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The Homecoming!

Jacks and Jackies to get big day out on September 29 KEEP Sunday, September 29 free, for that’s the date when Dublin fans will get their chances to celebrate again as the homecoming for both the 2019 All-Ireland mens and ladies champions.

The Dublin senior men’s team bagged a historic six-point win over Kerry in the All-Ireland football final on September 14, making it their fifth win in a row.

On September 15, the Dublin senior women’s team won their third All-Ireland ladies final in a row.

Dublin City Council has confirmed that a joint homecoming for the two teams will be held on September 29 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm at Merrion Square.

Speaking to RTE Radio One’s Morning Ireland, Lord Mayor Paul maculae said: “I woke up this morning to a city exhausted by victory.

“We had a really amazing weekend of football, both in the men’s and the ladies. I’m not sure we would have welcomed the replay for the mens when

Dublin Fan Natalie Lennon with Shane Courtney and Eoghan O’Brien from Killareny at the consumer launch of Cali Cali, the new guilt free real food brand, on Grafton Street. Pic: Evan Doherty. Lots more pics inside

it happened but it gave us the opportunity to have those two great matches on one weekend.”

Mr McAuliffe said he was “always determined” that there would be equal celebrations for both the men’s and the ladies teams.

In previous years, the homecoming for the Dublin men’s team has been held within days after the win.

However, this years will see celebrations taking place two weeks later.

Speaking about why the decision was made to hold off until September 29, Mr McAuliffe said they wanted both teams to be involved in the celebrations and due to the replay “a number of people … had holidays booked and other arrangements”.

“We’ve done this in full consultation with the Dublin County Board and the Dublin Ladies Gaelic Football Association. We’ve offered the homecoming and that was the date that we were able to agree on,” Mr McAuliffe said.

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Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has unveiled an ambitious plan to have solar panels on home rooftops across the country.

Mr Ryan has already held initial talks with State regulator Eirgrid about bringing about the radical change in electricity supply.

Vandals damage defibrillator

Locals in a north Dublin village have been left disgusted after a community defibrillator was damaged by vandals.

The potentially life-saving device at Lusk community centre had its plastic smashed, leaving it open to the weather.

4,000 calls to single parents help-line

More than 4,000 calls were made to a charity helpline supporting single parents last year. One Family has seen a 82% rise in requests for its services in just one year.

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Captial’s 100,000 burglaries in just Colleges splash €1.5m for academics’ luxury flights a decade Peadar O’Loinsigh, Royal Irish Academy of Music Cellist; Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan and Niamh O’Flannagain, Dance Ireland Ballerina ahead of Culture Night on September 20. Pic: Julien Behal

OUR taxpayer-funded universities splashed out around €1.5million flying academics around the world on luxury flights, new figures have disclosed.

The biggest spender was University College Dublin which splashed almost €1million for business-class and premium fares over a year.

When asked for records showing all non-economy and non-budget flights, UCD

released details of more than 400 trips, costing more than €960,000.

The vast majority of them were business class, mostly running into thousands of euro each.

A business-class flight to Kuwait came in at €6,419, a seat to Shanghai cost €5,269 and a luxury fare to Brisbane, Australia, was €5,155.

Two business-class flights to Abidjan in the Ivory Coast cost more than €5,000 each.

There were a handful of premium economy fares, which cost up to €2,000.

Meanwhile, more than one in six Irish households are paying private health bills they can’t afford, a study has revealed.

The research found unaffordable spending increased from 15% in the years 2009 and 2010 at the height of the recession to nearly 19% in the years 2015 and 2016.

We facing climate change apocalypse

IRELAND is heading for a climate change apocalypse come 2050 if we don’t implement massive changes, experts have warned.

We face catastrophic shifts to the weather, agriculture and even the habitability of some areas all leading the end of civilisation as we know it within the next three decades.

Unless drastic action is taken now, environmental scientists have warned that we face: Sea levels rising at an alarming rate; a billion people being displaced; global temperatures rising by 3Cc; political unrest and a possible war over land; catastrophic floods, droughts, heatwaves and wildfires; premature deaths from environmental damage; the extinction of one million animal species; and the world’s ice sheets vanishing Leading Irish climatologist Professor John Sweeney warned there will be massive changes to Irish weather in 30 years’ time if we don’t act now.

