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Hopes for revival as town centre is sold ‘It’s good to see any investment in the Swords Main Street area’
keith bellew
SWORDS Town Centre, which has 17 retail units, has been sold for €1.9m at an Allsop Space auction. The identity of the buyer
has not been revealed. The centre is located at Lynnwood, off Main Street. It is hoped the investment will boost trade, which has suffered in the recession. The regeneration of the
Main Street has long been a priority with many local representatives. Cllr Darragh Butler (FF) said: “It’s good to see any sort of investment in the Swords Main Street area.”
Fingal Chamber of Commerce chief executive Tony Lambert said he hoped the sale would generate new retail activity for all of Main Street. Full Story on Page 6
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Homeowners in Fingal are set to face a dramatic increase in the tax as the value of houses continues to rise
He warned that the tax would “soar uncontrollably unless Government acts”. He said: “Prices across the country, but especially in Dublin, have rebounded as a result of the general
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COUNCILLORS have warned that despite the 15% reduction in the local property tax, homeowners in Fingal are set to face a dramatic increase in the tax as the value of houses continues to rise. This comes on the back of recent figures showing that the price of an average three-bed semidetached house in north county Dublin rose by 15.98% between January and the end of September this year. Cllr Keith Redmond (FG) has warned that councillors will be powerless to prevent the property tax soaring after the upcoming revaluation of house prices in 2016.
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economic recovery. “As a result, when the revaluation of property prices are done in 2016, we will find that prices have increased far beyond 15% of their 2013 values. “This means that the 15% maximum reduction that councillors can impose on the property tax will not cover the revaluation increases and the local property tax will soar uncontrollably.” Under the legislation, there must be a revaluation of house prices in 2016. This will then form the basis of new tax rates. Some property prices have increased by 25-30% since the last valuations were done. “Nobody imagined that the property market would rebound as strongly as it has. We simply didn’t envisage that prices would increase beyond the 15% flexibility afforded to councillors in the legislation. “We’ll have to amend the legislation to prevent unnecessary hikes in
families’ property taxes in 2016. “I want the Minister [for Finance] Michael Noonan, to remove the 15% ceiling on our ability to reduce the property tax. “Local councillors should decide what local property tax level is required to pay for services or else we could be taxing people more than we actually even need.” Dublin 15 has also seen a rise in property value in recent months. Cllr David McGuinness (FF) warned of this increase as far back as May this year. He said: “I completely reject the contention that nobody expected prices to soar as outlined by the Fine Gael councillor. “Fianna Fail warned Government not to impose a market-value property tax because the market can go up as well as down, and the property market had plummeted to rock bottom so the only way was up. “A site-value tax, as
proposed by Fianna Fail, was a far more fair and progressive tax which would have treated Dubliners with more fairness.” A site value tax is based on land value alone. The amenities available in a local area give zoned land and house sites their value. These amenities can include sea views, nearby jobs, schools, public transport, shopping centres, and infrastructure services including road access and connection to sewerage. Site value tax is levied only on this unearned amenity value – never on the improvements made to the site by the current or previous owners. Those site owners with the most amenities, pay the highest tax. Those with the fewest amenities pay the least tax. At time of going to print, the Department of Finance had not responded to a request for comment in relation to the councillors’ statements.
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fundraiser Remember Us seeks patrons
Nora Roban, founder of Remember Us, speaking at the launch of the fundraising effort . Picture: Catch Social Media
Special needs group to get a new centre keith bellew
THE Remember Us special needs group in Balbriggan has announced plans to create a new permanent home for its members. The charity caters for children with special needs from the age of four through to adulthood. Speaking at the launch of its fundraising campaign, founder Nora Roban said: “We need to provide facilities such as wheelchair accessible activity rooms, a sports hall, a sensory room, a permanent games room and a youth cafe-style meeting place, where our members can gather with
their friends and family in a non-intimidating, safe and secure environment.” She announced that a property had been identified that will cost about €600,000. Remember Us is looking to the community to help raise funds. “We are asking businesses to become patrons or friends of Remember Us. And we are also hoping that local community groups will help us by hosting various fundraising events. We know reaching our goal is no small task, however, we do believe we can do it when communities come together.” The Progressive Credit Union has presented the
charity with a cheque for €30,000, bringing the total towards the property to €240,000 Original pieces of art, created by some of the members, were presented to patrons at the launch, one of whom was Cllr Tony Murphy (Ind). Cllr Murphy said: “I’m delighted to be a sponsor of Remember Us. My involvement arises from the decision of Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce to adopt Remember Us as its charity of choice for 2014. The vision outlined by chief executive Nora Roban and director Jean Fitzpatrick was so inspirational that I could not pass up an opportunity to
involve myself with this unique charity. “The group have set themselves a challenging agenda of raising funds to purchase and equip a suitable premises in the locality to help and support children with special needs to achieve their full potential. This premises, which will include a specially designed sensory room, will provide a caring environment and support the children to achieve social integration in the wider community.” Those interested in becoming a patron or friend of Remember Us should call 087 669 2683 or visit www.rememberus.ie for more details.
Spooktacular fun in Kinsealy keith bellew
NZone Sports Creche and Afterschool facility in Kinsealy will be hosting a night of spooktacular fun and games in aid of Trick or Treat for Temple Street on Friday, October 31. Lisa Lawless of NZone said funds raised on the night would go towards “vital projects like rede-
velopment of the renal outpatients and neurology departments. They are also going to help children with epilepsy, spina bifida and meningitis. “Our plan for the day is that all of our staff and all of the children are going to come in fancy dress. We’re going to be doing lots of fun games like bobbing for apples, the usual traditional Halloween games.
We’re going to make scary spaghetti and fun buns that day. We have a huge indoor sports arena, so there will be lots of games and music, and we’re asking every child and parent that comes in to donate €2 for Temple Street.” For more information visit www. facebook.com/nzone.childcare or www.templestreet.ie/event/trickor-treat/
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meeting: good local input about how to improve fishing village
Rush carer is a finalist ELZBIETA Duda, of Rush Nursing Home, is preparing to represent her local community at the Nursing Homes Ireland Care Awards 2014, on November 6. Duda is one of three finalists at the awards in the Nursing Home Carer of the Year category. Nine award categories recognise nurses, carers, ancillary workers, activity co-ordinators, catering in nursing homes, innovation in dementia care, community initiative, and the contribution of residents to nursing home life. Nominees were sought from the NHI’s 360-plus member nursing homes, and nominations were submitted by nursing home residents, visitors to nursing homes, staff and the general public.
Plan aims to bring tourists to Howth keith bellew
Ordinary superman: Calls out to nominate Ireland’s Everyday Hero seven-year-old Oran Richardson from Malahide joined 2FM presenters Jenny Greene and Nicky Byrne in launching the call for nominations for the Everyday Hero Award for the 2014 People of the Year Awards. People are invited to nominate an ordinary person who does an extraordinary thing to make a real difference to people around them, and the winner will be announced at the ceremony live on TV on December 6. Nominations can be made at www.peopleoftheyear.com. Picture: Robbie Reynolds
A PUBLIC consultation meeting about the Howth Village Public Real Scheme organised by Fingal County Council took place recently. The meeting was called to discuss streetscape, transport and other ways to improve Howth as a tourist destination. Deputy Terence Flanagan (RA), who attended the meeting, said: “Fingal County Council organised the consultation evening as a way of getting local residents and public representatives together to discuss the best way forward for Howth. The council is looking at improving Howth amenities and
maximising economic and recreational activity in Howth Village in the coming years. “I was very happy to get the opportunity to take part in the discussion and to hear the views of many of my constituents who were in attendance. Howth residents are very proud of their village and I am glad that the council has sought their views on improvements that can be made to promote Howth to visitors, developing public transport to Howth and in the village itself and enhancing the streetscape such as street furniture and shopfronts.” Cllr Cian O’Callaghan (Ind) said: “Howth has a huge amount of benefits and attractions, like local
heritage, walks and maritime pursuits as well as the local restaurants. But overall the area could be improved quite considerably.” He said this was the first in a series of planned consultations; there had been input from a crosssection of the local community, business owners and public representatives; and it was now a case of establishing what improvements were necessary. “The tricky thing with Howth is that it’s an old town. If you were building a town from scratch you’d have much more space for things like parking, pedestrian [walkways], public transport, cycle ways and things like that.”
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economy ‘Changes indicate there may be better trading’
Politicians welcome sale of town centre keith bellew news@gazettegroup.com
SWORDS Town Centre, which comprises 17 retail units, has been sold for €1,900,000. T he proper ty was sold at a recent Allsop Space auction but for data control reasons the buyers cannot be named. Swords Town Centre is located at Lynnwood just off Main Street. The sale will be welcome news for the town as trade on Main Street has been in decline for a number of years. Trade on the street has suffered because of the recession.
Regenerating of the street and the centre has been a priority with many local representatives. The matter was a key issue during the local elections in May. Deputy Alan Farrell (FG) welcomed the news, and is hopeful the sale will help to create jobs in Swords. He said: “There are a lot of retail premises on Main Street empty, unfortunately. “That’s a sign of the times and the effects of the recession. “The sale of retail units en masse like that is probably a positive, because it will hopeful-
ly result in investment by the owners to bring it up to standard. “It’s the same across pretty much all areas outside of the city centre. “There is a commercial decline, so investment is obviously welcome and hopefully it will result in improvement to the facilities and much needed jobs for Swords.” Cllr Darragh Butler (FF) has been highlighting the plight of Swords Main Street for some time. He said: “It’s good to see any sort of confidence in the Swords Main Street area.
“I’d like to see some of the vacant properties on the street taken over and invested in.” Fingal Chamber of Commerce chief executive Tony Lambert also welcomed the news. He said: “During the recent recession, which was very difficult, trading on Main Street, Swords, was very difficult as [it was] in most other main streets in towns throughout the country. “However, in recent times there have been some changes which would indicate that there is going to be better trading for Main Street, Swords, in the
It is hoped the sale of Swords Town Centre will give a trade boost to Main Street
time ahead. “Weatherspoons have bought the Old Boro pub, which is a huge pub, and what was the Slaughtered Lamb pub has now been bought and is undergoing a multi-million euro over-
haul and will be open before Christmas. “There is also good news in that more units seem to be purchased now, which would give an indication that there is money coming back into the street which
would lead to shops reopening. “The town centre is one of those areas that was recently sold and hopefully this will generate new retail activity for the whole of the Main Street.”
