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Ronnie Delaney from Ballyboughal was voted Overall Winner of the Fingal County Council Community Person of the Year 2014, at a ceremony which was held at the Draoicht Theatre, Blanchardstown last week. Ronnie is a tireless community volunteer in Ballyboughal and was a very popular and deserved winner. He is pictured here with his award in the presence of Paul Reid (Chief Executive Fingal County Council), Anne Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray, Patricia Delaney (Ronnie's wife). Mary Kennedy (Chairperson, Ballyboughal Pitch and Putt Club, who nominated Ronnie) and RTE personality, Mary Kennedy. See page 6 for more pictures.

11th November 2014 • Volume 21, Issue 41 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • Tel: 8•400•200 • info@northcountyleader.ie

Chief Executive Buoyant After Inaugural Budget Pictured here are pupils of St Cronan's Junior National School in Swords who were winners of a highly commended award for best Junior Film "The Fish Who Cried Shark" at the 10th annual FIS Film Festival which took place in the Helix DCU recently. See story on page 10

DAA To Bypass Union In Pension Dispute On foot of our front page story last week, regarding the pension problems at Dublin Airport, it has come to light that SIPTU’s Pensions Committee at the Dublin Airport Authority, will not support restructuring proposals. The union has told the company that it will not recommend acceptance of pension restructuring proposals to address the €750 million deficit in the joint Aer Lingus/DAA pension scheme. However, it has emerged that DAA has hit back and has instigated measures that will allow it bypass the trade union, should they fail to reach agreement on a proposed new pension fund.

SIPTU claims DAA employees will come out with worse pension entitlements than Aer Lingus members of the scheme. This, along with the failure to reach

agreement with airport fire and police staff, has become a major stumbling block in the bid to reach a final settlement. The DAA has categorically rejected that claim, arguing that the proposals in the two companies are completely different and cannot be compared.

Workers in Aer Lingus voted to accept restructuring proposals to address the deficit, in their part of the joint pension scheme shared by the airline, the DAA and the Shannon Airport Authority. However, DAA and its unions have not yet finalised arrangements to address their portion of the deficit. SIPTU, which represents a majority of employees at the DAA, has told the company that it’s proposals to address the pension deficit are inadequate, and will not be recommended for acceptance. DAA has now advised the trustee of the troubled IASS pension fund that it will make a once-off lump sum payment available to all eligible staff, for the new defined contribution pension scheme, upon completion of the appropriate waiver form.

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surplus from the Local Property Tax and €1m from NPPR arrears, as well as savings in spending of €2.1m in 2014. Reid spoke to the County Leader and said, “This was a very well supported budget and we want to get the good news out to residents. There are three key things from my perspective,” he said. “Investing more in services to our citizens, secondly, investing in key strategies to help to invigorate tourism in the region, and finally to By Patrick Finnegan create an environment to strengthen the local Investment in local services, job creation and economy, create jobs and build sustainable tourism are key elements of 2015 budget. It communities,” he said. represents the culmination of a huge “We believe that Budget 2015 delivers amount of work, and a period of extenon some key issues. We are putting an sive engagement with councillors, which extra €1.25 million into the Operational has been ongoing since late July. Works Programme, like road Discussions included the debate around maintenance, parks, pitches and the adjustment of the Local Property Tax traffic calming.” rate in the North County, which had a Perhaps the most significant funding knock on effect on the budget preparawill be the €1 million, which will be Chief Executive, tion. made available for Swords Castle, for Speaking at the budget meeting, an Paul Reid it’s development, as well as the develenthusiastic Chief Executive, Paul Reid set out opment of a cultural quarter in Swords. Reid the primary objectives, as increased investment confirmed that there is a design architect in citizen focused services, enhanced economic working on this at the moment, and the plan is activity and job creation, and investment in to develop the immediate area around the strategic assets to strengthen tourism potential. castle, like Main Street and North Street. This Important spending has been earmarked for was been given a very broad welcome by local some special projects in the county, as a result councillors, many of whom now believe that of extra funding, which has come to pass. this will open the way for Swords to become a This extra money has come from an extra major tourist destination. €2m from commercial rates, a €2m Continued on page 16 A real sense of hope and confidence is in the air, after County Council officials and councillors agreed their first annual budget for the year ahead. This new budget promises to be the start of exciting projects coming on stream by the local authority. The budget, which was the first one to be overseen by chief executive, Paul Reid, as well as many of the newly elected councillors, promises to be citizen focused.

Amie’s Cheque for Little Molly Lusk woman, Amie Doyle, who runs a beauty shop in Skerries called Amie’s Beauty Boutique, held a Shave and Dye event at Murray’s Top Shop In Lusk recently. She donated the funds, which amounted to €912 to the Molly McNally Miracle Trust on Friday last. The Molly McNally Miracle Trust was set up to fundraise for the little six year old Balbriggan girl, who is suffering from Stage 4 Neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. Amie has just returned from Jamaica,

where she qualified to compete in the Miss Europe competition. The competition is not the classic beauty contest, and is open to people who have undertaken exceptional fundraising events. Amie was victorious, winning the Miss Europe title. I’m representing four charities this year, as Miss Europe, and I’m delighted that the Molly McNally Miracle Trust is one of them, and I hope to undertake more fundraising for her in the next year,” said Amie. She presented the cheque to Molly’s

father, Gerry at his Balbriggan home, in the presence of little Molly, who was delighted to be the centre of attention. Amie wore her tiara, and Miss Europe sash, which little Molly took a shine to. “I got on amazingly. I won four awards altogether, but the most important one was the Miss Europe award, and I’m delighted to be here today to present a cheque to Gerry, who was very happy to receive it. “Amie has been brilliant and I want to thank her for her continuing support for us,” said Gerry

Pictured is Amie Doyle, as she presents a cheque for €912 to Gerry McNally for the Molly McNally Miracle Trust. Also pictured is a beaming Molly

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Dublin Airport has announced that they will be welcoming another two new routes in 2015. Firstly, Dublin Airport welcomes Spanish airline Vueling’s decision to launch a new Dublin-Barcelona service from next March. The route will operate six times per week in August and four times per week for the rest of the summer season, which runs from late March until late October. Vueling, which is part of IAG, will join its sister airlines BA and Iberia, both of which already operate from Dublin Airport. “We’re delighted to welcome Vueling to Ireland,” said Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent

Harrison. “This new Barcelona service will offer additional choice and convenience for both business and leisure passengers.” Flights will operate from late March until late October. The airport also announced there would be a new Dublin-Gothenburg route next summer. SAS will fly from Dublin to Gothenburg twice per week in July and August and will operate the new route once a week for the rest of the summer season. Gothenburg will be SAS’s fourth destination from Dublin, as the airline currently serves Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo from Dublin Airport. The new Gothenburg service will begin on April 4th 2015 and will operate once a week until June 20th. There will be two flights per week from June 28 until August 15 and the service will operate once a week until the end of summer season in late October.

Donabate Ladies Qualify For Quarter Finals Recently, the Donabate Community College (DCC) Under 16 girls headed down to Ballymastone for their last round-robin game against Rush. The ladies were keen to get a clean-sweep of wins and get to the Quarter Finals undefeated. Rush won the toss and

elected to play with the wind in the second half. This meant that the Donabate team had to come out fighting from the start. Luckily, they had a panel of 20, so they were able to sub on and off to keep momentum going, and headed into the break

with a lead. For the second half, the team scored another three goals against the wind to finish the game 7-11 to Rush’s 3-12. At previous matches, they relied on a few players to score, but this time, the scores came from 11 different players. They are now looking

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Pictured is four year old Annabelle Edwards from Swords and Tom Summerville, General Manager Uniplumo, as SuperValu, announced that it expects to sell 125,000 Irish poinsettias this Christmas.

RNLI Reindeer Run Returns The annual RNLI Reindeer Run returns this year to raise funds for the RNLI and its volunteer lifeboat crews around the North County and beyond. The charity event encourages people to have fun while supporting the RNLI in their work, saving lives at sea. This year the Reindeer Run is being held on Sunday 30th November at Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, with a Santa Saunter, 1.5km and 3km Rookie

Runs for younger participants and 5km and 10km routes for runners and walkers. Registration for the event is now open. Adding his voice to the call for local people to sign up for the Reindeer Run, Skerries RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew member Gerry Canning said, “The RNLI has been very busy this year and the demand for our services sees us helping many people off our coast. It’s not just people in boats that we help, but everyone who uses the water, including swimmers, kayakers and people who get cut off by rising tides. Funds raised by the public go to support our training, kit and equipment.” Registration is now open at rnli.org/reindeer.

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Swords School Receives Digital Distinction Award Holywell Educate Together National School in Swords, has been awarded a highly prestigious Digital Schools of Distinction Award. This is in recognition of the school’s excellence in integrating Information and Communication Technology.

