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Tributes pour in for tragic Jastine Valdez

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REBECCA RYAN TRIBUTES have been pouring in for 24-year-old Jastine Valdez, who is believed to have been murdered soon after she was abducted on Saturday.

A post-mortem examination revealed she died from strangulation and it is believed that she died within an hour of her abduction.

Jastine’s body will be flown home to the Philippines to be buried, according to relatives.

Born in the Philippines, Jastine came to Ireland with her parents and they have been liv-

ing here for the past three years.

Jastine was an accountancy student at Tallaght Institute of Technology.

The college’s student union said: “We are truly saddened at the loss of one of our students.

We wish to extend our deepest heartfelt sympathies to Jastine’s family, friends and class mates.”

Locals have been paying tribute by laying flowers and notes.

One note said: “Jastine, I never knew you, but my heart is broken for you and your family.”

A special vigil was held for Jastine in Enniskerry.

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COMMUNITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO MURDERED GIRL

Online fund set up for family of Jastine  REBECCA RYAN

rryan@dublingazette.com

TRIBUTES have been pouring in for 24-yearold Jastine Valdez, who is believed to have been murdered soon after she was abducted last Saturday.

Jastine was last seen when she left her home on May 19. She got off a bus on the Kilcroney Road in Enniskerry and was walking home.

She was reported missing to gardai by her family later that night after a woman said she had seen a female pedestrian

being forced into a dark coloured Nissan Qashqai SUV on the R760 in Enniskerry.

On Sunday, a man in the Nissan Qashqai, who was armed with a knife, was shot dead by gardai.

He was identified as father of two Mark Hennessy (40) originally from Ballybrack but living in Bray.

On Monday afternoon, gardai investigating the disappearance of Jastine discovered the body of a female in the Puckscastle area.

No formal identification has been carried out on the body found, but it is believed to be Jastine.

Tributes have been pouring in for Jastine.

Born in the Philippines,

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Jastine Valdez

she came to Ireland with her parents and had been living here for the past three years.

Jastine was an accountancy student at Tallaght IT. The college’s student union said: “We

are truly saddened at the loss of one of our students, Jastine Valdez.

“We wish to extend our deepest heartfelt sympathies to Jastine’s family, friends and class mates.”

Raymond Garrett, director of operations at Filipino community group Outreach Ireland, told RTE’s Morning Ireland that there are “no words that can describe the pain that the family are going through, and there’s no consoling the family”.

Locals have been paying tribute by laying flowers and notes. One note said: “Jastine, I never knew you, but my heart is broken for you and your family.”

Minister Josepha Madigan said: “The safety of women is of paramount importance. I’m horrified that a young woman has lost her in life in such terrible circumstances.

“I would like to thank the public, the gardai, the Defence Forces and Civil Defence for their tireless work in this investigation.”

A GoFundMe memorial fund has been set up to help the 24-year old’s family and has raised over €85,000 since it started on Monday.

To make a donation to the memorial fund, see https://www.gofundme. c o m /j a s t i n e -v a l d e zmemorial.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Patrick Finnegan, Group Editor, Dublin Gazette

Sandyford solicitor scoops top award A SANDYFORD solicitor has scooped a prize at the annual Irish Law Awards. Sharon Scally, solicitor and principal of Amorys Solicitors, has been named ‘Dublin Sole Practitioner of the Year’.

Over 90 firms, practitioners and in-house teams attended a ceremony at the Clayton Hotel on Burlington Road, which was opened by Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan and hosted by RTE presenter Miriam O’Callaghan.

Commenting on the award, Sharon Scally said: “Winning Dublin Sole Practitioner of the Year was very much a team effort. We are thrilled for the recognition that this award represents in the Dublin legal community.

“I would like to acknowledge the hard work of our team and the support of our clients and friends.”

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PHOENIX PARK: CREATIVE TALENTS OF GARDENERS WILL BE ON SHOW

Garden designers set to come into Bloom REBECCA RYAN

THE creative talents of south Dublin gardeners will be on show at Bord Bia’s Bloom on the June Bank Holiday weekend.

The five-day event returns to the Phoenix Park Dublin from May 31 to June 4 and will showcase the best of Ireland’s horticulture and food industry.

Veteran show garden designers Oliver and Liat Schurmann from Rathfarnham return to Bloom with a roof garden called A Different Outlook which brings a modern office environment as close to nature as possible.

Ruairi O Dulaing, who is chief of parks at Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Counc il, and

Nicola Haines of Tierney Haines have together created a show garden called DLR Fernhill An Exercise in Sustainability, which highlights the challenge for parks to balance protection of the environment with a human need for outside space.

Other Dubliners at this year’s Bloom include Harold’s Cross based garden designer Cornelia Raftery and Inchicore College students who will have a postcard garden.

As previously reported in Dublin Gazette, a local gardening group made up of four friends from Blackrock, Foxrock and Cabinteely will also be showcasing their postcard garden On the Verge of Greatness.

Other highlights at

Veteran show garden designers Oliver and Liat Schurmann from Rathfarnham

Bloom will be the Bord Bia Food Village which includes more than 100 Irish food producers.

The Bord Bia Quality Kitchen Stage which will host cookery demonstrations from some of Ireland’s best loved chefs including Neven Maguire, Catherine

Fulvio, Paul Flynn, Oliver Dunne, Rory O’Connell, JP McMahon and Roz Purcell, Gary O’Hanlon and Adrian Martin.

There is also plenty on offer for the kids including Margaret’s Fun on the Farm Kids Zone; Paddy’s Plot where children can

learn how to grow a sunflower; and ‘Away with the Fairies’ which will demonstrate how to make your own fairy garden.

CEO, Bord Bia, Tara McCarthy, said: “This will be the 12th year that Bord Bia has hosted Bloom in the Phoenix Park and we are incredibly proud of how the event has developed and evolved over the years.

“It offers a great day out with something for everyone!”

Tickets are on sale now on Ticketmaster and can also be purchased on the gate. Ticket prices vary from €16 - €25 and children under 16 go free.

For more information visit www.bloominthepark.com

‘SUB-STANDARD WORK’

Lorraine Mc Mullen, Kay Doyle, Eoin O’Reilly and Bart O’Reilly from St Patrick’s Park, Stepaside

Residents furious over grass cutting SOUTH Dublin locals have been expressing their fury over the standard of grass cutting.

