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February 9, 2012
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They’re on the ball: 2011 Dublin Sports Awards Tennis: Cluskey set to serve country in Davis Cup tie Page 28
SPORTS stars, players and teams were out in force for the Dublin Gazette Newspapers 2011 Dublin Sports Awards, in conjunction with the Clarion Hotel Liffey Valley and Setanta Sports Ireland, which saw individual and team successes celebrated in style. Pictured are Garrett Marrinan, manager, the Clarion Hotel, Liffey Valley; Swords Celtic’s Vincent McGrath receiving the May team of the month award on behalf of the club, and Rob Heigh, sports editor, Dublin Gazette Newspapers. Picture: Geraldine Woods
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Sports Awards: Gala celebration of Dublin sport at Clarion Hotel Page 29
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Road maintenance gets a €5.3m boost Funding to help various projects, continuous works
THE Department of Transport has allocated over €5.3 million toward Fingal County Council’s road maintenance funds. Fine Gael TD for Dublin north, Alan Farrell, has welcomed the multimillion euro allocation. “The allocation of €5.3
million from the Department of Transport has been specifically allocated for various projects and continuous works to improve the accessibility and conditions of the roads for drivers in Dublin North. “I welcome the €800,000 allocation for the Harr y
Reynolds’ road in Balbriggan. This will bring the road carriageway and associated footpaths up to standard, while the planned addition of a slip road at the junction will ease traffic and alleviate tailbacks on the Naul road,” he said. Full Story on Page 2