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Henchy questions Council Executive on Coastal erosion

Councillor A. Henchy recently asked Fingal County Council’s Chief Executive to provide an update on the serious issue of rapid coastal erosion along the Portrane coastline which following recent adverse weather events has left one house perilously close to the sea and many more properties now much closer to the coastline than they were 12 months ago. He asked the Chief Executive to address the humanitarian approach the Council and all other bodies have provided both currently and into the future for residents living close to the coastline in Portrane. In his questions he also asked how discussions are progressing with Minister Kevin “Boxer” Moran, The OPW and NPWS in addressing this very serious issue in both the short term and medium term for the community of Portrane, to provide an update on the emergency motion brought forward by Councillors at the Swords Area Committee meeting in March and finally has the Council been given any indication from the Government of developing a national strategy/ 4

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policy position to finally address once and for all the issue of coastal erosion with flooding along the Irish coastline which will assist Local Authorities in how to manage and respond to this very serious issue?” The Executive of the Council said in reply that in light of the serious recent severe weather events and resulting damage to coastal areas in Fingal; an updated report on Coastal Erosion in Portrane has been commissioned by the Council. The report will be completed within the next 2 weeks.They said when it is completed the Council will arrange a meeting with the Office of Public Works and the National Parks & Wildlife Service to discuss the implications of the report. The report will also be presented to the Fingal Coastal Liaison Committee. This report will provide the Council and all other relevant stakeholders with detailed information on the up-to-date situation regarding the erosion at Portrane and provide expert technical advice on how this problem

should be addressed. In addition to the above development; The City & County Managers Association (CCMA) has forwarded the recently completed Local Authority Coastal Erosion Policy and Practice Audit report to Minister Moran and they are awaiting a response. In addition to a wide range of proposals this audit report recommends that: (a) Guidelines on coastal defence protocol, similar to The Planning System and Flood Risk Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities, should be produced. (b) Procedures on how to deal with private property at risk should be included in future national policy and/or best practice guidelines. (c) Building restrictions should be considered near areas of known eroding shorelines The continued absence of appropriate policies and guidelines highlighted by the audit is causing on-going difficulties for local authorities including Fingal attempting to address the problems associated with Coastal Erosion. Contact us: communitylocals@gmail.com

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Huge peaceful protest over traffic risks to children

Huge numbers turned out last Friday (May 13) to support the peaceful protest in Donabate over road safety, despite the miserable weather. The peaceful protest was organised by Donabate Portrane Community Council. Those who attended were told that child safety must be prioritised. Donabate residents will not accept the current unsafe conditions our children face travelling to and from school on a daily basis, the rally heard. Just over â‚Ź15.5million in levies and commercial rates is being paid by developers on the Donabate peninsula and the Tesco distribution centre this year. 6

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Donabate is to receive just over â‚Ź300,000 of this towards footpath and road upgrades, those who attended the rally heard. The rally highlighted dangers to children from high levels of construction traffic on very narrow roads, with narrow footpath. A right-of-way used by children to go to and come from primary and secondary schools on the peninsula has been closed off for six months now. The peaceful protest was organised by Donabate Portrane Community Council, and its various subcommittees, Supporting Proper Development in Donabate, and residentsâ€™ associations on the peninsula.

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The footpath leading up to and from two primary schools is just 0.7m wide, despite the community calling for it to be widened for 11 years now. This presents a huge danger with a large number of 12-wheel vehicles passing the narrow road when children are going and coming from school. The community fears a child will be killed and the community fully supports the building of houses, but the safety of children must not be compromised in achieving this, a spokesperson said. Community groups in Donabate have been raising the child safety issues for months now with Fingal County Council,

elected representatives, the planning enforcement officer, HSA and the HSE. The community has raised all these issues with Fingal County Council chief executive Paul Reid and senior officials at a meeting last December, seeking a traffic management plan that priorities child safety. That has not been put in place. However, the council officials did confirm the planning enforcement section had visited a number of sites on foot of complaints. The Donabate Portrane Community Council will be seeking a meeting with the minister Eoghan Murphy to highlight the communities safety concerns.

