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he number of patients waiting on trolleys in Beaumont and Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda hospitals, which are adjacent to the North County region is causing great concern in the area. The County Leader has been monitoring the number of patients on trolleys in hospitals for some time now. The most alarming fact to emerge is that both Beaumont and Our Lady’s in Drogheda, the two most accessible hospitals to this area, consistently have had the highest number of patients on trolleys for a long time. The reality is that the North County is now, and has been, for some time, the most dangerous place in Ireland to get sick. This is an appalling situation, made even worse by the fact that we have non other than the Minister for Health living amongst us. It seems like only yesterday that that he placed backlogs in the A&E system and the provision of a primary health care facility, and a possible new hospital in the North County, as some of his election promises. Nothing has been done to date and there would appear to be no discernible advantage to the North County from having a Minister for Health in our midst. Election promises are like eaten bread, they are soon forgotten. brought to hospital by ambulance and if they need to be admitted for urgent care they are likely to be placed on a trolley for up to two

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By Patrick Finnegan days, until a bed is found for them. There is little dignity for a patient sitting in a public corridor whilst weak and sick. During this time, the risk of catching infection is enormous. When hospitals reach 85 per cent capacity, risk management and infection control become severely limited. This figure is well exceeded in both hospitals. That is the reality for people living in the North County area. Such a situation has prompted nurses to take industrial action in Limerick, due to safety implications. We are now coming into the busiest time

of the year in hospitals, a time when epidemics are rampant and severe winter weather becomes a grave and very real threat to our people. The grim reality is that deaths will happen as a result of these chronic backlogs in the hospitals and A&E services. The fact that this is the most populous region in the country, without a hospital of its own, merely deepens the crisis. Indeed many residents of North County Dublin ask the question whether calling an ambulance is the correct course of action to take. They argue that it is worth considering taking the patient by car

as far as Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, which is less than an hour from most parts of the North County. This appalling scenario may well be the most sensible and safest option to take. When approached by the County Leader, Dr Reilly was quick to revert to his pre election promises. “The issue of overcrowding and long waiting times in A+E will be addressed aggressively. It is a priority for me as minister. It will take time, but already protocols are in place and have been activated to move patients from overcrowded A+E’s into wards in hospitals. The Minister went on to say, “I have stated on a number of occasions that the waiting times for admission for patients attending Emergency Departments in many hospitals are

not acceptable. I am determined to address this situation. In this regard, I established the Special Delivery Unit and assigned to it as a priority the task of addressing the many issues arising in Hospital Emergency Departments.” These are great words, but are are alien to people in the area. Indeed, the people that this reporter has spoken to from the North County see little or no evidence that any action has been taken to address this chronic situation. It is only seven months ago that an unforgiving electorate delivered a fatal blow to the prospects of a government which was deemed to have distanced themselves from the elec-

torate. Unless something is done as a matter of the utmost urgency, a tragedy due to hospital overcrowding is highly likely. This is a situation that nobody wants, but it remains a

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Balbriggan Teachers Complete Trek Challenge A group of teachers from Loreto Secondary School in Balbriggan have completed a fantastic feat - the

Oxfam Trail Trekker Challenge. Karen Ryan, Louise Conroy and Fiona Greaney completed the 50 kilo-

By Jennifer Ryan metre walk and Luke Kilgarriff and Stuart O’Brien completed the

100 kilometre walk. The walk took place across the Mourne Mountains in Co.Down. The five teachers have been training for the previous two months. “Last year Luke and Stuart completed the 100 kilometre walk for Oxfam. The girls and I thought we were up for the challenge so we decided to do it with them,” says Karen Ryan. We raised €4990 through sponsorship, raffles and a music night. The girls were the first team to cross the finish line in the

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Pictured here at their Oxfam Challenge event are Balbriggan teachers L-R: Stuart O'Brien, Pic: JR Luke Kilgarriff, Fiona Greaney, Karen Ryan, Tony Kelly and Louise Conroy.

time of 10 hours and 13 minutes and the men completed their walk in an excellent time of 21 hours 39 minutes,

