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Homeless man forced to sleep outside former home Clapped-out car ‘home’ to Ray SYLVIA POWNALL

AN EX-SOLDIER who was made homeless has been forced to sleep in

his car – outside the very house he used to rent, which has lain vacant since it was sold to the council.

Ray Lloyd (44) is pleading for a roof

over his head and says he can’t take much more of living in his clapped-out Fiat Punto, which is parked in an estate in Mulhuddart.

He was given notice to quit by his landlord, who is a relative, on May 18 after he decided to sell the property to

Fingal County Council. Ray has been living in his car ever since.

He told Dublin Gazette: “If it wasn’t for the staff in the nearby community centre letting me use the bathroom to have a wash and shave, I’d be lost.”

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FORCED TO SLEEP OUTSIDE HIS FORMER HOME

Nightmare life for Ray, rough sleeping in car  SYLVIA POWNALL

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He added: “The car was broken into one night when I was asleep in it.

I was covered in broken glass.”

Ray has been visited by the council’s outreach team for rough sleepers.

But, as of Wednesday, he was still sleeping in his car and he says it’s now affecting his mental health.

He said: “The car doesn’t even go – the clutch is gone. Otherwise, I’d be out of here and gone down the country somewhere. I have nowhere to go, nothing to do. I’m getting depressed.

“I’ve no leg room to get a decent sleep. I’ve got nothing, only the clothes on my back and two duvets in the back of the car. I go over to the community centre to have a wash and a shave.

“Then I try to go some-

Ray Lloyd and the care he sleeps in, outside the now empty house that was his home

where to stretch my legs out. But then it’s back to the car. I don’t always manage to get three meals a day. I’ve never been in this situation before. It’s just that the house was sold from underneath me.”

Local Cllr Mary McCamley (Lab) has pleaded Ray’s case with the council and he’s applied for emergency accommodation. He cannot stay in a homeless hos-

tel, on medical grounds.

She told Dublin Gazette: “I noticed him coming in to the [community] centre, and saw him going into the toilet with his bag to have a wash. It’s an appalling situation to be in.

“It must be a nightmare for anyone in that predicament, worse than a nightmare. I do know Fingal [County Council] are pro-

active and we’re building more houses than most.

We are due 1,500 units in Mulhuddart. But it doesn’t seem to be enough.

“It just seems so utterly sad that no matter what we do, the housing situation is just getting worse.”

Fingal County Council said the property in question was purchased with vacant possession and transferred to the council on August 1 and was undergoing pre-let repairs.

It said there were four vacant council-owned houses in the estate at “varying stages of the preletting process”.

A council spokesperson added: “Fingal County Council does not normally comment in specific detail in relation to individual cases, for data protection and other reasons.

“A ny i n f o r m a t i o n received in relation to persons who are at risk of rough sleeping are followed up by council staff and referred to the homeless outreach team for further action.”

Ray said he was hoping to have a roof over his head before the winter sets in.

He added: “This is killing me. I woke up yesterday morning, and I said: ‘I give up’. I can’t take much more.”

FASTNews Water waste complaints up in Fingal FINGAL recorded the highest number of formal complaints lodged with Irish Water in the first days of the hose pipe ban.

On the first day of the restrictions, six complaints were received nationwide – and three were from Fingal.

One caller in Fingal said their neighbour was “filling up a pool and emptying it continuously for the past few days ... It is a very big pool that can hold multiple adults and children at one time.”

A database of more than 260 formal complaints made in July shows residents in the South Dublin County Council area most likely to snitch on their neighbours.

Irish Water said none of the official tip-offs logged had resulted in fines and that they were “very encouraged” by public efforts to conserve water.

Appeal for witnesses to fatality BALBRIGGAN gardai have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a fatal road accident involving a motorcycle on the southbound lane of the M1

between junction 5 and junction 4 at 12.55am on Thursday, August 29.

Gardai are appealing for any motorists travelling southbound, in particular where their vehicles were fitted with dash cams or recording equipment, to contact Balbriggan Garda Station (01 666 4500), the Garda Confidential Line (1800 666 1110 or any garda station.

Enter for Chamber awards FINGAL Dublin Chamber is inviting nominations for its annual Business Excellence & CSR Awards which will be announced at a black-tie event on November 9.

Past winners claim winning one of the awards, which are run across 23 categories, helped to raise their profile and enhance their reputation.

Applications can be submitted via the Fingal Dublin Chamber website on or before the closing date of September 21 and each entrant can enter up to three categories.

Winners will be announced at a gala evening hosted by Marty Whelan in the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport Hotel in Santry.

To enter the Awards or for more details, see www.fingaldublinchamber.ie/awards

Social housing build resumed WORK has recommenced at a social housing site in Dublin 15 which was halted by the contractor going into liquidation after the collapse of the UK contractor Carillion.

Fingal County Council said it minimises the delay and has a new contractor on site at Avondale in Mulhuddart where 42 houses are scheduled to be delivered in mid-2019.

Building is under way at Ladyswell Crescent, Mulhuddart where 22 more houses are due on stream in mid-2019. The local authority is also advancing plans for a major tranche of 1,200 residential mixed-tenure units close to the IBM campus at Church Fields in Mulhuddart.

The scheme, now at design stage, will provide 1,200 houses with a mix of social and affordable housing, as well as a possibility of some private housing.

Commentnig on affordable housing needs in Fingal, Fianna Fail housing spokesman Deputy Darragh O’Brien warned: “The establishment of an affordable housing scheme is an absolute priority for our party and we will be pushing for it to form a part of this year’s budget.”

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SWORDS: TERRIFIC KIDS WIN FOR IRELAND IN SCOTLAND

‘Hip-hop hooray’ for House of Swag SYLVIA POWNALL

A DANCE troupe based in Swords is celebrating double bronze wins at the World Hip Hop Championships in Scotland at the weekend.

Kids aged four to 15 from House of Swag Dance Studio represented Ireland at the competition and were delighted when they bagged third place in two categories.

The World Championships attracts more than 3,000 breakdance and hip-hop dancers in 300 teams for the toughest and largest street dance

competition on the planet.

Lil Nasty Crew, ranging in age from nine to 12, came third in the U12 section, while Nasty 2.0 Crew for 12 to 15-year olds had to dance in the U18s section and still managed to come third against older and more experienced competitors.

N e l l y K e l l y, w h o founded House of Swag, said: “This is an amazing achievement for these kids as the Irish dance scene is so small compared to other countries.

“Travelling to these

competitions has had such an impact on these kids that they are beginning to put Ireland on the map for dance.

“They train in the studio almost seven days a week, some weeks. They might be young but they are Ireland’s next stars.

They work so hard and d e f i n i t e l y d e s e r ve d this.”

Kids from House of Swag Studio, based in Kettle’s Lane, were chosen to dance on stage at the O2 Arena with Justin Bieber last year and they also appeared on The Late Late Toy Show.

The talented kids and teachers of House of Swag

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Nelly said: “Now they are bringing back double bronze for Ireland as well as three more awards in duos and quads – amazing!

“They travel non-stop to represent their country and they are doing Ireland proud.

“The kids began training for next year in the airport coming home. We are very proud of them.”

Meabh’s work wows in Japan A PRIZE-WINNING self-portrait by a Sutton student was exhibited in Japan recently.

The work by Meabh Scahill (14) from Sutton Park School won at last year’s Texaco Art Competition and was displayed at the International High School Arts Festival in Tokyo.

The prestigious exhibition was described as “a showcase for the world’s best young artistic talent” and featured 400 artworks by students representing nations across the world.

Four other works by students from Athlone, Portlaoise, Westport and Multyfarnham also made the cut.

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WORKS: CALL BY AN BORD PLEANALA

‘Extend extra time for say on sewage plant’ SYLVIA POWNALL

Bat’s a great bag there, Rosa OUR fun Hotel Transylvania 2 competition last month saw lots of readers get in a flap, with kids going batty for the chance to win one of five great goodie bags. We’d like to say a big “Fang you very much” to everyone who entered, with Rosa Casey (above) one of the five lucky wing-ers of the goodie bags (along with Paul Welch, Paul Moorhouse, Atinuke Ismail and Jean Nugent). Congratulations to all our winners, and keep reading Dublin Gazette for the chance to win in one of our monstrously good competitions!

AN BORD Pleanala has written to Irish Water instructing it to extend the deadline for submissions on its application to build a giant sewage plant in Fingal.

The appeals body, which will rule on the Greater Dublin Drainage Project, wants a five-week extension and has asked Irish Water to notify the Irish Aviation Authority of its plans.

An earlier proposal from Irish Water had considered a site in Lusk for the treatment plant which will take waste from all four Dublin local authorities as well as parts of Meath and Kildare, but it is now planning to locate it at Clonshaugh off the M1 close to Dublin Airport.

The revised plan is for a plant at Clonshaugh catering for a 500,000-person population, a substation at Abbotstown in Blanchardstown, and an outflow pipe into the Irish Sea off Portmarnock which will tunnel underneath the protected Baldoyle Estuary.

The deadline for submissions and observations closed two weeks ago and 147 were lodged – one with 8,000 signatures attached.

A number of protests

have been held and concerns raised over odours and water quality at Portmarnock beach.

Engineers writing on the Board’s behalf sent a letter to Irish Water dated last Thursday stating it had been brought to its attention that information relating to the Environmental Impact Assessment Report had been “inadvertently omitted”.

Commission for Railway Regulation and Irish Rail “which have separately been notified by the Board” of its plans, adding: “Having reviewed the application documentation, the Board is also of the view that the Irish Aviation Authority should be notified of the planning application.”

Last month, it emerged that Failte Ireland had not

Locals have made their opposition to the proposed sewage plant very clear. Picture: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

It adds: “The Board is of the opinion that further public notice is required outlining the nature of these omissions and allowing a period of not less than five weeks for submissions/observations to be made.”

An Bord Pleanala wants new site notices erected advising that anyone who has already paid the €50 observer fee need not do so again but is free to make a further submission.

It advises that Irish Water should notify the

been made aware of the proposed sewage plant, which many fear will adversely affect tourism at the Velvet Strand in Portmarnock – the only beach on the east coast to hold both Blue Flag and Green Flag status.

Philip Swan for Portmarnock Drainage Awareness said the extended deadline was good news.

He told Dublin Gazette: “This gives us more time to get our objections in.

A lot of people feel very strongly about this.”

School appeals for its stolen date stone to be returned to new build STAFF at Lusk NS have issued an appeal for the return of a date stone which was stolen from the site of the new school.

The primary school moved to a new building this summer and brought the original date stone from the old premises to keep as a memory for former pupils.

In a social media post, the school wrote: “We regret to announce that the date

stone of our old school building has been stolen from our site. It is a large, heavy stone that is of great sentimental value to us, but no monetary value to anyone.

“If any member of the community knows the location of the stone we would appreciate a call or possibly they might have a quiet word with whoever has taken it so it can be returned discreetly.”

FASTNews Call for bus meeting in Rush or Lusk FINE Gael local area representative Bob Dowling has called for a public information session on the Bus Connects plan to be held in either Rush or Lusk.

He said the proposed changes in their current format would have “a drastic effect on the transport links of the people of the north county, but in particular the residents of Rush and Lusk will suffer”.

The proposal to scrap both the 33X and 33A – at a time when trains are operating at full capacity – has caused huge concern among locals, with Mr Dowling saying a specific meeting for Rush and Lusk was needed.

Art school holding its 16th show THE Catherine Lawlor School of Art is holding its 16th annual art exhibition on Saturday, September 8 and Sunday 9 in Malahide Tennis Club.

Over the years the event has raised funds for the Jack and Jill Foundation, Temple St Hospital and Down Syndrome Dublin.

There will be 148 paintings on display by 62 artists. Raffle tickets will be on sale over the weekend for the duration of the exhibition with some beautiful prizes.

Proceeds this year go to the St Francis Hospice, Raheny. All are welcome.

Fun for all in the heart of Ongar ONGAR community day takes place on Sunday, September 9 from 2-5pm in Ongar Community Centre.

Activities include bouncy castles, face painting, multi sports, indoor show, pet farm and lots more.

Admission €1 per person, with kids under two free. Fun for all the family guaranteed!

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Katie Curran

Scott McDonnell

Charlie McGinn

Manuela, Tommy and Fabio Scaringella. Pictures: Alison O’Hanlon

First day of school for pupils at St Marnock’s Daniel and Susie Belle Wrynne

Robyn Harrell

Tommy Scaringella

Aoibheann Sherlock with her dad Liam and mum Suzanne

Glen, Rhys and Sinead Foran

Paul, Mia and Sabina Horgan

Lesley, Sienna and Gordon Reid

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BALBRIGGAN: FAMILY BATTLING CANCER TRYING TO RAISE €120,000 FOR TREATMENT

Teenager makes a desperate plea: ‘Help us save my mum’ SYLVIA POWNALL

A BALBRIGGAN teenager has sent out a heartfelt plea on behalf of his mum who is battling cervical cancer as he begs: “Please save my mam.”

Yana Neverene, who is mum to 15-year-old Vincent, needs the same drug that is being successfully used to treat CervicalCheck campaigner Vicky Phelan.

The 42-year-old was diagnosed with cervical cancer last September and despite two rounds of che-

motherapy, the cancer has now spread to her lymph nodes.

Vincent s a i d : “ My mum is a big part of my life. She taught me to be determined and kind through Yana Neverene (42) and her son, Vincent (15); right: her multiple how Yana looked before her illness and chemotherapy charity work, creating “But now she needs your my m a m dresses for less fortunate help. Immunotherapy is get treatpeople. our last chance. Please help ment and become healthy again.”

Yana said she and her boy were “beyond devastated”. She has lost her hair because of chemotherapy, which also resulted in her developing deep vein thrombosis.