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have white boards and desk tops for the children, as well as visualisers, tablets and lap tops in our classrooms. This is testimony to the wonderful work that our staff do, where they engage in continuing professional development and enhancing I.T skills into the classroom,” she said. Martin Murphy, MD of Hewlett Packard and Minister Damien English were very impressed with the advances in technology at the school, and were full of praise for the imaginative input of principal, Maria Boyne and her staff, and the ease with which children in the school have embraced the digital era. Minister Damien English said: “The Digital School of Distinction programme provides recognition to schools that have embraced technology in the classroom. The programme is an excellent means to promote and enhance the use of ICT in the classroom and is in line

The award was presented by Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Damien English TD, in the presence of Martin Murphy, Managing Director of Hewlett Packard and Gerard McHugh, Director of Dublin West Education Committee. The event is seen as a major shot in the arm for the school, who are now one of the top four per cent of digital schools in the country. Principal Maria Boyne was understandably very proud of the school’s advances in the area of embracing technology in Pictured at the awarding of the Digital Schools of Distinction Award to Holywell Educate the classrooms. She Together National School, are Gerard McHugh (Director (DWEC), Maria Boyne (School said, “This is a huge Principal), Martin Murphy (CEO Hewlett Packard) and Minister of State for Education and honour for us to receive Skills, Damien English, with pupils, Charlie Munro, Ben Comiskey and Sinead Kennedy, with the cake to celebrate the occasion this award. We are a very young school, having opened in 2010, with little or no with the e-learning roadmap supported by the funding for equipment, but we are very privileged to Department of Education and Skills.”

Skerries Ladies Rugby Seeks Members Ladies Rugby are looking for aspiring Under 18 girls in the Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan and Skerries areas wishing to get involved in regional team. They meet every Wednesday in the Skerries RFC, and would welcome any new members who wish to get involved. If you are interested in joining the team, please email: ger.mccleery@leinsterrugby.ie

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lance is called, we get notification and respond at the scene, until an ambulance arrives. We aim for 24/7 service here in Rush.” Rush is reasonably far away for an ambulance to come to from Dublin, or even Swords, so our primary response is for cardiac arrest and every minute that a person is in cardiac arrest, their chances Rush First Responders are a group of volunteers, who of survival drop by 10 per cent. It’s great having the have been active in trying to secure much needed defibdefibrillator here in Spar, which is located in the heart rillators for the town. At present, there are several of the town. Ambulance mobile defibrillators in crews will inform people the area, but up to now, who ring for their service, there had not been one about where the nearest in a permanent position. defibrillator is. It’s really That’s all changed now, important that people are with the news that a aware of it’s presence permanent defibrillator is here,” said Joseph, who is now located at Eurospar, confident that this is a where Store Manager, major advance in the fight Keith Bollard is fully to save lives in Rush. “The trained in it’s use. First AED we have now placed Responder, Joseph Pictured with the defibrillator at Eurospar in Rush, are Rush in Eurospar, will further Harkins explained to the First Responders, Joseph Harkins and Jamie Bollard, with increase the chances of County Leader about the Eurospar Store Manager, Keith Bollard survival. Having publicly importance of these accessible AEDs is essential for every town and area,” potentially life saving pieces of equipment. “We he concluded. respond to medical emergencies in Rush. If an ambu-

Swords Cultural Quarter A Step Closer The news that €1 million has been allocated to the regeneration of Swords Castle in the recent County Council budget, has been widely welcomed by local councillors. It is part of funding, which will also benefit Malahide Castle and Newbridge House. This will be seen by many, as a major step forward in creating a Swords Cultural Quarter, which can take advantage of the very optimistic tourism figures, which are being projected for the North County region in the near future. Local councillor, Joe Newman (NP) welcomed the funding and said, “The question of Swords Main Street and Swords Castle was one of the issues, which constantly kept coming up on the doorstep at the

local elections. Many people are very upset at the deterioration of the main street and Castle areas, and I have already made representations at local area meetings to ask for the refurbishment of Swords. I see the €1 million allocated to the castle as the start of the regeneration of the area, so I’m very happy about this allocation,” he said. “I believe that this investment in Swords Castle has the potential to kick start the regeneration of the town, and to create a much needed cultural quarter. I would also like to see a theatre in the town, which is badly needed,” concluded Newman. Swords councillor, Darragh Butler (FF), who is a long-time campaigner for the regeneration of Swords Castle and it’s environs, was equally upbeat about

the funding allocation, when he said, “I am delighted to welcome the investment being made in Swords Castle and the Castle area of Swords, to be known as the Swords Cultural Quarter. Three million euro has been allocated to this project, one million each in 2015, 2016 and 2017, as part of the Fingal Capital Programme and I am really optimistic that real progress is going to be made over the coming years to open up Swords Castle and bring more tourism and business to Swords Main Street. This was a priority issue for me in the recent election, and I am delighted to see real progress being made. The regeneration of Swords Main Street remains a number one objective for me,” he said.

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Will The EU Impact On Holiday Entitlement? By Patrick Finnegan Many of us would be thankful for Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, in that he is not JeanClaude Trichet, the author of “those letters” which many see as the trigger for the bailout. The Oireachtas inquiry Committee into the banking crash would like to have the ECB over for a chat. Unfortunately Draghi has said that while the ECB may accept invitations from national government the ECB is answerable to the EU Parliament not national governments. So if the ECB decides to reject the invitation its over to our nine MEPs to ask the questions which the Oireachtas and most of us would like answers to. Last week, the Budget Committee considered

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two European Globalisation Fund (EGF) cases, one of which was Andersen of Limerick. Lynn Boylan the Sinn Féin MEP said: “I was particularly delighted that the amendment I introduced was also passed. My amendment will ensure that the training offered to help find or create jobs for those made redundant will not be exclusive (in the same manner as the youth guarantee was) and will include everyone, including disadvantaged groups.” This decision is to be welcomed and now sets a precedent not just for Limerick for how such funds are used. An interesting case in the UK which may have knock on effects of the labour market here in Ireland. The UK’s Employment Appeals Tribunal are due to give a ruling on the interpretation of the EU’s Working Time Directive which also applies here in Ireland. The core question is should overtime hours generate additional holiday entitlement. If they do the cost of overtime may increase by circa eight per cent. Employees may see an immediate gain but employers are likely to reorganise work practices to reduce regular overtime work.

Exciting Cultural Day Townley Hall, Drogheda, will art and music, and enjoy everyplay host to a Cultural Day on thing from Baroque to nowathe 15th and 16th November. days pop music. ‘The Human Hosted by the School of Body And The Science Of Life: Practical Philosophy, the event Can Ancient Wisdom Speak To will run between 9am and Modern Man?’ - this talk lets 5:30pm on both days and you explore the link between provides an opportunity to enjoy interesting talks and a three course meal in the architectural jewel that is Townley Hall. Over the two days, guests can choose to attend four of eight talks, with time for questions and lively discussions, which require no previous knowledge of the subject. The topics include: ‘The Wonder That Is Sanskrit’- an opportunity to discover this Townley Hall amazing language that is both scientific in structure and classical knowledge and modern medical science of the human spiritual in essence. ‘Art And Music’- explore the body, mind and soul. parallel of a thousand years of ‘What Is This Thing Called

‘Language’’- Learn how babies learn to speak, where thoughts and feeling come in, and what a sentence is. ‘The Enneagram: Guide To Mindfulness’ - discover characteristics that are rarely seen and are key to self improvement. ‘The Dome Of Florence Cathedral: Renaissance Masterpiece Demystified’ - How the cathedral was built and how the speaker set out to discover the secret of its construction. On Saturday only, author and journalist Shane Hegarty, will look at the Easter Rising in his talk ‘1916 Is Nearer To You Than You Think!’, and explore the remarkable events as seen by the ordinary men and women of the day. The cost of the day is €47 and includes four talks of your choice, lunch, refreshment breaks and closing reception. There is also a bus available at €10 return. Early booking is advised due to expected sell out, for more information, visit www.practicalphilosophy.ie.

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The safety of pedestrians at the junction of the Back Road and Dublin Road, Malahide, was questioned by local Councillor Anthony Lavin (FG) at the latest Council meeting. Lavin asked the Chief Executive, Paul Reid, whether the provision of pedestrian or full traffic control signals could be considered due to the number of new houses being build along the Back Road Kinsealy Land and Streamstown. In their reply, the Council confirmed the junction of the Back Road and the Malahide Road (R107) is a part of the Broomfield Local Area Plan (LAP) and will be one of a number of upgrades. The upgrading of junctions with Kinsealy Lane and The Hill also form part of the Local Area Plan (LAP) and will be delivered in tandem with the development of the LAP lands. “In the meantime, consideration will be given to advancing the provision of signals at the Back Road/Malahide Road junction,” the Council concluded.

Skerries Parish Radio Unavailable The Skerries Parish would like to apologise for the fact that the parish radio is not functioning correctly at the moment, due to an aerial fault. This will be corrected as soon as possible.

