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Fry Model Railway plan is back on track again Council confirms that Casino refurbishment in Malahide should see trains return to the village next year

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THE long-awaited return of the Fry Model Railway to Malahide is set for next year.

The council confirmed that refurbishments to the Casino in

Malahide village are to accommodate the display of the Fry Model Railway Collection.

A huge donation from the late Michael Gaffney has allowed the council to pursue the project, which will

see the Fry Model Railway returned to the town as well as saving the 17th century thatched Casino building, which has been vacant since 2004, from ruin.

County architect

Fionnuala May said it was hoped to have the exhibition opened next year and that much of the work on the project would be “front-loaded” for this summer.

Full Story on Page 7

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Summer relaunch marked an IT upgrade at B&Q Swords A number of Fingal’s beaches are in the spotlight as the council carries out checks on water quality, following pumping station overflows

safety | precautions in place over water quality

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“DO NOT Swim” notices for Velvet Strand Beach, Portmarnock; Balbriggan Front Strand Beach and Skerries South Beach are set to remain in place until the results of water sampling tests are made available to the council on June 16.

The prohibitive notices have been issued as a precautionary measure following overflows at the Portmarnock Strand Pumping Station and Hampton Cove Pumping Station, Balbriggan due to technical problems.

Paul Reid, chief executive of Fingal County Council, has been assured by Irish Water that they are addressing the matter and engineers are currently on site at both pumping stations.

He said: “The acting

managing director of Irish Water, Jerry Grant, has assured me they have prioritised the matter and are doing everything they can to resolve the situation as soon as possible.”

B&Q Swords has held a store relaunch, to help mark an extensive new computer system being put in place as well as to celebrate the summer months.

The family-friendly event included facepainting, giveaways and discounted products, with suppliers in store to offer product knowledge to customers.

According to Paul Scott, of B&Q, customers won’t be aware of the IT difference but the new system will make a difference to staff, who will be able to check products for customers more efficiently. B&Q Swords also expects to hire approximately three more staff.

Man saved after Balbriggan Harbour fall during low tide A MAN was saved after a fall into Balbriggan Harbour when the tide was out.

The adult male fell from the harbour wall on to the concrete below and was lifted out by two units of Dublin Fire Brigade and the Coast Guard.

The rescue crews used heavy machinery to lift the injured man back onto the harbour wall.

Decision The decision to issue prohibitive or advisory notices in respect of swimming at Fingal beaches is made as a precautionary measure where it is believed that there may have been deterioration in the water quality due to a suspected or anticipated pollution event.

Members of the public intending to enter the water at any beach in Ireland are advised to check the water quality in advance by accessing the EPA website, or by checking the notice board at the entrance to each beach.

Despite the hard fall, it is understood the man escaped without major injury.

Council’s lifeguards now on duty for the rest of the summer season FINGAL County Council has launched its annual Beach Lifeguard Service as part of the 2016 bathing season.

Some 35 lifeguards will be on duty on Fingal’s beaches for Saturday and Sunday only throughout the rest of June, but will remain in place all week through-

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Speaking about the service, Paul Reid, the chief executive of Fingal County Council, said that he is delighted that beach goers can enjoy peace of mind while visiting the county’s beaches.

Beach users are asked to swim only between designated areas, which will be marked with flags.

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Gendarmes get an Eiffel of supporters’ passion IRELAND got off to a decent start with an unlucky 1-1 draw with Sweden in Paris on Monday – but that hasn’t stopped the Boys, and

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DAY after the match – the lead up to the match in Montmartre was really lively, so much so that we couldn’t fit onto the Metro!

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arts | fingal libraries welcome northern irish readers to howth literary festival

Opening a new chapter of friendship AS PART of Two Cities One Boo – a crossBorder initiative – Fingal Libraries brought Belfast book clubbers to The Howth Literary Arts Festival as part of an event sponsored by Fingal County Council.

The participation of Libraries NI added a new and exciting dimension to the festival.

The team from Fing a l L i b r a r i e s we r e delighted to be part of this new twist to the One City One Book festival, as Dublin and Belfast joined together in a special initiative which focused this year on the novel, Fallen, by Lia Mills.

P ublished by Penguin Random House, Mills’ novel is this year’s chosen book and tells the story of Dubliners against the backdrop of

the dramatic events of World War 1 and Easter Week 1916.

The weekend festival, which concluded in mid-June, saw a full programme of talks and workshops held by distinguished authors, poets, commentators and illustrators, including Joe Duff y, John Boyne, David McWilliams, Hilary Fannin, Nuala Ni Chonchuir and more.

A special feature of the festival was the free but ticketed events for the Children’s Literature Programme.

Senior executive librarian Yvonne OBrien said: “I am delighted that Fingal are once again involved in Dublin city’s One City One Book festival, and with the public’s response to the recent visit by

author Lia Mills to Baldoyle Library.

“I’m especially happy that Dublin and Belfast have made it a joint selection, and that book clubs in Fingal have been twinned with book clubs in Belfast.”

Highlight A highlight for Fingal County Council’s Libraries division included a visit by three Belfast book clubs – Finaghy Library, Ormeau Road Library and Lisburn Road Library reading groups – to Howth Literary Arts Festival.

Their visit is to be followed by a reciprocal visit in autumn by two Fingal book clubs to Belfast with lunch in Belfast City Hall, followed by a tour of the Ulster Museum.

Members of the Belfast Libraries Reading Group after attending the Howth Literary Festival

Taking in the expansive Lutyens Library at Howth Castle

Meeting poet Adam Wyeth and author Nuala Ni Chonchuir

water great bunch of guys COUNCILLORS Darragh Butler (FF) and Joe Newman (IND) set politics aside to roll up their sleeves, grab litter pickers, and join a large group opf volunteers for the annual river clean-up in Swords organised by Swords Tidy Towns.

There was no shortage of helping hands - and soon, full bags of rubbish - on the day, as the riverbanks from the town park along to The Old Schoolhouse pub were methodically cleaned by dozens of volunteers.

With the town continuing to focus on its Tidy Towns ranking, and with Swords continuing to develop as north Dublin’s premiere visitor attraction, the volunteers’ efforts are to be greatly commended by the entire community.

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community | info booklet for all

Free insight into council’s duties

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THE Gazette had a great response to our U2 DVD giveaway contest, with lots of entries received from all across the city.

However, there can be only one winner – or five, in this case – with the DVDs going out to Paul O’Callaghan, Tallaght; Cindy Redmond, Celbridge; Vincent Kearns, Rathfarnham; Paula Roche, Lucan and Igor Jankucic, Ballymun.

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honouring his service

EDDIE McCarthy, formerly a teacher at Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, and a member of the Fingal branch of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI), has received a Thomas MacDonagh medal in honour of his service to the ASTI. This medal recognises extraordinary service to the union by members. It is named after the historical figure Thomas MacDonagh, who was a founder

member of the ASTI.

The award ceremony took place in the Gresham Hotel, where a number of teachers and long-serving staff from across the country were acknowledged by the union, and their peers, for the outstanding service and above-and-beyond duty.

Pictured are Kieran Christie, general secretary, ASTI with Eddie McCarthy and Maire Ni Chiarba, president, ASTI.

AN INFORMATION booklet from the council is to be distributed to every home in Fingal over the next few weeks in an effort to demonstrate their “transparency in connecting with citizens”.

Entitled, Your Council Your Services, the aim of the booklet is to create awareness among Fingallions about the work being done by the council.

Charting where funding comes from right through to where it is spent is highlighted in the booklet, along with highlights of some of the programmes, initiatives and services provided by the council.

Launching the booklet,

The Mayor of FCC, Cllr David O’Connor and Paul Reid, chief executive

the Mayor of FCC, Cllr David O’Connor, said the booklet is “all about communications and connecting with people”.

“There’s a lot happening in Fingal and by distributing this handy reference document to each household, we are reaching out and keeping citizens in the loop about what we’ve done and what we’re planning to do.”

Chief executive Paul Reid said: “We’re constantly striving to improve Fingal and I’m personally very proud of the county as a great place to live, work and visit.”

In addition to the booklet, a short animated video has been produced to showcase some of the key statistics from the booklet. It can be viewed at Fingal.ie.

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| The scene was wet set for the great gardai swim

Competing swimmers neck in neck!

There was great support for all the swimmers

Such a great effort made by all the swimmers Mary Bolger Hinds

Some of the amazing ILDSA ladies team with Lynsey Dunne, Claudine Hughes, Aoife Byrne and Sinead

Life’s a beach Merrigan

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HERE was a great turnout recently for the Gardai Swim which took place on Portmarnock beach. Needless to say the weather played a part with the blue skies and sunshine, making it a memorable day for both swimmers and spectators.

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malahide | fry collection to return to village

Full steam ahead for model railway’s return

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securing a top award A SKERRIES company has won the Innovation Award at the this year’s National Enterprise Awards.

InvizBox was set up by Paul Canavan, Chris Monks and Elizabeth Canavan, and was supported by the Fingal Local Enterprise Office. The Skerries-based start-up began trading in 2015.