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tidy towns Hard work of volunteers praised
Party celebrates achievements SWORDS Tidy Towns held its end of year party in the Well Bar, Swords, recently, to celebrate all its achievements throughout 2014 These included being shortlisted in the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund competition, the outcome of which will be announced very soon. The group also celebrated
tidying Swords up to standards above the European norm. Chairperson of Swords Tidy Towns Ken Duffy said: “The party is a celebration of the enormous efforts through the year of our hard working volunteers and supporters. “Des Becton, our previous chairperson who passed away last year, was there in spirit
throughout the evening, popping up in a variety of conversations. “A big thank you must go to Joe Savage for sponsoring the lovely food on the night”. He said thanks was also due to Swords ward’s three sitting councillors, Joe Newman (Ind), Darragh Butler (FF), and Adrian Henchy (FF), who “popped in to congratulate us on our success”.
school: cian rewarded for dedication
Electric cars in Green Flag parade keith bellew
S T L AU R E N C E ’ S National School in Baldoyle recently raised its new Green Flag at a ceremony at the school. Third class pupil Cian Donnellan travelled in a parade of electric vehicles through north county Dublin as a reward for his dedication to the environment. Three years ago, when the school was embarking on its green mission, Cian refused a day off school for a prize trip in a Ferrari when it clashed with his first ever green committee meeting for sustainable travel. When Electric Ireland chief executive Pat O’Doherty heard this from Cian’s teacher, Orla Farrell, he was so impressed that he offered to send an electric vehicle to the school so that Cian, his twin sister Hannah and his family could enjoy the transport of the future. This was put on hold to coincide with the school’s Green Flag raising ceremony. Cian and Hannah, both now in third class, were joined by Mayor of Fingal Mags Murray (FF) for the recent parade Each week at St Laurence’s everyone tries to “Walk on Wednesday”.
Pupils and teachers at St Laurence’s national school, who recently raised a new Green Flag in recognition of the school’s committment to biodiversity
Last week, the children at the school and the wider community enjoyed seeing the school’s Green Flag being raised from a car park, which was empty apart from four zeroemission plug-in electric vehicles. Representatives of Nissan Ireland and Windsor Motors, who brought two more five-seater Nissan Leafs to join the parade, explained to the junior infants in their classrooms how the cars never needed petrol but only to be plugged in. The fourth Leaf in the
parade belonged to one of the school’s green committee members. Several teachers at the school also accepted the invitation to test-drive the electric vehicles. Cllr Murray said: “I’ve never been in an electric car before and I couldn’t believe how completely quiet they are.” The guests joined the green committee for a premiere of the school’s new film about biodiversity and learned about the habits of various insects currently living in a laboratory in the second class classroom.
The extensive school gardens feature bug hotels and bird houses under construction as the school is already working towards its next flag in 2016. An Taisce’s green schools education officer Aine O’Loughlin helped the school to secure grant aid for bike facilities installed this year and annual cycle training for senior pupils. She said: “I am so impressed with how far this new school has come when I look at the school’s two bike shelters overflowing.”
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ask the politician A weekly Q&A with local representatives looks Fingal County Council Paul Donnelly (SF)
Ebola is a minor issue due to our health system In an Irish context it’s quite a minor issue. We have a very good health system. In terms of how ebola is transferred and how it’s passed on from person to person, its highly unlikely that we would get anything near what would happen in places like Liberia and Sierra Leone. Even in the context of Nigeria; Nigeria has completely eliminated ebola because there is quite a decent health service. There might be isolated incidents of ebola because of people travelling to and from Africa or places where there is ebola. I think in the context of people contracting it and it becoming a major national issue, I just don’t see that happening. There might be small isolated incidents like in France and Spain, but I don’t see it happening in this country. I think we just have to understand
This week we ask: Is the Government doing enough or do we have the correct procedures in place to deal with the ebola virus should a suspected case/case come to light on these shores?
sdcc Paul Gogarty (Ind)
Public information campaign should be ready to roll to prevent epidemic how it’s transmitted and how you can eliminate it. We have a good health system in place and I’m fairly certain that the health services would be aware of how to deal with it at this stage.
DLR Councillor Neale Richmond (FG)
The threat of infection is minimal at the most You do not need to be a medical professional to understand that ebola is a vicious and a highly infectious virus that has no proven vaccine. However, you do not need to be a medical professional to realise that the threat of ebola to Irish people is minimal at most. Tragically, thousands of people have been infected by ebola in this latest outbreak and at the latest count over 6,000 have lost their lives to the virus. That said, to date, the number of cases in Ireland have been zero while the number of cases in the wider EU have been in single figures. All these cases have also been traced back to source in Africa. Thankfully, one person infected in Europe, a Spanish nurse, has just recently recovered from the disease following intense treatment and isolation in a Madrid hospital. While the WHO is right to look at increased screening, it is equally
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important for these screenings to be primarily focused on geographic areas where the vir us is present and spreading. It is reasonable that healthcare workers will be concerned about risk of transmission to them but the Health Minister, Dr Leo Varadkar, has confirmed that his Department is further stepping up preparedness, in particular training, dry-runs and provision of equipment. There is no reason to believe that hospital emergency departments will be swamped or services overwhelmed. This has not happened to date in any Western country or indeed in more developed African ones, like Nigeria, where an outbreak was successfully contained. Should a case occur, it is likely that there will be only one or two cases and they can be handled in the national isolation unit in the Mater.
All you have to do is to go back to the foot and mouth crisis. The country managed to operate quite well during that period, so I would suspect that if ebola actually hit us then the systems in place would be adequate. The danger of a highly contagious disease like ebola is that it’s harder to manage the general population, while you can have the proper procedures and practices in place, human nature is a lot harder to manage. I have the highest faith in the people who work in the frontline services, but it would still be difficult if an outbreak should happen in this country to try and manage the general population. I think they need to have a plan in place like a public information campaign ready to roll out so should there be an outbreak people will know what to do and what not to in order to prevent it
spreading. The risk of ebola is probably outweighed by the hysteria so anyone who seems to come from West Africa with the flu is going to be a suspect straight away. You can never be too cautious either way, but at the same time you can’t shut down the whole town. I would be more worried about how stuff is managed if and when a case of ebola hits the country. You can do screenings at airports, etcetera but if somebody doesn’t show any symptoms you can’t interfere with their civil liberties on the basis that they may be travelling from a certain continent. International protocols have to be followed and I think Ireland would be tied into a European Union wide processing situation in dealing with ebola should an outbreak occur.
Dublin City Council Cllr Tom Brabazon (FF)
Having one single place to go for treatment in this country is daft I’m absolutely no expert on these matters, but I feel that much more could be done. I think that the use of the Mater Hospital as the single place to go for treatment in this country is daft – at a minimum county centres need to be prepared or planned. I am concerned that if a man or woman or a child becomes infected in west Kerry they would have to travel through several counties and risk infecting others on the way while getting to Dublin. I’m not sure the extent of the risk but it needs to be limited greatly. I think that the Government really needs to do more to educate the population about the dangers of and the method of infection – communication needs to be stepped up with the public. We should
not be planning on an “if” basis but rather on a “when” basis. We also need to look at the putting in place and ensuring we have the capacity ourselves to produce antibodies for the treatment of the infection and detailed plans that the public can buy into that will prevent spreading of the infection. An immediate risk audit for the country should now be undertaken and risk identified reduced to the absolute minimum. I think we should consider strongly looking at stopping flights and shipments to and from heavily affected parts of Africa, unless for humanitarian reasons, and then only with very strict protocols being put in place and to keep this under daily review.
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MINISTER OF HEALTH LEO VARADKAR
Preparation and information are key to prevention THE risk of someone contracting ebola in Ireland is very low. That’s not just my view – that’s also the view of the European Centres for Disease Prevention and other international bodies. Ebola has been around now since the 1970s, so it’s not a new threat. Governments have been aware of ebola for decades now. However, this is certainly the worst outbreak seen in Africa, and it’s important that the Government and all the authorities are prepared. That’s why we are watching developments closely because the situation is changing all the time. So what can we do to make sure we don’t bring ebola to Ireland? And if the unthinkable happens, are we ready? The answer is yes. The Department of Health has been monitoring the situation in West Africa since earlier this year. We’ve been working with the HSE and other Government Departments since then.
The Government Taskforce, of which I am a member, has already met to look at preparations. Meanwhile the National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting once a week. Have a look
I urge everyone of find out more, as there is lots of information available on ebola for the general public and for health professionals. Have a look at www.hpsc.ie for more. You’ll find details forTravellers and people who have returned recently from affected areas. This information has also been sent directly to airports and ports. If you have concerns about a specific individual, ring your local GP. In the unlikely event of ebola occurring in Ireland, cases would be treated in the national isolation unit in the Mater Hospital. The HSE has its own planning team which is increasing the preparedness of all hospitals, training frontline staff and
issuing guidance across the health services. The health service has sent guidelines to acute hospitals on a whole range of issues, including personal protective equipment, how to spot and respond to suspected cases, and how to prevent cross-infection. Hospitals regularly take part in training for infectious diseases, including specific information sessions on ebola. Relevant hospitals have appointed local ebola co-ordinators to manage ebola-related issues. However, the HSE is also taking further measures. This includes developing and updating protocols and training to ensure that all health care workers are prepared and protected when treating any potential case of the disease in Ireland. So, in short, the situation in West Africa is serious. The threat to Ireland is low. But we need to be prepared. And that is our priority.
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MALAHIDE CASTLE: ZOMBIES INVADE LOCAL PARK
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ALAHIDE Castle was invaded by zombies over the weekend as Run For Your Lives took place in the grounds. The “survivor” participants wore three life tags on their belts, and had to overcome
both natural and man-made obstacles through the zombie “infected” zones and reach the safe zone 5km later with at least one life tag remaining. It was an enjoyable, yet spooky, day for all.
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CHARITY: fundraiser for make-A-Wish Foundation Ronan O’Sullivan
Well-wishers leg it for good cause
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he Phoenix Park played host to a spooktacular event recently as hundreds of witches and wizards came to take part in a 5km fun run in aid of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Those who attended included Seamus Finnigan from the Harry Potter film series and TV3’s
Lucy Kennedy. There was a shorter 2.5km option for children to join in too! Susan O’Dwyer, chief executive officer, Make-A-Wish Ireland, said: “This is a fun day out for the whole family and a great opportunity for people to show off their Halloween costumes.