New Management System For Local Libraries Alan Kelly, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, has announced that a contract has been signed by the Local Government Management Agency for the supply and implementation of a single library management system for all public libraries around the North County. The Minister said, “The introduction of a single library system for public libraries

across the North County is a ground-breaking initiative, the first of its kind in Europe and will provide significant benefits to the local public. All of the individual library collections from every local authority library across the locality will be included in the new management system, offering the public access to the library collections, resources and digital content of all public libraries in one

Mystery Surrounds Skull Found In Swords Gardai are satisfied that a skull found in a field in Swords has been identified as human remains. The gruesome discovery was made by workmen in a field near Waterside, between Swords and Malahide. The state pathologist carried out a preliminary examination last Friday and determined the skull, as that of a male. A preliminary examination of the skull by State pathologist,

search.” The system will enable the introduction of a number of new services, such as a single membership card across all public libraries, universal membership for all children and a virtual library. “With the implementation of a single library system, the quality and strength of the library collections will be enhanced. More discerning purchasing will be enabled and resource-sharing between libraries will increase because of the ease with which local users will be able to search the wide range of collections from other libraries,” Kelly concluded.

Marie Cassidy found that there was no indication of serious injury. At the time of going to press, the deceased had not yet been identified, while the skull has been removed to the city morgue, as the process of identification continues. The services of a forensic anthropologist are being engaged and detectives are checking missing persons files. The scene was sealed off, as garda searches and a forensic examination took place. Gardai say it is too early to speculate on the identity of the victim. The discovery was made by workmen last Thursday.

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Pictured at the recent Cake Sale at Rush National School are sixth year pupils, Bobo Cheng, Jack Marsden, Molly Connors and Aidan Harford

Lavin Continues To Push For WiFi In Malahide Local Councillor, Anthony Lavin (FG), is continuing to push for a WiFi hotspot in the centre of Malahide. At a recent Council meeting, he asked the Chief Executive, Paul Reid, what progress has been made with the provision for a hotspot, and whether some of the remaining unused phone boxes could be removed. The Council has initiated a project to investigate the provision of free public WiFi in Fingal: “This project aims to facilitate economic growth - particularly in the tourism and retail sectors - by enabling increased access to online services, and will take cognisance of local businesses who provide WiFi services to their customers,” the Council said. An initial pilot is planned for implementation following an assessment of suitable locations, however the Council recognised a number of existing WiFi hotspots are provided by local businesses - including four Eircom hotspots sourced in public phone boxes. “In relation to unused phone boxes, if the question is agreed a letter will issue to Eircom in this regard,” the Council concluded.

To celebrate Science Week (9th-16th November), Balbriggan Library invites you to enter their great nature and science competition. Using toilet paper rolls and other recycled materials, build a mini model of something representing the world of science . Closing date is 23rd November. Remember to include your name, age and contact details on the model. All entries will be on display in the library. There will be prizes galore.

Swords Tidy Towns held their End of Year Get Together at The Well in Swords recently. The night was to celebrate the work carried out over the past year and to recognise the hard work of the tireless volunteers. Pictured at the get together are, Alain Gelpe, Matt Cullen, Bríd Casey, John Drinan, Angela Lodge, Isobel McClean, Pat O'Gorman, Liz Whelan, Wendy Warrick, Niamh Tracey, Georgy Hughes, Ken Duffy, Mick Dolan and Cllr Joe Newman

Quinn ‘Outraged’ Over Thank You From Skerries Graffiti In Balbriggan Community Group L o c a l c o u n c i l l o r , Síochána to bring these Malachy Quinn (SF), has individuals to account,” expressed his outrage at he told the County the recent racist graffiti Leader. which was painted on Quinn was first informed walls in the by Garrett Mullan, a Brackenwood Estate, local resident, who came Balbriggan. across the graf“Balbriggan is a fiti . Mr Mullan multicultural had immediately town that prides n o t i f i e d itself on its diverBalbriggan Garda sity, and as such Station. It was these displays of suggested by Mr intolerance and Mullan that the racism has no Cllr. Quinn repainting of the place in our town. It is walls should be underparamount that the taken as a matter of entire community work urgency, but with subsetogether with An Garda quent consultation with

The Standbyme Community is a non-profit group and all donations fund events for the Skerries community. They are also looking for €300 from sponsors to help fund other events for their different groups. If you would like to find out more about sponsoring Stand by me Community, contact standbymecommunity@gmail.com.

The Standbyme Community Group, based in Skerries, wish to say a big “thank you” to all involved in their tea party for the over 65’s recently, particularly the staff at the Plough Cafe. The next event for the over 65’s is a traditional Irish bluegrass and blues session with a group called the Bracken Sessions. This will take place in The Snug, Skerries, this Sunday, 16th November at 3:00pm until 6:00pm. Entrance is €10 which includes nibbles and a free drink. If you would like to join them, please contact Anne on 018434715. Mr Fintan McCutcheon, Principal of Balbriggan Educate Together on which walls the racist graffiti was painted, it was decided that Mr McCutcheon would meet with the Gardai prior to

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Fingal County Council

Community Person of the Year 2014

Balbriggan Integration Forum were one of the big winners on the night in the Pride of Place category. Members of the forum are pictured here receiving their award from County Mayor, Mags Murray, in the presence of Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid.

Elizabeth Walsh from Donabate is pictured receiving her award from County Mayor, Mags Murray, in the presence of Council Chief Executive Paul Reid.

Donabate and Portrane Community Centre were one of the winners on the night. Paschal Henchy is pictured receiving the award from County Mayor, Mags Murray in the presence of Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid.

John Flynn from Lusk was one of thse recognised for his achievements over the past year. He is pictured here with Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, Anne-Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray and Mary Kennedy

Pictured is Mark Reddy from Swords, after receiving his award. He is pictured here with Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, Anne-Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray and Mary Kennedy

A chuffed overall winner, Ronnie Delaney is pictured with family and friends after being named as Community Person of the Year also pictured is Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid (left).

Ronnie Delaney, a tireless community volunteer, friend and neighbour from Ballyboughal, was announced as Fingal County Council’s Community Person of the Year for 2014. The awards, hosted by well-known personality Mary Kennedy, took place amid great excitement at the Draíocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown on Wednesday, 5th November. The Awards night, sponsored by the Community Culture and Sports Division of the Council, is an event that affords the opportunity for the County Council to recognise the vital work done by individuals within the community and voluntary sector, improving the quality of life for all in the region. County Mayor Cllr. Mags Murray presenting the awards alongside Mary Kennedy and Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, was delighted to welcome the announcement of the outright winner. Ronnie Delaney, as the audience were told, “has been relentless in bringing ideas to life and providing

Brendan Sherlock from Skerries was one of the winners on the night. He is pictured here with Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, Anne-Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray and Mary Kennedy

Bernadette Marks from Swords (third from right) was one of the winners on the night. She is pictured here with Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, Anne-Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray, Geraladine McGovern and Mary Kennedy

Kathleen O'Brien from Rush (second from right) was one of the winners on the night. She is pictured here with Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, Anne-Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray and Mary Kennedy

guidance to existing projects or groups, who may be struggling in the community of Ballyboughal. He has a wonderful, positive outlook in considering any options that will enhance the quality of life in Ballyboughal and the extended community”. The invited guests were also told that, “he was instrumental in the redevelopment of the local Pitch and Putt Club, and he established a folk group to promote the talents of song writers, musicians, singers and story tellers across all ages in North County Dublin. He is the man responsible for co-ordinating the general use of the community hall for many local groups in Ballyboughal.” Also honoured on the night were the three organisations that are representing Fingal in the All-Ireland Pride of Place Finals including Balbriggan Integration Forum. They have been nominated by the Council and each groups was presented with fitting tributes on the night by the Mayor.

Darragh Lawlor from Swords was one of the winners on the night. Darragh is pictured here with Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, Anne-Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray and Mary Kennedy

Stacie May Mahony from Lusk was one of the winners on the night. She is pictured here with Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, Anne-Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray and Mary Kennedy

Breda Howard from Malahide was one of the winners on the night. She is pictured here with Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, Anne-Marie Farrelly (County Council), County Mayor, Mags Murray and Mary Kennedy

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Balbriggan Group Seeks Community Support

Pictured here is Margot Slattery, managing director, Sodexo Ireland with Chef Malcolm Givan from Lusk, who won a gold medal the recent Sodexo Salon Culinaire competition.

Pictured here is Pauline Beggan from Swords, who won a bronze medal at the Sodexo Salon Culinaire competition.

Locals ‘Plate Up’ Medals At Culinary Competition free raspberry and polenta traybakes in the very popular and hotly contested Innovative Tray Bake Class, as well as the overall Best in Show Award for, according to the judges, his “consistently superb” level of entries and his commitment towards the Salon over the years. In the Decorative Novelty Cake Class, bronze medals went to two local women, Pauline Beggan from Swords and Fiona Crosby from Rush. Fiona also won a bronze in the Gateau Class. Margot Slattery, Pictured here is Fiona Crosby from Rush, who won a managing director, bronze medal at the competition. Sodexo Ireland, said: working in 200 site locations “Congratulations to Malcolm, throughout Ireland. The heat was Pauline and Fiona on their excelon, as hundreds of chef and non- lent medal wins. The competition chef contestants vied to win a gold, is a great opportunity to showcase silver or bronze medal in culinary local talent, which is vital. It allows excellence in over 18 competition us to reach and often exceed client categories. Three locals from expectations in operating their Swords, Rush and Lusk walked staff restaurants, and offer food quality and presentation compaaway with medals. Chef, Malcolm Givan from Lusk, rable to that found in high street won a gold medal for his gluten- shops, bistros and restaurants.” Catering staff from the North County won a plateful of medals in the recent Sodexo Salon Culinaire, the annual culinary competition run by foodservices company Sodexo Ireland for its 1,800 staff

Skerries Harps Busy As Ever The recent launch night of The Kube sponsored by Ollie’s Place and McMeel’s Pharmacy, proved to be a fantastic success. The club would like to say many thanks to Ollie Grimes for the use of his premises and to all the contestants for taking part. The next ‘Kube’ event will take place on Friday, 14th November in The City North Hotel, Gormanston at 8pm. Tickets for this are now on sale at €20 from Joanne on 0864058523. The club’s Bag-Pack in Moriarty’s Supervalu took place last. Weekend, and they wish to say thanks to all who helped out and to all who supported. Whist continues on Tuesday nights at 8pm in the clubhouse, with free lessons for beginners. The Skerries Harps AGM will take place on Thursday, 20th November at 8.30pm.

