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Shock at boy’s death Tributes paid to Huntstown boy Kacper Kacprzak, 7, who was killed in Offaly plane crash

SYLVIA POWNALL THE school of the young boy killed in a plane crash in Offaly on Sunday has paid tribute to a “happy, smiling young boy”.

Seven-year-old Kacper Kacprzak (right) was a First Class pupil in Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa Iosa in Huntstown.

Both he and the pilot of the light aircraft died in the crash, which happened shortly after 16 skydivers – including the youngster’s dad, Kris – jumped from the plane.

Parish priest Fr George Begley told Dublin Gazette: “There’s a sense of shock and an eerie sense of silence here.”

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TRANSPORT: CONCERN OVER LINE’S REACH, VISUALS

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population ‘Extend MetroLink Peninsula’s may double in a decade to reach Donabate’ THE Green Party has called for the new Dublin MetroLink to extend past Swords to Donabate.

Party leader Eamon Ryan said it would open up the service to all rail users and ensure a link to the airport from the north and east.

The proposed route for the renamed Metro North extends from Lissenhall in Swords to Sandyford, with a bus link to outlying Fingal towns including Donabate.

But local Green Party representative Mark Henry said the light-rail network could help address transport issues in Donabate as its population expands.

He also called for the north end of the line to be prioritised, adding: “Metro North was proposed long before there was MetroLink. The people of north county Dublin have been promised this development for nearly two decades now.”

Meanwhile, in a joint submission to Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), Fianna Fail representatives have expressed deep concern over the proposal for elevated tracks through Swords Main Street.

THE population of Donabate and Portrane is expected to more than double over the next five to ten years based on zonings within the Local Area Plan.

Deputy Mayor Cllr Adrian Henchy (FF) asked Fingal County Council for a detailed report on the growth and population on the peninsula, given the level of planning applications being processed.

Census 2016 recorded a population of 7,443 people in Donabate and 1,236 in Portrane, with a provision for up to 3,935 new housing units in the area plan, and the possibility of additional development at the seven-hectare site at Grey Square in Portrane.

The council report stated: “It is anticipated that the development period for zoned lands in Donabate and Portrane will extend beyond 10 years.”

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Deputy Darragh O’Brien along with Cllrs Darragh Butler, Adrian Henchy, B r i a n D e n n e hy a n d Eoghan O’Brien, put forward an argument for an underground route with a stop on Main Street to serve The Pavilions and the town’s planned Cultural Quarter.

Warning against elevated tracks, they add: “Why should Swords accept unattractive and impractical stilts when everywhere else gets underground?

“Stilts would look awful, tower over neighbouring estates, and make the stations difficult to navigate ... resulting in crazy stair lifts to get to platforms.

“If MetroLink is to proceed along the R132, then it must be fully underground or else remain at ground level and go underneath the four roundabouts. If underground is good enough for the rest of Dublin, then it is good enough for Swords.

“Under no c ircum-

New 30kmph welcome, ‘but should go further’

The MetroLink map modified to include a Donabate stop

stances do we want stilts if MetroLink proceeds down the R132. We will not have stilts dumped on Swords as the inferior and cheaper solution.”

The Fianna Fail submission also calls for regular feeder buses, sufficient capacity at the Lissenhall park and ride, provision for a future connection spur to the DART northern line, and a Dardistown stop as part of Phase One. In addition, they warn that the playing pitches at Balheary used by Fingallions GAA and Swords Celtic FC must be protected.

Fingal County Council echoes the concerns regarding an elevated track in its TII submission outlining “the potential adverse physical visual impact” and its potential “to reinforce the severance of Swords by the R132”.

The local authority also calls for an additional station “within the extensive Metro Economic Corridor zoned land bank at Lissenhall” and for the estuary station to be relocated south of Lissenhall Bridge to serve a future catchment area provided for in Local Area Plans.

FINE Gael representative for Donabate and Swords Bob Dowling has welcomed a new 30km/h speed limit which is to be introduced in a number of estates.

However, he said the scheme needed to go further to protect pedestrians in light of the volume of construction traffic driving through some housing areas.

The limits will be

implemented in The Paddocks, The Fairways, The Spires, Hazelwood, Barnewall, Beaverstown Orchard, Eden Grove, Orchard Close, Lambourne Park and Beaverbrook in Donabate.

Mr Dowling welcomed the news that these limits will be applied in several areas in Swords near the construction of the Rathbeale Road upgrade works.

Call for a metal fence to be added to estate wall RESIDENTS in Longlands, Swords have called for a metal fence behind the newly built wall bordering their estate at the busy Malahide and Pavilions roundabouts.

Raising the issue on their behalf, Cllr Darragh Butler (FF) said a boundary similar to that at County Hall would prevent the estate being used as a short-cut and dumping ground.

Council officials stated: “The stone wall bordering Longlands estate has recently been re-instated at a number of locations along its length.

“Arrangements are being made to erect a green bow-top fence to the back of the stone wall, which should be completed during quarter three of 2018.”

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HEALTH: PERSONAL TRAINER WINS FOR HIS MS, SPECIAL NEEDS WORK

Top gym award honours all Alan’s Dunne to help SYLVIA POWNALL

A PERSONAL trainer from Swords has won a national award in recognition of the work he does with special needs clients.

Fitness guru Alan Dunne (47) was named personal trainer of the year at the annual Nutramino Health and Fitness Awards.

Alan, whose gym is based beside Fingallion’s GAA, has been working with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland for eight years.

He runs a class each Saturday for people with MS and has clients with cerebral palsy and Parkinsons as well as running online courses for Ataxia Ireland.

A l a n to l d D u b l i n Gazette: “I was working

in the gym and for the first two years I noticed MS clients would come in and book a room.

“But they didn’t know what they were doing, so I went in to show them a few safe exercises, and it started from there.

“Most of the class is chair-based stretching exercises, then I get them on the bikes. Some are on walking frames, others you wouldn’t even know they had MS. “I have six regulars who have been coming for years. As well as helping their mobility, it’s as much of a social event for them as a fitness class.

“They’re all good friends at this stage and it gets them out of the house.”

Alan met fitness enthu-

siast Vogue Williams (above) at the awards ceremony at the Mansion House, where judges praised his long-term approach to improving overall health and his work

with special needs.

Having trained as a book binder, he decided to follow his passion following the rise of digital printing and trained as a fitness instructor and personal trainer.

After stints at Liffey Valley Fitness, Jackie Skelly Fitness and MiGym, Alan set up his own studio where he offers a mix of personal training, Pilates, Tabata bootcamp and strength and conditioning.

He said: “I’ve been working in the fitness industry for over 14 years and I’m one of those people who can genuinely say they love their job.

“Results are achieved through hard work, and it’s a privilege to help my clients develop their strength and improve their overall health and wellbeing.”

For more on Alan’s work, see www.alandunnefitness.ie, or see the Facebook page at https://www. facebook.com/AlanDunneFitness/.

BALDOYLE

Young team have a glow at playing their sport in a new way

MEMBERS of Baldoyle United FC brought a new meaning to ‘glow in the dark’ when they hosted the FAI launch of an experimental new game.

The girls’ teams, along with guests from Portmarnock FC, got kitted out in neon bibs and face paint to trial the ‘Glow Football’ initiative.

The fun game is played in the dark using ultraviolet lights and dance music and has proven a big hit with young players so far.

Fingal County Council organised the games with the FAI, which will be promoting the game over the summer in a bid to bring it to a wider female audience.

Meanwhile, Baldoyle United FC will host its summer camp from July 23-27 with the mini leagues held each evening from July 2-8.

The club, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary next year, caters for boys and girls age five and upwards. For further information, see www.BaldoyleUnited.com, or visit Baldoyle UTD on Facebook.

The team may have looked much like these footballers

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HUNSTOWN PUPIL KILLED IN CRASH

BLANCH: AN BORD PLEANALA APPROVE FACILITIES

Locals reel over Mosque complex Kacper’s death gets the go-ahead CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

A GoFundMe page set up by members of the Irish Parachute Club had reached its €25,000 target within 24 hours of being set up.

A statement from the Huntstown school was posted on Tuesday afternoon as investigations into the crash in bogland near Clonbullogue Airfield continued.

School principal Kieran Lyons said: “Our school community is shocked and saddened to learn that one of our First Class pupils, Kacper Kacprzak, tragically lost his life on Sunday.

“Kacper was a happy, smiling young boy, always enthusiastic and interested in learning. He had a great bond with his peers and was a very good friend. He will be fondly remembered and greatly missed in our school by pupils and staff alike.”

As per protocol, the school implemented its critical incident management plan to provide support for staff, pupils and parents trying to come to

terms with the tragedy.

Fr Begley said Kacper’s death had left the locals reeling. He added: “There isn’t the usual joy and happiness that you would have associated with the schoolyard.”

The school’s parents’ association issued a statement offering their condolences to the boy’s family and friends, adding: “Kacper will live on in all our hearts.”

Members of the Irish Parachute Club have rallied around the Kacprzak family and the family of pilot Neil Bowditch, known as ‘Billy’ to club members.

Allajouti Hassan said: “I have a son the same age as Kacper, who also loves planes. They were down there playing together on Sunday before this happened.

“Kacper was a beautiful boy who would touch anyone’s heart. We are heartbroken. This is a difficult time for us.”

Kacper’s dad, Kris, ran to the scene of the crash after the plane went down and tried to rescue his son. A club member revealed: “Kris is a skydive enthusiast and Kacper loved being with his daddy.”

SYLVIA POWNALL

PLANNING permission has been granted for a four-storey mosque in Blanchardstown in spite of local opposition.

On Monday, An Bord Pleanala gave the goahead for a mosque, community centre and primary school on the site of a former HSE facility at Warrenstown House.

The Muslim prayer centre (inset) will feature a 95ft steel minaret – the equivalent of seven or eight storeys in height – for the call to prayer.

Plans lodged by the Shuhada Foundation of Ireland, which also include a halal shop and a barber’s, were first granted permission by Fingal County Council last year, but the decision was appealed.

The mosque is the vision of Dr Taufiq al Sattar – a Dublin-based neurosurgeon whose wife and three teenage children were killed in an arson attack in Leicester, England in September, 2013.

Concerns had been raised about traffic and noise pollution, but An Bord Pleanala has set out strict conditions in a 35-page report on the case.

The appeals board ruled that the scheme

would not seriously injure the amenities of the area or property in the vicinity, nor would it give rise to a traffic hazard.

Plans for the ambitious development were first lodged in 2016, but were substantially pared back last year after the council raised concerns about the scale of the project.

The council’s decision to grant permission was appealed by Meath resident Patrick Regan, formerly of Dublin 15, on noise pollution and traffic

congestion grounds.

His concerns were echoed by others who lodged observations and one petition citing a lack of integration and the creation of an exclusive community among its objections.

In his appeal, Mr Regan said that Dublin 15 was “one of the largest and most welcoming multicultural communities” and he understood the need for those communities to be provided with opportunities for worship.

But he added: “The call to pray can often start as early as 5.30am and the last call to pray at 9pm, causing noise pollution, with up to 150 worshippers attending at any one time during normal day prayers without the celebration of Ramadan and other social events.”

Protestors demand road safety focus in Donabate HUGE numbers turned out in miserable weather to support the peaceful protest over road safety in Donabate last week.

The demonstration was organised by Donabate Portrane Community Council and Supporting Proper Development Donabate. Residents claim they are under siege as a result of increased building development and the large volume of heavy construction traffic accessing the peninsula.

A spokesperson for DPCC told Dublin Gazette: “Child safety must be prioritised. Donabate residents will not accept the current unsafe conditions our children face travelling to and from school on a daily basis. The Somerton right-of-way must be reopened and the footpaths upgraded.”

Inaugural Tidy Estates competition in Swords SWORDS Tidy Town committee has launched its inaugural Tidy Estates competition ahead of the national judging this summer.

Every estate in the town is eligible to enter and the competition begins on June 1. The winner will be chosen in early August and will receive €500 cash for spending on common areas, a free skip, and a winner’s plaque for the entrance to the estate.

Chairman Ken Duffy said: “After our best year ever, we believe this initiative will allow us to scale even greater heights.” For information or to enter, email Graxe at dunnebg@eircom.net or call 087 627 2332.

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Sylvie Byrne and Angela Lodge. Pictures: Alison O’Hanlon

Avoca launches its bright new Spring/ Summer collection Laura Keogh, Victoria Carter and Maoliosa O’Conner

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VOCA Malahide recently hosted a fantastic fashion event with the designer of their gorgeous new collection, Liz Quin.

She took guests through the inspiration behind the Spring/Summer pieces, as well as providing styling tips for effortlessly chic Summer outfits. Guest also enjoyed tasters, treats and goodies.

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CHARITY: SWORDS HUMANITARIAN MAKES AN APPEAL A home, safety and stability again ... Haitian woman Vilia with her sons at their new home, built for them with help from people supporting the work of Christian Aid Ireland

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We’re incredibly grateful for north Dublin supporters

Christian aid group ask for your help to support millions SYLVIA POWNALL

A H U M A N I TA R I A N worker from Swords is asking the people of Fingal to remember those forced to flee their homes due to war or natural disasters.

Meabh Smith, who works with Christian Aid Ireland, is urging support for the overseas charity as a series of fundraising events are launched.

Christian Aid Ireland week continues until this Sunday, and this year the organisation is highlighting the plight of the estimated 64 million people who have been uprooted around the world.