The company’s hardware devices – the InvizBox and the InvizBox Go – keep customers in more than 60 countries secure online and the

company has already sold more than 2,500 units.

Speaking at the Aviva Stadium, the Head of Enterprise in Fingal, Oisin Geoghegan, was among the first to congratulate the Fingal winners, saying: “The team at Invizbox are wonderful ambassadors for the county and are truly a start-up success story.”

Pictured are Oisin Geoghegan with InvizBox’s Paul Canavan, Elizabeth Canavan, Chris Monks and Ed Hearne.

THE long awaited return of the Fry Model Railway to Malahide is set for next year.

The council confirmed that refurbishments to the Casino in Malahide village are to accommodate the display and interpretation of the Fry Model Railway collection.

The model railway left Malahide following a €10 million revamp of its former home at Malahide Castle. Since then, there has been a huge local effort to bring it back.

A large donation from the late Michael Gaffney, who died in 2012, has allowed the council to pursue the project, which will see the Fry Model

Railway returned to the town as well as saving the 17th century thatched Casino building, which has been vacant since 2004, from ruin.

Mr Gaffney was a farmer and well-known figure in Malahide.

The Fry Model Railway was bought by Dublin Tourism in 1976 from Cyril Fry’s widow. The model railway, which was built in the 1920s and 1930s, was overhauled in the 1980s to become the largest model railway in Europe.

It opened to the public in Malahide Castle in 1988. However, with the redevelopment of the castle, it was planned to relocate the model railway at Bus Aras in Dublin city

centre, which would have resulted in the loss of a popular tourist attraction for Malahide.

Cllr Anthony Lavin (FG) told The Gazette that this is a “significant moment in the ongoing Fry Model Railway and Casino project, which was made possible by the generous contribution of the late Michael Gaffney”.

He added: “I would also like to thank his trustees and the chief executive of Fingal County Council who are working to ensure the successful completion of the project.

“I look forward to the commencement of the roof repairs, including new thatching, with completion of this project in 2017.”

A total refurbishment of the building in line with best conservation practice is set to begin this summer.

The refurbishment of the separate outbuilding to accommodate a small cafe and developing a small single-storey extension to provide ancillary support services is also planned.

Landscaping works will provide an entrance courtyard to the exhibition building and the external amenity space.

County architect Fionnuala May said it was hoped to have the exhibition opened next year and that much of the work on the project would be “front-loaded” for this summer.

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training | move to help disabled

books

Arts fest was a hit in Howth

Free service to help unemployed  emma nolan

A FREE recruitment service for people with disabilities in North Dublin is encouraging jobseekers who are out of work to sign up.

The Government-funded organisation focuses on working with people who have been out of work due to disability, injury or illness.

They provide a free recruitment service for marginalised people who need assistance in their job-seeking endeavours.

The type of people they work with vary from all forms of physical disabilities to mental health issues, intellectual disabilities and acquired brain injuries.

Stephen Kelly, job coach at EmployAbility, spoke to The Gazette about the service they provide.

He said: “We work with people on a one-to-one basis, assisting them with CV preparation, interview skills and confidence building.

“We then target specific employers and source the most suitable job for each client, all the while providing support to the client.

“As the economy begins to recover, we are seeing more employers seeking to hire people with disabilities through our service.”

Stephen said EmployAbility’s aim is to “create greater awareness for those people who are

marginalised with disabilities, illness or injury about our completely free and confidential service right here in Dublin’s northside”.

Those interested can find out more at employabilitydublinnorth.ie.

Meanwhile, the Government have approved the funding of €31 million for disability services.

Welcoming the news, Deputy Alan Farrell (FG) said: “It is of the utmost importance that people with disabilities are provided with the resources and services which they require.

“We must work to ensure that people [with disabilities] have access to the supports which will empower them.”

jumping up to help pieta LONDIS staff literally leapt to it when given the chance to help support Pieta House, with people lining up to undertake fundraising parachute jumps at The Irish Parachute Club in County Offaly.

Rufina Shiel, Katie O’Connor, Vicky O’Connor and Peter Guyett are pictured on terra firma after the jump, with Rufina and Vicky, of Shiel’s Londis PLUS Malahide, among those whose jumps helped to raise more than €27,000.

Londis and MWG Foods (owners and operators of the Londis brand) staff from 13 stores took part in the jump, with more than 30 participants each raising €400 for the cause. Additional funds came from a variety of events, including fundraising coffee mornings and jersey days.

The funds raised will go to help Pieta House in its support work with people who have suicidal or selfharm tendencies, and their families.

THIS year, Howth Literary and Arts Festival’s programme boasted a programme of drama, cultural history and visual arts events.

Taking place at Howth Castle, inspiration for the event was said to be drawn from the megalithic Howth Cromlech, know n as “Aideen’s Grave” on the grounds of the castle.

This year saw the return of the Book Doctors from Children’s Books Ireland and the crew from Fighting Words, who held a writing workshop.

Acclaimed author John Boyne – author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and The Boy at the Top of the Mountain – read from his latest novel and answered questions from aspiring young writers.

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| special new ‘forest’ at much-loved dublin zoo

GO HANG WITH THE ORANGS  emma nolan

AN ORANGUTAN forest habitat has opened at Dublin Zoo. The Orangutan Forest, which was inspired by the tropical rainforests of Borneo, will be home to the group of Bornean orangutans at the Zoo. Sibu (37), his mate, Leonie (35), their daughter, Riona (10) and niece, Mujur, born in Dublin Zoo in 2005, have made the Forest their new home along with some Siamang Gibbons, also native to South East Asia.

Their new three-dimensional habitat is five times bigger than their old home, extending to 1,300sq m.

It includes a new island some 80 metres long and 20 metres wide.

Orangutans are arboreal animals that spend the majority of the time in the trees of their rainforest home.

A stand-out feature of the new habitat are 11 trees, between seven and 12 metres high, that will encourage the orangutans’ natural climbing behaviour.

Speaking about the new habitat, Leo Oosterweghel, director of Dublin Zoo, said: “The opening of Orangutan Forest is another milestone on our journey to continue to develop Dublin Zoo into a world-class zoo and provide an excellent visitor experience.

“Every detail of Orangutan Forest has been considered carefully with the wellness of the orangutans in mind. The design was always inspired by their natural habitat.

“This wonderful new habitat will add complexity to their lives and stimulate their natural behaviours.”

Bornean orangutans are classified as endangered, with only an estimated 54,000 animals remaining.

The main threat to the species is deforestation, and over the past 30 years, 80% of the natural orangutan habitat has been destroyed due to widespread forest clearing for oil palm plantations, illegal mining and forest fires for “slashand-burn” agriculture.

To raise awareness of the plight of the orangutans, Dublin Zoo has launched a major fundraising initiative for their partners, The Orangutan Foundation, which is currently running.

Until this Sunday, June 19, Dublin Zoo will donate €2.50 from every ticket purchased to the foundation. Dublin Zoo is also calling on the Irish public to get involved by texting “Save” to 50300 to donate €2.

The Bornean orangutans have taken to their

impressive new ‘forest’ like ducks to water, with plenty of simian pals swinging over for a look

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3 Irish companies Granted awards  emma nolan

Three innovative Irishled research projects have just been awarded large grants from the EU’s research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020.

Based in Limerick, Dublin and Galway, the Irish companies are leading research on systems and products which are close to being ready for commercial exploitation.

The EU funding they have been awarded supports getting their systems and products tested, and bringing this innovative research to market. The companies awarded the

grants are three of just 16 businesses to have come through a highly competitive process involving 263 projects and 1057 companies, from across the EU, pitching for the funds.

Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, said: “Through Horizon 2020, we want to support innovative businesses to compete in global markets. These results bring the total investment to nearly €135 million in fast-access EU funding for close-to-the-market innovation activities, helping European R&D reach successful commercialisation.”

The Dublin company is OpenHydro Group Ltd (www.openhydro. com) and they are leading a group of European researchers in a project called OCTTIC (Open-Centre Tidal Turbine Industrial Capability), which will receive total EU funding of €2,996,327.

Their project looks at wave energy and aims to find ways to make it as cheap as wind energy so that it is more practical to use in the electricity grid.

The project being led from Dublin involves partners from Belgium, United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

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Investment for the favourite 5 Ulster Bank Invests €68,000 in Five Irish Community Projects. Investment is the first round of Ulster Bank’s Skills & Opportunities Fund. Pictured were Emma Wheatley, Programme Coordinator of the Early Learning Initiative and Stephen Galbraith, Ulster Bank with Liam Duffy (age 6) a pupil from National College of Ireland Dublin, Early Learning Initiative at the announcement of the Irish winners of the first round of the RBS Skills and Opportunities fund. The Skills and Opportunities Fund will see an investment of €68,000 into five community projects across the country – part of the first round of the €280,000 Skills and Opportunities Fund for the island of Ireland.