“The most pressing impacts will come from increased flood risks,” he warned.

Cycl TOTAL of 102,555 burglaries have occurred in Dublin in the past decade, according to new analysis carried out by PhoneWatch.

This is equivalent to one in every five homes or businesses in the county experiencing a break-in during this time, which PhoneWatch say “demonstrates the importance for all of us to be vigilant in protecting our properties”.

PhoneWatch Managing Director Eoin Dunne said, “While we’re seeing a welcome reduction in burglaries in recent years, the reality is that burglary still remains all too common in Ireland. By examining the figures over an extended period we can see the true scale and impact of burglary in Ireland. The good news is that our research shows Irish householders are taking more steps in recent years to protect their homes, and this is having a positive effect.”

In total, 245,260 burglaries occurred in Ireland in the 10 years between January 2009 and December 2018. While there were significant variations year-on-year, 2018 saw the lowest number of burglaries for the decade (16,969).

Dublin accounted for 41% of all burglaries in the country over the past decade, equivalent

to 1-in-5 premises in the county. With 7,791 Tallaght Garda Station recorded the most burglaries of any of Dublin’s Garda stations.

Blanchardstown (6,165) and Dundrum (5,275) were the second and third highest respectively, While with just 186, Garristown received the lowest number of burglary reports for the county.

While the darker months have shown higher levels of burglary for many years, this has become a more pronounced trend in recent times.

Over the past decade, the research shows that when the clocks go back, until they go forward again, burglary rates have been 31% higher.

Overall, November is the highest month for burglary for many years, accounting for 11% of break-ins on average. In most recent years, there has been a rise in burglaries in January and February, with burglaries during these two months almost doubling over the past decade (+92%).

PhoneWatch also commissioned research on the impact of burglary on homeowners.

Of those surveyed, 52% felt the worst impact of a burglary is the idea of a stranger being in their home, significantly ahead of the loss of possessions at 29%.

Greens want carbon tax to be doubled THE Green Party deputy leader, Catherine Martin, has called on the Government to double the carbon tax in the next election.

This would bring it up to €40 a tonne and would get Ireland halfway to its goal of €80 a tonne by 2030.

Ms Martin, who is has been a TD for the Dublin Rathdown constituency since 2016, was speaking to the Irish Mirror from the Green Party pre-Dail

term think-in at the Metropole Hotel in Cork city.

She said when the Dail returns this week they would push Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe to bring in a €20 hike in carbon tax.

This would see a bag of coal increase by €2, with a litre of petrol up by more than 5c.

“It’s about incentivising people to live a low carbon lifestyle,” the deputy leader said.

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Raonaid killing still a mystery, 20 years later

AN appeal for information about 17-year-old Raonaid Murray has been made by Gardai on the 20th anniversary of her murder.

Raonaid was last seen alive at around 11.20pm on Friday, September 3rd, 1999 when she made her way home from Dun Laoghaire town centre in Dublin.

Her body was found at Silchester Crescent in Glenageary at 12.33am the next day, less than 500 yards from her house.

Gardaí, with her family, are again renewing their appeal for any information which may assist their continued investigation.

“Many who were then Raonaid’s age are now parents themselves with children,

some of which would now be close to Raonaid’s age, and we would ask them to reflect now with the benefit of maturity and hindsight on any information which may be of assistance to the investigation,” Gardaí said in a statement.

Despite a large number of suspects having been identified during the course of the investigation, there is no prime suspect.

The lack of a prime suspect arises from the fact that there has been no motive identified in the case, according to gardaí. In over 3,400 witness statements there is not one word of enmity towards Raonaid, they said.

“If any person has any information which could assist in identifying a motive for the murder of Raonaid and / or if

any person has any doubt about the veracity of an alibi already provided, we would appeal for your immediate assistance,” Gardaí said.

You may be unknowingly shielding a killer.

A full-time incident room remains in-situ at Dun Laoghaire Garda Station and the investigation continues.

Gardaí and Raonaid’s family are continuing to work together in an effort to solve the case.