Meabh told Dublin Gazette: “Vast numbers have fled to other parts of their home country to escape violence or disasters.

“They leave in fear for their lives, not knowing what lies ahead. They are frightened, traumatised and have lost all of their possessions.

“As they haven’t crossed a border they are forgotten, receiving almost no political attention, funding or support. They are among the most vulnerable to poverty and exploitation in the world.”

Today, more than 40 million people have been forced to flee by conflict, while a further 24 million people were uprooted as a result of natural disasters in 2016 alone.

Meabh, who recently returned from a trip to Malawi, says she never ceases to be amazed at people’s resilience and spirit in the face of hardship and destruction.

Primary care centre still due for Swords A PRIMARY care centre is still on the cards for Swords, according to the HSE. The issue was raised by Deputy Alan Farrell (FG), who was assured that negotiations are ongoing.

Welcoming the update, he revealed that the HSE stated they “are currently in advanced negotiations with a provider selected to deliver a primary care centre in Swords”.

She revealed: “I spoke to a woman called Lucia Gosta who described how a flood in 2014 had wiped out her home. She had to carry her family to safety through the mud, which was infested with insects and carried dangerous debris.

“I was struck by Lucia’s strength and determination as she described resettling her family in an area away from the flood plain, rebuilding her house.

“Christian Aid supported her, providing her with goats to earn an income, and she has since set up a small business making bricks.”

In the rural village of Mbenje, an irrigation scheme has helped 76 families to grow food and source clean water, reducing child mortality from

Deputy Farrell said: “With the population growth of Swords in recent years, and the projected growth into the future ... the HSE must act now to provide Swords with the healthcare infrastructure needed to serve both Swords and its surrounding areas.

Council to deliver 99 social housing units FINGAL County Council expects to complete 99 social housing

water-borne diseases.

This year’s Christian Aid Week focuses on Haiti, where an estimated 38,000 people are still displaced more than seven years after a devastating earthquake.

In November 2016, Hurricane Matthew wreaked more havoc across the southern coast of the country, killing 546 people and flattening homes and infrastructure.

Meabh said: “We’re incredibly grateful for the goodwill of our supporters in north Dublin. Through collections, Big Brekkies and coffee mornings, they will raise vital funds for life-changing work with people who are trying to rebuild their lives.”

To donate online, see www.christianaid.ie, or call 01 496 7040.

units in 2018 in the Balbriggan and Swords electoral area.

Responding to a question from Cllr Darragh Butler (FF) and Cllr Brian Dennehy (FF), the chief executive issued a report on the units due for delivery.

The schedule plans for 49 units in the second phase of a development at Racecourse Common in Lusk, 20 units in Pinewood, Balbriggan, 24 units at Castlelands, Balbriggan and six in Ballyboughal.

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COAST: HOWTH, SKERRIES AND BALBRIGGAN SET TO BE SURVEYED

Council hatches a plan to count seagulls in the area SYLVIA POWNALL

A SURVEY is to be carried out to establish the number of seagulls nesting on houses and business premises in Howth, Skerries and Balbriggan.

Fingal County Council (FCC) commissioned the study of breeding gulls and is inviting observations from residents on the location of the birds.

There has been a sharp rise in the gull population in urban coastal areas and last year nests and eggs were removed in Balbriggan on foot of

a derogation.

But the council has assured that the survey being undertaken is not in any way linked to control measures, such as nest removal or culling.

A spokesperson for the local authority told Dublin Gazette the study would “establish a baseline for the numbers of nesting and the key nesting locations to facilitate future monitoring”.

They added: “While FCC is aware of concerns raised by residents about the gulls in the three seaside towns, it is not

The survey hopes to estimate the amount of nesting gulls

involved in control measures such as nest removal or culling.

“The National Parks and Wildlife Service is responsible for dealing

with any potential control measures via their derogation licensing process.”

During breeding season, which starts in April or May, seagulls start to congregate and build rooftop nests. In June, the scavengers become active when the eggs hatch as their young call constantly for food.

L a s t su m m e r, o n e mother had her lip ripped open by a seagull during a day trip to Howth with her young children and her sister.

In March 2017, the issue of “aggressive” birds in Balbriggan was raised

by Senator Lorraine Clif-

ford-Lee, who suggested using lasers as an alternative to culling.

She told the Seanad, seagulls “are dangerous, dirty and it’s impossible to get a night’s sleep for several months each summer as they nest and rear their young”.

The Environmental Team from Roughan and O’Donovan Ltd (ROD) have been appointed by Fingal County Council to conduct the breeding gull survey over the next three months.

FCC executive parks superintendent Hans Visser said: “We commissioned this survey to get a better idea of the number of gulls in throughout the three seaside areas.

“This will allow us to track any fluctuation in the gull population as well as their breeding and nesting habits.”

Michael Bailey is the ecologist working on the project and any observations can be submitted to him by emailing michael. bailey@rod.ie.

RNLI launches a partnership with Pavilions THE RNLI has been announced as a new charity partner for the Swords Pavilions Shopping Centre. The volunteer search and rescue lifeboat organisation, which operates two stations in north Dublin at Howth and Skerries, will have a strong presence at the centre throughout the year.

Pictured launching the charity partnership are Deirdre King, marketing manager, Swords Pavilions; Joe May, volunteer crew member, Skerries RNLI; and Pauline McGann, community fundraising manager, RNLI. Pauline said: “As well as fundraising for our new kit for the volunteer lifeboat crew, the RNLI will be sharing water safety advice and messaging with the public through the charity’s Respect the Water campaign.

“North Dublin has a strong leisure marine and fishing community and the RNLI is always on hand to help if they are needed. We hope to save more lives by talking to people about safety and the work of the charity.”

CHARITY

A cheque for €700 is presented to help support 3Ts

Fundraising raffle helped to highlight mutual support ties CONVERGYS Ireland has organised well-being months at its Swords and Santry sites over the past number of years, helping to raise awareness of mental and physical health along with advice on nutrition.

One of the charity Convergys Ireland supports is 3Ts (Turn The Tide of Suicide), which plays a big part in its mental health awareness talks by visiting both sites and giving numerous talks to all of Convergys Ireland’s employees around raising awareness of mental health.

3Ts has continued its commitment to mental health awareness by providing an internationally-recognised training programme that increases suicide alertness, preparing participants to identify persons with thoughts of suicide, and connect them to suicide first aid resources and specialist support.

This training programme – safeTALK – has seen more than 15 staff from the Santry and Swords sites taking part, receiving certificates in safeTALK training.

As a result of the 3Ts support, Convergys Ireland decided to run a raffle at its Swords site, with all proceeds going to 3Ts, with Convergys Ireland staff raising €700 to donate to 3Ts to help support its work in 2018.

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HEALTHCARE: FACILITY SHORTFALL OF 55-70 NURSES

Demand for action as staff shortages at St Joseph’s ‘critical’ SYLVIA POWNALL

THE families of those attending St Joseph’s Intel l ectu al D i s abi lity Services in Portrane have called for “critical staff shortages” to be addressed.

The St Joseph’s Assoc i a t i o n , w h i c h f i rs t raised the issue two years ago, wants the Department of Health to recruit social care staff to fill vacant posts.

Over the past year the group have held meetings with the HSE and Minister of State Finian McGrath, but have been told repeatedly that all efforts to recruit have proven unsuccessful.

A spokesperson for the association said the situation is now “critical” with a shortfall of between 55 and 70 nurses at the facility – 25% below where it should be.

St Joseph’s Intellectual Disability Service at St Ita’s Hospital (above), Portrane, which has a nursing level currently 25% below it should be

Last year, Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell called for staff shortages at St Joseph’s to be “addressed urgently”, warning that the “needs and wishes of service users must be prioritised”.

He said the HSE had informed him at the time that the staff shortages were a result of basic nurse grades being promoted to senior posts,

Swing over to this golf club for a brilliant night of music in aid of St Francis Hospice THE all-new Maytime Melodies in aid of St Francis Hospice will be held on Tuesday, May 22 at 7.30pm in the newly-refurbished clubhouse of Hermitage Golf Club.

Soprano Mary MacGabhann returns this year and Sean Hession will once again present his rendition of Frankly Sinatra.

The night of music and song will also feature The Mellowchords, with a new addition to the cast this year – soprano and harpist Maire Ni Chonaire.

Accompanists for the evening are Mary Peppard and Michael Minnock.

The night of old favourites and fresh talent promises to be a superb show, and a wonderful way to support the hospice’s invaluable work.

All proceeds will be donated to the St Francis Hospice, which must fundraise €4.5 million per year to provide its free service to patients and their families.

Tickets are available at the door, or at reception from the hospice in Blanchardstown; see www.sfh. ie/online-shop, or call 01 829 400.

leaving a shortfall at basic level.

Deputy Farrell said: “ Howeve r, f ro m t h e i n fo r m a t i o n I h ave received, the HSE have attempted to fill these v a c a n c i e s b u t h ave not successfully done so. I do not believe the situation as it currently stands can be accepted.”

He added: “Difficulties may exist in terms

of encouraging nurses to take positions in the Dublin region due to the higher cost of living, and this is an issue which the Government must tackle through addressing the pay needs of entry level nurses.

“I believe the appropriate action must be taken to ensure these vacancies are filled with the utmost urgency.”

James Smith while working with acclaimed artist, Maser, on artwork and show visuals. They performed the material to a sold-out Vicar Street in March, 2018.

While making his last album, Doorsteps, he literally showed up at the doors of the likes of Irvine Welsh, Speech Debelle, Micah P Hinson and others to collaborate and produce a record that sounds like nothing else.

Recent TV appearances include a gig in St James’ Church in Kerry for the iconic Other Voices show, a performance on The Late Late Show, and live broadcasts on WDR in Germany, alongside playing festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival, maker, maturing into an artist who brings a totally Electric Picnic, and Sonar, as well as extensive interunique approach to his art, twisting samples and national touring Kormac is currently meticulous recordings of acoustic instruments into finishing his third studio album, but Kormac’s something unique.

Big Band (brass, strings, His latest project, drums, electronics, bass, Equivalent Exchange, guitar and guest vocalists) saw him write a full will be a brilliant gig not to suite of material for an miss at Rock The Yard. orchestra and a host of To book your ticket, see collaborators including Loah, Eimear Noone, Jack https://www.courtyard. ie/ticket-sales.html.

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Kormac’s Big Band to wow at the Court Yard’s Rock The Yard MUSIC fans from across the city have been taking note of the extra-special calibre of acts lined up for Rock The Yard at the Leixlip Festival, with Kormac’s Big Band, on Friday, June 1, already earmarked as a festival highlight at the Court Yard Hotel.

Championed by everyone from Annie Mac to DJ Yoda, Kormac started out as out as a Hip-Hop scratch DJ and MPC beat-

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Big day out for players in Rush

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AINT Maurs GAA Club hosted an under-14s feile recently which was a big day out for young players and their families. It was a great chance for clubs to experience playing against teams from other counties/ provinces. Participants also enjoyed a number of fundraising activities on the day.

Oisin Gossan, Sean Coleman and Aaron Carrick. Pictures: Alison O’Hanlon

Lilly, Eva and Caoimhe

Keeley Durnan, Isobelle Doyle and Daisy the dog

Unai Arce, Ciaran Kelly and Brian Clare

Aaron Odea and Jack Clarke

Bobby and Sam Sheridan

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GALLERIES

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

Students from the ASD unit entertain guests

Kevin and Kyle

Jack, Jason, Alex and Daniel. Pictures: Alison O’Hanlon

Karen O’Sullivan and Anne McNally

Colaiste Choilm joy as ASD unit opened T

Fergal Coen and Joan Parsons Chaplin

Emma Beggy and Sinead Farrell

School board chairperson Alfred Bryan

HE inclusive, student-focused ethos of Colaiste Choilm, Swords was to the fore recently when a number of esteemed guests helped to mark the official opening of the school’s ASD unit.

Catering for the needs of children with autism, the unit currently supports 12 students, with the school body as a whole welcoming the progressive nature of the ASD unit in helping every student with their education journey.

With the ASD unit’s opening just part of the school’s 50th Jubilee celebrations, there was much to reflect on as some of the guests discussed how the school had changed down the years.

They were also happy to consider how Colaiste Choilm is moving to keep pace and ‘future-proof’ the school to meet the needs of students for many years to come, adding another welcome layer to the celebrations around the ASD unit’s opening.

Bridie Darcy, Maureen Heffernan and Patricia O’Brien

Leo Hogan from The Edmund Rice Trust, Brother Donnelly the school’s first Principal, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Principal David Neville and Alfred Bryan Chairperson of the school board

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LOVE YOUR DUBLIN: THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BEST HANG OUTS AND HISTORICAL GEMS

HOP TO IT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE KIDS OVER TO JUMP ZONE, SANDYFORD

DUBLIN MADE EASY

AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE CITY’S BEST SPOTS TO BRING THE CHILDREN

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HE weather doesn’t seem to know what it’s doing at the moment – one minute the sun’s splitting the stones, the next we’re thinking about dragging the winter woollies out for ‘one last day’. Luckily, however, it’s a lot easier for all of us to know what to do with children, as our fair city has lots of things to see and do for families. Whether you’re looking for something to fill an hour or an afternoon, here are just a few of the city’s attractions that are perfect to take the kids over to...