Local councillor, Lettie McCarthy (Lab) said she has been receiving calls, emails and photographs from residents in Ballinteer, Kilternan, Stepaside, Sandyford and Carrickmines about “sub-standard work”.

Cllr McCarthy said: [I am] calling on DLRCC’s CEO to arrange a meeting with SAP to address their appalling standard of work carried out on behalf of the council. “[It] is not acceptable. Companies should not apply for contracts if they can’t deliver the goods and our council should not be awarding contracts to companies who are not delivering.

“Residents want to enjoy our public spaces during the summer months and unfortunately, given the standard of grass cutting, this isn’t always possible.

“This sub-standard work reflects badly on Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council and I want our CEO to intervene.”

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RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT SCHEME IN CHURCHTOWN BEING SOLD FOR PRIVATE RENTAL

Rental concerns over Fernbank development REBECCA RYAN

A LOCAL TD has expressed concerns over a residential apartment scheme in Churchtown being sold for private rental.

The Irish Residential Property Fund, which is managed by Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM), purchased the Fernbank development from Park Developments.

The development of the 262-apartment project will be completed on a phased basis over the next two years.

The new owner intends to place all units on the rental market on a phased basis as apartments are completed and ready for occupation.

Commenting on the purchase of the Fernbank scheme, Martin O’Reilly head of property, Irish Life Investment Managers said: “We are delighted to be working with Park Developments on such a high-class scheme.

“Fernbank represents an exceptionally high quality residential development, which will appeal to a wide

range of renters based on the quality of design and specification being delivered by the Park Development team.

“Its prominent location close to Dundrum Town Centre and immediate access to the city centre via the nearby Luas stop is also a strong attraction.”

TD Catherine Martin expressed concern over the development saying: “The private market won’t deliver affordable housing.”

Deputy Martin said: “The sale of this development will now be leaving

FASTNews Summer Fete is fun for all LAURALYNN, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice returns with their third annual Summer Fete at their Leopardstown hospice.

Set on the grounds of LauraLynn in their specially designed ‘sensory garden’, the event is open to the public and is fun for all ages.

A selection of plants will be available to purchase. There will also be a wide array of freshly baked cakes, treats and refreshments as well as the chance for children to pick up some of their favourite toys at a bargain price.

The annual event which takes place at LauraLynn Children’s Hospice on May 27 from 12pm to 3pm will help towards raising vital funds the charity requires to provide care to children.

The Fernbank scheme in Churchtown

the more than 1,000 people who had expressed interest in purchasing a home in Fernbank, still unable to get a foothold on the property ladder.

“There is no guarantee that the private rental provided in this development will be in any way affordable or suitable for members of the local community looking to downsize or move into appropriate local homes.

“The deal Park Developments did with the council in Fernbank constitutes incredibly poor value for money for the state.

“The affordable housing requirement In Part V of the Planning Act

should have provided 29 affordable units at this site; instead, it appears the developer was able to agree to buy out the entire Part V obligation for €1m, together with transfer of a site for the construction of social - but not affordable units elsewhere.

“The local authority could have had access to 29 affordable housing units, which it could rent out at affordable prices to the local community.

Instead, there will be no affordable properties in Fernbank.”

Deputy Martin is calling on the government to “step in and stop sitting back on housing”.

Construction law expert and Green Party Local Area Representative Deirdre Ni Fhloinn said: “Irish Life stepped up only to provide long-term financial security for its investors - it is up to the state to step up to provide long-term security of housing for our families and our communities.

“The private market sees housing as any other commodity to be bought and sold to the highest bidder. It will not look after our communities, and every time the state trades away another opportunity at an affordable housing model, another community is locked out of local housing.”

Sandyford Summer Festival boasts lots of free fun events THE first ever Sandyford Summer Festival takes place this June Bank Holiday. Running across two days, the festival offers something for both kids and adults.

Dan Foley, the general manager of Sandyford House, explained what is on offer.

“We wanted to get more involved with the local community, the local businesses and with the local Sandyford Initiative and what better way than to create a village festival.

“The idea is to run a family fun day on June 2 so we’ll have bouncy castles and a few big games at Sandyford House.

“The local businesses in the village are also getting on board; Ground coffee shop will have face-painters, Baxter Real Estate will have popcorn and candy floss, Nectar Wines will be doing some wine tasting (for the adults), Keane Thompson will have a magic show and other businesses will be involved also.

“It will be a real village affair. And it’s all free.”

The Sandyford Summer Festival takes place across the June Bank Holiday weekend. All entertainment is free.

For further details, check out www.facebook.com/sandyfordhousedub

Living History Tours in Dalkey DALKEY Castle and Heritage Centre has launched their summer programme of Living History Tours.

Actors from Deilg Inis Living History Theatre Company are bringing history to life with theatre performances as part of the tour.

The actors, who are dressed in full costume from the era, tell stories and interact with visitors.

During the tour, visitors can climb to the battlements for panoramic views of the sea and mountains, experience the peace and tranquillity of the early Christian Church and Graveyard, try their strength on the longbow, sit in the barber surgeon’s cart or experience medieval toilet practices in the garderobe.

The Living History Tour takes place every day except Tuesday. Drop in tours are €9.50 for an adult and €7.50 for a child under 12.

A family ticket (two adults and two children) is €25.00. Fully guided group tours are also available and must be booked in advance.

Visit www.dalkeycastle.com or telephone 01 2858366 for more information.

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GALLERIES

Francois Jahier with Anne Cecile Roussillon

Jenny Kelly and Ray Darcy

Ruth Fanning and Beibhinn Byrne

Ann Cuffe-Fitzgerald, Maurice Fitzgerald and Jane Murray. Pictures: Rose Comiskey

Saying goodbye to 65th celebrations in Stillorgan T Fiona and Brian Doran

Organiser Alison Pigot with her son Daniel Raymond

Teacher Heather Gleeson, with Rynagh McCann and Jenny Kelly

HE Children’s House Primary - Montessori School in Stillorgan marked the end of their 65th year celebrations with a barbecue and the launch of the alumni which was great success from start to finish.

The school was established in 1952 by Veronica Ryan, who had started a class in her home with six pupils two years earlier.

She trained as an association Montessori internationale teacher at Sion Hill in Blackrock, Dublin, and as interest in Montessori spread, she decided to build her own school.

