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Editor’s Note Starting in September

For most kids the start of a new school years brings excitement and anticipation but some are frustrated when they enter a classroom- the kids who are confident and competent on weekends and holidays begin to withdraw.

These are the children who try to scrunch down in their seats, hoping to be invisible. They hold tightly to the belief that “if I can’t see the teacher, the teacher can’t see me.” They make excuses and messes - but seldom eye contact.

School is a challenge for them, but also for their parents and teachers. When it comes to teaching one size simply does not fit all but time and resources are limited. One key toward change is using encouragement and reward - rather than criticism and punishment - to bolster their belief in themselves.

September marks a new year with new possibilities. Let them start over. For some kids, this may be the greatest gift you will give them all year.

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The Donabate Portrane Citizen of the Year The Donabate Portrane Summer Festival launched the festival with their Citizen of the Year award which was held at the Waterside Hotel.

The winner this year was Mary Mc Laughlin who has been involved with the Senior Citizens since the age of 18.

Mary is very humble when it comes to taking praise for all that she does for the Senior Citizen Group. She has made time to call to the homes of some senior citizens who are in need of further help - shopping, banking and has running errands.

By taking Senior Citizens away overnight and weekends she provides respite care for the family members who care for their ageing relative on a daily basis.

The Donabate Portrane Summer Festival would like to sincerely thank the four Judges who had a unbelievable hard task in picking a winner, Ciaran Whelan, Neil Smyth, Rebecca Doorley and Louise Edmonds .

Thanks also to all the nominees on the night who individually are all wonderful community volunteers and ambassadors for the peninsula Donabate and Portrane and congratulations to Paschal Henchy , Michael Duignan, Danielle Duffy , Tony Franklin and Niall Minto.

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Sailing to success The Irish Power Kite & Sandyacht Association will host the European Championships 2017 - marking the first major International Sandyacht competition to be held on the Island of Ireland since the 21st European Championships were in Northern Ireland in 1983.

This is the first time in the event’s 55 year history that the event will be held in the Republic of Ireland.

The event will see 110 sandyacht pilots from 16 countries including (3 non-European countries). Pilots will range in age from 17 to 76 years.

The venue for EC2017 will be the beaches of Laytown and Bettystown, County Meath, from September 10-15.The event will bring over 2,000 plus tourist nights to the East Meath area and generate a lot of tourism for Ireland’s Ancient East.

The event is being used to showcase the area and to deliver a successful event for FISLY, with the intent of getting Ireland onto the schedule of future international sandyachting events and possibly hosting a World Championship event at some stage in the future.

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Recreation scheme grants welcomed Senator James Reilly has welcomed the announcement of grants for the Martello Tower Skerries, Ardgillan Castle, Martello Tower Howth and a cycling safety promotion grant under strand 1 of the Rural Infrastructure Grants. He has called for increased development of routes and facilities in the council area to further promote activity-based tourism.

“Fingal has great potential, for a Coast and Castleway cycling and walking route and it will take sustained determined effort to make that a reality,” he says.

“Fingal Co. Council have already completed the necessary work for the Balbriggan to Barnageeragh Skerries Route and can now focus on the final leg of that route and come up with a comprehensive plan to link Skerries to Ardgillan Castle along the Balbriggan Coastal road and onward then to Balbriggan.

“I note progress has been made on the Malahide to Donabate cycling and walking greenway across the estuary via the train tracks and that a planning application to Bord Pleanala is imminent.

“I welcome the progress on linking up Newbridge Demesne and Malahide Castle .

“Finally I would also support Fingal Co Council in drawing up a feasibility study to link Skerries, Loughshinny, Rush and Lusk to Donabate, completing the link all the way to Malahide and providing a super greenway from Balbriggan to Malahide and onward into Dublin.

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CCTV to monitor Hospital traffic Two large CCTV poles at two strategic locations have been erected just past the main entrance to Newbridge House and Farm and just off the Portrane road at the entrance to the construction access road.

The CCTV system at both locations is now operational, both CCTV Poles with cameras are to be used to monitor the movement of construction traffic to and from the site of the New National Forensic Mental Hospital at St Ita’s, Portrane.