She had a stent inserted in her leg, but because of the severe swelling and pain caused by severe complications, she must now stay in hospital.

Yana said: “I really looked forward to returning home to spend time with my son at weekends, but this has stopped because the pain can only be managed in hospital.”

Doctors have now told

her that her only option to fight the cancer is Pembrolizumab, which is not yet approved by the HSE and must be paid for privately.

Yana said: “My only hope, my only chance, is expensive immunotherapy.

“One single injection costs €6,000 and the whole treatment will cost €120,000. I cannot afford it. We cannot afford it.

“But this treatment is my only hope of survival.

I am a strong, independent woman but these past few months have been so, so difficult for me and my family.

“I am a young woman

who wants nothing more than to be healthy and at home with my precious son, my family and my friends. I love my life.”

Yana and Vincent have set up a crowdfunding page and within its first week more than €7,000 has been donated.

She said: “Thank you so much to everyone who has already helped, and who continues to support me. I will continue to fight with every breath in my body. I have to keep fighting for Vincent.”

To find out more or to donate, see: https:// www.gofundme.com/ please-save-my-mam

Bleeding good film fest for Donabate THE Bleeding Pig Film Festival is back for its third year, from Monday, September 10 to Wednesday 12.

The screenings are supported by the Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival and will take place at the usual venue – Keelings pub in Donabate.

The film fest is managed and programmed by Emma Fagan, who runs ‘Fillum’, a company which promotes Irish independent film-makers.

She told Dublin Gazette: “My aim for the festival is to bring independent cinema to the local community of Donabate and to facilitate open discussion between film makers and audiences.”

This year’s film schedule will feature

two nights of short films, many of them award-winning, and for the first time the festival will present a feature film, Michael Inside, on Wednesday, September 12.

Writer and director Frank Berry will attend for a Q&A on the award-winning film about a young Dubliner’s terrifying experience being locked up in Mountjoy Prison.

The festival has awarded an F-rating to 70% of the films on the programme, meaning they are written and/or directed by a woman.

Doors open each night at 7.20pm, with screenings starting at 7.30pm sharp. All screenings are free.

FASTNews Mo doubt about it – this run will help others THE Phoenix Park will host one of 22 MoRuns across Ireland and the UK in November to help raise awareness of men’s health issues.

The Dublin MoRun will take place on November 24 and the event is suited to runners of all abilities and ages, with a 5k option for the fun runners and a 10k option for those looking for a challenge.

There is also a 1.5k Mini Mo run for children aged between 3 and 12 years.

Runners are encouraged to don moustaches and run in fancy dress to raise vital funds for men’s health through the Movember Foundation, with special “Mo medals” issued for the bestdressed MoRunners at each location.

Early bird tickets are now available via www. mo-running.com.

Meetings for suicide support THE launch of an open meeting of Tearnaige Suicide Bereavement Support will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin Airport on Wednesday, September 12 at 7pm.

Meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month.

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Searching: A dad tries to find his missing teen daughter in a tense film

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COUNCILLORS CALL ON LOCALS

Have your say on the future of Balbriggan SYLVIA POWNALL

BALBRIGGAN councillors have urged the public to have their say on a multi-million euro socio-economic strategy for the town’s future.

Fingal County Council will submit an application to fund significant improvements to the beach, harbour, Quay Street and Mill Pond areas of the town.

The strategy is being developed under four pillars – economy and job creation, community affairs and integration, public realm and place making, and education and training.

Cllrs Grainne Maguire (Ind), Malachy Quinn (SF) and Tony Murphy (Ind) are involved with the leadership group and they are urging public submissions as the process moves towards the consultation phase.

In a joint statement, they said: “This is a very exciting time for Balbriggan.

“Already the evidence of commitment to deliver can be seen in the work currently under way on Clonard Hill, Stephenstown where a €4 million new road will be completed in late 2018, servicing 53 acres of industrial lands.”

S e p a r a t e l y, G r e e n Party representative Joe O’Brien has called on the council to make Castlelands “the toast of Balbriggan”.

Deadline His call came as the deadline expired for submissions on the Castlelands master plan which will deliver up to 800 houses.

He said: “I am looking forward to the publication of the new high-level socio-economic devel-

opment strategy.

“It is crucial that it sees the dawn of a new way of doing things in Balbriggan, in terms of development.

“So much development has happened in Balbriggan in recent years that has not had the good of the town and its local communities at its core.

“The development of Castlelands must be a central part of the strategy, not just parallel to it.”

Mr O’Brien warned against high-density housing developments with insufficient amenities and claimed the green space as currently allocated is inadequate.

Newly selected Social Democrats local election candidate Garrett Mullan has called on Fingal County Council to extend the period of consultation for the Castlelands area plan.

Tributes paid to the late Willie Crosbie TRIBUTES have been paid to wellknown accordion player Willie Crosbie, who died last week.

Willie was one of the last remaining members of the Swords Mummers and loved nothing more than playing music with his brother Tom and his friend, Pat Murphy.

Mumming is a 200year tradition in Swords and the Mummers featured on an RTE Newsbeat report in 1964.

At the time, a spokesman for mummers described it as a local source of entertainment in Swords over the Christmas period, where mummers travel from house to house entertaining friends and neighbours on St Stephen’s Day.

Willie had been in the care of St Francis Hospice in Raheny and passed away peacefully on August 26.

Last year, Willie’s son shared a video of his dad playing music for some of the other patients at the hospice, which he loved to do.

Willie is sadly missed by his wife Joan, daughter Janet, sons William Jnr and Frank, son-inlaw David, grandchildren Kieran, Megan, Rebecca, Caitlin, Annalena and Jessica, brothers and sisters, relatives and many friends.

He was buried last Thursday at Rolestown Cemetery following funeral mass at St Cronan’s Church in Brackenstown, Swords.

Rainbow pic’s a real winner for little Cara BIC KIDS has announced sevenyear-old Cara from Swords as the finalist for Ireland in the 2018 Young Artist Award.

Cara’s masterpiece was judged against hundreds of entries and selected by industry experts from marketing, publishing and illustration sectors to represent Ireland in a vote against the very best work from other regions across Ireland and the UK. She will see her artwork published on billboards in Dublin, with Cara’s work is now up against 13 others in a public vote.

To help her take the overall title, you can vote until September 9 at https://www.bickids. com/uk/youngartist/

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SWORDS: PUB CLOSURE

RECRUITMENT

Empire’s staff in push to get unpaid wages SYLVIA POWNALL

MORE than 40 staff who worked at the Empire bar in Swords are seeking a meeting with the pub’s liquidator over unpaid wages.

The popular nightclub and music venue on Main Street shut down without prior notice last month – and workers claim they were left out of pocket.

One member of staff said they have not yet been paid for hours worked over the August bank holiday weekend and have been unable to contact the bar’s directors.

The pub closed unexpectedly on August 7, despite the fact that music acts had been booked for forthcoming dates.

Some members of staff were last week given their

P45s and other forms and told they could face an 18-month wait for outstanding wages.

One former worker said: “It came out of the blue.

We were open all over the bank holiday, including the Monday, and then it just shut.”

The watering hole, originally called The Central, was trading as The Slaughtered Lamb when it was taken over by the Lenaghans in 2014.

The family, who own the Bridge House Hotel in Tullamore, Co Offaly, spent €1.3 million on a revamp that included a piano and a cocktail bar.

A creditors meeting has been called for September 6 to appoint a liquidator to Lencoolcrew Limited, the pub operator.

Healthcare job boost revealed

Saints’s relics are welcomed THE relics of three saints visited the Carmelite Monastery of Star of the Sea in Seapark, Malahide last Thursday. St Therese of Lisieux, and her parents, St Louis and St Zelie Martin, were in the Phoenix Park for the visit of Pope Francis and are now visiting Carmelite Monasteries around Ireland. A large congregation turned out to welcome the relics which were carried into the church in a procession comprising local parishioners. While St Therese will be known to many as ‘the Little Flower’, her parents, Louis and Zelie are the only couple ever canonised in the Catholic Church.

BLUEBIRD Care, a leading homecare provider, is delighted to announce it has been successful in securing tenders to provide care for older persons in all nine community healthcare organisations across Ireland.

In Dublin, the homecare provider will be creating 100 new jobs, with 450 new jobs to be created nationwide over next 12 months, owing to an increased demand for services in the area and the regional growth of the company.

New roles include clinical nurse managers, registered nurses, care assistants, and care co-ordinators required across the country.

Local franchise director JJ Fay said: “Bluebird Care are proud of the high-quality professional service we provide across our five Dublin locations.

“We are delighted to announce that we are seeking to recruit a number of new staff in the coming months. These additional staff will allow us to increase our capacity and the professional range of services we provide to our customers.”

The awarding of these contracts nationally has accelerated Bluebird Care’s growth plans for 2018/2019 and has led to the recruitment of more than 450 new jobs across its 26 nationwide offices.

For enquiries, contact dublinwest@bluebirdcare.ie, or telephone 01 820 8250 for further information. Full QQI qualification and training provided.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Finn

Faye, Cara, Ciara and Hannah. Pictures: Alison O’Hanlon

Isha

Finn, Padraic and Max

Loads of fun and games at Fingallians Family Fun Day

Nathan

Maeve

Kelly, Aoife, Jessica and Ciara

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Max, Finn, Ross and Padraic

Laoise, Cormac, Aaron and Sean

INGALLIANS GAA Club’s Family Fun Day took place on Saturday last at Lawless Park, Swords.

It was a fundraiser for the boys and girls of the club who will be participating in Féile next April.

Luckily the weather behaved itself, as families turned up in large numbers to enjoy loads of fun and games, including facepainting, football games, a BBQ, raffle, DJ and much more.

A brilliant atmosphere was generated as families took part in the games and youngsters displayed their footballing skills, hoping to someday play for the Dubs and emulate the achievements of local hero, Paul Flynn.

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THE GIFT OF GAZ | DROPPING IN ON OUL DAVY LEADS TO A SERIOUS SERMON

‘I won’t hear any lamentations for the tax man under my roof’ I POPPED in to see Davy on me way home from the shop. I hadn’t seen him for a while so I thought I’d show me face and have an auld chinwag.

He does me head in at times but he’s still a mate at the end of the day. No sooner had he poured the tea into me mug, he was launching into a sermon and I was beginning to regret my decision.

“It’s shocking, it really is,” he says.

“What’s the country coming to at all?”

He’s not a man for context, is Davy.

“What the bleedin’ hell are ye on about?” I says to him.

“That fella who lost his job driving the Luas because he was driving the wife’s Joe Maxi,” he says.

“Well, it did say in his contract he couldn’t have any other jobs,” I says.

“Bit harsh but what can ye do?”

Davy jumped up at of his chair.

“But this country was built on nixers!” he roars at me, waving his hands in the air.

“I suppose ye might actually have a point for once,” I says to him.

“Sure, didn’t Jimmy’s young fella put that alarm in for me.”

“

Maybe he’s right.

Maybe me mind is a bit twisted after all

“And he did a great job,” says Davy.

“Ah, he did indeed,” I says.

“We always get Patsy to do any plumbing for us,” says Davy.

“Few quid into the hand for him. Sure what’s the harm like?”

“Well, I suppose it’s harmful to the tax man,” I says.

“Ah here,” says Davy.

“I won’t hear any lamentations for the tax man under my roof. And these lads pay plenty of taxes in their regular jobs. No harm in earning a few quid on the side.”

I partially agreed with

him. More to the point, I just couldn’t really be bothered arguing with him.

Sure, I’d no leg to stand on really, seeing as how I’ve availed of such services in the past.

“Ah look, I suppose you’re right on this one then, Davy,” I says while I wrestled with the wrapper, trying to get the last Jaffa Cake out of the packet for himself got to it first.

“Although,” I says, munching on me biccie.

“I’m a bit surprised that yer man was driving a taxi on the side.”

“Why is that?” Davy asks me.

“Well, he’d have had nowhere to put his sandwiches,” I says.

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LEGAL EAGLE

DRAWN-OUT JOKES

BY WALSH & PARTNERS SOLICITORS

BOOKS

Your rights may be breached by after-hours email IT HAS become normal practice for employees to receive work emails and to work remotely, particularly at home, outside of their designated working hours.

This has become part and parcel of the modern work place.

The Organisation of Working Act 1997 sets out statutory rights for employees in respect of maximum working time, rest and holidays.

It states that the m a x i m u m ave ra ge working week is 48 hours and that there should be an 11 hour rest period for every 24 hours, and one period of 24-hour rest per week.

The Organisation of Working Act’s role is to protect employees, particularly in respect of their health and welfare.

This act would have predated the use of rece iving emails on phones for work but it was recently considered in a Labour Court decision in Ireland in the context of whether by dealing with emails o u t s i d e o f wo r k i n g hours, had the employer breached the terms of Organisation of Working Act 1997.

In t h i s p a r t i c u l a r decision, the Labour Court found it had.

A business executive at a subsidiary of meat producer Kepak was awarded €7,500 as a result of being required to deal with out-of-

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by Karen Walsh

Paul’s hazardous humour delights MARK O’BRIEN

h o u rs wo r k e m a i l s, including some after midnight, which led to work in excess of 48 hours a week.

At the Labour Court, Ke p a k Co nve n i e n c e Foods Unlimited was ordered to pay a former business development executive €7,500 over repeated breaches of the Organisation of Working Time Act. I n t h e c a s e, t h e employee’s contract of employment with the Kepak firm required her to work 40 hours per week, but she argued that she worked close to 60 hours a week, sometimes dealing with work emails after midnight.

Accordingly, the court found that the Kepak firm was, through her operation of its software and through the emails she sent them,

aware of the hours she was working and took no steps to curtail the time she spent working.

The court found that the Kepak firm breached the Organisation of Working Time Act by permitting her to work beyond 48 hours a week.

