Issuu

Local Solicitor has moved but still a great service!

Local Solicitor has moved but we are still in your corner. Our bright spacious modern office is located on the Top Floor of the Town Centre in Lusk. The office is wheelchair accessible via the lift from the lobby. There is also plenty of free parking nearby. You can find us when you scan the QR code. As a general practice law firm, Local Solicitor provides legal service in relation to a wide range of legal matters including: - buying and selling property, Landlord and Tenant

matters, Personal Injuries, Wills and Probate, Contract Law, Debt Collection, Family Law, Criminal Law, Employment Law and general legal advice. With more people on board, we can provide a broader range of services in a more efficient manner. Talk to us about your legal matter. You can contact us when you scan the QR Code.We look forward to hearing from you soon. Best wishes to you all.

Liam Fitzgerald

Our Team

Local News

Editor

communitylocalseditor@gmail.com

Advertising

Louise Hogan – 0862249299 louise@irishmediagroup.ie

Sean Maguire (Publisher) - 087 915 9052 seanmaguire@irishmediagroup.ie

Production Tim Evans communitylocalsdesigner@gmail.com

Lusk Local Magazine www.Facebook.com/LuskLocal Communitylocalseditor@gmail.com

Designated Pick up Points: Supervalu Lusk

Costcutters (The Village Store) Tesco, Rush

Lidl Lusk

Summer is here… Well, sort of but when the sun shines in Ireland there’s not many places in the world that will rival its natural beauty. Naturally we all yearn for those balmy, carefree summer evenings that seem to go on forever, but we mostly find ourselves trying to cram everything into the rare few days of endless sunshine!

There are so many plans we make on the run up to summer and naturally enough most of them rely heavily on good weather, so when those rare days come along, we all get a little stir crazy flying from here to there on trips, day outings, sports etc, and while we are, there’s so many things that go under appreciated in the area’s we live in.

The endless hours of hard work put by local people in making their towns and villages look beautiful, not only for summer but all year round, can fly under our radar somewhat when we have the blinkers on in getting to where we’re going. We should take the time to appreciate these things that we take for granted.

We are constantly amazed by the sheer volume of volunteers in the many areas of Fingal that give their time and energy so selflessly to make their area’s look as beautiful and welcoming as possible. Tidy Towns groups, Men Sheds, scouting troops and so many other groups made up of local people should all be given huge praise for their work and the best praise they can be given is by their fellow residents with a simple thank you.

We can also show our gratitude in getting involved ourselves with these groups who are always happy to welcome new members. We simply wouldn’t have such beauty in our areas if it wasn’t for volunteers so if you have some hours to spare get in touch a local volunteer group and ask if they need help. And if you can’t give your time at least give your thanks to them when you see them on the street and show them their work is appreciated.

IRISHMEDIAGROUP

publishing | design | print | web Published by www.irishmediagroup.ie

STRICT DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDITION: Submissions by the 14th for inclusion in next months edition

The Locals Team

Expression of gratitude to supporters and residents

It was an absolute privilege and honour to represent the town of Rush, the wider Rush / Lusk Ward and previously the Balbriggan Ward on Fingal County Council over the last ten years. I would like to thank the residents and voters for the engagement and support during my period as a public representative. I would in particular like to thank my family, team of canvassers and helpers for their support both throughout the years while on the Council, as well as with the recent election campaign which would have started on the Dublin/Meath border a few months ago.

I would like to take the opportunity to wish the recently elected Rush / Lusk Ward Councillors Robert O Donoghue, Corina Johnston, Cathal Boland, Eoghan Dockrell and Paul Mulville all the best as they take up their new positions and in particular the new first time elected Councillors.

Getting elected and failing to get re-elected are just different sides of the same coin in some respects in politics and you have to take the good days with the bad.

