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24th April 2012 • Volume 19, Issue 12 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • ISDN 8139966 • Tel: 8•400•200

Inspiration For Anti-Sewage Plant Campaigners As the time counts down toward the selection of three proposed sites for the Super Sewage Plant in the North County, the tension is beginning to mount in the affected communities.

By Patrick Finnegan The nine land parcels will be reduced to three next month, thus bringing relief to residents of six locations. Later this year, the preferred site will be chosen, including the marine outfall location and transfer pipeline corridors. However, there may be some solace for anti-Super Sewage Plant campaigners from an unlikely source. A long running battle between local residents of two towns in Co Donegal and the local authority has rumbled on for the past 23 years. These communities faced many of the same problems that North County communities are experiencing regarding the location of a sewage plant. Enda Craig, from the Community for a Clean Estuary in Donegal, told the County Leader, “The Greencastle/Moville combined sewage treatment scheme made its appearance in 1989. The scheme envisaged combining the towns of Greencastle, which is located right at the mouth of Lough Foyle, a tidal

estuary of great value, and Moville, some three miles upstream, into a single waste water treatment plant.” “The local authority ignored the voices of the local communities, who had problems with the plant. In fact, one local person had a Masters Degree in Engineering and over 20 years worldwide working experience, but they refused to listen. Craig continued, “A decision was made, that a much more determined resistance was going to be necessary. A group was set up to take a close look at the studies supporting the scheme. By 1990, it was found that the outfall modelling work, done on behalf of the council, highlighted the fact that pollution from the outfall was systematically reaching the local beaches,” he said. The end result is that the sewage plant in Donegal has yet to proceed and the local communities have triumphed over the council’s plans to carry on regardless. A similar situation occurred here in the North County, when the Fairshare Group resisted efforts by the local authority to locate the Super Sewage Plant in Donabate and Portrane. Their dogged resistance ensured that the plant would not be located in what was regarded by the experts as a suitable site. This, in addition to the determination of the people on the

Kym Bellew is off to Oz and held a party in the Old Boro in Swords. Pictured are Nicole Broughall, Ciara Murphy, Ciara Ní Bhruacháil, Rachel Burke, Kym Bellew and Sonya Dignam.

Inishowen Peninsula, has ensured that when local communities come together in a cohesive way, nothing is impossible. Whilst here in the North County, the local communities have presented over 10,000 submissions to the Council, there seems to be a sense of inevitability about the whole thing. Whilst this is an extraordinary number of people with objections to the siting of the Super Sewage plant in the North County, one wonders if the council will proceed, no matter what emerges from the submissions, like what happened in Donegal. Among the issues raised in the submissions received to date are: archaeology and cultural heritage,

Pressure Mounts On Reilly The submission of a proposal to locate the National Children’s Hospital in Swords, as reported in last week’s edition of the County Leader, appears to be gaining momentum. The siting of the proposed new hospital at Lissenhall in Swords has the support of the community and business groups alike in the area, who view the huge benefits that would accrue from having this project in the North County. Apart from the accessibility of the area to all parts of Ireland, via our exceptional road network, other local benefits cannot be ignored. The full time and part time jobs created would be of immense importance to the area. Residents from all over the North County view this as a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of one of the largest projects to be undertaken anywhere. They feel that local resident and Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly needs to be hands on in delivering this project to his own electoral area. The

County Leader spoke to locals, many of whom wondered if the Minister was even interested in delivering this project to his own area. The County Leader contacted the

any comment on the merit or demerit of any proposed new site.” The proposal has been given very powerful support from business communities all over the North County.

A conceptual design of the proposed Children’s Hospital.

Minister’s department and was unable to contact Dr Reilly. We were informed by a spokesman that the entire National Paediatric Hospital project was “in the hands of an external review group and that Minister Reilly would not be making

Tony Lambert, CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber, which lobbies for business across all of Fingal was very much in favour of siting the hospital in Swords. He told the County Leader, “This would deliver a major confidence boost for the

community impact, construction impacts, ecology and protected habitats, shellfish waters, health and odour impacts, livelihood concerns, agronomy, agriculture and horticulture. The need for the project, overburdening property and land values, road infrastructure and traffic/road safety, technologies and treatment levels, sludge treatment, water quality, the outcalls, and the planning process were also considered. These objections are similar to those which applied in Donegal for the past 23 years. Perhaps the communities of the North County would be well advised to take a leaf out of the book of a much smaller community, which has managed to halt a juggernaut in it’s tracks.

area. This ticks all of the boxes in respect of the provision of a Paediatric Hospital. This is a very exciting submission and we’re delighted to support it. The Chamber actively encourages it’s members to support this project and the Chamber will begin a social network campaign this week to support the project,” he said. Meanwhile, Kevin Tolan, President of Balbriggan Chamber also greeted the proposal with open arms. “From a business point of view, Balbriggan will get a huge spin-ff, with jobs beng created in construction and others like security, cleaning, nursing etc. The local hotels can also benefit from extra accommodation. Also the fact that such a hospital would be minutes away from Balbriggan is very important. From a business point of view, the Chamber is fully supportive of this project, he concluded. Al Ryan from Malahide Chamber said, “A hospital for Swords is a good fit, considering the excellent road and rail infrastructure into the area. Swords is, after all, equivalent in size to Limerick. Our local business community welcomes this project and we see it as an appropriate location to have the

hospital,” he said. Martin Scully, President of Skerries Chamber, also welcomed the proposal. “Anything that brings extra employment and boosts business in the North County would be very welcome,” he said. Mairead Sweetman, Chairperson of Rush Chamber was equally enthusiastic about the project. She told the County Leader, “Businesses in Rush and surrounding areas are set to benefit if this project goes ahead. The chances for employment in the area are immense,” she said. Fran Whelan from Broadmeadow Healthcare, who submitted the proposal was very upbeat when he said, “This project will have a huge spin-off for Swords and the greater North County region. The possibilities are endless and this could easily become a €1 billion project when everything is factored in,” he said. It is clear that this project would have a very beneficial effect on the entire North County and the local electorate will be very interested to see if Dr Reilly can play a part in ensuring that this new proposal is, at least, given a fighting chance of succeeding.

