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Locals, politicians slam council proposal to move 50 Travellers into rural area, with the Coolquay location widely criticised

SYLVIA POWNALL OPPOSITION is mounting over plans to move 50 Travellers into a halting site in a rural location near a village on the Fingal/Meath border.

Residents voiced their anger and frustration at a public meeting in Coolquay

on Monday where the council’s proposal was described as “lazy and flawed”.

The Travellers are being moved from their home of 30 years on land owned by Dublin Airport Authority in Collinstown to make way for a second runway.

But Fingal County Council’s plan to relocate them

to a 10-bay site on land near Coolquay village, deemed a flood risk and with a rural zoning, has caused uproar.

Cllr Anne Devitt (Ind), who attended Monday’s meeting, told Dublin Gazette: “There is an urgent need to house this family.

But this site is not suitable.”

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SKERRIES: CALLOUS DESTRUCTION AT GRAVEYARD

Cruel ‘sewer rats’ smash headstones FAMILIES have been left devastated after mindless thugs smashed up their loved ones’ headstones by driving a car through a Skerries graveyard.

The joyriding vandals have been branded “sewer rats” after they targeted plots – including the final resting place of two former gardai – at Ardla Cemetery.

The graves of Superintendent Denis Hogan, who died in 1984, and John Joseph Thornton, who passed away in the mid-80s, were both badly damaged.

A battered car was later found abandoned near the grounds and is being examined by gardai in the hope it might lead them to the culprits.

Supt Hogan’s wife, Olivia, who died two years ago, is buried in the same plot as her husband and their son, Damien, is a serving

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A photo by Lannon’s Funeral Directors highlights part of the joyriders’ damage

the dead and the living.

The people who did this need to be held accountable and I would urge anyone who knowns anything to contact the gardai, in confidence.”

The cemetery is used as a den for drinking and anti-social behaviour but the latest act of vandalism has shocked and outraged local residents.

Lannon’s Funeral Direc-

tors were first to post photos of the damage on social media and said they had had offers from friends in the trade to replace the headstones at a discount.

Almost 100 people commented on the post, with one branding the culprits “sewer rats” and another calling for better security and management at the graveyard.

Race over to Naas to help would-be ‘Spartans’ fundraise for D15 hospice A GROUP of plucky fundraisers will run the Spartan Race at Punchestown Racecourse in Naas this Sunday, May 27, in memory of a relative who died of cancer.

Audrey Ward set up a GoFundMe account in memory of her “amazing aunt Ger” who passed away in the loving care of staff at St Francis Hospice in Blanchardstown last August.

Audrey said: “She courageously fought a five-and-a-half year battle with cancer and was nothing short of

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Garda sergeant.

He said: “This is a despicable thing to do in sacred ground and extremely distressing for the families involved.

“The two graves are beside each other. The plinth on my own parents’ plot has been badly damaged, but the damage to the second grave is shocking.

“It is awful to see it. We really can’t understand why anyone would do something like this. The people left hurting are the families of the deceased who are still mourning.

“This vandalism shows a total lack of respect for

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amazing in dealing with everything that was thrown at her.

“We wanted to do something in her memory, so we have decided to run the Spartan Race to raise much needed funds for this wonderful facility.”

The gruelling course is more than 12km with 25 obstacles to complete and the money raised will help the hospice provide a specialist palliative care for the people of Fingal.

This is a voluntary organisation under the care of the Daughters of

Charity of St Vincent de Paul, which has a capital debt of €5.9 million to repay (as of June, 2017).

Audrey said: “We cannot speak highly enough of this amazing facility, their staff, and the services they provide, and we would be so happy and appreciative if you could support us in raising these much needed funds.”

To donate, see https://www. gofundme.com/3t8xu-st-francishospice-blanchardstown.

WITH the contentious referendum on the Repeal or Retention of the 8th Amemdment of the Constitution due to take place tomorrow (Friday), the Referendum Commission has called on voters in Dublin to use their vote, irrespective of their views and beliefs on the subject.

This view is shared by Dublin Gazette Newspapers, which has maintained a strictly neutral stance on this referendum – the most controversial for many years.

We appeal to all eligible people to exercise their constitutional right and vote on a potentially lifechanging issue that has divided the nation.

These days, most of us take voting for granted, so let’s remember the hardship endured by our ancestors and get out and honour their great work and place your vote, whatever your beliefs.

Generations of Irish people have struggled to win the right to vote and it was not until 1884 that Irishmen were allowed to vote.

Prior to this, men could not vote unless they owned a house. Only the wealthy had a vote. However, this right was denied to their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters because they were women.

This all changed 100 years ago, when Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington fought tirelessly for the right of Irish women to vote.

Hannah and her friends were harassed by politicians and the police because of their efforts to ensure that women could have a voice in saying how the country should be run.

The polls open at 7am and close at 10pm tomorrow, May 25. No matter which way you intend to vote, help to honour the struggles of the past and also look to the future, using your precious vote to help shape the next chapter in our proud nation’s life.

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Cliff walk could get new signs, benches – council BENCHES and new signage along the cliff walk between Donabate and Portrane will be considered for installation next year, according to the council.

Deputy Mayor Cllr Adrian Henchy (FF) asked about both along with new litter bins now that the popular and scenic route has reopened to the public.

Council officials said the provision of benches “at strategic locations” would be

considered as part of the 2019 works programme, along with modern signage.

However, in reply to the question about dog bins, the local authority stated: “Litter bins have been located at either end of the cliff walk and these are considered to be adequate for walkers, including dog owners.

“There are no plans to install any additional bins along this short stretch.”

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PEOPLE: FINGAL CABIN CREW MEMBERS – AND UNICEF AMBASSADORS – ON HELPING UTTAR PRADESH

Winging it to help support Indians

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UNICEF ambassadors from Fingal have just returned from a trip to India where they saw first-hand some of the life-changing projects under way there.

Aer Lingus cabin crew members Kate Ryan from Castleknock and Nuala Byrne from Swords visited Uttar Pradesh to learn about work part-funded by the airline.

Since Aer Lingus began its charity partnership with UNICEF in 1997, almost €20 million has been raised for the charity, helping thousands of

children to survive and build a better future.

Kate revealed: “It was a humbling experience to visit India and see how the funds are having a real and positive impact on children facing adversity in developing communities.”

This year marks Aer Lingus’ 21st anniversary supporting UNICEF through the Change for Good initiative – the in-flight collection of foreign notes and coins on long-haul flights.

The airline has invested more than €100,000 in nutrition rehab centres in Uttar Pradesh state this

Kate Ryan, Hannah Downey, Therese Griffin and Nuala Byrne with locals

year, which provides special supplements, advice and medicines to severely malnourished children and their parents.

This donation will go a long way in improving the centres’ services across 750 sub-district facilities and reaching out to 25,000 children.

Nuala Byrne, who has been work-

ing with Aer Lingus at its Dublin base for 29 years, said staff were grateful to passengers for their continuing support.

She added: “We look forward to continuing our support of UNICEF and helping to create a safer, better environment for children worldwide.”

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FASTNews Dig into a busy schedule of Swords Castle events A BUSY calendar of events has been lined up at Swords Castle for the remainder of the year. Fingal County Council released a list of planned activities, including a volunteer archaeology group cleaning artefacts from Tuesday, June 5 to Friday, June 8.

This will be followed by Pat Coldrick Classical Guitar Concerts on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10, with the Dublin Plein Air Festival on Tuesday, June 19.

The castle backdrop will provide the perfect venue for the Stephen Maguire play, Noel, from Monday, June 25 to Wednesday, June 27, with the Swords Summer Festival from June 20 to 22.

The successful annual August Fingal Film and Arts Festival runs from August 10-12, with the Fingal Fleadh from Thursday, September 6 to Sunday, September 9.

Shopping centre to be replaced by apartments A VACANT shopping centre in Balbriggan looks set to be demolished and replaced with apartments.

The Mall Shopping Centre site, which ceased trading in 2011, went back on the market last week with a price tag of €1.8 million.

A feasibility study recommends 121 apartments in four blocks,

with a higher volume of studio apartments as permitted under new planning guidelines.

Savills, which is handling the sale, said the broad appeal of Balbriggan and its close proximity to good public transport links should guarantee strong interest in a site with both residential and commercial potential.

COUNCIL: REFERENDUM TALK DEEMED ‘OUT OF ORDER’ COOLQUAY

Row as Mayor shuts down 8th discussion

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THERE were heated exchanges at a meeting of Fingal County Council last week after Mayor Mary McCamley ruled a discussion on the referendum out of order.

Cllr McCamley (Lab) vetoed an emergency motion from SD Cllrs Cian O’Callaghan and Paul Mulville around the issue of community centres and public meetings.

The council has been criticised for enforcing a policy banning the use of community halls for political gatherings which it says applies to referendum campaign groups.

The Social Democrat members wanted to discuss the issue, but less than two minutes into the meeting Mayor McCamley said: “I’m not allowing it.”

She added: “This

instruction is part of the policy of Fingal County Council since 2014. It wasn’t approved by this chamber, it’s part of the executive [manager’s function].”

Cllr O’Callaghan said: “To me, that is an attack on democratic participa-

was asked to withdraw it on the understanding that it would be discussed at a full council meeting.

She said: “I withdrew it because of that assurance.”

Cllr Mulville said: “It’s coming up imminently in respect of the referen-

tion. I think councillors here should be given a choice as to whether or not they agree with that policy.”

However, Cllr McCamley stood firm and reiterated: “I’m not discussing the motion, Councillor.

You can put it through the SPC [strategic policy committee].”

Cllr Daire Ni Laoi (SF) said she had raised the same issue at an Area Committee meeting and

dum so it needs to be discussed.”

But his plea fell on deaf ears as a tetchy Cllr McCamley stuck to her guns and said: “I looked at the Standing Orders and it’s not going in. You either want a mayor or not.”

Cllr Matt Waine (Sol), who also tried to raise the issue in the council chamber, took to social media to vent his fury.

He wrote: “Very disap-

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You either want a mayor or not

pointed that the Mayor ... refused to hear an emergency motion seeking to discuss the directive issued by the council to the managers of the various community centres, instructing them not to take bookings for public meetings on the referendum.

“Together4Yes sought to host a series of public meetings ... Despite a couple of centres indicating a willingness to host the meetings, they were then contacted by Fingal [County Council] informing them not to do so.

“It is incredible that Fingal [council] management think this is appropriate and democratic.”

Last week, Dublin City Council also ruled an event out of order as it said it could not use public funding to support any side or appear to support any side of a referendum campaign.

Looking very smart indeed to celebrate their special First Holy Communion

DAPPER young Noah, and beautiful Brea Phillips, looked very smart indeed as they gathered with their classmates from St Marnock’s National School, Portmarnock to celebrate their First Holy Communion.

All of the children were dressed very neatly to celebrate the holy event, but once it was all over they were wholly relaxed as they met their friends after the ceremony, before heading away with their families for some quiet celebrations. Picture: Alison O’Hanlon

Fury over Traveller halting site plans CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

She added: “It’s in breach of our Development Plan.

You wouldn’t take 10 houses from the settled community and put them into this site. I believe it is a sleight of hand on behalf of the council.”

Cllr Devitt said there are already a number of Traveller families living in the Coolquay area and the objections are not antiTraveller.

She said: “It is a wet site and you’re not supposed to build on a flood plain.

There are questions to be answered by the council.”

The issue will come before a full meeting of Fingal County Council next month and the deadline for submissions is next week.

Members of the St Margaret’s The Ward (SMTW) residents’ group warn that flooding could impact on Malahide Estuary and the waste water element of the plan is in breach of Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.

SMTW spokesperson Pauline McGuinness told Dublin Gazette: “We feel aggrieved with the lack of proper consultation by the non-elected executive of FCC in developing plans for this site.

“It’s going to have a huge impact on us and on residents living on the Meath border. It’s a council vote only, and there’s no appeal to An Bord Pleanala.”

Ashbourne Cllr Alan Tobin (FF) has warned that the move is an attempt by the council to move the group “to the furthest away point they can”.

Cllr Joe Newman (Ind), who also attended Monday’s meeting, said he had taken the residents’ concerns on board and would “follow through with it”.

Fingal County Council has stated that a “comprehensive” flood risk assessment was carried out and details of the proposal are available at its offices or website.

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Meet the‘Maniac’ you’ll be delighted to hear playing MUSIC fans from across the city have another top artist to note at the Rock The Yard at the Leixlip Festival, with Mark McCabe (right) helping the opening festival night on Friday, June 1, go off with a bang at the Court Yard Hotel.

Mark’s name is synonymous with Irish dance culture – even 16 years after Maniac 2000 shot to #1, it still taps into a powerful place in Irish nostalgia, having achieved cult status.

The success of Maniac 2000 garnered accolades, including two Meteor Music awards, and the title of second-biggest selling record in Ireland.

McCabe even sealed a record deal with Twisted Records in New York and remixed for some of the biggest artists in the world.

Despite gaining a repu-

tation as ‘The Maniac’, Mark has never shied away from the Irish music industry and has released numerous tracks under various names.

Mark was creator, then editor, of RTE’s new music Alternative station, 2xm; dance station, Pulse, and later the director of music and sound at RTE 2fm.

