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Summer sizzlers Cracking line-up of Bray events unveiled

By Jake Maxwell WHATEVER the weather, Bray is set to sizzle this summer after a cracking line-up of events were unveiled this week.

Bray Tourism is promoting the town as the ultimate summer destination with a whopping 20 events throughout the season. “Our 2018 summer campaign is to help build awareness that Bray is a vibrant place to visit and stay,� Mick Glynn from Bray Tourism told the Wicklow Voice. “Our aim is to attract more tourists in order to boost the local economy. Throughout the summer months, Bray will host a number of great familyfriendly events from outdoor movies on the beach to a series of free Sunday afternoon concerts on Bray bandstand. “These events will run from early June to mid-September and will really enhance the visitor experience.�

From watching Outdoor Movies under the stars, to enjoying the Seafront Fun )DLU IURP WDVWLQJ ÂżQJHU OLFNLQÂś

chicken wings at Wings Food Fest, to experiencing the FRXQWU\ÂśV ELJJHVW $LU 'LVSOD\ there is bound to be something to keep everyone happy.

You can watch the stars under the stars with Outdoor Movies on the beach on selected dates in July and August and this year you will help decide what movies will be screened.

Please keep an eye on social media, Twitter or Facebook for the Outdoor Movies on the beach polls to vote for your choice.

Summer Sounds returns WR %UD\ÂśV LFRQLF 9LFWRULDQ bandstand over selected Sundays throughout the summer with be a series of free concerts and big band performances IURP WKH 'XEOLQ )LUH %ULJDGH Band, Bray Concert Band, The Garda Band and plenty more.

Wings Food Fest is also back, with a superb line-up of wingtastic activities to enjoy over the weekend of July 21 and 22.

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Aki, Maya and Kaya Makaruk at the Asian/Irish Cultural Festival at the Harbour Bar in Bray. Âť Lots more pictures from around the county inside

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Game, set and Apres Match

My Open Library initiative ARKLOW Library will pilot the My Open Library initiative.

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Arklow will be one of the initial tranche of libraries in which My Open Library will be rolled out and the extended opening hours will be implemented by autumn of this year.

Therapy Horses

By Jake Maxwell

Horses in Therapy and Education International &RQJUHVV 6WULNLQJ WKH Balance comes to Ireland for WKH ÂżUVW WLPH Between June 25- 29 just delegates from all over the world will attend the Horses in Therapy Education International Congress in the 5'6 7KH FRQIHUHQFH ZLOO IRFXV on international research papers ZKLFK H[DPLQH WKH EHQHÂżWV RI the horse human relationship.

On June 26, several horses including the Connemara Ponies, Kerry Bog Ponies, Irish Cobs etc. will be showcased.

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Bray to sizzle this summer Continued from previous page This weekend food festival is dedicated to the mighty chicken wing and includes 15 Wing Pop up shops who will be serving up some of the mightiest, hottest, ÂżQJHU OLFNLQÂś FKLFNHQ ZLQJV RQ the east coast.

Roll up, roll up for all the fun RI WKH IDLU DV WKH 6HDIURQW )XQ Fair comes to town from July 21 until August 6.

Thrill-seekers can enjoy bumper cars, games, stalls and HYHQ VRPH FDQG\ ÀRVV GDLO\ from 12 noon until 10 pm.

The Bray Air Display returns on July 28 and 29 where visitors will be treated to gravityGHI\LQJ PDQRHXYUHV À\RYHUV and aerobatic performances.

6R IDU WKLV \HDUÂśV OLQH up includes over 40 aircraft including the Red Arrows.

And don’t forget Groove Festival when the Fun Lovin’ &ULPLQDOV +HDWKHU 6PDOO 0 3HRSOH 7KH 6WXQQLQJ 6RPHWKLQJ +DSSHQV DQG Jerry Fish play Killruddery Killruddery House & Gardens on July 7 and 8 2018 in your diary. Tickets are on sale now from www.groovefestival.ie or tickets.ie.

