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In the past 12 months we have come through a lot as a county and as a people. We have come through and are going through lockdowns. We have not been allowed to see our family and friends in person and we have been told we must ‘elbow greet’ instead of hug those we love and meet. However all of these restrictions have been imposed in a loving way by our Government to try and keep us safe and healthy. To try and keep our loved ones safe and healthy and to try and safeguard our elderly and our future generations. This Valentine’s Day will be one like no other any of us have ever experienced.

However that does not mean that we cannot show love to those who mean the most to us. Unlike any other period on history we have the means to stay in touch and communicate without meeting in person, whether that be through a mobile phone call or Facetime or Zoom or whatever technology we have at hand. The worldwide communications structure is so vast now that we need never feel alone and can send messages of love and support to those we care most about. Valentines is traditionally a time to enjoy with those we love so lets make this one extra special. Lets all pull together, lets all obey the Government rules and continue to flatten the Covid 19 curve again. We should also all shop locally and ensure the local jobs of our neighbours and friends. We all know the dangers of not wearing face coverings, not regularly washing our hands thoroughly and not keeping our distance when meeting others. Community transfer of the virus seems to be the problem so lets not go back to meeting numbers of people and lets avoid Valentines meet ups for one year. Simply put, we all want this to decrease again as soon as possible. We all want to reduce the number of people in hospital and worse, so lets all pull together now as we did before and turn this around quickly, get back to as near normal a society as soon as possible and stay safe and enjoy our lives while being responsible. So please, obey the rules, stay safe, lets pull together and keep supporting our HSE workers, our local shopping outlets and most of all our families and those we love.

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Two Fingal GAA clubs receive McDonagh awards

Fingallians Irish Language Officer Liam Ó Culbáird and F. McCionnaith (Glór na nGael) Ó Culbáird & F MacCionnaith (Glór na nGael)

The Joe McDonagh Foundation recently made a number of awards to GAA clubs across the nation in recognition of their work in promoting the Irish language.The Foundation was established by the family of the Galway All-Ireland hurling winner, Joe McDonagh,who later went on to become president of the GAA. Joe was a commited promoter of “An Ghaeilge” and was a language activist throughout his life. The “Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha” is administered by the late Joe McDonagh’s family, the GAA and the Irish language advocate group Glór na nGael.The awards recognise the work at community level that GAA clubs do in promoting our national language, a central part of the GAA ethos, alongside our national sports. 48 medals were awarded in 2020 including 3 gold medals, 12 silver and 33 bronze. The Fingal clubs that made it through in 2020 are as follows: Silver: Fingallians GAA, Swords and Bronze: Manowar GAA, Lusk; Comhghairdeas le gach club. These awards are a great honour for the Fingal and Dublin clubs and is a recognition of the ongoing work being done by the Irish language officers and their networks throughout the county. Áth Cliath abú!

Fingal Libraries launch new eServices during lockdown

Homeschooling and online learning can be extremely tricky, especially under the current circumstances. However, Fingal Libraries would like to lend a hand with the launch of two brand new eServices which support literacy and STEAM education.The first of the new additions, Lexia, works on fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, allowing users of all ages to practice the crucial skills that make a successful reader. Well suited to personalised learning, the programme is easy to use, with one facility for primary school pupils, and another for secondary school students and adults. Best of all, it can be accessed at school, at home, or even in the 4

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library.Lexia is an online program designed to help improve reading skills. With Lexia, users get to practice and develop the skills that make a successful reader. These include fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Also, they are designed in a way which enables learners to use the program at school, in the library and at home.

There are two versions of Lexia available to our members: Lexia Core 5 is suitable for use by primary school pupils, and the Lexia Power Up literacy program is for secondary school students and adults. There are four clubs currently open for membership for ages 6 – 7; 8 – 10; 11-13 and 14+. While the younger age groups will require

parental assistance, the classes are set up to allow the older age groups to work independently at their own pace.Through coding, children can become digitally literate in a new language; one that is becoming increasingly important. Coding fosters creativity and helps the learning process by allowing coders to learn through doing and experimentation.Our online coding clubs with Coding Ireland will provide easily accessible tools for both parents and children who are interested in learning to code. Enquiries through Fingal libraryeservices@fingal.ie or call the nearest library.

