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24th March 2015 • Volume 22, Issue 10 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • Tel: 8•400•200 • info@northcountyleader.ie

Just Another Cynical Election Promise? The thorny issue of a fit-for-purpose transport system for Swords and the Airport, seems to be further away than ever, with the announcement that any project will take up to 10 years to deliver. This is an option that is truly not acceptable to citizens of the North County, and Swords in particular, who have listened to broken promise, after broken promise by successive governments for far too long. This comes with the news that Transport Minister, Paschal Donohoe (FG) said, “There is a valuation process underway, in relation to a number of transport options for Swords and the airport.” While Minister Donohoe is promising a new hardrail network, a new redesigned metro, or a combination of these, with the controversial BRT (bendy bus), it will take up to 10 years to deliver. This news will come as a crushing blow to many local residents and business people, who are crying out for a proper light rail transport system for the area. Many feel that the government is long-fingering this project, and that this is just a cynical general election ploy, designed to garner votes for his Fine Gael colleagues in the area. Attempting to fob off the hard pressed citizens of the North County, by using the preferred light rail

By Patrick Finnegan system as an electioneering ploy to win votes at the next general election, is one that will be judged harshly by the local electorate. Plans for a light rail system for the airport and Swords was first mooted around 20 years ago, so taking a further 10 years to deliver this project means that it will then have spanned around six general election periods in total. When the Minister stated that, “We don’t have the foundations for the high capacity public transport system our country needs,” residents and business people alike in the area, will believe that the government is simply kicking the can down the road, and has Minister Donohue no real desire to deliver the light rail system that is so badly needed. The fear among most, is that we are going to be saddled with the BRT (bendy bus option), which is

Pupils from Holy Family SNS, River Valley put on the musical, 'Annie Meets Oliver' at the school last week. Pictured at the dress rehearsal last Friday are orphan boys, Ben Richardson, Daniel Guerrini, Sean Downey and Cian Nolan

fine as a complementary system to a light rail system, but not as a stand alone system. Taking ten years to deliver what has been promised by successive governments, means that an entire generation of people will have been raised on the promise of a proper light rail system for the North County. In the meantime, there seems to be an insatiable appetite for building Luas lines on the southside of the city, which beggars belief for many Continued on page 16

Bumper Season Ahead For Local Company

Managing Director of Keogh Crisps, Tom Keogh (right) is pictured with his brother Ross, at the family farm at Westpalstown, Oldtown, as he displays the new seed potatoes which are in the process of being planted for the upcoming season

The award winning North County company, Keogh’s Crisps which is based at Westpalstown, Oldtown are getting ready for a bumper season, with the new seed potatoes being planted now. The County Leader paid a visit to this progressive local business and met with Managing Director, Tom Keogh, who spoke about the company’s aspirations for the upcoming season. He said, “We’re really looking forward to the new season Generally just after St Patrick’s Day, we start planting the new potatoes and with the good weather, we have been able to start planting at Middleton, near Malahide. Last year was a very bad year for potatoes, but a good one for growth, with one of the best summers on record. However, that led to bumper yields, which dropped the price considerably, well below the

cost of production. We’re hoping for a good growing season, but with better prices for 2015,” he said. In farming, there has to be a little hardship before there’s any money and if there are problems in the planting, growing or harvesting seasons, this will lead to higher pricing, but fortunately we have not experienced that yet.” He also spoke about land used by the company at Middleton, Malahide for growing potatoes. He said, “We start as close as possible to the coast. The main reason is that there is lighter soil here, which can be cultivated earlier, as it dries out sooner. As it’s closer to the sea, you don’t have the same issues with frost, as further inland. We can plant crops earlier, without a risk of the plants being damaged by frost when they emerge in May and we’re hoping for a great season,” he concluded.

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Easter Flower Show In Naul Naul Gardening and Flower Club are holding an Easter flower arranging demonstration by Chelsea medal winner, Christopher White on Wednesday 1st April at 8pm in the studio at Three Gates, Naul.

Aer Lingus Deal Likely After Easter

The RNLI, is issuing its own call for help, appealing for local volunteers and fundraisers to get involved with ‘Mayday’, the organisation’s forthcoming national fundraising event which will take place from 1st to 4th May this year. Street collections and fundraising events will be taking place around the North County, and the charity, which saves lives at sea, is calling on people to show their support – either by volunteering to help with collections and events, or by taking part in a fundraising activity in aid of the RNLI. Most of the events will have a ‘welly’ theme, in a nod to the yellow wellies – an essential piece of kit – worn by the charity’s volunteer lifeboat crew members. Welly walks and welly-themed cake sales are just two examples of the events that will be taking place. All money raised through Mayday fundraising events will support the RNLI’s lifesaving work – it could be used to fund crew training, buy new crew kit, or contribute towards the running costs of a lifeboat station.

The completion of the deal on IAG’s takeover of Aer Lingus, is likely to be completed in the government’s first cabinet meeting after the Easter break. The momentum was interrupted due to the recent St Patrick’s Day celebrations and the fact that so many ministers were out of the country. The €1.3 billion deal is expected to include concessions and sweeteners from IAG in an effort to secure the sale. Talks continued over the weekend between the govern-

ment and IAG, and it is understood that IAG boss, Donabate man

Willie Walsh is prepared to offer increased commitments in relation to the main stumbling block, namely the valuable Heathrow slots. Walsh had previously committed to a five year commitment on the slots, but the government were unhappy with this, and demanded at least a ten year commitment.

