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SPORT

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WE WANT YOU(TH) TO JOIN US: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone with Jake Bushe, Kate Pettit and Ellen Sunderland, from South Dublin Comhairle na nÓg, at the recent Comhairle na nÓg National Showcase 2018. Hundreds of young people gathered to show how they give a voice to protecting the rights of young people, and informing decision-makers of what is important to young people in Ireland. Picture: SON Photography

Bizarre decision to fake player’s death

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Club’s frantic effort to avoid match

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A PROBE has been launched after a local football club faked a player’s death to get out of playing a match.

Ballybrack FC were due to play Arklow Town on Saturday afternoon but the

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bizarre story unfolded when the south Dublin club informed the Leinster Senior League (LSL) that one of their players had died in a traffic accident on Thursday evening.

The club posted a message on Facebook saying: “It’s with great sadness that Bally-

brack FC must report the tragic loss of one [of] our senior players Fernando NunolaFuente who passed away Friday morning after a traffic accident on Thursday night.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and team mates at this time. Rest in peace Fernando,” said the post.

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Grandad raises €30k for sick kids

A STEPASIDE grandad, inspired by his sick grandson, has raised a whopping €30,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

Don Briggs (66) wrote The Return of the Dragon, illustrated by Naomi Peppard, after little Flynn was taken ill, with the care he got at the hospital leading to Don’s incredible thank-you gift.

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RESIDENTS URGED TO HAVE SAY ON LOCAL AREA PLAN

Funding boost for Dundrum and Stillorgan welcomed REBECCA RYAN

lorgan is a recipient of over €1.3m.

A BIG funding boost announced for It is great news for the residents of projects in Stillorgan and Dundrum Stillorgan particularly those in St have been welcomed.

Laurence’s Park and Beaufield Park,” On Monday, Taoiseach Leo Varad- said Cllr Donnelly. kar and Housing Minister Eoghan The news comes as Dun Laoghaire Murphy announced that 88 projects Rathdown County Council have across Ireland will be allocated a announced they intend to prepare a total of €100 million under the Urban Local Area Plan (LAP) for Dundrum Regeneration and Development from 2019-2025.

Fund (URDF).

An ‘Issues Paper’ has been preLocal Minister Josepha Madigan is pared and members of the public are delighted with the major infrastructure boost for the two communities.

“I have been campaigning for the development of a new cultural and civic space in Dundrum for many months, and it is great to see this development move a step closer.

“Dundrum is more than just a Dundrum is set to benefit from a major funding boost shopping centre – it is a historic urban area and should being encouraged to have their say.

Councillor Anne Colgan (IND), be recognised as such. I am firm in my belief that a dedicated civic and who is also chairperson of local group cultural space for the strong local Imagine Dundrum group said it gives community in Dundrum must be a locals the opportunity to have their primary feature of any Local Area say on areas such as heritage, open spaces and recreation, community Plan for Dundrum.”

Cllr Deirdre Donnelly (IND) has and social facilities, transport and traffic management. also welcomed the news.

She told Dublin Gazette she is “I am delighted to hear that Stil-

delighted to see the process starting: “We’ve strongly campaigned for a local area plan, so we’re very pleased to see the process starting.

It will be a really important planning framework for the development for Dundrum.”

In a statement, Imagine Dundrum have also said they are particularly interested in representing the views of people with disabilities and would like to hear any suggestions for improvement.

Local TD Catherine Martin (GP) has called on the community to make their voices heard.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for the people of Dundrum to have their say in the future of their community.

“I would urge members of the community to make submissions to this consultation before the 14th of December,” said Deputy Martin.

Imagine Dundrum are holding an open meeting to share ideas on Wednesday December 5th at 7.30pm in Holy Cross Primary School, Dundrum.

The deadline for submissions to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is December 14th.

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South Dublin nursing home celebrates with MC Marty Whelan

Local nursing home celebrates award A SOUTH Dublin Nursing Home is celebrating after scooping a top honour at the Nursing Homes Ireland Care Awards.

Norma Sheehan of St Joseph’s Centre in Shankill was the winner of the Nursing Home Excellence in Dementia Care Award.

Norma claimed her honour at the awards ceremony at Citywest Hotel on November 15, where RTE presenter Marty Whelan was the event MC. She was also a finalist in the Nursing Home Director of Nursing/Person in Charge Award.

Tadhg Daly, Nursing Homes Ireland CEO extended his congratulations to Norma.

He said: “Congratulations to Norma for her magnificent achievement in winning the Nursing Home Excellence in Dementia Care Award. The award is established to acknowledge and celebrate persons living with dementia and the excellent care that they receive in Irish nursing homes.”

Christmas Bazaar for charity in Rathfarnham A CHRISTMAS Bazaar for charity will take place in Rathfarnham Quaker Meeting House, 62 Crannagh Road, Dublin 14, on December 1 from 12 to 3.

Stalls will include antiques and collectables, cakes and savories, Christmas cards and gifts, potted plants, books, DVDs, CDs and children’s toys and books.

A kids’ fun zone will include face-painting, magic shows and lots of crazy games.

There will also be a cafe where tea, coffee, soup and home-made treats will be served.

All proceeds will go to Irish Quaker Faith in Action, which supports a variety of projects here and overseas, including work with prisoners, refugees and homeless people in Ireland, education projects and food relief in Africa and trauma rehabilitation work with children in Gaza.

Entrance charge: adults €2.50, children 50c. All are welcome.

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PEOPLE: INSPIRED TO WRITE BOOK FOLLOWING GRANDSON’S SERIOUS ILLNESS

Stepaside man’s book raises €30k for charity REBECCA RYAN rryan@dublingazette.com

A STEPASIDE man, who was inspired to write a children’s book after his grandson was struck with a serious illness, has raised €30,000 for Temple Street.

Written by Don Briggs and illustrated by Naomi Peppard, The Return of the Dragon is about a boy’s pet dragon who escapes from the garden shed and his family go on an adventure to search for the missing dragon.

Don (66) wrote the book when his eightmonth-old grandson Flynn received multiple viral respiratory infections during Christmas 2016 and was rushed to intensive care. Don told Dublin Gazette it was a very “scary” time for the family.

“My son and daughter in law brought him to Tallaght. They took one look at him and transferred him immediately by ambulance to Temple Street.

“He went straight on to a ventilator in intensive care for five days. It was a very scary time.

“Antibiotics weren’t helping. His oxygen levels were down to about 30-40% of what they should be.”

Thankfully Flynn pulled through and Don said his now two-year-old grandson is “flying”.

“He’s as bumptious and boisterous and devilish and as twinkle in the eye-ish as you can get!

“We keep half an eye on him with chesty coughs, but he’s two and a bit now. He’s flying. He’s in great nick. He’s wonderful.”

All of the proceeds of the book go to support The Temple Street Foundation. Fundraising hit the 30k mark last Friday and Don said he is thrilled!

“I feel really chuffed. It’s great to be able to give something back.”

The Return of the Dragon is available for €10 at outlets including Irish Design Gallery Dun Laoghaire, Design Loft Powerscourt, Village Books and Paraphernalia in Greystones, Creation Room at Fishers Newtownmountkennedy, Beechlawn Medical Centre Monkstown, Brophy Opticians Stillorgan, Jane Carroll Designs in Blackrock and Newsrail in Ballyogan and Cabinteely.

The book can also be ordered through Don directly by emailing donbriggs@eircom.net and also from the Temple Street Foundation.

Don will be at The Boatyard in Greystones all day this Sunday, December 2, signing the book.

Don Briggs with grandson Flynn and his new book The Return of the Dragon

PARK

Funding boost for Fernhill A NEW funding boost announced for Fernhill Park and Gardens has been welcomed.

The funding worth €400,000 is part of the government’s Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme.

Local Minister Shane Ross has welcomed the news: “After a vigorous campaign, Cllr Kevin Daly and I were delighted when the council purchased the Fernhill estate in late 2014.

“I am very happy that funding has just been approved in order to accelerate some of the many plans for the park – these include a children’s play area, sports facilities, dogs ‘off-leash’ zones, tearooms and a variety of wetlands and gardens,” said Minister Ross.

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BALLINTEER: STAFF LEFT SHAKEN AFTER MAN WEARING BALACLAVA DEMANDED MONEY

Raider armed with screwdriver holds up salon REBECCA RYAN

THE community are shocked after a local salon was held up by a man with a screwdriver.

Last Tuesday at around 5pm, a man wearing a balaclava entered Ebano in Ballinteer and demanded money from the staff.

Owner Karen Burke told Dublin Gazette what happened and said the staff were “shaken”.

“I was working on the front desk and he just came in the front door. One of my colleagues was stand-

ing behind me. He had a weapon, a screwdriver and he told us to open the till.

“We just jumped back out of the way trying to stay out of his way.

“There wasn’t that much cash in the till, we’re a card kind of business no one really pays in cash, but he got a couple of hundred quid.”

Karen said he then asked for their handbags but soon fled.

She said the staff are ok but shaken. “We were shaken. It’s not a nice thing. We’re just scared.

“Thank God no one was injured. We’re here 11 years and it’s such a safe area.

Now we’re working with the door locked.”

The community has rallied around the staff since the incident and Karen said it’s worth pulling the shutter back up for them.

“People are so good.

We’ve had more people come through the doors with flowers and chocolates and little survival kits and even cards that their kids made, they’re so brilliant.

“We’ve a lovely com-

munity around here.

Lucky enough for that it’s worth pulling the shutter back up.

“It takes the sting out of it knowing that so many people care, and it encourages you to keep on going.”

Karen encouraged other businesses in the locality to “keep vigilant”.

Locals have been flocking to social media to send messages of support to the shop.

Most of the messages were filled with concern hoping the staff were ok.

One wrote: “Shocking…

Ebano in Ballinteer

lovely staff, so sorry they had to go through a horrific experience.

“Hope they’re taking time to look after themselves.”

While another wrote: “Hope everyone is ok.

Thank you for letting us know - the more people are aware the better.”

B a l l i n t e e r To d a y warned others on their Facebook page: “Please be vigilant, Ebano Ballinteer was held up yes-

terday. Hope anyone in the salon at the time are ok.”

A Garda spokesperson told Dublin Gazette that no arrests have been made and that investigations are ongoing.

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GALLERIES

Pamela Flood and Ronan Ryan

Johnny Vegas and Maia Dunphy

Victoria Quinn and daughter Charlotte Quinn. Pictures: Brian McEvoy

Niamh Goan and Sara Cali

Emma Galway and Tamso Doyle

Christmas Experience at Airfield Estate launched

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TEACHER FOUND DEAD IN CAPE TOWN

Man in court over murder of former local principal A MAN has been charged with the murder of a former principal at a Churchtown school and a loved aid worker.

John Curran (60) was fatally stabbed in Cape Town, South Africa on November 7 during a robbery in his apartment.

24-year-old Congolese born Mitspa Mzakomba Onyoka appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Monday charged with his murder. He was also charged with aggravated burglary.

Mr Onyoka was arrested on Friday night in Cape Town. He was given free legal aid and the services of an interpreter.

The suspect is being held in custody and will appear in court again next Monday, December 3.

John was a former principal of the Good Shepherd National School in Churchtown for 16 years up until 2005.

He was in South Africa as a director of education charity Mellon Educate renovating schools and improving the standard of education for those less fortunate in the country.

The father-of-four had just finished his two-year contact with the charity and was staying in Cape Town on holiday for a number of weeks before he was due to come home to Ireland.

At the time, the Churchtown school said: “An innovative educator, John’s vision and enthusiasm still influence our ethos and can be seen at work throughout our school today. We are proud to continue the work he began here in 1989.

“We know that many of you share our fond memories of John. He will be sadly missed by parents, staff, past pupils and all those in the wider Good Shepherd school community.”

While local Minister Josepha Madigan said: “At a national level he was involved in numerous projects with Irish Principals Primary Network over the years. His legacy in the area of education is a significant one. He will be sadly missed.”

A memorial service for John was held in Dublin last Friday and a book of condolence has also been opened in his memory.

BORD PLEANALA: WEEK LONG ORAL HEARING AT AN END

‘Hopefully the Hellfire project will be rejected’ REBECCA RYAN and PADRAIG CONLON

A WEEK long Bord Pleanala oral hearing regarding the development of the Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill ended this week.

South Dublin County Council want to build a visitor centre and triple visitor numbers at the site to 300,000 a year.

The proposed development would include a panoramic café, exhibition space, a ramblers lounge, toilets, changing facilities, a shop and education centre.

The council’s plans however have led to furious objections from many local residents, politicians and the Save The Hellfire group.

People Before Profit TD for Dublin Mid-West Gino Kenny, who took part in the oral submission last Tuesday (20th November) told Dublin Gazette: “I spoke with regard to the bio diversity and transport issues involved and overall this is not a good project for that area.

Artists impression of proposed visitors centre

“I’m all for people utilising the Dublin mountains but this project would be highly detrimental.

“The intense volume of traffic this would bring to what is a very, very, small road would be difficult to manage.

“The council say it’s a “gateway” to the Dublin mountains but this is not credible, it’s the wrong location for that.