This is certainly an interesting dec ision and will have implications on employers who now may need to take active steps to prevent employees from dealing with emails and working outside of working hours, or they may be found in breach of the Organisation of Working Time Act. If you are affected by this as an employer or an employee, it would be advisable to take legal advice from a solicitor.

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

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

DUBLINER Paul Kielty has packed quite a lot in to his eventful life. Having moved to the UK in 1997 to study in Wolverhampton, Paul (inset) has had an incredibly varied career.

“I’ve bounced around a bit,” he tells Dublin Gazette. “I’ve played a bit of guitar here and there as well. We had an exhibition recently that went really well, as well, and I’ve been teaching kids with disabilities digital art.”

Later this month, Paul – who hails from Crumlin – will launch his first book of cartoons under the moniker of Kieltyascharged.

Matt Hazard: Return of the Naïve is a collection of cartoons starring Matt Hazard, a man living permanently in a hazard suit whose mundane life is punctured by the absurd situations he finds himself in.

The delightfully silly cartoons are short, to the point and very funny.

“It was that kind of thinking to take something

Author Paul Kielty

extraordinary and try to make it ordinary that everybody could identify with,” says Paul.

“A lot of cartoons that I grew up with, I enjoyed looking at but I didn’t really get the jokes.

“I wanted to go the opposite way. I wanted to make something that was really simple and make the punchline very obvious and try to fit it on one panel as opposed to having a few.

“Somebody said to me

once it was like the Samuel Beckett of cartooning, which I quite like.”

Matt Hazard has struck a chord with those who have seen him, with renowned cult cartoonist Hunt Emerson a confirmed fan.

“Matt Hazard comes from way out of left field,

and bounces off the walls on his way in, and I laughed out loud frequently,” Emerson said of the book, before warning there are puns, which he loves.

We Hazard a guess that many other readers will enjoy them too.

Matt Hazard: Return o f t h e Na ïve will launch on Thursday, September 27.

Advance copies are available now for £8.99 (Approx. €10) from http://fairacrepress.co.uk/ shop/matt-hazard-return-ofthe-naive/

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STEADY, STEADY...

JULES O’Rourke and Abigail Naughton shared a laugh as they helped to launch the 35th All-Ireland Credit Union Art Competition at the Botanic Gardens recently. Green-ing from ear to ear, the girls were happy to call on artists of any age to ‘think green’ and interpret this year’s theme, The Force of Nature.

Artists are invited to depict their interpretations of nature, the environment and how they impact on our lives, with registration forms available from participating credit unions. Photo: Julien Behal Photography

Choo-choose to take the Trad Train DUBLINERS can enjoy a key event of Iur Cinn Fleadh – the Newry city music festival – this September, courtesy of one particularly noteworthy bit of transportation.

The ‘Trad Train’ offers a day out with a difference as Irish traditional musicians will entertain passengers on the Enterprise

(Coach G) from Dublin Connolly to Newry on Saturday, September 8.

Passengers will enjoy not only the splendour of the Irish Sea coastline but also the excitement of Irish sounds as they travel across the engineering marvel of the Boyne viaduct.

The rest of the day will

be spent sampling the delights of the great music in Newry.

That’s not all – the return trip (the 19:02 departure from Newry) will feature another trad session on the train.

Book your ticket at www.translink.co.uk or www.irishrail.ie, or just buy on the day.

Brian Goodfellow, rail events co-ordinator; Matthew Smith; Lyndsay Orr, Enterprise product manager, and Eddie Campbell, cross-border supervisor. Picture: Newry.ie

Preachers to rock out

IT Tallaght’s open evening

THE Bar Stool Preachers have announced a date in The Bowery, Rathmines. The band will hit the capital on Thursday, November 1 at 8pm. The Bar Stool Preachers have taken the UK Punk and Ska music scenes by storm.

Since they formed in the summer of 2014, they have been attracting acclaim both for their optimistic, melodic songs as well as their incredibly energetic, powerful live shows. Tickets, priced €15, are available now from www. thebowery.ie.

IT TALLAGHT invites all potential full- and parttime students and their families to its open evening this evening (Thursday, September 6) from 4-8pm.

During the event, you will be able to meet with course experts, where you

will gain more insight into the courses on offer, as well as career options, available grants and supports.

You can also take a tour of its facilities so that you can gain a clear understanding of what student life would be like there.

IT Tallaght will also be able to provide information on the alliance of IT Tallaght, DIT and IT Blanchardstown, which is set to become the first Technological University (TU Dublin) in Ireland in 2019.

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Managing Director: Michael McGovern mmcgovern@dublingazette.com

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SOME OF THE LATEST EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN DUBLIN

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BADGER - OUR DOG OF THE WEEK Picture: Leon Farrell

Let It Be a great night out THE ultimate Beatles fan experience, seen by more than two million people worldwide (including in its previous West End run) will arrive at the Gaiety Theatre and run through September 17-22 with a never before seen Part II. Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles has a brand-new second act, featuring more than 40 of the Beatles’ greatest hits, along with the story of a reunion that never was.

Imagine if The Beatles had reformed ten years later – this is what it could have looked like ...

Young Dubs – and Beatles fans – Matthew Porter, Eoin Griffin, Leo Bodkin

and Darragh Griffin were happy to help recreate some classic Beatles poses and vibes at Dublin Airport as they helped to promote the upcoming show.

Part II of Let It Be is the brand-new part of the show, giving audiences the rare opportunity to see The Beatles reunite for one night only, set a decade after the group went their separate ways.

Relive, Rejoice and Rewind back to the glory years of The Beatles in Jeff Parry’s revolutionary reinvention of one of music’s most iconic bands.

Tickets, priced €21, are available now from ticketmaster.ie

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

Badger is an extremely handsome one-year-old male Pit Bull Terrier which just loves exploring and going on long walks.

He is full of life and fun and will make the perfect companion to an active family.

B a d ge r i s a clever-clogs and a foodie, which will make him a dream dog to train. He is such a funny dog which will have you in stitches watching him play with toys.

He is looking for a home with a family who will be keen on continuing his positive

reinforcement training, and Dogs Trust is happy to support his family with lots of training and behaviour advice.

If you are looking for an active, funny and loyal best friend, then Badger may just be the perfect match for you.

If yo u h ave ro o m i n yo u r heart and on your couch for Badger, 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.

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Picture: Fennell Photography

Still happy to be blue Y

OU’D be forgiven for a feeling of deja vu – or deja blue – in Smithfield the other night as Dubliners (and a few rogue culchies) of all ages came together to give a hero’s welcome to the mighty Sam Maguire and the Dublin team – again. It’s not the first time the plaza has rumbled with the roars and applause of Sam and the boys celebrating a moment of victory, and it surely won’t be the last, as the city’s sports-mad citizens joined in the celebrations.

The river of blue that greeted the team was a sight to behold, and one that would have stirred applause from even any Tyrone supporters, after their team’s noble loss at Croker last Sunday.

Picture: Tom McGorty, Facebook

Picture: Emmet Callaghan, Facebook

Picture: Fennell Photography

Picture: Fennell Photography

Half the city seemed to be crammed into Smithfield Plaza to welcome Sam and the boys in blue, with Dublin’s latest triumph providing more fuel for an almost unstoppable team – to the crowd’s delight

Love Marriage

How To Pick Your Wedding Photographer

CHOOSING the right wedding photographer is an important part of planning your special day.

It’s a big decision as pictures are the one thing you have left to look back on and remember one of the most special days of your life.

Careful research is needed regarding style, professional skills and personal demeanour.

Social media is a great way to get a feel for the photographer and reviews in particular are also very useful in getting an insight into couples who have already used their services.

Here are some guidelines and helpful tips in choosing your wedding photographer.

TIPS 1: WHAT STYLE DO YOU LIKE Do you like Documentary (not posed, more spontaneous ‘behind the scene’ snaps), Portrait (the classic more traditional look, more posed, think of your parent’s wedding album), Fine Art (like documentary but more dramatic, artistic, more works of art usually shot on film with a grainier, dreamier more muted appearance).

Most wedding photographers can do a blend of Portrait and Documentary with a mix of colour and black and white images.

TIP 2: RESEARCH Now you know what style you like, research photographers by checking out websites and photos, reading reviews,

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FIND THE DRESS, NO MATTER YOUR SIZE See Page 20

testimonials, looking at social media and blogs.

Check out what kind of experience the photographer has? Your day will run smooth with an experienced photographer.

TIP 3: GET IN TOUCH Get in touch with the potential photographer and see if they are available for your date. If they are, make an appointment to meet them face to face.

What’s their personality like? Do you “click”? Do you feel comfortable and relaxed with them? Also, think of your guests. If your photographer is friendly, down to earth and approachable, your guests will be at ease.

Get a quote. Are there any extra costs, travel or food expenses?

Ask the photographer to show you some full weddings they have done, which will give you a great feel for what it will be like on the day.

If the photographer is free on your date, and your personalities mesh, great!

If the photographer you like is booked on your date, perhaps they have an associate or someone they can recommend to you.

TIP 4: BOOK YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER Be sure to ask the photographer you’ve booked is he or she the one you’ll be getting on the day (some bigger studios have more than one photographer).

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Whether it’s the ring for yourself, or some bling for the bridesmaids, your very special day’s jewellery is affordable Page 23

Image by The Fennells www.thefennells.ie

Check how many photographers will be there on the day, will there be any assistants? If you have room in your budget you might consider hiring a second shooter.

Also consider if you would like to book an engagement shoot. If either of you are camera shy this might be a good idea in getting comfortable in front of the camera, picking up some tips on

how to stand, and can be a great way to get to know your photographer too.

Plus, you’ll have some fantastic images you can share with family and friends!

TIP 5: GET THE ‘WHAT HAPPENS NEXT’ DETAILS Find out how long it will take to get your photos back. Also find out how many images you should expect etc.

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Finding THE dress should be a dream NIKI DONOHOE OWNER, DREAMY CURVES BRIDAL MANY brides get very nervous at the thought of shopping for their wedding dress. The pressures of choosing the perfect dress can be overwhelming and let’s face it, it’s probably the most expensive dress you’ll ever buy, so you want it to be special.

That can be a lot of pressure and if you are a size 16+ finding dresses that fits you when you are selecting could be a challenge, and that’s why

going to a specialist shop for Curvy brides might be the best decision you can make. Many brides wonder when is the right

time to start shopping for your dress, and a year in advance would be ideal, it may take you a while to find the perfect dress, and when you do, it will take 4-5 months to have it made and then you have to allow some time for alterations.

I always advise brides to be open minded when they come for a bridal appointment, you could end up loving a style that you didn’t think would suit you, but you won’t know till you go through the process of trying on different styles. A really well-made dress will make

you look and feel fabulous so you might end up loving a silhouette that you didn’t think would be for you. Be aware that bridal sizes tend to be smaller than high street clothes sizes, but don’t get hung up on that. Sizing is only a number. At Dreamy Curves we have 70+ bridal gowns in sizes 18-32, so loads of choice to try on.

We have a range of styles, from fashion forward to traditional and from some great designers who specialise in plus size designs.

When you budget for your wedding dress, you need to also budget for some alterations, these are often additional to the cost of the dress. Some designers do custom fit, but even if they do there is nearly always a bit of work to be done to make sure your dress fits perfectly. The cost of alterations will vary depending on how much work needs to be done.

In terms of styles, remember that most times a sleeve can be added to a sleeveless dress if covering your arms is a must, but again it depends on the style of your dress.

FOR BRIDESMAIDS: The style and colour scheme for your bridesmaids usually falls into place once you have cho-

Even the mother of the bride deserves to look fabulous

sen your dress and your venue. Most brides have more than one bridesmaid, and often in a variety of shapes and sizes, so choosing one style to suit everyone can be difficult.

Dreamy Curves stock the Dessy Group of designers, and Watters Wtoo.

Both designers will offer the opportunity to mix and match different styles in the same colour, which makes it possible to pick dresses that suits individually and have everyone

wear the same colour, we have 80+ styles ranging in size 8-32 in stock to try on in the shop. We also stock flowergirls and page boys outfits at very competitive prices.

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM AND WEDDING GUESTS: If you are the mother of the Bride and Groom, you are probably feeling the pressure to be choosing a dress which looks fabulous on you, is

comfortable to wear all day and night and which complements the rest of the wedding party.

Dreamy Curve have just launched a range of Occasion wear in sizes 18-30 which could be just for you, it ranges from traditional Mother of Bride/Groom to something a little less formal, which could also be suitable to wear at any special occasion.

We also stock a lovely range of shoes, bags and fascinators to match.

Going for the Gold FOR couples looking to add an extra-special touch to their big day, one Dublin woman has something to help be a cut, jab and scoop above – gold cutlery.

When Churchtown native Amy McGovern got married in Italy in 2016, she picked gold cutlery for the reception, with the luxurious splurge elevating the table settings and proving a hit with impressed guests.

After the wedding, however, Amy realised she had a 750-piece set of gold cutlery and no use for it.

Instead of letting the beautiful collection of cutlery gather dust up in a box in the attic, Amy now rents the

lovely set out for use at other weddings and big events.

She has since set up an Instagram profile showcasing the cutlery in all its glory – search for #goldcutleryforhire on Instagram. Alternatively, you can also email Amy at goldcutleryforhire@outlook.ie for a quote.

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 FINDING THE PERFECT VENUE 

History, elegance and romance united

MODERN couples today simply do not just go for any venue, with plenty of options on offer for the big day.

Hotels are usually the perfect choice for a wedding reception, perfectly capturing a romantic ambiance teamed with a crew to help the whole day go swimmingly.

The food is always of a high standard, and a number of rooms and buildings are available for your ideal, perfect day. Some hotels even have grounds worthy of a pre-reception photoshoot, ensuring gorgeous memories to always look back on.

