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Local pool progress THE Dun LaoghaireRathdown County Council has announced that it will apply for funding for the reopening of the Glenalbyn Swimming Pool through the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund.

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World track cycling medal for Orwell Wheelers’ Ronan Grimes as he lands super silver medal in Apeldoorn.

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Local busker now an Urban legend GARY IBBOTSON

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THE most unusual thing has happened to a local teenager who was busking on Grafton Street.

Sam Clifford, 14, from Beach Lawn, Dundrum was spotted by global country music superstar, Keith Urban while playing guitar and plying his trade on the

famous Dublin street.

Urban, who was playing the 3 Arena that very night approached Clifford after being impressed by his stripped-back performance.

After a brief chat, Urban asked the second year student at Benildus College to join him on stage and play in front of 13,000 people.

Clifford, although admitting he was nervous prior to the gig said Urban and the band reassured him by “joking around” in the dressing room beforehand and even gave his family free seats to watch the performance.

“It was the most amazing experience of my life.”

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Baths to be reopened next year ACCORDING to the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the Dun Laoghaire Baths are scheduled to be reopened to the public by this time, next year.

Having been left abandoned since 1997, renovation on the baths began in June 2018.

Having been left abandoned since 1997, renovation on the baths began in June 2018.

Ever since, however, problems have arisen during the construction with thousands of plastic fibres being accidentally dumped into the sea.

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SWIMMING POOL A STEP CLOSER TO OPENING

Council seeks funding for reopening of pool

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GARY IBBOTSON

THE Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has announced that it will apply for funding for the reopening of the Glenalbyn Swimming Pool through the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund.

The swimming pool, which closed in 2013 due to safety concerns, has been the target of much debate over the past few months as residents battle to get it renovated and reopened.

Councillor John Kennedy tabled a motion this January calling for an application to be made to seek multi-million government funding support to restore the pool. The motion passed by a margin of seven votes to six.

Minister Shane Ross

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The popular south Dublin pool has been closed since 2013

said: “I am happy to say that the council reiterated they are fully committed to the project and we were assured that progress is being made.

“I also encouraged the council to apply for Stage

1 funding for the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund, which involves funding for the design stage of the project.

“The aim of the fund is to provide support for larger sports facility proj-

ects. In some cases, these may be projects where the primary objective will be to increase active participation in sport.

“In other cases, these may be large scale venues/ stadia where the focus is more related to social participation and high performance sport,” said Minister Ross.

Philomena Poole, the chief executive of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council had previously voiced her reservations to the renovation saying that “it would be unwise to delay the progress of other projects such as Stillorgan Library, Fernhill and the East Pier repairs tying up the funds assigned for Glenalbyn”.

As Glenalbyn Swimming Pool is landlocked within the grounds of Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club, queries have been raised by the club but as of yet, no resolutions have been found.

“If a pool is proposed to be built which would encroach on our ability to use our own property to the fullest to meet our needs, we will have an issue with that,” says Ronnie Murray, public relations officer.

“The club continues to take part in collaborative dialogue with DLRCC on any proposals to re-open the pool. In general, we fully support the development of sporting facilities in our community.”

A SOUTH DUBLIN husband and wife duo have scooped one of the top prizes at the Weddings Online Awards 2019.

Mark and Fiona Fennell, from The Fennells Photography and Film, won Photographer of the Year.

Dubbed as the ‘Oscars of the Irish wedding industry’, Mark told Dublin Gazette they are thrilled to win the award.

“It is just incredible. The Weddings Online Awards are difficult to win as they are very large categories with hundreds of entries so there is a lot of competition.

“There are also a few stages to get through, your photography must be considered amazing, but it doesn’t stop there, you need reviews from couples, but not just reviews you must have five out of five star reviews, and then you need the four judges to give you gold which is so hard to get.

“We are ecstatic that we got there and it’s an honour and humbling to be named as the number one wedding photographers in Ireland, something we will treasure forever.

“Our trophy is on our shelf and it honestly makes us smile as it is the result of hard work after a decade of working in the wedding business.”

Row over lighting fixtures heats up A LONG running battle between Rathfarnham Athletics Club and South Dublin County Council has intensified with the council saying no permanent lighting fixtures will be installed in Rathfarnham Castle Park.

Over 300 people have signed the club’s petition requesting permanent lights be installed in the section of the park where the club trains two times a week.

The park has played host to the athletics club since the 1980s and now boasts over 300 members between the ages of eight and 12.

The club were first in contact with the council back in 2013 when they saw a large spike in membership. Previously, the club felt the lighting coming from the castle was sufficient.

Recently, the club’s development manager John McCabe met senior council executives who voiced their objections to the installation. The council’s concerns are based on the fear that the local bat population will be startled by the powerful lights in addition to council’s policy to not install permanent lighting in parks that close at night.

McCabe has provided a rebuttal to the council’s concerns, saying that: “The theory has already been disproven by bat experts as the lights, which we require for two hours twice a week, can be angled in such a way as to have no adverse biodiversity effects. We police the entrance to the park at all times when we are there so preventing any antisocial behaviour,” he says.

When contacted for a statement on the issue, the council spokesperson said: “There are no plans to install lighting at Rathfarnham Park.”

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PERFORMANCE: KEITH URBAN INVITES STREET PERFORMER TO JOIN HIM ON STAGE FOR SHOW

Dundrum busker gigs with star GARY IBBOTSON

SAM CLIFFORD was busking on Grafton Street on a Sunday afternoon.

When he was done playing and began packing up his gear, a man who he had never met before approached him and complimented his performance.

“He told me I was very good at what I was doing and told me to keep working hard,” says Sam. Not thinking much of it, Sam thanked the man and began to leave.

“As I left, he ran up the road after me and asked me to sing with him at a gig he had later,” he says.

Sam was with his moth-

er, Catriona, at the time and she asked the man where the concert was on.

The man, unsure himself, checked his phone and told Sam and Catriona that he was playing in the 3 Arena.

Unknown to Sam and his mother, the pair were talking to country music superstar Keith Urban.

Only a couple of hours later, Sam, a 14-year-old boy from Beach Lawn, Dundrum, was singing and playing his guitar in front of 13,000 people.

“It was the most amazing experience of my life,” he proclaims. An experience he will probably never forget.

Sam started singing when he was only six years old and first picked up a guitar when he was 11.

“My mother is a singer, but she is the only musical one in my family,” he says.

A second year student in Benildus College and a member of the 115th Ballinteer Scouts, Sam gave up playing for Broadford Rovers football club to concentrate on his music.

A decision that appears to be paying off.

When Sam’s father, Darren, first heard about the chance encounter with the global icon, he was in shock.

“I wasn’t with Sam

Sam pictured backstage and then onstage with Keith

when this all unfolded.

Normally I would take Sam busking but, on this occasion, I had to bring my younger son to a birthday party.

“When my wife rang to tell me what had happened, I thought they were messing with me. It was only later that I realised that they were being serious.

“It was all a bit surreal to

Gardai appeal for public’s help in finding two missing girls

THE GARDAI are appealing to the public’s help in finding two young girls who have gone missing in the greater Dublin area.

Alannah Corrigan, 16, has been missing since Thursday, 14th March from Dun Laoghaire and Julianna Moore Gita, 19, was last seen on the 25th February in Blanchardstown.

Alannah is described as 4’7” in height, slight build with

black hair and blue eyes.

Julianna was last seen wearing a black jacket, black jeans and was carrying a black backpack and is described as 5’0” in height, slim build with fair hair and hazel brown eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to contact your local Garda station or contact the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.

Alannah Corrigan

Julianna Moore Gita

be honest,” says Darren.

Catriona, Sam and myself were given accessall-area passes for the arena as well as three seats out front so we could watch the performances. I think we were all nervous to be honest but in fairness

to Sam he never let that show.”

Sam admits that he was a little nervous before the performance but says Keith and the band helped ease any pre-gig butterflies.

“I was in the dressing

room before the gig and we ran through the song and took some photos,” he says.

“Once I was on stage my nerves just disappeared and I felt like I belonged there. My dream is to sing to people.”

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RENOVATIONS: REOPENING OF PUBLIC AMENITY HALTED BY NUMEROUS ISSUES

Dun Laoghaire Baths set to be reopened this time next year GARY IBBOTSON

ACCORDING to the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the Dun Laoghaire Baths are scheduled to be reopened to the public by this time, next year.

Having been left abandoned since 1997, renovation on the baths began in June 2018.

Ever since, however, problems have arisen during the construction with thousands of plastic fibres being accidentally dumped

into the sea and have since been found washed up on local beaches.

The contractors, SIAC and Mantovani have since committed to cleaning up the mess and have promised to stop the use of plastic shards in the build. The spillage occurred late last year.

Locals are complaining however that the plastic fibres are still being found in the waters around Sandycove.

“This is appalling. Not once but three times? Are

these contractors inexperienced at major sea-based projects? If so, DLRCC should re-examine its tendering process. Worse still if the contractors are actually experienced,” said Helen Warinton in a recent Facebook post.

“The plastic shards are an ongoing story,” says local councillor, Patricia Stewart.

“Every time they think all the shards have been collected a new bunch can turn up, as recently in Sandycove. When that

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happens, the contractors are alerted and they immediately send a team to do the clean up. This is happening less and less frequently.”

When asked whether or not the construction is still on schedule, both Cllr Stewart and Cllr Michael Merrigan said delays are to be expected on the reopening of the public amenity.

“The jury is out on the schedule but it is thought it will be completed in Q2 or Q3 next year,” says Stewart.

“It is a very complex project and the works are only about a quarter completed - it is in the first part

of the job that all the hidden difficulties come to light.

“For example, all the walls and sea supports are well past their concrete life-expectancy and were all found to be failing so a great deal of the work has been in rebuilding and supporting these structures.”

Phase one of the build includes a small café, public toilets, an artist studio space, new lifeguard facilities, an upgrade to the existing maritime gardens and a new jetty to provide access to the sea for swimmers, kayaks and canoes.

However, due to a lack of

funding the inclusion of an outdoor bathing pool was omitted from the plans.

