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Aim to attract new business and making local shopping more attractive At a recent county council meeting held in March, the elected members approved the introduction of two new schemes. The shop front improvement scheme and the occupation of vacant commercial premises scheme. The schemes will provide assistance to the business community by attracting new business and making shopping destinations more attractive and retaining promising startups in the county. The funding for these two schemes was provided for in the council’s budget for 2014 which succeeded in maintaining current levels of service without increasing local charges. Up to half the cost

The shop front improvement scheme is an initiative to improve the overall appearance of shop fronts and commercial properties that front onto public streets within Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area. Business

By Rachel Murray owners of existing independent shops in the county are eligible to apply for assistance. The Council will cover up to 50% of the shop front cost with a maximum allowable grant of €3,000 per applicant. The occupation of vacant commercial premises scheme has been established to encourage new businesses to occupy commercial premises that have been vacant for a period exceeding 6 months. The Scheme is applicable to subject premises which have a rates valuation of no more than €40,000. It will operate by lowering the entry costs through a grant related to the level of rates payable on the property. Support

A spokesperson for the council says: “The 'Vacant Commercial Premises' scheme will support new

businesses who wish to locate in the County and will assist with the revitalisation of the commercial centres of towns and villages by attracting new occupants into vacant commercial premises. "The 'Shop Front Grant' scheme is an initiative to improve the overall appearance of shop fronts in the commercial areas of the County and to help to create a more attractive environment for those living, working and visiting Dún LaoghaireRathdown.” Permission

Closing date for receipt of applications is close of business 30th May 2014. Works not requiring planning permission can commence upon receipt of notice from Dún LaoghaireRathdown County Council. Works that require planning permission can not commence until the final decision of grant of permission issues by the Local Authority.

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Sandyford In Brief... Tempting Fête!

With pony rides, a prize tombola, a home-made cakes stall, books, plants and a family dog show, Kilternan Parish and School annual fête once again promises to bring back all the nostalgia of childhood, and provide a great family day out. Taking place in and around Kilternan parish church and school grounds on Saturday 10th May, between 12 noon and 4.00pm, the annual fête raises funds for the on-going maintenance of the parish and school. For children there are toys and sweet stalls, bouncy castles, fairground games, and a lucky dip. ‘Foodies’ can enjoy al fresco eating from a variety of sweet and savoury food stalls, as well as a traditional tea room with dainty home bakes and finger sandwiches. The Treasure Trove Stall will be teaming with jewellery, antiques, home-wares, and beauty treats, and the Garden Stall promises plants aplenty for the green-fingered. For bookworms, the book stall will have an eclectic selection to choose from, and the raffle and tombola draw has been supported with very generous donations from parents and local businesses, the fête organisers say. A family dog show will see pedigree pups and much-loved mongrels compete for red rosettes, and there is live music and entertainment throughout the day, including a rousing performance by the Kilternan School of Music Wind Band.

Volunteers needed for activities for people with Spinal Injury

Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) is looking for volunteers to assist with their Social and Activities programme in the Dun Laoghaire region. In 2013 SII took out 100 patients with Spinal Cord

with Rachel Murray Injury who were undergoing rehabilitation in the National Rehabilitation Hospital on a variety of activities. Activities included trips to Dundrum shopping centre, the cinema, boat trips around Dalkey Island and up the Liffey, kayaking in Blessington and to the Aviva Stadium and Croke Park for Soccer and Rugby matches. Jennifer Wright, SII Activities Facilitator says: “The patients gain so much from the SII social and activities programme. They get a break from the hospital setting and at the same time, an opportunity to discover life with their injury outside of the hospital, with plenty of support to draw on if they need it. The outings are therapeutic on so many levels, not least because of the craic that is had with patients and volunteers”. Volunteers do not need any qualifications, just an interest in helping out for one evening every week or every other week. Full training and induction is provided. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Jennifer Wright at 01 2355317 / Jennifer@ spinalinjuries.ie

Sandycove Swimming Shelter

In March, An Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Carrie Smyth, officially opened the newly constructed unisex changing facility at Sandycove Harbour. Despite its modest size, the planning and construction of the shelter has taken three years to complete and required the acquisition of the old Fisherman’s hut. Speaking on the day, Cllr Carrie Smyth said: "I am delighted to see the shelter for the bathers of Sandycove come to fruition. It has been especially welcomed by the dedicated bathers who have had to change in all weathers. The building is in keeping with the scenic location."