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Local News

The Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival committee

have been working hard getting this year’s festival programme together for September.As usual,

there is a wide and varied programme of events with something to suit everybody.

This year’s festival begins on Friday 7 th

September with a series of workshops for adults

Silk Screen Printing with Yelena Kosikh, Felting with Helene Dooley and Quilting with Jackie Preston. The festival continues with Painting

and Photographic exhibition, 3 day Short Film

Sarah Oliver.

Einsteins Science workshop. , Trad and Chips and

Club promises to be a true cultural experience

The Gala Concert features The Dublin String

uilleann piper Eamonn Galldubh, The Celtic

Festival, workshops for children including Young The Open Mic and lots more.

Quartet, harpists and singers The O’Donnell

Sister, members of the Blanchardstown Brass

Band, The Skerries Sea Sharps , baritone David Scott, tenor Catalin Lazurca and singer/pianist

Active Age for All gets thumbs up from members A recent survey of members carried out by the Active Age for All committee received a positive response. 70% of respondents rated the classes and programmes offered as excellent. As a result of the survey, three new classes will be added to the activities timetable in September – Bridge, Mindfulness and Pickleball. All classes will take place during the day and will be available to members. If you are aged 55 plus and from the area and are interested in Active Age for All or any of these classes, please visit the website activeageforall.com or TEXT 085 8806808. The following discounts are available once you join(on production of a current membership card) in the following facilities (subject to other offers not applying): Sunflowers Beauty Salon Unit 18 Donabate Shopping Centre (10% off for member – services, not products),Susanne Murray Hair Studio Ballisk Court (10% off for member – services, not products),Esthetique Skin and Bodycare Centre Unit 2, Old Post Office, Main Street, Donabate (10% off for member – services, not products),Café Natural, DonabatePortrane Community Centre (10% off for member and a guest),Lady Cobbe Café, Newbridge House (10% off for member and a guest),Cate’s Café, Donabate (10% off for member and a guest),Pasta Castello, Donabate (20% off on main courses for member and a guest),Waterside Hotel (10% off on food for member and a guest),Pink Ladys Beauty, DPCC (10% off on Wednesdays),Jones’s Garden Centre – (not the restaurant) 10% off on plants, plant accessories, chemicals, compost and garden equipment for member only. This offer will not apply to BBQ, furniture or interior items. The offer is also not available for any garden items already on offer, multi-buy or discounted.),Donabate-Portrane Community Centre (Gym membership for €70 per year – for all over 65s – is available) 8

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The “Connections” concert in Balcarrick Golf

with The Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir,

Drummers, The Sean Og Ceili Band and many others.Visit the website www.bleedingpig.ie

to keep up to date. ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS IS FREE

Donabate Library Events for June 2018 Contact us at 01-8905609, Email: donabate.library@fingal.ie Ionad Oibrithe Deonacha Fhine Gall / Fingal Volunteer Centre will have an

information stand in the library on Monday 18th June from 6.00 – 7.30pm. Thinking of volunteering? Fingal Volunteer Centre is your starting point!

Na Ceardaíochta Ciorcal / The Crafting Circle meets

every Thursday in the library at 11.00am - everyone is welcome to join - just bring along

whatever craft you are working on!

Grúpa Scríbhneoireacht Chruthaitheach /The Adult Creative Writing Group

meets every second Saturday in the Library at 11.00am.

Club Leabhar na Leanbhai / The Toddler Book Club

takes place on Tuesday 26th June at 11.30am. All are welcome to attend with babies and toddlers for stories and music.