It is thought that IAG are prepared to extend the it’s commitment to seven years, or agree to ten years, but with more conditions around the slots. If agreed, the takeover could be agreed in April, with momentum from all sides favouring the deal. Trade unions are now

edging towards an acceptance that the deal will go ahead, despite their misgivings about employee terms and conditions and likely job losses. If the deal receives cabinet backing, the government will then seek Dail approval for the sale of it’s 25.1 per cent stake in the company

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Matriarch of Malahide Scouting Family Honoured Group leader of Malahide Sea Scouts, Colin occasions when attending group functions. All Lynch bestowed a rare Honorary Life five of her children have been involved in scouts Membership of the Group on Eileen Butterly, in in Malahide. Her sons, Paul, Ciaran and John all recognition of her and her family’s contribution served as leaders over the years, as have her daughters, Karen and Joanne, four of whom are to Scouting in Malahide over many years. Eileen was a cub leader in the group for 11 years, still active in the group today. Sixteen of her grandchildren are joining in 1975, and currently members of taking over from Anne the group and eleven Greenwood as cub of them were present scout leader of the on the night to see Tuesday pack three their grandmother years later. What she receive the award. probably did not know Another family affair then, was that she was was the prestigious the first of many award of A Gold Merit members of her family Award for leadership to share their skills and of the most inspiring knowledge with this kind to long serving great group. Eileen was beaver scout leader, presented with two Pat Moyne and a Chief specially embroidered Ivan Barrett is pictured receiving his Silver Merit award neckerchiefs, one in a from County Commissioner, Rosanne Whelan and Group Scouts Commendation presentation frame and Leader, Colin Lynch at the awards ceremony for for services to scouting to his daughter, Aoife. the other to wear on Malahide Sea Scouts

Eileen Butterly is pictured with her five children and eleven of her grandchildren, who were present to see her receive Honorary Life Membership of Malahide Sea Scouts

A silver merit award for exceptional and notable service was presented to Ivan Barrett for leading the kayaking team in the group. Bronze Merit awards were made to John Butterly, Niall Rock, Paul McEvoy and James Doyle. Chief Scout’s Commendations were presented to Aoife Moyne and Robert McKernan. Numerous service awards were presented by County Commissioner, Rosanne Whelan, the most outstanding of which was to Group Chairman, Kevin Rowan for 40 years service to the Malahide group. Fifteen year service awards were presented to Ivan Barrett, Elaine Dunne and Lo Klinkenbergh. Ten year service awards

Expansion Of Local Credit Union The North County Dublin based, Progressive Credit Union opened a fifth branch of its expanding business in Glasnevin, following the Central Bank’s approval of the merger of the former

Victory Credit Union (Glasnevin) with Progressive Credit Union. Progressive Credit Union is itself the product of a series of four successful mergers over the last

Swords Students Complete Innovative Programme Skerries author, Shane Hegarty paid a visit to his old school, Skerries Community College last week. He is pictured here with teacher, Anne-Marie White and Junior Cycle students at the school during his visit

Local Authors Visit Skerries School Students from Skerries Community College were treated to visits from two local authors on successive days recently. First up was Skerries man, Shane Hegarty, who is a former pupil of Skerries Community College, and he thrilled the students with stories about how he went about writing his latest novel, Darkmouth, which recently topped the most popular Children’s book category. He spoke about where his ideas come from and gave valuable insights to being a successful author. Next up was Balbriggan author,

Kevin McCarthy, who also held the attention of the students. He gave them useful tips on how to go about writing a novel, and also some very interesting statistics on the most popular and most read books ever. Kevin also spoke about his own two novels, called ‘Irregulars’ and ‘Peeler’ which are set in Ireland in the 1920s. The students engaged eagerly with both authors, and judging by the quality of questions posed by students, it is quite likely that Skerries Community College may well produce another successful novelist in the future.

Pictured is Balbriggan author, Kevin McCarthy, with students from Skerries Community College and English teacher, Shane Nolan during his visit to the school recently

Recently, the Gardai band performed at St. Finian’s Community College in Swords to mark the presentation of certificates to students who completed the TAG (Teenagers and Gardai) programme. The programme ran over six weeks and involved the facilitation of discussions between teenagers and Gardaí on topics selected by the young people prior to the programme. Valerie Brennan was the co-ordinator for the programme. Garda Tom Murphy, the community guard in Swords, facilitated the programme with Garda Rebecca McGowan. Garda Brendan Twyford, is the new Junior Liaison Officer for Swords also attended the ceremony. He is also a past pupil of St. Finian’s. The students involved in the programme found the programme extremely beneficial, it aims help foster good relationships between our young people and An Garda Síochána. The students showed their appreciation on the last day of the programme by presenting them with a custom made cake, baked by the students, with the Garda crest and cap. First, second and third years attended the celebration and thoroughly enjoyed the music performed by the Garda band. The pieces ranged from traditional Irish to Michael Buble.

Daffodil Day Coffee Morning In Rush Rush Daffodil Day committee are hosting a Coffee Morning on Daffodil Day, next Friday 27th March in the Millbank Theatre, Rush from 9am to 2pm. All support is welcomed for this fundraising initiative. Daffodil emblems and souvenirs will be on sale in the Millbank Theatre and all around the town. A Garden of Hope will be opened in Rush Library (just across from the Theatre), from Monday 23rd March until Daffodil Day and a donation box will be available beside the garden. You can place a cardboard daffodil with a message of a loved one on the back. Committee member, Michelle Herbert said, “Our annual Sponsored Walk will be held on Sunday 29th March at 3pm from Rush Sailing Club. This is the 16th year of the event and all walkers are welcome. Refreshments and a raffle will take place in the Sailing club on return from the walk. If you are around the Rush area on Daffodil Day please do pop in to see us,” she said.