“It’s difficult to say how

An Bord Pleanala will decide this, hopefully the project will be rejected.”

Grainne Corcoran from Save the Hellfire Group said: “As we have clearly stated from the start this €15m+ proposal is overscaled and inappropriately located.

“In order to secure planning permission SDCC and Coillte would have to get the EU to throw out the Habitats Directive.

“This white elephant is endangered thanks to 20,000 petitioners, local businesses and community groups who came together under Save the Hellfire.

“We look forward to the decision which is expected early 2019.”

The council outlined its application at the start of the oral hearing last week.

Paul Keogh, an architect for South Dublin Council, said something has to be done to protect the site due to an expected increase in visitor numbers in the next decade.

“The projected growth in the population of Dublin and visitors to the city will of itself result in an exponential increase in the number of visitors to the Dublin Mountains in the decades ahead,” he said.

“A do-nothing scenario is therefore not sustainable.”

Preservation work would be carried out on a number of national monuments in the area including the Hellfire Club itself.

He said the council’s policy is to do “as much as necessary and as little as possible”.

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Meeting Santa

A warm welcome for the man in red

Mick Coleman, Finn Barry and Joanna Barry. Pictures: Peter Cavanagh Photography

Official opening of the Dún Laoghaire Christmas Fair

Susan Byrne and Clara Conway

The excitement builds

Sophie Green and Molly Halpin with Santa

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VOLUNTEERS: TREMENDOUS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY IS RECOGNISED

N-ice work gets local ski instructors a nod for award REBECCA RYAN

A HUSBAND and wife duo who volunteer at a club to teach people with learning difficulties how to ski are up for an award for the tremendous work they do in their community.

Eddie and Kathleen Sythes, who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year, have been running the classes at The Ski Club of Ireland in Kilternan for the last 20 years. Eddie told Dublin Gazette how they got

involved.

“We’ve been involved in the ski club for 40 years and we always had the odd club member that had a special needs child or family member.

“One of the care centres was looking for a sport for adults with a mild learning disability and they contacted the ski club. That’s going back to 1995. We took on a group then and kept it going ever since.”

The classes run every Tuesday afternoon from

September to Easter and ages of the skiers range from 11 to 50. Eddie said they are heavily involved in the Special Olympics and take home medals every time.

“We have about 27 people with a learning disability being taught how to ski.

There’s a group of volunteers, we’re all volunteers.

“We take part in the Special Olympics competitions. We’ve been to games in Canada, Japan, Korea, all over the place!

“We’ve been to five or six

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New TV series to follow CU members

Eddie and Kathleen at the Special Olympics. Inset: Stuart Brierton

different world games over a 20 odd year period. We always win several medals every time.”

Skier Stuart Brierton (21) is one of those skiers and travels up from Bray to go to Kilternan. He won medals in at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in South Korea in 2013.

He told Dublin Gazette he really enjoys going and it has helped him in a lot of ways.

“It has benefited me in a lot of ways. I went to Austria with the club prior to the 2013 world winter games in PyeongChang, South Korea where I won two silver and one gold in Alpine skiing with thanks to the Ski Club of Ireland and Special Olympics.

“It has also made me one of the very few that ski in Ireland on a weekly basis.”

He said he is so grateful for the work that Eddie and Kathleen do.

“Without Eddie and Kathleen, I would have not learned the art of skiing which I’m happy for,” said Stuart.

Eddie and Kathleen Sythes have been nominated for Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s Community and Volunteer Awards 2018 for their volunteer work.

The award ceremony takes place at The Radisson Blu, St Helen’s today (Thursday).

ALLEYCATS TV are currently filming an exciting new TV series which will follow Credit Union members across the country as they apply for their loans and follow them in the process of spending their money.

Heritage Credit Union, is one of the four locations across the country where cameras will have access to the loan offices, the staff, and hopefully, you the members.

Through the filming process, Alleycats TV are keen to uncover the reasons behind people’s loans, whether it’s fifty or five hundred thousand euro, there’s always a great story to tell.

So, whether you are wanting a new car, home improvements, wedding, vet bills, medical or even student expenses... anything really! join in and let Alleycats film your story.

Filming will take place at Heritage Credit Union, Main Street Rathfarnham on Thursday 13th December Saturday 15th December. If you are interested in taking part please phone Grainne / Niamh at 087 9158629 or email borrowers@alleycats.tv.

Festive fun at Dalkey Castle DALKEY’S Castle Christmas Tours with Santa are taking place at Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre in December.

The children will engage with Jingle who sings Christmas riddles while preparing the food for Santa and the reindeers. Jingle leads the children to the battlements to chant to the North Star that guides the reindeers around the world.

Then Twinkle, the Christmas Elf, joins in the show.

The highlight, needless to say, is the appearance of the celebrity himself- Santa Claus!

Tours take place on December 8, 9, 15, 16 and 22 from 11am. Children’s Tickets €8.50 (include Goody Bag for small children) and Adult Tickets €8.50.

Booking in advance advised. See www.dalkeycastle.com/booktickets.

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FASTNews Tributes pour in for loved publican who died in fire TRIBUTES have been flooding in for a popular publican from Milltown who died tragically in a house fire.

Emergency services attended the blaze on Friday, November 16 at 7.30am. Raphael Mulligan (46) was taken to St. James’s Hospital where he passed away two days later. Gardai told Dublin Gazette that the incident is not currently being treated as suspicious.

The father of three was buried last Friday in Shanganagh Cemetery in Shankill.

Raphael worked at his family run pub Hartigan’s on Leeson Street and people have been paying their respects online to the much-loved barman.

One wrote: “So beyond sad today - the world lost one of the kindest people I know. There was only one Raphael Mulligan.

God rest his soul.”

While another wrote: “Devastated by the death of my friend Raphael. An absolute gentleman. A hugely important part of the best times in my life. Loved and badly missed by his friends.”

A touching tribute from a woman who worked across from Hartigan’s years back wrote: “I’m so deeply sorry for this tragic loss. What a true gentleman who had a heart of gold. He was so welcoming from the moment I met him. He’ll be deeply missed by everyone.”

While another punter wrote: “I am in complete shock.

Raphael was one of the nicest, kindest and funniest [people] I have had the pleasure to know for many years and I will always remember how he always had a big shake hands and big hello whenever I met him.”

LEINSTER SENIOR LEAGUE: FOOTBALL WORLD IN SHOCK

‘Disgraceful’ decision places Ballybrack FC under investigation FROM PAGE 1

A minute’s silence was held, and black armbands were worn in the player’s honour at all LSL games played at the weekend.

H o w e v e r, w h e n t h e league enquired about sending a rep to the funeral, they were told he had already been flown back to Spain on Saturday which caused suspicion to have happened so quickly.

After some probing the league subsequently learned that the player was not dead but in fact alive and well back in Spain.

Leinster Senior League chairman David Moran

described the incident as a “disgrace.”

In a statement, he said: “We are glad to hear the player is in good health and has returned to his native Spain.

Apologies “The Le inster Senior League would like to offer their sincerest apologies for any distress caused as a result of notifying clubs as to the demise of a valued player,” said Mr Moran.

He added they will cooperate with the investigation and the league will also deal with the issue through their own internal disciplinary procedures.

Ballybrack FC is blaming

a rogue member of management for faking the players death to get the match called off.

In a statement, the club describe the false reporting of the players death as a “gross error of judgement” and a “grave and unacceptable mistake” from a member of their senior management team.

Error In a statement, the Ballybrack Senior Football Team said: “It has come to the attention of both the club, senior players and the management team that a gross error of judgement has occurred emanating from

correspondence sent from a member of the senior set up management team to the Leinster Senior League.

“This grave and unacceptable mistake was completely out of character and was made by a person who has been experiencing severe personal difficulties unbeknownst to any other members of the club.”

The club added that the person in question has been relieved of all footballing duties.

The club also offered their sincere apologies to the Leinster Senior League, their opponents Arklow Town FC and others who were affected by the fiasco.

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LOVE YOUR DUBLIN: THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT DUBLIN’S MARKETS HAVE TO OFFER

DUBLIN IS PACKED WITH AMAZING MARKETS FOR YOU TO EXPLORE

DUBLIN MADE EASY AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF DUBLIN’S BEST MARKETS

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HETHER you are looking for a bag of organic vegetables, a cheap bike or some rare 1970’s Krautrock vinyl then the great range of markets scattered across Dublin are well worth exploring. Street markets enjoyed a golden age during the recession as many landlords were under pressure and willing to try different options to ensure their property wasn’t lying empty.

They also had a positive impact on the economy of the city as many small startups tested their products out on the street markets.

Traders could learn their pitch and interact with potential customers one to one as Dublin’s street markets drew bigger and bigger crowds.

Since the advent of the recovery, and rising rents, street markets in the capital have been hit hard with seven closing down in the last few years.

Thankfully there are still some great ones left each with their vast array of amazing stuff waiting to be discovered.

With so many to choose from we’ve picked out a few of Dublin’s best.

DUBLIN FLEA MARKET

HOWTH MARKET

BLACKROCK MARKET

THE Dublin Flea Market celebrates its 10th birthday this month and is now one of Dublin’s best loved and most popular markets.

Currently, the market are located at Point Square, beside the 3Arena, for some very exciting Christmas markets coming up in two weekends December - the 6th to 9th and the 13th to 16th.

It’s an indoor market with over 70 stalls selling everything from quality vintage clothes to second hand bikes, antiques and furniture. There is also an organic food open on market days with an excellent selection of produce.

HOWTH Market was established in 2009 and has grown massively in popularity among locals, tourists and visitors from out of town.

Located conveniently on the Harbour Road opposite Howth Dart station, it underwent a major upgrade in the summer of 2013 and is now very well equipped to deal with the huge crowds every weekend.

Offering an eclectic mix of organic food, beautiful baked goods, clothes, antiques, jewellery plus lots more the market is open every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday from 10am to 6pm whilst the front five units serve the public 7 days a week.

THE long established Blackrock Market, which opened in 1996, is one of the best run and most successful weekend markets in Dublin.

Located just off the main street of the town, it is very similar to the tradition flea markets found all across Europe offering a range of independent and artisan shops who sell all sorts of items like hand crafts, bean bags, candles, stamps, coins, second hand books, antiques and furniture.

Blackrock Market is open every weekend, plus Bank Holiday Mondays and there are usually over 50 traders in attendance.

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PERFORMERS Erika Brocca and Maria Corcoran from Clowns Without Borders joined Dartry girl Sophia McDonagh as the Dublin Human Rights Festival 2018 in Smock Alley got ready to open. The festival helped to celebrate the voices and actions of human rights defenders from Ireland and around the world, bringing leading human rights organisations together for a weekend full of interactive workshops, panel discussions, artistic performances and more. With Ireland’s continuing contribution to many human rights issues all around the world, it was fitting that Dublin helped to bring many like-minded figures together – and to have a light-hearted moment of clowning around. Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

FUNDERLAND RETURNS FUNDERLAND will return to the RDS on St Stephen’s Day for a two-week run.

Noted as one of the largest travelling amusement parks in Europe, Funderland will feature rollercoasters and as many as fifteen different thrilling attractions carefully selected from among the top attractions in Europe.

There are always a host of attractions that are sure to appease even the most seasoned thrill seekers who dare

to be suspended upside down, turned over or whisked through the air.

As well as that, there’s an extensive selection of Juvenile attractions for young children to enjoy.

Funderland is dedicated to the idea that there should always be fun and affordable places to go, and their mission is to provide top class entertainment across the board.

Tickets are available now from Funderland.com/tickets.

Congratulations to another Gazette winner!

CONGRATULATIONS to reader Patrick McLoughlin, from Clonsilla, who was selected as winner of our Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel com-

petition in our November 15 issue.

After correctly answering “C: Killiney” to the multi-choice question: “Fitzpatrick Castle

Hotel is located in...”, he has won four tickets for one of the hotel’s upcoming Christmas party nights.

Have a great time, Patrick!

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SOME OF THE LATEST EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN DUBLIN

Irish music and song COMHALTAS Ceoltóirí Éireann is presenting a journey through 500 years of Ireland’s History through Irish traditional music and song.

The repertoire for this performance includes pieces such as O’ Sullivan’s March, Miss Hamilton, O’Breathe Not His Name, The Independence Hornpipe, which are interconnected with key events and periods in Irish history.

Performers will include Mary

DOG OF THE WEEK

DUBLIN Gazette Newspapers has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for lost and abandoned dogs. Isaac is a stunning two-year-old Collie cross who is looking for a patient and loving family.

He is a sensitive soul and can be shy initially, but having the company of another canine friend helps him.

Isaac will need to live with another confident dog that will help him settle in. With the company of another pooch pal, Isaac should be fine left alone for a few hours throughout the day. He is a beautiful dog with a heart of gold and will blossom in the right environment – all he needs is somebody to give him a second chance in a loving and understanding home.

If you have room in your heart and home for Isaac then please contact Dogs Trust on 01 879 1000. They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50. Map and directions can be found on their website www. dogstrust.ie. You can also find them on Facebook www.facebook.com/dogstrustirelandonline or Twitter @DogsTrust_IE. (Remember: Always have your dog on a lead when in public.)