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Bu s i n e s s t o A r t s and corporate law firm A&L Goodbody have launched a new Writer in Residence programme under the Docklands Arts Fund.

The programme will see a writer work with children at St. Joseph’s Co-Ed Primary School in East Wall to develop their creativity and literacy skills.

The venture marks the first time that a business in Ireland has engaged a Writer in Residence programme with Business to Arts and Dublin City Council. As part of the partnership, A&L Goodbody will also provide funding for the programme worth €30,000.

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Hailing from Mullingar, the lads in The Academic are firmly on the up, with their upcoming gig at Bulmers Live adding to their increasingly impressive track record

gigs: the academic on committing to their growing music career

They’re all four their band  karl graham

UP-AND-COMING Irish band The Academic will bring a bit of indie/rock style to Bulmers Live at Leopardstown this year.

With the band-members’ mutual love of artists such as The Strokes and the recently departed from our shores Bruce Springsteen, the guitar-heavy sound that’s popular with the former helps the band put on an impressive live performance.

Due to take the stage tonight (Thursday, June 16), the Mullingar men will join the list of musical legends – comprising the likes of Johnny Marr, The Charlatans, and The Happy Mondays – to have

played at the racing festival.

The band was signed up by Global Publishing last year to help showcase their music worldwide. Guitarist Matthew Murtagh spoke to The Gazette about how their lives have changed since.

He said: “We’ve gotten to do some amazing things, such as supporting some big acts, headlining our own shows, and releasing music, so it’s been really cool.”

Matthew’s brother, Stephen, plays bass in the band alongside vocalist/ guitarist Craig Fitzgerald and drummer Dean Gavin. The foursome have been playing together since they were 14.

Matthew says they have not felt any added pressure since they signed the

Publishing deal, although there was one conversation that had them hot under the collar.

He said: “The big pressure was leaving school and deciding to do it full-time – that conversation with the parents is a hard enough thing to do, but we all made the decision to put college on the back burner and work on this, which has so far worked out.”

It has indeed worked out for the band as they have already supported The Pixies and appeared on stage at festivals in countries all across the world – an experience they are all fully enjoying.

Matthew said: “We recently played at the Europavox festival in France and I was really surprised when the French

crowd went crazy for us. You never know what crowd you are going to get.”

The Academic released their first EP last week and, after receiving a positive reception, they hope to have their first album on record shelves early next year.

Matthew added: “At the moment we are kind of going day-by-day, but we really want to get an album out there and we are hoping to put one out at the start of next year.”

The band will join the likes of Nathan Carter, The Strypes and Dublin rock gods Aslan at this year’s Bulmers Live at Leopardstown event, which started on June 9 and will be wrapped up by The Boomtown Rats on August 11.

OUR Dog of the Week looking for her #SpecialSomeone* is happy Heidi, a gorgeous two-year-old female American Bulldog cross.

Heidi loves her walks, food and gentle fuss and cuddles. She will benefit from a home with adults or older children who will understand that whilst she enjoys human affection and attention, she also needs peace and quiet when she is resting in her bed, which she loves. Long naps are one of her favourite things in life!

If you can be Heidi’s #SpecialSomeone*, 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, at www.facebook.com/ dogstrustirelandonline, or on Twitter @ DogsTrust_IE. *Dogs Trust has launched their new TV ad; the #SpecialSomeone campaign aims to bring to life just how important a new owner is to the dogs they rehome.

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Filling up on fun at Maxol

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Sunshine at the Maxol forecourt. Pictures: Peter Houlihan

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AMILIES came pouring in to Maxol Mulhuddart for its official opening recently, with locals joining staff and special guests to celebrate the opening of the chain’s largest service station.

Representing an investment of €6m, the Mulhuddart station at the M3 has created 50 jobs, with the addition of a number of extra features – including Insomnia, Chopped and Supermacs fare – adding to the own-brand Maxol fresh food. A range of entertainment and colourful characters were on hand for the opening, with children delighted to try their hand at a range of games and acitivities, while their parents and grown-ups had a bite to eat inside the spacious station.

Gleneagle Group set to manage luxury houses SHEEN Falls Country Club, a unique development of luxury selfcatering accommodation in Kenmare, is to be managed by The Gleneagle Group from this summer.

The development comprises 20 town houses and a further six detached houses set among mature woodland alongside the River Sheen.

Patrick O’Donoghue, managing director of The Gleneagle Group, said: “Sheen Falls Country Club is a stunning development in an incredible setting, and we look forward to

making it a major contender in the Irish self-catering market and contributing visitor numbers to Kenmare.”

Guests of Sheen Falls Country Club can avail of a number of local activities, including horse riding, fishing, cycling and hill walking, but they also get to enjoy the many benefits of holidaying at a Gleneagle Group property.

For bookings or further information, see www.sheenfallscountryclub.ie, email info@sheenfallscountryclub.ie or call 064 667 1512.

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(For a week) NATIONAL Bike Week is here once again, celebrating and promoting all that is great about cycling.

Cycling is environmentally-friendly, as it cuts congestion and has zero emissions, and it is also much lower in cost than travelling by public transport or a car.

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oh mummy – have you a funny story?

MUMMY bloggers are being given the chance to win a spa break – just by sharing a funny story.

Broadcaster and journalist Maia Dunphy is inviting Irish women to share their funniest stories on the trials of being a mum on The M Word, the space for women who happen to be mothers.

Maia said she has “wrangled” a relaxing night for two at the Killeshee House Hotel, Killeshee, after being hosted by the Kildare hotel as a celebrity guest. Now, she wants to give The M Word readers a break just by sharing their stories.

Kilashee have offered a night for two at their relaxing Kildare bolthole to the mummy who shares the funniest story. The prize includes breakfast and dinner in the Turner’s fine dining restaurant, and a treatment in the hydrotherapy suite of the hotel’s award-winning spa.

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step up to 24 hours of riverdance WITH Riverdance’s summer season starting once again, participants from its legendary troupe will dance for 24 continuous hours on the plaza outside The Gaiety Theatre.

Starting at noon on July 21, a large digital clock will hang from the canopy and count down the hours.

Over the following 24 hours, Riverdancers and Irish dancers from a number of dance schools will take part, ensuring that the dance goes on.

Those passing by are invited to donate to the charity and maybe even join in the occasional ceili.

You can follow the event as it unfolds on social media using the tags #Riverdance #DanceAthon.

Held in association with The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF), the 24 hours of Irish dancing aims to highlight the round-the-clock work carried out by the IHF.

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Rachel Wyse and her best friend, Ryan Crowley – the pair feature in a new Barry’s Tea campaign

Why June 16 became known around the world as Bloomsday JUNE 16 is unique in literature in that it actually has a day named after it – Bloomsday.

The day is named after the main character – Leopold Bloom – in James Joyce’s most famous work, Ulysses. The date was

One of the stars of the upcoming Laya Healthcare City Spectacular festival

deliberately chosen by the author, as it was on this

Green and greet a fantastic family festival in the city

day in 1904 that he and Nora Barnacle, his future lover and wife, went on their first date.

By that October, she would leave Dublin and accompany him to France, where they struggled until his eventual breakthrough and international recognition.

Joyce had stayed in the Martello Tower, in Sandycove, with his friend Oliver St John Gogarty (who had rented the building) for a short time before leaving hurriedly after a gun was fired late one night.

However, he chose to set the opening scene of his book in the building, and Gogarty is immortalised in the first line: “Stately, plumb Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.”

Celebrating Bloomsday has become big business, and events are now held in many cities around the world, bringing a new audience to Joyce’s works.

However, the original Bloomsday (in 1954 – the 50th anniversary) celebrations were rather prosaic by today’s standards, involving a number of Dublin’s literati and two horse-drawn carriages.

The group – John Ryan (owner of The Bailey pub and founder of Envoy art magazine), Flann O’Brien, Anthony Cronin, Patrick Kavanagh, Tom Joyce (a cousin) and AJ Leventhal (registrar of Trinity College) – had planned a “pilgrimage” along the circuitous route set out in the book.

interview: sky sports GAA presenter rachel wyse

wyse words on presenting gaa OVER THE WATER

However, after a number of stops for “refreshments”, the adventure was abandoned due to “inebri-

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ation and rancour”, and they retired to The Bailey, on Duke Street. You may very well see some horse-drawn carriages on the big day but as to whether they will be ferrying such an illustrious group, well, I guess that’ll be another story. Happy Bloomsday!

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The picturesque Martello Tower in Sandycove, forever immortalised by James Joyce in Ulysses

SKY Sports’ face of GAA – Rachel Wyse – sat down with The Gazette to discuss the hectic life of a sports broadcaster, living in London, and her love of horses.

Rachel is unique in the media sector in that her love of sport provided her with a different career path from the traditional Irish model-turned-TV presenter journey.

Working in a media environment can rarely result in a normal nineto-five work life, and this is particularly true if you are a TV broadcaster at one of the world’s largest

news organisations.

