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Patricia Is Volunteer Of The Year Patricia Newman, receiving her winner's trophy from manager of Swords Vincent's shop, Damian Bridges.

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The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Dublin region recently held their Annual Retail Awards Ceremony. It was at this ceremony that volunteer and Oldtown resident, Patricia Newman, from the Vincent’s Shop in Swords received the ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award.

By Patrick Finnegan Patricia has been a dedicated volunteer in this shop for the past 12 years. This well deserved award is indicative of the generosity of people in the North County, who are renowned for their giving nature. Shop manager, Damian Bridges told the County

53rd Annual Outing For Senior Citizens Balbriggan Senior Citizens Group organised their annual outing with a one day trip to Athlone on Sunday 10th July last. The outing was open to any senior citizen in Balbriggan aged over 66 years and the cost was a very reasonable €15 per person. The very first outing of the Senior Citizens in Balbriggan took place more than a half a century ago, in 1958 and

By Roxanna Neag since then, it has become a long awaited and regular event at the beginning of each July. Every year, the organisers choose a different destination. This year, more than 80 senior citizens came to Athlone, the vibrant town located in the centre of Ireland on the banks of the

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River Shannon. Here they visited Clonmacnoise, the early Christian site founded by St. Ciarán in the mid-6th century. They were all enthusiastic and happy to have another opportunity to spend a whole day together. “We look forward to this day out all year long. It is a great opportunity to meet and have a fun outing all together. We have travelled, admired the landscapes, taken dinner in a hotel in Athlone and then enjoyed a dancing evening before we came home,” said Cora Kelly, one of the organisers. “It’s lovely to spend the day together.” The Senior Citizens group was founded in 1958 and at Continued on page 18

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Leader, “It is wonderful to see Patricia honoured in this way and the award reflects her dedication and commitment. There are many more like Patricia, who generously give their time to work in all the Vincent’s shops and there is room for many more volunteers. The award is particularly appropriate as 2011 has been designated the European Year of volunteering,” he said. Patricia has six grown up children and is a grandmother eight times over and loves being involved with the charity shop. Speaking to the County Leader, she said, “I really love my work and meeting different people all the time. I have some great friends, which I have made since I started work there.” She is no stranger to volunteering and worked for the Swords Citizens Information centre for three years. The Swords shop is situated in the Castle Shopping Centre and is currently undergoing an expansion. The adjacent unit has been acquired and both units are going to be refurbished into one large shop. “Because of this expansion, volunteers and donations have never been more urgently needed than now,” said Damian. “I want to give back to the community excellent value and bargains, which they can avail of in these stringent times,” said a committed Damian. The spirit of volunteerism is very evident in the shop and Damian was very quick to praise the boundless energy and attitude of people who give of their time in such a generous fashion. “There’s always a great atmosphere here and people love coming to work, even though the work is hard. It is one of the busier shops for donations,” he said.

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Balbriggan Group Party At The Presidents The Remember Us Group, based in Balbriggan, had the privilege of meeting President Mary McAleese at a special garden party at Arás an Uachtarain recently.

North County Dublin’s involved with the Remember Us Special Needs Group, who give their time to their local communities. Group Co-Ordinator and cofounder, Nora Roban attended the party along with long standing members or the group Paul Roban, Heather Berger, Stephen Cashell and Eoin Donohoe. Remember Us, along with representatives from other community

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Cycling Programme Launched At St Ita’s It was a great day for The Green Group at St. Joseph’s Intellectual Disability Service in Portrane recently. They officially launched the hospital’s new cycling programme for day-service clients at a special ceremony. As part of the group’s Green-Schools Travel Programme, a cycling programme to facilitate cycle events and trips for clients of the service, has been developed over the past two years in co-operation with An Taisce. They have funded a bicycle trailer for the group, together with cycle skills training and safety equipment to ensure that cycling activities will now become a real part

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Pictured here enjoying the day at the Garden Party are members of Remember Us: L-R: Paul Roban, Stephen Cashell and Heather Berger with TV personality Kathryn Thomas.

Each year the president hosts a series of garden parties, some of which are dedicated to community groups. These parties are the president’s way of acknowledging the work of and expressing appreciation to people, such as those

groups, were addressed by President McAleese. The guests were then then treated to food, entertainment and a tour of the State Rooms in the Arás. The group had a fun and very enjoyable day at the party.

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Skerries Tennis club is looking for new members and anyone interested in joining are more than welcome to come down and join in the fun at Skerries Community Centre. Club nights take place on Mondays at 7pm. Men’s night takes place on Thursdays at 7pm while ladies meet every Sunday at noon. Lots of fun tournaments will get underway this month as well as many social nights. So get those rackets at the ready!

of the lives of the centre’s day service clients. The group celebrated the raising of their recently awarded fourth Green Flag, by new County Mayor, Cllr Gerry McGuire, accompanied by the Garda Band. The official opening of the programme was marked with an inaugural cycle by the group and members of another group from the Estuary Centre in Swords to the park at Newbridge Demesne. Sandra Flavin, Green-Schools Travel Education Officer said, “We are delighted to be a part of developing a cycling programme for the clients of St. Joseph’s Day Service. We hope this valuable cycling initiative continues for many years to come,” she said.