Great Fun Day In Swords By Jennifer McShane Bouncing castles, face painting, and giant slides were the order of the day at the recent fun day for all the residents in Glen Ellan estate in Swords. Now in its fourth year, the fun day saw children and their parents enjoy things like sports, games, music and thankfully, a bit of sunshine too. The day was organised by the Glen Ellan Residents Association. Speaking to the County Leader, chairperson of the Residents Association, Grainne Beggan, said the fun

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fundraise €1300 of their total amount and provided plenty of well wishing before the walk.

day was a great way to get all the residents together and was mainly organised for the children: “We organise the fun day to really give the children a sense of community,” she said. “Of course it’s always great to see the whole estate come together and it takes plenty of team work to make sure that the day runs smoothly. We’re delighted to see everyone enjoying themselves.” The sense of community was very evident on the day as everyone pitched in, including some of the younger teenagers, to volunteer and help with the fun and games. “I’d just like to thank everyone who volunteered and was involved in making the day such a success. We couldn’t have done it without help,” she concluded.

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coming 6th out of 80 teams. The students of Loreto Balbriggan supported their teachers, helping to

Swords Folk Group now sing at the new Saturday evening 6.30 pm Vigil Mass in St Colmcille’s Church on three Saturdays a month. They are eagerly recruiting musicians and singers to come and join in song. Contact Zita at 087 6240608 or meet the group after Mass.

Pictured here are L-R: Maud Wilks, Hella Toolan and Irene Trumper at the recent Craft Fair in Rush.

biggest ever with 50 – 54 tables on view selling handmade jewellery, children’s toys and candles to name but a few. Some of the individual tables were also raising money for their own charities. Attendees, who enter for free, came from Rush, Lusk, Swords and many other parts of the North

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Dangerous Bus Stop In Swords Swords residents have called on Dublin Bus and the Gardai to address an increasingly dangerous accident prone bus stop on Brackenstown Road. See story on page 9 >

Hilarious Comedy For Millbank Theatre Ergophobia – (fear or aversion to work) - tells the story of two unemployed post Celtic Tiger cubs struggling for employment in Ireland. It opens on Friday 7th October at 8.30pm in The Millbank Theatre, Rush for one night only. See story on page 15 >

Great Success At Balbriggan Safety Week Balbriggan Community Policing Forum coordinated the first Balbriggan Community Safety Week which ran from Thursday 22nd September to Sunday 25th September. The four day event was an enormous success with thousands of people experiencing what the events had to offer. The week began on the 22nd with a Safety Quiz in O’ Dwyer’s GAA. All proceeds were donated to the RNLI Lifeboat Skerries. Then on the 23rd, it was the official launch of the Balbriggan Community Safety Week on the town square: 15 organisations set up stall amidst the farmers market and showed their services to the milling crowd. Some of those included the Customs and

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The Safety Week ended with a show in the church car park on Sunday. Safety organisations that came to show their vehicles and equipments to the public and chat to the people about what they do included The Irish Coast Guard who also had their search and rescue helicopter fly over the crowd as well as Pictured are, Gardai, Grainne Ní Fhátharta, Mick Walsh, Cathaoirleach Grainne Maguire, much more. Inspector Yates, Gardai Kate Daly Ní Bhrion and Dave Sheerin at the launch of Balbriggan The purpose of the Photo Tony Healy Community safety week. Balbriggan Community Excise team who brought their drug sniffer dogs Safety Week was to involve, inform and promote and Order of Malta, who had their ambulance open the awareness of services in Balbriggan which for inspection. The atmosphere was one that will assist in making communities safer. The hope is not be forgotten by the people in Balbriggan and that this will be a yearly event and lead to greater certainly not by those lucky kids who got to come involvement of local residents aimed at making our community safer, stronger and more vibrant. from their schools and sing with the Garda Band.