two years, comprising the credit unions formerly known as Balbriggan, Skerries, Donabate and Howth/Sutton. The coming together of Victory and Progressive credit unions will create an entity with combined assets in excess of €90 million, servicing a membership base across the region of some 40,000 people. Commenting on the announcement, Sean Staunton, Chief Executive of Progressive Credit Union said; “Our members and their

were presented to beaver leader, Alice Geraghty and Aideen Abbott. Five year service awards were presented to beaver leaders, Edward O’Donnell and Colin Lynch and cub leaders, John Butterly, Niall Rock, Greg Venner, Derek Ennis, Robert McKernan, Leigh Hazzard Joan Desmond and Blaithín McCaffery. Scout Leaders John Kenny, Stephen O’Reilly, Rob McGrath and Gerard Duffy. Also four cubs scouts, Claire McKernan, Ryan Butterly, Maia Kuzmin and Saoirse Lynch were presented with their Chief Scouts awards, badge, certificate and special neckerchief with a gold border. respective local communities are the ultimate beneficiaries of this merger. They are now part of a larger, more efficient and financially secure credit union, which can

continue to provide loan and saving facilities across the local catchment area but do it in a way that competes effectively with the high street bank.” The merger is expected to enhance the services

currently provided by both credit unions, with members being able to use five separate branches, including Balbriggan, Skerries, Donabate, Howth/ Sutton and Glasnevin. Members will see no change in the day to day operations of the credit union. Members’ savings and loan accounts will be unaffected by the transfer. The Boards of each of the two credit unions approved the merger plan last month and information meetings for both memberships were also held before the plan was finally ratified by the Central Bank last week.

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Marvin, Marcus, Zsuzsanna and Abbey Azeez enjoying St. Patrick's Day in Balbriggan

Julia Cassidy, Sarah O'Brien, Olivia O'Brien and Jamie Cassidy are pictured at the St Patrick's Day parade in Lusk

Oliie Grimes with Mark, Christine and Conor Flanagan eagerly await the parade in Skerries

Pictured at the Lusk parade are, Maggie May Leigh, Beth Condron and Alex Condron

Pictured enjoying the Rush parade are, Mary Goode, Aoibheann Corcoran and Grainne Corcoran

Pictured in Millfield Shopping Centre were Garry and Shane McGuinness

Pictured enjoying the Swords parade are, Brian Finnegan, with his son Brian Finnegan Jnr

Pictured enjoying the St Patrick's Day parade in Rush are Conor, Rory, Laoise and Aoife Billings

Pictured enjoying the St Patrick's Day festivities at the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords are, Lisa Healy and Ava Healy

Pictured enjoying the St. Patrick's Day festivities in Millfield Shopping Centre, Balbriggan were Mairead Kearney, Jackie Sheridan, Caroline Carey, Sharon Supple and Amanda Grace.

Sinead, Ciara and Amy Hand with Louise, Max and Denny Carter and Ella Mulvey enjoy the St. Patrick's Day festivities in Skerries

Carolina and Samuel Siska eagerly awaiting the parade in Balbriggan

Pictured enjoying the St Patrick's Day festivities at the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords are Charlie Whelan, Alex Whelan and Jack Whelan

Pictured enjoying the Swords parade are, Mark Gardiner and his children, Adam and Kyla

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Lavin Calls For Review Of Local Speed Limits

where speed limits are concerned. It is also recommended that speed reviews be carried out every five years,” he said. “The guidelines address a number of areas and sees the introduction of new road signage to deal with speed limits in rural areas on minor local roads and for the implementation of new urban ‘Slow Zones’ in residential areas to reduce the speed limit to 30 km/h.” “A speed limit is the maximum speed at which vehicles may legally travel on a section of road between speed limit signs. Nobody knows our area’s roads as well as the County Engineer and I would urge the commencement of a review at the soonest opportunity. That said, it is the responsibility of a driver to obey speed limits at all times – and a speed limit should never be seen as a target speed for drivers,” Lavin added.

Local councillor Anthony Lavin (FG) has By Jennifer McShane called for a full review of speed limits currently in place in the North County. He including the local authorities,”Lavin made his remarks following the explained. “With this document for launch of a new document entitled reference, now is an opportune time ‘Guidelines for Setting and for Local Authority Engineers to audit Managing Speed Limits’, which has the speed limits currently in operabeen produced by the Minister for tion in the North County. It is likely Transport, Tourism and Sport, that some changes need to be made Paschal Donohoe TD. – either increasing the speed limit on Cllr. Lavin “This document provides advice quieter roads in good condition, or and guidance to those charged with responreducing it on poorer quality roads. We need sibility for speed limits across the country, to ensure that greater consistency is applied

Historical Talk In Balbriggan Balbriggan and District Historical Society’s March talk is entitled ‘Ancient and Holy Wells of Dublin” and will be presented by Gary Branigan. Gary has been a local historian for

Volunteers Are Needed For Holy Week

Donabate Tidy Towns hard at work: Front Row: Clara La Combre, Betty Ryan, Carol Rankin, Brian Howard of Progressive Credit Union who funded the purchase of the plants. Back Row: Brian Poyntin, Valerie O'Connor, Michael McEnery and Hugh O'Leary, both of Virgoe McEnery who sponsored landscaping and Stephen Owens, Chairperson Donabate Tidy Towns

Local volunteers are needed for Holy Week in Malahide. Volunteer adults are needed to train as servers to enhance the liturgy of the Holy Week in the Carmelite Convent. No experience necessary. Contact Sr. Elizabeth on 086-0646625.