Councillor Cormac Devlin says that the construction of a swimming pool is still a possibility however saying that: “More recently I, along with my colleagues on the council have sought answers from council management about when and how much Phase II (which will include a public swimming/paddling facility) would cost.

“We are expecting a comprehensive response from management to these and other questions over the next few weeks.”

A PETITION to reopen Dalkey Garda station has began to gain traction on social media.

Dublin Gazette recently reported that there are increased calls for the station to reopen following a sharp increase in anti-social behaviour and crime in the area.

Now, the grassroots campaign has begun attracting a large following with over 360 people signing the petition which can be found at Change.org.

Valerie McDermott, a local Labour councillor, set up the petition because she was “struck by the number of residents who raised ongoing issues of anti-social behaviour in the area.”

There has been progress made, she says.

“There is increased attention from local politicians on this issue. The hope going forward is that the minister will listen to the concerns of the local community and increase the number of gardai on Dalkey Streets as well as examining the reopening of the Garda Station.”

Darkness into Light returns

SOUTH DUBLIN STUDENTS BRING COLOUR TO ART COMPETITION

BRONAGH Carron, responsible for the Texaco Children’s Art Competition, is pictured during the judging of entries in this year’s competition – the results of which will be announced midApril.

In her hand is an entry by 13-year old Jiayi Lu from Nord Anglia International School, Leopardstown entitled ‘Fruits For Lunch’ and another by 13-year old Ava Henson, from Rathdown School, Glenageary entitled ‘The Optimist’.

Prizes will be presented at a ceremony in May. Picture: Mac Innes Photography

Supporting a brighter future for people with Down Syndrome THE DOWN SYNDROME CENTRE have launched the ‘I Could Be’ campaign with the aims to promote the message that while people with Down Syndrome need additional supports, they have innate potential, skills, talents and unique perspectives to bring to society and to a chosen profession.

The campaign features 18 children with Down Syndrome aged six to 16. The Down Syndrome Centre has created life-sized images of all the children which will be displayed around Dublin city centre, in a selection of businesses and organisations. The images will be on display on 21 March to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.

FOR the second year running Kilbogget Park in Cabinteely will host Darkness into Light on Saturday, 11th of May at 4:15am.

The five-kilometre walk began 10 years ago in Phoenix Park where 400 people set off to raise funds for Pieta House and increase awareness of the global fight against suicide and self-harm.

Now in its 10th year, Darkness into Light attracted over 200,000 people from 150 locations in 16 countries last year and it is expected that the 2019 walk will exceed those figures.

Please check out Darkness into Light venues around the country and information on how to register.will be on show each day.

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ST PATRICK’S PARADE FUN

Julia O’Toole and fellow onlookers taking in the sights of a particularly great St Patrick’s Day Parade. Pictures: Robbie Reynolds Photography Tourists Fiona Harrison, Alex Ihncu and Amy Griffin

What a Pat-icularly fun celebration for a national holiday E

Grand Marshals Jason Byrne and Deirdre O’Kane

VEN by the standards of the revitalised St Patrick’s Day parade in recent years, 2019 has to go down as one of the best ever, attracting a noticably huge crowd to the city centre. Dubs of all ages from all parts of the city and county flooded into town for the popular parade, with a large amount of tourists also

cramming into town to take in the sights.

The fun, energy and passion of everyone involved was enough to leave onlookers from the rest of the world green with envy. But sure, with the day that was in it, everyone was welcome to be Irish for a day, and to share in the craic agus ceol in the heart of our fair city.

A Tri-mendous look for Jill Collins

Patrick D’Avenzac has a great view

President Michael D Higgins greets a young citizen at the viewing stand

St Patrick’s (AKA Johnny Murphy) dancing with gardai Edel Greer and Deirdre O’Neill proved an arresting sight

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PARTNERSHIP: ’HUGE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED BETWEEN THE TWO TOWNS’

Blackrock hopes to grow its French Connection GARY IBBOTSON

A T H R E E-Y E A R c o operating partnership between the town of Blackrock and Vincennes, Paris is hoped to be agreed upon and fully in place by May of this year.

The co-operation, which aims to grow the relationship between the two towns via education, culture, tourism, sport and business, was

initially established after Vincennes’ connection with Lambeth started to deteriorate after the Brexit vote.

With the UK set to leave the EU after March 29, the French commune were looking for another English speaking town with which to partner, says Tom Feeney, the chairperson of the Blackrock Business Network.

Initial contact was

made through the Irish embassy in Paris and the Local Enterprise Office in Dun Laoghaire back in 2017.

An Irishman living in Vincennes identified Blackrock as a potential suitor.

After learning about the potential partnership, Tom worked hard with the rest of the BBN and local community to get the relationship up and running.

“The demographics are very similar, they are both 15 minutes by train from the capital city, they are both interested in rugby, and many other similarities,” he says.

Deirdre Kingston, a local councillor also thinks the agreement is a good idea.

“There was a huge amount of opportunities identified between the two towns, so I am delighted that it has finally been given formal recognition by the council,” she said.

Vincennes is located just outside of Paris and has a similar population size to Blackrock while also boasting an interest in local businesses and sports.

Once the partnership is

The Château de Vincennes, a massive 14th and 17th century French royal fortress in the town of Vincennes

up and running, delegations from the local council will travel once a year to Vincennes and viceversa.

Student exchanges will be organised between corresponding local schools and exhibition matches between local sporting clubs will be arranged, too.

Men’s Shed has been launched to great success

DUNDRUM Windy Arbour’s Men’s Shed has been launched to great success.

The first meeting took place on Thursday, March 7 in Taney Hall, Rosemount where 22 men met up to chat, play board games, darts, crazy golf, have tea and coffee and more.

The group meets every Thursday in Taney Hall at 1pm with Gary Roberts saying the shed is open to all.

The opening of Dundrum Windy Arbour’s men’s shed coincides with the Ballinteer group growing in popularity since its establishment in April 2017.

The Ballinteer branch recently completed an eight week exercise class in dlr Leisure Meadowbrook and currently meet up every Tuesday afternoon at 2pm in Dundrum football clubhouse.

Men’s sheds across the county have received widespread praise for the mental health benefits and ability to combat isolationism.

“There are many men’s sheds set up across the county and indeed the country that have proven to play a vital role in tackling social isolation as well as loneliness,” says local councillor Sean McLoughlin.

“There is huge potential for cultural events, exchanges between sports clubs and schools, tourism, promoting internships and professional networking,” says Kingston.

The opportunity for local Blackrock businesses to sell their wares at

Vincennes’ annual Christmas market may also be a possibility.

The first event between the two towns will take place this year when Blackrock’s Frascati Singers will travel to Vincennes to perform during the Europe Day celebrations on May 9.

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Last event of season for Historical Society

THE Mount Merrion Historical Society’s penultimate event of their season will be held on Thursday April 4 at the Fitzwilliam Rooms, Community Centre, Mount Merrion. Building historian, conservationist, environmentalist and author Rob Goodbody will speak to the group about ‘that Tower on the Hill’, the Ballycorus Lead Mines.

Admission is free for members and €4 for nonmembers while students are €2.

Seniors alert scheme INDEPENDENT Councillor Lynsey McGovern has called on community and voluntary groups to register their interest in the Seniors Alert Scheme.

The objective of the scheme is to support older people in our communities through the provision of personal monitored alarms, to continue to “live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind.”

Funding is available under the scheme towards the purchase of personal alarms and other equipment.

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ST PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATIONS

Karen and Aoife O’Connor Volunteers Carol, Kerry Ann, George Eggers

This enthusiastic man enjoyed the Stepaside parade Vanity Room ladies Cate and Clara Diamond. Pictures: EMILY GALLAGHER

Lulu and Shay with Dylan Scott

Stepaside goes green for a day De La Salle Palmerston Rugby Club

Wayne, Maisy and Max Morgan

Elite Dance Academy

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Julie and Isabelle Towmey Jenny and Florence Hughes

Mr Podzo Ella, Oscar and Zoe Connor, Elaine, Isabelle and Elodie O’Toole. Pictures: EMILY GALLAGHER

Rachel and Sean Willoughby

Blackrock celebrates St Patrick’s Day in style

Holly-Mai, Annabelle and Claire Darmody, Molly-Anne Cassidy and Canille Cassidy

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Tributes flow to honour the late actor, Pat Laffan PADRAIG CONLON

FAMOUS for playing two of the most memorable characters in Irish comedy history, legendary Irish actor Pat Laffan will be sadly missed, following his death last Thursday.

Best known for playing Georgie Burgess and Pat Mustard in The Snapper and Father Ted respectively, the late Pat Laffan (79) was born in 1940 and grew up on a farm in Meath before going to UCD to study Engineering.

Following his graduation, he joined the Abbey Theatre in 1961. A spell as director of the Peacock Theatre was followed by a similar role in the Gate Theatre from 1979 to 1982.

In a statement on social media, the Lisa Richards Agency, which represented Laffan, said it was with “tremendous sadness” that they announced his death.

They said: “All here will remember him first and foremost as our friend and mentor and we will miss him terribly.

“We send our heartfelt condolences to his friends and family.”

Graham Linehan, one of the creators of Father Ted, posted his condolences on Twitter: “Just heard the sad news that Pat Laffan, who played

Pat Mustard in Father Ted, has died. Rest in peace, Pat, a pleasure to work with you.”

Throughout his distinguished career, Laffan appeared in almost 40 films and made 30 TV appearances in shows such as Moone Boy, EastEnders, Ripper Street and the Clinic.

His big screen credits include roles in Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, Intermission, The General, Leap Year and The Queen.

Pauline McLynn, who played Mrs Doyle in the hit Father Ted show, also played tribute to Laffan on Twitter, saying: “RIP the wonderful Pat Laffan”.

In a statement, the Gate Theatre said: “Over the years, Pat was an incredible force in the Irish theatre community and was no stranger to the Gate throughout his prolific career as an actor and director.

“Our thoughts are with his family and friends.”

The Abbey Theatre also expressed their sadness at his passing: “Very sad to hear that Pat Laffan has passed away. His career at the Abbey started in 1961 and spanned five decades. He will be sorely missed.”

