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Mary Poppins: Elisha Hughes, Aoife Fortune, Giada Tzi and Ella Murtagh pictured at the recent production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins at St Joseph’s College Lucan. See full Gallery on page 10. Picture: SIMON PEARE

Tallaght office of nation’s biggest landlord occupied PADRAIG CONLON A GROUP of local representatives staged a protest at the Tallaght office of Ireland’s biggest landlord.

TD Paul Murphy and three councillors from Solidarity and People Before Profit occupied the Ires Reit (Irish Residential Properties Real Estate Investment Trust) office in Tallaght Cross West last Friday morning.

Deputy Murphy told Dublin Gazette

why they took the action.

“We occupied Ires Reit because they are the country’s biggest landlord,” he said.

“They have got over half of their properties from NAMA, mostly at knockdown prices. Now they are hiking up rents massively, while being exempt from corporation tax on rental income and capital gains tax.This is the government’s model of housing - incentivising profiteers.

“Instead we need public housing built CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 on public land.

Frustrations over ‘dark’ skate park LOCAL skateboarders are in the dark over why the lights at their skatepark remain turned off.

Opened in 2007, Lucan Skatepark in Griffeen Valley Park is a much used and very popular local amenity.

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Hellfire Club hearing comes to and end A WEEK long Bord Pleanala oral hearing regarding the development of the Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill ended this week. The council’s plans however have led to furious objections from many local residents, politicians and the Save The Hellfire group.

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PROTESTORS CLAIM COMPANY IS HIKING UP RENTS MASSIVELY

Aiming to highlight ‘parasitic role of corporate landlords’  PADRAIG CONLON

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“We need a massive turnout for the National Housing & Homeless Coalition protest on Saturday 1 December.”

People Before Profit Councillor for Clondalkin Madeleine Johansson, who also took part in the occupation, told Dublin Gazette she was disappointed in the behaviour of the property company.

“When we first walked in to the lobby the member of staff said he would speak to management,” she said.

“We were later handed a piece of paper with two phone numbers of senior managers, we phoned both numbers (one of which was a Canadian nu m b e r ) b u t go t n o answers so we left messages.

“I think it’s very disappointing that they refused to engage with us, there was one TD (Paul Murphy) and three c o u n c i l l o rs ( mys e l f, Emma Hendrick and Brian Leech) looking to speak to them about a number of issues such as

Protestors are pictured outside the Ires Reit office in Tallaght Cross West

high rents.

“It shows a blatant

disregard of public representatives and of ordinary people affected by the housing crisis.

“I also think that the behaviour of the Gardaí

on the day was inappropriate.

“We were engaged in an act of peaceful civil disobedience but were accused by the Gardaí of

the criminal offence of trespassing and threatened with arrest. “ T h e s a m e g a rd a í refuse to protect private tenants who are being illegally evicted by their landlords.”

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I think it’s very disappointing that they refused to engage with us

Dublin Gazette contacted Gerry O Sullivan from PR firm Q4PR, who look after media relations for the property company, for a comment.

Occupation With regard to the occupation, he said Ires Reit had: “No comment at all to make on that.”

The local representatives, who were joined by other protesters, said their aim was to highlight “the parasitic role of corporate landlords.”

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CHRISTMAS: UNEASY TOYMAKER CONTACTS GARDA BOSS OVER REQUESTS FOR SCRAMBLERS

Santa warns of Claus for concern over quad bikes RACHEL D’ARCY

THE Garda commissioner received a very important letter from a certain man in red last week, asking him to remind children not to ask for scramblers bikes this Christmas.

Santa Claus wrote to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on Friday, saying that he was worried that children are asking for quad bikes and scramblers for Christmas.

Mr Claus wrote that he’s seen how many people have been injured in serious quad-related accidents, and he has asked the commissioner to remind everyone that scramblers are not suitable for children.

“I can’t bear to see any more hurt children or sad parents,” Santa wrote, providing Commissioner Harris with some helpful safety information to pass along to parents and children across Ireland.

He wrote: “Quad bikes are not suitable gifts for children unless they are used with safety equipment and in a safe place, not a public road.

“They cannot be used in public parks unless there is a designated area.”

The warning comes direct from the North Pole, following a number of safety incidents reported all around the world relating to scramblers within the past several months.

Earlier this year, Gardai

‘See the devastation a scrambler caused’ THE wife of the man who was horrifically injured in a scrambler accident in Darndale during the summer has appealed for the driver to visit her husband.

Anzhela Kotsinian said that the driver should visit her husband, Ilabek, in Beaumont Hospital to say sorry for the devastating damage he has caused.

Ilabeck’s skull was crushed, and he also lost seized a number of quad bikes and scramblers in Ballymun after several accidents.

At the time, An Garda Siochana reminded the public that scramblers cannot be driven in public places without a driving licence or insurance.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) have also agreed

an eye in the horrific incident in June when a scrambler was driven over a hill, landing on the sunbathing couple.

Anzhela has also invited any parents considering buying a scrambler or a quad bike for their children this Christmas to visit her husband in hospital to see the detrimental impact that the vehicles can have if driven incorrectly or irresponsibly.

with Santa’s wishes, saying that more than 40% of people involved in accidents involving scramblers or quad bikes were under 18 years of age.

Between 2014 and 2017, the RSA say that 40 people were injured or killed by quads.

Moyagh Murdock, chief executive of the RSA, said:

“Every Christmas, these kinds of vehicles are given as presents, or left by Santa Claus, so it’s important people know the risks.

