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Concerns Over Rush’s Derelict Buildings Local councillor, Tom O’Leary (FG) is up in arms about reports that a number of derelict buildings situated on Rush Main Street, may be in such poor condition as to constitute a danger to the general public. He told the County Leader, “It’s my understanding that a large financial institution owns the buildings in question and I am responding to a complaint from Rush Tourism committee, who are very concerned about the situation. The buildings are there for a long time and it’s now time for something to be done. Elderly people queuing at the bus stop and children

By Patrick Finnegan going to school are all at risk from debris falling from these buildings. I have made a formal complaint to the County Council who are going to send out the Inspectorate division to examine the buildings and I’m awaiting that report,” he said. “Further to that, it is my opinion that if there is no movement on these buildings,

I’m going to request that the Council put them on the Derelict Sites list. The main street of Rush is a beautiful place and the owner of this site has a duty of care to bring these buildings back to their original condition. I’m supporting the community of Rush on this. Enough is enough,” he concluded. While Ann McCrudden and Angela Byrne from Rush Tourism, were in agreement with Cllr O’Leary regarding the derelict buildings, they just received some positive news from the

owner of the buildings. Ann McCrudden said, “Further to our recent correspondences with the owner of one of the sites on Main Street, we are delighted to say that the owner has given us an undertaking that any dangerous hazards will be sorted and that the derelict buildings will be suitably hoarded and rendered safe for the summer. This is particularly important, given that our festival is taking place in August, with between 3,000 and 5,000 people expected every day in

Pictured at Newbridge House Donabate at the Flavours of Fingal festival last week are, Sarah O’Connor (Cool Foods), Bernice Moran (The Be Sweet Company), Trish Kelly (The Cupcake Store), Cllr. Kieran Dennison, Ed Hearne (Director of Economic, Enterprise and Tourism Development) and Mihaela and Sabina Bozocean (Sylvania Foods Company). See more pictures on page 4

the town,” she said. “The last thing we need is for tourists to the town to have to look at derelict buildings, so we’re satisfied that this particular site has been sorted. However, there are a number of smaller buildings along the main street that we hope to follow up with in the same vein. We have a huge amount of volunteers trying to make Rush look at its best and we are delighted that

Lusk Teacher Sets Off To Conquer The World

Rush and Lusk Educate Together NS school teacher Dermot Higgins is pictured with fellow cyclist Brendan Sands as he departs to cycle around the world

Rush and Lusk Educate Together NS was a buzz as crowds gathered to wish teacher Dermot Higgins farewell on his cycle around the world. Dermot is hoping to gain a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person, at 55 to cycle around the world. Dermot told the County Leader, “ This is my last day of teaching after 35 years and my dream is finally coming true. I am so grateful to all who have supported me and to help raise funds for Trócaire. This has been my life’s ambition since I was a young boy and I’m

By Leslie Murphy so happy it’s come to fruition”. The crowds gathered outside the school including all of the pupils, parents and members of the cycle club and one pupil played the bagpipes while another accompanied her on a drum. The send of was full off enthusiasm and those gathered chanted ‘Go Go Dermo’, over and over. Best wishes to Dermot and we await his return and hope he succeeds in achieving the record as the oldest man to cycle around the world.

Cllr O’Leary is going to address this situation with the County Council. We believe that legislation is not as strong as the Council would like, in order to be able to push people into action. We all have a civic responsibility to ensure that our town looks at its best and this applies to the owners of derelict buildings, not only on the Main Street, but throughout Rush. We need Rush to be showcased at its very best,” she said. “We are very excited about the future prospects of Rush. It’s been somewhat dormant of late, but we very confident for the future, “ she said. Angela Byrne was equally outspoken about the derelict buildings and she said, “We had the very successful Plein Air festival here recently and the derelict buildings on Lower Main Street and on Channel Road let us down and we would hope that the Council will work with us and support us to ensure that these are

taken care of and upgraded, so they can enhance our town.” A team from the County Council visited Rush last Thursday to

from this urban renewal scheme.” “Quite a few of the local business owners and residents have been in communication with

Pictured on Main Street, Rush, with the derelict buildings in sight are Cllr Tom O'Leary and Rush Tourism Committee members, Ann McCrudden and Angela Byrne

do a walkabout, as we’re part of the vision of the County Council for urban renewal and we’re delighted that Rush has been selected as one of 10 villages in the entire country to be chosen to benefit

the Council, outlining their visions of where they see Rush going. Tacking the derelict building situation and the promise from the landowner will, hope fully be the first step on the road to renewal,” concluded McCrudden.

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Speaking following the appointment of a new Minister of Housing, Planning and Local Government, local Sinn Féin Housing SPC member, Cllr Malachy Quinn said: “Under Simon Coveney’s watch the number of people in emergency accommodation increased every single month. Given his failure to get a grip on the housing and homeless crisis, his speedy defection to Foreign Affairs is not surprising.” “His replacement, Minister Eoghan Murphy can succeed where Simon Coveney failed, but only if he increases investment in social and affordable housing. With almost 8,000 people, including almost 3,000 children living in emergency accommodation in both this region and across the

tious target for bringing as many of these into use as possible. “Minister Murphy also needs to provide the County state, it is clear that the Council with the staff and government programme funding to roll out a more of building and buying substantial programme housing for those with of building and buying acute housing need is not houses for sufficient. These social and families need homes affordable use, not hubs,” he said. as the Council “Minister Murphy have ambitious needs to hit the plans, but lack ground running and sufficient i m m e d i a t e l y Cllr.Malachy Quinn funding from announce more central governambitious targets for ment.” “Minister Murphy providing the housing can go down in history as that people need. There the man who finally is no need for a three brought the housing and month review of the homeless crisis to an end government’s failing both here and across the housing plan. What is state, or he can be the needed is immediate, latest in a long line of ambitious and decisive failures. Which of these action to provide homes options comes to pass for those in need,” he will be down to whether said. “With large he continues with the amounts of vacant failed policies of his homes across the North predecessors or whether County, the new Minister he changes course. The has an opportunity to be choice is his,” concluded bold by setting an ambi- Quinn.

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FREE yourself Pictured at the official opening of the Cúis Project in Balbriggan are Elaine O'Donnell (Cúis Project), Jacki Thompson (Cúis Project), Louise O'Reilly TD, Cllr Malachy Quinn, Darragh O'Brien TD (Chairperson North Dublin Regional Drug and Alcohol Taskforce), Lindsay Wallace (Cúis Project), County Mayor Cllr Mary McCamley, Sean Campbell (CEO Foróige), Minister for Drugs, Catherine Byrne, Andy Neary (Senior Youth Officer, Balbriggan Youth Service), Senator James Reilly and Cllr Tom O'Leary

Opening Of New CÚIS Project In Balbriggan Minister for Health Promotion and National Drugs Strategy, Catherine Byrne, came to open the new building for the Foróige CÚIS project based in Balbriggan, along with many public representatives from the area.

By Rachel Wallace The project, which is funded by the North Dublin Regional Drug and Alcohol Taskforce, is a free and confidential service for young people aged 10-24. The project covers Balbriggan and surrounding areas, such as Skerries, Naul, Garristown, Lusk and Rush. Staff based in Skerries are in Mourne

community centre on Wednesdays, in Rush they are based in Martin’s Shop on Thursdays and are hoping to have a base in Lusk for a half day a week, from September onwards. The CÚIS Project aims fo provide specific skills based drug intervention programmes for young people, whose substance use is problematic or dependant. Alongside this there is also one on one and group interventions and social activities in their local area. Speaking to the County Leader, social worker with CÚIS, Lindsay Wallace described the service, when she said, “The CÚIS project is a support service for young people under 25 years who need additional support in relation to their substance misuse or a family member’s substance misuse. We work in a one to one or group capacity. The project uses a number of other methods of substance misuse interventions.” She concluded, “The staff in the CÚIS project are so proud of our clients past and present and especially those who represented the project on the opening day.”

