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SINN FEIN TRIGGER A SEISMIC SHIFT IN POLITICS ‘Old guard’ of Irish politics is swept back by a Leftist wave

 CÓILÍN DUFFY

Group Editor

THE political landscape across Dublin, and indeed the country, has suffered its most radical change since the foundation of the state, after Sinn Fein candidates topped the polls in eight of the 11 Dublin

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Cometh the hour, cometh the woman ... Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald celebrates the party’s resounding success in General Election 2020. The Sinn Fein surge marks a seismic shift in Irish politics, smashing the dominance of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail for the past 90 years. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

constituencies, where they had a total of 10 TDs elected, out of 37 nationally.

Sinn Fein polled 200,000 votes more than any other party across the board, but it looks like a case of same-old, same-old with musings that Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are set to go into coalition once again.

Such a scenario would be hugely disap-

pointing for Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou Find us on McDonald – not running more candidates in General Election 2020 may come back Keep reading, to haunt her and her party. keep recycling 2020 has been about the shift to the Left, – thank you but it looks increasingly likely we’ll be ‘left’ with the same government in the 33rd Dail.

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RESIDENTS NOT BEING PROTECTED IN ST JOHN OF GODS

HIQA investigation sees centre fall short

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GARY IBBOTSON gibbotson@dublingazette.com

A HIQA INVESTIGATION into the St John of God Sallynoggin centre found that the facility was “not compliant” in three of the four regulations inspected.

The three failed regulations were governance of management, protection of residents and residents’ rights.

The report, which was published on Tuesday, said that the inspection was carried out in October in response to a complaint made about the “safeguarding nature” of one of the residents.

The centre currently houses and treats 13 residents with disabilities.

The report says that the inspector found, “in some

Brown Thomas set to open in Dundrum

cases, residents were not being satisfactorily protected while residing in the centre and appropriate measures had not been put in place to prevent residents from experiencing incidents of a safeguarding nature.”

The report found that the registered provider failed “to ensure that management systems were in

place in the centre for the delivery of services which were safe and appropriate to residents’ needs.”

It also outlined that the provider “failed to ensure that some residents were protected from all forms of abuse in the centre.”

It says that one resident experienced seven cases of abuse from another resident, which were psy-

chological or physical in nature.

“There was evidence available which demonstrated that these events were having a negative and significant impact on residents,” the report reads.

The report did say that the St John of God had produced “a robust plan” to resolve the issues addressed and the inspector was “assured” it would be implemented in full.

In a statement made to Dublin Gazette, St John of God Community Services says they “very much regret any incidents of abuse that occur between residents.

“Our dedicated staff members make every reasonable effort to prevent such incidents from taking place.

“In this instance this was regrettably not possible in the short term.”

The service says the since the October inspection, they are “happy” to say the concerns have been “fully resolved”.

The statement says that “with the agreement of families and individuals concerned, a new place has been secured for one of the former residents of this facility at an appropriate alternative location.

“Overall St John of God Community Services aims to achieve the highest level of compliance with HIQA inspections in respect of its services nationally.

“In 2019, the service was 87% compliant with regulations, following a total of 61 inspections.”

BROWN Thomas is set to open a new flagship shop in Dundrum Town Centre next year.

The new store will occupy the House of Fraser shop which is due to close on April 26.

The shop will trade over two levels and consists of more than 63,000 square feet with a retail sales space of 45,000 square feet.

It is understood the store will undergo a complete revamp before opening in the first half of 2021 and will employ over 400 people.

Simon Betty, Director of Retail for Hammerson, the company that owns and manages the shopping centre said: “The addition of Brown Thomas will transform the department store line up at Dundrum, replacing two levels of the existing House of Fraser store, ensuring we continue to deliver an exceptional experience as Dundrum remains the premium destination of choice for both brands and consumers.”

Fit Squad Druid’s Glen heads to becomes Raphaela’s gateway ST. RAPHAELA’S Primary School in Stillorgan will be among the first schools in the country to host the children’s fitness initiative Fit Squad, when it returns for a new season this month.

Aimed at encouraging an active and healthy lifestyle, the programme will see exercise experts visit the school and demonstrate activities that young people should do as well give tips on healthy eating.

Since its inception in 2018, Fit Squad, which was developed by Fyffes, has visited some 145 schools and seen over 14,000 children participate in 290 interactive sessions across 29 counties throughout Ireland.

Delivered by Irish fitness expert Tom Dalton and supported by Fyffes, schools and sports clubs interested in receiving a similar visit can find details online at www. fyffesfitsquad.ie.

DRUID’S Glen Road Junction was officially launched last Wednesday by An Cathaoirleach of the county council Shay Brennan and Chief Executive Philomena Poole.

Linking Cherrywood and the N11 near Cabinteely, when the junction is fully completed the road will “play a key role in further opening up lands at Cherrywood”.

Cllr Brennan said: “I am delighted to be here at the Druid’s Glen Road Junction, which is the gateway to the new town in our County.

“Today marks a very important milestone in the development of our county and in securing the future of Cherrywood.”

The junction was partfunded under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF scheme) as part of Rebuilding Ireland.

Works were carried out on behalf of Dún LaoghaireRathdown County Council by Clonmel Enterprises Ltd.

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TEMPLEOGUE: CLARITY SOUGHT ON HOW BEST TO EDUCATE THEIR AUTISTIC CHILDREN

Parents come together to address autism concerns CÓILÍN DUFFY

CONCERNED PARENTS from across the capital came together in large numbers at St Mary’s College RFC last week to express their concerns over access to school places for children with special educational needs.

They were joined by a number of politicians, who took time out from their election campaigns to attend the event, which was organised

by South Dublin group ‘Involve Autism’.

The speakers on the night included Adam Harris (CEO AsIAm) and Andrew Torrence from the National Council for Special Education.

It emerged from the meeting that parents are being forced to apply to up to 30 schools in an effort to secure an appropriate placement for their child in primary and second level education “We’ve come together since 2018 as parents first of all, as be ing parents of a child with autism can be very isolating,” Miriam Kenny, chairperson of Involve Au t i s m to l d D u b l i n Gazette.

“One of the biggest concerns for the parents in our group is the education provision for their children.

“If you are a child with autism, when you go to school there’s three different levels of support

you might need depending on your diagnosis.

“If you are a child who has a Level 1 diagnosis you might need some support in the classroom, meaning you might have a SNA. “Some other children who have more complex needs but can still manage in the mainstream would probably need the support of an autism special class.

“The National Council for Special Education has provision for that.

“Thirdly your child might need extra, extra support of a specialist school. The first thing is you can go to your local school and a mainstream setting, if you are luckily enough to have an SNA.”

Some parents have had to resort to moving to other parts of the country to get a school place.

The meeting heard that in one case a child is travelling 46km each day to school, despite living 200 metres from the local school, and that the child’s parents are distraught.

The National Council for Special Education has published policy advice recommending that children with Special Educational Needs will effectively be mainstreamed.

This has led to confusion over how children are to be educated. The parents feel confused and are seeking clarity

Some of the speakers and members of South Dublin group ‘Involve Autism’ at the event. Picture: Mick Quinn mqphoto

on how best to educate their autistic children.

They have called on TDs to pledge their support to ensure that their children’s’ education

is a priority, and they want to ensure that the process which started on November 14 last by the Minister for Education continues, and that

schools are ‘supported, re s o u rc e d a n d t h a t appropriate training is given to Teachers, SNAs and the School community.

Lifts at all DART stations to be repaired or replaced GARY IBBOTSON gibbotson@dublingazette.com

IRISH RAIL has agreed to replace and upgrade lifts at all DART and commuter rail stations over the next five years following pressure from campaigners.

Bernard Mulvany, co-ordinator of the Access for All campaign said, “this is an amazing victory for the disabled community.

“Their right to access to public transport has finally been recognised.”

Access for All says that in one day in November, lifts were out of order in 11 Dart stations and that the problem has been getting worse in recent months.

“This proves that campaigning works. It is the only way to get change,” said Mulvany.

“Irish Rail had no regard for accessibility to their trains. They would have got away with it

for ever had our campaign not reminded them every day that people were suffering as a result of this.”

A tender issued by Irish Rail shows the company’s plan to install 28 new lifts and upgrade a further 112 lifts across the rail network between 2020 and 2024.

The 28 new lifts will be installed at 19 stations with the 112 upgrades occurring at 58 stations. New escalators will also be installed

at the Dun Laoghaire station.

It is estimated that the works will cost €12m with construction expected to begin later this year.

Earlier this year, People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett said the accessibility of Dart stations for people with disabilities was “absolutely shameful,” and called for all stations to be made fully accessible to people with disabilities.

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PODCAST: STROKE SURVIVOR GERRY HOPES TO EDUCATE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH PODCAST

Stroke of genius as a new podcast is launched by experienced broadcaster CÓILÍN DUFFY

DUBLINER Gerry Stevens has had a stroke of genius, with the creation of ‘The Strokecast’ – a podcast launched recently to help stroke survivors and their families understand, cope with and adjust to life after a stroke.

Gerry is himself a stroke survivor, having suffered just two and a half years ago, which left him unable to speak properly.

Gerry is well known as a Radio broadcaster, and has been on-air since he was 14 years old, working firstly on many of the famous pirate stations, before broadcasting on RTÉ 2fm, FM104, 98FM and Q102 – and LMFM in Louth and Meath in more recent years.

However, all of this had to be put on hold, after he was hit by a stroke in November 2017.

“I was only 50 at the time,” he told Dublin Gazette.

“I had a brain haemorrhage, which caused a stroke. It left me with no power on my left side, and

I couldn’t speak properly at all.

“I had to learn to walk and talk from scratch. I’ve been in broadcasting for 33/34 years. That’s the game I grew up in and knew, but it took me a while to get back on my feet.

“I had met a lot of people doing courses, and from my own experiences in hospitals I knew that they had some amazing experiences to tell.

“There’s a new demographic – a new face of stroke in Ireland, where they aren’t the typical 75-year olds, but people in their 30’s and 40’s.

“This Friday’s podcast is with a guy called Aaron, who was only 23 when he had his stroke.”

Gerry talks about how the podcast came about.

“I think if you share your story with people you are educating them,” he said.

“I did a course in Ardee for 16 weeks to help me with cognitive rehabilitation. As I was doing that course, the first thing I noticed was that I was

probably one of the oldest people at it (at just 50).

“They would have had similar feelings to me, but they never put them down to stroke, but other things.

“I think it’s important that when you get out of hospital, and you are left to your own devices for a while, that you do begin to feel isolated and insecure.

“I felt I wasn’t able to go back to work. I couldn’t get back to the frame of mind or confidence. You have a lot of things to build up to get to a stage of building blocks to get to some goals.

“There’s some amazing people with some fantastic stories to tell. I just thought with my experience in broadcasting, and my contacts that it would be an ideal thing for me to dip my foot back in the water for maybe getting back onto radio.

“I met a friend of mine, who owns Unique Media – Al Dunne. I worked with him many moons ago on a variety of stations.

