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‘Don’t Wait Until January’ Farrell Calls For Irish Water Board To Go

As the controversy over Irish Water rumbles on, local TD, Alan Farrell (FG) has thrown his hat into the ring, by demanding the resignation of the Board of the company Speaking to the County Leader, Farrell said, “My action in calling for the resignation of the entire Board, has been borne out of frustration regarding the whole Irish Water issue. I’m particularly frustrated with the way management of Irish Water have handled communication problems, where there have been many mistakes. There has been a distinct lack of confidence, having failed to be upfront with people, particularly about performance related pay. Irish Water are not solely to blame, political failures have also been to blame.”

Failure to communicate has been the primary problem associated with the company, according to Farrell, as well as the time taken to relay information to the public. “In 2011, we knew that charges were coming on line, and I want to know

But, Farrell Has Confidence In Tierney why it has taken three-and-a-half years to find out how apartments would be metered, for instance. We have saved hundreds of

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millions of euro for the exchequer in establishing Irish Water. “How can people be expected to have confidence in Irish Water, given that they have failed to be upfront with people about performance related pay. At the end of the day they should call a bonus a ‘bonus’,” he said. In calling for the resignation of the Board now, whom he says are to be stood down in January, Farrell believes that Chief Executive, John Tierney should be allowed to continue in his role. “I know John Tierney from his days as manager of Fingal County Council, where I served as a councillor. I am familiar with his ability, and firing him is not the solution to the problem,” he said.

Little Molly’s Family Says Thanks Mary and Seamie McNally, the grandparents of Little Molly McNally, the six year old Balbriggan girl, who is suffering from Neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer, would like to thank the everyone for their very generous support. They played a key role in making their recent Fundraiser Table Quiz Night such a huge success. They wish to express their thanks to many people and organisations, including Naul Senior Citizens Committee for their willingness to support their cause in running the quiz in such a professional way. The

By Jennifer McShane Murray family and staff (Murray’s Pub) for volunteering the venue and Thomas Hogan of Thomas Hogan Transport, for the winning table prizes. They also wish to thank Greg Redden from Skerries for the printing, Fr Tom Hogan C.ssr for the sound equipment, Fr Paul Hampson P.P Lusk for the collection at Harvest Festival. Others who contributed to the event include, Howley Family Butchers for the cocktail sausages, the lads in the Top Shop for donation from darts

those, young and old, night, and all the sponwho travelled from sors of the raffle prizes near and far to take - those who gave part in the quiz on vouchers for The the night. The total Talbot Hotel amount raised Wexford, The was €3,245.50, Balrothery Inn, The Beauty House which exceeded Corduff, Whites the family’s Agric Lusk, The expectations. Village Barbers “Please accept this Lusk, all those who thank you to one gave cash donations, and all as a sincere the ticket sellers and gratification and deep Molly McNally ticket buyers, and to all appreciation of your those who helped in any generosity and massive small way. Finally, they want to support towards Molly,” the say a big ‘Thank You’ to all McNally family said.

“Furthermore, it would be a costly exercise to replace him, which would still leave us without a chief executive; that’s not a solution.” Farrell, however, is calling on Tierney to be more approachable and to become the visible face of Irish Water. When he took to the airwaves and referred to consultants, a dirty word in Irish politics, he made a grave error. I feel he should be communicating more with the public. I feel that he and the board are hiding in the long grass on this issue. One week after the Budget, we are still talking about Irish Water, instead of the benefits delivered in the budget. It is very frustrating,” said Farrell. “Clarity is required and I would call on John Tierney to clear up the confusion once and for all. He needs to take to the airwaves or issue a statement, as soon as possible. There are clearly communication issues with Irish Water, with a continuous stream of conflicting information coming out - this is not providing an effective service to the people. The question of billing is a particularly thorny issue and needs to be clarified and should have been done long ago. It needs to be dealt with in a calm way and not in the way populist politicians and extreme elements demand.”

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Teamwork, skill and determination were readily seen throughout the match. The full time whistle blew and the final score was 6-03 to 2-04. Well done to all of the girls on the under 16s team and to goal scorers, Aoife Fennell, Alison Wall, Sophie O’Donoghue, Niamh Byrne and Kate Hanratty.

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first half, spirits were high and the Donabate team’s confidence was boosted. Within the first 15 minutes of the second half, they were given a chance to score another goal when they were awarded a penalty. After scoring another goal thanks to the penalty, the Donabate ladies were now ahead by four goals and two points.

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Fianna Fáil Will Tackle Property Tax Time Bomb – O’Brien Local Senator Darragh O’Brien (FF), has warned that North County homeowners are facing a property tax time bomb. According to O’Brien, Fine Gael and Labour included a measure in the law that properties have to be revalued from their 2013 levels in 2016. O’Brien commented: “Property prices have been rising steadily and the recovery in the market is welcome, but the

hidden horror in that is three or four valuation that the Government bands, adding up to could use this €360 to their as a cover to annual propc h a r g e erty tax bill,” hundreds of he explained. euro more in “Fianna Fáil property tax. has put “For most propforward a erties, the common sense effect of moving measure to up one valua- Sen. O’Brien stop this. The tion band is an extra party is committed to a €90 per year. However, fundamental review of some homeowners the property tax which throughout the North takes account of local County though, could people’s ability to see their home rise by pay,” O’Brien

continued. We also want to repeal the revaluation in 2016.” “There is widespread concern already that people in the North County and across the capital will find their water bills rising considerably once metering is fully introduced. Now the prospect of a further increase in property tax bills represents another threat hanging over households who simply cannot afford it,” he said. “This is something that can be addressed and will not cost the Government any money to address it.”

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Fond Farewell For Mr. Richmond By Alison Miles A retirement party took place at the Portmarnock Golf Links Hotel on Friday, 17th October last, to mark the occasion of the retirement of popular Malahide principal, Trevor Richmond. Trevor has retired as principal of St Andrew’s School in Malahide after 42 years, thought to be one of the longest serving teachers in the country. What’s even more remarkable is that every year was spend teaching at the famed Malahide school.