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By Peter Kearney Jock Jordan and Rush Sailing Club hosted a fundraiser for the ‘Soul of Haiti Foundation’ on Friday 13th April last. The fundraiser was a great success with many turning out to support this very worthy cause. The night was held in aid of the Dublin to Galway cycle race which will take place over the May bank holiday weekend. It’s a two day event, on the 5th and 6th May, where contestants will cycle a gruelling 113 km each day, all for charity. The entrance fee for each competitor is €500 with all funds

Pictured here are Jock Jordan, Angela Byrne, Trisha Duff, Aideen Jordan and Gerry Duff at the recent Haiti fundraising event in Rush Sailing Club.

going towards the refurbishment of the ‘Isle le Vache’ orphanage in Haiti. It’s a very worthy cause and we wish Jock Jordan and his team all the best. We’ve no doubt that they’ll do extremely well.

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Malahide Tidy Towns at the meeting. Secretary, Heidi Bedell then announced that they would get to work on propagating the allotment for future planting. Chairperson, Gerry Rafferty emphasised the importance of more people getting involved to progress the good work. “We’d like to keep our hand in on litter control. We’d also like to keep on improving the approach road. There’s also an ongoing battle with graffiti. Last year, we did a great job in eradicating a lot of the graffiti and we’d like to keep that up too.” Senator Darragh O’ Brien, and councillors, Eoghan O’Brien and Anthony Lavin were present at the meeting, and expressed optimism in the Fry Model Railway finding its home in the Casino, as opposed to Busáras.

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Malahide Tidy Towns committee members are pictured with Senator Darragh O'Brien and Councillors Anthony Lavin and Eoghan O'Brien in the Grand Hotel after their AGM.

This year’s Malahide Tidy Towns AGM, which was held in the Grand Hotel recently, outlined a promising proposal for improvement in their upcoming strategy. Issues being dealt with include, an improvement on litter cleaning, a replant of the Village Green and colour panel themes for the village centre. More seating and signage in the village and outskirts has also been proposed. Gerry Rafferty, Heidi Bedell and Peter Farrell all held their positions as chairman, secretary and treasurer respectively. Brian Geraghty of Malahide Allotments donated a plot to

Swords Aid Worker Urges Support Swords aid worker, Meabh Smith, is reminding people to return their Trocaire boxes to their local parish following her recent visit to north Uganda. The Trocaire worker, originally from St Colmcille’s, recently visited the organisation’s work in north Uganda where communities are recovering from a brutal twenty year war. “In Uganda I met people affected

Pictured here is Meabh Smith from Swords, who works for Trocaire, with Daniel Okweng (9), the boy on this year's Trocaire box, in Bar Kawach, Barlonyo, north Uganda.

Inside the issue

New Care Facility Creates 100 New Jobs Local TD and Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly, officially opened a new purpose built 200-bed care facility for Highfield Healthcare last week, which will create 100 new jobs.

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North County Cricket Club Goes ‘Strictly’ A novel and colourful fundraising event for a number of local sports clubs and community organisations is being held at the North County Cricket Club in early May. See page 5

Coffee And Cupcakes For Charity A Coffee and Cupcake morning, all in aid of Alzheimer's Society of Ireland, will be held on May 6th at 12 pm at Ollie's Place in Skerries. See page 15

New Pitch For Swords Cricket Club Deputy County Mayor, Ken Farrell will officially open the new Swords Cricket Club pitch on Saturday 28th April next at Newbridge House Demesne.

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By Jennifer McShane by the war in so many ways. Betty Alum, whose son Daniel is on this year’s Trocaire box, told me about an attack on her community in 2004,” said Meabh. Now that peace has settled, Trocaire’s Lenten campaign is highlighting Ugandan people’s efforts to recover and rebuild their lives.

Elite Training For Skerries Gymnasts Five young gymnasts from Skerries Gymnastics club recently travelled to the National training centre in Lilleshall in England. The camp was a multi- discipline high performance camp organised by Gymnastics Ireland in partnership with British Gymnastics. The girls travelled with their coach, Lesley and a group of 25 Irish gymnasts and coaches. The girls travelled to the fantastic facility set in the countryside of

Trocaire, is helping families to rebuild their farms and grow food, supporting savings and loans schemes, funding trauma counselling, and helping communities separated during the war to reform. “It’s not that long since the people I met were suffering unspeakably,” she said. “It’s thanks to generous people in the North County and the donations they put into their Trocaire boxes, that bright young children and families can look toward the future. The families I met in Uganda are extremely grateful for this immense support,” she concluded

Shropshire. Here they undertook four intensive days of training. The girls had the opportunity to work with some of the best coaches in Britain and Ireland. The two purpose built gyms are believed to be the best in Europe and are home to British Gymnastics and many other sports. The camp was extremely well run and the girls; Abbie Beggs, Leah Fynes, Rachael Boyle, Hazel Doupe and Ruby Pereira, learnt so many new skills and made great impressions on all who worked with them. The girls are now back in their own Skerries Gymnastics club, preparing for upcoming National Finals. Good luck to the five girls and all their team mates taking part in the finals during April and May.