He said to me ‘why don’t

Stroke survivor Gerry Stevens

you get back on radio’. I said I don’t really feel that I have the confidence to do that at the moment.

He said ‘why don’t you do some podcasts about stroke. It’s something that you know and do – God knows you have spoken to

enough people about it!’

“So that’s how we came up with the idea.

“People who were very good to me in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda were interested in helping me.

“They were very much on board. I put some ideas down on paper, and I had a chat with some of the

people I did the course with in Ardee and they said they would love to do it, because just like me if you go looking any kind of stroke advice the best ones are in Australia, and they don’t really deal with what we are doing here.

“I thought we could do them here, and talk about things that people should

know and be aware of, and also help their families as well.

“That’s what we came up with. We have three shows out already, and it’s going from strength-tostrength.”

‘The Strokecast’ produced

by Unique Media is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Facebook.

FASTNews Dublin man to buy dream home A YOUNG South Dublin man scooped the top prize of €500,000 in the EuroMillions Plus last Friday.

The delighted man who was joined by his family in the National Lottery winners’ room told how his massive win would allow him to fly the nest and buy his own home after years of saving for a mortgage.

“The plan was always to move out of my family house but now I’ll be able to do it a lot sooner than expected. I have been saving for a mortgage for a long time .”

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Zoe Conway

Terence Murphy, Tara Stewart and James Kavanagh

Bill Whelan and the band at the album launch. Pictures: Justin Farrelly.

Riverdance - 25th Anniversary Show T

O celebrate its 25th anniversary, global phenomenon Riverdance returned to where it all began – with five performances at the 3Arena, Dublin, from February 6

to 9.

To mark the occasion, Decca Gold launched Bill Whelan’s new album Riverdance 25th Anniversary: Music From The

Show. Initially starting life as a seven-minute Eurovision interval act, Riverdance was adapted into a full-length stage show, premiering at the Point Theatre in February 1995.

Since then, its been performed over 12,160 times, and has been seen live by a whopping 27.5 million people in 546 venues worldwide.

Paul McGuinness, Bill Whelan and John Hughes

Dave Harris and Amy McGovern

Eddie Rowley and Mark Crossingham

Caterina Coyne and Mark Alfred

Cathal Murray and Siobhan Browne

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GENERAL ELECTION 2020 New dawn ahead after Sinn Féin success CÓILÍN DUFFY cduffy@dublingazette.com

A WEEK is a long time in politics, but when the 33rd Dáil begins next Thursday morning, it will unquestionably be one with a changed spectrum, after one of the most striking elections in the history of the state, which will be remembered for the rise of Sinn Féin, and where the left arose from the ashes.

There will be many new faces in the next Government – both right and leftleaning, but while we know the make up of the 160 TDs in Leinster House after the final counts in Wicklow and CavanMonaghan on Monday night – what about the formation of the next Government? It’s one that poses more questions than answers.

As we went to print on Wednesday afternoon, talks were ongoing between the various parties and Independents at a frantic pace, and by the weekend we should know who will be in power.

There’s certainly some overlap in terms of policy direction between the now ‘big three’ of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and Fine Gael – who look liked unlikely bedfellows coming into this Election – but the reality is that more than likely two of those three will have to join up if they want to be in the next

Election 2020 will be remembered for the rise of Sinn Féin.

Government.

Fine Gael have pretty much ruled out a coalition with Sinn Féin, but over the weekend Micheal Martin began to warm to the possibility of joining up with Mary Lou’s maestros – should that happen and with a few Independents or smaller parties on board – it would be enough to form the next Government.

How did this happen?

The answer is pretty clear – people wanted change – anything other than Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil seemed to be the message – and all of the left-leaning parties certainly benefited as a result.

It might be a bold statement to make, but even some of those who voted No. 1 for a Sinn Féin candidate, might not necessarily support many of the parties aims, including their hopes for a United Ireland; but done so because they wanted something different – or may have just been impressed with the individual work being done by a SF candidate on the ground.

Saturday’s RTÉ/TG4/UCD Exit Poll showed SF, FF and FG pretty much neck and neck, and it wasn’t far from being wrong – although FG did poll worse than the poll suggested in the end, but still held onto third spot.

A changed landscape, a new era ahead – certainly interesting times ahead for Ireland.

Losing a seat is like a bereavement – Owen CÓILÍN DUFFY

LOSING A Dáil seat is like suffering a bereavement according to former Fine Gael Deputy Leader Nora Owen.

Owen was unseated twice over the course of her political career, and was in attendance at the Dublin Fingal count in Swords on Sunday, where she spoke of her concern for those across the political spectrum who were not returned to the 33rd Dáil.

Long standing politicians such as Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher, Shane Ross and Regina Doherty

were among the big losers as the results filtered through.

“On this day I’m very conscious of the people who are losing seats all over the country, having suffered that myself twice,” Owen told Dublin Gazette.

“It’s not a good day for them. It’s a very sad day, many of them worrying about what they will work at. Some will go for the Seanad, and some will simply go out of politics altogether.

“It’s a difficult day for their families as well.

They are human beings, they have feelings. It’s like a bereavement.

“There will be some tears shed tonight, and probably already being shed, but nonetheless that’s democracy.”

Speaking about the change towards left leaning parities and politicians, Owen questioned if it was change for the good.

“Change for what benefit,” she said.

“What does change mean? I’m around a good while now. I saw Labour getting 33% of the national vote with candidates that people didn’t know their names, and then in the next election they were gone! It remains to be seen now what can be done in order to form a Government. My

own view would be that a Government has to be formed. It’s a big decision time for all of the parties – Sinn Féín included.

“They walked away the last time, they could have been in Government and they could have begun to deliver what they have been promising.

“Have they the guts and courage to do it now and do a deal with either a group of Independents or Greens etc, or one of the two slightly bigger parties.- that is the question.

“Too be honest I think the public will punish them if they say they would prefer to be hurling on the ditch and shouting and roaring.”

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Not Independents’ day:  GARY IBBOTSON

THE constituencies of Dun Laoghaire and Dublin Rathdown were arguably among the most m a g n i f i e d e l e c to r a l areas of the 2020 general election.

In Dun Laoghaire, the decision by Fianna Fail to run two candidates, Cormac Devlin and Mary Hanafin – both county councillors – was seen to be a risky decision while the incumbent Minister Shane Ross was looking vulnerable in the polls in Rathdown.

Indeed, Dublin-Rathdown has historically been a battleground where notable scalps have been taken.

In recent years Alan Shatter, Eamon Ryan, A l ex W h i te a n d L iz O’Donnell have lost their seats and it was predicted that Minister Ross – coming off a triumphant win in 2016 – would fight for the third seat with Fine Gael’s Neale Richmond.

Josepha Madigan (FG) and Catherine Martin (GP) were expected to take the first two.

However, when the ballot boxes were first opened on count morning in the Citywest Convention Centre, very few people expected to hear what was unfolding.

The first tallies had Minister Ross coming in sixth place, with just eight percent of first percentage votes.

It w a s n’t l o o k i n g

Former Independent Minister Shane Ross

good for the man who received 24% of the first preference votes four years ago.

During the afternoon, the atmosphere was relatively subdued in Citywest.

The returning officer was not to announce the results of the first counts until roughly 4:20pm and apart from Ross losing out, many shocks weren’t predicted.

DUN LAOGHAIRE

AFTER all ballot boxes had been opened and all first preference votes had been tallied, it was clear that two candidates, Green Party’s Ossian Smyth, and People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett, were taking the first two seats in Dun Laoghaire.

S my t h , a c o u n t y councillor since 2014, served as Cathaoirleach between 2018 and 2019 and amassed over 14% of all first preference votes, coming in only second to Boyd-Barrett.

He told Dublin Gazette that some of the chat between candidates was “childish” in the run up to the election was happy for the party to sit down with others – a rhetoric that seemed to be prevalent amongst the Green Party hopefuls.

Fine Gael candidate, Jennifer Carroll MacNeil was also polling well and expected to take the third seat in the constituency.

However, unlike BoydBarrett and Smyth, who had been mainstays in their parties for most the decade, MacNeil was a relative newcomer.

Having only won a council seat in 2019, MacNeill was selected to run in the constituency as a replacement to Maria Bailey, who was deselected by the party after the infamous Swing-Gate controversy.

Before polling day, observers had MacNeill in the running, but still with an outside chance of winning a seat in Dail Eireann.

The fourth seat in the area would ultimately come down to a battle between Fianna Fail’s Cormac Devlin and Fine Gael’s Mary Mitchell O’Connor, the incumbent Minister of State for Higher Education.

Although O’Connor would lead Devlin in first-preference votes by 11.69% to 9.22%, it was expected that if Mary Hanafin, former Minister for Education, was eliminated, her transfers would favour her Fianna Fail colleague.

In the end, Smyth and Boyd-Barrett walked home, getting elected on the sixth and seventh count respectively.

Boyd-Barrett would later tell Dublin Gazette, that this election is an “earthquake” to the Fine Gael and Fianna Fail.

Despite not reaching the quota of 12,459, MacNeil and Devlin won the final two seats on the last count.

The victory for Devlin and MacNeil were significant for both. Devlin, who first won his council seat in 2004, got elected to the Dail on his second time of asking with MacNeil continuing her meteoric political rise.

1) Ossian Smyth – Green Party – Count Six – 12,510 2) Richard Boyd-Barrett – People Before Profit – Count Seven – 16,364 3) Jennifer Carroll MacNeil – Fine Gael – Count Eight – 12,061 4) Cormac Devlin – Fianna Fail – Count Eight – 11,071

DUBLIN RATHDOWN

DUBLIN Rathdown would arguably bring about the biggest shock of the election with the

i n c u m b e n t M i n i s te r Shane Ross losing out on a seat that he won so triumphantly in 2016.

After the tallies were announced, attendees at Citywest were surprised

by Ross’s standing but he ultimately wouldn’t recover and eventually be officially eliminated on the fifth count.

I n a sy m b o l i c a l l y indicative moment of Ross’s popularity among his constituents, a small cheer could be heard from the gathered crowd when the announcement came – the final watershed moment in a ministerial career dogged by contention.

A p a r t f r o m Ro s s ’ demise, the three seats available in the constituency were filled by candidates all expected to poll well.

Deputy leader of the Green Party, Catherine Martin topped the polls and retained her seat that she won in 2016, doubling her first preference tally.

She said she was “humbled and honoured to top the poll” and echoed Smyth’s sentiments the party will be willing to engage in government-forming talks.

Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan also reclaimed her seat being elected on the e ight count but failing to reach the quota of 10,601.

Her party colleague, Senator Neale Richmond was expected to tussle with Fianna Fail’s Shay Brennan for the final seat but ultimately came out on top also winning a seat on the final count – and beating his party colleague in the process.