She said: “I don’t have a typical day because every day can be different. Working at Sky, your hours can vary because if you’re on an early [shift] you are up at two or three in the morning.

“During the GAA season from June to September, the closest to a typical day would be up at 7am, straight into work and into a makeup chair, so I’m lucky I can just roll out of bed and into a chair.”

From here, she takes part in a pre-shoot meeting before hitting screens at 10am. The early morning start sometimes gives her the afternoon to relax

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‘During the GAA season from June to September, the closest to a typical day would be up at 7am, straight into work and into a makeup chair, so I’m lucky I can just roll out of bed and into a chair’ --------------------------------------------------------

and unwind.

Despite how much she enjoys her life on TV, it was not her first love.

Rachel began show jumping at the age of 10 and represented Ireland at the European Showjumping Championships.

Rachel, who grew up near Leopardstown

Racecourse in Stillorgan, has seen her profile rocket both at home and abroad since she joined Sky Sports six years ago.

Barry’s Tea has taken advantage of this and will feature Rachel and her best friend, Ryan Crowley, in their new advertisement campaign.

While Ireland may always be her spiritual home, Rachel is now settled enough in London to call it home.

“My mam and dad live in Blackrock now, but my brother, sister and I have been in London for six years so London is home now,” she said.

Rachel and Cork native Ryan met in London after they got chatting to each other in a pub during an Ireland versus England rugby game five years ago, and they now live together.

Ryan believes that Rachel has remained the same down-to-earth person since her career has

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taken off, and told a funny story about her at an RDS festival to prove his point.

“I think Winter Wonderland was the funniest moment when she got off the dropzone thing there.

“It was huge, so myself and Natalie, who works with Rachel, wouldn’t go on it. There was an Irish guy standing at the bottom, and when she got off her hair was all over the place and she was pale as a ghost.

“She was saying: ‘I think I’m going to get sick’, and this guy was like, ‘Rachel, can I get a photo?’” She duly obliged.

In typical Irish fashion, the two friends like

nothing more than a cup of tea (or a glass of wine) and a chat.

Ryan said: “We actually, honestly, have Barry’s Tea in our apartment all the time. They sell it in Sainsburys in the Irish section, but my mum used to send it over in envelopes!”

Rachel is very happy with her career at the moment and hopes to continue at Sky for as long as they’ll have her.

She said: “TV can be quite a fickle industry, so it’s nice to have that security and people seem to go there and stay for a long time. I still feel like the new girl and I’m there six years.”

Reporter Karl Graham with Rachel Wyse

REPTILE-tattooed superstar The Lizardman, contortionist “The Human Knot” Alkazam, 8-foot tall fully-animated Titan the Robot, and mad German scientist Doctor Kaboom will all appear in July’s family-friendly Laya Healthcare City Spectacular festival in Merrion Square.

More than 300 shows are due to appear at the festival, which runs over three days in Dublin.

The festival will showcase the best in international street performance, interactive family events and workshops, delicious artisan producers and international street food.

New additions to this year’s festival – an entirely free family event – include Laya Healthcare’s Greatest Place on Earth, where families can “play, dance and create together”, an international street food festival, live music stage, waiter service and DSPCA pet wellness area.

A spokesperson for Laya Healthcare said: “We are delighted to announce our three-year sponsorship of Laya Healthcare’s City Spectacular, which is the biggest free family summer festival in Ireland.

“Each year the festival has grown and developed and we look forward to having the best festival yet in 2016.”

Family health, fitness and wellbeing will be central to “The Greatest Place on Earth”, where kids’ aerobics, yoga and dance classes will be held.

The legendary puppet Bosco will also make an appearance to support the festival’s official partner, LauraLynn Ireland’s Children’s Hospice.

The “Pet-acular” area with the DSPCA invites visitors to bring their beloved dogs along, where they may become the star of the Scruffs Dog Show, and star in their very own photo shoot, showing that the event not only welcomes families, but also their four-legged friends.

Meanwhile, Just Eat Street invites visitors to devour more than 25 different cuisines from around the world, enjoy music from international acts, and relax in the sunshine with family and friends.

Just Eat will also provide a waiter service that will take and deliver orders for festival-goers, bringing the best of its online ordering service to life for visitors.

The ESB Spark Your Imagination area is a feast for the senses, with creative writing workshops from Fighting Words, fun and games from Imaginosity, and science and electricity shows from mad German scientist Doktor Kaboom.

The Laya Healthcare City Spectacular will also once again bring their Kid’s Court event to the family festival, where children can put their parents on trial, who may be sentenced to a custard pie in the face, or a bucket of iced water thrown as punishment.

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STYLE

Drawing on African elegance  emma nolan

ZIMBABWE-born Irish designer Tina Williams, of the Valennci couture clothing line, will launch her debut collection, F.A.I.T.H., in Cafe en Seine on June 16.

Tina harnessed her love of fashion from an early age, taking sewing lessons and inspiration from the elegant women in her life.

In 2004, she landed an internship with an African-American brand based in the UK and USA where she learned how to master accessory design and beading, as well as making her own garments.

Inspiration Taking inspiration from African culture, and combining this with contemporary Western trends, Tina has gone on to create a collection which tells a story and cultivates her heritage, faith, and creativity.

The collection represents “confidence and freedom of expression”. Through her choice of fabric and textile details, this collection combines features of both African and Western Culture.

Tina is also hoping to raise emergency funding for widows, orphans and homeless people in her native Zimbabwe at the event.

Some designs from the degree collection by budding Dublin designer William Shannon Doyle. The collection was inspired by the people of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Style Editor

THE Gazette sat down with budding Dublin designer William Shannon Doyle (right) to talk about his degree collection, winning the River Island bursary, and why he intends to nurture Dublin’s fashion industry.

Having just finished his four years at NCAD, William’s degree collection is inspired by the people of the Harlem Renaissance.

He says: “I was inspired by the photographer, Aaron Siskind. He had a lot of

images of working-class people in New York.

“I liked his photos of people at work and was particularly inspired by an image of a butcher, so I used the apron as a starting point and mixed it with tailored items to get new shapes from old classic garments.”

The 22-year-old Templeogue native spent some time in New York doing an internship with designer Charles Warren.

While he was there, he visited a photographic exhibition by Jacob Laurence.

He says: “One of the main things I took from the exhi-

bition was the colour story – the yellows, corals and greens that run throughout the collection.”

The look book for the collection (shots shown above) was shot in a house on Henrietta Street where television productions such as Penny Dreadful are shot. The background was intended to imitate the derelict housing captured by Siskind in his photography.

William will be travelling to London in September to being working with River Island for three months, but it could be for longer.

While he wants to go

back to New York after London, William is certain that Dublin will be where he is based in the future.

He says: “My ultimate end goal is to work as a designer, but to be based in Dublin.

“I feel that the fashion industry in Dublin is really starting to grow and that’s really exciting.

“A lot of our most talented designers move to New York and London and I feel like if those people would have stayed, we would have grown here. We’re almost not giving Dublin a chance.”

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CINEMA ReelReviews warcraft

Not a very magical tale

MOTHER’S DAY

An overcooked turkey JUNE is traditionally when all kinds of grade-A turkeys get released into cinemas and, true to form, here comes the internationally slated Mother’s Day (Cert 12A, 118 mins), starring Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts and Kate Hudson.

Hoping to tug on maternal heart strings, the film clumsily tugs on stomach muscles instead, with a mawkish, sub-soap opera plot about a disparate group of women’s lives coming together in unexpected ways. Even the hypnotic sight of Roberts’ terrible wig won’t sustain your attention here in this weak film.

Cormac Moore, Simon Delaney and Thomas Crosse

Amy Grant and Jenny Markey Fox

Lorraine and Luke Brennan. Picture: Brian McEvoy

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Conor McMahon and Ali Doyle

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ORROR fans were out in force for the premiere of The Conjuring 2 at the Lighthouse Cinema. Building on the success of the first film, The Conjuring 2 is a similar period horror film with strong religious undertones, and is based on Britain’s famous Enfield haunting incident in the 1970s, in which a family claimed they were being haunted by the malevolent spirit of an old man. Already the subject of a number of television programmes and films, the Enfield poltergeist had more than a ghost of a chance of being made into a big-screen movie, with director James Wan crafting an interesting horror that has received generally favourable reviews.

WHILE Warcraft, as a long-running videogame franchise, has millions of fans around the world, can the first film based on the games recreate that success?

On the basis of Warcraft: The Beginning (Cert 12A, 123 mins), the answer is “No”.

With lots of lore to cram into a two-hour running time, the end result is a bit of a curate’s egg that fails to fully satisfy gamers, fantasy fans or regular cinemagoers.

It’s not all bad – some stirring action sequences lift things – but for such a strong franchise, the film fails to put up much of a fight.

The Boss

Fire the scriptwriters MELISSA McCarthy has proved she has plenty of comedic chops, but there’s little for her to bite into as the star of The Boss (Cert 15A, 98 mins).