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Finance

Joint plans for unmarried couples is the wrong way to do it

By Dave Kavanagh I often review life cover plans that people have in place and realise that they have been set up wrong. Due to our very dated Capital Acquisition Tax laws, if an unmarried couple have a joint policy, in the event of a claim the survivor could be facing a large tax bill. This is because married couples can give or bequeath any value of assets without there being a tax liability.

For a cohabiting couple, they are treated in the “strangers” bracket, which means (in the current tax year) after a threshold of €16,250, any balance is taxed at 33%. So if we take John & Mary as an example, who have a joint life policy with €250,000 life cover, in the event of John passing away, Mary will be paid out the policy proceeds but also now has a tax bill of €77,137.50. Is there any way to be exempt from this tax bill? - The correct advice when commencing cover for an unmarried couple, should be instead of setting up a joint plan, to set up two “life of another” plans.

So John takes out a plan on Mary and pays the premiums and Mary takes out a plan on John and pays the premiums for that. When done this way, if the same as above happened and John passed away, Mary is deemed to have paid for the cover herself and so is not liable to pay any tax, meaning she receives the full €250,000 policy proceeds and no tax bill. It’s worth also noting that unmarried couples that buy a house together can face a

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similar problem if one of them passes away. The survivor that inherits the deceased’s share of the property may then be liable to pay tax on that portion of the property. There are ways to plan for this and to be exempt. If anyone is in either of these situations, please get in touch for advice.

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 phone 0876414570, 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.

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Swords Community College art student commended

We at Swords Community College are delighted to tell you that Clodagh Dover Grant (3rd Year) has achieved a Commendation for her entry to the Texaco Schools Art Competition. For Clodagh to get a Commendation from the 1,000s of entries, is a great achievement. She is a great talent! Well done to her Art teacher Oide Niamh for her encouragement too!

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Fingal County Council Announce Artists’ Support Scheme, 2021 Fingal County Council invites applications for the Artists’ Support Scheme 2021. This strand of funding allows professional artists to avail of an award up to €4,000 towards travel/professional development opportunities, a residency or towards the development of work.The objective of the Artists’ Support Scheme is to support individual professional artists from Fingal to develop their artistic practice. The award, with a total combined fund of €100,000, is open to practising artists at all stages in their professional careers working in music, visual art, drama, literature & dance.

To be eligible to apply, applicants must have been born, have studied, or currently reside in the Fingal administrative area. The Mayor of Fingal, Cllr David Healy commented “The arts have a positive effect on our wellbeing which was particularly evident in 2020 through the online entertainment they provided as they, like us, adapted to Covid-19 restrictions. Fingal is proud of its rich and vibrant art and cultural sector. The 2021 scheme will greatly benefit our artists so they can produce work and continue to enhance our lives.” Among the 65 artists awarded under the Artists’ Support Scheme in 2020 were Odd Morris, a four-piece band from Swords. Funding was allocated for the recording of their new EP, Cityscape the ballet. Since their inception in late 2017, Odd Morris have earned a reputable name through their brooding live performances across Ireland, and recently the UK. They released their

Odd Morris members - Daragh Griffin – Vocals, Guitar, Kris Hassett – Guitar, Ciarán McCarthy – Bass and Sam Martin – Drums.

debut single in March 2019 and have played shows with the likes of Ezra Furman and Fat White Family and performed on two of Ireland’s biggest music festivals Electric Picnic and All Together Now. The funding is for projects/

initiatives which will take place from 1 May – 31 December 2021. Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 26 February 2021 at 4pm.

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“The Cove” at Maydenhayes Are you looking for more space for your family to live in? Would a top floor working space in your home make your life more productive?Would you love a better quality of life, living 5minutes from beautiful Mornington Bay Beach and its beautiful environs?If this has tweaked your interest, then prepare to be wowed by an exquisite new house in Maydenhayes Cove, Mornington, County Meath, a private enclave of 6 gorgeous new family homes at a very affordable/reasonable price. These new large 5-bedroom detached houses are laid out over 3 levels, maximising space for comfortable living; with a bespoke comfortable airy space at the top-floor level presenting the opportunity for a fantastic space to work from home.

