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School children from Malahide Schools St Andrews National School and St John Paul 2 at the launch of the Summer Stars Programme. See story on page 4

Leading The Way With Shop Local JC’s Supermarket in Swords, which is one of the most readily identifiable brand names in the retail industry in Swords, has appointed Market Butchers as their butchery partners. This is a move which is set to bring the notion of shopping local to new heights and is set to cement their reputation as the leading supermarket in the North County where the provision of the freshest meat on the market is concerned .

By Patrick Finnegan This relationship, which will see Market Butchers providing practically all of the meat supplies to the supermarket from the start-up date of 4th July.

Managing Director of JC’s, Michael Savage was very upbeat about this new partnership and he told the County Leader, “This exciting new partnership with Market Butchers will mean that we will be in a position to provide our customers with the freshest neat anywhere in the North County. Our lamb and some of

Protected Trees Removed At Swords Site

our beef will come from Larry Flynn’s farm in Naul, thus guaranteeing the freshest meat on the market.

The fact that Larry is also a member of Market Butchers, is a great boost for us,” said Michael Savage, of JC's Supermarket, Swords (right) is pictured with Larry Flynn and Michael.

Michael Bermingham, both from Market Butchers, on Larry Flynn's farm at Naul The lamb, which is reared in Naul, will be butchered locally and brought to JC’s, Naul. On 4th July, Market Butchers will officially take thus bringing the ‘Shop Local’ idea to a brand new up their position at JC’s, where the new 16 foot long level. Many retailers speak passionately about using meat counter will facilitate customer requirements for locally grown produce, and JC’s under the stewartship different cuts of meat. Michael Savage explained one of JC Savage and latterly Michael Savage, has always of the advantages of the new arrangement. “As we been renowed for the quality of their meat products. don’t employ butchers anymore, our meat has been After a spell where they closed their butchery section, pre-packed for the past few months. In this time, we they listened to their many loyal customers, who have had requests from customers for specific cuts of demanded a return to the old fashioned butchery. meat, which we can now facilitate them with, as well Michael listened to his customers and went one step as guaranteeing the freshest possible meat for our further, by sourcing much of his meat from the farm in customers,” he said.

Rainbow Flag Raised At County Hall County Mayor, Cllr Darragh Butler, raised the Rainbow flag at County Hall, Swords, on Thursday 23rd June, as part of the “Having Pride in Local Government” initiative and to mark the LGBTQ Pride Festival in Dublin this weekend. The Chief Executive of Fingal County Council, Paul Reid, laid a wreath as a mark of respect to the 49 victims of the Orlando shooting on June 12. The event was attended by councillors,

County Mayor, Cllr Darragh Butler is pictured as he raises the Rainbow Flag at County Hall, Swords as part of the “Having Pride in Local Government” initiative and to mark the LGBTQ Pride Festival in Dublin last weekend

Fingal County Council staff and members of the public and was part of a series of nationwide ceremonies where Local Authorities raised the Rainbow Flag at County Buildings.

The Mayor said he welcomed the support of the Committee of Dublin Pride and the Chairperson and Board of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network for the initiative and added that the Dublin Pride

festival has become a celebration of diversity in modern Ireland. “The Rainbow Flag is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride and LGBTQ social movements. The colours reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ communities and I am delighted, in my first week as Mayor of Fingal, to raise the Rainbow Flag here at the County Hall of Fingal County Council,” said Cllr Butler while speaking at the event.

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It has been reported that the developer of the site of the new Aldi Supermarket on Seatown Road in Swords, has removed some protected holm oak trees, in contravention to the planning conditions laid down by the County Council.

A bond of €50,000 was paid by the developer to the local authority, as part of the agreement which would have seen the trees being saved. A reliable source told this newspaper that this bond may be forfeited by the developer, as a result of the action in removing the trees.

A spokesman for the Council confirmed to the County Leader that planning conditions may have been breached. The spokesperson said, “We have been made aware of a possible breach of planning conditions at a site on Seatown Road, Swords. Officials of the Planning and Strategic Infrastructure Department conducted an inspection of the site on Friday, 24th June. A report will be prepared with a view to determining what action is to be taken under the Enforcement provisions of the Planning and Development Act.’’ The County Leader was contacted by local councillor, Joe Newman (NP), who was outraged by the action of the developer. He said he was informed of the situation by by an official in the local authority, who confirmed to him that the removal of the trees, contrary to planning conditions He said, “I am calling for further investigation to get to the bottom of why this happened, who was responsible and to make someone accountable for this action. I believe there is a bond of €50,000 for any discrepancies to planning conditions, which I think is totally inadequate. This needs to be examined with a view to increasing fines, like in other jurisdictions, to deter the destruction of our environment,” said Newman.

The County Leader contacted property developers, Rhonellen Developments who had been granted planning permission to build an Aldi supermarket on lands at and adjoining the Parochial House on Seatown Road in Swords. Three weeks ago, we reported that they had generously donated space at this site for Swords Men Shed to build a new shed there.

At the time of going to press, a Cllr Joe Newman is pictured at the spokesperson for site of the new Aldi Supermarket the company said on Seatown Road, Swords, where they were no trees were allegedly removed longer involved contrary to planning conditions with the Seatown Road site and had nothing to do with the removal of the trees. In the meantime, we will continue to investigate the new developer in a bid to find out exactly who is responsible for the removal of the trees

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Pyrite Remediation Scheme In Need Of Review Fianna Fáil TD Darragh O’Brien has voiced his disappointment regarding the latest figures of applications to the Government’s Pyrite Remediation Scheme. Recently the Minister for E n v i r o n m e n t confirmed to Deputy O’Brien that 913 dwellings have been approved for inclusion in the Pyrite remedial scheme.

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By Aoife Read welcome the Minister’s commitment that approximately 600 dwellings will be remediated by the end 2016, that number is simply not sufficient.” He went on to say; “There are thousands of homes in Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Offaly and across the east coast that are excessively damaged with pyrite.

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However, fewer than 1000 homes have been accepted into the Government’s Pyrite Remediation scheme.

The numbers of applications which the Minister has provided just scratches the surface and are further proof that the Pyrite Remediation Scheme is grossly inadequate.” “The problem lies with the reference to ‘significant levels’ of pyrite damage in the criteria set out by government under the scheme. Those who don’t meet the criteria must also be catered for. Leaving aside the damage, a house with pyrite is valueless, until it is remediated,” said O’Brien. He went

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on to say; “Ultimately, addresses the tip of these latest figures the iceberg when it underscore the neces- comes to the extent of sity for a more the pyrite problems in comprehensive review thousands of homes of pyrite scheme across the east coast.

Despite the to protect hard work and all affected best efforts of homeowners. staff, the Pyrite We must revise Remediation the whole Board is issue of pyrite working with and overhaul extremely the whole O’Brien TD limited legislaGovernment scheme which is unfit tion and resources,” he said.

“My party and for purpose and now leaving thousands I have committed to behind.’ “I have expanding the Pyrite continually raised Remediation Scheme concerns that this so that all homescheme is far too owners affected by limited and unfit for pyrite can have their purpose. It only homes fixed should

their insurers not pay.

We flagged this issue when the scheme was first proposed and submitted a series of amendments to the legislation, all of which were rejected by the last Government. We also published a Pyrite Remediation Bill to expand the scheme in 2012 - this was also ignored by Government. These disappointing figures confirm the concerns that I have consistently raised. It is time for the Government to realise their mistake,” pointed out O’Brien.

