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19th January 2016 • Volume 23, Issue 01 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. EirCode: K67 P5W4. • Tel: 01 8•400•200 • info@northcountyleader.ie • www.northcountyleader.ie

Welcome To Malahide’s Own Local Newspaper North County Leader, your No 1 local newspaper is delighted to welcome our Malahide readers to this, the first issue of our Malahide edition of the newspaper, which will be distributed every week. This is the only newspaper which focuses solely on the town and its surrounding areas.

This is a new and exciting venture for this newspaper and is one that we all look forward to. Malahide is rightly recognised as one of the gems in the crown of North County Dublin, with a wonderful history and tradition. It is one of the most beautiful and most visited towns in the country, and we very much look forward to bringing quality local news stories to its residents While this edition will focus primarily on stories and issues related to Malahide, it will also feature some of the top stories from other areas of the North County.

The great news for our Malahide readers, is that you will now have your own dedicated local newspaper.

Every week, we will feature the top stories and news items from the area and we look forward to receiving submissions from the various interest groups, societies, local councillors and all organisations from cultural to sporting, in an effort to provide the latest local news to residents.

Our reporter, Aoife Read will be on hand to receive stories from all the various interest groups in the town.

So if you have a story or a photograph, or upcoming event that you want to have reported, please contact Aoife at 01-8400200 or news@northcountyleader.ie.

We look forward to this new exciting venture and to representing the concerns, as well as the good news stories from local residents of Malahide.

The RDS Primary Science Fair is expanding. Each year the Fair gets bigger and better, with more and more schools looking for places. Pictured at the Fair are Ruth Hildebrand, Caitlin Morrow and Sarah O'Flaherty from St Andrews National School, Malahide with their project, 'Do light and temperature have an effect on the growth and development of plants?'

Empowered, Impassioned And Hopeful With the upcoming general elections in mind, Fianna Fail Senator, Darragh O’Brien has released a manifesto for the Dublin Fingal constituency. In it he brings together all of the big issues that have been brought to his attention by locals over the last number of years. The manifesto is the first of its kind by an electoral candidate and one that sets the bar for any future incarnations of it.

The manifesto was launched on Thursday, 7th January last in Gibney’s Video Bar in Malahide to a teeming crowd of over 300 campaign activists, party supporters,and fellow local party members including Darragh Butler, Eoghan O’Brien, Adrian Henchy, Brian Dennehy and Fianna Fail’s other general election candidate for the local area, Lorraine Clifford-Lee. Everyone was in high spirits as young and old alike gathered together to support the endeavour of the senator.

Once the room was suitably packed, O’Brien took to the stage and delivered an impassioned speech to an eager crowd. In it he eloquently outlined his plans for the future should Fianna Fail be elected to power and offered thoughts on the current state of the nation. He spoke about how his manifesto was created to localise national issues, such as crime and policing. He told the crowd that despite an increase in rural crime levels, local garda stations had been either closed or downsized, giving the examples of both Malahide Garda Station, which has seen cuts in garda numbers and operational hours and Rush Garda Station which has been permanently closed. He

that they were seen in their school uniforms on a daily basis. This he said, was utterly unacceptable.

He told the supporters present that he comes from a proud Fianna Fail background, with members of his family

By Aoife Read having fought in the 1916 Rising. He outlined the fact that he wishes to said that he was proud to be a member tackle problems with the health care of the party, claiming that the day of his system, specifically and particularly the election to the Dail was, with the excepongoing problems facing Beaumont tion of his wedding day, the best day of Hospital. his life.

He also spoke about the housing crisis, He said, with a view to going forward, explaining that, despite 10,000 that Fianna Fail is now focused people currently on waiting lists on going back to their roots as for social housing in the North a community based party and County area, only two houses feels strongly that this elechave been built in the last four tion will see them return to years, laying waste to the governance. promises by the current As he rounded up his time on Government of an increase in stage, O’Brien welcomed social housing schemes for the Fianna Fail party leader area. He unequivocally stated Senator O’Brien Micheál Martin to take to the that there should be no repospodium. Martin was met with sessions, and said that alternative rapturous applause, and after some means should be found to ensure no joviality, gave a powerful and rousing family has to leave the family home. He speech. In it he praised O’Brien and compounded this with a story of paid tribute to the work that he does speaking to some of his constituents both in his constituency and across the who have had to take up residence in city. He also made the prediction that hotels. He said that the children of the the party would make a major impact in families concerned were embarrassed Dublin in the upcoming General to be seen in their school uniforms in Election. He said that: “In Dublin Fingal, the hotels, as it meant that other resipeople are coming back to Fianna Fáil dents of the hotel would know that they and I am confident that we have were homeless based upon the fact two excellent candidates running in

the Dublin Fingal constituency, Senator Darragh O’Brien and Lorraine Clifford Lee.” He went on to give a damning indictment of the current Government’s practices, saying that; “the last five years have shown that Fine Gael and Labour are driven by a very narrow agenda.

Enda Kenny himself let the cat out of the bag when he talked about wanting to introduce ‘US style taxes’ if he is returned to power. The people of Dublin Fingal know what that means – it means further degradation of services and further concentration of wealth in the hands of fewer and fewer people.

The people of Dublin Fingal value fairness in taxation and fairness in the delivery of public services.”

He concluded by saying; “I look forward to working with Lorraine and Darragh as we campaign all across the constituency demonstrating to people that a vote for Fianna Fáil is a vote for fairness.” The speeches ended, and the platform was cleared for a band to take the stage. The night wore on with party members, campaigners and locals mingling, socialising and generally celebrating the release of the manifesto.

The atmosphere was one of fun, but also anticipation of what the coming weeks will bring for the party and what they may encounter on their campaign trail.

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Gate Left Open Well-known broadcaster, Vincent Browne paid a visit to the North County last week, in which he conducted his very popular People’s Debate from the Grand Hotel in Malahide. The event, which concentrated on the new Dublin Fingal constituency was attended by about 400 local people, anxious to quiz prospective TDs in the constituency about what promises they have in store for the electorate.

cent, to the current figure of 8 per cent. Better than expected exchequer returns were also cited as ammunition to place in front of the people. With impressive statistics in many areas, they felt that this represented a golden opportunity for them to reenforce this progress to the people present and to the viewing public,

By Patrick Finnegan who will determine their political The unfortunate absence of the three sitting futures.

Government TDs, Fine Gael’s Minister for Children Their absence has left the gate wide Local General Election candidates, Tony Murphy (Ind Alliance) and and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly and local man Alan open for opposition candidates who Senator Darragh O'Brien (FF) are pictured with presenter Vincent Browne Farrell and Labour’s Brendan Ryan was roundly critiwere present to damage the after partaking in the TV programme, 'The People's Debate' at the Grand Hotel Malahide last week cised by Browne and by numerous contributors to Government TDs and to fire shots at the show. Indeed Browne blamed their absence for sitting targets who were not there to defend their who has thrown in his lot with Clare Daly and is the seemingly unbalanced slant of the show. The policies. Many feel that in hindsight, the non-appearcampaigning as an Independent. They were joined on only local TD to make an appearance was Clare Daly ance of the Fine Gael and Labour candidates may be the panel by seasoned campaigners, Senator (Independent), who was an error of judgement, Darragh O’Brien (Fianna Fail) and sitting TD Clare joined by all the other which may come back to Daly (Independent).