Search On For ‘Musician Of The Year’ Calling all young musicians! The search for the Swords Young Musician of the Year is starting again with the North Dublin School of Music now accepting entries for the prestigious competition. The competition will take place over the weekend of May 26th and 27th and the closing date for entries is May 12th for the 23rd running of the annual competition. Whatever your instrument of choice, there is a category for you in the competition, which is accepting entries for the 2012 renewal right now. Prizes will be awarded in categories as diverse as piano, strings, voice, keyboard, recorder, woodwind, brass, electric guitar, classical guitar and a special open or traditional section. There are also categories for chamber Snippet groups in classical music, Athletics Club vocal and traditional. All sections apart from In Portmarnock the traditional or open Members and voluncategory will be tested at teers are sought for a under-12, under-15, new athletics club in under-18 and under 21 Portmarnock. The club level and there is also a has been set up in assocategory for the most ciation with Athletics promising beginner open Ireland and will initially to under-8s with any hold its training instrument. You can sessions for 7-12 year enter the competition by olds on Sundays from contacting the North 3pm-4pm at the Dublin School Music any Portmarnock Sports and Saturday at its base in St Leisure Centre. If interFinian’s Community ested please phone College. 086-8504572.

Fundraising Night For Balbriggan Group Balbriggan Group, Remember Us are hard at work and have organised yet another up and coming fundraising night. They are holding a special fundraising dog racing night in Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium in early May. The night comes under starter’s orders on Saturday, May 5th, from 7.55 p.m. Tickets cost €10 and include race night admission, programme and entry into a raffle with the chance to win one of five weekends away. The event is part of an ongoing fundraising campaign and all money raised will go towards the Remember Us 15th anniversary trip to Disneyland Paris which is planned for 2013. There will also be a bus available on the night from Balbriggan, Skerries, Lusk and Swords which will cost €5. Come and enjoy a great night out and support this wonderful special needs group.

Pictured here are Abbie Beggs, Leah Fynes, Rachael Boyle, Hazel Doupe and Ruby Pereira from Skerries Gymnastics club with Barry Winch a British Gymnastics High performance coach. The girls recently attended a multi- discipline high performance camp in Lilleshall in England.

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Cricket Coaching For North County Teachers Fingal Cricket Development Officer, Reinhardt Strydom with the help of Kenny Carroll delivered a very successful coaching course in North County Cricket Club recently, which was attended by 19 teachers and parents representing 13 different schools from the North County.

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“The council are committed to developing sport in the North County and cricket is a major part of that plan. This programme gives teachers the basic skills of the game and enables them to pass on what they have learned to their students through fun and active games,” said Niall Mc Guirk, Senior Sports Development Officer. Teachers and parents arriving with little or no knowledge of cricket learned a lot from the four hour

practical course, which explained and demonstrated the basic laws of cricket, how the game works and showed different small sided games that can be played in the schoolyard. Everyone left understanding the game better, had fun, learned to bat and bowl and were all looking forward to trying out these games with their classes. Special thanks have to go to all the schools and teachers who attended.

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Pictured are the Malahide quiz team who won gold at the Dublin Community Games finals. Grace Murphy, Christopher Sheridan, Daniel Deneher and Hannah Moore.

The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) and YMCA Ireland have teamed up to provide Global Justice in Youth Work a FETAC Level 5 accredited training course for youth workers. The Emmaus Retreat Centre in Swords, has been chosen for the event which will be open to youth workers from throughout Ireland.

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Cheque For Charity In Swords The Debra Ireland organisation were delighted to visit MSD in Swords recently to collect a cheque for over €7,000. Over 50 employees from Swords, Rathdrum, Human Health and SBS participated in the hugely successful Wicklow Mountains Half Marathon and 10km trail which took place in March. The event attracted over 400 participants and raised more than €40k for Debra Ireland. Representatives from Debra Ireland send their thanks to everyone who participated in the event and to their colleagues who sponsored them. It was a fantastic amount to raise for such a worthwhile cause. The funds raised will contribute to the cost of providing a nurse service to support parents of children with the distressing and painful genetic skin condition called Epidermolysis Bullosa.

Snippet Lots Of Fun At Alsaa There was lots of fun to be had at the Alsaa Easter Camp which proved as popular as ever this year. Providing the welcome opportunity to get the kids out of the house for the Easter holidays, the camp is a huge hit with children and parents alike every year. The camp saw about 70 children participate enthusiastically.

Strictly Come Dancing came to the Balrothery Inn recently in aid of Man O' War GAA Club. Pictured are competitors, Adrienne Moore and Kieran Fleming.

April Talk For Rush Historical Society Loughshinny and Rush Historical Society’s April Talk will take place on Thursday 26th. April at 8.00 p.m in the Strand Bar, Rush. The talk is entitled “50th Anniversary of St. Joseph’s Convent, Rush”. Rush native and teacher, Eileen Byrne, will give the talk and discuss the book, on the same topic, afterwards. Eileen is a past pupil of St. Joseph’s and has taught there ever since qualifying as a teacher. Loughshinny and Rush Historical Society was inaugurated in January 1989 and membership is

A novel and colourful fundraising event for a number of local sports clubs and community organisations is being held at the North County Cricket Club in early May. The fun event will see GAA players swap jerseys for ballroom gowns and tuxedos in their very own version of Strictly Come Dancing. The event will be held in North County Cricket Club on May 6th and was launched on Friday last in the Balrothery Inn. It will be a full production show complete with big screens, lighting and sound production, a full bar and seating for 1,000 audience members, as well as all the glitz and glamour you would expect from Strictly Come Dancing. A

dozen dancing couples will come together and dance for the title of Strictly Come Dancing champion, with contestants awarded points on their performance from a panel of judges and votes for the audience on the night. Speaking to the County Leader, a spokesperson for the event said: “All our dancers are now hard at work training. We wish them the best of luck over the next few weeks.” Strictly Come Dancing tickets are €20 are on sale now and can be obtained from the clubs involved. The contestants will be raising money for their own clubs and charities, so please do support their efforts by helping them with their individual sponsorship cards. Among the clubs and organisations to benefit from the night will be: Man O’War Football Club, St. Maur’s GAA Club, Rush, St. Patrick’s GAA, Donabate. North County Cricket Club, Balrothery and Balbriggan Summer Fest.