The architect Arthur Douglas designed the Children’s House primary on the grounds of Veronica’s home on Lower Kilmacud Road and it was the first purpose built Montessori primary school in Ireland. Susan Cuffe, Ronan Keegan and Sinead Constant

Nuala Clifford and Ciara O’Hanlon

Mother and daughter Sheena and Mary Hurley

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STILLORGAN: GLENALBYN SWIMMING POOL INCLUDED IN LAP

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Mixed reactions as The Great Debaters pool put in Area Plan REBECCA RYAN

GLENALBYN Pool has been included in the Draft Local Area Plan for Stillorgan and has been met with mixed reactions.

Sinn Fein’s Local Area Representative in Stillorgan, Rosie Ni Laoghaire, has expressed her delight at the news.

She said: “[It] is a clear sign of the council’s commitment to provide a swimming pool within the Stillorgan area.

“In recent weeks, Stillorgan residents have been frustrated and angry with their local politicians, as the news of a new pool in Ballyogan, and the renovation of Dun Laoghaire Baths, was announced with no commitment in relation to Glenalbyn pool.

“The council’s decision this week is a ray of hope, after five years of stagnant inactivity.”

Cllr Barry Saul (FG) said the

news puts Glenalbyn back on the map.

“One of the biggest issues in Stillorgan is Glenalbyn swimming pool. Not to have included the pool in the maps sent a bad signal to the local community regarding its future. Despite opposition from the local independent councillor, I was delighted that my motion was passed.

“Our Minister for Sport has appointed a mediator to seek an agreement between the council and Kilmacud Crokes. We await the outcome of this process.”

However, Minister Shane Ross said: “It is important to note that the finances for the pool are assured by the council irrespective of whether it is included in the Draft LAP for Stillorgan 20182024. Therefore, this is a red herring. The expansion of the Draft LAP for Stillorgan to include Glenalbyn is irrelevant to the devel-

opment of the pool. Council management have confirmed this on several occasions.”

Independent councillor Deirdre Donnelly, said : “Earlier this year the management confirmed that the inclusion of Glenalbyn Swimming Pool “will not accelerate matters one iota”.

“I therefore see absolutely no relevance in extending the boundary to include something that as far as I’m concerned is under negotiation already.

“The future of the pool depends on the outcome of the negotiations between the two parties involved (Kilmacud Crokes and DLRCOCO) and the extension of the Stillorgan LAP boundary bears absolutely no relevance.”

Rosie Ni Laoghaire (SF) said: “I remain concerned however that there is still no clarification that funding will be available to rebuild Glenalbyn pool, particularly in

A CLONSKEAGH school is celebrating after winning the AllIreland Concern Debates championship. They debated for the need to rekindle the “spirit of 1968” to solve many of the world’s problems, such as hunger and gender equality.

Around 140 schools took part in the debating competition, which was won by the Clonskeagh-based St. Kilian’s German School. It was the first time the contest was won by St Kilian’s, and the seventh time it was won by a school from Dublin.

Minister Shane Ross and Cllr Deirdre Donnelly outside Glenalbyn Swimming Pool

the light of the potential liability of €33m attached to the council’s commitment to the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company.

“I am calling on Minister Ross to meet with the councillors to establish a means where the €33m risk can be mitigated, and the actual funding of our new pool be secured.”

Challenge for cancer charity KILMACUD Crokes GAA have launched a special event for Breast Cancer Ireland and their club.

The Nissan Malin to Mizen challenge will see nearly 90 members of the club in Stillorgan getting on their bikes over the June Bank Holiday week-

end to raise funds which will be split between Breast Cancer Ireland and their club.

You can sponsor a cyclist at the-nissan-m2m-challenge-2018.everydayhero. do/ or Text “Cure” to 50300 to donate €4.00 to Breast Cancer Ireland.

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CARRICKMINES: NO PROSECUTION OVER FIRE THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 10 PEOPLE

Council is cleared of negligence REBECCA RYAN

DUN Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) will not be prosecuted over the Carrickmines fire that claimed the lives of 10 people in October 2015.

Five adults and five children lost their lives in the blaze at the temporary halting site on the Glenamuck Road.

Among the questions raised at the time, was how quickly the fire spread and how closely the mobile homes were placed to each other.

Gardai investigated if there were any criminal

health and safety breaches

by DLRCC in relation to the placement of the units.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) have now decided that no prosecution will be brought against the council in connection with the fatal fire.

Martin Collins, CoDirector of Pavee Point, Traveller and Roma Centre, told Dublin Gazette the families of the victims and the traveller community are very disappointed with the outcome.

He said: “This was huge tragedy where 10 members our commu-

nity, including an unborn child, lost their lives. The site was unfit for human habitation, it did not meet One of the temporary homes off Glenamuck Road, Carrickmines that was damaged in the blaze in October 2015 health and safety stanantee you I would be pros- standards, but that didn’t State. There is no culture of the hurt that the DPP’s dards. “ We w o u l d h a v e ecuted before the courts happen. of accountability. decision will cause them.

“The information I’m t h o u g h t t h a t D u n and rightly so.

“If there’s no account“It is my hope that “Yet when we have a receiving would suggest ability, nothing is going to in the fullness of time Laoghaire Rathdown County Council being the public body, like the local that the site was struc- change.” and through other legal Councillor Chris Cur- means, the events of Octolegal landlord of that site authority, who behaved turally and inherently ran (SF) said he is also ber 10th 2015 will become would have been sufficient in the very same manner, unsafe.”

Mr Collins is calling shocked at the outcome. clearer.” grounds for the council to they’re not being held to for more accountability He said: “Many people Commenting on the face some sort of legal pro- account. ceedings in terms of being “Over many years, the and for the 1998 Traveller will want to know why no DPP’s decision, a spokesnegligent. travellers on the site and Accommodation Act to be prosecution will be made person for Dun Laoghaire when it seems that lives Rathdown County Coun“If I was a private land- two local traveller organ- honoured. lord and I rented out a isations made numerous “People, travellers in could have been saved cil told Dublin Gazette: property to people who attempts with DLRCC to this instance, have lost that night.

“The council’s thoughts subsequently lost their have the site upgraded to faith and confidence in the “Having worked closely are with the families who lives in my property, I guar- meet health and safety major institutions of the with the family I am aware have lost their loved ones.”