A total of 212 guests turned up on the night, to pay tribute to this very popular

teacher. There were lots of speakers, including Ruth Sloan, who was deputy principal for the majority of the time he was there. Rev. Dr. Norman Gamble spoke on behalf of the Board of Management and Karen Reynolds, on behalf of the Parents Association. Garvan Evans spoke on behalf of his son David, better known as The Edge from U2, who was a former pupil. There were musical performances by former pupils, Alanna and Liam McManus and Sophie Jameson and messages by video from around the world, A retirement party was held for Trevor Richmond, who has retired as from former pupils including his principal of St Andrew's School. Malahide after 42 years teaching. The party was held at the Portmarnock Golf Links Hotel. Trevor is daughter and grandchildren, who are in Qatar. pictured here with his wife, Valerie

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There was an air of excitement in Rush National School on Friday last, as the school held it’s annual fundraising Cake Sale. The school hall was decorated in Halloween favours and there were rows of tables with delicious cakes, which were individually baked by pupils of the school. Dave Hurley of the Parents Association told the County Leader,

“This is our annual Halloween cake sale, so all the kids were busy at home baking cakes. We have a prize giving ceremony for the best cakes. In the afternoon, members of the public can come in and buy cakes. It’s one of the best fun days in the school, which is eagerly awaited by all, both teachers and pupils,” he said. “Everyone gets into the

Skerries Pharmacist Shortlisted For Award Claire Caldwell from Skerries, who works at Care Pharmacy in Skerries, has been shortlisted for the Young Pharmacist of the Year Award, which is also sponsored by Helix Health. She is one of only three North Dublin pharmacists to reach the final of these prestigious awards. The other two are from Sutton and Clontarf. The Helix Health Pharmacist Awards are aimed at ‘celebrating excellence’ across all disciplines of the pharmacy profession and raising funds for the Pharmacy Benevolent Fund.

spirit of Halloween and dresses up for the occasion. The local shops have been cleared out of all their stock of flour for the past few days,” he said. As usual, the day was a great success and trading for cakes was very brisk in the afternoon. Perhaps we may even have unearthed a new Paul Hollywood, or Mary Berry.

Speaking at the shortlist announcement, Fintan Moore, Chairman of the Organising Committee, took the opportunity to highlight the challenges facing pharmacists, as a result of the prescription charge, which remained unchanged in Budget 2015, saying, “The €2.50 prescription charge currently imposed on medical cardholders is creating real problems for pharmacists in Dublin and throughout the country. We are all looking forward to the announcement of the eventual winners at our gala awards ceremony in November.” Nine awards will be presented in total at the 2014 Helix Health Pharmacist Awards, which will take place on Saturday, 29th November, at the Mansion House in Dublin.

Pictured getting ready for the Valley Walk in River Valley, in aid of the Irish Cancer Society are organiser Margaret Harris, Anne Dalton, Anne Lavin, Patsy Cloke and Eddie Cloke

Balbriggan Community Council To Hold Open Day After discussions held on promoting the town, Balbriggan Community Council have decided to hold an “Open Day for Balbriggan” on 15th November 2014. The Open Day will be held in the Combined Clubs Centre, the old cinema, and will run for three hours from 1pm until 4pm. The council hope to highlight the wonderful diversity of clubs, social groups, businesses and organisations that are in Balbriggan to the community of Balbriggan itself and beyond.

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Liam O’Brien – Swords A lot of adults go out with the kids anyway, so I think it’s fairly safe, they don’t let them out at least until the kids are that little bit older, and they bring the smaller kids with them so there’s no problems.

Phyllis Kelly – Lusk Not around some of the places, I think it depends on their age, after, I’d say 11 maybe. I’d let them go no problem, if they have an adult with them, as we live in Lusk they all go out together. Normally I don’t go with them anymore, but my daughter goes as she has younger kids.

Bronwyn Crean – Swords Yes it is safe, as long as it’s on your road, it’s grand from about five I’d say, but if they’re under five they’d need to be with an adult.

Janice McGillivray – Balbriggan I have a four year old son and he is not allowed to go, unless accompanied by one of his parents. I think realistically when he is ten I would let him go alone, but I would check where he went and it would have to be within our estate.

Gormanston College Celebrates Diamond Jubilee Gormanston College celebrated it’s 60th anniversary last Thursday, 23rd October. To mark this special occasion, a ceremonial and liturgical event took place in the school for the present students and staff, as well as Franciscan friars, retired teachers, past pupils. The Mass was celebrated by the Bishop of Meath, Most Rev Dr Michael Smith, and was attended by local representatives, including, Junior Minister for Education, Damien English, Helen McEntee TD and Senator Thomas Byrne. After much deliberation, the Irish Franciscans decided to move their secondary school from

Pictured at the 60th anniversary celebrations for Gormanston College, are Barney McLoughlin (President Past Pupils Union), Senator Thomas Byrne, Helen McEntee TD and Fr Ulic Troy, with schoolchildren Yonas Kahsay, Dare Olabode, Aoife Kelly-White, Victor Igweze, Femi Tibetan, Eoin Gormley. Michael Briscoe and Stephen McGinley

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Margaret Mangan – Swords Yes, I think it is safe if they have an adult with them. I wouldn’t let them out without an adult, they’d have to be that little bit older – say twelve, but little kids need to have an adult with them.

George McDonald – Swords Yes as long as there is an adult with them, it’s tricky, I’d let them go on their own from about 12 or 13, younger than that, they’re probably too young to go on their own.

Noeleen McHugh – Raheny I’d probably let them go around 13 or 14 probably, I’d just be worried that they wouldn’t be safe and that they’d be approaching a house or a home of somebody that you wouldn’t know, so I suppose I would only let them trick or treat with neighbours and people I knew – that would be how I’d deal with it.

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Carmel Savage – Swords I wouldn’t let them if they weren’t my own. But all the mothers nearly go with the kids nowadays, anyone that calls to me, the mother or a bigger person would be with them – they’re never on their own. You couldn’t let kids out now on their own.

Margaret Molloy – Swords I don’t know, our area hasn’t got enough children, there’s only one, but his mother would bring him, and he’d go if he saw fireworks or something – he’d be first there – but, he wouldn’t be allowed on his own. I think as long as they’re with their mother and they went up and down the houses, they’d be ok.

Ann Maguire – Rolestown Well I live out in the country and the roads are too dark, so not in a rural area like where I live. If I lived in suburbia yes, I would let them out with supervision, if they were really little I might go out with them. I just think if they’re close to bonfires and uncontrolled bonfires I would be pretty nervous.

Shay Byrne – Swords Well with an adult, but not on their own. I just don’t think it’s safe, it’s dark, they’re going to strange houses, and God knows who’s in there. So I think it’s important there is an adult. When my children went, I went with them. I suppose from 10 up, maybe 12 I’d let them go on their own, but definitely not as young children.

Colin Bale - Donabate Not really, not with things that happen these days. I’d let them go out if they were accompanied by an adult, but not on their own until they were around about 12 or 13 with a bit more sense.

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past 60 years. In celebrating this particular event it provided the school with the opportunity to launch the opening of their new status within the Free Education Scheme. Although their status has changed, their ethos remains firmly the same. The mission is to promote Franciscan College Gormanston as they work collaboratively to “create accountable and principled students” as has been the case for the past 60 years in Gormanston, and prior to that during the years in Multyfarnham.

Vincent De Paul Seeks Volunteers The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) are urgently looking for volunteers in the Lusk and Swords areas. If you can help out in any way, please contact SVP House at: 018550022.

