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We’re half way through the year already – where is the time going?

We hope you are enjoying summer and making the most of the bright nights which are an added incentive to get out and about.

For the next two months the children are on holidays from school but fortunately in our communities there is so much for them to do.

All we need now is some consistently good weather so we can make the most of our beaches and beautiful parks like Ardgillan, Malahide Castle and Newbridge Demesne.

In the latest issue of Swords Local we be will keeping you up to date with what’s going on in your area with articles and photos of local community events.

As judging is underway for the National Tidy Towns competition, the onus is on us all to play our part and keep our communities clean.

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Swords Castle project a step closer

Pictured during the visit were (from l-r): Cllr Adrian Henchy; Cllr Paul Mulville; Ed Hearne, Director, Economic Enterprise and Tourism Department, FCC; Outgoing Mayor of Fingal Cllr David O’Connor; Cllr Joe Newman; Brian O’Connor, executive architect, FCC; Paul Reid, chief executive of FCC; Cllr Darragh Butler; and Cllr Anne Devitt.

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he improvement works at Swords Castle have moved a major step forward following the demolishment of derelict buildings in front of the castle at North Street.

The demolition of the buildings will facilitate necessary masonry consolidation works to the East Wall of the castle and will involve local traffic management on North Street including temporary closure of the footpath.

The contractors, L&M Keating Ltd, spent a few days preparing the buildings for demolition which took place on June 7. Scaffolding has been erected at the front of the buildings on North Street and the interiors are being cleared.

Outgoing Mayor of Fingal Cllr David O’Connor and Fingal County Council chief executive Paul Reid and a number of councillors visited the site to be briefed on the progress so far on the latest phase in the council’s development of the Swords Cultural Quarter.

Fingal County Council executive architect Brian O’Connor told them that work on the Gatehouse is well underway and the installation of a new vault was recently completed.

Masonry consolidation works on the Gatehouse and Knights’ Chamber are continuing and the demolition of the North Street buildings

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will facilitate the commencement of consolidation work on the East Wall of the castle.

Other work in progress on the site includes alterations to paths and landscaping of paths and the removal of cabins inside the castle walls.

The current phase of works also includes the reconfiguration of the temporary events information cabin inside castle walls and the installation of new external lighting and site services to facilitate better all-year access within the castle.

The castle will remain open as a heritage attraction during the works which will provide better access and an improved visitor experience upon completion.

Following his visit, Outgoing Mayor O’Connor said: “It has been a long time coming but it great to see that the buildings on North Street are about to be demolished and the East Wall of Swords Castle will be visible to everybody again.

“This is part of a much needed rejuvenation of the north end of Swords Main Street and it great to see the progress that has been made to date.”

Paul Reid said the demolition of the North Street buildings represents a major milestone in the Swords Castle project.

“When Swords Cultural Quarter is completed it will greatly enhance the town and provide a

major boost to the local economy and the local community,” he said.

Swords Castle is a national monument and the works are subject to Ministerial consent and oversight from Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

The works are partially funded under a grant issued under the European Regional Development Fund for Swords Cultural Quarter and this phase of the project will cost just under €500,000.

The Swords Cultural Quarter will be a new major central public and civic space outside Swords Castle featuring a new library and civic centre building to sit alongside County Hall as well as new landscape interventions in the park and the town.

Swords Castle was originally built as the residence of the first Anglo-Norman Archbishop of Dublin around 1200 AD. Meanwhile, the castle is open all-year round and tours, subject to demand, are provided by Fingal Tourism who can be contacted at info@ fingaltourism.ie or by telephone at 01-8400891.

Further information on Swords Castle and the Swords Cultural Quarter project are available atwww.fingal.ie

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Music competition has key to success Liam Cunningham (16) from the Play Piano School of Music in Swords was declared the overall winner of the Dublin Airport Swords Young Musician of the Year (SYMY) 2016.

