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15th November 2016 • Volume 23, Issue 39 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. K67 P5W4. • Tel: 01 8•400•200 • info@northcountyleader.ie • www.northcountyleader.ie
Gala Chamber Awards Evening Almost 500 people celebrated Business Excellence and Corporate Responsibility at the Fingal Business Excellence & Corporate Responsibility Gala Awards Evening. The event, which is the highlight of the Fingal Dublin Chamber calendar celebrates business excellence in the region. The gala black tie event was held in the Crowne Plaza Northwood on Friday last, 11th November. There were 22 award winners on the night out of a total of 250 entries. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the JC Savage Business Person of the Year Excellence Award 2015, which was won by Dr David Keenan from Mallinckrodt, Blanchardstown. He has almost 25 years experience in the Pharmaceutical industry. In January 2014, he was appointed as Vice President, Global External Supply and Managing Director of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceutical Supplies Ireland. He is vice chair of BioPharmaChem Ireland and has a Doctoral degree in organic chemistry from Maynooth University. He also holds a MBA from Dublin City University and is married with three children and has lived in Dublin 15 for
over 20 years. This was the 14th Annual Fingal Business Excellence Awards and these awards are a hallmark of excellence for all businesses in the area. The Chamber Awards recognise and congratulate the business leaders who drive innovative business processes, product development, enterprise, sustainability and overall business success across all sectors Guests included County Mayor, Cllr Darragh Butler, Darragh O’Brien TD, Senator James Reilly and Fingal County Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid. Also present were former winners of the JC Savage Business Person of the Year winners, including Michael Hoey of Country Crest, Michael Dawson of One4All and last year’s recipient, Tom Keogh of Keogh’s Crisps. County Mayor, Cllr Darragh Butler opened the evening with a speech in which he praised the wonderful efforts of local businesses, who provide top class services to their customers. As usual, the evening was expertly MC’d by the ever popular and witty compere, Marty Whelan. See our special feature on the night inside
Pictured at the Fingal Dublin Chamber Business Excellence & CSR Awards Evening at the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport are, Marty Whelan (compere), Tony Lambert (Chamber CEO), County Mayor, Cllr Darragh Butler, Guy Thompson (Chamber President), Dr David Keenan (JC Savage Business Person of the Year), Siobhan O'Donnell (daa) and Paul Reid (Chief Executive Fingal County Council)
Pictured enjoying the Medieval Banquet which was held at Balrothery Heritage Centre on Saturday, 5th November last, are Kevin Tolan, Chairperson of Balrothery Community Association, Vivienne Tolan , Senator James Reilly and Patrick Hickey. See story on page 2
Rush Credit Union Rescued Progressive Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in North Dublin, has confirmed that it has been “inundated” with requests for membership from former members of Rush Credit Union. Rush Credit Union ceased trading on Tuesday and is currently under the supervision of a High Court appointed liquidator. At their AGM on Wednesday 9th November, they got approval from their members for a rule change which would enable the extension of the “Common Bond” to include the parishes of Rush and Lusk and the surrounding regions. A spokesperson confirmed, “Progressive Credit Union (PCU) is proud to announce that, as part of our AGM 2016 discussions on the 9th
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By Patrick Finnegan of November 2016, our board of directors staff and our members approved the motion to extend our common bond to cover the parishes of Rush and Lusk.” The statement continued, “we understand that all Credit Unions are more than just an office or business in local parishes, playing an important role within communities, both financially and socially. The credit union has always been about the people and its members and approval of this motion by our members, gives others the opportunity to remain part of the Credit Union and avail of its services through membership of PCU.” “Over the last number of years, PCU has experienced continued growth
with a branch network consisting of the former Balbriggan, Baldoyle – Portmarnock, Donabate, Glasnevin, Skerries and Swords Rivervalley Credit Unions. It has assets of approximately ¤142 million. Over the last financial year, it approved loans to the value of over ¤17 million, with an average loan value of €3,600.” The people of Rush and Lusk are now welcome to join PCU, to avail of all our services and to discuss their financial needs. Once you are a member you can avail of all services both in office and online, offering you more ways to do business,” the statement concluded. In welcoming this development, Rush resident and local senator, James Reilly (FG) told the County Leader, “I welcome this development and it is really important that older people have a safe place to deposit their money. The Credit Union movement has a really important role to play and with the right sort of governance and legislative support, it will have a very expanded and
exciting future in our community here in Rush and Lusk.” He continued, “I wish to commend the Central Bank on moving to
secure the funds and I fully expect those who may have misappropriated funds to be brought to justice. Contd. on page 10