Other features in these spacious A-rated homes include five comfortably sized bedrooms and family bathroom, generous ensuites, walk in wardrobes, an unusually spacious landing at first floor level, underfloor heating and high-quality sanitary fittings. On approach to the house, the stained glass in the front door sets the tone for a chique new house that manages to combine the cosy feeling of home with being comfortable, modern and on trend. The front door opens into a charming and stylish entrance hallway filled with a happy and homely personality that permeates the whole house.

The hall leads into a wonderful airy, spacious, and light-filled living/dining/ kitchen area featuring high ceilings at this level. Patio doors lead out into a generous garden with its favourable south westerly aspect to the rear.

The house also comprises a good-sized boot/laundry room kitted out with plenty of storage for buckets and spades… and also features a smart guest cloakroom.A visit to the show house is strongly recommended if only to see how efficient living and working in a spacious, tranquil and beautiful setting could be. The Maydenhayes Cove show house is on view each Saturday and Sunday between 2pm and 4pm and on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 12pm and 4pm, or by private appointment – prospective purchasers can feel free to call to make an appointment and/or to get help with any questions.

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Swords Tidy Towns National Runners Up

Swords Tidy Towns were presented with our national Pride of Place runners up trophy recently by Rafe Costigan of Fingal County Council.

Congratulations to each and every one of the volunteers who give so much time and energy to keep our area looking so well. We continue to communicate with our followers on Facebook on a regular basis keeping them up to date on all our latest clean ups and projects, we are nearing our 3000th follower. Swords Tidy Towns also have a Twitter page and a Web Site where people can comment, share and retweet. We are always seeking new volunteers, and of course, donations. Our New Year is nearly upon us; it will be an unfamiliar year ahead for us all with the pandemic restrictions that will be in place. However, Swords Tidy Towns would like to take this opportunity to wish our Facebook followers, the wonderful community of Swords and the hard-working Staff and Management of Fingal County Council, a very Happy Covid free Happy near to normal Prosperous New Year.

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Help me to parent and deal with stress!

By Siobhan O’Neill White It’s not easy being a parent right now! Between home schooling and keeping the children entertained while they cannot mix with their friends, it is almost inevitable that tensions will run high. I know for me, every time one of my children comes into the kitchen, opens the fridge and proclaims that ‘There is nothing to eat in this house’ it feels like there is steam coming out of my ears. Heavens forbid, they would make themselves a sandwich!

But no, that would require some effort and they would rather scoff a yoghurt or bag of popcorn because its easier. And I just know, if I wasn’t working from home in the kitchen, they would be searching for crisps and biscuits! When I feel myself getting very tense (shout out to all the Mammies who are nodding along right now!), I get my runners on and either go out

for a walk, do an exercise DVD at home or if I am really lucky, have a bath and try to ignore the noise of them for half an hour. The thing is, I always feel better after taking some time out. For my husband, his release is spending half an hour on the playstation or reading his kindle. There is a lot of pressure on parents right now and if you feel yourself getting stressed, its ok to have a few minutes for yourself to

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unwind. Even if you have to bribe the kids to watch TV or to play a video game for a bit so you can read a magazine, do it. It will make you a calmer parent and will give them some relief from all the home schooling.I recently picked up a great little book called ‘Parenting in my pocket’ by Parenting Coach, Allen O’Donoghue. It has lots of parenting advice and tips and we

have been dipping into it a lot; especially when Covid restrictions are high. With 20+ years experience, Allen also runs online courses to help parents deal with stressful situations at home. You can find out more at helpme2parent.ie.and if you feel like chatting with other parents to blow off some steam or have a natter, log on to free parenting website mams.ie.

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Why I volunteer with Guide Dogs Miriam and Peta - Guide Dog Day 2019

A Long-time volunteer, Peta Taaffe, tells why she volunteers to raise funds for Guide Dogs like Bruce, Nimo and Sarge, to assist Tom O’Neill. “ I’ve always liked dogs. We never had one when I was a child until we returned to Ireland,having been in England during the war, and then in Malta.I worked in the Department of Health and one day I visited the switchboard where I met a telephonist Tom O’Neill and his Guide Dog Bruce.I used to visit and chat with Tom regularly and upon my retirement I went to meet him to say goodbye. Immediately Tom said “Aha now you’ll have plenty of time to help with Guide Dogs”.That chat was 20 years ago and today, at

82 years old, I still enjoy being involved.I started by changing boxes. Sorting and counting the contents by hand. Then a machine arrived, it did it all, amazing. There is always fundraising, selling cards and calendars at Christmas, having a stall at events, sponsored dog walks, raffles, and many other ways of fundraising.Training a guide dog is complex and personal and based in Cork.