It’s a motormouth role for the popular comic, as she takes on the brash part of a stunningly rich woman sent back to square one after a bout of insider trading.

However, ‘The Boss’ won’t let a little thing like having to start again stop her from clawing her way back to the top, whatever it takes ...

McCarthy does what she can, but it’s an unsubtle role that just requires her to be obnoxious, and little else.

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FOOD&DRINK OUT&ABOUT BITESIZEDNEWS The Picky Eater Westin Hotel

Jacobs launch a delicious new range of Italian sytle biscuits

Biscuit lovers will be delighted to hear that Jacob’s has launched a new range of Italian style wafer biscuits called Caffe Di Milano.

They are available in three flavours – chocolate, hazelnut and vanilla – with each biscuit described as light and crispy, the perfect Italian luxury.

Caffe Di Milano biscuits are available in stores nationwide now priced at €2.50.

Afternoon Tea Westmoreland Street If you’re looking for an Afternoon Tea with a difference, head for The Westin on Westmoreland Street.

The five star hotel is running a Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea inspired

by Alice in Wonderland.

Hosted in their newly refurbished suites overlooking the city, the Picky Eater spent an wonderful afternoon sampling the best of what was on offer from the wonderlandinspired party.

The food is a mixture of treats that Alice herself would be proud of such as quail’s egg and tarragon mayonnaise in

a brioche roll and crispy basil baskets with marinated goat’s curd, drizzled in balsamic pesto.

Everything is served on a unique set of handmade crockery and tea is served in matching cups and saucers. It’s the kind of thing little girls (and big girls) dream about.

The desserts cannot be overlooked either with treats including the zesty green tea cone with lemon yuzu cream and my personal favourite, the caramel moussefilled chocolate cup.

Classic tea party offerings such as fruit scones, preserves and creams are also up for grabs along with deca-

dent red velvet cake while guests can also indulge in a Red Rose Queen cocktail for an additional €8.50.

A special nod must go to the very attentive staff and chefs at the Westin Hotel for providing a nut free Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea option for me, which I hugely appreciated as I have quite a severe allergy to nuts.

T he Mad Hatter ’s Afternoon Tea caters for private groups of at least 18 people with an introductory offer priced at €49.50 per person. It’s one not to be missed.

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TRAVEL King Tut’s dagger was a gift from the heavens

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france: mimozas resort will charm you on your Cote d’Azur holiday

Cannes you find a better way to relax in the sun?  ian begley

IT HAS been revealed that a dagger inside the tomb of King Tutankhamun was made from a meteorite.

Since the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1925 by Howard Carter, there has been a mystery surrounding one of his iron blades (below) that hadn’t rusted.

Scientists compared the iron found in the dagger with two meteorites that fell within 2,000km of the Red Sea, and found that there was a match between the knife and a meteorite known as “Kharga”.

It was found at the seaport city of Mersa Matruh, 150 miles west of Alexandria.

The findings were published in the Journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science.

In 2013, nine odd black beads were excavated from a cemetery near the Nile and were found to have been beaten out of meteorite fragments.

The beads are thought to date back to 3,200BC. Because of the existence of the beads and the knife, researchers have speculated that the ancient Egyptians ascribed a lot of value to meteorites.

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Travel Editor

WE’RE almost halfway through 2016, and what better way to recharge the batteries for the next six months than a trip to Mimozas Resort Cannes this June?

Ideally situated just a 10 minute drive from the glamorous centre of Cannes, Mimozas Resort offers guests a choice of studio or one-, two- or three-bed apartments overlooking either a beautiful lake or a stunning golf course.

Prices start at just €1,265 for a five-night family stay in June.

From the resort, you’re perfectly placed to explore all that the Cote d’Azur has to offer, on foot, by bike, car or train.

Take a stroll into the picturesque town of La Napoule, 15 mins by foot from Mimozas and home to a breathtaking chateau right on the Mediterannean which, like Mimozas Resort itself, has an Irish connection.

Adam Clayton, of U2 fame, was married there in 2013, and the views across the bluest of waters to Ile St Marguerite and Ile St Honorat are nothing short of spectacular.

Mimozas Resort offers electric bikes for guests who wish to explore the region faster than their feet will carry them. Available at reception, these bikes take all the effort

out of cycling as you let the motor do most of the work.

Take a trip into Cannes and bike the famous La Croisette seafront boulevard. Park up, and enjoy lunch in one of the many restaurants or cafes, making sure to sit outside as you never know who you will see as you drink the finest of French wines.

If you fancy a trip further afield, La Napoule has a TGV (fast train) station which will allow you to explore renowned cities such as Nice, Monaco and Monte Carlo.

All of these destinations are less than an hour’s journey from Mimozas

Resort, and you’re sure to find plenty to do no matter which you decide to visit.

If all of the exploring has you ready to expire, it’s time to kick back at the resort, where endless indulgence is right at your fingertips.

Take time to treat yourself by booking an appointment at the luxurious Yon Ka spa, or unwind with a round of golf on the adjacent Old Course – the oldest golf course on the Mediterranean.

At the end of a long day, enjoy dining on your balcony and watch the sunset cast a warm glow over Mimozas Resort while you eat delicious local cuisine and have another glass of that glorious French wine ...

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IT’S your last chance to win a fantastic holiday at Mimozas Resort! To celebrate the Boys in Green’s French adventure at EURO 2016, The Gazette could be flying you and a pal to the beautiful Cote d’Azur town of Cannes for a luxury holiday worth €2,000! Enjoy five nights at the 4-star resort - FREE! To have a chance to win this fantastic holiday, courtesy of Mimozas Resort, just visit our Facebook page and Like and Share our #YesOuiCannes competition post.

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terms and conditions

Relax at the pool or your balcony at Mimozas Resort - or head off to Cannes itself and feel like a movie star

THIS Competition is run by Mimozas Resort Cannes, a trading name of Splash Hospitality, an Irish company.

Information on how to enter the Competition forms part of these terms and conditions of entry. Participation in this Competition is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions of entry.

This prize consists of 5 nights in a two bedroom apartment in the 4* Mimozas Resort Cannes, with return flights for two people.

This prize must be taken between 1st September 2016 and 31st March 2017.

Unless otherwise stated in the competition text, all bookings must be made at least 6 weeks in advance of arrival date.

Travel Insurance is not included in the prize.

The value of the two return flights combined must not exceed €400. Flights are for Dublin – Nice only.

Employees of Mimozas Resort Cannes, their family members or anyone else connected in any way with the competition or

helping to set up the competition shall not be permitted to enter the competition.

Mimozas Resort Cannes reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control.

Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.

Mimozas Resort Cannes is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.

No cash alternative to the prizes wil be offered. The prizes are not transferable.

Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.

The closing date for this competition is June 17.

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TECH

Illustration: Shane Dillon

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Tech Editor

WHILE today, most of us think of technology as a tool that changes how people are preparing and adapting for the future, it is also a truly invaluable way to learn how people lived in the past.

The more we move forward as a species, the more we can look back, and learn.

This point was made crystal-clear last weekend with the announcement that laser mapping had turned somewhat less than crystal-clear dense jungles in northern Cambodia into what was probably the Medieval world’s largest empire, thanks to the discovery of the remains of not just one, but several lost cities beneath the tropical forest floor.

In an extensive lidar (light detection and ranging, similar to radar) airborne study of the region carried out last year, researchers bounced special lasers off the ground and then carefully analysed the results.

They were able to extensively map out the region, with their lidar scan able to filter out the vegetation and other data

to peer under the forest – thus uncovering the long forgotten cities’ remains and workings.

It’s all a far cry from how Angkor was first presented to the world, when a young French explorer, Henri Mouhot, captured the public imagination with the posthumous publication in 1863 of his journals detailing temples and a lost city swallowed by the jungle.

Although Monsieur Mouhot died more than 150 years ago (of fever, aged just 35), he would recognise the same public interest in the region today, with modern researchers driven by the same timeless curiosity that once led the young Frenchman to slice his way through the jungle.

Today, and while similar ground-breaking (no pun intended) surveys

This lidar scan of Angkor Wat shows how lasers can detect subsurface remains

Although well-known to locals, Angkor’s quiet slumber was shaken off with the public interest aroused by Mouhot’s writings (see boxout, right) and atmospheric drawings – images still instantly familiar to any modern Instagrammer and Selfie fan visiting Angkor Wat today.

have b e e n carried out in recent years with impressive results of their own, none had been carried out on this scale, or with this success.

Building on similar surveys of the region, the lidar survey revealed even more of the complex, elaborate canals and reservoirs which the region is already famous for.

Already world-famous for the incredible ruins and sprawling remnants of the once formidable Khmer empire – most notably on show in Angkor Wat’s UNESCOlisted temples – this latest discovery completely rewrites the history of south-east Asia.

Not only do the remains show that the Khmer empire was much larger and even more organised than previously know n, but that it would have been a hugely important East-West trade gateway – all lost following the empire’s swift collapse.