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Little Lily McGuire and Tilly Green were the winners of our St. Patrick’s Day Costume Competition, they are pictured here with their mammies Dawn and Sarah and St. Patrick

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many years and he has a keen interest in the history and sociological past of the County. He has been personally involved in the identification and recording of forgotten history and historical sites and monuments hidden in the many nooks and crannies around the city, suburbs and county. He specialises in the subject of Holy Wells and associated sites and is the Author of “Ancient and Holy Wells of Dublin.” The talk takes place on Wednesday, 25th March at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall, Balbriggan. All are welcome.

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Busy AGM For Malahide Community Forum The Malahide Community Forum recently held their monthly AGM and spoke about a number of issues that are important to the local residents. Firstly, an update was given on the Acquisition and Development of the Casino. When Michael Howard last addressed the Forum AGM in March 2012, it had been agreed that the Fry Model Railway would be acquired by Bus Eireann. Since then, with the work of a committee and the goodwill of Fingal County Council, thanks to the bequest of the late Mr Michael Gaffney, the acquisition of Casino and the land around it and The Fry Model Railway was completed on 23rd December 2014. The collection will be housed as soon as is practical and the works on Casino house will be completed, according to the forum. “It is anticipated that the County Council will erect a plaque to honour the contribution of Mr Gaffney,” said Howard. Thanks were given to everyone who gave

their time and energy to help achieve the project. Next, there was an update by Heidi Bedell from Malahide Tidy Towns. Malahide reclaimed its Gold Medal status this year. “A lot of painting has been necessary after a spate of graffiti,” she said. Extra flowers have been planted and she asked if people growing seeds would give any spare plants or pots of plants to the Tidy Towns. She also suggested that residents might adopt a patch in certain areas of the village and weed and water there, and if anyone has spare flower bulbs could they plant them in a public place. Other issues raised included the question of moving the bus stop from Killeen Terrace to alleviate the traffic congestion when a bus stops there and pavement congestion from waiting passengers. A Mr. Sheedy said he had spoken to Dublin Bus and met with County Council engineers, and they said they are giving it consideration. The chairman then thanked Mark Hely Hutchinson on his retirement from the committee for his long contribution and also Margaret Cure at the end of her seven year term as Honorary Secretary. A presentation in appreciation was then made to both members.

Knitting Group In Balbriggan Calling all knitters (including complete beginners). The Balbriggan Knitting Group meets in the library every Tuesday evening from 7pm to 8pm. Bring your needles/hooks and wool, or you can get advice on what to buy. All adults are welcome.

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YOURVIEW With reporter Eva Breitwieser

This week we asked: “With Ireland winning the 6 Nations Trophy last Saturday, we asked should Ireland have beaten Wales and won the Grand Slam?”

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Damien Greene, Malahide Yes, they played so well and deserved to win. Ten games in a row is a great record.

Frankie Monaghan, Swords No. We weren’t good enough at all, to be honest.

Thomas Fitzsimons, Swords Not really, the other team was definitely quicker and better than Ireland. They wanted to win. If they had played at home, I had expected that they win. But no, the better team won and that is fair enough.

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Photographic Exhibition In Balbriggan Balbriggan Creative Quarter are hosting their second photographic exhibition entitled Real Balbriggan in Balbriggan Tourist Office, Quay Street from now until 30th April. The exhibition will be based on the recently published local book of the same name, which features people and places in Balbriggan and also shows a changing town. All are welcome to attend the exhibition.

Update On Aer Lingus Saga The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD recently confirmed that the Government’s Inter Departmental Steering Group held a meeting with representatives from International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). This meeting was designed to give further consideration to the IAG proposal, the details of which were discussed. A further meeting is expected to be scheduled.

Pictured at National Learning Network’s Student National Conference in the Ashling Hotel in Dublin are Jennifer Brady, Swords; Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Equality, New Communities and Culture; Paul Blessing, Swords and Nicola Carter, Lusk.

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Liam Herron, Swords No team ever deserve to win, they have to go and win. There is a strange thing about Irish teams. When they’re favourite to win, they never play up to their potential. We lost this match, but that is the way it goes. It is only a game.

Pauline Walsh, Swords Well I thought they played very well!!! I thought they deserved it.

Dermot Donnelly, Swords Well, I think they should have won. I was very disappointed with Ireland. But that is the way it is and you never bet against Wales.

Adam Lennon, Swords To be honest, I think Wales had a better defence than Ireland. They played well, but I think there was too much pressure to win because it was the match that really counted. They should have done it better, but unfortunately they didn’t.

Ken McCarthy, Cork In the first twenty minutes they were very poor and they didn’t play that good after that time. So Wales deservedly won.

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Skerries Connection In Middle East Business Deal An Irish search engine company, whose Commercial Director is a native of Skerries, has announced a major new partnership, which will see their service expand into the Middle East. SeeSearch is a library search and discovery company which helps libraries integrate different types of digital and print resources into their offering. Commercial Director of the company, Skerries man, Darren O’Rodaigh is an experienced internet and education entrepreneur, whose roles include business development, sales and marketing. The company has now announced a major

partnership with Edutech in the Middle East, which will see Edutech sell SeeSearch’s search and discovery service to its network of education and library customers. Edutech, a privately held, learning company headquartered in Dubai, UAE has offices across the Middle East, India and USA. Minister James Reilly and Irish Ambassador to the UAE, Patrick Hennessy were at the announcement at the Special Libraries Association - Arab Gulf Chapter Conference 2015 in Abu Dhabi, where SeeSearch CEO, Dr Hilary Kenna, who said the partnership is a major step forward for SeeSearch.