Further Great Fundraising Efforts By DAA The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is continuing their great fundraising efforts for their charity of the year, The 3T’s Turning the tide of suicide. They recently held another fantastic fundraiser, the Great Motorcycle Challenge. Just under twenty motorcyclists took part in the challenge which set off from the grounds

Pictured here enjoying the fun are: L-R Marie O'Malley, Marian Rainey, Mary O'Connor and Catherine Quinn from Portrane at the recent lauch of the new Cycling Programme for St Ita's hospital.

of Castlemoate House at Dublin Airport. Motor cycle themed challenges took place at checkpoints in Ronan Pentony Motorcycles at the Hill of Rath in Drogheda and in Navan. The challenge was completed in Kealy’s Pub in Cloghran, where there was food and a prize giving ceremony. The event was organised by Police Inspector, Brian Leonard of the Airport Police Service and over €500 was raised for The 3T’s - Turning the tide of suicide charity.

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Parish Pilgrimage Swords Ladies Celebrate 41 Years Lusk Rose Show Blooms in Balbriggan Lush Parish are organising their annual pilgrimage, which this year will take place from August 2nd to 9th. The pilgrimage will visit Lourdes and the Shines of France and is well supported. The seven night trip costs €879 per person sharing and there are currently four places left. If you are interested in taking part in this pilgrimage, contact group leader, Sean Clare on 8438089.

Pictured here are three former members of the Swords Ladies Club, who have recently stepped down after being part of the club for many years. L-R: Treasurer Valerie Dunne, President Mary Norton and Secretary Ann Green.

The Swords Ladies Club had every reason to let By Jennifer McShane their hair down as they celebrated their 41 years in existence. The ladies celebrated by travelling to Lisbon recently to mark the event. The group show no signs of slowing things down, the club still have weekly meetings. This will continue for the foreseeable future and newly elected president of the club, Meavis Dempsey told the County Leader that she was delighted the club was still going strong: “It’s great to see that there are still ladies involved with the club. Obviously there aren’t as many as there once was, most likely due to fact that we’re all getting older!” she said, laughing. The club meets in the Senior Citizens Centre in Swords every Tuesday from 8.30pm until 10.30pm. Activities include: talks and demonstrations, various outings and weekends away both in Ireland and Europe. The new season starts on the 13th September and will run until June of next year. New members are always welcome.

New Trees For Rush Main Street A bonus for the Rush Tidy Towns committee has come in the shape of new trees to adorn Main Street, which will be in place in plenty of time to impress the judges. Donations received from Eirgrid are to be used to provide the new trees and are sure to enhance the appearance of the town. The Tidy Towns would like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who are

The Senior Citizens group took to the Grand Hotel in Malahide recently to celebrate 35 years in existence. The group, alongside 80 other guests had a dinner party to mark the occasion and a great night was had by all who attended. The group have social gatherings every year and president of the

putting such hard work into cleaning up the town. These dedicated people who volunteer their time free of charge are up from the early hours, watering flowers and keeping the town at it’s best for judging day. The committee are delighted with progress at this stage and had a clean up of the South Beach recently, with all the 5th class pupils from Rush National School participating. As with all participating towns and villages in the North County, community spirit is very much to the fore in making our areas places to be proud of.

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Ardgillan Castle in Balbriggan was home to a blooming beautiful rose show recently. The Balbriggan Horticultural Society celebrated their 45th anniversary in conjunction with their Annual Rose and Sweet Pea Show. Rose growers from across the North County were invited to exhibit their home grown roses for the public to admire. Paddy Blanche, the president of Balbriggan Horticultural Society, spoke of his years dedicated to his rose garden: “I have spent 60 years of my life taking care of my roses. The roses I have now are as old as I am,” he said. Paddy realises that growing roses is an expensive hobby. “If you

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Prince And Princess For A Day The first annual midsummer Prince and Princess Ball in aid of the CTLA, The Children to Lapland Appeal took place in the Clarion Hotel in Dublin Airport recently. Every year the CTLA take terminally ill children from hospitals all over Ireland and fly them to Lapland to visit Santa. The CTLA hosts charity walks and fundraising events throughout the year to help gather the funds to sponsor the children. The Prince and Princess Ball is just one kind of event that helps raise awareness of the charity. This ball was the fourth to take place in Dublin this year, with future balls set to take place in the coming months. The Prince and Princess balls have free entry, with a top dj, face painting, a magic show and fun and games on offer for the children. The CTLA also have a national bag packing day taking place on the 27th of August taking place in Dunnes Stores around the North Pictured here at the Princess and Prince Ball is feared pirate County, for which volunteers would be greatly appreciated. Anyone Captain Diarmuid Martin and Princess Saoirse Martin who wishing to volunteer to help the bag packing fundraiser can contact the CTLA at 01-2190600. came third in the Fancy Dress Competition.