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Linders 80 years of top quality service and value

Linders Motor Group (located locally at Turvey Avenue, Turvey Business Centre, Donabate) are celebrating 80 years of unbroken top quality service and value to the public this year. The company was started in Smithfield in 1938 by Patrick (Sonny) Linders, a young north Dublin man from Donabate/Portrane when he was just 19 years old. This remarkable man started as an engineer who fixed cars and trucks at night at first and lectured in Bolton St at same time to make ends meet. At that time the motor industry here was exclusively British and he had to hustle as a young Irishman, so he sold anything he could get his hands on. Sonny soon became a popular well known and well respected businessman throughout Dublin and the company went from strength to strength. The family have traded on the reputation that he established ever since. The Linders brand has made vast inroads into the motoring industry in Dublin especially in the last 50 years and in the 1960’s Linders became a Fiat main 10

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dealer. However the ethos of a family run business continued and in the 1970’s Sonny was joined by son Joe Linders a qualified accountant and together they took the business and developed it and grew it into other industries including construction & heating. In 1973 Linders became the first Toyota dealer in Ireland and stayed with them for 40 years until changing to Renault Dacia in 2013. Sonny was joined by another son Patrick, a structural engineer in the late 80’s but sadly Sonny passed away in 2001 and is buried in Portrane cemetery. However the family business continued to thrive and grandson Paul joined in 2003. In that year they moved from Smithfield to Chapelizod, and changed the name .In July 2013 the company opened Linders Renault & Dacia Finglas. In October the same year they gave up the Toyota franchise and changed Chapelizod to Renault & Dacia. In July, 2016 they reconnected with Donabate North Dublin and opened Linders Renault & Dacia Swords Turvey just up the road from Sonny’s childhood home. Contact us: communitylocals@gmail.com

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Indeed there are many Lynders in Donabate Portrane to whom the family are related. Their name is spelled with an “I” due to a change in Ellis Island USA in 1917 on the arrival/emigration of Sonny’s father Joseph, The Lacer (due to his dapper dress sense) Lynders. Linders was deemed a more American spelling. He never recovered from the insult and moved home (with his wife and 5 year old son) in 1924. Today the Linders Renault & Dacia group has grown into a €50m turnover business in 4 years selling over 3000 vehicles a year. That is a tribute to this hardworking family as a whole and especially to the memory of a 19 year old Sonny who dared to dream and created an unequalled family business model in the area. Speaking of memories Paul Linders recalled his Grandad Sonny very fondly when we spoke to him. He said, “Most of Dublin knew my Granddad as “Sonny Linders”. He was “Grandad” to me. My earliest memories of him are of walking with him down the market in Smithfield. It used to take ages because everyone knew him and he’d stop and talk with everyone we met. He loved the business and all the people in it. Until he died, he came to work everyday. Even today, one of my favourite things since joining the motor business is hearing stories about him and meeting Dubliners who bought their first car from him. I’m very proud of the fact that many of those families still come to us to buy and service their cars today.A portrait of my Grandad hangs in our offices keeping an eye on things even still. I know he’s proud of what we have become in Chapelizod, Finglas and Swords Turvey and the direction in which the business is going. He taught me to always try to improve, to look at things from the customers point of view and most importantly, never to take no for an answer, unless it came from him!” Linders are proof that hard work and determination to succeed coupled with top quality and personal service are winning combinations and we wish them continued success in the future. Congratulations to Linders from all of us at ‘Local’ magazines and here’s to the next 80 years and beyond. Contact us: communitylocals@gmail.com

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WeBringg success at National Enterprise Awards

‘WeBringg’ from Fingal have been announced as the Dublin Regional Award Winners at the 2018 National Enterprise Awards, organised by the Local Enterprise Offices, at the Mansion House, Dublin yesterday evening (24 May). Backed by Local Enterprise Office Fingal, Alan Hickey and Sean Murray set up the company in (2016) to deliver online sales orders innovatively,

turning the traditional 2-3 day delivery wait time into 90 minutes. The announcement was made recently in the Mansion House by the Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen T.D. The Minister also presented awards to ‘Terra Liquid Minerals’ for the overall title (supported by LEO