“Quad bikes and scramblers are not toys.

“They are intended to be driven by people who firstly inform themselves of the risk they pose and who are aware of the need

The letter from Santa Claus to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris about the risks of quad bikes and scramblers

for care, particularly when driving on uneven ground.

“Scramblers are also a big problem in the hands of inexperienced and mostly unsupervised chil-

dren, who are riding them around housing estates, local parks and on the public road, often with no protective clothing whatsoever.”

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CLONDALKIN: THREATS AND INTIMIDATION HAD FORCED WORKERS TO DOWN TOOLS

Garda move brings builders back to finish social houses PADRAIG CONLON

B U I L D E R S re t u r n e d to work on a site in Clondalkin this week after threats, intimidation and violence had forced them to down tools.

S i s k Co n s t r u c t i o n recommenced work on sixty three rapid build social houses in St Cuthberts Park, Bawnogue after gardai agreed to put additional resources in the area to protect site workers.

M a ny o f t h e S i s k

e m p l oye e s s p o ke o f receiving threats, having their cars vandalised and tools stolen.

There was also a number of attempts to set fire to the houses which are being built for South Dublin County Council.

When construction stopped two weeks ago Mayor of South Dublin Mark Ward compared the daily activity in the park to that of the drama series ‘The Wire’ with “open drug dealing, intimidation, stolen cars, scramblers and

wanton vandalism a daily occurrence”.

While he was happy to announce this week that work had restarted, Mayor Ward said he is also very unhappy work had to stop at all.

“I am extremely concerned that workers did not feel safe carrying out their trade in Clondalkin,” he said.

“This is a sad reflection on Clondalkin and it does not represent the vast majority of residents who are very proud of their area and

Mayor Cllr Mark Ward at the turning of the sod for the housing project in Clondalkin. Picture: Ben Ryan

contribute so positively to their communities.”

“The cessation of this development is only a symptom of the problem. Years of underinvestment and also a lack of Garda presence has led to a sense of lawlessness in St Cuthbert’s.

“Residents do not feel safe to use the park or even to let their children out to play for fear of scramblers and other anti-social behaviour.”

In search of a solution to the antisocial problems in the park, Mayor Ward called for a highlevel task force meet-

ing to be held involving community representatives, public representa-

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hedges that gave cover to anti-social behaviour. “ T h e CC T V t h a t I

The cessation of this development is only a symptom of the problem tives, senior Gardai and senior Council officials.

“I am pleased to say that things have progressed rapidly since that meeting,” he said.

“The council have carried out major works in St Cuthbert’s Park cutting back overgrown

secured funding for in 2016 has finally been installed and linked directly to the Garda station. “ T h e G a rd a h ave agreed to put additional resources in the area and this can be seen already with a noticeable visible

presence in the area.

“The building contractor has increased the security on the site” “The community of B aw n o g e / D e a n s r a t h that surround St Cuthbert’s Park who have felt abandoned over the years can hopefully start to use St Cuthbert’s Park in confidence that they are safe.

“The park has the potential to be a wonderful amenity for the community and the challenge now for the Council is to develop this amenity for the betterment of all.”

Men’s Shed seek help LUCAN Men’s Shed are working hard to upgrade their shed and make it rainproof and properly insulated.

To drive the required works they need skilled, experienced tradesmen, particularly carpenters and other woodworkers.

If you have the skills you may not have to do any physical work but could direct others in doing what’s needed.

So, if you fit the bill, you can visit the shed, come to their next general meeting in Lucan Library from 6.30 to 7.50pm. All welcome.

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TALLAGHT

WINTER LIGHTS STAY OFF AT FACILITY

Frustrations over ‘dark’ skate park

LOCAL skateboarders are in the dark over why the lights at their skatepark remain turned off.

Opened in 2007, Lucan Skatepark in Griffeen Valley Park is a much used and very popular local amenity.

Skateboarders come from all parts of the city to pursue their passion but the arrival of the shorter winter evenings is now presenting a problem.

Skateboarder Anthony Thornberry told Dublin Gazette the lights for the skatepark have been off for almost two years and nobody will tell him why.

He said: “At the moment we can’t use the park in the evenings because we can’t turn the lights on.

“The lights are controlled from Lucan Leisure.

One day in January 2017 we went into the centre

and asked them to turn on the lights and they just refused.

“I contacted the council around that time and they said an audit was being carried out on the centre and there was at “electric issue”.

“I sent a few more emails which went unanswered then thought I’d leave it until September/October when the evenings got shorter.

“Last autumn I got on to Dave Fennell who is a park attendant at the council.

“He told me it was a ‘complex issue’ but once again the council wouldn’t explain why the lights weren’t to be turned on.

“In the last 12 years I have been using the skatepark there has never been any issues, none whatsoever. If the leisure

centre staff are reluctant to turn them on by flicking a switch why not get automated lights installed?

“If it is a money issue we would be willing to contribute and pay to have the lights back on. Obviously at the moment with the shorter days it is almost impossible to skate during the evening.

“The park is one of the few outdoor spaces for youths in the area and it is so frustrating that it cant be used for nearly half the year just because we can’t turn on the lights “We’ve started a petition on Change.Org and have almost 600 signatures already,” he said.

Dublin Gazette contacted South Dublin County Council but had not received a response by the time of going to press.

Festival fun this weekend

Council’s budgeting initiative recognition at Vienna seminar THE first ever Participative Budgeting on the island of Ireland was recognised at an event in Vienna on November 17 2018.

