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Concern Over Lusk Development

By Patrick Finnegan Planning permission is being sought for a large development in Lusk that is causing great concern to residents in the historic town. The proposed development site is 7.2 hectares and will be located behind Station Road in the town. The applicant is Station Construction Ltd. The application covers 154 new dwellings to include 67 two bed homes, 78 three beds and 8 four “You only get one chance to get this right and bedroom dwellings. It also if we fail in this, the people of Lusk will have to includes non-residential live with the consequences forever” floor space comprising an Anchor Retail store, discount food store, retail units, a petrol filling station, Chairperson of Lusk Community Council, Brian Arnold is two hot food take-away units, a drive-thru proposed new development in Lusk restaurant, a creche and a gym/fitness centre. on one of the few significant undeveloped sites Brian Arnold, Chairperson of Lusk Community in the town. It covers what was the old Lusk Council spoke to the County Leader about the United football ground and adjoining lands, concerns that local residents have regarding which leads up as far as the Ring Road by-pass. this new development. He said, “The site in As you can imagine, a development of this scale question is a very large site off Station Road would have a huge effect on the town of Lusk.

There have been a very large number of submissions made to the planning authority in respect to this application, which has raised an extraordinary number of concerns for many local residents. Based on the current application, there is huge opposition to it locally,” he said.

Arnold accepts that this site will ultimately be developed, but he warns that any development must be sensitive to the history and heritage of this ancient town and that it is the right development for Lusk and its residents. “There’s a level of density on the overall site that seems very intense. In terms of the type of housing that should be on this site, we would be concerned that it should be comprised of mixed housing. We need to have a profile here that addresses issues right through to accommodation for the elderly and wheelchair accessibility.”

Resident of nearby Lusk Village have concerns about access in and out, while residents of Orlynn Park are concerned about access from Station Road. The level of the increase in traffic could cause problems. The petrol station is another source of worry.

“We are talking about a site that is pictured at the site of the in very close proximity to the ancient Round Tower and the old church, the historic core of Lusk. There are objectives here about maintaining the line of sight to these iconic buildings, which needs to be done in a very sympathetic way,” he said.

Station Road needs to be designed in such

a way that it turns into a really good and important gateway to Lusk, with proper pedestrian and cycling movements for people accessing the railway station. You only get one chance to get this right and if we fail in this, the people of Lusk Continued on page 4

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Local Heritage projects In North County To Get Funding Humphreys is a great boost for heritage projects in Dublin Fingal. Seven projects in the North County will receive investment, under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme for 2016.”

He added; “This funding will allow for the conservation and repair of heritage build-

Local Fine Gael TD, Alan Farrell, has welcomed funding of €43,750 for heritage projects in the North County.

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“A wide range of properties nationwide will benefit from funding under this scheme, including residential homes, townhouses, railway stations, churches, country houses and other heritage buildings. “He went on to say; “The scheme follows a similar model to the Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme, which proved to be very successful in 2014. “It is expected this new

scheme will leverage Farrell. He concluded an additional €8 by saying; “Fine Gael million in private funds has a long term economic nationally and plan to keep will generate the recovery employment going which in the conserwill allow for vation and these kinds of construction investments industries to take place. nationwide The plan has and here in three steps: D u b l i n Alan Farrell TD more and Fingal.” better jobs, “Heritage buildings and protected struc- making work pay more tures are a vital part of than welfare, and Dublin Fingal and the investment in better Government is public services, which committed to will only be possible as supporting their a result of the conservation,” said increased revenue

generated by creating more jobs. This plan will ensure that more people feel the benefits of a recovering economy in their own lives.” The projects set to receive funding are; Corduff House in Lusk, White House in Skerries, No. 13 Drogheda Street in Balbriggan, No. 7 Castle Terrace in Malahide, Lambay Castle, Lambay Island in Rush, St. Columba’s Church, Church Street in Swords and Abbeville House, Malahide Road, Kinsealy.

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Twitter Takeover By Swords Students Second year students at St Finian’s Community College in Swords were one of five schools in Dublin, and the only one from the North County, to have been invited to take over the UNICEF twitter account for a while last Thursday.

Teacher, Nicola McKittrick told the County Leader about how this initiative came about. She said, “UNICEF Ireland allowed us to take over their Twitter account for the morning and for two hours we had full access to their twitter feed. We were able to ask some of the leading politicians questions that we felt were important, particularly in the area of education.”

“People from UNICEF came to the school some months ago and did some workshops with us and that’s how we were chosen. The takeover was really to ask politicians, particularly with the looming general election, questions that are important to young people. Local TD and Minister for Children, James Reilly was one of the politicians to take part in the event and the only local one,” she said.

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with the upcoming election less than three weeks away. They asked Eamon Ryan, leader of the Green Party if Irish should be a subject of choice in schools. He agreed that it should be, much like German, which was greeted with much approval by the students. Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fail was also asked about subject choice and if the Junior Cert is still relevant or not and about making the Leaving Cert more accessible to all.

Richard Boyd Barrett from People Before Profit was asked about school buildings, as St Finian’s Community College has been promised a new school for the past number of years, as the present one is quite old. “We asked him if he got into power, would he help with the upgrading of school buildings and improve equipment and materials available in schools. We weren’t too happy with his response, as he just gave us a general comment about investment in schools rather than a specific one. We wanted to know how much he would spend and what would he do,” asked the canny students.

“It made us more aware about what is going on in the country and we are looking forward to the upcoming election, even though we cannot vote.

We hope to run an election here in the school and how to go through the process of casting your vote,” said the students.

Green Cemetery For The North County Local Councillor Paul Mulville are common in other countries has been pushing the council to and are another option for commit to the development of a people who may not wish to be Green Graveyard for the buried in the more tradiarea. Speaking to the tional cemeteries. There County Leader he said: is one such green grave“As councillors we are yard already in Co. currently considering the Wexford.”

Chief Executive’s draft A green graveyard is a development plan, and form of natural burial proposing amendments ground where the land to it. One issue I have Cllr. Mulville has a second use as a been pursuing for a while now is living, developing native Irish the possibility of providing an woodland and wildflower environmentally friendly green meadow. There are no headnatural burial ground in the stones or concrete surrounds, county, a suggestion raised with these are replaced by a simple me during the last local election grave marker and the planting of campaign.” a native tree.

He added that: “Such graveyards Visitors to such graveyards

would be able to walk along the pathways surrounded by nature where people of all faiths will find a beautiful resting place.