Kildare). Congratulating the local winners, Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office Fingal and Chair of the Local Enterprise Office Network said: “WeBringg are very deserving winners of this award, because of the impact that they have already made on their sector. Minister Breen said: “The National Enterprise Awards are a fitting way to recognise the contribution of Ireland’s most innovative, strategic and adaptive businesses, and to put their success stories into the national spotlight as an example to others. I would like to congratulate all the micro-enterprises and small businesses that are being celebrated here tonight. This year’s winners, like all those in previous years, represent the backbone of Ireland’s enterprise success and contribute hugely to the economic vibrancy of their respective regions. All this year’s finalists and winners have been supported by my Department through the Local Enterprise Office network. I would like to pay tribute to the hard work and vision of the network, and would encourage those with business ideas to get in touch with their local office for expert guidance and advice.”

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2018 Cleaner Communities Awards launched Attending the launch, Mayor of Fingal, Cllr

Mary McCamley said: “The Cleaner Community Awards are a fantastic opportunity to not only

recognise the huge efforts made by community groups but to encourage the continued efforts

of residents and community groups to keep the county clean, safe and litter free.”

Fingal County Council Chief Executive Paul

Reid said: “I’m delighted to see the contribution

made by community groups to the environmental welfare of Fingal being acknowledged. Our

Operations Department works closely with these groups to ensure the towns and villages across Fingal are kept clean and tidy so their work is hugely valued.”

Fingal County Council is now inviting entries

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Finance

Retirement - What you need to know no matter what age you are By Dave Kavanagh Most people would agree that we tend to spend most money during leisure times, such as weekends and holidays. Retirement places people very much into mostly leisure times but with one major difference, if not properly planned for - a substantial drop in income. According to the central statistics office, the average wage in Ireland last year was €45,611 (€877 per week). The current state pension from age 66 (at present) is €243.30 per week. (For anyone born between 1/1/55 and 31/12/60 it will be from age 67 and for anyone born on or after 1/1/61 it will be from age 68). According to the Dept. of Social Protection, by 2050 it is predicted that there will be less than 2 people working for every 1 person in retirement, adding further strain on the state’s ability to pay pensions. When you combine this with the fact that life expectancy is increasing, it brings a greater sense of urgency for people to plan ahead in order to have an income in retirement that is sufficient. The main point to be aware of, is that the earlier you start to plan, the easier it is to provide for the future. If you think of it as approximately 40 years of working and 20 years of retirement, this means you have double the amount of time to save as you have to get paid in retirement.

That is, if you start at the beginning of your working life. Every year someone delays commencing a retirement plan or pension, means that they will have to pay more into it, to get the same equivalent income they require at retirement. The good news is, there are attractive benefits in the form of tax relief. You get tax relief at your marginal rate of tax on contributions to a pension, so for example, if you pay tax at 40% and you contribute €400 per month into a pension, the net cost to you is only €240 per month. That is the same as saving €240 per month and getting almost 67% growth straight away. For self-employed people, it is often used as a way to reduce tax bills each year by doing a single contribution into their plan to get the tax relief. The % of your net relevant earnings that you can contribute to a pension and get full tax relief, is based on your age. Up to age 30 you can pay 15%, 30-39 it’s 20%, 40-49 it’s 25%, 50-54 it’s 30%, 55-60 it’s 35% and over 60 it’s 40%. If you are self employed or your employer does not provide a pension scheme for you (if there is no scheme in place, an employer must either provide you with a facility to contribute to a PRSA ((pension related savings account)) or allow you paid leave to arrange your own) then you can commence your own personal pension or PRSA. The amount you contribute will usually be decided by a combination of aiming for the income you would

like in retirement and your present affordability. This can change over time, for example someone currently saving for a deposit to buy a home may not have anything spare to put into a pension, but main fact remains, the earlier you start, the more you will have at retirement. Dave Kavanagh QFA has been advising people financially for

over 25 years. Combined with his previous role of gym/nutrition adviser, he regularly gives talks and workshops at seminars and events for groups, companies and government departments on financial wellbeing, positivity and motivation. He has spoken at all of The Full 360 events with Alison Canavan around the country. As heard on RTE 2FM and TV3.