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a day in the life: helen james, dunnes stores home wares designer
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HELEN James is busy designing for Dunnes Stores Home Wares. This week, she tells us about her typical day. “I divide my time between Dublin and Castlepollard, spending Monday to Thursday at the Dublin office, and Friday to Sunday down in Westmeath. “It’s a good balance of city and country life, and I try and get the most out of both. “I wake up about 6.30am, shower and get ready. I make a smoothie using fruit, spinach and seeds, which I pop in my bag and take to work,” she says. Helen gets the Luas every morning and tries to get off a stop or two early as she says a brisk walk in the morning clears the head. “I pop in and grab two Americano coffees on my way, and am at my desk by 8am. The first thing I do is check my emails to see what has happened overnight. “We work with a lot of overseas suppliers and because of the time difference
they answer emails overnight. “I try and answer whatever I can immediately. In the morning, If we are shooting for the website [dunnesstores. com/helenjames], I will be down in the test kitchen, baking and prepping for that. “I usually test all my recipes at home and then bake off final samples in the office the day of the shoot. “If it is not a shoot day, I may have an appointment with a supplier. I will meet food suppliers and brief them with my recipe or test something they have made for me, working with them on any necessary changes. “I love all of our food suppliers, and the passion they have for their product is what makes all of our food so great. We spend a long time perfecting each recipe,” she says. ”For lunch, I will get a salad from somewhere close by, such as Fallon & Byrne or Honest 2 Goodness. “Most days, I eat at my desk and
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Whether in the office or in the company kitchen working on products, Dunnes Stores designer Helen James has a varied working day. Picture: Simon Watsonw
check emails again in the afternoon. I will work on any samples that have arrived, checking colours and specs and giving corrections. “Every detail has to be checked and packaging worked on. Luckily, I have a great team here who work with me on getting everything corrected and approved. “I usually leave the office at 6pm. I will meet a friend for dinner about once a week. I like to stay connected to the
restaurant scene in Dublin, which has exploded in the past few years “We will try somewhere new. Recently, we went to Etto on Merrion Row, which I really loved. “Then it’s home and into bed at about 10pm. I try and read for half an hour before going to sleep, otherwise I am designing products and testing recipes in my sleep!” James’s home ware range Considered is now available in Dunnes Stores.
THE Irish Hospice Foundation is hosting an evening of remembrance on Thursday, November 6. This is a free public information event allowing people to hear about aspects of loss and bereavement which may help them to understand aspects of their own loss. At the event, Michael Harding, Irish short-story writer, novelist and playwright, will talk about Living with Loss, and his observations on Irish society and bereavement. Throughout the evening there will be videos and an opportunities to meet and find out about bereavement support services operating in the Dublin area. This free event about bereavement is hosted by the Irish Hospice Foundation, and sponsored by Fanagans Funeral Directors. It will take place from 5.30pm to 8.30pm at the Alexander Hotel, Fenian Street. For further information, contact Iris Murray of the Irish Hospice Foundation at 01 679 3188, or see www.hospicefoundation.ie and www. bereaved.ie.
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dublinlife We’d be lion if we said she isn’t cute DUBLIN Zoo has just welcomed a fierce new arrival – an Asian lion cub. The latest addition to the zoo is a female, and she joins Kuno, a male lion cub that was born in the zoo at the beginning of summer. There are fewer than 350 Asian lions in the world, making the new births even more signifi-
cant. The lion club was born to mother Sita, who came from Mulhouse Zoo in France in 2012, and dad Kumar, who came to Dublin Zoo from Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands last year Dublin Zoo is inviting the public to suggest a name for the new arrival, based on her Asian origin. Name suggestions can be
submitted through the Dublin Zoo Facebook page at www.facebook. com/dublinzoo. Ciaran McMahon, a zoo team leader, said: “The female cub is settling in very well. At two months old, she now weighs an estimated 6kg and has developed a strong bond with mum, Sita.”
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there’s summit up on the web THE glitterati of the tech world are due to descend on Dublin for a fourth annual web summit. However, the threeday event that starts on November 4 is spreading its wings beyond the world of technology this year. So-called “satellite summits” will also be held at the same time in the RDS, covering themes such as film, food and music. Founded by entrepreneurial trio Paddy Cosgrave, Daire Hickey and David Kelly, the event has grown to become one of the biggest markings on the tech calendar. This year’s speakers include the founder of dating app Tinder, Sean Rad; Jay Bregman, who founded the taxi-hailing app Hailo, and Drew Houston, the founder of Dropbox. Also on the bill this year is Hollywood star Eva Longoria. The pintsized beauty will give a presentation on “angelinvesting”.
The public are invited to name this Asian lion cub born at Dublin Zoo, relaxing here with her mother, Sita. With Asian lions an endangered species, her birth was of particular significance. Picture: Patrick Bolger
A secretive surf summit is also being held the day after Web Summit 2014. It is an invite-only event but anyone can apply at www. websummit.net.
a lidl look at christmas fare LIDL held their Christmas event last week and a plethora of celebrities and foodies made their way to Smock Alley Theatre at Wood Quay
to sample all that the store has to offer this upcoming holiday season. Tom Doorley, Sean Musanje and Nuala Carey were among some of the famous faces who tucked into crab claws in garlic butter, smoked salmon, cheeses and meats as well as an array of delicious desserts. The crowd were serenaded by a female trio dressed in seasonal red, while Santa posed for photos with guests in his sleigh. Cocktails flowed, as did the prosecco and mulled wine. It was all a bit strange to see in October, but – never one to miss a good party – The Diary coped.
Get on down to damn the circus Home-grown and world-renowned acrobatic duo Tumble Circus brings its critically acclaimed show for adults Damn the Circus to the Civic Theatre on Saturday, November 8. With gravity defying trapeze, hula-hoops, jug-
gling, acrobatics and silks, Damn the Circus is a tale about making the dream of circus and its hard annoying reality. With its dazzling blend of theatre, red nose slapstick, poetry and daring acrobatics, Damn the Circus showcases Irish contemporary circus at its finest – funny, flexible and refreshingly honest. Recipient of Best Circus Show at the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2012 for its acclaimed recent show This is What We Do for a Living, Tumble Circus has toured extensively throughout Ireland, Europe and Australia to packed audiences. Ken Fanning and Tina Segner formed the circus and theatre company in 1998 and Ursula Burns, the most dangerous harpist in the world, joins them to supply the soundtrack for Damn the Circus. To win a pair of tickets, go to the Gazette Facebook page, www. face book.com/DublinGazetteNewspapers and Twitter page, www.twitter.com/DublinGazette.
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ESCAPE THE MAYHEM ESCAPE THE MAYHEM: ACTRESS HILDA FAY
Getting into the role is a way of relaxing BAIRBRE NI BHRAONAIN
ACTRESS Hilda Fay has a very busy schedule nowadays as she is currently rehearsing for a tour of the popular Elaine Murphy play, Little Gem. K nown across the country for her longstanding role as Tracy in the popular RTE soap, Fair City, The Gazette spoke to Fay about her favourite ways to unwind, and what she considers the best method to escape the mayhem of her busy life. “There’s no escaping anything for me at the moment, because I’ve a three-year-old and a fouryear-old, so that’s pretty full-on.
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“Then I’ve a theatre career at night, and when their [the children’s] daddy comes in, I’ll go out at night to do my show. “I suppose that’s my form of escapism: my work, because I love to get knowledge of different characters and different eras in history, and escape into their lives. That’s the interesting thing about being an actor,” she said. “There are other things I do to try and relax as well. I think exercise is a big thing for me and when I get the chance, I love bikram yoga. “I’m a big fan of that because I danced for years and I love the stretch it
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gives you, as I think it’s a lovely thing to be flexible in your body. I find that really relaxing. “Also, when I’m not working, I like to paint, which I find really cathartic and therapeutic. I paint abstract expression-
ist stuff and throw paint at canvases and create blocks of colour, that sort of thing. “It’s very basic, and I’d never show anybody, but it’s something I like to do. If I wasn’t an actor I would have loved to go to art college. “I paint with the children, too; they love it. The first thing I did when I had children was to put in a big shelf and drawers and get lots of paints, so there’s a big arts and crafts section in the house!” Fay will appear in Little Gem in The Civic Theatre in Tallaght from November 25 to 29, and from December 3 to 5 at The Pavilion Theatre in Dun
Laoghaire. On her role and the play, Fay said: “The play is about a year in the life of three generations of women. It’s really about the complex relationship between mothers and daughters; it’s really funny and really sad. “When we first did it in 2008 in Tallaght, it took on a life of its own and won the Best of Edinburgh [Theatre Festival] award over hundreds of other plays [with] this little Irish play about three working-class Irish women. “Since then, it has been in production all over the world; it’s a phenomenon,” she said.
Actress Hilda Fay is delighted with her gem of a role
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business Self-employment for 260 unemployed SELF-EMPLOYMENT could be the solution for more than 250 unemployed Dubliners. Ignite Training, a sixmonth training scheme to prepare people for launching and running their own business, is seeking 260 partici-
pants. The free scheme will provide expertise in every aspect of starting a business, from website building to sales. A personal business coach will be provided for each participant. Over the six months,
the budding entrepreneurs are also able to take part in a “trial trading” initiative. This will allow them to test their idea in a real business environment. Those who wish to get a place on the scheme must be out of work and
claiming social welfare payments for a period of 311 days. Those who take part will not lose out on any of their benefit payments. QEDtraining conducts the scheme, which is funded by the Government.
ned brennan, respond!
Trying to build greater property rights for all CURRENTLY employed as chief operations officer with Respond! Housing Association, Ireland’s leading housing charity, Ned Brennan represents both Respond! and the housing sector on a variety of different bodies. He is an accredited member (teacher) of the Teaching Council
of Ireland, and a member of the National Education Team since 2012. Ned has been a volunteer leader in scouting for the past 30 years and is currently group leader and scout leader of Youghal Scout Group. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening, hill walking and outdoor pursuits.
Jim Toal, managing director, Fairdo: “Even our standard window locks incorporate shoot bolts, hinge-claws and upgraded defender hinges – making them impossible to breach”
How long have you been in business?
Respond! is Ireland’s leading notfor-profit housing association. We seek to create a positive future for people by alleviating poverty and creating vibrant, socially-integrated communities. Respond! was established in 1982 and has built more than 5,400 homes nationwide, providing homes for traditional families, lone-parent families, older persons, the homeless and people with disabilities.
What makes your business successful?
Over the past 30 years, Respond! Housing Association has become part of the social fabric of Ireland [We] believe in providing housing for social investment rather than for financial profit, and generate outcomes that have long-term social benefits. This is achieved by providing access to education, childcare, community development programmes, housing and other supports.
What do you offer your clients that differs from your competitors?