They are appealing to anyone with information to contact the Garda Incident Room at Dun Laoghaire Garda Station on 01 666 5000 / 01 666 5012, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.

A reward for critical information received is available from Crime-stoppers on freephone 1800 250 025.

Aisling O’Halloran; Sinéad Leahy and Aimee Ennis McLoughlin who have been supported with scholarships by Folens and the Catholic Institute for Deaf People and will begin the full-time four-year undergraduate course. Pic: Julien Behal

Actor Liam slams TD for his remarks on migrants

THE Dublin actor and Game Of Thrones star Liam Cunningham has rounded on TD Noel Grealish over his “disgusting comments” about migrants and called him a “typical ignorant” politician.

The Galway West Independent made controversial remarks about asylum seekers last week and hit out at “economic migrants” who “sponge” off the system.

Up to 2,000 people have signed a petition calling on Deputy Grealish to “clarify and apologise for racist

€10 fee to bring your bike on a bus

BUS Eireann management have been criticised over their plans to charge cyclists €10 for carrying bikes on board.

The leader of the Green Party has claimed passengers should be encouraged to ditch the car and bike it for connecting journeys from the bus stop.

Eamon Ryan told Dublin: “I’ll be honest CIE, in general, has been woeful about connecting to cycling or providing for cycling.

“To some extent they see them [cyclists] as a nuisance and a rival.”

Mr Ryan said he would write to Transport Minister Shane Ross asking for change to the existing policy.

Aside from the €10 fee, passengers are not even guaranteed that when they board a bus their bike will be taken.

Mr Ryan said: “Before I went in to politics, I ran a cycling holiday business and we used to bring people here from all over the world.”

comments” he made at the meeting.

Cunningham, from Dublin’s East Wall, tweeted: “Disgusting comments.

Deputy Noel Grealish is the typical ignorant a**hole politician we need to make sure never gets voted in again.”

Deputy Grealish, who can be heard addressing the 800-strong crowd, said: “Now I have worked with one or two Syrian families.

“These were genuine refugees who were persecuted in their homeland, because they

were Christian, by ISIS. “If you watch the news, and even our Taoiseach said two weeks ago he would take an extra 200 what-do-you-call migrants from Africa. These are economic migrants. These are people coming over here from Africa to sponge off the system here in Ireland.”

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: “I haven’t heard the audio myself but if what’s said is true I think he needs to withdraw those remarks and certainly issue a statement to clarify what he said.”

HOMES in coastal towns in the capital are under threat from coastal erosion, according to a Dublin TD. Fianna Fáil TD for DublinFingal, Darragh O’Brien, has criticised the government for “failing to recognise the realities” of coastal erosion as homes in Portrane and Rush, among others in North County Dublin. are under threat.

Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms.

The power of the sea has shaped Ireland’s coast into what we can see today. Two main processes are responsible for this; erosion and deposition. Coastal erosion is the breaking down and carrying away of materials by the sea. Deposition is when material carried by the sea is deposited or left behind on the coast.

The erosion, also known as coastal decay, is also caused by

more frequent storms and rising water levels and Deputy O’Brien believes this is putting homes at risk.

He said: “The Government have been completely hands-off when it comes to tackling this problem. In my own constituency we have already lost one home to coastal erosion. It is only a matter of time before we lose more.

“I have raised this urgent problem with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and sought an update as to where the multi-department National Coastal Erosion Strategy and Plan is at. His response will leave no coastal home owner with comfort.

“As far as I can see there is no plan or strategy. It appears the government are throwing small sums of money and firefighting the problem as local authorities report issues with coastal erosion.

“Our climate is changing rapidly. Storms and freak weather patterns are becoming the norm.

This has a detrimental effect on our coast and homes.”

Erosion threat hitting homes by the coast

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Major plan in pipeline for Tallaght town

Bus crews threaten action on assaults

BUS Eireann drivers say they will stop serving Busáras after dark from this week unless the company provides more security at the Dublin station.

The warning comes after a bus driver was allegedly the victim of a serious assault at the station in recent weeks.

Members of the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) have now said they will stop picking up and dropping passengers off at Busáras after 8pm unless Bus Éireann takes action.