Lusk Senior Citizens Annual Market

Tutor Assisted Programme In Social Science IFAE is one-year programme in social science, which is tutor-assisted, via distance learning and is now available. It is vital for anyone in leadership positions working in multicultural settings. See story on page 12 >

Rush School Celebrates 50 Years St. Joseph's Secondary in Rush celebrated its Golden Jubilee on Saturday, 24th September last, with a special celebration Mass in St. Maur's Church in Rush. The Mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Diarmuid Martin, with students, teachers, families and friends all in attendance. See story on page 11 >

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Old School Pals Reunion In Swords Colaiste Choilm, Swords Leaving Certificate year of 1981 held its 30th year reunion in the Carnegie Court in Swords on Saturday night September 24th last. The night was a great success and was attended by a large number, many of whom had not seen each other in 30 years. The occasion was organised by Patrick Hickey, Kevin Power and Adrian Carney and attracted a great turnout. It included Martin Sweetman from Rush and Laurence Doyle from Portrane who flew in from San Francisco, where both now live. They were joined by Paul Smyth from Donabate and Ian Weldon from Rush and Eamon Dennis from Lusk, who all flew in from the UK for the occasion. The reunion also remembered two deceased members from that year in Michael Bonner and Colm Prew. It is hoped that a reunion will happen again in possibly five years time. Pictured at the Colaiste Choilm, Swords 30 year class reunion in the Carnegie Court Hotel are Ray Gregan, Paul Vaughan, Charlie Mulvihill, Richard Barrett, Terry White and Pic: TO’K Gerard Moore.

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The annual Lusk Senior Citizens Fruit and Vegetable market was held recently. Staffed entirely by volunteers, all the proceeds from the annual event go towards the Lusk Senior Citizens Committee. The market had one of the finest arrays of fruit and vegetables you are Snippet likely to see, which goes some way to explaining Drama In why the market was so busy. Well done to George, Skerries Drama classes are now Theresa, Pat and all the taking place in Skerries other volunteers associCommunity Centre for ated with the Senior children aged five and Citizens Committee, who over. The Drama-to- staffed the market on the Grow classes focus on day. With that level of communication skills, commitment the Senior confidence, creativity, Citizens party on 6th teamwork, movement, December is sure to be another success. voice and fun.

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Shane Kavanagh and William Kavanagh from Balbriggan are pictured in the Custody Area at Balbriggan Garda Station, as part of the Balbriggan Pic: RN Garda Family Open Day.

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alike were also delighted to have the opportunity “to drive” Garda cars and motorcyc l e s . Residents

By Roxanna Neag local Gardai and the day consisted of tours of the station and activities. Plenty of locals were keen to get their mug shots taken or try out finger printing. The Custody Area proved very popular and the bravest kids even agreed to be locked in cells for a few minutes! Kids and adults

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also had the opportunity to meet the local Detectives, Traffic Corp, Drugs Unit, Community Gardai and the Garda Sub Aqua team and more. The Family Fun Day was a successful event offering its Balbriggan residents some unique experiences and the event was part of Balbriggan Community Safety Week.

Snippet Youth Cafe For Donabate Foróige are working to establish a youth café and club for teenagers in Donabate. Volunteers must be aged 18 or over. Full training and support is provided by Foróige. Further information is available from Bryan Gavin, Regional Youth Officer on 0868519639

Portmarnock Scouts Mountain Challenge Six scout patrol leaders from Portmarnock recently spent a weekend trekking over the Wicklow hills on a mountain pursuits navigation exercise. This exercise was called 'Sionnach', organised by Scouting Ireland. The activity is run each year and many groups from around Dublin take up the challenge. Portmarnock scouts carried all their equipment and sustainable food packs and had to follow a route using maps and compass, taking compass bear-

ings from the map and planning detailed route cards. The group hiked well over 15 kilometres around the hills and

shores of Lough Ouler and each was presented with the coveted 'Sionnach Badge' on completion.

The group were accompanied by two junior leaders, Tomás Bell and Alanna Farrelly.

Pictured are the Portmarnock scouts who recently undertook the Sionnach exercise in the Wicklow Mountains. Back row, Lorcan Holden, Ross King, Luke Doran, Matthew Shortall, and Tomo Bell. Front row, Alanna Farrelly, Niamh Murphy and Orla Mc Kiernan.

Malahide Group Visits Dáil The Malahide Active Retirement Association (MARA) were guests of local T.D. Alan Farrell in the Dáil recently. Forty-five members were up bright and early to get a tour around the corridors of power and to witness where it all goes on. Established in 1990 and currently chaired by Janet Quinn, the Malahide Active Retirement Association has been going strong ever since. With a membership of 100, MARA meet on the second and fourth Monday of every month in the Malahide Library. They organise and plan a variety of events and

activities for their members. Past events include a night at the Millbank Theatre in Rush to see Little Gem and upcoming events include a trip to the Opera in Wexford in October and not forgetting the all important Christmas party much later in the year. In the meantime members can get fully involved in a variety of activities such as Computer classes, Art, Fitness and Bowling. It’s all go with MARA and a special thank you needs to go to Janet Quinn and Dorothy Robinson for their coordination on the day.