“Their absence has left the gate candidates in the wide open for opposition candidates haunt them, given the depth In his usual inimitable way, Vincent Browne constituency. of feelings on the night and ploughed into the prospective TDs and demanded who were present to damage the After the show, people the proximity of the General straight answers to his questions. Under severe presGovernment TDs” purporting to be Fine Gael Election. Local voters were sure, the candidates acquitted themselves well, and Labour supporters given a glimpse of the while the audience also got in on the act with some expressed their disappointment to the County declared candidates, all of whom represented the probing questions to the would be TDs. Issues such Leader that the three Government TDs chose not to opposition to the present Government. They included as homelessness, public health, security, environattend. They were of the view, which is shared by newcomers to general election territory, Cllr Tony ment and the repeal of the 8th amendment of the many, that the next Government is likely to be made Murphy from Balbriggan under the Independent constitution were all aired. up of many of the TDs who make up the present Alliance banner, Gerry Molloy (Renua), Terry Kelleher Despite the regrettable absence of the Government coalition. They also pointed to advances made in the (Anti Austerity Alliance), Joe O’Brien (Green Party), TDs, the debate was robust and informative, but the past five years since taking up office, in terms of an Louise O’Reilly (Sinn Fein), Lorraine Clifford Lee overriding sentiment was that the TDs did themimpressive reduction in unemployment from 15 per (Fianna Fail), Barry Martin from People Before Profit, selves no favours by their absence.

The Man Behind The Debate The County Leader spoke to Broadcaster Vincent Browne on the morning of his visit to Malahide to present the popular People’s Debate programme last week and our reporter asked him about aspects of his life that may not be generally known.

When asked about how he got into journalism in the first place, he said, “I studied Law in UCD and sort of fell into journalism.

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dogged interviewer who calls politicians to account for their actions, Browne said, “I ask questions that should be asked and deserve answers. You see, politicians don’t like to answer questions, so I just try to get them to answer the important questions. I have a different perspective from RTE, so my tactics are just to try to get politicians to answer the questions that should be asked.”

When asked if he regretted not becoming active in politics, he said, “I was not involved in politics, other than seeing myself involved in politics as I see everyone is involved in politics. But no, I was never going to enter into a political career. John Bruton asked me in 1994 to join Fine Gael and I had the good sense to recognise that I wouldn’t be good for it, and secondly that I

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wouldn’t like that sort of thing, being a public representative.”

“The big problem with our political system is accountability to the Dail.

When there is a majority party in the Dail they have no accountability.

In my opinion the best possible outcome would be a minority Fine Gael government, with Fine Gael responsible and accountable to the Dail, but with another party there, so they couldn’t have the usual avoidance of questions and issues.

People think this kind of government would be chaotic. Many political observers believe that the best kind of Government is the type of government

we saw in 1965 under Sean Lemass, and again with the Haughey government, who corrected the fiscal crisis from 19831987. “No, I don’t think Fianna Fail would go for a coalition with Fine Gael, doing so would mean Sinn Fein would become the lead opposition party, so I don’t think Fianna Fail would go for that, although they might opt to support them from outside the Dail.

When asked about the upcoming election, he said, “No, it is not going to be an interesting election or an important one.

People always think the current election is an important one, but almost certainly after the election we will have the same policies enacted as the previous government and the one before that and the one before that. It will be the same thing just different faces.

When asked about interests he has other than broadcasting, he said, “I read. I am a big reader. I am interested in all sports, particularly horse racing and greyhound racing and I have a huge interest in cultural issues.

I have two children and two grandchildren,” he concluded.

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Pictured at the launch of the Build a Bank initiative at Portmarnock Community School on Tuesday, 12th January are, Ravi Gollapalli, Dara O'Boyle, Adam Hickey, Dublin GAA star, James McCarthy who officially launched the bank, Ger Heskin (Manager of AIB Swords), Emma Doyle, Alannah Kennedy and Ciara McGeough

Portmarnock School Launches Its Own Bank Students of Portmarnock Community School have launched their own in-school bank as part of the the The Build a Bank Challenge. The bank, which the students have named ‘The Ice Bank’ is managed by student, Dara O’Boyle with a management team of six students and was launched by Dublin GAA star, James McCarthy on Tuesday last, 12th January.

Build a Bank is an initiative of AIB, where schools are encouraged to introduce the concept of banking to students.

Ger Heskin, Manager of AIB in Swords told the County Leader, “The Build a Bank initiative is one that has been running within AIB for a number of years. We try to get involved in a local school and develop a relationship with the community and encourage the students to become involved in building their own bank, with their own manage-

ment team from manager, assistant manager, digital manager and so on.

There are six members on the team and they open accounts and act just like a bank. We support them once a week in the school, helping o build their skills, managing a team and developing relationships with their own community. This is something we strongly encourage, which provides a strong sense of responsibility in the process.

This is a legitimate bank where students open accounts and make transactions. We encourage them to save and get into the banking and saving ethos. There is also a competition at the end of it, with a regional final taking place in March, with the winners going on to the national finals in May,” she said.

Transition Year student and manager of the bank, Dara O’Boyle said, “The idea of setting up the bank is to encourage students to save money in the school, and special guest, James McCarthy is helping us to publicise it. You don’t have to go to the branch to carry out transactions, it is all set up in the school and the bank will be open every Thursday. There is great excitement among the students and we hope it will be a great success,” said Dara.

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interest going on from the competition saying that; “Comreg have asked to meet with Josh to discuss it to see if it could be developed further . he’s very talented Josh is, not only can it carry a life jacket and that sort of thing but it can carry sensors as well to people to help try to locate them.”

She concluded by telling us how proud the school are of their students saying that; “We’re very proud of them, over the years we’ve had a number of projects in in recent years we’ve really been trying to encourage it much, much more, science and technology is a huge growth area and we’re trying to get our student involved. We brought all of our first years, all

Fingal students have done remarkBy Aoife Read ably well at this year’s young scienprojects received awards. Luke tist awards. Not only did two Gibson in transition year got highly Balbriggan students win the commended for his project in techoverall award but there were many nology in the senior technology other awards given to various category. Paul and Daragh in fifth students throughout the North year received second place in their County and none so deserving as group award in their senior techMalahide Community School nology category and Joshua students. Paul Sheridan and Murray in sixth year got third place Daragh Meehan, have developed a in the individual senior category new digital platform for people and he got a special award from who engage in online gaming to bet on the outcome of their games, Luke GIbson, for his project on technology, and Josh Murray, who developed a probe that can go out to sea to carry life jackets and other safety equipment to people who may be in trouble or stranded.

The North County Leader spoke to Deputy Principal Jean Ward about the event, the students and their Pictured are students of Malahide Community School, who were award winners at the recent BT Young Scientist of the Year competition at the RDS. Included are Joshua Murray, Luke Gibson, projects; “We submitted a Lara Nolan, Tara O'Riordan Walsh, Paul Sheridan and Daragh Meehan large number of projects Comreg, the communication reguand there are over 2000 projects 204 went to visit the exhibition on lators. Josh did a probe that could submitted to the young scientist Friday so hopefully that will go out at sea and would carry a life every year and they only choose encourage them to submit in jacket and some things like that as 550 projects for display, so we future years as well.” well so he’s had some interest and were delighted that we had four The BT Young Scientist Exhibition I know that Paul and Daragh have a projects chosen for display. The is an annual event that gathers start up company and they’ve been students ranged in ages nearly together the best and brightest of meeting with some entrepreneurs across the entire school from first the country’s young people. With who’ve been helping them with year, transition year, fifth year and results like this from the local that as well so we’re absolutely sixth year and we were absolutely youth it’s safe to say that the thrilled.” thrilled, out of the four projects future is definitely bright for She also told us that Josh has had that were chosen three of the Malahide and beyond.

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Launch Of Senator Darragh O’Brien’s General Election Manifesto 2016

Fianna Fail Councillors Adrian Henchey, Darragh Butler, Senator Darragh O'Brien, Party Leader Micheál Martin, and Councillors Eoghan O'Brien and Brian Dennehy at the launch of Senator O'Brien’s manifesto in Gibneys Video Bar, Malahide.

Martin Foram, Keith Foram, Paul Donnegan, Micheál Martin and Darragh O'Brien at the launch of Senator O'Brien’s manifesto in Gibneys Video Bar, Malahide.

Paul Moreland and Micheál Martin with Senator Darragh O’Brien.