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Thousands descend on Dun Laoghaire for Red Bull Flugtag

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HE Red Bull Flugtag took off from Dun Laoghaire harbour in front of over 65,000 spectators last weekend.

The international event saw 43 teams of aspiring aviators and courageous craftsmen, attempt to push the limits of human flight, as they launched their handcrafted flying machines off a 9-metre high flight deck.

Presented by Hector O Heochagáin and Sile Seoige, this free family event was judged by a panel of celebrity judges from the world of sport and entertainment.

Team Pink Panther from Kildare took the win after scoring highest in the creativity and showmanship categories and reaching a distance of 10 metres.

Pictures: ©INPHO/Samo Vidic

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LETTER: MINSTER’S DECISION ‘WOULD CONSTITUTE AN ACT OF VANDALISM’

Councillors blast Minister over transfer of harbour REBECCA RYAN

COUNCILLORS on Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council have blasted Minister Shane Ross over the transfer of Dun Laoghaire harbour to the council.

The Harbours Act adopted in 2015 envisages that the historic harbour will soon come under the control of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

But in March, councillors were stunned to learn that independent risk assessors estimate the cost of repairs to the harbour could be €33.5 million.

Councillors say they are now faced with a huge financial burden which will massively compromise the council’s ability to deliver services locally.

The councillors sent a highly critical letter to Minister Shane Ross, which said that: “Such a move will mean your own constituents will see reductions in the council’s provision of public facilities such as parks, libraries, sports pitches, roads, footpaths, lighting, and a range of other things that we currently provide

for the businesses and residents of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown.”

In a stark statement of the council’s concerns, the letter said that the Minister’s decision to transfer the harbour, without any funding “would constitute an act of vandalism”.

The elected members of the council have called on Minister Ross to indemnify the council against the cost of taking over the harbour, for a period of seven years.

Cllr Barry Ward (FG), who proposed the letter, told Dublin Gazette they want to be given a clean slate.

He said: “The councillors want to take over the harbour. All of them accept the running costs of the harbour, but that cost is an annual cost that we can mitigate with putting in place projects and schemes and getting rent from certain properties.

“What we cannot do is start €33.5 million down. Give us something we can work with, don’t give us something that is a millstone from the word go around our neck, because all you’re doing then

is signing up the harbour for disaster. All we’re asking for is a clean state.”

In response to the letter, Minister Ross told Dublin Gazette: “I am disappointed that several Dun Laoghaire councillors have chosen to politicise the transfer of the jewel in the county’s crown.

“The transfer of our beloved harbour to

the local authority makes sense and will lead to its protection and promotion for generations to come.

“The notion that this transfer will impact on other services in the area is nonsense.

“I look forward to the transfer being completed soon.”

Dun Laoghaire harbour is to be transferred to council control

EXHIBITION

Creative minds are coming to town ALMOST 300 of Ireland’s brightest creative minds in tech, art and design will present their final works at this year’s graduate show, in the Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT), Dun Laoghaire.

Previous graduates include visual artists Vera Klute and Maser, academy award nominated Kirsten Sheridan and Panti Bliss.

Project highlights this year include an app that allows young adults with mild autism to build their social interaction skills, an idea in response to the hospital overcrowding issue and a projection mapping project highlighting the issue of Homeless in Ireland.

The exhibition is open to the public from June 1 to 6

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SOME LAST THOUGHTS FROM A FEW VOICES ON THE OPPOSING SIDES

Vote

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

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

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

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

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

I was shocked to learn

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

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

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

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

Ellen was married and had four children.

She was struggling and couldn’t cope with anoth-

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

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

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

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

er pregnancy.

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

On the plane over, we met another Irish girl.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the time.

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

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

Gerard Moore, Clonsilla

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Catherine Noone, committee chair,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Together For Yes

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ON HOW THEY HOPE PEOPLE WILL VOTE, AND WHY

REFERENDUM

Vote

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

The referendum of all referenda.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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the wide-reaching bill proposed by the Government.

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

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

FamilyAndLife.Org

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

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

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

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

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

people to import illegal abortion pills.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

up until 12 weeks will become law.

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

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

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

I can’t think about this government proposal

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

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

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

LoveBoth

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tara Sheridan, via ProLifeCampaign.ie

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

DUBLIN HAS A NUMBER OF ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAMS

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

T

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

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

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

ZIP IT

PARK PETANQUE CLUB

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

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

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

BUBBLE FOOTBALL

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

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

There are five circuits ranging in difficulty.

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

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

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

PARK Petanque Club were established in 1994 in Bushy Park .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MAGAZINE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Big Brother and all that malarkey.”

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

tion seekers that went into that gaff.”

“Been to a library lately, Paschal?”

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

I ask him.

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

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

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

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

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

tulip,” I says to him.

“Orwell the person. George Orwell.”

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

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

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

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

Good Jaysus.

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ENTERTAINMENT CALL TO SUPPORT A LOCAL CAUSE

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

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

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

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

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

Sue has been volun-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not only does volunteering help the person

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

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

and contentment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

living with MS

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

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

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

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

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GOINGOUTOUT

Heroes In Hiding An Album A Decade In The Making

PICKWEEK OF THE

MAY 25 (FRIDAY)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

it to happen.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“It’s important to do something different.

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

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

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

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

You will never hang out.

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

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

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

School daze, amuses SHANE DILLON

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This ain’t a classic McCa-

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

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

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

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

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

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Mary Brody and Sandra Janic

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

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

Alex Carmen and Camila Carvalho

Shauna O’Rourke and Isabelle Clarke

Ciara Gilleece

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

SHANE DILLON

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Russia and America, and which resonates closer to home.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

viders have also welcomed, for obvious reasons.

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

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

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

MACHINE OF THE WEEK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For others like myself, whose desire would be for

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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WHAT’S NEW IN TECHNOLOGY AND ON WHEELS

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

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

BMW Ireland will be contacting all affected custom-

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

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

Affected customers can contact their local BMW

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

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

my.

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

This means that you

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

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

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

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

For those with a certain

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

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

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Customers who have concerns about their vehicle but are outside the range of affected vehicles, we can also arrange an inspection. Any customers with any concerns or requiring assistance should contact their local Retail Centre or our Customer Care Team on 1890719 421 or BMW Emergency Services on 1800-409900.