Respond! has always aimed to build communities, not just houses. We believe the provision of housing is only the first step in the creation of vibrant, integrated communities, and believe in investing time and resources in initiatives that will benefit and generate outcomes that
have long-term benefits within our communities. Respond! College is committed to the development of education that strengthens the community and housing sector. How has the recession impacted your business?
There has been a massive reduction in capital spending on housing over the past number of years, from a high of just over €1.7bn in 2008 to just under €580m in 2013. The number of people looking for housing has increased, and over the past number of years, due to the social housing funding decrease, the required housing stock build has not taken place.
What law or regulation would you change overnight to help your business?
While property rights are protected in the Constitution, there is no specific provision to protect the right of a citizen to a home – an anomaly the Convention on the Constitution wants corrected. Respond! supports this call and believes that everyone should have a constitutional right to a home. The absence of this right is felt most keenly by those on housing waiting lists, with 89,872 people on housing waiting lists, as of year-end 2013. A constitutional “right to a home” would reflect Respond’s value system and mission to prevent hardship and distress among those in need.
property: specialist windows, doors available
A ‘burglar-proof’ way to help thwart crooks
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A DUBLIN firm has just launched Ireland’s first range of “burglar-proof” windows and doors. A combination of highsecurity locks makes the windows impenetrable say Fairco, the company behind the new range. Jim Toal, managing director of Fairco, said: “Even our standard window locks incorporate shoot bolts, hinge-claws and upgraded defender hinges – making them impossible to breach.” The company is offering customers an insurance-backed guarantee
against intrusion. Toal added: “Because there is no ‘give’ in the locks, hinges, hinge guards or the sash and frame, the window won’t open but more than likely it will be damaged in any attempted breakin, and will need to be replaced. “In that instance, Fairco will pay your insurance deductible to the value to €1,000, give you €1,000 towards the cost of replacement, and also pay you €1,000 for the inconvenience suffered.” The changing nature of Irish thefts inspired
the company to develop their new so-called Lifestyle range. Toal said: “The traditional oppor tunist burglar spends between 90 seconds and four minutes trying to gain entry into a home. If he doesn’t, he will move on. “Recently, we have encountered a different type of burglar, who monitors his victims carefully. “The average alarm doesn’t deter him, and he has all the tools of the trade to break and enter into an average home, regardless whether an
alarm is fitted or not. “However, we feel that our burglar-proof window range will not be penetrated by either category of intruder.” The company’s products have been awarded a PAS 24 certificate, which means they satisfy minimum British security standards. Fairco Windows and Doors operates at three locations around Dublin – at Terenure, Santry and Kilbarrack. The company employs 32 people, and has approximately 10,000 customers around the city.
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Out and About by UK artist Ernest Procter which inspired Irish author Kevin Barry. Picture: National Gallery of Ireland
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A word about Irish art keith bellew
TO MARK the 150th anniversary of the National Gallery of Ireland, 56 Irish writers have contributed written works inspired by paintings from the gallery to an anthology, Lines of Vision: Irish Writers on Art. Earlier this month, an exhibition displaying the featured works that inspired the writers was formally opened by President Michael D Higgins in the gallery’s Millennium Wing. The exhibition, which will remain open until April 12 next year, displays master European paintings by artists such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Caillebotte, as well as works by Irish artists such as Francis Danby, James Arthur O’Connor, and Gerard Dillon
This week, The Gazette spoke to Lines of Vision curator Janet McLean about the exhibit. She said: “It’s a collection of 56 Irish writers who have selected a picture from the National Gallery of Ireland’s collection, and have written either a piece of memoir, a poem or a short story inspired by it. “We also have an exhibition displaying all the works of art that the writers have selected, so it’s a really eclectic mix of pictures of pretty well-known paintings by artists such as Vermeer and Caravaggio. “Then we have paintings that may not have been seen for many years that artists managed to find in old stores, so it’s a real mix, with Italian paintings from the 15th century right up to con-
temporary Irish artist Alice Maher. “The range of artists and writers is really broad; we have quite a lot of Dublin writers, and then we have writers right across from John Montague to Donal Ryan, so it really expands the age range as well, and people from different parts of the island of Ireland. “The exhibition is more about celebrating the people who come to the gallery. The gallery has had a really strong connection with Irish writers, such as WB Yeats. “A lot of Irish writers were actually employed here, and George Bernard Shaw gave a third of the royalties from all his work to the gallery,” she said. “We have a really great programme of events on, most of which are free. “We have a lot of talks with writers,
and workshops which have been going really well. “People can come in and listen to the talks for free; it brings a bit of life to the city. “In the exhibition space, we are showing a film by Areaman Productions. “It focuses on six writers, including Paula Meehan and John Montague, and shows them at their home or in their studies talking about how they write and why they chose the pictures. “That brings the whole project to life and puts a human face on it as well,” said McLean. For further information on Lines of Vision and its associated exhibitions, see www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson.
The Gazette Newspaper has teamed up with Dogs Trust to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs. Our Dog of the Week is Kim, a five-year-old Lurcher cross. Kim has come a long way since she first arrived at Dogs Trust, emaciated and also heavily pregnant. Kim gave birth to five gorgeous babies, to whom she was a fab Mammy. They’ve all been rehomed to loving homes now, so it’s definitely Kim’s turn now. Our canine carers have invested a lot of time into helping Kim grow, both physically and in her confidence, so a new family would need to be happy to continue with this. She gets on great with other dogs and just loves to play with her toys! If you think you could offer Kim her forever home, please call Dogs Trust on 01 879 1000 or pop into the centre. They are based in Finglas, just off exit 5 on the M50. You can also find them on Facebook www.facebook. com/dogstrustirelandonline or Twitter @DogsTrust_IE. Treats and toys are always welcome too!
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IT’S not every day you get to see how jewellery is made, so when you step through the doors of Stonechat Jewellers (right) in the Westbury Mall, the open workshop is a magnet for curious minds. For the past two and half years, Stonechat Jewellers, owned by Ann Chapman (above), has been offering fine handmade jewellery sourced both locally and across Europe. A recent move to premises just across from its first smaller premises in the same mall has given Chapman the chance to engage more
with customers by showing off their skills through the workshop that can be seen when walking by the premises. Speaking to Gazette Style about their new premises, Chapman said the bigger space is “much better”, and now they have room for two work benches, meaning they are able to produce more. “It is a bigger area, and it’s so open with the lovely big windows – I am delighted with it. “We are able to produce more and we have far more cabinets for display.” The novelty of having a workshop in clear view has enticed new customers to come in and have a
look around at the pieces on offer. “They love it. It is unusual. In the last shop we had the workshop in the back of the shop, not thinking what was the best way to do [showcase] it – it just didn’t fit over there.
Highlight “We noticed people were coming and they weren’t even noticing that we were doing the work in-store, so I really wanted to highlight that more, because when people did notice it, it was the most important factor,” said Chapman. “Now, when people see us, they come past the window and come in
just to have a look. That is what I want – I really want it to be accessible to everybody. “When you have a focal point like that, people feel less pressured about coming in because they are happy to come in and look at the workshop and see pieces being made, rather than feeling intimidated coming into a shop.” Apart from her own designs, which comprise 40% of the store’s produce, Stonechat – which has four people working in the jewellers, including a resident goldsmith – also tailors for customer designs and redesigning old jewellery. “We do a lot of bespoke
[work]. It might be something that people don’t have a clue what they want, but they know they want something different, or it might be that they have an idea. “We sit down with them and tell them what
will work, what can be done and what can’t, and we make suggestions and just build on their idea and go from there,” said Chapman. For those who haven’t seen the modern and contemporar y styles
available at Stonechat, Gazette Style offers a preview of their Christmas stock above. Stonechat is located at Nos 3-4 in the Westbury Mall, Dublin 2. For further information, see www. stonechatjewellers.ie.
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BRRRRRR, you can feel the winter wind starting to creep in, sings that warm, durable jackets are needed to make sure the cold doesn’t get the best of us. Gone are the days when warm jackets were more like lagging jackets used to keeping water cylinders warm. Now there is style and warmth to be had. Such jackets have made their rounds over the past number of autumn/winter seasons, and it seems that the
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Beauty shorts Steamcream is a lot gentler than its name ON HEARING about Steamcream, Gazette Style was a little taken aback, thinking it was a new method of an old-skool steam facial requiring a bucket, hot water, herbal oils and a towel over the head – luckily, it’s not. Steamcream is the latest concept in skincare that can be used on the face, body and hands, and it’s suitable for all skin types. The hand-made moisturiser has natural ingredients such as orange flower water, organic jojoba oil, lavender essential oil, cocoa butter, almond oil, oatmeal infusion and rose
absolute, which are fused together by a shot of steam. This method allows for an effective lightweight cream that is intensely moisturising. This product has a great smell that is like something straight out of a beauty treatment room. The texture is lightweight, glides on and absorbs nicely and easily into the skin for lasting hydration. It’s a veganfriendly cream which comes in a beautiful, eco-friendly tin (such as Purity, left). Steamcream is available at Rosanna Crothers, Donnybrook and also at Bijoux Beauty Salon, Goatstown. It retails at €16.50.
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Gary Quinn of the Fish Market in Blanchardstown
Fabulous fish filleter is in the final five Gary Quinn of the Fish Market in Blanchardstown has been selected for the Final of Bord Iascaigh Mhara Young Fishmonger of the Year 2015. He has been shortlisted to be amongst the final five contestants that will be put through a tough test of his filleting skills and seafood knowledge which will be held on November 11 and 12 in Clonakilty, County Cork. Quinn has had six surprise visits from the BIM panel of judges who assessed him on his fish display, fish knowledge, shop atmosphere and to talk to his customer base to check out why they return to the Fish Market week after week. Quinn’s achievement is all the more special as it gives the Fish Market the unique distinction of making it to the final of the competition two years in succession. He trained as a chef and developed his culinary skills in some of the leading food establishments in the country including L’Ecrivain, Michelin Star restaurant and famous five-star establishments such as The Shelbourne Hotel and the Fitzwilliam Hotel, Dromoland Castle and The Sheen Falls Lodge in Kenmare. Since Quinn and his business associate, George Stephens, opened the Fish Market in 2008, business has gone from strength to strength. They now have three shops in Mullingar, Maynooth and Blanchardstown. The judges were impressed by both the counter display and the large variety of fish/seafood species on offer. They also commented on the wide range of oven-ready and ready-to-go products like fish pies, chowders and cook-in-the-bag fresh fish with Quinn’s own gluten-free homemade marinades and dressings. The Fish Market is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm and open late on Thursday and Friday until 7pm.
