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BALALLY PLAYERS BRING THE BARD TO THE PARK

Balally Players members Carlotta Guizzardo and Ann Hogan are pictured before their performance of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the beautiful surroundings of St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham. See gallery page 11.

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LOCAL Sinn Fein Cllr, Chris Curran has called on the government to begin planning for a new Garda Station in the constituency, after it was revealed that the cost of reopening Stepaside Garda Station will exceed €1million.

He claims that closing the Garda Station was a disaster, not just because we need a police station, but because

current health and safety legislation and building controls, means that the reopening of the building will need to meet the new standards.

His views were rejected by local Minister Shane Ross, who said he is ‘shocked to hear that Cllr Curran is critical on the proposed expenditure.

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COMMUNITY CENTRE SET TO BE REFURBISHED

Kilternan receives €102,000 in funding STAFF REPORTER

KILTERNAN has received €102,000 in funding under the Leader Programme - Josepha Madigan TD – Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has announced She said: “I welcome

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the area and will no doubt be welcomed by all. Kilternan Community Centre will receive €99,570 to go towards refurbishments, while Kilternan country market is getting €3,157 to help improve access to their premises. It’s great news for both.

“LEADER funding is helping to improve people’s quality of life and support livelihoods in communities throughout Ireland.

“LEADER is a developmental programme; it takes time for Local Action Groups to engage with local communities and identify projects that will make a difference locally.

“Once these projects have been identified, the

The impact of LEADER can be farreaching and sustainable for local communities

the fact that two projects in Kilternan have been approved for funding to the tune of €102,600.

“This is great news for

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Triple success for Stillorgan Hospital

Minister Madigan with Reverend Rob Clements, Rector of Kilternan

impact of LEADER can be far-reaching and sustainable for local communities, as we can see here in Kilternan,” she said.

“The LEADER programme is the responsibility of the Department of Rural and Community development. My cabinet colleague Minister Michael Ring recently announced that over 1,000 LEADER projects have now been approved.”

The milestone marks a significant expansion of activity over the last 12 months since the Minister introduced a range of measures to make the programme work better for both potential applicants and for the LEADER Local Action Groups, which deliver the programme on the ground.

Minister Ring said: “This time last year, less than 50 projects had been approved. Over €29m has now been allocated through LEADER to support businesses and communities around Ireland.”

“In addition to the €29m committed to these 1,000 projects, there are a further 300 project applications going through the approval process for funding of about €20m.

“LEADER funding represents an enormous opportunity for rural businesses and communities that are in need of investment and I want to see the programme continuing to grow.”

SAINT John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, one of Ireland’s leading providers of mental health services, was presented with three prestigious accolades at the Hospital Professional Awards.

The national ceremony took place in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, on Saturday, June 9 last.

The hospital received awards from three different categories, against finalists from other large hospitals in Ireland.

The Pharmacy department was awarded ‘Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year’, while Sheenagh McCarthy was awarded ‘Hospital Pharmacy Technician of the Year’.

The Hospital also won the award for ‘Excellence in Psychiatry Initiatives’ which recognised collaboration and initiatives between Pharmacy, Medical and Nursing Departments, and the Mental Health First Aid Training and research programme.

The Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year award marks a huge success for the small team of five pharmacists and two pharmacy technicians, as they continue their efforts to progress the role of the specialist mental health Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician in supporting the patient journey.

In addition to the success at the Hospital Professional awards, the Pharmacy team at Saint John of God Hospital has also received great recognition for their work this year.

Audrey Purcell, the acting head of the Pharmacy department, was awarded second prize in a poster competition at the inaugural Conference on Professionalism 2018 in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Playboy of the Western World comes to Dundrum theatre JM Synge’s formidable classic of Irish Theatre, Playboy of the Western World is coming to the dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, this August.

Directed by Kate Canning, Sunflower Productions present another classic after last year’s successful run of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.

A small community in County Mayo is thrown into turbulence with the arrival of Christy Mahon, a mysterious stranger claiming to have killed his father.

The local men aren’t sure if he’s a danger and the local women find him fascinating.

Michael James Flaherty the local publican takes a shine to him, and his daughter Pegeen Mike finds his company preferable to that of her dull fiancee, Shawn Keogh.

However it transpires that Christy’s father is not dead after all, when Old Mahon arrives with a gaping head wound, searching for his ungrateful son.

It will run from August 16th - 18th at 8pm, with a matinee on August 18 at 2.30pm, also from August 23rd - 25th at 8pm, with a matinee on August 25 at 2.30pm.

Tickets €18/€16. Contact www.milltheatre.ie / 012969340 for details.

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FUNDING ROW: NO END IN SIGHT AS GLENALBYN SWIMMING POOL SAGA CONTINUES

Disagreement over Glenalbyn pool funding THE ongoing saga regarding the Glenalbyn Swimming Pool is set to be ratcheted up, with the local Sinn Fein representative accusing Minister Shane Ross of misleading people.

Sinn Fein’s Rosie Ni Laoghaire, has demanded that Shane Ross stop setting inaccurate expectations regarding the funding of Glenalbyn Swimming Pool. “Funding is not secured for the pool and Minister Ross knows it.”

Ms Ni Laoghaire was responding to comments from Minister Ross to the affect that the funding for the reconstruction of the pool has been secured.

She said: “My own expectations, and those of locals in the area, were

high that we would finally have our pool restored after five years of empty, and broken promises.

“In the interest of clarity, Sinn Fein put forward an official question to the council executive on June 11, 2018, asking if the potential €33m liability attached to the council taking over Dun Laoghaire Harbour were realised, would it effect the funding of the pool?

“The reply was shocking. We were told that the risk was high and that, ‘if the council were to include these works, it would have a significant impact on the capacity to fund the overall Capital Budget and not just a single item, such as Glenalbyn Pool’.

“For Minister Ross to publicly state in recent weeks that the funding is secured is ludicrous.

“Unfortunately, according to the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown council execu-

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there is a solution.

“The fact is that Shane Ross is the only person who can offset the €33m liability.

“If Minister Ross wants to increase the likelihood of

I have been assured

by DLRCOCO management that funding is in place for the refurbishment of this amenity

tive, it is most definitely not secured, and Shane Ross needs to acknowledge this publicly, instead of filling us with false hope.

“The local community has been fobbed-off for far too long now - however,

the funding being assured, he must meet with the full elected council and work towards reducing the impact of the liability.

“The counc il have sought official meetings with Ross. He has not

attended. To me, this represents contempt.

“It is time for action and not false words. Enough is enough,” she said.

This claim was totally rubbished by Cllr Deirdre Donnelly, Independent councillor for the Stillorgan Ward, who has worked closely with Minister Ross on the Glenalbyn Pool project.

She told Dublin Gazette: “As a democratically elected public representative who has campaigned vigorously for Glenalbyn Pool since its closure in late 2013.

“I have been assured by DLRCOCO management that funding is in place for the refurbishment of this amenity.

Minister Shane Ross and Cllr Deirdre Donnelly at Glenalbyn Swimming Pool

“The reason it has not started is due to finalising access issues with Kilmacud Crokes GAA club, who own the land. It has nothing to do with funding.

“The pool has been one of my priorities since my election in 2014 and the demand is clearly there, given the large turnout at the many public meetings I organised since then.

“The Three Year Capital Programme was on the agenda at the March 2018 County Council earlier this year. I raised the issue of funding for the project and was assured by management that the €10m put aside was still there and was available to progress the pool. The meeting was webcast and this is on public record.”

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CALL ON NTA AND MINISTER TO SUPPORT ‘PRAGMATIC RESOLUTION’

Proposal to eliminate bus services is condemned STAFF REPORTER

STILLORGAN Ward Cllr Jo h n Ke n n e d y ( Fi n e Gael) has criticised the proposal to eliminate b u s se r v i ce s o n t h e Upper Kilmacud Road, currently fulfilled by the 75 service under the revised Bus Connects model commissioned by the NTA. Cllr Kennedy stated: “The 75 service is a heavily used route throughout the day, but especially at peak hours, where it is notoriously difficult for passengers to get a seat.

“A great many passengers are pupils from two schools on Upper Kilmacud Road, St Benildus College and St Rapha-

ela’s College.

“Additionally, residents from estates such as Lakelands and Hazel Ave n u e wo u l d h ave their existing convenient access to the bus network curtailed. “ M a ny re s i d e n t s would be pensioners or those with mobility concerns who currently have a convenient service every 30 minutes to Dundrum Shopping Centre and Stillorgan Shopping Centre.

“That doorstep access would be lost following the proposed changes.

He continued: “The NTA also perhaps does not have the same local knowledge that I as a counc illor and other Upper Kilmacud Road

Cllr John Kennedy

residents would have.

“For example, adjacency to the LUAS is possibly a factor in removing the service, but in reality access to

Kilmacud LUAS is only accessible through a circuitous walking route even if apparently close by on a map “as the crow flies”.

“Also currently pupils of St Benildus have a bus stop directly outside the school and instead, they would have to walk an extra ten minutes to the Lower Kilmacud Road through a poorly-lit laneway that is regularly subjected to graffiti to access the updated service.”

Solution H e p ro p o s e d t h a t there is a feasible solution available however, in that a new route, as an additional variation to the new 225 routing, could be introduced to run on the Drummartin Link Road, turn left on to the Upper Kilmacud Road and return to the Lower Kilmacud Road adjacent to South Avenue.

“This would run in addition to new 225 routes and this could be termed for example as the ‘225A’ route.

“This variation could run approximately every 30 minutes and would effectively resolve the anticipated loss of bus services that residents on the Upper Kilmacud Road are currently set to endure.”

He concluded: “The Upper Kilmacud Road is regarded as a main artery in the local road network and, for examp l e i t wa s i n c l u d e d as part of the Tour de France race route held in 1998.

Bizarre “I find it bizarre that this change for the road is being proposed and call upon the NTA and the Minister for Transport Shane Ross to actively consider and support the pragmatic resolution I have outlined.”

FASTNews Republican group stages ‘action against colonialism’ IRISH Socialist Republicans have staged a direct action against colonialism, by painting out the names of Dublin streets named after British Imperialists.

The group launched its campaign with an action against ‘Victoria Road’ in Killiney, a road named after Queen Victoria.

A spokesperson for the group stated: “Britain continues to illegally occupy the Six Irish Counties, yet there are streets across the country named after and, therefore glorifying, the actions of British Imperialists in Ireland.

“By painting out these road signs, we are stating that the ongoing British Occupation of our country is unacceptable. In the coming weeks, we will be building the campaign to reach every street in the country that is named after a British Imperialist.”

Local councillor, Cormac Devlin (FF) told Dublin Gazette: “Ignoring the fact of what country or nationality that this “group” have decided to target, the fact of the matter is that they are (criminally) defacing public property owned by the Irish state, funded by Irish taxpayers and that will have to be repaired using Irish taxpayers hard earned money. I don’t agree with their ideals, tactics or philosophy, nor do I think the public will either.”

Audiologist brings gift of hearing AN audiologist from Dublin has returned from a successful trip to Armenia on her second hearing mission with Starkey Hearing Technologies.

Ailbhe Lennon, from Advance Hearing in Blackrock village, was the only Irish volunteer to have been invited

by Starkey to take part in the mission which took place in June.

Joining 14 other hearing audiologists from across the UK - and a six-strong team from the hearing device manufacturer’s European headquarters in Cheshire, England – Ailbhe travelled 2,400 miles to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

Ailbhe’s visit was part of the worldwide Starkey Hearing Foundation initiative, which has provided over 1.9 million hearing devices in more than 100 countries.

Its mission is to give the gift of hearing to those in need,

helping them to achieve their potential.

High-profile supporters include Richard Branson and Bill Clinton as well as Elton John who joined this time with David Furnish and Starkey founder Bill Austin.

Ross shows support for EDWARD ON July 6, the RSA and An Garda Siochana launched this year’s European Day Without a Road Death (Project EDWARD) which will take place on September 19.

Minister Ross said: “Project EDWARD is an opportunity for road users across Europe to work together to aim for one day where there is no loss of life. Last year it brought the whole of Europe together in one concerted effort to reduce road deaths. This year let’s make it a recordbreaking road safety event in Europe and save more lives.

You can pledge your support on https://projectedward.eu.

I’ve made the pledge.”

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Sharron and Chris Owens

Bushre Shaik and Lauren Kelly

Aisling O’Loughlin, Sybil Mulcahy and Lisa Cannon. Pictures: Andres Poveda

New showrooms in Sallynoggin launched

Alanna Gallagher

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Vivienne and Florence Cranks

Beverly Carrick and Paul Dillon

Kelly Interiors recently revealed its new look Sallynoggin Showrooms at an exclusive launch. The new showroom is designed to offer customers a one-stop shop for all interior needs, with a re-upholstering service, carpet and floor fitting service, and bespoke headboard and sofa design service amongst many, operating out of the same space.

The official launch event was hosted by TV presenter Sybil Mulcahy, with guests TV3’s Lisa Cannon and Aisling O’Loughlin of exquisite.ie.

Peter Noone and Inga Cirule

Alanna Gallagher

Olga Duffy and Marlene Moloney

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STEPASIDE: LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES CLASH OVER GARDA STATION

Call for new Garda Station after €1m bill for Stepaside STAFF REPORTER

IT has been revealed that it could cost over €1m to reopen Stepas i d e G a rd a S t a t i o n , while it would only cost €220,000 to reopen the station in Rush.

Sinn Fein councillor for Glencullen Sandyford, Chris Curran, has called on the government to begin planning for a new Garda Station in the constituency, after it was revealed that the cost of reopening Stepaside Garda Station will exceed €1million.

Cllr Curran said: “Closing the Garda Station was a disaster, not just because we need a police station, but because current health and safety

legislation and building controls, means that the reopening of the building will need to meet the new standards.

“Reopening the Garda station means that substantial works will be required to bring the building to code, like wheelchair accessibility, male and female dressing rooms, interview rooms, cells, energy rating and parking to mention a few.

“The need for a new Garda Station is supported by the population increases outlined in three Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Counc il development plans, which show that 30,000 people will move into Cherrywood, 10,000

Sinn Fein councillor Chris Curran

people will move into Glenamuck and 20,000 people will move into Stepaside/Leopardstown/Ballyogan.