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Wins for Two Chinkwell Writers Two members of the Chinkwell Writers were winners in a recent short

story competition run by Garristown Library.

Emma Hughes won first prize with her story “Losing George” – a

It’s a story about a woman entering the ocean after leaving an abusive relationship. Congratulations to both.

The Chinkwell Writers are getting their latest book of short stories

humorous story about a girl who is trying to get her boyfriend to dump

ready for publishing. The book “Chinkwell Writers 2018” will be launched

but thinks her current boyfriend, George, is wonderful. As a result Penny

member , has designed the cover and is illustrating some of the stories.

her. Her mother has objected to every other fellow she has brought home now has gone off him but to stay in with her mother she needs him to dump her.

Carol Hayden was runner up with her story called ‘Turning Tide”.

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St Catherines Choral Festival-great success! By Emma Mitchell

St Maurs Senior Choir

All groups with Alan Leech

Castleknock ET

St Catherines Ukulele Orchestra

St Catherines Junior Choir

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On the 16th and 17th of May, St. Catherine’s National School in Rush hosted their annual Choral Festival. Choirs and music groups came from the surrounding communities as well as from Castleknock and Ardclough, Co. Kildare. Choral groups from St. Maurs Parish, St Catherine’s Junior and Senior Choirs and St Catherine’s Ukulele Orchestra performed. Choirs from St. Brandan’s in Loughshinny, Lusk National School and Rush National School were also represented. A past pupil of St. Catherine’s- Emmanuel Mbikaku played some music on the piano for us. Emmanuel is a self taught pianist who has an extraordinary 16

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gift! Alan Leech, National Chamber Choir of Ireland was a special guest, and hosted work-shops with the choirs on both evenings. The Choirs then sang together at the end of each evening and showcased the songs they had learned and practised with Alan. We were delighted with the support received and were able to donate over €700 to Trocaire through Dermot Higgins. All who attended, agreed it was a great success!

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227 extra SNAs for Dublin for September Some 227 extra SNAs will be allocated to Dublin schools in September, Fine Gael Senator James Reilly has said. This will bring the total number of SNAs to 4,201locally, with 2,555 in primary schools, 864 in secondary schools and 782 in Special schools. Senator Reilly said: “The aim of this Government is to ensure that children with special educational needs can be supported to fully participate in schools and fulfil their potential. I welcome the very recent opening of a special needs facility at Colaiste Choilm in Swords, where 12 students will be catered for in an ASD unit, in Balbriggan and I am supporting the plan by Skerries Educate together to open 4x 6 special needs classes in Skerries and St Michaels House Skerries to finally get a site for a purpose build school which will cater for 80 pupils. I understand a site acquisition is nearing completion.” He added “Special Needs Assistants play a key role in ensuring this and I would like to firstly take this opportunity to pay credit to the fantastic work that they do in schools across Dublin. Today’s announcement will ensure every child who needs SNA support in Dublin will receive it.In July 2017, my Fine Gael colleague, Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton, gave a commitment that funding for SNA posts would be dealt with as part of the normal Estimates process, meaning that schools would be informed of their allocation for the beginning of the next school year before the end of May 2018. Today’s announcement honours that commitment and will make a real difference to schools and SNAs in planning for the year ahead. It is also expected that a further allocation will be announced during the first term of the new school year This decision is being made now to ensure that each child that is assessed as needing SNA support receives access to such support for the commencement of the new school year..”