Fundraiser In Rush Louise O’Loughlin from the Rush Chamber of Commerce is organising a charity 10k run which will take place on Saturday 30th of July at Rush Park. All the funds raised will go towards the Rush Christmas lights this year. There will be a children’s fair and market taking place in the park at the same time as the run, so there is something for the whole family to enjoy. If you’re not much of a runner, you are more than welcome to walk the course and everyone will meet back at the park for prizes and refreshments. It’s a fantastic day out and all for a good cause. Everyone is encouraged to come and join in the fun. For an application form, visit the Rush Community Centre.

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New Retail Unit Opens At Pavilions There was some excellent news for shoppers at the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords recently, with the opening of a new menswear retail unit there. This positive news is very welcome and is a clear indication that the long awaited signs of recovery are on the horizon. The new shop is called Addiction Menswear and is a very welcome addition to the centre. They have been at the forefront of men’s fashions for a number of years and offer an alter- Pictured at Addiction Menswear shop in the Pavilions native to normal high Shopping Centre are L-R, Shop Manager, Nicky Ralph, Daniel English and Centre Director, Ian Hunter. street styles and culture. The shop is managed by Nicky Ralph and includes staff members, Daniel English and Gerry O’Neill. The shop also offers a hire service called ‘Etiquette Hire’, especially catering for wedding hire, with everything for the groom and best man.

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Secondary school parents in Skerries have the opportunity to save money this summer. This opportunity is due to a welcome local initiative to sell second hand school uniforms. Opened three months ago, the ‘Charity Begins at Home’ shop in Skerries has already been visited by many residents looking for bargains. Charity Begins At Home is a chain with three shops ,one of which is in Skerries. The charity shops are dedicated to promoting and protecting the health and well-being of children and all proceeds from products sold goes to various charities. Jackie Waters, the shop’s manager, wanted to start looking for a solution to give parents a helping hand when it comes to the expensive task of buying school supplies. Jackie realised that one

By Roxana Neag of the most popular school items needed were the uniforms. She then called on the community to bring in all used and unwanted uniforms. Jackie’s appeal got very good response. Residents in Skerries, Rush, Lusk and Balbriggan all came along with donations. The shop sells a full range of school uniforms for both Juniors and Seniors, particularly for those in secondary school. “It’s great that we have so much support from the community,” said Jackie. People are thinking of other people and donating all they can. It’s this generosity that keeps the shop going strong,” she concluded. Pictured is here is Adriana Leonard, a volunteer in the "Charity Begins At Home" shop in Skerries.

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Chernobyl Children Have A Ball In Swords The annual Chernobyl Summer Holiday Rest and Recuperation Programme took place recently. The Programme sees Chernobyl children from extremely disadvantaged and contaminated areas visit Ireland every summer. They stay here for one month to give them a holiday of a lifetime. The children stay with ‘host families.’ Swords resident, Fiona Milligan works on the committee and says the summer programme is a perfect way to ensure that children from these disadvantaged areas have a holiday to remember. “The children love it and always have a great time. On the agenda is clean air, healthy food and most importantly lots of fun,” she said. “We couldn’t do it without the support of local organisations and the host families.” Over 100 very excited children arrived in Dublin Airport in early June and were returned home on July 16th. This fantastic programme ensured that the children had a holiday they’ll never forget. If you are interested in becoming a host Krystsina Ramanichava and family for summer 2012 please go to www.cher- Swords Chernobyl Committee Member Fiona Milligan nobylchildrenstrust.ie for more information. Pictured hard at work at the recent Swords Tidy Towns clean up are (L-R) George Sweetman, Green Party, Liz Whelan, Ken Duffy, Green Party, Des Becton, Tidy Towns Pic: KD Chairman and Anne McNamee.

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tremendous feeling of anticipation and excitement is evident in Balbriggan, as the clock counts down to the eagerly awaited Balbriggan Formula Fun day. This innovative project is the brainchild of Balbriggan Formula Fun, with the support of Balbriggan Town Council and Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce. The event will take place this Sunday, 24th July from 12 noon to 8 pm, which will result in traffic restrictions in the town centre during this time. Now that registration is closed, a lottery will take place later this week to inform the lucky winners, who will compete in the races. The age groups for the pedal races are 8 to 9, 10 to 11, 12 to 13 and 14 to 15. There will be a total of 16 karts for each age category (four karts in each heat), as well as novelty races and traders races for those over 16 years of age. Following the heats, the winners of each heat will advance to the final. Above all, this is a family day and everyone is urged to get up and take the whole family and show the community spirit for which Balbriggan is rightly famous. All we need now is for the families of Balbriggan to rally around, and hopefully, if it is successful, will become a permanent fixture on the calendar of events for this great town. A carnival atmosphere is expected and well known rocker, Brush Shields and his band, Skid Row will be the headline act for the day. Family fun and musical entertainment will be provided in the Quay Street car parks. To add to the family fun, there will be bouncy castles, face painting, a food and craft fair, as well as a motor exhibitors’ area, where local motor companies will show off their wares. The three organising bodies

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FAMILY FUN DAY GNITE BALBRIGGAN have done trojan work to ensure the success of this unique event. From the moment the initiative was mooted, the respective representatives sprung into action. Anthony Murphy, representing the local Chamber, has been actively encouraging his members to become involved in the venture and we can confidently expect them to ‘rise to the occasion’ with special offers up to and including the day. A really great effort is being made by chamber members in this respect.