He had also served on the board at the Gaiety School of Acting.

The late Pat Laffan, whose comedy chops were well exercised with a small but memorable role on Father Ted (above) – just one of a significant body of work by the talented actor and director

DUBLINERS: THE STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO CALL THIS CITY THEIR HOME

Ariane Tighe (pictured with Quinlan Cumiskey, above) is delighted to pursue her ballet-dancing dream

Talented dancer Ariane Tighe on her passion for ballet – and Dublin

Swanning about I’M 18 years old and I’ve lived in Dublin all my life. I began dancing at the age of four at Debbie Allen’s Dance School in Dundrum.

It was always a huge passion of mine but not something I wanted to pursue until I was about 11 or 12.

I was accepted to the Irish National Youth Ballet company and this was when I really fell in love with dance and I just really couldn’t see myself doing anything else in the future.

After my Junior Cert, I was accepted to The College of Dance in Dublin – one of the only thirdlevel dance colleges in Ireland.

There is one particular exercise I remember doing in ballet class really early on; it was called ‘Good toes, bad toes’.

We would all sit on the floor with our legs stretched out and pretend we were dipping our toes in a pond.

Bad toes were when our feet were flexed up out of the water and good toes were when we had them

pointed into the water. away from my family here in IreThis was my first introduction land. to the ballet world and the preciI really wish there was a fullsion and discipline it entailed. time performing arts college in As I got older, I was introduced Ireland. to many other styles of dance and Being a member of the Irish my passion just grew stronger and National Youth Ballet has been an stronger. unforgettable life experience that I I was cast as Cinderella in our will always cherish.

2018 Christmas production in the I have made wonderful Pavilion Theatre in Dun friends and been given Laoghaire – a really the opportunity Being a valuable experito work with so member of the Irish ence for me as a m a ny i n s p i rNational Youth Ballet has growing dancer. ing teachers been an unforgettable life It showed me experience that I will always and choreograthe excitement phers. cherish. I have learned so of having a lead I have learned many valuable lessons in so many valuable role, but also the both ballet and life. pressures that come lessons in both balwith it. let and life from my It is my ultimate dream to time in the company that study dance and performing arts have shaped me as a person and abroad in the UK and still a sur- as a dancer. real thought for me; leaving home, What I love most about being leaving Dublin, and the reality part of INYB is the lifelong friends I hadn’t completely dawned on me have made – I have developed such until a few months ago that I will a strong bond with them. be living independently so far Dancers battle through a lot in

their life and it’s very important to have people around you that support you and I was blessed to have so many people around me that I could depend on.

Simply, my dream career is to perform and to dance. Any opportunity I am given to perform I will take, whether it’s in [London’s] West End, a cruise ship, with a company, or as a back-up dancer.

I also have a passion for teaching, and would love to one day pass on what I have learned.

One of the many things I love about Dublin is undoubtedly the people.

There is something so welcoming about the people here and the vast sense of pride in the streets of Dublin is heartwarming.

I am so lucky to have grown up here in Dublin.  What’s your story? Do you have an interesting connection to Dublin and why you call it home? Please email your story to news@dublingazette.com.

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SPORTING HEROES LAUNCH VISION WALK

IRISH charity Fighting Blindness is launching its second annual Vision Walk. The event is supported by Fighting Blindness’ ambassadors; former Irish and Lions rugby star Shane Byrne, former Offaly GAA hero Seamus Darby and Darndale community worker and football enthusiast Tommy Daly.

Vision Walk is a four day walking festival taking place from Thursday 17th October until Sunday 20th October in Marbella, Spain. If you are interested in signing up to participate in Vision Walk Marbella 2019 please contact Tim in the Fighting Blindness fundraising department on 01-6789004 or by email at tim.ocarroll@fightingblindness.ie. Picture: GARY ASHE

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FOOD&DRINK

MORSELS OF NEWS IN THE CAPITAL

Odlums Bake Off finalists from St Joseph’s College Lucan with Home EC teacher and judges: Michelle Regan, Heather Burke, judge Catherine Leyden, Ella Byrne and judge Imelda McCarron

Veggies on the rise REBECCA RYAN

ACCORDING to The Irish Food Board, some 9% of the population identify as a vegetarian while 3% are vegans.

This is a rise of at least 1% over the past year and illustrates a trend that has risen over the past decade or so.

The growing popularity of a plant-based diet coincides with a general movement away from the consumption of meat and dairy products.

The National Dairy Council estimates that 42% of women and 30% of men are avoiding or limiting consumption of dairy products.

There is also a steady drift towards ‘flexitarian-

ism’ whereby many consumers, while not moving totally to vegetarian, are reducing consumption of animal products.

Being a vegetarian or vegan has its benefits, such as a lowered risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and some cancers.

Howeve r, i n so m e instances, a plant-based diet can be difficult to keep up due to the absence of nutrients often found in animal products.

This week we have some top tips from Beeline Healthcare for a healthy vegetarian, vegan or flexitarian diet ...

1) Being vegan or vegetarian doesn’t always equal healthy or thin:

Chips are vegan.

So are certain chocolate bars, peanut butters, biscuits and more.

If a majority of your diet is processed food and sugar, you aren’t going to be any healthier or thinner.

In fact, you could possibly gain weight.

Instead, aim to eat a plant-based diet that’s high in fibre, protein, and a variety of whole foods.

colours.

Think red tomatoes, green kale, purple aubergine.

2) Make it colourful: It’s important to make sure that you eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, since they all contain different nutrients.

A simple way to do this is to make sure that you’re eating fruits and vegetables that are all different

4) Get fat: It’s important that you get healthy fat in your diet to maintain a healthy hormonal balance.

Try avocados, nuts, and o i l s

3) Drink a lot of water: Because vegans and vegetarians consume more plant-based foods, they have a high fibre intake.

It’s even more important that you drink enough water to help promote healthy digestion of that fibre.

from red palm fruit, olive, walnut, avocado, and coconut.

5) Break monotony: Make sure you’re not eating the same foods day after day.

Doing this can cause you to develop food sensitivities. Instead, keep lots of options on hand.

6) Supplements are your friend: Vegetarians and vegans always need to supplement vitamin B12 because it’s generally not found in plant foods.

Iron deficiency can also be a problem for those on plant-based diets. Iron deficiency can lead to tiredness, fatigue and anaemia.

Young Lucan bakers impress with skills at national bake-off TWO Lucan students were among the contestants in the final of CEIST’s All Ireland Bake-Off, supported by Odlums.

The competition, held in Ardscoil na Trionoide in Athy, Co Kildare, saw 14 students from around the country compete to see who would be crowned Ireland’s Best Student Baker.

Heather Burke and Ella Byrne, both students of St Joseph’s College, competed in the Junior Section of the bake-off, comprising students from first- to third-year.

The pair went whisk to whisk with five other bakers but unfortunately, after three hours of mixing, baking, decorating and rising to the occasion, were served out of first place.

The judges of the contest were Odlum’s Catherine Leydon and Great British Bake-Off contestant Imelda McCarron.

Irish Restaurant of the Year Awards reveal Dublin finalists THE Dublin shortlist for the Irish Restaurant of the Year Awards has been announced by the Restaurant Association of Ireland.

The shortlist comprises the best restaurants, cafes and gastropubs that Dublin has to offer.

The nominees, which were voted for by the public, were selected under 12 categories including Best Gastro Pub, Best Casual Dining, Best Chef and Best Restaurant.

Among the contenders were the famous Chapter One at Parnell Square, Cafe en Seine at Dawson Street, and PI on George’s Street.

All of the establishments on the Dublin shortlist will contend for the regional and All-Ireland titles at the Irish Restaurant Awards, to be held at the Clayton Hotel on Monday, May 13.

Keeping it

local and traditional

A MEATH STREET institution, the Lark Inn has recently undergone a complete revamp. With almost no windows, its previous incarnation didn’t allow much light in and was a decent place to hide away. The front of the pub has been completely transformed though and two big windows have brightened it up significantly. Inside, the pub has kept its local and traditional feel with an old school wooden counter splitting the lounge and the bar. Complete with the full suite of toastie options, it’s a good place for a few day time pints or for the livelier weekend music sessions. While not the leader in the area, the pint is a decent one, served at the right temperature with a good taste. However, it did regress a bit during the second half, when the cream and volume fell away a little.

The Lark Inn @guinnessadvisor

81 Meath Street Dublin 8

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DUBLIN GAZETTE TURNS 15 AND IT ALL STARTED HERE... our editor on the gazette story – so far PATRICK FINNEGAN GAZETTE GROUP EDITOR

INSIDE

THIS week marks a major milestone in the history of Dublin Gazette Newspaper Group, as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of Dublin’s most-loved local free newspaper.

The group, which was founded by our present-day Managing Director Michael McGovern and Ireland on Sunday founder Liam Hayes, began trading on March 24, 2004 as The Lucan Gazette, paving the way to grow into a group that would incorporate the wider Dublin area.

As well as the trail-blazing Lucan Gazette, many readers and advertisers will fondly remember the Blanch, Castleknock, Clondalkin, Dundrum, Dun Laoghaire, Swords and Malahide Gazettes.

2017 saw a major change for Dublin’s No.1 free local newspaper group – repositioning our titles in line with the local authorities has allowed us to cater for audiences that in many cases did not have a local source of news directly related to them.

This consolidation has led to an increased weekly distribution of 75,000 copies, catering for Dublin Gazette’s larger catchment area.

As we celebrate the success of our first 15 years, may I take this opportunity to thank our loyal readers and advertisers for their continuing support, as we look forward to serving our wonderful communities in the upcoming years. Go raibh maith agat ...

SEE the cover that saw news companies all over the world get in touch, thanks to two sisters finally meeting each other for the first time P16

A president comes to DUBLIN ... almost!

READ all about the group’s most popular story which made headlines up and down the country, courtesy of several thousand copies that went missing P17

LIKE him or loathe him, the one and only Conor McGregor’s early media coverage started with us – just part of our long and rich coverage of Sport P18

DUBLIN GAZETTE’S first big story, in the launch issue of the Lucan Gazette (above), was about the then expected visit of President George W Bush to Lucan. Alas, it was never a mission accomplished, as Mr Bush never did stop by for a pint in the village ...