Fire And Police Chiefs Excluded From Pension Deal The long running airport pension dispute, which is close to resolution, excludes the country’s top airport police and fire chiefs from a €5 million sweetener to get the deal over the line. A total of approximately 30 highly paid airport police and fire officers are excluded from the ‘transition retirement package’ designed for junior members impacted by changes to the retirement age. According to sources, the deal was part of an overall package for members of the troubled IASS (Irish Aviation Superannuation Scheme) pension deal, where Dublin Airport Authority and Shannon Airport Authority agreed to pay bigger lump sums into a new defined contribution scheme for more than 850 lower paid and older staff members. Trade union, Siptu maintain that an upcoming ballot of all staff will be held on the basis that the outcome is the best that can possibly be achieved in negotiations. Another stumbling block to the resolution of the pension dispute concerns anger among police and fire workers over a new physical fitness and medical policy. This seems to have been resolved, when it was agreed that officers found to be unfit for rescue and firefighting duties can be redeployed with pay and allowances red circled.

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Balbriggan Students Honoured For Dedication To Road Safety

Pictured here are students from 1st Class in St. Teresa’s Primary School, Balbriggan, who were runners up in the ‘Seatbelt Sheriff’ competition for their poster, ‘Don’t be a clown, buckle it down’ at the Road Safety Authority’s Annual ‘Seatbelt Sheriff’ and ‘Hi Glo Silver’ Awards.

“The Child and Family Agency has now confirmed that Crannog Nua was re designated to Special Care Provision in June 2014. Furthermore, I have been told that Paul Mulville, Independent coun- to support this function, the cillor for the Swords local elec- campus requires additional toral area, has welcomed confir- construction and refurbishment works and a Capital mation received from the Building Programme is at Child and Family Agency an advanced stage,” he that the Crannóg Nua explained. “I understand facility, Portrane, has from the Child and Family been re-designated as a Agency that works are due “Special Care Unit.” to commence in Summer “I’ve received representa2015 and that they will be tions from local resident’s complete by late 2016. I am as to plans for the future Cllr. Mulville also told that during this use of Crannóg Nua. Crannóg Nua was first built as a period the residential component secure Special Care Unit, but will remain closed, but that, the afterwards its use was changed to educational component will that of an open High Support continue to operate,” Mulville added. Unit,” Mulville said.

Students from 1st Class in St. Teresa’s Primary School, Balbriggan, were runners up in the ‘Seatbelt Sheriff’ competition for their poster, ‘Don’t be a clown, buckle it down’ at the Road Safety Authority’s Annual ‘Seatbelt Sheriff’ and ‘Hi Glo Silver’ Awards. The awards were presented to first and

second class pupils and recognise the outstanding contribution they are making to help keep Ireland’s roads safe. Liz O’Donnell, Chairperson of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Chief Superintendent Aidan Reid, An Garda Síochána, presented the awards and commended the

schoolchildren for their creativity and commitment to road safety. Speaking at the awards ceremony, Ms O’Donnell said: “Through the pupils’ creativity and hard work, they have shown just what can be achieved when we make road safety a vital part of our behaviour. I want to congrat-

ulate the Balbriggan students and all winners on their excellent and imaginative art projects that demonstrate the dedication to road safety.” The competition is now in its eleventh year and encourages children to learn vital road safety skills such as putting on their seatbelt and wearing high visibility clothing.

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Scoil Phadraig na Cailíní in Donabate held the opening night of their school musical Fame Jr at the school on Thursday last. The school hall was packed and the show was a great success. Pictured getting ready to take the stage are, Alison Branigan, Sara Hurley, Caoimhe Byrne, Jessica Holohan and Niamh Neville

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Roberto, Alan, Alex and Aleksandra in Balbriggan

Pictured at the Rush parade are, Tom and Vanessa Larkin, with their children Lizzie, Ava and Josh.

Madisala, Jesse, Yasmine, Faith and Melise Mimbula enjoy the festivities in Balbriggan

Pictured at the St Patrick's Day festivities at the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords are Fionรกn, Marcus, Riona and Eanna O'Connell

Pictured getting ready for the Lusk parade are, Tracey Murtagh, Ryan Murtagh and Adam Murtagh

Siobhan and Lana Farrell are pictured enjoying the St Patrick's Day festivities at the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords

Alan, Robyn and Terri McArdle enjoying all the fun of the day in Skerries

Dillon and Keane Ryan pictured enjoying St. Patrick's Day in Balbriggan. Dillon was participating in the parade on the day with Remember Us, Balbriggan.

Edward Dunne and Heather Hand get in to the spirit of things in Skerries

Pictured at the Lusk parade are, Fiona O'Hara, Julie Cryan, Anne Casey and Lauren O'Rourke

Edward and Dearbhla Vickers in Millfield Shopping Centre

Madison Cawley, Hannah Ellis, Mia McMahon and Megan Quinn enjoy the parade in Balbriggan

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Kodaline To Play At Student Enterprise Finals Kodaline, the local band who have had great chart success over the past year, took time out of their busy schedule to help the Fingal Local Enterprise Office (LEO) announce details for the Student Enterprise Awards National Finals, which take place in Croke Park on April 22nd. Co-ordinated locally by the LEO, the competition is the most successful student enterprise programme of its kind and two members of Kodaline, the lead singer, Steve Garrigan, and lead guitarist, Mark Prendergast, set up their own enterprise ten years ago selling music lessons. Steve Garrigan (lead vocals) and Mark Prendergast (guitar) both went to Cólaiste Choilm in Swords and Vinny May (drums) went to Portmarnock Community School. Both schools take part in the Student Enterprise Awards

Pictured here is Lauren Tarpey from Portmarnock Community School with her enterprise Memento, at the Fingal Student Enterprise Awards last week.