Community Open Day In Balbriggan The Balbriggan Community Council are holding an ‘Open Day for Balbriggan’ on the 15th November in the Balbriggan Clubs Community Centre at 23 Dublin Street, (formerly the old Balbriggan Cinema) between 1pm to 4pm. This event is open to all members of the public and aims to highlight the wonderful diversity of clubs, social groups, businesses and organisations that are in Balbriggan. Participants can use the opportunity to

advertise themselves and inform the public about what they do. The list of participants that have already signed up includes those involved in youth activities, sport, music, acting, medical, social integration, language, toddler, scouting, special needs, public speaking and much more. All members of the public are encouraged to find the time to come to the open day, irrespective of age and background, to browse the tables to see what is on offer in Balbriggan. There will be the opportunity to ask questions and sign up to any club, social group or organisation that you might like.

Table Quiz In Aid Of Swords Club There will be a table quiz in aid of Swords Hockey Club in Wright’s Café Bar in Swords on Monday, 17th November starting at 7.30pm. A team of four costs €40.00. The quiz will consist of ten rounds of six questions with the emphasis on fun and enjoyment. There will be prizes for the top three teams with individual spot prizes and a raffle too. All are very welcome to come along and join the fun.

Remember Us, a Special Needs group based in Balbriggan, are looking for local companies/businesses and the community around the North County for support to help secure a base for their members. At their recent launch, Remember Us stated that they had identified a premises that they would like to purchase in order to have a permanent base for their members. Nora Roban, the founder of Remember Us, told the County Leader: “After 16 years of providing social outlets for young people and adults with special needs in hired halls in Balbriggan, Swords and various other venues, the time has come where our members’ needs would be best served in a building fit for the purpose of specifically catering for their needs.” On the night, a ‘Fundraising Barometer’ was

revealed, which shows their success in fundraising towards this goal to date. Following on from the donation of €30,000 by their new Premier Patron, the Progressive Credit Union, they now have €250,000 of the €600,000 that they need to secure and fully fit out the premises they have identified. A number of the ‘Barometers’ can be seen around Balbriggan as Remember Us encourages the community at large to support them. Nora explained that all donations, however great or small, will make such a difference. “We are asking community groups to host fundraising events on our behalf and we would hope that some of the local businesses will do the same. We now have an ‘on line’ facility for accepting donations via Pay Pal on our website and we would encourage people to go on to our website: www.rememberus.ie and make a donation,” she added. If you want to become a Patron or Friend of Remember Us, please call Nora on 087 669 2683. All support is greatly appreciated.

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This will be welcome news to business people throughout the North County and to the general public. Furthermore, thanks to the presence of the airport, businesses in Fingal are in the prime position to capitalise on the economy’s strength in relation to the exporting of goods. “Domestic demand and the upward trend in retail sales will provide Local TD Alan Farrell (FG), has much needed support to SMEs stated that the European throughout the North County and Commission’s projections for will assist in revitalising main Ireland’s economic growth, will streets, particularly those in bring good news for businesses in Swords, Rush and Balbriggan. This the North County. increase in retail sales will He said, “The Autumn hopefully encourage new 2014 European Economic businesses to establish Forecast, published by themselves in the currently the European vacant units in town Commission, has shown centres, and we can all that Ireland’s economy is support small businesses the fastest growing by shopping local, where economy in Europe, and Alan Farrell TD possible. predicted that it will “While this is positive news, retain this position in 2015 and we still have a long way to go and 2016.” we must not be complacent in “The Commission’s report has terms of rebuilding the economy predicted that Ireland’s economic and getting people back to work. growth rates in 2015 and 2016, SMEs are the largest creators of following the projected 4.6 per cent jobs in this country. We must growth rate this year, will ensure continue to support them in finding that Ireland remains as the EU’s opportunities to develop and grow fastest growing economy over this as this will further strengthen or three-year period. economy and boost job creation in “The report has also stated that our local communities,” he retail sales are steadily increasing. concluded.

Economic Predictions Good For North County

Concerns Over Flooding In Portrane Local councillor, Paul Mulville (NP), is anxious to prevent further flooding on Marsh Lane in Portrane. One dwelling house in particular suffers from ongoing flooding, and Mulville is keen for the Council to take steps with regards to this. At a recent Council meeting,

he asked the Chief Executive, Paul Reid, whether a meeting could be arranged between Council staff and affected local residents on-site. In response, the Council noted an embankment already exists in the location in question. “It is considered that raising the embankment would not

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alleviate the flooding issue due to the presence of a surface water drainage system discharge nearby (private),” the Council said. Such a task could create further flooding issues during periods of severe rainfall as well. “The local residents can contact the Operations Department and we are happy to meet with them,” the Council concluded.

Busy Times Ahead For Balrothery Following the very successful public meeting held by Balrothery Community Council in September on the subject of more proposed developments in Balrothery, a further meeting was held. It was attended by Executives from the Operations Department of the County Council and Balrothery Community Council, was held late last month and was attended by County Councillors Malachy Quinn (SF), Grainne Murphy (NP) and Tony Murphy (NP). The meeting was preceded by a walkabout tour of Balrothery Village, identifying the concerning areas, highlighting pedestrian and traffic issues and illustrating the lack of spending and poor provision of facilities. Balrothery Community Council are now calling for an urgent meeting with

the executives of the County Council Planning Department. “We have also called for a Delegation Meeting with the County Council Executive and Councillors,” said Chairperson of Balrothery Community Council, Niall Keady. “The Community Council have invited our local councillors, both area TD’s and Senators to join their November Community Council meeting. This will be followed by an AGM and public meeting in December where progress to date and strategy going forward will be on the agenda,” he explained. The Community Council also announced more exciting news, as they revealed that Balrothery will be entering the Tidy Towns Competition in 2015. “The Community Council are enthused by the

Bereavement Information Evening In Swords Anam Cara, the national organisation that provides support services to bereaved parents and families is hosting a Bereavement Information Evening in Applewood Community Centre, Swords on Wednesday, 19th November from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. This event gives parents an opportunity to hear an experienced bereavement professional talk about the many

challenges families have to face into, after the death of their son or daughter. This event is open to all Bereaved parents, regardless of the age of their child or the circumstances of their death. For the bereavement Information evening on Wednesday 19th November, Anam Cara’s guest speaker is Anne Reilly and the topic for the evening is “A Parents Grief – A Difficult Journey”

Anne has extensive experience working with bereaved parents in her roles with the Irish Cancer Society and the Jack & Jill Foundation. Anam Cara provides a range of support services, which include website, private message forums for parents and adult siblings, Professional Bereavement talks, family social and remembrance events. All Anam Cara services are provided free of charge to parents and Anam Cara North Dublin will facilitate Parent Evenings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, until June.

Night At Pavilions Night at Pavilions, which takes place on Thursday, 13th November, promises to be an event to remember. It will feature an evening of fashion, beauty, music and entertainment that is guaranteed to have something for everyone. It starts at 6pm and runs until 10pm and there will be lots of discounts on

fantastic work done establishing two important new committees for Youth Services and Tidy Towns,” he continued. “Balrothery will be entering the National Tidy Towns competition next year after some years of absence due the development works in the village.” “Fundraising will begin immediately and we are delighted to announce a ‘Quiz Night’ will be held in the Balrothery Inn on November 21st, we really hope the community will get behind this event and attend in as strong numbers as the resent public meetings, there will also be an opportunity to recruit volunteers for both Tidy Towns and Youth services. The Balrothery Inn have offered to hold this year’s Christmas Draw in aid of the Community Council. The proceeds from the Quiz night and the Christmas Draw will be shared between both Youth Services and the Tidy Towns,” he said.

offer, just on the night. With the majority of stores taking part, it may well be the ideal time to pick up that great bargain, particularly with Christmas just around the corner. There will be fashion shows on the hour, with shops like River island, H&M, Mango, Next and Zara, all showcasing some of their top brands. Top

Daffodil Planting Day In Swords Swords Tidy Towns will hold a Daffodil Bulb Planting Day on Saturday, 15th November from 10am until 1pm. The group will meet alongside the Pavilions Roundabout, and they are looking for as many people as possible to volunteer. Bring gloves, trowels, buckets and help to make Swords looking pretty in Spring.

model and TV personality, Glenda Gilson will be there to open the fashion shows. There promises to be some spectacular music at the event, and also a chance to win a €100 Swords Pavilions Gift card. All you have to do to win the prize, is to take your picture in front of the life-size Xpose Magazine cover on the red carpet. Upload your picture to Instagram, and the best picture will win the prize. It is definitely an evening not to be missed.

invites suitable candidates to tender for consultancy services for the building of a one-classroom ASD unit on the school site. Letters of interest to the above address or email to Colchoilm.ias@eircom.net.” The IBEC Irish Contract Cleaning Association (ICCA) Industry Awards 2014 for the Retail Building Category, was awarded to Noonan Services Group Ltd, for Swords Pavilions Shopping Centre. Pictured with the award are Ausra Ignatoviene (Cleaning Manager), with Pavilions Centre Director, Ian Hunter. Also pictured are Ausra’s team, Gitana, Valentina, Tamara, Mindaugas, Sarunas, Markas, Boriss, and Linas.

