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23rd February 2016 • Volume 23, Issue 06 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. EirCode: K67 P5W4. • Tel: 01 8•400•200 • info@northcountyleader.ie • www.northcountyleader.ie The competition consisted of a prepared speech (Health and Environment)and that was six minutes long. The speakers were then given an impromptu (unprepared) topic they didn’t know about until they were told and they were given two minutes to write a speech that would be two minutes long. The topic was “Frustration”. One by one the speakers went up to make their speeches in front of about 60 people. Mahnoor’s speech was on the topic of Health and Environment, based on building personal resilience and a quote by Charles Darwin; She said, “It is not the strongest of species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives, it is the one that is most adaptable.”

Mia’s speech was on the topic of Friendship and Volunteering on a quote by the Dalai Lama which reads, “Our prime purpose in life is helping others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”

Soroptimist International is an organisation, whose The girls have brought home yet again another aim is to encourage girls to participate in public life, victory to their outstanding school, Loreto to improve the art of communication and to develop Balbriggan, which has recently been in the limelight the skills to speak effectively and articulatly. This is due to the achievements of the six girls in BT Young a tremendous achievement for the girls Scientist, two of whom won it. as the competition has an international “It has been a great honour to take part dimension to it. in it, especially as Soroptimist aims to A delighted Mahnoor told the County empower women. When you are Leader, “I was up against seven other speaking in front of a crowd listening so speakers, including Mia Doran who is intently, you really do feel empowered also from Loreto Balbriggan. These and that your opinion is valued. I am were the Regional Finals of the competiboth excited and nervous for the tion and myself and another girl are now National Finals in March, as all the best through to All-Ireland National Finals. speakers in the country will be The other girl is Emily Farrell who is speaking,” said Mahnoor.

Mahnoor Choudhry from Longford.”

Public Speaking Glory For Balbriggan Girl Living Kidney donor and RTE broadcaster, Vivienne Traynor from Skerries has taken up the voluntary role of ambassador for Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 which will take place from 2nd-9th April. Vivienne is pictured with her nephew, Martin Traynor to whom she donated a kidney in 2009. See story on page 2

Mahnoor Choudhry, a student at Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan has just won the regional final of the Soroptimist International public speaking competition.

Mahnoor recently spent a very successful week at the County Leader as a work experience intern where she impressed all with her efficiency and abilities.

The event, which was held on 13th February last at the Boyne Valley Hotel, Drogheda featured a total of eight girls, who were the best ones chosen from regions all over Leinster, including another Loreto Balbriggan student, Mia Doran. Both Mahnoor and Mia advanced to the regional finals, when they jointly won the first stage of the regional phase of the competition on 14th November last

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The Rush Heritage Arts and Tourism Committee, in conjunction with Rush Community Council have announced that they will be organising this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade. They are making every effort to try and ensure that the Rush parade is the best in the North County.

Angela Byrne of Rush Heritage Arts and Tourism said, “Our theme is RUSH in 1916 and we are encouraging all businesses, clubs and groups to get ‘themed’ and join our

Team 16. We are putting together a vision of what Rush was like in 1916 and will have a heritage trail available by train on St Patrick’s day and a walking trail available after that. We will be encouraging our local Pipe Band, Musical Society Theatre, GAA club, Sailing club, Golf, Soccer and Cricket clubs, as well as the Tidy Towns and GIY to come on board and get ‘themedup,’ she said.

“There will be music dancing and entertainment all along

the main street, together with a Fun Day at the Scout Den.” The organisers envisage local shop owners re-creating ‘mock-up’ facades of what their premises looked like in 1916 and placing the mock-up in front of their current shop on the day. They are also hoping that men, women and children will dress in clothes typical of what people of Rush would have worn in 1916, perhaps a military uniform or costume from the period.

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Well known RTÉ broadcaster, Vivienne Traynor from Skerries has taken up the voluntary role of ambassador for Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 which is organised by the Irish Kidney Association.

Vivienne has a deep personal connection to organ donation, as her nephew, Martin Traynor, also from Skerries underwent two kidney transplants, his first for which she was the living kidney donor and five years later his second transplant was from a deceased donor.

Vivienne, the RTÉ News Anchor and Courts correspondent, witnessed firsthand the whole process of organ donation and transplantation from a deceased donor for her nephew Martin (now age 35) in November 2014. This was a very different experience from five years previously when she was a living kidney donor to him. Following the first transplant which they underwent in the UK, Martin became a father for the first time to Ted (now 3).

Vivienne, the 44 year old mother of four, also completed a Law Degree in 2014.

The circle of life continued after Martin’s second transplant at Beaumont Hospital and he and his partner Mary have since become parents for the second time with a baby sister Daisy (now 10 months) for Ted. Vivienne said “When news came through that a second kidney was available for Martin, I was at first elated, but this feeling was very quickly replaced by thoughts for the deceased donor and their family. I was really touched that a family in the midst of all their grief took the time to consider someone else. I cannot find the words to express what that meant to us at that moment, on that day and every day since. It is something I think of regularly and I know Martin thinks about it every day. To see Martin come back from surgery in a matter of hours and given a whole new lease of life, was one of the greatest things I have witnessed. The kindness of strangers meant so much to us that day.”

Vivienne said, “I was honoured to be able to donate a kidney to Martin in July 2009 and I am delighted to have been invited by the Irish Kidney Association to be the ambassador for Donor Awareness Week and I hope that by sharing the story of donation and transplantation in our family we can help other families to start the conversation about their wishes surrounding deceased organ donation.”

The 2016 campaign will feature Vivienne Traynor in radio advertising as well as on posters, encouraging the public to support organ donation.

There are approximately 700 people in Ireland awaiting lifesaving heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants.

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Swords Girls Hopeful Of F1 Success F1 in Schools is a global, multi-disciplinary competition, open to all secondary schools, that challenges secondary school students to design, build and race miniature compressed air powered balsa wood Formula 1 cars of the future.

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By Patrick Finnegan To promote the team amongst the school community, the girls held a raffle recently.

Student teams will compete against each other firstly in the regional finals in City West on 26th February and in the National Championship in April to determine the bestengineered and fastest car in Ireland.

Competitors will have an exciting educational experience, expressing their creativity, skills and team-working ability in a fun and positive way.

The main objective of the competition is to raise the profile of technology, engineering and science across our secondary schools and by creating a fun and exciting learning environment for students to develop an informed view of careers in these areas.

Teacher, Ms. Aoife Whelan told the County Leader, “Our school has had great success since we started competing two years ago, where these particular girls were placed third in

Pictured with an image photograph of their model Formula One car are Loreto College, Swords students, Gemma Dignam and Emma Louise Steele

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Donohue Offers ‘Metro Lite’ For North Dublin – O’Brien Fianna Fáil candidate for the North County Senator Darragh O’Brien has described the revised Metro North project as ‘Metro Lite’ and half what was originally promised to the people of the area.

Speaking to the County Leader, following the launch of Fianna Fáil’s Transport Policy document A Better Deal For Commuters, O’Brien said the revised Metro North project, as announced by Minister Paschal Donohue was dramatically different with half the capacity originally proposed.

“The Luas strike has once again highlighted the importance of public transport to the people who live and work in Dublin. The

Joe O’Brien Commits Support To Local Farmers Following a public meeting held by Dublin IFA for Fingal based farmers, Green Party General Election Candidate Joe O’Brien has committed to protecting a way of life and business that he is very familiar with.

Speaking to the County Leader he said: “I grew up on a small 40 acre dairy farm where we also used every bit of spare land to grow crops either for

ourselves or our livestock. Like the farmers and growers I met at the public meeting, I can personally identify with the struggle, which is farming life that so many of our policy and decision makers do not understand. Crime was discussed a lot at the meeting and it’s very clear that depleted Garda resources are having their most pointed impact in rural

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capital programme and we need our public transport infraMetro North project is very important for the north Dublin structure to be able to cope with demand. However, area. The original Metro North rail project was from Dublin Minister Paschal Donohoe’s Metro plan would only be able city centre to Swords, taking in Dublin Airport. The revised to handle an ultimate maximum capacity of 12,000 passenproject with smaller stations is essentially half what was gers per hour per direction. The original Metro North previously planned with a State, with savings of less than proposal with larger stations and larger light rail carriages €400m over 10 years. However, over €190 million has been had an initial capacity of 17,000 passengers per hour per lost by the decision to scrap the original plan,” he said. direction, with the option of scaling up to 20,000.”

He added, “The revised project will also take much longer O’Brien concluded by saying; “For a 20 per cent saving in to deliver than the original proposal and will now not be in place until after 2027. This is because the revised project, Senator O’Brien cost, Minister Donohoe is proposing reduced capacity of between 40-67 per cent. We will devise an implementation unlike the original project, has not gone through a Business Case appraisal which is the reason for the delay in the strategy for fast tracking the Metro North proposal within existing project commencing. In effect the Minister has asked the NTA to go financial resources.” back to the design stage with the project revision, rather than commencing with a project that was at planning and construction phase.”

He went on to say; “We’re going to witness a population surge in the Greater Dublin Area over the lifetime of this

Fingal.”