NBRU General secretary Dermot O’Leary said attacks on drivers are rising on a weekly basis and that Busáras was a “particular hotspot” for antisocial behaviour.

He claimed that policing a central station like Busáras should be easy.

But he also suggested that the company was providing inadequate security to drivers working there.

“We’ve been calling for some time for a Garda public transport division to try and help police public transport,” said Dermot O’Leary..

tended service caused some initial problems, with one of the main issues being overcrowding on the service.

In its new report, TII has outlined that eight additional trams are being ordered to cater for demand.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has briefed the Cabinet on the report which also looks at the major road and rail projects in 2018.

A PROPOSED radical local plan for Tallaght town centre will see the town transformed in the coming years.

The proposed draft plan was launched by South Dublin County Council last week, and has gone to public consultation.

Locals will have the opportunity to have their say on an area that includes Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght Stadium, Technological University Dublin (TUD), South Dublin County Council and the head office of the Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board.

Also within the area of the Tallaght local area plan is Whitestown Industrial Estate, Tallaght Business Park and Broomhill Industrial Estate.

There are a number of proposals including: * Delivery of between 3,000 and 5,000 new homes * Delivery of a mix of new employment spaces * Development of Tallaght Stadium’s Fourth Stand * Redevelopment, enhance-

The DART line in parts of Dublin is in danger of falling into the sea, according to council climate reports published recently.

The four local authorities in Dublin have each drawn up their own Climate Change Action Plan to highlight what will be needed to tackle the effects of climate change in the years to come.

Although Wicklow County Council was not involved in the process, the findings would also affect the line between Bray and Greystones potentially causing untold environmental damage and putting at risk tens of thousands of jobs.

Potential issues to the DART line were mentioned in two reports – Dún LaoghaireRathdown (DLR) and Dublin City Council (DCC).

“Damage to critical infrastructure and housing from

coastal flooding and sea level rise.

This results in economic and social risks to Dún LaoghaireRathdown, especially since some housing and major infrastructure (roads, DART lines) are along the coast,” the DLR plan states.

A similar finding is stated in the DCC report.

“All infrastructure and property located in close proximity to the coast is at risk of flood damage from sea level rise and increasing storm surge events,” Green Party Councillor Steven Matthews told the Dublin Voice.

“This is the reality of the serious impact of climate change, imagine the traffic chaos in the greater Dublin area if rail services have to be suspended for a prolonged period of time due to flooding or damage to the network.”

Sharon Power, Bonnie Saiubon and Elizabeth Morgan at the Irish Cancer Society’s ten -year anniversary for its Daffodil Centres. Pic: Andres Poveda

We made 41 million trips on the Luas after update A TOTAL of 41 million passenger journeys were made in 2018, an 11% jump on the previous year, according to a report due out this week.

The annual report from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) shows passenger growthfollowing the opening of Luas Cross City.

In December 2017, Luas Cross City extended the Luas Green Line from St Stephen’s

Green to Broombridge, linking it with the Red Line.

The report shows that passenger traffic on the Green Line rose by 25% last year compared to the previous year, with 20 million journeys on the route.

The two lines combined carried 41.8 million people in 2018, an increase of 11% on the 37.6 million in 2017.

The opening of the ex-

ment of the Square Shopping Centre * Provision of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure links * Provision of new schools * Improvements to the street network including extensions to Airton Road and Cookstown Road * Enhancement of existing green spaces * Creation of a network of public open spaces * Development of new transport interchange at the Square * Enhanced bus services across the centre * District heating system (HeatNet) Plans in the next two decades include between 9,700 to 12,800 new homes, a population of up to 38,000 people within the LAP lands and additional non-residential floor space which could accommodate an additional 4,700 to 12,800 jobs.

See https://consult.sdublincoco.ie while consultation is open until Thursday, October 24.

DART in danger of falling into sea, new reports claim

DLR’s report states that sea levels in Dublin Bay appears to be rising at a rate faster than had first been predicted - almost double the global average in the past 20 years.

In addition, extreme weather events driven by climate change are already impacting DLR “at a significant rate, and are very likely to increase in their frequency and intensity”, its climate change action plan concludes.

Over the next five years the council “will prioritise naturebased flood defences where possible”.