1) Catherine Martin – Green Party - Count Five – 11,444 2) Neale Richmond – Fine Gael – Count Eight – 9,704 3) Josepha Madigan – Fine Gael – Count eight – 8, 677

Cormac Devlin

Richard Boyd Barrett

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GENERAL ELECTION 2020

Ross highest-profile loser Catherine Martin and Francis Noel Duffy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Neale Richmond with his campaign manager Ossian Smyth

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ST. RAPHAEL’S GROUP: Superintendent Martin McGonnell, Blackrock, Chief Superintendent Anne Marie Cagney, Dun Laoghaire, Megan Weir, Hallie Graham, Beth Dunne, Anna Sargant, Eve O’Reilly, Claire McCullagh, Superintendent Martin Creighton, Dun Laoghaire

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Superintendent Martin McGonnell, Blackrock, Inspector John O’Driscoll, Dundrum, Caroline, Benat Broderick, Chief Superintendent Anne Marie Cagney, Dun Laoghaire, Superintendent Martin Creighton, Dun Laoghaire

ST RAPHAEL’S GROUP Inspector John O’Driscoll, Dundrum, Superintendent Martin McGonnell, Blackrock, Grace Shanahan, Christine Shanahan, Chief Superintendent Anne Marie Cagney, Dun Laoghaire, Superintendent Martin Creighton, Dun Laoghaire

South Dublin young people honoured

G

ardai in the DMR Eastern Division presented their annual youth awards celebrating some outstanding young people between the ages of 13 and 21 years at a ceremony in the Mill Theatre Dundrum.

Gardaí from the DMR East Division recognised the good work being done in the community by young people throughout this area of south Dublin.

WESLEY COLLEGE INDIVIDUAL Superintendent Martin McGonnell, Blackrock, Inspector John O’Driscoll, Dundrum, Bethan Lawson, Chief Superintendent Anne Marie Cagney, Dun Laoghaire, Superintendent Martin Creighton, Dun Laoghaire.

Awards were considered for the nominated young people in four categories who, by their presence, make their communities a better place to live.

The four award categories were: Individual award, Group award, Community Safety award and Special achievement award. The band of An Garda Siochana were a suitable accompaniment as the awards were presented by Chief Superintendent Ann Marie Cagney.

INDIVIDUAL Inspector John O’Driscoll, Dundrum, Superintendent Martin McGonnell, Blackrock, Niamh McCann, Chief Superintendent Anne Marie Cagney, Dun Laoghaire, Superintendent Martin Creighton, Dun Laoghaire

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Superintendent Martin Creighton, Dun Laoghaire, Aliyah Flood, Chief Superintendent Anne Marie Cagney, Dun Laoghaire, Superintendent Martin Creighton, Dun Laoghaire.

COMMUNITY SAFETY Superintendent Martin McGonnell, Blackrock, Harriet, Flossie Donnelly, Chief Superintendent Anne Marie Cagney, Dun Laoghaire, Superintendent Martin Creighton, Dun Laoghaire.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Emily Barker and Johnny Ward

Nicky Byrne and Georgina Ahern-Byrne

Michaela O’Neill and Ryan Andrews Killian O’Sullivan and Debbie McQuillan

Fionnghuala O’Reilly and Grainne Gallanagh. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Glamour at Gossies 2020

S Aoife Walsh

Lucy Kennedy and Colm Hayes

OME of Ireland’s brightest stars stepped out for Goss.ie’s fifth annual awards show, The Gossies 2020, on January 31.

The glitzy awards bash, which was held at the Mansion House in Dublin’s city centre, saw major Irish stars from TV, radio, music, and social media grace the red carpet.

TV presenter Brian Dowling took a break from his busy Dancing With The Stars schedule to host the awards ceremony.

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Laura Nolan and Brian Dowling

Kendra Becker and Ali Ryan

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FAMILIES: BUBBLY BROADCASTER SPEAKS FOR THOUSANDS WITH A RALLYING CRY FOR HELP

Devoted daughter Teena calls for dementia supports for all

Broadcaster Teena Gates and her dad, Terry Martin (94), who was diagnosed with dementia last year

CAMPAIGNER Teena Gates has called for support for families all across Dublin and beyond living with dementia who are now “in crisis”.

The popular broadcaster revealed the heartbreaking reality of the lack of supports for the 12,498 dementia sufferers in Dublin – and their carers.

Teena – full-time carer to her dad, Terry, who was diagnosed with dementia last year – said serious gaps in essential supports and services have left people struggling.

The Clonsilla woman revealed: “I used to think I knew what being a carer was. I used to think I knew what 24/7 care meant. I didn’t have a clue.

“It means you never go to the toilet on your own

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So many of us just need a little help, to help us love and care for the ones we love and care for

again. It means you never close the door when you shower. It means you can’t meet a friend for coffee without a complicated cover system.

“It means working outside the home is practically impossible. Yet all of these things are possible with support. So many of us just need a little help, to help us love and care for the ones we love and care for.”

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland says access to dementia care in the community depends on where you live and no county in

Ireland has an acceptable level of dementia support.

Its general election 2020 campaign, Deliver on Dementia – Time to End the Crisis, aims to ensure that dementia is included in the new Programme for Government.

Teena first spoke out last year after a successful online campaign to secure a homecare package for her 94-year-old dad, Terry Martin, who spent two months in Connolly Hospital after a fall.

She wrote an open letter to then Health Minister Simon Harris describing

how she was unable to secure supports from the HSE, and asking: “How can we do this to our loved ones?”

The campaign was widely shared on social media and Teena revealed she had been “inundated” with messages, some from people who told how their loved ones had died while they waited for packages to get them home.

Just prior to last week’s general election, Teena issued one last rallying call to General Election 2020 candidates to support the ASI call for the National Dementia Strategy to be fully implemented, home care for every person who needs it, and Dementia to be included in the Chronic Disease Management Programme.

Yes Equality added to national archives THE National Library of Ireland has announced Yes Equality as its newest participant in the Digital Pilots project – an initiative to expand its digital content collection.

Yes Equality was the driving force behind the nationwide campaign in 2015 to legalise same-sex marriage.

The group has agreed to donate more than 6,000 photographs of the campaign which were commissioned by the organisation.

Ac c o rd i n g t o t h e National Library of Ireland, the photographs “document various aspects of the campaign, including activities that tell the personal stories of campaigners and their families and friends, vot-

One for the archives ... a May 2015 image summing up the final push for a Yes vote. Picture: Paul Sharp/SHARPPIX

ing day, and post-result celebrations”.

The collection will be catalogued and made available by the library – one of the first Irish born-digital archives to be accessible in this way.

Speaking at the announcement, Dr Sandra Collins, director of the National Library, said: “As Ireland’s memory-keeper,

the library is committed to collecting and safeguarding Ireland’s many voices and diverse experiences.

“It’s very important to us that everyone feels welcome, visible and included.

“This announcement highlights the important place contemporary collecting has always had in the library’s work, captur-

ing civil rights movements and documenting social change as it happens.

“The Yes Equality visual digital archive is an important part of the story of Ireland and we are proud to add this archive to the national collections.”

Grainne Healy and Brian Sheehan, co-leaders of Yes Equality, said: “Five years on from that historic day in May 2015, when Ireland voted decisively and overwhelmingly in favour of marriage equality, we are happy to be in the National Library of Ireland to revisit the energy and optimism of that campaign.”

The donation and of the collection comes ahead of the fifth anniversary of the marriage equality referendum.

Helping Harvey Norman as it supports Peter McVerry Trust PETER Hearn, chief executive, Harvey Norman Ireland joined Pat Doyle, chief executive, Peter McVerry Trust to launch the the 2020 Making Homes campaign recently.

Harvey Norman’s Making Homes campaign to raise funds for the Peter McVerry Trust aims to bring its total over three years to €450,000, with funds used to kit-out homes for those who need them most.

Support the bake sales and other fun fundraisers at your local Harvey Norman store between now and February 23 and you will be helping the homeless.

All products from the ‘Making Homes’ collection will carry a €5 donation and customers can add a €1 donation at the checkout or online.

Donate to the Peter McVerry Trust at harveynorman.ie/makinghomes.html.

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DEATH: PRESIDENT LEADS THOSE PAYING RESPECTS

Tributes flow to the late Keelin Shanley GARY IBBOTSON The event featured three speakers from different faiths including Islam, Christianity and Hinduism, as well as non-believers

Peace Symposium gathering a great success for ladies PADRAIG CONLON

AHMADIYYA Muslim Ladies recently held their second annual Peace Symposium in Dublin with “Pathway to Peace: Women’s role as peace makers” as this year’s theme.

This year’s event, which was held on Sunday, February 2 at Finnstown Castle Hotel Lucan, was attended by around 60 women from all walks of life who gathered to discuss and learn about the important role women have to play in establishing lasting peace across the globe.

The event was representative of women of all and no faiths, and from a wide range of professional and academic backgrounds.

The aim of the Peace Symposium is to initiate the conversation of the responsibility of women in establishing peace.

As noted in various studies and discourses, sustainable peace can only be achieved with the involvement of women at its core.

With three speakers from different faith perspectives, including Islam, Christianity and Hinduism, alongside with the address by the Mayor of South Dublin Cllr Vicki Casserly, this year’s event was a great success.

The evening began with a warm reception in the hall where guests

gathered and mingled, exploring the exhibitions on many areas such as The Review of Religions, the translations of the Holy Quran, as well as an exhibition on the status of women in Islam and in particular, the concept of the hijab.

Followed by the recitation of the Holy Quran, the first speaker, Maria Murphy, represented Christianity.

She outlined some of the vital roles that Irish women played to keep peace in Ireland and explained how mothers tried to keep peace in Ireland during the Civil War. She also described that Christian teachings are laid out in the “Beatitude”.

Minu Mishra, representing Hinduism, spoke about the unique qualities that only women possess in order to bring peace in the world.

Guest speaker Cllr Casserly praised the A h m a d iy ya Mu s l i m ladies and acknowledged the efforts carried by them for integration into wider community.

Finally, the keynote address was delivered by Nudrat Malik, who gave an insightful view into the Islamic perspective on the vital necessity of peace at all levels of society, whether governmental or domestic.

S h e re m i n d e d a l l attendees that justice, opportunity, knowl-

edge, understanding, tolerance and peace at home are all important to establish peace at a wider level.

In Islam, great emphasis is laid on peace at home as the building block of all societies.

Women can be the architects of peace in the home, she said.

She narrated the hadith, “Paradise lies under the feet of your mother”, highlighting the responsibility of mothers to create peace for children.

She also touched upon education as essential in establishing peace and counteracting acts of aggression.

She mentioned that Islam has encouraged the acquiring of knowled ge espec ially for women.

In her concluding remarks, the president of AMA Women’s Auxiliary, Sajida Aleem, expressed thanks to all the guests for their participation and requested them to help in building a mosque in Dublin.

She also praised the Irish people and country by saying that Ireland is a peaceful country and people are very friendly.

The feedback from guests was highly positive and encouraging, with many women eager to learn more about Islam and its views, not only on peace but also on the status that women are granted.