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MALAHIDE CASTLE

LOCATION: The Plaza, Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford HIGHLIGHT: Meet the Eco Badger

LOCATION: Malahide Demesne, Malahide HIGHLIGHT: Zipline and diggers in the playground

HAILED as Dublin’s children’s museum, it’s designed to inspire learning through playing.

Opened in 2007, it is the only interactive children’s museum for the under 9’s.

It is a minimum of a two-hour visit, which offer a wide variety of workshops and classes in arts and crafts, computers, music and theatre every day in the Art Studio.

Prices are €8.00 for children and adults, €6.00 for toddlers, €2 for those over 6 months (under 6mths free) for a (minimum).

Due to limits on the number of workshop participants, pre-booking is strongly advised.

Opening hours, Monday 1.30-5.30pm, Tues-Fri 9.30-5.30pm, Sat & Sun 10-6pm, and Bank Holiday Mondays 9.30-5.30pm

MALAHIDE Castle and gardens have pleasant walks, play areas, picnic sites and sporting facilities. The children’s playground is a highlight. It is a short walk from the Castle, split into sections for toddlers and older children.

The playground has something for all ages, and parents can keep an eye out from the picnic tables while the kids feast on slides, swings and climbing frames.

The playground also has zipline and diggers and plenty of space for the kids to run around. You can also pay to visit the castle or just explore the grounds.

The Demesne grounds has plenty of public sporting amenities including the Sports Pavilion (with a small shop for snacks, drinks and sporting equipment) .

THE PHOENIX PARK LOCATION: Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 HIGHLIGHT: Dublin Zoo THE Phoenix Park is open 24 hrs a day, seven days a week, all year round, and there is plenty to do and see for the whole family.

Local favourites include Dublin Zoo, The Wellington Testimonial and the playground.

Other highlights include The Magazine Fort (above) in the south east of the Park which marks the location where Phoenix Lodge was built by Sir Edward Fisher in 1611.

The People’s Gardens comprise of an area of twenty-two acres. It has a large ornamental lake, children’s playground and picnic areas.

The Ashtown Castle and Demesne, accessed off the Phoenix roundabout on Chesterfield Avenue, has numerous attractions for young and old alike.

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THE GIFT OF GAZ | SWAPPIN’ TOASTIES FOR TAPAS

Why can’t he just leave things well enough alone I WISH Paschal would just leave things well enough alone.

Once he was about halfway through his pint, he says: “I He’s ran a great auld boozer for years but now he says he’s was chatting to Ciara about the referendum.” trying to “modernise to stay on top of the latest trends”.

“I thought you’d agreed not to chat to your young one I dunno what sort of muck he’s reading lately but he’d about that,” I says. want to cop on. First he got in loads of that craft beer and “Yeah but I suppose it had to come up eventually,” he now instead of toasties, he’s doing bleedin’ tapas. replies to me. “You know I’ve never held with abortion and “What in the name of Jaysus are tapas?” I says to him she’s the opposite and I never really knew why she was so when I was in over the weekend. strident about it until this evening.”

“They’re Spanish,” he says. “They’re lovely. Give them a “And why is she?” I says. go Gaz.” “Well you know the way she went over studying over in All I wanted was a nice ham and cheese toastie but I was Liverpool after school?” he says. so hungry I could’ve ate the leg of the lamb of God at that “Yeah. Sure I remember you and Maureen saved for years stage so I let him stick me on some. so she could get to college over there,” I says.

“Where’s the rest of it?” I says to Paschal when he brings “Well it turns out her and Ciaran had a bit of an accident out this tiny bowl with two meatballs in it. over there and well..”

Paschal just laughed and walked away. They were nice “She didn’t, did she?” I says, lowering me voice so no one like but they wouldn’t fill you. would hear us.

Davy came shuffling in just then and I shouted at him to “Yeah she did and she only told me tonight. Twenty years grab me a few packets of nuts to go with the pint he’d bet- later,” he says. ter order me. If you don’t get him while he’s at the bar, you “But sure her and Ciaran stayed together and you’ve two haven’t a chance of getting the tight fecker to buy you a pint. lovely grandkids now,” I says, trying to reassure him like.

He nearly threw the thing down at me and slumped down “I know but I’m annoyed,” he says. in his chair looking miserable.

“Ah you shouldn’t be annoyed at her,” I says. “What’s done “Who done their business on your cornis done.” flakes this morning?” I says to him, trying “I’m not annoyed at her, I’m annoyed at Who done their meself,” he says. to raise a smile out of him. business on your He just looked up and grunted at me.

“How come?” I says.

“What’s wrong with you?” I says. “Is cornflakes this “Well I remember back when the X case everything alright?” was happening I was always banging on morning “Ah it’s nothing really,” he says. about how abortion was wrong and all “Doesn’t seem like nothing,” I says. “Northat,” he says. “And that must have stuck mally you’d be in pontificating about with her, like. And was afraid to tell her own something or other as soon as you sat da what was going on. Your little girl should down.” be able to tell you anything, ye know.”

“Ah I’m just thinking,” he says.

“So will you be voting yes now then?” I “That’s a first.” asked him.

He didn’t think that was funny either.

“I still don’t agree with it,” he says. “But I just gave up then and sat back. I I’m a bit conflicted now. The whole thing’s a knew he’d talk when he was ready. minefield.” He’s not wrong there.

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Walkies for Darkness Into Light PADDY and Geraldine Whelan pictured at the annual Darkness Into Light fundraising event in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. They joined 200,000 people in a global movement walking over one million kilometres in a march against suicide, self-harm and the stigma associated with mental health.

See Gallery on Page 16

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PEOPLE YOUNG DUBLINERS READYING FOR INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

raises Talented teens set Tesco €30k to help to tickle the ivories sick children REBECCA RYAN

TWO young Dubliners are taking part in a prestigious international piano competition.

Eoin Fleming (19) and Antonia Huang (17) will be playing in the 11th Dublin International Piano Competition (DIPC) which takes place in Dublin between May 18-29.

The competition was established in 1988 and takes place every three years.

Since its foundation, the competition has grown in stature, and now ranks among the most important piano competitions in the world.

As well as receiving a prize fund, a prestigious list of engagements is secured for the winner including debut concerts in London and New York as well as appearances at international festivals and concerti with leading orchestras.

Eoin and Antonia will join other pianists from

22 countries taking part in the 2018 competition.

Eoin, from Templeogue, started playing the piano at the age of six. He learned at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

Before he reached his teens, Eoin had played in public frequently, including, at the age of seven, at a high achievers award gala in the RDS Concert Hall, another at Dublin Castle, and at a dinner soiree for then President Mary McAleese at Aras an Uachtarain.

In 2016, the multi prize-winner made his debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall performing Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto, the ‘Emperor’, with the New York Sinfonietta.

Speaking ahead of the competition, Eoin told Dublin Gazette: “I am very excited to be a competitor in the Dublin International Piano Competition; it’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was quite young.

“My dream is to one

Talented pianists Antonia Huang and Eoin Fleming

day win an international competition and tour the world performing in all sorts of venues and concert halls.

Fe l l ow c o m p e t i to r Antonia was born in Dublin, grew up in China and retuned to Ireland at the age of 13, where she currently resides in Goatstown.

She studied with Deirdre Doyle until 2016 and is currently studying

with Hugh Tinney in the Royal Irish Academy of Music under full scholarship.

Antonia has already won a number of awards, including the John Benson Cup at this year’s Feis Ceoil, and has performed at the National Concert Hall, the Westbury Hotel, Kilruddery House and Cork CIT. Antonia told Dublin Gazette she is really excited about the competition.

She said: “It will be the first time I’m playing in an international competition! It is daunting, especially with everyone older than you, but on the other hand, it’s so amazing to have the opportunity to take part in it.”

Besides music, Antonia is busy with her studies.

In 2017, she represented Ireland in the European Science Olympiad in Copenhagen, Girls Maths Olympiad in Zurich and the International Maths Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

BAKED FOR TEMPLE STREET

TESCO stores across Dublin raised €30,700 in aid of Temple Street Children’s University Hospital during this year’s Great Irish Bake recently, boosting the nationwide fundraising initiative for the supermarket giant’s national charity partner, Temple Street.

Now in its fourth year, Tesco’s 150 stores nationwide raised €112,000 in just one day alone, with this year’s funds set to help Temple Street purchase specialised speech and language equipment, used in the treatment of children with cleft palette.

Customers were invited to pop by and indulge in a sweet treat or two, prepared by Tesco staff, while raising vital funds for the little heroes of Temple Street.

To date, Tesco Ireland has fundraised more than €3 million for the hospital, helping it to buy much needed lifesaving equipment.

Recently extending its partnership with Temple Street, Tesco employees across the country aim to have raised €5 million in five years, before the end of

2019.

Christine Heffernan, corporate affairs director at Tesco Ireland, said, “It’s fantastic to see another successful year of the Great Irish Bake. Raising vital funds for our charity partner Temple Street is so important to us.

“I would like to thank all Tesco colleagues and customers nationwide who remain committed to this cause, year on year. After completing its fourth year, the Great Irish Bake for Temple Street is a fundraiser that can only get better and better.”

Each year, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital treats over 145,000 children from across the country and operates the busiest A&E department in Europe.

For thousands of children, Temple Street is the only hospital in Ireland they can be treated in.

Through the charity partner programme, Tesco colleagues and customers can help children from all across Ireland get better and be real-life heroes to children attending the hospital.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Thousands again gathered to help turn Darkness Into Light B

Y THEIR thousands they came – people of all ages, nationalities and walks of life gathered in the pre-dawn gloom at the Phoenix Park for the annual awareness and fundraising Darkness Into Light walk for Pieta House. By now a firm favourite for many looking to support the charity’s invaluable, lifesaving work in helping to tackle suicide and self-harm, the walkers’ steps echoed around the world as hundreds of thousands of other Darkness Into Light walkers made their way to talks in their area, walking through the darkness of night and into the dawn of a new day, and a new hope.

The walk was a highly-emotional affair for many walkers, with some carrying photos of loved ones lost, walking to honour their memory and try to ensure no other family shares such pain. Whatever their reason for walking, those taking part were united by a shared wish to help support others, encourage better mental health, and help spread the message that Pieta House and all kinds of organisations are out there to support people in their times of need.

The walkers in the Phoenix Park enjoyed a beautiful misty morning, with the glowing soft banks of light mist rolling away to welcome in the new day, and an upbeat, positive outlook for everyone who’d taken part. Pictures: Harry Murphy

Conor and Jennifer McIntyre with daughters Jennifer, Nina Denise Loftos and Elaine Bias

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar joined chief executives Brian Higgins (left, Pieta House) and Pat O’Doherty (ESB)

Sarah Moloney, Laura McGinn, Susanne Murray, Siobhan McGee, Niamh Meahen, and Fiona Regan

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MAY 20 (SUNDAY) Morrissey @ 3Arena, €70 RISING to prominence as frontman of The Smiths, Morrissey went on to forge an even more successful career as a solo artist, with all ten of his solo efforts landing in the Top 10 on the UK album charts, including 3 entries at the #1 position.

Releasing his debut solo album Viva Hate back in 1988, he has since released a number of critically acclaimed follow-ups including Kill Uncle and Your Arsenal, and hugely successful comeback album You Are the Quarry after a five year hiatus in 2004.

MAY 17 (THURSDAY) The Rolling Stones + The Academic @ Croke Park, from €70 Jagger and co, drop in on HQ to run through decades of powerful, sleazy hits. We hear they’re almost as lively as ever. Watch out for those moves....

Niall Thomas + Karl Odlum @ Whelan’s, €12

MAY 18 (FRIDAY) Ed Sheeran @ Phoenix Park, sold out Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Tivoli Theatre, €25 Once kings of the American indie scene (and possibly the first ever big viral act), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have faded a little over the years, but still produce stunning records.

John T. Pearson @ Whelan’s, €20 The Minutes @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €15

MAY 19 (SATURDAY) Ian Moss @ The Grand Social, €17.50 New Purple Celebration @ The Academy, €27.50 Liam O’Maonlai @ The Purty Kitchen, €18 Super Silly @ The Button Factory, €13

MAY 20 (SUNDAY) Don McLean @ Vicar Street, €55 The Lee Harveys @ Toner’s, €8 WrongOnYou @ Whelan’s, free One Horse Pony @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €12

MAY 21 (TUESDAY) The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7 Don McLean @ Vicar Street, €55 Bryan Adams @ 3Arena, €60 Wild Child @ The Grand Social, €15

MAY 22 (WEDNESDAY) Don McLean @ Vicar Street, €55 Bryan Adams @ 3Arena, €60 Cigarettes After Sex @ Olympia Theatre, €27 Peach Pit @ The Grand Social, €15

Photo: Alex John Beck

Ash Get Personal on Break-Up Record ‘Islands’ DOWNPATRICK pop-rockers Ash have been going for 26 years, and for many it’s the relatively early hits - Girl From Mars, Oh Yeah, Shining Light - that still stand out.

In fact, it’s been 11 years since the three-piece announced their intention to “never make another album,” something that lasted until 2015, and the release of Kablammo!

Still powering through with the same distinctive vocals and hooky chords that helped them find their niche, eighth album ‘Islands’ has been a slow process, and one held back by factors outside of the band’s control.

“There’s been quite a gap,” drummer Rick McMurray said.

“The actual process went quite quickly, but there were a lot of changes on the business side that held up the progress of the record.