However, there are “certain areas not suited to soft solutions”, such as parts of the Loughlinstown river, the plan states.

Therefore, the council is building physical flood defences that take into consideration current and future risks.

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Super September

Autumn migration…..

Swallows getting ready to leave our shores (Photo Justin Ivory) September spells back to school and the start of autumn with cool, damp mornings where evoking melancholic and bittersweet feelings for the brevity of summer and the prelude to shortening days, cooler temperatures and the dark, damp and decay of winter. It is a month where we can get every kind of weather from spectacularly hot and sunny days to gales and heavy showers (sure isn’t that every day in Ireland!).

September is also a time of great change and activity in the natural world and has to be one of my favourite months. Below is a small selection of highlights to look out for during this wonderfully varied month.

Beech Mast….a favourite of • squirrels (Photo Justin Ivory) Mother Nature has her shelves full to brim with her harvest produce. Trees and shrubs are laden with fruits, nuts and berries including blackberries, beech mast and acorns to name but a few.

• It is a great time of year to see and get close to Red Squirrels as they search for fruits to eat immediately and nuts to store going to great lengths to hide them. So intent are they on this activity it is possible to get close and watch them for several minutes without their noticing you.

• Just like the squirrels, this is the best month to see our shiest and most colourful member of the crow family – the Jay, as they collect and hide acorns to see them through the winter.

• The miracle of migration is in full flow this month as our summer visitors such as Swallows, Martins and Swifts gather and leave our shores to head south for the winter.

Meanwhile Ducks, Geese and Waders that have spent the summer breeding in the Arctic and northern latitudes arrive in to spend the winter. Offshore there are huge numbers of seabirds including Petrels, Shearwaters and Skuas.

That is just the tip of the iceberg of what is happening during September. So, don’t hibernate just yet. Get out there and enjoy the show!

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The Man with Another Man’s Arms Virgin Media 2, Wed. September 18 @ 9pm

it chapter 2 Released September 6, 2019

When Vicky Phelan delivered an emotionally charged statement from the steps of the Four Courts in April 2018 she unearthed the medical and political scandal of our times.

Since then, Vicky has become women’s voice for justice on the issue, and her systemchanging activism has made her a household name. In her memoir Overcoming , Vicky shares her remarkable personal story, from a life-threatening accident in early adulthood through to motherhood, a battle with depression, her devastating later discovery that her cancer had returned in shocking circumstances.

In 2010, US marine sergeant John Peck lost his arms and legs while serving in Afghanistan. Dissatisfied with his prosthetics and determined to regain his independence, he put himself forward for ground-breaking surgery. This documentary follows John as he undergoes a bilateral arm transplant in an extraordinary 10-hour operation with 20 surgical staff in attendance.

2019 American supernatural horror film and the sequel to the 2017 film It, both based on the 1986 novel by Stephen King. Defeated by members of the Losers’ Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine, once again. Now adults, the childhood friends have long since gone their separate ways. But when people start disappearing, Mike Hanlon calls the others home for one final stand. Damaged by scars from the past, the united Losers must conquer their deepest fears to destroy the shapeshifting Pennywise -- now more powerful than ever.

by Vicky Phelan

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AriesYour concentration could get interrupted. Don’t be hasty or take risks. Review and consider privately.

Listen to intuition.

TaurusThings could get expensive.

Monitor closely to avoid fees. Cut unused subscriptions or services.

Find new income sources.

GeminiA professional controversy swirls. Avoid provoking jealousies or sensitivities.

Take charge, and provide a solution. One door closes, and another one opens.

CancerPack lightly and carefully.

Traffic delays could slow the action. Plan ahead for different scenarios. Make a long-distance connection.

LeoKeep your tone polite and respectful. Listen more than you speak. Check public opinion, and consider yours carefully before attempting expression.