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Two Malahide Women Honoured The RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) held its Annual Presentation of Awards at the Guinness Storehouse recently where the charity presented 56 individual awards to volunteers from across the country. One of the recipients of one of these awards was Ms Rosemary O’Neill. Ms O’Neill was the Box Secretary in Malahide and sadly passed away a few days before she was due to collect her gold badge for fund-raising.

By Aoife Read Rosemary was 89 and had served with the Howth RNLI for 22 years. During her time with them she had served as Branch Secretary and Souvenir Secretary.

Her badge was collected by Howth RNLI Chairman, Russell Rafter on her behalf.

Speaking to the County Leader about Rosemary’s amazing life, Rose Michael, chairperson of the Fundraising team for Howth RNLI said; “Rosemary was a Malahide native, and I always said that she was 89 years young. She was so vibrant and lively right until the end of her life. In fact she had even been out the week before her death having fun with some other fundraisers at a charity event. She was involved with the RNLI Riders, which is an organisation that does horse riding with the disabled. She was horse mad, and had her own horse for years so she loved being involved with the Riders. She was also involved in so many other charity and community groups and endeavours and was one of the founders of the Malahide Community Forum.”

She went on to say; “One of the other things she was involved with was Pendants for Elderly people.

These are emergency pendants that are worn by the person and if something goes wrong, it alerts the emergency services, a kind of personal alarm.

Rosemary organised these for everyone who needed

Rose Michael Howth RNLI Branch Chairperson collects her Bar to Gold Badge from RNLI Chairman Charles HunterPease at the Awards in Dublin

it in the Malahide area, filling in forms for them, and making sure that all applications were filled in correctly and sent off to the correct place.”

“She was a great character and truly a fantastic and selfless lady. I never heard the word ‘I’ come out of her mouth, she was truly a wonderful lady and will be sorely missed.

It was sad that she never got to receive the award on the day, however I attended her older brother Desmond’s, 93rd birthday recently and I got to toast her winning the award, as we already knew she had

Lusk ICA Celebrates Golden Jubilee A great evening was enjoyed by the National President presented great organisation that it is. members of Lusk Guild of the Irish the guild with a Certificate to mark Lusk Guild now has approximately Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), their 50 years.

45 members, who meet on the first as they marked their 50th anniverThe music was provided by Stage Wednesday of every month in Lusk sary celebrations which took place Two who had the dance floor full Scout Den. They have speakers at on 17th June at the Bracken Court from start to finish. The guild their monthly meetings who give Hotel, Balbriggan. members had a great time meeting talks on a variety of topics. In the Guild President, Maeve past they’ve had speakers Deeb welcomed on Health and Wellbeing, everyone and thanked demonstrating fitness exerthe National President, cises.

Marie O’Toole and the They are also involved in a Dublin Federation wide range of fundraising President, Mary Melia activities such as Irish for joining them. She Guide Dogs, Irish Cancer also thanked the party Society, Tea Day committee comprising Alzheimer’s Society, Charity of Marie Baird, Jacinta Walk each September and Connolly, Gertie Kelly Pictured at the 50th anniversary party for Lusk ICA at the Community activities, which and Mary Hickey for Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan, are committee members, include helping at the Holy their hard work Marie Baird, Jacinta Connolly, Gertie Kelly and Mary Hickey Communion and arranging such a Confirmation receptions for wonderful event. The founding up with former members and they Lusk NS, supporting the Tidy President, Eileen Sweetman spoke were joined by friends from the Towns in their endeavours to keep fondly of her time as the first presiBalbriggan, Donabate,Garristown Lusk tidy. Apart from their monthly dent and imparted a few pearls of and Rush guilds. Ladies who had meeting some of the guild meet to wisdom on what the future years gone before were remembered, make cards weekly and play cards would bring. Later in the evening who helped to make the ICA the monthly.

Excellent Performance

By Swords Ireland’s Best Kept Town competition was held recently, with Swords performing exceptionally well in the Large Urban Centre category. The event, which is an all-Ireland event was held in the Riddle Hotel, Belfast last week.

Swords excelled in the Best Kept Large Urban Centre category, behind Ballincollig, Co Cork, which won that category. Overall they finished in the top 14 out of a total entry of 800. All entrants were marked on a number of factors, including cleanliness, the outward appearance of buildings, the presentation of roads and public facilities, and the natural environment Broughshane in County Antrim has been named the overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town competition. They also won the Best Kept Small Town category.

Ken Duffy, Isobel McClean, Matt Cullen and

George Mongey from Swords Tidy Towns were in attendance as the results were announced and the delegation were thrilled with the performance of Swords, which is a testament to the hard working committee and volunteers, who have made great improvements to the town over the past few years.

Chairperson, Ken Duffy said, “We did not come away with a prize, but we did finish in the first 14 out of 800 entrants, I would call that a success. So well done to all of our remarkable volunteers for all your hard work, you did Swords proud,” he said.

Michael Ring, Minister of State for Regional Economic Development, paid tribute to each of the category winners and nominees, stating: “After 21 years, this all-Ireland competition continues to be a strong recognition of the great pride people have in their own communities, and how local volunteers take ownership of their surroundings and work to improve them, both for now and into the future,” he said.

won it. So I was happy with that because she at least got to be toasted for all of her great work.”

It wasn’t just Rosemary who was deserving of the honour she received on the night. Rose Michael herself, also received and honour. Rose received a bar to gold badge for her lifetime of fund-raising for the RNLI. Speaking about her own achievements, Rose said; “I pale in comparison to Rosemary! But, I am the chairperson of the fund-raising team for Howth RNLI. I was delighted with the award, and we have some great things coming up over the next while. We have been named as the charity of the ‘Malahide Has It’ festival which is coming up soon and we are running a new campaign ‘Respect The Water’. The campaign is aimed at 19 - 30 year old men as this is the age group where the highest number of fatalities occur due to water safety issues.”

She went on to say: “As part of the campaign, we will have beer glasses with ‘you can drown in this much water’ printed on the end of them, beer mats with water safety questions on them and then in cinemas we have an ad campaign running where, during the ads of the movie, it will come up, how long do you think you can hold your breath for? It will then ask people to hold their breath and count down. People are always shocked and surprised when they find out that it’s really not a very long time that the

Ms Rosemary O'Neill’s Gold Badge being collected by Howth RNLI Lifeboat Management Group Chairman Russell Rafter. Sadly Rosemary had passed away suddenly a few days before the awards ceremony.

average person can hold their breath underwater.”

She concluded by saying: “So these are all the things that we are doing, its all really important. I am part of the Education team who go around to schools, both primary and secondary and we just inform about water safety, but also about what the RNLI do, and how to really have more self worth so that people don’t put themselves in dangerous situations in the future.”

Rose is supported by a dedicated group of volunteers who work tirelessly with her as she engages with fundraisers and works on fund-raising events every year.

Ballyboughal GFC Night At The Dogs Ballyboughal GFC are hosting a night at the dogs in Shelbourne Park on Saturday, 2nd July. Tickets are €10 each for adults and kids go free. There will be bus transport also available to and from Shelbourne Park at a small cost. The bus will leave Ballyboughal at 6pm. If you are interested in attending please contact Vicky McGauley on 086 8334411 or any of the club representatives to get your tickets. This is going to be a great evening of fun for all the family, so make sure you book your ticket.

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Summer Stars Programme Launched In Malahide A new reading initiative called Summer Stars was launched last week in Malahide Library by Deputy Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Eoghan O’Brien, along with Council Chief Executive Paul

Reid. Summer Stars is a free national reading programme for children which will run in public libraries throughout the country this summer.