“That’s 60,000 more people in the general area, which is more than the populations of places like Drogheda, Waterford, Dundalk and

Navan.

“Then there’s the proposed new shopping centre at the end of the Ballyogan Road. How is that going to be policed?

“We need to get real about the policing needs of the entire community and park the political charades.”

In response to Cllr Curran’s criticism, Minister for Tourism and Sport and local TD, Shane Ross, who has been an

advocate for the opening of Stepaside Garda station told Dublin Gazette: “I am shocked to hear that Councillor Chris Curran is critical on the proposed expenditure of €1 million to reopen Stepaside Garda Station. “ Wo u l d Co u n c i l l o r Curran rather the station remain closed? Or that it be opened, but not be fit for purpose for the Gardaí based there and visiting members of the

public?

“I have complete faith that the Office of Public Works will provide a modern, functioning, cost-efficient Garda station, to meet the needs of the people of Stepaside, Kilternan, Glencullen, Carrickmines, Sandyford, Leopardstown and surrounding areas.

“This is a necessity for the community, has been long-awaited and will be delivered.”

DUN Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council delivered a further 10 homes last week, as part

of its housing delivery target of 1,563 social housing homes by 2021.

The homes were

designed by the council’s architects’ department and built by Manley Construction on a site at Park Close, Glenageary.

T h e d eve l o p m e n t was officially opened

by An Cathaoirleach of dlr, Councillor Ossian Smyth, and Maria Bailey, TD, Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government.

The development, which has been designed for older persons, consists of ten one-bed apartments with additional visitor/ carer space provided in each unit and levelaccess showers.

The new development is located in an established residential area within easy walking distance of shops, services and bus routes, and the purpose-built dlr Community and Senior Citizens’ extension to the existing youth centre, which is currently under construction, is adjacent to the development.

Every effort was made to work with the local neighbours to the site and the wider community to ensure the development would fit in to the environment and deliver comfortable, energy efficient homes for the people who will live in them.

Social houses delivered in Glenageary

An Cathaoirleach Cllr Ossian Smyth and Philomena Poole, chief executive DLR, admire the new homes at The Brambles Glenageary

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Brendan Martin to head up Sandyford firm IRISH owned and Sandyford based IT services and networking company, Arkphire, has appointed Brendan Martin to head up its networking solutions business, Bootstrap.

Bootstrap, which was acquired by Arkphire during 2016, was established almost 40 years ago by its original owners, Pauline and Martin White, who have now retired from the business.

In his new role as head of networking services for Bootstrap, Brendan’s main responsibilities will be to drive sales growth and marketing initiatives in Bootstrap, build customer relationships including the Cisco Gold Partner status, together with the development of competitive strategy for the business.

Brendan brings over 35 years of experience working within the tech industry, having previously undertaken roles at Siemens, Tektronix, AT&T, and eir.

William Orpen weekend

STILLORGAN Chamber of Commerce will present a William Orpen weekend at the Talbot Hotel Stillorgan on September 15 and 16.

It begins on 15th, with Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood unveiling a William Orpen sculpture created by Rowan Gillespie at 5.30pm. This will be followed at 7.30pm with a World War One concert, with performances from Paul Harrington, Paddy Cole, Zena Donnelly, Fiachra Trench, Cormac Breatnach, The Park Singers, Carmel McCreagh, Phelim Drew and Flo McSweeney. The compere is Shakira Lee. Concert tickets are €25 including snack and refreshments. For further information, call Karen at 01-2957708 during office hours.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Emma Preston-O’Grady and Na Li

Priya Darshini with her two daughters Ishana and Arsheya. Picture: Rose Comiskey

David and Therese Rowland

Edward and Catriona Rowland

Jiwu Song in national costume

Alessandra Rowland in Spanish dress

Sixth Green Flag for Ballinteer school

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HERE were major celebrations at Our Lady’s NS Ballinteer as they raised their sixth Green Flag for Global Citizenship Litter and Waste last week. The flag was raised by Catherine Martin TD from the Green Party with an international parade of girls dressed in traditional costume. The fourth class Samba Band performed under the direction of Siobhain Sharkey, the Green Schools coordinator.

Catherine Martin raises the flag with Principal Yvonne Lane

Trish McGrath, Emma Rickard and Anne Keane

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Joanne Keeney, Margaret Noone and Mary McDonnell. Pictures: Rose Comiskey

Balally Players bring Shakespeare to the park I

N the beautiful surroundings of St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham, William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ was presented by Balally Players in the Walled Garden last week.

This witty and most popular comedy deals with the stormy loves of two couples: the confirmed bachelor Benedick and the spirited Beatrice, and the naive and innocent Hero and the gullible and hot-tempered Claudio.

Wesley Hammond, Conor McCabe, Ian Hammond and Darren Burke Susan Sweeney and Annie Cribbin

Dublin star drops by Shankill Summer Camp

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UBLIN footballer Con O’Callaghan is pictured with some local children at the recent Shankill GAA Club Summer Camp 2018. In brilliant sunshine, almost 200 boys and girls enjoyed fun and games and even organising a song concert while improving their football, hurling and camogie skills. Con dropped in for the medal ceremony on the closing day and the children were delighted to meet him and have their new Summer Camp jerseys autographed.

Thea and Jane Baird

Maire O’Neill with her daughter Chloe

Orla and Michael Mhic Aoidh

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LOVE YOUR DUBLIN: THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THE PHOENIX PARK

AS WELL AS BEING A FUN DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY, DUBLIN ZOO IS A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT WILD ANIMALS

DUBLIN MADE EASY AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN PHOENIX PARK

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HE Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed public park in any capital city in Europe. It was originally formed as a royal hunting Park in the 1660s and opened to the public in 1747. A large herd of fallow deer still remain to this day.

The Park is also home to the Zoological Gardens, the President who lives in Aras an Uachtarain, the Victorian flower gardens as well as An Garda Siochana HQ. It is in a prime location in the city, being only and a half miles from O’Connell Street.

Many Dubs and tourists enjoy walking, running, polo, cricket, hurling, and many more activities in the park.

The Phoenix Park is open 24 hrs a day, seven days a week, all year round.

You won’t be short of things to see in the Phoenix Park. It boasts of spots like, The Magazine Fort, The Phoenix Monument, Prehistoric Burial Chamber, The Wellington Testimonial, The Papal Cross, The People’s Gardens, Ashtown Castle and Demesne and the Victorian Walled Kitchen Garden.

We took a deeper look at some of the best things about the Phoenix Park.

DUBLIN ZOO HIGHLIGHT: Check out the three new

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California sea lion pups

HIGHLIGHT: Great fun for kids to climb

DUBLIN Zoo is one of Ireland’s most popular family attraction and welcomed over one million visitors last year.

The Zoo was opened in 1831, making it the fourth oldest zoo in Europe.

There are around 400 animals from almost 100 different species living in the zoo.

The 28-hectare park in the heart of Dublin is home to around 400 animals from almost 100 different species!

As well as being a fun day out for all the family, it’s a great place to learn about wild animals, especially those which are endangered. The Zoo is also a registered charity that contributes to conservation programmes.

Dublin Zoo recently announced the birth of three California sea lion pups over the course of two weeks!

and you can bring a picnic THE Wellington Testimonial was designed

by Robert Smirke as a testimonial to Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, who is reputed to have been born in Dublin.

It was completed in 1861 and is the tallest obelisk in Europe at just over 62 metres tall.

There are four bronze plaques cast from cannons captured at Waterloo; three of which have pictorial representations of his career while the fourth has an inscription at the base of the obelisk.

It’s a great place to visit with the family, with the kids having fun climbing the monument. If it’s nice out why not bring a picnic or a Frisbee and make the most of the green space.

FARMLEIGH HOUSE HIGHLIGHT: Farmers Market FARMLEIGH House is an estate of 78 acres situated to the north-west of Dublin’s Phoenix Park.

It was formerly one of the Dublin residences of the Guinness family and was purchased by the Government in 1999.

A historic house holding important collections, an art gallery, a working farm, and the official Irish State guest house, Farmleigh House and Estate is open seven days a week, all year round.

It also provides accommodation for visiting dignitaries and guests of the nation.

Farmleigh is also known for their Farmers Market which is located in the Farmyard behind the Farmleigh Gallery.

The market offers its visitors a wide variety of products like award winning cheeses, organic vegetables, meats, fish, and more.

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THE GIFT OF GAZ | CHANCE ENCOUNTERS

A little perambulating has Davy in a pickle

I’VE seen a fair few summers in me “Davy, Janey Macs doesn’t have a know we’re mates and all but I’m not time and I have to say, I can’t remem- beer garden,” I says. “Two stools in a into that sort of thing like.” ber one as good as this. I know there’s yard isn’t a bleedin’ beer garden. It’s “I said perambulate, ye eejit,” I bark hosepipe bans and whatnot and some not even a beer patio.” at him. “It means walking. Get your of the auld horses are struggling in the “We could have gone somewhere mind outta the gutter and read a book heat but I refuse to complain about it. else,” he says. “Or gone out in the from time to time for God sake.”

What’s seldom is wonderful as the evening so ye could have enjoyed the “Ah right, yeah,” he says. “I thought fella says. weather too.” ye meant..”

Speaking of which, I’ve not seen Davy knows I don’t like going out in “I know what ye thought,” I snap much of Davy lately and that is quite the evening when the pubs are packed back at him. “Now we’ll say no more wonderful. And you’d think that the and if I do go for a jar, I like to go to the about it. Look there’s Michael D’s gaff chances of running into him in the local, even if it’s just so I can wind Pas- there now.” biggest bloody park in the city would chal up a bit.

“Will it be his gaff for much longer, be fairly remote, yet who should I But I figured there was no point in do ye think?” he asks me. bump in to only himself when I decid- arguing the point.

“Ah yeah,” I says. “Sure everyone ed to take a ramble through there ear“Sure look, I’m here now,” I says to loves him. He’ll get in no bother. Unoplier this week. him. “And it’s a lovely day. Let’s per- posed I reckon.”

“Is your phone broken or some- ambulate together.”

“Nah, yer man Gallagher is going up thing,” he roars at me as soon as he “Wha’!” he shrieks. “Ah here Gaz, I against him,” says Davy. sees me.

“Gallagher?” I says.

“Hello to you too,” I says.

“Where has he been hiding Ah here Gaz, I know we’re “I was ringing ye all weekthe past seven years?” end. Dying to get out for a jar, mates and all but I’m not into that “I dunno,” says Davy.

I was,” he says to me with a sort of thing like “These people just seem to wounded puppy expression pop up out of nowhere to get on his face. a bit of attention at election “Davy, as much as I’m time.” fond of a pint from time to “Jaysus does that mean time, I don’t like spending all we’ll have to endure Dana me time in the boozer,” I says again?” I says. with an air of exacerbation “We might well do,” the in me voice. hangdog expression is back “Especially when the on his face again at the mere weather is like this. Sure ye’d thought of it. be wasting the whole day.”

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Dressed to impress for launch of a campaign

Elaine Kenton and Fionnuala Moran at the launch of Three’s ‘Made By Music’ campaign, a celebration of the power of music to unite people and create lasting connections at Opium Garden, Dublin. Picture: Brian McEvoy See Gallery on Pages 22-23

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LEGAL EAGLE

BY WALSH & PARTNERS SOLICITORS

Legal advice is a necessity if your marriage breaks WHEN a marriage breaks down, there are a number of legal options that can be considered, such as separation agreements, judicial separation, divorce, custody and access to children and maintenance.

Persons who are not married but qualify as cohabitants now also have legal rights under The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010.

The law in relation to family law and divorce in Ireland is predominantly contained in the Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989; the Family Law Act, 1995; and the Family Law (Divorce) Act, 1996.

A separation agreement is where both parties reach a formal agreement in relation to matters such as maintenance, access to children, the family home, farm and division of the assets without issuing court proceedings.

Where spouses cannot agree the terms of the separation, or where only one spouse seeks a separation, an application for a Decree of Judicial Separation can be made to court.

A Decree of Divorce dissolves a marriage and allows both parties to remarry, but in order to qualify for this at the date of the institution of the proceedings, the spouses must have lived apart for

four years during the previous five years. Judicial Separation only requires one year living apart.

One of the key issues the parties have to consider when entering into a separation or divorce is the division of assets.

The most common asset normally is the family home, defined under the Family Home Protection Act, 1976 as “primarily, a dwelling in which a married couple ordinarily reside”, and the family home cannot be sold without the consent of both spouses.

Even if the family home is in the name of one spouse, the consent of the non-owning spouse is still required for a sale.

The court has the power to transfer or sell assets under a Judicial Separation or Divorce.

This is known as a Property Adjustment Order.

The court, when making such an order, must ensure that proper provision is made for both parties and children.

In order for “proper provision” to be made for a spouse and children, the only option may be that the assets are sold in order to raise capital for the purchase of an alternative home for the spouse and children.

Proper provision will vary from case to case and the court will take into consideration a number of factors, such as both parties’ financial

means and the needs of the children.

The children’s needs will only be considered whilst they are classified as a ‘dependent’ (under the age of 18, or 23 if in full-time education).

The court will normally consider all assets of the parties when making proper provision for the parties by making a property adjustment order.

Before considering to make an order for sale or division of assets, a court would have to be aware of a number of factors, such as: • Succession rights may need to be considered and whether the dependent children are interested in assets being transferred to them.

• Have both parties contributed to acquiring the assets, such as contributing to mortgage payments.

• The value of the asset is usually significant, and sometimes an order for division of an asset such as a family home or land may be unfeasible.

• Is there a family business with assets attached to it, and have both parties contributed to the running of this, and are their incomes primarily dependent on this?

It is important that you are aware of your legal rights in the event of marital or relationship breakdown – in either event, it is highly advisable to seek legal advice early on, considering the high stakes.

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

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

The exuberant cast are ready to welcome everyone to Dublin’s legendary culchie-ral heart: Copper Face Jacks

NEW MUSICAL KNOWS WE’VE ALL BEEN TO FAMOUS NIGHTCLUB

Coppers – a feel for culchie love MARK O’BRIEN

IT’S something of a rite of passage to have had a night out in Copper Face Jacks.

While the famous nightclub is maybe best known as the place to head to for those up from the country, there aren’t many Dubliners who haven’t been through its doors either.