Gary Numan – 40th Anniversary Tour Sunday 22 September @ 7pmPrice:€34.65 The Olympia Theatre, Dame Street, Temple Bar

Educating Rita dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Dublin 17 - 21 September 8-10pm. Price:€16 | €18

Dylan Moran – Dr Cosmos Irish Tour 23rd -24th September 8.30pm. Price:€35.00 Vicar Street, Thomas Street, Dublin 8

Notorious for hits such as Are ‘Friends’ Electric? and Cars, Numan’s early career was often misconstrued, tainted by a sometimes fraught relationship with the media and challenged by the hostility of the music industry. Numan, however, stuck to his guns, outlasted his naysayers, and became renowned not just as a pioneer but as an institution. Today, with a career that has spanned nearly four decades, his approach to electronic music remains an inspiration to artists across genres and eras. Even David Bowie once credited him with “writing two of the finest songs” in British music.

Educating Rita – Starring Róisín Sullivan & Garry Mountaine. Acclaimed comedy by Willy Russell (Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers) which tells the story of a brash, working-class hairdresser and her quest to educate herself for a better life. High-spirited Rita enrols in an Open University course and is paired with Frank, a burned-out, disillusioned professor who has become somewhat reliant on a bottle of scotch to get him through the day. Through a series of both hilarious and moving conversations, an unlikely friendship grows, with each one helping the other to rediscover their zest for life.

Following his recent 7-night sellout run at Vicar St, Dylan Moran has announced 2 extra dates September 23rd and 24th. Moran will once again offer his unique take on love, politics, misery and the everyday absurdities of life, all served with poetical panache from one of the finest comedians of his generation.

Moran has been called the Oscar Wilde of comedy and his famed style – deadpan, witty and crackpot lyricism – promises to be an unmissable journey through his interpretations of the world, swerving cliché to offer a cutting blow to our idiosyncrasies.

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VirgoKeep your patience with someone. Support each other through a transition.

Share the load to begin a new phase. You can do this.

LibraA shift with your work, health or fitness requires adaptation. Make technical improvements, upgrade equipment and work with a good coach.

ScorpioKeep an open mind.

Romantic changes have your attention. Relax, and review the facts. Avoid jumping to expensive conclusions.

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Handle domestic chores and projects while considering upcoming changes. Listen to your intuition, especially with family.

Digital Government Conference Tuesday 24th September @ 8.30am Croke Park, Jones’ Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3

The size of the digital transformation market has exploded in recent years – driven largely by organisational needs to serve customer preferences and enhance efficiency. It is therefore inevitable that most nations are now tackling the challenge of creating a smarter government, driven by digital. A recent EU Commission DESI report ranks Ireland 10th in Digital Public Services. It achieves top ranking in Open Data and an almost perfect result in Digital Public Services for Businesses.

BlueFire Street Fest 21st September. 11am - 10pm Smithfield Square, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Dublin VegFest 28 - 29th September. 11am - 6pm Griffith College, South Circular Road.

A free open-air intercultural arts festival that takes place in Dublin’s historic Smithfield Square. The festival is a non-profit social enterprise with a mission to promote social integration and cohesion amongst young Dubliners across all cultural backgrounds.

Now in its 6th year, BlueFire Street Fest has refocused its artistic vision, expanded its team and taken a bold step in the direction of becoming a more socially responsible and ‘conscious festival’.

Everyone is welcome to try new foods, take a talk by an inspiring speaker or expert in diet and nutrition or just hangout in a super friendly environment. Vegan Food Village will have vegan cheeses, vegan fried chick’n, barbecue, falafels, burgers, hot dogs, pizzas, ice-cream, chocolates, healthy salads, cakes and drinks. Activities on the day include food demos, talks by experts covering all aspects of vegan plant based lifestyle featuring stars of the plant based world, award winning bloggers, live music, fun events and more.

CapricornThere are plenty of changes affecting your interests in the news. Prepare your messaging, and keep your tone respectful.

AquariusDon’t treat the whole gang; save a cushion for the unexpected. Stick to your schedule, and budget to keep deadlines. Stay in communication.

PiscesTake charge of your destiny.

When one road is blocked, choose another. Invest in something solid. Your ideas are attracting attention.

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opinion&comment

Brian Quigley

It’s Brendan and Sam … again!

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ou have to hand it to Dublin. In winning the Sam Maguire Cup for the fifth year in a row, the Brendan Martin Cup for a third time in a row and a hat-trick of double Brendan and Sams, the county is the envy of the rest of the country at Gaelic football.