In 2015, as a fifteenth anniversary surprise, the single topped the charts again.

Shortly after, Mark was invited to perform at Electric Picnic to thousands of festival goers. Since then, he has been in high demand and has played to more than 20,000 fans collectively at festivals, clubs and college events with dates in Sydney, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Andora and Mallorca.

This year looks to be an even bigger one for Mark as he returns to his production roots. With a number of edits and remixes under his belt, and plenty of his own new material to come, McCabe has been inundated with remix offers including James Arthur’s ‘Safe Inside’, and Gabrielle Aplin’s ‘Miss You’, both set for imminent release.

To book your ticket, see https://www.courtyard.ie/ ticket-sales.html.

RIVER VALLEY: PARKING DEBATE FAILS TO THWART PLAN

All-weather pitch gets the go-ahead SYLVIA POWNALL

AN ALL-WEATHER pitch in River Valley got the go-ahead at a full meeting of Fingal County Council last week after a lengthy debate over parking.

Cllr Joe Newman (Ind) asked officials to reassess the provision of 103 car parking spaces and five coach bays but the proposal was passed without amendment.

Afterwards, he told Dublin Gazette: “I’m delighted that the all-weather pitch got the go-ahead.

I have worked hard to achieve this objective over the past four years.

“While I was unsuccessful in getting the council to review the illthought-out car park as requested by residents we will move on and accept the democratic process, flawed as it is.

“I can only hope the car park will alleviate the parking issue in River

Render shows the proposed pitch

Valley. Time will tell. Next issue on the agenda is to secure some changing facilities and campaign to get toilet facilities for park users.

“It’s a crying shame to lose such a valuable high-amenity community open space for a car park ... That’s progress, I guess.”

At last week’s council meeting members heard that 26 submissions were received on the floodlit pitch project – including one from

St Finian’s GAA Club, River Valley Rangers FC, and a petition with 350 signatures.

They warned the extra parking spaces would promote driving, exacerbate traffic and provide a gathering place for anti-social behaviour.

But planners argued it would increase safety as coaches are currently forced to park along the grass verge opposite the park on a bend in the road.

The council also ruled that while the car park replaces green space it will not interfere with “the principal use of the area as a recreational hub and wider parkland area and would not result in a shortage of recreational space”.

The all-weather pitch and parkland forms part of a wider ‘green necklace’ strategy for Swords to connect the Ward River Valley Park and the Broadmeadow River Valley Park.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Dylan O’Farrell

Pearl Umama-Agada and Rhea Ann Thomas

Liam O’Brien, Sophia Parkes and Ollie Morrisson

Saad Ahmed

Daniel McCartney, Emily Azzali and Ciara Drew. Pictures: Simon Peare

The Mayor of Fingal Mary McCamley with Syed Fadil Uddin

Aleema Amir and Fiona Guan

A wise showcase of student projects S

TUDENTS from Hansfield ETSS put their thinking caps on to come up with an imaginative display of work in Development Education recently. The school hosted the first WorldWise Development Education Showcase, which saw the Hansfield students along with students from seven other Educate Together secondary schools, display their work.

Under the umbrella theme of ‘ethical consumption and production’, students displayed their work in such fields as

Johan Paulik and Rachel Samuel

Social and Cultural Studies, Business, Science, Enterprise and the STEM subjects.

Special guests on the day included Mayor Mary McCamley, as well as Paul Rowe, chief executive, Educate Together, who joined the staff and students in taking a keen interest in the diverse work on display. They praised the carefully researched projects, and hailed the showcase as an example of personal growth at the heart of the Educate Together ethos.

Happy to examine the school’s new website’s were these Hansfield ETSS students, alongside Mayor McCamley; Paul Rowe, chief executive, Educate Together; Bernie Judge, principal and school teachers

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LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Council takes second place in new integrity list

FINGAL County Council has ranked second from the top of a new integrity list for the country’s local authorities – but there’s room for improvement, it’s been claimed.

Transparency International (TI) Ireland has launched the first National Integrity Index on local authorities, which ranks Ireland’s 31 local authorities based on three criteria: transparency, accountability and ethics.

The index and report are the result of eight months of research during 2017 and early 2018 into the systems and practices for promoting integrity in Ireland’s 31 local authorities.

Fingal came second to Galway City Council with an overall score of 63%, tied with South Dublin County Council (also on 63%), with Dublin City Council fourth (on 60%).

Green Party representative Joe O’Brien said while the council scored well on the integrity index, the study highlighted key areas where Fingal needs to improve. He said: “What was most disappointing was the adverse findings on Fingal’s planning functions. In this day and age there is no good reason while all files relating to a planning application should not be posted online, including pre-planning consultations.

“Also disappointing was the management of zoning – an area where, again, recent history tells us we need absolute transparency. The formulation of the Development Plan is key to decisions on zoning by the council.

He called for the council’s procurement policies to be published on its website along with a link to current tender competitions on the eTenders site.

TRAGEDY: €40,000 RAISED SO FAR FOR KACPER, NIALL DONABATE

Skydivers rally for plane crash victims SYLVIA POWNALL

SKYDIVING clubs across the globe have rallied behind the family of tragic schoolboy Kacper Kacprzak who died in a plane crash almost two weeks ago.

A GoFundMe page set up for the families of the seven-year-old from Huntstown and the pilot of the light aircraft, Niall Bowditch, has raised almost €40,000 – eight times its original target.

Kacper was a first-class pupil in Scoil an Chroi Ro Naofa and staff and parents paid tribute to a “happy smiling boy” when news of his tragic death broke.

Skydiver Hassan Aliouti, who set up the GoFundMe page, said he was “absolutely overwhelmed” by the support for the bereaved families.

He said: “It broke my heart to see Kris and Kamila endure the pain of saying goodbye to their precious Kacper.

Victims: Niall (47) and Kacper (7)

“The whole Irish Parachute Club family has pulled together and shown Kris and his family nothing but love, compassion and support at this difficult time.

“The fund has been growing and growing and growing. We’ve had contact from skydiving clubs in Canada, Spain, France and Germany, and it’s still going.”

The Air Accident Investigation

Unit is continuing its examination of the light aircraft to try and establish why it came down in a field in Clonbullogue, Co Offaly on Sunday, May 13.

Hassan revealed he had completed three jumps that day but was not on site when the plane crashed just moments after 16 skydivers – including Kacper’s devoted dad, Kris – had jumped from the aircraft.

He said: “I’m still in shock and disbelief that this has happened. I can’t imagine how Kris is feeling. I have a son the same age and I just knew I had to do something so I set up the fund.

“The skydiving community is so close and we watch out for each other. Whatever we can do to ease the pain ... I know the funds won’t bring Kacper back but it’s one less worry.”

To donate, see: https://www. gofundme.com/help-supportkris-Billy-families/donate

Council to monitor key works via village FINGAL County Council says it will carefully monitor work on the Donabate Distributor Road to ensure disruption is kept to a minimum.

The local authority was responding to Cllr Adrian Henchy (FF) who asked if the restrictions for the major infrastructural project were the same as the new National Forensic Hospital.

In its report, the council said access to the roadworks site is from R126 Hearse Road southwest of the village with access via Balcarrick Road until the new railway bridge is built.

The report added: “Once the bridge over the railway is completed, no construction traffic for the roadworks will be permitted through Donabate village.”

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WATER

MYSTERY

ENVIRONMENT: KEY STRETCHES LABELLED AS ‘POOR’ BY THE EPA

Ripples of disappointment as three of Fingal’s bathing Did you Rush to guess spots fail water quality tests Lee Ingleby takes to Fingal’s sandy shores in Innocent

beach in ITV show?

A FOUR-PART drama series shown on ITV and TV3 last week showcased one of north Dublin’s best-loved beaches. Murder mystery, Innocent (starring Lee Ingleby and Hermione Norris), was filmed at several locations including Malahide, which was a big hit with the cast and crew.

Cold Feet star Hermione said: “I loved working in Ireland. I met some fantastic people there. I loved Malahide, and Dublin, which is a really beautiful city.”

Viewers who proudly recognised the north Dublin coastline took to social media to highlight it – though some thought the stretch of strand featured was in Rush.

Writer Chris Lang, who also wrote the hit ITV drama, Unforgotten, said: “We took the cast to Dublin for two months, to shoot in the stunning Irish countryside.”

There was also some speculation about the pub which featured in the show, but those scenes were shot at The Inn on the Beach pub in Hayling Island, Hampshire, off the south coast of England. Daniel Ryan, who played David’s brother Phil in the drama, also enjoyed his stint in Malahide, revealing: “The local pub was kind of handy.”

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FIVE Dublin beaches – including three on the Fingal coast – have failed to meet minimum standards for water quality.

Bathing water at Loughshinny, Portrane and Rush South were labelled as ‘poor’ by the Environmental Protection Agency, in addition to Sandymount and Merrion Strand.

The three Fingal strands – which account for almost one quarter of the capital’s beaches – are said to be vulnerable to periodic pollution and could pose a health risk.

Urban sewage and septic tank discharges were

Loughshinny – one of three Fingal beafhes with ‘poor’ water quality. Picture: Google Maps

to blame in Loughshinny and septic tank discharges and surface run-off were likely pollution sources at Portrane.

In Rush, sewage discharges were noted as the reason for failure based on samples taken in 2017.

Water quality is expected to improve significantly

thanks to a major sewerage upgrade.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan called for more urgency in addressing water quality issues, adding: “The progress in addressing poor water quality at some locations remains worryingly slow.

“These failures threaten

public health, tourism and the environment. Bathers are at risk of skin irritation and illness if exposed to pollution in these areas.”

Meanwhile, Fingal County Council is asking residents who swim at beaches, lakes and rivers to help identify bathing areas not officially catego-

rised as designated bathing waters.

Officials want to broaden their list so that waters commonly used by swimmers can be monitored for safety, water quality and level of use.

Under European and Irish law, local authorities must identify bathing waters so they can be monitored to ensure they meet stringent microbiological water quality standards.

To propose your favourite beach/river as a new bathing water site, or to comment on an existing site, visit www.consult. fingal.ie and make your submission by Friday, June 22.

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COURTS: JAIL SENTENCES HANDED DOWN TO MEN INVOLVED IN ROBBERY, HARASSMENT CASES

Man jailed for robbing a petrol station with a meat thermometer A MAN who robbed a petrol station armed with a meat thermometer has been jailed for two-and-ahalf years.

Stephen Doherty (50), with an address in Blakestown Road, Mulhuddart, was high on heroin when he robbed €200 cash from an Applegreen service station at Baldoyle before accosting a woman outside the station and trying to rob her too.

He later told gardai he carried out the robbery to help pay for his mother’s funeral.

Guilty plea Doherty pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and one count of attempted robbery at the station on October 31 last year.

A worker was behind the till around 4pm on the day in question when Doherty approached him and calmly said: “I know the camera is on me and I know about the button at your leg, so don’t be pressing anything.”

Doherty brandished the thermometer, which the worker thought was an ice pick, and ordered the man to open the till, telling him: “Don’t do anything stupid or I’ll kill you.”

Outside the petrol station, he encountered a woman and accosted her but she managed to get away from him.

Portmarnock man jailed for harassing an RTE star

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Modified images of Ni Bheolain were found online

A MAN who harassed RTE newsreader Sharon Ni Bheolain by posting fake pornographic images of her online has been jailed for three years.

Conor O’Hora (41), of Heather Walk in Portmarnock, also pleaded guilty to having 100 images of child pornography on his computer hard drive and mobile phone.

The court heard that the harassment involved posting more than 30 modified photos of Ms Ni Bheolain on a website reachable through a Google search of her name, as well as 40 sexually explicit and violent online conversations with a co-accused.

Some of the online discussions related to Ms Ni

Bheolain, while others related to three children.

Judge Martin Nolan condemned O’Hora’s “insidious form of harassment” and “debasing behaviour”.

Detective Garda Padraig Hanley said officers were alerted after modified images of Ms Ni Bheolain were found when her name was put into Google.

Using the account name “whoresluttramp”, O’Hora had uploaded 32 images to a website, which were active from March 27, 2013 until the account was closed at the request of gardai on January 17, 2014.

The court heard they comprised photos of Ms Ni Bheolain’s head taken from newspaper and RTE guide cuttings which were then

superimposed onto pornographic images.

More than 40 images of explicit child porn were found on O’Hora’s laptop with a further 53 images on his iPhone, depicting children aged 8-17.

The court heard the final offence related to 39 online conversations between O’Hora and a co-accused man, via Yahoo private messenger.

Det Gda Hanley said these discussions were “extremely sexually explicit and violent” and included talk of rape, gang rape, sexual assault, torture, threat of extreme sexual violence and murder.

Some of the conversations referred to Ms Ni Bheolain while others

referred to the three identified children.

O’Hora told gardai that he didn’t wish Ms Ni Bheolain any harm, and that the images and conversations were just “really bad fantasies”.

He said he had been smoking up to 15 joints of cannabis, drinking and using cocaine at the time, adding: “I had a seriously sick mind at the time; I got a power trip from looking at little girls’ pictures and it got out of control.”