This is the second time that Liam has won this title having achieved the top spot in 2014.

The competition, which aims to nurture the vast musical talent in Swords and the Fingal area, was held at the Emmaus Retreat Centre Lissenhall Swords.

Prizes were awarded in categories such as piano, strings, voice, violin, guitar, recorder, woodwind, brass and also featured categories for chamber groups in classical music, vocal and traditional.

This year students of Play Piano apart from winning all the individual age categories for classical piano, also took the first place for traditional piano in the Under 18 section.

Next year Play Piano will be entering students for the piano duets, and singing.

Play Piano would like to thank all the teachers, students and parents for making it a very successful year once again and look forward to the school growing and striving for better achievements in 2017.

Liam Cunninham, the overall winner, with his teacher Eimear Lacey, organiser of the SYMY event, Tim Ryan and Play Piano founder Gerry Nulty

Peter Browne, winner of the Under 21 Piano section in the SYMY.

Sanda Rusu, winner of the Under 18 Traditional Piano section at the SYMY.

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Alex O Neill, winner of the Under 15 piano category, with his teacher and mother, Elena.

Muireamn winner of Under 12 section and Daire, who came 3rd in the Under 15s with their teacher Janina.

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Mayor raises Rainbow Flag in Swords

Mayor of Fingal Cllr Darragh Butler and Fingal County Council chief executive Paul Reid at the event. PHOTO: KEVIN McFEELY

Newly appointed Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Darragh Butler, raised the Rainbow Flag at County Hall, Swords, as part of the ‘Having Pride in Local Government’ initiative, and to mark the LGBTQ Pride Festival held in Dublin on the last weekend in June.

Fingal County Council chief executive Paul Reid laid a wreath as a mark of respect to the 49 victims of the Orlando shooting on June 12.

The event was attended by councillors, Fingal County Council staff and members of the public, and was part of a series of nationwide ceremonies where local authorities raised the Rainbow Flag at County Buildings.

Mayor Butler said he welcomed the support of the Committee of Dublin Pride and the Chairperson and Board of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network for the initiative. He added that the Dublin Pride festival has become a celebration of diversity in modern Ireland.

“The Rainbow Flag is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride and LGBTQ social movements,” said Mayor Butler.

“The colours reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ communities and I am delighted, in my first week as Mayor of Fingal, to raise the Rainbow Flag at the County Hall of Fingal County Council.”

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Gym members muscle in on Sandstorm event

Members of Dinny Collins Fitness, Swords at the Sandstorm event in Dollymount.

MEMBERS of a local gym flexed their muscles recently during an event at Dollymount Strand.

There was over 1,200 entrants at the Spin 103.8fm Sandstorm 5k obstacle course run and the representation from Dinny Collins Fitness, based in Swords, were well up to the challenge.

The Swords team placed 2nd (Dinny Collins) in the Men’s race and 3rd (Suzanne Sheehy) in the Female event, not bad for a small, fun orientated gym.

There were also some first timers, who had never completed any 5k event, who were delighted to get their first medal - Lida Hertel, Nikki Gilligan and Asa Sandford.

Dinny Collins Fitness also celebrated its first birthday on May 20 too with a party and barbecue.

Dinny Collins told Swords Local: “I have been in business since 2009 with Fingal Kettlebells. I had a van loaded with kettlebells and I drove around every day and did classes in Swords, Malahide, Donabate, Rush and Lusk.

“In May last year I took the plunge and chased my dream of having my own place.

“I leased a building in Seatown Swords and it’s been a huge success so far.

I’m so grateful for all our amazing customers who make it a fun, friendly and welcoming place to enjoy our exercise.”

Dinny said they have clients of all abilities, from total newbies to elite Ironmen triathletes.

“Egos are left at the door and the most important thing for me is everyone’s smiling and having fun together,” he said.

“I treat everyone differently as we all are, and encourage everyone to do only what’s suitable for them.