He went on to say: “Increasing levels of crime require additional, not reduced resources to be given to the Gardaí to enable them to provide a strong presence and strong lines of communication with Fingal communities. Rural life and farm life needs to be protected - farming is not just a way of business it’s a way of life that knits rural

communities together More of this produce and also serves to will come in from and an ensure we have a huge abroad network of custodians increasing number of jobs will be that look after lost in this our countryarea. Below side.” cost selling is “Less and less unacceptable young people practice and are choosing we need legisfarming and lation to tackle growing as a this practice. livelihood and Such legislathis pattern Joe O’Brien tion has been needs to be introduced in other reversed,” he added.

O’Brien continued; countries such as “Without sustainable Germany, which made margins for growers, it illegal to sell food the North County and below cost price.” He Ireland will lose its concluded by saying; capacity to produce “We need to support much of its own food. our indigenous growers in a variety of ways so that as a country we can withstand food price and food availability fluctuations already evident in the world market.”

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Local Farmers Vent Their Fury Fingal Farmers Group held a meeting on Wednesday last, 17th February, before a packed gathering at the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan.

The meeting was called to vent their anger and frustration to candidates in the upcoming General Election, who were present on the night, They spoke passionately about their fears and anger over rural crime and the fact that they are the forgotten sector in North County Dublin.

Independent Alliance candidate, Cllr Tony Murphy called for changes in bail conditions for repeat offenders.

Murphy, who is running as an Independent Candidate in the upcoming General Election, addressed a meeting arranged by the Fingal Farmers Group and Dublin IFA. This joint meeting was called to highlight the growing and disturbing problem of trespass with menaces which has been affecting North County farmers over the past number of years. The problem has been compounded by the closure of local Garda stations and the reduction of Garda personnel available to respond to calls for assistance.

Murphy told the packed and sometimes angry audience that the present situation, where repeat offenders are granted bail and allowed back into the community to re-offend should be stopped. Farmers and their families are regularly harassed and threatened by these people while they scope out farms for future thefts. “This is not right and needs to be addressed immediately,” said Murphy.

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Pictured at the Gala Screening of Disney's ‘The Finest Hours’ at Dundrum Cinema are Paul Cummins and Jack Shanahan from Dun Laoghaire RNLI, Manus O’Donnell from Howth RNLI and Gerry Canning and Eoin Kelly from Skerries RNLI

Skerries RNLI Volunteers Walk Red Carpet Volunteer lifeboat crew from three RNLI stations in Dublin were in Dundrum on Wednesday, 17th February for the Irish Gala screening of Disney’s latest action film ‘The Finest Hours’.

Volunteers, Gerry Canning and Eoin Kelly from Skerries RNLI, Manus O’Donnell from Howth RNLI and Paul Cummins and Jack Shanahan from Dun Laoghaire RNLI were invited to swap lifeboats for the limelight as they shared the red carpet with guests at the high-action movie

premiere at Dundrum Town Centre.

The film tells the incredible true story of the heroic 1952 Pendleton rescue mission carried out by the US Coast Guard which is still regarded as one of the greatest sea rescues of all time.

Owing to the long and close relationship that the RNLI holds with the US Coast Guard, it was highly appropriate for Disney and the RNLI to work together in Ireland, while helping to raise awareness of the charity’s lifesaving work.

Speaking following the gala screening, Gerry Canning from Skerries RNLI said: ‘It was great to see such strong parallels between the bravery, selflessness and community spirit shown by the characters in the film which is mirrored by RNLI lifeboat crew all around Ireland.”

Residents Present Submissions On Modular Housing Residents of Pinewood estate in Balbriggan presented submissions to the County Council at County Hall, Swords on Friday last, in protest at the decision to site 40 modular homes in Balbriggan.

Speaking to the County Leader, Cllr Tony Murphy, General Election candidate said, “Proper social housing would be preferable I

would say, but I think what they have in this context is something that will create social exclusion. It’s not clever in the way its being delivered. It was a knee jerk reaction to a massive crisis that we have and we need to look at a more positive way of delivery.” “I think its good to create an issue with people coming from other

a r e a s where the m a i n supports are and Cllr. Murphy where their families exist into an area that they don’t know. There is a complete lack of service in Balbriggan at the moment for people who already live there and this is only going to compound the problems,” he said.

Sheena O’Reilly, Assistant secretary for Pinewood Residents Association management said, “We are currently going to present Liam Burke with 361 written submissions and there’s currently 20 online. so we have a petition with over 200 names on that to present . We would totally back social housing, as we know the land is already zoned for social housing and we have no problem with it, we just feel that modular housing is not the way to go,” she said.

“It is a transient thing at the end of the day and these people have gone through enough.

We feel they’ve already been put into temporary accomodation.

These are families who deserve to put down roots and raise their kids in a built up proper area, and we would support proper social housing,” she concluded.

During the most recent area €20,000. Drainage for the Portrane committee meeting, Cllr Adrian Road between the main hospital Henchy (FF) along with local gates and the back gates for colleague, Cllr Paul Mulville €20,000. A Traffic Management (Independent) signed off on the Scheme, including the installation of proposed road and special works a Pedestrian crossing at the programme for 2016. Certain Donabate Parish Hall to Scrum issues that the two councillors had Diddleys for €45,000, and creation been consistently highlighting of Parks and Open Space on the within the County Council are not Cllr. Henchy Portrane Green with an installation being addressed within the of outdoor Adult exercise equipment programme of works for 2016. Included in and public seating to improve the overall them are the commencement of road resurrealm of Portrane Green with a budget of facing on The Burrow Road Portrane €10,000. Henchy told the County Leader; “I commencing from the Brook Pub which has am pleased to say that a number of issues I been allocated a budget of €30,000. Special have been raising have now been works to Donabate footpaths on New Road addressed.” He went on to say; “I am still Donabate and Turvey Avenue to the cost of interested in hearing from my constituents.

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Applications can go in for the planting of 100 oak trees during National Tree week from the 6th to the 13th of March to mark The Centenary of 1916 and this is important for groups, in particular Donabate Portrane Tidy Towns, Local Resident Associations and Community Groups.” He went on to outline some further issues he will continue to push for solutions on; “I will continue to campaign for the many other areas that need addressing. I am very much aware of the very poor lighting along both the Hearse Road and Turvey Avenue and the extreme darkness of both of these roads and the Council has agreed to list for consideration the installation of a Cat’s eye programme along both of these roads.” Henchy concluded by saying: “I would like to reassure people that any issues arising during the year which require urgent assessment and intervention will be carried out.”

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Sinn Féin To Improve Affordability And Quality Of Childcare Sinn Féin’s election candidate for Dublin Fingal, Louise O’Reilly has advised that children and parents will be better under a Sinn Féin lead government, thanks to the party’s fully costed childcare policy.

O’Reilly told the County Leader, “One re-occurring issue on the doors in the North County is the availability and affordability of childcare.

“We are meeting people day in and day out who are struggling to manage astronomical childcare costs and who are essentially paying out the cost of a mort-

before any gage to ensure childcare their children service begins are cared for.” operation.

“Sinn Féin in Sinn Féin will government also ensure will ensure childcare that childcare workers are costs are taken capped at €150 Louise O’Reilly also care of. We per child per week. We will also aim to assist the ensure that maternity progression of the benefit is increased existing workers to and we will increase level seven and eight the free school year to 48 weeks for two years. Furthermore, we would ensure that industry standards are Swords and District Lions put in place,” she Club is looking for new said. volunteers to help with its She continued, “Tusla many charity and commuwould be empowered nity service causes. to ensure operating The Club was established standards are in place in 1985. Since then it has

qualifications and by extending the learner fund by €80 million over five years.”

O’Reilly concluded by saying, “There’s a lot in this policy for parents and childcare workers alike and I would urge anyone currently struggling with the issue of childcare to give the document a thorough read. Dublin Fingal has a growing population and a rising number of young families. Sinn Féin aims to ease the burden of childcare costs on these families.”

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But the Club is involved in many other local causes that are not as high profile. These include; annual sponsorship of holiday in Trabolgan for senior citizens, Emergency Information System at home, Message in a Bottle programme, Assistance to families in special need and Alcohol Awareness/ Suicide prevention/ Anti Bullying Programmes in Local Schools.

Swords and District Lions Club is part of Lions International which is the World’s biggest voluntary service club organisation.

World-wide there are around 42,000 clubs with a membership of 1.3 million operating in almost 200 countries. In Ireland there are 109 clubs spread throughout the island North and South. Lions make a difference around the world by serving youth, assisting the visually impaired, supporting medical missions, disaster relief and helping with community needs to name but a few areas of activity. Last year Lions International donated approximately €250 million and 76 million hours of service to their communities. Lions make a difference, every day, everywhere.

Members pay a small annual membership fee which covers the costs of administration. This ensures that every cent that Lions Clubs collect from fund-raising goes to deserving causes.