To celebrate the Fingal County

Libraries launch, schoolchildren from St Andrews National School and St John Paul 2 came along to join in the fun and to meet with children’s author and artist Alan Nolan. Summer Stars

encourages reading throughout the summer holidays.

Each child who registers for the programme will receive their own Summer Stars reading card to record their progress and a stamp will be added to their card at the library for each book read. Fun rewards will

be provided along the way. At the end of the programme, all children who have participated will be invited to attend an awards event. Speaking at the

launch, Council CEO Paul Reid said; “It’s great to be here at the launch of the Summer Stars programme in Malahide Library. The Summer Stars

programme is a fun and valuable initiative for children and families, and Fingal Libraries are delighted to be part of this programme.”

28.06.2016 Children can register for Summer Stars in any Fingal County Library now, it’s free, fun and open to all primary school children.

The Watery Future of EU Sinn Féin’s Dublin MEP Lynn Boylan has some serious questions for Karmenu Vella who is European Commissioner responsible for water issues. Lynn wants an explanation and speaking on this she says, ‘I have requested this meeting to underline my serious concerns that journalists are receiving briefings being portrayed as official statements which are then being used in the media to wrongly claim that Ireland cannot abolish water charges. Not only is this incorrect but it is political intervention on a highly sensitive issue in Irish national politics.

The Commission clearly needs to get its house in order and put an end to these unofficial remarks.’ The Commissioner must clarify the position and not to do so undermines the credibility of the institution.

A scheduled meeting of the European Council takes place this Wednesday and Thursday. Each attending

head of government will be very conscious of the implications of the UK vote last week on leaving the EU. The exit time is at least two years away and a lot has to be agreed before the break actually happens. Over that time it will be business as usual. But for many in Europe it will be seen that Britain has in effect said, “The King has no Clothes” and will now go on their merry way.

For the ordinary voter who only looks at the surface of issues it will seem that Britain have left the EU without any serious adverse consequences.

Indeed Britain will become the “Poster Boy” for those who are dissatisfied with the EU. There are movements across many countries who are seeking radical change of the EU and use issues such as migration, the trade deals (TTIP), along with the remoteness of what many see as the out of touch other world of Brussels. They use all these issues which will

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continue to fuel the demand for referendums to decide the issue of their continued membership.

President of the Council Donald Tusk will propose to the attending Heads of Government that they commence an immediate wider reflection of the future of the union. Such reflection will not be before its time but it may well be too late. Full, open and honest consideration of all the negative issues which are the cause of disgruntlement across the member states must be the subject of Tusk’s reflection.

The EU needs a real communications strategy which is targeted across all sections and tailored to engage with all not just those of the political elite or who have particular sectoral interests.

‘Go Bananas’ This Summer In Malahide St. Oliver Plunkett’s School, Malahide are hosting the ‘Going Bananas’ summer camp again this year and this year it promises to be even better than last year. The camp is organised by the Malahide Presbyterian Church with the support of all other local churches. Going Bananas is now in its 16th year. The camp is sure to be an amazing adventure, where children will learn about Jesus and his message and will have the opportunity to get involved with group singing, puppet stories and various arts and crafts exercises. The camp is free of charge and will take place on the 15th August. There are two camps running consecutively, The Supa Scuba Search and The Zone. Supa Scuba Search is for 4 to 8 year olds and The Zone is for 9 to 12 year olds. Both camps will run from 10.30am until 12.30pm. All are welcome to come along for what is sure to be a fun filled day for children of all ages.

Deputy Mayor Cllr Eoghan O’Brien, Fingal CE Paul Reid and author Alan Nolan, with schoolchildren from St Andrews National School and St John Paul 2 at the launch of the Fingal Libraries Summer Stars Programme

Dublin Airport Wins European Accessibility Award Dublin Airport has won a major European award for the way in which it deals with disabled passengers and those travelling with reduced mobility.

It has won the inaugural Accessible Airport Award at ACI Europe’s Best Airport Awards in Athens.

Separately, Dublin Airport was also short-listed in the best large airport category, which was won by Heathrow Airport.

“We are absolutely delighted to win this prestigious award for accessibility ahead of all our European peers,” said Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison. “This award recognises the significant efforts that the Dublin Airport team makes on a daily basis to ensure that disabled passengers and those with reduced mobility have the best possible airport expe-

Dublin Airport Managing Director, Vincent Harrison (left) is pictured accepting the Accessible Airport Award from Yannis Yallouros, European Disability Forum's Executive Committee.

rience. Winning this prize is a major endorsement for what we have achieved in this area to date and will encourage us to continue to improve the service that we offer to our disabled customers and to travellers with reduced mobility.”

The judges for the

Festival For Foodies In Drogheda The Irish Maritime Festival in association with Maxol at Drogheda Port takes place on 9th and 10th July. This award-winning festival, now it its 4th year, will feature a fabulous artisan food and craft beer zone showcasing local produce from across the north east.

TV chef, Tara Walker said, “Food is fiercely important at the Festival this year. I’m thrilled to see so producers from across the region taking part. There are gorgeous ingredients for me to work with throughout the weekend.”

Tara, who also runs The East Coast Cookery School in Termonfeckin, explains: “Chefs taking part in the Maritime Chef of the Year competition are using only local produce in their Chefs Showcase. The competition will be fierce as they battle it out for the title by creating a local “surf and turf” dish, with a twist.” Heats for the cookery competition will take place on Saturday and Sunday with the winner being announced on Sunday evening.

The Artisan Food and Craft Beer zone, hosted by

award found that Dublin Airport “excels in accessibility features and facilities, including adult changing places, two separate relief areas for guide dogs, fully accessible retail and catering areas” and had service level agreements for assistance provision that

exceed the European standards.

The judges also cited Dublin Airport’s website accessibility, which meets the required accessibility standards for persons with disabilities.

“This is Dublin Airport’s second major customerrelated award in just four months, which underscores our focus on ensuring that all our passengers have the best possible experience when they use the airport,” Mr Harrison said. Earlier this year Dublin Airport was rated number one for passenger experience ahead of all other European airports of a similar size in the 2015 ACI Airport Service Quality survey.

The Accessible Airport Award was presented to Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison at a gala dinner in Athens last night by Yannis Yallouros, who is a member of the European Disability Forum’s Executive Committee.

Glanbia, gives visitors the chance to meet local producers such as the Rooney’s from Derrycamma rapeseed oil and Geoff Fitzpatrick from Jack Cody’s.

The Craft Beer zone is a new feature of the festival. Brewing and distilling in the Drogheda area is growing fast. Jack Cody’s range of craft beers and Dan Kelly’s Ciders will be joined by Cockagee from Slane, the Boyne Brewhouse and Listoke Distillery throughout the weekend.

In addition to the Artisan Food and Craft Beer zone, the event features a host of festival favourites such as ice-cream, crepes and burgers. No Irish festival would be complete without them.

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Council Signs Memorandum Of Understanding

Over the past three years, the local authority has established an award-winning development project in Lesotho, which has seen it directly train 49 local planners in the use of information and mapping system, with a particular The County Council has signed a focus on climate change. The Memorandum of Understanding training of trainers has meant that with the Government of Lesotho, another 30 planners have been which will see the continuation of upskilled. The new Memorandum the partnership for a further two of Understanding will cover areas years. such as Spatial Planning, Education Strands and the Open Source Mapping Project which will see a further 51 planners trained up as well as land surveyors. Chief Executive of Fingal County Council, Paul Reid, said: “We are very proud of what we achieved so far and we know that great benefit has been derived from it in Lesotho. We look forward to continuing the collaboration.”