Similarly, Ian Lawless, Chairman of Balbriggan Formula Fun said the initiative is “based around road safety using pedal go-kart races,” which are bound to create great excitement in the town. The day is all about fun and families, with entertainment provided for the enjoyment of all. “It will be a free, family fun day,” he said. Meanwhile Brian Murray from the Town Council has been working like a beaver to make sure everything is in ship shape for this great day. The town has never looked in such good condition and is a credit to

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all, residents and retailers alike. Every resource within his power has been used to ensure the success of the day. The advertised route of the races has been changed slightly. The races will start on Quay Street at Molly’s Cafe and the karts will race down Quay Street and finish half way along Harbour Terrace. All we need to do now is to add families. So make sure to come along and have a great day.

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The Biggest Circulation Of every Friday. “We provide top class, fresh produce to shoppers, which is sourced locally and is therefore the freshest produce available anywhere. As it is locally produced, there is no delay in getting to market,” he said. The atmosphere generated at the market in George’s Square in the town is reminiscent of a continental town, with interesting stalls and great value everywhere. The variety of produce ranges from fruit and vegetables, to more exotic produce like authentic Sicilian food and Ireland’s only buffalo mozzarella cheese. The Farmers’ market will be involved in the

The thriving Balbriggan Fish and Farmers’ market is continuing to prosper as it enters its third year in the town. The market was the first Farmers Market that Dublin Meath Growers (DMG) took part in, so it is fair to say that they started their courtship with the Irish consumer in Balbriggan. Like most first dates it was tentative at the start. Colm Warren, founder of Dublin Meath Growers said, “Dublin Meath Growers are owned by and work for local growers in the North County and Co. Meath. The people who regularly come to our market in all kinds of weather are so heartwarming and welcoming, it really is an eye opener. The richness is not of the at the vibrant Balbriggan Fish and Farmers' Market last Friday are L-R, Marie material kind, but that Pictured Browne from Skerries, Cathy Gaffney from Balbriggan, Joe Finnegan from Balbriggan and of the human and stallholder, Rosaleen Purtell. social interactions between people. We at D.M.G set out initially to Bridgestone Balbriggan Food Festival, which give our customers in Balbriggan fresh, quality takes place on Saturday, 20th August from 12 Irish grown vegetables, at economic prices,” he noon until 3pm. On foot of this, there will be an said. evening market in the Square, the previous The market recently opened on Saturday on a evening, Friday, 19th August from 3pm until trial basis and it was deemed a great success. 8pm. This is an ideal opportunity for people Market manager, Michael Grimes is delighted coming from work to sample the excellent with the community spirit which is very evident produce on display.

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Feast Of Festivities In Balbriggan Here’s an event that all food lovers will enjoy. The Balbriggan Food Festival will take place on Saturday, August 20th between 12pm-3pm beside the Harbour in Balbriggan. This year’s festival will have something for everyone to enjoy including live bands, cooking demonstrations, food tasting, over 20 restaurant food stalls and most importantly great food.

Great Malahide Quiz As part of the Malahide Festival, the local Tidy Towns are hosting the Great Malahide Quiz for the second year running. It takes place on Thursday 21st July at 8pm in the Grand Hotel. All the brains of Malahide, together with their friends and families will gather in the Grand Hotel to see who will take the title for 2011. Last year it was won by the well known genius and chess expert, Vincent Bissett and his team, but who will wrestle the title from him this year or will he return to reclaim his championship! The Quiz

was well supported last year by businesses and residents alike and is used as the main fundraiser for the work done by the Malahide Tidy Towns group. Gerry Rafferty and the Tidy Towns volunteers have been working non-stop over the summer to improve the beautiful village of Malahide, and to gain maximum points for the town in the National competition. All are welcome and an entrance fee will be €10 per person with 4 people to each team. There will be a raffle held during the break.

River Valley Maracycle Success Nine St. Finian’s Wheelers from the local GAA club in River Valley completed the Dublin to Belfast leg of the Maracycle recently. The guys trained hard again this year and managed to cut their time by a massive two hours. Brian O’Neill set the pace for the elders, Jimmy Conway, Pat Farrell, Derek Hammond, Brendan and John

“This year’s food festival, aside from being a fantastic day out, will be great for all the local businesses around Balbriggan,” said Sean Crossan, who is on the festival sub committee and is also member of the Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce. “The festival will bring out all the local restauranteurs and food growers, so visitors will see the best of what our town has to offer.” “We hope to have as much success as we did in 2010, when we held the festival for the first time. We had over 600 people attend and we plan to do it bigger and better this year,” he concluded.