Adrian Cahill, Rory McGowney and John FItzsimons

Stephanie O'Brien, Kevin Judd and Breda Tuite.

Des Hurley and Cllr Adrian Henchey.

Adrian O'Keefe, Gary Halpin and Jason Giles.

Louis Moore, Ruth Brady, Yvonne Moore.

Thursday 7th Jan, saw the launch of popular Fianna Fail senator, Darragh O’Brien’s campaign manifesto in Gibney’s Video Bar, Malahide.

Supporters young and old, gathered together in high spirits waiting to cheer Darragh on.

After an impassioned speech, where he spoke about his own family history, his delight at being a member of the party and his election to the Dail, and his thoughts on current problems facing the Government and the people of the Country, he welcomed to the podium Fianna Fail party leader Micheál Martin who also delivered a rousing speech to an uproarious crowd.

After the speeches were over, there was music and joviality with both men taking the time to go around to the people present, all campaign activists, party supporters, fellow party members and friends and family.

The night was a great success with the fun and entertainment going on in full swing as the night wore on.

Darragh O'Brien holds a copy of his manifesto at its launch during his empassioned speech.

Laura Mulvey and Eilish Gallagher.

Cathal, Jackie, Laura and Joseph Haughey.

Micheál Martin, Darragh O'Brien and Adrian Cahill.

Fianna Fail party leader Micheál Martin at the launch of the Senator’s manifesto.

Louis Moore and Ruth Brady.

Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Darragh O'Brien and Micheál Martin.

Brian McTier and Pat McNamara at the launch party for Fine Fail Senator Darrage O'Brien's manifesto.

Annette and Connor O'Neil.

Stephen McDonagh, Jim Keely and Patricia McDonagh.

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“A mix of placing public information campaigns in both national and local media is generally optimal. If campaign content has specific local information, it is often most effective to concentrate the media spend on local papers and radio,” he said.

“The strength of local media is a particular feature of the Republic of Ireland marketplace and, despite the years of recession and growth of online communications, local media remains of key importance for influencing public opinion and attitudes,” he said.

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Mr. Griffin added that the research provides useful insight into how the public perceives and responds to Government public information advertising.

“Overall people do perceive public sector advertising as effective at driving changes in their behaviour, particularly when it relates to core social issues such as public safety and health.

“Respondents identified traditional mediums such as television, radio and print to be the most trustworthy sources for receiving public Local newspapers and radio across the Research. Mr. Griffin said that the findings information, although they also expressed a country are of key importance for effec- mirrored earlier research by IPSOS MRBI in strong preference for tive public sector advertising campaigns, 2011, which in addireceiving information tion, had highlighted a leading advertising agency has said. online,” he said.

The agency asserts that local media is of key the particularly high Women were found to impact of local papers importance for public sector advertising be slightly more campaigns, with 65 per cent of people receptive to public changing behaviour due to public “The strength of local media is a particular feature of sector advertising sector advertising the Republic of Ireland marketplace and, than men, but overall Mediavest Director, Dave Griffin was there weren’t signifidespite the years of recession and growth of online speaking after the launch of a new cant gender differcommunications, local media remains of key importance survey on the impact of public sector ences. The only signifadvertising. for influencing public opinion and attitudes.” icant variance was a 9 The survey found that 65 per cent of per cent higher preferpeople (67 per cent of women and 63 ence for radio as the per cent of men) said that they have changed and regional radio preferred medium their behaviour due to public sector adver- stations for adveramongst women. tising goods, services tising campaigns.

Mediavest is Ireland’s In terms of which specific behaviours had or information with leading media agency changed – 50 per cent said they had stopped specific local releoffering expertise in using their mobile phone in the car, 49 per vance. strategic media plancent had stopped speeding, 38 per cent have “From our current ning, digital adverstarted to eat more healthily and 20 per cent experience with local tising, econometric had stopped smoking. The research was papers, and looking modelling, research carried out independently, on a standardised at the recent JNLR Pictured is Dave Griffin, Director of Mediavest (One of Ireland’s leading advertising agencies) and sponsorship. national population sample, by Ignite figures, the strong

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Launch Of Fingal County Council’s Centenary Programme

Pictured at the launch of Fingal County Council’s 2016 Centenary Programme at County Hall, Swords are, Commandant Stephen MacEoin (Ireland 2016 Office), Paul Reid (Chief Executive Fingal County Council), County Mayor Cllr David O’Connor; Tánaiste, Joan Burton, Aodhán O Ríordáin (Minister of State with responsibility for New Communities, Culture and Equality)

Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society members, Patsy Kenny and Cathal Boland

Cllr Joe Newman, Michael Giffney and Liam Cassin

Pictured is Michael Giffney from Swords, whose father Michael fought at the GPO in 1916. He is wearing the medal presented to his father, with Tanaiste Joan Burton, Liam Cassin and Cllr Joe Newman

Richard Mulcahy with his father, Risteard Mulcahy, son of 1916 leader Richard Mulcahy and County Mayor, Cllr David O'Connor

Pictured are members of Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society. Back row: Kevin Tolan, Cathal Boland, Patsy Kenny, Brian Lally, Margaret Burtenshaw, Eimear Fitzgerald. Front row: Graham Blessing and Tommy Clarke

Fingal County Council launched their extensive events line-up as part of Ireland’s 2016 Centenary Programme at a ceremony at County Hall, Swords on Tuesday, 12th January last. The launch was performed by Tánaiste, Joan Burton, and was attended by County Mayor, Cllr David O’Connor, Chief Executive of Fingal County Council Paul Reid; Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly TD; and Minister of State with responsibility for New Communities, Culture and Equality, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD. The event was also attended by relatives and friends of the men and women of the North County who played a role in the events of 1916. Also present were invited guests, as well as elected local public representatives. Speaking at the launch, Mayor David O’Connor said: “In Fingal, our Centenary Programme is aimed at commemorating the key part that men and women from Fingal played in the events of 1916. I am looking forward to the many special events, which will take place over the coming months and in particular to our special Commemorative Day here in Swords on Sunday, 24th April 2016.” A particular highlight of the evening was the re-enactment of the Battle of Ashbourne involving members of the Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society, as the volunteers and members of the Irish Military Living History, who played the part of RIC personnel. An exciting battle raged for the assembled guests, with the volunteers emerging victorious. Another highlight of the evening was the haunting version of Mise Eire, composed by Padraig Pearse which was delivered beautifully by singer Sibéal Ni Chasaide.

The entire evening was an outstanding success and was thoroughly enjoyed by all present.

Lusk ladies, Helen Kelly, Eileen Sweetman, Pat Kelly and Tina King are pictured with Members of Irish Military Living History, Brian Doyle and David Smyth

Ann McDonnell and Tommy Clarke (Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society)

Jim Keaney and Noel McAllister (Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society)

Dominick Byrne and Ed Hearne, both from Fingal County Council

Pat Kelly, Margaret McCann Moore, Kevin Murray, Vera Stone, County Mayor Cllr David O'Connor, Cepta Butler and Breege O'Connor

Cllr Brian McDonagh, Minister Aodhan O'Riordain and Brian Halligan

Cllr Eoghan O'Brien, Brian Lally, Cllr Adrian Henchy, Cllr Darragh Butler and Kevin Tolan

Shay Barker and Ken Duffy

Bernadette Marks of Swords Historical Society (left) is pictured beside the display case containing items from her family's 1916 memorabilia, with Cllr Adrian Henchy, Mary Watson, Cllr Anne Devitt and Cllr Darragh Butler

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Local Primary Schools Excel At Science Fair North County schools were to the fore at the RDS Primary Science Fair Dublin which ran from January 7th to 9th. Local primary schools were amongst the over 3,000 thousand 4th, 5th and 6th class students from across the country who displayed their class projects at the Dublin Fair.

Supported by the RDS for the seventh successive year, the RDS Primary Science Fair Dublin, which displays at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, proved once again to be very popular with tens of thousands of visitors to the primary school projects.