Minister Sekatle Acting County Mayor, David O'Connor and Lesotho's expressed her sincere Minister for Local Government, Dr Pontso Susan gratitude to Fingal Matumelo Sekatle, are pictured at the signing of the County Council for the Memorandum of Association in the Council Chamber at welcome accorded to County Hall, Swords. her and her delegation and said she was delighted to sign The signing ceremony took place the Memorandum of on Tuesday, 21st June, in the Understanding on behalf of her Council Chamber at County Hall, government.

Swords, when the document was “Following on the evidence we signed by acting Mayor, Cllr David have seen of your experience we O’Connor and Lesotho’s Minister are now in a position to co-operate for Local Government, Dr Pontso more and, as a country, we will Susan Matumelo Sekatle. make progress,” said the minister.

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Bloomsday Breakfast A Great Success A Bloomsday Breakfast was held recently in Howth Yacht Club.

The event in aid of Howth RNLI returned to Howth Yacht Club this year, and the popular fundraiser generated €19,000 for the charity’s local lifeboat station.

The sold-out event saw guests tucking into the Ulysses inspired menu, which featured a full Irish breakfast with liver and kidneys, followed

by Gorgonzola Pictured at the Bloomsday Breakfast for Howth RNLI are (L-R) cheese and Arina Morton, Niamh Boylan, Owen Morton Burgundy.

Whether guests had read Joyce’s most famous book or not did not matter as a variety of talented entertainers brought the story to life.

Performances of some of Thomas Moore’s Irish melodies and readings from Ulysses by Gerry Moloney, Barry Gleeson, Mary Callan Clarke, Denis Drum, Eleanor Griffin, Carol Wheeler, Diarmuid Ó Cathasaigh and Neili Conroy had guests singing along and crying with laughter.

Many who attended got in the spirit of the occasion and wore period costume, and the prizes for the Best Dressed Lady and Best Dressed were presented to Christina McComish and Colm Doyle, respectively.

Speaking to the County Leader, Rose Michael, Howth RNLI Fundraising Chairperson, said; “We’ve had a wonderful time and I sincerely hope that everyone who came along to support Howth RNLI will take away great memories of the day. The funds raised will help towards the costs of training our volunteer crew and kitting them out, so they are ready to take to the water in the lifeboat when their pagers sound. We would urge everyone to take care and respect the water as they enjoy spending time near the coast this summer .”

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Cian Darcy, Ryan Darcy and Brian Finnegan are pictured at the Petting Farm at Flavours of Fingal

Over 20,000 people attended last weekend’s Flavours of Fingal in Newbridge House, Donabate, despite the inclement weather on Sunday. This was the fifth year of this unique family event which featured a traditional agricultural show along with a food festival, Kids Play Zone and various other events, including Sunday’s Republic of Ireland v France Euro 2016 game which was shown on three giant screens. County Mayor, Cllr Darragh Butler, said: “I would like to congratulate Fingal Farmers and Fingal County Council on putting together an excellent event. Newbridge House is the perfect venue for an event of this type and it was great to see so many families from across the county and beyond really enjoying themselves.” The Chief Executive of Fingal County Council, Paul Reid, said: “Flavours of Fingal is our flagship event each year and it keeps getting bigger and better. There was a great mix of events and things to do and I would like to pay tribute to everybody in who played a part in putting it together, especially the staff from Fingal County Council who did a tremendous job in planning and hosting this unique festival.” People had a chance to sample the best Artisan food from around the North County under the LEO tent and there was plenty of things for the kids to enjoy.

Maura and Ray Billings with kids, Emily and Sean Casey enjoy Flavours of Fingal

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Members of the Donabate/Portrane Scout group took on a 5 km walk around the grounds of Newbridge House, Donabate on Saturday, 18th June, all in aid of Donabate/Portrane Senior Citizens. Pictured getting ready for their walk are, Vanessa Willett, Lilly Cooke, Sean Furlong, Jack Mullen, Aaron Willett, Cormac McDonagh, Marcus Downes and Finn Handley, with adults, Niamh Willett, Ann Furlong, Frank Mullen and Sarah Downes

Portmarnock School To Represent Ireland In The Philippines Earlier this year Portmarnock Community School won Young Social Innovators with their project “Global Citizens Mapping The Future”. From an entry over 7,000 students nationally the students from Portmarnock community School came out on top with their innovative project designed to assist developing countries. They now travel to The Philippines in August as one of 32 countries where they will showcase the use of technology as a tool for the combat of global issues such as global warming, food security, access to water and other issues facing our global village.

The team travelling consists of Emma Ford, Colin McAndrew, Ravikanth Gollaplli and Anbu Sundaravadivelu. They are four students of 12 who won the national award. The international competition will allow only a team of four to represent their country in Manila.

The project demonstrates the use of humanitarian mapping as a means to create pathways out of poverty, a tool to combat global warming and a means to delivering primary health care. The project also goes on to develop two applications, one in tourism and the second an emergency call out web based application which is more often than not non existent in developing countries.

The students are seeking sponsorship to fund their trip, they have received considerable media attention nationally and internationally for their innovative ideas and are strong contenders for an international success on this world stage. The Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development Aid, Joe Mc Hugh recently met some team members to wish them well representing Ireland. The students will host a table quiz in The Martelo Room in the Portmarnock Sport and Leisure Centre on Friday July 8th beginning at 7.30. Teams of for will contest a fun event and and you can join local celebrities in supporting these students as they represent Ireland in such a prestigious event.

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Fingal County Childcare Committee are committed to nurturing the development of quality childcare for all in Fingal. We are committed to working with and supporting Parents and Early Years providers in the area through the provision of training, information and mentoring in a collaborative and informative way. In 2016, FCCC have provided information/training sessions on Child Protection, the AistearSíolta Practice Guide and Parents Plus among many others and we are aiming to continue and expand on this provision in the future.

The team in FCCC are delighted for all the winners of the Early Childhood Ireland Innovation Awards and we applaud the effort, hard work, determination and time that goes into achieving and maintaining the different types of innovation that was so well recognised by Early Childhood Ireland. These services are a glowing example of the quality and dedication that exists in Early Childhood Care and Education in Fingal. Having recently taken over as Manager of the FCCC I am delighted to be a part of the passion and dedication that is so evident in the services that I’ve been lucky enough to visit. With a background in Social Science and Early Childhood Care and Education, I recognise and understand the issues arising for parents and providers in the sector and I hope to work closely with all to ensure that the vast range of knowledge and experience of the team in Fingal CCC can be channelled in a helpful, supportive and efficient way. Once again the team at the Manager Laura Dagger Fingal County Childcare Committee would like to extend congratulations to all the Innovation awards winners and we look forward to working with parents and providers in the future.

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Little Moo Moo’s Preschool, who have won an Innovation Award in Inclusive Environments, as well as the national award, based on their collaboration with a group of families, early educators, and special needs professionals to provide a wrap- around inclusive programme that brings all the supports into their playschool. The special needs child gets to experience playschool each day with the additional supports of such as occupational therapy on site. The childhood rights of play and friendship are experienced daily enabled by the additional supports available. The spirit of Inclusiveness at Little Moo Moos also extends throughout all aspects of the service as this innovative project to include children in the life of the farm demonstrates. They are in the unique

situation as an operating working dairy farm surrounded by urban sprawl. For many of the children and families accessing the service it is their first time seeing a farm environment up close. Reflecting on these interests motivated the playschool to build a byre (cowshed) designed to safely facilitate children’s access and appropriate hands on experiences of the daily work of the farm. This new addition allows the children up close and personal contact with Farmer Rory and the animals. They get opportunities to make up feed for the baby calves and see how their feeding and care happens. The children submitted their story of experiences to the Farmer’s Journal and Ear to the Ground RTE recorded a TV programme highlighting the playschools approach to outdoor play.