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aggravated further by the requirement to check in for their appointments via the intercom system in this public waiting area, where they must shout their details into a microphone. Having to divulge personal information such as their name in the context of their vulnerable situation in the lobby area of this busy facility. They are the only service users in the Local Health Centre to have to do this. All other service users of the various Paul Mulville, Independent councillor for the Swords services discretely arrive and discuss their appointment local electoral area, has called for an urgent and face to face.” comprehensive review of Cúram Mental Health Clinic, There is a concern amongst service users that senior management in the Health Service Executive Swords, stating that some service users feel seem to use Cúram’s status as being the that they are forced to endure a humiliating community mental health service with the experience when they attend. highest number of service users in the country Until the end of 2012, due to the limited as an excuse for the poor level of service. They capacity of the Local Heath Centre, outpatient should accept that this status necessitates the clinics were provided in a separate location implementation of the most effective processes, adjacent to Main Street, Swords. At the end of procedures and controls possible in order to 2012, it was decided to provide all mental meet the challenges it faces.” health services from the Local Health Centre, Cllr Mulville concluded by saying; “There have Bridge Street, Swords. This decision was Cllr. Mulville been repeated complaints from service users, taken without increasing the physical space to and also I understand that despite repeated attempts provide all the required services from the Local Health by the local service users group to meet Government Centre.

Speaking to the County Leader he said: “I brought representatives to discuss their serious concerns, they forward this important motion, following discussions have been unable to secure a meeting,” with a number of service users attending the local community mental health service, who have been in contact with me about this matter on and ongoing basis, and I have also discussed the service with staff working in the area as well.”

“There is not the physical capacity in Swords Health Centre for staff to effectively provide a service. There have been repeated complaints from staff. The HSE acknowledges this issue in its service development plan by referring to it as an infrastructure deficit which prevents the full delivery of the plan,” he said.

He went on to say that: “Service users feel that they are Call Tony on: forced to endure a humiliating experience in the facility.

People attending Cúram must wait to be called for their 087 669 5984 appointments in the lobby area of the health centre, We also deliver CPL Coal, and many feel that this is degrading and serves to exacFloGas & TNT Turf erbate the stress that they are already enduring. This is

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ular focus on climate change. The Award was granted at the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) National Planning Awards in Dublin.

IPI President, Deirdre Fallon said the project has involved planners from Fingal and engaging in formal training to all 49 urban planners in the country and also to map the whole country using the latest GIS planning systems.

Also the IPI has taken part in the project to help establish a new planning Institute in Lesotho.

Fingal County Council has won the President’s “This is unique initiative spearheaded by Fingal Choice Award for training in planning and mapping County Council which could be replicated in different skills it provided to planners in Lesotho at this year’s countries by local authorities throughout Ireland. It National Planning Awards. acknowledges and supports the importance of a The Council has been working for the past three properly functioning planning profession and years to upskill local planners in Lesotho in the use system within a developing country. of information and mapping systems, with a partic- The Awards include an overall winner, nine category winners and a President’s Choice.

“There has been a lot of criticism of planning in Ireland, however the entrants at this years Irish Planning Awards show highly positive planning which contributes to quality of life for both urban and rural citizens and these examples can positively influence all practice across Ireland,” Ms. Fallon said.

The categories included: Plan Making, Opportunity and Empowerment, Media and Communications, Responsive Urban and Rural Design, Emerging County Mayor, David O’Connor and Stephen Peppard of Fingal County Sustainable Technologies, Smart Council are pictured receiving the President's Choice Award from former Irish Planning Institute President, Mary Hughes at the National Planning Travel, Tourism and Economic Awards. It was for a training and development project with planners in Development, Climate Change and International Innovation.

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Farrell; Ensuring No Child Is Left Behind Local TD, Alan Farrell, (FG) has welcomed the party’s plan to provide better services for children and make childcare more affordable for parents.

Speaking to the County Leader Farrell said; “Fine Gael’s Investing in the Early Years plan will benefit parents and children in Dublin Fingal.

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annual subsidy for children aged 9 months to 3 years in childcare facilities, free Dental Care for Under 6s, smaller class sizes - from 27:1 to 18:1, new afterschool care options in school buildings and new in-school speech and language service.” He went on to say; “Fine Gael’s Long Term Economic Plan to keep the recovery going is made up of three steps: more and better jobs; making work pay through the abolition of USC and more affordable childcare; and better services.

We know that the first five years of a child’s life last a lifetime. We want to invest in the early years so that we keep the recovery going and no child in the North County is left behind. We must invest early to save later.”

He went on to further discuss Fine Gael’s future plans; “We want to give parents in Dublin Fingal more quality time with their children, so we are going to provide an additional eight weeks parental leave, to be taken by either parent in the first year of the child’s life. We also want to make childcare more affordable for working families. We’ll do this by providing a €2,000 annual subsidy for children aged 9 months to 36 months who are attending childcare facilities.

We are also committed to free dental care for under 6s and new in-school speech and language services in primary schools to support young children early.” Farrell concluded.

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Swords Dentist Smiling To Success Dentist Eoin O’Neill of O’Neill’s Dental Care Swords had every reason to smile at the 2016 Clearbraces.ie Smile Awards on Wednesday, 17th February last. Host Chris Eubank presented the dentist with an award for excellence for having successfully treated over 750 Clearbraces.ie Invisalign patients locally.

Grace Buckley of Clearbraces.ie congratulated Dr O’Neill, saying, “Dr O’Neill and his team excel in their professionalism, customer care and attention to detail and they love what they do, to the delight of their customers at O’Neill Dental Care, Swords.

“Some of the patients were at the awards to support the O,Neill Dental team.

On receiving the award, Dr. O’Neill commented, “I am delighted with the award. The advance-

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Styles are shorter and more fitted, with pretty prints, dots and flowers, Peter Pan collars, and dainty detailing.

Monochrome (black/ivory) and twotone (blue/black) mix with bright green and Klein blue, as well as fruity shades of apricot and strawberry.

There is still time for local talent to enter the annual Texaco Children’s Art Competition. This year the prizes are nothing to frown about. Coupled with the prestige of becoming the overall competition winner and being awarded a €1,500 prize, an invitation to the International High School Arts Festival in Tokyo awaits the winner of Category A (16-18 years) in this year’s 62nd Texaco Children’s Art Competition.

Travelling at the invitation of

Japan’s International Foundation for Arts and Culture, the 2016 winner will be invited to attend the exhibition in person which takes place from June 22nd to July 3rd at Japan’s largest art museum - the prestigious National Art Centre in Tokyo.

The winning artwork will be exhibited amongst 400 pieces selected from over 11,000 artworks that have been submitted for consideration from senior school students who are representative of countries across the globe.

Described as a global showcase for the world’s best young artistic talent, the purpose of the festival is to provide an international platform for young people to engage in their artistic exploration of the world and to nurture a broader understanding of the experiences and events that impact on the younger generation across different cultures.

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Do you want to get your child interested in reading at an early age? if so the Baby Book Club / Parent & Toddler Group meet every Tuesday , at 10:30 in the Swords Library.

There will be storytelling and fun activities for pre-schoolers and all are welcome to come along.

Music Appreciation Are you interested in classical music? do you want to know more about it? If so you can join broadcaster, lecturer and musician Ted Courtney on a classical musical journey. All are welcome to this free event every Thursday at 2pm in Balbriggan Library.

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MEP Visits Skerries School Brian Hayes MEP, paid a visit to Holmpatrick National School, Skerries last Tuesday, 16th February to speak to pupils from 3rd to 6th class about Ireland in the EU. The pupils are currently taking part in the Blue Star Programme, which is a primary school initiative that aims to foster better knowledge Brian Hayes MEP is pictured with pupils from Holmpatrick National School, Skerries and understanding of when he paid a visit to the school on Tuesday last, as part of their participation in the the European Union Blue Star Programme and how it affects our lives. Pupils are chal- European Union for member states like Ireland lenged to get creative and think about Europe, and the advantages associated with being a by carrying out projects in relation to key member and how this affects our everyday life. elements, namely the history, geography, There is little doubt but that some of the pupils, culture and creativity and institutions of the EU. who questioned Mr Hayes with probing quesBrian Hayes, who is one of 11 Irish MEPs has tions about Europe, will have a bright career in been representing the constituency of Dublin political journalism. Afterwards, Brian looked at since 2014. He spoke about his time as MEP and and was very impressed with the various the pupils learned about the importance of the projects the pupils created.

Independent General Election candidate, Cllr Tony Murphy (third left) is pictured presenting a cheque for €2,000 to Cllr Grainne Maguire for Balbriggan Tourism. The cheque was the preoceeds of the very successful Formua Fun event 2015, which was held in Balbriggan. Also pictured are, from left, Kevin Tolan (Balrothery Community Council), Sean Corrigan (CEO Balbriggan Chamber), Joe Kelly and Joe Troy (Balbriggan Tidy Towns)

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Athletics Ireland Promote Health And Fitness In North County Schools Mother’s Day is a day for showing appreciation and thanks to our wonderful mothers for all they do. And the chance for anyone who hasn’t been showing

their appreciation lately, to make Mother’s Day memorable.

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does? Well a good start would be to treat her to breakfast in bed as a thank you for doing the laundry, a box of chocolates for finding something you said was lost, or a bouquet of flowers for all her advice.

March 6th is the date you don’t want to forget this year if you want all these things to continue. If what you’re most grateful for about your mother is her cooking, then why not take her out for dinner.

Everyone knows your dinner is always nicer when it’s handed to you, so why not make an evening of it? Tell her to put on her finest and head out on the town, and this way there won’t be any washing up for anyone to do. You will be spoilt for choice, as there are many delightful restaurants and hotels here in the North County, as well as many cafés and bars if you are looking to treat her to lunch or perhaps afternoon tea.