ESTARS FEATURING FORTNITE COMING TO CROKE PARK EStars have announced a major Ireland grassroots esports tournament in Croke Park, that will feature the much-adored game, Fortnite.

EStars featuring Fortnite will see fans and gamers of all levels participate in a series of Battle Royale contests, which will come to Croke Park on 15th, 16th & 17th February 2019.

The tournament tour will visit the best sports stadiums across the UK and Europe over three months, offering fans of the world’s hottest game the chance to play live and compete against thousands of others.

General tickets are on sale on www. estars.pro, priced at €30, with no surplus fee charges applied.

Unique gifts at the RDS IF you’re foraging for foodie gift ideas this Christmas, then look no further than Gifted - The Contemporary Craft and Design Fair in the RDS. Gifted is set to attract over 45,000 people from December 5-9 to snap up gifts from 500 designers, makers and artisan food producers. The Spectacular Christmas Food Emporium features over 100 artisan food producers, where you can meet the experts who can help you plan and source every aspect of your festive meal right up to the organic bronzed turkey.

There will be 10% off everything at Gifted on the opening day, Wednesday, December 5. Gifted - The Contemporary Craft and Design Fair takes place at the RDS Main Hall from December 5-9 from 10am each day.

Full details and booking can be found at www.giftedfair.ie

Kelly (harp), Lauryn Breathnach (fiddle), Seán Ó Sé (whistle) and Siobhán Ní Chonaráin (flute) .

The event takes place in The Community Centre in Mount Merrion on Thursday 6th December at 8.00pm.

Tickets are €4.00, Students €2.00 and there is no charge for members.

See www.mountmerrionhistorical.com for more.

DIARY

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

Seb Flood and Aaron McHugh

Joe and Sarah-Jane Nally with Alfie and Massie. Pictures: Andres Poveda Elana Brennan and Allie Brennan

Chloe Connellan and Joy Brady

The Odeon Point Square hosts Disney film preview T HE Odeon Point Square Dublin was packed with film fans last week for the special preview screening of Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet.

The new movie follows Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz on their latest adventure after their arcade gets connected to the World Wide Web.

Mark O’Keefe with children Charlie, Ely and Isabella

Leslie Conroy and Tommy Conroy-Roach

Zoe, Emily and Mathew O’Connor

Ben and Sam with dad Peter Leonard

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FEATURES

PEOPLE | YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER ON HIS DREAM GIG SHOOTING STARS

Photo fame is a snap for a modest lad from Lucan RACHEL D’ARCY

AT THE age of 22, photographer and Lucan lad Christian Tierney h a s a l re a d y wo r ke d with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including the likes of Dua Lipa and Niall Horan.

Talking to Dublin Gazette, he said: “When I was about 14, I got my first proper expensive camera, and I started going through the MCD gig listings, just emailing the managers of all these artists coming to Dublin and asking if I could video them, hoping someone would get back to me and let me record.

“After making videos for a while, someone contacted me and asked me if I’d make a music video for them, a Dublin rapper.

“I’d never been paid for anything before at that point. It was so cool to see I could bridge the gap between my two greatest passions and

make something out of it.

“I went in and did it on my last day of second year, and I knew I wanted to keep doing it, and it just snowballed from there.”

Having worked with the likes of Macklemore and James Bay all before the age of 20, Christian started out recording acoustic sessions for his YouTube channel, racking up millions of views.

He was the first person to record James Bay’s hit, Let It Go, garnering 6.6 million views on that video alone. “[Bay had] just written the track, so it was great to hear him perform it. It was before he was signed, and before [the song] became one of his biggest hits.

“It was the same with Macklemore, I got to work with them before they got as big as they are now when I was 15, which was so cool.

“I was working these gigs, and then because I was in the venues

already, they offered me photo passes to stay on during the shows.

“That’s when I started to really fall in love with it, I started liking photography more than video. I wanted to try something new.

“That’s how I started building up my portfolio, got booked for more photography jobs and now here we are,” Christian said.

Fast-forward to today and the photographer has been around the g l o b e o n to u r w i t h Niall Horan, also documenting Hailee Steinfeld’s tour and Conor McGregor’s preparation ahead of his bout with Floyd Merriweather.

“People have this idea of a ‘rockstar’ touring lifestyle, but it’s really exhausting, really draining. You don’t go home at 5pm like other jobs, but I love it.

“Niall’s tour is a career highlight for me. I’ve never worked one-onone with one artist for so long before, and I

Photographer Christian Tierney (above), with some of his shots of (running from top left) Conor McGregor, Niall Horan, Dua Lipa, Ellen Degeneres and Hailee Steinfield

really got to know them, spend more time with them and get to document the behind-thescenes stuff people don’t really get to see.

“I was living on a bus with ten other lads, Niall’s band, so you naturally all become really good friends. It doesn’t feel like work, because it’s a job I’ve always wanted to do.

“Despite the downsides, it’s really amazing, it’s incredible. You get to wake up in a new c ity or new country every day that you’ve never been to before. “ T h e b e n e f i t s a re incredible – I get to travel the world doing what I love.”

To see some more of his superb work, look for @ChristianTierney on Instagram.

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TRAINER TIPS

The Five Benefits of Functional Training THIS week, Martin Stoynov – a trainer (right) at Icon Health Club, Camden Street – discusses the trend of functional training in gyms FUNCTIONAL training has become a new trend in gyms these days and there is a good reason for that. Using workouts that shift the focus in fitness to a much more practical full body workout, functional training works by exercising your muscles in a similar way to how your body would be used in everyday life. It’s the type of training that prepares your body for various forms of daily activity and thus, maintains body strength and endurance that can be applied across all areas.

With an emphasis on strength and flexibility the benefits of functional training differ from other workouts because of the way it targets your body. It incorporates different aspects of fitness and it takes into consideration the physical laws applied to daily body movements, functional training is aimed at boosting your health and general wellbeing. Want to try it for yourself? Here’s what functional fitness is all about and the benefits you’ll get.

1. INCREASES THE EASE OF EVERYDAY LIFE By improving the overall function of your body, boosting muscle strength and endurance, and developing muscle and body stability everyday activities can be completed with more ease.

Compared to conventional training, the benefits of functional fitness tend to out-weigh everything else because it’s actually targeting the movements we are doing every day. This specific approach to fitness helps your quality of life to be increased in a way that’s practical, effective and easy.

2. GREATER MUSCLE MEMORY Some of the best benefits of functional fitness include the greater muscle memory. The more your body performs a particular movement or exercise, the faster and more responsive your body can repeat the movements in the future. This can be especially good for sports specific exercises. By performing regular functional fitness exercises, you’re not just building muscle and core strength but actually exercising the brain too - effectively boosting your brain’s memory.

3. INCREASES FLEXIBILITY AND COORDINATION The range in motion of functional exercises are quite large, meaning you need to start and finish in position where your muscles are stretched.

One of the primary goals of functional training is to offer resistance as you move your body in a pattern similar to movements in everyday life. Implementing its exercises and programs works in boosting your body’s functional strength by increasing overall flexibility and coordination. As your range of motion is enhanced, you’ll find day-to-day activities become easier.

4. IMPROVES BALANCE AND POSTURE The exercises implemented through functional training use multiple muscles to enhance your strength and balance, effectively improving your overall posture. Most functional training exercises are not stabilised and require you to recruit other small muscle groups to help support the larger ones, which will help prevent over training one muscle group and giving incorrect posture. Great posture is foundational to all things, so using functional training routines will help in boosting the state of balance in your body enabling you to reach your full potential in activities throughout the day and in the gym.

5. REDUCES YOUR RISK OF INJURY The same way as functional fitness works in improving chronic back pain, muscular pain and joint pain, it’s able to reduce the risk of injury too. Everyday movements can leave runners and sport enthusiasts withering in pain on a bad day, and this is why the exercises behind functional training are so important. By mimicking everyday life movement patterns, your body is more likely able to cope with daily stresses.

Functional training stands out from conventional training because of its way to reduce the risk of injury and stress to your body.

To learn more about the benefits of personal training, visit www.iconhealthclub.ie

Icon Health Club, 1-4 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2.

Telephone: 01 405 3777 www.iconhealthclub.ie

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Therapie to launch their Dundrum clinic THERAPIE CLINIC launch in Dundrum Town Centre on Thursday the

fresh and camera ready, the perfect party season treatment. The

29th of November at 6PM. The first 50 customers to arrive will receive

Hydrofacial is exclusively available in Dundrum to celebrate the

a €50 voucher. Customers can shop great value Christmas skincare

opening and will be available in clinics nationwide in the coming

sets and book the exclusive new Hydrofacial treatment.

weeks.

Thérapie Clinic have created 20 local jobs with the Dundrum opening and to celebrate customers will enjoy canapes and bubbles, with DJ on-site making for a party atmosphere on the 29th. Customers can learn about Thérapie Clinic’s high-end skincare range and Christmas gift sets from brands such as Environ, Murad, Dermalogica, Eve Lom and Helio Care.

The latest treatment brought straight from Hollywood to Thérapie Clinic is the famed Hydrofacial, a favourite of Victoria’s Secret Angel’s. The Hydrofacial has all the benefits of hydradermabrasion and chemical peels with none of the downtime, leaving skin feeling

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THE GRIM REAPER STRIKES AGAIN IN THE ‘OLD DIRECTORS’ CLUB JEEPERS. Another week, and another couple of notable directors have been called to the great screening room in the sky, with Hollywood noting the unusual amount of high-profile deaths in quicker than usual succession.

It’s not this column’s place to keep a morbid death watch of who’s-who – or who-was-who – in Cinema and Hollywood (cinephiles can go and pick up Variety for in-depth tributes to such characters), but it’d be wrong not to mark the unexpected passing of Nicolas Roeg, and Bernardo Bertolucci.

Whether as innovetors or controversial figures, both directors truly left a unique body of work that contained some of Cinema’s most famous – and also infamous – films, with the directors helping at the peak of their powers to cement the status of assorted Hollywood legends, ride the wave of various zeitgeists, and also shake up ‘the establishment’ with their work.

CINEMA | ROBIN HOOD HAS MORE ERRORS THAN ARROWS

BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI Mar 16, 1941 – Nov 26, 2018

NICOLAS ROEG

Aug 15, 1928 – Nov 23, 2018 WITH one startlingly unique film alone – Don’t Look Now (1973) – Roeg ensured his place in the Cinema pantheon was guaranteed.

The tale of a couple wandering in a sepulchral, out-of-season Venice, numb with grief after the death of their child, still casts a deep chill to this day – with its unforgettable shock ending packing an inimitable punch.

However, Roeg more than made his mark besides Look – whether co-directing a beautiful Mick Jagger in Performance (1970), baffling audiences with David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), battling headstrong Oliver Reed in Castaway (1986), Roeg worked with many of the biggest names in Cinema and pop culture.

He truly was a singular talent, and a visionary director in much of his craft.

VIEWED through a modern prism, it’s difficult to know if the Italian director of the controversial Last Tango in Paris (1972) would be lauded or lambasted in 2018.

To this day, the film’s depiction of sexual control – and more relevantly, the extent of actress Maria Schneider’s consent for its most infamous scene – continues to give it a raw, shocking power.

And that, perhaps, is what would still please Bertolucci: knowing he’d made such a powerful film that prompts critical analysis, and still endures as a controversial, divisive work.

Bertolucci’s films covered a wide range of other topics, such as The Last Emperor (1987), which lingers as a notable piece of art in the Cinema medium.

TECH TIME

Just misses the mark Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx do their best, but this Robin Hood reboot is unworthy material for either of them

HERE we go again. Cinema’s constant, baffling attempts to pick up the story of a certain Merry Men-loving rogue underdog hailing all the way from exotic Nottingham has just opened on Irish screens.

However, Robin Hood (Cert 12A, 116 mins) has had to zigzag here under a flurry of sharp critical arrows, with an underwhelming take at the US box office also setting it up as a late-year flop.

It’s not long before you see why audiences and critics alike have aimed their own cruel barbs at this film, despite the best (or at least halfhearted) efforts of most of those involved.

 SHANE DILLON

There’s nothing particularly new here that you haven’t seen before, and despite a little tinkering with the recipe, this is yet another helping of Robin Hood that feels similar to any number of other servings.

Indeed, although a different story, it brings to mind last year’s truly disastrous King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, stumbling onto screens with a similar pet-project feel.

In this latest Hood reboot, a battle-hardened

Nerds, boffins and other humans delighted as InSight lands on Mars SHANE DILLON

NERDS across the galaxy – or at least in our stretch of the Milky Way – were celebrating (right, and incredibly relieved) on Monday when NASA’s latest Mars lander, InSight, successfully landed safe and sound.

That’s not exactly a given – sending anything to Mars or anywhere in the great beyond is still a highly risky business, with a significant chance of failure.

The delight at InSight’s safe touchdown was boosted with the first image sent home to mother Earth – a dust-

NASA boffins celebrate

speckled shot through one of InSight’s camera’s dust covers of a flat landscape (right) dotted with small pebbles.