Little Moo Moo’s Preschool, St. Margaret’s Co. Dublin Contact Catherine Dwyer 01 8041695

Pictured at the DAA Public Consultation meeting for the new runway at Dublin Airport, which took place at Roganstown Hotel are, Cllr Joe Newman, with Peter Henson and Siobhan O'Donnell (both DAA) Minister, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, and the IDA to pay particular attention to the geographical opportunity are now the only English that Fingal offers as a launching pad for many speaking country in businesses who want the EU. Dublin to trade in the EU. Airport, one of the The Minister should busiest in Europe is be aware of our posilocated in Fingal with tion and she was in foreign direct investthe North County in ment into the region.” the last few days. We He went on to say; have a diversified “We are also strategi- Senator Reilly educated population cally located between Dublin and Belfast with ease close to Dublin Port and the of access to Dublin Port and Airport and we need to turn adversity to advantage,” Dublin Airport.” “ I a m c a l l i n g o n o u r J o b s concluded Reilly.

Brexit Brings Opportunity To North County The decision by the UK to leave the European Union, has come as a surprise to many, and may be seen as a blow to Ireland. However, local Senator James Reilly believes that there are clear advantages for Ireland, particularly the North County and we need to take full advantage of what Brexit offers.

He told the County Leader that; “A great advantage we possess is the fact that we

Natural Start, north county Dublin’s outdoor preschool (Nature Kindergarten), is half way between Swords and Donabate. They are currently seeking planning permission to expand their indoor space which will allow their amazing service to be offered to even more local children. They hope for good news in the next 3 weeks! The amazing grounds provide all the children need to develop and learn through play, exploration, experimentation and discovery. Activities such as picking blackberries, baking bread, lighting fires, sowing vegetables and caring for pets are interspersed by free play. Children have freedom of movement and choice to play in the mega sand pit (40 tonnes of sand!), under the trees, in the long grass, in the vegetable garden, climbing tree stumps and of course in the MUDDY PUDDLES! Their Award for their project entitled ‘Wondering about Water’ demonstrates just a sample of the vast possibilities for discovery that exist outdoors. While playing with water in a puddle, the children of Natural Start eagerly became familiar with the scientific concepts of floating and sinking. As a forest school, Natural Start gives children the time and freedom to explore nature and all it has to offer in a hands-on manner.

Natural Start Preschool Address: Apple Blossom Cottage, Ballymadrough, Donabate, Co. Dublin Phone: 085 837 5582

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Green Light For Howth Development An Bord Pleanála has given the green light to a €40m residential development for Howth, in spite of opposition from Labour senator, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and former senator Averil Power. The appeals board upheld Fingal County Council’s decision to grant planning permission.

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Planning permission was secured for the development comprised of 200 residential units. Ó Ríordáin had claimed that the height of the proposed blocks in the development “will change the visual landscape of the village and damage the picturesque nature of Howth”.

In giving the plan the go-ahead, the appeals board found that the proposed development ‘would not seriously injure the character or the amenities of property in the area’.

Opening Of Swords Tidy Towns Green Project

THE FUTURE IS NOW Model Teo Sutra recently showcased a selection of work by the winners of the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland‚ Future Makers Awards & Supports Programme 2016 at Dean Dublin. Teo is wearing Ciana Keating’s Fitted one-piece with detail frill and stiped tubular bell sleeves; outer pleat garment. With a total prize fund of ‚ €24,500 across student and practitioner categories, Future Makers rewards the next generation of Irish creatives, helping them develop an exciting future in the design and craft industry. All of the designs that were showcased on the day are available from each artists and designers web site and certain shops. See www.dccoi.ie for further information on where to buy the designs or to find out more about the competition.

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WEDDING ACCESSORIES YOU CAN WEAR AGAIN Whether you’re a bride or a wedding guest PARFOIS is a haven for wedding accessories. From beaded necklaces to pretty hair accessories, these PARFOIS pieces will see you through your summer wedding and beyond! This season PARFOIS have four collections aiming to reach all types of women: the first, romantic, flo-ral and girly; the second, urban and young; the third, modern, minimal and sophisticated; the fourth, totally ethnic, folk and tribal. The motto of this trend is the wealth of details and materials, contrasted with the use of warm colours and primary colours. In the handbags, we see rich mixtures in materials and finishing: application of stones, embroidery, beads, fringes and ethnic and animal prints coexist in materials such as embossed leather, suede and silks.

Swords Tidy Towns will be holding the opening of their Green Project, in conjunction with Youthreach Green Project, at the Youthreach Centre on North Street, Swords at Ken Duffy 12pm on Saturday, 23rd July.

County Mayor, Cllr Darragh Butler will be in attendance to cut the ribbon to officially open

the project. The Swords Summerfest will be held over that weekend and Swords Tidy Towns would like to extend an invitation to the public to come and visit them on the day. Their Green Project Co-ordinator, Laurie Flanagan will be on hand with some of the volunteers to guide you and answer your questions.

KLM Returns To Dublin After 50 Years KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is set to expand its medium-haul network with daily flights to and from Dublin Airport. The route will form part of KLM’s new Winter Schedule. Commencing on the 30th October, the twice daily flight will connect Dublin to KLM’s award-winning hub Schiphol, in Amsterdam. The airline will offer convenient connections to its worldwide network of over 150 destinations.

All flights will be operated by using Embraer 190, carrying up to 100 passengers. The schedule has been devised to complement KLM’s longhaul network, offering passengers easy connections to destinations such as Johannesburg, Havana, Beijing and Hong Kong.

KLM has a rich history in Dublin, in 1947 it was the first continental carrier to serve Dublin Airport, initially operated by a DC3. The route

Swords Tidy Towns will also be launching their new Commemorative Garden at St Colmcille’s Well which is situated on the Well Rd on the same day. Bernie Marks, Chairperson of the Swords Heritage Society will be on hand (times to be decided) to give a talk and answer questions relating to the history of the Well and the town of Swords.

was ceased in 1966, this year marks 50 years since KLM operated in Ireland. Despite not operating in the Irish market for 50 years, research shows huge recognition for the KLM brand and significant support from business and leisure sectors for the commencement of the route.

KLM’s hub at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is consistently voted one of Europe’s best business airports and was voted Best Airport in Europe at the 2015 Business Traveler Awards for the 15th consecutive year. Connections to European cities can be made in as little as 40 minutes; to long-haul destinations 50 minutes is enough to efficiently transfer at the airport.

Vincent Harrison, Dublin Airport Managing Director said: “After five decades away, we’re delighted to welcome KLM back to Dublin Airport. This new service will offer enhanced choice and connectivity to passengers travelling to Amsterdam and also for those connecting to onward destinations from the Schiphol hub. This new KLM route to Amsterdam will be Dublin Airport’s sixteenth new service in 2016, as the airport continues to expand both its capacity and its route network,” he said.

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Arts & Crafts In Donabate If your child is showing an interest in arts and crafts, then bring them along every Thursday to Donabate Library, where there are Arts and Crafts for children aged 8 to 11 years.

Baby Book Club In Swords Storytelling and fun activities for pre-school children takes place every Tuesday in Swords Library from 10.30am. Why not bring your little one along for some fun and laughs.