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open to all. The society compiles, researches, records and correlates the history, folklore and traditions of the Loughshinny and Rush area. Their next talk will be given by Edward Burke on “Tayleur Fund for Shipwrecked Strangers – Medals awarded”. There is also a historical outing to Carlow and Russborough House on 26th May. The society have written the history of “St. Maur’s Chapel, Rush” which is obtainable in all Fingal libraries. All are welcome to attend the talk. It is free of charge yet donations are welcome to cover the costs of the evening. It is sure to be a night to be remembered.

Pictured here are members of MSD in Swords who recently presented a cheque of over seven thousand euro to Debra Ireland.

The FAI Kickstart 1 course was completed recently by 13 students at Youthreach in Swords and certificates were awarded to them by County Mayor, Cllr Gerry McGuire on Thursday, 19th April last. The course was tutored by FAI Development Officer for Fingal, Mick Pender, who was delighted with the progress of the trainees on the course. Kickstart is a joint FAI/ County Council initiative which is available for early school leavers, aged between 16 and 20. Pender told the County Leader, “This enables the trainees to coach children aged between 6 and 9 years of age in basic soccer skills. Following the presentation, the students will go to local schools to coach the skills they

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Caroline O'Sullivan's 30th birthday party was held in the Harp Bar in Swords recently. Caroline (3rd from left) is pictured with Sue Roche, Amie Blount, Grace Keogh, Lisa Flanagan and Tina O' Sullivan.

Debbie Rayfus celebrated her birthday with a party in Blu Bar in Skerries. Pictured are Stephen and Debbie Rayfus, with Alison Melia and Margaret Spencer.

It was Áine McCarthy's 21st birthday and she celebrated in style at Skerries Sailing Club. Aine (in centre) is pictured with Aoife Cahalin and Samantha Davis.

It was Helena Kelly's 40th birthday and she celebrated it in style at the Carnegie Court Hotel in Swords. Pictured are Miriam Callan, Audrey Redmond, Helena Slattery, birthday girl Helena Kelly, Catherine and Joe Kelly.

Trina Murphy and Jennifer Arnold are pictured enjoying a hen night at the Carnegie Court Hotel recently.

Pictured at a work leaving party at Duffy's, Malahide are Mary Cadden, Janette and Margaret Hayes. Niamh Farrell's 40th birthday party was held in the Harp Bar in Swords recently. Niamh is pictured here with Paul Farrell.

Eamonn O'Neill's Retirement Do was held at the Old School House in Swords recently. Pictured are Eamonn, Philomena, Claire and Steven O'Neill with Mick and Tricia Atkinson.

Pictured at Eric Bardin's 21st birthday party in Ollies in Skerries are Paige, Marijka, Saoirse, Eric, Mary and Shannon Bardin.

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New Care Facility Creates 100 New Jobs Pictured at the opening of the new extension at Highfield Healthcare on 16th April last are: Melanie Eustace (Human Resources Manager of Highfield Healthcare), Michael Eustace (Chairman of Highfield Hospital), Dr. Andrew Eustace (Consultant in Psychiatry of Old Age), Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, TD, Dr. Denis Eustace (Clinical Director Highfield Healthcare) and Stephen Eustace (CEO Highfield Healthcare).

Snippet Historical Talk In Balbriggan Balbriggan and District Historical Society will present a talk entitled, ‘An Avoidable Accident: The Loss of the Princess Victoria, January 1953’ The speaker will be James Scannell. This interesting talk will take place on Wednesday, 25th April at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall, Balbriggan.

Funding To Help Tackle Litter And Graffiti Local deputy, Alan Farrell (FG) has welcomed funding totalling €55,000 for the County Council to help tackle the problem of litter and graffiti. The funding has been announced by the Minister for Environment, Phil Hogan, as part of the provision of more than €2 million in grants to local authorities nationwide. The North County has

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always had a tradition of having some of the best kept towns and villages in the country and regularly outperforms other areas in the National Tidy Towns competition. Farrell told the County Leader, “Maintaining the appearance of towns and villages across North County Dublin is not only important for the morale of people living in local communities, it

is a key factor in driving economic growth and boosting tourism figures. The funding being provided by Minister Hogan will help local authorities to tackle littering through awareness raising, enforcement and the maintenance of tourist areas. A total of €55,000 has been allocated under the Anti-Litter and AntiGraffiti Awareness Scheme. Using this

Cycling Team.’ Martyn said, “The Rás is a really tough challenge and I am looking forward to it and it will be great to have so many family and friends at the finish line.” This International Cycle race, celebrating its 60th anniversary is a colourful spectacle, and Skerries puts on a massive Street Party and entertainment as thousands lines the streets once again to give the riders a rousing welcome as they race through the town.

The Skerries Stage-End committee for the An Post Rás welcomed Olympic Medal contender Martyn Irvine and cyclist Stephen Halpin to the landmark Skerries Mills recently. They launched the Skerries race and Street Party events. Martyn Irvine from Lusk, is racing for Ireland in the 2012 London Olympics and will be competing in the An Post Rás, the international round-Ireland cycle race that finishes in Skerries on Sunday 27th May. Stephen Halpin is originally from Skerries and is now an experienced professional cyclist. He will also be returning home for the Rás with his team ‘Metaltek Pictured here are Olympic Medal contender Martyn Irvine, Miss Rás 2012, Isabel Cooke, Scott Professional and fellow cyclist Stephen Halpin who were in Skerries Mills recently to launch the Skerries race and Street Party events.