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Smith Welcomes Community Games Funding Local councillor, Duncan Smith (Lab), has welcomed the fact that the Council Budget for 2015 has agreed to contribute €1500 in 2015 to the Dublin Community Games. “This is the first funding from the County Council to the Community Games since 2006. All other Dublin Local Authorities (City, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, South County Dublin) contribute to the

Dublin Community Games,” Smith explained. “There are 3,000 children from all around the North County who take part in the Community Games every year and it is only right and proper that our County Council contribute to this wonderful voluntary organisation, which provides a positive and active outlet for children,” Smith said. The Community Games is a fantastic organisation and I am delighted to have made representations on their behalf so Fingal County Council can join our fellow Dublin Local Authorities in supporting this group,” he concluded.

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11.11.2014 ment to enhance the quality of services which add such value to our communities.” The Minister particularly recognises the commitment of the many Dr James Reilly TD, Minister for volunteers involved in assisting Children and Youth Affairs, has and managing youth projects announced the availability of €5 throughout the country. million capital funding for small to “This voluntary effort, combined medium capital grants to youth with the professionalism and dediof youth service projects in disadvantaged commu- cation employees, makes a significant nities. contribution to ensuring the lives Grants will be available for the upgrade, or replacement of equip- of young people are enhanced and improved through the ment, for example, services offered by youth computer / software projects. The aim of this updates, sports equipment, capital funding scheme is to multimedia equipment, provide much needed assisfurnishing upgrades. tance to youth projects to Details of the scheme and improve the facilities and how to apply are on the equipment available for Department of Children and their work with young Youth Affairs website Dr. Reilly TD people in their communiMinister Reilly stated: “I ties,” he said. am very pleased to have this funding available to provide to The grant scheme also calls for youth services, which do vital applications in early 2015, for work in some of the more disad- capital projects related to health vantaged communities in our and safety improvements to society. The money will assist in premises. For example, improved improving the quality of the access for young people with services, and their facilities to the disabilities; fire doors and/or benefit of young people involved. upgrade or refurbishment of The provision of the funding under- premises, like window replacescores the Government’s commit- ments and heating upgrades.

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Christmas Party Time At Millbank They’re Back! One of the most popular shows ever brought to The Millbank Theatre in Rush, Abba Forever is back for another stint at the popular Rush venue. Make a date on Wednesday, 17th December at 8.30pm for this, the fifth time this terrific show has come to town, with the finest Abba voices you will ever hear! Email: bookings@millbanktheatre.ie Tickets €20

Defibrillator Located At Millfield Shopping Centre Many people in Balbriggan and surrounding areas, may not be aware that there is a defibrillator located at Millfield Shopping Centre. Such devices have been instrumental in saving lives in many areas of the North County. Johnny Treacy, who is the Security Manager at Millfield, told the County Leader about the origins of the defibrillator in the shopping centre. He said, “I work for Ailesbury services here at Millfield shopping centre in Balbriggan and I have been here since we opened back in April 2011. The majority of our security staff and Tesco staff have first aid responders on site at all times. We have a defibrillator for the shopping centre since the beginning of January 2012, and staff have undergone training to use it, if

Christmas Card Launch In Lusk Lusk Tidy Towns Association will hold their annual Christmas Card and Calendar launch at Murray’s Top Shop on Friday, 21st November, starting at 8.30pm. The launch will be performed by local senator, Darragh O’Brien and there will be music, refreshments and a raffle, and all are welcome to attend.

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necessary.” “The defibrillator has only been ever used once in Millfield, two years ago, and helped one customer who had a stroke in one of our shops, until the paramedics arrived. Our defibrillator is on level two in the centre and it is tested once a week to ensure it’s in working order. A lot of local people in the area might not know we have one on site. We would like to take this opportunity to inform locals in the area and close by, that there is one available on site. We look at safety for all our staff and customers, and having a defibrillator on site and having staff trained to use it as well, is vital and can help save someone’s life,” he concluded. Security Manager at Millfield Shopping Centre, Balbriggan, Johnny Treacy is pictured with the defibrillator which is located on the second floor in the centre

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Skerries Tidy Towns Awards Night

Swords School Wins Film Award St. Cronan’s Junior National School in Swords received an award in film making excellence at the 10th annual FÍS Film Festival, which took place in the The Helix last week. The Swords School was thrilled to receive the Best Junior Film award for their wonderful film, ‘The Fish Who Cried Shark’. To enter the festival, the school was asked to devise a five minute long film on a

subject of their choice. The film had to be produced by the children and their teachers and entries are judged on imagination and creativity, the originality of the story, excellence in set design, costume design, film direction and production as well as the use of sound, acting and cinematography. A total of 24 primary schools from across Ireland were awarded for film making excellence in a wide variety

Winter Fete In Donabate School Pictured are all of the winners at the Skerries Tidy Towns presentation night. which was held at Joe May's in the town last week

The Best Window Display was won by VIP (Very Important Parties). Pictured accepting the award from Maeve McGann, are Carol Holland and Peter Crowe

event for DPETNS and the wider community of the peninsula to enjoy. It is a date for your diary, not to be missed! They will have a selection of stalls selling hand made crafts, as well as various food stalls and plenty of games to amuse everyone. All are welcome to come along and join in the fun on the day.

Community Chess Games In Skerries The 2014 Skerries Community Games Chess competition run by Skerries Chess Club, will be held upstairs in Joe May’s on Tuesdays at 7pm. The competition will run over the coming weeks and is open to all juniors from the Skerries area, either under the age of 12 or under 16 on 31st July 2015. Entrants do not need to be members of the club, and entrance is free. Non members who wish to enter should inform John Loughran on 0863745410 and include their date of birth in their application. The Turkey tournament, an adult chess tournament, will start today, Tuesday, and as always new members are welcome.

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A painting of The White Cottages on Balbriggan Road in Skerries was presented to Joe and Jackie O'Connor, by the artist, 17 year old Louise Scanlan, a student at Skerries Community College and a member of Skerries Art School. Picture shows Louise making the presentation

Skerries Tidy Towns held the presentation of local awards for the year, at a ceremony at Joe May’s pub in the town on Thursday last. The event was also an opportunity to say a big thank you to the volunteers, who give their time freely, to ensure that Skerries is always looking it’s best. As usual, this event attracted a large gathering and marked the end of a long, successful season for the Tidy Towns committee. There were prize winners in a number of categories. Chairperson of the committee, Anne Doyle told the County Leader: “We could not have achieved this without the help of adopt a patch, adopt a beach, minders of flower containers, and those who came out to help with our work parties. This year, we achieved a wonderful 316 points, a mere four points behind overall national winner,

The Donabate Portrane Educate Together National School (DPETNS) Winter Fête is taking place on the 30th of November. The school are extremely excited about this, and hope that this will become an annual fundraising event on their school calendar. While the aim of the event is to raise funds for the school, they also want it to be an

of categories. Due to the high calibre of entries this year, 13 schools also received a Highly Commended award. Presented by RTÉ stars Sinead Kennedy and Eoghan McDermott, the awards were attended by over 800 people, including 700 primary school children from all over the North County, their teachers and parents. This year’s very special guest was Jan O’ Sullivan TD, Minister for Education and Skills.

Kilkenny. This is our best achievement to date. Wouldn’t it be a great achievement for Skerries to pass all the big guns, like Kilkenny, Killarney, Kenmare and Westport and take the title of Ireland’s Tidiest Town?” she said. “A special thank you goes to our fantastic County Council crew, who are just amazing year after year. They’re courteous, friendly and are willing to help at all times. The opening of the Floraville Garden on Strand Street is a great achievement, and we commend the work of the local Chamber of Commerce,

and the volunteers, who have made this possible. This will be a great addition to the town for next year’s entry, which we hope will please the adjudicators. We are now calling on everyone, residents, businesses alike, to lift Skerries high and help it to achieve the honours it richly deserves,” she said. “The emphasis is now on wildlife and sustainability, and we are now becoming quite good at this,” she said. She had nothing but praise for the people who volunteer their help to the tidy town cause each year. “However hard our committee works, it would be impossible to achieve these results without their help,” she concluded.