I am currently involved in multiple community organisations in and around the town of Rush, it is my intention to remain involved, with the intention of contesting future elections as they arise. In the meantime, I will be monitoring what I would call the several ‘work in progress’ projects which I had been working on in the background, an example of which would be the purchase by Fingal County Council of the 28-acre site as a community resource in Knockdromin House adjacent to the Rush / Lusk train station.

I would also like to take the opportunity to express my commiserations to my hard-working colleague Adrian Henchy current Mayor of Fingal County Council and wish him and his family all the best going forward.

And what a year it has been!

We moved into our brand new building in february and it has been a wonderful first few months

We have come a long way since the school started back in 2003, using local scout dens and golf clubs to have our classes. We moved to Raheny Lane in 2007 and had many great times in this building. We look forward to the future of RaLET now in our state of the art new school. We have two autism classes, a hall for P.E. and events, more yard space, a brand new library, three floors with amazing views and bigger classrooms.

We are currently enrolling for September. Check out our website for more information www.ralet.ie or call the office on 01-8430525.

Brian Dennehy

Lusk Community First Responders is Now Live!

Lusk Community First Responders (Lusk CFR) are delighted to have gone live with the National Ambulance Service on the 12th June. Our volunteers are trained to respond swiftly to specific emergency calls and are notified by the National Ambulance Service at the same time as an ambulance is dispatched, so we can reach potential life-threatening situations in the crucial minutes before the ambulance crew arrives. Lusk CFR can provide medical assistance in the community within minutes of a 999/112 call, offering a lifeline to those in distress while the ambulance is on the way. Following several months of training and preparation, our volunteers have been working with the National Ambulance Service to meet all the requirements set out for the nationwide Community First Responder scheme.

Did you know that the cost of purchasing/maintaining equipment and all running costs are the responsibility of our scheme?

Please help us to grow by donating to Lusk CFR. Or perhaps you’d like to sponsor the placement of public access Automated External Defibrillators

(AEDs) within our community. Your support can make a significant impact in ensuring the safety and well-being of our community, allowing ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

In addition to the Community First Responder scheme, Lusk CFR also want to work with the community to increase access to AEDs in Lusk and surrounding areas.

Lusk currently has 3 public access AEDs available 24/7, 365 a year at: the Cottage Community Centre; Lusk Soccer Club and Centra in Dun Emer. Round Towers GAA club also have access to an AED when the club is open. We can assist other clubs and businesses on how to register their AEDs with the National Ambulance Service. Please don’t hesitate to contact us and we’d be happy to help.

Lusk CFR is actively seeking volunteers, and no prior medical experience or training is necessary, as continuous training will be offered to all recruits. You can donate securely by visiting our website www.luskcfr.ie or contact us directly at info@luskcfr.ie. You can also donate via our QR Code.

Ireland's leading home builders have three and four bed homes available now for private sale under Fingal County Council's aﬀordable homes scheme at eleven locations across the county.

These high quality new homes are available to eligible buyers at prices below full market rates.

For information on Aﬀordable Housing and to see full details of each scheme as it becomes available, scan our QR code below:

or visit: www.ﬁngal.ie/AﬀordableHousing

Lusk Shines at Third Annual Summer Festival

Last month saw our third Lusk Summer Festival and what a day it was! The Summer Festival is a day for bringing the whole community together with music, food, fun and so much to see and do. It gives us great satisfaction to see all our hard work pay off. We would like to once again thank Fingal County Council for all of their support; Progressive Credit Union for their generous sponsorship, OLIVER marketing for providing our signs and posters, our business donators, our amazing organising committee, all the volunteers who turned up on the day, Bentley Bros for their support, our wonderful musicians and groups and of course our own DJ Joe for keeping us all entertained. The list is endless so we would like to thank everyone who helped us and supported us in making the day such a success. We would like to congratulate all of our reelected councillors and also some new ones. In particular we would like to thank LAG member Cllr Robert O’Donoghue for his tireless work on behalf of our community over the last 5 years. We are very fortunate to have him advocating for us and delighted that he is still in a position to do so. Many congratulations to him and to our other elected local representatives and MEPs.