Trim Castle is one of those hotels, possessing

the old world charisma of the historical AngloNorman castle, and the contemporary standards of magnificent food and stunning decor.

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Hotels are usually the perfect choice for a wedding reception, perfectly capturing a romantic ambiance teamed with a crew to help the whole day go swimmingly

Wedding fairs are a great way to test out which hotel may be the perfect fit for the beginning of your life as a married couple.

The Trim Castle Hotel ‘Wedding Fair’ will take place on Sunday, the 16th of September from 2.30pm -5.30pm, with ‘The Great Hall’ banqueting suite being fully set for a wedding on the day.

They have a number of Wedding Packages beautifully designed to suit every couple. The Wedding Team assures you of personal and professional attention in the planning and preparation of your special celebration.

For further information, please contact our Wedding Team on 0469483000 or email info@ trimcastlehotel.com. Web: www.trimcastleweddings. com or www.trimcastlehotel.com

Venue is absolutely the key to your special day

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LOVE MARRIAGE Check your list, check it twice PLANNING a wedding is very exciting but it can be quite a daunting and stressful time too. But fear not! Here we share a wedding checklist that will help you with your planning along the way.

It’s based over 12 months but will give you a good idea what to focus on first. Here’s everything you need to know to plan your special day.

Enjoy the perfect wedding reception at Dunboyne Castle AS one of the most important days of your life, it is vital your wedding day runs as smoothly as possible and to make it as memorable as it can be.

With such an idyllic setting, Dunboyne Castle offers a magnificent backdrop against which to set an exclusive wedding reception.

With a sweeping tree lined approach, the Castle

stands majestically over its 21-acre demesne of mature formal gardens, making any arrival an unforgettable one.

Their dedicated staff offer uncompromising service and will do everything to facilitate your specific requirements to help you plan and share your special day.

They offer a dedicated Wedding Coordinator to

assist you from the outset, planning your schedule of events, advice on table plans, wine, music and liaise with you and the Executive Chef to personally assist with the menu selection.

Their “one wedding per day” policy will ensure that you have wedding exclusivity and the full, undivided attention of their expert team.

12 MONTHS TO GO Set a budget Research, visit and book venue and ceremony locations Book photographer Book videographer Book band Start researching wedding suppliers like florist, makeup artist etc Send save the dates 8-10 MONTHS TO GO Book ceremony music Order wedding dress Think about accommodation for guests Look into honeymoon options 4-8MONTHS TO GO Research and book trials with hair and makeup artists Send notification of intention to marry to the registrar (*this is a legal requirement - you need to give at least three months’ notice) Order bridesmaid dresses Buy wedding shoes and accessories Book DJ Book florist Check passport date and renew if necessary 3 MONTHS TO GO Buy weddings rings Organise wedding favours Get Best Man and Groomsmen’s suits

fitted Start collecting addresses of friends and family for the invites and buy stamps Decide on music, ceremony, first dance, reception entrance etc 2 MONTHS TO GO Work on ceremony booklets Send wedding invitations Buy gifts for partner, bridal party, parents 4 WEEKS TO GO Have your final wedding dress fitting Confirm menu and any dietary requirements with the venue Chase any guests who have not yet RSVP’d Finalise guest list 2 WEEKS TO GO Collect wedding dress Organise table plan Write speeches/vows 1 WEEK TO GO Visit venue and go over everything Give reception venue/caterer final guest numbers Attend wedding rehearsal with celebrant Assign bridesmaid/groomsman as contact person on the day

Pack overnight bag Organise envelopes with payments for suppliers – allocate groomsmen to look after on the day 2-3 DAYS TO GO Get nails done Make any last minute changes to table/ seating plans Collect groom’s/groomsmen’s suits Confirm time the wedding car will pick you up 1 DAY TO GO Drop off wedding decor, place cards, table names, favours, props, etc. to venue for set up Give list of suppliers/contact numbers to bridesmaid/groomsman/other contact Have the rings/wedding suppliers payment envelopes ready for the Best Man for the wedding morning DAY OF WEDDING It’s here! Enjoy every single minute of your special day!

For more see weddingsonline.com or join the Facebook conversation on HIGM (Help! I’m getting married) for a great community of people to help with your planning.

Enjoy your special day in a unique venue MEDLEY is a unique venue housed in a renowned Dublin landmark – the Old Irish Times Building on Fleet Street.

Located in one of the city’s most historic districts and surrounded by the impressive architecture of Fleet Street, College Green and Trinity College, the venue has been extensively refurbished to the most exacting standards, while retaining its warmth and charm.

Medley is a stunning private-hire and event space, which is endlessly versatile. The venue includes a ground floor and mezzanine area, with seating for up to 250 guests, or

350 standing.

Whether you’re planning a Christmas lunch, a launch party, team-

building day, or a more intimate gathering such as a corporate dining evening, Medley’s experienced team will make sure everything goes off

without a hitch.

At Medley, your dish is their command! Andrew Rudd and his team create innovative dishes and menus that work for all types of events.

Whether you’re planning a reception with canapés or a six-course banquet, they’ll use the freshest, best quality ingredients to prepare a truly memorable dining experience for your guests.

For more details on their Wedding, Corporate and Christmas parties for 2018, contact Niamh at: Medley, Fleet Street East, Dublin 2, niamh@medley.ie or phone +353 1 555 7116. All information at www. medley.ie

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Dress the Part Yellow gold medallion necklace €279

Topshop bardot by Flynn Skye €112

Dorothy Perkins bridalwear OKAY, so you’ve got the rings and the bling sorted out, and next comes the ceremonial trip with bridesmaids and family in tow to find your perfect gown.

A dress is always the biggest part of the day, style wise. It’s the dress that will be in every picture, and the one that will carry your fondest memories for the rest of your married life.

There’s a wide selection of dresses available for every kind of bride and every kind of budget.

While designer gowns are definitely the ultimate dream, some people simply can’t afford the couture look.

Banking in on bridal, some high street and online retailers have made it easier than ever to look good on your wedding day on a budget.

Places such as Boohoo.com and Missguided carry a range of simple, yet gorgeous dresses for your big day, or even the reception if the day calls for more than one frock!

The high street - or your local shopping centre - could also have some hidden bridal gems too.

Dorothy Perkins and Monsoon are amongst stores offering bridal couture at a fraction of the Vera-WangValentino price tag.

We’ve picked some of our favourite dresses (and accessories) on offer, available in most stores now!

Thomas Sabo medallion €149, heart medallion €179, ‘Together’ earrings €179, bracelet €89

ChiChi London at Debenhams ‘Isabella’ dress €130

Monsoon ‘Clara’ embellished dress £349

French Connection Cari Dress €365

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HAPPYTIME MURDERS A muppet and a puppet

MELISSA McCarthy turns in arguably her worst film yet – no mean feat – with The Happytime Murders (Cert 16, 91mins). She’s a toughnosed cop. He’s a disgraced puppet. And together they’ve got to crack the case as a brutal killer blasts the stuffing out of the former puppet stars of a once popular TV show ... This foul-mouthed, R-rated take on mismatched buddy cops just ends up making Melissa the biggest muppet of all.

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Has plenty to think about DIRECTOR Spike Lee returns to the fray with a perhaps timely tale of racial division and hatred, with John David Washington – son of Denzel – excelling in the lead role in BlacKkKlansman (Cert 16, 135 mins). The 1970s-set film sees a black cop trying to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan to bust a major plot, using a white cop (Adam Driver) as his cover. Sounds like a convoluted set-up, but Lee delivers a rollicking tale which resonates all too well today.

Dad David (John Cho) spends much of the film framed like this – we see what he sees as he desperately searches around online for his missing teenage daughter

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WHILE we continue our wait for the world-conquering Crazy Rich Asians to open here, crushing all other films open at the time, here’s what a wag might label ‘Worried Average Asian’, instead.

That would be a nod at David (John Cho), the more-or-less average dad at the heart of Searching (Cert 12A, 102 mins), which has popped up here after taking a little while to cross the pond.

Pop up is a term that’s perhaps particularly relevant to the film, as pop-ups – of the internet, videoclip, messaging and more kinds – are the tools of much of

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this techno-thriller mystery.

Widower dad David is forced into action when his teenage daughter, Margot (Michelle La) goes missing, but it’s ‘action’ that’s much more relatable than the type that we see most dads enact in Hollywood films.

A missing kid in pretty much any other film would very soon see Dad kicking in doors, trading punches, firing guns and so on – here, David’s ‘action’ is largely confined to tap-

ping away on computers and other gadgets, trying to follow an electronic trail as he’s forced to snoop on his daughter’s life to try to figure out where the hell she might be.

That’s an interesting twist on the standard missing kid trope, with director Aneesh Chaganty taking a relatively novel approach to make the screen reflect and show what David is looking at or using in his search.

Thus, the ‘big screen’ reflects the little screens that David is using, with laptop screens, video messaging, videoclips, tv footage and more moving the story along and dominating the story’s framing, in the most literal sense.

However, while David’s cyber-sleuthing is interesting enough to watch, it’s hard not to think that director Chaganty knows he’s grabbed a great concept: the artifice of modern life for many people, but especially for teenagers, and their generally oblivious parents and elders.

So, while David has thought that Margot was popular with lots of friends, grabbing her tech and then trawling through her online life (using a little detective work to crack her passwords) soon reveals how little he really knows.

That, perhaps, is the most interesting thing about the film, rather than its generally creative way of framing the plot’s devel-

opment via the on-screen unravelling of Margot’s life.

It’s not exactly a eureka moment of originality, but it’s hard not to think that Missing does indeed tap into – pun intended – some interesting (and worrying) points about social media, cyber- versus real-life relationships with other people, and the lengths people (especially kids) may go to as they try to frame how ‘great’ they are, rather than share the true, imperfect reality of their life.

As such, while the film’s presentation is definitely style over substance, it’s hard to ignore the kernel of unsettling truth at the heart of the film.

It’s a strong central role for Cho, who carries the

Esports ‘too violent’ for Olympics (but boxing, shooting etc are still OK) SHANE DILLON

BAD news for esports gamers or followers jostling to get more recognition – the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has just ruled that esports and gaming are not worthy of being considered for the Olympics.

IOC head honcho Thomas Bach (right) gave the committee’s stance at the recent Asian Games, which saw esports included for the first time (however, just as a demonstration sport).

The IOC appears to have been turned off by “so-called killer games”, with

Bach elaborating: “They, from our point of view, are contradictory to the Olympic values and cannot therefore be accepted.”

So, while the physical likes of boxing, shooting, fencing and others are just fine for the Olympics, virtual violence is

a strict no-no – for now.

Bach added: “Of course, every combat sport has its origins in a real fight among people. But sport is the civilised expression about this. If you have egames [esports] where it’s about killing somebody, this cannot be brought into line with our Olympic values.”

Here’s hoping that this isn’t the definitive end of the matter, as the master esports teams and individuals have truly incredible skills. And, with many top-tier games to play, and hundreds of millions of followers around the world, esports is an area that’s not going away.

film very well (with some help from Debra Messing, in a supporting role) as pretty much an Everyman Dad forced down some unsettling paths.

If the cautionary film gradually drifts into some wayward waters in the final act, well, I think the interesting journey towards its slightly disappointing denouncement excuses putting a few feet wrong.

At the very least, it’s a film that should be seen on the big screen, now, as it’ll lose a lot of impact (as well as being harder to follow) when eventually released on the small-screen formats that it artfully mimics.

Verdict: 7/10

Swing over to our site soon for Spidey’s new adventure

Making a Musk of things AS IF Elon Musk didn’t have enough problems at the moment, the controversial Tesla chief has doubled down on his recent bizarre attack on diver Vernon Unsworth – one of the ‘Thai cave’ rescue divers who he accused of being a ‘pedo’. Despite previously apologising for his remark, Musk has just resumed attacks on Mr Unsworth, with the tech world agog at his calling him a ‘child rapist’ in an email to a reporter, as well as making some other bizarre comments. Looks like Musk’s wading into some deep waters as this row escalates...

SPIDERMAN fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the September 7 release date of his new, PlayStation-exclusive game (Marvel’s SpiderMan) – which I’ve been playing for a full two weeks now, thanks to an embargoed review copy.

There’s a lot of interest in Spidey’s latest adventure, set in a bustling New York City, and ... to say any more about what I think of the webslinger’s antics would break the embargo rules!

However, you’ll find a full review, and some of my in-game footage, over on our website once the game has been released, giving you another great reason to check out www.dublingazette.com.

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WHAT’S BIG IN MUSIC, CINEMA, TV AND BOOKS

ENTERTAINMENT GOINGOUTOUT

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Incubus @ Bord Gais Energy Theatre, €56 Incubus became one of the most popular alt-metal bands of the new millennium, setting themselves apart from a crowded field with a tireless touring ethic and a broad musical palette.

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False Heads– Political Noise Rock on the Rise FROM supporting The Libertines to being hyped as “young, talented and going places” by Iggy Pop and mentored by former Ramones manager Danny Fields, few up and coming bands can claim the level of hype surrounding Londoners False Heads.

Formed in 2016, the trio of school friends produce brutally energetic punk for the masses, and are gathering momentum off the back of a single EP, ‘Gutter Press’, released in 2017, alongside a couple of singles.

Unashamedly political and unafraid to speak their minds, they are nevertheless openly a p p re c i a t ive o f t h e strength of their journey so far.

They’re working on putting together the album to back it all up. “ T h e wo r l d i s a n utter state and without sounding bleak, I just cannot see it getting any

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better,” vocalist Luke griffiths tells us.

“There are political artists, just none that enter the mainstream, I don’t even think that you have to have overtly political lyrics to have an impact.

“Some of my favourite artists don’t have in your face political lyrics, but they have beautiful engaging lyrics and melodies that open your mind to anything, which opens your mind to politics. We don’t even have that in the m a i n s t re a m c h a r t s.