The court heard that the co-accused received an 18-month suspended sentence earlier this year at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, which is being appealed by the DPP for undue leniency.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Movie magic in Malahide

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IMEAR McMahon, Katie Cunningham, Amber O’Neill and Louise O’Shea look like they were having a good time at Movies on the Lawn at Malahide Castle last week. Pictures: ALISON OHANLON

Shona Doyle and Susan Cagney

Hannah Sweeney and Julianne Clarke. Pictures: SIMON PEARE

Loredana Dinu, Sophia Hangan and Cordelia Cristea

Rachel Collins, Kate Robinston and Helen Howard

Rebecca Kealy, Anika Chopra and Sarah Nyhan

Federica Garria, Conor O’Connell and Isabell O’Reilly

Localise Youth Volunteers organise Sea Scouts Fashion Show for D 15 Hospice Sean Fleming and Linda Fleming

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HE Castleknock Localise Fashion Show in aid of St Francis’ Hospice, Dublin 15, took place on May 14 in the Castleknock

Hotel.

Around 300 people attended the event, which

showcased a wide variety of clothes and designs supplied by shops from the Westend Shopping Park and the Blanchardstown shopping Centre.

The fashion show was organised by the young volunteers from Castleknock Localise

with expert assistance and support from adult volunteers.

The young people were modelling the clothes on the night joined by guest models from the Dublin 15 Special Olympics Club.

Launch 99th Boating Season

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Evan and Hanna Hopkins

Robyn Casey, Lisa McEvoy, Emma Rowan and Keelan McEvoy

Jamie Wilson, Ben Alford, Jack Lehane and Matthew Langan

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ALAHIDE Sea Scouts held their annual Launching Day at the slipway beside their Scout Den for their ninety ninth year recently. The Launch day is a celebration of all the unseen hard work that goes on over the winter months to make the boats ready for the new boating year.

The whole day was overseen and monitored by the Group’s team of instructors from the four safety powered boats and from the new vantage point on the balcony of the newly refurbished Scout Den.

Parents, friends and younger members all gathered along with the passing public to view the magnificent spectacle on the sea front of the Scouts entire fleet of boats and canoes on the water right in the middle of the village.

Boatmaster and officer of the day Colum McCaffrey said “that it is a great relief to get the boating season under way and it is a credit to all the Scouts who worked so diligently over the winter months to ensure it happened. He added that the troops will be boating every weekend from now on and in the evenings as they become brighter”.

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SOME LAST THOUGHTS FROM A FEW VOICES ON THE OPPOSING SIDES

Vote

YES MY NAME is Breda Carroll. I’m originally from Finglas East, and now live in Clonsilla. I am 62 years old.

Before I retired two years ago, I worked in St John of Gods in the Employment Services [department], where I assisted people with disabilities. I have two lovely daughters and four wonderful grandchildren.

I am voting “Yes”; I am voting yes for my auntie, Nell.

She went to England around the time of the Second World War. She became pregnant and had to have a backstreet abortion. She couldn’t have any children after it.

There was a lot of s e c re c y a n d s h a m e around that. It affected her whole life.

I was shocked to learn

that backstreet abortions are an everyday reality here in unsupervised use of the abortion pill. Irish women – many of them mothers – are ordering these pills from unknown dealers online and are taking them alone across the country.

A “No” vote will do nothing to stop the illegal and unsafe use of the abortion pill. A “Yes” vote will regulate the abortion that is already here, and provide essential care to women.

I am also voting “Yes” for my friend, Ellen*.

A few years after the Eighth Amendment was introduced in 1983, she asked me to travel with her to England.

Ellen was married and had four children.

She was struggling and couldn’t cope with anoth-

I WANT to share why I believe the Eighth Amendment must be removed from our Constitution.

I’d like to share a story of the reallife impact of the Amendment that puts it in words better than I could.

“I love my country and being Irish is an important part of my identity. I needed help in the form of an abortion after I was impregnated without my consent.

“When I went to the Marie Stopes Clinic in London, for the first time in my life, I felt that

er pregnancy.

It was such a sad and lonely time for her. We couldn’t even go to her doctor. We went to the Well Woman Centre and they gave us information.

On the plane over, we met another Irish girl.

She told us she was going for a weekend away in Liverpool. We told her we were doing the same.

The next time we saw her was at the abortion clinic.

No-one wants to have an abortion. It is a sad, difficult decision and we need to look after the women who need to make that choice.

How many women has this Amendment affected since 1983? It breaks my heart, thinking about it.

I am also voting “Yes” for care, compassion and change.

Great Britain had my back and cared about me more than my own country did.

“This wasn’t just a feeling though, was it? It was and still is the actual reality. By not respecting women enough to let them decide when and if they shall have children, society is saying that women are not to be trusted.

“Motherhood is a major undertaking, that involves a lot of self sacrifice and women, myself included, step up to that plate all

I’m voting yes because I feel people should have the right to make choices for themselves. I don’t think anyone should be in a position to make a choice for anybody else.

I’m voting “Yes” for the mothers and fathers of babies diagnosed with fatal foetal abnormalities.

I’m voting “Yes” so that doctors can give the best healthcare to their patients. Peter Boylan was my obstetrician in 1982 and delivered my daughter. I trust him, and all of the medical professionals who’ve come out in support of a “Yes” vote.

On May 25, I’m voting “Yes” for a more caring, compassionate Ireland. I hope you will join me.

Supplied via Together For Yes. *Ellen’s name has been changed.

the time.

“That decision comes from within ourselves; the State shouldn’t force or automatically expect women to sacrifice themselves. Motherhood is not a female obligation, it is a choice.”

Unless we vote “Yes”, nothing will change. Things like this will keep happening, until we decide together that enough is enough, and it’s time to end the harmful ban on abortion in Ireland.

Gerard Moore, Clonsilla

NO MATTER WHICH CAMP YOU ABORTION is a reality in every single county in Ireland, but it is unsafe and unregulated.

Repealing the 8th Amendment means ensuring women who are having abortions will have access to safe and regulated care and support from their doctors and families.

Figures from the Department of Health and Social Care in the UK show that 18,112 women in Ireland travelled to the UK for an abortion between 2012 and 2016.

The figure includes women who gave an Irish address when they attended a UK hospital or clinic, and 2,860 who decided not to provide an address.

They do not include women in each county who have taken an abortion pill, or who may have travelled to another jurisdiction.

They include [a county by county breakdown is listed, including Dublin (with 6,314 women), and Kildare (669)].

At a doorstep in the Together For Yes headquarters, original members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment reiterated the need to vote “Yes” so to introduce a regulated and safe system which addresses the reality of abortion in Ireland.

They included Deputies Billy Kelleher, Jan O’Sullivan, Louise O’Reilly, Jonathan O’Brien, Brid Smith, and Senator Ned O’Sullivan.

Catherine Noone, committee chair,

said: “The game-changer is the abortion pill and the ease with which it can now be ordered online. Usage of [such] pills in this country tripled between 2010 and 2016.

“Furthermore, 63% of women who take an abortion pill are already mothers. Every day, at least three women are taking an abortion pill on their own in secrecy in their bedrooms and bathrooms with no medical support.

“The question in this referendum therefore is not about whether we want abortion in Ireland – because we know it is already here, in every single county.

“The question is, do we want to regulate it, make it safe, and provide care for those who need it, or do we want to continue standing over unsafe, unregulated access to abortion and continue putting women in deeply distressing situations during a time of crisis in their lives?”

Orla O’Connor, Together for Yes campaign co-director, said: “We cannot hide from the reality any longer that abortion exists in every single county in Ireland. Women travel. Women take the abortion pill.

“They do so in unsafe, unregulated conditions and without the care or support of their doctors.

“The question is do you want unregulated and illegal abortion to continue or do we regulate it and keep women safe?”

Together For Yes

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ON HOW THEY HOPE PEOPLE WILL VOTE, AND WHY

REFERENDUM

Vote

NO SUPPORT, GO OUT AND VOTE! MAY 25 will be one of the most crucial dates in the memory of Irish history.

The referendum of all referenda.

The question: Remove the equal right to life of mother and baby, replace it with a constitutional amendment granting exclusive power to the Oireachtas to legislate on abortion? The answer: No. The proposal: Abortion

for any reason at all up to 12 weeks, abortion on mental health grounds up to six months, abortion without gestational limits for babies with severe disabilities.

The reality: In Britain, one baby in every five is killed before they are born.

We say: Reject the removal of the right to life of unborn children. Reject

WHAT we are being asked to support in this referendum is abortion on demand, for any reason whatsoever, up to 12 weeks.

That milestone in pregnancy has a particular resonance for me, as I lost a baby to miscarriage 12 weeks into pregnancy.

My tiny little girl was born fully intact with her arms folded and legs crossed. Every finger on her hands and toes on her feet were clearly visible, and the inchoate features on her face had distinct similarities to both mine and my husband’s. It was most apparent that she was a little human being.

A few days earlier, I had seen her rubbing her eyes with her little fists on an ultrasound which I had as a result of some bleeding. At that scan, the doctor told me that everything was okay, but sadly three days later, I miscarried.

After our child’s post-mortem – which confirmed my intuition that she was a girl – we had a funeral service in the Rotunda Chapel.

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the wide-reaching bill proposed by the Government.

We will: Protect mother and baby. Protect our Constitution. Vote No. We may have concerns about the current law – but abortion on demand is a step too far.

Vote NO, send them back to the drawing board to come up with a more humane proposal.

FamilyAndLife.Org

COMMENTING on the claim by Minister for Health Simon Harris that the importation of illegal abortion pills is a reason to repeal the Eighth Amendment, lawyer and LoveBoth spokesperson Caroline Simons said: “Today [May 21] we were told by the Minister for Health and two obstetricians that women who have taken abortion pills are afraid to present themselves to maternity hospitals.

“Instead of acting to address this problem, Minister Simon Harris has used these doctors and the issue of abortion

pills generally to express a newfound concern about the health risks associated with them.

“However, if one looks at the website funded by the Department of Health to tackle public health problems, www. healthpromotion.ie, you will find every topic from obesity to smoking but no mention of abortion pills.

“Furthermore, this government welcomed Google’s restrictions on advertising for the referendum, but the Government has made no effort whatsoever to ask Google to ban websites or search advertising which allow

people to import illegal abortion pills.

“Even this week, Google is still running search advertising for illegal abortion pills.

“If the Minister was really concerned about abortion pills and the problem they represent he would have done something practical about it, such as promoting information about the dangers of abortion pills and resourcing the customs authorities to intercept them.

“The Minister must stop cynically using the issue of abortion pills, which are a problem in

This referendum is not about limited abortion, it’s about allowing abortion on demand, for any reason, up to at least 12 weeks The staff at the Rotunda Hospital treated my baby and I with incredible dignity and respect, clothing her in a little white knitted shawl, and providing us with a beautiful little white coffin.

Our baby, whom we named Sarah, was buried with other miscarried and stillborn babies in Glasnevin Cemetery.

Throughout this referendum campaign, I have heard so many politicians and campaigners for unrestricted abortion dismissing the humanity of unborn children in the earlier stages of pregnancy: unborn children just like my Sarah.

If the Eighth Amendment is removed, these unborn babies will be stripped of their last constitutional protection, and unrestricted abortion

up until 12 weeks will become law.

It cannot be said often enough: this referendum is not about limited abortion, it’s about allowing abortion on demand, for any reason, up to at least 12 weeks.

The Government’s proposal will also introduce British-style abortion up to approximately six months on unspecified mental health grounds.

We have seen from the British experience what happens when abortion on demand is made readily available: there were 200,000 abortions in the UK in 2016. That’s one abortion for every four live births; and it means that one in five pregnancies ends in abortion.

I can’t think about this government proposal

Britain and other countries where abortion is available, to argue for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment.

“It’s quite clear that repealing the Eighth Amendment and introducing abortion on demand will not mean that the problem of the importation and use of abortion pills will suddenly disappear.

“People deserve actual solutions to the problem of abortion pills, not the removal of all rights from the unborn child, which is what the Minister is proposing,” she said.

LoveBoth

without thinking about how advances in ultrasound technology have made it possible to know so much about the development of unborn babies.

We know that around 22 days after conception, a baby’s heart begins to beat.

We know that a baby’s organs and limbs form so rapidly that at eight weeks, every body part found in a fully grown person is present. At 11 weeks, fingerprints and fingernails appear. This tiny person is growing quickly, moving, kicking, and stretching.

And we know that if the Eight Amendment is repealed, thousands of these precious, and vulnerable, people will never be allowed to be born.

My Sarah was not a choice: she was a human being. Babies like her are human beings too, and they deserve to be protected.

That is why I am voting “No” to abortion on demand, and why I ask you to do the same.

Tara Sheridan, via ProLifeCampaign.ie

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

DUBLIN HAS A NUMBER OF ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAMS

DUBLIN MADE EASY AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE CITY’S ALTERNATIVE SPORTS

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HE weather is getting better, the evenings are getting longer, and everyone’s looking for a way to make the best of the summer months.

Traditional sports might not be everyone’s cup of tea - so why not look a little bit outside of the box (or court or pitch)?

We’ve compiled some of Dublin’s more ‘alternative’ sport activities, from ziplining through the Dublin mountains to ‘bubble football’, there’s something to tickle everyone’s interest across the city this Summer.

