with a massive 2-8 while Swan had 3-1 to his name, aided and abetted by strong contributions from the likes of Conor Murray (1-2), Ciaran Foley, Dara Purcell (0-3 each) and scores from Donal Leavy and Pearce Christie.

SKERRIES Harps kept up their pursuit at the top of AFL Division 2 as they produced a committed display to get the better of St Patrick’s, Palmerstown 1-16 to 2-10.

Despite being short a host of regulars, Skerries recovered from the concession of an early goal to lead Pat’s for large spells of the first half. Three points by midfielder Conor O’Brien, as well as a Kevin Gilmore brace, got them rolling.

A second Pat’s goal meant they trailed by a single point (2-4 to 0-9) on the half-hour mark. Skerries left this set-back behind them when action resumed, quickly regaining the lead with the help of the experienced Harry Dawson.

He registered six points for the welldrilled Harps, and with Conan Doherty adding a goal, they created some daylight between themselves and Pat’s.

Teenager Cillian McGinnis also kicked two points off the bench, but Pat’s remained in touch as the final whistle loomed.

Skerries managed to hold firm under pressure, however - late scores by Robbie Clinton and ex-Dublin star Bryan Cullen swinging the outcome in their favour.

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