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Mad Hatters Tea Party

DLR events is back for 2014, the first event will be the Mad Hatters Tea Party returning to Deerpark, Mount Merrion from 1pm to 5pm on Easter Sunday, April 20th. Back for its eight year in a row The Mad Hatters Tea Party will be an Easter celebration of the of the cute, the curious and downright unusual. A girl called Alice assisted by a large White

Rabbit, a delightful Mad Hatter and other characters invite you not be late for to this very important date. All the tea party’s favourite ingredients will be there including the tea cup ride, giant chess, croquet and the “Hatwalk” fashion show for your maddest hats. Follow the clues on the Easter trail and win an Easter treat for your Tea Party on our picnic benches. Our “Easter Make and Do” team will be there to help guests make their own Mad Hat. Its going to be a great FREE day out for all the family.

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Could we learn from Delhi? This month I'm writing from a city twenty times the size of Dublin where some parts have changed little since the middle ages whilst others are more breathtakingly modern than anything we see back home. I can get from point to point by pretty much any system of transport invented by man - yesterday I saw an ox-drawn cart outside a metro station. Sewage from an 80 story apartment block is equally likely to go raw into the sacred River Yamuna or into the most modern of treatment plants - it just depends on the sense of responsibility of the developer, something we Dubliners can understand.

The noise is horrendous Traffic pollution and noise is horrendous, since the roads are jammed with vehicles pretty much right around the clock (and for those unfamiliar with the system the horns are used for information not aggression - more "I'm here, please don't hit me" than "get out of my way"). But for all that the traffic accounts for only a small proportion of the city's smog. A quarter comes from industry and a fair bit more from power generation, and all of these are being addressed, but it's hard to see what can be done about the half of all atmospheric pollution that comes from dust - road dust, construction dust, daily living dust. In a hot dry climate dust happens. In winter heating stoves add to the mix and Delhi's smog gets worse than Beijing's. A non-issue India is in the middle of a general election campaign at the moment and you might expect the capital's dirt and transport problems to be high on the agenda so I asked the head of the country's national election study, Prof. Sanjay Kumar, just how

By Kathy Marsh, Sonairte

much importance voters attach to the environment. The answer was "none at all". In the latest survey of 20,000 potential electors who said they would vote not one person came up with it as a key issue. Most said income, closely followed by corruption, with significant numbers also mentioning education and health, and a few defense. But some clean-ups

Big efforts are being made to clean up - the auto-rickshaws and taxis have been switched to gas and the superb metro system is being expanded rapidly. Green spaces are being expanded and trees planted - though I've seen a fair few of the baby trees eaten n Dehli - a mixture of the new and the old by the wandering cattle or even uprooted by foraging pigs. €400 million has been spent in the last ten years on cleaning up the Yamuna during which time the river has become twice as polluted. Interestingly the new failed system is the same type as that Renewables gain from Russian worries currently being built in Fingal. Although Fingal doesn't have to The Russian annexation of Crimea has refocussed Europe's attendeal with a situation in which every corner of every wall gets tion on its energy dependency on Russian gas. It has now become used as a urinal. a security imperative to fine alternative energy.

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Poverty hard to believe

India is mostly focused on growth and the majority of voters are still living at a level of poverty that I find hard to believe even when I see it so it is hard to blame them for thinking first of food on the table and clothes on their back. The most likely new government makes no mention of the environment in its manifesto and nor do the other two front running parties. It will be interesting to see whether they will take action after the election

In January, before the invasion, the EU renewed its committment to a low carbon future with a future target of 27% renewables for the EU as a whole. And in March the UN's expert panel laid out the impact that climate change will have in future years citing "the likelihood of severe, pervasive, and irreversible impacts." However, the security situation could be a double-edged sword, with supporters of fracking using the situation and fears of energy shortages to bounce governments into allowing exploration of shale oil and gas. Ireland has shown that wind energy is a successful replacement for fossil fuels as we reported last month.