TRIBUTES have poured in for the late RTE journalist and broadcaster Keelin Shanley (51), who passed away last Saturday.

Born in Monkstown, Shanley graduated from Trinity College before presenting a number of science and technology broadcasts in the late 1990s.

She then joined Prime Time in 1999, where she worked as a reporter and presenter.

Shanley was known fo r h e r P r i m e Ti m e Investigates documentaries exploring themes of health inequality, cocaine abuse, homelessness, people trafficking and teenage criminality before going on to present Morning Ireland, The Consumer Show and Crimecall.

In January 2018, Shanley took up her role as a new presenter of the flagship RTE Six One News.

The late Keelin Shanley (51)

RTE’s director-general, Dee Forbes, said: “Everybody at RTE is deeply saddened by the passing of our colleague and friend Keelin Shanley.

“A passionate and dedicated public service journalist, Keelin had an expertise that challenged and probed as well as an ease that endeared her to all.

“Most recently, Keelin co-presented the Six One News, watched by huge audiences daily. Keelin was incredibly popular with all her colleagues.

But our loss is nothing compared to that of her much-loved family.

“My sincere sympathies go to Conor, Lucy, and Ben, to Keelin’s extended family, and to her wide circle of friends.”

President Michael D Higgins also paid tribute, saying: “People all over Ireland will have been greatly saddened by the news of the death of Keelin Shanley, broadcaster and award-winning journalist.

“Driven by a strong commitment to social

justice, she brought great professionalism and dedication to her work as a journalist.

“Sabina and I send our deepest condolences to her husband Conor, their children Lucy and Ben, her wider family and her wide circle of friends.”

A n Ta o i se a c h L e o Varadkar said Shanley was not only “a very talented journalist, she was a really lovely person. “[She was] always warm, engaging and courteous. Our thoughts are with Keelin’s family and friends, and all of her colleagues in RTE.” Fellow RTE broadcaster John Creeden also expressed his sympathies to her family, saying: “So shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of my colleague and one-time co-presenter Keelin Shanley, a woman of great intelligence and integrity.

“My heartfelt condolences to Conor, Lucy, Ben and all of Keelin’s family and friends.”

Helping to promote internet safety LOVE Island star Yewande Biala joined Dublin students Amber Maher, Karl O’Brien and Kacie Roberts, from Marino College, to help mark Safer Internet Day 2020 on Tuesday, with support from Virgin Media.

Yewande has recently spoken openly about her own experience

with online harassment and shared her advice with the students on facing the challenges that the online world can bring.

She was joined by Aine Lynch from the National Parents Council, and member of the Internet Safety Advisory Council; and Dr Brian O’Neill, a member of Ireland’s Internet Safety

Advisory Council, and director of research at TU Dublin Safer Internet Day aimed to help put the spotlight on several topics that concern young people, parents and guardians, with the goal of helping people to stay safer and happier through their online experiences.

Picture: Brian McEvoy

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POP-UP SHOP: UNIQUE PROJECT IN TEMPLE BAR TO HELP FUND CANCER RESEARCH

Cancer Survivors can do attitude, as shop opens in Temple Bar CÓILÍN DUFFY

cduffy@dublingazette.com CANCER SURVIVORS came together for a unique project, organised by Breakthrough Cancer Research (BCR) in Temple Bar to help fund cancer research.

The charity partnered

with The Library Project to open up a ‘Pop-up Shop’ for the week around World Cancer Day – ‘The Shop that Nearly Wasn’t’, which showcased the many and varied creative contributions those who have survived, or are living with cancer, make to society.

Its name reflects the fact that these achievements have only been made possible due to the result of ground-breaking cancer research.

Art, photography, books, crafts, clothing and protective sports gear, made by cancer survivors of all ages,

from all over the island of Ireland; were among the items in stock.

“We are a research charity, and there’s a lot of emphasis on what hasn’t happened, because of World Cancer Day we decided we wanted to remind people of the distance we have travelled in terms of research,” BCR CEO Orla Dolan told Dublin Gazette.

“In Ireland there’s 190,000 survivors of cancer, which is 4% of the population. They are here because we have made all of this progress.

“There are some cancers like breast, testicular and prostrate which have survival rates in the upper 80’s and early 90’s now.

“That’s because medical advances have meant the treatments are better, and even the protocols for the treatments are better.

“There are other cancers like pancreatic which has a survival rate of 9% for 50 years, so what we wanted to do was make the point that we have made massive progress and lets celebrate that, and then let’s redouble our efforts so that we can work on the other cancers as well.”

Glasnevin native Leonie Fanning came along to volunteer at the shop, after seeing it on RTÉ News on opening day. She says it’s a brilliant idea.

“I literally saw this on the news and I came in,” she told Dublin Gazette.

“As soon as I came into the shop, I just felt ‘oh my Goodness’. Everything was lively and smiley and bright – everything was just fabulous, and then talking to Eoghan (O’Sullivan) and

Shop volunteers Melanie Hand, Leonie Fanning and Nicola Eagles

Orla and hearing about what’s happening in the background all the time is just incredible.

“I have to say I just admire them so much, because it is amazing work!”

For Leonie it was her first time to hear about the work of Breakthrough Cancer Research.

“I hadn’t known much about them because I had breast cancer, so I was dealing more with organisations such as Breast Cancer Ireland.

“When I came across this and they explained about what they do helping to find cures for cancers that have only a 20% chance of survival like pancreatic, it’s just absolutely fantastic.”

Leonie says there’s been a

huge buzz in the shop since its opening.

“It’s been fantastic. Everyone here has been fantastic.

Everyone who comes in has been supportive in helping, and it’s lovely to see it. It has been a really nice experience.

“Everybody that comes through the door has a story.

A lady came in earlier and she worked for CanTeenteenagers with cancer.

“Just to hear her stories was great, but there were positives as well. We are inclined to touch on negatives as Irish people, but everyone has certainly been touched by cancer haven’t they?”

While the shop has now closed at its temporary location of 4 Temple Bar, those involved are keen to reopen

a physical presence shortly in the capital, and have issued a call-out to those who may be able to help them secure a more permanent location.

“We got our temporary location from The Library Project, who are doing it in partnership with us,” Dolan said.

“In Temple Bar there’s a lot of people going by all the time, and it’s a great place to be.”

The Shop That Nearly Wasn’t continues online, where a wide variety of items can be purchased at www.shopthatnearlywasnt. ie.

You can get further information and details about the work of Breakthrough Cancer Research at www.breakthroughcancerresearch.ie

Some of the fantastic creations by cancer survivors of all ages

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Green property founder gets philanthropy award PADRAIG CONLON

STEPHEN Vernon was named The Community Foundation for Ireland National Philanthropist of the Year at a recent event in Dublin.

A founder of Green Property and a well-known philanthropist, Stephen was honoured for his work in assisting community groups, helping charitable causes and giving back to society through his charitable giving.

The Community Foundation for Ireland are one of Ireland’s largest philanthropic organisations to recognise and celebrate extraordinary leadership and generosity in the area of philanthropy.

Previous winners of the annual philanthropy awards, which began in 2007, include JP McManus, Brendan O’ Carroll, Feargal Quinn and Maurice Healy.

A Dubliner was crowned Local Philanthropist of the Year, with Malahide native Adrienne Stack deservedly the proud recipient of that award.

Informed by her own family’s experience, Adrienne set up Hugh’s House in memory of her son Hugh

and in support of other families with very sick children; providing a ‘home from home’ for them in the city centre while their children are in hospital.

Hugh’s House provides accommodation 365 days a year to the families of children who are long-term in-patients of Temple Street, Holles Street, the Coombe and Rotunda Hospitals.

She has given significant personal and financial resources to the project.

Speaking about the 2020 awards, Tina Roche, chief executive, The Community Foundation for Ireland, said society should not underestimate the positive role philanthropists play in raising awareness of the value and impact of strategic giving.

“Now in its 12th year, The Community Foundation for Ireland’s Philanthropist of the Year Awards recognises extraordinary leadership in philanthropy,” she said.

“Whilst acknowledging that many people who give back prefer to do so in a low profile and anonymous way, we see the need for positive role models to create a ripple effect of generosity throughout Ireland.”

Pictured are Liam O’Brien, Director of Strategy and External Affairs at Vodafone Ireland with Stephen Vernon who was named The Community Foundation for Ireland National Philanthropist of the Year, with Adrienne Stack, Local Philanthropist of the Year. Picture: Jason Clarke

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FITNESS and fashion enthusiast Niamh Cullen, TV Presenter, Reporter and latest ASI Ambassador, Sinead Kennedy, Nurse/ Fashion and travel blogger, Terrie McEvoy want members of the public to rally behind The Alzheimer Society of Ireland’s annual Denim Day for Dementia fundraising campaign on Friday, March 6 to raise funds for vital dementia supports and services.

Denim Day for Dementia campaign is asking everyone from around Ireland to don their denims – to crèche, school or to their place of work – on March 6 and donate just €2 to support the 55,000 people living with dementia and their carers.

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Bid for girlfriend for Tourist board publish Irish soil may hold moon trip scrapped rant mistakenly cure to superbugs JAPANESE fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has pulled out of a TV show where he was looking for a girlfriend for a voyage around the moon.

The 44-year-old recently announced he was seeking single females over 20 willing to become his girlfriend (and join him on Elon Musk’s SpaceX trip) for a documentary to be aired on streaming service AbemaTV. Almost 28,000 people applied but now Maezawa has decided to pull the plug on the TV show saying he has “mixed feelings” about participating.

Apologizing to the applicants and AbemaTV staff in posts on Twitter, he said he is “extremely remorseful” about the decision to pull out.

Maezawa is the founder and former CEO of online fashion retailer Zozo (which he sold last year) and is known for launching big plans which sometimes don’t work out exactly how he expected!

WHEN Brazil’s national tourist agency wants to market Rio de Janeiro they usually focus on the city’s incredible beaches, samba music and exciting night life. A very embarrassing social media mistake this week however from the Brazilian Tourist Board showed the bad side of the city.

Embratur accidentally shared a critical Instagram post from a tourist who had a nightmare time in Rio. “I just spent 3 days in Rio with my family, and in those 3 days my family and I were robbed and my 9-year-old sister witnessed a violent robbery,” Instagram user “withlai” wrote in an Instagram Stories post.

“I can’t recommend a visit to a city where I felt afraid of even leaving the apartment.”

Embratur deleted the post and said in a statement that “sharing (the post) was a mistake.”

A STUDY carried out by Swansea University Medical School found that certain Irish soil many contain a cure of four of the most commonly found superbugs.

Soil taken from the Sacred Heart Church in Enniskillen was found to contain a bacteria strain that can halt the growth of MRSA and three other superbugs that are regularly found in Irish hospitals.

Professor Paul Dyson of Swansea University Medical School said: “Our discovery is an important step forward in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

“Our results show that folklore and traditional medicines are worth investigating in the search for new antibiotics.

“Scientists, historians and archaeologists can all have something to contribute to this task.”