ZIP IT

PARK PETANQUE CLUB

LOCATION: Tibradden Wood, Dublin 16 HIGHLIGHT: An unusual activity in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains

LOCATION: Bushy Park, Dublin 6 HIGHLIGHT: Something a bit more alternative for a park-based sport

LOCATION: AstroPark Coolock & Tallaght HIGHLIGHT: Less risk of injury means that you can tackle to your hearts content

BUBBLE FOOTBALL

FOR the thrillseekers amongst us, there’s an exhilerating escape on offer in the Dublin Mountains.

Zip It is a series of platforms on trees at various heights connected by a range of activities. You can cross rope bridges, swinging logs, cargo nets and ziplines at heights from one to 20 metres off the ground!

There are five circuits ranging in difficulty.

Each circuit gets a little bit more difficult as you go along.

It’s billed as ideal for those new to the world of adventure who want a ‘bite-sized’ challenge, but also for those embarking on the next stage of their thrillseeking quest.

It can take up to four hours to clear three circuits, with more information available from zipit.ie.

PARK Petanque Club were established in 1994 in Bushy Park .

For the uninitiated, Petanque is a game akin to traditional boules; the goal is to toss or roll hollow steel balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (literally “piglet”) or jack, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground.

This Saturday at Bushy Park, the club will host the inter-club meet, but they have a host of events on throughout the year for those looking to get involved, or simply come along out of curiosity.

For more information on the club, and Petanque as a whole, you can take a look at parkpetanqueclub.com. Other petanque venues in Dublin include the southside’s Marlay Park, and Cabinteely Park.

EVERYONE likes a bit of a kickabout in the Summer months - a lazy pass of the ball, until things potentially turn a bit more competitive.

Enter Bubble Football, available at AstroPark’s two Dublin locations. Wearing ‘bubbles’, you can feel free to tackle and bash about to your hearts content injury free for the opportunity to take home the winning title.

Also called ‘body zorbing’ or ‘bumper balls’, it’s a great day out for kids, team building exercises and more. It’s a good way of getting out and active, but also getting those slightly less interested in traditional football involved as well.

More information on Bubble Football is available from astroparkevents.ie.

MAGAZINE

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LET DUBLIN GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF THE NEWS AND EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND COUNTY

THE GIFT OF GAZ | THE TIMES ARE A CHANGING BUT NOT ALWAYS FOR THE BEST

‘We’ve probably all signed our lives away’ ME phone has been hopping all week. You’d think I was popular or something but it’s all been emails from stuff I’d long since forgotten I’d signed up for.

“It’s this GDPR,” says Paschal. “My head is wrecked with it.”

“It’s not your phone that’s hopping though, is it?” I says to him as he dropped the toastie over to me. He seems to have given up on the auld tapas, thank God. The nature of the world means that it has to change to some degree but there are some things that should just stay the same and a ham and cheese toastie with a scoop is one of them in my book.

Once I have those little familiar comforts then I can deal with wider social change. It’s like my own little trade off with the universe.

“Ah, I’ve had to send emails out, but,” he says.

“And come up with new privacy and data policies. To be honest Gaz, I didn’t even realise I had old privacy and data policies but sure there ye go.

“We’ve probably all signed our lives away at this stage without realising it,” I says to him.

“Big Brother and all that malarkey.”

“I never liked that show,” he says. “They were all just atten-

tion seekers that went into that gaff.”

“Been to a library lately, Paschal?”

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It’s this GDPR. My head is wrecked with it.

I ask him.

“When would I have time to go to a bloody library?” he spits back at me.

“That’s why you’re not familiar with Orwell,” I says.

“Of course I am,” he roars back at me. “It’s in Templeogue. Sure, isn’t that where me sister lives? I’m up there all the time.”

For a second I thought he was messing but he had that big serious head on him.

He usually only adopts that expression when some culchie comes into the bar and starts banging on about how Dublin should be split in two for the Gah. “Not Orwell the place ye bleedin

tulip,” I says to him.

“Orwell the person. George Orwell.”

“Do I know him?” Paschal asks me, raising his eyebrow in that quizzical way that makes me think of yer man that used to manage Chelsea.

“Yeah,” I sighed, pushing me empty plate and glass towards him and nodding towards the tap.

“He was in here last week, agreeing with you that the Dubs shouldn’t be spilt because while all Gah teams are equal, some teams are more equal than others.”

“Ah yeah,” he says. “Think I remember him.”

Good Jaysus.

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ENTERTAINMENT CALL TO SUPPORT A LOCAL CAUSE

Volunteering to help others will really help yourself, too REBECCA RYAN

NATIONAL Volunteering Week took place last week, Dedicated to highlighting volunteering across Ireland, this year’s theme was, Volunteering Builds Better Communities.

One Dubliner who is helping build a better community is Sue O’Brolchain, a retired primary school teacher from Monkstown who volunteers for Children in Hospital Ireland (CHI).

CHI was founded in 1970 and has almost 400 volunteers giving more than 43,000 ‘play’ hours each year in 13 hospitals across Ireland.

CHI’s volunteers play with sick children in hospitals by organising weekly arts and crafts, games and fun activities. It also gives parents an opportunity to get a badly needed cup of tea, shower or whatever they may need.

Sue has been volun-

teering with CHI at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire one afternoon a week for the past two years.

In between the children’s treatment, Sue takes them for an hour, and does arts and crafts and games with them.

Sue told Dublin Gazette it is a welcome break for the children and they leave in great form. She said: “It gives the kids a bit of light relief. Some of the exercises they have to do are quite hard on them.

“They’re lovely kids, and I really enjoy being with them. I love volunteering, and the people in the hospital are lovely.”

Sue also volunteers for other local groups with her husband, and she had this advice for anyone thinking of volunteering.

She said: “It’s great for people to volunteer.

There are so many kinds of things that you can volunteer for, and I would

Dublin contemporary artist Barbara Knezevic and her 2016 work, The Last Thing On Earth

IMMA adds something special to its art collection MARK O’BRIEN

Monkstown woman Sue O’Brolchain, who volunteers with Children in Hospital Ireland (CHI) at the National Rehabilitation Hospital; above: CHI helps provide ‘play’ hours for sick children

encourage anyone to do it if they have a little bit of extra time.”

At the heart of CHI’S work is its play service.

Research has proven that play helps to reduce stress for children in a difficult environment and enables them to work through trauma, and aid recovery.

Not only does volunteering help the person

receiving the care, but it can also have a positive impact on the volunteer’s health and well-being too.

In the Volunteer Ireland Report 2017, results showed that volunteers felt a range of positive emotions such as feeling useful and valued, a personal sense of growth and development, and feelings of enjoyment, happiness,

and contentment.

They also felt connected to the community and felt more tolerant and open to people and their diversity.

CHI’s national fundraiser is coming up in June, inviting people or businesses to host a ‘Cuppa & Cookie’ morning on CHI’s behalf. To register for a starter pack, email info@ childreninhospital.ie.

HENNESSY Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) have chosen a work by Dublin contemporary artist Barbara Knezevic to be purchased by The Hennessy Art Fund for IMMA Collection 2018.

She joins the company of artists such as Louis Le Brocquy, Alice Maher, Dorothy Cross and Patrick Scott, whose works are already part of the IMMA National Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. Barbara’s sculptural arrangement, The Last Thing On Earth (2016), is framed by the proposition: “What if this is the last thing, the final material to be pulled out of the ground, the final piece of stuff that has not already been purposed by humans?”

The ‘thing’ referred to here is a multi-sided marble object at the centre of the work, around which a constellation of other objects, including a photographic backdrop, tripods and archaeological tools, mirrors, and an iPad are arranged.

Hennessy Ireland formed a unique partnership with IMMA in 2016 to help fund the purchase of important works by Irish and Ireland-based artists for the National Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. Funding cuts during the recession resulted in the museum lacking resources to purchase works, meaning the practices of younger and mid-career artists from 2011 onwards were glaringly absent from the IMMA Collection story.

Looking back at the 12 works purchased over the past three years, IMMA senior curator, head of collections Christina Kennedy, said: “As 12 works that stand as a distinct grouping within the IMMA National Collection, the Hennessy Art Fund, to date, reflects something that is on the pulse of what is observed by artists today, often ahead of other indicators, and which is contributing to thinking about the human condition in a technological age.”

IMMA welcomed close to half a million visitors in 2017 and was recognised as the second most popular free visitor attraction in Ireland in 2016.

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The bin hanger is being distributed by IWMA members, who collect 75% of all household waste in the country.

It is also being emailed by the IWMA household waste collection companies to their customers and is available to down-

Showcasing some Help group to top new art talents support people ALMOST 300 of Ireland’s most pioneering students in film, media, design, visual arts and creative technologies will present their final year works at this year’s IADT graduate show at the college from June 1-6.

Fine Art graduate Patrick Tunney (above) is just one of the up and coming artists whose work will be on show, with the graduates showcasing the culmination of their years of study at the august institution.

As Ireland’s only institute of art, design and technology to focus specifically on the creative, cultural and technological industries, IADT has seen many of the 2018 class already securing employment, pre-graduation, with companies such as Workday, Opennet, Aladdin Education Software and software innovators, Sonalake.

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It’s hoped that the initiative will help homeowners become more familiar with what can and cannot be recycled, and that it will also help with reducing contamination across the various bins.

living with MS

MULTIPLE Sclerosis Ireland has announced that World MS Day 2018 will take place on Wednesday, May 30.

The MS Care Centre – the national respite and therapy centre for people living with MS, based in Dublin – will hold its annual World MS Day coffee morning from 10am. MS Ireland will also host MS Research Explored, a research information event in Trinity Biomedical Sciences Building, from 6-8pm.

More than 9,000 people in Ireland are living with MS with thousands more family members affected.

To support the day, you can text KISS to 50300 to donate €4, and nominate others to take part. For further information, see www.KissGoodbyeToMS.ie.

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GOINGOUTOUT

Heroes In Hiding An Album A Decade In The Making

PICKWEEK OF THE

MAY 25 (FRIDAY)

Demi Lovato @ 3Arena, €49.50 IN her decade-long music career, Demi Lovato has rarely, if ever, been a disappointment when it comes to live performances. Now, she’s set to uphold that reputation when she takes the stage at The 3Arena on Friday, May 25.

MAY 24 (THURSDAY) Game Of Thrones Live Concert Experience @ 3Arena, €59.50 Big Freedia @ The Workman’s Club, €16 Jerry Fish @ Mill Theatre, €20 CC Brez and The Love Tailors + Chief Keegan @ Whelan’s, €12

MAY 25 (FRIDAY) Demi Lovato @ 3Arena, €49.50 Sylvan Esso @ Tivoli Theatre, €29.50 Gaz Coombes @ The Academy, €26

MAY 26 (SATURDAY) Ham Sandwich @ Olympia Theatre, €22 A first ever Olympia headline show for Kells band and national treasures Ham Sandwich, who’ll explore their back catalogue of powerful pop-rock.

Primordial @ Tivoli Theatre, €36 Orwells ‘84 + Kelso @ Whelan’s Upstairs, free

MAY 27 (SUNDAY) Volbeat @ Olympia Theatre, €30.50 The Breeders @ Vicar Street, €35 Injury Reserve @ The Academy 2, €15 Blood Or Whiskey @ Toner’s, €10

MAY 28 (MONDAY) Broken Social Scene @ Tivoli Theatre, €28 Amanda Palmer @ National Concert Hall, €25 Charismatic indie pop act, author and former street performer Amanda Palmer brings her enthralling show for an ‘evening with’ style event at the iconic venue.

Why Don’t We @ Olympia Theatre, €29 Father John Misty @ Vicar Street, €36.50 Jon Dee + William Harries Graham @ Whelan’s, €18

MAY 29 (TUESDAY) The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7 Ezra Furman @ Tivoli Theatre, €20 Father John Misty @ Vicar Street, €36.50 Delicate, soulful melodies from a man who’s relocated to Iceland just to capture every ounce of natural subtlety in his music. Just stunning.

Glen Hansard + Cathy Davey + Camille O’Sullivan @ Whelan’s, €25

MAY 30 (WEDNESDAY) Father John Misty @ Vicar Street, €36.50 Thirty Seconds To Mars @ 3Arena, €59.50

DUBLIN indie band Heroes In Hiding forged their reputation in the live arena.

Hav i n g e x i s te d i n various forms for over a d e c a d e, t h ey ’ve changed genres entirely - from ska to indie-folk - become confident on stage, and developed some creative concepts.

Those concepts include their extraordinary 360 degree concert, played for the first time in Newmarket’s Green Door Market last year.

It saw the band place their entire audience i n s i d e a b o xe d - o f f, 360-degree screen while they played outside, to beautifully orchestrated imagery.

Now, after a decade of playing about with their style and identity, they’re finally ready to launch debut album ‘Actor’, which fuses abundant folk, rock and electro influences.

“The disparate influences collide in the middle,” Liam McCabe explains of the album.

“We’ve tried to fight against it at times, but I think that’s the nice bit. It’s all the influences mashed together in this pile. We e ither push them aside, or just allow

it to happen.”

Heroes In Hidings tracks have never been o bv i o u s. T h ey te n d to avoid the musical tropes: no love songs, or tracks about drinking and friends.

Not long ago, a single, ‘Casanova’, talked about going home with women because of a fascination with seeing their bedrooms, rather than the activity that might take place there. Naturally, the band say it isn’t based in reality.