Snippet Youth Club In Malahide Malahide Foróige Youth Club, meets every Thursday, 8 to 9.30pm at Malahide Tennis Club. Foróige provides a safe social space for young people (age 12 and over), to meet their friends and get involved in a variety of activities and games. It’s a great way to make new friends and have fun so come along and join in.

Local TD and Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly, officially opened a new purpose built 200-bed care facility for Highfield Healthcare last week. This new €35million mental health and care facility for older people is located adjacent to the existing hospital on the Swords Road, Whitehall. This new facility will consist of a mix of 100 mental health beds and 90 nursing home beds. In addition, there will be a 10-bed unit, specifically designed to provide Acute Adult Psychiatric care. This brings the

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total number of beds being provided by Highfield Healthcare to 313. Stephen Eustace, Chief Executive of Highfield Healthcare told the County Leader, “All of us at Highfield Healthcare are very pleased to have completed this 200-bed facility in what are challenging times. We look forward to continuing a long and proud tradition of healthcare, in this much-expanded hospital. We are pleased that the new facility has created an extra 100 jobs, many of which have gone to people who were out of work and were on the live register. These purpose-built and designed facilities will meet the future needs of older people, especially those experiencing mental health problems and we are fully committed to providing a top quality, personcentred service to all patients who spend their time here,” he said. under the Tourist Season Anti-Litter Grant. This will help with the maintenance of visitor locations such as beaches, scenic areas and approach roads to access points like

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The pupils of fourth class in St. Oliver Plunkett National School, Malahide travelled into Leinster House recently for a tour of the Houses of the Oireachtas, on invitation from local Fine Gael TD, Alan Farrell. Picture shows Alan Farrell, teacher Ms. Curry and the pupils at the plinth outside Leinster House.

Category. Kevin Sands and Conor Waters took first place in the Senior Category. They received a brilliant response from their peers and elders alike with their fabulous rendition of ‘Feeling Good’. The overall winners really lifted

the roof. Eoin Sweetman, Seán Hayes, Aaron Murtagh and Cathal Niall, definitely brought life and energy to the whole evening with their medley of traditional and popular music. Their lively use of banjo, bodhran and

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Franciscan College Gormanston recently held its very own talent show: ‘Gormo’s Got Talent’. From first year to sixth year, there was great variety in the fabulous entertainment provided for the audience. Saoirse Lynch captivated the audience with her angelic voice and was awarded first place in the Junior

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Since you can’t avoid the minefield of conflicts indicated, you may as well use the opportunity to tackle persistent issues. However, do bear in mind that even ordinary situations could become confused right now.

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fundraiser for Fine Gael to be held on Friday next, 27th April is set to cause major embarrassment for the party. The fundraiser will be held in the Grand Hotel in Malahide and comes with a price tag of €100 per person, or €850 per table of 10. This comes just in time, from last year’s general before the Minister for election, also promised the Environment, Phil to ban corporate donaHogan puts a cap of tions entirely. This €200 on corporate latest gaffe is widely donations to a political seen as giving corpoparty. Hogan spoke rate donors inapprorecently in the Dail and priate access to said that corporate government ministers. donations would be It seems that the party “severely curtailed”. are availing of a last The party’s manifesto minute opportunity to

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If ever there was a time when addressing issues both swiftly and with uncompromising clarity was vital, it’s during this week. The difficulty, however, is that you’re uncertain about your priorities and past decisions.

Deputy Mayor, Ken Farrell will officially open the new Swords Cricket Club pitch on Saturday 28th April. This will be followed by the first Annual Fingal Cricket Cup, a one-day six-a-side cricket tournament involving 12 teams. Swords Cricket Club is one the newest clubs in the North County, formed as recently as 2010 by a group of cricket-loving immigrants who were keen to bring their national sport to the area. As there is no established cricket club in the Swords area, they started a new club which has now formally entered into this year’s Leinster Leagues, participating in Division 10. The club’s first official match will be held on Saturday, 12th May against Pembroke Cricket Club in Sandymount, with the first ever home game being played the following weekend on Sunday, 20th May at their new all weather pitch at Newbridge Demesne, Donabate. The club has worked very closely with Leinster Cricket, the County Council’s Sports Office and Operations Department over the last couple of years. The new artificial pitch is a massive development for the club and will help in the long term future and growth of the club.

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Coffee And Cupcakes For Charity A Coffee and Cupcakes morning, all in aid of Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland, will be held on May 6th at 12pm at Ollie’s Place in Skerries. Entry is five euro and everyone gets a coffee and cupcake for their money. Speaking to the County Leader, Wendy McGarth, who organised the event, said: “All donations from the coffee morning will be going directly to Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland. Myself and my family are hosting it as a cause very dear to our

hearts as dad has Alzheimer’s. Please donate what you can, no matter how small. All support will be so appreciated.” There will also be a raffle and some fabulous prizes including a night Event organiser Wendy in the Gibson Hotel for McGarth two and a VIP night in the Wright Venue plus lots of other spot prizes on the morning. Tickets will be three euro each for the raffle or ten euro for a strip of five tickets. Please come along and support this great cause.