He went on to tell us that; “I proposed a motion along these lines and am glad that it was accepted by the Council’s planners, and agreed by councillors.”

Mulville also said that he is also pushing forward an objective for a crematorium to be provided in the county. The nearest one to people of the area is either Glasnevin Cemetery or Newlands Cross. The objective has been written into the draft plan and it is now waiting for an area to be agreed upon by the councillors.

Donabate Leisure Centre Scoops Top Award The Community and Council Awards 2016 presented

by IPB Insurance took place last week and Donabate Portrane Community and Leisure Centre won the accolade of Local Sports Club of the Year.

The centre was designed to create a focal point for all community, sports and leisure users. Originally designed in 1999 and built in 2002, it incorporated a bar and function room, modern Gym and sports hall.

In 2005, a decision was made to close the bar area and develop a coffee shop. In 2008 the centre facilitated the new Donabate Community College while its build took place. This meant the centre was restructured and developed to accommodate up to 300 students and staff in the first floor. The coffee shop was relocated as was the Montessori facility. In 2014 another refurbishment took place to facilitate Donabate Library joining the centre, which has only added to the community needs.

Over years with significant redevelopment and investment, Donabate Portrane Community & Leisure Centre has achieved it primary objective which is to “meet the ever changing needs of the community it serves.” Evidence shows that the centre is needed

more now than it was in 2001 with the ever changing expanding population. The County Leader spoke to Jacinta Lowndes Manager of the leisure centre who said: “ It is such a great thing for the centre.

Obviously we are all delighted. “ She went on to say: “The club is community and leisure based so endeavours to serve the needs of everyone from 0-100+ years. Facilities include, gym which is wheelchair accessible, sports hall, all weather pitch, sauna & steam room, changing facilities, dance studios, Library Montessori & Coffee shop. We have worked with Community Department of Fingal County Council to encourage all ages to use our facilities. Most recently, Active Age for All has promoted a range of activities to over 50’s to participate in Yoga, Tai Chi, exercise classes, and outdoor football to name but a few.” She concluded by saying: “Everyone at Donabate Portrane Community Centre is delighted at winning Local Sports Club of the Year at the LAMA Awards. It’s wonderful recognition for our centre, the staff and volunteers and most of all our community and all the work we do to bring sport and leisure activities to everyone.”

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Rush Wastewater Collection Network Scheme Irish Water, is investing €7.3 million in the wastewater infrastructure in Rush and in particular at South Beach, which is one of seven beaches nationally that was rated ‘poor’ in an EPA Bathing Water Quality Report last year.

For the project to progress, Irish Water is now acquiring some of the land needed to carry out this work using compulsory purchase orders. This significant investment will provide a new

system to collect and transfer wastewater from existing outfalls and overflows to the foreshore and onwards to the new wastewater treatment plant at Portrane. This investment will significantly improve the bathing water quality at South Beach in Rush.

To progress this essential project, Irish Water has been liaising closely with residents in the area to acquire wayleaves and land for the

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As this scheme is vital to ensure that wastewater is collected and transferred to the new wastewater treatment plant in Portrane, Irish Water will now acquire some of the land need to carry out this work using compulsory purchase orders.

A contract to begin the project in Rush which involves constructing extensive pipelines and new pumping stations, is expected to be awarded shortly with work commencing in quarter three of this year. Construction on the project is expected to take two years to complete.

Michael Tinsley, Wastewater Capital Programme Lead at Irish Water said “Irish Water is committed to investing in the wastewater treatment infrastructure at South Beach in Rush to provide a cleaner environment for Rush and the wider community . It is a key priority of Irish Water’s to eliminate the discharging of raw sewage directly into the environment and this € 7.3 million investment in the wastewater treatment infrastructure will

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address the issue at South Beach.”

He went on to say: “Negotiations were carried out over the past number of months with landowners to acquire wayleaves and land for the construction of this infrastructure. We were unable to achieve agreement with all landowners.

To progress the project, it is essential for Irish Water to acquire the necessary lands using compulsory purchase orders.

This vital work will address the longstanding problems with the bathing water quality in this area and will benefit the community and the environment”.

Irish Water invested € 340 million in improving water and wastewater services in 2014 and over €410 million in improving services during 2015.

Irish Water plans to spend €522 million to address the major deficits in Ireland’s drinking water and wastewater quality and capacity and repairing the most critical infrastructure in need of urgent investment in 2016.

Full Steam Ahead For Skerries 1916 Celebrations Skerries Harps 1916 Commemorative committee are hard at work planning activities for the upcoming anniversary celebration, which reach their zenith on the weekend of 23rd and 24th April next.

The committee held a meeting at Skerries Harps excellent clubhouse on Wednesday evening last, to fine tune plans for the celebrations.

Hugh McCrory, Chairperson of Skerries Harps 1916 Commemorative committee told the County Leader, “We are getting ready for our celebrations for the 1916 centenary and we

Significant Investment in Local Roads Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly and Fine Gael candidate for Dublin Fingal in the upcoming general election has welcomed the news that €27,120 has been allocated to the County Council for road improvement and maintenance works.

The funding is part of a national investment programme for 2016 for regional and local roads.

Reilly said, “The North County is getting a real boost from this significant investment of €27,120 in our local and regional roads. The announcement of this funding allocation

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would like to incorporate dramas, lectures, games and various cultural activities, as well as walks, historical talks over the weekend of 23rd and 24th April.”

“The hard working committee is up and running and the programme of events should be finalised in about three weeks time. We have lots of activities planned, like football matches, hurling, camogie and we are looking at the old Skerries Harps jersey from the time, with a sash across it and we hope to have two sets of jerseys from the era.”

“This is all about the entire town of Skerries getting involved and Skerries Harps is merely a facilitator in making it happen, mainly due to the wonderful facilities here at the club. We already have the Historical Society involved, as well as the Development Association and the local schools will also be included. These are trying, but exciting times for us all,” concluded Hugh.

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Donohoe, allows Fingal County roads on a daily basis.” “Fine Council to plan its work Gael has a long term economic programme for the year. plan designed to keep the “The funding package will recovery going, which will allow approximately ensure we can 2,000 kilometres of continue to make these regional and local kinds of investments. roads to be maintained The plan has three nationally and close to steps: more and better 2,000 kilometres jobs, making work pay strengthened this year. more than welfare, and Reilly continued, “It is investment in better Minister Reilly thanks to our recovpublic services, which ering economy that we will only be possible as can make these kinds of a result of the increased investments in our road revenue generated by creating network which is a hugely more jobs. This plan will important. It is good for ensure that more people feel tourism, increases efficiencies the benefits of a recovering for businesses and benefits economy in their own lives,” the local people who use the he concluded.