Vanessa Murphy from Muldoon Irish Whiskey which was awarded a Gold
Koh’s stickyrice with mango was matched with Alltech’s Pearse
Medal at the 2014 Irish Whiskey Awards
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Whiskeys galore! mimi murray
The Round Room in The Mansion House was the setting for this year’s Whiskey Live show on October 24. T h e e ve n t b r i n g s together whiskeys from around the world with some food tastings from a couple of Dublin restaurants. Etto and Koh matched some savoury and sweet fare with the appropriate whiskeys and I was given a lesson in how whiskey can actually complement food. T he Round Room was abuzz with whiskey enthusiast, with hundreds of bottles on display. If you were so inclined you could have left the building on a stretcher but it seemed that everyone was being well behaved and drinking sensibly! I began by sampling Koh’s stickyrice with mango which was matched with Alltech’s
Pearse Lyon Reserve, a wicked combo. This whiskey is distilled in dual copper pot stills from Scotland for a smooth taste. Next up was their sticky pork wrapped in Beatle leaves matched with Connemara single malt. This was a taste explosion and left a truly spicy taste on the palate. Next I tried one of Etto’s dishes, a devilled egg with nduja and rye matched with a Celtic Cask naoi peated and finished in Madeira barrels. This whiskey is 13 years old and only 311 bottles were produced. Finally, I saved the best pairing for last. This was a chocolate pot with fino marinated raisins and honeycomb complemented by Dubliner Liqueur whiskey with white chocolate liqueur. T h e r e we r e m a ny other whiskeys on offer including Irish, Scottish, American and
Japanese. Whiskey master classes ran throughout the day and a number of the new Irish distillers were there talking about their plans for the future and sampling their poitins and gins. Organiser Ally Alpine of the Celtic Whiskey Shop said: “This is the fourth year of Whiskey Live Dublin, an event that has grown in popularity year on year. “All whiskey philes are welcome to sample popular and unusual whiskeys as well as some lovely pairings of whiskeys and gourmet dishes. “The weekend coincides with the Irish Whiskey Awards, which take place earlier during the week, so many award winners, and gold medal winners will be in attendance at the event. “Every year there are new whiskeys to discover as the industry is really exploding in Ire-
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MIDWEEK BLISS: FINE VIEWS, FINE FOOD
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Find your cosy on picturesque Ardmore Bay MIMI MURRAY
THUNDER, lightning and torrential rain is not my favourite kind of weather. Unless I am holed up somewhere cosy, with fires roaring and a good movie on the box or a stock pile of delicious food and wine, making it possible not to venture outdoors for a long time. We were greeted with the aforementioned weather on a recent midweek trip to Ardmore in Waterford. Luckily, we were staying in the supremely cosy Cliff House Hotel. The Cliff House overlooks Ardmore Bay and I was feeling slightly concerned that the views would be obscured, however we settled in for a night of amazing light shows as the lightning struck Helvick Head, directly across the bay. We dined in the house restaurant on our first night, with lights flickering and candles burning, with all of this only adding to the spellbinding
atmosphere. House has a coveted Michelin star and the restaurant is run with great precision by chef Martjin Kajuiter. He makes a plate look like a work of art and several of our courses looked almost too good to eat. From Bantry Bay organic salmon for starter: ballotine, iced, marinated, cured, preserved cucumber, Irish garden beetroot, horseradish, oak smoke to rose veal with scallion, broad beans, gnocchi and morel for main course, with lots of adventurous plates in between, we were left in awe. After a night of relaxation over a couple of old fashioneds, we went for a brisk stroll around the head with a local forager, who pointed out plenty of the food that had made it on to our plates the previous evening. Andrew really knows how to live off the land and his local knowledge knows no bounds. Not to be passed up whilst in the hotel is the Well Spa, which offers stunning views of the bay,
as you are having your massage, facial or body treatment. I plumped for a full body massage and for the first time in ages, totally chilled out. The sea air, mixed with the essential oils, was a drug so powerful, I dozed off. Afterwards we whiled away a few hours in the swimming pool, sauna, steam room and outdoor hot tub. Whilst staying in the Cliff House, we also sampled the bar food, and the menu is bursting with fishy fare. I tried the crab claws while my mum went for a smoked salmon salad. It’s also worthwhile sampling from the cocktail list during your stay. With a three-course dinner in the Bar Restaurant, use of the charming hotel spa, and breakfast on both mornings, a twonight stay at The Cliff House costs from €450 for two people sharing, Sunday to Thursday inclusive. Subject to availability. For more info, visit www.thecliffhousehotel. com or call 024 87800 to book.
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CRYSTAL Ski Holidays has announced the launch of an industry-leading technology programme that will transform holiday experiences for Crystal customers across its overseas destinations. As well as this, they also introduced their Guide to the Mountain (above) – a comprehensive 188-page guide; jam-packed with winter holiday inspiration, covering 119 resorts worldwide. This winter, iPads loaded with custom-built software will be made available to the company’s 700 overseas employees to help them to deliver a personalised and real-time service to Crystal customers. The service will include a pre-departure video call from the resort team to the customer to discuss all elements of their upcoming holiday. Online info packs will provide in-depth advice and resort tips, local resort teams will send up-to-date snow conditions to customers’ mobile devices, and in most resorts, Crystal’s holidaymakers will arrive at the ski hire shop where their skis and boots will be ready and waiting for them, avoiding the queues. Also this winter, version two of the Crystal Ski Explorer app, released this winter, is designed to help customers get the most out of their mountain holiday, displaying the latest information about resorts, snow, and ski routes. For further information, see www.crystalski.ie.
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Every plot has a tale to tell Sometimes the easiest things to overlook are the ones that can be the most important. Take Glasnevin Cemetery, the subject of a new documentary film: One Million Dubliners. The iconic O’Connell tower is familiar to anyone living in the capital, and for most folk settled in Dublin it is likely that they know someone interred within its long grey walls. As the title suggests, there are almost as many dead buried (around 1.5 m, but maybe that doesn’t sound as snappy) in the 124 acres of the cemetery as there are people living in the city. And yet it remains a place almost permanently in the background of our lives. The work of Underground Films (the same people who brought the Rossport and Shell Oil standoff to our screens in 2010’s The Pipe), One Million Dubliners may not seem to offer the same amount of immediate conflict or drama, but it quickly becomes evident that there are multiple layers of depth at play.
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Ostensibly the film traces the evolution of the cemetery, from its emergence against a background of penal laws and partiality, through its popularity after the War of Independence, to the non-denominational melting pot that it has become today – a space where young and old, rich and poor, religious and non-religious all end up side-by-side. As fascinating as Glasnevin’s origins are, there is so much more than a history lesson on offer here. Director Aoife Kelleher has done a stupendous job of weaving intricate and intimate strands of story together to create something that feels truly profound. The film gently moves into other facets of life (and death) at the cemetery, including some of the quirkier elements like
the infatuation attached to revolutionary figures, particularly Michael Collins - whose grave attracts reverent admirers from around the world, some of whom have visited several times a year for decades. Then there’s an insight into the inner workings of the death industry – the practicalities of plot planning, the challenge of restoration projects, and the necessity of maintaining a steady income following the economic collapse. There is also the nuts and bolts business of cremation and burial, with incredibly insightful interviews from workers who have built their careers in the business. It is within these interviews that the film shifts gear from being a documentary about a place, to being a documentary that explores greater notions of tradition and transcendence, belief and non-belief, and ultimately how we choose to live and die as individuals. The day-to-day stories from the tour guides and the graveside mourners emerge as the real heart of the film.
There are rare moments when a piece of art seems to capture something beyond itself - when the constituent elements at play all seem to line up perfectly, and this is undoubtedly one of them. One Million Dubliners is a prime example of how film can be so much more than just a medium that carries information or entertainment – a film can be as potent as a deathbed conversation or as intimate as a final kiss. And as well as showcasing an aspect of reality, a well-crafted film like this can challenge you to change it. One Million Dubliners is one of the most surprising and poignant films of the year. It may be a little inaccurate to say that you only live once – you have a chance to live every day, but you only die once. So for those of us still possessing the luxury of choice, do yourself a favour and put going to see One Million Dubliners at the top of your bucket list. Verdict: 10/10
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NUTRITION: WORK OUT WELL BY KNOWING HOW TO EAT WELL
The basics and benefits of a whey protein supplement SUZANNE SHEEHY
WORKING out exactly how to eat and how to train isn’t easy and many gym-goers struggle. As someone who trains regularly, I decided a long time ago to start taking protein shakes. They fit well into my lifestyle and replace the odd meal or snack when nutritious food is not available following my workout. Whether you want to get bigger and stronger, or indeed slimmer and fitter, you are probably wondering if protein shakes will help you achieve that desirable look. To help you make your decision, I consulted Andy Cullen, Bodyfirst nutrition manager (www.bodyfirst.ie). What is whey protein?
Whey protein is produced by taking and filtering whey which is a by-product of cheese production. It is extremely high in protein and low in fat and carbohydrates. Its main purpose is to be used as a dietary supplement. Who is whey for?
Whey protein can
be consumed by virtually anyone (usually I would advise ages 16 and upwards). Whey is used as a dietary supplement for those individuals that have low levels of protein in their diets. It is mainly used by people with active lifestyles, athletes, and gym-goers. Whey is also used by elderly people to supplement protein in their diet to help maintain muscle.
• Helps muscles recov-
• Whey isolates vs whey concentrates: Whey isolates are more expensive to produce and higher in quality as they are filtered more than whey concentrates. This means whey isolates are purer and therefore have more protein and even fewer carbohydrates and fat than whey concentrates. • Check the macro
Will protein shakes help gym-goers achieve the physique that they desire?
nutrients per 100g of dry powder, whey proteins with levels of >78g of protein per 100g are top quality. How much protein per day?
• Generally between 1.5-2.5 grams of protein per kg of bodyweight per day Food vs protein powder
• Food is better than protein powders once the meal is of good quality, eg chicken/rice/veg • Protein is used as a
supplement to compensate for lack of protein in a diet, so people may use it to reach their daily protein goals, as a healthy snack/ treat, and most commonly post workout or exercise as they will digest it more quickly than a full meal. I use them only post workout and then as a snack if I’m in a rush but I consume six to seven meals a day as well. Timing
• Post workouts • As a substitute for snacks
• Breakfast – in smoothies, protein pancakes Getting fat on protein
• You can’t get fat on protein, your body will only use what it needs and then it will get rid of the rest. Although real food still rules, taking a protein supplement has many added benefits. But the only way to find out how beneficial protein can be for you, is to try it for yourself!