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Naul Man Is New Local Green Party Chairman Last week saw the opening of another chapter in the story of the Green Party in Dublin North, with the election of a new Chairman, John McGarry. After serving for over six years as Chairman, Lusk man Lorcan O’Toole decided to step down from the position. Born and raised in the Naul, and now living in Skerries for seven years, the new Chairman is an avid sportsman. He plays football and hurling with O’Dwyer’s, and used to play soccer for Glebe North. A

teacher and Gaelic Football coach at St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Rush, McGarry also plays with a traditional Irish music group. Following his election, the new chairman said, “I am very excited about taking on this new role. Firstly though, I want to acknowledge the huge contribution of our outgoing chairman, Lorcan O’Toole. He has shown steady leadership through a period, where there were ups and downs and now the local branch is looking in

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healthy and vibrant shape, as we begin to face into the next general election.” He continued, “My first big task is to get the group prepared for the next election and the first step in that process will be selecting a General Election candidate. Trevor Sargent showed great leadership in his time, to not only the local branch, but to the Green Party nationally. I am confident that we can put a new candidate of equally high integrity to the people of Dublin North at the next General Election. To that end, we are making sure we are well prepared and I

can confirm there will be a selection convention before the end of November. Not surprisingly, there will be some competition for the nomination,” he said.

The EU’s Committee of the Regions has launched a European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) Award Scheme. This is targeted at any EU City or Region irrespective of size or wealth, but which has outstanding, futureoriented entrepreneurial strategies. It’s not about past achievements, but rather forward looking. It will be of interest to those who have plans to help business develop in its area. LEO, the revamped Local Enterprise Office based within the County Council here in Swords, has just hosted a very successful Enterprise week. We will watch with interest how

By Cathal Boland Fingal’s LEO performs in Europe. Across the EU, there is concern at the success of political parties which push an extreme right or left agenda. This seems to have some governm e n t s reassess t h e i r budgetary strategies. Both Italy and France have breached the budget target rules. There is even a report that Mrs Merkel intervened with the outgoing Commission President forcing him to soften his proposed letter of strong rebuke to Renzi the Italian PM. This did not stop the Italian from publishing the

letter and setting out battle lines before Barroso’s last Heads of Government meeting. Following changes and compromises, the new Commission was ratified last week. Juncker confirmed that his Commission would present proposals on a €300b stimulus package for jobs, growth and competitiveness by the end of the year. The Heads of State have charged the incoming Commissioner from Cyprus, C h r i s t o s Stylianides, with the task of co-ordinating Europe’s response to the Ebola crisis. This follows the Health Ministers agreeing the generality of airport screening for the virus. There are reports on the benefits which mobile phones can play in providing good information in tackling large scale crisis.

Health advice can be communicated directly, while the networks tracking systems can provide important information in understanding the movement of viruses such as Ebola across countries and continents. In doing so, it is important that an individual’s information is not used inappropriately and that personal data is not abused. Currently operators are slow in making their tracking information available to researchers, so epidemiologists are denied access to an important modern medium in fighting large scale epidemics. It may be that Commissioner Styianides will have this matter addressed in a revised Digital Strategy and then push for a global protocol to be established.

myself distracted. I hoped for nothing more than to learn something from Walking On Ripples, however, it is clear I was not up to the challenge. Maybe an English girl, with crabbing her only fishing experience, shouldn’t have committed to reading a book that explores Ireland through Fishing. Yet I

find David Murphy’s writing endearing. I would not hesitate to embark on one of his novels - it is a shame I couldn’t appreciate this memoir at its full potential. Needless to say, a reader with even a slight background in fishing will have a greater success. I’m sure, if you take up the challenge, you will not be disappointed.

Walking On Ripples: The Angling Life - A Review As a reader not native to Ireland, nor with fishing experience, I approached Walking On Ripples: The Angling Life with apprehension. And I was proved right. Author, David Murphy’s writing has previously

been described as ‘lyrical’, and in Walking On Ripples, it is clear to see why. The awardwinning author is not afraid to delve into great description and often does so with breathtaking success. However, he seam-

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By Jemma Came lessly moves from passages with great detail to some dauntingly stocked with technical terms, often seeming lost with his thoughts. His passion for the sport is evident, but readers with limited experience of angling should proceed with caution. His refreshing approach is admirable, his exploration of the ups and downs of the world through his favourite sport certainly unique, but disappointingly, it is equally frustrating. The text is rarely approachable or accessible for a reader without prior experience in the angling world, and unfortunately, I often found

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Holywell Educate Together National School in Swords recently held their second ’Big Breakfast’ in aid of Childline in conjunction with Cheerios Breakfast Together Week. Over 200 breakfasts were served by teachers to pupils before school started, raising a total of €655 for this worthy cause (nearly double that raised last year by the same event). The school would like to thank Centra in River Valley, Supervalu in Boiroimhe, Tesco in Clarehall and McDonald’s in Airside for providing the milk, bread, juice and plastic cutlery used on the morning resulting in all monies raised going to the charity. All the pupils and teachers involved thoroughly enjoyed the morning, happy to raise funds for such a worthy cause.

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Lions Quiz In Malahide A Malahide Lions Club Quiz in aid of Laura Lynn House and Lions charities, will take place on Tuesday, 28th October at 8pm in the Grand Hotel in Malahide. There will be great prizes and fun on the night. Please come along to support this worthy cause. Gerry McInerney, McInerney Saunders with John O'Donoghue, Noonan Services

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Unlock The Secrets Of Word And Excel Do you ever wish that you were more competent on your computer, and need to search out a suitable place to upgrade your skills?. If so, then CTA Computer Training Academy, Malahide - Computer Training Made Easy, which is 10 years delivering training in Malahide, may be the place for you. They are experts in developing customised training courses for you, and they can work on your files. They are also specialist in one-to-one tuition and customised training programmes. Why not Get Smart with the features of WORD and EXCEL you need and obtain a Certificate to prove the skills you already know - Self Learn or Instructor Lead? Why not learn to Type. It takes only 18 hours - they run excellent tutor led typing courses. They also provide a Walk In Testing for European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) and Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS). Don’t be a slave to your computer and applications, take action now. You will be amazed with the tips and tricks you will achieve to produce well presented reports. CTA are specialists in delivering European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) and Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification. They pride themselves on excellent exam results and fully qualified instructors. It is fun to learn and they cater for small groups.

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Rush Students ‘ E n g i n e e r T h e i r F u t u re ’

A group of female students from St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Rush, recently attended the “Engineering Your Future: Women in Engineering” conference in Dublin Castle last week. Fujitsu Ireland CEO, Regina Moran, a regular visitor to St Joseph’s was a keynote speaker at the event and was recently appointed President of Engineers Ireland. The audience of around 250 female secondary school students heard about the difference that engineering has made to Regina Moran’s life. As part of the conference, the Rush pupils had the opportunity to quiz volunteer engineers who visited their tables, students expressed their thoughts with graphics on large sheets of paper as they learned more about engi-

neering. The students also got the chance to make their views known in a stop-motion video afterwards. St Joseph’s Principal, Patricia Hayden said, “We are very grateful for the opportunity afforded to our students to attend and participate at the Women in Engineering conference. It has been immensely helpful in giving information to our students to encourage them to look at engineering as a career and perhaps we will see some of them here today go on to study engineering in the future. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Regina Moran of Fujitsu Ireland for the friendship and support she has shown to students and staff of St Joseph’s in Rush. It is very much appreciated,” she said.

Pictured here are sudents from St Joseph's Secondary School in Rush, who recently attended he “Engineering Your Future: Women in Engineering” conference in Dublin Castle.