Now snapping into action at Elysium Planitia – a slightly dull but stable equatorial area – InSight’s mission across

Mars!

two Earth years is to undertake the first in-depth investigation of the Martian interior, helping us to learn much more about the big ol’ red dust ball.

Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton) comes back to Nottingham from war overseas to find his own circumstances greatly reduced.

While he’s been off in the Crusades, Nottingham has been taxed into oppression, some rotten mining keeps the local yokels cowed, and the church and the Sheriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelsohn) have a nice little corrupt system in place.

If only there was a babyfaced vigilante out there to take on the Sheriff, zip about through jump-cut scenes, fire surprisingly powerful arrows about and restore a kind of underdog’s order to the land ...

Of course, there’s more

to the tale than that. Jamie Foxx does his best as a mentor Moor for Robin, providing all the wisdom and upskilling support that any medieval maverick could need when battling corruption.

Bono’s daughter (Eve Hewson) does her best as a conflicted Marian – Robin’s old squeeze before he went off to war, where reports of his death had clearly been greatly exaggerated – now with another man, Will Scarlet (Jamie Dornan).

You could run through the limited roll call of classic Robin Hood characters (admittedly, not exactly the biggest list in the world), and several of them are here with some

slight tweaks to their stories.

Ultimately, however, it’s not hard to see why this latest take on Robin Hood misses the mark, with the film falling well short of box office targets during its brief release, to date.

Taron is a likeable lead, but it’s not as though audiences were crying out for yet another Robin Hood.

The most recent iterations – let’s not raise the spectre of Russell Crowe’s take – didn’t exactly set the box office alight either.

If you’re looking for a daft origins tale, it’s fine (at best), but if you’re looking for anything more memorable it’s likely you’ll feel a bit ... hoodwinked.

Verdict: 4/10

Facebook forced to fight Lazy Fallout title sees gamers another bad news story rage with nuclear criticisms DECEMBER 31 can’t come soon enough for Facebook, which must be eager to put 2018 – AKA the year that saw a flood of bad-news stories and headlines engulf the company around the world – far behind it.

One such negative story emerged last week on Thanksgiving eve in America (often a day and a specific period in which controversial stories are released, with many people distracted by Thanksgiving activities).

The New York Times revealed that Facebook had used a PR firm to spread negative stories about billionaire George Soros – the Jewish donor and Holocaust survivor who’s become a very popular target for many Far Rightists, conspiracy nuts and anti-semites.

Facebook communications and policy chief Elliot Schrage, who hired the firm in question, Definers, is leaving the company, saying this was a decision that pre-dated the latest scandal.

WHILE gamers and critics all around the world have been loudly singing the praises of Red Dead Redemption 2 following its recent release, they’ve been as equally quick to howl with disgust about the just released Fallout 76.

At this stage, I’ve read and seen many dozens of universally contemptuous reviews about the two-week-old game, with the – wait for it – fall out from releasing such a shoddy title sending a clear message.

2018 saw a notable industry (and regulatory) push back against the use of loot boxes in games, but the universal disdain for 76 also says very clearly that developers need to innovate, and that simply reusing old assets with lazy ideas is not acceptable.

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

ENTERTAINMENT

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE | NEIL DELEMERE IS HEADING TO VICAR STREET

Still one of TV’s funniest Irishmen RACHEL D’ARCY

YOU would be hard pressed to find someone as naturally funny as Ireland’s own Neil Delamere.

Known for his stand up and TV work, the comedian is embarking on an Irish tour in early 2019, focusing on the current state of the world and all that comes with it.

Controlled Substance, according to Neil, comes from the idea that people believe they have control over their lives, but in reality there’s things like Brexit and American president Donald Trump that they can’t control at all.

Ne il told Dublin Gazette: “The show comes from the idea that we all think we have control over our lives, and

that’s what we want.

We all want just enough money so that we can tell our boss to feck off or whatever. That’s my theory.

“In the last couple of years, I realised we have less control over things and we have to just go with the flow, just laugh at it a bit.

“The show takes in Brexit and Donald Trump, the EU. It’s about trying to come to terms with that slight lack of control.”

“There’s always laughs to be had, particularly when things are so extreme. Like how little Tory politicians know about the border, like that half man half golden retriever Boris Johnson trying to talk about it.

“Also, like when I was in

a taxi in Belfast when Trump was elected, and the driver said to me ‘wow, American is so divided now, with democrats and republicans.

“I couldn’t live in a place that divided’, and I was like ‘right, drop me at the peace wall here Seamus, we’re in Belfast here if you don’t remember’.

“The show sounds serious, but I promise it’s funny – there’s lots of laughs in it.”

Neil trialled the new show at this year’s Edin-

Looking at what’s New to Netflix this December RACHEL D’ARCY

IT’S that time of the month again, where Netflix unveil all that’s good coming to the service in the next few weeks.

The star in December’s Netflix crown is Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (7/12/2018), by acclaimed actor and director Andy Serkis. It follows the tale of Mowgli, who encounters inherent dangers along the way to discovering who he truly is.

It features an all-starcast including Christian Bale, Cate Blancett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Freida Pinto, Matthew Rhys and Naomie Harris, along with newcomer Rohan Chand as Mowgli.

The highly anticipated DUMPLIN’ (7/12/2018) makes its way onto our screens this month. It focuses on forthright Texas teen Willowdean Dickson, who enters a local beauty pageant to honour her beloved late aunt and spite her exbeauty queen mom (Jennifer Aniston). It’s a collaboration with the Queen of Country herself, Dolly Parton, featuring original tracks by the singer.

A new TV show heading to Netflix is the intriguing Perfume (21/12/2018).

The six-episode series is focused on a perfumer with a superhuman sense of smell, who kills students at a boarding school to distill their essence and create the perfect scent. It’s based on the 1985 Patrick Süs-

kind novel of the same name and looks scent-sational.

Adding to Netflix’s unscripted portfolio this month will also be The Fix (below, from 12/14/2018). Comedians Jimmy Carr, D.L. Hughley and Katherine Ryan will tackle the world’s woes with help from a rotating crew of funny guests and experts.

Just in time for Christmas, Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (18/12/2018) – the comedienne’s first special since 2003 – will see the famed talk show host revisit her road to stardom and details the lessons she’s learned along the way.

And lastly, there’s a big one for music fans coming to the streaming giant in December.

Springsteen on Broadway (16/12/2018) is based on the best-selling autobiography of Bruce Springsteen. The documentary will see the legend performing acoustic versions of his music and sharing personal stories with fans.

burgh Fringe Festival, saying that the 25-night run helped him to hone the show, to perfect it to what Irish audiences will see in 2019.

“People have been digging it, because it’s about what’s going on the world. It’s not so much a story as much of a collection of ideas.”

As for his fringe experience, he says this year was a lot better than his debut at the Scottish comedy monolith. “ T h e f i rs t time I did it m a ny ye a rs ago, my agent gave me a box of chocolates on the last day of the festival as a fair play for getting through it, and I was able to give a chocolate to

every person in the audience – and I didn’t even get through to the second layer in the box!

“At the start it’s a tough slog, but the next year more people came, then I started work on Irish TV, then I started featuring on the odd British radio show, and this year I sold out the run.

“It’s like a FAS course for comedians, like an apprenticeship. You’re paying for the experience, so you get a bit better as what you’re trying to do.”

With the Edinburgh Fringe under his belt, Delamere will next face audiences at DLR Mill Theatre on January 11th, Vicar Street on February 8th and 9th and Draiocht on March 9th.

When asked what

audiences could look forward to from the shows, Delamere made some hefty claims that will have to be seen to be believed!

“Every show, I will be curing people. It’ll be like Lourdes; the Lourdes of comedy. I will hear you through laughter! I think I might have over sold it there have I? “Next thing I know there will be mini buses of people pulling up outside Vicar street like it’s a revival tent in the middle of Texas! I’ll start pushing people back into the arms of their relatives to try to cure them.

“In all seriousness, it’s a bit of craic, a bit of light relief from the trials and tribulations of the world for a couple of hours.”

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latitude& longitude Wellness retreats to help relax and soothe WELLNESS retreats have come a long way from detox juices and yoga on the beach.

The industry has exploded and in 2019 it’s one of the top holiday buzzwords, offering everything from divorce recovery to sleep training. Here are a couple of the top trends, according to wellness holiday specialists Health and Fitness Travel.

Preventative trips This one is essentially a type of detox trip that will help you rid yourself of your vices. If you want to cut down on things such as alcohol, smoking or eating bad food, this is the one for you.

See the anti-tobacco programme at SHA Wellness Clinic in Spain (shawellnessclinic.com) or the health check-up at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Switzerland (resortragaz.ch).

Tough, transformative Adventure holidays are not new but this takes it to another level.

It involves endorphinpumping activities such as hiking and kayaking, then using them as tools for transformative selfimprovement – with regenerative spas for relaxation afterwards.

Try the fitness programme at COMO Shambhala Estate (www.comohotels. com) or the surf and yoga retreat at Ocean Soul (www.oceansoulretreat.com), both in Bali (below).

Get to grips with lively, imaginative looks at history’s impact on France

FRANCE | A SUPERB THEME PARK WOWS

Forget Disney – Puy Du Fou is a must-see resort JAMES HENDICOTT

YOU’VE definitely heard of one French theme park ... here’s why its western rival, Puy Du Fou, might be the better bet for mixed-age families.

It’s the toilet that first draws yelps of excitement from the five-year-old.

He’s crawled sleepy-eyed from the bottom tier of his castle-edged bunk beds and headed in the direction the morning takes him.

He’s greeted with a chunky wooden ‘long drop’, a medieval-style chain hanging from the ceiling, and timberframed walls.

Arriving in the early hours to Puy Du Fou has its benefits: our youngster awoke with the sense of wonder that comes with being genuinely transported.

He stared from the rustic window at La Citadelle’s gravelly courtyard,

and took in the carts, the dangling wooden signs, the turrets and the drawbridge.

Breakfast at the themed hotel might be croissants and ham, eggs and juice, but it’s served by in-costume ‘peasant girls’.

The dining hall comes complete with a pig slowroasting over an open fire, herbs hanging from the ceiling, and a decor consisting of oversized chains, wood frames and lavish banquet tables. It’s easy to feel transformed.

Puy Du Fou is a theme park, but not as we know it. There are no rides, as such. Instead there are experiences: performances, essentially, spanning Roman times to the First World War, and delivered by home-grown actors and a circus troupe.

The entire park is a play on the various themes.

Walking in one of its entrances – past hotels

See (probably) authentic Viking explosions as part of the superb shows

consisting of our castle, technicoloured jousting tents and a Roman spa – we find ourselves in a street where gentle trickles of water run down the misshapen passageways.

Tiny shacks make up the town centre, with areas dedicated to the town’s sage and dubious looking alleyways. The structural integrity of the town shop is a touch

uncertain.

In a small square, a baker beats his bread, a scarred oven awaiting behind him. There’s a blacksmith chipping away at pieces of metal, sparks flying, and an artist sketches birds of prey in charcoal, staring from her open-fronted gallery.

The entire town reflects its ‘time’, then, but the centrepiece is very much

the collection of engaging park experiences.

Our first is the iconic Le Bal des Oiseaux Fantomes. We’re seated in a wood-framed arena, between the symbols of the medieval region, and the ghost of a longdead princess, Alienor emerges to find her home destroyed.

Alienor recalls what the town used to be like, and

as she does so a breathtaking array of birds, from eagles to owls, buzzards to vultures, fill the arena.

They soar inches above the audience’s head, or dive to their trainers from a Montgolfiere balloon hovering high above. It’s intense, closequarters, and the plotline soon becomes little more than a narrative to hang the rush of feathers on.

The shows are entirely in French, but – in a nod to modern-day technology – can be listened to in English in live-translation via the Puy Du Fou app.

That becomes more important in other areas with more in-depth plotlines, like our second stop, Le Chevaliers De La Table Round (the Knights of the Round Table).

What quickly becomes clear is that mystical realism is key here. A knight emerges from the waters around the sunken old table of Arthur’s clan.

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Young and old play a part in creating terrific shows

The fireworks and sense of spectacle go far beyond fantastic into the truly mesmerising

When the sword is pulled from the stone, fiery water shoots up in its place, while a mermaid leaps from the lakeside into the water, racing through the ripples to the knights in soaking grandeur.

T h i s b re a t h ta k i n g interpretation is a theme that repeats throughout: Puy Du Fou is exceptionally designed.

Le Mystere De La Perouse sees horses dancing through water in the heart of a sublime ballroom, while a mime entertains the crowd pre-show by sword-fighting with the kids and falling from the stage.

We drop in on the Roman quarter, where the Gauls and the guards exchange football chants, before a parade of exotic animals fill the Colosseum floor.

The ill-fated locals battle with lions, tigers and cheetahs, and race

Authentically-presented characters help to bring many experiences to vivid life

A sense of true showmanship runs through everything

chariots in a vicious arch around the sodden surface.

