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Things can only get better if we are careful With lots of the restrictions regarding Covid 19 now reviewed and relaxed and promises of more to come we at Locals Magazine are like you, hoping we are beginning to see a new era for us all. Summer may be here but even though it seems we may be able to mix more and enjoy it, we still have to be very careful . We must continue to practise constant handwashing, using the hand sanitiser, wearing masks in public, and social distancing in order to keep ourselves and others safe.

We must also protect our mental and physical health as well and let the sunshine into our lives once again. This should also mean supporting those who have supported us over the past 15 months. This means shopping locally supporting our local businesses and securing local employment. We at Local magazines really value the essence of community, we are a community based magazine and love promoting local community based sporting and voluntary organisations. We value the loyalty of you, our readership, our contributors and our advertisers without whom it would not have been possible to publish the magazine online and more recently once again in print during this crisis. The days and months ahead will be crucial to the survival of each and every one of us. Crucial to all of us workers and business owners and the survival of those of us who have health problems and those children who have their whole lives ahead of them.We may be coming out of lockdown but that does not mean being over exuberant. We must all continue to grasp this new era cautiously and continue to pull together while not forgetting the consequences if we do not. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to return to what we knew to be normality two years ago. To enjoy again all the good things with our loved ones, families and friends which we have missed. Things can only get better if we are all careful. This also means supporting our local businesses, supporting our carers and HSE frontline staff and supporting each other and all in our locality who need our help. Let us all stay safe, obey the regulations and enjoy meeting up with those we care about once again. So, enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the Summer and remember please shop local!

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Foróige Summer programme to be launched this month Foróige is so excited to announce our 2021 summer programmes will be launching on the 15th of June until the 20th of August! Our summer programmes are packed with fun and engaging activities for young people of all ages throughout the entire summer. Activities will include sports like basketball, football, outdoor obstacle courses and if you don’t enjoy sports, don’t worry. We will also be hosting a safe space to practice your graffiti skills, painting and artistic abilities. Want to sit back and just enjoy an outdoors movie? We have that too, amongst fishing trips and a nice picnic under the scorching sun. There is a specific focus this year on promoting health and wellbeing and this will be incorporated into all programmes on offer. Our summer programmes are inclusive to all of our projects and each week is dedicated to activities tailored specifically for everyone’s interests.

These free summer programmes will give young people the opportunity to express their creativity and their talents in a natural environment with the support of professional youth workers and hardworking volunteers. Young people will experience competitive games that will help them develop skills like teamwork and communication skills. The summer programme will be open to all the young people who are in a Foróige project or club. There is limited availability for those who are not currently involved with Foróige. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, we must restrict the amount of young people in each programme so we ask that if you are interested in registering interest you do it as soon as possible. You can contact us through our Instagram or Facebook page and we will forward on an expression of interest.For more information, contact Áine McGuinness on 086-7710790 or email aine.mcguinness@ foroige.ie

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Finance

Inheritance money -Does the tax man have to take it?

By Dave Kavanagh In 2019 in Ireland, there was €455 million collected in Capital Acquisition Tax. This covers both inheritance tax and gift tax. It also includes estates that may have been taxed in previous generations. For example, if someone left an estate worth €2,000,000 to an only daughter, she would (in the current tax year) have a tax bill of almost €550,000. After she pays the bill and puts what’s left in the bank, any interest is taxed (DIRT). Guess what happens when she passes and leaves her estate behind? It’s taxed again!

Spouses can leave any amount to each other tax free. After that, the three thresholds are, a) Children - €335,000, b) Other close relatives €32,500 and c) All others (including cohabiting partners) - €16,250. Everything received above these is taxed at 33%.So, is there any way to avoid it? There are two main actions that can either reduce or eradicate such a tax bill. The first is to take the time to plan when making a will. Let’s say a value of €750,000 was being left to 2 adult children. (Not a big estate if you combine a house, savings and a life policy). This would create a tax bill of over €25,000. Instead, if €670,000 of it was left to the 2 children and the balance between a few grandchildren, there is no tax bill. The second thing that can be done is for the person leaving the estate to take out a Section 72 plan. This is a

type of life policy that is allowed to pay any tax liability without adding to the value of the estate.