These significant finds have an enormous impact on our knowledge of the region at the time, with these latest findings acting as the tip of the iceberg of what is yet to come.

At least part of these cities will undoubtedly be uncovered and take their rightful place beside (or even in front of) Angkor Wat in the history books and tourist trails – and it’s all thanks to the intersection between technology and archaeology, and the same quest for knowledge that continues to drive us forward to learn, invent and explore ...

The UNESCO-protected ruins of Angkor Wat (inset) are world famous – could the discovery of several lost cities’ remains nearby, under the jungle floor, become just as world famous, and rewrite history?

Reactions to modern tech echo findings from the past WHETHER drilling into the depths of the planet or its oceans, peering beyond our fragile atmosphere into the depths of space, or even just scanning rocks for chemical traces to learn more about lost peoples and cultures, technology is the key to so much of our recent achievements and knowledge.

However, whether availing of technology or old-fashioned footwork, the human reaction to discovery remains the same.

Consider French explorer Henri Mouhot’s (right) writings on the ancient ruins he stumbled across deep in the Cambodian jungles back around 1860, with those of a modern counterpart, Charles Higham – a research professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the leading archaeologist of

mainland south-East Asia.

Mouhot “One of these temples – a rival to that of Solomon, and erected by some ancient Michael Angelo – might take an honourable place beside our most beautiful buildings. It is grander than anything left to us by Greece or Rome ...

“At Ongcor, there are ... ruins of such grandeur ... that, at the first view, one is filled with profound admiration, and cannot but ask what has become of this powerful race, so civilised, so enlightened, the authors of these gigantic works?”

Higham: “It is as if a bright light has been switched on to illuminate the previous dark veil that covered these great sites. Personally, it is wonderful to be alive as these new discoveries are being made. Emotionally, I am stunned.

Intellectually, I am stimulated.”

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MOTORING motorbikes: THE YAMAHA R1M

Get ready for astonishing performance  ken phelan

The superbike is a beauty from all angles

BIKERS are a funny lot.

Some people think they cause a nuisance on our roads, dress in ill-fitting leather suits, exhale petrol fumes and generally cause a menace wherever they go.

However, they suffer a disproportionate number of automobile accidents, insist on driving through torrential rain, and can be the bane of many an unsuspecting sheep nationwide.

So what, you may wonder, is the appeal? What makes these scoundrels more evil than Evel?

Well, the Yamaha R1M is perhaps a good place to start ...

Since 1998, the Yamaha R1 has been the company’s flagship sportsbike, leaving competitors for dirt with its winning combination of all-out power, precision handling and killer looks.

In fact, as if to illustrate the point, Ian

Hutchinson took his 12th TT win last week when he dominated the Monster Energy Supersport race on his R1.

T he Yamaha R1M took things a step further.

Boasting 200bhp and a top (restricted) speed of 186mph (due to a manufacturers’ gentlemanly agreement not to exceed 300kph for production bikes), the R1M was clearly something different.

With its MotoGP-derived electronics package, blistering power-toweight ratio, and antiwheelie technology, it was possible to go Back To The Future with just the twist of a throttle.

So you’ve just spent your last million on a “supercar” that reaches 0-60 in 2.8secs? Tut,tut.

Pass your test and invest in something a fraction of the cost, offering better performance.

The R1M achieves 0-60mph

The Yamaha R1M is a superbike that more than lives up to its hype

in a gut-w renching 2.3secs; while it’s entirely possible to overtake the Starship Enterprise on the way to the shops, it’s unlikely you’ll be doing the school run any time soon.

The R1M, being the posher version of the R1 and R1S models, is therefore full of juicy add-ons.

The front mudguard, fairing and tail centre are made of carbon to save weight, in case that’s an issue.

The upgraded bike also comes

with exclusive Ohlins suspension front and rear, which automatically adjusts to riding conditions.

Like the R1 and R1S, the R1M has – as mentioned - a MotoGP-derived electronics package, including riding modes, traction control, slide control, launch control and wheelie ‘rate-of-lift’ control.

The R1M truly offers astonishing performance, and all in a road-legal machine.

All being said, the R1 and R1S models are perfectly sufficient for breaking the sound barrier, but if you have those extra euro lying around, you could treat yourself to the upgraded M model.

Now, what are you waiting for? Grab your helmet and gloves and tell your partner you’ll be back ... yesterday!

But if you are lucky enough to own one of these magnificent bikes, in the words of Fr Ted Crilly: “Careful now”, and mind those speed limits.

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| The sun shone bright at this years riverfest

Cara Cusack (age 6) from Swords

Ship ahoy! - Captian Amelie Bal ready to go to battle. Pictures: Conor McCabe Photography

Sean and Mary Molloy from Maynooth

President of the Dublin Old Gaffers Association Dennis Aylmer with his partner Dorene

Aisling O’Neill and Ger Callahan from Ashton

Ethan Higgins (age 2) from East Wall

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giving the visitors a day to remember - a visual treat, full of fun

Cyril and Patricia O’Neill from Limerick

Sisters Rita, Clare and Linda Farrell from Crumlin with entertainer Johnny Murphy

Irish wake board champion Johnny Crawford

Louise and Karl Alldritt from Glasnevin with their Thrill seekers feeling the speed

Bernatte Boyd with her granddaughter Amy (age 2) from Clonshaugh

daughter Elise (age 1)

Riverfest fun for young and old T

Professional wakeboarder Paul Johnston (ranked 9th in the World)

housands of visitors came out to soak up the sun at Dublin Port Riverfest. This year’s maritime festival featured an array of tall ships which are magical to look at and make you feel like you are stepping back in time. There were also schooners, wakeboarding, tug boat dances, Jeanie Johnston tours, pirate demonstrations, face painting, funfair, food and craft fairs to mention just a few. The sun was shining, everyone was out in their sunglasses and it really was a day to remember.

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SPORT Video view crucial for Rio pursuit

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boxing: katie taylor looking to learn lessons from rare defeats

flynn records big steeplechase victory:

CLONLIFFE Harriers’ Dave Flynn won the 3000m steeplechase at the European champion clubs cup in Leira, Portugal.

The steeplechaser from Blanchardstown was competing against athletes from nine other countries and took the win with a time of 8.55 minutes, racking up maximum points on behalf of the black and amber club.

Flynn, who just got back from a two month altitude camp in California, attributes the improvement in his recent performances is his new coach. “I got a new coach six months ago, Andrew Kastor, one of the best marathon coaches in the world.

“I am happy with my win last weekend, beating some of the best steeplers in Europe, and I will now try to qualify for the European Championships and hope to win the Irish Olympic trials on June 26.”

 james hendicott sport@dublingazette.com

KATIE Taylor’s preparation for the Olympics in Rio hasn’t been ideal with the superstar boxer needing a semi-final appearance at the recent World Championships – duly achieved – to belatedly confirm her trip to

Brazil.

That Taylor’s build up has included two defeats has come as something of a shock to the boxing world. The losses over the last couple of months are her first since before the London 2012 Olympics, but she remains optimistic.

“The losses might be a

blessing in disguise,” Taylor argued, adding that “I wasn’t getting out-boxed in either defeat, so I just learn from them and move on. I’ve got Rio to focus on now. Maybe the losses will take a little bit of pressure off me.”

Not that Taylor is taking any pressure off herself: “I’m going to be

Katie Taylor, centre, at the New Balance Olympic kit launch with Ciara Mageean and Chloe Magee. Picture: James Crombie/Inpho

Katie Taylor is looking to make amendments in pursuit of second Olympic gold

expecting to get a gold medal, and that’s it,” she says of the Games with a bravado that suggests silver would mean very little.

“It’s important you see it yourself,” Taylor said of reviewing the losses, before admitting she hasn’t actually watched the World Championship defeat back yet, but did learn from rewatching her earlier loss to Yana Alekseeva.

“I’m glad I actually sat down and watched that fight,” she said of the Alekseeva footage.

“I haven’t watched the World Championship fight back yet, but I will eventually. Every round was close. It was a close fight. It’s important you see these things back

yourself instead of anyone telling you. “ Yo u c a n ’t r e a l l y argue with the results,” Taylor said of the two fights, “but they could have gone the other way, too. They were extremely close fights, and I’ll come back stronger.”

Despite recent events, Taylor goes into the Rio Olympics as hot favourite, having won 18 golds and one bronze medal in major tournaments over the course of her career.

Among a strong team, she remains Ireland’s most likely triumph.

Taylor dismissed concerns in her camp over the rapidly-spreading zika virus and its impact on her preparation and a p p e a r a n c e , s ay i n g

she’s “not really thought about it too much,” and suspects the other athletes haven’t either, despite Rory McIlroy’s concerns.

Taylor also used the chance to criticise the inclusion of professional boxers at the Olympics, after they were controversially allowed entry to a late qualifying tournament.

“I don’t think it’s the right things to do,” Taylor argued. “Some of the things said about amateur boxers have been very insulting.”

Taylor will be bringing in a range of sparring partners to prepare for Rio, with the bid to maintain her Olympic title getting underway in early August.