Deputy Brendan Ryan (Lab), has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Education that 17 schools from all around the North County will benefit from the €1.5 billion, five year school building programme. Ryan has also noted that a number of schools needing extensive extension and building works have been left off the list and is committed to going back to the Minister for Education to seek an extension of the programme to include the omitted schools. Speaking to the County Leader, Ryan said: “A total of 17 schools are to receive funding for school buildings and extensions, within this number include two new primary schools in Balbriggan and Swords and two new postprimary schools in Lusk and Balbriggan. There is also provision for works to take place at the St Michael’s House Special School in Skerries. All of these works are most welcome,” he said. Meanwhile, Rush NS principal Margaret Dobinson is “very disappointed” at the news that the school has not been included on the

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government’s school building list. The principal said staff and parents were disheartened at the news as plans had been at the advanced architectural planning stage. She said the decision made no sense and pointed to a school just a few miles away with 16 classrooms, eight of which can’t be filled, which has been given the go ahead for an extension. “The need for the extension at Rush NS has reached crisis point,“ She told the County Leader. “At the moment, we have 717 students on the roll but by next September that will be up in the 730s. The hall is too small for the pupil population as it is but apart from anything else, this extension is not just for the new children coming on board, we need it for the children that are here now.” “It is very disheartening as we have worked so hard to drive this forward with a building sub committee with members of the community who have given up their time voluntarily to help us progress this. Our need for this is a genuine one,” she concluded.

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Amy Carey 24 year old Amy Carey from Baldoyle is our next entrant in the Dublin Rose of Tralee. Amy lives at home with her parents and has one sister, two brothers and dog Max. Amy is being sponsored for the Rose festival by Howth Haven Beauty Clinic. She has been working with company UPC for the past five years, which she really enjoys. After working

with the company for so long, Amy felt that it was time to start progressing within the company and started a Home Study programme in Business Management which she has been doing for the past year. “I’m just hoping to branch out into different areas that interest me, so the course was a natural progression for me. I absolutely love my job.” Amy says she wasn’t always necessarily interested in the business side of things, though she did love all the prac-

tical subjects in school, such as engineering. “Our secondary school was very practical and focused a lot on those subjects, which I Ioved. I had planned to pursue a career in engineering, but I ended up starting with UPC and things went from there.” “I really loved singing in school,” she continued “I remember getting first place in our stars in their eyes contest which I was thrilled about! I’m very much a people person and love the creative side of things too.” Amy is a self confessed shopaholic and is big into fitness. The Rose entrant admits she is very much a home bird and doesn’t have the travel bug. “My sister has just left for the States and I miss her terribly but would have no desire to join her, I love home too much,” she said. Despite being a home bird at heart, Amy has done her fair share of travelling when she was in a Marching Band some years ago. “I was a ‘Majorette’ and we travelled all over

Ireland and England and also visited the States, so I’ve seen quite a few places. But at the end of the day, the best part of going away, for me, was coming home.” Through her mother, Amy has worked with the ‘Make A Wish Foundation.’ The charity means a lot to Amy and her family as a close family member was diagnosed with cancer. “It’s really a fantastic organisation and through my work with the Rose, I hope to create more awareness for them.” The Rose of Tralee is something Amy and her family have watched every year and as she loves the whole process, she decided to go for it this year. “It’s something you would never really have the opportunity to do and I loved the whole aspect of the personality contest and meeting new people. I’m just happy to have entered and am enjoying having fun, but should I happen to be crowned, It would be wonderful to be a voice for others.”

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Next up talking to the County Leader about her involvement in the Dublin Rose of Tralee is Ashley Reddin from Santry. The 24 year old is an only child, her mother is Carol and her father Derek. She is currently working as a Sales and Online Marketing Manager in the Camden Court Hotel, which she loves: “I’ve been working in the hotel in Events for the past two years and just recently got promoted in the Sales and Marketing field, which I was thrilled

about. ” The Camden Court Hotel are also sponsoring Ashley for this year’s Rose and she would like to thank all the staff for the support she has received. “The hotel has really been fantastic in supporting me for the Rose and has organised some events for it as well. It’s been great to have them behind me.” Ashley’s big interest has always been in marketing so she relishes her job. “I absolutely love it,” she said. Having worked in different hotels for the last five years, she has a vast amount of experience and expertise which she brings to her work. Clearly very ambitious, she also studied at night to gain more experience and knowledge of the area and came out with her degree in Marketing and Events. “It was tough and a long four years, but I was delighted to have the degree at the end of it.” Despite thoro u g h l y enjoying the work she’s doing now, A s h l e y admits she

Eleanor Hession We are getting ever closer to the Dublin Rose of Tralee selection nights and next up, hoping to take the coveted title is Eleanor Hession from Marino. The 24 year old has just recently returned from travelling to Australia and South East Aisa and is delighted to be back on home ground. “I’m definitely a home bird,” she said. Despite taking the plunge and deciding to travel, Eleanor told the County Leader that living over on the other side of the world was not what she expected. “It was a real culture shock and despite having a good job and enjoying being with my friends, I just couldn’t adjust. I lasted around four months and knew I wanted to be back home.” “I’m extremely close to my family,” she continued. “I have loads of nieces and nephews, some who are very young and really didn’t want to miss out on them growing up. I would’ve hated being a stranger to them. Family priorities come first at the end of the day.” Eleanor, who lives with her mother in Marino, said that she never appreciated the Irish culture and the people more than when she was on Australian soil: “There’s just this

openness about the Irish. We would find ourselves gravitating towards others from here simply because they understood that we were adjusting and our sense of humour was the same. It’s even something silly like when I realised that the amount of Father Ted references I used in conversation everyday was unreal. It’s only Irish people that will get them, so it’s the little things like that which you miss.” St. Vincent's GAA Club are sponsoring Eleanor for the festival and she said the club have been nothing but supportive of her in the led up to the selection nights. “I’ve really close ties to the club and would regularly help out there, they’ve just been great so it’s wonderful to have them as my sponsor. Once she left school, the Marino lady trained as a hair dresser and now wants to head back to college. “I enjoyed working as a hair dresser and I think it’s great to have a trade, but since I’ve been back home I’ve decided to go and become a Social Worker. It’s something I always wanted to do.” Though that field of work has always appealed to Eleanor, she felt that she needed some life expe-