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Fashion

Super day of fashion at Ardgillan Castle

By Fashion Editor - Carina Cunningham We had a super day Saturday the 12th Of May in Ardgillan Castle. Manager Tom Reilly and the lovely staff were mesmerized by the Vintage Masquerade fashion Photo shoot. We had 25 Girl Models 8 guy models and 2 fire-dancers All helping raise funds for my stage production of Style Warriors Fashion and Entertainment Show onn Sat 6th Oct in Wrights Venue Swords. This year the charity we are all supporting is NECRET. This is headed by Professor Bryan Hennessy who has teams in Beaumont Hospital and Our Lady Of Lourdes in Drogheda. They are making new drug trials and their research is crucial in making progress with this horrible illness of the 21st century. We had an amazing day all the designs and outfits were designed by myself Carina Cunningham plus Kat Condon showed one of her beautiful creations. I created head pieces and had Victorian wigs made by the very talented Veronica Byrne from Monaghan assisted by Caroline Quigley , Virginija Vitkauskiene and Kiaran Kiril Olegovich. The make up team were led by special effects artist The Lovely Bianca ,Gillian Stapleton ,Momi Kay,Daisy Contoy,Alexandra Ni Mhartain and Irena Kerutkiene. The chief photographer was David Stanway assisted by Ben Sollis. We really had an amazing time and raised €1000 for stage production costs. 13 photographers attended and they achieved such amazing images. We even had a tour of intrigued German Ladies getting into shots with our 18

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stunning models. The gents suits were supplied by AB formal wear Swords and Dorian Black suit hire Balbriggan. The Castle will never be the same again so many talented and creative people all there to give their time helping NECRET. Please keep the fashion show date free as this is one show you don’t want to miss. There’s lots of music and entertainment planned for the night. We have The Fire Angels coming from Belfast and The Olivia Whelan school of Ballet performing on stage during the show. This show is growing moment-on every year and is huge on Facebook. We do castings for models every year if your interested please e-mail me carinacunningham@gmail.com. Plus this show is for the guys tickets are 25e each or 5 for 100e see the Style Warrior Fashion And Entertainment Show FB Page for more information. I would just like to end this by saying a huge big thank you to all involved in our Ardgillan Photo shoot day. Super Models, hairstylists , make up artists, helpers and photographers and manager Tom Reilly and his super staff. Thank you one and All. And remember don’t miss this show it will be a good couples and girls night out. Many thanks Carina Cunningham. Credits for photo shoot: Photographer Juliana Watson, julianaimages.ie 08570 49179…Models : Rioghnach McGuinness, Aisling Kilcawley and Sabrina Maria…Make up: Momi Kay, Daisy Conroy and Irena Kerutkiene..Hair : Virginja Vitauskiene..Designer: Carina Cunningham, Cherie Styling Studio. Contact us: communitylocals@gmail.com

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Emily truly an inspiration in fashion design

By Fashion Editor - Carina Cunningham

This month, I would like to introduce you to Emily Nayhree Art. Emily Art Wear is the design brand of an artist and fashion designer named Emily Nayhree. Her interest started first with fine art and ceramics in GNIT Galway. She is a self taught artist but has also studied advertising, graphics, and web design. She is very passionate about local history and mythology and spent many years travelling around Ireland painting castles. Her art has been featured in some of Dublin’s best contemporary galleries. Her famous clients to date are Christie Moore, and Christie Burke (former Dublin Lord Mayor). Emily attributes her love of art to growing up in a caravan in the Dublin mountains. In fact during the recession, Emily found herself without a place to live and had to move from derelict buildings in Dublin from time to time. This led her to her Contact us: communitylocals@gmail.com

passion for the Dublin underground art culture, mixed with music. She hopes to inspire others to aim high and never give up on your dreams. Art, fashion, and music are also related and each passion makes your life rich at a very low cost. Last year Emily Art Wear showed at Capital Times Square in New York’s fashion week. She is now selling to an American designer who sources clothing for the stars. I am so thrilled to say that she has agreed to feature in my upcoming Style Warrior Fashion and Entertainment Show. Our photo shoot shows how amazingly she has changed the most basic clothing into something a lot more unique and special and I must say how rewarding this must be to wear a one of a kind design. She mix matches fake fur with art very cleverly and she also designs for the guys. She can be found on Facebook if any reader is

interested, or simply come along to Style Warrior Fashion and Entertainment Show and be amazed by her fashion and all the other young extremely talented designers all on our footstep. I think she is a leading example of a young girl driven to succeed as many of your young daughters and sons can be a little lost in the direction they would like to grow. Her passion for art and fashion is like a happy marriage of fabrics and paintings. Hope you like her style and hopefully you are as impressed with her as I am. That’s it for this month. Next month I am looking at children and fashion, that’s where it all starts. Bye for now,Carina, Credits: Photography by Lana Sea..Make up artists: Alexandra Ní Mhártain and Daria Janowska, Hair: Virginia Vitauskiene. DONABATE LOCAL-JUNE 2018