There can be no sniping or begrudgery. Both teams have achieved what they have through hard graft, dedication, skill and sacrifice. They look set to continue to dominate into 2020 and beyond. They are both a pleasure to watch.

If Saturday and Sunday both brought joy to Dublin, the only contrast was the weather.

Saturday was warm and sunny in a late-summer / early-autumn kind of way as Jim Gavin’s squad defeated Kerry 1-18 to 0-15 to lift the Sam Maguire for the fifth successive year, and the seventh time in nine years.

Five players – captain Stephen Cluxton, Philly McMahon, Cian O’Sullivan, James McCarthy and Kevin McManamon - have featured in all seven wins. They

Miss Dublin South Chloe O’Loughlin,, Miss Dublin Central Bronwyn O’Connell, Miss Dublin City Sophie Kelly, Miss Dublin West Laura Doyle and Miss Dublin North Megan Hurley who were all finalists in the Miss Ireland 2019 which took on September 14 in the Helix Theatre. Pic: Brian McEvoy are only one behind the all-time individual record of some of the Kerry greats of the 1970’s and 80’s, who won eight All

Ireland’s between 1975 and 1986.

One of those – Pat Spillane – is now a pundit on RTE and he

was full of praise for the current Dublin side. Praise from Pat Spillane is hard earned.

When the dust settles on this

victory, what next?

It is inconceivable to think that there isn’t another Sam in this Dublin squad. Next year

it will be the ‘Kick For Six’.

Possibly a ‘Seventh Heaven’ in 2021, or an ‘Eighth Wonder’ in 2022.

A record attendance of 56,114 came to Croke Park to see the women’s final between Dublin and Galway on Sunday.

Galway were seeking their second-ever Brendan Martin Cup but in the end Dublin prevailed to lift their fourth.

The Brendan Martin Cup was first played in 1974 and it took Dublin until 2003 to make their first final (they lost to Mayo) and 2010 to lift it for the first time (they beat Tyrone).

The Cup was famously won nine times in succession by Kerry between 1982 and 1990, and six times in a row by Cork between 2011 and 2016.

The difficult conditions may have kept the score down but they didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the players or the watching crowd. In the end the goals from Foxrock /Cabinteely pair Sinead Goldrick and Hannah O’Neil proved decisive, as Dublin won by 2-03 to 0-04.

Well done to both Dublin squads, and commiserations to Kerry and Galway.

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dublinvoice.ie September 16 - 30, 2019

Available Places Due to enhanced allocation, extra places have become Academic year Sept 2019 – May 2020 available in the following courses

Post Leaving Cert Courses at QQI Level 5 & 6

• • Art Portfolio Applied Social Studies Business and Accounting • Applied• Psychology Childcare/Special Needs Assistant Nursing• Studies Graphic Design Health Service Skills Nutrition, Health and Well Being • Hairdressing Pharmacy Assistant • • Health Service Skills Pre-University • Arts Music Performance Pre University Liberal Arts Pre-University Arts: Pre-Primary and Secondary Teaching • Law Nutrition • Pre-University * New

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Pre University Business Law * New Pre-University Science/Agricultural Science Pre University Sports and Food Science * New

Pharmacy Assistant Professional Cookery • Tourism and Travel • Airline Studiesand Sports Injury • Beauty Therapy • Hairdressing Prevention • Animal Care • Horsemanship and Equine Business/Science Advanced Certificate in • Professional Cookery • Sports Management & Coaching • Sports InjurySupervision Prevention Health Care • Music Performance • Sound Production Level 6 • Art Portfolio : Animal Science Level 6 • 28 of August th

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Late interviews in September.

There may be places available on many of other courses as well due to cancellations so just apply online www.dunboynecollege.ie

For more information on these courses:

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Pre University Business Legal and Medical Secretary/Office Administration Business and Accounts Administration * New Computing and Digital Media Online Marketing * New Computer Systems and Networks Graphic Design * New Media and Film Production * New

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Early Childhood Care & Education Healthcare Supervision Beauty Therapy * New Hairdressing Senior Trade

Call us on : 01 8026577

Email: dunboynecollege@lmetb.ie Apply online: www.dunboynecollege.ie

Career Guidance available on request.