Permanent International Cricket Ground For Malahide Cricket Ireland has announced that plans are to commence for a permanent international cricket ground for Malahide. The announcement comes days after Irish cricket has been awarded test status. Malahide Cricket Club has successfully been host to international

cricket matches over the last number of years, a plan that was met with some trepidation initially. Now, with Irish cricket having test status, Cricket Ireland’s plans are now pushing ahead to upgrade and improve cricket services in Ireland. Among those services

David Gillick cheers on Lisa Cumiskey from Balbriggan Roadrunners as she crosses the finish line during Lucozade Sport's 5km after work run at Malahide Castle. The event saw Ex-Olympian David Gillick, lead a 5km run through the grounds of Malahide Castle as part of Lucozade Sport's 'Made to Move' sessions, which are a series of high profile events designed to champion healthy and more active lifestyles. Over 70 people took part in the run.

needing attention is “Following on from the Malahide Cricket Club’s agreed cricket ground temporary international extension in 2010, a ground, which more permahas been host to nent structure several matches, was always in but is less than the pipeline for ideal at the Malahide, based on moment. The I r e l a n d facilities at achieving test Malahide aren’t status, which up to interna- Ian Talbot we have now tional standard with temporary infra- done. Malahide already structure, including porta has one of the best cabin changing rooms, cricket grounds in the installed for every match. world at the moment and CEO of Cricket Ireland everybody here is on Warren Deutrom told the board for these new County Leader, “It will plans for the club. cost us at least €6 Overall, with a more million euro to build ICC- permanent structure, we compliant permanent feel it will decrease the infrastructure in amount of disruption for Malahide alone; and the area and the club, as another million to take currently we are assemour facilities at the bling and disassembling Sports Campus to the structures for the internext stage. So yes, national matches,” he another mountain to concluded. climb - and one that will Now that test status has require more than just been achieved for Cricket Ireland money to Ireland, Cricket Ireland and the County Council realise.” Ian Talbot, project are pushing ahead with manager at Malahide plans for the new strucCricket Club, told ture to host international the County Leader, matches.

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Pictured at the Pop Up Gaeltacht at Flavours of Fingal are Brian Finnegan, Cllr Daire Ní Laoi, Jessica Clemenson, Charlotte Gilshenan, Béibhinn Moore and Bernie Kelly

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Local People Needed For Bremore Castle Dig

Project Fashion which showcases outfits that children have made, held their end of year fashion show at the Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords last Saturday. Project Fashion academy teaches young students from ages 7 - 15 all there is to know about fashion design. The students, who have been working all year on these collections, taking inspiration from the Rio Olympics, have designed and made these garments themselves with coaching from real fashion designers who work at Project Fashion. Paul Keeley from Project Fashion is pictured with Ian Hunter, Centre Director, Pavilions Shopping Centre and students of Project Fashion, showcasing their work at the Pavilions

The County Council has invited Balbriggan locals, to take part in an archaeological dig at Bremore Castle. later this month the Council will be digging in the walled garden of the 16th century fortified house. The dig is hoped to reveal information on the layout of the gardens and answer questions on what was there before the castle was built. County Council community archaeologist Christine Baker said, “there is so much we want to discover about Bremore Castle

and to do this we need people to come along and dig.” The community dig will go underway for two weeks from July 14-28, every day except Mondays. It is open to people over 18 and there is lots to be done including digging, sieving for finds to washing and cataloguing artefacts. Parks superintendent, Kevin Halpenny said, “it certainly is a different way to become involved. We have had several different events at Bremore Castle, but I’m especially excited to be uncovering the secrets of our walled garden.” A team of archaeologists will be on hand, to train and guide participants. To sign up contact Christine Baker at christine.baker@fingal.ie

Final Battle: The Story of the Irish Revolution, 1912 24.’ Marie BashfordSynott, local historian and member of Skerries Historical Society, will be presenting a paper that delves into her research into the lives of the women of Skerries who served in the ranks of Cumann na mBan during the revolutionary period. Liz Gillis, acclaimed historian of early 20th century Ireland and author of several books (most recently, ‘The Hales Brothers and the Irish Revolution’ and ‘Women of the Irish Revolution’). Gerard Shannon, local historian and member of Skerries Historical Society, will present his research and findings of the last

How Irish Died Out In North County Some three hundred years ago a language shift took place in Fingal. This shift saw a trend emerge over the course of a two hundred year period, across three local languages, with English emerging as the victor.

By Rachel Wallace The first of these languages to be affected was ‘Fingallian’. A poorly documented local descendant of Middle English spoken between 1600-1700. Despite pressure at first from Irish, Fingallian survived as an isolated language in North County Dublin, until the mid-nineteenth century, when it eventually succumbed to local English. Unfortunately we have so little information on Fingallian, that we do not know exactly how far its area of use extended. Remnants of it are noticeable in the twentieth century English of Swords, Lusk, Rush, Skerries and Naul. Irish loan-words in Fingallian are of particular interest as it shows they must have been borrowed directly from the local Irish dialect at the time. We have no direct information on whether or not Fingallian speakers also knew Irish, but given the extensive nature of borrowings from Irish, it seems most likely. Between 1600 and 1700 Irish was holding its own in the area, spoken and understood not only by the poor but also by the rich. After approximately 1750, however,

number of years into the death of Muriel MacDonagh. Who was Muriel? How did she meet Thomas MacDonagh, and how did she face life as a widowed mother of two after the Easter Rising and what brought her to Skerries that fateful July? The following day, Sunday 9th July, a commemorative march led by a piper will go from the Sea Memorial (where Muriel is listed on a plaque) to a designated point on the South Strand from 2.30 pm to 3.45 pm. The family will also lay a wreath to Muriel’s memory. This will be followed by a piper’s lament. This is a free family event, which is supported by the County Council and all are welcome.

evidence for Irish-speaking in North County Dublin begins to appear very mixed. There are reports of both Irish and English terms used by the fisher folk of Skerries, Rush and Portrane. Some of the terms were clearly corrupt Irish, others perfectly good Irish. It is thus clear that at that time, English was making significant inroads into traditionally Irish-speaking areas. By the early nineteenth century English was essentially ascendant in Fingal, but Irish was still widely spoken at Stamullin townland in the far north of the county. At the time of the Ordnance Survey letters of 1836, older people in the Stamullin area still had Irish of some sort, as late as 1893. The final stronghold of Irish in North County Dublin in 1899, was in fact to be found about seven kilometres to the west at the Naul, also on the Meath border. Tradition has it that the Naul area, just west of Balbriggan, preserved Irish until very recently, a family of Kirwans, locally “Karvan,” being said to be the last speakers, until 1899. Skerries, Rush and Portrane people ceased passing on their Irish relatively early, around 1790. Local Irish likely ceased to be the community language of rural areas around Balbriggan by about 1810. What caused this rapid abandonment of traditional speech in North County Dublin remains unclear, but it is worth nothing that, of the North County areas listed, Stamullin was situated closest to other surviving Irish-speaking areas in Meath. Irish had ceased to be the majority community language of any place in North Co. Dublin by 1830, even isolated semi-speakers are not recorded after 1893-1899.

Family Fun Day In Malahide Malahide Family Fun Day is back this year on 7th July from 12pm-5pm at Malahide Castle and Gardens. Pop along for a great day’s fun, filled with activities such as face painting, balloon artist and Ice Cream and there will be a very special guest appearance. So make sure to be there.

Swords ICA Meetings The Swords branch of the ICA (Irish Country Women’s Association,) meet at the BASE centre, Brackenstown in Swords every Thursday at 8pm. All new members are welcome to come along for a cup of tea and a chat.

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Skerries Marks Centenary Of 1916 Widow’s Death On Saturday, 8th July, there will be a series of talks themed on the year 1917, both locally and nationally at the Old School, Skerries (beside Skerries Community Centre) from 11 am to 5 pm, to mark the centenary of Muriel MacDonagh’s death, the widow of 1916 leader, Thomas Mac Donagh. On the day, also the Irish Volunteers Dublin Brigade Commemorative organisation will be bringing their travelling exhibition to the Old School with memorabilia, replicas, artefacts, photographs and other items related to the revolutionary decade. The featured speakers will include John Dorney, (author of ‘Peace After the

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Madeline Clinton and Nicole Ford celebrate their Confirmation day in St Patrick’s Church Donabate

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PIctured at St Patrick's Church Donabate is Bishop Raymond Fields with Celine Sijaji, Givem and Yolla Falentsini

PIctured at St Patrick's Church Donabate making her Confirmation is Sophie Porter with Mark and Helena Porter and Sinead Quinn

PIctured at St Patrick's Church Donabate are, Edith, Cheryl, Kristin, Francis and Francine Banez

Pictured at St Patricks Church Donabate for Scoil Naomh Phádraic Confirmations are Callum and Micheala Dunne.

Pictured at St Patricks Church Donabate for Scoil Naomh Phádraic Confirmations are Lisa Dwyer, Abbey Cahill, John Malone, Aine Cahill and Sean Cahill.