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

Cuala and Ballinteer St Johns’s were among the big winners with victories in their respective divisions, taking home the silverware for their clubs.

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Lansdowne sweep up UBL awards  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

of the Year.

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

“These awards are a welcome recognition of the dedication and

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

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

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CLUB NOTES

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BALLINTEER ST JOHN’S NO WINNER of the May 18 lotto draw. Numbers drawn were 5, 11, 13 and 16. Next week’s jackpot is €5,400; €100 prize went to Philis Brady while D. Cullen and J. Ward took away €50. Joker consolation went to Frank Maguire.

Hard luck to our senior footballers who lost narrowly to St Sylvester’s after mounting a great comeback in the second half. Hard luck to our junior A and B footballers; also, as our junior Cs got a walkover. On Thursday night, the junior C play Ballyboden in Loreto both at 7.30pm.

Well done to our senior hurlers who beat Scoil Ui Chonaill last Wednesday and our junior hurlers who beat Realt Dearg.

Our senior camogie team also had a great win over Ballyboden on Tuesday last week.

Congratulations to our U-14B girls football team who won the Feile over the weekend, beating Ballyboden in the final on Sunday morning. Great achievement to win both football and camogie Feiles this year.

Hard luck to our U-15B boys football team who were narrowly beaten in their Championship final on Sunday. Great achievement to get to the final.

Well done to our minor footballers who had a great win over Lucan in Marlay on Sunday morning. A tremendous fight back after being eight points down with 15 minutes to go.

Best of luck to Louise O’Shea who will be playing for Dublin intermediates in the Leinster camogie final on Saturday in Birr.

Well done to Elaine Mettler who won a set of jerseys for her U-10 girls team from Lidl over the weekend.

CUALA MESSAGE from the Chairperson: The Hurling section are hosting a celebration to mark the two successful seasons next Saturday. It is a great opportunity for all sections of the club to come together to celebrate the team, as well as spending a few relaxed hours with our fellow club members. I would like to encourage supporting this event in GAA headquarters if at all possible.

Busy week ahead for the adult ladies teams.

In camogie our senior 3 side face Lucan on Thursday.

Comhghairdeas le Cailíní 2004 a raibh dhá fhoireann leo ag imirt san Fhéile Peile ag an deireadh seachtaine (le cabhair ó Chailíní 05).

Bhuaighan Fhoirean B an chraobh i bPáirc Uí Thuaghail i gcoinne Chaisleán Cnucha ar an Domhnach.

Our four men’s Foot-

ball teams all recorded league wins over the weekend.

On Thursday in AFL 10, our 4ths play St Josephs OCB in Hyde Road.

It’s that time of the year again! This year’s MAI will run from Monday June 18 to Saturday, June 23.

Registration is now open online and is offered at the early bird rate of 20 Euro per child until the end of May. Ádh mór do na buachaillí agus cailíní 07 ag imirt san Cuala Bualadh an Sathairn seo chugainn in Bóthar Baile Thomáis. Many thanks to all those who sponsored the event.

There was no winner of our €12,500 Cuala lotto jackpot.

The lucky dip winners this week were John Basquille and Zita McDermott.

Get your tickets now at www.cualagaa.ie/ lotto

ULTRA-RUNNING: HOMELESS CHARITIES SET TO BENEFIT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He thinks the challenge might

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

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

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

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“I want to capture their stories.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND: BRADLEY HAILS BURKE’S BUSY WEEK

FAST NEWS Shels winning streak in WNL comes to end

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

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

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

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

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

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

He was first to test Canadian goalkeeper Tyson Far-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WNL CUP DRAW

Waves and Peas rematch

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

Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

St Pat’s Conan Byrne. Picture: George Kelly

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GERALDINE F MORANS WELL done to the senior AFL7 team on their victory over BSJ and the minor team had a good win vs Castleknock. Speedy recovery to Sean Lardner who got a nasty knee injury in the abandoned minor game vs St Marys (S).

This week’s fixtures are AFL7 home to St Marys (S), AFL11s away to Shankill, U-14s away to St Vincents, U-12s home to Lucan Sarsfields, U-11s away to Round Towers (L), U-10s home to BSJ, U-9s have a blitz away to Round towers (C) U-8s away to Kilmacud Crokes. No girls fixtures this weekend.

Good luck to all teams playing. Academy training for boys and girls aged 5-7 in Cornelscourt at 10am, new members are always welcome.

Golf classic in Old Conna is almost upon us tee times still available visit www.geraldinesgaa.ie for more details.

SOCCER: UCD SUNDAY SIDE AVOID RELEGATION WITH LAST DAY

Students escape drop after frenzied run-in in Senior 1 LSL SUNDAY SENIOR 1 UCD AFC Dunboyne  DAVE DONNELLY sport@dublingazette.com

The Kilmacud Crokes side that won the Under15A championship last Sunday in Parnell Park with a 6-15 to 0-10 win St Vincent’s

KILMACUD CROKES CONGRATULATIONS to the U-15A footballers who beat St Vincent’s, 6-15 to 0-10 to win the championship final!

Hard luck to the Dublin senior hurlers who lost to Wexford, 2-14 to 0-22. Fergal Whitely, Ryan O’Dwyer, Bill O’Carroll and Ronan Hayes were all on the team.

Well done to the Dublin minor hurlers who beat Laois, 2-21 to 0-7.

Dara Purcell and Aaron O’Toole were both on the team.

In club camogie, well done to the intermediate team who beat Bray Emmets, 5-12 to 3-7.

In football, the AFL8 A team drew with Ballyboden, 1-10 apiece.

The MFL1 team had a

good away win to St Vincent’s, 4-8 to 1-12, while the MFL4 team lost to Ballinteer, 4-8 to 7-5.

Well done to the AFL1 team who beat Ballyboden, 3-10 to 0-12. Congrats also to the AFL3 team who beat St Sylvester’s, 5-16 to 1-7.

Hard luck to the AFL4 team who lost to Cuala, 1-10 to 3-15.

The U-14 Camogie Feile B team played their rescheduled tournament but unfortunately did not progress from the group.

Well done to the players and all involved with the team.

Congratulations to the senior ladies football team on their convincing 6-11 to 3-10 win over St Sylvester’s during the week.