The “€300K HAVE YOUR SAY” initiative was one of 80 short listed from over 600 nominations across Europe at the second Innovation in Politics Seminar.

The initiative has already resulted in diverse projects including a children’s playground in Palmerstown, Christmas lights in Lucan Village, a native Apple Tree Orchard and a Men’s Shed in Clondalkin being proposed and voted on by the people of Lucan in 2017 and Clondalkin 2018.

Independent Cllr Guss O’Connell,

who along with Mayor Mark Ward and Cllr Dermot Looney (pictured) made the trip to Vienna for the seminar, said: “The Innovation in Politics was launched two years ago to recognise good work done

by Politicians and to promote Democracy. We all hear when political effort goes wrong but there are plenty of situations where politicians stick their necks out and do make a difference, but it’s seldom recognised.

“Participative Budgeting gives citizens a real say in how at least some of council resources are used, has now received the highest possible recognition at European level.”

TO mark the beginning of the festive season in Tallaght, UNWRAPPED, the local annual winter celebration returns this Saturday, December 1.

Everyone is invited to then take part in the UNWRAPPED lantern parade which takes place prior to the lighting of the Christmas tree outside the Civic theatre.

The parade will go from IT Tallaght at 4pm then on to Main Street with this year’s theme, Return to Tír na n-Óg.

There will be music and singing culminating in the lighting of the Christmas Tree outside The Civic against the backdrop of lanterns, with hundreds expected to take part.

Both trees will be formally lit by South County Mayor Cllr. Mark Ward.

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GALLERIES

The Grinch with Una Geraghty

Santa’s helpers Leah Garrigan, Anna Donnelly and Fabiula Cruz

Brothers Jamie and Darryl with Santa. Pictures: Philomena Duke

Santa comes to Liffey Valley

Bernadette Vickers, Maura McGrath, Eileen Walsh, Nancy Freeman

Luca Shields and the Zakuchiyo family: Christian and Antonis with their mother Evelyn

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SUPPORT

BORD PLEANALA: WEEK LONG ORAL HEARING AT AN END

13,000 contact Rape Crisis Centre in 2017, says report ALMOST 13,000 people contacted the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in 2017 – an increase of 500 compared to the previous year.

The 24-hour helpline run by the centre had 12,855 contacts in 2017.

The news comes as the centre releases its newest report, which also revealed that more than 34% of calls made to the centre were in relation to child sexual abuse.

More than 250 people were accompanied by centre personnel to examinations at the Sexual Assault treatment unit in the Rotunda, according to the report, with personnel also providing support on 53 days in 2017 to victims who were making a criminal complaint at a garda

station, or in court.

The report was launched on Monday by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris at the centre’s offices in Dublin.

Commissioner Harris said: “It is a privilege to be present to launch this report which shows the vital work being done by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in providing victims of serious sexual assault with victim-centred services.

“This helps to inform the work of An Garda Siochana and other agencies in dealing with these victims.”

Noeline Blackwell, chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, said: “We are pleased to be launching this report

during the annual international campaign of Sixteen Days of Activism against Violence against Women.

“While we support and provide services to people of all genders, it is noteworthy that sexual violence is predominantly perpetrated against women and girls.

“This means that there needs to be a particular emphasis on eliminating or at least reducing the level of sexual violence against them.”

Blackwell also addressed the treatment of victims within the criminal justice system in Ireland, following heavy public criticism of the handling of sexual assault cases in court in the past year.

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

A W E E K l o n g B o rd 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

An artist’s impression of proposed visitors centre

is not a good project for that area.

“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 vis-

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

itor 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.”

P re se r va t i o n wo r k 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

Ella O’Toole, Zara Taylor and Dani Fitzgerald

Megan McCabeFitzgerald

Wla Bashara, Ola Lesniak, Mary Ann Frial and Guste Venslovaite. Pictures: Simon Peare

Aoife Ryder and Sujana Khan

St Joseph’s College Lucan present Mary Poppins

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Peter Maguire and Aine O’Brien

RANSITION Year students put on a fantastic show at their school last week with their production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins at St Joseph’s College Lucan.

Jessica Aughney and Aoife Smullen

Aoife Ryder and Sujana Khan

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GALLERIES OF THE WEEK

David Trunk

Daniel McCann

Carol Kearney

Michael and Maeve Lee. Pictures: Simon Peare Photography

Lucan Harriers’ 40th Anniversary celebrations at Lucan Spa Hotel Pat Hooper and Antoinette Holland

Colm O’Connor and Libor Matousek

Will Byrne

Eileen O’Brien, Marie Collins and Gerry Martin

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COMPETITION: LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS CHOSEN FOR VERY COLOURFUL BUS

Young artists’ work chosen for bus display PADRAIG CONLON

FOUR local primary school children are among a select group of budding artists chosen to feature on a very colourful bus.

Illustrator, author and comedian Aoife Dooley was on hand recently as Dublin Bus surprised them and seven other Dublin students with a bus wrapped in the pictures they created for the annual Children’s Art Competition.

Aoife also judged the competition and chose the winning pictures to be displayed on the bus.

Over 2,000 children from 25 primary schools entered this year’s competition which sees four local children named amongst the top eleven winners - Alanna

Glover (4th class) St. Bernadette’s Senior National School, Clondalkin, Daniel Adeyemo, (5th class) St. Ronan’s National School, Clondalkin, Ayse Guven, (5th class) St. Aidan’s Senior National School, Tallaght and Margarita Charlamenkova, (6th class) St. Thomas’ Senior National School Tallaght Susan O’Reilly, a fourth class student from St Canice’s Girls School, Finglas was named the overall winner of the Dublin Bus Children’s Art Competition.