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The whole crew show their muscles.

come regularly and it’s this consistency which brings their great results in their fitness or weight loss quests.”

At Dinny Collins Fitness the classes are always different so you get to experience a huge variety from Kettlebells, TRX, HIIT, Circuits, Abs & Core, Mobility & Flexibility, Movement, Callisthenics and many more.

“This also feeds our great results and there is always a new challenge for the body and mind,” added Dinny.

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Snowflakes thank fundraisers Snowflakes Autism Support, based at Holywell Community Centre, Swords, would like to thank Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin who raised €273 from a recent event.

The pupils from the school dressed all in blue to highlight Autism Awareness. Well done to all involved.

Snowflakes would especially like to thank Grace and Luke Branagan McGale for presenting them with the cheque.

Meanwwhile, Snowflakes would also like to wish Holywell Community Centre manager Daniel Wilson the very best of luck when he sets off to climb Kilimanjaro on July 9.

Daniel will be raising funds for the charity and will proudly raise the Snowflakes flag on Grace and Luke Branagan McGale present the Kilimanjaro! cheque to Snowflakes.

Businesses missing online opportunities Irish businesses are missing opportunities to create jobs and grow sales because they are not selling enough online.

That’s according to Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Fingal Local Enterprise Office, which is running a scheme to help small businesses to sell online.

Recent research from PayPal indicates that in 2015, 86 per cent of Irish internet shoppers made overseas purchases via the internet with an average spend of €964.

Reasons given by Irish online shoppers for purchases abroad hinted at the lack of access to goods online in Ireland.

As a consequence, small Irish businesses are losing out to foreign suppliers and large multinationals who are aggressively targeting online channels as a means of reaching Irish consumers.

In response to this, the Local Enterprise Office in Fingal is providing grants to small businesses that wish to invest in upgrading their web presence so that they can sell online.

An ‘information session’ took place at the Carnegie Court Hotel, Swords recently, which gave Fingal-based small businesses an insight as to how they can use E-Commerce and digital marketing to boost sales.

Mr Geoghegan said: “We approved 50 Online Voucher applications in 2015 totalling €100,000.

“This has been a huge help to many small businesses in the region.

This year, I want to see this increase further.”

The Local Enterprise Office has secured funding from the Department of Communications and Natural Resources to address this imbalance by helping smaller businesses to sell online.

A grant of €2,500 is available to small businesses who wish to invest in growing their E-trading capabilities under the voucher scheme.

Further information about the Trading Online Voucher scheme is available through www.localenterprise.ie/Fingal.

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Swords Tidy Towns to open Green Project

Volunteers working on the Poly Tunnel

Swords Tidy Towns is opening its Green Project (Swords Tidy Towns/Youthreach Green Project) at the Youthreach Centre on North Street at 12am on Saturday, July 23.

New Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Darragh Butler, will cut the ribbon to officially open the project.

The Swords Summerfest will be held over this weekend and Swords Tidy Towns would

like to extend an invitation to the public to visit the project on July 23. You will not be disappointed. Green Project Coordinator Laurie Flanagan will be on hand with some of the Tidy Towns volunteers to guide you and answer your questions.

Swords Tidy Towns will also be launching their new Commemorative Garden at St Colmcille’s

Well which is situated on the Well Road, on the same day.

Bernie Marks, chairperson of the Swords Heritage Society. will be on hand (times to be decided) to give a talk and answer questions relating to the history of the Well and the town of Swords.

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Councillors meet in Swords to discuss housing crisis

Conor Skehan, chairperson of the Housing Agency, with (from left) Fingal County Council chief executive Paul Reid; Outgoing Mayor of Fingal Cllr David O’Connor; chairperson of the Housing Strategic Policy Committee, Ken Farrell; and Margaret Geraghty, Director of Housing and Community.

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wo top officials from the Housing Agency addressed members of Fingal County Council recently at County Hall, Swords.