Pictured at St Patricks Church Donabate for Scoil Naomh Phádraic Confirmations are Alex Maguire, Simon Kealy, Paula Kealy, Emma Maguire, Tony Kealy and John Kealy.

Pictured at St Patricks Church Donabate for Scoil Naomh Phádraic Confirmations are Kyle Murphy, Josh Kane and Josh Spratt.

PIctured at St Patrick's Church Donabate making her Confirmation is Holly O’Keeffe and her mum Yvonne O’Keeffe

Pictured at St Patricks Church Donabate for Scoil Naomh Phádraic Confirmations are Conor Gannon and Alex Coulter.

Andrea Milne is pictured with her daughter Farrah on her Confirmation day in St Patrick’s Church Donabate

Ashley Lawlor is pictured with Bishop Raymond Fields celebrating her Confirmation day in St Patrick’s Church Donabate with her family Austin and Miriam Lawlor and Paul Smithers

Pictured at St Patricks Church Donabate for Scoil Naomh Phádraic Confirmations are Cathleen Bary, Grace Tobin. John Cahill and Stella Tobin.

PIctured at St Patrick's Church Donabate is Bishop Raymond Fields with Louise Julie, Hanna O’Hanlon and their parents

Pictured at St Patricks Church Donabate for Scoil Naomh Phádraic Confirmations are Catherine, Mathew, Aidan and John Bourke.

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Pictured on his Confirmation day at St Patrick's Church, Donabate, is Conor Gannon with his family, Michael Gannon, Sabrina Lightbody, Rose Duignan and Kevin Gannon

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4th July 2017

Access Problem Continues For Donabate Residents Recently, the County Leader reported that residents of a new housing estate in Donabate were up in arms about plans to use the small road through their estate, Beresford, as an access route for a proposed new housing estate to be located behind them. The Beresford estate is located off Turvey Avenue, close to Beverton estate, with around 150 homes newly built recently. The number one concern is related to access and particularly the size of the entrance at Beresford. When you enter the estate, there is a very narrow road, which is just big enough for the houses here. One of the concerns if that if emergency vehicles need to access there, a problem may arise, especially as there are 286 new homes to be built up the back. According to local resident, Selene Alford, the width of the access road passing by homes is inadequate. She said, “We checked the width of the road and it is between 6.3 and 6.4

By Patrick Finnegan metres wide. I’ve researched guidelines from other county councils and the average width of an artery road seems to be about 7 metres with one (or maybe two) councils

throughout the estate to support the traffic volumes of this new development. “The one thing that we had pinned our hopes on was the fact that they had requested a separate construction route. However, at this stage we are already on the back-foot,” she said.

the very early stage, selling off the front part and then leaving the back part with no access and yet zoning that as residential, makes no sense at all,” she said. According to Selene Alford, the applicant submitted a number of documents, but the one most relevant to their concerns is the C o n s t r u c t i o n Management Plan. In this they have completely ignored the council’s

Pictured are residents of Beresford estate in Donabate, who are objecting to the narrow entrance to their estate and the fact that only one access road is being used for major construction there

requiring 7.3 metres for artery roads and we are below that minimum,” she said. This is of great concern to residents from a safety point of view. She claims the Council have already disregarded their concerns about the suitability of the entrance and the road network

The belief among Beresford residents is that they purchased their homes in what they believed to be a contained estate. They claim the roads here suffice for what’s here at present, but not for what’s planned. “Surely with proper planning at

request to find a separate construction road. They’ve simply suggested putting in speed limit signs and enforcing a slow down message with their staff and suppliers. The only suggestion they made was a slight re-route of the construction during

Malahide To Donabate Walkway Progressing The long awaited walkway linking Malahide to Donabate is set to go ahead to the next stage in the planning process, according to the County Council. The project, which was proposed back in 2014, has now cleared all environmental and planning hurdles, according to local TD Darragh O’Brien (FF). O’Brien went on to say that, “the project, which has received no construction funding to date from any government departments, will eventually link up as far as Rush, to become a ‘coastal greenway.” “This is part of a grander scheme to connect all of the North County’s coastal areas without breaks, meaning, in theory, you would be able to walk or cycle from Howth Beach to Donabate Beach without stopping if you wanted to. An excellent incentive for local tourism,” according to O’Brien. The County Council, Irish Rail and National Parks and Wildlife Service, all support the development of the Broadmeadow pedestrian and cycleway and wish to facilitate it as soon as possible. But the application process can be lengthy and there are still

By Rachel Wallace some hurdles to jump with regards to planning and tenders. The County Leader contacted the Council about this and they said that they “intend to submit an application directly to An Bord

Pleanala to advance the statutory planning process for the Broadmeadow Way, in the third quarter of 2017.” They concluded, “the approval process will take at least 6 months, following which, the procurement of a contractor can take place

with a view to starting on site as soon as is feasible, subject to funding being in place.” We hope to see a speedy tender process and the fruits of all the planning and hard work on behalf of the Council and local politicians, in the coming months.

Pictured here at the Old Borough National School in Swords, is Canon Robert Deane, Marie Toft and Michael Toft. The school and the pupils held a lovely ceremony for Marie, who is retiring this year, after 26 years working at the school.

the development. This does not help the existing Beresford estate whatsoever. Residents received a document from the Planning department, which is a request for clarification on the additional information supplied. “They have now completely ignored our concerns and the fact is that the developer has not even attempted to find a separate construction route, a request that the Planning Department themselves made. The County Leader contacted the County Council to find out the position regarding planning for the estate. The statement read, “Reg. Ref. F16A/0535 relates to a current planning application for a development accessed off Turvey Avenue Donabate which seeks to provide inter alia for 286 dwellings.” “A request for Clarification of Additional Information was made by Fingal County Council on the 13th June 2017 and a response to same is awaited by the Planning Authority before a decision can be made on this application,” the statement concluded. Selene said, “Local representatives, councillors Henchy, Mulville, Lynam,

Sinnott, Coppinger and Smith have all spoken on our behalf. TDs Clare Daly and Brendan Ryan have also made submissions on our behalf and

we have met and spoken to TDs Darragh O’Brien and Alan Farrell. Two councillors have called this a fob off and one TD has even said that we

need to make the planners see sense. Yet, despite all of our action to date, this doesn’t seem to be happening,” she concluded.

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Glamour & Local News

4th July 2017

Malahide Tennis Ladies Top Of The League

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Pictured are the ladies of Grove Lawn Tennis Club (left hand side) Malahide who won the 2017 Fingal Ladies Tennis League against Balrothery (right hand side) in the grand final hosted by Swords Tennis Club

There were great celebrations recently for the ladies of Grove Lawn Tennis Club (GLT), Malahide who won the 2017 Fingal Ladies Tennis League. The team up against Balrothery Balbriggan in the grand final

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into the league and we where runners up before and now to win is a great achievement. Our club only runs for six months of the year so therefore we are very happy as a small seasonal club with this result. The County Council are a great support to tennis in the North County, there has been great improvements to public tennis clubs and this means that more teams can get on board for the future. It’s great to see

that the sport is available to anybody who wants to play and not just private clubs. Tennis is becoming more popular in Ireland and this is also a great way to keep fit and has great benefits for your health.” The league is growing every year and it’s hoped more teams will take part and avail of the facilities that are available in the North County parks and recreational areas both private and Council owned.

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Picture Special & Local News

4th July 2017

Funding For 20 New Social Homes

Pictured at SS Peter and Paul Church in Balbriggan for the Confirmations are Linda, Leila and Siobhán Innocent.

Pictured at SS Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan on her Confirmation day is Libby Richards Scully, with her family, Aidan and Nathan and Lisa Richards Scully

Pictured at SS Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan on her Confirmation day is Clodagh Sheehan and her sister Ellie

Local senator, Dr James Reilly has welcomed confirmation from Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy that his Department will fund the investment/ acquisition of 20 social homes by Tuath Housing Association. They will Senator Reilly make the homes available to the County Council for persons on the Social Housing list.Eighteen of the homes are located in St Werburgh’s Swords and two at another location in Finglas. A delighted Reilly said, “Investment by the Fine Gael Government in Social Housing continues in the North County and I look forward to proposals soon from the Council for New Social Homes schemes on the council land banks in various parts of Fingal. We need to build more houses in this region, including direct build by the local authority,” he said.

Relief As Constituency Left Unchanged

Pictured at SS Peter and Paul Church in Balbriggan for the Confirmations are John and Elain Toal, Amanda and Beck Dunne, Leagh Whelan O’Rourke, Padhraigh O’Rourke, Pauline Whelan and Dan Dunne.