Susan colourfully recreated the hugely popular Dublin Pride Bus in her winning picture.

As well as appearing on the specially decorated Community Spirit Initiative bus, the 11 pictures will

Alanna Glover from St Bernadette’s Senior National School, Clondalkin. Picture: MAXWELLS DUBLIN

feature alongside 30 others in the Children’s Art Calendar 2019, and were on display at a special exhibition at The Dublin City Gallery.

Initiative The Children’s Art Competition is part of Dublin Bus’ wider Community Spirit Initiative.

In 2017, as part of the Schools Education Programme, Dublin Bus Schools and Community Co-ordinators made 574 visits to schools to engage with children and young people across the Greater Dublin Area.

The Community Spirit Initiative buses also made 427 trips, bringing thousands of children on school trips and to and from summer projects.

Ayse Guven from St Aidan’s Senior National School, Tallaght, with her parents. Picture: MAXWELLS DUBLIN

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EDUCATION: ‘SUPPORT HAS GIVEN ME THE CONFIDENCE TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF’

Anne aims to inspire by sharing story of support PADRAIG CONLON

LUCAN local Anne Hayden has shared her story of returning to education as part of UCD’s ‘University for All’ week in the hope that it inspires others. Ms Hayden enrolled as a Food and Agribusiness Management student and received support from UCD Access and Lifelong Learning as she is dyslexic.

Support included the use of a laptop in exams and additional technological support to help with her dyslexia.

Anne, who is now completing a PhD in Agricultural Economics, hopes that sharing her experience this week will encourage others to achieve their full potential.

“I don’t think I would have made it this far in my education if it wasn’t for UCD Access and Lifelong Learning Centre,” she said.

“Their support has given me the confidence to believe in myself.

“I attended a small school and the supports that I received were excellent and it was there that the school guidance councillor introduced me to the Disability Access Route to

Education (DARE).

“Disclosing your disability is a personal choice; however, I would recommend it.

“Through disclosing my disability I have met some amazing people and I have received more help and support that I could have imagined.

“The supports that I received as a result have helped me to achieve excellent grades.

“This scheme has helped me to realise my full potential in UCD and I would happily recommend it to anyone who is thinking of applying.”

Dr Anna Kelly, director, UCD Access & Lifelong Learning, said: “We believe that students entering higher education should reflect the diversity of the population.

“We know that for a lot of people, they feel university or higher education simply isn’t an option for them.

“For people who may not have had a chance to enrol in college following school, for whatever reason, or for those like Anne who are considering returning to education, our University for All week is highlighting the various paths to higher education and the supports our UCD Access and Lifelong Learning provides.”

Lucan’s Anne Hayden returned to education as part of UCD’s ‘University for All’ week

STUDY

Major report into sexual violence welcomed LOCAL Fine Gael TD, Frances Fitzgerald, has welcomed the Government’s decision to launch a fiveyear study for a second report on Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland – almost 17 years after the first study.

A comprehensive survey will be conducted nationally on the prevalence of sexual assault and violence in Ireland in conjunction with the CSO with the final report completed in 2023.

Ms Fitzgerald said: “I want to emphasise that sexual violence is a pernicious evil and much too prevalent in our society. The quest to end domestic abuse and sexual violence in all its forms is bigger than one piece of legislation or one Minister.”

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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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Take in the surroundings of Ensenada, Mexico and Los Angeles in complete comfort and allow yourself to be fully prepared for the journey with a stay in a 4-star hotel in Los Angeles before the cruise begins.

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.

For further information on this offer, available from €1,959pp from Travel Escapes & Cruisescapes, see http:// itaa.ie/2018/10/24/ hawaiian-cruise

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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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BALLYBODEN ST ENDA’S ALL roads lead to Carlow this weekend! Our Senior Hurlers play Ballyhale Shamrocks in the Leinster Club Hurling final at 2pm on Sunday.

Please support.

Ahead of the Leinster Club Final , we are selling some Ballyboden St Enda’s merchandise. Get your Blue Santa Hats, Boden hats, Ballyboden St Enda’s 50th anniversary limited edition calendar , BBSE cups, BBSE flags & 50th anniversary jerseys. Pop down to the clubhouse between 8pm and 9pm.

Hard luck to our Minor A team who lost out to Whitehall Colmcilles in the championship final.

Thanks to all the management and supporters.

There was no winner of this week’s lotto. The numbers drawn were 22,24,12 and 26 - Next weeks jackpot is €3,000 Thanks to everyone to attended the Ballyboden St Enda’s 50th anniversary launch. For more information log onto www.bodengaa.ie Well done to our Drama group after last week’s performances of ‘Rumours’. Thanks to everyone that attended.

Player of the Match Katie Murray and Captain Sarah Murphy after Brendan Murray or JoAnneLaClontarf’s dies IFC win..

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Christmas orders com

GFC ST MARY’S NOTICE to all members than the club’s AGM will take place this Thursday, November 29 at 8.30pm in club lounge. This is the first post Strategic Plan AGM and a lot of work has been done, so this will be a great opportunity to catch up with progress.

Congratulations to the Commercials Minor team on winning their Championship title on Sunday.

National Club Draw tickets are now available at €10 each, every penny of every ticket sold stays in the club. There are some fabulous prizes including a new Renault Clio. Contact

O’Neills and Balon club gear have now been closed.