If she would rather stay at home, then dinner is on you, a nice pork roast on a Sunday evening ; what could be better? Her feet up with a cup of tea in the new personalised mug you got her for Mother’s Day. If you’re better at pancakes than you are at pork, then why not make her breakfast in bed? Make sure she is comfortable and cosy when you present her with her presents in the morning, and let her relax before the festivities of the day begin.

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what’s going on, then why not send her out for the day to get pampered with a voucher for a salon, or to get her nails done so she can look her best on her special day and relax. Why not get her makeup done, or give her a voucher for her favourite shop and get herself something lovely to wear. She would have her choice of where she would like to treat herself as the North County has multiple salons, beauty bars and many shops and shopping centres to choose from.

Planning ahead is a crucial thing if you want to ensure she has the best day possible. Get your card and flowers in as early as possible, as the best ones go quickly. If you are getting her a personalised gift like a frame or a photo put on a phone cover, then you need to predict the time needed to create the gift. Personalised gifts are something extra special to give to your mother, as a way of going that extra mile to show her your appreciation. Depending on what her own personal taste is, you can personalise something that she could use like a bag, a set of coasters or a watch that’s been engraved with a loving message. If that is too expensive for you, then you could make her something cheap, but thoughtful like a collage of pictures put into an album or a frame. Other options include writing her a poem, you could make her a booklet of vouchers for her to use.

If she’s into flowers then why not go to a flower market and make your own bouquet of all her favourite flowers, Mother’s Day always falls in March in the daffodil and sunflower season, two lovely spring flowers to present her with in the morning. If she’s the outdoor type and has her own flowers growing, then why not get her some new garden accessories, according to the leading gift idea websites, the top gifts this year are all heading towards the outdoors, garden utensils, cameras, outdoor radios etc…Whatever your Mother’s Day plans are this year whether it be lunch, dinner or a shopping trip, make sure you make it very special for the most important person in your life.

North County secondary schools are part of the 15,000 students across Ireland that took part in the GloHealth challenge last year.

The GloHealth School’s Mile Challenge is calling on Dublin pupils to run, jog or walk a manageable one-mile distance in order to promote health and fitness through recreational participation in sport. The Challenge is open to secondary school students of all fitness abilities and can be organised by an individual class or across the entire school. In 2015 an estimated 15,000 pupils all over Ireland took the GloHealth School’s Mile Challenge, which is a joint initiative between Athletics Ireland and the Irish

Schools Athletic Association.

Local parents, teachers and pupils are now being encouraged to support this fantastic initiative in 2016, which can be held during or after school hours on school grounds and is easy to implement.

Every student who takes part has their time recorded and is awarded with a coloured wristband, which represents their one mile completion time. Schools can also arrange a repeat challenge which is often the case, as they aim to improve their times and upgrade their wristbands.

Speaking to the County Leader, Irish Schools Athletic Director Anthony White said “The GloHealth School’s

Mile Challenge is a fantastic opportunity to encourage young people in the North County to get active and involved in a healthy form of exercise. The initiative is about enjoyment and participation open to all students, the main purpose is to promote running or walking as part of a balanced healthy lifestyle.”

Now in its fifth year, the challenge has recorded the highest number of participants with 15,000 students across 57 schools nationwide taking part in this initiative in 2015.

Also speaking to the County Leader, Jim Dowdall, CEO, GloHealth said “GloHealth is delighted to support the School’s Mile Challenge, as we are acutely aware of the proven relationship between participation in sport and its impact on a child’s current and future health, as well as the range of direct and indirect benefits associated with ongoing physical activity.”

If your school would like to take on the GloHealth School Mile Challenge please contact Anthony White by email: schools@athleticsireland.ie or telephone: (01) 8669933.

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There was great excitement at Holywell Educate Together National School on Tuesday last, 16th February, when two companies in the school vied for the overall winners title in the Junior Entrepreneur Dragon’s Den session The final two companies included a Customised Picture Frame company and an International Cookbook, both of whom made impressive presentations to the dragons. The winner, which was chosen by the dragons was the international cookbook with recipes from all the cultures across Holywell. The customised Picture Frame team comprised of Ben Comiskey Greene, Catalina Cucereanu and Daisy Donnelly.

Pictured are dragons, Carolyn Barnes (Director Holywell Childcare), Michael Place and Maria Boyne (Principal Holywell ETNS) with the winning entry ‘International Cookbook’ and team members, Nathan Welters, Enia Pintar, Ines Goncalves and Wiktoria Waszkuc.

Bridge Lessons Bridge Lessons continue in Donabate Portrane Community Centre every Wednesday at 7.30 pm.

These lessons might be of interest to anyone in the area with some knowledge of the game who would like to improve or perhaps rekindle their interest in playing the game. All welcome to come along, they would love to meet you. For more information contact Maureen 087 9456113

St Patricks Table Quiz St. Patrick’s Boys N.S. are holding their annual Table Quiz on Thursday 10 March at 8 pm in Donabate Golf Club.

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Life Changing Career Opportunity For Jobseekers There is a wonderful, life changing opportunity for jobseekers, who are eager to re-enter the jobs scene, with the news that a new training programme for a career in Tourism and Hospitality is about to commence. This opportunity is exclusively for jobseekers who are eligible to qualify.

In order to be eligible to participate in the Momentum Programme, applicants must be on the Live Register for 312 days out of the last 18 months. They must be claiming Jobseekers/Benefit/Allowance or Credits.

They must also be actively seeking work, be over 18 years of age and have an excellent command of both written and oral English. This means you’re eligible for retraining and reactivation programme.

Instead of just doing a course and returning to the live register, there is a programme that is funded nationally by Solas, which is called Momentum.

Siobhan Kinsella, Director of Cpl Institute explained how this programme works. She said, “What this involves is using the

The Cpl Institute is one of the largest contractors in the country involved in this programme. When people have been through long term unemployment, they have already gone through a really tough time, where their confidence is particularly low. They may believe that there is no help out there and that nobody is prepared to give them a chance at real employment, there is someone there now to help.

Ms Kinsella said, “How we design the programme is to give the learners an advantage, not only over other unemployed people, but over people already working in the industry. We then ask them where they would like to work and

Ian Taplin Ian Taplin had been unemployed since he did his Leaving Cert three years ago. Now 20, he spoke about his experience with the course; “I was on the social welfare for a good few months and I was just looking for something that would get me started working and something that would get me experience. I went looking for something that would get me into hotels and I found the Tourism and Hospitality course.”

He told us that the areas covered by the course were what really attracted him to it; “They had a good few qualifications that I was really interested in, like Customer Service that would help me with a lot of things I want to do in the future.”

He went to say: “It actually really helped me because I got a job in Lidl straightaway after the course, as store assistant, which helped get me experience, which will help me to get future jobs. The course was 3 months training and then a 3 month work placement,” he said.

private sector to train you with skills that industry actually wants, to organise work placement for you and ultimately a job.

What is very important about the programme is that it is designed by industry for industry to provide real jobs and real employment opportunities.”

She explained how to apply for this much sought after course. “We want anybody who is interested in this programme to go to their local Intreo office and ask to go on the Cpl Hospitality and Tourism course, so that by next Christmas they will be in full employment and be able to provide for their families. If this course is for you, then you will be given every support from Cpl to make sure that you get the job you always wanted and to make a real change to your life,” she said.

This training programme will combine much sought after industry specific knowledge and skills, along with a structured assessed work placement. Learners will gain the theoretical knowledge of Tourism and Hospitality, as well as the practical skills to be a huge addition to a potential employer, all of which is delivered by people with solid industry experience and connections.

we approach these companies to see if they will interview these people. We will train them, to make sure they have the skills and certificates in areas like health and safety and in the skill needed for the particular industry they have chosen.”

Learners will also develop skills to ensure a positive dining experience

Gerard Madden Gerard Madden is one student who successfully completed the Cpl Tourism and Hospitality course. He spoke about what the course has done for him; “I am working in the Maldron Dublin Airport Hotel in the Accommodation Department. I used to work in a hotel years ago, and I found it impossible to get back into it.”

Madden is 35 and from Balbriggan originally however, he now lives in the City Centre. “As soon as I finished the course, I got a job because of it. I had been on the dole before the course for a good few years due to the recession.

I found it very hard to find work,” he said.

He did two successful work placements through CPL before he got his current position. He had been working on building sites before his period of unemployment and was seeking a change when he stumbled upon the course.

He completed the course in 2015 and did a 10 week placement in the job he is currently still in.

which meets the needs of both the establishment and the customer to ensure return business. Acquired skills will include front of house/concierge and food and beverage service skills. learners will study broad based industry specific modules, such as Customer Service, Food Hygiene, Meal Service, Work Experience and Plate and Tray skills.

They will then be chosen for a work placement where they get to display and hone the skills they’ve learned. Cpl will support them in the work placement and, as a result, many of the work placements become permanent. If this does not happen, then they will get the person an interview to go for a job somewhere else.

“It is important that people must choose the environment they want to work in and they must be chosen by the employer through interview. So far, we have got jobs for 572 people through the Momentum programme, who had been unemployed for more than a year.”