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Barry Langan recently retired from the Bank of Ireland. Pictured at his retirement party in the Harp Bar, Swords are Amy Stephenson, Barry Langan, Shane Langan, Patricia Langan and Gerry Smith. PK

Pictured at the 21st birthday party of Deyna Baker at the Old Boro in Swords are, Brenda Gleeson, Andrea Depoeck, Moonika Torn, Georgina Baker, Dayna Baker, Stef Sands, Alice Varley, John and Ann Baker, Linda Baker and Ray Baker. PK

It was Paul Nesbitt's 50th birthday and the celebrations took place in the Lord Mayor's in Swords. Pictured enjoying the fun are Chris Nugent, Paul T O’K Nesbitt, Pauline Behan and Ken Behan.

Gemma Fitzpatrick, third from left, celebrated her 21st birthday with a party in the Harp Bar in Swords. Pictured with Gemma are Karen Agnew, Fay Moran, Megan Molloy, Kellie Garry, Aisling Beirne, Hannah McCabe and Rebecca Crompton. T O’K

The Old Boro in Swords was the venue for the 30th birthday party of Clint Richardson. Pictured enjoying themselves are Declan Duffy, Aidan O'Sullivan, birthday boy, Clint Richardson, David Murphy, Vinny Brennan and Ciaran Reilly. T O’K

Pictured at Shane Gleeson's 21st birthday party in the Old Boro, Swords are, Conor Holohan, Shane Kinsella, Leah-Ann Harris, Rachel Platter, Cheryl Costello, Breda Gleeson (mam), birthday boy Shane Gleeson and Brian Kenny. T O’K

There was a 'Going to Australia' party for Neill Carberry and Louise O' Carolan at the Harp Bar in Swords recently. Pictured at the party are, Darra O'Carolan, Louise O'Carolan, Neill Carberry and Harry Carberry. PK

Pictured at the Arch Chemicals going away do for Ian McDowell at the Harp Bar in Swords are, Dominic Orange, Ian Mc Dowell, Paul Goulding, Richard Maguire, Matt Mc Donnell and Paul Bulman. PK

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Events of Fingal Enterprise Week 2011 Pics: Patrick Finnegan

Pictured at the Dublin Food Forum at Country Crest in Lusk, as part of Enterprise Week are Gabriel Hoey (Country Crest), Oisin Geoghegan (Fingal County Enterprise Board), Michael Hoey (Country Crest) and Minister for Food, Shane McEntee.

Pictured at the First Time Exporting seminar at Bewley's Hotel Dublin Airport are keynote speakers, Peter Sheridan (Enterprise Ireland). Tony Lambert (CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber) and Austin Rutland (Export Edge), with Paula Carney (Dun and Brad Street)

Pictured at the Dublin Food Forum at Country Crest are Oisin Geoghegan (CEO Fingal County Enterprise Board), Joe English (President, Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce) and David Donnelly (President, D15 Chamber)

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County Mayor, Gerry McGuire, Oisin Geoghegan (CEO Fingal County Enterprise Board), Neal Morrison and Ruth Brereton (McInerney Saunders) are pictured at the Pop Up Bank event at the Europa Academy in Swords. Pictured at the Pop-Up Bank event are Bank of Ireland personnel Damien Osborne and Elena McGivney.

