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INSIDE: Student’s joy at receiving sports study bursary P2
Football: Young Gael makes history after Dub pick Page 32
Football: Sarsfields’ junior side show promise in cup Page 31
ALSOINSIDE: GALLERIES ......................8 MOTORS ........................18 BUSINESS .................... 21 TRAVEL......................... 22 ENTERTAINMENT ........ 24 CLASSIFIEDS ............... 26
February 16, 2012
TRAVEL: Head North for a Titanic time, and much, much more P22-23
An Post plan for an office in Lucan South I PAUL HOSFORD
AN POST has confirmed it is examining plans to locate a post office in Lucan South. More than 1,500 people signed a petition, organised by local Fine Gael TD, Derek Keating, who submitted a Special Notice Question to the Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte, and the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, regarding what he calls “the unacceptable
pressures and unhealthy environment because of constant queuing at the post office in Lucan village”. Now, Deputy Keating has been informed by An Post that a new post office is needed to cover the thousands of residents living in Mid- and South Lucan. Deputy Keating stressed that both existing post offices, in Lucan Village and Dodsboro, were safe. Full Story on Page 2
Ready, Jedi, Go! Having fun at a special Star Wars’ cinema event ALTHOUGH he’s still a little too short
to be a Storm Trooper, Alex Kelly was ready to show these two Star Wars’ characters that he’s still a Force to be reckoned with when he met them at Vue, Liffey Valley. Young Jedi appren-
tices like Alex were welcomed at the busy cinema, which was hosting a special, midnight screening of Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace, which was presented in a 3D print. See Gallery on Pages 8-9