Ms Kinsella continued, “At the moment, we have a course about to open in Swords, which will be based at the Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport (formerly Bewley’s) and we have industry trained people ready to train these people. We need people to know that this represents a real opportunity to change your life, to gain an income, to be supported every

Caoimhe Tyndall Swords native, Caoimhe spoke to us abut her current position in Insomnia Coffee and how she found the course helpful: “I found out about the course through a friend of mine who had a great success rate with getting jobs after the course, I heard that everyone was getting jobs out of it, so I decided to go for it myself.”

“Before the course I had gone to college for a year, I decided college wasn’t for me, classrooms were never my thing, but this was different.

We weren’t in the classroom the whole time, we were actually using our hands and there was a lot of project based work as well,” she said.

Caoimhe is still working for the company where she did her initial work placement; “I am not just working full time I’m working overtime at the moment. I got my placement from the course with Insomnia and I’m still with them now. The placement was 13 weeks and they kept me on at the end of that. I’m officially employed since October.”

She concluded by saying: “The last four months have been amazing, I’ve gone from being just a trainee learning everything, to being a key holder to the premises and being trusted with many other responsibilities. I’m even training in new people now as well, and that is all down to the skills that the course has given me.”

step of the way by people who have a proven track record in this field.”

People deciding to go on the course can retain their social welfare benefits for the duration of the course, until they move into employment. What makes this programme different is that it is not just certificates to say you have the skills, or QQI certificates. What’s different about this programme is that you have practical experience in a hotel or hospitality environment. You also have a reference from that employer where two-thirds of those work placements tend to go permanent in that environment. For those that don’t get permanent positions, Cpl will keep working with that person until they get a job opportunity.

Training is carried out by Cpl tutors in the Clayton Hotel. The course will include a three week induction, followed by a 10week Specific Skills Directed Training.

Then follows a 10-week Work Placement.

There will be an extra four weeks Work Placement for under 25s.

The entire course will be for a duration of 23 weeks for over 25s and 27 weeks for under 25s. While in training in the Clayton Hotel, there will be industry trainers there for the appropriate skills required.

Ms Kinsella continued, “We spend three weeks working on the person and what they’ve gone through before we start teaching them specific skills training, where their confidence is restored. Even after the skills training is finished, we bring them back every two weeks to monitor their progress.”

“Skills on this programme include health and safety, manual handling, food hygiene, customer service and communications, as well as all the practical skills.

The course begins on 29th February and it is vital that anybody interested in completing this course should visit their Intreo Office immediately, and ask to go on the Cpl Hospitality and Tourism course, as soon as possible, as spaces are limited,” she said.

For more information, visit www.cplmomentum.com or contact Valerie on Lo-Call 0818 333 727 or email learning@cpl.ie

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n any community, be it urban or rural, there needs to be a focal point in order to provide it with the vibrancy necessary for it to grow and thrive. In many cases this is provided by the local post office and the growing community of Lusk is no exception. The new modern post office here is a perfect example of such a focal point working perfectly. The official opening of the new, state of the art Lusk Post Office took place on Friday last amid great excitement and fanfare and was welcomed by all.

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Lusk Post Office, which was previously located at Costcutters in the village, opened its new premises to its many customers at Casey’s SuperValu just before Christmas, but the official opening was delayed until last Friday.

Postmistress, Linda Neary is very conscious of the role that her customers play in supporting her and her two staff, Bridget Teeling and Donna Blessing. She also acknowledges the part that post offices play in the local community, and Lusk Post Office is a prime example of this.

Linda said, “Many of my customers here at SuperValu wondered if there was going to be a celebration to mark the opening, so I thought that this would be a

Linda is picture with special guest, Joe Dennis and his wife Una and lots of well wishers prior to the official opening of Lusk Post Office

good idea. I told them we would have champagne as well as tea and coffee, and I was delighted to provide this little celebration for them. It’s my way of saying thank you to them for their support over the years,” said Linda.

“The Post Office is a wonderful opportunity for more elderly people,

to come here on Pension Day and meet old friends and have a chat. On Friday mornings there are about six men and they’re here from about 8.30am and they’re chatting and solving all of the world’s problems. They don’t mind queuing, as it gives them a chance to catch up on all the latest news, sport and

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politics. All issues are threshed about and solved with banter and good humour. If someone is missing, they wonder why,” said Linda.

This is the essence of community life and it beggars belief that post offices had been in the firing line for closure, just as happened to banks and garda stations, leaving local communities without a

proper core. But Lusk Post Office isn’t just any post office, as along with the normal services like pensions, social welfare payments, stamps etc, they also provide Banking, including AIB cheque lodgements and Ulster Bank cash lodgements. You can also pay your bills here, including Post Insurance and avail of Foreign Exchange

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(Sterling and US Dollars). without commission. Lusk Post Office also deals with FX Currency Cards, including Sterling, US, Canadian and Australian Dollar cards, Western Union for money transfers, DHL and One 4 All Gift Cards.

Linda is very aware that the post office is the very heart of the community, providing an invaluable service for local residents. “We don’t have any bank here in Lusk and we do all the banking requirements for our customers here at the post office. When you see post offices closing, you see the disintegration of the community.

Despite the availability of the internet and social media, Lusk Post Office still retains that unique feel, where people gather to find

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out the latest information on local issues, as they did many years ago all over the country.

Linda and her staff have a special rapport with customers. Service will be utterly professional, but may take a little longer than normal, as friendly banter and help with transactions are conducted in a warm and caring way.

Lusk Post Office has become a focal point and on Fridays when it’s busy, customers don’t mind waiting a while. In some cases this provides the only opportunity for people to chat and Linda and her staff’s warm and engaging personalities is the perfect conduit to facilitate this.

at the official opening last Friday. He is very special to Linda and the staff at Lusk Post Office.

Joe’s wife, Una used to drive him up to the Village Store, where he would take his walker and come in and sign for his and Una’s pension.

Because of parking difficulties there, she was unable to drive him there any longer, so

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motor tax. Linda and her staff have to go on regular training sessions and seminars at the GPO according as new technologies are introduced. Address Pal is another initiative that is just starting, similar to Parcel Motel and this is now available at Lusk Post Office.

The fact that Lusk Post Office handles cash and cheque lodgements and withdrawals means that local businesses can come in here and do lodgements, meaning they don’t have to go to Skerries or Balbriggan AIB branches to conduct their transactions. This is a great boost for the village and is something that is welcomed by Linda.

Old age pensioners don’t want to go to the hole in the wall to access their money and many are afraid from a security

Linda is pictured with special guest, Joe Dennis and his wife Una with Manager of SuperValu Lusk, Trevor Kearns, as she cuts the cake at the official opening of Lusk Post Office

point of view, as well as the technology involved.

Similarly in banks, they have to correspond with machines telling them what to do. It costs nothing to be polite and helpful and to interact with them.

Joe Dennis, who is one of Linda’s longest serving customer at 97 years of age was the special guest of honour

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friendly banter and sense of fun is something that sets them apart and their caring nature shines through.

There is no doubt that Lusk Post Office is in capable hands and it can look forward to many more years of providing top quality service for the people of Lusk.

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The hope is that An Post and the Government will introduce new services to all post offices as well as Lusk Post Office, including eBanking and

when we moved here, his son brings him up and parking is easy for him. Everyone here was delighted to see him,” said Linda.

It is abundantly clear that Linda and her staff are passionate about their customers and ensuring that they are well looked after. She makes sure that their

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Pictured is Charlie Kendellen (left) after making her Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown, Swords.

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Pictured are Zoe Gargan, Ciara Markey and Sophie Mongey after making their Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown, Swords

Ella Dooris-Barrett (second right) is pictured after making her Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown, Swords with Natalie Dooris, Lorraine Nolan, Robert Barrett and Monsignor Dan O'Connor

Pictured is Jamie Martin from St Cronan's NS Swords, with his parents, Stephen and Cindi after making his Confirmation at St Cronan's Church.

Rebecca Adeyale (second right) made her Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown, Swords. She is pictured with Crystak Okenwa, Christina Kankuwata and teacher, Patrick Neary

Pictured are Jamie Elworthy and Conor Darcy from St Cronan's NS, Swords, who made their Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown, Swords

Michael Agbenla (centre) made his Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown, Swords.

He is pictured here with Taiwo Odunuga, Nikky Agbenla, Ola Agbenla and Femi Agbenla

Pictured are Alan O'Shea, Anrai Poole and Sean Fitzpatrick after making their Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown

It was a very proud occasion for pupils of St Cronan’s National School, Swords last week when the Sacrament of Confirmation took place on Thursday and Friday of last week at St Cronan’s Church, Brackenstown, Swords. The celebration coincided with the Jubilee Year of Mercy at St Cronan’s Parish.

The excited pupils, parents and teachers of St Cronan’s National School all enjoyed the great occasion, with beautiful weather conditions on Thursday. Friday’s weather was less favourable, but it did not dampen the spirits of pupils or their families and friends.

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Megan and Ellie Lynn are pictured after making their Confirmation, with their grandparents, Catherine and John Lynn

provided beautiful music, which was appreciated by all. The Thursday ceremony was conducted by Father Paul Thornton, who acknowledged the participation of pupils, teachers and parents in helping to make the occasion a very special one for all.