rience before she pursued it as a career. “It’s such an emotionally demanding job that I knew that I wanted to have a certain amount of experience in life so that I could really relate to others.” Eleanor’s big passion in life is music. “I love music and am the type that would spend all year saving so I could go to all the festivals and gigs on in the s u m m e r . ” Commenting on her involvement in the Rose, she said she wanted to enter as it’s something she’s never done before: “I love the whole concept of the Rose as a personality contest and I knew it would be a great personal achievement to just be involved in it all. My motto in life is: ‘try to believe, believe to try,’ because if you don’t do both you’ll never know what you can achieve.”

wasn’t always interested in the Hospitality field. “It was more something that I got into gradually. As I started to do the work, I realised that this is where I wanted to be.” During her school life, she went down a slightly different route and was an avid dancer and loved to perform on stage. “I really loved to dance when I was in school,” she said. “I also went to the National School of Performing Arts for a good few years when I was younger. As I grew up, I gradually grew out of it and stopped doing it, which is something that I regret now.” Performing runs in Ashley’s family as her dad, Derek has been working as an actor for

years: “I used to love acting, I think I definitely caught the bug from my dad.” Derek acts in the hugely popular Irish series ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys,’ which has grown increasingly popular over the years. “I think we were all really surprised at how big it became, especially as we weren’t sure if the UK audiences would get the humour in it. But it’s really taken off, which is great.” Wanting to get involved in some charity work, Ashley maximised her event skills and organised a very successful Speed Dating event while she was in college: “We decided to do something for the Irish Heart Foundation and came up with the

Speed Dating idea. We wanted a fun way to raise money for a great cause and ended up raising over €1000 for it.” When asked why she wanted to get involved with the Dublin Rose of Tralee, Ashley said she wanted to see what the experience would be like. “I’m having so much fun and just enjoying it, though of course it would mean the world to me if I did end up being crowned. It would be amazing to represent the County.” In terms of a motto in life Ashley feels that some words once said by icon Marilyn Monroe really resonate with her: ‘A wise girl knows her limits and a smart girl

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Enabling A Better Quality Of Life Donabate retail guru, Ken Girvan is the regional manager for the fashion and bric a brac shops that fund Enable Ireland. The charity enables Irish people with disabilities to access technology and services that fall between the state provisions. The Enable Ireland shops ensure that the money that’s generated from donations is channeled into speech and language therapy, hydrotherapy, assistive technology, medical supplies and early learning tools. “We currently have over 3,500 young children that Enable Ireland supports and 200 adults with disabilities. “The idea is to help get the children into mainstream education, so early intervention is very important. In the assistive technologies we fund, the kids are able to communicate with the movement of their eyes or their heads, there’s been great advances in that,” he said. When he started with the charity 15 years ago, what attracted him to the job still holds true today: “The ad appealed to me as the job sounded so varied and interesting.“One day, I’m dealing with builders, the next it’s a corporation or organisation, with the next day maybe working in the shop.” There are 12 shops, mostly in Dublin. From Belfast originally and now living in Donabate, his time spent in commercial retail in Liverpool and Manchester before being posted to Dublin. He is married to Josephine and with two kids Scott (24) and Samantha (21), his family’s well used to the demands of his work. “Oh yes,” he grins, “from time to time they’ve been roped in to volunteer; and quite often asked to clear out their wardrobes too.” Not to mention the charity fun runs, charity cycles and whatnot that Enable Ireland gets up to. If you reckon you’re a fashionista who could shop for Ireland, your opportunity to prove it awaits in Ken’s stores. "Getting the word out to remind people why Enable Ireland needs your old clothes and knick-knacks has become a more pressing issue for the chain of local thrift shops recently. We used to have no issues in securing stock from the public, but now we’re being attacked on three different levels; a lot of shops have opened where they pay money for clothing; there are bogus collectors – people who pretend they are charitable organisations with nothing to do with charity – and then there are people obviously stealing our stock.” Of the second he says: “The general public is becoming wise to these people, but it can be difficult to know; when they’re bogus it isn’t a Dublin or Irish telephone number on the bag; or when you phone the number on the bag, it’s bogus.” Of the most worrying trend to Enable Ireland he says: “We have textile banks around the country; they’re being vandalised and broken into, we’ve tried making them as tamper-proof as possible; but they’ve been set on fire or cut with an angle grinder.” Getting stock into the shops has taken the volunteers and staff to new challenges in securing attractive items for sale. “We ran a ‘give a gift’ campaign in