Number 16 Mill Hill Park won the Best Presented House in an Estate. Pictured is Shea Kelly of Kelly & Co Auctioneers (left), after making the presentation to Treasa and Gerry Boardman

Best Floral Display on a Business Premises was won by The Snug and Ollies. Brian Howard from the Progressive Credit Union is pictured presenting the award to Ollie Grimes

Kellys Bay Jetty, Rise, Tide, Harbour and Heights won the Best Presented Estate. Pictured is Ciara Leonard from Skerries Community Association presenting the award to Margaret Dent

Best Signage on a Business was won by Di Vinos, Church Street. Simona Mascaricci is pictured receiving the award from Maeve McGann (Skerries Tidy Towns)

Pictured at the recent Karaoke fundraiser for the Ross Nugent Foundation and St Francis Hospice at Malahide Rugby Club are, Glenn Costello, Marie Costello and Louise Costello

There will be free computer classes for older people in Donabate Library in conjunction with Age Action in the coming weeks. These classes are free of charge and all are welcome. Please phone 890 5609 to register for these classes and organisers will contact you with a start date, or book with staff in the library.

No Plans For New Allotments In Malahide The County Council currently manages over 900 allotment plots, across four schemes, throughout the North County, However, local councillor, David Healy (GP), has asked for an estimate of the unmet demand for allotments in the Howth and Malahide area. He posed the question to Chief Executive, Paul Reid, at a recent Council meeting, who confirmed there is a waiting list for two of

their allotment schemes - Turvey and Skerries. Plots are available in Balbriggan and 44 of those waiting for plots are from the Malahide area, where no Councilrun scheme is in place. “There is an allotment scheme in Malahide, run by a not-for-profit charity. Anyone interested in securing a plot in this scheme can make contact at malahideallotments.ie,” the Council said. “The Council

Local LGBT Youth Must Register To Vote Ahead of the anticipated Civil Marriage Equality Referendum in spring 2015, BeLonG To – Ireland’s national LGBT Youth Organisation – launched an online campaign, encouraging all young adults from 18-25 to register to vote, as part of the Yes Equality voter registration drive. All recent polling indicates that Irish young people are eager for change. They want to create a more open and equal Ireland, with over 88 per cent of 18 - 25 year olds polled, reporting they would vote in favour of Civil Marriage Equality at the upcoming referendum. However, the latest statistics on youth voter registration show that over one third of 18 - 25 year olds are not registered to vote.

does not plan to develop a new allotment scheme in the Malahide area that would be in direct competition with this scheme and there are no plans to develop schemes in other areas of the ward,” they continued. “Those residents interested in an allotment are urged to contact their local area office regarding availability,” the reply concluded.

Michael Barron, Founding Director of BeLonG To said, “We know that Ireland is ready for this change and that Irish young people really want a fair and equal society. Young people have always been agents for progressive change and now we are reaching out to all young adults aged 18-25 to say – this is your opportunity to create the society the you want – this is your generation’s decision. By registering to vote by 25th November and coming out to vote for civil marriage equality, you will help our country turn over a new leaf and create the modern society that you deserve and can be proud of.” From now until the 25th November deadline, you can change or update your details on the draft register of electors, using a very simple form RFA1 (available from your local post office, public library or local council), you won’t need to visit a Garda station to have the form stamped.

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Christmas 2 President Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House in 1912.

3 In Germany, Christmas Eve, or “Heiligabend”, is said to be a magical time when the pure in heart can hear animals talking. 4 Japanese people traditionally eat “Christmas chicken” at KFC for Christmas dinner. It is so popular that customers need to place their Christmas orders two months in advance. 5 Jingle Bells was written for Thanksgiving, not for Christmas. Kids and adults loved the song and eventually changed the lyrics to fit Christmas. 6 People in Iceland believe in the 13 "Yuletide Lads" who either leave presents or pull pranks for children during the 26 day holiday season as a reward or punishment for their behavior. For instance, Grola is a horrifying old woman who kidnaps children on Christmas if they have been naughty. 7 The French gave the biggest Christmas present ever in 1886. It was the Statue of Liberty, and they gave it to the United States of America. The French have a smaller one in Paris.

8 Before turkey, the traditional Christmas meal in England was pig’s head and mustard. 9 The Greeks celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the old Julian calendar, while Christmas presents are opened on New Year's Day. 10 Every December 25th a town in Peru celebrates “Takanakuy”. Men, women, and children settle grudges with fistfights. Then everyone goes drinking together, ready to start the new year with a clean slate.

Pictured here are pupils from Donabate Portrane Educate Together National School during one of their projects promoting Positive Mental Health. This, along with their other efforts, resulted in the school receiving their Changemaker School Award.

‘Changemaker’ Award For Donabate Students The pupils and staff of Donabate Portrane Educate Together National School (DPETNS) are very proud to be one of only five schools in Ireland to receive a Changemaker School Award from Ashoka Ireland. Changemaker Schools aspire to create a world, where children become empathetic leaders, capable of working together creatively to solve problems and drive change in the world. Ashoka works with these schools to support them alongside businesses, social entrepreneurs, universities, media and across other sectors. In keeping with the Educate Together philosophy, Donabate-Portrane is built around their motto, “learn together to live together,” with diversity and human rights

central to the daily lives of the children in the school. With a strong focus on global citizenship, DPETNS works in partnership with a school in Cambodia, sharing various lessons online including a positive mental health programme developed within the school. With other initiatives such as peer mediation to resolve conflicts and a buddy system devised to help integrate children with autism, the school uses peer-to-peer learning to teach global citizenship and match it with local empathy in action. Another innovative project has been the work the school has done with the students on Positive Mental Health; DPETNS are one of the only primary schools in the country to address this important issue with their students.

Update From Swords Tidy Towns There was some bad news on the horizon for Swords Tidy Towns last week, when they were informed that they were not selected for Coca Cola funding. The group had put a ‘Get Swords Moving’ project together and had hoped to be selected for some funding to get the project off the ground, but it was not to be on this occasion. The judging panel said our programme was highly commendable and well planned, but they felt it was more a ‘civic, heritage, environmental’ project which, unfortunately for us, they were not looking to fund,” explained Swords Tidy Towns Chairperson, Ken Duffy. “However, it was a positive experience for our committee, and we hope to seek funding elsewhere. We made many excellent contacts with community groups with whom we hope to develop further relationships,” he concluded. worthy aspect of the announcement by the CSO is that, in the first nine months of this year, over 100,000 people have left the live register to take up employment. This illustrates a Local TD, Brendan Ryan (Lab), continued improvement in the has welcomed Live Register labour market and also the tracfigures for October. which show tion that local job creation a further drop in the numbers of strategies pioneered by the people signing on. Government are having, albeit He told the County gradually, on the Leader, “The Live ground. “Wrestling this Register has now economy back from the dropped for 28 months brink over the last few in a row - a significant years has been an statement of the arduous task, but this increasing strength of Government’s dogged our economy. These focus on job creation is figures show the unem- Brendan Ryan TD now clearly paying diviployment rate now dends, with the further stand at a new low of 11 per fall in the Live Register reprecent, down a third from 2011 senting the latest step forward when it stood at a peak of over in this regard.” he said. 15 per cent. “The most note-

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Eamonn Murphy, Swords I don’t think it will be, not with all the charges coming in, how could it be? I was caught for tax, I have to pay that next year, so it’s a diabolical year.

“This was a sheltered den for youths to drink and loiter during week nights and weekends, up to 30 youths on a night back in October were involved in antisocial behaviour that resulted in the windows of several Local Councillor Philip houses being Lynam (SF), would like to smashed, as residents thank the County Council tried to move the for all its hard work in youths on. That night putting the pressure on three arrests were also Cannon and Kirk made and I would like Construction, to have the to thank the Gardaí in bungalow at the junction of Bunbury estate and Cllr. Philip Lynam Swords for their help,” he said. Rathbeale road in Swords demolished. Speaking about the “Working together with the demolition, Lynam told the County Council and the Gardaí, we can try to tackle this.” County Leader:

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O’Brien Seeks Malahide Casino And Railway Update At the latest Council meeting, local Councillor, Eoghan O’Brien (FF), sought an update on Casino, Malahide and the Fry Model Railway. He asked the Chief Executive, Paul Reid, for a timeframe as to when a transference of ownership of the Casino and Model Railway is likely to happen. The Cllr. O’Brien Council confirmed outstanding legal issues in relation to the acquisition of the Casino building and Fry Model Railway are nearing completion. “Unless further impediments arise, is is anticipated that both purchases will be completed in the very near future,” the Council said. This is good news for the local project, which has experienced significant delays over the last year.

Tom Markham, Swords According to reports it will, but I doubt it. Well the full charges are coming in in January for starts, and people have to save for that. And then Mr Kenny has to make up his mind how much he’s got to rob us in the water charges, so that’s going to be hanging over us.

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Mary McGrath, Garristown Yes, there seems to be more money around, especially in the shops. I don’t know whether people are just being more free with their money.