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Pictured at the Ladies Fingal League Tennis competition are runners up from Balrothery LTC. Included are, Ann Corey, Sinead Cassin, Claire Flood, Sheila Gallen, Sinead Cody, Brendan Moran (Fingal County Council /Tennis Ireland Development Officer), Nuala O'Donnell and Rosie Duffy.

Following hard-fought group matches and semi-finals, the ladies from Sutton and Balrothery LTCs progressed to the final at Portmarnock Tennis Club. The enthusiasm of the teams was not dampened by the less than ideal weather conditions and they served up a really exciting match. On this occasion, Sutton won by a scoreline of 3 matches to 1 (with one match unfinished)

If you have trouble getting to grips with your smartphone then Swords Library is the place for you. On Wednesday 6th July at 10am there are smartphone workshops running. Booking is required and you can Phone or Email to book a place. These classes in how to use the Smartphone will be run by an expert from Vodaphone. Beginners and experienced users are invited to attend, to discover all the various functions and possibilities of the Smartphone.

O’Reilly Joins Joint Policing Committee Local TD, Louise O’Reilly (SF) and her party’s spokesperson on Health, has joined the local Joint Policing Committee.

Speaking to the County Leader, O’Reilly said: “this is a very important committee and I am delighted to be joining our two councillors, Cllr Natalie Treacy and Cllr Malachy Quinn on this committee and I am looking forward to working with them to highlight and tackle issues of concern”.

O’Reilly TD “Sinn Fein recently held a meeting in Applewood, Swords with Community Garda Murphy and we heard directly from residents about their concerns regarding anti social behaviour, dangerous dogs and attacks on the Swords Express bus service. We are also campaigning in the North of the county to have the Garda services restored, including the reopening of Rush Garda Station. Sinn Fein are working hard on these issues because it is so important that our Gardai are resourced sufficiently to provide a visible policing service for the people of the North County,” concluded O’Reilly.

Increase In SNAs Will Support Local Children Local TD, Alan Farrell (FG), has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD, that 860 extra Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) will be hired by the end of 2016.

Speaking to the County Leader Farrell said, “I am pleased with the confirmation from the Minister for Education and Skills that there will be a 7 per cent increase in the number of Special Needs Assistants, with an extra 860 being hired by the end of this year. This increase is in order to meet the assessed level of demand, and will bring the total number of Special Needs Assistants to 12,900.”

He went on to say; “Providing children with the resources and support they need during their time in school is of the utmost importance. Special Needs Assistants are a vital support for many students in

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It can be a daunting prospect as a business owner to begin to grow your business, it is just as daunting as an employee to embark on the journey to career progression, either within the company you are currently with, or if you are considering taking on the challenge of an entire career change. It is important to remember that,

County Mayor, Cllr Darragh Butler is pictured after welcoming US Vice-President, Joe Biden to Fingal after his arrival at Dublin Airport. Also pictured is Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan

schools across the North County. It is essential that every student in Dublin Fingal, and throughout the country, can fully participate with our education system and to progress through it. In order to support children with special needs in doing this, and in having the opportunity to realise their potential, we must ensure they have access to Special Needs Assistants, who do vital work in our schools.”

“In addition to this, I am glad that the Government has also agreed to initiate a comprehensive assessment of the Special Needs Assistant Scheme, which will be carried out by the National Council for Special Education. This assessment will be important in terms of ensuring that the Government is making the best forms of additional investment to support children with special needs,” he added.

“I will continue to actively engage with the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to supports for children with special needs, and the infrastructural requirements of every school in the North County” concluded Farrell.

Local Business Tourism Network Event A well-attended Business Tourism Networking event was held in Howth Yacht Club recently.

Representatives from local hotels, restaurants and tourism businesses were updated on Fingal County Council’s development, streamlining and integration of the Fingal Tourism brand across the County.

Speaking at the event, Paul Reid CEO of Fingal County Council outlining the Council’s interest in tourism promotion said: “This event highlights the importance that Fingal County Council places on tourism in the County and the potential that tourism has as an economic driver.” He continued: “One of the three key Corporate Objectives outlined in Fingal County Council’s Corporate Plan 2015-2019 is to strengthen the proposition and marketing of tourism in Fingal through a new tourism plan and this launch of this standard identity for the Fingal region shows the Council’s commitment to the development of tourism in the County. “ Noel-John McLoughlin, Marketing Director, Fáilte Ireland said: “The Business Sentiment index collated for Failte Ireland shows 80 per cent of operators in the industry expecting an increase in numbers and revenues for 2016 and I welcome this collaboration between Fingal County Council, Fingal tourism interests and Fáilte Ireland to promote tourism in the County.

This has been an excellent collaborative process with local tourism groups taking a very active part in the development of key messages and content,” he said.

Open Air Theatre at Malahide Castle And Gardens Malahide Castle and Gardens are delighted to announce the return of Chapterhouse again this summer for their open air performances on the magnificent private West Lawn, where they welcomed the cast of Sherlock Holmes and The Railway Children.

Chapterhouse will present both Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles

It is almost on a regular basis that we are hearing about the economic upswing that the country is currently enjoying.

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and The Railway Children. The Hound of the Baskervilles will take place on Friday, 29th July at 7.30pm and The Railway Children takes place on Friday, 5th August at 7.30pm.

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be done.” He went on to say; “However I am seriously concerned though to see so many proposed deletions, for example I have already been contacted about the proposed deletions of the Chapel Bank and St. Mochuda’s Well in the Burrow Portrane.”

“At a glance, there seems to be about Local councillor, Paul Mulville (NP), has 180 proposed deletions across the raised concerns about the review of the county, including it would seem nearly record of protected structures, which is all of our Holy Wells and many archaeocurrently on display for public consultalogical sites,” he added. tion.

Cllr. Mulville has called on the Planning Speaking at the County Council Department to organise an urgent meeting, Mulville said: “Firstly, I was briefing this month for councillors in glad to see that a number of additions I advance of the closing date of 29th put forward during the development June, so that we can ensure that local plan meeting are proposed to be residents are fully informed of this Cllr. Mulville added, and I’d like to commend the review. We need to get a full underarchitect’s department for all the work done on standing of the reason behind all these this review, which was a big project needing to proposed deletions,” he said.

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North County, and across the country.”

Also speaking to the County Leader, O’Brien said, “While it is just a start, I am relieved that Local TDs, Alan Farrell (FG), funding to assist residents who the government has finally and Darragh O’Brien (FF) have have a disability with moving placed some much needed welcomed the investfrom living in institu- investment to support people ment from the tions to living in the with a disability to move to Department of Health, community. This is in homes in the community. I like to thank which will support addition to the €31 would people with a million for disability Deputy Finian McGrath for his disability to move into services, which was support in working to secure accommodation which recently announced by this capital.”

“Dignity and compassion must is more suitable to Government.” them. As part of this Farrell concluded, “I remain at the heart of reforming Farrell TD investment, a further will continue to our health services. This government must continue to eight residents will be able to actively engage with prioritise further capital move into the community from the Minister for Health, funding to move more the Daughters of Charity, St. and his Department, to residents to community Rosalie’s, Portmarnock. ensure on-going living and provide citiSpeaking to the County support is provided to zens living with disability, Leader, Farrell said, “I am continue to improve with the choice that they pleased with the announce- the lives of people who deserve,” concluded ment by the Department of have disabilities in O’Brien TD O’Brien.

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Local councillor, Adrian Henchy (FF) has provided an update on works to build the National Forensic Hospital in Portrane.

He told the County Leader, “The local Community group are meeting regularly with the HSE to discuss all aspects of the development of the new National Forensic Hospital at St Ita’s Hospital Portrane.”