I do think music will always have the power to change.”

Danny Fields, who had a key role in the successes of the likes of Lou Reed

and The Doors as well as The Ramones, has been vital to the early successes of False Heads, helping to both push the trio into the public consciousness, and to forge the band’s direction.

“He’s moulded so much of our popular culture, it’s unbelievable,” Griffiths said of Fields past.

“He was involved with all those great bands and he was so ahead of the curve that he was fired multiple times for not getting a ‘hit’ out some of those artists, artists that went on to shape our popular culture.

“So, to have that man say the things he does about us, is just humbling and it’s such an honour to have become his friend.”

An album is slowly in progress, with the band looking to merge some of the music that’s been part of their live set from the very beginning with a few as yet unveiled new

tracks.

The live plan has been their main draw to date, though. “ It ’s h i g h e n e rg y, maybe with some drum jumping, possibly blood and a place to lose yourself for 40 minutes, and get something out of your system,” Griffiths says.

The lyrics don’t pull any punches, either. I ask the band what they sing about, protest aside, and how they see their music. “ We l i ke to w r i te actual songs with hooks and interesting lyrics,” Griffiths explain.

“We’re not one of those punk bands that just have no tunes at all.”

The subjects, at times, a re u n d e n i a b l y o f fthe-wall. Latest single Retina, for example, is about “taking too much acid by accident,” while ‘Fall Around “came from t r y i n g to re m e m b e r how to play ‘Bottle Up

and Explode’ by Elliott Smith.”

Bottle Up and Explode is a fairly solid description of what to expect from False Heads’ first ever performance in Ireland, but the album will be the real test of whether hype translates to a massive breakthrough.

“We want to range from our heavy riff, allout side like ‘Wrap Up’ to our more delicate side like ‘Said and Done,’” Griffith’s says of the fulllength plan.

“We don’t want to be the same thing for 12 tracks, that would just be pointless and too many artists do that.

“I want it to be able to date well, and we want it to be able to be some sort of a journey, as well as experimenting on it a little bit too. Next year it will be out. 2019.”

Fa l s e H e a d s p l ay Upstairs in Whelan’s on Friday, September 7.

12 Points Festival @ The Sugar Club, €18 A sharp, alternative jazz festival that’s more interested in forging a path than bringing in the latest big name.

Susan McKeown @ DLR LexIcon, free Jet Fuel Chemistry + Jailbirds @ Whelan’s, €10 Tuesday At Six @ Whelan’s Upstairs, €6

SEPTEMBER 7 (FRIDAY) Hozier @ The Academy, €30 False Heads @ Whelan’s Upstairs, €10 Soccer Mommy @ The Grand Social, €13 Marsicans @ Whelan’s, €13 12 Points Festival @ The Sugar Club, €18 Christy Dignam & Joe Hewell @ Purty Kitchen, €20

SEPTEMBER 8 (SATURDAY) 12 Points Festival @ The Sugar Club, €18 Lucius @ St Patrick’s Cathedral, €20 RTE National Symphony Orchestra play Jurassic Park @ Bord Gais Energy Theatre, €21 Inhaler @ Whelan’s, €11 Brian Downey’s Alive and Dangerous @ The Button Factory, €25 Emma Blackery @ Whelan’s Upstairs €20

SEPTEMBER 9 (SUNDAY) The Lee Harveys @ Toner’s, €8 Old school Dublin punks play the ‘hits’ in an early evening show in the most alternative-friendly of Dublin’s pubs. One for the 70s heads.

Titus Andronicus @ Whelan’s, €18 Gwenifer Raymond @ Whelan’s Upstairs, €12

SEPTEMBER 10 (MONDAY) Slowthai @ The Workman’s Club, €14 A rising star of the British hip-hop scene, Slowthai makes his first stop in Ireland to run through his short selection of YouTube smashes.

Heather Nova @ Whelan’s, €22

SEPTEMBER 11 (TUESDAY) Xavier Rudd @ The Academy, €25 Aussie singer-songwriter known for his environmental work and distinctive folky, reggae-influenced vocals.

The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7

SEPTEMBER 12 (WEDNESDAY) Europe @ The Olympia Theatre, €31 Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill + Martin O’Connor @ Seamie O’Dowd @ Whelan’s, €20

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Great deals for a wonderful break home or away IF you fancy a break at home or away between now and the end of the year then here are some of the best deals around…

Four-star Rome city breaks in November from €199 per person: Price based on two adults sharing, staying for three nights at the Gambrinus Hotel – Click & Go (www.clickandgo.com).

September sun in the Algarve from €669 per person. Price includes seven nights at the threestar Yellow Alvor Garden in Alvor, travelling September 9.

Travel September 11 to Majorca, stay 11 nights at the four-star Clobales Bouganvilla, Sa Coma from €769 per person sharing. Both from TUI. Winter sun in Tenerife in December from €269 per person: Price based on two adults sharing for seven-night stay in the three-key The Suites at Beverly Hills Apartments, Los Cristianos (Click & Go).

Start your holiday in New York, the city that never sleeps, before heading to the West Coast to enjoy the year-round sunshine of Los Angeles

MALTA: Stay at the four-star Paradise Bay Hotel from €413. Price includes return flights from Dublin on October 2 and seven nights’ accommodation, B&B. Book online at travelrepublic.ie or call 01 536 0820 October sun in Gran Canaria from €369 per person: Staying for seven nights at the two-star Puerto Plata Aparthotel, Puerto Rico, travel in October (Click & Go).

FLORIDA: Stay at the three-star Clarion Lake Buena Vista from €721 per person. Price includes return flights from Dublin on October 9 and seven nights’ accommodation, room only (travelrepublic.ie).

Four-star half-board September family holidays to Salou in Spain from €929 per family. Based on two adults and one child staying seven nights at the Four Elements Suites (Click & Go).

ON YOUR DOORSTEP The ‘Stretch out the Summer’ package at Cliff House Hotel in Waterford or Kildare includes one night of accommodation, a three course dinner, €15 spa credit per person and a seven piece yoga gift pack which includes a yoga exercise mat, yoga blocks, yoga towels and more.

This package costs €255 for a single room (or €329 for two people sharing) and is available in Cliff House Hotel, an intimate 5-star hideaway carved into a cliff in West Waterford, set against the backdrop of the striking Ardmore coastline, and also in Cliff at Lyons, a stunningly restored eighteenth century village in an idyllic rural setting in the lush green countryside of Kildare.

You will also have the option of booking a one-on-one yoga class for €50.

Available on selected dates Sunday through to Thursdays until 27th September, take the time to reconnect with yourself in the beautiful surroundings of either Cliff House Hotel or Cliff at Lyons.

STATESIDE | VISIT MULTIPLE AMAZING LOCATIONS IN ONE HOLIDAY

Don’t just book a trip... book an amazing journey SYLVIA POWNALL

Travel Editor THINKING of heading Stateside but can’t decide on which spot to choose?

That’s the beauty of a multi-centre holiday.

It’s a vast country and there’s so much to see and do so why limit yourself to only one location?

Combine a cosmopolitan city break in Boston with a relaxing Rhode Island beach stay, pair the laid back vibes of a seaside destination with the bright lights of America’s playground or travel from east to west, mixing the best of both.

West Coast Start in San Francisco, the tech centre of the world, where old and new meet.

Travelling by car or guided tour, witness the incredible views of Yosemite Valley, or Lake Tahoe and explore the splendid Squaw Valley by

foot or by bike and kayak through Emerald Bay. Then head down to the City of Angels and home of the stars Los Angeles, stopping to take a selfie with the iconic Hollywood sign and, of course, your favourite star on Hollywood Boulevard.

Finish off with hitting the strip in Las Vegas, where not only can you try your hand at blackjack but also take in world-renowned shows and enjoy top class accommodation.

East Coast Add a little East Coast action to your itinerary by swapping out Las Vegas for the Big Apple.

Take your tour across country and bathe in the lights of Times Square and Broadway, soak up the culture in Greenwich Village and shop ‘til you drop on Fifth Avenue and the exclusive Upper West Side.

Music Destinations Passionate about music?

Visit two c ities sy n o ny m o u s w i t h American music; Me m p h i s, t h e h o m e of The King of Rock ‘n Roll - Elvis Presley, and Nashville, spiritual home of country music fans and performers across the globe.

Yo u’ l l f l y f i rs t to Memphis where your music inspired American adventure will begin. Of course, no trip there is complete without a visit to Graceland, where you can explore the personal side of Elvis Presley on an interactive tour of Graceland Mansion.

Nashville is another must-visit for music fans.

Visit Opryland, the home of the worldfamous country music show, the Grand Ole Opry, where you are guaranteed a one-ofa-kind entertainment experience .

American Holidays have a wide variety of multicentre holidays with great deals for whenever you choose to travel.

You can be sure they’ll create something special just for you.

San Fran, Los Angeles and Las Vegas Spend three nights in the 3-star Hotel Vertigo, San Francisco, two nights at the 3-star The Garland Hotel, LA and six nights at the 3-star Excalibur Hotel, Las Vegas from only €945pp.

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Memphis and Nashville Spend three nights in the 3-star Crowne Plaza Ho te l Me m p h i s a n d three nights at the 3-star Holiday Inn MemphisDowntown from only €1,129pp.

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Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York Spend four nights in the 3-star Quality Inn Near Hollywood Walk of Fame, four nights at the 3-star Excalibur Hotel Las Vegas and three nights at the 4-star Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel from only €1,335pp. Travel January 2019.

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A GUIDE TO TEMPTING FOOD AND LOCATIONS

TRAVEL & FOOD

NIBBLES OF NEWS

Butlers cafe opens in Ballsbridge CHOCOLATE lovers rejoice! Butlers has opened a brand-new cafe in Dublin, at No 1, Ballsbridge.

Located off Shelbourne Road, it’s the company’s 21st Butlers Chocolate Cafe opened in Ireland, and the company’s 36th, globally.

At 1,400 sq ft, and with seating for up to 50 people, the cafe will include

Maria Betts, of Maria Lucia Bakes, who has worked closely with LEO DLR in the development of her award-winning gluten wheat and dairy-free cereals

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Online course set to help start-ups get a foothold REBECCA RYAN

THERE’S great news for Irish food start-up companies, as a new online course has been launched in Dublin aimed at helping newbies succeed.

The online programme – Digital School of Food (an initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices in the Dublin region, and sup-

ported by Enterprise Ireland, Bord Bia and the Dublin Institute of Technology) – is the first of its kind in Europe.

Announcing the launch of the new platform, the Head of LEO dlr, Owen Laverty, said: “This online platform has been produced to support food companies to develop and grow.

“It contains solid actionable advice from some of the leading practitioners in Ireland, [placed] into an e-learning platform.”

The Digital School of Food gives entrepreneurs access to sound commercial guidance and mentoring to help them get their products onto shelves.

The model contains tips, advice and information

go their medication because of prohibitive prescription charges and trying to survive on a weekly Disability Allowance of €198.

The survey also demonstrated how more than 70% of recipients

in classical French cuisine.

From here, Edd achieved extensive qualifications, and has since won numerous awards and garnered many rave reviews throughout his career.

Edd has cooked for

Wicklow Street, in 1998.

Commenting on the opening, Michelle McBride, Butlers’ retail director, said: “We are particularly excited to open our stylish new flagship Butlers Chocolate Cafe in Ballsbridge – a part of Dublin where, for many years, our chocolates were sold at the horse show and spring show in the RDS.”

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celebrities and ambassadors, and has also appeared many times on television.

from existing producers, all related to succeeding in the food sector.

The programme is available to food businesses in the Dublin region initially, and then will be rolled-out nationally.

It will be made available free of charge to qualifying businesses that register online at www.digitalschooloffood.ie.

Concern as poverty affects meals for disabled people A NEW survey has revealed that many people with disabilities are skipping meals because their disability payments are too small.

The survey by Rehab Group also found that many are also going without medicine, cutting back on heating, and cannot afford to go out.

Rehab Group’s pre-budget submission is now calling for increased social welfare and funding to help people with disabilities to enter the workforce, as a way out of poverty.

The survey of more than 300 people reported that some people choose between food and fuel because they can’t afford both, while others report having to fore-

THIS recipe is courtesy of Edd Rathorne, the head chef of Sandyford House.

He began his training in Killakee House Hotel, Rathfarnham, under master chef David Edwards, where he worked gaining experience

all the brand’s favourites such as sweet treats, barista-prepared hot and cold beverages, hot chocolate and a contemporary new artisan sandwich range.

Butlers Chocolate Cafes have been integral to the growth of the family-owned Irish chocolate brand since the first Chocolate Cafe opened 20 years ago in

do not have a job, and the majority who want to find employment (66%) report that employers overlook them and are unwilling to provide them with the supports they need.

More than 30% of people surveyed believed that “people don’t want to hire people with disabilities” while 20% believe that workplaces are not welcoming of people with disabilities.

Rehab Group is calling for an increase of €20 in the Disability Allowance as a matter of urgency to provide an adequate minimum income, alongside an automatic entitlement to a medical card and an end to prescription charges.

THIS week, Edd presents a recipe for Roasted squash, smoked bacon and pea Risotto.

He says: “A simple supper for two a deep autumnal flavour. When it’s cold out, this beautiful, colourful butternut squash risotto is like a big, warm hug!”

For those looking to vary the recipe, check out his tip at the end.