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ANNIVERSARY

AS DUBLIN GAZETTE HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO S THIS particular human interest story was a hit all around the world, with news organisations from as far away as Australia loving our story.

We revealed how two overjoyed sisters met each other for the first time at Dublin Airport (one was given up for adoption at birth). It was a heartwarming end to a 28-year search for each other.

15 years of bringing readers the best in community news ...

FROM little acorns great things grow – and the small but dedicated Gazette team (above) crammed into a Lucan office 15 years ago laid the groundwork for what would become Dublin’s best local community newspaper group, Dublin Gazette.

Like the diverse communities we serve, Dublin Gazette has shared the ups and downs of Dublin’s life, bringing together people in the towns and

EVEN six years later, we find this cover to be a little gross, but fascinating.

A Dublin 15 resident was shocked and disgusted to spot raw meat dangling on a neighbour’s washing line, with the unique sight prompting health and safety fears in the area. It also prompted an investigation from the council’s environmental health unit of the suspected venison.

villages that collectively comprise our reach in 2019.

We’ve had some fantastic stories down the years – with many of them thanks to you, our terrific readers, and we’re delighted to share here just a smattering of some of Dublin Gazette’s favourite stories and front covers from down the years.

We’re looking all ahead to the best that’s yet to come ...

WE WERE proud to help the city mark the 100-year anniversary of The Rising in 2016, with Rising-related articles and features drawing a lot of attention from readers.

Our commemorative issue and cover was one of the most popular we’ve ever had, with Dublin Gazette paying our respect along with the country to the birth of the modern nation.

timeline

WHILE we cover the best in local news in all the areas we cover, our feature writing is also a hit with our readers – and our investigative campaigns have also drawn huge responses.

Our exploration of the HPV vaccine was one of the most popular pieces ever in the group’s history, with our readers only too happy to discuss it.

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Lucan Gazette March 24, 2004

Blanch Gazette June 5, 2004

Clondalkin Gazette October 23, 2005

Dundrum Gazette

Dun Laoghaire Gazette

May 6, 2007

December 9, 2007

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TO STRENGTH, HERE ARE SOME OF OUR TOP COVERS

ANNIVERSARY

ANOTHER cover which drew a great reader reaction was this one, with a blaze at a recyling plant providing a burning topic of conversation in west Dublin.

While the fire was alarming, and by no means the only environmentally harmful event in Dublin in recent years, at least such incidents have proven thankfully rare in the city.

WHEN The X Factor came to town, lots of Dubs and would-be hopefuls wanted to get in the smash-hit show – but we had a starring role too.

When the producers wanted to feature the best Dublin-based newspaper in some shots, they knew to turn to Dublin Gazette – and we were delighted to make our own noteworthy appearance in the show.

WE COULDN’T take a look back at some of our front covers without our most famous cover of all – a Gazette story which made national print, radio and media waves.

The Busted cover.

As summed up by a typically sharp-witted Irish Times cartoon (left), our Busted cover in 2013 (right) saw the mysterious disappearance of thousands and thousands of copies of an issue of the Lucan Gazette solved when CCTV footage and tip-offs showed someone taking substantial numbers of the paper from several outlets around the area.

Not just anyone – it was Tommy Morris, parliamentary assistant to Deputy Derek Keating (FG), who was the subject of the cover story in the ‘missing’ edition.

Deputy Keating insisted that Mr Morris had acted on his own accord, taking it upon himself to visit many shops to seize the issues and their negative cover story about Deputy Keating.

To this day, the fate of the thousands of missing Gazette newspapers is still unknown ...

COVERS CONTINUE OVERLEAF

Castleknock Gazette

Malahide Gazette

March 30, 2008

March 16, 2008

Swords Gazette March 2, 2008

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City Gazette February 27, 2014

Dublin Gazettes CITY, FINGAL, SOUTH and WEST October 14, 2017

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ANNIVERSARY

WHILE we’re proud of all of our front pages, we love giving readers a striking cover when we can – and with the great and good, and sad and terrible stories that comprise the news cycle, we always have the best in local news stories guaranteed for the cover.

A TRIP DOWN DUBLIN GAZETTE’S MEMORY LANE

THIS upsetting cover from 2014 of the plight of just one family turned out to summarise an endless story we never thought we’d still be covering – that of the city’s housing and homelessness crisis. Damningly, five years later, things have grown much, much worse ...

THIS perky pig was a favourite shot of our photographer Peter Doyle, who along with another deceased colleague, sports journalist Denis Byrne, helped lay the foundations for the papers’ successes. Thank you to all our former and present colleagues for their work down the years.

BACK in 2008, Katie Taylor admitted to the Gazette she gets far more nervous when journalists come calling around than she does facing up to her next opponent. At the time, she was preparing more in hope than expectation for women’s boxing to be included on the agenda for the 2012 Olympic Games. Four years later, she was in London with gold around her neck.

ICONIC rugby star Brian O’Driscoll spoke to the Gazette in the wake of Danny Cipriani and Josh Lewsey’s high profile training bust-up at Wasps, revealing that high standards in the Leinster camp meant there was regularly tension with the potential to spill over at Leinster, stating it “just shows you’re passionate about what you do”

Getting there first, supporting our local dublin sports heroes AT THE heart of Dublin Gazette’s sports pages has been the belief that no sporting achievement is too small to celebrate in style.

We take pride in getting there first at the start of many sports stars on their journeys to greatness, covering them from the ground up.

The Gazette was first to report on the prodigious talents of Conor McGregor as far back as 2011 before

he became “The Notorious” figure he is today.

We were there in Katie Taylor’s home gym before women’s boxing was even included on the Olympic list of sports.

And we also pick up the odd exclusive with some of the sports biggest names like Brian O’Driscoll, Phil “The Power” Taylor and many more over the past 15 years.

RATHFARNHAM sailing star Annalise Murphy - like Conor McGregor - is another of the Dublin Gazette’s sport stars of the year nominees from back in the day - who ended up making huge waves on the global stage when she landed Olympic silver in Rio in 2016, leading to hero’s welcome in her home city with a flotilla of boats welcoming her into Dun Laoghaire harbour.

Previously, the Gazette had covered her exploits in finishing fourth at the London Games in agonising fashion and kept tabs on her progress throughout the qualifying campaign.

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FRESH IDEAS FOR YOUR WARDROBE

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Don’t fear the utility trend - embrace it, and revel in it as we enter the holiday season.

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Get Clay-ative with new Nivea shower range

NIVEA is bringing the power of natural clays right to the comfort of your own shower.

The new Clay Fresh range comes in an array of delectable scents - the sophisticated Ginger and Basil, delicate and floral Hibiscus and White Sage and an intense and aromatic Blue Agave and Lavender - and promises a perfect shower, with balanced freshness, care and deep cleansing. In a study by the beauty giants, 8 out of 10 women expressed an interest in a shower products with the proven benefits of clay. The texture of the cleanser comes with the quality that Nivea has become known for, but in an innovative clay format, leaving skin feeling pure, soft and fresh - like a reviving, post spa experience!

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The new pens have been released in their signature keratin treatment, RescueRXX, and in their cult classic Solar Oil to take care of their cuticles.

You simply twist the top of the pen to release the formula, swipe the brush over your nails and away you go, with prescise application and no mess.

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GOINGOUTOUT

Moving on: David Gray steps out of his shadow

PICK WEEK OF THE

MARCH 25 (MONDAY) THE WORLD OF HANS ZIMMER @ 3Arena, €48+ AND now for something completely different to our usual gig of the week – but something that’s very familiar. You might not know the name of Hans Zimmer – but even your granny can sing or hum along to some of his work.

No matter what age you are, you’ll know the busy film composer’s work – and having scored everything from The Lion King to Gladiator, Inception to the recent Batman films, his powerful, brilliant work crosses all kinds of genres.

A live orchestra are playing Dublin as part of an international tour, bringing much of his best work to brilliant life. See Ticketmaster for tickets.

MARCH 21 (THURSDAY)

Drake @ 3Arena, €76+ The Absolute Eagles @ The Sugar Club, €25 Alice Merton @ Whelan’s, €16 Upcoming rock vocalist Alice Merton plays what’s sure to be one of her smallest dates for some time – a possible future ‘I was there’ moment

MARCH 22 (FRIDAY)

Ye Vagabonds @ Whelan’s, €17 Drake @ 3Arena, €76+ Gabrielle @ Olympia Theatre, SOLD OUT Molly Sterling @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), SOLD OUT Tadgh @ The Grand Social, Free

MARCH 23 (SATURDAY)

UB40 @ 3Arena, €52+ Wild Youth @ Olympia Theatre, SOLD OUT Sharon Van Etten @ Vicar Street, SOLD OUT Ultan Conlon @ Whelan’s, €15 Ivan Nicolas @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €11 Toucan @ The Grand Social, €19

DAVID GRAY’S 1998 album White Ladder – a whopping seven-million seller that features smash hits Babylon, Sail Away, and This Year’s Love – is Ireland’s best-selling record of all time, and given changes in the music industry, is likely to remain so for some time.

Gray is still profoundly grateful for Ireland’s role in his breakthrough, in fact.

“Ireland embraced me in such a big way before anyone else did,” he recalls. “It was unbelievable, really.

Looking back, I still can’t quite take in what happened.

“It was an unforgettable time for me, and I’ll always love the Irish because of it.”

Naturally, though, the Cheshire-born folk-pop singer has long been ready to move past his major commercial breakthrough on that fourth album.

His eleventh studio album, Gold In A Brass Age, was released earlier this month, and offers something really quite different.

“I was never going to just keep remaking White Ladder; it’s important to experiment and stay interested,” Gray said of the new record, which is layered with some complex electronic aspects, producing an organic, delicate element.

It also sees Gray explore falsetto vocals across several tracks.