La Dernier Panache is a revolutionary tale delivered to an audience in a huge rotating auditorium, one that twists to face different stages, including a full-sized cut-through of a magnificent ship, and a water-filled beach.

At night, Les Orgues De Fou turns the park’s cen-

tral lake into a pulsating light show, set to music, with dancers and fire.

Seeing everything is at least a two-, and probably a three-day job.

If you’re to both take in the atmosphere, and explore the intensity of the shows, you’ll find yourself thrown across time at double-speed: lunch in a bistro in an authentic-feeling French

Non-human performers add to the sense of fun

Imagination runs wild at many of the superb attractions

pre-war village, a stroll through a regal statue park where various parts freakily come to life, and then exploring castle corridors as the surrounds of the chateaux slowly come to life.

Come early evening, a buffet lunch is served back at the castle: roast pig and chicken, local vegetables, a roaring open fire, beer, and a retreat to the East wing.

Thankfully, the chaindraped castle beds, copper sinks and long-drops are more comfortable than they look (and there’s even a hidden TV).

In short, Puy Du Fou is original, quirky, and spectacularly well done. It’s not about roller coasters or cartoon characters.

Instead, you’re given breathtaking realism and stark history, delivered through intelligent performance. It’s a world that’s as thrilling for adults as it is for kids.

Some oui points to note ENTRY: Costs are seasonal, but start at €36 for adults and €26 per children for a single day. Families of four can enter for two days, with a themed hotel night, from €400.

Entry prices drop for multiple days and when booked in advance, which is highly recommended.

GETTING THERE: Puy Du Fou is around an hour from Nantes airport, or around 3 hours 30 minutes from Paris Orly.

A shuttle bus is available from Nantes, or you can travel by train to beautiful Angers and transfer from there.

STAYING: Puy Du Fou has an abundance of hotels that fit the themes of the park, sitting a walking distance away. They’re comfortable and surprisingly affordable, and we found La Citadelle hugely added to our experience.

TIPS: With the experiences, start in the middle and work out, and you’ll miss some of the worst queues.

The Pass Emotion guarantees access to any show you turn up to at least 10 minutes before the start, regardless of queues, and some of the best seats in the house once you’re inside.

At €15 per person per day, it’ll buy you at least a show to your day, and save a lot of time.

For more information, see www.puydufou.com/en.

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Price includes return flights from Dublin to Los Angeles, 20kg check-in bag per person, transfers, taxes & charges, one night in a four-star hotel, 15 nights on the Emerald Princess, superb dining on a full-board basis, entertainment.

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Healthy fast food giant to open in Dublin REBECCA RYAN

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popular multi-award winning healthy fast food chain is coming to Dublin. LEON will be landing in the city centre in the first half of 2019 followed by another outlet in Dundrum Town Centre. The Londonbased pioneer of a new way to live and eat well, plans to open 20 new restaurants nationwide by 2023.

LEON’s approach to fast food is based around the proven health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, and their aim is to create fast food that not only tastes good, but makes you feel good too.

With a menu full of plants, fresh herbs, spices, good fats from olive oil, seeds, nuts and well sourced meat, LEON has been built on ingredients that are good for you, affordable and kind to the planet.

The man responsible for bringing LEON to Ireland is Waterford accountant Stuart Fitzgerald and his business partner Brian McIntyre. Stuart said: “The

Help Tesco pass €4m mark helping sick kids TESCO stores across the country will be bringing a little festive cheer to their customers and colleagues by hosting festive fun days over the weekend of Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 2 – all in aid of its charity partner, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital.

The days will involve a wide range of fun-filled activities for all the family including a treasure hunt on December 1 in Tesco New Ross and a Teddy Bears Picnic in Tesco Liffey Valley, as well as cake sales, face painting and much more in stores all across the country.

Since 2014, with the support of its colleagues and customers, Tesco Ireland has raised €3.9 million for Temple Street.

By hosting these fun days in stores, Tesco is aiming to more than €4 million raised in just four years for the little heroes of Temple Street.

Speaking on behalf of Tesco Ireland, People & IT director Geraldine Casey said: “We are so proud to have raised €3.9 million – and counting – for Temple Street, to date.

“We hope that our festive fun days national fundraiser will help us achieve €4 million, which has been used to purchase life-saving medical equipment to support the hospital’s amazing patients, parents and medical teams.”

Speaking on behalf of Temple Street Foundation, chief executive Denise Fitzgerald added: “The festive season has arrived and

Tesco are pulling out all the stops for Temple Street.

“Thank you so much to Tesco staff and customers for their ongoing support of our hospital, which continues to have a transformative impact on sick children and their families every minute of every day.

“It couldn’t be easier to get involved this festive season and to help Temple Street by supporting Tesco’s fantastic festive fun days in stores.”

Each year Temple Street Children’s University Hospital treats more than 145,000 children from across the country and operates the busiest A&E department in Europe.

For thousands of children, Temple Street is the only hospital in Ireland in which they can be treated.

IF you’re looking for the perfect Christmas dessert to stun your dinner guests during the festive season Catherine Fulvio’s Red Velvet Yule Log is the perfect festive treat.

With a smooth creamy

LEON concept is completely new in Ireland.

“Irish people have certain ideas of what fast food means, but this is going to blow those out of the water.

“LEON is all about really flavoursome food, served to you fast with friendly, fun service in a warm and welcoming environment.

“And we are delighted to have already secured an outlet in Dundrum Town Centre in the Upper Pembroke District – an iconic location and a perfect fit for our brand experience.”

icing coating and a sweet spongy centre, put on your festive baking hat and whip up this tantalizing treat.

This show stopping Yule Log Cake is the perfect centerpiece to your dessert table!

Serves 8 to 10 Ingredients For the sponge 4 large eggs 100g Siúcra caster sugar 70g self-raising flour 2 tbsp cocoa powder 2 to 4 tbsp red gel colouring For the vanilla cream filling 200ml cream, lightly whipped 4 tbsp Siúcra icing sugar – should this be in grams A grating of nutmeg (optional) 150g raspberries, mashed For the frosting 200g cream 400g soft cream cheese 60g Siúcra icing sugar 1 lime, juice only ½ tsp vanilla extract Lightly toasted coconut flakes, to decorate Stars and holly leaves, to decorate Siúcra icing sugar, to dust Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/Fan 170°C/ gas 5. Line a 35cm x24cm swiss roll tin with baking parchment.

To make the sponge 1. Whisk the eggs and Siucra caster sugar until ribbon stage.

2. Sieve the flour and cocoa powder together in a medium bowl.

3. Carefully fold the dry ingredients and enough of the colouring gel (to colour it deep red) into the egg mixture.

4. Pour the cake mixture into the lined swiss roll tin and bake for about 9 to 10 minutes until the sides start shrinking from the edge slightly.

5. Place a piece of parchment paper larger than the swiss roll on a clean surface. Invert the cake onto the paper and carefully remove the parchment lining.

Trim the edges with a sharp knife and score a line along the length of the sponge about 2cm in but not cutting though the sponge. This will help with rolling up.

6. Using the parchment paper, roll up the sponge with the paper inside. Set aside to cool.

7. While the sponge has cooled, make the filling, combine the cream, Siucra icing sugar and nutmeg (if you are using it) together.

To make the frosting Whisk the cream, cream cheese, Siucra icing sugar, lime juice and vanilla extract together until thick. Set aside.

To assemble 1. Uncurl the swiss roll, remove the parchment paper.

Spread the mashed raspberries onto the sponge and then the cream and reroll tightly.

2. Cut a ¼ of the cake off at one end on the diagonal. Transfer the large piece of cake to a serving platter, cake stand or board and angle the cut end to the side of the large cake to form a “branch”.

3. Spread the frosting over the log with a palette knife and indent to form the “bark” effect.

4. Sprinkle over the coconut flakes.

5. Arrange the stars and holly leaves on top.

6. Dust with a little Siucra icing sugar.

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

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Taking folk’s unconventional path

INTERVIEW WITH CORNER BOY

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NOVEMBER 30 (FRIDAY)

Lauryn Hill @ 3Arena, €72 She may have droped off the radar a bit in recent years, but Lauryn’s been a busy woman in all kinds of areas – and, of course, she’s still one of the most dinstinctive singers out there.

Her Dublin gig will see her revisiting one of the all-time classic hip-hop albums as she spends a night celebrating, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. What a guaranteed classic to celebrate – and a great night is in store for her fans.

NOVEMBER 29 (THURSDAY) Blossoms @ Olympia Theatre, €23 Columbia Mills @ Whelan’s, €17 Wheatus @ The Grand Social, €20

NOVEMBER 30 (FRIDAY) Jade Bird @ Whelan’s, €17 Vistas @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €13 The Redneck Manifesto @ Vicar Street, €30 Wild Youth @ The Academy, SOLD OUT

DECEMBER 1 (SATURDAY) The Riptide Movement @ Vicar Street, €25 Cry Monster Cry @ Whelan’s (Upstairs), €15 Def Leppard + Cheap Trick @ 3Arena, €66 The 4 Of Us @ Whelan’s, €28 The Skids + Big Country @ The Academy, €30 Bugzy Malone @ Olympia Theatre, SOLD OUT

DECEMBER 2 (SUNDAY) Declan O’Rourke @ Whelan’s, €28 Hothouse Flowers @ Olympia Theatre, €29

DECEMBER 3 (MONDAY) The Coronas @ Olympia Theatre, SOLD OUT Ireland’s biggest student indie band begin a four-night residency at the Olympia Theatre, having already sold out all four nights. Sure to be a triumphant return.

Kylie @ 3Arena, €65+ The Fratellis @ The Academy, €25 Jon Cleary & Band @ Whelan’s, €25

DECEMBER 4 (TUESDAY) The Coronas @ Olympia Theatre, SOLD OUT The Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s, €7

DECEMBER 5 (WEDNESDAY) The Coronas @ Olympia Theatre, SOLD OUT Air Supply @ Vicar Street, €55 Pericles @ The Academy, €50 Carron @ The Grand Social, €8

WEXFORD four-piece Corner Boy have given up on music’s well-trodden trails.

That’s not a bad thing: with the long-awaited release of their third EP around the corner, the imaginative folk act have settled on slow-dripping their music, and making the most out of the opportunities that it throws up.

Instead of recording records or seeking deals, they’ve travelled the world in the back of a transit van.

That’s involved shows in North America, South Korea and the Middle East, a show at half-time in the All Ireland final, and trad sit-ins in Paris.

“It’s been about getting out there and getting involved for us,” frontman Mick D’Arcy explains.

“We’ve been incredibly fortunate with opportunities.

“Even in the first year after we formed, we played

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The Late Late Show and half-time at Croke Park to 80,000 people.

“All these things you’d expect more established bands to do after a few years. People just took to us straight away.

“If you look back at our early music, though, it’s very obvious where our influences were. We decided we’d take some time off about three years ago, and we went out into the world, took whatever opportunities that came our way.

“It was about travel, meeting people, new cultures, and using that to inform our music.

“All of that travel is the experience that has influenced our sound now.

We’re incredibly happy.

We have, I’d estimate, a 30-40 song backlog. We have a lot of material to release,” he said.

There’s also a cyclical nature to the new EP, Goodbye Old Holy, in that it returns to the scene of one of Corner Boy’s early successes.

The band won the Red Bull Bedroom Jam in 2013, just as they started out.

The contest that had a prize of recording in the famous Grouse Lodge Studios in Westmeath.

They loved the place, and returned again for this record, with Dropkick Murphy’s producer Ted Hutt on the sound decks.

The result is a glorious mish-mash: in Moira (Under the Pale Moonlight), for example, there’s a delicate, escapist huskiness.

Moira, surprisingly, is a rural village, and the driving melody about getting out of Dodge and living a

better life.

D’Arcy, who’s intimately connected with all aspects of the band, directed the video himself.

“Some people like the energy and lyrics, others just like the rhythm of the songs,” D’Arcy says.

“The debut album is coming eventually. That album, for a lot of bands, sets the standard, which is why we’ve been slow to do it.

“I think we just want to stay true to the music we enjoy. I just ask myself if each song is something I can connect with.

“When we get to a certain point and we’re happy with the tracks, that debut album will eventually come.

“We’re absolutely a live band,” he admits. “We’ve played 26 of the 32 counties. We’ve toured the UK, Asia and North America.

“For us, unlike a lot of bands maybe, it’s really

about getting seen and heard on the road.

“Being in the band was an opportunity for us to get out of Wexford, and use this thing to see the world, experience new places and make music in them.

“We’ll have to do the last six counties at some point for completeness’ sake!

We’ll get there, even if we have to play a phone box.

“Besides, when you’re in a small room, it can be better. In August, we played to 5,000 people in 30 degree heat.

“A couple of months previously, we had played a bar in the Netherlands to 50 people.

“In a way, looking down at the whites of their eyes, listening to every syllable you play, those intimate shows are what it’s about.”

Co r n e r B oy p l ay Whelan’s on December 7. Their new EP, Goodbye Old Holy, is out now.