Pictured at SS Peter and Paul Church in Balbriggan for the Confirmations are Jason, Nicole and Mary Kiernan.

Pictured at SS Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan are Rebecca McDonnald, William McDonnald, Suzanne and Jane McKenna

Pictured at SS Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan is Jamie and Tracy McDonald

Pictured at SS Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan on their Confirmation day are pals, Nadine Walsh, Ella McCann and Jasmine Kinsella

The news that the Dáil submission to the Boundary Commission Boundary Commission report has left Dublin outlining my rationale Fingal constituency for the importance of Fingal intact, with no changes Dublin remaining as one, has been and that no areas welcomed by be excluded, as local Fianna Fáil was done in TD, Darragh 2011.” “I am very O ’ B r i e n . pleased that my Speaking to the County Leader, O’Brien TD views and the views of many O’Brien said, “I welcome this report other people in Dublin because we have seen Fingal, who made were in the past how submissions damaging changes can taken into account,” he In be to our constituency, concluded. the when Swords was summary, divided and C o n s t i t u e n c y Portmarnock, Balgriffin Commission recomand parts of Baskin mends that the number were excluded from our of members of Dáil Éireann should be 160 constituency.” “There was concern and that there should again that our area may be 39 constituencies of be subject to some which 13 will be 5 seat, change. That is why I 17 will be 4 seat and 9 made a strong written will be 3 seat.

Calling All Dog Lovers Pictured at SS Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan is Damien and Tynya Byrne and Shauna Farrell

Pictured at SS Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan on her Confirmation day is Nicole McDermot with Olivia McDermott and Dermot O'Neill

Pictured at SS Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan on his Confirmation day is Ben Casey, with his sister Mollie and his parents, Elizabeth and Martin Casey

For all local dog lovers, there are two dog groups that meet once a month in Malahide. The Chihuahua Club Of Ireland Dublin will meet on 9th July at Malahide Castle, in the large green area in front of the Castle, for socialisation and fun. This meeting takes place at 12pm. The Dublin Pug Club will meet on 16th July, also in Malahide Castle from 1.30pm onwards. Although these clubs are breed specific, both welcome all breeds to come along and play.

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Pictured on there Confirmation day are pals Kyle Rogan and Alex Murphy, with their families Noel Barnette, Kian and Derek Rogan and Eamonn Murphy

Pictured at SS Peter and Paul Church in Balbriggan for the Confirmations are Aaron, Karen and Leah O’Gorman.

Pre-season training starts for Swords Rugby Club on 4th of July and the club are always looking for new players to join up. They also have their own fitness coach, Neal O’Keeffe from NU Fitness on hand to get everyone back in shape ahead of the new season. The club meet in Alsa Sports Complex and for more information you can mail info@swordsrfc.com

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4th July 2017

Farewell Tony The Chief Executive of Fingal Dublin Chamber, Tony Lambert, who is stepping down from his post after serving for 17 years as its Chief Executive was

celebrated at a dinner last Thursday at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin Airport. The occasion was attended by approximately 140 people, made up of

Wishing Tony Lambert, CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber all the best as he retires from his post after 23 years of service to the local business community.

his Chamber colleagues, including former Presidents, Council officials, former County Managers, business people, family and friends, many of

The management and staff at Bank Of Ireland would like to congratulate Tony Lambert on his retirement from Fingal Dublin Chamber and thank him for all the hard work he has done in supporting local businesses over the years. We wish him all the best for the future.

Lambert was the first president of Swords & District Chamber of Commerce in 1994. Many people asked him what ‘District’ meant in the title, as Swords at that time was little more that a main street. Lambert, however, was very definite that it referred to the airport, and he

April 2004: An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern cuts the ribbon at the opening of the Swords Fingal Chamber of Commerce new office in North Street Swords.

whom paid glowing tributes to him on an emotional night for him. The County Leader spoke to Lambert

about the highlights and challenges of leading the Chamber as its first President back in 1994, to being its CEO for the

WILLIE SOFFE County Manager (1996 - 2004) The Chamber and the County Council both started around the same time in 1994. I came here as County Manager in 1996, so Tony and I had two infants out of the incubator, so to speak and our jobs were to grow both successfully into strong mature adults, which we did. A lot of people who were pessimists thought that it would not be possible. It was a time from the mid 90s on when there was significant growth and there was the opportunity for both of us to reap the full benefits of that. Tony was very driven and focused on what he wanted to do, to get the business community into the Chamber and create this collegiate body where they all helped each other, big and small. The other characteristic he had was that he was a great networker and that assisted him greatly in dealing with organisations outside the Chamber, like the County Council. He developed a great relationship with myself and the County Council. While we didn’t always see eye to eye on things, his criticism was really always constructive and helpful and at the end of the day, he was of great assistance to us in supporting major projects that were controversial. These included County Hall, which was much resisted and everyone now says it is in a great location. Another was the finalising and opening of the M1 motorway and the upgrading of Main Street in Swords, which was painful for businesses as it was going on, but it was the right thing to do to improve the environment for business in the middle of the town. He supported all of that and was very helpful to the County Council throughout all of that. I was there for eight years and I enjoyed the best of relationships with Tony. He really was a credit to business in the area and I just want to wish him the very best in his retirement and I hope he continues to do constructive things for the people of the area.

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As a proud member of Dublin Fingal Chamber, Blanchardstown Centre wishes Tony Lambert all the best for the future

past 17 years. He said, “The highlights were in the early days getting it all together to understand what the Chamber of Commerce was all about and working with the many businesses that were part of the Chamber, which was a relatively small group. As we built on it, it became something I wanted to do more about because it was a voluntary group.

viewed the inclusion of the ever expanding airport as a vital element to the success of the fledgling Chamber. “We opened our first office on 1st July 1998 and in growing it and developing it to look after business in the Fingal region and to understand the reasoning for doing it and that

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Thanking Tony Lambert for his great work with local businesses and wishing him well for the future.

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Farewell Tony GUY THOMPSON Chamber President I wish to thank Tony for his stewardship and his tireless dedication and commitment to the Chamber during the past 23 years. “The Fingal Dublin Chamber has grown under Tony’s leadership since it started in 1994. From its humble beginnings, Tony has made an enormous contribution to the success of the Chamber which is now the region’s largest business organisation representing almost 350 members across the County. His passion, energy, enthusiasm, tireless dedication, commitment and drive has positioned the Chamber as the key lobbying group for business in Fingal. Tony was also a key driver in the joining of the D15 Chamber with Fingal Dublin Chamber which provided a centralised and more consolidated service for members. Fingal Dublin Chamber is now a vibrant, growing, dynamic and successful Chamber and on behalf of the Board of Directors, Chamber Council, Chamber Staff, Strategic Partners, Fingal County Council, Chamber Members and the Business Community of Fingal, we thank Tony most sincerely for his contribution over the last 23 years and wish him the very best in his future endeavours.

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businesses needed to group together to push for a better economic future. There were challenges along the way, not least in the

past 10 years,” he said. “Business is so organised nowadays that it needs an organisation to champion its cause,

PAUL REID Cheif Executive Fingal County Council Tony has made a remarkable impact in his role as CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber. I first met Tony, in my previous role at Central Government. He was regularly on delegation groups as part of Chambers Ireland that met with Government Ministers and senior officials. I saw then Tony’s great passion to represent business at Government level and his efforts to seek to influence the related Government policies. When I took up the position as Chief Executive of Fingal, I got an even greater insight into this passion. Tony has great insights into the role that business plays in making Fingal a great place to live, work, visit and to do business in. He has played a hugely active role in supporting Fingal County Council in our strategy to stimulate the economy of Fingal and I have always valued his advice. We all strive to make a wider impact in the professional roles that we work at. Tony can certainly say with pride that he has done that. I would like to wish Tony and Maureen all the very best for the future.

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BERTIE AHERN Former Taoiseach Tony Lambert and his team in the Fingal Chamber of Commerce have been the first port of call for business and enterprise development in Fingal over the past twenty years or so. It is no wonder that so many other chambers have looked and learned from Fingal, because Tony and his dedicated team have led the way in showcasing the potential of business already successfully based there, and have been ardent advocates of Ireland Inc. as the best possible business Gateway to Europe. The hundreds of companies, the thousands of jobs, the billions in exports from Fingal are all testament to the close-knit, integrated offering Fingal Chamber, Fingal County Council, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland bring to the table for Fingal business. I offer my own personal congratulations to Tony and his wife Maureen for the countless occasions of courtesy and kindness they showed me on my many visits to North County. Tony, his family, his Fingal Chamber team, and all his colleagues can be rightly proud of a job exceedingly well done on behalf of the people of Fingal over such a busy and productive period. Comhgháirdeachas ó chroí le Tony agus lena chúram, agus go n-éirí go geal leis sa chéad tréimhse eile dá shaol.