Lotto numbers drawn this week were 8-9-16-26.

There was no winner so next week’s Jackpot will be €6100.

There was one Match 3 winners, Martin Carney, Coolamber, Rathcoole.

Next week’s Match 3 will be worth €100 win/share.

You can now follow the LocalLotto link on our Facebook page by using the Blue “Shop Now” button and website to play Lotto online.

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

sport@dublingazette.com

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

FAUGHS COMMISERATIONS to minor hurlers, who lost to Cú Chualinn by seven points in the county final on Sunday. Well done to players and management on reaching the final.

As the year draws to a close, the Club Executive would like to thank all players and management teams in both hurling and camogie - who gave us a great year’s sport with many successes and a few narrow defeats. We look forward to next year with confidence.

Next Irish Music night is on Friday, December 7. Guest musicians on the night. Don’t miss it.

Watch this space for details of this year’s Night of Carols in the club hall. Best wishes to Lionel and Kathleen Boucher.

We hope to see you back on Wednesday quiz nights very soon. Fun Table Quiz in the Members’ Bar every Wednesday night. No cover charge.

Just come along and enjoy. Monday Makers tonight in the Members’ Bar. All knitters, sewers, creative types are invited to come along to share chats, tips and cups of tea.

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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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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LUCAN SARSFIELDS LUCAN SARSFIELDS HARD luck to our Minor B hurlers who lost the County Final. gritty performance but just didn’t WELL done toAthe Junior A la convert chances at the right time. Our Minor A camogie team also lost 4-4 to 2-11 to Kilmacud Crokes. Well done however to the Minor A hurlers who beat Castleknock.

After our AGM last Thursday we have a new Executive: Chairperson - Michael Bowler; Vice Chairperson - Joe Lavin; Secretary - Josephine Mahon; Assistant Secretary - Paul Kyne; PRO Aidan Glover; Treasurer - Ronan Foley; Registrar Billy Egan; Assistant Treasurer - Michael Wisdom; Children’s Officer - Colette Condon; Oifigeach Gaeilge - Stiofán Ó Conghaile; Players Representitive - Daire Shanahan; Floor Members - Colm Farrell, Josephine Donoghue, Diarmuid Kennedy.

The Christmas Draw tickets are out–We are asking all households to sell just one book (10 tickets) for this to be a HUGE success. It is a vital fundraiser for the club to ensure we can keep supporting our 140+ teams’ activities.

We do ask mentors to remind parents and members, players and supporters to return tickets ASAP. Lotto: There was no winner of the lotto on the November 22; Numbers were 2, 6, 12 and 22. Next weeks’ jackpot €6,400, draw will be managed by Seamus Clandillon and is sponsored by Newcastle Golf Centre.

Lucky Dip Winners: Seán Kearney, Cathy+Willie O’Neill, Pat Keane, Mick Roche, Kitty Brady. Play Online or tickets at the Club, in Carey’s Newsagents, in Vesey Arms or Kenny’s Bar. Our Deepest symaphties to the Poole and Smith familes on their rcent losses.

Sars Stars – ‘GAA for All’ Tuesdays in Scoil Mhuire, Airlie Heights, all welcome, 5pm-5.45pm.

ROUND TOWER, CLONDALKIN THANK you to all who attended our AGM 2018. The following were elected to the Executive Committee for 2018/2019: President: John O’Malley Snr; Vice Presidents: Bernie Cronin, Frank Cosgrove, Mary Dardis; Chairman: Eddefeat O’Malley; FOLLOWING to Vice Chairman: Naomh O Tony Delaney; Honorary Secretary: Padraig McCarthy; Honorary Treasurer: John Ryan; Assistant Secretary: Alan Milton; Assistant Treasurer: Andrew Cronin; Oifigeach Gaelige: Sharon Jordan; Members: Willie Kennedy, Michael McGlynn, Billy O’Connor.

The Secretary report will be published on our website in the coming days.

Our U-21 footballers have a championship semi-final next weekend away to St Margaret’s. Details will be published on our website and we encourage great support for the lads.

Expressions of interest are still sought from suitably qualified candidates who

are interested in forming a strength and conditioning partnership with the club for our new strength and conditioning facility at Monastery Road. Details are on our website under the news section.

On Sunday, December 16,Dublin will play Meath in a fundraiser for Seán Cox, who was seriously injured in Liverpool last April. Seán formerly played for Towers and also served on our Club Executive. Details regarding the fixture will be published on our website when finalised.

During the month of December our Lotto will feature three extra prizes of €50. As presented at our AGM, our Lotto is a vital fundraiser to support us in the day-to-day running of the club.

We urge all Members and supporters to please support it. You can sign up and play the Lotto online for as little as €2 per week.

ROUND TOWER, CLONDALKIN

SOCCER: CLONDALKIN CLUB SHOW FEW NERVES ON BIG STAGE Collinstown FC’s LSL Sunday Senior 1B side

Collinstown hit Verona for six in intermediate debut

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COLLINSTOWN breezed through to the last 16 in their first-ever FAI Intermediate Cup appearance with a 6-1 victory over higher-ranked Verona on Friday night.

Collinstown topped Sunday Major last year to secure intermediate football for the first time in their history in the summer, while Verona suffered a second successive relegation to Senior 1A. Despite being one division below their opponents, however, the Neilstown side recovered from a

first-minute concession to blow Verona away.