Working under the supervision of their teacher, the entire class are encouraged to be inquisitive and curious about the world around them. This led to sixth classes from the North County working on projects.

Among the imaginative and inventive projects by North County pupils included.

“How do chemical changes and the addition of different ingredients affect the properties of materials?” by St Mary’s National School, Garristown. Do Light and Temperature have an effect on the growth and development of plants? was the project of St Andrew’s National School, Church Rd, Malahide.

The project of Thornleigh Educate Together National School from Swords was about The Good, The Bad and The Germ? St Oliver Plunkett’s Ntional School Balrothery pupils asked ‘What effect has sugar on our bodies? and St Patrick’s Senior NS, Skerries brought their project ‘Beach Ecology: Which beach in Skerries is most suitable for plant and animal life?’

Better teaching of STEM in primary education is considered by many experts to be crucial in strengthening Ireland’s international science performance.

Pictured at the recent RDS Primary Science Fair are Kayla Kardos, Lee Grogan, Kameel Akanbi and Luiza Kapteine from Thornleigh Educate Together NS, Swords with their project 'The good, the bad and the germ?'

Pictured is Ciara Prior from St Patrick's Senior NS, Skerries, with the school's project 'Beach Ecology: Which beach in Skerries is most suitable for plant and animal life?'

Pictured at the the RDS Primary Science Fair recently are Ciara Prior and Killian Taomey from St Patrick's Senior NS, Skerries.

Pictured at the RDS Primary Science Fair which took place recently is David Gorman from St Mary's NS, Garristown with the project 'How do chemical changes and the addition of different ingredients affect the properties of materials?'

Aoife Ryan, from St Oliver Plunkett's NS, Balrothery is pictured at the RDS Primary Science Fair with the project, 'What effect has sugar on our bodies?'

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A group of enterprising 2nd year students from Colaiste Choilm Secondary School in Swords have made an historic breakthrough.

The product they developed, as part of the school’s enterprise programme, has been accepted for sale by SuperValu in the Pavilions Shopping Centre.

The product, a football boot cleaning kit, was developed by students, Luke Murphy, Harry Maher, Darragh Power and Eoin Kinsella, and such was its success, after skilful negotiation by the talented quartet, that the store decided to stock it, just before Christmas.

Lorcan O’Hanlon, Store Manager of SuperValu told the

County Leader, “The students presented their product to us about three months ago and I gave them some feedback around the packaging and the legislation that they needed to comply with. The four of them went back and did all their research and presented me with this product and we are delighted to support this excellent project.”

A very proud Business teacher, Karl Foster said, “This is a momentous occasion, as it is our first time in 11 years that one of our students’ products has made it on to the shelves of a shop in the commercial sector.

It even has its own barcode. It’s amazing to think that these boys are only 13 and

Pictured at the launch of their Football Boot Cleaning Kit at SuperValu at the Pavilions Shopping Centre, are Colaiste Choilm students, Harry Maher, Darragh Power, Luke Murphy and Eoin Kinsella, with their Business Studies teacher, Karl Foster (left) and SuperValu Store Manager, Cormac O'Hanlon

14 years of age, from 2nd year and they have achieved this already is absolutely superb,” he said.

The young entrepreneurs managed to m a n u f a c t u r e approximately 60 units and they sourced components from different suppliers and put them together themselves.

They also designed their own logo and got professional packaging for the product and they got feedback from SuperValu about what to do and what not to do.

Luke Murphy, one of the Colaiste Choilm entrepreneurs said, “We knew the Enterprise Awards take place in the

school every year. It took us a while to come up with the idea of a football cleaning kit. It developed very well and it sold well in the school. We were lucky enough to have it stocked on the shelves in SuperValu and we hope to go on to the county finals later in the year,” said Luke.

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Skerries RNLI Crew Rescue Lucky Molly

Skerries RNLI volunteers AJ Hughes and David Knight are pictured with Mollie the dog after she was rescued from the sea at Skerries

Skerries RNLI volunteer crew members rescued a dog that had been stranded on rocks by the tide on Tuesday last, 12th January.

“Mollie”, a border collie cross, had been missing since the previous evening after being frightened and running away. She was spotted in the Red Island area in Skerries, however by the time her owners had located her, she had made her way onto the rocks behind the lifeboat station and had been cut off by the rising tide.

At the time a combination of the location and conditions meant that launching the lifeboat and attempting a rescue from the sea was not an option. However, volunteer crew members, David Knight and AJ Hughes were able to wade safely out to the rocks from the shoreline wearing their personal protection equipment and using a safety line.

Mollie was handed back to her grateful owners at the shoreline and they took her straight to the vet for a full check over.

Pictured at the Operation Transformation Walk at River Valley Park, Swords on Saturday 9th January are, Cllr Darragh Butler, County Mayor Cllr David O'Connor, Íde de Bairtiseil, Eoin O'Callaghan, Paul Reid (Chief Executive Fingal County Council), Marion Brown and Cllr Joe Newman

Great Support For Operation Transformation Walk In excess of 3,000 people took part in two 3k walks organised

by Fingal County Council Sport on Saturday, 9th January last.

The walks had huge numbers in attendance, one in Ward River Valley Swords and the second in Dublin 15.

Children and adults walked or ran the 3k route which was part of the ‘Sport Ireland’ initiative, in association with the RTE hit show ‘Operation

Tourism Boost For North County Fingal County Council is delighted to announce that Swords, and the Dublin Airport Environs have ranked highly in the annual IBAL Litter Survey, with Swords ranking 10th, and the Dublin Airport Environs ranking 16th in towns/cities surveyed.

The programme, run in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local

Government, is an alliance of companies, sharing a belief that continued economic prosperity, specifically in the areas of tourism, food and direct foreign investment is contingent on a clean, litter free environment.

The Council recognises the importance of maintenance of the Dublin Airport and Swords area as a key factor in maintaining and

growing tourism in Fingal, and as a driver of economic development, delivering income, business enterprises and jobs. Up to half a billion euro per year is spent by visitors to this area. This in turn supports an estimated 20,000 jobs.

Council staff have continued to maintain the transport routes to and from the Airport and environs to a very

high standard, with all areas inspected being marked as litter free, and well presented.

Also mentioned were the colourful planted areas, neat and tidy green verges, paving and fencing. Similarly, Swords Main Street was marked as litter free, and noted with abundant flower displays adding to the overall excellent presentation.

Conor Horgan of IBAL

said, “The environs of Dublin Airport were spotless, with the An Taisce report stating ‘there was a huge improvement at the Dublin Airport Environs sites. Given their visi-

Transformation’ which all added up to a great atmosphere on the day.

This is the seventh annual walk to be held in the North County, with over 1,400 taking part in River Valley, all braving the winter weather to kick-start their fitness regime for 2016. The walk was led by County Mayor, Cllr David O’Connor and Fingal County Council Chief Executive, Paul

bility to visitors to Ireland, these roads need to be maintained to this standard all the time. These two results combined indicate that visitors to Ireland were exposed to less litter

Reid, with local councillors also partaking in the walk.

Marion Brown, Fingal’s Principal Sports Officer said “This was a perfect opportunity for people to kick start their ‘Get Fit’ New Year resolutions with a short fun walk or run and to hopefully use it to start exercising on a regular basis.”

The parks in the county have seen a number of upgrades in the last few years, including the addition of fitness equipment and an outdoor gym in the park in River Valley.

than earlier this year,” he said.

Paul Reid, Chief Executive Fingal County Council, commented, “ I am delighted to see the results of the IBAL survey, which recog-

nises the great work being done in the area by staff and stakeholders alike, and allows us to continue to market Fingal as a high quality tourism destination.”

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to be a serious rethink on public transport within Swords and also across Fingal. Right now serious effort needs to be made to get people on to public transport across Fingal. The provision of more bus shelters must be a part of this. I think bus shelter design is getting better but can Green Party General Election Candidate Joe be further improved. Some shelters can be O’Brien has hit out at the government stating unsightly but this is no reason not to do better that they ‘just don’t get public transport’. It and provide people with basic shelter from our follows a survey conducted by the Green Party in increasingly wet winters.”