“That was 2014,” McCabe says of ‘Casanova’. “We’re trying to find slightly more interesting ways of telling stories. With that one, we had the main hooks in the chorus, as we’d decided it was going to be called Casanova. All the typical kind of Casanova love songs just seemed a bit boring.”

The new album is similarly leftfield, d e l v i n g i n to t h e world of internet fronts and false o n l i n e p e rsonalities.

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“It’s a running theme through ‘Actor’,” Cian Donohoe tells us.

“Authenticity and questioning not necessarily the big picture, how you live your life, but day to day things.

“The album touches on the actor being the person you put forward in any life scenario. Even now, I feel like I’m acting somewhat to you.

“But that’s life. Every track has a certain sense of that, be it

through a love story, or a critique of the internet.”

The album will return Heroes In Hiding to their unusual live concept for the Dublin launch show.

“We thought it would be really interesting to do a project with someone who wasn’t a band, essentially,” McCabe explains.

“It’s a collaboration with a company called Second Frame Films. We first worked with them to develop this long set, that turned out to be the (2014) ‘Curtains’ release.

“We built this big cube we made out of tracing paper and screens, a 7x7m cube.

“We shoved everyone into the cube and projected onto the outside, and played in the same room. It was kind of an

experiment to see if we weren’t there, would the experience be as good.

“I guess it came back to the Actor thing. The film was the actor in that case.

Obviously if you’re in a warehouse in the middle of Dublin 8, it feels a bit surreal. We wanted to flip the live show on its head a little bit.

“So many good bands are getting up on stage and doing the same thing.” McCabe says.

“It’s important to do something different.

“I think the success is already there for me. It’s finished. Whatever happens, happens. If we’re famous in six months time, or it dies, at least we did it.”

Heroes in Hiding launch their debut album ‘Actor’ at Tivoli Theatre on May 25, performing their stunning audiovisual set. The album is released on the s a m e day.

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ENTERTAINMENT TOP TWEETS I was just in the garden centre and I couldn’t remember the word ‘trowel’ so had to ask the man where the ‘earth spoons’ were. @TheSimonBarrett When you’re in a linguistic hole, Simon, keep digging ...

By age 35 you should run into friends and say “WE SHOULD HANG OUT SOON!” twice a week.

You will never hang out.

You’ll just scream this at each other until one of you dies. @trukelayser Luke’s like the truth to us ...

“I wonder how much the altar boys got?” @OverheardDublin Possibly paid like princes at that royal wedding

IT’S NOT TOP OF THE CLASS, BUT LIFE OF THE PARTY IS ENTERTAINING ENOUGH

School daze, amuses SHANE DILLON

AT THIS stage, it’s pretty fair to say that the summer blockbusters have arrived, and they don’t get much more blockbustier than the new film based on a certain Star Wars rogue opening this weekend.

That film won’t exactly be flying Solo at the cinema – other big-budget blockbusters have also been battling away, with Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Infinity War laying waste to all before and around them – and that’s without the arrival of a certain group of Jurassic dinosaurs which are looming on the horizon, a couple of weeks away.

All this big-budget mayhem (and the lack of much space this week to do any of these big films justice) is enough to turn those looking for a breather towards a smaller film as a palate cleanser,

such as Life of The Party (Cert 15A, 105 Mins).

Marking star Melissa McCarthy’s third collaboration with director (and husband) Ben Falcone, this party treads some very familiar ground on its journey towards one woman’s reawakening and rekindled zest for life.

Moving briskly along from the film’s start, Deanna (McCarthy) is suddenly dumped by her husband for another woman, and decides to return to college to complete a long abandoned degree, much to her daughter Maddie’s (Molly Gordon) chagrin. (Of course, they’re going to the same college, because of all the gin joints in all the world...)

At this stage, it’s very much a high-concept, easily grasped premise, and one where there’s not much wriggle room for McCarthy to bring out a little of her occasional unpredictability.

Wearing that kind of fuddy-duddy ‘Mom Sweater’, you’re in no doubt that Deanna (McCarthy) will soon run into a culture clash at college

This kind of fish-out-of-water, kid-plus-parent college comedy used to be two a penny back in the day.

Still, although this film is firmly locked into ticking plenty of predictable boxes on its journey, with a triumphant destination never in doubt, it’s passable enough.

Mom reawakening; initially horrified kid seeing her in a new light; The Kids thinking mom rocks – check, check, check.

McCarthy has proven time and again that she can spin gold out of the weakest straw, as well as also picking some utter duds to showcase her talents.

This ain’t a classic McCa-

rthy role – far from it – but she brings just enough of her likable enough empathy and believability (with a dash of squirminducing physicality) to bear on Deanna, aided and abetted by some decent support work, with an eccentric sidekick almost stealing the show.

A film that’s very much about the journey, not the destination, many of the jokes are lowgrade stuff, although an amusingly kitsch 1980s-influenced sequence briefly lifts the bar with some well-landed gags, for those who remember the era (cough, cough).

Has it made the grade of a topquality comedy? Not quite, I’m afraid, but while not a comedy masterclass, it passes the time well enough.

For that, I’ll grade this schooldaze fare as a C+, which loosely coverts to ... 6/10

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

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Kyara Connolly, Ciara Ni Cheallaigh and Alannah Gilbert. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

James Patrice Butler

Mary Brody and Sandra Janic

Siofra Eggo, Rachel Irwin, Aisling Shiel, Jamie Yap, Catherine Lennon, Liberty McGovern, Isabelle Clarke and Alanna Gilbert

Junk Kouture finalists attend Cannes Festival C LASS was cannes-celled recently for young Junk Kouture finalists who attended the annual Cannes Film Festival in France. The Junk Kouture prize winners mingled with movie stars and the social elite on the French red carpet in their striking works of wearable and recycled art.

Alex Carmen and Camila Carvalho

Shauna O’Rourke and Isabelle Clarke

Ciara Gilleece

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TECH TIME Mark’s sorry – but will that be enough for Brussels?

SHANE DILLON

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ALL EYES in the tech world were firmly focused on Brussels this week, where the anonymous mandarins of our EU overlords were tasked with grilling Facebook head honcho Mark Zuckerberg (right).

He’s currently deployed on something of a global apology tour, with the company still very much in damage control over the ongoing, explosive Cambridge Analytica data mining scandal.

It’s largely fallen out of the news headlines, but that particular problem is still blazing away, like an underground coal fire that’s hard to extinguish.

Mark’s appearance before the MEPs drew a lot of heat from a range of sources with, at the time of writing, it seeming that his apology and Q&A before the MEPs doing little to sate criticisms of the data mining disaster.

Perhaps the biggest criticism of his appearance came from the incoherent nature of the grilling which, to be fair to Mark, wasn’t an optimum experience.

Rather than having a tightly-focused session instigated by experts truly in the know over the increasingly complex, serpentine world of big data, social media, consumer rights and data security, much of the grilling was akin to a town hall bun fight, with somewhat random questions lobbed in from people from all kinds of groups and leanings.

The format of such a free-for-all Q&A made for good optics – you can insert your own ‘Facebook boss squirms before

MEPs’-type headline here – but digging a little deeper, it wasn’t the ideal or, perhaps, best way to grill the Facebook boss.

As such, as the questions and focus veered all over the place, the answers did too, giving plenty of scope for some rather vague answers that made literal sense in the context of the moment, but will perhaps prove harder to implement.

Still, for those looking for an apology, they got one. Mark had a fairly large chuck of humble pie to deal with, and on optics alone he delivered, giving a fairly comprehensive mea culpa apology over a range of Facebook issues.

His direct apology referenced the increasingly problematic issues of socalled fake news, data misuse, and foreign interference in elections – something which is an ongoing issue regarding

Russia and America, and which resonates closer to home.

That aspect of his apology – externally-manipulated political tinkering – has an echo in Ireland, given the mild controversy late last week with Facebook, and other tech titans, stopping externally-funded/ created abortion ads hitting our social media ahead of the referendum.

While sorry is for many the hardest word, Mark rattled it out, admitting that Facebook failed not only to protect user data, but at a more intellectual level, has failed to think through its increasing heft in politics and cultural power.

Has his appearance, apology, and promise to devote more resources to making Facebook more data-compliant and transparent done enough to further dampen down the heat? Perhaps.

However, apart from the public and political pressure that’s now bearing down on Facebook, there’s potentially a bigger issue on the horizon for Facebook to also prepare for.

The growing unease over Facebook’s political, cultural and economic power and reach has started seeing MEPs, and others, muttering darkly about it being an uncompetitive monopoly to be tamed, and possibly even broken.

It’ll be interesting to see if the MEPs in Brussels can, or will, flex any collective political muscle based on what the Facebook boss said to them, or if a bigger, grand plan to try to tame all the social media giants will emerge as data and user issues continue to mount.

The worrying end of ‘net neutrality’ is drawing near AWAY from Brussels mulling over Facebook’s power, something that’s also worrying is almost upon us – the end of net neutrality, currently pencilled in for June 11.

As I’ve written about a number of times over the past year, the alarming end of net neutrality – in other words, a one-size-fits-all guaranteed equal access to the internet, where all data is presented and accessed equally without any commercial interests slowing down or thwarting access to content for people who haven’t paid extra – looms, following a frankly crazy ruling by the current US administration to roll back such protections.

President Trump’s administration insists that removing net neutrality is better for consumer choice – after all, consumers might like to have the choice to pay more to access streaming content or websites a little faster and easier than those who pay less – which is a move that many, but not all, internet service pro-

viders have also welcomed, for obvious reasons.

In stiff opposition, pretty much all of the world’s largest websites and main data providers – your Googles, your YouTubes, etc – have been vocally opposed to the roll-back, recognising that a de facto two-tier internet is not in consumers’ interest, and that such a commercially driven move fundamentally changes the core notion of the internet being a globally equal service at source.

It’s impossible to underscore enough how the US rolling back of such protections under the guise of improved consumer choice has the potential to affect the internet’s flow around the world – including for Irish consumers suddenly finding that UShosted sites and content have slowed down, for example.

At the time of writing, last-ditch efforts continue to thwart or derail the roll-back.

MACHINE OF THE WEEK

Mustang gets more appeal with overhaul The Ford Mustang is one of the world’s most iconic cars, so when the right hand drive versions were announced for Ireland it’s no surprise that there was always going to be a waiting list. The Mustang offers so much in terms of styling, but not always what MICHAEL MORONEY wanted in terms of driving experience as his report concludes.

THE Mustang is without question Ford’s most iconic car. It has featured in so many American movies that once available in Europe and in Ireland in right hand drive, the car was instantly going to appeal to a certain group of car lovers.

With the new generation Mustang Ford has preserved the styling that is so much part of the car’s appeal.

You can’t help but love the car’s shape and the way the Ford designers have sculpted those style lines to make the car look modern, fast and still retain its 1960’s heritage.

Even the new special edition Ford Mustang Bullitt, launched for the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year and celebrating the 50th anniversary the legendary Bullitt film gives further fuel to the Mustang brand appeal.

With credentials like that and an iconic history, my expectations were high for my Mustang test drive.

There are two power versions of the car on the Irish market, the more affordable 2.3 litre EcoBoost version and the more powerful 5.0 litre V8 engine, both of which are petrol fuelled.

For my entry level test car, the 2.3 litre turbo-petrol car came with a 317bhp

power rating that was sure to impress. With its keyless, pushbutton start, the engine was modest in terms of behaviour, while a more throaty growl could be extracted from it with more aggressive use of the right pedal.

The car was fitted with a six-speed manual gearbox, which for the Mustang purists is probably the way to spec the car for a Mustang experience.

For others like myself, whose desire would be for

town in a gear lower than you need to, in order to get full notice in the Mustang.

Car enthusiasts will all spot the Mustang shape and style and then they listen to hear their perception of an authentic Mustang engine roar.

That’s truly reserved for the 5.0 litre V8 version, which I driven for a very short run some time back.

Hit the pedal hard and you’ll feel the 434Nm of torque push the car forward with a pace of 5.8

Ford Mustang 2.3 Ecoboost Engine Engine power 0 – 100km/hr Economy Fuel Tank Capacity CO2 emissions Road Tax Band Main Service Euro NCAP Rating Warranty Entry Price the impressive Mustang look but without having to do too much hard work, and then the automatic version gives all of that look with an equal amount of road credibility.

You need to bring the Mustang out on the open road, or else drive around

2.3 litre 317 bhp 5.8 seconds 12.5km/litre (8.0/100km or 35mpg) 59 litres 179g/km E €750 20,000km/12 months 3 Star 2017 2 years €55,500 seconds in a 0 to 100km/ hr race. That’s impressive and in fairness relatively smooth in action.

The car has electronic power-assisted steering, which is accurate and solid but heavy to drive, especially at lower speeds, cruising around town.

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WHAT’S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY AND ON WHEELS

TECH & MOTORS BMW models in safety recall BMW Group has launched a safety recall relating to certain models of the previous generation of BMW 1 Series, 3 Series, X1 and Z4 built between March 2007 and September 2011 inclusive. BMW Ireland reports that it is working with a number of 10,602 vehicles affected in Ireland and with the Department of Transport to ascertain an accurate figure.