The winner of the Fingal County Enterprise Award 2011 was Fleet Connect Ltd. Pictured at the award presentation at the Europa Academy in Swords are judges Nicola Byrne (CEO 11890), Ben Dunne (Ben Dunne Gyms), Bobby Kerr (insomnia Coffee), award winner, Patrick Cotter of Fleet Connect Ltd, Joe Harford (Chairperson Fingal County Enterprise Board) and Oisin Geoghegan (CEO, Fingal County Enterprise Board). Pic: Joe Keogh. Pic: JK

Pictured at the First Time Exporting seminar at Bewley's Hotel Dublin Airport are Catherine Dunne (Irish Greeting Cards) and Keith Brock (Fingal County Enterprise Board).

ingal Enterprise Week, which concluded last Friday was deemed to be a great success and, as usual, provided a tremendous boost to local start up businesses, with numerous mentoring sessions at various venues. The event got off to a flying start with the first ever Dublin Food Forum on Monday. According to Oisin Geoghegan, C.E.O. of Fingal County Enterprise Board, “The Dublin Food Forum was the first and largest event of its kind for the food sector in the capital and it was one of the biggest events of Fingal Enterprise Week”. Among the other highlights were a

Jacinta DePaor (Next Phases) is pictured with Teresa Long (Forever Living Products) at the Women In Enterprise event at the Carnegie Court Hotel, Swords.

Fingal Leader Partnership representatives, Pauline McNamee, Phil Moore and Michelle Murray at the Pop Up Bank event at the Europa Academy.

Egidija Davileviciute, Laima Niauraite, Irma Baranauskiene and Marija Mingaile, (all from Lyoness) at the Fingal Women In Enterprise meeting at the Carnegie Court Hotel.

one day ‘Pop-Up’ Bank, which opened its doors to hundreds of entrepreneurs on Wednesday and provided a drop-in exhibition of financing options for new start-ups and existing businesses, the free event also offered enterprise workshops and confidential mentoring sessions with experienced business people. The highlight of the week was the announcement of the winner of the Fingal Enterprise Award. A fast-growing broadband access company, Fleet Connect, which specialises in Pictured are keynote speakers at the Women In Enterprise event, Dainjela passenger transport Wi-Fi, won a ‘business Kopcic (Della Case), Kathryn Fanning (Easons Ashbourne), Lesley Berber (Babypotz), with Eve Bulman (Fingal Women In Business). pitching’ battle to win the award.

Pictured at the Women In Enterprise networking event are Helen Dunne (Staradune Beauty Supplies) and Danielle Townsend (Danielle Townsend Design)

Oisin Geoghegan (CEO Fingal County Enterprise Board) and County Mayor, Gerry McGuire are pictured with the Heineken Cup at the Pop Up Bank event.

Billy Reynolds (Dublin IFA), Padraic McMahon (Dublin IFA) and Paddy Lonergan (Bank of Ireland, Swords) at Country Crest, Lusk.

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Pictured at the First Time Exporting seminar as part of Enterprise Week at Bewley's Hotel Dublin Airport are Joe English (President Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce) with Andrew Kinsella (Torque Management).

Joe Harford (Chairman, Fingal County Enterprise Board), Conor Hyde (Dublin Food Chain) and Oisin Geoghegan (CEO Fingal County Enterprise Board)

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Centre Director Ian Hunter (right) chats with Rotarian Dave Murray during last weekend while The Rotary Club of Dublin Fingal did a collection in the Pavilions Shopping Centre on behalf of The Irish Guide Dogs Association and other Rotary Charities

The Rotary Club of Duiblin Fingal held a collection at the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords in aid of The Irish Guide Dogs association and Rotary Charities over last weekend. Pictured above are Rotarians Gerry McInerney, Maria Clarke and Michael Kennedy.

Tesco has announced that it is beginning its recruitment drive for its new store in Rush. Its recruitment centre is open to applications, with approximately 70 positions to be filled prior to the opening of the new store later this year. The 70 positions will be based across the store operations and will include General Assistant, Customer Assistant and Team Leader positions. The application process is open to anyone aged 16 or over and will close on October 14th. The recruitment centre is based in the Community Centre, Main Street, Rush. For further details, contact Tesco Rush Recruitment Centre on 089 4112654 or at tesco.rush@tesco.ie

Dangerous Bus Stop On Swords Road A group of Swords residents have By Kieran Dunne called on Dublin Bus and the Gardai to address an increasingly dangerous the bus and walking straight out on to accident prone bus stop on the road where traffic are going up Brackenstown Road. Swords Manor and down. It’s really very dangerous.” Residents Association (SMRA) has it is believed that the Council’s again highlighted the issue with the hope of some sort of action. The calls come following recent Gardai and Road Safety Authority initiatives encouraging pedestrian road safety. The renewed calls for action also come amidst a number of accidents at the bus stop over the last twelve months - with one boy being seriously injured after stepping out in front of a bus to be hit by an overtaking vehicle. Speaking to the County Pictured here at the hazardous bus stop from L-R are: Leader, SMRA treasurer, SMRA chairperson, Joanne Mahon with committee members, Anne Clarke, Karen Gorry, Gretta Taitt and Theresa Kearns said: Angela Curtis. Pic: KD “One of the main reasons something needs to be done is that Transportation Department has written to Dublin Bus about the issue. people are stepping off

