4 BLANCH Gazette 29 August 2013
35 years Milestone to be celebrated by past and present members
St Peregrine’s GAA to host their Gathering laura webb
THE Gathering is being celebrated by St Peregrine’s GAA club with a weekend of events, which also marks the 35th anniversary of the club. Past and present members
are being invited to attend one of the events the club is organising over the weekend of September 6 to 8.
Memorial A memorial mass will take place in the sports hall on Friday, September 6, to
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remember all the deceased members of the club. It will be followed by a reception with refreshments, award of mementos, a raffled draw and entertainment. On Saturday, September 7 the parish league finals will take place and will coin-
Old trees to be felled A NUMBER of old trees, which have graced the grounds of Castleknock College for many years, are to be felled in the interest of public safety. The sylvan setting of St Vincent’s Castleknock College is greatly enhanced by the stock of magnificent trees surrounding the college’s 70 acre grounds. In recent years the college has added some new additions to the ground with the planting of over 50 native species, and the programme is set to continue under the expert direction of Noel O’Shea, consulting arboriculturist. However, a recent assessment of some of the oldest of the college’s oldest trees have shown that they have reached the end of their natural lives, and, in the interest of public safety, the college said they must be felled. “While we hate to lose any of our trees, public safety is paramount and so we have to proceed with some felling and carry out some remedial work to save other trees,” says Oliver Murphy, headmaster of St Vincent’s Castleknock College. The trees in question are adjacent to the Castleknock and Carpenterstown roads, and expert felling will commence over the coming weeks.
cide with an event by Safer Blanchardstown between 10am and 1pm. This is followed by adult matches, and then at 7pm the ladies football team will play in the Marianne Costello Memorial Final with presentations afterwards.
A traditional music session will take place at 8.45pm, followed by music from Dakota 5. A 20km sponsored cycle takes place on Sunday going from the club at 10am to Clonsilla, Ongar, Clonee, Damastown, Mulhuddart
and back to the club. The special guest on the day is former world boxing champion Bernard Dunne, and after the cycle there is a pre hurling final barbecue. For further information check out their website at: www.cnp.ie.
Buon appetito: Milano opens in Blanchardstown pictured at the official
opening of the new Milano Restaurant at Blanchardstown are restaurant manager David Ellmer with general manager of Blanchardstown Centre, Joe Gavin. This is the ninth Milano restaurant in Dublin, with other branches located at Baggot Street, Clarion Quay, Dawson Street, Temple Bar, Grand Canal, Ranelagh, Dundrum and Dun Laoghaire. Milano restaurants are also based in counties Cork, Clare, Galway, Kerry and Limerick. The Italian restaurant has recruited 40 new staff and seats up to 120 people. It is open from Monday to Sunday from 11.30am to 11pm. To make a reservation, call 01 815 7001.
charity: fundraising for women and children
Teacher to help DR Congo victims A FUNDR AISING charity ball in aid of Wezesha in DR Congo, to aid women and children affected by conflict and violence in the region is taking place this September. T he ball will take place at the Vue restaurant, at Castleknock Golf Club on the grounds of Castleknock Hotel. Organising the event i s B l a n c h a r d s t ow n native Sinead Moore. T he school teacher became involved with t h e c h a r i t y, w h i c h works in Kenya and the DR Congo, after seeing
a programme about the conflict on TV. “I teach religion and I would teach students about Sierra Leone and conf lict there. A f ter watching this [pro gramme] myself and my students decided we would learn about the DR Congo because it’s the same mineral conflict that is happening there. “I just got involved that way and set up the Congolese Advocacy Group… to campaign about the issue and make people know about it. “It is really about rais-
ing awareness of what is happening.” Sinead is hoping companies and consumers will become more aware of the issues, and start pushing for more conf lict-free mineral products. “An example of this [mineral] is coltan. This is used in our mobile phones and electronic equipment. Some 80% of the world’s coltan comes from the DR Congo… six million people have been killed since 1996 [working to get this mineral],” she said. “Intel is making sure
that they can trace minerals they use in their products and they will be speaking about that at the event. I am hoping other companies will follow their lead.” Speakers at the event include Egide Dhala from the Wezesha charity, who is set to return to the Congo. There will also be dinner, music and dancing. Tickets for the event cost €40 and can be purchased by contacting Sinead on 0876346540. Further information on the charity is available at www.wezeshadada. com.