Ingredients • 500g butternut squash (small dice) • 200g smoked bacon lardons • 100g peas • 350g Arborio rice • 1.5 lt vegetable stock (or water and one stock cube) • 1 onion, finely diced • 3 tbs rapeseed oil • 3 cloves garlic, crushed • 100 ml dry white wine • 6/8 sage leaves, torn roughly • 3/4 sprigs thyme • 1 lemon (zest and juice)

• 100g parmesan, grated • salt/pepper Preparation: • Fry the bacon, squash, onion, thyme and garlic in the rapeseed oil • Stir in the rice and cook for one minute until all the rice has absorbed all the flavours • Add the wine, lemon zest, juice and sage leaves; stir until completely absorbed • Gradually add the stock, a ladle at a time, until the rice is tender and has a creamy consistency • Stir in the peas, half the parmesan and mix thoroughly • Season to taste, and serve with remaining parmesan Chef’s tip: • For a vegetarian/vegan option, replace the bacon with sundried tomatoes, use vegan parmesan and omit the wine.

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MOTORS

WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF TRANSPORT

Audi sharpens the lines on Q3 AUDI’S second generation Q3 mid-range SUV

model has received a significant upgrade with new styling, coupled with claims of improved versatility and space for enhanced comfort.

This new Audi Q3 features a fully digital operating and display system, an extensive range of infotainment solutions and innovative driver assistance technology.

The new generation Kia Ceed comes with improved engines and a higher level of safety equipment

The new Audi Q3 will be available across Ireland from late 2018, when prices will be announced.

The Audi Q3 front end has been upgraded with new narrow headlights run inwards with a wedge-

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like shape for stylish illumination.

The interior of the new Audi Q3 includes a new

Ceed delivers new level of driving smoothness Kia has refined is best-selling car, the Ceed with new levels of driving comfort and smoothness as MICHAEL MORONEY found out during his recent test drive. Here he examines its performance and value offer THE third generation Kia Ceed, now with a slight name change, is among Kia’s best sellers here in Ireland and across Europe.

The Ceed has not lost its identity with the new model and the upgrade is very evolutionary as the car retains its clear identity.

The first impression of the new Ceed is that it is lower than in the past and Kia also claims that it’s slightly wider to give more interior space. The overall shape remains largely unchanged while it is more refined in styling terms.

After the initial drive the most noticeable feature for me was the smoothness of the driving experience and that lasted over the entire 600km that I drove the car. This is mainly

due to the new generation engines and Kia claims of improved suspension and noise suppression.

I should not have been surprised as Kia claims that refinement and the suppression of noise, vibration and harshness was a principal focus during the new Ceed’s development.

Compared to the outgoing model it now has thicker, more insulating d a s h b o a rd p a d d i n g, more sound-absorbent insulation around the rear wheel arches, and a new insulation layer beneath the cabin carpet, reducing engine and road noise. Kia also claims a reduction in wind noise.

This new Ceed comes with more engine options than before with two

new petrol engines, an entry level 1.0 litre, threecylinder turbo-charged unit and a larger 1.4 litre, four cylinder turbocharged engine. The range is completed with an upgraded 1.6 litre turbodiesel engine.

I drove the Ceed powered by the entry level 1.0 litre three-cylinder turbopetrol engine and was very impressed by the driving experience. This is a car that’s quiet and smooth to drive, really suitable for city driving with an engine and six-speed gearbox combination that’s so easy to use for longer drives.

This petrol powered Ce e d co m e s w i t h a fuel economy rating of 18.5km/litre (5.41/100km or 52mpg), which I found very difficult to reach.

Compare this with the diesel version of the same car and you’ll find that there is almost a 40% economy difference, and that’s before you factor in the 10c/litre price advantage of diesel over petrol at the pumps.

So while this new smooth and beautiful to drive 1.0-litre Kia Ceed looks attractive, the economy figures will continue to push car buyers in the direction of diesel. Despite the motor industry move to ‘cleaner’ petrol engine cars, the car owner will suffer in terms of fuel economy. And this is why I believe that new Ceed owners will still opt for the 1.6 litre turbodiesel versions, based on that old saying from the world of US politics, “its the economy stupid.”

There is no denying that out on the road for longer runs this car gives a very pleasant driving

experience. The dash layout has been changed to give the driver a clear zone of visibility and ease of use from the large touchscreen infotainment unit. It’s easy to be comfortable in the new Kia Ceed.

Entry prices have increased significantly now starting at €22,695 for the K2 version with the neat 1.0-litre turbopetrol engine. There is a €2,000 price jump to the entry level diesel versions, and that’s the one that has to be considered more seriously in terms of ownership cost, based solely on fuel economy and a lower annual road tax cost.

This new Ceed competes in a price and specification sensitive market, where on paper, with the important benefit of its seven year warranty, is now pitched at the higher end, most noticeably against its related Hyundai i30.

operating concept with MMI touch display set against a high-gloss, glass-like black surround, that’s tilted ten degrees toward the driver, for ease and comfort.

Compared with its predecessor, the new Audi Q3 is marginally longer giving more knee room, headroom and elbow room. It has 70 litres more boot space are a result.

The new Audi Q3 will be available in both petrol and diesel engine options. There will be the option of either front-wheel or quattro drive.

Prices will be announced later in the year, closer to its arrival on Irish shores.

Skoda looks to recruit 24 apprentice technicians SKODA in Ireland is seeking recruit 24 trainee positions as apprentice technicians across 17 dealerships, to cope with increased service demands. Skoda says that the new jobs are in response to the increase in Skoda car sales volumes that rose by 4.3% so far this year, in an overall declining new car market.

William Lee, head of after sales at Skoda Ireland, said: “We are delighted to be in a position to create 24 new apprentice positions, particularly at a time when young, talented and driven Leaving Certificate students are making important decisions about their future and their career prospects.

“We are looking to recruit ambitious people, who will contribute to our continued brand growth and who will help us to continue to provide the excellent level of service that we have built our reputation on. For those successful candidates, we can ensure an innovative, dynamic and rewarding career, for years to come.”

For more information on the positions available, please visit www.vwgcareers.ie

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SPORT

FOUR IN A ROW: FOOTBALL: DUBLIN produced a devas-

tating performance late in the first half to swing a fourth successive All-Ireland senior football championship their way, making it six Sam Maguire victories in the last decade.

We look back on the final and the thoughts of the key players from another memorable weekend for the boys in blue.

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Young blues storm to big win out west U-19 INTERPROVINCIALS Connacht Leinster  sport@dublingazette.com

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LEINSTER’S Under-19s came away from Galway with all five points from a five tries-to-one victory in the Interprovincial Championship at Galwegians on Saturday.

They activated their phase game early on and kept the ball well enough to create gaps here which second row Brian Deeney exploited from the 22-metre line for out-half David Fitzgibbon, from Blackrock College, to convert for 7-0 in the fifth minute.

It was more of the same off the top of a lineout as they increased the lead when their carrying game moved menacingly onto the frontfoot for tight-head Charlie Ward to crash over from close range for Fitzgibbon to double the advantage in the 14th minute.

After that, Connacht began to find their rhythm to apply heavy pressure to the Leinster line for no less than a 10-minute period. It looked like the breakthrough had to come sooner or later before Leinster captain Anthony Ryan executed a superb turnover.

The home side toiled away without reward as their willing forwards could not crack open their guests before halftime.

The cutting edge they were missing at the end of the second quarter appeared not long after the interval when they struck for seven points from full-back Oran McNulty’s incision and out-half Dylan Prendergast’s conversion to make it a one-score scenario.

It was game on and Leinster were the ones with the gears, ramping up the intensity of their game to construct a third try for their powerful number eight Ed Brennan, born out of St Michael’s wing Mark O’Brien’s break

Leinster’s Mark Nicholson is tackled by Connacht’s Tim Lambe in their Under-19 interprovincial championship last Saturday. Picture: David Fitzgerald/ Sportsfile

up the left for 19-7 in the 51st minute.

That body blow was built on when Wanderers centre Luis Faria was prominent in the lead-up to St Fintan’s Michael McGiff’s finish into the right corner. It was left to loose-head prop Marcus Hanan to put the cherry on top with the fifth try from a smartly worked lineout and sharp work by

replacement scrum-half Jack Connolly, Fitzgibbon converting seven minute from time.

This puts Leinster on course for a showdown with Munster, who clipped Ulster 34-22 at Cork Institute of Technology, and that will take place at Energia Park next Saturday, September 8 (KO 3pm).

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ERIN GO BRAGH OUR lotto tickets can now be bought online through the My Club Finances/LocalLotto.ie service.

The lotto is a significant part of the clubs fundraising activities and this online-option will complement the existing lotto sales activities.

There was no winner of our lotto jackpot this week. Next weeks jackpot is €8,100 numbers drawn were 5, 12 , 27 and 28 . Thanks to everyone who supports our club lotto it is very much appreciated. Welcome back to our junior teams and some of them were back playing over the weekend.

Training has recommenced for nursery.

OurU-9 girls were delighted to be presented with new tracksuits and training tops from Tom Reilly and his company Westside Formwork. Thank you Tom from all at the club.

Please note September 17 - mentors Meet and Greet evening. All Mentors are invited to attend this gathering. 7.30pm in the clubhouse.

October 5 – Smartphone Table Quiz in The Grasshopper at 8pm. four per table, €10 each.

FINGALLIANS COMHGHAIRDEAS - 4 in a Row: Congratulations to Paul Flynn and the Dublin squad on their remarkable achievement. A big thank you to Feidhlim and his team you coordinated the distribution of tickets and a great weekend of entertainment.

Academy: After the summer break, the academy will resume this Saturday 8th September @ 10am, for 4 – 7 year old girls and boys.

Dublin Ladies: Congratulations to Sinead and Muireann and the rest of the senior ladies squad on reaching another allIreland final. The Dubs will play Cork on September 16 in Croke Park.

Foundation Coaching Courses: These courses

will commence in October.

They will be dual hurling/ football courses and will be 10 hour duration over three days (Tue/Thurs/Sat) Autumn Coaching Seminar (Oct 2018): This Seminar will be in two parts on separate evenings and will focus on Hurling/ Camogie Goalkeeping Coaching and Football/ LGFA Goalkeeping Coaching. All Goalkeepers and potential goalkeepers from U-12 to adult will be invited, in addition to Coaches/ mentors and all interested club members.

Dates will be announced shortly.

Grúpa Comhrá: Fillfidh ár ngrúpa ar an gCéadaoin, 5ú Meán Fomhair, ag a 9 sa bheár. Fáilte roimh chách.

FOOTBALL: MANAGER HAILS THE CHARACTER OF HIS TEAM

Dublin’s iron will not likely to let up soon Dublin boss Jim Gavin says the mental resolve of his side and the in-built competition in their panel leads to plenty of tough decisions  DAVE DONNELLY

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JIM GAVIN praised the awesome strength of character of his Dublin side after they sealed a historic fourth All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in a row.

The Boys in Blue comfortably overcame the challenge of Tyrone at Croke Park on Sunday to equal the feat of the Kerry teams of the 1930s and late 1970s/early 80s as well as Wexford during the first World War years.

Dublin weathered an early onslaught from Mickey Harte’s side, which saw them race into a four-point lead by the 15-minute mark, but they gradually asserted their dominance.

“In the opening 10 or 15 minutes [they were] a little bit wayward,” Gavin said.

“The Tyrone boys put them under pressure, but the mental resolve in that Dublin team is just a pleasure to witness.

“The collective ethos they have, they see the prize (as) serving the county not the self.

“You have players there that didn’t get game-time, they didn’t show it, but they must be disappointed not to play in an All Ireland final.

“They just want the team to do well. It is team, team, team and I think they have demonstrated that again.

“Going into the game we knew it was going to be a very tough battle, they go 0-5 to 0-1 up, they have the momentum, but our guys don’t blink which is a great characteristic to have.

“We just keep going through the phases to get ourselves back in the game.

“Even at half-time it is only a break in play, it still needs to be finished. The guys just kept with our process of going through each phase of play.

“We go after the skills of the game, we have worked hard at that in the last number of years and we probably got due

reward.”

A six-point winning margin for Gavin’s side confirmed them as the greatest footballing side of the modern era and, in some minds, the best ever.

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Players themselves need to reflect on their choice because their life is defined sporting-wise by their choice to commit.

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Eleven Dublin players now have six All-Ireland medals apiece – and several of those players are only at or around their peak – but the mentality of the group is they’re as hungry as ever for more.

GARDA/WESTMANSTOWN LAETHANTA saoire thart, school is back,Sam stays in the capital and activity resumes at Westmanstown.

Training continues for Inters and Juniors at the usual times with both sides out in championship action the week after next.Inters take on Scoil Ui Chonaill at Westmanstown on Saturday, September 15 with a 5.30pm start,and on Sunday, September 16, the juniors travel to Kilmacud Crokes for a 3pm throw in. Both sides also have a number of important league fixtures remaining with dates and times to be confirmed.

U-16 Girls drew their first championship game against St Vincents on Sunday morning 3-9 to 4-6.

U-14s lost their first championship tie away to O Tooles on Friday by one point 7-8 to 4-16; next up home on Friday to Man O War at 7pm.

Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton raises aloft the Sam Maguire trophy once again. Picture: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

What’s more remarkable is that number includes neither Diarmuid Connolly – who opted out of the panel this year – and Bernard Brogan, who was omitted despite recovering from injury.

Gavin reiterated that the door is open to both players for the coming seasons, should they wish to continue to compete on the panel.

“I think people will be really surprised how well [Bernard’s] moving. And the decisions that players will make for the season ahead, that’s their decision.”

“The players themselves need to reflect on their choice because their life is defined sporting-wise by their choice to commit.

“There is a lot of sacrifice required for inter-county football. There always was, and it’s as demanding as ever.

“I’m sure the boys will make the right choice for them, and that’s the most important thing.”

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FOOTBALL: SKY BLUES LAND FOURTH SUCCESSIVE ALL IRELAND

THREE STEPS TO SAM HEAVEN Murchan’s numbers up WHILE some on Twitter joked Na Fianna’s youngster Eoin Murchan could add to his medal haul at next year’s Feile, he himself put his incredible rise into context.