Now, a new musical – appropriately enough entitled Copper Face Jacks: The Musical – has hit the stage of The Olympia Theatre, promising to be packed full of craic, huge laughs, culchies, Dubs and plenty of (ahem) shifting.

New York had Studio 54, and Manchester had The Hacienda, but all of Ireland has Copper Face Jacks, and now this club of clubs has been given its very own all-singing, alldancing musical from the pen of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly creator Paul Howard.

Running until August 12, Copper Face Jacks: The Musical is a celebration of a club that started out life as something of a culchie embassy in Dublin, but has since been embraced by its home city.

Regardless of your county colours, you’ll always find a welcome (and a slow-set, plus a nurse, and if

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The show is a love story set on the eve of a Dublin-Kerry All Ireland final, when a sweet Kerry girl, who’s moved to the big smoke, ends up falling head over her flat-shoes with a true-blue Dublin team member you’re lucky, both together) in the club that has become synonymous with having a good time for three generations of Irish nightclubbers.

The show is a love story set on the eve of a Dublin-Kerry All Ireland final, when a sweet Kerry girl, who’s moved to the big smoke for her dream job in The VHI, ends up falling head over her flat-shoes with a true-blue Dublin team member.

Copper Face Jacks: The Musical stars Johnny Ward (Fair City, Love/ Hate) as Gino Wildes; Roseanna Purcell (Red Rock) as Noeleen Ni Gearailt, and Michele McGrath (The Tudors, Damo and Ivor) as Gretchen Ackerman.

Can love conquer all as these two young sweethearts face massive

cultural and linguistic hurdles on their road to happiness/Croker?

Only time, some great tunes and a bunch of cloakroom tickets will tell as Paul Howard uses his mighty comedy pen to see the musical celebrate the nightclub that has become so much more than just a club, and instead is home to millions of love stories and countless lost mobiles.

Tickets for Copper Face Jacks: The Musical range from €26 plus booking free (and €1 restoration levy), and are available online from Ticketmaster.ie.

In person bookings can be made at Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, or the Olympia’s box office, or call 0818 719 330; for group bookings of 10 or more, call 01) 646 8687.

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PEOPLE DEPUTY CLARE DALY TALKS TO DUBLIN GAZETTE ABOUT THE CONTINUING HUMAN CRISIS

‘What you see in Syria is absolutely awful – and not how it’s shown in the West’ REBECCA RYAN

FRESH home from her trip to Syria, Dublin Gazette caught up with Independent Socialist TD for Dublin Fingal, Clare Daly, about what she saw there.

After visiting Syria last year, Deputy Daly went back to Syria for a week with other Independent TDS – Mick Wallace, Maureen O’Sullivan and Catherine Connolly – along with around 15 other people, including some who had been involved in the Irish Palestine Solidarity campaign.

They visited Damascus, Maaloula and Aleppo.

Deputy Daly said what she saw there is quite different to what is sometimes reported in the media.

She said: “It’s hard to tell the story to people from Europe when we get a slanted view of what is going on. The people there are very conscious of the one-dimensional coverage that’s given to Syria, which completely [different] to the reality on the ground.

“They feel that they are the victims primarily of Israeli, Saudi, American and Turkish interference.

They feel everybody is using Syria as a ground to fight their own issues and that the people of Syria in the middle are forgotten.

“They feel the war is portrayed as a civil war, but they just want to rebuild their country and they want the war stopped.

“The narrative that’s told in the West is very much base d aro u nd

Devastation in every direction as far as the eye can see, and beyond ... Deputy Daly (at right) in Syria

[Bashar al] Assad. The West is obsessed with regime change, but on the ground in Syria that’s not where people are at.

“What most Syrians want is to rebuild their society and get back to the way things were.”

Deputy Daly said the destruction she witnessed over there is “appalling” and that it will take “decades to rebuild”.

One of the highlights of her trip was meeting a group of businessmen in Aleppo and hearing their stories. She said: “Life in Aleppo is very much getting back to normal” and it is “rebuilding”.

“What the people told us that was in the early

years when the movements erupted against Assad, a lot of Aleppo was just getting on with things.

“There were outbreaks of war in different parts of Syria. Aleppo wasn’t really involved; they were just getting on with it.

“But then, there were some incursions, some rebel activity, leaflets were given to the factory owners saying, ‘Close your factory or die’. Nobody really believed it, they just kept on going on making money.

“Then suddenly in 2012, almost overnight, there was a frustration from the rebels saying ‘Why wasn’t Aleppo against Assad?’.

Business men were being

kidnapped and given back for money.

“In a 48-hour period, the city was basically taken over by about 5,000 rebels.

There was no Syrian army there or anything. Almost overnight, a million people from the east ended up in the west and the city was closed off. It was obviously liberated years later by the army, but the destruction is just unbelievable.”

Deputy Daly said one businessman brought them to his factory “in the middle of this desert of other bombed-out factories, as much as the eye could see”.

She said the man had restored the first floor of the factory and there were

15 people back working.

“People there are trying to reopen the factories.

It was one million people working in factories in Aleppo, and they’re beginning to rebuild that and that’s the attitude of everybody you meet. It’s about rebuilding.”

Deputy Daly believes Ireland has a responsibility in international issues and believes we should keep a “neutral role”.

“We’d be very concerned about our responsibility, in terms of our contribution to destabilising the Middle East by allowing the US military primarily to use Shannon [Airport] to refuel, [which] has been a contributing factor to the

Top: Deputy Daly meets an Aleppo family; above: a boy in Yarmouk camp tries to play amidst the rubble

destabilisation of Afghanistan, and Iraq, and all the refugees that have flown from that.

“We know the invasion in Iraq was the bones that developed ISIS, and now ISIS is unleashed throughout Europe. So, we don’t think that Shannon should be used at all by the US military.”

As well as her passion for international matters, however, Deputy Daly has matters at home very much on her mind.

Her focus is on pushing legislation, and she

believes that if the focus was on legislating such as mandatory open disclosure, it would have had an impact on issues such as the ongoing cervical screening scandal.

She said: “Too many politicians in here are too fond of dealing with parish-pump issues, acting like glorified councillors, just doing the stuff in the constituency that really isn’t their business rather than legislating.

“We’re paying a price for that, because they haven’t been on the ball,” she said.

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Rose Festival: The annual St Anne’s Park Rose Festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday,

July 14-15 from 10am to 6pm each day. Don’t miss the chance to spend a weekend during full summer enjoying the atmosphere, taking the time to visit the Rose garden and enjoying all that the Park has to offer. Admission to the Rose Festival is free and car parking within the park is €3. Pictured is Sadhbh Breen (age 5) from Marino at the launch. Photo: Chris Bellew

The bear essentials for a healthy, bear life HAS Mr Teddy had a lifetime of cuddles and in need of a bear check-up? Elastoplast is asking children to bring their beloved teddies to the Teddy Bear Clinic at this year’s Festival of Curiosity, taking place from July 19 – 22, and receive some TLC from the Elastoplast Bear Doctors.

The Clinic will allow children to get familiar with some of the weird and wonderful technologies at the festival, as they take their bear through three unique health checks.

Children can take a peek at their teddy’s heart through a VR X-ray machine, and also get the chance to perform their very own sur-

gery with the wacky Animoodles at the festival.

Once the Elastoplast Bear Doctors have performed their assessment, each child will be presented with their very own Elastoplast Teddy Bear Clinic Certificate and goodie bag filled with Elastoplast treats, including the brand new 1-2-3 Wound Care Kit. The Elastoplast Teddy Bear Clinic will take place at the Festival of Curiosity’s, Curiosity Carnival, in Smock Alley from July 19 to 22. Tickets are available for the at festivalofcuriosity.ie.

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BUSINESS NEWS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ETC. ETC.

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Raft race for homeless hoped to be a splashing success ON Saturday, September 8, homelessness charity Depaul’s annual Raft Race Against Homelessness event will be taking place.

Corporate teams will be taking to the water to power their rafts around a course in Grand Canal Dock in a series of 500m races to become the winners of this charity challenge. No skill required, just plenty of energy.

Entry per team of four for the Raft Race is €400, it is the biggest fundraising

event of the year for Depaul, all funds raised go towards supporting people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

The event promises to be a great day out in the heart of the city, with entertainment, giant football shoot-out, a children’s play area, face painting, a DJ, food and prizes in a festive atmosphere for colleagues, supporters and family.

Interested parties need to sign up

by August 17 at ie.depaulcharity.org/ RaftRaceSignUp.

Coca-Cola Thank You fund opens for applications

Good Causes Awards

THE National Lottery is reminding people across Dublin to get their applications in on behalf of their local sports club, project or organisation in their community for the inaugural National Lottery Good Causes Awards. The deadline for entries for this competition, which has a total prize pool of €95,000, closes on Friday (July 13). The new initiative will celebrate the extraordinary work being carried out by individuals, organisations and clubs which are making a big difference in communities all over Ireland in recent years.

Each category winner will receive €10,000 and the overall Good Cause of the Year will receive an additional €25,000.

THE Coca-Cola Thank You Fund has put out a final call for applications for this year’s fund which seeks to give €100,000 to non-profit organisations supporting and inspiring young people.

The final call comes as 2017 winner, All Together in Dignity (ATD) Ireland, launched their ‘Ireland, I Have a Dream’ book last Friday.

The group received €5,000 from the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund last year and launched their project in February.

The ‘Ireland, I Have a Dream’ project has provided a new space for young people in Ireland, aged between 16 and 25, to find their voice as leaders and to explore the inequalities of poverty in the context of their own

lives by writing a speech inspired by Martin Luther King’s legacy.

Ronan Farren, director

of Public Affairs and Communications, Coca-Cola Ireland said: “Today we are making a final call for applications for the 2018 Fund.

“We are looking for groups working with communities in Ireland and Northern Ireland who are empowering young people.

“I encourage all suitable organisations to apply before midnight on July 13.”

For more information and to apply for the CocaCola Thank You Fund, visit www.coca-cola.ie/thankyou.

DOG OF THE WEEK

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

Pippa is a sensitive, 5 year old Lurcher lady who hasn’t had much luck finding her forever family yet.

Pippa is quite a shy girl, so her potential adopters would need to commit to getting to know her slowly and allow her the space to gain trust and feel secure.

Pippa would love to find a quiet home with adults who understand that she is a sensitive soul and will give her the love she needs to feel safe and comfortable.

She has lived in a home previously, so she is house trained and should settle into the home environment over time. Pippa has so much love to give; she is just waiting on the right person to share it with.

If you have a Pippa-shaped space on your sofa and think you could just be the special someone this handsome hound has been waiting for, contact Dogs Trust at 01 879 1000.

They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50.

Map and directions can be found on their website, www.dogstrust.ie. You can also find them on Facebook, www.facebook.com/dogstrustirelandonline, or Twitter, @DogsTrust.

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GOINGOUTOUT Legendary group has seen and played it all, yet stay focused

The Family Stone – happy to roll along

PICKWEEK OF THE

JULY 13 (FRIDAY)

Paul Simon @ RDS, €100+ WE’VE been in danger of crashing into Dad Rock territory lately, as we’ve been picking out all kinds of (ahem) classic crooners for our pick of the week. Still, when you have the likes of Paul Simon in town, who can blame us? With an absolutely dizzying output down the decades to draw upon, the legendary pop songwriter plays Leinster Rugby Club as part of his farewell tour; fans and music lovers should expect an extended set of familiar classics from the man that some people call ‘Al’.

JULY 12 (THURSDAY) Bruno Mars @ Marlay Park, €80 Bulmers Carnival Night with Booka Brass Band @ Leopardstown Racecourse, €17 The summer racecourse gig series takes on a new twist with a carnival of events around this show from talented locals Booka Brass Band, as well as the usual racing/gig combo.

Parallel Society + Aoife Doyle Band @ Wood Quay, free (lunchtime concert) Rob Walsh & The Panic Attacks + Deep Sky Objects + Proper Micro NV @ Workman’s Club, €8 Aleigh + Grainne Hunt @ Whelan’s, €8

JULY 13 (FRIDAY) Longitude Festival - J.Cole, Migos, Post Malone @ Marlay Park, €70 (€190 weekend) Robocobra Quartet + Just Mustard + The Felonies @ Workman’s Club, €8 Gavin Glass @ Whelan’s, €15 Alabama 3 @ The Purty Kitchen, Dun Laoghaire, €25 The Innocent Bystander @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €11

JULY 14 (SATURDAY) Longitude Festival - Travis Scott, Tyler The Creator @ Marlay Park, €70 (€190 weekend) Damien Dempsey @ Iveagh Gardens, €40 Seo Linn @ Whelan’s, €16 Doyle @ The Bowery, €20 Punch Face Champions @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €7

JULY 16 (MONDAY) Longitude Festival - Solange, Sampha, Anderson.Paak @ Marlay Park, €€70 (€190 weekend)

JULY 17 (TUESDAY) The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7 Sofi Tukker @ Whelan’s, €22

JULY 18 (WEDNESDAY) Sara Ryan + Dan Elliot @ Whelan’s (upstairs), €8

‘I’ve never had a real job. The only other thing I’ve ever done is spent a bit of time as a booking agent, but this really keeps me happy.’

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE one of the iconic bands of the ‘f lower power’ era.

With tracks such as Family Affair, Dance To The Music, and iconic political track, Stand!, their Funk, Rock and Soul helped forge a scene.

Today, some of the m e m b e r s s t i l l p l ay together, minus frontman Sly, as The Family Stone.

Jerry Martini, who’s been on brass with the band since the very start back in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury, is very much in reflective mode when we ask him to tell us about The Family Stone today.

“I’ve never had a real job,” the 74-year-old explains. “The only other thing I’ve ever done is spent a bit of time as a booking agent, but this really keeps me happy.

“It’s amazing to get the chance to do what you love all your life.

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“ I s t i l l re m e m b e r Woodstock, which was a real mess,” Martini recalls, picking out the legendary American cultural turning point as a highlight.

“We played Glastonbury a few years ago, and in a way it was quite similar – 200,000 people in front of us while we played.

“They don’t arrest people who try to jump the fence, they just drive them a few miles away and release them.

“It reminded me a lot of the Woodstock, love thing.”

Martini plays saxophone, and says that at 74, he’s still very much in performance mode.