Aaron Behan scored a hat-trick, Ian McNeill scored twice and Daniel Matthews completed the rout to earn Collinstown a guaranteed place in the qualifying round for next season’s FAI Senior Cup. The hosts got off to the worst possible start when they lost the ball in midfield within 30 seconds and Verona took full advantage to open the scoring.

It was just a temporary setback, however, and Collinstown soon took control of the tie, with a brace from Behan putting them in front.

Behan’s first was the culmination of a slick pass-

ing move that ended with a cross to the back post and the striker finishing coolly on the half-volley.

McNeill also scored twice and once in nearidentical circumstances to Behan’s goal as Verona struggled to deal with the pace and movement of Collinstown’s front four.

Behan sealed his hattrick after the break and Daniel Matthews added a sixth as Collinstown put a mixed league form behind them with a clinical win over the Blanch side.

“We’re a team that’s building and climbing all the time,” Collinstown manager Kevin Carroll told the Dublin Gazette.

“We’re scoring a lot of goals, and our centre for-

ward Ger Shortt didn’t even score at the weekend after getting a hat-trick the week before, so we’re spreading the goals out.

“If you look at the team we have now, the speed we possess – Ger Shortt, Aaron Behan, Gareth Brogan, Darren Clarke.

“They’re all really, really quick, and defenders are finding it really hard to deal with the pace we have up front.”

Carroll is the first to admit the step up to intermediate football – having comfortably won titles two years in a row since making the move from the AUL – hasn’t been easy.

Four wins from their first nine games leaves them mid-table, but form

after the Christmas break will be key both for their promotion chances and a shot at silverware in the Intermediate Cup. “The Intermediate Cup is a huge cup, like the FAI Junior. The luck you need is a home draw is to get a home draw. You look at the teams in it and every team is capable of going all the way.

“They’re all really good intermediate clubs, even the clubs down the country play at a really good standard. You need a bit of luck.

“I’d never say never, but if you get a home draw, and a nice draw as well, you never know. It’s on the day, so we’ll see what happens.”

Howe and Harper in Irish side

Irish coach Paul Kelleher leads a team talk

DUBLIN Lions and Colaiste Chiarain youngster Tiernan Howe and Templeogue’s Matthew Harper have been named in the Irish Under-18 panel of 15 players by head coach, Paul Kelleher, has today announced the selection of 15 players to the squad.

The team will compete at the FIBA U18 European Championship Division B in Romania next July.

Speaking about the announcement, coach Kelleher stated: “It’s a very exciting time to be back in the B Division. With that in mind, the

selection of this phase of the program was very, very difficult.

“We have left some really good players behind and in some areas, the position of players was very saturated which had a huge bearing on the selection.

“It is a very talented generation and I think we will see a lot of the players at senior level in future years. A lot of the players selected are now playing senior club basketball and crucially, have European experience. The staff are very excited moving forward to the next phase.”

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RUGBY: ST MARY’S, TALLAGHT FIGHTER TURNS SILVER INTO GOLD IN NEW DELHI

Kellie’s heroics on the world stage WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS  sport@dublingazette.com

KELLIE Harrington finally reached the top step of the podium to get the reward her prodigious talent deserves as she stepped up from her 2016 world silver medal to win gold at the World Boxing Championships in New Delhi.

The St Mary’s Tallaght club woman follows Michael Conlon and Katie Taylor in becoming the third Irish boxer to take a world gold, beating Thailand’s Sudaporn Seesondee in the lightweight final.

That honour added to the north inner-city woman’s light welterweight final from the world championships in Astana two years ago.

The finale was an unsurprisingly cagey affair early on with both fighters landing few punches but Harrington coming into her own in the closing stages.

Harrington used her movement to pressure Seesondee in the second round and landed a number

of combinations but was hit back towards the end of the round. The third round went the opposite way, with Seesondee forced to come out more aggressively. Harrington evaded the worst of it, and finished strongly.

It was not clear who was going to take the fight at the bell, though, and the judges agreed it was an incredibly close affair, scoring the final in Harrington’s favour on a split decision, 3-2.

“It won’t really hit home until I get home. It’s been a long process since 2016. I wanted to come back and get a gold; I said I’d come back and get it,” The Dubliner said afterwards.

“Sometimes when people say that, they don’t believe it. I said it and I believed it. I worked in silence, came back and did the job.”

Harrington, who works in St Vincent’s hospital part time around her boxing work, has set her sights on an even bigger goal

in the form of taking gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

“I moved down to 60kg because it’s an Olympic weight and I wanted to succeed at 60. It’s been great so far,” the St Mary’s boxer told RTÉ Sport.

“It’s been years coming. To finally reach my goal is amazing, but we’re not finished yet. We’re aiming for Tokyo.

“To stand on top of that podium and have our flag raised above my head, it was just so emotional for me, the best feeling ever.

“What Katie Taylor did, I’m trying to do it.

“I’m hoping to encourage girls and be the next role model, try to get the best out of anyone I can. If I can help one person on the way I’ll be happy.

“Katie has been a great ambassador for the sport and she still is, paving the way in the pro ranks, opening up loads of doors for anybody that’s going to turn over.

She’s fantastic.”

Byrne hails Celtics’ character WOMEN’S SUPERLEAGUE  sport@dublingazette.com

COURTYARD Liffey Celtics remain undefeated at the top of basketball’s Women’s Super League yet again this week as they ground-out a 67-56 point win over Fr. Mathews on Saturday night.