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USA The Force Is Strong With This One A Star Wars fan spent six months and 30,000 Lego bricks recreating a scene from one of the movies.Jay Hoff spent £1,500 on piecing together the moment the Emperor arrives to inspect a new Death Star in Return Of The Jedi. He created the model for his school's annual Science Day.

Snippet Trad Music In Rush On Friday, October 21st, traditional music legends Frankie Gavin and De Dannan roll into Rush for a special concert. In a must-see gig for trad lovers, the legendary outfit play the Millbank Theatre at 8pm. Tickets can be obtained by phoning: 01 8437475.

Istabraq Takes Centre Stage In Terminal 2 Ireland’s much loved Champion Hurdler, Istabraq has taken pride of place at Terminal 2, in Dublin Airport. The iconic representation of Irish thoroughbred, Istabraq by Irish artist Nicola Russell, is currently on display at Terminal 2. The painting took 18 months to complete and the exhibition in T2 gives the general public the chance to see The Big Horse Painting for the first time, as the painting is hanging in a public area prior to the security check that can be accessed by all visitors to the terminal, whether travelling or not. Artist Nicola Russell told the County Leader, “Terminal 2 is itself a work of art and provides a truly stunning backdrop for The Big Horse painting. People are surprised to see a huge painting of a horse as they head off on their business trips and holidays and I’ve already had many positive comments from passengers who have seen the painting.” The Big Horse Painting is hanging on the departures level at Terminal 2 prior to security screening and will be on display until spring 2012. Pictured is artist Nicola Russell with her painting of horse racing legend, Istabraq

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Presidential candidate, Sean Gallagher was in Swords on Friday last. He paid a visit to the offices of S&S Office Interiors at Drinan Enterprise Centre. Pictured during the visit are, Tom Lynch (S&S Office Interiors), Sean Gallagher, Siobhan Moore (President Fingal Dublin Chamber), Alan Spain (S&S Office Interiors) and Tony Lambert (CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber)

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Loreto Balbriggan students, Aine Gavin, Alice Kiernan.

Balbriggan Community College students, Blaine Ford, Steven Grant and Aaron Hoey.

Balbriggan Community College students, Soldeea Olanlokun, Stephen Amdade and Akeem Ayoola.

Sarah Clare and Clare Whitehouse from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan.

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Aaron O'Neill, Keith Hammond, Gerard Whitehouse and Sean Byrne from Balbriggan Community College.

Sarah Murphy and Niamh Egleston from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan.

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Aaron O'Neill and Tahar Ouchelouche from Balbriggan Community College.

Balbriggan Community College students, Thomas Dawnay and Ben Marry.

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Fiona McCarthy, Eva McQuaid, Ellen O'Malley and Rachel Plunkett from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan.

Nicole Hewitt and Katie Mahon from Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan. Padraig Mickey and Keri Richardson from Balbriggan Community College.

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Rush School Celebrates 50 Years St. Joseph’s Secondary in Rush celebrated its Golden Jubilee on Saturday, 24th September last, with a special celebration Mass in St. Maur’s Church in Rush. The Mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Diarmuid Martin, with students, teachers, families and friends all in attendance. As you might imagine, today’s school is a very different school to the one opened by The

Sisters of Mercy, as an all girls school, 50 years ago. Since the first class began in September 1961, it has grown from a mere 13 pupils to a staggering 588 in today’s school. In 1980, the school became co-educational and in more recent years it has welcomed students from all over the globe. This was all recognised in the opening ceremony, before Mass began, with a Procession of Symbols.

