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JUNE 14 - 20, 2018
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THE LATEST NEWS & SPORT FROM THE FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL AREA
Fly back to 1930 as town recalls a hero PORTMARNOCK will step back in time this Sunday to celebrate its unique place in world aviation history with the annual Southern Cross Festival. The event commemorates the anniversary of the first East-West transatlantic flight, which took off from the Velvet Strand on June 24, 1930 at 4.25am. See Full Story on Page 8
INTERCULTURAL DAY IN D15 Sinead Comerford, Zixi Xu, and Xiao Dong Wang are pictured at the Intercultural evening in St Ciarans National School, Hartstown, Dublin 15 last week. See full Gallery on page 6. Picture:Simon Peare
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‘Enough is enough’ Anger as Skerries residents without water for days
SYLVIA POWNALL
SKERRIES Residents, who were left without water for five days, are now bracing themselves for further restrictions as they declare: “Enough is enough.” Normal service resumed on Tuesday for more than 200 households left parched but Irish Water warned of more
night-time disruptions in the coming days and weeks. Barnageeragh Cove resident Karen Power, who has a twoyear-old toddler and a threemonth-old baby, said the outages occur far too often. She told Dublin Gazette: “The last time in March I was only home from hospital with my new-born son Thomas and we
had no water for five days. We are in twenty first century Ireland, not a third world country.” She continued: “We’ve been told the issue is because we live on a hill, which is ludicrous in this day and age. People are very angry at this stage because this happens regularly. Enough is enough.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Residents may face more water shortages