It becomes particularly important for anybody that does not have children to plan things out, as even other relatives can only receive €32,500 before any balance is taxed. Make the time to plan.

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 087-6414570, or @Davekav_ advice on Twitter and Instagram.

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Fitness

Build your own home gym after lockdown

by Siobhán O’Neill White Over lockdown many of us have gained a few extra lbs but hooray, summer is coming, restrictions are easing and it’s time to get back into shape - without spending a fortune on fancy food plans & gym memberships! We have been working on building a gym space at home, in what was a musty garage full of discarded paint tins and broken bikes! We started with 2 coats of heavy duty paint and then laid a floor which is specially designed for gyms. All we needed was 18 gym mats from blackswan.ie. No glue, no hard work just set them down, give them a soapy mopping and hey presto, floor was done! They are heavy and sturdy and do not curl at the edges.We’ve been picking up gym equipment from Fittrhome.ie. They have everything from dumbells to power racks and also offer a bespoke gym design service. I’m skipping & using small dumbells in the garage, while my have son is lifting bigger weights and saving up for a quarter rack. It’s given him great focus! Finally, for a boost of energy, we’ve been taking a daily supplement ‘Immune Phyx’ from award winning Irish company, Phytaphix.ie Everyone in our family is taking it - its an all rounder product, good for everyone! So that’s how we’re doing it folks slow and steady and spreading the cost.

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By Ciaran Russell Ever since the internet became a thing people have been conditioned to *click* and receive.

Instant gratification is part of our lives more so now than ever. It can be very gratifying to be able to have what you want, whenever you want for most things in life. People now can accomplish a huge list of things on their phone, all without getting off the sofa.This is now affecting people’s health and fitness causing a massive problem when it comes to diets and losing weight. With instant gratification becoming more prevalent people can look to gain quick results or take some shortcuts to achieving what they believe might be success. These shortcuts might look like juice cleanses, meal replacement shakes or supplements claiming to boost fat loss in short periods of time. When it comes to diet and exercise, there are no instant results.In order to achieve any weight loss or fitness goals you have to have a plan, put in some hard work and effort over a long period of time. Sometimes you can be working for weeks and not see results but then decide to give up. You get discouraged and enter into a vicious cycle of try to lose weight, fail, try something more extreme and so on.Be careful when you see a product or service promising a result in a short period of time. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. People who achieve results, and sustain them, recognise that there is 6

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no easy fix. There is no instant gratification. They trust in a plan, commit to it for a few months at least, and amazing things start happening. They look better with their shirt off. Their clothes are less tight. They feel better in their own skin. They start getting compliments.You don’t have to do crazy fad diets for a week to lose weight. You need

to do the basics consistently. Train 3-4 times a week. Make sure the majority of your meals are properly portioned. Eat lots of fruit & vegetables.

Eat enough protein. Get 7-9 hours of sleep each night. Drink plenty of water.Executing the basics consistently is the one thing that everyone who has lost weight, and kept it off, has done.

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Swords Tidy Towns working for all of you!

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Swords Tidy Towns was formed in 2005 as a result of Swords being designated the dirtiest of 30 towns in Ireland in the 2004 Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) report. We have come a long way since then, this is due mainly to all the trojan hard work put in by our Tidy Towns volunteers over the past sixteen years with the support of Fingal County Council. The hard work of the many volunteers over the years was rewarded in 2017, 2018 and 2019 with a national Silver Medal, the competition was not held in 2020 due to Covid. Our group has worked very hard this past year under very difficult circumstances prepping and preparing for this year’s National Tidy Towns Competition, all eyes are firmly focussed on achieving a Gold Medal this year (fingers crossed). Due to the inconsiderate behaviour of certain individuals, our work has been made unnecessarily harder and is a cause of much annoyance within local communities. Inconsiderate behavioural attitudes: Dog Fowling: 8