“I still jump around

a lot on stage. I think it keeps me young,” he says. “I’m always writing, too. We don’t really perform new songs, though.

Sly wrote so many great things.

“He’s been one of my best friends for 50 years.

I like to write my own songs, but Sly’s songs are so good, those are the ones we play. Good songs don’t get old.”

“We’re still adding songs that are not on the greatest hits, songs that haven’t been played live before.

“We would be open to new ones, but they’d have to be as good as the ones we’re already playing, and that’s a difficult thing to do.”

The band are still very much a family act, though former frontman Sly hasn’t been a part of the band in their original sense since he departed due to reliability problems associated

with drug use way back in 1975.

Sylvette Robinson, daughter of Cynthia, now takes Cynthia’s role. “I still struggle with her loss, it hit me really hard,” Martini says of the founder member’s death in 2015. ”Sylvette’s great, just like having her mum there, and I think her being in the band is what Cynthia would have wanted.”

In fact, Martini feels the band are now as good as they’ve ever been.

“There were a couple of times in the past when maybe we appointed people as singers because they looked or felt like Sly,” he recalls.

“The guy we have at the moment, Swang Stewart, is just a really great vocalist. He nails it, and that was the important thing.

“Things are going really well. I feel in great

shape, too. As good as ever. At the moment,I’m just really, really enjoying it.”

So any regrets from it all? “I just wish out first album had gone over better,” Martini says.

“It was loved by Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. It was a real diverse, underdog album and I think it was us at our best, before albums had to be similar for commercial reasons. “ It wa s d i f fe re n t, because it had all four singers on lead in different songs and really showcased us. But it’s been an amazing ride.”

The Family Stone play Beatyard Festival in Dun Laoghaire on August 3.

They’ll be joined across the weekend by The Jacksons, Kamasi Washington, Orbital, The Wailers and Little Dragon.

Tickets are €59 (per day) or €150 (for the weekend).

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ENTERTAINMENT

Eurovision contestant even more dedicated to music and charity work RACHEL D’ARCY

AFTER the whirlwind of Eurovision, this year’s Irish contestant Ryan O’Shaughnessy took a bit of time to himself – as could only be deserved.

“I took a few weeks off after the madness of Eurovision, but now I’m back in the studio. I just finished up a writing camp with some talented songwriters in Cavan, and around 10 or 15 new songs were born.

It’s all systems go again,” he laughed, speaking to

Dublin Gazette.

Having finished 16th after a promising performance in the so-called musical World Cup, it’s clear that Ryan is just as dedicated to his music now more than ever, as well as his charity work.

He’s partnered up with the #YouthEmpowered initiative, which aims to help young people aged from 18 to 30, who are not in education, employment or training, to make the ir goals a reality through workshops and digital training.

The programme was launched by the CocaCola Hellenic Bottling Company, and will provide training to 750 young people across Ireland to help them find ‘meaningful’ employment. Now in its second year, Ryan signed on as the initiative’s ambassador this year, and has already hit the ground running in his new role.

“I met a good few of the people from last year’s programme, and they’re all settled in jobs and everything now. It’s great to

This year’s Irish Eurovision singer Ryan O’Shaughnessy at the Youth Empowered launch in Temple Bar. Picture: Photo: Leon Farrell/ Photocall Ireland

see. Employment among the younger age group is still low, despite what people are saying about a recession being over, so it’s good to have an initiative like [#YouthEmpowered] that’s helping fix that issue,” Ryan said.

Spreading the word As far as his role as an ambassador goes, Ryan said that he wants to help as much as he can.

“I’m attempting to make myself available to offer any advice, or anything I can help with that’s needed. I’m hoping that my spreading the word and helping more people know about the programme will help those involved too.”

Ryan is also gearing up to release new music, and is set to tour across the country before the year is out.

“We have eight dates

booked right now for later on this year. Nothing international yet, just around Ireland, but I’m excited to get out on the road,” he said.

“I’m also going to be releasing a new single, hopefully in August. It’s called ‘War Zone’.

“It’s about the wars we have with ourselves, within our relationships, but it can also be applied to the wars going on

in countries across the world. There’s so much going on in the world at the minute. Refugees are still struggling to settle into new countries, and I’m hoping I might be able to partner with Amnesty International soon [on the single].”

For more on Ryan, check out ryanosmusic. com, and for more on #YouthEmpowered, visit youthempowered.ie.

Get ready to Vamp it up for Four Corners Tour RACHEL D’ARCY

The Vamps are set to hit Dublin nerxt May for their Four Corners 2019 Tour

FRESH off a Summer promotion tour for their latest album Day and Night, British quartet The Vamps have announced a headline gig at the 3Arena next May. The Dublin date on May 29th is part of their ‘Four Corners 2019 Tour’, which will see the band play several dates across the UK and Ireland over five weeks.

No stranger to our shores, The Vamps will be returning to the Docklands’ venue for the fifth time with the new show alongside rising star HRVY (who’s slated to play The Academy next week) and pop-rock

trio New Hope Club.

The band – comprised of vocalist and guitarist Brad Simpson, bassist Connor Ball, drummer Tristan Evans and guitarist James McVey – release their new album ‘Night & Day (Day Edition)’ tomorrow.

It’ll feature 10 new songs from the band, including recent single ‘Personal’ featuring vocalist Maggie Lindemann, and ‘Too Good To Be True’ featuring rapper Machine Gun Kelly and producer Danny Avila.

The Vamps are said to be one of most successful bands to emerge from the UK in recent years, achieving success across the glove. They have over 2 billion streams globally,

with 8.4 million monthly listeners as well.

Their most recent album ‘Night & Day (Night Edition)’ scored the top spot in the UK, and also stormed into the Top 10 on iTunes in over 20 countries including Argentina, Philippines, India and Australia. Their most recent tour saw them sell over 100,000 tickets, and they’ve also sold out London’s prestigious O2 Arena multiple times.

A limited amount of tickets will go on sale for just €17.50 (excluding booking fee), which are sure to be snapped up in seconds. Tickets for the gig go on sale on Saturday, July 28 at 10am.

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ENTERTAINMENT

TOP TWEETS

CINEMA | THE FIRST PURGE OFFERS SOME TIMELY SATIRE

Decadently dystopian drama has some bite

TURNING on the news over the past year and a bit has felt a little like wandering into an alternate reality, given the sights and sounds coming from the far West, where elements of the far Right have shocking-

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ly become embraced and normalised.

It’s not a very pleasant reality to be living with – but then, this level of uncomfortable actuality has given The First Purge (Cert 18, 97 mins) an underlying subtext and energy that one can only imagine was fully

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SICARIO 2

Mines the failing war on drugs for dramatic tension WE RETURN to the ongoing ‘war against drugs’ with Sicario 2 (Cert 15A, 122 mins) picking up more or less after where the first film had left off. Once again, ‘the good guys’ aren’t very good, in character or ability, as they try to disrupt drug cartels along the southern US border, as a drug kingpin’s daughter gets kidnapped and matters spiral out of control. It’s an interesting film, but a wholly unecessary sequel that’s just not as good as the starkly great first film.

OCEAN’S 8

Not making many waves in the crime caper genre GEORGE Clooney and pals are well and truly out of the picture in this one – suave heistmeister Danny Ocean is dead, for starters, but his jailbird sister Debbie has plans for her own big score to pull off – if she can get the right crew together ... It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good heist movie, and it looks like we’ll be waiting a little longer, as Ocean’s 8 (Cert 12A, 110 mins) is fine, rather than fresh. Still, it’s all female-lead cast are decent enough, despite one rather unfortunate Oirish accent ...

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM

Still stomping over all and sundry at the box office AS WE all know by now, it’s hard to go wrong with dinosaurs – as movie stars, that is, as the dinos at the heart of Jurassic World (Cert 12A, 128 mins) soon go very, very wrong indeed once they’ve been rescued from their exploding island home.

Shrieking sidekicks aside, the leads are likeable enough, but at this stage it’s hard not to feel that we’ve finally seen pretty much everything dinosaurs can do in this franchise. Maybe the inevitable next Jurassic film can give them guns. In space.

HEREDITARY

Another great addition to the modern social horror genre GIVEN the trials and tribulations visited upon Toni Collette in Hereditary (Cert 16, 127mins), it’s no wonder her character looks so upset here. She’s an artist mum trying to mourn her recently deceased, difficult mum – but grandma’s death seems to trigger all kinds of trauma for the fracturing family. Lob in some supernatural elements, and you’re in store for a fraught horror that’s laced with psychological trauma that keeps pace with some of the ghastlier goings-on in this well-received film.

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intentioned.

To date, the Purge franchise has provided a mixed bag of middling films, with their shared central premise (that of The Purge: an annual 12-hour period of nationwide chaos, murder and mayhem when anything is legal and no police will respond) providing some snide social commentary.

However, The First Purge, while far from the first Purge film, cuts the closest to the bone yet as it delivers an inevitable origins story, explaining how The Purge and Purging became an ordinary, normal part of American life.

In doing so, this prequel also taps into the current dark undercurrents swirling through public and political discourse across the pond, gaining a frisson of focus that adds an additional layer of context to dig through.

E ve r y t h i n g h a s a beginning, and Staten Island proves to be the acorn for a particularly twisted tree that soon envelops America, with its rulers – The New Founding Fathers of America – choosing the island as the base for a new social experiment.

People are offered $5,000 to stay on, or go to, the island for a night of mayhem, during which observers will watch and record what happens

when there are no laws, and no consequences, for everyone who chooses to stay put.

Handy retina cams (available in this near f u t u re s e t t i n g ) a n d tracking devices provide an up close and personal view of everything that’s going on during this mass social experiment - which is anything but social for the increasingly desperate people caught up in a night of escalating terror.

Throw in drug addicts and dealers, hookers, turf wars, shady operatives and nefarious goings on, and you’re firmly embedded in classic Purge lore, with this film firmly following the bottom of American society.

At this stage, if you’ve seen any of the previous Purge films, you’ll be very familiar with how The First Purge plays out, as it begins to simultaneously set up and tap into the lore and beats that are part of the rest of the franchise.

Stylistically, director Gerard McMurray does a good job of maintaining the look and feel of classic Purge tropes, with everything from visually striking face masks and an almost riotous use of moody colour palettes to the emotionally detached security camera footage of violent Purging all helping to tick the right boxes.

The cast, too (with a welcome supporting turn by Marisa Times) do a decent job of conveying their characters’ descent into hunter and hunted roles, as Staten Island plummets into lawlessness as the night wears on.

H o weve r, i t ’s t h e underlying tone that potentially elevates The First Purge beyond its B-movie schlock status.

Not for nothing are some of the poorest people in America chosen to be the fodder for the experiment, with money dangled like bait to lure and keep desperate people somewhere where their violent death or torture could be seconds away.

Indeed, this becomes a more overt story thread later in the film, when a secondary storyline gains a tighter focus on the rich versus the poor, basically establishing The Purge’s potential ‘usefulness’ for socioeconomic cleansing to whittle down ‘the undesirables’ at the bottom of society.

Given current American events and attitudes over the past 18 months, Purging feels like it’s taken a couple of determined steps towards reality, which earns The First Purge at least one extra point in its final score.

Which is...

Verdict: 7/10

Every day on my run, I pass an older ladies house.

She waves, and has recently started to blow me kisses. I noticed she is homebound. Today, I bought her flowers and introduced myself and we had tea. I will be having tea with her once a week from now on. @CaoimhePhotos A free lesson on how to be a lovely, thoughtful human being, courtesy of Caoimhe

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Just landed at Heathrow.

Been a while. Nice to get some respite from messy US political news.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Jennifer Hughes, Tara Stewart and Rebecca Brady

Sonia Mohlich

Broadcaster Edith Bowman with rising Irish artists Saint Sister and Kormac and Jafaris. Pictures: Brian McEvoy Maria Souza Patrick Kavanagh and Trudi McDonald

Edith Bowman at Opium for big launch

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Ruth Scott and Rob Morgan

Aoibhinn Fitzgibbon and Laois Decantalun

Ismay Bourke and Elaine Stenson

J/broadcaster Edith Bowman came to Dublin last week to launch Made

By Music.

The campaign is the latest innovation

by Three Ireland and aims to bring people together through the power of music.

The launch was hosted at Dublin venue Opium, and saw three rising Irish artists; Jafaris, Saint Sister and Kormac come together to produce a series of new music videos.

Clare Aughney

Orla Lawlor and Oonagh Mangan

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Graham Rogerson, Robin Kavanagh, Karen Muckian, Cyril Byrne and Deirdre Farrell. Pictures: Peter Cavanagh

Dermot O’Shea and Crispin Rodwell

Councillor Ossian Smyth, Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, with Cyril Byrne, Press Photographer of the Year

Councillor Mary Fayne, Michael Doorley, Una Brennan and Nina Hand

Exhibition opens at dlrLexicon

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OCAL man and Press Photographer of the Year 2018, Cyril Byrne of The Irish Times, was in attendance as the Press Photographer of the Year Exhibition arrived at dlrLexicon Library, Dun Laoghaire, last week. The exhibition features 107 winning and shortlisted images from the annual awards of the PPAI, , encapsulating the many highs Louise Murphy, Iveta Idanova and Georgie Bates

and lows of the year gone by. This year’s judging panel was chaired by Dermot O’Shea and the judges were internationally renowned photographers Tom Stoddart and Eamonn McCabe. The multimedia award was judged by Michael Lee, RTE cameraman and Philip Bromwell, RTE News video and mobile journalist.

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WITH WIMBLEDON FEVER IN FULL SWING, NOW’S THE VERY BEST TIME TO ...

Marbella Club tennis court

Aphrodite Hills infinity pool

Match yourself with your top tennis holiday

Carlisle Bay beach sports

Annabel Croft Tennis at Pine Cliffs Resort

SYLVIA POWNALL

Travel Editor WITH Wimbledon in full swing tennis fever is tangible. Thankfully, wellness holiday specialists Health and Fitness Travel has the cure, sharing their top tennis training holidays and tips guaranteed to inspire you.

Gain the advantage with an epic sporting holiday with a morning on the court followed by rejuvenating spa treatments.

A n d eve n t h o u g h you’re bound to be served up some great coaching tips, any of these holidays will also make you feel like a champ.

Sounds like game, set and match!

Cyprus: Tennis at Aphrodite Hills Do you fancy yourself as the next Serena Williams or Roger Federer?