Pictured here are Kate O' Connor and Beth O' Dwyer from Skerries Community College enjoying the moment with their enterprise Aoibh Aromatics at last week's Fingal Student Enterprise Awards.

Programme every year. “Selling music classes at our secondary school taught us important lessons about the world of business at an early age. No matter what career you follow, a good understanding of how business works will definitely help you,” Garrigan said. Thanking Kodaline for their support of student entrepreneurship, Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Enterprise with the County Council, said: “Both

Coláiste Choilm in Swords and Portmarnock Community School have a very strong tradition of supporting student entrepreneurship in the classroom and both schools have proudly represented the Fingal region at the National Finals of the Student Enterprise Awards. As past pupils of participating schools, we are very grateful to Kodaline for helping us to promote entrepreneurship to a whole new generation of students.”

Funding Available For Community Tourism Initiative The County Council have announced that applications for funding are now being sought under the Community Tourism Initiative for the Diaspora. The initiative, launched last year, builds on the community involvement legacy of The Gathering 2013. Now in its second year, the scheme provides a national fund of €1m to support local community-based events and festivals throughout the North County each year. Last year, a total of 18 local events were supported in the local area attracting visitors from overseas. The festivals funded last year included: Balbriggan Summerfest, Skerries Waterfest and the Fingal County Show (Fingal Farmers). Administered locally by the County Council, the application process for 2015 is now open and will close on

March 31st. Interested parties are advised to contact Economic.Development@fingal.ie to apply. Announcing this year’s funding, Ethna Felten, Director of Economic Development Services said: “We all witnessed the benefits from The Gathering and this scheme gives us an opportunity to build on its legacy. The Community Tourism Initiative allows us to sustain many of the grass roots networks, which sprang to life during The Gathering in Fingal and sustain an infrastructure of events and relationships which will have long term tourism and social benefits for this region for many years to come,” she said. “I would urge anyone out there with a good idea or interesting event, which would help us to reach out to the diaspora, to get in touch with us and make an application.”

Lettuce Prey! Virgoe McEnery Landscaping were the proud winners of the Best Float prize at the Skerries St. Patrick's Day Parade. Proprietor Michael McEnery (centre is pictured here with Siobhan Lynch, Fingal Community College and Claire Ralph.

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A man, who had over 50,000 baby lettuce plants stolen, when thieves broke into his company’s yard at Lower Channel Road in Rush in the early hours of Friday morning last, has appealed for their return. Rush man, Brian McNamara launched an appeal for the return of the plants, which were about to be planted out, as he believes they will die unless they are watered and planed into

the ground soon, with sunlight in a normal growing process. The robbery happened when thieves broke into D McNamara and Sons yard, and a Mitsubishi Canter was stolen. The plants were located in the truck, and gardai are not sure if the truck or the plants were the target of the thieves. The truck has not be seen since the robbery. Brian McNamara said, “We are concerned about getting them back,

TAG Awards Ceremony In Donabate Donabate Community College were delighted to welcome the Garda Band to the school recently, where they presented certificates to the Transition Year students who participated in the ‘TAG’ programme. TAG stands for ‘Teenagers and Garda Programme’, and it aims to promote positive engagement between teenagers and Gardai. Students who participated in the programme spent six weeks working with Gardai discussing a variety of issues. Garda Kevin Turner spoke briefly on what the TAG Programme was all about and how impressed he was by the effort all the TY students put in and then introduced Garda Dong, who also gave a short speech on the work that was done by the students and the importance of open communication between young people and the Gardai. Students were then presented with their certificates and congratulated on all their work on the programme.

and I don’t know if they are lying on the side of the road somewhere, or maybe still in the truck. Unless they are watered and put in the ground soon, they will be dead,” he said.

Bord Bia presented its annual Garden Industry Awards at a reception in its Dublin headquarters, where fourteen Dublin businesses were honoured. Among the recipients of a Landscape Quality Award were two companies from the North County, namely contractors, Virgoe McEnery Landscaping based in Balheary, and Malahide’s Peter O’Brien & Sons. The awards recognise and promote excellence across the gardening industry, while celebrating the industry’s dedication to achieving the highest standards of operation. A total of 38 garden centres and 17 landscape service providers were recognised, in addition to a number of special category award winners.

The Bord Bia Quality Assurance Programme has been instrumental in raising standards within garden centres and landscape businesses across Ireland. The awards seek to recognise those within the programme who have met the highest industry standards and that consistently strive for excellence. Commenting on the winners, Carol Marks, Development and Marketing Specialist, Bord Bia added, “It has never been easier for people to identify Ireland’s best garden industry providers. The Bord Bia award serves as a visible badge of merit for consumers to look out for when visiting these award winning garden centres, or availing of landscape services,” she concluded.

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Group Art Exhibition In Balbriggan There will be a group art exhibition in the Bracken Court Hotel Balbriggan on the 4th and 5th of April from 3pm to 6pm (Saturday) and from 2pm to 6pm (Sunday). All are welcome to come along to view or to purchase, and the group would also like to thank all the local business that have helped them to bring it all together. The ‘Mind & Heart Art’ group got together as a result of other art groups and exhibitions. Its members are all amateurs and they have all had different influences in their lives. Through the art group, the members have had the opportunity to meet and get to know likeminded local artists. “Getting together and jointly exhibiting offers us a great opportunity to discuss work and methods, exchange tips, glean ideas, which hopefully will improve each individuals art. Jointly exhibiting is of course beneficial to the art buying public too, because it offers a greater diversity of styles and subject matter,” said a spokesperson for the group. “We invite people to take a journey through the eyes of someone else and enjoy the interpretation of art through the different expressions of art on display.”