MARCH 24 (SUNDAY)

MARCH 25 (MONDAY)

The Cinematic Orchestra @ Vicar Street, SOLD OUT The Internet @ Olympia Theatre, €30 The Brother Brothers @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €13

MARCH 27 (WEDNESDAY)

Picture This @ 3Arena, €52+ The biggest rising band on the Irish music scene commence an astonishing run of shows at the 3Arena Finbar Furey @ Vicar Street, €38

In many ways, Gold In A Brass Age is a stylistic throwback to Gray’s early, art-school days.

The singer very much goes for melody and song construction first this time around, with the lyrics, delivered in a voice barely recognisable as Gray, added later.

“I guess it’s a bit more abstract in the way it’s done,” he says. “It’s a kind of montage. I felt like moving away from telling a story too obviously.

“I wanted it to be a little more instinctive, and to move away from the idea of writing anything too directly about my life.

“The [recent] best-of album was really a business decision. People like to hear the hits, and I’m trying to operate a record label at a time when records don’t sell that well, so it made sense to do it.

“I have a lot of running costs, including staff to pay, and you have to think about that.”

Much of the musical side of the album will be reproduced using a computer live, with Gray’s voice straying outside of his instinctive range, and his style displaying something

YOU love Fair City, and we love Fair City – so look out for our great new preview column every week giving you the lowdown on what’s happening over in Carrigstown ‘somewhere on the north side’ ...

NAO @ Vicar Street, €25 Holy Moly and the Crackers @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €15 Hover Trout @ The Workman’s Club, €10

MARCH 26 (TUESDAY)

 JAMES HENDICOTT

Doug is horrified when Pete reveals he and Jackie kissed

PETE is on edge as Jackie discusses their potential family trip to Galway.

Doug is horrified when Pete reveals he and Jackie kissed. Jackie is forced to set things straight with Pete.

Paul is financially stressed. With a lot of outgoings, he grows more

entirely new – though the old classics will be on display, too, naturally.

“It’ll be more like a live studio on stage,” he explains. “I won’t be bringing the big band I had on my last tour.

“It’ll be a slightly different experience, and more complicated to do in some ways. I’ve had to get used to playing these tracks.

“You have to give people what they want, too” he jokes, though not before confirming that he’ll be working hard on getting plenty of the new album into the live arena.

As for the future?

“I already have the material for another album that will come out after this one,” he laughs.

Gold In A Brass Age is out now, and David Gray plays two nights at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre next month, April 5 and 6. Tickets start at €42.

See the fulllength article on our website at www. dublingazette.com

and more frustrated at his financial circumstances.

Will agrees to relax about Phoebe’s plans for the future. Aaron gives Damien an idea for a surprise at Phoebe’s party, but his attempts backfire. Could Will’s quick-thinking save the day?

Meanwhile, Orla’s determination to get pregnant leads to an unexpected solution while Junior’s condition gives cause for alarm.

Watch Fair City on RTE One on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Dolores is alarmed at the deterioration of Junior

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

ENTERTAINMENT

TELEVISION | DUBLIN SOAP IS CELEBRATING ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Things are heating up for Carrigstown’s latest avenger is a fine addition to the favourite couple

CINEMA CAPTAIN MARVEL

established series SHANE DILLON

I HAVE a confession to make – I’m pretty much all Avengered out, given the seemingly endless waves of Avengers films breaking upon Cinema’s shores in recent years.

The franchise is beginning to need something genuinely new, something fresh, to make me interested in yet another Avengers film.

Enter Captain Marvel (Cert 12A, 124 mins) with its hook: a retro-set origins film about one of the most powerful (but untapped) characters in Marvel’s range of characters and Avengers heroes.

Mostly set in the 1990s (as an origins story – and also as an excellent use of CG polishing to de-age Samuel L Jackson, as well as eventually explaining how he/Nick Fury lost an eye), Captain Marvel packs a lot into its run time.

Similarly to most densely-plotted Avengers films, there’s a lot of off-planet and Earth-set content to keep up with.

Long story short: Carol Danvers (Oscar-winner Brie Larson), who would go on to become known as Captain Marvel, is a pawn in a war between two alien races and eventually finds herself on Earth, in 1990s Los Angeles, where the war has found a new battlefront.

However, Carol has her own, very personal war to fight – the resurfacing of what seem to be forgotten or repressed memories, which suggest that she

had a life on earth.

What’s she doing in the middle of an alien war, and more importantly, who is she – or rather, who was she?

The film is thus set for two major plots to run in tandem with each other: Carol’s need to fight in the ever worsening war, and her need to rediscover her own identity, which are both more directly tied to each other than you might think ...

Like I said earlier on, there’s a lot to keep up with here, with a dense plot that zig-zags about more than The Flash zipping across Manhattan.

Captain Marvel Brie does a decent job of fleshing out Captain Marvel’s story arc from fed-up footsoldier to an almost godly Captain Marvel once she unlocks her full potential and powers.

She’s ably assisted by the ‘young’ Samuel L Jackson (and a scenestealing cat), while the rest of the cast provide a solid crew, with everyone from Annette Bening to Jude Law popping up.

With its fusion of the Avengers universe with Top Gun (trust me – that nod will make sense), there are certainly some sky-high possibilities for Captain Marvel’s future here, and while the film is a bit hit and miss, it’s a decent, welcome introduction to a significant new hero.

Maybe the next Avengers films won’t be too samey after all...

Verdict: 7/10

REBECCA RYAN

IT’S a big year for one of Ireland’s favourite TV soaps, as Fair City is celebrating their 30th anniversary.

Dublin Gazette caught up with two of the soap’s most loved characters, Bryan Murray and Una Crawford O’Brien, AKA Bob and Renee, to chat love on and off screen, tense storylines and their highlights of the RTE drama.

The real-life couple, who live in Rathgar, began their romance in Carrigstown 13 years ago. Bryan recalled the moment on set when sparks started flying with Una. “We were [filming] a funeral in Sandymount church. I had only done a couple of scenes with Una. I was getting on the bus from RTE and there was only one free seat and it was beside Una. “I sat down beside her, and we started talking and we didn’t stop talking until we got off the bus and went into rehearsal.

“Looking back that was the beginning of it. I thought “that was very interesting, what a nice woman”.

We talked like we’d known each other for years. She said afterwards that she felt the same.”

Una, who has been on the show for 20 years revealed one of the highlights of her time on Fair City was also meeting Bryan.

The loved-up couple have also just finished doing a play together, and she spoke to us about how they make their work and

home relationship work so well.

“Sometimes we do bring our work home with us and we’ll rehearse something if [a scene] is a bit difficult.

“I have my own friends, he has his own friends, we do our own thing.

“We don’t spend 24 hours a day together. But we love going out for walks together. We talk about everything, and he makes me laugh!”

Apart from meeting each other on set, the couple also have other highlights of their many years on Fair City.

Una said: “I joined the company 20 years last November. I have loved it. I have lots of highlights.

“My first entrance into it was terrific. Joan O’Hara was playing my mother in law.

“My very first scene, I’ll never forget it, Tomo had run away from home because he owed so much money and he opened the door and I just slapped him across the face and that was my introduction to Fair City!

“And then finding my long-lost daughter Heather who I had given up for adoption when she was 16, that was another highlight.”

Bryan said his highlights also include the reaction he gets from viewers on the streets.

“I joined the show in 2005. It doesn’t feel anything like that… time seems to go by faster and faster the older we get!

“I love it! It’s one of my favourite jobs. It’s not very often that an actor has a situation where they have a job that goes on as long

Una Crawford O’Brien and Bryan Murray, AKA Bob and Renee

as that.

“Most of all I love the reaction we get from people on the streets whether it be in Dublin or down the country.”

Bryan is also celebrating a big anniversary, as Brookside celebrated its 25th anniversary last year.

He played a completely different character in the Channel 4 soap, where he played the role of the abusive and violent husband, Trevor Jordache.

Looking back at his time on the show, he said: “It was the first time that we

saw domestic violence on our screens in our front room and it shocked and amazed people.

“I think it made some kind of a difference. It started the discussion of women being abused and that was a positive step.”

Back in Carrigstown, the story line is heating up for Bryan and Una’s characters, Bob and Renee.

Bryan said: “Bob was looking forward to a relationship with Renee, getting married and getting old together but now they find themselves taking care of a very feisty

teenager.

“Bob may appear to be sort of alright about it, but I can imagine Bob thinking “I didn’t sign up to this, where’s my honeymoon, where’s my time alone with my lover.

“I think he’s been very even handed about it now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s backlash from that further down the line, where he’s not prepared to put up with it any longer.”

To watch the exciting drama unfold you can catch Fair City on RTE One every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF TRANSPORT

The late Sergio Marchionne wins World Car Person of the Year MORE than 80 World Car Awards (WCA) jurors from 24 countries collectively decided by secret ballot that the automotive industry titan, Sergio Marchionne, who tragically passed away in the summer of 2018, should be declared the winner of the prestigious World Car Person of the Year award presented at the Geneva Motor Show last week.

At the time of his passing in July, Mr Marchionne was CEO, FCA; Chairman, CNH Industrial; and Chairman and CEO, Ferrari.

World Car jurors voted for ItalianCanadian Marchionne over several other hugely impressive motor industry executives, engineers, designers and entrepreneurs from all corners of the globe.

His prestigious World Car Person of the Year award recognizes his accomplishment in taking two declining, regionallyfocused companies and forging them into one profitable global entity.

Equally important, Sergio Marchionne was - and still is - widely regarded as one of the ultimate ‘car guys’ of the modern motoring era.

MOTORS

New AUDI Q8 – Where luxury meets performance DECLAN GLYNN

THE stunning Audi Q8 is the iconic German manufacturer’s new flagship luxury large-SUV, and is a close relative of Audi’s more conventional Q7.

Audi’s mission statement for the Q8 was to combine the elegance of a large coupé with the comfort, convenience and versatility of a large, allwheel-drive, SUV. It is clear to see that, with the Q8, Audi’s engineers and designers have admirably succeeded in achieving their intended goal.

Dynamic Road Presence In terms of overall size, the Q8 is 66mm shorter, and 35mm lower than its Q7 sister car.

It has a body that is 27mm wider than that of the Q7, but it uses the same axle track widths and the same wheelbase.

As a result, the new Q8 cuts a striking dash on the road, and is a very imposing car which oozes outright confidence – and desirability.