Aphrodite Hills is the perfect place for tennis enthusiasts of every age to achieve all their sporting goals.

After powering yourself out on the high-quality courts, unwind and

soothe your muscles by paying the retreat spa a visit to enjoy a hot stone, Swedish or therapeutic massage to make you feel relaxed and restored.

Seven nights from €1,339.

Spain: Marbella Club Tennis Located just a ball toss away from the luxurious Mediterranean hideaway that is Marbella Club, follow in the footsteps of Boris Becker at Puente Romano Tennis Club.

With ten well-equipped courts and a talented team of professional coaches waiting to ‘serve’ you, there’s no better place to perfect your tennis technique.

After a day of serveand-volley, wind down with a personalised massage and relax in the beachfront Thalasso Spa with breath-taking views across the Med. Seven nights at Marbella Club from €3,099.

Portugal: Annabel Croft Tennis at Pine Cliffs Resort With a philosophy of ‘movement and repetition’, take your tennis

to new heights on this one-week tennis coaching retreat developed by former British champion Annabel Croft.

The academy suits all skill levels and the programme includes highlypaced drills and exercises with top facilities and qualified trainers. Seven nights at Pine Cliffs from €2,079.

St Lucia: BodyHoliday Tennis Gain the advantage over your tennis game and your fitness levels on this active tennis holiday at BodyHoliday in St Lucia.

Set upon the secluded bay of Cariblue, hit the courts for private coaching and group tennis lessons, before testing what you’ve learnt with a tennis competition between fellow guests.

Round out your allinclusive tennis holiday with a wide range of group fitness classes,

land and water sports, including yoga, Box Fit, mountain biking and kayaking.

After an active day, relax at the luxury spa with a choice of daily treatments, including massages, body scrubs and facials. Seven nights from €1,679.

Antigua: Carlisle Bay Tennis Add some Vitamin-D to your game as you soak up the sun training in the tropics at Carlisle Bay in the Caribbean.

Beneath tropical palm trees, all nine courts are a stone’s throw away from the turquoise waters edge, including four floodlit courts for cooler evening games.

Between games explore on a rainforest hike or take to the tropical waters paddle boarding, before rejuvenating with a deep tissue massage at the award-winning Blue Spa. (Prices on enquiry).

For advice, guidance and booking, see the site at www.healthandfitnesstravel.com or call 0044 203 397 8891. Flights can be arranged from Dublin and other Irish airports.

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A GUIDE TO TEMPTING FOOD AND LOCATIONS

You knead to get to grips with making these tasty piadina TV CHEF and busy mother of three Rachel Allen has teamed up with pioneers of pesto, Sacla, to compile a new book, La Famiglia – The Family Book of Pesto (inset below).

It features everything from quick piadinas by Rachel and pesto fish fingers by Sacla, baked pasta, a hearty lamb ragu or pesto roast chicken.

We all know kids have a gra for Pesto and there’re heaps of opportunities for kids to get involved.

Here’s a sneak peak of one of the recipes from the book for all the family – Rachel Allen’s Piadina (which makes six piadina), a play on the classic piadina that hail from the Romagna region of Italy.

Children love them and they can create their own toppings and make them with you, serving up an alternative to Mexican fajitas any time.

For the Piadina • 250g plain flour • 1 tsp baking powder • Three-quarter tsp salt • 2 tbsp olive oil • 65ml warm milk • 65ml warm water

For the topping • 3 tbsp mayonnaise • Quarter jar Sacla classic

basil pesto • Handful of rocket leaves • 25g cheddar, grated • 200g cooked chicken breast, shredded into long, thin strips • 1 tbsp Greek yoghurt • Half a lime

Preparation: • Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Add the olive oil and mix until evenly crumbly.

• Make a well in the centre and pour in the warm milk and water.

Mix with your hands (or with a wooden spoon) until the dough become soft, but not sticky.

• Turn the dough out onto a clean work surface and knead for 5-7 minutes until it is soft and smooth.

• Divide into six pieces, each about 60g in weight.

Roll each piece into a ball

and place the balls on a flour-dusted surface.

Cover with a damp tea towel or cling film for 30 minutes, or they can go into the fridge overnight.

• When you’re ready to cook the piadina, heat a frying pan or grill-pan over a medium-to-high heat.

• Working with one ball at a time, roll the dough into a disc approximately 12cm/4.5in in diameter and about 2mm thick. Gently place the dough into the hot pan – no oil is needed.

• Cook each piadina over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes on each side, until lightly golden but still pliable, then wrap in a clean tea towel immediately to trap the steam and prevent the piadina from getting brittle while cooling. Repeat with the remaining balls of dough.

• Mix the mayonnaise with the basil pesto in a bowl. Place each piadina on a plate or worktop and spread half the surface with the basil mayonnaise.

• Arrange rocket leaves on top, then scatter each with grated cheese, shredded chicken and a dollop of yoghurt, followed by a squeeze of lime juice.

• Fold in half, serve, and tuck in ...

TRAVEL & FOOD

The Ivy could grow on diners DUBLINERS spotted an unusual vehicle out and about in the centre streets over the past week or so – an ‘overgrown’ bus trundling about, helping to promote the opening of a long-awaited new restaurant at Dawson Street – The Ivy. The Ivy Dawson Street is the first international brasserie from The Ivy Collection, and is located in the heart of the capital at a new landmark building, One Molesworth.

The bus took in several landmarks all around town, helping to promote the upcoming opening on Tuesday, July 24, and to announce the opening of its reservation line.

The brasserie-style restaurant and bar will accommodate up to 200 guests and feature an allencompassing menu complete with breakfast, weekend brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, light snacks and dinner, incorporating a selection of classics including shepherd’s

pie, crispy duck salad, alongside a selection of locally inspired dishes such as Dungarvan oysters.

Tantalising cocktails will be available to enjoy in the restaurant or at the brasserie’s striking central onyx bar, which will also be serving Irish staples such as Guinness and a selection of Irish whiskeys.

The Ivy Dawson Street’s artwork has been carefully curated, featuring a colourful mixture of old and new with pieces include topographical prints and plans of Dublin and Dublin Bay from 1850, as well as artwork inspired

by Ireland and Dublin, and pieces depicting music, Trinity College, horse racing and brewing.

For further information, or for reservations, call 01 695 0744, or see the site at theivydublin.ie.

E.Coli infections soar in heat REBECCA RYAN

Food Editor THE public have been advised to take extra care when handling and preparing food during this hot spell, after an increase in the number of E.Coli infections.

The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre said there have been 96 cases reported in Ireland in recent weeks, some three times higher than the same period last year.

The HSE has advised to always wash your hands before and after handling food, wash your fruit and vegetables thoroughly before eat-

ing them, and always ensure that minced meats are cooked all the way through.

On the spike in cases, Dr Kevin Kelleher, assistant national director, Public Health, said: “While investigations haven’t identified a specific reason for the increase in cases we would like to remind people to be careful about food safety during this heatwave to protect themselves against food poisoning.

“This hot weather provides the right conditions for bacteria such as VTEC to grow and multiply on foods, which can lead to high numbers of cases of food poisoning in adults and children.”

Such common causes of food poisoning can lead to serious complications. For example, the symptoms of VTEC infection vary but often include bloody diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.

Symptoms usually pass within five to ten days; however, VTEC infection can also cause a more serious complication called Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) in up to 10% of cases, which can lead to kidney failure, and occasionally even death.

HUS is more common in children under five and the elderly. It is important to visit your doctor if you develop bloody diarrhoea.

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WITH a nationwide hosepipe ban recently announced, we need to be very selective about how and when we use water in the garden. Even if it rains soon, it will take weeks if not months for reservoir levels to get back to normal and at the time of writing the ban is expected to be in place until at least the end of July.

Right now gardens have to contend with unprecedentedly high temperatures, drying winds and plants and trees in full leaf – all things that make them need water more than ever. Garden lovers have difficult decisions to make – which areas need water the most - as there simply isn’t enough to go around. You may be able to eke out supplies by re-using “grey” water, and here are a few tips to help you use any water to best advantage: Don’t worry about the lawn.

Although they’re turning brown all over the country, when the rain returns, as it surely will, the grass will recover and return to its usual lush green. It’s best not to cut the grass in these conditions so enjoy the break!

Mulch as much as you can. Home made compost, well rotted manure or chipped bark can all be used, but you can get creative if you’re stuck – thick cardboard from boxes or layers

of newspaper, weighed down, are better than nothing and you can always remove them when normal (rain) service is resumed. Mulching helps slow down the evaporation of water from the soil but do remember to soak the ground well before you apply it.

You can mulch containers too, particularly if there’s a lot of exposed compost – rounded beach cobbles and pebbles are ideal for this.

Give priority to the plants that need water most – anything newly planted, as they won’t have developed strong roots to seek out water for themselves yet – and anything in containers, as they are likely to dry out quickest.

When watering from a can, remove the rose and aim the spout close to the base of the plant so that the water is getting into the soil and to the roots, where it’s needed.

These polished cobbles from Galway Stone make a smart mulch for containers.

FOR further information on Anne Byrne Garden Design, call 086 683 8098, or see www.annebyrnegardendesign.com

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It has been one of the warmest summers in recent memory but you can still stay cool while looking cool. 2018 has been the year of tropical prints in women’s fashion, for the home and, yes, even the menfolk. The key is balancing strong (usually leafy shirts) patterns with earthy solids. To stay cool, choose lighter fabrics and make sure you protect your skin with a straw hat. There is nothing cooler than that!

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FRESH IDEAS FOR YOUR HOME AND WARDROBE

HOME & STYLE

BEAUTYBits being scents-ible THE BURREN PERFUMERY, located in the heart of the Burren in Co Clare, expertly makes small batch perfumes and certified organic cosmetics inspired by the iconic limestone landscape of the Burren and its unique flora.

They have unique fragrances for men (and women) including

Aran is a fresh sea cologne with a citrus top note and woody base.

These frangrances are bottled by hand at the Burren Perfumery.

The Remus Oumo SS18 Collection has got summer covered with simple, classic styles in subtle earth tones. Available online at www.remusuomo.com and at selected stockists.

Dundrum a chance to see our products and experience a little bit of our culture, in person.

“As an online store, we don’t have many in-person opportunities with our customers and with another new product launch on the immediate horizon we felt it was the right time and Dundrum Town Centre was exactly where we wanted to be.”

The GYM+COFFEE pop-up shop runs until Sunday 22nd July on the 3rd floor of Dundrum Town Centre, next to the food court.

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TECH TIME

SHANE DILLON

sdillon@dublingazette.com

WITH a prime, marketdominating position that sees Netflix keeping a foot firmly planted in both media and technology worlds, it’s been interesting to note that the streaming titan has gone decidedly old-skool with a significant investment it’s expected to close this month.

Netflix is splashing out a whopping $150,000,000 on buying just a few dozen billboards in Hollywood – a sum that’s not exactly spare change to most of us, but is just a small part of the whopping $2bn it’s spending on marketing alone this year.

Tech and media analysts have been quick to praise the deal, however, as the $150m investment in buying some 35 billboards scattered around the Sunset Strip in Hollywood

is potentially a very shrewd, canny move by Netflix which could impact on its fortunes – quite literally.

For starters, there’s an immediate financial gain for the company.

Yes, $150m is a huge upfront investment to make, and is a significant expense to incur on some distinctly oldfashioned advertising tech – today’s billboards are virtually identical to those from back in the day, advertising then the finest moustache wax for your great-greatgrandfather.

However, with advertising rates of about $25,000 a month for billboards along the area, buying a whole lot of them outright and then just facing a low maintenance cost presents Netflix with an advertising investment that will have paid for itself in a comparatively short time.

More than that, acquiring the billboards immediately hurts any rivals advertising in the area, firmly preventing rival shows and streaming services from advertising in the key creative hub at the heart of Hollywood.

Apart from the calculated financial aspects of the deal, there’s also a less tangible – but no less valuable – intellectual aspect to the billboards deal.

The past 18 months or so have seen Netflix substantially up its production game, in terms of seizing control of the streaming market as it seeks to present an alternative to the main, traditional cinema-going and TV-viewing market.

Netflix now funds and creates a huge amount of original TV shows, as well as having ramped up production of movies as well – and nowhere

MACHINE OF THE WEEK

else on earth dominates television and movie production on earth like a comparatively small part of Los Angeles.

The kind of place where, say, 35 billboards advertising Netflix’s wares, shows and business deals might catch the eye of leading creative and industry figures in ‘the biz’, thus attracting even more acting, producting and other talents to join the Netflix stable.

With Netflix firmly focused on expanding its market share and drawing ever more creative talents to its side, the decidedly old-fashioned marketing ‘technology’ it’s buying – little more than slapping glued-on sheets of laminated paper on wood and metal – shows that sometimes the best way to move forward with technology is sometimes to just look backwards ...

Summit for everyone interested in taking EU rejects a serious look at Ireland’s gaming future copyright Hotel, Dublin 2, will see DUBLIN is soon playing to proposals a huge number of intera major gaming summit, set to bring an international panel of several leading figures and companies together for a key networking and industry event in the heart of the capital.

Many people don’t know that Ireland is home to a number of key tech companies providing tech and industry-leading skills at the heart of the gaming sector, with a number of small but vital companies quietly keeping Ireland firmly involved in the global market.

The likes of Google and Facebook tend to dominate the headlines when it comes to tech stories, but several other companies in Ireland, such as Havoc, are fundamentally Irish success stories in gaming.

As such, given our geographically small but sectorally significant role, the upcoming Dublin Games Summit on July 19 at the Alex

national industry speakers, company founders, researchers and many more coming to Dublin to share insights on gaming today, where it’s going and being developed into, new tech and market trends beginning to shape gaming and creative industries and, of course, also examining Ireland’s role in the ever growing sector.

It all promises to be a fascinating summit with an awful lot to take in, but for anyone who’s serious about gaming, and especially for those working in tech and gaming in Ireland, it sounds like an unmissable event.

Summit tickets cost €185 (with a Lillies Bordello after-summit bash costing €10). For further information on the full line-up of the summit’s guests and topics, see the site at dublingamessummit.ie.

LAST but not least, social media giants must have breathed a sigh of relief after EU lawmakers rejected copyright proposals that would have made them responsible for content on their sites.