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Give Them Fruit By Cathal Boland So the Greek financial crisis continues. Brussels stating that Greece is breaking trust and some suggesting that Alexis Tsipras (Greek PM) needs to change his finance minister. Tsipras is holding his position that his party will “not go back on what (was) promised” going on to call on his fellow Eurozone members to stop taking “unilateral decisions.” As Frank Carson used to say “it’s in the way you tell em” and so it appears that there is plenty of spin coming from both camps. Brian Hayes has extolled the benefits of the 5+ axle vehicle ban from Dublin city centre seven days a week between the hours of 07.00-19.00. Speaking in the Parliament last week, Brian told of the success of this initiative implemented eight years ago. He told his fellow members that 1,000 HGVs per day were removed from Dublin’s quays alone. He said that the change in the quality of life in Dublin has been dramatic. He told the meeting that such

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a ban can benefit other European Capitals. On a juicer note, it good to see that €1.2m is allocated for the School Fruit Scheme here in Ireland for 2015/16. This is 75 per cent funded by the EU with the balance contributed by the Irish Government. This scheme has the potential to reach 12 million children across 25 countries. It is hoped that this intervention which has run since 2009 will reverse the trend of declining fruit and vegetable sales while encouraging healthier eating habits amongst children. It’s success would provide additional market opportunities for North County growers. An expenses scandal appears to be breaking amongst MEPs with the UK’s UKIP MEP Janice Atkinson been suspended by her party after The Sun filmed her chief of staff appearing to ask a restaurant manager to issue an inflated invoice to allow the party to claim a larger amount from the party’s EU-level foundation, the Initiative for Direct Democracy in Europe, which is in turn financed through the budget of the European Parliament. While serious question are asked in respect of how other MEPs are using allowances provided for the employment of parliamentary aids.

Butler Praises Council Local councillor Darragh Butler (FF) has praised the County Council for organising this year’s St Patrick’s Day parades in Swords. “I’d like to congratulate the County Council, their Events Team and everyone who helped out or participated in the St. Patrick’s Days parade last week,” Butler told the County Leader. “The Swords parade was excellent and I think the best one yet since the parade returned a few years ago. An estimated 25,000 turned up to view the parade which is staggering and it was really great to see Swords Castle open to the public for the afternoon.” “They estimate that 3,000 people took the opportunity to see inside the Castle grounds and inside the refurbished chapel,” he added.

Aer Lingus ‘In Breach Pastoral Event In Lusk Of Consumer Law’ Aer Lingus are one of three airlines, that are facing legal action in the UK over alleged breaches of consumer law, in regard to their handling of passengers hit by disruptions to flights British Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) has announced it has launched enforcement action against Aer Lingus and will seek a court order, unless they comply. This comes after BCAA carried out a six month review of airline policies in relation to supporting passengers during disruption, including heir approaches to paying flight delay compensation, and providing information to passengers about their rights. A spokesperson for Aer Lingus said, “Aer Lingus procedures relating to the provision of information to customers affected by operational disruption, are fully compliant with all the relevant regulations. We have provided a number of documents to the BCAA recently to emphasise this point.”

To enable the people of Lusk to give feedback on the questions raised by Bishops at the Synod on “Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelisation,” locals are invited to attend a facilitated ‘listening’ in the Lusk Parish Centre (Old School) on Thursday, 26th March at 8:00pm. Facilitators will ensure that everyone, regardless of their opinion has an equal opportunity to contribute, to listen and to influence the process, is nonconfrontational and that the feedback is fair and open. Attendees will be asked to give their views on three questions relating to non-traditional unions, catholic marriage and the Christian lives Motherhood and Fathehood as a vocation.

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Continued from page 1 again dangle Metro North in front of us people living here. Projections indicate for the 2015/16 election,” he said. that the population of Swords will be “Under no circumstances can we allow a close to 100,000 people by the time a situation where light rail is deemed good transport system will be delivered, and enough for the southside but in the north there’s no guarantee that this will county, we have to make do with be the desired light rail system. bendy buses instead. We want work to start on a rail solution Local councillor, Darragh Butler sooner rather than later. (FF) is outraged at the foot dragUnfortunately for anyone in their ging that Fine Gael are engaging 40’s commuting into the city in, and he told the County Leader, centre daily at the moment, feel “When the Government shelved that we will all have retired before Metro North back in 2011 and Cllr. Butler a rail solution is put in place at this confirmed that a review would be carried in 2015, at that time I predicted rate,” he said. that this would be just in time to be “We should not accept BRT Swiftway another vague election promise. Just as with a vague promise of a rail link in the they had in 2011, that they would once future. I fear that if BRT Swiftway is given