Swords that found that 75 per cent of the Dublin O’Brien went on to blast the idea that the Bus stops don’t have any shelters. proposed Metro North would be a solution to existing problems with transport and transport

By Aoife Read facilities in the North County; “There is an illuSpeaking to the County Leader, O’Brien stated sion that the promised Metro will be the solution that: “After the public meeting in December to all of Swords transport problems. There are about rural transport needs in Fingal, I was two dangers with that approach, firstly the subsequently contacted by a number of people people of Swords cannot wait over a decade for living in Swords about the shortcomings of the the Metro and secondly even if it does come current bus services there. Clearly sooner, it does not address the internal there are large areas of estates in transport needs of Swords town. I have Swords where the public transport link received some interesting proposals of is just too far away. There are further late in relation to the need for an issues in terms of the regularity of such internal circular route for Swords similar services and also the circuitous routes to that in Dundalk and Drogheda. This that some people have to take in order could provide a more accessible and to get from A to B.” swifter way for people getting from A to “But what struck me most,” he said, B within Swords.” “were the stories of young and old He concluded by saying that: “We need people waiting in the rain at bus stops Joe O’Brien some joined up and fresh thinking, with no shelters. I decided to look into though when it comes to public transthe matter further and found that of the 111 port in Fingal if we are going to be able to Dublin Bus stops in Swords only 28 have shel- successfully handle growing population ters. That’s 75 per cent of bus stops in Swords numbers. Frankly I just don’t think that this without a shelter.” government really gets public transport and how O’Brien went on to say; “Frankly it is unaccept- really good systems can dramatically improve able that anyone and especially school children quality of life for people.” and elderly people are forced to stand in the rain while waiting for their bus. There needs

North County Captains Drive In

Six members of the Rush Youth choir will travel to Krakow, Poland, next August 2016, to represent St Maur’s parish and join in celebrations for World Youth Day with the Holy Father, Pope Francis. The members will also partake in a ‘Leadership’ programme for young adults to learn how to be active and faith leaders with young people, which will be a wonderful asset for the parish.

Over the coming months they will have various fundraising projects going on and would appreciate support in whatever way from all the community. If you would like any further information please go to www.worldyouthday.com/krakow2016.

Tel: 01-840 1780 • www.shannons.ie Shannons Solicitors, which is based at 29 Main Street, Swords is one of the most enduring family businesses, not only in Swords, but in the entire North County area.

The company, which is headed up by Vincent Shannon has been serving the legal needs of the local community for the past 37 years, making it one of the most readily identifiable businesses in the town.

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It is a truly family run business, with four members of the same family practising as solicitors, all specialising in different areas of law.

Three of Vincent’s children have become solicitors with the fourth, Lynn, being the social conscience of the family, becoming a social care worker and hoping to do her Masters to become a social worker.

Over the past 37 years, Shannon Solicitors have acted for clients in the areas of:

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& Associates Pension Specialists Pension Specialists, Illness Cover, Savings, and Investments.

COMPLETE FINANCIAL PLANNING ADVISORS Corrstown Golf Club held their Captains Drive-In on Saturday, 9th January. Pictured at the drive-in are Captain Joe O'Dwyer, Lady Captain Marion McGowan and Junior Captain Josh Kenny, all dressed in 1916 attire.

Ph: 8406893 • 0869874281 1 Brownstown, Balheary, Swords, Co. Dublin Cathal Moore t/a Cathal Moore & Assoc. is regulated by the Central Bank Of Ireland

Pictured at the Captains Drive-In at Forrest Little Golf Club on Saturday, 9th January are Junior Captain Ciaran Gregan, Captain Vincent Collier, Lady Captain Bríd Snow and Junior Lady Captain, Julie McCarthy

Swords Toastmasters Open Night The Swords Toastmasters are having an open night on 25th January in the Carnegie Court Hotel at 8pm.

If you happen to be looking to improve your communication skills, job prospects or career opportunities, The Toastmasters might just be the organisa-

tion for you. Swords Toastmasters is a club that helps people discover and develop their public speaking, listening, and leadership skills. Members who join do so for a variety of reasons, be it to progress their careers, learn to perform better at inter-

views, practice for work presentations or even for that all important wedding speech. They meet in the Carnegie Court Hotel every Monday at 8pm and visitors are always welcome.

Refreshments will be served at the interval. So if you are looking for some self improvement for the New Year, get yourself down to the Toastmasters Open Night and see what they can do for you.

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Conveyancing, Commercial and Residential: Litigation-Personal Injury and Civil Law: Companies and Businesses: Employment Law and Finance: Family Law-Divorce and Separations: Probate and Trusts and Criminal Law. Vincent was appointed a Notary Public by the Chief Justice and continues to provide this service for companies and individuals who require d o c u m e n t s prepared for use abroad.

This includes foreign property transactions, divorces, adoptions and company filings.

There is also a bonus for loyal customers of Shannons, as Vincent explained.

“As part of our celebration of 37 years in business in Swords, Shannons will prepare Wills free of charge during the month of February for anyone who has been a client over these 37 years, and we will donate the fees to the Irish Heart Foundation. You can send in your details to Ollie Shannon at ollie@shannons.ie and we will prepare a draft Will for discussion,” he said.

Vincent was a founding member of Swords Business Association with Shane Redmond and Gerry McInerney and this group organised new and old businesses of Swords into a group which became Fingal Chamber of Commerce, which is flourishing today.

As well as property law acting for developers, landlords and new companies, he practises in the area of abuse law and has represented many victims of physical, emotional,

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Tel: 01-840 1780 • www.shannons.ie have built a reputation over the past 37 years where integrity, trust, honesty and professionalism are front and centre of their dealings with their clients.

Vincent concluded by saying, “We at Shannons are very

MEET THE TEAM TIM SHANNON Tim specialises in complex litigation, personal injury law acting for insurance companies and has acted for people who have suffered catastrophic injuries in car and motorcycle accidents, holiday accidents and serious work place accidents involving health and safety and construction regulations.

Tim also deals with Medical malpractice and Dental negligence, Probate and Enduring Powers of Attorney for those who wish to plan for the transfer of homes and businesses.

LAURA SHANNON

pleased to have been of some service to the people of Fingal over the last thirty seven years, and look forward, with the next generation of solicitors, to continuing that service for many years to come.

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Proprietor of Shannons Solicitors, Vincent Shannon is busy at his desk

Laura has been with Shannons since 2008 and specialises in Family Law. She deals with all aspects of marital breakdown including separations, divorce, guardianship, custody, maintenance, domestic violence, safety and protection orders, barring orders and legal aid applications.

Laura attends every session at Swords District Court for all family and criminal law matters, such as Garda and criminal prosecutions, road traffic offences, drink driving, dangerous and careless driving, public order offences and assault.

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OLLIE SHANNON Ollie has just recently been enrolled as a solicitor. As well as law he has learned a lot about golf from his father and he now plays off five handicap in Malahide Golf Club.

He has made a special study of Employment Law and can now advise individuals and companies on: • Unfair dismissal • Constructive dismissal • Redundancies • Redress for employees under the Unfair Dismissal Act • Equal Treatment

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Ollie, Laura and Vincent Shannon are pictured under the portrait of Vincent being appointed a Notary Public by then Chief Justice, TF O'Higgins

psychological and sexual assault and has brought cases of industrial abuse, clerical abuse and childhood abuse to a conclusion giving closure to the victims and a chance to start again.

VW EMISSIONS SCANDAL: Shannons are c u r r e n t l y researching the legal aspects of this scandal and will prepare a High Court action on behalf of owners of VW, Audi and Skoda cars that have been affected by the emissions controversy.