Conor Skehan, chairperson of the Housing Agency, and Jim Baneham, senior executive with the Agency, made presentations and answered questions at a special meeting of the Fingal County Council’s Housing Strategic Policy Committee to which every councillor was invited.

Mr Skehan paid tribute to the work being

done by the council in relation to housing and said the issues which need to be tackled include availability, affordability and creating communities. Following their presentations, Mr Skehan and Mr Baneham answered a broad range of questions from councillors present.

Fingal County Council chief executive Paul Reid updated councillors on the approaches being taken at national and local level to deal with the housing crisis.

He reported on a meeting between

representatives of the 31 Local Authorities and Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon Coveney.

Mr Reid reported that the new minister fully accepted that the current issues around housing need to be treated as a national crisis and it is currently the number one priority for the Government.

Minister Coveney is also committed to developing a new strategy for housing within 100 days of taking office and is working to secure extra capital.

“We welcome the announcement by the Minister that any extra funds he secures will be used to reward performing councils,” said Mr Reid.

“In Fingal, we are ahead of our targets under the 2015-2017 Housing Strategy and we are looking at ways of accelerating our plans over the next six months.

Margaret Geraghty, Director of Housing and Community, is scheduled to address councillors on the situation in Fingal at the upcoming meetings of the three area committees.

Chairman of the Housing SPC, Clr Ken Farrell, thanked Mr Skehan and Mr Bateman for their attendance and engaging with councillors while the Outgoing Mayor of Fingal, Cllr David O’Connor, said it was an excellent meeting.

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Swords Rugby Club seeks new members

Swords rugby team has been a big success since its formation.

Swords RFC is a senior men’s rugby team based at the ALSAA Complex, Dublin Airport.

The club trains every Tuesday and Thursday from 7.30pm with pre-season starting back on Tuesday July 19.

While Swords has traditionally been a town with a proud GAA tradition, rugby has been growing from strength to strength since its formation in 2005.

The club is now looking to grow its members’ base on its Men’s team while also seeking expressions of interest for the formation of a Women’s team.

Swords RFC will also be hosting a Volkswagen Tag League this autumn so keep your eyes peeled on social media for more information.

Rugby is a great way to get or keep yourself fit and anyone who takes part will be made feel welcome and a valued part of the team.

All skill and fitness levels are catered for so if you’re looking to try something new, join a new team or just to get fit email Swordsrfc@gmail. com or find them on social media @ SwordsRugby.

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Club Notes & Noticeboard 087-2564013 or email littlecaterpillars@outlook. ie.

DUBLIN LADIES:

Well done to the Fingallians duo Rachel Brogan and Emer NíEafa who helped the young Dubs retain their Under 21 All Ireland crown.

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FINGALLIANS CLUB NOTES NOTICEBOARD SUMMER CAMPS:

Football – 4th to 8th July: Hurling – 11th to 15th July: Advanced Hurling – 26th to 29th July: Advanced Football 2nd to 5th August and Kellogg’s Cúl Camp 15th to 19th August. Applications are available at the club bar or on a Saturday morning from 10am–12noon.

ATHLETICS: The club dominated the

Community Games in Santry stadium. Conor Gleeson, Ciaran McManus, Michael Coleman & Daragh Markey won gold. Ciara Markey and Leon Chinaka collected Silver medals.

PRE-SCHOOL: Little Caterpillars Pre-

School: located on site at Fingallians GAA Club, is now taking names for September.

Children from age three years are now eligible for the ECCE scheme from September and may qualify for up to two free years in line with budget changes. To reserve a place or to arrange a viewing, contact Paula 086-8331635 or Maria

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Paul Shop in Swords would appreciate and ask people to consider giving any unwanted gifts to its shop at 1 Castle Shopping Centre, Swords, phone 01-8400752. All donations greatly received and turned into much needed funds. Open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5.30pm. Free parking is available.