Friday’s Confirmation was administered by Monsignor Dan O’Connor, aided by Father Paul. A proud school principal, Ms Loreto Desmond was present to welcome the pupils after their Confirmations, as well as teachers.

Afterwards, pupils and their families were provided with tea, coffee and biscuits in the school hall, which was welcomed by all.

Roxanna Bozym made her Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown, Swords

Pictured is Darragh Madigan from St Cronan's NS Swords, with his mother Michelle Madigan, father Noel Madigan and his grandparents, Marie and Michael Madigan, after making his Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown, Swords

Peter Warren is pictured with Father Paul Thornton after making his Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown

Jack Murphy (second right) made his Confirmation at St Cronan's Church. He is pictured here with Linda Murphy, Sophie Murphy, Brendan Murphy and Monsignor Dan O'Connor

Rebecca Blacker, Daniel Courage and Ellana Pidgeon all made their Confirmation at St Cronan's Church Brackenstown

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Student Entrepreneurs Rev Up To County Final

Avivia-Brianna Kearney from Sutton Park, winner of the Senior Category Secondary Schools at the Fingal Student Enterprise Awards with her business Holly's Pet Patisserie.

A record 2600 Scholars from 31 schools step up to the North County’s Student Enterprise Awards County Final in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown, on Tuesday March 8th.

Organised by Fingal Local Enterprise Office, these innovative north Dubliners have been eager participants in the National Student Enterprise Awards Programme since

Spring Events At Emmaus Spring is in the air so why not treat yourself to a day out at Emmaus to one of the many workshops and programmes that will take place at the Centre over the next few weeks. Starting on 27th and 28th February,

there is a two day Introduction Programme on Focusing with Marian Burke and Terry O’Loughlin. Focusing is a process which will improve your quality of life. Also on 27th February they have a

one day retreat with Sally Hyland entitled ‘Make Easter 2016 Different.’

On 5th March, they have two one-day programmes, the first with Aisling Killoran and Ray Manning from the Accomplish Change Clinic in Dublin entitled “Improve Your Quality of Life Through EFT tapping”. This particular workshop is aimed at those who are interested in enhancing personal growth and transformation!

The second workshop is with Fodhla McGrane and

deals with Managing Conflict in Our relationships - The Christian Way. Finally, on Sunday, 6th March there is a one day workshop with Maeve Peoples dealing with Creative meditation Meditation through Art. Maeve is passionate about creative expression and finds it to be beneficial to her own personal growth.

If you wish to book a place on any of the courses, you can do so on line at www.emmaus.ie or just call Emmaus on 018700050.

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Programmes, Courses & Retreats At Emmaus in February / March 2016 27/28th Feb – Introduction to Focusing 2 Day Workshop Facilitators: Marian Burke & Terry O’Loughlin - Cost €130 Light Lunch Included Each Day

27th Feb – Make Easter 2016 Different 1 Day Retreat Facilitator: Sally Hyland Cost €55 Light Lunch included in cost.

5th March – Improve the Quality of Your life Through EFT Taping – 1 day Workshop Facilitator: Aisling Killoran & Ray Manning – Cost: €65 Light Lunch Included

5th March – Managing Conflict in our Relationships - The Christian Way – 1 Day Workshop Facilitator: Fodhla McGrane Cost: €65 Light Lunch Included in Cost.

6th March – Creative Meditation – Meditation through Art One Day Workshop Facilitator: Maeve Peoples Cost: €65.00 Light Lunch included in cost.

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This Certificate, which is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, qualifies you as a Transport Manager and also entitles you to set up a haulage or bus passenger business. A CPC is also extremely beneficial for employment opportunities, career advancement, or if you want to up-skill. Subjects covered in the course include: Managing a transport business; Employment and Contract Law; Health and Safety legislation; Financial management; Tachograph and hours of driving legislation; National and International documentation etc. Approved part and full-time courses are delivered by Tony Hynes, who has successfully put thousands of students through the CPC exam by using his own specially developed materials and his unique dynamic delivery style.

In preparation for the next exam on 10th June, the next courses are starting soon in Dublin (Green Isle Hotel), Limerick (Kilmurry Lodge Hotel), Cork (Vienna Woods), Galway (Connacht Hotel) and Athlone (Prince of Wales Hotel) If you wish to obtain further information please contact 1890374837; email info@cpc.ie or visit his dedicated website at www.cpc.ie.

September. The savvy students are running actual businesses, having researched, resourced and now trading services and products, with the guidance of business mentors. There are 31 Local Enterprise Offices nationwide.

Fingal LEO co-ordinates and presents the largest number of participants every year. Now in its fifteenth year, a record number of 2,600 students from 24 secondary schools and 7 primary schools in Fingal are competing.

The County Winners at Senior level will go on an educational trip to El Prat, Barcelona as part of their prize. El Prat is twinned with Fingal.

Category Winners will advance to the National Final to be held in Croke Park, on April 20th.

The ‘National Student

Enterprise Awards’ competition, annually sees over 17,000 students compete on the national stage.

Broadcaster Rick O’Shea of RTE 2FM will host the awards ceremony in the Crown Plaza Hotel, on March 8th.

The secondary schools programme is sponsored, for the seventh consecutive year, by the Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board.

Speaking to the County Leader, Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Enterprise, Fingal County Council said: “Hosting the largest programme in the country, we are proud to say we have seen many successes in the National Finals. We have seen phenomenal growth and this year we are delighted with the record numbers of students, from primary and secondary schools across the region setting up and running their own businesses.

The schools, our

mentors, local businesses and the sponsors are more than encouraging and every year we can see that students continue on their entrepreneurial journey and indeed set up successful enterprises in post school years.”

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Executive, Fingal County Council added “What they gain from this programme is an invaluable insight into the roots of business and a taste of experience in a safe environment. The lessons they learn on this programme will help

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All students can avail of work experience in the Botanic Gardens as well as in parks around the city and other placements further afield.

Botanic graduates are leaders in the field of Horticulture and develop clear career pathways. Careers in landscape design and construction, parks,garden centres, fruit and vegetable production are all followed by the graduates.

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MOVIE BENEFIT GALA NIGHT In aid of Remember Us Children’s Charity and Chimteka Children Support at Movies@Swords, The Pavilions Shopping Centre

Jennifer Maxwell, John Grindle, John Lougheed & Esther Lougheed

Kathrina Fitzmaurice, Sue Griffiths & Puy Martinez

David Kelly, Nuala Gallagher, Barbara Cheevers, Adrian Gallagher, Debbie Cheevers and Ben Cheevers

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Rotary Club of Dublin Fingal held a Movie Benefit Gala Night at Movies@Swords in the Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords on Thursday last, 18th February. The chosen film was ‘Spotlight’ which was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning investigation into child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Boston. The evening was to raise funds for two charities, namely Remember Us Special Needs Support Group, which is based in Balbriggan and are currently seeking funding for a new base in the town and Chimteka Children Support, which is dedicated to changing the lives of children in Malawi.

Rotary Club President, Michael Kennedy welcomed the gathering and introduced well-known film critic, Michael O’Doherty who gave a very favourable review of the film, saying that it should have been nominated for Oscar glory, such was its powerful portrayal of such a poignant subject.

The event, which was attended by a large group of Rotarians and their friends, who enjoyed a pre show drinks reception and the film, whilst harrowing, was one that had the audience captivated with its exposure of abuse over three decades.

Pat McGonagle, Michael Kennedy, Michael O'Connor & Paula Stafford

Roisin and Emer Burke

Eimear and Jennifer Howard

Bill Kee, Cora Kee and Theresa Galavan

Sandra and Liam McCarthy

Deirdre Clarke, Willie Maxwell and Una Kane

Alan Spain, Eimear Spain and Heather Lloyd

Bernie Stapleton, Ciara Kennedy, Kay Byrne and Maria Kennedy

Marie Clarke & Gerry Fitzmaurice

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Stephen Boggs, Kara Boggs and Michael Kennedy

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As spring is here at last, there’s no better time to revive your home for a new season. A new rug here, a fresh coat of pain there with some new accessories for your rooms, and you’ll feel like you’ve moved into a brand new house! Here are a few tips to ensure spring takes centre stage in your home over the next few weeks: You may be in the mood for some major reconstruction, or possibly just want to make the house more summer friendly. Whatever you’re thinking of, we have gathered some tips to hopefully inspire you to get started. It is possible to change the look of your home, on the outside and inside, on just a small budget.

Businesses in the North County have some great spring offers to give you

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should be light and breezy to reflect springtime. A popular tip is to replace those heavy winter curtains

the light colours, and allowing more light into the house will bring summer indoors too. Not only this, but it will also make your rooms appear larger and more space.

Appearing to have more spacious reflects the outdoor air and breeze, preparing you for the brighter months ahead.

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A FRESH COAT OF PAINT A lick of paint can give your house a whole new, fresh look.

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Candles are key to making houses feel like a home. Buy or replace some candles with some subtly sweet ones, similar to fresh fruits. There’s nothing more relaxing and homely, than a candlelit room and subtle lighting. Colourful candles are a great way to add colour, and comfort also. However, be sure to balance out the colour carefully, with the theme of your house. If it is prominently traditional, pastel coloured candles and ornaments will suit better, If however, your living room has a minimalist look, sticking to mainly shaded colours, you may get away with bright, bold colours which add character and dimension to your house this spring.