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Lasting prescriptions Q: I got a repeat prescription for Betnovate Cream around this time last year. I only used one tube and as my skin had cleared up, I didn’t get any repeats. But when I went to my local pharmacy last week, they said that it was expired and wouldn’t give me the cream saying that I needed to get a new prescription. Why do I need to get a new prescription if I already had a prescription that still had repeats on it? My friend was able to buy Betnovate over the counter in Spain.

Ask the Pharmacist With Eoin Meany Eoin Meany works as a pharmacist in McCabe's Pharmacy, Ridgewood Avenue, Swords.

A: A lot of people don’t realise that prescriptions are only valid for six months from the date that they are written, regardless of whether there are still repeats left on them. Pharmacists can only give out prescription medicine in accordance with the legislation governing the supply of medicines and are subject to periodic inspections from the Pharmaceutical Society (the pharmacy regulator) to ensure that all applicable laws are being adhered to. Among the provisions of this legislation (give the rather long-winded title “Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003”) are that the maximum validity of a prescription is six months. This applies whether there are unused repeats, if the doctor writes the prescription for a year or the doctor tells you that you will be taking medication for the rest of your life. While this six month time limit can seem rather arbitrary and can cause some frustration to patients (as well as pharmacists), there are some good reasons to have this time limit on prescriptions. If someone is on regular medication, they should be reviewed regularly by their doctor to ensure that the medication is still working, that it is still needed and that it is not causing any adverse effects. Or if a medicine such as Betnovate is just being used periodically, a doctor should check that the current skin condition is the same as the previous condition and that the same treatment is appropriate. There is a strong case to be made that pharmacists are well equipped and trained to carry out many of these type of reviews for some medications. For example, the pharmacist could check that the current skin complaint is one for which Betnovate is a suitable treatment. They could check the prescription to ensure that the cream had not been overused, and as long as it was to be used in an overly intimate area, to check the skin for signs of skin damage that can be caused by steroid creams like Betnovate. Pharmacists could also carry out reviews of other treatments, like making sure that asthma or blood pressure were well controlled or review treatment for certain pain medications or antihistamines. This could potentially take some of the burden off overworked GPs. However, at present the law does not allow pharmacists to do this, and prescriptions only last for six months. Many people are not aware that pharmacists can issue repeats of some medicines, even if the doctor does not specify a repeat on the prescription.

If you have a question you would like answered for next issue, please send it by email to eoin@mccabespharmacy.com or by post to McCabe's Pharmacy, Ridgewood, Swords, Co. Dublin.

Disclaimer: The advice you have been given by the pharmacist should not be regarded as a clinically accurate diagnosis of any disease or a guarantee that a particular medicine is safe for you to take. The advice given is based solely on the limited amount of information provided and so should not be regarded as a substitute for a face to face consultation with a pharmacist, doctor or other health professional who is personally familiar with your medical history.

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Summer is slowly but surely making its way winter, and further away in the summer. and the evenings are getting longer. However, Earth is also slightly tilted a bit, Astronomical Spring began at the start of meaning that during the Summer in the February, while meteorological spring began Northern Hemisphere Ireland is in the part of in March, closer to the time of the spring the world that’s tilted towards the Sun. Equinox. In the past, ancient farmers would Conversely, Australia and New Zealand are in have used the equinoxes and solstices to the part that’s tilted away, meaning that mark special points in the year, letting them they’re now approaching their winter. know when to plant seeds and harvest crops. Next time you’re out enjoying the good As this was such a vital part to their survival weather, just remember that we’re actually and daily life, the Sun was worshipped at zooming around our parent star at about these times of year, like at Newgrange. 108,000km an hour, edging ever so slightly Earth’s orbit around the Sun isn’t an exact away from it! circle, but an ellipse (like an oval), and the You can get your equipment to scan the Sun is positioned closer to one end of this Dublin sky at nightskyoptics.com ellipse than the other. As the Earth moves around the Sun over the space of a year, it gets “close” to the Sun at one point, and six months later it’s at its furthest away. So as summer approaches, that means we’re getting close to our near point to the Sun, right? Wrong! You’d be forgiven for thinking this, but strangely enough it’s the other way around for us in the Northern Hemisphere! Earth, as a whole, is actually closer to the Sun during n How the seasons are caused by the Earth's orbit

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Garden Growing With Gerry Norton You'd better get your boots on!