BEREAVEMENT: Swords Bethany

Bereavement Support Group trained members provide support to those grieving after the loss of a loved one. The group meet on the second and last Monday of every month from 7.30pm at the Parish Office, Parochial House, Seatown Road, Swords. This is a free, confidential service that is open to all Fingal residents. Contact Terri on 8403243, Brid on 086-6006397 or Mary on 8402652 for more information.

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De Paul Shop in Swords would greatly appreciate new/used wearable uniforms (skirts, shirts, tracksuits, jumpers, trousers, shoes, bags etc) from both Primary and Secondary schoolchildren.

Please donate items to the shop at 1 Castle Shopping Centre, Swords, phone 01-8400752.

All donations greatly received and turned into much needed funds. Open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5.30pm. Free parking is available.

PARKRUN:

The Parkrun (5k run or walk) takes place every Saturday at 9.30am in the grounds in Newbridge Demesne, Malahide Castle and Ardgillan Castle. This is free of charge and all are welcome. Keep fit while having fun.

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Raven Pipe Band is recruiting pipers and drummers. Take the first step. Contact Seamus on 087-2621312 or email blackravenpipeband@ gmail.com

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1. Progression of eight notes on a musical scale. (6) 5. Fish and a haircut. (6) 10. Ostentatiously costly and luxurious. (7) 11. Clear enough to be read. (7) 12. Fixed regular payment for work. (4) 13. Tower of many languages. (5) 15. Molten earth. (4) 17. Perceived a cutting tool. (3) 19. The capital or Poland. (6) 21. Writing desk and a department for particular business. (6) 22. One who laughs in a silly way.

(7) 23. Lamb shop from just behind the neck. (6) 25. Official orders or proclamations. (6) 28. Which came first, this or the chicken? (3) 30. Medieval musical instrument.

(4) 31. Bring a force to bear. (5) 32. Relentlessly severe and gloomy.

(4) 35. Irish female harbinger of death. (7) 36. An unoccupied position or empty space. (7) 37. A deep gorge. (6) 38. Extremely serious, gloomy. (6)

2. Short for charity mugger. (7) 3. They have it. (4) 4. People engaged to fill out a crowd scene in a film. (6) 5. Thin fungal coating on plants or damp organic material. (6) 6. falls behind on the Internet. (4) 7. Hold someone closely as a sign of affection. (7) 8. Brief discussion with North American Indians. (6) 9. The feeling of having already experienced the present situation.

(4,2) 14. You carry it through life and on holiday. (7) 16. Dense ring-shaped Jewish bread roll. (5) 18. Miss Muffet ate them with whey.

(5) 20. The ability to think quickly. (3) 21. Stinging winged insect. (3) 23. Famous people. (6) 24. She rules the fairies with Oberon. (7) 26. Usually male singer of sentimental songs in a soft, low voice. (7) 27. Lost domestic animals. (6) 28. Non-resident doctor in a hospital. (6) 29. Serious places for burials. (6) 33. Greeting to a mariner. (4) 34. A dishonest scheme. (4)

ANSWERS

Across: 1. Octave, 5. Mullet, 10. Opulent, 11. Legible, 12. Wage, 13.

Babel, 15. Lava, 17. Saw, 19. Warsaw, 21. Bureau, 22. Giggler, 23.

Cutlet, 25. Edicts, 28. Egg, 30. Lute, 31. Exert, 32. Dour, 35. Banshee, 36. Vacancy, 37. Canyon, 38. Sombre.

Down: 2. Chugger, 3. Ayes, 4. Extras, 5. Mildew, 6. Lags, 7. Embrace, 8. Powwow, 9. DĂŠjĂ vu, 14. Baggage, 16. Bagel, 18. Curds, 20. Wit, 21. Bee, 23. Celebs, 24. Titania, 26. Crooner, 27. Strays, 28. Extern, 29.

Graves, 33. Ahoy, 34. Scam.

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