Last month, LAG members met with Go Ahead to discuss continued bus service concerns. We have collated information gathered from the community and will continue to feed back to Go Ahead. They are working on corrective measures,

but we continue to seek your feedback. Contact us on luskactiongroup@gmail.com and Go Ahead on customercomment@goaheadireland.ie Include as much detail as possible including bus stop number, time, issue etc.

LAG is looking for community feedback

regarding low flying planes, especially over Rahenny Park. Please get in touch with us at the email above.

There are further delays in a response from An Bord Pleanala regarding our mobile mast appeals. This is due to a large backlog. We will update the community as soon as we have any information.

Listen Up Lusk podcast launched

Africa Day was the opportunity for Lusk Community Council to launch it’s new podcast, Listen Up Lusk, which is now available on Spotify. The inaugural podcast hosted by Akintunde Idowu features interviews with the Mayor of Fingal, Adrian Henchy, Minister Joe O’Brien, Pastor Habeeb Goodluck, Dr. Sarah Taaffe and the Akano Rythm Brothers. The podcast discussion covers what it means

to be Mayor of Fingal, the role of Africa Day, multiculturalism, work in Africa and the role that music can play in bringing communities together. Listen Up Lusk will be used to give voice to community ideas, innovations and important stories for the town. Over the coming months we will be particularly working with our young people in the town to share their thoughts and ideas.

George (Georgie) Bentley 1st Anniversary Mass

The family of the late George (Georgie Bentley) who died on July 21st, 2023 would like to acknowledge the support of the local community for their support and kindness throughout the year.

Born in Lusk in September 1943, George was known to many for his love of fishing and growth of new potatoes which decorated many a plate in Lusk and Rush and surrounding areas and locals will always remember his big smile.

The 1st anniversary of the late Mr Bentley will take place on Saturday 20th July in St MacCulins Church at 19:30 and all are welcome to attend.

Loughshinny Utd celebrate 50 years of outstanding football

Our 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner Dance kicked off at the Bracken Court Hotel in Balbriggan on Saturday 8th June.

Club chairman, John Spencer started proceedings by thanking the current Committee and Niall McGuinness, Ryan Fagan, Sean Compton and Carrieanne Spencer for their help in organising this prestigious event.

There were two guest speakers on the night. First up was former player, manager and chairman, Mr. John Fullam who gave a witty trip down memory lane up to present day. He gave thanks to the Club’s long-term sponsor’s The Yacht Bar and Gerry’s Fresh Food’s Supermarket.

Second guest speaker was Irish Olympic Boxing silver medalist Mr. Kenneth Egan who gave a wonderful motivational speech about his journey from young boxer to the Beijing Olympic podium.

Music on the night came from local band 2 Minute Drive of which Stu and Steve Cash are former players. Rounding off the night DJ Cathal Guinan ensured the dancefloor stayed full with some great tunes.

Loughshinny Utd was formed on the 10th June 1974. Our first chairman was George Tolan and early managers were Nicky Cash, Mick Kenny and Paddy Ryan who all laid the foundations for future success.

The Club’s first silverware came on the 5th May 1979 at the Iveagh Grounds when we defeated a talented Johnson Mooney and O’Brien side 5 – 0 with Club legend Ciaran Rogan RIP bagging a brace. The victorious manager was Liam Matthews RIP.

The late 80’s saw the Club really take off. Richard Ferguson invited a

certain John Fullam to play a 5aside tournament at the Fair Maid of Fingal Festival and Fullam liked what he saw. John made a few shrewd signings and enlisted one Gerry Butler and together they catapulted the Club to the dizzy heights of Intermediate Leinster Senior League football. It cannot be overstated how big an achievement this was for a village the size of Loughshinny. This was a golden period culminating in the Club’s finest hour. On the 26th July 2003, they took on the might of Galway Utd in the first round of the FAI Cup. Although beaten 2 – 0 on the day, they certainly weren’t outclassed.