At the front of the car is an exaggerated ‘singleframe’ radiator grille, which provides the Q8 with plenty of road presence.

Engine & Specification; Only one engine is available in the Q8 for now - Audi’s 286bhp, 3.0litre ‘50 TDI’ turbo- diesel, which is paired up with a 48V electrical architecture featuring a mild-hybrid large-capacity battery, and advanced engine startergenerator for excellent real-world fuel efficiency.

Presently, just one spec-

ification is available – the lavishly-equipped S-Line Quattro Tip-Tronic – but a suite of optional extras are available in order to create the ultimate in personalisation.

Audi’s standard TipTronic (8-speed) automatic gearbox provides seemless gear changing ability, and improves fuel efficiency in the process too.

Car On Review The car I drove this week was an Audi Q8 S-Line Quattro (4WD) Tip-Tronic (automatic) finished in delightful Daytona Grey pearlescent paint, which really highlighted the car’s standard 21” V-spoke alloy wheels to great effect.

The standard 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine produces 286bhp and a whopping 600Nm of torque, allowing the car to complete the 0-100km/h sprint in just 6.3-seconds.

Based on new WLTP efficiency and emissions testing procedures, the Q8 returns fuel efficiency as low as 8.4l/100km.

As would be expected in a flagship model, the standard equipment level in the new Q8 is extremely comprehensive, while the cabin of the car is luxuriously appointed and very user friendly.

Brushed metal and gloss-black panelling are

used liberally throughout the Q8’s interior, creating an ambience that’s entirely upmarket and desirable.

U n c l u t t e re d C a b i n Design Situated on the dashboard fascia is Audi’s dualscreen MMI infotainment system, which comprises a primary 10.2-inch screen above a smaller 8.6-inch unit.

The upper screen controls all of the Q8’s features and functions, such as the satellite navigation, vehicle settings and telephone connectivity, while the lower screen is intended to display those features you interact with most often, such as the air conditioning, radio and seat heating.

By incorporating the vast majority of vehicle controls within the twin screens, physical dials and buttons are limited in number, lending the Q8 an interior that feels uncluttered and logically designed.

Pricing The new Audi Q8 is priced from €103,250, or from €1,069pm on PCP. With its athletic and muscular profile, stunning looks, ultimate refinement and terrific driving dynamics, the new Audi Q8 is a super-cool, and super-desirable, flagship SUV.

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1) Striking New Design Language 2) Ultimate Luxury & Refinement 3) Powerful 3.0-litre V6 TDI Engine 4) 0-100km/h in 6.3-seconds 5) Priced from €103,250

Audi’s mission statement for the Q8 was to combine the elegance of a large coupé with the comfort, convenience and versatility of a large, all-wheel-drive, SUV

New Opel Zafira Life ready to hit the road

THE new Opel Zafira Life made its world premiere at the Brussels Motor Show in January and will be available to order from local Opel dealerships nationwide from Q2 this year.

Available in two lengths, it covers multiple vehicle segments and makes it easy for customers to find the perfect model.

In addition, innovative technologies ranging from IntelliGrip traction control to camera and radar-based assistance systems, and features such as sensorcontrolled sliding doors can also now be

ordered.

The new Zafira Life is available in the 4.95 metre “Medium” and the 5.30 metre “Large” version, and is further enhanced by safety and assistance systems such as Hill Start Assist, Cruise Control and Speed Limiter as well as traction control with engine and brake intervention.

The new Zafira Life is well equipped for all applications with its engine portfolio. The range comprises of diesel engines for now, with electrification coming in 2021.

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ROB’S GOAL RUSH: SOCCER: ROB Manley’s second half hattrick saw Cabinteely claim their first ever away SSE Airtricity league First Division away win at United Park.

The former Drogheda striker registered a 21-minute treble to haunt his former club as the away outfit moved up to fourth in the standings. And the striker has now coined the phrase ‘Balls of Steel’ after his double penalty conversion.

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Katie takes next big step to unification  sport@dublingazette.com

KATIE Taylor took the third step on her relentless march towards the ‘undisputed’ title, as she stopped Rose Valante in Philadelphia to unite the IBF, WBA and WBO titles.

The tough contest took Taylor nine rounds to finish, as she battered Volante on Friday night, coming into her own as the fight progressed after a tough opening couple of rounds.

The Brazilian had been in the fight in the early stages, even edging ahead as she forced Taylor back in the opening rounds.

But once Taylor wrestled control from her opponent, she took evermore control, leaving Volante in noticeable physical difficulty by the time the referee called a halt to the fight as the Brazilian’s tight guard started to fail her.

In taking the WBO title, Taylor becomes the first Irish fighter to

simultaneously hold three world belts in the four-belt era, and will now be looking to Delfine Persoon’s WBC lightweight title in the hope of unifying the division.

Though nothing official has been announced at the time of writing, the fight looks likely to take place in early June in New York, with Taylor herself highlighting the Anthony Joshua undercard.

“This was a great stepping stone for me,” Taylor said of the fight.

“There was a lot of talk about big fights for the last few months but I knew I had to get over this fight first.

“There was a lot of pressure on me tonight.

Pressure “To actually overcome that pressure, those nerves, is perfect preparation for those kind of fights coming up.

“I knew all along she was going

Katie Taylor continued her perfect start to her professional career

to come to fight. She is a very proud champion.

“She was everything I expected.

I think she definitely came to fight and that got the best out of me as well.

“I don’t know whether it was the toughest fight of my career. I guess all the fights are tough.

“She definitely had a bit of pop in her right hand early on for sure.

“It was the icing on the cake to get the stoppage at the end. I knew she was on her way out and sometimes it is very, very tough to stop these opponents at this level but definitely it was great to get the early stoppage.”

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

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BALLINTEER ST JOHN’S LOTTO results for March 14: Lotto A numbers 1, 13, 14and 24. €10,000 won by our own Dermot Lee. Congrats Dermot, more than makes up for Kerrys defeat on Saturday.

Winner of €100 Dara O Sullivan, €50 Rita Delaney c/o BSJ Bingo and Stephen Carr c/o The Willows.

Joker Consolation prize Tommy Quinn. Next week’s lotto jackpot is €3,600 and Joker €825.

BSJ Bingo every Monday at 8pm.

Next Sunday, the senior hurlers play Crumlin in Pearse Park at 10.30am.

Junior A’s at home to St Judes also at 10.30am. And Junior B’s at home to Scoil Uí Chonaill at 3pm.

Easter School of excellence for our teenage players 12-15 years old. 3 Day camp Tuesday, April 23 – Thursday, April 25.

Clubhouse and Marlay Park 10am to 1.30pm.

Contact GPO Donal Gormley 0876312082. Register on line at ballinteerstjohns.com.

Leaving Cert Irish Oral Classes now in full swing, Sundays in Clubhouse at 3pm in the lead up to the exams. Contact James Aherne 085 7638160 BSJ Clothes Bin. Members who are decluttering If you have any clothes you’re throwing out, please use our clothes bin in the top car park!

BSJ Golf Society have secured extra slots for The Heritage on April 6. Morning tee times. If interested contact Colm O Donnell 0871787198 or golf@ballinteerstjohns.com.

Club Shop open on Thurs 7.30 – 8.30pm and Sat 11.30am to 12.30pm.

KILMACUD CROKES CONGRATULATIONS to the Dublin senior hurlers who beat Tipperary, 1-21 to 0-23, in the league quarter-final.

Oisín O’Rorke, Ronan Hayes, Caolan Conway and Fergal Whitely all played a part in the victory.

Well done to the Dublin Ladies who beat Monaghan 5-14 to 3-10.

Lauren Magee, Aoife Kane, Rachel Fleming and Eabha Rutledge were all on the squad.

Hard luck to the Dublin senior footballers who lost to Tyrone 1-11 to 1-14 on Saturday/ Cian O’Connor, Paul Mannion, Cian O’Sullivan, Liam Flatman and Andy McGowan were all on the squad.

Thanks to all who attended the celebrations in the club on Saturday the 16th, celebrating 60 years of Kilmacud GAA club and the 10th anniversary of our 2009

Club All Ireland Football Championship win.

Well done to all involved in the organisation.

Annual Paddy’s day cycle postponed due to the weather – will take place on Sunday, April 7.

Teenagers & Technology Talk in Club Thursday, March 21, 8pm - Colman Noctor MSc PG Dip RPN,ICP. Colman Noctor is a Leinster based Child, Adolescent / Young Adult Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist who has worked in many of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health services in Ireland and abroad.

He has extensive experience of working with young people and specialises in adolescents / young adults presenting with anxiety problems and obsessional symptoms.

Come along and hear his talk.

SOCCER: CABO STRIKER HITS HAT TRICK TO EARN FIRST EVER WIN

Red hot Manley shows his ice cool nerves

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Drogheda United Cabinteely FC  PAUL DOWLING sport@dublingazette.com

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ROB Manley’s second half hat-trick saw Cabinteely claim their first ever away SSE Airtricity league First Division away win at United Park.

The former Drogheda striker registered a 21-minute treble to haunt his former club as the away outfit moved up to fourth in the standings.

And the striker has now coined the phrase ‘Balls of Steel’ after his double penalty conversation against Drogheda United.

“I’m delighted to get my first senior hat-trick in League of Ireland football. More importantly, we got the three points” exclaimed the 21-year-old.

“We’ve been unlucky with some penalty decisions this season. I’ve always said you have to have Balls of Steel to take two penalties in a game, so I was delighted they both went in.”

Having had penalty

claims turned down against both Bray Wanderers and Longford Town already this season at Stradbrook, the attacker won one against Shelbourne. But he had the confidence to twice step-up and convert from 12-yards against the Boynesiders.

Prior to the start of the 2019 season, Manley had scored just two goals in 28 league appearances for UCD, Bohemians and Drogheda.

His treble against the side he finished last season with now gives him five goals in his last three First Division outings.

In doing so, he became the first Cabo player to claim the rights to a match ball since Kieran Marty Waters’ hat-trick against Athlone Town back in September 2017.