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WHAT’S NEW IN THE WORLD OF TRANSPORT

Windsor Motor Group, Airside

It’s a Clio-mendous evening at Airside WINDSOR Motor Group, the new name for Renault and

The Citroën C4 Cactus doesn’t go overboard in its mid-life upgrade – instead, some impressive refinements have been added

Dacia in North Dublin, is giving customers who testdrive any new Renault model at the Airside dealership before the end of today (Thursday, November 29) the

Has a ‘magic carpet’ feeling to drive WHEN it comes to the redesigned Citroën C4 Cactus, the old adage ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ comes to mind – instead of any radical changes, the C4 Cactus gets a mid-life upgrade that plays to its strengths, and even improves them. The end result is an impressive treat that lives up to the claims, and is a pleasure to drive, not least thanks to its silky-smooth suspension.

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WHEN Citroën launched the original C4 Cactus in 2014, they ripped up the ‘conventional’ rulebook for what a mid-size SUV should be like.

Instead, the French manufacturing giant brought to the market a truly individual, ultracomfortable, practical and somewhat quirky offering.

However, the C4 Cactus has been on sale for four years now, and Citroën has decided to give it a facelift in order to keep the car fresh and appealing.

The new Cactus is another sign of Citroën returning to its brand values and trying to makes its cars stand out. The front gets a new grille, bumper and chrome trim leading from the Citroën badge to the daytime-running lights, while the rear has larger, horizontal lights.

As it is a mid-life update and not a brand-new model, it still uses the original car’s brilliant Peugeot 208 and DS3 platform, but there is a new type of suspension.

It is called Progressive

Hydraulic Cushion (PHC) suspension and it adds a pair of hydraulic dampers into each suspension corner.

In so doing, it replaces the rubber bump stops used on most cars of this type, including the outgoing C4 Cactus.

Because the dampers cushion the wheel travel at the top and at the bottom of the coil suspension unit, Citroën has been able to fit softer springs and dampers.

In so doing, a ‘magic carpet ride’ feeling has been achieved, says the firm.

It is a daring claim, but I can honestly say that Citroën is telling the truth.

During my week-long test drive, I found the suspension does its best work on uneven road surfaces – the wheels stick to the road and the car feels like it floats from crest to crest.

Three trim levels are available in the new Citroën C4 Cactus; entrylevel Touch, mid-spec Feel and range-topping Flair, while the engine lineup consists of a 1.2-litre, 3-cylinder PureTech petrol engine with either 110bhp

or 130bhp, and a turbo-diesel 1.6-litre BlueHDi with 110bhp.

My test car was a rangetopping Flair model with a 1.2-litre 130bhp petrol engine mated to a slick 6-speed manual gearbox.

This is a new engine for the Cactus but it has been used in a variety of Peugeot, Citroën and DS models for some time, and is a wellproven engine.

With an impressive 230Nm of torque available, this punchy engine propels the new Cactus from 0-100km/h in just 8.2-seconds, leading to a top speed of 192km/h (where permitted).

Well-we ighted and accurate steering in the new Cactus is confidenceinspiring and makes the car fun to drive and more refined than ever.

Claimed fuel consumption of just 4.8l/100km on a combined driving cycle is terrific, while annual road tax is just €190.

All models come with a 7” colour touchscreen with FM/DAB radio, cruise control with speed limiter, suspension with Progressive Hydraulic Cushions

chance to win a fantastic 191 Clio worth more than €16,000.

The lucky winner will be presented with the key to their new Renault Clio by dealership manager Chris Hanlon at the official launch of the dealership (also today, November 29), during an evening sports panel event from 6.30pm.

Present will be Renault ambassadors former Dublin footballer and three times All-Ireland champ Alan Brogan, former Kerry footballer and five-time All-Ireland medal holder Marc Ó Sé, Westmeath footballing legend and Sunday Game pundit Dessie Dolan, former Irish Women’s Rugby Captain Fiona Coghlan, All-Ireland winning Clare hurling captain Anthony Daly and former Irish Rugby captain Mick Galwey.

and air-conditioning, while the Feel model benefits from the addition of 17” diamond-cut ‘cross’ alloy wheels, rear parking sensors, reversing camera, Citroën Advanced Comfort Seats and Android Auto with Apple CarPlay.

The range-topping Flair specification also includes front parking sensors, Active Safety Brake, Citroën Connect Nav, keyless entry with push-button start and electric folding door mirrors.

The design remains delightfully different and the vast majority of functions are controlled via the standard-fit seven-inch infotainment system.

Interior space remains the same, with adequate space in the back for three passengers and generous head, leg and shoulder

room in the front, too.

Boot space is excellent, with 368-litres of space available with the rear seats in place and 1,170-litres on offer with the rear seats folded.

However, practicality is better than before, thanks to the inclusion of a 60:40 split-folding rear bench for the first time.

Overall, the new Citroën C4 Cactus builds on the original car’s unique personality, while adding more conventional styling, extensive suspension updates and a dose of extra refinement into the mix.

Ex-works prices for the new Citroën Cactus start at just €19,995, while my range-topping test car is priced at €25,795.

Citroën’s 5-year, unlimited mileage warranty is the real icing on the cake.

FACT BOX

1) Striking new design language 2) Superb new ‘PHC’ suspension 3) New engine technology 4) Manual or automatic 5) Priced from just €19,995 (ex-works)

The panel will also be joined by Laois referee Maurice Deegan and local sports star, Irish rugby’s Jack McGrath, while the one and only Marty Morrissey will act as MC on the night. Other well-known names due to attend will include style guru Lorraine Keane and Today FM’s Ian Dempsey.

To attend, contact Windsor Airside Renault at 01 870 3500, or email marketing@windsor.ie to reserve a seat. Celebrating 50 years in business this year, Windsor Motors is one of the leading motor retail groups in Ireland, with 18 dealerships nationwide, including the latest addition of Windsor Airside Renault.

Volkswagen readies range of 191 models VOLKSWAGEN Commercial Vehicles has announced its 191 offers, with the new and improved offers coinciding with a strong 2018 thus far, marking a growth of 14% year on year (to end of September).

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will introduce a series of offers which includes a contribution of up to €4,000 towards a 191 order, a HP rate of 1.9%, Ireland’s only Commercial Vehicle PCP solution and now their own leasing offer from €209 per month with no deposit.

2018 has seen the brand increase both in volume and market share and exceed the market growth. year on year.

Overall growth has been delivered by all models; however, the stand-out result is the Crafter – the fastest-growing model in the light commercial vehicle market in Ireland, with 60% growth, year on year.

2019 will see the introduction of the all-new Grand California, which will arrive in Spring and start from €55,000.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is using this model to extend the California programme upwards, tapping into a new range of possibilities.

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Kenny has been appointed Republic of Ireland Under-21 national team manager and will take over the senior job following the conclusion of Euro 2020.

The 47-year-old has stepped down from his position at Dundalk – where he won eight trophies, including four league titles, in six years – to concentrate on his new role.

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RAHENY’S Kevin Dooney is the new Irish cross country champion, and will lead the Irish men’s team at the European Cross Country Championship in Tilburg, the Netherlands in just over a week’s time.

Dooney won a fierce battle with favourite Sean Tobin, from Clonmel in Abbotstown on Sunday, finishing with a time of 30 minutes and seven seconds. His victory margin was four seconds over the 10km distance, with Raheny Shamrocks also taking the overall team title, assisted by recent Dublin marathon star Mick Clohisey’s fifth place finish.

Dooney, who came second in the nationals last year, spoke out about his mental health battles over the course of the summer, and had admitted in the build up to the race that the possibility of it going badly wasn’t something he’d really prepared for, though he did add that he is currently in a better state of mind.

“Some days it just comes together,”

Dooney said afterwards. “Individual and team titles at the nationals. It doesn’t get much better than that.”

His emphatic celebrations as he came across the line in soggy conditions spoke volumes.

County Down woman Ciara Mageean also won her first national senior cross country title, taking advantage of a recent period of altitude training in the French Alps.

The 26-year-old ran in her UCD colours and led from just after the halfway mark, ultimately taking the title by a narrow margin from Annmarie McGlynn from Letterkenny, and at the head of an all Ulster top three.

Blackrock’s middle distance sensation Sarah Healy added to her titles as she took the junior race over 4kms.

Healy is the reigning Under-18 European champion over 800 and 1500 metres, and won extremely comfortably around Abbotstown as her class shone through over the longer distance, too.

Healy had sat alongside the leaders for much of the race in a sizeable

Raheny Shamrock’s Kevin Dooney celebrates as he crosses the line last weekend at Abbotstown. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

group, but powered clear on the last of the three loops, ultimately opening up a comfortable 17 second margin on the line. Her reward will be leading the junior women’s team in the European Cross Country. Healy’s time was 13.28.

“There were some hard parts on the course, and this is my first cross-country race this season, and I wasn’t sure

what was going to happen,” Healy said afterwards. “So just glad it went well.

But I was always better at cross country when I was younger, so I’d never skip it.”

Darragh McElhinney from Bantry was the junior men’s winner over 6km, with Clonliffe Harriers Sean O’Leary grabbing a second place finish.

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

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

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BALLINTEER ST JOHN’S LOTTO results for November 22: Lotto A numbers 11, 14, 15 and 17. Lotto B numbers 2, 3, 12 and 14.

No winner. Next Thursday’s jackpots: €10,000 and €1,600. Winner of €100 Marie Jones . €50 Jamie Moonen and Marie Judge. Joker Consolation Jane Kelly. Joker next week €500.

Congrats to minor camogie on victory over Faughs and qualifying for the Minor A championship semi final. They play Ballyboden next Sunday away at 10.30am. All support welcome.

Our U-21 hurlers were beaten by a strong St Judes team in the semi final of their championship. Good luck to St Judes in the final.

Congrats to our minor hurlers on winning the B championship final with victory over Raheny.

It was a great team performance in which goals from Tom Aherne and Daire Casserley sealed the victory. Well done to team management Shane Casserley, Hugh Carroll, Dermot Quinn and Ian Mitchell.

Looking for Christmas gifts? Why not call to our Club Shop at the Club House? OpenPlayer Thursday of the Match Katie 7.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m & Saturday 11.30 a.m.

– 12.30 Murray and p.m. See list on club website.

Captain Sarah Also “Ballinteer Co. Dublin A Local History Murphy after from rural to Suburban” a 400 page history Clontarf’s Ladies IFC win.. produced by the Ballinteer Active Retirement Picture: GAApics.

History Group is now on sale @€25 from Grange com Star Stores beside Devines Hardware on Harolds Grange Road.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to our Lotto Manager David Gardiner.

Condolences to Kieran O Brien and family on their recent bereavement.

CUALA CONGRATULATIONS to our third footballers who gained promotion to Division 6 by beating Scoil Uí Chonaill 4-15 to 1-05 in the promotion play off yesterday.

This rounds off a great season for the team who won the Junior 3 Championship a couple of weeks ago.

Best of luck to Cuala U-13 football As who play Skerries Harps in the division 2 second place playoffs to cap off a very good year in both codes.

The match is on next Saturday in Townparks at 12.15.

The Juvenile Girls Section will hold its 2018 AGM on Tuesday, December 4 in the boardroom.

The Cuala AGM will be on Tuesday, December 11 at 7.30 p.m. in the Royal Marine Hotel. The deadline for receipt of Nominations and Motions is Tuesday, November 27.

Best of luck to all in this week’s Cuala lotto

draw for the €12,500 Jackpot. Last week’s €100 lucky dip winner was Cormac O Tighearnaigh.

All profits from the lotto are ring fenced for facility and pitch development. Support your club and sign up now at www.cualagaa.ie/lotto.

Watch out at Christmas fairs for Anna from our Cuala U-13’s who is selling Cuala Hurling Grips as part of a Young Entrepreneur project.

She has researched the product, sourced them and is marketing them herself. They’d make a great stocking filler.

Summer 2019 – a trip of a lifetime? How about volunteering (adults only) for two weeks at Nsobe Community School in Zambia and assisting with the building of two classrooms and teacher accommodation? Kevin Spain (kevin@coachkevin. ie) is waiting to hear from you.

SOCCER: HUGELY SUCCESSFUL DUNDALK BOSS GETS HIS CHANCE

King Kenny next in line for Irish throne

Tallaght man signed up by FAI as Under-21 boss as stepping stone to the senior manager’s job following two-year Mick McCarthy reign  DAVE DONNELLY

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TALLAGHT native Stephen Kenny has been appointed Republic of Ireland Under-21 national team manager and will take over the senior job following the conclusion of Euro 2020.

The 47-year-old has stepped down from his position at Dundalk – where he won eight trophies, including four league titles, in six years – to concentrate on his new role.

Former Longford Town, Bohemians, Derry City, Dunfermline and Shamrock Rovers boss Kenny is one of the most decorated managers in the history of Irish football.

Mick McCarthy was formally appointed for a second spell in charge of the national team on Sunday with a succession plan that will see Kenny assume the reins regardless of how well the team do.

“It’s just a huge privilege to be

named under-21 international manager,” Kenny said at press conference announcing his appointment.