Concern Over Lusk Development Continued from page 1 will have to live with the consequences forever,” he concluded.

Meanwhile local councillor, Ken Farrell (Lab) was very much against the project, when he told the County Leader, “This scheme was part of the Local Area Plan in 2008 and 2009 and I and other councillors objected to it.

There were huge objections from the public at the time. The planning application is not what the council or developer had presented to the people of Lusk previously. There was no question of a filling station, drive thru restaurant, three storey apartments, three entrances on to Station Road, or five entrances to the village,” he said.

An angry Farrell continued, “Taking the track record of this developer in

the way he treated the people on the issue of pyrite, there would be no trust regarding anything he says or does.

My greatest fear is that we will see three storey apartments, the housing, the petrol station, the drive thru restaurant, but we will never see the other proposals that would be beneficial to Lusk, like the town centre and shopping facility,” he said.

Farrell has already taken the council to task, as he believes that they have given tacit support to this application, as there would have been a pre planning consultation on this application.

Farrell concluded by saying, “I am surprised that conservationists that are engineers, our parks section and planners would give support to this project as it stands.”

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Fury Over Decision To Close Rush Harbour A decision by the County Council to block access by vehicles on the slipway to Rush harbour, has been met with an angry response from locals who use the harbour for either fishing, leisure of potential life saving pursuits.

Access to Rush harbour has been blocked by a bollard which is causing great disruption to locals who are mystified by the council’s decision last week.

Local mand and harbour user, Peter Warren told the County Leader that all of the angling clubs in the North County use Rush harbour, also sub aqua clubs in the area, where they launch their boats. “This is a facility that has been here for hundreds of years and all of a sudden this bollard appeared without any notice or prior consultation. It restricts anyone from accessing the harbour by vehicle. Most of the people here at the slipway today, at very short notice, are from various clubs from all over the North County, including representatives from Howth, Balbriggan, Loughshinny and Rush Sea Angling clubs.”

“Nobody seems to know why the bollard was put there in the first place. All the other

By Patrick Finnegan access points to the beach are blocked. We can’t get access to our boats – it’s a thorough disgrace,” said Peter.

Swords man, Derek Evans who is angling correspondent with the Irish Times was at the slipway and he told the County Leader, “This slipway is used extensively throughout the year and is used by many angling clubs, sailing clubs, sub aqua clubs and the general public. The whole idea of putting the slipway here in the first place was to launch small recreation leisure craft and this has now been taken away from us. I just want to know the reason why,” he said.

The County Leader contacted the council about their decision and they said, “Fingal County Council can confirm that due to a number of complaints of obstructive parking on the slipway being received from harbour users, a demountable bollard has been installed on the slipway. Access can be arranged by contacting Sean Mooney, Berthing Master at 087 281 7505,” the statement concluded.

Local Business Heroes To Feature In “Entrepreneur’s Journey” Fingal Local Enterprise Office has announced plans to run a series of events to help business owner/managers in March. On 10th March 2016, a major event featuring some of Fingal’s best up and coming Entrepreneurs will reveal fascinating business stories of success. Titled “The Entrepreneur’s Journey”, Fingal Local Enterprise Office will be showcasing six top entrepreneurs that have recently set up successful businesses.

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week. Hosted by RTE’s Keelin Shanley and featuring Bobby Kerr, the free event on the 10th March will be held in Riasc Centre in Swords and is geared at anyone who is

running a business in the county or who wishes to start their own business. “The Entrepreneur’s Journey” will be the highlight of a weeklong schedule of busi-

ness events that will be occurring all around “Fingal Local Enterprise Week.”

Head of Enterprise in Fingal, Oisin Geoghegan, said the Local Enterprise Office has been busy pulling together an exciting range of events for this new National initiative: “Next week we will be revealing full details but the schedule includes an exciting series of events for owner/managers of small businesses as well as those seeking to establish their own business in Fingal. As well as revealing the Fingal Enterprise Award winner, we will be hosting technology events, business advice clinics, exporter event, a food sector

Donabate to this location, not to mention people from further north, who can park their cars here and take Metro North to town.

If you look at the DART line, people are always trying to drive to a DART station, which are always in towns, where there is nowhere to park. Another objective is to ensure space for Metro North. I don’t want to see it terminating at Fosterstown or Estuary. I want to see it With the Development Plan for Fingal well going all the way to Lissenhall, which was the underway, councillors are vying to have their original terminus for Metro, which is not just motions accepted on to the plan. Swords for Swords, but for all of the North County. based councillor, Darragh Butler (FF) is You can drive there, park the car and travel to the city in peace and comfort,” he delighted with the response to objecsaid. tives he has for the development at Other councillors also put down an Lissenhall, where he sees great potenobjective to have an adult education, tial for maximising the potential of the or further education facility at site there.

Lissenhall, which would be a logical He told the County Leader, “We’re place for it. Another objective is to going through the second phase of the have a large scale sports campus that Development Plan and the specific we could look at. The developers, who land bank that the council have will make a lot of money from the earmarked for development is Cllr. Butler Lissenhall development should be told Lissenhall, where a total of 7,000 new homes are being planned. On this basis, to provide us with traffic calming measures, a what I want to nail down in the plan is that we super sports campus, with multiple allneed the terminus for Metro North to be weather playing pitches and indoor facilities, located here and a large car park, providing a so we can have a world class facility for the Park and Ride facility. People will be coming people of Swords and further afield,” he from Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Lusk and concluded.

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Pictured at the closed-off entrance to Rush Harbour are angry residents of Rush, as well as harbour users from outside the area. Representatives of angling clubs from Balbriggan, Howth, Loughshinny and Rush, as well as sub aqua club members came together on Wednesday last to protest at the council's decision to close of Rush Harbour to vehicular access, without prior notice

Bob Byrne, secretary of Howth Sea Angling Club, which uses the harbour said, “We use this slipway quite a bit and if someone got into trouble out there and you wanted to bring a boat down here to launch it, you couldn’t do it. This is a very serious situation, which could have life saving implications. It’s a crazy set up.” What angers the assembled harbour users the most is that there was absolutely no consultation or notice that the harbour was to be closed off in this way. event, a start Your own business bootcamp, and many more”. The overall winner of the “Fingal Enterprise Award” will be announced at the end of the “Entrepreneur’s Journey” event on 10th March. The winner will go on to represent Fingal at the National Enterprise Awards competition in May 2016. Fingal has an excellent track record at the National Enterprise Awards, winning the overall award twice since 2005 and featuring in the “final 8” nationally on numerous occasions, most recently with Keogh’s Crisps who scooped the “Best Start-Up in Ireland” award in 2013.