There were some excellent arguments on both sides of the proposals – many artists earn pitiful royalty payments, if anything at all, from work which may have a vast reach from being shared online, while data protection and citizen surveillance fears were raised by how companies might track who’s sharing what.

This particular battle is over, but the issue of copyright protection is bound to return to the courts again.

Ford tops Focus with latest sporty ST-Line Ford has more options for the Focus range than most would think about, topped off by the sporty ST-Line models with a hint of more performance. Michael Moroney took the latest Focus St-Line on the road where he was impressed while he hankered for more power.

WITH the current Ford Focus generation getting ready for a revamp, it was opportune to get a recent drive in the Focus ST, the blue oval brand’s sporty take on the popular Ford Focus car. Ford has offered four styling and specification pack options for the Focus and the ST Line offers most in terms of performance and style.

The Focus ST-Line models clearly stand out from the basic Focus in having ST-inspired styling features that include a honeycomb design for the trapezoidal front grille.

The car has unique front fog lamps with dark surrounds and a unique front bumper insert. At the rear there is an ST-Line diffuser element and large rear roof spoiler.

The ST-Line versions come with deep side-skirts

Ford Focus ST 1.5 TDCi Engine Engine power 0 – 100km/hr Economy Fuel Tank Capacity CO2 emissions Road Tax Band Main Service Euro NCAP Rating Warranty Entry Price and ST-Line exterior badging on the front wings.

The exterior sport effect is topped off with unique 17in alloy wheels in Rock Metallic Grey and LED daytime running lights.

On the inside, the STLine special features include sport seats with red stitching and a perforated leather ST-style steering

1.5 litre 120hp 10.6 seconds 26km/litre (3.8/100km or 74mpg) 53 litres 98g/km A2 €180 20,000km/12 months 5 star (2012) 5 years €26,220 wheel with grey stitching.

There is an ST style gear knob, a dark woven headliner, and you’re greeted by ST-Line scuff plates as you open the doors.

The ST Line image is one of power for Focus drivers who want more. Ford in Ireland offers three engine options for the Focus STLine, an entry level 1.0 litre

The Nissan Qashqai was Dublin’s and Ireland’s best-selling car for the first six months of 2018

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WHAT’S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY AND ON WHEELS

TECH & MOTORS

Is hay fever pollen causing you problems?

A RUNNY nose, headache and constant sneezing, are just a few of the symptoms hay fever sufferers deal with during the summer. These symptoms can affect motorists in a number of ways. Here’s some advice on how to cope with it before taking to the road.

Ensure your car is clean and dust free and that you operate the air conditioning or ventilation to your advantage, making use of air recirculation where

The Ford Focus ST Line comes with unique exterior sporty styling in Frozen White colour that it makes it stand out from the other Focus models and entry prices start at €26,220 plus delivery charges.

possible. It’s also important that you change your pollen filter regularly For anyone who hasn’t been diagnosed with hay fever and is feeling under the weather, avoid driving or riding and arrange to see your GP as soon as

Ecoboost petrol engine, a mid-range 1.5 litre TDCi diesel engine and the top performing 2.0 litre TDCi diesel engine. The midrange 1.5 litre TDCi engine was the Ford Focus ST Line version that I drove recently combines the performance and style feel that you expect from an ST Line with an improved economy result.

With this car is aiming to appeal to drivers who like the style and driving feel of the Focus ST Line and also want the opportunity for more economical driving, when needed. This 1.5 litres turbo-diesel engine is lively, while naturally more sluggish than the top performing 2.0 litre version. I hankered for more power, because the car’s styling want to perform even better.

For those making an ST-Line choice, the question will be how important

is the car’s actual performance or is the perception of performance even more important? This ST Line will give the desired effect with a great styling and a rated economy figure of 26km/litre (3.8/100km or 74mpg), that suitably impressive.

Out on the road, you’ll still get the ST-Line sporty driving feel with the noticeably harder suspension. This actual economy performance will be difficult to achieve, because as Oscar Wilde once said, “I can resist anything but

temptation” and that’s what the ST-Line will do to you. Succumbing to STLine temptation meant that I achieved a range of almost 900km from the car’s 53 litre capacity fuel tank, and that added more than 30% from the official economy rating.

Opting for the higher performance diesel engine version won’t impact too much on your economy levels, while it will boost acceleration performance by more than 20%. I think that if I was a Ford Focus ST-Line buyer I would

The dash styling on the Ford Focus ST Line

also be tempted on the engine choice and opt for the bigger engine version, to complete the ST line effect.

On the inside the STLine feeling is less obvious. The styling is similar to Zetec models while I had expected a more dynamic looking steering wheel, even though it is a flat bottom steering wheel with perforated leather differs from the standard models.

The ST-Line seat stitching and the sports pedals gave a more lasting

The test car came with the mid-range 1.5 litre Ford diesel engine

impression. Seat adjustment and comfort are good so it’s easy to feel in control in the car. While the clutch pedal was a shade on the heavy side, this is a car that drives very well.

The car comes with a host of safety features while the useful Parking Park is optional, the city Active City Spot and Cross Traffic Alert systems are also on the options listing, which will add to the entry price figure of €26,220 before delivery charges.

As these current generation models run out in the next short months, there will be value for Focus STLine buyers. That value is topped off by the Ford Clean Up for 182 with up to €4,700 off a new Focus ST-Line when you take their 4.9% car finance deal.

That’s topped with a new 7 year warranty offer on the car.

June shows lift in Dublin new car sales New car sales in the capital rose in June this year compared with June 2017, while the overall market for the year to date was down marginally by 3.65%, according to the latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). The latest figures show that 35,747 new cars were registered in Dublin for the first six months of 2018.

The drop in new car sales in the Dublin region was less than that across all of Ireland, with Dublin now accounting for 41% of all new car sales in Ireland, up marginally from last year. This once again confirms the region

as the most important new car sales area in Ireland.

Nissan’s popular Qashqai SUV took the Dublin new car sales honours and was also Ireland’s best-selling car so far this year. The Nissan Qashqai topped popular models such as the Volkswagen Golf, Skoda Octavia, Hyundai Tucson and Nissan Micra among the five top-selling cars in Dublin, giving Nissan two models in the top five ranking.

Sales of diesel powered sales are continuing to fall in Ireland’s capital, and the SIMI figures showed a 20% drop in new diesel car registra-

tions this year. Sales of hybrid petrol electric cars are taking up the slack to some extent (up 65% on this time last year), while sales of petrol cars are making a comeback in the city, rising by 19% for the first six months of 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.

Car buyers have a huge preference for grey coloured cars, according to the SIMI statistics, and it’s interesting that orange coloured cars showed a 250% increase this year, no doubted boosted by the success of the new Nissan Micra, which uniquely looks good in orange livery.

possible. What you might think is just a slight cold can become a major distraction, so get it checked before it gets worse While over-the-counter medicines will help with a runny nose and sneezing symptoms, they can also blur vision and make you feel drowsy, check with your GP to decide what the best course of action is.

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Subaru congratulates Leinster Champions SUBARU Ireland has congratulated Dublin GAA following the crowning of their Senior Footballers as Leinster Champions for the eight-successive year.

As proud vehicle sponsor to Dublin GAA, Subaru provides vehicles to some of the players and management of the Dublin senior football and hurling teams.

The football and hurling teams, including the Dublin Ladies, are benefiting from a Subaru Forester van to oversee the transportation of team kits around the country for the All Ireland Championships and National League games.

Summer 2018 is shaping up to be one of great excitement, with the introduction of the new Super 8’s in the football championship. The Dublin footballers continue to inspire and entertain their dedicated supporters. The Subaru tagline ‘Confidence in Motion’ describes them perfectly.

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LATE LATE SHOW: SOCCER: THERE will be no question

of split loyalties when Inchicore Athletic player/assistant manager Stephen Quigley faces his former side St Patrick’s Athletic in the FAI Cup first round next month.

The two clubs have been drawn against each other in the most local of local derbies with plenty of allegiances being put to the test.

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LET DUBLIN GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS INFORM YOU OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SCORES OF YOUR FAVOURITE TEAMS ATHLETICS | SANTRY STADIUM WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL FIELD

Morton mile the highlight of top meet  JAMES HENDICOTT

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SANTRY’s Morton Stadium is set for its namesake Morton Games to come to town for arguably Ireland’s most high-profile track athletic’s event.

It is set to feature a selection of highlevel stars from abroad, and provide a great test for the stars of the local track and field scene.

The Games are a single evening event taking place on July 19 and have grown in stature in recent years. The races, taking in 100 metres to 5,000 metres distances, will also include a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Herb Elliott’s World Mile in the stadium back in 1958 (and a mile distance in its honour). Javelin and high-jump will take place on the field.

Brendan Griffin TD launched the event last week, saying: “This year’s Morton Games promises to be another

wonderful night of athletics and a fantastic opportunity for the Irish public to see some top class athletes in action.

“It is also a great chance for our athletes to test themselves against international opposition in preparation for the European Athletics Championships in Berlin in August.

“I would like to congratulate everyone involved in organising this prestigious event on the Irish sporting calendar and I hope everyone has an exciting and enjoyable evening.”

The Morton Games is now in its eighth year as an annual international track and field meet, and will feature many of Ireland’s top athletes.

It will feature Ireland’s fastest woman Phil Healy, Sean Tobin in the Morton Mile, 400m Brian Gregan, John Travers and Stephen Scullion in the 5000 metres, as well as Dundrum South Dublin’s Siofra Cleirigh-Buttner, who’s a rising star of the American

Clonliffe Harriers’ Brian Gregan, Deputy Mayor of Fingal Grainne Maguire, DSD’s Siofra Cleirigh-Buttner and Brendan Griffin TD at the launch

university track scene, racing at middle distance. Confirmed international athletes participating in the Meet include 2016 world indoor 800 metre champion Boris Berian (USA) and Crystal Emmanuel (CAN), a two time Olympian and finalist in the 2017 world championships.

Olympic high jump finalist Alyx

Treasure (CAN), and Ryan Gregson (AUS) a 2016 Olympic 1500 metre finalist, will also compete.

Events get underway on July 19 at 6.30pm (including qualifiers, junior and wheelchair events), with international-level races from 7.30pm. Entry is €10 for adults, and free for Under16s.

SPORT CONTACT INFO SPORTS EDITOR: Stephen Findlater sfindlater@dublingazette.com

For more information or to send in news and photos: sport@dublingazette.com Phone: 01 601 0240

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BALLINTEER ST JOHN’S LOTTO results. Numbers 2, 4, 10 and 20. No winner. Next Thursday’s jackpot is €6,800, lotto joker €1,150. Winner of €100 Jim Holland, €50 Marie McDonnell and Imelda McLoughlin. Joker consolation prize Fergal Duffy. Bingo continues every Monday at 8pm.

A mixed week for adult football teams. Our seniors match v Ballymun Kickhams was postponed due to a bereavement in Ballymun Club.

Junior As beaten by O’Dwyers. Junior Bs beat O’Toole’s aided by a goal hat trick from David Gillick. Junior Cs beat St Finian’s of Newcastle.

Minor As beat Clontarf and Minor Bs got a walkover. U-16s drew away to Castleknock. A win would have put us playing off for the Division 1 title. Nevertheless, a fantastic year for the team and mentors. Well done. Senior footballers play Kilmacud Crokes in the league on Friday on the OWP at 7.30pm. All junior football teams have home fixtures on Sunday. Marlay will be closed for concerts. Times and venues for these will be posted on Facebook and club website when finalised.

On Thursday, our third hurling team, still in line for promotion, play away to St Josephs OCBs at 7.30. All support welcome.

GAA Skills Camp Football/Hurling / Camogie July 16–20 and Multi Sport Camp. Football/ Hurling / Camogie. Gaelic Tag, Water games, Athletics and much more . August 13-17, 10am to 2.30pm. All in Marlay Park. Age 5-12 yrs.

Contact Club GPO’s Carol Nolan 0851424543 or Donal Gormley 0876312082.

BSJ Golf Classic in Grange Golf Club Rathfarnham on August 3. Fourball for €300 to include steak dinner. Email golfclassic @ballinteerstjohns.com or Colm 0871787198.

Con O’Callaghan was a special guest this week at the Shankill GAA summer camp

BOXING: USA TEAM WIN BIG AFTER SERIES OF THRILLING BOUTS

Monkstown revels in world’s biggest Cup Loughlinstown leisure centre sees an incredible 840 boxers, 2,500 fans and a wealth of volunteers come to south Dublin from all around the world to make the International Cup a monumental success  JAMES HENDICOTT

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MONKSTOWN Boxing Club hosted what has become the biggest boxing tournament in the world earlier this month with an incredible 840 boxers weighing in at Loughlinstown Leisure Centre to take part in the Monkstown International Box Cup. The contest is aimed at boxers aged between ten and 19, and run entirely by volunteers. It continues to attract competitors from across the globe: while planned attendance by teams from India and Sierra Leone didn’t materialise in 2018 for visa and financial reasons, strong teams from the US, Russia, Ukraine and plenty of other European neighbours gave the cup serious international weight.

“The overall quality of boxing was the best we’ve ever seen,”

Monkstown Boxing Club’s JP Kinsella said after the weekend. “People were calling it the ‘mini World Championships’. 17 countries were represented, and Loughlinstown was just packed. We had more than 2,500 people watching the five rings at any one time.”

The American team came out on top, taking 11 titles, and also the overall club winners title in the process. They faced fierce competition from local boxers from Crumlin Boxing Club (who took nine titles), and Blackpool’s visiting Sharpstyle Boxing Club (who took seven). Monkstown Boxing Club took six titles of their own, despite the absence of four Irish Champions from the host’s team.

There were also overall awards given to boxers across various categories. Jack Turner of Crossfit Liverpool took the men’s overall title having beaten English and Irish champions and then a fantastic

American boxer to win his age/ weight-based category.

The junior men’s title was taken by thirteen-year-old Thomas

“

It’s just a huge collaboration, everyone is contributing and no big egos

Varey, from Sharpstyle Blackpool, whose outstanding skill particularly impressed judges as he saw off two opponents comfortably.

In the women’s tournament, Abbey McKay from Salisbury Boxing Club in Liverpool took the senior overall award, having beaten an English and an Irish Champion on the way to winning her weight

GERALDINE P MORAN THERE was no winner of this weeks lotto draw, the numbers were 13,16,24 and 30.

