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05th May 2015 • Volume 22, Issue 15 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • Tel: 8•400•200 • info@northcountyleader.ie
‘Star Wars’ Accused Cleared Of Murder In Swords A father-of-four has been cleared of murdering another man with a baseball bat on Main Street in Swords on 10th October 2013. An eye-witness in court described the fight, as something akin to a scene from Star Wars, when the accused, Jooda Akanbi (39) from Ashton Avenue, Applewood, Swords hit his fellow Nigerian, Taiwo Jamani (45) with a baseball bat in broad daylight. A two-week trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that a fight had broken out between the two men with baseball bats on Swords Main Street. The trial heard that the two men had fallen out the previous year, and no longer saw each other. However, on 10th October 2013 their paths crossed with tragic consequences. The court heard that Mr Akanbi drove his car down Main Street, passing Mr Jamani along the way. Mr
Akanbi pulled into the nearest car parking space and proceeded to open the boot of his car. He testified that we went to the boot of the car to get documents he needed for a meeting. Mr Jamani then crossed the road to the accused, where a shouting match took place between the two, and each man took a baseball bat out of the boot of the car. Mr Akanbi testified that the deceased was the first to raise his hand, punching the accused on the jaw, before grabbing a bat. Mr Akanbi said that it was only then that he took the bat out of the car. Mr Jamani suffered blunt force trauma and died from his injuries on 13th November. A jury of five women and seven men found Mr Akanbi not guilty
Use Them… Or Lose Them
Local councillor, By Patrick Finnegan Duncan Smith (Lab) is up in arms with the Council over the amount of redundant poles that are dotted around Swords and Donabate and is calling on the local authority to have them removed as a matter of urgency. These are poles that were used once, but they have nothing on them and are no longer in use. Smith spoke to the County Leader about how these ‘unsightly’ poles are having an adverse various fundraising which deals with effect on the local Tidy Towns groups in the A Swords man, whose activities for CF. Last research and it goes area, who are working tirelessly to make sure girlfriend of eight June, we took part in towards Elaine's team the locality is spic and span for the upcoming years sadly passed the 'Hell and Back' that were looking after competition. He said, “I put a motion down away as a result of cross country run her at Beaumont, Cystic Fibrosis (CF), asking for the removal of just one pole per outside Bray, which is where has embarked upon a Professor 12 kilometre obstacle McElvanney is one of week for the duration of this council term, in social media course. I got 40 people the top experts on CF order to get rid of these superfluous poles, fundraising campaign to join me and we in Ireland. We donated which served a purpose at one stage, but not to fund research into raised about the deadly disease. the money to him and any more. The Council returned saying that €12.500." Keith O'Neill, a native Keith O'Neill his team," said they would try to get rid of the poles, but they stopped short of committing to one per of River Valley, but Galwey suffered from "We used that Keith. week,” said Smith. now living in Cystic Fibrosis and she money to donate Contd. on page 2 “We agreed to this in good faith and it is now Applewood told the passed away in April to Cystic Fibrosis up to me to send them a list of all the derelict County Leader about of last year at the age Help Source, poles in Swords and I have the new'fund raising of 31 Since then, her family and I have initiative. He said, "My engaged the services of the local been active with girlfriend. Elaine Tidy Towns and residents’ organisations for this purpose. I have counted 62 myself predominantly in Swords and Donabate, but there are more figures coming in from the rural areas of Rolestown and St Margaret’s as well. While this is not a huge issue, it is important that if the poles are redundant, the Council needs to use them or lose them.” “It’s our job as Scoil Moibhi at Milverton in Skerries is one of seven schools in the pleased that Milverton NS was chosen, as it has a particular place councillors to make North County to benefit from the Summer Works Scheme. This close to his heart. The Minister paid a visit to the school on Friday scheme will improve a number of school buildings across the North last, where he met with pupils from 3rd and 4th classes and their sure that our areas Dublin area. Scoil Moibhi, Milverton, Skerries is set to receive teacher, deputy principal, Ms Whitty. He took time to speak to 3rd are kept as clean as funding for a classroom and a learning support room which is great and 4th class pupils at the school and he explained to them that possible, and I have news for the development of the education system in the North Milverton is a very special school, because it was the only school in just sent in my first County. the area that list, the progress of Local man and Minister for Children, Dr James Reilly was particularly Continued on page 6 which I will be monitoring closely,” he Minister for Children, Dr James Reilly is pictured giving the thumbs up with 3rd and 4th class students from Scoil Moibhí, Milverton in Skerries during his visit to the school on Friday last concluded.
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Cllr Duncan Smith is pictured beside one of the redundant poles adjacent to the Estuary Roundabout in Swords
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