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HAYES, Eugene - March 18th 2015 (Swords, formerly Dundrum and late of Aer Lingus) (peacefully) at Beaumont Hospital, dearly beloved husband of Patricia and loving father of Sinead and Eoghan, very sadly missed by his loving family, brother John, sister Eithne, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. May he rest in peace. ELLIS, Noel Joseph (Skerries, Co. Dublin, lived i Torrance, USA) husband of the late Evelyn, sadly missed by his loving family, sons, Marty and Tommy, daughters, Adrienne and Noleen, grandchildren, Joseph, Johnattan, Shannon, Kyle, Madison and Evelyn, relatives, extended family and friends. Rest in peace. SHARPE, George (Bath Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin and formerly Drogheda St., Balbriggan) (Peacefully) in Beaumont Hospital. Sadly missed by his loving sisters Imelda and Phylis, brother-in-law, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, extended family and friends. May he rest in peace. RUSSELL Gerard (Hampton Cove and formerly Craoibhin Park, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin). The death has occurred of Gerard Russell peacefully at The Mater Hospital. Predeceased by his parents Tom and Elizabeth, sister Annette and brother Vincent. Sadly missed by his loving sisters Nuala, Esther, Lillian, Pamela, Patricia, Bernadette and Irene, brother Tom, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncle, cousins, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, great grand-niece and a wide circle of friends. Rest in peace. LESWARE, David (Dave) (Oldtown, Co. Dublin) peacefully at St. Francis’ Hospice, Blanchardstown. Sadly missed by Anne, his mother Ruth, daughter Emma, son Stephen, sister Shirley, brothers Ian and Daryl, Amy, Sarah, Neil and Joanne, sisters-in-law, brothersin-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. At rest. PIOTROWSKA GURDEK, Magda, (Skerries, Co. Dublin and late of Poland) Rest in peace. FLYNN Michael (Chapel Gate, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin) Sadly missed by his loving family. Deeply regretted by his daughters Lisa, Jennifer and Trudi, son Daniel, Sheila, grandchildren Adam, Alec and Lucy, brothers Matt, Paul and Brendan, sisters Mary, Eithna and Jean, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. May he rest in peace. HANRATTY, Patricia, (née Heagney), (Malahide, Co. Dublin and formerly Skerries and Glasnevin Avenue) 15th March 2015, peacefully in the care of the wonderful staff at Rush nursing home, Patricia, wife of the late Tom, sadly missed by her son, Alan, daughter, Triona (McQuaid), brother Liam, grandchildren Tom, Lee, Jack and Jill, daughter-in-law Jane, son-in-law Oliver, relatives and friends. Rest in peace. KEARNS Gerry (Naul, Co. Dublin) Peacefully. May he rest in peace. KENNEDY, Frederick J, (Malahide, Co. Dublin) March 13th 2015. Died suddenly after an accident at home. Sadly missed by his loving Anne, sons Nick, Jon and Simon, brother Tom and their families. My he rest in peace.

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Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought to build new two storey, end of terrace dwelling on footprint of existing fire damaged house structure. Dwelling to comprise 5 no. Bedrooms (total) with attic accommodation & flat roof dormer to rear together with single storey flat roof extension to rear. Application also includes new pedestrian and vehicular entrance gates & pillars onto Old Barrack Road, with off street parking for 2 no. cars & associated site works all at 91 Lower Main Street, Rush, Co. Dublin for Kidaco Ltd. 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 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 sought to build new single storey extension to rear/side and also to build new dormer extension & window to side with attic conversion & 2 no. velux rooflights to rear of existing end of terrace dwelling. Permission is also sought to relocate existing side entrance gate to rear of property on shared laneway at 31 Castleview Avenue, Swords, Co. Dublin for Catherine & Kieran Rafferty. 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 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 Leader Gymnastics Ltd is applying to the above authority for permission for continuation of recreational use as a children’s gymnasium at Unit 2C, Feltrim Industrial Estate, Drynam Road, Swords, Co. Dublin with amended opening hours between 10am-8pm from Monday to Sunday. 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 We, the Board of Management of Naul National School, intend to apply for permission for a development at Naul National School, Naul, Co. Dublin. The development will consist of a single storey school extension containing 1 no. classroom, 2 no. offices, canteen and amenities, to include all 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 Fingal County Council, Planning Authority, Fingal County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, during its public opening 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.

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Fingal County Council I Martina Kennedy intend to apply for planning permission for development consisting alterations of existing domestic residence comprising of additional floor area to be constructed at first floor level within existing roof space. The development will provide an additional 42m2 of floor space and two number dormer windows to the front elevation at Hollywood Great, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin. 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 €20 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 completion of partially constructed dwellinghouse (previously permitted under reg. ref. no. F05A/0821) along with associated siteworks including previously approved biocycle wastewater treatment system @ Drummans, Tobersool, Co. Dublin. Signed:Alan Hanlon This planning application may

24.03.2015 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 MondayFriday. 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 indoor training facility / 'Futsol' court' to be located to southeast of existing clubhouse along with all associated siteworks at : Martello Fields, Bath Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. signed:- The Executive Commitee of Balbriggan Football Club 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 MondayFriday. 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 bungalow (140sq/m) with proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area along with all associated siteworks including forming a new vehicular entrance onto roadway at Dermotstown, Ring Commons,Naul, Co. Dublin. Signed :- Sarah Evers. 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 MondayFriday. 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 Further Information I, Conor Geraghty, Intend to apply for Planning Permission for, A. ground floor extension to rear, B. roofing of entire ground floor area C. attic conversion to entire (new & existing) incorporating dormer extension to rear and balcony to same D. single storey porch extension to front E. 2 No. velux roof lights to front elevation F. single storey garage/workshop to side G. widening of existing vehicular entrance H. continuation of use as partial granny flat at ground floor level and all associated site works at Clareen, Dublin Road, Swords, 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 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 Permission is sought to construct a new boundary wall with railings on top and ancillary works surrounding an area to the front of 76 Strand St, Skerries for Siobhain and Gerard Boylan The planning application may be

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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 St, Swords, Co. Dublin, during its public opening hours. 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, within the 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 We Cummins + Voortman Ltd (Sustainable Conservation Architects & Urban Designers www.cvltd.ie) are applying on behalf of our client Paul Egan for Planning Permission for development for refurbishment, alteration and extension of existing two storey dwelling to include a two storey extension to east/side of the dwelling, single storey extension to rear of the dwelling, demolition of existing store and reconstruction of the store in new location and all associated works at 24 Inbhir Ide Close, Malahide, 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 Retention planning permission sought by Neil Lennon for fenestration and dormer modifications at 5B Hoar Rock, Skerries, 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 submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (20Euros) within the period 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

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