The site is operational from 7am to 7pmweekdays and Saturdays from 8am to 4.30pm with no construction traffic on Sunday’s.

The following conditions have been agreed too between the developer and the local authority, Monday to Friday only with no Saturday restrictions; 07.45am to 09.20am, No truck movements through the village 17.00pm-18.30pm, No truck movements through village Additional times have been set during School Term 13.05pm to 15.35pm (Monday to Thursday) - No truck movements through the village or past the Schools 12.40pm to 15.00pm (Friday) – No truck movements through the village or past the Schools “I will continue to campaign for the exact same traffic restrictions and conditions as outlined above for any new planning applications that are submitted to Fingal County Council for Donabate and Portrane until the new Donabate Distributor Road is fully operational,” said Cllr.

Adiran Henchy.

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Multi-agency operation targets fly-tipping Fingal County Council and the Gardai are involved in a multi-agency operation which targets fly-tipping in Baldoyle.

Checkpoints have been established at random locations and times across the area with officers from Fingal County Council’s Environment Enforcement Unit being assisted by Gardaí from Howth Garda Station, Divisional Crime Task Force, Traffic Corps and Armed Response Unit. The checkpoints will continue over the coming weeks.

The aim of the checkpoints was to identify unauthorised and bogus refuse collectors committing offences as well as members of the public who are availing of the illegal service being offered. Both the unauthorised collectors and their clients can be subject to prosecution with fines and possible imprisonment under the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Litter Pollution Act 1997.

As a result of the Baldoyle operation, Fingal County Council made several seizures and is now actively seeking to identify the owners of this rubbish in order to prosecute them.

A Fingal County Council spokesperson said: “Illegal dumping across Fingal is a serious issue and we are adopting a hard-line attitude in relation to prosecuting unauthorised collectors as well as those who are employing them to dump their rubbish.

The check-points in Baldoyle were extremely successful and we are grateful to An Garda Siochana for their support in mounting this operation. We would appeal to the public to report incidents of fly-tipping to the Gardaí or to ourselves on our hotline number which is 1800 20 10 93.”

Cllr. Darragh Butler welcomes the initiative and has called for it to be extened to cover the entire Fingal area.

Memories of a great Summer

Remember Us has just finished its six-week summer camp which ran for 4 days and 1 night each week.

Many families got a much needed break when their sons and daughters were out on the camp for some days up to 8 hrs. Outings included a trip to Navan Adventure Centre where members took part in Footgolf, golf driving range, human foosball, arts and crafts with Bernie Davis and historical high jinx in Clonard house in Mullingar.

Those taking part tried their hand at tennis in the Balrothery tennis club and cricket in North county cricket club and Balbriggan cricket club. They also headed off to The Irish Military War museum in Collon where they got to ride a real tank. The wax museum was on the agenda another day along with W5 in Belfast.

Astro park in Coolock was a big hit as was Clara Lara fun park in Wicklow.

The camp finished up with a closing party in the Bracken Court Hotel where entertainment included a magician and disco. The Lord Mayor of Fingal, Mary McCamley, Brendan Ryan TD, and Cllr Grainne Maguire popped in to say hello. Spider-Man dropped in and members got their photo taken with him by Green Screen Photography.

“I would like to thank all the volunteers, venues, tutors etc., above for making us feel so welcome and for their support.” says Nora Roban Remember Us founder. “Also Gormanstown coaches and Nifty and their drivers for being so patient with us when we were not in a hurry home on our days out. Castleland Community Centre for the use of their facilities, and Fingal County Council for their grant of €2,000 towards the summer camp.”

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A Busy Summer for Donabate Portrane Tennis Club

Donabate Portrane Tennis Club was a hive of tennis activity and more this summer –from social tournaments and informal evenings at the Donabate Golf Clubhouse to tennis and golf camps open to the local community.

Congratulations to the Men’s and Ladies team who participated in the Dublin Lawn Tennis Council (DLTC) Summer League for the first time in May.Both teams now promoted to Division 6 for Summer League 2018!

DPTC was delighted to receive a plaque from Tennis Ireland to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Club on April 22, 2017.

Two fun FitHit events took place during July and August. This is an initiative by Schools Tennis Ireland which aims is to give all students opportunity to participate in tennis.