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to fight for it and to lobby for it and that’s what the Chamber became. The challenges facing us going forward and one of the reasons I decided to step down, is that I believe it is now time to hand over to a smarter type of business organisation and I felt I wasn’t the one to take it forward for the next five years.” “Whilst we are p r o g r e s s i n g economically, there are significant changes needed, of which access is one. We simply cannot keep on building houses and driving cars. We need better public transport, like a proper rail service to the airport and on to Swords, namely Metro North and this is vital, because we cannot do what we are doing now, just building houses because the demand is there. The only way people can access those houses, their workplaces and where

Wishing Tony Lambert, CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber all the best as he retires from his post after 23 years of service to the local business community.

November 2016: Chamber CEO, Tony Lambert is pictured with Nadia Gubanoba, Shauna Conroy and Ciara Brennan (Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport) at the Fingal Dublin Chamber Business and CSR Awards

they eat etc. is by car. At present there are 2,000 houses being built in Lusk, which

will add a further 4,000 cars to the road every day. Skerries, Rush, Lusk and Donabate are

all growing and we are crowded at the moment. We need another outer ring Contd. on page 13

Thank you, for everything Tony! Wishing yourself and Maureen every success in your travels and adventures! From all in

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4th July 2017

Farewell Tony Maureen Lambert and Cliodhna O'Byrne (Fingal Dublin Chamber)

Pictured are members of the Lambert family, Andrew Lambert, Ian Croll, Tony, Maureen, Jon, Edel, Dave and Amy Lambert

Michael Dawson (One4All), Maria Escriva (Flowers by Friday), Tony Lambert and former Chamber president, Siobhan Kinsella

Former Chamber President David Donnelly, Ian Talbot CEO of Chambers Ireland and Tony Lambert

Cathal Moore (Cathal Moore & Associates) and Yvonne Bailey

Paul Reid (Chief Executive Fingal County Council), Ed Hearne (Director of Economic Affairs, Fingal County Council), County Mayor, Cllr Mary McCamley, Irene Shelley and Margaret Reid

Former Chamber Presidents, Pat McNamara, Siobhan O'Donnell and David Donnelly

Maura Cassidy (daa), Freda Farrell (Fingal Dublin Chamber) and Eamon Ennis (Healthcare 21)

Former County Manager Willie Soffe is pictured with Tony Lambert

Cliodhna O'Byrne (Fingal Dublin Chamber), Ayesha Thompson (Osborne) and Agata Kusak-Thion (Fingal Dublin Chamber)

Tony and Maureen Lambert are pictured with presentations made to them, including a painting for Tony and a bouquet of flowers for Maureen

Tony Keely, Siobhan O'Donnell (former Chamber President), Tony Lambert, Siobhan Kinsella (former Chamber President), Fran Whelan (former Chamber President) and Charlie Costello

Maura Cassidy (daa), Chamber President Guy Thompson and former President Siobhan Kinsella

Bill Kearney, Deirdre Kearney, Robert McCarthy and Sylvia McCarthy (all IBM)

A special farewell dinner was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel Dublin Airport last week, where a large gathering of work colleagues, friends and family came together to pay tribute to Tony.

Andrew Connolly (Ergo Furniture), Tom Kierans (Ergo Furniture) and Jon Lambert (Cloud 9 Solutions)

Ian Talbot (CEO Chambers Ireland), Siobhan Kinsella (former Chamber President), Michael Dawson (One4All), Shona McManus (Osborne) and Paul Reid (Chief Executive Fingal County Council)

Agata Kusak-Thion (Fingal Dublin Chamber), Joan Doran and Elaine O'Sullivan (Fingal Tourism)

Geraldine and Cathal McGillivray (Travel Lodge Hotels)

Philly Erdogan, Elaine Carolan and Emma McManus (all Radisson Blu Hotel Dublin Airport)

Ruth Spain and Ahmed Younis, both from the Arab Irish Chamber of Commerce, with Tony Lambert

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Farewell Tony Contd. from page 11 road around the M50, which is probably 20 years away. Lambert has always been a strong voice for the Chamber at local government level and has champi-

oned the importance of Metro North and Dublin Airport as a major economic hub in the North County. He said, “The initial process for Metro delivery needs to start as soon as possible,

SIOBHAN KINSELLA

July 2011: Dave Donnelly (D15 Chamber President), Cllr Tom O'Leary, County Mayor, Gerry McGuire, Siobhan O’Donnell (Fingal Dublin Chamber President), Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly and Tony Lambert (CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber).

Chamber President (2013 - 2015) I remember attending my first networking event with Tony Lambert in 2006. I was attempting to hide my nerves, however I was determined to make the best impression I could and worked the room as best I could. Afterwards Tony commented that he’d been impressed and suggested some people he’d introduce me to at my next event. That was when Tony Lambert started giving me the benefit of his wealth of wisdom, knowledge and judgement that I have seen firsthand employed to the benefit of Fingal Dublin Chamber members developing it relentlessly to its current strength and standing. I have served on the Chamber Council with Tony for 10 years, had the privilege of working closely with Tony as Treasurer, Deputy President and President. I was also privileged to serve with him on the board of Chambers Ireland. I would like to express my own personal gratitude for his friendship, mentoring and unwavering support to me personally, our vibrant Chamber and the Chamber movement. I wish you every success in your travels and your next adventures, Tony.

Wishing Tony Lambert, CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber all the best as he retires from his post after 23 years of service to the local business community. new runway, which will give us more capacity to bring planes in at different times and will open up the whole airport for development. That’s something we need to do. We need to open up the airport to more direct routes

from other parts of the world, which will present its own challenges as there will be larger planes bringing

larger numbers and if they all want to land at the same time, then we have a problem.” Contd. on page 14

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April 2002: Elaine O'Sullivan Manager Fingal Tourism and Tony Lambert Chairman Fingal tourism with Cathaoirleach Cathal Boland at the launch of Fingal Tourism at Skerries Mills.

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as it will be 2025 or 2026 before we see it. The passenger numbers at Dublin airport are growing at a very fast rate and the movement potential for people through Dublin Airport is huge and we need to look at building more hotels because we are getting close to the point where we cannot facilitate people in hotels. This is a threat to our tourism, which has a knock on effect to things like food industry, so we need to be very careful. Accessibility to and from the airport is of critical importance,” he said. He was very definite about ways in which the airport can improve. “At present on the air side of Dublin airport, planes are finding it difficult to find slots to fit in. That’s why we need a

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Contd. from page 13 He outlined some of the major changes he has seen in business trends in that time. “The major changes mainly centre around Dublin Airport. The changes here are huge, which has led

to more services being required. There are 16,000 jobs at the airport, but they in turn support a further 40,000 jobs supplying food, drink and other ancillary services.

They have all grown proportionately. And Fingal has gotten its fair share of that. These are major changes and with that has come the growth in hotels. In 1994, there was one hotel at the airport

and another small hotel in Swords. Now every hotel in the region is expanding and there are five or six hotels calling themselves Dublin Airport hotels, all expanding because they cannot accom-

modate the number of people looking for space. These will all add to the attractiveness of the area, and Fingal, as part of the greater Dublin region has to be attractive to get people here. After

all, our coastal route is lovely to bring people to. They see it and leave with the promise to return. We need to grow more business along this route and we want to be part of this as a Chamber.” The amalgamation of Fingal Chamber with the D15 Chamber was one of the standout moments in Lambert’s tenure as Chamber CEO. He said, “Dublin 15 had a Blanchardstown Chamber of Commerce and this became D15 Chamber. They had a number of stop/starts and for some reason it didn’t grow in the same way as ours did. I think that was partially due to having a full time chief executive driving it forward. In 2011, a former president of Swords & District Chamber, David Donnelly was president of the D15 Chamber and he and his board came to us and asked, Why don’t we both merge and make a bigger and better chamber that would be more sustainable and that’s what happened.” “That was a major task that took two years to accomplish and what it ended up doing was to give us a scale of businesses where the chamber could offer more services. We were already delivering large services around export documentation and this has grown enormously since. We are now one of the key chambers in the country delivering that service, with many unique elements to it. That is there to be grown for the future sustainability of the area. This is a very important service for companies that are exporting. The Chamber has faced many challenges, as everyone wanted a chamber in

every town. This is all fine, but if it doesn’t have scale or the potential to grow and to be able to drive business and

economic development, it won’t work because every year someone else comes along and they start all over again,

FRAN WHELAN Chamber President (2007 - 2008) During my terms as President of Fingal Dublin Chamber in 2007 and 2008, working with Tony Lambert introduced me to the great opportunities that lay ahead for Swords and Fingal and now are becoming a reality. To be part of this vision was a great honour, a future city of over 100,000 people, Metro North, T2, new runway and Airport City, M1 expansion, the Greenway from Swords, linking the Airport, DCU, Trinity College and Grangegorman’s 3rd Level Educational facilities. The potential as seen by the Indecon Report during that period has not changed, creation of 37,000 jobs along the Metro route. The urgent need to utilise Lissenhall to provide quality residential developments, Hospital, University, Sports Campus, Parks, River Walks, to the highest International Urban Design Standards, will be key to attract companies from the UK after Brexit. On an equally important note, Tony gave me the opportunity to promote Corporate Social Responsibility, now seen as a key driver for companies in Fingal and now features very strongly in the Annual Chamber Awards.