Pat Vance elected to chair of county council

By Jake Maxwell COUNCILLOR Pat Vance was elected as the new Wicklow County Council Cathaoirleach by a unanimous vote this week.

This is the third time Mr Vance has held the position, previously serving in 1997 and 2009. “I’m delighted to be elected as Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Council and I am looking forward to the year ahead,�

Mr Vance told the Wicklow Voice Âł7KH ÂżIWK \HDU RI D FRXQcil is always a challenge but I am fully motivated by what lies ahead and I am fully prepared WR SXW LQ WKH WLPH DQG HŕľľRUW WR make it successful. “I am very appreciative if the support of fellow councillors and would like to thank them for my unanimous election. “There are issues in the county that have been there for a number years and they won’t be solved during my time but I will never stop working to try and improve them. There is an probOHP ZLWK VRFLDO DQG DŕľľRUGDEOH housing throughout the county and I will be concentrating on tackling this. “I will be hoping to promote the image of Wicklow as we have a great brand for tourism and I will talking positively about it wherever I go. “In the north of the county, where I represent, the Bray Town Development Plan has given the green light for 55

acres of recreational lands in and that is something that will be getting my full attention and I hope to move it along. ³$OVR LQ %UD\ ZH ZLOO ¿QDOO\ see the development of the Golf Club lands and we will hopefully see movement on the Harbour, initiatives which I very much welcome.�

0U 9DQFH ZDV ÂżUVW HOHFWHG LQ 1985 onto Bray Urban District Urban Council and then to Wicklow County Council in 1991 and has never lost an election since.

Outgoing Cathaoirleach Edward Timmins and County Manager Frank Curran presented the Fianna Fail Councillor ZLWK WKH FKDLQ RI RŕľśFH DW D Council meeting on June 18.

Wicklow Town Councillor Irene Winters will take the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach and will become only the third woman to hold the position after Tinahely’s Mary Walsh in the 1970’s and more recently former TD Anne Ferris from Bray.

CAB target gang

By Jake Maxwell &$6+, mobile phones and computers have been seized during searches of six properties in Bray recently.

The investigation, by the Criminal Assets Bureau, relates to an organised crime gang based in the area.

Two residential premises, two business premises and two pro-

fessional premises - an accountants and a solicitors - were also searched.

Approximately â‚Ź7,500 in cash was seized along with evidence relating to the use of virtual currencies. A number of mobile phones, laptops, computers and other electronic devices were also recovered. &$% RŕľśFHUV ZHUH DVVLVWHG E\ gardaĂ­, including members of the emergency response unit.

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wicklow people in pictures

Brian Kearney, Louise Sugrue and Elizabeth Kearney enjoying the grand opening of the Vartry Reservoir which included a BBQ, ice-cream, live music, face painting and an inaugural run. Top right, Suzanne Kavanagh and Alfie, and Vini Price and Mark Synnott

Kathy Sharry, Lisa Donohoe, Michelle Barrett and Dei Hackett at the Open Door Midsummer Lunch Greystones Brownies Elodie McAvoy (9) and Zoe Cartmell (9) pictured demonstrating their Lego model at the Irish Girl Guides Innovatively Engaging with STEM (IGGIES) Expo in Dublin City University

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Countdown to Colour Run

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New takeaway to serve ‘after schools close ’

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By Jake Maxwell THE countdown is one for one of the best events to hit Bray this Summer - the Lucozade Sport Colour Rush run this Sunday, June 24.

Sunny Bray will be awash with colour as the popular fun run arrives for its second year and it promises to put some colour into the summer for the expected 1,500 runners.

The run is the primary fund raiser for Bray’s biggest football club, Ardmore Rovers.