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Home Cook Recipes

Brain Boost with Banana Bake “The sun is shining and BBQ smells are filling the air, that must mean one thing: it’s exam season!

Fueling the brain with the right food and drinks can help to improve concentration, maintain alertness and sustain energy levels through the long hours of studying and sitting exams. Poor food choices can lead to sluggish, jittery or tired feelings and make it more difficult to focus. Starting the day with a wholegrain breakfast, having regular meals and smart snacks such as fruit or vegetables and keeping hydrated with water throughout the day are just a few ways of keeping the body and brain energised. The recipe below is a nutritious but tasty and filling snack to satisfy sweet cravings while keeping away from the processed or sugary stuff.

Brain Boost with Banana Bake Makes 9 squares 20 DONABATE LOCAL-JUNE 2018

Ingredients

• 2 large ripe bananas • 2 eggs • 300g ground almonds • 40g walnuts blitzed in a blender • 130g greek style/strained vanilla yogurt • 100g agave nectar/honey • 50g coconut oil • 50g dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Method 1. Preheat oven to 180’c. Line an 8 inch baking pan with grease-proof (parchment) paper. 2. Mash the bananas in a bowl. Crack in the eggs and mix. 3. Next add the yogurt, vanilla extract and agave/honey and mix. 4. Finally melt the coconut oil and add to

this wet mix. 5. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining dry ingredients together which includes: ground almonds, walnuts, cinnamon and dark chocolate pieces. 6. Add the dry mix to the wet mix and stir well to mix the ingredients thoroughly. 7. Pour the mixture into the pre-lined baking pan. 8. Bake in the oven at 180’c for 40minutes.

Tip: Blitzing the ground almonds even more in a blender will make it more moist. Or instead of ground almonds, you could also use 200g oats blitzed up in a blender to make an oat like flour. Workplace, sports or school Nutrition talks/ workshops, please email: niamh@biabites.

net. See my ‘Fun food’ and ‘Recipes’ albums on ‘Biabites’ Facebook for other food ideas.

Niamh Arthurs, Public Health and Clinical Nutritionist”

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LEO FINGAL CLIENTS TO SUPPORT SALES OF €50M

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed TD and Minister for Trade, Business & Employment, EU Digital Single Market & Data Protection Pat Breen TD marked the fifth year of the Food Academy programme this week, which is expected to generate €50 million in sales annually for emerging Irish food producers within the next five years.

Food Academy is a joint initiative between the network of Local Enterprise Offices within the local authorities, Bord Bia and SuperValu and was established to support early-stage Irish food businesses. Participating companies gain access to expertise in branding, market research, business development and distribution, to allow them to scale up and secure listings with SuperValu.

Local Enterprise Office Fingal have been involved with Food Academy since it’s inception and have seen 16 of their clients now part of the Food Academy programme and supplying SuperValu stores across the county. The 16 LEO Fingal companies to have participated ont the programme are Bake Appétit, Celtic Diamond, Chase Foods, Everest Granola Products, Forage & Cure, Fresh from the Pier, Hope Beer, Howth Cuisine, Kennedy’s Oven Ready,Morning Dew, My Apricot Kitchen, Priya Cuisin, The Be Sweet Company,The Lo-cal Kitchen,Ala&Zu and Sarah’s Rawbites. Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office Fingal and Chair of the Local Enterprise Office Network, said; “The Food Academy Programme has been extremely popular for us in the last 5 years. The programme created an opportunity for local food entrepreneurs in Fingal to avail of specialised mentoring and guidance that previously hadn’t existed in the food business. It meant those who had a great food or beverage idea now could see a clear path from idea to shelf. Some of our clients including Hope Beer, Fresh from the Pier and Sarah’s Rawbites have all taken part in Food Academy and we are still working with them now on different areas of their business as they continue to grow.” The next Food Academy programme with Local Enterprise Office Fingal begins on the 31st August 2018.