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PAT MCNAMARA Chamber President (98 - 99 and 01 - 04) I am delighted to have the opportunity to wish Tony Lambert well in his retirement from his role as Chief Executive Officer of Fingal Dublin Chamber of Commerce. I have known and worked with Tony for over twenty-five years and I am sure that Maureen and himself will enjoy the next phase of his life. When I was President of the Chamber 1998-1999 and 2001-2004 I worked closely with Tony. Particularly when we first opened the office in 1998 and engaged Tony as the first Chief Executive Officer. He has served the Chamber well and I am sure will always keep the Chamber in his thoughts as he moves on. When Tony was firstly engaged, he and I would share some of my ideas with him for implementation, he took these on with gusto and many are still flourishing. Many years ago, Tony and I met with the Scottish Chamber to witness their Excellence in Business Awards and we brought this idea back to Fingal and am thrilled that this is still an ongoing event. These awards were only a tiny input to what Tony and I put together, with other initiatives including the Motor Trade Show, developing a very close working relationship with Fingal County Council, Swords Castle development, opening the Chamber Export Documentation & Certification Services previously this was done in Dublin city, as well as other initiatives that are posted on the Chamber website.

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SIOBHAN O’DONNELL Chamber President (2011 - 2013) Omnipresent probably best describes Tony Lambert in Fingal’s business community. Tony knows everyone and everyone knows Tony; whether the event is big or small he’s there representing the Chamber morning, noon and night. Tony has given his heart and soul to Chamber activities, he’s passionate about being part of and growing business in the Fingal region. He totally gets the importance of networking among local businesses for mutual benefits as well as taking a stance and lobbying on important business issues. It wasn’t until I became Chamber President in 2011 that I fully understood the extent of Tony’s role as Chamber CEO. During my three year term as President everything was planned and organised meticulously by Tony, supported by Freda and Maureen in the office, all I had to do was turn up to the event. Fingal Dublin Chamber has been built on a solid foundation of Tony’s energy and work ethic and not only will that be missed it will be hard to replace. I wish him the very best as he pursues other interests and hope that he and Maureen can enjoy more time together.

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CAITRIONA O’LEARY Over the years I’ve met many individuals who have impressed me in one way or another. Tony Lambert is one person who stands out for many reasons, not least of which are his determination, energy, commitment and strategic thinking. When I opened a new business on Main Street in Swords, Tony was very helpful in directing me towards various services that most new business would need. This played a part in a smooth transition from newby to becoming a profitable business in a relatively short period of time. From our initial meeting, Tony ensured I was kept informed of relevant “need to know” items in my business catchment area. I hadn’t experienced this proactive approach when in similar situations in other areas. I was impressed to the point that, when asked to join the board of the Chamber at a later point, I jumped at the opportunity. I had personally experienced the power of the organisation and wanted to be a part of that success. I later learned that “the organisation” was Tony and his approach was very strategic and focused for all newbies, to ensure that the Chamber continued to grow and flourish and all members experienced the value addition the Chamber could offer, if they choose to embrace it. I also learned that the service providers recommended to me by Tony were all Chamber members. Over time, I was proud to become President of what was then Swords Fingal Chamber of Commerce and partnered with Tony on a more strategic level. At that point I could fully appreciate that in the true spirit of consummate professionalism, nothing Tony touched was left to chance. The end result was that which the Chamber presented, hosted or participated in ran smoothly, looked professional and presented as seamless to the audience. Attention to detail is Tony, through and through.

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July 2008: There's been one name on the lips of Olympics fans all over the North County of late, and that's our local hero Ciara Peelo. The Malahide girl has been the talk of the town since qualifying to head off to the Olympics in Beijing and represent her country in the sailing category. The avid sailor will also have the honour of bearing the tri-colour in the Olympics procession. Ciara jetted off to China last Saturday but just before she made the final trip the Fingal Dublin Chamber of Commerce held one last fundraising event in the Airside Chinese Restaurant. Local supporters, as well as the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, Liu Biwei, were on hand to show their support and bid a farewell to our gold medal hopeful! Pictured above at the lunch are the County Leader's General Manager Mubashar Hafeez, owner of the Airside Chinese Restaurant Stephen Tsang, Ciara Peelo, Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, Liu Biwei and Tony Lambert, CEO of the Fingal Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

May 2012: Pictured here is Chamber President Siobhan O’Donnell and Chief Executive Tony Lambert with An Taoiseach Enda Kenny giving a thumbs up to the YES vote.

great in striving for excellence. When asked if he had any advice for his successor, he said, “My advice would be to develop strong relationships. Chambers are all about people and it’s a ‘People Business’, so if you don’t have the relationships and be able to pick up the phone and ask how their business is developing, you miss out and it will become dislocated. Relationship building is key and that is something I think we have done very well as a Chamber.” He also spoke about his time working with Chambers Ireland. “Spending 12 years on the board of Chambers Ireland gave me a great insight into how Chambers were operated throughout

McInerney Saunders When Shane R e d m o n d , Vincent Shannon and I set up Swords Business Association, little did we realise that it would be the genesis of what is now the Fingal Chamber. In the early days of the Chamber, it became clear that it needed leadership and a full-time chief executive and we were so fortunate that Tony, who had great organisational and strategic planning skills, came forward and took on this role. Tony pioneered many initiatives that embedded the Chamber in the business community, not just in Swords, but throughout the greater area of Fingal. By pursuing different membership types and introducing business services, he made the Chamber self-financing and enabled it to grow and develop into what it is today. In my dealings with him I found him to be extremely helpful and effective in assisting businesses to develop and make valuable connections. While Tony might be the most photographed man in Fingal, this was as a result of his huge commitment to being involved in whatever was going on in the business community. I wish him well in his well deserved retirement.

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Farewell Tony NORA ROBAN Remember Us On behalf of myself Nora Roban, Founder/Co-ordinator, Jean Fitzpatrick, Chairperson, our Board of Directors and everyone here at Remember Us Special Needs Group, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Tony Lambert for his support to our “Club” over recent years. We are particularly grateful for the nominations we received for the “Not for Profit Organisation Excellence Award,” which we won in 2014. Over the past number of years, we have been very busy fundraising to purchase a base of our own. We finally achieved this last year and while we continue to fundraise for “fit-out,” both the nominations and the award were instrumental in raising our profile in the Fingal area and highlighting the work we do. We are extremely thankful to Tony for that. Tony was the backbone of the Fingal Dublin Chamber and we wish him every success in his retirement and future ventures. We cannot thank him enough for all his help and support to Remember Us Special Needs Group. He will be sadly missed by all.