Our lucky dip winners were Aidan Kearney and Cormac Maguire. Next week’s jackpot will be €900, many thanks to all who play the lotto and support the club, don’t forget to let your family and friends know about our draw.

Both our senior teams had good victories during the week with our AFL7 team defeating St Margarets to keep their 100% league record intact and

the AFL11s team putting four goals past Ballyboden to help them over the line.

On Sunday, both will have games in Cornelscourt so come out and support them, AFL7 at 12pm vs St Annes and AFL11s vs Croi Ro Naofa at 3pm.

There is a limited amount of spaces left in our club camps for the weeks July 16-20 and August 20-24.

To guarantee a place pre booking is recommended visit our website for further details. http://www. geraldinesgaa.ie/2018/05/ summer-camp.

The scene in Loughlinstown Leisure Centre as the crowds flocked to the venue for the Monkstown International Box Cup.

category.

The junior women’s overall title was taken by Monkstown’s own Aliyah Flood, whose no-nonsense, action-packed style lead to two powerful first round stoppages.

“She hits so hard for her size,” Kinsella explained.

The competition was an impressive feat of organisation, which saw all 840 boxers weighed in within half an hour of showing up at Loughlinstown Leisure Centre on the Friday, and hours of consecutive bouts running to plan.

A number of fantastic side stories have grown out of the competition: Ballybrack Boxing Club, for example, hosted three international teams for free, sleeping on the floor of their clubhouse.

Young boxers, aged nine and ten, also took part in highly-popular ‘skills bouts’, contests that had no official victor (official decisions come from age eleven up), but helped prepare the various youngsters for future years.

“If we had the space, we could easily go to eight rings,” Kinsella tells us. “You’d be looking at the RDS or somewhere like that, and we’ll just about break even for it this year.

“Last year, we made a bit of money and subsidised a trip for our boxers, but it’s become more expensive to run, and we want to keep the entry fee down.

“It was an amazing experience.

Very tough, but amazing. The volunteers, 40 odd of them, really care about what’s going on.

“The judges and referees were incredible. It’s just a huge collaboration, everyone contributing and no big egos.

“Global Medics, the Lock Inn Pub, who provided lots of the food and an affordable menu, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and the Irish Amataur Boxing Association were all vital to what we did over the weekend.

If you get something like this wrong, it could be a nightmare, but it was just amazing,” Kinsella concludes.

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SOCCER: ST PAT’S FACE LSL SENIOR 1A SIDE IN FAI CUP

WNL ROUND-UP Shels keep up the chase

Inchicore Athletic’s LSL Sunday Senior 1A side have the absolute dream match-up in the FAI Cup

Inchicore and Quigley’s perfect FAI Cup draw  DAVE DONNELLY

THERE’LL be no question of split loyalties when Inchicore Athletic player/ assistant manager Stephen Quigley faces his former side St Patrick’s Athletic in the FAI Cup first round next month.

The defender spent four-and-a-half years at Richmond Park during a player career that took in spells with Dundalk, Shelbourne and, most recently, Athlone Town.

For the past couple of years, he’s played with his local Leinster Senior League club while assistant manager David Hyland on the coaching side.

Hyland’s young, mostly local-based side surprised many by dumping their Pearse Park tenants Crumlin United out on qualifying in the previous round.

Club officials had longed in the lead-up to last week’s draw to see their

local League of Ireland club come out of the hat – and that’s exactly what happened as they were picked out alongside the Saints.

It sets up what promises to be a huge game for the Inchicore area, where planners are currently mulling over a proposal from the Saints to build a new stadium and shopping complex.

First, though, the club will have to get the job done on the pitch against an amateur side from whom nothing is expected – which is the perfect setup for an upset.

“I’ve been winding him up about it all week,” Hyland told the Dublin Gazette.

“My assistant Stephen Quigley spent nearly five years at Pats. I keep winding him up telling him it’s his testimonial out there.

He’s looking forward to it.”

Hyland’s young side narrowly missed out on promotion from Sunday Senior 1A last season as

their challenge tapered off in the final months.

T h ey h a d a l re a d y exceeded the expectations of many to even challenge as an inexperienced, but talented and committed, side put in a big challenge.

They took that attitude into the Crumlin clash, and will do so again when they take on the 2014 FAI Cup winners.

The tie is set to be moved to Richmond Park as Pearse Park, which Inchicore rent, wasn’t deemed suitable when Crumlin faced Dundalk in last season’s competition.

It could turn out to be the ideal arrangement for all involved, however, as the tie has the potential to catch the imagination of the whole community, with the threat of a giantkilling to spice things up.

“It’s going to be extremely difficult. You’ve a fulltime professional football club against an amateur team. I do believe we’ll be

fearless.

“We’re going to have to have an extremely lucky night and they’ll have to have an off-night, but I wouldn’t be fearing it in any way.”

Un fo r t u n a te l y fo r Hyland, he’ll have to leave the running of the side to Quigley as he had booked time away for a family wedding when an FAI Cup spot was a remote possibil-

ity.

“I’m not around for it, believe it or not. I’m on my holidays.

“I’ve a family wedding thing on, and my holiday has been booked for the past year.

“We were weighing up could I come home on the Friday, but it would mean I’m coming home after nearly three or four days, so I’m going to miss it.”

St Pat’s Athletic will hope for no slip ups in the most local of local derbies. Picture: Martin Doherty

SHELBOURNE kept within touching distance of Women’s National League leaders Wexford Youths after they cruised to a 3-0 win over UCD Waves at the AUL Complex on Saturday afternoon. Republic of Ireland international defender Niamh Prior scored twice either side of Jamie Finn’s strike as he Reds posted their third win on the spin.

With top scorer Leanne Kiernan still out injured, Shels started with the newly-capped Isibeal Atkinson in the central striker role. It was the more unlikely source of left-back Prior who provided the first goal, however, as she beat Aisling Dunbar and sent a shot looping over Erica Turner Picture: Martin Doherty in the UCD goal.

A rare chance for the Students saw a free kick routine fall to Dearbhaile Beirne, but the forward couldn’t connect with her shot.

They were made to pay a minute before the break as right-back Seana Cooke swung in a cross for Finn to head home from six yards, her second in two games.

And the former UCD defender Prior wrapped up the win on the hour mark as she met Alannah McEvoy’s right-wing cross at the back post and turned the ball past Turner. Shels remain six points behind unbeaten Wexford and four points ahead of Dublin rivals Peamount in the table. Danny Crowley’s side host struggling Limerick on Saturday, when they’ll look for a repeat of their 5-1 triumph last time out.

PEAS’ O’GORMAN ON FIRE REPUBLIC of Ireland striker Áine O’Gorman scored a hattrick and laid on four more as Peamount United recorded the biggest win of the Women’s National League so far this season over Limerick.

O’Gorman provided a trio of assists as her Ireland strike partner Amber Barrett also registered a hat-trick in a 9-1 win for the Peas, as well as forcing an own goal.

Megan Smith-Lynch and Louise Masterson also scored, while Rebecca Horgan scored a consolation for Limerick, as Peamount kept in touch with league leaders Wexford Youths. 100-cap Ireland star O’Gorman broke the deadlock after 15 minutes before her cross led to an own goal

for number two.

O’Gorman provided the cross for Barrett to get on the scoresheet soon after before Smith-Lynch, an early injury replacement for Heather Payne, made it 4-0.

O’Gorman added a fifth before the break, and she laid on two early in the second half as Barrett completed her hat-trick. O’Gorman got her deserved hat-trick before Rebecca Horgan slotted home a consolation for the Blues.

Louise Masterson ensured Peamount had the last laugh, however, with the post-match discussion revolving around which of O’Gorman and Barrett would take the match ball back to Greenogue.

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KILMACUD CROKES CONGRATULATIONS to the minor A Footballers who have won the MFL1 with two games to spare.

Hard fought draws by both ladies teams in their midweek fixtures with the seniors drawing with Clontarf with both teams scoring 2-9, while the juniors notched up 1-19 to 4-10 for Na Fianna.

Hard work at the back from Roisin Mc Carthy and a forceful display from Julia Buckley up front helped seniors to a hard fought draw.

Hard luck to the AFL1 team who lost to St Vincent’s 0-11 to 1-14.

The AFL3 side had a great 7-13 to 4-11 win over Good Counsel while the AFL4 team beat Thomas Davis 3-13 to 2-10.

Hard luck to the AFL8 A team who lost to Stars of Erin 3-11 to 3-14, while the AFL8 B team beat Ballyboden 4-15 to 2-7.

We would like to wish Ryan O’Dwyer all the best following his retirement from inter-county hurling.

The gutsy forward played senior hurling with Dublin for the past eight years and won a National League title in 2011 and a Leinster Championship in 2013.

Sky Sports Super 8 preview in the club on Thursday, July 12 at 8pm. Check the club website for details and signup.

Well done to Peter Walsh for organising the Walk While You Can table quiz in the club on Friday July 6 in support of Father Tony. Thanks to all who supported event.

Naomh Olaf’s Julie Grimes and Christine Shanahan shone for the Dublin U-16 camogie team.

NAOMH OLAF WELL done to Junior 1s and Junior 2s in football League matches with good wins last week.

Very hard luck to Senior footballers who lost out to St Maur’s who converted a final kick penalty to get home by a point.

Well done to Julie Grimes and Christine Shanahan and the Dublin U-16 camogie team who had a good win in Clare.

Hard luck to Tom Keane and the Dublin U-20s, beaten by Kildare in Leinster football final.

Ironman Dun Laoghaire 2018, a running, swimming and cycling event will take

place on August 19, starting and finishing in Dun Laoghaire with the cycle route heading down to Roundwood and through the Wicklow mountains.

Volunteers are being sought to help ensure smooth running of this event.

If you would like to help please email naomholafpro@gmail.com and your details will be passed on.

Lotto numbers were 14, 25 and 32.

No winner; next week’s jackpot €1,400. Get your ticket in the club or play via the website www. naomholaf.ie

BOXING: SOUTHSIDE DERBY PROVIDES EXTRA SPICE TO CELTIC

Kelly aims to quell Chisinau Cyclone CELTIC CLASH 6  sport@dublingazette.com

THERE’S South Dublin derby coming and it’s not Shamrock Rovers v St Pat’s.

Two local pro boxers who live not ten minutes apart will do battle for the BUI Celtic light welterweight title on Saturday, July 14 at Good Counsel GAA Club in Drimnagh.

In one corner, you have Karl Kelly, the Monkstown slugger with dynamite in both hands and a neversay-die attitude. Then, across from him, you have the silkily skilled Victor Rabei. Born in Moldova but brought up in Rathmichael, he is a polar opposite to Kelly in terms of style.

The contrast in fighting approaches between 23-year-old Kelly, who has one win and one loss, and 24-year-old Rabei, who has four wins, has intrigued and divided Irish boxing fans and both fighters are supremely confident they will emerge victorious from the bout on the Celtic Clash 6 card.

“The more I think about it the more I am buzzing,” says the infectiously

excitable Kelly who sports a perma-grin. “It’s a fight that is going to get fans talking. It has a bit of everything.

“It’s two local lads that live near each other and I am sure we will both bring a good crowd. It’s a great chance so early in my career and one I really am excited about.

“Winning this title will put me in the right direction of getting an Irish title shot and that would be more than a dream come true for me. I’m very confident that I will win and that Irish title will come.

“Obviously Vic is a very good fighter. You can’t knock him too much technically. I’m training flat out and ain’t cutting any corners at all and been strictly monitored by Jay [Byrne, manager] and Deco [Geraghty Snr, trainer] daily, both, for training and diet.”

It could be mind games, but Kelly also enters the bout with a big claim. The St Margaret’s man reveals that “I boxed him as an amateur. I know it’s only the amateurs and I don’t really want to look into that, but I caught him lovely and I dropped him.

“It was on one of Jay Byrne’s club shows but that is the amateurs there is no point bringing that into it. Vic has progressed massively and he does promote himself well. Look, may the better man win.

I won’t stir it up too much, yet!”

Rabei, of course, recalls their encounter differently.

“I don’t know where they got that from,” laughs ‘The Chisinau Cyclone’. “I do remember

fighting him on some club show about seven years ago. It was my first fight in a long time and I don’t think I was even in the gym.

“I did hurt my nose I remember that, but I wasn’t down. Anyway, if they are taking anything from that fight going into this one they are making a mistake. Not only was it so long ago I wasn’t even fit that night. It’s completely different now.”

The St Michael’s Inchic-

ore fighter, who is trained here by Manchester’s Steven O’Rourke, comes into the bout with big confidence having recently secured the biggest win of his career. In March, Rabei stopped tough Belfast boxer Mark Morris in the third round at the National Stadium. Now he’s aiming for an all-Ireland double.

Tickets for the fight night are priced at €55 (ringside), €35 (unreserved) and are available from the boxers involved.

Collins sprints to 40-50 win

Scott Orwell Wheelers’ Diarmuid Collins

SCOTT Orwell Wheelers Diarmuid Collins claimed the Irish Veteran Cyclist Association 40-50 Age Championships in Kentstown on Sunday.

Collins is in flying form after winning the league race during the week and came into the championships as one of the favourites.

On a hot, wind-free day, Collins worked hard throughout the race.

The first half of the 100km race was fast but steady, the second half saw attack after attack all of which Collins made the break

with.

The chasing pack, including Scott Orwell’s Ken O’Neill, worked hard to reel the breaks each time and, in the end, the race came down to a bunch finish.

Collins timed his sprint perfectly, crossing the line about a bike length in front of second place.

In the 50-60 group, Scott Orwell’s Eddie Lynch took third place. He was unlucky in the sprint, leading out from 400m but was just beaten on the line.

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ATHLETICS: BLACKROCK AC IN RECORD-BREAKING FORM

CLASH NIGHT Karl Kelly, centre, is looking forward to his derby date with Rathmichael-based Victor Rabei

Healy the golden girl of European athletics EUROPEAN U-18 CHAMPIONSHIPS  sport@dublingazette.com

DRIVING SUCCESS

Rathfarnham take second at Hermitage

RATHFARNHAM Golf Club were runnersup at last weekend’s Mercedes Benz Team Matchplay event, hosted by Hermitage Golf Club.