“I am delighted just to be playing so much and helping the team out” stated the front man who is who is studying at the TU Dublin Blanchardstown Campus.

“We’ve moved up the table. Hopefully, this is going to be a good year for

Cabinteely.”

After a scoreless first period last Friday, Cabo turned on the style to prove their recent EA Sports Cup success at the same venue was no fluke.

With 51 minutes on the clock, Manley chased his own header back into the box. But was taken down

by Paul Skinner. He then stepped up to sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the resulting penalty.

It got even better for the Stradbrook side in the 66th

minute. A pin-point freekick down the right channel by defender Jack Tuite picked out Kieran Marty Waters. Instinctively, he deftly lobbed a cross were Manley powered in a closerange back post header.

And Cabo were flying high by the 72nd minute.

Skinner made a fine save to thwart Sean Hurley. Just as Keith Dalton took the resulting corner, referee Adriano Reale blew his whistle.

It transpired that a

transgression by Luke Heeney had been spotted and another penalty awarded. Manley need no further invitation to slot in the 12-yard dead-ball.

With ten minutes to go, United pulled one back.

Mark Hughes’ 25-yard shot took a deflection on the way to the net past Stephen McGuinness.

But the Green and White’s rubber-stamped a sensational victory when Manley pounced at the back post.

Byrne and McCambridge class shows

Linda Byrne crosses the line first at the Lia Series race in Portlaoise

THE old adage “form is temporary, class is permanent” was proven once again at the opening of the Kia Series of road races in Portlaoise, as DSD’s Olympians Linda Byrne and Maria McCambridge came home with top honours in their categories over 5k.

Byrne, Olympian and gold meal team winner with Ireland at the European Cross Country Championships, stormed to an impressive win in the women’s race in a time of 17.10.

McCambridge, also an Olympian and 2013 Dublin City Marathon winner, topped the

W40 category in 18.49. Both have been competing for DSDAC for almost 25 years, and have made an indelible mark in Irish distance running.

The closest race of the day was the men’s 5k race as John Travers (Donore) and Hiko Tonosa (DSD), interchanged the lead from the gun and both smashed the course record with their respective times of 14.25 and 14.34. , who recently returned from the European Indoor Championships, showed superior speed over the last 300m for a fine win.

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SOCCER: FIRST WIN OF THE NEW WNL CAMPAIGN FOR DLR SIDE

Waves wash out Kilkenny WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cabinteely striker Rob Manley following his hat trick against Drogheda

SPECIAL OLYMPICS Power wins bronze at Abu Dhabi world games KNOCKLYON’S Alan Power, 50, claimed bronze in the 5,000m at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

It was part of an epic day at the event as Team Ireland scooped 14 medals with success in kayaking, ten-pin bowling, equestrianism and running.

Picture: Ray McManus / Sportsfile

DLR Waves Kilkenny United  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

DLR Waves’ Kerri Letmon on the attack.

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DLR Waves picked up their first win of the season at home to Kilkenny United in appalling conditions at Jackson Park.

The teams were battered by the elements with freezing rain and howling rain providing challenges for both sides, but goals from Leanne Payne and Nadine Clare saw Waves through.

Graham Kelly’s side were beaten 3-0 by champions Wexford Youths a week earlier despite going into the last half-hour scoreless.

Torrential rain throughout Saturday led to the game being moved from the grass pitch in Kilternan to the astro surface, which suited the home side’s passing game.

Payne and Ciara Maher had already forced early saves from visiting goalkeeper Lauren Davies before the former pounced to score the opener after seven minutes.

Catherine Cronin did well to dig out some space wide on the left and cross to the back post, where striker Payne showed good anticipation to tap into an empty net.

Clare and Maher saw further shots saved by Davies before Kilkenny should have levelled when Clara McManus ran through, but she saw her shot cannon back off the post.

Kilkenny were made to pay for that miss on the stroke of half time when the home side doubled their advantage with virtually the last kick of the half.

Patient build-up down the left saw Cronin feed Kerri Letmon, and she laid the ball off for the late-arriving Clare finished from the edge of the box.

Clare, who lost out in the running for FAI international under-16 player of the year to

Shelbourne’s Jessica Ziu on Sunday, was the best player on the pitch in the first 45 and deserved her goal.

The second half saw the tables turned as Kilkenny dominate possession and they were unlucky not to pull one back when Bronagh Kane’s looping shot clipped the top of the bar.

Waves held out, however, and will take confidence into Saturday’s Dublin derby against topof-the-table Shelbourne in Tolka Park.

“It was a good performance in difficult conditions but I thought we dominated the game first half,” Kelly told the Dublin Gazette.

“The build-up play for the second goal was fantastic, from Catherine into Kerri and setting up what we’d been working on with midfielders getting into the box and helping us get goals.

“We’ve been saying to the girls from the start that we want to play [on the deck].

“It’s what we believe in as a coaching team – we’re trying to teach the girls to play the right way. “[Kilkenny are] a well-organised team. They have pace up front and they troubled us. They had a point to prove but I thought our girls handled it well.”

Rabei relishing step up against Hanney CLASH OF THE TITANS  sport@dublingazette.com

RISING Rathmicheal light welterweight Victor Rabei takes another major step on the way to becoming a star of Irish boxing when he fights for the seventh time end of the month.

Unbeaten Rabei will fight fellow Dub Jake Hanney, defending his BUI Celtic title LIVE on TG4 in the chief support bout of the gamechanging Assassin Promotions and Boxing Ireland Promotions ‘Clash of the Titans’ card at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, March 30 - and he sees it as another rung on the ladder before he is packing out arenas himself.

While many will build and build against soft opposition, Rabei, who only debuted in October 2017, admits that he’s in a proper tough

fight on March 30.

The 25-year-old doesn’t want to be hung up fighting journeymen for years and he explains how “there’s a lot to lose but it’s also a lot to win.

“As a professional boxer, they’re the steps you want to take. This is my third all-Irish clash, I’ve fought for the Celtic title, I’m defending it now, I think they’re the proper steps to take as a pro fighter. When you’re fighting a journeyman, you don’t get much tape, or you might get a late change so you don’t study them in depth.

“Here you know who you’re fighting, you know that it’s for a Celtic title, you know that it’s a domestic fight. All of that just adds to the excitement.”

Rabei had looked set to face unbeaten South Dublin rival Niall O’Connor but, following an arduous back-and-forth, negotiations

Victor Rabei, left, and Jake Hanney

broke down.

However, he believes he has a tougher fight now in the far-larger Hanney. Rabei notes how “Hanney is bigger, he’s coming down, he’ll just about make 63.5kg. He’s fought up at heavier weights and he hits harder.

“He has nothing to lose, which is very dangerous. He has a bang – you could win eight rounds and then be put on your ass and be done. It’s dangerous, the aspect of danger is there. I think it’s a very tasty fight. This is my biggest bout to date.

“I don’t want to say it came out of nowhere – but there was a lot of back-and-forth with Niall O’Connor which didn’t go through for whatever their reasons were.

We were annoyed with what they wanted, that got finished, and then this popped up.”

Clash of the Titans is headlined by a vacant Irish featherweight title fight between Eric Donovan and Stephen McAfee.

Tickets for the night cost €40 (general), €60 (ringside), and (€100 VIP) and are available from Ticketmaster.ie

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NAOMH OLAF WITH no matches taking place on St Patrick’s Day, all eyes were focused on the Stepaside Parade. All the stops were pulled out and the hard work of Geoff Gammell, Derek Monson and Sarah Kinsella together a willing band of volunteers got the Naomh Olaf Ship (pictured below) on the road! Thanks to the parade organisers, those who participated and those who cheered the floats along - a great day was had by all.

Next weekend sees a return to competitive fixtures with the Division 2 adult hurlers playing Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh and the Division 6 Adult Hurlers taking on Naomh Fionnbarra.

Minor men’s footballers will play Ballymun Kickhams in Division 2 fixture, and the adult camogie team will play Na Gaeil Óga. As ever, support for all teams is much appreciated so please come out and give the players a cheer.

The Golf Society are holding a Table Quiz in the Clubhouse on Thursday, March 21 at 8.30pm. This promises to be a great night and Gerry Donnelly, Captain of the Society, would love to see a big crowd turn out to support this annual event.

“Ash Monday” commences on the 25th March (7-9pm) and will run for four weeks. Guest Coach on the 25th will be Brian Ryan, Kilkenny GAA Games Development Manager and former Kilkenny Minor, Under 21 and Development Squad Manager and Coach. Full details from lead mentors.

On Thursday 28th March the Adult Hurlers host their annual quiz.

This promises to be a great night with Tom Cashin and Feargal Máirtín busy preparing questions that will test even the brightest of sparks!

As there was no winner of last Sunday’s Naomh Olaf Club Lotto draw (numbers drawn 3, 12 and 16), next week’s jackpot will be €1,500.

The five €30 winners were Niall McCaffery, Mark Doyle, Daragh Keenan, Mick Shivnan and Ciaran Byrne.

Club Lotto can be played online at www. naomholaf.ie or purchase your tickets in the Club Bar and also now in Sandyford House match 3 numbers to win the jackpot!

SHANKILL

There was great excitement and a huge turnout of club members for the St Patricks Day parade in Bray. Our Saint Patrick obviously “turned the stone” and weather was very kind.

We got brilliant encouragement from the crowds of onlookers as we paraded through the town so thank you all for that, and well done to the social committee and all who took part.

The juvenile Academy sponsored by O Donnell’s Pharmacy is in action every Saturday at 10am indoors in St Laurence College.

Why not give the Academy a try? The coaches are ready and the equipment is waiting and ready to be used the cost is only €2 per child and there is no annual subscription.

Our Easter Camp will take place on April 23-25. This fantastic camp is open to both club members and non-members, boys and girls aged 5 to 12 years and will be held in Stonebridge Road from 10am to 2pm each day. The cost is €40 for members and €50

for non-members.

Numbers are restricted to 70 places and are going fast and when there gone there gone contact the club today.

Chase the Ace draw on Sunday night in Brady’s there was no jackpot winner the €50 prize went to JP & Shouna.

This week’s Jackpot is €2100. Tickets are €2 each or 3 for €5 and are available from club members or in the pub.