Skerries Group Thanks Lusk Parish A group of four who attend Skerries Community College, who recently returned from Lourdes, have extended their thanks to the parish of Lusk for their generosity. “I would like to express my extreme gratitude to all of Lusk Parish,” said Séamus Cummins, on behalf of the group. “Without your overwhelming contributions of €855, I do not think it would have been possible for our team of four to make it to Lourdes. it was a truly life changing experience for us and we all benefited greatly from helping the critically ill patients.” “We lit a candle for all in the parish and anyone who asked us to,” he continued. “I would like to express my thanks again from our four lads from Skerries Community College for the pilgrimage of a lifetime,” he concluded.

Balbriggan based charity, Remember Us are currently fundraising to buy a permenent home for the organisation. Pictured here are Peter Carey, Centre Manager Millfield Shopping Centre and Nora Roban of Remember Us with the fundraising baramoter which will be on display in Millfield to keep locals informed of how the campaign is going.

Praise For Malahide Man The group which organises the Malahide Park Run, have come together to say an extra thank you to local man, physio Gerard Tyrrell. He volunteers his expertise before each race to run a free warm up session for all race participants. A novice runner, who has just completed his fifth race, following Gerard’s routine, has said

that this had a huge effect on his ability to complete the race, stay injury free and recover effortlessly over the days that followed the race. “Gerard is one of many reasons that makes the Malahide Park Run such and enjoyable and confidence building experience, and a perfect event for beginners and experienced runners alike,” said

members of the local group. Tyrrell said, “The warm-up takes the form of an active warm-up, based on recent research. It focuses on activating and preparing specific muscle groups used in the running motion. It is pitched for all levels and anyone interested in taking part will benefit from it. In addition, I usually attempt to combine some educational aspects and gait improvement techniques.”

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Pictured at the Child Care in Practice Conference at the Ballymascanlon Hotel, Dundalk on Wednesday last are: Front row: Tracey Monson (Chair CCiP, Regional Services Manager ISPCC), Minister James Reilly, Marie Kennedy (DCYA) Back Row: Alasdair MacInnes, (DHSSPS), Lynne Peyton (Editorial Board CCiP, Independent Child Care Consultant), Maurice Leeson (Children and Young People's Strategic Partnerships NI)

lary facilities as a historical museum within the Stewart’s House, Malahide Demesne. “The rooms Chief Executive, Paul are ready for the Reid, as to whether any Historical Society. Once progress had the lease is been made and s i g n e d , when the arrangements museum is will be made to expected to be open the in place. museum” the The Council Council said. confirmed This is great M a l a h i d e Cllr. Lavin news for the Historical Society is in active historical the process of signing a society; the group will lease agreement with be very much enhanced the Council for the use with the addition of a of two rooms and ancil- new museum.

Lavin Chases Potential Malahide Museum Progress At a recent Council meeting, local Councillor, Anthony Lavin (FG), enquired after an update on the

prospect of a Museum at Malahide Demesne for Malahide Historical Society. Lavin posed the question to the

Locals Encouraged To Take Part In Remembrance Run The third annual Remembrance Run 5k will take place in the Phoenix Park on Sunday, November 9th at 11am. This year’s Remembrance Run is open to all local walkers, joggers and runners around the North County. It is a great opportunity to fundraise, either for your local parish, school or the favourite club, or charity of someone important in your life who has passed. The Remembrance Run 5k is organised by Athletics Ireland, the non-profit making National Governing Body for the Sport of Athletics in Ireland, in association with www.mycharity.ie.

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Swords Company Cleans Up At Awards Ceremony National Support Services Ltd, a Swords based cleaning and hygiene services provider, has scooped two national awards at the Irish Contract Cleaning bi-annual industry awards. The company, who specialise on the provision of Contract Cleaning services, won the ‘Best Overall Cleaner in Ireland’ award and the ‘Best Cleaner in a Small Cleaning Company’ at the awards ceremony, held on 17th October last. Speaking about the two awards, Shane

Curran, Managing Director at National Support Services Ltd said, “Winning these two awards, in particular the Best Overall Cleaner in Ireland, is a great achievement for our company and it reaffirms our philosophy of recruiting strong cleaning professionals and supporting them with good management, training, systems and supervision to ensure we deliver excellence to our clients.” He continued, “We were competing against most of the big

companies in our industry, so to win these awards confirms what we see in the contract cleaning marketplace - that SME’s can compete with their larger competitors when it comes to winning business and delivering excellence,” he said. Erika Druskeviciene, who won the Best Overall Cleaner award said “I was so happy to win the award. We work in a very demanding environment to a very high standard, so it is nice

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Pictured here is Paul Reid, Chief Executive, Fingal County Council; Deputy Mayor of Fingal, Cllr. Ted Leddy;, Mark Sheils, Picture Ireland, Best New Idea category; Sean Gallagher, Guest Speaker; Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Fingal Local Enterprise Office at the recent the County Final for the “Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur” competition recently.

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to receive such recognition out of 35,000 cleaning professionals in the country.”

Dr James Reilly TD, Minister for “We also had a similar consultation Children and Youth Affairs, last workshop with children (aged 8-12) week opened a consultation for who gave us really interesting opinyoung people (aged 13-17), around ions on the person specification for the North County, seeking the Ombudsman for their views on the person Children,” he added. specification for the recruitAt the end of each of consulment of the Ombudsman tation day, six children and for Children. six young people were Speaking at the event, selected to become part of Minister Reilly said: the children and young “Youngsters from around people’s panel for the Dr. Reilly TD the locality got the chance recruitment process. to give their views on what kind of The Minister noted that the children person the Ombudsman for Children and young people’s panel will be should be. The Ombudsman for involved in the following stages of Children is a really important job the recruitment process for the and we needed to get the views of Ombudsman for Children: develchildren and young people, so that oping, taking part in, and evaluating the Public Appointments Service can a role play with candidates and select the right person for the job,” participating in the final interview he told the County Leader. panel.

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Unique Fundraising Challenge In Malahide The County Council and St. Michael’s House, one of Ireland’s largest providers of community based services for children and adults with an intellectual disability, last week announced a three-year walk and run campaign to fundraise for the charity. By 2016 it is hoped to raise €30,000 to purchase a wheelchair accessible bus for Abhainn Day Service in Swords. The first 10k charity event took place on Friday last in Malahide Park. The County Council Swords and Blanchardstown have chosen St. Michael’s House as their charity of choice for the next three years. In order to raise funds for people with intellectual disabilities, the Health and Safety Committee in the North County have devised a threeyear challenge, encouraging their staff to complete a 10k walk or run in each of the three years in aid of St. Michael’s House. Paul Reid, Chief

Executive of Fingal County Council said: “We are very pleased to select St. Michael’s House as a County Council charity. This three-year project allows our staff to actively get involved and support the local community. The challenge is big, but I’m sure that together, we can complete the three annual runs and provide a wheelchair accessible bus for Abhainn Day Service in Swords.” Abhainn is a day service for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and severe learning disability. The wheelchair accessible bus will be essential for bringing service users to and from their home and work. It will also benefit the community and have an important social inclusion aspect, as it will allow users to access a variety of local community outlets, such as Newbridge Park and local swimming pools.