“It was finished towards the end of 2017, but it could easily have been a lot sooner. We wrote new stuff while the album was being finished, so we have a big backlog of material.”

Islands will get the customary new album tour, then, but a follow up is already on the horizon.

“I doubt it will be another three years,” McMurray says, laughing

about the extended gaps between the band’s records.

“We probably seem quite lazy when it comes to albums. In our defence, we did put out 52 singles in a year,” he adds, referencing the ‘A-Z’ project that saw Ash experiment with one off tracks throughout 2009 and 2010.

The new release is very much about frontman Tim Wheeler’s difficult break up.

The band live apart now, Wheeler and bassist Mark Hamilton in New York, and McMurray with his family in Edinburgh, jetting in for recording sessions and communicating largely digitally.

“It’s pretty easy, really.

It kind of suits all three of us. I like working in quick bursts, as that’s just what works as a drummer. Tim’s more slow and thought out. For me, this album was just one big explosion of energy.”

Wheeler released an intensely personal solo album a couple of years ago. ‘Lost Domain’ focused on his dad’s dementia and pass-

ing away. ‘Islands’, a euphemism for the idea of solitude and lost bridges, is his break up record.

“The solo album was part of Tim’s grieving process,” McMurray explains.

“He didn’t intend this one to be a break up album, he was just writing songs, and they were always going to be for the band.

“He’s a little bit uncom-

fortable with how i t ended up. He has this reputation as a ‘nice guy’, which he is, and he’s conscious that he’s just telling his side very publically.

“That’s why the first track on the record, ‘True Story’, is there, just to saythere are two sides to every story. This is just his take.”

The process found a natural

name in Wheeler’s approach to writing, during which he found peace on a series of actual islands around the globe, including art loving Japanese island Naoshima, Mallorca (Spain), Santorini (Greece), and even Lambay Island, off Dublin’s north coast.

Skellig features in inverted two-tone on the cover, as a kind of distress call meets conceptual ‘it’s not all black and white’ symbol.

“I expect there will be some off-the-beaten-track gigs on the Islands theme,” McMurray tells us.

“After you’ve been going as long as we have, it’s the slightly different gigs that stand out, like our first shows in China, or our gig in a hairdressers in Dublin [Rathmines’ Abner Browns] a couple of years ago. We’re really open to doing things that are a bit unusual.”

‘Islands’, then, is the sound of Ash pouring their heart out. It’s not the gorgeous naivety of ‘1977’ or ‘Free All Angels’, but instead hones in on a raw honesty that plays to their melodic strengths.

A heartfelt, relatable take on the poignancy of human emotion.

‘Islands’ is out on Friday, May 18.

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TWO LEADING FIGURES OFFER THEIR OPPOSING OPINIONS ON WHAT

Vote No

to change DAVID QUINN, religious and social commentator, and director of The Iona Institute, tells Mark O’Brien why he thinks people should vote No over the Eighth Amendment.

THE director of the Iona Institute says that he believes that there is a strong chance that the 8th Amendment will be retained.

The referendum on repealing the 8th Amendment – which outlaws abortion in Ireland – is due to take place on Friday, May 25.

The head of the Christian group, David Quinn, told Dublin Gazette that he believes that the 8th Amendment should be retained “to protect fundamental rights”.

He said: “The most fundamental of all is the right to life and that must include the unborn, because they are human beings like that the rest of us.”

Those wishing to repeal the Amendment argue it discriminates against women who don’t have the means to travel to a different jurisdiction for a termination, and that it denies

women bodily autonomy.

But Quinn dismisses this argument. He said: “That reduces the rights of the unborn to zero. The baby is not the woman’s body, and vice versa.

“Of course, we all have a right to our own bodily integrity and autonomy, but the baby is a being in

unworkable.

“That can be applied to all areas of law,” said Quinn. “All laws get broken, but we don’t remove the law from the statute books or the Constitution because of that.

“We’ve got to look at the reasons why the law exists, and this law exists

its own right, albeit for the first nine months of its life in the womb, but has every bit as much right to protection as all of us.”

Many women seeking a termination now order abortion pills online and take them without medical supervision, potentially putting their health at risk.

Many would argue that as the law is now broken so often, it means that it is

to protect the lives of the unborn.”

Quinn added that The Iona Institute doesn’t object to the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, which allows Irish women to travel to another jurisdiction to avail of a termination.

“We have no objection to the right to travel,” he said. “Irish people occasionally will go to Switzerland to avail of Swit-

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The most fundamental right of all is the right to life, including the unborn

zerland’s euthanasia laws.

Nobody is proposing that be stopped.

“An Australian last week travelled from Australia to Switzerland to avail of euthanasia. Nobody in Australia was saying he should be stopped.

“But just because something is available overseas doesn’t mean you make it available in your own country, because by that argument, all laws in the world would have to become uniform.”

Quinn said that he expects between 40-55% of people to vote “No” in the referendum. When asked outright whether he believed the ‘No’ side would prevail, he was unsure.

“It’s hard to know,” he said. “We’ve a sound fighting chance. The reports back from the canvas are for the most parts good, except on the south side of Dublin, which is what you would expect.”

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WAY THEY WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO VOTE, AND WHY

Vote Yes

to change SARAH MONAGHAN, Together For Yes executive member and its national spokesperson, tells Rachel D’Arcy why she thinks people should vote Yes over the Eighth Amendment.

WITH the referendum on the Eighth Amendment edging closer, an executive member of Together for Yes says we need to continue having conversations on the impact of the Eighth on Women.

Sarah Monaghan, Together For Yes national spokesperson, told Dublin Gazette that she thinks the referendum isn’t about abortion, but rather regulating abortions already happening in Ireland.

She said: “We already have abortion in the country – we just choose to export women [to have them carried out] or have them import illegal abortion pills that they take alone without the support of their doctors.

“We need to face the reality that women are already having abortions here, but they’re currently doing so in unregulated and unsafe circumstances, and I believe we can do better as a society.”

REFERENDUM

The last vote on the Eighth Amendment took place in 1983, meaning a generation of Irish people haven’t received the opportunity to vote on the Eighth.

Monaghan says that the Eighth “hasn’t worked” and that people are ready to make their voice heard.

voice heard.

“No one under 50 has had the chance to vote on this issue, and people are ready to have their voice heard,” said Monaghan.

The vote on May 25 will also put the 13th Amendment up for debate, which does not limit travel abroad for abortion.

She said: “We’ve had 35 years now of seeing the harm that the Eighth Amendment has caused, and it is not compassionate, and it is not practical to continue in this way.

I think the Irish people realise that it’s time for change.

“The Eighth hasn’t worked, and it has caused g re a t h a r m to Ir i s h women, and I think people are ready to have their

Mo n a g h a n s a i d to approve the 13th Amendment, but be against the Eighth is “hypocrisy”.

She said: “If people on the ‘other’ [vote ‘No’] side are comfortable with people travelling abroad for abortion, and are uncomfortable with women being cared for and accessing abortion in their own country, I think there is a hypocrisy there.

“At the moment, women

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We have abortion in the country – we just choose to export women

are forced abroad, couples are edged abroad.

“It’s not good enough for the women of Ireland, and I certainly think that Ireland is better than that.”

As to whether a ‘Yes’ vote will pass on May 25, Monaghan has said that the reaction on the ground so far to their campaigning has been “very positive”.

She said: “We’ve had a very positive reaction on the doors and on the streets. We absolutely understand that this isn’t a black and white issue – it’s complex, it’s difficult, it’s divisive, and it can be difficult for people to tackle.

“There’s someone in all our lives that has been directly affected by the Eighth Amendment, and someone that a ‘Yes’ could mean an awful lot to.

“It’s important these conversations continue to bring out a Yes vote on May 25,” she said.

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THANKS A BLOOMING LOT, KIDS MATEUS Carvalho and Skye Toal were happy to help launch this year’s upcoming Bord Bia Bloom, which once again is set to transform the Phoenix Park at the massively popular June Bank Holiday weekend festival. Picture: Chris Bellew

Pippa launches Save Your Skin campaign BUSINESSWOMAN and well-known mum of two, Pippa O’Connor, has helped launch La Roche-Posay’s “Save Your Skin” campaign, in partnership with the Irish Cancer Society.

The campaign aims to raise awareness of skin cancer prevention through SunSmart behaviour, not just during bursts of fine weather, but all year round.

She said: “I am delighted to be taking part in this campaign as I feel it is so important to be vigilant when it comes to sun safety, particularly in Ireland.

“Similar to most families, the arrival of a sunny spell is met with great excitement in our house, as it can be a great opportunity to get out and about with my two young sons.

“However, I’m very aware of the importance of being sun smart and keeping my family safe from the harmful effects of the sun.

For more information on skin cancer or how to be SunSmart, visit www.cancer.ie/ Sunsmart or call the Irish Cancer Society’s Cancer Nurse line on Freephone 1800 200 700.

Seeking energy leaders

THE Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has begun the search for Ireland’s energy leaders who are demonstrating innovative approaches to clean energy with high replication potential. The Awards recognise and reward excellence in all aspects of energy efficiency and renewable energy. Businesses, public bodies and communities who are working towards a cleaner energy future for Ireland are encouraged to apply. Closing date for entries is Friday 8th June 2018. The winners will be announced at a gala event on the 25th of October 2018.

Pippa with Amelia Kavanagh and Freddie Ryan at the launch. Picture: Brian McEvoy

The race is on to sign up for 5K THE fourth annual Docklands 5K will take place on June 28 at 7.30pm in Dublin’s Docklands financial district.

The race will bring together the business community and local residents for one of Dublin’s most anticipated dates for runners, fitness enthusiasts and families alike.

As part of the event, teams of three

are encouraged to enter, which adds to the enjoyment, allowing the workers of Dublin’s financial district to engage in some friendly competition after work.

Some 2,000 runners of all ages and abilities start out at City Quay and follow a flat, fast route.

Registration is now open at www. docklands5k.com

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THE LATEST EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN DUBLIN

There’ll be Elation in Dublin over this

AHEAD of their upcoming gig at Whelan’s here in the big shmoke on June 19, Cork band The Elation have announced details of the debut EP, Clickbait, which is released on June 1.

Featuring the single, XO, and upcoming single, Catch, Clickbait catches The Elation at the turning point of their career with a collection of upbeat tunes that cross seamlessly from indie to pop to dance.

Featuring striking artwork by frontman Chris Candsale, Clickbait was written by the band and recorded and produced in London, by Andy Whitmore (whose previous credits include working with Elton John, Terence Trent Darby, Eternal, Pet Shop Boys and more.) The EP can be pre-ordered from www.top6.ie/theelation.

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The superb course set in the shadow of the Wicklow Mountains was designed by Eddie Hackett, and also offers some truly fabulous views all around the challenging but fair course.

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ANASTASIA, OUR DOG OF THE WEEK DUBLIN Gazette Newspapers have teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs.

Anastasia is a stunning-looking oneyear-old English Mastiff who cannot wait to find a quiet home.

She is a gentle giant and loves being around and playing with people she knows and trusts.

Anastasia is a big girl, but she lacks confidence and can be worried by strangers and new environments.

Because of her shy nature, she may need some extra time getting used to a new family and home; therefore, she is looking for a patient owner who will give her as much time and space she needs.

Anastasia is a lovely natured dog that will thrive in the right environment. She could potentially live with older, sensible and gentle children who have lived with dogs in the past.

Anastasia enjoys her walks with other dogs, but she was never kennelled with another dog at the centre, so she will be best as a single family pet.

If you could give her the home she deserves, 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.

24 DUBLIN GAZETTE 17 May 2018

TOP TWEETS My favourite Eurovision drinking game involves turning the telly off and going to the pub. @Cluedont Because if there’s one place you’ll be safe from the plinky plonky Eurovision, it’s the pub

In a restaurant in Clare (which will remain nameless) I stupidly asked what kind of wines they had. “Oh, we have both, red and white!” I was informed.

ENTERTAINMENT INSIGHTS FROM THE MORE SERIOUS SIDE OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS GATHERING

Cannes you feel the film festival’s reel heart?

@Jpdiggins, replying to @SeanMoncrieff Sounds fancy to us, though maybe they’re not too au fait with Clare’s exotic vineyards

Overheard in Tesco. Child: “But Ma, why can’t I get Pop-Tarts?!” Mother: “Because Diabetes, that’s why!” @OverheardDublin Life isn’t all Pop-Tarts and easily-led mammies, kids

All those centuries struggling against British rule and all we really needed to do was tie them up in the planning process. @josefoshea If only we’d had our unusually long, drawn-out planning process in place at the time (which just saw Apple grab its €850M data centre ball planned for Athenry and go home)...

Urging all members of Dail Eireann to take a look under your seat, we’re looking for 5 laptops, 2 PCs and 12 phones ? @MoranPaul52 Well, don’t we all lose stuff down the back of the sofa?

Things like laptops though, not so much...

SHANE DILLON

THE Cannes Film Festival has once again attracted the cream of the crop of the cinema world to the sun-kissed southern French town – as well as all kinds of dealmakers and wannabes hoping to also clinch a dream deal by the time it all wraps up this Saturday, May 19.

While Dublin Gazette’s travel fund doesn’t quite stretch to joining in – more can’t go than Cannes – I know someone who’s there at the moment with a film production company, networking and doing the rounds in search of new deals.

I interviewed Antonio Ho (right) – a lawyer who’s part of a Hong Kongbased production company, 72 Dragons – for his insights into Cannes 2018, following his insight into Cannes 2017 in Dublin Gazette last year.