DOG OF THE WEEK DUBLIN Gazette Newspapers has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs.

This week’s dog of the week is Kelsey, a beautiful four-year-old dog that can be quite shy at first, but has the sweetest nature once she gets to know you.

She would love a family that will be willing to come up here to the centre a few times and build up a bond with her – once that’s done, you will have a friend for life.

Kelsey would love a family where there is another confident dog to help her settle in, and a nice garden to play

in and relax with her doggie pal.

Kelsey is such a cuddly and affectionate dog that will make a wonderful addition to the right family.

If you have room in your heart and home for Kelsey then please contact Dogs Trust on 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_IE. (Remember: Always have your dog on a lead when in public.)

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Cry Monster Cry’s tides of inspiration lead them all the way to the Swiss Alps FOLLOWING the acclaimed release of their sophomore album, Tides, Cry Monster Cry are riding a current.

The two Sutton brothers, Jamie and Richie Martin, are fresh from a tour of Germany, and awaiting the release of a new documentary that features their adventures playing their music up a mountain in the Swiss Alps. Music has taken life to an interesting place.

I caught up with Jamie, an English-major who converts his studies into carefully constructed lyrics, fresh from what’s been an exhausting tour and a special time on the continent.

“I think Irish music is a bit exotic over there,” he laughed. “We find ourselves selling out places that we’ve never been.

“People see that we’re playing and, in real German fashion, they’ll go to YouTube, do some research into us and if they like it, they go and buy tickets.

It’s great. I think that’s something that’s fading in Ireland.”

What music fans can uncover when they do such research is delicate and subtle, and in the case of Tides, a deeply emo-

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tional piece of work that’s mostly quite slow-paced and poetic, but bursts into wall-of-sound angst in late track, The Last Dance.

“I’ve been trying really hard to be in the moment when I perform, and I’ve found when you do that, when you really put everything in, you feel it coming back to you,” Jamie said of the tour.

“It’s emotionally draining, but I think it makes for an honest performance. I really wanted to approach it in that way, to see if there was any difference in the reaction. I thought there was.”

Tides, as an album title, is a reference to the flow of the brother’s lives: sometimes turbulent and sometimes smooth and calm, a reflection of something, really.

A touch ironically, it’s taken them to the mountains.

“We went on a trip to the Swiss Alps and there’s a 30 minute documentary of it waiting to be released,” Jamie said.

Cry Monster Cry – brothers Richie and Jamie Martin

“It’s about the climb and the gig, but it’s more about this guy called Rene Reusser, who brings musicians over there. He’s incredible – a complete music fan.

“He runs a carpentry school, but the documentary is about telling this guy’s story, why he’s so passionate about music and craft, and the lengths people go to so that they feel they’ve done something a bit different. It should be out in about two weeks.

“We’ve been lucky.

We’ve always loved taking on weird stuff, like a gig in the Alps, or living room concerts in Germany.

“It’s just what keeps up amused and entertained.

Hopefully, the documentary will get a good reaction.

“It’s called, When The Snow Calls I’ll Be Gone, which is the English title of an old Swiss folk song.”

Back within the band, things are coming to a peak, too, with the brothers having had their time “living” ahead of the release of the second record.

They’re on a songwriting high, and enjoying the moment.

“What I really love about music is storytell-

ing,” Jamie said. “I like to share a bit of myself, like reading a diary on a stage.

It’s a great way to make something collective.

“It’s had a huge, huge impact on me that I can chart right back to my childhood. Reading, for me, is like going to the gym

for storytelling. I have to stay on top of it.”

Cry Monster Cry play the Pepper Canister Church, Dublin on March

27, with tickets priced at €23.

The show concludes a 13-date Irish tour spanning February and March.

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Refurbished Milano branch is reopened

PIZZERIA Milano has re-opened the doors at its Longboat Quay, Grand Canal branch.

Situated at the basin of Grand Canal, Milano has re-opened with a complete interior refurbishment.

Kathy Limbeck, manager of the restaurant, said: “Our refurbished pizzeria – which showcases the kitchen at its heart – is designed to allow our customers watch our talented pizzaiolos freshly handmake their pizza to order.”

The opening of the branch comes 24 years after Milano set up shop in Ireland.

Grace Binchy, Bord Bia consumer insight specialist: “When it comes to evening meals, this comprehensive study captures a clear intent to make healthy and socially responsible food choices”

Food for thought in new study of our eating habits GARY IBBOTSON

BORD Bia, the Irish food board, has released the results of an in-depth national study into the evening meal consumption habits of the people of Ireland.

Carried out in partnership with Red C Research, the study was designed to better understand the changing dynamics of people’s evening mealtime habits.

The study involved a nationally representative online survey of more than 1,000 Irish consumers who charted their evening eating habits, resulting in a sample of 5,925 adult and 1,841 child evening meals collected over seven consecutive days.

The research captures consumer intentions to live more healthily and sustainably versus their daily choices when it comes to evening meals.

According to the poll, more than 80% of people put a high level of importance on eating a balanced diet, with four in 10 adults saying that their

evening meal choice is based on what foods impact their physical and mental health.

Ethical considerations are also influencing consumer behaviour, as almost three in 10 people feel making choices that are more positive for the environment has a great deal of influence on evening meals.

Commenting on the growing influence of health and wellness trends on dietary choices, Grace Binchy, Bord Bia consumer insight specialist, said: “When it comes to evening meals, this comprehensive study captures a clear intent to make healthy and socially responsible food choices, and people believe they are regularly doing so.

“However, as a growing ‘time poor’ nation, life gets in the way.

“There is a tendency for people to remember the choices they make as being better than they were, and their original intention is not always reflected in their actions.”

Key findings of the study: • The classic ‘meat and two veg’ meal staple is the number-one evening meal type eaten by adults in 2019, accounting for 11% of all adult evening meals across the seven days.

Chicken dishes and pasta with sauce meals, such as spaghetti bolognese, were in second and third place, at 10%.

• Pasta with sauce meals, such as spaghetti bolognese, was the number-one meal type eaten by children, accounting for 14% of all evening meals.

• 29% of all adult meals include red meat, although chicken follows closely behind at 21%.

• The presence of fish within all meals is at 7%, increasing to 11% on Fridays.

• Dairy is a key part of evening meals among Irish consumers, with 17% of all meals containing cheese.

Top 10 adult meal types: 1. Meat and two vegetables 2. Chicken dish (for example, roast chicken) 3. Pasta with sauce (for example, spaghetti bolognese)

4. Italian foods (for example, pizza and lasagne) 5. Diner style favourites (for example, burger or steak and chips) 6. Fish dish (for example, fish bake or fish and chips) 7. Light meal (for example, toasted sandwich or beans on toast) 8. Chinese/Oriental meal 9. Stew or casserole 10. Indian dish (for example, chicken tikka marsala, korma, curry) Top 10 children’s meal types:: 1. Pasta with sauce (for example, spaghetti bolognaise) 2. Chicken dish (for example, roast chicken) 3. Meat and two vegetables 4. Italian foods (for example, pizza and lasagne) 5. Diner-style favourites (for example, burger or steak and chips) 6. Stew or casserole 7. Fish dish (for example, a fish bake or fish and chips) 8. Chinese/oriental meal 9. Indian dish (for example, chicken tikka marsala, korma, curry) 10. Light meal (for example, toasted sandwich or beans on toast)

Tag along to Dublin’s very first Taco Battle FOOD festival organisers Eatyard has announced a string of events for early 2020, including a battle between Dublin’s finest taco makers.

Taco Battle – Dublin’s inaugural taco cook-off – will take place later this month on Saturday, February 22, in Jam Park.

Hosted by taco super fan Marcus O’Laoire, attendees will try tacos from La Cocina Cuevas, The Taco Truck, Fuppin Delish, Orale, Eatery Park and Tacos Don

Ron, and vote for their favourite.

Tickets are €40 per person and entry will get you six tacos, one drink token and the responsibility to decide who has perfected the Top Taco.

On the day, there will also be other tacoinspired events such as eating contests, sombrero throwing, pinata competitions, a limbo and Mexican bean race.

This is a child-friendly event with children up to the age of 12 allowed free entry.

Meat firm launches same-day delivery

THE family-owned Dublin Meat Company has announced a same-day delivery option for its range of health lunch and snack options.

The range of Fit Foods include soups such as potato and leek, as well as tomato and basil, and protein pots such as low-calorie chicken tikka and cajun chicken with a BBQ dip.

Dublin Meat Company also offers fully proportioned meals which include wholewheat penne bolognese, Thai red chicken curry with brown rice, a turkey burrito bowl with brown rice, and many more.

The company has also announced new vending machines which will be distributed around the county in offices, factories and hospitals.

The meals are microwaveable in four minutes, made from fresh ingredients each day, and the vending machines are freshly restocked each day.

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TAKE A BREAK, AT HOME OR AWAY

DUBLIN TRAVEL

Coronavirus makes its impact felt in travel industries around the world

The River Lee offers a very stylish base from which to explore Cork

Cork getaway will be a love-Lee trip unexpectedly calm and beautiful oasis in the bustling city NOW that the centre. lengthening eveAs part of The nings are putting River Lee’s Slice a spring in our of the City packstep, why not age, guests enjoy hit the road for a an overnight stay staycation by the along with a pribanks of the love- The collaboration with Nano Nagle Place vate tour of Nano (above) offers a very authentic experience ly Lee, in Cork?

Nagle Place with In fact, the picexclusive access to turesque waterway offers getaway, complete with a buildings not open to the a perfect riverside setting behind the scenes private general public. for the hotel of the same tour of one of Cork’s most After a day exploring, name – The River Lee – beloved historic settings. return to the hotel and which has been attracting Previously the buildings enjoy complimentary appreciative guests to its of the South Presentation access to the on-site NRG comfy setting for a long Convent before it closed fitness centre and swimtime, drawn to a relaxing its doors in 2006, Nano ming pool, or relax in the stay in the Rebel county.

Nagle Place has been lov- sophisticated surroundAlready a welcome des- ingly refurbished to house ings of The River Club over tination all year round, the a fascinating heritage a glass of something local luxurious Cork hotel has centre, cafe, gardens and and delicious. recently collaborated with shop, where visitors can Complete with an overNano Nagle Place to cre- experience the story of life night stay for two adults, a ate an exclusive one-night in 18th Century Cork in an private tour of Nano Nagle SHANE DILLON

Travel Editor

Place and breakfast in The Mirror Room the following morning, Slice of the City at The River Lee is available from €239, and offers a charming cultural break in the country’s second city.

The cultural and cosy stay is just part of the reason to hit down the road to Cork, of course, thanks to a city that has so much to offer, it’s no wonder many Corkonians never leave.

The city offers a fine range of attractions and things to see and do, coupled with many superb restaurants and wining and dining options that have firmly put Cork on the map in recent decades.

For further information or to make a booking, call 021 493 7772, or see https://www.doylecollection.com/hotels/theriver-lee-hotel.