“I was helping in the stats box for the [2017] game.

It’s good to be out on the pitch.” he said after Sunday’s final when he put in a storming performance in the fullback line.

“All the work that leads to the win is done on the training pitch. Every member of our panel, from 1 to 36 has played a part in getting us there.

“It’s the guys 26-36 who are pushing the rest of the guys. Some of the guys have six medals, a lot of us only have two or three and that’s why we put in so much work during the year.”

Niall Scully celebrates the crucial second Dublin goal last Sunday. Picture: Tommy Dickson/Inpho

Gavin’s Dubs take place in pantheon of greats ALL-IRELAND FINAL Dublin 2-17 Tyrone 1-14  STEPHEN FINDLATER sport@dublingazette.com

DUBLIN’S modern-day heroes set their names in historical stone as they joined the pantheon of greats with the fourth successive All-Ireland senior football title last Sunday in Croke Park.

A scoring spree just before half-time, spurred

by Paul Mannion’s penalty and Niall Scully’s palmed goal, saw them escape a sticky start. It transformed a 0-5 to 0-1 deficit into a dominant 2-7 to 0-6 half-time lead and they kept the red hands at bay and out of reach despite a late penalty concession and a red card for John Small.

Tyrone did start in superb fashion and could have been further out of reach but for a couple of wides. But Dublin have been on this stage so

many times in the last decade and showed few signs of nerves as Ciaran Kilkenny started the comeback, registering an important point off the back of Jack McCaffrey’s whizz up the field.

And the goals were ultimately the defining moments. Mannion was pole-axed by Tiernan McCann when lining up a shot and the Kilmacud man got up to fire in an exquisite penalty, levelling the game.

S o o n a f t e r, C o n O’Callaghan also went down under duress from the Tyrone defence but kept his wits about him to lay off a pass to Scully to palm into the net.

Cian O’Sullivan did depart the scene before the break due to injury but, with seven points in the difference, Dublin stayed out of range for the guts of the second half and into seven minutes of injury time. Colm Cavanagh was dragged

down by Philly McMahon with Peter Harte nailing his penalty. It reduced the gap to four but Michael Darragh Macauley and Kevin McManamon got scores off the bench with important interventions.

Afterwards the Dublin players tried to put their unbelievable achievements in some sort of context.

“I was standing here a couple of years ago in the same spot saying ‘two in a row is unreal’. To think we did four in-a-row is absolutely off-the-wall.

And hopefully we’ll drive on again next year,” said inspirational midfielder Brian Fenton.

Eleven of the current panel now have six All-Ireland titles: Stephen Cluxton, Philly McMahon, Darren Daly, Cian O’Sullivan, James McCarthy, Bernard Brogan, Paul Flynn, McManamon, Eoghan O’Gara,

Michael Fitzsimons and Macauley Team captain Cluxton celebrated his 200th appearance for Dublin’s seniors (in league and championship) by again leading his side to glory, the fifth time he has lift-

ed the Sam Maguire as he continues to set new records, new standards.

Manager Jim Gavin, meanwhile, has now led the Dubs to five All-Ireland SFCs, five Division 1 NFL titles and six Leinster championships.

Brian Fenton and Tyrone’s Conor Meyler battle for the ball. Picture: James Crombie/Inpho

MACAULEY’S SET LIST MICHAEL Darragh Macauley revealed Dublin’s senior footballers now have a setlist of sorts to celebrate their AllIreland success.

He is among a group of 10 players to be the first Dubs with six Celtic Crosses and such is the frequency of their success in the last decade, they now have an established

musical soundtrack.

Van Morrison’s Days Like this is a staple opener before Bill Whithers’ Lovely Day and Ben E King’s Lean On Me added to the playlist by MacAuley in recent times.

Asked about his singing voice for the songs in question? “Mine is crap but everyone else is alright!”

McMahon grateful to pay tribute to father PHILLY McMahon said his father was “here in spirit” last Sunday at Croke Park as the Ballymun Kickhams man said the “distraction” of football helped him through the tough times this year.

The elder McMahon, also named Phil, succumbed to cancer this year with the son paying tribute by wearing a t-shirt embossed with “Philly, he’s here” and an image of Breaking Bad’s Walter White whom the father was likened to.

“The big word for us this year was gratitude,” McMahon told Sky Sports after the game.

“There’s people in this stadium that probably won’t ever see an All-Ireland again. It’s just great to give a bit of happiness to people.

“These lads gave me a gift last year, my dad could see me win the All-Ireland. He was here in spirit.”

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NAOMH MEARNOG IT WAS a good week for our young hurlers in the championship. The U-16s defeated neighbours St Sylvester’s while the U-15s had an impressive win over Faughs. Well done lads.

Our adult hurlers finish the group stage of the championship with an away game against Naomh Fionbarra on Saturday evening at 6pm. Unbeaten in the championship, we need support.

Well done to Stephen Cluxton and the Dubs on winning Sam for the 4th time in a row.

All Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Final – Good luck to Aoibhe Dillon, Grainne Power, Laura Walsh and the Dublin Premier Junior Camogie team in the All Ireland final against Kerry in Croke Park on Sunday.

Ladies Gaelic Football – The club is looking for adult players for our Ladies football team. Please contact Cliodhna O’Connor or Mark Bedford.

NAOMH PEREGRINE CONGRATULATIONS to Eric Lowndes and the Dubs on their 4th in a row All-Ireland Championship. Eric is now the proud holder of four All-Ireland senior football medals and we look forward to celebrating with him in the club.

Thanks to Mary and the team for organising the ticket draw so efficiently.

Well done to the Senior camogie girls on their excellent win v Naomh Bríd in the second round of the championship.

The next Coaching the Coaches course takes place on Thursday, September 6 at 8pm on the Astro pitch. The session is led by Dave Moran

(GPO Lucan Sarsfields) and focuses on Strength and Conditioning for juveniles.

Mentors - if you have new players joining your teams after the summer break they are to pay the reduced rate of €25 for Sept -Dec 2018.

There was no winner of the club lottery this week.

The numbers drawn were 11, 12, 14 and 18. That jackpot is now capped at €10,000 until it’s won. In the meantime, the next jackpot will start to build from €2,000 and continue to grow by €200 per week until the capped jackpot is won. Lottery tickets cost €2.

All proceeds are used for the benefit of club members.

SKERRIES HARPS

CONGRATS to our junior ladies on a fantastic match against Cuala on to win the Junior D Shield Final and add some more silverware to the trophy cabinet.

Well done to the junior hurlers on their AHL5 win over Oliver Plunketts ER. The Moriarty Supervalu sponsored U16 Hurlers recorded a Championship win in the group stages over Ballyboden on Saturday.

Well done to the Super Dubs on retaining the All Ireland title and making it 4 in a row... a great day for all Dubs supporters.

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

Juvenile and adult Games Weekly Meetings take place each Thursday in the Clubhouse.

Zingo Result: 1-4-6-3-7-5-2.

We had no winners of Jackpot or dividend.

Next week’s jackpot €1,400.

Next draw will take place on Sunday, September 9 in the clubhouse.

How do you win? You buy a ticket! You can also play on line at skerriesharps.ie and follow the links.

Entries only €2 each or three for €5.

SOCCER: CELTIC GET OFF THE MARK AT FOURTH ATTEMPT

Kennedy confident in Swords project to rise up the LSL table LSL SUNDAY SENIOR  JAMES HENDICOTT

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SWORDS Celtic have faced a tough start to life in the top tier of Leinster Senior League football before finally getting off the mark with a draw against Malahide United.

It was their first ever point in the top tier of intermediate football since promotion and the mood remains positive as manager Brendan Kennedy sees lots of potential in the performances so far.

“We could have scored enough goals to win two or three games,” Kennedy said of a recent loss away to a notoriously tough host, Ballymun United.

“We were down to ten men for a lot of the second half and they didn’t score until the 88th minute. Then they got

another three minutes into injury time while we were pushing for the equaliser. I don’t want to moan about it, as that’s football, but we didn’t get the bounce of the ball.”

Despite the opening three defeats and a draw against Malahide United this weekend, Celtic have a goal difference of only -4, having run everyone they’ve faced close. While unhappy with the early results, Kennedy is happy with his young team’s performances.

“We’re under no illusions,” he told the Dublin Gazette. “This is a tough league, and we don’t have the draw of some of the other clubs here.

“We don’t have the name and we don’t have the list of trophies. We need to get players to buy into a project. We’re q u i te u n i q u e i n t h e

Swords Celtic have found the going tough thus far in the LSL Sunday Senior division.

Picture: Martin Doherty

league, in that almost all our players our local.

“We started the season with a squad of 23, which is unusual for us, as most of last year we were picking from 18.

“Most of them are yo u n g. We h a d s i x 18-year-olds on the pitch or on the bench for the opening games, and we’d probably be the youngest team in the league.”

Key striker Jack Mc G l a d e d e c i d e d to take time away from the

game in the summer, and a replacement is yet to be sourced.

“I’ve had other offers and I’ve turned them down because I believe in the project,” Kennedy continued.

“I think it’s important we stay up this year, but we’d settle for finishing fourth bottom (the first position above relegation) and having a bit of a cup run.

“Some managers will tell you they’re going

to challenge. I think it’s better to be realistic.

“We’d be really happy to finish in the next place below the top six or so sides in this league.

Maybe in a couple of years we can be right up there.

“These young players have a lot of potential.

“It’s not been easy, but I’m quietly confident, I just wanted to get our first point and we’ll go from there,” Kennedy concludes.

Fingal pair win sailing gold

Howth’s Robert Dickson and Skerries Sean Waddilove in Marseille. Picture: Pierik Photographie

HOWTH’S Robert Dickson and Skerries Sean Waddilove produced a superb weekend in Marseille, France, across a range of different weather conditions to win the World Under23 title in sailing’s 49er skiff class.

The pair of 19-year-olds headed up a field of 52 crews at a venue that will host the 2024 Olympic sailing regatta.

They had previously topped the 420 class before moving up to this boat and showed very consistent form in the five days on the Cote D’Azur.

They went into the final day of the competition as leaders and held their nerve in race ten that saw them drop into ninth place on the water.

But they raced back well to win the final race and secure gold, grabbing Ireland’s first ever win in the skiff class in this age group.

It is quite the comeback from their low days in February 2017 when the pair were out of action through injury to Waddilove which had seemingly put the brakes on their 2020 Olympic qualifying plans.

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GOLF: DUBLINER LANDS WINNING PUTT IN INTERPROS FOR SOUTHERN PROVINCE

Portmarnock’s Geoff is Munster’s top man GOLF INTERPROVINCIALS  sport@dublingazette.com

PORTMARNOCK Golf Club’s Geoff Lenehan played a key role in landing the interprovincial championship for Munster last weekend in Athenry on a dramatic final day.

“No way,” said Lenehan when told his par putt on 18 had clinched the title. His Munster teammates were smiling but they were not joking. Lenehan’s one-hole win against Alan Fahy ensured Munster had the six points necessary for a match victory over Leinster.

That result pushed Munster ahead of Ulster, who had earlier beaten Connacht, and so, for the first time since 2014, Munster were crowned champions.

For much of the afternoon, a

Leinster four-in-a-row looked the more likely outcome. After collecting three points from the foursomes, the reigning champions only needed three more to retain their crown. Ulster still had a say in the outcome provided they beat Connacht handsomely but the signs were pointing east.

“I was just happy to be playing,” said Lenehan, still shellshocked by it all. On Wednesday he tweaked his left wrist and was unable to complete his match against Ulster’s Marc Norton, retiring injured after four holes.

The 30-year-old had to sit it out on Thursday as he contemplated returning home. Lenehan had even booked in with a specialist.

Thankfully, for Munster, it was an appointment he did not fulfil, opting to take his chances in Athenry

instead.

“I felt something was catching on my backswing,” Lenehan explained. “Yesterday morning it was still bad and I was querying whether to go home. I actually had a specialist booked today and then just yesterday afternoon I tried to hit some half shots and it felt okay. We checked it again later and cleared it for the foursomes and then during the foursomes we cleared it for the singles.”

It sure helped that Lenehan only had to play 13 holes in the morning session. Paired with Peter O’Keeffe, the Munster duo recorded an emphatic 7&5 win over Alan Fahy and Charlie Denvir. And yet at that stage, it was the only ray of light for Munster as Leinster had won the other three matches.

Castleknock Celtic’s DDSL Youth Division 3 side

Knock back with a bang DDSL YOUTH DIVISION 3 Castleknock Celtic 5 Greenhills Boys 1  sport@dublingazette.com

CASTLEKNOCK Celtic resumed the ir DDSL Youths Division 3 campaign in style with a 5-1 win over Greenhills Boys at Porterstown Park They showed little rust after their two-month summer break to remain at the top of the division, seeing off a mid-table opponent.

They were helped in no small way by a man of the match performance from Gavin Byrne who scored two goals while providing

one assist which helped the home team establish a 4-0 lead by half-time against the visitors.

Thomas McDonnell and Adam Kaiser also scored during a very impressive first half performance.

In the second half, it was much more even contest and Greenhills went close following a number of attacks. It was Daniel Fagan who scored the fifth goal for Celtic after a fine solo run, linking his way past a number of defenders.

Greenhills did pull a goal back through their striker Mark Morley with

a fine finish which was a deserved consolation for their second half efforts.

It was, however, Castleknock Celtic who continued to maintain their comfortable advantage until the final whistle, thereby sealing victory by a 5-1 margin. This win sets Celtic up for a strong challenge for a second successive DDSL league championship, having won the cup and league double last season under their manager Bob Fagan and coaches Alex Regan and Gavin Keane.

Elsewhere, Castle knock Celtic’s Children’s Soccer Academy for boys

and girls aged 4 to 8 years restarts on Saturday, September 8 at 10am beside their clubhouse in Porterstown Park.