Blood test is helping those with food intolerances IT HAS been a busy few years for Nurse Jincy and her family. Two years ago, Jincy and her husband Jerry, and children Chris and Darren became Irish citizens – of which they are very proud. But much more significantly, the health of her youngest son, Darren, has improved drastically thanks to a simple pinprick blood test. Ever since he was born, Darren has suffered from poor health. Jincy, who is a nurse working at a Dublin Hospital, spent much time worrying about her youngest son because he suffered from acute diarrhoea, regular chest infections and eczema.
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Jincy said: “Darren suffered from bad eczema but he also had very bad problems with diarrhoea. He would have six to seven bowel movements a day and the situation was not getting any better.” Suffered
He also suffered from very bad chest infections. The chest infections and bronchitis resulted in him being rushed to A&E units during the night. We would be awake listening to his breathing and you could hear his rattling chest.” That all changed last year when a friend
recommended a food intolerance test. Darren took the YorkTest - a simple pin prick blood test and awaited the results. The laboratory test revealed that Darren was intolerant to a swathe of different foodstuffs, including yeast, carrots, egg yolk, dairy, egg white, nut mix, beef and corn. “We cut out all Darren’s trigger foods which at first was quite difficult but we received help and support from the YorkTest nutritional therapist. Within a month I could see the change in my little boy – his bowel movements became regular and his chest improved dramatically.”
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LEARNING ABOUT FOOD LABELS Motivation Weight Management in association with McCambridge breads has just announced a first series of label reading talks entitled Understanding Labels for a healthier, leaner and longer life. The evening talks will be given by consultant dietician to Motivation, Aveen Bannon and will take place across Dublin (November 4-6), Cork, Kerry and Galway (November 11, 12 and 13). For more information and to register for a talk log onto www.motivation.ie/ labelreading.html (note full reference needed including html)
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MUSIC OUT&ABOUT FASTtunes 2manyLiveshows! Let there be rock, and A mini-gig guide behold, there is rock ALBUM ROUND-UP: THERE’S DEFINITELY A THEME EMERGING...
WITH FAR too many gigs coming up in the city, it’s like throwing a cow at a barn door trying to pick out which ones are going to be extra special, so here is FastTunes’ guide to some of the diverse and best shows coming to town in the coming weeks. First of all, there are the magnificent Henry Girls, pictured below, who are taking a special guest slot with Clannad at their upcoming date at the Olympia on November 2. It’s well worth getting along to the show early to see Karen, Lorna and Joleen in action, their nu-folk stylings are irresistible and they bring in elements of Americana, bluegrass and trad to their music. Tickets and more details can be found on Clannad’s website, and there is a great interview with The Henry Girls on The AAP Podcast (theaapnetwork.libsyn.com). In a similar vein, local alt-country stars in the making Stephen Young And The Union are playing at Abner Brown’s in Rathmines on November 1 as they make their way around the country on a short tour as they prepare to release their sophmore album, Eagle Fort Rumble. If debut single Duty Free 200 is anything to go by, it should be a fine gig, with The Union adding a new rockier edge to their sound that marks them out as ones to watch. For more information, log on to www.sytumusic.com. And if all the tickets are not yet snapped up, it behoves you to act now and get along to see the eternal Sleater Kinney when they play Vicar Street on March 25. The classic indie band are back on the scene after a too-long hiatus and their new single, Bury Our Friends, precedes new album No Cities to Love. out on January 20 on Sub Pop.
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THERE IS a wind of change blowing through the musical firmament at the moment, and it is all about the rock. After the arrival on the scene of Brighton’s Royal Blood, who tore up the Academy at their incendiary show there recently, the wave of acts, both legacy and brand new, picking up guitars and pedals instead of decks and samplers is turning into a tsunami. Fittingly, this resurgence arrives just as expanded editions of some of the best rock records of all time get prestige re-releases. Following the success of the reissuing of their first three classic albums, Led Zeppelin’s IV and Houses Of The Holy are now available having been remastered by Jimmy Page, and bolstered by a variety of formats and essential additional features for each vinyl, CD and digital edition. The ubiquitous IV, arguably the greatest rock album of all time and undoubtedly one of the best selling, and Houses each arrive with a disc of unreleased alternate takes on each of the tracks, in order, which provides a fascinating insight into how those individual songs
Past, present and future of rock: Led Zeppelin in their prime and, inset, the legendary Prince and White Lung
that have soundtracked so many lives since their release evolved to become timeless classics. Another legend taking up the guitar to roar back into the public consciousness is the master of purples, Prince. Having been making music and playing live as relentlessly as ever over recent years, but not significantly appearing on any charts, Prince has had something of a creative resurgence in the last year and a half. Playing “hit and run” gigs with the magnificent Third Eye Girl band, he has reignited his love affair with the guitar and it pays massive dividends
on his duo of releases, Plectrum Electrum and Art Official Age, easily his most consistent and rewarding sets for many years. I’ve always said Prince was easily the best rock guitarist on the planet and there is no arguing with that on Plectrum Electrum, as he tears through the tough blues of Wow and FixUrLifeUp. Think the guitar overdriven The Cross from Sign O The Times, but with a playful energy that comes from aligning with new backing trio, Hannah Welton, Ida Nielsen and Donna Grantis. On Art Official Age, there is more of the tra-
ditional funk and R&B influences you would expect from Prince, and the presence of FunkNRoll on both releases is indicative of the ongoing crossover appeal and undiminished potential of one of the living alltime greats. Just pray that the live show favourites Let’s Go Crazy and She’s Always In My Hair get a release in some format somewhere down the line. After Prince and Third Eye Girl’s illustration of the power of women in music to take it to the next level, things go to even more powerful extremes with Vancouver powerpunks White Lung, whose Deep Fan-
tasy is the one album you’ve not heard that should unquestionably be on your shopping list. Taking a major leap forward from their previous release, Sorry, this is high-precision polished riff-heavy rock that hits all the right spots in terms of impact and melody. As well as their debt to the legacy of Courtney Love and Hole, there is a strong Husker Du and Nirvana influence, but they are very much their own band, and the brevity of the album - no track longer than three minutes, each one simmering and direct - makes it a hard-hitting tune-laden must-buy.
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MOTORINGARTS theatre: respectable take on the importance of being Wilde
A celebration of Oscar Wilde’s life Bairbre Ni Bhraonain
THE life of Oscar Wilde is as fascinating as any fictional work he created over his career as a writer. Wilde himself knew this, and once remarked that he put his genius into his life and only his talent into his writing. This may seem lamentable to some, but Wilde, through his notorious life, has given us not only a literary legacy but has passed into the realm of folklore, so entertaining and varied are the stories that are attributed to him throughout his life. Such a life is therefore a story worth telling, and
anything that reminds us of Wilde – such as The Importance of Being Wilde, currently on at Powerscourt Theatre – is welcome. The play is an odd amalgam of incidents from Wilde’s life, from his initial realisation that he was homosexual to his cross-examination by Sir Edward Carson during his trial, as well as excerpts from many of his plays. This production cannot be said to be an original piece of work but rather a “greatest hits” of Wilde. Having said that, it is enjoyable and, as one of the play’s two performers, Matt Murphy, told me, it does not seek to be
anything other than representative of some elements of Wilde’s life. Mur phy is joined onstage by the creator of The Importance of Being Wilde, Stephen Burns, who is poorly cast as Wilde. However, Murphy is one of those old-fashioned actors of a flourishing and rhetorical style not seen in theatres any more. His voice is wonderful and he brims with passion for his subject. The play begins with the death of Wilde, whose remains were transferred from a plot in England to their current, more salubrious home at Pere Lachaise cemetery in
Paris, beneath Epstein’s magnificent tomb. It was Wilde’s first and most loyal partner, Robbie Ross, who organised this transfer. Quotes from Wilde are numerous throughout with some more recognisable than others. The more unusual were particularly welcome and secured a conspiratorial allegiance of sorts from the audience with Wilde against the Philistines who sent him to prison. Respectability in the Wilde household was deemed vulgar and, as his mother Speranza said: “Only tradespeople are respectable.” Although most of the
Actor and author of The Importance of Being Wilde Stephen Burns with fellow thespian Matt Murphy
audience at the Powerscourt Theatre seemed to be respectable, the show gave the opportunity for an hour or so to vicariously share in Wilde’s
stylish notoriety. For that reason alone, it is worth seeing. The Importance of Being Wilde runs at the Powerscourt Theatre
until November 1 and tickets, priced €15, can be booked by calling 01 611 1060, or online at www.powerscourttheatre.com.
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Ireland’s cricket stars at the announcement of the partnership between Cricket Ireland and Dublin City University last week
cricket: training and development central to agreement between bodies
DCU and Cricket Ireland announce new partnership DUBLIN City University and Cricket Ireland have announced a new partnership which will see DCU become an official partner to the organisation. As part of the two-year agreement, Cricket Ireland will receive support for training and development of its players, coaches and managers through access to the university’s specialist sporting facilities, staff and resources. The collaboration will provide academic opportunities for elite cricket players who would otherwise have emigrated to the United Kingdom, thus retaining and developing a strong, indigenous talent pool.
DCU will also extend its Elite Athlete Programme to include elite cricket athletes and work with Cricket Ireland in developing sports scholarships for players entering DCU programmes. Warren Deutrom, chief executive of Cricket Ireland, said: “In DCU, we are delighted to have found a partner that shares our desire, indeed whose purpose is, to refine future talent. “DCU is a world-class institute of learning that has the experience and flexibility to nurture talented athletes so that academic and performance sport are complementary rather than competing forces. In return, we are looking
forward to helping DCU attract overseas students from countries that have a passion for our sport, particularly India.” Infrastructural plans include the development of a cricket training area, with turf and artificial nets, at DCU sports campus and access to elite sports training facilities at DCU for the senior men’s and senior women’s teams, academy and Leinster Lightning players. This will be complemented by mentor schemes for senior and provincial cricket players undertaking academic studies in DCU. Professor Brian MacCraith, president of DCU added: “This is an exciting
opportunity for DCU to promote a sporting tradition firmly rooted in the North Dublin region. “We recognise that balancing academic achievement, sporting excellence and personal development remains a challenge for our young talented sports people, and we are pleased to extend our extensive range of supports to Ireland’s promising young cricket players. “Cricket is certainly putting Ireland on the map, both nationally and internationally and we look forward to collaborating with Cricket Ireland as it implements its ambitious development programme.”