Dig on Drumanagh Promontory National Monument 2018 Drumanagh is a nationally important archaeological site and is of international significance in terms of Ireland’s relationship with the Roman world. The site is also a National Monument subject to statutory protection under the National Monuments Act, 1930 (as amended). Fingal’s Community Archaeologist Christine Baker is undertaking a community excavation at Drumanagh Martello Tower with a team of professional archaeologists and volunteers from the local community and beyond. Since the site was acquired, the Council has undertaken works at the site to secure it and to provide for continued public access. The Drumanagh Conservation Study and Management Plan was recently adopted by Fingal County Council after widespread public consultation. ‘It is fanatastic to be undertaking the first scientific excavation at the site’. ‘We hope to tell the story around the Martello Tower and the effect of its construction in the early 19th century. We will be investigating the original road to the tower. What we uncover will inform the future management of the site. It is also hugely exciting for the local community who have such a love for the site’ said Christine. Ian Doyle, Head of Conservation of the Heritage Council said ‘We are happy to support the Digging Drumanagh Project through our grant system and as Chair of the Drumanagh Archaeological Advisory Group it is heartening to see the objectives of the Drumanagh Plan being actioned’. Digging Drumanagh has also been accepted at a European Year of Cultural Heritage event.. Follow us on https://www. facebook.com/fingalculturalheritage/notifications/

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Crossword & Sudoku

WIN €50 !!! WIN €50 !!! WIN €50 !!! WIN €50 !!!

This is easy… we are offering you the chance to win €50. All you have to do is correctly fill in the crossword and discover the name of an area in Fingal spelt out in the coloured squares. Then send the completed crossword and your answer by email, with your name, address and telephone number to communitylocals@gmail.com before 5pm on June 18. The first correct entry to be drawn will win €50..Good luck Across

Down

1. Paintings on walls. (6) 5. Division of a diocese. (6) 10. The real material. (7) 11. Likely to perform unpredictably. (7) 12. Skewer for meat and a disgusting habit. (4) 13. The first fruit. (5) 15. Case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time. (4) 17. A long period of time. (3) 19. Old man is a nut! (6) 21. Put to death. (6) 22. Protective glasses set in a flexible frame. (7) 23. Porter gives a short account of the news. (6) 25. Could be belly, pages or fever. (6) 28. Lightly strike the faucet. (3) 30. A fit of often silent anger or bad temper. (4) 31. Melon is another fruit. (5) 32. A confused murmur or flurry of activity. (4) 35. Make troops hard or harder. (7) 36. Tears up the inventor of partial sterilisation of a substance. (7) 37. Valuable stones. (6) 38. An assistant with power to act when a superior is absent. (6)

2. Radioactive element. (7)

3. A dull and persistent pain. (4) 4. Gather money together with difficulty. (6)

5. Spanish dish. (6)

6. Of meat only cooked a short time. (4)

7. Bag for school books. (7)

8. Sarah Palin was Governor here. (6) 9. A smooth final surface of a

substance, such as concrete, applied to a floor. (6)

14. You run it on a computer. (7)

16. Severely inflamed and painful. (5) 18. Sires for salary increases. (5) 20. A small spot, a speck. (3) 21. Opener. (3)

23. Far away, secluded. (6)

24. Fresh fruit and vegetables grown for the market. (7)

26. Tousled is the noisiest. (7)

27. A male magician or sorcerer. (6) 28. A game involving love. (6) 29. Slangily exhausted. (6)

33. Fit a horse with an outer foot covering. (4)

SUDOKU ANSWERS

34. An invitation to reply. (4)

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