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Community Council claims planners acted outside thier powers Fingal County Council has been accused of acting outside its powers in granting planning permission for works in Donabate.The application is part of a €400m project that is set to lead to the building of 1,000 housing units.Donabate Portrane Community Council has questioned the granting of permission for the works, claiming the county council acted contrary to its powers and has appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála.A company called Aledo, which is part of developers Cannon Kirk, was granted permission for road works, access roads, water services and the construction of open spaces at Corballis in Donabate.The works are to facilitate the residential development.But Donabate Community Council has labelled as a disgrace the fact that Fingal County Council had granted permission allowing the developer to provide only 27% of the public open space it is required to provide, and 17% of the playground facilities is it

supposed to provide. Donabate Portrane Community Council has also accused the county council of allowing the developer to engage in project splitting.Project splitting is when a project is going to have an impact on the environment but a developer splits it into a number of projects.This is so each smaller project will not have an impact on the environment and the developer can get permission for each separate bit, and avoid environmental scrutiny.Project splitting is illegal under European law.Fingal County Council planners had initially raised concerns about Aledo project splitting, the planning file indicates. Donabate Portrane Community Council submitted to An Bord Pleanála that the the EIAR submitted was incomplete and entirely premature.They claim the application should not have been submitted to Fingal County Council until the applicant was in a position to apply for

planning permission for the actual development. The appeal from Donabate Portrane Community Council states: “Applying for permission only for the infrastructure on the proposed site is a blatant attempt to soft soap the potential impacts of the proposed development on the environment in order to seek to present a future application for the actual development as a fait accompli, given that the environmental damage will have already been caused to the site, to the SACs [Special Areas of Conservation], and to the protected species on the site and the SACs by that stage due to the infrastructural work undertaken.This seeks to make a mockery of the environmental laws in force.”For these reasons the granting of planning permission was void and ultra vires the powers of Fingal County Council, Donabate Portrane Community Council has told An Bord Pleanála.

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team led by Parents Plus professional trainer Úna O’Brien.For parents of children aged 5-12 years living with the challenging behaviour of ADHD. Using ideas and footage from the Parents Plus programme.It offers parents of children with ADHD the opportunity to meet and support each other in enhancing their relationship with their child:Preventing and dealing with the behavioural difficulties which so often accompany ADHD. This is a 6 Week Course starting 18th September 2019 each Wednesday until 23rd October 2019.Date And Time:Wed 18 Sep 2019, 7pm – 9pm. Where:Carmichael Centre, North Brunswick Street, Registration through Eventbrite using this link Please Contact Tricia in ADHD Ireland for further information on any of the three messages:

The Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival 2019 Thursday 5th ~ Sunday 15th September Donabate and Portrane Preparations are well under way in Donabate and Portrane for the annual Bleeding Pig Cultural Festival, running on the peninsula from Thursday 5th to Sunday 15th of September 2019. The festival, now in its’ eighth year, has become a hugely popular community event throughout Donabate and Portrane. A wide range of cultural events attract large crowds who come along to enjoy the diversity of entertainment. From Céilí dancing to Can-Can, Gala Concerts to Drama presentations, and Old Time Music Hall to Historical tours, there is something to please all cultural tastes and all ages. The Bleeding Pig Festival boasts an abundance of local talent aged from 8 to 88 and beyond, and this year the festival will also feature performances by some renowned visiting artists.The festival is generously sponsored by the Arts Department of Fingal County Council, as well as some local

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businesses including Tesco, Supervalu, Ray O’Rourke & Easy Steps Financial, John Dockrell, Rhatigan Developers, Keelings Pub, Smyths Pub, the Brook Pub, the Shoreline Hotel, Progressive Credit Union, Caroline Crowley and Resort Revelations, Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers, Screenlink Printers, and the Design Department.Every potential space on the peninsula is utilised to host a myriad of events, and the organisers are very grateful to all the local businesses who allow us to turn their premises into performance venues, including Donabate/ Portrane Community Centre, Donabate Community College, St. Patrick’s RC Church, St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Parish Hall, Café Natural, Keelings Pub, Smyths Pub, the Brook Pub, and Donabate Golf Club.

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How Treats Affect Your Dog’s Diet

You know the importance of choosing a healthy diet for your pet. You have taken the time and effort to consult with the experts about a healthy and nutritious dog food. Whether you choose dried food, wet dog food, raw, or make it from scratch, you may be overlooking something extremely important in your dog’s diet. Do you occasionally give your best friend a treat from the table or a rawhide to chew? The

type of treats you give your dog also makes a difference in your dog’s diet. Rawhides are an area of controversy. Some pet owners and vets feel they do not make a good treat for your pet. Others feel that rawhides provide entertainment and good dental health for your dog. The truth is they are both right, it all depends on the quality of hide chew you chose and avoid them in excess. Today there is so many alternatives such

a Vegetable fibre chews with chicken which even look like rawhide chews! Your dog views a treat as just that, a special treat between meals. Consider altering your dog’s diet by giving him or her less treats. Instead of a large Milk Bone, for example, break the treat into several smaller pieces and distribute them one at a time. This will have your dog eating less between meals. There are a number of small high value and light dog treats on the market today, and are terrific healthy treats to consider when choosing a healthy diet for your dog. Such treats make little difference overall and make monitoring your dog’s daily intake much easier for you. This way, you can focus solely on the food consumed during mealtime. A dog’s diet needs to be healthy to ensure a long and happy life for your pet.If you have any queries, or wish to discuss and stock up on some of these treats don’t hesitate to pop into us and we can show you a treat or two.