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represent the changes in technology over the years, the Ceist Charter to represent the values of the school and the international flags. Following the Mass, everyone went to St Joseph’s Secondary School for light refreshments. Principal, Ms Patricia Hayden thanked the Archbishop for taking time out of his busy schedule to visit Rush and celebrate the Jubilee

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Pictured at the Donabate Portrane Educate Together Senior Citizens Day on Friday, 30th September last are three generations of the same family. Myah Dunham brought along her mother, Jacqueline Dunham and grandmother, Karen Lynch.

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The third annual get together of old and young took place in Donabate Portrane Educate Together School on Friday, 30th September last. Over 70 grandparents of 5th class children and friends from the local Senior Citizens Club were welcomed to the school to celebrate Positive Age Action Day. A wonderful day was had, songs were sung, people danced and shared a lovely meal together. Some very talented schoolchildren performed songs and Irish dancing to the enthusiastic gathering. It was as entertaining as the X Factor, and no doubt, some of the entertainers will come to the attention of Louis Walsh and Co. in the near future. It was great to see the easy mingling of old and young together on the day.

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Pictured at the Open Evening for Portobello College at the Carnegie Court Hotel in Swords are Denise Flood (Director of Montessori and Early Learning) and Amy O'Brien (Marketing Assistant, Portobello College).

Pictured with the Sam Maguire Cup at Kettles Country Hotel, Rolestown recently are Kerrie Gifford, Hayley Gifford, Hanna Benchouat and Kaitlin Knight, from Swords.

Hilarious Comedy For Millbank Theatre Ergophobia – (fear or aversion to work) tells the story of two unemployed post Celtic Tiger cubs struggling for employment in Ireland. It opens on Friday 7th October at 8.30pm in The Millbank Theatre, Rush for one night only. It is a comedy about two Irish people, their friendship, what they want out of life and how they see the world. One was born into wealth, but for a variety of

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Access Fair In Balbriggan Cairde Balbriggan in Hampton Street, Balbriggan will hold a ‘Living in Balbriggan’ Access Fair on Saturday, 15th of October from 12 noon until 4pm. These days there is a much greater focus on our families and communities. We seek more opportunities available in our locality. Free Living in Balbriggan Access Fair is an opportunity to find out what Balbriggan has to offer and have a

There was excellent news for local company, Lusk Motor Group, who are in the running to be named as Ireland’s friendliest business, Over the past few months, Junior Chamber Ireland (JCI) have been scouring the country to find Ireland’s friendliest business. The businesses have been nominated by the public. The mystery shoppers have been out all over the country, the numbers have been whittled down and we now know who is in the running to be crowned Ireland’s friendliest business. The final four have been announced and Lusk Motor Group is among them. The other three

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15 Pictured (centre) is Eva West with her guide dog Parker and husband David from Balbriggan with Rotarians Michael Kennedy (far left) and Dave Murray (right). The Rotary Club of Duiblin Fingal held a collection at the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords in aid of The Irish Guide Dogs association and Rotary Charities over last weekend.

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Boundless Energy In A Great Cause Deborah Leavey is a young vibrant and enthusiastic co-ordinator at Portmarnock Arch Club. The final year DCU nursing student began her work with the Arch Club as a transition year pupil at Caroline Portmarnock Community School. She then built up credits to earn the President’s Gaisce award, presented to young people for personal endeavour in their community. everyone to hang out with their friends.”

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“I have to be honest and say I started with Portmarnock Arch Club because my friends were going down but the first person I met was member Gillian Delahunty, an absolute legend. I immediately hit it off with her and have been coming to the centre ever since. Gill has Cerebral Palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. She was very open with me, explaining her condition and helping me understand it wasn’t such a big thing. Our members have different degrees of special needs from Down Syndrome, to Autism and we’re all just mixed in together. I’ve made some of my best friends through the Arch Club, bonding with people who have similar interests and it’s great,” Deborah comments. The club was set up in 1990 by parents of children with Special Needs in the Portmarnock area and they celebrated their 21st anniversary in August this year. Portmarnock Arch Club was initially based in a prefab in St. Helen’s School before the group acquired their own building behind St. Ann’s Church, Portmarnock in 2000. Prosper Fingal, the government agency, who provide educational services for adults with special needs, offered to share the building and pay the bills and this arrangement has proved very successful. The Arch Club run three sessions a week for their members in addition to lots of outings and fun activities. “Thursday night club runs from 8pm to 10pm, Saturday morning club is from 11am to 2pm and Saturday afternoon club is from 2pm until 5pm,” Deborah explains. “Activities are organised for the members, but helpers enjoy them too and the club provides a place for