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North County Businesses Get Key insights Findings from a major new study, commissioned by telecoms and cloud services provider Magnet, were presented at a North Dublin Chamber of

Commerce (NDCC) breakfast briefing last week.

The second Magnet Regional Business Barometer study surveyed 540 SMEs

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However, available skills, competition for staff from other companies and business costs were cited as major pain points for many.

The survey showed that 79 per cent of small firms in Dublin and the North County are optimistic about the future, up from 67 per cent from this time last year. 37 per cent of SMEs said they are likely to open new premises, the highest of all the regions and almost three times last year’s figures. Finding people with the right

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When questioned about government support of SMEs there was a lot of dissatisfaction Speaking to the County Leader about the study Stephen Kennedy, President of the North Dublin Chamber of Commerce said: “Magnet’s research is an excellent barometer for businesses in Dublin and nationwide. The economic recovery appears to be having positive impact and it’s great to see so much optimism about the future from the business community.

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Leap For Joy With An Extra Day ‘Leap for joy as we celebrate an extra day on February 209th!’ That’s the message from The Sleep Council who offers some timely tips on how to make the most of the ‘bonus 24 hours’.

Speaking to the County Leader, Lisa Artis, of The Sleep Council said; “We often hear people wish there were more hours in the day. This extra day in February is a great opportunity to catch up on all sorts of things that there usually isn’t time for and that includes a lie in!” says Lisa Artis, of The Sleep Council.”

The Sleep Council has offered some ideas on how to make the most of the extra day: First turn your alarm clock off. Having an extra day is a great excuse to catch up on some much needed sleep. Turn off your alarm and enjoy waking up naturally. If having a

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If retail therapy is something that you enjoy why not hit the shops. If you’ve been having problems sleeping, use the extra day to find your new mattress. A good bed is essential for a good night’s sleep and will set you in good stead for the rest of the year. To make the bed buying process easier, look for the NBF Approved ‘big tick’ label to make sure that the bed you’re buying is safe, clean and honest.

Tackle your ‘to dos’. Unfortunately we can’t avoid those everyday household tasks but if your ‘to do’ list never gets shorter, then use this day to complete them. Undone jobs can often play on the brain causing sleepless nights so tick off your tasks and enjoy a restful night.

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the new Policing Authority that will provide vital oversight and confidence in policing.”

“In addition, we want to free up a further 1,000 Gardaí for frontline duty by recruiting the same number of civilian staff to make sure our Gardaí are spending their time on the streets of our Local Dáil candidate, Brendan Ryan TD communities combating crime,” he said.

(Lab) has launched a stinging attack on Ryan described further plans that Fianna Fail’s proposal on fighting crime.

Labour has in the fight against crime.

Ryan claims that “Fianna Fail’s partisan “We also plan to create a Garda Serious political pot shots on crime don’t stack and Organised Crime Unit to tackle up.” He said, “Their series of proposals organised crime and we will bring on crime unveiled are yet another greater consistency to the example of them trying to sentences handed out to crimipretend that the past did not nals by enacting new sentencing happen. legislation.” A furious Ryan It was Fianna Fail who introduced continued, “This package of a freeze on garda recruitment. It measures will increase An Garda was Fianna Fail who closed Siochana’s ability to tackle Templemore Garda Training crime, increase confidence in College. It was Fianna Fail who policing, and provide vital were in power when Garda training for aspirant Gardai so numbers began to fall, reaching a Ryan TD that they can continue their peak of 15 per cent by 2013,” he excellent work in protecting the claimed. “Labour has picked up the public. That is a much more positive pieces from that situation. An Garda approach than Fianna Fail’s current Siochana is recruiting again, and we attempts to capitalise on recent events hope to reach peak levels of over 14,500 to take partisan political pot shots,” he in the coming years. We have reopened concluded.

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Elections, Referendum and Election Funds Lots of different issues faced those attending the EU Summit meeting last week in Brussels.

The big issue was of course the UK’s renegotiations of its terms of membership of the EU. There is little doubt but that Cameron will get a package which he can claim as a victory.

This along with the support of the Labour Party will see the UK vote next June to remain part of the EU. But the migrant issue was the first hot potato which they had to deal with. Merkel, who has shown such leadership, is finding it hard to gather committed followers from amongst her fellow heads of government. It is important for her that other countries commit to her vision. If she is left isolated in Europe she will face real difficulties at home. It was expected that the Government in Ukraine would lose the recent no confidence vote and that this would result in the resignation of Yatsenyuk the PM. Some political moves saw a number of MPs abstain allowing the Government win.

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Government. Yatsenyuk now has thirty days to put together a new governing coalition. This seems possible as he is now in talks with the Radical Party. Russian interests in Ukraine continue. Last week that country filed a case in the London High Court to secure the repayment of a $3billion plus

By Cathal Boland interest of $7.5 million which it say is owed by Ukraine as a result of a bond default.

French President, François Hollande has his own reasons to be concerned about Russia.

He must be worried by reports that Marine Le Pen’s National Front is building their presidential war chest by seeking loan support from Russia.

Others faced their own domestic challenges, such as Enda Kenny fighting an election here at home.

The caretaker Spanish PM Rajoy whose Popular Party, despite winning the most seats in last December’s General Election failed to come close to a majority. Rajoy declined the King’s invitation to try to form a government and now acts as a caretaker PM, while Pedro Sánchezto the Socialist Leader seeks support to establish a majority. On March 2nd. Parliament will decide if it will support him in forming a Government.

Should Pedro not get the nod, fresh elections will be held, according to Rajoy’s comments, on June 26th , days after the UK Referendum.

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Engineers Week, the annual campaign to inspire the next generation of engineers and excite students about the possibilities a career in engineering can offer, will kick-off in Dublin on Sunday, February 28th, running until Saturday, March 5th. The week-long series of activities across the country including in the North County, now in its 10th year, is held annually to promote engineering as a career and highlight the importance of the profession to Ireland.

Engineers Week will involve over 500 events nationwide including school visits, engineering shows, industry open days with 200 engineering organisations in the private and public sector, and will engage over 37,500 participants including primary and postprimary students, parents, teachers and volunteer engineers.

People can also organise their own events by availing of resources on the Engineers Week website, including workshop ideas, quizzes, trails and other activity suggestions suitable for primary and post-primary children.

This year, local organisations including Fingal County Council, ARUP, EIR, The National Print

Museum, The National Wax Museum Plus, IADT, Trinity College Dublin, Imaginosity, South Dublin County Council, Dublin County Council and many more will be participating in Engineers Week.

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Spillane, Director General of Engineers Ireland, said: “Engineers Week will feature a host of exciting events in County Dublin, with the aim being to spark enthusiasm about the engineering profession to people of all ages,

especially students, teachers and parents.”

“Engineers have a key role in society solving global problems in areas like water management, infrastructure development, environmental sustainability, energy security and food supply.

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National Forensic Hospital Potential For Local Disaster While the news that construction is about to begin for the new National Forensic Hospital in St. Ita’s Hospital Portrane is great for the National Mental Health Service, it seems that the construction phase itself is causing more than a few problems for local residents in the area. The general expectation within the Community was that there would be some infrastructural improvements in the area prior to the construction of the hospital, especially around the roads and footpaths at some of the pinch points in and around the village of Donabate.

There were conditions laid out by An Bord Pleanala to this effect but as yet, no

part of this plan has An Bord Pleanala and been carried out. implement a works With construction of p r o g r a m m e a s a the hospital immi- matter of urgency.” n e n t t h i s i s a r e a l He went on to say: “If c o n c e r n f o r m a n y this is not started it residents. will only further The spoke to Cllr erode a lot of the Adrian Henchy about goodwill in relation t h i s “ I h a v e b e e n to the New National consistently raising F o r e n s i c H o s p i t a l . issues in Presently relation to there is only the developone main ment of the road in and N e w out of National Donabate Forensic which is very Hospital at narrow in both full places and at C o u n t y the very C o u n c i l Cllr. Henchy least the meetings widening of and at A r e a the road in advance Committee meetings. of the bridge must be The HSE (in partner- a priority.” ship) with the Local Cllr Henchy pointed Authority must now out the need for clear bring forward a evidence that all programme of works t r u c k s c a r r y i n g o u r to address the condi- w o r k s w i t h i n t h e tions as outlined by hospital site to sign

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Cllr Henchy concluded by saying: “I am calling on the HSE and Fingal County Council to finalise a programme of works and for those works to begin in advance of construction getting underway for the new hospital and I also look forward to a further meeting between the HSE and the local Community in addressing the issues outlined above.”

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USI Calls for An End To Zero Hour Contracts The Union of Students in Ireland is urging the next Government to end Zero Hour Contracts and take steps to tackle unpaid internships ahead of the General Election. Kevin Donoghue, USI President, said students who are employed with zero hour contracts feel insecure and powerless at work, and called precarious work practises such as JobBridge and unpaid internships “exploitation of young workers”.

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The USI is urging the next Government to amend the Terms of Employment Information Acts 1994 - 2012 to require employers to provide a statement of working hours which are a true reflection of the hours required of an employee.