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Planning for Back to School and staggering the cost

We may be slap bang in the middle of the summer but parents know, it’s time to start planning for Back to school! Between uniforms, bags, shoes, coats and all the other expenses, if you start buying now, you can stagger the cost (and stress!) First off uniforms. Despite the governments repeated promises to do away with crested uniforms, they are still a requirement at many schools and are very costly. A jumper can be €30-40, a jacket €60 etc. We found a way to do this cheaper! Buy uniform items like jumpers, cardigans, tracksuits from Dunnes Stores, Tesco, Lidl, M&S and have the crest sewn or embroidered on. Bestwear in Drogheda provides this service, or you could ask the school for the crest and sew it on yourself. Shoes can be expensive, especially for teenagers. Kildare Village is good for bargains brands. Lifestyle Sports has a range of low-cost trainers. We picked up some Nike black trainers for PE for only €35 there. Skechers has a shoe for boys

which doubles as a trainer and shoe and saves parents from buying 2 pairs of shoes. Korky’s have a shoe for girls that is almost identical to the ‘branded’ shoe some schools insist on and its half the price so that’s worth a look. For books, check out offers, like Easons 10% off. They also have a drop off/pick up s service. Drop in your school list, come back after a few hours to have it bagged and ready to go! Schoolbooks.ie is great for Gaelscoil books, they have a dedicated section on their site for these. Ipads are becoming more and more popular for schools now – our own teens both have them – and at €500 a pop, parents need to make sure that they have a schoolbag to protect the ipad. Totto brand in Bag City Ilac SC has a compartment to protect technology. These bags are very sturdy, we bought one for our son last year and it’s in such good condition, we do not need to buy him a bag this year. For smaller kids, Smiggle, in Pavilions, has ‘Bag bundles’ which are good value. They are colourful,

scented and brilliant for kids; making BTS shopping fun!Make sure to label everything your child wears and brings to school. Stuckonyou.eu has a range of labels for books, shoes, uniforms, lumchboxes to make sure if your child does leave something behind, it can be returned to them. Labelling clothes and school items is much cheaper than replacing them. Regatta has good sales and offers on kids wear like raincoats, water bottles and fleeces. Flying Tiger has funky yet practical stationery and is very well priced.The Works is excellent for art supplies – you can save a lot by buying there, it’s very good for college students. If you are struggling with back to school costs, see if you can apply for the BSCFA at welfare.ie – this is helpful to parents. Also, keep an eye out for offers and competitions (there are lots of school related competitions on mams.ie for lunchboxes, schoolbags etc). Enjoy the rest of the holidays!

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Finance

Why are Women so undervalued?

By Dave Kavanagh

There is a tendency to place values on all kinds of things, from property to cars, from jewellery to smart phones. When it comes to protecting against the loss of these things, it’s then a straightforward calculation. However, when it comes to valuing people and protecting against potential loss, there seems to be a large imbalance in how men and women are valued. In a series of recent interactive group talks, I set a task for the participants (who, as it happened, were about 75% women). I gave them a typical family scenario of a couple, John & Mary, with 2 children aged 2 and 4, with John in full time employment and Mary being a stay at home mum, not in paid employment. There were various other details but the task was to agree how much personal life cover they should both have (outside of their mortgage protection). Out of 9 different groups, all but one decided on Mary needing far less cover than John (on average, about 50% less). I then explained how to calculate the financial loss that would be suffered in the event of either of their deaths. Even though John had the only income, if Mary passed away, John would have to either give up work to care for the two young children or else pay for all of the minding that would be required, as well as possibly other tasks that Mary may have looked after. In short,

in this example (with children that young) the same level of life cover would be appropriate for both of them, as the financial loss that would be suffered in the event of either fatality would be very similar. Once a detailed explanation of how we arrived at these calculations was given, everybody completely agreed that this was the case but it certainly illustrated how in general, there was an under valuing of Mary’s role and therefore an under valuing of the financial loss that would be suffered. This is also evident both in the levels of cover that we see that people have and also in the claim statistics that are published by the life companies each year. The number of life claims for women is far less that those of men (even allowing for the naturally higher proportion of males dying younger) and the amounts of the claims is also much lower for women on average. The same is the case for serious illness claims, far less and far lower for females. With many campaigns and much publicity around the imbalance of wages and opportunities between genders, it is worth considering how we value ourselves and how we also value the potential loss of ourselves. Take a few minutes and look at your own situation to see if you’ve done anything similar.

contacted by emailing info@financialcompanion.ie or use the contact form on www.financialcompanion.ie or phone 087-6414570. 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. As heard on RTE 2FM and TV3.