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A 2-0 win over Dunboyne was enough to ensure UCD remain an LSL Sunday Senior 1 side for next season as one of the most competitive seasons on record came to a close.

UCD needed just a point to beat the drop but earned all three points thanks to goals from Sean Coyne and Gareth Coughlan.

Declan Sexton missed a penalty in the first half but two breakaway goals in the second half saw Diarmuid McNally’s side win out on the break.

S e a n By r n e a n d Co u g h l a n c o m b i n e d for the latter to tee up Coyne for a tidy finish five minutes after half time, and the same three

combined as Coughlan sealed the win 20 minutes from time.

It brought to an end a helter skelter schedule that, just a few weeks earlier, had the Students in with a reasonable shout of promotion back to the top level.

U C D f i n i s h e d t wo points clear of the drop but just eight points behind promoted side Ballymun United, while Tolka Rovers went down with an unusually high points tally of 33 points.

“That league table was tight – probably the most competitive league I’ve ever been involved in,” McNally told the Dublin Gazette.

“There was very little difference between third from top and third from bottom. There was a rake of seven or eight teams who could easily have got promoted or gone down.

While UCD’s Sunday team avoided relegation, their Saturday team received their league trophy last weekend.

“We were one of a number of teams to get sucked in, but I’m relieved to get over the line. We had an outside chance of getting promoted towards the end of the season.

“We went on a sevengame unbeaten run, but the turning point was losing that game to Swords and we went on a bad run.

“You’ll rarely see a league table like that – the points for going up

was very low and the points for going down was high.”

McNally expects to keep the bulk of his side together for another promotion challenge next season, with striker Declan Sexton the only confirmed departure.

His role as a development coach means players will look to make the move up to the club’s League of Ireland side, with Sean Byrne and Gareth Coughlan having

been involved at that level before.

The Saturday side ran away with the Major 1 title and some of those players will look to step up to Sunday football, as will the Under-19 National League side.

“We might put one or two up to the first team and if they do well they might stay there.

“It’s a very young team we have at the moment so a good group of them will go next year.”

Rovers up for top club award

Broadford Rovers coaches this week at the fundamentals of goalkeeping course.

BROADFORD Rovers have been named on the shortlist of eight clubs for the FAI Club of the Year award.

The awards are now in their 13th year and recognises, celebrates and promotes the inspirational work by clubs around Ireland.

They are the only Dublin club on the list and will be up against Ashbourne United AFC (Meath), Ballinasloe Town AFC (Galway), Ballymackey FC (Tipperary), Broadford United AFC (Limerick), Colga FC (Galway), Greystones United AFC (Wicklow) and

Gweedore Celtic (Donegal) The eight clubs will now receive a cheque worth €1,500 as reward for their nomination and will go forward to the final round at the FAI Festival of Football in Cork this August.

Here, they will present to the 2018 Club of the Year Judging Panel and the overall winners will be announced.

It comes in a week when 14 of the club’s coaches completed an FAI fundamentals of goalkeeping coaching course in Wicklow, adding to their range of skills.

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WIN OVER DUNBOYNE

BOXING: BALLYBRACK HEAVY HITTER MOVES UP SIX ROUNDS

O’Connor looking to make big step forward CELTIC CLASH 6  sport@dublingazette.com

Anthony Bonner in his Sacramento Kings days.

FOLLOWING three wins, with each performance more impressive than the last, Niall O’Connor is now set for a step-up and a big test.

The Ballybrack lightweight scored a showstealing second-round stoppage last time out on the Celtic Clash 5 undercard in March and will now return on Saturday, June 16 at Good Counsel GAA Club in Drimnagh on the Celtic Clash 6 show in his first time fighting over six rounds.

Reflecting on his last performance, in which he dropped Poland’s Marcin Ficner inside the first five seconds, O’Connor described how “it was a one-two, boom, and he just started wobbling.

“Every time he threw a jab, his head was right up in the air. Tony [Davitt, manager and coach] and Barry [O’Meara, coach] kept telling me to wait for his jab, and every time he threw one I landed a right over the top.

“It was just one-two-hook, one-two-hook, and you could see that he was wincing. I knew whenever I landed on him, he didn’t want to know.”

With the greatest of respect to Ficner, O’Connor has been desperate for a step up and looks set to get one on June 16.

The 22-year-old said that “that was the end of the four-rounders, I’m not learning anything from them. I want to go six rounds, eight rounds, ten rounds. Tony looks after all that and I can’t say much but I’m hopeful that we will have a strong opponent next. We have a guy in mind with a good record, on an unbeaten streak, and who has caused a couple of upsets before.”

An extremely hungry and hard-working fighter, O’Connor is ever-present in Paschal Collins’s Celtic Warriors Gym in Corduff alongside some of the countries top fighters. Here he gets some invaluable sparring with the likes of European gold medallist Ray Moylette and

Niall O’Connor lands a punch against Marcin Ficner in March. Picture: Ricardo Guglieminotti

Clondalkin’s Stephen Ormond who is Ireland’s #1 lightweight.

While the technical side of things is flying, O’Connor has also ramped up his strength substantially since debuting last year.

The heavy-puncher is feeling the benefits of this in the ring and described how “I only really started doing strength training after my debut and the difference has been phenomenal. I’m doing three or four sessions a week in Primal

X Fitness in Sallynoggin, Adam Hennessy and the boys are great. It’s not that I’m punching harder or feeling stronger, more so my conditioning is through the roof, I’m as strong in the fifth round as I am in the first and people are noticing it in sparring.”

Tickets for the fight night are priced at €55 (ringside), €35 (unreserved) and are available from the boxers involved. Niall O’Connor can be contacted at 085 232 8914.

NBA legend Bonner coming to town MASTERS BASKETBALL  sport@dublingazette.com

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

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

The big news this year is that the 6’ 8” former NBA legend Anthony Bonner, who played for the New York Knicks, Sacramento

Kings and Orlando Magic will be making his debut.

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

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

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

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

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

There are also teams from Slovenia, Spain, Croatia, England,

Belgium and Scotland as well as the top men’s and women’s teams in Ireland.

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

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

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

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NAOMH OLAF PRIDE of place this week to the U-15B boys football team who won the U-15D championship on Sunday and hard luck to the U-15A team who were beaten in their championship final.