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It’s more than a little chilly this time of year, but who is going to let a little cold weather stop them from taking their long awaited trip down the aisle? No one, that’s who! Your wedding is one of the most exciting days of your life which can also be very stressful thanks to the 101 details that needs to be organised. Follow some of our tips below to ensure you have a Spring Wedding to remember and a stress free day...

PLANNING & PREPARATION Planning and plenty of preparation is key to having the wedding you always dreamed of.

Firstly, if you are going to have a traditional wedding in a church, you

would need to see if the date you want is available. This is crucial and you need to be really doing this as early as possible. The big day is something that some people might plan for a few years, however others in different situations may decide to get married with in a few months.

Whatever way you decide to do things, make sure you keep your plan of action at hand. Here’s a tip, place a poster of your to-do list in your kitchen.

You spend time there every day and when you are waiting on the kettle to boil,you’ll be reminded about making a few phone calls and so on.

give money, or do you try to find out what the bride and groom really need.?

It is now becoming fashionable, especially for parents and close relatives and friends to help the newly weds with furnishing their new home. This is a very thoughtful gesture, as many newly married couples are saddled with large mortgages and are not in a position to provide proper furnishings for their homes yet.

Presents like beds, new furnishings, kitchenware and other household gifts are highly acceptable and can be purchased in many local shops that specialise in this area.

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Plenty of hotels and venues around the North County host superb wedding exhibitions and fairs throughout the year. There is something for everyone at a wedding fair, plus you get to pick up lots of

invitations will have a classic, traditional style and design, but feel free to do whatever works for you. Many newlyweds are opting to send pocket invitations these days.

There are plenty of different wedding invitations options for you to

little hints and ideas to make your special day a great memory for everyone involved.

Wedding fairs take the trouble out of going to lots of different places, as they are a type of one stop shop.

choose from and the North County has an array of shops that will be able to make you pick the perfect invites.

SEND OUT INVITES One of the first steps in setting the mood for any wedding is sending out those wedding invitations. Typically, wedding

THE VENUE This is one that should be looked at and booked well in advance of the big day. Luckily, the North County boasts many beautiful venue choices, all of which will have wedding exhibitions on throughout the year so you can meet the staff and get a true idea of what each possible venue has to offer. The staff will be on hand to take care of all your needs and will ensure that the day runs smoothly and is as stress free as possible.

THE WEDDING DRESS The focal point of the wedding for the majority of women (aside from the ceremony of course!) will be the dress. Because the temperatures are typically not too hot and not too cold over here (well, usually!), there are a lot of options for the wedding dress. It is best to choose a more versatile dress that can suit you in both warm and cold weather, just in case! (If you opt for a light dress, for example be sure to pair with a wrap). Perhaps you’d like an elegant splash of colour to your gown.

There are certainly quite a few unique and stylish options and colours to choose from. The North County has an array of stunning dresses available to you, so the main problem you’ll have is trying to make your mind up!

THE RINGS The rings are just as important as anything in the wedding. There is a wide range of jewellers in the North County with a variety of beautiful rings that you and your loved ones will adore. The rings symbolise the bond you and your partner are about to make and there should be as much thought and effort put into that just as much as the rest of the day.

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Continued from page 1 But their exhaustion hasn’t stopped them attending events and addressing the media with both energy, enthusiasm and grace.

During the week there was a reception held for the girls at County Hall in Swords where they were presented with a gift from the Local Authority in recognition of their brilliant achievements.

During interactions with the girls, this journalist found them to be gracious, articulate and pleasant young women, all with very bright futures ahead of them.

They spoke to us about the way in which they came up with the idea for their project; “It started back in September when we said to ourselves and each other, ‘what do we want to achieve this year?’, and we both decided on The Young Scientist. From there, we did some research online, and we found out about

these model organisms called C. Elegans, it was interesting to us because it had always been a question

to these farms on an annual basis. The girls have always had a huge interest in science that appeals to

Paul Reid, Diana Bura, Minister James Reilly, Maria Louise Fufezan and County Mayor David O'Connor are pictured at the civic reception at County Hall, Swords

in our minds, Why are the chickens on our grandparents’ farm so different in size from the ones we see in the stores. So that’s how it started” said Maria.

Both of the girls come from an agricultural background.

Both of their grandparents have farms in Romania and they travel back and forth

their natural sense of intrigue. “Ever since first year, since we were introduced to science in secondary school we’ve always had a great passion for it because it is just so interesting” said Diana.

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research as it has been so interesting taking part in this project.”

The girls will also have the opportunity to go to England to Oxfordshire in May. There they will attend a Formula 1 event, where they will be taken behind the scenes and shown the inner workings of the Formula 1 racing cars, and given a demonstration of the science behind the engineering of the cars.

It is not just the winners that the North County has to be proud of. Four other girls did exceptionally well in the competition. Under

Renuka Chintaplalli, Khadija Gull, Emily Tierney and Maria Wyzykowska all won awards in their categories with Renuka winning an overall runner up prize for her study on cancer.

According to Dr. McNally the subject matters for each project was all down to the girls themselves; “The girls came to me. I teach science and biology, and myself and another teacher, Chris Garvey run a science club at lunch time on Tuesdays. We do it so that if any one wants to enter a competition outside of school, they can work on it there. So the girls origi-

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Renuka Chintaplalli the fact that sugar has a bad effect on C Elegans so that was the model that they chose to test it out on.”

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The prize for the winners of the Young Scientist was €5,000 as well as the trip to Brussels wherein they will represent Ireland in the European Young Scientist of the year. Further emphasising their academic inclinations, when asked what they have planned for the money both girls told us that they will be putting it away and saving it for college.

The reason they will do this, is they both want to enter into careers in Medicine; “Both of us actually want to become doctors, and as you probably already know, it is very expensive to go to medical school, we already have everything we could want, so we will save the money towards our tuition said Diana.

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days down the back of Dr. McNally’s lab, even while other classes in progress, “It was great fun. They were nicknamed the worm girls because they were just sat in the back of the class, and I’d be teaching first years, second years and sixth years. The rest of the classes had great fun going down to the back of the class and looking at what they were doing down there.”

Renuka’s project is also really something to marvel at, she identified a biomarker that could indicate whether or not a cancer is going to spread.

She focused her study on oesophageal cancer.

“Renuka, was runner up individual and ever since second year, has had an interest in the Young Scientist. She was always knocking on my door with some great idea, so she’s been doing it over the years” said Dr. McNally.

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tion. “Last year we had an entry from Renuka for which she won first in her category. She did a project where she looked at the effect of garlic on cancer cells. Now though, she’s actually in the process of publishing that at the moment in a medical journal, which is really excellent for her.

She’s always been very academic and since last year’s competition she’s been working on this

years one. Which means that she’s actually been working on this project for the last 18 months.”

Then there was Khadija Gull and Emily Tierney.

They entered with a project on Bio-informatics. The science teacher told us that, “Emily had done her work experience in bioinformatics and Khadija is another girl who enters science competitions almost compulsively, she’s done it a few times, so between the two of them they decided they were going to focus on that area of science, and so they made contact with Alex Eustace in the Royal College of Surgeons. So they did very well too, they came

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“The great thing about their work is the computer element to it.

There is a thing called Big Data where, because there is so much cancer information on line, almost anyone can become a research scientist and they can process that information using different software. So I’m very lucky with those three girls being so interested in the computation side of science, as it is becoming a really big deal within the industry.”

It wasn’t all just computer screens and lab work. The project presented by Maria Wyzykowska sought to find out the effects of exercise on the brain.

She focused her study on the fact that it has been proven that short periods of intense work

in the Young Scientist annually for the last seven years, since Dr. McNally began working there. “7 years ago I came to the school , and I have a doctorate in genetics from Trinity, so when i came to the school, while I was obviously interested in the curriculum and making sure the girls got their points, I also wanted to encourage them to do some discovery and

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The accolades for the school don’t end there however, “We won the Northern Ireland Young Scientist during the summer and one other student won the Intel Award, so we actually have a student going to Arizona in May and I’m going with her to the International Science and

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It wasn’t just the students that excelled in the competition, the school itself won the highly sought after award of Best School: “We got the best school, which is just amazing, it often goes down to Cork or Kinsale, so we were just so thrilled, because there are schools of such a high calibre out there that we have so much respect for, so for us to win it we were so thrilled.