“Everything was finalised on Saturday. A week ago I could not have envisaged this - of course not - but it’s an arrangement I am perfectly happy with. I am delighted.

“It’s a great opportunity and one that I’ll work extremely hard to do justice. To be here for the next four years, and beyond I hope, is certainly a huge honour.”

Kenny’s renaissance has been as remarkable as any in Irish soccer, following a career nadir when he was dismissed as manager of his hometown club, Rovers, after just nine months in 2012.

Six years later, the former St Dominic’s National School and Old Bawn Community College student’s stock has never been higher, and he’s been rewarded with the highest honour in Irish management.

Kenny will take charge of the Under-21 position ahead of the

Euro 2021 qualifying campaign, and will also oversee the work of the other underage teams alongside performance director Ruud Dokter.

“My role is to assist and support

“

I was reluctant to leave that to go anywhere.

To leave that it would have had to have been something special and this is something special.

”

all of the other managers and to nurture and develop and inspire the new generation of Irish players for the future of Irish football.”

Kenny was a talented footballer in his youth and played with St

Stephen Kenny celebrates Dundalk’s double success earlier in November. Picture: Eoin Noonan/Sportsfile

Patrick’s Athletic – then the nearest League of Ireland club – Home Farm and Bluebell United.

After just four League of Ireland appearances for Home Farm, Kenny stepped back from playing at the age of 26 and was given his first managerial role in the AUL with Pat’s Under-21 side.

He won the league in his one and only season with the Inchicore club and, at 27, became the youngest manager in League of Ireland history when he took over at Longford Town.

Promotion and an FAI Cup final followed, earning him a move to Bohemians, with whom he won the Premier Division title in 2003.

Between two spells with Derry City, Kenny guided Dunfermline to the Scottish Cup final, before taking over at Rovers following the departure of Michael O’Neill for the Northern Ireland job.

A tough first season saw him sacked by September, which proved to be something of a blessing in disguise as he began a remarkable period with Dundalk months later.

With two FAI Cup wins and four league titles, Kenny became just the second manager to guide an Irish club to the Europa League group stages in 2016.

He signed off with Dundalk with a second league-and-cup double, sealed with a win over Cork City at the Aviva in November – less than a month later, he was back as national team manager-elect.

“It was a real wrench to leave Dundalk Football Club because we had unprecedented success there and the players and staff were amazing to work with,” he said.

“I had a tremendous bond with everyone at the football club and the whole town really. It was a unique period in Irish football history and it was a privilege to be a part of that.

“I was reluctant to leave that to go anywhere. To leave that it would have had to have been something special and this is something special, it doesn’t get more special than this.”

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LEAGUE OF IRELAND: GLENSHANE’S FINEST’S CHEEKY OFFER

LOI SHORTS

Rovers add McEneff to roster for 2019 line-up

Robbie Keane will be back around the Irish setup, looking to pass on his considerable experience. Picture: Martin Doherty

Keane to cast extra set of eyes over Irish setup  DAVE DONNELLY

IRELAND’S next generation of international footballers will get to learn form the country’s record goalscorer as Robbie Keane was unveiled as part of Mick McCarthy’s coaching staff.

The Tallaght native will return to the international set-up two years on from his retirement to assist the man who gave him his debut as a fresh-faced 18-year-old in 1998.

McCarthy was confirmed as the successor to Martin O’Neill on Sunday afternoon, with his longtime assistant Terry Connor and Keane in situ.

38-year-old Keane’s role will involve working with players coming through the system and extensive scouting around Ireland and the UK. “He asked me would I consider him helping out in some way, in a coaching

or management role, just to be part of it with me,” McCarthy told reporters.

“I gave it some thought and I had to say yes. I’m coming up 60, TC is 56, a bit younger than me, but I kind of like the idea of a young coach and assistant who has bright ideas.

“He’s one of the most capped, top goalscorer. I think he will have a real affinity with the younger players, whether it’s coming through from Ruud [Dokter] or Stephen.

“All these guys coming through, he’s their hero.

It’s going to be a real benefit for me.

“He’ll be driving up and down the country looking at players, and having his backside in the car and getting sick of watching players and reporting back to me and TC.” McCarthy added that Keane’s presence wasn’t foisted on him by higherups and had in fact been

suggested to him by the boy who grew up in Glenshane, West Tallaght.

“He was suggested to me… by Robbie! At first I thought ‘you cheeky b****x’ to be honest. But he is cheeky. He played cheeky. He was impudent, the bloke that got here at 18 and I gave him his debut.

“I just think there’s more to him now. He’s serious about his football. He’s always loved his football. I use to clap him in training, some of the things he did.

“He was such a talent, but he’s got his head screwed on in terms of wanting to be a coach and manager in his own right.

“And if we’re talking about a succession, regardless of what happens to me in two years’ time, he should be part of that succession because he’s got a lot to offer.”

Keane came through

the ranks in schoolboy football with Crumlin United before moving across to Wolverhampton Wanderers as a 16-yearold.

He made his first team debut for Wolves a little over a year later, and while at the club he was part of Brian Kerr’s side that won the Under-16 and Under-18 European Championships.

He made his senior Ire-

land debut against the Czech Republic in March 1998, aged 17, and scored the first of his 68 international goals later that year.

Keane went on to play for Coventry City, Inter Milan, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Celtic, West Ham, Aston Villa, LA Galaxy before finishing as player-manager with ATK in India.

SHAMROCK Rovers have landed highly sought-after midfielder Aaron McEneff for their 2019 League of Ireland Premier Division.

McEneff joins a squad that has confirmed Aaron Bolger, Aaron Greene, Alan Mannus, Brandon Kavanagh, Brandon Miele, Dan Carr, Dean Dillon, Dean Williams, Dylan Watts, Ethan Boyle, Gavin Bazunu, Greg Bolger, Joel Coustrain, Joey O’Brien, Kevin Horgan, Lee Grace, Roberto Lopes, Ronan Finn, Sam Bone, Sean Boyd, Sean Callan, Sean Kavanagh and Trevor Clarke in their squad.

Speaking about the capture of McEneff’s signature, the Hoops’ Head Coach Stephen Bradley said: “Aaron does a bit of everything. He scored a lot of goals this year. He can start the game and he can play higher up, he’s a bit of an all-rounder. He brings great energy and legs to our midfield.

He’s a great striker of the ball and he scores goals from all areas of the pitch, I think he’s shown that since he’s been in the league. He’s done that on a consistent basis so hopefully he can continue that with us next season. When he gets forward he scores goals and that’s one thing the fans like.”

DOONA RE-SIGNS AT PAT’S ST PATRICK’S Athletic have re-signed Jamie Doona for the upcoming 2019 SSE Airtricity League season.

Doona made 21 appearances for the Saints last season scoring twice in the last league game against Derry City.

“Last year was up and down,” Doona said at confirmation of his return to Inchicore. “But I feel this year

I can kick on and show the fans and everyone involved as St Pat’s my best football.

“I learned a lot from Conan [Byrne] last year, a great player. Those things that I have learned from him, I can use push on and bring myself forward. Those kinds of players are great for the likes of me, bringing the best out of you and keeping you ticking over.”

Bohemians tangerine dream in Irn Bru Cup The IRN BRU Cup quarter-final between Bohemians and East Fife has been confirmed for Saturday February 2 2019 in Dalymount Park, 3pm.

It will be Bohs’ first competitive fixture of the new season.

The winners will be away to Ross County in the semi-final. Tickets are now on sale from tickets. bohemians.ie and the club bars will open 1pm.

There will be drink promotions, live music postmatch, while Ireland v England in the Six Nations will be shown in our bars.

Please note that, as Irn Bru Cup games are a split gate, season tickets and membership do not apply.

Members can, however, pay a reduced rate of €10 at the members stile on production of 2018 or 2019 membership card.

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KILMACUD CROKES AFTER overcoming Portaloise in a thrilling Leinster quarter final in Parnell Park on Sunday afternoon, the senior footballers will face Longford Champions, Mullinalaghta, on December 9 in the Leinster Final. Details to be released later in the week.

Well done to the minor camogie team who remain unbeaten in the championship after three games.

Well done to the U-15B camogie team who took part in a four-team blitz hosted by Olaf’s – the team won two games and drew the other.

Hard luck to the minor ladies football team who lost to Clontarf conceding a late winning goal, 4-10 to 5-10, in Saturday’s championship final.

The Annual General Meeting of the football section will take place on Tuesday, December 11 at 8.30pm in the function room - all members welcome to attend.

Congrats to all who took part in the annual Ladies Football Fun run / Walk on Saturday, November 17.

The Kilmacud Crokes choir is performing in Stillorgan Shopping Centre on Saturday 8 December 2018 between 12-1pm in aid of Blackrock Hospice.

All support welcome.

Naomh Olaf welcomed Kildare’s Raheens Under-11 boys for an entertaining friendly match and social event

NAOMH OLAF ADULT Awards Night takes place on Saturday, December 1 at 7pm - promises to be a great night.

Tickets for the Naomh Olaf Christmas Dinner on Saturday, December 8 (7pm) available from Bar, Sarah Kinsella & Jenny Murray.

Minor Camogie team

play Commercials on Sunday, December 2 at home in C Championship - support welcome!

Farmers Market held in Clubhouse every Friday from 9am to 2pm.

No winner of last Sunday’s Lotto draw - next week’s jackpot will be €2,300!

RUGBY: KIERSEY PROVIDES STEADYING HAND AS BALLYMENA

Wesley flourish to bonus win with four second half tries AIL DIVISION 1B Old Wesley 27 Ballymena 16  sport@dublingazette.com

OLD Wesley bounced back from their recent narrow defeat to Naas with a convincing bonus point victory over visitors Ballymena in Energia Park, Donnybrook on a final score line of 27-16.

The two clubs were honoured by the attendance of current President of the IRFU, and Ballymena club member, Ian McIlrath, and the immediate Past President of the IRFU, and Old Wesley member, Philip Orr. Wes opened brightly and early pressure forced a penalty which Rory Stynes pushed to the right. Ballymena, with a slight wind advantage, got a foothold and they got themselves on the board when Tim Small landed a penalty on the quarter-hour.

Despite some strong

carries from JJ O’Dea and Mark Rowley, a penalty infringement at the breakdown kept Ballymena in the lead.

But, in the 26th minute, there was a key moment when Ballymena fullback Roger McBurney received a harsh yellow card. The hosts capitalised ruthlessly on the numerical advantage when Rowley made an excellent break up the middle and showed wonderful vision in throwing a long pass to winger Tommy O’Callaghan.

He still had two men to beat before grounding in the corner for an excellent unconverted try and a 5-3 lead. Ballymena struck back with another penalty for a narrow 6-5 lead but had not made full use of the conditions.

Into the second half, Ballymena centre, Alan Smith, made a great break only for Wesley’s Tom Kiersey to make a vital try-saving tackle,

Tom Kiersey, attacks the Ballymena defence, with Charlie O’Regan in close attendance..

Picture: Ken Richardson /Old Wesley

It did lead to a penalty and a 9-5 lead with Stynes countering with a three-pointer to cut the gap back to one.

Wesley were beginning to to open up and capitalising on their greater fitness. They stretched Ballymena across the back line and Alan Jeffares was just held up short of the line.

On 58 minutes, the incessant pressure finally told when Kiersey, showing his pace, cut through to ground near

the posts. Stynes’ conversion made it 15-9.

A wonderful cameo from O’Dea, where he followed a ruck steal with a kick block-down, led to a great break for Jeffares, with Stynes finally dotting down beside the posts. He added the points himself to push the margin out to 22-9 and, with 13 minutes left, the vocal home support dared to dream of a bonus point.

They did not disappoint and it arrived

quickly. Kiersey capitalised clinically on a large overlap by cross-kicking to the corner and it was fitting that O’Dea gathered to crash over in the corner for the vital fourth bonus point try.

The Ulster side crashed over via Connor Smyth from a rolling maul, with ace goal kicker Small adding the points but it was mere consolation as Wesley move up to seventh, one point behind a quartet of teams on 16 points.

Orwell clean up at cycling awards

SCOTT Orwell Wheelers won a massive five prizes at the Cycling Ireland Awards night following a stellar year, including the much coveted overall club of the year gong.

Wesley College student Lara Gillespie was honoured with a special achievement award and the female rider of the year prize folloiwing her gold medal at the European Junior Track Championships points race as well as Scott Orwell Wheelers Lara Gillespie receives her success on the road and in cycocross in her special merit achievement award 2018.

Orwell’s Genevieve Sheridan we named the volunteer of the year while Aine Donegan recieved her prize as the national road series winner for the year, Club President Paul Tansey was on hand with club members Declan Quigley, Fergal O’Sullivan, Sheridan, Orla Hendron, David Tansey, Naoise Sheridan, Stephen O’Shea, Gillespie and Donegan to pick up the Club of the Year crown, marking a remarkable year for the Dundrum based outfit.

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WELL BEATEN

ATHLETICS: INJURY HAMPERS DUNDRUM CLUB’S CHANCES

DSD’s O’Donnell breaks through on Irish stage NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY  STEPHEN FINDLATER

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HALF-TIME SHOW

Blackrock U-10s get special Aviva moment

BLACKROCK College RFC’s Under-10s enjoyed a memorable evening out at the Aviva Stadium as they played Cork Con during the half-time interval of the Ireland and USA test match last Saturday.

Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

DUNDRUM South Dublin AC’s Paul O’Donnell had a fantastic breakthrough at national level, when he finished a fine second place in the national Under-23 men’s Cross Country in Abbotstown on Sunday.

This qualifies him for the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg in December. From the gun, O’Donnell and Raheny’s Brian Fay surged to the front of the Under-23 race and had a ding dong battle to the finish line with Fay pulling away over the last 600m of the 10,000m race.

In the senior women’s championship, DSD finished in fourth place after an unfortunate mishap to Laura Shaughnessy, who was unable to finish just as DSD were challenging for top spot in a tough, gruelling 6,000m race. Linda Byrne was first home for the club in 17th place with Meghan Ryan 21st; Niamh Devlin 47th; Amy Moran 50th and Harriet Robinson 57th.

A much understrength senior men’s team from DSD tried their hardest to make up for the absence of Hiko Tonosa, favourite for the race, and Joe Sweeney, due to injury, just missing out on medals finishing in fourth place.

O’Donnell led home the team in eighth and supported well by Robert Corbally 24th; Killian Mooney 28th; Emmet Jennings 30th; John Eves 32nd and Mark Molloy 62nd.

DSD lost the Under-20 women’s title after the longest sequence of victories in any sport in Ireland, beaten by just two points, while attempting 24 titles in a row.

The team did not go down without a fight, as they finished a gallant second, led home by Niamh Carey in 13th place and supported by Grace Dervan 29th; Emma Ryan 35th, Faye Dervan 42nd and Lucy McCann 54th.

DSDAC’s Paul O’Donnell gives chase to Raheny’s Brian Fay

Bronze medals were won by the club’s Under-20 Men (Aaron Donnelly 16th; Oisin Kelly 28th; Canaan St Lewis 54th and Rossa O’Finneadha 57th); the Under-18 boys (Oisin Kelly 14th; Canaan St Lewis 29th; Rossa O’Finneadha 30th and James Lenehan 63rd), with our Under-16 girls

pipped by one point for third after a recount – Eimear Maher 13th; Saoirse O’Brien 46th; Christine Horan 56th; Ella O’Donohoe 58th.

Other juveniles to impress from the club were Jamie Byrne (Under-14 9th) Isabella Tompkin Beddy (14th) and Alex Flynn Under-16 boys in 23rd.

Rovers keep rolling on numerous fronts MEN’S HOCKEY  sport@dublingazette.com

THREE Rock Rovers completed their pre-Christmas outdoor schedule on the national stage with a 3-1 win over Annadale to advance in the Irish Senior Cup. The competition was one of six trophies they won last season and they did all the damage in the second half with Harry Morris scoring either side of a Mark English effort for a 3-0 lead before

Dale got one back.

They did so without Irish international trio Mitch Darling, Daragh Walsh and Luke Madeley who were en route to Bhubaneswar for the World Cup at the time.

The win puts Rovers through to the last eight of the competition with a very busy couple of months ahead.

In the New Year, they still have 13 league games to play as well as the Irish Senior Cup quarter-final, the Euro-

Hockey Indoor Club Challenge I and the Euro Hockey League KO16 in Eindhoven at Easter.

For now, their focus goes into regional competitions.

On Sunday, they won 5-1 against Kilkenny to reach the final of the regional Neville Cup – another title they are defending.

They play in another regional cup, the Mills Cup, next weekend against Clontarf before starting their Leinster indoor campaign.

Three Rock celebrate a Harry Morris goal.

Picture: Adrian Boehm

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SHANKILL THE juvenile academy, sponsored by O’Donnell’s Pharmacy, is back in action every Saturday at 10am in our winter quarters indoors in the gym in St Laurence College.

Please come along and give the Academy a try. The cost is only €2 per child each week and there is no annual subscription. All equipment is provided free and qualified coaches are always in attendance, its all about having fun with your friends.

The last Academy session before the Christmas break is on December 8 and we are hoping that a special visitor will drop in to see all the girls and boys.

Great excitement on Sunday as our club members with flags flying escorted Santa through the village to his Grotto in Brady’s where he met all the boys and girls.

Christmas in the Village is a great day out with stalls and street party and a promotion to remind us to shop local. T here was a great attendance and lively discussions at our AGM. A special vote of thanks went to outgoing Chairman Garry Cleary for his work over the past five years and who now becomes the club President. The following were elected for the coming year: Chairman John Doherty, Vice Chairman Kevin Martin, Secretary Mary O Donnell, Treasurers Deirdre Spillane & Brian Campbell, PRO Michael Killeen, Child Protection Siobhan Brophy, Registrar John Keating, Coaching Shane Hanly, Health & Safety Eoin O Rourke, Gaeilge agus Cultuir Orla Kavanagh Purchasing Jimmy Nolan, Club Development Brendan Ellis. Games Promotion Steve Davis, Committee Linda Kelly, David Hurley.

The Chase the Ace draw in Brady’s is put on hold for the present in order to allow the pub to facilitate its Christmas programme of events. The jackpot stands at €1,450. NOTE: The next draw will be held after Christmas. Tickets are €2 each or 3 for €5 available in the pub or from club members.

Check our facebook page to see the summer camp and club birthday party videos produced by Lava Digital Marketing it’s a fantastic view as to what our club is all about and also see some fantastic photographs by our club photographer Liza Mitton.

We are currently looking for new players for our Adult Ladies and Adult Men’s football teams please contact GPO Steve Davis 087 6414123 or email stevedavis203@gmail.com.

UCD SCHOLARSHIPS

Cuala crew get student honours UCD Director of Sport Brian Mullins presented Cuala footballer Con O’Callaghan with a UCD scarf during the UCD GAA Sports Scholarship Presentation this week.

He was among a series of local stars honoured at the event along with club mates Diarmaid O’Floinn and Hannah O’Dea as well as Faughs Isabelle abd Catherine Costelloe, Kilmacud Crokes’ Cillian O’Shea and Na Fianna’s Alex Griffin.

Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

FOOTBALL: SANDYFORD SIDE LAND U-16B TITLE

Olaf’s edge out Tarf at the death U-16B FOOTBALL FINAL Naomh Olaf 0-16 Clontarf 1-11  sport@dublingazette.com

NAOMH Olaf saw off a tenac ious Clontarf side to win a very exciting Under-16B football championship final in Parnell Park last Saturday in a fantastic two point win.

This was a thriller from start to finish with the issue in doubt right to the final whistle.

Finn Murphy in midfield provided his cousin, Luke Murphy, with quality ball and he tormented the Clontarf backs in the first half and full back Eric Betts marshalled Clontarf ’s dangerous Daragh Fagan throughout but these were only two of many facets of an absorbing game.

The northsiders squandered a penalty opportunity and another open goal chance which left the Naomh Olaf lads leading by 0-10 to 0-6 at half time.

The lead was stretched to six early in the second half with Fionn Marriott and Liam O’Hagan raiding up the right but a Clontarf goal sparked

Naomh Olaf’s Under-16 footballers celebrate their success above; player of the match Luke Murphy on the ball, below

a spirited resurgence which left the teams level coming in to the last three minutes.

The intensity grew with goalmouth saves, shots coming back off the crossbar and both teams fighting tooth and nail for every ball.

No quarter asked or given and supporters on the edge of their seats as two excellent teams dug deep and deeper again.

However it was the Naomh Olaf team who grabbed the vital scores in those magical final minutes to record a brilliant victory by 0-16 to 1-11.

The Dublin County Board’s Bernie McLogh-

HIGHER LEARNING UCD’s Lamb lifts HEC Div 1 title UCD captain, Molly Lamb lifts

the cup as her team-mates celebrate after the Gourmet Food Parlour HEC Ladies Division 1 League Final 2018 win over UL at Stradbally in Laois.

They won 3-12 to 0-11 in the decider, capturing the title for the first time since 2007.

They led from start to finish, building a 1-1 to no score lead inside the first three minutes with Dearbhaile Beirne netting.

Picture: matt browne / SPORTSFILE

lin described it as the best exhibition by two teams at underage level for many a year and

Luke Murphy added to the day’s celebration by picking up a deserved man of the match award.

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FOOTBALL: KILMACUD THROUGH TO LEINSTER CLUB SENIOR DECIDER

HURLING

Aherne and Casserly crown BSJ year

Kilmacud Crokes Cian O’Sullivan makes a pass; inset, goalkeeper David Nestor. Main picture: Darragh Hickey, inset: Frances Mullin

Magee hails crucial Nestor intervention LEINSTER CLUB SFC SEMI-FINAL Kilmacud Crokes Portlaoise  sport@dublingazette.com

1-17 3-8

KILMACUD Crokes lived on their wits at times but eventually got over the line to beat Portlaoise by three points in Parnell Park with David Nestor’s penalty save the critical moment.

Portlaoise were awarded a spot-kick as the game moved into added time as Crokes protected a three-point lead but Craig Rogers had his penalty brilliantly turned around the post for a ‘45’.

For manager Johnny Magee, he was happy to heap praise on his goalkeeper, a former team mate of his from the 2008/09 All-Ireland winning side.

“Massive save and that’s his job,” Magee said after the tie. “If he was to drop a ball in the back of the net it would be the biggest mistake in the world, but he stepped up in the last minute of the game and pulled off a massive save. That’s what he deserves.

“Davy is a good guy, he’s been around the block a long time and he

pulled off a massive save that pushed us into a Leinster final.”

It was an action-packed encounter with plenty of scores and goal-mouth action with both keepers Nestor and Graham Brody having busy afternoons.

Portlaoise were left to rue not alone the missed penalty but 13 wides while Crokes were far more economical in turning opportunities into scores.

A Craig Rogers goal in the 46th minute brought the sides level, 1-14 to 3-8, but Crokes replied with points from Pat Burke, Paul Mannion and a great point

by Andrew McGowan.

Crokes made a great start with a Callum Pearson point and superb Dara Mullin goal inside the opening three minutes, Mullin’s pace carving through Portlaoise defence before cleverly rounding Brody with a body feint and finishing to the net.

A minute later, Nestor came to Crokes rescue when he denied Kieran Lillis but could do nothing in the fifth minute when Gareth Dillon scrambled the ball to the net after Liam Flatman

did well to save his original attempt sprinting backwards on the line.

Kilmacud reacted well to the concession of that goal with points from Pearson, Pat Burke, Paul Mannion and Craig Dias.

However, a mix up in the Crokes defence with Cian O’Sullivan under great pressure fumbling a short Nestor kickout let Paul Cahillane in for a clincal side-footed finish to the net.

With ten minutes to go in the first-half Cian O’Connor scored a fine point after some great off-the-ball running to lead 1-10 to 2-2 and by the interval it as 1-11 to 2-5.

Both sides landed three points each in the third quarter of the tie before Portlaoise drew level when Rogers fired their third goal.

But Kilmacud held their nerve to

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keep their rivals scoreless for the last 15 minutes while kicking three of their own.

Crokes will now play Mullinalaghta (Longford) in the Leinster final on Sunday, December 9 in Bord na Mona O’Connor Park, throw-in at 1.30pm.

“It’s the cliche, we take every game as it comes,” Magee said of the final date against an opponent who will be seen as heavy underdogs. “We don’t know much about Mullinalaghta but they will pose a threat like any team that’s in a Leinster final, they’re there to be won.

“It’s 60-odd minutes and it’s 15-on15 so we’ll pay them the respect that they deserve, like every opposition we played this year. Hopefully we’ll have a full strength team to pick from in a few weeks’ time.”

It’s 60-odd minutes and it’s 15-on-15 so we’ll pay them the respect that they deserve, like every opposition we played this year.

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BALLINTEER St John’s continued their superb winter as their minor hurlers won the B championshisp with a 2-12 to 2-7 victory over Raheny in last Sunday’s final.

Tom Aherne and Daire Casserly scored the key goals in the second half to stay out of range of their northside rivals in a strong tussle in O’Toole Park.

Indeed, the pair shared 2-7 in total in an excellent pair of performances in a great victory.

They led from early in the tie, scoring the first two points, and regularly edging ahead, moving 0-3 to 0-2 in front in the 17th minute and then pulled out to 0-7 to 0-4 at half-time.

They traded points in the early stages of the second half with Harry Ball, Daire Ronayne, Donnacha Carey, Seamus Fenton and Jack Kelly all weighing in with points, too, while Matthew Tully also impressing in goals.

The goals from Aherne and Casserly extended the lead out while Raheny stayed in the hunt with two goals of their own thanks to Mark Murphy and Adam Codd.

With five minutes to go of normal time, Raheny were in the mix at 2-17 to 2-10 behind but Ballinteer finished the stronger with a couple of late points to get over the line.

The success comes hot on the heels of Ballinteer’s Under-16 footballers win in the A championships, a first success at that grade, closing out a fine 2018 season in great style.

40 DUBLIN GAZETTE  SOUTH 29 November 2018