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Not cleaning up after your dog poos, no bin is no excuse. Bagged Poo: The discarding of bagged dog poo into the undergrowth is worse than not bagging it at all, it takes much longer to biodegrade and is very unsightly to others. Masks: These have become the bain of our life, they are strewn everywhere, there is no excuse whatsoever for this kind of behaviour, use a bin or take them home. Fly Tipping: The dumping of household waste in isolated country lanes and even into ditches, is environmental vandalism pure and simple. Graffiti: This has become another pandemic within a pandemic which uses up a lot of our time and resources, please refrain.

Picnics: Rubbish left by people after a picnic on a sunny day has become a major problem, please bring a bag and take your rubbish home with you. Again, no bins available is never a good excuse for polluting an area. Nature is a very fragile thing, whether we accept it or not, we are her custodians.

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Fingallians at the top table of the GAA Fingallians GAA club in Swords was honoured with the recent news that the new GAA president Larry Mc Carthy has invited two club members to sit on the Association’s National Committees. Former Dublin Senior player Sinéad Ní Fhionnagáin was invited to be a member of the GAA Association’s Coiste Náisiúnta na Gaeilge (National Irish language committee). This committee is responsible for the implementation of the GAA’s Irish language policies across the 2,200+ GAA clubs across the world. The promotion of the Irish language is central to all GAA activities.Lifelong Fingallians man Liam Ó Culbáird was invited to take a role on the Association’s Coiste Náisiúnta Scór (National Scór Committee). Scór is the annual competition, organised in a similar manner to the All-Ireland football and hurling finals, that involves areas of Irish culture other than ball games. The Scór competitions involve céilí dancing, set dancing, recitation, drama, traditional music, ballads and table quiz. Liam said “It is an honour to be invited onto the National Committee. We will be endeavouring to raise the profile of the Scór competitions. Work needs to be done in Dublin

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but the competitions are popular across many regions of the country. In the last few years we have had clubs participating from New York and New Jersey. This is very encouraging.”Fingallians GAA Chairperson Colin Foley commented “The Irish language and the Scór competitions have been an area of strength within our club for a long time. This is due in no short measure to

the efforts of Sinéad, Liam and may others. As a club we take great pride in our achievements.

Fingallians GAA are honoured that two of our members have been invited to play a central role in the administration of the Association from Croke Park. Guímid gach rath ar Liam agus Sinéad. We know they are hard workers and I’m sure that is why they were chosen.”

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Your Swords – Your Say - surveys now open!

Fingal County Council has urged local residents and stakeholders to get involved in the Sustainable Swords placemaking project which is focused on the regeneration and compact, sustainable development of the town.The ambition of Sustainable Swords is to provide a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of new development and spaces, as well as the protection and enhancement of existing assets in order to achieve better quality places as the physical setting for life in Swords.Two surveys have now opened as part of the consultation process and local residents, businesses and interested stakeholders are urged to get involved.More details on the project and the surveys can be found at www.fingal.ie/ sustainableswords or alternatively on consult. fingal.ie/en/surveys.(nb: not accessible through this medium). The aim of Sustainable Swords is to identify a co-ordinated range of ‘pipeline’ projects for which future funding can be sought.

Key objectives are to:Enhance the identity of the town centre through the: development of Swords Civic Centre and Cultural Centre; the on-going implementation of the conservation plan for Swords Castle; and the delivery of an enhanced accessible child-friendly public realm including new public nodes in Swords Town Centre.Facilitate the creation of a new street / pedestrian walkway fronting the river walk to the

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west of Main Street opening up these ‘backlands’ and support co-ordinated infill development on key strategic sites along Main Street and North Street.Promote core recreational and amenity spaces, utilising in particular Ward River Valley Park, Swords Cultural Quarter including Town Park, Ward River Walk west of Main Street area.