As Tom travelled by train to work in Dublin the dog was trained in Cork station before Tom met him to familiarise him with trains. Cork is a terminus where trains start or stop. No-one remembered the Enterprise which doesn’t stop at Balbriggan station. Tom and Guide Dog Nimo,

with instructor PJ Hogan, were training on the platform when the Enterprise thundered by with no warning, at an enormous and noisy speed. All were taken totally by surprise and poor Nimo’s nerves were shattered and never recovered. Nimo was retired and returned to his puppy raiser who could never slam a door as Nimo got so frightened. 7 months later Tom was successfully partnered with Sarge, who had been trained to expect a fast noisy nonstop train going through a station.To hear more or become involved please contact Balbriggan/North Co Dublin branch of IGDB.phone/text 0857663107 or contact them on Facebook/Balbriggan.Branch.of.Guide.Dogs.”

Proposed Junior Parkrun at Millennium Park Needs You! Fingal’s Sports Office are looking for expressions of interest from people who would like to be part of a volunteer team to organise a new junior Parkrun being planned for Millennium Park in Blanchardstown once Government restrictions on sporting events are lifted.Junior parkrun is a series of weekly two-kilometre runs for children aged 4 to 14 held all over Ireland and the event is free to participate in, safe for users and can be completed by running, jogging or walking.There are a number of junior parkrun events around the county but none in the Dublin 15 area so for this fun run to happen we need volunteers to give just 1-2 hours of their time on a Sunday morning!A team of volunteers is required 12

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to organise the event each week. It is really easy to volunteer and none of the tasks involved are too stressful. Among the tasks you could be involved in are: organising the finish funnel, operating the timer, or scanning the runners’ barcodes with a barcode reader. Volunteers frequently start with a marshalling type role, so they get a feel for how Junior Parkrun operates.Please get in touch if you are someone who: is passionate about health and community,is happy working with a team of volunteers, and is organised and committed.If this is something you feel you could contribute to then for more information contact: Gordon Ward, Fingal Community Sports Hub Officer, on 0833267071.

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Extension on closing date for Conservation Funding Schemes

Conservation Projects

Fingal County Council announced in November that it was inviting applications under a number of schemes for works to be done in 2021 for small, medium or large-scale repairs or conservation projects to Protected Structures and in certain circumstances to buildings that enhance Architectural Conservation Areas within the Fingal area. The initial closing date for applications was the end of January. Due to current restrictions in place the closing date for this funding has been extended.

The closing date for the submission of completed applications for the Built Heritage Investment Scheme and Historic Structures Fund has been extended to 5PM FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2021. For the Stitch in Time Grant a specific closing date is not being set, instead it will remain open until the budget it fully allocated so applications will be dealt with on a first come first served basis.

Conservation Officer Helena Bergin said “Despite the significant disruptions to contractors and business by the localised and national Covid 19 restrictions in 2020 it was possible to complete most of the conservation projects that received funding approval. With the experience of working through 2020 there is an understanding of the need for some flexibility to timelines and so the closing dates for applications to the funding schemes for conservation repairs have been extended to give additional time to obtain quotations from contractors.”Funding is available under the following schemes: Architectural Heritage Fund’s “Stitch in Time Grant” 2021,Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2021, Historic Structures Fund 2021,Pilot Stream for Historic Shopfronts & Traditional Irish Language Shopfronts under Historic Structures Fund 2021, Pilot Stream for Vernacular .Structures under Historic Structures

Fund 2021.For owners carrying out routine maintenance or small repairs to the historic fabric of their homes Fingal County Council’s own Stitch in Time scheme offers grants between €100 to €2,500 For more substantial works funding is available through the Built Heritage Investment Scheme or the Historic Structures Fund. The Historic Structures Fund has been expanded in 2021 to allow applications for a pilot scheme for the conservation of a vernacular structure that is not a Protected Structure and another pilot scheme for the refurbishment of a historic shopfront and traditional Irish Language shopfronts. Application forms for all three schemes are available on Fingal County Council website.Please note that applicants cannot avail of funding under both the Historic Structures Fund and the Built Heritage Investment Scheme in the same year and so should only apply for one scheme.