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volunteers and are absolutely brilliant and I think every co-ordinator has been a helper at some point. For outings we aim to have one helper for every member travelling, which protects everyone involved.” Last year, Portmarnock Arch Club members took part in a dance competition for all 50 Arch Clubs across Ireland held in Gorey, Co. Wexford. “We decided to dress the guys up as girls and the girls up as guys for our dances and the members were far better than the helpers who hadn’t practised their routines much at all. Although we were a bit flustered it was a great laugh and all the members got a medal and were thrilled.” The club regularly go away on holiday and have been to France twice. “I was on the first trip to France a few years ago and initially it felt strange to be going abroad without the sense of safety that comes from being in Ireland, but it was absolutely brilliant. Cathy McCarron, one of our co-ordinators who is French, organised the holiday and we stayed on a big campsite in Brittany and it was great craic with members and volunteers in every house,” she says. To raise funds for their various activities and holidays,

As co-ordinator of Saturday afternoons, Deborah will plan out activity programmes for three months ahead. “Sometimes we try and do Arts and Crafts but the members will sneak into the living room and turn on the telly,” she laughs. “For outings we try and limit the number to 24, but visitors from other areas come along every week and it’s hard to leave anyone out. At times, we’ve had 34 members on a public bus which can be stressful but fun,” Deborah comments. Recent excursions have included trips to the cinema and the Science Museum in Trinity College. Michael Dillon, assistant co-ordinator of Saturday afternoon’s programme is really into fitness and he recently organised a sports day on the green behind Ardilaun housing estate. “We had rugby, rounders and football and the members absolutely loved it. We’ve also organised scavenger hunts where we hide clues around the village which the members have to bring back to receive their prize which is generally a Freddo Bar! It’s an easy prize to give, but we always have to have double the amount because members get upset if they Tireless worker for Portmarnock Arch Club, Deborah Leavey. don’t win anything,” Deborah says. Deborah receives an allowance as a co-ordinator for her work “which means I don’t have to find a the Arch Club regularly engage in bag packing in Saturday job to support me at college, I can do what I Dunnes Stores, Portmarnock and also host an annual love and get paid for it. The helpers who come along are Fashion Show which receives terrific support from

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people in the area. This year’s Fashion Show, organised by Orla D’Arcy and Cathy McCarron was held on 23rd September in Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links and was packed. “Some of the members modelled and had great fun twirling around on the stage while other members were out in the audience cheering them on and it was just brilliant.” When she was younger, Deborah dreamed of becoming a doctor but as a result of her experience with the Arch Club decided to pursue a career in nursing instead. On placement in Beaumont Hospital at the moment as part of her final year studies at DCU, Deborah says “I’m enjoying what I’m learning and I’ve met some incredible people but I’d like to specialise in accident and emergency type nursing which I can’t do in Ireland. I’ve got some experience of thinking on my feet from the Arch Club and I kind of like that but if I move abroad it would be sad as I’d have to leave the club,” she says. While enjoying her nursing course Deborah has also written two novels and her ultimate aim is to be an author. “I wrote a novel when I was in sixth year in school to escape studying more than anything else,” she laughs. “I had a literary agent interested but they wanted so many changes it wasn’t my book anymore and I let it go. I finished another novel a few weeks ago and my literary agent told me to rework the first five chapters and she’ll read it again. I’m very happy with it, I love my story which is a World War II romance and I want to get it published, but really I need to finish my nursing first,” she says. Having returned from her second summer working for a few weeks in an orphanage in Ghana, Deborah has managed to fit a lot in to her relatively short life to date. Dashing off to work on a college assignment before tackling the rewrite of her novel, Deborah is also planning next Saturday’s activities for her Arch Club friends. “It’s brilliant, I love it and can’t imagine not doing it,” she says. Portmarnock Arch Club would be delighted to hear from anyone in the North County Dublin area interested in volunteering a few hours of their time to help run activities in the Arch Club on a Thursday evening or Saturday morning/afternoon and can contact Chairperson Kitty O’Connor at (086) 6048747.

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