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heritage here in Swords, so when they heard it was closed, due to structural damage, they decided to organise a coffee morning here and to raise as much money as possible. Fr Michael Carey, PP of St Colmcille’s Church was equally upbeat about the contribution of the parishioners. “It was a very By Patrick Finnegan uplifting experience and the ioners from the three parishes, as response was very generous. This well as members of St Columba’s evening’s attendance is also very parish congregation. The evening of heartening. It has been a very prayer, reflection and hymns was enlightening and rewarding experialso attended by the parish priests of ence,” he said. Fr Des Doyle PP of the three Swords parishes, as well as St Finian’s said, “The people of Rev Canon Robert Deane of St Pictured at the donation of funds for the restoration St Columba's Church, at St Cronan's River Valley are more than Church, Swords are, Fr Des Doyle, Fr Fr Michael Carey, Canon Robert Deane from St Columba’s Church. Afterwards, an delighted to support the heritage envelope containing the donations Columba's Church, Fr Paul Thornton and Fr Rajeev Njanackal (St Cronan's) we share. Swords is such a was presented to Canon Deane, who very kindly act is consistent with the good will wonderful landmark for the Christian faith, with was clearly overwhelmed by the gesture. He we feel, that gives us the strength to go on. Fr the early monks coming to the very spot told the County Leader, “I am humbled by, and Paul Thornton (PP) St, Cronan’s said, “The where St Columba’s is situated. Hopefully, this proud of, the overwhelming support of his large parishioners wanted to do something to support will be another stepping stone to coming congregation, all coming together, not only to St Columba’s, as it’s a very important church in together. This is special because it came from pray, but to show support and solidarity. This the area. It’s the original site of our Christian the people,” he said.

Community Solidarity At It’s Best The ongoing fundraising campaign for the restoration of the ceiling at St Columba’s Church in Swords, was given a major boost last week. This came in the shape of the Roman Catholic community in Swords coming together to organise fundraising events over the past few months, in an effort to help this very worthy cause. In a heart-warming gesture of solidarity, and outstanding community spirit, the three Catholic parishes of St Cronan’s in Brackenstown, St Finian’s in River Valley, incorporating Dublin Airport parish and St Colmcille’s, incorporating Drynam Parish, decided to club together to raise funds. On Thursday last, a poignant evening prayer service was held in St Cronan’s Church, which was attended by a large gathering of parish-

Balbriggan Guide Dogs Trophy Stolen branch or to some company or group who have made a serious effort to support the branch in the past year. It is called the Maire and Ned Maguire perpetual trophy and these names are inscribed on it on a silver plate stuck to

Reilly Backs Rush Christmas Lights Campaign A campaign is about to get underway in Rush shortly, to ensure that the town has Christmas lights this year. Jeanette McNamara of the Rush Christmas Lights committee and local Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly TD, were both determined that Rush will have a spectacular display of Christmas lights this year, when they spoke to the County Leader last Friday. Jeanette McNamara said, The problem was caused when Eirgrid dug up the main street of the town. An unfortunate

to us as compensation for losing our trees,” she said. Minister Reilly said, “Christmas is a time for children and families, and as Minister for Children, it is criti-

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consequence of this was the fact that Rush lost it’s many lovely trees on the main street, which took years to grow. As a result, the County Council replaced the trees, but gave us huge wooden boxes in which to plant trees. These were big ugly boxes, which were given

ately. We’ll have a great Christmas here in Rush,” he said. McNamara said, “Unfortunately, the wrong species of trees for a seaside town were planted in the boxes, which couldn’t contain the roots, so the trees started

to die. We hung all our Christmas lights on these trees last year, only to find that we lost all of the trees. This year, the town is in the situation that years of fundraising has been wiped out, and we have no lights and no money,” she said. She continued, “We have poles on which we hang blooming baskets in the summer time. We are going to have cones manufactured, which will fit on to the top of the poles, which will look nice, effectively they’re crowns, which will be lit, all down the main street. We hope to have close to 50 of them,” she said. The crowns will cost about €5,000 to have manufactured, which does not include lighting. The committee are launching a campaign, starting on 4th November, where they will send out a flyer to every home in Rush - about 3,500 homes. On it they will be asking the people to come together and light up the town. “The Council have been generous and gave us a tree and I was told they will give us €2,500. Our campaign is called ‘Let’s Light Up Rush Together’ and I’m confident that the locals will respond in a positive way,” she said. Minister Reilly concluded by saying, “I’m very supportive of this campaign, which is very important for Rush that the tradition of having lights down the Main Street is maintained. It is no fault of the committee that we find ourselves in this position. I welcome the fact that the Council are making a contribution, and let’s hope it is as generous as the spirit of Christmas allows.”

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There was some unfortunate news for the local, Balbriggan-based guide dogs branch as they informed the County Leader that their ‘Maire and Ned Maguire Perpetual Trophy,’ has been stolen. This is the Perpetual Trophy that the Balbriggan\North County Branch of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind give out each year to somebody who raises significant funds for the

the top of the base. The trophy is ceramic and is of a litter of pups. This once off item has recently gone missing from a premises in Balbriggan, and the local group are anxious to get it back. The Gardaí have been notified of its disappearance, should you see it anywhere please contact us on kola@iol.ie or 085 7663107. “The trophy is of no financial value to anybody but it is of tremendous sentimental value to the branch and to the family of the people whose memory lives on through it in our branch of Guide Dogs for the Blind,” said the group.

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New Community ‘Walking Bus’ For Malahide Last Friday the local schools launched a new community Walking Bus to school in Malahide. In celebration, some of the children dressed up in Halloween costumes and joined in the “Freaky Friday Parade” to school. This bus predominately serves the children walking to St Andrews school and St Oliver Plunkett’s school. The organisers will be relaunching other routes to serve all school walkers in the area as soon as they can finalise routes. The Malahide Community Walking Bus is a

parent and child walking bus, whereby parents will accompany their child and hopefully have fun on the way. Students from Scoil Iosa have been involved with the project, and demonstrated great leadership by participating and helping the younger children on the morning, and in particular, the green schools teams are helped to promote this initiative in the village. The Road Safety Authority have donated high vis materials, so both kids and adults will be seen during the darker mornings. The initiative hopes to create an awareness of walking to school, and making it fun for everyone. It also gives the community an opportunity to identify what needs to be done to enable more safe walking to school.

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Upcoming Photographic Competition In Malahide The Irish Photographic Federation (IPF) National Shield club competition 2014 will be held on Saturday, 8th of November hosted by Malahide Camera Club in the Malahide Community School. The National Shield is an inter-club competition for all members of camera clubs from around the North County, who are deemed to be intermediate photographers. This is the second consecutive year Malahide Camera Club will host the competition with a record number of 30 teams entering from all corners of the country. On the day there will be two keynote speakers, three international judges, camera clubs members and the event is open to the general public. More details and full programme for the day will be posted closer to the date on the IPF website.

