Lusk Local V10I3-OCT 2024 by Irish Media Group

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Taking Stock

of the year as Time Falls Back

While we have all enjoyed a fantastic start of Autumn with some superb warm weather, we now look to the tentative start of the darker evenings giving us plenty of time to take stock of all that has taken place over the past 9 months.

We won’t have to wait much longer for the evenings to truly darken with the bi-annual event of daylight saving to take place this year on Sunday 27th October. While we will have around 50 percent less sunshine than that of Spring and Summer, it gives us more time to enjoy our home comforts as the cold nights set in.

Summer was a truly eventful time of year with so many events taking place around the whole county of Fingal. There was hardly a weekend that past without some amazing festival or event taking place throughout the county.

While we await the arrival of Winter, things certainly aren’t slowing down for the many community groups, sporting clubs, resident’s associations etc. Winter can be one of the busiest times of the year with many plans being put together for the following year as well as the weekly activities taking place.

Halloween is a time when children, and the big children, can enjoy themselves in equal measure with kids donning fantastic, and spooky costumes, while some adults will also go all out with decorating their houses to rival that of anywhere in the world. Afterall, Halloween, or Samhain, is a truly Irish event.

Fingal will have many events taking place over the coming weeks that will culminate with the amazing Fingal Festival of Fire that sees amazing firework displays being hosted throughout the county. Be sure to wear your best costume and enjoy the fantastic, and safe, pyrotechnic event!

So as we approach the winter months, be sure to take some time to take advantage of the decent October weather, but also, don’t forget to curl up beside the fire at home and take stock of all that has happened over the past year and make some plans to have an even more eventful 2025!

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Community Groups Delivering Lusk for Life

The success of the Pride of Place on 3rd September was about how every community group came together to explain how each group was making a special contribution to our growing town. The Lusk For Life Town Centre First plan was central to our Pride of Place presentation to the judges. Lusk For Life provides the roadmap to address the community and sports infrastructural challenges that the town will face over the coming decade.

We can all see the current explosion in housing in our town and this is the forerunner to significant increased population, so the pressure is on to get new and additional facilities to serve our town. Minister Joe O’Brien recently announced €77,000 expenditure towards designing a skatepark project and undertaking a feasibility

study for farmer’s market project for the town. While these are welcome Town Plan project steps, we need to maintain the pressure to deliver more community facilities, faster and in line with best practice sustainable principles. If we do not, we will not stay on target for what our increasingly diverse and expanding community needs. The lesson of Pride of Place was how the power of working together can deliver a coherent brand for Lusk. Lusk For Life involved coming together to create a Town Centre First Plan. Implementing the plan is a bigger challenge that requires working together to deliver our infrastructure. We need to use our Town Team as well as our Community and Business Pillars to channel our priorities to bring about positive change for Lusk.

Life Cover - Why do we not prioritise it?

By Dave Kavanagh

I sometimes get told by people that they don’t have the time, or they are too busy, when it comes to arranging or updating their life cover, serious illness cover or income protection. (it’s not the most fun exercise!) despite the fact it can give them peace of mind, knowing that in the event of a fatality, a serious illness or being off work for a length of time, their family do not suffer substantial financial loss. But what are they really saying? “I’ll have a look at that after Christmas”. Often replaced with “after Easter”, “after the holidays”, “after the kids go back to school” and a few others. What is actually being said is “I’ll name some time in the future so that I don’t have to deal with it now” (a bit like “I’ll start the diet on Monday/in January”). Let’s face it, you can easily find 30-60 minutes once a year to deal with something this important. You’ll be glad you took the time. “We have cover in place already”. Great. That is if it’s been reviewed in the last few months, but on closer examination, it often hasn’t been looked at in years and circumstances have changed and it may no longer be suitable. It’s important to keep things relevant to your current personal circumstances. “Our bank sorted everything for us”. Your bank may have sorted a few things, but in most cases, banks are tied to one life company, so a fair comparison cannot

be made, meaning you could be paying way over the odds for whatever the bank has put in place for you. Dealing with an advisor who is not tied to one company and can compare other options is the only way to make sure you get the best value. “I’m busy at present, I’ll give you a shout in a few months”. But the fact remains, if there is an activity that you like you will make time for it. Burying your head in the sand is rarely a successful solution to most problems. Someone once told me that they had no time and in the same conversation told me they had bingewatched 8 episodes of Game of Thrones. (They were also up to date on all the soap storylines!) If it’s important, make the time.

Dave Kavanagh QFA has been advising people financially for over 25 years. For quotes or information (with no cost or obligation) he can be contacted by emailing info@ financialcompanion.ie or use the contact form on www.financialcompanion.ie or @Davekav_ advice on Twitter and Instagram. 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, LMFM and TV3.

Sports clubs to benefit from €143,500 Dormant Accounts Fund

Sporting clubs across County Fingal are to benefit from €143,500 that has been released as part of the Dormant Account Funds which is being overseen by the Minister of State for Rural and Community Development Joe O’Brien, under the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2012.