As it approaches its 40th anniversary, it is still without a permanent home, a scenario that is often met with frustration and disbelief by FOXE RྜFLDOV According to the club’s Chairman Grant Walker, the club’s position is constantly LQ ÀX[ ³:H VLPSO\ FDQœW plan for the future. We are one of the biggest clubs in the Dublin and District Schoolboy’s League and year on year, we are taking more children into the club, yet we don’t have the facilities or ¿QDQFHV WR PDWFK WKLV JURZWK

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According to Mr.Walker, the club owes a huge gratitude to local school St Killians Community School who provide the club with vital IDFLOLWLHV ³2QO\ IRU WKHP , would be very pessimistic about the future.�

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Bravo! Voices of Bray choir raises â‚Ź4,500

news in brief Foodie Destinations Launched DOES your town or region have what it takes to be the ultimate foodie destination of 2018?

Applications for Foodie Destinations launched this week. This year, not only will there be a Foodie Destination winner, there will also be the addition of a new category Foodie Town.

Communities across the country are urged to get involved and work with local businesses, foodie groups, Chambers of Commerce and other working groups to submit their applications and promote their area to both local people and visitors.

Concert in Aid of Tiglin On June 28, a concert in aid of Tiglin. So get ready for a rock, folk and soul gig by the music trio Paddy Casey, Declan O’Rourke and Lisa Loughrey.

The concert will start at 8pm but a food market and bar will be open on the grounds from 6.30pm.

Tickets cost â‚Ź25 and all proceeds will go to the Homeless and Addiction Charity, Tiglin.

Voices of Bray Community Choir at the Mermaid Arts Centre, below, John Ivory presents the cheque to Clodagh Murray and Val Kavanagh of St Catherine’s Special School

By Jake Maxwell THE Voices of Bray Community Choir certainly hit the right note recently when it raised a cool â‚Ź4,500 from its recent series of sell-out concerts in the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray.

The choir presented the cheque for ₏4,500 to Val Kavanagh and Clodagh Murray of the Parents’ Association of St Catherine’s Special School in Newcastle, WKH EHQH¿FLDULHV RI WKLV \HDUœV fundraiser.

The funds will be used to enhance IT and other facilities in the school and will help to improve the learning experience of the 99 students who attend St Catherine’s.

The summer series of three concerts were an outstanding success again this year.

Under the guidance of their Musical Director John Ivory, and with the addition of their new accompanist Justin McCann, the choir took on it’s most ambitious programme to date, featuring more challenging arrangements,

introducing live piano accompaniment for many songs and encompassing a more a cappella repertoire.

Having rehearsed each Wednesday night since last September the choir will now take a well-earned break but will return in September in preparation for another exciting season which will include a visit to the North Wales Choral Festival in November and the annual Christmas Concert in St Fergal’s Church on Sunday December 9, 2018.

Pete Taylor: I was not target of gun attack

By Jake Maxwell PETE Taylor has claimed that he was not the target of the attack on Bray Boxing Club and believes the shooting may have been an act of intimidation which went awry.

The boxing coach is now believed to have left his home in Bray and relocated to the continent after being released from St Vincent’s Hospital last week.

Wicklow County Council has taken possession of Bray Boxing Club following the fatal shooting there.

Mr Taylor was injured in the arm and chest gun attack earlier this month which claimed the life of Bobby Messett. +H DOVR FODLPV WR EH EDྡHG DV to why “anyone would attack the club, myself or any of our members.â€?

He said that if anyone wanted to directly target him there would have been “much less risk in shooting me at 4.30am RXWVLGH P\ KRPH ZKHQ , VHW Rŕľľ IRU P\ ÂżUVW SHUVRQDO WUDLQLQJ session of the day, or at 6.15am when I arrive at the boxing club, which is an isolated area, in the dark. Or at night, when I am locking up the club at 9pm.â€? “My routine is identical every day,â€? Mr Taylor told the Sunday Times.

Describing the shooting, Mr Taylor said that the gunman ÂżUHG HLJKW WLPHV ZKHQ KH HQtered the club and that he was (Mr Taylor) only hit when he attempted to tackle the gunman.

Mr Taylor also addressed rumours that the shooting could be linked to his supposed association with boxing management company MTK, it is alleged that MTK has links with members of the Kinahan crime family, though Mr Taylor insists that he has never met any member of the family.

He further stated that he was not directly involved with MTK and that he simply coaches a number of professional boxers.