“This is a broad based group of local representatives across a variety of local community groups and organisations and the meetings

with the HSE are jointly chaired by both Cllr Mulville and myself. At our last meeting on 14th June, the HSE updated us on the project in detail. All enabling works are now complete and the site is ready for the construction phase.

The HSE hope to start construction in October 2016.

“One of the many concerns the community group have consistently highlighted is in relation to the planning conditions and these conditions being fully met.

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The HSE also explained that following the enabling works it was discovered that there was more soil on site then initially expected and this will mean the increased truck movements will be contained within the site and will result in the new build being a half to one meter higher.

Following discussions and concerns raised by both St Partrick’s GAA club and St Ita’s AFC, a decision was taken in agreement with the Clubs that no construction traffic will meet club traffic at the sports grounds in Ballymastone.

“I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the significant efforts from our local community representatives, all volunteers who have brought their local knowledge and passion for our community to the table in all our meetings and discussions with both the HSE and Fingal County Council. I also want to acknowledge the HSE’s appointment in recent months of Sinead Mc Govern as their community liaison communication manager,” he concluded.

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Local School To Receive Funding Fine Gael TD, Alan Farrell, is pleased that St. Helen’s Senior National School in Portmarnock has received funding for structural improvements under the Emergency Works Scheme. Speaking to the County Leader, Farrell said; “I am pleased that St. Helen’s SNS in Portmarnock has received funding to carry out structural works under the Emergency Works Scheme.

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vital in terms of the upkeep of ment,” he added. Farrell school buildings and ensuring concluded by saying; “I will continue to actively that the environment in engage with the Minister which our children for Education and Skills, receive their education Richard Bruton TD, and is conducive to their his Department to ensure learning. “While this announcement is schools in every commucertainly positive, many nity throughout the other schools in our Alan Farrell North County receive the community are in need investment they need for of investment to carry out the upkeep and improvement essential works on their build- of their facilities.” ings and external environ-

Mother And Daughter Sports Programme Foursomes At Urgent For Local Donabate Conor Gilligan from Kilreesk, St. Margaret's is pictured receiving his sports scholarship award from DCU President, Brian MacCraith.

Six students from the North County were among a total of 16 from all over North Dublin, who were acknowledged for athletic excellence by Dublin City University.

Each student was presented with a sports scholarship by President of DCU, Professor Brian MacCraith at an awards ceremony to honour the outstanding displays of each student in their chosen sport during the academic year.

Each student received a sport scholarship,

Ben Kelly from Malahide received his sports scholarship award from Fran Butler, Soccer Development Officer and DCU President Brian MacCraith.

including sporting and academic development costs, access to DCU gym facilities, strength and conditioning and educational workshops.

Conor Gilligan from Kilreesk, St. Margaret’s was awarded a sports scholarship for basketball. Conor is a first year International Relations student. Ben Kelly from Malahide is a high performance soccer player and second year BSc Physical Education and Biology student. Aine McDonnell from Malahide received a sports scholar-

ship for basketball and is a first year Science student.

Alan O’Sullivan from Swords received a sports scholarship for soccer He is a second year BSc Sports Science and Health student.

Aine Woods from Malahide, a BA Gnó agus Gaeilge student and she received a sports scholarship for camogie.

Gerard Young, Malahide received a sports scholarship for rugby. He is a second year BSC Marketing, Innovation and Technology student.

Donabate Golf Club will host the 34th Annual Mother and Daughter Foursomes competition on Friday, 1st July.

The late Maureen Moran, a lifelong member of Donabate GC and mother of the late Therese O’Reilly, an Irish international golfer, presented the Moran Trophy, in memory of her late husband, Freddie, an international sportsman.

Since its inception in 1982, many well-known names in Irish golfing circles have graced this perpetual trophy, including Donabate’s own Mary McKenna MBE, who with her mother, Maureen won the competition in 1987. As a young girl, Hazel Kavanagh, the popular professional golfer won with her mother in 1997. In fact, many of the daughters who have won in recent years with their mothers, have the distinction that their mothers and grandmothers had also won in previous years.

This popular competition will attract golfers from every corner of the country. Last year’s winners, Marie Falvey and Ciara Smith from Malahide GC will be back to defend their title.

Entry fee is €15 per person. Contact Donabate Golf Club at 01-8436346 for time sheet details.

Film Screening (For Children) If you are interested in films with the family why not pop down to the Donabate/Portrane Library on Wednesday 29th June at 6pm. They will be screening a family friendly film for children in the Junior Area of the library.

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Local Fianna Fáil TD, Darragh O’Brien has said that the Sports Capital Programme 2016 is of great importance to local communities and provides essential amenities for young people in particular.

He was commenting amid confirmation from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport that ‘no decision has been made on the timing of any future rounds of the Sports Capital Programme.’

Speaking to the County Leader, O’Brien said: “Investment in communities through the programme has been hugely successful and of great benefit to the greater Fingal area for many years. I know from working with groups locally that this funding is extremely important and helps improve sports clubs and other facilities which are of huge benefit to teenagers and clubs in the community.” “It is critical that this government builds on years of investment in communities, facilities and sports equipment for clubs and groups across Ireland. This Government must ensure that this funding is provided as a matter of urgency in order to recognise the positive impact that this much needed funding has had locally. It must not slip down the agenda,” he added.

“I will continue to stress the importance of publishing the 2016 Capital Sports Grants Scheme, in order to enable sports and community groups and associations to apply for much needed funding to assist them with maximising participation in physical education,” concluded O’Brien.

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Gerard Young from Malahide received his Sports Scholarship award from Sophie Spence, Rugby Development Officer, DCU and President of DCU, Brian MacCraith.

Aine McDonnell from Malahide is pictured receiving her sports scholarship from President of DCU, Brian MacCraith.

Leinster Rugby Camp The Leinster Rugby Summer Camp is taking place at Balbriggan RFC this year, from Monday July 4th – Friday July 8th.

Last years camp in Balbriggan was one of the largest in Leinster and was a huge success. There is an early bird offer of €75 if you book your place before June 3rd. www.leinsterrugby.ie

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Aine Woods from Malahide is pictured receiving her Sports Scholarship award from DCU GAA Development Officer Paul O'Brien and DCU President Brian MacCraith.

Alan O'Sullivan from Swords won a sports scholarship for soccer. Alan was unavailable for the event. His mother, Martina O'Sullivan is pictured accepting the award on his behalf from DCU Soccer Development Officer, Fran Butler and DCU President Brian MacCraith.

The Balbriggan and District horticultural society are holding their annual Rose & Sweet pea Show in Ardgillan Castle on Sunday the 3rd July it will be open to the public from 2pm to 5 pm.

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Get Involved With Malahide Festival 2016 Malahide Festival is taking place from July 22nd to July 24th this year and the organisers are looking for people to get involved with all aspects of the festival.

Each year the festival is a great success, and there will be community activities on the Green and entertainment on New Street. If anyone would like to be involved on the Festival Committee, please contact festival@malahidechamber.ie. The Festival’s purpose is to stimulate activity and interest in the Village. These type of events are important to ensure Malahide is consistently promoted as a vibrant, living town and a great place to do business. There will also be a Food Fair on the Green this year. If you would like to take a Food Stall on the Green please contact the festival organisers. This is an opportunity to both promote your business and support the festival.