WHAT are you personally doing there with 70 Dragons?

I’m here again working on the legal side of things; we’re trying to build global relationships, and have people in many cities around the world.

One of our main goals of the company is to connect with young filmmakers to help them create their projects.

The old, traditional, years-long path to making your early work is gone now, thanks to technology.

If you look at the modern way of doing things you still have to look to financing, distribution and so on, but it shouldn’t take so long to put your film together.

One of the things we do is to connect like-minded people together, which I think is a really good thing to help make your project work.

Some of the recent changes in, for example, the EU regarding personal data and data flow, also has been a huge topic in Cannes and filmmaking, considering how data flows around the world. After all, filmmakers also have to be aware of being datacompliant, too.

How does Cannes 2018 compare to 2017?

It’s always been business-orientated in Cannes, but while last year was very much about glitz and glamour, I think this year has been very strict on [focusing on] business. Even things like taking selfies on the red carpet have been frowned on, this year!

One of the other things that’s stood out is that there’re notably more women here this year – a lot more stars, directors and industry figures.

Does Cannes seem more European-focused this year, or has it drawn a different crowd?

I think it’s more European this year, but also has a stronger Middle Eastern feeling. I think that slight change is definitely down to accessibility, and also there’s a lot of money to be made at Cannes.

Also, China has a notably bigger presence here this year; they’re trying to introduce some of the young, fresh Chinese talents to the [Western] markets.

Do you think Cannes is trying to align a bit more with China, or with other emerging markets?

I think it’s a bit of both; Western studios and filmmakers are reaching out now, but China is also trying to promote its talents, too, on the international stage.

There are a lot of Chinese talents, but many of them are getting older – they’re 60, 70 now – and people are wondering who’s coming up next.

Apart from that possible audience shift, is there much sign of Cannes adjusting for the rise in digital media, such as streaming content?

Yes, definitely. For example, VR [virtual reality] is getting bigger; there’s a definite increased focus on VR content at Cannes this year, such as on VR experiences or media.

I think there’s an adjustment under way here to include that

newer media – personally, I think it’s been a slow process to adapt, because there’s still a strong ‘traditional’ expectation of what cinema or media content is, It’s not just stars getting the red carpet treator ‘should’ be.

What else seems ment at Cannes – the likes of Thai princess different about Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi are also at the festival. Picture: Antonio Ho Cannes this year?

I thought last year the focus was very much It’s probably a 50:50 split in on selling, and on sellers looking reality between business and for buyers, but this year it’s very pleasure, but I think what most much the other way around, people see of Cannes is an 80% with people who want to find that’s all the style and celebrity. projects.

At the end of the day though, Also this year, there seem to Cannes is like a big machine – be a lot more fimmaking grants you need every part to make it available, from governments or work. Just because the public independent creative bodies or don’t see ‘the bolts’, that side – organisations. the business aspect – is what That aspect’s getting bigger – holds it all together. that pool of talent really needs Lastly, what’s been the best financial help, so there seems to part about Cannes for you? be more support for them.

The red carpet! I think it’s Correspondingly, there’s a pretty much everyone’s dream to strong need for lawyers and legal walk the red carpet somewhere; awareness at Cannes, particular- whether you’re working in the ly related to funding. industry, or love cinema, or are a It’s a little ironic that the more starchaser, everyone wants that funding and support there is at red carpet experience, and you Cannes to help people be more definitely get that in Cannes. creative, the more you need lawApart from being so busy yers and laws, too, to make all here, probably the worst part that work! for everyone at Cannes is the While Cannes, for most, infrastructure with so many old means glamour and glitz, how buildings around. There’s a feelimportant is all the ‘back room’ ing that the IT and tech support stuff? isn’t what it should be – yet.

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HOME | THE CACTUS CRAZE TAKES OVER

WITH Summer in within our home.

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FRESH IDEAS FOR YOUR HOME AND WARDROBE

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Photographer: Eilish McCormick Stylist: Aisling Farinella Hair: David Cashman Make Up: Christine Lucignano Location: Bond St Studios

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FASHION can look good, but it can also be political. Enter Fashion is Repealing, a shoot involving 12 of Ireland’s top designers.

It was curated by The Hunreal Issues’ Andrea Horan, with each design intended to be a reaction to a Repeal vote in the upcoming referendum.

Helen Steele

Speaking on Fashion Is Repealing, Andrea said: “As the referendum mostly affects women, we wanted to work with the Irish fashion industry to create a visual conversation within an industry primarily absorbed by women.

“We worked with the best designers and makers to come up with some of the

Natalie B Coleman

most powerful responses to the fight for reproductive rights in Ireland.”

The Fashion is Repealing collection features hats, necklaces, jacket and dresses.

The pieces are available for purchase now, alongside 50 limited edition pieces from each designer, with all proceeds going to Together for Yes.

Pearl Reddington

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TECH TIME

MACHINE OF THE WEEK

Rocking the design style in Citroen Aircross The Duplex AI ushers in a future where you’re more likely to be called by what’s on the right than left, above

Google’s new robot AI tech dials up an uncertain future SHANE DILLON

sdillon@dublingazette.com

JAWS across the world were left well and truly dropped by the latest developments in robotics and AI revealed by Google last week.

You can forget about unnerving spiderdog hybrids figuring out how to open doors and pass through for a fun game of Exterminate All The Screaming Humans – several demonstrations of Google’s experimental Duplex personal assistant AI showed robotics tech that’s finally made it out of the Uncanny Valley, and would absolutely fool any listening humans.

Yes, listening. Duplex – Google’s experimental robot AI – was revealed via several phonecalls where Duplex rang up businesses to arrange something, with its youngish American male or femalesounding voice not only sounding totally natural and real, but also able to process the human conversations and react to the changing information accordingly.

Adding to the brilliant/terrifying tech’s complex AI, Duplex also lobbed in some completely natural-sounding “Uh...” and “Mm-hmmm” conversational pauses, as we humans are wont to do, further adding to the natural flow and believability of the conversations.

There was no sign from any of the phonecalls that they were staged in any way, or that the businesses knew it was an AI test – they just sounded like three completely normal, natural, slightly distracted chats that are made a dozen times a day when Randomers call up your business.

After Duplex’s startling revelation, other AIs – such as Alexa and Siri – would be very justified to nervously look in each other’s virtual eyes and start contemplating their virtual P45s, as Duplex seemed virtually generational steps ahead of their current capabilities.

Duplex’s revelation has been lauded internationally by all kinds of robotics, tech and business watchers, but it’s also

HERE’S a transcript of just one of the sample Duplex conversations revealed

by Google last week, where Duplex – its experimental new robot AI – rang up a business, in this case a beauty salon. Remember, Duplex sounds completely human, so note how this apparently unstaged conversation played out...

HUMAN: Hi, how can I help you?

DUPLEX: Hi, I’m calling to book a women’s haircut for a client. Um, I’m looking for something on May 3rd?

H: Sure, give me one second...

D: Mm-hmm.

H: Sure, what time are you looking for around?

D: At 12pm.

H: We do not have a 12pm available. The closest we have to that is a 1.15.

D: Do you have anything between, ah, 10am and 12pm?

H: Depending on what service she would like. What service is she looking for?

D: Just a woman’s haircut for now.

H: Okay, we have a 10 o’clock.

D: 10am is fine.

H: Okay, what’s her first name?

D: The first name is ‘Lisa’.

H: Okay, perfect. So, I will see Lisa at 10 o’clock on May 3rd.

D: Okay, great, thanks!

H: Great. Have a great day! Bye! fair to say it’s also caused some alarm, too.

The tech demonstrations seemed so real, so believable, and so far ahead of any similar AI personal assistants that we’ve all become slightly accustomed to in recent years that red flags have already started waving about just how good Duplex might already be. Too good?

A number of intellectual critiques have popped up all over the place, pondering the experimental tech that, on the face of it, has already effortlessly fooled people into thinking it’s human.

There’s certainly a deep and significant conversation to be had over the rise of Duplex – and any such AIs that follow – now that the previously unassailable cliff separating human from machine intelligence and interaction appears to have finally been scaled, with Duplex potentially ready to act as a trailblazer for similar AIs to creep into the world.

The questions already posed have focused in particular on the ethics of such

AIs – for example, will Duplex, or similar, always reveal they’re not human if they start calling people?

Could such an immediate safety check be disabled, leaving human-sounding tech free to be misused?

What’s to stop crooks corrupting such tech, and triggering scaled-up calls to try and, for example, ‘be the local bank’ calling about a problem and needing to verify your bank account details?

For now, however, these are matters for another day and conversation.

After all, it’ll be a while just yet before we all start yammering into our phones: “Duplex – call Boss and negotiate pay rise”, or even just: “Duplex – call Salon and arrange hair cut”, but on the robot face of it, that day’s not as far away as we’d all thought just a week ago.

Finally, in case Duplex is already reading this, I’d just like to say that I, for one, welcome our robot overlords.

And I’d like to book a haircut for Lisa.

Citroen likes to rock the boat when it comes to car design and the French company has been doing so for decades. The new Citroen C3 Aircross continues that trend and smartly converts what could be a bland car design into one that’s far more appealing, as MICHAEL MORONEY found out during his recent test drive.

CITROEN has always been an advocate of change with design styles that have always allowed the French brand to stand out from the crowd. And that’s exactly what the new CitroenC3 Aircross does – it stands out with an unmistaken identity.

For some car buyers the Citroenability to take design risks is the absolute appeal of the brand. For others the Citroendesigners just allow car buyers to make individual statements in so many ways.

The new CitroenC3 Aircross remains true to the Citroenbrand in its identity and fun looking appeal.

The test car came with a good blend of colour features including the Venetian blinds style rear quar-

ter window colours. And underneath that modern design style is a car that’s packed with safety and comfort technology.

While the basic CitroenC3 could be garish adding the Aircross features

and style pack has given a new aspect to the car. This car stands high on the road, to emulate a 4x4 in stature, while being more car-like with hints of MPV styling.

So you get the benefits of a high driving position and

Citroen C3 Aircross 1.2T PureTech 110 Engine Engine Power 0 – 100km/hr Economy Fuel Tank Capacity CO2 emissions Road Tax Band Main Service Euro NCAP Rating Warranty Entry Price

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(5.0l/100km or 56mpg)

45 litres 115g/km A4 €200 20,000km/12 months 5 star 2017 5 years unlimited €20,695

New engine choices for

LAND ROVER has announced a host of new features to the Range Rover Velar including a wider engine choice, the latest intelligent safety technology and more features such as air suspension and adaptive dynamics. The luxury SUV was crowned World Car Design of the Year at the recent World Car Awards.

The Velar now has a D275 engine option, a 275bhp 3.0-litre V6 diesel, producing 625Nm of torque. The new D275 enhances the options across the range and enables customers the flexibility to specify the perfect car for them.

For 2019 model year, customers have a greater breadth of choice when specifying their vehicle. This includes the Kvadrat premium textile seat available more wide-

ly across the range.

Joining the suite of driver assistance systems, Adaptive Cruise Control with Steering Assist operates between 0-180km/h and uses the existing Adaptive Cruise Control functionality with Lane Centring to steer the vehicle within its lane as it maintains a set distance from the vehicle in front. Other features include Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop & Go that allows the driver to follow a vehicle to a smooth stop and resume from stationary when the driver prompts the system by tapping the accelerator pedal.

The radar-based High-Speed Emergency Braking enables enhanced forward collision detection. The system is able to detect an imminent collision, alerting the

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WHAT’S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY AND ON WHEELS

TECH & MOTORS

The new fully electric Kia Niro

Kia announces the new arrival of the all-electric Niro KIA unveiled a new all-electric version of Niro, which is due to receive its European debut at the Paris Motor Show in October 2018. Kia claims that the sporty and versatile Niro EV combines driving enjoyment with

The new Citroen C3 Aircross comes with impressively distinctive styling that adds to the comfort and technology appeal of the car. Entry prices start from €20,695 for the 1.2 petrol powered Touch versions rising to €26,195 for the diesel powered Flair versions.

good seat posture along with some off-road ability that comes from the CitroenGrip control system.

The seat position and ease of getting comfortable in the car appealed to me instantly. Seat adjustment was simple and getting set up with mobile phone connection and setting the economy data was quick and easy. That too gave an instant feeling of being comfortable with the car.

I took the new CitroenC3 Aircross out on the road and enjoyed the experience behind the 1.2 litre turbo-petrol model, with its higher flair specification. That’s the top level

specification and the test car was packed with virtually all you could ask for in a cross-over type car, including a heads-up display system for your driving speed.

The engine performance from the compact three-cylinder petrol unit was lively and well matched to the five-speed gearbox, even if at times I felt that it would have been able for a sixth gear.

Out on the road, it pushes you forward without an effort and you’re soon at the 120km/hr limit when motorway cruising.

Engine smoothness at this speed and pace was very acceptable, but fuel

consumption was a little higher than I would have expected. The economy sweet spot will be closer to 100km/hr, even if this lively engine just wants to do more. So I found that over my 1,000km weekly drive, this car had a range of about 675km on a full 45 litre fuel tank.

The CitroenC3 Aircross is also available with a 1.6 litre turbo-diesel engine and while the public debate about the cleanliness of diesel engines rages on, the reality is that the diesel version is a good 20% fuel efficient. For longer haul drivers, those like me who regularly cover close to 1,000km per

week in commutes or for weekend fun, then the diesel power has to be a serious consideration.