A gunman entered the club at 7am on Tuesday, June 5, and RSHQHG ÂżUH NLOOLQJ 0U 0HVVHWW (50) and injuring Mr Taylor (57) and Ian Britton (35).

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Wicklow is top of the rubbish pile

By Jake Maxwell AFTER years of negative publicity around illegal dumping in the county, Wicklow has come out top of the pile as the highest performing council in the country for managing waste.

The country’s waste management and illegal dumping problem was exposed by an undercover investigation this week by RTÉ Investigates.

Wicklow County Council is ranked 1st of the 30 councils analysed - where 1 is ranked as the most active council for regulating and enforcing waste services per number of waste permits held in the local authority and 30 as the least active.

Between 2015 and 2016 Wicklow spent €19.67 per per-

son on waste services, €2.45 more than the national average of €17.22. Wicklow conducted 6,174 non-routine inspections between 2014 and 2016, 4.5 times the average of 1,371.

Overall Wicklow scored in the WRS ¿YH EHVW IRU WKUHH FDWHJRULHV we looked at.

Last year, Wicklow County Council was ordered to remove everything from the site of the largest illegal dump discovered in the State to date.

The High Court also ruled adjacent soil, which the council says has been contaminated by the illegal dumping, must also be removed.

The council has estimated previously that the cost of removing all illegal waste from the site in Whitestown, near Baltinglass,

would be about €35m.

8QGHUFRYHU ¿OPLQJ E\ 57e Investigates exposed the massive amounts of waste being buried in illegal dumps and an industry policed by an extremely fragmented regulatory regime.

It found that Donegal was the poorest performing council for its inspection rate of its facilities and for its investment in waste services. It has emerged that WKHUH KDV EHHQ VLJQL¿FDQW YROumes of commercial and household waste buried and burnt behind a quarry situated near Moville, Co Donegal. Between 2014 and 2016 Donegal had just WZR PHPEHUV RI VWD൵ WR UHJXODWH the 44 waste permits.

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Volvo Round Ireland 2016

Wicklow Town is the place to be on June 30 ON June 30 you can visit Wicklow Harbour and view all the fantastic boats getting ready to take part in the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race which leaves from Wicklow harbour at 2pm.

After that there is a great programme of family entertainment organised by the Wicklow Sailing Club up at the Black Castle which will run until 5pm.

At 5pm, the Taste of Wicklow kicks Rŕľľ ZLWK /LYH 0XVLF DW WKH KLVWRULF Abbey Grounds, Wicklow Town, a great new outdoor music festival with some of the most exciting acts in the country including local :LFNORZ 7RZQ EDQG /RRN WR WKH /DG\ *UH\VWRQHV EDVHG 0XVLF Generation, Xquisite Dance runners XS LQ ,UHODQGV *RW 7DOHQW &DŕľľROOD and Engel who have appeared at VRPH RI WKH ODUJHVW 0XVLF YHQXHV LQ the country.

The headline act Dublin based Seo /LQQ KDYH UHFHQWO\ UHWXUQHG IURP a tour of Australia and have played 3 Arena, the Aviva, The Bord Gais Energy Theatre and Vicar Street.

Book early bird tickets online visit the dedicated website tasteofwicklow. ie. Tickets at the gate will cost ₏10 SHU SHUVRQ /LYH 0XVLF DW WKH $EEH\ Grounds from 5pm – 10pm, Wicklow Town promises to be a fantastic evening of entertainment.

By Jake Maxwell

ON JUNE 30 the epic Volvo Round Ireland departs Wicklow Bay. The 705-mile Volvo Round Ireland Race is a unique circumnavigation starting. :LWK ERDWV HQWHUHG WKH ÀHHW LV just shy of the 2016 record entry of 63 boats.

Crews from Britain, France, Norway, Finland, the United States and, of course, Ireland will be setting a course for Wicklow town ahead of the start of the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race 2018.