Responding to the Council’s concerns regarding parking, Evans said, “I cannot understand where that comes from, because the slipway is used specifically for launching boats. None of the users from clubs have ever experienced this slipway being blocked by traffic and it’s a mystery to us all. Maybe the problem is at night, with people using the nearby pub. The idea of having to contact someone to unlock the bollard is ridiculous, as boat users will use the harbour at different times,” he concluded.

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Local Fine Gael TD, Alan Farrell, has said the Term Economic Plan, with 3 steps, that offers publication of the party’s Long Term Economic our people the stability and certainty needed Plan showed that Fine Gael was the only party to keep the recovery going” offering people the stability and certainty These three steps are: More and Better Jobs – needed to keep the recovery going.

200,000 extra jobs by 2020 with 70,000 Speaking to the County Leader Farrell said; “Just emigrants returning to take up jobs and the five years ago the country was in the grip introduction of a € 4bn Jobs Fund. of a desperate crisis. Our economy was in Making Work Pay – abolishing the USC freefall, our banks had either collapsed or over 5 years and reforming the welfare were on the brink of collapse, Ireland’s system to make work always pay more international reputation was in shreds and than welfare. Investing in Public Services 300,000 jobs were lost and families – with more people at work and paying destroyed. Our economic independence taxes we will be able to recruit 10,000 Alan Farrell had been lost and the country was in a extra nurses, teachers and Gardaí.

Troika bailout.”

Farrell also said: “Fine Gael has learnt from the H e w e n t o n t o s a y ; “ T h i s G o v e r n m e n t , mistakes made by previous Governments – we working with the people, implemented a know that only a strong economy that supports recovery plan to bring us to where we are people at work can pay for the services needed today. We have 136,000 more people back for a decent society.” in work, our public finances are in order, but He concluded by saying; “There is a direct link families know that the recovery is fragile and between the policies pursued by this incomplete. Many don’t yet feel the bene- Government and the recovery. If these policies fits. All remain nervous about the risks ahead are not continued, it will be impossible to keep and the danger of slipping back. Fine Gael’s the recovery going. I believe that those who commitment to you is that we are never going have designed the recovery and brought it to back.” this point, with the assistance of the people, are He added that; “Fine Gael now has a Long best suited to keep the recovery going.

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Local Councillors He went on to say; “It is Duncan Smith (Lab) and something that has been suggested Justin Sinnott in the past but (Independent) has never been have been acted upon, pushing an however with the objective with continual growth the local of the town it authority to Cllr.

Smith seems that now actively promote Skerries Community is the right time the provision of to push this a third level Food Garden objective education Would you like to grow your own food without forward. Swords facility in the the expense and commitment of an allotment? has grown so town of Swords.

Would you be interested in becoming involved much in the last The County with a Community Food garden? Sustainable few years and is Leader spoke to Skerries, in association with Fingal County set to grow expoCllr Smith about Cllr. Sinnott Council and Skerries Tidy Towns, has permission nentially in the this: “We find it to create a food growing garden near the Mills. If incredible that a town coming years. It is someyou would like to be involved, please email skerthe size of Swords thing that we felt we riescommunityfoodgarden@gmail.com before doesn’t have a third needed a commitment Saturday, 13th February. Come along and be level education institu- on.” active, meet new people and access fresh Smith added; “The tion” said Smith. produce at the same time! council has now agreed on it, it is in the development plan, as yet it is very early stages so an exact time frame can’t be commented on, however I can say that this is something that we are currently working on.”

He concluded by saying that: “Now that it’s in the pipeline, the council is going to engage with the department of education to make sure that this is something that happens in the coming five years covered by the current development plan. We will be liaising with the Deptartment of E d u c a t i o n to ensure that we have the back up necessary to carry out the objective.

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Ryan Upbeat About Labour’s Jobs Plan Labour election candidate, Brendan Ryan TD has said that creating local jobs and reaching full employment by 2018 must remain the number one priority for the North County over the next few years.

He was speaking as Labour launched its ‘Standing up for Jobs’ plan, which commits to achieving full employment by 2018.

Ryan told the County Leader, “In recent years, North County Brendan Ryan Dublin has borne the brunt of the economic downturn but now that the tide has turned, my priority is to continue to ensure the recovery trickles down to Fingal, so that it is evenly spread.

“In recent times there has been much improvement, but we have more to do.”

Also last week we have seen that the national unemployment rate has fallen from a peak of 15.2 per cent to 8.6 per cent.”

He continued, “Under the Labour Jobs Plan, we are committing to reaching full employment by 2018, in other words, there will be a job for everyone who wants one. We will do this by investing in people, in skills and in the businesses that create jobs.

We will invest in people through the creation of 50,000 apprenticeships and traineeships and by further increasing the minimum wage to a living wage of €11.30 per hour.”

He concluded by saying, “We will invest in innovation and increase the funding available for research and development to small companies and provide better supports for start-ups. Labour will also help companies access the funding they need to grow. We will increase the scale of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland’s lending to SMEs and protect the 12.5 per cent corporation tax rate.”

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Ebooks Talk In Donabate In the Donabate Portrane Community & Leisure Centre there will be a short talk and demonstration of the eBook service offered by Fingal Libraries learn how to access eBooks on your eReader. Ph 01-8905609 or email donabate.library@fingal.ie to book in to this talk.

Fingal Community College, Swords, students, parents and teachers enjoying a celebratory lunch as sign of gratitude from the school for their hard work at Christmas when they raised over €3,000 for charity.

Celebratory Lunch For Swords Students On Friday the 29th of January, students, teachers and parents of Fingal Community College were treated to a sit down lunch as a celebration of the wonderful efforts made by all at a recent Parents’ Association fund-raising activity. A massive €3,381 was raised before Christmas at the annual bag packing event in Dunnes Stores in the Pavilion, Swords. The money raised will go towards the promotion of Healthy Lifestyles and the development of the extensive extra-curricular programme available at the college.

Two classrooms were transformed into a restaurant by the Art teacher

Ms. Lynch and the food was prepared by the Home Economics teacher Ms. Héarún and her team of Transition Year chefs Ciarán Byrne, Seán Cuttle, Moses Eusebio and Marcus Ring.