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August 2010: Pictured enjoying the day out at the launch of LeChéile in Swords village are, County Mayor, Ken Farrell, Siobhan Kinsella CPL, Tony Lambert, Chamber of Commerce and Ian Hunter, Swords Pavilions. July 2015: .The Swords Purple Flag Working Group has just finalised its application to the Association of Town and City Management for a Purple Flag for Swords. Pictured outside Swords Castle are members of the Purple Flag Working Group, Tony Lambert (CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber), Toni Hogan (Purple Flag CoOrdinator), Noeleen McHugh (Economic Development Services, Fingal County Council) and Gerry Fitzmaurice (North County Leader)

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DAVID DONNELLY Chamber President (1996 - 1998) Fingal Dublin Chamber started from humble beginnings with a small but dedicated membership in 1994. Tony Lambert was the driving force behind the Chamber, from the outset, and oversaw its growth over the last 23 years to become one of the biggest chambers in Ireland. In it’s early days, the Chamber undertook projects such as bringing Christmas lights to Swords. Tony could be seen leading out as he hung bulbs from the trees on Main Street each December. Under Tony’s leadership, the Chamber was the first commercial body to utilise the National Kennel Club facility in Cloghran and hosted a massive trade fair in their building in the mid - 1990s. The trade fair was attended by thousands and was a huge success that put the Chamber firmly on the map in the locality. The Chamber has always had a very close connection to Dublin Airport, holding it’s board meetings in the Forte Post House hotel in the early years. The Chamber also, with the support of Aer Lingus and, the then Aer Rianta, hosted an annual midsummer flight around Ireland for it’s members. This was a novel event and was hugely popular. Tony was a fantastic networker and built excellent relationships with many businesses and people in the county and further afield. In particular, he had a strong relationship with Fingal County Council. The Chamber, through Tony, strongly advocated for the County Hall building to be located in the heart of Swords. He also was instrumental in bringing and merging the D15 Chamber, which represented the business interests of Dublin 15, with Fingal Dublin Chamber. It is hard to imagine the Chamber without Tony’s energy, leadership and steady hand at the helm. He has left a great legacy for the town of Swords and the county of Fingal with a strong vibrant Chamber representing the interests of business in the locality.

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Wishing Tony Lambert, CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber all the best as he retires from his post after 23 years of service to the local business community. February 2012: Pictured at the announcement of the upcoming Dublin and International Employment and Advice Fair are: Siobhan Moore (President Fingal Dublin Chamber), Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, Tony Lambert (CEO Fingal Dublin Chamber) and Joe Gavin (Manager, Blanchardstown Centre).

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Farewell Tony Contd. from page 16 feel that I’m the person to do it. I’ve done it a number of times from very difficult times and from very good times.”

“The Chamber is now in the strongest position it has ever been in. It is sustainable with three staff, a CEO all of whom are busy all

Wishing Tony Lambert, CEO of Fingal Dublin Chamber all the best as he retires from his post after 23 years of service to the local business community.

of the time, so we’ve built a business out of it that works and is financially stable. We have no borrowings, so from a Chamber stand-

October 2004: Cathal Boland (left), Tony Lambert, CEO Swords Fingal Chamber of Commerce, Willie Soffe, Pat McNamara, President Swords Fingal Chamber of Commerce and GV Wright, TD pictured at Willie Soffe's retirement dinner at the Portmarnock Golf Links Hotel. Picture:Arthur Carron/KCP

April 2008: Local woman Ciara Sherry took part in the Prosper Fingal Job Shadow Initiative last Wednesday. She put in a hard day's work in the Swords offices of the Fingal Dublin Chamber and is pictured here with Prosper Fingal Supported Employment Manager Karen Tyrrell, Chamber CEO Tony Lambert and Chamber employee Lynda Reilly.

IAN TALBOT CEO Chambers Ireland Chambers Ireland Chief Executive, Ian Talbot has praised the hard work and contribution of Tony Lambert. Tony served on the board of Chambers Ireland for 12 years until 2016 and was also chair of the nationwide Chamber Executive Forum for six years until 2014. While Fingal was always his home ground, Tony’s apparently boundless energy enabled him to contribute very significantly to the development of the Chamber Network throughout the country. His experience and expertise were vital to the organisation as the country underwent boom and bust and our organisation had to adapt to changing needs and requirements of members. Current Chair of the Chamber Executive Forum and CEO of Cork Chamber, Conor Healy, added “Tony has been an inspiration to Chambers up and down the country, leading by example in establishing a vibrant, successful Chamber that has been a model for others across the country. Tony also always found time to provide invaluable guidance, advice and mentoring to his peers.”

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VINCENT SHANNON Chamber President (1999 - 2000) Tony Lambert has provided sterling service to Swords Chamber of Commerce for the past seventeen years. The roots of this organisation were planted in 1983 when Shane Redmond, Vincent Shannon and Gerry McInerney founded Swords Business Association. This was the first organisation to bring together all the various businesses in the town, where new industries like Amdahl and Floating Point were being encouraged by the IDA to develop factories in Balheary and all around the town. Swords Business Association was tremendously successful and Tony Lambert was an active member and in 1990, he founded the Swords Chamber of Commerce which was aligned to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. This strengthened the entire organisation and gave it an international focus, with support from other Chambers of Commerce throughout Ireland. Tony worked tirelessly for this new organisation and in 2000 became its Chief Executive. He took charge of locating premises, setting up a full time administration, and reaching out to companies beyond Swords into all areas of Fingal. He strengthened the organisation by providing services to businesses, and established a very useful members yearbook and set up monthly networking meetings to ensure all businesses kept in touch with each other. Tony established a very close relationship with Fingal County Council and other government agencies all for the greater benefit of the Swords area. The businesses in Swords will miss Tony’s input, but his contribution over very many years has been for the greater benefit of all businesses in Swords and Fingal.

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point, it’s a good place to be. I’m delighted to be leaving the Chamber in this good state. Many people ask me what will I do next and my answer is that I feel I need time to go travelling with my wife and we are both looking forward to having lengthy holidays instead of snatching a few days here and there.” He said, “It has been a great honour and privilege to lead the Chamber over the years and to meet and work with so many outstanding, innovative and creative business leaders. I intend to speak to a few people about things they want to discuss with me, but I don’t envisage myself sitting at a desk anymore, or driving an organisation, or business. While I have very definite ideas of what I have to do, there are some domestic issues, like a filtration system for the pond in my garden that needs my urgent attention,” he concluded.

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September 2006: Pictured here in County Hall at the launch of this year's "Tree of Light" campaign are North County Leader journalist Cormac Mc Quinn, CEO of Swords Fingal Chamber of Commerce Tony Lambert, County Council Cathaoirleach Joe Corr, Secretary of the Helping Hand Fund Gillian Cox and North County Leader Group Sales Manager Sue Griffiths

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Recent published deaths from the North County ABDULLA (née Cashell), Hazel, (Hampton Green, Balbriggan, Dublin) 28th June 2017,(Peacefully) , in Rush Nursing Home following a long illness bravely borne. Sadly missed by her loving daughters Sarah and Yasmin, grandchildren, brother David, sons-in-law Neil and Stephen, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Rest in Peace BISSETT (née Harris), Mary, (Hampton Green, Balbriggan, Dublin) 28th June 2017,(Peacefully) , Mary loving wife of the late Ronnie; sadly missed by her loving son Ciaran, daughter Miriam (Leonard), son in law Joe, daughter in law Fiona, grandchildren Ciara, Rachel, Anthony, Noelle and Caoimhe, great-grandson Jamie, brother Joe, sisters in law, nephews, nieces, relatives and her many friends. Rest in Peace BRADY, Joseph, (Swords, Dublin) 27th June 2017,(Peacefully), at home, beloved husband of the late Mary; sadly missed by his loving son Joseph, daughter Philomena, son-in-law Michael, daughter-in-law Aileen, grandchildren Emma, Andrew and Rachel, brother George, sister Lily, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Rest in Peace Nolan, Eamonn, (Balbriggan, Dublin) 25th June 2017,(Peacefully), in Cavan General Hospital. Eamonn husband of the late Marie Nolan. Sadly missed by his loving children Ingrid, Diana, Richard and Jonathan, sonsin-law Brendan and David, daughter-in-law Emma, grandchildren Jamie, Seán, Josh, Amelie, Hayley, George, Cian and Millie, brothers Terry and Dessie, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Rest in Peace

4th July 2017

Act Responsibly Now The G20 summit takes place in Hamburg this week and EU leaders met last week to agree their priorities. They put protectionism, terrorism and climate change at the top of their list. The last point is a cause of serious concern following Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris Climate Change Accord. Following the meeting, Merkel diplomatically said they would all work with Washington to find solutions. Others, such as Macron, where less diplomatic as he expressed the hope that the US would return to reason.EU Commission First VicePresident, Frans Timmermans, has suggested that following Brexit, further integration of the EU states is a foregone conclusion. He suggests that France will act as a good counter balance to Germany, which he suggests has been seen as overly dominant. He appears to be suggesting that the two countries will now provide the leadership of the community. He conceded that Brexit will harm both parties, but suggests that the process of separation should be done in a cooperative manner. According to the Budget Commissioner, the financial damage may be a hole in the EU budget of between €10 and €12bn. He says that there is a need to make cuts and shift expenditure. He was presenting a Reflection Paper on the future of EU’s Finances where his message was either find new revenues or spend less. It seems that the financial crisis is far from over. Last week the Italian government put up €5.2bn to bail out two banks, while also providing guarantees of close

on €12bn. The Italian banks account for a third of all the Eurozone bad debt. The action, which was approved by the Commission, has avoided By Cathal Boland the EU financing the bailout, at least for the present. Italy has flagged other problems, notably the growing influx of migrants in recent weeks. The disembarkation of those rescued in the Mediterranean at Italian ports has pushed their first response services to breaking point. That government seems now to be considering banning non EU rescue vessels from their ports. Most of the migrants do not remain in Italy, but move on to other EU member states. But the demands of providing adequate initial care is causing real problems. The EU, while recognising the problem struggles in providing an adequate solution. The Commission has threatened member states which fail to play their part in the EU programme with economic sanctions; those threats have drawn little response. Right now, EU Commission action is required to alleviate this problem which the Italians are faced with. It is neither the time for talking, nor long game diplomacy.