Pictured are members of Malahide Camera Club who won the National Photograpic Shield in 2012. Front Row: Bernie O Farrell, Mary Twomey, Keith Wilkinson, Paul Raftery, Sheldon Long, Roisin Nugent Back Row: Mike Pilkington, Eddie Nugent, Ita Martin, Deirdre Murphy, Barry Duggan, Lynn Feeney, Cheryl Cox, Patricia Ronan, Joe Doyle, Catherine Bushe.

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Staff from Doosan, based at Swords Business Campus, assisted Swords Tidy Towns on Friday last, 24th October. It was part of the company's Day of Community Service, where they provide their services to a local community project. They chose Swords Tidy Towns, as they painted the railings adjacent to the Castle Shopping Centre. Pictured taking a break from work are, Andrew Bacon (MD of Doosan), Caroline Lynch (HR Manager, Doosan), Niamh Tracey (Swords Tidy Towns), Ken Duffy (Chairperson Swords Tidy Towns) and Alain Gelpe (Swords Tidy Towns)

Swords School Nominated For Film Award St. Cronan’s Junior National School, Swords, has been nominated for short film awards at the 10th FÍS Film Festival. The Swords school is one of 21 schools across the country to be nominated, and are the only one from North County Dublin. Twenty four awards will be handed out at prestigious event in The Helix,hosted by RTE’s Sinead Kennedy and Eoghan McDermott, when it takes place on Tuesday, 4th November. St. Cronan’s Junior National School have been nominated for their film ‘The Fish Who Cried Shark’, The FÍS Film Festival, which is a Department of Education and Skills initiative, is this year celebrating its 10th year. Over 800 people will attend on the day,

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been put in by our volunteers. It is through their hard work that Swords is now designated clean to above European norms, a great achievement.” “It is very important that our people have a sense of belonging; a connection with their town and its community, achieving this interaction is vital to any town’s success,” he continued. “Our Swords Tidy Towns members are contributing every week in their own way to the success of our town. By giving up part of their free time they have succeeded in making our town more attractive and more pleasing to the

eye.” “We hope this will help to spur you into playing a small part in our wonderful community. If working outdoors is not your cup of tea, we are in need of people prepared to sit on our various committees’,” he said. Duffy also said the group were very grateful to all the local businesses who have been coming on board with donations and sponsorships, and to the County Council, who have been of great help to them on numerous projects. If you feel you would like to get involved with Swords Tidy Towns, please contact Ken at 0866008313.

including 700 primary school children from all over the country, their teachers, parents and a variety of special guests and this year, due to the high calibre of entries, 13 schools will also receive a highly commended award. To enter the festival, primary schools were asked to devise a five minute long film on a subject of their choice. The film had to be produced by the children and their teachers, and entries are judged on imagination and creativity, the originality of the story, excellence in set design, costume design, film direction and production as well as the use of sound, acting and cinematography. Those that use special techniques such as animation or special effects will be awarded extra points. Awards will be made in a wide variety of categories including Comedy, Acting, Storytelling, Adaptation, Animation, Special Effects, Direction, Costume, Editing, Production, Cinematography, Sound, Public Safety, Best Newcomer, Best Junior Class Production and Historical Adaptation, among others.

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Children’s Art Competition Fingallians GAA Club in Swords are holding an art competition for children from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes. They are looking for A3 pictures and signs that will encourage people to use Irish. Signs must be in Irish. Submissions must be in by 14th November. Winners of the 3rd/4th class section and 5th/6th class sections will receive vouchers for the club shop.

Garda Band Concert In Portmarnock Garda Band will be performing in Portmarnock Leisure Centre on Wednesday, 29th October at 8.00pm to raise funds for Action Ireland Trust and Portmarnock Community School’s Project in Lesotho. Tickets are €10 and children under 12 are free. For bookings call 087 770 1957.

Lusk Parish Sale Of Work Lusk Parish will be holding a Lusk Parish Sale of Work on 16th November at Lusk National School. All are welcome.

Basketball Club Seeks Members Malahide Basketball Club is looking for Ladies Senior players for the 2014-2015 season. They have lost several players for the new season due to family and educational commitments. Anyone that is interested can contact Eric Westphal at 086157-7866 The club won two Dublin Cups last year with their two Ladies Senior Teams last season and welcome anyone that wants to play and be trained for the upcoming basketball season.

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Proud Day As Skerries School Opens Library teachers and members of the Parents Association. An indication of the advances in technology in the school, was the fact that the opening ceremony was relayed via Skype to classrooms, where pupils were able to see the events, as they unfolded. Principal, Tomás Hickey praised the great efforts of everyone associated with the fact that the library was opened. He

Skerries Educate Together National School opened a new library in the school on Tuesday last. It was a day to remember for the pupils, when the new school library was opened by principal, Tomás Hickey. The opening ceremony was preceded by a rendition of the popular song, ‘Happy’, which was beautifully delivered by the choir, much to the delight of all present, including

thanked the Parent’s Association and in particular, their chairperson, Anna Merritt for her tireless work with fundraising to buy books and decorate the library. He also praised the contributions of Barry Kelly, who built the shelves and Bronwyn Clohessy-Boyd, whose drawings are a particular feature of the library. “This is the culmination of two years work

and each student contributed by painting a leaf, which was placed on the tree at the entrance to the library, which symbolised the contribution of everyone. This has been a really successful project and the library is a really beautiful space. We want to encourage students to take up reading, and today is a great day for our school,” he concluded proudly.

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Local Schools Enter Young Scientist Exhibition A record number of 88O Students from 79 schools around the North County and beyond have submitted over 400 entries to the 51st BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Research conducted recently by BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition demonstrated that technology tops the career aspirations of local students in Ireland with 59 per cent of those surveyed saying they would most prefer Mark Zuckerberg’s job. A life of entrepreneurship was selected ahead of holding the Presidency of the United States with Barack Obama at 19 per cent and the life of a pop star with Miley Cyrus receiving only

13 per cent of votes. This event is hugely popular amongst the schools in the North County every year, with a large number of local students submitting projects and winning prizes. Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD commented, “Even in its 51st year, the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition is breaking new records with project numbers up from local students across the country. As Ireland continues to establish itself as a world-leader in technology and science, the importance of an event like this cannot be underestimated,” she said. The 2015 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition will take place in the RDS, Dublin from 7th 10th January 2015. There are over 120 awards to be won including the prestigious BT Young Scientist and Technologist of the Year.