Run by Wicklow Sailing Club in association with the Royal Irish Yacht Club DĂşn Laoghaire and the Royal Ocean Racing Club, the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race is the only RORC (Royal Ocean Racing Club) race based in Ireland DQG LV RQH RI WKH ORQJHVW Rŕľľ VKRUH races in the Royal Ocean Racing

Club calendar,taking up to seven days to complete.

7KH ÂżUVW UDFH WRRN SODFH in 1980 with only 13 boats. The Race is regarded as near equivalent in terms of rating points to the Fastnet Race, the FODVVLF RŕľľVKRUH race, which runs in alternate years to the Volvo R o u n d Ireland.

Taste of Wicklow to be bigger and better than ever

By Jake Maxwell THIS year’s Taste of Wicklow which is being held on the July 1 in the beautiful Abbey Grounds Wicklow Town promises to be bigger and better than ever.

With three great TV Celebrity Chef’s Wicklow’s own Catherine Fulvio, the wellknown Kevin Dundon and the fantastic pastry chef Paul Kelly from the Merrion Hotel, together with the Mystic Celt Chef Paul Smith and Tomasz Wrobel from the Lighthouse restaurant, Wicklow Town.

This year the Taste of Wicklow has become the County Wicklow Food Festival thanks to support and funding from the County Wicklow Partnership.

There will be over 30 Artisan food stalls, 10 craft stalls and seven workshop demonstrations representing the best of food and crafts in County Wicklow.

This is the sixth Taste of Wicklow Food Festival which was established in 2013 by Wicklow Town and District Chamber of Commerce to give the town a real lift at a very bleak time in the national economy.

Gallagher’s Supervalu Wicklow Town who have sponsored the Taste of Wicklow from the beginning are the title sponsors for Taste of Wicklow again this year.

7KLV LV WKH ÂżUVW \HDU WKDW WKH Taste of Wicklow has become a two-day event with the ‘Live Music at the Abbey’ concert NLFNLQJ Rŕľľ WKH SURJUDPPH RQ Saturday June 30.

The cost of running the twoday event this year is over â‚Ź50,000.

The funds raised by this event will be used to support local initiatives and promote Wicklow Town as a great place to live,

shop, work and play.

There is no doubt that the Taste of Wicklow has generated a real pride in Wicklow Town.

Apart from the admission cost, the full programme of family entertainment and live music all day is totally free. It is truly a great day for all the family.

This year the Taste of Wicklow Food Festival has its own dedicated website tasteofwicklow.ie with full details of the weekend programme.

You can order your tickets online for Saturday or Sunday or better still, you can buy a weekend pass which will automatically enter you in to a IXQGUDLVLQJ GUDZ ZLWK WKH ÂżUVW prize being a holiday for 2 in Portugal.

There are lots of other great prizes to be won.

This year the Taste of Wicklow promises to be a great weekend event.

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opinion&comment

Blotting our beautiful landscape

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he report on RTE this week on illegal dumping in Ireland was shocking but it comes as no surprise to me. Waste is big business in Ireland, both legally and illegally.

Waste is big business everywhere these days.

As the programme highlighted though, blotting the landscape in a country that markets itself as scenic and unspoilt comes LQWR GLUHFW FRQÀLFW ZLWK DQRWKHU big business – it causes reputational damage to our tourism sector.

I can’t understand the mentality of someone or a group who would knowingly dump large quantities of household, industrial or any other kind of waste in the countryside.

It’s sad to think that people could abandon any form of concern for the environment to that extent, and it doesn’t bode well for society that this kind of mentality exists.

These kind of actions are comSOHWHO\ DOLHQ WR ¹ DQG R྾HQVLYH to – the vast majority of people.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar addresses the crowd at the grand opening of the Vartry Reservoir, which was also attended by Minister Andrew Doyle and Councillor Shay Cullen

Brian Quigley Unfortunately, when they take place they impact us all.

If I was to put myself in the minds of the perpetrators, I can only assume it’s a case of people doing what they think they will get away with.

They’ve done a form of risk assessment on their actions.

Unlikely to get caught. /DUJH ÂżQDQFLDO UHZDUGV There is a demand for their services, which they step in to meet.