In the past few weeks following the change to summer time, the weather has been reasonably kind thus far and finally temperatures have started to rise and we can feel a small bit of heat on our backs as we get things in order in the garden for this year. The soil has also started to warm up so for the next few weeks if you want your garden to look great for the summer and if you want to produce edibles, you better get your boots on! Veg growers

By now I’m sure veg growers will know what they plan for this year. If you’re still not sure just yet, I’ve mentioned many times before that you need to resist the temptation to grow veg that will take up a lot of space in a small veg plot. Courgettes are a great example of this with each plant needing a minimum of 1 square metre to grow without any risk

bought, stuck in the ground and looked great for a month until they withered away as they will, without proper care. If you fancy having some Hydrangea in your garden this year, April is the time to take cuttings from established plants. The cuttings should be 3-4 inches long, trim the leaves and stick the cutting into some peat free compost and in a few months you will have a new shrub. For free! Bare areas

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Kennedy Talks After many ledgendary years on the late evening 'Adrian Kennedy Phone Show', the man on the other end of the phone has moved to a daytime slot on 98FM. Rachel Murray got him talking.

First of all, congratulations on your new show on 98FM, Dublin Talks, how's it going?

The show is going great so far. After only three weeks the reaction on the phones is already huge... comparable to our ‘old show’. How are you enjoying day time radio compared with the night shift?

I’m loving the lifestyle change of not getting home at anti-social hours and actually having a life. Being finished work at 3pm in the afternoon is great! In terms of the show itself, I’ve always said people want to talk, no matter what time of day it is. The reaction to our local Dublin topics has been huge... and because we’re on at 10am we get it first. Do you find that callers are more reserved on day-time radio?

Not really. We have had some screaming matches on the air...though interestingly, without even being told, people seem to instinctively know not to use bad language on daytime radio. After 16 years of talking to Dublin people every

night, are you still shocked?

Yeah! I spoke to a father of young kids who drops the kids to school in the car after smoking two joints for breakfast. It shocked me that a father can drive his car stoned with his kids in it! What have you learned most about Dubliners, after speaking to so many during your time on radio?

They’re amazing talkers. Dubliners have great banter...which is unique in Ireland. I'm sure you can't pick a funniest call but can you tell us one that still makes you laugh?

The girl on the show last week who said because she’s left handed she’s more intelligent. When I then asked her the capital of Argentina, she answered BRAZIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's the strangest topic you've found yourself discussing on radio?

The psychic woman who told me that I was a passenger on the Titanic in a past life. She could tell me my cabin number, my travelling companions name...that I was emigrating to America...and that I didn’t survive! What a load of absolute b**lox!!

Back to the basics, where did you grow up? Ballybrack in South Dublin.

What's your fondest memory of growing up in Ballybrack?

Just the fun of spending all our time out playing with other kids on the streets... kerbs, rounders, tennis etc, etc. We had a great community spirit in Oakton Park... knew the names of every neighbour. Sadly it’s not like that anymore. What was your first paid job?

Lounge Boy in the now vanished Killiney Court Hotel. I was only 14 but back then kids could work any hours – and I worked til 2am during the summer! It was great!!! How did you first get into radio?

I’ve been interested in radio since I was a young kid. I did my first radio show in July 1983 (at the tender age of 16) with a small Bray station called BLB Community Radio. I learned everything I know about radio from that station. It was a great training ground.

In your opinion what does radio do that television can't?