Great result also for the senior football team who overcame St Jude’s in an exciting Division 1 encounter.

Notable wins also for both junior football teams and the junior hurling team in the past week.

Dates have been announced for this year’s National Hurling Development Provincial Coaching Workshops which are open to any Naomh Olaf coach/ mentor. See newsletter for details.

Well done to our Dublin minor hurling players Dónal, Ciarán and Finn on their comprehensive win over Laois and best of luck to them on their in their final match against Wexford.

Best of luck also to Chloe Ní Cheallaigh and the Dublin intermediate camogie team in next Saturday’s Leinster final.

Hard luck to Julie Grimes and the Dublin U-16 football team who lost out to Kildare in the Leinster final.

Dublin senior men’s footballers play Wicklow in the Leinster quarter-final next Saturday. Details of a supporters bus which is being organised will be included in newsletter and social media.

Naomh Olaf’s senior footballers landed a marquee win over St Jude’s in AFL1, 2-14 to 2-12

SHANKILL THE juvenile academy, sponsored by O’Donnell’s Pharmacy, is on Saturday at 10am in Stonebridge Road.

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.

Chase the Ace draw on Sunday nights in Brady’s. There was no jackpot winner the €50 prize went to Niall Campbell.

Next week’s jackpot is €900. Tickets are €2 each or 3 for €5 and are available from club members or in the pub.

There was lots of visiting teams to Stonebridge Road at the weekend with matches in football, hurling and camogie where there were great skills on show. Well done to our coaches and parents for getting all the teams out to their various venues.

We are very proud of our girls who played in the Dublin Ladies Football Feile over the weekend. Winning isn’t everything you were brilliant ambassadors for our club both on and off the field. Well done everybody.

Our Golf Classic is in Delgany Golf Club on Friday, June 29. The cost is €300 per team of four people which includes a meal in Brady’s Pub and plenty of craic during the evening entertainment.

The time sheet is open now; contact

Jimmy Nolan on 087 2633203.

Our Summer Camp this year will be held from Monday, July 2 to Friday, July 6 in a new venue, St Laurence College.

The cost is €55 for members and €65 for non members.

NEWS FLASH: there is going to be a second week for the Summer Camp details to follow. The Gaelic 4 Girls FREE six week programme for new comers to our club aged between 11 and 14 years continues on Thursday evenings from 7 to 8pm and will finish on May 31.

Dublin Ladies Senior All Ireland medal winner Molly Lamb will direct the sessions.

Interested? Contact Steve Davis on 087 6414123.

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 on 086 8449902.

For more information on the club, contact, secretary.shankill.dublingaa.ie or call 086 4010438.

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HOCKEY: TWO BIG WINS EASE SOME RELEGATION PAIN

Monkstown save Irish status at end of tough season  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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MONKSTOWN’S women very much saved the best until last as they finished in fifth place at the EuroHockey Club Trophy which they hosted last weekend at the Merrion Fleet Arena.

The Rathdown club had been double national finalists in 2017 to qualify for Europe but the departure of six front line players last summer and a further two emigrating in mid-season left them seriously down on firepower.

They ended up being relegated from the EY Hockey League back down to the Leinster provincial league.

D e s p i te t h i s, t h ey bounced back in brilliant style in the European competition.

After an opening day 3-0 defeat to Russia’s CSP Krylatskoye, they bounced back to beat French champions Lille 3-2 in a dramatic battle.

They fell behind in the first few minutes but

Natalie Esteves nailed a low corner drag-flick to make it 1-1 in the ninth minute.

Sadhbh Hoban-Logan then put them in front early in the second half with an absolute peach of a strike from the right edge of the circle.

Lille replied in kind to make it 2-2 with Laetitia Canon getting on the end of a corner move at the left post.

But Town kept plugging away and got the win when Rosie Carrigan converted a penalty stroke and they duly held on for the precious win.

On Sunday, they lost 2-0 to Spain’s Junior FC but, crucially, picked up a losing bonus point in the match which meant that they could not be relegated from the Trophy division - the second tier of European club hockey.

It owed much to the brilliance of goalkeeper Liz Murphy and Christine Quinlan in central defence, both of whom have been shining lights in an otherwise tough campaign.

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

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

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

Monkstown goalkeeper Liz Murphy moves to make a save against MSC Sumchanka. Picture: Gerry/gpfoto.ie

It left them in a playoff for fifth position on Monday morning with a win having the potential of bolstering Ireland’s position on the ranking lists.

Again, Esteves fired home a corner for 1-0, the only goal in a victory over Ukraine’s MSC

Sumchanka. The upshot of the performance also meant Ireland retained their place in the Euro Club Cup for 2019 despite UCD’s eighth place finish over the weekend in London. Loreto, as national champs, will take up that place.

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LADIES FOOTBALL: DALKEY SIDE PROVE TOO STRONG IN DIVISION 7

Cuala in seventh Feile heaven AIG DUBLIN FEILE DIVISION 7 FINAL Cuala Castleknock  DAIRE WALSH sport@dublingazette.com

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GOALS in each half by Sadie Bennett and Kerrie Begley helped Cuala ‘B’ to claim the AIG Dublin Feile Division Seven title at O’Toole Park on Sunday afternoon.

In spite of a game effort from Castleknock B, the Dalkey outfit – captained on the day by Sarah O’Hagan – prevailed with seven points to spare. Louisa Kirkwood and Ella Buckley also produced strong displays to keep Knock at bay.

Courtesy of consecutive victories over Trinity Gaels, Thomas Davis and Clontarf on Saturday, Cuala finished at the summit of Group B. They progressed to a semifinal encounter against Raheny.

In their last-four showdown at Thomastown, Cuala recorded a four-point success – 0-8 to 1-1 – to advance to the final.

Castleknock were made to work for their place in the decider by Trinity Gaels, but a hard-earned 1-5 to 2-1 triumph at Bremore Park set them up for a showpiece event in the Crumlin venue.

Although Cuala were on top of possession during the early exchanges, Castleknock posed a considerable threat in attack.

When referee Jonny Jackson awarded a close-range free to her side in the fifthminute, Ailbhe Geraghty was presented with an ideal opportunity to break the deadlock. However, her subsequent effort on goal was deflected away from the target, much to the relief of the Cuala faithful.