Mulville Wants Update On Donabate Plan The status of Donabate undertaken in late 2013 Local Area Plan has and early 2014. “There are a number of been chased important backby local ground research Councillor, s t u d i e s Paul Mulville currently in (NP), who preparation requested an related to the update from particular the Chief ecological, Executive, Paul transport and Reid. d r a i n a g e The Council Cllr. Mulville aspects of the assured the Local Area Plan plan is currently under preparation following (LAP),” the Council said. the public consultation “The findings and

Butler Concerned For Safety Of Residents In Brackenstown Local Councillor, Darragh Butler (FF), has expressed his concerns over the safety of Brackenstown Road residents. He is particularly concerned with the safety of those residents exiting their homes, on foot or by car, on the stretch leading up to the dangerous junction with Church Road. At the latest Council meeting, Butler posed the question to the Chief Executive, Paul Reid, whether any immediate safety measures will be introduced and if a medium to long term plan exists

recommendations of these studies will inform the strategy and policies of the future LAP which will cover the development of the zoned residential lands in Donabate during 2015-2021,” they continued. The draft LAP is set to publish in early 2015 and will be open for submissions from the public and other interested parties for a period of six weeks.

to deal with this dangerous stretch of road for residents. Representatives from the Council have met with the residents of these houses on Brackenstown Road with regards to their concerns and “Lining has been installed just before the houses (in the Church Road direction), alerting motorists to the upcoming junction,” the Council said. Although previous applications for funding for ramps have been unsuccessful, the Council assured the location is considered suitable for the installation of speed cushions. “These safety measures will be prioritised for consideration once further funding becomes available,” the Council said.

Skerries Town Park Masterplan Goes Ahead Local councillor J.P. Browne (FG) has asked the Council Chief Executive, Paul Reid, for an update on the development of Skerries Town Park. At a recent Council meeting, Browne noted a previous discussion on the Town Park at the July Balbriggan Swords Area Committee meeting, and wanted more information. The Council assured Browne that the Part XI process for the Skerries Town Park Masterplan will be advertised within the next two weeks, and the public consultation process will commence thereafter.

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On Halloween evening, Friday, 31st of October, the annual poker classic in aid of the Balbriggan/North County Dublin branch of guide dogs takes place in Oldtown House, Oldtown. A great long time friend of guide dogs and member of the branch, Billy McGrath (086 2621543) is once again looking for players, willing to pay €50 per person to take part. If you’re interested, do give him a ring. The branch and Billy want to thank the Tormey family, proprietors of Oldtown House, for their continued support and each and every one of the people who give great raffle prizes for the event year after year. All money raised on the night goes to training more guide dogs for blind people, and more assistance dogs for families who have children with autism.

sure you come along to the Pavilions and there might be some savings to be had. There will be fashion shows on the hour. ‘Night At Pavilions’ will showcase some of the centre’s top brands including River Island, H&M, Zara, Mango, Next and the very glamorous Glenda Gilson will be on hand to open the shows. Music will be provided by Drisco. Drisco is a local guy from Ashbourne and they are delighted to have

him on board for this event, so make sure you come along and support and enjoy his music. They will also have music from the Hallelujah Gospel Choir and the young Dublin Symphonia will also be here to showcase their symphonic works. Fancy being a cover girl star on Xpose magazine? Take your picture in front of the life size Xpose Magazine cover on the red carpet. Upload your picture to Instagram, and the best picture wins a €100 Swords Pavilions Gift Card.

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’Malahide’s Stage2theatrecompany is delighted to bring Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ to the Space at the Helix for a four night run, from Wednesday 12th, Thursday 13th, Friday 14th, Saturday 15th November, at 8.15pm. Tickets €16 or €14 (concession). Acknowledged as one of the most successful of Wilde comedies, it is a farce of perfect charm. Opening almost 120 years ago in the St. James’s London, the first night was an unparalleled success as demonstrated by the enthusiastic yelling of the audience! The play’s witty dialogue underpins a delightful tale of forged identities and fictitious relatives created by Algy and Jack who both rush to become christened ‘Ernest’ as demanded by the idealistic Gwendolen and Cecily. A series of farcical coincidences ensues and eventually produces a revelation which satisfies everybody. All are welcome to attend.

Variety Concert In Rush There will be a Variety Concert (featuring local artists) in aid of Lusk Twinning Association in the Millbank Theatre in Rush on Wednesday, October 29th at 8pm. Tickets are €10. For bookings, contact the Millbank on: 8437735. All are welcome to attend.

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Aer Lingus Regional’s Leeds Bradford Service ‘Takes Off’ The Dublin to Leeds route will be serviced by the airline’s newest aircraft which were delivered brand new in June this year and will operate from Aer Lingus’ T2 hub at Dublin Airport. This is the first time in 14 years that Aer Lingus will operate a Dublin to Leeds service and the schedule has been

designed to accommodate a day return for business and leisure passengers, offering convenient morning and evening flights. Boarding the inaugural flight at Dublin Airport, Mr Julian Carr, Managing Director, Stobart Air said that bookings have been strong since adding Leeds to the Aer Lingus Regional route

network earlier this year. “Over 5,000 seats have been sold on the new Leeds Bradford route and we continue to add key UK destinations to ensure we provide choice, value and convenience for our customers. Aer Lingus Regional serves 13 major UK cities from Ireland and are on track to carry 1.31

million passengers this year,” he said. Last week, Leeds Bradford recorded the highest level of demand for connections to the US (via Dublin) out of all the 13 UK regions served by Aer Lingus Regional. Vincent Harrison, Managing Director , Dublin Airport said that the new route offers additional choice to

passengers travelling between Ireland and Britain and also provides easy connections onto Dublin Airport’s expanding long-haul network. ‘Dublin Airport executives would be “working closely with Aer Lingus Regional to promote the new service to Leeds Bradford and also the huge potential for onward connections at Dublin Airport,” Mr Harrison said.

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Pictured here are the team from Rush Sailing Club who retained the winning Skerries Raft Race title again this year.

position to benefit from increased visitor numbers. While visitor numbers were strong last year, this 9.3% growth is testament to the people throughout the country, Local TD, Alan Farrell (FG), has the beautiful views and attracstated that the release of tourism tions, and the determination of the figures by the Central Statistics Government in promoting tourism Office (CSO), last week shows that as a means of economic growth, Ireland’s attractiveness as a tourist which is evident through the retention of the nine per cent destination continues to VAT rate for the tourism grow, which he says, will be industry,” he explained. welcome news for busi“There were over 5.9 nesses and local communimillion visits to Ireland in ties throughout the North the first nine months of County. this year. It is clear that “Figures released by the much potential exists to CSO have shown that the increase the amount number of overseas visitors Alan Farrell TD spent in the local coming to Ireland between January and September has economy in the North County increased by 9.3 per cent in through attracting more visitors comparison with the same period into the local area. While the last year,” Farrell told the County figures for 2014 are terrific thus Leader. “With the proximity of far, I am certain that we can further Dublin Airport, towns throughout improve upon them in 2015,” the North County are in the prime Farrell concluded.

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A new resource www.Eatright.eu designed to help early school leavers around the North County learn skills in healthy eating and food safety, has been launched by safefood, and is the first free online resource specifically designed with early school leavers in mind. With up to one in five teenagers leaving school early, this can impact negatively on their longer-term health, according to those involved in the new website. Gerry Griffin, National Co-ordinator Youthreach, the full-time training programme for early school leavers in the Republic of Ireland said: “This website is a great opportunity for our staff to deliver life skills training around food and hygiene, in a way that is engaging, empowering and relevant to the needs of local young people in society.” Dr Cliodhna Foley-Nolan, Director, Human Health and Nutrition, safefood added: “We know from speaking with early school leavers from around the locality, that their diets and levels of physical activity are of real concern to them. ‘Eatright.eu’ was developed with the input of young people and their trainers and was piloted with them.” www.Eatright.eu includes team and individual projects, online games, videos and posters as well as recipes. The programme complements nutrition related curriculum in early school leaver settings in a way that meets the specific nutrition needs of this group, taking the range of abilities, literary and attendance aspects into account.