7KH\ FDQ VTXDUH LW Rŕľľ LQ WKHLU minds based on this.

They just need to be able to overcome the moral, ethical and environmental consequences of their actions, which they clearly are.

If I was to play devil’s advocate a bit further and try to put myself in the minds of the people who avail of these ‘ser-

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pose of their waste legitimately, and whilst they know what disposing of it via an alternative method means, they might feel

they have no alternative.

The government needs to intervene more.

We’ve long since gone down the route of treating waste as something that is charged for, but without putting in place a plan for what to do when these charges are too onerous on people.

Disposing of waste legitimately needs to be incentivised.

Grants or whatever it takes to keep people from using black market services.

The countryside needs to be policed better so that illegal dumping is more likely to be prevented.

Neighbourhoods need to get more involved, we can’t expect the Gardai or councils to do it all alone.

Stronger penalties are needed not just for the perpetrators of illegal dumping but for those whose business or household generated the waste.

Given the cost to the public purse of cleaning up illegal dumping, it would probably be cheaper on the taxpayer in the long run to give the kind of breaks I’m talking about.

Merrion Fertility Clinic celebrates 20 years of excellence Advertorial MERRION Fertility Clinic was established 20 years ago by 3URIHVVRU 0DU\ :LQJ¿HOG SLFtured) and others at the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street, Dublin. The Clinic remains Ireland’s only fertility clinic which is QRW IRU SUR¿W DQG SDUWnered with a large maternity hospital. This allows our team to focus solely on our goal, to R྾HU EHVW SUDFWLFH UHSURGXFtive medicine and surgery that is evidence based and supported by international research.

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Tips for buy Identify the models that hold their value One of the biggest concerns when buying a new car is how quickly it could potentially lose its value. It’s not surprising that the amount your car decreases in value throughout the years is typically the largest cost and should be taken into consideration. When you create your shortlist of cars, it’s a good idea to search through older models of that car to give you an idea of the price you expect your car to be worth in a couple of years time.

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Jack Conroy, Rebecca Drew and Gavin Barton from Enniskerry GAA Club who want you to Pedal for Pieta on June 30 on a 40km or 80km route around Wicklow

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Enniskerry Organisers of Enniskerry Does Broadway! coming up on Nov 3 (L-R) Peter Blackwood, Gaye Weldon, Helen Finn, Max Traem, Lisa Crossingham, Deirdre Moore.

Front: Donal O’Callaghan, Andreas Traem, Larry Dillon, below David Miller and Lisa Crossingham

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WILDLIFE WILDLIFE with Justin Ivory

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with Justin Ivory

STORE of the week

FILM of the week

DREAMY CURVES BRIDAL BOUTIQUE www.dreamycurves.ie or Ph: 01 276 5500 /086 807 5312

ON CHESIL BEACH Out Now

Swift Action Needed!

SINCE my youth I have been fascinated, mesmerised and beguiled by the Swift (Apus apus), watching hordes of them screaming overhead with scimitar shaped wings scything through the blue summer skies with the ease of a hot knife through butter.

The Swift was also known as the Devil’s bird in medieval times, probably due to its mysterious lifestyle and screaming calls.

The Irish name Gabhlån Gaoithe, which means Wind Catcher, really captures the essence of this bird. When you add to this their absolutely unique and amazing life histories what’s not to love about swifts?

The Swift is the last of our summer visitors to arrive (early May) and the first to leave (early August). They winter in southern African, but that statement belays the whole truth. Swifts literally spend their lives on the wing. Once they leave the nest they typically will not land again for 2 to 3 years until they are ready to breed.

They feed, sleep and even mate on the wing! Swifts can live up to 21 years and can travel 5 million km in that time!

HOROSCOPES

Opened on June 1, Dreamy Curves Bridal Boutique in Bray caters for curvy brides-to-be and mothers of the bride and groom, as well as bridesmaids of all sizes.

