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MALAHIDE Your Community News Volume 1 Issue 5 - June 2017

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Editor’s Note

Welcome to June

When politics and religion are too incendiary, and gossip can rebound on you, there is always the weather to discuss. And, where weather is concerned, we generally have a pessimistic view! “Yes, it has been a nice couple of days, but it can’t last, there’s a cold/rainy spell on the horizon - I feel it in my bones.” June, in fairness, is a month of change - officially it is Summer but the month is not quite Spring, not quite Summer, long evenings but not as long as they will be in July and August, warm but with a hint of heat to come. It’s the time of year to get off a little early from work, see if the barbeque has survived the Winter, get the kids out of the house (without any electronic playthings), limit TV watching and generally get the garden up to scratch. And, when the weekend comes around, this is the time of year when you will find plenty to do in Fingal. With parks and beaches galore every family can enjoy free fun at their own pace or veg out in the often vain attempt to get a suntan before sunburn :) And, when you are out, bring a camera, we are always looking for local Fingal photos - who knows, we might even print some of them (in December! to remind everyone that we actually did have a Summer).

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As the month of June emerges so too does the opportunity to spend more time with our friends and family and what better way to do so than dinning al-fresco with the barbecueâ€™s smoky aroma filling the air. A little planning in advance will help when it comes to barbecuing to ensure everything is relaxed and fuss free. At Country Crest, we appreciate great food which is why we are so confident in providing you with all your barbecue needs from our family to yours. The Farm Shop holds everything you could need to host the ultimate barbecue; from meats, to marinades, sides, drinks and not forgetting dessert. We hope that our premium home reared Country Crest Beef will be the talking point around the table with friends and family this summer, making memories to last a lifetime.

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top BarBeCUe tipS witH oUr BUtCHer malaCHy griffin Our Farm Shop master butchers Malachy and Brendan are on hand to answer any of your barbecue questions; from helping you choose the best cuts for you and your family at affordable prices and making the most of your budget, to tips on preparing and cooking your meat and how best to serve them.

CHooSing tHe rigHt meat For beef, Malachy recommends cuts such as ribeye, striploin and fillet steaks which are quick and easy to grill. If cooking for large parties or familes, more economical cuts such as a thick slice of top round steak grilled to medium then sliced thinly to reveal a succulent pink centre, or our beef burgers and beef sticks, which are made fresh daily are ideal, and sure crowd pleasers. Malachy also suggests experimenting with some premium quality pork sausages, ribs and various cuts of marinated chicken.

getting tHe Heat rigHt Preheat your grill 15-20 minutes before starting to cook to get grill to a high temperature, important for searing your meat. We recommend using good quality charcoal for that extra smoky flavour. SaUCe it Up Marinade meats overnight for added flavour and extra tender meat. Experiment with different flavours to make the most of your meat experience, or keep things simple with a splash of rapeseed or olive oil, pinch of sea salt and a dash of pepper. How to Cook a Steak Malachy suggests to first sear meat on high heat to help lock in

juices and prevent sticking to the grill, then reduce heat to medium for even cooking. Allow the meat to rest for a few minutes before serving to let the juices redistribute.

tHe perfeCt BUrger Our dream burger is loaded with succulent and tender Country Crest beef, topped with crisp lettuce, ripe tomato, melted cheese, smeared with a dollop of mayonnaise and wedged between a rustic burger bun.

tHe ideal SideS Keep sides simple and prepare ahead to allow time for grilling meats.

We recommend baked potatoes with a crisp skin and floury flesh, served hot with real butter, grilled pepper and red onion skewers, a mix of crisp salad leaves, in-season juicy tomatoes, sliced cucumber, homemade red cabbage and carrot slaw with a selection of tasty dressings.

to finiSH We like to finish our barbecue with a refreshingly chilled lemonade or cordial. On special occasions, we might even pop open a bottle of wine. For an easy dessert, we love juicy strawberries with freshly whipped cream to end things on a sweet note.

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Local News

Towns and Villages funding scheme The Department of Arts Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has launched a new round of funding for 2017 under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. The focus of the Scheme is to develop projects to enhance and develop towns and villages socially, economically and culturally. Last year seven communities across Fingal shared €380,000 in grants from the scheme which has seen its funding increase from €10 million to €12m for 2017 with a similar amount anticipated for 2018. The scheme will be administered in two separate phases and over a two year period. Phase 1 will concentrate on projects to enhance and develop towns and villages socially, economically and culturally while Phase 2, which will be launched in the second half of 2017, will be a pilot to encourage residential occupancy. Fingal County Council is now seeking expressions of interest from community and business interests in the towns and villages in Fingal for projects for development as part of the Scheme. The Council’s Director of Economic Enterprise, Ed Hearne, hopes communities in the County will submit expressions of interests by the deadline of May 29, 2017. “This is an excellent opportunity for communities throughout Fingal to obtain funding to deliver projects which make our towns and villages vibrant places to live, work and do business in. Last year seven communities received grants ranging from €29,000 to €100,000 which was further supplemented by funding from Fingal County Council and enabled a wide variety of community projects to be completed,” said Mr Hearne. The Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Darragh Butler, said: “There is great pride throughout Fingal in where we live and the Town and Village Renewal Scheme is an opportunity to further improve our communities.” Expressions of Interest Applications and all the explanatory documents on the Scheme are now available at www.fingal.ie