Explore the potential of establishing a Swords Business Improvement District (BID).Expand upon the recommendations in the Swords section of the South Fingal Transport Study

and develop a multi-modal transport strategy for Swords.Measures to enable regeneration of lands within the study area to ensure rejuvenation of the town centre and to enable activation of land for compact development.Establish a prioritised, programmed and impactful package of measures and projects.The Sustainable Swords strategy, which will include detail on a range of transformational projects, will be published in early 2022 so take part in the surveys now!

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New arrival for Guide Dogs branch Adel, a 3½ month old female Golden Labrador guide dog puppy in training, was welcomed into Anne Mulligan’s home on Thursday 6th May. Adel, part of the first litter of 2021, was born on the 29th January. Both her parents are French. Her mother is ‘Never’ and her father is ‘Pacha du Cesecah’. ‘Never’ gave birth to 9 pups, 6 female and 3 male.Sadly 1 male didn’t survive. Adel’s siblings are, Alice, Aska, Anya, April, Andrew, Alfie, and Anna.

We will follow Adel’s progress over the next 12 months with interest. When you see Anne and Adel out and about, please be aware that when Adel is wearing her ‘Puppy in Training’ jacket, she should not be distracted or approached. If you have a dog with you, please give them both room to pass without interference. Adel’s daily training with Anne is a vital part of her journey towards becoming a Guide or Assistance Dog. Adel’s first visit to Balbriggan beach with Anne was exciting as she raced around freely enjoying all the new sounds and smells.Anne says, ‘Adel has settled in well and is a happy and an intelligent puppy’.We wish them well together.Yarrow update – Yarrow has progressed onto Advanced Training earlier than expected.

He will be with 5 other dogs during his training until August/ September. Looking back. In 1984 there was an article entitled ‘Robot Guide Dog’.Called ‘Meldog’, it had wheels instead of legs, sensors instead of eyes and its memory was a map reading computer. Meldog’s inventors were forced to admit ‘A dog has excellent abilities which we cannot imitate by a machine’. That’s why ‘Meldog’ is no more, and why we cherish real dogs like Adel and Yarrow who are selected and trained to become a Guide or Assistance Dog.Would you like to join our volunteers? Contact us by phone/text: 085 7663107 or Follow us on Facebook on guidedogsbalbriggan.

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Council unveils plans for Fingal’s Outdoor Summer

Cover of Public Information Leaflet being distributed to residents in Swords.

With the Government and NPHET urging people to “Think Safe, Think Outdoors” over the coming months, Fingal County Council has revealed its plans for an Outdoor Summer.At a recent meeting of the Council, Councillors were given a presentation which detailed how, from the June Bank Holiday Weekend, the public will be able to safely access the public realm in some of the county’s major towns.Councillors were also briefed on the supports being put in place to facilitate Outdoor Dining with areas in Swords, Blanchardstown, Skerries and Malahide, which have clusters of dining businesses, identified as locations that would benefit from special activation measures to support the hospitality sector.This will see New Street in Malahide being pedestrianised from June 6 and a walkway being introduced on Harbour Road in Skerries as part of a redesign of how people move through the area. Outdoor dining areas are also being established on Main Street, Swords, and Main Street, Blanchardstown.