Despite four other teams being hot on their heels, Celtics showed their backbone with long-

standing Sorcha Tiernan, Aine O’Connor, and the immediate impact of Americans Allie LeClaire and Briana Green, leading the way on Saturday evening.

The in-form Shannon Brady and Chantell Alford, sharing 25 points, ensured that Fr Mathews remained within touching distance throughout a superb battle.

Celtics appeared to have started stretching

the margin in the third quarter, Fr Mathews found renewed energy in the fourth and, with four minutes remaining, the difference was just three points.

LeClaire was on hand to pick-up a crucial steal down the stretch and that helped her side to wind down the clock on their sixth successive win.

Head coach, Mark Byrne, was relieved after the game as Fr Mathews

pushed Celtics for the entire four quarters, keeping their winning streak going.

“Six in a row is never easy and I am not sure we played that well this evening. Fr Mathews are a smart, experienced team and they never go away.

“In the fourth quarter, it got quite tense but two good, close wins in a row is great for our morale.

You will never win every game easily.”

Kellie Harrington has her hand raised following her final bout against Sudaporn Seesondee.

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ST PAT’S, PALMERSTOWN PRIDE of place this weekend goes to our senior footballers with a brilliant two point win over Fingal Ravens in their relegation play-off on Sunday morning. It was a great game which saw many fine performances as Pats staged a thrilling come-back in the second half.

On behalf of everyone in the club, well done to the players and managers.

Well done also and thank you to the fantastic support on the side-lines. The huge crowd made for a great atmosphere in Glenaulin and an occasion to remember.

Hard luck to the minor camogie team who fought hard and never gave up in their match. Their next game is away to Thomas Davis on Sunday. All support welcome.

Attention now turns to our big event of the year - Lip Sync in Westmanstown next Friday. Tickets for the event are available from Gill Pickett at 087 2269059. Buses will be leaving from the Palmerstown House, and can be booked from Gill.

Well done to the U-7 girls who hosted a very successful sponsored walk to help raise funds for Lip Sync.

We had a well-attended Annual General Meeting on Thursday evening.

Officers elected for next year are Paul Murphy, Chairman; James Daly, Vice Chairman; John Maguire, Treasurer; and Gerry McDonagh, Secretary. The Chairman thanked everyone for their hard work during the year, a lot has been achieved, and working together we will continue to build the club in the year ahead.

The numbers in the Lotto draw were 8, 9, 20 and 21. There was no jackpot winner. We had one match 3 winner – John Bates who won €200.

The jackpot next week will be €7,200. The draw takes place on Sunday night in the Palmerstown House at 10pm. Tickets available online at https:// www.locallotto.ie/play_newa.asp?ll_id=1483#Anchor and from SuperValu, Palmerstown House, Manor Hair Studios, Mullingar House, and Chapelizod Post Office. Many thanks to all our ticket sellers and supporters.

St Anne’s club members enjoying their Centurion Fundraiser last weekend

ST ANNE’S WELL done to all our teams in action this week. Training continues as usual for all teams. so please contact your team man ment for times and details.

St Anne’s Committee are inviting applications for position of senior men’s football team management If you are interested, please email your application to secretary.stannes.dublin@gaa.ie or drop it into club, care of Amanda West, club secretary. Any queries or questions, please contact Gerry Anderson on 0877988347.

Christmas raffle tickets are on sale now in club. €10 a ticket, you can purchase them from any club mentor and they are on sale at Macra on Saturday mornings from 10.30am or in club bar. Please get yours to be in with a chance of winning 10 cash prizes.

There was no winner of this week’s Lotto. Numbers drawn were 5-18-20.

Next week’s jackpot is €1,500. Please get your tickets in asap. Tickets are €60 each.

To be in with a chance to win share of our total prize fund of €52.000 over 52 draws, please contact Ciara on 0876424065 for more details on this great value Club Lotto.

This week’s lucky number was 25 with five winners. Thank you for your continued support.

Club Shop is open on Saturday mornings, 10.30am-11.45am. All new gear and equipment available. Check out website and Facebook for more details.

Christmas is coming upon us fast, so do not be left disappointed. Get your orders in early Contact Fiona Power for more details. Check out our new-look website, www.stannesga com, for all up-to-date information.

Cash bingo continues each Tuesday and there music in our club bar on selected Fru Saturday nights. Check out our socia pages for details of our ballads sessi taking place on Thursday nights.

HOCKEY: FORMATIVE YEARS KEY AT TALLAGHT CLUB

Shaw inspiration crucial for Shane  STEPHEN FINDLATER

sport@dublingazette.com

WHILE many of the Irish men’s hockey team have cited the inspiration of the women’s World Cup run to silver in the summer, Shane O’Donoghue has probably been the beneficiary of their know-how more than anyone.

The former Glenanne man – now playing professionally in Belgium – has been a long-time protegee of women’s coach Graham Shaw and he told the Dublin Gazette it has helped shape his approach to the game.

He was speaking ahead of the men’s World Cup bid which gets underway on Friday in Bhubaneswar when Ireland take on reigning champions Australia before facing China and England in the group stages.

Speaking about the inspiration of the women’s run to success, O’Donoghue has seen the coach’s influence first hand as his start in adult hockey dovetailed with the peak of Shaw’s career, the pair both part of the Glens’ 2010 Irish Senior Cup success among other trophies.

Irish midfielder Shane O’Donoghue. Picture: Adrian Boehm

“Graham was definitely one of the lads I looked up to. For me, it was so infectious as a youngster, watching the intensity he trained at.