Speaking to the County Leader, Ms Héarún said: “Weeks and weeks of planning and preparation went into this event but with the help of many students along the way, over 75 people experienced a healthy home-made lunch.” Students, parents and teachers enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and the chance to chat and appreciate good food after a busy week.

First Responder Meeting In Swords Fingallians GAA club are organising a First Responders public information meeting on Tuesday, 23rd February in the Old School House Bar, Swords at 7.30pm. There will be speakers from CFR Ireland and the National Ambulance Service. The club are asking club members to support this important addition to the community and help raise the profile of the group to the wider community.

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Fianna Fail Launches Official Campaign In Swords Fianna Fáil’s first official campaign event took place in Swords this week, where local candidate for the Dail Darragh O’Brien joined Party Leader Micheál Martin and running mate Lorraine Clifford Lee at a campaign rally with over 150 people at the Carnegie Court Hotel.

The popular local senator told the County Leader, “I was delighted that the first constituency that the Party leader visited in the General Campaign was Dublin Fingal.

Micheál Martin has spent a lot of time here in the last five years and is well versed in the issues facing this constituency.”

He went on to say, “For Fianna Fáil, our central vision is the need to create an

Ireland for all. By contrast, this Government is presiding over a two tier recovery and is determined to create a two tier society. They talk about introducing a US style tax system, but what that means is a system where tax cuts for the very wealthiest in society are the priority and are paid for by increased taxes on low and squeezed middle income earners. It also means dismantling public services and growing a privatisation agenda.”

He added that, “Fianna Fáil is committed to making sure those in the squeezed middle and those on lower incomes, the people who have been borne the brunt of the economic crisis get a

Registration Required To Be A Good Samaritan It seems that even those with kindness in their hearts are going to have to register that they want to be a Good Samaritan.

This appears to be the latest idea floating about the EU, as concern grows with the flow of refugees between Turkey and Greece. Bureaucrats are now considering how to prosecute ordinary people who give a helping hand to migrants who arrive on Greek Islands.

Currently EU legislation allows volunteers to provide help to those found in distress. But this is under review and may be replaced by a

Well known TV and electrical service and repair company, Lawless Brothers is celebrating a landmark anniversary this year. The company is 60 years in business, having been founded in 1956.

Pictured at the launch of the Fianna Fail election campaign in Swords last Wednesday, is general election candidate, Senator Darragh O'Brien (right) with Fianna Fail leader, Micheál Martin

break. The people who keep this country going deserve a chance to thrive, not just survive.”

He concluded by saying; “There is a real choice in this election.

people. Fianna Fáil is the only party that can deliver this change and I’m looking forward to taking that message to every home in the constituency.”

Leader Cllr Mulville said: “I was glad also to put forward a motion

By Aoife Read proposing the planting of trees along the main road through Donabate town centre, and also down Beaverstown Road. This has long been an objective of Donabate Portrane Tidy Towns group, and I was

g l a d t h a t t h e p r o p o s a l tidy towns and he would be received the support of the eager to see any other local Council’s planners and my c o m m u n i t y g r o u p s w h o have an interest in horticulcolleagues on the council.”

H e w e n t o n t o s a y : ture take part in both the initial undertaking of “Hopefully an urban the project and tree planting going forward, the scheme can now be continual upkeep of progressed, which the trees. will improve the He concluded by street-scape and saying; “The draft local environment in development plan Donabate.” will go on display in Mulville told us that the coming weeks it was something Cllr. Mulville and I look forward to that was likely to be carried out by the council; hearing people’s views as h o w e v e r i t w o u l d b e i n to how this area should conjunction with the local develop into the future.”

February Events At Emmaus February is going to be a busy time at Emmaus Retreat Centre in Swords, when they host a number of interesting workshops.

On 13th February, Maria Lynch from Motivated Joyful Living will facilitate her first of two workshops in February. The first on 13th February is entitled

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Tree Lined Streets For Donabate Cllr Paul Mulville (Independent), has put forward a motion proposing the planting of trees along the main road through Donabate Town centre. This is something that is sure to be met with great delight from the local people as it is something that has been asked for for many years.

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On Sunday, 21st February, Emmaus will host its annual Open Day. During the event Emmaus will be showcasing everything they have to offer in 2016. There is no charge as this is a complimentary event, with light refreshments available for all. If you wish to come along on the open day just call Emmaus on 01-870050 to confirm you will be there.

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The family retail shop, which operated at The Diamond in Malahide, was one of the most readily identifiable retail outlets in the town, has ceased trading, but the service part of the business continues to flourish under the manage-

ment of John Lawless.

His thriving service workshop is conveniently located in Kinsealy Business Park.

“We’re the service department that was attached to the shop at the Diamond in Malahide. We repair all

makes of TVs, laptops, hi-fi, game consoles.

We set up the business here at Kinsealy Business Park eight years ago and we’re going from strength to strength,” said John.

The company has two full-time workers, including one on the road full-time collecting and dropping back repaired items, as well as John.

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The business, which is conveniently located offers easy parking and is open on Saturday from 9.30am until 1pm for the convenience of their customers.

They repair all brands of TVs and other electrical goods, most especially home entertainment equipment.

There is also a six month warranty given on all TVs that have been repaired.

You will be given an estimate, and as John says, “there will be no surprises, as we will always contact the customer before any expensive repair work has to be undertaken.”

John insists that the company practices family business values in their dealings with customers, which has contributed to customer loyalty and satisfaction.

He said, “As we have always been a family business, we always look after the customer rather than just repairing the item. We try to be friendly, while providing a professional service. We have a professional

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John remembers with fondness the ‘good old days’ when he first started learning the trade as a 10 year old cleaning the workshop and making tea.

“Things were a lot simpler then, as we mostly repaired radios

John Lawless is busy in the service centre

workshop here, with a family ethos. We have a lot of repeat business, where satisfied customers spread the word about the quality of our work,” he said.

The business has grown hugely in the eight years since John set up the service sector in Kinsealy Business Park. “As soon as the recession hit, we got busier as people realised that it was a whole lot cheaper to repair a TV than to get a new one, which was good news

for our business,” said John, who is the only member of the family still involved in the business.

“We are lucky insofar as we are the only business in North County Dublin that specialises in top quality TV and Hi Fi repair. We are also the only authorised service centre for Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Pioneer in North County Dublin. This is very important to us,” he said.

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rals from local electrical shops in the area including Harvey Norman and DID, where customers are pointed in our direction in the event of

having problems with their products. We look after certain brands for certain shops, for example we repair Pioneer products for Power City and the

and very early black and white TVs. My father Alan and his brothers Terry and John started the business initially as a service centre in a

workshop, similar to this one. They eventually grew the business to include three retail shops, which were located in Malahide, Swords and Donaghmede, each providing a repair service carried out by the workshop in Malahide.

