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Month XX, 2012 Swords • Balbriggan • Applewood • boroimhe • Airside • Rivervalley
INSIDE: Breaking the ice and having fun at one of the largest rinks in Dublin P6-7
funding boost: Fingal sporting clubs to benefit from cash injection Page 4
Awards show: Local store enjoys great night out Football:
Maggies take on Crokes in minor final showdown Page 31
Grants:
Local sports clubs allocated vital capital Page 32
ALSOINSIDE: GALLERIES.......................6 DUBLIN LIFE....................11 OUT&ABOUT...................17 CLASSIFIEDS.................26 SPORT............................27
supervalu Balbriggan was delighted to attend the 20th Edward Dillon SuperValu Off-Licence of the Year Award 2012/13, which took place recently in The Stillorgan Park Hotel. Brian Carrick and Mary Quinlan were there to represent the store and, although they didn’t win on the night they thoroughly enjoyed the event. Pictured at the event are Tony Reade, Mary Quinlan, Brian Carrick and Kevin O’Callaghan.
Managers wages are ‘too high’ – Coppinger City and council bosses salaries revealed after Dail question
Natalie Burke
The salaries of Dublin City and Council Managers came under scrutiny this week after it emerged that Fingal County Manager David O’Connor’s
annual earnings came to €162,062, the second highest among Dublin managers. T he figures emerged following a parliamentary question raised at the Dail. The salaries are “too
high” according to Cllr Eugene Coppinger (SP) who said the Socialist Party had been calling for a cap to be placed on salaries for public servants. “Some of the salaries are just way too high. I don’t
think the current Government are going to change the system. Apart from a cap on wages, we would be looking at a new tax band on people [earning] over €100,000,” he said. Full Story on Page 8