Football for All progamme gets boost from Tetrarch  sport@dublingazette.com

Martin O’Neill with John Delaney and members of the Football for All programme. Picture: David Maher/Sportsfile

THE FAI has announced Tetrarch Hospitality as the new title sponsor for the Football For All programme, which caters for anyone with a disability who wants to play football.

With over 3,500 players participating in the programme, and significant plans for expansion, Football For All caters for players of varying disabilities, such as blind, deaf, powerchair and amputee players.

Tetrarch Capital is an Irishowned company that is a market

leader in real estate investment and development with an extensive property portfolio across several asset classes.

FAI chief executive John Delaney welcomed the deal: “The FAI are delighted to work with Tetrarch for the next two and a half years. The FAI works incredibly hard to cater for as many people as possible who want to play football, so our Football For All programme is an initiative that we treasure greatly.

“To have a company of Tetrarch’s esteem come onboard as title sponsor for that

programme will prove invaluable.”

Damien Gaffney, Managing Director of Tetrarch Hospitality, remarked: “With Euro 2016 kicking off this week, it is important we don’t forget that football is a game that can be played and enjoyed by everyone.

“As an Irish-owned company we are extremely proud of our sponsorship of the FAI’s Football For All programme and we look forward to helping John Delaney, Oisin Jordan and their FAI colleagues to expand the programme’s reach and number

of events.

“This is a particularly important initiative for all of us in Tetrarch and we will be actively involved in the promotion of the programme throughout our period of sponsorship.”

Oisin Jordan, National Coordinator for Football For All, added: “This new sponsorship deal with Tetrarch Hospitality is a fantastic opportunity to increase the FAI’s investment in creating an environment of inclusivity in its sport in Ireland and will continue to ensure opportunities for players with disabilities.”

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Clondalkin teenager’s astonishing series of results on the European stage have raised hopes that she can one day grace the highest stage; JAMES HENDICOTT reports KYM DOYLE, at thirteen years old, is amongst the best kickboxers in her age and weight category in Europe.

The Clondalkin girl, fighting out of Palmerstown Bushido, travelled to the Hungarian WAKO World Cup last month, pulling off an astonishing series of results as she medalled in all four of the categories she entered.

Still more impressively, those came in two different weight categories. She took a gold medal in the 46kg light contact division, a silver in the 42kg point fighting division and two further bronze medals.

The medals follow a bronze in the European Championships in Spain last August, two Irish national titles won this time last year and, again this year, taking the national title in light contact and runner-up in the point fighting division.

It’s not all about the trophies, though. When GazetteSport visits the Stewart’s Centre in Palmerstown to check out one of Doyle’s training sessions, her passion for the sport shines through, with Doyle the star of an energetic training group.

“I started about four and a half years ago,” she tells us. “Throughout the year I train three nights a week, increasing to five times leading up to big tournaments.

“I like the confidence you get from competitions, and the satisfaction from doing well in them.

I’m extremely lucky with the coaches I have; they are very helpful and give up so much time to train.

“There are two different, styles of fighting,” she explains. “In points fighting, if a point is scored by either kick or punch, then the ref stops it after awarding the point, then repeat. For light contact

Kym Doyle shows off her wealth of recent titles

[continuous fighting] you fight non-stop with judges counting up the score as you go along.

“In Hungary [where Doyle had her recent success], it was done by weight and age. I fought in points and continuous, and in the 13-15 age group, so I was one of the younger fighters.

“The sport is really starting to grow and develop in Ireland, with a lot more competition in all age groups. There is the possibility of it becoming an Olympic sport, but not for a few years. I hope I’ll be still young enough to do it when it eventually does.”

Claire Louise Sweetman - Doyle’s long-time coach - is optimistic about the future of the sport.

“The level has gone really really high in Ireland, and across the world, really, over I’d say the last ten years,” she explains.

“These guys have come

in at a really good time.

We’ve been doing this for years, and only now is there starting to be talk of Olympic recognition.

The Irish Sports Council have acknowledged us as a sport recently as well.”

Doyle is taking a sensible approach to her development. Her father,

– there is a clear underlying message.

Following the world championships, which are fortunately located in Dublin’s Citywest in August, issues with funding these trips to competitions are going to be a hindrance to Kym’s development.

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‘We have been doing this for years but now there is talk of Olympic recognition’ - Coach Claire Louise Sweetman --------------------------------------------------------

Conor, is keen to emphasise that she’s too young to manipulate her weight, preferring to go up a division if necessary.

Kym herself is yet to make a decision on going into the full-contact version of the sport, preferring instead to build in the two styles in which she already competes.

“When she reaches the age of 16, she can make that decision for herself,” Conor explains.

With kickboxing on quite a long-term agenda for the Olympics, however, sponsorship is the greatest issue for those wishing to compete at an international level.

While Conor is keen to thank those who have already contributed to Kym’s competitive outings – including Naas Road Autos and DRL, who have been involved

“It’s taken us to Spain, Italy and Poland over the last few years,” Conor explains. “It’s not bad this year with it being in Ireland, and KBI [Kickboxing Ireland] have subsidised the rates for the competitors, which is fantastic. But from a money point of view, it can be tough for parents to enable kids to compete.

“I am currently trying to find one or two companies who might be able to fund all of Kym’s foreign travel. Advertising on Fighting gear is permissible, which helps.”

As she bounces lightly off both feet before us, delivering uninhibited smashes to a sparring pad shaking in coach Sweetman’s hands, it’s easy to see the potential for a leap onto the Olympic stage for this dedicated young star.

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Kickboxing Kym’s Olympic ambition

FastSport

Sundrive to host world cycling stars in July THE fourth edition of the Dublin track cycling international will further embed itself firmly on the international race calendar, with two days of world class racing taking place in Sundrive Track, Dublin on July 2 and 3.

It is one of only two UCI International events on the Irish cycling calendar, along with the An Post Ras, and is used by riders to gain qualification points for the World Cup Series and World Championships later on in the year.

With this being the Olympic year, this year offers a great opportunity to see some of the top names in international cycling battle it out for medals and points in the centre of Dublin.

The event is supported by Dublin City Sport & Wellbeing Partnership, with the local interest likely to be on the competition between the young local riders who will be honing their bike skills in the Future Stars Programme in the coming weeks.

This year’s event has already attracted some of the world’s top riders from Germany, Belgium and Italy, along with a strong Irish team.

At last year’s event, boosted by the home crowd, Caroline Ryan came home with gold in the Individual Pursuit, beating scratch world champion Kirsten Wild (NED) in doing so.

Ryan will be competing in the event this year, and looking back at last year’s race, she said “Last year the individual pursuit was my highlight, I raced against Kirsten Wild in the final, and came out with the gold medal in that, I was absolutely delighted.

“Kirsten is a fantastic rider and I’ve huge respect for her, she’s very strong. We travel all over the world against top riders, and to have them to come here to Ireland, to your home ground where your friends and family can watch you race and cheer you on, it’s absolutely fantastic.

“It’s a really well run event, and great to see riders come back again and again to it. There’s not a lot events where you can measure exactly where you are.”

Entry is free for spectators, with racing taking place all day on both Saturday, July 2 and Sunday, July 3.

The full racing programme can be seen on www.trackcycling.ie.

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The Hill’s Sorensen gets late call for Malahide JOHN Anderson and The Hills’ man Max Sorensen have been called into Ireland’s squad for the KPC Group ODI series against Sri Lanka, which starts at Malahide on Thursday, replacing Niall O’Brien and Stuart Thompson.

There are some tickets still available for the event in Malahide Castle on Ticketmaster while they may also be available at the ground but supporters are encouraged to purchase in advance.

O’Brien, the Leicestershire wicketkeeper, sustained a grade two tear of his left calf while batting against Warwickshire last week, and is likely to be out of action for between four and six weeks.

Thompson, meanwhile, will also miss the series for personal reasons.

Their places in the squad will be taken by Anderson, who has been in prolific form for Merrion, and his Leinster Lightning colleague Sorensen - The Hills seam bowling all-rounder.

“John and Max were unlucky to miss out in the original squad selection,” said head coach John Bracewell. “John’s been in superb form this season scoring heavily in domestic and inter-provincial cricket. The injuries to Andrew Balbirnie and Niall give him an opportunity to come into the squad and if selected, I’m certain he’ll perform well.

“Max bowled excellently in the win against Scotland A last week, taking six wickets in the game. He impressed me with the pace and the bounce he generated.

“It’s clear he’s recovered well from his recent illness and injury and it’s good to have him back firing on all cylinders.”

Ireland play Sri Lanka on Thursday and Saturday at Malahide - action in both games in the KPC Group Series starts at 10.45am.

Access to the ground is through Hogan’s Gate which is well signposted outside the ground.

golf: skerries woman plays key role in toppling americans

The Great Britain and Ireland team that won the Curtis Cup in Dun Laoghaire GC last weekend

Dunne deal in Curtis Cup  karl graham sport@dublingazette.com

SKERRIES’ Maria Dunne has defied the odds to help the Great Britain & Ireland team secure a dramatic 11.5 – 8.5 victory over America in the 39th Curtis Cup at the Dun Laoghaire Golf Club.