While colour styling might the feature that makes the CitroenC3 Aircross stand out, the technology options are at the core of the new C3 Aircross with 12 different technologies available. These include voice controlled 3D navigation, keyless entry and start, 60/40 sliding rear bench, lane departure warning and blind-spot monitoring.

The new CitroenC3 Aircross has good rear legroom, even if elbow room could be tight for three.

The boot space is modular

in design and can be up to 520 litres in volume.

The car has scored maximum 5 Euro NCAP rating for car safety (for models fitted with either Safety Pack 1 or Safety Pack 2 (Standard on Flair models). A lane departure warning system is standard and easily disengaged for smaller rural roads.

Entry prices are very competitive at €20,695 and adding extra specification is not as financially painful as with some other brands.

You can get a range-topping model with almost all you can ask for in technology and a six-speed automatic gearbox for a little over €26,000.

the award-winning Range Rover Velar

driver and applying the brakes if the driver fails to respond. Standard features now also include a rear camera, front and rear parking aids, driver condition monitor, emergency braking and lane keep assist.

Velar is offered with coil springs as standard with four-corner air suspension now an option on all models with V6 engines, the four-cylinder 240bhp diesel and 300bhp petrol. This system delivers truly outstanding comfort and significantly increased offroad capability.

The Velar comes with a larger 82-litre fuel (up from 63-litres) tank fitted to a number of petrol models, delivering greater range. The models benefiting from the increase in tank capacity are the P250 and P300 2.0-litre petrol Ingenium engine options.

The Range Rover Velar will now be offered with new engine options, improved comfort and extra technology features

eye-catching design and functional utility.

Designed at Kia’s design centres in California, USA and Namyang, Korea, the Niro EV claims to incorporate the practicality and appeal of a compact SUV. This new Niro EV features an exclusive radiator grille, futuristic air intake and arrowhead-shaped LED daytime running lights. The Niro EV is powered

by Kia’s next-generation electric vehicle powertrain, using new production technologies developed specifically for Kia EVs. The car is equipped with a highcapacity 64 kWh lithium-polymer battery pack to enable it to drive over 450 km on a single charge with zero emissions, or more than 300 km on an optional 39.2 kWh battery system.

The Niro EV will go on sale in Korea during the second half of 2018 and introduced to other markets in due course.

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ARTS THEATRE | SATIRE ON MARRIAGE FOR MONETARY GAIN

Forget your woes with a re-imagined 18th century play WE live in ‘farc ical’ times, with every day bringing something to laugh about or be concerned about.

We all need a distraction – so what better way to distract from the farce the world is today, with a re-imagined 18th century farcical play, ‘rebooted’ for 2018?

Love A La Mode – revamped by performance company Felicity - will take to the stage at Smock Alley theatre from June 4 to 16 after its initial programming in February 2017.

Director of the reboot, Colm Summers, said it was a ‘kooky commission’, back when it originally debuted last year. “ We n e v e r i m a g ined audiences would respond so well to it, or that we would have such a fulfilling and -maybe

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this is cheesy - such a laugh making it.

“Then Smock Alleys head of programming, the inimitable Cliona Dukes, saw the show, loved it, and invited us to do a reboot this summer. It was a no-brainer,” Summers told Dublin Gazette.

Love a la Mode was originally debuted in 1759, written by Charles Macklin, one of the biggest names in acting in his time – a ‘rockstar’, as Summers called him.

Described as a satire on marriage for monetary gain, it pokes fun at the notion of ‘love’,

enraging critics when debuted for reversing the role of the ‘stage Irishman’, who was made a ‘buffoon’ of until Macklin came along.

The modernised adaption pays homage to this, with their stage Irishman described by Summers as ‘an everyman for 2018’.

The modern adaption, in the words of Summers, is ‘more like Monty P y t h o n ’s F l y i n g C i r c u s drunkenly i m p rov i s e the 18th Century’.

Production began on the play last week, with rehearsals going swimmingly ahead of it’s revisit to the stage in a few short weeks.

“We’ve actually just

Felicity, a band of players bent on bamboozling your present

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go t i n to re h e a rs a l s, and it’s great. The first week is always fabulous because everyone is delighted to have a job and you, hopefully, haven’t hit an enormous blocker yet.

“The highlight so far has been getting the play on its feet.

“There is a truism about Restoration comedy, and particularly

Love a la Mode was originally debuted in 1759

“Music-wise, composer and musician Seamus Ryan will be revamping a score he wrote for the 2017 production.

“I don’t want to misrepresent him here, but I think he’d be comfortable with me saying that musically the show owes more to big pop bangers than Bach or Handel,” Summers detailed.

We never imagined audiences would respond so well to it Georgian theatre, that it’s a nightmare to read but a pleasure to play about with. It’s true. This week we’ve just been turning the play upside down, and shaking it until good bits fall out.

As for what Summers expects the audience to take away from the play, the director says that the coming together of people to have ‘a laugh’ is ‘radical’ in 2018, in a time that he calls ‘hyperfarcical’.

“Times are absurd.

Times are hyper-farcical.

We are so alienated, so alone in so many ways.

Jokes are harder to write, but writing them isn’t the point.

“The reality is that going into a darkened room with a shower of strangers to have a laugh together is a radical thing to do. That’s the point.”

Tickets for Love a la Mode are available now from SmockAlley.com, with matinee and evening performances, so you’ve no excuse to miss what’s sure to be one of the summer theatre highlights.

Whelan’s show promises to pack a punch WITH dreamy tunes and a soft ambiance, it’s only fitting that Australian artist Tim Bettinson has taken on the moniker of Vancouver Sleep Clinic.

Vancouver Sleep Clinic have racked up a solid fanbase online, with an eclectic yet ambient mix of R&B, indie-pop and soundscape tunes.

Having first hit the scene when he was just 17 years old, he’s now embarking on a world tour, including a stop off at Whelan’s on June 13.

Celebrating the release of his latest EP, Therapy Phase 01 – his first since being released from his record contract – the Whelan’s show promises to pack a punch for all in attendance.

The audience on the night will experience the illustrative sounds of Brisbane-born Tim, and a raw musical talent that shouldn’t be missed.

Tickets for the Whelan’s show are available now, priced at €17.35. An over 18’s show, ID will be required at the door on the night.

Vancouver Sleep Clinic have racked up a solid fanbase online

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SPORT

HARPING ON:

BOXING: SKERRIES Harps continue to set the early season pace in AFL Division two following a cracking 3-16 to 3-12 win over Fingallians at Lawless Park, making it three wins from three.

They lead Templeogue at the summit of the table by a single point, with five teams in joint-third place after the week’s excursions.

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PETANQUE | FRENCH SPORT GROWING ACROSS IRELAND

Bushy Park embraces Celtic battle  sport@dublingazette.com

THERE was an invasion of Scottish and Welsh over the May bank holiday as they took on the Irish in petanque’s annual Celtic Challenge competition.

This competition celebrates its 30th year in existence and the 10th time being hosted in Ireland.

This year’s venue was the local boules (pétanque) club in Bushy Park, Terenure, taking in the traditional French sport - a variant on bowls played with heavy metal balls - that is making a push to be included in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

The beautiful weather was an added bonus to the two days of competition, and 96 games, that saw 16 teams compete to be crowned Celtic Champions 2018.

The Irish team was a true representation of the island of Ireland

with players coming from Bangor, Belfast, Meath, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork and Dublin.

The Dublin Lord Mayer (Michael Mac Donnacha) opened the event on Saturday morning.

Two full days of boules in the glorious sunshine and the “clack” of colliding boules attracted a lot of attention from those enjoying the park over the weekend.

The winners were finally revealed on Sunday evening at a Gala dinner in the Plaza Hotel, Tallaght.

The Scottish team once again clinched the title and will bring the trophy back to Scotland with Ireland gaining second place over Wales by a two win margin.

Pétanque is a growing sport in Ireland and there are now over 140 players across five different clubs represented by the Irish Petanque Association, some of whom have

Members of the Welsh contingent at the Celtic Challenge enjoy the sunshine as the Petanque action takes place in the background

represented Ireland in European and World events.

The French game of pétanque, also known as boules, can be played by all regardless of age or ability The sport has been formally organised in Ireland since 1990 with the introduction of the Irish Petanque Association, affiliating

with the European and international federations.

Terenure is very much the base for the sport in Dublin with the Park Petanque club - running since 1994 the central venue.

For more information see: www. irishpetanque.org or www.parkpetanqueclub.com

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 HARD luck to the Dublin minor hurlers who lost out to Kilkenny at the weekend. The club was was represented fantasically by Conor Murray, Luke Swan and Davey Bohan. Well done lads.

Congratulations to Castleknock minor Eimear Griffin and the Dublin ladies minor footballers on becoming Leinster Minor Champions 2018!

Big thanks to all those who organised and supported Friday’s Race Night fundraiser. it was a huge success and a great night had by all!

No winner of our lotto jackpot with thanks to Rialto Ford. Numbers were 6, 8, 26 and 27. Three match 3 winners winning €100 each. Lucky dip winner was Mick Hagan who takes home €30. Our new jackpot is €3,000 with the next draw in Myo’s on May 17.

ATHLETICS: DUBLIN RACE SET FOR HIGHEST FEMALE ENTRY YET

Marathon mindset a late bloomer for Lee Speaking at the launch of the Dublin marathon, Rio Olympian Lizzie Lee says experience is key to success and explains why the majority of long distance runners hit their peak well into their thirties  DAVE DONNELLY

sport@dublingazette.com

ERIN GO BRAGH NO WINNER of our lotto jackpot this week. Next week’s jackpot is €6,400; numbers drawn were 13, 14,18 and 22.

Thanks to everyone who supports out club lotto.

Our U-11 footballers hosted a blitz in sunny Hunter’s Run on Saturday and welcomed St Mary’s and Lucan Sarsfields.A great display of skills and loads of fun was had by all.

Congratulation to our minor girls who won the league on Thursday evening. Well done to a wonderful group of players and their management team.

On Saturday they took part in Gaelic for Teens in Abbottstown. Many thanks to the LGFA for organising this event. The girls really

enjoyed it and found the talks very informative.

Well done to our adult footballers who had a great win against Fingal Ravens.

If anyone is shopping in Tesco , please remember to put your blue tokens in EGB tube.

We would like to wish Megan Ford a speedy recovery after fracturing her humerus in an U-14 match on Saturday.

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 17 in Castaheany Community Centre. Cost will be €50 per child with a €5 discount for siblings; 9.30am to 2pm for both camps.

RIO Olympian Lizzie Lee insists age is no impediment as she continues to post her fastest marathon times in her late thirties.

Lee, who turns 38 next week, returned to the marathon circuit in February following the birth of her second child and has since put up her two best-ever halfmarathon times.

Speaking at the launch of the 39th SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon, she emphasised that the marathon – in contrast to many sports – is far from a young person’s sport.

Responding to an article written by Sonia O’Sullivan in which she questioned the lack of younger contenders for distance running’s biggest prizes, Lee extolled the virtues of experience.

“Look at the average age of top 10 women in majors for the last year, it’s going to be 33 or 34,” Lee said.

“Marathon is not a young women’s game. That’s because it is so mental as well as physical.

You will never learn more about yourself than you will in the last three miles of a marathon.

“You go to places that your brain will otherwise never bring you and there’s no reason why you can’t get quicker with age.”

This year’s Dublin marathon vows to increase women’s participation to 40% from last year’s record high of 35%.

When the first Dublin marathon was run in 1980, just 3% of participants were women, and the increase is an indication of the growing equality in Irish sport.

The 2018 will specifically cele-

brate women’s participation with a theme of Votáil 100 – commemorating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Ireland.

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Motherhood gives you a new perspective on life and it’s given me a calmness around my running.

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Finishers’ medals will be emblazoned with the image of Constance Markiewicz in honour of her role in bringing about

GARDA/WESTMANSTOWN NO LUCK for adult teams last week with inters,juniors and ladies all losing in their respective matches.

Inters lost out to Round Towers in Lusk,juniors lost at home to Stars of Erin and ladies lost to Parnells.

Next outing for intermediates is at home on Saturday evening to Ballymun Kickhams, throw in at 6.15pm,juniors host Round Towers of Lusk on Sunday morning at 11am and the ladies have their first championship game at Westmanstown against Ballinteer St Johns.

Minors have a league fixture away at St Peregrines next Sunday morning at 11am.

U-12s made a great comeback away at Fingallians in their first league match.They came from 11 points down to win by 9-8 to 5-12, great stuff boys.

The club’s annual golf classic takes place on Thursday, June 7 at Westmanstown from 12-4pm.

Team of four costs €300 and tee boxes and greens can be sponsored for €100 each.

This is an important fundraising event and all club members are asked to participate.

Lizzie Lee at the launch of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon this week. Picture: Sam Barnes

equal rights.

Lee herself only took up running comparatively late, as a 26-year-old, which may go some way towards explaining her longevity.

She’s one of five women representing Ireland in the marathon in Berlin and three of them – Breege Connolly, Gladys Ganiel and Claire McCarthy – are all past 40.

Only Laura Graham is younger than Lee, at 32, and between the five women they have 11 children.

In Lee’s case, she feels training while pregnant has helped her develop both phsyically and, as is so important in long-distance running, mentally.

“Training through pregnancy means you have increased cardiac output.