On an appointment only basis, you will be greeted with a glass of Prosecco, or tea/coffee if you prefer. Each appointment will last approximately 90 minutes long

with the undivided attention of the staff, giving you plenty of time and space to find that special dress. Dreamy Curves stock around 65 unique bridal designs from four world class designers.They will also offer a

KIDS FUN of the week

It is summer 1962, and England is still a year away from huge social changes: Beatlemania, the sexual revolution and the Swinging Sixties. We first encounter Florence and Edward, a young couple in their early twenties, on their wedding day.

Now on their honeymoon their conversation becomes more tense and awkward, as the prospect of consummating their

RESTAURANT of the week

JELLICLE CATS Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray, June 24, 3pm, â‚Ź15/12

LA MIMOSA Abbey Street, Wicklow Town, 085 105 6564

Jellicle cats meet once a year, at the Jellicle ball and Dramtech Performing Arts invites you to join them in this all singing, all dancing performance. Comedy, sadness, and adventure are only some of the experiences that await you in this fast-moving show. Meet the amazing cast of characters all played by students of Dramtech aged 3 - 12 years of

Beside the many famous and dishes from the Italian tradition, you will find many personal interpretations of authentic Italian recipes, evidence of the great passion at La Mimosa. This is a restaurant that boasts a large menu and an excellent selection of wines. This is an ideal setting for romantic meals for two,

age. So please come and journey with us to the Heavyside Layer.

For more information please visit www.mermaidartscentre.ie. Great family fun for big and small.We can’t wait to see you all!!!

BOOK of the week

PLAY of the week

THE TEAM THAT KLOPP BUILT

By Shane Clancy

THE THE SUCCESSFUL TD Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray, June 23, 8pm, â‚Ź20/18

An exciting book by local man Shane Clancy now available as a kindle edition. An in-depth look back over Liverpool’s 2017/18 season under Jurgen Klopp, taken game-by-game. The perfect opportunity to relive the journey as The Reds went from earlyseason struggles to becoming unstoppable on the road to Kiev.

Look back over the events of one of the most entertaining seasons

in recent Liverpool Football Club history - the highs, the lows, the goals, the saves. It’s all here.

Written by Shane Clancy with AnfieldIndex.com and edited by Daniel Rhodes.

After a sell-out performance in 2017, The Successful TD is back.

Follow the trials, tribulations, misadventures and hilarious antics of TULL McADOO as he seeks re-election to the DĂĄil in the “October Electionsâ€?. Written

by John B Keane in 1967 he displays his edge for humour and satire that are uncomfortably

TV SHOW of the week LORDS & LADLES RTÉ One, Sundays 6.30pm The Common Swift (Apus apus) Unfortunately the Swift is in trouble with populations suffering huge declines in the last 20 years mainly due to loss of nesting sites, less available food (flying insects) and climate change.

As part of Swift Awareness Week , there was a Swift Talk and Walk in The Martello, Bray seafront on June 19 at 7.30pm.

The event, led by Ricky Whelan of Birdwatch Ireland (hosted

by Birdwatch Ireland Wicklow Branch, Swift Conservation Wicklow, Bray Tidy Towns and Irish Garden Birds) served as a launch for Swift projects in Bray and Rathdrum in the coming year.

The hope is to identify suitable locations to erect Swift nestboxes.

For further information on how to get involved with Swift projects contact Justin Ivory at swiftconservationwicklow@ gmail.com.

Once again, three of Ireland’s top chefs, Derry Clarke, Catherine Fulvio and Paul Flynn, will invade the stately homes of Ireland to recreate the grand feasts that their great kitchens once prepared and give the audience a peep behind the doors of some of the grandest stately private homes and reveal the families who have lived there.

Each week the Chefs arrive at a Great Irish Country House to

marriage approaches. Finally, an argument breaks out between them. Florence storms from the room and out of the hotel, Edward pursues her, and their row continues on Chesil Beach.

family lunch at the weekend or even a place to hang out and sample Italy’s finest wines. Our chefs are renowned for their creative combinations.

close to the politics of today ...

Peppered with Keane’s gallery of madcap characters this show will have you laughing at politics (in a good way) from the start.