A technical action for the cars was released in November 2016 which was subsequently turned into recall in 2017. Following some TV exposure of the issue in the UK, this recall, as a precautionary safety related measure, has now subsequently been widened.

BMW Ireland will be contacting all affected custom-

Ford’s new generation Mustang has all the design imagery that’s needed for a modern sports car

ers by post advising them of how they can book their car in to have the work carried out. The company claims that it will commence contacting affected customers in the next three weeks.

Affected customers can contact their local BMW

I found the clutch to be equally heavy and the gearbox notchy and took effort to use. These experiences took away from the pleasure of driving such an iconic looking car.

You don’t expect a car like the Mustang to offer outstanding fuel econo-

my.

Mustang buyers don’t rate that feature in their shopping list but for the record, I found that the rated figure of 12.5km/ l i t re ( 8 . 0 / 1 0 0 k m o r 35mpg) was probably close to the real thing.

This means that you

should be getting over 700km from a full tank, but then Mustang temptation comes in the way of thrift.

This new generation Mustang comes with lots of new generation Ford technology, including the Ford Synch system

for mobile phone connections, new generation Sat Nav and a host of safety features.

The car has a relatively low Euro NCAP 3 star safety rating, but so do other similar cars in this category.

For those with a certain

motoring image to maintain, the new Ford Mustang will deliver just that.

It’s true sports car with a hard suspension, but I’m not sure if the driving comfort will match the perception of the car which has movie heritage that will last and last.

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FEILE FEVER:

LADIES FOOTBALL: THERE was celebrations across the city as the delayed annual Under-14 carnival played out with finals at Blanch IT, O’Toole Park and Tallaght Stadium.

Beann Eadair and Skerries Harps were among the big winners with victories in their respective divisions, taking home the silverware for their clubs.

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LET DUBLIN GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS INFORM YOU OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SCORES OF YOUR FAVOURITE TEAMS RUGBY | RUDDOCK, DEASY AND MCEVOY ALL HONOURED

Lansdowne sweep up UBL awards  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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LANSDOWNE topped off an amazing season, following their recent Division 1A and Bateman Cup final victories, by taking home four awards.

Their hugely-influential head coach Mike Ruddock was crowned the Division 1A Coach of the Year having led his team to the title, winning 18 of 20 games.

Talismanic out-half Scott Deasy claimed the top points scorer gong for his outstanding club recordbreaking 219 points tally this season, while Lansdowne’s young centre Harry Brennan claimed the Leinster Player of the Year award.

Winger Daniel McEvoy, another of the headquarters club’s talented backs, also picked up the inaugural #UBLTry of the Year award

- as decided by an online vote. He finished off a terrific team effort against Young Munster on the Aviva Stadium’s main pitch.

McEvoy beat off stiff competition from fellow Ulster Bank League Try of the Month winners - Ben Kilkenny (Young Munster), Jack Maybury (Old Wesley), Bain Champion (Seapoint), Dan Kerr (Malone), Paul Devitt (Skerries), Marcus McAllister (Malahide) and Falemaka El Vave (Queen’s University).

Neil Cronin, who earned himself a Munster contract ahead of next season on the back of his performances with Garryowen this season, capped off an incredible year when he received the Division 1A Player of the Year award.

The Garryowen scrum half and captain, who skippered the Ireland Club International team this year, was also named the Munster Player

LANSDOWNE’S Scott Deasy, winner of Top Points Scorer, is presented with his award by Ulster Bank’s Carol McMahon, at the Ulster Bank League Awards. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

of the Year.

IRFU President Philip Orr commented on the awards that: “The Ulster Bank League allows clubs to showcase their talent, their communities and the values rugby represents.

“These awards are a welcome recognition of the dedication and

commitment of not just the players but the volunteers in our clubs that represent the bedrock of our game.

“On behalf of the IRFU, I would like to congratulate the individual winners and their clubs and express our gratitude to Ulster Bank for their continuing support of our national club competition.”

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ERIN GO BRAGH NO WINNER of our lotto jackpot this week. Next week’s jackpot is €6,400; numbers drawn were 14,16, 20 and 23 . Thanks to everyone who supports our club lotto it is very much appreciated.

Our Feile girls did us proud this weekend and just lost out in semi final to Crumlin. The girls played amazing throughout all their matches, special thanks to their mangement team who have worked so hard to prepare the girls for the Feile and thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting the girls.

Well done to Ellen Gribben and Aoife O’ Sullivan who were part of the Dublin ladies U-16 footballers who were beaten by Kildare in Lenister final on Sunday.

Well done to our adult footballers who had a great win against local rivals St Peregrines. They are now into the semi final of the Mooney cup on May 31.

Our hurlers were also in action during the week and had an another great win against Whitehall Colmcille Our under 14 , 16 and minor teams all had great wins during the week.

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

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

FINGALLIANS LADIES football Championship: Our Seniors got their campaign off to a winning start with victory over Ballyboden St Enda’s 4-9 to 4-5.

Adult Leagues: Our Division 2 squad had a home win v Clontarf and our Division 6 squad were beaten by Fingal Ravens, both at home.

Girls Football Féile: Our girls had a very successful day. They are a narrow victory over Naomh Olaf and a good win v Raheny, before going down to a strong Beann Eadair team, in the semi final.

Summer Camp Programme: Adjustment to our camps: Kelloggs Cul Camp: July 9-13, 10am-2pm. €50 members/€70 non members. Dual Summer Camp: July 23-27, 10am-2pm. €50 members/€70 non members.

Hurling School of Excellence: July 31 - August 3, 10am-2pm. €50 members/€70 non members Football School of Excellence: August 7-10, 10am2pm. €50 members/€70 non members.

Dual Summer Camp: August 13-17, 10am-2pm. €50 members/€70 non members.

Athletic section update: Thank you to Liam Markey for looking after the juvenile section, for all four rounds of the Dublin leagues.

Well done to Sarah Murray in helping Ireland in the 4 x 100 relay, to second place behind the UK at the weekend International in Loughborough.

Faelscoil Bhrian Bóroimhe: Congratulations to the senior girls, on winning the Fingal Division 1 final v Scoil Neasain, last Thursday.

Race Day: Bellewstown on July 7 - funds raised will go towards various projects including upgrading dressing rooms. Book your ticket/table by contacting Teresa Collins at fingallians@gmail.com To date our race days are raised €31,200 towards the club.

Joe Davitt & Band: In conjunction with Patricia’s Social Dance Classes, they will play in the club hall on Friday 25th May from 10pm – 12.30am. Tickets are €15 and available at the door.

ULTRA-RUNNING: HOMELESS CHARITIES SET TO BENEFIT

Mark Conlon’s latest Marathon mission Bawnogue man MARK CONLON is embarking on his most ambitious challenge yet, running a marathon a day for as long is physically possible as he continues to highlight the plight of the homeless  JAMES HENDICOTT

sport@dublingazette.com

SEASONED marathon runner Mark Conlon will start his biggest challenge yet on June 3 in Clontarf as he powers into a campaign to run a marathon every day for an indefinite period.

As is usual for the Bawnogue man, the aim is to raise awareness of growing homelessness issues in Dublin.

Conlon finished his 150th marathon in Donabate recently and has previously undertaken challenges that have seen him complete 20 marathons in 20 days and also complete a full circuit of Ireland in order to raise money for charities such as the Simon Community and Pieta House.

He works with luas security firm STT, and has become increasingly concerned with his experiences early in the morning and throughout the day with the homeless community.

“It’s horrible to see what people experience,” Conlon told the Dublin Gazette.

“I see people every morning leaving shop doorways, temporary accommodation or hostels, and then just moving around all day as they have nowhere to go. I hope I can raise some awareness of the problem.”

The indefinite aspect of the project links to this awareness raising. Conlon has taken leave from his company – who he thanks for their support in his plans – for the first 10 or so marathons.

But after they have put their weight behind him, he feels they will support his project for an extended period.

A possible figure of as many as 50 consecutive marathons is mentioned.

“I plan to run with anyone who will join me, homeless or otherwise, but particularly with homeless people” he says.

He thinks the challenge might

Mark Conlon competing in the Donadea 50km race in February this year

appeal to people who are often stuck just moving around all day and want to do something bigger with that time.

“

I want to capture their stories. It’s not about me talking about homelessness, it’s about homeless people having their own say.

”

“I want to capture their stories.

It’s not about me talking about homelessness, it’s about homeless people having their own say.

“I’ll slow down on any day that anyone wants to join me, for however long they want to join me. I

might run a bit faster on other days when I’m alone.

“But I really hope that I can persuade some of the homeless community to join me and that I can organise some way of filming and conveying those stories to the public. I hope to reach out to some student filmmakers who might be interested in collecting the stories and perhaps making a documentary later.

“I want to hear everyone’s ideas and stories to try and solve this problem,” he continues, before thanking his friend Ger Copeland, who runs East Coast Marathons, for his contribution on the practical side of things.

Copeland will post Conlon’s GPS maps and times from his daily runs on the Dublin Bay Running Club site, and has been key in helping Conlon develop his running so far, in particular through his series of affordable events, put on through East Coast Marathons.

“I really want something to change. I’m not sure what I want done yet, that will come from talking to the people affected,” Conlon says. “We need to stand together and make it clear to the government that we won’t let this happen anymore, and we want changes. I hope anyone at all interested does come along and join me anytime they can.”

If anyone’s capable of completing the planned distance of just under 300 kms a week, there’s little doubt Conlon has the pedigree to do so: his loop of Ireland averaged further on a day-to-day basis.

Consistently covering distances like this comes down to nutrition, avoiding injury, and physical preparation (of which Conlon has plenty). ** You can track down his iDonate. ie fundraising page by searching ‘Peter McVerry Trust’ and ‘Mark Conlon’ on Google, and get in touch through the fundraising or Dublin Bay Marathon Facebook page to join Mark, or make suggestions.

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND: BRADLEY HAILS BURKE’S BUSY WEEK

FAST NEWS Shels winning streak in WNL comes to end

Shamrock Rovers Graham Burke chases the ball as Sam Bone and Iam Bermingham tangle. Picture: George Kelly

Rovers finally hit form in Pat’s demolition job LOI PREMIER DIVISION Shamrock Rovers St Patrick’s Athletic  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

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S H A M RO C K Rove r s returned to winning ways with a 3-0 demolition of St Patrick’s Athletic on Tuesday night.

It was the perfect preparation for the Hoops’ second Dublin derby in a week as they travel to Dalymount Park to face a Bohemians side they’ve already lost to twice this season.

Lee Grace and Sam Bone scored their first goals for Rovers either side of a Ronan Finn strike with the final kick of the first half.

Graham Burke – playing his third game in four days after his exertions for Ireland against Celtic – didn’t get on the scoresheet but was unplayable for much of his 65 minutes.

He was first to test Canadian goalkeeper Tyson Far-

ago – one of two Canadian goalkeepers to start, in a League of Ireland first – with a shot from distance.

And it was his beautiful floated delivery minutes later, after Dan Carr had done brilliantly to force Ian Bermingham to concede a corner, that Grace connected with an angled a header into the net.

Rovers lost Brandon Miele early on with an apparent hamstring strain, but they continued to dominate, albeit without creating many clear-cut chances.

A lovely one-touch move between Finn and Carr almost sent the striker through on goal but Finn’s final pass was slightly too heavy – but the pair would combine to devastating effect moments later.

Carr peeled away into space on the left, creating space for Finn to run into, and slid the ball in for the captain who slid in to poke the ball past Farago.

Pat’s should have halved the deficit within a minute of the restart but Kevin Toner somehow failed to get on the end of Conan Byrne’s deep cross with the goal wide open.

And a neeedless foul by Toner on Finn led to the third as Burke’s free kick was cleared only as far as Bone just inside the box, and he rifled home his maiden goal for the club.

Saints rallied late on and were millimetres from pulling one back when Conan Byrne’s volley beat Tomer Chencinski, but the outstanding Ethan Boyle headed off the line.

“We’ve been playing well, we just haven’t been scoring,” Hoops boss Stephen Bradley told the Dublin Gazette.

“We knew we weren’t a million miles off because we’ve been creating chances, so tonight is pleasing.”

Burke will play in Friday’s derby before meeting up with Ireland ahead of

Monday’s friendly in Paris, and Bradley revealed he had doubts about playing him.

“He’s just taken it all in his stride. He’s been excellent in how he’s handled it – he’s just gone and played.

“Whether it’s in Sligo or it’s over in Celtic or it’s banter out the back garden, he just wants to go and play.

“When I asked him how he felt, he said ‘I’m tired, but I want to play.’ When a player like that has an attitude like that you have to play him.”

Pats boss Liam Buckley added: “It’s a tough league.

You need to turn up in all your games and we certainly didn’t turn up this evening in the first half.”

SHELBOURNE’S five-game winning streak came to an end as they were turned over 3-1

by Wexford Youths at the AUL Complex on Saturday. The Reds never really got going and fell behind late in the half to a Rianna Jarrett strike before Claire O’Riordan and Katrina Parrock scored in the second half. Pearl Slattery had given Shels some hope of maintaining their position at the top of the table when she headed home late on but Parrock added the third in injury time as Youths Picture: Martin Doherty leapfrogged them in the table. Jarrett – who was watched by an impressed Ireland manager Colin Bell – hooked home in fine style ten minutes before the break. O’Riordan headed home from a corner on the hour mark but Shels rallied late on, Slattery nodding home Jamie Finn’s left-wing cross. Youths sealed the three points in injury time as substitute Parrock finished off an Aisling Frawley counter.