workplaces, schools and colleges, and we had some success with that last year. That is where we give a smaller bag to make it handier for people to fill, it could be men or women working in the city centre, someone in the organisation or company sets up a collection date and we send a van out to make the collection.” The types of thing they’re looking for are scarves, perfume, jewellery, books, dvds, small ornaments, shoes, curtains or bedlinen. “Once it’s in good condition, absolutely nothing goes to waste, if not sold in the shops, it’s sent off to recycling. Ken’s ready smile gets brighter when asked about the volunteers who keep the show on the road. “They’re from all walks of life and we’d find it extremely difficult to operate without them. There are between eight and 10 volunteers in each shop. A lot of the more elderly volunteers, and they are mostly women, would put the young ones to shame, sometimes I wonder where they get their energy from. “We have very loyal volunteers, some with more than 25 years’ service. Recently, we’ve been approached by a lot more people who’ve lost jobs or whatever and want to get out of the house for a while and have offered to volunteer, so in that sense it’s been good for us.” They get a dig out from time to time from temporary volunteers in their sector, such as the hugely successful promotion that TK Maxx staff ran throughout their stores in April this year. “We were thrilled on so many levels that TK Maxx threw its weight behind the spring promotion,” he smiles. “The way it operated when people donated in through TK Maxx it was a safe and secure drop off point and we will definitely get the benefit of those donations. TK Maxx and all their staff were wonderful, they were so buzzed up about it, it’s absolutely fantastic for us, I think it’s worth something like a quarter of a million to us to have their support.” The nearest branches to County Leader readers are Drogheda, Finglas and Phibsboro, not to mention the city centre branches you might pass on your commute. “We find after Christmas, that spring and the autumn are the times when a lot of people decide they’re doing a big clear out.” Remembering the Catch 22 element of how the recession has helped and hindered the workings of his organisation (“the more this recession bites in, the more people are shopping with us, but as we’re getting less and less stock in”) has meant they need to get more specific with how County Leader readers can help. If you can’t shift your unwanted items on ebay or simply mightn’t have thought that it could be put to such vital service in the local community, think Enable Ireland. “Giving your wardrobe clear-outs to a legitimate charity can off-set some of the health service cutbacks, when our services are required more and more, that’s critical now for the work we do.”

"A lot of the more elderly volunteers, and they are mostly women, would put the young ones to shame, sometimes I wonder where they get their energy from"

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Ken Girvan Donabate Charity fashion shops providing funds for Enable Ireland

A group of 14 Balbriggan Community College students recently returned home following a hugely successful exchange trip to St Wendel, Germany. It is the second such trip the students have made following the signing of a partnership between the Town Council and the German Municipality in 2008. Having previously spent time in a youth hostel, the students were welcomed by host families this time around. Speaking to the County Leader, Cathaoirleach, Councillor Gráinne Maguire said: “The school exchange is a key part of the Town Council's vision for the partnership and we are delighted to be able to support these exchanges which will forge stronger links between both towns.” “This was the second visit to St. Wendel by students from Balbriggan Community College. Balbriggan also played host to a large number of students and teachers from St. Wendel last October. I have no doubt the students were wonderful ambassadors for Balbriggan and I hope they made lasting friendships in St. Wendel.”

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Local Dance Group In Hip Hop Final Recently a group of eight young Hip Hop dancers called FX from the local Streets Ahead Dance Studios placed first in the junior section of the Irish Crew Championships 2012. Thanks to this great achievement, the group will travel to Las Vegas at the end of July to represent Ireland at the World Hip Hop Finals. The group includes locals from around the North County and beyond including Leah Burke from Rush, Holly Duffy from Loughshinny and Cian Capper-Cawley from Skerries. They will depart from Dublin at the end of July destined for Las Vegas for 10 days of training and competing. Following on from a short rest and of course a few celebrations following their win, the Crew has returned to training. They are looking forward to their first ever tilt at a competition, that brings together dance Crews from over 40 countries world wide and we wish them the best of luck. Pictured here are Leah Burke, Holly Duffy , Cian Capper-Cawley, Laura McEntee, Jasmine Thornton,, George Moran, Nathan Brogan and Jay Bruen all members of 'FX' Hip Hop group from the Streets Ahead Dance Studio, who are competing in the World Hip Hop Finals in Las Vegas.

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The Malahide Shuttle Project Group are currently applying for a licence to provide a Shuttle Bus that will offer a better service for locals. It has been planned as a service for Malahide residents and has been organised in response to your suggestions, to help commuters reach the Railway Station, to avoid traffic congestion, to ease parking problems and to save you having to drive your car around the village. The group are looking for Malahide locals to assist in their research as they put together a new application for a licence. If you would like to take part in their research, and you live in Malahide, please go onto their website, www.malahideshuttle.ie, and fill out the questionnaire. Please take the time to fill in this survey if you live in Malahide. This research could play a part in establishing a ‘Malahide Shuttle Bus’ designed to better suit the needs of locals moving in and around Malahide.

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Another Cycle Challenge For DAA One of the more ambitious fundraising events planned for the Dublin Airport Authority’s (DAA) charity of the year is coming up in September when dozens of cyclists will take on the challenge of cycling from Dublin Airport to Barrettstown Castle. The route is yet to be worked out but the idea is that of the Dublin Airport Wheelers, a group that was born out of a similar event last year. In that event, the DAA employees boarded their bicycles in the name of charity and cycled from the airport to Balbriggan and back. This year’s challenge is a much more ambitious one and hopes to raise a huge amount of cash for this year’s DAA Charity of the Year, Barrettstown Camp. Barrettstown Camp was selected to be the beneficiary of all of the DAA staff’s charity fundraising efforts this year after a vote at the beginning of the year. It should be a huge boost for this great charity if last year is anything to go by, when the 2011 DAA Charity of the Year received a whopping cheque for over €200,000 thanks to the efforts of the authority’s staff.

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Musical Time For Portmarnock Portmarnock Musical and Dramatic Society are staging ‘Me & My Girl’ in Portmarnock Community School next month. Rearranged dates for the show have been announced and the curtain will now come up on the production for five nights, running from May 15th to 19th. This will be a great night’s entertainment performed by the local Musical Society, with lots of familiar faces on stage. Songs from the show include ‘ The Lambeth Walk’, ‘ The Sun Has Got His Hat On’, ‘Leaning on a Lamppost’, ‘Once You Lose Your Heart’ and many more. Tickets are now on sale and are available by contacting the school.

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