AJĂ - A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF STEELY DAN The Hotspot, Victoria Rd, Greystones, June 29, 8pm, â‚Ź14

recreate a grand dinner from its history. One chef will gather the ingredients, one will cook, and the lucky third will get to dine with the house’s owners.

Dublin’s finest jazz, rock and session musicians. No static at all! Their live set opens with the entire classic album Some of the artists will include Gerry Farrelly, Greg Boland and Tommy Moore.

S.A.S. MEMBERS 18TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION Signal Arts Centre, 1 Albert Ave, Bray, June 11- 24, 3-5pm

THE CIAMBRA Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray, June 25, â‚Ź8/6.50

and consists of artists working in many different arts practices but membership is not exclusive to artists, anybody can join. For more info go online.

CANCER- This week is a 7 0DNH ÂżQDQFLDO SODQV budgets and strategies.

Unexpected expenses take you by surprise. Don’t buy WR\V $YRLG FRQÀLFW

VIRGO- This week is a 5 Get out of the hum and bustle. Find a peaceful retreat to escape from stress or anxieties. Private tranquility comforts.

LIBRA- This week is an 8 Review team strategies.

Chaos levels could interrupt productivity. Exercise restraint and grace with a frustration.

SAGITTARIUS- This week is a 7

CINEMA of the week

Pio is a 14-year-old teenager living in a Romani community in southern Italy who is eager to prove that he can be a man. When his older brother disappears, Pio becomes the breadwinner for the family, a role that leads him into dangerous territory as his small-time criminal undertakings eventually attract

GEMINI- This week is a 7 Don’t get distracted by a heckler or react without thinking. Adapt to unplanned deviations.

Uncover the solution to a mystery.

SCORPIO- This week is an 8 Career challenges require focused attention. Keep a cool head, and provide leadership.

EXHIBITION of the week

This exhibition is a showcase for members of the Signal Arts Society and being a group show includes a diverse range of content, a varied selection of mediums and always something to delight even the most discerning of palettes. The society was launched in 2001

TAURUS- This week is an 8 Household issues demand attention. Slow to avoid accidents and breakage.

Make repairs and improvements. Find what you need nearby.

LEO- This week is an 8 Focus on personal changes. Wait for better conditions to take action.

Avoid unnecessary upsets.

Postpone shopping or expense.

GIG of the week

You got to shake it baby! AJA recreates the sounds of one of rock’s most legendary and enigmatic bands with stunning precision and energy. The joint will be rockin’ to all the Dan classics from Reelin’ in the Years to Hey Nineteen and beyond.

This 8-piece ensemble features former members of Pretzel Logic and includes some of

ARIES- This week is a 5 Relax, and take time to consider before making your move. Unexpected clouds may have a silver lining.

Travel is better tomorrow.

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AQUARIUS-This week is a 7 Communication breakdowns could spark. Avoid misunderstandings or arguments with your partner.

Prioritize love over money.

unwanted attention. Director Jonas Carpignano shoots in a naturalistic documentarystyle manner and uses nonprofessional actors.

PISCES- This week is a 7 Slow the physical action, or risk accidents. Things don’t go as planned. Don’t talk back or try to force something that’s stuck.

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ray’s Katie Taylor will defend her WBA and IBF lightweight titles in London next month.

Katie will appear on the undercard of the Dillian Whyte versus Joseph Parker heavyweight bout at the O2 on -XO\ ¿JKWing Kimberley Connor, the mandatory challenger nominated by the IBF. Katie has previously fought in London’s O2 – she ZRQ KHU WKLUG SURIHVVLRQDO ¿JKW there in March 2017 when she stopped Monica Gentili, and LV FORVH WR D KRPH ¿JKW VKH LV likely to have at the moment.

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won her belt in December – ZDQWV WR ¿JKW LQ KHU QDWLYH %UDzil for the time being.

Connor is based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was last seen in action in July last year.

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Rathdrum gymnastics flying high Advertorial

A member of Rathdrum Gymnastics sails through the air during one of their routines

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