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Christopher Moriarty celebrated his 21st birthday with a party in the Carnegie Court Hotel in Swords. He is pictured here with his parents, Michael and Ger Moriarty. JS

Andy Byrne from Swords celebrated his 21st birthday in The Harp Bar in Swords recently. He is pictured here on the left with his cousins, Katy and Lindsey Byrne and Jean and Des Butler and back row Tommy and Neil Butler. JR

Pictured at Lydia Magee’s 18th birthday party in Peacock’s in River Valley are, Bach row L-R, Rachel Seri, John Magee, Lewis Magee, Fiona O'Reilly, Karen Magee, Calu Seri. Front row L-R, Liam Seri, Eva Drum and birthday girl, Lydia Magee. JS

Pictured at Gillian Smullen's 30th birthday party in The Carnegie Court Hotel are Caroline Teeling, Karen Brennan, Thomas Tighe, Gillian Smullen, Lisa Lyons, Lisa McMann, Aisling JR Farrell, Vanessa Kavanagh and Veronica Lyons.

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Pictured are Hazel and Pat Bernard out celebrating Hazel’s birthday at the JS Carnegie Court Hotel, Swords.

Emma Curran recently celebrated her 21st birthday in style in Peacocks Steakhouse, River Valley. Pictured L-R is her sister Rachael Curran, Michelle Curran, Danielle O'Brien, Aisling Farrell, Jacqui Degnan, Emma Curran, Emma Cooke, Emma Keely, Leigha Caul and Roisin O'Hagan. JR

Mark Cashen celebrated his 21st birthday in The Harp Bar in Swords recently with his friends and family. Locals may have noticed the large adverts on the two bus stops at the end of Main Street in Swords recently, which bear a large photo of Mark with the caption “Look who's 21!” He is pictured at his birthday celebrations with his family; his dad Jimmy, mam Anne and brothers Christopher and Stephen Cashen. JR

Maria Greene celebrated her 40th birthday in The Man O' War pub with her friends and family recently. Maria is pictured here (front row) at her 40th birthday with her dad Barney, her mum Agatha Green, sisters Philomena Greene and Brenda Daly, (back row) her brother-in-law Aidan Daly, brothers Mark and Gerry Greene and sister in law. Mary Greene. JR

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World famous violinist and conductor, André Rieu is to appear, via satellite, at the Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords. It is all part of the Pavilions 10th birthday celebrations and they are continuing their imaginative programme of events. The concert will broadcast to Movies@Swords in the Pavilions on Saturday 23rd July at 7pm, for one night only. It will be beamed via satellite from his home town of Maastricht in the Netherlands and is bound to generate huge excitement among his legion of fans. Tickets are now on sale by calling 01-8703600 and there is expected to be great demand for these precious tickets, The Dutch violinist and conductor is one of the world’s most successful touring artists and each year he performs a series of concerts in his home town. As always, André will be joined by his famous Johann Strauss Orchestra. The Orchestra, which he founded, began in 1987 with 12 members, but now performs with between 40 and 50 musicians. At the time the Orchestra first toured Europe, there emerged a renewed interest in waltz music. The revival began in the Netherlands and was ignited by their recording of the Second Waltz from Shostakovich’s Jazz Suites. As a result, Rieu became known as the waltz King. Rieu and his orchestra have performed throughout Europe, in North America, and Japan. Winning a number of awards, including two World Music Awards, their recordings have gone gold and platinum in many countries, including 8-times Platinum in his native Netherlands.

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North County Gymnastics Club, which is based in Rolestown Community Centre will be hosting their annual week long summer camp from 18th to 21st July, promising an action packed experience for all who attend. The club, now in its fourth year, will host the camp from Monday to Thursday between the hours of 10am and 1pm. A fun filled few days is promised with games and activities taking place as well as the usual gymnastics, with facilities such as balancing beams, vaults, bars, trampettes, landing pits and a padded area to be availed of. The cost per child is €55 with two children costing €100. For more information contact: 0877445759

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Pictured here is the group from Malahide Parish along with the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, at the recent preparation mass ahead of the International Eucharistic Congress which will take place in Dublin next year.

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Free Event for Entrepreneurs and New Businesses Swords firm, McInerney Saunders and DCU are hosting a free StartUp Breakfast which will be held in DCU Business School on Wednesday 27th July 2011 at 7.45 am. The aim of the event is to provide entrepreneurs and startup companies with free advice, as well as being a networking opportunity to meet successful and like minded individuals.