For many people of the North County and further afield, Lawless Brothers had the reputation of being the place to go for televisions.

Eventually when the original founders retired they sold the shops.

John is amazed at the speed at which technology is changing and is very careful to keep up with technological changes that are much more frequent than ever.

“We’re always keeping up, because we are affiliated to some of the larger manufacturers, so we’re brought in for training when something like new televisions come along, they make sure we are fully up to speed with all the changes and new parts. You just need to keep topped up. If you turned your back on this business for six months, you’d be lost - so it’s vital to keep abreast of things,” said John.

He is very aware that customer satisfaction, value for money and a job well done are paramount to the success of his business. There is no doubt that the family

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race winner Justin Slattery; roundIreland record setting Sidney Gavignet; and 11-time Paralympian John Twomey amongst others, Shanahan had a remarkable year, including victory in the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race in June on his boat Ruth with two miles to spare.

The Mitsubishi Motors Sailing Club of the Year award was presented to the Royal Irish Yacht Club in honour

Malahide’s Colin O’Sullivan and Kilkenny’s Doug Elmes jointly took home the Irish Sailing Association (ISA) Youth Sailor of the Year award on Thursday 4th February.

The Howth Yacht Club sailors were hotly tipped following their recent Bronze medal success at the 2015 Youth World Championships in Malaysia, where they took Ireland’s first double handed youth world medal in 19 years. The shortlist for this tightly contested award included Pictured is Colin O'Sullivan and Douglas Elmes, Youth Sailor Tipperary’s Aisling of the Year winners, from Howth Yacht Club, with David Keller; Howth’s Lovegrove, President ISA Aoife Hopkins and of their success at local, national Ewan McMahon; and Waterford’s and international level. The award Geoff Power. also takes into account satisfaction National Yacht Club sailor Liam of club members; the club’s impact Shanahan was named the 2015 in sailing development and Afloat Irish Sailor of the Year at the training; the relationship with the Irish Sailing Awards in Dublin. local community, and relevant Drawn from a star studded short- governmental and sporting bodies, list, which included Volvo Ocean both at local and national level.

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As reported in the County Leader recently, Rush farmer Matt Foley will feature in the sixth episode of UTV Ireland’s highly successful fly-on-the-wall rural series, ‘Rare Breed: A Farming Year’, on Monday, 15th February at 8pm.

In this episode, viewers will see Matt at Kilbush Nurseries in Rush, where the slow start to summer means that his tomatoes are not growing fast enough. He is at risk of losing key contracts if the weather does not improve.

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So take your chance and prepare a huge breakfast that special Sunday morning, leave her or him messages all around the house on little heart-shaped papers, put a single red rose on their windscreen or buy a load of Valentine’s balloons and hang sweet little messages on each of them. It doesn’t have to be all serious, humour can be really romantic as well, so use your inspiration to make your partner laugh. Spread your love in a way your partner doesn’t expect: buy a gorgeous dress for her or a elegant new suit for him, stick a note on it that says “be ready at 6 pm” and bring your loved one out for dinner.

IN THE CANDLE’S LIGHT If traditional candle light dinners are of your taste, but you don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen alone, why don’t you just cook and enjoy your meal together? Plan and go to the shop, cook and do the dishes, all together. This may not seem too special but spending time together is the most important part of Valentine’s Day! For the lazy among us, eating out is always a possibility – there are hundreds of good restaurants in the whole North County area.

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HAND-MADE TREASURES A hand-made card, possibly with a personal poem, is one of the sweetest gifts and a good choice, if you are looking for a present that is not too expensive. There are millions of ideas on the web which can also be extended to be more than a card. For example, photo collages of the moments you lived together can be a nice poster or also be put on a little box in which your loved one can store personal belongings or in which you can put another surprise.

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Up to fairly recently, golf was viewed as the preserve of the rich and privileged that smacked of elitism. It was played by middle- aged men and women in private clubs around the country.

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During the Celtic Tiger era, membership of golf clubs became very expensive, as demand was very high. That was all about to change dramatically, as the recession caused people to re-evaluate their priorities and golf memberships dipped.

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With competition for green fees, many clubs now offer very attractive ‘Early Bird’ specials, where you can avail of golf and a meal at very affordable prices.

Luckily, the North County is blessed with having some of the most desirable golfing real estate anywhere in Ireland, resulting in some of the marquee

golf courses located here. There is a wonderful mix of top class links courses, which are sand based courses, all dotted along our beautiful coastline, as well as superbly manicured championship standard parkland courses, all well worthwhile sampling. Memberships at these clubs are now at a very competitive level, and they offer many extra benefits, besides golf.

Many golf courses in the North County area have hosted major international competitions, where golfers from all over the world, have heaped praise on the quality of these courses.

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Teenagers seemed to be immune to the attractions of this great game. It was considered as not ‘sexy’ to be seen carrying golf clubs around. Football and other traditional sports were seen as the popular pursuits. This was all about to change in a dramatic way. The tremendous success of Irish golfers, most notably Rory McIlroy brought the game to everyone, including teenagers. It was now the game to play and carrying your golf clubs was now ‘cool’.

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The contribution of Paul McGinley to the success of Europe in the last Ryder Cup , has also enhanced Ireland’s status on the golf stage worldwide. Another star who has caught the eye is Shane Lowry, who is

also destined for major honours. The continuing contribution of our golfers to successful Ryder Cup teams has been immeasurable, and has been a contributing factor to the growth of the game here. Here we must also recognise the late great Christy O’Connor Jnr for his wonderful contribution to Irish golf.

But it was Rory McIlroy who has really caught the eye and the former World Number 1 has given golf the impetus it so badly needed. This affable young man was about to send golf into orbit. Now, young boys and girls regard it as sexy to play golf and to be seen to play. Young girls see him as a pin-up and young boys view

him as a role model to be copied. There is real optimism that we will win an Olympic gold medal for Ireland later this year, with golf now included in the Games.

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Recent published deaths from the North County CLARKE, Gerard (Lusk, Co. Dublin) - February 4th, 2016 (suddenly); Sadly missed by his loving brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. Rest In Peace.