PAYNE-FUL LOSS FOR UCD PEAMOUNT United moved back top of the Women’s National League thanks to a 1-0 win over battling UCD Waves at Jackson Park on Sunday.

Heather Payne scored the only goal of the game just before the hour as James O’Callaghan’s side jumped above Shelbourne and Wexford Youths to the summit.

The visitors were without top scorer Amber Barrett with a leg injury that could see her miss Ireland’s World Cup qualifiers against Norway next month, and had to be patient during a first half short on chances.

Both sides had opportunities late on as UCD striker Carla Moran hit the post from close range before Peamount striker Eleanor Ryan-Doyle shot wide with only goalkeeper Erica Turner to beat.

Peas upped the intensity after the break and went close through long-range efforts from Karen Duggan and Lucy McCartan.

They got the reward their approach deserved when Payne was played through on goal and, after Turner first saved with her legs, the striker got up to slot into the unguarded net.

WNL CUP DRAW

Waves and Peas rematch

UCD Waves ERICA Turner and Peamount’s Niamh Farrelly at the Continental Tyres WNL Cup semi-final draw where the two clubs were drawn against each other.

Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

St Pat’s Conan Byrne. Picture: George Kelly

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SOCCER: CARNIVAL TIME AT BALHEARY AS CELTIC ARE GOING UP Swords Celtic last Sunday following their promotion to the LSL Sunday Senior.

GARDA/WESTMANSTOWN INTERMEDIATES had a superb win on Saturday evening at home to Ballymun Kickhams in Division 3 League tie atWestmanstown, coming from nine points down to win by 4-13 to 1-17.

Juniors lost their home league game against Round Towers of Lusk on Sunday morning. Minors won away to St Peregrines in their league fixture on Sunday morning by 4-14 to 0-5. Next outing for minors is on July 1 due to exams and we wish all our players every good luck in their upcoming tests.

Ladies had a record breaking score in their first Championship game of the season beating St Johns Ballinteer at home by 11-12 to 2-10.

Busy week in juvenile ranks with lots of playing activity. U-16 boys beat Skerries Harps at home by 2-11 to 1-10 which leaves them second in their league with one match left,U-12 hurlers lost out to Thomas Davis by two points, 3-5 to 2-10 and U-12 girls were away to Erin’s Isle and are home to St Patricks Palmerston next Saturday.

NAOMH PEREGRINE WELL done to our ladies footballers and their management team on reaching the Féile championship final but heartfelt commiserations on their disappointment. A big thanks to the parents, supporters and all who kept the home venue in operation for the Féile championship and finals while our ladies team were away competing.

Congratulations to Aoife Coppinger and Dublin U15 Camogie team winning their Blitz and also to our under 11’s for doing so well in their blitz.

There was no winner of the club lottery, numbers drawn were 2, 5, 19 and 22. Next week’s jackpot is €7,200.

The Friends of St Peregrine’s GAA club thank everyone who took part in last Saturday’s charity trek and Gala Night for the benefit of St Francis Hospice.

We exceeded expectations and we greatly appreciate Seán Boylan for taking time out from his busy schedule to revisit St Peregrine’s and

for his wise advice. A sincere thanks to all our benefactors, contributors and walkers for making the initiative such a huge success.

We remember Fr Liam Hickey RIP, a club supporter since its foundation, and offer our deepest sympathies to his family, friends, and parishioners in Hartstown. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

A set dancing Céilí Mór takes place in the club on Tuesday the 29 May. The world travelled Triskell Céilí Band performs live on the night with an entry fee of €5.

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

It’s not too late to book your entry of €400 for a team of four. Time sheet opens from 8:30am. Please contact Vinnie at 087-6753194 or Dave at 086-0462253.

The Jaker Twins perform in the clubhouse of Sunday, June 3.

Swords end 56-year wait for LSL top tier

LSL SUNDAY SENIOR 1 Swords Celtic Wayside Celtic  ROBBIE O'NEILL sport@dublingazette.com

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THERE was a carnival atmosphere in Balheary last Sunday afternoon as Swords Celtic took on Wayside Celtic, getting the win they needed to earn top tier intermediate football for the first time in their 56-year club history.

They finished second overall, the 5-1 win enough to secure their promotion ahead of Ballymun United and Glenville.

Ex-League of Ireland goalkeeper Brendan Ken-

nedy has been at the helm and he hailed his squad’s efforts from a shaky start this term having only just avoided relegation last term.

“The lads in this club work unbelievably and its really deserved. We really want to win at home and make up for Thursday’s defeat so we’re delighted.

“The first nine games, we took just nine points out of 27 and you are saying ‘can we just finish mid-table?’

“That was our target at the start but we brought in a few young lads who were part of the Under-19 League of Ireland, they strengthened us and we

came via wonderful team play with Tom McCarthy and Jones at the heart of it with the finish once again coming from McGlade with the goal at his mercy.

Shortly after, it was 3-1, a great Graham Leahy run and pass was taken on by Calvin Donney to slip it under the keeper.

Wayside were getting frustrated, giving away a number of free kicks as Swords really took control heading into the break and it was just before the break the game was wrapped up as a Jones’ cross was hammered home by McCarthy.

Kennedy made a number of early substitutions

as two games in three days – a 5-1 loss to league champions Liffey Wanderers – took its toll on the players.

Long-serving Celtic player Robbie Farrell nearly made it five but his header was tipped away by the keeper Gavin Logan as the Kilternan outfit struggled to contain Swords.

Gavin Smith added further gloss to the scoreline with a few minutes to go, finishing low to beat the stranded keeper.

It laid the platform for wonderful scenes for the Swords club, continuing their stunning rise through the divisions.

500 enjoy Syls’ mini All-Ireland

NAOMH MEARNOG CONGRATULATIONS to our U-15 boys football team who won their shield after an impressive victory over St Maurs in a high scoring game.

This talented group are managed by Barry Mulligan, Paul McRory, Harry Dunne and Gerry Cottell. Thanks also to senior footballers Aodhán Fee and Jamie Storey who have helped coach this group.

Well done to our senior footballers who travelled to Raheny on Saturday evening and came away with two valuable league points.

got a few back from injury. To only lose two games in our last 17 is unbelievable and the home form has been outstanding.”

With only five minutes on the clock, Swords took the lead the lively Owen Jones run and cross was tapped home by striker Jack McGlade. Wayside did start to settle into the game and the made it level on the 16th minute, Joe Jackson getting in at the back post to slot home Thomas O’Hanlon’s cross.

But Swords soon got back on top with captain Andrew Timmons rallying his team forward and they took a deserved lead on the 28th minute. It

Celebrations at the St Sylvester’s mini AllIrelands. Picture: GAAPics.com

THERE was music, goodie stalls, games, BBQ delights and, of course, a great day’s Gaelic Games at Broomfield for the 2018 Mini AllIreland Finals Day run by St Sylvester’s.

Five hundred children aged from seven to 11-years-old, boys and girls, competed in 53 matches which took place throughout the day.

Midway through the day the matches took a break for ‘Healthy Clubs’ Warm Up when children and parents alike took part in some zumba moves.

The Malahide club’s Dublin stars, Niamh McEvoy, Nicole Owens, Sinead Aherne and Danielle Lawless were in attendance to congratulate the girls teams as they presented medals and trophies.

The club’s Dublin minor men were there too to present the boys with their prizes with the club thanking Euan Farqhaurson, Denis Smith, Josh Bannon, Sean Guiden and Daragh McLoughney for their part in making it a special event once again for all concerned.

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CRICKET: NINE WICKET VICTORY EARNS SECOND ROUND SPOT

Balbriggan lead the way for north county

BASKETBALL

IRISH SENIOR CUP  STEPHEN FINDLATER

sport@dublingazette.com

BALBRIGGAN produced one of the performances of the first round of the Irish Senior Cup at the Mall as they beat Armagh by nine wickets to advance to the second phase of the competition.

They fared the best of the Fingal sides with North County and Malahide both bowing out while Phoenix did win, too, against Ardmore by six wickets.

For Balbriggan, the main laurels went to Connor Fletcher who notched an unbeaten 88 – with great support from Farooq Nazar – as they chased down 164 with plenty to spare, taking under 30 overs to reach the total with the loss of just one wicket.

The base, though, was laid by an excellent bowling performance with economy at its heart and wickets falling at regular intervals with Ehtesham Ahmed weighing in with three while Khashif Ali, Nazar, Tim Arrumma and Emad Uddin all chipping in.

It left the Ulster side well shy of a competitive score and Balbriggan knocked off the runs quickly.

In the park, Phoenix beat Ardmore by six wickets chasing 190. At drinks, the Dubliners got an early breakthrough with Australian Ari Karvelas nicking an early wicket but Ardmoe advanced to 100 in decent shape with Kevin

NBA legend bound for Dublin masters

The Balbriggan team that won through in the Irish Senior Cup

Martin clipping a half century.

But a spate of quick wickets in the middle order took any plans of building an imposing score out of the equation as Rory Anders bowled the key man Decker Curry while Fletcher Coutts grabbed a couple. It saw the innings collapse from 158 for three to 162 for seven. After some brief resistance from the tail, they were mopped

up for 190.

In chase, Richie Lawrence carried his bat for an unbeaten 74 with good support from New Zealander Brad Kneebone, the pair adding a century partnership for the third wicket, putting them in the frame for victory. While Kneebone departed for 63, Phoenix got over the line with almost nine overs to spare and six wickets still in the bank.

North County fell short by 107 runs to CIYMS. They were set a solid 220 total but their batting never got going as they were reduced to 37 for six, killing off any chances of making an impact and they were eventually bowled out for 113.

In Malahide, a tremendous fight back by Muckamore saw them recover from 48 for six to chase down the Malahide total

of 212 for six and win by one wicket.

Greg Ford’s 80 powered the Malahide innings with good support from Peter Chase.

But they could not build on their excellent start when James Newland decimated Muckamore top order but a Craig Drummond century saw the game turn around dramatically, winning with 11 balls to spare.

OVER 40 teams from all over the world including the United States and Canada have descended on the capital for a weekend of top quality Masters Basketball.

The games will be played in the NBA, Colaiste Bride, St Michael’s Inchicore and the Oblate Hall where Sunday’s finals take place.

The big news this year is that the 6’ 8” former NBA legend Anthony Bonner, who played for the New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings and Orlando Magic will be making his debut.

Bonner played in the 1994 NBA Final for the Knicks in their 4-3 loss to Houston Rockets. Former Killester player Mario Elie was on the Rockets team. Bonner plays with the Checkmate Knights who include his Saint Louis Missouri college team mate Donald Sampley.

St Declan’s are the holders and they will once again have the former American SuperLeague player Nate Frank but there are a lot of tough opponents this year.

A former SuperLeague player Damian Morbley who hails from California makes his debut for Jerome Westbrooks BNAF All Star team.

One of the best team names in the tournament has to be LBA “Phatsos” from Toronto. They have a travelling party of 31 that includes 10 golfers.

Former Killester player Kevin McLoughlin has assembled a team of former DI college players from Portland Oregon.

There are also teams from Slovenia, Spain, Croatia, England, Belgium and Scotland as well as the top men’s and women’s teams in Ireland.

The women’s tournament could be one way traffic this year with the heavily stacked Wild Rovers going for five in a row.

Lynsey Lockhead’s Edinburgh are really the only ones who might stop the superstars of Wild Rovers.

The weekend is not just about basketball but includes a huge Masters party at Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Saturday night with Pieta House as the tournament charity.

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ST FINIAN’S THE AFL4 drew away to Man O’War on Saturday. Well done to the Adult LGFA Team who beat Skerries Harps in the Valley on Wednesday evening.

Congratulations to Ciara Buchanan who represented the Club on the winning Dublin Intermediate camogie Team versus Carlow in the Leinster Championship last weekend.

Well done to the Loreto Swords on winning their camogie final against Loreto Balbriggan on Friday in St Maurs which included some of the St Finians U-14 and U-16 girls.

Congratulations to the U-14 LGFA team who represented the club with Pride at their Féile in Whitehall competing with St Maurs, Thomas Davis , Whitehall Colmcille. A big thanks to Texaco Airside for their sponsorship of the Féile training tops and jerseys, to Fiona Laird for the VHI boot bags and not least Peacocks for the players & family meal.

Well done also to Rachel Fagan who represented the Club on the Dublin Under 16 LGFA team in the Leinster Final in Ballymore Eustace on Sunday against Kildare.

A huge thanks to Dublin legend Ger Brennan who came out to the Under 7 Boys & Girls training session on Saturday morning followed by a jersey presentation by Team coach Niall O’Connor who also represents Capital Flow who are the jersey sponsors for the under 7 boys and girls teams. Check out the Club Facebook page for some photos of the day.

ST BRIGID’S GOLF Classic on Friday, May 25; last chance to sponsor a tee box or team, contact Phil Kelly on 086 7733693.

Brilliant U-15 football championship win for our lads. Having made a great start, the team had a convincing victory over Naomh Olaf in Blakestown on Sunday. Well done to all the panel and management.