A group from Malahide Parish recently attended a special preparation ceremony ahead of the International Eucharistic Congress, which is due to take place in Dublin next year. The preparation ceremony, held in Knock, saw members from every parish around the North County come together to attend the special Mass and each parish brought their own Eucharistic

Candles along for it. Speaking to the County Leader, Jo Morris who organised the trip for the parish, said the day was a great success: “It was really a brilliant day. Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves and it was great to see so many people come together for the Mass,” she said. The ceremony proved to be very popular with over 16,000 people attending overall.

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Allotment Meeting In Balbriggan There will be an infor- at at 7.30pm in mation evening on Balbriggan Town Hall Wednesday, July 20th to determine the level of interest for the development of an Snippet Allotment Scheme for Balbriggan. People Balbriggan can register their interest on the night. Senior There will be a Citizens discussion on the Balbriggan Senior allotment design Citizens group weekly what it should and bingo sessions take should not include, place on Tuesdays in the Senior Citizens Hall at what sizes of allot8.30pm. You do not ments should be have to be a senior provided and so on. citizen to attend the Also a list people bingo. The group also interested in forming invite all senior citizens an allotment club will over the age of 60 to call be compiled. All iinto the Senior Citizens Balbriggan residents Hall any weekday interested in or morning from 10am12pm to enjoy the activi- curious about having ties taking place at the an allotment are welcome to attend. centre.

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A perfect example of this adaptability is master butcher, David Hannigan, who has just opened up a retail unit in Centra in River Valley. David is already well known as the proprietor of the hugely successful Hannigan’s Butchers in Applewood Village and is hoping to replicate this success in the busy River Valley outlet. David spoke passionately about his work ethic and what he hopes to bring to shoppers in Centra. “I am here in Applewood for the past eight years and have worked very hard to build up the business to where it is today. I will bring quality, value and a 7 days a week service to the new shop, which will complement the already superb service provided by Centra.” He also spoke about the diverse population of Swords and how he plans to cater for all shoppers. “I will bring the unique Hannigan branded products, which are suitable for

“Our pork comes from Cavan, our beef from Kildare, our chicken is from Mayo and our succulent lamb comes from the hills of Donegal,” a proud David said. He is utterly dedicated to his trade and it is no surprise that his Applewood shop continues to thrive, even in recessionary times. He is very strict about providing the freshest, highest quality product to all of his valued customers. “I have always done so and my

loyal customers in Applewood, whom I wish to thank so much for their patronage over the years, are a testament to this.” A family man, David is married to Celine and they have two daughters, Chantelle and Shauna, all of whom work in Applewood and a son called David. It is expected that Chantelle will move to the River Valley branch in the near future. “My son plays for Home Farm Football club and I like to try and see him as much as possible, but as I work 7 days a week, it is not too easy to spare the time,” he said. Hannigan's are also involved in the wholesale business and provide meat products for some local hotels, restaurants and care homes and are constantly

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St Cronan’s Junior National School in Swords celebrated the raising of the second green flag recently. It was a wonderful ceremony held by the school’s green committee. The raising of the flag, which took place in the school garden, celebrated the pupils’ and committee’s efforts to conserve energy, gas and electricity, throughout the academic year. Officiating at the ceremony was Cllr Peter Coyle (Lab) who raised the flag along with the head of the Green Committee, Ms Blake, and the School Principal, Ms Manton. Cllr Coyle said he was extremely “proud and honoured” to lead proceedings for the ceremony and congratulated the work of the pupil committee and its head, Ms Blake. “The school had taken the initiative very seriously,” said Ms Manton, and had even visited the Dublin Airport Authority in a bid to learn some conservation methods. Also awarded on the day were the school’s garden factor results which involved a plant box project taken on by five classes. The winners were Ms McSweeney’s class who had planted box five. The class celebrated the win with a trip to McDonalds the following day.

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Pictured at the raising of the school’s second Green Flag at St Cronan’s JNS in Brackenstown, Swords are, L-R: Ms Blake, Head of Green Committee, Ms Manton, School Principal, Cllr Coyle and Ms McSweeney, Garden Factor winner along with some of the hard Pic: KD working pupils whose great work resulted in the awarding of the Green Flag.

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Just how accessible are our public representatives? Do you know the names of the County councillors and Dail deputies in your area? Would you be in a position to contact them, if required to do so? Every four years or thereabouts, people all over the country set about the arduous task of electing our public representatives. These generally fall into the categories of county councillors and Dail deputies, who are there to represent us in at local level in the case of councillors, and at national level in the case of Dail deputies. In total, there are 24 elected councillors to sit on the county council, plus another nine elected members of Balbriggan Town Council. There are four elected TDs in the Dublin North constituency and another four in Dublin West, to which a large portion of Swords is attached. Further to this, there are three TDs from Dublin North East, which includes a large portion of Portmarnock residents. This indicates just how well represented we are but are we really? These people are elected to ensure that our issues and concerns are being attended to. They are tasked with making sure that we are aware of the decisions being made in the Dail and the council chamber that will impact on our daily lives. These can range from the maintenance of public services, like transport, upkeep of local areas and making sure that the area is serviced to the highest possible level. Our own personal problems can be aired in clinics, which are usually conducted regularly by our TDs and Councillors. The recent pre-election promises filled the air and nothing was beyond the capability of the candidates. They were prepared to take the stars down from the sky for us, in return for our precious vote. Now that the election has been won and lost, some of the victors seem to have taken to the hills. Constituents find it