The Curtis Cup is the biggest competition in female amateur golf and Dunne set participation in the event as a realistic goal two years ago when she finished as runnerup in the South American amateur championship - an incredible feat

considering she works full-time while also raising a family.

Dunne’s inclusion in the squad was a pleasant surprise for many people but GB & I captain Elaine FarquharsonBlack had no qualms about throwing her straight into foursomes action on day one.

Dunne, the oldest player on either team, and her English partner Meghan Maclaren lost their Friday match-up but the teams still ended the first day tied at 3-3.

S a t u r d ay b e c a m e a much brighter day for the duo after they

flying fins Swords athletes secure series of national spots fingallians AC members enjoyed impressive results on the opening weekend of the Dublin juvenile championships with a large number qualifying for the All-Irelands.

Pascal Ryan claimed first place in the 300m hurdles and followed up with second in the 100m. Orla Kavanagh also shone with third in the 100m; Darragh Markey was third in the high jump; Conor Gleeson won first in the 250m hurdles while Ava Keogh got third in the 80m.

claimed two victories, one in fourball and one in foursomes, to help GB & I to a 5-1 win on the day.

America rallied to win Sunday’s singles event but it wasn’t enough to stop GB & I securing victory before Dunne took to the green to complete the tournament – a narrow loss to Mariel Galdiano from Hawaii.

Dunne has always been a consistent golfer but something changed a few years back when her talents reached a new height.

She credits coach

Roger Yates for instilling her with the belief she was good enough.

“I had a chat with Roger about five years ago regarding what I wanted to achieve long term.

“He asked me if I was willing to work hard enough and I said yes so it was just forward thinking from there.”

It was initially feared that Dunne would have to quit golf at a young age after years of playing in goal for Gaelic football and soccer teams left her with bad sciatic pain in her back.

This had her contem-

plating her future in 2008 but a mixture of determination, as well as regular gym and physio work got her back into a condition were she could compete once more.

Dunne’s dedication to the sport she loves is seen as an inspiration to many young players and whatever the future brings, there is no denying that she will continue to pave the way for women in golf.

Her inclusion in the Curtis Cup brought great joy to many in Irish golf and the victory proved to be the icing on a very nice cake.

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gaelic 4 mothers

St Sylvester’s launch new club programme

Club Noticeboard FINGALLIANS THE Dublin ladies beat Laois over the

play in the regional final on June 23 as

weekend to set up an away meeting

Swords representatives. The game

Mothers & Others programme and are on the look-out for new players to link up the group.

The squad will meet each Friday at 7pm in Broomfield. All new members are welcome; contact Hazel on 087 415 8729 for more information.

with Westmeath next weekend. Con-

will take place at 1.30PM in Fingalli-

grats to the Fins’ trio of Sinead, Emer

ans.

Picture: Peter Hickey/GAAPics.com

urday morning at 10.30am for the U-4

ST sylvester’s have started a Gaelic 4

and Fiona who represented both club and county.

All Euro 2016 Irish games will be shown live in the club.

Rain suspended nursey play on Sat-

football: aherne and davey shoot down laois

The U-10 girls were in Belfast on Sunday with two teams playing in a blitz hosted by St Gall’s GAA club.

Team A were beaten in the semi-final of the cup and team B bowed out in the quarter final of the shield.

to U-6s. Our U-7s, with eight teams,

The annual hurlers golf day is this

defied the conditions as they played

Friday, June 17 in Balbriggan Golf club;

O’Dwyers in a Saturday morning blitz.

the cost per team of four is €200 and

Our nursery section will take a sum-

includes a meal for all players. Tee

mer break from Saturday, July 2 and

times available are currently from

will return in September.

11am to 1pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

Congrats to our U-11 hurlers who

All funds raised will go directly to

won the Ballyboden St Enda’s Feile

the ever increasing coaching, medi-

Iomana this weekend, beating St

cal and all other associated expenses

Jude’s in a thrilling final.

required to run the minor and adult

Gaeltacht ’16: Congratulations to

teams. If you can’t enter a team, why

Dara Power and Eoin O’Connor who

not sponsor a hole for €100. For fur-

won grants from Dublin GAA. Bainigi

ther info, please email john.williams@

sult as.

allianze.com.

Credit Union Cup - Girls: GSBB will

Summer Camps: football – July 4-8;

play St Cronan’s on June 16 in one

hurling – July 11-15; advanced hurling

game with the winners going on to

– July 26 to 29.

ST FINIAN’S GOOD results from the two adult foot-

Laois’s Amy Loughman and Dublin’s Lynsey Davey battle for the ball. Picture: Peter Hickey/GAAPics.com

Unstoppable Fingal duo sweep by Laois

lgfa sfc first round Dublin 3-15 Laois 0-4  sport@dublingazette.com

ST SYLVESTER’S star Sinead Aherne produced a commanding display to help Dublin to a resounding 20-point win over a resilient Laois side in the championship opener.

Aherne knocked over six free kicks during a 0-7 display, while her fellow forward Lyndsey Davey of Skerries Harps put 1-4 on the scoreboard.

Laois had set up defensively, and as a result Dublin’s forwards had to be patient on the ball

while trying to maintain possession.

With 22 minutes gone, Dublin had built up a seven-point lead before Noirin Kirwan got the first score for the O’Moore County from a 20-metre free kick.

Just before half time Laois had a player sinbinned in the 30th minute for a dangerous challenge on Dublin’s Sinead Goldrick, and Aherne slotted over the resulting free kick to send the sides in at the break with the score Dublin 0-8 to Laois’s single point.

The second half of the game started as the first

ended and with Dublin piling on the pressure, the Laois defence buckled with Davey pouncing to get the game’s opening goal in the 40th minute pushing Dublin 15 points clear.

Laois responded with another Kirwan free and they were handed a lifeline when St Sylvester’s Nicole Owens was sin-binned in the 43rd minute.

However, their advantage was soon cancelled out a minute later when Laois corner back Amy Loughman joined Owens in the bin following a high challenge on Goldrick.

Dublin management

took the opportunity to introduce fresh legs, with the introduction of Ciara Ruddy in particular proving to be a shrewd move.

Ruddy scored two quick-fire goals and was unlucky not to register a hat-trick when she struck the post after been put through on goal again late in injury time.

Other players from the area to start were Sinead Finnegan of Fingallians and Carla Rowe from Clann Mhuire. The game finished Dublin 3-15 Laois 0-4 and next up for Dublin is Westmeath on Sunday, in a repeat of the 2015 Leinster final.

household bric-a-brac.

ball teams this weekend. The AFL4 lads

Please drop bags off to St Finian’s at

had a great win on Sunday morning

the following times: Monday, June 20 to

versus Good Counsel and the Junior

Thursday, June 23 - 7.30-9pm; Satur-

AFL8 side put in a great performance

day, June 25 - 11am-1pm.

to get a draw away from home against Raheny.

Well done to our U-10 boys who took

The annual club fun day is scheduled for Saturday, June 25 in River Valley.

Lots of fun and games planned.

part in a hurling blitz in Parnells on

The Kellogg’s Cul Camp bookings are

Saturday. A great performance by

closing in two weeks (Friday, June 24).

everyone and some lovely skills on

Places can be booked on our website

show too. Every player gave 100% and

(www.stfinians.com) homepage.

a huge improvement was evident in all

The lotto jackpot was €2,100 this

the skills. Keep up the good work lads.

week. The numbers drawn were 9, 13,

There will be a clothing recycling

16 and 22. There was no jackpot win-

collection on Saturday, June 25 at 1pm to raise funds for the club.

ner.

The winners of the €25 Lucky Dip

Please donate all your clean

prizes were Maree McDonagh, Michael

unwanted clothes (in any condition),

Leavy, Ann McNally and Brendan Tur-

bedlinen, towels, curtains; shoes,

ley. The jackpot will be €2,200 next

handbags, belts and soft toys; no

week.

FINGAL Ravens OUR DIVISION 1 team had a fantastic win against St Maur’s. Well done to all concerned. Club gear is available from Ann Fox (086 1771027).

table of four.

The Cul Camp takes place from July 4-8.

We send condolences to Joan

Lotto results: the numbers drawn

O’Brien and family on the passing of

were 1, 4. 20 and 23. There was no win-

her sister and Ann Convery and family

ner; €20 to Peter Kettle, Erin and Cora

on the passing of her father.

Kelly and Mary Kacie and Cora Kelly.

Please note requests for tickets

The jackpot next week is €17,000; the

for the Dublin game on June 26. must

second jackpot is €4,642.

be applied for by 8.00pm on Thursday,

The juvenile section quiz will be held on June 23 at 8.30pm sharp; €40 per

June 16. Orders can be text to the club mobile on 086 1765932.

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