AFL3 continued a good run with a 4-11 to 1-11 win with St Peregrines on Saturday.

Senior Ladies football started their championship campaign with a great result against Parnells last Wednesday.

U-14 ladies football are motoring well and top the table with one more match to play. U-14 camogie continue their preparations for National Féile and had a most enjoyable Zumba fundraiser on Sunday.

Well done to our U-12 camogie team who took part in the Caman to Leinster in Abbotstown at the weekend.

St Brigids Nursery sponsored by Sherry Fitzgerald runs each Saturday from 9.30

to 11.00, all 4 to 7 year olds are welcome, come down to take a look and get involved.

St Brigids Annual Club Mini Leagues sponsored by Bradys Garages Castleknock will run on the week starting June 11.

St Brigids Club Summer Camp is due from July 23 to 27, GAA Cúl Camp from August 13 to 17 and GAA Nursery Camp from August 20 to 24.

Book your place and keep up with all our news on our website www.stbrigidsgaa. com There was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot on Thursday last. This week the draw is in Myo’s on Friday, May 25 and the Jackpot will be €4,200.

A huge thankyou to everyone who supports our club lotto and to our great lotto committee.

A limited number of Gaeltacht scholarships are available for St Brigids members.

See the website or contact 087 6339238 for information and forms.

SKERRIES HARPS CONGRATULATIONS to our U-14 Division 4 ladies footballers, sponsored by KMR Catering, on their fantastic win in the Feile final vs Round Towers Clondalkin. The win today was a great followup to the U-14 camogie Feile win! Well done girls, and a special well done to your mentors Eileen , Noel & Ian. Well done to the Senior2 Camogie team in their win over Kilmacud Crokes last Tuesday and to the Division 3 minor footballers on their league win midweek vs Sylvesters.

The Intermediate Footballers had a one point win over Clann Mhuire in the Joy Cup followed by the senior footballers, defeating Fingallians in the AIB cup and Whitehall Colmcilles in the League this week. The Div 1 Minor footballers recorded a win over Clontarf.

Well done to our U-15 camogie players Sarah Rogan, Robyn Buckley, Jane Maguire, Rachel O’Brien , Sarsh Smith , Lucy O’Brien who won the U-15 Intercounty Camogie Blitz with the Dublin U-15 camogie team.

Hard luck to Lily Heaney and the Dublin U-16 Ladies on their defeat in the Leinster final against Kildare.

Zingo Result: 3-6-2-4-7-1-5. No winners of Jackpot 2 Dividend Winners (€100 each) Kathleen Whelan & Maria O’Connor. Next week, €1,600 jackpot Dividend €100. Next Draw will take place Sunday, May 27 in the clubhouse How do you win? You buy a ticket! You can also play on line at skerriesharps.ie and follow the links. Envelopes only €2 or 3 for €5.

LADIES FOOTBALL: HOWTH SIDE WIN IN EXTRA TIME

Beann Eadair fight way to Div 2 Feile DIVISION 2 FEILE FINAL Beann Eadair 1-8 St Vincent’s 0-9  JAMES HENDICOTT sport@dublingazette.com

H OW T H s i d e B e a n n Eadair overcame St Vincent’s to win the feile division two at Blanchardstown IT on Sunday afternoon, as their fitness and determination saw them through extra time in a tight contest.

Having conceded the first two points, Beann Eadair got off the mark through a free from Almha Fitzpatrick before namesake Robin Fitzpatrick forced a save out of Amy O’Gorman at the other end.

Roisin Boland extended Vincent’s lead back to two points, but with the defences well on top, a low scoring first half finished 0-3 to 0-1.

Vincent’s struck first in a more open second half with Ava Lambe tapping over a close-range free given for overcarrying in the Beann Eadair backline. Lambe was the key Vincent’s playmaker from half-forward, and finished on 0-7. While b o t h d e fe n c e s s t i l l appeared on top, much of the Marino side’s bet-

Beann Eadair celebrate their Division 2 Feile final success. Picture:GAAPics.com

ter attacking play came through her.

After Lambe hit another free, Vincent’s lead edged over the three point mark for the first time with Beann Eadair struggling to get much territory.

They did make that rare attacking space count, though, as Ellen O’Shea smartly lobbed Emma Traynor from the left edge of the box to bring things back to 0-5 to 1-1.

L a m b e a n d Mo l l y McGurrin exchanged

FUNDRAISER Greyhound crew raise big funds for Special Olympics PAUL Ahearne from Special

Olympics Ireland is pictured being presented with a cheque for €13,500 by members of the Irish Greyhound Industry fundraising committee.

It follows the recent successful fundraising event at Shelbourne Park on behalf of the Special Olympics Ireland Games which are taking place in Dublin next month.

p o i n t s b e fo re Ro b i n Fitzpatrick extended Vincent’s lead back to two from close in. Time was running out for Beann Eadair, but they were also starting to look the stronger.

They took a point from close in to reduce the gap to one on the buzzer, and won another free just outside the box, which Ellen O’Shea knocked over to equalise, forcing overtime at 1-4 to 0-7.

Injury time was nip and tuck until Issy Markey’s points for Beann Eadair

saw Lambe smashed the bar in response. Vincent’s were tiring and conceded a free early in the second half of extra time, which O’Shea tapped over, before Lambe pulled one back at the other end.

Vincent’s couldn’t conjure up the point they needed to force another leveler, though.

And Beann Eadair, after the closest of contests, won out, with O’Shea adding a bouncing late free to close make certain of a hardfought title.

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LADIES FOOTBALL: SKERRIES THE DIVISION FOUR CHAMPIONS

FOOTBALL

AIG DUBLIN FEILE DIVISION 4 FINAL

Five-star Maur’s prove too good for Knock

Harps play beautiful Feile tune Skerries Harps Round Tower, Clondalkin  JAMES HENDICOTT sport@dublingazette.com

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SKERRIES Harps got the better of Round Tower, Clondalkin, in the Division 4 final at Blanchardstown IT on Sunday morning, with the pacey north Dublin side efficient in possession and fluid going forward.

Goal hungry Towers were the only unbeaten side in the Division 4 feile going into the final, having hit the net no fewer than 11 times on their way through their Saturday three group games But it was Harps who go off to the better start, controlling much of the early possession.

Ellie Carr opening the scoring with a goal, hitting past the despairing hand of Nora Aja in the Round Towers goal from close in with Sophie Rogers adding a fine point from distance shortly afterwards.

Kila Butler added a second goal shortly afterwards from a high ball by Hannah McGinnis, while Round Towers struggled to get meaningful possession up the other end.

The Skerries half-forward line stood out, meanwhile, finding plenty of space to quickly move forward.

The west Dublin club did edge back into the contest before half time, with

The Skerries Harps Under-14 Feile team celebrate their success.

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a scrambled goal and a point at the other end narrowing the scores as they enjoyed a period of dominance, creating a series of 50-50 opportunities and putting Skerries under pressure.

It was a solo break from Lara Pollard – who finished right into the side netting – that got Round Towers back to within a goal, only for the impressive Butler to bring the score out to 2-5 to 2-1 before half time.

The second half opened with a scrappier period, a full six minutes passing before Alex Melia hit over from close in for Round Towers and notched the first point of the period.

Midway through the half, Skerries hit back with a vital goal from Ellen Gilmore, who finished calmly on the end of a swift move from Harps that split the Round Tower defensive line.

Butler could have added another

shortly afterwards if not for a sharp save from Aja in the Round Tower goal, followed swiftly by another stop with the foot as Skerries dominance began to overwhelm.

Karla Meehan pulled one back for Round Towers, but the clock was running down and the damage had been done. Skerries Harps – dominant largely thanks to their swift interplay and athleticism – ran out comfortable winners.

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ST PEREGRINE’S super Feile run ended in a showdown against Crumlin with the Blakestown side just coming unstuck 4-1 to 1-4 in the Division 9 Feile Final in Tallaght Stadium on Sunday.

The Blakestown club had emerged from their group with fine wins over Erin Go Bragh, Craobh Chiarain and Naomh Fionnbarra before knocking out St James Gaels in the semi-finals.

The final was a decider which showcased the more beautiful and nuanced side of the game with both sides’ nimble footwork and attacking flair a delight to witness.

St Peregrines, togged out in black, got their noses in front with an almost instantaneous point thanks to some smart interplay on the left flank.

Any thoughts in the Blanch outfit that they were in for an easy runout were swiftly put aside, though, as the Crumlin blues responded with a goal and a point in quick succession; a lead which could have been extended further only for a good save from close quarters by Kayla Flood.

What followed was a pretty open and exciting, end-toend affair with both defences being repeatedly put under pressure from some lung-busting runs from half forward.

No doubt Peregrines will have been disappointed to trail by four points at half-time, having brought the score back 1-1 – 0-3 towards the end of the first half, only for a dropped ball to gift Crumlin a second goal before the break.

St Peregrine’s Under-14 Feile side. Picture: GAAPics.com

For the second half, Flood moved to outfield, proving to be a pacey sensation in the second half.

It unsettled Crumlin’s defence who looked nervous every time she got the ball and, after several attempts, Flood got her goal after a mazy run down the left field bypassing much of Crumlin’s defence with ease.

However, such heroics were in vain as Crumlin ramped

up the pressure, scoring three more goals. Abbey Ryan, Jolene Dignam and Kristen O’Connor got the goals their splendid performances deserved.

Hodgins may also be a name to look out for in years to come with Alana, Alex and Kaci Hodgins all on the Crumlin panel. Each made their mark on the game with Kaci chipping in with a goal to boot.

NAOMH Maur built on a recent victory over St Brigid’s by comfortably overcoming the challenge of Castleknock in Rush in AFL Division One last weekend.

Though there was little to separate the teams in the early exchanges, a brace of quickfire goals – including a magnificent strike by former Dublin minor Ciaran Archer – ensured Maur’s were 2-6 to 0-5 in front at the break.

The home team never looked back from this point, and with Ciaran Reddin and Conor McGuinness added goals in the latter stages, they prevailed on a scoreline of 5-10 to 0-9.

Maur’s move up to sixth place in the table after four rounds of matches and are the best placed of the north county sides.

Ballymun Kickhams finished with a commanding cushion of 2-12 to 0-9 against Thomas Davis at Pairc Ciceam to register their maiden win of this year’s league.

It was also a successful evening for the previously winless duo of Na Fianna and St Sylvester’s, who claimed respective triumphs over St Brigid’s (0-18 to 1-9) and Ballinteer St John’s (2-14 to 1-14).

St Vincent’s lead the way at the top of the table with four wins from four while Kilmacud Crokes are the other side with an unbeaten record, sitting on seven points at this early stage.

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RUSH Athletic sealed a historic league and cup double in emphatic fashion as they beat Kilnamanagh 4-0 on Saturday to take the LSL Saturday Major 1B title.

The coastal side were crowned Tom Carroll Cup winners – their first trophy in 16 years – following a convincing 2-0 win over St Kevin’s Boys earlier this month.

And they went into the weekend needing just one further point to clinch the league crown and their third promotion on the bounce.

Declan White’s Saturday side hosted Tallaght side Kilnamanagh – who themselves needed at least a point to avoid relegation – while secondplace St Mochta’s won 5-0 at home to Beggsboro.

The home side set about the ir business without fuss and led 2-0 at half time before adding two more after the break, with Dylan Kelly scoring twice alongside Brian Gillen and Alan Kerslake.

I t ’s a r e m a r k a b l e achievement for the club, having suffered an exo-

Rush Athletic’s double winning side.

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dus of players at underage and senior level in recent years, which saw them plummet back into Saturday football.

An emphasis on i m p rov i n g c o a c h i n g structures at schoolboy level have helped to reverse that trend, however, and Rush are once again a club on the up with aspirations of intermediate football.

“Three leagues in three years we’ve won,” Rush Athletic sectretary Derek Coffey told the Dublin Gazette.

“It is definitely exciting. It’s a young team – the average age is 23-24.

All the lads are sticking around for next year so we’re in good shape for the next couple of years player-wise.

“We’ve had 98 training sessions over the winter and the lads haven’t missed any training sessions. They’ve had good coaches and managers keeping everybody happy. “ If yo u’re ge t t i n g results, you keep players and you get new players

wanting to play for your club.”

The club have invested in the coaching side of their game in order to stem a flow of their best players to wealthier northside competitors like Home Farm and St Kevin’s Boys.

That has reaped dividends with a young squad of mainly local-based players ushering in a new era for the club on and off the pitch.

Coffey continued: “We have all the coaches doing their coaching

badges, so we can get better managers and that will extend down to the kids.

“They’re getting better coaching and they’re playing in better leagues, and that means we’ll be able to keep the players.”

Fac ilities remain a sticking point with no all-weather facility in the Rush area meaning they have to pay to put on sessions in Balbriggan.

“It costs you a fortune because you have to go to Balbriggan, which is ten miles away and you’re

paying 60 or 70 euro for a night’s training. That’s putting a drain on club finances.

“We’re fighting the government and the council for the past few years for all-weather pitches.

“But because there’s no TD in Rush, we’ve nobody to stand up and fight our corner.

“We’ve a couple of councillors but councillors can’t do much.

You’ve got to be a TD to get things done and get money.”