In line with the previous scheme there are two categories of towns and villages; Category 1 being those towns and villages with a population of less than 5,000 and Category 2 being those towns with a population of greater than 5,001 and less than 10,000. The Census data for either 2011 or 2016 can be used. 60% of funding being made available will be for the category 1 towns. All applications under Phase 1 of the Scheme must be submitted to Fingal County Council by May 29 and the selection process will be a competitive one with the final decision being made by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Full involvement with community and business interests will be an essential feature of successful projects. The explanatory document includes a detailed list of the types of activities that can be supported but it should be noted that up to 80 per cent of the total project cost will be provided for any individual project with the minimum grant available being €20,000 and the maximum grant of €100,000. A higher maximum of €200,000 will be considered for a limited number of projects where a robust case demonstrating exceptionally strong economic benefit to the town can be made. The scheme also now provides for optional funding for public art works up to €20,000 which enhance public spaces as part of one or more proposals submitted in respect of their area. All projects will be required to commence in 2017 and will be expected to incur a reasonable proportion of expenditure by mid-November and this should be a consideration in the project selection process.

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Fingal Triathlon Club was set up in 2009 by a group of highly motivated Fingallians who wanted to get fit, have some variety in their training and meet like-minded people. Triathlon is not exclusive to the super athletic or fit; it is a great way to meet new people while getting fit and challenging yourself to something different. Triathlon takes in three disciplines in the following order swim, bike and run. Fingal

Triathlon Club has almost 100 members ranging in age from 20 to over 50 and they are regularly out swimming, cycling or running in the locality. Training takes place in the National Aquatic Centre, ALSAA track and around the roads and hills of north Dublin. It’s not all about winning races, for many club members the challenge is about being the best that you can be no matter what age you are.

The club recently set up a Fingal Tri Juniors Club to cater for the children of members who want to follow in the footsteps of their Mum, Dad, Aunt, Uncle, or siblings. Fingal Triathlon Club caters for all levels from absolute beginners to those who have completed Ironman events. Membership is €75 (€25 is returned once marshalling duties for the club race are completed)

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Local News

Racing Towards Pieta House

Presenting a cheque for â‚Ź 500.00 raised this month by the members of Gibneys Cheltenham 100 Club are (Left to Right) Kevin Gibney, Gibneys of Malahide, Martin Brennan Pieta House, Brian McEvoy Pieta House, and Barry Gibney of Gibneys of Malahide.

Running the County! The Mayor of Fingal, Cllr. Darragh Butler is pictured with other participants after completing the Malahide parkrun over the May Bank Holiday weekend. With four of the total six completed he planned to finish the remaining two, Hartstown and Rivervalley, by the end of May.

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Local News

Darkness Into Light Continues

Having completed Malahide in previous years, I decided this year to walk the Skerries Darkness into Light for a change. It was a great route with a fantastic finish along the coastline as the sun came up. It really is an incredible event and an incredible experience. Thousands and thousands of people of all ages out at 4am in the morning, an incredible atmosphere and clearly something that means to much to so many people. It was great to have such massive crowds turn up at both Malahide and Skerries and to have the Pieta

House CEO, Brian Higgins at the Skerries event. Darkness1 = Brian Higgins, CEO of Pieta House with Mayor of Fingal, Councillor Darragh Butler Darkness4 = Mayor of Fingal, Councillor Darragh Butler and Councillor Brian Dennehy Darkness2 Dave Clarke (Rush Scouts) Brian Higgins, CEO of Pieta House Mayor of Fingal, Councillor Darragh Butler

Councillor Grainne Maguire Councillor Brian Dennehy Darkness3 Brian Higgins, CEO of Pieta House Councillor Grainne Maguire Councillor Tony Murphy Mayor of Fingal, Councillor Darragh Butler Councillor Brian Dennehy Dave Clarke (Rush Scouts)

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Ingredients • 1 pack wholemeal pitta breads • 1 carton passata with herbs or add 1 tablespoon of fresh/dried herbs • Mixture cheeses eg. Mozarella, red and white cheddar, feta cheese, goats cheese, blue cheese Optional Toppings • Use anything to make it colourful and creative!!! • Vegetables such as peppers, sweetcorn, red onion, mushroom, spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, cooked beetroot • Fruit such as pineapple, olives • Meat such as cooked chicken, tuna, smoked salmon, chorizo sausage 12