FORDE (née Pearce), Sylvia, (Portmarnock and late of Birmingham), 4th February 2016, (peacefully) in Talbot Lodge Nursing Home surrounded by her loving family, beloved wife of the late Edward, very sadly missed by her sons Dean and Adam, daughters-in-law Jean and Ann, grandchildren, brother Kenneth, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends, special thanks to Liam and Bridie Fitzgerald and Liam Skelly for all their kindness to Sylvia throughout the years. At Rest FOWLER, Niall (Malahide, Co. Dublin) - February 5th, 2016 (peacefully) at St. Francis Hospice, Raheny; sadly missed by his loving wife Nancy, daughter Anita, son David, son-in-law Ronan, daughter-in-law Lisa, grandchildren Alia and Niall, family, relatives and friends. Rest In Peace HARFORD Christopher (Rush, Co. Dublin and late of Simtech and Aer Lingus) Feb 3, 2016 (peacefully) Christopher, loving husband of the late Marie; sadly missed by his loving daughters Emma and Margaret, sons-in-law David and Ashley, grandchildren Daniel, Lauren and Sonny, relatives and friends. May He Rest In Peace PHILLIPS Ted (Portmarnock, Co. Dublin and formerly of Galway) February, 3rd, 2016 (peacefully) at Beaumont Hospital. Ted, beloved husband of Maura and dear father of Peter, Terence and Jennifer. Sadly missed by his loving wife, sons, daughter and daughters-in-law Zita and Diane and granddaughter Catherine, sisters in law, nieces and nephews, his good friends and relatives. May he rest in peace.

FARRELL (née Hunt), Catherine (Kay) (Donabate, Co. Dublin) - Jan. 31, 2016, at Beaumont Hospital; sadly missed by her loving husband Gerry, son Keith, daughters Karen, Emma and Amy, sons-inlaw, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. Rest in Peace FARRELL (nee Henderson) Ursula (River Valley Swords) - Jan 31st 2016 (peacefully) at St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown. Sadly missed by her loving husband James, children Michelle, Terri, Gemma, Joanne and Michael, sons in law, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, brothers in law, sisters in law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Rest in Peace.

CARR Gerard (Gerry) of (Skerries, Co. Dublin and late of Lahinch, Co. Clare) died 29th January, 2016, peacefully at St. Dominic Savio Nursing Home, Liscannor; beloved father of Ally and Neil, cherished grandad of Reuben and Evie, much loved brother of Joan, he will be sadly missed by his extended family and friends. May he rest in peace KIELT Alicia (Wimbletown, Lusk, Co. Dublin) Jan 29, 2016, (peacefully) surrounded by her loving family Alicia much loved daughter of Gervin and Myra; sadly missed by her loving dad, mam, sister Caroline, brothers Daniel and Killian, nana Alice, uncles, aunts, cousins and friends. May Alicia Rest In Peace

Miracle Prayer Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask for a very special one (mention it). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart, where your Father sees it.

Then in His merciful eyes it will become your favour and not mine. Say this prayer for 3 days, promise publication and favour will be granted.

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domestic storage and ancillary works at Westown, Naul, Co. Dublin. The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is requested for new two-storey extension to rear of existing two-storey dwellinghouse along with associated siteworks at :- no.10, Fulham Terrace, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Signed: Jocelyn & Grainne Curtis.

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

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is requested for a new dormer-style exten-

Miracle Prayer Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked for many favours, this time I ask for a very special one (mention request). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it with your broken heart where your Father sees it.

Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour and not mine.

Say for 3 days, promise publication .

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VOGEL-DILLON, Celeste (late Skerries, Co. Dublin & Cuxac-Cabardes, France) Passed peacefully surrounded by her loving husband, Rob, and daughters, Vanessa and Victoria.

Celeste will be deeply missed by her family, grandchildren, relatives and friends.

Memorial Mass to celebrate her life will be held at St. Patrick's Church, Skerries, on Monday, February 15, 2016 at 2:00pm

Remembered Joy Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free!

I follow the plan God laid for me.

I saw His face, I heard His call, I took His hand and left it all...

I could not stay another day, To love, to laugh, to work or play; Tasks left undone must stay that way.

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A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss...

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Perhaps my time seemed all too brief Don’t shorten yours with undue grief.

Be not burdened with tears of sorrow, Enjoy the sunshine of the morrow.

sion to rear of existing dormer-style dwellinghouse along with associated siteworks at :- no.9, Ceol Na Mara, Rush, Co. Dublin.

Signed: Fran Greene.

This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin between the hours of 9.30am – 16.30pm Monday-Friday. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to Fingal County Council on payment of a fee of €20 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application by Fingal County Council Fingal County Council Planning Permission is requested for a new retractable canopy to front elevation and also outdoor seating to be placed on part of public footpath during opening hours. at : The Brickroom Cafe, Railway Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Signed: Antonello Schirru.

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

Fingal County Council I Damien McEvoy intend to apply for Planning Permission for development at 45 Carrickhill Heights, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin. The development will consist of conversion of existing garage to sitting room and first floor extension over the garage. 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 Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application.

Fingal County Council Permission for construction of a revised single storey replacement extension (to that approved under F14B/0190) & alterations to the rear and to the east side of existing singlestorey dwelling including new (raised) flat roof and all associated demolition & site works at ‘Fairwynds’, Balcarrick, Donabate, Co. Dublin. Signed: N. Safanova. This application can be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin.

Mon.-Fri. between 9.30-15.30 (Through Lunch) and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to Fingal County Council on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council We, Marcus & Patricia de Brun, intend to apply for permission for development at 59 Shenick Avenue, Skerries, Co Dublin K34 DX44. The development will consist of demolition of existing 16 sq m single storey utility room to the side and construction of single storey pitched roof side extension and flat roof extension to the rear total area 68 sq m, with external insulation system to existing dwelling, new door to existing porch and existing front ground floor window sill lowered and associated site works.

The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the 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 Malahide Sea Scouts Limited intend to apply to Fingal County Council for modifications to an already approved planning permission F13A/0178 for the construction of a two storey extension to the Sea Scout Den, Jamesâ•˙s Terrace, Malahide, Co. Dublin. The proposed modifications are for minor changes to the external treatment and a revised landscaping layout The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the planning authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council Nadine Landy seeks planning permission for a storey and half detached dwelling with on-site waste water treatment unit and percolation area and for extending existing farm driveway and enlarged existing vehicle entrance onto public road on site to side and rear of family home and farm yard at Regles, Corduff ,Lusk,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 Monday to Friday at Fingal County Hall,Main St,Swords, Co. Dublin. 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 Euros), within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the planning authority of this application.