Irish captain Alex Speers, who most recently played her hockey with Railway Union in Sandymout, has retired from international hockey after eight years with the national set-up, encompassing 164 caps and 19 goals for the national side since making her debut in 2006. It included three years as captain of the side, leading the charge to the final of the Olympic qualifiers in Belgium in 2012 despite having broken her thumb and undergoing surgery just a few weeks before. Among her career highlights, Speers ranked winning a Champions Challenge bronze medal in Belfield in front of a home crowd in October 2012 as the biggest.
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WITH Dublin in the midst of a mini-Indian summer, and winter definitely being held back a little longer, we can settle back and reflect on the successes of our sports men and women as some big competitions come to an end. And it’s with that transition in mind that we present this month’s Dublin Sports Awards nominees. It seems as though we’ve only just announced last month’s winners, but here we are, back again with another set of diverse and deserving participants who have shone in their respective disciplines and are worthy of a salute for their efforts. As always, we’re delighted to hear your stories of sporting achievement, so contact us with your news at sport@dublingazette.com and we’ll tell the rest of Dublin!
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LUCAN native Farrelly helped the Republic of Ireland women’s Under-17 team qualify for the Elite Phase of the 2014-15 UEFA European Women’s Championships with a game to spare. The Peamount United star scored the vital opening goal against Romania.
SALMON Leap Canoe Club’s Jenny Egan teamed up with Jonathan Boyton, part of the British Olympic sprint squad, to win the mixed K2 category of the Liffey Descent, retaining the title she won a year ago in her last event of 2014.
DARRAGH O Conaill led his East Coast Jiu Jitsu Academy to a massive haul at the London Open last weekend, with O’Conaill claiming double gold in his first international outing as a black belt. The Monkstown based-club secured an amazing tally of 20 medals.
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ARCANE/Adamstown cycling team ended their domestic racing season on a high by winning eight medals at the Leinster track championships, becoming Leinster champions in both the elite men’s events with brothers Ben and Ryan Whelan picking up silverware.
THE Stillorgan club’s senior hurlers did a unique double by winning both the Senior A and B championship crowns in quick succession. The A side won the big prize last Friday night when they saw off St Jude’s in the final in extra time.
THE Booterstown school became the first side in 20 years to complete three All-Ireland Schoolboys hockey titles in succession as they beat Wallace HS 2-1 last Friday in the final in Cork to top off a gruelling tournament.
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New games in town as Cricket Leinster lay out table sport@gazettegroup.com
Cricket Leinster show off their latest introduction to the game at Loughlinstown
CRICKET Leinster have been busy in the off season as they attempt to promote their new variation of the sport, table cricket. Recently, they engaged with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in their Active Energise day as part of Social Inclusion Week. Table cricket was showcased in Loughlinstown for the first time to a group of young adults and others who all participated in the day-long event.
They also got to try out other inclusion games such as pickle ball (a form of tennis), boccia and athletics. Cricket Leinster have been busy over the last few months organising the the Table Cricket Leaders’ Course. It comes through their relationship with Lords Taveners Ireland and Cerebral Palsy UK which were able to provide a certified course for leaders who want to learn to coach table cricket. The course saw two tutors Ben Rossi (fundraising and business developement manager) and
Mark Dowling (table cricket development officer) both fly over from London and take two groups for the course at King Hospital School. The first course was for all the Cricket Leinster staff and the second half of the day was for anyone interested in further developing the game. Twenty-five cricket players, teachers, umpires, retired players, special needs assistance teachers and memebers of the Leinster coaches’ association took part. One participant, Valmai Gee, said of the course: “It was fun,
hands-on and practical, getting us to figure out how to set up the table from the diagrams. “ The instructors were enthusiastic about the game, they had an answer to all the question. The written manual and publications are professional to represent the quality of the course.” Cricket Leinster’s Amy Kenealy has now been trained up as a table cricket tutor and can now deliver courses in Ireland. If you are interested in trying out table cricket get in touch with her on amy.kenealy@gmail. com.
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The Republic of Ireland Under-17 team reached the next stage of the UEFA European Women’s Championship before their final group game
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ST JOSEPH’S Girls Niamh Prior helped the Republic of Ireland women’s Under-17 team team qualify for the Elite Phase of the 2014-15 UEFA European Women’s Under-17 Championships with a game to spare. Goals from Niamh Farrelly and Sarah McKevitt saw Dave Connell’s side beat Romania 2-0 in Serbia to leave them on full points from two games in their qualifying round mini-tournament with their final tie against hosts Serbia with whom they drew in their final
group game. It followed a win on the same scoreline against Lithuania which, in combination with other results in the group, guaranteed a top two finish and progression. “It was a good win,” said manager Connell afterwards. “We dominated the game from start to finish and the only disappointment would be that we didn’t score more goals. “But we kept a clean sheet, we won the game and we’ve qualified for the elite phase with a game to spare so the girls have done very well in what was their first taste
Brian’s book O’Driscoll signs copies of The Test for fans fans of former Ireland rugby international and current BT Sport and Newstalk star Brian O’Driscoll were out in force last weekend when the iconic player was in town signing copies of his new book, The Test, in Eason’s stores. O’Driscoll has received widespread praise for the book which covers his life up until the end of his international career. Picture: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
of competitive football at international level.” Connell made just one change from the side which defeated Lithuania in the opener with Farrelly coming in for the injured Saoirse Noonan and it proved to be an inspired choice as the Peamount United midfielder fired Ireland into the lead after 18 minutes with an exceptional goal. Farrelly showed great anticipation to intercept a kick-out by Romania goalkeeper Georgiana Darle and, after controlling the ball on her chest, she unleashed a 35 yard volley that screamed over the head of the keeper
and into the back of the net. That goal eased the Irish nerves and Eleanor Doyle had a great opportunity in the 32nd minute to add a second when sent clear but she shot straight at the keeper. This was a game Ireland dominated and they created 14 chances, hit the target seven times and forced nine corners but could only manage one more goal and that came in the 56th minute when Dearbhaile Beirne broke the left, skipped past two players and crossed to the far post where Sarah McKevitt showed great skill in fir-
ing the ball first time past the keeper from an acute angle for her second goal in two games. Striker Doyle is likely to miss the top of the table clash with Serbia after coming off at halftime with a knock but she had another good game leading the Irish attack as did her replacement Murray. The defence, ably marshalled by skipper Jamie Finn and goalkeeper Amanda McQuillan also performed well while midfielder Courtney Higgins and winger McKevitt were others to impress in what was an excellent team performance.
Con Artist Promotions have organised a number of special soccer events in November, with €1 from each ticket sale donated to movember.com. The first takes place on November 4 with the return of the Guardian Football Weekly podcast team to Griffith College for the return leg of the Champions League tie between Real Madrid and Liverpool. On November 5, the Sugar Club hosts the launch of Football Manager ’15, a showing of the documentary An Alternative Reality and a question and answer session with members of Sports Interactive, the developers of the seminal soccer manager game as well as Simon Kuper of Soccernomics and Iain MacIntosh, one of the authors of Football Manager Stole My Life. Finally, November 18 sees Damien O’Meara of RTE Sport present Guardian international soccer writer and broadcaster Jonathan Wilson, Philippe Auclair and Uli Hesse who will talk about The Blizzard magazine, which features quality long-form journalism and analysis of world soccer. Tickets for each of these events are available at www.eventbrite.ie.
Big basketball fixtures coming up this week Dublin Lions Basketball Club take on Medicus Polish Basket at Poppintree Ballymun on November 4, with tip off at 7.45pm. Both teams are heading into the match having lost their opening fixture of the season. The Lions lost to UCD Marian by 10 points, 51-61, while Medicus were defeated by 17 points against St Vincent’s. The Dublin Men’s
Basketball league is looking competitive this year with a number of strong teams in the division. UCD Marian, Enna and St Vincent’s all having strong starts to the season. Elsewhere in the league, UCD Marian will host St Vincent’s in Oatlands College Stillorgan on Thursday, October 30 with tip off at 7.40pm. UCD Marian will be full of confidence having won their opening two fixtures, while St Vincent’s have won three games back to back after an opening round loss against Enna’s of Ballyboden.
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athletics: McCambridge pipped to title by four seconds
Barrable ends on high with third in Spain Robert Barrable brought his 2014 rally campaign to a successful conclusion after a faultless run to finish third in WRC-2 and 16th overall at the Rally de Espana last weekend. It was Barrable’s second FIA World Rally Championship podium finish of the season, having also finished third at Rallye Monte Carlo. He also finished a points-scoring sixth at Rally Portugal and third overall on the Circuit of Ireland, a round of the FIA European Rally Championship. Based in Salou, on Spain’s Costa Daurada, the opening leg took place on gravel – a surface Robert hadn’t rallied on since Rally Portugal six months before. Hanging dust in the morning and a loss of power steering in the afternoon didn’t prevent him from ending the day third in WRC-2, as he prepared himself for two further days of competition on asphalt. Barrable’s good form continued, as he beat eventual winner Nasser Al-Attiyah by 4.6 seconds on the 50km Escaladei stage in an impressive time of 30 minutes 44.8 seconds. Barrable started the final day third in WRC-2, 1.40.8 behind French rally champion Julien Maurin (Ford Fiesta R5) and almost five minutes ahead of Benito Guerra (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X). With little to gain, he took no risks through the final four stages to complete a great event and guarantee a place on the podium. “One of the most pleasing aspects of this year’s Rally Spain is that we’ve been quicker over the stages than we were last year,” said Barrable. “And we’ve been consistently quicker throughout the entire event too, which shows the progress we are making at world championship level. “The car’s run perfectly, we’ve made no mistakes, [co-driver] Stuart [Loudon] did a great job on the pace notes as always and we’ve come away with another podium finish in the World Rally Championship. We’ve held third position from Friday night all the way through to the finish on Sunday, so I’m very pleased. It’s been a very positive end to our 2014 rally programme.” The Swords man to competition next weekend, racing a Formula Ford 1600 at the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone. He’ll drive the same Van Diemen in which he won the inaugural Vivion Daly Memorial Trophy at Mondello Park in earlier in the year.