Barry Sinclair, Swords No, because people haven’t really bought into the fact that austerity may be gone, so I feel they may still be nervous. I don’t see the excitement I usually see at Christmas, I really don’t.

Thomas Smith, Swords No, I suppose it would be worse, because people have got less money in their pocket because of the Government and water rates that kicks in later on.

John Fitzgerald, Whitehall Yes, better. The country is on a bit of an upturn, there’s more money around so people will have more to spend. The M50 is now back to how it was in 2008, so that says there’s going to be more people around, too.

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New CCTV System For Donabate Following recent conversations with groups in Donabate, local company USEE, have agreed to help set up a community CCTV monitoring system in the town. It has been proposed that the roll out of the system will take place in two phases. Phase one will involve working with the Donabate Portrane Chamber of Commerce, to roll out CCTV on the main street in partnership with local businesses. Businesses themselves

Council Boosts Local Tourism Survey The County Council is working with Fingal Tourism to prepare a review of the tourism industry in the county and come up with new action plan for tourism to run from 2015 to 2018. “There has been a considerable upturn in tourism numbers coming to Ireland in recent years, and this important work will help position North County based businesses, to take maximum advantage

of the ongoing recovery in the industry and allow it to grow and fulfil its significant untapped potential around the locality,” the Council said. Part of this tourism review includes a short online tourism survey inviting the opinions, experience and ideas of residents, employees, tourism businesses and any other stakeholders involved in tourism throughout the North

County. Feedback from the survey will supplement other work taking place with stakeholders and community leaders who will all be asked to work together to help the North County be part of the wider Dublin tourist experience, offering the highest quality venues, services and activities to all visitors to the region. To encourage a good level of response every person who completes the survey will be entered into a draw for one of six €100 One4All vouchers. Ethna Felten, Head of Economic Development Services with the County

Council launched the survey and voucher giveaway today saying “We’re really excited about the work we are doing to increase the economic potential of tourism in the North County,” she said. “The bigger message for local residents,” she continued, “is that along with the chance of winning a nice prize, you also have a valuable opportunity to help to shape the tourist industry, support local jobs, and develop local services and attractions that boost the quality of life of the communities in which you live.”

Swords Company Goes From Strength To Strength Swords based company, ASL Aviation Group (ASL), has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the Farnair Group of companies. When completed, this transaction will combine the strengths of two successful aviation groups and will provide industry-leading service performance to existing and prospective future customers world-wide. The acquisition of Farnair offers ASL Aviation Group a unique opportunity

to considerably strengthen its position as the neutral provider of airline services to the major express integrators on a global scale. The Management team at Farnair Group will remain in place and the addition of the Farnair aircraft will bring the total ASL Aviation Group fleet to over 100 owned and/or operated aircraft. Employment numbers will grow to over 1,500 people globally. This new acquisition reinforces

Reilly Welcomes Youth Advisory Council The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly TD, has welcomed the establishment of the Advisory Council, set up under Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People (2014-2020). The Advisory Council brings together for the first time and into one forum, a diverse range of sectorial stakeholder interests in the area of children and young people’s

successful implementation of Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures,” he continued. The Advisory Council will also advise the Minister and the high level Children and Young People’s policy provision. The Minister Policy Consortium on the implesaid: “This Advisory Council will mentation of Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures and its provide a platform for constituent strategies. It members of civil will also have a role in society involved in the generating support for area of children and change among stakeyoung people.” holders, and provide a “The community, forum to support implevoluntary and nonmentation and address government sectors challenges in a positive, connect with and Dr. Reilly TD solution focused manner. mobilise local communities, families and individuals The Advisory Council consists of and so are vital to the 16 members.

O’Brien Keen For Walkway In Malahide Local councillor, Eoghan O’Brien (FF), is eager to see Malahide have its own Walkway and CycleWay. Wanting an update on the progress of the project, at the latest Council meeting, O’Brien (FF), asked Chief Executive, Paul Reid, for a report on this. The Council replied that since last reporting to

will be providing use of their buildings and broadband connections for the cameras. Phase two will then involve exploring the possibility of further enhancing CCTV coverage with the help of Donabate Portrane Community Council, residents associations and other interested groups to provide monitoring throughout the peninsula. The Donabate Portrane Community Council will be taking the lead in this project and offers of assistance, potential camera sites, fundraising etc should be passed to Clara LaCombre at lacombreclara@gmail.com The aim of this new rollout is to provide a degree of CCTV coverage in the area and help reduce anti-social behaviour on the peninsula.

members, they had undertaken a design reviews and are currently re-engaging with affected landowners in that regard. So it seems the project will still go ahead, even if its development is at a slow pace. “Engineering and environmental consultants are finalising the Environmental and Natural Impact Statements for submission to An Bord Pleanála,” the Council said. “In parallel, Irish Rail are working to address environmental and legal issues pertaining to the railway causeway across the estuary. The Council continues to seek likely funding sources with a view to moving the project towards implementation stage,” they added.

Pictured is the under 14 footballers of St. Mary’s Secondary School, Baldoyle, who had a fine win away last week against local rivals, Manor House, Raheny

Awards Night For Portmarnock School A wonderful celebration of academic excellence in the state exams took place recently in Portmarnock Community School. Mr Higgins transformed the Assembly Hall into an impressive arena of awards. Parents witnessed students being presented with the fabulous awards, which were also designed and created by Mr. Higgins. The school’s returning Leaving Certificate and last year’s Junior Certificate students who excelled in their exams through dedication, will no doubt treasure the awards for a very long time.

School Principal, Ms Deeney, welcomed special guest speaker Shaun Quinn, Chief Executive of Fáilte Ireland. He exhorted the students to retain their work ethic, and emphasised a focus on goals as important, but also saw interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence as attributes that will enhance opportunities. He then presented the school’s most successful Junior Certificate students with their certificates. Ms Norris read out the list of names concluding with Rachel Donnelly-Lawlor who won the Overall Award. Mr Clarke then called the

the successful, strategic development of the Group by external and geographical growth. The integration of the Farnair Group to ASL will enhance the company’s capabilities and is aimed at strengthening the local company’s ability to offer the highest quality professional aviation services, on a neutral provider basis, providing access to additional products and a larger network to all current customers and prospective future customers worldwide.

Leaving Certificate students forward, concluding with the Overall Award winner Mark Nolan. The school’s Head Boy and Head Girl, Ultain O’Moráin and Ailbhe Twomey, then presented the ‘Students of the Year’ with their trophies and medals. Students from each year are marked out as contributing in a significant way to school spirit. The winners were: Holly Ramsey (1st Year), Ashlee Rocliffe (2nd Year), Oisín Reilly (3rd Year), Faolan Radcliffe-McGovern (4th Year) and Kate Finnucane (5th Year). All in all, those that attended thoroughly enjoyed the night, and thought it a very fitting way to mark the rewards that come with dedication and hard work.

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Massive Broadband Boost For North County Eircom has announced that it will significantly increase broadband speeds currently available on its fibre broadband network. The company is offering one gigabit (1,000 megabits per second) connectivity in 66 communities across the country. Included in this rollout will be Swords, Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush, Portmarnock and Malahide. These super fast speeds will be underpinned by ‘end to end’ fibre

connections, through the use of fibre to the home (FTTH) technology. Customer connections will be provided as demand for this connectivity emerges. Customers in these communities can already access broadband speeds of up to 100 Mbps. Many will regard this development as a great boost for businesses in the area, and will be a shot in the arm for inward investment in the locality, which will

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Rejection Of DAA Pension Proposals Continued from page 1 DAA Head of Industrial Relations, John McCormack said the trustees of the aviation pension scheme (known as the IASS) have asked whether the DAA will make available proposed lump sums totalling €72 million, as part of the implementation of the revised pension arrangements. This follows news that DAA is likely to see it’s profits jump by 12 per cent to €180 million this year, on the back of an improved Irish economy, according to ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s. The DAA wrote to unions noting the outcome of the Aer Lingus ballot, and that no ballot has yet taken place at the DAA. McCormack noted that the trustee needs to know this in order to proceed with the technical steps required, to progress the revised arrangements with the Pensions Authority. He told unions the DAA has confirmed it will make the lump sums available to all eligible staff. He said, “DAA has taken this decision in the best interests of staff, warning that if the proposals do not proceed as envisaged, and given the tight

timeline, any alternative trustee proposal would be “to the serious disadvantage” of DAA staff members. He reassured unions that management will continue to seek engagement with staff representatives on a collective agreement in the context of the Expert Panel Report. However, SIPTU Pensions Policy Advisor, Dermot O’Loughlin said the SIPTU pensions committee does not believe the DAA’s proposals represent the best outcome that can be achieved through negotiation. He also claimed that DAA workers are coming out with significantly worse pension entitlements under the IASS restructuring than Aer Lingus members of the scheme. The committee queried the assumptions, on which the DAA is basing its calculation of benefits for members, compared to the assumptions used by Aer Lingus, and criticises the level of contributions employers will be making to the new defined benefit pension scheme. He described the proposal to wind up a supplemental pension scheme, known as the Aer