There were many trophies, promotions and leagues won over the years by our juvenile and senior sides with many successful managers. Our last success came when Kevin Wynne’s senior side took the AUL Division 3 league title.

The Club were also blessed to have the services of Carmel Fanning and Deirdre Ferguson RIP for many years. These two ladies worked tirelessly, and their off-field work will never be forgotten.

Unfortunately, we could not field a senior team this season, but we are always on the lookout for senior players to get it back up and running. Our junior teams are thriving and we plan to expand from four teams to seven this year and run another Junior academy for 5 and 6-year-olds.

If you are interested in joining Loughshinny Utd, we would be delighted to welcome you down. We are looking for boys or girls born between 2012 to 2019 and any senior players for our men’s side. Please contact John on 087-7101612

Summer is here.....hopefully!!

Summer is here, though, calling it summer is a stretch with so much rain! Luckily, there are fab movies, like IF and Inside Out 2 in cinemas. Kids clubs are great value for money and www. ArcCinema.ie has excellent deals for families too!

Painting stones or seashells to decorate your garden is a cheap and fun way to keep kids busy. You can also let them help plant flowers – it’s lovely when they see what they planted growing. Pyjama days are cosy for watching movies when its rainy outside. Back to the Future, Guardians of the Galaxy and anything Pixar are favourites in our house.

Newbridge Farm is ideal for getting kids outdoors. See the animals and birds on the farm, visit the playground and grab snacks and ice-cream, at the café. Lookout for the peacocks,

they’re magnificent!

Follow the Fairy Trail, explore the Butterfly House and enjoy the beautiful Botanic Gardens at Malahide Castle & Gardens. Pack a picnic or stop at Avoca café. From daytime exploring to nighttime concerts, this has become a very popular place to visit.

Love trains? The Casino Model Railway Museum in Malahide is fascinating. From steam trains to locomotives to diesel trains, find out everything about the history of trains! Ideally located close to Malahide train station, you can also get there by train! Very cool!

Titanic Belfast is a wonderful experience if you haven’t been. Full of interesting facts, it’s a really enjoyable day out for the whole family and Belfast is a lovely city to explore too.

If your children love music and singing, The National Concert Hall has choir and song school summer camps during July, find out more at www. nch.ie

For budget friendly family dining, Shake Dog Diner is brill. Irish, affordable with a great menu from breakfasts to burgers. My favourite combo is onion rings, club sandwich and milkshake! We are blessed with beautiful beaches in North Dublin but please, be careful, especially when swimming with children. Don’t swim out far and always go to beaches with lifeguards. When leaving, please take your rubbish with you. With a little more effort, we can keep our beaches cleaner and safer for everyone.

For more ideas on places to go and things to do this summer, visit www.mams.ie

Councillor O’Donoghue says Thank you to Lusk

The local elections took place on the 7th of June with 40 seats on Fingal County Council up for election. The Rush-Lusk local election area is one of seven LEA’s in Fingal and saw the election of five Councillors. Heading the poll was Cllr Rob O’Donoghue with 3,185 first preference votes and being deemed elected on the first count for his second five-year term on the Council.

Speaking about the results, Councillor O’Donoghue stated, ‘I would like to say thank you to the people of Lusk for your support in the Local Elections. I am genuinely overwhelmed at receiving 26% of first preference votes in the constituency. I am going to continue to work hard for all my constituents and will be

available as always for any issues large or small. I would like in particular to thank my canvassers, leafleters and posterers with which I would never have been able to cover the ground that we did, I am eternally grateful for their support.

There is a lot of work to do in the coming Council terms and there are a number of projects that I would like to see continue to be progressed in Lusk including, the Lusk Sports Hub currently seeking planning permission from An Bord Pleanala, the Lusk Town Centre First Plan which was published in May and to ensure the sustainable development of the town. I look forward to representing Lusk for the duration of the term to the very best of my ability.’