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Where Now For The EU? Open Europe will host the second of their series of “War Games”.

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website from 9AM on January 25th 2016. Follow live #EUwargames. The leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, says that if Britons vote to leave the EU, the EU will untangle, which he hopes for. He says once a country the size of the UK opts out then other countries will follow. It appears that many across almost all member states hold much the same view and wait in anticipation of launching vigorous campaigns to leave the EU. So these negotiations are not just about facilitating the UK agenda but rather they are about ensuring that the Union going forward is one that accommodates the best interests of all European citizens. Merkel has certainly got her hands full following on the Cologne sex attacks and robberies. The former head of the German constitutional court says her actions on migration amount to glaring

By Cathal Boland policy failures. He joins many others of the German establishment in criticism of the Chancellor. Some are now calling for Merkel to reinstate border controls and suspend the policy of free movement as they say the policy is now impaired. The EU Home Affairs and Migration Commissioner confirmed that only 272 of the projected 160,000 refugees have so far been benefited under the EU agreed relocation scheme. So a revision of the policy must be on the cards. A new year, same problems, the question for the British people is: stay or go. The question for the leaders of Europe is: will solutions to the many problems they face be delivered during 2016?

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O’Brien Slams Lacklustre Housing Crisis Solution Fianna Fáil candidate for Dublin Fingal Senator Darragh O’Brien has criticised the Government for not tackling the housing crisis and accused them of once again placing spin above substance.

The party’s Dublin spokesperson pointed out that Fine Gael and Labour have launched their housing policy several times, but have yet to deliver any units on the ground.

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By Aoife Read and Remember Us are but a few causes helped by the club in the previous year. Here at the County Leader we contacted active member Jacinta Harley to find out her thoughts on what the club is all about; “The big thing about Malahide Lions Club is that it serves not only Malahide but also the surrounding area, and it is part of a bigger group of Lions International, and it’s very recognisable around the world. It’s all set up right the way through to help people. At the moment we have 39 members in Malahide between men and women and we’re currently recruiting and we have recruited four new members over the last three years, and there are two people coming on board shortly with us as well.”

Each member of the Lions Club is a volunteer: “All the members are volunteers and give their time completely free and there’s no payment anywhere .That’s something we were asked last Christmas when we were doing the food appeal, there were questions about charity. We were asked are there people being paid, and no, we pay a small fee towards the running of the club but nobody ever gets paid.”

She told us that the group meet twice a month in the Grand Hotel and during the meeting they discuss the projects they are going to take on. A person might take on a project to help someone. Recently Jacinta herself

took on a project to raise money for Remember Us, they had a night in the Grand Hotel, and got the Garda band to play, and at the end of the night they had raised €3,000.

They do a lot of great work; “On an annual basis we do things like the Christmas food appeal where we go out and everybody knows us there as we always show up for the second or third weekend in December. We were out rocking buckets all around the place and a lot of research goes into who are the needy in the area and beyond and we make sure we give them the money coming up to Christmas particularly towards food. We also feed into a diabetes awareness programme, a spectacle recycling and living with arthritis here in the local area” They also have a lot of annual events, such as their hill walk in Wicklow, a cooking demonstration where they get in a famous chef and recently a steam train outing in Drogheda which was to raise funds for the Drogheda homeless. This is just a small amount of what they do.

The Lions Club in Malahide are currently eager to attract some younger members to achieve a greater community reach; “We are very keen to get in younger people. We have a variety of ages but they would be mid thirties upwards and we are very keen to get younger people to join us as well. We have people from all sections and walks of life and its amazing to see what people can bring to the group. So many people have different perspectives on things and that’s really good for the group in general.”

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Recent published deaths from the North County

(Swords) 13th January We sat beside your bedside dad, We knew you could not stay, it broke our hearts to watch you slowly fade away.

Not a day passes Dad without thinking of you, but in our hearts you will always stay.

Our only consolation you were not alone, Mam took you by your hand and brought you home.

Sadly missed by his loving family

Memorial for JAMES MARTIN CLEARY 5th anniversary January 17th 2015. R.I.P Late of 2 Millrace, Clonard St, Balbriggan Co. Dublin.

We never knew that Monday morning the sorrow that day would bring when a heart of gold stopped beating and we could not do a thing. The parting was so sudden we often wonder why but the saddest part of all was we never got to say good bye.

From Mom and Dad Julie and Mark

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James Martin Cleary 5th anniversary.

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James, There is a face before me a voice I would love to hear A smile I will always remember, of my brother I loved so dear Deep in my heart lies a picture more precious than silver or gold It is a picture of my brother whose memory will never grow old Miss you and love you always, your brother Mark.

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James No special day is needed for us to think of you You were really someone special, and we thought the world of you Love and miss you always Your loving sister Julie, brother in law Stuart, nephew Jordan and nieces Rachel and Hannah.

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BROPHY, (Howth Dublin 13), 12th January 2016, suddenly at home, Arthur (Art) son of the late Robert and Eileen and brother of the late Robert, sadly missed by his loving sisters, Doreen and Nuala, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

DESMOND (née Twomey), Sheila (Corballis, Donabate, Co. Dublin and formerly of Ballyvourney, Co. Cork) – 13th January 2016 (peacefully) at St. Vincent’s Private Hospital beloved wife of the late Andrew. Sadly missed by her loving children Dermot, Michael, Kieran and Adrienne, daughters-in-law, son-in-law, her 10 adoring grandchildren and 3 cherished great-grandchildren, sister Joan, relatives and friends. Rest in Peace EMMETT Kathleen (Kay) (Portmarnock, Dublin / Finglas, Dublin) Formerly of Finglas. Peacefully at Beaumount Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Cherished mother of Kayleigh and Aaron and beloved partner of Keith Durnin. Kay will be sadly missed and remembered with love by her children, partner, grandchildren Jessica and Emily, mother and father Jean and Jim, sister Annette, brother Jimmy, brother-in-law Tony, sister-in-law Theresa, nieces, nephews, extended, family, neighbours and friends.

May She Rest In Peace FOLEY Walter (Main St., Howth, Dublin / Cahir, Tipperary) Walter (formerly of Ballylooby, Cahir Co.Tipperary) died suddenly. He will be greatly missed by his loving and heartbroken wife Shelagh (O'Keeffe), son Matthew, parents Nora and Larry, sister Mary Kate, grandmother, grandaunts, aunts, uncle, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and his many friends. Rest in peace.

CASEY Tommy (38 Townsend Street, Strabane, Tyrone / Swords, Dublin), The sudden death has taken place January 11th 2016 at his home of Tommy Casey 38 Townsend Street, Strabane and formerly of Swords, Co. Dublin. Beloved husband of the late Maureen, much loved father of Rosemarie, Anne, Claire, Stella, David, Alan and the late Paul and Amanda and brother of Kathleen, Lily, Teresa and the late Eddie, Seamus, Paddy and Bridget.

May he rest in peace.

We missed you from your fire side chair, Your loving smiles and gentle air, Your vacant place that no one can fill We miss you mom and dad and always will.

You were a Mom and Dad so very rare Content in your home and always there, On earth you toiled and in heaven you rest.

God bless you Mom and Dad you were two of the best, Your life was a blessing and your memory a treasure.