For details of our Ladies football team check out our Facebook page and follow the link to the ladies Facebook group, e-mail stevedavis203@gmail.com or contact Steve 087 6414123.

The men’s adult football team are looking for new players which are always welcome 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 everybody knows your name.

CABINTEELY WE HELD a really successful live music event in the clubhouse over the weekend. We had music from some Cabo legends on the night and great fun was had by all. Keep an eye out for other events throughout the year.

Training as usual on Thursday evening and we have a friendly slated for Sunday 24 March. Details of the match will be posted on our social media pages when it is arranged. The boys and girls academy, in conjunction with Foxrock Cabinteely, continues on Saturday morning (weather permitting). Registration is at 9.45am.

HOCKEY: THREE ROCK WIN 11TH TITLE SINCE 2017

Rovers juggernaut continues to roll on MILLS CUP FINAL Three Rock Rovers 4 Glenanne 2  STEPHEN FINDLATER sport@dublingazette.com

THE Three Rock Rovers juggernaut rolls on as the club retained yet another trophy at Grange Road, storming back from 2-0 down to win the Mills Cup with a 4-2 victory over Glenanne on St Patrick’s Day. For the current campaign, it adds to the Neville Cup, Leinster and National Indoor Trophy as well as promotion in Europe indoors and advancement to the Euro Hockey League outdoors, making it 11 front-line trophies since 2017.

For Glenanne, thoughts of what have been will linger. They were breathtaking for the first 20 minutes and deservedly 2-0 up when Jerome Saeys won and scored a penalty stroke and Brad Venter smashed in from the top of the D. Jamie Carr once again was earning his salt between the posts but the game began to turn as half-time closed in with Iain Walker called on at the far end, producing one remarkable save from

Three Rock Rovers with the Mills Cup trophy on St Patrick’s Day. Picture: Diarmuid MacMahon

Matthew Walker.

Rovers got one back from their dynamic captain Jody Hosking from a surprise corner variation, sweeping in low from the left of the circle.

It kick-started a run of four goals in 18 minutes of game time as Luke Madeley took the pace off a drag-flick to allow Ben Walker to guide home. Harry Morris then cleaned up from Kevin Mullins half-hit shot to give Rovers a 3-2 lead.

And the game was won when Hosking played a

BOAT BLESSING Dalkey launch new skiff DALKEY Rowing Club will

“bless” and launch their new East Coast Skiff “Deilginis”, hand built by local Terence Keogh at a special event on Saturday, April 6 in Coliemore Harbour.

The skiff was funded by a combination of a 2017 Sports Capital Programme grant and fundraising events and contributions from club supporters and sponsors.

The event takes place at 1.30pm.

brilliant part in the killer fourth goal. He emerged from a green card sin-binning at the perfect time to race off the bench and create an overlap from which he beat his marker for pace and laid on the perfect pass for Mark English to touch home.

Glenanne had three corners after that but, with Jakobi on the bench during that time, they did not unduly test Carr who was resolute to save each one.

It came a day after Rovers got back into the play-

off places in the league for the first time this season.

The EY Hockey League regular season title has proven the one title to elude the club and poor form before Christmas had them in the bottom half of the table but their 6-3 win over Annadale on Saturday made it four wins in a row to move into fourth place.

They led 4-0 at halftime thanks to Harry Morris’s double and they were five up before the Belfast side pulled back three late in the game.

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LADIES FOOTBALL: SKY BLUES MOMENTUM BUILDS IN NATIONAL LEAGUE

HURLING

Dublin dazzle as 73 year wait for win ends

Siobhan Killeen continued her excellent start to the season.

Picture: Piaras O Midheach/Sportsfile

Dubs go goal crazy to close in on semis LGFA NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE Dublin Monaghan  JAMES HENDICOTT sport@dublingazette.com

5-14 3-10

THE DUBLIN ladies footballers continued their progress in the league, as a much-changed side got the better of Monaghan following a frantic opening stage assault on the visitor’s goal at DCU on Saturday afternoon.

A strange game saw goals galore from one side and then the other, with in-form player of the year Sinead Aherne – who finished with 3-3 – hitting all her goals in little more than the first quarter of the contest.

In fact, Dublin were rampant in the early stages and looked like they might put Monaghan to the sword in a far bigger way than they ultimately did.

Monaghan had scored the first couple of points but that was quickly forgotten when Aherne slammed home with just three minutes on the clock, and Siobhan Woods added another three pointer almost immediately.

The goal glut came thick and fast from there. Noelle Healy played in Aherne for her second goal, a palmed finish from close range, before Siobhan

Killeen poached a fourth goal.

The rampaging Jackies added a fifth quickly afterwards through Aherne – a speculative finish from wide on the right – to put Mick Bohan’s side a barely credible 5-3 to 0-3 ahead with just over a quarter of the game gone.

Dublin had exposed the Monaghan defence in a big way, but that early charge slowed from then on, with Monaghan going on to have the better of the remainder of the contest.

Ciara McAnespie pulled a goal back for the Ulster side before the break, though the Dubs lead of 5-7 to 1-6 was still substantial enough to justify a little tinkering from Bohan, and a little loosening of the foot on the pedal in the second half.

Muireann Atkinson and Leanne Maguire’s goals, both coming within ten minute of the restart, did briefly bring look like reopening the game as an unlikely contest, however, with the 15 points gap closing to as little as eight points with a quarter of the game remaining.

Monaghan have not had a good start to 2019, however, with a straight losing record since the year began, and the experience of Lyndsey Davey and Aherne ensured the visitors never

really got within touching distance of Dublin, as the game petered out late on.

The Jackies remain on target for a league final with two games of division one still to play.

Bohan’s side have now won four games on the trot since their early season loss to Donegal.

The Jackies have a challenging run in, however, with high-flying Galway and perennial threat Cork still to come as they look to cement their place in

the league knockout stages.

“Next week, it’s a different level now. Galway and Cork are the last two league games,” said manager Mick Bohan.

“Obviously Galway are top of the table and Cork had a smashing win today against Donegal.

“We know the quality is going to step up. Ultimately now we’ve two games where again we can have a little bit of a look, but still it becomes more serious.”

Dublin manager Mick Bohan.

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DUBLIN recorded their first competitive victory over the Premier County in Tipperary since 1946 when battling to a great victory in this HL Division 1 quarter-final in Semple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday evening.

Cuala’s Sean Moran and Kilmacud Crokes Oisin O’Rorke made brilliant interventions, scoring five points each in the success over a fancied opponent.

The Dubs will face All-Ireland champions, Limerick, next Sunday (Nowlan Park, 1.30) in their semifinal (followed by the other semi-final: Galway v Waterford) buoyed by this success against the odds as the team showed great resilience to respond to Tipp’s early second half scoring surge in front of an attendance of 3,503 “Their character was really tested in the second half,” said Dublin manager Mattie Kenny afterwards.

“We brought a bit of an advantage in to the dressing room at half-time but Tipperary came out and blew that advantage away in three or four minutes.

“The next 30 minutes or so they had to dig deep, playing into a breeze, but our guys worked some nice scores.

“To be able to come down to Thurles, after seeing last week the quality of the Tipperary side, and get a good performance from our guys, it will stand to them.”

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Grimes grinds out world track cycling silver medal  RONAN GAINE

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RONAN Grimes overcame stiff competition to win silver in the MC2 15 kilometre Scratch Race on St Patricks Day at the ParaCycling World Track Championships.

The 30-year-old of the Scott Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club had been inching closer to a World Medal throughout the Championships at the Omnisport Arena and came through in Sundays Scratch Race.

On Thursday, Grimes finished eighth in the MC 4 1 k m t i m e t r i a l before smashing nine seconds off his personal best in Saturday’s MC4 4km Individual Pursuit.

Speaking on his early races, Grimes said: “I’m still in shock. It’s been a good week.

“The TT on Thursday was a good result, I rode a second quicker than last year, so I knew even then that I was in good form.

“Then in the pursuit I was unlucky not to get the ride-off. “[Cycling Ireland Paracycling Coach] Ne ill Delahaye has brought me on a tremendous amount since my first Worlds in 2017.

“I was so close to that medal ride-off in the pursuit, and able to go into the Scratch Race confident of a medal.

“That’s the result of a serious amount of work from Neill and the team over the last two years.”

He said: “It’s amazing the amount of work that

Ronan Grimes, left, with Diego Duenas and Sergei Pudov on the podium. Picture: Simon Wilkinson

“It’s amazing the amount of work that Cycling

Ireland, Sport Ireland and Paralympics Ireland put into this, so it’s nice to get a result “ Cycling Ireland, Sport Ireland and Paralympics Ireland put into this, so it’s nice to get a result out of the week to thank them for everything they do to make medals like this happen.”

Grimes faced the two men who made the pursuit ride-off ahead of him, Diego Duenas and Carol-Eduard Novak, in the 15 kilometre on Paddys Day, one becoming

an unlikely ally.

Duenas attacked 20 laps into the 60-lap affair and Grimes reacted quickest, as the pair quickly gained a lap on the field.

“It was a fairly cagey race,” said Grimes, “but w h e n D i e go D u e n a s attacked I got across to him and I didn’t even realise we had a gap until we had half a lap.

“We took a lap very

easy and after that it was the two of us marking each other out.

“With 10 laps to go, you knew you were certain for a medal, but I got boxed in with about four laps to go and couldn’t even contest the final sprint.

“That was a bit upsetting, but I’m delighted to come away with a medal.”

As for the rest of the

Irish, double Road World Champions Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal set a new National Record in qualifying for the 3km pursuit of 3:30.589, a feat mirrored by Men’s Tandem Peter Ryan and pilot Sean Hahessy in the 4km pursuit as they rode 4:17.063 to finish fifth.

WC3 athlete Richael Timothy, making her World Championships

debut, had set a new National Record in her 3km individual pursuit ride, setting 04:48.945 for a 9-second personal best.

MC2 athlete Chris Burns also hit a personal best by 6-seconds in that event, going on to record another personal best and new National Record in the 1km TT, before finishing eighth in MC2 Scratch on Saturday.