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1. Toast the pitta breads. 2. Spread each pitta with 2-3 tablespoons passata with the herbs. 3. Add toppings and have fun creating funny faces, animals, objects. 4. Place under a grill or in an oven at 200°C/gas mark 6 for 10-15 minutes until the cheese melts and the toppings are cooked. Niamh Arthurs Public Health and Clinical Nutritionist www.biabites.net Contact us: communitylocals@gmail.com

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Noticeboard & Parish News “Buried in Fingal” Website Launch Fingal County Council has launched a new free online database of all its burial records, indexed and fully searchable. The Council has responsibility for 33 burial grounds, and has records of burials dating back to 1905. Apart from the burial records of over 65,000 people interred in Fingal between 1905 and 2005, the database also contains information about the history of each graveyard, maps and drawings, photographs and location information, notes of notable burials and extracts from interesting epitaphs. The database is accessible via the website of

Fingal County Council (www.fingal.ie), on the Burial Grounds page, or by simply searching for “Buried in Fingal”. Speaking regarding the launch Colm McQuinn, Archivist Fingal County Council said “The database “Buried in Ireland” will provide an invaluable resource for Genealogists and anyone interested in Historical research.”

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Awards, which is a countywide competition aiming to make Ireland a cleaner, greener place to live. The Awards reward residential and business areas for their efforts in maintaining a litter-free, well presented and environmentally friendly community or place of business. Closing date for receipt of applications is 4.30pm on Friday, June 2nd, 2017. For full details of the competition, please contact the Waste Management Section, Environment Division, Fingal County Council by email on cleaner. communities@fingal.ie, by phone on 01-8906721. Further information can also be found by following the link http://fingal.ie/environment/ clean-community/.

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LADIES GOLF: Established in 1933, the Granard Cup is one of the longest running ladies golf competitions in Ireland. The format of the competition is Foursomes Stableford and it will be taking place in Malahide Golf Club on Monday 21st August. €5.00 per person, with a minimum entry of €100 per club - all funds raised will go directly towards NCBI’s Early Learning Centre, which provides specialised education service for children from birth to six years, experiencing sight loss. For further information or if you are interested in participating, please contact Roisin Walsh in NCBI on 01 882 1984 or roisin.walsh@ncbi.ie.

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1. The underlying structure. (6) 5. Done in a hurry. (6) 10. No help at all. (7) 11. Stunted learner. (7) 12. Letters and packages. (4) 13. A very strong thick rope. (5) 15. Last wishes. (4) 17. Permit a faulty tennis service. (3) 19. Darn! Go fetch a mythical creature. (6) 21. The place where something begins. (6) 22. Damaging by friction or use. (7) 23. Purpose, determined to do something. (6) 25. Not as difficult. (6) 28. And not either. (3) 30. An open skin infection. (4) 31. Irish and English newspaper. (5) 32. Casually flick through papers. (4) 35. A regular way of doing things.. (7) 36. Weather map lines. (7) 37. Brash and bold. (6) 38. Sends out a time or person to play in a game. (6)

2. I camera a country. (7) 3. Vibrating part of woodwind instruments. (4) 4. Clothing for everyday use. (6) 5. The outcome. (6) 6. The immaterial part of a person. (4) 7. The latter part of the day. (7) 8. Sung with the lips closed. (6) 9. Taken without permission in Solent. (6) 14. Sleeping place. (7) 16. Urban areas smaller than cities. (5) 18. Groan at the musical instrument. (5) 20. Fishing trap. (3) 21. The number in money. (3) 23. Put in into something. (6) 24. Going in one side or end and out the other. (7) 26. Get a renal ID in this country. (7) 27. Turn down discarded food. (6) 28. Four score and ten. (6) 29. The act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged. (6) 33. What it sometimes comes down to. (4) 34. The stem or trunk of a tree. (4)

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Ireland, 27. Refuse, 28. Ninety, 29. Relief, 33. Wire, 34. Bole. Stolen, 14. Bedroom, 16. Towns, 18. Organ, 20. Net, 21. One, 23. Insert, 24. Through, 26. Down: 2. America, 3. Reed, 4. Casual, 5. Result, 6. Soul, 7. Evening, 8. Hummed, 9. Times, 32. Leaf, 35. Routine, 36. Isobars, 37. Cheeky, 38. Fields. Let, 19. Dragon, 21. Origin, 22. Wearing, 23. Intent, 25. Easier, 28. Nor, 30. Sore, 31. Across: 1. Fabric, 5. Rushed, 10. Useless, 11. Student, 12. Mail, 13. Cable, 15. Will, 17.

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