Millennials reveal their holiday must-have points A NEW survey from our friends next door on the travel interests of 2,000 young British millennials is likely to be strongly mirrored by their Irish peers.

While an Irish study would undoubtedly be a tad different – such as a listing for ‘Being able to watch Dublin V Mayo in the All Ireland’ – the research by Virgin Holidays is sure to be very close to the Irish millennial’s holiday wishlist must-haves, as follows ...

40% – A white sandy beach 34% – Balcony with a sea view 33% – Crystal clear waters 33% – The perfect sunset 31% – Palm trees 29% – Local wildlife 28% – Beautiful picture chances 26% – Iconic landmarks 25% – Lakes 25% – A vibrant local culture 24% – An infinity pool or jacuzzi/ hot tub 24% – Mountains

22% – Historic ruins 22% – A spa 21% – Interesting architecture 19% – A coral reef 18% – Glamorous bars 18% – Local delicacies 16% – Bustling street markets 16% – Safari 14% – A clifftop 13% – Beautiful people 13% – Temples 12% – A hammock 11% – Designer shops/boutiques

WHILE ‘Wuhan Flu’ continues to cause alarm all around the world, particularly in the Asia Basin countries, tourism, travel and holiday firms and organisations are monitoring the situation closely.

Understandably, Airbnb has found itself at the front line in the global grasp of the dreadful coronavirus, with a significant amount of properties in the countries that Airbnb operates in.

With Irish holidaymakers also facing having to amend or even cancel travel plans to a range of countries, an Airbnb statement on its stance is likely to be of great interest.

An official Airbnb media statement reads: “Airbnb is closely monitoring official news and guidance about the novel coronavirus outbreak in order to support our community of hosts, guests and employees in China and around the world — we are prioritising their safety and wellbeing.

“In accordance with guidance and recommendations from the World

Health Organisation, the Chinese government, and other local and health authorities, we have activated our extenuating circumstances policy to offer impacted hosts and guests the option of a cancellation of their reservations without charges.

“As the situation evolves, we will be continuously evaluating and updating this policy, in line with official guidance. Airbnb is also working to support authorities who are responding to this global health emergency.”

For those facing changes to travel plans in one of a number of countries currently facing coronavirus illness – including but not limited to China, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Japan – Airbnb has an ‘extenuating circumstances policy for the novel coronavirus outbreak’, which may facilitate cancellation without charge of any planned trip in an affected country.

You should be able to find this policy, or contact Airbnb directly, though its app or website.

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DUBLIN MOTORS

WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF TRANSPORT

New Ranger Raptor commands respect

Ford are old hands at delivering impressive pick-ups – and the Ranger Raptor is another singular vehicle, thanks to power and presence alone

DECLAN GLYNN

FORD has launched the new Ranger Raptor – the toughest and most high-performing version ever of Europe’s bestselling pick-up.

The new Ranger Raptor is powered by a Biturbo version of Ford’s 2.0 litre EcoBlue diesel engine that delivers 213 PS and 500 Nm of torque, and is mated to Ford’s new 10-speed automatic gearbox.

The commanding presence delivered by the ultimate Ranger’s imposing dimensions and extreme styling is supported by a unique Ford Performance chassis, optimised for highspeed off-road driving and go-anywhere capability.

Built to withstand

high-impact off-road eve n t s, t h e R a n g e r Raptor’s unique, superstrong reinforced chassis frame uses highs t re n g t h , l o w- a l l oy steels to endure the punishment delivered by offroad racing.

All-terrain BF Goodrich 285/70 R17 tyres have been specially developed for the Ranger Raptor, and really contribute greatly to the Raptor’s go-anywhere ability.

Ford Performance DNA is present throughout the interior, which delivers quality craftsmanship, harmonious colours and durable materials for driving scenarios from the high street to high altitude.

The premium leather and suede bolstered s e a t s a re s p e c i a l l y

FACT BOX

1) Imposing dimensions 2) Terrific on and off-road 3) Impressive power and torque 4) Six driving modes 5) On sale now designed for enhanced grip and off-road highspeed support, with a dual-firmness cushion for ultimate comfort.

My test vehicle was a new Ranger Raptor, which was finished in striking Ford Performance Blue metallic paintwork for maximum visual impact.

Drivers can select from six Terrain Management System modes to tackle a wide range of terrain and driving scenarios, including Normal, Sport, Grass/ Gravel/Snow, Mud/Sand,

Rock, and Baja mode.

While the first five modes are self explanatory, the Baja mode tunes responses for high-speed off-road performance, just like drivers need in the famous Baja desert rally.

The one thing that really grabs attention with the Ranger Raptor is its sheer size.

Park a Raptor on the street and it will dwarf a standard Ranger by a considerable amount, as it is the Raptor’s bodywork that really makes

it stand out from the crowd.

The Raptor’s standard BiTurbo 2.0-litre EcoBlue engine allows for swift acceleration for this type of off-roader, with the 0-100kmph sprint achievable in just 10 seconds, while fuel economy of up to 31.7mpg is possible on a combined driving cycle.

The Ford Ranger Raptor has carved itself a unique place in the market simply because it’s like no other pick-up currently on sale.

The engineering modifications have turned the already likeable Ranger into a seriously impressive vehicle – both on and off-road.

The Ranger Raptor is priced at €63,950 (exdelivery), and is on sale now.

Electric Elves plug into training demand ELVES, the End-of-Life Vehicle compliance scheme www.elves.ie hosted a training programme for Authorised Treatment Facilities (Permitted scrapyards) in the safe handling of end-of-life hybrid, electric and mild hybrid vehicles at Plunket College for Further Education in Whitehall recently. The Electric ELVES programme is the first classroom based course of its kind in Ireland and is free of charge to attendees.

As the compliance scheme for the End-of-Life Vehicle sector, ELVES saw the need to develop the Electric ELVES programme in response to the increasing popularity of electric and hybrid cars, from full electric vehicles to mild-hybrids. The course content addresses new health and safety risks which vehicle dismantlers face in handling electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as helping to provide solutions to the challenging environmental reuse, recycling and recovery targets set out in End-of-Life Vehicle Regulations.

The Electric ELVES training programme was launched in September 2019 and is being facilitated

by ELVES with the support of the IMVRA. The training programme is open to all ATFs in Ireland, not just those in the ELVES ATF Network.

Programme availability will develop nationwide as awareness of and demand for the course dictates.

Allowing all Irish ATFs to access the training programme will expand critical knowledge and expertise across the country, supporting all ATFs in developing competence in the handling of this new technology.

The course is provided free of charge to ATFs. Interested ATFs should contact ELVES www.elves.ie to register their interest for future training days.

The course is taught by leading industry professionals Salvage Wire. Salvage Wire recently won Best Automotive Recycling Consultancy 2019 in the UK Build Recycling and Waste Management Awards for achievements and innovations made within the industry. Salvage Wire also recently won the US Automotive Recyclers Association, 2019 President’s Award.

Plunket College of Further Education, Whitehall, Dublin, is part of the City of Dublin Education and Training Board, CDETB. The college offers the QQI Level 5 Pre Apprenticeship - Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Motor Technology course which is supported and funded by SOLAS. The new motor vehicle workshop facility at the college is ideally suited for the practical element of the Electric ELVES training programme.

ELVES Environmental Compliance Manager Elena Wrelton said, “This Electric ELVES course is of immense value to ATFs. ELVES is providing this second series of training workshops in response to significant industry demand. When the course launched in September, ELVES had a huge number of new requests for training from vehicle recyclers.

It is of critical importance that those working in the industry are equipped with the resources available to be fully confident and competent in dealing with the correct reuse and recycling of all types of vehicles.”

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FIXTURE CHAOS: SOCCER: A WEEK before the 2020 First

Division season is scheduled to kick off, UCD and Cabinteely are still in the dark about who they will face or if there will even be a First Division at all.

A ten-team division featuring Shamrock Rovers II, the Hoops’ reserve side, or an 11-team league featuring a revived Limerick side remain on the table with fixture lists released.

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LET DUBLIN GAZETTE NEWSPAPERS INFORM YOU OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SCORES OF YOUR FAVOURITE TEAMS BOXING | HARRINGTON LIVING IN THE MOMENT FOR BIG 2020

Kellie Harrington offers coaching advice at UCD this week. Picture: Michael Chester

Kellie’s short term focus  STEPHEN FINDLATER

sport@dublingazette.com

WHILE the first set of Olympic boxing qualifiers are just over a month away, you might expect the ins and outs of the tournament to be all-consuming for Kellie Harrington.

But the Dubliner admits she doesn’t “have a clue” about the format and is not the least bit concerned for the time being.

“I don’t even look at who is in my weight or how the qualifier works,” she told Dublin Gazette at the National Dairy Council’s Everything Starts with Milk campaign.

“The coaches will just tell me who is up next and that’s it. I am not looking at anything else or who is on the same side of the draw as me, who is seeded one or two. I don’t care.

“When you start doing that, your focus is shifted from what is in front of you. I focus literally on what is on in that moment. There’s no point worrying about it now because it wastes all your energy. That’s energy I need to be putting into my training sessions and my sleeping. I am not saying the Olym-

pics isn’t the [big] thing but that is how I break it down.”

For the record, her first chance for the 2018 lightweight champion to qualify for Tokyo is in mid-March in London where six places are on offer.

Failing that, another three or four spots will be on the line at the final qualifier in Paris in May. Harrington had spent the back end of 2019 out of action with a hand injury but she hails an increase in her dairy intake as key to her recovery.

Any worries it would linger into this year were appeased with her silver medal at the Standja multi-nations tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

“It was just good to get away and test myself and my hand. It was a multi nation tournament, a really high standard which has been going on 71 years so I was delighted to box in it!

“Mainly, though, it was about sussing out my hand, seeing what it was like in a tournament, throwing it out at all kinds of angles and landing it in different ways.”

The hand came through with no ill effects, giving her confidence going into a four-week training block before

she, eventually, zones in on the specifics of the Olympic qualifiers.

And she hopes she can give her community another reason to celebrate.

“Growing up in the innercity is fantastic – you get to see all walks of life. There are hidden agendas or mollycoddling. You grow up a lot quicker.

It’s made me the person I am today and also made me want to do well for my

community.

“When I do well – or anyone from the community like Troy Parrott or Wes Hoolahan or Olivia O’Toole – everyone jumps up and gives them the credit they deserve and it lifts the whole place.”

“It’s amazing to see that spirit lifted from one person and giving happiness to so many.”

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BALLINTEER ST JOHN’S LOTTO results for Feb 6th 3, 4, 5 and 14. Jackpot not won; €100 Helen Flood, €50 each Alannah Flood and Eamonn Lawlor... Joker consolation Eamonn Finn.

Jackpot next week €2,000 and Joker €150.

Bingo each Mon night at 8:00pm.

Our U12 boys football teams would like to thank Leisureplex Stillorgan, Clive Reynolds & Rose Private and Ben Haskins & National Facility Solutions for their sponsorship of new jerseys.