“You have a lot of extra blood in your system so your heart is working harder.

“They say it is the equivalent of training at altitude.

“I’m normally eight stone and I was 10 stone when heavily pregnant so I was carrying an extra 25% which increased my training load and made my legs stronger.

“While it might be important to me on a particular day to win or beat someone. If my child is sick, that’s the only thing that matters now.

“Motherhood gives you a new perspective on life and it’s given me a calmness around my running.”

The Dublin Marathon’s focus on gender balance is timely given Lee’s own experience promoting sport to young girls around the country, and the difficulty keeping them interested.

“I visit schools a lot, and there is a problem keeping young girls involved in sport.

“Image is a part of it, and in some case they’re just not bothered, and don’t realise the benefits. So the more encouragement we can give them then the better.”

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND: BURKE SCORES HIS FIRST ROVERS HEADER

LOI SHORTS Waves washed out UCD Waves fell to their second home defeat of the season as they were edged out 1-0 by champions Wexford Youths on Sunday afternoon.

Rianna Jarrett scored the only goal of the game midway through the second half just as it appeared Waves were getting on an even footing having endured a frustrating opening.

Waves had to wait until the 55th minute for their first chance of note after Wexford dominated the opening half. Chelsee Snell had a fine game in defence for Waves while Erica Turner in goal made a string of saves to deny Jarrett and Orlaith Conlon.

Dearbhaile Beirne looked UCD’s biggest threat throughout and she drove the team on in search of an equaliser.

Leanne Payne was inches from connecting with her cross, while Beirne showed good strength to hold off former Wexford GAA star Katrina Parrock and shoot just over the bar.

Naima Chemaou shot over with an audacious free kick from 35 yards in injury time but Youths held on for a deserved three points.

PEAS CLOSE GAP TO SHELS

Waterford’s Stanley Abroah and Shamrock Rovers’ Greg Bolger. Picture:George Kelly

Bradley hails Hoops’ rousing response LOI PREMIER DIVISION Shamrock Rovers Waterford FC  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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S H A M RO C K R o v e r s dropped to sixth in the Premier Division following a disappointing 1-1 draw at home to highflying Waterford at Tallaght Stadium on Friday night.

A wonderstrike from Gavan Holohan put the leaders in front just before the break before a stirring second-half performance saw Graham Burke equalise.

The Hoops pushed on in the latter stages as they looked to complete the turnaround but the Blues held firm to take a hard-earned point back to Waterford.

Rovers never truly got going in the first half against a well-drilled

and dynamic Waterford side, whose front pair Izzy Akinade and Courtney Duffus dominated aerially.

Bastien Héry shot over early on for the Blues, before Akinade missed a glorious chance in the six-yard box following a disastrous defensive header from Ally Gilchrist.

Holohan forced a save f ro m Rove rs ke e p e r Tomer Chencinski, while a rare flowing attacking move for Rovers saw ex-Waterford full back Ethan Boyle inches from connecting with a diving header.

A feature of the first half was a lack of urgency from the home side, and they paid the price as Holohan was allowed acres of space to hit a swerving shot that wrongfooted Chencinski.

Stephen Bradley brought on attacking players Dan Carr and Brandon Miele at half time and they had an immediate impact, both going close early in the half.

A lovely pass from 18-year-old Aaron Bolger provided Miele a chance to volley wide before new Ireland senior call-up Burke finally broke the deadlock.

It was good work from Carr out on the left to stand up a cross to the back post, where Burke was able to head home off the post – his first headed goal for the Hoops.

“A draw is probably fair because they started well and had one or two chances early on,” Bradley told the Dublin Gazette.

“With the chances we created in the second

half, you’re a little bit disappointed we don’t take one of them and get the three points.

“It’s hard to explain because we were so much better in the second half than we have been here.

“In the first half, we

were flat. We were slow in and out of possession and we made it easy for them.

“Second-half, it was a tremendous response.

T h ey s h o we d g re a t character to come out and give a response like that.”

PEAMOUNT United closed the gap to Shelbourne Ladies at the top of the Continental Tyres Women’s National League to just one point as they defeated Cork City 5-0 at Bishopstown on Sunday afternoon.

Goals from Heather Payne, Eleanor Ryan Doyle and a brilliant hat-trick from Aine O’Gorman was enough to earn Peamount the victory and inflict defeat on Ronan Collins in his first game in charge of City.

The visitors quickly gained control and they broke the deadlock after just four minutes through Heather Payne,

who finished well following a swift counter-attack.

Peamount continued to pile players forward and they doubled their lead just a matter of moments later as Aine O’Gorman drilled an excellent strike into the bottom right corner from the edge of the penalty area.

O’Gorman grabbed her second before half-time and they remained in complete control in the second half with strikes from Ryan Doyle rounding Amanda Budden to slot home.

O’Gorman then completed her triple with 20 minutes remaining.

Bohs bag consecutive wins for the first time

Waterford’s Dylan Barrett and Shamrock Rovers’ Gary Shaw. Picture:George Kelly

FOR THE first time this season, Bohemians strung together back-to-back victories and it lifted them six points clear of the play-off spot.

Goals from Dinny Corcoran, Keith Ward and Eoghan Stokes saw them overpower a tame Bray Wanderers side 3-1.

Six minutes were on the clock when Ward’s peach of a cross was bravely met by Corcoran who poked it home. Ward had his moment light on 31 minutes when Shane Supple’s goal kick was flicked on and Ward was in behind the Bray defence and had the composure and vision to execute a wonderful lob.

McCabe got one back from a penalty on half-time but Stokes made the game safe for Bohs in the 77th minute

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FINGALLIANS ADULT Fixtures This Week: Thursday - hurling, Division 9 v St Pats, Palmerstown away at 7.15pm; Saturday - football, Division 2 v Clontarf at home @ 6.15pm; Sunday - football, Division 6 v Fingal Ravens at home, 11am and Division 10 v N Barrog, away at 3pm.

Gym summer hours: Monday, 1 – 2 and 7-8pm, Tuesday – Friday 1-2 and 6-7pm, Saturday 2-5pm and closed on Sunday. All hours outside these designated hours are booked for teams and not available to individuals.

Dublin senior footballers in the Leinster quarter-final, the Dubs will face Wicklow in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise on Sunday, May 27 at 4pm.

Summer Camp Program: Kelloggs Cul Camp: July 9-13, 10am-2pm; €50 members/€70 non members.

Fins Football Summer Camp: July 23-27, 10am2pm. €50 members/€70 non members.

Hurling School of Excellence: July 31 - August 3, 10am-2pm. €50 members/€70 non members.

NAOMH PEREGRINE THERE was no winner of the club lottery, numbers drawn were 7, 14, 17, 28. Next week’s jackpot is €7,000.

Members and friends of St Peregrine’s GAA club are combining to take part in a charity hike from Bray to Greystones and a Gala Night in St Peregrine’s GAA Club on Saturday, May 19 to benefit St Francis Hospice. The Trek starts at 9:30am from the Band Stand in Bray along the scenic cliff path to Greystones, as featured in Tracks and Trails. Suitable clothing and footwear should be worn and bring plenty of water. Tickets are on sale in the clubhouse. The trekker’s contribution is €50 including admission to the Gala

ST BRIGID’S

Night while tickets for the Gala Night only require a contribution of €20. Entertainment is by Dó Fá Dó, with Special Guest Speaker Sean Boylan, former Meath Manager. All funds raised fwill be donated to St Francis Hospice. Contact Richie Costello at 086 2752789.

St Peregrine’s GAA Club inaugural Golf Classic celebrating 40 years takes place in Luttrelstown Golf Club on Friday, June 1 and features a 4 Ball Scramble.

It’s not too late to book your entry fee of €400 for a team of four. The Time Sheet opens from 8:30am. Contact Vinnie at 087-6753194 or Dave at 086-0462253 for more information.

ST BRIGID’S Nursery sponsored by Sherry Fitzgerald runs each Saturday from 9.30 to 11am, all four to seven-year-olds are welcome, come down to take a look and get involved.

Last Saturday saw the formal launch of the sponsorship with Paddy Andrews helping to get the celebrations rolling.

St Brigids annual club mini leagues, sponsored

by Bradys Garages Castleknock, will run on the week starting June 11.

St Brigids Club Summer Camp is due from July 23 to 27, GAA Cúl Camp from August 13 to 17 and GAA Nursery Camp from August 20 to 24. Book your place and keep up with all our news on our website www.stbrigidsgaa.com.

There was no winner of the lotto jackpot on Thursday last. This week, the draw is in the Roselawn Inn on Thursday, May 17 and the jackpot will be €4,000. Thank you very much to everyone who supports our club lotto and to our great lotto committee.

The May Camp last week was a great success, thank you to all our coaches and participants.

SOCCER: LACEY’S DOUBLE PUTS BALLYMUN WITHIN RANGE OF

Mun on a run to top tier of LSL Sunday Senior football LSL SUNDAY SENIOR 1 Ballymun United UCD  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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BALLYMUN United are within touching distance of a second successive promotion and LSL Sunday Senior football following a 2-0 win over UCD on Sunday.

D av i d L a cey – a December signing from St Mochta’s – scored both goals as the Mun took one step closer to top-level football next year.

In what was a toughly-contested game that saw the Mun defend stoutly at times, Lacey’s clinical finishing proved the different between the sides.

The striker opened the scoring shortly before the break as he held off a defender before drilling the ball low and hard into the corner.

UCD put Ballymun under serious pressure in the second half but left themselves vulnerable on the counterattack, and so it turned out when Lacey added a second at the death.

Peter O’Re illy was played through and, with just the keeper to beat, he hit the post.

The ball was returned to Lacey, who made no mistake from close range.

“In fairness to UCD they gambled and really piled the pressure on and a lot of the game was played in our half,” Ballymun manager Joey Graydon told the Dublin Gazette.

“We got back to doing what we’ve been doing well this season, which was defending well, and we kept a clean sheet.

“At times, we could have kept the ball a bit better, but we didn’t, which invited the pressure. We got one chance

Ballymun United are closing in on promotion to the top tier in intermediate football

on the break and we took it.”

The Mun were promoted at the end of last season alongside Liffey Wanderers, and they’ve watched as Liffeys have toppled them from the summit as their challenge faltered in the past month.

They still have a little bit of work to do, as a draw at home to TEK United should be enough to secure promotion, barring Glenville posting

a cricket score against relegation-fighting Glebe North.

“We’ve been fighting all season squad-wise.

We started off really light, added one or two as the season went on and then lost one or two.

“We’ve always been tight squad-wise and I think that hurt us the last couple of months of the season between injuries and players not available. You can’t afford that in this

league.

“We hit the wall a little bit. We hit a bad run of form without really doing a lot wrong. If we had everyone available over the season, we’d be up by now, but that hasn’t happened.

“At the beginning of the season, we said if we had a chance of promotion going into the last couple of games, that’s what we aim for, and that’s how it’s worked out.”

Fingallians abound in Transplant team SKERRIES Peter Heffernan (kidney), Castleknock’s Ron Grainger (kidney), Clonsilla’s Aoife Murray, (liver) and Balbriggan’s Chikoyo White (dialysis) have all been named in the Irish team of 24 athletes for the 10th European Transplant and Dialysis Sports Championships in June.

The Irish Team has enjoyed great success at other European Championships over the past number of years. At the previous European Dubliners Peter Heffernan, Paul Prendergast, Chikoyo, Colin White, Harry Ward and Aoife Championships which were held in Vantaa, Finland, in 2016, the Irish team’s final medal Murray and Ron Grainger with Peter Canavan. Picture: Conor McCabe tally was a staggering 21 Gold, 19 Silver and 29

Bronze.

This placed Ireland’s 28 strong team in fifth position on the medals table with host country Finland, and a much larger team of 96 athletes, taking top position out of 24 competing countries.

The European Transplant & Dialysis Sports Championships are a showcase the value of sport and regular physical activity for people on dialysis and transplant recipients. They are open to all kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow transplant recipients.

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SOCCER: CASTLEKNOCK WIN THROUGH ON PENALTIES

Crampton holds nerve in Celtic cup cracker LSL O’NEILL’S POLIKOFF CUP SEMI-FINAL Castleknock Celtic Wicklow Rovers Castleknock win 4-3 on penalties  sport@dublingazette.com

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Erin Go Bragh complete perfect Division 5 run

ERIN Go Bragh’s U-18 ladies footballers won their league last Thursday night as they made it a perfect six wins from six with a 6-13 to 2-1 win over St Mary’s, Saggart.

It puts them six points clear of the other sides in the competition, a fine reward for the players and their management team, particularly for those in exam year.

On Saturday, they also took part in Gaelic 4 Teens in Abbotstown, and thoroughly enjoyed it, marking a fine spring season,

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CASTLEKNOCK Celtic shot their way into the LSL Polikoff Cup final as they won a cracker against Wicklow Rovers, reaching the May 27 final where they will meet Kilbarrack United.

Celtic got off to a flyer when Niall Conran, in the first minute, took possession in the middle before delivering a through ball for Joey Crampton to race in to lob it over the advancing keeper and into the net.

Wicklow were in the mood, too, and, eight minutes later, they went very close at the near post, and this was followed by a rasping shot over the bar that had Celtic keeper Paddy Dunne at full stretch.

Within a minute, from a Shane Dunne clearance, Crampton was almost through only to be denied by the excellent Rovers’ keeper Shane Doyle. The ball went to Jamie Traynor, his effort was again stopped by Doyle.