GOUGH (née Donnelly), Maureen, (Balbriggan, Dublin) 24th June 2017,(Peacefully) at Beaumont Hospital. Maureen, wife of the late Des Gough. Sadly missed by her loving children Audrey, Miriam, Desmond, Colette and Justin, extended family and friends. Rest in Peace O'NEILL, Cyril, (Swords, Co. Dublin & formerly of Strokestown, Co. Roscommon) 24th June 2017,(Peacefully) in the loving care of his family at Beaumont Hospital, beloved husband of Margaret and devoted father of Rory, Tracy and Brian and loving grandfather of Sadhbh and Blake; sadly missed by his brother Hughie, daughters-in-law, relatives and friends. Rest in Peace MOONEY, Brendan, (Portmarnock, Co. Dublin) 22nd June 2017,(Tragically) in Spain, beloved husband of Mary; very sadly missed by his loving family, his sons Karl and Gary, daughters-in-law Sharon and Jennie, grandchildren Sarah, Owen, Evan and Isabelle, sisters May and Frances, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family and a large circle of friends.Rest in Peace

Miracle Prayer

Pictured is the Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigín team who were victorious in the annual 9-a-side football blitz, which was held at O'Dwyer's GAA club recently. The defeated a gallant Lusk NS in the final

Gaelscoil Baile Brigín Victorious In Blitz Terrible weather conditions couldn’t dampen the spirits of the teachers and children from 10 local primary schools in the Balbriggan area, that descended on O’Dwyer’s GAA club recently for the annual 9 -a -side football blitz. The blitz was the brain child of teacher, Paul Kelleher from Bracken ETNS and Denise Corcoran in 2015 and it is growing in popularity ever since. As the group stages got underway, spectators were treated to a refreshing brand of attacking football sprinkled with fantastic individual performances, most notably Padraig Keogh from Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigín and Jessy Arogundade from Bracken ETNS. The competition exploded into life at the semi final stages as Balscadden NS and Lusk NS played out a thrilling match with both schools looking to book a place in

the final. In the dying minutes, Balscadden laid siege to the Lusk goal, but the young boys from Lusk were resilient and had the courage to see the game through. The final was between Lusk NS and Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigín to decide the destination of the cup for 2017. As the final whistle sounded it was the boys from Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigín that celebrated as they had won back to back titles. Lusk NS showed great sportsmanship after the final and congratulated the Gaelscoil. The player of the tournament (which was selected by referees Michael and Ciara) was goalkeeper Jessy Argundade from Bracken ETNS. Well done to all the schools who participated in the blitz, the future is looking bright for Dublin football.

Sacred Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask for a very special one (mention request). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your 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.

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Pictured is the Lusk NS team, who were runners-up in the annual 9-a-side football blitz, which was held at O'Dwyer's GAA club recently

Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought to convert the existing two storey semi-detach dwellings into a single dwelling, modifications to the front facades include demolish the existing entrance porches and replace with an entrance door in the southern house and replace the northern house porch with a fixed screen similar to the entrance door at in the southern house, retain existing extensions to the rear and replace extension pitched roofs with a flat roof and to convert the attic of the two dwelling houses to nonhabitable rooms with roof lights to the rear main roof pitch together with the reconfiguration of the original layouts on each floor at Sunset Court, Skerries Rd, Rush (Eircode K32 ET86 & K56 VN36) for Derek Davis. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main St, Swords, Co. Dublin, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Fingal County Council I, John Hetherton, intend to apply for permission for development at 1 Castle Avenue, Swords, Co. Dublin. The development will consist of the construction of a two storey style dwelling in the existing side garden, form connections to existing public foul and surface sewers and water main, as well as widening the existing entrance to form a combined entrance onto the public road, together with all associated site works. The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during 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 Drever Architecture make an application for planning permission for change of use of existing ground floor to on-line delivery restaurant, including alterations to existing shop front including new backlit signage, external seating area, new extract and ventilation plant to the rear roof, associated internal alterations, allocated space for waste disposal to rear and all associated site works at Unit 2, Airside shopping centre, Swords, Co. Dublin. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Fingal County Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of

the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Fingal County Council I Milosz Brozek & Adriana Ricaurte, intend to apply for planning permission at No. 67 Newhaven Bay, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin for works to include change of position and height of boundary wall. 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 I Rhonda Brophy intend to apply for planning permission For development at this site 10 Drumnigh Wood, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin. The development will consist of demolishing the existing garage and replacing it with a new ground floor only extension attached to the side of the existing house and all ancillary works. The new development will be used as a granny flat for Rhonda Brophyâ•˙s Mother and 11m2 of the new development will be used as storage/garage space. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during the public opening hours of (9.30a.m.16.30p.m.) Monday to Friday at Fingal County Council, Fingal County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20.00) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by Fingal County Council of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought by Tara Gaskin at (Local Road L1190) Courtlough, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin for development consisting of the construction of a 4-bedroom detached two-storey Vernacular farmhouse type dwelling with rooflights; associated private open space; provision of 2 no. on site car parking spaces; new vehicular entrance from public road with new stone piers and wooden gates; on site biocycle waste water treatment system; associated SuDS drainage, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the 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 during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application.

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087 057 3818 Fingal County Council Planning permission sought for a new retaining wall to front garden to provide for 2 no. off-street car parking spaces with a new sliding gate and Retention Planning Permission is sought for a revised boundary at No. 6 Turvey Avenue, Donabate, Co. Dublin for Alex Butterly. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Fingal County Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Fingal County Council Planning Permission is sought for A) demolition of existing 3 bedroom bungalow, adjoining garage and outbuildings. B) discontinue use of 2 no. existing vehicular site entrances and form 1 new site entrance off Old Road. C) construct new housing development consisting of 1 x 4 bedroom detached dormer bungalow, 3 x 3 bedroom detached dormer bungalows, 2 x 2 bedroom semi-detached bungalows and 14 x 3 bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings (20 units in total), new footpaths and access road (3 x dormer bungalows to front on to and to have vehicular access directly off Old Road), landscaped open space, screen walls/boundary walls and all site development works on site (0.748

ha) at Old Road (approx. 280m from its junction with Whitestown Road), Rush, Co. Dublin for Mr. Frank Wilson and Mr. Fintan Price 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 A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee of 20 euros within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Fingal County Council I,Domnic Jones Intend to apply for planning permission for a. New roof and front screen b. All associated site works at the lock up premises known as 'The Coach House, Upper Main Street, Rush, Co Dublin. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority , during it's public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of a prescribed fee (20 euro) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making

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a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Fingal County Council I, Siobhan Ryan, Intend to apply for planning permission for A. Two storey extension to side, B. All associated site works at No 20 Westbrook Crescent,Balbriggan,Co Dublin. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority ,during it's public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of a prescribed fee (20 euro) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Fingal County Council Retention planning permission is sought by Brian and Carol McCafferty at Balcarrick, Donabate, Co. Dublin for an extension of the existing ground floor utility room and the addition of a sun room to the east to include alterations to the ground floor plan and a detached garage to dwelling approved under Reg. Ref. F09A/0666, F15A/0330 and F09A/0666/E1. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of this application. Fingal County Council I, Ryan Goldup, Intend to apply for planning permission for A. Single storey extension to side and rear, B. All associated site works at Oak Lodge, Hearse Rd, Donabate, Co Dublin. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority ,during it's public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of a prescribed fee (20 euro) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

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