Girls 2006 Féile Fundraiser, Table Quiz Friday 28th February 8:00 p.m. BSJ ClubHouse.

Hard luck to Niamh Sweeney and Orla Nolan (pictured) who lined out for the Dublin Senior Ladies v Cork beaten by 1 point. Adult Football league is back on Sunday.

Seniors team play Lucan on AWP at 10.30 . Our Intermediate team away to Lucan at 10.30. Our Junior A team are away to St Oliver Plunketts at 12.00 while our Junior B are away to Good Counsel at 3:00 .

Club Shop open Thursday 7.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m & Saturday 11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.

SOCCER: FIRST DIVISION CLUBS STILL NONE THE WISER OVER

No clarity for Cabo and UCD as Devlin calls stasis a ‘circus’ LEAGUE OF IRELAND  DAVE DONNELLY

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KILMACUD CROKES HARD luck to the Dublin Ladies Footballers who narrowly lost to Cork, 1.4 to 0.8, in their league game.

The Crokes representatives involved with the team include Aoife & Laura Kane, Lauren Magee, Cassie Sultan, Amy Conroy, Grace Kos and Eabha Rutledge.

The Dublin Senior Footballers drew with Monaghan, 1.15 to 1.15.

Well done to Dara Mullin who made his intercounty debut and all the other Crokes players currently involved with the panel; Cian O’Connor.

Well done to the Dublin

U20 Footballers who beat Wicklow, 1.17 to 0.7, in their opening Championship game.

Well done to Pádraig Purcell, Conor Kinsella and Anthony Quinn.

The Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Section players table quiz takes place next Saturday 15th at 8pm in the club! €50 per table of 5 people.

These Quiz nights have proven to be a great night out in the club so please come out and support the initiative! Kilmacud Crokes Golf Society AGM 8pm Thursday 20th February 2020 Clubhouse.

A WEEK before the 2020 First Division season is scheduled to kick off, UCD and Cabinteely are still in the dark about who they will face or if there will even be a First Division at all.

A ten-team division featuring Shamrock Rovers II, the Hoops’ reserve side, or an 11-team league featuring a revived Limerick side remain on the table with fixture lists released by the FAI for both.

The initial ten team division, featuring three rounds of fixtures, was revised by the FAI when Limerick were successful in a legal challenge to apply for a license for the season.

This was further complicated by the nine existing second-tier sides’ vocal opposition to Rovers II’s cooption in place of Limerick, who were docked 36 points

last season after failing to pay players.

Cabo manager Pat Devlin declared the statis a “circus” at the club’s season launch last week as they plan for the new season without any certainty of how it will take shape.

Cabinteely at least go into the new season, however it pans out, in a position of strength after retaining the bulk of last season’s beaten play-off squad retained for 2020.

Last season’s top scorer, and PFAI player of the year, Rob Manley has departed for Longford Town while captain Stephen McGuinness has joined Premier Division Bohemians.

The retention of defender Conor Keeley, who will captain the side in 2020, is a major positive, as is the re-signing of local hero Marty Waters.

Michael Kelly and former Canadian youth international Corey Chambers will compete to become McGuinness’ permanent

replacement as Cabo look well-stock in behind.

Japanese attackers Kaito Akimoto and Ryusei Kojima have signed from Portmarnock and Liffey Wanderers respectively, while Dylan Thornton from Bohs is an exciting prospect.

The club’s ‘green line’ development plan has also yielded a breakthrough player in 18-year-old midfielder Eoin Massey, who will look to kick on in 2020.

UCD have seen the majority of their 2018 First

Division-winning side depart while Andy Myler is the new man in charge following the poorly-handled dismissal of Collie O’Neill late last season.

A disappointing performance in last week’s Collingwood Cup saw Diarmuid McKenna’s college side beaten at the first hurdle by eventual champions DCU. A number of talented players, including O’Neill’s recruits Jack Keaney and Liam Kerrigan, and former Waterford striker Colm

Whelan have boosted their ranks for the season.

L i m e r i c k d e fe n d e r Tomás O’Connor and former Bohemians underage player Michael O’Keane have also arrived but Conor Kearns, Liam Scales and Jason McClelland are significant losses.

They do, at least, have another potential future gem in midfielder Dara Keane, who made his breakthrough late in the relegation season and may blossom at a less-demanding level.

Loreto move clear in EY league

Loreto’s SIofra O’Brien. Picture: Adrian Boehm

LORETO prospered from a huge error of judgement from Cork Harlequins goalkeeper Kate Murphy to move three points clear at the top of the women’s EY Hockey League.

She stepped over Siofra O’Brien’s tame shot, believing it to be from outside the shooting circle, to give the Beaufort side a 2-1 lead with six minutes to go from their meeting at Farmers’ Cross.

The Dubliners – who were without Hannah Matthews – started slowly and fell behind when the hosts went ahead when Nikki

Barry’s long corner found Michelle Barry who unleashed a reverse-stick cross which Rebecca Barry got a beautiful deflection to.

Loreto responded in kind and hit the post soon after but remained 1-0 behind until the final quarter when they eventually got level courtesy of a speedy counter-attack, finishing off by Sarah Torrans.

O’Brien had the winner five minutes later and the news filtered through from Belfast that previous leaders Pegasus had been beaten by Old Alex.

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SEASON’S LAYOUT

INDOOR HOCKEY: FIRST B DIVISION CAMPAIGN SINCE 1996

Rovers hoping for yet more Turkish delight EUROHOCKEY INDOOR TROPHY  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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Cabinteely boss Pat Devlin is still waiting to find out his 2020 fixture list.

Picture: PauL Lundy

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Tonosa leads the way with big AAI victory DUNDRUM South Dublin AC’s Hiko Tonosa (pictured) produced a fine solo run to win the men’s 3,000m in a time of 8.18.58 at the AAI Games in Abbotstown last weekend.

It was one of a series of good results for the club with Kate Doherty finishing second in the 60 metre hurdles in a time of 8.40 seconds. Ciaran Carthy ran a person best in the 60m in 6.97 seconds while Sinead Denny was fifth in the 800m in 2.14.42.

Picture: Eoin Noonan/Sportsfile

THREE Rock Rovers are hoping they can continue their remarkable rise through the ranks of European indoor hockey as they travel to Alanya in Turkey to take on the B division for the first time.

It follows back-to-back promotions in the past two years, winning gold in Georgia in 2018 before succeeding in Oslo last February with a run to silver.

It means Ireland have a representative in the second tier of Europe in this code for the first time since Avoca in 1996.

They go into the competition as the lowest ranked side but have high hopes of maintaining their level in the competition. They will initially face England’s East Grinstead and Croatia’s HK Zelina on Friday before completing their group stage against Dutch giants SCHC. Three Rock were previously twinned with SCHC and their opponents will line out with Sam Steins Bisschop in their team, a brother of former Rovers man Pieter.

The top two from the group go into the promotion pool while the bottom two drop into a relegation pool with potential opponents from France, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey.

It is Rovers’ second trip to Turkey, the previous one happening in 2013 - a tour that still lives on infamy in the club.

It took place in Malatya, far closer to the Iranian and Syrian borders than Istanbul, in the depths of a snow-storm. All of the playing kit was misplaced by baggage staff, leaving Rovers to borrow sticks and goalkeeping equipment from the local club as well as a helmet from the Finnish team and a Bulgarian set of pads and kickers, held together by gaffer tape.

Only eight sticks were procured initially,

Three Rock Rovers with the Leinster indoor league trophy

including one of child’s length, leading to comical scenes of sticks being swapped as substitutes entered the court for the opening game against Norwegian opposition which promptly ended in defeat.

Sticks and goalkeeping equipment arrived soon after and the remaining games were all won, earning promotion from the then fourth

tier.

Jody Hosking, Ross Canning and Stephen West are survivors from that tour hoping for more Turkish delight.

They will draw the panel that won the Leinster indoor league title but succumbed in a shoot-out last week in the National Indoor Trophy decider to Railway Union.

Mary’s hold off Gonzaga challenge

JUNIOR CUP RUGBY

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ST MARY’S College have seen off Gonzaga College 21-15 to seal their place in the draw for the Second Round of the Bank of Ireland Leinster Rugby Schools Junior Cup. After an opening quarter where Mary’s held the initiative and rarely stepped foot in their own half, Noah Johnson barged over from close range, his effort converted by Cillian Jacobs.

That score only prompted Gonzaga and they swiftly replied through

Oscar Parceir, the winger was on the end of a flowing move across the pitch and with their first foray into enemy territory, it was suddenly 7-5. Mary’s had the best of the early parts of the second half with Aaron O’Brien going in underneath a mass of bodies to stretch the lead, Jacobs converting.

By the time Stephen McMahon kicked a penalty for ‘Zaga in the 54th minute, the game had truly come to life and it certainly provided them with a confidence boost.

The all-important score came late on when O’Brien was once

again the catalyst in a strong Mary’s drive, the flanker picking up his second try of the afternoon.

Without that score, Gonzaga captain Paul Wilson’s try immediSt Mary’s celebrate.

Picture: Paul Lundy

ately after would have been more than just a consolation for his team as Mary’s held on for a date with Castleknock in the second round.

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BASKETBALL: SOUTHSIDERS SEE OFF ZALGIRIS

NAOMH OLAF THERE was no winner of the Club Lotto Draw on Sunday 9th February - numbers drawn were 1, 8, 10. €30 winners were Mary Shivnan, Mary Gibney, Frank Kavanagh, John Doyle and Laoise Doyle. The Jackpot on Sunday 16th February will be €2,600 - well worth buying a ticket for! Only €2 each and available from the Club Bar, Sandyford House and online at www.naomholaf.ie - match 3 numbers to scoop the jackpot.

Cathaoirleach, John Somers, the Naomh Olaf Executive Committee and members of Naomh Olaf GAA Club extend their sympathy and condolences to the family of Fergus Canning who has passed away after a brave battle with illness. A long time member of Naomh Olaf GAA Club and former captain of Naomh Olaf Golf Society and a character who was known to many, Fergus was pre-deceased by his wife Berna last year. Their two sons, Joseph and Gordon, are former players with Naomh Olaf. Ar dheis lámh Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Olaf’s man, David Byrne, wore the blue jersey with pride when the Dublin Senior Footballers played Monaghan last weekend. David scored the equaliser late into extra time much to the delight of the Dublin supporters and the many club members in attendance. Great show, David!

Congratulations to Christine Shanahan on being selected for the Dublin Minor Camogie panel and also to her sister, Grace (both pictured, who has been selected for the Dublin Under 16 Camogie panel. Fabulous, girls, very much deserved! Well done to Naomh Olaf player, Luke Murphy-Guinane and the Under 20 Dublin Footballers on their win over Wicklow in Aughrim last Saturday. Parnell Park is the venue on Saturday 15th when the Under 20s will meet Longford in the quarter final. Sure to be a great match!

New players welcome for the academies - Saturday for the boys (10am for 2013 and 11am for 2014/15) and Sunday for the girls (10am for 2013 and 11am for 2014/15/16). Academies will be indoors until the weather improves.