The Dormant Accounts Funding allows unclaimed funds from accounts in credit institutions in Ireland to be utilised for projects focused on overcoming the barriers and challenges to participation in sport for those who are economically or educationally disadvantaged, or those affected by a disability.

Speaking about the funding, Minister O’Brien said: “The Dormant Accounts Fund allocation announced today is a crucial investment in our communities, particularly in rural and disadvantaged areas.”

“In Fingal we are supporting the ‘Her Moves’ initiative which aims to keep girls in sport during adolescent years and the wider ‘Activie Citiies’ initiative which people may have seen at events over the summer but also at the boxes of free to rent sports equipment around Fingal.”

Spotlight Shines on Lusk in Pride of Place awards

Last month, Lusk took part in the national Pride of Place awards, where we were given the opportunity to showcase the best of our community. It was a privilege to be part of this and gave us an opportunity to look back at all that we have achieved as individual groups and as a community over the last few years. Lusk is in a unique position in Ireland as the only town to have a town centre first plan already in place and in the early stages of being implemented, with cooperation between our town centre first committee and Fingal County Council.

On the day, we presented a strategic overview of what has already been achieved in Lusk and our plans for the future. We presented how volunteerism shapes our community, and the strong influence of heritage that exists here. We presented our local growers, and the judges even had an opportunity to taste locally produced wine, Lusca Wines!

We showcased our plans for the sports hub, visited Lusk National School and the amazing new autism unit in Rush and Lusk Educate Together National School. Our

community groups represented themselves and our town so well and they should all be proud of what they have achieved individually. We have an amazing community, that is hugely and selflessly committed, and deeply rooted in volunteerism and we now look forward to the awards ceremony in November. Watch this space!

In advance of a meeting with An Garda Siochána and Foroige, we invite you to email us at luskactiongroup@ gmail.com with any current issues of concern.

LAG have engaged with public representatives and authorities over concerns regarding the effect of new train timetables and noise issues from low flying planes on a flight pathway from Dublin Airport that is in breach of its planning permission. We will update on our Facebook page as information becomes available.

We will be submitting a road safety document to Fingal County Council soon. If you have any particular concerns, please get in touch with us at the above email address.

Lusk ICA Ladies enjoy a wonderful end to Summer

On the 30th August all the Lusk ladies got together and organized a wonderful Garden Party, in Maria Bairds enchanting back Garden. We danced all evening to the boogie-woogie sounds of the Donabate Portrane Men’s Shed music group Gerry and The Plonkers.

How thrilled everyone was to support our President Rosanna Darby representing Lusk ICA in the recent Fingal Pride of Place competition displaying photos of all the activities of our members, and the beautiful Pride Of Place flower arrangement by Jacinta Connolly.

We had a gorgeous night in NCH listening to the The Sound of Hollywood - The Best of MGM.

The Lusk Guild will now meet on the 1st Thursday every month after the Scouts Beavers at 8.15pm. And we would be delighted for new members to come along.

Lusk AC Members keep racking up the miles

The Dublin City Marathon is almost upon us and as usual there will be a big contingent of Lusk athletes taking part. The hard miles have been run so it’s almost time to enjoy the taper and reap the rewards of your hard work. Enjoy the day and best of luck to everyone. Welcome to all recent new members and well done to all who have joined our latest Fit4Life or Fit4Youth groups. Thanks as ever to all club coaches and other volunteers who’s continued commitment and hard work enable our club to go from strength to strength.

& Events

Rodrigo Lara completed his 250th Parkrun while Daisy reached her 50th volunteer milestone at Donabate

James and Pat Whelan had great runs at the Lucan 5 mile

Bernard Kenealy after a super run at the Dingle Half Marathon

Liz O_Reilly and Jennifer Kiernan ran well at the Ratoath Half Marathon

Cross Country training in Newbridge House

Tom Brennan and Paddy Downey were happy with their runs at the Tara AC 5k

Alan and Keith Rigney enjoyed the Tullamore Half Marathon

Junsa Taekwondo Club News

The dark evenings are here but the lights are still on at Junsa Taekwondo

While the evenings are starting to become cold, dark and wet, at Junsa Taekwondo the classes are warm, bright and welcoming . Our full classes have now returned and are welcoming new members. If you want to learn a new skill, get fit or want to reach your full potential in the world of Olympic Taekwondo then we can help you get there. We are members of Taekwondo Ireland the national governing body of WT in Ireland and have direct pathways to help our students fulfill their future either as an Olympic athlete, a poomsae world champion, or as an international referee. OR if you just want to have fun at a local level, we can help you get there.

Warm ups for the Intermediate Group

Justin and Nikos displaying their back reverse kicks simultaneously

Poomsae squad member Ellen practicing her side kick

The Advanced group in technical training

Liam (left) with his scoring body kick

Deina and Sadie in sparring action

Tomas and Edward displaying their kicking skills

Bradley_s back kick on Justin. Keep smiling Bradley!

Precision at its best - Darragh_s great kicking.

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