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Donabate Library 25thAnniversary: It’s Competition Time Colouring Competition with Prizes for all the Family!!

Theme: ‘What your local Fingal Library means to you’ Category 0 – 6 years- A specially created Colouring Page has been designed to celebrate Fingal’s 25th Anniversary, featuring a clever fox, a curious cat, a wise owl, a bookworm, and our Fingal Libraries logo – the Raven! How colourful can you make them??Ask at the library desk for your page. Category 7 – 11 years- Bring your imagination to life with a drawing of what your local library means to you.Maybe you love to read books piled so high you can’t see the top!Or you go to the library often with all your family?Perhaps you like to go to fun events at the library andcreate projects there? Maybe the library is a place where you see your friends from school or where you live? Do you have a favourite librarian who tells you about all the latest great books for kids? Do you findout about all that interest you at the library – Animals, Sports, Technology,

History, Countries,Languages.The library has an information pack with some sample drawings. Category 12 – 17 years-How has your library helped you?Have you used the library to study for important exams, borrowed books and revision guides to help you along? Is your local library a place to meet your friends, that’s free and inviting?Maybe you have attended some free fun classes at your library – chess, technology,languages.Have you had fun at a library event – storytime when you were younger, visited a free author event, watched a film for free. Maybe your library is a place to use high-tech equipment and devices not available in school or at home?Have you ever attended an event on a topic you were curious about? Did you enjoy it and leave wanting to explore more?Have you ever gone on a school trip to your local library? The library has an information pack with more details and suggestions.

Category 18 and upwards: How has your library helped you?Have library resources ever helped you solve a problem, answer any queries you may have had – maybe you had a health query, needed to redecorate your house, fix your car, understand a legal issue, find a new job?Maybe you use the library for the sheer love of losing yourself between the pages of the latest best reads? Have you attended one of the many events, talks and workshop at your local branch. How has this impacted you? Have you ever used Fingal Libraries themed collections – Healthy Ireland at your local library, Jigsaw, Work Matters. Maybe you have memories from childhood of visiting your local library to read and getting lost in a fantasy world between the stacks?The library has an information pack with more details and suggestions.Competition Closing Date isWednesday, August 14th.Prizes in all categories.

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Ingredients

50g sliced onions 200g sliced beef 120 chopped mixed peppers 1 cup of whole grain rice 40g sliced mushrooms 40g black bean sauce

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200g black beans 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 2 shallots 2 cloves garlic 5cm fresh root ginger 1 tablespoon chilli pepper flakes 1 & 1/2 teaspoons cornflour dissolved in 1 tablespoon water

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Method to make sauce: 1.Mix the beans, shallots, chilli pepper flakes and rice wine vinegar together. Mash the beans well. Set aside. 2. Sauté the garlic and ginger in a small amount of oil on a pan until soft and flavours infuse. Add the mixture from the previous step. 3.Bring the mixture to the boil then simmer for 10-15minutes. To thicken the sauce, stir in the cornflour mixture. Simmer until thickened.

To cook the rice: Bring 1.5 cups of water to boil before adding a cup of rice and let it simmer before all the water has dissolved. Then it is ready to serve.

To cook the rest of the ingredients: 1.Add 1 tablespoon rapeseed oil into a nonstick pan (preferably). Gently cook stripped beef just to brown it then remove from pan. 2.Add vegetables to pan and lightly cook before adding black bean sauce and beef then cook till sauce begins to bubble and meat is cooked thoroughly. 3.Serve with cooked rice. For nutrition and healthy eating talks or workshops in preschools, primary or secondary schools, workplaces or community groups please email:niamh@biabites. netSee my ‘Fun food’ and ‘Recipes’ albums on ‘Biabites’Facebook for other food ideas. Niamh Arthurs, Public Health and Clinical Nutritionist www.biabites.net Contact us: communitylocals@gmail.com

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DP runners at the Belfast 24 hour relay - June 22nd & 23rd

Colin, Paudie, Elaine and Sean proudly showing off their hard earned medals

Sean grabbing a drink from Elaine Greensit who provided great support

Colin Browne in action

Relief that itâ€™s over after 24 hours of running

Elaine Kelly running well

Colin and Elaine taking a break while Sean is set to go

This was the 10th and final running of the Energia 24 hour event in Victoria Park, Belfast. Donabate and Portrane runners Sean Greensit, Elaine Kelly and Paudie Byrne were joined by Seanâ€™s Lusk AC teammate Colin Browne to form a 4 person relay team. The format was for each team member to take turns to run for 2 hours around the one mile circuit in the park. Starting Contact us: communitylocals@gmail.com

Sean and Paudie relaxing prior to their first run

at 12pm Saturday and finishing 24 hours later, all team members completed 6 hours of running and between them racked up an impressive 269 kms (167 miles). This was good enough for overall 5th place of 29 teams and 2nd of the 15 mixed teams. The weekend was more about the fantastic experience than the results with the camaraderie

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