It gives people anonymity. Lots of calls on our show change their names and we can’t see them. You can’t do that on TV. Radio is also immediate and can be accessed anywhere... the bus, the gym, the car... TV just isn’t like that. For budding DJ's out there, what skills do you need, to be a good radio presenter?

You’d wanna ask a good radio presenter!!! Honestly I don’t know how I ended up where I am. I put a lot of it down to luck – being in the right place at the right time! What do you love most about Dublin city?

The atmosphere...especially on a big match day in the City Centre...there’s nowhere better. Lastly, best of luck with Dublin Talks on 98fm, what's your hopes for the future of the show?

To build up an audience. For us and the radio audience our show is re-inventing what people expect from morning radio. We know we’ve a lot of work to do...and it’s gonna take time....but we’re up to the challenge.

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Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Developer: Konami Productions Platform: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Dark Souls 2 Developer: From Software Platform: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Dark Souls 2 is set in the dark, grim and almost Gothic world of Drangleic. There are some absolutely incredible environments present, fused with a great sense of geography and location as each level is generally linked up with other levels. From the huge, open areas atop a cliff that give the player a view across the vast roaring ocean, to the smaller settings of merely buying weapons from a blacksmith in Drangleic, the attention to detail here is wonderful. Combat remains pretty much on par with Dark Souls, and focuses very heavily on blocking and parrying, as opposed to just lashing out. This really is the key to survival, as most deaths you'll suffer in Dark Souls 2and there will be many- will be from just running headlong into a battles. Despite the game absolutely punishing

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a direct sequel to the previous instalment in the series, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and is set in 1975. This time Snake is tasked with infiltrating Camp Omega, an American Black Site, and rescuing two child captivesChico and Paz. Despite taking the series into the realm of the open world genre, Konami have thankfully retained what makes the series so special. From crawling on your belly through grass painfully close to a guard, creeping by an armoured APC to trying to silently make your way through a build up prison, Ground Zeroes takes the stealth genre to new exciting levels. Though it’s not a full game- more of an extended demo - it does contain a few side missions once you complete the main one. That, on top of a whole bunch of collectibles, gives Ground Zeroes plenty of replayability. Though it looks and feels a bit different, Ground Zeroes is the best Metal Gear experience since Metal Gear Solid 3. Game Reaction: 10/10

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Brain Storms Two small pink pills and a large blue one. The nurse brings them to me on a small saucer, together with a glass of water - the same routine, day after day. It would drive me crazy if I wasn’t already mad. I could have been famous, instead I’m trapped within these pristine, white walls. My story? It begins in the dead, late-summer heat of Paris in 1937.... Perhaps the most famous artist in the world is sitting in my cramped bedroom. After months of hanging out in the cafes and bars he frequents, I have finally managed to penetrate his cordon of admirers and hangers-on and gain his trust. He sits before me radiating intensity, his squat body like a coiled spring, staring at me with huge, extraordinarily penetrating eyes. “Tell me about your machine!” It is an order, not a request. My mouth

somewhat dry, I begin to speak. “A work of art transmits an idea or feeling from the artist to the person viewing it. But it is so inefficient!. At best, the viewer experiences a mere shadow of the inspiration that moved the artist. Even worse, the artist himself is often dissatisfied with what he has created as it does not reflect the idea that he started with”. I pause for breath, shifting uncomfortably under Picasso’s relentless gaze. “My invention will allow an extraordinary advance in artistic communication. It is an electronic device that creates a direct link between the artist and the recipient. The artist can convey all the depth and complexity of their artistic vision to an audience who will experience emotionally what the artist is trying to convey. It works by reading the brain-waves of the artist and transmitting them to the brain of the viewer” “Why should I believe such an outlandish

claim?” he asks impatiently. “Because I will let you try it for yourself. But first I need to see if it works on me”. With his agreement I connect us both to the machine. ‘Can you name an important painting of yours?’ “Guernica, I’ve just finished it” he replies, without hesitation. “OK, I want you now to think hard about the creative imagination and emotion that went into that painting” At first there is just a tingling where the electrodes are attached to my scalp but then it hits me like a lightning bolt - all the passion and fury of Picasso’s creative energy surges through me. It is overwhelming, frightening, intoxicating, addictive. “Can I try it?” he asks, noticing the dramatic effect on me. “Yes, but we need another artist for you to connect to, preferably someone you admire”