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BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE Weldon, Eamon (Dexter), Swords, Co. Dublin

MCGRATH (Née McCann) Mary (Molly), (Lusk, Co. Dublin and formerly Santry), 18th February 2016 (peacefully) at Beaumont hospital surrounded by her loving family, Mary, (Molly) sadly missed by her loving husband Paddy, her adored children, Pat, Paula, Frank, Catherine and Brenda, grandchildren Sarah, Laura, David, Kiersten, Dayna, Shane and Josh, great-grandchild, Chloe, brother Toddy, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

DUNNE, (née Nugent), Bridget - Feb. 16, 2016, (Malahide, Co. Dublin) (Peacefully), surrounded by her loving family at St. Francis Hospice, Raheny, beloved wife of the late Martin; sadly missed by her sons and daughters Mark, Lisa, Keith and Susie, sonin-law Ciaran, daughters-in-law Tracy and Gráinne, grand-children Jamie, Daniel, Stephen, Zoe, Robyn, Jamie and Kacey, brother and sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours and her many friends and work colleagues at Beaumont Hospital. Rest in peace.

SEXTON (née Rodgers), Susan (St. Margaret’s, Dublin) - Feb. 16, 2016 (peacefully), at St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, beloved wife of the late Peter; deeply regretted by her loving sons Tony, Hugh, Peter and Olan, daughter Susanne, daughtersin-law, grandchildren, sister Betty, brother Jim, relatives and friends. Rest in peace.

CEKANAUSKIENE Rimute (Rush, Co. Dublin) Sadly missed by her loving husband, daughter, extended family and friends. Rest in peace COOGAN (née Corrigan) Elizabeth (Eilish) (Malahide, Co. Dublin and formerly of Belfast) February 15th, 2016 (peacefully) in her 97th year in the loving care of her family and the staff at Nazareth House Nursing Home, Malahide Road. Beloved wife of the late Edward (Ted) and loving mother of the late Ian. Sadly missed by her daughter Colette, much loved grandchildren Gregory, Ken, Christina and Ross, daughterin-law Sandra, many nephews, nieces, extended family and special friends. Rest in peace DUFF (née Lawton), Marguerite (Peggy), (Rathingle, Swords, Co. Dublin) - Feb. 15th 2016 (peacefully) at the Bon Secours Hospital, beloved wife of the the late Des and grandmother of the late Adrian. Sadly missed by her loving son Ronan, daughter Niamh, daughterin-law Geraldine, son-in-law Hugh Edward, grandchildren Karl, Shona, Ashley and Aoife, great-grandson Lee, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Rest in peace ROBERTS (née Lynch), Christina (Chris) (Kinsealy, Co. Dublin) - Feb. 13, 2016 (suddenly) at Beaumont Hospital, beloved wife of the late Tom and mother of the late Padraig; sadly missed by her loving sons Christopher and Edward, daughters Helen, Louise and Rachel, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives and friends. Rest in peace SHERIDAN, John (Malahide, Co. Dublin and formerly of Ballymahon St. Longford) Feb. 15, 2016 (peacefully) at the Bon Secours Hospital following a long illness bravely borne, late of Aer Lingus, sadly missed by his loving wife and best friend Joan, brother Eugene, sisters Cathy and Anne, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and his many friends. Rest in peace WOODS, Dr. Desmond (Skerries, Co. Dublin) – 15th February 2016, in the gentle care of Dr. Val and the team at St. Francis Hospice, Raheny, and formerly in the kind and compassionate care of Prof. Fennelly and staff at the Cara Ward, St. Vincent’s Private Hospital; cherished husband of Kathleen and much loved father of Emily and Brian. Des will be sadly missed by his loving family, his brothers Pat, Peter and David, sisters-in-law Sandra and Dara, brothers-in-law Con, Paddy and Mario, uncle Jim, niece Katie, secretary Brenda, his devoted colleagues, loyal patients, extended family and his many friends and neighbours. Rest in peace CANTWELL (Rush, Co. Dublin) Feb 13, 2016, Sr. Bridget Teresa (FMM); deeply regretted by her religious community, her brothers Ignatius, Paschal, Tom, Jim and Gerard, sisters Josephine and Attracta, brothers in law, sisters in law, nephews, nieces, great nephews, great nieces, relatives and friends. Rest in peace DOYLE (née Daly), Mary (Swords, Co. Dublin) - Feb. 13, 2016 (peacefully) at Beaumont Hospital, beloved wife of the late Andrew; sadly missed by her loving daughters Anne, Tina and Trisha, son Tom, sons-inlaw, grandchildren, sister, brother-in-law, sister-inlaw, relatives and friends. Rest in peace

Novena To The Blessed Virgin O Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Empress of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to secure me in this my necessity. There are none that can withstand your power, oh show me herein you are my mother. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee(3 times.)

Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your hands(3 times). Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days and request will be granted on the 3rd day. Prayer should be published.

D.F

Miracle Prayer First Birthday away from home, which occurs on the 21st February, age 78.

A Shadow walks beside us Forever by our sides Always there to guide us Ever since you died, Now it’s your birthday Eamon It’s up to God above To tell you how we miss you, And give you all our love, Your loving wife Kitty, Daughter Catherine, Son Michael

Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask for a very special one (mention it). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart, where your Father sees it. Then in His merciful eyes it will become your favour and not mine. Say this prayer for 3 days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail.

D.F

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Weldon Eamon (Dexter), Late of Swords, Died 28th September 2015. The family of the late Eamon would like to thank our families, friends and neighbours who sympathised with us on our recent loss, all who called to the house, attended the funeral mass, sent cards, flowers. A special thanks to St. Francis Hospice, all in care, Dr Seamus Greenan. Thanks to Father Michael Fora, lovely mass. The singer organist, Michael Rock funeral directors. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our sincere appreciation and gratitude.

The holy sacrifice of the mass will be offered for all your intentions.

Miracle Prayer Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked for many favours, this time I ask for a very special one (mention request).

Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it with your broken heart where your Father sees it.

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

Say for 3 days, promise publication .

Never known to fail.

L.B.

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23.02.2016

Fingal County Council Application for Planning Permission for demolition of existing house and construction of new replacement single storey dwelling with ancillaries at Oisin, Portrane Road, Donabate, Co. Dublin Signed Andrew and Amanda May This application may be inspected/purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy between 9.30am-4.30pm, monday-friday, at the offices of Fingal Co. Co., County Hall, Main St., Swords, Co. Dublin. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal Co.Co. of the application.

Fingal County Council Permission is sought for 3 bedroom, 2 storey detached dwelling, also waste water treatment system and percolation area, plus all associated site development works at Sundrive Road, Rush, Co Dublin for Denise 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 Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co Dublin during the public opening hours 9.30-15.30 Monday to Friday. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of a fee of 20 euros within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal County Council of the application.

Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought by Jakobi Properties Ltd. on lands at Barnwell Court to the rear of No. 3 & No. 4 Castle View, Drogheda Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin for the construction of a 2 no. storey, 4 no. bedroom contemporary dwelling with new vehicular access, 2 no. on site car parking spaces, private open space, single storey garden store building, drainage infrastructure, landscaping and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate development. 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 (County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin) during its public opening hours (9.30-16.30 Monday to Friday). 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. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council We, Clive Nolan and Sarah Carroll intend to apply for retention permission for development at this site address: 89 Tayleurs point, Quay road, Rush, Co.Dublin.

The development consists of; 2 no. high level side facing windows in rear extension.

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 (to inspect Planning Applications on all lands except those lands to the west of the N2) Fingal County Council, Grove Road, Blanchardstown, Fingal, Dublin 15. (to inspect Planning Applications on all lands west of the N2) A submission or observation in relation to the Application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of a fee of ¤20, 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. Application c/o Carolan Murphy Ltd., Drumeague, Bailieborough, Co. Cavana

23.02.2016

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

Development will also comprise the upgrade of an existing entrance on Balrothery Road (LP01155), driveway, car parking, wastewater treatment system, soakaway, boundary treatment, landscaping and all associated site development works. The application will also make provision for 3no. staff car parking spaces adjacent to the entrance on Balrothery Road, to be used in association with the operation of the Courtlough Adventure Centre. The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is sought by R

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& E Taylor for retention of use of commercial premises at Health Juice / Coffee Shop at Unit One, College Court, Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin. This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee 20 euro within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

construction of a dormer style dwelling, effluent treatment system and associated site works, at Luttrells Cross, Killeek, Co Dublin This application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its' public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the Planning Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

Signed S Baxter

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is sought by Joan Fay for one and half storey dwelling and waste water treatment system at Site No.2 Rural Cluster, Wimbletown, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin. This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee 20 euro within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

Fingal County Council Cian Donohue & Samantha Woolhead are applying for Planning Permission for a Garage Conversion and Dormer Extension and the installation of a new waste water treatment system at Dormcora, Corballis, Donabate, Co.Dublin This application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Fingal County Council during its public opening hours of 9am - 4pm, Mon-Fri, and a submission or observation may be made to Fingal Country in writing and on payment of the prescribed fee (€ 20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal County Council of the application.

Fingal County Council I, Mark Curran, hereby apply for planning permission for the

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

The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (20Euros) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application Fingal County Council Permission sought for single storey extension to side and change of use, from study / office to invalid bedroom and bathroom at 1 Seabury Avenue,

Malahude, Co. Dublin. For Mr. Peter and Vera Owens.

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