At the opposite end, Ella Geary provided the Dalkey girls with a direct option on the edge of the square. She fired narrowly past the post on the stroke of 10 minutes, before Doireann Ni Bhraonain finally edged them in front with the aid of the woodwork.

This was supplemented by Kirkwood’s pointed free, as Cuala looked to create some distance between themselves and their Somerton Park counterparts. While Castleknock played with great discipline in defence, they found themselves staring into a five-point interval deficit, 1-2 to 0-0.

A speculative long-distance strike from Sadie Bennett towards the end of the half slipped through the grasp of Castleknock custodian Saoirse Behan for the opening goal of the game.

This ensured Cuala were in control of their own destiny when the action resumed, and yet still wary of a potential Castleknock backlash. There was certainly no faulting the perseverance of

Crokes and Olaf’s land key victories

Cuala and Castleknock battle for possession in the Division 7 final. Picture: GAAPics.com

‘Knock, who were led superbly on the day

by Molly McCarthy.

Though their radar was off for much of the action, they continued to search for scores as the second period developed.

They simply couldn’t rein in the challenge of Cuala, however, and the outcome was ultimately placed beyond doubt on the half-hour mark.

After Behan had denied Annalivia Hayes at the end of an earlier move, Begley found the roof of the net to secure the second goal of the tie.

There was enough time for Castleknock to open their account through the hard-working Aoife Byrne, but Cuala were not to be denied a much-deserved win.

Brilliant Ballinteer reign in Division 10  sport@dublingazette.com

BALLINTEER St Johns B got the better of Ballyboden St Endas C 3-1 to 0-6 in the Division 10 AIG Dublin Feile Final 2018 in Tallaght Stadium on Sunday morning.

The Ballinteer side’s eye for goal shone as bright as their orange strip as they struck early after some good play from the forward line on the right wing led to a goalmouth scramble.

A long-range shot left Ballyboden’s goalkeeper Kate Coffey powerless to prevent another goal for Ballinteer just moments later as the ball hit the post and ricocheted in.

However, Boden were not deterred by Ballinteer’s Sarah Fleming and Katie Dillon’s early goals, dusting themselves off and working their way into the game.

A period of relentless pressure led to several goalmouth scrambles which forced Ballinteer’s

goalkeeper Lisa Bergin and her defence into action, proving they had grit to back up their attacking flare.

Boden got on the board with a free and ran up a few points to give them confidence but BSJ responded in kind with a point of their own.

Buoyed by their improved showing in the later stages of the first half, Ballyboden tried to take the game to Ballinteer in the second.

But the game soon swung back in Ballinteer’s favour with the orange ladies delivering the best football in the second half.

Space was exploited by Ballinteer’s half forward Cora McCarthy who slotted home the oranges’ third goal to give them a six point lead coming into the final moments of the second half.

Boden put two more points on the board but could not close the gap further and Ballinteer had the win.

AFL1

Ballinteer St John’s celebrate their success. Picture: GAAPics.com

KILMACUD Crokes ran up their second win of 2018 over Ballyboden St Enda’s as they scored a 3-10 to 0-12 win at Silverpark in AFL Division 1, adding to their win in the championship.

Longford native Brian Kavanagh and Dara Mullin provided the clinical edge in attack on this occasion, their sharp three-point finishes helping the Stillorgan side to secure a 2-2 to 0-5 interval cushion.

While Boden, undefeated heading into this contest, caused a number of problems to the Crokes rearguard, the experienced duo of Pat Burke and Mark Vaughan kept the hosts in the ascendancy.

Tom Fox and Callum Pearson also found the target, before Stephen Williams added a goal on the stroke of 50 minutes to seal Crokes’ third win of the competition.

Elsewhere, Tom Keane and substitute Darragh Byrne kicked late points at Pairc Ui Bhriain on Saturday evening to give Naomh Olaf a narrow victory over southside rivals St Jude’s.

Keane’s impressive haul of 2-3 proved crucial on the night for Olaf’s, but he was ably-assisted by powerful midfielder Darren O’Neill.

Declan Donnelly and Padraig Clarke were the danger men in attack for Jude’s, who were minus the services of county star Kevin McManamon.

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JORDAN Larmour outlined exactly how meteoric his rise has been on the eve of another piece of silverware in an incredible nine months since he burst onto the scene, The rugby starlet is likely to line out this weekend against the Scarlets in the Pro 14 final (Saturday, 6pm in the Aviva Stadium), the last act of a season that has already seen him be part of the Irish grand slam success and the European Champions Cup victory earlier this month.

It is a far cry from his humble targets for the current campaign.

“I had written down on my notebook to start in the British and Irish Cup,” the St Andrew’s College alumni told the press this week. “And get a few Pro 14 games under my belt.”

“If you told me that at the beginning of the season, I wouldn’t have believed you. I was in the sub-academy trying to do the best I could there, playing for St Mary’s at the time. So yeah, if you said I’d be involved in the

Jordan Larmour on the rampage in the Pro 14 earlier this season.

Picture: Martin Doherty

Champions Cup team or the Grand Slam-winning team I wouldn’t have believed you.”

It has been a remarkable step up for the winger with the big side-step but he says fitting in with his new contemporaries could not have been more seamless.

“I thought it would be a lot different,” he says.

“But it’s just like another rugby team. It’s a group

of lads, everyone playing the game. Everyone just loving playing it as well. The competition for places is so high in here.

If you have a bad training session it hangs over you. “ I ’ve n eve r re a l l y thought about being different. I just kind of tried to do the best I can, be the best rugby player I can. When you get that opportunity you just want to take it.”

Because of the sharp trajectory to his career, he adds that there are plenty of things for him to continue to improve on.

“My step and things like that is my strength so I definitely want to work on my strength,” he says. “I’ve been humiliated a fair amount in training. I’ll take it as it comes.

“At the moment I’m doing a good bit of

defence work with Hugh Hogan before training and after training, oneon-one stuff. All the coaches will come up to you and show video clips of what others players are doing, things to think about.”

As for the final, Isa Nacewa picked up a calf injury in the Champions Cup final which caused him discomfort and he was replaced at half-

time against Munster. He will be further assessed before the game J o h n ny S e x t o n i s expected to be in contention after a calf injury picked up at training late last week and will be further assessed this week ahead of selection.

Dan Leavy missed the semi-final against Munster with a tight hamstring and will also be further assessed.