You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure. xxxxxx From Jimmy Marmo and family Julie, Stuart, Rachel, Hanah, Jordan and Mark

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BEHAN May (née Blair) (Swords, Co. Dublin and formerly of North Summer Street, Dublin 1) 11th January 2016 (peacefully) in Beaumont Hospital. Beloved wife of Paddy and loving mother of Derek, Brian, Raymond, Noeleen, Louise and Angela. Sadly missed by her family, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, sisters-in-law, sons-inlaw, daughters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Rest in Peace

BYRNE Annie (Cissie) (née Clarke) Lecklinstown, Naul, Dublin. Peacefully at Beaumont Hospital. Rest in peace

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MORELLI Antonio, (Malahide, Co.Dublin) 10th January 2016. Passed away peacefully at his home in the UK. Sadly missed by his wife Christine, daughters, sons, step children, grandchildren, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, extended family, friends and neighbours. Rest in Peace

SAVAGE, Henry (Lal) (Rathbeale Road, Swords) - Jan. 13, 2016 (peacefully) at Lusk Community Unit; sadly missed by his loving family, friends and also his carers and residence of Lusk Community Unit. Rest In Peace

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O’CARROLL, Richard (Howth, Co. Dublin) – 12th January 2016, (unexpectedly), cherished son of Rita and the late Seamus, much loved brother of Peter, Philip and Annalisa and adored uncle of Nikki, Mark, Alex, Devin and Isabel.

Richard will be sadly missed by his loving family, brotherin-law Leonard, sisters-in-law Freda and Sonya, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family, work colleagues and his many friends.

“May his gentle soul rest in peace”

CASSIDY Joan (née Barrett) ('The Pheonix', Sandyhills, Rush, Dublin) (ex. Irish Mutton Cloths Ltd.), wife of the late Pat. Joan will be sadly missed by her daughters Clare and Alison, sister Liz, brother Michael, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, brother-in-law Andy, sister-in-law Margaret, in-laws, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

May She Rest In Peace.

RICE Mary January 11th 2016, (Sutton Dublin 13, late of Skerries) peacefully, at Blackrock Clinic surrounded by her loving family, Mary, daughter of the late Bernard and Mary and sister of the late Michael, Pat and Bernard, sadly missed by her sister Fanchea, sisters-in-law Sheila, Frances and Meta, nieces, nephews, relatives and many friends. Rest in peace DENNIGAN (née McGrath) Mary (Malahide and formerly of Swords) – Jan. 9, 2016 (peacefully) at home, beloved wife of the late Sam and mother-in-law of the late Michael and Modelyn. Beloved mother of Margaret, Frankie, Joe, Patrick, Sam, Carmel and Mary; sadly missed by her loving family, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, sisters-in-law Betty and Nell, nephews, nieces, relatives, friends and carers. May she rest in peace

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in relation to the application may be made in writing to Fingal County Council on payment of a fee of €20 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application by Fingal County Council

Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought by Sarah McGealy at Commons, Lane, Great Common, Lusk, Co. Dublin for construction of a 2 storey four bedroom dwelling, new vehicular entrance, on curtilage car parking, private open space, landscaping, boundary treatments, SUDS surface water drainage, biocycle waste water treatment system and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority (County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin) during its public opening hours (9.30-16.30 Monday to Friday). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought by Sarah McGealy at Commons, Lane, Great Common, Lusk, Co. Dublin for construction of a 2 storey four bedroom dwelling, new vehicular entrance, on curtilage car parking, private open space, landscaping, boundary treatments, SUDS surface water drainage, biocycle waste water treatment system and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. Permission is also sought to amend Reg. Ref. 89A/1266 to omit Condition No. 7 of this permission. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority (County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin) during its public opening hours (9.30-16.30 Monday to Friday). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council James Elliott intends to make a planning application for Permission at Sancta Maria, 55 Dublin Road, Swords, Co. Dublin for the provision of new single storey rear extension; refurbishment and alterations to existing dwelling; provision of external insulation around the entire existing single storey dwelling; widening of the existing entrance gate; provision of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works. The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought by D. McEvoy for first floor extension to the side of dwelling at 45 Carrickhill Heights, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin. This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours of 9.30-16.30 Monday-Friday. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks, beginning on the date of receipt by the Planning Authority of the application.

Fingal County Council I Dermot Cronin intend to apply for permission for development at this site address: 13 Biscayne, Malahide, Co. Dublin. The development will consist of the demolition of the existing single storey extension to the side and construction of a new detached two storey three bedroom house, a new vehicular entrance and all associated site works. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-

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able cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (20Euros) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

Fingal County Council Revised Planning Permission is sought for a development to reduce the number of houses from 16 to 14 number incorporating 11 no 3 bed-roomed, 2 storey, semi-detached houses type A, 2 no two bed-roomed, 2 storey, semidetached houses type B and 1 no 3 bedroomed, semi-detached two storey house type C. To include a micro-park, retain existing road and services, reduce the height of the boundary wall to the north west and introduce railings on top together with ancillary site works on the existing site of .52 Ha previously granted planning permission under Reg. Ref: F07A/0770 which was subsequently granted an extension of duration under Reg. Ref: F07A/0770E1 on lands South Of Hamlet Lane, In The Townland Of Flemington Lane And Bremore, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin for Mark Stillman & Patrick Woods The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main St, Swords, Co. Dublin, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Keith Rankin Eng. Dip. C.Eng. MIEI AMISTruct.E I.Eng. Fingal County Council I Raymond Foran intend to apply for planning permission for a dwelling, wastewater treatment system and associated site development works in a rural cluster at Dallyhaysy, Naul, Co. Dublin. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee 20 euro within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is requested for new single-storey extension (area-30sq/m) to side & rear of existing two-storey dwellinghouse along with associated siteworks at :64, Castleland Court, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Signed: Donal Fitzpatrick & Gillian McGoey.

This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin between the hours of 9.30am – 16.30pm Monday-Friday. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to Fingal County Council on payment of a fee of €20 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application by Fingal County Council.

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is requested for alterations & extension to existing cottage (revised design to previously approved application ref.no.F09B/0342 - note:permission extended upto 31st March 2018) along with all associated siteworks at : Gerrardstown, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin.

Signed :- Stefan McMullan This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin between the hours of 9.30am – 16.30pm Monday-Friday. A submission or observation

Fingal County Council Planning permission is being sought for extensions, alterations and remodelling of existing detached bungalow the proposed works include extension to the front of the building, removal of conservatory, revisions to external elevations including new enlarged windows and new roof tiles, attic conversion to rear wing with dormer windows, two storey stairwell link, conversion of existing garage, new garage with storage in roof space to The Brambles, Blackwood Lane, Malahide Co. Dublin.

Applicants: B. & G. Donnelly The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council Planning permission is being sought for dormer bungalow with new access drive to rear, improved site entrance, and associated site works at No. 4 Seamount Road, Malahide Co. Dublin.

Applicants: H. Reddy.

The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council Planning permission sought by Dermot Hugh Scanlan to construct a single storey house, new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and associated works within the curtilage of Hampton Hall a Protected Structure, at Hampton Demesne, Balrothery, Balbriggan, Co Dublin.

This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the cost of making a copy at the offices of Fingal County Council during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to Fingal County Council on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application.

Fingal County Council I, Darren Hennessy intend to apply for outline planning permission to erect a single storey residence and bio cycle waste water treatment system at Ring Commons, Naul, County Dublin.

The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (20Euros) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application Fingal County Council We Aishling & Liam Gillespie intend to apply for planning permission all at 22 Bunbury Gate Crescent, Swords, Co.Dublin.

The development consists of the demolition of an existing single storey kitchen annex to the rear (6sqm) and for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear (22sqm) and to block up existing kitchen window to side elevation and for a new window to side elevation on ground level and for the conversion of existing attic to study/store room with provision for a dormer window to side elevation and for all associated site works.

This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the

reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee(20Euros) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application Fingal County Council James Elliott intends to make a planning application for Permission at Sancta Maria, 55 Dublin Road, Swords, Co. Dublin for the provision of new single storey rear extension; refurbishment and alterations to existing dwelling; widening of the existing entrance gate and all associated site works. The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

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