Sheil’s Londis Plus Malahide, was a proud recipient of a Gold Retailing Excellence Award at the Londis 60th Anniversary and Retailing Excellence Awards ceremony, which was held recently. Pictured at the ceremony are, compere Marty Whelan, Stephen O’Riordan (CEO Londis), Katie Oglesby, Victoria O’Connor, Rufina Shiel, Kirsta Shiel and John Shiel

Breast Cancer Fundraising Event In Balbriggan Marking the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Ireland, there will be a Breast Cancer Fundraising Event in the Bracken Court Hotel in Balbriggan on Thursday, 30th October. Tickets are only €5 for access to product displays, Reflexology, Forever makeup demos and much more, all in aid of a great cause.

Tips For Local Motorists During Mid Term Holidays With the local school mid-term holidays now in full swing, an Irish roadside assistance company has some simple tips for parents around the North County to help avoid a potential motoring breakdown while on the road. Allianz Global Assistance, has compiled a ‘Motoring Checklist’ that encourages local drivers to take some precautionary steps before travelling during the midterm break. Roland Hesse, the Country Manager for Allianz Global Assistance said: “With families around the locality perhaps

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The annual ‘Run for a Life’, which is now in its sixth year, took place recently. The race is in support of organ donation, which was a great day out for all of the family. Race organiser and National Projects Manager at the Irish Kidney Association, Colin White from Balbriggan said, "We invited the public to join us in this celebration of life through sport. We are looking for the public to think about it, talk about it and make a commitment to organ donation. The Minister for Health Leo Varadkar’s participation in the event, sends out a clear message of support for organ donation and transplantation," he said. Pictured at the event is Colin White (centre), as he watches his father, Noel White chatting with Minister Leo Varadkar

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O’Dwyers GAA Club in Balbriggan recently held their successful ‘Sponsored Walk Solo & Puck,’ event, one of their most important fundraisers of the year, in order to open a training fund for members. Funds raised will be used to contribute to the running costs incurred by teams during the winter months. As parents completed 12 laps of their sponsored walk, the young players practised their skills on the field. Back in the clubhouse, a feast was laid on and younger members were given posters to colour in as they had hot dogs, soup and sandwiches. It was a great day with a fantastic turnout, with all teams coming together for a great family fun.

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Donnelly Teresa Time may have passed on but the ache is still the same. They say that time is a great healer but this I do not believe. Until we meet again, then I will believe. Love you always Miss you always Tina, Ray, Raymond and Catherine Sadly missed by Frances, Brendan, Granddaughters and Grandchildren Seven years have gone but you live on forever. Sadly missed by Mary, Brian, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.

Choir Meeting In Balbriggan Fingal Chamber Choir meet on Mondays in Balbriggan from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. They have a number of interesting projects to take part in this season. New members are always welcome. Reasonable sight singing ability and relevant choral experience are essential. Contact David on 0872909536 to arrange an audition.

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Pictured here is Alex Carthy (6yrs) from Malahide, Howth RNLI volunteer lifeboat crewmember Lorcan Dignam, Teena Gates, Skerries RNLI volunteer, lifeboat crewmember Gerry Canning and Hugh Canning (7yrs) from Skerries launching the RNLI Reindeer Run

Local RNLI Reindeer Run Returns Due to popular demand, the RNLI Reindeer Run returns this year to raise funds for the RNLI and its volunteer lifeboat crews in around the North County and beyond. The charity event encourages people to have fun while supporting the RNLI in their work, saving lives at sea. This year the Reindeer Run is being held on Sunday 30th November at Marlay Park, Rathfarnham in Dublin, with a Santa Saunter, 1.5km and 3km Rookie Runs for younger participants and 5km and 10km routes for runners and walkers. Registration for the event is now open. Volunteer lifeboat crew members, Lorcan Dignam and Gerry Canning from Skerries RNLI along with Alex Carthy (6yrs) from Malahide, Hugh Canning (7yrs) and Rookie the Reindeer helped launch the Reindeer Run. Adding his voice to the call for local people to sign up for the Reindeer Run, Skerries RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew member Gerry Canning said, “The RNLI has been very busy this year and the demand for our services sees us helping many people off our coast. It’s not just people in boats that we help, but everyone who uses the water, including swimmers, kayakers and people who get cut off by rising tides. Funds raised by the public go to support our training, kit and equipment.” Last year, Dublin lifeboats launched a total 124 times and brought 166 people to safety, 18 of those were young people. Registration is now open at rnli.org/reindeer.

Balbriggan Meals on Wheels are calling people to please donate any unwanted presents, Christmas decorations and Toys/Gifts, in good condition for their Christmas fundraiser, which will take place at the end of November. Please drop all donations into the Meals on Wheels Kitchen on Hampton Street Attention Home between 10:00am - 1:00pm Monday to Saturday. All support is greatly appreciated.

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HORAN (Castleland Park View and formerly Curran Park, Balbriggan, Dublin). The death has occured (peacefuly) at St. Luke’s Hospital of Michael Horan (ex Air Corp and Cie) Sadly missed by is loving wife Annie, daughters Caroline, Madeline and Marian, sons Michael, Anthony and Chris, brother, sisters, sons-in-law, daughters-inlaw and partners, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, relatives adn friends. May he rest in peace. BENNETT (Lusk, Co. Dublin and late of Kent) 21st October 2014. Peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family, Bryan. Sadly missed by his wife Edel, daughters Ciara and Niamh, brother Ian, nieces and nephews. Rest in peace. FARRELL (née O’Rourke) Margaret (Hollywood B&B, Ballyboughal and formerly Seatown Villas, Swords) October 21, 2014 (peacefully); deeply regretted by her loving husband Donal, daughter Deborah, son Ciaran, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. Rest in peace. PRENDERGAST (Skerries, Co. Dublin) 20th October 2014 in The Mater Hospital. Edward, surrounded by his heartbroken family, mother Bernie, father Willie, sisters Sandra, louise, Nicola and Alison. Sadly missed by his brothers-in-law, niece, nephews, aunts and uncles, cousins and a large circle of friends and colleagues. Rest in peace. O’SHEA Aoife (Mount Rochford Drive, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin) Suddenly, after a short illness, at the tender age of 1 year 2 weeks. Sadly missed by her loving mum and dad Deirdre and Colm, big brother Stephen, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family, neighbours and friends. May she rest in peace. SCAHILL John (Rathcoole and Balheary, Swords) 18th October, 2014. Peacefully at Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross. Beloved husband of the late Anna and dearest brother of the late Fr. Paddy, Jim, Tom, Kathleen and Brigid. Deeply regretted by his brothers Liam, Michael and Martin and his sisters Mary and Anne, brothers-inlaw, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, relatives, neighbours and friends. May he rest in peace.

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