hard to contact them. Politicians who are serious about representing their constituents are always easy to find. They display their names, addresses and contact details in media outlets and billboards. They become immediately identifiable and become the ‘to go to person’ in the event of having your grievances and concerns aired and dealt with. Local councillors, in the main, are hard working and eager to help, but there are a few who are inclined to hide and hang onto the coat tails of more senior politicians. Local residents couldn’t be blamed for believing that once they have secured your vote, they have very little to offer the community by way of initiatives and making themselves visible and available to their communities. In sharp contrast to the run up to the last election, when politicians of all persuasions swarmed all over the region, reality is somewhat different. They made sure that every door was knocked

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Pictured at the 'River Valley's Got Talent' fundraiser are the All Stars Dance Crew featuring Janelle Kelly, Jayne Irwin, Sinead Cunningham, Sarah Dignam, Aoibheann Tumbleton and Eléna Fitzsimons. The crew recently held a fundraiser in Peacock's Steakhouse in Swords to help fund their way to the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas, where they are one of three teams representing Ireland in the Varsity category. The crew from the Asolo Academy of Dance will travel with their dance teacher, Jay Asolo Pic: JR and we wish them the best of luck.

Remember Us Summer Programme The Remember Us group, based in Balbriggan, will be hosting their annual summer programme. The programme commences on 19th of July for a six week period. It will include day time activities three days per week on a Tuesday to a Thursday for young people, their siblings and friends aged 4 - 17. Activities for young people aged 14 plus

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Pictured getting ready to leave on the Balbriggan Senior Citizens annual outing to Pic: RN Athlone are, Rita Hayes, Dominic Rooney, Cora Kelly and Maureen Egan.

