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DUNDRUM • CHURCHTOWN • NUTGROVE • RATHFARNHAM • BALLINTEER • SANDYFORD • LEOPARDSTOWN • TERENURE • STILLORGAN
INSIDE: Prepare for college life with our EEducation d Options P17
EXCELLENCE: DLRCC shortlisted for prestigious service awards Page 4
Splashing out: Having fun at the Liffey Swim MEMBERS of the Glenalbyn
Rugby: Jennings eyes another great year in blue Page 30
Hurling: Kilmacud enjoy mixed fortunes at junior level Page 31
ALSOINSIDE: GALLERIES ..................... 6 DIARY ............................12 ENTERTAINMENT ..........15 BUSINESS .....................16 CLASSIFIEDS ............... 28 SPORT .......................... 29
Master Swimming Club, from Stillorgan, were in great form at the recent 92nd annual Liffey Swim in the city centre, which saw hundreds of competitors splash out in the popular event. This year, the course was shorter than usual, reduced to 1.6km from its usual 2.4km length, due to construction of the new Marlborough Street bridge. However, the smaller length of the course couldn’t reduce the smiles from participants, as the Stillorgan swimmers’ faces show.
€370m Luas BXD link-up welcomed Sandyford will benefit from plan – Cllr Richmond
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A LOCAL councillor has welcomed the news that the new €370 million Luas BXD line, which will link both Red and Green lines and create around 800 jobs in its construction, is to get the goahead.
Councillor Neale Richmond (FG) added that Sandyford will particularly benefit, as the link-up will open up the Sandyford Industrial Estate to many more commuters. He said: “This will allow commuting in and around the city centre to be much easier, as well as making places like
Sandyford Industrial Estate far more accessible.” The Luas BXD will link up the Sandyford to St Stephen’s Green line to the Red line, which goes from Tallaght to Connolly Station and is due to be finished by 2017. Full Story on Page 3