Later that summer Picasso does try out my device but he soon tires of it. Then the nightmares begin. Picasso’s Guernica has invaded my very soul with its intense depiction of the horrors of war. I stop using the machine but the nightmares continue unabated. I work desperately to improve the device but eventually physical and mental exhaustion take their toll, I have a complete mental breakdown. I am admitted to a psychiatric hospital for what I believe will be a short stay, but to my horror there is to be no escape My machine lies neglected and eventually I find out that it has been thrown out by a new tenant. I stare at the two pink and one blue pill. A part of me still clings to the hope that some day I will escape and reconstruct the machine, This thought is all that makes me want to wake up in the morning rather than dying in my sleep. Please send any comments/feedback to jjfleetwood1@gmail.com

Graham Connor's Movie Advice Captain America: The Winter Soldier HHHHH

Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johanson, Sebastian Stan and Samuel L. Jackson. Steve Rogers (Captain America) is still trying to adjust to life in modern America. When new villain, the Winter Soldier, attempts to bring down SHIELD, Captain America must put his concerns aside to tackle his greatest challenge yet. It doesn’t happen too often that a sequel is better than its predecessor. Captain America: TWS is just that, a massive step up from the original. Where the first film lacked enough action and enough humour to rival the likes of Thor and Iron Man, Captain America: TWS is actionpacked from start to finish and has not just funny but intelligent one-liners. And that’s what makes TWS great; it’s a really clever film giving Captain America more to do than just kick ass and look cool, the producers this time around seem more concerned with the character than CGI overload. The one negative is that the titular character of The Winter Soldier is a little bit of a let down, he seems more like an afterthought of a villain rather than the main man, but it’s a testament to the film itself where a key villain can disappoint but still be a very enjoyable movie. If you like the Marvel films then this is for you, it’s fun, has heart but also has brains and in this modern age of CGI overload that can make all the difference.

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A Place in the City The battle of Mount Street Bridge is a story of heroism on both sides, and incomprehensible military stupidity on the part of the attackers. What came to be regarded as one of the few military 'successes' of the Easter Rising saw a handful of lightly-armed men fight off successive frontal attacks, inflicting heavy casualties until forced to evacuate. On Monday Commandant de Valera had posted small troups of Volunteers at 25 Northumberland Road, St. Stephens School and the Parochial Hall - south of the Grand Canal - and at Canwilliam House - across Mount Street Bridge (then known as McKenny Bridge). In the afternoon they opened fired on unarmed Home Defence Force members returning from exercises, killing five including the President of the IRFU, Francis Henry Browning (who was largely responsible for recruiting rugby players for the Dublin Fusiliers, many of whom died in Suvla Bay Gallipoli). On Wednesday the Sherwood Foresters, mostly new recruits, marching from Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) to the city centre came

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Clanwilliam House was eventually taken when hand-grenades caused the building to catch fire - three of the defenders escaped, four were killed. The attackers had experienced a baptism under fire of horrendous proportions - 234 men dead or injured. An extract from "Dublin 4" with text by Ken Finlay and paintings by Tom Roche. Published by Cottage Publications - it costs around e22.

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Lesser Known Dubliners Rodolphus Johannes Leslie Hibernicus de Salis Into the valley of Death, Rode the seven hundred (misquoting Tennyson). The 700 refers to the number of horses involved - 500 of which died. Among the survivors was Irish-born 'Drummerboy', 6, who was the mount of Lieut.Col. Rodolph de Salis, second in command of the 8th Hussars. Having reached the Russian positions unharmed, 'Drummer Boy' was wounded during the retreat. Fanny Duberly, a witness to the charge, wrote in her diary, "Major de Salis of the 8th Hussars retreated on foot, leading his horse with a wounded trooper in the saddle." That soldier was Private Patrick Doolan from Nenagh. He was discharged from the army after hospital treatment. He died in Dublin in August 1904. The horse would have probably not have warranted any mention in history except for the fact that his grateful rider got a British Crimean campaign medal and engraved it - "Drummerboy by Retriever F. Wexford 1848" "Carried Lt. Col. de Salis 8th Hussars.' De Salis also presented a collar to the regiment's mascot, a terrier named 'Jenny', who was wounded in the neck during the charge. That collar, with the list of battles where the mascot was around, is in the Hussars mess to this day. Rodolphus Johannes Leslie Hibernicus de Salis