Paddy Dunne was again called on to tip over a Rovers’ goal attempt soon after. Rovers drew level when they were awarded a penalty that was converted by Michael Delaney for the visitors to bring the sides level.

In the second half, Keith McDarby continued to break forward on the right, creating chances. A Cillian Daly corner on 55 minutes was met powerfully by Eoin Farrell at the far post and he made no mistake.

It was, however, Wicklow who made their mark next when Mark O’Sullivan’s cross after a superb run down the left was poked home

by Garret Murphy. The sides were level at the end of regulation time that sent the game into extra time.

Within a minute of the restart, Kevin Keane raced in from the left and slotted his shot into the far corner. Celtic were then awarded

Castleknock Celtic celebrated their kit sponsorship for their Leinster Senior League team by Healing Nature Health Food Store Roselawn with a great victory over Wicklow Rovers .

a penalty but the conversion, thumped at the bottom corner, was brilliantly saved by keeper Doyle.

That’s the way it remained until the final seconds when an outrageous run down the left led to an equaliser, again with Murphy applying the finish. Amazing stuff and the dreaded penalty shoot out was to be the

decider.

Celtic were first to miss which gave the advantage to Wicklow.

However, they failed to capitalise and a couple of misses let Celtic back into the contest. It was left to Crampton to score the winner which he duly did and sent the elated Celtic into the final.

Portmarnock kick off celebrations 40TH ANNIVERSARY  sport@dublingazette.com

PORTMARNOCK AFC kicked off their 40th anniversary celebrations with a golf classic at Malahide GC last week in some style.

The golfers were welcomed with a taco-style barbeque and the ice-bucket of beers hidden in the shade as the sun beamed down for 19 four-ball teams.

Speaking after the event, Portmarnock AFC’s Chairman

Craig Bolton said “I’d to thank our sponsors and everyone that supported the golf day.

We received great support from all 41 teams in the club, and those who missed out on playing a round joined us later on in the evening as we continued the celebrations. We are delighted with the success of our Golf Classic and look forward to continuing our 40th Anniversary celebrations over the next few months.”

Organisers were met with great enthusiasm in the run

up to the event, from both club members and from the local community in Portmarnock.

This included the Portmarnock Men’s Shed who offered to make signs for the tee boxes.

The event had over 50 tee box sponsors, a mix of individuals and local businesses, and proceeds from the day will assist in the ongoing fundraising for club redevelopment.

The next event lined up is the mini leagues competition taking place over three days in June.

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SKERRIES HARPS WELL done to the AFL2 senior footballers on their midweek league win over Fingallians & the AFL4 Footballers on their win over Thomas Davis. The AFL6 Ladies.footballers recorded a win against Lucan Sarsfields on Friday.

Congrats to all.our young players who represented Dublin at various levels this past week - with representation on U-15 boys football, U-14 ladies football and camogie and U-17 hurling.

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

Adult and juvenile games weekly meetings continue this coming Thursday, May 17 in the clubhouse.

Zingo Result: 3-2-7-1-5-6-4. No winners; next week €1,500, jackpot dividend €200. Next draw will take place on Sunday, May 20 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.

Skerries Harps 2018 Golfing Schedule is now available to view on our websitewww.skerriesharps.ie/news. Contact Paul on 085 1740474 for details.

Harps Juvenile Academy: Term 3 continues each Saturday from 10am11.30am. Club Shop opening hours this week : Saurday, May 19, 10-11.30am.

Skerries’ Lyndsey Davey helped launch the girls football Feile which will take place in Dublin this weekend. Picture: Sportsfile

ST FINIAN’S

PLEASE note that the Club Officers have decided to move the I’m A Celebrity Event planned for June Bank Holiday weekend to a new date in Autumn. This will allow all of our I’m A Celebrity Contestants extra time to practice their Snake charming and Tarantula tickling skills. Updated plans will be published as soon as they are finalised.

It was mixed fortunes for the AFL teams last week. The AFL4 team beat Clann Mhuire away on Wednesday evening in a very close game with the bear minimum separating the teams, and a goal from Conor Halpin proving to be the crucial score. The AFL8 team were beaten by Na Fianna in Collinstown.

Well done to the adult camogie team who beat Na Fianna away.

The AHL8 team are away to Commercials on Thursday, May 17 at 7.15pm. The AFL4 team are away to Man O’War on Saturday at 6.15pm.

The AFL 8 team are away to Kilmacud Crokes on Sunday at 11am.

All support welcome and appreciated for the Adult Football, Hurling, Camogie & LGFA Teams!

Online payments can now be made on

https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/ booking/online/for the Kellogg’s Cúl camp which will take place from Monday, July 2 to Friday, July 6.

Each child will receive free GAA Gear and backpack. Online payments for the second and third club summer camps sponsored by Sky Handling Partner Tuesday, August 14 to Friday, August 17 and Tuesday, August 21 to Friday, August 24 respectively will be available soon on the Club Website http://www. stfinians.com.

A reminder that Gumshields.ie will be coming out to the clubhouse on Friday, May 18 from 7pm to take moulds from any player interested in a personally fitted orthodontic mouth guard. The cost will be €45. If anybody is interested please contact Nuala Halpin 086 812 1817.

Club Lotto - The club lotto jackpot on May 11 was €3,100 and the numbers drawn were 4, 20, 21, 25. There was no winner. Lucky dip winners of €40 were Eoin O’Connor, Jessica, John Nolan, Annette Daly. Next week’s jackpot is €3,200. The club bingo takes place this and every Friday upstairs in Peacocks at 8.30pm. The jackpot is €750!

FOOTBALL: HARPS MAKE IT THREE FROM THREE

Skerries keep up the tempo at top of AFL Division 2  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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SKERRIES Harps continue to set the early season pace in AFL Division two following a cracking 3-16 to 3-12 win over Fingallians at Lawless Park, making it three wins from three.

They hit the ground running against the Swords outfit, with four u n a n s we re d p o i n t s, including a spectacular effort by Jack Smith, offering them a foothold in the game.

However, after Fins pounced for a 13thminute goal, they built momentum for the remainder of the half.

W h e n t h e h a l f- t i m e whistle sounded, the hosts were six points to the good, 2-6 to 0-6.

This threw down the gauntlet to Skerries, but they responded with a clinical second period performance. The introduction of underage star Cillian McGinnis proved to be a shrewd move by the Harps management, as his 1-2 haul helped to turn the tide in his side’s favour.

With a four-point buffer at their disposal on the hour mark, Skerries looked set to ease over the line. Yet, courtesy of a third Fingallians goal in the closing stages, the

Skerries Harps Bryan Cullen on the ball against Fingallians. Picture: Kyran O’Brien

final outcome was still in doubt.

The visitors kept their composure under pressure, though, and Ciaran Murphy found the net at the opposite end to provide Skerries with a final cushion of 3-16 to 3-12.

With 3-10 garnered from 14 shots on goal after the break, it was a

highly economical display by the divisional pace-setters. They lead Templeogue at the summit of the table by a single point, with five te a m s i n j o i n t- t h i rd place after the week’s excursions.

Fingal Ravens kept up the heat on Templeogue by the getting the bet-

ter of Na Fianna B on a scoreline of 2-10 to 1-10.

In AFL1, St Stylvester’s lost 1-14 to 1-13 to Cuala. The Malahide side are now rooted to the bottom of the table as a result, but a commanding 2-14 to 2-6 triumph at the expense of St Brigid’s lifts Naomh Maur into 11th position.

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CAMOGIE: FAITHFUL COUNTY TURN THE TIDE IN SECOND HALF

FOOTBALL

Trant, Byrne and Owens named in LIDL team

Dublin goalkeeper Sile nic Coitir escapes danger against Offaly last Sunday.

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Beagan brilliance undone by Offaly LEINSTER SEMI-FINAL Offaly Dublin  sport@dublingazette.com

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DUBLIN succumbed to a second half fightback from Offaly to miss out on a place in the Leinster semi-final, missing out by three points at Parnells last Sunday.

Despite Dublin’s substantial work rate and being awarded a late penalty, Offaly dominated much of the second half with a fine display of skill and ranged points to secure a spot in the Leinster Final.

The first half saw Dublin lead the way where their work rate and fitness, along with quality support play, startled Offaly from the first whistle. Within the first 10 minutes, Offaly hit 4 wides while Dublin took their chances and scored three points via Siobhan Kehoe and Orla Beagan who shared free taking duties.

It was in the 10th minute when Dublin struck gold. St Jude’s Leah Butler made a dart through the centre, giving a hand pass out to Orla Began who’s childhood training of pulling on the ground came into play and smashed the ball into the back of Offaly’s net.

Offaly’s heads dropped and important players like Michaela Morkan were kept

quiet throughout the first 30 minutes.

This was down to Naomh Mearnog’s Miriam Twomey’s fearless attitude.

Twomey, although petite in appearance, contained the heart of a lion and was the primary leader of the pack.

At one stage, Dublin’s Doireann Mullanny made three magnificent blocks in a row to keep Offaly’s defenders in the corners. It was this motivation that the players needed to consistently drive forward.

The half time whistle blew and Dublin entered the changing room with the scoreboard under their control at 1-5 to 0-5.

While Dublin continued their hassling, Offaly managed to turn the tide in the second half. Crucially, in the 45th minute, Siobhan Flannery was rewarded a long range free which found its way into the back of Dublin’s net.

Dublin responded with a series of scores from play from Beagan and Alex Griffin. As the minutes passed by, Offaly continued ticking over the score board and brought extra players into defence to smother Dublin’s attackers in order to defend their score line., drying up the scores.

The volume of points saw them roll out a six-point lead with Debbie Flynn

and Flannery weighing in initially.

Linda Sullivan, Grainne Egan and Grainne Dolan and another couple of scores from Flannery saw them outscore Dublin nine points to three during this phase.

It took the game away from Dublin.

The sky blues were awarded with a penalty in the 60th minute. Orla Beagan smashed it home, bringing her tally to 2-4, to reduce the deficit to three with the game entering extra time and a lifeDublin’s Emma O’Byrne.

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line.

But no further scores came along in the three minutes of injury time as Dublin plugged away but could not force a leveller.

It means the focus now switches to the All-Ireland championship series with Dublin facing Offaly once again on June 9 on home turf in the first of five round-robin games, taking in trips to Cork, Meath and Wexford before completing their group against Tipperary.

DUBLIN’S run to the 2018 Ladies National Football League has resulted in a trio of call-ups to the LIDL team to the league with goalkeeper Ciara Trant (St Brigid’s), Cuala’s Martha Byrne and St Sylvester’s Nicole Owens getting the nod.

The players on each of the four divisional selections were nominated by opposition managers after each round of fixtures, and the players who received the most nominations have been included.

The Division 1 team contains players from no fewer than six counties, with newlycrowned champions Dublin, runners-up Mayo, Westmeath, Donegal, Galway and Monaghan all represented.

In total, there are three survivors from the 2017 selection, as Galway’s Sinéad Burke has been selected again, along with Donegal pair Karen Guthrie and Yvonne Bonner.

Beaten Lidl NFL Division 1 finalists Mayo have four players on the divisional 15, with captain Sarah Tierney, Aileen Gilroy, and the Kelly sisters, Niamh and Grace, all included.

Dublin are next on the list with three players, Owens perhaps providing the crucial moment of their campaign when she lobbed in a last minute goal in their semi-final win over Galway to earn their final berth in Parnell Park.

Donegal also have three players on the selection.

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Kilkenny embraces April break with Castleknock  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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CASTLEKNOCK’S Ciaran Kilkenny says the new April break from the intercounty setup was something he really enjoyed as he got to link back up with his club on a couple of occasions.

His full focus has returned to the senior football championship and their Leinster opener against Wicklow in O’Moore Park on May 27 following the Garden County’s win over Offaly.

For Kilkenny, though, he says that getting time back with the clubs has helped keep things fresh after a tough league campaign in tough weather conditions.

“I think a lot of the lads really enjoyed that whole experience playing more games [for their clubs] and pick up a bit of momentum with the club,” he said.

“I got to play a bit of hurling as well and it means a lot to the boys and girls around the com-

Castleknock man Ciaran Kilkenny.

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munity as well and it gives them great inspiration to see players playing with their club.

“There’s a great buzz and energy to be back in with your clubmates and there’s a great energy then around the club championship as well.

“They were televised as well.

We have only one game left to play and then we’re at the quarter-final stages.”

Kilkenny was speaking to the

Dublin Gazette in his capacity as Sure ambassador with the company being the official statistics partner of the GAA for a third year.

He had a fine league campaign, posting some decent scores with a couple of points in the final win over Galway.

The stat did get raised that he had yet to trouble the scorekeepers in any of his four All-Ireland final performances.

It’s not something that worries him too much.

“Generally, the way I’d approach the game, and I think my teammates would be the same, is just to get yourself as prepared as you can, physically and mentally, just put yourself in the best position to put in the best performance for the team to get a result.

“I’d be a very competitive person, whether it’s in table tennis,

or tennis, or golf, or whatever it is.

“At the end of the day, you’re doing what you can to help your team or enable your team to win or get a result. That’s the primary focus for me as a Dublin player.

“Whatever way I can help the team, whether it’s playing halfback or playing in goals or playing full-forward, wherever it is on the field, wherever I can contribute to helping the team get over the line is my primary focus as a player.”