A full team of qualified coaches will be helping the children learn and develop their skills and prepare them for taking part when they are ready in league football at Under-7.

It is all carried out in a fun-filled learning environment. New members always welcome. More information available from Academy chief Kieran Kelly at 086-8091699, or www.castleknockceltic.com.

Geoff Lenehan in action for Munster last weekend at the interprovincial tournament in Athenry. Picture: Fran Caffrey/Golffile.ie

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ST BRIGID’S

NURSERY every Saturday from 9.30 to 11am. All 4 to 7 year olds welcome.

Just pop down and join in the fun. Thank-you to Sherry Fitzgerald for their sponsorship.

Congratulations to the senior Dublin football team on a four in a row AllIreland victory. Well done to Paddy Andrews and all involved in team and management. Wishing all the best to the Dublin team who will play Kerry in the All–Ireland Junior Championship Final in Croke Park this coming Sunday.

Dublin Ladies meet Cork in the TG4 LGFA All-Ireland Final on September 16. Wishing Noelle, Ciara and Deirdre the very best in their preparations.

St Brigid’s annual 5km run will take place on Sunday, September 16 at 10am. The run was a brilliant success last year and we hope to grow the numbers even more in 2018! Sign up online via our website www.stbrigidsgaa. com. All standards and abilities welcome!

St Brigid’s Lip Sync event will take place on October 6, there is a huge evening of entertainment in store, preparations are starting to ramp up.

A huge thankyou to our great Lotto Committee and to everyone who supports St Brigid’s Club Lotto. Our next lotto draw is in Russell Park this Thursday, September 6 when the Jackpot will be €6,200.

Well done to our senior hurlers on an important win league win on Saturday last. Senior footballers meet Clontarf in championship at 12.15pm on September 16 in O’Toole Park. Juvenile games are in full swing, best of luck to all the teams playing underage games.

All in St Brigid’s would like to extend our sympathy to the Dunning family following the passing of Rose Rogers, sister of Eamonn Dunning Snr.

Dublin junior premier camogie players Nadine Murphy, Aoibhe Dillon, Emer Keenan and Laoise Quinn ahead of their All-Ireland final. Picture: Nigel McCarthy

ST FINIAN’S THE AHL4 Team were beaten by St Marks in an exciting game despite good scores from Shane O’Brien, Eoin O’Connor & Jack Malone. The team have a crucial championship game at home to Ballinteer St Johns in the Junior A Championship group on Saturday at 6pm in Ridgewood. All support welcome and appreciated.

A huge thanks to all members, supporters & sponsors who were involved in the successful Annual Golf Classic on Friday. Check out the Club Facebook page for some photos of the day.

Thanks also to those who were involved in the success of the Pre All Ireland event in Peacocks on Saturday in raising much needed funds for the club.

Please put the Blue tokens into the St Finians tube in Tesco Airside Shopping Centre to raise funds for the club as part of Tesco’s Community Development Fund.

Congratulations to the Dublin Senior Football team who won a record equalling four in a row All Ireland Senior Football titles and also best wishes to the Dublin Premier Junior Camogie team in the All Ireland Junior Camogie final versus Kerry on Sunday, September 9 in Croke Park at 12pm.

Details of group ticketing arrangements for the LGFA All Ireland Final Sunday, September 16 will be circulated through the

usual channels over the coming days.

St Finians GAA Club are looking to set up a rota among its members, parents & supporters to assist with the selling of club lotto tickets on Friday evenings and to also help with the draw which now takes place on Sunday evenings, and which would take around 90 minutes to complete each evening.

The club lotto is a vital source of funding in the running of the club, for the purchase of equipment and other day to day expenditure. Many hands make light work, so the more volunteers who are available, the less frequent that they will be required on the rota.

If you can spare 90 minutes, not more than once a month to assist either on a Friday or Sunday evening, please contact Club Treasurer Shay Collins 0863556833.

Fhionns afterschool & Breakfast club operates in the Clubhouse Activity room daily on Monday to Friday. For further details, please contact Sheila Thomas at 087 412 2465.

If you would like to be kept up to date with the latest news from St Finians GAA Club, please send your email address to pro. stfiniansswords.dublin@gaa.ie .

Please submit news items, fixtures/results to be included in the club notes to pro. stfiniansswords.dublin@gaa.ie.

CRICKET: KENURE CLUB BEAT LIMERICK BY 26 RUNS

Doheny delight in national final NATIONAL CUP FINAL  sport@dublingazette.com

RUSH landed the 2018 National Cup champions after a titanic struggle with Limerick ended with a 26-run for the Fingal side at Kenure.

Player of the match Stephen Doheny turned the game in the home side’s favour with two wickets in two balls in his first over, having earlier made a stylish 63.

Having earlier won the toss and opted to bat first, Rush set about establishing a strong total with openers Doheny and Conor Armstrong (90 runs off 93 balls with 13 fours) putting on 136 for the first wicket.

Murtaza and Mustafa Sidiqi were the heroes in the field for Limerick, restricting Rush’s final total. Murtaza (4-43 off 8 overs) bowled the visitors into the game while Mustafa was the safe pair of hands, with no less than four catches, including two identical catches over his head at long off.

The catch of the innings went to Murtaza, off his own bowl-

Rush celebrate their National Cup success last weekend at Kenure. Picture: Rodney Smythe

ing, who adjusted brilliantly to dismiss Armstrong when he smashed the ball straight back at the him.

S h a h i d Iq b a l ’s 2 8 added some late impetus to the Rush innings as they closed on 269-6 off their 40 overs.

Daniel Coffey took two wickets in his first bowling spell and after a sensational run out from Doheny on the move from backward point, Limerick were 56-3 after

NEW CAMPAIGN Coolmine up and running

COOLMINE rugby club’s senior third team got their Madden Cup campaign up and running with an impressive 30-10 win over CYM at Ashbrook.

They built a 13-0 lead with a couple of tries and penalty before stretching out a 20-3 lead and kicked on from there.

The quarter-final tie sees them through to a semi-final against either De La Salle Palmerston or AIB. Picture: martin doherty

ten overs and up against it.

That’s how it seemed before Hashir Sultan’s 56 and Murtaza Sidiqi’s 53 came at a run a ball, putting 121 in 18 overs.

It briefly set up the prospect of a double allIreland victory for the Treaty county.

That’s when Doheny took his two in two but it wasn’t the end for Limerick. They may have needed ten an over but in the tight surrounds of

Kenure, it wasn’t inconceivable. What’s more they almost pulled it off.

Fa r m a n Yo u s a f z a i added 23 runs off 17 b a l l s a n d Sw a r o o p Burra’s 24 runs from 16 almost took their side home.

It took Coffey (4-34 from 7 overs), returning to bowl the 38th over to remove the final two barriers to Rush winning the prestigious National Cup for the third time in four years.

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LADIES FOOTBALL: SOMERTON SIDE STORM BACK TO BEAT GARRISTOWN

Golden moments in Castle comeback NEW IRELAND JUNIOR D FINAL Castleknock Garristown  DAIRE WALSH sport@dublingazette.com

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CASTLEKNOCK executed a superb second-half turnaround to claim the New Ireland Assurance Junior ‘D’ Ladies Football Championship at the expense of Garristown at Lawless Park.

Trailing by seven points at the break (1-10 to 0-6), Ray Rafferty’s charges came to life on the restart with goals from Ciara Golden (two) and Caitlin Coffey.

Corner-forward Kate Dwyer was outstanding in defeat for Garristown, scoring 1-10 – all from play – in an extraordinary individual showing.

Yet, with midfielder Eimear Griffin contributing seven points throughout the course of the hour, it was Castleknock who ultimately claimed the spoils.

It was a family affair for the Rocks, with team mentor Barney (who also serves as manager to his son Dean at club level with Ballymun Kickhams) joined in the Garristown ranks by daughters Laura and Shannon.

Eager to build on their unbeaten run to the final, they hit the ground running with an opening minute point courtesy of Dwyer.

It proved to be a frantic beginning to the proceedings, as both teams set out to play

with considerable abandon.

Dwyer and Amy O’Brien added to Garristown’s totak before Griffin split the posts off her right boot. She was joined on the scoresheet by Dearbhla Lennon either side of Dwyer’s third of the half, giving Castleknock a 0-5 to 0-4 advantage.

Garristown soon went into overdrive.

Following a Dwyer single, O’Brien and full-forward Laura McManus created daylight between the teams with impressive points.

The relentless Dwyer made it six points without reply for Garristown on 27 minutes. This momentum was briefly halted by the inspirational Griffin, only for Castleknock to receive a further blow in first-half stoppage-time.

When referee Maurice Mulcahy awarded a penalty to Garristown, the dependable O’Brien displayed nerves of steel to fire beyond the reach of ‘Knock netminder Rachel Slater.

It created a seven point lead but Knock quickly set their sights on turning things around in the second half.

Three points in as many minutes by the central axis of Coffey, Griffin and Julie Rodgers and their challenge had been reignited.

Coffey’s influence was growing with each passing minute. Indeed, after she was picked out close to goal in the 35thminute, the half-forward found the bottom right-corner with a cool finish.

Hickey heroics as Harps earn playoff

Castleknock’s Caitlin Coffey on the attack.

Picture: Maurice Grehan/GAAPics.com

A succession of wides eased the pressure on Garristown, but Griffin eventually restored parity with her sixth point.

Garristown finally responded when McManus pointed under intense pressure.

Knock’s attacking play was becoming relentless, however, and it was the turn of Golden to leave her mark.

Her shot at a right-hand angle was deflected past Garristown netminder Chloe Mason. This major was followed by another Coffey point, which meant that in the space of 12 minutes - they had out-

scored their opponents 2-5 to 0-1.

Garristown remained in contention when an Edel Quinn point preceded a 0-2 salvo from Dwyer to leave the sides deadlocked on 50 minutes.

But Castleknock’s eye for goal was becoming more pronounced and they raised another green flag through Golden at the tail end of an incisive attack.

Three unanswered scores from Lennon, Griffin and Golden put six between the sides and the Somerton side were home and hosed.

Richardson’s magic eight conjures O’Dwyer’s win JUNIOR B FINAL O’Dwyer’s 1-15 Ballyboughgal 0-11  DAIRE WALSH sport@dublingazette.com

SHANNON Richardson produced a star performance at Lawless Park to

help O’Dwyer’s claim the New Ireland Assurance Junior B ladies football championship title.

Richardson contributed 0-8 as the Balbriggan side overcame the challenge of Ballyboughal.

While there was little to

O’Dwyer’s Amy Gibbons on the attack against Ballyboughal’s Katelyn O’Brien.

Picture: Maurice Grehan/GAAPics.com

separate the sides initially, a stunning Amy Gibbons goal gave O’Dwyers a decisive edge at the midway point in the contest.

Richardson started the scoring but it wasn’t long before Ballyboughal

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found their feet. Supplementing an equalising free by Ciara McConnell, full-forward Gioia Morgan Fox registered a brace of points to move them into a two-point lead.

A Shauna O’Hara free kept O’Dwyers in the frame only for Dublin minor Katelyn O’Brien to maintain the ratio of a score-a-minute with an outstanding effort on the run. Although Richardson and McConnell proceeded to swap points, it was inevitable that the relentless pace of the early exchanges would give way to a more measured approach.

Katie McCabe and Richardson were on target either side of McConnell’s third point, and an elongated Ballyboughal move ended in a fine score for Caroline Brennan.

Erin Healy’s magnificent solo point reduced the gap to a minimum before their opponents suffered a hammer blow in the form of an injury to O’Brien. Her absence was keenly-felt by Ballyboughal whose defensive line was breached at the end of a subsequent attack.

Gibbons continued to drive forward from wingback and her latest foray into enemy territory led to an outstanding 24thminute three-pointer.

E a ge r to b u i l d o n this confidence boost, O’Dwyers registered two points in the space of 60 seconds through Richardson and Carla Munson.

Brennan raced past a host of defenders to kick another score for Ballyboughal but, when the half-time whistle sounded, they were three

points in arrears (0-8 to 1-8).

I n d e e d , O ’ D w ye r s m ove d f u r t h e r i n to the ascendancy on the restart – when a rampant Richardson bolstered her haul with another fine point.

A determined Ballyboughal replied through a McConnell free, though they had to wait another 21 minutes to add their next score.

During this barren spell, O’Dwyers took advantage with some intricate attacking play.

O’Hara and Richardson kept the scoreboard ticking over.

With seven points n ow s e p a ra t i n g t h e teams, 1-13 to 0-9, Ballyboughal grabbed a couple of good scores but their Fingal rivals had the tie wrapped up with Richardson fittingly completing the scoring.

A CLINICAL finish from the tenacious Eoin Hickey midway through the opening half turned out to be the crucial score in Skerries Harps’ narrow AHL5 1-16 to 0-17 win over St Oliver Plunkett’s/Eoghan Ruadh.

Harps had opened brightly and opened the scoring with a couple of points from top-scorer Ciaran Smith. Some impressive play from Cian Coleman and Smith created an opening for Aidan Kehoe who burst through the defence and was desperately unlucky to see his super effort rebound off the crossbar.

However, Hickey’s goal following great work by Shane Rice gave the Harps a five point lead before Plunkett’s came back to make it 1-6 to 0-7 at the break.

Two more points from Forde, a super score from the energetic Kevin Gilmore and a number of converted frees from Smith put them six up at the three quarter stage.

Plunkett’s, though, came back once more and, point by point, whittled down the margin and with two minutes of normal time remaining the sides were level at 1—13 to 0-16.

But Skerries dug deep to pull the result out of the fire with late points from Rice from a tight angle, Barry Grimes under pressure and then Forde won a free and Smith’s cool conversion from far out ensured the Harps leap-frogged Plunketts into third place and qualification for the promotion play-off.

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