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Chief Executive Buoyant After Inaugural Budget Continued from page 1 Reid alluded to this when he said, “All evidence suggests that Dublin, as a city breaks destination, is booming and we need to build on that and factor in the great attractions the North County has to offer, and to encourage these visitors to spend some of that time in our area,” he said. As an extra boost to tourism in the area, upgrade works are planned for Malahide and Newbridge Demesnes, at a cost of €500,000. Better community facilities are planned, with €300,000 being allocated for this, as well as €500,000 for better public lighting. Another major investment sees €2.8m extra spending on housing and building, which is set to boost local employment in the area. The chief executive was positive about the economic outlook, and said, “I reminded councillors that the signs of economic recovery are very real and very welcome, and beginning to be evident locally. Exports are up and ahead of expectations”, he said. “Employment is up and unemployment will fall below 10 per cent next year.” He continued, “More businesses are operating in the North County region today, and only last week LEO Fingal approved €250,000 in funding to new business, creating 23 new jobs immediately and 43 jobs next year. Planning applications are up by 25 per cent and the construction industry is reemerging with 30 active residential building sites in the local area,” he said. Reid was keen to point out that the Council remains a business focused local authority. “We cut commercial rates through the recession and our rates are still the most favourable in Dublin. We stay focused on job creation and this will be the key to our economic recovery. LEO Fingal and our Economic Development Services team are working hard with new and growing businesses, local Chambers of Commerce, and those who are investing in and growing companies right across the North county to maintain and secure our return to prosperity in the region,” he said. On a personal note, he paid tribute to the work and commitment of Council staff, County Mayor Mags Murray and the newly elected councillors, who worked hard to develop and agree a strong budget for 2015.

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5. During the Christmas of 2010, the Colombian government covered jungle trees with lights. When FARC guerrillas (terrorists) walked by, the trees lit up and banners asking them to lay down their arms became visible. 331 guerrillas re-entered society and the campaign won an award for strategic marketing excellence. 6. In 1647, the English parliament passed a law making Christmas illegal. The Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, who considered feasting and revelry on what was supposed to be a holy day to be immoral, banned the Christmas festivities. The ban was lifted only when Cromwell lost power in 1660. 7. Giving presents was once banned by the Catholic Church. It was believed that gift giving was connected to paganism.

8. Most Finnish families have their own sauna. It is believed that a sauna elf lives in there to protect it and to make sure people behave themselves. 9. Santa has his own postal code, H0H 0H0 -with zeros instead of the letter ‘o’ it’s in Canada where postal codes are alphanumeric. Letters – the kind that bypass parents – used to end up undelivered because there was no centralised address for Santa Claus. For the past 30 years, Canada Post volunteers have been helping Santa reply to a million letters from children around the world. 10. Many publications like to print the innocuous sounding “Xmas” to prevent them from scaring away any non-Christian customers. The true origin of it comes from Greece. The letter “X” is the first letter of Christ, and “Xmas” has been used as an abbreviation for Christmas since the mid 1500s. So, Xmas doesn’t delete the Christ from Christmas

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Joe Barnwall from Balbriggan celebrated his 40th birthday, with a fancy dress party, with the theme of super heroes and villains. The party was held in the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan last week. Joe (in centre) is pictured enjoying the night, with his family and friends

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Recent published deaths from the North County MOOREHEAD John Charles (late of Skerries, Co. Dublin and Glasnevin, Co. Dublin) November 5th 2014, peacefully at St. Francis’ Hospice, Raheny. John, deeply regretted by his loving wife Mary, children Laura, Bryan and Ciara, mother Marie, predeceased by his father Paddy. Grandchildren Sophia and Ryan, son-in-law Danny, sister, Anne Marie, brothers Patrick and Paul, sisters-in-law, brother-in-law, nephews and nieces, aunts, uncles, cousins, family and a large circle of friends. Special thanks to the doctors, nurses and staff of St. Vincents private and public hospitals and St. Francis’ Hospice, Raheny. May he Rest in Peace. KAVANAGH, Née Stone, (Loughshinny, Skerries, Co. Dublin) 4th November 2014 (peacefully) at Beaumont Hospital, surrounded by her loving family, in her 91st year, Maureen (Renee), wife of the late Andy, grandmother of the late Shaun and motherin-law of the late Pauline, sadly missed by her loving children, Martin, David and Alan, sister, Joan, daughters-in-law, Bernie and Kathleen, sister-in-law, adored 5 grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives and many friends. Rest in peace. BURNS William Francis (Willie), (Ballinamore, Leitrim/ Lusk, Co. Dublin) In the loving care of the staff at Lusk Community Unit, Lusk, Co. Dublin. Sadly missed by his son Joe, granddaughters Laura and Danielle, niece Margaret, nephews Brendan and Tom, grandchildren Jade, Zach, Katie, Chloe, Camryn and Aoibhe, relatives and large circle of friends. Rest in peace. FANNING, (Née Clarke), (Skerries, Co. Dublin) 3rd November 2014 (peacefully) at Blackrock Clinic, surrounded by her loving family, Margaret (Madge) wife of the late James, sadly missed by her loving children Dick, Charlie, Margaret, Shay, Joe, Noel, Brendan and John, adored fifteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, daughters-inlaw, son-in-law, sister Sheila, sister-in-law Lena, nieces, nephews, relatives and many friends. Rest in peace. FARRELLY (Née Forrestor), Josephine, November 1, 2014 (Rush, Co. Dublin), (peacefully) at her daughters residence, beloved wife of the late Brendan; deeply regretted by her loving son Brendan, daughters Marie and Susan, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives and friends. Rest in peace. WALSH (Née McConville) 31st October 2014, (Skerries, Co. Dublin and late of Santry) suddenly, at home, Anna, sadly missed by her loving family husband Eric, daughter Kerrie, son Leigh, brothers Seamus, Paul and Eugene, sisters Mary, Bernie, Brona, Martina and Aishling, mother-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and a large circle of friends. Rest in peace. FARMER Richard (Richie) (Balbriggan, Co. Dublin and formerly of St. Patrick’s Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin) November 6th 2014 (suddenly) at Beaumont Hospital. Deeply regretted by Anita, sons, daughters, grandchildren, mother Mary, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Rest in peace. O’CONNELL (née McCarthy) Hannah RIP, (Cordal West, CastleIsland, Co. Kerry/ 17 Swords Manor Crescent, Brackenstown, Swords, Co. Dublin). Beloved wife of the late Danny and mother of the late Danny and mother of the late Gerard. Sadly missed by her loving daughters Marie, Margaret and Siobhan, son-in-law Jerh, daughter-in-law Mary, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, all extended family, relatives, neighbours and friends. Rest in peace.

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Fingal County Council Permission is sought for the attic conversion (non-habitable space) & the construction of a dormer roof to the rear roof space of the existing dwelling @ 8 Woodview, Balrothery, Co. Dublin for Rory Murphy. 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 and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee (20 euros), within the period of 5 weeks, beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal County Council of the application. Fingal County Council Permission is sought to construct a single story extension to the rear of the existing house and to install a new secondary waste water treatment plant with percolation area and ancillary works at 4 New Road, Donabate for Jenny Ryan 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, 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 The development will consist of change of use of existing retail unit to restaurant, and introduction of trademark signage to include 1 no. internally lit main sign and 1 no. internally lit projecting sign together with internally lit menu box to Unit 6 St Fintan's, North St, Swords for Neal Morrison as receiver of the property. 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, 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 i Inez Sanz am applying for permission for proposed build up of existing hip in roof to side at attic level,proposed attic conversion with dormer window on rear slope of roof & 2No. velux roof lights in front slope of roof all at attic level at 1 Holywell Square,Feltrim Hall, Swords, Co. Dublin.

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11.11.2014 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 Rush Sailing Club seek planning permission for: 1 / Retention for construction of single storey entrance extension to front, 2 / Retention for construction of single storey protective glazing to existing patio area to side, and 3 / Construction of new single storey extension to rear to provide additional changing room facilities, and construction of new single storey extension to side, to accommodate additional seating provision, and associated site works at Rush Sailing Club, Rogerstown, Rush, 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 (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 sought for demolition of existing wall and outhouses, and construction of new three storey semi-detached dwelling, and associated site works to site at Church Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin. (to the rear of 74 Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin.) signed Pat Fitzgerald 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 sought for demolition of existing wall and outhouses, and construction of new three storey semi-detached dwelling, and associated site works to site at Church Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin. (to the rear of 74 Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin.) signed Paul O'Loughlin 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 Retention is sought for the asbuilt (a) single storey garage extension to side (west) of existing dwelling & (b) single storey lounge extension to front (north) of existing dwelling and minor internal alterations @ Cadenuir (formerly known as Lorien), Collinstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin for David & Ann Marie Milne. This proposal is similar to that already granted planning permission under Ref. F05B/0179.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 and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee (20 euros), within the period of 5 weeks, beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal County Council of the application. Fingal County Council I, James Shaw (Senior) intend to apply for Planning Permission for development at Coolfores, Naul, Co. Dublin. he development will consist of an extension to side of existing dwelling and 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 the planning authority during the public opening hours of 9:30 – 16:30 Monday – 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 to the authority in writing on payment of a 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.

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