Participants make their way up Fitzwilliam Place at the start of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon. Picture: Ramsey Cardy / SPORTSFILE
A marathon celebration stephen findlater sport@dublingazette.com
DUNDRUM South Dublin’s Maria McCambridge lost out by just four seconds to Kenyan Esther Wanjiru Macharia in Monday’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon. McCambridge, last year’s champion, ran a super race in very humid and windy conditions but just couldn’t catch Macharia on the final straight. Kenyan Eliud Too was a surprise winner of the overall title with a time of 2.14.47. Too, who ran only his first marathon in Cleveland earlier this year, had missed out on
the elite entries, but was then entered online by his coach. He and his coach have been working with Irishman Neil Fleming, assistant professor of exercise science at Indiana State University. Too stayed in Celbridge with Fleming’s family over the last two weeks, and Fleming arranged for him to train on the track at Le Cheile AC in Leixlip. As a thank you for their support, Too wore the singlet of Le Cheile AC in the race. Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers won the Irish National Championship, with Maria McCambridge retaining
swords slip up Thunder lose out on the road away to Demons COLIN O’Reilly hit a season high 30 points as C&S UCC Demons maintained their unbeaten streak in the Basketball Ireland Men’s Premier League against Travelodge Swords Thunder. They won 93-78 at the Mardyke with Lehmon Colbert working the high post and O’Reilly hitting a succession of three pointers. It was Demons’ second win in 24 hours as they outmuscled defending champions Killester 76-63 on Saturday evening.
her national title. Both received free electricity for a year from race sponsors SSE Airtricity. Veteran Irish Olympian Tullamore woman Pauline Curley was the second Irish woman home, with a time of 2.48.04. Ultra distance runner Tony Mangan, who started a 50,000km run across the world at the 2010 Dublin Marathon, finished in a time of 6.08.30 having run from Bray into the race start on Fitzwilliam Street this morning. “We are delighted with how the race went” said race director Jim Aughney. “We had changes to the course due to the Luas
works, so it was great to see that the route worked well for our runners. “The people of Dublin have outdone themselves yet again, the support around the route was unbelievable. People still have to run 26.2 miles, but that support can make a huge difference in motivating them to keep going. We would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone who came out to support the runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes.” Joseph Clifford, of “He Ain’t Heavy”, pushed his brother Ciaran around the 26.2 mile course in a specially designed wheel-
chair finished in 4.33.35. The Hughes family from Mayo comfortably broke the Guinness Book of Records for the most family members to complete a marathon. Sinead Kane, a visually impaired athlete with just 5% vision completed the 26.2 miles with the aid of her guide in a time 4.05.36. Swapping his hurl for running shoes, former Tipperary AllStar goalkeeper Brendan Cummins finished in an impressive 4.38.34. Naas man Patrick Monahan set a new wheelchair course record for Dublin, finishing in a very fast 1.52.43.
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four for flynn All-Star award makes Dublin history for Paul
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Club Noticeboard fingallians
IN ONE of the success stories of 2012, S
fingallians star Paul Flynn made Dublin football history last week when he was named as one of the the 2014 GAA GPA All-Stars at the Opel-sponsored presentation event at the Convention Centre last week. This was Flynn’s fourth consecutive honour at the right half-forward position, the first time this has been achieved by a Dublin player.
hurling: derby sees fins beaten at home in final
Congratulations to Paul Flynn on
This Sunday, November 2 our J6
his fourth All-Star in a row and the
football team take on St Sylvester’s
first Dub to achieve this landmark.
at 11am in Broomfield, Malahide in
Incredibly, he is the first footballer
their promotion play-off.
since 1985 to enjoy such an unbro-
It was the end of one road and
ken sequence of All-Star success.
start of another as the Minor Ladies
That was the year Jack O’Shea col-
played their final game together on
lected his sixth consecutive award
Saturday evening. They finished in
while his Kerry colleague, Paidi O Se,
style winning the Division 2 shield
completed a personal five-timer.
final. Check out the club Facebook
Pat Spillane, who remains the most
page for all the action in pictures.
decorated football All Star with
There was great excitement in the
nine awards, had earlier won six on
club on Saturday morning. Our U-6
the spin between 1976 and 1981.
footballers played their first match
A l s o c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o JM
v Aghaloo (Co Tyrone). A big thank-
Sheridan who is one of three Fingal
you to Aghaloo who also brought
players named on the Nicky Rack-
their U-8 and U-11 squads to the
ard Champions 15. JM is the third
club. Our academy will resume this
Fingallians hurler to be honoured.
Saturday from 10am to 12 noon.
In previous years Dermot Vaughan
This year’s AGM will take place on
and Peter Daly were similarly hon-
Thursday, November 13 in the club
oured.
The St Sylvester’s Under-16 hurlers in action against Fingallians at Broomfield in the shield final
Syl’s end juvenile journey with shield u-16 shield final Fingallians St Sylvester’s sport@dublingazette.com
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St Sylvester’s Under16 hurlers draw their juvenile careers to an end with victory over near neighbours Fingallians to claim the shield title at Broomfield. T he victor y came against a side that the Under-16s had not previously defeated, and who had also bowed out of the championship competition after early defeats in the first round consigned their attentions to the shield contest despite both being considered
contenders for the main honours. The game, played in a swirling wind, got off to a robust start with both sets of players exchanging tackles in order to gain primary possession. Fingallians opened the scoring with a pointed free within five minutes. Daniel Murphy then converted three frees in quick succession into a strong wind to put Syl’s ahead. The game ebbed and flowed, and Fingallians re-established parity before Bryn Redmond put Sylvester’s ahead again with a well-taken point from the middle of the field.
Just before half time, Sean Drumm finished off a fine Syl’s move with a deft flick to the back of the Fingallians’ net to go in at the break three points ahead. However, that advantage was swiftly erased after the restart when Fingallians hit 1-2 without reply within four minutes. But instead of being cowed, the Syl’s hurlers went on to shut out Fins for the remainder of the match, keeping them scoreless courtesy of a tight defence and standin goalminder Jamie Kennedy. Two more points from Murphy added to points
from Eamonn McLoughney, Daniel Deneher and Conor O’Byrne which pushed Sylvester’s toward the finishing line, before the winning goal from Cathal Manning saw Syl’s win out. The match drew impressive team performances from both sides, but the midfield and attacking forward play by Sylvester’s in the second half proved the difference at the final reckoning. Captain Eoin Cooney lifted the trophy and the Sylvester’s side now look forward to their adventure at minor level with silverware in their possession.
hall at 9pm. An Clar and nomination
The executive would like to advise
s papers attached were sent by
all members and friends that the
email last week and are also avail-
club draw has been rescheduled
able for collection from the club
for Saturday, November 8. While the
office.
ma jority of tickets have now been
Club lotto: Numbers drawn were
returned - it is so important that
2, 13, 27, 28 and 30. The two win-
the remainder of sold tickets are
ners were Anne Hogan and Theresa
sent back to give all supporters a
Murphy. This week’s jackpot will be
fair chance.
€1,848.
st finian’s Our junior footballers face a relega-
showcased the skills they have been
tion play-off versus Naomh Olaf next
working on over the past couple of
Sunday at home in Ridgewood at 11am.
months, winning a number of the
Let’s see a huge turn-out of support
matches.
for the lads.
They have played matches against
The minor footballers had a huge
Sylvester’s, Binn Eadair, Trinity Gaels
championship win on Sunday versus
and O’Dwyer’s over the past few weeks
Raheny and now face a big match ver-
in both football and hurling. Training
sus St Peregrine’s in their last group
in the hall Thursdays at 6pm. All boys
game. The winner progresses to the
born in 2007 welcome.
semi-final. The U-12 camogie girls played a blitz on Saturday between St Brigid’s and Skerries Harps. The girls won three of their four games.
The annual general meeting is being held on this Thursday at 9pm in the clubhouse. The lotto jackpot was €8,100 and the numbers drawn were 1, 3, 8 and 15.
St Finian’s U-7s hosted Sylvester’s
There was no winner. The €50 winners
from Malahide on Saturday morning
were Eimear Wright and Jennifer and
in Rivervalley for six hurling matches
Niall Bone. Next week’s jackpot will be
in great conditions. The boys really
€8,200.
fingal ravens Could anyone who is interested in
raiser, all profits go towards our
attending our Fairyhouse raceday
new all-weather astro pitch.
fundraiser on November 29, please
On Thursday, November 13, there
contact Alan Manning 087 065 1219
will be a Mass for the deceased
or Joe Kettle 086 81 64861 as soon as
members of the club in Rolestown
possible.
Church at 7pm followed by the club
Anyone who has ordered tickets
AGM.
will need to pay a deposit or pay-
Rolestown School play their final
ment in full before the end of the
on Monday, November 3, in Croke
month.Please support this fund-
Park at 2.40pm.
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driving on: Swords rally star Robert Barrable runs up stars of the month: All the nominees for Gazette another fine performance with third place finish P30 Sport’s monthly awards P28
Syl’s six of the best St Sylvester’s are looking forward to 2015 when they will play in the top tier in both league and championship
Malahide club confirm their place in the top tier of the ladies football league thanks to big win over St Maur’s to confirm perfect campaign
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ST SYLVESTER’S ladies footballers completed their incredible ascent through the leagues since reforming four years ago as they landed the Division 2 title last week with a 6-12 to 2-6 win over St Maur’s. It was an especially strong achievement for Sinead Aherne, Aimee-Louise Hazley, Sinead Treacy, Niamh McEvoy and Ann Clarke who have been involved all along since the club split from its dual-status with Naomh Mearnog. They gave the Malahide club a platform to bring on many fine players coming through the youth players with five players from the
line-up eligible for next year’s minor side. They completed their campaign with seven wins out of seven in this eight team league, gaining promotion to the top tier to match their senior championship status. Syl’s showed their intent from the start with a goal in the first minute when McEvoy won the throw-in and broke clear, passed to Aherne who had made a run from full forward.
Inch perfect The latter hit an inch perfect pass to Niamh Harney, making an intelligent move from corner-forward to the space in front of goal and, although the keeper parried her first
shot, she got in for the rebound to score. Maur’s came back with an attack of their own and forced a penalty. Fortunately for Syl’s, the penalty was mis-hit, struck the upright and was cleared. Syl’s tightened up in defence after that early scare and held the opposition to just four points in the first half, while the forwards scored 2-7. In the second half, Maur’s withdrew their half forward line and played two up front with lots of space. They managed to get two goals via the early ball to the big full forward but Syl’s defence still held them to just four scores in the second half while the forwards put on a show,
scoring 4-5 in the process. Nicole Owens ended up with a personal tally of 2-3 while Lisa Murphy also netted two goals with Dublin star Aherne on the mark with 1-5. This was an excellent team performance with every player playing her part. It augurs well for the future of this team that so many young players can play with so much confidence, intelligence and composure. While there are big challenges ahead for this team as they join the top ranks of Dublin Ladies football, the club will look to build on this year’s performance and hold their own at the new level in 2015.