Senator Backs Access Inclusion Model Local senator, Dr James Reilly (FG), has welcomed the launch of the new Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), which will ensure children with special needs have better access to preschool. The AIM, unveiled last week by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone, includes a range of James Reilly supports. will ensure children with disabilities have better access to preschool and that the new scheme will promote a child-centred approach. This comes following recommendations made by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) on the same issue.

Speaking to the County Leader, Senator Reilly said; “I’m delighted that the recommendations of the interdepartmental group, published in 2015, are being implemented.” He concluded by saying; “This now means that children with special needs will be able to enjoy the many advantages of the pre-school service.”

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During the week starting 24th June until 2nd July they will donate 20 per cent of the cost of an eyebrow treatment to Barnardos.

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BEGG, Joan (Swords & formerly of Oldtown, Co. Dublin) - June 21, 2016 (peacefully) in the loving care of the staff at Fingal House Nursing Home. Sadly missed by her loving sisters Brigid, Ellen, Rose, Elizabeth, Theresa & Bernadette, brothers David & Patrick, family, relatives & friends. Rest in Peace.

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MURTAGH, Sean, (Skerries Co. Dublin), 21st June 2016 (peacefully) at St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, surrounded by his loving family, Sean, sadly missed by his loving wife Carmen, children Susan, Johnny, Peter and Barry, sisters, brothers, grandchildren, relatives and a large circle of friends. Rest in peace.

CASEY, Michael (Holywell, Swords and Cherry Garth, River Valley) - June 17, 2016 (suddenly); sadly missed by his loving partner Diane, children Darragh, Ashleigh and Luke, parents Pat and Miriam, sister Grainne, aunts, uncles, cousins, relatives and friends.

Rest In Peace O'NEILL, Joseph (Joey) (Blackbridges, Swords, Co. Dublin) - June 17, 2016, (peacefully) at Swords Nursing Home; sadly missed by his loving brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Rest In Peace MACKEN Eamonn (Skerries, Co. Dublin), Funeral arrangements later MCKEOWN Dermot (Derham Pk. Balbriggan & formerly Dublin Rd, Duleek, Co. Meath). Peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family, sadly missed by his loving wife Therese, son Kevin, daughters Ruth and Lynette, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.

TRACEY/MULLINS, Joan (Portmarnock, Co. Dublin) 13th June 2016 (peacefully) in the wonderful care of the staff at Howth Hill Lodge, Nursing Home. Loving wife of the late Oliver Thomas. Joan will be very sadly missed by her children Amanda, Derek, Elaine and Trevor, sons-in-law Gary and Peadar, daughters-inlaw Celine and Bridget, sister Violet, brother Jack, beloved grandchildren Rebecca, Stephanie, Emma, Luke, Culainn, Eimhir, Sheena and Fiach Dubh, extended family and friends. Rest in Peace.

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CAUL (née Conroy) Patricia (Swords, Co. Dublin) June 13, 2016 (suddenly) at home (late of Arnotts and Motorola); sadly missed by her loving husband Brendan, parents Dan and Rosaleen, brothers John and Robert, sister Brenda, mother-in-law, brothersin-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends. Rest in Peace

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BOYLE, Vincent Cahir, (late of Skerries, Co. Dublin).

After a short illness, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family, on 10th June 2016 in Knightsbridge Nursing Home, Trim. Vincent Cahir, predeceased by his wife Noreen (Aer Lingus), will be sadly missed by his daughter Mandy, sisters Gráinne, Sinéad, Brenda and Paula, extended family and friends.

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O`BRIAIN, Maghnus (Donabate, Co. Dublin and formerly of Portmarnock) 10th June 2016. Maghnus will be very sadly missed by his loving partner Gemma, sons Maghnuisín and Oisín, his mother Eibhlín, brothers and sisters, extended family and many friends. Rest in Peace.

GLYNN, Elizabeth (Lily) (Malahide, Co. Dublin / Late of Mill Street, Cork and formerly of Aer Lingus). After a long illness. Removal this Friday morning to St. Sylvester's Church, Malahide arriving for 10am Funeral Mass followed by burial in Fingal Cemetery.

No flowers please. Donations, if desired to St. Francis Hospice, Raheny.

SMITH, Edel (Malahide, Co. Dublin) - June 9, 2016 (peacefully) at home; sadly missed by her loving children Kelly, Cathal and Robert, mother Kathleen, sisters Angela, Olive, Paula and Rena, brother Mannix, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

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Fingal County Council We Sam & Ciara Taylor of 16 The Fulmar, Barnageeragh Cove, Skerries, Co. Dublin intend to apply for planning permission for the re-positioning of the existing eastern boundary wall and erection of additional boundary fence adjoining the existing side gate.

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 (20euro) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is sought by Audrey Carroll for one and a half storey dormer style dwelling at Blackhills, 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 its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (20euro) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

Fingal County Council I PATRICK COLLINS INTEND TO APPLY FOR: PLANNING PERMISSION For development at this site 99 DRUMNIGH WOOD, PORTMARNOCK, CO. DUBLIN. The development will consist of converting the attic into a storage / office area with 3No. dormer roofs 1No. dormer roof to the rear of the existing house roof & 2No. dormer roofs to the front of the existing house roof and 2No. velux windows 1No. to the front of the existing house roof and 1No. to the rear of the existing house roof and all ancillary 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 the public opening hours of (9.30a.m.- 16.30p.m.) Monday to Friday

at Fingal County Council, Fingal County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Fingal, 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 (€20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal County Council 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.

4/ Conversion of attic to storage area and associated site works to existing dwelling at 12 Castleview Park, Dublin Road, Malahide, Co Dublin. signed Mairead Daly & Scott Walker 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 Planning permission is being sought by St. Patrick’s GAA Club Donabate, on lands at Robbie Farrell Park, Ballymastone, Donabate, Co. Dublin, for a development consisting of the erection of 6 no. floodlighting columns and associated floodlighting lamps to existing pitch No. 1; 6 no. flood-lighting columns and associated floodlighting lamps to existing pitch No. 3; 1 no. new all-weather floodlit playing pitch with new perimeter mesh-fencing and 2 no. flood-lighting columns and associated floodlighting lamps; and all associated site developments works. Retention planning permission is also sought for 1 no. prefabricated changing room; 2 no. prefabricated gyms; 1 no. prefabricated storage unit; and 1 no. generator storage area.

The 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 during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought by Colm Mohan and Sinead Mohan on lands at Baths Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin and 4 Seabanks, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin for a mixed use development consisting of: (1) 1 no. 4 storey, 114 bedroom residential nursing home with associated ancillary/common facilities and office/administration areas and balconies/terraces to all elevations, surface level car park (33 no. spaces), landscaped amenity areas and a bin store; (2) 1 no. 2 storey building comprising restaurant/café at first floor level with associated terrace/outdoor seating area on the eastern elevation and an enclosed car park (11 no. spaces) and refuse area at ground level; (3) 6 no. 2 _ storey, 4 bedroom terraced houses (comprising 2 no. blocks of 3 houses) with associated car parking; (4) 1 no. ESB substation; (5) 2 no. new vehicular accesses (1 at Baths Road to the north and 1 at the existing road to the west of the site); (6) revised boundary treatment to 4 Seabanks to provide for a new vehicular entrance and parking area; and (7) landscaping, public open space; surface level bicycle parking, boundary treatment, provision of a pedestrian connection to the existing ‘Bandstand’ public park, to the coastal walkway and to Baths Road; and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.

No works are proposed to the existing chimney structure (Protected Structure RPS Ref. 19). 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 (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought for: 1/ Demolition of existing extension to rear 2/ Construction of new upper storey extension to side 3/ Construction of new single storey extension to rear

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