Public Information Leaflets outlining the measures for Swords, Skerries and Malahide will be distributed to all households in those areas from tomorrow (Tuesday) with residents being asked to

CGI image of a pedestrianised New Street, Malahide, with provision for outdoor dining

complete a survey on the proposals at consult.fingal.ie (not accessible through this medium) as part of a non-statutory public consultation that is open until May 21.Outdoor Dining will also be facilitated in other parts of those towns as well as in other towns and villages across the county, such as Balbriggan and Howth, through the issuing of licences, grants for outdoor dining furniture and a Parklet Partners scheme. Further information is available on the web at fingal.ie/ outdoordiningsupports.ie (not accessible through this medium) The public realm measures will also include additional litter bins, public toilets and public benches as well as additional staff resources in key areas of the county and changes to the county’s Casual Trading Byelaws.Toilets in libraries in Malahide, Blanchardstown and Balbriggan will also be opened to the public. The Council has installed Changing Places Toilets in Millennium Park, Blanchardstown and is planning to install them at Ardgillan Castle.There will also be additional measures to promote Active Travel with an extension of the Bleeper Bikes scheme and the provision of additional bike parking facilities.

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Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 Fingal Programme launched

Mayor of Fingal Cllr. David Healy, Director of Economic Enterprise Tourism and Cultural Development Emer O’Gorman

Fingal County Council is delighted to announce an exciting and varied programme for Cruinniú na nÓg which takes place on June 12, 2021.

Cruinniú na nÓg, Creative Ireland’s annual day of free creative activity for children and young adults, has gone from strength to strength since its launch in 2018. It is an event that is unique to Ireland and is the flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland’s programme Creative Youth which aims to“give every child practical access to tuition, experience and participation in art, music, drama and coding by 2022”.Working In partnership with the 31 Local Authorities and supported by RTÉ, Creative Ireland works tirelessly to create a day where families and young people can participate in a wide range of fun creative activities that are all free. Fingal County Council’s Cruinniú na nÓg programme has been collaboratively developed by the Creative & Cultural team which is made up of cross departmental

representatives with skills in many different areas of expertise. The result of the teams’ hard work is a programme full of events that is guaranteed to arouse curiosity, spark interest and ignite the imagination and most of all encourage the young people across the county to tap in to their creative side and have fun.The programme which has a combination of outdoor, live and recorded virtual events features a Dublin Zoo Webinar, Coding and Podcast Classes, Make and Do workshops, a Bespoke Interactive Radio Piece, a Story Trail set in the beautiful demesne of Ardgillan castle, Hip Hop and Dance classes, Music Tutorials, and young adult interest stories to name but a few, will ensure that Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 is a day filled with happy memories for all of the families, children and young people that get involved.

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1. People who act for others. (6) 5. A person’s partner in marriage. (6) 10. American state, capital is Montgomery. (7) 11. Prescribed identical clothing for a group. (7) 12. Hard or exhausting work. (4) 13. The subject or theme of a speech.

(5) 15. Human outer covering. (4) 17. Doctor? (3) 19. A building whose components are made off-site. (6) 21. Passages between rows of seats or shelves. (6) 22. Cut up for examination. (7) 23. Keep possession of. (6) 25. Relating to race or culture. (6) 28. Something done, a deed. (3) 30. Polish and in the nude. (4) 31. Excessively sentimental. (5) 32. Propel oneself in water naturally.

(4) 35. Bomber obsessed with secrecy.

(7) 36. Set apart from others. (7) 37. Barged into the beast. (6) 38. What you aim at. (6)

2. Hard rock. (7) 3. Either of the two tides at the first or last quarter of the moon. (4) 4. It’s always with you and shortest at noon. (6) 5. Work room for an artist. (6) 6. Leave out. (4) 7. Device for breathing while face down in the water. (7) 8. Portable computer. (6) 9. Improves, corrects. (6) 14. The science of matter and energy and their interactions. (7) 16. The lowest point of anything. (5) 18. Hollow type of Middle Eastern bread. (5) 20. Receptacle for rubbish. (3) 21. Playing card with one spot. (3) 23. Strong in constitution, hardy. (6) 24. A crisp smooth lustrous fabric. (7) 26. A style of rock music popular in the 1970s. (3,4) 27. Make someone do something. (6) 28. A writer of books. (6) 29. The practice of being careful with money. (6) 33. Online journal. (4) 34. Severe, stern, or sullenly obstinate.

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