was born in Dublin in 1811 and entered the British Army by purchasing a commission at the age of 19. By the time of the Crimean War in 1853 he had risen to the rank of Major - each rank had been purchased. He must have shown promise because he commended the Hussars later in the war, and was a Brigade Commander in the Indian Mutiny. As an adult he lived in London though he had an estate in Dunleer, Co. Louth. He died in March 1880. There is a memorial brass in his name in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

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Making History

From The Dublin Weekly Journal, 1725 The history of Stephen's Green goes back to the time of the Crusaders, who, it was said, brought the disease of leprosy from the East. On the site of the Green a lazar (leper) hospital and church were erected, and placed under the care of monks. May 22nd On Wednesday last three Men Stood in the Pillory, one of them, Mr. White, had his Ears crop'd for Forgery. The same day Elinor Sills was executed near St. Stephen's Green, according to Law, for the murder of her child, she confessed the fact at the place of execution, and died a member of the Church of Ireland. June 4. On Wednesday last was executed, near St. Stephen's Green, William Molloy, for a robbery in Golden-lane to the value of thirty or forty pounds. He confessed the fact at the place of execution. He was 19 years of age. June 12. On Tuesday last John Pratt esq., Deputy Vice Treasurer, and May-master General of this Kingdom, was committed to the Four Courts Marshalsea, by order of Government, on account, as 'tis said, of considerable deficiency in the Publick Money. June 19. On Wednesday last, his Majesty's Officers of Excise, having information of a private Still House in Great Britain Street, were repulsed by the People belonging to it, and obliged to have recourse to the assistance of the Constables. The opposition still continued, and some shots were made in the Yard, but at last they surrendered.

The same day a soldier in the Honourable Colonel Anstruther's Regiment of Foot, having been condemned to by shot for Desertion, was carried to the place of execution in Oxmantown Green, but was pardoned and received into the Regiment. June 26. Lost at the Churn Inn in St. Thomas Court, a Pair of Saddle-bags in which were 13 Cobbs, 11 Half Cobbs, 6 ounces of Burnt Silver, 28 Three Penny Pieces, 2 Gross of Buttons, 3 or 4 Scotch Sgillings, and several other things. Whoever has found the said Bags, and returns them to William Ashkey at the Churn aforesaid, shall have a Moidores Reward. July 3. John Orr, Tailor, is removed from the Drapier's Head on College Green, to the Hand and Sheers, opposite the College; he gives notice to all customers that those persons who employ his Wife in making Mantuas and Petticoats, may not be at a loss where to find her. July 24. We hear that the Reverend Dean Swift is very much indisposed. (He got over it - he died twenty years later) July 31. Last Monday a gentleman of the Corporation of Journeyman Tailors was drinking at the Sign of the Bear in Wine-tavern street, where some words happened to arise between him, the Woman of the House, another woman, and the Drawer (?). Three to one, being great odds, they beat and bruised the Tailor in so barbarous a manner that he died the next day. The three aforementioned, were immediately apprehended, and two were committed to Newgate. The Woman of the House was let go, having got sufficient Bail for her Appearance.

n Gresham Hotel, Sackville Street, Dublin. This is a Lawrence postcard, send to Philadelphia in August 1911. though probably printed a few years earlier. The flag above the Gresham is simply the name of the hotel. The Granville Hotel can be seen three doors down (with the sunshade out). Transport shown includes trams, bicycles and horsedrawn - there are no cars or lorries.

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