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Niamh’s Super ‘7 a Day’ Roasted Veg With Wintry weather and the season for colds and flu, the below recipe is a simple way to help achieve ‘ 7 a day’ for fruit and vegetables and boost intakes of the all important nutrients for our immune systems including Vitamin A and Vitamin C. Make a big batch and use leftovers the following day or to make a ‘veggie’ tasty soup!!! Please feel free to use whatever vegetables you like or are available/in season.Although as the saying goes “Variety is the spice of life”!!!

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3 Sweet potatoes 2 Carrots 1 Courgette 2 Red onions 4 Cloves of garlic 1 Green pepper 1 Yellow pepper 1 Red pepper 10 Cherry tomatoes 1 Chilli (or 2 depending on if you want it hot!)

4 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons dried Basil or other herbs

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of your liking Black pepper to season.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200’c.

2. Prepare all vegetables by washing, peeling and chopping as appropriate. I diced, sliced and roughly chopped my vegetables into chunks as in the image.

3. Place the sliced sweet potatoes with x2 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar onto a large and long baking tray. Bake in the oven for 20minutes at180’c (160’c fan oven) Gas mark 4.

4. Remove tray from oven. Turn the sliced sweet potatoes around on the tray and add the carrots, red onions, garlic, chilli, herbs, spices and the other x2 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar. Ensure all the vegetables on the tray are coated in the herbs, spices and Balsamic vinegar 5.Place tray back in the oven for another 15minutes.

6. Remove tray from oven. Turn vegetables around to ensure even cooking. Add the

remaining vegetables left (peppers and tomatoes). Place back in the oven for another 15minutes or until the vegetables are cooked how you like them!

(Tip: Some vegetables take longer to cook than others hence the different lengths of baking time for the different vegetables)

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Local Sports

Fingal’s Latest Ireland Cricket International

Neil reverse sweeps a four.

Fingal County Council is delighted to learn of Rush Cricket Club’s Neil Rock selection to the Cricket Ireland’s Senior National squad for their forthcoming tour of the UAE in January.

Neil, born and raised in Fingal has a fine pedigree with no lesser judge than ICC award-winning Fingal Development Manager Brian O’Rourke rating him as ‘one of the finest wicketkeeper batsmen I have worked with’.Aged just 20, Neil is already a former Leinster youth captain, Catholic University School and Glenwood High School student in South Africa.He has made a rapid rise through the cricket ranks of Irish teams featuring for the u15, u17, u19s, Academy, and A-teams.He had a most successful u19 World Cup campaign in 2018, held in New Zealand, scoring 235 runs in six games joining former Leinster batsmen Eoin Morgan, Kevin O’Brien, Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector & Jamie Grassi who returned similar impressive batting statistics at previous World Cups.Neil has also already made 38 appearances in Ireland Inter-Provincial cricket, making him one of the most capped aged 20-year olds in Ireland. Almost all these appearances came against his teammates in Leinster, playing for Munster and Northern Knights, such has been Ireland’s desire to find games for him and the talent available to Leinster in the wicketkeeping department. Mayor of Fingal Cllr. David Healy said: “On behalf of the whole Fingal County Council I send our congratulations to Neil, and Contact us: communitylocalseditor@gmail.com

Neil Rock who took the winning catch

his family, on his international call up.”.A modest Neil was quick to thank everyone who has been contacting him and sending their congratulations.

He said: “It is at these times you appreciate how many people have helped you along the way, in particular in Fingal. I am really looking forward to being part of this trip to the UAE and hope

the experience gained will help further develop my game.” If people are right, then Neil may well shed his nickname ‘Pebbles’, and soon become known as the “Irish Rock” for the strength he adds to the Irish batting line up for the decade to come. All Irish cricket fans would be thankful for that.

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