Himself, Stephen Butler and Joe Brennan were the top men at the time and it gave something to inspire to and then carve a path to go even further.

“As a 15 or 16 year-old, going up to St Mark’s for training, there were very few trainings you didn’t come home black and blue, even at that age.

They would tear into

CHANGE CHARTER Disability plan for healthy future

DOIREANN Ni Mhuircheartaigh, Dale Blount, John Treacy, Sport Ireland Chief Executive, Patrick Flanagan, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross TD, Aidan O’Mahony and Dr Una May launched A Charter for Change, Ireland’s first ever Sport Inclusion Disability Charter, at Leinster House this week.

The charter outlines five key areas people with disabilities are asking organisations to consider in making active and healthy lifestyles possible for them.

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you. It was characterbuilding!”

Since then, he has risen to be a central figure for the national team who have been trailblazers themselves in recent years, winning a first ever European Championships bronze medal in 2015 and then qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games for a first time in over a century.

O’Donoghue, now 26, has been a pivotal figure in midfield while scoring 92 goals, leaving him one off the national record

held by John Jermyn.

And he is hopeful a slightly more direct approach with Ireland under new coach Alexander Cox will produce dividends in India.

“Personally, it would be a very proud moment in my career [to reach that milestone] but certainly wouldn’t be possible if the guys didn’t win the short corners. It certainly won’t be a focus of mine – it is purely on performing for the team first and foremost and enjoying the experience.”

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HURLING: FIRHOUSE ROAD CLUB’S FIRST LEINSTER TITLE AMBITIONS Ballyboden St Enda’s Conor Dooley and Ballyhale Shamrocks Colin Fennelly at the AIB Leinster Senior Hurling final media day.

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Dooley determined to deliver for Boden AIB LEINSTER SHC FINAL  CÓILÍN DUFFY

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CONOR Dooley is determined to deliver an AIB Leinster Senior Hurling title for Ballyboden St. Enda’s this Sunday, when they face provincial kingpins Ballyhale Shamrocks at Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow (2pm).

The Kilkenny side are top of the pile in Leinster at present with eight titles, and while Boden are seeking a first provincial crown this weekend, Dooley says they have what it takes to deliver silverware, in just their second ever final.

“It’s brilliant to be in the final. I know in years gone by the lads had a number of county titles under their belt and they went into the Leinster Championship and fell short, but this year we are hoping to bring something special and something new,” Dooley told the Dublin Gazette.

“We know what we are up against in Ballyhale, and the experience they have on and off the field. We’ll do our best to

try and match it and hopefully better it on Sunday.”

Dooley says Cuala were great ambassadors for Dublin in recent years, and he’s hoping that the Firhouse Road men can go on to replicate some of that success.

“Cuala represented Dublin hurling fairly well over the last few years and fair dues to them,” he said.

“They put Dublin hurling back on the map again when I think it was at a bit of a low. They set the bar and we are going to try and match it please God. “We’ll just take it one step at a time, starting next Sunday with the Leinster final. That’s all we are concentrating on too be honest, so we’ll just go from there.”

Joe Fortune has been an excellent addition to the St Enda’s backroom team and Dooley says it’s brilliant to have the former Dublin underage manager involved.

“He might be a new face in the club, but he’s not a new face to a lot of the lads on the pitch,“ he said.

“A lot of lads have had him underage with Dublin and in college with DIT and stuff like that. He’s a good lad, he brings a lot of heart to the team. Honesty and trust is all that he stands with. “ We a r e h a p p y enough with him. We are just looking to move on this weekend and hopefully we get a result.”

Colm Basquel has been one of the finds of the campaign so far.

More noted for his Gaelic football skills, Dooley says it isn’t totally surprising that Basquel is also doing well with a hurl.

“He’s always had it in fairness to him,” Dooley said.

“I saw him playing at underage a couple of times and he’s well able to hurl.

He’s athletic and I’d imagine any kind of

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sport he throws his hand at he would be fairly good at.

“We all knew that was there. It was just up to him whether or not he wanted to show us or not.”

It took an epic semif i n a l b e fo re B o d e n eventually booked their place in a first final in 11 years, and Dooley says it was a battle “It was a tough battle.

We went to extra-time a number of times over the year and replays as well.

“We knew we had it in the legs and we tried to press on, and thankfully we got the result.”

More of the same would go a long way to Ballyboden delivering a first Leinster Senior Hurling title on Sunday.

Only time will tell!

They put Dublin hurling back on the map again when I think it was at a bit of a low. They set the bar and we are going to try and match it

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COLIN Fennelly says Ballyhale Shamrocks are a new force from the one which has seen them deliver eight AIB Leinster Senior Club Hurling titles to date.

Shamrocks last provincial crown came in 2014, during a golden era for the club which saw them deliver half of their Leinster haul to date inside an eight-year spell, which also saw a host of Kilkenny titles and All-Ireland silverware.

However, it’s a much changed side now.

“Over the years we have been fortunate and the club is used to being in finals, but we’ve half our team that have never been in a Leinster final,” Fennelly told the Dublin Gazette.

“If you go back to 2014 when we won the Leinster title, we’ve only six or seven now left off that team.

“We are fortunate that players have come through from the Minors and the Under 21’s.

“They have come through over the last few years. We never planned to win the matches. You hope to win the matches, and we came close at county level.

“We are lucky enough to have made the breakthrough again this year.

“Ballyboden scoring 5-23 was massive in their semi-final, it’s a serious powerful full-forward like they have, and it’s going to be a massive battle there.”

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