Busy times for the ladies of Lusk ICA

Six ladies from Lusk ICA recently joined a group of 55 ICA members and travelled with Kieran Troy on the friends’ trip to the Italian / French Riviera for a long weekend. They flew into Nice airport checked into the beautiful Londre Grand Hotel in Sanremo.

Following tours of Monaco and Nice, both famed for their opulence and beauty, the ladies then travelled to the famed weekly market - Ventimiglia (known as the largest in Europe), and they also got the opportunity to visit Sanremo market.

Sunday saw the group take in a 4-hour trip to the ancient city of Genoa and were proud to see the famous plaque on the wall in

remembrance to Daniel O’Connell, who died in Genoa in 1847.

The final night saw the group of ladies visiting the beautiful town of Menton on the French border, situated right on the beach.

Our thanks to Paula from Lusk First Responders who visited us and gave us a very interesting talk.

The ladies joined up with the ladies from Swords ICA for the summer outing to the Irish Linen center in the north and stopped off at Banbridge Boulevard, finishing up the day in the Village Inn for a lovely meal.

Swimming has recommenced at 11am on Saturdays on Rush beach. All welcome.

Proud Day as The Lark chosen for prestigious Award!

It was a very proud day for Balbriggan, North Co. Dublin and the Arts in general as The Lark Concert Hall at The Irish Institute of Music & Song was voted as Ireland’s Favourite New Building in the RIAI People’s Choice Award.

“We could not have won this award without the support of everyone who voted for us. Thank you, thank you, thank you,” reads a statement from The Lark.

Due to increasing demand for space in our magazine could all contributors please note OUR STRICT DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES AND PICS IS THE 16TH OF THE MONTH PRIOR TO PUBLICATION ** Thank you.

& Events

Lusk AC members taking a wellearned rest

Summer is here and this is an opportunity to say a big thank you to our hardworking coaches who should now be taking a well-deserved break after a hectic few months. Congratulations to our juvenile relay teams on their recent success and after Ireland’s fabulous performances at the European Championships we expect relay events to be even more popular. Well done to everyone who has participated in some of the many races and field events that have taken place over the last few months. Registration is now open for the 7k Man O’War Round on 15th August. This is becoming more popular each year so sign up soon to avoid disappointment.

The huge Lusk contingent at the Balbriggan Summerfest 5

Some of the Lusk participants at the LSA 4 mile in Donabate

Elsie Mai met the fabulous Sharlene Mawdsley at Dublin Airport on her return from Rome glory.

Boys Relay Team

Darren, Laura, Julie & Neil at the Edinburgh Half Marathon Relay Girls Team

Ardgillan Hills are a staple Sunday morning diet for som

Corkagh Park 5 mile - Lusk volunteer team

Junsa Taekwondo Club News

Junsa members taking a well-earned Summer break

With the warm weather and long evenings and no competitions over the summer Junsa Taekwondo’s beginners and intermediate classes will be taking a short break but our older and more experienced students will be still training over the summer months.

I the coming weeks we will be advertising for new students to come and join our teams.

If you are looking to just have fun and get fit , you are welcome.

If you want to learn a new sport or discipline, you are welcome.

If you are someone who has done taekwondo at any level, you are welcome.

Our coaches have experience of teaching all ages and at every level and at all the many disciplines of Olympic taekwondo.

Please take a look at some of our photos from past and present.

The 2016 Dutch Open. Conor fights his way to a bronze medal in one of the most difficult tournaments in Europe.

2019 at the champion open in the national sports arena. (L-R) Gianni , Ryan and Darryl all winning Gold.

Max and Patrick prep for sparring with a chat!

(L - R) Conor D, coach Stuart and Robbie WM at the 2018 Dutch Open in Eindhoven . One of the biggest tournament’s in Europe

The very talented Intermediate Class

Darra and Parker in action

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 the 16th of this month. The first correct entry to be drawn will win €50..Good luck