SHANKILL THE CLUB Chase the Ace Sunday night draw in Brady’s there was no winner of the jackpot and the €50 prize went to Rob Kiernan.

This week’s jackpot is €1700. Tickets are €2 each or 3 for €5 available in the pub.

Operation Transformation walks continues this Thursday. Meet at 6.45pm at St Anne’s resource centre. Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others, a group has been set up catering for all ages, all abilities, no experience of GAA games necessary.

This is a fun social group and its FREE. The venue is Scoil Mhuire from 7pm to 8pm on Tuesday nights, PM us on Facebook or contact Steve 087 6414123.

Our Adult Ladies and Men’s teams are already preparing for next year. If you would like to join us and represent your Village see below for details.

The juvenile Academy which is for boys and girls from 4 to 7 years of age and sponsored by O Donnell’s Pharmacy Shankill is in action at 10.00am on Saturdays in St Anne’s, Rathmichael and Scoil Mhuire National Schools.

The cost is only €2 per child there is no annual subscription and all equipment is provided free of charge.

For details of our Ladies adult football teams e-mail stevedavis203@gmail.com or contact Steve Davis 087 6414123.

The men’s adult football team contact Kevin Martin 086 8449902. For more information on the club, contact, secretary. shankill.dublingaa.ie or call 086 6072746.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Join Shankill GAA Club, your community, your Village GAA club, where we all belong.

WANDERERS LOTTO: No winner of this weeks jackpot, numbers drawn were 30-32-33. €25 goes to Damien Gallagher, P.J. Smyth, Noel Dykes, Kieron O Flaherty. .

Jackpot next week is €10,000.

As our lotto is now at €10k we have started a background which is sitting currently at €2,000. When the €10k is won our new lotto will start from the background draw. Our Lotto is now online through our Website or Facebook page.

If you are interested in playing for our Adult Men’s teams this season please contact Dave on 0877256754. If you are interested in joining our Ladies team this season please contact Dionne on 0879315556 for more info.

Our Juvenile training is on Saturday mornings and Wed evenings along with the nursery on Saturday mornings, please contact Fergal on 0876213142 for more details, the club is looking for new members at all levels so please reach out as per above if interested.

If you would like a Match Report or Photos submitted to the website or press please contact pro@wanderersgaa.ie. All items for the club notes must be submitted by Sunday evening to pro@wanderersgaa.ie.

UCD with the NICC Cup trophy

Meany and Nolan lead way for UCD NICC CUP FINAL

UCD Marian 79 BC Leixlip Zalgiris 58  sport@dublingazette.com

UCD Marian took the NICC spoils as they won out well over BC Leixlip Zalgiris in a hotly-contested clash at the National Basketball Arena last Sunday.

Zalgiris had had the better of their league meeting earlier in the season – taking home a 30-point win on that occasion – and Marian were determined not to let that happen again this time around.

Zalgiris started the brighter with Aurimas Statkus leading the way for his team in the first

quarter with 11 points including two big threepointers to show UCD Marian that the big man was more than just a threat inside the key.

UCD moved the ball well but struggled with their finishing, missing a lot of open shots to go down 16-21 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second, however, Marian hit a big purple patch, clicking offensively and working impressively on defence to limit Zalgiris’ scoring.

Conor Meany led the way with several assists, seven points and intense pressure on defence. Dan Nelms of UCD started to

DIVISION ONE Meteor survive Thunder storm TRINITY Meteors scooped a

women’s basketball Division One 75-66 win on the road against Swords Thunder, with multiple standouts: Lauren Grigsby (pictured), Edel Thornton, Sarah Kenny and Carolyn Binder all finishing in double figures. Trinity jumped to the early 29-39, lead at the half. Peggy Black was fantastic for Thunder, making big plays and scores but Meteors were not letting go of the lead and were clinical down the stretch to push on to win.

get the better of Statkus inside, contributing ten points, but Nelms could not stop Statkus on the other end of the floor with the Zalgiris’ talisman contributing another eight points.

Nonetheless, UCD started to pull away going into the half though, leading 41-34 at the break.

The third quarter saw UCD Marian continue their dominance. Patrick Nolan was the main focal point on offence, leading UCD’s scoring with ten points.

Zalgiris struggled to get going on the offensive end, finishing the third with 12 points in the period.

Captain Kestutis Damulevicius hit two big three pointers to keep Zalgiris within striking distance but they had a lot to do going into the fourth quarter, trailing 60-48.

The final quarter was much the same as the third as UCD controlled the game with periodical rises from Zalgiris crushed

by UCD’s Meany and Nolan.

Zalgiris again could only manage 12 points in this quarter with the effect of numerous games over the two-day period showing.

UCD’s fitness, ball movement and control down the stretch just proved too much.

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LADIES FOOTBALL: UNBEATEN RECORD COMES TO AN END IN CROKE PARK

FOOTBALL

Olaf’s Byrne fires big last ditch leveller

Kilmacud Crokes’ Éabha Rutledge holds off the attentions of Cork’s Katie Quirke. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Dublin unable to quell Rebel rising LIDL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIV 1 Cork 0-8 Dublin 1-4  DAIRE WALSH sport@dublingazette.com

CARLA Rowe continued her impressive league form but it was not enough to overhaul Cork at Croke Park as the Rebelettes strengthened their grip at the top of the LIDL National Football League Division One. On a rain and wind-swept evening, the ever-dependable Orla Finn kicked five points for the visitors, while Hannah Looney also chipped with 0-2 during an industrious display in very difficult conditions.

Rowe led the way with 1-2 for Dublin but despite enjoying a late flourish, they fell to their first loss of the campaign.

Manager Mick Bohan was left to ponder what might have been as his side lost for the first time this season.

“It’s probably not the result that’s frustrating for us, rather the number of opportunities they had that they just squandered. Very disappointing, really poor execution and an awful lot of the basics of the game just not executed.

That becomes a huge source of frustra-

tion.”

Cork, after dropping some early shots into the hands of Dublin goalkeeper Ciara Trant, took the lead through centre-back Melissa Duggan’s fifth minute point.

While they didn’t always capitalise on the opportunities that fell their way, a brace from the reliable Finn extended the lead for Ephie Fitzgerald’s charges.

Rowe kicked the hosts into gear with a two-point salvo, but Cork subsequently reinforced their authority.

Finn registered 0-13 when the Munster side overcame Dublin in last year’s league semi-final and she split the posts at the end of an intricate attacking move before adding a routine free on 24 minutes to make it 0-5 to 0-2 for Cork at the break.

Maire O’Callaghan and Looney were combining to good effect in midfield, and it was the latter who took the charge when the action resumed.

The Aghada star landed points from play with side of another Finn free to give Cork a firm control of the proceedings.

Dublin, despite struggling to impose their attacking game against a watertight Cork defence, received a lifeline midway in the third quarter when Rowe slotted home a penalty into the bottom

right corner of the net after a foul on her club mate Oonagh Whyte.

Five-time All Star Lyndsey Davey was simultaneously introduced off the bench for her seasonal return as Mick Bohan’s side, who secured their sole league title in 2018, looked set for a big finish to the contest.

And they certainly ramped up the pressure on the league champions in a frenetic finish with Hannah O’Neill and Davey shooting points.

But they were unable to draw level with a free from Rowe in the dying moments drifting wide as Cork held on for victory.

Foxrock Cabinteely’s Hannah O’Neill evades Cork’s Sarah Leahy. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/ Sportsfile

NAOMH Olaf’s David Byrne scored a dramatic equalising point in the 10th minute of added time for Dublin as they drew 1-15 each with Monaghan on day three of the National Football League Division One in front of 17,786 fans at Croke Park.

Dublin trailed by ten points late in the first half, nine at the break, and nine still as the clock hit 60 minutes.

Yet they drove on relentlessly, led by the likes of James McCarthy, and were rewarded by outscoring their opponents 1-7 to 0-1 from then to the final whistle.

The Dubs got plenty of impact off the bench with Kevin McManamon scoring Dublin’s goal with Seán Bugler kicking three points from play and Colm Basquel one as well as having a key role in the late, late equaliser.

McManamon’s goal illustrated his instinct when after miscuing a ‘garryowen’ into the danger zone he followed in and gambled on the ball being broken goalward with Bugler getting up highest to bat the ball to the St Jude’s man who illustrated a poacher’s instint to sidefoot past Rory Beggan.

Dublin’s first half display was totally at odds with how they concluding proceedings as the rain lashed down at GAA headquarters.

Monaghan goaled inside the opening minute through Conor McManus and dominated the exchanges for the opening period.

Next up for Dublin is a date with Donegal on February 22.

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Kilmacud face huge opening league test  CÓILÍN DUFFY

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K I L M AC U D C RO K E S senior football manager Robbie Brennan says his side expect a keenly contested encounter, when they face Ballyboden St Enda’s in the opening round of the Division 1 senior football league on Sunday (10.30am).

It’s going to be a tough ask against the reigning Dublin and Leinster champions, who lost just one game last year – their final game of 2019, a league final loss to Ballymun Kickhams.

“Obviously they are a fantastic side and we would have the utmost respect for them and what they have done down through the years,” Brennan told the Dublin Gazette.

“There’s always a good rivalry between the two clubs, and a healthy rivalry at that.

“They had a fantastic year last year. It could have maybe been a little bit better for them as things turned out.

“You couldn’t get a better test for your first game up in the league.

We are trying to put a bit more importance on the league this year than we did last year.

“With that in mind, we would be looking at a good performance on Sunday.”

While Kilmacud Crokes are low in numbers at present, all things considered, their manager says they are motoring well.

“We are back probably

Kilmacud Crokes in senior football championship action last year against Ballymun Kickhams

“You couldn’t get a better test for your first game up in the league than Ballyboden“ two or three weeks at this stage – it’s probably a little bit earlier than last year.

“It’s good, we have a core group of about 14 or 15 lads at training at the minute. We’ve a lot away with county football – we’ve nine or ten in with Dublin and one with Offaly, and then three with the Dublin Under-

20s.

“Then we have a couple of long-term injuries, so we are hit bad numbers wise but for the core group we have, I have to say we are going well at the minute.

“We are definitely looking forward to getting up and running at the weekend.”

With the likes of Tom

Fox picking up a Sigerson medal and other Crokes players in colleges action, it has kept a large part of the squad ticking over nicely during the Winter months.

“It doesn’t seem like that long ago since we lost to Thomas Davis in the semi-final of the Championship,” Brennan said.

“There’s been a few lads like Callum Pearson, Niall O’Leary and Tom Fox and others involved in colleges action, so they have been ticking along.

“Too be fair the lads have kept themselves in good shape over Christmas, so it hasn’t been too difficult to get them back in, and up and at it

already.

“It’s probably unprecedented for us to have so many away with the county at the minute, so that in turn is probably stretching the second and third teams etc. on down.

“It has been tricky, but full credit to the club for keeping things ticking over well all the same.”