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Top Marks For History Walking into the Carnegie Library on North Street, Swords to school’s drama festival, meet with Bernadette Marks, is like stepping back in time. winning it twice.” Bernadette runs the Swords Heritage Centre and Fingal On leaving school, Genealogy Project from the historic building. While it’s regret- Bernadette began working in an employment agency in Dublin table that the 1908 structure no longer houses a library, it still City Centre and continued in this role until the 1980s when she maintains much of its grace and elegance, and is a perfect completed the FAS Supervisory Course on genealogy. She setting for Bernadette’s work, which she undertakes with subsequently completed a Diploma in Local History in Maynooth 12 years ago. “It taught Geraldine McGovern. They provide an me how to research properly and online genealogical research facility write up my findings.” covering all of North County Dublin, Her enthusiasm for her work has which is part of a nationwide network of led Bernadette to visit schools in genealogy centres. They also run the Caroline the area engaging students with museum housing many local artefacts their own local history. She has for the Swords Historical Society. lots of stories to tell, many going “We started looking for a place for a beyond local events, such as the local museum in 1986 and initially we were given one room in this building,” Bernadette explains. fact her father fought in the 1916 Rising. She appears someHaving lived all her life in Swords, Bernadette had ‘lots of stuff’ what bemused that people enjoy listening to her so much, but in her own home which she moved down to the museum. “We is happy to attend events such as a recent cultural night run by opened every Sunday initially and as people called in, they Fingal Heritage Network at Luttrelstown Golf Club, and tell her started to donate items of interest and it kind of grew from story if people want to hear it. there,” says Bernadette. We now open weekdays from 1pm. The number of projects Bernadette has become involved with in the past 30 years or so is until 4.30 pm. staggering. In 1986 she wrote The genealogical side of ‘Rambles through Swords’ Bernadette’s work began in which included a video of 1988 as projects of this nature Bernadette walking around the were springing up all over the town pointing out places of country. “Through a FAS initiainterest. “I hope to do another tive, where I trained as a superone this year, 25 years later visor, we got some young showing all the changes in people to computerise parish Swords.” In August 2004, records and it’s fairly busy now following two years of with people tracing their research, she wrote ‘A Hard roots.” She obviously relishes Auld Station’, a book that this aspect of her job which examines the history of the has changed over time. people who donated the “When I started first, I was Stations of the Cross in St. posting letters to America Colmcille’s Church, some everyday but now it’s mostly dating as far back as 1881. done by email which is very Bernadette describes her handy.” Visitors to the centre interest in the people named are always welcome and one on the plaques as going back such caller from Australia, who Bernadette Marks studying some old manuscripts. to her childhood. “I was lives in Kuwait, was helped by Bernadette to trace his grandmother who came from Kinsealy. always a dreamer…I’d sit in the Church with my mother and “We found this out in about three quarters of an hour, which wonder who the people were.” With the support of the Council she also publishes the annual Swords Voices booklet, was great but sometimes it can take a lot longer,” she explains. It’s surprising to learn that Bernadette was initially reticent where local stories and memories are recorded for posterity. when asked to attend the first meeting of Swords Historical Swords has changed dramatically since Bernadette’s childSociety back in 1982. “This guy from Roscommon who knew my hood and she is largely positive about these changes. “I love mother asked me to come along and I said ‘ah no, no, no.’ to come down the town and see all the people around, I mean Anyway, he persuaded me and I ended up being elected secre- years ago you only saw lots of people around if you went to Dublin. I live close to the Pavilions and it’s great, I don’t really tary of the society on the night,” Bernadette laughs. She had no idea at the time how her attendance at that inau- have to go into town to shop anymore.” gural meeting would change her life. Neither did she realise As a child, Bernadette couldn’t have imagined how her how much of an impact her childhood had on her. “I was reared immersion in adult conversation with strong matriarchal with adults. My father died when I was six months old and I was women would have a major impact on the direction of her life. reared by my mother and granny. They were always talking and Her memories are vivid and her interest in genealogical in those times people would just call in to the house. My research infectious. “I do my job because I love it,” she says. mother, who was from Skerries would be saying to me ‘go out Together with Geraldine, Bernadette is currently preparing for and play’ but of course I didn’t and later on in life I discovered I the forthcoming annual Swords Heritage Week. They invite entries of about 1,500 words to their various writing competihad all this stuff in my head,” she explains. 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Fingal County Council Permission sought to retain chalet- house at 14a Baldoyle Road, Baldoyle, Co.Dublin. For J.O’Reily. The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased between 9.30-15.30 Monday-Friday at Fingal County Council, Fingal County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co.Dublin. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of a fee of €20, within the period of 5 weeks, beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal County Council of the Application. Fingal County Council We Mr.& Mrs. Delaney intend to apply for Planning Permission At No. 8 The Pier Kelly’s Bay, Skerries Co. Dublin. To construct first floor extension attached to front side and rear of house over television room and dining area and extend pitched and hipped roof over and construct porch attached to front of house with pitched roof finish and hall door relocated to side of porch. This 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 the public opening hours 9-30am 15-30pm Monday to Friday and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the planning authority in writing on payment of a fee of €20.00 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal County Council of the application. Fingal County Council Planning Permission is sought for the infill of the north internal courtyard to the existing school to accommodate a staff room, a disabled toilet with shower facility and a G.P. store all with 6 no. rooflights over and for the provision of 6 no. rooflights to the existing adjacent corridors at St. Patricks Junior School, Tennis Court Lane, Skerries, Co.Dublin for The Board of Management of the school. 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 (9.30am - 15.30pm 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 of 20 euros within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application Fingal County Council I Eamonn Keane intend to apply for Planning Permission for the replacement of the existing flat roof on garage and kitchen to side of existing house with concrete tiled hipped/pitched roof at 155 Ardilaun, Portmarnock, 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 that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the 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 sought for a. 1 _ storey detached dormer bungalow b. Detached dormer garage c. Waste water treatment system d. All associated site works, on site at Wimbleton, Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin for Mr. Darren Bently. The planning application may be inspected or purchased for a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during its public opening hours of the Planning Authority. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on

payment of the prescribed fee of (€20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Fingal County Council Joe & Mary Clinton seek permission for renewal of previous grant of planning permission F07A/0331 FOR agri-tourism self catering accommodation development consisting of a one and half storey dormer building containing four two bed self catering apartments and administration office and repaving of existing farmyard and communal area to the rear of existing farm guest house using the existing side access lane to the public road on site to the rear of Woodview Guesthouse, Margaretstown, Skerries, Co. Dublin The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the planning authority Fingal County Council,Fingal County Hall, Main St. Swords, Co Dublin during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made in writing on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the planning authority of this application Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought for the modification to previously approved register reference F11B/0109 to include for terrace area over ground floor extension to rear with new handrails and access door to replace dormer window at first floor level, all to the rear at Inch Townland, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. For MR & MRS C. HAND. 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 (20 euros) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application. Fingal County Council Retention planning permission is sought for a further 5 years for parts of previously approved register reference f01a/1084, F01a/0117 & F06A/0888, which include temporary single storey office extension at first floor level over laboratories with escape stairs and link building to existing offices and also for single storey ladies lockers rooms at ground level, all on the north east side of the facility on lands at Drynam Road, Swords, Co. Dublin by Organon Ireland Ltd. 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 Planning permission is sought by Gerard McLeod at 'Willsboro', Killeek, St. Margaret's, Co. Dublin for a new two storey dwelling including comprehensive noise insulation, new vehicular entrance, biocycle waste-water treatment unit, landscaping and all associated site works on a site of 0.55 hectares. The site forms part of a larger equestrian landholding 'Willsboro', to which the proposed dwelling is functionally related. The planning application may be inspected or purchased 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.

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