Carol Cahill (Lady Captain, Rathfarnham Golf Club) is pictured with (from left) Stephen Byrne (Chief Executive, Mercedes Benz), Alex Buckley, David Lindsay, John Cahill, John Mills (Vice Captain, Rathfarnham Golf Club), Colum O’Carroll and Denis McGillycuddy (Captain, Hermitage Golf Club).

Picture by Pat Cashman

SARAH Healy produced the star performances of European Athletics Under-18s in Gyor, Hungary, breaking two championship records on the way to two dominant performances in the 1,500m and 3,000m.

The Blackrock AC and Holy Child Killiney runner has been a rising star for a while now, winning her first national senior indoor title in February following a European 1,500m gold in 2017.

This week, Healy reigned supreme in the rain to win the 3,000m final on Friday in a championship record of 9.18.05.

With instructions to pick it up with 1km to go by her coach, Eoghan Marnell, Healy duly did speeding a split of 2.57 to cruise to gold.

This was another step up in class to win 3,000m gold here which was a late decision; it proved inspired as she sped to gold. “The competition was harder than last year and I’m really happy to win gold.”

“I thought about it a few weeks ago and said ‘we’ll leave it’. But then the night before we came, we thought again ‘will we?’ The schedule worked out and so we said ‘why not?’ and gave it a go.

“I didn’t know what the pace would be and the first few laps definitely felt fast. I wasn’t sure exactly how I was feeling and whether I would have to wait for a sprint finish. It slowed down as we went along and I got more into it and started feeling better.”

She paid tribute to Marnell’s plan of action: “It was his idea to take it up at 1k. He gives me good race plans and I trust him. I was a little nervous and he said ‘you don’t have to if you don’t want to’ but normally I just do whatever he says because he has the best ideas.”

It was also a new Irish outdoor youth record.

On Saturday, she affirmed her status as the middle distance queen of the championships

Sarah Healy shows off her medals at Dublin airport on Monday evening.

Picture: Piaras O Midheach/ Sportsfile

with a dominant win in the 1,500m final in a new championship record of 4.18.71.

“I decided to go to the front after one lap and stay out of trouble and to speed it up, taking the kick out of the other girls,” she said of her tactics.

She said there were few nerves due to the team spirit abounding in the Irish setup with plenty of other medals. “ R h a s i d a t [Ad e ke l e] a n d S o p h i e [O’Sullivan] kind of spurred me on and got me

excited. Today was tough and it was a long time waiting for the race.

“I just tried to relax at the hotel and chat with everyone there, watching some Love Island to take my mind off things. It was pretty relaxed.

“It’s such a great team atmosphere and with everyone performing so well, getting in the medals, it really helps. When I walked out, there was Irish people cheering for me at three different places around the track.”

Blackrock pair in World Sevens squad SEVENS WORLD CUP  sport@dublingazette.com

BLACKROCK College RFC’s Kathy Baker and Katie Fitzhenry have both been named in the Irish women’s sevens team for the rugby World Cup at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

The tournament features the world’s top 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams and will be played on July 20 and 21 in the Bay Area.

The tournament format is a knock-out style draw, meaning teams will have to win every

match to be crowned World Cup winners.

Ireland face England in the opening Round of 16 match, with the winner progressing to the Championship Quarter-Final against either Mexico or New Zealand, while the loser will go into the Quarter-Finals of the Challenge competition.

Baker will be making her big tournament debut following her debut for the Irish 7s team earlier this year.

Fitzhenry, meanwhile, is one of three players to line out in the

15s World Cup last August.

Ahead of the weekend, Director of Sevens Rugby, Anthony Eddy said: “The team put in a number of good performances at the Rugby Europe Grand Prix in Marcoussis in France recently and they’ll be looking to build on that.

“We have had several close games with England this season so it is set to be a challenging way to start the tournament, but the players are very focused and know what’s needed of them to get a result.”

On the men’s side, UCD’s Billy Dardis, Hugo Keenan, Harry McNulty and Jimmy O’Brien are all included in the squad.

Ireland face Chile in their opening fixture with the winners going on to face World Series Champions South Africa in the last 16, while the losers will move into the Bowl QuarterFinals.

Dardis will captain the side who are looking to build on a recent bronze medal at the Europe Grand Prix event in Exeter.

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CLUB NOTES

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SHANKILL THE juvenile Academy Sponsored by O Donnell’s Pharmacy is taking a summer break and will resume activities in early August at 10am on Saturdays in Stonebridge Road.

Our older team’s members should check with their team manager for summer training times and other and activities.

Many thanks to Sherry Fitzgerald for their partnering with our U-8 girls Football and Cmogie teams.

Chase the Ace draw in Brady’s. There was no jackpot winner the E50 prize went David Sully. This week’s jackpot is €600. Tickets are €2 each or three for €5.

Well done to our ten new coaches who just completed the Foundation Coaching course they are very welcome.

Our Summer Camp, sponsored by O’Donnell’s Pharmacy Shankill, was held last week in St Laurence College and was a brilliant success.

With approx 200 boys and girls attending and the beautiful sunshine, everyone had a great time learning new skills of hurling, football and camogie enjoying games and even organising their own song concert.

You can see some of the craic at the camp on a video which is available on our facebook page. Steve Davis our GPO was the camp director and assisted

by Dublin superstars Molly Lamb, Conor Mullally, Emma McDonagh, Aoife Kane, Sinead O Donoghue and Alan McHugh, together with our own young adult coaching assistants who have been with us from the start.

Dublin footballer Con O Callaghan dropped in for the medal ceremony which was great.

Thank you to the coaches, the organizing committee who did all the admin work to make it the best summer camp yet, Liza our club photographer, Fitzpatrick’s Hotel Killiney who provided a zillion bottles of water all week to keep us cool and local company Lava Digital Marketing who produced the fantastic video.

A special thanks to our main sponsor O Donnell’s Pharmacy Shankill; we could not manage without you.

If you have any questions contact GPO Steve Davis 087 6414123 or email stevedavis203@gmail.com.

CRICKET: BLUES ARE THE T20 CHAMPIONS AGAIN

Leinster Lightning strike at interpros  sport@dublingazette.com

CAPTAIN George Dockrell was joined in the side by Leinster club mate Gareth Delany, Merrion trio John Anderson, Tyrone Kane and Tom Stanton, Pembroke’s Lorcan Tucker and Andrew Balbirnie and YMCA’s Simi Singh as the Leinster Lighting won their fourth consecutive T20 Trophy title at a sunkissed Sydney Parade last weekend.

“This is a great reward for all the hard work we’ve put in for the T20s this season.” Dockrell said. “ I t ’s b e e n t o u g h between availability, injuries and even Kevin (O’Brien) heading to the T20 comp in Canada, but everyone that has stepped in to the team has stepped up and performed and it’s been really pleasing.”

Leinster came into the festival weekend in good shape and a five wicket haul from Tyrone Kane and a record interpro stand of 132 between Andrew Balbrinie and Simi Singh propelled them to 207 for five against the Northern Knight.

This was the third highest total in the com-

The Leinster Lightning side celebrate their T20 interpro success.

petition’s history and while the Knights put in a strong chase, they ended 27 runs short.

It put Leinster in the frame for the title on Saturday with a game to go in Sandymount. Against the North West Warriors, a superb unbroken fourth wicket partnership of 122 between Lightning captains past and present – John Anderson and George Dockrell – was the launchpad for a Lightning total of 182 for 3.

Anderson unfurled his full repertoire of ramps,

SOUTH DUBLIN 10K Stars of Erin’s girls received a special visit last week as the Dublin ladies senior footballers laid on a skills session at the Glencullen club

Lee heads up Race Series field THE first of the SSE Airtricity

STARS OF ERIN STARS adult team had a great win against Kilmacud Crokes. Well done to all the lads.

Ladies team lost their cup game to Cuala.

Pine Forest Gaels U-14 footballers lost their league match to a very strong St Jude’s team.

Cul camp was very successful last week.

New players welcome for all teams.

No winner of the lotto jackpot. Numbers drawn were 4, 18 and 24. €20 winners: Abbie Nugent, James Kenna, Victor Cahill and R&B Cross.

Next week’s jackpot is €2,800. Thanks for all your support.

Race Series will start with the South Dublin 10K on Sunday, July 22 with over 2,500 competitors set to line-up.

The race will start and finish at Grange Castle Business Park in Clondalkin and will take in Corkagh Park and the Grand Canal Walkway. Olympic Marathon runner, Lizzie Lee is set to line up as part of her final preparations towards the European Athletics Championships which take place in Berlin.

sweeps - both conventional and unorthodox on his way to 76 from just 41 balls (4 fours, 5 sixes), adding 122 in just 62 balls with Dockrell (40*).

The Warriors cause wasn’t helped by injuries to Varun Chopra (shoulder) and David Scanlon (back) which forced both to leave the field.

The Warriors chase of 182 started promisingly as William Porterfield (19) and David Rankin added 36 in 27 balls, but once Dockrell dismissed the Irish skipper, the

innings stalled.

Rankin (37) and Stuart Thompson (19) added a run-a-ball 28 but by that stage the required rate was well into double figures and the hosts never relinquished their stranglehold on the contest.

Aaron Gillespie sparked briefly in an entertaining 34, but Eddie Richardson’s four wicket haul speeded Leinster to the 41 run win.

On Sunday, Leinster lost a last over thriller by a couple of runs to Munster but the title was already theirs.

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CAMOGIE: CAROLAN AND KEHOE MAKE BIG IMPACT IN DEFEAT OF MEATH

Playoff shot still in Dubs line of sight

Dublin’s Doireann Mullany lays off a pass.

Picture: ilivephotos.com

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP B Meath Dublin  sport@dublingazette.com

0-8 2-11

DUBLIN got right back in contention for the playoff places with a 2-11 to 0-8 win over Meath in a hotly contested senior championship Group B. The top four sides are covered by just two points with two rounds of games to be played, making for a cracking couple of weeks of action.

Emma Flanagan started the scoring for Dublin with a sublime point from inside the 45-yard line in a feisty opening phase. Orla Beagan was the free-taker in chief for Dublin and her pin point accuracy was seen from every angle.

However for every score Dublin gained, Meath’s Jane Dolan was right behind securing point after point from frees and play.

The sky blues got a break which came from the long puck out from Faye McCarthy and the Meath defender was struck by surprise. The ball bounced over her head and into the pathway of Siobhán Kehoe who was ready to pounce.

She made a darting run towards goal, drawing two defenders away and beautifully hand-passed to Flanagan who buried into the back of the net.

It seemed to set Dublin fair but they had to be wary of Meath’s speedy forwards who were still causing havoc but Aisling Carolan was in fine form at the back, backed by Emma O’Byrne, the Twomey sisters and Boden’s Martha O’Donoghue.

They went into the dressing room

with the score being Dublin 1-7, Meath 0-3. And they emerged in the second half evidently hungry to put the game to bed. Eimear McCarthy and Doireann Mullanny showed their speed and skill, both adding to the scoreboard.

Na Fianna’s Roisin Baker spread her energy across numerous positions while the introduction of the mighty Gráinne Quinn added extra zest to the performance.

A switched ball and intelligent pass

by Laura Twomey to Flanagan was flicked to Kehoe who had acres of space ahead of her to slot into the right hand corner of Meath’s net.

And they were pretty much home and hosed from there. Although the first half was not Dublin’s strongest of the year, their attitude and work rate and the impact of the substitutes made up for these errors such as 13 wides.

They now look forward to a trip to Wexford who are yet to get of the mark.

O’Dwyer calls time on county hurling stint SENIOR HURLING  sport@dublingazette.com

KILMACUD Crokes Ryan O’Dwyer called time on his intercounty hurling career this week after representing both his native Tipperary and his adopted Dubs in senior championship action.

O’Dwyer was part of Dublin’s most recent glory days when winning a NHL1 title in 2011 and a Leinster SHC in 2013, ending 72 and 52 year famines respectively.

Looking back on his varied career, he said of his retirement: “I have decided to call it a day on my inter-county career. It was a privilege and an amazing journey with many peaks and valleys along the way.

Memories “I have great memories from my time as a player and along the way have soldiered and gone to war with some great people.

“Beginning in 2007, my highlights were being part of teams that won a Munster championship, a Leinster championship and two NHL titles.

“Along the way I have developed

great friendships and have many treasured memories, and for that I am eternally grateful.”

The Kilmacud Crokes clubman was a member of Pat Gilroy’s squad this year and informed the team after their exit from this summer’s championship.

“I said it to the lads I’d soldiered with for the last number of years, I said ‘thanks very much’.

“They made me feel so welcome coming in because I was taking a big chance. From the very first moment I came in.

“Then I said to the younger lads, the years do pass quick. There’s no point in saying ‘we’ll win it next year or we’ll win it the year after’.

“You want to win it now. Don’t be saying ‘well have a good team in two years’ time’.

“That time might never come. You might not play after this year.

“Even though we’ve had some bad times, the good times overshadow all of them.

“Finally I would like to wish Dublin every bit of success that comes their way.

“I’ll be there shouting you on every step of the journey. Thank you.”

HURLING

Crokes and Cuala fall in AHL1 league KILMACUD Crokes remain very much in mid-table in AHL Division One following their loss to Lucan Sarsfields last Saturday night.

Peter Kelly’s second half goal propelled Lucan to a 3-20 to 1-22 triumph at the expense of Kilmacud Crokes at 12th Lock. Anthony Daly’s visiting team looked to be the most likely winners when they led 1-13 to 1-5 at the midway stage.

However, after a superb goal from ex-county star Kelly brought them level on the third-quarter mark, Lucan pushed on for a third successive victory.

The loss leaves them with three wins from seven outings with a playoff place looking out of the question.

Cuala’s tough campaign, meanwhile, also continued as they were beaten 3-21 to 0-15 to St Jude’s at Shanganagh Park.

Jude’s always had the edge in the first half and they moved 1-12 to 0-8 clear at the break when Fionn O Riain Broin netted.

Cuala did register five points in as many minutes to keep Jude’s honest in the second half but O Riain Broin was in great form and his personal tally of 1-7 saw the Tymon North club soon pulling away in the second half.

Cuala are second bottom in the table with just win from five games played at this stage as they struggle in the aftermath of the All-Ireland senior club championship success.

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