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

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

Fingal County Council I,Sandra Omonzokpia, Intend to apply for planning permission for a. Single Story extension to front and single storey extension to rear. b. All associated siteworks at No16 Ringfort View, Balrothery, Balbriggan, 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 it's public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of a prescribed fee (20 euro) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

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

Applicants: H. Reddy.

The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours.

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Fingal County Council Retention permission is being sought for existing 24.4 m.sq beauty salon in previously approved single storey extension (Reg. Ref F05A / 1485) and Planning Permission is being sought for continued use of existing 24.4 m.sq beauty salon to 27 Saint Cronan’s Grove, Swords, Co. Dublin for Sonja O’Reilly. The 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 observations may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council Retention planning permission is sought by Carol Guildea for restoration of outbuilding and its use for agricultural purposes and/or

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prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought by Aine Flynn for development on a site at Courtlough, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. The development will comprise the construction of a detached two-storey, three-bedroom dwelling house, to be used in conjunction with the management of the Courtlough Shooting Grounds and Adventure C e n t r e .

Development will also comprise the upgrade of an existing entrance on Balrothery Road (LP01155), driveway, car parking, wastewater treatment system, soakaway, boundary treatment, landscaping and all associated site development works. The application will also make provision for 3no. staff car parking spaces adjacent to the entrance on Balrothery Road, to be used in association with the operation of the Courtlough Adventure Centre.

The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council I Vivienne Martin, seek outline planning permission at The Black Hills, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin for the construction of a detached dwelling house with proprietary waste water treatment system and associated site works.

The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the 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

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€380,000 to €600,000

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€1,450,000

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2 BIRCHDALE CLOSE, KINSEALY

Luxury detached residence in a most prestigious setting. Fully landscaped mature gardens with electronic security gates with sweeping gravel driveway & luscious lawns with extensive decking. 4 beds, 3 recs, 5 baths. 345 sq m (3714 sq ft). Ber No. 107665903 (B3)

Luxury development.constructed to an exceptionally high standard. 3/4/5 beds.

Conveniently located in the heart of Ballyboughal village on a picturesque spacious site with scenic views of the rolling country side. 108.2 to 286.9 sq m(approx). Ber A3.

Detached family residence in one of Malahide's most sought after addresses & within walking distance of all local amenities. The large lawned rear garden is an outstanding feature. 4 beds, 2 recs, 1 bath. 128.9 sq m (1387 sq ft). Ber No.108363896 (E2).

Fine 3 bed detached family home located in a quiet tree lined cul de sac just moments walk to schools, Kinsealy Shopping Centre and bus stop. Open plan kitchen diner with newly fitted high gloss kitchen units with breakfast bar. 80.4 sq m (865 sq ft). Ber No. 106964000 (E1).

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4 THE BOWER, BALBRIGGAN

€775,000

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78 THE OAKS, RIDGEWOOD, SWORDS

Truly magnificent two-storey over basement Victorian residence of immense style and character situated in a picturesque water front setting with stunning, breath-taking and totally uninterrupted sea views. 5 beds, 3 recs, 2 baths. 237.6 sq m (2557 sq ft). Ber Exempt.

Charming 2 bedroom mid terrace residence located in the popular residential location at Ridgewood, convenient to Swords Village, Pavillions Shopping Centre and all local amenities. Spacious well-proportioned accommodation. 73.8 sq m (794 sq ft). Ber No.108123282 (C2).

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SWORDS

WOODLANDS, BALHEARY, SWORDS

€695,000

Magnificent detached family residence set amid 0.9 acre (0.36 ha.) of mature wonderful gardens in a prestigious and very sought after residential location. 4 beds, 3 recs, 3 baths, sun room, S or W facing garden. 228.6 sq m (2461 sq ft). Ber No.107928517 (D2).

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SWORDS

10 GARTAN COURT, SWORDS

€345,000

MALAHIDE

19 ASHLEIGH LAWNS, MALAHIDE

€830,000

Spacious detached family residence situated in a mature residential location just a stroll from Malahide Village centre. Excellent family accommodation which includes oak fitted kitchen, master bedroom en-suite, guest w/c and study/tv room. 129.9 sq m (1398 sq ft).

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MALAHIDE

66 MOUNTFIELD PARK, MALAHIDE

€350,000

3 bed semi-det family home tucked away in a small residential development just off the scenic Broadmeadow Estuary. The property enjoys well-proportioned accommodation and includes a large L- shaped kitchen/dining room with access to rear garden. 97.5 sq m (1050 sq ft). Ber No. 108253162 (D2)

Stunning end of terrace 3 bedroom duplex in a sought after location within walking distance of Malahide Village. Bright and spacious well-proportioned accommodation. Large south west facing terrace/balcony. 114.3 sq m (1230 sq ft). Ber No. 107550642 (C1).

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45 CHALFONT ROAD, MALAHIDE

€549,000

€215,000

MALAHIDE

42 ABINGTON, MALAHIDE

SWORDS

57A ARDCIAN PARK, SWORDS

€315,000

Excellent 4 bed family residence in a mature location within walking distance of Swords Village. Upgraded fitted kitchen, renovated en-suite, new carpets and painted throughout.

Full planning permission for extension to the side & rear. 109 sq m (1173 sq ft). Ber No. 104781547 (C3).

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PORTMARNOCK

70A WENDELL AVENUE, PORTMARNOCK

€615,000

Stunning detached family residence situated in a sought after location. Among many excellent features include a superb open plan kitchen/breakfast room, downstairs wet room/utility, master bedroom en-suite & an excellent attic room.. 164.7 sq m (1773 sq ft).

Ber No. 107304198 (C2).

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MALAHIDE

BRIARSFIELD, BLACKWOOD LANE, MALAHIDE

€2,200,000

Truly magnificent double-fronted detached residence (on c.1 acre) of immense style and character situated in a prestigious residential location off Blackwood Lane just a short drive from Malahide Village. 4 beds, 4 recs, 4 baths, balcony. 316.7 sq m (3409 sq ft). Ber No.107428302 (C3).

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€2,200,000

YOUR LOCA L TEAM Spacious 4 bed semi-detached family residence situated in a sought after residential location within walking distance of Malahide Village. Spacious accommodation including downstairs study, guest wc & attic conversion. 128.8 sq m (1386 sq ft). Ber No.107474470 (E1).

Truly prestigious property positioned in large spacious gardens in this sought after development. 7 beds, 4 recs, 6 baths, roof garden, sun room amongst many other outstanding features. 491.4 sq m (5289 sq ft). Ber No. 107757361 (B3).

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