Open to non-members so keep an eye for the next one.

DPTC were delighted to have Des Allen, Former CEO of Tennis Ireland, and his partner, Karen Nugent, for an evening of reflection on tennis as well as readings from his recently published book “Wanderings and Ponderings.” The book is a collection of memories of things that happened to Des when he was being treated for a difficult cancer. All proceeds of the sale of Des’ book are being donated to the Irish Cancer Society.

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Across

Down

1. Rushed about on public transport.

(6) 5. Ancient vessel propelled by oars.

(6) 10. Exploit the power of with stable gear. (7) 11. Punishment intended as a warning to others. (7) 12. Signal with the help of a sea ridge. (4) 13. The stuff of commerce. (5) 15. A German Mrs. (4) 17. A secret watcher. (3) 19. It’s ruled by Putin. (6) 21. Once every 12 months. (6) 22. It keeps you warm at night. (7) 23. Bring back to mind. (6) 25. Burn superficially. (6) 28. Social insect. (3) 30. A brief note for internal communication. (4) 31. Encouraged forcefully. (5) 32. An independent ruler in Arabia.

(4) 35. Let go, liberate. (7) 36. Taxpayer’s documents. (7) 37. Look forward to a probable occurrence. (6) 38. Straight sword with a narrow blade. (6)

2. Reaches the destination. (7)

3. Neckwear mainly for men. (4)

4. Places of musical entertainment.

(6)

5. Insatiable for wealth or food. (6)

6. Take a jump into the unknown. (4) 7. A ruler on a large scale. (7) 8. A brief rainfall. (6)

9. A sheriff ’s aide. (6)

14. A ceremony at the start of something. (7)

16. The good book. (5)

18. Canine command. (5) 20. The whole lot. (3)

21. A simple affirmative. (3)

23. A brief statement or observation.

(6)

24. Hard to analyse or solve. (7)

26. About a famous Oxford detective.

(7)

27. A belief that rejects a central plank of a religion. (6)

28. Take into custody. (6)

29. An overwhelming feeling of fear.

(6)

33. Long-eared mammal with long hind legs. (4)

34. End here. (4)

ANSWERS

Down: 2. Arrives, 3. Ties, 4. Discos, 5. Greedy, 6. Leap, 7. Emperor, 8.

Shower, 9. Deputy, 14. Opening, 16. Bible, 18. Fetch, 20. All, 21. Yes, 23.

Remark, 24. Complex, 26. Remorse, 27. Heresy, 28. Arrest, 29. Terror, 33. Hare, 34. Stop.

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Goods, 15. Frau, 17. Spy, 19. Russia, 21. Yearly, 22. Blanket, 23. Recall, 25. Scorch, 28. Ant, 30. Memo, 31. Urged, 32. Emir, 35. Release, 36.

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Ingredients • 4 chicken fillets • 60g feta cheese • 100g spinach leaves • 1 large onion diced • 2 cloves garlic • 10 cherry tomatoes, halved • 30g chopped chorizo • 500g wholewheat pasta • 200g Pesto (can buy or make as below) • Ingredients for pesto: • 1 handful basil leaves (approx 10g) • 2 cloves garlic • 70g pine nuts • 60ml olive oil • 50g parmesan cheese

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‘Pesto’nishing Pasta Method

“Back to school and back to routine makes this an optimal time of year for getting into good habits from the get go! A lot of eating healthy comes from good food prep such as meal planning, shopping lists, batch cooking and making use of leftovers.

This pasta recipe below is quick and easy to throw together and is boasting full of energy and colour to help fuel the body back into school, work and whatever other life demands after the summer break. Make a batch for an evening meal and use up leftovers for lunch the following day. 2 meals done in 1.

Pop by to my Biabites cooking demos in October at the Balbriggan Food Festival” Method: 1. Cook the pasta.

2. Gently heat the onion and garlic in a pan with a tablespoon of pesto. Turn up the heat and add chopped chicken. Add another tablespoon of pesto and stir occasionally until chicken is cooked.

3. Add in tomatoes and chorizo and take off the heat.

4. Add in remaining pesto, cooked pasta, spinach and feta cheese and stir well to mix altogether.

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